Latest thoughts
Read my thoughts and musings on recent events.
Find several articles of interest in the list to the right and thoughts of interest.
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The Bizarre, Unanimous Dem Support for the $40b War Package to Raytheon and CIA: “For Ukraine”
My thoughts and musings on our latest war effort.
Supreme Court expansion is not the answer
An email composed to share my thoughts on the draft that came out this week.
Change the South You Change the Country, and the South is Changing
Adam Harris, November 4, 2020, The Atlantic
Big margins in cities, gains in the suburbs:
How Joe Biden won Wisconsin
Katelyn Ferral, The Capital Times
This is a long article by Glenn Greenwald but an important one to the awareness that Trump was not the threat of Authoritarianism in the US but we (US) are.
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The Splendid and the Vile about Churchill and Germany and what the British endured and the mistakes of Hitler and the greatness of the Russian people from May of 1940 to June of 1941. The Russian people have never been acknowledged much less thanked In this time of COVID we worry about our children falling behind when the children who stayed in London and even those who left their parents behind experienced fear because no place was off limits to the German bombs
Morning Thoughts (on Authoritarianism)
Tom Spellman, December 29, 2020
Foundation of Our Democracy
Tom Spellman, December 28, 2020
These references will be to those movies and books that are a pure joy to watch and read because you will have the opportunity to experience Genius • Greatness • Excellence • Authenticity
Inauguration Poem by Amanda Gorman
The Hill We Climb full text
Linda Ronstadt – The Sound of My Voice 2019
A voice from its beginning that is clear of sound and of purpose A person who KNOWS, a person who is AWARE of what her voice can do and does. The other two voices: Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris
The Imitation Game 2014
To see Genius Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turning. The film portrays the race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Bletchley Park, Britain’s top-secret Code and Cypher School. To have the code that reveals the future actions of the German armed forces but not to be able to use its information.
Love is a Verb 2014
To see the POWER of LOVE. The power of thousands of simple acts of caring and the willingness to be part of such a sustained effort. About a global movement of faithful Muslims inspired by the teachings of Fethulah Gulen. “Preaching” – Social Activism – Dialogue – Education – Peace. Gulen has now inspired two generations of educators and humanitarian workers where they are most needed around the glob. BUT he and the movement could not escape from controversy in his own country, Turkey. The threat of LOVE, the threat of CARING for one’s neighbor is so threating to POWER that it is attacked viciously with a twisted logic and hate.