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Month: August 2025

INFLICTING CIVILIAN STARVATION & BOMBING CIVILIAN FACILITIES TO RUBBLE ARE BOTH INHUMANE

INFLICTING CIVILIAN STARVATION & BOMBING CIVILIAN FACILITIES TO RUBBLE ARE BOTH INHUMANE

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.There are too many people who are quick to claim that any criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s conduct of the war in Gaza is antisemitism. However, the clear evidence shows Israel’s continued blocking of food and aid to the people of Palestine by the prime minister has inflicted starvation on men, women & children. The undeniable fact is that since the war began on October 7, 2023, following Hamas’s attack on Israel, Israel imposed a full siege on Gaza,…

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EXTRAORDINARY PERSON AND TRIAL LAWYER: GERRY SPENCE

EXTRAORDINARY PERSON AND TRIAL LAWYER: GERRY SPENCE

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Gerry Spence died yesterday, August 13th, at 96 years of age. I have known him for over thirty years, been a speaker at his trial college for over twenty years, and the two of us have spent two week-long photography trips together, plus lecturing for legal seminars together. After I retired from practicing, we did not spend time together as before. He had a profound influence on my professional life through his skills as a trial lawyer and our friendship….

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MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER MARIJA BABAROVICH 1863 – 1953

MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER MARIJA BABAROVICH 1863 – 1953

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On August 8, 1953, my maternal grandmother, Marija Babarovich, died in Anacortes, Washington, at age 90. That was the year I graduated from high school in Anacortes.  She was born September 21, 1863, in Splitska, Brac, Croatia. She died on August 8, 1953. She was a woman of great courage, faith, and personal sacrifice.  Her husband, my grandfather,  Peter, had died the year I was born in Anacortes, and I never knew him. She never remarried. I remember her vividly….

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