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Carol H Tucker
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Today is the 3rd day of the 34th week, the 23rd day of the 8th month, the 236th day of 2016 [with only 123 shopping days until Christmas], and: - Buttered Corn Day
- Day For The Remembrance of The Slave Trade & Its Abolition
- European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism [AKA Black Ribbon Day]
- Hug Your Sweetheart Day
- International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
- National Spongecake Day
- Ride the Wind Day
- Valentino Day – in 1926 the silent film star Rudolph Valentino died at age 31.
On this day in 30 BC, after the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executed Marcus Antonius Antyllus, eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. In 79 Mount Vesuvius began stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan [the Roman god of fire]. In 1541 French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near what will become Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada. In 1614 the University of Groningen was established in the Dutch Republic. In 1904 the automobile tire chain was patented. In 1948 the World Council of Churches was formed. In 1966 the Lunar Orbiter 1 took the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon. In 1977 the Gossamer Condor won the Kremer prize for human powered flight. In 1989, in what is called the Singing Revolution, two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stood on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands. In 1990 West Germany and East Germany announced they will reunite on October 3. In 1991 Tim Berners-Lee opened the World Wide Web (WWW) to new users. In 2000 The first season finale of the reality show "Survivor" aired on CBS, with contestant Richard Hatch winning the $1 million prize. 2007 the skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia, were discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
In case you haven’t noticed, this presidential campaign has become very emotional and polarizing. My social media pages have filled up with stories about both of the major party’s candidates, and it is a toss-up to see how much vitriol and hate , how many wild claims of corruption and depravity, how often the motives and intelligence of these two individuals can be questioned. There is no discussion, no comparison of issues, no listing of pros and cons, no middle ground – you either believe that Trump or that Hillary is the answer [I have no idea why we use his last name but her first] and that the election of anyone but your chosen candidate will spell the end of life as we know it. I will admit that I have been somewhat startled by friends who declare their allegiance in no uncertain terms as they post the articles and links that support their chosen standard-bearer [sometimes I want to say: SRSLY? You are okay with someone saying THAT?]. .On their part, those looking at my feeds wonder why I have stopped “liking” or sharing posts and speculate that perhaps I have stopped reading or following them
I haven’t. I see the political commentary you are posting/sharing. I am okay with you doing so; I am just not contributing to it, just as when I reflect on what happened on this day in history, I am blanking out the wars and disasters. No I am not going to sit home and let others decide the fate of my country, I will vote in November. No I am not trying to rewrite or sanitize the past, I am trying to capture the bits and pieces that usually get left out. And no, if you know me well enough you know that I am always up for a rousing discussion or even an intense disagreement. This is MY online space, MY 2nd Life, and while quite a bit of life is outside the realm of my control or even the sphere of my influence, I do have control over this and I choose to be gentile. Who knows? Maybe if enough folks do so, it will become a trend!
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