What goes through my my mind when I read the news with my morning coffee. …Or for the Simon's Rockers in the group, this is my response journal.
Ms. Cáceres, a winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize, had led a decade-long fight against a proposal to build the Agua Zarca Dam.
Berta Cáceres, Indigenous Activist, Is Killed in Honduras – The New York Times
RIP, may your be even more powerful now.
Richard Stewart, the mayor of Coquitlam, B.C., says he wore the same suit for 15 months to highlight double standards faced by women in politics when it comes to appearance.
hmmmm
Love this!
One hundred children orphaned by the Syrian civil war could find a home in Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica’s summer retreat, “a mansion and riverfront estate surrounded by rolling pastures,” according to Yahoo News.
The World’s Most Humble President Just Opened His House to 100 Syrian Refugee Children
Like the sound of this guy
Why the language we use to talk about refugees matters so much – The Washington Post
This.
I can’t help but wonder how conversations about ‘migrants’ coming over the United States’ southern border would change if we took into account (or were more familiar with) the strife and danger they were leaving behind.
& That.
For three weeks after Katrina, Mexican soldiers helped thousands of displaced Americans in Texas.
When Mexicans crossed our border to feed Americans in need – The Washington Post
Yup
Ted Cruz viciously attacks Jimmy Carter a day after his cancer announcement.
I thought Canadians were supposed to be nice.
In Canada once more, U.S. troops fleeing a war – USATODAY.com
I’m pretty clear on which side on I’m on in this one.
Obama to send more National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border
An armed boarder with a friendly neighbor? How Iron Curtain. How Israeli-Apartheid. His Republican base will be ecstatic. Oh…. Wait… Yeah….
So…. the very real danger to millions of people in Gulf doesn’t rate much visible military involvement but low-wage workers who keep their head down and are mostly unseen as they sneak in to do the dirty work, pay taxes, and then not collect benefits do?
Man, his capacity for being a complete and utter douche continues to amaze me.
Hey Massengill, you’ve got think of it like they’re toddlers. If you give in to them you only encourage them.
Amazon dams hold promise of clean energy for Brazil – CSMonitor.com
Well, that might make up for a tiny portion of the widespread destruction.
Maybe.
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