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

A racist myth of immigrants voting fuels claims of fraud – Los Angeles Times

The story has been used by political candidates, anti-immigration activists and election “watchdog” activists recruiting volunteers and seeking restrictions on voting. For national audiences, it has been invoked by right-wing provocateurs and broadcast by Russian trolls seeking to influence U.S. elections. President Trump falsely claimed that millions of immigrants living in the country illegally voted in 2016 and, separately, that hundreds of buses carried voters across state lines to cast ballots in the New Hampshire election.

In that same election year, the fable of the traveling voters appeared in Arizona, Louisiana and Pennsylvania. One account described voters only as Black and said they were driven into Alabama to cast ballots in a special election.

The vast majority of the stories targeted Latinos, and often in derogatory terms. In those ways, they are not unlike other bald fictions used in U.S. history to justify voting restrictions against immigrating Catholics, Irish and Chinese people, freed Black Americans and others. In the 1800s, for instance, arrivals from Ireland were accused of registering to vote as they stepped off the boat.

Source: A racist myth of immigrants voting fuels claims of fraud – Los Angeles Times

Suplante de inteligencia

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Millones de hombres y mujeres, en el planeta, se han convertido en lacayos de la inteligencia artificial. Lejos de utilizarla como herramienta para investigar, aprender, relacionarse, denunciar, proponer y formar un mundo con mayor bienestar, justicia, desarrollo, libertad, evolución, respeto y dignidad, la han transformado en consejera, guía, maestra y dueña de sus vidas y sus destinos. Le han entregado sus convicciones, su tiempo, sus intereses y su voluntad, a cambio de condenarlos a realidades virtuales de fantasía, engaño, estulticia e hipocresía. La inteligencia artificial, concentrada en equipos, incluso móviles, y manipulada por élites poderosas y dueñas de proyectos ambiciosos y despiadados, es ambivalente y, por lo mismo, es posible utilizarla para bien, a pesar de todos los interese egoístas y perversos, o con fines negativos. No obstante, las sociedades de la hora presente, masificadas, enajenadas y controladas, han…

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♫ Forever Young ♫

Filosofa's Word

Last night my friend Carolyn over at Nuggets of Gold wrote a post … she’s a storyteller, and a damn fine one at that. Her post was titled “Forever Young” and naturally this song by Rod Stewart came into all our minds. I don’t know about Tippy, Jim and Jason (her most prolific commentors), but the song stayed in my head all evening! Begging for release, it was (Carolyn, I owe you one, my friend!) and so I really had no choice but to play it here tonight. I really can’t complain, though, for I do like the song and the video is rather interesting.

Rod Stewart wrote this song with his guitarist Jim Cregan and his keyboard player Kevin Savigar. Rod considers it one of the songs he’s most proud of, saying …

“I love ‘Forever Young,’ because that was a real heartfelt song about my kids. I…

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Police reporting spike in sudden deaths as blistering B.C. heat wave continues | CBC News

Police in B.C. say they’ve responded to more than three dozen sudden deaths since an extreme heat wave took hold, with the danger expected to continue under unrelenting heat over the next several days.

RCMP in Burnaby, B.C., said Tuesday its officers received 25 calls for deaths since Monday alone. Official causes of deaths have yet to be determined, but a statement said officers believe the majority are linked to the severe weather.

“Heat is believed to be a contributing factor in the majority of the deaths. Many of the deceased have been seniors,” Cpl. Mike Kalanj wrote in a statement from Burnaby.

“We are seeing this weather can be deadly for vulnerable members of our community, especially the elderly and those with underlying health issues. It is imperative we check on one another during this extreme heat.”

Source: Police reporting spike in sudden deaths as blistering B.C. heat wave continues | CBC News

Daryl Davis Is Still Going Strong

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In 2017, Keith and I both wrote about a man named Daryl Davis, a Black man who is doing more than his share to help white supremacists stop being white supremacists, one at a time.  If you’re interested, here are links to Keith’s post and mine.  Last weekend, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nicholas Kristof’s column looked to Davis and his technique in hopes of taking a page from Davis’ playbook to find ways to deal with people on the other side of the many divisive issues we are confronted with today. I think it is well worth considering …


‘How Can You Hate Me When You Don’t Even Know Me?’

By Nicholas Kristof

Opinion Columnist

One of the questions I’m asked most is: How do I talk to those on the other side of America’s political and cultural abyss? What can I say to my brother/aunt/friend who thinks Joe…

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Intermission Story (10) – George Watson

Pacific Paratrooper

George Watson

During the course of a war gallant actions are not bound by race, nationality, or cause. Wherever men fight, some will distinguish themselves from the others. In WWII, when the Allies were engaged in battle against the Axis powers it could be assumed that on both sides men were heroes.

In the case of George Watson, it was his race that limited him from achieving his country’s highest military honor. When his ship was sunk by enemy bombers he assisted several of his wounded comrades to reach life rafts. However, it would be over 50 years before the story of George Watson finally received its due honor and its rightful place in military history.

George Watson was born in 1915 Birmingham, Alabama.  Apart from his birth, little is known about his early life. He attended school in Colorado and graduated in 1942. Like many men that year, Watson then accepted the call…

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