Hi Everyone--here's a 4 minute video with really useful links to empower us all to hold our politicians accountable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W-l...
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Teacher, Aikidoka, Mahayana, & Cook for all occasions. Traveler to Northern Ireland, Iceland, Ghana, & other future destinations! Love Fela Kuti, Dylan, Abd al Malik, Lin-Manuel, & Bombino I'm very politically aware, but tryin' to keep a lid on it!
Hi Everyone--here's a 4 minute video with really useful links to empower us all to hold our politicians accountable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W-l...
This is a great interview; watch it if you care about Ukraine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnio...
As always, DW's insightful analysis with great commentators
12.04.2025 15:20 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I supported Cory Booker in 2020 when he first ran for the nomination, and I've never been more proud of him--showing Schumer how it's done!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK...
don't be an idiot. Sending nudes to some random "cutie" sounds like a great way to start paying ransom every week.
25.03.2025 14:07 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0My type of fun!
I came down to Jason Shapiro vs. Tom Cotton (and I'm NOT saying that Cotton his the best of a bad lot). Politically, I see only one reasonable person on CNN's list of potential Republican candidates, and I don't consider Cotton the "reasonable" one.
Anyway, have fun!
Every day I try to rid myself of the devastating emptiness that I feel for the voters--both progressives and main stream--who didn't vote for Kamala, thinking Trump wouldn't be so bad.
18.03.2025 15:39 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Nancy Pelosi (even Nancy Pelosi!) on Schumer's ridiculous, senile surrender:
โDonald Trump and Elon Musk have offered the Congress a false choice between a government shutdown or a blank check... Letโs be clear: ... But this false choice that some are buying instead of fighting is unacceptable.โ
and he's just getting started ๐
14.03.2025 16:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0How ordinary you are
14.03.2025 01:37 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Is Chuck Schumer feeble or has he lost his senses. How can he support this unfair, brutal Republican budget? He did not even attempt to negotiate concessions for Democratic votes--he just caved. Schumer should step aside and let AOC take his seat!
14.03.2025 01:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Good time to remember that we can help
www.razomforukraine.org
Dear Blueskies--I know things are shite, so take a deep breath and listen to some awesome hip-hop
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shcf...
My office will honors "Economic Blackout Day" on Friday (Feb 28), which means no Dunkin' munchkins for my friends and staff!
What about you?
theonecalledjai.com
โArab-Americans for Trump firmly rejects President Donald J Trumpโs suggestion to remove [...] Palestinians in Gaza to Egypt and Jordan,โ said Dr Bishara Bahbah, national chair of Arab Americans for Trump.
All the Arab-Ams who voted for Trump must be really happy with their choice now!
It's been a long week--cold and snow. Back to work next week and I'm looking forward to wearing my new tie--my best Christmas present this year!
10.01.2025 21:25 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0a verse for Elon, from "The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva":
Though you may be famous and revered by many,
And are as rich as the God of Wealth himself,
See that the wealth of the world is without essence and
Leave behind arrogance.
This is the practice of a bodhisattva.
From my friends at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery
25.12.2024 13:34 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Hi TG, Thanks for thinking of me when you saw that book. I put it down about a month ago and am planning to give it another try--it has sooo much on the author's life and so very little on Bodhidhama that I found it very unrewarding. I know that there is not much known on his life, nonetheless....
23.12.2024 02:16 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0So many of my follows say "Slava Ukraini" in their profiles-- a great sentiment. But they need so much to win--if you don't already, please give what you can.
I've given to Razom every month since the invasion--please check them out.
Does any one have a better organization that they give to?
Oooh, thanks very much for this!
19.12.2024 03:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0WWBD? For years I've always felt a little out of place as a Buddhist in Martial Arts--too peaceful for my MA friends, too martial for my Buddhists friends. So about a year ago I adopted Bodhidharma as my "patron saint"
(Wish there was more known about him)
My fellow Blueskies, I'm a leftie, but I ask that we not rage (too much) against Time for naming the Orange One their Man of the Year. .
We need to think more strategically about recovering power and winning control over legislative bodies, less about reacting to every slight. IMHO
No Lie--I love Rushdie's "Satanic Verses"! To be honest again--Yeats' Collected Poems and Heaney's "Station Island"
You didn't mention yours?
This dropped yesterday and is well worth the listen. Glasser is a Politics reporter w/The New Yorker, and this is a great interview looking at the state of the transition.
11.12.2024 18:11 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Yes, the good people of Maine need to replace her--she always caves to the right even though she claims to have common sense and standards.
11.12.2024 18:03 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Yeats: "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity" ("The Second Coming" as you probably recognized)
11.12.2024 18:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0BREAKING NEWS:
Mitch McConnell has sustained injuries including a gash on his face after a hard fall during the Senate Republican lunch.
McConnell, 82, was seen by two medical responders in his office. The situation is developing.
I think the Senate needs TERM LIMITS. Do you agree?
My Aztec coffee (chocolate & chili powder) this morning--it was almost too beautiful to drink. But it was too delicious not to!
11.12.2024 17:53 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0