I love this description of humans from an alien perspective. Jarring every time.
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Buffing the Buff
Melbourne city council troubled over public art. It’s really important to “protect” citizens from dangerous art. Chuckle.
Cool Stuff – Street Art
No words from me. No words from me.
20 Reasons Why Donald Trump Should Never Be President
A superb post about why Trump should never be president. The blogger shows 20 quotes by Trump where he basically indicts himself.
“Veiled Virgin” by Giovanni Strazza
If you think this is a veil draped over a marble statue, think again.
The F-35 is an Exceptionally Bad Plane – Pierre Sprey
Redistribution of wealth: From the taxpayers to Lockheed Martin. Nobody seems to mind this much greater redistribution than the feeding of the hungry in our country. Nobody brings this up in the debates.
97% of the observable universe is forever unreachable
Here is a little bit of mind-blowing reading. Modern cosmology has a way of distracting me from mundane local matters like
the long-term viability of the Terran fossil fuel industry, or that eventual outcome of the ideological feud between Sunni and Shia Muslims.
The Difference between Sunni and Shia
A year and a half ago I researched the conflict of Sunni vs. Shia Muslims. They started hating and fighting each other more than 1300 years ago, and they are still at it today. Within the last century, the United States came along and started thinking that because there is oil under those countries, we could rearrange their belief system and government structures to make them more suitable to the way we like to do business. The Sunni and Shia conflict will go on for another 1000 years, no matter how much we think we want to meddle. The only question is: How many of our children do we send in there to die for one Ali or the other?
Propaganda against Iran in the U.S.
I find it funny how the conservative media ridiculed Obama for how he handled the Iran crisis a few days ago.
The facts appear as this: Two U.S. Navy speed boats, with a total of ten crew members, drifted one mile into Iranian waters, getting within 11 miles of the coast. When the Iranian coast guard approached, the tried to run away, but one of the boats’ engine gave them trouble and they were caught.
To make matters worse, several rescue helicopters from a U.S. aircraft carrier also entered Iranian waters, presumably to help out the boats.
I do not condone the way the Iranians arrested the U.S. sailors and video taped them and broadcast them to the world.
However, imagine for a minute what would happen if two Iranian military speed boats came within 11 miles of Florida. Would the American military go after them?
It seems to me that this was an unfortunate mistake, probably on both sides, and our leadership reacted in a measured manner. The men were free by the next morning. No shots were fired. That was not necessary.
But that’s not what our media portrays. They described this as if the sky were falling.
Donald Trump talks about the Iranian nuclear agreement as “the worst deal ever.” He keeps talking about the $150 billion the Iranians are getting back as it that were taxpayer money paid to Iran. In reality, the $150 billion are Iranian assets in the United States that were frozen many years ago, that are now being returned.
Meanwhile, the only reactor in Iran that was capable of producing weapons grade nuclear material has been shut down and filled with concrete, as the agreement requires.
Seems to me all is going very well with Iran and the progress is in the best interest of Iran and the United States.
Donald Trump and the Breast Pump
Trump didn’t just start using references to genitalia, bodily functions, and female needs by labeling them “disgusting” in the last week or so. He did this stuff four years ago. He will never stop denigrating women, foreigners, religious people, and anyone less wealthy than himself. How could America possibly elect a boor to President of the United States?
Here is a post I did a while ago about Trump’s treatment of women.
The Pale Blue Dot
It’s time, once again, to think about the pale blue dot and particularly contemplate Sagan’s “rivers of blood” thought. We humans are killing each other for ideology. What an immense waste of life, and time, and energy. All while we’re floating there, on a tiny mote of dust, a speck of paradise, surrounded by the vast emptiness of the universe.
Holocaust Memorial in Iowa
First they came for the socialists….
I posted this about two years ago, and it is more relevant today than ever.
First they came for the Muslims….
Airline Review: Spirit Airlines
Here is a repeat post of an experience flying on Spirit Airline in 2011. I have not tried them since, but surprisingly, they are still around. Then I saw a post on Facebook today that I am featuring in a separate post (above this one).
The TPP is a nightmare and I don’t understand corporate greed
There is enough material in this post to scare you shitless! Good reading! We need more thinking and more imagination.
Fear in America: What are you afraid of most?
What are Americans afraid the most now? Check out this article to find out!