Double Bees

I wasn't surprised that ICE killed someone. I wasn't surprised that it occured in broad daylight. I wasn't surprised that it was against an unarmed American citizen, who by all accounts did nothing wrong in the eyes of the US Constitution.  I am not surprised that, less than a week later, a second such incident murder occurred. I have no doubt that such anti-american, anti-democratic, un-American, and fascist will strike again in the coming days. I pray that these occurrences do not occur more frequently, though I am sure they will. Less surprising -- though entirely predictable -- has been the coverage, honesty, and response by the media.  When you look back at the past 50 years it becomes very clear why we are where we are regarding the "media." While the 80s were what i consider to be the death knell for proper and respectable news organizations, to me the begging of the troubles started with Nixon's exit. When Nixon resigned and republicans no longer had ...

 I read Tim Cook's memo.   Tim Cook is a pathetic cretin.  Deescalation is a pathetic choice of words.  Apple products are built for pennies on the dollar in Asia, in theory immigration in any form could "hurt" apples ability to staff its giant sweatshops in Asia. But most likely his tepid both sides response is because he doesn't want Trump and Republicans to slap tariffs on his products.   Apple was founded by a first generation child of an immigrant. If trump and republicans were in power then, Tim apple wouldn't have a job now, or the millions in his bank account.  What a sorry excuse for a human and leadership. 

I grew up long ago enough to have run the risk that Never Again would have been my first words.  For a vast majority of that time I was under the impression that Never Again referred to genocide.  This morning, I had to turn off the UN Remembrance day stream, as it was being ruined by the Israeli and American ambassadors.   The atrocities that took place during world war two and the holocaust were committed by humans. They were committed by regular people, their hatred and hardships abused by those in power. The Yom Ha Shoa and Holocaust remembrance days that I grew up on were built on these ideas.  They were built on the idea that if the Jews had been completely exterminated, the Nazi's would not stop. Another "them" would have been identified and systematically slaughtered, erased from the face of the earth.  As the world slowly wore away at my naivety, i learned of all the ways society had failed at that mission. Rwanda, Darfur, the Congo, Bosnia, Cambod...