6/20 News Roundup & Open Thread
Dr. Cornel West joins the show (for the first time) for a wide-ranging conversation about his new podcast The Tightrope, what went wrong for Bernie’s campaign and why he had endorsed Sanders again in 2020, and the tactical efficacy of violent vs. nonviolent protesting.
More news/videos/tweets/etc. in the comments.
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T and R, LD!! 🙂
This technically belongs in Benny’s post yesterday but I missed it at the time:
I love that Dr West, in his spiel, explained the background for my online name, “aint supposed to die a natural death”.
‘Absurd’: After US Bullying, Every Mention of United States Stripped From UN Resolution Spurred by George Floyd Killing
Rant.
Hello friends. Its been quite the past month +. First COVID had me working a million times more roles/responsibilities which eventually led to my having a seizure/passing out at work/hitting my head. The road to recovery has been foggy and a bit bumpy, but I went back to work the week after my incident . Then workers comp denied my claim so I’m having to fight that to get my bills paid etc. Well now suddenly after my accident, there are talks of my position being eliminated because of ‘covid changes’ but that was ‘just one of a lot of possibilities’ and up in the air. Well I get to work Tuesday and find my work account deactivated, etc… so I call my bosses and they claim its an HR accident and theres nothing to worry about, etc etc.. but by wednesday and thursday I still had no access to my account or any of my materials, so once again called and was assured that my position was fine, it was a true HR error, but admitted there were some concerns about my health and ability to perform job functions but I could continue in my role and that my account would be slow to be reactivated because of IT/HR shortage…but I should take Friday off since I wouldnt be able to get much done. Ok, sure. Took friday off, took a midday nap and woke up to a call from my boss saying that there had been a case of Covid in the building so me and anyone exposed to the building during that timeframe (coincidendally, just me) would be quarantined for two weeks and could not come in.
So all in all.. my job seems totally up in the air at the moment if not already gone… all because of a work-induced seizure that workers comp is now denying the claim for, and the game-playing/lack of communication on my long term job status has led to more anxiety that will ultimately likely trigger another seizure.
Good lord I hate the corporate world.
So basically JD and I have been working on selling most of our non-essential/unused household items, furniture, etc and are trying to find a small, reasonably priced RV to throw our few remaining belongings into and then escape the rat-race of the city and do the whole nomadic blogging thing for a while. It will still be some time as we are still in the hunt for an RV phase… but wanted to provide a bit of an update that at some point in the future we may be in your neighborhood :).
THank you all for the continued support and for keeping the nest in tip-top shape.
A bit late but here’s some pictures from our trip at the end of May. We only had a couple days and most things were closed, so it was basically just a big circular roadtrip, but we did manage to make it into the mountains of Colorado.
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Righteous photos, LD. Sorry (but not surprised unfortunately) to hear about your work headaches. 🙂 You are the founder of the BNR/TPW and the Nest. I will always have your back, FWIW.
If your nomadic travels bring you to s.e. Mi. Stop by my place.
Wow that’s quite a rough stretch for you LD. Good luck in your RV journeys. If you make it to upstate NY, let me know.
Who knows what will actually happen but after my two week ‘quarantine’ Im not expecting good news. We dont have much but we’ve managed to save a little and with selling off some stuff I think the RV life would do us some good. Im frustrated by city life in general and at the moment JD is able to work remotely, so with the right setup things could work out.
I once drove from outside of Pittsburgh to White Plains New York and still have fond memories of the scenery! Wouldnt mind going that way again. Perhaps with an RV I can become more involved politically as I can travel between events/campaignts/etc covering them. One of the holdups of having a ‘home’ is the whole having to have a job you always have to be at to cover the rent thing
You know where I live, LD. You and JD may want to avoid FL cos of the CV stupidity though. 🙁
LD/JD 💗 i have yuge (well large) space you can park in and a spare bedroom if you get tired of the rv. hope you are feeling better. they are lucky to have you.
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Oh, for crap’s sake LD!!!!! What a trying time for you!
I’m sure hoping that, in the long run, it all works out for the best for you and JD. 🤞
(‘m pretty sure that if I’d gotten sick at the beginning of the lockdown I’d be in your shoes.)
I’ve been reading about heated blankets with USB ports that run off portable power stations that are charged during the day by foldable solar panels…you get the drift.
Tis idea of traveling around, blogging as you go, does sound attractive. And it seems there are lots of resources to tap into.
From the sounds of your story that company you work for doesn’t sound worthy of you.
Please send any and all updates when you can! 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀
Your not alone on the hate of the corporate world, been in it too long myself ,5 years to hang on till retirement and tell them to kiss my ass.
SEIU President: Expelling Police Unions From the Labor Movement “Has to Be Considered”
Minneapolis Public Schools Abolished Their Police First
If Defeated by Booker in Democratic Primary, McGrath Urged to Hand Over Surplus Millions to Topple McConnell
Even in Safe Races, the Democratic Establishment Hates Progressive Candidates
I posted this tune on Benny’s TGIF/Tunes OT. It is very appropriate for today.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/20/us/politics/amy-mcgrath-charles-booker-kentucky-senate.html
Predictable opinionating from the NYT. They forgot to mention the WVA Senate race shaping up between Capito and Swearengin. I hope the rural KY vote comes out en masse. That will defeat the voter suppression tactics threatened in this primary. 🕊🌈
Id pick Barbara Lee also, but beyond politics, Biden is not going to pick a 73 year old to be VP.
Her age worries me, too. Hope she has a worthy successor in the wings.🤔
Once again, Biden is oblivious with this statement. The Dems are almost as much to blame as the GOPers.
DINOs are GOPuke Lite. No difference as they serve the same $$$$$god.
Should the word “black” be capitalized? Newsrooms are Debating It.
Note: the Chicago Tribune is joining the chorus.
If ‘Black’ is describing a particular person/group, initial cap it. If it is a general group, all lower case, ‘black.’ That was the grammar rule I learned.