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Hope needs compassionate action. Best to be compassionate anyway.
Many self-avowed 'critical thinkers', especially on Twitter, seem to not think critically.
Joined Nov 2022
Little Rock Nine:
"Clockwise from left rear, the volunteers recruited to desegregate Central High: Jefferson Thomas, Melba Pattillo, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls, Arkansas NAACP president Daisy Bates, Ernest Green, Gloria Ray, Elizabeth Eckford, Minnijean Brown, Thelma Mothershed."
TIME @Time
(10:18 PM ET ยท Oct 20, 2024):
Thelma Mothershed Wair, of the school-integrating Little Rock Nine, dies at 83
https://time.com/7095372/thelma-mothershed-wair-little-rock-nine-arkansas-obituary/
A review by Barbara Majsa of Exit: Leaving Extremism Behind:
https://www.barbaramajsa.com/reviews/life-after-hate-a-review-of-the-documentary-exit-by-karen-winther
I just finished watching this documentary.
Exit: Leaving Extremism Behind (Norway/Germany/Sweden | 2018), a film by Karen Winther
"A former right-wing extremist explores why people join hate groups and what makes them decide to leave."
https://www.wmm.com/catalog/film/exit-leaving-extremism-behind/
Charlotte Caffey, American guitarist, "best known for her work in the rock band the Go-Go's in the 1980s" (Wikipedia), was born on Oct. 21, 1953. #CharlotteCaffey
The Go-Go's - "Our Lips Are Sealed" (Jane Wiedlin, Terry Hall) (1981)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TvfPbT_fTY
Charlotte Caffey, American guitarist, "best known for her work in the rock band the Go-Go's in the 1980s" (Wikipedia), was born on Oct. 21, 1953. #CharlotteCaffey
The Go-Go's - "We Got the Beat" (Charlotte Caffey) (released in 1981)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f55KlPe81Yw
Elvin Bishop, American blues and rock music singer, guitarist, bandleader, and songwriter, an original member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, was born on October 21, 1942. #ElvinBishop
Elvin Bishop - "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" (Elvin Bishop) (Live, originally released on album in 1975), Mickey Thomas on lead vocals
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ4eeZ1si4E
Steve Cropper, American guitarist, songwriter and record producer, "guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, which backed artists such as Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas and Johnnie Taylor" (Wikipedia), was born on October 21, 1941. #SteveCropper
Booker T. & The MG's - "Time Is Tight" (Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson Jr., Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve Cropper) (Live, 1970)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbBcXvKvB08
Manfred Mann, South-African-born U.K. musician, was born on Oct. 21st. #ManfredMann
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - "Blinded by the Light" (Bruce Springsteen) (1978)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgOvpIK_kSA
Manfred Mann, South-African-born U.K. musician, of bands Manfred Mann, Manfred Mann Chapter Three and Manfred Mann's Earth Band, was born on Oct. 21st. #ManfredMann
Manfred Mann - "The Mighty Quinn" (Bob Dylan) (1968)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STV9u3b-g7k
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer, was born on Oct. 21, 1917 (d. 1993). #DizzyGillespie
"Hot House" (Tadd Dameron) (1951) w/ Charlie Parker
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejlsnuKyJEA
https://x.com/harris_wins/status/1848053041292784070
Kamalaโs Wins @harris_wins
(1:25 PM ET ยท Oct 20, 2024):
"BREAKING: Anne Hathaway just gave the clearest reasons why Donald Trumpโs overturning Roe v. Wade is devastating to millions of Americans. The only way to end this is by electing Kamala Harris & a democratic Congress. Retweet so all Americans see this."
(From Dream for America)
#Politics #Election #Law #Musk
"Elon Musk Veers Into Clearly Illegal Vote Buying, Offering $1 Million Per Day Lottery Prize Only to Registered Voters"
https://electionlawblog.org/
#MeidasTouch Fox refuses to air thisโฆyou know what to do. #HarrisWalz2024
https://x.com/i/status/1848015411071058176
Fifth Circuit blocks an order from Judge Reed O'Connor that #MediaMatters turn over donor information to X Corp. in a lawsuit over the group's coverage of #xitter, holding that MM is likely to succeed in its appeal to stop the donor disclosure.
womp womp
B.C. Votes, 2024
No clear winner in B.C. election race between NDP, Conservatives
Parties locked in near dead heat with vast majority of polls counted
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/british-columbia/2024/results/
Temperature here in the 20s (Centigrade). Not usual for October.
Mark King, English musician, lead singer and bassist of the jazz-funk band Level 42, known for his slap style of playing the bass guitar (Wikipedia), was born on October 20, 1958. #MarkKing
Level 42 - "Lessons in Love" (Wally Badarou, Mark King, Rowland Charles Gould) (2010, 30th Anniversary World Tour)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R26M6EpMRcU
Tom Petty, American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor, was born on Oct. 20, 1950 (d. 2017). #TomPetty
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - "Don't Do Me Like That" (Tom Petty) (Live) (1979, probably)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbMsdCMC_N0
Wanda Jackson, American singer and songwriter, "among the first women to have a career in rock and roll" (Wikipedia), was born on Oct. 20th. #WandaJackson
Wanda Jackson - "Hard Headed Woman" (Claude Demetrius) (1961)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzJ3hiqsi0U
neal ๐ป๐บ๐ฆ๐ณโ๏ธโฎ๐๐ต
- Soundcloud
- https://soundcloud.com/nealfig
- LibraryThing
- https://www.librarycat.org/lib/nealfig
Hope needs compassionate action. Best to be compassionate anyway.
Many self-avowed 'critical thinkers', especially on Twitter, seem to not think critically.
Joined Nov 2022