by Michael

Infrequently, there’s a second that embodies what’s going on in our society as a complete.  For me, a kind of moments got here on Saturday night time.  A 45 foot tall animatronic dragon at Disneyland erupted in flames, however most people on the park appeared to suppose that it was no massive deal.  The overwhelming majority of them simply went about their enterprise as if nothing uncommon was taking place.  Extremely, most of people who have been there appeared to suppose that all the pieces was “regular” regardless that a fully monumental hearth was sending “huge flames” into the night time sky…

An intense hearth broke out at Disneyland in Anaheim on Saturday night time as packed crowds have been having fun with a present on the theme park.

The hearth ignited on Tom Sawyer Island in the course of the Fantasmic! nighttime water and fireworks present held on the Rivers of America.

Citizen video captured by parkgoers exhibits huge flames absolutely engulfing Maleficent’s dragon prop on stage. The flames first ignited from the dragon’s face earlier than spreading to the remainder of its physique.

Based on Google, “maleficent” means “inflicting hurt or destruction, particularly by supernatural means”.

As I watched this dragon burn, I instantly thought in regards to the present state of our nation.

However if you happen to aren’t alarmed but, what’s it going to take?

Simply take a look at our economic system.  The dominoes are falling one after one other, and even our largest and most affluent companies are shedding employees.

Inside simply the previous few days, Mattress Bathtub & Past has filed for Chapter 11 chapter safety, BuzzFeed Information introduced will probably be fully shutting down, and we have now realized that Disney goes to be giving the axe to 1000’s of employees subsequent week…

Walt Disney Co. reportedly plans to slash 1000’s of jobs subsequent week.

Bloomberg, citing individuals aware of the plans stated the corporate would minimize about 15% of the employees in its leisure division.

The cuts will embrace these in TV, movie, theme parks and on company groups, in each area the place Disney operates.

In the meantime, our monetary system is on hearth.

Already this yr we have now witnessed the second and third largest financial institution failures in U.S. historical past, and Moody’s simply slapped 11 extra banks with vital downgrades…

On Friday Moody’s bolstered this difficult outlook by downgrading scores for 11 regional lenders, together with a two-notch minimize for Western Alliance, citing “a deterioration within the working setting and funding circumstances for US banks.”

“A number of the fast issues have gone away however the actuality is with rates of interest larger the banks’ enterprise mannequin goes to have to vary, and that’s going to play out over months and quarters and even years,” Commonwealth Monetary Community CIO Brad McMillan instructed Yahoo Finance.

On the similar time, crime charges proceed to soar everywhere in the nation and it seems that a considerable portion of the inhabitants has gone fully nuts.

Today, many individuals will begin taking pictures for seemingly no motive in any respect.  The opposite day a person in North Carolina shot a number of individuals, together with a 6-year-old lady, as a result of a basketball rolled into his yard…

The 24-year-old man accused of taking pictures a 6-year-old lady, her dad and mom and one other neighbor after a basketball rolled into his yard in North Carolina is now in police custody.

Robert Singletary appeared in courtroom on Friday and signed an extradition waiver. He turned himself in on Thursday to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Workplace in Tampa, authorities stated.

Neighbors instructed ABC Information’ Charlotte affiliate WSOC the taking pictures on Tuesday began when a basketball rolled into Singletary’s yard from a gaggle of native kids enjoying basketball on the street. Singletary allegedly fired a gun at a neighbor earlier than approaching a father and daughter, William James White and 6-year-old Kinsley White, who have been each significantly wounded.

As I hold telling my readers, the skinny veneer of civilization that we rely upon every day is quickly disappearing.

In San Francisco, organized retail crime is so rampant that some retailers have resorted to actually locking up 1000’s of merchandise.

The ethical basis of our society has been rotting for years, and now it’s virtually completely gone.

And it’s in such an setting that the most contentious presidential election in U.S. historical past shall be held in 2024.

An election ought to be a time of nice hope for the nation, however as a substitute most individuals appear to be wanting ahead to it with dread…

Many Individuals are usually not excited a couple of potential rematch between President Biden and former President Trump, in response to a brand new ballot, with extra respondents saying they really feel “exhaustion” over the prospects than the rest.

A 38 % plurality of respondents reported they felt “exhaustion” over the thought of a rematch, in response to the Yahoo Information/YouGov ballot. The opposite feelings that folks stated the rematch evokes are usually not way more optimistic, with 29 % feeling “worry” and 23 % “unhappiness and worry.”

Most Individuals don’t place confidence in our elections any longer.

And most Individuals don’t place confidence in our legislators any longer.

Our total system of presidency is on very skinny ice, and that ought to make all of us very unhappy.

After all our total tradition is on very skinny ice at this level.  Earlier right this moment, I used to be alarmed to learn {that a} college district in a deep crimson state similar to Missouri has given in to stress from the woke crowd…

A Missouri college district is now making its math curriculum extra gender inclusive, updating phrase issues and different language-based math equations with “they/them” pronouns.

As offered in a Webster Groves College District “math program analysis” final week, non-binary individuals shall be represented in “phrase and contextual” issues through the pronouns, alongside common gendered individuals utilizing he/she pronouns.

After we enable the woke crowd to outline the language, they win.

Over in Europe, issues are even worse.  In sure conditions, you may actually go to jail for not utilizing somebody’s most well-liked pronouns.

Whereas we’re obsessing over pronouns, the battle in Ukraine simply continues to escalate.

The overall quantity of help that the U.S. has already given Ukraine exceeds 200 billion {dollars}, however one Ukrainian official is now saying that’s not almost sufficient…

We’re grateful to our allies for his or her army assist. However: it’s not sufficient. Ukraine wants 10 occasions extra to complete russian aggression this yr. Thus we name upon our companions to cross all synthetic crimson strains & dedicate 1% of GDP for weapons deliveries

For sure, most of our legislators are greater than keen to maintain showering the Ukrainians with additional cash.

And the Russians are simply going to maintain escalating the battle as properly.

We proceed to creep nearer and nearer to a degree of no return.

So what occurs if somebody finally ends up crossing a line that can by no means be capable to be uncrossed?

Do we actually need to struggle a nuclear battle over Ukraine?

As soon as the nukes begin flying, America will burn.

Sadly, most Individuals aren’t alarmed by any of the issues that I’ve simply shared with you.

However the fact is that flames have already erupted in each nook of our society, and we had higher work actually onerous to place these fires out earlier than it’s too late.