jplevin.bsky.social
@jplevin.bsky.social
His Holiness

Oh
It's a joke
Can't you tell
Entertainment
From conditioning
Accept anything
Men in masks
In the street
No talking
In front of
The children
Informing
On neighbors
What difference
Does it make
The government
Already knows
May 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A Jew Remembers Weimar

One at a time

Old buildings

Are razed

While we sleep

The dual state

Mimicking renewal

Rises above us

As real

As crushing

As stone

Deaf to court orders

Too big

Too late

To take down
May 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Benedict Arnold

I read that
There is only one
Statue of him
Here
In Saratoga, New York

I pray that this is
One more statue
Than will exist of
Donald Trump

When this
Is over
February 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Islamic Jihad
Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump

They are dramatically different from each other.
They should not be compared, except for one characteristic:

The unchangeable need and purpose of each is to dominate.

We deny this at our peril.
February 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A lie
Unopposed
Is more efficient
Than force
February 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Judging from Trump's press conference today, he thinks he'll carve up the world with Putin and Xi Xinping. He doesn't know that he's the frog and they are the scorpions.
February 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
One Nation? Under God?

Polarized means "divided into two sharply contrasting groups or sets of opinions or beliefs." Do Americans still share an identity and common principles, agree on the advantages of being together?

Is there a holiday that unites us? A song we are glad to sing together?
February 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Governing vs. Destruction of Government

Only a government that wants chaos would engage in sudden mass firing and elimination of an agency without a plan and notice. A shutdown by the Democrats may be the better alternative. Like turning off the electricity if you oppose electrocution.
February 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Fraught

That profile shift
The body makes
To be less
Moving through
The crowd
Shoulders twist
One way
Head another
To get by
Not spill
Or be spilled upon
Each day
Like this
It seems
February 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Among the arguments for a “shadow cabinet” is the need for timely truth about health issues. Trump lies, suppresses data, and avoids responsibility. When the next bad thing happens, let’s have names and faces in place we came to trust during and after COVID. Let them be the news.
February 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I have asked my bank to speak to the Government about what is happening at the Treasury Department and that the bank overcome political concerns and be courageous on behalf of customers concerning, for example, the security of account information. All institutions are obliged to protect us.
February 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Trump’s proposal for Gaza is disgusting and any support for it immoral.
February 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I will be wearing the American flag and flying it from my home. The flag stands for all of us.

I have been a member of the bar for more than 50 years. I am now an independent arbitrator and mediator. Because our system of justice is in peril, I am ending my emails with

Defend the Rule of Law
jplevin.bsky.social
jplevin.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Mission Statement

You want to live a long life
And then you do
And you worry about
Money and health
And money
And what you
Haven't accomplished and
Maybe never will
And then you realize
That being alive
Is the point.

Congratulations!
February 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Are there any Christian stand-up comics? I believe that they are sorely needed to address with scripture what's ailing our country. What with the demise of DEI, I can't even apply for the job.
February 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
What does resistance look like?

Demonstrations?
Civil disobedience?
National strikes- by workers, by students?
Selective boycotts- not using social media, patronizing merchants?

These have worked. Do people have it in them? What will activate them? Are we showing that we will accept anything?
e.g.by
February 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Public Service

As a young lawyer over 50 years ago, I saw public service as noble. Today, a professional must question that life. The idea of good government has been degraded. We will learn how much we need government, especially the military and public health, as the best people abandon it.
February 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"Public Corruption" used to mean the abuse of public power for personal gain by government officials, including bribery, extortion, and misusing public funds.

Now, "Public Corruption" means corruption in public.

Justice Dept. Is Said to Discuss Dropping Case Against Eric Adams
Justice Dept. Is Said to Discuss Dropping Case Against Eric Adams
Senior officials under President Trump have talked with prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of abandoning the corruption case against New York City’s mayor.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
If you become discouraged,
think of the Ukrainians.
January 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
If you profess a faith in God
and you are silent
when powerful people
denigrate other human beings
what is the meaning
of your silence?
January 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
@deloraw.bsky.social DeLora - Consider yourself found. Happy you’re here. It gets lonely, and I find myself wandering back into the old neighborhood.
January 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM