sabotage Archives - Owl Medicine: Shamanic Healing

There are a lot of things I could be writing about with a title like ‘Sad Reality.’ Good grief, it seems as though we can barely cast our gaze in any direction and not be confronted with something that makes our stomach flip, our heart to feel squeezed in anguish, or our breath whisked away into the ethers.

I’m not going to touch upon any of the heavy duty stuff tonight, though. That’s not to say that what’s concerning me isn’t critically important. Because it absolutely is – and it’s a national disgrace that’s it’s even occurring and that it needs to be discussed. But here it is:

When you read this there will be six days left before Election Day. And if you have any intention whatsoever of voting by mail or absentee ballot, it is TOO LATE to rely on the United States Postal Service to deliver your ballot in time to be counted. It’s stunning, really. And yet it is entirely predictable.

Deliberate Sabotage

You might remember the brazen changes the then newly appointed U.S. Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, ordered this past summer, including the removal of over 700 high speed sorting machines and changing the rules for employees which deliberately caused slowdowns in delivery times. Well, it worked.

And it worked especially well, interestingly enough, in several key states that may be pivotal to the results of the election, including Pennsylvania.

As a result, if you requested an absentee or mail-in ballot and haven’t yet filled it out (and in PA, that includes placing it in the smaller, inner ‘secrecy’ envelope and then into the larger outer envelope that you fill out and sign), it is TOO LATE to put it in the mail and expect it to arrive at your Board of Elections in time for it to be counted. Instead, you need to hand-deliver it to an official drop off box. Check with your Board of Elections to determine where they are.

Alternatively, you can always vote in person on Election Day. But if you decide to do that, YOU MUST BRING YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT (including all the envelopes) WITH YOU TO THE POLL. This is IMPERATIVE.

Be Wise – Be Savvy

If in doubt, check out the several websites, including Plan Your Vote, that can help you make sure your vote is counted. Vote.

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Potential Prey – Photo: L. Weikel

Weird Stuff

OK. I just sat here and started a post. I wrote a couple paragraphs and then looked away from the document I was working on because a text message made my phone chirp, which momentarily distracted me. When I returned to the document moments ago, nothing was there. Nothing other than ‘Day 651.’ That’s some weird stuff.

This is all in keeping with the way the rest of today has unfolded, which is both unnerving and infuriating. I sent myself at least six different photographs from my iPhone – possible inspirations for whatever I was going to write about this evening – and I sent them significantly earlier in the day, too! (For once I can’t blame this on me being ‘last minute.’) But they have yet to arrive in my email inbox. I also sent photos to a friend and colleague in England a good eight hours ago – and they have yet to arrive in his inbox.

I’d laugh if everything wasn’t just so seemingly bolloxed up. When electronic stuff doesn’t go through or doesn’t get delivered, there’s not a lot we can do. And it’s not even as though we can drop back and punt by sending things out via snail mail. Nope. Can’t rely on that anymore either.

What’s Sacred Anymore

The fact that our ability to communicate via the written word can be so easily and profoundly derailed is troubling. Or it should be. And the fact that it is our own government that’s sabotaging delivery of the physical expression of the written word should be more than alarming.

We’re seeing some profoundly weird stuff being passed off as the usual hyperbole associated with an election season. It is not. We are being bombarded by insanity. And if we don’t stand up and demand accountability, we will soon be buried by the bullshit.

The entire argument that disabling over 600 massive mail sorting machines could possibly be appropriate as we approach the election is disingenuous at best. And I do not buy it. But to destroy the machines? What fresh insanity is that? Why would that be done in any case, for any reason, other than to sabotage our mail system?

If you haven’t paid attention yet, here’s an article that describes quite literally what’s happening as a result of this deliberate assault on our mail system.

We’re living through disturbing times and witnessing some truly weird stuff. We need to dig deep and refuse to accept this assault on our institutions, our rights, and on what we know is right and true.

We need to take care of each other and what’s really important. This week is sure to be a wild, dystopian ride. We need to keep each other sane and not succumb to all the weird stuff being thrown at us from every direction.