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The narrative is changing……. More peace, less fear, more change

1. Norwegian says:

   June 14, 2020 - 12:18 pm at 12:18 pm

   Good morning, Stein1.

   Before the backlash to your posts begins, I would like to say that I miss the old Goldtent TA Paradise where the posts and discussions were limited to technical analyses of the precious metals markets. It was a refuge from political positions and conspiracy theories embraced by other precious-metals sites. I long for its return.

   That said, I am happy that you are posting information that offsets some of the angry responses. Reality may be closer to your view.

   • Steins1 says:

     June 14, 2020 - 12:32 pm at 12:32 pm

     Norwegian, I am with you all the way about TA!!!! And I’ve been vocal about it.

     And also, yes, there has been so much focus on us being victims. We always have the choice to choose what to focus on in life. I thought these stories by the “media” were beautiful.
     It’s not the government, the media or anyone else that is the problem, it’s what we choose to see.

     Thank you for your insight and comments!

2. Strider says:

   June 14, 2020 - 2:44 pm at 2:44 pm

   I was kind of hoping that this might be a propaganda free zone. Oh well.

3. Fullgoldcrown says:

   June 14, 2020 - 2:56 pm at 2:56 pm

   By

   Jayda Evans
   Seattle Times staff reporter
   MERCER ISLAND — The beauty in pain stretched across Lake Washington on a cloudy Saturday afternoon.
   Rivian Smith, 80, and her 16-year-old granddaughter Laila were among hundreds who participated in the “Bridge to the Future” march in honor of the Black Lives Matter movement. The event designed for children to participate was intended to prompt conversation and change so there isn’t a need for protests and displays of solidarity in the future because there’s true equality among people and an end to police brutality.
   It’s a goal Smith, a Black woman, fought for in the late 1970s and ’80s as a parent of children at Mercer Island High. A goal she’s still willing to march for, grabbing her face mask and gloves to protect against the coronavirus plus her cane to walk the 4 miles across Lake Washington along a pathway on the I-90 bridge.
   “When you look at all of the insurrections — the fall of Rome, the fall of apartheid, the French Revolution — it was led by young people,” said Smith, who was also accompanied by her white daughter-in-law Julie, 52. “While I couldn’t change the world for my children, my grandchildren are doing that.
   “They have seen the pain that I’ve talked about and witnessed the killings of people their age that I used to talk about. And that’s the painful thing; they had to see that before change could come.”
   Natalie Wright, 33, and Tiffany Chancellor, 34, spent the past five days planning Saturday’s event, which was a first for the friends. Both are also wives of Seahawks players — linebackers K.J. Wright and Kam Chancellor — and parents to young, Black sons.
   Footage of George Floyd, a Black man, being killed in Minneapolis on May 25 when a white police officer knelt on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds made Tiffany and Natalie want to take action. They regularly walk the bridge and had people meet at Aubrey Davis Park in Mercer Island and walk to East Portal Viewpoint park in Seattle.
   A multicultural crowd wore face masks and carried signs with messages like “Black Trans Lives Matter” and “All Mothers Were Summoned When George Floyd Cried Out For His” as they walked. Cars and trucks honked horns as they sped past.
   At the Seattle park, Wright held a moment of silence for victims and gave a brief speech.
   “This world is not ours,” said Chancellor, who’s Black. “It belongs to the future and it’s our duty as caregivers, mothers and fathers to make this place better. But look at what’s going on. To be frank, Black men are still getting lynched in the streets and we have phones now where people can record it and you can see. That’s a problem.
   “My grandmother grew up in the 1940s in Louisiana. She dealt with it. My mother dealt with it. I’ve dealt with it as a kid, and here we are, still dealing with it. We have to do something about it. When people come together, we can make big changes under God.”
   Alisha Armstrong, 30, and Brady Long, 31, a white couple from Puyallup, made the drive with their 4-month-old and a toddler to participate. Armstrong said she was raised in an environment where racists comments were made. She and Brady felt it important to be part of the march to help learn from others how to educate their children.
   “I lived in a community that was 98 percent white and wasn’t exposed to different cultures,” Armstrong said. “We want to raise our kids differently.”
   Saturday’s event is part of a string of daily protests, marches and rallies that have been a national and global scene since Floyd’s death. The civil unrest has prompted change ranging from policies for policing to stores removing locked shelving for beauty products mainly used by Black girls and women.
   In the NFL, commissioner Roger Goodell apologized to players who spoke out against police brutality and announced the league offices will be closed June 19 to recognize “Juneteenth,’’ the date in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas were finally notified of President Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation that granted their freedom in January 1863.
   Wright and Chancellor were humbled by their part in raising awareness and bringing so many young families together, hoping they left inspired.
   “This was pretty powerful,” said Laila of walking with her grandmother. “We were kind of far behind the rest of the group, but looking ahead and seeing the whole crowd of people move forward and how many people there actually were really made me feel like there’s change happening around me that’s close to home and not just seen through a screen happening in another state.”
   Jayda Evans: 206-464-2067 or jevans@seattletimes.com; on Twitter: @JaydaEvans.Jayda Evans covers the Sounders. She offers observations, critiques, and occasional offbeat tales. Evans also has written a book on the Storm and women’s hoops titled, “Game On!”

4. Steins1 says:

   June 14, 2020 - 3:31 pm at 3:31 pm

   I’ve got it Fully, I’ll keep this bandwidth thing in mind in the future! Thanks

5. kemmrich says:

   June 14, 2020 - 4:25 pm at 4:25 pm

   Steins1: It is quite clear that only one line of thinking concerning social and political ideology is now acceptable around here. The “thought police” (who where complaining about thought police) have decided that your pictures showing happy, thoughtful protestors are: “… not appropriate for this site”. I agree with you and Norwegian, it is better to just stick to TA.

6. Atomic says:

   June 14, 2020 - 5:04 pm at 5:04 pm

   Unfortunately some keep steering this site towards a more political bend (reading to much ZH methinks)…

   • Fullgoldcrown says:

     June 14, 2020 - 5:39 pm at 5:39 pm

     This Covid and Political Battle IS everything now.

     To ignore it on a site where precious metals are the main topic would be to ignore the reason we are all interested in Precious metals.

     Interesting that Those who want to ignore it are already the ones who are ignoring it in their lives.

     if you have no interest then just read the TA…market hours are ALL TA.

     Some of you say you are not going to comment anymore but you continue to comment so I take that as interest

     • Steins1 says:

       June 14, 2020 - 5:54 pm at 5:54 pm

       Well, I have to say Fully, you do make a good counter point.
       I just think there has been too much generalizing. Not all of government, official, media etc. is bad and out to control everyone and everything.
       And to an extent, the bigger the organization, the more vulnerable they are to subversion.
       There are always ways to fly under the radar. Done it many times.

       But everyone is free to focus their thoughts on whatever they want to. 🙂

     • Strider says:

       June 14, 2020 - 7:29 pm at 7:29 pm

       Both blm and the commie virus are made up nonsense that would have the life expectancy of a gnat if it wasn’t for the social and mainstream media. Our society has been “dumbed down” enough that people believe whatever these media sources want them to believe. We, therefore, have riots in the street and a months long shutdown of our economic life. Of course, we can’t ignore these serious issues, but we can and should ignore the propaganda bs that inspires them.

       • Fullgoldcrown says:

         June 14, 2020 - 8:46 pm at 8:46 pm

         Welcome to Goldtent Strider

         well put !

     • pedro_deleon says:

       June 15, 2020 - 10:32 am at 10:32 am

       “This Covid and Political Battle IS everything now.”

       And Covid is just one scene in this play. Some of my remarks in the past addressed prior scenes in the same story line.

       This battle is for ALL THE MARBLES.