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10/4/22 – So Long And Thanks for All the Fish!

Today, on the drive to work while sitting at as stop light, I looked around felt and once again that I needed to take a breath, pause and just look around. Its been happening a lot lately; like this might be it. There is a need to be present and grateful of being on the planet. Maybe things will really escalate. It could be today.

Immediately the universe is humor and I thought well, so long and thanks for all the fish! (Do love my sardines!)

This below is the opening credits from the movie Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, which was also a book, a 1978 radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4, a 1981 TV series, a 1984 text-based computer game, etc.

I hope it puts a smile on your face today.

So long and thanks for all the fish – Hitchhiker’s Guide (HD)
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9/30/22 – Mahsa Amini

#sayhername

Mahsa Amini was an Iranian young woman, 22 years old, who was arrested by the Iranian morality police for “unsuitable attire” while visiting relatives in Tehran, Iran. She was grabbed off the street with her brother being told she was being taken to the police station for “re-education.” While her brother waited at the station, he saw an ambulance pull up and take his sister away. He was told by the police that she had a heart attack or stroke in custody, and was in a coma. She died on September 16. Her family say she was tortured. Eyewitnesses and other women who were detained said she was severely beaten. Her leaked medical scan showed cerebral hemorrhage and stroke.

Iranians and Iranian women especially aren’t buying the official story. There have been many demonstrations of outrage across the country since the death report came out. More than 40 cities have seen hijab protests in Iran. Almost 100 people have been killed protesting. It is being said that this is the largest show of opposition on Iranian streets since “Bloody November,” when citizens protested gasoline prices in 2019. Iran is now detaining journalists in a crackdown on the protesting which has been going on for two weeks.

Women are burning their headscarves and shaving or cutting their hair in public in protest, shouting “Woman, Life, Freedom.” The symbolism of the cutting off of their in public is that the hair is a sign of beauty, but decreed to be hidden by the Islamic Republic.

I’m so proud of these women. I respect them so much for their bravery, for doing what they can to stand up for their rights and condemn Ms. Amini’s killing, and putting their own lives on the line to do so. #sheros #sayhername

Her death and this situation have me feeling really grateful that I’m an American woman today. Even with our own second class status here, I don’t have to worry about leaving my house and getting beaten in the streets by my own government for what I choose to wear, or for any reason that they feel like.

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Iranian Ex-President Hassan Rouhani released a report while president indicating that 49% of Iranians are against the compulsory veil, but he didn’t call for any reforms.

“This move is extremely strategic. On the surface it immediately appears that he’s waving the flag of women’s rights to choose to wear the veil or not, but when you think that this report signals half of the country is in favor of the law, it’s almost a back-handed way of lending support for the regime.”

As an Islamic cleric and sharia lawyer, I can’t image he would.

I have taken what some of you have shared to heart. I will endeavor – don’t hold me to it – to create a new post on Wednesdays and Sundays. That way you will know when the thread changes. If I miss a day, I’ll post that evening, or the following day. If I have anything I want to share between those times I will add to the current post as an addition. I’m thinking of color coding the sections so you know if something additional is on the post since it went up. Let’s see how it goes. Otherwise, I’ll be posting again on Sunday.