Sustainability and Politics: April 2018

Thursday, April 19, 2018

U.S. and U.K. Jointly Warn of Russian Cyberattacks: Wall St. Journal

Here See below. But when will Trump, our Caesar, have his et tu Brutus moment?

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Trump Declines to Add Sanctions Against Russians, Contradicting Haley: New York Times

Here Or is this the most corrupt thing to come out of #Trump #GOP Washington today?

Trump scraps sanctions against Russia — AGAIN. April 17, 2018.

Against the wishes of his National Security Team.

After our U.N. Embassador had already announced the sanctions.

Why?

Why?

WHY? Be so nice to the country enabling Syria’s use of chemical weapons? The country targeting, hacking and attacking our own elections, our grid, our infrastructure, our voters?

WHY??!

McConnell slams door on Mueller protection bill: 'We'll not be having this on the floor of the Senate'’: NBC News

Here Is this the most corrupt thing out of #Trump #GOP Washington today?

What a self-serving arrogant corrupt mummified puppet McConnell is. Blocking a vote to protect Mueller is reprehensible.
If the Senate wants to vote on something the American people want to see done,
how is it at all ok that he slams the door against that?
And what could be his motivation to publicly stake out such heinous ground?
#ProtectMueller He is doing his job Mitch McConnell.

Friday, April 6, 2018

How a win on CAFE could be a black eye

Here

We are reneging on our future and the promises of automakers when US taxpayers bailed out their companies.

Strong CAFE standards getting stronger is the only acceptable public policy. NOT going backwards.

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Former White House Lawyer: “people are starting to realize this administration has been corrupt since day one”

Here And this guy was a lawyer for George W. Bush! And ‘people’ that are starting to realize this are Republicans.

I’d submit that they’ve known that for some time too... and now it’s too bad not to
mention.

And perhaps there are more indictments coming down the pike... and those Trump supporting #GOP are starting to worry... that they will get caught on the really wrong side of the tracks here very soon. #Justice

Trump Attorney Michael Cohen is in a Boatload of Trouble and Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer is Piling On

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2018/4/3/1754225/-Trump-attorney-Michael-Cohen-is-in-a-boatload-of-trouble-and-Stormy-Daniels-lawyer-is-piling-onHere

The cover-ups are getting overwhelming to manage. See the next, newer post. And the older post below. And pretty much any news.

Lots of people associated with Trump are going to be in far worse trouble than they bargained for.

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.