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unfortunately the same can not be said for far too many of the headlines and articles we are consuming today. don't freak out, listen to tom and rp talk it out instead.

 

De Blasio calls city workers back to offices; some aren't happy

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/de-blasio-calls-workers-back-to-offices-some-arent-happy

Y / BS: It's safe to go clubbing (if everyone has a digital pass)

Spain experiments with a digital pass

https://news.trust.org/item/20210502105246-1roh2

Y / BS: Irrational exuberance is here again

'This is not going to end well': Billionaire Leon Cooperman says stock market will be lower a year from now - MarketWatch

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-not-going-to-end-well-billionaire-leon-cooperman-says-stock-market-will-be-lower-a-year-from-now-11619797332

Bull: 

From the basement

Pent up savings

Pent up enthusiasm

41% into stocks!

Fiscal and monetary easing

MASSIVE $ in… 

Great earnings

Bear:

Capital gains increase

Already higher than pre-CV19 

Y / BS: the air we breathe isn't equal 

People of Color Are Exposed to More Pollution (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/climate/air-pollution-minorities.html

Y / BS: GOP party loyalty = buying into a lie

Election falsehood now a symbol of GOP loyalty (e.g. Mitt Romney getting booed)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-trump-election-falsehood/2021/05/01/7bd380a0-a921-11eb-8c1a-56f0cb4ff3b5_story.html

Graphic to photographic - MArshall McLuhan

...to psychographic...

Y / BS: COVID is here to stay*

*but protecting most vulnerable through vaccinations will get us close to normal 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/health/covid-herd-immunity-vaccine.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

Y / BS: the smartest thing Joe Rogan ever said

https://www.axios.com/joe-rogan-walks-back-anti-vaccination-spotify-4ab56dcf-b60e-41c6-9c49-fe7f22be7d04.html