The healing journey of a widowed, unschooling badass in Delaware.
Empathy. Distraction. Generational Trauma. Loneliness. Empowerment. Freedom. Confusion.
Working on a lot of things and wrote a lot today, but all of it was for me.
I know which way I’m going and appreciate this space to lay down bread crumbs along the way.
What happens if you don’t pay them? They come with guns and lock you up.
Credit agencies don’t do that and seem to get their job done (repo is for property, not freedom). Truth is that government has no moral right to your money, they must use force to take it. There’s no moral wrong in not paying taxes, we do it because we are afraid of losing our freedom.
Americans are rightfully terrified and spend millions in protection money to tax preparers.
Many say it’s not theft, but they sure act like it is.
Facebook is forcing “fact check” information along with posts about this talk from Tom Woods.
Edit: Youtube pulled the video, you can view it here: https://tomwoods.com/the-covid-cult/
I believe people can watch the video on their own and determine its validity.
I am grateful for having a place to share without censorship.
For more info:
Some COVID Resources
How many millions of dark-skinned men and women have been put in cages because of Biden and Harris?
How many millions of dark-skinned men and women have been killed in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkans, Somalia, Libya, Pakistan, and elsewhere due to interventions backed by Biden?
Your vote won’t change my opinion of you, you’ve got your reasons.
Just don’t slap a flag sticker on your profile tomorrow and claim you voted against racism.
I shake off labels whenever I can. Downcased “libertarian” is preferable over party affiliation, but there are plenty of sub categories. Personally, agorism, anarcho-capitalism, and the non-aggression principle are my favorite strains of thought.
Ultimately, the only label I’ll accept for myself and others is “individual.” That’s really the only way we can hear each other and work together (or leave each other the F alone, your choice).
The magnolia has gone full hydra. Every time I snip a bloom or two (three as party favors last week), more seem to replace them. Its fragrance is more pleasant than in the five years we’ve been here.
After I snipped this one, I noticed a beetle drunk on pollen. I thought he was dead and a small bee rounded the center of the flower, ignoring the beetle.
While trying to capture a picture of this special scene, the beetle crawled back to life and no fewer than three bees and a one small fly visited.
The beetle seemed to pull pistols (?) down, do some more pollen bathing, and hide away out of the sun.
I couldn’t bring myself to have this popular flower inside, so it’ll participate in the circle of life a bit longer today.
God bless and thank you for reading, I appreciate you,
Jason
If you look at Christianity from its beginning, it didn’t have that name. Not even Jesus’s students named it that while he was alive. The “Way” was one of the names.
Let me pause. I want to go simple here. I’m usually digging and learning. But when I’m lost and looking for direction, I go to the New Testament. I look to the Way of Jesus. He talked to and healed all types of people regardless of deep cultural divides. He loved and preached love. He lifted up women over and over. In one of his last commands he put his mother’s care in his best friend’s hands. There’s no simpler, clearer way for me to see life.
We’re not a Nation. We’re an Empire made up of many Nations. There is no National conversation to be had, it’s the lie of the last 100 years.
That truth is not enough. We have to break up the Nations, talk to each other as individuals, not political abstractions. That’s what Jesus has taught me.
God bless and thank you for reading,
Jason
A dear friend shared part of this C.S. Lewis essay with me this morning. I just listened to the whole thing. It’s worth 15 minutes of your time. It takes revelations I found as a youth through Joseph Campbell, our oldest myths, and Albert Camus and boils them down to the way I have lead my life for a long time.
It explains much of my response to the latest hysteria. If you have had trouble understanding my actions, if you have insulted my parenting, intelligence, privilege, or concern for humanity, do me a favor and listen to this. If you want to have honest discussion afterward, please comment. If you stand behind your insults, please leave me be.
https://youtu.be/oxFmkg5dcyk
God bless and thank you for reading,
Jason
I’m the first to point out that reported child abuse to hotlines would naturally go up as other reporting methods are taken away by the lockdown.
However, these cases seem to be getting worse. ERs are reporting an increase in severe abuse injuries and it only takes a little work on the part of one’s mind and heart to realize that children are being trapped with their abusers.
How are we going to look back at the lockdown? Increased sexual and physical and mental abuse, alcohol consumption, depression and suicide…
Jesus told us to love our neighbors. This doesn’t look like we’re following through.
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/28/847251985/child-sexual-abuse-reports-are-on-the-rise-amid-lockdown-orders
God bless and thank you for reading,
Jason
On those who would ease restrictions: “People who don’t care who dies as long as they get to have pedicures and verbally abuse waitstaff at Chili’s.”
I can only speak for myself, but I care very much about people’s lives and I have heard real stories of pain as families lose their livelihoods. My church should be housing homeless families this week. Resources for those in need are drying up. This is a heartbreaking situation. Deaths caused and accelerated by the lockdown are important. My father-in-law went into the hospital yesterday. His wife can’t see him. Who will advocate for him? Who will pay attention and take notes from all the doctor and nurse visits? Having seen this story many times, there is no one who can care for someone like a loved one.
I believe we should start with not demonizing each other. Each side is obviously willing to accept deaths. If we are honest about that, then we can talk with one another.
God bless and thank you for reading,
Jason