Seriously. What do you expect will happen when you cut funding to education and social services, and proceed spend shitloads more…deep into deficits…on bombs and guns that you say we need because of how dangerous the world is?
So, we’re telling our kids how unimportant they are because we’re fighting for our survival in a dangerous world. They can either believe you or think your full of shit…either way it’s a miracle if ANY of them come out of their teen years with any hope at all.
What’s causing the violence? Easy. Only loss of hope causes people to do such desperate things.
Our politicians ALL have their heads up their own asses, and routinely make decisions to benefit the system that keeps them in power, not the people. Sadly, some of us…far too many of us…are simply losing hope that things will ever change. Change Washington DC, Change The World. #resist

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-guns-schools-20180217-story.html

Looks like time to fire up the protest machine again. Pretty fucked up that it’s 60 years later, and instead of moving forward, we’re heading backwards to where we came from. Instead of coming together to make nuclear warfare a bad memory that we humans transcended as we evolved into a better humanity, it is once again an ever present fear in our daily lives.
Not exactly progress, is it?
#NuclearDisarmamentNow #NoNukes

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/campaign-nuclear-disarmament-cnd-weapons-trident-cold-war-hydrogen-bomb-a8215281.html

NPR Tiny Desk Concert contest is coming back!
All you need is a desk and a dream (and an original music video with the desk in it). I know I’ve got a bunch of amazing musicians in my friends list…you know who you are….all of you.
I did one last year…but that doesn’t mean I won’t procrastinate until the eleventh hour in making a new one…because I know who I AM.

Entries open Tuesday February 20th and close Sunday March 25th at 11:59:59 pm. Information and contest rules are at: NPR.org/tinydeskcontest

#NPR #TinyDeskConcert #contest #musicians

http://radio.krcb.org/post/npr-musics-tiny-desk-contest-2018#stream/0

I’m sure it was all the clean living in my 20s and 30s… that’s what it was. If by clean, you mean clearly over most legal limits of…well, whatever.
I figure, everything will kill you… especially if you can’t say no when you’ve already had too much. Moderators will prevail. Over-doers will learn…or they won’t, and the ones who try and do EVERYTHING right, have a little damn fun once in a while! What good is it to live forever, if you don’t live WELL?

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/cancer-processed-food-link-still-alive-how-bacon-non-stick-pans-a8213906.html

#Death. It’s coming. You may as well make peace with the concept, at least.
The easiest way: Live a satisfying life. Do things that make you, and the people around you happier. Anything else is a waste of time.
ps. #RegretSucks if you’re putting off until a tomorrow that never comes, you’re doing it wrong.
If today was your last day on Earth, what would you do? So what’s your excuse for NOT doing it? Are those important things you have to do REALLY THAT important?
You can’t blow off everything…being a fuck up isn’t a very satisfying life either. Trust me, I’ve been there (yesterday, I think). But sometimes you gotta ride that robot llama…so to speak.

http://time.com/5159892/how-to-become-less-afraid-of-death/

With rights come responsibilities. You get to own a gun, but you must be accountable for the actions committed with that weapon.
You must keep it out of the hands of children
You must not use it with criminal intent.
Lock it up. Report stolen weapons immediately.
If someone robs a store with your gun, it’s your fault, unless you did everything reasonable to prevent it. If your son takes your gun to school and kills his friends, it’s YOUR fault. YOU should be charged, convicted and serve time.
One last thing…if you know someone who has guns and you think they may be dangerous and their intent may be other than good, say something to someone. Law enforcement must also be held accountable if they don’t take investigative or preventative action when they have been notified.
This ain’t rocket science.
PS. A double blind background check, where they can’t use the results for anything after you’ve been approved. There should be no registry of gun ownership. You pass the checks, you’re good to go…unless they get a ballistic match on your weapon. If denied on the other hand, you should be on a “no buy” list, pending your successful appeal.
They just want you to think these problems aren’t solvable, so they can keep us debating as they fuck us all right up the ass. You can have your guns, privacy and safety too. You just have to want it. #resist

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/gun-control-in-america-debate-nikolas-cruz-parkland-shooting-prayers-a8213756.html

You don’t even have to read the article to know the answer…most people in the Caribbean live at or near sea level, and their lives are likely to be washed away if sea levels rise. Also, most Americans are blithering idiots who believe what they see on TV, and think it’s someone else’s problem to deal with, just like everything else.

Oh yeah. Most of us don’t even vote. Which is kinda ironic, since most of us think #ClimateChange is one of our biggest problems.

https://www.salon.com/2018/02/16/caribbean-residents-see-climate-change-as-a-severe-threat-but-most-in-us-do-not-heres-why_partner/