On Ending the World's Longest War: the 7000+ Year Gender War. By Ajax the Great (aka Pete Jackson). (Blog formerly known as "The Chalice and the Flame")
An unprecedented number of Women, including Women of color and Indigenous Women, have now been elected to various offices, from the Senate to the House to state governors to so many more this time. WELL DONE, BRAVA! 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
There is just ONE higher glass ceiling left to smash. And Goddess willing, in 2028 it is also within reach. That is, President of the United States. Especially since the MAGA cult has been more or less laid waste now, they will no longer be able to cheat them. Clearly, Women have already crossed the Rubicon!
THANK YOU, LADIES! VIVE LA FEMME! VIVE LA DIFFERENCE!
WE WON! The Blue Tsunami is now a reality! The Democrats will now control both the House and Senate, and the also won many state and local offices as well. And a sizeable number of Women, people of color, and LGBT+ folks won overall.
Happy (Belated) All Souls Day, and All Saints Day!
(This is a re-post of an earlier article)
I had been meaning to post this for a while, and now I finally got around to doing so. As you may know, the late, great Guru Rasa Von Werder was a long time minister to souls in Purgatory. Those who have been following her know some pretty famous (and infamous) names among those who she managed to get out of there. My own personal views on the idea of Purgatory are a bit nuanced, complex, and in some ways still "on the fence", but it is certainly worth noting here nonetheless.
I have long wondered, what would the soundtrack of Purgatory be? My personal favorite band, Five Finger Death Punch, has written several songs that could very easily fit the bill for that. The lyrics may not exactly be about Purgatory proper (though the song I.O.U. does explicitly use that word nonetheless), but the earthly struggles (PTSD, war, addiction, regret, etc.) they discuss might as well be.
So here goes, largely in chronological order:
1) Far From Home
2) Wrong Side of Heaven (and the Righteous Side of Hell)
3) The Agony of Regret (instrumental)
4) Cold
5) Digging My Own Grave
6) I Apologize
7) Darkness Settles In
8) Judgement Day
9) I.O.U.
10) The End
And many more as well. Never forget about the souls in Purgatory!
It's November now. The way things are going, I just hope we have the Mother of All Blue Waves this time. MAGA is a cancer on the body politic that needs to be eradicated, root and branch. That is why, much to the chagrin of some purists, I will continue to "Vote Blue No Matter Who" until such cancer is fully eradicated. Then, and only then, can we even THINK about taking on what remains of the neoliberal duopoly, which we also need to do, of course. And I have faith that it will be a rout this November. Because the alternative (Republicans winning again) would be MUCH worse.
Look, we clearly prefer genuine (and especially economic) progressives and leftists over squishy neoliberal centrists and identity politics. But now is NOT the time for any ideological purity tests! If we make the perfect the enemy of the good, we ultimately end up with neither, as we have learned the hard way.
This is our LAST CHANCE to save what is left of our beloved Republic, if it isn't already too late. Look, we KNOW the GOP will cheat by attempting to rig the midterms, but if enough people vote Blue that would become much more difficult to rig. Those who don't vote, vote third-party, vote write-in, or vote Republican will thus be asking for a TON of karma when all is said and done.
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