Monday, October 29, 2018

Random Memorial for Monday 10/29/18

Gone and almost forgotten:  Maurice E Stallard, 69, and Vickie Lee Jones, 67, the two killed at the Louisville area Kroger by the guy who tried to bust into a black church but couldn't, so he went to the grocery store to do his killing.  Their story got a little lost amidst all the other splashier hate crime news (as the Trump-minions have been super busy) ... but Maurice and Vickie Lee also deserve to be remembered for being slaughtered for buying-groceries-whilst-black.  You will not be missed SO LONG AS we remember your tragedy as well.

Also gone and soon to be forgotten:  my two former "friends" on the Facebook, who showed their true colors when they commented/endorsed the notion that Soros funded the #magabomber, just hours before one of the angry hateful murderous old white guys used the exact same anti-Soros attitude to massacre eleven Jews who arrived early to get the good seats at the synagogue.  In my ignorance, I didn't know before that "anti-Soros" was code for anti-semitism ... but now that I'm so informed, I will have zero tolerance for anyone using my Facebook to advance such an agenda.  You two, and anyone else who conflates conspiracy with truth, will NOT be missed.

Finally ... gone but not forgotten:  Joyce Fienberg, 75, Richard Gottfried, 65, Rose Mallinger, 97, Jerry Rabinowitz, 66, Cecil Rosenthal, 59, David Rosenthal, 54, Bernice Simon, 84, Sylvan Simon, 86, Daniel Stein, 71, Melvin Wax, 87 and Irving Younger, 69.  Names and numbers make them real ... and their stories are included in the link below/to follow for those who have been desensitized to the every day carnage and who need to be brought back into the reality of our disappearing humanity.  As is customary to say in their culture, "may their memories be for blessings" ... and as I'm going to add, may the story of 97 year old holocaust survivor and shooting victim Rose haunt those who attempt to dissociate their allegiance to all-things-Trump from these direct outcomes of the "great" America they've created so far.  For the sake of our collective future, you eleven MUST not be missed.

LEST THEY ALSO BE FORGOTTEN:
https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/funeral-arrangements-set-for-man-woman-killed-during-kroger-shooting/417-608019513

SOMEHOW I MISSED THAT ANTI-SOROS EQUALS ANTI-SEMITISM:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/29/us/anti-semitism-attacks.html

IN CASE YOU'VE BEEN DESENSITIZED:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/28/us/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-victims/index.html