Wilderness diatribes coldass ad vice, yernuts inna grimIce
Granite grapeknot ice on the vine, frozeOrange tedium auto drive
Holiday meltdown chezproduct science project, family dipLoMutts
Unmansioned halfBoughts
Mildricemice crucibles
My genus sic rudimentary, okie dust neither thar nor tarred
Alwaysfar Thor dont Lookee grunt, two-bit double pulled
Nature as you buy it
That's my gig
12-31-21
Isthatpossumble
Pompous wepeefernotto unvexxed amongst hegemony
Unfurled his blessoily duds
Western conch shade dweeb.
Earned, two blood drops
In the gas station loo,
Don't step near the dripdrip
My favorite Busdriver to seal the day, 34 positive hours
Friend rises up so many thousand friends
Frond Lemond, fir foxless,
It's been ain't it , awhile
SE PDX
Solstice 2021
"Human annual world energy consumption is approximately 0.5 ZJ.
The energy to raise the temperature of Earth's atmosphere 1 °C is approximately 2.2 ZJ.
Yottajoule
The yottajoule (YJ) is equal to one septillion (1024) joules.
This is approximately the amount of energy required to heat all the water on Earth by 1 °C.
The thermal output of the Sun is approximately 400 YJ per second."
The new Ritz in Portland. And across the street, all Your internet and Fusion needs for Intel gathering. Yep, that Sentinel Hotel recently owned by Ambassador Gordon Sondland.
The reason for the outage was not immediately clear. However, multiple security experts quickly pointed to a Domain Name System (DNS) problem as a possible culprit. Around 1 pm ET, Cisco's internet analysis division ThousandEyes said on Twitter that its tests indicate the outage is due to an ongoing DNS failure. The DNS translates website names into IP addresses that can be read by a computer. It's often called the "phonebook of the internet."
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Remarkably this happens hours after I post about Hungarian Nazis living in the USA, making mention of their "employers and FBI" having knowledge of their identify, and history.
BTW, EXXON.
The fine line of wakefulness melts into the fog of clarity, with squirrel scratching noises as they roam the redwood above me
And I scan with crusty eyes the lawn stretching with morning motions, tandem cycle cog
I do my part, the world its own. A loose dog at 5 am with a master who screams no as it acts like an offleashdog
Whodathunkit, upside up, branches root for me to rise,
Sleeping on a sprinkler head that pops up prairie dog at 1:25 am, and I wetnurse my hosting tree with a pool around their hairy trunk
Coons hiss and tangle, I follow one with my flashlight as they glare down from halfup a big fir
That occurred a few back, as I dwell prolongedly on the same spot for nearayear
Gladly kept company by the crow herds and endless dogshow and pleasant humans lackadaisical for the moment
This poem isn't to disagree, parched for 4 months the first rain fell at falls onset my fiddle the fine line resolves
"He had no face mask on and got within a foot or two of my face while he was videoing me,” Wheeler said, according to the police report. “I became imminently concerned for my personal safety.”
The mayor continued: “I clearly informed him that he needed to back off. He did not do so I informed him that I was carrying pepper spray and that I would use it if he did not back off. He remained at close distance, I pulled out my pepper spray and I...."
Screaming woman, dog, shady cars by the park at 3 am
Same old same old
Go to storage, grab the new viola, throw night bedding into the stink pile clutter
Hit the gas station for coffee if one can call it that
Jump on the bus and all the tedious motions of juggling my shit
Deal with the fellow riders in the least misanthropic way possible, the scum and normies
Did the bus driver say hello? Or acknowledge your existence? Kudos
Then of course as I slowly ride my crapbike toward the co-op along the sidewalk, a car not looking both ways runs into my bike. There is no driver, just a perplexed woman, dumbfounded.
I say Tut Tut and wag my finger, another 30 feet to a major crosswalk by the fucking dry cleaners, a right turn for moi
There's another clueless driver blocking the crosswalk, and she gets a piece of my mind. She's sorry!
So avoiding her planet killing steel exoskeleton, crossing Thurman, lo and behold: the dumbass from 30 seconds earlier is again infringing on my super Legal path to work
I note their license plate and carry on, finally at my destination, greet my chums taking their 3rd break of the shifty
I set up my new viola by the parking lot full of rankles, there's ten scrappy can people with garbage everything. Garbage clothes, trash filled shitcarts, dangling cigs, scabs and half smiles, as per typical
The red-faced manager is in full swing, this is precious stuff, the stuff of Operations and power.
I look to the store's lone entrance/exit and there's a giant fro with a card board sign with their back to me, he's working the handle of this greasy yuppie spoon
The Bob is soon there, asking hey do your thing there feet back, off the property. No go, the guy points at the BLM poster in the window. I can't hear details, but I read body language ok
Fro stands his ground, kinda trespassing, the Bob retreats, as per feckless status quo
I just want to play and try out my new new, so I do do
A five, a few ones, but I watch sucker dupes hand shakedown clown probably the same as he perches 6 foot 2 inches no mask in the ...
(Coda) Rick in the wheelchair from a few nights ago arrives
... Covid breezeway of commerce, and I just carry on, making music until the bladder says go potty
And then upon exit I set my belongings on the table to busk, my business and trade, about 6 feet from the panhandling please poor stranger come to harvest the guilt ridden betteroffs
I ask " how long ya been homeless," as his pitch goes. Silence and the turned back, still unaware of what his cardboard sign reads
He goes forth and back to the table along Thurman, this time for good. No eye contact or nuthin
I play.
He stares into the store by the Dignity at some imagined hostile for grocery clerks, a lesbian a pregnant woman and the other working class front line clucks
I've been "here" a year. This is my invoice.
Out the entry/exity comes Bob and the new meatgirl, her hand wrapped hastily, into his big truck in rockstar parking. The panhandler goes to close the passenger door for the finger bleeding worker with a punkrock hairdoo. "She's got it" I opine
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Rick shows up here by Our redwood tree as I recount (very non-rudylike) the way it happens
He's got his wheelchair and foot in boot, and earbuds, ya been drinking today Rick?
People don't understand me, he offers? Complains?
Remember the two police visits 3 nights hence, nope. And away he sails, Capt. Of non fortune.
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Messaged w/ a daughter today.
It's a good day.
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Forgot to shout-out the all grey ninja interloper at samesaid picnic table, steel pole in backpack, who is undone when two Asian teens saunter up and sit next to his anonymous obvious.
Pdx style guide of conformist anarchistry fully agrees, one hand clappy.
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"Enjoy your privilege" was the last straw for this "homieless." Balding hippie knownada me.
Soft War <Portland%
NW and SE environs,
9-today-2021
Pee on the tree, wannabefree yer kinda exemplary,
Footloose paw dank cellar that's not stillwater
Fucktoad Hollywood: paired blights.
A big boquet is better than me,
Apparently foresee right now in frontame
Yo high hydrangeas and sundry fragile dahlias
How few hours until the mop?
Peony, please a primrose math subtracts feetmints, pre-n-proscribed
Doth thou tee shirt signify retardation in that it don't get it, bonked like a century?
FLB
Se pdx
no fear on fire, no char yet charted,
a haze just plays
as the mantis slays the clock
under a melting orange moon
nailclippership hoisting the damask
upndown all theatrical,
streaming freely like the pirate
scowl tattoo one gets in the gum pack
lost in a larder of anchovy skeletons
and gummyskullgolgothas
they eschew in philOsofist classes online, i hear
hood river, oregon
8-13-21
"Bean still faces criminal accusations that he sexually abused the teenager in the Eugene motel room in 2013. The original case was dropped when the teenager didn’t show for the trial, but a grand jury re-indicted Bean in 2019. He’s pleaded not guilty third-degree sexual abuse and two counts of third-degree sodomy.
A trial in that case has been set for Jan. 11, 2022.
Bean is a fifth-generation Oregonian, a big Democratic fundraiser and a well-known gay rights activist.
He also is president of Bean Investment Real Estate, which is based in downtown Portland and owns “in partnership” more than 6,000 multifamily property units in the western U.S., according to his company’s website"
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"According to the Associated Press, Bean is a Portland real estate developer who helped found two national political groups, the Human Rights Campaign and the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund."
https://katu.com/news/local/police-arrest-prominent-gay-activist-terry-bean-and-his-former-lawyer
"Alphonso David, who leads the Human Rights Campaign, remains in his position. David is a former adviser and legal counsel to Cuomo.
An investigation by the New York Attorney General connected David to multiple attempts by Cuomo and his advisers to retaliate against women who accused Cuomo of sexual harassment.
In one instance, the report states, David shared confidential personnel records regarding one Cuomo accuser with Cuomo's aides. Those aides allegedly leaked the accuser's records to the media.
In another instance cited in the report, David participated in discussions about a letter that would attack the accuser's credibility."
ALSO, today:
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/12/biden-adviser-anita-dunn-white-house-504216
"Dunn was by Biden’s side through his campaign and was pivotal in the early days of his presidency as he constructed his administration.
The senior adviser played a key role in placing women in senior roles throughout the West Wing."
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"Ahead of reporting in The New York Times about Harvey Weinstein's alleged sexual abuse, Weinstein reached out to Dunn for public relations advice.
Dunn told Weinstein "you should accept your fate graciously, and not seek to deny or discredit those who your behavior has affected."
Dunn's firm stated that she was not paid for this, "was asked to speak with him by a friend"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Dunn
"Among the major clients the firm took on were General Electric, AT&T, Time Warner, and Pratt & Whitney.
In particular, SKDKnickerbocker corporate clients have included such controversial companies as the for-profit Kaplan University and TransCanada Corp., the developer of the Keystone XL pipeline.
At the same time that Kaplan Education hired SKDK to block Obama's crackdown on predatory for-profit colleges, Dunn was known as “a close friend of President Obama.”
Other SKD Knickerbocker clients include New York City landlords and real estate associations resisting stronger rent protections for tenants,
big food companies such as General Mills, Pepsi Co, Nestle, Kellogg, Viacom, and McDonalds in their fight to resist Obama-era nutritional standards for marketing foods to children, and Google and Pfizer in their campaign to cut taxes on foreign profits."
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"REVEALED: Israeli firm behind Pegasus spyware used to hack US journalists, politicians and widow of Jamal Khashoggi also paid Biden adviser Anita Dunn for political consulting advice
NSO, the private Israeli firm behind the controversial spyware Pegasus, had previously launched a public relations crusade led by SKDKnickerbocker
White House senior adviser Anita Dunn is the managing director of SKDKnickerbocker, which coordinated public relations efforts by NSO in 2019"
Media outlets investigated a data leak exposing possible targets of NSO clients using its spyware
The leak was of a list of more than 50,000 phone numbers and included journalists and politicians
Women on the list were close to murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi"
"The Oregon state employee pension fund is one of the largest investors, if not the largest, having sunk $233 million into Novalpina Capital, the private equity firm, in 2017."
"Oregon was Novalpina’s first major investor. Stephen Peel and Stefan Kowski, two founding Novalpina Capital partners, showed up at Oregon treasury offices in the Portland suburb of Tigard in November 2017 to make a pitch to the Oregon Investment Council, which oversees the state’s $90 billion pension fund."
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"The Washington Post was one of the first outlets to break the story, publishing a 4,000-word dive into the spyware and its influence.
However, the article failed to include any information about NSO's ties to President Joe Biden's senior adviser."
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"a group of 43 senators — 29 Republicans and 14 Democrats — wants to implement a law that would make it a felony for Americans to support the international boycott against Israel, which was launched in protest of that country’s decades-old occupation of Palestine.
The two primary sponsors of the bill are Democrat Ben Cardin of Maryland and Republican Rob Portman of Ohio.
Perhaps the most shocking aspect is the punishment: Anyone guilty of violating the prohibitions will face a minimum civil penalty of $250,000 and a maximum criminal penalty of $1 million and 20 years in prison."
"The bill’s co-sponsors include the senior Democrat in Washington, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, his New York colleague Kirsten Gillibrand, and several of the Senate’s more liberal members, such as Ron Wyden of Oregon,
Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, and Maria Cantwell of Washington.
Illustrating the bipartisanship that AIPAC typically summons, it also includes several of the most right-wing senators such as Ted Cruz of Texas, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, and Marco Rubio of Florida."
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"Erdan said Israel views the company’s decision as “the de-facto adoption of anti-Semitic practices and advancement of the de-legitimization of the Jewish state and the dehumanization of the Jewish people.”
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"The company’s PR is currently being done by Mercury Public Affairs, where retired Sen. Barbara Boxer is a co-chair and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is a partner.
Mercury, which receives $120,000 monthly to represent NSO, did not respond to a request for comment
https://prospect.org/power/biden-advisers-ride-on-pegasus-nso-spyware/
The list possibly includes one current White House official.
Anita Dunn took a leave of absence from her consulting firm SKDKnickerbocker and joined the Biden White House in January as a senior adviser. Her firm advised NSO Group in 2019.
It’s unclear whether she personally worked for the company. Dunn has circumvented federal ethics rules that require disclosures of income, assets, and clients by serving as a temporary employee in the executive branch and taking a salary just below a threshold that would require public filings.
She says she plans to leave the White House "soon."
Dunn’s firm defended NSO on the record. Even if she may have not been directly working for NSO, Dunn was willing to lend her name—hers is the D in SKDK—to repair the company’s image.
“What sets NSO apart from many other cyber technology firms is its commitment to an ethical business framework that relies on the expertise of people with national security and intelligence backgrounds from around the world to evaluate potential customers and review current customers,” Dunn’s firm told The Intercept in 2019. SKDK declined to comment to the Prospect."
"So today, I’ve come to Cushing, an oil town -- (applause) -- because producing more oil and gas here at home has been, and will continue to be, a critical part of an all-of-the-above energy strategy. (Applause.)
Now, under my administration, America is producing more oil today than at any time in the last eight years. (Applause.) That's important to know.
Over the last three years, I’ve directed my administration to open up millions of acres for gas and oil exploration across 23 different states.
We’re opening up more than 75 percent of our potential oil resources offshore. We’ve quadrupled the number of operating rigs to a record high.
We’ve added enough new oil and gas pipeline to encircle the Earth and then some."
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/22/remarks-president-american-made-energy
"So we are drilling all over the place -- right now."
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/goetia#Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γοητεία (goēteía, “witchcraft”), from γόης (góēs, “sorceror”).
Noun
goētīa f
magic, sorcery, witchcraft
Usage notes
Goetia typically refers to black magic, demonic magic, or necromancy, in contrast to theurgia (theurgy) or magia naturalis (natural magic)."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lesser_Key_of_Solomon
"The Latin term goetia refers to the evocation of demons or evil spirits. It is derived from the Ancient Greek word γοητεία (goēteía) meaning "witchcraft" or "jugglery".
In medieval and Renaissance Europe, goetia was generally considered evil and heretical, in contrast to theurgia (theurgy) and magia naturalis (natural magic), which were sometimes considered more noble.
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, in his Three Books of Occult Philosophy, writes "Now the parts of ceremonial magic are goetia and theurgia.
Goetia is unfortunate, by the commerces of unclean spirits made up of the rites of wicked curiosities, unlawful charms, and deprecations, and is abandoned and execrated by all laws."
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earwig hook trout
sesh chemi- launch
star luciferian commere (godmater)
maculation ply hinder
admission tree sympathy
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"Goel (Hebrew: גואל, lit. "redeemer"), in the Hebrew Bible and the rabbinical tradition, is a person who, as the nearest relative of another, is charged with the duty of restoring the rights of another and avenging his wrongs. One duty of the goel was to redeem (purchase back) a relative who had been sold into slavery.
Another was to avenge the death of a relative who had been wrongly killed; one carrying out this vengeance was known as the goel hadam, commonly translated to English as "avenger of blood".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goel
"Gottfried "Götz" von Berlichingen (1480 – 23 July 1562), also known as Götz of the Iron Hand, was a German (Franconian) Imperial Knight (Reichsritter), mercenary, and poet.
He was born around 1480 into the noble family of Berlichingen in modern-day Baden-Württemberg. Götz bought Hornberg Castle (Neckarzimmern) in 1517, and lived there until his death in 1562.
He was active in numerous military campaigns during a period of 47 years from 1498 to 1544, including the German Peasants' War, besides numerous feuds; in his autobiography he estimates that he fought 15 feuds in his own name, besides many cases where he lent assistance to his friends, including feuds against the cities of Cologne, Ulm, Augsburg and the Swabian League, as well as the bishop of Bamberg.
His name became famous as a euphemism for a vulgar expression (Er kann mich am Arsch lecken – "He can lick my ass") attributed to him by writer and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), who wrote a play based on his life"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6tz_von_Berlichingen
"In the ancient Hebraic context, it was considered the duty of the individual and family to avenge evil on behalf of God.
The executor of the law of blood-revenge who personally put the initial killer to death was given a special designation: go'el haddam, the blood-avenger or blood-redeemer (Book of Numbers 35: 19, etc.).
Six Cities of Refuge were established to provide protection and due process for any unintentional manslayers. The avenger was forbidden from harming the unintentional killer if the killer took refuge in one of these cities.
As the Oxford Companion to the Bible states: "Since life was viewed as sacred (Genesis 9.6), no amount of blood money could be given as recompense for the loss of the life of an innocent person; it had to be "life for life" (Exodus 21.23; Deuteronomy 19.21)"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feud
"The Celtic phenomenon of the blood feud demanded "an eye for an eye,"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feud
"An alternative to feud was blood money (or weregild in the Norse culture), which demanded payment of some kind from those responsible for a wrongful death, even an accidental one. If these payments were not made, or were refused by the offended party, a blood feud would ensue."
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"Please, wipe my ass" said the Goetz
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my bow, by Conrad Gotz, age unknown. lettering on the frog of the bow has been all but worn off, as it has been played by me since 1980 and in the past 10 months, in use outdoors busking for approx. 1000 hours.
not that an iron hand would damage wood.
"Various forms of rituals were presumably practised on small farms, but the larger ceremonies took place at the magnates’ residences. Here the farmers of the area met on certain occasions to worship the gods in a great sacrifice known as a “blót”.
At the great blót celebrations the local magnate functioned as a ”Gode” (pagan priest) – the practitioner of the cult."
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"Cult specialists were closely connected to the gods. The sagas and archaeological finds show that völur or seeresses existed. These were women with magical and prophetic powers.
In the sagas and on rune stones great men are also mentioned known as “Goder”, or heathen priests, who functioned as cult leaders. Therefore both men and women could be specialists in cultic activities."
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"Harald I Fairhair (Old Norse: Haraldr inn hárfagri; Norwegian: Harald hårfagre; putatively c. 850 – c. 932) is portrayed by the Icelandic sagas as the first King of Norway.
According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, he reigned from c. 872 to 930.
Supposedly, two of his sons, Eric Bloodaxe and Haakon the Good, succeeded Harald, respectively, to become kings after his death."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Fairhair
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_the_Good
"Haakon Haraldsson (c. 920–961), also Haakon the Good (Old Norse: Hákon góði, Norwegian: Håkon den gode) and Haakon Adalsteinfostre (Old Norse: Hákon Aðalsteinsfóstri, Norwegian: Håkon Adalsteinsfostre), was the king of Norway from 934 to 961. He was noted for his attempts to introduce Christianity into Norway."
"Blot-Sweyn (Swedish:Blot-Sven) was a Swedish king c. 1080,[2] who replaced his Christian brother-in-law Inge as King of Sweden, when Inge had refused to administer the blóts (pagan sacrifices) at the Temple at Uppsala. There is no mention of Sweyn in the regnal list of the Westrogothic law, which suggests that his rule did not reach Västergötland.
According to Swedish historian Adolf Schück he was probably the same person as Håkan the Red and was called the Blót Swain (a swain who was willing to perform the blót) as an epithet rather than a personal name."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blot-Sweyn
"The 13th-century historian Snorri Sturlusson wrote in the Heimskringla that Blót-Sweyn had a pagan successor who continued the sacrifices:
"At that time there were many people all around in the Swedish dominions who were heathens, and many were bad Christians; for there were some of the kings who renounced Christianity, and continued heathen sacrifices, as Blotsvein, and afterwards Eirik Arsale, had done."
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"The most reliable sources about the goðar in Iceland are the Gray Goose Laws, the Landnámabók and the Sturlunga saga.
After the settlement of Iceland, a hofgoði was usually a wealthy and respected man in his district, for he had to maintain the communal hall or hof in which community religious observances and feasts were held.
The office over which a goði had leadership was termed a goðorð, a word that only appears in Icelandic sources
Initially many independent goðorð were established, until they united under the Althing around 930. In 964 the system was fixed under a constitution that recognized 39 goðorð.
The role of the goðar as secular leaders is shown in how the word was used synonymously with höfðingi, meaning chieftain.
Over time, and especially after 1000, when the Christian conversion occurred in Iceland, the term lost all religious connotations and came to mean liege-lord or chieftain of the Icelandic Commonwealth.
A goðorð could be bought, shared, traded or inherited.
If a woman inherited a goðorð she had to leave the leadership to a man.
The office was in many respects treated as private property but was not counted as taxable, and is defined in the Gray Goose Laws as "power and not wealth" (veldi er þat en æigi fe); nevertheless the goðar are frequently portrayed in the sagas as concerned with money and expected to be paid for their services.
During the Icelandic Commonwealth, the responsibilities of a goði or goðorðsmaður ("goðorð man") included the annual organization of the local assemblies várþing in the spring and leið in the autumn.
At the national Althing they were voting members of the Lögrétta, the legislative section of the assembly. When quarter courts were introduced in the 960s, the goðar became responsible for nominating judges for the Althing courts. When a court of appeals was established in the early 11th century, they also nominated judges for this court.
Further, they had a few formal and informal executive roles, such as confiscating the property of outlaws. They also had a central role in the redistribution of wealth, by holding feasts, giving gifts, making loans, extending hospitality, as well as pricing and helping to distribute imported goods.
The holder of the goðorð of the descendants Ingólfr Arnarson, the first Scandinavian to settle permanently in Iceland, had the ceremonial role of sanctifying the Althing each year, and was called the allsherjargoði ("all-people goði").
The followers of a goði were called þingmenn. Every free landowner in possession of a certain amount of property was required to be associated with a goði, although he was free to choose which one—a goðorð was not a geographical unit—and the contract could be canceled from either side.
The goði would help his þingmenn to bring cases before the court and to enforce their rights, and the þingmenn would in return provide the goði with armed manpower for his feuds and carry out legal sentences.
By the 13th century, all the goðorð were controlled by five or six families and often united under office holders who in modern studies are known as storgoðar ("great goðar") or storhöfðingjar ("great chieftains").
These goðar struggled for regional and sometimes national power, and occasionally sought to become retainers for the Norwegian king.
The institution came to an end when the major goðar pledged fealty to king Haakon IV of Norway in 1262–1264, signing the Old Covenant, and the Norwegian crown abolished the goðorð system"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothi
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"Jan Hendrick Bloetgoet (Bloedgoed)
Dutch: Jan Hendrickse Bloetgoet
Also Known As: "Jan Heyndricksz Goetbloet", "Jan Heyndrickse Goetbloet", "Jan Hendrickse Bloetgoet"
Birthdate: August 04, 1590
Birthplace: Zuid-Holand, Gouda, Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands
Death: circa 1690 (95-104)
Nord-Holand, Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Place of Burial: Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Immediate Family:
Son of Hendricke Dirkse Bloetgoet and Sophia Bloetgoet
Husband of Geerten Bloodgood
Father of Thomas Janszen Bloetgoet and Captain Frans Jansen Bloodgood"
https://www.geni.com/people/Jan- Bloetgoet/6000000008573796571
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"The godi also had a female equivalent, the gydja, whom we will encounter again in the context of
sorcery. The role of women in the officialdom of cultic practice was taken up relatively early in
Viking studies, especially in relation to fertility rituals (e.g Phillpotts 1914), and it is clear that some
of the gydja enjoyed a very high status in the apparatus of cult.
Several factors suggest a connection
to Freyja and the Vanir, and both the godi and the gydja could have responsibility for the sacrificial
blot (cf. Nasstrom 2002b: 97f)"
https://yale.learningu.org/download/c03d3162-0caf-4750-a30f-1333a18c3ec2/C3339_Viking%20Way.pdf
https://yale.learningu.org/download/c03d3162-0caf-4750-a30f-1333a18c3ec2/C3339_Viking%20Way.pdf
"In the royal sagas of Snorri's Heimskringla we encounter seidr on numerous occasions, generally
presented in incidental fashion embedded in the narrative. However, in one source it is presented in a
more explanatory context, and this is of course the Ynglingasaga. It first appears in chapter 4, when
we read of the introduction of sorcery to the £isir gods by Freyja:
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• Chapter 2 •
Dottir NiarSar var Freyja; hon var blotgyQja; hon kendi fyrst me8 Asum sei5, sem VQnum var titt.
The daughter of NjorQr was Freyja; she was a blotgydja ['priestess of sacrifices']; she was the first to
teach seidr to the £isir, as it was practiced among the Vanir.
Ynglingasaga 4; my translation"
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"That Freyr had a cult at Uppsala is well confirmed from other sources. The reference to the change in sacrificial ritual may also reflect some historical memory. There is archaeological evidence for an increase in human sacrifices in the late Viking Age though among the Norse gods human sacrifice is most often linked to Odin.
Another reference to Frø and sacrifices is found earlier in the work, where the beginning of an annual blót to him is related."
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"0din could change his shape [hamr], when his body would lie there as if asleep or dead, while he
himself was a bird or an animal, a fish or a snake, and would travel in an instant to far-off lands on his
errands or those of other men.
He was also able, using words alone, to extinguish fires and to calm the
sea, and to turn the winds wherever he wished. He had a ship called Ski9bla5nir ['Built From Pieces
Of Thin Wood'] with which he sailed over great seas, but which could be folded up like a cloth. Odin
had with him Mimr's head, and it told him many tidings from other worlds [heimar]; at times he
would wake up dead men out of the ground or sit beneath the hanged; from this he was called Lord of
Ghosts or Lord of the Hanged. He had two ravens, which he had endowed with the power of speech;
they flew far over the land and told him many tidings. In this way he became very wise. And all these
skills he taught with runes and those chants [Ijod] that are called galdrar, because of this the jEsir are
called galdrasmidir ['galdra-smiths']. Odin knew the skill from which follows the greatest power,
and which he performed himself, that which is called seidr. By means of it he could know the futures
of men and that which had not yet happened, and also cause death or misfortune or sickness, as well
as take men's wits or strength from them and give them to others. But this sorcery \jjQlkyngi], as is
known, brings with it so much ergi that manly men thought it shameful to perform, and so this skill
was taught to the priestesses [gydjur], Odin knew everything about treasures hidden in the earth,
where they were concealed, and he knew such chants [Ijod] that would open up for him the earth and
mountains and stones and burial mounds, and with words alone he bound those who dwelled there,
and went in and took what he wanted.
By these powers he became very famous - his enemies feared
him, but his friends trusted him, and believed in him and his power.
Most of these skills he taught to
those in charge of the sacrifices [blotgodi];
they were next to him in all magic knowledge \frodleikr]
and sorcery \fjglkyngi].
But many others learned much of it, and for this reason sorcery [//p/fcyngt]
was widespread and continued for a long time.
Ynglingasaga 7
"Bloodgood Nurseries was a fixture in Horsham since the 1970s when Al Edling moved the existing business from Doylestown.
But its roots go way back - claiming to be America's oldest nursery, established in 1790!
Bloodgood is a name that has long been associated with various plants. The Bloodgood Japanese Red Maple Acer palmatum atropurpureum is probably the single most popular upright purple-leafed Japanese maple.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_palmatum
Bloodgood introduced it to North American gardening shortly after the Civil War, a very long time before the general craze for Japanese maples was really begun & the tree was practically unknown in North America.
The earliest records of the Bloodgood name associated with nurseries relate to 1790 in Flushing (now Queens) New York.
The name Bloodgood can be traced to Francis Bloctgoct, one of the earliest setllers in the village of Vlissingen (anglicized to Flushing) prior to 1674.
French Huguenots immigrated to the area in the 18th century, bringing knowledge of horticulture with them and Flushing became known for its various nurseries: Prince, Bloodgood, Higgins, Kimbers and Parsons families. Members of the King and Murray families purchased the Bloodgood Nursery in the 1830’s and moved it to land next to their Kingsland estate.
John Warner Willcomb, who was born in Massachusetts in 1793 and for many years was the owner of the Bloodgood Nursery but “lost the business by defalcation of his New York agent.”
“The old Bloodgood nursery now owned and conducted by Wilcomb and King, has long been in high reputation, and is only inferior in quantity and variety to the Linnaean Garden.” By 1849, per the catalog here, the business was in the hands of Thomas and James Bloodgood.
It was shortly after the Civil War when Bloodgood began producing the Japanese Maple that still bears their name, but we don't know who was running the company during that time.
Keene and Foulkes are shown as owners on the 1897 catalog - and Foulke and Flemer by 1912.
William Flemer started F&F Nurseries in 1868 in Springfield, NJ. By 1912, it appears that he had partnered with Theo Foulk -
Bloodgood was advertised along with F&F Nurseries as American Nursery Company.
Bloodgood was still located in Flushing and F&F was located in Springfield, NJ. Flemer moved F&F to Kingston, NJ beginning in 1913 with the purchase of the 65 acre Myrick farm and F&F was renamed Princeton Nurseries.
After serving with the Ambulance Corps in World War I, Flemer’s son William Flemer, Jr. returned and began purchasing additional properties, building the nursery holdings to about 1,200 acres.
Princeton Nurseries operated at the Kingston location until 1995. The company ceased operations in 2010. The Kingston site was taken over by the Friends Of Princeton Nursery Lands and in 2018 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Ted Foulk moved Bloodgood to Doylestown, Pa. after graduation from Princeton in 1946. Flemer stayed in New Jersey.
Al Edling, who had received a degree in horticulture from Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, took over the Doylestown business and moved it to Horsham as Bloodgood Nursery. Mr Edling was a long-time HPHA member who donated fruit trees and other plants to HPHA, and with his wife, Eleanor, hosted our Covered Dish Supper several years ago. He ran Bloodgood Nursery for 37 years.
We are sad to report the passing of Mr. Edling on December 10, 2016
Bloodgood still operates in Horsham as Bloodgood Pond and Landscaping."
https://horshamhistory.org/history/places/bloodgood-nurseries
Beetles spiders methheads dogsatlarge my slumbering torso ignores on a case
By case basis, as mornings slaughtered blue jay bits rain down amidst a phalanx of squirrels who know neither upnerdown
The coastal redwood trunk whose roots sup the labor of my nocturnal efforts in that I park atop a sprinkler and summarily flood my headboard and not the fickle late july lawn
Leaving me to nogginscratch the falling rusty fronds surmising their burn from the billionaire space limos
Powered by life in servitude to a grass misunderstanding of basic life ingredients
Hey. Cuz:
Fiduciary Duty under Texas Law
"Texas law places very strict obligations for those with a fiduciary duty. Any individual who has either voluntarily taken on, or has been given this responsibility of a fiduciary duty, owes the highest degree of honesty and loyalty.
A fiduciary is required to put the wellbeing and interest of the person for whom they are responsible above their individual interests."
Texas law, above all, requires exceptional loyalty from a fiduciary and it also inflicts harsh punishments against those that breach their fiduciary roles.
Fiduciary duties not only attract severe penalties, but they are easy to violate too. Even if the violation is not deliberate, the violator has to account for his or her actions.
What is a fiduciary's role?
A fiduciary must undertake the assigned role with great integrity.
The standards required by a fiduciary in his or her profession must be adhered to carefully, to meet any required professional standards to ensure that any beneficiary is given the as much protection as possible.
A fiduciary has to be completely honest when handling finances so that there is no chance of any possible fraud or misrepresentation taking place.
A fiduciary must place the welfare of their beneficiary before their own interests.
A fiduciary is not allowed to take any action that could be seen to be contrary to their beneficiary's interest without getting permission from that person.
When do violations of fiduciary obligations take place?
There are no fixed situations when violations occur. Common violations include when a person becomes the guardian of somebody else and fails to meet obligations."
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"“I can confirm that, consistent with our fiduciary duties to Oregon beneficiaries, and along with other limited partners, (Oregon State) Treasury is involved in discussions related to our investment in Novalpina,” Wray said Wednesday."
"Major investors in a private equity firm that has majority ownership of NSO Group, the maker of the Pegasus spyware, are in discussions about what action to take.
The Oregon state employee pension fund is one of the largest investors, if not the largest, having sunk $233 million into Novalpina Capital, the private equity firm, in 2017.
"He is who he is and he’s from where he’s from, and the movie has a lot of empathy for him, and so do we,” Damon said during Friday’s press conference.
“These guys don’t apologize for who they are or what they believe."
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https://www.thewrap.com/cannes-report-matt-damon-stillwater-trump/
https://www.thewrap.com/cannes-report-matt-damon-stillwater-trump/
White Supremacist Climate destroying Evangelical Putin-kissers, hey those Okies don't care what anyone Thinks.
Fuck YOU Matt Damon and your toadie Propaganda paid by Oil fascists
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Another quote from Damon in the same article:
"We’re all forever changed by this year.
It’s a very inhumane reality that we were asked to live in. "
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Damon spent the pandemic in an Irish village, as Inhumane Trumpers that he celebrates mostly demanded to fill Churches and big box stores with guinea pigs
Science and Truth mean nothing to Actor Idiot Damon.
get paid, assho
Logie Blogie Loki
Branch Prune Ygdrassil Blot (sacrifice)
Sylvie I.E. Sylvan I.E. (Latin for forest
Oklahoma
The day Oregon reopened to Maskless business restrictions, the bully trucker Steve shows up at my workplace for the first time in the 9 months I've worked there.
Menacing, harassing, intimidating, stalking. Not surprising coming from Angry Slob Trumpet who denies that The insurrection of Jan. 6 happened. "Where do you get your news" is what the dumbshit said.
The same dumbfuck who switches his piss to beat drug tests at his Trucking job.
The same briteboy who beats up pinball machines and throws his poolstick around like the infantile Loser and Louse he corpulently embodies.
The same guy who picks fights with men 100 lbs more healthy, if their broken arm of 3 days is in a full arm splint.
POS coward bully. You'll smirk less when the Tahoe is pulled over for your well deserved DUI as you roll around Montavilla,.
Show up again where I work, and buy something this time, empty handed no IQ POS.
Headindown dariver
Making towards the coast
But tharsnot our destination
Not our butterdtoast
Up the hill we motor
To walk (too much to mention)
Windingway from daboaters
Logie trail, smartasasnail in hillbilly declensions
You best leavedajalopy
Catlitter driveway fodder
Don't fuckinuber an inch
My unionnbunions be scrappynotsloppy
Ferns barrelsncouches
Bermsroad from sliding downhill
Like greasyeggson on China
Our savior twasmeantfer landfill
Olelogietrail a switchback to witchery
Snaking to skyline that jetplanesshear
Olelogietrail a lasagna of mattresses
Blackberries find nosunnear
Logie trail faintasbraille
Darkasajail accepts no bail
To swerve verboten a gory travail
Lokis trail nogravel regales
SE ditchtown
6-21-21
it takes effort for the heavy girl
to bend over in the parking lot to find the distressed bee
just beyond the handicapped spot
minutes pass as i fiddle with my open case
she finds a piece of paper opposite of walking the plank for which to ferry the subject away from zillion tires
she's sincere and oblivious returning from the store with a plastic stick of honey
i ask if she's ever seen the movie vanishing of she says no and keeps up miracle cpr
she sets up triage on a bench as i milk the cosmos with a broke right arm and no lunch crowd
she makes a spot of no alcohol mead on a horrid bleached napkin with the lethargic patient unable to roll over much less flap toward independence
she takes the bee on the napkin to where the in security guard sits and says They're Yours to which he sez some people are allergic looking specious as per his profession
i take the bee and dump it in the bush most respectfully
and not 4 minutes later
a bee lands two feet from my violin case, the first or second bee for miles and miles and inches
oddly the fire department don't respond to frisbees stuck in trees so 13 are gathered
under the shoe inextricably stucken up that tree
launched abortively like a cheshire jester dangling down
after i profer a branch ensuring entertainment for a half hour as team effort and nothing short of a human pyramid makes mockery of gravity tugged by a rubber whimsy
amid a flurry of leaps and desperate jabs the shoe flies off amid great cheers certainly pleasing twilight and gods of futility ensconsed as a reunited pair
" International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in most countries[1] and often referred to as May Day,[2][3] is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs every year on May Day (1 May).[4][5]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day
Song strands undo me what's left lay Lady lay in outer space in an asteroid belt of what used to be the stretching naked mornings sunlight allowed part way into the bedroom thru those thick cloth curtains and little girls playing with their toys in the hallway patiently awaiting breakfast and a day by the summer river running running gliding off stay baby stay my morning undone in this quiet Friday motel alone with wet eyes shedding nothing I can do without
4-30-21
"Oregon’s seen the biggest percentage increase in COVID-19 cases of any state in the country over the past two weeks.
Cases have jumped 58% in that time period, putting Oregon just ahead of Kansas and behind territories Guam and Puerto Rico."
Opb
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"Self-described anarchists, who engage in regular criminal destruction, don’t want things to open up, to recover,” Wheeler said"
https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2021/04/24/black-bloc-marches-into-bar-district-after-mayor-pledges-crackdown/
"He was a brother, he was a father, he was a new grandfather to a baby girl,” Ashlee Albies, a Portland attorney representing Delgado’s family, said during a Friday afternoon press conference.
“This is unacceptable. People in mental health crisis or people with mental health issues are not inherently dangerous.
And they need to be treated with respect and care.”
https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2021/04/23/family-of-man-killed-by-portland-police-calls-on-governor-attorney-general-to-appoint-special-prosecutor/
"Wheeler continued. “Those who are engaged in it, let’s make it hurt them a little bit.”
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You show up at the bar at six, regulars already sloshed after two, three, four hours double fisting the whiskey beer $4.50 combo, tables of five here there musical chairs, chat chat gleep
Spittle mist of gossip bragging bitching and grandstanding a tangible greasy fog that perceptibly wavers as pairs go out to smoke, joining new tables, who get up to occupy new available spots spots
Playing video crack pool shuffleboard or mostly elbow leaning TV worship
The petri dish of science denying intoxicated gets more jello loosey stupid, mask schmask the backtalk and badittude gets ugly but barkeeps bow to biz and their tip quota
One loser yells about teachers pensions
Another 300 round guns
As dopey ignoramuses bond with one another over insurrection
Tummy the barhag says she's going to the governors home if there are more restrictions sneering as our covid infections rate the worst 2 week rise in the nation
It's six pm and there's 5 more hours to mingle backslap and promenade one's partner too pathetic to endure one another at home overmuch
Closing at 11, used to be serving until 2am
Staggering stumbling fighting no problem, rightwing koolaid cares more about money than common sense safety, humanity
As the rag tattered street crawler goes thru the ashtrays wet with twelve hours of butts high fives all dingdong day
Oblivious to oblivion and ridiculously unprincipled particles of which they're comprised
"Operations at the depot began in January 1942, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officially activated the site as the Memphis General Depot. The depot provided supplies including clothing, food, medical supplies, electronic equipment, petroleum products, and industrial chemicals.
It had 130 buildings and over 4,000,000 square feet (370,000 m2) of indoor storage.[1]
Eventually, the disposal of chemicals began at the site. This included the disposal of leaking mustard bombs at Dunn Field, a field located on the property.
From 1942 until 1962 the installation performed Army supply and was known variously as the Memphis Quartermaster Depot, Memphis Army Service Forces Depot, and the Memphis General Depot.[1]
In 1992, the 632-acre base was placed on the list of Superfund sites maintained by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because "chemicals from the wastes that were released on site resulted in contaminated soil, groundwater, surface water, and sediment."[2] According to the EPA, significant cleanup has been achieved.[2]
In 1995, the depot was placed on the closure list of the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission and on September 30, 1997, it was closed. Since that year, 94% of the facilities have been returned to public use. "
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http://www.umich.edu/~snre492/ddd.html
The Problem
The Defense Distribution Depot of Memphis, Tennessee (DDDMT) has been a site of toxic contamination for almost 50 years.
Tests show soil and groundwater beneath the depot to be tainted with chemicals that include potentially cancer-causing trichloroethylene, carbon tetrachloride, and toxic metals. This contamination comes from the use of pesticides, solvents, fuels, and other hazardous compounds.
Officials believe the contamination is restricted to a shallow aquifer, but are concerned that it could move into the deeper Memphis Sand aquifer that supplies the city's water.
A community organization has formed from the all-Black community surrounding the DDDMT called the Defense Depot of Memphis, Tennessee, Concerned Citizens Committee (DDMT-CCC).
They believe the contamination has spread into the community and is posing significant health threats to its residents. The military is responsible for cleaning up these toxins and are making no effort towards a possible solution. No one seems to be taking responsibility for the contamination of workers while the DDDMT was in operation or the contamination of residents in nearby communities.
Background
1942
Depot operated by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers as a storage and maintenance site for the army's engineer, chemical, and quartermaster corps.
1954-1970s
Toxic substances handled in a building at the depot
Feb. 7, 1992
DDDMT proposed to be on the EPA's National Priority List (NPL). The site would be eligible for long-term remedial action financed by the Superfund.
Oct. 14, 1992
DDDMT was one of seven federal facility sites added to the NPL. As of this date, work had been completed on 5% of the sites put on the list and three fourths of the 1,208 sites on the list were only in early stages of cleanup.
Nov. 24, 1993
A Pentagon report lists the DDDMT as one of many defense installations that may contain chemical weapons or chemical warfare contamination. The wastes may be in more than one location at the facility.
June 1995
DDDMT voted to be closed down. The depot acted mainly as a warehousing function.
It also provided support during the Gulf War and supplied body bags for victims of the Oklahoma City bombing.
Depot has to be closed within five years by law. The city will get first chance at aquriring the 642 acres and 28 miles of paved streets at the depot. Half of the 1,367 lost jobs will be relocated to other depots. 80% of the workers are African-American, closing the plant may increase unemployment in Memphis from 9% to 9.6%.
Oct. 1995
Defense Depot of Memphis, Tennessee, Concerned Citizens Committee (DDMT-CCC) formed.
Dec. 19, 1995
City counsel approved Mayor W.W. Herenton's 8 nominees and 2 advisory members for the Memphis Depot Redevelopment Agency.
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Sept. 28, 1997
DDDM officially closed
Mar. 25, 1997
Commissioners approved the Memphis Depot Redevelopment Plan. The plan will reuse the 642 acre DDDM property for light industrial operations and public property service.
Jan. 1998
2 sites identified in a new $302 mil., 22 year master plan for the Memphis Park system.(50 acres on southeast corner of depot and 38 acres on northeast corner of depot)
March 1998
Residents see neighbors stricken with cancer. Concerns mount about long-ago waste-disposal practices.
The health department performs a community survey about "what they know and what they want to know". Officials attend meetings of neighborhood associations and incorporate those findings into the survey. Once survey results are compiled, environmental health education opportunities can be created to deal with the issues of greatest interest to residents.
August 1998
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Solid Waste Management proposes to terminate the container storage portion of the hazardous waste permit for the United States Department of Defense (DOD) Logistics agency, DDDM. The operational portion of the permit was for a proposed hazardous waste container storage area, which was never constructed.
Key Actors
Defense Depot of Memphis, Tennessee, Concerned Citizens Committee (DDDMT-CCC):
About 500 members, Doris and Kenneth Bradshaw are principal organizers. Organized after realizing the threat the DDDM posed to their community. Believe what the government has done and is doing to handle the situation at the DDDM constitutes environmental racism.
U.S Department of Defense Logistics Agency (DLA):
Responsible for all contamination and necessary cleanup of contamination at site. Refuses to contribute anywhere near the amount of funding necessary for cleaning up the DDDM.
Have done a few cleanups on the site because, "there are too many environmental groups not to do anything."
They believe there is no proof to link the contamination of surrounding areas to the activities of the DDDMT. Their argument is that contamination could come from factories, oil from car repair places nearby, or the airport.
City council:
Decides if the city will develop at the DDDMT. Member Janet Hooks said the city would not take title of depot property until it is clean and safe.
Memphis Depot Redevelopment Agency:
Developed a plan for the civilian use of the DDDM. The members are; Janet Hooks, Olivia Dobbins, Joe Emison, Albert Crawford, Azzie Haris, Christina Munson, Steven Yukel, and Michael Kennedy.
Members of the advisory committee are Rep. Harold Ford (D-Tenn.) and Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.).
Health Department:
Conducted a survey of area residents to gauge level of knowledge and concern about the environment. The results of this study have not been determined.
State Officials:
Do not believe there is "any current significant health risk associated with the depot," said Jordon English, Memphis field office manager for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's division of Superfund.
Metropolitan Interface Association (MIFA):
Runs the low-income housing project on the DDDMT property. This facility houses expecting mothers and many children.
The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers:
This agency conducted on site investigations of the toxic and dangerous substances at the DDDMT. They also installed monitoring wells to determine groundwater contamination. Contracted for a groundwater extraction system at the site.
Strategies Used
The DDDMT-CCC has not been successful at any lawsuits they have attempted. Kenneth Bradshaw (member of DDDMT-CCC) believes this lack of success is due to racism within the system. He states knowledge of cases similar to theirs that have been won by white environmental groups. State and federal agencies have made efforts to listen to what the public has to say, but these only seem to be efforts to improve public relations. They have not really done anything to meet the demands of the DDDMT-CCC. Gaining media recognition of this issue has been the most successful strategy used to encourage the cleanup of contaminated areas.
Solutions
A few on site cleanups have been performed at the DDDMT. Wells have been installed by the U.S Army Corp of Engineers to intercept the groundwater contamination that has occurred at the DDDMT. A cleanup has been done of an area on the depot property that contained a MIFA housing project. Two underground storage tanks (diesel and gasoline) have been removed from the Depot's former gas station. Dieldrin, a pesticide, at the site was 4,000 ppm (20x higher than the level EPA considers it hazardous). This and lead poisoning at the site brought outside pressure from the DDDMT- CCC. The DLA cleaned this mess up, but still is doing nothing to clean contamination outside the depot property. The DLA says there is nothing proven to indicate the DDDMT's activities have affected the outside community.
Recommendations
The DDDMT-CCC should continue to utilize their resources as best as possible. Perhaps they should work on gathering evidence to build up a case for the necessity for a cleanup in the area surrounding the Depot. However, this could be beyond the scope of their organization. The greatest success in this case has been due to public concern resulting from increased media coverage. If more effort could be made specifically to increase the concern and awareness of this issue amongst the general public the DDDMT-CCC could experience an increase its power to influence decision-making.
Contact Person/Information Sources
For more information regarding this case study, or if you would like to remain updated, participate, or become involved in this environmental struggle, you can contact :
The DDDMT-CCC:
Doris or Kenneth Bradshaw
1454 East Mallory
Memphis, TN. 38106
Tel: (901)-942-0329
The Memphis Depot Community Relations Office:
2163 Airways Blvd.
Memphis, TN 38114-5210
Tel: (901)-544-0613 Fax: (901)-544-0639
Email: HYPERLINK mailto:comrel@dmtz3.ddmt.dla.mil
Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce:
P.O. Box 224
Memphis, TN 38101-0224
Tel: (901)-543-3500
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https://www.memphisflyer.com/a-matter-of-trust
"We shouldn’t have to prove anything. The Defense Depot, as a good neighbor, should prove to us they didn’t hurt us,” Bradshaw says.
“African-American history — through slavery, discrimination, Agent Orange, and the Tuskegee syphilis experiments
— shows us not to trust our government. Period.”
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"The recent rash of uterine cancer in young girls isn’t the first time illness has visited the neighborhood near the Defense Depot in South Memphis, says Doris Bradshaw.
She says cancer is common in her community and readily cites several instances of trees and dogs in the area suddenly and mysteriously dying."
