I watched a show the other day that dealt with an alcoholic, drug addicted mother seeking forgiveness from her estranged daughter, only the mother refused to own up to all the things that hurt her daughter which caused the strain on their relationship to begin with. She wanted forgiveness for years of hurt and pain that she inflicted on all of her children, which required her daughter to step in and become the mother to her younger siblings.
I watched with intense interest because I lived that hurt and pain. I also couldn't understand why it is so hard for some people to admit that they were wrong, acknowledge the pain they caused so everyone involved could move on. The only difference between my situation and the mother and daughter on television is that my mother was never an alcoholic, nor did she suffered with drug addiction. She was a victim of her environment and upbringing – but she also refused to break that cycle (or simply didn't know how to) for her own children.
I got a little sidetracked there, so please forgive me. (no pun intended) But you get where I'm coming from, right? Till this day, my mother has given poor lip service as to the horrible decisions she's made in regard to our family and how she allowed her husband, our father, to treat us. Her philosophy is "Leave the past in the past and move on with your life." She's the master of ignoring problems instead of addressing them head on. Her reasons for allowing such behavior from our father are all selfish. She was afraid of being alone. She didn't want to raise her kids by herself. She didn't want to have a failed marriage like her parents, even though that's exactly what she and my father have, despite still being married today. They aren't happy. She's been living in misery for many, many years with him.
Now that we're all grown, she wants us to simply let the past be the past and forgive her so life can be rosy…for her. She wants her conscience to be cleared by us for her mistakes that she still refuses to completely own up to. She still refuses to take full responsibility for how messed up her children are because of her decisions. My mother had the power to stop the bleeding and start the healing. She had all the power to do this, but she chose to keep a man in her bed than to do what was in the best interest of her children.
More importantly, I've accepted the fact that I will never get that full on admittance of guilt from her, and I'm okay with that. My mother is who she is, and she hasn't changed in all these years, nor is she about to. I had to accept this about her in order for me to forgive her and let go of the long held resentment I held toward her. I had to forgive her for my own peace of mind. Are we close? No. And we never will be. But we are cordial toward each other if nothing else. My father on the other hand…that's a whole other story for a different day.
Forgiveness isn't something that you can demand. Forgiveness takes time. Forgiveness can be hard, but nothing makes forgiveness harder than a person refusing to admit their wrongs. So if you don't get the full admittance of guilt, sometimes you'll have to forgive them anyway. For your own peace of mind.
Recycled dysfunction is real. I know because for most of my life I lived in it until I got married and started a family of my own. Recycled dysfunction to me are issues that occur over and over within the family by the same members who refuse to take the necessary steps in order for the cycle of dysfunction to stop. These family members always try to drag in as many people into their dysfunction as possible, disrupting the peace of all involved.
One thing I've wholeheartedly embraced is not letting other people's problems become my own. When I got married my focus was 100% on my marriage. When I had children my focus became split between my children and husband and maintaining a happy, peaceful home for all of us. Whatever outside issues there were be it family feuds or something else didn't affect me because I refused to allow it to. I've been called mean, anti-family, and the black sheep for being this way. If you were raised in total and complete dysfunction like I was you'd understand why I created such distance.
I grew up in a house where every day, there was the possibility of verbal fights, verbal and physical abuse, and overall uneasiness. We never knew what would transpire from one day to the next, and that's not a good feeling. That's why when I started my own family, peace, love, and happiness had to be the mainstays in our house. My kids had to be shown love through me and my husbands actions and words. I refused to let them exist in a world of chaos like I did.
Being around positive, encouraging people inspires me and makes me feel good. I love being happy and keeping my family happy. Recycled dysfunction runs very deep in my family and it's not healthy for anyone. When you have your breaking point, when you finally say "enough" and mean it, then it truly is enough. At least it was for me. It's not that I've stopped loving anyone, I've simply eliminated recycled dysfunction from my life.
Lately I've been complaining about family, and I don't want my blog to be full of negative posts. I am a happy person and have a lot of happy moments. I promise! I recognized that I have to be more mindful to post about the happier moments instead of always posting about things that make me angry.
So many of my close friends have lost loved ones or are sick, or caring for sick loved ones. Death seems to making it's rounds more often than not lately, and it's taking a toll on so many.
Often times we don't know what to say or do when someone is sick or have lost a loved one in death. I'm no different. Sometimes giving a strong hug of love and support is all that's needed. Praying for others always helps, and is something we can all do – and it costs nothing. Bringing a dish to the caregivers, the sick one, or the family who lost a family member in death is often appreciated. Giving caregivers a break so they can rest, have a day or night to themselves is often overlooked.
I wish I could do more for others, and it always bothers me that I can't do all that I'd like to do for those in need. This is why I keep blank note cards, so I can write personal notes to ones so they know I'm thinking of them. I try to keep cookie ingredients in stock so I can bake a quick basket for someone. Lastly, if I can't get around to visiting people, I try to remember to call.
I don't always get to do the things I mentioned above, but I try. People appreciate being thought of and shown kindness, especially when it's not expected. So many are suffering, grieving, and simply need a kind gesture, hug and endless prayers. Let's love on each other more, be kind to one another and make an effort to reach out to our friends and loved ones more. We need each other now more than ever.
There is nothing worse than feeling unappreciated, especially by a family member. Nothing says self-centered, selfish, don't care than doing something for a loved one without a thank you or any type of acknowledgement in return. I'm not the type to throw back what I've done for you in your face. I don't lord it over you, brag to others what I've done for you, or expect anything in return from you other than a simple thank you. That's it. Thank you. Hearing those two words go such a long way! Unfortunately, I've been slapped in the face by several family members enough times to last a life time.
Family get taken advantage of and are left feeling unappreciated the most because of the fact that you're family. We all have family members that feel entitled, who feel you're supposed to do for them for one reason or another: You make more money, you don't have any kids or a husband, or you've bailed them out in the past so you should do it again. Grown able bodied people will not continue to mooch off of me or take my kindness for weakness. I will not keep listening to the same sob stories which always include blaming everyone but themselves for the pitiful plight that they are in. I am the mother to four children. I deal with their self importance enough with more years of it to come. I will not accept it from grown siblings or other grown family members.
Recently I tried to help a sibling and never received a thank you, boo, nothing. It was the ultimate "F-you" in my eyes. Part of me want to snap on this person and the other person who initiated it, but the other part of me doesn't feel like wasting the energy or time because I know it will change nothing. I have to let it go and chalk it up to another lesson learned. I was caught slippin, but it won't happen again.
Drive you crazy, what do you do? There are many variables and levels of crazy with my family, but I always thought that the older we got, the better things would get. WRONG. The older we've gotten, the worse our issues have become.
I'm not in a position where I have the energy or time to make other family member's issues my own. I just can't. And I won't. Not when I have four kids of my own and a sickly husband. Not when I have issues of my own that need my attention. Some may call me selfish, uncaring, or hardhearted, and they couldn't be more wrong. I just know when to step back and let grown people handle their own business.
Some people in my family have such deep issues that only a psychiatrist can help them, but not everyone is open to seeking such therapy, and if they do they don't keep up with regular visits. In the end, we all have our own issues that we are still trying to deal with in our 30's, 40's and 50's. I have my own issues that I've been trying to deal with on my own since childhood. I love my family and I will always help where I can. But the level of dysfunction in my family is too deep for me to get too close. For my own mental health, I must love my family at a distance.
A thought came to my mind recently about myself. I often sit and think about things, pondering why I constantly feel that people aren't treating me with the same kindness that I treat them. What is it that I'm doing that makes me unapproachable? I had to really think about this because I know it's not everybody else's fault that I'm feeling this way, this is a two way street. I know I'm as much at fault as the next person; I'm not perfect.
Over the years I've gone through a lot. I've experienced enough drama to last a lifetime from family, to so-called friends, workmates, schoolmates, you name it. You can definitely say that I've become quite jaded in some respects when it comes to people and how genuine they are when it comes to them wanting to get close to me. My trust level is so low that it's hard for me to trust anyone outside of my immediate family, and I can't even trust most of them! My circle of trust is very small, and it includes my husband, my children, my mother and sister in law and about three close friends. That's it. With that being said, I have put up a wall around me that does not allow for anyone else to get close to me, yet sometimes I find myself wishing I was closer to some people. Sometimes.
I've spent so much of my early years trying to fit in, trying to be outgoing, to not caring about fitting in and just doing and being me. Always smiling, always happy, always laughing and trying to put a smile on other people's faces. Always hugging and kissing people on the cheek, showing affection to all those I cared about. I was always inviting people over, initiating girls night out, get-togethers, and other things. I willingly put myself out there because I still had that belief that people were good, at least the people that I chose to surround myself with. Over time, that changed dramatically; I changed. I had more kids, traumatic things happened in my life, and my focus completely changed. That need to be around people, that need to stay in touch began to fade. Just seeing people in passing became good enough for me. Saying hi and giving a hug and keeping it moving sufficed. My husband and children became my focus. Keeping us afloat, keeping us together despite all the roadblocks, despite all the people wishing hardships upon us is all that mattered to me.
The thing is, I never took that wall down. If anything I made it stronger. I reinforced it over the years to the point where I no longer cared if I saw certain people. It didn't bother me if I wasn't invited to go out or to attend a gathering. I was no longer interested in saying hello to certain people or giving hugs. I knew I had become stand-offish, but I didn't know how bad I had become until my husband pointed out my behavior to me. I couldn't deny anything he said because I knew it was the truth. I knew that was me.
What I'm dealing with now is how do I change that? More importantly, do I want to change? I know what to do to change my attitude. Small little gestures like reaching out to some of my friends and inviting them over, or inviting them out for a drink. I've gotten so used to my life as it is now that it's become hard to take that step. I love my friends, and I really do care about them, but a part of me often think "Why does it have to be me to make this gesture? What is stopping them from reaching out to me and inviting me somewhere?" Don't get me wrong, I'm not sitting at home stewing over whether or not my friends are going out or having some fun get together at their home without me. I don't care about that and that doesn't bother me at all. I've never been one of those people who feel they should be invited to every party that happens within my circle. That never bothered me. What does bother me is when it's always expected of me to initiate or put together a get together.
Let's face it: We're all busy. We all have our own lives to live with various problems. I know it's hard for all of us to make time to do a lot of things, but if we really want to make time we will. That's just how it goes. My husband keeps encouraging me to have a little get together at the house and invite a few of my friends over. This is odd coming from him because it used to bug him when I was the hostess with the mostess back in the day! It also shows me that he notices a change in his wife, a change that isn't a positive one, and he wants me to get back to my old self. I kind of miss my old self too, but so much has changed. I've changed, and not just because of being burned by people, but because I've become older and wiser. My patience is shorter, and that can be a good and bad thing.
Honestly, I'm ok with the new me – flaws and all. I'm not perfect, and I will always have things that I need to work on. I don't want to continue to isolate myself from my friends, and by isolate I mean seeing them, but not hanging out with them. At the same time I'm not going to let it bother me either. Does that make any sense? I care, but I don't care. I'm 42 years old, and the fact of the matter is I've changed. For better or for worse, who knows. I think it's a mixture of both, and I'm completely ok with that.


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Is Ed Miliband living on borrowed time?
by Redflag Sat Nov 22, 2014 4:11 pm
Hi stu
Heaven Help the UK if it does happen I just hope none of those that voted Ukip better not come crying to me when they find out that Ukip are more far right than the Tories, as I will have NO sympathy for them in fact my reply will be "Hell Slap it into You" plus the rest of us will have to pay for your STUPIDY.
Re: Is Ed Miliband living on borrowed time?
by stuart torr Sat Nov 22, 2014 4:23 pm
Well I will shut the door in their face because I will not have voted for anybody but Labour Redflag, and as I thought Dennis the beast only lives a few miles from me.
by oftenwrong Sat Nov 22, 2014 5:22 pm
UKIP are indeed enjoying a good Press at the moment, but Labour have little to worry about if the next General Election produces for Mr Farage mainly turncoat MPs who were former Tory MPs. Meantime the media will be full of Who's Next? speculation for the next five months.
Can Cameron's face become any redder?
Cameron does seem rather embarrassed doesn't he OW,
by Redflag Sun Nov 23, 2014 6:57 pm
oftenwrong wrote: Can Cameron's face become any redder?
Yes it can OW and the reason is cause like the rest of the Tory party they have "BRASS NECKS"
by stuart torr Sun Nov 23, 2014 8:35 pm
Also no guilt about what they are doing to the poor, whilst they sit in their mansions.
by boatlady Sun Nov 23, 2014 11:06 pm
In relation to Ed Milliband - I do think he may have made a bit of a 'bish' in asking Emily Thornberry to resign - she seems a sensible and hard working constituency representative.
Speaking as a working class person - I'd think that house was a bit dodgy to be honest, and I might have a bit of a giggle, picturing a shaven headed right wing uneducated type living there, possibly with some racist views - I might think he was someone not really in sympathy with the Labour message - I might send a message back home to show what we're up against - I might not put it up on Twitter because I might think Twitter would be a bit public.
If I was a leader of a political party I might feel stuck between a rock and a hard place - putting the implied comment on Twitter makes a whole set of assumptions overt and I guess when your party's rhetoric is about class warfare and lack of inclusiveness the tweet might well be an embarrassment.
If I were Ed, I hope I might tend to feel - 'well, if eating a bacon sandwich in an unattractive manner hasn't lost the election, maybe an honest tweet won't either', but , fortunately for me, I'm not Ed and I don't have a legion of political types advising me.
Basically, what I think I might be saying, is I think the whole thing is a storm in a teacup - - I suspect politicians on both sides make a set of assumptions about the electorate that none of us would find flattering - just as we do about them - the question when we're electing our government is - which of the possible options is likely to result in the best outcome for the majority of us in England - I still think that would be Labour under Ed Milliband - even if he has made a bit of mistake about Emily Thornberry.
by stuart torr Sun Nov 23, 2014 11:24 pm
He has made a few bishes as you call them boatlady, that is his problem i'm afraid, ruins his chance of power if he makes to many more.
by boatlady Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:42 am
And Farage, Cameron et al have made no mistakes?
by Penderyn Mon Nov 24, 2014 1:33 pm
boatlady wrote: In relation to Ed Milliband - I do think he may have made a bit of a 'bish' in asking Emily Thornberry to resign - she seems a sensible and hard working constituency representative.
Speaking as a working class person - I'd think that house was a bit dodgy to be honest, and I might have a bit of a giggle, picturing a shaven headed right wing uneducated type living there.
Back in my canvassing days I'd certainly not have bothered with that house, assuming that if I knocked on the door I'd be attacked by a drunken National Fronter - and I can tell you that judgement is based on a lot of experience in many constituencies.
by ghost whistler Mon Nov 24, 2014 1:42 pm
stuart torr wrote: £11 million and she needs our help? please mylene can you give me some to tide me over, as my £103 per week seems tiny in comparison. being reviewed soon to see if I am getting too much though.
Bloody hell? She has 11 million quid? How the hell did that happen? I bet the rest of Hearsay aren't quite so fortunate! She really ought to wind her neck in.
Thronberry had to go. You can't deny there was some snobbery in her tweet. It was a massively stupid thing to do - and I fully agree it doesn't come close to the pure evil that comes from the tories. There's no way she could stay after that, what on earth was she thinking. A proper Nicola Murray moment?
by stuart torr Mon Nov 24, 2014 2:38 pm
You are right G.W. how the hell did she get that much?
by ghost whistler Mon Nov 24, 2014 10:01 pm
stuart torr wrote: You are right G.W. how the hell did she get that much?
I wonder if she's good at making sandwiches
by stuart torr Mon Nov 24, 2014 10:28 pm
Oh no G.W. what about her poor painted finger nails?
by Ivan Mon Nov 24, 2014 10:58 pm
ghost whistler wrote:-
Thornberry had to go. You can't deny there was some snobbery in her tweet. It was a massively stupid thing to do - and I fully agree it doesn't come close to the pure evil that comes from the tories. There's no way she could stay after that, what on earth was she thinking. A proper Nicola Murray moment?
For those not in the know, Nicola Murray is the name of the Labour Party leader (played by Rebecca Front) in 'The Thick of It'.
I don't agree that Emily Thornberry had to leave the shadow cabinet, and her departure made this silly story much bigger than it should have been. She tweeted a series of photos, all bearing the caption 'Image from Rochester', and we can only guess what her thinking was when she shared the picture of White Van Dan's house with her followers. It was the wrong thing to do, especially as it showed the registration number of his vehicle, but politicians have done far worse and not been forced to resign. Jeremy Hunt lied to Parliament over his close relationship with James Murdoch and the 160+ plus emails he exchanged with him when he was supposed to be adjudicating over the BSkyB bid. Theresa May has stuffed up a number of times and been allowed to stay in her post. Iain Duncan Smith has wasted millions of pounds of taxpayers' money, but is allowed to carry on his evil work at the DWP.
Emily Thornberry comes from a broken marriage and was brought up by her mother on a Guildford council estate. If she is a snob, then so am I, as my background is solid working class and I have nothing but disdain for White Van Dan. In fact, I loathe all people who use flags to insinuate that they are somehow more patriotic than the rest of us. The Tories love to wave the union flag around, yet they are quite happy to sell state assets to foreigners and encourage Russian billionaires to buy up property in London, making it too expensive for the indigenous population to live there. The flag of St George is used by football hooligans, the EDL and others as a way to intimidate immigrants; even White Van Dan admitted that his dirty old flags "make ethnic minorities uncomfortable". He's not typical of the working class and doesn't deserve respect, contrary to what Ed Miliband suggested.
Patriotism – the love of one's country – shouldn't be about flags, royalty, archaic traditions or our appalling colonial history. It should be about the love of those anonymous workers whose toil created the wealth of this country and those who now make it a bearable place to live – such as all the carers, nurses, doctors, teachers and firemen. We don't need to hide behind flags to show our patriotism, and we have every right to be suspicious, and maybe even contemptuous, of those who do.
This article by Sarah Ditum is, in my opinion, worth a read:-
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/11/tweeting-picture-house-not-act-class-warfare-whatever-sun-says
by ghost whistler Tue Nov 25, 2014 9:42 am
What was her reasoning behind the picture though?
by stuart torr Tue Nov 25, 2014 12:24 pm
I have no idea G.W. But there are people on my estate with those flags draped and all they are are anti immigrants i'm afraid.
by Ivan Tue Nov 25, 2014 12:51 pm
The working class is not homogeneous. The idea that a single photograph, without a comment, can be described by the gutter press as an attack on the entire working class is absurd. I'm not a mind-reader; I don't why Emily Thornberry tweeted that photo, and as it was one of a series, she may not have thought about it herself for very long. This was one possible explanation offered by Sarah Ditum in the article I posted a link to previously:-
Thornberry spotted a house decked out as jingoism mansion in a constituency on the verge of electing a nationalist candidate, and thought, "Hey that tells us something about the political atmosphere, I'll show it to my followers."
Maybe she was offended by what she saw. The flag of St George is used by people to try to assert that they're not 'British' (like all those pesky immigrants and ethnic minorities), but 'English' (even though no such sovereign state exists; try getting an English passport). The flag has been hijacked by racist groups such as the EDL (and West Ham F.C.), and although White Van Dan put his three up for the World Cup in June, he's left them there ever since, presumably to demonstrate his 'patriotism' and to upset immigrants. But of course it isn't patriotism, it's nationalism, a much more dangerous concept. The joke of it is that St George, if he existed at all, was probably a Roman soldier in Palestine.
https://cuttingedge2.forumotion.co.uk/t546-is-nationalism-evil
Or maybe it was just snobbery. How does Emily Thornberry's photo compare with Sir George Young's infamous quip that "the homeless are what you step over when you come out of the opera"? Since when has being a snob ever been a sackable offence?
Basically Ivan most of those flags have been left up since the world cup in most places have they not? and it is either laziness of the people not to take them down, or they are thinking it is nationalistic sign.
by Penderyn Tue Nov 25, 2014 1:55 pm
stuart torr wrote: Basically Ivan most of those flags have been left up since the world cup in most places have they not? and it is either laziness of the people not to take them down, or they are thinking it is nationalistic sign.
My next-door-neighbour put up one about as big as Wembley Stadium, and it has been rotting away up there ever since England bit the footballing dust. To treat your flag like that hardly suggests any kind of patriotism to me.
by stuart torr Tue Nov 25, 2014 2:19 pm
Exactly Penderyn it must be sheer laziness not to take them down.
by Ivan Tue Nov 25, 2014 2:46 pm
England flags, white vans and prejudice
"I would like an opportunity to say what the England flag has meant to me for decades. In the 60s, 70s and 80s, 'Paki-bashing' was a common pastime among white people. Having eggs thrown at your door, stones at your window, or being spat on, was a part of life. The word 'Paki' was a normal part of the lexicon. It was usually punctuated with the F-word before it and the C-word after it. All three words were used to insult and intimidate.
Walls and alleyways were often decorated with the words 'Paki go home'. Along with this message would be the letters NF and the union jack or the St George's flag. National Front marches or far-right rallies were a sea of such flags.
For decades the England flag and union jack represented far-right, racist views. Now people want to use them for the right reasons and say I'm being silly. My questions to them are: Where were you when the far right hijacked it? Why did you stand by and let your beloved flags be degraded? Why didn't you tell them 'Get your filthy fascist hands off my flag?'
So, after a quarter-century of these oppressive symbols (telling me to beware and to know to my place), please forgive me being suspicious of people who display these flags. How am I supposed to know the difference?"
Bhasker Bhadresha
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/25/england-flags-white-vans-prejudice
I am it is the same with us Ivan is it not? and also if you read our posts Bhasker? how are we supposed to know the difference unless you speak to the house occupier and find their views, then it will become clear very quickly will it not?
Also I was not all that politically aware with regards to the NF and the flags, even though prior to that I was a shop steward I was getting over my illness at some of those points and my memory had gone, apologies Bhasker.
Labour must fight off these bogus Tory attacks on class
Extracts from an article by Polly Toynbee:-
Out of touch with the working class, says 'The Mail', parading a row of pictures of Labour leaders and their homes. Never mind that Paul Dacre and Rupert Murdoch's apparatchiks live in far swankier style. Or that these Labour people are honest enough to advocate a mansion tax that would hit a few of them too, because they think it wrong that property bubbles gift London professionals huge unearned, untaxed profits. 'The Mail' damns a tax on the top 0.5% of properties as "the politics of envy" – while stirring that envy to the hilt. And where's the matching map of the homes of Tory grandees who oppose a mansion tax?
There is nothing hypocritical about Oxbridge-educated Labour politicians advocating greater equality in a country on a frightening trajectory of social injustice. On the contrary, it's one of the few things that allow you to retain confidence in the political process that self-interest and cynicism are not universal.
Dishonesty and hypocrisy belong to the right, its pretended concern for equality of opportunity a sham. Waving the St George flag, its members accuse the liberal left of lacking patriotism – but there is nothing more unpatriotic than fostering atomisation. There has never been a more divisive government, intent on setting groups and interests venomously against each other – private wealth creators against public servants, deserving against undeserving, hardworking against disabled, those blessed by good luck told they merit more than those cursed by misfortune.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/25/labour-tory-class-right-emily-thornberry-left-inequality
Ivan if only you could have seen the changes in peoples attitudes towards me from when I was fully able, ie out drinking with the lads etc, to how they are now with me now it is no proper drinking and ladding it etc because of my illness and medication.
I was dropped quicker than a hot brick mate, that is what makes me both sad yet angry at the same time, knowing that I would not have done that to them.
by Penderyn Wed Nov 26, 2014 2:47 pm
Ivan wrote: Labour must fight off these bogus Tory attacks on class
Extract from an article by Polly Toynbee:-
What on earth is the 'liberal left'? The left here has been socialist for over a century.
by stuart torr Wed Nov 26, 2014 5:22 pm
Penderyn you have members of each political party that are for the centre, or lean more to the right, ie have a little more right wing policies or to the left which obviously has feelings towards the left wing policies of that party.
So the "liberal left" will have more of a lean toward the labour side of that party.
by Ivan Wed Nov 26, 2014 5:35 pm
Penderyn wrote:-
I understand the 'liberal left' to be those who don't mind if we have women priests and bishops, think that gay people should be allowed to marry if they wish, oppose capital and corporal punishment, believe in a woman's right to choose, and would be happy to decriminalise soft drugs. Maybe we're talking about the 'libertarian left', as opposed to the 'authoritarian left' (which would include the likes of Stalin).
http://www.politicalcompass.org
Or maybe Polly Toynbee was just thinking of social democrats, who can be found in the Labour Party and used to be prevalent in the Liberal Democrats before the 'Orange Bookers' hijacked the show.
Labour has been the most prominent organ of socialism in this country throughout the last century, but one could argue that it was only the post-1945 government of Clement Attlee which put it into effect. Dear old Tony Benn once said that "Labour is not a socialist party, it is a party with socialists in it".
by Redflag Wed Nov 26, 2014 5:55 pm
I learned about old socialism from my paternal grandfather he used to sit me on his knee when I was very young and sing the redflag song to me that was my socialism
by boatlady Wed Nov 26, 2014 7:50 pm
I do like that Polly Toynbee
I will second that boatlady, what xmas prezzie shall we get her?
We will just admire her and tell all our friends
by stuart torr Wed Nov 26, 2014 10:10 pm
Leave it to you to tell your friends then boatlady.
"Liberal Left" sounds like a description from American politics. Republicans are in the habit of referring to Obama's Democrat administration as Liberals.
by Penderyn Thu Nov 27, 2014 1:07 pm
Ivan wrote: Labour has been the most prominent organ of socialism in this country throughout the last century, but one could argue that it was only the post-1945 government of Clement Attlee which put it into effect. Dear old Tony Benn once said that "Labour is not a socialist party, it is a party with socialists in it".
Which is why the Labour Party, even when it was that, was never as such 'left'. I see that there would have been marginally more and less progressive persons at the court of Genghiz Khan, but I still think that I don't want to hand the term 'left' to those who want to retain this sick system.
by Phil Hornby Thu Nov 27, 2014 1:18 pm
And there was me thinking that it was a term to describe what will remain of Clegg's band of traitors in Parliament after May 2015 - eg " See that chap over there? He is the Liberal left..."
by stuart torr Thu Nov 27, 2014 1:26 pm
Nice one Phil
Phil Hornby wrote: And there was me thinking that it was a term to describe what will remain of Clegg's band of traitors in Parliament after May 2015 - eg " See that chap over there? He is the Liberal left..."
Nah - just another dead man walking!
Know how to describe the liberal left now Penderyn,
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Zack Walther Band Corrals Americana/Roots Music Extravaganza on New CD
Article Contributed by Mark Pucci Media | Published on Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Texas-based Zack Walther Band announces an October 25 release date for their new album of Americana and roots music, titled The Westerner, releasing October 25, and distributed by TuneCore.
The band will perform a number of Texas dates in support of the new disc, including a very special CD release show that will be announced on September 12 at Zack Walther's "All-Star Tribute to George Strait" concert, also featuring members of the Ace in the Hole Band, at the Historic Brauntex Theater in New Braunfels, which is already sold out.
Zack Walther Band has also performed a number of dates with the great Rodney Crowell, who has said of Zack: "Whether it's on record or a live performance, you can always count on Zack Walther to make use of one hell of a high powered voice."
Equally at home performing country, blues, R&B and rock, Zack titled the new disc The Westerner because he set out to create an album that is different than anything he and his band has ever released before. It embodies his journey from the Texas music scene to the main stream landscape. Americana, Blues, or country, where ever The Westerner lands, it will transcend though many genres because it combines all of Zack's musical influences and all he's learned performing in the Texas music scene for the past 15 years.
The album's concept builds upon ideas explored in Walther's earlier Americana recordings, constructing a sonic landscape akin to the American Frontier of the late 1800s – a place of untamed territories where life was free, wild, unrestrained and at times rowdy. The album explores personal pride, betrayal, loss and redemption with Walther's experimentation and lyrical hooks playing the hero. It takes listeners on a journey to the outskirts of traditional rhythm and blues and evokes the bold and eccentric yet accessible qualities of a Quinten Tarantino film. The Westerner is a barn-burning review, which walks the line between authenticity and disarming self-awareness.
"The Westerner is different and it's something that personifies my taking a risk and stepping out of my comfort zone to create a record that will, I hope, stand the test of time," says Zack about the new disc. "I want someone to listen to The Westerner 30 years from now and think it's a great record, and that is what every artist wants."
Zack has been working on this album for the past year and a half, and he adds, "This is the record I've been working towards my entire musical life."
Zack's musical influences, and those heard on The Westerner cover a wide-range from Elvis Presley to the Beatles to Bruce Springsteen, but just like those iconic artists, Zack says, "Everyone's musical roots go back to R&B and the blues – even those artists from the so-called British Invasion in the 1960s – we all can trace our music back to the Mississippi Delta."
Of the 10 songs on The Westerner, seven are all new and the remaining three had been previously released on an EP. "Those three songs are personal favorites of mine, and I wanted to share them again in new form on this record," he says.
One of the older songs, "Bailey's Light," was a ghost story in its original form. Zack and his bandmates performed it a Capella in what Zack describes as "like an oral history," but then he re-created it into a song. "That gave 'Bailey's Light' a whole new life and it went from a chain gang chant to an upbeat song," he says. "That new arrangement called for us to re-record it."
Although Zack led the creative effort for The Westerner, Zack credits Matthew Biggs, his drummer, and Mike Atkins, who plays piano, organ, and keys in addition to singing, for helping him make sure The Westerner got done. "What helped immensely is that Matt has a studio so we could record at our own pace without a deadline or a meter running. We could go into the studio a couple of times a week and work at our own pace." Well-known Austin-area guitarist David Grissom (Joe Ely, John Mellencamp) also played on four tracks.
Typically, people write an entire album before they start recording," he explains, "but The Westerner was not done that way. We recorded it in parts – for example, we have two songs with a horn section which we brought in when we were ready for it. Some of the songs were written, and some songs had music but no lyrics. Another song, 'Casualty,' is one we perform at our live shows all the time and we knew our long-time fans would be expecting to find that on this CD"
When asked for his favorite song on The Westerner, Zack says it's one called "What Kind of Man." He says, "My mentor Rodney Crowell heard me sing about eight years ago, and he told me then that I have a great voice but I should go home and listen to blues singers and R&B singers and learn from them. In short, he told me to figure out who I am."
"What Kind of Man" came out of a dream Zack had one night, and he woke up and wrote the song in 30 minutes. "I was influenced by Otis Redding's song, 'These Arms of Mine,' and 'What Kind of Man' has a power that people identify with the blues when I perform it," Zack says.
In fact, Zack says the overall theme of The Westerner is soul. He says, "I have never sung like this on an album, and I reached out to places in my soul that I didn't think I could get to and I captured it. I have to say that singing with soul and with heart – and with meaning – is something I hadn't done before." He adds, "Some of that comes from my musical influencers, but some comes with things that happened in my life – personal tragedy – and dealing with that pain. That pain has given me a lot more to sing about and to sing for."
According to Zack, The Westerner is "the record my fans always wanted me to make." It is a big change from Zack's last record, and that is on purpose. He says, "I wanted this path to be different – I needed to go in a different direction and this record goes so beyond where I've been." He believes The Westerner presents the best vocal performance of his career and he hopes it shows that his voice is as good as his fans think it is – and will attract people who are not yet fans. He says, "My hope is that The Westerner is a record my fans can be proud of."
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At least 48 cities and four provinces have issued offi cial notices for lockdown policies; measures range from registering residents to shutting down highways and railways
BEIJING Around 500 million people in China are currently affected by policies put in place restricting movement, to contain the COVID-19 coronavirus.
That's more than the entire population of the United States and is equivalent to roughly 6.5% of the world's population.
As of Friday, at least 48 cities and four provinces in China have issued official notices for lockdown policies, with measures ranging from "closed-off management", where residents of a community have to be registered before they are allowed in or out, to restrictions that shut down highways, railways and public transport systems.
The lockdowns began with Wuhan - the epicentre of the outbreak and where half the world's confirmed coronavirus cases are.
After the city's borders were closed on Jan. 23 and all incoming and outgoing flights cancelled, other nearby cities in Hubei province also implemented their own policies restricting the movement of people.
But not every city or province is facing Wuhan-like restrictions. Citizens cannot leave the cities of Wuhan, Huanggang, Ezhou and a few others in Hubei province, while Shanghai and Beijing have only put movement restrictions in place for some smaller communities such as building blocks or neighbourhoods. Many cities have reduced public transport lines and routes, while few have closed intra-city public transport entirely. Altogether, 80.41 million people have been affected by shut bus or metro lines.
Some communities have instituted curfews or only allow people to exit and enter at particular times. There is even a restriction where only a certain number of people from a household can leave their residence at any one time.
The COVID-19 coronavirus has hit one of the most populated regions on the planet and thus has led to an unprecedented lockdown on the movement of people.
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Migration is one of the main issues of the counter mobilisation with a special 'Migration' action day on Monday the 4th of June. This article does only give an overview of the (planned) activities. For more details and up-to date information please refer to the links given in the article.
Additionally should be mentioned, that this caravan/NoLager-tour will "unite" with the western part of Euromarch on 28th of May in Oldenburg. These marches against precariousness will take place between 26th of May and 2nd of June, and they move from 3 directions to Rostock in order to join the big demonstration too. Find more informations and the call also in english, french, russian at :: euromarsch2007.labournet.de.
The above choreography, offers a structured overview about the whole action-week in June. The actionweek will start with a hopefully huge demonstration on 2nd of June in Rostock. You will find the call for this demonstration :: here, and it includes also some of our main migration-related demands. At 3rd of June a demonstration and a rally will happen about "global agriculture", moreover - as on the evening before - a concert and more cultural events are under preparation. Beside this the 3rd of June (sunday) should be used for networking-meetings and further discussion-events (find more below at item 3).
Mass-blockades as well as flexible, decentralized blockades can be expected in the early morning of 6th of June around Heiligendamm (the place of the summit). And on 7th of June the blockades will be combined with demonstrations, which should lead to the fences of the red zone. So far a rough overview and you can find more detailled informations mainly on these two websites: :: www.heiligendamm2007.de and :: gipfelsoli.org.
For 4th of June, day of migration, we plan decentralized activities in the morning, first of all a siege or blockade of the local foreign office in Rostock (where just in moment - as an example- a lot of deportations toter mobilisation with a special 'Migration' action day on Monday the 4th of June. This article does only give an overview of the (planned) activities. Togo are organized). Secondly a remembrance-action will take place in Lichtenhagen, a quarter of Rostock, where 15 years ago one of the most significant racist pogrom took place. And simultaneously at the main public place in the inner city of Rostock we want to be present with exhibitions, information-stands, street-theater and installations (of border-fences and walls for example).
The call for the 4th of June can be found :: here.


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Denver Broncos 14 7 7 7 0 0 35
12:14 Broncos Trindon Holliday 90 yard punt return (Matt Prater kick) 0 7
10:31 Ravens Torrey Smith 59 yard pass from Joe Flacco (Justin Tucker kick) 7 7
9:49 Ravens Corey Graham 39 yard interception return (Justin Tucker kick) 14 7
4:02 Broncos Brandon Stokley 15 yard pass from Peyton Manning (Matt Prater kick) 14 14
7:26 Broncos Knowshon Moreno 14 yard pass from Peyton Manning (Matt Prater kick) 14 21
0:36 Ravens Torrey Smith 32 yard pass from Joe Flacco (Justin Tucker kick) 21 21
14:47 Broncos Trindon Holliday 104 yard kickoff return (Matt Prater kick) 21 28
0:20 Ravens Ray Rice 1 yard rush (Justin Tucker kick) 28 28
7:11 Broncos Demaryius Thomas 17 yard pass from Peyton Manning (Matt Prater kick) 28 35
0:31 Ravens Jacoby Jones 70 yard pass from Joe Flacco (Justin Tucker kick) 35 35
13:18 Ravens Justin Tucker 47 yard field goal 38 35
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It's a device that promises much (playing audiobooks, videos and music as well as displaying PDF, ePub, txt and a host of other docs as standard along with the ability to read a converted Kindle file). Not having touch screen capabilities (the device is controlled via buttons a bit like the original Kindle) could be considered a drawback although adding them would no doubt increase the price considerably. Like the LeapPad (reviewed here) downloads are managed via a USB connection on your PC (which also charges the unit's internal lithium-ion battery).
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An Aberdeenshire butcher has launched a new product – beer-infused salamis.
Charles McHardy Butchers in Stonehaven created the salamis using beers from local brewer Six Degrees North.
The craft butcher has created two flavours, Chopper Stout and Bombini Honey Beer.
Chopper Stout is a rich beer with chocolate, caramel and coffee notes, while Bombini is a classic Belgian style with locally sourced heather honey and subtle notes of mango and citrus.
The salamis, which weigh around 150g approximately, cost £4.50 each.
The butcher is also charging £29.99 per kilo for the products.
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Q: Separability of Extended Real Numbers with Metric $d_0(x,y) = |\tan^{-1}(x) -\tan^{-1}(y)|$ In the analysis of large-scale computer simulation outputs, I am concerned with trying to prove convergence in probability to 0 for a sequence of random variables $\{ \mathcal{Q}_n : n \geq 1 \}$  that can take the values $\pm\infty$ with nonzero probability but $\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty} \Pr\{ |\mathcal{Q}_n |= \infty \} = 0$.  This requires establishing weak convergence on the extended real numbers $\mathbb{R}^* = [-\infty,\infty]$ equipped with the metric $d_0(x,y) = |\tan^{-1}(x) - \tan^{-1}(y)$|.  To apply standard results on convergence of probability measures on a metric space, it is necessary to know that the metric space is separable.  So the questions is this: is the metric space $(\mathbb{R}^*,d_0)$ separable?

A: The formula $p = \tan^{-1}(x)$ exhibits a homeomorphism between $X=\mathbb R^*$ and $Y=[-\pi/2,\pi/2]$, where $\mathbb R^*$ is equipped with the metric $d_0$ and $[-\pi/2,\pi/2]$ is equipped with the metric $d(p,q)=|p-q|$.
Separability of a metric space is the statement that the metric topology has a countable basis, and therefore separability is invariant under any homeomorphism between metric spaces: if $f : X \to Y$ is a homeomorphism of metric spaces and if $\mathcal B$ is a countable basis of $Y$ then $\{f^{-1}(B) \mid B \in \mathcal B\}$ is a countable basis of $X$.
The space $[\pi/2,\pi/2]$, like any subspace $Y \subset \mathbb R$, is indeed separable: the set of intersections $Y \cap (a,b)$ such that $a<b$ and $a,b \in \mathbb Q$ forms a countable basis of $Y$.
Therefore, $\mathbb R^*$ is also separable.

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