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The Coffee Shop – Once Upon an Artist: Head (video)
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day.
Posted in Art, Sculpture, Short Video
Tagged Documentary, Marc Guardiola, Once Upon an Artist, Open Thread, Rubén Fuentes Fuertes, The Coffee Shop
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Public Safety in the post-Pulse era
By ann summers Orlando’s horrific domestic extremist attack demonstrates that with the constant, cyclical negation of private and public rights there cannot be win-win solutions in a modern democracy that has foundationally resisted the notion of a theocratic state. An … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, 9-11, Afghanistan, Civil Liberties, Crime, DHS, Equal Rights, FBI, Florida, Government, Heroism, Homeland Security, Homosexual Rights, Immigrants, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Media, Murder, News, Police, Racism, Society, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized
Tagged Cliven Bundy, Guns, Law Enforcement, Malheur Wildlife Refuge, police, Terrorism
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Readings – Hillary Clinton’s ‘Entangled’ Foreign Policy
~ Readings features content from elsewhere. ~ In her foreign policy speech last week, Hillary Clinton spent a lot of time bashing Donald Trump, implying as Daniel Lazare says, “that because Trump is bonkers, Hillary must be the opposite, i.e. thoughtful and mature,” … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Foreign Policy, Readings
Tagged Consortiumnews.com, Daniel Lazare, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton
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Morning Reads from BillMoyers.com, June 13, 2016 (a little late!)
From BillMoyers.com for June 13, 2016 – Morning Reads: The Preventable Tragedy in Orlando; Billionaires Out to Destroy Press Freedom Orlando –> Sometime just before 2 a.m. Sunday, a man named Omar Mateen entered a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, … Continue reading
Walking with Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Inscriptions – “Beginnings”
Walking with Walt Whitman A daily installment from Leaves of Grass Inscriptions “Beginnings” How they are provided for upon the earth, (appearing at intervals,) How dear and dreadful they are to the earth, How they inure to … Continue reading
Posted in Leaves of Grass, poem, Poetry, Walt Whitman
Tagged Beginnings, Inscriptions
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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “I asked no other thing” (Life, 12)
I asked no other thing, No other was denied. I offered Being for it; The mighty merchant smiled. Brazil? He twirled a button, Without a glance my way: “But, madam, is there nothing else That we can show to-day?” ____________________________________ … Continue reading
Posted in Emily Dickinson, Poetry
Tagged I asked no other thing, poem
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Mass Shootings – What We Can No Longer Ignore
FACT: Too Many People Are DYING – Because even if there’s a court order to keep you away from your terrified ex, because even if you have a history of mental illness or violent behavior, you can still walk into … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, Murder, Terrorists
Tagged Data Law Enforcement Has, FBI, Mass Shooting
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TCS: 3-D Printers ‘Just One Word – Plastics’
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– This is an open thread. There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” and starting the discussion. … Continue reading
Orlando Massacre: Pulse One = Stonewall too
By ann summers The framing of that meme of “the worst act of mass shooting in US history” comes not only as an “act of terror and an act of hate” but also raises some other peripheral issues in the early … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Afghanistan, Breaking News, California, Conspiracy, Crime, DHS, Equal Rights, FBI, Florida, Government, Heroism, Holidays, Homosexual Rights, Law Enforcement, Media, Murder, Police, Politics, Presidential Elections, Society, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Donald Trump, Law Enforcement, police, Terrorism
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“Our elections should be shaped by voters’ voices—not bought and sold by corporations & special interests” —Hillary: https://t.co/QUJomlql0N — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 9, 2016 ____________________________________ *alternately said, Read my mind.