…In 1973 I proudly carried the flag at the front of the Kenilworth Memorial Day parade in my girl scout uniform … I had no idea what the significance was. I just knew that a bunch of old geezers marched wearing medals on their chests. …

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…Did you read about the new Oxford Dictionary of African American English that Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is editing of words invented by Black people?…

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…Have you heard that the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles exhumed the body of their foundress Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster 4 years after her death & her body was intact? Incorrupt! It’s a miracle…

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…Who is going to be at your event announcing the nomination of General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. to serve as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff? I’m happy to see that CQ puts an emphasis on racial justice. ..

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…Speaking of remarks, what are you going to say at today’s WH event marking 1 year since the Uvalde school shooting? According to NPR, the surviving families want answers, accountability & reforms….

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…Speaking of debt, should I be hopeful that you & KMM had a “productive meeting?” Do you think that daily phone calls will do the trick? Do you think that conflict can be constructive?…

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…I Googled “Biden Cyclone Mocha.” The hits were all about the storm & your name didn’t appear once. What’s up with that?…

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…Some celebrated MX Day on Friday & others will celebrate today. It’s an official holiday in Berkeley What do you think of the idea of making MX Day a federal holiday?  ….

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…The NYT says the G7 crew is unpopular at home & was full of troubling info like the fact that only “4 out of 22 major countries studied had approval ratings above 50%” & “freedom has retreated around the world 17 years in a row.”…

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…What do you think of Giorgia Meloni? I was disappointed to see that the only female leader in the group was so conservative in her politics. I’m especially troubled by her stance on LGBTQ folk….

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…Do you think that Shalanda Young (SDY) can convince KMM’s people to raise the debt limit? I understand that her life as a working mom has given her special insights in budgeting…..

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…It’s too bad that you had to cancel your trip to Papua New Guinea (PNG)! They had declared a national holiday so you could get a grand reception. By bagging out, the world sees that our domestic squabbles are interfering with our international relations….

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…How was the graduation? Were you impressed by Penn president Liz Magill’s remarks about how “success is not solitary?” She says she learned from her mom in ND to have “a deep interest in others, a desire to learn about them, & a warmth & a joy in everyday living.” ….

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…it’s still too hard to tell how badly the Rakhine State may have been affected by Cyclone Mocha. The winds have cut off communication which was already limited due to the conflict….

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…Please monitor the situation in Bangladesh & Burma where Cyclone Mocha hit. It was a Cat 4 storm with winds & storm surges that could knock out lots of dwellings. .. As you know, folks in that part of the world are burdened by conflict, poverty, & weak community resilience. They simply cannot afford another disaster. Please figure out a way to help them.

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