Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Gun Control Petitions to sign TODAY

Gun Control Legislation is Needed NOW ASAP

Physicians Demand Stricter Gun Control Here

"...call for Congress to
1) ban the sale of automatic and semiautomatic assault weapons,

2) instate universal background checks and

3) lift restrictions on studies relating to the effects of gun violence on public health."


Pass Common Sense Gun Control Here

From a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS


Congress: Stop blocking gun violence research Here

https://www.change.org/p/congress-stop-blocking-gun-violence-research

Saturday, June 9, 2018

Trump’s Child Separation Policy is a Moral and Legal Abomination

Here  Heartless and cruel. Unnecessary and deeply upsetting. Abusive of the sacred bond between child and parent.

But Americans are fighting back against Trump and Jeff Sessions:

BREAKING: @RepJayapal is leading 108 colleagues with @BennieGThompson and @RepZoeLofgren to demand that Congress STOP FUNDING the Department of Homeland Security's abusive family separation practices. #KeepFamiliesTogether 

And 

Federal judge advances ACLU lawsuit challenging separation of parents, children at border

Friday, June 8, 2018

Something is afoot: Trump's shedding key GOP lawmakers on his 'spy' lie

Here   “Even Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley have chimed in on the lunatic notion that Trump could pardon himself.
Something appears to be afoot. It's unclear whether it's based on some revelatory polling that's terrified Republicans pre-midterms or perhaps the FBI’s Russia briefings for the Gang of Eight last week. But put a pin in this—...”

Second GOP senator breaks with Trump on suggesting Russia rejoin G-7

Here “No, Russia should not be added to the G-7”

Thursday, June 7, 2018

Trump & His Adminstration are Off the Tracks

I will post some Tweets here soon. He is attacking Canada with tariffs, literally our closest ally. He is having patriot serenades for himself at the White House because the Super Bowl champs won’t come. He won’t fire Scott Pruitt: the swampiest, most over-spending, ethically corrupt cabinet member in recent history. He is isolating us from Europe by unilaterally withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal.
Most of his campaign team is under investigation for wrongdoing or corruption in the election.
His lawyer Michael Cohen is facing multiple issues of misconduct, both personal and in relation to Trump. His campaign manager Paul Manafort appears to be tampering with witnesses (who reportedly themselves gave the info to the FBI) related to his two trials.

This is just off the top of my head in the last several days. It’s out of control.

It’s a shitstorm. A Harvard psychiatrist Lance Dodes is releasing his assessment that Trump is a “sociopath” and a “very sick individual.”

And we haven’t even mentioned the word “Russia” yet.

Or the “mob” or “money laundering.”

Oh my. Fucking goodness.

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Humans Are Changing the Location of Water Around the World, NASA Says

Here Water resources are variable and being severely impacted by human behavior.

*We cannot overuse groundwater supplies, particularly in drought susceptible areas.*

*We have to halt overproduction of greenhouse gases and need to halt our contributions to global warming.*

This is a preeminent duty for us all, and mankind’s duty for self-preservation, regardless of the political winds that shift around us.

Levels of ozone-destroying CFCs are mysteriously rising

Here There are big problems in the world, environmentally speaking. This is one of them now.

After being successfully curtailed, CFC’s are on the rise, from unknown sources. We all have to help collar and reverse this to protect our atmosphere.

Monday, May 14, 2018

Trump Kills NASA Carbon Monitoring Program as CO2 Levels Soar Past 'Troubling' 410 ppm Threshold

Here This is madness. We are all interested in sustainability and survival.

Trump and the GOP are interested in dirty fossil fuel profits.

This move is not like Nero fiddling while Rome burns, it’s like Nero making money and hastening Rome’s demise by throwing as much wood as the nation can find into the fire.

It’s so maddening it makes me want to punch something.

Trump and the fossil fuel gang are willing to throw the globe into serious jeopardy
and put numerous species at risk — including ours.

Same people, the majority of us, need to stop this and him. Immediately.

Do everything you can. Buy electric cars. Buy solar panels.

Fight Trump. Try to get him impeached.

Support the EPA’s mission. Vote Democratic in November.

Do everything you can.

Sunset, Venice 12/20/2012

Sunset, Venice 12/20/2012
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.

Antidotes to Violence, a.k.a., Take Charge of Where Your Head's At - here

Tell Congress to Strengthen Gun Control Laws NOW - here

Good News & Brain Food News -
Christians & Muslims Gather, for Peace here
Good News - Top RIO+20 Summit Posts here
The 'Busy' Trap - NYTimes.com
here