Glory to Ukraine

Grounds For Hope

Image by Enrique from Pixabay 

Against rage and unmatched forces
We’ll overcome, for we stand tall
Against fury and undeserved strikes
We are a mighty power and as one.
From the shores of Azov and the Black Sea 
To the chernozem and boundless prairies
Golden fields as far as an eye can see
Bountiful blessing from God 
Where a fighting spirit never grows weary.
The majestic bells and prayers from Pochaiv
Will dissipate our enemy’s strength
Our power comes from the rocks of the Kamianets -Podilskyi fortress
Our promises aren’t small talks.
From the beautiful steppes and mines of Donetsk 
To the lungs of the earth - invigorating Carpathian forests
Healing waters from Mount Hoverla never cease 
soothes aches and gives strength for life to flourish. 

Проти люті і незрівнянних сил Ми подолаємо, бо ми міцно стоїмо Проти підлих і незаслужених ударів Ми могутня сила і як одне ціле…

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A Memorabilia for My First Love

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

A Memorabilia for My First Love

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Thơ » Việt Nam » Hiện đại » Linh Phương

Phạm Duy phổ nhạc

Thái Thanh trình bày

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When was my return you had asked

My answer was soon(soon I will be home)

Not from the battle at Pleime

Or Đức Cơ – Đồng Xoài – Bình Giả

My return through the swaying trees

My return in a wooden box pinned with flowers

My return on a stretcher

On a helicopter the whites of mourning

Hidden from sunlight upon dusk my return

Shrouding wholly my soul, a sad poncho

Upon your brilliant black hair my return

Adorned in haste the mourning cloth of an eternal goodbye.

Upon your woeful sorrow my return

The copper bullet a memorabilia then

A keepsake upon your marriage, my gift

The virtue of a girl lost…

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Chico César

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Para viver em estado de poesia

Me entranharia nestes sertões de você

Para deixar a vida que eu vivia

De cigania antes de te conhecer

De enganos livres que eu tinha porque queria

Por não saber que mais dia menos dia

Eu todo me encantaria pelo todo do teu ser

Pra misturar meia noite meio dia

E enfim saber que cantaria a cantoria

Que há tempo queria

A canção do bem querer

É belo vês o amor sem anestesia

Dói de bom, arde de doce

Queima, acalma

Mata, cria

Chega tem vez que a pessoa que enamora

Se pega e chora do que ontem mesmo ria

Chega tem hora que ri dentro pra fora

Não fica nem vai embora

É o estado de poesia

Chico César. Estado de Poesia

http://www.letras.mus.br

Marii Freire

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Imagem: pinterest/Juice Santos

Santarém, Pá 25 de agosto de 2022

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IRS will refund $1.2 billion in late tax filing penalties to 1.6 million taxpayers – UPI.com

“The penalty relief issued today is yet another way the agency is supporting people during this unprecedented time. This penalty relief will be automatic for people or businesses who qualify; there’s no need to call.”

The IRS issued a notice Wednesday detailing the penalty relief, which will be issued automatically to taxpayers who have filed their late returns on or before Sept. 30.

The IRS said the step is being taken so it can focus resources on processing backlogged returns in an effort to return to normal operations for the 2023 tax filing season.

The penalties will be waived, abated, refunded or credited. Many of these penalty refunds and credits are expected to come by the end of September, according to the IRS.

Source: IRS will refund $1.2 billion in late tax filing penalties to 1.6 million taxpayers – UPI.com

A Promise Made … And Kept

Filosofa's Word

This week, President Biden announced his student loan forgiveness program … a long-awaited program to help those lower-and-middle income people who are struggling under a mound of student debt.  Since this is a program that helps real people, not wealthy corporate executives, it was to be expected that the Republicans would be up in arms, and they did not disappoint. It is reminiscent of the hue-and-cry when President Obama announced the Affordable Care Act, aka ‘Obamacare’.  I’ve read a number of editorials, both pro and con, but I think Robert Hubbell sums it up best …


Promises Kept.

Robert B. Hubbell

25 August 2022

       President Biden kept another campaign promise on Wednesday by announcing a student loan forgiveness program that will cancel up to $20,000 for certain borrowers. Importantly, the plan also provides relief to future borrowers by cutting in half the amount that borrowers have to pay each…

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