https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/15/magazine/jon-stewart-inte...
Apologies if this is showing up already, but a very thought provoking interview. One gem on voting ‘‘Participation in this corrupt system is inherently a corrupting process.’’
I just found this written by Matt Taibi in our local online expat newspaper.
Early yesterday morning, my friend/landlord/employer called me and told me a guy was outside the building huffing paint, and he wanted me to either run him off, or call the cops on him.
The "guy" was actually huffing cans of electronic air one uses to blow dust out of their computer, and he was high as a kite. I went to go talk to him and he could hardly get his name out. The poor guy could hardly function. Clearly he was homeless and destitute.
Crisis brings opportunity for change...both good and bad. Running the gambit from the autonomous zone in Seattle to the out of control expansion of the Fed. This week I've been pondering the lens which we could use to better see our way through these uncertain times. My nature is to focus on nature. I understand others have different perspectives. That's okay. However, there's no doubt we are hurdling toward big changes in our ecosystem and biosphere, as well as our society at large. Our basic needs of air, water, food, and energy hearken back to the four elements of the Greeks. The planet has the ability to recycle these basic resources naturally, but human activity has thrown a wrench in the machinery. Is it even possible to limit our footprint to have an equitable sustainable human existence? There are techniques which suggest it is possible.
The white Queen infamously told Alice "The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday – but never jam to-day."
So here's a Jam from yestidday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, and House Majority Whip James Clyburn of S.C., right, and top Congressional Democrats, raise their hands during a news conference to unveil policing reform and equal justice legislation on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Washington.
‘Rebellion, Confusion and Kente Cloth: The Establishment Can’t Handle Black Lives Matter; Suddenly, workers are publicly criticizing their bosses. Politicians are backpedaling and newspapers face revolts when they are caught spreading propaganda. In Europe and the United States monuments to genocidaires are defaced and pulled down’, by Margaret Kimberley, mintpressnews.com and Black Agenda Report, June 10, 2020 (Creative Commons; my bolds)
“You cannot serve God and mammon” (Matthew 6:24)
After Trump held up a Bible while standing in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church, non-Catholic religious leaders expressed anger and disgust.
