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Word Cloud: GUNFIRE
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD GUNFIRE Someone picks up a gun and points it, At some famous face they think they know, Then pulls the trigger — The bullet nicks the heart of the world And we all bleed. Someone picks … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, Art, FDR, Holocaust, Nazis, Poetry, Politics, Religion, Terrorism, United States, War, Word Cloud, World History, World War I
Tagged Assassination, Firearms, Gunfire, Guns, Murder
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France, Terrorists and the War That is not a war.
by Chuck Stanley Other than those affected directly, I am probably handling this less well than most here. Especially affecting me is the death of 23 y/o Nohemi Gonzalez. It has been only five short months since I watched my … Continue reading
Posted in France, Terrorists, War
Tagged CIA, Criminals, France, ISIS, National Security, NSA, Radical Islam, War
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Paris
By ann summers Expect airstrikes in Syria and some serious covert work to resolve the crisis even though in each case, AfPak, Iran/Iraq/Syria, and even Yemen, regional alliances would best serve the causes of peace. This is not the way … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, Democracy, European Union, Foreign Policy, France, History, Iraq, Islam, Media, Memorial, Political Science, Syria, War
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Picture of the Day
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Word Cloud: WARCRY
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD This month marks the 99th Anniversary of the end of the Somme Offensive, also known as the Battle of the Somme. The Somme was one of the longest, bloodiest battles in human history: between July 1, and … Continue reading
Posted in Heroism, History, Poetry, Word Cloud, World War I
Tagged Battle of the Somme, Bertrand Russell, Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon, Somme Offensive, Trench fever, Warcry, Wilfred Owen
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“If you meet The Buddha on the road, kill him.”
By ann summers All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else. -The Buddha Marx: “constant revolutionizing of production uninterrupted disturbance of all social … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Aviation, Buddhism, Capitalism, China, CIA, Communism, Countries, Foreign Policy, George W. Bush, History, information Technology, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Libertarians, Media, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Socialism, Terrorism, United States, US Army, US Military, USAF, USMC, USN, Vietnam, War, War on "Terror", World History
Tagged Terrorism
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Word Cloud: OBSCURED
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Each poem comes in its own way. Finding the rhythm and shape of a poem can be as natural as breathing, or as difficult as giving birth. Some poems emerge full-grown like Athena from the head … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Japan, Poetry, Word Cloud, World War II
Tagged Basho, Free Verse, Obscured, Ozaki Kihachi, Showa, Translations
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Question of the Week, August 4, 2015
An open letter, published by the Future of Life Institute was signed by hundreds of AI and robotics researchers and joined by high-profile persons in the science and tech world including theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, Tesla CEO Elon … Continue reading
Posted in Question of the Week, Robotics, War
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From the Equal Justice Institute: “Slavery to Mass Incarceration”–An Animated Short Film by Artist Molly Crabapple
By Elaine Magliaro On Tuesday, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) released a new video–an animated short film by acclaimed artist Molly Crabapple, with narration by Bryan Stevenson–that “paints slavery in the stark terms in which it existed…hundreds of years in … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Art, Civil War, Democracy, Equal Rights, Government, Justice, Political Science, Racism, Short Video, Society, United States
Tagged Discrimination, Slavery
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