link collection, thoughts and musings

Reading up on Ralph Lawrence Carr, Republican governor of Colorado back in 1942 (for Reasons). Most noted for standing up against (Democrat) FDR's institution of the Japanese Internment camps with this speech before Colorado farmers:

But the Japanese are protected by the same Constitution that protects us. An American citizen of Japanese descent has the same rights as any other citizen.... If you harm them, you must first harm me. I was brought up in small towns where I knew the shame and dishonor of race hatred. I grew to despise it because it threatened [pointing to various audience members] the happiness of you and you and you.

It's believed that speaking out cost him his political career.

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Some links I've been collecting over the last couple of weeks.

Being White Isn't An Identity, It's Just What You Ought To Be.

Lessons from Jews: What To Do About Trump

Stephen Hawking says it's a Dangerous Time When We Can Destroy The Planet But Not Escape It.

I think the thing that Hawking misses completely is that even if we could escape it, we'd only take our humanity - both the bad and the good - with us.

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A little dark humour: For POC, the non-straight, and non-Christian, America died on November 8th, 2016. For white Evangelicals, however, it was just Tuesday.

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I admit, I'm liking a lot of what John Pavlovitz has to say about Christianity generally, but American Christianity specifically.

Jesus Is Just Alt-Right: Resisting A Racist Messiah

( rambling ruminations )

peaches, fic, and Hans Zimmer

I bought a bag of peaches at the market yesterday and the scent of them is filling the house. I'm going to a friend's place for dinner, but not for a nother 30 minutes and I'm HUNGRY thanks to the smell of peaches.

To The End Of Love is NEARLY FINISHED. I'm trying to decide on whether to do the sex scene or not. Thoughts?

And finally, Hans Zimmer, composer and conductor, will be perform in Sydney in May, and I am contemplating a platinum ticket to go see him...