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Sexism 101 – Father Figure Problems
copyright 2015 Bettina Network, inc. One guest brought a problem to the breakfast table. She was late arriving and most people were ready to leave. Her agitated state made all of us stay and the resulting conversation, we felt, belonged on your blog. We deal with sexism in all ways and places. Mostly, we talk…
Read MoreSandra Bland – Strange Fruit
Once upon a time, the “Strange Fruit, hanging from the trees” used to be from trees with green leaves, a trunk and branches growing up from the ground splattered with red. Today, the “Strange Fruit, hanging from the trees” is hanging from man-made trees with blue reflected all around. But look! Isn’t that the old…
Read MoreBettina Network Foundation needs Volunteers!
Bettina Network Foundation, inc. is looking for volunteers to help us move furniture and other items from the home of one who has to the homes of several who have little. Spend Saturday morning, July 25, 2015 starting at 10:00 am making an impact in this world. Or, volunteer to spend some other days volunteering…
Read MoreDonald Trump? How to ruin a great breakfast!
A brief breakfast conversation, which most of us killed almost immediately, but not before several points were made: 1) While his first wife was working hard to help develop the Trump empire, the man was womanizing! And who knows what kind of sexual activity happened after and through the rest of his life and marriages,…
Read MorePresident Obama’s Eulogy of Rev. Pinckney
We have been asked by many of our readers for the URL address of where they could find President Obama’s eulogy. Apparently, you folks didn’t think it was going to be great so you were doing other things while this incredible statement was being made. At the end, President Obama was referred to as “the…
Read MoreA Statement on the Environment
Surprises come from many directions. This Encyclical Letter, distributed by the Vatican from Pope Francis, was one. We hope you read it and take it to heart. It is not something we are accustomed to seeing come from the head of a religious community. We hope more such statements are forthcoming. We should make Pope…
Read MoreMembership in The Black Race
To answer a callers question – we made an independent decision to give you an answer: Question: Can you be a member of more than one “race” at a time? For example, can I be a member of the Black race and other races? Answer: Yes. It is your decision. Question: Do you have to…
Read MoreJim Obergefell, my husband!
In case you don’t subscribe to the notes from The White House, Washington, D. C., we are reprinting what just appeared, which we wanted to share with all of you. Jim Obergefell and his husband John Hodges are the plaintiff in the same sex marriage case which the Supreme Court ruled on today, in their…
Read MoreBN FOUNDATION NEEDS VOLUNTEERS
The Bettina Network Foundation, inc. is calling for volunteers to help us pack up and move the contents of a town house from Melrose, MA. to several people who are establishing permanent homes for their family. On Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 9am we will meet for breakfast in Harvard Square Cambridge, MA. and to…
Read MoreMr. Roof
Isn’t it amazing how someone who killed 9 people, he got to know over a bible study, can be called crazy? Or can be called mentally deranged? There is a difference between people who are mentally challenged and people who are evil! How quickly we forget and get tangled into our prejudices and the negative…
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