Welcome - Our news, public affairs, and information blog reports on cities, it's citizens, and residents. There are at least 10,000 Cities on Planet Earth. While Rome may not have been built in a day, Shenzhen was. In the 1970s. Groundbreaking new mapping research released this week at World Urban Forum 10 concludes that there are approximately 10,000 cities on Earth.
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In 1956, sixteen-year-old John Lennon formed a British Rock group with several friends from Quarry Bank HS in Liverpool,
England. On this anniversary of John's murder, we remember that the music produced with Paul, George, and Ringo was unorthodox. I believe this gave him some magic sauce put into so many of their original compositions.
The next eclipse will be a total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026. Following that, an annular solar eclipse will occur on February 17, 2026, and a total solar eclipse will happen on August 12, 2026. Ms. Yirong Chen will be waiting with bated breath.
The March 3, 2026: Total lunar eclipse will be visible in parts of Asia, Australia, the Pacific, and the Americas.
Let US End the New Gilded Age and Return the Country to We the People. Rely on vetted information from America’s best news.
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While visiting The Bronx neighborhoods she represents and giving Turkeys to her constituents, #AOC meets #RETUMBA.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez aka AOC says “MTG is carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars from insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office. She is saying a lot, but her actions have not backed up her rhetoric. For all her talk, she's STILL voting with them to gut healthcare and advance self-dealing corruption schemes.”
Most of our national leaders were lost, but their GPS indicates that decency and a good conscience are just around the corner. Trump lost control of the Republican Party. Our representatives voted almost unanimously. The House vote was 427 to 1. US Senators approved it without a fight, after Trump had spent months fighting the process. When it became clear he would lose, he told the GOP to vote yes and not lose face insisting he has nothing to hide?
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This weekend is an excellent opportunity to be BAAD in The Bronx. This is the poorest congressional district in the USA, with nearly half the residents living below the poverty line, along with a percentage of single-parent families, and where many students never finish high school.
Throughout history and across centuries and continents, humor has been the quiet companion of greatness. Whether in royal courts, scientific laboratories, or on battlefields, laughter offered balance, a reminder that even the most serious minds needed moments of lightness.
Two Cuban-American senators have built their brands on exile, but lost touch with the soul of their own culture.
Rubio and Cruz’s version of Cuban identity is political theater. The real Cubano is far more generous.
I knew Celia Cruz, but not as well as my mom and aunt. Celia was a Cuban singer, born 100 years ago in October 1925, in Habana, and is known as the "Queen of Salsa." I dedicate this to her living spirit. My late aunt introduced me to the song posted below.
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