Speed of Life

Simo Hayha would disagree w @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/hr9W9FAnfT 🇫🇮 https://t.co/ZxtOfms92J — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) August 28, 2017 From SimoHayha.com "In 1939, the Soviet Union attempted to invade Finland. Being a member of the Civil Guard, Häyhä was called into service, serving under the 6th Company of JR 34 on the Kollaa River. Commanded by Major General Uiluo Tuompo, the Finns faced both the 9th and 14th Soviet Armies, and at one point were fighting against as many as 12 divisions - about 160,000 soldiers. Also at one point in the same area, there were only 32 Finns fighting against over 4,000 Soviets! Despite being outnumbered, however, the Finns were still victorious at the end of the day. The invading Soviets weren’t as organized as one would expect: they spoke many different languages, and they weren’t used to the harsh Finnish winters either. In fact, the winter of 1939-40 was very snowy, and had temperatures ranging from -40 to -20 degrees C...

“A truly moral agenda must be anti-racist, anti-poverty, pro-justice, pro-labor, transformative and deeply rooted and built within a fusion coalition.  It would ask of all policy, is the policy Constitutionally consistent, morally defensible and economically sane.  We call this moral analysis and moral articulation which leads to moral activism.”  —Rev. Dr. William, J. Barber, II

Humor Break On a Tough Night https://t.co/DRHwc3PaTW — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) August 26, 2017 This just instantly made today better... pic.twitter.com/mAnwSqgA5n — Brittlestar (@brittlestar) August 24, 2017

#Eclipse2017 time lapse captured from Easley, South Carolina by Gary McNeillie [6 minutes in 30 seconds] https://t.co/4diLr3jWv7 pic.twitter.com/bXqEZRQ1kb — Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 21, 2017 The eclipse over Empire State Building by Gary Hershorn #newyork #nyc

"The world is a dangerous place...not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it" -Albert Einstein In the light of the horrific, fascist, white-supremacist violence against peaceful folks in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12, 2017, I find this film produced by the US War Department during WWII to be instructive. Clips from the film are appearing on social media sites. The full film is presented here. From IMDB: "Financed and produced by the United States War Department in 1943, and shot at the Warners studio, although it was distributed through all of the major studios' film exchanges and also by National Screen Services free to the theatre exhibitors: A young, healthy American Free Mason is taken in by the message of a soap-box orator who asserts that all good jobs in the United States are being taken by the so-called minorities, domestic and foreign. He falls into a conversation with a refugee ...

Heather Heyer is her name. She was 32 years old. She was murdered on Saturday, August 12th in Charlottesville, VA by Neo Nazis. May she rest in peace. Add your event to stand in solidarity with #Charlottesville : https://t.co/nKSXu3EI2w pic.twitter.com/euaz16RSeo — Indivisible Guide (@IndivisibleTeam) August 12, 2017 Stand in solidarity with #Charlottesville  ! Mr. Trump: A car drove into a crowd, a life was lost. What will it take for you to condemn white supremacy? Speak out. Attend the funeral. — George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) August 12, 2017 Anyone who does not abandon a political party led by a man unable to condemn white supremacists and nazis is without morality or principle. — Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) August 12, 2017 Thank you @RevDrBarber for your courage and leadership! @MSNBC #Charlottesville #NoH8 — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) August 12, 2017 The case against "many sides." pic.twitter.com/ryohQhs5Vm — Jeet Heer (@HeerJe...

by Gregg Chadwick "Anybody who says politics and music don't mix is, that's just in your face stupid."   – Lucinda Williams Jesse Malin:  Fox News Funk from  Meet Me at the End of the World Jesse Malin's new EP, Meet Me at the End of the World , is out. Produced by Joseph Arthur, this collection of four new songs timely addresses our current Trumpian tribulation and is sparking some major conversations across the music world. Lucinda Williams was so inspired by Malin's Meet Me at the End of the World, that, as  Fran C. Anderson  reports in Rolling Stone, Williams "hopped on the phone with the D Generation frontman ... for a wide-ranging chat about their approach to songwriting, politics, Canadian electro dynamo Peaches, and a possible future collaboration." In their conversation Williams and Malin earnestly conversed about the mix of politics and music in their art. Williams said,"Anybody who says politics and music don't m...

Over the August recess some members will hold "tele-town halls" instead of in-person events. Here's how to make the most of these calls: pic.twitter.com/Olt1hTIQIX — Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 4, 2017