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[brookston]

Holidays 6.30

Holidays

Action Mesothelioma Day (UK)

AMC (Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita) Awareness Day

Arch 630 Day

Armed Forces Day (Guatemala)

Artichoke Day (French Republic Day)

Blink 182 Day

Burning of the Three Fires (France)

Circus Comes To Town Day

Common Rock Rose Day (A.k.a. Yellow Cistus)

Day of the Virtual Friend

Day of Youth and Children’s Public Organizations (Ukraine)

Dia del Ejercito (a.k.a. Army Day; Guatemala)

Disabled Veterans Day

Don’t Sing in the Shower Day

Do the Right Thing Day

Economist Day (Belarus)

Fandronna (Madagascar)

Federalisation Day (Abeldane Empire)

Festival of Ass-Kissing

Flag Day (Bahamas, Portugal, Tanzania)

General Prayer Day (Central African Republic)

Gone With the Wind Day

Guiding Light Day

International Aquatic Maintenance Day

International Asteroid Day (UN)

International Day of Parliamentarism

International Sailor Moon Day

International Sperm Count Decline Awareness Day

lawyer’s Day (Kyrgyzstan)

Leap Second Adjustment Day

Lovers’ Day (Azerbaijan)

Meteor Watch Day (a.k.a. National Meteor Day)

National Blink-182 Day [182nd Day of the Year]

National Corvette Day

National ESIGN Day

National Girls in Automotive Day

National OOTD Day (a.k.a. National Outfit of the Day Day)

National Safer Workplace Day

National Water Gun Fight Day

Navy Day (Israel)

NOW Day (a.k.a. National Organization for Women Day)

Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day (Philippines)

Prayer Day (Central African Republic)

Pridie Kalendas July (Traditional citizen committee voting day; Ancient Rome)

Queer Youth of Faith Day

Rabbit Rabbit Day [Last Day of Every Month]

Remna Ni (Mizoram, India)

Revolution Day (Guatemala)

Social Media Day

Teacher’s Day (Dominican Republic)

Tech Support Appreciation Day

Thomas Sowell Day

Tungaska Meteor Day

World Pneumothorax Day

youth and Students’ Day (Belarus)

Food & Drink Celebrations

California Avocado Day

National Ice Cream Soda Day

National Mai Tai Day

Independence & Related Days

Carsica (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]

Concordia (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

Democratic Republic of the Congo (f.k.a. Zaire; from Belgium, 1960)

Hul Divas (Santhal Rebellion Anniversary Day Jharkhand, India;1855)

Imus Cityhood Day (Philippines)

June 30th Anniversary (Coup d’Etat; Egypt; 2013)

Revolution Day (Sudan; 1989)

Tacloban Day (Philippines)

5th & Last Sunday in June

Alexanderson Day (Sweden) [Sunday closest to 7.2]

Father’s Day (Haiti) [Last Sunday]

Independence Sunday (Iowa) [Sunday before 7.4]

Bereaved Father’s Day (UK) [Last Sunday]

Descendants Day [Last Sunday]

Gay Pride Day [Last Sunday]

Log Cabin Day (Michigan) [Last Sunday]

Mother’s Day (Kenya) [Last Sunday]

National BeActive Day (Ireland) [Last Sunday]

National Ducks and Wetlands Day [Last Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning June 30 (Last Day before 1st Week of July)

Eye Safety Awareness Week (thru 7.6) [Begins Last Sunday]

Helen Keller — Blind Awareness Week (thru 7.6) [Begins Last Sunday]

Wildland Firefighter Week of Remembrance (thru 7.6)

Festivals Beginning June 30, 2024

ČeSFuR (Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic) [thru 7.5]

Paris Jazz Festival (Paris, France) [thru 9.8]

Red, White & Blueberry Festival (Hammonton, New Jersey)

Taste of Adams Avenue (San Diego, California)

Vikingland Band Festival (Alexandria, Minnesota)

Feast Days

Aizen Buddhist Festival begins (a.k.a. Aizen Matsuri, Osaka, Japan; until July 2)

Allan Houser (Artology)

Bayard (Positivist; Saint)

Bernard of Le Mans (Christian; Saint)

Blodeuwedd (Goddess of Flowers; Celtic Book of Days)

Crab Races (Pixies, Elves, and Some Fairies; Shamanism)

Cut Through Red Tape Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Czesław Miłosz (Writerism)

Day of Aestas (Corn Goddess Summer Festival; Ancient Rome)

Day Sacred to Ceres, Changing Woman, Chicomeocoatl, the Corn Mothers, Demeter, Gaia, Ge, Hestia, Iatiku, Oraea, Pachamama, Spider Woman, and Tonantzin (Everyday Wicca)

Erentrude (Christian; Saint & Virgin)

Eris’s Day (Pagan)

First Martyrs of the Church of Rome (Christian; Martyrs)

Horace Vernet (Artology)

Just Another Day Day (Pastafarian)

Martial, Bishop of Limoges (Christian; Saint)

Papa Doc Duvalier Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Paul the Apostle (Christian; Saint)

Stanley Spencer (Artology)

Stephanie Chicken (Muppetism)

Theobald of Provins (Christian; Saint)

Winston Graham (Writerism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 181 [42 of 72]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (Film; 2000)

Africa Squawks (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)

All About That Bass, by Meghan Trainor (Song; 2014)

America: The Motion Picture (Animated Film; 2021)

Apollo 13 (Film; 1995)

Armageddon (Film; 1998)

The BFG (Disney Film; 2016)

Blues for the Red Sun, by Kyuss (Album; 1992)

The Busy Beavers (Silly Symphonies Cartoon; 1931)

Cat-Tastrophy (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1949)

Despicable Me 3 (Animated Film; 2017)

The Devil Wears Prada (Film; 2006)

Do the Right Thing (Film; 1989)

End of the Road, by Boyz II Men (Song; 1992)

Filet Meow (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1966)

The Firm (Film; 1993)

French Rarebit (WB MM Cartoon; 1951)

Future Shock Alvin Toffler (Novel;

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (Novel; 1936)

Great Balls of Fire (Film; 1989)

Guiding Light (Soap Opera; 1952)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Novel; 1997)

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Film; 2023)

Johnny Carson Show (TV Series; 1955)

The Joy of Music, by Leonard Bernstein (Music Book; 1959)

KISS Marvel Comics Super Special! (Comic Book; 1977)

Love You More, by The Buzzcocks (Song; 1978)

Mad Love, by André Breton (Novel; 1937)

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (Film; 2016)

Not So Quiet (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1930)

Oliver! (Musical Play; 1960)

The Outlaw Josey Wales (Film; 1976)

Ross Poldark, by Winston Graham (Novel; 1945)

Ran (Film; 2000)

Ray Donovan (TV Series; 2014)

Silent Movie (Film; 1976)

Singles soundtrack, by various artists, including Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam & Soundgarden (Album; 1992) 

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Film; 1999)

Spider-Man 2 (Film; 2004)

Stone Soup, by Marcia Brown (Children’s Book; 1947)

System of a Down, by System of a Down (Album; 1998)

Telegraph Line (Science Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1979)

To a Skylark, by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Poem; 1820)

True Blue, by Madonna (Album; 1986)

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1968)

Well Oiled (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1947)

Why Do I Dream Those Dreams (WB MM Cartoon; 1934)

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (Film; 1971)

Zoom at the Top (WB MM Cartoon; 1962)

Today’s Name Days

Bertram, Ehrentrud, Otto (Austria)

Apostol (Bulgaria)

Adolf, Ladislav (Croatia)

Šárka(Czech Republic)

Lucina (Denmark)

Helend, Päivo, Päivu (Estonia)

Päiviö, Päivö (Finland)

Adolphe, Martial (France)

Bertram, Ehrentrud, Otto (Germany)

Apostolis, Apostolos, Meliton (Greece)

Pál (Hungary)

Primi Martiri (Italy)

Mareks, Tālis, Tālivaldis (Latvia)

Adelė, Emilija, Liucina, Novilė, Tautginas (Lithuania)

Solbjørg, Solgunn (Norway)

Alpinian, Ciechosława, Cyryl, Emilia, Lucyna, Marcjal (Poland)

Ghelasie (România)

Melánia (Slovakia)

Marcial (Spain)

Elof, Leif (Sweden)

Jaheim, Leanna, Leanne, Lia, Liana (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 182 of 2024; 184 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 26 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 22 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 25 (Yi-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 24 Sivan 5784

Islamic: 23 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445

J Cal: 2 Red; Oneday [1 of 30]

Julian: 16 June 2024

Moon: 27%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 13 Charlemagne (7th Month) [Bayard]

Runic Half Month: Feoh (Wealth) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 11 of 94)

Week: Last Week of June)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 10 of 31)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 6.30

Holidays

Action Mesothelioma Day (UK)

AMC (Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita) Awareness Day

Arch 630 Day

Armed Forces Day (Guatemala)

Artichoke Day (French Republic Day)

Blink 182 Day

Burning of the Three Fires (France)

Circus Comes To Town Day

Common Rock Rose Day (A.k.a. Yellow Cistus)

Day of the Virtual Friend

Day of Youth and Children’s Public Organizations (Ukraine)

Dia del Ejercito (a.k.a. Army Day; Guatemala)

Disabled Veterans Day

Don’t Sing in the Shower Day

Do the Right Thing Day

Economist Day (Belarus)

Fandronna (Madagascar)

Federalisation Day (Abeldane Empire)

Festival of Ass-Kissing

Flag Day (Bahamas, Portugal, Tanzania)

General Prayer Day (Central African Republic)

Gone With the Wind Day

Guiding Light Day

International Aquatic Maintenance Day

International Asteroid Day (UN)

International Day of Parliamentarism

International Sailor Moon Day

International Sperm Count Decline Awareness Day

lawyer’s Day (Kyrgyzstan)

Leap Second Adjustment Day

Lovers’ Day (Azerbaijan)

Meteor Watch Day (a.k.a. National Meteor Day)

National Blink-182 Day [182nd Day of the Year]

National Corvette Day

National ESIGN Day

National Girls in Automotive Day

National OOTD Day (a.k.a. National Outfit of the Day Day)

National Safer Workplace Day

National Water Gun Fight Day

Navy Day (Israel)

NOW Day (a.k.a. National Organization for Women Day)

Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day (Philippines)

Prayer Day (Central African Republic)

Pridie Kalendas July (Traditional citizen committee voting day; Ancient Rome)

Queer Youth of Faith Day

Rabbit Rabbit Day [Last Day of Every Month]

Remna Ni (Mizoram, India)

Revolution Day (Guatemala)

Social Media Day

Teacher’s Day (Dominican Republic)

Tech Support Appreciation Day

Thomas Sowell Day

Tungaska Meteor Day

World Pneumothorax Day

youth and Students’ Day (Belarus)

Food & Drink Celebrations

California Avocado Day

National Ice Cream Soda Day

National Mai Tai Day

Independence & Related Days

Carsica (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]

Concordia (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

Democratic Republic of the Congo (f.k.a. Zaire; from Belgium, 1960)

Hul Divas (Santhal Rebellion Anniversary Day Jharkhand, India;1855)

Imus Cityhood Day (Philippines)

June 30th Anniversary (Coup d’Etat; Egypt; 2013)

Revolution Day (Sudan; 1989)

Tacloban Day (Philippines)

5th & Last Sunday in June

Alexanderson Day (Sweden) [Sunday closest to 7.2]

Father’s Day (Haiti) [Last Sunday]

Independence Sunday (Iowa) [Sunday before 7.4]

Bereaved Father’s Day (UK) [Last Sunday]

Descendants Day [Last Sunday]

Gay Pride Day [Last Sunday]

Log Cabin Day (Michigan) [Last Sunday]

Mother’s Day (Kenya) [Last Sunday]

National BeActive Day (Ireland) [Last Sunday]

National Ducks and Wetlands Day [Last Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning June 30 (Last Day before 1st Week of July)

Eye Safety Awareness Week (thru 7.6) [Begins Last Sunday]

Helen Keller — Blind Awareness Week (thru 7.6) [Begins Last Sunday]

Wildland Firefighter Week of Remembrance (thru 7.6)

Festivals Beginning June 30, 2024

ČeSFuR (Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic) [thru 7.5]

Paris Jazz Festival (Paris, France) [thru 9.8]

Red, White & Blueberry Festival (Hammonton, New Jersey)

Taste of Adams Avenue (San Diego, California)

Vikingland Band Festival (Alexandria, Minnesota)

Feast Days

Aizen Buddhist Festival begins (a.k.a. Aizen Matsuri, Osaka, Japan; until July 2)

Allan Houser (Artology)

Bayard (Positivist; Saint)

Bernard of Le Mans (Christian; Saint)

Blodeuwedd (Goddess of Flowers; Celtic Book of Days)

Crab Races (Pixies, Elves, and Some Fairies; Shamanism)

Cut Through Red Tape Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Czesław Miłosz (Writerism)

Day of Aestas (Corn Goddess Summer Festival; Ancient Rome)

Day Sacred to Ceres, Changing Woman, Chicomeocoatl, the Corn Mothers, Demeter, Gaia, Ge, Hestia, Iatiku, Oraea, Pachamama, Spider Woman, and Tonantzin (Everyday Wicca)

Erentrude (Christian; Saint & Virgin)

Eris’s Day (Pagan)

First Martyrs of the Church of Rome (Christian; Martyrs)

Horace Vernet (Artology)

Just Another Day Day (Pastafarian)

Martial, Bishop of Limoges (Christian; Saint)

Papa Doc Duvalier Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Paul the Apostle (Christian; Saint)

Stanley Spencer (Artology)

Stephanie Chicken (Muppetism)

Theobald of Provins (Christian; Saint)

Winston Graham (Writerism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 181 [42 of 72]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (Film; 2000)

Africa Squawks (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)

All About That Bass, by Meghan Trainor (Song; 2014)

America: The Motion Picture (Animated Film; 2021)

Apollo 13 (Film; 1995)

Armageddon (Film; 1998)

The BFG (Disney Film; 2016)

Blues for the Red Sun, by Kyuss (Album; 1992)

The Busy Beavers (Silly Symphonies Cartoon; 1931)

Cat-Tastrophy (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1949)

Despicable Me 3 (Animated Film; 2017)

The Devil Wears Prada (Film; 2006)

Do the Right Thing (Film; 1989)

End of the Road, by Boyz II Men (Song; 1992)

Filet Meow (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1966)

The Firm (Film; 1993)

French Rarebit (WB MM Cartoon; 1951)

Future Shock Alvin Toffler (Novel;

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (Novel; 1936)

Great Balls of Fire (Film; 1989)

Guiding Light (Soap Opera; 1952)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Novel; 1997)

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Film; 2023)

Johnny Carson Show (TV Series; 1955)

The Joy of Music, by Leonard Bernstein (Music Book; 1959)

KISS Marvel Comics Super Special! (Comic Book; 1977)

Love You More, by The Buzzcocks (Song; 1978)

Mad Love, by André Breton (Novel; 1937)

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (Film; 2016)

Not So Quiet (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1930)

Oliver! (Musical Play; 1960)

The Outlaw Josey Wales (Film; 1976)

Ross Poldark, by Winston Graham (Novel; 1945)

Ran (Film; 2000)

Ray Donovan (TV Series; 2014)

Silent Movie (Film; 1976)

Singles soundtrack, by various artists, including Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam & Soundgarden (Album; 1992) 

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Film; 1999)

Spider-Man 2 (Film; 2004)

Stone Soup, by Marcia Brown (Children’s Book; 1947)

System of a Down, by System of a Down (Album; 1998)

Telegraph Line (Science Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1979)

To a Skylark, by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Poem; 1820)

True Blue, by Madonna (Album; 1986)

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1968)

Well Oiled (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1947)

Why Do I Dream Those Dreams (WB MM Cartoon; 1934)

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (Film; 1971)

Zoom at the Top (WB MM Cartoon; 1962)

Today’s Name Days

Bertram, Ehrentrud, Otto (Austria)

Apostol (Bulgaria)

Adolf, Ladislav (Croatia)

Šárka(Czech Republic)

Lucina (Denmark)

Helend, Päivo, Päivu (Estonia)

Päiviö, Päivö (Finland)

Adolphe, Martial (France)

Bertram, Ehrentrud, Otto (Germany)

Apostolis, Apostolos, Meliton (Greece)

Pál (Hungary)

Primi Martiri (Italy)

Mareks, Tālis, Tālivaldis (Latvia)

Adelė, Emilija, Liucina, Novilė, Tautginas (Lithuania)

Solbjørg, Solgunn (Norway)

Alpinian, Ciechosława, Cyryl, Emilia, Lucyna, Marcjal (Poland)

Ghelasie (România)

Melánia (Slovakia)

Marcial (Spain)

Elof, Leif (Sweden)

Jaheim, Leanna, Leanne, Lia, Liana (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 182 of 2024; 184 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 26 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 22 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 25 (Yi-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 24 Sivan 5784

Islamic: 23 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445

J Cal: 2 Red; Oneday [1 of 30]

Julian: 16 June 2024

Moon: 27%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 13 Charlemagne (7th Month) [Bayard]

Runic Half Month: Feoh (Wealth) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 11 of 94)

Week: Last Week of June)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 10 of 31)

[geekasms]

Blogging with More Honesty

Blogging with More Honesty

Our latest visit to Shriners Children’s in Greenville, SC was last week. As I always do, I wrote my blog post covering the visit over on The Greene Affect. Since the beginning, I’ve tried to be uplifting and playful with these posts. I entitle the entire series Greene does Greenville, which is followed by a subtitle. Last year I tried to maintain a feel of movie titles and movie sequels. So far…

[harlemcries]

I want a president who has body dysmorphia. A president who listens to the concerns of the community and creates a letter-writing branch directly from prison systems to the wh*te house. I want a president who looks like they haven’t slept, and hasn’t. Because they can’t. But they need to, so they try melatonin. I want a president with befitting self efficacy; someone who has seen days which humble them boneless, and days which remind oneself they are special because they can support life in becoming safer and more livable. I want a president who explains themselves slowly on public television and without a consultation of corporate schmoozes. I want a deaf president who can’t afford a hearing aid. I want president who has an OnlyFans because they can’t claim disability. I want a president who doesn’t “perform” an impression of Serge Kovaleski, who suffers from a congenital joint condition, at a South Carolina rally. I want a president with arthrogryposis who reports on hypocrisy. I want a president who doesn’t proclaim the 26 of July, a Sunday, as a day which should be “celebrated” for its accomplishment of the now 30-year-anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 2020 while mocking a reporter for a disability in 2015. I want a president who doesn’t outlive the cat after having reason to be impeached over nine times in the first term. I want a president who doesn’t coif their hair and doesn’t rejoice in reigning white supremacists in Charlottesville. I want a president whose father died in a car accident with a drunk driver. I want a president who transitioned and refuses their deadname. I want a president who prefers ballet flats but wears heels to appear taller. I want a president who regards and speaks to the dead. I want a president who regards the living and speaks to the living. I want a president who tells the truth before Anonymous has to. I want a president who has been sent to live in a half-way house by older parents who can’t watch them hurt themselves anymore. I want a president with a sobriety chip. I want a president with a trans daughter who they consult about matters of equality and equity for the LGBTq+ community before starting a national fund for parents of youth who can’t afford hormone therapy. I want a president with golds in. I want a president who goes in for a CAT-scan and throws up on the way from nerves. I want a president with a poetry book dedicated to their single mother. I want a president with an ovarian cyst. I want a president with a cancerous mole. I want a president who needs five dollars for a sandwich and a tall boy. I want a president who doesn’t like to receive compliments until they know they are deserved. I want a president who thinks they are gay and wants to commit suicide. I want a president who cooks for their grandmother’s friends. I want a president who personally documents immigration and hands people their identification the same week. I want a president who signs petitions for clean water and enjoys sharing water with other countries in big bath-like vats sent overseas, lemons on the side. I want a president who knows what reparations actually mean and offers ongoing support for the fight towards fundamental rights to land endowed to the indigenous. I want a president who has been Baker Acted over 20 times between 16 and 18 years old in West Palm Beach. I want a president who can’t afford coffee every day. I want a president who didn’t have sex with underage girls only to threaten their lives and their family lives when they came forward against Trump and Epstein during the 1994-1995 school year. I want a president who sends reading materials to public schools and doesn’t get a thank you note from every student. I want a president who asks for divine guidance. I want a president who misses their period from a Plan B. I want a president who does not excuse racism as a “freedom of speech.” I want a president who enjoys being president because they like to know the country they love is also part of a world they love, and who knows they can effectively love the country and world concurrently, without jeopardizing violent bias and ethnocentrism. I want a president who wants to get signed to a record label so they can make it out of their situation and bring others up with them. I want a president who doesn’t know how to calculate military time without using subtraction. I want a president with a felony they didn’t commit. I want a president who listens to the abused child when they first bravely out their abuser. I want a president who doesn’t have access to necessary insulin. I want a president who was amputated after several months of living out of home with an infection to the right leg. I want a president who can’t move their tongue quickly enough to manipulate with fast speech. I want a president who pegs their femme girlfriend. I want a president whose son is dying of AIDS and can’t call them enough because of conflicting work hours. I want a president who can’t call their son during work because they can’t cry in their cubicle every day. I want a president who protests and loots a Target. I want a president who is consensually unhinged in gay night clubs every Friday. I want a president who buys a toy for the family in front of them in line during a non-holiday month and secretly also pays for their baby formula. I want a president who has been tased by police for simply being Black in the Lower East side. I want a president who meditates to connect with their ancestors. I want a president who can cook enough with what they have. I want an intersex president with a preference for it/its pronouns. I want a president with an addiction to cigarettes because they were introduced at a young age. I want a president with acrylic nails. I want a president who forgot their umbrella but still prays for rain when there’s been a drought. I want a president who doesn’t know what to say all the time, and so admits it. I want a president who miscarried and was left by their partner. I want a president who addresses triggering events with sensitivity and vulnerability. I want a president who has suffered sexual trauma and gets flashbacks during their senior year. I want a president who knows it wasn’t their fault. I want a president who condemns slavery and doesn’t ignore the prison pipeline. I want a president who ate ramen noodles for a week and started getting headaches. I want a president who offers their coats to donate when they gain weight. I want a president who offers their coats to donate when they lose weight. I want a president with indelible frown lines from smiling. I want a president who doesn’t make uncomfortable comments about grabbing “‘em” by the pussy. I want a president who asks for consent. I want a president who cares if I survive an abortion. I want a president who asks me how my day was. I want a president who cares if I ate today. I want a president who doesn’t lie to me about how long I have to live. I want a president who knows the world is heating. I want a president who doesn’t send airstrikes to Somalia, Iraq, Mogadishu, Helmand and kill civilians. I want a president who urges people to vote with their hearts. I want a president who doesn’t intentionally end USPS. I want a president who wears a mask when there’s a global pandemic. I want a president who holds themselves accountable with transparency. I want a president who shops local. I want a president who petitions against female genital mutilation. I want a president who works full-time as a waitress to pay their own tuition. I want a president who can’t be it all and apologizes when they can’t be. I want a president with a tattoo of Breonna Taylor’s name. I want a president who calls home to say they miss you. I want a president with a flat tire. I want a president who funds the art program at my kid’s public school. I want a president who can fit everything they own in a backpack. I want a president who can tell me which bus to take. I want a president who dances poorly and sneezes loudly. I want a president that says “bless you.”

And another poem, titled “us, women,”

 by: also yours truly 

[abs0luteb4stard]

Firstly, Fred Trump was probably not a great dad.

He was shrewd, racially motivated not to rent his apartments to minorities. Probably a rent hiking slum lord. Etc.

Which factually is the history of their business and is legally documented. They skirted laws to help themselves while holding others back. And got away with it.

But Mocking your own father while he's losing his marbles? The guy who gave you a 'small' loan of a million dollars? The one who saw you as the favorite son?

For a guy like Trump to pretend he's a saint and thinks he's a savior, and sees himself as a living martyr.

And whatever else you think you'd like to tack onto it since being elected. The list is endless.

That's pretty disgusting.

Especially if he plays up being this family man. Being part of the Trump legacy. All that.

You could be racist, bigot, cheating other people, a fucking murderer even, but your own family, specifically your nuclear family. One's that he purports are the reason he's the best, made him who he is - All that!?

If he has a high opinion of his family, and his parents, why would you mock them in their confused and dying years?

So that means EITHER he really doesn't have these good and holy views of his father and mother OR he's a truly awful sociopath. (Or both).

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I guess I have "Strong beliefs, but they're loosely held". Because I can always change my views. They're not part of my identity.

But for every instance of disproving the consensus that Trump is a madman and an incredible asshole, and stupid incompetent idiot.

I find nothing, not one shred of evidence to support that he's just a misunderstood blowhard. Or some hard businessman who's going to do the unprecedented in helping the citizens of this country live better, more prosperous lives fit the 4 to hopefully not 8 years he's in office.

This is just a defining example of how cruel and disgusting and surface charming he is. The opposite of his portrayal of himself.

Makes me pretty sick.

Trump always had the money to take care of his family or parents in their declining Alzheimer's years. They'd never have to go to a nursing home, to be neglected, he didn't have to be hands on at all with them if he chose. Just send nurses and doctors and caretakers to be with them.

So why mock his father cruelly of the involuntary loss of his mind?

Because Donald Trump thinks he's powerful, and he's mocked those he perceived as weak dozens of times from before he even ran as president.

Ugliest example is when he publicly mocked reporter Serge Kovaleski who suffers from arthrogryposis.

So just imagine what he said or did to his own father outside of the public eye in those years.

He's so religious, I'm sure he's heard of the 10 commandments, or maybe seen the movie?

"Honour thy father and thy mother"

I not nearly as "godly and religious" as Trump pretends to be, but I put a lot of what's left of my extinct faith into that commandant.

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Iowa family worries their teen daughter with disability won't be eligible for vaccine A family in West Des Moines is concerned their 15-year-old daughter with numerous medical conditions impacting her lungs will not be able to get the vaccine. Madison Hunter, 15, suffers from scoliosis, which has significantly reduced her lung capacity.”She’s had pneumonia four times and has been hospitalized twice,” said Kelli Hunter, Madison’s mother. Madison’s parents are concerned that as the next tier of vaccinations take place, she’s not being prioritized among those with preexisting conditions. Madison is a week away from her 16th birthday. At that time, she’ll be eligible for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, which is the only one approved for individuals her age. “Madison needing that one specific brand then, that means she has to compete a lot harder to get the shot,” said Frank Hunter, Madison’s father. Getting Madison vaccinated could help end what’s been a difficult year for the whole family.”It’s been a really long year. I lost my job,” said Kelli Hunter. With the family limiting their exposure to the virus, Kelli became Madison’s full-time caregiver. Frank has been running their business as safely as he can. Madison and her younger brother, Logan, are remote learning from home. They said they can count on one hand the places they’ve gone. One of the places they haven’t been is to Minneapolis to treat Madison’s arthrogryposis. “It’s the equivalent of having muscle cramps in every muscle in your legs and feet all day long everyday,” Frank Hunter said. She’s in need of injections to ease some of her pain, but until she receives the vaccine, the family is only going places that are absolutely necessary. It’s another reason they want state and local health leaders to prioritize people with disabilities like Madison. “I just want to make sure that we don’t lose sight of the fact that the people like Madison — whose lives are at risk — are the ones we really focus on getting the vaccine,” Frank Hunter said. WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — A family in West Des Moines is concerned their 15-year-old daughter with numerous medical conditions impacting her lungs will not be able to get the vaccine. Madison Hunter, 15, suffers from scoliosis, which has significantly reduced her lung capacity. “She’s had pneumonia four times and has been hospitalized twice,” said Kelli Hunter, Madison’s mother. Madison’s parents are concerned that as the next tier of vaccinations take place, she’s not being prioritized among those with preexisting conditions. Madison is a week away from her 16th birthday. At that time, she’ll be eligible for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, which is the only one approved for individuals her age. “Madison needing that one specific brand then, that means she has to compete a lot harder to get the shot,” said Frank Hunter, Madison’s father. Getting Madison vaccinated could help end what’s been a difficult year for the whole family. “It’s been a really long year. I lost my job,” said Kelli Hunter. With the family limiting their exposure to the virus, Kelli became Madison’s full-time caregiver. Frank has been running their business as safely as he can. Madison and her younger brother, Logan, are remote learning from home. They said they can count on one hand the places they’ve gone. One of the places they haven’t been is to Minneapolis to treat Madison’s arthrogryposis. “It’s the equivalent of having muscle cramps in every muscle in your legs and feet all day long everyday,” Frank Hunter said. She’s in need of injections to ease some of her pain, but until she receives the vaccine, the family is only going places that are absolutely necessary. It’s another reason they want state and local health leaders to prioritize people with disabilities like Madison. “I just want to make sure that we don’t lose sight of the fact that the people like Madison — whose lives are at risk — are the ones we really focus on getting the vaccine,” Frank Hunter said. Source link Orbem News #Access #coronavirus #Covid #covid-19 #daughter #disabilities #Disability #Eligible #Family #frankhunter #Iowa #kellihunter #madisonhunter #Teen #Vaccination #Vaccine #westdesmoines #Wont #Worries

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Melania Trump’s Presence at Invictus Games in Toronto is an Insult to Vets with Disabilities

When Donald Trump mocked a disabled reporter during the election campaign, where was Melania? BY BRAD FRASER The Invictus Games, started by Prince Harry, are a noble endeavour. Allowing thousands of soldiers with life altering disabilities to compete in adaptive sport events is a win for everyone involved. That Toronto should be hosting them next month contributes to the city’s reputation for diversity and compassion. However, it should concern everyone that current first lady of the United States, Melania Trump will lead the 90-athlete delegation from her adopted country. I’m not going to fall into the trap of gender shaming that the right-wing press indulged in with Michelle Obama, who was criticized at every turn in the most coarse and racist fashion by the same people who have now altered their standards so the current first lady is not subjected to the same vile assessments as the previous one.   However, Melania, like Ivanka, Donald Jr., and the rest of the privileged and sinister clan have made it clear that they see themselves as little more than extensions of their narcissistic, wealth-inheriting, never-accomplished-anything-on-his-own husband and father, in attitude and public stance. They’ve all proven to be little more than whimpering sycophants before a patriarch who has proven to be, at best, a rather stupid, manipulative madman with no impulse control. In a relatively short time in office Trump has managed to attack, belittle, and unfairly target any number of vulnerable minorities in order to appease his fascistic followers. If Trump isn’t doing it himself, his Republican henchmen are constantly working behind the scenes to limit rights to those who do not fall into the false paradigm of “the majority.” Among his targets have been immigrants, Mexicans, women, journalists, and, perhaps most inexplicably of all, trans military staff—a group whom, under the blanket of the LGBTQ community, he had sworn to protect prior to “winning” the election. But no group has been attacked by Herr Trump as much as people with disabilities. Who can forget the repulsive spectacle of him mocking a differently-abled reporter—Serge Kovaleski, who has a condition known as arthrogryposis, which affects the joints—on national television? Who can forget the heartbreaking images of people in wheelchairs, supported by walkers, without vision, being arrested and roughly dragged away for protesting Trump’s draconian proposed changes to health care? And where was Melania through all of this? First she was suing a tabloid for interfering in her “unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to establish “multimillion dollar business relationships for a multi-year term during which Plaintiff is one of the most photographed women in the world” for suggesting she was a sex worker, then she was announcing her mission to take on the cyber-bullying of young people. Considering her husband’s record of bullying pretty much anyone he speaks to, this was a bit like the wife of Jerry Sandusky announcing she was going to take on pedophiles in college sports. A short time later, when The Donald went on one of his unhinged Twitter tirades, bullying two television journalists who dared to question him, Melania responded by defending him with a statement from her spokesperson: “As the first lady has stated publicly in the past, when her husband gets attacked, he will punch back 10 times harder.” Melania Trump coming to Canada as an emissary of the Invictus Games is exactly the kind of hypocrisy we don’t need in Canada—or anywhere—at any time. However, we are Canadian, and her husband is a psychopath who’s capable of starting a nuclear war over someone insulting his “hair,” so we have to proceed carefully. My suggestion would be that Mrs. Trump find a graceful way out and those who extended the invite support her wholeheartedly in her decision. Toronto doesn’t need the expense someone likes her brings to the celebration. But, more than that, this demonstration of her hypocrisy, which is also an exhibition of the hypocrisy of our entire corporately owned political system, cannot help but draw protests. Canadians may be polite by nature, but we also cherish our right to free speech and, if she came, many of us would exercise that right in order to point out just how offensive her appearance is at an event that honours those who are not like the majority. Brad Fraser is a Canadian playwright, screenwriter, and cultural commentator based in Toronto. - Canada is officially #done

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ANALYSIS

Parable of the Sower

By 

Octavia Butler

The aspect of religion and spirituality was and is till this day two separate things lumped into one. As a child I grew up Catholic, and going to church every Sunday until I was around 11 or 12 was something that I think every child in my position struggled with. But in my case, I stood out the most from the crowed when I wanted to be at my most unseen, church was anything but that to me. That fact that my relationship with God needed a middle man (the priest) and myself to be forgiven was bullshit, I knew it from a young age that my relationship if I were to have one with God would be personal; and private. Which brings me to the quote in the Parable “At least three years ago my fathers God stopped being my God” (Parable 7). I grew up believing in a higher power, so saying that my mother’s God isn’t my God is not true for me, but what is true is that the construct of her religion or of any for that matter I do not believe in. I am agnostic when it comes to religion, I don’t believe in fallowing in man mad things, much less religion but a I do have a respect for some of the good that it does; I can’t deny that. The fact that she thinks God is change is a great way of trying to find a connection to one of the things we can’t see or touch, in a sense I firmly believe that God comes from within.

What pertains to me when it comes to importance and the book itself, I think that disability was used sometime at the beginning of the book. I say this because it is not secret that I am wheelchair bound, and I think that you may know this already Lane I am proud of it. But it was the quote in parable where Lauren details “Hyperempathy is what the doctors call an “Organic Delusional Syndrome”. Big Shit” (Parable 12). I bring the point of disability up because it was one of the first themes that attracted me to the book right off the bat in the beginning chapters, she explains throughout the book how she has to deal with it and that resonated with me to a high degree. I’ve spent my whole life up until recently fighting to find myself, not realizing that I was fighting myself, when I realized this I let go and allowed myself to become the man that I needed rather than who I wanted to be. I have what you call AMC or Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita refers to the development of multiple joint contractures affecting two or more areas of the body prior to birth. Like Lauren I’ve fought with who I am throughout my life time, besides her struggle of survival the internal strife that she deals with I can relate to.

Another factor that I think pertains not only to my personal life but to the lives in the city would be the issue of homelessness that constricts the cities, and its citizens alike. I think the quote doesn’t do the homeless folks justice because I’ve met some that whole heartedly under circumstance out of their control lost everything but their body function, their minds and their strong spirits. In Parable she states that “Most of the street poor- squatters, winos, junkies, in general are dangerous” (Parable 10). Aside from the situations in the book there are a lot of good genuine homeless folks that were dealt a shitty hand in this city and even in this “Great” nation. It’s just unbelievable to me that we live in the 21st century and we’re still worried about problems that persisted a thousand years. That not to say that there isn’t some truth to this, I’ve had my fair shares of encounters, it’s just a shame.