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Showing posts with label Charlottesville. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charlottesville. Show all posts

Friday, August 18, 2017

Quotes of the Day -- Now More Than About Ever


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"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word."

"Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace."

"Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals."

--Martin Luther King, Jr.


Tuesday, August 15, 2017

The Zeitgeist Has Turned on Mr. Trump


Even before this Charlottesville, Virginia protest and killing, Donald Trump hit new lows in support. The fact is, he lost the popular vote in the November election, getting 3 million fewer votes than his opponent and he's gone downhill ever since.

President Trump's Approval Rating 

Just Hit Another All-Time Low


It's only gotten worse, much worse, since.

Trump's approval rate at all-time low; 

slip in support among base



Anti-Trump rally draws thousands 

for President's return to NYC


Merck stock spikes after CEO leaves Trump council 


Another bails.


Trump Takes Aim at Executives 

Leaving Presidential Council 


This just broke in the last hour.

Walmart Chief Joins C.E.O. Protests


This hit today:

"Why we voted for Donald Trump": David Duke explains the white supremacist Charlottesville protests

This came out yesterday, also.


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What we don't know is a) how we get rid of this President and b) how we all pull together, now or in time to come.

But we must come together.


Monday, August 14, 2017

What We're Fighting, 70 Years On


From the movie 1972 "Cabaret"




How's This For Irony, Kansas City?


Last evening, there was a local protest against the racism and ugliness and ignorance and even stupidity of the Charlottesville, Virginia protests and murder. There were lots of them, city to city, across the nation.

What was ironic about ours, you might ask?


Stand Against Hate
Sunday 5 PM · JC Nichols Memorial Fountain · Kansas City
Shared to People Power KC

It was held at a public fountain honoring a well-known racist. 

A person significantly, personally, publicly and professionally responsible for the segregation of our city that lasts and still exists and divides us and keeps people down right to today.