BlakeAaronHenderson

INVOCATION // CATHARSIS as TaughtMe
SOUND-MAKING at Clumsy Congregation

[BlakeAaronHenderson @TaughtMe]

"When I Calm Down" by TaughtMe

Hear full tune:
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Blake Aaron Henderson : words music and sounds
Samuli Kosminen : drums and sounds
Úlfur Hansson : spirits, Moog
Mixed by Phil Hartunian and Blake Henderson Mastered by Dave Mcnair

[Chris Hedges @ChrisLynnHedges]

Esteemed Columbia professor and author Rashid Khalidi details the severity of the censorship now codified at Columbia university by its adopting of the IHRA definition of antisemitism. Discussing things in class as fundamental as the Israeli constitution's inherent racism can now land professors in a disciplinary meetings — threatening their careers.

[BlakeAaronHenderson @TaughtMe]

@gizakdag @juliaajaskolska 😎

[David Issacharoff @davidiss]

Hundreds march silently outside the Israeli defense ministry holding pictures of Palestinian children killed in Gaza attacks

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

From #Gaza, the cries of parents rise to heaven ever more intensely as they clutch the lifeless bodies of their children, searching for food and shelter from bombs. I renew my appeal to leaders: cease fire, release all hostages, and fully respect international humanitarian law!

[Dave Bazan @davidbazan]

our kids are rightly rejecting society’s absurd & damaging enforcement of strict gender roles & seeing grown adults clinging to them for dear life would be hilarious if it wasn’t so toxic & even lethal to folks who are just trying to make some space to be themselves

[finn @notebookpapr]

you could be havin the worst day of ur fuckin life and here comes ur fat ass cat begging for food again

[BlakeAaronHenderson @TaughtMe]

@dragcityrecords @signifyingwolf Wonderful album

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Much of the carnage in Gaza has been carried out with U.S.-provided military equipment.

Why on earth would the U.S. approve another $20 billion arms sale to Israel?

I will move to block these weapons. Not another nickel for Netanyahu’s illegal war.

[Dave Bazan @davidbazan]

ok but now try shutting the fuck up about other people’s bodies

[Ryan Hamilton @TheRyanHamilton]

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like.
Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out.
The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked.
I'll let you decide how you feel about that.
After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way.
The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?!
No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!".
Can you even imagine how that must feel?
The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck.
I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances.
So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved.
So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C.
They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home.
So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget.
She had to be rushed to the hospital.
By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out.
They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her.
Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD!
God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done.
If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view.
It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be.
If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.

[BlakeAaronHenderson @TaughtMe]

@SenCortezMasto He wasn't put "on the same footing" as Hamas. Why are you insisting on making the contrast? The charges for each party are separate and distinct. Your post comes across as deflection. No one is above the law. Every innocent life is equally precious.

[BlakeAaronHenderson @TaughtMe]

@NWLibertarian @GaltBack1 @soulkhan See "New Historians" on wikipedia as a start. I recommend reading "Ilan Pappe" "Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine". If he's too sympathetic for you, at least read Benny Morris. It's frustrating how much misinformation there is about the historical record.

[BlakeAaronHenderson @TaughtMe]

@NWLibertarian @GaltBack1 @soulkhan When ~2% of the Isreali archives were declassified in the 80's-90's, records validated Palestinian oral testimonies of expulsion and atrocities. When historians began explaining the new information they were demonized since it contradicted state propaganda.

[BlakeAaronHenderson @TaughtMe]

@NWLibertarian @GaltBack1 @soulkhan Simply wrong. Even pro-Isreal historian Benny Morris grants the refugees were "transferred" (a gentle euphemism for "expelled") or fled. Most of his contemporaries (the "new historians") take a firmer stance, some cllng it clear "ethnic cleansing". Read any of the histories.

[BlakeAaronHenderson @TaughtMe]

@GaltBack1 @soulkhan Ur also ignoring that jews, muslims and christians peaceably coexisted before zionism. The arab armies were responding to a violent settler-colonial project that was stealing as much land as possible while leaving the smallest number of arabs. Anyone would rightfully resist.

[BlakeAaronHenderson @TaughtMe]

@GaltBack1 @soulkhan Your timeline completely ignores that ~250,000 Palestinians were forcibly removed from their homes BEFORE the Arab armies stepped foot into the region.

[BlakeAaronHenderson @TaughtMe]

Outrageous😡. Esteemed Isreali historian Ilan Pappe interrogated by agents in Detroit for 2 hrs. They grilled him and copied contents of his phone. For yrs this man has shined light on the Israel-Palestine conflict. He's paid a heavy cost for telling uncomfortable truths.

[jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill]

Famed historian Ilan Pappe says he was detained Monday at Detroit airport, questioned by federal agents and had his phone copied. “am I a Hamas supporter? do I regard the Israeli actions in Gaza a genocide? what is the solution to the "conflict" (seriously this what they asked!)”

[BlakeAaronHenderson @TaughtMe]

@Outlaw_Patriot1 @RalphNader

[BlakeAaronHenderson @TaughtMe]

@Surly_Temple @lowtheband My band @TaughtMe had the happy fortune to open up for Low at Kilby Court! 2009, I believe. I had seen them there prior as well. Deep memories. ❤️