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Hiroshima 広島市 Day ☮

Posted on 2009/08/05 by davka

The first nuclear weapon “Lit­tle Boy” was dropped on the city of Hiroshi­ma on Mon­day, August 6, 1945. call­ing for nuclear dis­ar­ma­ment then I have a clear mem­o­ry from long ago, some­time around 1959: walk­ing with my fam­i­ly down Hol­ly­wood Boule­vard, some­where … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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are you slow to fast?

Posted on 2009/08/03 by davka

fast­ing for dar­fur As not­ed in an ear­li­er post on this blog, on the 26 of Sivan 5769 (cor­re­spond­ing to June 17–18, 2009) I fast­ed to call atten­tion to the con­tin­u­ing geno­cide in Dar­fur. One of my reg­u­lar read­ers shared a com­ment … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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