Back from Hilo, and ready to coast towards Christmas and the new year.
Here’s an image from our trip, taken as I left the Honokaa Salvation Army thrift shop.
More photos follow, but I probably won’t get to them today.
By the way, do read the New York Times obituary of one of the soldiers who intervened to stop the 1968 My Lai Massacre, facing off against other U.S. troops (“Larry Colburn, Who Helped Stop My Lai Massacre, Dies at 67“).
It’s an important history lesson for those who don’t recall those dark days. Especially important because a Trump presidency is going to require more people to stand up to block harmful and illegal actions. I hope our tired civil service system can stand up to the new administration.
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Let’s don’t forget Obamas harmful & illegal actions, drones, $38 billion to Israel to continue Apartheidism and illegal occupation of Palestine.
Our country actually did receive a warning about a warmonger running for president before full scale US involvement in the Vietnam War. Only problem was,… it warned against the wrong candidate.
https://youtu.be/riDypP1KfOU
The history lesson here: The candidate who expends great effort at portraying his/her opponent as a warmonger is oftentimes the very person you need to keep the closest eye on.
“We came. We saw. He died.” Which candidate said that?
A massive black truck plowed into a Christmas market teeming with revelers in west Berlin on Monday, killing at least 12 people, wounding dozens more and leaving Germans mourning a national tragedy during the holiday season.
The incident, described by the White House as an apparent “terrorist attack,” had echoes of the deadly truck assault in the French city of Nice in July, which killed 86 people and was claimed by the Islamic State. German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière told Germany’s ARD national broadcaster: “I don’t want to use the word attack yet, although a lot points to one.”
German authorities late Monday were questioning a male suspect arrested several hundred yards from the site, who matched a description of the truck driver. A dead body was found in the passenger side of the truck, which had Polish license plates.
Two senior German officials briefed on the matter told The Washington Post that the suspect is believed to be a Pakistani national who arrived in February as an asylum seeker. If the man is confirmed as the culprit, it is likely to fuel an already-heated debate in Germany over Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to open the door last year to nearly 1 million migrants, most of them fleeing war in the Middle East.
I really like your image. Thank you for a good Christmas chuckle.