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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
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Good morning.
I have to work but I want to at least say hello.
Three different topics came to mind this morning and I began writing a poem in the early hours but I am not satisfied with the one i started so will share later.
Remember that today our Governor is meeting with supporters at four.. I think it’s worth listening to.
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Guess whom this song is about.
Joan Baez - "Nasty Man" (Baez) (2017)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHQ7N9lEl_E
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"The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid "dens of crime" that Dickens loved to paint. ... it is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voices."
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Rickie Lee Jones, American singer, songwriter, musician, and author, was born on November 8, 1954. #RickieLeeJones
Rickie Lee Jones - "Chuck E.'s in Love" (Rickie Lee Jones) (1979)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0D_KHSFjjM
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Bonnie Raitt, American blues singer, guitarist, songwriter, and activist, was born on Nov. 8th. #BonnieRaitt
"Can't Find My Way Home" (Steve Winwood) w/ pre-song talk which ends around 2:10 (1972, w/ Lowell George, John Hammond Jr. and Freebo)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4tJiyU_gjY
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Bonnie Raitt, American blues singer, guitarist, songwriter, and activist, was born on Nov. 8th. #BonnieRaitt
"Something to Talk About" (Shirley Eikhard) (1991)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ58TVYNFro
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Bonnie Raitt, American blues singer, guitarist, songwriter, and activist, was born on Nov. 8th. #BonnieRaitt
"Angel From Montgomery" (John Prine) (2019)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnFZlEYU7XY
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Minnie Riperton, American soul singer best known for her 1975 single "Lovin' You" and her five-octave vocal range, was born on November 8, 1947 (d.1979). #MinnieRipperton
Minnie Riperton - "Lovin' You" (Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph) (1975)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I3UTG1dSTc
Margaret E Atwood @MargaretAtwood
(9:30 PM ET · Nov 6, 2024):
Despair is not an option. It helps no one.
I have thought that, if the Republicans take the House, at least there is the Senate Filibuster. But they could remove that, I suppose.
Yusuf / Cat Stevens @YusufCatStevens
(4:58 AM ET · Nov 7, 2024):
"Don’t tell me who won… I’ll just pray here till things get better
It's an almost-600-page book, but worth the read because it focuses on a pivotal year in a great country, where some were struggling for the civil rights of disenfranchised people, while others resisted.
"Carry Me Home : Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution" by Diane McWhorter (2001)
#Books #CivilRights #History
If you don't have time to read the book, this might suffice:
"Bookmark with Don Noble: Diane McWhorter" (posted 2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx1rFK4WP3U
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If you TRULY want to stop fascism:
• Stop visiting/subscribing to the NYT
• Ditto with WaPo
• Do not go to Fox
• Support Pro Publica
• Support Independent news
The Fourth Eatate failed us. Time to give our money to those who do REAL journalism, not act as stenographers or Nazi-Whisperers.
Was this all for naught? No. It can never be so. We need to double our efforts.
"Carry Me Home : Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution" by Diane McWhorter (2001)
#Books
https://www.librarything.com/work/35271/book/245776589
Well, as far as I have found, the House of Representatives numbers are still not final. I hope that the Democrats get control of that, at least.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-us-election-results/house/
Waking up to the End of America - It happened here
(Mary L. Trump, Nov 07, 2024)
The Aftermath. Fighting Fascism by Building On All That We Achieved During the Campaign
(Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Nov 06, 2024)
https://lucid.substack.com/p/the-aftermath-fighting-fascism-by
Grieve Today, Fight Tomorrow: In the shadow of defeat, we can find our strength.
(Michelle H. Davis, Nov 06, 2024)
Ten Articles Explaining the 2024 Election
- Some background reading
(Sarah Kendzior, Nov 06, 2024)
https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/ten-articles-explaining-the-2024
neal 🌻🇺🇦🌳⚖️☮📚🎵
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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