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I have been thinking of technological retreat. Not just helter-skelter, although that would probably work, but in a planned and paced retreat. Let's start with petroleum use. Let's taper off.

LEFT BRAIN seems safest. Dependable. Rock-hard. As sure as math. Solid answers. I have noticed that when people are scared, the more they seek established paths. Alas. The beaten path is the hunting grounds of the ambush predator.

“The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift away.” --David Viscott

CREATIONISTS You are not exactly correct, you have just assumed you know HOW God created everything. (And how long it took.) Pretend you see a little video of God (white clothing and white hair and bilateral symmetry) adding just a drop of "Evolution" to his new culture in the petri dish.

Damn‼️ Federal agents blew a door off for this? Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids. She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms. Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen. 🧵

NO KING DAY PARADE IS GREAT SUCCESS! A "march" is a rather determined/angry parade. Missoula's "Parade" estimated at between 6,000 and 15,000 participants, depending on the political leanings of the reporting agency. We have settled upon ~10,000. ~10,000 smiling, hopeful people!

MORE HEADLINES? USA ABDICATES WORLD LEADERSHIP To Israel, following Israel into fascist behavior USA USES ISRAEL'S PREEMPTIVE STRIKE EXCUSE for unprovoked attack on a smaller country TRUMP BREAKS SUPREME LAW OF OUR COUNTRY brushes charge of treason aside with disdain

HEADLINES feel free to pick one USA ABDICATES WORLD LEADERSHIP To Israel, following Israel into fascist behavior USA SHOOTS IRAN IN THE BACK Following genocidal Israeli lead USA SHOOTS IRAN IN THE BACK While hiding behind Israeli skirt TRUMP BREAKS SUPREME LAW OF OUR COUNTRY commits act of war

Culturally aware comedians -- I am thinking of George Carlin and Mark Twain -- turned into grouchy, embittered ol' duffs in their last years. And no wonder! Imagine analyzing our present American society. It is mostly rabid reactionaries and stunned democrats. The only real life is on the streets.

I need a friend that's a flat-Earther. I'm not going to do a lot of scoffing, but I'd love to ask a passel of questions as part of a study of flat-Earthers.

Day #113 Equality Matters From a Facebook post! The last time Saudi Arabia sent us a plane...... #proudblue

The people who attacked the capital building on January 6 were not treated as traitors, Senator Mark Kelly is accused of betrayal --> he sponsored a bill, the “End Crypto Corruption Act,” outlawing insider trading by members of the administration. Roger Stone is calling for Kelly’s execution!

A disgruntled professor said, Men think by distillation. Women think by incubation. Discuss.

Good night 😴 War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself. Benjamin Franklin

Muzzy quote: A good leader inspires peoples' confidence in the leader." A great leader inspires peoples' confidence in themselves. --Eleanor Roosevelt

Have you read your Rumi today?

It is important to distinguish between the Jewish people and Zionists. The Jews are people very much like us, except maybe more studious. The Zionists are "statists". They care about the state more than they do about people. State gets rich, so do they.

Judgmentalism = it blinds the judger; it harms the judged.

April 5th Rally Missoula, Montana Much like a Love Fest without the sex. Colors and creative sign writing. "This land is my land; this land your land." A big boost to hope and inspiration. 5000 of every sort of folks.

Every time the Spirit came to me it took me by surprise. It came up on my blind side. I thought the Spirit might not come to me anymore because I had grown so much in experience that I had no more blind sides. Ha! What I now think --> the Spirit is Awake and that I am asleep, unconscious, or dozing.

Looking forward to the April 5th "Hands Off" rally. I hope to make a drawing of Wormtongue from Lord of the Rings with Trump's face and a worm coming out of his mouth. ... or something ...

Wendell Berry says, "There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places."

HATE or LOVE? it's a choice. Would you rather MARCH or DANCE?

You can talk exceptions to a human, but if that human says, "No can do. It's policy," you know that's a corporation speaking thru that person. If Musk gets his Ai creations into place, all we will ever be dealing with is corporations. Nobody home.

The U.S. and the U.K. have a bilateral extradition treaty, which means either side can start extradition proceedings. Join me! Add your name to demand U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi send the Tate brothers to the U.K. to face their accusers in court. Survivors deserve justice!

Zelenskyy inspired me! He stands up to bullies. He has his own mind.

SCIENCE you can do at home. Put a raisin in a shallow bowl of water in the microwave. Does the raisin return to being a grape?

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NOT in the CLASSROOM of a good university, but in the commons is where elevation of the mind occurs. Sailing the duck looks serene . is paddling strongly underwater. Classrooms yield facts but Ubermind of the commons yields MINDS.

I am suspicious of the absolutist language among my friends on the left. But neither do I want to see my friends co-opted by the far right, nor do I want to see them yielding to the recursive blockade created by the cant of the gathering fascism.

Do you remember that time Pence tried to see Hamilton and the cast called him out. Or when McConnell was chased out of a resraurant and not allowed a peaceful meal. Or when Cruz abandoned Texas during the deep freeze and we shamed him into going home. That. Do that.

I have established a few to follow. Just learning how to use this social engine. What I really would like is a portal so i may drop in on my friends occasionally and BS in a friendly way. I won't criticize your housekeeping if you don't criticize mine. You can be in my dream if I can be in yours.