Just One
I do want to add a content alert; there is little to nothing horrible in Annie’s post, but there is a link to testimony that could be at the least disturbing. This is such an important story, and it really is on us to make sure this stuff stays out front all the time until there is justice.
Music For Peace
I can’t believe this month is past half over! Anyway, I think the guys here will particularly enjoy Bee’s selection for Wednesday, “Peace Somehow.” It sounds like it fits with other music the guys have posted, genre-wise.
As Bee participates in the bloggers’s Global Strike For Gaza, here is her Thursday Peace Music post early (not to us, of course, as it’ll be Thursday when this post goes up.) Bee’s message with this one is important for each of us to take to heart.
My selection for today:
1st Indochina War Begins, Dr. Huet-Vaughn Refuses, 100,000 Chechnyans Link In Protest, & The State of VT Wins Over Baker, All In Peace & Justice History for 11/20
| December 20, 1946 The morning after Viet Minh forces under Ho Chi Minh launched a nighttime revolt in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, French colonial troops cracked down on the communist rebels. Ho and his soldiers immediately fled the city to regroup in the countryside. That evening, the communist leader issued a proclamation that read:  Ho Chi Minh, Paris 1946 “All the Vietnamese must stand up to fight the French colonials to save the fatherland. Those who have rifles will use their rifles; those who have swords will use their swords; those who have no swords will use spades, hoes, or sticks. Everyone must endeavor to oppose the colonialists and save his country. Even if we have to endure hardship in the resistance war, with the determination to make sacrifices, victory will surely be ours.” The first Indochina War thus began. |
| December 20, 1960 North Vietnam announced the formation of the National Front for the Liberation of the South (usually known as the National Liberation Front or NLF), designed to replicate the success of the Viet Minh, the umbrella nationalist organization that successfully liberated Vietnam from French colonial rule.  National Liberation Front flag Ho Chi Minh biography (2 separate links) |
December 20, 1990 Kansas reservist Dr. Yolanda Huet-Vaughn refused orders to serve in the first Gulf War (Desert Storm) and was later sentenced to prison. The Kansas medical board withdrew her hospital privileges.“The issue was not whether I belonged in the military but whether the military belonged in the Middle East waging war. I did not want to focus on the personal decision. I was trying to focus on the decision for which each and every American would have to be responsible.” — Yolanda Huet-Vaughn What if they gave a war and nobody came? |
| December 20, 1994 100,000 Chechnyan civilians linked hands in a 65 km-long human chain (40 miles) to protest the Russian invasion of their country and attack on their capital, Grozny. Read more (It’s a NYT; if you can’t get it see it at Wikipedia.) |
| December 20, 1999 The Vermont Supreme Court rulled in Baker v. State of Vermont that homosexual couples were entitled to the same benefits and protections as wedded couples of the opposite sex. History of the Freedom to Marry |
https://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/peacehistorydecember.htm#december20
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Music For Peace
This time, Bee gives us music with which we might find peace within. It’s nice! Her words are inspiring for seeking peace.
I’ve been wanting to play this one, and today is the day. Rock on, peace out!
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Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 11-19-2025
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