Unity in Wicca

It doen't matter what trad of Wicca you are.  Whether you are Gardenerian, Alexendarian, Faerie or a non-denonominational Solitaire, you are still a Witch.  As long as you work to the harm of one and for the good of all, you are okay.  We all need to work together to protect the earth and each other.  We need unity.

Ban on high-content alcohol

Ban on High-Content Alcohol - Public Hearing Tomorrow!

author: Damos Abadon

A Ban on "high-content/highly fortified" beer & wine is being proposed by Portland City Council. This down town prohibition is little more than an attack on the poor & will do NOTING to address any problems!

Portland City Council is considering a ban on so-called "high-content" alcohol in a misguided, poorly thought-out, guaranteed ineffective attempt at curbing down-town drunkenness. This [proposed] ban will cover all of down town, including parts of Goose Hollow. In a city with a tendency towards well-intentioned but poorly thought-out proposals, this one is probably one of the dumbest i've seen yet. Supposedly targeting the homeless who reside [mostly] in dt, such a ban will also directly affect residents/tenants as well. Turning downtown Portland into some sort of "alcohol high-impact" zone won't do a damned thing to address the "problems" it's supposedly intended for. It won't do anything to stop some people from simply hopping the MAX to the nearest corner stores in NE/SE to buy high-content booze & carrying it back into dt. It doesn't do anything to address the crowds of drunken club-goers who rove all over dt at night/on the weekend (i'm pretty sure that most alcohol-related crime in dt can be attributed to people leaving clubs & bars, NOT the homeless). And this ban would also punish dt residents who buy whatever (including tall boy 16 oz. cans/sixpacks & some wines) & take it back to their apts.

Besides Councilwoman Amanda Fritz, who's pushing for this in the first place, other people supporting this ban are pretty-much who you'd expect: the Portland Business Alliance (who were behind the "Sit & Lie" ordinance) & snooty bourgeois Pearl district socialites. On its surface, this ban is little more than [yet another] front for ridding dt Portland of "undesirables", which would be bad enough. But this will also affect working-class people, poor students, people who simply buy/drink what they want & mind their own business (including many homeless).

City Council will be hearing PUBIC TESTIMONY on the proposed ban on Wednesday Sept. 15th at 6pm at City Hall. Please attend & let Council know that PROHIBITION DOESN'T WORK & to cease this aggression on the poor. And just because YOU don't live in dt doesn't mean this doesn't affect you - it might. If Fritz & City Council feel that there is not strong opposition to this ban, they WILL enact it. The "problem/s" won't go away, they'll only shift & then Council & various interests will be proposing a CITY-WIDE ban. This is how it starts, people...

Figs have poison

They also were the forbidden fruit in Genesis (Tree of knowledge) of good and evil

I never was Jesus Christ in a past life

I am just a man who cares about freedom (not anarchy - I joke about it and that is it) I just look like Jesus.

The Wiccan Rede

BYde The Wiccan REde you must, in perfect love and perfect trust
8 words the Wiccan Rede fufil, an it harm none, do as ye will
Except in thine own defense it be, ever mind the rule of three
Follow this with mind and heart and merry meet and merry part

about CM and Wicca

The Law of thelma (c) Alister Crowley is NOT the Wiccan Rede.

The Law of Thelma:

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law, love is the law, love under will


The Wiccan Rede:

Byde the Wiccan Rede you must, in Perfect Love and Perfect Trust.
Eight words the Wiccan Law Fufill, An it harm none, do as ye will.
Except in thine own defense it be, ever mind the rule of three.
Follow this with mind and heart and Merry Meet and Merry Part.
And Merry Meet Again.

Platforms of political parties are very important

when they are explained clearly and honestly and if a politician ever strays from it, he or she shoulld be kicked out of the party.