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  1. Back in the First World Again...(whew!)

    I spent the greater part of April cruising the Caribbean with my boyfriend. He loves cruising. It's our fourth this year, and my fifth, overall. Probably his forty-fifth or something, but he lost track long ago. Anyway.

    I love the things like: not having to cook, clean, do laundry, work, etc. I lost my patience for some of the other bits, not too long ago. Like: being awakened every morning by the sound of a vacuum cleaner banging against my cabin door. The sound of drunken assholes ...
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  2. What? I can has a blog?!

    Hey, thanks, this is cool. I had a blog at an online forum I used to belong to, but I quit that group and am not going back. No room in my life for liars, gossipmongers, and shit-stirrers.

    Having a blog is good for me, though. I like putting things down in writing for others to see, as it gives me a measure of accountability in my thoughts and such. Sometimes, I get support, sometimes, I get that much-needed call to "snap out of it!" OK, sometimes I get abuse, too, but there ...
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  3. On shooting people and moral compasses

    I just returned from spending four days in the Nevada desert at one of the premier shooting schools in the country. I learned a lot.

    Not, mind you, that I wasn't very good with small arms already, but the quality of instruction raised my skill set more than a few notches.

    I also confronted a few of my own doubts head-on.

    I've never had to shoot at lifelike targets before, and I found it more difficult than I would have imagined. It has caused a reset of ...
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  4. Dicto increpito postremo

    Dicto increpito postremo (Write to call out to the future)



    I’ve read Charles Carroll’s book on Leonardo da Vinci. It’s a fairly well written and worth the time, if you are interested in Leonardo to begin with. What strikes me about Leonardo is how he lives on in more than just his art. Leonardo wrote things down. His notebooks have done as much to make him immortal as his art. The genius that he was lives on because he took the time to preserve his ideas for the ages. ...
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  5. More on democracy

    This short movie has a great explanation between a democracy & a republic.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFXuGIpsdE0

    fun
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  6. on democracy

    The term democracy is used quite often - it purports to signify 'government by the people'...
    There are however other questions that are relevant when talking of democracy:

    - who gets to vote.
    In ancient Greece and during the Roman Republic, only citizens that owned land, and could read an write were allowed to vote. Even in the elections held in the early American Colonies.
    Voters that have a 'conflict of disinterest' in the government may vote differently then ...
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  7. he knew, so long ago

    This is fascinating for someone interested in explaining what is happening nowadays in the western world.

    Yuri Bezmenov gave an interview back in 1983 or 84 describing the methodology utilized by the soviets - using the 'idiots' inside the gates.

    These now split the USA in half and constitute a majority in the EU.:worried1

    http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...=bezmenov&aq=0
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  8. different views of the world

    For those interested, the Chomsky x Dershowitz debates of Youtube are interesting to watch:

    http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...tz+debate&aq=3
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  9. how to 'go viral' ??

    I am always so amazed at how we human beings or at least some significant number of us, process information received.
    Some seemingly innocuous gossip takes a life of its on, going 'viral', being viewed by 2 million people, even when highly questionable in its provenance.
    Whe have however, pressing issues, of utter consequence to everyone and that information yet goes hardly noticed.
    What is left in the 'public mind' is a mishmash of unconcatenated information virtually useless ...
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  10. This is big

    Have a look.

    http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/...rrorism_p.html

    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/reve...-wealth-power/

    This is very big. Wondering if it is going to go viral and cause some mega stir.
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