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Total Members Voted: 11

Voting closed: February 15, 2022, 10:51:36 AM

[facilitatorn]

http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2021/5/14/2030469/-Republican-governors-embrace-lies-and-longtime-racist-tactics-in-cutting-off-unemployment-aid

[FlyingVProd]

This morning Dr Charles Stanley talked about how God was leading his people into the Promised Land, but they missed out on the land of milk and honey because they did not trust God. They had to die in the wilderness. We need to trust God so that we can be blessed to live in the land of milk and honey.

When we come to the forks in the road, always trust God, and God will lead you to the land of milk and honey. You can never go wrong by trusting God.

You cannot win without God, and you cannot lose if God is on your team. With God on your team you will always win.

Salute,

Tony V.

[LarryBnDC]

http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2021/5/14/2030469/-Republican-governors-embrace,.g-lies-and-longtime-racist-tactics-in-cutting-off-unemployment-aid

Get back on the wheel, you lazy wogs!

[luee]

He may have been "unhinged" but he had plans in the middle east and on the southern border that actually worked. Put up a wall and restrict immigration. Unite against the Ayatollahs and not the Israelis. I do not know what the present plans are but they are not working. Nice job with the pandemic though.

[kidcarter8]

UFW

9 minutes  ·

Marcos Munoz arrived in Boston with only a supporter’s phone number

—and cleaned the grapes out of New England in two years

We sadly learned heroic Delano grape strike picket captain, grape boycott organizer and lifelong social justice champion Marcos Munoz peacefully passed away today (Saturday, May 15) in his adopted hometown of Chicago.

Cesar Chavez sent Marcos Munoz to organize the grape boycott in Boston in 1967 with only a supporter’s name and phone number. Within two years Marcos, who was illiterate, cleaned grapes out of all national and regional supermarket chains across New England.

Marcos, one of six children, left Mexico unescorted at age 13 for Texas, where he worked on a ranch for room and board. The migrant trail led Marcos to California where he joined the 1965 Delano grape strike as a picket captain. Explaining to Marcos how to practice nonviolence, Cesar said, “If you get angry, just put your hands in your pockets and pinch your legs.”

Organizing the grape boycott in Boston, the first time he spoke at Harvard, “where many people are very educated, I was very nervous because I didn’t speak English very good. But I was encouraged by the people” who were inspired to respond. “Marcos had a gift for connecting with other humans,” affirms his wife, Andrea Munoz, who Marcos met in Boston in 1968.

“They opened themselves up to him and wanted to help.”

Marcos was dispatched to Chicago as Midwest boycott coordinator during the second grape boycott in 1973. There he also dramatically cut grape sales, producing California’s 1975 farm labor law.

Settling in Chicago upon leaving the UFW that year, Marcos organized 45 block clubs in Latino neighborhoods, getting neighbors to clean up alleys and streets and giving pride to residents. Marcos’ political activism helped put into office responsive Latino elected officials from the community such as now U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia and helped make ally Harold Washington the first African American mayor of Chicago.

“Marcos personified the unfailing faith my father had that the poorest and least educated among us could both take on one of California’s richest industries and become involved in changing their own communities,” observed Cesar Chavez Foundation President Paul F. Chavez.

“He used to say the greatest poverty in life is not to know you are good for something—that you have something to contribute to others,” Andrea said.

Marcos agreed: “Cesar and the union created in me that I was somebody, that I had something to say, that I had rights equal to everybody. It don’t matter if I could read and write or not. It mattered that I was a human being. And one human being to other human beings they responded by not eating grapes and that brought justice to farm workers. [The UFW] brought hope to many farm workers. The struggle still continues, but that was the beginning.”

When Marcos began his union labors, average life expectancy for farm workers was 49 years. Andrea told Marcos when he turned 80 on April 25, “You should be happy you almost doubled the average life expectancy of farm workers because of all the contributions you made.” Marcos’ great-grandson helped him blow out the candles on his cake that day.

Marcos Munoz is survived by his wife, Andrea O’Malley Munoz; daughter Maria Munoz; grandson Anthony Thompson and his wife, Montenay Thompson; and great-grandson Zion Omega Thompson.

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The United Farm Workers helped to almost double the life expectancy of farm workers.

Rest in Peace Marcos Munoz.

Salute,

Tony V.

Thanks Tony

[LarryBnDC]

He may have been "unhinged" but he had plans in the middle east and on the southern border that actually worked. Put up a wall and restrict immigration. Unite against the Ayatollahs and not the Israelis. I do not know what the present plans are but they are not working. Nice job with the pandemic though.

You’re such a sucker.

The money spent on the useless wall would have been better spent streamlining the immigration system .

As for Middle East peace didn’t Jared take care  of all that?

Well if it makes you feel better here is an article about Trump signing the Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014

https://apnews.com/article/north-america-donald-trump-us-news-ap-top-news-health-375515aecedb4aed949e4f2eb9c54eb6

[luee]

While there are partisan differences on each of these three priorities, majorities of both Republicans and Republican-leaning independents and Democrats and Democratic leaners say it is very or somewhat important to reduce the number of asylum seekers and to increase staff for border patrols and processing unaccompanied minors.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/05/03/most-americans-are-critical-of-governments-handling-of-situation-at-u-s-mexico-border/

[LarryBnDC]

While there are partisan differences on each of these three priorities, majorities of both Republicans and Republican-leaning independents and Democrats and Democratic leaners say it is very or somewhat important to reduce the number of asylum seekers and to increase staff for border patrols and processing unaccompanied minors.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/05/03/most-americans-are-critical-of-governments-handling-of-situation-at-u-s-mexico-border/

So?

Most voters thought voter ID was a good idea for fighting voter fraud even though all studies show there is negligible fraud and most cases are Republicans.

[josh]

[josh]

[josh]

[Oilcanard]

Rather unfair to Sharia.

  American Muslims practice Sharia on a voluntary, private basis in a manner similar to Catholics who obey the magisterium or Jews who follow halakhah. The essential parts of Sharia are practices such as daily prayers, fasting during the month of Ramadan, marriage contracts, and rules for charity and investments. Muslims follow these practices without infringing on anyone else’s rights. For example, if a Muslim eats a halal or kosher hamburger, nothing prevents someone else from eating a bacon cheeseburger! 

    Fiqh is an interpretation of Sharia and, like halakha or Jewish law, is an ongoing effort and process. Because much of Sharia is interpretative, it has a degree of flexibility that allows it to function in different societies and cultures. Thus, Islamic law or fiqh has historically functioned in diverse areas in the world, generally with a demonstrated record of tolerance and pluralism towards other cultures and religions

https://ing.org/a-closer-look-at-sharia-in-the-united-states/

[luee]

Don't understand why you can't copy and paste.


---In both the rules of civil disputes and application of penal law, classical Sharia distinguishes between men and women, between Muslims and non-Muslims, and between free persons and slaves.---

Makes it a no no in most modern western societies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia

[luee]

Are you still using a commodore 64?

No most voters are not in favor of voter restrictions.

AP-NORC poll: Majority in US back easier voter registration

https://apnews.com/article/ap-norc-poll-us-majority-back-easier-voter-registration-d4c6c40628aa4ddc56fbbd372d30dd04

Apples and oranges really. Only the looney fringe wants open borders with so many homeless and out of work.

[luee]

ifer Malinchalk Water wave
@jennmalinchalk
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Jan 17, 2019
I'm so incredibly angry that the V.A. refused to use the money it had allocated for Veteran suicide prevention. This is my son. He was active duty Army when he killed himself almost 4 months ago. My anger knows no bounds.

See so easy with a newer unit. Do you need a collection?