Monday Night Massacre as Trump Fires Acting AG and Replaces ICE Director

Monday Night Massacre as Trump Fires Acting AG and Replaces ICE Director



ANYONE WHO DOESN'T FOLLOW THIS MANIACS ORDERS WILL BE FIRED. THAT'S ALL HE KNOWS HOW TO DO. "YOU'RE FIRED!" LITTLE DOES HE KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO FIRE HIM.

TEN WAYS TO TELL YOU ARE A WHITE, RIGHT-WING, CHRISTIAN, REPUBLICAN

1. YOU PICTURE GOD AS A WHITE MALE WHO LOOKS LIKE TRUMP.
2. ANYONE WHO DOESN'T THINK LIKE YOU IS THE ENEMY.
3. YOU'RE GOOD AT MAINTAINING A POSITION OF IGNORANCE AND CLOSE MINDEDNESS.
4. YOU ONCE HAD A PROGRESSIVE IDEA THAT SCARED YOU SO MUCH YOU WENT TO SEE A PSYCHIATRIST.
5. YOU FIGURE THE AMERICAN FLAG WAS THE ORIGINAL SHROUD JESUS WAS BURIED IN.
6. YOU HATE ABORTION, CALLING YOURSELF PRO-LIFE, BUT SUPPORT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND WAR. AND GUNS, AND DRONES, AND BOMBS, AND GENERAL MAYHEM.
7. YOU SAY ONE THING, BUT GENERALLY DO ANOTHER. 
8. YOU ARE SCARED SENSELESS THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO TAKE ALL YOUR THINGS.
9. GUNS ARE YOUR ANSWER TO ALL YOUR INSECURITIES. 
10. LOOK IN A MIRROR. IF YOU DO NOT SEE A REFLECTION, DON'T BE SURPRISED. YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER PRICK IN THE WALL.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"NEVER DESPAIR!BUT IF YOU DO,/WORK ON IN YOUR DESPAIR."

Henry Tyrrell

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"THERE IS NO GREATER IMPOTENCE IN ALL THE WORLD LIKE KNOWING YOU ARE RIGHT AND THAT THE WAVE OF THE WORLD IS WRONG, YET THE WAVE CRASHES UPON YOU."

Norman Mailer

SOME OF LIFE'S BITTER TRUTHS

• SOFT ROCK AIN'T ROCK AND IT AIN'T MUSIC. IT'S JUST SOFT ROCK.
• DON'T THINK OF LAWS YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW. THINK OF THEM MORE AS SUGGESTIONS.
• AS SOON AS SOMEONE IS SINGLED OUT AS AN UNSUNG HERO, HE OR SHE NO LONGER IS.
• WEATHER FORECAST FOR TONIGHT: DARK. WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS: DARK.
• BY AND LARGE, LANGUAGE WAS INVENTED TO CONCEAL THE TRUTH.
• THE IQ AND LIFE EXPECTANCY OF AMERICANS RECENTLY PASSED EACH OTHER IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
• I NEVER JOINED THE BOY SCOUTS. I DON'T TRUST AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A HANDBOOK.
• SOME DAYS IT'S WORTHWHILE TRYING TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT. MOST DAYS IT ISN'T.
• WHEN ASKED TO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, I RUN.
• TRY TO REMEMBER THIS IF YOU ARE CARRYING A GUN AND "STANDING YOUR GROUND." KILLING IS KILLING, OR SAY THEY SAY, WHEN IT COMES TO JUDGEMENT DAY.
• MOST PRO-LIFE PEOPLE ARE NOT PRO-LIFE. THEY ARE PRO-BIRTH. ASK THEM ABOUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, WAR, HEALTH-CARE, SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS. THEY ARE NOWHERE CLOSE TO PRO-LIFE.
• YOU CAN FOOL MOST OF THE PEOPLE, ALL OF THE TIME, WHICH WAS DRIVEN HOME AS TRUE THIS LAST ELECTION. 
• IF YOU MARRIED HIM OR HER FOR THEIR LOOKS, OR THEIR MONEY, OR THEIR STATUS, WELL, GOOD LUCK. YOU'LL NEED IT.
• I USED TO BE A CHRISTIAN. WITH ALL THESE RIGHT-WING CHRISTIANS INFECTING THE WORLD, I HAVE RECONSIDERED.
• EVERYTHING YOU THINK IS NOT NECESSARILY TRUE. PARTICULARLY IF YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION FROM FOX NEWS. 
• THERE ARE TIMES YOU HAVE TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS GOD AND RIGHT. NOW IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES.

BENEDICTION

I'M STEPPING OUT THE DOOR AND INTO LIFE.
THERE IS NO TIME TO SET ON THE COUCH AND FEEL SORRY FOR MYSELF.
IT IS OUR MOMENT OF TRUTH,
THE MOMENT WE HOPED WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO CONFRONT.

BUT NOW IT IS UPON US.
NOW WE MUST PROTECT THE POOR. FEED THE HUNGRY. HOUSE THE HOMELESS.  LOOK FOR HEALTHCARE IN PLACES THAT ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY THOSE GOVERNING US.
NOW WE MAY HAVE TO GIVE UP OUR SECURITY AND PRIVILEGE FOR THOSE SEEKING JUSTICE AND CHRISTS TRUTH.

IN THIS HOUR OF DARKNESS,
SHINE YOUR LIGHT UPON US.
GIVE US STRENGTH TO FIGHT BACK THIS EVIL WITH LOVING KINDNESS AND DOGGED DETERMINATION.
WE TRUST YOU WILL BE WITH US AND PROTECT US.

AMEN

SUNDAY MORNING SERMON: ARE YOU PART OF THE CURE OR PART OF THE DISEASE?

• DO YOU PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH, OR PREACH AND PREACH AND PREACH?
• DO YOU TEACH RACISM TO YOUR CHILDREN?
• DO YOU PROMOTE AND DEMONSTRATE VIOLENCE OVER NEGOTIATION, COMPROMISE, AND NON-VIOLENCE?
• DO YOU TAKE AND NEVER GIVE?
• ARE YOU SURE GUNS ARE THE ANSWER TO YOUR INSECURITIES?
• IS YOU MOUTH CONSTANTLY MOVING AND YOUR WORDS ILL CHOSEN?
• DOES YOUR LIFE MEAN MORE THAN THE NEXT GUYS? DO YOU PUT ONE OF THOSE BATTERY RAMS IN FRONT OF YOUR CAR OR TRUCK, HOPING THE OTHER GUY GETS THE WORSE END OF THE DEAL?
• IF YOU ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS STRUGGLING, DO YOU OFFER TO HELP?
• DO YOU THINK ANY LESS OF A PERSON LIVING ON THE STREET? OR SOMEONE WHO NEEDS A LITTLE HELP? DO YOU SEE THEM AS FAILURES? DO YOU WRITE THEM OFF AS WORTHLESS AND A BURDEN ON SOCIETY?
• WOULD YOU DENY A WOMAN HER RIGHT TO CONTROL HER OWN BODY? ARE YOU PRO-LIFE OR PRO-BIRTH? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF THE DIFFERENCE?
• IS YOUR WAY THE ONLY WAY?
• IF YOU THINK CHRISTIANITY IS THE ONLY TRUE RELIGION, YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM, NOT THE CURE.

SUNDAY MORNING HYMN: Amos Lee-Jesus

SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

THE WORLD TREMBLES OUT OF CONTROL.
THE VIOLENCE BUILDS,
        SOME BY TERRORISM,
        SOME BY STATE GREED
        DRESSED UP AS POLICY,
        VIOLENCE ON EVERY SIDE.

YOU, IN THE MIDST OF THE OUT-OF-CONTROL VIOLENCE.
   WE CONFESS YOU STEADFAST, LOYAL, RELIABLE,
          BUT WE WONDER IF YOU YOURSELF ARE ENGAGED
               IN BRUTALITY.
   WE CONFESS YOU TO BE GOVERNOR AND RULER,
          BUT WE WONDER IF YOU MANAGE.

WE IN THE MIDST OF OUT-OF-CONTROL VIOLENCE,
          WE IN GREAT FAITH,
           WE IN DEEP VOCATIONAL CALL,
           WE IN OUR SEVERAL ANXIETIES.
WE---ALONGSIDE YOU---IN THE TREMBLING.

THIS DAY WE PRAY FOR FREEDOM TO MOVE
                     BEYOND FEAR TO CARING,
                     BEYOND SELF TO NEIGHBOR,
                     BEYOND PROTECTION TO GROWTH.
THAT WE MAY BE A SIGN OF STEADFASTNESS,
             THAT ANXIETY MAY NOT WIN THE DAY.

YOU ARE THE ONE WHO SAID, "DO NOT BE ANXIOUS."
AND NOW WE SUBMIT TO YOU.

Walter Brueggmann-Prayers for a Privileged People


           

LET US OUT

TRUMP DOESN'T NEED TO BUILD A WALL TO KEEP MEXICANS OUT. HE NEEDS TO BUILD A WALL TO KEEP US IN. TENS OF THOUSANDS WILL FLEE. ONE COULD BE ME. OR THEE.

'Resistance Means Resisting': Dems Accused of Being Too Soft on Trump

'Resistance Means Resisting': Dems Accused of Being Too Soft on Trump



THE OLD GUARD NEEDS TO BE WEEDED OUT. THEY ARE WAY TOO COMFORTABLE. 

SOME THOUGHTS ON ARKANSAS

• THE MINUTE WE MOVED TO ARKANSAS, IT TURNED REPUBLICAN. THERE'S A PILE OF LUCK.
• PEOPLE DOWN HERE CALL ARKANSAS AR-KANSAS. I DON'T THINK MUCH OF THAT. DOUBLES THE STUPIDITY.
• I LIVE AMONGST RIGHT-WING, RICH, WHITE, CHRISTIAN, REPUBLICANS. I'M GUESSING I DIED AND WENT TO HELL.
• THERE ARE A LOT OF POOR PEOPLE. ONE IN THREE ELDERLY EXPERIENCE FOOD SCARCITY. ONE IN FOUR CHILDREN GO TO BED HUNGRY AT NIGHT. STILL, THEIR PARENTS VOTE REPUBLICAN. I'M CONSIDERING REPORTING THEM FOR CHILD ABUSE.
• I AM REGARDED AS HIGHLY EDUCATED IN ARKANSAS WITH A MASTERS DEGREE. MOST PEOPLE HAVE AN 8TH GRADE EDUCATION. THEY WOULD HAVE PERHAPS FINISHED, BUT THEY GOT KICKED OUT FOR BEING 18. THEY PUT ON THEIR RESUME, ATTENDED SCHOOL.

LA LA LAND-TIMELY MOVIE

I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S THE PLACE WE ARE LIVING IN: LA LA LAND.

ADVICE TO TRUMP

DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK.

DAMN THOSE REPUBLICANS

I WOKE UP THIS MORNING HOPING EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY WAS JUST A BAD DREAM. SURELY TRUMP AS PRESIDENT HAS TO BE A NIGHTMARE. HERE IS THE DREAM I REMEMBER: I WAS STANDING AT THE GATE OF WHAT I HOPED WAS HEAVEN, WAITING TO GET IN. STANDING AT THE GATE ADMITTING PEOPLE WAS A PROMINENT RIGHT-WING REPUBLICAN THAT I RECOGNIZED. I ASKED IF THIS WAS HEAVEN OR HELL. HE SAID THAT ONLY RIGHT-WING, WHITE, CHRISTIAN REPUBLICANS COULD ENTER. I REPLIED, "OH HELL, DON'T TELL ME THIS IS A REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION."

BEING CAST INTO THE WILDERNESS

EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP  SHAKING MY HEAD IN DISBELIEF. I CANNOT BELIEVE OR ACCEPT THAT WE HAVE TRUMP AS OUR PRESIDENT. I PRAY THAT THE ALIENS WILL TAKE HIM BACK, BUT I KNOW THEY PROBABLY DON'T WANT HIM. THAT'S WHY HE'S HERE. ANYWAY, HE IS NOT DISAPPOINTING THE DEVIL. HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING TO THIS POINT THAT ANY SANE PERSON WOULD DO. I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW BAD THIS IS GOING TO GET. HE WILL SET US BACK 100 YEARS. OUR ONLY HOPE IS THAT HE DOES SOMETHING SO OBNOXIOUS THAT HE IS THROWN OUT OF OFFICE. BUT THAT IS NOT LIKELY WITH A RIGHT-WING CONGRESS. IN SURVIVAL MODE, I AM NOT GOING TO WATCH ANY NEWS OR READ ANY PAPERS. IT IS WAY TOO DEPRESSING. MY SOURCE OF NEWS IS GOING TO COME FROM MOTHER JONES, COMMON DREAMS, DEMOCRACY NOW, AND THE HIGHTOWER LOWDOWN. SHORT OF THAT, I'M GOING TO DO WHAT I NEED TO TO STAY SANE. AT THIS STAGE OF AMERICA'S EVOLUTION, I AM EMBARRASSED TO BE AN AMERICAN. PARTICULARLY OF THE WHITE, MALE, VARIETY.

VILLAGE FRIVOLITY

WITH AN IMPENDING ELECTION FOR ONE SEAT ON THE VILLAGE BOARD, AN OLD COOPER TRICK COMES INTO PLAY. TWO SIGN UP FOR ONE SEAT, ONE BACKS OUT, AND THE OTHER WINS AUTOMATICALLY. SO SAYS THE CHARTER. HELLO MR. COOPER, DEVELOPER OF THE VILLAGE. A HANDY WAY TO KEEP CONTROL. WHY BOTHER WITH EXTENDING THE DEADLINE, OR WRITE-IN CANDIDATES. ANOTHER SHINING EXAMPLE OF DEMOCRACY AT WORK IN THE VILLAGE.

THE NEW PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGS HAVE BEEN SOLD AS REVOLUTIONARY. SEEMS LIKE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPENING ALL ALONG. THE BOARD PASSES A PROPOSAL, AND THEY TELL US. WE SHOULD BE GETTING INFORMATION BEFORE THE PROPOSAL IS PASSED, NOT AFTER. JUST ANOTHER PERSONAL PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THE BOARD.

SPEAKING OF GOLF. HOW MUCH DID WE MAKE LAST YEAR? (THAT’S AFTER THE TROON PAYMENT). SIMPLE QUESTION. AND BY-THE-WAY, WHAT DID WE PAY TROON? IT’S A SECRET? I FORGET,  WE ARE IN THE AGE OF SECRECY. ONE WOULD THINK THE BILL PAYERS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW. I SUPPOSE I’M MORE NAIVE THAN I THOUGHT.

AND FINALLY, A PLEA. BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE MONEY YOU ARE SPENDING ON MARKETING. I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE WE WOULD HAVE THE EXACT SAME RESULTS DOING NOTHING.  I FIRMLY BELIEVE MOST PEOPLE MOVE HERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW SOMEONE ALREADY HERE. AND WHAT IS “HIDDEN POTENTIAL MARKETING?” I MUST HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP. NEW REAL ESTATE OFFICE. NEW MARKETING OFFICE. SEEMS THEY ARE WORKING ON SPENDING OUR NEW $65 ASSESSMENT. ALL I ASK FOR AS A RESIDENT IS THAT YOU GIVE ME SOME KIND OF IDEA WHAT THESE NEW VENTURES HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH, HOW YOU ARE GONG TO MEASURE THAT, AND WHEN MIGHT WE REVIEW THESE EXPENDITURES? THAT WOULD BE CALLED BEING ACCOUNTABLE TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, SOMETHING INCREDIBLY LACKING OVER THE SIX YEARS WE HAVE BEEN HERE.

IT TAKES A BUNCH OF IDIOTS TO HAVE A VILLAGE

HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED TRUMP. A SHINING EXAMPLE OF NEEDING A LOT OF IDIOTS TO HAVE A VILLAGE. SO MUCH FOR THE THEORY THAT EDUCATION HELPS WHEN IT COMES TO BEING ABLE TO SPOT A MENTALLY ILL, NARCISSISTIC, CON-MAN, WHO WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD. IN THE VILLAGE, WHITE TRUMPS BLACK.

ONCE A TRUMP, ALWAYS A TRUMP

I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYONE REFER TO TRUMP AS "MR. PRESIDENT", ALTHOUGH I'M ASSUMING SOMEONE HAS. I JUST DON'T TRAVEL IN A CROWD THAT IS LIKELY TO.

HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE DIRECTORS USE COOPER TRICK

WITH AN IMPENDING ELECTION FOR ONE SEAT ON THE VILLAGE BOARD, AN OLD COOPER TRICK COMES INTO PLAY. TWO SIGN UP FOR ONE SEAT, ONE BACKS OUT, AND THE OTHER WINS AUTOMATICALLY. SO SAYS THE CHARTER. HELLO MR. COOPER, DEVELOPER OF THE VILLAGE. A HANDY WAY TO KEEP CONTROL. WHY BOTHER WITH EXTENDING THE DEADLINE, OR WRITE-IN CANDIDATES. ANOTHER SHINING EXAMPLE OF DEMOCRACY AT WORK IN THE VILLAGE.

PEEVER LAW #44

GIVEN THE LAWS OF PROBABILITY, IT'S LIKELY THAT SOMEWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE THERE ARE BEINGS DUMBER THAN WE ARE. BUT IT'S BECOMING MORE UNLIKELY.

Trump Advisor Calls Press Secretary's Falsehoods "Alternative Facts"

Trump Advisor Calls Press Secretary's Falsehoods "Alternative Facts"



AN ALTERNATIVE TRUTH, TRUMP AND HIS BAND OF MISFITS SUCK. NO, I'M SORRY, THAT'S A REAL TRUTH.

FAKING THE NEWS

TRUMP QUITS AFTER SECOND DAY. STATES, "THOSE WOMEN SCARE ME."

24 YEARS OF PEEVES, BUT WHO'S COUNTING

PEEVES TO THE LEFT OF ME, PEEVES TO THE RIGHT.
EVERYWHERE I LOOK, THERE'S A PEEVE IN SIGHT.
IF I LEFT IT UP TO OTHERS TO DO WHAT NEEDS BE DONE,
HOW EXACTLY IS IT THAT I WOULD HAVE SOME FUN?
SO I'LL PEEVE YOU IN THE MORNING, AND I'LL PEEVE YOU AT NIGHT.
TWENTY-FOUR YEARS I'VE PEEVED YOU, WITH NO END IN SIGHT.

PEEVER LAW #109

A FASCIST WILL TRY EVERYTHING IN THE BOOK TO SCARE YOU OFF THE STREET IN PROTEST, BUT IT WILL NOT WORK. STAND TALL AND WITH YOUR HEAD UP. THE GOING WILL BE ROUGH, BUT IN YOUR HEART YOU WILL KNOW YOU ARE RIGHT.

On Verge of Trump Era, Republicans Push New Laws to 'Chill Protest' Nationwide

On Verge of Trump Era, Republicans Push New Laws to 'Chill Protest' Nationwide



LET THEM DO WHAT THEY WILL. THEY ARE GOING DOWN.

We Can Beat Back the Reign of Trump

We Can Beat Back the Reign of Trump

PEEVER LAW #108

EVERY NOW AND THEN, IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO WORK OUT VERY WELL. NOW IS ONE OF THEM.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

 “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”

 “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

 “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
Martin Luther King Jr.

IN MEMORY-HELP US TO NEVER FORGET

PEEVER LAW #24

RIGHT WHEN YOU THINK THINGS CAN'T GET ANY WORSE, ALONG COME A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

Refusing to 'Celebrate' Trump, Rep. Barbara Lee Joins Growing Inauguration Boycott

Refusing to 'Celebrate' Trump, Rep. Barbara Lee Joins Growing Inauguration Boycott

SOCIAL INJUSTICE

Baby Boomers talk a lot about social injustice. It's hard to tell why or how this occurred. It probably has to do with your upbringing, your environment, your education. In my case, I've always attributed it to being left handed. 
 When you are white, male, and have at least some money, talking about social injustice puts you in somewhat of an awkward position. You are for the most part not talking from the vantage point of experience. Take Ted Kennedy as an example. While he championed the cause of the poor, writing and supporting many bills that helped minorities, women, the disabled, the working person, he himself was anything but poor. How is it that someone ends up in this position? 
 The best way for me to try and understand a person’s outlook toward social injustice is to examine myself. With a middle class upbringing, and having grown up in a small town with no minorities, and parents who were moderates at best, how do you become intolerant of social injustice at every level? 
 I suppose one of the major differences for me was education. I was the first from my family to go to college. This exposes you to people you may not have had any previous contact with, as well as ideas that you have never heard or thought about. I chose sociology as a major and political science as a minor. I don't recall that I gave it a lot of thought, other than I got my best grades in those subjects. Ends up I specialized in political ideologies and bureaucracies/hierarchies. When I was a junior, I picked an advisor who called himself a Marxist sociologist. That's where my left­-wing leanings came from. Add to that the Vietnam war, and you start to get a picture of how a young person becomes radicalized. The war was a major influence in the life of every young male at the time. You had one foot in academia, the other in the draft. This created a lot of tension, attempting to understand new knowledge you were gaining along with a sense of patriotism and patriotic duty instilled in you by your parents. 

 By the time I graduated from college, I was against the war in Vietnam and ready to pursue a career in the ministry. Bethany Theological Seminary, a Church of the Brethren seminary, had one of the leading authorities on nonviolence and pacifism teaching at the seminary. My interest in attending seminary was twofold: To have Dr. Brown as a professor, and to avoid the draft as long as I could. I stayed in seminary for two years before deciding the ministry would not be a good idea for me. But the transformation was complete. I emerged an advocate of the underdog. I was 25 years old. It's never been a really big issue for me. Now it's kind of  just who I am. Ends up its not such a bad spot for a left-handed baby boomer to be in. 
I have been a community activist for most of my life; have held political office; and have protested many a social issue. It seems I'm about to renew that career. At any rate, I've stood to the left of center most of my life. I am proud of it. Now is not the time to sit on the couch and watch reality shows. We have a reality show star as our president. Now is the time to stare him in the face and shout: Any monkey business from you and you're fired.

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• What's an ordinary person? I don't think I know any.
• How do you win an election and lose?
• Would Christ support everyone owning a gun? Carrying a gun?
• Is God sorry for allowing humans to evolve from primordial ooze? Would the slime have been a better choice?
• Would Christ support people being right-wing, Republican Christians?
• Is war the best way to win over your enemies?
• If the President of the United States can make public fun of the physically handicapped, is there anything he wouldn't do?
• Poor, right-wing folks voted for Donald Trump. Can someone explain that to me?
• Is it possible Trump will spontaneously combust?

ANY DAY NOW:

• THE SUN WILL SHINE BRIGHT ON JUSTICE.
• PEOPLE WILL HAVE ALL THEY NEED TO EAT.
• WE WILL ALL HAVE UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE, JUST LIKE OUR POLITICIANS.
• THE ARTS WILL BE THOUGHT OF AS FONDLY AS MATH AND SCIENCE. 
• WE WILL RETURN TO FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY, AND JUST PAIN FREEDOM.
• CORPORATIONS WILL NOT BE SEEN AS HUMANS. ANYMORE, HUMANS ARE BARELY HUMAN.
• NO ONE WILL GO TO WAR. WAR IS PAST TENSE.
• ANY DAY NOW, WE WILL BE RELIEVED. 

NOW THIS IS PRETTY POSITIVE, UNDER THE PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES.

Groups Nationwide Create Campaign of 'United Resistance' to Trump

Groups Nationwide Create Campaign of 'United Resistance' to Trump

RESIST

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

PEEVER LAW #17

THE OLDER YOU GET, THE LESS INTERESTED YOU ARE IN THE FUTURE, AND THE MORE INTERESTED YOU ARE IN THE PAST.

ATTENTION POLAND

POLAND IS MY LARGEST READER THIS MORNING. I WONDER IF THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW LEADER. WE HAVE ONE AVAILABLE, ALTHOUGH I'M SURE POLAND IS NOT THAT GULLIBLE. BESIDES, TRUMP WOULD PROBABLY MAKE FUN OF YOU.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“There was one performance this year that stunned me,” she said. “It sank its hooks in my heart. Not because it was good. There was nothing good about it. But it was effective, and it did its job. It made its intended audience laugh and show their teeth.
“It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter. Someone he outranked in privilege, power and the capacity to fight back. It kind of broke my heart when I saw it. I still can’t get it out of my head because it wasn’t in a movie. It was real life.”
Streep was referring to Trump’s remarks during the campaign, when he appeared to mock New York Times reporter Serge F. Kovaleski, who has arthrogryposis, which visibly limits the functioning of his joints.
“And this instinct to humiliate, when it’s modeled by someone in the public platform, by someone powerful, it filters down into everybody’s life, because it kind of gives permission for other people to do the same thing,” the actress said.

Meryl Streep

TRUMPALUTION

MERYL STREEP SURE SUMMED UP MY FEELINGS ABOUT TRUMP. WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE A NEGATIVE, DISHEARTENING, SOUL ROBBING PERSON ASCEND TO THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. ONE WHO WILL MAKE FUN OF A REPORTER WHO IS PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED WHILE STANDING AT THE PODIUM IN FRONT OF A CROWD. THIS TELLS ME EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MAN TRUMP.  HIS EVIL DRIVEN NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY WILL NOT ALLOW HIM TO REMAIN SILENT ABOUT CRITICISM. HE CALLS STREEP "OVER-RATED." PROBABLY THE BEST ACTOR OF ALL-TIME. CLEARLY ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED. HE CAN'T GET OUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN "OVER-RATED." SOMEONE JUST RECENTLY SAID TO ME HOW SMART TRUMP IS. I TOLD HIM YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING. THIS IS THE DUMBEST PERSON WHO WILL EVER SIT IN THE OVAL OFFICE. THAT INCLUDES ANY VISITORS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE. HE IS A DISGRACE AS A HUMAN BEING, MUCH LESS AS A PRESIDENT. HE WILL BE MOCKED AND RIDICULED BY THE WORLD. BEFORE HE IS THROUGH, HE WILL BE BANNED FROM ENTERING NUMEROUS COUNTRIES. IT IS QUITE LIKELY WE WILL SEE A MILITARY COUP. ALL FROM A MAN WHO IS WILLING TO MAKE FUN OF A HANDICAPPED PERSON FOR HIS OWN GAIN. ALL THE BLANK FACES WHO VOTED FOR HIM WILL THAN THINK IT IS ALRIGHT FOR THEM TO DO THE SAME. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THEY KNEW.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO RESIST. WE WILL HAVE TO PROTECT THOSE WHO COME UNDER THE SCRUTINY OF TRUMP AND HIS MERRY BAND OF RIGHT-WING FASCISTS. NOW WILL NOT BE THE TIME TO COWER BEHIND THE SINGING OF THE SONG AND WAVING OF THE FLAG. NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY.

SUNDAY MORNING SERMON-THE ZEN OF GROWING OLDER

We are all getting older. It somehow just seems to happen. One day you’re hitting a homer for It’s funny, but in a lot of ways, I don’t feel old. I suppose by today’s standards, I’m not. Sixty-nine. They say it’s the new fifty. They probably aren’t sixty-nine.

I still like my music loud and I can tolerate most anything. My only problem is, I can’t make out most your high school baseball team, the next you’re wondering whether you can get out of bed.

of the lyrics nowadays. I don’t know if it’s my ears or the younger generations propensity for mumbling. Whichever, I still like my music, even some rap and hip hop.

I can still shoot a basketball pretty well, although I can’t make many trips up and down the court. I gave up softball about fifteen years ago. I could probably still hit okay, but throwing would be difficult, for medical reasons.

I don’t think my thinking has turned old, but I’m probably a bit bias. Sometimes I get the feeling I’m slipping into geezerdom. I hear myself complaining about the younger generations at times, but I think rather than disappointed, I’m envious. Then again, if I had the chance, I don’t think I would want to be younger again. Once was enough.

My main issue with growing old is medical. There are times, if it’s not one thing, it’s another. With our modern medical technology, they find everything.  At times, I long for the old days when it was “take two aspirins, and sleep it off.” You either got better or died.

One old age benefit is social security and Medicare. These are socialist programs most old people, many readily against socialism, partake of. Being retired, I took my benefit at age sixty-two. I don’t really think a whole lot about it. I’m viewing it as getting a bit even with Uncle Sam. And with today’s politicians, better early than late.

I will say, the older I get, the more I enjoy simple things, like waking up in the morning. There is a certain pleasure in opening your eyes and seeing the familiar. I like sitting on the back patio and watching the golfers. Pulling weeds, having a beer with a friend, doing some writing, playing a little golf, watching some senseless show on TV. The little things get more enjoyable, probably because there are fewer big things. Or at least that’s what you hope.

I don’t think in terms of retirement. I think more that now I can do what I want. No more butt kissing. If I want to be a greeter at Wal-Mart, I can do that. Or volunteer. I go to the food bank on Tuesday and Thursday. Or go back to school. I only have four more courses left in my 46 year seminary career. Just finished two. Or go down and get a part-time job at the race track. That’s freedom. You don’t like the boss, tell him to kiss it. I don’t think there is a retirement anymore. Now it’s a life style adjustment.

Growing older isn’t all that bad, although I’m not so sure it’s all that good. As they say: It is what it is. Or isn’t.

MESSAGE

RESIST

The 15 Warnings Signs of Impending Tyranny

The 15 Warnings Signs of Impending Tyranny

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Many reporters accurately quote what they are told, but don’t know much about the underlying issues. For Trump and others like him, this makes it easy to manipulate most of the press.”
― David Cay Johnston, The Making of Donald Trump

"MyPillow" HAS BEEN TRUMPED

DANG. I WAS GOING TO GET ME ONE OF THOSE "MyPillows," THE CLAIM BEING MADE THAT YOU CAN SLEEP THRU ANYTHING. I WAS HOPING TO SLEEP THRU THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY. ENDS UP THE GUY, MIKE LINDELL, IS A TRUMPIAN, SHORT FOR CON-MAN.  CURRENTLY NUMEROUS LAWSUITS CLAIMING HIS PILLOW IS NO BETTER THAN ONE BOUGHT AT WALMART OR J.C. PENNY. DON'T YOU JUST LOVE IT, WHEN THESE CON-MEN ARE FINALLY EXPOSED. USUALLY TAKES THE AUTHORITIES TEN YEARS OR SO. THEY DON'T WANT TO FALSELY ACCUSE ANYONE. NOT UNTIL THEY BECOME MILLIONAIRES. NONE-THE-LESS, HIS PILLOW, NICKNAMED "THE TRUMP PILLOW," BECAUSE OF HIS LOYALTY TO DONALD TRUMP, HAS BEEN TRUMPED. LET'S HOPE HE GETS WHAT'S COMING TO HIM: A CABINET POSITION AS OUR CHIEF CONSUMER WATCHDOG.

Urging Millions to Rise Up, Trump Foes Issue Call to 'Resist Fascism'

Urging Millions to Rise Up, Trump Foes Issue Call to 'Resist Fascism'

I'M ALL IN.

Netanyahu Wants Pardon for IDF Soldier Who Shot Defenseless, Wounded Palestinian in the Head

Netanyahu Wants Pardon for IDF Soldier Who Shot Defenseless, Wounded Palestinian in the Head

YEA. TELL ME AGAINST WHY WE SHOULDN'T BE ON ISRAELS ASS.

TEN REASONS LEAVING AMERICA DOESN'T SOUND TOO BAD

1. THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE RICH AND THE POOR IS GOING TO CREATE MAJOR ISSUES IN THE NEAR FUTURE. REVOLUTIONARY ISSUES.
2. TERROR ATTACKS IN THE U.S. WILL SERIOUSLY INCREASE, AS THE WORLD SERIOUSLY INCREASES ITS HATRED OF US. TRUMP AND HIS MISFITS WILL INSULT JUST ABOUT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD. OUR ALLIES WILL BE FEW BEFORE THIS NIGHTMARE IS OVER.
3. IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE WE WILL HAVE A MILITARY COUP. THE CIA MIGHT
4. DONALD TRUMP IS PRESIDENT,
5. FINALLY GIVE UP STARTING REVOLUTIONS IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND START A REVOLUTION IN CENTRAL AMERICA (INDIANA).
6. PRICES FOR EVERYTHING WILL SKYROCKET. THE STOCK MARKET WILL TANK. AND LIFE AS WE KNOW IT WILL END.
7. THE POLICE, NATIONAL GUARD, AND MILITARY WILL BE ON CONSTANT PATROL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND IT WON'T BE JUST WHEN TRUMP VISITS. 
8. OTHER COUNTRIES WILL BE GIVING US FABULOUS DEALS TO MOVE THERE. THEY UNDERSTAND.
9. OUR FREEDOMS WILL DISAPPEAR. FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLE-GONE. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS-GONE. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM-GONE. FREEDOM OF SPEECH-GONE. THAT'S THE ONE'S I CAN EASILY THINK OF. THERE WILL BE PLENTY MORE LOSES. PRISONS ARE GOING TO POP-UP LIKE MUSHROOMS IN THE SPRING. CHEAP LABOR.
10. THERE ARE BARELY ANY STATES SUITABLE TO LIVE IN. THIRTY-THREE STATES ARE DOMINATED BY RIGHT-WING REPUBLICANS. WHEREVER THESE PEOPLE COME FROM, I WISH THEY WOULD GO BACK. OF COURSE, IT COULD BE POSSIBLE THAT ALL OF US LIBERAL, LEFT-WING PEOPLE ARE FROM ANOTHER PLANET. IF SO, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME PICK ME UP?
11. IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, I DO LIKE A LOT OF OTHER COUNTRIES. THE DOWNSIDE IS, I ONLY SPEAK ENGLISH. THE UPSIDE IS, I'M A QUICK LEARN....NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE. OTHERWISE, I WOULD ALREADY BE BASKING IN THE SUN IN COSTA RICO.

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS-2017

1.  TRY TO STAY POSITIVE. THIS WILL BE HARD AS WE ENTER THE DARK AGES. WE HAVE STARTED USING ESSENTIAL OILS TO HELP KEEP AWAY THE EVIL. DIFFUSE, RUB ON YOU, DRINK, ADD TO FOOD. LIKE TRYING TO KEEP AWAY VAMPIRES. MAY NEED ELECTROSHOCK BEFORE IT IS ALL OVER. DRINKING DOESN'T HELP. I TRIED THAT WITH BUSH. ALSO USING POSITIVE THOUGHTS, LIKE, "I HOPE THE ALIENS TAKE TRUMP BACK TO HIS HOME." OR, "I HOPE I WAKE UP SOON AND THIS NIGHTMARE ENDS." WE WILL NEED EVERY TECHNIQUE WE CAN THINK OF AND EVERY MORSEL OF HOPE WE CAN FIND IN ORDER TO KEEP FROM FALLING INTO A DEEP DEPRESSION.
2. I NEED TO CONTINUE VOLUNTEERING AT THE FOOD BANK. I GO ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY. I WOULD LIKE MORE DIRECT CONTACT WITH PEOPLE IN NEED, BUT HAVEN'T WORKED THAT OUT YET. HOPEFULLY, IN 2017 I WILL. IN ARKANSAS, ONE IN FOUR CHILDREN GO TO BED HUNGRY AT NIGHT, AND ONE IN THREE SENIORS EXPERIENCE FOOD SCARCITY. THE NEED IS GREAT AND WILL NOT BE SOLVED BY THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS. THEY WILL MAKE IT WORSE.
3. I'M GONG TO KEEP UP MY BOG SITES, "LEAVE IT TO PEEVER," AND "THE VILLAGE PLANET-WE'VE BEEN TRUMPED." THE PEEVE'S ARE IN THEIR 22ND YEAR. BLOG SITES JUST STARTED THEIR 5TH YER. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH GOOD THEY DO ANYONE ELSE, BUT THEY HELP ME GET OUT SOME FRUSTRATIONS AND ANXIETIES. WHY SUFFER ALONE.
4. I NEED TO EAT BETTER. THAT APPEARS ON MY LIST ABOUT EVERY YEAR. SWEETS AND FRIED FOODS ARE MY ACHILLES HEEL. FRIED CHICKEN AND A CREAM PUFF CAN BRIGHTEN ABOUT ANY DAY FOR ME.
5. IT WILL TAKE ALL THE STRENGTH I AND OTHERS HAVE TO PROTEST JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT THE CONGRESS, THE CABINET, THE PRESIDENT, THE SUPREME COURT, AND THE STATE GOVERNMENTS DO. FOR MANY, THIS WILL BE A FULL-TIME JOB. NOT MUCH WILL COME OUT OF THESE BAND OF MISFITS WHAT WILL BE CONSIDERED DESCENT AND JUST. GOD, GIVE US THE COURAGE, WISDOM, AND FORTITUDE TO BE VIGILANT AND READY FOR WHATEVER IT IS THEY THROW AT US. 
6. I RESOLVE THAT I WON'T CHOCK ANY RIGHT-WING, REPUBLICAN, CHRISTIAN, WHITE, PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE VILLAGE. THIS WILL BE MY MOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGE. I DO HAVE ONE BIG REASON NOT TO: ARKANSAS PRISONS ARE HORRIBLE. OUTSIDE OF THAT, I'M PROBABLY DOOMED.

FOR ANYONE WHO THINKS 2016 WAS BAD, YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET.