A Sense of Doubt blog post #3436 - 3300 days and SENSE OF DOUBT REPRINT of #1938 - ONE RACE - The Human Race - Musical Monday for 2006.08
Time for a reprint.
This has been a difficult week. I am writing these words on Friday the 19th.
I don't think I am overwhelmingly busy, but little delays in completing blogs and not being sufficiently ahead of the game, as I like, compounded. Then I pick things that are not all that easy to complete, causing more delays until I shift again.
For instance, this post is the third one I started. There are two others in the works.
That said, I have not been shirking my job. I have work done. Always more to do, but quite a bit is done.
I came across this Music Monday from 2020 when I was adding a new category -- Music Mixes -- to my blog, which I should have had as a category all along. In doing so, I came across this entry and another that I felt were worthy of reprinting. The other is scheduled for a few weeks from now.
This one seems a fitting choice for 3300 days: 3300 days have passed since my Mother's death on July 4th, 2015.
That said, I have not been shirking my job. I have work done. Always more to do, but quite a bit is done.
I came across this Music Monday from 2020 when I was adding a new category -- Music Mixes -- to my blog, which I should have had as a category all along. In doing so, I came across this entry and another that I felt were worthy of reprinting. The other is scheduled for a few weeks from now.
This one seems a fitting choice for 3300 days: 3300 days have passed since my Mother's death on July 4th, 2015.
I do not consider my counting of days to be a grief coping mechanism anymore. It was originally. In those first 100-200 days, I needed to see that number, that number helped me to get past my grief and the pain of loss. And then the counting just became the thing I do on the blog. On this blog, I count the posts and the days since Mom's death. I will probably start a count for my Dad when he passes, but I doubt I will do a HEY DAD series for three years. I did that with Mom, and I am more able to accept my Dad's life lived, a great life, a loving and wonderful human. Maybe will start a HEY MOM AND DAD as an occasional feature, much like HEY MOM is occasional now.
My day counting habit is much like reflecting on my Mom's life and my love for her when I see the time 10:10 a.m. (her time of death) on a clock. I post these blogs at 10:10 a.m. everyday for that reason. I am SO THANKFUL that Google allows me to set that date and time stamp from the future and post backwards in time, as with this one given that it's Wednesday 07/17 when I am typing these words.
So, reflecting on 3300 days, which is a really big number.
As people like to say, sitting with that fact for a time.
In this election year, it's important to remember this simple lesson.
My day counting habit is much like reflecting on my Mom's life and my love for her when I see the time 10:10 a.m. (her time of death) on a clock. I post these blogs at 10:10 a.m. everyday for that reason. I am SO THANKFUL that Google allows me to set that date and time stamp from the future and post backwards in time, as with this one given that it's Wednesday 07/17 when I am typing these words.
So, reflecting on 3300 days, which is a really big number.
As people like to say, sitting with that fact for a time.
In this election year, it's important to remember this simple lesson.
ONE RACE.
There's only one race: the human race.
Thanks for tuning in.
Monday, June 8, 2020
A Sense of Doubt blog post #1938 - ONE RACE - The Human Race - Musical Monday for 2006.08
A Sense of Doubt blog post #1938 - ONE RACE - The Human Race - Musical Monday for 2006.08
We went to hot spot of protests in Portland early Sunday morning (yesterday). Around the court house near the Apple Store (Yamhill and Fifth), one can find all this great street art on the boarded up exteriors of various stores.
It was a powerful and moving emotional experience. I had tears in my eyes.
Throughout the graffiti, I kept seeing the phrase "Fuck 12" written every where.
I am so sheltered.
Turns out that it means "Fuck police," as "12" is code for "Adam 12," the narcotics call, immortalized as the name of old TV cop show.
I didn't know that because of my sheltered upbringing and life or privilege off the street and not interacting with people for whom "fucking 12" has always been a common complaint.
The outpouring of grief, anger, and passion amid outcries for justice, peace, change, and revolution felt so visceral as if the people who wrote all the messages were still surrounding us, shoulder to shoulder, unified in righteous rage.
Some may be thinking "oh not another BLM post about George Floyd and "I Can't Breathe," but I hope none of my regular readers or friends think this dismissive and actually hateful idea.
It's not enough. It's never going to be enough. I could dedicate every post every day for five years to ending racism and calling attention to why all lives do not matter until black lives matter, and all that writing and effort would still not be enough to compensate for all the hatred, brutality, pain, and suffering.
In 2018, I finally finished reading Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, for which I took some flack from friends on social media, and yet the book was eye opening to me. I knew that the era of American slavery was full of horrors, but the ill-treatment of African people was even worse than I realized, and there's no reason to dismiss these accounts of atrocity that Zinn shares as history according to Zinn. It happened, and the fact that those things happened is corroborated by many other sources.
Why have we as a nation made an attempt (also not enough) to pay reparations to the Natives, the first people, the original people, those whose land we white settlers stole, and we Americans have not tried to make reparations to the children of the American slaves who built this country on their backs?
In fact, we have done the opposite. White, privileged, complacent, misguided, deep in denial, hegemony graspers have held down the African-American people with policies, laws, greeds, lack of services, inequity, injustice, murder, and fear: the NEW Jim Crow. I am just as complicit and responsible for this situation as those more extreme examples, like KKK hood wearing fascists, Proud Boys and Neo-Nazis, greedy Wall Street wealth-mongers, murdering cops, and two-faced politicians.
We need to own our own shit.
We need to stand up collectively together and not just offer prayers to the family of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tamir Rice, and so many more, we need to get off our asses and do something.
And yet, we're sheltering in place. It's a huge risk to get out into the sea of virus and endanger ourselves.
I can't scream at a protest right now, but I can scream and rage here on this blog, and I can bring these words and ideas into the college landscape and fight for change.
We have to make changes at every level, not just police reform, but every where in health care, classism, wealth inequity, opportunity, and education.
I am so impressed with the outpouring of support for BLACK LIVES MATTER in the photos of the streets of Portland, OR.
And there's efforts in my 'hood, too.
This picture below is from my neighborhood here in Woodland and is just a block away from my house.
Our "HATE HAS NO HOME HERE" sign is back in our front yard, as it used to be in Michigan, as shown in the second picture below.
Again, here's some of my favorite content on this issue that I have featured on my blog.
A Sense of Doubt blog post #1424 - Reparations and Redemption - a Musical Monday Mix for 1901.14
A Sense of Doubt blog post #1390 - A Debt Not Paid - Appropriation and the Co-Opting of Modern Music
Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #371 - I am not afraid of the police, but maybe you should be
Here's my "I Can't Breathe" posts so far:
Sense of Doubt blog post #1927 - White people are the problem - George Floyd RIP
A Sense of Doubt blog post #1929 - Black people are being killed and there's still COVID-19 - Weekly Hodge Podge for 2005.30
A Sense of Doubt blog post #1932 - The Trump Presidency is Over - the Watershed
Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1200 (SoD #1934) - BLACKOUT: EIGHT minutes and FORTY-SIX seconds
A Sense of Doubt blog post #1935 - Function of Art in response to "I Can't Breathe"
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2407.15 - 10:10
- Days ago = 3300 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
Thanks for tuning in.
Monday, June 8, 2020
A Sense of Doubt blog post #1938 - ONE RACE - The Human Race - Musical Monday for 2006.08
A Sense of Doubt blog post #1938 - ONE RACE - The Human Race - Musical Monday for 2006.08
We went to hot spot of protests in Portland early Sunday morning (yesterday). Around the court house near the Apple Store (Yamhill and Fifth), one can find all this great street art on the boarded up exteriors of various stores.It was a powerful and moving emotional experience. I had tears in my eyes.
Throughout the graffiti, I kept seeing the phrase "Fuck 12" written every where.
I am so sheltered.
Turns out that it means "Fuck police," as "12" is code for "Adam 12," the narcotics call, immortalized as the name of old TV cop show.
I didn't know that because of my sheltered upbringing and life or privilege off the street and not interacting with people for whom "fucking 12" has always been a common complaint.The outpouring of grief, anger, and passion amid outcries for justice, peace, change, and revolution felt so visceral as if the people who wrote all the messages were still surrounding us, shoulder to shoulder, unified in righteous rage.
Some may be thinking "oh not another BLM post about George Floyd and "I Can't Breathe," but I hope none of my regular readers or friends think this dismissive and actually hateful idea.
It's not enough. It's never going to be enough. I could dedicate every post every day for five years to ending racism and calling attention to why all lives do not matter until black lives matter, and all that writing and effort would still not be enough to compensate for all the hatred, brutality, pain, and suffering.In 2018, I finally finished reading Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, for which I took some flack from friends on social media, and yet the book was eye opening to me. I knew that the era of American slavery was full of horrors, but the ill-treatment of African people was even worse than I realized, and there's no reason to dismiss these accounts of atrocity that Zinn shares as history according to Zinn. It happened, and the fact that those things happened is corroborated by many other sources.
Why have we as a nation made an attempt (also not enough) to pay reparations to the Natives, the first people, the original people, those whose land we white settlers stole, and we Americans have not tried to make reparations to the children of the American slaves who built this country on their backs?In fact, we have done the opposite. White, privileged, complacent, misguided, deep in denial, hegemony graspers have held down the African-American people with policies, laws, greeds, lack of services, inequity, injustice, murder, and fear: the NEW Jim Crow. I am just as complicit and responsible for this situation as those more extreme examples, like KKK hood wearing fascists, Proud Boys and Neo-Nazis, greedy Wall Street wealth-mongers, murdering cops, and two-faced politicians.
We need to own our own shit.
We need to stand up collectively together and not just offer prayers to the family of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tamir Rice, and so many more, we need to get off our asses and do something.
And yet, we're sheltering in place. It's a huge risk to get out into the sea of virus and endanger ourselves.
I can't scream at a protest right now, but I can scream and rage here on this blog, and I can bring these words and ideas into the college landscape and fight for change.
We have to make changes at every level, not just police reform, but every where in health care, classism, wealth inequity, opportunity, and education.
I am so impressed with the outpouring of support for BLACK LIVES MATTER in the photos of the streets of Portland, OR.
And there's efforts in my 'hood, too.
This picture below is from my neighborhood here in Woodland and is just a block away from my house.
Our "HATE HAS NO HOME HERE" sign is back in our front yard, as it used to be in Michigan, as shown in the second picture below.
Again, here's some of my favorite content on this issue that I have featured on my blog.
A Sense of Doubt blog post #1424 - Reparations and Redemption - a Musical Monday Mix for 1901.14
A Sense of Doubt blog post #1390 - A Debt Not Paid - Appropriation and the Co-Opting of Modern Music
Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #371 - I am not afraid of the police, but maybe you should be
Here's my "I Can't Breathe" posts so far:
Sense of Doubt blog post #1927 - White people are the problem - George Floyd RIP
A Sense of Doubt blog post #1929 - Black people are being killed and there's still COVID-19 - Weekly Hodge Podge for 2005.30
A Sense of Doubt blog post #1932 - The Trump Presidency is Over - the Watershed
Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1200 (SoD #1934) - BLACKOUT: EIGHT minutes and FORTY-SIX seconds
A Sense of Doubt blog post #1935 - Function of Art in response to "I Can't Breathe"
Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1201 (SoD #1936) - It's Not Enough - WEEKLY HODGE PODGE for 2006.06
ALL LIVES DO NOT MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER.
Jamar Clark
Eric Garner
Philando Castile
Trayvon Martin
Tamir Rice
Ahmaud Arbery
George Floyd
Breonna Taylor
Michael Brown - Ferguson Unrest
Dontre Hamilton, Eric Garner, John Crawford III, Michael Brown, Ezell Ford, Laquan McDonald, Akai Gurley, Tamir Rice, Antonio Martin, and Jerame Reid, among others...
Charley Leundeu Keunang, Tony Robinson, Anthony Hill, Meagan Hockaday, Eric Harris, Walter Scott, Freddie Gray, William Chapman, Jonathan Sanders, Sandra Bland, Samuel DuBose, Jeremy McDole, Corey Jones, and Jamar Clark as well Dylan Roof's murder of The Charleston Nine.
Bruce Kelley Jr., Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Joseph Mann, Abdirahman Abdi, Paul O'Neal, Korryn Gaines, Sylville Smith, Terence Crutcher, Keith Lamont Scott, Alfred Olango, and Deborah Danner, among others.
BLACK LIVES MATTER
https://blacklivesmatter.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter
https://www.instagram.com/blklivesmatter/
AND SO A MUSIC MIX... because it's Musical Monday. The mix starts with "Alright" by Kendrick Lamar, which has been an anthem for the protest.
The mix continues with ONLY black artists. I tried to reach out beyond the comfort zone of my old favorites, but when I saw that someone made a "Justice for George Floyd" video with the seminal "The Revolution Will No be Televised" by Gil Scott Heron.
I wanted to end on Bob Marley's "One Love," so early on I dropped "One Love" by Nas to frame it. Then I composed with most of my favorites: Run With the Jewels, The Roots, Mos Def, Tribe called Quest, Talib Kweli, and ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT. I added a few classics, like OGs PE, Public Enemy, De La Soul, and the Queen (Latifah, duh). I also stretched myself a bit more with a few tracks I did not know, such as Blackstar with Common, Immortal Technique with Chuck D, and even a very popular track with Childish Gambino's "This is America."
The mix seemed to mix itself (with the help of Google's algorithm) and came together quickly.
Word.
TODAY'S MUSIC MIX
ONE RACE - HUMAN RACE - I CAN'T BREATHE
[1] Kendrick Lamar - Alright
[2] Gil Scott-Heron - The revolution will not be televised (Justice for George Floyd)
[3] Nas - One Love
[4] The Roots - Double Trouble
[5] Run The Jewels - Close Your Eyes (And Count To F**k) feat. Zack de la Rocha (Official Video)
[6] Immortal Technique feat. Killer Mike, Brother Ali & Chuck D - Civil War (w/ lyrics)
[7] Public Enemy - Fight The Power [Full Video Version]
[8] Kendrick Lamar - These Walls (Explicit) ft. Bilal, Anna Wise, Thundercat
[9] Childish Gambino - This Is America (Official Video)
[10] Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y. (Official Video)
[11] Mos Def - History ft. Talib Kweli
[12] A Tribe Called Quest - We The People.... (Official Music Video)
[13] John Legend, The Roots - Wake Up Everybody (Video) ft. Melanie Fiona, Common
[14] Arrested Development – People Everyday - 3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of
[15] The Roots - The Next Movement (Official Music Video)
[16] Blackstar - Respiration ft. Common
[17] Talib Kweli & Styles P. "Nine Point Five" ft. Sheek Louch, Jadakiss, NIKO IS (Official Video)
[18] De La Soul - Memory of… (US) ft. Estelle, Pete Rock
[19] Arrested Development - In 1 Day (Whole World Changed) - [Official Music Video]
[20] Bob Marley - One Love
STREETS OF PORTLAND
A MOMENT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND "FUCK 12."
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Fuck%2012
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fuck_12
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fuck-12
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2006.08 - 10:10
- Days ago = 1802 days ago
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ALL LIVES DO NOT MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER.
Jamar Clark
Eric Garner
Philando Castile
Trayvon Martin
Tamir Rice
Ahmaud Arbery
George Floyd
Breonna Taylor
Michael Brown - Ferguson Unrest
Dontre Hamilton, Eric Garner, John Crawford III, Michael Brown, Ezell Ford, Laquan McDonald, Akai Gurley, Tamir Rice, Antonio Martin, and Jerame Reid, among others...
Charley Leundeu Keunang, Tony Robinson, Anthony Hill, Meagan Hockaday, Eric Harris, Walter Scott, Freddie Gray, William Chapman, Jonathan Sanders, Sandra Bland, Samuel DuBose, Jeremy McDole, Corey Jones, and Jamar Clark as well Dylan Roof's murder of The Charleston Nine.
Bruce Kelley Jr., Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Joseph Mann, Abdirahman Abdi, Paul O'Neal, Korryn Gaines, Sylville Smith, Terence Crutcher, Keith Lamont Scott, Alfred Olango, and Deborah Danner, among others.
BLACK LIVES MATTER
https://blacklivesmatter.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter
https://www.instagram.com/blklivesmatter/
AND SO A MUSIC MIX... because it's Musical Monday. The mix starts with "Alright" by Kendrick Lamar, which has been an anthem for the protest.
The mix continues with ONLY black artists. I tried to reach out beyond the comfort zone of my old favorites, but when I saw that someone made a "Justice for George Floyd" video with the seminal "The Revolution Will No be Televised" by Gil Scott Heron.
I wanted to end on Bob Marley's "One Love," so early on I dropped "One Love" by Nas to frame it. Then I composed with most of my favorites: Run With the Jewels, The Roots, Mos Def, Tribe called Quest, Talib Kweli, and ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT. I added a few classics, like OGs PE, Public Enemy, De La Soul, and the Queen (Latifah, duh). I also stretched myself a bit more with a few tracks I did not know, such as Blackstar with Common, Immortal Technique with Chuck D, and even a very popular track with Childish Gambino's "This is America."
The mix seemed to mix itself (with the help of Google's algorithm) and came together quickly.
Word.
TODAY'S MUSIC MIX
ONE RACE - HUMAN RACE - I CAN'T BREATHE
[1] Kendrick Lamar - Alright
[2] Gil Scott-Heron - The revolution will not be televised (Justice for George Floyd)
[3] Nas - One Love
[4] The Roots - Double Trouble
[5] Run The Jewels - Close Your Eyes (And Count To F**k) feat. Zack de la Rocha (Official Video)
[6] Immortal Technique feat. Killer Mike, Brother Ali & Chuck D - Civil War (w/ lyrics)
[7] Public Enemy - Fight The Power [Full Video Version]
[8] Kendrick Lamar - These Walls (Explicit) ft. Bilal, Anna Wise, Thundercat
[9] Childish Gambino - This Is America (Official Video)
[10] Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y. (Official Video)
[11] Mos Def - History ft. Talib Kweli
[12] A Tribe Called Quest - We The People.... (Official Music Video)
[13] John Legend, The Roots - Wake Up Everybody (Video) ft. Melanie Fiona, Common
[14] Arrested Development – People Everyday - 3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of
[15] The Roots - The Next Movement (Official Music Video)
[16] Blackstar - Respiration ft. Common
[17] Talib Kweli & Styles P. "Nine Point Five" ft. Sheek Louch, Jadakiss, NIKO IS (Official Video)
[18] De La Soul - Memory of… (US) ft. Estelle, Pete Rock
[19] Arrested Development - In 1 Day (Whole World Changed) - [Official Music Video]
[20] Bob Marley - One Love
STREETS OF PORTLAND
A MOMENT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND "FUCK 12."
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Fuck%2012
Fuck 12 basically means fuck the police, but more specifically it’s means fuck the police drug unit.
by Jellyfiish July 20, 2018
Fuck the police.
It is said to originate as the result of the TV show Adam-12, to be in reference to a narcotics unit, or a radio code used by police themselves.
An organizer in Chicago told me that it's because when you read police reports of when they murder someone, it's narrated from the point of view of the cops (at 12 o'clock).
It is said to originate as the result of the TV show Adam-12, to be in reference to a narcotics unit, or a radio code used by police themselves.
An organizer in Chicago told me that it's because when you read police reports of when they murder someone, it's narrated from the point of view of the cops (at 12 o'clock).
by NoCopAcademy April 17, 2019
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fuck_12
fuck 12
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fuck-12
About
Fuck 12 is a slang expression used as an alternative to Fuck the Police which sometimes refers specifically to narcotics officers or the DEA. The phrase saw a significant resurgence in protests and online discussions surrounding the riots and protests that occurred following the death of George Floyd in late May 2020 and can be commonly seen on signs carried by protesters, graffiti or hashtags on social media.
Origin
The use of this expression appears online as early as 2014, though the exact origins are unknown. Some attribute the origins of this term to Atlanta, Georgia or Oakland, California. “Fuck 12” also frequently appears in a number of hip-hop songs, both in titles and lyrics. On June 13th, 2013, hip-hop trio Migos released the song “Fuck 12” on their mixtape YRN (seen below), which contains the lyrics “Aye throw that shit, throw that shit 12 outside” and “12 kickin’ in my front door,” which refers to disposing of narcotics as police/DEA arrive.
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2006.08 - 10:10
- Days ago = 1802 days ago
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2407.15 - 10:10
- Days ago = 3300 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
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