Thanks to @Maude, I've been dwelling all day on this photo and the concept of grifting - who does it and why.
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This is from July 2021. It's Mike Flynn (a grifter), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Charlene Bollinger (another grifter), and Roger Stone (another grifter).
Given also this weekend's pictures with Elon Musk and Jared Kushner and Nailya Asker-Zade (Putin's Propagandist) at the World Cup Final...
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It's little surprise to me that global democracy and the rule of law are in steep decline around the world.
It really bothers me that I have no fathomable clue how we return to those ideals that, more or less, have served us so well.
Perhaps this is just who we truly are as a people. I'm not naive: we haven't really had these ideals in our own country until Jim Crow 1.0 was legally dismantled (or replaced by Jim Crow 2.0).
It's extremely depressing.
Any glimmers of hope out there?
@mikeharmanos they can only survive because of us. We need to stop being passive losers and get ready for the idea of fighting like Ukranians.
The last elections weren't anywhere near enough...we lost the House for freaking sake. No excuse for that.
So we start with getting people to fight for their right to vote.
@QueenPhillippa Exactly. Total House vote in 2022? 54.5 million for the GQP, 51.4 million for the Democrats. (Source: https://www.cookpolitical.com/charts/house-charts/national-house-vote-tracker/2022)
I really like fighting like the Ukrainians. How do we do this here in America?
@QueenPhillippa @mikeharmanos I have A few cell phone #solarchargers
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@Gardenthymeherbs @mikeharmanos I have a monster charger that would do my computer and smartphone for a while. Would love a solar charger and battery that could be set up anywhere.
@mikeharmanos 1. Resourcefulness in getting what you need. 2. Always being prepared. 3. training and learning. 4. fearlessness.
I watched an old man who made an anti tank weapon and blew up a column of tanks.
Ukranians were towing off Russian armored vehicles with their tractors.
We should know how to purify water, generate power with solar panels, survive, grow food in backyards! Anything!