A GENTLE REMINDER:

When you keep criticizing your kids,
they don't stop loving you.

They stop loving themselves.

Let that sink in...

:-)}

FREE SPEECH:
A PSA from xkcd.com :-)}
'The right to free speech means the gov't can't arrest you for what you say...if you're yelled at, boycotted, have your show cancelled, or get banned from an internet community, your free speech rights aren't being violated...'

We must love, nurture and protect our children.
400 million firearms in the U.S.
32 thousand deaths annually from firearms.
Draft, sponsor and pass legislation that requires:
Universal background checks
Safe storage laws
Red flag laws
Elect candidates who champion love, not fear.

A QUESTION FOR POLITICIANS:
What would the child you once were
think of the adult you have become?

'It is a national disgrace that at 21%, the US has the highest childhood poverty rate of any major country on earth.' ~Bernie Sanders

We must love, nurture & protect our children.

REMINDER FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES:
'I wish you a lifetime filled with happiness, peace, good health, prosperity, and, most of all, love - the greatest gift. I will always love you, wherever you are. You are a gift and blessing. You are wonderful just the way you are.'
~Santa :-)}

HARBINGER OF TRUMP & MAGA
'He was a fattish but active man of paralyzing stupidity, a mass of imbecile enthusiasms -- one of those completely unquestioning, devoted drudges on whom, more even than on the thought police, the stability of the Party depended.'
~George Orwell, '1984'

Anytime you see the word 'inflation' in the news, replace it with 'record-breaking profits.'
Elect candidates who will establish an annual tax on the extreme wealth of the top 0.1 percent of US households with a net worth of over $32 million.
Teach our children that greed is bad.

ALASKA'S RAPE RATE, since 2013, has been 3 to 4 times the national average, based on reported cases.
Women should not have to be taught how to defend themselves from rapists.
'What really need to be done is teaching men not to rape. Go to the source and start there.'
~Kurt Cobain

'WAR may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.'
~Jimmy Carter

HERE WE BELIEVE:
Love is Love
No Human is Illegal
Black Lives Matter
Science is Real
Women's Rights are Human Rights
Water is Life
Kindness is Everything
(MoveOn.org)
:-)}

SENDING WEAPONS TO ISRAEL
VIOLATES THESE ACTS:
The Foreign Assistance Act
The Arms Export Control Act
The U.S. War Crimes Act
The Leahy Law and
The Genocide Convention Implementation Act
More than 13,000 CHILDREN have been killed in Gaza!
SHAME ON ISRAEL, HAMAS, BIDEN & CONGRESS!

I IDENTIFY WITH THIS ONE :-)}
A disheveled, older man, sits on an examining table in a doctor's office, while a doctor, stethoscope and medical chart in hand, asks,
'Do you exercise?'
The man, ponders for a moment, then answers,
'Well... Sometimes, my mind wanders.'
~SM Lansing

I PAID FOR MY SOCIAL SECURITY:
Congress Members enjoy premium federal healthcare, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, 3 weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days...
THAT'S 'welfare'.
Yet, The GOP has the nerve to call my S.S. retirement an entitlement.
SHAMEFUL!

PRESIDENT BIDEN:
You and your administration
have blood on your hands.
You are violating
the U.S. Foreign Assistance Act
which bars military support from
going to any nation (Israel) that
restricts the delivery (to Gaza)
of humanitarian aid.
STOP FUNDING GENOCIDE!

HAPPY EASTER!
As my namesake, St. Nicholas, was, I am a Bishop and celebrate communion.
'Easter is...when Christians...give thanks for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. After his crucifixion, death, and burial, Christ rose from the grave...and redeemed us from sin.'
~Christianity

SENATE GOP MEETING:
'Before we discuss raising taxes on the poor & middle class, adding $1 trillion to the deficit, taking health insurance away from 13 million, raising premiums by 10%, defending treason and swearing in a pedophile, let's begin with a prayer.'
~Jack Ziegler, TNY

A gentle reminder:
Nobody will remember your salary, fancy title, how busy or stressed you were or how many hours you worked.
They will remember the time you spent with them, how you made them feel, if you kept your promises and were there for them.
Love is the greatest gift :-)}

EASTER BUNNY TRIVIA:
What do the Easter Bunny and Santa have in common?
The Easter Bunny, depicted as a rabbit bringing Easter eggs, originally played the role of a judge, evaluating whether children were good or bad at Eastertide.
We both have our own naughty and nice lists :-)}

DEFEND THE SACRED - NO AMBLER ROAD!
'..the road...cut through the foothills of the majestic Gates of the Arctic Park, would disrupt caribou migration patterns, pollute spawning grounds for salmon & make it difficult for Native communities to hunt the (subsistence) caribou...' NYT

'The moral test of Government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life: the children, those who are in the twilight of life: the elderly, and those who are in the shadows of life: the sick, the needy, and the handicapped.'
~Vice President Hubert Humphrey - 1977