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Pacific Paratrooper

”Ken’s Men Against the Empire, vol. I”

I acquired “Ken’s Men, Against the Empire, volume I” during this pandemic of ours and when I reached the story of Bootless Bay, I couldn’t get it out of my mind, so I decided to share it with you all.  I thank the research of Lawrence J. Hickey and the IHRA for over 373 pages of unforgettable stories, plus a sneak preview of Volume II.  I can’t praise this organization enough.  I recommend you all try at least one of their books.

Del Ray Echo Hawk

Rescue from Bootless Bay

As men fought on the ground in New Guinea, the 5th Air Force was in the sky above them.  The B-24D, the “Ben Buzzard”, 43rd Bombardment Group/64th Bombardment Squadron, with Lt. Stephen Blount as pilot, could be heard over the radio at Seven Mile Drome as they returned in violent weather over the…

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Gopi And The Tank

Weekend Stories by Trishikh

Gopi Chand emerged from the pitch dark bowels of one of the four compartments of the world’s largest elevated steel drinking water tank, at a height of 110 feet from the ground level. His livelihood could be easily featured in the ‘World’s scariest jobs’ list, however, hardly any of the 10.5 million people whose lives were directly affected by his profession knew about his existence in the hustling-bustling metropolis of Kolkata in the West Bengal state of the Indian subcontinent.

Gopi was proud of his livelihood, a job that he had inherited from his father four decades ago in 1980 when he was twenty years of age. Now in the year 2020, he was just a few months shy of retirement.

His employers the ‘Kolkata Municipal Corporation’ or the KMC priorly known as the ‘Calcutta Municipal Corporation’ or the CMC, had not been able to find a replacement for him…

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It is difficult to talk about the Amazonia without using colors – Evna Moura — Art & Culture Inside

Barbara Crane Navarro

‘I believe that my work wouldn’t even exist without culture. Much in part because of the reference to the place where I was born and the cultural influence that this brought me. Like the materiality I seek, the traces, the questioning, the ancestry, the history, thecolours.’

It is difficult to talk about the Amazonia without using colors – Evna Moura — Art & Culture Inside

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#DIADOÍNDIO? — Mágica Mistura✨

Barbara Crane Navarro

Por Bruno Kanela É preciso entender as lutas do nosso tempo. Incansavelmente, os povos indígenas do Brasil têm ocupado as redes sociais e os espaços de debate neste mês para reafirmar que desde a colonização não existe uma data a se comemorar como se propõe o dia 19 de abril e, por isso, todoo…

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« La seule raison pour laquelle la forêt ne se transforme pas encore en chaos, c’est que quelques grands chamans font encore danser leurs puissants esprits pour la protéger »

The only reason the forest isn’t turning into chaos yet is that some great shamans are still making their mighty spirits dance to protect it.

Barbara Crane Navarro

Un chaman Yanomami invoquant les esprits pour empêcher les intrus de détruire la forêt – dessin sur papier: Wacayowë Yanomami

Un chaman Yanomami invoquant les esprits pour empêcher les intrus de détruire la forêt – dessin sur papier: Wacayowë Yanomami

« Les esprits xapiri du chaman écrasent avec colère les avions des chercheurs d’or dans la forêt. C’est vrai! Cela s’est produit lorsqu’un très grand chaman est mort du paludisme propagé par des mineurs d’or. Plusieurs avions de chercheurs d’or se sont écrasés à la cime des arbres à ce moment-là. J’ai vu leurs fuselages détruits abandonnés dans la forêt de mes propres yeux.

Les chamans ne repoussent pas seulement ces choses dangereuses pour protéger les habitants de la forêt. Ils travaillent également pour protéger les Blancs qui vivent sous le même ciel.

Si l’épidémie de xawara continue d’envahir nos terres, les chamans mourront tous et personne ne pourra plus…

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Verdict: Derek Chauvin Guilty For The Murder of George Floyd — We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident

There was a time when I followed trials and posted daily on this blog the videos or reports of what happened in court.  Although I still follow trials, I’m no longer able to write daily posts.  I watched former Minneapolis, MN police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial.  When I was unable to watch live, I recorded […]

Verdict: Derek Chauvin Guilty For The Murder of George Floyd — We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident

In this case, Derek Chauvin was held accountable for his decisions and actions that caused the death of George Floyd.  As his eyes darted back and forth, up and down, Chauvin heard verdicts on three counts; 2nd degree murder, 3rd degree murder, and 2nd degree manslaughter — all guilty.  He opted to have the judge decide his sentencing, which is scheduled 8 weeks from now.

The video is the reading of the verdict.  George, you are now free to rest in peace. 

Teenage Girl Is Fatally Shot by the Police in Columbus, Officials Say – The New York Times

Ms. Bryant said her niece had a knife, but maintained that the girl had dropped the knife before she was shot multiple times by a police officer, the newspaper reported.

The Columbus Division of Police did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment on Tuesday night. A crowd of protesters gathered outside the city’s police building, local news media reported.

The teenager’s death quickly received widespread attention, including from Ben Crump, the Floyd family’s lawyer, amid a continuing reckoning over police accountability and systemic racism.

“As we breathed a collective sigh of relief today, a community in Columbus felt the sting of another police shooting as @ColumbusPolice killed an unarmed 15yo Black girl,” Mr. Crump said. “Another child lost! Another hashtag.”