Still! Not Wednesday, but Do Better: 3nd draft is (a re-write!) done…

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

     For those who are interested,  especially Beta Readers, I have finally finished my third draft of DoBetter, formerly known as BabyAcres, or Baby Floors, though the formatting still remains to be fixed.  I had a little technical problem, which I managed to fix, but seems to have nixed part of my dictionary for spell checking, so I’ll do that before finishing my fourth draft.

I’m still posting the rough draft sections so that when I post the update draft excerpts or comments, there will be a line of progression to follow, to help me track my own craft learning and writing process.

Action Prompts:

1.) Would you be interested in reading and commenting on a draft copy of Do Bettter?

2.) If so, let me know in the comments, here, please.

3.) Share your thoughts on how continuing empathy-building cooperation…

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Self-Proclaimed Proud Boys Member Gets 10 Years for Violence at Portland Protests – The New York Times

A self-professed member of the Proud Boys from Texas who traveled to Portland, Ore., to confront protesters there last year was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison for shooting a man in the eye with a paintball gun, spraying people in the face with bear mace and aiming a loaded handgun at a crowd, prosecutors said.

The Texas man, Alan Swinney, 51, was a “white nationalist vigilante cowboy,” who went to Portland to engage in political violence during protests there in the summer of 2020, prosecutors said.

In social media posts, he made threats against “the left” and “antifa,” prosecutors said, and he tried to recruit people to form a militia to fight in what he believed was a civil war.

Mr. Swinney, who appeared at several demonstrations in the Northwest, became a “known entity” in Portland, as he instigated and committed violent acts under the banner of free speech and pro-police sentiments, prosecutors said.

On two days — Aug. 15, 2020 and Aug. 22, 2020 — he led a small group of like-minded people and engaged in multiple acts of violence during demonstrations stemming from the murder of George Floyd, prosecutors said.

Mr. Swinney caused a serious eye injury by shooting a man in the face with a paintball gun, and he discharged bear mace on multiple occasions — spraying some people directly in the face — and aimed a loaded Ruger .357 magnum handgun at a crowd, prosecutors said. He also shot people with paintballs, prosecutors said.

Forgiveness, when there is active bleeding in your wounds

Inhale Peace; Exhale Love. Joy will Follow! - RUELHA

When there is active bleeding The pain's not receeding I used to be Christian through and through And all along, I was taught to do Even in a day, forgive seventy times seven And that is the way to go to heaven But, when there's active bleeding That pain's not receeding Forgivesness to some people comes rather easy Because they prefer to breathe light and free Even still, when the wound is fresh These people may find it difficult to pass the test Because when there's active bleeding The pain's not receeding And when those wounds are sutured time and again They're gonna cringe from previous stabs recalling those bloodstains And since I'm an ardent propogator of love and forviveness I believe we must keep attempting; how else will you celebrate Christmas! But,when there is active bleeding The pain's not receeding Sure, forgiveness is important. But, maybe step out of…

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Call on RBC to stop funding Coastal GasLink pipeline

LANDBACK Friends

Divestment from banks that fund fossil fuel projects has long been an effective way to bring attention to the financial institutions involved in such projects. https://jeffkisling.com/?s=divest

I’ve (@ran activist @jakislin) been involved in numerous divestment campaigns.

As one example, in 2015 I was involved with a divestment campaign by the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) to stop fossil fuel funding by Morgan Stanley. https://jeffkisling.com/2015/11/30/morgan-stanley-stops-financing-coal/

As a result, Morgan Stanley shareholders decided to cut coal financing.

Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo Cut Coal Financing, Join Growing Movement by Banks in U.S. and Europe

Following is a toolkit from the Wet’suwet’en peoples who are asking us to pressure the RBC and other financial institutions to withdraw funds from the Coastal GasLink pipeline project.

If investors are serious about their commitments to social responsibility and racial justice, they must commit to not financing projects that threaten Wet’suwet’en sovereignty, violate our land and sacrifice…

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