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Bye Bye Miss American Pie

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American singer and songwriter Don McLean is known as the “American Troubadour” or “King of the Trail” to his many fans. His biggest claim to fame is his hit song “American Pie” from 1971.

In 1969 McLean began his musical journey by releasing his album Tapestry. Even though this album did not bring him great fame it included the successful song “Castles in the Air” which charted on the Easy Listening chart.

To read more about Don McLean and hear his song please follow the link below:

https://vocal.media/beat/as-american-as-apple-pie-hhp100le?utm

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Garry Rayno: History Is Not Always Comfortable | Diane Ravitch’s blog

Like many other states, New Hampshire passed a law forbidding the teaching of “divisive concepts” or anything that might make students “uncomfortable.” Such laws ban teaching truthfully and direct teachers to engage in self-censorship. Teachers who dare to violate these ridiculous laws risk being fired and losing their teaching license. Such laws are, in fact, shameful and an insult to freedom of inquiry, the freedom to teach and the freedom to learn. Petty tyrants suppress knowledge.

Source: Garry Rayno: History Is Not Always Comfortable | Diane Ravitch’s blog

In Howard Address, Biden Warns of ‘Sinister Forces’ Trying to Reverse Racial Progress – The New York Times

President Biden declared on Saturday that white supremacy is “the most dangerous terrorist threat to our homeland” and warned a predominantly Black audience that “sinister forces” embraced by his predecessor and putative challenger are trying to reverse generations of racial progress in America.

President Biden declared on Saturday that white supremacy is “the most dangerous terrorist threat to our homeland” and warned a predominantly Black audience that “sinister forces” embraced by his predecessor and putative challenger are trying to reverse generations of racial progress in America.

‘I was born to do this’: Ukraine’s 2016 Eurovision winner Jamala on why Putin fears her people, the Tatars | Crimea | The Guardian

“That is not so long ago … When you speak about Russian Crimea, we have to acknowledge that hundreds of thousands [of Russians] are only there because the peninsula was ethnically cleansed,” Finnin said. “The tsars started the process and Stalin tried to finish it.”

Source: ‘I was born to do this’: Ukraine’s 2016 Eurovision winner Jamala on why Putin fears her people, the Tatars | Crimea | The Guardian

Louisiana Lawmakers Want to Release Youth Criminal Records. But First, Only In Majority Black Areas. – Mother Jones

“Let’s be real. We know what this is about. The optics are obvious. Let’s stop playing around with this,” Rep. Edmond Jordan (D-Baton Rouge) told the Times-Picayune. “If you’re from Baton Rouge, if you’re from Shreveport, if you’re from New Orleans, you should be offended by this.”

Source: Louisiana Lawmakers Want to Release Youth Criminal Records. But First, Only In Majority Black Areas. – Mother Jones

Three Companies Faked Millions of Comments Supporting 2017 Repeal of ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules – Slashdot

Three companies “supplied millions of fake public comments to influence a 2017 proceeding by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to repeal net neutrality rules,” announced New York’s attorney general this week. Their investigation “found that the fake comments used the identities of millions of consumers, including thousands of New Yorkers, without their knowledge or consent,” as well as “widespread fraud and abusive practices” Collectively, the three companies have agreed to pay $615,000 in penalties and disgorgement.

Source: Three Companies Faked Millions of Comments Supporting 2017 Repeal of ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules – Slashdot

El encanto y la magia de escribir

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Si reúno las flores más bellas del jardín, es para que ustedes, al recibirlas, sientan alegría, emoción e ilusiones en algún momento fugaz de sus existencias; si trazo letras, formo palabras y relato historias, es con la idea de que se encuentren en sí, dentro de sus almas y de su memoria, sepan que están vivos y que la inmortalidad, con sus regalos, comienza en cada uno. Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

El encanto y la magia de escribir consisten en que el artista atrae las letras y propicia que se enamoren unas de otras, hasta formar palabras, textos, historias que comparten pedazos de vida y ofrecen trozos de paraísos y de infiernos, sentimientos, ideales, pensamientos, realidades y sueños que, de otra manera, resultaría complicado explicar a los lectores, y, a veces, darles un sentido.

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