TheGoodLife

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boltsandbolts:

The Oakland PD have been scrambling hard since the raid last night to deny the use of tear gas, bean bag rounds, rubber bullets, and flash grenades, despite significant video evidence. There’s a reason for that:

According to their own regulations, the Oakland PD was employing tactics that they were forbidden to use.

2. Uses of Direct Fired Specialty Impact Less-Lethal Munitions (SIM).. Direct Fired SIM are less–lethal specialty impact weapons that are designed to be direct fired at a specific target, including but not limited to flexible batons (“bean bags”), and shall not be used for crowd management, crowd control or crowd dispersal during demonstrations or crowd events. Direct Fired SIM may never be used indiscriminately against a crowd or group of persons even if some members of the crowd or group are violent or disruptive.

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(Source: dailykos.com)

No. Not even close.

Out of 368 items, 53 are centered around meeting famous people. (14%) All of these famous people are actors, rich fucks, or musicians. All of the musicians (surprise) are solely products of massive corporate record companies (read: justin beiber, avril lavigne, taylor swift, etc).

This is not to mention other examples that baffled me, like all of the no-limit shopping sprees, modeling ventures, get a __ piercing, “get tattooed by kat von d” (there are thousands of better tattoo artists in this country), party on spring break, have a love like on The Notebook, find the perfect wedding dress…

All those who submit to this must be what, 15 or younger?

I appreciate this idea…

just wish people had better life goals.

(yes, yes, I know, who am I to tell anyone what is a good life goal? well sorry, but meeting Lady Gaga or spending as much money as you want at Forever 21 are not thoughtful, conscious ways to spend your time or energy, especially in a world that is constantly facing utter destruction. fact, not opinion.)

/endrant

To balance out my cynicism, I should probably note some of the worthy causes shown on the list:

-travel to new places

-write a book

-learn a new skill/language

-marry your best friend

-own your own business/become a ____

-anything pertaining to enjoying the moment (falling in love, watching a sunset, etc)

Point: where is the crowd-sourced bucket list for all of us, not just those entering high school?

I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine…

By Pablo Neruda