until the election
think, read, listen, ask, talk, learn, know
make your choice
vote.
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“everything in your life is a reflection of a choice you have made.
if you want a different result, make a different choice.”
-jonathan kiavi
Jul26
Category Archives: politics
Jul15
la fete nationale. (posted a day late, and a euro short)
Rue Montorgueil in Paris
“An enormous fortress of prejudices, privileges, superstitions, lies, exactions, abuses, violences, iniquities, and darkness still stands erect in this world, with its towers of hatred. It must be cast down. This monstrous mass must be made to crumble. To conquer at Austerlitz is grand; to take the Bastille is immense.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
on bastille day, all these years later, let history remind us that change is always possible.
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art credit: Claude Monet, The Rue Montorgueil in Paris 1878
Oct18
his life.
Congressman, Trailblazer, and Civil Rights Leader – Elijah Cummings
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“my life is based on pain, passion, and purpose.”
-elijah cummings
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thank you for truly living what you believed in
RIP
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image credit: Baltimoremagazine.com
Feb10
kakimi.
late night friends chatting about the current state of things.
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“kakimi chertyami oni viigrali holodnuyu voinu?”
this translates roughly to:
“how the hell did these people win the cold war?”
― dave barry, big trouble
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image credit: kellydbrown
Aug28
what is a hero?
President Richard M. Nixon honors John McCain at the State Department
after McCain was released by the North Vietnamese in 1973
after more than five years as a prisoner of war.
(U.S. Navy)
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RIP Senator John McCain
a maverick in the truest sense of the word
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“I’ve tried to serve our country honorably. I’ve made mistakes, but I hope my love for America will be weighed favorably against them. I’ve often observed that I am the luckiest person on Earth. I feel that way even now, as I prepare for the end of my life. I’ve loved my life, all of it. I’ve had experiences, adventures, friendships, enough for 10 satisfying lives, and I am so thankful. Like most people, I have regrets. But I would not trade a day of my life in good or bad times for the best day of anybody else’s.”
-John McCain – from a letter he left to be read upon his death
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“a hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.” bob dylan
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image credit: washington post
Jul17
wits end.
“i would challenge you to a battle of wits, but i see you are unarmed.”
-william shakespeare
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photo credit: gregory dukor/reuters, google images
I didn't have my glasses on.... 