* I had begun reading The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present, by David Treuer (2019). Treuer is part Jewish heritage and part Ojibwe (a tribe now centered in the area of Minnesota). He has written what so far appears to be a very powerful book, but in the first third I am reading, it is a painful summary of the rise and fall of the different tribes throughout each region of the nation from ancient times to 1890. He makes a salient point that it seemed whether a tribe chose accommodation or war, the result tended to be the same, which was destruction and often genocide. The rest of Treuer's book promises to be more hopeful about Native American survival into the present, and I am looking forward to reading that. One knows to at least some extent the tragic legacy arising from the genocide of Native Americans. I am thankful for Treuer to attempt to see the cup as not completely empty. And if one has not read Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's The Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (2014), one is missing a great deal. I found Dunbar-Ortiz's book to be an immensely rewarding, if also painful, experience.
* Harvard history professor Philip DeLoria, who specializes in Native American history, and who is enrolled in the Sioux tribe in the Standing Rock area, has written, in the New Yorker, as great a summary as I have ever read about the true background to the holiday we call Thanksgiving. The article fills in gaps of knowledge, provides nuances and specifics about various Native tribes, but punches home the points that we find uncomfortable to the present day. One may not hear Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" in quite the same way again; something I myself have though about in recent years.
* Ron Cobb sorta summed up Thanksgiving in a one panel political comic from about 50 years ago.
* Meanwhile, here are Calvin & Hobbes giving thanks for each other. It is likely unauthorized, as fans of Bill Watterson's iconic comic may best understand.
* And speaking of thanks, with the largely unreported Bernie surge, Matthew Rozsa at Salon has noticed there may be a way for Sanders to win. He is no Sanders fan, but has written a few times throughout this year how corporate media understates Sanders' chances. However, this Politico article shows how much the DNC and Obama still hate Sanders. It is obsessive, and shows the lie behind the corporate Democrats' mantra of "Blue No Matter Who."
* Here is an article showing what has already been found regarding the fraudulent removal of hundreds of thousands of voters from Georgia's 2018 gubernatorial election. I wonder what those who support Bolivia's coup against Evo Morales would say? Actually, we already know, since the people who support that coup are often the same who would commit voter fraud or push for voter suppression here in the United States.
* And maybe, just maybe this article summarizing the report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may get some traction, particularly the report's conclusion the fossil fuel industry receives as much subsidies as the Pentagon. And maybe how the US military believes Trump not only did in the Kurds, but helped ISIS regroup and revitalize.
* And finally, a little anti-Boomer humor from College Humor, entitled "Do We Really Need Baby Boomers?" Hmmm....sounds like a short story I wrote. This is the next step in the Millennial or really Gen Z response to Baby Boomers' continued attacks against Millennials and Gen Zers. My take is simple: I stand with the kids, and the word generation comes from the word general, as in generalization. And I continue to believe 60% of white people over age 55 will vote for Trump and the Republicans in 2020. They have a lot to atone for, as well as their continued attacks against the youngs.
