Feb 04 2014

#2 – Saturday Night at the Movies – The High School Years

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As You All Know By Now

… Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan died this past Wednesday under tragic circumstances.  As a longtime Orioles fan, I posted this diary last night as my tribute to him — Fondly Remembering Mike Flanagan (1951-2011) and the Baltimore Orioles of Years Past.

He will be missed by many in the Orioles Family.

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I never met Mike Flanagan although I did see him weave his magic off of that pitching mound a few times in Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.  Through much of his long, thirty years career with the Orioles, I must have also watched him for countless hours on television.  

First, as a wonderful pitcher and pitching coach; then, as a television broadcaster; and, finally, in his role as a front office executive for the Orioles.  

The soft-spoken, reticent New Englander had a certain natural, gentle calmness about him that endeared him to teammates. No, he wasn’t the biggest star on those amazing Orioles teams from the mid-1970’s to the mid-1980’s.  Others eclipsed him in star power, media attention, and baseball statistics.  That said, “Flanny” was a ferocious competitor and it wouldn’t be too much of an exaggeration to say that he was as important as Jim Palmer, Eddie Murray, Ken Singleton, Rick Dempsey, and, later, Cal Ripken, Jr. to the enduring success of those Orioles teams.  Some people shun individual attention; no matter their chosen profession, the team’s accomplishments are what matter most to them. For that display of modesty, Flanagan was beloved by many of his teammates.  

Eddie Murray (left) with Cal Ripken, Jr.  Photo credit: Style CEO.

Tom Boswell – Mike Flanagan brought unique perspective to the top of the mound – http://www.washingtonpost.com/…

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I Posted This Diary Earlier Tonight

The response has been very encouraging.  I hope all of you will consider my request — An Appeal to All of Daily Kos – Here’s Your Chance to Do Something Constructive.

Thank you.

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Please Help the People of East Africa

They still need our help.  boatsie posted her follow-up diary last night for the “48ForEastAfrica Blogathon” that we held recently — #48forEastAfrica: Over $7K raised @DK alone! Do I Hear $10K?  Please read it to see how you can continue to help.

While it is very encouraging to see the generosity displayed by all of you over one weekend, we are still soliciting donations to combat the devastating famine in East Africa.  

If you can, please donate.  We would very much like to reach $10,000.00 in Daily Kos donations.  Thanks everybody.

(read this article ‘Nations Falling Short in Helping East African Famine Victims’ in the Scientific American to get a sense of the level of funds needed to avoid further starvation and death)

CLICK THE BELOW LINK TO MAKE A DONATION

Remember to add $.01 to your donation so it ends up being $5.01, $20.01, $50.01, $100.01, and so on.  This will enable Oxfam to keep track of all Daily Kos donations.

Please read this if you live outside the United States – to make a donation, click this link and scroll down a bit to find your country.  If not listed, please Google Oxfam in your country.

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I Posted This Diary Last Night

… on behalf of Daisy Carlson of Cool HIVE — [48ForEastAfrica – Blogathon Makes a Difference to a Child’s Life http://www.dailykos.com/story/…

Take a look at it.



When we look into the eyes of our brothers we know we are fundamentally looking at ourselves and we must respond

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I Posted This Diary Last Night

… on behalf of Daisy Carlson of Cool HIVE — [48ForEastAfrica – Blogathon Makes a Difference to a Child’s Life http://www.dailykos.com/story/…  If I can ask a favor: please do not rec this comment. Instead, comment in, recommend, and republish Daisy’s diary to your DK4 Groups.

Our world often experiences multiple events that boggle the mind and trends that run simultaneously on different and, sometimes, contradictory tracks.  Making sense out of them may be an exercise in futility, forcing us to ask ourselves, “Why is this happening?”

With that said, an even worse disaster is shaping up in the Horn of Africa where tens of thousands of people have died in recent weeks and millions more are facing drought, starvation and death. Absent urgent and meaningful action by the world community, a large number of additional lives may soon be lost.

Thank you.

CLICK THE BELOW LINK TO MAKE A DONATION

Remember to add $.01 to your donation so it ends up being $5.01, $20.01, $50.01, $100.01, and so on.  This will enable Oxfam to keep track of all Daily Kos donations.

Please read this if you live outside the United States – to make a donation, click this link and scroll down a bit to find your country.  If not listed, please Google Oxfam in your country.

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Some Post-Blogathon News

A big thank you to all who participated in and helped promote the “#48ForEastAfrica” Blogathon organized by boatsie this past weekend to raise awareness and funds to combat the worst drought in 60 years in East Africa. Several of us from Daily Kos joined hands with bloggers from other environmental websites and non-profit organizations to write diaries and encourage donations to Oxfam, which is doing marvelous work in a desperate race against time to save lives in the East African countries of Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and Djibouti in the Horn of Africa.

The blogathon may be over but this terrible crisis continues.

boatsie will get some numbers from Oxfam early next week about overall contributions for all groups involved and funds raised by Daily Kos alone.  She is also trying to figure out ways to build upon this momentum and keep East Africa in front of us.

If you didn’t get a chance to do so, I would like to encourage everyone to keep donating this week.  Please help.  Thanks.

CLICK THE BELOW LINK TO MAKE A DONATION

Remember to add $.01 to your donation so it ends up being $5.01, $20.01, $50.01, $100.01, and so on.  This will enable Oxfam to keep track of all Daily Kos donations.

Please read this if you live outside the United States – to make a donation, click this link and scroll down a bit to find your country.  If not listed, please Google Oxfam in your country.

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Reminder: We Need Your Help!

East Africa Food Crisis: 48 Hours of Action

This weekend, Daily Kos is participating in 48-Hour Fundraiser hosted by environmental websites and nonprofit organizations to benefit the 12 million people struggling for survival in the East African countries of Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti.  Last week, the United Nations announced famine — already declared in two districts — is likely to spread throughout southern Somalia. This week, the UN issued a warning that food insecurity in northern Uganda is sufficiently alarming to raise the possibility that the country might become the fifth nation impacted by the worst drought in the Horn of Africa in sixty years.

Also participating in this weekend of action are 350.org , Oxfam International , WiserEarth, tcktcktck , DeSmogBlog , MIT Climate CoLab, BPI Campus , Climate Change: The Next Generation, RedGreenAndBlue.org , Cool HIVE , MedicMobile , and The Enough Project .

Over the course of the weekend, experts in the field of humanitarian assistance will join environmental writers to outline the history of the region and detail how geopolitics, colonialism, ongoing civil wars, climate change and geographic vulnerabilities have combined to create the perfect storm now ravaging East Africa.

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Each participating organization is choosing its particular group for donated funds.  Daily Kos is donating all monies raised to directly support the work of Oxfam in the Horn of Africa.  Please add $.01 to your donation so it ends up being $5.01, $20.01, $50.01, $100.01, and so on.  This will enable Oxfam to keep track of all Daily Kos donations.

Click here to Go directly to Oxfam’s donation page.

Please read this if you live outside the United States – to make a donation, click this link and scroll down a bit to find your country.  If not listed, please Google Oxfam in your country.

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“48ForEastAfrica” Fundraiser

In case if you missed any, the below diaries have been posted (so far) in an effort to raise funds to alleviate hunger, starvation, and death in the Horn of Africa.  There are two more diaries that will be be posted later tonight.



Remember to add $.01 to your donation so it ends up being $5.01, $20.01, $50.01, $100.01, and so on. This will enable Oxfam to keep track of all Daily Kos donations.

Schedule of Daily Kos Diaries – August 6th and August 7th

  • Saturday, August 6th – PST

6-8: UnaSpenser – 48forEastAfrica: a strident appeal.

10-12: rb137 – 48 for East Africa: Millions and Counting.

12-3: wader – 48 for East Africa: Let’s Change This News.

3-6: FishOutOfWater – 48forEastAfrica: Climate Change is Increasing Drought & Hunger in East Africa.

6-9: A Siegel – 48forEast Africa: Shadows … Out of Sight, Out of Mind ….

9-12: Oke – 48 Hours for East Africa – Use Your Beehive to Save Lives.

Overnight: boatsie – 48forEastAfrica: Laura Heaton Interviews Somalia Expert Ken Menkhaus.

  • Sunday, August 7th – PST

6-8: blue jersey mom – 48 for East Africa: Foreign Aid, a Birthday and a Challenge.

8-10: JekyllnHyde – 48ForEastAfrica – Millions of People Need Your Attention and Help

8-10: James Greyson: Blindspot – 48 for East Africa: Look both ways before you cross.

10-12: 350.org: Samantha Bailey – 350 Africa Organizer: Reporting from the Frontlines.

12-2: Ellinorianne – 48 for East Africa: Women and Children.

2-4: Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse – 48forEastAfrica: Murdoch’s Repulsive Famine ‘Cartoon.’

4-6: Daisy Carlson (CoolHIVE.org) – 48 For East Africa: Making the Planet Cooler by Helping to Integrate Vibrant Ecology.

6-9: jlms qkw – 48 For East Africa: The Why, and the How.

9-12: boatsie – 48forEastAfrica: If I Were Anderson Cooper …

Overnight: Chacounne – 48 Hours for East Africa.

Cartoon Source: Radio Netherlands Worldwide/Africa.  The group featured in the cartoon, Al Shabab, is the radical Islamist group engaged in a civil war with the Somali government.  It has been compared to the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Thank You

… to all who participated in and helped promote the “#48ForEastAfrica” Blogathon organized by boatsie this past weekend to raise awareness and funds to combat the worst drought in 60 years in East Africa.  Several of us from Daily Kos joined hands with bloggers from other environmental websites and non-profit organizations to write diaries and encourage donations to Oxfam, which is doing marvelous work in a desperate race against time to save lives in the East African countries of Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and Djibouti in the Horn of Africa.

The blogathon may be over but this terrible crisis continues.

You can still make a contribution to Oxfam.  Please help. Thanks.

CLICK THE BELOW LINK TO MAKE A DONATION

Remember to add $.01 to your donation so it ends up being $5.01, $20.01, $50.01, $100.01, and so on.  This will enable Oxfam to keep track of all Daily Kos donations.

Please read this if you live outside the United States – to make a donation, click this link and scroll down a bit to find your country.  If not listed, please Google Oxfam in your country.