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References for the "Right"...supposedly

Proverbs 6:16–19

16  There are dsix things that the Lordhates, 

dseven that are an abomination to him: 

17  ehaughty eyes, fa lying tongue, 

and ghands that shed innocent blood, 

18  ha heart that devises wicked plans, 

ifeet that make haste to run to evil, 

19  ja false witness who kbreathes out lies, 

and one who asows discord among brothers.

^This is FAKE^

Comment is free, but facts are sacred

I'm with the press.  If we want to get all Constitutional on everybody's ass, then I'm a Press nut.  I am concerned about DT's attempts to piss all over the first amendment and who knows how many others.  So I post this article from the Guardian from 2002 that is an essay by editor, CP Scott, from 1921 (you know, the good years according to Prezz Assington).  The comment in the title of this post is from this essay.  It resonates more than ever when we have Voices from the White House telling lies about the crowd size and repackaging LIES as alternative facts.  Believe your eyes and ears.  Believe your eyes and ears.  And read reputable journalism...and how do we do that?

Don't forget to research
"The Guardian has been named Newspaper of the Year four times at the annual British Press Awards, the most recent in 2014 for reporting on government surveillance."  -Wikipedia (which has it own problems of credibility.)

However, like anything, it's not perfect..

Other Wiki info:

Alleged penetration by Russian intelligence[edit]

In 1994, KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky identified Guardian literary editor Richard Gott as "an agent of influence". While Gott denied that he received cash, he admitted he had lunch at the Soviet Embassy and taken benefits from the KGB on overseas visits. Gott resigned from his post.^[44]

Gordievsky commented on the newspaper: "The KGB loved The Guardian. It was deemed highly susceptible to penetration."^[45]

Edward Snowden leaks and intervention by the UK government[edit]

In June 2013, the newspaper broke news of the secret collection of Verizon telephone records held by Barack Obama's administration^[10] and subsequently revealed the existence of the PRISM surveillance program after it was leaked to the paper by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.^[11] The newspaper was subsequently contacted by the British government's Cabinet Secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, under instruction from the Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who ordered that the hard drives containing the information be destroyed.^[94] The Guardian's offices were then visited in July by agents from the UK's GCHQ, who supervised the destruction of the hard drives containing information acquired from Snowden.^[95] In June 2014 The Register reported that the information the government sought to suppress by destroying the hard drives, related to the location of a "beyond top secret" internet monitoring base in Seeb, Oman and the close involvement of BT and Cable & Wireless in intercepting internet communications.^[96] 

Britannica Encyclopedia

New World Encyclopedia 

Poll on Most Credible New Sources

note, infowars and breitbart are low on this list with satirical Onion

DTs inauguration did NOT draw the most crowds ever. Period. Sad.

So the piece of shit got his dick hurt

On Monday, surrounded by other white men, [DT] signed an anti-abortion executive order that has far-reaching consequences for women’s reproductive health access worldwide. 

[DT] reinstated the Mexico City policy, also known as the global gag rule, which was first put in place by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. It prohibits giving U.S. funding to nongovernmental organizations that offer or advise on a wide range of family planning and reproductive health options if they include abortion 

The United States spends about $600 million a year on international assistance for family planning and reproductive health programs, making it possible for 27 million women and couples to access contraceptive services and supplies. None of that money is spent on performing abortions. The Helms amendment has prevented U.S. tax dollars from funding overseas abortions since 1973. 

The executive order is one of the first [DT] has signed since taking office. 

-article excerpts from HuffPost

FUCK YOU.  I can't wait for you to go away.

We are not alone!

Thank you to all who marched and will continue to do so.
Not that this is the most important thing, but you all saved me.
Every step of the way, we will be there
Every step of the way, we won't stop
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
We will succeed.

Hypocracy

" I think putting the United States down across the world is not something that a responsible person does.” Reince priebus

Yet, DT puts the US down all the time. He doesn't even think it's great. His inauguration speech spoke of how horrible it is. Maybe rinse and repriebus is talking about Russia that makes more sense.


http://thebea.st/2aq4wqt 

All the Times D-T- Sucked Up To Vladimir Putin 

The reality-show developer says he’s “always felt fine about Putin. He's a strong leader. He's a powerful leader.”

Me on the weekend

I believe in watching you

I'm a rebel so I rebel

I have learned I will rise

You'll see me return



And the flames burned away
But you're still spitting fire
Make no difference what you say
You're still a liar!
You're still a liar!
You're still a liar!

U Frontin'

...where'd you get your information from huh?

you think that you can front when revelation comes?

NOPE!

Top Secret

I'm a wolf, I'm a crow

Here I come.  Watch out.

the ufo did it

Look who bought the myth

pass the mic

No! don't do it!!

Denial

Will you stay?

Let the mood swings begin

I will miss you intelligent representative of my country!
(and thank you John Cena)
UCan'tSeeMe

I have to remember

I figured out a story I've been working on in the car on the way to work this morning...now I can't remember which story I was going to use..wait, it was a horror story...I just got a flash..gah..ahh!....Hammer Horror-ah, Hammer Horror-ah...nope that didn't help.. Wow-wow-wow?  No...I was listening to Kate Bush on the way in...I'm seeing the image..a cloud shrouds it...a woman..that is a ...zombie??  I don't like zombies and don't have any stories going with zombies in it...??  did I make up a whole new story?  I don't think so.  I could've sworn I had finally tied something up...man.  Please brain...work for/with me.

Seriously!!??

This is why i never finish stories.  I think of the solutions away from pen, paper or electronics...I need a recorder that starts recording when I say "dear diary" or whatever I decide to name my recorder.. Dick.  Hey Dick (short for dictophone, of course)!  A woman that seems like a zombie, but isn't because i don't have stories about zombies is in this vision in my mind and....and......Damn it.  Okay, that didn't work. Damn it , Dick.

Okay, stories I'm working on:

Violet Ray  -nope
Sacred Cow -nope
Who's beauty?  -nope
Darla Shift  -nope

..it is a horror story...maybe i had one running in my mind and it IS a new story...come on...dang it!

Drive-thru  --god, I wish, I have had several epiphanies with this one all NOT within reach of some type of recording device...Dick, where are you?!

By proxy, she's got it!  (working title)  -I don't think so...it does seem that it could have a sinister tone.

Ugh, that's a lot of unfinished stories...and I know there are at least four more....The Energy by Music one-can't remember if there is a title or not, the "spectacular" idea of a mix of story/poetry that was supposed to aid my lack of story ending capabilities...I couldn't even finish that!

My passions are not obsessions.. This is why I can only eek out a small amount of an idea.. Well, and also, my laziness.  Let's be real.  It's my laziness.  I think I can only run on the muse.  The muse gives me something and I think it should give me everything.  I'm not a hard worker.  This is what happens when things come easy early in life.. I didn't have to work for anything really...I was just good at whatever I tried...or at least good enough...or at least as soon as I learned I wasn't that good, it wasn't as desirable and I didn't want it any more.  How do I stop this?  Or how do I begin again as a hard working person?  Grow a vegetable garden?

This is why I named my blog Periodical Curiosity.  My curiosity only lasts periodically and then it's off to the next thing.  Or maybe circles around to a thing I liked before again...but there is no completion.  ...her eyes are wide... oh that reminds me, my daughter is into making a surprise face..she opens her eyes really wide and makes a little baby "o" with her mouth...so funny and adorable...nope, that didn't help...

Well, that turn of mind, took me waaay off the mark.  What is this horror story?!!

Peeping out from under the blanket

This is a good article by Charles Blow to ready us for the DTs.

In another article by Blow, he shared a quote by Samuel Adams which I like:

“If ever the Time should come, when vain & aspiring Men shall possess the highest Seats in Government, our Country will stand in Need of its experiencd Patriots to prevent its Ruin. There may be more Danger of this, than some, even of our well disposd Citizens may imagine. If the People should grant their Suffrages to Men, only because they conceive them to have been Friends to the Country, without Regard to the necessary Qualifications for the Places they are to fill, the Administration of Government will become a mere Farce, and our pub-lick Affairs will never be put on the Footing of solid Security.”

I'm not giving up and I won't hide.  I will ready myself for a fight.  I know that I need others to lean on at times because of my sensitive nature, but I am not weak.

I must remember that it is DT that is stepping into our arena.  He's the one that has to survive.  Welcome to the Jungle, baby...

I'm planning on wearing a big

NOPE

Safety pinned on my shirt on January 2oth and getting back on Facebook after my post-election hiatus to watch the Love-A-Thon on FB Live (12:30 ET).  I hope you will join me in taking a stand in your way.  Let's be patriotic and protest!   

Happy New Organ!!

The Mesentery!

It has been reported in the Lancet that Irish researchers have indeed discovered a once thought bunch of parts of the stomach is it's own organ!

Here's an article in the Indepedent.  In the year 2017, we have found a new organ in the human body.  Remarkable!

The article mentions that Leonardo Da  Vinci first illustrated and described the mesentery in 1508.  The function is yet unknown, but maybe we will find that information in some of Da Vinci's notebooks in another century.

Ferry 'cross the Mesentery...

Aurora Goddess Sparkle

Tiina Tormanen photos from this article

I can't believe I know of someone that is going to view the northern lights like this

I hope they get the Aurora Alarm

Walking in a winter wonderland

Later on
we'll conspire
as we dream by the fire
To face unafraid
the plans that we've made

Fa La La La LA!

Deck the hall with boughs of holly,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!
''Tis the season to be jolly,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!
Fill the meadcup, drain the barrel,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!
Troul the ancient Christmas carol,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!

See the flowing bowl before us,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!
Strike the harp and join the chorus.
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!
Follow me in merry measure,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!
While I sing of beauty's treasure,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!

Fast away the old year passes,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!
Hail the new, ye lads and lasses!
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!
Laughing, quaffing all together,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!
Heedless of the wind and weather,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!

xoxo

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on, our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the Yuletide gay
From now on, our troubles will be miles away
Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more
Through the years we all will be together
If the fates allow
So hang a shining star upon the highest bough
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on, our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the Yuletide gay

From now on, our troubles will be miles away
Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more
Through the years we all will be together
If the fates allow
So hang a shining star upon the highest bough
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now

'Tis the Treason?

I don't know him, he contacted me and was so nice, my daughter vacations with his girlfriend.  Liar.

"I think he's [Trump] got a surprise or two that you're going to hear about in the next few days. I mean, I'm talking about some pretty big surprises. ...We're not going to go down and certainly won't stop fighting. We've got a couple things up our sleeve that should turn this around," (2016)

"we'll win at something later and [Russia] won't be opposed to what we're doing" (2014)


Article 3, section 3:

“Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.”

I have to take a break, I'm on mantras and chamomile, I'm wearing all the protective stones and crystals I own, I'm huffing lavender.  I'm gonna let Joe Biden take care of it for now.  He manages to smile still.

I gotta little something up my sleeve too and I hope I get a Christmas wish.  

Gojira Tree!

Me on the weekend

In other news...

the season of the bloody knuckle is here

This is what it's coming to?

Fuck you Trumpsters and Putinis:

Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Now is a good time to do so. Here are twenty lessons from the twentieth century, adapted to the circumstances of today:

1. Do not obey in advance.

Much of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then start to do it without being asked. You’ve already done this, haven’t you? Stop. Anticipatory obedience teaches authorities what is possible and accelerates unfreedom.

2. Defend an institution.

Defend an institution. Follow the courts or the media, or a court or a newspaper. Do not speak of “our institutions” unless you are making them yours by acting on their behalf. Institutions don’t protect themselves. They go down like dominoes unless each is defended from the beginning.

3. Recall professional ethics.

When the leaders of state set a negative example, professional commitments to just practice become much more important. It is hard to break a rule-of-law state without lawyers, and it is hard to have show trials without judges.

4. When listening to politicians, distinguish certain words.

Look out for the expansive use of “terrorism” and “extremism.” Be alive to the fatal notions of “exception” and “emergency.” Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.

5. Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.

When the terrorist attack comes, remember that all authoritarians at all times either await or plan such events in order to consolidate power. Think of the Reichstag fire. The sudden disaster that requires the end of the balance of power, the end of opposition parties, and so on, is the oldest trick in the Hitlerian book. Don’t fall for it.

6. Be kind to our language.

Avoid pronouncing the phrases everyone else does. Think up your own way of speaking, even if only to convey that thing you think everyone is saying. (Don’t use the internet before bed. Charge your gadgets away from your bedroom, and read.) What to read? Perhaps The Power of the Powerless by Václav Havel, 1984 by George Orwell, The Captive Mind by Czesław Milosz, The Rebel by Albert Camus, The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt, or Nothing is True and Everything is Possible by Peter Pomerantsev.

7. Stand out.

Someone has to. It is easy, in words and deeds, to follow along. It can feel strange to do or say something different. But without that unease, there is no freedom. And the moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow.

8. Believe in truth.

To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights.

9. Investigate.

Figure things out for yourself. Spend more time with long articles. Subsidize investigative journalism by subscribing to print media. Realize that some of what is on your screen is there to harm you. Learn about sites that investigate foreign propaganda pushes.

10. Practice corporeal politics.

Power wants your body softening in your chair and your emotions dissipating on the screen. Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them.

11. Make eye contact and small talk.

This is not just polite. It is a way to stay in touch with your surroundings, break down unnecessary social barriers, and come to understand whom you should and should not trust. If we enter a culture of denunciation, you will want to know the psychological landscape of your daily life.

12. Take responsibility for the face of the world.

Notice the swastikas and the other signs of hate. Do not look away and do not get used to them. Remove them yourself and set an example for others to do so.

13. Hinder the one-party state.

The parties that took over states were once something else. They exploited a historical moment to make political life impossible for their rivals. Vote in local and state elections while you can.

14. Give regularly to good causes, if you can.

Pick a charity and set up autopay. Then you will know that you have made a free choice that is supporting civil society helping others doing something good.

15. Establish a private life.

Nastier rulers will use what they know about you to push you around. Scrub your computer of malware. Remember that email is skywriting. Consider using alternative forms of the internet, or simply using it less. Have personal exchanges in person. For the same reason, resolve any legal trouble. Authoritarianism works as a blackmail state, looking for the hook on which to hang you. Try not to have too many hooks.

16. Learn from others in other countries.

Keep up your friendships abroad, or make new friends abroad. The present difficulties here are an element of a general trend. And no country is going to find a solution by itself. Make sure you and your family have passports.

17. Watch out for the paramilitaries.

When the men with guns who have always claimed to be against the system start wearing uniforms and marching around with torches and pictures of a Leader, the end is nigh. When the pro-Leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the game is over.

18. Be reflective if you must be armed.

If you carry a weapon in public service, God bless you and keep you. But know that evils of the past involved policemen and soldiers finding themselves, one day, doing irregular things. Be ready to say no. (If you do not know what this means, contact the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and ask about training in professional ethics.)

19. Be as courageous as you can.

If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die in unfreedom.

20. Be a patriot.

The incoming president is not. Set a good example of what America means for the generations to come. They will need it.

I’m not in FB. The scholarly gentleman who directed me to this article and requested I circulate it, given the author’s December 1 permission, added:

For more in this vein, see Autocracy:  Rules for Survival, and The Way to Stop Trump, the latter by Georgetown law professor David Cole;  both in the same periodical.  Cole concludes:  "We live in a constitutional democracy, one that is expressly designed to check the impulses of dangerous men. It will do so if and only if we insist on it."

NOTE:TURNS OUT A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT VERSION WAS PUBLISHED IN DK Nov.29 BUT LITTLE NOTICED.PLEASE REC IT http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/29/1605260/-History-professor-s-20-point-guide-to-defending-democracy-under-a-Trump-presidency