Bi Polar People

    Mountain Men   Some of us know what we want to be and work that goal.  Everyone else stumbles along until the right combination of ability and opportunity meet.  I could not do what these me did, but I admire their courage and understanding of the environment that either supported them or carried them away.  source: delanceyplace.com    A History of the American West by Sam Lightner Jr.

  Coffee Pot Bayou - St. Petersburg Florida    

  The vote has been cast like a net and a few will get away, but how many will find favor with the sea of discontent  The fisher of men is a task that has gone on since power was rule

Youth is never wasted it simply outgrows itself  

The pandemic that has plagued out country and many more across the globe will not be under reasonable control for several more years. Implementation of standard safety processes remains an opinion. Poorer countries will continue to suffer and keep the virus alive through no fault of their own,. The promise of antigens that trigger an immune response are not presently trusted. Extracting political opinion from a lethal social killer is what will encourage a healthy world population, and again not all at once. A major social agreement is the a birth of a common positive active belief that can cure the body and the mind. Becoming one minded in this respect is not a choice, it is essential. Outside is a painting by Bob Orsillo which was uploaded on February 9th, 2019.  

  Nothing stays still, the water, wild life, any life

Art is life For today's youth a cruel reality exits that removes the fire from souls that once filled with joy and cheer. Staying in and away is concentrating humanity in a place that is safe but stifling.  About one percent perish, many are ill and some will never understand the reason for social restraint. History repeats itself in subtle ways equally harsh circumstances.  The humanities give us a reason to endure.  Historically other's have survived and so will we.    source  aeon.com

 In Mons, Belgium, nursing colleagues take brief refuge in a shift break and each other’s company. Like medical facilities around the world, Belgian hospitals were initially overwhelmed by the rush of patients with a virulent new disease. These nurses, pulled from their standard duties, were thrown into full-time COVID-19 work—reinforcement troops for a long, exhausting battle.   Photograph by Cédric Gerbehay    nationalgeographic.com

      The animal thinks  the human thinks  we all drink  we are alive

 If you fight for it The Republican party fights for a chance at a vote count that would favor Mr. Trump  This is an unlikely possibility unless you are a conservative who believes in miracles   Source   By Jeannie Suk Gerse n   November 10, 2020  newyorker.com

 

liberty, justice... Anything but this   Source   self  

    First radio controlled model planes   The pioneers of what came before UAVs Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Daytime fly away with a drone

    It's time to leave Mr. President  

Photograph by Cooper Neill / Bloomberg / Getty  Trump bans November   What else could the supreme commander do to win an election  -  Hey guy what about Thanksgiving and all those Social Security Checks     Satire from The Borowitz Report   newyorker.com  

    The concentration of power  

      Sunlight on a fair skin girl   Source  self  

    I was a cook in the air force   That's why this picture is here  As they said, you gotta eat  It was hard work  I was young so I did it without question and didn't complain much    " Many people don’trealize that members of the White House staff often stay for decades . The doorman who greeted us each morning, Wilson Roosevelt Jerman, served 11 presidents, from Dwight Eisenhower to Barack Obama. He died of Covid-19 this past May. All the other men and women shown in this article, who were photographed during my husband’s presidency, are still working at the White House."   Source smithsonianmag.com     Story by Laura Bush, as told to Jennie Rothenberg Gritz; Photographs by Tina Hager

Getty Image If your seeing this internet page it's because personal topics of interest are made available for anyone to read  This area of interest is one I have had all my life - knowing my place in space   In short I don't know my place   where I fit but now I know how I got there   This psychology article from the BBC spells out the consequences both good and bad of solitude and isolation   source /www.bbc.com  By Zaria Gorvett 23rd October 2020

If you suffer, or may not know you suffer , from a bi polar disorder, you may agree with the following eight minute biography of a man who sought to define himself   The reasons for the ills of so many throughout history are the product of overthinking by those whose intentions is merely to help    Some definitely do help while others make our lives not unlike a past that was driven by suspicion and prejudice Post derived from an article in the nytimes.com   video   youtube.com

 Now where is my ball   

Former Microsoft CEO has started a non partisan non profit group called USA Facts   Government data to drive fact-based discussion  

Where and how we grow up determines who we are but not who we become   Choice as adults can trade a crappy or privileged childhood into someone else  A few take advantage and make something of themselves,  RBG is a good example of successful fortitude  This article is about a small town in Vermont   " These are pragmatists"   "They make do, and they craft what they can’t afford to buy"   Sources  National Geographic  Netflix  

Remember freedom when America was already great  

  "As the FBI director, Christopher Wray, told Congress in February, “racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists” have become the “primary source of ideologically motivated lethal incidents” in the US. The danger overshadowed the jihadist threat that has dominated the security debate since 9/11."   Addendum:  This post does not diminish the seriousness of an internal dangerous struggle.  The captions show that anyone at any time can be the cause for suspicion of violence.     Quote from theguardian.com

The Edgar Winter Group - Free Ride     Source   Youtube

       

    ...the White House says that herd immunity plan reflects its thinking   White house     " The declaration even suggests higher-risk individuals might want to risk death for the benefit of society: "People who are more at risk may participate if they wish, while society as a whole enjoys the protection conferred upon the vulnerable by those who have built up herd immunity." "  The document, called the Great Barrington Declaration, was prepared by a libertarian think tank with the assistance of a handful of scientists who have been pushing the idea that COVID-19 isn't much of a threat Ghebreyesus - the WHO    "Allowing a dangerous virus that we don't fully understand to run free is simply unethical," is how Ghebreyesus summed it up, later saying it "means allowing unnecessary infections, suffering, and death."   We are not solders in a pandemic war    We are the citizens who require protection from harm   Blogger ...

 Does not have a voter preference   Isn't afraid of a pandemic   Just wants to be left alone to grow and not be eaten - not all that different from the rest of us   Source   me

      Has the Supreme Court's interest and background become an over weighted determining factor in the creation of law? What happens to judicial restraint in the face of obvious presidential bias?   Have we slipped back into a two hundred year old party-free government?   Is freedom an inalienable right, or something to be bought without the currency of patriotism? “Native Americans, enslaved persons and other besieged groups would have had little “good” to say about the era. Nor would the huge number of Americans impoverished in the Panic of 1819.” Research :  The Brief Period, 200 Years Ago, When American Politics Was Full of “Good Feelings”  www.smithsonianmag.com  

How viruses are identified and how vaccines are developed for public distribution A short explanation   Video credit    USAToday

 The election is already over. No matter how many times President Trump slips on his own rhetoric those who have a mind to vote for him either have cast that vote or hang on to a singular purpose for wanting another four years of political testosterone. Can he win another term to the surprise of a world on the brink of social and economic chaos? He fits right into the scheme of all things uncertain. Until we treat each other with respect and fair play more of what has come will come again and again.   Graphic credit Alex-ag-blog.weelly

  This person is a liar    He is not anyone's friend   Putin is loosing favor with his own people   Something that has cost some their lives   There is no favor in his intentions      Source  nwaonline.com      

  The new episode of Song machine by Gorillaz with Elton John   "The release of the album Song Machine: Season One is now imminent, scheduled for October 23rd, of all the feats on the album we already talked about here ."   Source: Collater.al is a Web Magazine dedicated to contemporary creative culture and a Creative Studio specialized in counselling, creative direction and content production.  

My wife and my brother's wife   If wife #2 doesn't find it appropriate to find her face in my blog I will gleefully expunged it  - smiles, giggle, tra-la  

In an incomplete sleep somewhere between dreaming and waking the definition of bipolar became obviously clear   While it is easily defined   the outcome of words says nothing especially to a person who has been diagnosed manic depressive.  Knowing what autism is  and having worked with children and known neighbors' children  (three in my block) with autism I have a good picture of what the malady - if any - presents  Bipolar as a lifelong diagnostic history is somewhere between the autistic and the savant   There is no other way for me to relate to a condition that can be both beautiful and confounding especially for those who choose to know who you are   In a Latin high school class I thought I found the complete definition   "Cogito ergo sum"  I think therefore I am   However true this may seem it does not allow the thinker to think with any continuity or completeness of outcome  Therefore cogito ergo sum...

     The unbelievable made real by people who do their job with dignity source   Saturday Night Live   Youtube  

The desire to be something that you can't and a past that would make a better movie than most would admit to Woody Harrelson climbed kicking and screaming into stardom  This is his story from nickiswift.com  written by Brian Yost   June 10 2020  

    A man steps outside of his apartment to wave at a drone DJI is good about repairing drones as long as you don't get curious and start poking around it's insides    Fly line of site   Flying blind while exciting requires skills you may or may not have   Learning the hard way is expensive   Practice  practice practice   The image in your head is only your assumption of what is really out there DJI Mavic Air vs.DJI Mavic Mini  

   Wear a mask when you don't    

Patriotism | Bishop Fulton J.Sheen  

"Yale National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow Laurel Yohe holds the embryo of an anole stained blue to reveal the lizard’s skeletal anatomy. Yohe studies reptiles’ developing brains and sensory systems to figure out how dinosaurs likely perceived their world." While reading this article I was also studying my motivation for posting this information-     Photograph by Paolo Verzone Article  ntionalgeographic.com  

  IMPORTANT: Please seek immediate medical care  if you have signs of a serious medical conditions These include, but are not limited to persistent fever (lasting longer than 48 hours) greater than 102°F  or a persistent low-grade fever severe shortness of breath or difficulty breathing continuous pain or pressure in the chest severe coughing spells or coughing up blood irregular heartbeat confusion blue lips or face,  dizziness lightheartedness feeling too weak to stand feeling very tired or lethargic slurred speech or seizures persistent vomiting or diarrhea    The above information provided by Quest Diagnostics who are offering a home collection kit  A test used to screen for COVID-19

“You’re the worst President America has ever had,” Biden said at one point. Later, he added, “Under this President, we’ve become weaker, sicker, poorer, more divided, and more violent.”   Over-talking was the undistinguished norm for this war of words   The debate was a counter productive argument that failed to enlighten and may discourage people from voting at all   I f president Trump is representative of a privileged minority how does that mirror the people who support him    Is he right, the far right, or just wrong   Future debates should confirm that there is no presidential hopeful   All hope is lost if this type of behavior is allowed to persist   Deciding the leader of the land by apathy (no voters) or dependence on party line to maintain a disproportionate status quo will continue chaos, unhappy and unhealthy populations       blogger source  quote  newyorker.com

    This where I have lived for thirty-five years   raised kids  and see everything from afar  

If you're about my age and never saw the Vietnam War these pictures and the song will put you there     Bill Withers billwithers.com William Harrison Withers Jr. was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He recorded several major hits, including "Ain't No Sunshine", "Grandma's Hands", "Use Me", "Lean on Me", "Lovely Day", and "Just the Two of Us". Withers won three Grammy Awards and was nominated for six more. Wikipedia Birth name: William Harrison Withers Jr. Born: July 4, 1938, Slab Fork, West Virginia, U.S. Died: March 30, 2020, Los Angeles, California, U.S.   source    wiki    youtube  

Can the president deny the will of the electorate    I in no way agree with Bill Maher's religious views   Fortunately most of his other opinions are spot on for me and funny    source   thedailybeast.com  The Bill Maher Show  

"In 2000, the supreme court decided a disputed Florida result and put a Republican, George W Bush, in the White House instead of the Democrat Al Gore. Though of course the justices could not know it, they had put America on the road to war in Iraq, economic crisis, the rise of the evangelical right and a deepening political divide." The link in this quote is outdated and is only a reference   theguardian.com Elections are private affairs drawn on the needs of the people and the persuasion of the person who wishes to lead regardless of his motivation and the conse quences that inevitably follow    In God We Trust  opinion  blogger  Photo    BBC Future    Quote    getpocket.com

                                         From the epic Cosmos by Carl Sagan