Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Is Bringing A Powerful Message Of Joy In 2024!
Tim Walz Is The Governor Of Minnesota Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate in the 2024 Presidential elections! He is a very popular governor. You can see why in this great video by Keith Edwards: 5 Minutes and 27 Seconds of Tim Walz Being AWESOME. While he is most famous for signing a bill to guarantee free school lunches for every child in the state (that’s why the children are hugging him in that video!), he has also done many great things for the state of Minnesota! His Accomplishments As Governor of Minnesota Some of Tim Walz’s Signature Accomplishments: His Background Walz was…
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell (2019) | Book Review
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell Genres: Biography, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2019 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Twitter, Goodreads, Amazon American spy: In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: “She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her.” The target in their sights was Virginia Hall, a Baltimore socialite who talked her way into Special Operations Executive, the spy organization dubbed Winston Churchill’s “Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.” She became the first Allied woman deployed behind enemy lines and–despite her prosthetic leg–helped to light the flame of the French Resistance, revolutionizing secret warfare as we…
World Press Freedom Day 2024
World Press Freedom Day 2024 Today is World Press Freedom Day. According to UNESCO: World Press Freedom Day is taking place on a global scale. Local, national and regional celebrations are organized by government and civil society organizations, including media, journalists’ associations, universities, among others. If you are planning to organize an event in your country, please fill out the form below so it can be featured in UNESCO’s list of commemorations around the world. The Current Global Environmental Crisis According to the United Nations: Further Reading Please read my other posts on RESISTANCE and politics: Berlin 1936: Fascism, Fear, and Triumph Set Against Hitler’s Olympic Games (2016) | Book…
State of the Blog Address 2024
State of the Blog Address I have worked on this blog intermittently since 2010! It’s hard to believe that it’s been that long. I am going to try new things in this blog because there are so many issues that are important to me. The most important event happening this year are the 2024 Elections. In the United States, we face the most important Presidential election of our lifetimes. I am volunteering for many Democratic campaigns. My husband and I plan on participating in phone banking, text banking, sending postcards, and anything else we can do. But it is not enough. Since I have been reading many books about resistance…
