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Author Archives: Jim deMaine
North Vancouver’s newest affordable housing now open
The first residents are moving into a long, long awaited affordable housing project in Delbrook. Hollyburn Community Housing Society’s Hollybrook apartment will house low-to-moderate-income residents in 86 subsidized one-, two- and three-bedroom units in a four-storey building on what was once the … Continue reading
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Getting your attention
Thanks to Pearl McE.
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Fascism and Narcissism go hand in hand
Commentary by Heather Cox Richardson This morning, J.D. Wolf of Meidas News pulled together all of Trump’s self-congratulatory posts from Sunday morning, when the president evidently was boosting his ego after Friday’s disastrous meeting with Russia’s president Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Trump … Continue reading
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Let’s focus on the real problem!
Thanks to Bob P.
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Newsome as Trump’s doppelganger
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A summit to nowhere for a photo op
Commentary by Heather Cox Richardson on August 16th Yesterday, military personnel from the United States of America literally rolled out a red carpet for a dictator who invaded a sovereign country and is wanted by the International Criminal Court for … Continue reading
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How I love to play!
Thanks to Pearl McE.
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Should You Buy and Enjoy Books You May Never Read?
Thanks to Mary M. Ed Note: Sir Francis Bacon famously stated that “some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested”. This quote, found in his essay “Of Studies,” reflects his view … Continue reading
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Gerrymandering possibility in California
Commentary by Heather Cox Richardson Today, flanked by California’s Democratic elected officials and union leaders, California governor Gavin Newsom responded to Trump’s attempt to strongarm the Texas legislature into redistricting the state to give Trump the five additional congressional representatives … Continue reading
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Rep. Schrier questions RFK Jr. in Congressional Hearing
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Why did Senator Cassidy, a physician, believe RFK Jr.?
Thanks to Ed M. Answer: Could it possibly have anything to do with $en. Cassidy’s desire to be re-elected? SENATOR BILL CASSIDY: …If you are confirmed, do you commit that you will not work to impound, divert or otherwise reduce … Continue reading
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If you can’t see the number
Thanks to Pearl M.
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Thinking of Cal Raleigh?
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Crime in D.C. (soars in the White House)
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We need a little more Twain in our politics
Ed note: Ron Chernow’s new 1100 page biography is very entertaining if you like the cheerful often biting approach Twain uses to bring us all down to size–particularly politicians and preachers. I’m only 10% along in my reading, but highly … Continue reading
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My Year of Living Blurrily
by Dani Shapiro in the NYT The painting beckoned me from across the room. In a bright, high-ceilinged gallery of the Courtauld, a small museum in London known for its collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, I moved past van … Continue reading
Sunday thought: Working for the Good
By Robert Reich (thanks to Pam P.) Friends, Over the past several weeks, Trump and his MAGA stooges in Congress have passed legislation to strip health care from 10 million people; cut food stamp benefits for 40 million Americans, half … Continue reading
Meet Famous Artists and Their Cats (Cuteness Overload)
from Daily Art – Thanks to Ann M. Gustav Klimt with Katze. Pinterest. Detail. So many great artists have shared one very special love: the love for cats. Here you will find six modern artists who loved their felines and … Continue reading
History of a Jewish community in China
Thanks to Deborah C. Rabbi Anson Laytner, is one of the foremost experts on the history and present-day situation of the thousand-year-old Jewish community of Kaifeng, China. He’ll speak on Friday, August 15th at 11:00 in the Mt. Baker Room. … Continue reading
Word with a Past: Gerrymander
from History in the Margins – (thanks to Pam P.) If Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) had played his cards right, he could have been a minor but respected figure in American history. He signed the Declaration of Independence, helped draft the … Continue reading
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