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Spring is in the air …
At the beginning of February, when the earth appears frozen and lifeless, there are stirrings below the surface and above us in the sky. The light is returning; today there is nearly an hour more […]
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Election 2016
President Obama: “We will win because we focus on the things that matter in the lives of the American people”
President Obama spoke at the House Democratic Issues Conference in Baltimore Maryland on Thursday. Tonight, I have an announcement to make about the presidential race: Democrats will win in November and we will have a […]
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President Obama – “The State of our Union is strong”
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I’ll be right there with you as a citizen – inspired […]
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For my 52nd, seeking donations for 2 causes
This picture is me at last year’s Hill Country Ride for AIDS, with Thor. I’ve done this ride every year it has existed. I love it beyond anything. It is one day of the way […]
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The Looming of Bastet
Black, beautiful, and wild described Pombagira Rodriguez. Her promiscuous nature would have doomed her to perpetual pregnancy if it hadn’t been for a certain medical procedure a year ago; as it was, she was known […]
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Tamir would be alive if he had been white
The New York Times goes there … lays in out in, yes, black and white and in plain sight. Tamir Rice of Cleveland would be alive today had he been a white 12-year-old playing with […]
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Treatment for Mental Illness, Chicago Style
Two killed by Chicago Police responding to ‘domestic disturbance’. Collateral damage from the failure to train law enforcement to handle situations involving mental illness? Fierce
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Oh Hai, the Returning Light!
The winter solstice “occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. Though the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, the term is […]
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President Obama’s Year End Press Conference – UPDATED with Transcript
On Friday, December 18th, President Obama will hold a press conference, billed as his year end press conference as the government “shuts down” for the winter holidays. It won’t be a literal shutdown because the […]
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Weekly Address: President Obama – Standing Strong in the Face of Terrorism
The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President praised […]