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Iran and Iraq

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Sunis vs Shias Bitter Rivals:  Iran and Saudi Arabia   A Frontline Pocast      REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl & Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS  

"If we don't vote...

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...then this democracy doesn't work." source https://www.thedailybeast.com Mr. Obama may not appeal to you anymore than President Trump does to others, but he does offer some sense to the democratic political process that presently appears chaotic.  Countries are not corporation within themselves, they must collaborate, negotiate and understand each other in order to peacefully prosper. 

Your getting older

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What's it like to grow old?  This is a question I asked my father.  His answer was simple and to the point.  "I think the same, but I am tired."  Of course we think the same.  You would think a lifetime of failures and successes would alter our conscience.  The accumulated earned wisdom does not change who we are.  It simply confirms the person people see, whether they view correctly or not.  If you live your life foolishly, you ache all over both inside and out.  Then again without taking a few chances, what is life for?  Regrets are a plenty for the person who did not tempt fate.  Living with the consequences of our soul's desires is the stuff of life.  So, do something stupid and it will in effect haunt you all you're living days.  Become the beacon of humanity and it will eventually crush you unless you find a hidden crutch.  All great men have one or two tucked away in their private lives, the grand escape that lets hope linger and the purpose for life sur

Don't be a sucker

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Source  US National Archives - The cost of denying personal perspective

The craft or art of writing

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The use of pictures instead of words takes us back to an era when drawing images was our language. We have become as the ancients falling back to a solitary visual skill for expression, communication and historical accounting. Recent technology makes it so. "The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness."  - John Steinbeck

Emotions

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Bliss Anger

The denigration of humanity

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Those who serve us want us to believe that what we see is desirable It's not desirable   its atrocity

Political statements don't do anything

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Unlike people, they are easily ignored

Got wheels

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The people that drive these vehicles tell you its fun   I believe it

Do we have a president we deserve

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All funny, not funny and ridiculousness aside, what impeachment is all about... courtesy of theguardian.com While over five million people watched this SNL clip on youtube.com some may not find it so entertaining   parody interview   Saturday Night Live

Good Times Bad Times

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from Led Zeppelin "Eight-year-old Yoyoka Soma's favorite drummer is John Bonham, so for her entry into the 2018 Hit Like A Girl drum contest, she covered Bonham's part on Led Zeppelin's "Good Times Bad Times." Source All Songs Considered  by Emily Abshire   Provider Vimeo

What we have

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 the worth of what we get God forbid we become the United States of Trump. That would threaten our future and the stability of the world. The world has come to rely on an America that, more often than not, has been ready to pay any price and bear any burden to do the right things, say the right things, model the right things and stand for the right things — when others were unwilling or unable to do so. We live in an age of technological advance but The Times reported last week that “Trump is the first president since 1941 not to name a science adviser, a position created during World War II to guide the Oval Office on technical matters ranging from nuclear warfare to global pandemics.” He relies on his “instincts” instead, and his instincts told him that climate change is a hoax. Doug Mills/The New York Times

Peace on earth

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Good will to lizards  

Weather

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Climate  today   Photo  blogger

Good music

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  Sarah Mclachlan's songs  is an opinion  a cultural choice determined by what people know and feel  One generation is separated from the next by forces they are barely aware of  Good music can't be denied  It transcends time I became reacquainted with her music after buying an old CD dating back to the late 1980's  The conversion of a song on this CD will appear here at a later date if possible  The picture shown above is from that CD   The resurgence of vinyl lp's is an example of this need to appreciate the musical past

Beauty

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Is in the mind of the beholder and the software that rendered this picture

Isolation

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Do we see the whole picture As a people we work and expect the opportunity for a life without strife.  Are we informed when trade is unfair?  Only when jobs are few and prices are high do we realize there is something wrong with the economy.  Demanding international economic equality is good when we all benefit equally.   The chance of this happening is sparse.  Other countries have already isolated portions of the globe, or products and resources for their exclusive control.  The United States is following the well established norm, albeit late, but also with an undoubtedly heavy hand.   Translation of https://www.golos-ameriki.ru/ article may be necessary 

Hands

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Reaching Out An opportunity to test the imagination Blooms from my sister's garden  2003

Kit Cars

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this one is powered by a Volkswagen beetle engine More kit cars click here This link is only for reference   It is NOT a recommendation

AI

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Artificial intelligence or Artificial Imitation There is a difference There will always be a difference Nothing will be different when there is no difference Source   shutterstock

Umbrella man

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  Makes one think of today's fool on the hill - in a benign parallel way  By  by Errol Morris This entry is only a juxtaposition, not to be taken seriously.  

Black Birds

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Black Bird Photo blogger   music Beatles   provider  Youtube

We will survive

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With children who look up to their grandmas on birthdays

Stealth

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What predators see

mosquitoes fight malaria

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through genesplicing – CRISPER-Case9 gene drive Children die from malaria mostly in Africa.  A genetic breakthrough will save lives, cross political boundaries and raise scientific concerns that control genetic mutations, any genetic mutations. The world will change again, because attempting to improve life always comes at a serious though sometimes wonderful consequence.  Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2018. All rights reserved.