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Wayne County high school seniors banned from graduation following viral racist video involving gun

Two Wayne County high school seniors won’t walk across the stage at Friday’s graduation following a racist online post that was shared hundreds of times. The Jesup Police Department says two students were using their gun range for target practice when one of them posted on Snapchat a video of himself yelling a racial slur and shooting. Sign up for our Newsletters TRENDING STORIES Chatham County District Attorney’s Office changes how it…
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‘NO Time to Comply’: Bodycam Footage Captures Houston Cop Yelling for Jalen Randle to Show His Hands, Fatally Shooting Him Almost Simultaneously Before Reacting In Surprise

Recently released video shows an officer from the Houston Police Department fatally shooting a Black man, moments after he was pulled over for several
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The Week’s Best Cartoons: Tragedy in Uvalde

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As you might imagine, the main (only) topic of the ‘toons this week is the horrific mass murder at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that took the lives of 19 children and two teachers.  And as she does each week, our friend TokyoSand has scanned the news sources and found the best of the ‘toons.  Be forewarned, though … there is no humour here today, only broken hearts, anger, and grief.  Still, the cartoonists have managed to put into a single picture what our own hearts are trying to say.  Please be sure to follow the link at the bottom to see the rest of the ‘toons.  Thank you, TS.


Editorial cartoons are very specific — they respond and react to current events. But what struck me this week as I watched cartoonists share their work on Twitter, was that it was sometimes hard to distinguish which cartoons were…

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What Gun Fans Will Say … — Beauty is Imperfection

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I thought you might like to hear from someone who grew up around guns debunking some of the more often recited pro-gun arguments. The problem in our country is not guns; it’s gun defenders. Larry

I grew up with at least three guns in my house in Oklahoma, including long guns and handguns, and learned to shoot them when I was young. So I’ve been hearing the flawed reasoning of gun rights supporters my whole life. We are hearing them again after the mass murder of children in Uvalde, Texas. […]

What Gun Fans Will Say … — Beauty is Imperfection

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What Gun Fans Will Say …

Debunking pro-gun arguments…

Beauty is Imperfection

I grew up with at least three guns in my house in Oklahoma, including long guns and handguns, and learned to shoot them when I was young. So I’ve been hearing the flawed reasoning of gun rights supporters my whole life. We are hearing them again after the mass murder of children in Uvalde, Texas. I myself didn’t care much about the gun issue until 20 children were slaughtered, along with six adults, in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012. Then I realized kids were dying every day unnecessarily because people like me were not speaking up about what we knew.

The following is a list of things gun enthusiasts will say to you in the backlash as most Americans demand sensible gun laws. The assertions are going to include outright lies about history and physics, logical fallacies and cute bumper sticker slogans that talk around the substance of the argument. (“Guns…

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Lesson Day 13, and Ratios of Sweat to Sorrow: “Refuse to Succumb…”

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

     This week’s lesson plan is Day 13/67: Five Month GED/HiSET, Ratio of Fact to Opinion, Adulting, and Discoveries?

   I continue to sweat over following Toni Morrison’s advice, rather than giving in to the sorrow of these recent days.  Her admonition reminds me that we have indeed been blessed with more hope than those who did their work from far worse places: 

“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”

     So, I continue to work on editing, because despite the pain of this world, “it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence.”

     I look forward to hearing your opinions, Thoughtful Readers.

We can really  Do Better.

-Shira   

 

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Chico Buarque — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Estava à toa na vida O meu amor me chamou Pra ver a banda passar Cantando coisas de amor A minha gente sofrida Despediu-se da dor Pra ver a banda passar Cantando coisas do amor…” Chico Buarque. A Banda https://www.letras.mus.br Marii Freire Pereira https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo! Imagem: pinterest/WSI MAGAZINE

Chico Buarque — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Luís de Camões — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Muda-se o ser, muda-se a confiança; Tudo mundo é composto de mudança, Tomando sempre novas qualidades. Continuamente vemos novidades, Diferente em tudo da esperança; Do mal ficam as mágoas na lembrança, E do bem, se algum houver, as saudades. Luís de Camões https://www.pensador.com Marii Freire Pereira https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo! Imagem:pinterest/ Portal Embarque na Viagem Santarém, […]

Luís de Camões — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!