9/11 brought devastation and profound loss, fear brought a new world, children new hope, a national soul brought endurance and a spirit to rebuild. Our grief made us thoughtful, our dilemma is that our sense of justice and freedom might  not keep us safe but it will keep us American.  Our hearts are with those that suffered and suffer still.


​(9/11 by Kevin O'Kendley first appeared in Carbuncle Moon 9/11/13)


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Please visit the 9/11 Memorial/180 Greenwich Street/ New York, New York, 10007 ​


I didn't have web service on 9/11, today was the first access I had to mark 9/11..

​Happy Labor Day.

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"Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers and is traditionally observed on the first Monday in September. It was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century and became a federal holiday in 1894."   - Apr 13, 2010/ Labor Day 2019: Facts, Meaning & Founding - History
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added 9/13: Biggah Hammahs is from an Advertoon for a construction company last century.

                                    Environmentalists are the ultimate pragmatists.




Berlin:
"July was the hottest month measured on Earth since records began in 1880, the latest in a long line of peaks that scientists say backs up predictions of man-made climate change.
"The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday that July was 1.71 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 20th Century average of 60.4 F for the month."  - Frank Jordans, Associated Press/ Sacramento Bee/ 8-16-19

posted on 4/22/2015:
4/19/15 was the twentieth anniversary of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Courthouse bombing: 168 people were murdered, 19 of which were children under 6.*   It was the second worst terrorist attack in American history.    - *Wikipedia


posted 8/7/19: Timothy McVeigh was an Army veteran.  680 people were injured in the Oklahoma City terrorist attack on 1995.  McVeigh was executed by lethal injection on 6/1/01.   - Wikipedia

                                                              Klansman in tie.




posted on:  6/27/2015:

"In the early 80s, white supremacists murdered migrants in Northern California, shooting them as they passed by on Southern Pacific freight trains, and in other ways.  The social scientists had a point system.  Dead black folks earned the most points -- Mexicans, Mojaves, Modocs and such were in the middle -- white folks garnered the least.  He wasn’t sure how to take the points system, being white and all.  Huh?  The scoring system was a sick thing to think about but it did have a sad irony to it…"     -- semi-excerpt from “Danny Boy,” a novel by Kevin O’Kendley, waiting to be published...    (edited on 10/4)

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In the interaction between someone working as a cashier and a customer the dynamic is one of business, one of mutual respect, with no person the superior, a meeting of equals:
In businesses where wages might be low -- fast food joints -- management should allow a tip jar.  Those customers that want to show an appreciation, a respect for the folks working, can tip.  Anyone that doesn’t see it that way or doesn’t wish to tip does not have to.

 

Please give to the Diabetes, Endocrine, and Nutrition Center: 417 State Street, #235/ Bangor, Maine, 04401/ 207-973-7334

posted on:  6/21/2016:



Some of the following data was posted on Carbuncle Moon October 2, 2015...

 
Numbers of deaths in Conflict Zones and U.S. Wars, and Gun Deaths in the U.S. are following:

Total Deaths of Human Beings in Northern Ireland Conflict 1969-present:
Catholic: 1690   Protestant: 894   British Security Forces: 1039   ("Lost Lives" McKittrick, Kelters, Feeney, Thorton)/ all fatalities: 3,568  (London Guardian)

Total Deaths of Human Beings in Israeli-Arab Conflict 1920-present: Israeli: 24,969   Arab: 91,105   (Jewish Virtual Library)
(1948 to present) Arab: 91,105  Israeli: 24,293/South Lebanese Militia: 1,050 (Wikipedia)

Total deaths of Human Beings in Syrian Civil War 3/2011 until 8/2015:
Children: 11,493  (Christian Post)  Civilians: 85,404  (The Atlantic)  Approximate total deaths: 330,000  (8/5/15 Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)/ 149,016 to 350,760 (8/17/15 Wikipedia/United Nations)

Total Deaths of Human Beings from all U.S. Wars:
All fatalities: 1,171,177  (Congressional Research Center/research done by Mark Shields)

Total Deaths of Human Beings resulting from Firearms in the United States from 1968:
All fatalities: 1,384,171  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/research done by Mark Shields)

added: 7/3/16 (latest available info)
murder and non-negligent manslaughter in U.S. 2012: 14,827 FBI Uniform Crime Report/World Almanac 2015
Murders U.K. 2012: 550  Citizens Report
Homicide Offences Ireland 2012: 79  An Phriomh-Oifig Staidrimn/Central Statistics Office
Murders:
China 2010: 13,410  nso/undata
Vietnam 2008: 1,346  who/undata
Zimbabwe 2008: 1,775  who/undata
Canada 2010: 554  nso/undata
Ethiopia 2008: 20,239  who/undata
Albania 2010: 127  CTS/Transmoree/undata
Japan 2009: 506  CTS/undata
Russian Federation 2010: 14,574  CTS/undata
Botswana 2009: 287  CTS/undata
Columbia 2010: 15,459  NSO/undata
Mexico 2010: 25,757 NSO/undata
Israel 2011: 159  CTS/NSO/undata
Pakistan 2011: 13,860  NSO/undata
Costa Rica 2010 : 527  CTS/Ministry of Justice/undata
Congo 2008: 1,180  who/undata
Turkey 2008: 2,320  CTS/undata
Bangladesh 2010: 3,988  National Police/undata
Added 7/14: Four of the countries on the world's top ten homicide list (World Post) are in Central America.  Mexico is in North America and not in the top ten.  Please see blogs Carbuncle Moon 7/15/14 and 8/27/15.
 
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​"There is nowhere on earth, no mountain, no jungle, no tenement, no desert, no church, no temple, no mosque, no refugee camp, no tribe, no race, where a human being, no matter how obscure the language or culture or lifestyle cannot look at America and see themselves.  Despots and tyrants and mass murderers cannot look here without seeing the women and men of their tribe, of their region, of their religion, of their language, of their nation living as free human beings, as Americans."  from America by Kevin O'Kendley