Advancing

 

You need to start small,

what you can do on your own,

while you (hopefully) locate  others

you can join with.  But keep expectations

small.  You can't count on the will

of The People, or even wide action

on obvious self-interest.  The People

are busy dealing with living their lives.

People who believe the US is

by and for those White Christian

BusinessMen vying to die with

all of the toys.

Kamala Harris is not running against

some perfect candidate.  She is 

running against Donald Trump.

If you wanted a perfect candidate,

you had four years since the last was

elected to find and promote them, and

what did you do then?  Now's the time

to vote for Harris, then go out and find

your perfect candidate for next time.

As to Gaza, by the time the next POTUS

takes office in January (providing that actually

happens), how much will be left to save?

In any case, the situation will have changed,

and may well be much worse, or even

much better.

Terrorists cause death and destruction 

to bring attention to their point.

What do we call terrorism for its own

sake, as we see so often these days

by our ubiquitous mass shooters?

SCOTUS, in league with Texas

suborning manslaughter, or possibly

1st degree murder, disallowing life-saving

abortions.

No, this is NOT self-defense.  Netanyahu,

like Putin invading a sovereign country,

murdering and terrorizing the civilians,

because they can.

It would not be sane or useful to defend

oneself against a bully by blowing up

the school full of kids and teachers (and

others).  How can one think the result

would not be desperately brutal revenge,

not from the bully, but all those new,

unnecessary enemies, aghast at those actions,

feeling the utmost need for defense against

those perpetrators of terror and death.

Advancing toward better gentleness.

Look at the many outrageously stupid

ways we handicap ourselves by insisting

on dividing ourselves into fake categories

to enforce inequalities.

Biden has been in an impossible situation, 

made more poignant by his longtime, and 

generally accepted  by US history, love and 

support for Israel as the democracy of the 

Middle East.  He strives to be bipartisan, 

POTUS for all Americans, many of whom are

 strong supporters of Israel, including many in 

Congress who vote for those weapons to be sent 

there (perhaps to some extent in support of 

those weapons' manufacturers who 

support candidates).

Yet, he is a deeply feeling man who 

understands and abhors the suffering 

of civilians.  He has valiantly tried to 

encourage peace, but Netanyahu is having 

none of it (perhaps to some extent in 

support of Trump who he may see as 

being a better ally to himself).

Apparently Biden's policy is (and has 

been) to work for a ceasefire.  It's 

Netanyahu's policy to commit genocide 

and take over the Palestinian territory, 

and Republican (Congress) policy to keep 

up the arms payments to support genocide 

by Israel (as promoted by Trump's love for

"strongmen" and real estate deals)

While we know Trump is all about real 

estate deals for the current Palestinian 

land once it's been(bloodily) cleared, 

we don't really know Harris's plans.

Right now she is VPOTUS -- not in charge, and 

honor bound to support her President.  

Yet, she does not have the decades of matter 

of course support of Israel, but comes \

rom a generation in which Israeli cruelty 

and bad faith has played out. If she has 

a Democratic Congress, it would be easier 

to replace authorizations for Israeli defense 

funding that now rule, especially if those 

Congresspeople are elected with their 

positions on Palestine in mind.

Of course, the Christian Right is 

pro-Israeli victory, despite their loud 

anti-semitism, in their quest for the 

Apocalypse, and as allies in Islamophobia. 

There are other powerful US groups 

with pro-Israel biases vying for their 

voice in our national policies. I am thinking 

it might be useful to find out who Harris listens to,

 respects, and develop a dialog.(social media)

AI targeting loves to annihilate those 

terrified civilians: just tell them we 

were targeting Hamas/Hezbollah 

operatives, they won't check.

Israel Palestine Biden Harris Trump

 
Biden has been in an impossible situation, made more poignant by his longtime, and generally accepted by US history, love and support for Israel as the democracy of the Middle East.  He strives to be bipartisan,  POTUS for all Americans, many of whom are strong supporters of Israel, including many in Congress who vote for those weapons to be sent there (perhaps to some extent in support of those weapons' manufacturers who support candidates).

Yet, he is a deeply feeling man who understands and abhors the suffering of civilians.  He has valiantly tried to encourage peace, but Netanyahu is having none of it (perhaps to some extent in support of Trump who he may see as being a better ally to himself).

Apparently Biden's policy is (and has been) to work for a ceasefire.  It's Netanyahu's policy to commit genocide and take over the Palestinian territory, and Republican (Congress) policy to keep up the arms payments to support genocide by Israel (as promoted by Trump and Jared)

While we know Trump is all about real estate deals for the current Palestinian land once it's been (bloodily) cleared, we don't really know Harris's plans.

Right now she is VPOTUS -- not in charge, and honor bound to support her President.  Yet, she does not have the decades of matter of course support of Israel, but comes from a generation in which Israeli cruelty and bad faith has played out. If she has a Democratic Congress, it would be easier to replace authorizations for Israeli defense funding that now rule, especially if those Congresspeople are elected with their positions on Palestine in mind.

Of course, the Christian Right is pro-Israeli victory, despite their loud anti-semitism, in their quest for the Apocalypse, and as allies in Islamophobia. There are other powerful US groups with pro-Israel biases vying for their voice in our national policies. I am thinking it might be useful to find out who Harris listens to,  respects, and develop a dialog.(social media)

10.4

 


All people suck at times
But very few are truly evil --
happy to destroy for their petty 
convenience and pleasure


Trump a protector of women --
sounds Talibanish


With their masterful intelligence and
precision strikes, the Israeli policy is
obviously to slaughter civilians
Netanyahu and Putin -- Beasts of 
AntiChrist fame.  Apocalyptic
destruction their game


I tend to act compulsively in anger,
an my impulse is not peaceful.
Yet, I understand the utility and value
of peace.


None appear so stupid as those
who refuse to think



AI targeting loves to annihilate those 
terrified civilians: just tell them we were 
targeting Hamas/Hezbollah operatives, 
they won't check


we are all allowing genocide and ethnic 
cleansing, we are all part of the greater 
world that is destroying itself
some of us do what we can (or believe we can) 
to ameliorate the destruction, to plead for 
better acts from our fellows, to make the changes 
we can and talk about where we would go if 
we could -- because incremental changes build up 
if continued and built on until the point 
where suddenly everything has changed

America may well become one (Democratic) 
major party for a bit if the Republicans don't
get more in line with the will of The People -- 
but certainly other parties will come to the fore 
as their policies become popular -- 
however, political parties do not democracy 
make but rather they can be a danger 
through the divisiveness that's killing 
our better natures



I've just been wondering if a reason 
for the recent fascination with authoritarianism 
is due to people feeling overwhelming fears about 
the planet, about violence, and want to be lied to, 
to be given "reason" to feel better.

 
and what have you done to bring a major 
political party closer to your ideal? 
Do you write letters, attend meetings, 
work on campaigns, get to know local 
candidates, run for something, anything?
 Or do you just promote spoilers 
who you know can't get the office?


9/27-10/4/24

politicization kills

 

Keep your eyes well covered

So you won't see it coming

Until you drown or burn

Politicization is killing us,

and making the lives we keep

much more miserable than they

need be.  Not for useful or

meaningful reason, not even 

guaranteeing the benefit to

politicians they may think they court.

How about instead of creating and

exacerbating these unnecessary

tragedies, people working to gain

public office do so through 

reasonable programs for solutions 

to our actual issues.

We did not consent to be ruled by

machines.  Our philosophy is rule 

by law, which we all have a voice in.

An excuse about decisions being 

made by machines, or rote, is no 

excuse but an admission of guilt, 

of not doing the job we agreed to.

 

Rather than making lives better 

through goods and services refined 

for customer satisfaction, today's 

capitalism is about forcing businesses 

and consumers to deal with what has 

been decided to be best for immediate 

profitability.

The pure brutality of Netanyahu 

should be clear evidence to the 

world of the righteousness of 

Hamas' cause -- look!

What kinds of retaliation, or even 

defense, is Hamas waging against Israel?  

Only terrorist tactics were available 

to them.

If we call out their acts as brutality 

(which they were), what is the level 

of that brutality measured against 

Netanyahu's?

With this escalation toward al all out war

against more and more, don't the Israeli

people understand the danger they 

are creating for themselves?  That it 

is a matter of their continued 

existence to overthrow

Netanyahu any way they can?

While we know Trump is all about

real estate deals for the current 

Palestinian land once it's been 

(bloodily) cleared, we don't really 

know Harris's plans.

Right now she is VPOTUS -- not in

charge, and honor bound to support 

her President.  Yet, she does not have 

the decades of matter of course 

support of Israel, but comes from a 

generation in which Israeli cruelty 

and bad faith has played out.

If she has a Democratic Congress, it 

would be easier to replace authorizations 

for Israeli defense funding that now rule, 

especially if those Congresspeople are 

elected with their positions on Palestine 

in mind.

Of course, the Christian Right is 

pro-Israeli victory, despite their l

oud anti-semitism, in their quest for the 

Apocalypse, and as allies in Islamophobia.  

There are other powerful US groups 

with pro-Israel biases vying for their

voice in our national policies.

I am thinking it might be useful to find out

who Harris listens to, respects, and 

develop a dialog.

9/22-26/24

Autumn Rising

 there is artificial (machine) intelligence 

that has been useful in many and varied 

projects, that has been used and improved 

over many years

but this is not the stupid LLM being over 

hyped these days, which has nothing to do 

with intelligence but is more a kind of parlor trick

I guess I often don't do as people expect.

I don't get what they expect.

So just sort of wing it (mostly quietly)

When I was young they told me

I had emotional problems.

Apparentely I was supposed to control

my emotions?  But they wouldn't 

tell me how.

I figured out to be quiet, and keep

my own counsel.

Policies for the improvement of people's

lives sometimes are countered by

concerns that bad actors may use

these to make bad outcomes.

Doesn't it then make better sense

to counter the bad actors, prevent

or punish their harm, rather than

forego the possible positive outcomes

from such policies?

Their tactics are clearly not about

facts, but manipulating emotions.

How dare they

corrupt good words

with their nasty connotations

Why would we give people with

the abilities to amass money

the credibility to decide where

we focus our concerns and how?

psychosis = not able to cope with

consensual reality.

distract from discomfort and chase

serendipity

How is it that the ever greater impact

of severe weather on national

economies does not compel us to

understand the greater cost of not

doing all we can to mitigate the

effects of climate change?

We have the ideas, the plans to

solve our problems, and enough

computer power to number crunch

for accuracy.  What we need is

not AI, but appropriate discussion

and implementation, and means of

funding -- which the hype over AI

has been hindering, not helping.

Apparently the GOP's base philosophy

is an outgrowth of their narcissistic

fantasy that the US is meant to be a

nation for the benefit of White Christian

Businessmen, able to do as they will

without restraint or taxation.

war and peace

 Why is there no right to be left alone,

and no right to be heard?

Maybe it's as simple as having 

an artist's soul

None of it is easy

that's what is

What do you do with your life?

What do you want to do?

How reconcile -- to do what is 

meaningful to you

within the boundaries given?

We seem to have lost respect for

well directed hard work and meaningfully

good intentions, instead intent on

insulting with the crowd.

War and Peace

Rape, angry savagery

these have been weapons of war

since war began

since we began

Send out young men with everything

to prove

in a world where masculinity

means obdurate strength against all 

comers, no mercy, no soft sensibilities.

Mere politics won't change this.

Leaders are caught up in their social

norms.  Only cultural shift can move human

behavior to a place of greater sanity,

those better lives we claim so deeply to

desire.

Hate is too potent, to important an emotion

to harbor wholesale.

Hate ought be intimate, one to one,

based on true harm.

We, each and all, need to discover,

to invent, to learn, to devise our ways

to become, each and all, imbued with

kindness, compassion, the enlightened

self-interest of win/win/win.

This is as possible as any goal mankind

might plan, encourage, carry through.

That each and every me and you

has our part in, our literal skin in,

shareholders all.

Or would you rather continue to fall,

to fail to thrive?

social roles for public betterment

 when the wealthy elite complain about 

government programs to help the less well 

off, are they forgetting, or embarrassed, that 

their social role is in part to provide the 

funds for public betterment

you want kids safe?  tell them the truth, 

give them options and ideas for 

self-protection, be safe to them, treat them 

like intelligent humans who are merely 

inexperienced in some of the ways of the world

(and they'll be much mentally healthier as well)

categorizing by gender only 

perpetuates gender myths and inequality

rather, categorize by level of ability

it's not about the money

the cruelty is the point

we do need to organize and fight back against the bullies

Has anyone else noticed Musk's intense bipolar energy?

It may come down to excellent education

-- not as a political football or a means

to profit -- based on values of the benefits

of an intelligent, aware electorate;

providing the building blocks to create

the great ideas of the future, the solutions,

products, breakthroughs, new enterprises

not yet imagined, to take us further

toward our best potentials.

Racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia

Homophobia -- all of these are more

wholesale hates are basically a form of

social tribalism that claims:  You are not

proper people according to our teachings.

Though given every consideration in 

public discourse, media bias, and 

political maneuvering, the ideas/ideals

of the Conservative Christian Right

are for the most part abhorred and find

no favor with The People.

8/3-10/24