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Repercussions

Consider a side effect of the lawlessness, cruelty and disrespect for human rights thath has now become the signature of ICE, local Police, the National Guard, and even the United States Marine Corps since they have been deployed on American soil in violation of The Posse Comitatus The issue I have yet to see addressed...

ICE

ICE There have been many questions as of late about the militarization of ICE and I decided I needed to do some research and get some answers. Here is what I found and admittedly much of it is...
Columbus Day

What exactly are we “celebrating”?

          Cristoforo Colombo - Italian, Cristobal Colon – Spanish version, Christopher Columbus - English translation... by any name, was a...

Repercussions

Consider a side effect of the lawlessness, cruelty and disrespect for human rights thath has now become the signature of ICE, local Police, the National Guard, and even the United States Marine Corps since they have been deployed on American...

ICE

ICE There have been many questions as of late about the militarization of ICE and I decided I needed to do some research and get some answers. Here is what I found and admittedly much of it is...
# ComeTogether for love, equality and human rights in Copenhagen and in Solvang

COPENHAGEN LORD MAYOR asks DANISH CAPITOL OF AMERICA to embrace...

Photo courtesy of Santa Ynez Valley Pride Each June, the LGBQT+ world community celebrates natural gender diversity and sexual identification as Pride Month. Its roots go back to June 28, 1969, when the NYPD stormed a Greenwich Village, NYC, gay...
First, do no harm

One Flew Over the Kingdom’s Nest, Part 1 of 2

During the primaries leading up to the dysfunctional 2016 election, Bernie Sanders often lauded the Danish welfare system. Compared to anything found in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada for example, he was, and is, on the money. But...
A political philosophy essay, in honor of my sister's suicide on Nov. 29

THE WORLD AS IT IS

THE WORLD AS IT IS, based on facts, is a pretty scary place. A way to help wrap your brain around that one, so it’s less encumbered by one’s own relative biases, or comforts and discomforts, is to imagine yourself...
Witchery Justice

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Image by James Robert Terrell (Bob) DRAGONSLAYERandWitchery Justice She stole into the dark forest, crying as she went, and did not heed the gathering gloom of dusk. Soon, she had gone so deep into the woods that thorns reached out...