Be remembering.

[silveradept]

Today is 5 November, remember. In two days, on 7 November, there's an election involved. This guy says I'm not going to vote because nothing's going to change. That's quite the possibility - nothing may change at all. DRT says to something like that "Who Cares What You Think?" I'm with DRT, if only for the want to see the birth of viable third-parties, or the existence of an actual left. Getting enough votes to them so that they can claim matching funding from the government will help. There will still be spending limits involved, but even so, if the vote can keep them getting enough money to spread the message, we might see the peaceful revolution from inside. It just has to get started. So if you're not going to vote, because nothing will change, cast your ballot in favor of the third-party candidate that represents you best, please.

Remember remember the fifth of November,
Gunpowder, Treason and Plot,
I see no reason why gunpowder and treason
should ever be forgot.

Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, 'twas his intent
to blow up the King and the Parliament.
Three score barrels of powder below,
Poor old England to overthrow:
By God's providence he was catch'd
With a dark lantern and burning match.

Holloa boys, holloa boys, make the bells ring.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!
Hip hip hoorah!

A penny loaf to feed the Pope.
A farthing o' cheese to choke him.
A pint of beer to rinse it down.
A faggot of sticks to burn him.
Burn him in a tub of tar.
Burn him like a blazing star.
Burn his body from his head.
Then we'll say ol' Pope is dead.

Hip hip hoorah!
Hip hip hoorah!

Anyway, beyond that point, there's the usual cavalcade of insanity to deal with. Like opinion polls in "our allies" nations returning that G.W. Bush is thought more dangerous than Kim Jong-Il. Perhaps it's an effect of all the negative ad campaigns. Which are apparently designed to make voters stay home, not vote. So go vote, American-types. Even military papers are calling for Rumsfield to get out.

According to this article by the BBC, there's 50 years left before fish stocks die out. Which accelerates the dying out of other marine species, and so forth - it's a domino collapse. So again, keeping eyes on sustainability and passing the planet to our seventieth generation is a good thing.

In the offbeat, we find a "Catholic" group in England behaving badly towards the witches. The bad behavior is one thing, however, I'm taking significant offense at the way the article is written, as well. To their credit for peddling influence, the part about religious hate crime is right after the "they called me a 'whore witch'" part. To their detriment for peddling influence, the sentence "She said there were no plans to put a curse on the Christians." My hair, it comes out in clumps upon reading this. "So, Pagan, when did you stop beating your wife?" Same kind of statement. The group to which the free radicals were attached condoned the problem, and then said (and this is in greyweirdo's absolute best whining voice - if you've heard it, you know exactly how this sounds), "But we got harrassed, too! Why aren't we suing them?" Most likely, because they weren't breaking laws. This is the obverse of the coin when you have your event - you get harrassed. So long as there weren't any laws broken, sorry. Suck it up.

Here's the good thing for tonight, though - Five ways to make your life happier in the short term. On top of that, I add one more: 6. Read about a gentleman's encounter with TitS.

Comments

[annaonthemoon.livejournal.com]

i am shocked a the way the Catholics treated the Pagans in Glastonbury. I don't understand the salt thing, either. Do they think the pagans are slugs who will melt under the salt? Glastonbury is an important magical place, and now it's tainted.

[silveradept]

Salt is a purifying element in most magical systems. Remember the idea to throw salt over one's left shoulder if spilled? That's to ward the satan away from you.

I think Glastonbury can handle having a few ill words exchanged around it without losing any potency it has.

[annaonthemoon.livejournal.com]

i thought the salt thing *was* a pagan thing, though.

[silveradept]

I never said it wasn't. Remember that the Catholics are the Borg of the religious world, and tell me if it still doesn't make sense.