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Terrorism is Injustice

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It's heart breaking! Hoping one day the world will get back its collective compassion and sanity while the mindless terrorism, brutal wars, political violence, deepening bigotry and hatred will be cast aside for the sake of neglected humanity. Martin Luther King Jr. said it the best as it does not matter who the victims are, wherever they are, from the hacked bloggers, minorities and ordinary men and women in Bangladesh, gunned down civilians in Tel Aviv, relentless mayhem and subjugation of populace in Palestine, the heart wrenching massacres in Paris and Brussels, every day blood letting in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and increasingly in Turkey, repeated horrors in Pakistan, or the drowning of hundred of helpless migrants in the mediterranean, or the senseless murders of innocents in a gay night club of Orlando, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatev

Rest in Peace Muhammad Ali

Ali, Ali, Ali Chant the fans, The roaring crowd Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay Who floored Liston, Frazier Norton, Foreman Saying hay!  Who is the prettiest one? "Float like a butterfly Sting like a bee The hands can't hit What the eyes can't see" Ali, Ali, Ali Muhammad Ali The meanest, the greatest The poet dancing With the gloves in the ring Said no to war and bigotry Without fear but full of Alacrity, lived everyday As the very last one And the last one  Has arrived and gone To dimming dusk Ali, Ali, Ali Muhammad Ali Rest in peace the crazy bravest man!