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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

As US aircraft carrier docks in Da Nang, Vietnamese premier visits Beijing — Radio Free Asia

Source: As US aircraft carrier docks in Da Nang, Vietnamese premier visits Beijing — Radio Free Asia

Wise Words Of Warning … | Filosofa’s Word

…When Republicans faced an 11th-hour reckoning with another of their presidents over far less serious offenses almost 50 years ago, the elder statesmen of the party marched into the Oval Office and told Richard Nixon the truth. He had lost his Republican support and he would be impeached if he did not resign. The beleaguered Nixon resigned the next day and left the White House the day following.

Such is what it means to put country over party. History tends to look favorably upon a party that writes its own history, as Winston Churchill might have said.

Republicans have waited in vain for political absolution. It’s finally time for them to put the country before their party and pull back from the brink — for the good of the party, as well as the nation.

If not now, then they must forever hold their peace…

Source: Wise Words Of Warning … | Filosofa’s Word

Abbott Torpedoes Sickle-Cell Legislation on Juneteenth Weekend

 This legislative session, advocates celebrated the passage of House Bill 181, which would have established a sickle cell patient registry.

However, celebrations over the registry were cut short last week, when Governor Greg Abbott announced he had vetoed the bill. Supporters of the bill were quick to point out the irony of Abbott’s timing: The announcement came over Juneteenth weekend, just a few days before World Sickle Day.

Source: Abbott Torpedoes Sickle-Cell Legislation on Juneteenth Weekend

Learning about love…by Magic Mixture – Magic Mixture

Yes, loving is hard

And it’s easy too

love the good

too easy

Like perfect?

And how not?!

But who is against us?

Respond to us

Challenge us, challenge us?

Loving implies looking

look next

as for ourselves

But look with compassion

observe the hidden truth

Hidden in a harsh gesture

In a bitter word

Loving what’s hurt

Withered, trampled in the soul

So no, I don’t want

I can’t, I give up

Inner change is what I need

I insist, I persist

I still get there

Loving is easy, it’s hard …

I’m going ahead

I’m still at the beginning…

Source: Learning about love…by Magic Mixture – Magic Mixture

How Africans are bridging the language digital divide · Global Voices

…Wikimedia affiliates and language groups include the Wikimedians of Twi Language Group, The Dagbani Wikimedians Group, The Gungbe Wikimedians User Group, the Hausa Wikimedians Group, Tyap Wikimedians Group, the Swahili Wikimedians Group, The Fante Wikimedians Group and the Frafra Wikimedians Group. These groups establish Wikipedia version… Source: How Africans are bridging the language digital divide · Global Voices

In Jamaica, citizens urge action, not more words, following a child’s murder · Global Voices

On June 8, an eight-year-old student of Braeton Primary and Infant School, Danielle Rowe, was collected from school by an unknown person. A Jamaica Defence Force soldier later found the child on a street in Kingston with her throat cut; she eventually died at the Bustamante Children’s Hospital on June 10. There followed an extraordinary outpouring of emotion and grief on social media as Jamaicans agonised over her fate. Source: In Jamaica, citizens urge action, not more words, following a child’s murder · Global Voices