Category: Current events
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Peace needs justice
There can be no peace between Israel & Palestine without justice, seems to me. When peace seems impossible, start with justice. Then peace can be possible. Know justice, know peace. I created image above because it needs to be said, as our government is supporting mass murder in Gaza. It’s…
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Dysfunctional government, Exibit GOP
In a time of crisis, when a functioning House of Representatives is critical, Republicans seem hell-bent on being historically dysfunctional. I guess it’s on-brand.
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RFK, Jr, & Cornel West go independent
Interesting developments on the margins of the presidential race: Cornel West has left the Green Party to run as an independent, and RFK, Jr. has exited the Democratic primaries to also run an independent campaign. West’s decision seems disappointing. He had the chance to help build a real progressive party…
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The Great and Powerful…
The thing I like about this meme, besides the eerie resemblance, is that it suggests that we’re coming to the end of the movie, when the man who derived his power from getting others to believe that he was all-powerful is finally revealed to all as the charlatan that he…
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Guns & cars & rules, oh my!
I’m not a big fan of either guns or cars. I believe both produce a lot of unnecessary harm in our world (and our country, specifically). But I’m realistic — I know that neither one is going away any time soon. Certainly not here in the good old US of…
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Mad Tea Party
In attempt to better understand current political events, I’ve been reading Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Our nation’s politics have clearly gone down the rabbit hole and just get curiouser and curiouser. This Tea Party is mad in more ways than one. Confusion is contagion. Time stands still; no progress is…
freelansing in Seattle 