https://www.npr.org/live-updates/capitol-insurrection-hearing-2022-06-09    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/06/09/us/jan-6-hearings    Carrot: officer Caroline Edward for her honest and painful yet needed testimony tonight, thank you for your bravery tonight and especially on Jan 6. https://www.npr.org/live-updates/capitol-insurrection-hearing-2022-06-09#a-capitol-police-officer-injured-on-jan-6-recalls-the-chaos-and-carnage    Stick: To the GOP for trying their best to make seem like THE NATION WASN’T ATTACK! https://www.npr.org/live-updates/capitol-insurrection-hearing-2022-06-09#republicans-continue-attacks-on-committee-as-it-prepares-for-first-hearing

List of school shootings in the United States by death toll – Wikipedia  Payton Gendron: What we know about the Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect – CNN  State cancels Regents history exam in wake of Buffalo mass shooting | Education |  buffalonews.com  Sacramento Church Shooting: Father kills 4, including his 3 daughters, before shooting himself at […]

Art by @banksyhatesme Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows How but it doesn’t stop there so many cases like interracial marriage, birth control, Gay Marriage all stem from the same “Right to Privicy”  If Roe v. Wade Is Overturned, What’s Next? | The New Yorker Some fear ripple effect on […]

Rev. Barney talks about coping with loss and grief.

There’s a grief that can’t be spoken /There’s a pain goes on and on/ Empty chairs at empty tables “Now my friends are dead and gone… Oh my friends, my friends forgive me/ That I live and you are gone/ There’s a grief that can’t be spoken/ There’s a pain goes on and on –Empty […]

Justice Stephen Breyer will retire, giving Biden a Supreme Court pick : NPR A shortlist of potential nominees to replace Breyer on the Supreme Court – CNNPolitics Israel deemed an apartheid state: Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: a cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity – Amnesty International    Israel is an apartheid state, Amnesty […]

Rev. Barney and NineOf12 have a talk with special guest Meredith Sparkles about Polyamory and Sex Work. What is Poly ? Polyamorous Relationships: How It Works | Psych Central Types of Polyamorous Relationships: 8 Great Ones to Know Poly and the law: Polyamory and the law FAQs — Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition Legal Protections for […]

Rev Barney’s links: How Is Cryptocurrency Similar To Fiat Money And How Is It Different? There’s No Good Reason to Trust Blockchain Technology | WIRED Blockchain is not only crappy technology but a bad vision for the future | by Kai Stinchcombe | Medium What’s the Environmental Impact of Cryptocurrency? NFTs Were Supposed to Protect […]

Why Ethics Matter For Social Media, Silicon Valley And Every Tech Industry Leader Ethical Dilemmas of Social Media – and How to Navigate Them | BI Can social media ever be ethical? What happens when Social Media taints politics with the fringe The ethics of politics and social media is about what happens next | […]

“There is no ethical consumerism in a capitalist society” Taliesin of the Taliesin and Evitel YouTube Channel “As consumers we have so much power to change the world by just being careful in what we buy.” —Emma Watson, actress and ethical fashion advocate Let’s talk about the possibility of ethical consumerism  What is Ethical Consumerism: […]

Rev. Barney and NineOf12 talk about what we are thankful for, and the way thanksgiving is celebrated in places around the world. https://allthatsinteresting.com/thanksgiving-in-other-countries The Infrastructure package: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/28/politics/infrastructure-bill-explained/index.html

“You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns.” Deuteronomy 24:14 “Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customer. I think you build one with your employees first.” – Angela Ahrendts […]

As of August 5, 2021:  630,947 Americans have died of covid-19. 95% new cases and 99.9 percent of deaths are unvaccinated. Nearly all the covid deaths in the US is the unvaxxed.  Nearly all COVID deaths in US are now among unvaccinatedapnews.com The Unvaxxed is a problem for those that is doing everything right Breakthrough […]

First how did we get to the hearings: Nancy Pelosi Calls for ‘9/11-Type Commission’ To Address Capitol Security Pelosi’s push for 9/11-style Capitol riot commission stalls in political quicksand Why Republicans Are Resisting A Jan. 6 Commission What is a 9-11 style commission?  Wikipedia – 9/11 Commission Pelosi to offer even split on 9/11-style commission […]

Rev. Barney and NineOf12 discuss our responsibility as human beings, to be good stewards of our environment. Heat Wave in PNW is more than just odd heat wave. It has a very high human cost Oregon Governor Says Too Many Lives Lost During Record-Breaking Heat Wave The Heat dome causes days of 110+ temps. Portland […]

Rev. Barney and NineOf12 talk about the radicalization of american discourse. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/business/media/comet-ping-pong-pizza-shooting-fake-news-consequences.amp.html What is radicalization? “Radicalization is when someone accepts or believes in ideas that are considered extreme or outside the status quo when someone becomes radicalized, they are so committed to their extreme beliefs that they can’t accept the fact that other people believe […]

Rev. Barney and NineOf12 talk about burnout, hitting that wall, and self care. Somethings to think about when looking at burnout: https://medium.com/@brie_25021/political-burnout-when-politics-make-you-poli-sick-aaff6cc1b8c3 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/head-games/202006/4-reasons-why-activists-burn-out#:~:text=And%20while%20self%2Dcare%20is,activist%20community’s%20needs%20at%20large. Can you do to keep yourself in fight? https://lesley.edu/article/avoid-activist-burnout-and-sustain-your-commitment-to-community Carrot: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/black-falconry-rodney-stotts-helps-at-risk-youth-take-flight/ Stick: The America first caucus what kind of fascist racist crap is this https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/04/17/marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-off-america-first-caucus-following-backlash/?sh=5e78d8424198

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you […]

‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. Mark 12:31 “For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.” – Carl Sagan New bigoted laws in Arkansas: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/arkansas-governor-signs-bill-allowing-medical-workers-to-refuse-treatment-to-lgbtq-people https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/arkansas-governor-signs-transgender-sports-ban-law-76691217 NC LGBTQ laws – Please take action to ask our Legislature to SUPPORT these measures […]

Rev. Barney and NineOf12 catch up on the news. Impeachment Trial: Day 1 Take away: https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/09/politics/trump-impeachment-trial-day-1-takeaways/index.html The most damning of videos Day 2 Take way:  https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/10/politics/trump-impeachment-trial-day-2-takeaways/index.html Oh Senator Hawley just because MTG is very loud doesn’t mean I haven’t forgotten about you.  https://www.newsweek.com/josh-hawley-defends-self-after-critics-slam-him-ignoring-impeachment-trial-gallery-1568412?amp=1 Day 3 take away: https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/11/politics/trump-impeachment-trial-day-3-takeaways/index.html  Day 4 take away: https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/12/politics/donald-trump-impeachment-senate-trial/index.html 5780 minute […]