Wednesday 19th September 2018

“I just dropped the phone and screamed.”

These are the words of mum Helen Russell, talking about the enduring pain of losing a child – her son Eddie. Eddie was 19 when the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handed down 339 recommendations to stop Aboriginal people dying in jails and police watch-houses across this country.

Only a handful of these recommendations from the Royal Commission have been implemented.

Eddie didn’t make it to 30. He was found dead in a cell in December 1999. He is one of more than 400 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who a groundbreaking Guardian investigation revealed have died in custody since the 1991 Royal Commission handed down its recommendations.1

In heartbreaking detail, the Guardian’s investigation uncovers how these deaths were easily preventable, and in many cases the result of authorities failing to follow even their own procedures.

The incredible work of the Guardian and the fight of many families for their departed loved ones has created an opportunity for real change Can you join us in an overwhelming response to our Federal Government calling for the immediate implementation of an Independent Detention Monitor to prevent more deaths in custody?

The Guardian’s investigation detailed the shocking disparity between the treatment of First Nations people compared to non-indigenous peoples in our prison system. Indigenous people get Panadol to treat a critical illness, are locked up for swearing, stripped naked, forced to the ground and suffocated to death.

Tom’d take: Those in authority should AT LEAST be following their own rules! And if we don’t stand up for that, there may come a time when it affects us far more personally.

See in our latest documentary Atomic soldiers the story of the last British veterans who have experienced a nuclear explosion up close.

Keep in mind, the news media are not independent; they are a sort of bulletin board and public relations firm for the ruling class-the people who run things. Those who decide what news you will or will not hear are paid by, and tolerated purely at the whim of, those who hold economic power. If the parent corporation doesn't want you to know something, it won't be on the news. Period. Or, at the very least, it will be slanted to suit them, and then rarely followed up.

Did you ever stop to thnk about all the people we kill? They're always people who tell us to live together in harmony and try to love one another: Jesus, Ghandi, Lincoln, John Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, John Lennon. They all said: 'Try to live together peacefully.' BAM! Right in the f--in head! Aparently we're not ready for that!

Weather Channel reporter acts like hurricane Florence is about to blow him over... while two guys casually stroll by in the background.

According to a 19th century legend, the Truth and the Lie meet one day. The Lie says to the Truth: “It's a marvellous day today”! The Truth looks up to the skies and sighs, for the day was really beautiful.

They spend a lot of time together, ultimately arriving beside a well.

The Lie tells the Truth: “The water is very nice, let’s take a bath together!”

The Truth, once again suspicious, tests the water and discovers that it indeed is very nice. They undress and start bathing.

Suddenly, the Lie comes out of the water, puts on the clothes of the Truth and runs away.

The furious Truth comes out of the well and runs everywhere to find the Lie and to get her clothes back.

The World, seeing the Truth naked, turns its gaze away, with contempt and rage.

The poor Truth returns to the well and disappears forever, hiding therein, its shame.

Since then, the Lie travels around the world, dressed as the Truth, satisfying the needs of society, because, the World, in any case, harbours no wish at all to meet the naked Truth.

The world famous painting- “The Truth coming out of the well” Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1896.

Every man I meet is my master in some point

I did not know this. I knew he was planning on exposing the elite behind the curtain and ditching the Federal Reserve (https://www.john-f-kennedy.net/thefederalreserve.htm), but not this. How many enemies can a good man make? Apparently quite a few!

Until next time,
dream big dreams,
plan out how to achieve them,
be continually executing your plans,
enlist people to your causes,
travel and/or read widely, preferably both,
all the while observing what you observe
rather than thinking what you are told to think,
think well of your fellow man,
take time to help your fellow man,
he sorely needs it and it will help you too,
eat food that is good for your body,
exercise your body,
take time to destress,
and do the important things
that make a difference -
they are rarely the urgent ones!

Most of the content herein has been copied from someone else. Especially the images. My goodness some people are talented at creating aesthetics! The small bits that are of my creation are Copyright 2014-2018 © by Tom Grimshaw - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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