Thursday, March 14, 2024
Another set of videos. Another one woman perspective shameless rant
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Sen. Britt SOTU Response Speech scorned from all sides.
Saturday, March 2, 2024
More modest remembrance of Asia Bennett than this weeks farewells to Alexei Navalny
Today was Asia Bennett's memorial.
Asia Bennett Seattle Times Obituary
Asia Bennett Seattle Times Obituary
Thematic comments:
1. For a faith tradition founded on the equality of Women, (see Margaret Fell) and credited historically with important connections to suffrage movements, only in the 20th century was Asia credited with being "the first woman to..." for a number of different Quaker organizations. Asia spent the early part of her career working in childcare. Her family's bio reported that she at some point noted how much dealing with toddlers--and their parents--prepared her for the many different leadership and personnel roles she took on within various Quaker organizations.
[RantWoman sometimes carries around in her head thoughts such as "a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." When RantWoman observes long-lasting marriages where deep love is obvious, though, RantWoman also firmly believes in supporting the partnership behind leaders so special Light and appreciation for Lee, Asia's husband of almost 77 years.]
2. LOTS of people talked about Asia's capacity to listen. RantWoman meant particularly to note Vanessa Julye's comment about Asia's role in supporting Vanessa's early steps in the work of addressing racism within the Society of Friends. These thoughts did not make it out of RantWoman's mouth as a message in worship. They WILL be part of thoughts in another post only hinted at here.
3. LOTS of people commented about how Asia asking a question helped direct them toward or away from different forms of witness: aiming for revolution vs getting married, accepting AFSC staff vote to unionize consideration that the organization had a decades-long commitment to supporting unions, engagement about diversity with out LGBT Friends.
4. RantWoman admits to a little bit of frustration about mention of issues in days of yore with scant thought that some of those same issues are very much still throbbing, sometimes in new, highly mutated forms in the life of the world. One of Asia's gifts to the world is to plant seeds for helping new generations find paths among these challenging realities.
5. Inclosing,possibly weird advice to young people new to Friends: GO TO MEMORIALS. Even if you barely know the deceased and are afraid of not knowing a soul from your own generation, GO TO MEMORIALS. Learn. Okay, Asia famously told someone awed by Quaker weddings "oh wait until you see the memorials."
Techie notes.
1. RantWoman has special tirades related to memorials and visits UFM intermittently. Today aside from the bus shelter in LOVELY condition, . the visit revealed QR codes???? RantWoman loves the pblishers of Truth in whatever is the medium of the day. RantWoman is just not sure about QR codes on info sheets on a bulletin . board.RantWoman hopes the QR codes do what is intended. She also hopes the bar codes do not scare away people annoyed by bar codes or by the implication that one must be fluent in particular technologies to be a good Quaker.
2. Even at in-person events, RantWoman LOVES, LOVES, Loves signing into Zoom on her phone with audio disconnected in order not to interfere with room sound. RantWoman just LOVES knowing who all is on the Zoom. (RantWoman kind of means to experiment about these issues on other video conferencing platforms.
3. RantWoman definitely appreciates evolution and continuing revelation about the world of movable mics and Room amplification in the world of hybrid / blended Zoom meetings. RantWoman also tartly remembers the first incarnation of a UFM committee on disabilities: there was a survey. There were minimal requests of the surveyors in Meeting for Business from anyone, alas including RantWoman. But great success was noted because of the next iteration of efforts to ensure that people, such as Asia, with hearing loss, could hear better. RantWoman has no desire to minimize these efforts. However, RantWoman CONTINUES TO TAKE SERIOUS ISSUE with the limitations of that as an approach to addressing matters of disability.
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Purest Propaganda BS
Youtube is full of posters, INCLUDING Putin himself, excoriating Tucker Carlson after his interview of Vladimir Putin.
This item is typical ranting about all kinds of things but does mention Alexei Navalny
TYT re Lex Friedman on Tucker Carlson
RantWoman popcorn Kernel about He of The Terrible Fake Tan and Alarming Hair Thingie claiming he is being persecuted LIKE NAVALNY.
Dude,
STOP pretending you have ANYTHING in common with Alexie Navalny.
Your cheeseburge and ketchup diet is not that good either for you or for the planet but you have not been poisoned and nearly died.
Sorry not sorry you have no time to golf right now because of all your court dates, but no matter how many voices would be happy to send you to prison, NOTHING the US prison system can dish out will equal Russian arctice prison. And for better or worse, you at least are PROBABLY too old to get routed into Russian mobilization for the STUPID "special military operation" meat grinder in Ukraine.
So COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS.
Sincerely,
RantWoman.
PS: RantWoman feels obliged to hold you somewhere in the Light and RantWoman will do the best she can not to singe that hair thingie on your head.
PPS. May God have mercy on all our souls.
Macron rules out nothing; range of options in broader discussions
Monday, February 19, 2024
Denmark, people Denmark!
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Navalny's body is barely cold and the disinformation and batso conspiracy theories are running full speed. + An antiwar candidate +snapshot of a memorial vigil
Zach The Russian on Navalny Death
Pyotr Kurzin: short bio
Opposing the war is probably not good for a candidate's political future. Nevertheless.