Memories & Memorials – Maestros & Madmen – Missives & Miracles
The truth that hurts: America’s character decay neither began with our 2016 election, nor will end with our 2020 Census and election duo. The truth that sets us free: most of America’s problems have...
View ArticleTrump Bugs Out on Memorial Day Duties
Trump went to Japan over the entire Memorial Day weekend, skipping out on what some in the GOP call “America’s most sacred holiday.”While in 🇯🇵Japan 🇯🇵, not one thing helpful to America or for the...
View ArticleLMLOS News Round-Up -- May 28, 2019.
It’s Tuesday, May 28, 2019, the day after Memorial Day. And the news never stops at Liberal Minded Ladies of Substance.I hope your Memorial Day was spent in the company of those you care about. We...
View ArticleTrump wishes Japanese military a happy Memorial Day
And a very merry Christmas to all our Saudi friends!xHere is the video of Trump wishing the Japanese military on a Japanese military ship: happy Memorial Day. pic.twitter.com/OdCLe78ud9—...
View ArticleLocal baseball team includes AOC among 'enemies of freedom' in Memorial Day...
Yup, she’s sandwiched right between Fidel Castro and Kim Jong Un.What do these three figures have in common? Well, our pr*sident hates two of them — but, bizarrely enough, not the one with all the...
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LMLOS News Round-Up -- May 30, 2019
Good morning, It’s Thursday, May 30, 2019, and it’s time for more news from Liberal Minded Ladies of Substance.We’ve had rain this morning, and there seems to be some debate in local meteorological...
View ArticleMinor league team loses biggest sponsor after sharing video calling AOC an...
The Fresno Grizzlies baseball team, a triple-A minor league affiliate of the Washington Nationals, which made a superfrightening and idiotic statement on politics this past Memorial Day weekend, is out...
View ArticleCheated Out of the Medal Of Honor by Dad's Podiatrist
From Trump’s Memorial Day Address to Sailors and Marines stationed in Japan:“Down through history, from America's earliest days, fearless Americans have said goodbye to their loved ones, gone off to...
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Just Another Beggar - what is duty?
“The captain told us to ford a river, That's how it all begun. We were -- knee deep in the Big Muddy, But the big fool said to push on.” Pete Seeger 1967Another blabbering of wordsSome mean nothingBut...
View ArticleTomgram: Rebecca Gordon, Of Crimes and Pardons
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here.How about a little round of Auld Lang Syne? After all, when it comes to war...
View ArticleThoughts of my Father on Memorial Day 2018
My dad was an immigrant. He came to the United States at the age of 6 with his family in August of 1929. His parents had been in the USA in the teens - my Aunt Helen was born in the States in 1919...
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Morning Open Thread: Memorial Day - For All We Know
Welcome to Morning Open Thread, a daily post with a MOTley crew of hosts who choose the topic for the day's posting. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful,...
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New Day Cafe: Memorial Day Observance
All are welcome to join the fun, the silliness, the conversations. If you don’t know...just ask! Some things really do require a bit of explanation.There will be a few surprises along the way, all good...
View Article96-year-old Combat Veteran sings, "Imagine." This is guaranteed to get you...
xYouTube VideoThis is a video my dad made all on his own after my explaining to him, on the phone, how to use his iPad to record video of himself. While that may sound like something fairly simple - it...
View ArticlePROCEED WITH CAUTION
This Memorial Day weekend should be fairly quiet. There’s only so much you can do when you’re social isolating, especially if you’re also broke. But if you are planning on going someplace, proceed...
View ArticleThe Delusional Fight against the Invisible Enemy
Next Monday Americans will celebrate another Memorial Day to honor the men and women who died serving the U.S. military. And in November, Veterans Day will be celebrated to commemorate the anniversary...
View ArticleDon't be seduced...
into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value. — Arthur MillerThe grandmother of someone important to me passed away on April 19th, in a nursing home on Long Island. As you...
View ArticleThe Memorial Day history forgot: The Martyrs of the Race Course
Republished and updated in honor of Memorial Day and the Black Union soldiers we should not forget —DOVA pencil drawing and a grainy photo in the Library of Congress are all that is left of the...
View ArticleMemorial Day; Charlie Pierce does it again...
It's Decoration DayAnd I've got a family in Mobile BayAnd they've never seen my Daddy's grave.But that don't bother me, It ain't marked anyway.—Jason Isbell/Drive-By Truckers, “Decoration Day”Charlie...
View ArticleAround the Block: Can Coney Island Survive This?
Times article brings back my own relationship with Coney IslandLauren Vespoli's NY Times article, “Can Coney Island Survive This?" reminds me of my own relationship with Coney Island; a relationship I...
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