b88 (3.23-2.2020): sheltering in place

sheltering in place ^[1]     
by stay ingput
 
sheltering in place
sounds like good advice
while the politicians make a killing (market price)
 
the new trend for lawmakers (cap-i-tal-is-tic greed)
while they argue over what makes cents for those in need
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the senators (in the video, below) just spit in the face of those who they represent...
…unless (of course) they actually represent a privileged few, which (of course) we already knew.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2wLiUhkmTk
 
our leaders will probably defend our inside-trading senators, and say that “they did nothing wrong…” but dude, if you did what they did, you’d end up in jail.
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[1] martino, j. (3.23-2.2020). sheltering in place. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.23-1.2020): grateful for this dance

grateful for this dance ^[1]             
by glenda r. attitude
 
grateful for this dance
grateful for this ride
grateful for the chance to learn and teach a little (guide)
grateful for the campuses (collegial romance)
grateful for the moments
grateful for this dance
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said goodbye to the campus, yesterday.
 
·        last monday, they said "consider putting your courses online until april 9."
·        on wednesday, they said "only online instruction, beginning on march 23.”
·        on friday, the message was "all three campuses will shut down to faculty/staff/students and the public on march 23.”
 
saying goodbye to the campus was poignant.
 
hoping that there will be another (similar) dance in the future, and more-so,  grateful for being able to dance at all.
 
 
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[1] martino, j. (3.23-1.2020). grateful for this dance. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.22-6.2020): sloooooow apocolypse

slooooow apocalypse ^[1]              
by s. lowly
 
i long for younger days (when loosened lips just might sink ships)
‘cuz now i’m in the middle of a slooooow apocalypse
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so… how will you know that you’re in the middle of a slooooooooooow apocalypse?
 
1.      there will be systems in place that mandate:
   a.      annual injections of government approved drugs/substances.
   b.      hazardous medical procedures, like mammograms and colonoscopies.
                                                     i.     the masses will actually be convinced that the procedures are beneficial.
                                                   ii.     humans will gladly accept (and pay for) the subsequent procedures, drugs, and treatment plans.

2.      activities will be monitored, and artificial intelligence will have access to:
   a.      where you go, and what you spend your money on.
   b.      when you communicate, and with whom.
   c.       what you consume (buy, eat, like), etc.
   d.      how and when you sleep! ((cut to a santa claus tune: “he sees you when you’re sleeping…”))
   e.      who your friends are.
   f.       which team you are on, politically.
   g.      your sexual preferences and turn-ons.
   h.      your present location and behavior.
   i.        etc.

note: you might even give the information freely (social media 'likes', self-monitoring devices, electronic purchases, etc.).

3.      the systems will be set up to influence what you buy, what you do, what you say, and how you play.

4.       if/when you attempt to go off-grid, well, those who are off-grid will be suspect!

5.      you’ll really know it when you don’t even know it.  you’ll be happily living your life, completely unaware that you are completely controlled by those who have all of the money and all of the power.
   a.      …and you (and yours) won’t even care.
   b.      in fact, you will beg for (and expect) govern-mental control.
 

if you happen to be good at reading between the lines,

you already know that the apocalypse has already happened (most missed it),

you know that we are in it,

and that it is a slooooooooooo apocalypse.

 

wIe.are.already.part.of.the.machine.

 
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[1] martino, j. (3.22-6.2020). slow apocalypse. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.22-5.2020): when v = v

when v = v ^[1]   
by vacci nation

alternative title: when virus is vaccine

when virus is vaccine
when antibodies thrive
when tiny bit (exposure) is what keeps the host alive
when “strong immune response” does not mean “being squeaky clean”
when antibodies thrive (survive!)
when virus is vaccine
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·       in regard to covid-19, i would much rather be on the ‘exposed/recovered’ list than the uninfected list, and you already know precisely why:
   o   the exposed/recovered will have built up an immune system defense against the specific invader.
   o   the uninfected will have to wait…

...until their trusted political and pharmaceutic systems declare which drug/substance that the uninfected will be injected with (in 12-18 months or so), which means…
·       over a year of self-isolation (as you wait), and…
   o   …no guarantee that it will work for you, once it is mandated that you get the injection.
 
oh, and one more thing: the masses will be more than happy to comply with annual, government regulated injections.
 

(ooops!  we already are!)

 
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[1] martino, j. (3.22-5.2020). when virus is vaccine. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us.

b88 (3.22-4.2020): what is an anti-Christ?

 

b88 (3.22-3a.2020): you can slow your ass down

you can slow your ass down ^[1]            
by walker j. biker
 
racing-up on my behind in your big chevrolet
you wonder why you’re ill, but have no clue about today
you rush to load the pick-up with your toilet-paper things
you miss out on the beauty of what slowing-down might bring
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·       try the app 10% better.  it might change your life experience.
 
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[1] martino, j. (3.22-3a.2020). you can slow your ass down. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.22-3.2020): the best of victor s.

the best of viktor s. ^[1]    
by viktor shauberger (excerpt from letter below thoem)
 
power, money, power
subsequent control
rendering the common-man without a common goal
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·        viktor shauberger, a brilliant natural-scientist-inventor who died (interestingly enough) just around early november, 1958… is quoted numerous times in “living energies” by callum coats.
 
my favorite piece can be found in a letter to “mr. r” on the lower-right corner of page 13.  below are pieces of the piece:
 
·        “…they can all kiss the place where my spinal column terminates.”

·        “all power politics will collapse once the truth emerges…”

·        “i intend to return to the forest once more, there to die in peace.”

·        “the whole of science and all of its hangers-on are nothing but a band of thieves, who are suspended like marionettes and must dance to whatever tune their well-camouflaged slave-masters deem necessary.”
 

Whoa.

: )

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[1] martino, j. (3.22-3.2020). the best of victor s. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.22-2.2020): the best that we can do

the best that we can do ^[1]          
by al l. living & t. hings
 
molecules, emotion
complex dna
genetic codes and instincts: hell, we were just born this way
 
and then our body-mind computer interacts with things
and we play-out a pre-recorded movie that life brings
 
and even though it looks like choice (in every me and you)
in every living thing (doing)
the best that we can do
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·        yes. even the evil politician and the dirty lobbyist,
·        yes. even the thief, as he pulls the murder-trigger,
·        yes. the cheetah, ravaging the infant zebra,
·        yes. the liar, the infidel, the enemy, the criminal,
·        yes. the invasive plant, and the hummingbird, and the termite,
·        yes. the every-single atom of every-single thing that wakes-up into life, seeks survival/thrival, and does whatever it does (in every-living-moment) to feel better.
 
…but…
 
while ‘choice’ may well be an illusion, and while every, living thing is doing the best that it can do in every moment, that doesn’t mean that we have to allow it.  we can counter-move.  we can fight the spread of cancer.
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[1] martino, j. (3.22-2.2020). the best that we can do. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.22-1.2020): lawmaker nappy-nap

lawmaker nappy-nap ^[1]          
by poli ticians
 
just when you really needed us
we (senate) walked away
we needed some time off while your whole life (in disarray)
 
our families: free health care (‘cuz we wrote it into law)
it won’t be us who struggle (just the middle-class and poor)
 
we’ll talk (throw you a bone) we know you know we’re full of crap
or maybe we’ll just take (one more?)
lawmaker nappy-nap
______________________________
 
·       some guy named ----- …has single-handedly set evolution backwards.

·       you can see it in him: the old, dried-up, pompous-ass white guy who cares about you as much as he cares about the mosquito on his back 40.

·       but still, the f.n.w. faithful worship at his dried-up feet.
 
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[1] martino, j. (3.22-1.2020). lawmaker nappy-nap. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us.

b88 (3.21-4.2020): oooooh!!!! ahhhhh!!!

“ooooo!! ahhhhhh!!!” ^[1]             
by rog u. e. thinkers

as bombs bursting in air

while others run and hide
rogue thinkers understand that every-body has to die
rogue thinkers have a front-row-seat (although it seems bizarre)
as bombs bursting in air
rogue thinkers think 

“ooooo!! ahhhhhh!!!”

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·        rogue, critical thinkers see beyond the veil.

·        rogue, critical thinkers ask “why?” …but some are smart enough to avoid crossing the power$ that be.
·        many rogue, critical thinkers have long seen the results of attempting to swim against the stream of the religivirus.
·        rogue, critical thinkers communicate with each other, fully understanding that the masses will continue... going to mass.

instead of attempting to stop the bombs from bursting in air, 

some of us have decided to simply watch the light-and-noise-show, 

in amazement.

(“oooooo!! ahhhhhh!!!")

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[1] martino, j. (3.21-4.2020). “ooooo!! ahhhhh!!!. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.20-1.2020): so far, it's a party

so far (it’s a party) ^[1]  
by spike d. curve
 
so far, it’s just a party
no work, no church, no school
no nothing (in-between “the break” and breaking marshal rule)
 
no way to figure out just what will happen next: immune
so far (it’s just a party)
no one to trust: stay tuned
 ______________________________
 
·       as a single-guy, teacher-guy, beer-drinking guy, this has (so far) been a paid vacation.
   o   …but things can get topsy-turvy in a hurry.

·       no one is going to want to major in what i teach.

·       i (and my siblings-siblings) are one notification away from zero-income and government dependence… in a republican government, of all things.

·       if/when depression sets in… we need to be grateful for the fact that (at least), it was a party!

·       humanity, we had a good run.

😊
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[1] martino, j. (3.20-1.2020). so far, it’s a party. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us.

b88 (3.18-1.2020): flattening the curve

flattening the curve ^[1]   
by spike d. curve
 
social distance, elbow-bumping (isn’t just a fad)
flattening the curve, impending isolation (sad)
 ______________________________
 
·        risk?
o   exposure (to the virus)
o   amount of exposure (dose of exposure)
o   age (increased risk with age [over 50])
o   immunocompromised (at any age)
o   men (more than women)
o   smokers (more susceptible to all lung viri)
o   cardiopulmonary disease
o   diabetes

·        what to do?
o   social distancing
o   hand-washing and masks
o   clean air/water/food/mind

·        shopping list:
o   sugar (for hummingbirds
o   salt (for cleaning mixture with white vinegar)
o   canned tuna
o   canned beans (variety)
o   trader joe’s water (if possible)
o   soil (for outdoor plants)
o   outdoor plants
o   frozen vegetables (make room in freezer)
o   pay electric bill, cancel planet fitness, pay florida toll, file taxes, notify students
 

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[1] martino, j. (3.18-1.2020). flattening the curve. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.17-2.2020): u.s.a. gone mad

u.s.a. gone mad ^[1]       
by m. adness
 
forget about march madness (our response is kind of sad)
world leader is the u.s.a. and u.s.a. (gone mad)
 ______________________________
 
·       as the u.s.a.-ians slowly begin to realize that the “we’re number 1” mantra and the “we are the best” theory simply is not true. 

·       as we re-cognize that we’ve been living in a house of cards; and as we re-cognize that faux news (wholeheartedly supported by the ‘right’ party) enabled a game-show-host who insulted each of them (and some of their wives, by name)… yet still they supported him, be-cause he could further their money-for-the-rich agenda…

·       40-45% of u.s.a.-ians still believe (with faith) that their elders should be trusted.
   o   maybe we are a short-lived humanovirus that nature intends to fight.
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[1] martino, j. (3.17-2.2020). u.s.a. gone mad. book 88: marching into madness.  © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.17-1.2020): who morns for adonais?

who mourns for adonais? ^[1]  
by thema s. ses
 
who mourns for adonais?
who cries (when bully falls)?
who cares (when thugs betray us)?
who sighs when curtain calls?
 ______________________________
 
·       who (on earth) will cry – when the u.s.a. implodes from its own experiment in big-money-driven capitalistic consumerism?

·       after our big businessmen have ravaged other countries, who (but the local, capitalist bedfellows who have everything to lose) will care?

·       no one cares when the bully falls.

·       in fact, most will be hoping and praying for the bully to get his just reward.
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[1] martino, j. (3.17-1.2020). who mourns for adonais? book 88: marching into madness.  © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.16-1.2020): governments care about $$$

 governments care ^[1]      
by g. overnment

alternate title: governments care (about government)

 
governments care (about money)
govs (don’t give a damn)...
about your health or welfare or your uptown city jam
 
lawmakers are one (self-serving) gewy pot of stew
governments care (about $$$$$)
govs don’t care (about you)
 ______________________________
 
·        it’s about time that humans get this.

·        government = power = control = $$$$$$

·        if you believe that you are represented, well, go back to sticking your head in the sand… with the rest of your reprehensible representatives.
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[1] martino, j. (3.16-1.2020). governments care (about $$$). book 88: marching into madness.  © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us.

b88 (3.15-4.2020): social distancing

social distancing ^[1]     
by al martino & anti social
 
we can just avoid each other (separation sings!)
we can just avoid (let’s call it social distancing)
 ______________________________
 
·       social distancing: the new (me, avoiding you) way of life.

·       humans… playing into the easiest of games, allowing those in power to separate and divide.

·       it’s agreed-upon suicide.
 
…and all of you nutcases – asking others to ‘pray’ so that ‘god’ might intervene…
 
1.     dude, ‘he’ hasn’t intervened on global warming, global hunger, infant death, pollution, dirty politics, or the ice capades.

2.     dude simply doesn’t care!

3.     prayer is for the pray-er.  you do it for your-self.  things work out the same way, whether you pray or not.  you are simply kidding yourself, which is your right (of course), unless you train innocent children to believe that bullsh--.

4.     it doesn’t matter if you believe in santa claus or not…

5.     …but to subject a young person (whose home and food and clothes and life that you completely control) to your lies…

a.     then you are simply being an ignorant a--hole.

b.     yes.  it is akin to child abuse.
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[1] martino, al. (3.15-4.2020). social distancing. book 88: marching into madness.  © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us.