"I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if they knew they were slaves." - Harriet Tubman: an Underground Railroad Freedom Fighter, abolitionist, and Union Spy (sources: Brainy Quote, Wikipedia)
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“24 years ago I, uh, was the only white guy in a six-man cell in L.A. County Jail. There were nine or ten guys in the cell -- three or four of us sleeping on the floor. Last year I was watchin a CNN -- Lisa Ling -- special on L.A. County Jail. About 1 out of 4 guys were white. It was good to see real proof of the evolution of integration in our society.”
(a version of this toon was posted earlier) This is African-American History Month: “Negro History Week”, “the precursor to Black History Month”, was “created in 1926 in the United States, when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History” designated the second week of February as such. - Wikipedia "Each year since 1976, the President of the United States has officially designated February Black History Month.” - Independent. In 2017, President Trump changed "the designation of celebration to African-American History Month." - 7 Eyewitness News Chicago Please see Carbuncle Moon blogs: 2/20/16 and 12/9/15... Please give to the NAACP: 4805 Mt. Hope Drive/ Baltimore, Maryland 21215/ 410-580-5777 I’ve been in Maine, other places -- the Sierra, Colorado -- when it’s been 20 below, colder, but as the earth warms those days have become fewer and fewer. The parasites -- deer and dog ticks -- live all year round in this part of Maine now -- but, maybe as Maine becomes more cordial in its winters, the parasites will pass by, move north looking for cooler weather. The moose, deer, and other living things dying of year-round parasite infestations will celebrate, live with less pain… I witness the change that global warming is inflicting on my country with a sense of grief -- I love the Old West, the Maine woods… If you've spent time in Maine, in the Sierra, watched the changes in the life cycle of the ticks, the woods, the weather, life, you'd know that Global Warming brings changes that are real, and destructive. added 2/9/18: “Global temperatures have continued to rise, making 2016 the hottest year on the historical record and the third consecutive record-breaking year, scientists say. Of the 17 hottest years ever recorded, 16 have now occurred since 2000.” - Jugal K. Patel/ New York Times “Earth’s 2016 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). “Globally-averaged temperatures in 2016 were 1.78 degrees Fahrenheit (0.99 degrees Celsius) warmer than the mid-20th century mean. This makes 2016 the third year in a row to set a new record for global average surface temperatures.” - NASA added 2/9/18: Environmentalists are the ultimate pragmatists.
(posted earlier) Give to the Diabetes, Endocrine, and Nutritional Center, Eastern Maine Medical Center: 905 Union Street/ Bangor, Maine 04401/ 207-973-7334 |
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