12.17.2014
Actor Wallace Shawn in The Hollywood Reporter: "in my own lifetime (I was born in 1943) — the Palestinian people have been expelled from their land and subjected to unceasing and unjustifiable torment, including a brutal occupation and, in Gaza, a regime in which an entire population has been placed on a starvation diet -- -- - Anyone who learns more about what has happened can’t help but realize that the anger of the Palestinians cannot be ended by killing their children.
article. 'Ex-Marines: Man who killed 6 argued with ex-wife.' He MUST be a Muslim, Arab, right!??!?!?! [I AM MORE AFRAID OF AMERICAN WHITE MEN THAN ANY OTHER GROUP ON EARTH. YOU SHOULD BE TOO.] http://www.news9.com/story/27646952/ex-marines-man-who-killed-6-argued-with-ex-wife
He MUST be a Muslim, Arab, right!??!?!?! [I AM MORE AFRAID OF AMERICAN WHITE MEN THAN ANY OTHER GROUP ON EARTH. YOU SHOULD BE TOO.] http://www.news9.com/story/27646952/ex-marines-man-who-killed-6-argued-with-ex-wife
article. 'Judge rules Pr. Obama immigration order unconstitutional.' "Case Western Reserve University law professor Jonathan Adler says he's skeptical that Schwab's opinion will stand." Remember the pic of Bohner next to Pr. Obama and the voice bubble from John says, 'I'm suing you, why do look so smug?' 'Because I am a constitutional law professor and you are an idiot.' http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/12/16/judge-immigration-order-unconstitutional/20516801/
"Case Western Reserve University law professor Jonathan Adler says he's skeptical that Schwab's opinion will stand." Remember the pic of Bohner next to Pr. Obama and the voice bubble from John says, 'I'm suing you, why do look so smug?' 'Because I am a constitutional law professor and you are an idiot.' http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/12/16/judge-immigration-order-unconstitutional/20516801/
nd. I've just ordered a keffiyeh, arab scarf, to be part of my uniform. I HATE the universally approved Amerikan bigotry toward my Muslim and Arab families. I AM MUSLIM. I AM ARAB. YOU should do the same. GET IN THE WAY OF THIS RANK DISCRIMINATION, IGNORANCE, BIGOTRY. STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THESE BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!
I've just ordered a keffiyeh, arab scarf, to be part of my uniform. I HATE the universally approved Amerikan bigotry toward my Muslim and Arab families. I AM MUSLIM. I AM ARAB. YOU should do the same. GET IN THE WAY OF THIS RANK DISCRIMINATION, IGNORANCE, BIGOTRY. STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THESE BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!
article. Univ. of California union approves Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions BDS of Israel motion
Univ. of California union approves BDS motion
http://www.jewishledger.com/2014/12/univ-california-union-approves-bds-motion/
Brutal article. 'Israeli soldiers kill West Bank Palestinian.' Colonial MOB. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/12/16/Israeli-soldiers-kill-West-Bank-Palestinian/2201418747532/
article. [As the EU removes Hamas (Palestine) from Terrorist list] 'Netanyahu: Europe has learned nothing from Holocaust.' DICK CHENEY WITH A HUGE BRAIN: Anyone by now that can't see how disgusting, degenerate, corrupt, evil. PATHOLOGICAL LIAR... this Satanyhu creature is... by now... is as sick as he is.
detail. Cancer update: 1. Pain is... (detail click link)
Cancer update: 1. Pain is moderate from Monday's surgery to remove a tumor from my chest, and the pain meds manage that well; 2. I'm sleeping about 75% of the time; 3. Extreme constipation from the pain meds - after last night, I DO have some idea of what giving birth feels like - truly; proving at the same time that I don't have any active aneurisms or a propensity to stroke yet :-) :-( . It was hell. Went to the homeless clinic today for meds for that; 4. The surgeon will call me back to a meeting within 2 weeks when the biopsy results come back; 5. I'm scheduled to meet with my oncologist in February; 6. Not supposed to lift more than 15 pounds the next 30 days, and I carry 2 to 3 times that to and from the White House Vigil 18 blocks each way... so that and weather may, MAY, slow my on-site activism down for a while... we'll see.
***** article. 'Congress and the US-Israel 'strategic partnership' ' TRAITORS. MADMEN. INSANITY. CRIMINALITY. The new law provides "a legal commitment to guarantee Israel's military superiority, making it 'stronger than all its opponents combined'. This law also dictates an increase in the number of American weapons stored in Israel to be used during times of emergency, valued at around $2 billion instead of $200 million at the moment...Thus, Israel has access to two arsenals; one built from US military support which provides it with the most up-to-date weapons, and the other from being handed the keys to American reserves."
***** article. ' Revisiting the British conquest of Jerusalem The day the British entered Jerusalem in 1917, Palestine's fate was sealed.' Wow. These western white chr'stian savages saw this as the conclusion of the Crusades!!!!!!!!!... and so therefore must have the Arab, Muslim world.
Wow. These western white chr'stian savages saw this as the conclusion of the Crusades!!!!!!!!!... and so therefore must have the Arab, Muslim world.
article. Obama to announce major Cuba policy overhaul; prisoners swapped. [Among the greatest Presidents in US history, and maybe the greatest] http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/17/us-cuba-usa-gross-idUSKBN0JV1H520141217
Obama to announce major Cuba policy overhaul; prisoners swapped. [Among the greatest Presidents in US history, and maybe the greatest] http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/17/us-cuba-usa-gross-idUSKBN0JV1H520141217
12.16.2014
***** article. Washington Post: "Among Democratic and independent respondents, 82% and 81%, respectively, think that the United States should either abstain from voting or vote in favor of endorsing the establishment of a Palestinian state, compared with 52 percent of Republicans who would favor these approaches( that is considerable considering overall support for Israel among Republicans). Meanwhile, 69 % of female respondents favor the United States either abstaining from a vote or supporting the measure. This number jumps to 81% when looking among Democratic women. 84% of African Americans (both among Democrats and overall) and 78% of young Americans said the United States should either abstain from voting or favor the vote. 44 % of Hispanic Americans and 42 % of young people overall and 50 % of young Democrats favor economic sanctions or more serious action as a response to Israeli settlement building, and support imposing economic sanctions or taking more serious action over Israeli settlement building."
12.15.2014
nd. With just a little luck I'll be going to Cathy's in PA till next monday... need a 'note' from the hospital, an early enough departure so Cathy can get back to a late afternoon obligation, and a 'release' from CCNV, all of which appears likely. Means I'll not be able to do the Vigil at the WH this weekend... but I'll be gathering strength for the fight upon my return to DC. Will know by mid day tomorrow.
With just a little luck I'll be going to Cathy's in PA till next monday... need a 'note' from the hospital, an early enough departure so Cathy can get back to a late afternoon obligation, and a 'release' from CCNV, all of which appears likely. Means I'll not be able to do the Vigil at the WH this weekend... but I'll be gathering strength for the fight upon my return to DC. Will know by mid day tomorrow.
article. Headline: Police storm Sydney cafe to end hostage siege, three dead. ... I can think of no greater testament to the 'Peacefulness' of Islam, and Muslims... that it took 50 years for such outrage, retaliation, resistance, response to occur... after 70 years of US/Western Terrorism, Savagely, Sadism, Exploitation, Rape, Plunder, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity... that without letup the US has rained, and rains... on them.
article. Headline: Police storm Sydney cafe to end hostage siege, three dead. ... I can think of no greater testament to the 'Peacefulness' of Islam, and Muslims... that it took 50 years for such outrage, retaliation, resistance, response to occur... after 70 years of US/Western Terrorism, Savagely, Sadism, Exploitation, Rape, Plunder, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity... that without letup the US has rained, and rains... on them.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/12/16/australia-security-idINKBN0JT1P120141216
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/12/16/australia-security-idINKBN0JT1P120141216
'The greatest poverty I've seen in all the world is the Poverty of Spirit in the US.' Teresa of Calcutta paraphrase from 30-50 years ago.
'The greatest poverty I've seen in all the world is the Poverty of Spirit in the US.' Teresa of Calcutta paraphrase from 30-50 years ago.
detail. Surgery was a success. 3 hour operation began at 11am, I was... (detail click link)
Surgery was a success.
3 hour operation began at 11am, I
was waking in Recovery by 4:30pm and in my room by 6pm. Little pain when I am stationary, huge pain
if I cough (rarely occurring), they've prescribed pain meds that seem to manage
that well, too.
Great, kind, compassionate, attentive, responsive, highly
trained medical team. Thanks to
Obamacare it is available to me.
Had one of the six or
so nicest surprises of my life today, that I can remember (so profoundly and
deeply sorry to any of you that have been so deeply kind to me whose extreme
kindness I may be forgetting at this moment, but I'm particularly overwhelmed
by this one). Please blame it on the
pain narcotics they are pumping into me.
The five others, in no particular order:
* 55year old Gerry and early 20’s John, in their suburban
neighborhood, running hugely loud power tools on the lawn, till 2am... cutting
me a hugely heavy Cross... for me to
walk with 200 miles to DC... to raise action to Save Darfur;
* Beverly nearly 'ripping the throat' out of a pastor she
saw should try and rescue me from an extreme hike, while on hunger strike, ‘the
most ‘Christian thing she’d every seen’) for the criminally disadvantaged children
of Chester PA;
* Dave and Mary
Rachel bringing their new young son X from PA (where they work 7 days per week)
to see me when I was living on the streets of DC so I could devote myself to
averting global warming;
* Cathy driving from
PA, just moments before hurricane Sandy was to hit DC where I was living on the
streets fighting Global Warming... to rip me off of them, to safety, braving
the leadinng edge of Sandy all the way back to PA for me, with me;
* My dad... for the 28 years or so before his death...
standing by me, giving me everything he had to give... despite the near total,
embarrasing, zero of a person I objectively was at that time....
Oh, I could go on with another 5, or more. Most people never see such Love even once in
their Lives... I've been criminally, entirely, undeservedly over-privileged in
this (and every other ) way.
[Side note: It is important, crucial... to periodically reflect such instances of Pure Loving in one's life, and or, such instances one knows of, even if in literature... for THIS is where we've seen God, the Creator, the Divine... Loving... and they must be the Star we steer by to be, become, and do the same... with every breath.]
[Side note: It is important, crucial... to periodically reflect such instances of Pure Loving in one's life, and or, such instances one knows of, even if in literature... for THIS is where we've seen God, the Creator, the Divine... Loving... and they must be the Star we steer by to be, become, and do the same... with every breath.]
The potential of my physical death has never been a concern
for me, except as a provider to physical dependents (offspring, woman I was
married to), and now, as a possibly consequential fighter for my Family in
Palestine. But personally, hey, you go
to sleep, don't wake up, the ride, your 'turn,' is over. What is the big deal? So the tiny but real risk of death from any
substantial surgery, such as mine this morning, was no concern to me.
Cathy, my sister in Pennsylvania, to whom I was married for
decades, offered, weeks ago, to come down, and I knew she wanted to, and it was
from her heart I was sure... but I said the idea was ridiculous... bus picks up
and drops me off literally at the curb... of the hospital and my homeless
shelter... no, I said... too much time, too much money... too much carbon...
zero point or need. And that was the end of it.
Didn't hear from her since... our lives are in near totally different
directions.
Signing in at the hospital this morning I gave Cathy’s name and my friend Jim from VA, authorization
to retreaive my stuff, in the uunlikely event I croaked (with prior instructions to them that what
meager 'stuff' I have go to the world's greatest activist Diane Wilson for her
work) But to the question 'is anyone
here with you?,’ and ‘who to call in case of a problem?,’ 'no one' was my
reply, as always, with which I was 1000000000000% at peace. I hate resouces going in my direction… the
purpose of my life is to get Loving resources flowing to my Neediest Family for
Chists sak! I was asked the same
questions, and gave the same reply when I was in final prep, just seconds before being sedated and put under for this 3
hour operation. 'No one,' and 'no,’ answers
that are such a non issue to me, so habitual for so many years now… I gave them
no thought whatsoever.
Three hours later, after what seemed like 30 minutes tops to
me, I was in recovery waking up, "Your ex-wife (I hate the term) Cathy is
here when you are up to see her."
I'm having trouble seeing the screen, and typing, as the sobs of wonder,
Joy, amazement, warmth... come back to me, many hours later, as I type this to
you. I don't recall ever, ever, ever
being so overwhelmed with such a Loving act, incomprehensible… Divine.
'I wasn't sure you would be 'ok' with me coming, she said, but I needed to be here, and if upon seeing you you wanted me to leave... I was 100% prepared for that... but I needed to be here.'(and return on the six hour round trip drive).
nd. "Facts don't cease to exist because they are ignored." Aldus Huxley
nd. "Facts don't cease to exist because they are ignored." Aldus Huxley
If you are honest, Truthful, and that costs you friends and family, then what you are left with is your only True friends and family, if you ever had any to begin with. This has been my experience, without exception, and with each that has fallen away I feel lighter, faster, more healthy, less drained... with more energy for Loving. Note: 1. One can never lose True friends and family, right? 2. It makes me sad that we are not ALL Friends, Family... every creature. Deeply sad. But this is less and less the case in this deathly culture. The saving grace for me is refusing to not be a Friend TO every creature, as best as my limited means and abilities allow.
If you are honest, Truthful, and that costs you friends and family, then what you are left with is your only True friends and family, if you ever had any to begin with. This has been my experience, without exception, and with each that has fallen away I feel lighter, faster, more healthy, less drained... with more energy for Loving. Note: 1. One can never lose True friends and family, right? 2. It makes me
sad that we are not ALL Friends, Family... every creature. Deeply sad.
But this is less and less the case in this deathly culture. The saving
grace for me is refusing to not be a Friend TO every creature, as best
as my limited means and abilities allow.
nd. A massive diversion of global human energy to empathy... is the only hope for human kind, and creation.
nd. A massive diversion of global human energy to empathy... is the only hope for human kind, and creation.
12.14.2014
nd. I detest all organized religions, but more than that I detest ignorant, blind, hateful bigotry against any group and today in Amerika hatred and violence and lies against Muslims, and Arabs is totally approved, sanctioned, encouraged... and even demanded as patriotic. .
I detest all organized religions, but more than that I detest ignorant,
blind, hateful bigotry against any group and today in Amerika hatred and
violence and lies against Muslims, and Arabs is totally approved,
sanctioned, encouraged... and even demanded as patriotic. .
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