OT WED 26 JUN ~ POW
“Bayonets aren’t much good against tanks.”
-- Kurt Vonnegut from Slaughterhouse-Five
Warring nations hold their populations as captive prisoners of their empire ambitions.
Treasuries are siphoned off to feed the insatiable military machines. Very little is left over
for basic social needs, infrastructure development or any domestic improvements. We are,
in effect, prisoners of war.
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Production of armaments are described as job programs, with no irony. The ant-war
movement expressed during the south east Asian fiasco has all but died. The concept
of dominating the world with cluster bombs has taken over. Much to the demise of
empire ambitions.
It is a struggle to maintain a positive outlook for our future. Being a peacenik is not an
easy road to hoe. How do we justify this escalating destruction? Can the human spirit
overcome? One can hope.
Open thread, so scatter your ideas below the bird and barbed wire.
Recycled silverware by Matt Wilson
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/06/matt-wilson-utensils/
Comments
At least one prisoner of war (mongers)
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escaped incarceration. Now, about those Palestinians .. ?
starvation is their escape from the jailers.
Good morning, QMS. Wonderful bird. I couldn't
resist hitting the site and really loved the Great Blue on the skateboard.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/wilson-15-scal...
Maybe picking apricots today, then working on one of the garden raised beds and possibly 2, those 3 items are the current main agenda items. The apricots aren't quite ripe, but they won't last until they are, wo we have to get the off of the tree and into the garage pronto. Methinks it's time to ignore as much political new as possible until all that plus routine chores get done. Otherwise I tend to get too distracted.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
yeah, distractions that are beyond the needy politics ..
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got a bunch of chores to do as well today, tomorrow, next days ad infinitum
good luck with yours and thanks for reading
don't think I will see spoons in the same light anymore ..
Assange is home
The smile when he sees Stella broke me up. And then he saw his father.
It’s finally done, Wendy. He is free.
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.
Another view of his arrival.
B sums it up perfectly
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Julian is free
I don’t give a rat’s ass about the plea deal because it’s meaningless in the broad scheme of things. The world knows that it’s only because of America’s pettiness that he had to plea. It certainly says more about America’s values than it does about Julian’s. His whole ordeal does.
One more block taken out of the American Jungo tower of standing for freedom and democracy. The world sees that the tower is close to collapsing.
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.
Howdy all,
Hi all, Ahoy Capt.!
I LOVE that wren sculpture of spoons. That is pure awesome art! Structure dictates it is a Bewick's Wren, or was the model. Even has the supercilium (eyeline) right. Most excellent.
Though there are ten species of wrens in America each type (except Winter-Pacific Wren), like most hawks, shorebirds, etc., is structured subtlety differently. For making a living its way in its environment. They all have slightly different structures, e.g. shapes. Clearly this is a Bewick's Wren with that long tail. BTW Bewick's is pronounced just like the automobile. Yesterday EL said he had a just-fledged family group of them at his place!
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RFK on Julian's plea deal
https://x.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1805389415663255819
Robert F. Kennedy Jr @RobertKennedyJr
Julian Assange struck a plea deal and will go free! I am overjoyed. He's a generational hero.
The bad news is that he had to plea guilty to conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense info. Which means the US security state succeeded in criminalizing journalism and extending their jurisdiction globally to non-citizens.
Julian had to take this. He has heart problems and he would have died in prison. But the security state has imposed a horrifying precedent and dealt a big blow to freedom of the press. 6:55 PM · Jun 24, 2024
happy trails all!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
I dropped a comment
in Cass' essay about the lack of dismissals for the other charges.
Not the usual process. But he is out of prison and home with his family, and can receive proper medical treatment.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
The irony with regards to the US's latest proxy is staggering.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/25/haitians-wary-as-k....
https://apnews.com/article/kenya-protests-finance-bill-33a20092285f1d663...
One man's
Criminal insurrectionists is another man's freedom fighter.
I will withhold judgment.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
QMS,
you always post lovely art in your OTs, but this spoon dude just hit a grand slam. STUNNING!
So, I booked a mini-vacation for my assistant to spend some fun time with her kids on the beach at Galveston. My schedule looked fairly clear, but this morning, the phone is ringing off the wall with questions about court settings and that is just the sort of questions my assistant, the court scheduler, can answer. Good grief. No good deed goes unpunished. News from the beach is good, though.
I might shut down the office a bit early this afternoon so that I can do some grocery shopping. I have a plan to prepare a large pot roast with veggies, enough for 2 dinners. We are headed out of town to attend a concert. We won't feel like cooking at the cabin, and we aren't that keen on dining out. This will lessen the stress and driving, not to mention packing clothes for dining out.
Thanks for the OT, and the death knell to journalism is tolling through no fault of ours.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Wikileaks greatest hits
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/25/iraq-to-nsa-spying-the-biggest-...
From collateral murder in Iraq to releasing the DNC emails showing how Hillary and democrats were cheating to beat Bernie because she couldn’t do it on her own because people despised HER.
But instead of being shamed they blamed it on Russia. She lost and instead of seeking that Obama screwed the pooch they again blamed Russia.
Biden’s game plan isn’t to talk about his great achievements (?) he’s just supposed to attack Trump and call him a convicted criminal….hey Joe, how’s your son doing?
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.
It IS the economy stupid
Biden’s mouthpieces are telling us that the economy is down great, but people countrywide are struggling with every aspect of life. So what’s his game plan? Say mean things about Trump and post mean tweets. Oh and IF you give us the RIGHT congress we we’ll pass aboriginal rights.
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.
To your point
that we are POWs in our own country rings true.
We should all start wearing POW t-shirts to widen awareness.
Thanks for the OT.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
thanks earthling
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the idea popped into my head a few days aglow
why the f*ck are people submitting to a nation-wide
prison condition? The barbed wire is being strung by
our 'betters', to prevent free thought from taking root.
Do not question authority is getting stale at this point.
Mama went to hell and all I got is this dirty T-shirt.
thanks for responding!