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[lukecarlos]

“I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. 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.” Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection. “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” April 16, 1963

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

[lukecarlos]

This is an important video not just because it clearly shows the racial economic divide that is fueling the fires of violent resistance in Milwaukee, but also important because this is an outline of similar problems across the US

[lukecarlos]

If a white man wants to lynch me, that's his problem. If he's got the power to lynch me, that's my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude, it's a question of power. Racism gets it's power from capitalism. Thus if you're anti-racist weather you know it or not you must be anti-capitalist. The power from racism, the power from sexism comes from capitalism, not an attitude.

Stokley Carmicheal

[lukecarlos]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o23elgVsQfA) Eden Jada and I shot this and put it together

[lukecarlos]

We didn’t invite the news on this one because we wanted more memorial like vibe, police did not cooperate either, more on that later

[opossumom-deactivated20170107]

friendly reminder that communism killed 140 million people in the 20th century

[lukecarlos]

A friendly reminder that hateful, greedy and power hungry people have killed trillions of people over the course of history under different labels

[stxr]

Gun control won’t solve the problem of our corrupt, abusive, militarized police force. Taking weapons away from the public only increases the imbalance of power.

[lukecarlos]

There is no imbalance of power, it’s all in one place. And it’s not in your hands. You get guns, they get tanks that’s how it works

[lukecarlos]

The number of law enforcement officers killed on the job has increased 8 percent compared to this point in 2015. He may be referring to the total number of officers killed in shootings, which has increased 78 percent. This includes the recent shootings in Dallas and Baton Rouge.

Washington Post

[lukecarlos]

It's not like that. When the mind is in a state of tranquility, investigation occurs on its own. It's not thinking, 'This is like this, that is like that'...But when the mind is concentrated, there is no thinking; contemplation arises within tranquility.

Ajahn Chah

[lukecarlos]

Common Zen Meditation Mistake

So many teachers of Zen seem to encourage their students to "empty their minds" during meditation. This is a time honored huge mistake. Instead during meditation it's best to just watch as your mind runs. Trying to empty your mind during meditation is exactly the 'polishing a stone with a rock' issue. Don't suppress who you are, learn to watch yourself. Some of the most productive time spent meditating is not spent in peaceful bliss, instead it's spent in difficult and uncomfortable monkey mind states. Those are the states where you get to know yourself and also the states that spark and develop the instinctive impetus for your mind to be clear without any effort.

[lukecarlos]

What I Hear

When someone says "Being Gay is a choice.", what I hear the person saying is "I am Bi-sexual.".

[lukecarlos]

Anonymous Executes Successful Cyber Attack Against City of Fort Lauderdale (Calls for Business Boycott)

         After warning the City of Fort Lauderdale (COF) and Mayor Jack Seiler 4 weeks ago that if the policies of the criminalization of poverty, specifically the homeless and those helping homeless people, were not reversed the hacker collective known as Anonymous (ANON) would take down the COF website. ANON also made an appeal to the general public that Fort Lauderdale be boycotted at the corporate level calling it a "Corporation Fast". ANON also argued that the criminalization of extreme poverty is inhumane.      The policies have remained in place with Seiler defending them as "Attempts to help homeless people." and arrests being made of local religious and other leaders who have historically and continue to feed the homeless population in COF. ANON successfully executed the attack taking down the COF website  over the weekend. COF spokesperson said the website was back up after 6p Sunday and they've reached out to the FBI for help. VIDEO WARNING AND CALL FOR SOLiDARITY FROM ANON: http://bit.ly/1vFY3cV NEWS: Sun Sentinel; http://bit.ly/1FJIjXv Miami Herald http://bit.ly/1w0BK3u EDITORIAL: Not bad. But as I've told my daughter it's not just once, it's repeated poundings that's needed to get some peoples attention. Although with the FBI involved here's where things get serious. "The revolution will not be televised"  doesn't mean we won't see it as it happens. Seiler trying the same act and script of public statements nationally that he uses locally, to appease the local plutocrats, is backfiring under the weight of the ability for anyone to fact check his statements. Also his feigned concern when compared with the serious lack of even the most basic human behavioral traits of compassion and reason and then weighed against his policies, which criminalize real economic distress, make him and the COF council hard to defend morally. Tip My Hat again,  William Gibson and 'Neuromancer', you.so.nailed.it.dude.

[lukecarlos]

Large prison populations and harsh sentences in US make prison labor subcontracted by business manfacturers a way around employing citizens.

[lukecarlos]

I say this in the most compassionate and supportive way.

[lukecarlos]

Why What You Don't Hear In the Debate Is More Important Than What You Will Hear

10 candidates on your ballot. Only 2 will be allowed to debate on national TV.

They won't be debating NDAA (indefinite detentions with no due process).

They won't be debating FISA (Warrantless Eavesdropping with no due process).

They won't be debating Climate Change and a year of record setting natural catastrophes.

They won't be debating the Housing and Foreclosure Crisis.

They won't be debating campaign finance reform.

They won't be debating the use of the Grand Jury system to force people to turn in their friends, neighbors and relatives.

They won't be debating bringing the Military budget in line.

They won't be debating the for profit prison system that is devastating families and communities.

They won't be debating the Presidential list of civilians who have been targeted for assasination, without due process.

They won't be debating the coordinated crushing of peaceful protests through violence by police.

They won't be debating dropping bombs on civilians inside countries we're not at war with.

They won't be debating anything they agree on.

Are you still wondering why there's only 2 candidates allowed in the debates and 10 candidates on your ballot?

[lukecarlos]

US Political Prisoner & Heroine Leah-Lynn Plant Speaks before her arrest.

[lukecarlos]

US Political Prisoner & Heroine Leah-Lynn Plant speaks before her arrest.