Art by Rob Goldstein. re-blog by me of a re-blog by kstreet607, The Fifth Column, from Gronda Morin 2016.
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The Ethics of Biography
Published October 20, 2017 by Nan MykelAnyone who spends much time doing family genealogy and even talking to our elders will stumble across aspects of the Dark Side (i.e., The Shadow) sprinkled here and there. Is overlooking those aspects when recording a life lying? (See page on The Shadow for info on this aspect),
What is a life? Where there is naturally some of the good and the bad, is leaving out the bad not misleading the reader? There would be (and is) the family’s wrath to deal with. Is one of the problems that the dark doings overshadow the good? Certainly this is demonstrated in the best-selling news stories. On a personal level, do we really want our personal failings removed from the record of our life experience? Are there not some lessons to learn and perhaps empathy to ripen from our (and others’) lives? Where does the value of truth enter in? How much do we value the truth versus misrepresenting a life? Or valuing the truth versus whitewashing the real struggle of a life?
This is a question I need to resolve soon. Some say secrets destroy a family.Image: Dreamers, 1899. John Brown.
On the same wavelength with Grumpy Gorman today:
lips loosen slowly
guilt purged so plainly
truths, too dark to hear
© Anthony Gorman 2017
The Better Man …
Published October 20, 2017 by Nan MykelI think I may be reblogging a reblog but that’s fine. Original by Jill Dennison, reblog by Patricia Ruth Susan
It seems to me that it is highly unbecoming, unprofessional and undignified behaviour for a leader of a nation to threaten his political antagonists. But then, ‘professional’ and ‘dignified’ are not words that I have ever heard or considered applied to Donald Trump. Earlier, I posted John McCain’s speech upon acceptance of the Liberty Medal on Monday evening. The day after McCain’s speech, Donald Trump had this to say:
“Yeah, well, I hear it. And people have to be careful because at some point I fight back. I’m being very nice. I’m being very, very nice. But at some point, I fight back, and it won’t be pretty.”
This, my friends, is how the man sitting in the White House, the highest and most revered position in the United States government, speaks of a member of his own party, a man who is a war hero and who just received…
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Global warning – Reblog by Jane Dougherty
Published October 18, 2017 by Nan MykelHow to explain the many women who voted for a pussy grabber?
I agree with your blog, but maybe it’s a secret that evolution kept up his sleeve.
Call me naïve, but I was struck and dismayed by a string of articles on the social media today. First, a report of the 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress, and the images of dozens of men in suits…and one woman. Then the protests about said congress by Tibetan nationalists, men in orange togas facing up to men in uniforms, crowd scenes of lots of shouting…men. Then a photo report on Istanbul, crowd scenes of, guess what, men, clumps of black veiled women, cheeky children (boys), more men, more cheeky boys and glimpses of their veiled mothers in the background, but not a single girl child.
In how many countries would you expect to see the same thing, women at home, girls invisible, and all the leaders male, all the protesters in the streets male? Far too many. Women in general have little or no public face and little or…
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Autumn Prairie – a Re-blog by Frank Hubeny
Published October 17, 2017 by Nan MykelSo comfortable.
Republicans Need To Accept Fact That “Black Lives Matter” Is Not A Hate Group
Published October 12, 2017 by Nan MykelDon’t all lives matter? What’s the big deal?
Too many on the far right have been calling for the “Black Lives Matter” movement to be classified as a hate group. Some republican legislators, the republican President Donald Trump, FOX TV pundits, far right print media have been resorting to this talking point ever since its inception They have taken a few inappropriate phrases uttered by a few protesters to generalize in a negative light, everyone who has participated in the movement. This movement was started to simply shine a light on too many tragedies having occurred, where unarmed suspects of color had been fatally shot by police.
Here is the rest of the story…
On August 18, 2017, the staff of the Economist penned the following report, “The misplaced arguments against Black Lives Matter.”
“ON AUGUST 15th Donald Trump repeated his belief that “both sides” were to blame for the violence on August 12th at a…
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CHANGED MY MIND! I am NOT Starting New Blog
Published October 6, 2017 by Nan MykelI’ve found a blog that says what I would say, with a lot more organization, energy and putzbah (right spelling? Maybe it’s even the wrong word).) I’ like to recommend it to those of you who like to be a little more politically action involved than on the level of support, personal-related, unique experiences in our lives, coping or near healing experiences, wriing stories, books or poems and humor – in other words, the one I’m recommending is politically active and mine is same-oh-same-oh.. tho I can ‘t promise not to come up with excerpts from Dr. Rex “It is what it is”; Gronda Morin ; or /dianeravitch.net/ on Betsy DeVos and charter schools from time to time.
The blog that I just discovered anew is 
Melanie Nathan O-blog-dee-o-blog-da
The Joke’s on Me
Published October 3, 2017 by Nan MykelWow! I came close to losing it tonight. My helper was visiting and I thought it would be funny to have a photo of a crocodile among the several photos on my gravatar. She helped me go ahead and make the crocodile my avatar so (I thought) whenever I had a particular kind of post I could use that one for my avatar.
Later, after that was completed, I happened to look at some of my comments and they ALL — back to the beginning of my blog about two years ago–had my picture as a crocodile! In case you’re wondering, this was almost the photo of me presented to the world with sweet blogs as well as raunchy ones:
So, in over reaction to 
my close call, I’ve at least temporarily changed it to me, in pink, tra la!
From The Onion 10-3-17
Published October 3, 2017 by Nan Mykel
NRA Says Mass Shootings Just The Unfortunate Price Of Protecting People’s Freedom To Commit Mass ShootingsDon’t call yourself pro-life… Reblog
Published October 1, 2017 by Nan MykelGeorge is crystal clear. Who can argue with this?
Don’t even think about calling yourself pro-life if…
- You support taking health insurance away from low income, sick, and disabled people.
- You support abolishing or cutting Medicaid (which covers HALF of all pregnant women and 45 million children).
- You support privatizing or cutting Medicare and Social Security.
- You want to abolish Planned Parenthood, which is NOT an abortion clinic (only 2% of their services are abortion-related) but provides healthcare (including pregnancy care) and birth control information to low income women.
- You’re OK with a president who allowed CHIP (a health insurance program for low income children who do not qualify for Medicaid) to expire, leaving millions of children uninsured.
- You support dismantling public schools.
- You think programs like Meals on Wheels and school lunches are a waste of taxpayer money.
- You think climate change is a hoax.
- You support fracking, drilling, and mining on our public lands.
- You believe in…
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