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LongTomH's JournalWhat Bullets Do to Bodies
Huffington Post: What Bullets Do to Bodies. This is a long article, parts of it are disturbing; but, you really need to read it. The opening says: "The gun debate would change in an instant if Americans witnessed the horrors that trauma surgeons confront every day." Probably the hard core '2nd amendment' advocates in Congress wouldn't be affected -- after all, they're sociopaths and psychopaths. What this might do is stiffen the spines of Democratic Congresspersons to oppose this horror.
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Rafi Colon had a gunshot wound in his stomach that took months to heal:
Another gunshot victim begins a long, painful road to recovery.
Bill Nye's Answer to the Fermi Paradox
Named for its originator, the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi, the Fermi Paradox asks the question, "if chances are that we're not alone in the universe, how come we haven't heard from any of the other alien civilizations?"
According to Bill Nye, he and the Planetary Society hold the opinion that we probably haven't been listening hard enough. The Science Guy goes on to explain how NASA is boosting efforts at intergalactic communication.
Note that Bill doesn't seem to subscribe to the idea of a 'Great Filter' that limits the lifetime of an intelligent species, or makes its emergence unlikely in the first place.
Peter Capaldi Reads A Captain's World War One Letter: The Christmas Truce, 1914
The tragedy of war; men who could have been friends in other circumstances forced to kill each other for a war that will be a footnote in history.
Nazis, Neo-Confederates and Roy Moore......oh my!!!!!
Roy Moores Foundation Cashed At Least One Check From Actual Nazis.............//snip
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Why, oh why isn't the media screaming about this?!?!?
I haven't received any such emails and I'm an Our Revolution member.
May I point out that Our Revolution candidates won in 2016 and 2017; Our Revolution also supported local and state resolutions that won in both years.
If you want to keep the Blue Wave going, expelling Our Revolution members from the party would be counterproductive. (Yes, some of them are independents or Third Party; but, most are still Democrats.)
Actually, the largest number of 2017 victories were by progressive candidates
'Tsunami' of Progressive Victories Delivers Massive Repudiation of Trumpism.Progressives are already organizing for 2018.
Why Did The Elephant Cross The Road?
It's not a joke. Man Bikes Away From Sprinting Elephant, Realizes Whats Happening When Elephant Beckons To Woods:
Once the biker has been chased off, the elephant does an about-face and turns to face the oncoming traffic. There are at least three to four cars coming, though upon seeing the massive obstacle in the road, they all do the smart thing and stop.
Seeing that they arent coming closer, the elephant takes a few cautious steps forward.
Once the coast is clear, the elephant gestures into the brushand out follows his entire family! With his safe guidance, the elephant guides the mother and two children safely across the road without harm to anyone. As it turns out, the biker was just a distraction to the elephants larger goal.
Who knew that nature footage like this could come with its own plot twist?
Though elephants are understandably intimidating creatures, they are also beautiful and empathetic animals that have been forced to live in communities with people in many areas. They have families and normal needs of their own, even if we cant always understand their actions.
Because everyone in the clip was aware, nobody got hurt and the elephants made it safely across the road.
How can anyone be proud of killing one of these beautiful and intelligent creatures? We all remember that horrible picture of the Spawn of Trump proudly holding up the tail of an elephant he killed.
Leonard Cohen Democracy Is Coming to the USA
It's coming through a hole in the air,
from those nights in Tiananmen Square.
It's coming from the feel
that this ain't exactly real,
or it's real, but it ain't exactly there.
From the wars against disorder,
from the sirens night and day,
from the fires of the homeless,
from the ashes of the gay:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming through a crack in the wall;
on a visionary flood of alcohol;
from the staggering account
of the Sermon on the Mount
which I don't pretend to understand at all.
It's coming from the silence
on the dock of the bay,
from the brave, the bold, the battered
heart of Chevrolet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming from the sorrow in the street,
the holy places where the races meet;
from the homicidal bitchin'
that goes down in every kitchen
to determine who will serve and who will eat.
From the wells of disappointment
where the women kneel to pray
for the grace of God in the desert here
and the desert far away:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
Sail on, sail on
O mighty ship of state!
To the shores of need
Past the reefs of greed
Through the squalls of hate
Sail on, sail on, sail on...
It's coming to America first
The cradle of the best and of the worst
It's here they got the range
And the machinery for change
And it's here they got the spiritual thirst
It's here the family's broken
And it's here the lonely say
That the heart has got to open
In a fundamental way
Democracy is coming to the u.s.a
It's coming from the women and the men
Oh baby, we'll be making love again
We'll be going down so deep
That the river's going to weep
And the mountain's going to shout Amen!
It's coming like the tidal flood
Beneath the lunar sway
Imperial, mysterious
In amorous array
Democracy is coming to the u.s.a
Sail on, sail on
O mighty ship of state!
To the shores of need
Past the reefs of greed
Through the squalls of hate
Sail on, sail on, sail on...
I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean
I love the country but I can't stand the scene
And I'm neither left or right
I'm just staying home tonight
Getting lost in that hopeless little screen
But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags
That time cannot decay
I'm junk but I'm still holding up
This little wild bouquet
Democracy is coming to the u.s.a
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