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Category Archives: General Thoughts
Ethical Journalism?
Greetings and Salutations. There are so many folks who are disrespecting journalists and media these days, it is truly horrifying. While some media deserves it, being nothing more than propaganda outlets for a particular agenda, many of the news sources … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Misc, Observations, Politics, Something Good This Way Comes
Tagged Code, ethics, Journalism, Media, propaganda
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Covid 19 Thoughts, Part 05 – Mistakes from the past haunt us.
Greetings and Salutations. Today, an very interesting article came to my attention. One of the major conflicts during the Covid-19 pandemic has been the subject of Masks. For some time, the scientific community was very divided about urging the population … Continue reading
Posted in Advances in Healthcare, Ethics, General Thoughts, Heath, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged Aerosols, Covid-19, death, Infection
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Automation in today’s world! The Tsunami is coming…Our lifeboat may be the UBI
First off, I am going to link to a general overview of the advancement of automation in the world. When watching this Video, I suggest you pay attention to the factory floor in particular. Count the number of skilled and … Continue reading
OUR Culture of Violence
Greetings and Salutations; If, by the by, this essay seems a bit disjointed at times, I beg your patience. It is a complicated subject and one that I am still trying to condense into a graspable format, and, perhaps, come … Continue reading
How Blind are Whites to the Systemic Racism in America?
Greetings and Salutations. Recently, the Right-Wing has found something far more interesting than the Pandemic, or the spike in attacks on Asians in America caused by racist rhetoric about the source of Covid-19 to get all hot and bothered over. … Continue reading
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 38 – Thoughts on the Impeachment
Greetings and Salutations. Today, February 10, 2021, the Senate Trial of #3×2 started with the House Impeachment Managers presenting some very damning evidence and spirited explanations as to why #3×2 should be convicted, and banned from ever holding office in … Continue reading
Some thoughts on Truth…and how complicated it can be.
Greetings and Salutations. A friend of mine posted the image to our right on Facebook today. It, upon first reading, seems nonsensical. Believers know that Christ says “Know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free”. People always talk … Continue reading
Posted in Cosmology, Ethics, Family, General Thoughts, Humanity, Improving Life, Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations, Snake Oil
Tagged changes, colonial actions, Fascism, greed, The Other, violence, war
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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 35 – INSURRECTION
Greetings and Salutations; It is 2021/01/11 as I write this essay. It has taken me a few days to begin to digest the amazing events of 2021/01/06. I am not fully there yet, but, I have some things I want … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Nuttiness, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged cultists, fueling the flames, Insurrection, January 6th, Trump, violence
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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 34, More Election Reflections
Greetings and Salutations. This is the Second collection of musings on the political situation in America. My first (somewhat lengthy) discussion is located Here. What would I like to see changed in the political landscape of America? First off, I … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Observations, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations, Snake Oil
Tagged 2020 Election, cultists, Division, Hate Groups, lies, Militias, politics, problems, Trump
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Ten years later…or how life can go Pear Shaped. Adventures with Hep C
Some of the writing here may be uncomfortable to read…fair warning! I am, for the first time, going to discuss my travails with Hep C, and where I have gotten to on that complicated path. If any of you reading … Continue reading
Posted in Advances in Healthcare, Art, Ethics, Family, General Thoughts, Heath, Humanity, Observations, Ruminations, Watercolor
Tagged chronic problems, Giant Microbes, Hep C, life changes, physical issues, Vanderbilt
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Sifting through the Ashes, Part 33 – Election Reflections.
Greetings and Salutations… Now that the smoke is clearing a bit, and the dust settling from the 2020 Presidential Election, I decided to take a look at the event, and explore some of the problems and successes of the event. … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Improving Life, Nuttiness, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations, Snake Oil
Tagged 2020 Election, cultists, Division, Hate Groups, lies, Militias, politics, problems, Trump, Truth
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Sifting through the Ashes, Part 32 – Good Vs. Evil
Greetings and Salutations; We are reaching the end of a very long and chaotic time. The numbers are in, and without some shenanigans, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are the President and Vice-President Elect. I will probably discuss the election … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Improving Life, Nuttiness, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations, Snake Oil
Tagged Election, Evil, good, Nazis, Responsibility, White Supremacy
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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
How to add some humor to one’s day!
Greetings and Salutations. I just had an interaction on Facebook that provided ME with a bit of amusement, and, once again, demonstrated the sad state of education that too many conservatives have slipped into. The general discussion was about the … Continue reading
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 25
Greetings and Salutations; Anyone who is paying more than a moment’s attention to the world today knows that the political situation in America is dire! We have an administration that has engaged in despicable behavior and words since taking the … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged Ammo Box, Ballot Box, Fascism, four boxes, Jury Box, Nazi, Orwell, Sinclair Lewis, Soap Box
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Mass Killings – How can we prevent them?
Greetings and Salutations; The recent uptick in violence in America, some of which is real, and some of which is amplified because of the gluttonous need for a story by the several, 24/7 News Networks, has grabbed my attention. It … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Nuttiness, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged Mass Shootings, mental health, parents, Parkland, Red Flags, schools, Society
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Total Eclipse, 2017 – Part 1 – The Science
Greetings and Salutations! . On August 21, 2017, I, along with millions of Americans, made an effort to be in the path of Totality of the Solar Eclipse. I have been witness to a number of partial eclipses, but, … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Cosmology, General Thoughts, Humanity, Observations, Ruminations, Something Good This Way Comes
Tagged 2017, In-Laws, Science, Springfield, Total Eclipse, Totality
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the donald and the BSA
Greetings and Salutations; I have said before that it appears there is no depths to which this world will sink and America will run towards in its march to relevance in the world. This last Monday, we had another … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Nuttiness, Political rants, Questionable decisions, Snake Oil
Tagged Boy Scouts of America, failure, Jamboree, the donald
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