A Sunflower's End

Hello Friends,

While not an amazing shot with great depth and resolution, I find this one interesting. I believe it to be a sunflower. I spotted this on a neighborhood walk in late afternoon light. The image was shot with a Panasonic Lumix GX7 with 3D lens, using frame sides for phantogram processing.

This week has been particularly disburbing on so many fronts it's hard to pick out just one or two to rant about, but here goes, leaving out any discussion of healthcare, social security, racism, climate issues and education.

1) It's beyond horrible that Trump and his MAGA bunch find it in their interest to pick on immigrants and foreigners. Certainly it was one of his primary campaign issues to deport dangerous immigrants, but seeing their haphazard and ham handed approaches in action is gut wrenching. It's cruelty for cruelty sake with the goal of discouraging anyone from coming here. Congrats Trump administration, you're making America an undesirable place, a beacon of fear and pain, an unwelcoming small minded people that only care about themselves.

2) Equally or more disturbing is Trump's open efforts to use the Justice Department to go after his political enemies. On Friday Trump signed executive orders demanding investigations of two former officials who criticized him. He ordered the Justice Department to investigate Miles Taylor, a former Homeland Security official, and Christopher Krebs, a top cybersecurity official overseeing elections, both political appointees during his first term who had the temerity to call him out on his lies.

This is what a dictator does, uses the power of his office to reward friends and allies and punish enemies. This is what Trump will do until we fight him and beat him. If you're OK with what's going on and figure it's not coming at you then you're living in a fool's paradise, which is both enviable and pitiful. It's time to take a stand while we still can.

That's all folks,

Barry Rothstein

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