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When watching two people (or groups) disagree, ask yourself:

"Are they really discussing the same topic?"

APEC is in town. Lots of black vans and SUVs and police escorts.

Surprisingly, traffic isn't as bad as you might expect.
Then again, everyone is avoiding the financial district and south-of-Market (SOMA).

We just learned that my niece was named the PAC-12 Goalkeeper of the year!!

Free speech does not absolve a person of the accountability of that speech.

Anger is rarely, if ever, an attribute that moves you closer to a solution.

Energy and Attention is an attribute that can move you closer to a solution.

Anger can create energy and sometimes even focus Attention. But, both of those can be achieved via other means besides Anger. For instance: Discipline.

Anger does not directly achieve the solution you seek.


Wait..the World Series was happening, and finished, and I didn't know?
Guess when the home team isn't in it nobody nearby is covering it.

I believe that any morally-guided person (aka: Good Person) should preface any statement on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with:

"What Hamas did was unacceptable. It was terrorism and nothing, NOTHING justifies terrorism."

If you are not coming from that perspective you are part of the problem.

You are comfortable with "whataboutism".

You will convince yourself that you understand the problem and believe you understand the solution as well.

Be a good person first.

Apparently many felt it. Including my wife while we were at dinner. All over the news. I think I'm too insensitive.

Earthquake right underneath San Francisco Airport tonight. Small. 3.9M.

When apply a Solution,
Take some extra time
To ensure
That it is going to fix
The Problem.

Otherwise
It is not
A Solution.

"Strategy" is a stepwise journey towards a goal.
Those steps may be uncomfortable and may, on their surface, be counterproductive.

For instance, my wife hates demolition during a renovation. But she sure likes a new kitchen.

Sometimes the destruction sets up the pathway towards greater progress.

But, never discount morality in those steps.

The ends are never the only justification for the means.

That's why progress is hard and complex.

When I think about the root of my passion regarding the Ukraine and Israel conflicts, it occurs to me that it will always be different from those that have some skin in the game.
I am not a Jew nor Israeli.
I am not a Ukrainian nor Russian.

My passion seems to be in my desire to seek out solutions. Ultimately, my passion is for humanity to make progress. Anything that gets in the way of progress is a problem.

That being said, in order to renovate you have to do demolition.

Just watched "Where the Buffalo Roam" w/ Bill Murray.
H. S. Thompson derivation.
Nutty. Funny. Weird as shit.

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