Since this is where GOD places me every morning: That makes this our Universe, our Galaxy, our Solar System, our Planet, and our only Reality, and I hope to be a part (even a small part) of helping to change the Reality we live in. When we stick together like the atoms that make water which then becomes a tremendous force and if we stay persistant: we can cut through bigotry, oppression, and ignorance.  
String theory is a plausible theory that if true requires a multi-verse (multiple universes) and the theory also incorporates the need for the strings to be in motion (vibrating).   So we must stay in constant motion and join together to make Our reality possible. #NotInMyReality

Police Chief Edward Flynn 

speaks to reporters after a Fire and Police Commission meeting Thursday night concerning the shooting of Dontre Hamilton.

Bravo!!!  Public Servants FEEL this day in and day out.

It can be frustrating for Public Servants to see people so concerned for a moment because when those people go home - the servants will continue to work, struggle, and sacrifice on a daily basis. The servants will be the ones that will continue to have to try to deal with the tragedies, sleep with the nightmares, and hide the horrors they see from their families every single day.  To me this is just like seeing the people standing outside of an Abortion clinic "Praying for the fetuses."  Now, GOD knows their intent - but to spend hours intimidating women when many of them will not lift a finger to help the living children in their community that suffer without food, clothing, or housing. Those same people will instead sit in judgement of everyone around them.

For people that care, worry, and give their lives to make the community better; dealing with other’s judgements about things they do not have a clue about can be infuriating and nauseating. This man knows the cries of sorrow he will have to block; the sights, sounds, and smells of death that will slam his senses; and the fear, confusion, and anger of friends and neighbors that will permeate the air. We can talk about the cause but don’t think for a moment that we can know what these men and women deal with daily.

VETERANS COMING HOME

Veterans Coming Home is an innovative cross-platform public media campaign that bridges America’s military-civilian divide by telling stories, challenging stereotypes and exploring how the values of service and citizenship are powerful connectors for all Americans. A critical piece of that process is opening up the lines of communication between veterans and civilians about the roles citizenship and service play in our civic life. ~http://veteranscominghome.org/

I have forgotten how good PBS is. VETERANS COMING HOME is a Great series to help begin to understand what Veterans are experiencing as they return home. I cannot find the newest episode that was on earlier - "Bridging The Civilian/Military Divide"

Monday, July 11, 12:00 am on NPT2

Duration: 0:28:18

Description: Is there a divide between civilians and veterans? What can we do to build communities that welcome veterans beyond simply, "thank you for your service." The discussion goes beyond stereotypes and broadens our understanding of what it means to serve.
- See more at: http://pw.myersinfosys.com/wnpt/hour?year=2016&month=7&day=10&time=22%3A30#sthash.RJJYg6D8.dpuf

Bridging The Civilian/Military Divide

Monday, July 11, 12:00 am on NPT2

Duration: 0:28:18

Description: Is there a divide between civilians and veterans? What can we do to build communities that welcome veterans beyond simply, "thank you for your service." The discussion goes beyond stereotypes and broadens our understanding of what it means to serve.
- See more at: http://pw.myersinfosys.com/wnpt/hour?year=2016&month=7&day=10&time=22%3A30#sthash.RJJYg6D8.dpuf

Bridging The Civilian/Military Divide

Monday, July 11, 12:00 am on NPT2

Duration: 0:28:18

Description: Is there a divide between civilians and veterans? What can we do to build communities that welcome veterans beyond simply, "thank you for your service." The discussion goes beyond stereotypes and broadens our understanding of what it means to serve.
- See more at: http://pw.myersinfosys.com/wnpt/hour?year=2016&month=7&day=10&time=22%3A30#sthash.RJJYg6D8.dpuf

- which I found extremely eye opening and which explained a lot. It should be added to this playlist soon. I hope to watch all of the shows, soon.

One guy said that he does not think that Civilians being "Aware" is the right way to approach the divide between the civilians and veterans - the only way is through Relationships!

I agree, without relationships there can be no real awareness - you can try but you have no investment until there is a relationship - no real ability to have empathy/understanding for one another without RELATIONSHIPS. This applies to civilians and veterans and to so many other divides that are splitting the world into so many fragments.

The end of the show was the best part - 

showing how we can make a 

difference to others by serving.  

United we Stand.

 
 MUST WATCH - "Bridging The Civilian/Military Divide" will post as soon as I find link.

   Meanwhile Watch the series of shows here.

VIDEO:  

Israeli Military in the Occupied Territories aka Palestinian Territories

VERY INFORMATIVE!!!  Right now I can only testify that the first 20 minutes of this film shows no physically gruesome photos or film but I seriously can't watch any more at this time because I am feeling nauseous and my eyes are filled with tears.  HOW CAN A SO-CALLED DEMOCRACY (THE USA) PAY FOR THIS? 

I have watched many films but this one is different because it is so many Israelis talking or maybe it is because it is not dead faces but faces with the torture they experienced right behind their eyes - you can see it in these young men - and just a sliver of a glance at the horrific, life altering torture and terror they experienced as a child or maybe it is just overload on the terrible things that are going on in so many places in the world that we hear about, just maybe. But whatever it is - I am weak and must turn in off - what A PARADISE I LIVE IN THAT I CAN TOUCH A BUTTON AND TURN IT OFF. 

ALLAH FORGIVE ME.

"Breaking the Silence" an ex-Israeli soldiers' organization is in the film, as well. The founder, Yehuda Shaul,

tells how he doesn't remember children in the West Bank because it was them (no matter what age) and us. I actually thought he was going to say that in the past they didn't do that to kids - I was wrong.
#FreePalestine #Israel #Terrorism #USAsupport #WestBank #Palestine #Gaza

Very important information about the fate of our Democracy and World.

(Videos)
PRAYING THAT President OBAMA LOSES THIS ONE!!!!

RE: Hedges vs. NDAA (Obama)
NDAA (Indefinite Detentions w/o evidence), Assassination Drones, and Citizens United (Corporations vs. Democracy)

Chris Hedges - "The fate of the nation, we understood, could be decided by the three judges who will rule on our lawsuit against President Barack Obama for signing into law Section 1021(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)." "The act authorizes the military in Title X, Subtitle D, entitled “Counter-Terrorism,” for the first time in more than 200 years, to carry out domestic policing. With this bill, which will take effect March 3, the military can indefinitely detain without trial any U.S. citizen deemed to be a terrorist or an accessory to terrorism. And suspects can be shipped by the military to our offshore penal colony in Guantanamo Bay and kept there until “the end of hostilities.” It is a catastrophic blow to civil liberties.
I suspect the real purpose of this bill is to thwart internal, domestic movements that threaten the corporate state."

Hedges vs. Obama (The principal allegation made by the plaintiffs against the NDAA is that the vagueness of critical terms in the NDAA could be interpreted by the U.S. federal government in a way that authorizes them to label journalists and political activists who interview or support outspoken critics of the Obama administration’s policies as “covered persons,” meaning that they have given “substantial support” to terrorists or other “associated groups”. A federal court in New York has issued a permanent injunction blocking the indefinite detention powers of the NDAA but the injunction was stayed by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals pending appeal by the Obama Administration.)

ALEC has Corporations dropping out and now Lawmakers are Dropping Out Too!!!

Meet the Twenty-eight Lawmakers Who Have Quit ALEC This Month

Zaid Jilani

April 26, 2012

Do You Know Which of Your Representatives are Members of ALEC?

Find out which of your Representatives are Members of ALEC.  I was surprised (I know I shouldn't be) by how many representatives are members of ALEC.  Look at this list and also find out more about Guest Speakers and others involved with ALEC here.