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ask what you can do for your country." --JFK Inaugural Address

"No one person can alone accomplish what must be done to turn our country around. We all must do our part." --Bernie Sanders in almost every speech and interview he does

Each and every person here and their friends, relatives, their followers on Twitter and Facebook and Minds and their acquaintances on the street is responsible for change, not Sanders.

Just a few nuggets.

The first is a passage in Kurt Vonnegut's "Fates Worse Than Death," a book of autobiographical essays. And the second, a conversation on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour with Phil Donahue.

On this day our thoughts turn to peace and the uncertain future. Are we ready? Will we, like fhis girl, stand up when the time comes?

Epidemic of police killings; middle class, dead or dying; poors being run out from under the freeways, people prohibited from feeding them.

Stuff has been dribbling into my inbox from worldbeyondwar.org regarding an upcoming event for months now. Today's pointedly said to forward the information to all and sundry, or words to that effect. The event in question is No War 2017, a 3 day conference. This years theme is oriented toward uniting the anti-war and environmental movements. There will also be an emphasis on Activism

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As the actual storm named Harvey moves out of state the drama and apocalyptic horrors left in it's aftermath move on apace. Today it is being reported that a huge explosion of an Ammonia plant in Crosby, TX just off Interstate 10 between Houston and New Orleans may well be unstoppable.

Some of us have the vision of a number of small, local meet-ups for Caucus99ers, with the possibility later of a centralized once-a-year gathering.

Persephone Smith is a 46-year-old veteran, who served in the Navy special forces as an Explosive Ordinance Disposal technician. She's also a transgender woman.

Smith is running for the City Council in Brooklyn.

Michael David Battle is the 29-year old director of the Garden of Peace Project in Pittsburgh.

Garden of Peace Project was created to uplift, uphold, and empower the narratives and lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ individuals and to address the lack of education, employment, healthcare, and housing, and the violence that impacts all LGBTQIA+ individuals.

We are on the road again, last night before passing out in our tent to the sound of wind and rain, read the great comments in response to my recent rant about the 'peace movement.' Thanks you all. Sorry about no responses.

Today after some nights camping and during the day observing and photographing wildlife along the Pacific Coast Trail in Monterey to Big Sur, we passed the Republican Party offices in Monterey, California on our way out of town.