Hi all, I just saw a story on Quartz saying that Mueller is leaving in days and the office will be closed.
https://qz.com/1588348/robert-mueller-will-be-leaving-the-department-of-justice-in-coming-days/
Jeanne, I think this is wonderful!!! I love the meditations leading up to it too! April 18th is good, enough time to let everyone know.
Can anyone think of a way that those of us who live in other parts of the world can participate in the silent minute? I think there are some of us who would love to do our part but can not be awake in the middle of the night (at least not on purpose!). I regularly meditate on sending light to those who can uncover and shine a light on the truth of what these bad actors have been doing and for the protection of all of the innocents who are being hurt by them. I truly feel that our combined efforts can have a positive effect.
Baba, I can't speak to how that might be accomplished with our forum group, but the attached is an international organization that's been around for a while:
https://thebigbensilentminute.com/
Reply to Paul W. Mitch McConnell is beholden to Donald Trump. Whatever Dictator Don wants, Mitch will get it for him. Some very poorly qualified people are going to be placed into various slots. Like Mitch they are hyper-partisans who will be extremely beholden to Dictator Don. The Senate under Mitch McConnell is not doing its job of properly vetting appointees. What we are seeing are the mechanisms of destroying our democracy and replacing it with a Nazi-like or fascist dictatorship. Dictator Don and Mitch both assume that nearly all Republican Senators will blindly follow the party line instead of properly vetting appointees to see if they have reasonable qualifications.
Re: Silent Minute -- one way to do that is to pick one set time regardless of time zone, so that if done correctly, it rolls around the earth in 24 hours.
It rolls around the earth like a great wave of love.
I've been following the William Barr hearings. I am only watching parts of it. William Barr is setting up a legal defense for Donald Trump should very harmful information come out about him. William Barr claims that the Trump campaign was illegally spied upon. He doesn't specify who was responsible for it or why he believes that. The basic idea will be that evidence against Donald Trump and his campaign committee was somehow illegally obtained.
I watched part of the hearing and now have a roaring headache! To be honest, I have felt the buildup of the anxiety of the collective since last night. This has happened several times over the last few years. It is probably a combination of the events in the US, Brexit and the elections in Israel. Time to step away for a bit, I think!
With regard to Barr, I did notice that he used the emotive word “spied” with regard to Trump’s campaign but said he was unsure if there was anything illegal about it. He is definitely giving him political cover. I also note that he would not answer (again) if the White House was informed ahead of time about the results of the report. I also noticed a question by Senator Leahy asking if Barr had discussed the report there at a St. Patrick’s Day event. He replied that he did not. This was either to put Barr on notice that something was heard or possibly to catch him lying. Time will tell.