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We Can’t Soar With Turkeys
“It’s hard to soar with the eagles when you’re surrounded by turkeys.” This saying is insulting to turkeys. The wild turkeys in my neighborhood are beautiful, intelligent birds with strong and adaptable survival skills. Perhaps this is why Ben Franklin proposed having the turkey as our national bird.
The eagles are also survivors, having come back from near extension because of DDT, a man made chemical. Today my wife and I often see them “soaring” at a roadside carcass to gorge on carrion. This is not the noble, patriotic image we associate with eagles. But ...
Poverty Violence
Poverty extends to more than homelessness, as almost half our population here in the Wausau lives with it. That’s right, almost 40% of the Wausau area is one disaster away from poverty. It affects almost 80% of single women with a child under the age of 5. Add another layer to that, we are combatting a system that doesn’t acknowledge that there are people with mental and physical health conditions. Poverty is the 4th leading cause of death in this country. We live in a system of greed and power. This is plain and simple….poverty violence.
Addressing “homelessn...
CEASEFIRE IN GAZA NOW!!
Join us for a Peace Walk calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to military aid to Israel or any other parties in the Middle East.
We call for an enduring and sustained Ceasefire immediately.
We call for an immediate flow of life saving food, water, medical help, housing, and humanitarian assistance to Gaza and the West Bank.
We call for a release of all hostages - both Palestinian hostages/political prisoners held by Israel and Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
We call for an end to the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank and Jerusalem, and ...
YES BUT
It is well known the United States started the war in Vietnam based on lies the about Gulf of Tonkin. An estimated 3 million Vietnamese and 50 thousand of our own servicemen were murdered by American “leadership.” Vietnam still suffers high levels of birth defects resulting from the U.S. use of chemical weapons. Villagers – children – were burned alive with napalm.
Yes but, Putin is evil and China’s Xi Jinping is a dictator.
In the 1990’s the Clinton Administration imposed brutal sanctions on Iraq in an attempt to force Iraqi leadership to conform to U.S. ...
Women for Women
Women for Women
Thursday, March 7, 2024
“Many public schools are facing similar issues such as consolidation, busing, and financial woes. Join Women for Women Wisconsin as three school board candidates address and discuss these issues and more.
Topic: Women for Women Zoom Meeting
Time: February 1, 2024 at 6:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Every month on the First Thursday, until May 2, 2024, 6 occurrence(s)
Feb 1, 2024 06:00 PM
Mar 7, 2024 06:00 PM
Apr 4, 2024 06:00 PM
May 2, 2024 06:00 PM
Please ...
Honest Debate vs Political Spin
As I have pointed out in prior articles, Rep. Tom Tiffany's positions on most issues are misguided and not in the best interests of most of his constituents. Tiffany's positions on the environment are especially harmful. His thinking is founded in partisan talking points and not good science, knowledge, and the history or what is actually happening to the environment.
I am not being partisan in making these statements. When one examines Tiffany's own words, and compares them with the facts from reliable sources, it becomes very clear he is either misinformed, ignorant or ...
THE NATURE OF HISTORY
Beyond human awareness or control, history is the synergetic outcome of thousands upon thousands of seemingly unrelated decisions and developments coming together to form the evolution of societies and nations. It is nature and planet charting the course. We live through an extraordinary moment in that endless history – precarious beyond all past, yet filled with unprecedented hope.
Empires have come and gone through the ages. They tend to evolve westwardly around the globe and each has a shorter lifespan than the empire that preceded it. All were to be the power to ...