As my mother used to say, "A pinch of this, a pinch of that, a Dewey button, and a French-fried bat."
I am a nurse, Army & Air Force veteran, Mom, Grandma, all around crafty person who is obsessed with politics, fountain pens, and wool
Using Low: An Honest Advent Devotional by John Pavlovitz. (https://tinyurl.com/yckneb7u) I reflect and share my thoughts on this darkest part of the year while awaiting the return of the light.
2 Dec 2021
Meditations on Advent #4: Too Good to Be True
Using Low: An Honest Advent Devotional by John Pavlovitz. (https://tinyurl.com/yckneb7u) I reflect and share my thoughts on this darkest part of the year while awaiting the return of the light.
2 Dec 2021
Meditations on Advent #3: This Is Not A Test
Using Low: An Honest Advent Devotional by John Pavlovitz. (https://tinyurl.com/yckneb7u) I reflect and share my thoughts on this darkest part of the year while awaiting the return of the light.
1 Dec 2021
Meditations on Advent #2: Intersections
Using Low: An Honest Advent Devotional by John Pavlovitz. (https://tinyurl.com/yckneb7u) I reflect and share my thoughts on this darkest part of the year while awaiting the return of the light.
29 Nov 2021
Meditations on Advent #1: Welcome to the Mess
Using Low: An Honest Advent Devotional by John Pavlovitz. (https://tinyurl.com/yckneb7u) I reflect and share my thoughts on this darkest part of the year while awaiting the return of the light.
9 Sept 2021
#12 Family Stories
Contact me @ oakborn@yahoo.com
Links to all articles/reference materials:
The Morrison Cradles (https://tinyurl.com/yx2xd4r2)
Child Mortality Stats (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK220806/)
Life expectancy drop in US (https://tinyurl.com/rcrk3jr7)
Increased virulence of Delta Variant of COVID (https://tinyurl.com/9v6753b4)
Idaho adopting crisis care standards (https://tinyurl.com/47vyc7bx)
Burning masks in Boise, March 2021 (https://tinyurl.com/y4b5fcaa)
Vaccination Rates in Idaho (https://tinyurl.com/ruhw66ys (https://tinyurl.com/ruhw66ys))
Refusing COVID vaccine after recovering (https://tinyurl.com/39s97yvm (https://tinyurl.com/39s97yvm))
Patient Satisfaction Scores (https://tinyurl.com/njv3ts4b)
Texas Vet Dies due to hospital bed shortage (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-us-hospital-icu-bed-shortage-veteran-dies-treatable-illness/ (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-us-hospital-icu-bed-shortage-veteran-dies-treatable-illness/))
California teacher infects half of her class (https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/08/28/delta-variant-unvaccinated-children-elementary-schools/ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/08/28/delta-variant-unvaccinated-children-elementary-schools/))
Gov. Kemp (GA) masks & Nat'l Guard (https://youtu.be/gzm10DIUsFo (https://youtu.be/gzm10DIUsFo))
Trauma and Genetics (https://tinyurl.com/cdsf3ym4)
10 Jan 2021
#11 Refuse To Be the Shit Their Money Grows In!
I try to unpack my feelings about the attempted Coup in Washington and try to give ideas on how to prevent it from happening again.
Lots of links:
Gaslit Nation Podcast (https://www.gaslitnationpod.com/)
Timothy D. Snyder (https://www.timothysnyder.org/)
Naomi Klein (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine)
Dr. Bandy X. Lee (https://bandylee.com/)
Mary Trump (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_L._Trump)
Jared Yates Sexton (https://www.jysexton.com/)
Beau of the Fifth Column (https://www.youtube.com/user/unvoicedproject)
Cassandra - ABBA (https://youtu.be/2is4_n2V0Ys)
Republican Governors Dark Money Links (https://tinyurl.com/y434axmp (https://documented.net/2021/01/republican-attorneys-general-dark-money-group-organized-protest-preceding-capitol-mob-attack/))
Ginni Thomas FB Page Disappearance (https://tinyurl.com/y5t66n3s)
Maryland Governor & National Guard (https://tinyurl.com/yyqmk9k2)
Michael Nesmith Neighborhood Nuclear Superiority (https://youtu.be/L951UPDh_CU)
What About the Love - Janis Ian (https://youtu.be/nsh14U6gr2A)
10 Nov 2020
#10: 72 Days & Afraid
The news knocked me for a loop today, Nov 9th. I recorded a podcast instead of crawling into a hole.
Work to get the Democrats elected in Georgia:
DONATE: fairfight.org
WRITE: votefwd.org, postcardstoswingstates.com
9 Nov 2020
#9: The Fight REALLY Begins
After a breather on the day of the Election call, getting back in and fighting for Warnock & Ossoff in Georgia!
The Last Throes of the Madman aren't going to be pretty!
Write Letters or Postcards!!
Votefwd.org
https://postcardstoswingstates.com
Donate!
https://fairfight.com/
2 Nov 2020
#8: Donald the Destroyer
A bit of a look at Trump vs Hitler, and the make up of his cultists.
Books:
For Your Own Good - Alice Miller (https://tinyurl.com/y64tgmsv)
The Authoritarians - Bob Altemeyer (Free PDF: https://theauthoritarians.org/)
Too Much and Never Enough - Mary Trump (https://www.amazon.com/Too-Much-Never-Enough-Dangerous/dp/1982141468)
Articles:
Trump's Payroll Taxcut (https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/601197/what-trumps-payroll-tax-cut-will-mean-for-you)
Foodstamp Cuts Blocked (https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/trump-food-stamp-cuts/2020/10/18/7c124612-117a-11eb-ad6f-36c93e6e94fb_story.html)
Trumps Plans for Medicare (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/us/politics/medicare-trump.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/us/politics/medicare-trump.html))
24 Oct 2020
7: Public Health & Science vs. Trump’s 100% Solution
In this episode I discuss the willful, deliberate, & malicious decisions made by Trump to play down and ignore the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as my former life at a Public Health RN during H1N1 in 2009. I also discuss vaccine development and my personal feelings about a Trump vaccine.
Please send me an email at: oakborn@yahoo.com
All links to articles mentioned are below (I shorten them all at tinyurl.com)
1. Bob Woodward tapes: https://tinyurl.com/yyhm86fb (https://tinyurl.com/yyhm86fb)
2. Larry Kudlow, “airtight” vs. concerns: https://tinyurl.com/y2o9z9bv (https://tinyurl.com/y2o9z9bv)
3. Kushner re. Blue States: https://tinyurl.com/y4uftxnb (https://tinyurl.com/y4uftxnb)
4. Aid to China: https://tinyurl.com/waofk4l (https://tinyurl.com/waofk4l)
5. Aid to Russia: https://tinyurl.com/y7wq37f6 (https://tinyurl.com/y7wq37f6)
6. SNS Maintenance: https://tinyurl.com/wmgltjj (https://tinyurl.com/wmgltjj)
7. Feds seizing shipments from states: https://tinyurl.com/y455ojmp (https://tinyurl.com/y455ojmp)
8. Maryland Gov Larry Hogan’s secret shipment: https://tinyurl.com/y4pe69om (https://tinyurl.com/y4pe69om)
9. Fauci said not to wear masks, debunked: https://tinyurl.com/y23whmfd (https://tinyurl.com/y23whmfd)
10. Trump & the disgusting people: https://tinyurl.com/y4kwrbmk (https://tinyurl.com/y4kwrbmk)
11. Bleach use survey: https://tinyurl.com/y9u2wknc (https://tinyurl.com/y9u2wknc)
12. Hydroxychloroquine deaths: https://tinyurl.com/v4h9kuf (https://tinyurl.com/v4h9kuf)
13. Demand for Regeneron: https://tinyurl.com/y6n7ep8l (https://tinyurl.com/y6n7ep8l)
14. Vaccine development: https://tinyurl.com/y53naloz (https://tinyurl.com/y53naloz)
15. Trump/Azar shut down Office of Vaccine Safety: https://tinyurl.com/yxcfh4ny (https://tinyurl.com/yxcfh4ny)
16. COVID immunity?: https://tinyurl.com/y2acdm94 (https://tinyurl.com/y2acdm94)
17. Sweden changing abandoning herd immunity: https://tinyurl.com/y3y9cktu (https://tinyurl.com/y3y9cktu)
18. University of Washington Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation: https://tinyurl.com/y2wmly4u (https://tinyurl.com/y2wmly4u)
11 Oct 2020
#6: Defiant Joy, Creativity & Curiosity
My Mom instilled in me some important traits, I am working hard to draw on them now.
Thank you for listening, I hope you will share this podcast and let me know what you think. I can be reached by email at oakborn@yahoo.com (mailto:oakborn@yahoo.com).
All links for articles:
Gaslit Nation Action Guide (https://www.gaslitnationpod.com/action-guide)
Ukraine’s EuroMaidan revolution (http://www.artnews.com/2014/03/31/icons-on-the-barricades-2/)
North Korean dissident Yeonmi Park re. Orwell’s Animal Farm (https://twitter.com/andreachalupa/status/1006368736323006464?lang=en)
“The Blue Wave Continues: Kansas Rising” (https://gaslitnation.libsyn.com/the-blue-wave-continues-kansas-rising (https://gaslitnation.libsyn.com/the-blue-wave-continues-kansas-rising))
Davis Hammet’s painting a rainbow house
(https://www.huffpost.com/entry/davis-hammet-kansas-lgbtq-sharice-davids-laura-kelly_n_5be8ebdfe4b0dbe871ac8dda)
Ayana Lage, Bustle article (https://www.bustle.com/p/what-black-joy-means-to-7-black-women-15917712 (https://www.bustle.com/p/what-black-joy-means-to-7-black-women-15917712))
6 Oct 2020
#5: Elephants
America has some real problems and we don't want to talk about them, but we can't tiptoe around them anymore either.
30 Sept 2020
#4: America is an Abuse Victim Fighting For Survival
My impressions of the first Trump/Biden debate, how I felt and what to do about it.
Links mentioned in the podcast:
Sarah Kendzior 2016 essay, "We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump" (https://tinyurl.com/y5e5hjk9)
Gaslit Nation Podcast (https://www.gaslitnationpod.com/ (https://www.gaslitnationpod.com/))
Gaslit Nation 2020 Survival Guide (https://www.gaslitnationpod.com/2020-survival-guide (https://www.gaslitnationpod.com/2020-survival-guide))
Dr. Bandy X. Lee (https://medium.com/@bandyxlee/the-accelerated-unraveling-of-donald-trump-702dec03330e)
24 Sept 2020
#3 Cheeto Mussolini & his Magic Sharpie VS. Notorious RBG
Trump & McConnell's plan to pack the SCOTUS will have devastating effects for our country.
20 Sept 2020
#2 200,000 & Inconvenient Truths
Going Dark again. Talking about the milestone of 200K coronavirus deaths and how it's more of a speedbump.
19 Sept 2020
#1 Watch What You Wish For
So you think you want to a Fascist Dictator to lead you to Civil War?
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