Well, I was just thinking about the likelihood of two seemingly related events occurring by chance that are 300 meters apart in a country that's 3.5 million square miles. I'm not a statistician. I was just musing with a formula I found on the Internet and using a little Junion High and High School maths. Anyone spot major errors let me know. (PS- I think there's plenty of blame to go round, so this is only MUSING--for the adults in the room.)

Well, I saw a Politichatter post regarding China sponsoring social media personnel to thwart US interests. But, before I could comment the post was removed. Personally, I think the US need not do likewise, but (a) clearly state its core values; (b) how we best achived them if not wholly, (c) and how we have fallen short while seeking to fulfill them--honestly. A word reminding others that they fall much shorter and apparently intend not to do better on such fronts may also be a useful reminder. Even with "(c)," are we not, as Lincoln said, the last best hope on Earth? When Reagan said, “You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children’s children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done.”
Nixon went to Russia and had Kitchen Debates with Nikita Khruschev. Likewise, Reagan went to Rankjavic Iceland to challenged Gorbachev--looking for true and lasting arms reductions. I'd like to see MORE productive and peaceful competition involving superpowers as to who shall lead a better world. Are we up to such things? As Lincoln stated, "We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth." What is our unfinished work--if only leading by example? Just asking!

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/art....icle/king-charles-to Good for him. I think, if memory served, we had somone named Thomas Jefferson who held an open door policy to citizens as well as walked about in his slippers. It might not be as open as the White House under Jefferson, but I think it's certainly in the right direction. Never thought much about the British Royalty--attention wise, but Stephen Fry thinks it seems to work for the British people.

 

www.thetimes.co.uk

King Charles to open palaces for the people | News | The Sunday Times

The Prince of Wales is to open up the royal palaces when he becomes king, giving the public greater access to the monarch’s official and private homes. Charles is planning to transform the royal

What we need, in my humble opinion, is a satellite & network that enables and carries a Presidential channel. Left or Right, whomever the elected President is, he/she should be able to reach & address America, and to give updates as to his/her administration falling short, meeting objectives, or exceeding its goals without that administration being selectively ignored, filtered out, or misreported by the media. The non-elected media, of course, can still examine, honestly --or just--criticize, misconstrue, ignore, or lie about what was said---except, having the President directly heard, the media cannot erase the fact that it was said to the public by that administration regarding its policy positions and claimed actions. All that I surmise here is a better balance given recent developments involving ever greater media control (AKA curtailment &/or spin) over the national narrative---especially evidence by major social media platforms banning the former President of the United States. Sound interesting?

i just note this as being in the catagory of strange. When I type
"politichatter" into my browser address, I get an insecure connection, that is, whether or not I use my VPN. When I use a link to politichatter, the connection is secure.