Racism Is Alive And Well …

Alive and well! … I couldn’t have said it any better!! … “Yep, folks, racism is alive and well, and on the rise in the United States of America today. Isn’t it a shame that in all these hundreds of years, we haven’t learned a damn thing?”

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Of late, we’ve had plenty of reasons to be ashamed of a large portion of the human species.  Every Tuesday night I work hard to pull together a ‘good people’ post to help us all remember that the samples we see on the news every day are not the norm, that there are truly great people out there making the world a better place every day.  And then, I read about things like those I’m about to discuss, and my Wednesday morning smile fades, I wonder if there is hope for the human species or if it even deserves to continue to exist.

If you’ve ever doubted that racism is alive and well in the United States, wonder no more.  On Monday, May 25^th, Memorial Day, Mr. George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man, died at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer.  Four officers were at the scene…

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Meidas Touch Presents …. “🇺🇸 ‘We the People are not Trump’s Human Capital Stock’ 🇺🇸 …. “!!

~~May 28, 2020~~

HUMAN CAPITAL STOCK

What the hell does that mean? Does it mean what I think? Human chattel? Send them to the ‘frontlines’, gas chambers, firing range?

M’gawd … how low can they go?

I so loathe each and every one in this putrid administration!

HortyRex©

Senior White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that America’s “human capital stock” is ready to get back work as the country moves toward reopening its economy. 

“Our capital stock hasn’t been destroyed. Our human capital stock is ready to get back to work, and so there are lots of reasons to believe that we can get going way faster than we have in previous crises,” Hassett said. 

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https://www.businessinsider.com/

In fact, to call these MeidasTouch-produced masterpieces “videos,” is the ultimate understatement, as these 30 second to 2:00 minute clips are more akin to heat seeking missiles trained on exposing the crookedness, corruption, and incompetence of Trump and his cronies.

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killed by indifference …

DEREK CHAUVIN: THE FACE OF INDIFFERENCE … remember this name! AKA ‘Killer Knee‘ … So very well said: “It’s not just George Floyd who didn’t matter. Of the 100,000 American deaths from Covid-19 over the last four months, 56.5% have been non-white. Only 28% of the US population is non-white. This is no coincidence. Apply that same metric to incarceration, to wealth, to general health care, to arrest rates, to infant mortality, to employment, to just about any social criterion in the United States.”

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A lot has been written about the way George Floyd was killed. I think most of what I’ve read gets the story wrong. People have called it a deliberate murder. They’ve said it was a result of racial animus. They’ve described it as a hate crime.

I don’t think that’s entirely correct. I think it was something even worse. I think it was an act of casual indifference.

I don’t know what motivated Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who kept his knee on Floyd’s neck. How could I? But from watching the video, my sense is that Chauvin wasn’t angry. He wasn’t scared. He didn’t feel threatened. He wasn’t nervous or alarmed or even annoyed. Chauvin, to me, seemed unconcerned, not just about what was he was doing, but also to what was taking place around him. He seemed unmoved by it all.

That’s what I saw in the…

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Twitter Vs. Twitler …

Right now … “Of course, this is just one great big morbidly obese bluff. Donald Trump has NO authority to restrict free speech, to regulate, or shut down social media platforms. And, Donald Trump without Twitter would be like Donald Trump without his orange face paint, or Trump without the long red tie, or Trump without the ill-fitting suits he buys off the rack despite having his own line of suits, or Trump without the dead yellow ferret on his head, or Trump without Nazis, or … etc, etc.” … but if he’s re-elected then the shyte hits the fan!! #VOTE …

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For Donald Trump, persecution is having the standards everyone else has to live by being applied to him.

And here’s the thing: That hasn’t even happened in this situation.

Lori Klausutis was a staffer to then-Congressman Joe Scarborough when she suddenly died from a heart problem which made her hit her head on a desk in the Florida district office for the congressman. Scarborough was in Washington at the time. There has never been any evidence of foul play. But, just like the Seth Rich conspiracy theories MAGAts and the 4chan crowd like to spread, they’re using the death of Ms. Klausutis to engage in attacks against one of their Dear Leader’s political enemies, Joe Scarborough who is now the host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe. And guess who’s joined in?

Donald Trump has used the death of Ms. Klausutis for his own political gain. After being super chummy with Scarborough…

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Prestigious Penable Award …. “🙏🏽 Thanks Dear Kitty. Some Blog 🙏🏽 …. “!!

~~May 28, 2020~~

THE PRESTIGIOUS PENABLE AWARD

My dear blogging friend, Kitty. from Dear Kitty. Some blog. has been so kind to nominate It Is What It Is for the ‘The Prestigious Penable Award’. We, in our special spot, are honored and humble and gracefully accept it. It’s a new award for us!

Here are the rules:

Tag your post with the #penableaward

Display the Penable Award logo (above) and follow Penable  if you haven’t already

Thank the person that nominated you.

Tell us what your writing talent is.

Answer three questions that you have been asked

Nominate three inspiring people for this award

Let them know of their nomination

Give them three new questions to answer!

(I’d like to clarify that, IMHO, there is no rush to complete your acceptance post. Neither is it mandatory for you to accept and follow rules stated above.Just know that we personally admire your work and follow your spot)

HortyRex©

My writing talent: I follow a variety of topics, current events, the unavoidable spectacle from the USA WH, politics, photographers blogs, music and reblog people who I truly admire. I like to consider myself a voice for the voiceless.

My questions from Kitty are:

1. My favorite bird species: cardinals

2. Which country to travel after COVID-19:

Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

3. My favorite song: there are so many!! I pick

“Disturbed – The Sound Of Silence“

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Questions for my nominees:

1. What will do you first after the lockdowns are lifted?

2. Lessons learned during these uncertain COVID-19 times?

3. Why do you blog?

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My nominees are:

About the Jez of It

By Hook Or By Book
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~~Published December 8, 2015~~

I’ll leave you with the official video of the song I selected as my favorite!!

Trump/Twitter Saga Continues

“Trump, who is upset Twitter flagged two of his tweets about mail-in ballots and voter fraud with a fact-check warning, and other Republicans have accused social media companies of left-wing bias.” … hey! Want some cheese with the ‘whine’? … disgust!!

In Saner Thought

Yesterday I wrote about the back and forth between Trump and Twitter…..to the point that Trump has threatened to close down social media….especially Twitter…..

But read my thoughts for yourself……https://lobotero.com/2020/05/27/closing-thought-27may20/

But as I closed the post with….the saga continues and now the rest of the story from Donald the Orange……

President Trump’s feud with Twitter continues. The latest: White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters Wednesday night that the POTUS will soon sign an executive order aimed at social media companies, the AP reports. White House strategic communications director Alyssa Farah said the move would come Thursday, but neither offered further details on what exactly it would entail. Politico explains that tech companies are concerned Trump will target a 1996 statute protecting them from lawsuits; conservatives have increasingly accused the companies of abusing that protection, which has so far afforded them broad leeway to censor material they deem objectionable…

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Lightly Child, Lightly

Simply awesome … “Let me drink the day.” Edith Wharton, Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses

Live & Learn

Set wide the window.

Let me drink the day.

— Edith Wharton, Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses (First published May 10th 1909)

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Notes:

• Image Source. Quote: Thank you Beth @ Alive on all Channels
• Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”

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#TBT …. “👦🏼 ThrowBack Thursday …. ‘This Little Child of Mine’ 👦🏼 …. “!!

~~May 28, 2020~~

THIS LITTLE CHILD OF MINE

This child became a young man this month. M’gosh, he turned 12!!

At the time he was really good with LEGO’s. Today he’s a master in basketball and FortNite.

Happy B, Connor!!

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Thursday Thoughts …. “🤔 ‘A Perspective Change’ 🤔 …. “!!

~~May 28, 2020~~

PERSPECTIVE CHANGE

Sometimes all it takes is looking from another angle.

Hope for the best!

HortyRex©

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