Davos Meeting: Let's pretend we care

Ah yes, the annual meeting of the rich white men and arrogant government leaders to compare penis size aka levels of money and perceived power.

Of course, Trump will be there as a keynote speaker. A selfish, spoiled, privileged, and obese white man who can never have enough power or money. A human who will stop at nothing to get more of both including destroying the American middle and lower classes, raping the environment, and of course the premature deaths of poor and ill people by taking away their health insurance.

Apparently, rich people are starting to get nervous about the wealth inequality that has been widening over the past 20 years. With the new Trump tax plan, the wealth gap is about to get about 100x worse. Rich folks are starting to worry that the populist movement might result in elected officials that actually care about everyday people. And, gasp! These decent humans may pass laws that help someone other than the top 1%. So, to try to quiet the poor and stupid masses, the rich, oh so intelligent individuals at the Davos meeting will 'talk' about how to solve these vexing issues. But make no mistake, all they will do is talk. Because as we've seen over the past 20 years, no person in power who attends meetings like this one would ever put the fate of millions of people ahead of making a few more million dollars for themselves or to solidify their power.

They should be scared of the populist movement. Because populist does not just mean racist, gun-toting Americans. Populist means fighting for the people at the middle and the bottom of society that are being pushed into poverty and despair by the selfish people at the top. I'm sick of the 1% running the show. All I've seen is how terrible they are at that job. A day of reckoning is coming, and I suggest the people at Davos 'talk' about how their time is coming to an end.

***Of note, I refer to the all the Davos meeting attendees as white men. They are in fact about 20% women and of course, a handful of brown and black individuals. Let's just acknowledge what we all know: the attendee percentages of women and people that are not white are not representative of the world populations. Our present day wealth inequalities are directly because of the actions of rich, white men. Period.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/ahead-of-davos-even-the-1-percent-worry-about-inequality/2018/01/21/551392d0-fd2f-11e7-ad8c-ecbb62019393_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_davos-1145am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.9ea5cddcd709

Just super entertaining

Hilarious Washington Post opinion piece today comparing Trump's group to the characters from 'Animal Farm'. Enjoy!

An excerpt:
The sheep, who chant the pig-devised slogan “Four legs good, two legs bad,” immediately revise their tune when the pigs start walking on two legs: “Four legs good, two legs better.” Clearly, the sheep are the Fox News of the story.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/president-trump-is-a-pig-in-the-best-sense-of-the-word/2018/01/08/eaacd31a-f4ba-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-e%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.fd7b119994e0

Robert Mercer: the puppet master

“Bob believes that human beings have no inherent value other than how much money they make,” a colleague told the New Yorker. “If someone is on welfare they have negative value. If he earns a thousand times more than a schoolteacher, then he’s a thousand times more valuable.”

Robert Mercer and his daughter have brought us to this moment in time. They paid to bring Mr. Trump to Washington and to bring Steve Bannon to our attention. The quote above is from a Washington Post article that highlights that the populist movement was used and abused by the elitist Mercer family to transfer wealth from the middle and lower classes to their own pockets. Open your eyes middle America - you've been conned.

The curtain has been pulled away and the family behind the Wizard of Oz revealed. They aren't magic and they aren't going to save you. Because the Mercer's don't value people beyond the money they make. And middle America, you don't make enough money.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/01/05/rebekah-mercer-the-billionaire-backer-of-bannon-and-trump-chooses-sides/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_mix-rebekahmercer%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.66db2672f92e

https://free.clipartof.com/details/1833-Free-Clipart-Of-A-Controlling-Puppet-Master

Trust no one

I've been terrified for the last 14 months. I'm worried about the children and poverty-stricken families that will die because their health care and meager social safety nets are being systematically stripped away by our government. I feel deep shame that our country continues to allow the blatant killing of black people simply because they are black and the refusal of American juries to hold their murderers and oppressors responsible.

I have come to a point where my heart and brain can no longer take the daily assault of terrible things that the news interprets and predicts for the coming years. Recently, I've found solace in a sentence that I heard as a medical resident: trust no one. 

In medicine you are given information about patients from numerous doctors, nurses, and family members. You also have access to loads of objective data and resources. What I've learned over time is to listen to everyone but confirm with objective resources for yourself. And my final decision about treatments or diagnoses were based on my instincts, AKA I listen to my gut. Because when you put in the time to gather relevant and comprehensive information, your gut is telling you what all that information really means.


The problem with many people today is that they trust their guts to make decisions but without the time and effort to information gather in a way that trusts no one.

This is how Donald Trump was elected. He said what people needed and wanted to hear. He said: I will help the poor people in this country, I will bring back labor jobs, and I will punish immigrants and foreign countries for taking away your jobs. If you watched Fox News, then you heard the same exact message. If you talked to your friends that share your views, then you heard the same exact message. But, if you read or watched other news outlets OR examined the facts of Donald Trump's life, then you would have taken in very different information. And, then trusting your gut would likely have told you to vote for someone else.

So, my message to myself and everyone else moving forward: trust no one. I read an opinion piece by Mike Pence and E. J. Dionne Jr. today. My gut tells me 2018 is going to be a long year.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-time-we-will-not-be-silent-on-iran/2018/01/03/d1cfc34e-f0cc-11e7-97bf-bba379b809ab_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-f%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.2706f617085b

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/were-rushing-toward-the-breaking-point/2018/01/03/7c3c75e8-f0d2-11e7-b390-a36dc3fa2842_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-d%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.034d56e7057c