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Tea and truth
Tea and truth
The words on my Celestial Seasoning tea-bag tag this afternoon are from Elizabeth Cady Stanton: “Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.”
#tea#truth#culture
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Tea and truth
Shimkus fail
Shimkus fail
My representative in Congress, John Shimkus (R, Illinois-15), has an A lifetime rating from the NRA. He leads Illinois Congressional Republicans in total contributions from the NRA. Truly, his concern about “the destruction of human life” seems limited to pre-natal life.
#culture#politics
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Shimkus fail
Too early?
Too early?
Is it still too early to be discussing gun-ownership rights? As it has been for a long time now ?
#culture#politics
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Too early?
Making by hand
Making by hand
Rosemary Hill: “To make objects by hand in an industrial society, to work slowly and uneconomically against the grain, is to offer, however inadvertently, a critique of that society.”
#art#culture
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Making by hand
“Very, very insensitive”
“Very, very insensitive”
Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, thinks that it’s inappropriate to talk about climate change right now.
#culture#politics
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“Very, very insensitive”
Another resignation
Another resignation
Javier Palomarez, president and CEO of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, has resigned from Donald Trump’s National Diversity Coalition.
#culture#politics
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Another resignation
DJT + JA
DJT + JA
At The New Yorker, Margaret Talbot asks why Donald Trump likes Joe Arpaio.
#culture#politics
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DJT + JA
What would Drucker think?
What would Drucker think?
Rick Wartzman of the Drucker Institute writes about what Peter Drucker might have thought about Donald Trump’s response to events in Charlottesville.
#culture#politics
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What would Drucker think?
More resignations
More resignations
All sixteen members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities have resigned.
#culture#politics
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More resignations
News of the future
News of the future
Congressman Steve Cohen (D, Tennessee-9) “will be introducing articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump following the President’s comments on the horrific events in Charlottesville, Virginia.”
#culture#politics
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News of the future
Recently updated
Recently updated
Now with still more resignations from Donald Trump’s American Manufacturing Council.
#culture#politics
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Recently updated
Mandela via Obama
Mandela via Obama
Barack Obama’s response to the events in Charlottesville, in three tweets, two hours ago, is a passage from Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom.
#politics#culture
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Mandela via Obama
Charlottesville
Charlottesville
Michael Eric Dyson: “Now is the time for every decent white American to prove he or she loves this country by actively speaking out against the scourge this bigotocracy represents.”
#culture#politics
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Charlottesville
Trump on crying and begging for forgiveness
Trump on crying and begging for forgiveness
Remorse and shame require self-awareness and a functioning moral compass, an ability to reflect upon one’s actions and consider them in relation to some ethical standard. But being a man, on Trump’s terms, means just about never having to say you’re sorry. And never ever asking for forgiveness. That’s for kids.
#culture#politics
·mleddy.blogspot.com·
Trump on crying and begging for forgiveness