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Charter Schools – Boon? Or Bane?
Greetings and Salutations; Last year, I wrote an essay on the issue of education in America. I covered many topics there, but, left off the difficult challenge of Charter Schools. Since it has been brought to my attention again, I … Continue reading
Sifting through the Ashes – Part 31. The SCOTUS and the Congress
Greetings and Salutations. The events of these past few years have caused me to rethink some aspects of Government. I have, over the years, felt that the Court, and the Congress, while sometimes staggering around the path of wisdom like … Continue reading
Ruth Bader Ginsberg – A Giant Leaves Us.
Greetings and Salutations; This last Friday, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg died, of metastatic pancreatic cancer. The fact that she held on so long is a testament to her strength of will, and her determination. The airwaves have been flooded with … Continue reading
Some thoughts on 09/11: Are we driven by fear?
Greetings and Salutations; Today is the 19th anniversary of the destruction of the World Trade Towers by fanatics that had taken over airliners. Even today, the images I saw on television that morning are as sharp as they were on … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Family, Humanity, Improving Life, Misc, Nuttiness, Observations, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged elections, Fear, hope, Republicans, Right-Wing, solutions, Terrorism
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The Vietnam War – An American View
Greetings and Salutations; I was going to get this post written in April of this year, as a meditation on the 45th anniversary of America’s exit from the conflict. The raw history of the War is easily found online, as … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged changes, PTSD, Redcoats, Revolutionary war, Vietnam War
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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 30, The Postal Service
Greetings and Salutations… The closer we get to November, the more insane the actions of the administration become. Over the past week or so, it has become obvious that #3 (or at least, one of his advisors) understands how allowing … Continue reading
Talking about Mental Health…And America
Greetings and Salutations; As I have touched on a number of times on this blog, mental health issues are a serious problem that Americans deal with about as well as they deal with nudity and death..Not well at all. I … Continue reading
Posted in Advances in Healthcare, Ethics, Heath, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged government, healthcare, mental health, stigma, taxes
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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 29 – predicting the future???
Greetings and Salutations; I wanted to take a minute here, to look at the path the Republican Party is on. It is, alas, a pretty self destructive one, it seems to me. Every day the powers in the Senate allow … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations, Snake Oil
Tagged #3, elections, Fascism, Projections, tea party
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Covid-19 Thoughts, Part 04…The FULL costs
Greetings and Salutations; Time has progressed since the first bunch of cases of this pandemic showed up in America. As the news shows us, it is not improving. For example, as of today, Tennessee has over 61,000 confirmed cases, and … Continue reading
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 28, One More Cultist…
Greetings and Salutations; The other day, I posted an update about the Covid-19 issues to the FB Page devoted to news and discussion local to the Hamlet I live in. For the area, the thread blew up with 50+ “likes” … Continue reading
Posted in General, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants, Politics, Ruminations
Tagged bag of old hair, Covid-19, Democrats, Education, mindfulness, politics, Republicans
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WHY is it that so many folks think education is crap in America?
Greetings and Salutations; Today, I had a short interaction with a local woman on FaceBook. I have quoted it below. However, I wanted to say a couple of things up front. This woman has a high-school education, and, from her … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged Covid 19, cultists, ignorance, parochial viewpoint, Racists
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I buried a cat today…
Greetings and Salutations. Today was a difficult day, I am sorry to report. While it had positive aspects, it also had a big, dark, cloud of sadness to it. Because of this, I want to remind everyone why it is … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General, Humanity, Observations, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged cats, companion animals, Free Roaming, rainbow bridge
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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 27 – A Real Revolution?
I thought, when the ground-swell of protest after Mr. Floyd’s murder began, that this event might be the straw that broke the camel’s back. That it is the blatant act of Evil that will waken the majority to realize what … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Misc, Nuttiness, Observations, Politics, Ruminations
Tagged civil rights, Equality, George Floyd, murder, protests, Sea Change, violence
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Care and Feeding of Cast Iron Cookware
Greetings and Salutations; I have seen several posts about cast iron cookware recently, some of which have expressed difficulties with keeping it working properly. I decided to take a few minutes from the madness of reality, and discuss what I … Continue reading
Posted in General, Humanity, Improving Life, Nuttiness, Observations
Tagged care, cast iron, seasoning
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Scams on the Net
Greetings and Salutations; Last week, I had a very interesting interaction with a person who, I believe, is a scammer. I thought I would post about it, in the hopes that folks will recognize the signs before a chunk of … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged Aardvark, avoiding being taken, Cerebus, Dave Sim, Fake accounts, Nita, Scammers
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Covid-19 Thoughts, Part 03 Conspiracy Loonies.
Greetings and Salutations; I am seeing more and more truly nutty theories being pushed as the Covid-19 crisis continues. The Conspiracy Loonies are out in force, pushing nonsense ranging from the virus being a biological weapon attack by China, to … Continue reading
Covid-19 Thoughts, Part 02. Truth can be ugly and painful
Greetings and Salutations. Ran across the post on facebook just now. It is a long read, and a painful one…but, this is the reality of what is happening in hospitals every day. THIS is why we are shut down, and … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Improving Life, Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations, Snake Oil
Tagged Covid-19, Doctors, Nurses, Republicans, resources, Society, Stress, Voting
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Covid-19 Thoughts, Part 01
The current pandemic has had a striking effect on the world in general and America in particular. Along with the horrifying volumes of infections confirmed, and deaths recorded that mount up every day, there are some (shall we say) sketchy … Continue reading
Posted in Advances in Healthcare, Ethics, Heath, Humanity, Improving Life, Nuttiness, Observations, Politics, Questionable decisions
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Covid-19, flu
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Is Democracy Broken?
Greetings and Salutations… The title of this essay is a short version of a question asked in a philosophy group today. I thought about it for a few minutes, and after replying to it in the thread, decided to add … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General, Heath, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged Covid-19, Democracy, Democrats, existential threats, lies, Mail In Voting, Republicans, Voting
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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 26 – Humanity’s Future?
Greetings and Salutations… Today, on Facebook, a fellow asked an interesting question “Is there a future for Humanity?” When I got to thinking about it, this question ended up being far more complicated than I had originally thought. So, instead … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General, Heath, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants, Politics, Ruminations
Tagged Bill Gates, Elizabeth Warren, Investments, Stocks, Warren Buffet
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