Let’s Pardon All Turkeys
by Bob Lovejoy Next week, President Trump will take a break from brooding over his election loss to pardon two turkeys. Every one of us has that same awesome power to pardon an innocent, sentient bird...
View ArticleFighting Covid by Empowering Workers
by Andrew Moss In this bleak season of Covid-19, with vaccines not widely available for some time to come, the protections we have are all the familiar ones: masks, social distancing, the avoidance of...
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Cuomo’s Erie County’s Orange Zone: Unintended consequence of closing business...
Using a sledgehammer to kill a fly Yesterday’s Executive Order placing much of Erie County into the “Orange Zone” means that many businesses that actually promote health and wellness will be forced to...
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2020 “Buy Black Buffalo Week” (from Buffalorising.com)
by Newell Nussbaumer for buffalorising.com Businesses across the board will be struggling this holiday season, with slumping sales due to the pandemic. While we must keep in mind the importance of...
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Whistleblower on Bertha Bernal’s Situation: “I Believe It Is Elder Abuse!”
Artvoice is reporting on the dramatic Bertha Bernal’s case, and on her children’s redoubled efforts to resume visitation with their mother, in the last stages of her life. The clock is ticking for...
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Like a Rocket in the Garden: The Unending War in Afghanistan
People in the United States continue to pretend that the despair and futility we’ve caused isn’t our fault. By Kathy Kelly Late last week, I learned from young Afghan Peace Volunteer friends in Kabul...
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Updated 4:50: Stupid Hoax or Did Cuomo Really Go to Buffalo on Thanksgiving...
Update: 4:30. The mystery continues. A source close to the purported Williamsville girlfriend of Andrew Cuomo told correspondent Terese Reile that Cuomo was indeed in WNY on Thanksgiving, and that the...
View ArticleIs the Nationalist Tide Receding?
by Lawrence S. Wittner Nationalism—placing the interests of one’s own nation above the interests of other nations—has been a powerful force in world affairs for centuries. But it seemed on the wane...
View ArticleVICE video: Here’s What’s Left of Homes After the California’s Complex Wildfire
Drone footage from Vice of the North Complex Fire during the wildfires in California during 2020. The post VICE video: Here’s What’s Left of Homes After the California’s Complex Wildfire appeared first...
View Article$138 billion being held up in the Paycheck Protection Program that would help...
Dear Editor: It is nice to see Congressman Chris Jacobs taking an interest in the district, listening to the suffering of restaurants and small businesses. However, Mr. Jacobs voted against the $2.2...
View ArticleVICE Video: Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has turned his country into...
The regime of former Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos murdered, disappeared, and tortured its own people with impunity. Assassinations were executed at every level – and there were 3,257 officially...
View ArticleALERT: If you care about water. If you care about the Climate Emergency....
On the eve of the Youth Climate Action Day, young elected officials call on President-elect Biden to enact a National Emergency Climate Plan The United Nations reported that the world suffered extreme...
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NYS ASSEMBLYMAN DAVID DIPIETRO SPONSORS CHRISTMAS DRIVE FOR SENIORS IN...
By Teresa Reile 147th District NYS Assemblyman David DiPietro is sponsoring a Secret Santa Christmas Drive for Seniors who have been in isolation in nursing homes without human family contact in almost...
View ArticleMilitary-grade camera shows risks of airborne coronavirus spread
To visually illustrate the risk of airborne transmission in real time, The Washington Post used a military-grade infrared camera capable of detecting exhaled breath. Numerous experts — epidemiologists,...
View ArticleVICE VIDEO: 6 minute doc “Inside the Race to Keep Georgia Blue”
EVERYTHING HINGES ON GEORGIA SENATE RACE Georgia turned blue for the first time in 20 years thanks to a massive voter registration effort that turned out hundreds of thousands of new voters. Now ahead...
View ArticleMajor League Baseball finally elevates the Negro Leagues to “Major League”...
It’s hard to believe but from 1920 up to 1948 black baseball players had to play in the Negro Leagues. 1948 was the last in which the Negro World Series was played between the champions of the Negro...
View ArticleMandatory COVID Vaccination Bill Introduced in New York Assembly
ALBANY – A new bill was introduced to the New York State Assembly which would empower the health department to mandate the COVID-19 vaccination. As mentioned in the bill, “If public health officials...
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Communication Breakdown: Bertha Bernal’s Family Struggles to Talk to Her, as...
Artvoice is engaged in the effort to reunite Bertha Bernal with her loving children. That matters more to the average American Citizen than we may realize. We are talking about a core belief of...
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Trump Pardons Roger Stone and Why Stone Deserved to Be Pardoned
President Donald Trump pardoned Roger Stone today along with several others. While there will be some who will object to it, and call it political, I will take a moment to explain why I think it was...
View ArticleWhat Can Be Done: A New Year’s Wish
Lately, I have been reflecting on what I have in common with extremists. It turns out that the list is longer than one would think. I hold their same passions for change, an ability to withstand...
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