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Monthly Archives: May 2024
Afraid of some bad visuals, are you?
According to NBC News: “Republican officials are running into a wall of opposition — from the Secret Service and local officials — as they fight to move a protest zone farther away from the site of their national convention in Milwaukee this summer.”
Of course, they’d be tickled to death if there were bad visuals coming out of the Democratic convention in Chicago.
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Another article on the same theme
The daily struggle to find work for Chinese immigrants living illegally in a borough of New York is a far cry from the picture Donald Trump and other Republicans have sought to paint.
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Are they fleeing persecution or infiltrating the US for nefarious puposes? Or both?
US border officials have logged a sharp increase in crossings by Chinese nationals over the past year, prompting Republicans on Capitol Hill to sound alarms about security risks while Democrats caution against dangerous rhetoric.
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Poem of the day
Deidad
by Amado Nervo (1870-1919)
Como duerme la chispa en el guijarro
y la estatua en el barro,
en ti duerme la divinidad.
Tan sólo en un dolor constante y fuerte
al choque, brota de la piedra inerte
el relámpago de la deidad.
No te quejes, por tanto, del destino,
pues lo que en tu interior hay de divino
sólo surge merced a él.
Soporta, si es posible, sonriendo,
la vida que el artista va esculpiendo,
el duro choque del cincel.
Qué importan para ti las horas malas,
si cada hora en tus nacientes alas
pone una pluma bella más?
Ya verás al cóndor en plena altura,
ya verás concluida la escultura,
ya verás, alma, ya verás…
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A small step in the right direction
Target joins other retailers trying to draw inflation-weary shoppers to stores. The chain says reductions have already been reflected in about 1,500 products.
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Poem of the day
The Sweets of Evening
by Christopher Smart (1722-1771)
The sweets of Evening charm the mind,
Sick of the sultry day;
The body then no more’s confin’d,
But exercise with freedom join’d,
When Phoebus sheathes his ray.
The softer scenes of nature sooth
The organs of our sight;
The Zephyrs fan the meadows smooth,
And on the brook we build the booth
In pastoral delight.
While all-serene the summer moon
Sends glances thro’ the trees,
And Philomel begins her tune,
Asteria too shall help her soon
With voice of skilful ease.
A nosegay, every thing that grows,
And music, every sound
To lull the sun to his repose;
The skies are coloured like the rose
With lively streaks around.
Of all the changes rung by Time
None half so sweet appear,
As those when thoughts themselves sublime,
And with superior natures chime
In fancy’s highest sphere.
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Poem of the day
Love Lives Beyond the Tomb
by John Clare (1793-1864)
Love lives beyond
The tomb, the earth, which fades like dew-
I love the fond,
The faithful, and the true.
Love lies in sleep,
The happiness of healthy dreams,
Eve’s dews may weep,
But love delightful seems.
‘Tis seen in flowers,
And in the even’s pearly dew
On earth’s green hours,
And in the heaven’s eternal blue.
’Tis heard in spring
When light and sunbeams, warm and kind,
On angels wing
Bring love and music to the wind.
And where is voice
So young, so beautiful, so sweet
As nature’s choice,
Where spring and lovers meet?
Love lies beyond
The tomb, the earth, the flowers, and dew.
I love the fond,
The faithful, young, and true.
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