The Beat Goes On - Reprise

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Friday, November 20, 2015

Anne Frank Was a Refugee

Tragic and timely information. In my view hindsight does not atone for the blindness currently afflicting many in the U.S. who want to close our borders to the suffering, war-victimized masses because history should open our eyes and our humanity.. After lying undisturbed in a New Jersey warehouse... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Being Much, Much More than French

Excerpt from an article that echoes my thoughts and feelings perfectly. I too have French heritage on my mother's side; my fifth grandfather, Pierre Billiod, was a weaver in Bussurel in Haute-Saone province (near the Swiss border just west of Basil, Switzerland and about five miles from Montbeliard,... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 16, 2015

George Takei on Paris Attacks-Star Trek Star and Childhood Victim of U.S.

Internment Camps for Japanese-Americans. http://io9.com/george-takei-describes-his-experience-in-a-japanese-int-1533358984 The horrors of war move closer and closer to all of us...Isis declares the attacks in Paris were retaliation for France's bombing campaigns against them in Syria - the usual,... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 13, 2015

Columnist Mark Steyn was quoted by Anders Breivik, Norwegian Killer

- Mass Murderer.. *Anders Behring Breivik is a Norwegian far-right terrorist and the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks. On 22 July 2011, he killed eight people by setting off a van bomb amid the Government quarter Regjeringskvartalet in Oslo, then shot dead 69 participants of a Workers' Youth... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Another Blogger & I Can Change the World!

I had a flash of possible remedies for the tragic situations of abortions being used as birth control and the needless, heartbreaking murder of innocents, many of them children and infants that result from our endless wars around the globe. This light came on when I read a comment written by a dear... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, November 5, 2015

I do indeed shake in my boots!...

Someone asked me recently if I fear an Isis terrorist attack here, maybe close to our area - the person asking said they certainly do and were shocked and somewhat disappointed when I replied there are bigger, truer threats keeping me wary and in a status of unease.. Wars Are One of My Worst "Fears"... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 2, 2015

Scared Soulless?

I often wonder why we in the West are expected to be consumed with fear over a group that started out as a ragtag collection of disaffected and enraged remnants of anti-American invasion and occupation fighters from Iraq. Yes, they are vicious, they use firing squads, victims blindfolded and they... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 30, 2015

Political Discussion with a 14 y.o. and 7 y.o. (Boys)

The "Silly Season..:)) 14 yo - You do know Trump isn't actually running for president; he just wants to have another television show and this is his way of getting people to pay lots and lots of attention to him. I saw a meme on fb that said so. Me - Hmm, no he is running and wants to win and be... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

What the Hell is wrong with my "government"?? Always on the look out

for new enemies and conflict, the better to keep the obscenely fat cat military-industrial complex growing and stretching it's tentacles all over the world... China is not afraid of fighting a war against the United States in the South China Sea... Twenty-four hours after Washington challenged... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, October 26, 2015

The Austerity of Hate is Beginning to Lose Power..

Favorability Ratings Show Hillary Clinton Is Unelectable and Bernie Sanders Wins a General Election (excerpt below) On politics - from Great Britian's Jeremy Corbyn, recently elected Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition to Canada's new Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau it is becoming... Sign in to see full entry.

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