Grave Yard Spiral

Almost a year into the disastrous 45th presidency the people of the world seem to be losing on all fronts.  My silence stems in part from not even knowing where or how to begin. How do we move forward in a belief equals fact world where meaningful dialogue is all but impossible? I and you have to speak out. We cannot simply watch the world burn. Silence equals not only violence but grave injustice as well. Lets consider some of the problems we all face. 

Climate change deniers find themselves in positions of power and decision making with predictable results:

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Science Deniers In Power Are A Profound Threat To Democracy

Climate deniers play politics with looming natural disasters

America First Energy Conference Stacked With Climate Change Deniers

We are slow to act on threats that stretch beyond tonight's bottom line showing profit and loss. It is hard to see and feel on an individual level. So what if the seasons morph into one long summer? It doesn't effect ME has to go. It may already be too late but going backwards only makes it worse faster. Where else are people losing? 

Education. 

Education deniers also find themselves in positions of power and decision making killing off the last bits of critical thinking. Some results?

How the education gap is tearing politics apart

Anti-Intellectualism and the "Dumbing Down" of America

The rise of "alternative facts," and opinions replacing science and real facts

Posted Jul 07, 2014
From a few years ago but still holds true.

A sobering look at what Betsy DeVos did to education in Michigan — and what she might do as secretary of education

 Thus the USA finds itself mired in creeping dystopian nightmare wilt louder and louder calls for the jailing of members of the press, opposition leaders and even protestors. With education being slowly dismantled, less and less people understand the danger this poses. Let's look at one last threat. 

Creeping towards new even more deadly wars.  

The Price of War With North Korea

20,000 South Koreans killed per day: the terrifying cost of a US war with North Korea

ANALYSIS: 'Huge implications' for moving US embassy to Jerusalem

This is step one, researching the problem. More research and solutions soon. 

Thought Stopper - A Reading

Thought Stopper

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The Uncounted- A Reading

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Jesse Ventura on Colin Kaepernick

On to different stuff soon. 

Flags and other Distractions

Pretty isn't it? So a lot stuff about NFL players not standing for the National Anthem lately. The president is getting all huffy about it (as if he has no other worries). Approval ratings you ask?  And there's the other great distraction of our time, North Korea. I was always taught the above image stands for freedom, including the right to protest that what you think is wrong. "I disagree with what you are saying but I will give my life for your right to say it." - From the French Revolution, I think. Feel free to correct me. It seems utterly lost now among so many. This is distraction one.

The guy running North Korea now has some pretty mean toys. All in the last decade or so, no doubt a worry. But they have not been in a war since 1953. His role is to stir the pot of war much for the consumption of his own population. How else can he cling to power? Most likely, he's a threat to no one but his own poor, starved people. But that's not the message of the American Government. We gotta do something! The mad man must be stopped! Lions and tigers and bears, threats everywhere! Distraction number two.

Keep your eye on the ball. US Military Budget 824.6 Billion !! 
                                            Climate change denial
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Edit: Well, we dodged Trumpcare for now! 

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Readings 45- as the world burns.

Trump The Destroyer
Read and ask me to just give him a chance?

The Resistance With Keith Olbermann
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Donald Trump: The Raw and Naked Face of a System that showers Speculators with Obscene Riches
Not just the Donald.

Climate
Meanwhile, watch the world burn.

Looking bleak but this is no time to surrender and throw in the towel. Stay in and keep moving forward.