#Germany is the "world champion in remembrance," celebrated for its post-#Holocaust policies of ensuring that every German never forgot what had been done in their names, and in holding themselves and future generations accountable for the Nazis' crimes.
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When I am below in the valley, I look up, and I see the landscape around me in a certain way. But when I stand at the heights and look down, I see the same landscape in a different way. Perspective matters.
"Believe in truth. To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights."
from Original Nations Advocates PRO on December 8, 2020
"#Vatican documents issued by various popes during the fifteenth century created global patterns of domination, leading ultimately to the current #EcologicalCrisis. The wisdom teachings of original nations and peoples provide a way forward for the well-being of the planet and our future generations. Based on the book Pagans in the Promised Land by Steven T. Newcomb."
The questions have not been answered; the solutions are not fixed; the truth is not established by the "experts." There is room for all of us to wonder, contemplate, philosophize, analyze, question, and seek. Truth is something we find, discover -- not something we are told.
There is a false confidence, and a true one. False confidence involves pretending to be who you are not, and acting as if you know things you don't know. Real confidence comes from unabashedly being yourself.
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Pretty much sums it up.
There are deeper layers, like "belief", #media & "social influence" & the gullibility of many who are served up nonstop lies & rewards for being part of the (alt) #truth bubble. (Dome?)
I'm being kind; Yes, there are also blatant haters, self-serving con artists, grifters, merchandisers, etc.
I've come to appreciate this brief but pithy observation.
Why would anyone deify a #cult leader who preys on them?
Special counsel Robert Hur's report on the investigation into the mishandling of Obama-era #ClassifiedDocuments at 2 locations
connected to President Joe #Biden has been delivered to #Congress.
The report is expected to go into significant detail about what the special counsel's office found in its investigation.
Hur's team is not planning to bring criminal charges, but the report could provide fodder for Biden's #political opponents.
Which is exactly why there are no #criminal charges.
Biden’s kid had JUST DIED.
He did not obstruct the investigation ever.
Biden himself initiated the search after it was discovered Trump not only #willfully stole classified docs but also obstructed the investigation & return of the docs.