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<\/p>\nYesterday, aas you will see below, i had a story fall into my lap (so to speak) at exactly the right moment. That doesn’t happen very often. I also spent more time looking for parody and satire for the video thread, since the parodisis and satirists are often in sync with each other. (If you missed Randy Rainbow and Betty Bowers in yesterdas video thread, click back to it.)\u00a0 I found a few, which will show up in due course … but I didn’t find a new Rocky Mountain Mike, which I was hoping for.<\/p>\n
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Crooks and Liars – 300K Hackers Come Together Online To Fight Russia<\/a> Mother Jones – Invoking Pearl Harbor and 9\/11, Zelenskyy Issues Extraordinary Plea for Help<\/a> Colorado Public Radio – Without Ouray, Colorado, there\u2019d be no \u2018Danny Boy\u2019<\/a> Food For Thought:<\/p>\n When Russia sanctioned Canada, it barred leaders from all major federal parties, including conservative leaders.<\/p>\n But when Russia sanctioned the U.S., it barred Democratic leaders only. It didn\u2019t name a single GOP leader.<\/p>\n The signal couldn\u2019t be clearer.<\/p>\n \u2014 George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nQuote – Kali \u2013 and many others who contributed to this article \u2013 declined to share his real name because some of the action he is taking is illegal and because he fears Russian retaliation. He is one of about 300,000 people who have signed up to a group on the chat app Telegram called \u201cIT Army of Ukraine\u201d, through which participants are assigned tasks designed to take the fight to Vladimir Putin. In so doing, they are trying to level the playing field between one of the world\u2019s superpowers and Ukraine as it faces bombardment and invasion.
\nClick through for C&L story<\/a>, and through again to the Guardian if you want more. I find this very sweet … but sweetness doesn’t always also have teeth. This does.<\/p>\n
\nQuote – During his speech, Zelenskyy urged Americans to recall the panic sparked by the attack on Pearl Harbor and the September 11 terrorist attacks. \u201cOur country experienced the same every day,\u201d he said. \u201cRight now. At this moment, every night for three weeks now.\u201d To conclude, Zelenskyy switched from Ukrainian to English, calling directly on President Joe Biden to become the \u201cleader of the world.\u201d
\nClick through for more<\/a> excerpts, analysis, and a link to the full speech. I really couldn’t ignore this. It’s also noteworthy that on Tuesday the Senate voted unanimously to censure Putin as a war criminal. Sure, talk is cheap – but not as cheap as we used to think before TFG.<\/p>\n
\nQuote – It was [in Ouray] in 1913 that Weatherly, the wife of a patrician miner from England, linked an old Irish tune to a poem that had been written by her brother-in-law, Frederic Weatherly, an English barrister and lyricist. The poem was written in 1910 as Frederic mourned the deaths of his father and his son. He intended for it to be a song, but no one had succeeded in coming up with the right melody to suit the sad words. That is, until Margaret Weatherly thought of a tune she had heard her father, who immigrated from Ireland, and other Irish railroad workers play when she was a child in California.
\nClick through for story.<\/a> Who knew that a story combining Women’s history and irish culture would fall into my lap. I knew Ourau was historically significant (it’s named after a chief of the Tabeguache band of the Utes), but I certainly did not know this. (Ouray is also absolutely gorgeous, and photographs do not do it justice.)<\/p>\n\n