The Graveyard of Empires

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The Russians were coming, came and left. Afterwards the American military gave it a long costly attempt, and now reportedly, China?

Nearly 20 years later and a countless loss of life with an alarming cost of trillions since US troops invaded Afghanistan to oust the Taliban and attack al-Qaida, Americans are advancing a final withdrawal.

Celia Mi Vida

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As we approach the anniversary of her death, it is most important to recall Celia's life of music and her patriotic integrity. 

Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso, known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban-American singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during the 1950s as a singer of guarachas, earning the nickname "La Guarachera de Cuba"

Monday Mourning

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I like to call City Island - A Slice of NYC Paradise because it is a quaint peaceful place on the most northeastern point of New York City.

Independence Day

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On this Independence Day,  Americans should be free from voter suppression and the deprivation of Our God-given rights: “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed ... with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Truth and Democracy

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The rise of Fascism in Spain followed a classic trajectory that can serve as a blueprint for how Democracy can be destroyed.  

My grandfather's family fled Fascism in Spain and my dad's family lost everything when we left Communism in Cuba. These facts underline how liars can dismantle our fragile Democracy.

No Masks Required

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Not even The Crazy Tourist considered mentioning this free for all attraction on places to go and things to see at Grantham, England.

Russian Propaganda

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Doubts continue to mount about the Russian Sputnik V COVID vaccine's efficacy dissipated somewhat last year within Scientists.

The technology used for Sputnik V was reportedly similar to the approach from Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca. The Russians reported It uses adenoviruses, essentially cold viruses, as vectors to ferry genetic instructions for the coronavirus-like protein to the body’s cells, causing the immune system to makes antibodies to this protein and thereby conferring protection.

Another Unfinished War

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This is not the first time American troops have lost lives and pulled out before completing their mission, There was Korea, Vietnam, etc.

What's Your Story?

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Storytelling has the power to bend the arc toward justice. But the work of exposing injustices and bringing forgotten history to life can be long and grueling and deserves to be told.

Discriminated and abused individuals hold some of the most compelling stories imaginable yet they've been systematically silenced. But their humanity, while denied, cannot be erased.  

While many of the names and stories are still unknown, they live on in their minds and this platform can allow anyone to make it history for all to learn from.