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Venezuela: Marina Corina Machado’s Office Attacked & Robbed – Havana Times

Photograph showing opposition leader Maria Corina Machado at a campaign event on July 17, 2024 in Guanare, Venezueka. She is now in hiding after the government threatens to arrest her. Photo – EFE

By Efecto Cucuyo

HAVANA TIMES – The Vente Venezuela party reported this Friday that armed and hooded individuals attacked and took equipment from the office of María Corina Machado, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, and the national campaign headquarters of @ConVzlaComando.

Source: Venezuela: Marina Corina Machado’s Office Attacked & Robbed – Havana Times

Anand Girihadaras: Yes, Kamala Is Both | Diane Ravitch’s blog

Donald Trump is incredulous that Kamala Harris is both Indian and black. He ridiculed before an audience of black journalists for “turning black,” presumably to advance her career. The claim is false and bigoted. It says more about Trump than it does about Kamala. JD Vance endorsed Trump’s insulting statement, saying that Kamala is a “chameleon.” This is rich coming from a man who is married to an Indian woman and whose children are biracial.

Anand Girihadaras, a brilliant journalist, wrote about the dilemmas of biracial people on his blog, The Ink:

Today Donald Trump sought to question Vice President Kamala Harris’s racial identity, much as he rose to political prominence doubting Barack Obama’s origins…

Source: Anand Girihadaras: Yes, Kamala Is Both | Diane Ravitch’s blog

लुप्त हुनरमंद / Lost Artisans – Kaushal Kishore

 

लोगों के जज्बात मरते जा रहे है, 

और वे पत्थर होते जा रहे है…

पत्थरों को तराशने वाले हुनरमंद,

अब लेकिन नजर नहीं आ रहे है…

🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨

People’s emotions, once fluid, 

are hardening like stone…

But the artisans who carved stone,

have long since flown…

.

–Kaushal Kishore  

Source: लुप्त हुनरमंद / Lost Artisans – Kaushal Kishore

♫ Betcha By Golly, Wow ♫ | Filosofa’s Word

…The song was written by Linda Creed and Thom Bell, who wrote a number of songs for The Stylistics.  Not much other backstory out there about this one, but I am amazed at the number of people who have covered this one, including Prince, Aaron Neville, Johnny Mathis, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Dionne Warwick and others.

So, do you guys want to hear the Connie Stevens’ version too, or not?  Oh … okay, then you’ll get both … listen to one or both … your choice!  Personally, my choice is The Stylistics any day, every day!!!

Betcha By Golly, Wow
The Stylistics

Source: ♫ Betcha By Golly, Wow ♫ | Filosofa’s Word

Trump Doubles Down on his Racist Remarks about Kamala | Diane Ravitch’s blog

After telling the National Association of Black Journalists that Kamala Harris “turned black” and that she used to portray herself as Indian, Trump was roundly criticized for raising the issue of her race. Kamala is the daughter of an India-born scientist and a Jamaica-born father who is an economist. She has never denied her biracial heritage.

Yet Trump released a photo of Kamala with her mother’s family, who are Indian, hoping to prove that she only recently “turned black.” This is ridiculous. Kamala went to a black university and joined a black sorority.

Some Republicans thought his attack on Kamala was embarrassing but he’s still the party’s candidate, and they still support the convicted felon.

The New York Daily News reported:

Former President Trump on Thursday posted a photograph of Vice President Kamala Harris wearing an Indian sari as he continued to push false racially charged claims that the Democratic presidential candidate isn’t really Black.A day after accusing Harris of only recently claiming Black heritage, Trump leaned into the controversy by sharing the photo of Harris wearing traditional Indian attire alongside her mother and maternal relatives.

“Thank you Kamala for the nice picture you sent from many years ago!  Trump wrote on his social media site. “Your warmth, friendship, and love of your Indian Heritage are very much appreciated,”

The message came as Trump and his campaign showed no signs of backing away from the firestorm controversy he launched during a contentious 35-minute sparring match with reporters at the National Association of Black

Trump’s campaign posted a headline depicting Harris as the “first Indian-American senator” elected from California as he addressed a rally in Pennsylvania.J.D. Vance, Trump’s vice presidential running mate, praised Trump for having the courage to respond honestly to tough questions and slammed Harris as a “chameleon.”

Harris’ father is a Black immigrant from Jamaica and she has always proudly claimed both Black and South Asian heritage. She attended Howard University, a historically Black college, and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a historically Black sorority.

Like most mixed-race people, Harris says there is nothing to be ashamed of about having roots in more than one culture or continent.

Moderate Republicans Thursday distanced themselves from Trump’s gibe as pundits branded the statement as an unforced error that could fuel Democratic political momentum.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu joined Maryland Senate candidate Larry Hogan and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in trashing Trump for the divisive and untrue claim.

“The path to victory in November is not won through character attacks or personal insults,” Sununu tweeted Thursday.

Haha, expecting Trump to abandon character attacks and personal insults is far-fetched. What else would he talk about? Policy? But he never read the briefing books and knows nothing about policy.

Source: Trump Doubles Down on his Racist Remarks about Kamala | Diane Ravitch’s blog

Abejas, mosquitos y avispas: los insectos son importantes – Stigmatis

Jeanette Cwienk

Sin insectos, nuestros supermercados estarían muy vacíos. Más del 80 por ciento de las plantas son polinizadas por ellos. Sin mosquitos, nos perderíamos algo muy sabroso. Y las avispas tienen superpoderes.

Las avispas se consideran molestas plagas, pero su utilidad es menos conocida. Imagen: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa/picture-alliance

En 2018, la organización ecologista NABU, el Ministerio de Medio Ambiente del estado alemán de Baja Sajonia y el supermercado Penny lanzaron una impresionante campaña: todos los productos que no estarían disponibles si no existieran los insectos fueron retirados de las estanterías de una de sus tiendas.

Más de la mitad de la gama de productos desapareció. De los 2.500 productos a disposición, 1.500 dependían directa o indirectamente del trabajo de insectos…

Source: Abejas, mosquitos y avispas: los insectos son importantes – Stigmatis