Not Happy With Pecker's Immunity Deal
OK, I understand about deals to get people to flip. And if it helps us get Drumpf, I will get over it. But am I the only one furious about David Pecker’s immunity deal? The National Inquirer has...
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Jordanians, Palestinians & Israelis save the river & build the peace....
Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli EcoPeaceMiddleEast & partnership volunteers, Jordan River, 2015 Stanford’s 2018 top environmental award given to Jordan River peacemakers, Gidon Bromberg and...
View ArticleUtah-based Not-for-profit to offer 20 generic drugs in 2019 to alleviate...
In case not blogged here January 24, Jilian Mincer at Reuters reported on an 800-member consortium of hospital systems teaming to alleviate shortages of very standard drugs important in surgeries and...
View ArticleWhile I have some of your attention re: IRAN
I read your comments and think you’re right. It would have to be an official-sounding project, with a short application process and everything.Weeding out trolls might be more important than...
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Make Tech, Not War: Israel, Palestine & Cutting-edge Coexistence- it IS...
Quoting from one of the sources most heavily referenced in DK diaries on I/P issues:Far from the rockets, fiery kites and snipers, cooperation between Palestinian techies and Israeli entrepreneurs...
View ArticleThe Better Angels 🔴 🔵 training workshops for depolarizing...
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory … will yet swell the chorus of the...
View ArticleBook Review of The Russian Job — How the U.S. Saved the Soviet Union
Democrats and Republicans working together to provide assistance to Iran would seem impossible in today’s polarized politics. Similar political divisions, due to the “red scare”, divided our nation in...
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International Arab Group: Engage with Israel & End IntraArab...
From a 2-day London meeting of some 32 figures from Algeria, Bahrein, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, the Palestinian Territories, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the...
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3,000 People Never Met Before Sang Together in 3 Languages In Haifa...
February 14, 2018 Koululam invited 3,000 people who had never met before to sing in Haifa, in three languages, a celebration of coexistence. It took just under an hour to learn all the parts… and here...
View ArticleNassiriya, Iraq “The street was filled with protesters' blood...”
on November 28, Amnesty International reported an eyewitness saying of a scene like a war-zone, when government SWAT, anti-riot and other security forces used live ammunition and a bulldozer to...
View ArticleNonviolent dissent swept the globe in 2019, even in the face of violent pushback
Nonviolent mass movements are the primary challenges to governments today,” [says Harvard political scientist Erica Chenoweth]. “This represents a pronounced shift in the global landscape of...
View ArticleIslamic leaders make ‘groundbreaking’ visit to Auschwitz
Monday is the 75th anniversary of the Jan. 27, 1945, liberation of Auschwitz. We all know that name, though there are few still alive who have first-hand knowledge of the horrors perpetrated there. I...
View ArticleMike's Munich Day-of-Fun!
I submit this recent speech, by Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, as evidence that things aren’t going well for Mike in the lalaland that is Trump’s White House. Couple things to note:1 — he’s nervous,...
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John Legend launches shuttle service in Ohio food desert
Dive Brief:Singer John Legend announced a free shuttle service in his hometown of Springfield, Ohio, that takes residents in the city's underserved south side neighborhood to the nearest Kroger,...
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Anti-Capitalist Meetup: We Are Community
Yes, that’s hand holding in the title photo. We’ll do that again soon, most likely. Funny how things change sometimes though. The mean level of expertise in hand sanitation has risen dramatically, if...
View ArticleCrowd Sourcing Solutions to COVID19
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763590The editors of JAMA recognize the challenges, concerns, and frustration about the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) that is...
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Covid 19 State by State. WA 3-22-2020 "100 Million Surgical Masks"
In the race to stay ahead of the devastating exponential growth curve which is COVID-19 impacts on our world, local leadership and innovation will absolutely be the difference between saving thousands...
View ArticleCOVID19 SbS: WA - UPDATE: Inslee orders "Stay at home"
UPDATE:“Stay at Home” order issued by Gov Inslee for two weeks (minimum), effective immediately for individuals and 5:30 pm Wednesday, March 25th for businesses. This is essentially the same as most...
View ArticleThis Once-in-a-Civilization Opportunity to Reset “Normal”
As we try to imagine our lives after COVID-19, it’s all too easy to become caught up in an unexamined rush to return to normalcy. Let’s not go back to normalcy. Present-tense normalcy is a world in...
View ArticleStreet Prophets Thursday: Interfaith Arts In Israel: Playback Improv &...
Welcome to Street Prophets, at the intersection of politics and faith/heritage. Please wish a speedy recovery to michelewln, SP’s usual Thursday Coffee Hour diarist, and to Otteray Scribe and...
View ArticleInterfaith Leaders Pray Together for the Health of the People of the Earth
Jerusalem, Israel, April 22, Earthday — Religious leaders gathered on the King David Hotel terrace overlooking the Old City. Each in their own liturgical language, in unison, the Sephardi and Ashkenazi...
View ArticleAnti-Shelter-in-Place Nuts are Also Anti-Vaxxers
The stupid, it burns!A Washington Post reporter has found a correlation between the people protesting shelter-in-place orders and people who refuse to get vaccinated or refuse to vaccinate their...
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Saturday Morning Garden Blog, Vol. 16.22: A Tribute to the Trees
Good morning gardeners. The pandemic has given us the chance to go for regular walks in our neighborhood and, when we do so, we pay special attention to the trees. Sometimes we even make sketches of...
View ArticleHuman Origins: Cooperation
Like many other species, humans are social animals and live in groups. However, one of the distinguishing features of human societies is the amount of cooperation among the group members. Studies of...
View ArticleCompassion and free market
I talked about compassion before here. I said compassion is social, and that acting compassionately towards other people is rewarding. Humans are social animals, so we are rewarded for compassion for...
View ArticleGLAD TO IMAGINE
“You may say I’m a dreamer. But I’m not the only one. Perhaps someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one.” John Lennon, Yoko Ono, “Imagine”Reading news reports about destruction of...
View ArticleTwo events that made me really worry about the future.
One of the events that got me very worried is the one we all have been giving so much attention to. The Capitol riot was a frightening attempt to overthrow a democratic election. But the other is...
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DvarTorah:No.African to Persia Trad'l Interfaith 24Hr Mixed Multitude...
xxYouTube Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5APzfs4TB04 SOME TERRIFIC JEWISH MAGHREBI GNAWA background music by Ravid Kahalani TO LISTEN TO WHILE YOU READ, BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO TURN THE VOLUME DOWN...
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♀️ThisWeekInTheWarOnWomen: Teach Men2 Not Violate? Brain Science on...
Most of the news we’ve seen about teaching men and boys to not batter, not rape, not coerce or dominate, etc., involves academic curriculum changes and additions, or workshops from community...
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Montana Tribe Gifts Vaccines to First Nations Neighbors Across Canadian Border
BABB, Montana (AP) — On a cloudy spring day [last month], hundreds lined up in their cars on the Canadian side of the [Piegan-Carway ] border crossing that separates Alberta and Montana. They had...
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Sunday Reading: The Trees, the Forest, Darwin - Everything you know is wrong!
If you are not familiar with the work of Dr. Suzanne Simard, it could reshape the way we think about forests and the larger natural world.Let’s start with Darwin and the Theory of Evolution. For most...
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Jewish & Arab health professionals 'over there' in solidarity 4...
Jewish, Arab, Muslim, Christian, Druze, Bedouin, Circassian and more medical staff at hospitals across Israel have come together to call for peaceful coexistence and cooperation during trying times....
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Dawn Chorus: Wings, Beaks, and Teamwork
We know birds flock together, but what exactly do they do when they’re together? How much of that behavior is innate, and how much is innovated?Male manakins dance in groups to attract a single female...
View ArticleCan we Ever Dump the Alpha (Male) Ape?
For brief descriptions of and links to recent posts, click here. For an inverse-chronological list with links to all posts after January 23, 2017, click here. For a subject-matter index to posts before...
View Articlehow we need to use the Newsom recall as a format for winning our nation back...
Consider this an article on the editorial page of any newspaper in America. Yes, it is an opinion, but I would insist, it is an opinion based on FACTS. Some of those facts are presented in the articles...
View ArticleThe actual costs of innovation in our competitive world - Anti-Capitalist Meetup
An argument for collaboration over competitionEvery month (or so) I attempt to describe, convey, orate, draw attention to and expose different ways capitalism harms our species. I want to show how it...
View Article"STOP THE STEAL!" ACM
Yes, this will be our future represented above on the spit. I have seen over the past couple of years a snowballing avalanche of comments stating we are past all turning points that matter, and are on...
View ArticleBipartisan Group of County Clerks Say "Put Up Or Shut Up."
From the Pueblo Chieftain newspaper — www.chieftain.com/…, comes the following:Pueblo County Clerk and Recorder Gilbert “Bo” Ortiz joined a bipartisan group of clerks from across the state in Denver on...
View Article"Polyphony" brings Israeli Arab and Jewish young people together with music
With all of the strife currently happening, I wanted to let you know that there is still light in this part of the world.“Music is the universal language,” as the saying goes, and Nazareth violinist...
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PWB Peeps: The Ballinknock Kronnikuls - Writer's Block
A gentle reminder of how we do things: 🐱🐶🐦Do not troll the diary. If you hate pootie diaries, leave now. No harm, no foul.Please do share pics of your fur kids! If you have health/behavior issues...
View ArticleThe true cost of money exposed: Anti-Capitalist meetup exposé
Money is too often not just a part of the conversation, but is the center and deciding factor of the conversation. Too soon these discussions will be moot, as the runaway climate disaster becomes a...
View ArticleHow Things Are (A Scientist's View)
“We have met the enemy, and he is us.” — Pogo (main character from a long-forgotten late-twentieth-century comic strip)Today our species faces two existential crises. The first is climate change that...
View ArticleCan Divan Orchestra Bring Peace to the Middle East?
This story was written by Katelyn Simon for The Clyde Fitch Report. CFR produces and publishes opinion and reporting at the crossroads of arts and politics.The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra has posed...
View ArticleWhat Would a Rational Species Do? We Need a New Paradigm
We humans stand on the precipice. We now face five existential threats, each unique in our short recorded history.First, we are running out of planet to plunder. So we are destroying the climate in...
View ArticleIt's Hard Because It Is
Why is everything so damned hard? No matter how successful you are at some thing, other things elude you. It's just the nature of life. But why? Why why why why why?Science gives us some glimpses of...
View ArticleThe Third Coming
Before you click out, know this: I’m not religious. Trained first as an experimental scientist, I spent most of my working life as a lawyer and law professor. I don’t believe in the supernatural, far...
View Article◼ Ha'aretz - "Across Israel, Jews and Arabs Join Forces to Help War Victims...
October 12, 2023by Netta Ahituv and Nadin Abou Laban<big>In Haifa and Jaffa, joint Jewish and Arab patrols seek to prevent violence on both sides. In the south, Bedouin residents risk their lives...
View ArticleAre You Naughty or Nice?
Derek summarizes research on what is the best strategy to encourage niceness, forgiveness, generosity in people that are naturally self-interested. It turns out to be an eye-for-an-eye philosophy....
View ArticleBillionaire egomaniacs
BiILLIONAIRE EGOMANIACS by Carol Wolman, MDA few egomaniacs are destroying our world. They are devouring our minds, our pocketbooks, our individuality. Some of them believe they will be raptured by...
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