Category: Politics
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Tab Cola and a Magician's Politics
Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Wait, nope, that’s not correct. Those who learn history choose to repeat it because it keeps those in the know in the status quo which equates to having more power and wealth. It’s a simple magic trick really. One hand distracts while the other…
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A Math's Book Cover
I have a limited understanding of math. Past algebra and pre-calculus it gets very fuzzy, but up until that level, I have it down pat pretty much with the exception of buying things I want and how many cups of coffee I should drink daily. That being said I am always a bit confused by…
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A Math’s Book Cover
I have a limited understanding of math. Past algebra and pre-calculus it gets very fuzzy, but up until that level, I have it down pat pretty much with the exception of buying things I want and how many cups of coffee I should drink daily. That being said I am always a bit confused…
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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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Quick Quips
Churches: The setting of Star Wars when we meet Obi One Kinobi for the first time is 100 meters away from a 2000 year old cathedral built into the rock. Obi One is a more realistic embodiment of the church than any of its learjet flying, Vatican living, mega church versions that we have today. …
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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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An Actor’s Fraud
“I’m stupid. You’re smart. I was wrong. You were right. You’re the best. I’m the worst. You’re very good-looking. I’m not attractive.” — Happy Gilmore Does anyone else find it ironic that an actor called out Donald Trump as a fraud? All actors are frauds. It is literally their job description. Play a character that…
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