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For your situational awareness about our good friend and neighbor to the north. Conservative Party legislators in the Canadian Parliament recently blocked a New Democratic Party (NDP) motion to "officially recognize the State of Palestine," a step that...
by C0RI0LANUS
on Fri Mar 22, 2024 at 10:43 PM PDT
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I’ve watched local headlines regarding this come and go over the last few months, during which time 2 feet of snow has fallen, thousands of car accidents have occurred due to snow and ice, we ourselves have been snowed in for a solid week in a nice,...
by rflctammt
on Wed Feb 14, 2024 at 09:40 AM PST
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Yep, you guessed it! Donald Trump’s solution to the drug crisis in America is to institute a death penalty for drug dealers. Hey,...
by TomDispatch
on Thu Feb 01, 2024 at 07:36 AM PST
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When I was a student in the late sixties, Tijuana, Mexico, was the place for male college kids to go. They went there to get drunk, to patronize the many whorehouses operating openly, to get rowdy, and to blow off steam. Often they got jailed and had...
by dratler
on Tue Jan 23, 2024 at 09:25 PM PST
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Think of Donald Trump as, in his own fashion, a creature of climate change. After all, in 2015, he descended that escalator into...
by TomDispatch
on Mon Jan 08, 2024 at 06:45 AM PST
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The Eugene Weekly recently published a tragic story about a young lady who was very musically talented, but who passed away too soon at the age of 23. Robyn Leslie Hatcher (2000-2023) could play many different musical instruments. She traveled around...
by Eternal Hope
on Sun Jan 07, 2024 at 08:24 PM PST
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Many of you may have seen Trump’s announcement regarding his Freedom Cities. Obviously, his fascist proposals are something out of the Albert Speer catalogue and should be mocked and ridiculed at every turn. However, Trump is proposing it because he...
by jmdincali
on Thu Dec 21, 2023 at 01:49 PM PST
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by RubenBolling
on Thu Dec 21, 2023 at 04:50 AM PST
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This piece develops from a talk I gave at a meeting discussing the economic situation in Britain and how this issue will play out locally in London. It also provides some suggestions where we can develop grassroots local campaigns in local communities...
by NY brit expat
on Sun Dec 17, 2023 at 03:00 PM PST
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It’s that time of year again. We’re a week away from the winter solstice and that means the longest night of the year. It also means the night when homeless advocates across the land come to remember unhoused people who not only live on the street but...
by Everyday People In Crisis
on Wed Dec 13, 2023 at 10:18 AM PST
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This is just a quick follow-up to my earlier story www.dailykos.com/… Favour is a young Nigerian woman living on the beach in Accra ,Ghana. She recently gave birth to a little boy. Shortly afterward lost everything in a fire that destroyed the room in...
by McCrowlerr
on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 04:17 PM PST
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This story first appeared on Daily Kos on Dec. 24, 2020, and its reception has cemented it as an annual Dec. 24 tradition. I was so touched last spring when first this tale of my seventh-grade ...
by Jessica Sutherland
on Sun Dec 24, 2023 at 11:00 AM PST
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John is my friend in Ghana who helps people who come to him in need. He is a minister who serves others with deeds not words. I have known him for perhaps ten years or more now. I have written of him here many times. John is presently living in the...
by McCrowlerr
on Sat Nov 25, 2023 at 08:04 AM PST
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In a recent proposal concerning individuals who use drugs, San Francisco’s mayor, London Breed, suggests the implementation of substance abuse screening and treatment as a prerequisite for low-income residents to access welfare funds. Earlier this...
by frankfaiola
on Sat Oct 21, 2023 at 03:19 PM PDT
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Yesterday I wrote a brief story about a seventeen year old Nigerian girl who came to my friend John in Ghana asking for help. She is nine months pregnant and was asking for basic food, shelter, and help with the hospital fees for the delivery of her...
by McCrowlerr
on Thu Oct 12, 2023 at 07:55 AM PDT
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. As you think about the ongoing United Auto Workers (UAW) strike, consider this: of the CEOs of the three companies being struck,...
by TomDispatch
on Mon Oct 09, 2023 at 07:08 AM PDT
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I apologize for writing so many stories about my friends in Ghana but I just have to share the good news. Frederic is an old man who has been living under an overpass, homeless and abandoned. When he was younger Frederic did much good, bailing out...
by McCrowlerr
on Sat Sep 16, 2023 at 09:47 AM PDT
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Idle hands are the devil’s workshop. Or is it the devils’ workshop? I’m unsure. I could perform a web search – but I don’t care how many devils people blame this on… it’s all scapegoating and denialism. As an atheist I profess to know very little about...
by Everyday People In Crisis
on Sun Sep 10, 2023 at 01:15 PM PDT
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Have you all met Userexists? She offers sage advice and fun comments all over DKos. She radiates positivity. I mean, look at that smile! UE got hit by bad long-term COVID, which resulted in disability. And since Republicans insist on making our...
by Sally DeLurks
on Sat Sep 09, 2023 at 10:00 AM PDT
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I wasn’t going to write a Ghana update this week but here we are. For those who have not been following, John is my friend in Ghana. He is an ordained minister. Instead of preaching at people he works to help the most desperate and needy who come to...
by McCrowlerr
on Wed Sep 06, 2023 at 09:07 AM PDT
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