Misunderstood 2.0

09/26/2024

05/23/2022

Solving the Homeless Equation

I teach chess at the Courtyard on Foremaster Lane as a means to build directional skill set. Most of the guys and girls love learning chess strategies. I often insist that the participants apply whatever they learn in their lives. Homelessness is what most of the participants have in common.

Since I live out of a suitcase, I have a strong bond with many of the people on Foremaster. They sleep on mats on the ground or a hue tent or in three nearby shelters. Some sleep on Main Street. The city really doesn't care about getting the homeless into housing, they must want to contain and profit off their misfortune. Now, why would I say such a thing? The city spent millions building a gate and an outdoors facility with only 8 bathrooms to serve over 700 people.

They are more security guards than social workers and no advocates. The Mayor has turned a blind eyes to the suffering veterans, elderly, disable, mentally ill, and displaced, instead the city opens a public safety department where a library once stood. Sure, Catholic Charities and other agencies offer services, but none of these agencies have active advocates or seamless housing models.

Let's be frank: to give everyone housing changes the food chain. The agencies eat, the city eats, the police and public works eat. The emergency services and adult daycares eat. The homeless must wait for the leftovers.

Ok, I teach chess on the benches what the hay! No, I must tell people how to find work, how to fight their legal cases, how to find food, etc., etc., etc. How do we solve the equation? I think we need to move to a grant system that HUD and other agencies distribute directly to the homeless with the help of advocates. Or the people in wheelchairs can continue to wait in the hot sun for a bed on Main Street.

05/23/2022

I hope you have not given up on us because there is more to see. There is more to us than what some say or think.

04/19/2022

Severed Head Chess @ Sahara

04/18/2022

US Fried Chicken
5181 W. Charleston, Las Vegas

The World's Tastiest Halal Fried Chicken

Severed Head Chess May 13th 4pm

04/11/2022

"Hey Hey Rise Up"

Pink Floyd

03/14/2022

America is strong; I am too!

By R. Porter

People who are involved in change America want to call the president weak. How is Buden weak for following protocol on conflict? America always tries to de-escalate conflicts before getting involved on a larger scale. We just came out of a pandemic stronger. President Biden played a role in how we succeeded.

We holler about gun rights and elections but we don't talk about being responsible gun owners and better voter's rights advocates. No, we want our issues to get addressed. All we care about is pipelines and overuse. We don't want regulations. Still, we wants profits. We blame Biden, Hunter Biden, Speaker Pelosi, and the left for all the problems. I don't get how hand full of people are responsible for all that goes wrong in America. At the same time, none of the right talk about the attack on the Capitol, the suppression of the vote, and all the treason that has played out in the last few years.

America is still strong in spite of all her faults. The president is still strong in spite of his detractors. President Biden has tried to work with all in Congress, they only want to push their agenda. President Biden has been a calm voice of reason since the Russian first invaded Ukraine. We are not weak! Our president isn't! The people who say that are cowards to the real process of change. Before we commit our forces to war, we must exhaust all means of deterrence. The only idiots in this country are the people who don't care about our future.

With that said, stop reporting and calling the president's decisions weak. Why do I say this? President Biden is the one who may have to press the button one day. We must support him in making a wise decision from here. True Americans support their president in times of war. We are in a time of war!

03/06/2022

Hello!

By Riccarlo Porter, ACS

Russia has used bombs that violate wartime rules and international laws and has attacked many civilian sites. Putin has ignored the rule of law in this process. The entire Russian army and government are in violation of the Geneva Convention and international law and all human rights laws. Ukraine should begin a legal path to hold Russia accountable.

For all of us outside of Ukraine, war appears like a disaster in far away place, an uncomfortable argument or a call to action. Which is it for you? For me, it is necessary to see that the world I know will be forever changed. It war for all of us, all humanity. The war in the Ukraine 🇺🇦 is heartbreaking. This is not us!

What can be done? First off, we need to pray, meditate, do affirmations, donate, fight for justice, think very positive about all the people of Ukraine 🇺🇦 and seize the time. It is impossible to go on casually without being touch by all the children missing school and meals in around the Ukraine. How many wives are crying for their lost husband's and brothers. How many lips are closed forever? Oh, all the mothers are not ok. The president isn't ok. The elderly. The nuclear plant workers.

What will become of our species if we go this way? Our future looks bleak. Is there hope in all of this? We are the hope, all the free world. We go to eat pizza. We go to the game. The war continues. We are also at war, we just don't realize it. I am sorry for America, throughout history, we start from behind. We side with axis of evil. Putin must be punished. He is no god. This world is divided by those who participate in making the a better place and those who want to subjugate it.

What will historians say about us?

02/09/2022

Football 🏈