The State of Things

There are super bacteria in the water at Brazil's beaches, and Zika virus is still at play.
Sorry Brazil, I don't think we should have the Olympics this year.
The Olympics have lost their lustre in the last number of years - it doesn't mean as much as it used to.  We have lots of competition among countries and the emotional stories at the Olympics are more marketing ploy.

Many American diplomats signed a statement saying the US policy toward Syria is wrong.
Russia bombed American trained fighters in Syria.
That's a mess waiting to happen.

Orlando had a singer gunned down, an alligator killed a little boy, and The Pulse nighclub attack.  That was in one week.

The man who killed the people at The Pulse may have had some personal sexuality issues and used ISIS as a cover.  But, it's made the whole matter hard to pin down.  Bottom line, in my opinion is we need to ban assault weapons, and we need to do better with mental health issues.

Donald Trump is a messed up human being and I don't understand people who would vote for him.  His daughter puts on a pretty show, but she supports him.  It makes me mad, but I have no idea what it would be like to have him for a father and I guess in some ways you have to support your Dad.  But, if this is how you think the world works - you're not right.  Yet - it HAS worked for the Trump family.  So...  crazy world we live in! :)