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A Tear for the World

God will make room in your heart for transforming pain and sadness to joy and grace.

Poetry for Palestine

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I feel your throbbing pain

O World

I see your bleeding soul

I cringe, I go insane

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Weary, I retreat

To the land of barren tears

Where no man has ever been

In silence, I weep

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“O dear God”

I whisper

“How can such a small heart,

Take all this pain?”

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Without Goodbye

Full/empty

Night Owl Poetry - Dorinda Duclos

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We talked for hours
The time flew by, without
a single thought of
anyone else
Just the two of us, sharing
laughing, listening
dreaming, of a better
world, a better tomorrow
For us

Then you’re gone
Not a moment’s notice, not
a word nor a wave
leaving me confused
Why did you stop by,
why did you stay so long
only to disappear
From my view

And I ponder the moment
we met
The happiness, the joy
the sorrow, the tears
And I can’t help
but wonder
why you left
without goodbye.

©2014 Dorinda Duclos  All Rights Reserved

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Between A Rock And A Sectarian Bloodbath

The Dish

IRAQ-UNREST

Harith Hasan examines how Iraq’s Sunni population views ISIS:

Most Sunnis maintain their suspicious view of the Shiite-dominated government in Baghdad, but they do not see ISIS as a good alternative. It is true that ISIS has largely invested in the sectarian tension in Iraq and the region, but its objectives go beyond the Iraqi borders or the major concerns of Iraq’s Sunni community. Through its simultaneous involvement in Syria and Iraq, ISIS established its distinct entity and identity with an agenda that is largely indifferent to Iraqi politics.

However, fighting ISIS has yet to become a Sunni priority. One reason is the growing strength of the organization and its proven ability to carry out revenge against “traitors,” as was the case with the assassination of Khamis Abu Risha, a leader in the anti al-Qaeda awakening groups (Sahwa) which previously were a key voice in the anti-government rallies in Anbar. Second…

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Party scolds official for blaming lead poisoning of 300 children on ‘chewing pencils’ | South China Morning Post

“It is scientific knowledge that pencils are made from graphite,” the article by commentator Zhang Yusheng said. “Does this official’s statement show ignorance, or just disregard for the people’s welfare?”

Chinese internet users also mocked the official. “How can such low IQ cadres appear in public?” asked author Cui Chenghao on Weibo.

China’s rapid industrialisation over the past 30 years has left the country with widespread environmental damage that has taken a heavy toll on public health.

Recent studies have shown that roughly two-thirds of China’s soil is estimated to be polluted and that 60 per cent of underground water is too contaminated to drink.

In 2011, authorities in the eastern province of Zhejiang detained 74 people and suspended work at hundreds of factories after 172 people – including 53 children fell ill with lead poisoning.

US battery maker Johnson Controls was in 2012 blamed for lead pollution in the commercial hub of Shanghai, after 49 children were diagnosed with lead poisoning.

via Party scolds official for blaming lead poisoning of 300 children on ‘chewing pencils’ | South China Morning Post.

On Not Taking The Neocon Bait

The Dish

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David Harsanyi sees few good options for salvaging the outcomes of the Iraq War:

Some will, no doubt, argue that doing nothing (and we might very well be doing something soon) means that more than 4,400 U.S. troops and over $700 billion had been wasted in a war that ended but was not won. Perhaps. But a more important matter is this: would the death of another 4,000, or 400, or four, bring about a preferable outcome or a set of conditions that allow the United States to convincingly declare victory? If a decade of nation building brought us this, what could we possible gain by seriously reengaging? Clearly, to make it work the American people would need to be prepared to make a generational commitment – and polls don’t tell us that we’re in the mood for an open-ended conflict in the Middle East.

These are horrible choices, indeed…

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