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And Steve King is a wrist-grabbin' bigot.
Just watch!
And Steve King is a wrist-grabbin' bigot.
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Posted in Sensible Immigration Reform, U.S. Capitol
Tagged Erika Andiola, rand paul runs, steve king
Well, the Republicans did it–they crafted some political bills to attack child refugees and added a "supplemental" attack on the DREAMers who have qualified for DACA. Congressman Luis Gutierrez has one helluva response.
The Senate will not support it and the President has stated he would veto it if it did come to his desk. So, political theater? Pretty much.
I'll say it again: Mr. President, sign executive orders expanding DACA to families, stop your deportation machine, and provide lawyers for child refugees–at the very least!
UPDATE from FIEL:
FIEL STATEMENT: in the next couple of hours and days you will hear that the US house of Representatives has voted on a measure to stop DACA (Deferred Action). This doesn't meant ANYTHING. AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE DACA PROGRAM. PEOPLE CAN STILL APPLY AND RENEW. This is just the Republican Party playing political games trying to scare DREAMers and their families. If you all have any questions you can call our office or come by tomorrow: -FIEL
Anuncio de FIEL: En las proximas hora y dias estaran escuchando que la Casa de Representantes en los Estados Unidos voto en una medida para quitar la DACA (Accion Diferida) Esto no se ignifica NADA. EN ESTOS MOMENTOS NO HAY NINGUN CAMBIO AL PROGRAMA DE DACA. LA GENTE ELEGIBLE PUEDE SEGUIR APLICANDO Y RENOVANDO. Esto es solo un Juego del Partido Republicano para tratar de espantar a los DREAMers y sus familias. Si tienen alguna pregunta no duden en llamar a nuestras oficinas o venir a hacer sus preguntas. – FIEL
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Posted in Republinuttiness, Sensible Immigration Reform, U.S. Capitol
Real Texas Heroes.
I've been against Rick Perry's DPS Surge because the minute I heard about it, I knew he'd use it for propaganda and photo ops. Obviously, in the pic below, Rick Perry is more interested in scaring children with paramilitary uniforms and high-powered weapons. It doesn't give me the image of "heroes." I still believe Democrats should stay away from the surge other than to say how much of a waste of tax dollars this is.
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Posted in Elections, Sensible Immigration Reform, Texas Lege, U.S. Capitol
Tagged central american refugees, dps surge, heroes, photo ops
Well, it was bound to happen. Domestic terrorists say they are headed for the border to fight brown people.
The mainstream media will call them "anti-government citizen militia groups," but let's face it, we know what they really are: Domestic terrorists. Given their rhetoric, vigilante isn't even a proper term for them.
These are the same kind of groups as the guy who blew up the Murrah Building in OKC, and the same kind as the Minutemen who are also planning a return to the border. They are the same kind of people I wrote about in 2007 who were into eugenics and promotion of hate, too. And now, it seems, that Rick Perry is willing to act just like them with his deranged conspiracies.
"We're tired of those SOB's in Washington D.C. bringing all these illegals into our country and just spreading 'em out with all their diseases all over the place," said YouTube user 1HellonHeels, explaining why she is joining "Operation Secure Our Border", which uses the hashtag #OpSOB on Facebook.
Davis said the "influx of illegal immigrants is bringing bad elements" to the country such as "sickness."
On Sunday, Governor Rick Perry suggested that President Barack Obama could be leading a conspiracy to bring immigrants into the country.
I would say this would actually give the $1.3 million a week "DPS surge" some actual law enforcement duties, but since they answer to Rick Perry, who knows?
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Posted in Sensible Immigration Reform, Texas Lege, U.S. Capitol
Tagged border militia, children, domestic terrorism, minutemen, refugee
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Posted in Democratic Stuff, Sensible Immigration Reform, U.S. Capitol
Tagged executive action, immigration, POTUS, refugees
Wendy Davis has been called out for supporting Rick Perry's idiotic and costly DPS trooper build-up on the border and for her own call for more immigration judges and continued detention of refugee children.
One of the largest and most influential activist groups in the Rio Grande Valley, LUPE, has taken to the internet calling for a Facebook bomb of Wendy Davis' FB account asking supporters to steer her in the right direction on the issue of the refugee kids being warehoused until deported.
As I pointed out, Wendy Davis basically tried to split the difference by supporting the DPS build-up and calling for a special session to concentrate on the human factor. Reading deeper into the letter sent to Rick Perry (as I and all Davis supporters should have), she also called for more immigration judges to basically speed up deportations of these refugee children. Furthermore, the letter states in plain English that these children should be kept in these human warehouses:
(In the context of more immigration judges to deport refugees: "…I believe that this is the best approach, rather than releasing these individuals and their families at the local bus stop with a hearing set several months in the future."
There is already a backlog of going on 400,000 cases in the 59 different immigration courts across the country with an average wait of almost 600 days. Keeping a child locked up in a freezing warehouse for two years is just plain inhumane.
So how bad are the waits? Over the years, U.S. has ramped up its spending on immigration enforcement—overall, a 300 percent increase since 2002. Meanwhile, the budget for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (which oversees the courts) grew only 70 percent. A Washington Post profile of one immigration judge showed he had less than 7 minutes to decide each case, no matter the complexity of the law.
Should Davis even be venturing into the federal immigration court process by calling for more judges for the purpose of deporting the refugee children given this fact? Either there is a lack of understanding of an issue that has been allowed to fester for years, or this is just another case of politicians playing politics.
There are a lot of influential, yet disappointed, Latin@s and other progressive/liberal activists right now. This is not an issue on which to play politics. Lives are actually at stake if some of these refugees are returned to their home countries. And pissing off a constituency with very vocal activists is never good for Republicans, and even worse so for Democrats.
Given Hillary Clinton's recent hardline comments, the Obama administrations tanking numbers on immigration reform, and the Republicans continued blame game of everyone but themselves, we are in dire need of sensible leadership on immigration and Latin American affairs.
Posted in Democratic Stuff, History, Sensible Immigration Reform, Texas Lege, U.S. Capitol
Tagged deportations, immigration judges, refugees, wendy davis
While the Republicans in DC are talking and talking and talking about immigration, it is President Obama who has called for a border surge. I guess he didn't want to get outdone by Rick Perry's $1.3 million per week surge. But this whole game of "quien es mas anti-immigrant" is enough to make one ill–and quite cynical about the offerings of both political parties. The "surge" part is mostly about judges to speed up deportations, since the Border Patrol seems to be catching all these kids; although, Republicans blame Obama's DACA for the surge, which is a bunch of BS, but great stuff for the TV talking heads.
As children from Central America keep pouring across the nation's southwest border, the Obama administration announced Friday that it will respond with a "surge" of immigration judges and U.S. attorneys to speed up the deportation of some undocumented immigrants.
The other part of the "surge," basically, has the President throwing money to Central American countries considered "friendly," yet whose problems have long been simmering and cause for the influx of these Central American children.
• A $9.6 million grant to the governments of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador to build and improve their "repatriation centers," where deported immigrants are received after they've been flown back home.
• The creation of a $40 million program run by the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, to improve citizen security in Guatemala. Administration officials say the violence in Central America is one of the main reasons so many kids are racing to the U.S.
• A new $25 million USAID program to curb violence in El Salvador.
• An $18.5 million grant to Honduras to help community policing and gang-prevention programs there.
That first dot means that kids and their parents will be deported. The grant programs mean that as long as these countries' leaders stay in place and do as told by the U.S., they'll keep getting these dollars. Or, at least that's how "aid" money is usually doled out. How effective this cash will be is up in the air, obviously.
Elise Foley at HuffPost has more information on the "surge," which includes opening more "family" prisons, like that God-awful one in Taylor, TX.
Family detention of undocumented immigrants was widely criticized when it was used more commonly. The T. Don Hutto facility in Texas hosted families and wasdescribed in 2007 as prison-like, with few services like education or recreation for children. The government announced in 2009 that families will no longer be housed there.
Immigrant advocates argue that the government should not detain families, and instead should use alternatives to detention, until their deportation cases are settled.
"It's a real step backwards for immigration policy," said Bob Libal, the executive director of Grassroots Leadership, which advocates for alternatives to detention. "Detention should always be used as a last option … the harm that comes from children from being detained is well-documented, and if we don't have to do this, we shouldn't be doing it."
Just because Dubya Bush isn't running ICE doesn't make these new concentration camps, I mean "family" centers, kinder and gentler.
It is safe to say that as we move toward November, 2014, both political parties are in a political crisis when it comes to immigration reform and Latin American affairs. It doesn't help for 2016, either.
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Posted in Elections, History, Republinuttiness, Sensible Immigration Reform, U.S. Capitol
Tagged border surge, central america, foreign policy, latin american affairs
Just got this in the inbox.. For folks in my former CD-23 neck of the mesquite, this is a must-read.
Moments ago at a press conference in D.C., Eva Longoria and Henry B. Munoz III announced the launch of the Latino Victory Project. The LVP is an ambitious, non-partisan effort to build political power within the Latino community to ensure the voices of Latinos are reflected at every level of government and in the policies that drive our nation.The political arm of LVP is Latino Victory PAC, intended to engage Latinos and develop a pipeline of Latino candidates at every level of government.
In addition to launching the LVP, a slate of PAC-endorsed candidates was also announced including Congressman Pete Gallego (TX-23).
Cristobal Alex, President of Latino Victory Project PAC said, "Pete Gallego has distinguished himself as an outstanding public servant. From his passion for helping veterans and military families, to his push for immigration reform, and down to his cowboy boots – Pete Gallego is truly representative of Texas' 23rd district. The 23rd district could have no better representation than Pete Gallego."
Congressman Pete Gallego added, "When Latinos do well, our country does well. It is always an honor to be supported by Texans – and I thank Eva Longoria for spearheading this bold, and much-needed initiative. The Latino Victory Project works to make our country stronger by ensuring that our government is truly representative of its people. As someone who went from being a young Latino in a tiny West Texas town to the United States Congress, the subject of Latino political empowerment is near to my heart. I am humbled by the support of this outstanding organization, value their vote of confidence, and will continue to work to be the best voice for every constituent in Texas' 23rd district."
More info on Latino Victory Project at www.LatinoVictory.us.
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Posted in Accion, Democratic Stuff, U.S. Capitol
Ted Cruz has a 32% approval rating with Hispanic voters in Texas
— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) April 14, 2014
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Posted in Local Politica, Republinuttiness, Sensible Immigration Reform, U.S. Capitol
Tagged 32%, ted cruz, tweet del dia
Unsurprisingly, the Republicans in the US Senate blocked a resolution honoring late labor and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez. Why? Because the Republicans wanted to honor Chavez's anti-immigrant work.
But Republicans blocked it after Democrats refused their demand that they also include in the resolution mention of how Chavez pushed for tighter border security and saw undocumented immigrants as detrimental to U.S. workers.
I mentioned this particular fact about Chavez's life in the review of movie last week, and it is a part of his life that Republicans have tried to exploit for their own benefit, much like they attempt to co-opt Martin Luther King's Republican past.
Much like most labor unions, the United Farm Workers were opposed to immigrant labor because of how easy it was to exploit this source of cheap labor, thus making it easier to end the labor movement. While Chavez and the Union wanted fair labor practices and fair pay for what were mostly American citizen workers, it was people like Ronald Reagan and other Republicans who would have none of that and supported strike-breaking in the form of immigrant exploitation. Some things never change, much like the corporations that want to exploit immigrants today in order to avoid benefits like health insurance, equal pay, and simple worker protections. It really is an old Republican strategy of "divide and conquer."
Ultimately, Cesar Chavez changed course on immigrant rights as the Chicano civil rights movement took on a more global view of labor, civil and human rights. Plus, the Union was in need of membership. Obviously, Republicans have never supported civil and human rights for anyone, much less labor rights.
Frankly, I'm not much into empty resolutions when Congress isn't getting any real work done. I want public policy, like, I don't know, immigration reform, equal pay, jobs creation, health care reform/single payer, education funding, stuff like that. But it's not like the Republicans will ever support anything of value to a majority of this country.
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Posted in History, Republinuttiness, Sensible Immigration Reform, U.S. Capitol
Tagged cesar chavez, immigration, resolution, senate


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Mild temps, plenty of sunshine for your Tuesday
Updated On: May 06 2014 12:47:18 PM EDT
High clouds and sunshine rule the rest of the day here making for a perfect Spring afternoon in the Detroit Metro Area.
High temperatures will climb into the mid 60s with light winds NE 5-12 mph which makes it feel a bit cooler on the east side. Mostly clear to partly cloudy skies tonight will make viewing the Aquarid Meteor Shower possible ... especially during the overnight.
Wednesday and beyond will be very spring like with highs in the 60s again tomorrow and a chance for a few rain and thundershowers.
The latest model data suggests the rain will be more of a problem north and west of our area. But, an approaching warm front will bring a few rain and storm chances the next few days. Keep the umbrella handy Wednesday with the best threat for wet weather into the late afternoon or evening.
Thursday will be a bit warmer with highs around 75° as some neighborhoods will be near 80°. We will see scattered rain and thunder midday Thursday but again, it will not be a washout.
We will likely see more rain and thunder in the area throughout your Friday with a cool front sweeping through. This will be our best bet for wet weather over the next week.
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Why SJWs Want to Censor Games While Studiously Avoiding Rap Music
One of the more interesting, if seldom asked, question that follows from the intense interest of SJWs in censoring video games is follows:
Why are SJWs and their accomplices focusing their "activism" on certain forms of entertainment such as comic books and video games, while conspicuously ignoring the same issues in other forms such as various subtypes of rap/hip-hop music, popular non-network TV shows and movies?
Some of you might say that SJWs and their accomplices have already tried interfering in those forms- with very limited success. Well.. that is partially true, but there is much more to the story of why they failed to have any significant impact on rap music, movies and non-network TV shows.
Let us try to understand why certain forms of entertainment, such as rap music, have successfully resisted interference from SJWs. As some of you might know, the lyrics and imagery of rap/hip-hop music was considered scandalous throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. At that time, many famous proto-SJWs spent a lot of time and effort on concerted attempts to censor rap music. As many of you also know, these proto-SJWs failed so miserably that much of what (lyrics, language, behavior and dancing moves) was considered scandalous barely 20 years is now nauseatingly mainstream.
So why did SJWs fail to censor rap music in the late 1980s, and what can we learn from that massive failure?
The more cynical of you might say that rap music succeeded because white suburban kids loved transgressive black music- and there is some truth to that. But there is far more to this story than white suburban kids who bough records to look cool and piss off their parents. Start by comparing the behavior and personal lives of famous singers and musicians from various popular genres. Why are white rock stars (even those in certain popular 80s bands) widely, and correctly, perceived as less masculine than similar famous black rappers?
It comes down to how each group tries to achieve social acceptance, respectability and fame.
White musicians, like most other white morons, believe that social acceptance, fame and respectability is achieved by striving, begging and compromising. They also believe in popular scams like meritocracy and hard work. Most black musicians in contrast, understand that popularity in the music industry is some combination of intrinsic talent and plain dumb luck. They have also figured out that all that talk about meritocracy and hard work are lies meant to enrich a few white assholes at the expense of everybody else. Perhaps most importantly, they have figured out something that eludes most white morons- all that talk about social acceptance and respect from people who will abandon you, at the proverbial drop of a hat, is dishonest and meaningless.
The thoughts and actions of most black rappers are therefore not constrained by delusional attempts at gaining worthless social acceptance and respectability. Instead, they want real things like fame and money.
White musicians usually ask, beg and grovel for something that their black equivalents rightly demand. This slavish desire for worthless social acceptance and respectability also makes white musicians far more susceptible to compromise in the face of manufactured media campaigns- such as those run by SJWs. In contrast, most black musicians have little interest in gaining such worthless social respectability and are therefore largely immune from manufactured media campaigns to shame them or make them censor themselves.
Then there is the angle of plausible threats- or more precisely, who is afraid of whom.
Most black musicians, especially rappers, are not afraid of risky physical confrontations- to put it mildly. Nor are they afraid of living in poverty, as most of them grew up in less than affluent households. But perhaps most importantly, they inspire visceral fear in the minds of SJWs. Would those Sarkesian or Quinn critters dare to go up against some black rapper who has been shot and jailed a few times? Would they? and if not, why not?
My point is that leading a manufactured "moral crusade" against socially awkward white guys is far less physically risky than doing that against guys who have injured and killed people for disrespecting them.
In case you were wondering, fear is also the reason SJWs will almost never target big time TV shows and movie producers. Of course, in this case it is the fear of armies of lawyers and being blacklisted by those who have money. And let us be clear about something, those Sarkesian and Quinn critters are in it for attention, money and power- not social justice. They will never bite the hands that might feed or throw a few crumbs at them. SJWs are attacking gamers because they believe that have a chance at winning without any real physical, legal or financial risk. They also believe that gamers, being mostly socially awkward men, can be scammed into defeat via lies about losing social respect and acceptability.
What do you think? Comments?
The Priorities of SJW Activism Expose their Real Motivations
The term, or acronym, SJW has received a lot of attention on the 'interwebs' over the last few weeks. While typically used in a derisive manner, it is actually a pretty accurate description of the public persona of a particular (and increasingly common) kind of political activist. So before we go any further, let us define this acronym using UrbanDictionary.
Social Justice Warrior is a pejorative term for an individual who repeatedly and vehemently engages in arguments on social justice on the Internet, often in a shallow or not well-thought-out way, for the purpose of raising their own personal reputation. A social justice warrior, or SJW, does not necessarily strongly believe all that they say, or even care about the groups they are fighting on behalf of. They typically repeat points from whoever is the most popular blogger or commenter of the moment, hoping that they will "get SJ points" and become popular in return. They are very sure to adopt stances that are "correct" in their social circle.
The above quoted definition, is in my opinion, one of the best and most succinct definitions of this seemingly new class of social activist. I said 'seemingly new' because what SJWs do is actually quite old. In previous and less-connected eras, these people were known as "neighborhood busybodies", "pearl clutchers", incessant newspaper letter writers.. well, you get the picture. The busybodies, pearl clutchers and letter writers of previous eras were, as SJWs are now, predominantly middle-class females.
My point is that women trying to gain status among peers by patronizing supposedly "good" causes based on their interpretation of some or the other ideology is a pretty old phenomena.
Then as now, these pseudo-activists tried to gain attention and status by latching onto fashionable social issues of the day. Most of these issues were, then as now, somehow connected to public "morality" and poking around or interfering in the personal lives of other people. It is important to understand that these pseudo-activists always steered clear to substantive and important issues and social injustices. So they almost always ignored issues such as eliminating slavery, ending legalized discrimination against non-whites, ending anti-semitism, alleviating poverty etc. Instead, they spent their energies on crusades against new styles of dresses or dancing, recreational drug use and pretty much anything that might make somebody else happy.
All social activism devoted to causes that cannot result in significant material improvement of their target group is always about screwing over the lives of somebody else.
But the appeal of screwing over other people by itself cannot explain the rise of SJWs in the last decade. So what has changed? Why are more people (mostly women) trying to get in on the phenomena? Some of you might think that the rise of SJWs is due to the increase in the number of people with university degrees in social sciences. Well.. I have some news for you. The rise of SJWs has very little to do with lots of women studying social sciences in universities. It is about new and vastly increased opportunities for monetization of such pseudo-activism.
SJW proliferation is largely due to new opportunities for monetizing such pseudo-activism.
So what are these new opportunities for monetization and why now? One part of the answer to those question can be found in technological changes- especially in the field of communication. It is no coincidence that the current increase in the number of SJWs parallels the number of people who are online and on social media. The ongoing decline in the fortunes of corrupt and incestuous centralized corporate media has, paradoxically, opened up many new opportunities for those who purvey and profit from "moral" outrage or causes. Until the last decade, only a few of these parasites could get onto network TV or newspapers with high circulation numbers. The internet, or more precisely the proliferation of internet users, changed that forever. Now any wannabe SJW-type parasite can use inexpensive or free blogs and social media outlets to find people gullible enough to believe in any "moral" cause- however unrealistic or dubious.
But there is more. SJWs are merely doing what almost all large non-profit organisations and charities have been doing for decades. Do you think most of the money donated to breast-cancer charities goes to research into that disease condition or helping patients cope with it? Guess again. What about all those charities that want money to help sick and dying kids, deliver medical aid to poor and disaster-stricken people, help cure some fatal disease or some other humanitarian cause? Well.. most of the money donated to those charities are used to fund the payroll of employees in those organisations and pay for advertising agencies to come up with even bigger and more effective money-gathering campaigns. And all this occurs while these organisations run on the efforts of unpaid volunteers. All of these supposedly non-profit organisations who loudly proclaim their desire to do social "good" have no interest in actually doing what they say, let alone eliminate the reason for that problem.
To summarize, people involved in pseudo-activism are the western equivalent of people who mutilate orphans and force them to beg in poor countries.
Pseudo-activists or SJWs have no interest in solving problems other than those related to increasing their public status, power and income. They are just parasites exploiting existing niches for their lifestyle created by pre-existing system dysfunction. Also, SJWs do not actually believe in the ideologies they profess at every public occasion. Their publicly stated beliefs and ideologies are simply covers for their real motivations, namely- becoming rich and famous by screwing over other people.
What do you think? Comments?
The West Has Always Lost Against Determined Adversaries Since WW2
The end of WW2 in 1945 was the start of many large-scale changes and shifts that have irreversibly changed the face of the world. Many of these trends, such as normalization of women working outside their homes and childbirth outside marriage have had major social consequences. But for every famous large-scale change there is one that is just as important but seldom talked about. This post is about one such change.
The west has not won a single war against a determined adversary since the end of WW2.
Now some apologists might mumble something about the Iraq War of 1991, but as I will show you the outcome of that war actually bolsters my theory. But why is this change important in the first place? Well.. it comes down to history. From the late 1700s to 1945, countries that are now part of what we today call the "west" were able to conquer and occupy countries all over the world. But then something changed and now they cannot win wars- even against countries such as North Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. But it goes deeper than that.. much deeper. Today the west is unable to pull off a successfully military intervention in effectively stateless regions of the world such as parts of Africa and the Middle-East.
So what happened? How did the west become militarily impotent? And why have all the trillions spent on supporting war and developing newer weapons to alleviate their impotency?
But before we tackle those questions, let us talk a bit about how people in the west try to rationalize their military impotency. Some like to tell themselves that the west has become more humane and feels guilty about killing non-whites. However the death of millions of Koreans, Vietnamese and Iraqi in wars since WW2 suggests that is not the case. The west, especially the USA, never tried to stop killing non-whites. They have lost the ability to translate such deaths into military victory and lasting gains. We also cannot forget that efforts at weapon development and troop deployment to others countries, again especially by the USA, have not stopped in the post-WW2 period.
Others want to believe that economic reasons for colonialism such as access to raw materials are no longer important in a world driven by manufacturing and service sector jobs. While this might seem plausible to some, it runs counter to the reality that colonialism was almost never exclusively about access to cheap raw materials. Let me explain that concept with an example. Ask yourself two question- What natural resources did the UK gain from colonizing India? Was the value of those resources worth the cost of colonization? Here is another example- What resources did the USA gain through the genocide of native americans that they could not have just got by paying them market value for the land- which at that time was really low. My point is that economic rationales for colonialism are at best a fig leaf for the real motivations that drove that particular enterprise.
Still others want to convince themselves that old-fashioned colonialism is not necessary since the "west" can exploit other countries through trade and finance. While there have been a few examples of this particular scenario playing out, they have occurred mostly in small countries with especially incompetent rulers. The vast majority of countries have been able to improve both their military power as well as the living standards of their populations. The populations of western countries, on the other hand, have experienced prolonged stagnation and shrinkage of their living standards. To put it another way, the belief that trade and finance can be effectively used for remote-control colonization is not supported by available evidence.
And this brings us back to our original question- How and why did the west become militarily impotent so quickly after 1945?
In my opinion, this large-scale shift is due to an interacting and irreversible mixture of reasons- some of which I have talked about in previous posts. We have to start with the rapidly decreasing supply and increasing price of cannon fodder. In previous eras, the sheer number of surplus kids who lived to adulthood created a never-ending supply of cannon fodder for colonial expeditions. The advent and ubiquity of multiple methods of contraception has resulted in an irreversible change in that trend. There just aren't enough dumb surplus men to throw at now risky endeavors such as colonialism.
But why is colonialism and fighting wars much more riskier now than it was in the pre-WW2 era? Well.. it comes down to mostly to small arms and a better understanding of the west by its adversaries. In prior eras, the technology differential in small arms allowed the west to deploy machine guns against spear-wielding Zulu warriors. Similarly the unfamiliarity of non-western countries with western military practice allowed the west to defeat such countries. Both of those advantages have been irreversibly lost. Today the foot-soldier of any country or group that is fighting against a western country has access to pretty much the same small-arms technology as his western counterpart. Moreover, unlike his conspicuously visible western counterpart, he can blend into the surrounding population.
I can hear some of you say.. "but what the western technological advantage in air power, nukes and heavy weaponry"? The short answer to that rhetorical question is that all of those supposed "advantages" are not decisive enough to influence the outcome of wars. Infact, some of them make matters worse. Consider the issue of nuclear weapons. While it might be tempting for USA to use nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear or nuclear adversary- doing so would result in a mad rush by dozens of countries to build their own nuclear weapons. Furthermore, countries with such capacity would have no hesitation about using it against the USA at the slightest hint of conflict. The use of air power while providing the illusion of invulnerability seldom causes enough damage to affect the course of war. It also does not help that airplanes, drones, laser guided-bombs and missiles are far more expensive and harder to replace than the targets they are used against. Also the tools for targeting such assets at a level sufficient to make their use onerously expensive are readily available.
We also cannot forget about the consequences of living in a multi-polar world. Countries such as China, Russia and even some so-called american "allies" are quite happy to supply money, weapons and other resources for fighting wars and insurgencies against the west. We all know what material support by Russia and China did for the outcome of wars in Korea and Vietnam. We have also seen the effect of material support by supposed allies of the west on the situation in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. It takes far less material support and weaponry to through a lethal wrench into western efforts to colonize and conquer than it takes for the west to succeed in their objective.
And this brings us to why Saddam Hussein lost the Iraq war in 1991. The short answer is that he tried to fight the west using western tactics even though his army was poorly equipped to do so. The fact that his commanders were incompetent loyalists and professional ass-kissers made it doubly worse. He could have been far more successful and likely triumphant if the whole thing was run like a semi-decentralized insurgency. But such solutions are not acceptable to egotistic and paranoid dictators- and that is why he lost that war.
What do you think? Comments?
Was Casual Incest More Common in the Era Before Recorded History?
Some of my regular readers might remember that I once posted an interesting photo series of Stephanie Seymour and one of her sons at a beach. Recently, she posed in lingerie (along with two of her sons) for a photoshoot in HarpersBazaar. Many people, both online and offline, thought that those photos and the implied relationship with her two supposedly gay sons was "icky" and "unnatural". While the first type of objection (ickyness) is subjective, the second type (un-naturalness) implies objective evaluation. But, is casual incest among humans really that "un-natural" ?
But before we do that, let us get back to this particular case and be honest about the facts. Firstly, the mother of those teenage boys is a pretty well-preserved ex-supermodel. Secondly, her on-and-off-and-on again husband (and their father) is an rich white guy two decades older than her. Based on her dating history before marrying him (lots of rockstars), it is quite clear that she settled for him because he was filthy rich. It is also clear that she craves attention- perhaps much more so because she used to be a supermodel. It is therefore plausible that the relationship with her two teenage sons has a significant sexual component, despite their public statements to the contrary.
And this brings us back to the uncomfortable question: Could casual incest have been more common, even normal, in previous eras – especially during human prehistory?
The belief that incest was, and always has been, a fringe phenomena are based on a set of circular sophistic assumptions that have little basis in reality. And just to be clear, I am not trying to suggest that incest was ever the major sexual outlet for humans. Yet there is reason to believe that it was far more common than we want to or, perhaps more importantly, would like to believe.
The main scholastic argument against incest is based on the premise that it is dysgenic and that humans have a "natural" aversion to such encounters. But is that assumption supported by facts? Let us go after the dysgenic angle first. How many people obsessively filter the people they want to have sex, and perhaps children, with based on the "dysgenic-ness" of the outcome. While I am sure that aspy retards, such as those who frequent HBD sites, might care about dysgenics- people who are actually having sex are more concerned with factors such as the ease of getting laid, attractiveness, status and sometimes money.
Low barriers for partner selectivity are especially prevalent in casual sexual relationships, as opposed to those that are have socio-legal approval. Furthermore there is a large body of evidence which suggests that, historically, bestiality was not uncommon among those who worked around farm animals. To put it another way, people will have sex with far uglier and weirder people (and animals) than they will ever willingly admit.
But what about the supposed "natural" human aversion to incest? Aren't we supposed to have some sort of deterministic aversion towards having sex with people we are closely related to? Well.. the real-life definitions of definition of "close" are rather vague and culturally determined. Consider the case of cousin marriages, which still account for around 10% of all marriages in the world yet are illegal in some parts of the USA.
For most of time anatomically modern humans have existed as a species, we have lived in tightly knit groups containing anywhere between 100 and 1000 individuals. Human groups are also quite distinct from those of most other mammalian groups in that are multi-generational and fairly gender balanced (at least over the medium term). Then there are logistical issues related to finding sexual partners outside your group. While most people born in the last few decades cannot imagine a would where people don't live and find sexual partners in large and cosmopolitan cities, that was not always the case. Throughout human pre-history and history, most people never went further than 50 km from their birthplace. Given those conditions it is quite possible that people were more inbred than we would want to believe.
But there is more..
Over many years of searching through online porn (text, art, photos, videos) I came to an interesting realization. Certain sexual preferences and practices are far more popular than one could otherwise assume from looking at "popular" culture. For example- sexualized spanking and mild-to-moderate BDSM are far more popular than most people realize. Similarly other supposedly fringe practices like annalingus and female-to-male strapon sex are far more common in online porn than you would expect from immersing yourself in "popular" culture. So what is happening? Is depiction of these preferences and practices just another way to sell more porn? Or are they reflections of what people really want? In my opinion, it is mostly the later since it is really hard to keep on pumping out material without regard to audience engagement.
And this brings me to another observation about online porn. Incest themed online porn is just too widespread to cater to a small fringe audience. This is especially obvious in the era of online streaming porn, where incest-themed video clips keep popping up far more frequently than expected. Some of you might say that incest-themed porn is just a new way to push MILF or old-young porn. Well.. perhaps, but why push something in a way that makes it less valuable to a more conventional audience? Here is an analogous example- Would you repackage an expensive cut of meat as a supposedly less desirable cut unless there was a market for it.
What do you think? Comments?
Why GamerGaters Are Prevailing Over SJWs, Feminists and Journalists
Mulling over GamerGate and its coverage by media for the last few days has provided me some interesting insights into the issue and how things might look in the near future (weeks to months). Some of my insights came from a dispassionate look at the responses of most "main-stream" journalists to GamerGate. A few came from studying changes in the tone of their articles and stated goals over time. Others came from my insights on the dynamics of this confrontation.
The short version of my conclusions is as follows: GamerGaters are prevailing over SJWs, feminists and journalists- and will continue to do so in the near future (weeks to months). I also believe that this trend will probably continue in the medium term (few years). FYI- I do not make predictions about events more than ten years in the future.
Here is the longer version of my insights.
1. The tone of "mainstream" journalists has shifted over the previous 2-3 weeks.
Their almost unanimous belief in an inevitable, decisive and spectacular triumph over the crushed ego of GamerGaters has increasingly been replaced by articles like this: Nobody Wins the GamerGate Civil War, Why can't both sides bury hatchet over ethics in video games row?, Video game industry calls for an end to polarising 'Gamergate' controversy and The Disheartening GamerGate Campaign. It seems that some of those who wrote articles predicting the death and growing irrelevance of "gamers", "nerds" and "neckbeards" are changing their tone. But why? Well.. a few were probably never enthusiastic about the whole thing in the first place. Some have been demoralized by the lack of an early decisive victory and are now re-evaluating their previous positions. Others are trying to buy time to regroup for a counter-offensive. Then there are those who can now see that this is turning into an insurgency.
2. GamerGate now displays all the main characteristics of an insurgency.
The last decade has seen the USA lose two wars in the middle-east. While some of you might not consider the outcome of military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan to be defeats or failures for the USA, the facts say otherwise. Simply put, the USA has failed to de-Talibanize Afghanistan after a decade of military presence in that country. They have also not been able to suppress Sunni Arab militarism in Iraq after almost a decade of being in that country. Why did they fail? Did they not spend enough money, buy enough fancy weapons or put enough boots on the ground? In my opinion, it comes down to a simple fact about warfare in the post-industrial era.
Conventional centralized armies cannot defeat determined insurgencies, especially if the later lacks a centralized command and control structure.
Let us compare the outcomes of WW2 with the decade-long dabbling in the middle-east. Ever wonder why the occupation of Germany and Japan after their defeat in WW2 was so orderly? Well.. it comes down to the fact that both nations had highly centralized command and control structures based on a national identity. People kept on fighting only as long as that structure did not surrender. Once that occurred, the occupiers faced no real resistance from the population. In contrast to that, both Iraq and Afghanistan are agglomerations of clans and tribes that form temporary alliances to fight external aggressors. In such situations, there is no central authority and command structure to declare defeat or victory.Furthermore, there is no hard and fast difference between allies and enemies in such societies.
The GamerGate crowd is similar to these insurgents in that there have no centralized command and control setup. Alliances between various groups in the coalition are temporary and ever-changing. Consequently the SJW-Feminist-Journalist crowd will never be able to rest in peace even if they declare victory. Even worse, such declarations will invite more attacks, sabotage and trolling. The SJW-Feminist-Journalist crowd in contrast are part of a fairly centralized hierarchical setup with only a few important power centers.
3. The GamerGaters have far less to lose than their adversaries.
The SJW-Feminist-Journalist crowd delights in portraying the GamerGate crowd as basement-dwelling neckbeards without well-paying careers. While that is an exaggeration, it does contain a core of truth. A lot of GamerGaters are intelligent but somewhat socially awkward and lonely guys in jobs that don't pay well. In contrast to that, their equivalents from a previous era had far better economic and sexual opportunities. While this inter-generational change in fortunes might not seem like a big deal, it does actually has a major influence on the nature and longevity of GamerGate.
Consequently, the men participating in GamerGate today don't have much to lose. Compare this to their equivalents from previous eras who often went along with social "consensus" because they had stable and well-paying jobs, wives, children and mortgages. People who believe they have something worthwhile to lose act far more conservatively than those who know that they don't have much to begin with. Computer games are far more important to guys with poorly paid and unstable jobs than people who fancy themselves as petite bourgeoisie. The SJW-Feminist-Journalist crowd, on the other hand, are full of aspirational and actual petite bourgeoisie. They simply cannot afford to take the same risks as GamerGaters.
It also does not help that the SJW-Feminist-Journalist crowd are not especially conversant with the technology and other factors/issues underlying computer gaming. As many of you might have noticed by now, they cover their rudimentary understanding of technology with buzzwords and appeals to their "authority" or gender.
What do you think? Comments?
Understanding the Socio-Economic Processes that Lead to GamerGate
A few days ago, I considered writing two posts on the ongoing GamerGate controversy- or should we say manufactured controversy. Just so that you know, this post contains a lot of stuff that will upset established or wannabe SJWs.
It all started about two months ago (Aug 2014) as the fallout of some infidelity-related relationship drama between a manipulative fat white "woman" and her rather unremarkable boyfriend. While this dramatic bullshit might have remained localized in a previous less-connected age, the widespread availability and use of the web (especially social media) resulted in that toxic spat spilling over into, and contaminating, the rest of the world. FYI, I have no real interest in exploring the ethical issues stemming from the trade of sexual favors for favorable media exposure. As I like to say- to each their own.
This post is about why computer gaming has suddenly became so culturally relevant.
As you will see, this new-found cultural relevance of computer gaming is almost exclusively about corporations trying to sell people more crap. But why is this happening now? Why was computer gaming not a big cultural issue twenty or even ten years ago? What has changed? And why?
Well.. there are many reasons.
Advances in hardware design was the first necessary, but not sufficient, condition that made all this bullshit possible. Prior to the era of Microsoft Xbox-360s, Sony PS3s, Ninentdo Wiis, smartphones and tablets- most dedicated computer gaming occurred on Desktop PCs and high-end Laptops. To put it another way, the core customer base of computer games was fairly dedicated and almost exclusively male. Sure.. there were gaming consoles like N64s, Dreamcasts, PS1s, PS2s and Xboxs- but they too were mostly a male domain. Furthermore, computer gaming was largely (and perhaps rightly) seen as the natural habitat of socially-awkward and often poor males without female company. Companies that produced computer games in those days were often small or medium-sized and produced whatever appealed to their core audience.
This started changing in the mid-2000s, but especially after the introduction of reasonably good gaming consoles that could produce pretty pictures and more life-like scenery. The introduction of these consoles also came at a time when easy online gaming became feasible. Consequently, it began to attract people who would have otherwise not started playing them. Smartphones and tablets accelerated this trend further so that everybody and their grandparents started playing Angry Birds, Farmville and CandyCrush. Corporations saw this as an opportunity to sell more crap and changed their business model accordingly. The stagnation of growth in more established form of entertainment such as network TV, movies and sporting events also made corporations see gaming as the new frontier for growth.
To summarize my first point, computer gaming became more important because of stagnation and decline in profit from other forms of entertainment. It is therefore no surprise that events such as Comic Con now receive so much corporate backing and positive advertising. This corporate interest in profit-making is also behind an explosive increase in the number of "gaming-related" journalists or as I like to call them – paid shills.
While the previous three paragraphs explain the technological (and capitalism-linked) reasons behind gaming becoming "culturally" relevant, it is not capable of explaining how a toxic spat between a manipulative fat white woman and her unremarkable boyfriend has morphed into a another "culture" war.
To understand what drives the invective of SJWs and their supposedly "liberal" journalistic allies, you have to look at cultural factors- especially what they intend to gain. So what do they intend to gain anyway? What can they possibly gain from antagonizing hardcore gamers- who are almost exclusively male? Don't they understand, or care, about the long-term effects of antagonizing the most important and reliable customer base for that industry.
The short answer is- they don't care about the effects of their actions on the computer gaming industry because they are not really part of that industry. The somewhat longer answer does something like this.. All those SJWs and their journalistic "friends" writing ever more toxic rants about the core audience of computer gaming are in it for themselves. It is about attempts to gain power by screwing over other people under the pretense of helping "society".
Let us first focus on what is driving the journalists, who are perhaps the less repulsive of the two groups- if not by much. Have you ever wondered what all these people would have been doing in the pre-internet age? The simple answer is that they would have been trying to advance their careers by shilling and writing hit-pieces for print media. Journalists, with a few exceptions, have always been paid sophists, shills and character-assassination specialists for their rich masters. Think of them as whores, though that comparison is kinda demeaning to real whores. My point is that most journalists, but especially those who are trying to climb up, will shill and whore for anything that has a chance of improving their career prospects.
But why are they focusing so much on GamerGate? Why are they not paying a similar level of attention to far bigger issues like systemic racism in the american judicial system, narco-wars in Mexico or the endemic corruption and patient abuse in the american health system?
Apologists might say that some journalists do cover those issues- and that is true. But media coverage and critique of those problems bears no proportion to their impact on people. Moreover, journalists who cover the big and difficult issues have always been in the minority. But why is that so? Why do most people who pretend that their profession is devoted to speaking truth to power shy away from it whenever they have an opportunity to do so? Well.. it comes down to money and the fear of reprisals.
Systemic racism against non-whites in the USA is, and has always been, state policy. Critiquing that beyond a certain extent is not good for your journalistic career. Nor is it unique to that issues as most journalists were willing shills for the case to invade Iraq under false pretenses in 2003. Similarly most american journalists have been extremely unsupportive of people like Edward Snowden or Julian Assange, inspite of the importance of their revelations. Similarly people who do actual field-based reporting on the government-abetted narco war in Mexico run the risk of losing their heads- literally. Therefore the vast majority of journalist will never focus on the truly important issues of that era.
So how do these shills maintain their public credibility- or whatever is left of it?
While the general credibility of journalists has been on a downward slope for many decades, they still attempt to make occasional attempts to maintain their credibility. But as we talked about just now, they cannot do so by antagonizing people who pay them or are likely to kill them. Most investigative journalism is therefore about issues, groups or people they can antagonize without fear of reprisal. That is why journalist spend so much time on subjects that can let them demonize or at least look down upon people. These include single mothers, drug addicts, black men, small time con artists and medium-sized scams.
Journalist who write about games are no different. They, and their colleagues at "social-issue" driven publications, have no real expertise or empathy for the subjects and issues they write about. I could have compared them to pimps, but that would be insulting to pimps. In a way, they are part of a trend sweeping american society in which the best pretenders (such as CEOs) make the most money and get the most power. The massive user response to recent and continuing biased journalism in computer gaming therefore represents an affront to their self-perceived power and importance. In a way, the response of journalists to GamerGate is not unlike the response of parasite to the host immune system.
However parasites, unlike journalists, never believe that the host exists because of them.
I will talk about my views on SJWs and their real "motivations" in an upcoming post.
What do you think? Comments?
Most People Around You Don't Deserve Sympathy or Compassion: 1
Questions surrounding the nature of impersonal society and "civilization" (such as link 1, link 2) have a habit of popping up in my posts. While they can sometimes appear repetitious, it is hard to ignore them since they are also highly relevant to many facets of your day-to-day existence. One related topic, which I have also touched upon in previous posts (such as link 3, link 4), concerns the effect of changing circumstances and realities on the individual-group dynamic.
Do you really have an obligation or duty towards any human group that is incapable of, or unwilling to, fulfill its end of the deal- explicit and implicit?
As I have said before, humans are not mindless eusocial creatures like ants or bees. Formation and cohesion of human groups is based on reciprocity (or a promise thereof) between each individual in it and the rest of that group. To put it another way, real cooperation with your group only makes sense if you have a very high chance of receiving what was promised to you (explicitly and implicitly) in the first place. One of the many reasons that I rightly consider CONservatives to be less than subhuman is their repeated parroting of the "society does not owe you anything" meme. Now I know exactly what they are trying to, but don't have the brains or balls, to say- but that is best discussed in another post. This one will focus on something different and explain my insight through a series of thought experiments.
The first one occurred to me, many years ago, at a time when I had just started using escorts. The circumstances surrounding what I am going to talk about have been mentioned in previous posts (link 5, link 6). It centers around an interesting paradox – I could get high quality paid sex (including frequent freebies) from attractive and reasonably priced escorts while I was being simultaneously rejected by far more plain, dumpy and mediocre women. So what was going on? Well.. in my opinion, it was largely about the belief of those mediocre women in their intrinsic racial superiority, even if there was no evidence to support it. Then again, most humans have an almost infinite capacity for self delusion- something that I will write more about in another post. But it does raise an even more important, if almost never asked, question that is best framed as a thought experiment.
What if all those women, and guys like them, disappeared from the face of the earth?
While I have talked about similar in a previous post, this one tackles a different question. Does the continued existence of people you do not particularly care about matter to you? Also, under what condition or circumstances would that answer change- either way? If you think through my questions systematically and rationally, you will arrive to a somewhat disquieting answer.
In an impersonal and atomized society, the existence of other people matters only so far as it translates into a high probability of serving your own needs.
The demise of anyone whose existence or actions do not serve your needs or desires is, at best, inconsequential. The reader might wonder if the demise of people who did something important for you, but not in a very obvious manner, would be detrimental. The short answer to that question is- perhaps, but not really. Let me explain what I am talking about through one somewhat tasteless thought experiment.
Imagine a situation in which 80-90% or even 100% of white physicians and surgeons in the USA died within a week. Would it matter? Well.. it would certainly matter in the very short term- perhaps a few weeks or months at most. However, their positions would almost certainly be filled through the mass importation of equally competent non-white physicians. Moreover, people who work under physicians perform most of the actual work in healthcare. So the somewhat longer answer is as follows: short-term disruptions seldom translate into long-term disruptions. The only time such large-scale disruptions translate into long-term effects is when those who became extinct had some unique ability that their successors are incapable of developing. In the case of physicians or surgeons, that is simply not the case. A non-white person with similar education, hours of experience and access to technology will do just as good a job as a white person, and the same is true of every job, profession and vocation. And this brings us to another disquieting idea.
People whose utility to others is defined by their jobs are completely replaceable and fungible.
The same is also true of employers- more specifically the people you work under. In an era where people do not have stable jobs, the demise of your immediate superior in the corporate hierarchy is largely irrelevant as most people in that position have no interest in helping you as a person. You could even replace them with a similar looking person and nobody would notice or care. This is especially true in countries such as the USA where all corporations are slow death-marches, as far as most of their employees are concerned. One could make the same case for other institutions, from universities and research institutes to schools and sports leagues. Do you really think that the sudden demise of all the "top" scientists from "prestigious" universities and institutes would somehow set our knowledge of science or progress back? Heck, if anything it might have the opposite effect by removing a lot of politically connected and uncreative courtier-types.?
In an atomized society there are no rational reasons to feel any sympathy or compassion for people who just happen to exist around you.
Now, you might say- this is cold, heartless and inhuman. Well.. perhaps, but it is rational. More importantly, is your experience any different? How many people you have worked with can you trust to not screw you over? What about any person or corporation that has ever employed you? Or what about the women you might have married? Can you really trust them to not screw you over for ego or minor financial gains? What about the government that claims to protect you from "all those bad people" if you just agree to go deeper into bonded servitude?
Perhaps you might want to reevaluate your interactions with people and institutions around you. There is no reason to be loyal, kind or even fair to people and institutions who abuse your trust in every possible way and at every possible turn.
What do you think? Comments?


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Starting his career as an on-screen comedian in various noontime shows, Vice has slowly evolved into a multi-talented performer and has already released two solo albums to accompany his top-grossing films. After recently releasing his second studio album, Vice's third concert does not come as a surprise as he is seen as a true entertainer and a performer at heart. With his trademark unkabogable style, Vice promises nothing less of a great show, with a comedic twist for his avid fans.Expected as well to show their support for Vice on stage for their much-anticipated performances are Daniel Padilla, Enrique Gil and Paulo Avelino. Also joining them are Dawn Zulueta and Ai-Ai de las Alas.
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Microsoft WPC 2014: Where everybody knows his name…July 17 - 3am
In congratulating Microsoft's German contingent on a World Cup job well done, Satya Nadella's first words at Worldwide Partner Conference 2014 were typical of where the company is heading.
On-the-ball, quite literally, was Nadella's opening address, that his words represented a freshness which transcended through some 16,000 attendees.
He was always the man everybody wanted to see, he was always the man which provoked the most excitement, intrigue and interest – and in his first Vision Keynote as CEO, he was always going to excel.
Forget Lincoln, Satya has been the most spoken name around the streets of Washington D.C. this week.
For the veterans of WPC will even admit, the bouncing bravado of Steve Ballmer was as predictable as it was out-dated – while the modern poise of Nadella signifies Microsoft's transformation as a company.
Long gone are the days when fist-pumping rally cries motivate, the technology industry now takes inspiration from knowledge, not sales; of which Nadella has in abundance.
Wrapped up tight in a genuine love of technology, Nadella's first 50 minutes in front of partners will no doubt be deemed a success by the Redmond hierarchy – who appear fully justified in their decision to appoint the former Cloud executive VP as their new main man.
First impressions show a leader who is crystal clear in his vision for the new modern-day Microsoft.
Yes it was the an extension of Nadella's cloud-first, mobile-first memo to staff last week, and why wouldn't it? Such is Microsoft's renewed level of consistency across its partner network.
Don't be fooled of course because employees by their very nature are programmed, at least on the surface, to declare love and support for the big boss.
But the only thing this week, in America's capital, is that it seems like they genuinely mean it…


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Tears of Gratitude
The community of writers and artists that compose the loving online family I am grateful to be surrounded by here continues to make me feel blessed.
Today I have felt my heart melt and grow at the same time, and all of it is healing and wonderful. Amongst other delightful forays catching up with my WP community, I read a few significant posts that touched me so deeply I shed tears, for various reasons.
First stop in my heart-touching travels was DhammaFootsteps writing with such tenderness and skill on the topic of the passing of his friend, a Buddhist Chaplain. His writing talent and the depth of his lovingkindness continue to humble me and fill me with gratitude that I can read about his observations. My tears began flowing as I read of her clock radio going off and filling the area with classical music. Maya Angelou's passing and my grief process has been a part of my recent absence from blogging, and Tiramit's eloquence felt as soothing to my aching heart as refreshingly cool water on an intensely hot day. I needed to read this and plan several rereads of this powerful piece.
Next was Ivon reminding me of how young I was when I began my spiritual journey. At the time I thought I was just tracking the travels of snails and lovingly climbing (and communicating with) old trees. Before I was 10 years old I began feeling the power of God's love for all of us… for me. I saw it in the beauty of nature and was able to understand, in my youthful openness, that it is His love for us that allows us to see beauty in the changing of the seasons or the brilliant colours on an insect's wings, the melodious thrill of hearing a bird's song and the glory of the full moon as it illuminates the night. So much beauty, everywhere we look, and this post reminded me of how deep my love for nature is, and therefore God, and how early it began for me. This is a part of my comment on his post: "Yes when we were little, following the antics of beetles and marveling at clouds, we were wise. This post helps me to remember that wisdom."
DreamPrayAct was next, where I go to read wisdom shared from Reverend Mark. He posted an important sermon, again moving me to tears. His writing always touches my heart and this time especially I could easily imagine myself sitting in the pews of his congregation, feeling his love. This is part of what I wrote in my comment on his post: "Thank you for filling me with hope and speaking in such positive terms as "You will continue to be a witness to the love of Christ through your ministry presence in this community. You will continue to give spiritual nurture to children and people of all ages." I adore the phrase 'ministry presence' and I deeply appreciate the positive form of your statements throughout this incredible sermon."
And finally such kindness I discovered from a friend who offered me a tremendous gift: the dedication of her post today. And even beyond that great honor, was the image and poem itself that speaks to me deeply. Sweet Amy at Petals Unfolding (herladypinkrose) offered me the gift of friendship and love in her generous heart with the image of a rose reminding me of the unfolding of blossoms that only happen in their perfect time. This gift, her powerful poem with her incredible photograph of a new precious rosebud slowly opening, is one of the most beautiful gifts I've ever been given. Her popular blog sharing a shout-out to me, knowing I am blooming in my own way, doing the best that I can which appears to include some troubles with writing all that I want to share about. Sweet soul-sister Amy, your loving shout-out has been gratefully received, welcomed and embraced as the loving hug it is, and please accept in return my loving celebration of the gift that bloggers such as yourself offer from your endlessly generous hearts. You mean so much and your gift has brought me great love and comfort today, and for always. Thank you kindly.
Along with Tiramit, Ivon, Mark and Amy, there are so many of you who deeply touch my heart as I enjoy reading your kind heartfelt words on the screen. I hope you know who you are (and I do intend to make a Blogroll/Links page to share all your blog's links) but here's my shout-out in no order to some who quickly come to mind: Jamie, Joe, Cher, Cathy, Jonathan, Lorrie, Trini-Line, Wendell, Jeanne, Kenneth, Sue, Ihsan, Lillian, Paul, Val, Sriram, Diana, Jack, Eliza, Antonio, Kendra, Sheri, Russ, Ute, Sloan. And so many more who, along with these friends mentioned, I'll share links to your sites shortly. Stay tuned and watch for the ProfessionsForPeace Links Page coming soon!
Bless your hearts, all you wonderful writers, for the generous lovingkindness you share. You are deeply appreciated and your kindness reaches further than you may know. And I am so proud and honored to be a part of this loving online family. With loving friendship and respect, Gina
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"Christian, Jew, Muslim, Shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river… each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged." ~ Rumi
In an ongoing portrait series, artist Angelica Dass photographs people with backgrounds that are tinted with Pantone colors to match the subjects' skin colors. You can see many more at her Tumblr.
Love is the Great Attractor
Love is not a sentimental emotion. Love is a state of being, a force of the Universe. Love is the binding energy at the core of all Creation. Love pulls and holds all things together. Atoms are drawn to one another to create themselves into molecules. Molecules unite into cell, cells into matter, muscle, blood and bones. Love holds the moon to the earth, the earth to the sun, the sun to the galaxy. We exist because of Love. Love is the Great Attractor, the permanent, binding energetic fusion that holds all Creation together, uniting us into One. ~ Ann Mortifee, In Love With The Mystery
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You Are The Gold
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when
our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ~Thornton Wilder
"You are the pot of gold at the end of my rainbow." This darling expression is a favorite of mine, especially when making crafts with children around Saint Patrick's Day.
I feel that way about my readers too. Yes, you! I am deeply grateful for the friends I have made through this blog. There are so many good people in the world, and many of you wonderful people have found your way here. Your visits encourage me to do something I love: share things that I find inspiring. Every post is created with the hopes that it may brighten another's face with a smile, lift a weary heart, inspire someone's faith, or help spark a person's creativity.
It is amidst the process of sharing these topics that I myself am elevated. So thank you. My gratitude goes out to each and every one of you who travel with me on this fascinating and expansive blogging experience. Along with your own inspirational blogs, it is through your presence reading what I share and offering your Likes, Comments, and Follows that you add lovely blessings to my life.
My treasure for you at the end of this rainbow is actually a mirror, because I'd like you to look into it. You are the gold. You are a treasure. Thank you for being here. Namaste. Gina
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Loving Trees
All my life, as far back as I can remember, I have felt a connection with trees. I've grasped trunks and branches during youthful climbs and wondered how my hands felt to them. I felt their surface as rough, crumbly, sticky in places with sap, and I wondered if they felt me climbing them as warm, human, fleeting, soft.
One of my earliest memories regarding my family involved a tree. A very tall tree. We lived near the end of a long country road and our yard had a row of tall spruce running along the property line, separating our house and yard from the road. I loved those huge spruce trees and would often climb up to sit, swing and bounce on those sprawling lower branches. For my tiny body of six years those branches made a perfect ladder all the way to the top, and one day I just kept going.
I can still remember the sticky sap that clung to my palms as I reached up to another and then another branch-rung in this ladder to the clouds. That is until the branches were so close together that all I could do was perch on the sturdiest one and hold onto the trunk. It was exhilarating. My heart was happy and excited and I felt so intimately close to that old tree. I felt safe. Cocooned. I even noticed how the breeze made that old tree sway. In my mind it was as if I was nestled in the clouds and I loved it.
Then I looked down through the branches and saw my family in the yard: mother gardening, father working on one of his cars, and much older sister preparing to head out in her own car. I could hear them easily and they were starting to ask each other, "Have you seen Gina?" so I unveiled my hiding spot and cheerily called out to them, "Hi Mom! Hi Dad! Hi Sis!" Unfortunately (but predictably) they didn't think my being 50 feet up in a narrow evergreen quite as enchanting as I did. My Mom went into a screaming state of panic and her fear was palatable. I suddenly gripped that trunk and felt the rush of a powerful fear.
I climbed down with a much more unhappy energy than I'd climbed up with, but I still give thanks for that memory. The trauma from my mother's fear helped imprint that day, that moment, into my brain to be permanently stored. I loved that tree, that day, the clouds, the breeze, even the sticky and prickly branches, and my mother's introduction of fear helped sear that day into me so that I would never forget.
Once I became a mother it was easy to forgive and understand my mom's frantic, scolding behaviour. While I never experienced looking up a 50-foot tree to see my six-year old child near the top, I can still easily understand her behaviour (although I don't recommend letting your child SEE your level of panic, if at all possible). Obviously I made it down safely, although the coming down was vastly worse than the going up. I was harshly scolded and forbidden from ever climbing trees again. (Not that it lasted. I discovered an ancient walnut tree as well as a prolific cherry tree at our next home. I figured moving made that 'No Climbing Trees' agreement void)
Now mid-life has snuck up on me and those memories are decades old. In my world I now have 50-foot spruce trees on my own property. While I do not feel the urge to push my much-larger body through the branches in an attempt to reach the heights, I feel their roots. I offer love to their roots.
I wonder, is this a part of aging? In my youth I longed for the tip-top branches, swaying in the breeze, and now I respect and appreciate roots where I add compost, occasional fertilizer and water during times of drought.
I myself have put deeper roots down as I cherish these years of my forties. If I may be so lucky this is the halfway point… the true mid-life stage and I intend to show up and put on a good show.
Offering my love and appreciation for the two huge spruce I share this property with is one way I celebrate life. They are old trees, older than I am, and their sprawling shallow roots reach much farther than the drip-line. Their roots might even be under me now as I type in the den facing the street, beside the nearest of the two giant trees as I watch the pattern of the wind in its branches.
If this is the case and the roots are under my feet, may it receive this prayer I offer. May this tree feel my appreciation for the birds it shelters and the shade it offers. May it know those fertilizer spikes I pound in at the drip-line during spring rains are one way I show my love as I attempt to replenish the soil nourishment our city lifestyles rob from urban trees. May it, on some unknown level, feel my loving eyes as I watch its branches from my window and attempt to capture poetic words to describe the beauty I behold. May these old trees, and all the trees in my neighbourhood and the wilderness walks I enjoy, feel my deep appreciation for them and continue to flourish and share their oxygenating, healing energy with us all.
Thank You God for all the Trees.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now.
~ Chinese Proverb
I willingly confess to so great a partiality for trees as tempts me to respect a man in exact proportion to his respect for them.
~ James Russell Lowell
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live
than other things do. ~ Willa Cather
See additional quotes on TREES and more on my Quotes Page.
Related reading at my older post: A Forest Sprite
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