a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . ~~~~ Grievance Grift [GG] Grievance Grift (part 1)   ||    GG (part 2)   ||   GG (part 3)   ||    GG (part 4) . . I created the "GG HACK" meme to go with what I'm treating in today's piece. … Continue reading Grievance Grift (part 5) →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . ~~~~ Grievance Grift [GG] Last Sunday was Easter. I posted this on my The-facebook page: "Do you deny the Resurrection? I'd wager you do," ....over this two-minute video: . I begin with Irish theologian Pete Rollins here today for … Continue reading Grievance Grift (part 4) →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . ~~~~~ Autocrats hack American politics Grievance Grift (part 1)   ||    Grievance Grift (part 2) The "stop the spread" illustration above really summarizes the theme of these Grievance Grift missives, e.g., flattening the disinformation curve in the political space by … Continue reading Grievance Grift (part 3) →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . ~~~~~ "political technologies"  American politics have been hacked by autocrats Grievance Grift (part 1) "Political technology"—a mostly unfamiliar phrase in the West—is the figure of speech commonly used in the former Soviet states for a highly developed industry of … Continue reading Grievance Grift (part 2) →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . ~~~~~ The-facebook || I confess, I've been hanging out on Senator Roger Marshall's The-facebook page. That will be temporary. By "hanging out" I mean I turned notifications on, I'm reading/commenting/participating quite a bit with the posts by Marshall's team. … Continue reading Grievance Grift →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. ~~~~~ . Probably nothing new Is it new to American politics? I imagine that it's not. Frankly, I didn't start closely watching American political machinations until DJT became president, so I don't know. It's adapted right out of the Orwellian … Continue reading the heart of the matter →

. a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . . Focus By "reality in two pieces" here, I'm not talking about the long standing two-worlds reality that exists between "the haves" and "the have-nots" as the meme above decries. Rather, in this piece I'm briefly acknowledging that … Continue reading reality in two pieces →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . . White History Pictured above: Charlottesville "Unite the Right" Rally Last week we talked about the divide in American society right now. That problem can be summed as a largely media-driven Earth I || Earth II divide. Kansas senators are … Continue reading a history few were taught →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . ~~~~~ Failure?   This week, sadly, Texas seems like a fine illustration for a bipartisan government-fails-to-work argument (both R's and D's are livid in Texas). That's another post. This piece treats a failure to express moral leadership, but not by Ted … Continue reading a moral failure →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . ~~~~~ Why? Well, it's complicated DJT's reality-show presidency was a bit like the scene in Ghostbusters when all the demons were released from their captivity into ordinary life. January 6th removed any doubt that a significant piece of the … Continue reading jurors witnesses victims accomplices →