Thought crime: Arrests at Westminster Quaker Meeting House for planning resistance????

HOLY SHIT. 

Is there some kind of global epidemic of police doing high drama smash and grabs????

Some other news links "on the other side" as some media voices are wont to say.

First some background.

RantWoman has a new fave Quaker Channel., Quaker It Up.

"It's in British" to quote a weighty friend decades ago.

RantWoman has not yet dipped her toes into BlueSky partly because RantWoman spends a certain amount of online time defending principles such as freedom of religion and religious pluralism in a certain billionaire's electronic sandbox.

In any case, the news as it's understood tonight.

RantWoman is intrigued by a video that makes a lot of points in Quakerese and says NOTHING about why police raided a Quaker meetinghouse.

Links, in order of what RantWoman considers most responsible media outlets

Met raids Quaker meeting house and arrests six women at Youth Demand talk | UK news | The Guardian

(PS if you have a few dollars to help keep the Guardian afloat, reliable info is extremely valuable.

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House | Quakers in Britain

RantWoman might have posted more links but at this point, the computer she regularly uses did one of its periodic Microsoft Edge hiccups and RantWoman had to retrace her steps. So onward!

Free speech standards and laws are different in the UK. This commentary mentions a recently enacted "anti-protest legislation."

‘Utterly inappropriate’ arrests made on six women in Quaker meeting house

How to get hooked on Quaker theology? Barclay's Apology: A Deep Dive

The Quakerism of the 17th century: not the quakerism of the 21st century

"The first book of Quaker theology I reand...and I'm still here."

Who knew? "Everyone is Welcome here" could be controversial

RantWoman's usual grab of YouTube links.

RantWoman is also buying a T-shirt, partly because she needs to replace a slightly different shirt from a LONG time ago.

Students Stand Up to Racism & DEI Hysteria

Idaho teacher fights back after order to remove ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ poster

'Everyone is Welcome' message receives international support, locals continue spreading message

'Everyone Is Welcome Here' shirts made by the thousands opposing West Ada's decision

AF 27 02

Local screen printing shop creates "Everyone is Welcome Here" shirts

'Everyone is welcome here': Idaho organizations join Wassmuth Center campaign

Climate Choir flashmob calls for rewilding for 30% of Church of England properties

RantWoman finds this video VERY cheering..

RantWoman STRONGLY advises any faith community considering property changes to consider what it can do for LEED gold or silver, carbon sequestration, biodiversity within the locations and projects under consideration.

Quaker Parrot Talking

RantWoman is in some respects a very bad Friend. That is "faithful to divine leading sometimes RantWoman in directions not immediately comprehensible. Or perhaps the faithfulness comes across as too much of the Truth.

Consider for example the quaker parrot.

Sooner or later when one goes about grazing via search engine, one encounters not the inspiring historical background or varieties of Quaker Practice.

And sometimes one encounters ... Quaker PARROTS.

Quaker parrots earned their name because they do indeed shake their heads in a way labelled quaking. RantWoman has decided to take various YouTube channels' word for this and not try too hard to see for herself.

Quaker parrots are known to be cantankerous but also responsive to humans.

RantWoman is not even going to go near matters of habitat vs life in captivity. Save that for some other research excursion.

RantWoman invites readers to cleanse their frazzled nerves with some Quaker parrot videos

Understanding Quaker Parrot Body Language

Chat time - Owning Pluto the Talking Quaker Parrot

Parrot says 100's of words and sings songs - Pluto the talking Quaker Parrot

How To Tame and Bond With Your Quaker Parrot | Parrot Tips and Tricks

How To Tame and Bond With Your Quaker Parrot | Parrot Tips and Tricks

CUTE QUAKER PARROT BATH TIME | all da bacon pancakes | Tiki the Quaker of @flockparty on TikTok

Galaxy S25 Ultra Now Brief | Samsung

QUAKER PARROT CAGE TOUR! Full Enclosure Walkthrough for Small Parrots

Positively Brezhnevian Address to Joint Session of Congress

RantWoman has not found the intestinal fortitude to attempt to interact with very much of #DelusionalDonOld  President #FartsALot Velveeta Voldemort's address to the joint session of Congress.

Digression: RantWoman does not exactly apologize for the cutesy wootsey nicknames. He started it and RantWoman strives to avoid euphemisms that she considers too objectionable.

RantWoman is pretty sure that voters did NOT vote for the President to go toe to toe in speech length against Russian President Putin let alone the late great Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev. RantWoman is not sure she wants to know what would happen if someone were to congratulate the President on being positively Brezhnevian.

RantWoman actually thinks it's FINE that Democrats could not come up with a unified protest strategy. The more people on ALL sides able and willing to vote their conscience, the better.

With that, a video and a bit of snark as a chaser.

RantWoman's comment

3 things that Trumpty Dumpty could say that would THRILL this Democrat: 1. I refuse any longer to let the richest man in the world whose wealth is built heavily on suckking at governments' teats tell me that the only way to federal budget sanity is maximal screwing of poor peiople. 2. I hereby rescind all my illegal executive orders and resolve to work WITH Congress instead of against it. 3. I resign!

Leaving analysis to late night comics

Trump Lies, Attacks Biden in Joint Address & Rep. Al Green Leaves Early | The Daily Show

Republicans Slobber Over Trump Address, He Lies About Transgender Mice & We Hire a Fired Fed Worker

Russia GO HOME. Get out of Crimea.

#Russia #Ukraine #BlackSea #Crimea

Okay, Friends, RantWoman knows perfectly well that many Friends might not consider the course of military campaigns standard peace testimony fare. This video is also clearly propaganda mde by someone but RantWoman is not going to track down who. The video reflects a number of points RantWoman has seen addressed in other, as yet unposted videos. RantWoman considers the video credible and reliable enough to post as partial counterpoint to the disinformation disaster in the Oval Office last week.

RantWoman has more to say about the MANY ways that Putin's "Special military operation" is going VERY badly for Russia. This is partly due to Ukrainian military genius, partly ever tightening international sanctions, partly intelligence help from Elon's Starlink satellite system, and of course US military aid.  This video for instance if anything understates the meaning of Ukraine successfully driving the Black Sea fleet back to Russian waters.

RantWoman is VERY tired of "Rah Rah America" about events in the White House. Multiple commentators have pointed out that usually diplomatic negotiations occur behind closed doors, but the Friday events were clearly designed to make a public splash with the President trying to browbeat President Zelenskyy into signing a bad giveaway deal about mineral wealth.

Pin here, from the wayback machine, the President in his first term both trying to withhold aid Congress had designated for Ukraine and getting snared in blowback from trying to get Pres. Zelenskyy to lie about Hunter Biden. In other words, the President is still big mad.

Professional diplomats would also not give away the entire Ukrainian store without demanding something from Putin. Today's proffer from the US administration: lift international sanctions on Russia. Uhhhh, suppose Russia were to just pull back. Partial lift. Pull back further and  STAY longer: more sanctions go away. In other words, Putin is scared. RantWoman is not a professional diplomat and has no reliable off-the-cuff read about all the complexities of different European and NATO countries' positions. RantWoman is also DEEPLY alarmed by other reports, but for now, RantWoman invites readers just to chew on this video.