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Politics
In a nutshell, politics has always been — and will always be — about the conflict between the haves and the have-nots, from Roman times to the present and well into the foreseeable future. The struggle between the Plebs and the Patricians is playing out today just as it played out in the distant past and as it will play out in the future.
Blue Zones
Broccoli Sprouts
Cook in water for 10 minutes at 158 degrees F to get the full benefit.
Another Win?
Looks like there may be another win for Trump. Chinese announce they will be lowering many of their tariffs next year.
How is the liberal press going to twist that story?
Pine Needles
Across the street from my house on Seapit Road was a path that led to a clearing, and in the back of the clearing was the entrance to a footpath that went through all the trees to the street where a buddy of mine lived. About half way through this footpath, in the middle of the woods, was a pine tree with a thick carpet of brown pine needles. The scent was always very appealing, and if you were bare foot, Tom Sawyerish, the thick pine needles felt very comfortable. I’d climb that tree, which was very tall, all the way to the top, and suddenly, at the very top, you poked your head out above all the surrounding trees and could see for miles — above it all.
Once I lost my grip on a branch while climbing up the tree and fell all the way to the ground…
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“Make America Great Again”
The people who opposed Trump thought this was just a campaign slogan.
Impeachment Ridicule
Impeachment nonsense is going to bury the Democratic Party in ridicule. They weren’t satisfied with being embarrassed the first time.
Turmeric
If I were a scientist in a pharmaceutical company, I would study the chemical composition of turmeric, and identify what each chemical in turmeric does in the human body. Then conduct experiments with test groups to see how regular infusion of each chemical could benefit the health of humans.
Intractable Problem
The problem with climate change is that it is not such an easy fix. Fossil fuels now and for the foreseeable future are the basis of our economy and way of life. Even with overwhelming support and development of alternative energy sources, these alternatives collectively will never make more than a small percentage of the total need. And the public won’t accept further development of nuclear. So even if you had the entire country on the same page relative to the urgency of the climate change issue, there still is no real viable solution in sight. An emotional speech by a teenage at the UN doesn’t change that predicament one iota.
But on a positive note, I’d like to see the federal government jack up the tax credit for installing solar panels. Ridiculous how low a percentage of houses have solar panels. All these discussions about climate change, one thing that is never mentioned are trees. Guess what? Trees take in carbon. So plant a tree. Something everyone could do. But it’s never mentioned.
Now they have developed technology for extracting carbon (and methane?) out of the atmosphere — will they figure out a way to do this on a large enough scale so that it would matter? That’s a very important question.
And would a carbon tax make companies look into technologies for trapping all those greenhouse gases instead of releasing them into the air? Perhaps.
As for the methane released by all those factory-farmed cows for beef — I don’t see anyone willing to give up their Big Mac. If anything, the developing parts of the world are just now demanding the same kind of meat-oriented diet the West has been gorging on for years. So that particular source for the release of methane is likely to get worse, not better.
Do you think they are going to put a stop to burning down the forests in Indonesia or the Amazon any time soon? Sorry, but that’s probably another dead end. Too much profit in what they are doing.
So, in a 100 years from now, maybe sooner, when the planet gets significantly warmer, there will be zones which are uninhabitable because of their heat, and the coastlines will have be moved.
I wouldn’t be a big buyer of beach-front properties, like what you see all along the Florida coastlines.
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