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

Need I Say More?

Today is June 6th.  I often don’t even think to look at the local news, so caught up am I in the national politics, global events, and happenings of …

Need I Say More?

Patologia

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No que se refere a violência contra a mulher, muito do que se diz e tratar como patologia, na verdade, não passa de uma questão cultural. Nem sempre são ” os monstros ” como se costuma adjetivar os homens que praticam crimes bárbaros contra a mulher, por exemplo. Claro, não são todos que agem dessa forma; pelo contrário, existem aqueles que são lúcidos e, contra algo dessa natureza. Todavia, na maioria dos casos, quando se tentar qualificar um comportamento como patológico, coisas como ” ah, fulano é assim…”. Ou ” ele faz isso”, porque sofreu muito quando era criança. Me recuso a concordar que seja. É o próprio homem que carrega consigo a informação, desde muito tempo que, a mulher – foi e é vista, pelo menos por uma parcela masculina ainda, que ela continua sendo objeto de sua propriedade. Por que se contabiliza tantas mortes com requinte de crueldade…

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♫ Uptown Girl ♫ (Redux)

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Yesterday, when I played a song by Barry Manilow for my friend Carolyn, a couple of people, including Carolyn herself, mentioned Billy Joel and I started thinking that it’s been a while since I’ve played a Billy Joel song.  Turns out, I’ve already played four of his this year, and we’re not even halfway through the year!  Still, by that time, I had Billy Joel on my mind, so I decided to play this one that I haven’t played since back in 2019!  I like the rhythm, like the video, like most everything about it and I hope you will, too!


Released in 1983, Uptown Girl was conceived on an occasion when he was surrounded by Christie Brinkley, Whitney Houston and his then girlfriend Elle Macpherson.

“The song was originally called ‘Uptown Girls’ not ‘Uptown Girl.’ I know its associated with Christie but when I started to write that song…

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I CANNOT DO IT!

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I JUST CAN’T BE A POLLYANNA, even when she’s preferred in times of stress.   If I write from the gut, I find I’m both idealistic and realistic. I suspect my reader is, too.  I cannot deny some headlines in recent news.  Apologies, I should have known better.

A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn

Leaders from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic and other A.I. labs warn that future systems could be as deadly as pandemics and nuclear weapons.  NYTimes

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State Farm stops offering new insurance coverage in California – nytimes</span></h2>

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INFO:

Of the roughly 32 million refugees in the world today, the United States’ current cap for resettlement is 125,000. In 2022 the United States came nowhere near meeting it, resettling just 25,000 refugees

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MORE INFO:

Because of the federal actions that rendered usury regulations functionally irrelevant, there is virtually no interest rate cap applicable to credit…

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