-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- xmundt on Protected: Cheryl Kashuba
- Mary on Protected: Cheryl Kashuba
- Dave Mundt on Protected: Cheryl Kashuba
- Mary Brault on Protected: Cheryl Kashuba
- Teresa Hess on Protected: Cheryl Kashuba
Archives
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- January 2022
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- October 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- May 2018
- March 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- August 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- December 2015
- October 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- February 2015
- August 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- March 2014
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- September 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- May 2010
- March 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
Categories
- Advances in Healthcare
- Art
- Astronomers
- Astronomy
- Beekeeping
- Characters
- Cosmology
- Ethics
- Family
- Food
- General
- General Thoughts
- Heath
- Hive and Colony care
- Humanity
- Improving Life
- Misc
- MultiMedia
- Nuttiness
- Observations
- Plotting
- Political rants
- Politics
- Questionable decisions
- Recipes
- Restaurant Reviews
- Ruminations
- Sculpture
- Snake Oil
- Something Good This Way Comes
- Thoughts on creative writing
- Uncategorized
- Vaccinations
- Watercolor
Meta
Category Archives: Political rants
Covid-19 Thoughts, Part 04…The FULL costs
Greetings and Salutations; Time has progressed since the first bunch of cases of this pandemic showed up in America. As the news shows us, it is not improving. For example, as of today, Tennessee has over 61,000 confirmed cases, 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
Leave a comment
Covid-19 Thoughts, Part 02. Truth can be ugly and painful
Greetings and Salutations. Ran across the post on facebook just now. It is a long read, and a painful one…but, this is the reality of what is happening in hospitals every day. THIS is why we are shut down, and … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Improving Life, Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations, Snake Oil
Tagged Covid-19, Doctors, Nurses, Republicans, resources, Society, Stress, Voting
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
A Short Look at a Grifter’s Journey
This just showed up in one of the threads on my timeline, and I thought it worth spreading a bit more broadly. By Lucian K. Truscott IV: “Donald Trump has tested positive — for the bullshit virus. He’s bluffed his … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged Donald Trump, grifter, history, New York
Leave a comment
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
Some Thoughts on History, War, and Gun Control
An interesting thread sprang up on Facebook a day or so ago…and I thought it worthwhile to extract some comments from it and post them here… The original post that started this thread, went like this: RL: Thanks to David … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged Ammo Box, Ballot Box, gun control, history, petitons, Voting
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 24
A discussion of the day’s vote in the Senate to deny witnesses and new documentation, perjury, and a perfect example of a Kangaroo Court designed to keep a criminal in as President. Continue reading
Posted in Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations, Snake Oil
Tagged Divisiveness, ethics, Impeachment, Justice, Kangaroo Court, Perjury, Republicans, Stance taking, Truth
Leave a comment
Sifting through the Ashes, Part 23
Greetings and Salutations! I hope the New Year brings all positive movement in our lives, prosperity, and peace in our hearts! Alas, I am starting to see some old habits in the Democratic Party crop up, and I wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged Balkanization, Democratic Party, diversity, Fascism, Republicans
Leave a comment
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 22
Greetings and Salutations! Today, in the House, much of the time has been spent by the two parties working on finalizing the Articles of Impeachment for El Cheeto. The Democrats are simply stating the facts, calmly and with some regret. … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations, Snake Oil
Tagged Democrats, El Cheeto, Liberals, lies, Progressive, Republicans
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
Civil Discourse about Touchy Subjects.
An interesting moment on Facebook that is a perfect example of the extremest stances that we are in these days. The original post was of a thread from Quora, starting with the question “Why do people get angry when I … Continue reading
Posted in Cosmology, Ethics, Humanity, Nuttiness, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged Atheism, civil discourse, FSM, intolerance, religion
2 Comments
How “Sheltered” are abandoned or surrendered Companion Animals?
Today, this image was posted on Facebook, with the following commentary, by a fellow named Jason Franks I died today. You got tired of me and took me to the shelter. They were overcrowded and I drew an unlucky number. … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged Animal Shelters, betrayal, Euthanization
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
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
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 18
Greetings and Salutations; Earlier today, I was reading posts on Park Overall’s page, and found this post she put online: I would preface this by saying – to all my young people, but I can’t. I have to say it … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General, Humanity, Improving Life, Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants, Politics, Ruminations
Tagged activism, environment, industry, Park Overall, politics
Leave a comment
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