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Protesters Will March On Trump Tower Thursday To Demand Justice For Puerto Rico
Local community groups and those personally affected by Hurricane Maria will march on Trump Tower Thursday—the one year anniversary of the storm’s landfall in Puerto Rico—as part of a nationwide week of action aimed at pushing the federal government to commit to a just and transparent rebuilding process on the island. [ more › ]
‘People will die’, Obama official warns, after Trump slashes refugee numbers

Bob Carey, who oversaw refugee resettlement under Obama, says Trump administration’s new limit will have dire consequences
A former senior government official who oversaw refugee resettlement under Barack Obama warned that the Trump administration’s decision to slash the refugee admissions cap to a record low could have fatal consequences.
Bob Carey, the director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) under the Obama administration from 2015 to 2017, told the Guardian the new limit of 30,000 refugees per year and the Trump administration’s justification for the cap was “a new low in our history”.
Air Force: Space Force Would Cost $13 Billion over 5 Years
Those Jetson style uniforms would be costly…
Report: YouTube’s ‘alternative influence network’ breeds rightwing radicalisation

Study blames social media site’s network of scholars, media pundits and internet celebrities who unite to promote far-right politics
YouTube provides a breeding ground for far-right radicalisation, where people interested in conservative and libertarian ideas are quickly exposed to white nationalist ones, according to a report from Data & Society.
Although YouTube’s recommendation algorithms are partly to blame, the problem is fundamentally linked to the social network of political influencers on the platform and how, like other YouTube influencers, they invite one another on to their shows.
Jimi, We Miss You
Closing Thought–18Sep18
There was a time when I thought of myself as a “rock star” then in 1969 in a club called the “Oleo Strut” I got to see a musician named Jimi Hendrix and from the that day on I knew I would never be a “rock star”…..
I bring up Jimi because on this day , 18 September 1970 Jimi Hendrix passed leaving a huge hole in American music scene……
Jimi Hendrix left us on Friday, Sept. 18, 1970. He was only 27. He pretty much lived the way he wanted to. But his time to die came much too early.
Forty years later, it’s hard to express the shock and disbelief we music fans felt that morning as the word spread from London. Hendrix was a rock star, and rock stars just don’t die at 27. Sure, there had been other rock ‘n’ roll star deaths, probably the most famous involving “the day the music died,” the plane crash in Iowa that killed Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens. But Jimi Hendrix had moved beyond being a mere rock star. He was a rock god. And gods just didn’t die, so we thought.
https://blog.chron.com/40yearsafter/2010/09/jimi-hendrix-burned-brightly-died-too-young/
In memory of this superb musician I give you this “Best Hits” interlude……enjoy the trip back in time……
Time for me to take my leave….I shall return tomorrow….chuq
Discovering the Secrets Behind Indigenous Hand Talkers
It is early September 1930, and the Blackfeet Nation of Montana is playing host to a historic gathering — much of it conducted in silence. Gen. Hugh Scott, a veteran of the U.S. Cavalry who spent decades fighting in the 19th century American Indian Wars, sits as part of a half moon formation of participants …
Source: Discovering the Secrets Behind Indigenous Hand Talkers
Russian Communists cry foul over vote-rigging in Vladivostok
lol – Fascists over Communists in Russia

Russia’s Primorsky Region borders China and North Korea and serves as Moscow’s door to the Pacific. A Communist leader there claims his election victory was blatantly stolen to keep the Kremlin-backed governor in power.
Maori Language, Once Shunned, Is Having a Renaissance in New Zealand
Indigenous people are increasingly embracing their language while New Zealanders of European descent are looking to Maori language and culture to help make sense of their own identity.
Brock Long’s Woes Mount as House G.O.P. Launches Travel Inquiry
Representative Trey Gowdy, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said Monday he will investigate the potential misuse of government vehicles by FEMA’s chief.
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