Sustainability and Politics: November 2016

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

My Friend's Light & Bright Statements on Mr. Trump

Thank you LM for this,

"#TrumpVoters have gifted America a whining, immature, unstable, racist, lying, misogynistic, cheating, vindictive, petty, narcissistic sociopath."

"And I will never stop helping expose this fraud for what he is."

November Miscellaneous Posts Clipboard

"World Leaders React To News That Donald Trump Will Be Next U.S. President"

Super mixed and cautious responses, and some veiled disgust

https://www.google.com/amp/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5822f0c3e4b0e80b02ce047d/amp?client=safari

"How hip-hop turned on Trump and settled for Clinton in 2016"

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/11/02/politics/election-2016-hip-hop-vote-hillary-clinton-donald-trump/index.html#pt0-9033

"L.A.'s traffic battle plan: More rail, but also Uber, bicycles, cars and a lot more dense development"

Trump's misdeeds, black heart
Los Angeles city council loves density, wants to be like Bombay/Tijuana

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-metro-transportation-future-20201010-snap-story.html

"Did the developer of a controversial apartment project buy the city’s support?
An LA Times investigation reveals a suspicious trail of money"

http://la.curbed.com/2016/10/31/13475940/sea-breeze-development-campaign-contributions-corruption

"Towering development is proposed for L.A.'s Arts District: an 'opportunity for density'"

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-arts-district-towers-20160924-snap-story.html

"Neil Young Pens Message of Solidarity to Standing Rock Protestors"

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-young-pens-powerful-message-to-standing-rock-protestors-w452526

"Trump Election Prompts Values Resolution From San Francisco Board of Supervisors"

http://www.smobserved.com/story/2016/11/24/news/trump-election-prompts-values-resolution-from-san-francisco-board-of-supervisors/2302.html

"Nearly 200 Nations Agree To Cut Greenhouse Gases In Landmark Climate Change Deal"

https://www.google.com/amp/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5802309de4b0e8c198a86131/amp%3fsection=us_world

"How to deal with toxic waste buried in Greenland's rapidly melting ice caps
A new study shows that a US military base in Greenland, expected to be encased by ice and snow forever, is now dangerously close to being exposed."

https://news.google.com/news/ampviewer?caurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Flayout%2Fset%2Famphtml%2FScience%2F2016%2F0805%2FHow-to-deal-with-toxic-waste-buried-in-Greenland-s-rapidly-melting-ice-caps#pt0-642889

"Trump: There is ‘some connectivity’ between humans and climate change"

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/11/22/trump-there-is-some-connectivity-between-humans-and-climate-change/?client=safari

"A List of Priorities from Trump" Nov. 21, 2016 New York Times

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/us/politics/donald-trump-transition.html?_r=0&referer=https://news.google.com/

"50 G.O.P. Officials Warn Donald Trump Would Put Nation’s Security ‘at Risk’"

https://news.google.com/news/ampviewer?caurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmobile.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F08%2F09%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2Fnational-security-gop-donald-trump.amp.html#pt0-185720

"The Rich Have Been Getting a Richer"

Whoever thinks Trump is going to re-balance that to the middle class is an idiot.

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-state-of-the-us-consumer-2016-11/#many-have-concerns-over-healthcare-13

Healing Power of Cat Purr

Some levity, cat vibrations can heal what ails ya! Cool.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/63725/healing-power-cat-purr?bypass=1

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Dalai Lama has 'no worries' about President-elect Donald Trump - CNNPolitics.com

Dalai Lama has 'no worries' about President-elect Donald Trump - CNNPolitics.com

Ok, so this was really great to hear. Made me feel better anyway. Could new Virtuous Trump support Tibetan Rights, and help restore the Dalai Lama's legitimacy in China? YES HE CAN. Will he? Let's say HE WILL! Trump is the shadow candidate moving into the light. Return the favor Mr. Trump #VirtuousTrump

I've been thinking some about the Winter Solstice, the Mayan end of the 30,000-year-cycle on 12/21/12.

What if in fact the world did end? Even though this probably will not happen, to live consciously it is honest for us to take a bit of an inventory.

Am I happy with how I've lived my life? (Yesterday, I thought mostly yes, with some areas for improvement, as below.) Are there changes I would make?
Would I have tried to forgive those that were hostile or disappointing to me?
Would I spend more time with those I loved the most, telling them that, feeling that more?
Would I be happier, grateful for what I have, what I've experienced, the joy, the beauty in this world?

Maybe the answer is yes to all of the above.
So this time can serve as a point of rebirth for all of us. If we think about it.

Because somewhere along the line I realized I think maybe mankind deserves it. !
The way we are killing each other, killing the planet.
How selfish we are, and snotty to those around us. Petty, competitive. Why is this? Do we have to behave this way? (I say no, it greatly detracts and misdirects energy from the full-time celebration in which we could engage, the great multi-cultural, multi-rhythmic dance we can sustain here.)

Maybe God or the Great Universe is fed up, and will pull the rug out from under us.
Don't think I can say we could blame Him/Her/It.

But it probably won't happen. (Probably not! This time.)

Still we are finite on this ride.

It is a time to think, am I happy with how I've lived my life?
Hopefully most of us can say yes.

For the part of us that have a little worry, a little sadness....
This is the time to be present.
This is the time to be the person you want to be, that can die at peace, that can hope to every day be able to look yourself and the Universe in the eye and say, how beautiful, smiling, and thank you. Let's do that.