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Indy Mass Transit Win

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Last night the Indianapolis City Council finally approved a referendum to be placed on the ballot in November for approval of the proposed improvements in the IndyGo city bus system, and development of a bus rapid transit (BRT) system, called … Continue reading →

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Saudi Arabia as Canary?

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

You are probably familiar with the old practice of placing canaries in an area of a coal mine to indicate when the air is unfit to breath.  Since then that idea has been used to refer to things that indicate … Continue reading →

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Hot, Dry Summer Forecast 2016

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Yesterday I wrote about the massive fire at Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.  A hot(temperatures 30 degrees above normal last week), dry winter and spring created conditions that caused the fire to spread so far, so quickly. A number of times … Continue reading →

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Tar Sands Retribution

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

I’ve been thinking a lot about the huge fire at Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.  Those of us who have been involved in the Keystone Pledge of Resistance are very familiar with this city, whose population exploded with the development and … Continue reading →

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Weekly Peace Vigil

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Every Friday 4:30-5:30 pm, a few people gather for the peace vigil in front of the Federal Building in the 500 block of N. Pennsylvania St, downtown Indianapolis.  Gilbert Kuhn, from North Meadow Friends, and Debbie Peddie are the regulars, having … Continue reading →

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Blogging

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

A little over a year ago I began writing on this blog.   That was mainly in response to complaints that I was sending too much email, and I was. Around this same time I was introduced (via email) to Derek Glass, … Continue reading →

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Feeling the Bern in Indiana

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Bernie wins the Indiana Democratic primary, 2016!!!  On to the convention and the nomination.

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Foggy Morning

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Primary election day, Indiana.  I appreciate my friend Katie Glass mentioning my writing about participating by voting on her Facebook page.  Further encouragement for me to vote myself (as I did at 6 this morning, and saw Evalyn from our … Continue reading →

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If You Only Knew

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

I have been trying to find ways to share what I have been experiencing lately in Indianapolis with my Quaker friends in Iowa. This is my latest attempt. A really powerful book that I’ve started to read that does the … Continue reading →

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Keystone, the President, and I

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Jeff Kisling
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