Mira
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Member since: Thu Oct 21, 2004, 06:06 PM
Number of posts: 22,264
Member since: Thu Oct 21, 2004, 06:06 PM
Number of posts: 22,264
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Architecture, Art and Reading. How much better can it get?
Yesterday I gathered my son and grandson, both graduates of UNCSA - North Carolina School of the Arts - and we went to visit the brand new library they built at what is the highest spot in the city.At night it is a hugely beautifully lit beacon in the sky, and it's in walking distance from my house.
It was not meant as a photo taking visit, but I did have my camera. 
I learned that anyone can get a library card there, and among the wonderful artwork are many areas where one can sit in the streaming light and read. The last photo is at a seating area where I plan to go as a new destination, take a book, get into it, and away from everything else 
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Posted by Mira | Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:21 PM (6 replies)
Billionaire Republican donor Charles Koch likens Donald Trump's Muslim ban to Adolf Hitler's policie
Influential industrialist says travel restrictions 'wrong approach' for 'free and open societies’
Charles Koch first likened candidate Donald Trump's plan to ban Muslim immigrants to something Adolf Hitler would have done in Nazi Germany. The billionaire industrialist and his chief lieutenants offered a more delicate response this weekend when asked about President Trump's plan to block immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. They described Trump's plan as “the wrong approach” that violated its dedication to “free and open societies.” The criticism comes as the Koch network, among the most powerful conservative groups in the nation, works to strike a delicate balance in the early days of the new administration. The Kochs refused to support Trump's candidacy last fall, but they now see a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to influence the White House and the Republican-controlled Congress. For all of it go here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-muslim-travel-ban-billionaire-republican-donor-charles-koch-likens-policy-to-adolf-a7552531.html |
Posted by Mira | Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:54 AM (17 replies)
Scientists Baffled by McConnell and Ryans Ability to Stand Upright Without Spines -reports Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Calling it a “medical mystery of the first order,” scientists are baffled by the ability of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan to stand upright without the benefit of spines. Doctors at the University of Minnesota Medical School, who have been studying the skeletal structures of both Republicans for months, believe that their ability to stand, walk, and even break into a brisk trot when confronted by reporters’ questions is “virtually inexplicable.” “The fact that they can do these things without the aid of spines makes McConnell and Ryan anomalies in the animal kingdom,” said Dr. Davis Logsdon. “According to everything medical science teaches us, their bodies should be collapsing to the ground in two heaps.” As the Minnesota scientists have struggled to solve the medical conundrum presented by the two invertebrate leaders, one theory that has gained traction is what Logsdon calls “the startled-deer hypothesis.” “Just as a deer freezes in the headlights of a car and briefly appears statue-like, we believe that Ryan and McConnell’s bodies may retain their rigid structure out of terror alone,” he said. “In other words, fear is performing the function that a spine performs in other people.” Calling it “just a theory,” Logsdon said that the anatomies of McConnell and Ryan require further study, and that there was growing public support for both men to be dissected. www.borowitzreport.com |
Posted by Mira | Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:28 AM (7 replies)
The Anne Frank Center Responded To Trumps Wall Order
Posted by Mira | Sun Jan 29, 2017, 10:36 PM (9 replies)
Only three ever issued at the time of *W Bush. Do you remember ITMFA ?
Mine in NC, and one in Oregon and one in Washington State.
the Dept of Motor Vehicles caught on to the message and made me take it off, wanted me to send it back, which I "forgot" to do. I think the time has come to put it on the front of my car 
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Posted by Mira | Sun Jan 29, 2017, 03:53 PM (7 replies)
Anything you like to send to Solly Mack during her recovery: Post it right here / let's keep it up
All I know folks is that her recovery is tough going and she might want to be lifted up and thought about.
Post something, whatever you might like that will entertain her, and if you feel like it add what it is about and why you are sending this particular photo. Here is mine. An orchid from my bathroom window. It was saved separately, I discovered, and not lost in the many photos I lost when I dropped my hard drive. It made me happy to find that I still had it. This is for you, Solly. 
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Posted by Mira | Fri Jan 27, 2017, 02:32 PM (43 replies)
Today was the day of Solly Mack's surgery
Word has reached me that she came through it OK.
This is to let you know that any kind of good thoughts, prayers, meditations and healing spirits can help in her recovery. I added the photo because it speaks to me of a new day of hope for a pain free future for Solly, whom we all love. 
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Posted by Mira | Wed Jan 25, 2017, 06:59 PM (27 replies)
At 10 pm you can turn on the tele / HBO / also streaming live on youtube / Bill Maher back TONIGHT
Posted by Mira | Fri Jan 20, 2017, 06:39 PM (7 replies)
Stifled myself from entering this in the current contest:A new beginning
"After the measuring: New curtains in the Oval"
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Posted by Mira | Wed Jan 18, 2017, 11:57 PM (4 replies)
Bush Counting Down Days Until He Is No Longer Worst President in History -Borowitz satire
DALLAS (The Borowitz Report)—Former President George W. Bush is eagerly counting down the days until he is no longer the worst President in U.S. history, Bush confirmed on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters at his home, Bush said that he “could hardly wait” until Friday, when he will be officially bounced from the worst-President slot. “I have to admit, I never thought I’d see this day in my lifetime,” the former President said. “When you leave office with the nation in smoldering ruins, you sort of come to accept that you’re gonna be worst for a long, long time.” “I guess you could say I set the bar kind of high, worst-wise,” he chuckled. As the returns came in on Election Night, however, the former President suddenly realized that his days as the worst President in U.S. history might be coming to an abrupt end. “Holy cow,” Bush remembered saying to himself. “Just holy cow.” While Bush recognizes that many Americans are dreading Friday’s Inauguration, he said he hoped that they could “sort of understand” why he might see things differently. “To be honest, Friday can’t come fast enough for me,” he said. “I’m like a kid waiting for Christmas.” www.borowitzreport.com |
Posted by Mira | Tue Jan 17, 2017, 12:24 PM (6 replies)
