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Columbus Day is still a Federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the Monday closest to the 12th of October. However, many states are renaming it, terming it Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and rightly so. If you have read the history of Christopher Columbus he was not a moral person. His treatment of indigenous people and people of color in general was abhorrent. Normally, I try to understand historical figures in Continue reading “Día de la Diversidad Cultural “
One of the guiding principles of my life is live and let live. If I were being honest, I would have to admit to falling short of this goal far too often, but it is a light I steer towards. In that same vein I have a mantra I recite whenever I am speaking or thinking about religious beliefs or sexual orientation, “Life is tough, whatever gets you through the day, whatever gets you through the night.”
My issue with many Christians, especially Evangelicals and Catholics, and Continue reading “Missouri religious leaders sue to overturn Missouri’s ban on abortion”
Luisito Comunica is a Mexican YouTuber who is SUPER popular in in Latin America with almost 40,000,000 followers. He travels around the world making YouTube videos of the various countries he visits. Occasionally you will also see his girlfriend (may be ex now) in the videos. She is a very hot Venezuelan model. Talk about a couple of opposites. Go figure!
I watch his videos to have another channel of Spanish input into my old brain, plus he is VERY entertaining. Most of the time his videos are on the lighter side or pointing out cultural oddities. Occasionally he gets serious as he has done in this video.
In early 2017, Qatar’s total population was 2.6 million, with 313,000 of them Qatari citizens. Basically you have millions of imported workers supporting the Qatari few. I wonder what Mohamed would think about that situation in light of the squalid living conditions?
Since his audience is Latin America, English subtitles are not available, but I think a few minutes watching this video and you will get the idea… even if you do not understand him.
This is his third video in Qatar. The first two were of the side of Qatar the powers to be there would like you to see. I sincerely hope that he has left Qatar before posting this one.
I only infrequently post “memes”, but I really like this one! I don’t quite understand why THE MEDIA spends so much time on the utterances of billionaires such of Elon Musk. They generally do not add anything positive to our political or economic discussions. So many of them seem to think they are geniuses in all areas since they managed to make a boat load of money…one way or the other.
And so it goes…
I generally agree with Bill Maher, but I find him so self-righteous that at times I find him hard to take.
I find myself between a rock and hard place shopping these days for all things except groceries. In full disclosure (smiley face) Señora takes care of that. I really do not like buying from Amazon because 1) I find Jeff Bezos obnoxious beyond words 2) I do not see Amazon’s business model good for anyone except Jeff Bezos and maybe Amazon shareholders 3) they like many of these big tech companies went over to the dark side long ago.
Where is Luke Skywalker when you need him?
Yet I keep buying from Amazon. When I try to buy locally I generally cannot find what I want. I say locally, most the stores anymore are really part of huge corporations. And these huge corporations continue to eat into many businesses that have traditionally been local mom and pop operations. Have you tried to find an independent barber shop lately?
So then I try to buy online, but not from Amazon. But somehow Amazon always beats everyone else to death price wise. I thought I found a good source for used books that was not Amazon, Abebooks. Guess what. Amazon owns them.
Where is Teddy Roosevelt when you need him?
If you are sensitive to “colorful” language… you might want to avoid Mr. Maher and this video.
After Bezos rode into space on Blue Origin’s maiden voyage, he famously said this in a news conference.
“I want to thank every Amazon employee and every Amazon customer because you guys paid for all this.”
To me ears that was one rankest statements of hubris I have ever heard, given Amazon’s reputation for overworking and underpaying employees, given how their business model has changed the American landscape – and not for the better.
And so it should not go.
A video of the “Sammy B” 4 miles down and a bit of the story of the discovery
Graphic video reenactment of the USS Samuel B Roberts last battle
This is a huge deal for my family. As readers of my blog may know this is the ship, USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413), that my Uncle Paul died on during WW II. He was the gunnery captain on aft 5 inch gun that blew up after the ship lost power and they were firing and loading manually. For his bravery in this action he received the Silver Star and for 30 years there was a missile frigate, the USS Paul Henry Carr (FFG-52) floating around the seas on various naval missions. Quite an honor for my uncle and for our family.
Here are some links to the stories on the finding of the shipwreck:
Explorers find USS Samuel B. Roberts shipwreck
World’s deepest shipwreck, the Sammy B, is discovered by explorers
BBC article: USS Samuel B Roberts: World’s deepest shipwreck discovered
In 2018 my Uncle Paul was inducted into the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame. At the time I wrote a blog article about that experience:
Paul H. Carr inducted into the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame
I am sure there will be more coming out on this discovery as the story just broke a few days ago.
And so it goes.
Color me sheltered, I had no idea. These are deadly weapons that anyone can buy online. They are unregulated, no serial numbers, untraceable, anyone – and I mean anyone with a credit card or PayPal account can buy one online. I am betting an untraceable Visa/Mastercard gift cards would work just fine too. Wow! This is so very WRONG. Now here is something I would classify as sinful, the marketing of such merchandise. What is the lowest level in Dante’s Inferno?
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Like most Homo sapiens I hold contradictory views, opinions, modus operandi, etc. One such area is how I regard and behave to others of my species.
In my personal life I have for several decades taken the position that I do not trust anyone until they prove to me they are trustworthy. Perhaps this is an outcome of working for huge corporations and other large organizations. There are always folks in these environments that are willing to do about anything to advance their careers. A few times I have felt their footsteps on my back. Add to the corporate office politics, the sundry disappointments in my personal relationships, and my base position is that you need to prove to me that I can trust you. And yes I am aware Continue reading “Diminishing Trust”