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Category Archives: General Thoughts
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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Tick, Tick, Tick….A PSA for the Summer
Greetings and Salutations… A small PSA for the Summer. For whatever reason, the flea, mosquito and tick problem is pretty terrible this year. The relatively warm winter, the early warm up to Spring-like temps, and the rains that have swept … Continue reading
Posted in General Thoughts, Heath, Misc
Tagged Back Wood OFF, DEET, Diatoms, Fleas, mosquitoes, Prevention, Ticks
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Thoughts on this Fourth Of July
Greetings and Salutations; As the midnight hour passed this morning, and the 4th of July celebration began, it struck me that there was a huge amount of cognitive dissonance in this year’s celebration. Some aspects remain the same…There are … Continue reading
“how we treat the least of these…”
Greetings and Salutations; This may be a bit of a downer, but it is important…and should not be lost among the tsunami of Evil that is flooding America today. I have been involved, to one level or another with … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Politics, Ruminations, Uncategorized
Tagged Animal Shelters, Euthanization, Feral Cats, help
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Hillary Clinton Returns!
Hillary Clinton has finally emerged into the world again. She had an interesting interview the other day, where she spoke openly about the 2016 election, and discussed the issues and problems that caused the donald to steal the Oval … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Politics, Questionable decisions
Tagged Bernie Sanders, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, misogyny, politics, Russa, the donald
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“The Other” – What Does This Mean?
Greetings and Salutations; I recently wrote a short entry on the works of Ayn Rand, the philosophy of Objectivism that she created, and, how this philosophy is the tap root that feeds the attitudes and actions of the Republican Party. … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Nuttiness, Politics, Questionable decisions
Tagged enemies, hominids, oligharchs, Republicans, self-worth, The Other, tribalism
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An Update On The Bee World
Greetings and Salutations; The world of the Bees continues to be complicated. The issue of bee deaths is a problem still, as the scientists are still trying to understand how the colonies work, and what the environment stresses do … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, General Thoughts, Hive and Colony care, Questionable decisions
Tagged ccd, colony collapse, Forbes, NeoNics
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The Insanity Continues – What About Immigration?
Greetings and Salutations; Everywhere I turn there are interesting topics to explore! There is not a dearth of topics, there is a tsunami of interesting issues to explore! It has been a while since I touched on the … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Food, General Thoughts, Humanity, Nuttiness, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Recipes
Tagged hoops, Immigration, laws, the donald, undocumented workers, work ethic
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Dealing With the donald Cultists….A Bit of Humor!
Greetings and Salutations; Well, the donald cultists cannot get over their humiliating win, and so continue to attempt to attack anyone they can. The following example showed up on my FB page earlier today…. Carl … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Politics, Questionable decisions
Tagged Carl Bernstein, dildo, donald cultist, humor
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International Holocaust Day – A Memorial and Contemplation
Greetings and Salutations; Today, January 27th, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Today, we should spend a moment to cast our minds back to the atrocities that the Third Reich inflicted on a huge collection of people, focusing on the … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants
Tagged Holocaust Day, memorial, President Obama, Rememberance, the donald
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The Storm Is Not Coming…IT IS HERE!
Greetings and Salutations; We are approaching the end of the first full week of the president-elect’s administration. Perhaps to the surprise of some, he is doing exactly what he said he was going to do in the inflamed … Continue reading
The Woman’s March; What It Said To Me
Greetings and Salutations; Some time before the inauguration, plans grew to hold a Woman’s March in protest against the new administration, on the 21st of January. This idea really caught on, not only in the United States, but all … Continue reading
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Twelve – The Power has been Transferred
Greetings and Salutations; At Noon today, the deed was done. President-Elect donald was sworn into the office. This inauguration has been a reflection of the campaign and election. For example, the CLAIMS presented by the Donald, and his … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Nuttiness, Observations, Politics, Questionable decisions, Snake Oil
Tagged Donald Trump, inauguration, isolationism, president elect
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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Eleven – Should we Change to Survive? If So, What To Do?
Greetings and Salutations; Well, one never knows when an interesting topic will pop up. An acquaintance of mine posted a rather thoughtful post on Facebook a bit ago. Dealing with the train wreck of America over the past 18 … Continue reading
A Time To Pause; A Time to Assess: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Greetings and Salutations; Today is January 16, 2017, a day that commemorates the life and actions of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. As he was a man of Peace, and contemplation, I thought it right to take a moment, … Continue reading
Sifting Through the Ashes, Part 2-A, Instead of the Electoral College, what?
Greetings and Salutations; I have offered some opinions about the Electoral College, how it is supposed to work, and how it actually worked in the 2016 Election back at this Post. However, there is still more to be said, in … Continue reading
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Eight….OH! My! GOD!
Greetings and Salutations; This is a painfully long post, but it is important to me to have it here. I found a direct transcript of the Interview that the donald did with the New York Times. It is, … Continue reading
Posted in General Thoughts, Political rants, Ruminations
Tagged New York Times transcript, Trump, word salad
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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Six. – the donald VS The World – Summed Up In One Exchange.
Greetings and Salutations; The Golden Globe Awards were held last night. I did not watch them in whole, as I am not a great fan of awards shows. There are many reasons for this, which perhaps I will examine … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions
Tagged golden globe speech, Meryl Streep, Trump, tweets
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