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Being himself, however, really meant not just a Jew or just an American but both and neither…. An exile, he sits down by the waters of Manhattan to weep; a wry smile comes over his face, for he realizes that he is home. And then he really weeps. – L.S. Dembo Charles Reznikoff was born in…
Somebody told me it was frightening how much topsoil we are losing every year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared. – Jack Handey Dear Momma & Papa – Summer Camp is so exciting. Apparently a gentleman dove into the lake and had a heart attack and died. Pretty scary, actually, diving…
Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness around me. – Sojourner Truth Attn: Florida’s School Children. “Ain’t I a Woman?” was spoken…
Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness. – Sacha Guitry April Fools’ Pranks To Not Suggest To Trump When He’s Re-Elected Replacing everybody’s health care with shaving cream. Fake ice cubes that melt immediately, except they’re not ice cubes, they’re polar ice caps. Toy guns that can actually kill…
I still think an Egg McMuffin is the best breakfast. – Judge Judy Toy or drug. You be the judge? Surprising confusion. And I say that as a law school dropout who suffers from beneficial lycanthropy. What follows is not satire. This is an actual New York Times report on the real United States Supreme Court…
“The president bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding.” – Kevin McCarthy. January 13, 2021 The narrative last night ignores tens of thousands of pages of court filings and the tonnage of footage already released by the Justice Department…
embrace – verb – ɪmˈbreɪs – to willingly and enthusiastically accept, adopt, and espouse International Women’s Day 2023. Wednesday, March 8 Susan B. Anthony was a political activist and an advocate of women’s rights. After the Civil War, she fought for the 14th Amendment that was meant to grant all naturalized and native-born Americans citizenship in the…
The only reason the world was a better place during your childhood is because you were a child. – J.R. Rim. And now they have screwed that up. Barricaded Siblings Turn to TikTok While Defying Court Order to Return to Father They Say Abused Them A judge concluded the children were victims of “parental alienation,” which…
“We didn’t land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock landed on us.” Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother was the National recording secretary for the Marcus Garvey Movement which commanded millions of followers in the 1920s and 30s. His father was a Baptist minister and chapter president…
Despite the fact that there were a lot of African-Americans playing in the National Football League in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, there was a stereotype that we weren’t capable of succeeding at certain positions. If you played those positions in college and you got drafted, you knew you were probably going to get moved…