HISTORY INFORMS

Institutionalized mummery gyrates to meet the times.

https://wildhunt.org/2023/02/nyt-prints-advice-for-new-witches-from-a-conservative-catholic.html     –So it was unsurprising when I came across an article that seemed to be written for new seekers, indeed even targeting people who were exploring astrology, Witchcraft and manifestation, warning them to be cautious as they begin exploring spiritual dimensions. What was surprising was that it was in the New York Times opinion section, written by Ross Douthat, a conservative Catholic. Douthat has a long history of lamenting the waning and indeed collapse (his view) of the traditional institution of Christianity in America.

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It took years to realize childhood practice that seemed to be an odd type of Christianity was probably what remained of Eastern European native Paganism after it had been mauled and subjugated by institutionalized religious types such as touched upon in the Wildhunt link above.

Native Americans have their own stories of such colonialism.  

https://indigenousvalues.org/decolonization/doctrine-discovery/  —The “Doctrine of Discovery” originated with Papal Bulls (letters from the Pope) issued in the late 1400s. In particular, two bulls from 1452 and 1493 (written only a few short months after Columbus’ return to Spain), authorized the Kings of Portugal and Spain to exploit Africa and the Americas for slaves and lands to enrich the Catholic Church.  The Jesuits that came to Onondaga Lake in the 1650s to convert the Onondaga Nation were acting both as missionaries for the Catholic Church (headed by the Pope) and the colonial government of France (headed by the King).

“…invade, capture, vanquish, and subdue all Saracens and pagans…to reduce their persons to perpetual slavery and to take away all their possessions and property.” 1452 from Pope Nicholas V to King Alfonso V of Portugal.–end of indigenousvalues info–

Coincidentally the following came to one’s attention—-Who knew there was a bureaucratic term for this?  Apparently Emily Dickinson did.  —  https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Auto+de+f%C3%A9            —

au·to-da-fé

  (ô′tō-də-fā′, ou′tō-)

n.pl.au·tos-da-fé(ô′tōz-, ou′tōz-)

1. Publicannouncement of thesentencesimposed by theInquisition.

2. Thepublicexecution of thosesentences by secularauthorities,especially by burning at thestake.

–end of thefreedictionary definition—

So practice on the locals preceded the spread to the colonies, officially speaking.

https://rainingpoetry.com/Two-Worlds-by-Emily-Dickinson/      —PoemsEmily Dickinson

Two Worlds

It makes no difference abroad,
The seasons fit the same,
The mornings blossom into noons,
And split their pods of flame.

Wildflowers kindle in the woods,
The brooks brag all the day;
No blackbird bates his jargoning
For passing Calvary.

Auto-da-fé and judgment
Are nothing to the bee;
His separation from his rose
To him seems misery.

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So it raises the thought of which world is profane and which is sacred.  Just a thought…..

Consider that Emily Dickinson understood the enormity of “auto-da-fe, while so-called educated modern-day Americans are ignorant of the implications.  Also consider the class that officiated “auto-da-fe” are of the same that model current-day educational standards….hmmmm…….

https://www.nps.gov/places/dickinson.htm#:~:text=From%201847%20until%20her%20death,world%20in%20microcosm%2D%2DDickinson        –Emily Dickinson, noted American poet, was born and lived out the majority of her life in this 2 ½ story brick house. Always something of a “homebody,” Emily began college in the fall of 1847, but found the required separation from her family and home distasteful. From 1847 until her death, Dickinson did not leave the town of Amherst more than three times, and rarely left even her father’s house, writing in 1868, “I do not cross my father’s ground for any house or town.” Quite content with her isolation–to her the home and its grounds were the world in microcosm–Dickinson began writing poetry in the late 1850s, using her imagination to describe “the panoply of human experience.”

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https://mronline.org/2023/02/10/nestles-blatant-misconduct-shows-us-the-darkness-of-capitalism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nestles-blatant-misconduct-shows-us-the-darkness-of-capitalism&mc_cid=8eb3d76b23&mc_eid=2833cdb99b     —-The Nestlé name is widely associated with a controversy. Nestlé’s success is arguably due to its incredible brutality—from inventing the need for mass-scale baby formula leading to the deaths of infants, or redirecting much needed water from impoverished areas to bottle and sell back to the same communities, to exploiting child labor and slavery to gather ingredients for consumer products it admits have no nutritional value—Nestlé is an incredibly unethical company.

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Lee Camp is often included toward the end of my blog, if he appears at all, because of the many recipients of my emailing of my blog, several will block the particular story that may include the youtube of Lee Camp when placed toward the beginning.  Go figure…..

https://rumble.com/v295dns-wall-street-caught-boasting-war-w-china-is-good-for-biz.html      —  —

Wall Street Caught Boasting War w/ China Is Good For Biz

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From popularresistance  — https://mailchi.mp/popularresistance/popular-resistance-daily-digest-r9keiwtau0?e=1b0a9c0541           — 

The United States Wants To Make Taiwan The Ukraine Of The East

China Balloon Is Pretext For US Provocation

US Sanctions Block Aid To Syria, After Earthquake Killed Thousands

From Inhuman Weapon Experiments To Political Experiments On Palestinians

 House Takes Possession Of Venezuela’s Embassy In Washington

Rail Companies Blocked Safety Rules Before Ohio Derailment

Barcelona City Cuts All Official Ties With Israel

–from popularresistance info–

****As one who would be perfectly contented to retain the Senate if they adhered to Oaths of Office more than to Citizens United campaign donations, one is interested in a topic raised as to the reason we maintain the US Senate—-

 This is a reminder of how much we don’t know.  This brings one around to Howie Hawkins, who continues to impress with original thought.  We also could acknowledge Hawkins often speaks to censored information.
One such topic about which one would never have even considered, is whether the USA needs The Senate.  Apparently The Senate is little other than expensive window dressing, promoting hierarchical interests, and too often placed in positions of power by big-money via Citizens United.  But the public gets to fund this curiosity of pompous supremacy.  Who knew?
The Democratic Branch of the Republican/Democratic Duopoly are especially functional in voter suppression—–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbdkuU1edw          —#GreenSocialist Notes #76
Howie Hawkins brings up the concept of whether the USA needs the Senate.  Apparently according to some people, the Senate isn’t necessary.  This brings up the blockage from the Senate of many bills that would benefit We The People.  Combined with Citizens United that promotes big-money interest choice of Senators, in which laws are passed that benefit big-money interest rather than We The People, and that We The People support economically, the members of the Senate, this seems a good topic for discussion.
The US Constitution doesn’t seem to sanction elections run by political Parties, and to permit control of political debates by political Parties seems equally corrupt.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ7kn2-GEmM       —

Ross Perot in 1992 on NAFTA and the “Giant Sucking Sound”

Centralization is the lifeblood of the R&D duopoly.  It’s the way to enforce capitalism onto workers in 2022.———————–We can do better———-

That “we are a 2-Party system” is a fabrication of the Republican/Democratic duopoly and spread by MSM.  In FACT the majority of voters aren’t either registered Democratic or Republican.  The censorship about this info must be envied by bureaucrats of the Former USSR and their simplistic style of 1-Party elections.  

Regardless of which character sits in the Oval Office, We The People have work to do to maintain principles of our democratic (small d) Constitutional republic.  Several items to challenge—*We need the integrity of ranked-choice voting so voters won’t feel compelled to “hold your nose and vote”*Censored debates must be stopped.  The Democratic/Republican duopoly pretends to legitimate debates in what is nothing other than another campaign show.  Independent debates run by uninterested sponsors such as The League of Women Voters, must be restored.  (Access www.debates.org to understand the extent of duopoly control).  The so-called Debate Commission is a corporation to promote the Democratic corporation and Republican corporation, not to inform We The People*Challenge and stop gerrymandering that is a trick especially of the Republican branch of the duopoly.*Stop voter suppression by political Parties, and especially confront and stop Party suppression, which is the over-arching approach to voter suppression.  Party suppression seems to have been the responsibility of the Democratic corporation*Promote by law ranked-choice voting, so we won’t be told again, by D&R duopoly, to “hold your nose and vote”
If these issues are handled, our next elections can be honorable. 
*******************************************************************https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx—-Political Party affiliation of voters.
    https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/league-refuses-help-perpetrate-fraud–LEAGUE REFUSES TO “HELP PERPETRATE A FRAUD”

WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FROM FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE–end of lwv info–Murray Bookchin, who founded social ecology, a theory that strongly influenced early Green Socialist thought, strongly advocated the discussion and study group as the first step of any revolutionary movement. A group of individuals meets to expand their knowledge of radical thought and form a radical intellectual community; through the give and take of discussion, can eventually form ideas for next steps in organizing and political activity. According to Bookchin, study groups help create solidarity and a shared language — with a shared coherent vision — for building a mass, organizing, political movement!