The RCMP are setting up exclusion zones and closed roads to the public and media as officers get set to dismantle two camps on unceded Wet’suwet’en territory.
“During the police enforcement operation, temporary exclusion zones and road closures will be established for police and public safety reasons,” said the news release sent out Monday morning that confirmed the RCMP will enforce a court order requested by a pipeline company trying to build a pipeline through Wet’suwet’en territory.
“Those areas will be clearly marked and media/public are welcome to stand at the perimeter, but no one will be allowed to enter the exclusion zones. These zones will only be maintained as long as necessary.”
The raids have been highly anticipated after a B.C. judge granted an interim injunction in December against two check points leading to the construction site for the LNG Coastal GasLink pipeline.
you know, that whole thing when a colonist militaristic police force storms a indigenous encampment, removes it’s people who live there, all for corporate interest, so we can pump more oil out, and accelerate the death of the planet.
Then once the Cops storm the place, they declare an “exclusion zone” deploy a wifi and cell blockage, AND exclude media. All so no news of it gets out.
You all need to be fucking outraged. We live in a police state, and the moment your life gets in the way of making money, you cease to matter.
Hey Americans, you know how we Canadians all shared information about Standing Rock as it was happening?
We’re having a very similar situation in Canada right now.
Now would be a good time to reciprocate.
This is happening RIGHT NOW.
Nobody on this site besides me and a few other bloggers are talking about this.
Like there are only 2 or 3 blogs in total in the #Wet’suwet’en or #Unist’ot’en or Unist’ot’en Camp hashtags from the past week.
this is happening January 7, 2019
If you’re on twitter, track these hashtags:
#Unistoten
#wetsuwetenstrong
#undrip
#thetimeisnow
Some people to follow who are sharing news about this live:
A Klabautermann is a water kobold that assists sailors and fishermen on the Baltic and North Sea
in their duties. It is a merry and diligent creature, with an expert
understanding of most watercraft, and an irrepressible musical talent.
It is believed to rescue sailors washed overboard. The name comes from
the Low German verb klabastern meaning “rumble” or “make a noise”. An etymology deriving the name from the verb kalfatern (“to caulk”) has also been suggested.
His image is of a small sailor in yellow with a tobacco pipe and woolen sailor’s cap, often wearing a caulking hammer. This likeness is carved and attached to the mast as a symbol of good luck.
Despite the positive attributes, there is one omen
associated with his presence: no member of a ship blessed by his
presence shall ever set eyes on him. He only ever becomes visible to the
crew of a doomed ship.
More recently, the Klabautermann is sometimes described as having
more sinister attributes, and blamed for things that go wrong on the
ship. This incarnation of the Klabautermann is more demon- or
goblin-like, prone to play pranks and, eventually, doom the ship and her
crew. This deterioration of image probably stems from sailors, upon
returning home, telling stories of their adventures at sea. Since life
at sea can be rather dull, all creatures - real, mythical, and in
between - eventually became the centre of rather ghastly stories.
Remnants of the old tradition of kolędowanie (see: Koliada - Slavic caroling) can be still seen nowadays in Poland. The pictures above show various regional costumes, including a recurring horned creature called ‘turoń’ (or ‘koza’ in some regions). The ‘season’ of kolędowanie starts after Christmas and lasts throughout the carnival season (zapusty) up until February, or even longer in some of the regions. This custom is rooted in old-Slavic festivities celebrating the days growing longer after a birth of a ‘New Sun’ on the winter solstice, and includes many pre-Christian rites that were meant to evoke the nature’s fertility for the upcoming spring.
Anonymous asked: Hey was going to ask if you’ve read Italian Folk Magic by Mary-Grace Fahrun? It seems like it might be up your alley.
Answer:
Hi there! I checked it out on your recommendation! I think it’s lovely, I’m a huge fan of the beginning with all her familial anecdotes. The magic is a little modernized in a way, but she owns up to that and it works for her, quindi dico bravissima a lei! :)
warmweatherwitch asked: Brand new witch here! Been interested in the craft for a very long time and I feel like it’s time for me to get into it. I’m so overwhelmed! Where should I start? Do you have any general advice for a newbie?
Answer:
Hi there! It can be very overwhelming - and you’re certainly not alone! Of course, I got you. First and foremost, it’s a long process to discover what magic looks like for you. Worry about the definitions a little later, whether you are a witch or a magician, a healer, a seer, labels, titles, identities, communities, it’s too much to start out with. Take stock of what you already know! - Where does your family come from? What is the immediate culture of your parents/adoptive parents? - Do you connect to that culture? Either way, what has it taught you about magic? Superstition? Witches? Spirits? - What do you do? What magic have you done, what spirits have you spoken with, what skills do you have? For the latter, they don’t have to be ‘supernatural’ per se. Sewing, cooking, drawing, reading, hiking, communicating, caring for others, our most mundane skills can give us insight into our less mundane talents.
If you haven’t tried any magic, try some. See how it goes, it doesn’t have to work perfectly or at all your first try. Just give it a shot, but a tip: Do not focus on that fact that you are doing a spell, or that you are doing magic. Just focus on what it is you want done, ignore yourself and let the work take over a bit.
These are a few pointers, hopefully they’ll help. It’s important to stick to your own culture at the beginning. Books, blogs, websites, and people will sell you things that never belonged to them, things they don’t know how to do properly, and this can make magic messy and quickly becomes oppressive. So focus on your own cultures understanding of all this, and branch out with good time once you feel more educated about what cultures are open to outsiders and which are not, which spirits want more worshipers and which would rather be left alone, which rituals are accessible to you and which are closed within initiations and cultural protections.
And always feel free to reach out with more questions!
The tradition is very much on the wane now but in some few localities Wrenboys still go out in Ireland on St. Stephens Day. The central theme of the wrenboy visit is the wren, an effigy of which is carried about in a holly branch or in a box or cage. Previously it was hunted and killed prior to St. Stephen’s Day and a matter of honour for groups to have a real bird.
