#national unity

[vox-anglosphere]

Union Day 2024 - What unites us is greater than what divides us.

[nickysfacts]

Origins of the beautiful game!🇧🇷

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[ysbnews]

Sean Penn and Amb. O'Brien Detail Firsthand Experiences from Ukraine on Fox Nation 

“We've become so divided and going to Ukraine, more than anything else, was the impact of what we've been missing. People who have every bit the diversity and polarization of ideology, who are able to work together and to fight together and to have a common courage, and it's something to realize what we've been missing in our every day feeling about life, that they have while under this threat," 

— Sean Penn on the Fox Nation / Fox News  |  5/12/2022 —

TOP PHOTO:  Ukrainian-Americans hold giant Ukraine flag in Washington, D.C. — © Fox News Digital/Lisa Bennatan 

2nd PHOTO:  Actor and director Sean Penn visits positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the frontline with Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released by the Joint Forces Operation press service November 18, 2021. — Handout via REUTERS

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[touchaheartnews]

Akmodel Group MD Goodwill Message On Democracy Day, Graces South West Advancement Awards

In his words, he said “Democracy is not about politics; Democracy literally means the power of the people.The strength of a nation lies in the minds of its people.” Dr. Odegade further said that “Where you see wrong or disparity or foul play, stand up against it because *this is your nation. This is your Democracy *Make it. Ensure it. Pass it on* Respect the importance of Democracy, it is all…

[tmarshconnors]

"I could write shorter sermons, but once I start I get too lazy to stop.".

Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.

Born: 12 February 1809, Larue County, Kentucky, United States

Assassinated: 15 April 1865, Petersen House, Washington, D.C., United States

[propertybazar]

Two ways of building character - cultivating the strength to challenge oppression, and tolerate the resultant hardships that give rise to courage and awareness. "𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐡𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢"

[littlesistersti]

& you neglected to write down Hetalia?

ok fine, this is Polandball, Hetalia, SatW, Nation Being Things, and maybe John Bull, Uncle Sam, Columbia, Mother Svea, Hellas/Ellada, etc.

[filosofablogger]

A Prescient Warning From 227 Years Ago

Yesterday, a timely article in History.com caught my attention.  It delved into George Washington’s farewell speech in September 1796, just prior to the end of his second term in office.  At that time, there were no term limits and President Washington could have run for a third term and likely won.  But he had been in poor health for some time, and he felt that if he sought a third term, then…

[stophogging]

In general, blue and red are commonly associated with opposing political ideologies that are featured on this flag to unite both parties together.

Blue often represents conservative or right-leaning ideologies, while red is associated with progressive or left-leaning ideologies accepting the United States because the Democratic Party uses blue as their color as the Republicans use red.

However, these associations are not universal, and the meanings can vary depending on the cultural and political context.

Purple is sometimes used as a symbol of unity or bipartisanship, as it is a combination of blue and red to bridge the gap between the opposing parties and bring together bipartisan ideas.

It is seen as a color that bridges the divide between the two major political ideologies and in some cases, purple can also be associated with social movements that advocate for nonpartisan or centrist policies.

In general, blue and red are commonly associated with opposing political ideologies. Blue often represents conservative or right-leaning ideologies, while red is associated with progressive or left-leaning ideologies. However, these associations are not universal, and the meanings can vary depending on the cultural and political context.

Purple is sometimes used as a symbol of unity or bipartisanship, as it is a combination of blue and red. It is seen as a color that bridges the divide between the two major political ideologies. In some cases, purple can also be associated with social movements that advocate for nonpartisan or centrist policies.

It's worth noting that political symbols and their meanings can change over time, and different groups may adopt different interpretations. Therefore, it is important to consider the specific context and region when trying to understand the meaning of a particular flag or combination of colors in politics.

[plitnick]

Yair Lapid conducts damage control with wavering allies: Democrats and American Jews

It was easy to miss, but Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid was in the U.S. last week, visiting with American Jewish leaders and a couple of members of Congress. Lapid is himself not in a great political position right now as the notable plummet Benjamin Netanyahu has taken in the Israeli polls has benefited Benny Gantz, not, as one might expect, Opposition Leader Lapid. Still, he tried to…

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2021: Teaching the Leadership of the Communist Party IV

” Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era Student Reader” for “Elementary School Students Lower Grades” bottom right “People’s Education Publishing House This is the fourth and final installment in a series of translations of the one hundred page long October 2021 PRC Ministry of Education guidelines for Chinese teachers from elementary through high school on…

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What the Carthage Eagles achieve is not without meaning for their people back home. The economic and political situation in the country is again deteriorating, little more than a decade on from the Arab Spring. A cost-of-living crisis, shortages of basic goods and soaring unemployment accompany fears of democratic backsliding since the president, Kais Saied, suspended parliament and took on sweeping powers.

For 90 minutes on Tuesday, a divided nation was united. “I hope we can contribute to unifying the Tunisians,” says their coach, Jalel Kadri. “We have seen the joy on the Tunisian streets. We can see how proud they are to belong to a country that is small in other’s eyes but big in our eyes. I cannot express what I felt when they welcomed us.

“We carry a big responsibility now. We feel this is our obligation to make them proud. We want to be the ambassadors of our people.”

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[madamepestilence]

2024 Bingo

Have a 2024 bingo card!

...hopefully this isn't an Apollo dodgeball moment

forgive me for the tag's y'all

[hanadoesstuffwrong]

Thinking abt the air nomads:

What if, after the war, once the dust has settled a little, Aang goes back to travelling, hoping that maybe he can find at least some trace of surviving airbenders. As an added bonus, he gets to do more of the exploring and wandering that he had to put on hold.

Toph goes with him ofc. She only just got a taste of real freedom and it was overshadowed by ever-present impending doom. While she's on speaking terms with her parents, she isnt quite ready to be back under their roof on a permanent basis. The rest of the gaang have their individual homes and responsibilities that they get back to, though they join for the odd field trip or adventure when they can.

So anyway, they're touring all over the world and over the years they notice just how displaced so many people have become. EK citizens who barely escaped the blaze but lost everything; FN military now decommissioned with no idea how to carry on; people looking for a new start in the hard-won peace. Maybe it starts with Toph heading back to Earth Rumble, where a group of young runaways scrounge for cheap fights to make a little money.

At each turn they find more and more people with no homes to return to and no family to protect them; runaways escaping the roles the war forced them into. Gradually, Aang and Toph start to see that they aren't so different from themselves. They just want a new start.

So they decide to give them one. They clean up the temples and set up villages in the surrounding areas (helps to be master earthbenders), where people can arrive and stay as long as they need. Travellers and refugees pass through in droves, sometimes choosing to stay and rebuild their lives there, sometimes continuing in their wandering with a guarantee that they'll always have a place to return to should they have the need.

Over time, the lemurs grow in number and even some flying bison calfs (hybrids with a relative species maybe?), can be seen in the skies. Whenever the founders visit, it isn't the same but Aang feels a little more at home.

The first time someone asks Aang to teach him his philosophies, and expresses his desire to become a monk, how can he refuse? Maybe it's a former soldier, somebody who's done terrible things, looking for a path to redemption. So Aang teaches him, and then he teaches others. And though they may not be airbenders, they are as earnest and faithful as any nun or monk Aang knew before. The temples become filled with new faces: Firebenders, Earthbenders, Waterbenders and non-benders all wearing Air nomad orange and yellow.

Aang always feared that it would be his responsibility to have airbender children, and the idea of forcing that on someone he loved terrified him. Maybe that's why he waited so long before acting on his feelings for his best friend, his travelling companion, his fellow-village builder and temple-restorer. How could they have a truly happy relationship with this pressure hanging over them? He wishes he could be content with the new way of things that he and his friends have created. But he knows that he can't be the last airbender forever...

Nobody knows why some children can bend the elements and others can't. Is it blood? Is it blessing? Is it the land in which you're born? Or is it the simple allocation of fates decided by the values and norms you're raised believing in? Is it enough to be surrounded by the culture and beliefs of the Air Nomads? Nobody knows...

All they know is that nobody sees it coming when the six-year-old daughter of two non-bender villagers from the Earth Kingdom and Northern Water Tribe sends herself flying twelve feet into the air with a sneeze.