Observations on current events

Cadenced team-wide activities can be highly effective in-person. For day-to-day activities, many of us have experienced how essential a remote-aware collaborative approach is for multi-site operations, in Software Development & DevOps in particular. Getting executive leadership to admit their previous policies, including accompanying long-term real estate investments, were an appropriate idea at one time but no longer, can be an exercise in futility. Emitting carbon to attend an office where one's main task is to collaborate virtually with others in remote offices creates a larger than necessary carbon footprint that every business should be accountable for. "I pay you enough to drive here" was what I heard once.

AP NEWS: Trump has long blasted China’s trade practices. His ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles were printed there
"By RICHARD LARDNER and DAKE KANG Updated 8:25 AM MDT, October 9, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of copies of Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bible were printed in a country that the former president has repeatedly accused of stealing American jobs and engaging in unfair trade practices — China. Global trade records reviewed by The Associated Press show a printing company in China’s eastern city of Hangzhou shipped close to 120,000 of the Bibles to the United States between early February and late March. The estimated value of the three separate shipments was $342,000, or less than $3 per Bible, according to databases that use customs data to track exports and imports. The minimum price for the Trump-backed Bible is $59.99, putting the potential sales revenue at about $7 million. The Trump Bible’s connection to China, which has not been previously reported, reveals a deep divide between the former president’s harsh anti-China rhetoric and his rush to cash in while campaigning. The Trump campaign did not respond to emails and calls seeking comment..."




Where Is Our Freedom From Religion

When a former Evangelical insider feels the duty to warn, we should listen. This agenda ought to be discussed at every American kitchen table and understood for what it really is.

(Video) Frank Schaeffer: Duty to Warn: May I Tell You Who Mike Johnson Really Is?