It ain't just Trumpilini - Militarized police are a left-right construct.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2001/11/the-wasteful-legacy-of-clint...
The oligarchs means of control.

I have resolved to focus on what I can do. So I've been out picking blueberries and finally it's dry enough to spray neem oil this morning. So that is done as well. Washing clothes now. The daily patterns living in isolation are comforting in these times. Been harvesting lots of wild chanterells too.

Chanterelles generally occur from late spring through late summer or early fall here in North Georgia. They love moisture, shade and lots of organic matter. Drenching rain followed by a couple of days of stifling heat is the natural sauna necessary to spawn a good bloom.

You might enjoy this if you have time...
Feature Film: The Climate Tsunami (2020) - 50 min
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX8tvvz60Mc]

Do we have a future? What kind of future?

The Climate Tsunami is a 50 minute video essay that aims to support a realistic picture of current climate concerns.

The Climate Tsunami is fiction, it builds on the facts of climate heating to enable the planet to speak about it.
In a sometimes shocking, often touching deep dive, the planet draws on its long historical perspective to show and tell where we are with climate heating and where it might be taking us;

—how human abuse of the planet as a living body has triggered an autonomic response of climate heating;
—how humankind has a clear choice between voluntary shrinkage of its civilizations or possible catastrophic collapse.

The Climate Tsunami is a personal, independent video production, based on three years research, written, photographed and edited by Denis Postle, a veteran documentary film director, therapist, writer and musician.­

The police problem is trivial in comparison, but as you suggest represents another data point illustrating the unraveling of the social fabric. Thanks for the OT and the links. Have a good one!

information that appears to be an inadvertent admission by the oligarchs and their minions that see the populace as their enemy. Thus, the need to constantly observe and monitor as well as to control and manipulate us. Bolton was quoted therein to the effect that:

“Now I want to make the case for secrecy in government when it comes to the conduct of national security affairs, and possibly for deception where that’s appropriate,” Bolton said. “You know Winston Churchill said during World War Two that in wartime truth is so important it should be surrounded by a bodyguard of lies.”

There, it is out in the open if one looks closely. One does not keep one's plans, ideas and information secret from one's allies, only from one's enemies. Anything else is counterproductive. Similar, one doesn't deceive and lie to one's allies, only one's enemies. Our government, however keeps us in the dark about everything and feeds us an endless stream of lies and propaganda. They do so because they see us as an enemy, as inimical to their rule and their game-plan, and are quite open abut it in unguarded moments.

This, of course, is where the narrative control backed up the the mailed fist of the security and surveillance state police and intel conglomerate backed up, in turn, by the National Guard.

You point out the current Chaos as a driver and an actual goal of the oligarchy in order that it may be used as such a driver. It is ironic because the climate catastrophe which is also a driver of much and a facilitator of things like the current pandemic is also chaos driven to an extent. Not so much climate, but dig deeply into weather and weather systems and you run up against chaos theory, an interesting irony given how hard they are working to maintain social chaos.

Thanks for the OT and today's fresh look and additional vantage point on everything. Thanks also for all you do, for that matter. We all have another, bigger curve to try to flatten than just this virus.

be well and have a good one

Patriot act renewed without a hiccup, technology rapidly advancing giving gestapos new tools, toys of the trade, and freedom caucus members running the government. Quite a frightening soup.

Sadly, i'm waiting for the inevitable crash when the repugs and dems fail to renew pandemic unemployment.

Cumulus clouds dominate the sky today and feeling cooped up, think i'll get out a little this afternoon.

Be well and be safe.

i'll add:

‘Twitter Targets Accounts of MintPress and Other Outlets Covering Unrest in Bolivia’, MintPress News, along with a number of independent Bolivian news outlets and journalists covering the unrest there, were all targeted for suspension at the same time.
by Alan Macleod, mintpressnews.com, june 29

Immediately preceding the ban, MintPress had been sharing stories about Israeli government crimes against Palestinians, the Saudi-led onslaught in Yemen (both funded and supported by Washington), and about activists challenging chemical giant Monsanto’s latest plans.
However, MintPess correspondent Ollie Vargas, stationed in Bolivia and covering the coup and other events there, had another theory on the suspension. Vargas noted that his account, along with union leader Leonardo Loza and independent Bolivian outlets Kawsachun Coca and Kawsachun News were all suspended at the same time. “There was a coordinated takedown of numerous users & outlets based in Chapare, Bolivia. Thousands of fake accounts appeared after the coup. We believe they’re being mobilized to mass report those who criticize the regime,” he said. Since the November coup, Bolivia has been the sight of intense political struggle, with MintPress one of the only Western outlets, large or small, extensively covering the situation (and from a perspective that directly challenges the official US government line). Vargas added that all those accounts suspended appeared in his Twitter bio.

Jun 22, 2020, AFL-CIO Leader Richard Trumka Defends
Police Unions by Comparing Them to Employersinthesetimes.com

In an exchange with a union president who spoke out forcefully against the historic role of police as foes of labor, Trumka defended the police as “community friendly,” and argued that if unions could learn to work with employers to handle contentious issues, they should be able to do the same with cops and their unions.

Since the beginning of the ongoing nationwide protests against police violence, there has been a heated discussion about what role police unions should play in the labor movement. Many progressives want to sever ties with police unions altogether, while others—particularly public-sector union leaders, who fear that any attacks on police unions will translate into attacks on all collective bargaining in the public sector—counsel moderation and “engagement” with police unions to push various reforms.

#WhatAGrifter: comprador trumka double dips, as also heads thee international afl-cio.