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AT LEAST IT ISN’T THANKSGIVING

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This Fourth of July I find myself running short on love of country and of myself.  Maybe that’s why I responded with so much warmth to an article about family love–either families of origin or chosen families of mutual support.  It’s in the New York Times and maybe you can only read it if you pay a dollar a week to recieve it on the internet, like I do.  Seems like the last time I tried to share I got blank squares on my site….If you can, try it:  Chosen Families, by Melissa Kirsch.  I’m not even going to try it, because I hate to see my messy posts when I do something wrong, so I’ll just try to convey some of her thoughts.

Melissa Kirsch writes in this morning’s ‘s  This Morning’s  column that despite an absent or unsupportive biological family–and even if it is intact–supportive relationships with friends…

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Minbari Mondays, Two Lessons From “The Summoning” (B5:s4e3) On Bullies

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

 

          1.   They don’t care who gets hurt.

          2.   Only by working together can we stop them.

 

     This is the famous scream episode…  A lot happens, on January 17, 2261, including rescuing Garibaldi, and the perfectly timed return of Captain Sheridan from Z’ha’dum.  The crew, is horrified to learn of the destruction of an entire planet, informed by Dr. Franklin of the significant population that has been completely wiped out.  Hope is waning, but not entirely gone. 

    The captain tells everyone that this work is

“not just for ourselves, but for our children, and for our children’s children.”

and can, indeed, work, but

“only if we do it together.”

  Can we learn, ourselves, to show such determination and cooperation?                

    We can Do Better.

 

Last Monday’s review was S4e2: Minbari Mondays, Two…

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♫ The Happening ♫ (Redux)

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Lately I’ve played some pretty dark music,In the Year 2525, Eve of Destruction, and even Imagine can be viewed as dark, given that it speaks of a world we’ll never know.  So tonight I wanted to do something … something really upbeat.  And this was the first one that popped into my head!  Naturally, I have already posted it before, but it’s been a few years, so … take a listen, sing along, tap your toes, and maybe even put on a bit of a smile …


This song was written for the 1967 movie The Happening, which starred Anthony Quinn, George Maharis, Michael Parks, Robert Walker Jr., and Faye Dunaway. The film flopped, but the song went to #1 in the US, giving The Supremes their 10th chart-topper in that country.  The songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland co-wrote this with Frank DeVol, who was the musical director for the…

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“What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech | Democracy Now!

We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, Douglass gave one of his most famous speeches, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” He was addressing the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society. James Earl Jones reads the historic address during a performance of “Voices of a People’s History of the United States,” which was co-edited by Howard Zinn. The late great historian introduces the address.

Source: “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech | Democracy Now!

4 Summer Grocery Items That Are More Expensive Than Ever Right Now — Eat This Not That

The same goes for poultry. Between the “historically low stocks of frozen chicken” to the ongoing highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak that has affected over 40 million birds, poultry prices are predicted to go up between 13 and 14%.

Source: 4 Summer Grocery Items That Are More Expensive Than Ever Right Now — Eat This Not That

Ultra-contagious coronavirus subvariants spread in California – Los Angeles Times

In a sign of how the new coronavirus wave continues to spread across California, two-thirds of the state’s counties are now in the high COVID-19 community level, in which the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends universal masking in indoor public spaces.

This comes as health officials are warning of concerning weeks ahead as two new ultra-contagious Omicron subvariants — BA.4 and BA.5 — spread. Experts believe the subvariants, which are not only especially contagious but also capable of reinfecting those who have survived earlier Omicron infection, are a major factor behind the continued persistence of coronavirus transmission across California.

So far, Los Angeles County health officials have not imposed new masking rules. But they have warned that might be necessary, perhaps later in July, if new coronavirus-positive hospitalizations continue to rise. Though experts are concerned, there is still uncertainty about how serious a summer wave will get.

“With the continued increase in cases, and now as you’re seeing the corresponding increase in hospitalizations … we’re really worried,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Thursday.

Source: Ultra-contagious coronavirus subvariants spread in California – Los Angeles Times