'Crime Against Humanity' and 'International Embarrassment': Trump Refuses to 'Believe' Climate Report

'Crime Against Humanity' and 'International Embarrassment': Trump Refuses to 'Believe' Climate Report



HE SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE. TODAY. BY US.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"IN AN AGE OF "FAKE NEWS" AND NEGLIGENT DISREGARD FOR THE TRUTH, THE WORK OF THE SUN AND ITS WRITERS IS MORE CRUCIAL THAN EVER BEFORE. IT SHOWS US THE VISCERAL POWER OF LANGUAGE THAT IS HONEST, CAREFUL AND TRUE."

Margot Singer

'A Staggeringly Bad Idea': Outrage as Pelosi Pushes Tax Rule That Would 'Kneecap the Progressive Agenda'

'A Staggeringly Bad Idea': Outrage as Pelosi Pushes Tax Rule That Would 'Kneecap the Progressive Agenda'



SHE IS OLD NEWS AND SHOULD NOT BE THE DEMOCRATIC HOUSE LEADER. 2020 WILL BE A DISASTER.

PEEVER LAW #11

CAPITALISM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DEMOCRACY AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH PROFIT AND EXPLOITATION.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.”

Howard Zinn

'Stop Walmart Act': Sanders-Khanna Bill Would Outlaw Stock Buybacks for Corporate Giants That Don't Pay $15 an Hour

'Stop Walmart Act': Sanders-Khanna Bill Would Outlaw Stock Buybacks for Corporate Giants That Don't Pay $15 an Hour



WE SHOULD MAKE A SPECIAL DEAL WITH WALMART: $30 PER HOUR. 

Backed by Ocasio-Cortez, Youth Climate Activists Arrested at Pelosi's Office Demanding Democrats Embrace 'Green New Deal'

Backed by Ocasio-Cortez, Youth Climate Activists Arrested at Pelosi's Office Demanding Democrats Embrace 'Green New Deal'



PELOSI NEEDS TO GO AS SPEAKER. SHE'S OLD NEWS. ELECTING HER WOULD BE SUICIDE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. 2020 WOULD BE A DISASTER.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the

water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”
 

Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Half Million Killed by America's Global War on Terror 'Just Scratches the Surface' of Human Destruction

Half Million Killed by America's Global War on Terror 'Just Scratches the Surface' of Human Destruction



ONE THING WE ARE GOOD AT: KILLING FOR PEACE.

Huckabee Sanders Should Resign, Critics Say, After 'Orwellian' Distribution of Doctored Video

Huckabee Sanders Should Resign, Critics Say, After 'Orwellian' Distribution of Doctored Video



WHAT A PIECE OF WORK THIS ADMINISTRATION IS. HOW LONG WILL THIS BE ALLOWED TO GO ON? WE NEED TO REMOVE. NOW.

“Do you know what you are?
You are a manuscript oƒ a divine letter.
You are a mirror reflecting a noble face.
This universe is not outside of you.
Look inside yourself;
everything that you want,
you are already that.”
― Rumi, Hush, Don't Say Anything to God: Passionate Poems of Rumi

PEEVER LAW #4

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR GOD, LOOK FROM THE INSIDE OUT RATHER THAN FROM THE OUTSIDE IN.

HOW TO CULTIVATE A SPIRITUAL LIFE

• Attend church on an irregular basis.
• Spend more time practicing good, and less time discussing politics.
• Rather than collecting possessions, collect friends.
• Try to understand that you cannot kill yourself to peace, or soothe a grieving heart by revenge.
• Don't believe everything you hear. And likewise, don't believe everything you think.
• It is better to come to faith inwardly rather than outwardly. This is why there is no need for missionaries.
• If you think your God is bigger than the rest, wait until you see the condom I bought you.
• Religion is not meant to prove anything. It is meant to fill in the void. The mystery will always remain.
• We are each fashioned after the Divine, which I translate to mean we each have a touch of God in us. We should treat one another accordingly.

SQUABBLING FOR DEMOCRATIC RULE

     Some people are upset about the current situation in The Village. I have heard it referred to as “squabbling.” Squabbling to me would be which day is wash day, Monday or Tuesday. No burning. The current problem we are facing is much more than that. It is about being a community vs a company. It is about having an open form of governance rather than a closed one. It is a matter of electing a council that represents “we the people,” not the CEO. It is in fact calling for the council to take charge, which is why we elected them, and dumping the title “CEO,” for a community manager or planner, that they hire and are in charge of.

     If we all decided to nod our heads in agreement, as the current board does and wants all of us to do, in order to avoid any conflict and simply agree with everything the board and CEO says and wants,  the Village would be set onto a course of self-destruction. It would look really pretty, with no one disagreeing with anything. It would make for an excellent brochure, with all the supporting quotes highlighted in capital letters. “Letters to the Editor” would have no opposing views, making their choice to publish easy.

     I am a firm believer that growth only occurs through conflict. Maybe crisis. Maintaining and propping up the status quo leads to stagnation and sameness. Look at your own life. Generally speaking, you have made changes when you were/are uncomfortable. When something dramatic, or traumatic, has occurred. The status quo hinders growth, although it looks pretty. Something of a comfort food: seems good for you, but almost never is.

     So here we are. We hopefully denied changes to the articles and declarations. Now for the board. Bobble-heads unwelcome.

BENEDICTION

The news is that God's wind is blowing.
           It may be a breeze that
               cools and comforts.
           It may be a gust that
               summons you to notice.
           It my be a storm that blows you where you have
               never been before.

Whatever the wind is in you life,
               pay attention to it...
                          and the blessings of God
                                     will abide with you always.

SUNDAY MORNING HYMN: Eddie Vedder - Hard Sun

SUNDAY MORNING SERMON

I'm surprised I haven't seen that message on some of our church bulletin boards. That's how bad it's getting. Having been in the ministry, I'm pretty much embarrassed by what I see being pawned off as Christianity nowadays. The Church has steadily grown irrelevant as our need for spirituality has become increasingly necessary. Just about every war currently going on has to do with religion, one thinking theirs is bigger and better than the others. I suppose it wouldn't be so bad if they just killed one another, but they got to drag the rest of us into it. Frankly, I think we are all sons and daughters of God, and as such, have no business killing one another. When we do, we are destroying the divine. And I got a notion that's not good.

SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

We love to tell the old, old story.
We love to sing the old, old song
    of your saving deeds of mercy and
                                            freedom and
                                             healing and
                                               newness.

We know about Exodus freedom
   and dancing tambourines.

We know about land and huge clusters of grapes.

We know about rivers of water and
              rivers of oil.

We know about the strangeness that
       the blind see,
       the lame walk,
       the lepers are cleansed,
       the dead are raised,
       the poor rejoice.

We know. Give us courage to
             trust what we know and to
             obey what we hope.

We know that the old, old story---in our telling---becomes
      a new, dangerous, transforming song. And so we sing!

Prayers for a Privileged People,  Walter Brueggeman

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.”

 

 Franklin D. Roosevelt

Praising Openly Fascist Bolsonaro as 'Like-Minded,' John Bolton Hails Brazilian Strongman as Welcome Ally in Crushing Latin American Left

Praising Openly Fascist Bolsonaro as 'Like-Minded,' John Bolton Hails Brazilian Strongman as Welcome Ally in Crushing Latin American Left



FASCISTS OF THE WORLD ARE UNITING. AND WE ARE LEADING THE WAY.