I am thinking about John Kerry

#DNC2012 “Ask Osama bin Laden if he’s better off now than he was four years ago!”

— Senator John Kerry

This was one of the more memorable quotes that Massachusetts Senator John Kerry made during his speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. He gave a speech that called out the former Massachusetts Governor and current Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney on his policies and lack of a clear position and plan for the country. He went as far as to suggest that Romney took his foreign cues from watching the Rocky IV movie.
You know you're in trouble when the person who was charged with being a flip-flopper when he ran for president in 2004, calls you out as being an even worse flip-flopper.
The recurring thought that I had (as I'm sure everyone else had) as I watched Kerry speak was "Where the hell was this guy in 2004?" This guy could have gotten elected to the White House instead of being a bigger punchline than the punchline that got reelected.

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Duran Duran news

“RT @HuffingtonPost: Duran Duran cancels big show http://huff.to/Pctmmd ”

I am thinking about Anais Nin

““You cannot save people, you can only love them.” — Anaïs Nin”

Business Blogging: Using a Blog to Generate Business

Business Blogging: Using a Blog to Generate Business

Evil triumphs when good people do nothing. Period.

 

 [image description: two Desi women holding up a sign at a demonstration that says,
"Imagine a world free of sexual violence on women. Can you?”
In the middle of the sign is an illustration of a woman.]

(Source: theuntitledmag)

A disturbing, but all too familiar incident that illustrates why the work to stop violence against women is not over by a long shot.

From globalpost on Tumblr:

MUMBIA, India — On July 9, a group of men attacked a girl after she stepped out of a club on a busy street in Guwahati, Assam. A reporter, who was later joined by a cameraman, filmed the entire incident, and a local television channel released the footage the following day.

The girl was molested, burned, and beaten for at least half an hour. The men tried to strip off her clothes. The girl fruitlessly begged bystanders, passersby, and the men filming for help – nobody put a stop to it.

Read more at GlobalPost

From A Swiftly Tilting Planet...

One of the versions of Patrick’s Rune per Madeleine L’Engle:

“In this fateful hour,
I place all Heaven with its power
And the sun with its brightness,
And the snow with its whiteness,
And the fire with all the strength it hath,
And the lightning with its rapid wrath,
And the winds with their swiftness along their path,
And the rocks with their steepness,
And the earth with its starkness,
All these I place
Between myself and the powers of darkness!”

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I am thinking about Neil Armstrong and I am thinking about Apollo 11

I am thinking about Neil Armstrong and I am thinking about Apollo 11

“RT @ABCWorldNews: Neil Armstrong, the first astronaut to walk on the moon as commander of Apollo 11, has died. He was 82 years old. http://abcn.ws/RaYbbC”

From discoverynews:

“For those who may ask what they can do to honor Neil, we have a simple request. Honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink.”