@grokit, I'm glad that you got the gist of what I was saying, cos this was exactly what I was referring to, and the truth is, it really is a grim statistic. As for the point you raise re tweeting, then yeah, why not? Cos it seems that we're getting in 140 characters, the same amount of info that you'd get watching a full news bulletin from the likes of CNN, BBC, NBC, etc (and the rest of the fake news) and it's probably more accurate. Lol!
Meanwhile, I saw on the news, that John Kerry was out marching, in protest!
Now I ain't even going to say WTF, in fact I just stared and said nothing! Instead I just wondered how many women (
innocent women) have died or have been condemned to a living hell based upon the policies he's been pushing?
I think the fact that people are pissed
is good, insofar as whilst it lasts, it suggests that people are actually looking at the system and for a fleeting moment, they see it for what its, before 99% of them turn over and go right back to sleep!
Indeed I'm wondering if what we're witnessing here, is the 'proverbial' three stages,
1st) Ridicule,
2nd) Violently Opposed,
3rd) Accepted as patently obvious!
If that is indeed the case then it looks like its 2 down and one to go!
Sometimes, it takes the worst to bring out the best, I say sometimes, cos as they say, "
the road to ruin is littered with good, (and at times great) intentions!"
I just find it disturbing that the same media who've serve the elite oppressors, are the ones who are broadcasting the narrative about the events! I know that the view that is been served up is not a true and factual account of what is happening, rather we are being fed selective views (pictures) and narratives that have been prepared by a seemingly central source, cos if you flick on the various outlets, you'll see that most of the pundits are running the same lies and mis-truths, and more often than not, they simply censure or substitute the real news with the narrative they've designed specifically to bring about hatred and fear, i.e. t
he strategy of tension!
@Silat; made the point about 'racists in his cabinet,' now maybe that is true, but if it is, and that is indeed his agenda, then he's just cutting his own throat, cos I've noted since Bush there have been diversity in Government, but if you're real, then you'd know that it doesn't matter what color the oppressor is, cos you're
against the very notion of oppression itself, As the religious minded always like to preach, "
do unto others, as you would like done unto you" (or words to that effect, sorry I ain't religious.) So unless you are saying that
'nobody can ever change', then it might just be worth holding back and seeing how it plays out, at least to the point where you can actually say - there is indeed a negative policy being unfairly enacted against a particular group of people. I mean it wasn't that long ago there was a spate of 'unsavory' incidents that were happening right across The US, and that was under a 'diverse' administration, and yet still, the 'Overseer' in Chief, still had a high approval rating, it kinda looks like swings and roundabouts.
But hey, lets not get into semantics, cos the truth is, I ain't a political person, I don't vote, as I don't participate in what I
know to be a flawed system of control!
However, what I do have, is the 'critical' faculties to entertain ideas without actually accepting them, and I'm able to also realize the complete nonsense of it all, that is why I can make a objective and (politically) impartial comment on such things and then just as quickly shrug them off, whilst getting back to the things that really matter (to me), Vaping, Plants, Chickens, Cats, and Bees, in fact all of the pleasant things that life provides....
PS; I'm just asking, but not really expecting a 'proper' answer, but after seeing 'women' rising up, on a '
worldwide' scale, proudly wearing pussy caps, etc! I just wondered, albeit very briefly, where's the march against Saudi Arabia and those places where women are kept subservient and mistreated on a daily basis? I have to assume there were no women marching up and down in Saudi Arabia and those places, and if they were, it certainly wasn't featured on the main stream fake news. Where's the outcry against 'decades if not centuries' of blatant mistreatment of the (sacred) feminine?
If Trump's remarks are to be considered to be so offensive, then surely using the
'actions speaks louder than words' analogy, there should've been an 'worldwide' uproar at how women are treated in those areas, but there ain't!.
Kinda makes you wonder! Why the fuck not?
'
Truth is kinda like gravity, inasmuch as both are all pervading, and both are powerful enough to keep 'things' grounded, yet at the same time, both are weak enough to be manipulated by powerful forces, but only for a period of time!'
not saying
just saying
without saying
Peace
but something else I was gonna bring up was that genetics are fascinating. Saw an article about some people in Ecuador or Peru or something that evolved quite quickly to have flat feet because they are climbing trees all the time. Similarly webbed feet on another group somewhere in the SoPa where they live basically on/in water. Stuff like that is fascinating to me. Similarly the blue eyed blonde haired Pakistani's that are remnants of Alexander the Greats army.
Well said. And a good description of how thread discussion devolves. 
Not sensational and drawing like say the History channel. Some scholars will go deeper on certain aspects or emphasis. I haven't checked it's accuracy. But, I like the format.
Hopefully things will balance themselves and people will open up on a different topic and allow for the more random, organic, apolitical, personal thoughts to surface. As in cultivating ones own garden. 