Once again, we want to iterate that we’re not political. We watch closely but would rather see others who have chosen that path of political disruption as employment to do their thing, come hell or high water. They come and they go, sometimes with a bang, sometimes with a whimper. The circle remain unbroken.
Our thing is peace and love for one and all. But, here, we have to smack our foreheads and wonder what the heck the “leader of the free world” is up to now? Donald Trump is sending signals that he wants to open the shuttered high security prison Alcatraz (now a popular tourist site, we should add) back into a prison. Whaat?
. . and instead look back at Alcatraz the place of learning and contemplation. You can visit of course. See below. Our affiliate friends, Viator, have tours of all shapes, styles and sizes if you want to see the scope of how low humans can go with each other.
The west has not owned this hegemony alone. Archaeological evidence and oral histories suggest that the Ohlone people, who inhabited the San Francisco Bay Area for thousands of years, used Alcatraz for various purposes, including as a place of isolation for those who violated tribal laws, a camping and food gathering site (especially for bird eggs and seafood), and a refuge.
Archaeological evidence and oral histories suggest that the Ohlone people, who inhabited the San Francisco Bay Area for thousands of years, used Alcatraz for various purposes, including as a place of isolation for those who violated tribal laws, a camping and food gathering site (especially for bird eggs and seafood), and a refuge.
Even before becoming an official prison, Alcatraz was used by the military to house prisoners, including Confederate sympathizers during the Civil War and, later, Native Americans who resisted government policies. In 1907, it was officially designated the Pacific Branch of the United States Military Prison. This is the kind of uncomfortable travel that we all should experience. Viator have tours just for that purpose. Click here
If you’re looking for clarity in what the post’s title means. Many decades ago, there was an insurance company called Prudential. Their slogan was “own a piece of the rock.”
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