Perspective

The white man pathology

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"My son’s Guyanese-Canadian teacher and the Muslim Milton scholar I went to high school with and the Sikh writer I squabble about Harold Innis with and my Ishmaeli accountant, we can all be good little Torontonians of the middle class, deflecting the differences we have been trained to respect. But in a car in the carbon monoxide-infused queue waiting to enter Detroit, their beings diverge drastically from mine.

I am white. They are not. They are vulnerable. I am not."

Love it

'Mozart in the Jungle' wins the Golden Globe for best TV series, comedy: http://bigstory.ap.org/0200e069d950446ebe2b070efdd4462d&utm_source=android_app&utm_medium=bloggeroid&utm_campaign=share

Missed short FG gives Seattle a lucky win

Seattle Seahawks claim victory over Minnesota Vikings by seconds with 10-9 - @NFL https://twitter.com/NFL/status/686293673215041540

Tick tock

Oregon standoff tension mounts as so-called '3%' groups refuse to leave

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On the asylum

Every right wing nut in the NW, including elected ones, wants to join the refuge takeover. How does this end peacefully?

A final gesture: deputize a large posse of locals, let them confront the militia. If it doesn't work, call in the national guard.

Ambrosia

My buttermilk gets better and better, aging of the culture, I guess. Nothing as good!

Perspective

The Oregon Standoff Makes One Thing Clear: The U.S. Government Is Fundamentally Right Wing: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/132076491/0/alternet~The-Oregon-Standoff-Makes-One-Thing-Clear-The-US-Government-Is-Fundamentally-Right-Wing

Rare perspective

‘I went to join Isis in Syria, taking my four-year-old. It was a journey into hell’

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"Kasiki is one of the few western women who have been to the capital of the Isis-declared caliphate at Raqqa in Syria and returned to recount the tale. It was, she said in her first interview with a British newspaper, like a journey into a hell from which there seemed no return.

“I have felt so guilty. I have asked myself how I can live with what I have done, taking my son to Syria,” she told the Observer. “I have hated those who manipulated me, exploited my naivety, my weakness, my insecurity. I have hated myself.”

Spin

I thought you might like this story from The Washington Post.
Islamic State tries to use Oregon takeover to turn Americans against their government
http://wapo.st/1mKN6G5

Oregon standoff: how long?

Oregon militia stand their ground but local residents want 'these thugs' gone

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"But on Saturday morning, Grasty, the local judge who has worked for years to push back against excessive federal regulations, said he feared the Malheur takeover could severely impede the very efforts the militiamen say they support. “Bundy just put us back a decade or two,” he said. “The message weeks, months, years from now – everybody will see this as a dangerous place to come. That just makes me sick.”

On the refuge, even some Bundy supporters were expressing doubts by the end of the week. “I hope to see them lay down their firearms,” said Melvin Lee, a 45-year-old protester from Tucson, Arizona, who has been a regular presence at the occupation and has recently encouraged friends to leave with him. “We need to put the story back on the corruption and the federal government.” He admitted that he also fears bloodshed if this lasts much longer: “I’m trying to keep them from getting killed.”

College costs

I thought you might like this story from The Washington Post.
Good to be commish: Salaries for Power Five conference bosses soar
http://wapo.st/1ZT0buW

Perspective

What the government got wrong with the Bundys in Nevada that it needs to get right in Oregon
http://wapo.st/1TKnTG5

The blanket

Toward a lynch mob

Trump Tramples Muslim Woman's First Amendment Rights: http://crooksandliars.com/2016/01/trump-tramples-muslim-womans-first

Sketch and Thoreau

In his essay on Civil Disobedience, Thoreau wrote a passage that activists prefer to ignore: that he came into this world not to change it but to live in it, be it good or bad. Inside-out trumps outside-in.

By the same measure, the 50s trump the 60s for radical ideas. This was the cause of Kerouac's dismay, however wrapped in alcoholic self-pity.

This is not how popular history reads it, of course. But the Beats were far more extraordinary than what followed. But they looked inward, not outward.

Sketch digs Thoreau perfectly. I see it in his relaxation. In his bark. He is here to be a dog.

Perspective

Everything is a culture war now – even sports. I just want to watch the game

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Incredible

Republican Arizona lawmaker introduces bill to criminalize recording police within 20 feet: http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/3wgnIzqz5-c/-Republican-Arizona-lawmaker-introduces-bill-to-criminalize-recording-police-within-20-feet

Monumental changes

Scientists say humans have now brought on an entirely new geologic epoch
http://wapo.st/1OSs6mP

An ending?

Woke with an ending. Might work. Might hold everything together.

Process

The more I work on the new play, page by slow page, the more miraculous the 6 day wonder. How could that possibly have happened?

In a first draft, I focus on structure and story. The foundation. Then I focus on character, which is the heart of my plays. Then it needs the voices of actors.

Tick tock

Ammon Bundy rejects sheriff’s offer of safe passage out of Oregon federal building: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/LWt70ffGYho/

Terrific

Donald Trump 'Veterans for Trump' co-chair joins Oregon militia standoff: http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/5Jo4en4iV-o/-Donald-Trump-Veterans-for-Trump-co-chair-joins-Oregon-militia-standoff

Tension

Oregon sheriff has received numerous death threats since militia takeover

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Perspective

Tribe Member: 'We Would Have Been Dead By Now' If We Acted Like Oregon Militants - http://huff.to/1POusZ0

Surprise!

Breakthrough morning of writing, theatrical device emerged, a surprise, but perfect. At its best, lots of magic in writing.

Rising emotions

‘Pissed as hell’ rancher blows up at Bundy militants: ‘I’m not going let some other people be my face’: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/a6aUvDhi5U4/

Sweet dreams

Duped by (false) uncertainty on climate change

http://wapo.st/1Z95JEE

"Recent scholarship documents the coordinated efforts of conservative foundations and fossil fuel corporations to promote this uncertainty. Amplified by conservative media, this campaign of disinformation and omission has significantly altered the nature of the public debate and led to political polarization around the issue, making meaningful legislative action nearly impossible."

Heaven on earth

A good breakfast: ruby gold potatoes, salsa, eggs, home baked bread, home brewed coffee. Yes!

Conflict

Oregon residents say it's time for the militia to pack it up and go

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The demands will never be met, even though Fed ruling was unfortunate and unjust. So the militia backs down or gets forced out, likely to be violent. Maybe they have a martyr complex.

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Perspective

How the Oregon militia standoff became a battle with a Native American tribe

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Who can afford it?

Looking at tickets for track indoor meet coming in March. Over $200 for the cheap seats. Too much for me. Corporate salaries preferred.

Oregon standoff

http://wapo.st/1Z91U2e

"Native Americans owned land that has become the Malheur Wildlife Refuge; portions of it had some brief life as a federal reservation, and it has remained in federal hands ever since. So, while this seems unlikely, if land were to be truly "returned," Bundy and his crew probably would not rank among those with a claim. That's just the plain, simple and historically accurate truth."

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Perspective

How the ’90s Riot Grrrl scene explains today’s culture wars
http://wapo.st/1Rsjuse

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Finding a rhythm

New play will develop slowly, with difficulty, very different from the 6 day wonder, but this is a good way to spend the winter. I need an ending, so I know where I'm going. Some vague possibiilities.

Harriet needs to find a rhythm, do something more productive than play solitaire all day.

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Sock it to 'em

Oregon armed militia are encroaching on sacred land, says Indian tribal leader

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Thawing

Finally got out the driveway.

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News conference of the day

The Paiutes of Eastern Oregon reminded the dingbats occupying the wildlife refuge what "returning the land to its rightful owners" actually means!

Oregon standoff

http://wapo.st/22JxEKE

"“The occupiers have used the flimsiest of pretexts to justify their actions — the conviction of two local ranchers in a case involving arson and poaching on public lands,” the society wrote. “Notably, neither the local community or the individuals convicted have requested or endorsed the occupation or the assistance of militia groups.”"

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Tick tock

Why a notorious anti-Islam activist is now fighting the federal government in Oregon
http://wapo.st/1S2cWC7

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