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Category Archives: Heath
Is this the End?
Just a little bit ago, one of the folks I see on my timeline posted a link, to a Forbes.com article titled “Sorry, Global Warming Alarmists. The Earth Is Cooling” It was posted without comment, so, I am not sure … Continue reading
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
Gun Clubs for People Of Color
Greetings and Salutations; We are seeing more and more news reports of people of color being gunned down by the police. Common threads in these reports? There are a few: The victim was unarmed. The lethal force was applied … Continue reading
Some Thoughts On Religion
Greetings and Salutations; As has been true for thousands of years, one of the hot topics for discussion is religion. There are a number of very active groups on Facebook and other Social Media where passionate arguments happen. I decided, … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Family, General, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged Allegories, God, Law, Mercy, Parables, philosophy, religion
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What it means to be “Liberal”
The following post showed up on my Face Book thread today, and, Mr. Allen (The author) makes just good points that I thought I would repost it here. The current political climate is so extreme it means that the Right-Wing … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Nuttiness, Politics, Questionable decisions
Tagged liberal, principles, standing up for right
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The Shining City On the Hill
Greetings and Salutations; I ran across a very sad post on Facebook a bit ago, and was moved to reply to it. Perhaps I am too optimistic…but in these days of political madness and Evil, I think that Optimism may … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Nuttiness, Politics, Ruminations, Snake Oil
Tagged America as an Ideal, Facebook, Promise, Shining City
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Declawing Cats, Part 2
Greetings and Salutations. This is a follow up to my Previous Post on Declawing. This is really important, so I had to add this post. I ran across this post to FaceBook a little while ago, and wanted to add … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Heath, Humanity, Nuttiness, Questionable decisions, Ruminations, Snake Oil
Tagged cats, De-clawing, disability, pain, physical issues
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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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Another Day, Another Massacre
Greetings and Salutations; One of the disconcrting issues of the day is the fact that America is becoming a more deadly place. We apparently have a huge crop of domestic terrorists, who have been emboldened by the current administration. … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Heath, Humanity, Nuttiness, Politics, Ruminations, Uncategorized
Tagged Domestic Abuse, gun control, massacre, Terrorism, texas
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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
A small PSA for the Summer. Prevention is the cheapest and least complicated way to deal with the problem. All three pests can be slowed down by taking the following actions when you spend time outside. Also, if your companion … Continue reading
Posted in General Thoughts, Heath, Misc
Tagged Back Wood OFF, DEET, Diatomaceous Earth, Diatoms, Fleas, Hartz, mosquitoes, opossums, 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
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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What Drives Republicans?
Greetings and Salutations; I have been unable to avoid the turmoil over the ongoing madness in the Political world these days. One thing that I have observed is that the Republicans have pushed a big chunk of their motivations for … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General, Politics, Questionable decisions
Tagged Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, Capitalism, Fountainhead, Objectivism, Republicans
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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Fifteen: Who are the Monsters?
Greetings and Salutations; This post, from Michael Adam Latz, showed up on my FaceBook feed this morning. It is so full of truth and foreboding that I decided to post it here, so, with luck, many more … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Nuttiness, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions
Tagged Auschwitz, Evil, holocaust, monsters, taking Action
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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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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Fourteen – Revisiting Health Insurance. A “Better” Plan?
Greetings and Salutations; Well, back in January, I wrote a blog entry about the Paul Ryan plan to replace the ACA. That plan was, frankly, bat-shit crazy, in that it was essentially taking us back to the abusive days that ended … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Heath, Nuttiness, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged ACA Replacement, Health Insurance, HSA, Republican
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Allegiance? Allegiance to WHAT?
Greetings and Salutations; Today, February 19th 2017, is the 75th anniversary of a shameful event in America’s history. Executive Order 9066 (issued on February 19, 1942), signed by FDR, authorized the forced removal and Internment of approximately 120,000 Japanese-American citizens. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ethics, Humanity, Misc, Nuttiness, Politics, Questionable decisions
Tagged allegiance, george takei, movie, musical, Rememberance Day
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