Michael Braun

27/05/2024

Memorial Day is a day to remember those who gave all. While my dad managed to survive WWII, he had to do it after escaping from Nazi-held Austria, making his way via Yugoslavia. He wasn't Jewish but he opposed the N***s and that made it bad for his health. He managed to join the British army after making it to England and meeting back up with my mom there, getting married and starting a family. While in the Army, as a member of the Royal Engineers and Mechanics Corp he also played sax in a unit band (He's the second sax from the right). They came to the U.S. just in time for me to be born here. Thanks pop!

26/05/2024

Amen

27/04/2024

True true true

I recently got "into it" online with some folks who prefer simplistic memes about Israel & Gaza than engaging in the deep work of hearing someone's pain, especially Jewish pain, acknowledging it, and then being listened to right back. Of course it's far easier to post some kind of flat accusatory generalization that you did not write, that treats a soundbite like truth, and clicks and shares like a revolution.

I prefer this messaging. If more people might operate from this perspective, we might all understand one another a lot better.

13/03/2024

No better example ...

Jon Stewart unpacks Biden’s fired-up State of the Union and Katie Britt’s disastrous GOP kitchen rebuttal, then calls bulls**t on conservatives branding them...

11/03/2024

Don't Say Gay gets a rollback

More than a dozen parents, teachers, and students along with Equality Florida have reached a settlement with the Florida Department of Education and school districts.The settlement will allow K-12 students to speak and write freely about sexual orientation and gender identity in class participation....

01/03/2024

Another Naples resident, this time a woman, has been arrested on charges stemming from the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.

A Naples woman has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to her conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Her actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 202...

27/02/2024

Pointing to permits in “regulatory limbo,” the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on Monday asked a judge for a partial stay of a ruling in a legal battle about a 2020 decision that shifted permitting authority from the federal government to the state for projects that affect wetland...

26/02/2024

If this is what you believe, and hope for:

Right-wing activist Jack Posobiec opened this weekend’s conference of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) outside Washington, D.C., with the words: “Welcome to the end of democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on January 6, but we will endeavor to get rid of it and replace it with this right here.” He held up a cross necklace and continued: “After we burn that swamp to the ground, we will establish the new American republic on its ashes, and our first order of business will be righteous retribution for those who betrayed America.”

Then you are NOT an American citizen but a fascist wanna-be with delusions of how you will be treated under that "righteous retribution."

If you think ALL religious,` All-beliefs would be welcomed under a "Christian" regime, then you haven't been paying attention.

Wake the "you-know-what" up.

24/02/2024

Two years since the invasion. I change my profile picture to support and stand with the people of Urkraine. Slava Ukraini

01/12/2023

Actor Ed O’Neill says he is returning his honorary doctorate in protest over the BoT’s appointment of Bill Johnson: “I've got a doctorate from YSU, an honorary doctorate that I'm going to give back," he said. "I don't want it... I'm going to start calling it Trump-U. And I think a lot of people feel that way."

https://www.ideastream.org/education/2023-11-30/youngstown-state-faces-blowback-from-alumni-donors-after-hiring-republican-congressman-as-president

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25/02/2023

Some worry that the original female could be injured somewhere.

27/09/2022

12/05/2022

A family tragedy:

Alec Michael Pearson of Naples left a law practice to delve into environment, conservation causes; his life inspired friends.

10/05/2022

https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2022/05/10/witness-teen-death-golden-gate-reports-ccso-vehicle-no-emergency-lights-cassie-dessir-jacob-moreno/9721971002/

"I turned around as well, and I literally saw the cop car hit him," Cassie Dessir said of a crash that killed Jacob Moreno Sunday in Golden Gate.

10/05/2022

A win for homeowners…

https://www.news-press.com/story/news/local/2022/05/10/fort-myers-couples-garden-dean-park-draws-complaint-highlights-sustainability/7374480001/?utm_source=news-press-Daily+Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_term=list_article_headline&utm_content=1026NP-E-NLETTER65&fbclid=IwAR1qsvR7oA5NKulHvCL4l_3llVNbWhBppY_CyzAzE75yBAqcMqKCmZE67_Q

Couple living in a 100-year-old Dean Park home thought they might have to move if their gardening practices were going to be prohibited by Fort Myers

09/05/2022

https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/2022/05/09/naples-florida-man-identified-pedestrian-hit-collier-county-deputy-jacob-moreno-fsu/9702133002/

Jacob Moreno, 19, of Naples, Florida was a musician, FSU student, and "an amazing young man with a huge heart, friends, and family who adored him."

28/02/2022

https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/crime/2022/02/28/american-property-management-services-naples-alleged-fraud-residents-unhappy-judge-decision/6963672001/

Collier County Court Judge Lauren Brodie allowed representatives from the affected communities in a claimed fraud case to see account balances

27/02/2022

A mother looks to create a lasting legacy for her son

Laura Swaggerty will announce the launching of the Justin Swaggerty Aviation Foundation at a media briefing at the Naples Hilton on Thursday

23/02/2022

https://www.news-press.com/story/news/crime/2022/02/23/florida-blue-alert-gregory-mediema-lee-county-connections-sought-taylor-county-deputy-shot/6906781001/

A Tallahassee TV station reported that a Taylor County deputy was shot more than once and was taken by air ambulance with life-threatening injuries

21/02/2022

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21/02/2022

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16/02/2022

https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/2022/02/16/naples-property-management-firm-confronts-credit-default-apms-facing-eviction/6797692001/

American Express alleges breach of contract and unjust enrichment and requesting judgement against APMS and Orlando Miserandino Ortiz.

10/02/2022

https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/2022/02/10/attorneys-naples-florida-property-management-firm-denies-improprieties-took-place/6729946001/

Lawyers working on behalf of American Property Management Services tell the court their client didn't do anything illegal regarding association funds.

07/02/2022

https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/2022/02/07/collier-lee-communities-lose-service-property-manager-case-advances-apms/6649388001/

Some services such as electricity and trash collection, have been threatened and health care insurance cancelled due to lack of payment.