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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2022-01-17

"My father was for the global, comprehensive eradication of Militarism, Poverty & Racism.

"Poverty & racism inform the death penalty

"Racism & other isms suppress voting

"Poverty & racism facilitate environmental injustice

"Militarism enforces it all

"We have BIG work to do."

-- Dr. Bernice King ([twitter.com profile] BerniceKing), 2022-01-16

Today is Gregorian: 2022 January 17 -- Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the US (3rd Monday in January)
Julian: 2022 January 04
Hebrew: 5782 Shevat 15 -- "New Year of the Trees", for counting the age of fruit trees for religious purposes
Islamic: 1443 Jumada al-Thani 13
Persian: 1400 Dey 27
Mayan: 0.0.0.13.0.9.3.14
Indian (civil): 1943 Pausa 27
Coptic: 1738 Tobi 09
(It feels funny to write "5782 Shevat 15 is Tu B'Shevat" when "Tu B'Shevat" literally means "the fifteenth of Shevat", much like we in the US often refer to Independence Day as "the Fourth of July". Chag sameach to everyone celebrating it!)

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minoanmiss: A detail of the Ladies in Blue fresco (Default)

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posted by [personal profile] minoanmiss at 07:58pm on 2022-01-17
Amen, Dr. King. Amen.
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flwyd: (1895 USA map)

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posted by [personal profile] flwyd at 08:17am on 2022-01-28
Traveling in Ireland in late June 1997 we heard a local radio station running a promotion. If you sent a post card you'd be entered into a drawing if you correctly answered "What holiday do Americans celebrate on July 4th?" We all in unison said the Fourth of July, of course.
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