Random Rumblings

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cheattowin:

In the photo, Mr. Obama looks to be bowing to a sharply dressed 5-year-old black boy, who stands erect beside the Oval Office desk, his arm raised to touch the president’s hair — to see if it feels like his. The image has struck so many White House aides and visitors that by popular demand it stays put while others come and go.

As a candidate and as president, Mr. Obama has avoided discussing race except in rare instances when he seemed to have little choice — responding to the racially incendiary words of his former pastor, for example, or to the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Florida. Some black leaders criticize Mr. Obama for not directly addressing young blacks or proposing policies specifically for them.

Yet the photo is tangible evidence of what polls also show: Mr. Obama remains a potent symbol for blacks, with a deep reservoir of support. As skittish as White House aides often are in discussing race, they also clearly revel in the power of their boss’s example.

That is some powerful stuff right there.

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thedailywhat:

Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: The sheer cliffs at the mouth of Sydney Harbor have long been a popular Australian suicide spot. But they’re about to get a lot more deadly — the local man who is credited with talking at least 160 people out of killing themselves since 1964 died this week.

Window-watcher Don Ritchie, known as the Angel of the Gap, could spot the troubled ones from his home across the street; he’d wander down to the cliff-edge and calmly ask, “Can I help you in some way?” More often then not, he could. He’d chat with them a bit, then invite them back to his place for a cup of tea.

“My ambition has always been to just get them away from the edge, to buy them time, to give them the opportunity to reflect and give them the chance to realize that things might look better the next morning,” Ritchie once said. “You just can’t sit there and watch them. You’ve got to try and save them.”

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besillybekindbehonest:

I love you.

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dick-whiskey:

Greatest thing ever

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humansofnewyork:

My wife’s name was Barbara, I used to call her Ba.
My name was Lawrence, she used to call me La.
When she died, I changed my name to Bala.

humansofnewyork:

“My ultimate goal is to reach a certain level of adulthood where I can afford to be a child.”

 

humansofnewyork:

97 year old Irwin Corey spends all day panhandling on 35th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue. He uses all the money to buy medical supplies for Cuban children. A HONY fan sent me on a mission to find him after reading this article about him in the NY Times: (www.nyti.ms/qrbzED)

humansofnewyork:

“I got a dishonorable discharge. I’ve been trying to clear it up for 50 years. They said they’d pay to bury me, but they won’t put a flag on my fucking grave.”
“What happened?”
“Well it was Christmas time, and they let us come home from Vietnam for two weeks, and I never received the official orders, and (….) , and on top of that (…), not to mention (…)”
“So wait. You never went back?”
“No.”
“Why?”
“Cause I was nineteen. And I was scared.”

 

humansofnewyork:

“Is there anything you want to say?”
“Nah, I got nothing to say. I used to talk a lot. Not anymore. I just go with the flow. More talking, more bullshit.”