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05/29/2023

05/26/2023

On this day, 25 May 2020, George Floyd, 46, a Black security guard and father of two, was murdered by Minneapolis police, as an officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes. The killer, who had eighteen previous complaints filed against him, ignored Floyd's desperate calls that he could not breathe, and that the officer would kill him. He kept kneeling on Floyd's neck after he lost consciousness, and even after paramedics arrived he kept kneeling on his neck for a further minute and twenty seconds. Meanwhile, three of his colleagues stood by and protected him while onlookers filmed and called for help. Combined with a spate of other killings of unarmed Black people by police and vigilantes, including Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Rayshard Brooks, the Black Lives Matter movement re-emerged and swept the US and internationally. Within the next two months, over 4,700 protests took place in some 2,500 towns and cities around the US with between seven and 26 million participants, which would make it the largest protest movement in US history. This has been despite violent attacks on demonstrators by police, National Guard, and armed white supremacists.
The full scope of the movement cannot be known at present, but so far it has resulted in criminal convictions for the killers of Floyd and Arbery, and has sparked growing calls for the defunding or even abolition of police forces. In Minneapolis itself this resulted in the city council initially pledging to dismantle its police department, although after protests died down, authorities backtracked on the plan.
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04/22/2023

One of the greatest and most influential physicists, Albert Einstein died on this day in 1955. He was also an avid violinist and according to some sources played rather well.

He once famously said:
“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of my violin”.



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03/29/2023

We're in a fight for our country!
A fight to defend democracy!
Community not oligarchy.
Equality not hierarchy.
History not erasure.
We won't give up.
We won't give in.

03/23/2023

An elderly woman had two large pots, each hung on
the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck.

One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot
was perfect and always delivered a full portion of
water. At the end of the long walks from the stream
to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily, with the
woman bringing home only one and a half pots of
water.. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its
accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was
ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that
it could only do half of what it had been made to do.

After two years of what it perceived to be bitter
failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream.
'I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my
side causes water to leak out all the way back to
your house.'

The old woman smiled, 'Did you notice that there are
flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other
pot's side?' 'That's because I have always known
about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your
side of the path, and every day while we walk back,
you water them.' For two years I have been able to
pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table.

Without you being just the way you are, there would
not be this beauty to grace the house.'

Moral of the story:
Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the
cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives
together so very interesting and rewarding. You've
just got to take each person for what they are and
look for the good in them. 💕💕💕

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03/20/2023

Happy birthday, Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 - Oct. 9, 1973).

Singer. Songwriter. Guitarist. Gospel music performer. Known as the "Godmother of Rock & Roll," due to her influence on many younger musicians, including: Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Isaac Hayes, Aretha Franklin, and Elvis Presley.

Born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas. Died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Buried in Northwood Cemetery, Philadelphia.

~The Marginal Mennonite Society Heroes Series

02/27/2023

Lozoya's love of the low- and slow-riding, customized classic cars, a staple now in Chicano households, is something he has helped spread across Arizona.

02/27/2023

11/12/2022

Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone was just found in contempt of court in a case that dates back to the Joe Arpaio era.