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I received a WhatsApp message the other day asking me to sign a petition demanding the Obama Foundation cancel the scholarship of a student for posting the above commentary on a photo of students demonstrating with Israeli and IDF flags. The people...
by thewavethatiam
on Thu Dec 14, 2023 at 09:28 PM PST
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When Trump's called -- "President Trump", "former President Trump", and "Mr. Trump" -- honor is conferred upon him. That's wrong. Trump behaved dishonorably. Call him "criminal defendant Trump". That's the truth. Moreover, calling Trump "former...
by 888guy
on Sun Dec 03, 2023 at 05:54 AM PST
with 24 Recommends
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I reckon this is what they call ‘survivors guilt’. Their names and faces are burned into my minds eye, as their pictures adorn a wall in my study. Today, as I do semi regularly, I stand in front of each one and close my eyes, in remembrance and prayer....
by Tevye
on Sat Nov 11, 2023 at 03:52 PM PST
with 290 Recommends
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14-year-old Connor Halsa of Moorhead, Minnesota was fishing with his family on Lake of the Woods, a massive lake straddling both sides of the US/ Canadian border. “We were doing a walleye drift, so we stopped the boat, put some spinners on, and just...
by Tevye
on Sun Sep 17, 2023 at 03:22 PM PDT
with 629 Recommends
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Hi friends. I am now in Somerset, PA. I will be attending the services tomorrow, a dozen or so miles away at the Flight 93 National Memorial, for the third year in a row. Being in the presence of and offering my condolences to the families and friends...
by Tevye
on Sun Sep 10, 2023 at 02:14 PM PDT
with 332 Recommends
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( Some of the events here took place a few years ago. I believe that such moments transcend space and time. If you disagree, please consider yourself forwarned. Thank you. ) What is it like to live in a society with such respect for the tradition and...
by Tevye
on Sat Jun 03, 2023 at 03:08 PM PDT
with 105 Recommends
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Real quick, please wear orange today, Friday, June 2nd, and any time this weekend to honor victims of gun violence. Why orange? On January 21, 2013, Hadiya Pendleton marched in President Obama’s second inaugural parade. One week later, Hadiya was shot...
by greenandblue
on Fri Jun 02, 2023 at 10:56 AM PDT
with 11 Recommends
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Many people were shocked on Wednesday when the favorites for this year’s NBA playoffs, the Giannis Antetokounmpo-led Milwaukee Bucks, lost in the first round of the playoffs to the underdog Miami Heat. Following the loss, the Milwaukee superstar faced...
by BeninSC
on Thu Apr 27, 2023 at 11:18 PM PDT
with 115 Recommends
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As part of my desire to keep the memory alive of a fallen comrade… a true champion of the downtrodden.... I post a diary here every year on the day of her murder, so my brothers and sisters can also know her, keep her and protect her in their hearts....
by Tevye
on Sat Mar 18, 2023 at 02:25 PM PDT
with 212 Recommends
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I heard about it from a fellow kossack before I even joined the site, and how he encouraged all who could, to attend the annual Plains Peanut Festival in Plains, Georgia every September. In theory it honors the peanut harvest ( also now solar power ),...
by Tevye
on Sat Mar 04, 2023 at 03:08 PM PST
with 184 Recommends
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On January 23rd, Adolfo Molina Burgos, who works as an Uber driver, was driving with a friend on Interstate 93 to pick up a fare at Boston’s Logan International Airport. The snow was falling and the road was icy, but the driving was even slower going...
by Tevye
on Sat Feb 04, 2023 at 02:29 PM PST
with 225 Recommends
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This is a republication, for the most part, from a diary that I post here every International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Much of the content was first published in 1997, in a gender friendly Siddur in which I was a member of, and contributor to, the...
by Tevye
on Fri Jan 27, 2023 at 03:14 PM PST
with 139 Recommends
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No veteran wants to realize that their command lied to get them to commit war crimes. In the film The Last Samurai, Tom Cruise plays a Civil War veteran haunted by his part in the Washita Battle. In my view, honoring veterans begins by honoring the...
by CorpFlunky
on Fri Nov 11, 2022 at 08:17 AM PST
with 15 Recommends
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There are some special people that transcend their given genre and are beloved by all. Robin Williams, Fred Rogers, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald and Wavy Gravy come to mind. Dolly Parton I believe tops that list. Regardless...
by Tevye
on Sat Nov 05, 2022 at 02:34 PM PDT
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In Joe’s 2017 memoir and homage of his family, ‘Promise Me, Dad’, he mused about singing ‘Crocodile Rock’ to both of his two young boys, Hunter and Beau, as he drove them to school every day. Every day. For years. And decades later, every night, at the...
by Tevye
on Sun Sep 25, 2022 at 03:49 PM PDT
with 526 Recommends
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As each day dawns for me and I go about my morning routine, I’ve learned after some 70 trips around the sun to try to find something good about the day and remind myself how thankful I am to still be alive, to have a roof over my head, food in my...
by Anakai
on Mon Jun 13, 2022 at 12:45 PM PDT
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It took over a year, but the Hampton GOP finally noticed that one of their members was a vile racist. Local GOP Chairman Philip Siff has called on Hampton Electoral Board Chair, David Dietrich, to resign after a blatantly racist and violent Facebook...
by TheCriticalMind
on Fri Apr 08, 2022 at 02:41 PM PDT
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In this one I venture deeper and rawer.... because of the growth shared with this community. On this, the 13, 14, 15, 16,17, 18, 19th anniversary of her death. For those friends here that join me in comfort and remembrance every year, thank you and I...
by Tevye
on Sat Mar 19, 2022 at 02:37 PM PDT
with 227 Recommends
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This is a republication, for the most part, from a diary that i post here every International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Much of the content was first published in 1997, in a gender friendly Siddur in which i was a member of, and contributor to, the...
by Tevye
on Thu Jan 27, 2022 at 03:12 PM PST
with 181 Recommends
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I thought that many here would want to know. We know about the shooter and we know about his parents. But i’ve only seen their names in one of the dozen diaries….. most referring to them as ‘the latest victims.’ Not that they were not thought of. Yet...
by Tevye
on Sat Dec 04, 2021 at 03:32 PM PST
with 135 Recommends
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