reality context for the fine phrases and patriotic puffery. jude

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I've refrained from comments on the debates, but my friend the Fool offered some perspective (from DamnedFool.com)—

— From the Fool —
I don't watch TV very much. There's supposed to be funny...

Thank you, Handy ... the idea that humans are responsible for global warming will lead to a carbon tax and strict regulation of human activity on this planet ... who does this benefit? ... I am for...

Here's a bit more about the fellow:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moore_(environmentalist)

https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Patrick_Moore

Recently, Barry posted a Press Democrat article about changes happening with the California State Grange. Unfortunately, I and most Grangers I know felt that article did not accurately tell the story...

James Corbett does it again. The man is brilliant. Just so typical of how 'they' do things and people just totally buy it.
Hope it makes you giggle (or laugh) like it did for me.


The Truth in...

Been wondering why the "recovery" seems to have bypassed so many people? Maybe the word doesn't mean what it used to . . .

The US Economy Continues Its Collapse
Paul Craig Roberts

Do you...

gotta watch EVERYBODY and keep us on course. peace, jude


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I just got off a nationwide conference call and learned the deal may even be pushed back to 2017! That gives us even more time to create some serious pushback.

Here's a short video that describes...

From this morning's Commondreams.org, a respite:

This week's closed-door Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations in Maui, which President Barack Obama hoped would be the last round, ended ...

I highly recommend this interview with Catherine Austin Fitts if you have a few minutes.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaJJClb_gXc

From the petition website https://diy.rootsaction.org/petitions/manifesto-on-the-future-of-war-and-climate-change:

In view of the growing risk that in future wars weapons, nuclear and otherwise,...

Yes, the "it's all about slavery" crowd forgets one simple thing that brings the whole house of cards down. Lincoln is famously quoted as saying" I will let them keep slavery in order to keep the...

Rather than ask the WP, why don't you ask the people of the South both Black and White, you might find their answers don't conform to what you think.

You see Southerners (I'm engaged to one) live...

The new FOR RENT sign in the window of Appletrees Restaurant offers an exciting opportunity for someone to contribute to the retail diversity of our little town. Spin the wheel to see what's next.
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Dianna,

The focus on me is just a distraction dreamed up by people who want to kill the hospital.
Next week, they will be attacking someone/something else.

Having said that, it creates an...

Hi Rusty: you make a lot of good points - but - I also want to suggest LARGER FONT if not a darker ink. It is hard to read, truly; perhaps put out the same letter in a more legible way? Still -...

Rustie,

Some answers (as best I can) to your questions:

Will all services available at the medical center, hospital services as well as the “specialty institutes”, be accepting Medi-cal &/or...

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“Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective” named “best film ever made about permaculture!” by Permaculture Magazine, will be presented by the Sebastopol Grange, followed by a panel of...

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And who decides what those 'parameters shall be? Sounds like yet another political round robin just waiting to rear it's ugly head to me; unfortunately.

Well said, Phredo …

I noticed that Democracy Now reported on the Bin Laden story so I know that it's verifiable … and the rest of what you mentioned definitely needs to be investigated, but don't...

ok, sorry - a bit of a thread hijack. I was wondering if Scott had heard of the "Hipcrime Vocabulary", which was a creation of John Brunner; sort of an anticipation of what the "Urban Dictionary"...

Just for those who want a more 'scientific' perspective from a link where at least there is for the most part within it a science based (as far as I can tell anyway) opinion behind the author's...

more of the same ...

Al Gore Forecasted “Ice-Free” Arctic by 2013; Ice Cover Expands 50%
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Insulting each other to try to get our point across seems like a last resort for control in a discussion. Some people will retaliate in a similar manner, but as Arthunter pointed out, some won't...

The Drought Fighter

Could a controversial farmer in California have found the most effective way to grow food in a warming world?

By TODD OPPENHEIMER
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This is an interesting addition to the whole vaccine debate ... what if we're supposed to get sick as children to protect us throughout our lives?
...

I think you've missed my point, which is this:

if/when you are vaccinated - against measles, for example - the purpose of said vaccine is to create immunity so that if exposed, you won't get...

I don't get it ... what's the good of vaccination if it doesn't protect you from getting the disease from someone else? Isn't that the point of getting it? If you are so afraid of a disease and...

Interesting dude.

Here is an excerpt from the Wikipedia article regarding Paracelsus's views:

"Because everything in the universe was interrelated, beneficial medical substances could be...

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30716That's hilarious Barry!!!

Actually they don't need much training though. Having spent time in Iran (and elsewhere in the Levant/Mid-East 10-20 odd years ago and currently knowing some Iranian...

With California drifting into a long drought, the state is poised for a series of political water wars.
Who gets the limited supplies of water will be an ongoing struggle of immense proportions.
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I had a good laugh watching these 2 segments again. Here's to hoping you do, too, as well as a glorious spring!

Barry

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my chosen assumption is that people usually have good intent and are the most complex part of a complicated world, duality just doesn't do us justice. also i willingly assume that all communication...

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there's something even more dangerous, because it's more subtle. Try searching for something, and at the same time have someone else search with the same string. It's quite likely that you'll get...

Wow! Robert Steele is highest "cred" person I've heard to speak that way about Sandy Hook and the Boston Bombing, even though I confess I've never heard of him before. It's enough (or almost, anyway)...

some clever, non-violent thinking from one of our best, in my humble opinion ....
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More hysteria.

Read more about geiger counters before trying to sound like you know something. Count rates don't equate to dosage rates. Were you taking reading during a Solar flare? Do you have a...

I suggest your priorities are in good shape -- in favor of safety. Those who honk at you and give you dirty looks either don't or won't see/ understand the hazard. Please don't let their...

All the more reason for pedestrians to watch out and not step blithely into crosswalks thinking only that they have the right of way and traffic must stop for them. As a pedestrian they have an...

I've discovered that this is a risky time to be driving west, when the sun is low in the sky. This is basically a "blinding" condition for drivers, as I'm sure we can all relate. For this reason, I...

Thank you. The trend in the US seems to be make everything so safe we don't have to take personal responsibility, to think for ourselves. This attitude is all around us. Just step into the crosswalk,...

to be fair, we won't know how strong their sense of personal responsibility is until they're hit by someone...

I think it's clear they're way too trusting, though.

This may have come up...

i also would not want to live the rest of my life
having hit and harmed someone
due to poor lighting,
due to a very busy road like 116 is where the first couple of crosswalks are coming into town...

Law or no law....when we are walking or on a bike, we must be smart enough to realize that we are the vulnerable ones. If we get hit, we can blame the driver and make them pay, but we may end up...

In China, the responsibility lies with the pedestrian, as it naturally should. The policy is "car first". Only at a controlled intersection (stop lights and crosswalk control) is the car...