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Category Archives: General
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
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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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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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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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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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
Crazy Cat Person – Dealing with many Litter Boxes
Greetings and Salutations! Sometimes it seems as if I have more cats than bees…and since I have NO desire to either end up on the 11:00 news, because my house has been condemned thanks to the waste products from the … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General, Heath, Hive and Colony care, Ruminations
Tagged cats, cleaning, litter boxes
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In Memoriam: Tamela Shanelle Moore
Greetings and Salutations. A few days ago, as my wife and I were returning to the house after a quick run out through the world, I saw a bubble of white on the driveway ahead of us. I stopped, and … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Family, General, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Politics, Ruminations
Tagged gang violence, hate, parenting, People of Color, racism, single parents, tragedy
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Civil Discourse on a Touchy Subject, Part 2
Greetings and Salutations! Some time ago, I wrote an article here addressing the issue of how a Christian can share the Word without triggering an instinctive, negative reaction. Although it surprises me, apparently some folks DO read my blog, as … Continue reading
Posted in Cosmology, Ethics, General, Humanity, Misc, Observations, Ruminations
Tagged Christianity, Evil, good, Perversion, religion
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The Fruits of Hubris, Conspiracy Loonies and Poor Education
Ran into the following thread on a Philosophy group I follow. DS: THIS POST IS ABOUT AN ARGUMENT AGAINST THIS BELIEF: THAT PALAEONTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE SUPPORTS BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION The argument is as follows: Whenever we observe the fossil records we notice … Continue reading
Posted in Cosmology, Ethics, General, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Politics, Ruminations
Tagged conspiracy loonies, creationism, Evolution, logical argument
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Greta Thunberg and addressing the G4
Greetings and Salutations. The other day, in the Civil Discourse group on Facebook, the following comment was posted, decrying Ms. Thunberg’s speech to the G4 questioning the wisdom of having her address that collection of world leaders. This is the … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Politics, Ruminations, Snake Oil
Tagged criticism, Global Climate Change, Greta Thunberg, Speech
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Talking with a Cultist, part 2
I had an interesting discussion in a thread today, and, one of the posts was involved enough that I decided to add it to my blog. It falls into the category of dealing with Cultists, and addressing their objections. It … Continue reading
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 21 – Complaining about America
This meme appeared on my Facebook timeline today, and as it raises some good points, I thought I would add it to the collection of essays I am building here. My disagreement with this meme is rooted in the fact … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General, Humanity, Nuttiness, Political rants, Politics
Tagged Children, Cost of Living, Discipline, God In Schools
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“Christians” and Welfare
Greetings and Salutations. The following interaction that I had of Facebook illustrates the sort of difficulties I run into when trying to engage El Cheeto’s cultists, or, the Conservatives who have ONE view of reality. DCM: The Constitution says that … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Politics, Ruminations
Tagged Christians, Fundimentalists, Welfare, working the system
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Fair Well, Forest (a tale of inhumanity)
I apologize in advance for this post. It was a difficult one to write, and it is a difficult one to read, if one cares at all for companion animals. The following was posted on a FB group I am … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General, Humanity, Observations, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged declawing, discarding animals, inhumanity, senior animals
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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 19
Greetings and Salutations; As we are all aware, the political turmoil and madness that has engulfed this great land continues. Every day, we see more, increasingly worrisome, and unhinged statements coming from the White House. We see actions being taken … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General, Humanity, Nuttiness, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged dictatorship, Iran, Trump, Voting, war
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The Joys of Living in the Country
Greetings and Salutations; For something completely different, let me tell you about a moment we had a few years ago, when we were starting to move into the new house. The cats were not there yet, as we were getting … Continue reading
Education In America?
Greetings and Salutations; Well, life is complicated, so I have a fair backlog of items to discuss, which, hopefully, will produce more frequent updates. It will be interesting to see what actually happens! My topic of interest today is Education, … Continue reading