Saudis bought Trump and Kushner.
Republicans approved. Putin approved.
Paul Ryan should rot in hell.
How does a person who benefits from social programs get to gut social programs? How does a deficit hawk explode the deficit? How does a self-proclaimed catholic defy every teaching of Jesus?
It may seem that the last technique is the natural conclusion of the first four but it still stings.
i wish some people would realise that *destroying the nuclear family* means the liberation of woman as a class, the destruction of heterosexuality as the material base for the categories of gender, communal parenting, decentering romantic relationships as the only space for happiness, freedom, and spontaneity, etc… and not like……. being part of a fucking polycule and pressuring people who want to be monogamous into having sex they’re not comfortable with
I’m not talking about parents who actually abuse, rape or harm their children, I’m talking about the ones who don’t. Or the ones who think they don’t. The ones who are using accepted, socially normalised parenting styles that mirror abuse – without even knowing it. Loads of us. Maybe most of us.
What would that mean for us, as a population of parents, if we realised that some of our chosen tactics to bring our kids up, were actually mirroring sexual and domestic violence and abuse?
Are we normalising abusive relationships in our parenting?
Should we be surprised that children and young adults can’t identify abusers if we behave like them too?
The cover of Katten har sitt hjärta på utsidan (”The cat has its heart on the outside”), a picture book I made in fall 2018. The goal is to sell it limited edition as a self-published fanzine at the Stockholm International Comics Festival in April.
A PDF of the book is available if you support me with 10+ USD on Patreon. I will keep posting zines and such as PDF:s there, so if you have a few dollars to spare, I would be very thankful for your support. :)
Why We Must Get Big Money Out of Politics
The most important thing we must do to save our democracy is get big money out of politics. It’s a prerequisite to accomplishing everything else.
Today, big money continues to corrupt American politics – creating a vicious cycle that funnels more wealth and power to those at the top and eroding our democracy.
In the 2018 midterm elections, wealthy donors and Super-PACs poured millions into the campaigns of the same lawmakers who voted to pass the 2017 tax cuts, which gave them huge windfalls.
Consider conservative donors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson, whose casino business received an estimated $700 million windfall, thanks to Trump and Republicans’ tax cuts. The couple then used some of this extra cash to plow more than $113 million dollars into the 2018 election, breaking the record for political contributions by a single household.
That’s not a bad return on investment – for them.
All told, almost 40 percent of total contributions in the 2018 midterms came from people who donated $10,000 or more. Yet these mega-donors comprise a tiny 0.01 percent of the U.S. population.
It’s a worsening vicious cycle: Lawmakers cut taxes and slash regulations for their wealthy campaign donors. Mega-donors and corporations funnel some of that money back into our political system to keep their lackeys in power. Politicians then propose another round of tax cuts, subsidies or bailouts to secure even more donations.
If this isn’t corruption, I don’t know what is. It also breeds cynicism in our democracy. The game seems rigged because it is. A 2015 poll found that the majority of Americans say lawmakers are corrupt, out of touch with their constituents, and beholden to special interests.
In the 2018 midterms, Americans demanded an end to the corruption. And there are signs lawmakers are finally getting message. House Democrats’ first piece of legislation aims to end the big-money takeover.
We must end this vicious cycle in order to reclaim our democracy. We must get big money out of politics. Now.
- Bully your kids and they will learn to fear you. As in be afraid of you. Cringing in your presence and hiding their lives from you.
- Publicly shame your kids and they will learn the only important character development is to be found in a good public persona and the fool’s gold of value based solely upon outward perception and public approval.
- Mock your children as they struggle and they will learn to never share their struggles with you.
- Share their weaknesses with the world and they will find the world to be cruel and will put you in the role of the cruelest of all.
- They will think they are a joke, not to be taken seriously. Their pain the only commodity to sell.
- They will treat you as you have treated them.
Source: Destroying Your Child’s Heart – One FB Picture At A Time
A practitioner could diagnose an energetic young boy with ADHD or ODD, when in an alternative environment, he might be a delight. A belligerent teenager who abuses drugs and gets Ds may appear to be a “thug, undeserving of respect,” yet in another environment, transform into a well-mannered honor student. Before we burden a child with diagnoses and labels, we must determine whether something in the child’s environment has at some point created excessive stress.
Traumatic events or ACEs (adverse childhood events) like having addicted parents, going into foster care, and abuse or neglect of any kind often lead to symptoms and acting out that can mimic mental illnesses. Traumatic stress may cause anxiety, depression, and inability to focus, concentrate, or sit still. Children and teens trapped in mental anguish may look for ways to self-medicate to get relief. To relieve toxic stress, we must focus on promoting emotional safety and connection at home and in school. We must help children manage their emotions and the crisis to self-confidence that comes from feeling bad.
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