http://thenewstalkers.com/krishna Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:42:44 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/krishna/blog/2486/texas-requests-five-mortuary-trailers-during-covid-19-surge http://thenewstalkers.com/krishna/blog/2486




Texas had the most pediatric hospitalizations in the nation, at 239, according to the latest data released Monday by the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Five mortuary trailers have been requested by the health services department in Texas, which is seeing a surge in Covid-19 cases and, along with Florida, leads the nation in pediatric hospitalizations.
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) submitted a request for the trailers.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has opposed mask mandates and issued an executive order banning school districts from requiring masks, which has caused backlash from educators and local leaders.
The state had 53,100 fatalities as of Monday.






 



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Joy Harjo – 2020 Special Guest and U.S. Poet Laureate
I hadn't spoken to Susan Williamson in some time. She is one of my oldest and dearest friends but we don't speak often,  so she was one of several friends from years ago that I phoned on Christmas Eve to "touch base".
She is a poet and also director of the yearly Palm Beach Poetry Festival . This is an important event in the world of poetry, but she mentioned that this years it was especially important since the current American Poet Laureate was to be a special guest. 
And interestingly, the current American Poet Laureate is the first Indian to hold that position!
The Festival congratulates   Joy Harjo,   our Special Guest Poet at the 16th annual festival, for her being named the 23rd United States Poet Laureate. We announced earlier that Harjo would be Special Guest Poet at the upcoming festival, where she will be interviewed by faculty poet Laure-Anne Bosselaar, and will deliver the annual Thomas Lux Memorial Reading following the festival gala.
“This is the second time that the Palm Beach Poetry Festival will host a sitting poet laureate of the United States, though we have featured many others before they were named or after they served,” said Williamson. “We could not be more thrilled to congratulate and welcome Joy Harjo, whose poetry often merges the global and the personal, and the imagery of the natural world with that of the inner one.” ( Cont'd )
Many articles & mentions have appeared since the news was released:
Joy Harjo Named U.S. Poet Laureate – New York Times, June 19, 2019
Joy Harjo Becomes First Native American U.S. Poet Laureate, NPR June 19, 2019 (listen)
Related Article:
Native Americans, The Census' Most Undercounted Racial Group, Fight For An Accurate 2020 Tally
]]> Fri, 27 Dec 2019 00:34:42 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/krishna/blog/1889/the-lead-up-to-the-iraq-war-what-you-may-have-forgotten http://thenewstalkers.com/krishna/blog/1889
The following are genuine comments from politicians regarding the need to go to war with Saddam. (Warning: this was aired as a political ad, so its intent is biased. But the comments of politicians are authentic).


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Beto O'Rourke is running for Senator in Texas-- challenging "Mr. Personality" himself--- incumbent Ted Cruz!
As is his habit, Donald trump has tweeted a lot about Ted Cruz. So O' Rourke supporters have been using this brilliant approach to remind Texas voters about what Donald Trump has said about Cruz.
(Trump has actually tweeted many more things about Cruz-- hopefully those other tweets will also show up on the trucks and billboards throughout the state...just to remind voters in case they had forgotten Trump's many comments about Ted Cruz!
Source:  @ AntonioArellano , tweeted on Twitter:  #TrumpTweetTruck , and then posted on NT byJohn Russell here.


]]> Tue, 02 Oct 2018 16:51:25 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/krishna/blog/1760/where-were-you-during-the-terror-attacks-on-september-11 http://thenewstalkers.com/krishna/blog/1760

Where were you on 911? How has it effected your life?
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