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Idle No More

Utmost appreciation, respect and solidarity to our First Nations brothers and sisters in Canada and the Idle No More movement (from a Native under U.S. occupation)

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It seemed to happen overnight. A new uprising for Indigenous rights and environmental justice has begun. Most of us heard about it through social media first. Flash mob Round Dance videos uploaded to YouTube of First Nations in Canada reclaiming public spaces to send their message of un-honored treaties have now reached all four corners of the globe. Solidarity rallies all over the U.S. have been held and have spread to as far as Egypt, New Zealand, Palestine, England and Norway. Continue reading →

Frustration and Fantasy

Let’s look at practical approaches to violence

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H. Rapp Brown once quipped that “violence is as American as apple pie.” It seems we’ve spent the last fifty years proving he was right. With each massacre of innocents we rekindle our resolve to do something, to change something to, somehow, prevent the next tragedy. Everyone of us has an idea, a plan, a cure; yet, it seems nothing changes. Some suggest we should disarm everyone; we should somehow remove those 300 million firearms from our midst. Continue reading →

A Plethora of Predictions

Shaggy dogs, claw-backs and suffering boehners

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1. Hurricane Cassandra (aka “Sandy”) will again send advance warning of her return to the East Coast but no one will believe her. 2. Ice skating in hell will create new converts to the seriousness of climate change. 3. PERS retirees will be forced to wear a scarlet P on their chests, and retiring members in the private sector will be arrested for showing inadequate envy. 4. Walmart executives will lobby for a change to the U.S. Constitution – the part calling for “a more perfect union.” Continue reading →