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Moncacht Apé
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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One of North America's earliest recorded Native American Explorers, member of the Yazoo Tribe who crossed from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Before Lewis and Clarke, merely (I am gathering) in the spirit of curiosity.
Link: Wikipedia, and a .pdf via the American Antiquarian Society
Now, this is but one journey, in 15,000 years, we can be sure there were a great many others.
A Death at Walmart
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Clearly, I've never endorsed a Wal-Mart, the institution is evil, if not inevitable. But it doesn't need be inevitable. Anyways, a good article detailing all the excellent reasons why no one of conscience should be shopping at Wal-Mart.
Link: https://newrepublic.com/article/177515/death-walmart-workplace-safety-record
Voting against Democracy
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And it's with a sense of impending doom that I watch the Republicans conduct their leadership selection.
First State, the Iowa Caucus.
And Trump wins by a wide margin.
These people, they're voting against democracy.
And - you realize, implicit in this, they shouldn't be allowed to vote, if they don't somehow fundamentally believe in the system they've set themselves out to destroy.
Canada, we're going to need a bigger wall. And no sympathy to those left behind, you did it to yourselves. The good ole USA is going to be making Russia look like the good guys soon enough...
Spaceman
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This looks to be good. I'm not - generally - an Adam Sandler fan, but he did great in "Uncut Gems" and it looks like he's getting out of his comfort zone. This is worth applauding in anyone.
We'll see. I've got a lot of movies on my list at the moment.
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