J. Hamilton

Trump *admires* people who just take what they want by coercion or force. Of course this is the position they will go into negotiations with.

Because life is more than politics, I am sharing that I passed my "O" level Tai Chi exam today. I have not been this nervous in a long time, but I came through! Holding a Low Horse at the end of the 2-hour exam almost killed me, though. it's a good reminder that we can do hard things!

If I'm gonna have a soda here in SoCal, I mostly drink various flavors of Jarritos. They are still made with real sugar.

I have not come across Limca!

Sprite/Starry are not the same. Found that out the hard way at the movie theater. Opinion: 7up is the best of the lemon-lime soda options.

Show me your budget, and I'll show you your values

yes.

this was useful

I'm convinced that a not-insignificant portion of these guys are using steroids, which contributes to their emotional volatility and aggression.

Yes. Fascination rather than horror is a critical distinction. "Fascination with the abomination" is a distinct and perpetual human predisposition that must be acknowledged so that we can push back against it.

make art! if it's the end of the world, you might as well make art! if it's not the end of the world, then the future will be better because people made art right now!

"Sadness is like a little bit of an emotional death but not a defeat if you can find a way to laugh about it. Because that laughter keeps you from having fear of it, and fear is the thing that keeps you turning to evil devices to save you from the sadness."

-- Stephen Colbert

This is the kind of joyful resistance I'm looking for:

Who gets to be anonymous in our society, and who is exposed?

SEIU California | SEIU California Demands Release of CSU Faculty Member Brutalized By ICE SEIU California members call for the immediate release of our brother Jonathan Caravello, PhD, a U.S. citizen and union member, who was brutally assaulted and detained by federal agents as he…

A worker was killed. Dozens detained.

Dr. Jonathan Caravello, A CSU faculty member and US citizen, was brutalized & disappeared by ICE for observing.

Trump’s ICE thugs are escalating terror in our communities. Release them ALL.

seiuca.org/press-releas...

Stay safe and know your rights. This is a large ICE and Military operation happening now in our community.

I like both these things:

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe – and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”

James Baldwin

You have inspired me to take a dive deeper into her work. Thank you!

This article he links to is very much worth the read.

This has always been the GOP's strategy:

1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.

2) Explode deficits

3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.

4) Repeat.

Some religions don't think that women should work outside the home. Can a parent demand to be notified of any books that depict a woman with a career?

From Sotomayor's dissent: The President’s “mandate . . . to exercise his executive power,” Myers v. United States, 272 U. S. 52, 123 (1926), in any event, does not permit him to rewrite the Constitution or statutory provisions at a whim. By forging ahead and granting relief to the Government anyway, this Court endorses the radical proposition that the President is harmed, irreparably, whenever he cannot do something he wants to do, even if what he wants to do is break the law.

Sotomayor: “By forging ahead and granting relief to the Government anyway, this Court endorses the radical proposition that the President is harmed, irreparably, whenever he cannot do something he wants to do, even if what he wants to do is break the law.”

So often in this culture, disagreement is experienced as violence.

Now by my life
Old fools are babes again, and must be us’d
With checks as flatteries, when they are seen abus’d.

It's interesting how conservatives think of politics as an identity rather than a choice.

"Proud and Free: United for Trans Power" A Rally in response to US v. Skrmetti, Saturday, June 21, 11:00-11:30 AM, Santa Barbara County Courthouse.

REPUBLICANS: "We need to privatize government agencies like NASA so they will run better!"

This is bringing Soldier Cosplay to a whole other level:

Adelanto had been a horrible place for years. For-profit prisons are a recipe for abuse.