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https://www.npr.org/2020/09/04/909198327/jad-abumrad-how-journalism-taught-me-a-new-way-to-resolve-conflict So…Abumrad is looking for that third space where revelation and resolution exist. Hmmm. Not seeing much of that with Trump. The Flying Saucer Secret The flying saucer is a popular culture standard with every public library featuring a shelf filled with “UFO” books. What is not widely known is a secret project featuring aContinue reading “58 Days to Go and…a Q Drop”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/ If this does not do him in then nothing will and America is over. Two amazing pieces of reporting that prove there is still hope.

Two months to go and tomorrow is the big day. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/03/david-graeber-anthropologist-and-author-of-bullshit-jobs-dies-aged-59 The man who told us we were the 99 percent is dead. A year younger than me. -“he argued that most white-collar jobs were meaningless and that technological advances had led to people working more, not less. “Huge swaths of people, in Europe andContinue reading “60 days”

I went swimming again and I am really beat- but I have to write something about Markey winning. The best possible future is a Biden administration dragged kicking and screaming into a progressive revolution where “the laundry list” is checked off one by one. A Green New Deal, M4A, School loan forgiveness and free college,Continue reading “The Laundry List”

Went swimming this morning so I did not have time to post anything. Have to to work.

  23:31 “This is why Marx calls Capitalism ultimately a revolutionary force; there’s no internal or external check on their pillage and their greed and this is now having very very dire social and political consequences-” 28:18 “Any hope comes from sustained mass civil disobedience-”  

Looks like a blue lives matter supporter was shot and killed in downtown Portland a few hours ago. Here we go- it is only going to get worse from now on. If it turns into a roller coaster ride likely the only way to stop it is if Trump resigns and Pence promises a peacefulContinue reading “64 Days and another person is shot”

Nothing happened yesterday or last night in Portland. Waiting for the shooting to really start. 1:05 If God wants a crook, then the evangelicals have their wish. Electing people who proclaim government is not your friend means they are not your friend because We the people essentially are the government through our representatives. “Small governmentContinue reading “65 Days and waiting for real trouble”

I have the feeling this is going to be one of those days. Not quite 0700 where I live and I am not optimistic about today…and tonight. It is very likely that some of these people are going to die because they sat there for hours for their cult leader. If Biden shuts down theContinue reading “66 Days and a freaky Friday”

https://www.businessinsider.com/bezos-mansion-protesters-set-up-guillotine-demand-higher-wages-2020-8 “The protest came the day after Bezos’ net worth surpassed $200 billion, making him the richest person in history, according to Forbes. His wealth has grown by about $85 billion since January, boosted by Amazon’s soaring revenue amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A video posted to Twitter by a Washington Examiner reporter shows former Amazon warehouse worker Christian Smalls, anContinue reading “67 Days to go and it is not going well”