Dear Terry,Thanks for this lovely song with beautiful pictures.  The story took place in the very country that is presently in ruins, and where the story ends with the death of this Baby by the Roman Occupiers of that time.Tomorrow is a significant feast day in the Church. The birthday of Jesus who died at age 30, for preaching his truth:  /Love One Another. Peace on Earth. /Many still don’t get it, centuries later.   Thanks Terry, without knowing it(?) you are a Follower of Jesus for your life- ...Continue Reading

Nobody will mistake me for a Christian, but Bruce Cockburn, probably the only born again with any influence over my life, tells an energizing revolutionary Christmas story. The Cry Of A Tiny Baby - Bruce Cockburn ...Continue Reading

Mankind’s inhumanity leaves me speechless.Sent from my iPhoneOn Dec 22, 2023, at 1:04 AM, Terry Lodge tjlodge50@PROTECTED [Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition] <peacelist@PROTECTED> wrote: From: tjlodge50@PROTECTED   Warning, this is very difficult to watch. IDF soldiers cheer a detonation they just triggered that brought down 56 residential buildings in one blast, saying that, by god, now they'll have a beautiful view of the Mediterranean Sea. As you hear screams in the distance. Death toll is unknown. &n ...Continue Reading

  Warning, this is very difficult to watch. IDF soldiers cheer a detonation they just triggered that brought down 56 residential buildings in one blast, saying that, by god, now they'll have a beautiful view of the Mediterranean Sea. As you hear screams in the distance. Death toll is unknown.   I wish there were some accountability for Genocide Joe, Marcy Kaptur, JD Vance, Sherrod Brown and their cowardly psychopathic apologists and hangers on. Forced labor to pick through the rubble collecting corpses wo ...Continue Reading

  When anyone you know interrupts you during these holidays to say, "But the U.S. is telling Netanyahu to scale things back and not harm so many Palestinians," pull this out and tell them to never believe a single thing emanating from the State Department, ever again.   /Everything the State Department is doing is solely aimed at optics -- at false portrayals to create the appearance of some moral distance between the U.S. and Israel./*/ Blinken is actively anticipating and trying to scuttle the ...Continue Reading

This fills my whole being with anger and hopelessness It can’t be happening, my head tells me. It just can’t. But it is real, far away from my comfortsWhile my tax dollars support this hideous endless sickening crime Guilt, anger, prayers to God asking why the bearded Man allows this nightmare to continue and doesn’t interfereOur children will pay for this genocide  Remember 9/11 We are not safe and they are all in heaven    AnneOn Dec 18, 2023, at 4:07 PM, Josie Setzler josiesetz ...Continue Reading

We have little imagination for what happens when throngs of displaced people have few or no toilets and no clean drinking water. *Juan Cole spells it out for us in the article below. *The world, particularly the US, sees this catastrophe unfolding in real time and does nothing.The Plague as Life: 327,000 Stricken with Infectious Diseases in GazaJUAN COLE12/15/2023Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In Albert Camus’ novel The Plague/, a character at one point asks, “But what does it mean, the plague? It’s life, that’s al ...Continue Reading

----- Forwarded Message -----*From:* David Rovics <davidrovics@PROTECTED>*To:* "tjlodge50@PROTECTED" <tjlodge50@PROTECTED>*Sent:* Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 02:26:42 PM EST*Subject:* New song: "They Were Raising A White Flag"Listen now (2 mins) | When the rules of engagement are "shoot anything that moves."  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌&nbs ...Continue Reading

Can't read the NYT article without buying a subscription. What does it say?*From:* Anne Marie Abowd anneabowd@PROTECTED [Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition] <peacelist@PROTECTED>*Sent:* Sunday, December 17, 2023 2:40 PM*To:* Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition <peacelist@PROTECTED>*Subject:* [peacelist] NYTimes.com: We Are No Strangers to Human Suffering, but We’ve Seen Nothing Like the Siege of Gaza   From: anneabowd@PROTECTED From The New York Times: We Are No Strangers to Human Suffering, but We’ve Se ...Continue Reading

From The New York Times:We Are No Strangers to Human Suffering, but We’ve Seen Nothing Like the Siege of GazaGlobal leaders and especially the U.S. government must understand we cannot save lives in Gaza under these conditions.https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/opinion/international-world/us-government-gaza-humanitarian-aid.html?smid=em-share ...Continue Reading