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“You've got to learn to leave the table when love's no longer being served"

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Saving her childhood home

The effort to preserve Simone’s Tryon home has a long, winding history, but perhaps it’s best to begin by noting how remarkable it is that the house is still standing at all. Built circa 1930, the three-room, 660-square-foot house is the kind of threadbare construction battered by Southern storms that often blends into backroads, or otherwise disappears entirely. If you go searching for the childhood homes of many other African-American artists and activists of the twentieth-century—W.E.B. Du Bois, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X—you’ll find only a placard on a street corner. That Simone’s home has survived time and gentrification, a curtain of kudzu separating it from a panorama of the foothills and distant Hogback Mountain—well, that feels close to a miracle. https://indyweek.com/news/longform/nina-simone-childhood-home-preservation/

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smiley7's picture

listening to Nina Simone. Not in haste this morning as today's OT evolves, no where i must go, nowhere to be, just Kona coffee and me and inner-tubes, in the moment, separated from the machinations of the greater web.

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@smiley7

Ooooo both so lovely for the senses.

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@Reverend Jane Ignatowski

Good to see you; hoping you've a wonderful day.

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this quote from Justice Louis Brandeis:

"We may have democracy, or we may have praise showered on the heads of a few, but we can’t have both."

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@Wally @Wally
as DNC proves again, they are 'motherfeasters.'

Damn them and onward.

Thanks for reminding us of this ugly, corrupt and wrong state of affairs.

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@Wally

Harris, Biden and one other don't. Now I'm wondering....

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Lovely tunes from a lovely lady. Many thanks for Ms. Simone this morning. I enjoyed our girl Bonnie Raitt in the EB last evening.

Climate debate? Phooey. Who cares that were destroying our home? Not the dnc!

Have a lovely day, folks! Pleasantry

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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11

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@Raggedy Ann

A lovely day backatcha, RA.

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@lotlizard

. . . from a less druidistic(?) framework in Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?

When he authored What's the Matter with Kansas: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America, which was critical of Bush(ism), he became the darling of the MSM, being invited on show after show, again and again.

When he wrote Listen Liberal, MSM made sure he became persona non grata

Why? Essentially because he criticized the mangerial elite in the Democratic Party as well as the GOP.

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detroitmechworks's picture

It's been real folks.
Thanks for the kind words, the great memories and the overall fun site.
But I'm done.

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FjWe31S_0g]

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I do not pretend I know what I do not know.

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@detroitmechworks

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@detroitmechworks they get me in trouble with the pigs who pass by on the busy street poisoning my air every day. Thanks a lot, I'll miss your words. cascadia awaits

Fucked with an anchor
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PEACE

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@eyo

I'm going to have it in my head all day!

I-m so happy

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Marilyn

"Make dirt, not war." eyo

@mhagle hi! I am still making dirt with oak leaves... grew three more puffballs and a mushroom. lol I noticed some fall in the air this morning, dry leaves are blowing everywhere in the hot wind. Here it comes again... eternal september Heh and now we have eternal elections. oh yay

Anyway, that song I sing inside my head when I'm in front of this vacant house ripping out bermuda grass. omg wtf I don't know if you've ever had the pleasure of growing it maybe Tejas likes it for greenery. not me Go back to Bermuda! I have to meditate a lot to let that stuff grow and learn to love it, somewhat contained. good practice

Peace be with you mhagle, keep on digging. cheers

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@detroitmechworks
Probably need to bail before the primary is underway for realz.

The problem, though, is the one that Dylan expressed so perfectly, way back when: "I've got a head full of ideas that are drivin' me insane." Some of us just need to get the words out there, now and then. My own private curse: The endless internal chatter, both monologue and synthesized dialogue, that only slips away when I'm engrossed in music or my work.

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The earth is a multibillion-year-old sphere.
The Nazis killed millions of Jews.
On 9/11/01 a Boeing 757 (AA77) flew into the Pentagon.
AGCC is happening.
If you cannot accept these facts, I cannot fake an interest in any of your opinions.

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@detroitmechworks

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"The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?" ~Orwell, "1984"

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@detroitmechworks

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@detroitmechworks

Busy summer. So you have probably written about your new forge system and I haven't seen it. Rats!

All the best to you dude.

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Marilyn

"Make dirt, not war." eyo

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@detroitmechworks

Thank-you for all you've contributed here at c99, DMW — and it's been a lot! We'll all miss reading you, but you've gotta do whatcha gotta do.

All the best to you!

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@detroitmechworks

I've really enjoyed your comments and contributions from lurk mode and had hoped to exchange some banter with you but of course fully support your decision to do whatever is right and best for yourself. Hope you're able to find what you seek. Peace the fk out.

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We're due a rain later today. I hope it happens. Got 1.5" earlier this week but could handle some more for sure after all the hot dry weather.

Projects proceeding nicely...looking for completion before the end of the month.

The world is still green here. In the drought of 2016 leaves were falling by now and the ground crunched when you walked on it. We've had over 50 days of 90 degrees - the last 18 days in a row set a new record.

Well hope you all have a great weekend!

Nina puts a spell on me...
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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

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@Lookout
in the clouds, now, pea-soup, like London. Appears to be cooling down here which is okay with me.

Moving slow today.

Have a good one.

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Azazello's picture

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAkZjzFMtAk width:500 height:300]
Here's Johnstone's article: Establishment Dems Are Openly Bullying Progressives. Good.
Have a nice day.

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We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.

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@Azazello
Thanks for the Lanie.

Imploding in plain sight:
https://twitter.com/_waleedshahid h/t JnH
Especially appreciate the vids down in the twitter thread showing the Sunrise Movement.

Have a wonderful day.

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@Azazello

Not surprisingly, I'm in agreement with Caitlin on this one.

The beltway pundits were able to choke down their rage and vitriol for a few months of the presidential race, hoping against hope that the Sanders campaign would be eclipsed by fauxgressives like Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg and kill his numbers in the polls. As soon as it became clear that this wasn’t going to happen, the friendly mask fell off and the claws came out.

That’s good. Now it’s a clean, fair, honest fight: toe-to-toe, gloves off, and no holds barred. Without the false container of civility and politeness, narratives are much harder to control, and populist narratives have an easier time emerging. Neera made a major miscalculation.

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There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier

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@Azazello

Frankly, I can think of no more honest assessment of where we are than when the media comes right out and says what we know they've been thinking all along.

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So those are our choices? Trump fascism or an anti-democratic process where I have to fall in line with whatever candidate the DNC decides they want?

Interesting times indeed. Can't begin to imagine what they'll say to us when we actually get close to the 2020 Election.

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There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier

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@Anja Geitz

for us.”?

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"The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?" ~Orwell, "1984"

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@Azazello

P*ssy grabber and what Armando said to Nina. I'm seeing the attacks coming more from Neena and other centrist dem sell outs. No one attacked Liz or Kambama at that level that she did.

The primary was shown to have been a massive scam and yet so many people deny that it happened. This is considered CT on way too many websites and new sites in the comments.

Post her any time you see her.

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Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.

how to do your taxes

Instead the Cal students have signed up to take "Adulting," where they'll be taught to handle stress, pay taxes, manage their finances and make healthy choices, according to the course description.

Cal undergraduates Belle Lau and Jenny Zhou created the class through the DeCal, according to SFGate.

The program allows students to create and lead nontraditional classes, which range from "Cal Pokemon Academy" to the "Future of Healthcare".

To be young, gifted and black
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PEACE

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@eyo

Have a fun and peaceful day.

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Thanks for the Nina. Overcast here with bits of the big Mexico storm floating our way. Fall is just dipping it’s toes in. New smells and colors. The winds are changing. Driving the other day I thought to myself, I need hope. At that moment I looked up as I passed Hope Street. So mode it be. Make it so. Visualize peace and regime change to support the Earth. Have a good one...

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Stop Climate Change Silence - Start the Conversation

Hot Air Website, Twitter, Facebook

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@magiamma
Hope we find that spring Smile

Though of you when a friend posted this: https://deepadaptation.ning.com/
I'm not a member, and you may be already, anyways ...

Enjoy your day.

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@smiley7
I just joined and will pass it on to folks.

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyCn8IC5RpE]

Have a good evening...

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Anja Geitz's picture

Sounds like a lovely way to begin your day Smile

It's sunny here in the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains but the nights have been blessedly cooler. I actually had to put a quilt on my bed last night!

Listening to the birds this morning as I water my azaleas. Actually one bird in particular. A mockingbird who has perched himself on the roof here for the last week, singing his song and swooping down and pecking my cats on the head whenever they are out in the garden. Ziggy now checks around for the mockingbird before he comes outside. I might have to give this bird a name soon. Thoughts?

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There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier

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@Anja Geitz

Guess it's late in season for birdie to have nestlings nearby; best guess is catbird.

Enjoy the breezes and sunshiny day.

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@Anja Geitz Peckerhead was the first thing that popped in my head. LoL

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enhydra lutris's picture

to see what's happened since my 6:30 am post and discovered that it is missing. Now I have to wonder if it even posted. Ah well, next week starts tomorrow and maybe everything will go more smoothly. Thanks for the morning Nina. Hope you have continued to have a slow, mellow, relaxing day, and that tomorrow is the same.

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

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@enhydra lutris
Good to see you; i've been away most of the week; tired, nice to have down-time today.

Hope you had a wonderful trip.

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in a kayaking accident

Nothing to see here. Move along

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