"We're All Monks Now"
I was not spiritually prepared to live in isolation. So I turned to the Trappists.
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"We're All Monks Now: I Was Not Prepared To Live In Isolation. So I Turned To The Trappists"
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If Tribes Were Counted As States, Then The 5 States With The Most Coronavirus Would Be Tribes
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If Native American tribes were counted as states, then the five states with the highest coronavirus infection rates would all be tribes, and New York would rank No. 6. I traveled through Navajo Nation, the largest reservation in the country, entering in Arizona and exiting in New Mexico, to report on the virus’s devastation, and here’s what I found. |
The Navajo are leery that coverage of the crisis will reinforce a narrative of them as helpless and hopeless, but I am here to report that the community has handled the outbreak reasonably well. The underlying problem is longstanding neglect and discrimination that have resulted in unconscionable poverty. The United States allocates less than half as much for health care per Native American (through the Indian Health Service) as it does per prisoner (through the Bureau of Prisons). And government schools on reservations have only a 53 percent high school graduation rate. |
Let’s pay attention to native communities that have the highest infection rates in the entire United States. Please do read my column, and I hope you’ll pass it on. Emergency Coronavirus Funds For American Indian Health Stalledhttps://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/20/coronavirus-american-indian-health-138724 Did Trump's Coronavirus Action, Inaction And Ineptitude Kill 91,724 People Needlessly? |
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Passing the 100,000 Milestone. Or is it the 125,000 Milestone? |
There has been great attention to the United States passing the milestone of 100,000 deaths attributed to Covid-19. But remember that this is almost certainly a significant undercount because, especially early on, many people who died of pneumonia were never tested and a doctor simply wrote something like “respiratory failure” on the death certificate. |
With Rafael Irizarry, a Harvard statistician, I calculated excess deaths several weeks ago from C.D.C. mortality data, and we estimated that the toll was about 25,000 greater than listed on the Covid-19 trackers. Professor Irizarry just did a follow-up using the latest C.D.C. data, and he now finds about 30,000 excess deaths — suggesting that the true toll caused directly or indirectly by Covid-19 is now about 130,000. |
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Trump Administration Releases Incriminating Flynn Conversation With Russian Ambassador
Trump with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Photo: Alexander Shcherbak/TASS via Getty Images
New Transcript Shows Trump Adviser Michael Flynn Colluding With Russia in 2016
Michael Flynn, the former Trump national security adviser, pleaded guilty in federal court to the charge of lying to FBI officials about a conversation he had with the Russian ambassador. Flynn’s defenders have insisted his lie was innocent and immaterial.
Late Friday afternoon, the Trump administration released the transcript of that conversation. The timing itself does not indicate much confidence that the transcript would support Flynn’s interpretation (late Friday afternoons not being the customary time to drop favorable news stories). And indeed, the transcript makes Flynn’s call look even less innocent.
On December 29, 2016, President Obama announced economic sanctions against Russia to retaliate for its interference in the presidential elections. Flynn, Trump’s incoming national security adviser, quickly got on the phone with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. When word of the phone call leaked, the administration announced that the call had merely served the purpose of touching base and exchanging pleasantries. “On Christmas Day, General Flynn reached out to the ambassador, sent him a text, and it said, you know, I want to wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, I look forward to touching base with you and working with you,” announced Press Secretary Sean Spicer. “The call centered around the logistics of setting up a call with the president of Russia and the president-elect after he was sworn in.”
The FBI, which was already conducting a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, asked Flynn if he and Kislyak had discussed the sanctions. Flynn insisted he hadn’t, a lie he later pleaded guilty to.
Flynn’s lawyers insisted his call was “consistent with him advocating for, not against, the interests of the United States.” That depends heavily on how one defines “the interests of the United States.” In December 2016, the United States had a strong interest in punishing and deterring hostile foreign governments that had stolen the private communications of American political figures in order to affect the outcome of the election. By January 20, the United States would have a very different interest.
That context looms over the Flynn-Kislyak call. The U.S. government at the time was treating Russia’s efforts to help Trump win as a hostile act. The beneficiary of those acts was not.
A recent lengthy polemic supporting Flynn by conservative reporter Eli Lake presented this defense of the call:
The idea that Flynn had behaved illegally, let alone unethically or immorally or unconventionally, in discussing U.S. foreign policy with the Russians during the transition is beyond absurd. He was the incoming national-security adviser. Phone calls between incoming senior administration officials and foreign governments are common during a presidential transition. And given what is now known about the context of that phone call, the initial spin in the press that Flynn’s conversation with Kislyak had undermined the outgoing administration’s policy was misleading.
The transcripts today quote Flynn telling Kislyak, “Do not, do not uh, allow this (Obama) administration to box us in, right now, okay?” If that does not constitute “undermined the outgoing administration’s policy,” what does?
Two days later, the two men held a follow-up call, in which Kislyak made the premise more explicit. “I just wanted to tell you that we found that these actions have targeted not only against Russia, but also against the president elect.” Flynn replied, “Yeah, yeah,” accepting the premise. Kislyak then said he agreed with Flynn’s request not to retaliate. “We have decided not to act now because, it’s because people [presumably the outgoing Obama administration] are dissatisfied with the loss of elections, and it’s very deplorable.”
Flynn’s discussions with Kislyak were not part of a criminal conspiracy. They were, however, part of a secret channel of communications, the premise of which was that the two parties had a secret common interest against the United States government. One word that might describe this relationship would be “collusion.”
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Race Riots Across America: Crime, Punishment, Conservative Christianity And John's First Epistle
"You Have A Right To Be Upset": Atlanta Police Chief Addresses Protesters During George Floyd Demonstrations
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/you-have-a-right-to-be-upset-atlanta-police-chief-addresses-protesters-during-
Alan: The following verse from John's First Epistle reveals the core moral paralysis of "conservative""Christians."They cannot overcome their bone-deep conviction that violent punishment (punishment predicated on their belief in the righteousness of "eternal punishment in a Lake of Unquenchable Fire) is indispensable if righteousness is to prevail.
In the fearful conservative view, only violence will hold back chaos, and if it requires infinite violence -- even infinite torturous violence -- then, "let God Himself be our model."
However, "the apostle whom Jesus loved" -- the apostle who leaned his head upon Jesus' bosom at the Last Supper will have nothing of it: "There is no fear in love.But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love." 1 John 4:18
Short Form
"Fear And Anxiety Drive Conservatives Political Attitudes"
"Strict Father" And "Nurturant Parent": The Two World Views That Determine Our Political Values
Long Form
"Any Religion That Needs Fear To Thrive Is Bad Religion"Bad Religion And The Abrahamic Tradition![Pax on both houses: Cartoon: "Don't Monkey This Up!"]()
3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. Matthew 7:3-5 New International Version (NIV)![Pax on both houses: Christian Conservatives "Messianic" Enthusiasm ...]()
"Plank In Eye Disease," Humankind's Most Common Affliction
Long Form
"Any Religion That Needs Fear To Thrive Is Bad Religion"
Bad Religion And The Abrahamic Tradition
3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. Matthew 7:3-5 New International Version (NIV)
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"La Venda," Un Cuento Maravilloso De Miguel De Unamuno
La venda
Miguel de UnamunoY vio de pronto nuestro hombre venir una mujer despavorida, como un pájaro herido, tropezando a cada paso, con los grandes ojos preñados de espanto que parecían mirar al vacío y con los brazos extendidos. Se detenía, miraba a todas partes aterrada, como un náufrago en medio del océano, daba unos pasos y se volvía, tornaba a andar, desorientada de seguro. Y llorando exclamaba:
-¡Mi padre, que se muere mi padre!
De pronto se detuvo junto al hombre, le miró de una manera misteriosa, como quien por primera vez mira, y sacando el pañuelo le preguntó:
-¿Lleva usted bastón?
-¿Pues no lo ve usted? -dijo el mostrándoselo.
-¡Ah! Es cierto.
-¿Es usted acaso ciega?
-No, no lo soy. Ahora, por desgracia. Deme el bastón.
Y diciendo esto empezó a vendarse los ojos con el pañuelo.
Cuando hubo acabado de vendarse repitió:
Deme el bastón, por Dios, el bastón, el lazarillo.
Y al decirlo le tocaba. El hombre la detuvo por un brazo.
-Pero ¿qué es lo que va usted a hacer, buena mujer? ¿Que le pasa?
-Déjeme, que se muere mi padre.
-Pero ¿dónde va usted así?
-Déjeme, déjeme, por Santa Lucía bendita, déjeme, me estorba la vista, no veo mi camino con ella.
-Debe de ser loca -dijo el hombre por lo bajo a otro a quien había detenido lo extraño de la escena.
Y ella, que lo oyó:
-No, no estoy loca; pero lo estaré si esto sigue; déjeme, que se muere.
-Es la ciega -dijo una mujer que llegaba.
-¿La ciega? -replicó el hombre del bastón-. Entonces, ¿para qué se venda los ojos?
-Para volver a serlo -exclamó ella.
Y tanteando con el bastón el suelo, las paredes de las casas, febril y ansiosa, parecía buscar en el mar de las tinieblas una tabla de que asirse, un resto cualquiera del barco en que había hasta entonces navegado.
De pronto dio una voz, una voz de alivio, y como una paloma que elevándose en los aires revolotea un momento buscando oriente y luego como una flecha, partió resuelta, tanteando con su bastón el suelo, la mujer vendada.
Quedáronse en la calle los espectadores de semejante escena, comentándola.
La pobre mujer había nacido ciega, y en las tinieblas nutrió de dulce alegría su espíritu y de amores su corazón. Y ciega creció.
Su tacto era, aun entre los ciegos, maravilloso, y era maravillosa la seguridad con que recorría la ciudad toda sin más lazarillo que su palo. Era frecuente que alguno que la conocía le dijese: «Dígame, María, ¿en qué calle estamos?» Y ella respondía sin equivocarse jamás.
Así, ciega, encontró quien de ella se prendase y para mujer la tomara, y se casó ciega, abrazando a su hombre con abrazos que eran una contemplación. Lo único que sentía era tener que separarse de su anciano padre; pero casi todos los días, bastón en mano, iba a tocarle y a oírle y acariciarle. Y si por acaso le acompañaba su marido, rehusaba su brazo diciéndole con dulzura: «No necesito tus ojos.»
Por entonces se presentó, rodeado de prestigiosa aureola, cierto doctor especialista, que después de reconocer a la ciega, a la que había visto en la calle, aseguró que le daría la vista. Se difirió la operación hasta que hubiese dado a luz y se hubiese repuesto del parto.
Y un día, más de terrible expectación que de júbilo para la pobre ciega, se obró el portento.
El doctor y sus compañeros tomaban notas de aquel caso curiosísimo, recogían con ansia datos para la ciencia psicológica asaeteándola (subjecting her) a preguntas. Ella no hacía más que palpar los objetos aturdida y llevárselos a los ojos y sufrir, sufrir una extraña opresión de espíritu, un torrente de punzadas, la lenta invasión de un nuevo mundo en sus tinieblas.
-¡Oh! ¿Eras tú? -exclamó al oír junto a sí la voz de su marido-. Y abrazándole y llorando, cerró los ojos para apoyar en la de él su mejilla.
Y cuando la llevaron al niño y lo tomó en brazos, creyeron que se volvía loca. Ni una voz ni un gesto; una palidez mortal tan solo. Frotó luego las tiernas carnecitas del niño contra sus cerrados ojos y quedó postrada, rendida, sin querer ver más.
-¿Cuándo podré ir a ver a mi padre? -preguntó.
-¡Oh! No, todavía no -dijo el doctor. No es prudente que usted salga hasta haberse familiarizado algo con el mundo visual.
Y al día siguiente, precisamente al día siguiente de la portentosa cura, cuando empezaba María a gozar de una nueva infancia y a bañarse en la verdura de un nuevo mundo, vino un mensajero torpe, torpísimo, y con los peores rodeos le dijo que su padre, baldado desde hacía algún tiempo, se estaba muriendo de un nuevo ataque.
El golpe fue espantoso. La luz le quemaba el alma y las tinieblas no le bastaban ya. Se puso como loca, se fue a su cuarto, cogió su crucifijo, cerró los ojos y palpándolo, rompió a llorar exclamando:
-Mi vista, mi vista por su vida. Para qué la quiero.
Y levantándose de pronto, se lanzó a la calle. Iba a ver a su padre, a verle por primera y por última vez acaso.
Entonces fue cuando la encontró el hombre del bastón, perdida en un mundo extraño, sin estrellas por que guiarse como en sus años de noche se había guiado, casi loca. Y entonces fue cuando, una vez vendados sus ojos, volvió a su mundo, a sus familiares tinieblas, y partió segura, como paloma que a su nido vuelve. A ver a su padre.
Cuando entró en el paterno hogar, se fue derecha, sin bastón, a través de corredores, hasta la estancia en que yacía su padre moribundo, y echándose a sus pies le rodeó el cuello con sus brazos, le palpó todo, le contempló con sus manos y sólo pudo articular entre sollozos desgarradores:
-¡Padre, padre, padre!
El pobre anciano, atontado, sin conocimiento casi, miraba con estupor aquella venda y trató de quitársela.
-No, no, no me la quites… no quiero verte; ¡padre, mi padre, el mío, el mío!
-Pero hija, hija mía -murmuraba el anciano.
-¿Estás loca? -le dijo su hermano-. Quítatela, María, no hagas comedias, que la cosa va seria…
-¿Comedias? ¿Qué sabéis de eso vosotros?
-Pero ¿es que no quieres ver a tu padre? Por primera, por última vez acaso…
-Porque quiero verlo… pero a mi padre… al mío…, al que nutrió de besos mis tinieblas, porque quiero verle, no me quito de los ojos la venda…
Y le contemplaba ansiosa con sus manos cubriéndole de besos.
-Pero hija, hija mía -repetía como una máquina el viejo.
-Sea usted razonable -insinuó el sacerdote separándola-, sea usted razonable.
-Razonable ¿Razonable? Mi razón está en las tinieblas, en ellas veo.
–Et vita erat lux hominum… et lux in tenebris lucet… -murmuró el sacerdote como hablando consigo mismo.
Entonces se acercó a María su hermano, y de un golpe rápido le arrebató la venda. Todos se alarmaron entonces, porque la pobre mujer miró en torno de sí despavorida, como buscando algo a que asirse. Y luego de reponerse murmurando: «¡Qué brutos son los hombres!, cayó de hinojos ante su padre preguntando:
-¿Es éste?
-Sí, ése es -dijo el sacerdote señalándoselo-, ya no conoce.
-Tampoco yo conozco.
-Dios es misericordioso, hija mía; ha permitido que pueda usted ver a su padre antes de que se muera…
-Sí, cuando ya él no me conoce, por lo visto…
-La divina misericordia…
-Está en la oscuridad -concluyó María que, sentada sobre sus talones, pálida, con los brazos caídos, miraba al través de su padre, al vacío.
Levantándose al cabo, se acercó a su padre, y al tocarlo, retrocedió aterrada, exclamando:
-Frío, frío como la luz, muerto.
Y cayó al suelo presa de un síncope.
Cuando volvió en sí se abrazó al cadáver, y cubriéndole de besos, repetía:
-¡Padre, Padre! ¡No te he visto morir!
-Hay que cerrarle los ojos -dijo a María su hermano.
-Sí, sí, hay que cerrarle los ojos… que no vea ya… que no vea ya… ¡Padre, padre! Ya está en las tinieblas… en el reino de la misericordia…
-Ahora se basa en la luz del Señor -dijo el sacerdote.
-María -le dijo su hermano con voz trémula tocándole en un hombro-, eres madre, aquí te traen a tu niño, que olvidaste en casa al venirte; viene llorando…
-¡Ah! Si. ¡Angelito! ¡Quiere pecho! ¡Que le traigan!
Y exclamó en seguida:
-¡La venda! ¡La venda! ¡Tráeme pronto la venda, no quiero verle!
-Pero María…
-Si no me vendáis los ojos, no le doy de mamar.
-Sé razonable, María…
-Os he dicho ya que mi razón está en las tinieblas…
La vendaron, tomó al niño, lo palpó, se descubrió el pecho, y poniéndoselo a él, le apretaba contra su seno murmurando:
-¡Pobre padre! ¡Pobre padre!
Miguel De Unamuno And The Bakery Of Life
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Borowitz: Angela Merkel Practices Social Distancing by Staying 4000 Miles Away from Trump
BERLIN (The Borowitz Report)—In an effort to practice social distancing, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, is staying four thousand miles away from Donald Trump, Merkel has confirmed.
Merkel’s decision to decline Trump’s invitation to a possible meeting of the G-7 in Washington was based “entirely on science,” Merkel told reporters.
“Epidemiologists have recommended that, in order to be safe, one should social-distance by six feet,” she said. “It only stands to reason that I will be even safer if I social-distance by twenty-one million feet.”
Merkel said that she was taking the extremely cautious social-distancing measures regarding Trump because of “the danger posed by being in proximity to someone who speaks so loudly and incessantly.”
“His mouth is like a firehose of droplets,” she said, shuddering.
Asked whether she would reconsider a White House visit if Trump agreed to wear a mask, she said, “Donald Trump with a mask is clearly a big improvement over Donald Trump without a mask, but no.”
The German leader added that she could envision making a trip to the Oval Office if “events on the ground change,” most likely in January of 2021.
It would be sweet if the only coverage given to Jack Ass were coverage by Fox News, Breitbart, Daily Stormer, QAnon and One America News.
QAnon, The Trumpista "Deep State" Conspiracy Movement Glorifying America's Cultural Collapse
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/learn-all-about-qanon-right-wing.html
"Head Of DOJ Or QAnon?": "The "Deep State," Demonization And The "Evidence" Of Conspiracies
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/11/head-of-doj-or-qanon-demonization-so.html
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Facebook Blocked These Posts Because "Reported Me As Abusive"
QAnon, The Trumpista "Deep State" Conspiracy Movement Glorifying America's Cultural Collapse
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/learn-all-about-qanon-right-wing.html
"Head Of DOJ Or QAnon?": "The "Deep State," Demonization And The "Evidence" Of Conspiracies
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/11/head-of-doj-or-qanon-demonization-so.html
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/learn-all-about-qanon-right-wing.html
"Head Of DOJ Or QAnon?": "The "Deep State," Demonization And The "Evidence" Of Conspiracies
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/11/head-of-doj-or-qanon-demonization-so.html
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Adny Borowitz And Facebook Censorship
BERLIN (The Borowitz Report)—In an effort to practice social distancing, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, is staying four thousand miles away from Donald Trump, Merkel has confirmed.
Merkel’s decision to decline Trump’s invitation to a possible meeting of the G-7 in Washington was based “entirely on science,” Merkel told reporters.
“Epidemiologists have recommended that, in order to be safe, one should social-distance by six feet,” she said. “It only stands to reason that I will be even safer if I social-distance by twenty-one million feet.”
Merkel said that she was taking the extremely cautious social-distancing measures regarding Trump because of “the danger posed by being in proximity to someone who speaks so loudly and incessantly.”
“His mouth is like a firehose of droplets,” she said, shuddering.
Asked whether she would reconsider a White House visit if Trump agreed to wear a mask, she said, “Donald Trump with a mask is clearly a big improvement over Donald Trump without a mask, but no.”
The German leader added that she could envision making a trip to the Oval Office if “events on the ground change,” most likely in January of 2021.
Alan: Now, if only the main stream press would boycott him...
It would be sweet if the only coverage given to Jack Ass were coverage by Fox News, Breitbart, Daily Stormer, QAnon and One America News, all of them press outlets hell-bent on the destruction of America's already vestigial democracy.
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Facebook Blocked This Post Because "People Have Reported It As Abusive"
BERLIN (The Borowitz Report)—In an effort to practice social distancing, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, is staying four thousand miles away from Donald Trump, Merkel has confirmed.
Merkel’s decision to decline Trump’s invitation to a possible meeting of the G-7 in Washington was based “entirely on science,” Merkel told reporters.
“Epidemiologists have recommended that, in order to be safe, one should social-distance by six feet,” she said. “It only stands to reason that I will be even safer if I social-distance by twenty-one million feet.”
Merkel said that she was taking the extremely cautious social-distancing measures regarding Trump because of “the danger posed by being in proximity to someone who speaks so loudly and incessantly.”
“His mouth is like a firehose of droplets,” she said, shuddering.
Asked whether she would reconsider a White House visit if Trump agreed to wear a mask, she said, “Donald Trump with a mask is clearly a big improvement over Donald Trump without a mask, but no.”
The German leader added that she could envision making a trip to the Oval Office if “events on the ground change,” most likely in January of 2021.
Alan: If only the main stream press would boycott His Maleficence...
It would be fitting and just if the only coverage given to Jack Ass were by Fox News, Breitbart, Daily Stormer, QAnon and One America News, every one of these media outlets hell-bent on the destruction of America's already vestigial democracy.
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You be the judge...
QAnon, The Trumpista "Deep State" Conspiracy Movement Glorifying America's Cultural Collapse
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/learn-all-about-qanon-right-wing.html
"Head Of DOJ Or QAnon?": "The "Deep State," Demonization And The "Evidence" Of Conspiracies
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/11/head-of-doj-or-qanon-demonization-so.html
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/learn-all-about-qanon-right-wing.html
"Head Of DOJ Or QAnon?": "The "Deep State," Demonization And The "Evidence" Of Conspiracies
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/11/head-of-doj-or-qanon-demonization-so.html
If Bloomberg is serious about spending a billion dollars to elect Biden, he "should" launch a social media platform structurally similar to Facebook but called something like "Social Network For Progressives Pissed Off At Facebook."
Or maybe progressive billionaire Nick Hanauer would take an interest in creating such a site as a profitable business. (Mark my words... If someone creates such a site before possible "fascist lockdown" in the fall, that fellow will become both a billionaire and a national hero.)
Or maybe progressive billionaire Nick Hanauer would take an interest in creating such a site as a profitable business. (Mark my words... If someone creates such a site before possible "fascist lockdown" in the fall, that fellow will become both a billionaire and a national hero.)
For the sake of a great acronym, this new platform could be called "Social Network For Liberals" - SNL for short.
This new network would unabashedly state its intention to keep trolls and other giddily mendacious assholes off the site.
Internet Trolls And The End Of Civilization As We Know It
Trump's Most Egregious, In-Your-Face Fascist Declaration: "We're Going To Have To Do Things..."
"Frank Zappa Prophesied A Fascist Theocracy.
Barry Goldwater Agrees"
Barry Goldwater Agrees"
Pope Francis Warns Against Nationalism, Says Recent Speeches Sound Like "Hitler In 1934"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/pope-francis-again-warns-against.html
"It Has Now Become Clear Exactly How Republicans Might Try To Overturn Biden's Victory In November"
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I Just Tried To Post To Your Facebook Page And The Fascists Prevented Me
Dear Tom,
Facebook's fascism is even worse today than manifest by the torrent of "blocked posts" you and I experienced yesterday.
Meanwhile Trump and his sludge suckers walk.
And spew.
Facebook Blocked This Post Because "People Have Reported It As Abusive"
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/05/andy-borowitz-and-facebook-censorship.html
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/05/andy-borowitz-and-facebook-censorship.html
I hope someone picks up on my proposal for creating a new social media platform.
Pax
Alan
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Killer Cops And How To Transform Police Departments By Hiring Better Officers
"Fuck This Guy! I’m Going To Hit Him."
Dash-cam video shows officers tried to run over man before shooting him 14 times
Alan: Let's "seed" urban police departments with peaceful people; people who are service-oriented; people who are psychologically predisposed to speak truth to power; people who won't hesitate to "blow whistles"; people chosen through new hiring criteria and new hiring processes, including much more sophisticated and extensive psychological testing, including polygraph examination.In the beginning, these new hiring criteria need not apply to all candidates.For example, municipal police departments could create the equivalent of "green beret forces," a new kind of hiring initiative that would deliberately invite and seek out candidates with the characteristics described above.Surely, many bad cops can be weeded out before they get hired.And many more can be weeded out by fellow cops willing to tell the truth about the violent, intimidating and frequently racist behaviors of bad cops.
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George Floyd's Murder: What's At Stake, What We Stand To Lose
Alan: Although the United States of Barbaria only exists behind a thin-and-dwindling veneer of civilization -- and although I suspect that a quarter (perhaps even a third) of Americans would take eager advantage of a Civil War as opportunity to endorse the killing of black people even more indiscriminately than we already do, it is also true that Martin Luther King Jr. and his religiously committed non-violent supporters were largely responsible for reforming the entire System so that hundreds of thousands of public officials like Keisha Bottoms and Barack Obama could - and can - contribute mightily to The Common Good and The General Welfare.
At the other end of a Spectrum that reveals itself, every single day, to be more hideous than tens of millions of good people ever thought possible -- Trump's "letting the dogs out" (and make no mistake, the dogs were there all along, waiting to be let out) makes clear the real possibility that the nation could collapse into total chaos.
![Pax on both houses: The Donald Trump Sign In Front Of Cop Killer's ...]()
Something like a new Dark Age is no longer unthinkable.
If anything like these suddenly real possibilities manifests, do not expect to see Keisha Bottoms or Barack Obama in any of the positions opened up by Martin Luther King and other people of conscience.
Video Interview With Atlanta's Mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, An Impressive Woman
And when Keisha, Barack and Martin "go" - when, very easily, they might "disappear" from honored public space - do not make ANY assumptions about "where" Malignant Messiah's racism, fascism and Memory Hole might re-assign them.
Memory is porous.
Memory is short.
Without all the real gains - many of them minutely incremental - gains made by all kinds of people, including my Dad who helped terminate the discriminatory banking practice called "redlining," the number of successful black people (outside the entertainment industry) would still be infinitesimal, even as it was at the beginning my own lifetime.
In "The Here And Now" White Privilege Is Often Invisible. But It Is Fully Visible In "Redlining"
My Dad's Experience
Reprise: Must-See Mash-Up Of Trump's Racism
http://paxonbothhouses.
A Comprehensive Review Of Trump's Racism
https://paxonbothhouses.
A Comprehensive Review Of Trump's Racism
https://paxonbothhouses.
The Merger Of Stupidity And Racism Merge In This GIF Is Jawdropping - And Typical
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-way-that-stupidity-and-racism-merge.html
Why White People Think They Are The Real Victims Of Racism"The Republican Party's Bone Deep Racism"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/10/bone-deep-racism-in-gop.html
Trump's Racism And The GOP's Long History Of Dirty Tricks Intend To Harm Black People
"Donald Trump’s Long History Of Racism, From The 1970s To 2019," Vox
Stephen Colbert's Monologue About Trump's Racism Is His Best Work Ever
https://paxonbothhouses.
Pope Francis Warns Against Nationalism, Says Recent Speeches Sound Like "Hitler In 1934"
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/pope-francis-again-warns-against.html
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Ronald Reagan Phoned Dick Nixon To Make This Comment About Black People: "Damn Those Monkeys. They're Still Uncomfortable Wearing Shoes." Reagan's Daughter Patti Davis Weighs In
https://paxonbothhouses.
Lifelong Republican Ana Navarro: "Trump. Is. A. Racist."
A Remarkable Piece Of Writing About Trump's "Alleged" Racism
Compendium Of Best Pax Posts About Racism, White Supremacy And Voter Suppression
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/10/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-about.htmlDer Spiegel Trump Cover: Was Trump's Father Arrested At A KKK Rally?
Facebook Dialogue With Christian Fundamentalist Friend About Trump's Affiliation With The Klan
"It's Time To Give Up On Mueller: Racism Is The Most Glaring Reason To Impeach Trump"
Even The Big Wigs At Fox News Know Trump's A Racist
(Chis Wallace Reads The Riot Act To Trump Advisor Stephen Miller)
Lindsey Graham's Stunningly Shameless Reversal On Donald Trump
Facebook Exchange With Xtian Fundie Friend Who Insists That The Democratic Party Is The Epicenter Of Racism In Today's America
"The Deadly Oppression Of Black People: Best Pax Posts"
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A Poem For George Floyd: "It's So Much Easier This Way..."
For George Floyd
It's so much easier this way,
isn't it officer?
No need to find a rope,
a stool
a tree with just the right branch.
No need to buy gasoline to
burn the body afterwards.
That was all so 20th century.
Now, all you need is handcuffs,
a state-issued badge,
a knee, and the
weight of 400 years on a
black neck.
Yes, this is so much more civilized.
Susan Newell
Witness for Peace
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In 'Humankind,' Rutger Bregman Aims To Convince That Most People Are Good
In 'Humankind,' Rutger Bregman Aims To Convince That Most People Are Good
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/30/866059164/in-humankind-rutger-bregman-aims-to-convince-that-most-people-are-good
Harvard Professor Steven Pinker Says We Live In The Least Violent Of All Times
Harvard's Steve Pinker Notes Slight Uptick In Violence In A Much More Peaceful World
NPR: Alabama Church Serves Homeless Community With Laundry And Shower Services
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/05/alabama-church-serves-homeless.html
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Cartoon: GOP Finds New Convention Site
"Compendium Of Best Pax Posts About The Pandemic And Trump's Grotesque Mismanagement"
"Compendium Of Best Pax Posts About The Pandemic And Trump's Grotesque Mismanagement"
Fox News: The Most Intriguing Twist Of Fate You'll Hear About Today
History Repeats Itself: Coronavirus And The Spanish Flu Of 1918
"What's Next On The Coronavirus Timeline And What Happens If Trump Opens America Too Soon?"
"Chris Cuomo Interviews His Brother, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo"
"Compendium Of Pax Posts About Coronavirus: Trump's Denial, Ineptitude And Mismanagement"
Borowitz Report: "Trump Practicing Distancing From All His Prior Statements About Coronavirus"
"With Millions Of American Lives On The Line, Trump Finally Agrees With The Experts"
"Trump's Astonishing Coronavirus Quackery Culminating In A Rare Encounter With Truth"
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/03/trumps-astonishing-coronavirus-quackery.html
Christian Pastor Who Thought COVID-19 Is Just "Mass Hysteria" Dies From Coronavirus
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/03/christian-pastor-who-thought-covid-19.html
Trump Moves Goalposts To Another Universe — Says 100K Deaths Would Be "A Very Good Job"
"Coronavirus Capitalism: Same As It Ever Was"
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/03/coronavirus-capitalism-same-as-it-ever.html
"N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo Just Gave THE BEST POSSIBLE Coronavirus Press Conference"
"Bill Gates Predicted The Coronavirus In His 2015 TED Talk"
"I Don't Take Responsibility At All!" Verbatim Trump "Coronavirus Quote"
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/03/i-dont-take-any-responsibility-at-all.html
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"According To Current Data, The Coronavirus Death Rate Is 60% Higher Than The Death Rate For The Spanish Flu Of 1918"
"Trump Sees The Coronavirus Crisis As Clearly As If His Eyes Were Open"
Trump's "Coronavirus Website" Is Non-Existent. He Just "Made It Up" For A Press Conference
"The Borowitz Report: Fox To Address Coronavirus Crisis With Three-Part Series On Hunter Biden"
Free, Online Documentary About The "Spanish" Flu Of 1918 (40 Minutes)
"Trump's Lies Are More Contagious Than..."
Coronavirus Pandemic: Trump Does Not Intend To Save The U.S. Economy. He Intends To Save...
Coronavirus, Trump Cultists, And The "Intellectual Elites"
A List Of Trump's Dimwittedly Destructive Medical And Public Health Policies Since Taking Office
If You Had Bought Stocks At The Bottom Of Bush-Cheney's Great Recession, You Would Have Done Better Under Obama Than Trump.And That's BEFORE The Coronavirus Collapse!
If People Had Taken Obama's Advice In 2009, We'd All Be Rich
Trump Could Use Coronavirus As Cover For War With Iran (White House Coup In The Works?)
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/trump-could-use-coronavirus-as-cover.html
Bruce Cockburn Meets Coronavirus: "The Trouble With Normal"
An Audio Commentary On China And Trump's Response To Coronavirus - A Powerful Comparison
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Cops Killing Innocent, Unarmed Black Men, Benghazi, Jon Stewart And Thomas Aquinas On Sin
Dear Elaine,
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1 Small Town's Cops Have Killed More People Than Combined Police Of Germany And U.K.
Alan
Thanks for your email.
Jon Stewart's quote reminds me of Aquinas' observation that one (of three) characteristics that always accompany sin is "loss of perspective/proportion."
When everything is amplified we lose that "measure."
Although I don't expect you to approve, just minutes ago I devised the following meme which, I think, cuts to this same issue.
In my view, the last four people murdered by American police officers - including George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery - comprise a MUCH bigger issue.
Americans Are 9 Times More Likely To Be Killed By A Policeman Than A Terrorist
Americans Are 9 Times More Likely To Be Killed By A Policeman Than A Terrorist
American Cops Fire More Bullets At One NYC Man Than All German Cops Fire In A Yearhttp://paxonbothhouses.blogspo
1 Small Town's Cops Have Killed More People Than Combined Police Of Germany And U.K.
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo
"Is The United States Still A Nation Of Law? Bad Cops And Bad Politicians Walk"
"Is The United States Still A Nation Of Law? Bad Cops And Bad Politicians Walk"
There's Never Been A Safer Time For Cops Nor A More Dangerous Time For Criminals
Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Miscarriage Of Justice And Misplaced Punishment
"Fear And Anxiety Drive Conservatives Political Attitudes"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201612/fear-and-anxiety-drive-conservatives-political-attitudes
"There is no fear in love.
But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.
The one who fears is not made perfect in love."
But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.
The one who fears is not made perfect in love."
1 John 4:18
How The Values Of "Strict Father" -- Or "Nurturant Parent" -- Control Our Political Views Short Form
How The Values Of "Strict Father" -- Or "Nurturant Parent" -- Control Our Political Views
Short Form "Strict Father" And "Nurturant Parent": The Two World Views That Determine Our Political Values Long Form
"Strict Father" And "Nurturant Parent": The Two World Views That Determine Our Political Values
Long Form Pax tecum
Alan
On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 12:11 PM EMwrote:
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"Vote Out Hate": Political Ad Focuses Trump's Hatred And Passion For Violence
"Conservative""Christians" - who are neither - can't get enough of their false god.
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Video Of Trump Mocking Murder Victim For Crying Out, "I Can't Breathe"
New Political Ad Focuses Trump's Hatred And Passion For Violence And Incitation Of Violence
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/06/powerful-political-ad-focuses-on-trumps.html
1 Small Town's Cops Have Killed More People Than Combined Police Of Germany And U.K.
Americans Are 9 Times More Likely To Be Killed By A Policeman Than A Terrorist
Americans Are 9 Times More Likely To Be Killed By A Policeman Than A Terrorist
American Cops Fire More Bullets At One NYC Man Than All German Cops Fire In A Yearhttp://paxonbothhouses.blogspo
1 Small Town's Cops Have Killed More People Than Combined Police Of Germany And U.K.
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo
"Is The United States Still A Nation Of Law? Bad Cops And Bad Politicians Walk"
"Is The United States Still A Nation Of Law? Bad Cops And Bad Politicians Walk"
There's Never Been A Safer Time For Cops Nor A More Dangerous Time For Criminals
Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Miscarriage Of Justice And Misplaced Punishment
Killer Cops And How To Transform Police Departments By Hiring Better Officers
"Fear And Anxiety Drive Conservatives Political Attitudes"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201612/fear-and-anxiety-drive-conservatives-political-attitudes
"There is no fear in love.
But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.
The one who fears is not made perfect in love."
But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.
The one who fears is not made perfect in love."
1 John 4:18
How The Values Of "Strict Father" -- Or "Nurturant Parent" -- Control Our Political Views Short Form
How The Values Of "Strict Father" -- Or "Nurturant Parent" -- Control Our Political Views
Short Form "Strict Father" And "Nurturant Parent": The Two World Views That Determine Our Political Values Long Form
![Pax on both houses: Cartoon: Trump's Racism]()
A Comprehensive Review Of Trump's Racism
"Strict Father" And "Nurturant Parent": The Two World Views That Determine Our Political Values
Long Form 
A Comprehensive Review Of Trump's Racism
The Merger Of Stupidity And Racism Merge In This GIF Is Jawdropping - And Typical
"The Republican Party's Bone Deep Racism"Why White People Think They Are The Real Victims Of Racism"The Deadly Oppression Of Black People: Best Pax Posts"
"Who Gets The Political Support Of 892 Certifiable U.S. Hate Groups?"
"The Republican Party's Bone Deep Racism"
A Comprehensive Review Of Trump's Racism
A Simple Test For Trump Supporters: Are You Hateful, Racist Or A White Nationalist/Supremacist?
Reprise: Must-See Mash-Up Of Trump's Racism
A History Of Trump's Incitation Of Violence
"Pittsburgh Rabbi Told Trump That Hate Speech Led To Synagogue Massacre"
Trump's Racism And The GOP's Long History Of Dirty Tricks Intend To Harm Black People
"There's No Hate Quite Like Christian Love"
"The Republican Party's Bone Deep Racism"
Why White People Think They Are The Real Victims Of Racism
"The Deadly Oppression Of Black People: Best Pax Posts"
"Who Gets The Political Support Of 892 Certifiable U.S. Hate Groups?"
"The Republican Party's Bone Deep Racism"
A Comprehensive Review Of Trump's Racism
A Simple Test For Trump Supporters: Are You Hateful, Racist Or A White Nationalist/Supremacist?
Reprise: Must-See Mash-Up Of Trump's Racism
A History Of Trump's Incitation Of Violence
"Pittsburgh Rabbi Told Trump That Hate Speech Led To Synagogue Massacre"
Trump's Racism And The GOP's Long History Of Dirty Tricks Intend To Harm Black People
"There's No Hate Quite Like Christian Love"
Trump's Vicious -- Even Sadistic - Cruelty
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/05/trumps-vicious-even-sadistic-cruetty.html
"Conservative Cruelty: Donald Trump And The Relentless Normalization Of Monstrosity"
"Conservative Cruelty: Donald Trump And The Relentless Normalization Of Monstrosity"
A Critical Mass Of American "Conservatives" Are Stupid, Ignorant, Hateful And Cruel
"Trump's Cruelty Is Not A Marginal Aberration. Trump's Cruelty Is The Point"
"Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Trump, Toxic Christianity And Cruelty As A Moral Obligation"
"The United States Of Barbaria": It Comes Down To Cruelty...
The Perfect Paradigm For "The United States Of Barbaria"
Christian Conservatives, The Republican Party, And Deliberate Cruelty As A Source Of Laughter
Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Trump, Toxic Christianity And Cruelty As A Moral Obligation
"The Cruelty Is the Point": Trump And Many Of His Followers Delight In The Suffering Of Enemies
"The Cruelty Is the Point": Trump And Many Of His Followers Delight In The Suffering Of Enemies
In The End, We Choose Between Cruelty And Kindness
Trump's America Is A Deliberately Cruel Place And "Christian""Conservatives" Are The Cruelest
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2018/07/trumps-america-is-deliberately-cruel.html
![Pax on both houses: What The Good Guys Are Up Against...]()
A Critical Mass Of American "Conservatives" Are Stupid, Ignorant, Hateful And Cruel
Tennessee Williams' Critique Of Cruelty Should Be Included In The World's Sacred Scripture
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/09/tennessee-williams-critique-of-cruelty.html
Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman Explains Why Republicans Are Qualitatively Worse Than Scrooge
Best Pax Posts About Trump's Cruelty, Mendacity And Seduction Of "Conservative""Christians"
"Cruelty Is The Point," An Update On Trump's Policies And His White Christian Base
For Trump And Trumpistas Cruelty (AKA Hellish Torment) Is The Point
"Trump Administration Argues That Caged Migrant Kids Don't Deserve Toothpaste And Soap"
Momma Said There'd Be Days Like This: "Cruelty Is The Point"
Family Separation And The Deportation Of Parents Constitute Kidnapping And Human Trafficking
New England Journal Of Medicine Determines The Lethality Of Trump's Family Separation Policy
Trump's Cruelty Is Not A Marginal Aberration. Trump's Cruelty Is The Point
Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Systematic American Cruelty
"When Hate Came To El Paso," Introduced By A Central American Civil Rights Worker
My Own Contact With Family Separation, And The Young Girl Who Died
(The Story Of UNC-CH Public Health Professor John Hatch)
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2018/06/my-own-contact-with-family-separation.html
"The Deadly Oppression Of Black People: Best Pax Posts"
"Who Gets The Political Support Of 892 Certifiable U.S. Hate Groups?"
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Video: John Oliver Debunks Trump's Mail-In Voting Scaremongering
Video: John Oliver Debunks Trump's Mail-In Voting Scaremongering
https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/video-john-oliver-debunks-trumps-mail-voting-scaremongering
Trump Operative Kris Kobach: Check Out What Passes For Normal
Pax On Both Houses: Compendium Of Voter Fraud And Voter Suppression Posts
The Daily Show Interviews Republican Official Who Spills Beans On Deliberate Voter Suppression
Masquerading As Prevention Of Voter Fraud
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo
Republican Party Is "Full Of Racists," Colin Powell's Chief Of Staff
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo
"Dog Whistle Politics": Coded Language And The Rise Of Racially Scornful Political Rhetoric
Dirty Trickster Lee Atwater: The GOP SOB At The Heart Of Republican Barbarism (Hidden Mic)
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In "Christian" Photo-Op Run-Up,Trump Used Tear Gas & Bullets To Disperse Peaceful Protesters
Episcopal Bishop Of DC "Outraged' That Trump Hosted A Photo-Op At Her Church: "Sacrilege"
Video Of Trump Mocking Murder Victim For Crying Out, "I Can't Breathe"
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