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• Maybe The Mayan Prophecy is Happening Right Mother Fucking Now?

  

  Question: Do white supremacists worship albinos? And if not, what the dick?

  If you’re going to be a white supremacist, then you better be building shrines and temples to albinos. You can’t revere white skin and not honor the ultimate whiteness manifesting in a total lack of pigment! Let’s have some consistency people.

  If you’re like me, you’re currently in a politically induced depression. Not only is the earth trying to drown us, but also Donny Trump’s racist policies have been the highlight of the week with the repeal of DACA. Forget the fact that we’ve yet to recover from the KKK sponsored “alt right” rallies of the summer. Btw… Do you think that Neo Nazis have a summer jam that everyone get’s down to? What are their summer parties and BBQ’s like without “Despicito??” I personally can’t imagine a life worth living that doesn’t include Drake. Whose music do these people party to when they’re celebrating all their successful hate rallies?

  Does it not feel absurd that in the face of massive hurricanes and environmental destruction there is still so much energy spent towards hating people’s skin? Who has the mental space for that? How are there people on Facebook right now thinking, “Oh wow… the largest hurricane in recorded history is just getting bigger, but also, aren’t Hispanic and black people the worst?” Are we even the same species?

  Remember back in those innocent times when we talked about the Mayan Apocalypse and the end of days as some off the wall obscure potential? How 2012 came and went, but the world kept turning so we figured, “Hey, what did those Mayans know anyway? They sacrificed virgins so whatever. Silly prophecy.” Of course I know shits been fucked up since the dawn of human history, but I have to say, since the election of Donny everything seems magnified to a terrifying degree. Yes, Donny does not exist in a vacuum of his own making – he’s the product of a long existing patriarchal hierarchy that has been in power for thousands of years. But at the same time, doesn’t it feel like the dark side is descending upon us?

  Are we living the 2012 Mayan prophecy right the fuck now? Is this what this is? All those hippies kept talking about a paradigm shift like it was going to be a good thing, but what’s really been revealed is the dark underbelly of a society that cares more about deporting people than importing basic decency? This coupled by cities going underwater while others burn in a hellacious inferno seems like a Hollywood sponsored punctuation mark to alert us of the harsh reality that we have no idea how to prepare for the future where millions of people have displacement to look forward to.

  I cry uncle! I will give up all my earthly possessions for just one earth to keep living on!

  For years I’ve been thinking about the corruption of the financial system and how the ruling lizard elite have built our global economy off debt and corruption. I used to believe that the only way to break free from this state run oligarchy was some type of citizen driven revolution. That we would come together and take back our power by dismantling the system that has psychologically poisoned us while brutally raping the planet of all its resources for profit for the few. But right now, I don’t know! On the one hand there is a group of people galvanizing and protesting against Donny’s efforts, yet how much are we really willing to sacrifice? We still are really into our creature comforts, spare time, and Game of Thrones. I’m no better. I really like having the Internet and organic tomatoes. Isn’t there a way we can keep living our self-obsessed narcissistic lives, but without all the horror?

  So whoever the alien species from the Palladian system that rule us are – the heads of business and industry that are holding on to their power so tightly that they are willing to sacrifice the future of humanity for their private jets. If you want to keep all your money and world domineering power, fine. Do it. But rather than oil and war for your investments, can you just make all your money with wind energy or some eco shit that isn’t creating DARPA induced mega storms? I don’t care if you have more money than god. Won’t make a difference in my life. You can be as greedy as you like, but can’t you just make all your money in a non-evil way so, I don’t know, the rest of us can keep living?

  Here is a picture of a stuffed bear holding stuffed bears because FEELINGS!

  

  September 7, 2017 • Current Events, Environmental Impact, Musings, Political Banter • Views: 3987

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• James Foley, ISIS, The Perpetual War for Resources

  

  James Foley was a courageous man who knowingly risked his life for the pursuit of the truth. He wanted to expose the injustices committed against the Syrian people, and his morality took precedent over his safety. The Islamic extremist group ISIS recently beheaded him, and is now threatening to kill more.

  Murdering a journalist is a horrific attempt to have an impact on American foreign policy. ISIS is demanding Obama leave Iraq or else another kidnapped journalist will be executed. Yet they have to know these brutal acts are ultimately ineffective when it comes to having genuine influence on the White House’s decisions. Even though the American people will be devastated to watch more innocent citizens die, the political system will not adapt because of the sacrifice of the few.

  The American government has an agenda with Iraq, and it is far more complex than conceding to ISIS. ISIS is targeting the US because the American vision for Iraq is in direct conflict with what ISIS is trying to organize. ISIS wants a complete failure of Iraq in order to create a Sunni Islamic state – the rationale being that if there is going to be a Jewish State, then there must be an Islamic one as well. ISIS has exploited the chaos in Syria to hold territory, and funds itself through oil and extortion. The land ISIS is trying to dominate is obviously rich with oil, as Iraq is home to 4% of the earth’s oil supply – which is the 5th largest in the world.

  A military presence in the Middle East gives the U.S. leverage to shape political outcomes, and benefit economically from that molding. America has already empowered the Shia majority – whose Prime Minster refuses to accommodate Sunnis. That is like if Iraq came to the US during our Civil War and gave tanks and advanced military gear to the South/North. Our intervention to embolden one group has drastically angered the other.

  Despite how much trauma it would cause if subsequent journalists suffer the same fate as James Foley, the stakes are too high for the US government. This is hard to conceptualize because the wars we fight are not on our land. The relationships we have to them are more abstract than if we were being constantly attacked on our home turf. We can feel compassion for the families who lose their loved ones overseas, or a deep anger for the injustices of good people dying – but our daily lives are impacted differently by war than in the lands where the actual fighting is occurring. Bombing and airstrikes are not going to stop a momentum so strong it has taken over the Middle East.

  There is an extreme desperateness on the part of this radical faction, because although ISIS craves supremacy, it is still dwarfed by the Iraqi army and its allies. This has created a culture where barbaric acts amplify their voice on the global stage. To get attention politically, ISIS engages in drastic attempts to be heard. The pursuit for power blended with religious fundamentalism breeds a mentality that rejects humanity. Yet this story is not new, and will continue to be a theme because religion and the fight over resources are the prevailing components of war. They represent the most fundamental parts of the human experience – the will to survive, the desire for power, and the fear of death.

  The violence won’t stop with ISIS just as it didn’t stop with Al-Qaeda (who recently splintered from ISIS). Many predicted this type of uprising, as it is the logical consequence of US interference. The only way these perpetual wars will end is if the heads of state recognize the importance of sharing and distributing the earth’s precious resources in a more reasonable way that prioritizes humanity over power.

  

  August 21, 2014 • Current Events, Political Banter • Views: 4638

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• Don’t Cry Over Spilled Oil

  

  Exxon Mobile keeps spilling oil everywhere.  I would say don’t cry over spilled oil you big baby, but then again – oil is leaking all over the place!!  It is not like we can grab some bounty paper towels and soak it all up with one sheet.

  When an environmental catastrophe happens, like an oil pipeline bursting in your back yard, it will be in the news for sometime – and people will care about the cause.  But after the initial devastation is reported, it is easy to forget about.  Yet even though it is no longer in the public dialogue, the consequences of these horrific acts and the long-term damage should be the real news story.

  When I read about Exxon Mobile bursting their pipe over the weekend, I first had a weird pornographic image flash through my mind, and then remembered the Exxon Valdez oil spill.  I was only 9 at the time, but could recall this being the first “news” story that infiltrated my imagination.  My child mind kept picturing these poor animals choking on oil as they struggled for their last breaths.  And I couldn’t understand how they were going to help these suffering beings, or clean up the mess.  I had a hard enough time picking the glue off my hands in woodworking class and did not get how people could fix the destruction that millions of gallons of crude oil could make on an eco system.

  So it got me wondering… “what ever happened with that? Is everything all good now? I never hear about it?”  Yeah, well it turns out.  No.  Not at all.  There are still a lot of issues because of that oil spill.  According to this article, “delayed population loss from sub lethal doses of oil that affect growth and reproduction, and indirect effects of changes in the food web of the region.  Concerns also still persist about the effects of lingering oil on shellfish in the area, particularly for subsistence harvesters.”  Also, residual oil can still be found over 450 miles from the original sin, and over 13 species are still “recovering” from the tragedy.

  And wasn’t there that BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico too?  Yeah… pretty sure that shit is fucked too.  The spill happened during breeding season so all the eggs and larvae were destroyed – wiping out an entire generation.  It was like the BP spill was a giant forced abortion for all the wild life living there.  And don’t forget about the effect on our fisheries and food system… no big deal right? To eat toxic fish…

  So here we go again, another spill from the inevitably leaky pipelines.  We will hear about it for a while, but soon the conversation will disappear into the ether, and the only ones who will be talking about it will be those directly affected.  That is, if their mouths aren’t full oil.

  “Okay… fine…. its cookie in my mouth, but I am going to cry about it.”

  

   

   

   

  April 2, 2013 • 2 years old, Current Events, Environmental Impact, Musings, Political Banter • Views: 3612

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