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Continue reading →: Did You Make the List?
Well, your degree, that is. The job market remains tight, unemployment and lay-offs still run rampant yet everywhere you turn there’s an ad telling you to go back to school. That’s right, rack up more debt when you don’t have a gig! Well, if you’re considering heading to a campus…
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Continue reading →: An Apple a Day…
Steve Jobs, a true innovator. Thank you for teaching, entertaining us and keeping us on the edge of our seats. 1955 – 2011
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Continue reading →: Enough said!
I am so over people’s selective memory. Obama has accomplished historic goals during an unparalleled time in U.S. history.
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Continue reading →: Living for 32
A few days ago, I watched a documentary about the lone suvivor of Virginia Tech’s on-campus massacre which killed a total of 32 students and faculty members. Featured is Colin Goddard and his fight to tighten existing laws regarding gun shows. HR 2324, Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2009…
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Continue reading →: Irvine 11, Agree or Disagree?
Today the students who disrupted the on-campus speech of Israel’s ambassador, Michael Oren were found guilty. They won’t serve any time but will have records and receive probation. I disagree with a guilty verdict and believe that when we stifle the voices of students we lessen the value of free speech.…
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Continue reading →: Way to go, Comcast!
While listening to the radio this morning, I heard something that made me smile, even on the inside. Comcast has new program, Internet Essentials, that increases access for children with limited resources: the families of children who receive free lunch can apply for affordable internet service and computers. Admittedly, I…
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Continue reading →: We the People
Instead of talking about the Tea Party, Conservatives, Liberals or politics as usual…instead of complaining…let’s talk about the people. People elect representatives. People elect Presidents. People have the power to change. We saw a change in the guard with the election of President Obama. We saw another change in the…
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Continue reading →: Safety First
Now that the MLK Memorial has survived two natural disasters, I am hopeful that people from all walks of life will make their way to visit the site. Although I like many others had the unveiling on my calendar for close to a year, public safety had to be considered.…
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I’m Ayoka
Welcome to Mule Of The World. Musings and rants from this Black woman. Zora Neale Hurston called the Black woman “the mule of the world.”
