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"In the final days of a civilization, a population wallows in self-delusional hubris and trumpets false virtues. It looks for scapegoats to explain its failures — Muslims, undocumented workers, Mexicans, African-Americans, feminists, intellectuals, artists and dissidents. Magical thinking and the myth of American exceptionalism dominate public discourse and are taught in schools. Art and culture are degraded to nationalist kitsch. Science is dismissed, even in the midst of the environmental crisis. Cultural and intellectual disciplines that allow us to see the world from the perspective of the other, that foster empathy, understanding and compassion, are replaced by a grotesque and cruel hypermasculinity and hypermilitarism. Trump is perfectly tailored for these death throes. He is not a freak or an anomaly. He is the naked visage of our pathological sickness." ~ Chris Hedges ~ |
"Separated By Ice"
World Press Photo Of The Year - By Carol Guzy
Christians doing what they do best,
inflicting suffering on others.
Apparently the man who is being ripped away from his children
and family had no criminal record and was in process
for entering this shithole legally.
Take a bow Christians!!
What does it say in your mouldering little book?
"By their fruits you shall know them."
Bullies.
Sadists.
These are what are revealed when one peels
back the ever-so-thin layer of
"Oh Bless Your Heart!"
fake civility.
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Not My Image - From "Wait - What?"
....I have found great peace in following
my own path instead of the one
those around me encouraged
me to take..
...and...
this is not to say that it's been easy..
there is always pushback /
shaming when one steps
away from the pack's
behaviors and
mores...
"Why do you have to be that way?"
is their cry, trying to rope
me back into living
the way that
would
make
them
comfortable.
Here's the thing:
I tried that for a while, and
sure enough people felt
more comfortable
- but -
it made me
want to
die.
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Fat check in - Since hitting 167 last year, I have gained 5 lbs and am now at 172. I'm pretty sure that I have entered the phase of "THE JOURNEY" where the body is trying like a motherfucker to put back on the weight it no longer carries.. It is more efficient with the calories it is given - so fewer are needed day-to-day.. That in itself would not be that big a deal, but it also is conjuring up HUNGER. I'm way hungrier now.. When you combine where I am in "THE JOURNEY" with the sheer amount of snack foods laying around the house for the shorties - well - I gotta say - it ain't fun.. M&M's, chips, cookies, cake, candy bars, bread, muffins, jellies - they all mock me from their perches on shelves in the pantry and in the fridge.. "You're going to fail." they say... "You were always going to fail..." they say.. "What's the point anyway??" I have had only one episode where I ate candy - it was over Easter (of course).. I've had nothing since. ~ |
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....you are not directly involved in aiding and abetting the fascist movement afoot in Amerikka right now, you most certainly are indirectly supporting it.. "How?" you may ask.. Welp - by shackling human minds with the burden of delusion, that's how.. And - in so doing - preparing these minds to be more welcoming of the lies and ignorance and cruelty of the current administration.. Your tradition is an existential threat not only to this country, but the entire world. ~ |
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“Masked thugs armed and kitted like they’re about to retake Mosul from the Islamic State prowl the streets of American cities looking for racial minorities to kidnap and send to horrific prison camps without a warrant or a whiff of due process. They shoot school teachers for following them and honking their horns to alert their neighbors. They brutally assault and murder American citizens with apparent impunity. The president and his family engage in open, lavish corruption to the tune of billions of dollars. In the span of a year, he has turned the United States—the main author and guarantor of the post-Second World War, rules-based international order—into the biggest threat to that order, destroying our system of alliances in the process and making both America and the world far less safe and less prosperous.” ~ Liberal Currents ~
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