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Sins of the father

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 “ Always look at what you have, instead of what you have lost.  Because it’s not what the world takes away from you that counts; it’s what you do with what you have left.” B

End Game

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   " Today, plenty of powerful secular people have embraced a vision of the future that follows a nearly identical script, one in which the world as we know it collapses under its weight and a chosen few survive and thrive in various kinds of arks, bunkers and gated “freedom cities”". In a 2019 paper titled Left Behind: Future Fetishists, Prepping and the Abandonment of Earth, the communication scholars Sarah T Roberts and Mél Hogan described the longing for a secular Rapture: “In the accelerationist imaginary, the future is not about harm reduction, limits or restoration; rather it is a politics driving toward an endgame.”  

He's back

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Apologies to all who have been hurt by someone who obviously doesn't understand economics on a local or global scale  

Good intentions

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Not another political statement  Just a cute picture of two animals who are different and don't want to  kill each other - something we could learn from The puppy even played with the eagles young  Source: internet  

Political abortion

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  Did I remember to forget To play the game of life with wit To know man is but a gift He bears our strife and our guilt Good or bad I know not which Upon his soul my name is built Take not my child's humanity Vanquish none just to see What life offers you and me Cruel death unites eternally

The day of recompense

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  Fighting when there is nothing left to fight for - a horrible thought in our lifetime   Who wishes to rule a wasteland

Government decisions

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“I don’t really mind the government’s new death ray, because it hasn’t hit me yet.” Source: The New Yorker  

War the last laugh

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I guess I'm getting old

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I met a girl who was so young Funny and fun but not the one For friends make lousy lovers And lovers' unreliable friends