Friends of Dave #284: highway to the danger zone
Summer begins....
Friends, with Memorial Day weekend upon us here in the US, we will be enjoying a three day break that typically marks the beginning of summertime activities.
As usual this will be a light issue of the FoD -- you probably have BBQ plans and time with family you are planning.
Me? I have a need.....a need for speed.
Yes, I will most definitely be catching Top Gun: Maverick and all of it's 80s action nostalgia on a local IMAX screen. It will be a much needed guilty pleasure after a long week.
Two things I will leave you with:
Let's not forget the reason we have this break in the first place -- and all of those that have served protected us and our freedoms
I would be remiss not to mention that the heartbreaking events in Uvalde, TX this week really shook me and I suspect many of you as well. I really try to keep politics out of this newsletter, but our collective acceptance of the normalcy of mass shootings in our country sickens me (if you follow me on Twitter, you have probably seen some of my unfiltered thoughts there).
I am tired of the deflection, the lack of leadership and the lack of action on all sides. There are common sense controls that can be implemented (such as, why is it easier for an 18 year old to buy a gun than alcohol?) if our elected leaders just did their jobs, were open to compromise and put human interests over their own.
And while this is a complex and multi-faceted issue, there is absolutely no excuse to do nothing....and this answer to just put more guns in schools or focus on doors is weak....
I don't care where you sit politically on this issue -- we all need to demand that some action is taken. Children being shot in school is not acceptable. We cannot allow it to become "normal" in this country.
This cannot happen again.
XOXO
Dave
Think on This...
30 Years of Gun Manufacturing in America — www.visualcapitalist.com The U.S. has produced nearly 170 million firearms over the past three decades. Here are the numbers behind America's gun manufacturing sector
Which Countries Trust Their Government, and Which Ones Don't? — www.visualcapitalist.com There is a clear correlation between trust in government and trust in public institutions, but a few countries buck the trend.
For Your Day Job...
Skills-Based Hiring Is on the Rise Early in the 2000s, a significant number of employers began adding degree requirements to the descriptions of jobs that hadn’t previously required degrees, even though the jobs themselves hadn’t changed.
Your Weekly Dose of Randomness...
For 40 Years, Crashing Trains Was One of America’s Favorite Pastimes — www.atlasobscura.com
Why trainwrecks are so captivating.
Want Smarter Kids? Teach Music, Not Coding, According to MIT
Maybe encouraging them to become the next Mozart vs. Bill Gates is the answer.
The Colorful History of Haribo Goldbears, the World's First Gummy Bears 2022 marks the centenary of the German candy company's flagship product
And The Last Word....
WATCH: Wine Expert Opens and Tastes a 159 Year Old Bottle of Port Bottled in 1863 — laughingsquid.com
Konstantin Baum opened and tasted a Burmester port wine that was 159 years old, bottled in 1863.
Trust me you are into wine (like I know many of you are), you are going to want to watch this.
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