Category: Donald Trump
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Academia is like the Dominoes of Pizza or the Kraft of Cheese
We are watching daily a trial that for all extensive purposes is occuring because an Academic viewed herself as a Teacher. Academics are not teachers. They live in a place that is inaccessible by design by most. Politics is one by those who speak to the people, not above them.
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Stamina vs Insanity
The sane can clearly see solutions. The insane have the stamina to block them. We may want to stop giving more power and voice to the insane including polticians and grandparents who use single use plastic bags. Crazy is winning
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America’s Gun Mental Healthcare Crisis
Politicians lie. That is their job. They lie so that they can placate those below them and do the bidding of those above them. If, for a minute, you think that there are not those enjoying American violence as entertainment then you need figure out how to look under the hood.
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Honesty Doesn’t Build Empires
Stop blaming the honest person for their failures. They tried to play the game by the rules versus those who cheat, swindle and change the rules as they play.
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Scratching Solutions
For many years I was a teacher and on a few occasions I had students ‘I hate you.’ I was always okay with it. It meant that the student was listening and responding to me just not into the relationship that we had developed. From there, it was always hard work but pretty easy to…
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A Trumpian Shakespeare
Does anyone else find it ironic that some actors are the biggest critics of Donald Trump? Some go so far as to call him a fraud. All actors are frauds. It is literally their job description and was established by their demi-god playwright William Shakespeare. All the world’s a stage, and all the men and…
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The Adults in the Room
Is it me or have the adults left the room. I read a Twitter post recently in which the writer asked if the political system had always been this crazy or are we at a different place. My thought, a different place. Wherever I look, I see entitled whiny wimpy scared uncertain angry people who…
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Happy Gilmore and Tony Stark
My bond is with the people, and I will serve this great nation at the pleasure of myself. If there’s one thing I’ve proven it’s that you can count on me to pleasure myself. — Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Iron Man 2 In many ways the fictional character of Tony Stark and Iron…
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The Lens of Assumption
Begin challenging your assumptions. Your assumptions are the windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile or the light won’t come in. – Alan Alda Assuming and being the assumed about sucks. I know this to be true. It has been happening to me all my life. When someone thinks they have…
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The Blame Game
Blame is a tool usually employed by siblings to avoid punishment. In 2019 it is the tool employed by those in power and who make the rules to avoid punishment. Ironic isn’t it. Why is that? When children do it at home or in the classroom, we teach them that there are alternatives to solving…