Category: 2022

Our entire lives are based on Relationships: with our Parents, Partners, Children, Friends, Neighbors, Coworkers, and Every Person with whom we Interact Daily, Weekly, Yearly or Sporadically. Were it not for these Personal Relationships throughout time we would not have been able to Exist, or Coexist. The same goes for our Relationships with our Communities, Villages, Towns, Countries, and All Those Other Countries. Can we agree on that, or does it need another Debate that will be Warped and Politicized, especially by our vaunted Media, like all our myriads of issues??

Somehow, and perhaps it all goes back to about the beginnings of the Twentieth Century when the Entire Planet began having Serious Convulsions. Certainly, and throughout our Evolution, we had witnessed Wars, Poverty, Crime and All Sorts of Evils that you can think of. I have often said on this site that Moses went up to the mountain, communicated with God who sent him The Tablets with all the Dos and Donts that he took down to his Sinful People in order to Straighten them out and he did not succeed, neither did Any Prophet after him succeed either! And, here we are still grappling with what is Right and what is Wrong; Killing Each Other; Allowing Greed to be our god and, in the process screwing up Nature and all its Inhabitants! Our Planet had also been through Periods of Peace, Calm, Progress and Incredible Inventions. However, it seems as if Advancements, as well as Catastrophes had always been contained within certain communities and regions of the World and Not as Global, or as Dangerous as they seem to be these days.

Anyway, observing Relationships in our current World seems to indicate that, yes, we are all having Convulsions (no wonder that Therapists are in such high demand!), and that these Convulsions are reverberating across the Globe creating a whole lot of Societal Ills. It is as if Pandora has opened up her Chest again releasing all those Ills on our World! How do we gather them and give them back to her? Is there a way to do that, or is it simply that we have to wait until all this plays itself out since there seems to be very little that we can do in the meantime? My, oh my! What a darn salty pickle we are all in!

What is very clear, though, is that Nothing is Static, or set in Stone. The Globe, and all of us its Inhabitants, is dynamic and constantly Evolving for Better, or for Worse. Therefore, we can turn things around! Might we agree on this, too, or do we need another Nonsensical Debate? Tsk! Tsk!

Looking at the World as it is Right Now there seems to be no Good News, not that we need Placebos and Palliatives in order to make a Bad Situation seem like it really isn’t. Our Totally Inept Political, Religious and Societal Leadership is proving its Abject Incompetence on every single level you can think of. So, yes, while we are not Static in many ways, in others we are continuing to follow the same old Playbook that has proven to be Unhelpful and Bloody throughout centuries, but that is absolutely more Detrimental in this Century. Unless, Someone(s), Somewhere(s) realizes that we need to rewrite that same old Script we have been using there will be no Solution to our Personal Relationships, or to our Global Relationships, and, yes, definitely, we will be inviting Anarchy and Autocracy to Rule over us.

On The Ridiculous Side: Nancy Pelosi and the unconfirmed rumor that she intends to visit Taiwan in August thus thumbing her finger at China! Why? What for is this hollow piece of theatrics? What the hell is she thinking? Coming at a time when our Politicians on the Left and the Right are needlessly vilifying China, as well as Russia, her behavior is insulting, illogical, arrogant and Pathetic! She should go Retire already, and take all those fossilized, corrupt fiefdom lords and ladies with her!! Inane!

Pope Francis was visiting the Canadian Indigenous Tribes and apologizing for the terrible things done to children in Catholic Residential Schools where they were sexually, physically and mentally abused, and, about 4000 died. He might be a decent man, however, he presides over a Rotten Institution that like Many of our Institutions has forgotten what is the true purpose of their Relationship with God, as well as His People and have become more corrupt and self-serving instead. Another Ridiculous!

As for Olena Zelensky visiting the US and our Politicians? More Photo Ops and Nauseating Theatrics in that Drama! It reminded me of Venezuela’s Fabiana Guaido getting the red carpet treatment in our Capital during the Trump Administration. Trump and Biden and our US Foreign Policy are On The Same Page with minor and cosmetic differences that do not affect our Terrible Overall Policies! How do we build Better Relationships around the World if we continue along the same Warring and Meddling Path that we have been on for decades? More Ridiculousness!
Nevertheless, I always try to remind myself that there are more Decent, Kind, Caring and Responsible Humans than there are Wicked Monsters. It is only that the Decent Humans amongst us do not have as Loud a Voice, or as Malicious an Intent, nor are they in Leadership Positions!

The January 6th. Hearings brought us a digest of what happened on that ugly day, however, I was uplifted as to how The Committee, and their Witnesses proved that, despite everything, there are Moral, Ethical, Honest Human Beings who spoke up when they realized that their very Democracy was at stake. They are Brave People! This is where our Politicians become so Vital to us, Ordinary Citizens, in order to be Proud and Brave Ourselves and to have a country that functions on Trusting Relationships with its Institutions and the Leaders heading them! That is so Heartening! We need many more of these Wonderful Individuals – as well as more Whistle Blowers and Decent Humans – in our country, and all over the world if we are to ever continue existing on this Planet with a modicum of Decency, Equality, Justice and Peace.

What also caught my eye since my last post is a fellow by the name of Andy Levin, a Democrat from Michigan running in that State’s Primaries. Have you heard of him? I had not. Certainly, if I was in his District I would vote for him! Andy Levin’s opponent is a guy who’s campaign is being financed by AIPAC (American Israeli Political Action Committee), a predominantly Jewish Organization, and other Right Wing Extremist Billionaires. You might be as surprised as I was to know that Andy Levin is Jewish and that he is being smeared by his own people because of his support for a two-state solution that will bring Peace to both the Palestinians and Israelis. How wicked is that? His politics on a host of other issues, domestic and international, are also worth celebrating! Yes, there are still, despite everything, Humans who will stand up for Decency, Morality, Justice and Honesty! Uplifting! Otherwise . . . Nothing Will Ever Change! Really!

And, lastly, let me end with this gem: Apparently, in India, many in the Population are following the Elections of Boris the Bozos successor with great enthusiasm since one of the Contenders is Rishi Sunak, a Punjabi Hindu who’s grandparents emigrated to the UK in 1960. Now think of this: The British Empire of old that ruled mercilessly over India now has an Indian to be its Ruler! Is this Karma people? Or, is it that what goes around, comes around? I say, old chap, this is pretty hilarious, and quite ironic wouldn’t you say? Oh, me! Oh, my!

Now let’s go take care of ALL those Relationships, shall we?

We woke up on July 7th. to the News that Boris the Bozo was resigning from being the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister! Well! Well! It seemed to me and to so many others that British Conservatives have much more Gumption than our own US Radical Republicans, doesn’t it? Quite Embarrassing, I would say, for The Land of the Free and The Home of the Brave! Tsk! Tsk!

The United Kingdom – changing its name like a chameleon changes its colors – was once known as The British Empire with its Menacing Tentacles all over the World, and after the demise of that Colonist Enterprise it became Great Britain, then the United Kingdom which seems to be shrinking even more as previous Colonies are declaring their Freedom from The Commonwealth and as Scotland announced its intent to becoming independent with Ireland likely to follow thereafter. I Say Old Chap, what would you be calling your shrinking “Firm” then? Tsk! Tsk!

The Brits, carried away with a disinformation campaign against Jeremy Corbyn whom they slandered as a Communist and an Anti-Semite – Totally Untrue – chose Boris instead and look where that got them! And, the United States chose to slander one of my favorite Humans, Bernie Sanders, calling him a Radical Socialist amongst other untrue adjectives (they can’t call him an Anti-Semite after all, because he is Jewish), while the main culprits for bypassing him were Hillary, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Party Hierarchy that ended up bringing us – amongst other reasons –  Donald Trump, and look where that got us! Tsk! Tsk!

However, my beef with the British Empire is that it caused a whole lot of Egregious Grief to my Grandparents, my Parents, the Palestinian People and Myself since with Arrogance and a Supremacist Sense of Entitlement it chose to Give Away Our Land, Palestine, to the Israeli Government thus ensuring that a Debt of Gratitude was Owed to them – and, thereafter, to the United States – by the Jewish People who were now guaranteed to be an everlasting Ally in the midst of all those Arabs and their Oil! Moreover, with the recent Abraham Accords going full speed ahead and all our Arab Brethren lining up to sign on, that unjust Colonist Misdeed has been sealed and blessed by all except the poor Palestinians! How much more Injustice can there be? Tsk! Tsk!

Despite all the Events – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly! – since then and to date, the History of the World continues marching on finding us today grappling with a Humongous Host of Worldwide Issues that threaten our Very Existence whether we talk of Climate Change, Immigration, Uprooting, Wars, ongoing and future Pandemics, or the glaring and massive gap between Rich and Poor that threatens to cause worldwide disruptions etc. etc. Therefore, the few years ahead – if not more – will be dangerous, tragic, disheartening and dismal, to say the least. As if all that weren’t enough, here in the Teenaged-Continent of the World, we seem to be experiencing Growing Up Pains, a Massive Temper Tantrum and even a Nervous Breakdown that is Embarrassing, as well as Dangerous. Moreover, this ongoing confrontation with President Putin, which by the analysis of increasing numbers of People, seems to have unveiled that we, the United States, have been complicit in choreographing events as we have been arming, training and supplying Ukraine with Intel that would assist them in spearheading that terrible war which we are willing to wage “to the last Ukrainian!” This could have been avoided. Absolutely it could have! We have, of course, been playing God all over the world with our meddling everywhere that has resulted in more and more people and nations being wary of supporting us and our foreign adventures. They do not Trust us, not the people, not many foreign leaders, and not even our reluctant European allies dragging their feet despite the photo ops and choreography depicting how chummy we are with all of them! Continuing on this path of insisting on remaking the world in our own image while disregarding and demonizing Any Nation, or Leader who does not see eye to eye with us is a failing and very dangerous policy. Moreover, we seem to Conjure Up the Confrontations, Write the Hollywood-style scripts, Ignite the flames and then blame Everyone else for being Aggressive! How does that compute? Especially, that after Iraq, Libya, Syria etc. etc. our methodology has become quite glaringly see-through! So, until when will we continue playing with fire?

I heard a gentleman on C-Span asking the host of the show: Why are we in Ukraine? Why have we spent all those Billions, with more to come, when we have humongous domestic problems and a traumatized population due to Mass Shootings, the Lethal Virus, Trumpism, Homelessness, Addiction to Toxic Drugs and so much more that are pressing and that can be solved, but that are not being addressed by a corrupt political hierarchy catering to itself, its interests, its fiefdoms and its war-mongering appetite rather than to the needs of the American People?? We are a nation in need of Serious Therapy on multi levels! How then would people be behaving like good citizens, not succumbing to conspiracy theories and disinformation, and trusting of their institutions? Case in point of how depraved we are is the President’s visit to kiss the hem of MBS’ aba, just as the previous President Trump did and as do All Our Presidents. Biden says it is in “Our National Interest!” Really? Was he saying that with a straight face? Our Hypocrisy, supported by the Outrageous Complicity of most of our war-mongering, duplicitous Media, has become truly nauseating!! All this will not end well! It simply cannot do so, and herein lies the Tragedy – a Tragedy that could be avoided if there were Selfless, Wise Politicians and an Honest Media!

Do Russia, or China, whom we are constantly vilifying and demonizing, have their own aspirations of how to dominate our world? They might. I don’t know! Are they meddling in our country and others through cyber, trade and any other means at their disposal? They are! Of course, they are! Why not? What’s good for the goose should be good for the gander! It doesn’t have to be this way! There are alternatives that all those Passé Mindsets cannot see! How sad!

Meanwhile the latest Uber scandal depicts exactly what is wrong with our World! This symbiosis between Malevolent Corporations, Corrupt Politicians, Media Honchos and Billionaires of Every Nation is harming every aspect of our existence! Money Talks, Integrity Walks! This is sadly true amongst People, as well as Nations! There will be No Justice, No Equality, No End to Every Divisive Issue across the World until there is Honesty, Transparency and Accountability by all of the above!