JUNE 28, 2024 ARTS CONTEST GROUNDCOVER NEWS 7 Vote for your favorite painting and view submissions to the other three media categories online at linktr.ee/ groundcovernews Voting closes August 5! Eric Kopchia Cindy Gere Robbie February STATE from page 5 Ritter are among the best analysts we have. sophisticated now. The new imperial plan aims for full spectrum domination. Both outer space and inner space become battlefields as plans to colonize the moon and Mars mesh with the digital design to use all your time to keep in compliance with the terms and conditions of central planners. The gods of capital pay their servants well. Tony Schwartz, the ghost writer for “The Art of the Deal” spent enough time with Donald Trump to know him well and publicly repent for the success of his writing. His interviews are eye-openers. Some of us have known of the Deep State for decades. John le Carré educated many of us with his best seller “The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.” I saw the movie first in West Berlin after returning from a day in East Berlin. It was dubbed in German which in 1967 made little difference to me as I was happily bilingual. I then read the book in the original English and reread it regularly; I saw the movie in English several times. Richard Burton is at his best in this movie. Today we have the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, whistleblowers from the national intelligence community who tell us the inside story of the Deep State. It was founded by Ray McGovern, who with Col. Larry Wilkerson and Scott The idea of American exceptionalism and the sole superpower is thoroughly deconstructed. Donald Trump attacked the Deep State as traitors to America who are bent on sabotaging him. I cannot keep up with all the rhetoric about America the great but I do believe when we learn to be authentic in the style of Buddha, Jesus with some study on who is the last prophet. Some say Mohammed; I think Martin Luther King Jr. I must mention Gandhi who was deeply influenced by Thoreau who learned of the Deep State that set up the Mexican American War. He refused to pay taxes for this consolidation of American supremacy, known as Manifest Destiny. Thoreau wrote the classic essay On the Duty of Civil Disobedience. As the war machine aims for omnipotence in the 21st century, we need to analyze and reflect on a Constitution that has been seized and interpreted by private property extremists dedicated to claiming the commons as fair game for investors who devastate public health, public education, transportation … Wealth disparity has become obscene. We can make a stand by connecting withannarborcommunitycommons. org, Ann Arbor for Public Power, AnnArbor CoalitionAgainstWar.org — combined with daily mindfulness training so as to tune in to daily life. That’s where the action is: Democracy at Work as Richard Wolf teaches in his podcasts. Mario Savio is an icon for many of us who remember the Berkeley Free Speech Movement. His landmark passionate speech “Bodies Upon The Gears” was given at UC Berkeley in December 1964. Free speech is still the heart of the popular liberation movement as we struggle to free ourselves from every form of supremacism, until egomania is composted into the dustbin of history. Mindfulness training of body, speech and mind and the necessary discipline to follow through until we experience “calm and clear” and make that state of mind the center for deeper progress on the path. Awareness of our fundamental qualities of compassion, loving kindness and discriminating wisdom will lead to the actions that purify our karma and lead to “liberty and justice for all.” All hands on deck as we embrace reality and share in the awakening that benefits all without exception. I take another breath to walk with you on the path. We will hit critical mass and countless awakened beings will arise. Let’s be among them!
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