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NBC NEWS: China and Canada swiftly retaliate against U.S. after tariffs take effect

Other countries are not the MAGA cult, they don’t have to bow to tRumps pretend fake grandness. These are leaders of their own countries and economies. Most countries the US import more from them than they do from the US. This will go on until tRump declares he won and cancels the entire thing. Hugs.

China and Canada swiftly retaliate against U.S. after tariffs take effect
China will impose additional tariffs of up to 15% on some U.S. goods, its government said, while Canada vowed tariffs of up to 25% after new U.S. tariffs on both countries took effect.

Read in NBC News: https://apple.news/A_SXe2ORLSOaEryAQbibF6g

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Jeannette Rankin, and FDR In Peace & Justice History for 3/4

March 4, 1917
Montana elected Republican Jeannette Rankin as the first woman to sit in the U.S. House of Representatives three years before American women nationwide could legally vote.

Rep. Jeannette Rankin with her colleagues in the 61st Congress.
A persistent advocate for women’s rights, particularly suffrage, Rankin voted in Congress against American entry into both world wars, and late in life led marches against the
Vietnam war.

More about Jeanette Rankin
Visit the Jeanette Rankin Peace Center 
March 4, 1933
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn in as president in the midst of the Great Depression. From his inaugural address:
“This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure, as it has endured, will revive and will prosper.
So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life, a leadership of frankness and of vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory.”

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivering his first inaugural address
Audio and video of the speech 
March 4, 1965
Moved to action by President Lyndon Johnson’s sustained bombing of North Vietnam beginning two months before, Vietnam Day was declared by the Universities Committee, led by Wayne State University Professor Otto Feinstein. At about 100 college campuses nationwide, faculty, students and others gathered for lectures and meetings about the war. This occurred just three weeks before the first “teach-in” at the University of Michigan.
March 4, 1969


The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) was founded.
From its founding document: “Misuse of scientific and technical knowledge presents a major threat to the existence of mankind. Through its actions in Vietnam our government has shaken our confidence in its ability to make wise and humane decisions. There is also disquieting evidence of an intention to enlarge further our immense destructive capability…”. . . continued here

The UCS today
March 4, 1978
40,000 demonstrated against the enlargement of the uranium enrichment plants in Almelo, Holland. Enrichment is the processing of uranium with gas cetrifuges to the level required for use as fuel in nuclear reactors.
March 4, 2011
A new Egyptian prime minister called on thousands of cheering protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to rebuild their country. Essam Sharaf, appointed by the military, told the crowd:

Egypt’s new prime minister, Essam Sharaf, is greeted by supporters at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Photo: Amr Nabil/AP
“I salute the martyrs. Glory and respect to the families of the victims and a special salute to everyone who took part and gave for this white revolution. I am here to draw my legitimacy from you. You are the ones to whom legitimacy belongs.”

He ws appointed to replace deposed President Hosni Mubarak who had forced out of office by the widespread unrest that had spread from Tunisia, Egypt’s neighbor to the west. Sharaf was cheered and carried to and from the podium on the shoulders of protesters, escorted by military police.
March 4, 2011
In cities across Iraq demonstrators gathered for the second consecutive Friday to demand jobs, effective government services and an end to corruption. Inspired by movements elsewhere in the Arab world, 500 convereged in Liberation Square in the capital Baghdad, 1000 in Basra. Those in Baghdad were surrounded by at least as many security forces and overcame official resistance to the gathering including a citywide ban on vehicles. One protester had walked from Sadr City and had to pass through eight checkpoints.

https://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/peacehistorymarch.htm#march4

NBC NEWS: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders a halt to offensive cyber operations against Russia

Yup seems Putin is Trump’s owner. Hugs

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders a halt to offensive cyber operations against Russia
Russia has intensified cyber operations against Ukraine and NATO countries, according to previous U.S. intelligence and private sector reports.

Read in NBC News: https://apple.news/AdVrk85eXSW2vSIvvTOBEXQ

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Damn…

One of the least comfortable things that having older parents is that I have to deal with the fact that they are not as quick with their memory as they once were. I may hear the same jokes I’ve heard before, the same stories I’ve already been told about this cousin or that things just weren’t like that in their day.

And, as I’m coming to get older, I’m finding a level of adaptation and a willingness to forgive those lapses. I’m telling myself that I have to be thankful that I can share in the many memories and the great times.

For instance: This year I bought myself a Brita water filter. I really like it, and feel very congratulatory for myself because I got it at a great 50% off sale price. At the same time, I bought some replacement filters – got those at a 40% off sale.

I liked it so much, I bought my parents one as well, but got them the better filter so they wouldn’t have to replace the filter so often. And they really seem to like it as well. They are down in Florida where the tap water is ~ uhm, chewy? ~ Yeah, we’ll go with that. They really like the filtered water. So, back to the whole memory thing….

Can someone remind me where I put my extra filters???

By the way: I’m 23 of 24 on the list. Never had a MySpace. How did you do?

Christopher Titus Armageddon clips

THE GUARDIAN: Opinion | Trump can’t fulfil his promise to fix the economy, so he’s blaming w orkers instead

Opinion | Trump can’t fulfil his promise to fix the economy, so he’s blaming workers instead
Forget about inflation. Now it’s all about cutting ‘waste’ in the form of jobs and our already paltry social safety net

Read in The Guardian: https://apple.news/A5OWEeq4uQc6oRe6ROevOHw

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Trans rights

https://apnews.com/article/iowa-civil-rights-code-gender-identity-cf68d2183210133b15a47e526ad2fb0d
Iowa gives final approval to a bill removing gender identity protections despite protests

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Scottie

What’s Going On…

The wealthy and powerful want us to kick down, the liberals want us to kick up, and the sheep go where they are told without thought or reason. Chaos, divisiveness. “Don’t trust the main stream media”. “Don’t trust the courts”. “Don’t trust your very eyes, they only lie to you”. But who are we to trust? It’s a fevered dream screaming out What’s Going On?

Trump dodges on whether Putin is a dictator after calling Zelenskyy one

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Trump dodges on whether Putin is a dictator after calling Zelenskyy one

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/21/donald-trump-dodges-if-vladimir-putin-is-dictator/79459849007/

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Scottie

CBS NEWS: DOGE team’s “wall of receipts” shows errors in tallying billions in savings

So many errors by inexperienced people who do not understand the language of government. Simple math errors. And all of it bragged about with the confined nice of people who do not believe they can be wrong or make mistakes and if they do they are correct because no one dares challenge them anymore. The US had better wake up soon. The city is burning and Nero Trump is letting his rainiest Musk keep lighting fires while cutting the budget of the fire fighters. Hugs

DOGE team’s “wall of receipts” shows errors in tallying billions in savings
The initial accounting by DOGE of its estimated savings was overstated by billions of dollars, a review by CBS News found.

Read in CBS News: https://apple.news/AV8X75zkZQBW6BlLQ2FdRAA

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