Monthly Archives: June 2016

Readings – Former CIA, NSA directors, retired generals, launch gun control group

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

~ Readings features content from elsewhere. ~ But, will Congress listen? –o-O-o– Former CIA, NSA directors, retired generals, launch gun control group  Ian Allen, June 14, 2016, Intel News “Former directors of the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, as … Continue reading →

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Walking with Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Inscriptions – “On Journeys Through the States”

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

Walking with Walt Whitman A daily installment from Leaves of Grass ‌Inscriptions ‌‌ ‌ ‌ “On Journeys Through the States” On journeys through the States we start, (Ay through the world, urged by these songs, Sailing henceforth to every land, … Continue reading →

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“What Matters Today” from Moyers & Company, June 15, 2016

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

 From Moyers & Company for June 15, 2015. – Obama Tears Into Trump; House Plot to Throw Out Dodd-Frank President goes on the attack –> In a speech following a National Security Council meeting about the Islamic State yesterday, Obama ripped into … Continue reading →

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Naomi Shihab Nye Talks about Writing

Posted on June 15, 2016 by wordcloud9

Palestinian-American poet, essayist and novelist Naomi Shihab Nye is a wonderful writer, and she’s also a terrific teacher. In this video, Marcia Franklin talks with her  at the 2012 Sun Valley Writers’ Conference. The two discuss the themes in Nye’s … Continue reading →

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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “Some things that fly there be” (Life, 14)

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

‌ ‌ ‌ “Tell all the Truth but tell it slant.” ~ Emily Dickinson ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ____________________________________ ‌Some things that fly there be,— Birds, hours, the bumble-bee: Of these no elegy. Some things that stay there be,— Grief, … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop – Baby River’s Wild Ride (video)

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Mindframe – Christian Kirk: —oooOooo– This is an open thread. There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of … Continue reading →

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Memes of a feather: ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ and ‘radical Christian terrorism’

Posted on June 14, 2016 by ann li-summers

Immanuel Kant — ‘Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.’   By ann summers Home-grown extremism still intersects and is intersectional, so expressing “radical islamic terrorism” like “radical Christian terrorism” are as PBO indicated today about political talking points, there’s no … Continue reading →

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Walking with Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Inscriptions – “To the States”

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

Walking with Walt Whitman A daily installment from Leaves of Grass ‌Inscriptions ‌‌ ‌ ‌ “To the States” To the States or any one of them, or any city of the States,          Resist much, obey little, Once … Continue reading →

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Fishing: The One That Got Away

Posted on June 14, 2016 by wordcloud9

One of the joys of childhood for many lucky kids is time spent on the water fishing with their dad. If you actually catch anything, it’s even better. But this boy had an experience of “the one that got away” … Continue reading →

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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “The soul selects her own society” (Life, 13)

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

‌ ‌ ‌ “Tell all the Truth but tell it slant.” ~ Emily Dickinson ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌‌The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more. Unmoved, she notes the … Continue reading →

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