You are the dream of Many ancestors
With Decoration day weekend here it seems right to reflect. Just as Memorial Day has come to mean less about the past and more about the start of summer, there is no reason not to expand true meaning...
View ArticleIt is Remembering Memorial Day...Not Happy Memorial Day. Keep that in mind...
We are in Memorial Day Weekend. Please be aware of greetings on this holiday. We can say Happy Veterans Day in November but Memorial Day is different. For combat vets, it is disturbing for most...
View ArticleCartoon: Announcing Trump's VP Pick!
I’ve been pondering this since Haley got on TV the other day and said Rump was “not perfect,” but she would be voting for him. I got as far as “coward,” and “power hungry b—,” but then I decided that...
View ArticleMemorial Day Weakened (i.e. Trumped)
Right about now, Lady Liberty and Uncle Sam need all the help they can get. With the brigadier of “bone spurs” riding high in the polls, let’s hope to see, through Monday and at least until early...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Open Thread: UNC nixes DEI requirements, Felon voting law...
Welcome. This is a weekly feature of North Carolina Blue. The platform gives readers interested in North Carolina politics a place to share their knowledge, insight and inspiration as we take back our...
View ArticleMY GREEK FRIEND
I woke up this morning to my Apple News feed and saw a refreshing article from the Atlantic Magazine, WHAT MONASTIC MYSTICS GOT RIGHT ABOUT LIFE. What appealed to me most about this article were two...
View ArticleDonald Trump's name for Memorial Day
In my Facebook days, it’s been my experience that when I quoted something that some jerk said, I was often berated by people on my own side who mistakenly assumed that I was in agreement with whatever...
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Memorial Day
Memorial Day - Thank You.How To Vote. Democrat, Of Course!Gov't And Social Services Links For ♥All Our Troops♥ And Veterans♥The Hero's JourneyRepublican Senators-Stop Ignoring, Immigration Reform. DACA...
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Top Comments: A Twitter (X) Thread for Memorial Day Weekend
Here at Top Comments we strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site's best, funniest, most mojo'd & most informative commentary, and we depend on your help!! If you see a comment by...
View ArticleHonoring Our Veterans This Memorial Day and Rallying Support for a Brighter...
As we approach Memorial Day, we take a moment to honor and remember the brave men and women who have given their lives in service to our country. Their ultimate sacrifices have ensured the freedoms we...
View ArticleA Memorial Day Observation
If you are flying the flag today while supporting the return to office of a man who called our fallen soldiers suckers and losers, you are not honoring our fallen. You are slapping them right in the...
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Memorial Day Open Thread
This is an Open Thread / Coffee Hour and all topics of conversation are welcome. What is for dinner? How are you doing? What is on your mind. If you are new to Street Prophets please introduce yourself...
View ArticleAn homage to my dad (and mom), his 3 brothers and another uncle, who all...
My father was the youngest of four brothers: my Uncle Sidney was the oldest. My dad and Uncle Sidney were the only ones who went to college, and my dad had to take off a “work” year, so he could afford...
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MAGA celebrates Memorial Day: Trump calls Americans "scum", MTG wears a...
In 1868, John A. Logan, Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, declared May 30 as a day to honor fallen Union soldiers. Since then, what people had once known as“Decoration Day”expanded...
View ArticleSURPRISE! Trump Makes Memorial Day All About Himself, Attacking Judges in His...
For as long as Donald Trump has been a public figure, he has been known as a compulsive self-promoter. There is virtually no subject that he won't hijack as an opportunity to shamelessly exalt himself...
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Secretariat's Comeback; RIP Bill Walton — The Week in Editorial Cartoons,...
I will post more editorial cartoons in the comments section and if new ones go online tonight, possibly as manual updates to this diary. I had written Part 2 several days ago and will try to post it...
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Top Comments: When Not Having a Memorial Day Parade Is Patriotism Edition
As i write this early Monday evening, another Memorial Day is drawing to a close. I am very lucky that of all the members of my family who served in our armed forces, none that I have yet discovered...
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Lessons From Vietnam and a Memorial Day Message
The best way, as I see it, to pay respects to our war dead going back all the way to the Revolutionary War days, is to reduce or eliminate the number of future wars.Above is the Vietnam War Memorial as...
View ArticlePresident Biden honors our soldiers past and future, defendant Trump whines...
The contrast between President Biden’s thoughtful and appropriate Memorial Day remarks and defendant Donald Trump’s petty and vengeful remarks tangentially related to the long standing observance is as...
View ArticleICYMI: Alito’s excuses, Republicans’ humiliation, and who wants more Elon Musks?
Here’s how voters can combat the media’s pro-Trump biasNever underestimate the power of influencing others.Trump in 2016: 'Drain the swamp!' Trump in 2024: 'Fill 'er up'Just when you think Trump...
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