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Learn and Grow

It is a new year and time for new growth. When I arrived (like the shipwrecked person floating on the C99 sign) on this site, I was hopeful. I thought Bernie was destined to the presidency and our nation was going to move in a better direction. As Bernie was being cheated from the nomination illustrating the impotence of politics, we had the Standing Rock protest which I saw as a powerful statement about many things from environmental justice, indigenous rights, and citizen movements to fossil fuel's dominance, climate chaos, and complete corporate control... including mercenary domestic policing. I continue to study and learn of our situation...social, political, and ecological. Perhaps there are answers and political paths toward peace and prosperity, but I personally don't see a political way forward. I come more and more to the conclusion of my youth - to be a gardener, a naturalist, a musician and enjoy my corner of the world - the biologically rich eastern deciduous forest. So I want to shift the focus of this column to look at stories about people and communities that are living at peace and harmony with the planet while maintaining an eye on the news of the day.

The two political parties are more alike than they are different, but there are differences.
One of those differences is the Republican's outright demonization of the poor.

How can this waking nightmare get any worse?

A lobbyist for Boeing heads the Pentagon, a coal lobbyist heads the EPA, an oil lobbyist heads the Interior Department, and a Big Pharma lobbyist heads Health and Human Services. All of those agencies are charged with regulating those same industries. https://t.co/bkQOzzzwlv

Please don't misunderstand. We will be pulling troops out of Syria. In fact, Redur Khalil, a commander in the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, calls the U.S. withdrawal and a Kurdish deal with Damascus "inevitable".

I used to see the Democratic Party as the only political benefactor of most Americans--regulation of businesses to protect individuals; economic and social safety nets, unions, Medicare, equal rights--basically, the New Deal and the Great Society, with a soupçon of Woodrow Wilson.

That's right, we're waiting for delivery. Should be good, and it's nice not to cook.

Anyway, just random things using this wacky little wide angle/macro lens:

Oh, and as always, Happy Fredday....

The Democratic Party insiders are ready to knife any progressive that dares to speak up. David Brock's article is a perfect example.

Yes, yes, Queen Hillary was right! There indeed was a Russian bot factory affecting a major U.S. election in 2018. The outcome was a net zero because the botnet may have succeeded in getting DINO Doug Jones elected to fill the vacant Alabama Senate seat. Who did he defeat? Theocrat Roy Ten Commandments Moore. As much as I dislike the Dem establishment, I dislike Moore for his right wing theocratic politics.

Hmmm. But Russia is the problem.