What Ruth Bader Ginsburg means to me.
I’ve read pretty much all of the books written by her or about her.
She was a powerhouse.
When she heard “no” she persisted.
She was class and integrity. She was everything these sad little Republicans are not.
She didn’t whine and
complain. She battled through everything, even from her hospital bed. She wouldn’t have let a bone spur stop her.
To me she really epitomises what an American should be. She was able to disagree and then go to the opera and laugh with those with whom she disagreed.
We lost a truly great American. I hope she inspires many girls and boys to do what is right. To fight for what is right. To fight for what is just. To stand for ethics and dignity. And to be brave and strong in the face of adversity. #RIPRBG. I will miss you so much.
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When you see Civil War 2 trending, do you giggle to yourself? When you see America is more divided than ever, do you giggle to yourself? Not that it’s funny. It’s the absurdity. The Civil War never ended. In Trump’s lifetime, the political and financial power of the
Confederate-adjacent portion of the population has steadily grown. In 1948, two years after Trump was born, a coalition of white Southerners proudly declared, “We stand for the segregation of the races,” formed the Dixiecrat Party and mounted a third-party presidential bid that
succeeded in winning the most votes in four states.
Twenty years later, in 1968, Alabama’s segregationist Governor George Wallace took the white supremacist baton and launched his own presidential bid, quintupling the Dixiecrat popular vote and winning five states outright.
Americans thinking they have won over China really shows how little Americans know about China.
Fox News might feed the propaganda. But the reality for America is dire to say the least.
If this really escalates. China will play hardball.
China will do two things
first. They will cut rare Earth minerals to the US. Then they’ll dump U.S. treasuries.
This is cripple America. The American people think that rare Earth minerals are just for cell phones. No. It will affect American missiles, fighter jets. Not one American fighter jet has no
rare Earth mineral. Night vision goggles, hyper-sonic missiles, smart missiles that will become dumb missiles. Still laughing MAGA are we??? Then there’s dumping US debt. America rejoices in the fact that the yuan has taken a nosedive. China have purposely devalued their yuan
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A lot of us knew what to expect if Trump won. We knew of Project 25 and we knew he lied when he said he had not heard of it.
He will destroy the United States. America already has lost its allies. There is no trust in
America. Trump’s followers will probably say they don’t care. Good riddance. Etc. Etc. Here’s the thing. The world hasn’t lost trust in America because of Trump. He’s just part of the problem. They’ve lost trust because the world cannot expect America citizens to do the right
thing in not electing really stupid people based on their leaders hating the same people they hate. We live in a globalised world. Cutting yourself off with a dictator in charge just makes you North Korea. The most laughable thing about this is how American followers of Trump
Do you know why the church and pastors like to preach the “End of Times?”
Money. It’s all a scam. In 2009, a “Christian” pastor so convinced his followers that the world would end on May 21, 2011, that they quit their jobs. Spent all of their savings as well as run up credit
card debt. This pastor made a lot of money from it. Leaving a wave of destruction and destroyed lives with it. Among the most tragic stories was of a woman who attempted to kill her two daughters, aged eleven and fourteen, in order to spare them from witnessing the coming events.
A handful of his disciples were not so lucky as they took their own lives. But guess what. This was not the first time he had done this. He did it a generation before. He had once stated to his followers that the end of times was coming September 4 or 6, 1994. This first time
“Monsters exist, but they are far too few in number to be truly dangerous; the most dangerous monsters are ordinary [men and women] ready to believe and obey without asking questions.”
Primo Levi, The Truce
Is a peaceful and prosperous society dependent on strict obedience to
the laws and dictates of the state? Is voting the only proper means to show displeasure with the commands of politicians and bureaucrats? Whilst mainstream media try to indoctrinate us with an obedient mindset and while politicians desire an almost blind obedience from the
populace, history tells a different story about the value of always doing what we are told. Obedience, not disobedience, is the greatest threat to humankind. Civil disobedience keeps a society free.
So. What am I doing right now?
I am reflecting and I am researching.
What I am not doing is being reflexive. I’m not raging. I am not replying to Trump, or MAGA, of Republicans.
Oh how they like that. It gives them the chance to be smug.
There are two and a half months to
prepare. We have to understand ALL of the possible outcomes and how each of the outcomes affect us.
We have to organise. Not with anger. Not with trolling and attacking.
This should be a time when we say “We are Done.”
We are done trying to explain.
We are done replying to
those that do not deserve our time.
THEY DO NOT DESERVE OUR TIME!
Stop giving them oxygen. For crying out loud. Just stop.
No more excuses. No more expecting people to do the moral thing. Many Americans are cruel. Are hateful. Are bigoted.
Yet, they are quintessentially