Category Archives: Compassion

FINE ARTS – PHOTOGRAPHY: “Orangutan in Bali” / National Geographic Photo Contest / Andrew Suryono ☮

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Orangutan in BaliPhoto and caption by Andrew Suryono / National Geographic 2015 Photo Contest.

“I was taking pictures of some Orangutans in Bali and then it started to rain. Just before I put my camera away, I saw this Orangutan took a taro leaf and put it on top on his head to protect himself from the rain! I immediately used my DSLR and telephoto lens to preserve this spontaneous magic moment.”
~ Andrew Suryono, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia

US MILITARY PSYCHOPATHY: “‘Heroes’ My Ass” / Mike Malloy ☮

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“The U.S. military does not keep us safe; the U.S. military puts
every single person in this country at extreme risk, 24/7, 365.”
~ Mike Malloy

War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America’s Most Decorated Soldier, Smedley D. Butler

HOMOPHOBIC BIGOTRY: “FDA Lifts Discriminatory Ban on Gay Men Donating Blood, Institutes New Discriminatory Ban” / David Badash ☮

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Gay Pride Flag The FDA is instituting a new discriminatory ban on gay men – but on no one else, in a failed attempt to “protect” the nation’s blood supply.

Now, after more than a year of discussions, testimony from experts, a substantial letter from 80 Democratic members of Congress, and other deliberations by experts, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just announced it will drop the “ever” part of its ban on gay men donating blood, but replace it with a one-year prohibition on men who have had sex with men.

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