well said brother.

Dear White House Reporters: Again, WTF? Dinner with this president, really?

Looks like the Washington press corps is coming ahead with this outdated and outrageous @whca event. WTF?

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Most people have become accustomed to hiding their deepest pain.

Behind the eyes of many faces you see today, or in quiet voices; is someone suffering silently.

Treat others with dignity & don’t cause further harm. Think before you say something hurtful.

Be respectful & choose compassion.

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... shakes out of the mind, in the course of time, even what we knew.”

happy bday Brazilian writer Hilda Hilst, b.1930.

“The shortness of life, the dullness of the senses, the numbness of indifference and unprofitable occupations allow us to know but very little. And again and again swift oblivion, the embezzler of knowledge and the enemy of memory,...

“Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.”

happy bday English writer Charlotte Brontë, b.1816.

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”

“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”

I am in Barcelona today to help unite progressive parties from around the world in a defense of democracy and a war against corruption. A first of its kind event. Necessary to beat back the forces of fascism.

And our two best players are Russian!😂

how ridiculous for Tampa Bay Lightning fans to chant "USA, USA" last night against Montreal Canadians? Montreal has more USA born players than Tampa, and Tampa has more than half its team from Canada.

happy bday writer Julie Powell, b.1973, Austin, TX

“Doors are going to open-doors you can't even imagine exist.”

“But hard bitten cynicism leaves one feeling peevish, and too much of it can do lasting damage to your heart.”

happy bday Dutch writer Martinus Nijhoff, b.1894.

"The air’s like silk, the trees and street-lamps
only like themselves. No dream
could say it clearer. Some compass needle
leads me to the park, where gates of steel
declare ‘Each plant and planet feels
the inmost drive to move and dream.’..."

My fav… “…whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.”

...and improvise most effectively have prevailed.”

RIP Charles Darwin, died this day 1882.

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives,
not the most intelligent that survives.
It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”

“In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate...

...In your own tranquil depths”

happy bday Brazilian poet Manuel Bandeira, b.1886.

“Be like the flowing river,
Silent in the night.
Be not afraid of the dark.
If there are stars in the sky, reflect them back.
If there are clouds in the sky,
Remember clouds, like the river, are water.
So, gladly reflect them too,...

how does ESPN justify covering WWE etc as a legitimate sport? and fact they feature it on all their talk shows is astounding. it is fake and merely an entertainment platform.

happy bday writer Kathy Acker, b.1947, NYC.

“Dreams are manifestations of identities.”

"Every book, remember, is dead until a reader activates it by reading. Every time that you read you are walking among the dead, and, if you are listening, you just might hear prophecies."

well posted my friend.

Matthew 5:9 — “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.”
26:52 — “Put your sword back in its place… for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.”
Romans 12:19–21 — “Do not take revenge… ‘If your enemy is hungry, feed him

happy bday physician/abolitionist James McCune Smith, b.1813, NYC, first African-American to get a medical degree (which he had to get in Scotland).

not true. a majority of Israelis disapprove of and dislike Netanyahu.

happy bday lawyer Clarence Darrow, b.1857, Farmdale, OH.

"You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom".

“I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.”

Agree - as long as they are culturally aligned with the district or state. Well said Matthew! That is VITAL. And I hope that is well understood as we move forward.

i am going to repeat this again. It is not antisemitic to oppose Netanyahu and his war in the middle east. In fact a majority of Jews in America oppose Netanyahu and his war.

come on. this isn't a jeffries problem. it is a golden problem. one defector out of more than two hundred members isn't the leaders fault.