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MFOUND: Students from Manhattan College joined members of the Muslim and Jewish community

Posted on April 22, 2013 by | Leave a comment

http://bronx.news12.com/news/different-faiths-unite-to-beautify-synagogue-1.5115224?firstfree=yes

Different faiths unite to beautify synagogue – News 12 Bronx
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Students from Manhattan College joined members of the Muslim and Jewish community to restore Beis Mechem synagogue. (April 21, 2013 6:08 PM). People from many faiths came together to help beautify the shared space inside the Masjid al Iman Cultural …

PARKCHESTER – People from many faiths came together to help beautify the shared space inside the Masjid al Iman Cultural Center in Parkchester today.

The center opened its doors to the Orthodox Jewish community in Parkchester, which had no other place to pray. They have been sharing the space, a synagogue inside of a mosque, since 2009.

Students from Manhattan College, a Catholic school, joined members of the Muslim and Jewish community to restore Beis Mechem synagogue.

The volunteers will return to finish the job on May 12.

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ENDNOTE: AN attack on civilization

Posted on April 13, 2013 by | Leave a comment

http://www.suntimes.com/19190474-761/police-28-arrested-for-downtown-mob-disturbances.html

28 arrested for Mag Mile, CTA mob ‘disturbances’ and fighting
BY BRIAN SLODYSKO AND ALLISON HORTON Staff Reporters March 30, 2013 10:32PM

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… …  and a group of women were attacked on a CTA train.

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“Victim disarmament is the view that it is somehow better to see a woman raped in an alley and strangled with her own pantyhose, than see her with a gun in her hand.” — T.D. Melrose

I note that this women were denied an “equalizer”; this being the Pepuls Republik of Chick-ago!

Do you think that even the POSSIBILITY of these women having effective tools to defend themselves might have stopped this?

The phrase in popular culture I believe that is operative is: “the witches be crazy”!

Imagine if just one of the women was armed with a modest handgun. Say a nice pink girlie 380!

What would have the headline read?

<the sound of crickets chirping>

Because these young gentlemen would have excused themselves as fast as possible and went how to change shorts.

Or, if they had watched too many Hollywood movies, they’d have been put down like the mad dogs they are.

If we can’t have peace, then let’s make sure that the battle of the sexes is a battle of equals.

Oh, and when I pass muster, I’ll be packing. Us fat old white guy injineers are not up to a physical fight anymore, so I’ll be carrying my tool.

As a little L libertarian pro-lifer, I’ll do all I can to avoid using it. Sticks ‘n’ stones will not be tolerated. 

Why do “Liberals” fail to trust women to NOT be crazy? I can understand fat old white guy injineers; we’re all nuts. But, the nonsense has to stop.

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JHQ: Just Peace is a social action group at MC

Posted on April 16, 2012 by | Comments Off

http://mcjustpeace.tumblr.com/

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Just Peace is a social action group here at Manhattan College in Riverdale, NY working towards peace and justice in our world. We are passionate about a wide array of issues including (but not limited to) war and peace, human rights, fair trade, human tracking, and hunger and homelessness. We currently meet every Wednesday at 4pm in Cornerstone (MGL 209)  ALL ARE WELCOME

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ENDNOTE: Rodriguez, Vincent [MC1984] posts a pic; prompts a rant

Posted on July 25, 2009 by | Comments Off

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ClSYfrorYVM/Smn7aKWOvDI/AAAAAAAAA5w/HQMYda21Wuk/s1600-h/Their+Lives+in+Our+Countrys+Wars.jpg

http://vrod62.blogspot.com/2009/07/their-lives-in-our-countrys-wars.html

http://vrod62.blogspot.com/

Rodriguez, Vincent [MC1984]

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[JR: He has a moving image on his blog. (I don't have permission to reproduce it here.) Take a peek and then read on.]

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[JR: Back? Good. If not, go and come back.]

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[JR: If your eyes are like mine the inscription was hard to read.]

THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS
WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM
NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN
THE GLORY OF THEIR YOUTH
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

[JR: Will we? Do we? I think not! They are just more victims of an illusion. Think those girls (No knock on them, they are a proxy for all the living) think like that. I liked Ron Paul's peace plan. "Bring them all home!" It time to demonstrate our understanding about "government" as the meme that kills. It's all a mass delusion. And, it cost people -- their lives, their fortunes, and their loved ones. Let's be like Switzerland. A porcupine. Bring all our boys and girls home. It's time Americans grew up. We Jaspers have to be the eloquent champions of peace. "Dona Nobis Pacem"]

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ENDNOTE: It’s not “war”; it was murder

Posted on April 25, 2009 by | Comments Off

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2009/03/dayintech_0309

March 9, 1945: Burning the Heart Out of the Enemy from Wired Top Stories by Tony Long

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1945: In the single deadliest air raid of World War II, 330 American B-29s rain incendiary bombs on Tokyo, touching off a firestorm that kills upwards of 100,000 people, burns a quarter of the city to the ground, and leaves a million homeless.

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Tokyo immediately burst into flames. The combination of incendiaries, the way they were dropped, windy weather conditions and lack of coordinated firefighting on the ground resulted in a firestorm similar to what occurred two years previously in Hamburg, and only a month before in Dresden. Temperatures on the ground in Tokyo reached 1,800 degrees in some places.

The human carnage was appalling; bomber crews coming in near the tail end of the raid reported smelling the stench of charred human flesh as they passed over the burning capital.

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The firebombing campaign, coupled with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, are believed to have killed more than 1 million Japanese civilians between March and August of 1945.

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[JR: My Dad, an XO on a LCI, got to Japan and saw some of the destruction. He didn't talk much about it, except if he had a large supply of adult refreshment. I can remember one "discussion" with an uncle who was a WW1 vet. Before I got shoved out, I remember him saying: "there's no excuse for murder. it wasn't war." Anytime, I read these descriptions I think of that personal testimony. And, as I wrote in my book: "How can one human being do this to another?" Sadly.]

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MFound: Among Cora Weiss’ many awards are the Peace Studies Medal of Manhattan College

Posted on February 3, 2009 by | Comments Off

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cora_Weiss

Cora Weiss
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Cora Weiss, “President of the Hague Appeal for Peace, has been well known as a peace activist since the early ‘60’s, when she was a co-founder of Women Strike for Peace which played a major role in bringing about the end of nuclear testing in the atmosphere. She was a leader in the anti-Vietnam war movement, organized demonstrations, including the largest one on November 15, 1969 in Washington, DC. As Co-Chair and Director of the Committee of Liaison with Families of Prisoners Detained in Vietnam, she organized the exchange of mail between families and POW’s in Vietnam which revealed and names of those alive and arranged for and accompanied some returning POW pilots. For ten years Ms Weiss was a volunteer teacher in the NY City public school system.

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JEmail: Toner, Michael (MC1972) recommends Fr. John Dear’s speech

Posted on October 5, 2008 by | Comments Off

From: Michael Toner (MC1972)
Date: October 5, 2008 4:30:55 PM EDT
Subject: Re: [Distribute_Jasper_Jottings] JASPER JOTTINGS Week 40 – 2008 Oct 05

Dear F. John,

I have heard John Dear speak on a number of occasions and he is quite inspiring. Whether or not you agree with his pacifist ideals, his words and his actions are a challenge to all of us to consider how Jesus asks us to live. Fr. John is the real deal, having put his own life and freedom on the line a number of times to live out his beliefs. I would heartily recommend his talk to any who are able to attend.

mike toner
bee ‘72
buffalo, ny

[JR: Interesting. Pacifism is different than non-violence is different than non-aggression. None of which are practiced in DC. Nor are either O or McC; nor JoeB or SarahP. The only candidate that was 'non-aggression' was RonP. Sigh!]

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