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Whom Will We Honor Memorial Day? | HowardZinn.org

By Howard Zinn • Boston Globe • June 2, 1976 Memorial Day will be celebrated as usual, by high-speed collisions of automobiles and bodies strewn on highways and the sound of ambulance sirens throughout the land. It will also be celebrated by the display of flags, the sound of bugles and drums, by parades and speeches and unthinking applause. It will be celebrated by giant corporations, which make…

Thought For the Month: How to Tell if Your Facebook Information Was Leaked

More than half a billion Facebook user’s personal information was leaked, including names, phone numbers, and email addresses. Find out if your data was compromised. Source: How to Tell if Your Facebook Information Was Leaked

#RandomThoughts For the Month: Reactions, immunity, pregnancy and more: Answers for when you get the COVID-19 vaccine

For my Month-End here in my personal WordPress Corner, here is a great snapshot courtesy the UC Davis Health Team: Infectious disease experts explain what to do before and after you get a COVID-19 vaccine, what reactions to expect, when to get your second dose, and what to do if you’ve had the disease. Source: Reactions, immunity, pregnancy and more: Answers for when you get the COVID-19 vaccine

Out & About with Some #RandomThoughts

2020 is coming to a close. I decided to feature, for my final closing #RandomThoughts here in my WordPress Corner, was to feature the latest notation from the historian Heather Cox Richardson about the continued chaos in Washington and the total disregard by the Republicans about the calamity facing the United States right now as thousands continue to die, Russia has waged cyber war on the United…

As a new month is at hand, I decided to capture a “blast from the past” as this was quite day in the history of America–it is about an appreciation for the past as the best is yet to come….As S35 Years Ago: STS-41D – First Flight of Space Shuttle Discovery

Source: 35 Years Ago: STS-41D – First Flight of Space Shuttle Discovery

While Out & About …

I decided to share some insights on one of the projects I work on for Artifacts Management–Please Enjoy:

#Election2020: Official Voter Information Guide | California Secretary of State

Source: Public Display – Official Voter Information Guide | California Secretary of State

Absentee Voting Information for U.S. Citizens Abroad

Source: U.S. Department of State | Travel.State.gov

While Out & About…

I normally refrain from updates here in my Personal WordPress Corner–but these are not ordinary times.

America just went past 5,000,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of last night–President Trump signed off on 4 Executive Orders which at best have a dubious legal standing–although many have said the Democrats overplayed their hands. One voice I always listen to to get a true sense of…

While Out & About: Public Display – Official Voter Information Guide | California Secretary of State

The 100-Day Countdown has begun.   I decided to do a “special” in my corner here in WordPress to get things going as I underscore a simple point:  Please Vote!!!

Source: Public Display – Official Voter Information Guide | California Secretary of State

I am working away as I wanted to use my notation here in my WordPress corner to briefly reflect upon the situation in Iran as I caught this on the plight of the Civic Activist Saba Kord Afshari–who’s been sentenced to 24 years and just celebrated her second birthday in Prison.  I also joined earlier a Tweetstrom to be supportive of another young activisit, Atena Daemi–who was supposed to be…