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My vote this November won't be for someone I believe in. It will be against the apocalypse. It will not be for someone who represents me or my ideals. It will be a fear-based vote following an unfair primary, in the face of a xenophobic, racist mad man running on the other side. You'll need my vote, believe me. Your assessment of the anti-establishment sentiment in our nation right now is woefully out of touch. You passed on opportunity after opportunity to tell the progressives you cared and were listening. But you kept taking those corporate donations. You picked Tim Kaine. You honored a biased DWS with a place in your campaign. You aren't listening. Do not mistake my vote for the Sec as anything other than picking the lesser of two evils. Do not feel proud that you won by simply being less shitty than the other guy. The anger I have for a broken system will not be quelled by platitudes and empty promises. Sec Clinton, I will be holding your feet to the fire on every single one of those promises you begrudgingly made because those pesky Berners made you. Good luck. #FeelTheBern #StuckWithHer #TheFightContinues

I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season."

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

*Good thing we have the truth on our side.

“All over this country we have a lot of bright, decent, good people. They're saying, 'You know what, this situation is hopeless. You can't beat the Koch Brothers, you can't beat the billionaires... you can't win. I'm giving up.'

That is exactly what they want us to believe. And I beg of you, do not enter that world of despair.

We can win this fight if we stand together.”

-Senator Bernie Sanders

If you're devastated now, you've missed the point.

If you're hopeless now, you may be as blinded by the power of the establishment as the pundits in Washington who didn't believe either. You weren't listening - you were more interested in winning and proving that we're right. (We are.)

But - the Democratic Party is the most progressive it's been... ever. Progressive candidates are running all over this diverse and great country - and they're winning (No surprise there, they're running on the people's agenda, with support from the people's revolution). Millions more young people learned what it was like to be inspired to move, to speak out, to speak up.

If you're devastated now you forgot that the real prize is policy, not politics.

This fight is just getting good and we've got a long way to go, brothers and sisters.*

#bernie sanders #progressive #dnc #politics

A Sunday doodle.

#doodle #art #ink #paper #sunday

"Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe." -Elie Wiesel I'm sorry you have to keep yelling and fighting. I'm sorry you have such an uphill battle to climb. I'm sorry for tragedies and struggles put upon you by systematic racism. I'm sorry that not everyone understands that Black Lives Matter. I'm sorry for dead bodies in the street and for glaring double standards that leaves me free to go and others to die in jail cells. I can and will speak out. #BlackLivesMatter

#blacklivesmatter

higher

But we can separate To form these hearts in stone Rewrite this pain we own Caught here in the wake Nothing but genuine Build on a skeleton Of fractured parts that only raise our voices Higher, higher Tonight we raise the dead Tonight we bury this in fire, fire Under the shape of years And the weight that brought us here

Better believe the sea of changes And put these battered bones to rest Nothing invisible or nameless Leave no reason to confess And raise our voices Higher, higher

-The Naked and Famous

I’m so sorry to the families who are grieving.

For the lives that won’t be lived.

I weep for the dreams that are like finished candles, a small wisp of smoke and no light.

I hope the whole country is listening to their cries.

The violence has to end.

#BlackLivesMatter #justice #peace

To the 8,000 ignorant, racist individuals who signed the asinine petition calling Jesse Williams racist against white people: Asking for children not to be shot dead in the streets is not racist - and you're all terrible human beings.

And I wasn't going to go, lol

But @bixbiboom convinced me! So, thank you. :)

This Sunday, Craig and I joined 15,000 people in front of Independence Hall to hear The Philly POPS play their annual tribute to America. We sat on our picnic blanket, beneath a tree as the sun set and the show got underway. On my left was the quintessential goofball dad - making jokes with his kids, chatting with his wife. An older Asian gentlemen in a Wawa Welcomes America hat, he loudly (and definitely off key, lol) knew every word to "She's a Grand Ole Flag." He offered to share his mat with two tourists looking to squeeze in and enjoy the show. On my right was a group of friends, laughing and joking too. They shared a meal on the grass as they took in the music. There were young guys and little kids and a woman, wearing an American flag printed hijab. Each one took their shoes off before plopping down in Mall's soft grass. The woman knew the words to "She's a Grand Ole Flag" too. Sitting there at the birthplace of our country, I have never loved America more. 🇺🇸

So the snow is still going! What's getting me through? Coffee+cocoa+rum. :) Stay warm everyone!!

#made with tumblr #gif

Why Sec Clinton's 4 more years of the same ole is underwhelming.

You know why I'd rather have Bernie Sanders as president? Because for reasons I still don't understand, every time President Obama went to work with the Republicans he started out already giving up the farm. I can see the pragmatic thoughts behind it - but that's not what I elected him for. Where was the hope and change? Where was his fixing the system? Wonderful gains are wonderful gains but he extended Bush tax cuts, has continued a violent foreign policy (we've dropped thousands of drones), and the banks that collapsed our economy are bigger now (thanks to inaction) than the were when they caused the 2008 crash. You can say "Well, congress was never going to let him pass single payer health care, comprehensive gun legislation, etc." and you'd probably be right. But it was at that moment we really needed him to stand up and call them out. Shame the republicans for selfishly going against what the people want. Use his position to galvanize people for change. But he didn't. He saw republicans at the right and instead of starting at the left and moving toward them to compromise, he started to the right! Giving them what they wanted right away - and because their mantra is "whatever President Obama wants - we hate!" - it forced them to be even more conservative! (To the point of absurdity in some cases!!) We don't have the things we want because we didn't really try. We didn't push. We gave up, it seems. During Sunday's debate Sec Clinton positioned herself as the holder and sustainer of President Obama's legacy. "Vote for me and I will build upon his successes!" - and that's so underwhelming. She went on to suggest "let's not start over with healthcare. Single-payer will never pass. Let's build on the ACA!" This line of thought is what we were told when our ideal dream of reformed healthcare (single payer, universal) was distilled down to what it is today (an improvement for sure! But also an idea so pushed to the right by President Obama in order to get it passed that it was practically a Republican policy!). And it has been 7years. And 29 million are still uninsured. Where has the push been to build? (I do applaud her strong position on gun control, to be fair.) If you like things the way they are, then Sec Clinton is your candidate. She will be four more years of the same thing, different day. I believe the United States picked Barack Obama - a nobody senator with rhetoric of dramatic change - over Sec. Clinton in 2008 because people wanted someone to be strong. To be fierce. To try. Anything but the established way "things are done in Washington." So much so that we elected someone with little-to-no track record in the hopes he would live up to his words. At least if we elect Bernie Sanders we can be sure - based on a long track record of progressive policy position and votes - that he'll try. He'll stand up there, hollering and screaming and pushing, until he's blue in the face. He may not get everything accomplished but at least he'll try. And his authenticity and passion inspires people. And if he champions progressive ideas from the position of power maybe things will be different. At least if we elect Bernie Sanders he'll fight.

#Sen sanders #feelthebern #hope #change #progressive #election 2016 #politics

White privilege

White Privilege = getting time on national television to air your grievances about how the federal government took your land in rural Oregon - forcing you to arm yourselves (and a handful of your buddies) to seize and occupy a government building. Tell me with a straight face that if they were anything other than white we'd still be waiting it out and having a conversation.

phillygamegirl

1. Share the love. You probably have those friends too. The ones that think to themselves “What’s with all the games?” And we both know it’s about fighting factions, taking over territories, and crushing trolls sharing and making memories with your loved ones and having a chance to be creative and competitive. So, invite them in. Expand your party. Bring them into the fold. Properly equip them - and battle on! The more the merrier!

Here are some great beginner games, from @geekandsundry!

And here’s a great primer on teaching people how to play games.

2. Expand your horizons. Try new games! Over the year - your TableTop #Squad might fall into the same-old, same-old - but NO! Be sure to expand your horizons and try new things. There are so many to choose from (check here to check some out) and with the advent of this intarwebz thing - we can get in on the ground floor as indie gamemakers crowd source - setting their first traps, designing their first monsters, and giving us the power to build and conquer!

Start here: Popular Mechanic put together a top 35 best new 2015 games list

3. Make new friends. Speaking of intarwebz - what a great time to be alive! Here you are reading this - potentially from across the globe from where I sat in Philly writing it. Scrolling #tabletop tag on Instagram and I have made friends from all over the world - from India to Russia to Brazil and beyond. And that’s so freakin cool. So here’s what we can do - let’s play together. Let’s use these great digital web internet tools to make new friends. Other nerds that like to Munchkin-Catan-Splendor on Saturday nights or even other geeks who have that expansion to Dominion you’ve always wanted to take for a test drive!

MeetUp.com - that’s what they do!

BoardGameGeek has some great tools.

And of course there’s TableTop day - find a party!

amindy07

Okay. 2016, it’s on!

#Games #boardgames #tabletop #goals