Category Archives: Rock on-Peace Out

Massive Anti-Trump Demonstration Planned For Saturday In MacArthur Park: LAist

The event is organized by Union del Barrio Los Angeles, the L.A. chapter of the Latin-American political group that also has hubs out in San Diego, Oxnard, and the Bay Area. According to the event’s Facebook page, the demonstration will start at 10 a.m. in MacArthur Park, where participants will meet and go on a march that will end by the Edward Roybal Federal Building downtown.According to Ron Gochez, an organizer with Union del Barrio, planners expect about 10,000 people to show up. “You look at the previous protests, and you see that several thousands of people showed up, even though that wasn’t entirely organized,” said Gochez. “It was a spontaneous thing and thousands still showed up.”

Source: Massive Anti-Trump Demonstration Planned For Saturday In MacArthur Park: LAist

In 1 Unscripted Moment, Hillary Clinton Finds Joy in the Rain – The New York Times

Her arms thrust skyward, one after the other, in what starts to feel like a dance.There’s an unfamiliar sense of abandon and joy.The rain grows heavier. Her wet clothes turn a shade darker. She cracks a wide smile. She takes in the scene around her and laughs before she finishes her sentence.She’s drenched now, her voice hoarse. The storm is mussing her hair. It’s time to leave the stage. But just before doing so, she turns and raises both arms, giving herself up to the storm and the moment — and the looming end of this adventure.

Source: In 1 Unscripted Moment, Hillary Clinton Finds Joy in the Rain – The New York Times

Border Angels Celebrates 30th Anniversary | La Prensa San Diego

Border Angels, a non-profit organization that advocates for the human  rights of the immigrant population, will celebrate its 30 year anniversary this November.It all started in 1986, after a trip to the Carlsbad canyons with a north county church, where activist and Border Angels founder Enrique Morones saw children, women, and families living in miserable conditions.“A woman from El Salvador saw that we were gathering things and asked us to deliver food and clothing to her neighborhood in Carlsbad,” Morones recalled. “I thought the organization wasn’t going to last long, but we will turn 30 this November.”

Source: Border Angels Celebrates 30th Anniversary | La Prensa San Diego

Queen Bey and the Dixie Chicks

Queen Bey and the Dixie Chicks, I thought that was just power, just raw power,” said entertainer of the year Garth Brooks. “I just love that it was feminine raw power.”Later on he said, “Tonight, I gotta tell you, I missed the Chicks. I miss their music.”Maren Morris, who won the new artist of the year award, said she was glad the Dixie Chicks returned to the CMA stage.”But when I found out the Dixie Chicks were going to perform, I freaked out,” Morris said on the red carpet before the show. “Because it’s been a decade since they have been on the stage. I just grew up listening to them and loving their point of view and how they don’t give a (expletive). And I just love them that about them.”

Source: News from The Associated Press

Noa: The Bitch, the Witch and the imminent Switch…..pre-election ruminations

So, I say, to all of you out there, children of the future: President Obama has said, we live in a world of imperfect choices. Hillary is far from perfect, and in that sense, she is every bit human. But I believe, and I am not alone, that she has all the qualifications, experience and talent to lead the US, and with it the world, to a place of hope and change. As a citizen of the United States residing outside her borders, I have already cast my ballot in Clinton’s favor. I wish her, and all of us, the best of luck.

30 facts about Hillary Clinton:

1. First ever student commencement speaker at Wellesley College.

2. Distinguished graduate of Yale Law School.

3. Editorial board of the Yale Review of Law and Social Action.

4. Co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families.

5. Former civil litigation attorney.

6. Staff attorney for Children’s Defense Fund.

7. Faculty member in the School of Law at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

8. Former Director of the Arkansas Legal Aid Clinic.

9. First female chair of the Legal Services Corporation.

10. First female partner at Rose Law Firm, the oldest and one of the largest law firms in Arkansas.

11. Twice named by The National Law Journal as one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America.

12. Former First Lady of Arkansas.

13. Arkansas Woman of the Year in 1983.

14. Chair of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession.

15. Created Arkansas’s Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youth.

16. Instrumental in passage of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

17. First Lady of the United States.

18. Promoted nationwide immunization against childhood illnesses.

19. Successfully sought to increase research funding for prostate cancer and childhood asthma at the National Institutes of Health.

20. Worked to investigate reports of an illness that affected veterans of the Gulf War (now recognized as Gulf War Syndrome).

21. Helped create the Office on Violence Against Women at the Department of Justice.

22. Initiated and shepherded the Adoption and Safe Families Act.

23. First FLOTUS ( First Lady of the United States ) in US History to hold a postgraduate degree.

24. Helped create Vital Voices, an international initiative to promote the participation of women in the political processes of their countries.

25. Two-term New York Senator and the first ex-FLOTUS in US History to be elected to the United States Senate.

26. Served on five Senate committees: Budget (2001–2002), Armed Services (2003–2009), Environment and Public Works (2001–2009), Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (2001–2009) and the Special Committee on Aging.

27. Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.

28. Leading role in investigating the health issues faced by 9/11 first responders.

29. Worked with Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York on securing $21.4 billion in funding for the World Trade Center redevelopment.

30. Former United States Secretary of State.

Brokered a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in 2012.

Source: Noa: The Bitch, the Witch and the imminent Switch…..pre-election ruminations

Italian researcher creates a gelato that makes you better at sport – The Local – Viva!

The foods which best conserve the substances include dried fruits, cocoa beans and green tea, he says – and low, controlled temperatures help too. So gelato is the perfect way to eat your way to a healthy heart.The scientist created three types of ice cream (chocolate, hazelnut and green tea flavour) following a secret recipe at a Rome gelateria, before transporting it to the university on his moped.There, he carried out tests to check the effectiveness of the antioxidant dessert.Participants took blood tests before and after sampling the gelato (with some taking a placebo, a standard chocolate ice cream) and were also asked to pedal as fast as they could on an exercise bike.The tests showed that the gelato improved vascular function and also improved participants’ physical performance. These changes were not observed in those who ate the placebo ice cream.”Who says that health foods have to taste bad?” asks Sanguigni.

Source: Italian researcher creates a gelato that makes you better at sport – The Local