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Unfortunately everyone has a right to read the hate books if they want too. We have free speech, and we can’t hand out free speech to just those we agree with. We have to practice what we preach. So I am not going to fault anyone that sells anything...
by Ghostolini
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on Mon Jun 06, 2022 at 10:40 AM PDT
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Little ones have a lot to learn, and it is a parent’s job to make sure they are ready for life.
by strawbale
47 comments
on Thu Jan 14, 2021 at 07:00 PM PST
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It’s alright to be White It’s alright to be White, and proud to be born free, though a history of Racism and hate creates disparity, disunity, partiality. Don’t perpetuate the hate, don’t deny the lie, of discrimination, denigration, and segregation;...
by Brim4peace
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on Fri Jun 19, 2020 at 05:53 AM PDT
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We are all in a stew, and rightly so. Politics, the climate crisis, Covid19, floods here, fires there, too many of us leaping from paycheck to paycheck as on wobbly rocks in a cold river. It is easy, when frustrated and worried, to snipe and snarl at...
by Nolana
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on Thu Feb 13, 2020 at 07:35 AM PST
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Who We Are Here’s to all Americans who choose right over wrong. Here’s to all Americans who follow the Golden Rule because it is gold, not Fool’s Gold. Here’s to all Americans who respect and honor women as their own Mother. Here’s to all Americans who...
by daviddrichard1
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on Tue Nov 19, 2019 at 06:50 PM PST
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Nine-year-old Cheikh Faizal was walking with his father on the way to meet some family friends, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
They had just left a mosque, and were passing the Bukit Bintang train station, which has a large population of homeless.
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by Tevye
132 comments
on Sat Jan 26, 2019 at 03:06 PM PST
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White House on fire- alit by this current whadmin? D.C. quaking & shaking- leaving desertion, discrimination, destruction, & large scale disaster to our Democracy in its wake? Molten lava lattes & earthquake shakes, Iced Over ales &...
by Shortmd
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on Mon Jul 16, 2018 at 01:32 PM PDT
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They weren’t supposed to be on the same flight.
15 year old Clara Daly was with her family, who were returning to their Calabasas, Ca home from Boston, when their nonstop flight was canceled.
And they were placed on a flight with a stop-over...
by Tevye
165 comments
on Sun Feb 03, 2019 at 03:07 PM PST
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Recently I was substitute teaching in a fourth-grade classroom in my alma mater elementary school where I went to elementary school. I was in the classroom that was formerly Mister Gibb’s fifth-grade classroom when I was across the hall in Missus...
by jtg
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on Sat Jun 09, 2018 at 09:38 AM PDT
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Good news on the teaching job front!!!
As some of you know, I’ve been a substitute teacher for about a year and a half. I’ve taught at every elementary school in Salinas, Greenfield, Chualar, Soledad Mission School, and Millenium High School.
I...
by jtg
18 comments
on Wed Mar 21, 2018 at 03:09 PM PDT
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I hope this diary helps someone.
Several months ago I thought about how I could earn some extra money.
While out to dinner, my date told me a story about how she had a masters degree in mathematics, ...
by leftyguitarist
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on Fri Jul 29, 2011 at 05:01 PM PDT
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Intro? Check out the content below the squiggly.
by nickinnewyork
18 comments
on Wed May 04, 2011 at 09:33 PM PDT
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In this year’s sixth-grade tolerance education class here in rural red-state Nebraska, I took a bold new step: I invited a Muslim-American in to speak. His goal was not to give dawah ...
by Nancy Meyer
104 comments
on Wed Mar 30, 2011 at 01:56 PM PDT
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On the Title
Oprah projects through pop culture – “Anyone can be Oprah.” The American dream of limitless resources must be true for people of color because Oprah ...
by bruh1
405 comments
on Sat Jan 15, 2011 at 12:00 PM PST
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Everything is nuance in human language. This is especially true of the written word. Certain words and phrases contain more than their naked meanings. There is an emotional weight to our word ...
by rbird
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on Wed Nov 24, 2010 at 01:42 PM PST
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Please See Part 1: Layers of Experience
Our level of experience shapes our understanding ...
by Stuart Heady
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on Sun Jan 10, 2010 at 09:53 AM PST
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Many black and orange pixels have been arranged on the subject of the current economy and its effect on people. For me, having spent the last four years working for a construction related business, ...
by XNeeOhCon
29 comments
on Tue Feb 03, 2009 at 09:07 PM PST
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The holidays are coming up!
What books do you hope to get?
My wishes below the fold
cfk has bookflurries on Weds. nights
sarahnity has Books by Kossacks, on Sundays
If you like to trade books, ...
by plf515
108 comments
on Fri Dec 12, 2008 at 03:03 AM PST
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Main Article: Nuclear v.s. Solar .
Let the battle begin, vote in the lastest poll for which direction President Elect Obama should be moving NASA.
by Vladislaw
34 comments
on Thu Nov 27, 2008 at 10:47 AM PST
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Main Article: Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me.
Sailing to the Stars with Solar Sails.
Poll Results: Another one bites the Dust. Only 6 different options left in the second ...
by Vladislaw
33 comments
on Wed Nov 26, 2008 at 09:52 AM PST
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