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Hang in there

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  Persistence pays  One more panut

Voting Rights - overcome the challenges

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Eliminating voting rights through local laws  A party takes advantage of the voting system in order to manage power  "It's a rigged system."  An illegitimate voting system produces the wrong political players  Voter frustration causes apathy at the polls  We need a voter rights bill

Shots that caught my

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Thru the screen Television character TV Characters Posterized pond shot

Why am I shut out

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Patiently waiting for entry

When a cat is just a cat

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Words can mean just what they read  Amazing isn't it 

power to create investigative commissions

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Is the sky falling on Democracy  Adequate vigilance would answer that quest by creating investigative commissions Source     aei.org

butter my fly

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Green Source  me

Russian rocket failure lands crew safely

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An American and a Russian aboard a Russian space craft were aborted automatically when their  rocket failed  They landed safely after after a 7.6g decedent   The last time the Soyuz system had a launch failure was in 1983  It was a successful launchpad abort and everybody walked away healthy    Source theatlantic.com  photo tass.com  article by  Marina Koren Oct 19, 2018

Garden architecs

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This may be a wolf spider , I'm not sure.  Photo taken with one of Nikon's early 3.5 megapixel digital camera's with wide angle lends in 2003.  Atlanta Ga. Sources:  sister's garden, wiki, photo-mine

Come ride with me

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This lizard found refuge on the rear view mirror of my car after battling forty mile an hour winds  It made it all the way to the bank  I hope he finds something tasty in the parking lot

Planets beyound our solar system

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Artist conception of planets outside of our solar system  Download the poster of one of these planets  Click on Explore  Travel Bureau for other galactic possibilities  Hey kids see whats out there source   nasa.gov   gizmodo.com What would it really be like to live alone on an alien world? Stranded, struggling to survive? And what would it be like when you find something on that world that’s transcendent, and bizarre, and impossible to explain? Ostiary , a short film created by Ghaffar Studios (a solo project of Danish Ghaffar), seeks to answer that question. In its moody nine minutes, it is lush, creepy, and lonely. Soundtracked by lovely ambient music and drenched in purples and blacks, it’s a fascinating, beautiful little film.

anti-Aufklärer

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Personal opinion:  In the absence of reason, rules and dogma the brain solves problems while we sleep and thus restores our sense of well being - or at least a being we believe we can live with.  Awakening challenges us to be who we are among those who make the laws that govern our lives.     "...his deepest appeal lies in an unspoken promise that lies behind the others: to undo the Enlightenment, to free us from the burdens of living rationally in a world where nothing is settled and where everything—economic well-being, national borders, gender identities, domestic arrangements—is up for grabs."   This article was first published in the Baffler No 41, and on thebaffler.com  by  Gary Greenberg

Special K in SCOTUS

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Well now what

Watching TV

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July 2015  Daughter's apartment

Art and the creative spirit

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“Whom the Gods Love They Drive Nuts”  John Steinbeck The writer knows who he is because he does it - writing.  Thoughts converted to languages is rewarding for the creator and hell for the person who misses the point.  If you're roasting your readers, use the link on this page.

The force never leaves

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I worked for this company back in the day when the operating system was given the distinctive name of operating system 2.  I recently bumped into a person who said he was the only one of his group who was still employed by big blue after fifteen years.  It is still a fine place for hard working people.

In pursuit of dark matter

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"Dark matter  is a hypothetical form of  matter  that is thought to account for approximately 85% of the matter  in the universe, and about a quarter of its total energy density. The majority of  dark matter  is thought to be non-baryonic in nature, possibly being composed of some as-yet undiscovered subatomic particles." Source: nature.com   Wikipedia

Et tu brute

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The appearance of the judicial process for some but not all is the minor traffic violation or divorce court.  Others deal with the ultimate decision of one man on far more serious issues.  The Kavanaugh hearings are defining for all what type of behavior the person who delivers justice is responsible for.  The process of representation is not a crash course in getting your way, but knowing the ways of a system of rules and laws that govern our lives delivered by one man - a judge.     Source:  nytimes.com 

Practical thoughtful policy that works

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"The American Enterprise Institute is a public policy think tank dedicated to defending human dignity, expanding human potential, and building a freer and safer world. The work of our scholars and staff advances ideas rooted in our belief in democracy, free enterprise, American strength and global leadership, solidarity with those at the periphery of our society, and a pluralistic, entrepreneurial culture." Source: AEI.org