Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "San Francisco IS BUSY REMOVING NAMES FROM SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC PLACES
Jefferson and Washington. — removed because they were “Colonizers and oppressors”
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Diane Feinstein’s name removed — Because “she allowed a Confederate Flag in one instance years ago”
Any mention of the Transcontinental Railroad, expunged from school books because “the building of it destroyed opportunities for native Americans and imposed oppression”.
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But, things named for Bill Clinton can remain, though he authorized as Governor of Arkansas, the flying of the Confederate Flag at the state capitol.
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And, Margaret Sanger’s name can remain, though she proposed the sterilization of Black people and Jews and was hailed by no less than Adolph Hitler.
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And Woodrow Wilson is OK, though he segregated the Armed forces and advocated Jim Crow segregation laws in the US South.
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Someone tell me, if they agree that this is an example of the grave lack of education and intelligence of political leadership in that area. And can anyone really differentiate what they are doing from what the Taliban did in Afghanistan?"
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "SHABBAT SHALOM. שבת שלום
Parshat Vayechi
Genesis 47:28–50:26 1)
Jacob lives the final 17 years of his life in Egypt. Before his passing, he asks Josef to bury him in Eretz Yisrael.
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He blesses Joseph’s two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, making them and their descendants equal in status to his own sons as inheritors in the Covenant of the nation of Israel.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "IRELAND AND ISRAEL. — WHAT MAKES NO SENSE.
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If one looks at the history of Ireland & the History of the Jewish People, one would automatically assume that the Republic of Ireland would be one of the greatest fans and supporters of the State of Israel.
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But, actually, Ireland has been more often hostile to Israel than sympathetic and supportive. On the surface, that does not seem to make sense.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "GIVEN CURRENT ISSUES WORLDWIDE, IT MAY BE THE TIME TO CONSIDER AN IDEA THAT WAS FLOATED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE UK, AUSTRALIA CANADA AND NEW ZEALAND SOME YEARS AGO.
CANZUK
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A GIVEN CURRENT ISSUES WORLDWIDE, IT MAY BE THE TIME TO CONSIDER AN IDEA THAT WAS FLOATED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE UK, AUSTRALIA CANADA AND NEW ZEALAND SOME YEARS AGO.
CANZUK
A free trade and travel zone uniting post-Brexit UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
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Such a union, would be of countries that share close legal systems, traditions, and histories, and most importantly language, which would become the 3 most important union on the planet if it were done.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "WE ARE TOLD AGAIN AND AGAIN BY THE US CONGRESS THAT WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND THAT THE SUFFERING SHOULD BE SHARED.
But it is not.
So, here's an idea.
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Every member of the US House of Representatives and the US Senate should pay back their Federal Salaries for the 10 months of 2020 that so many have had to do without jobs and incomes.
The total savings for the treasury would be
$77,575,000
Quite a savings.
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And justified by the lack of any real work by those who received their salaries
Now add to that the salaries of the leadership in New York, California, New Jersey and any other states that have had endless lockdowns."
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Judah pleads for the release of his brother Benjamin, offering to exchange himself in taking this exaulted Egyptian ruler for Benjamin who could then go home.
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But Josef saw in Judah a change from the immature and covetous brother of years ago who clearly matured to a man who understood loyalty to family. And seeing his brothers’ loyalty to one another, Josef chose to surprised them, revealing his identity to them.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "IT SEEMS THERE IS MORE AND MORE EVIDENCE THAT PANDEMIC LOCKDOWNS ARE SERIOUSLY AFFECTING MENTAL ACUITY, ESPECIALLY AMONG OLDER PEOPLE.
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The isolation, the lack of the challenges of everyday living, seems to be related to more forgetfulness, slower response times, confusion, depression, and shortness of temper, especially among those over age 60.
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And the degree of handicap seems directly related to the time and frequency of lockdowns.
(Information gathered from a number of radio and TV reports over the past 3 months, from US, European, and Asian sources)"
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