I had come across one of those (often inciteful and correct) touchy-feely posts on my wife's FB page the other day. It was saying some up-lifting thin...
They will if we get the F out of their way. But since we've trashed X% of the worlds lungs, we could replant with the 7 billion parasites currently ki...
Better to plant trees than to add more people. “A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit." Old Gre...
"Less reality oriented" and "less authoritative" aren't always married. The King (authority) has little inclination to prove he is naked. It's always ...
Especially now, with social media. Word travels fast. While many folks are satisfied with the cyber world, others will definitely "get out there" and ...
I've met those who love life. They don't want a kid to love them. They want to share what they have found, and feel guilty keeping it all to themselve...
All of that sounds pretty persuasive to me. However, I have met people who are genuinely, sincerely in love with life and want to share it with new li...
Human beings are a resource (human resources) and therefor subject to supply and demand. The fewer there are, the higher the price. The more there are...
When one of seven billion, though a human being, is less important than a snail darter who's only contribution is to act as a canary in a coal mine, m...
That makes sense. Where one's ability to drive a car is unrelated to their understanding of how it works, the difference is not as great as that betwe...
I'm not sure, but I think that is an argument that was previously used by Tucker Carlson in defense of a law suit brought against him. Some wag said i...
Sounds like you know more about this stuff than I do. My can of spray says "NOT FOR USE ON HUMANS". Active ingredients are Capsaicin and related capsa...
I didn't say he didn't like them. I said he could give less than a rat's ass for them. There is a difference. My evidence is his turning toward whatev...
You make the mistake of thinking it was a few, just because I used a few. I've got five years worth. Yet you pick a baby kiss, and an admonition of th...
Politicians love you, I'm sure. But where we are alike, I think, is, like a jury, we utilize our life experience to discern whether one is being hones...
You would be wrong, then. While I never saw a single minute of "The Apprentice", and had never really considered the man before the elevator, I have w...
I must have a similar value system then. I sincerely believe that Trump views those who attacked the Capital as losers and suckers. As an analogy, not...
I'm fascinated by the interpersonal dynamics on the ground. I find the movie "Platoon" to be very inciteful in this regard. So many layers that seem s...
I have no idea what the established protocols were, if they were implemented, or not. My greatest fear is this: Some of the defenders wanted to implem...
I don't think the police had bear spray. I have bear spray. It's called "Counter Assault" and it will knock a charging Kodiak Coastal Brown Bear for a...
Where a question is a gift, I feel I should at least acknowledge it, so I say this: When one answers their own question, as you did, a response is not...
Another consideration is, the "top brass" aren't as on top as they might like to think. And the troops aren't inclined to follow all orders. There is ...
I agree with all you've said. In my personal experience, I often fantasize that I matter, and I fantasize that my opinions matter, and I fantasize tha...
That is a good question. I believe the answer is this: Were I to just lock the door and stay inside, I would be the one who's right/freedom to interst...
No one is forcing me to associate with assholes. Yet I do it all the time every time I step outside and get on the road. It's part of life. Likewise, ...
That's ultimately the way I was going, but hoping there was hope for baby steps; and I was thinking of light instead of gravitational waves. Cool. Dig...
How do you put the little "100%" emoji in a post? I got stabbed April Fools day and they gave me a little card saying it was J&J. I had to fill out th...
Lately I've been reading Plato/Socrates for the umpteenpth time and again, they've got me kind of looking forward to checking out. I also like the lyr...
Stipulating, for the sake of argument, that it is the only institution capable of truly horrific things does not mean it is not capable of truly great...
It's not a matter of "should." It's a function of nature, Darwin, society. Why, just recently I was told that if someone did not abide the rules of ch...
In the context of this conversation, that could be taken two ways. Are you talking about the individual right to not get a vaccine, or the individual ...
Regarding funding and development of the vaccines, I had a question mark appear over my head when I heard about the alleged pharma espionage. Based up...
I disagree, entirely. I think of some of the indigenous communities where the ostracized were always forgiven, even in advance of the ostracization, a...
We could put the burden of proof upon them to show they or indeed normal and healthy. But that would be deemed an imposition. We could ask the market ...
Yessiree! In a society where the teaming masses are armed to the teeth, it's wise to keep the bread and circuses flowing, lest lady razor get hauled o...
You are correct. I agree that is what it is. In my opinion, it's nothing more than the social contract; a contract of adhesion (it's forced on you whe...
I used to have a tendency toward that, though I never went off the deep end. I recall a quote from Churchill (I think) who, paraphrasing, said somethi...
I appreciate that. I have to learn to accept this with grace, which is hard for me. I have a habit of aligning with Groucho Marx :"I refuse to join an...
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