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Category Archives: Questionable decisions
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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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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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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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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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Thirteen – The Republican Party
Greetings and Salutations; This article “Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem.” came across my desktop today. It was so relevant to the insanity in the Political World today that I thought I would send it out into … Continue reading
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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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
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
Sifting Through the Ashes, Part Ten – Questionable Actions
Greetings and Salutations; Amy Siskind, who has many irons in the fire, is taking time to document the weirdness of the donald’s train wreck. Here are links to her lists. This is important to Check out, for several … Continue reading
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Nine – About those Voters…
Greetings and Salutations; The fallout from the Election continues, as the day the donald will be sworn into Office approaches. Last night, President Obama gave a really great, farewell speech, in Chicago. A recording of it is available, and … Continue reading