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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 9, 2020Jan 2020

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LINKThe Meaning of Life Learned by Those Who Have Greatly Suffered

Usually these experiences occur when our minds are fairly quiet and we feel at ease with ourselves. When we’re walking in the countryside, swimming in the ocean, or after we’ve meditated or had sex. At such times there is a sense of “rightness” about things. We can look above us at the sky and sense something benevolent in it, a harmonious atmosphere. We can feel a kind of radiance filling the landscape around us, emanating from the trees and fields. We can sense it flowing between us...

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Politics

Jan 9, 2020Jan 2020

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Tijuana Taxi - Herb Alpert

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Music, Movies & Books

Feb 27, 2020Feb 2020

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LINKHank Williams III and Jesco White - Straight to Hell - YouTube

Pretty fleet feet for a chemical addict. That boy's done some serious brain damage.

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Quotes

Mar 16, 2020Mar 2020

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My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— It gives a lovely light! Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Politics

Mar 29, 2020Mar 2020

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LINKEven in a Pandemic, Andrew Cuomo Is Not Your Friend

"In chaotic times, New York governor Andrew Cuomo wants to convince you he is the calm, competent leader you need. It’s been effective — so effective you might miss that even in a pandemic, Cuomo is fighting to protect the rich and impose austerity, including devastating Medicaid cuts, on everyone else."

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Mar 29, 2020Mar 2020

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LINKAstronaut urine to build moon bases

"The modules that the major space agencies plan to erect on the Moon could incorporate an element contributed by the human colonizers themselves: the urea in their pee. European researchers have found that it could be used as a plasticizer in the concrete of the structures."

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Taboo Island Atlantis

Apr 8, 2020Apr 2020

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John Prine and Iris Dement - In Spite of Ourselves

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Politics

Apr 10, 2020Apr 2020

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LINKKris Kristofferson - Here comes that rainbow again (1982) - YouTube

"Them candies ain't two for a penny." [m.youtube.com]

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Instrumentals

Apr 12, 2020Apr 2020

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Serpico - End credits Thank Glob we've finally been able to weed out all the corruption. /s

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Politics

Apr 12, 2020Apr 2020

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LINKBall and Chain-Social Distortion Lyrics - YouTube

We have a government, that when you desperately need them to throw you a life preserver, is more likely to toss you an anchor. Now, if you're willing and able to buy the life preserver, they might be able to help you out, provided it doesn't inconvenience their corporate puppetmasters. [m.youtube.com]

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Politics

Jun 9, 2020Jun 2020

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2 truths and 31 lies Joe Biden has told about his work in the Civil Rights Movement Since the early 1970s, Joe Biden has been a serial liar when it comes to his "work" in the Civil Rights Movement. It's the equivalent of stolen valor and is ...

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Quotes

Jun 9, 2020Jun 2020

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"A God who could make good children as easily a bad, yet preferred to make bad ones; who could have made every one of them happy, yet never made a single happy one; who made them prize their bitter life, yet stingily cut it short; who gave his angels...

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Politics

Jun 21, 2020Jun 2020

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In examining the dynamic in the current presidential race, it is necessary to understand that Hillary's candidacy was essentially meant to be a continuation of the Obama administration, his "third term" as it were. Her upset caused a lot of ...

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Quotes

Jul 5, 2020Jul 2020

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“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.” ― Robert A. Heinlein :------: "(Reuters) - A predominantly Black group of heavily armed protesters marched through Stone Mountain ...

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Instrumentals

Jul 6, 2020Jul 2020

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Master and Commander violin cello duet part2

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Politics

Jul 6, 2020Jul 2020

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"Biden ran a poor, often nonexistent campaign, and was on the wrong side of the issues from most of his party’s rank and file. And yet in many ways, he and the establishment that dragged him over the finish line more accurately took the pulse of ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jul 24, 2020Jul 2020

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It appears we are in a crisis. So Much Universe, So Little Time. The current crisis in cosmology and how we got here.

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Instrumentals

Jul 27, 2020Jul 2020

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Last of the Mohicans - Jenny O'Connor

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Music, Movies & Books

Jul 28, 2020Jul 2020

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Why It Matters That Seth Rogen Spoke Out Against Israel BY HADAS THIER Seth Rogen grabbed headlines this week for saying he thinks the state of Israel “makes no sense.” He’s right — and his strident words signal a broader shift among ...

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Politics

Aug 3, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by WilliamCharles

Sadly accurate I'm afraid.

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News & Links

Aug 3, 2020Aug 2020

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"I tell ya, if it ain't one thing, it's somethin' else." Rawhide

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Politics

Aug 16, 2020Aug 2020

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Biden fluffers have nothing of substance. Just the endless repetition of "Not Trump!" as if the same crew that gave us Trump in the first place by way of making him their handpicked pied piper to run against their shitty corporate toady candidate can...

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Politics

Aug 18, 2020Aug 2020

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But here's the real twist. More of the same followed soon after. Never saw that coming!

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Quotes

Aug 22, 2020Aug 2020

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Nina Turner, assessing the choice of Biden against President Donald Trump in the November presidential election, told The Atlantic: “It’s like saying to somebody, ‘You have a bowl of shit in front of you, and all you’ve got to do is eat half ...

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Politics

Aug 23, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by WilliamCharles

Makes way too much sense... meaning Dems will just continue to vote shame.

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Politics

Aug 24, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by WilliamCharles

"After 9/11, people were so outraged by thousands of innocent people being killed over a political beef, that they went and killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people over a political beef." LanceThruster

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Progressives, Socialists, and Black/Palestinian Lives Matter

Aug 30, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by WilliamCharles

One of the few times I agree with Joe 100%. 😄 I have his express permission (he said it on several issues near and dear to me, so I'm good to go).

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Philosophy & Meaning

Aug 30, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by WilliamCharles

Possibly one of the sweetest kids on the planet... and I don't care that he's fictional. <3 Butters being Butters - South Park clips

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Silly, Random & Fun

Sep 5, 2020Sep 2020

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- Multiple Boats Sink During ‘Trump Boat Parade’ On Texas Lake - Antifa Navy - Run silent, run deep.

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Politics

Sep 8, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by WilliamCharles

How Attacks On Trump Help Him To Make His Case "But it is somewhat disappointing how little the Democrats have learned about how Donald Trump's campaigning works and how attacks against him are only helping him to make his case. As Matt Taibbi ...

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Desert Island Discs

Sep 9, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by WilliamCharles

And even then, don't be so quick to judge.

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Instrumentals

Sep 13, 2020Sep 2020

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Looney Toons Overture

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Sep 14, 2020Sep 2020

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The Bizarre Behavior of Rotating Bodies, Explained

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Quotes

Sep 14, 2020Sep 2020

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"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." Douglas Adams

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Politics

Sep 16, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by WilliamCharles

Remember as people get outraged by Bob Woodward staying silent about the revelations he had on tape... Congress knew too and sold stock holdings they figured would tank. Congress also chose not to investigate itself over this. ...

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Politics

Sep 18, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by WilliamCharles

Don't sugarcoat it, Doc. 😄

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Quotes

Sep 18, 2020Sep 2020

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If I had a nickel for every time I heard that...

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Politics

Sep 22, 2020Sep 2020

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Tru dat (I need 10 characters min)

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News & Links

May 14, 2022May 2022

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKMother accused of killing her children in West Hills believed they were possessed by demons

WEST HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The mother accused of killing her three young children inside their West Hills home believed they were possessed by demons, Eyewitness News has learned. Angela Flores, 38, was arrested after three children were found dead inside the home on Sunday. She had been expected to be arraigned Wednesday, but it was continued until Aug. 10. Flores remains in jail on $6 million bail. According to authorities, the children's mother admitted to killing them with the ...

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Politics

May 15, 2022May 2022

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKThe killing of Shireen Abu Akleh - Columbia Journalism Review

"EARLY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, Shireen Abu Akleh, a renowned journalist with Al Jazeera’s Arabic service, was shot in the head and killed while reporting on an Israeli raid in Jenin, a city in the occupied West Bank where Israeli forces said they were searching for suspects in recent killings of Israeli and foreign nationals. The Palestinian health ministry was quick to report that the Israeli army killed Abu Akleh, and journalists who witnessed the killing subsequently corroborated that ...

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Instrumentals

May 31, 2022May 2022

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Rocks Off - The Rolling Stones

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Instrumentals

Jun 16, 2022Jun 2022

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David Garrett - Viva La Vida

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Posts

Jun 18, 2022Jun 2022

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The Second Waltz - Dmitri Shostakovich

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Instrumentals

Jun 19, 2022Jun 2022

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It's ironic that one of the States' Rights issues that is conveniently overlooked a was a state's right to choose not to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act.

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Politics

Jul 15, 2022Jul 2022

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKThree Illuminating Quotes About The War In Ukraine

"Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, and Chris Hedges have lent their expertise to the subject of the war in Ukraine with some recent comments that help bring some much-needed clarity to an often confusing and always contentious issue."

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Politics

Aug 6, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by WilliamCharles

To the surviving people of Palestine, I am truly so very sorry that you, your families, your neighbors, and your country suffer so as a brutal slaughter is waged across your land. I have tried to remain informed and active politically so that I ...

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Politics

Aug 7, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by WilliamCharles

I look at the pictures of Palestinian dead and injured, mangled almost to a point beyond recognition, suffering in agony and grief and terror if alive, the children without any understanding as to why... as I would seeing high beams on the road at ...

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Instrumentals

Aug 12, 2022Aug 2022

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Happy Talk - Victor Silvester

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Instrumentals

Aug 20, 2022Aug 2022

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Here Comes My Baby

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Taboo Island Atlantis

Aug 21, 2022Aug 2022

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One Day - Sharon Van Etten

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Politics

Aug 27, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKThe Democratic Party is a Fifth Column for Right-wing Lunacy - CounterPunch.org

"How does one wrap one’s mind around the fact that at the very moment a Democrat-led House select committee was investigating the January 6 insurrection, the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) was pouring money into the primary campaigns of some of the worst of the election denialists, whose lies fueled the Brownshirt thuggery on that terrible day? Is it possible that the Democrats don’t understand the risks of working to strengthen and consolidate the most virulently racist, xenophobic,...

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Instrumentals

Sep 3, 2022Sep 2022

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A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Moonrise Kingdom

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Quotes

Sep 11, 2022Sep 2022

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“The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interrèd with their bones”

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Politics

Sep 19, 2022Sep 2022

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When the church has been an integral part of proclaiming the Divine Right of Kings, it pretty much negates any of their own claims to authority.

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Politics

Sep 19, 2022Sep 2022

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKRoyal Money: Charles III and the Wealth Dimension - CounterPunch.org

"Once the fixated adoration with the late Queen Elizabeth II starts cooling, the accountants of public welfare and decency will be stunned to realise the costs and wealth associated with the royal institution. Her successor, Charles III, is continuing in that vein, a jarring note of wealth and pomp even as prices rise and the hefty bills for citizens (should we say subjects?), bite. The argument that the monarchy makes money for the British state and others in the Commonwealth starts to ...

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Instrumentals

Sep 26, 2022Sep 2022

Posted by WilliamCharles

The Girl I left Behind Me/Redwing - Pioneer Valley Fiddlers

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Politics

Oct 3, 2022Oct 2022

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LINKGermany and EU have been handed over a declaration of war – The Vineyard of the Saker

"The sabotage of the Nord Stream (NS) and Nord Stream 2 (NS2) pipelines in the Baltic Sea has ominously propelled ‘Disaster Capitalism’ to a whole new, toxic level. This episode of Hybrid Industrial/Commercial War, in the form of a terror attack against energy infrastructure in international waters signals the absolute collapse of international law, drowned by a “our way or the highway”, “rules-based”, order."

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Politics

Oct 23, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKHow Long Will the GOP Continue to Shrink the Middle Class Rather than Grow It?

"A middle class, when mishandled, can be a powerful and fearsome thing, as the rulers of Iran and Russia are discovering. Both regimes are now teetering on the edge of collapse because of popular uprisings that would not have happened without a middle-class in each country. People paralyzed by grinding poverty rarely revolt — it takes a lot to produce “barrio uprisings” — because their lives are consumed with day-to-day survival issues. But when people are prosperous enough that ...

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Politics

Nov 30, 2022Nov 2022

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LINKWhy the West hesitates to condemn racism It’s simple: support for Israel, the rightward political shift in the West, and the colonial roots of the global order.

"The West’s unwavering support of Israel and its apartheid-like policies targeting Palestinians also makes any unequivocal criticism of racism difficult for these countries. But there’s also a deeper reason: the role that racism and colonialism have played in shaping the current global order. Committing to reparative action for these past crimes could threaten the West’s privileged standing on the global stage."

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Politics

Dec 2, 2022Dec 2022

Posted by WilliamCharles

Fucking Kabuki theater.

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Politics

Dec 7, 2022Dec 2022

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKTerminating the Constitution

"Despite the evidence to the contrary we are not, in fact, living through an alternative reality simulation. This all actually happened: In the last two weeks, Donald Trump pledged solidarity with the January 6 rioters, dined with two Holocaust-denying fans of Adolf Hitler, and called for the termination of the Constitution. And he remains the front-runner and clear favorite for the GOP nomination for president in 2024."

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Politics

Dec 10, 2022Dec 2022

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LINKChris Hedges: Israel & the Rise of a New Fascism

"The mask is being lifted from the face of Israel’s apartheid state, exposing a grinning death’s head that portends the obliteration of the few restraints against killing Palestinians."

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Politics

Dec 27, 2022Dec 2022

Posted by WilliamCharles

Years ago, from Mad Magazine (from memory) WAR (sung to to the tune of More) War, helps to keep the population down. War, means less people in a crowded town. War, let's us try out new artillery. War, gives our soldiers foreign trips for free. War...

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News & Links

Jan 2, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by WilliamCharles

It still sounds weird to my ears to have news reports talking about prayers for someone (in this case, the Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin) being universally expressed. Of course I wish him well, but prayers not being part of it.

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Politics

Jan 24, 2023Jan 2023

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Leslie Jones on classified documents.

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Quotes

Feb 16, 2023Feb 2023

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“When I feed the poor, they call me a saint, but when I ask why the poor are hungry, they call me a communist. Dom Helder Camara – one of the great prophets of Christian "Liberation theology".” ― Dom Helder Camara Archbishop of Recife in ...

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Taboo Island Atlantis

Apr 7, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by WilliamCharles

Burning Sensations - Belly of the Whale

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Instrumentals

Apr 14, 2023Apr 2023

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Lost On You - Kasia Lipert

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Quotes

May 22, 2023May 2023

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Titus Pullo: Forculus, if you be the right god for the business here, I call on you to help. If you would open this door, then I would kill for you a fine white lamb, or, failing that, if I couldn't get a good one at a decent price, then six pigeons....

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Politics

May 29, 2023May 2023

Posted by WilliamCharles

Battle Hymn of the Republic - Robert Fisher

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Instrumentals

Jun 1, 2023Jun 2023

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Yellow Bird - Chet Atkins Arrangement

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 5, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKMaking Anger your Ally | Toko-pa's Official Website

"Anger is one of those emotions that’s been long-stricken from the social palette of acceptability. Especially for women, who are taught that being angry makes you unlikeable, and being unlikeable is a kind of rejection from Femininity itself. So many set about a lifetime of unspoken penance to becoming ‘a nice person.’ You turn down your volume, soften your step, retract your talons and acquiesce. But a terrible thing is lost in the suppression of anger – your relationship with one ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Apr 5, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKWorld's First Home Hydrogen Battery Powers Your House for 3 Days, is Recyclable, and Not a Fire Risk

"For homes in New South Wales Australia, LAVO is offering a green battery storage system to retain the sun for darker days, using a clever system of electrolysis to generate energy from stored hydrogen. The special material in which the hydrogen is stored is leagues safer than conventional technologies. It has a product life of around 30 years, and it can be recycled."

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Politics

Apr 6, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by WilliamCharles

Sadly accurate.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Apr 6, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKLearn About the Rover - NASA Mars

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Epitaph by Merrit Malloy When I die Give what’s left of me away To children And old men that wait to die. And if you need to cry, Cry for your brother Walking the street beside you. And when you need me, Put your arms Around anyone And give ...

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Silly, Random & Fun

Apr 7, 2021Apr 2021

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LINKOpinion | The Republican Party Must Be Purged Like the Nazis and Fascists

"President Joe Biden has largely given up on trying to negotiate anything with Republicans. There's a good reason for this: the GOP is no longer a legitimate political party. One of the most comprehensive and well respected surveys of political parties worldwide is called the Global Party Survey and came out of work done at Harvard in the US and Sydney University in Australia. The researchers note: "Drawing on survey data gathered from 1,861 party and election experts, the study uses 21 core ...

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Politics

May 8, 2021May 2021

Posted by WilliamCharles

Probably one of my favorite Black Panther images. It is shameful the US government responses to their community efforts.

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Politics

May 12, 2021May 2021

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKOn Palestine, the Media Is Allergic to the Truth

"As media critics have pointed out for years, if you came in with little to no idea of what was going on and simply surveyed the headlines from the past few days about “clashes” between Israeli forces and Palestinians, you’d never know Palestinians were protesting an Israeli land grab. Nor would you know the “clashes” were happening because Israeli police had decided to attack Palestinian worshippers in one of Islam’s holiest sites. In fact, in one particularly egregious case, you ...

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Politics

May 12, 2021May 2021

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINK"As the Arabs see the Jews" His Majesty King Abdullah, The American Magazine 1947

"This fascinating essay, written by King Hussein’s grandfather King Abdullah, appeared in the United States six months before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. In the article, King Abdullah disputes the mistaken view that Arab opposition to Zionism (and later the state of Israel) is because of longstanding religious or ethnic hatred. He notes that Jews and Muslims enjoyed a long history of peaceful coexistence in the Middle East, and that Jews have historically suffered far more at the hands of ...

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Quotes

May 13, 2021May 2021

Posted by WilliamCharles

I grew up with the conventional wisdom believing that the Israelis were the "white hats" and that the Palestinians/Arabs/Muslims were the "black hats." After 9/11, I wanted to know more about the conflict in the ME. I came to the realization that the...

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Instrumentals

May 19, 2021May 2021

Posted by WilliamCharles

Led Zepplin / Black Dog on accordion

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Quotes

May 31, 2021May 2021

Posted by WilliamCharles

"What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea coasts, the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of our gallant and disciplined army. These are not our reliance against a ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jun 8, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKAnti-Nazi Germans – the Hidden Story of German Working class Resistance | Tony Greenstein

Fascinating piece.

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