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Thanksgiving Day is today. I suspect there will likely be very little going on in CUA today. Most folks are travelling or already with family and friends at their destinations cooking food and getting ready to watch three NFL games today. I don’t want to compete with that. I don’t like to compete anyway. So I was reading all sorts of things this past week, many caught my interest. One in particular was really amazing. It reminded me of old SciFi movies from the late ‘50’s and early ‘60’s with rockets that took off and landed using their own engines. Of course who can forget that classic from the 1980’s, Amazon Women on the Moon.
Well, it’s a reality as of November 23, 2015. Here, check it out. Amazon’s Jeff Bezo’s company Blue Origin shot a rocket into space and landed that same rocket right back from where it lifted off. Check it out.
What do you want to talk about, if anything, on this Thanksgiving?
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH
HOUSTON AREA KOSSACKS MONTHLY MEET-UP
TIME: 7:00 PM
LOCATION: Barry’s Pizza and Italian Diner
6003 Richmond Avenue • Houston
ORGANIZER: Send Chrislove a kosmail to attend
RSVPS
1. Chrislove
2. nomandates
3. Delilah
4. Blood
5. scott5js
6. Mary
7. Alan
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Maybees:
Blood’s guest
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Current diary for more details: Houston Area Kossacks: Meetup Scheduled for Tuesday, November 24
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH
TRIANGLE KOSMOPOLITANS JOIN THOUSANDS IN THE 10TH ANNUAL MASS MORAL MARCH ON RALEIGH & HKONJ PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY GET-OUT-THE-VOTE GATHERING AND MOBILIZATION
TIMES and LOCATIONS:
Pre-rally — 9:00 AM Corner of Wilmington and South Streets near Shaw University
March — 10:00 AM to the State Capitol on Fayetteville Street • Raleigh
ORGANIZER: RSVP at Facebook to bolster their numbers!
Look for the Daily Kos — Forward Together, Not One Step Back signs to march with the Triangle Kosmopolitans!
Send a kosmail to the local Triangle Kosmopolitans or state group North Carolina Blue to connect with other readers of Daily Kos for future events.
Event Reporting
FL/GA Line Kos Meetup Recap With Photos & "Black Lives Have Always Mattered" Speech Highlights
By JaxDem ♥ for Florida Georgia Line Kos
11/14/2015 — Florida Georgia Line Kos connected with Lowndes County Democratic Party and talked about recent accomplishments; convincing county and city officials to adopt resolutions opposing the Sabal Trail oil pipeline, supporting an anti-tethering ordinance, hosting a “Cash Mob” at a locally owned and operated grocery store that netted $1,200.00 and raising money and over 300 pounds of food for Second Harvest of South Georgia. Great having our progressives connected! You can join Florida Georgia Line Kos by sending a kosmail to JaxDem.
L-R back row: Tom Aiello, jayskew, a Lowndes County Dem, a Lowndes County Dem, PHScott. L-R front row: Nannyberry, JaxDem, susanala, Lily O Lady. ~Photo by JaxDem
BAK Meet-up Report
By Azazello ♥ for Baja Arizona Kos
11/14/2015 — Baja Arizona Kos met with special guest, Dr. Matt Heinz, Democratic candidate in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District. For more details on this special event visit Azazello’s diary. You can join Baja Arizona Kos by sending a kosmail to Azazello.
Clockwise: DaNang65, Azazello, cosmic debris, Mrs. Mags, Mother Mags, ramara, ItsaMathJoke, rasbobbo & elk18
A Few Photos From the Nashville TN Meetup
by Lenny Flank ♥ for Nashville KosKats
The Nashville KosKats welcomed Lenny Flank with his own personal pizza and T-shirt! You can read about it here and there's still time to recommend his diary! You can join Nashville KosKats by sending a Kosmail to ZenTrainer
L-R:ZenTrainer, Mr. Marykk, Marykk, JonSitzman
and Lenny Flank
navajo maintains the above event list. Kosmail her if you have any diaries about your event or if you have changes or additions.
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