[Lekooks] Open forum discussion of the week's events at sangha tonight

[Erich Moraine]

Well it's been a quiet week here in Lake Wobegon.

There were a few speeches made by high profile politicians including the
President. We saw a protest march in Washington DC turn into a forced entry
of the nation's Capital. Congress happened to be counting the Electoral
College votes for president at the moment the crowd broke through the
police lines. The building was locked down. Congress including the Vice
President had to be evacuated to safe spaces. The Senate chamber was
breached. Guns were drawn. Eventually the National Guard was called in. The
crowd brought with them guns, pipe bombs, swords spears and a symbolic
gallows. By the time they were kicked out the building was vandalized, a
number offices broken into,.There were some minor mostly symbolic thefts.
A lot of selfies were taken, some with police or elected officials posing
with those who broke in.

Five people have died so far from the injuries they sustained including one
police officer. The majority of the crowd either left to go home or went
back to their area hotels. A few of those who broke in have been arrested.
The vice president isn't speaking to the President or the speaker of the
house right now. The President has had his Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
accounts locked. The online forum Parlor has been taken down. Several of
the President's cabinet members have resigned. The head of the Capital's
security has resigned.

By all counts the country still has several weeks to go before the swearing
in of the new President. A lot can happen in two weeks.  Some folks are
calling for the involkation of the 25th amendment or the impeachment of the
President whichever can be done the quickest. Others are announcing big
rallys and more protests particularly on Jan 20th, the day of the
inauguration.

We truly live in interesting times, in historic times. Nothing close to
this level of political upset and open public hostility has happened in our
lifetimes.

Come join the sangha in an open forum discussion of the past week's events.
Share your thoughts and reactions, also your ideas/hopes for how to move
forward.

The Zoom meeting begins at 6:30 tonight.....

https://zoom.us/j/826260962?pwd=TmU3TmNab1hQeFB3OHNYanpKRVk0QT09
Password: 022068

Hopeful
Erich Moraine
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