Ein Panda als Olympia-Maskottchen 2022

Senioren um die Welt

Wie von vielen erhofft und erwartet wurde, fiel die Wahl für das offizielle Maskottchen der Olympischen Winterspiele 2022 in Peking auf einen Panda, den man den Namen “Bing Dwen Dwen” gab. Der “schwarz-weiße und leicht pummelige Bär habe ein Herz aus Gold und liebt vor allem den Wintersport”, so lautete die Meinung des Organisationskomitees.


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The Week’s Best Cartoons 2/19 — Political⚡Charge

just drive, will you?

Every weekend, TokyoSand at politicalcharge.org shares her favorite editorial cartoons of the week. These cartoonists have a special talent, able to distill current events into concise images; sometimes amusing, sometimes enraging, always thought provoking. I think this week’s are too good to keep, so here they are. Larry

By Walt Handelsman While there was plenty of drama here at home, I must admit I was more preoccupied by what was happening overseas. It appears our cartoonists were, too. Here At Home By Matt Davies By Clay Bennett By Mike Luckovich By Ann Telnaes By Clay Jones By Clay Bennett By Marc Murphy By…

The Week’s Best Cartoons 2/19 — Political⚡Charge

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The Week’s Best Cartoons 2/19

Filosofa's Word

Once again, TokyoSand has scoured the ‘net and come up with some very apt cartoons that tell in few or no words what was on our minds and in our news this past week.  Thank you, TS, for all your hard work in many areas!


While there was plenty of drama here at home, I must admit I was more preoccupied by what was happening overseas. It appears our cartoonists were, too. Here At Home By Matt Davies By Clay Bennett By Mike Luckovich By Ann Telnaes By Clay Jones By Clay Bennett By Marc Murphy By…

See all the ‘toons at TokyoSand’s Political Charge!

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Ann and Anna, (serial short story, Part 21): River

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

        Part  20 (Into The Night), was last Sunday…

       Our ride in the carriage, that night, seated back to back as Anna and I were, was at least sure against the winter chill.  I’d laid an extra blanket over little Tilly, then snuggled back up against Anna.  At some point during our ride, she had turned to cradle me in her arms as we slept.  I awoke nuzzling the inside of her neck, and rose with a start, as I saw our Tilly observing me.  My cheeks began to burn as I wondered how long she might have been awake.

 

“It’s ok, Miss Willow.  Your servant Joe Wright is here to keep us safe, Missus.”

 

I was so relieved, I hardly knew what to say.  “Oh, Tilly, you don’t need to play our game here.  We are alone.”

 

She shook her head most…

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Marii Freire Pereira

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” Violência não tem desculpa, tem consciência, coragem para denunciar e LEI”

Marii Freire Pereira

Essa blusa, irá fazer parte de um projeto pessoal, onde assim como, muitas outras, vou trabalhar a questão da violência contra a mulher. Já tem algum tempo que, vinha pensando numa maneira de fazer com que ideias boas ( ideias que sirvam ao combater a violência), se espalhe por aí, e que o seu resultado, ajude essas vítima da violência, a ter capacidade de refletir sobre a sua própria realidade. O intuito maior, é aguçar a mente dessas mulheres para que, olhando para dentro daquilo que precisa ser mudado, elas tenham coragem para buscar ajuda.

É sabido que todas nós mulheres, estamos sujeitas a sofrer, ou seja, vir a ser ( uma vítima a mais da violência) a violência que acontece principalmente da ” porta pra dentro” que é a violência doméstica. Mas não é…

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