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Those Pictures from Facebook: The Olympics

• July 29, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, European History, Facebook, Jews, Love, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Sports, Television, The Beatles, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Summer Olympics 2012, Women, World War II
Tags: Academy Award, African Americans, Amateur Sports, Avalon, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Hair, Britain, British History, Children, Danny Boyle, Elizabeth II, Facebook, Glastonbury Tor, Global Secular Humanist Movement, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Growing Up, Hair, Highlights, Industrial Revolution, Lolo Jones, London, Lord Voldemort, Love, Mitt Romney, Mixed, Mr. Bean, National Health Service, Olympic Games, People of Color, Prince Philip, Queen, Queen Victoria, Racism, Rowan Atkinson, Slumdog Millionaire, Sport, Sports, The 2012 Summer Olympics, The Olympics, Track and Field, United States, World War II

How Come Haiti Can Stand With Japan, But The Rest of The World Doesn’t?

• March 19, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in American Foreign Policy, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Japan, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, World History
Tags: Akihito, Black Tokyo, Economy, George Clooney, Gilbert Gottfried, Haiti, Hirohito, Hollywood, Hurricane Katrina, Japan, Leadership, Looting, New Orleans, Scavengers, Scavenging, Telethon, The Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami, United States, World Economy, World War II

The Power of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

• January 2, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Class, Health, Music, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, The Rest of the World
Tags: Buddhism, Buddhist Practice, Chanting, Daimoku, Daisaku Ikeda, Devotion to the Mystic Law of Cause and Effect, Gautama Buddha, Josei Toda, Lineages, Lotus, Mahayana Buddhism, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, Nichiren, Religion and Spirituality, SGI Buddhism, SGI Buddhists, SGI-USA, Soka Gakkai, Soka Gakkai International, The Mystic Law, The Three Founding Presidents, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, World War II

That Godiva Chocolate “Bar” Commercial with The Voice of Hercule Poirot

• December 9, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Fashion, Uncategorized
Tags: "Amélie", Acme Idea Co., Advertising Campaign, Agatha Christie, Audrey Tautou, Belgian, Belgium, Commercials, Costa del Sol, David Suchet, Godiva Chocolatier, Hercule Poirot, Madison WI, Marbella Spain, New York, New York Times, PBS, Public Broadcasting System, South Norwalk, Spain, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Television Commercials, The New York Times, Voiceover, Willy Street Coop, World War II

“Small Island” Concludes on PBS’ Masterpiece Theatre Sunday

• April 22, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, Fiction Writing, Film, Jamaica/British Caribbean, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Public Television, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Television, Women, World War II
Tags: "Masterpiece Theater", "Small Island", Afro-British, Afro-Caribbean, Andrea Levy, Belonging, Bernard, Black British, Black Britons, Blacks, Britain, Colin Firth, Cotswolds, Drama, Gilbert, Great Britain, Hortense, Interracial Couples, Interracial Love, Interracial Relationships, Jamaica, King and Country, Love, Naivety, PBS, Queenie, Racism, Sade, Sex, World War II, WW II

UPDATE: Der Fuhrer Don’t Like iPad and Other “Downfall” Parodies Removed by YouTube for Copyright Infringement

• April 21, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Commercials, Film, Germany, History, Memoir, Race, Sexuality, The Rest of the World, World War II
Tags: "Hogan's Heroes, "Inglourious Basterds", Adolf Hitler, Apple, Der Fuhrer, Humanizing Hitler, iPad, iPod, Jews, Kindle, Mel Brooks, Perfection, Perfectionism, Technology, The Allies, The Fuhrer, The Germans, The Nazis, The Resistance, Viral Commercials, World War II, You Tube

It Was Sixty Four Years Ago Today

• August 6, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in American Foreign Policy, Crime, Health, History, Japan, The Rest of the World, War Crimes
Tags: August 6, August 8, Hiroshima, Japan, Nagasaki, The Atomic Bomb, The Big One, The Pacific War, The United States, World War II

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Chicago’s Jail Is Top U.S. Hot Spot as Virus Spreads Behind Bars April 8, 2020
At least 1,324 confirmed coronavirus cases are tied to prisons and jails across the United States, according to data tracked by The Times, including at least 32 deaths.
Optimism Is Less Distant as Global Coronavirus Battle Rages On April 9, 2020
Scientists say drastic shifts in behavior appear to be having an effect in the pandemic, though they say the death toll will continue to mount and caution against drawing any sweeping conclusions.
‘That Is What We Do’: The Power of Passover and Tradition Across Generations April 8, 2020
Jewish families on Wednesday will again recount the 10 plagues from the Book of Exodus. Only this year will be a little different.
‘I’m in High School Again’: Virus Sends College Students Home to Parents, and Their Rules April 8, 2020
Their college campuses closed, crestfallen students have journeyed back to their childhood bedrooms — and to chores, revived sibling rivalries and curfews.
Today’s News: What You Need to Know April 9, 2020
Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, Bernie Sanders: Here's what you need to know.
Flying Via a Smaller Airport? It May Take a While April 9, 2020
Passengers looking to fly to and from regional airports are feeling the brunt of airline cuts even more than those in bigger hubs, with many cancelations and circuitous routes.
Transit Has Been Battered by Coronavirus. What’s Ahead May Be Worse. April 9, 2020
“The number of scenarios that we have to plan for is staggering.”
The Humble Phone Call Has Made a Comeback April 9, 2020
The volume of phone calls has surged more than internet use as people want to hear each other’s voices in the pandemic.

The Guardian, UK

Coronavirus live news: global deaths near 90,000 as US says isolation measures are working April 9, 2020
Boris Johnson still in intensive care; US protective equipment stockpile nearly empty; virus could push 500m people into poverty. Follow the latest updates.The cluster effect: how social gatherings were rocket fuel for coronavirusCoronavirus latest: at a glanceUK coronavirus updates – liveAustralia coronavirus updates – liveSee all of our coronavirus coverag […]
The cluster effect: how social gatherings were rocket fuel for coronavirus April 9, 2020
Holding hands, kissing, sharing drinks from the same glass all helped spread the virusOn 15 February, a merry crowd wearing clown wigs and jester hats gathered in the town hall of Gangelt, a small western German municipality nestled by the Dutch border, to ring in the peak of the carnival season.Beer and wine flowed aplenty as approximately 350 adults in fan […]
Coronavirus could double number of people going hungry April 9, 2020
Exclusive: multinationals write to G7 and G20 urging leaders to keep borders open to trade and avert global food crisisCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFood supplies across the world will be “massively disrupted” by the coronavirus, and unless governments act the number of people suffering chronic hunger could double, some of the w […]
Covid-19 spreading quickly through refugee camps, warn Calais aid groups April 9, 2020
With over 1,000 refugees and migrants left without proper sanitation, water supplies or food there is no way to contain virus, say volunteersThe last remaining volunteers working with refugees and migrants in northern France have warned that Covid-19 is spreading quickly through the makeshift camps where over 1,000 people are sheltering without proper sanita […]
Bernie Sanders, who reshaped US politics, ends 2020 presidential run April 8, 2020
Inspirational senator’s youth-led movement pushed for sweeping social change but fell far behind Joe Biden in bid for nominationBernie Sanders, the 78-year-old senator from Vermont who reshaped American politics with his youth-led movement for sweeping social change, on Wednesday ended his presidential campaign for the 2020 Democratic nomination.His withdraw […]
Linda Tripp, key figure in Bill Clinton's impeachment, dies aged 70 April 8, 2020
Tripp, whose secret recordings of conversations with Monica Lewinsky blew the whistle on Clinton, was terminally illLinda Tripp, whose secretly recorded phone conversations with Monica Lewinsky led to Bill Clinton’s impeachment in the 1990s, has died. She was 70 years old.Tripp’s lawyer, Joseph Murtha, confirmed Tripp’s death to the Guardian earlier today, b […]
Child sexual abuse victims should not be put off by George Pell decision, experts say April 9, 2020
It would be ‘legally wrong’ to conclude that the high court ruling undermined the point of bringing cases to trial, professor saysVictims of child sexual abuse should not be dissuaded from coming forward and reporting perpetrators as a result of the jury conviction of Cardinal George Pell being overturned by the high court, a barrister and professor of law a […]
British Museum looks to crack mystery over decorated ostrich eggs April 8, 2020
Experts reexamine eggs – some dating back to bronze age – to understand origins and designsThey are about the same size as a standard Easter egg, but are rather older – with some specimens dating back five millennia to the early bronze age.A collection of decorated ostrich eggs belonging to the British Museum in London has been reexamined by experts in an ef […]

The BBC

Coronavirus: EU could fail over outbreak, warns Italy's Giuseppe Conte April 9, 2020
Giuseppe Conte tells the BBC EU leaders need to rise to the challenge of the pandemic.
Coronavirus in Suifenhe: Remote border town locks down as China opens up April 9, 2020
As cases rise in Suifenhe - 1,000 miles from Beijing - people have been ordered to stay indoors.
Yemen: Saudi-led coalition announces ceasefire April 9, 2020
The coalition has been fighting against Houthi forces in Yemen since March 2015.
Coronavirus: WHO chief urges end to 'politicisation' of virus April 9, 2020
The comments come as President Trump continues his attacks on what he calls the "China-centric" WHO.
Porous borders where virus cannot be controlled April 9, 2020
People surging unmonitored over borders in a volatile part of the world has sparked dire warnings.
Coronavirus: How Russia's ballet wasn't shut down despite lockdown April 8, 2020
The spread of coronavirus has shut down entertainment venues but for these dancers the show must go on.
Disney Plus racks up 50m subscribers in five months April 9, 2020
Disney's new video streaming service almost doubles its subscription base during coronavirus lockdowns.
Woman who revealed Clinton-Lewinsky scandal dies April 8, 2020
Linda Tripp, who disclosed Bill Clinton's White House affair with Monica Lewinsky dies, aged 70.