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Who can we trust?
I’ve learnt so much about life from the blogs here; stuff I really needed to know but was blissfully ignorant of. I have always been very keen on knowing the truth, even when it hasn’t been what I have wanted to hear. I think the most shocking thing that I have been made aware of here, is that the main stream news is systematically withholding the truth and downright lying to us. That really knocked me for six, I can tell you. As a lifelong devotee of the BBC, I have always had complete faith in their accuracy and impartiality, and to find out what is really going on with them is devastating. It stops you in your tracks and makes you wonder who on earth you can trust. It put me into quite a state of depression for a while, I don’t mind admitting it, and I think I would still be in total despair now were it not for one glimmer of hope; one shinning beacon in the darkness. Thank God for YouTube. Thank God there are public spirited people out there risking everything to get the facts to us. The gratitude we owe them for revealing the truth that the mainstream media is trying to keep from us is beyond calculation.
Looking back on it, I should have known something was going on; the signs were there but I guess I just didn’t want to see them. It’s so obvious now; the way the BBC never even mentioned any of what Satan was getting up to, and not a peep about the imminent coming of the Lord to sort him out. Why did I never question it? The way they only showed Obama coming across as intelligent, civilised and statesmanlike should have set the alarm bells ringing. All those apparent qualities were a sure sign of his depravity, yet I completely missed it. The BBC let me believe that Bill Gates was just a very successful business man who puts some of his billions into philanthropic projects. If that isn’t the hallmark of a sinister character, I don’t know what is. Why I didn’t spot it at the time, I cannot explain. Now, thanks to YouTube, I know he is a threat to mankind. I don’t know what he wants to do to us all, but I know it’s something really terrible.
It is an absolute disgrace how my government has misled me into believing that the best way to avoid becoming infected by the virus is to stay at home, in isolation. My own common sense told me I should be out, mixing with other people, but no, I just foolishly trusted what I was being told. The mainstream media were simply a compliant mouthpiece for establishment lies, when they should have been exposing them. It was so naive of me to believe that my government would never stoop to the lengths of shutting down most of the country in order to achieve their ambition of having a gigantic hole in the economy.
So, thanks, BBC, for stabbing me in the back after all the years of loyalty I have given you. Well I have done with you, and all the rest of the mainstream media. You can all go and suck a fat lollipop, as far as I’m concerned.
Looking back on it, I should have known something was going on; the signs were there but I guess I just didn’t want to see them. It’s so obvious now; the way the BBC never even mentioned any of what Satan was getting up to, and not a peep about the imminent coming of the Lord to sort him out. Why did I never question it? The way they only showed Obama coming across as intelligent, civilised and statesmanlike should have set the alarm bells ringing. All those apparent qualities were a sure sign of his depravity, yet I completely missed it. The BBC let me believe that Bill Gates was just a very successful business man who puts some of his billions into philanthropic projects. If that isn’t the hallmark of a sinister character, I don’t know what is. Why I didn’t spot it at the time, I cannot explain. Now, thanks to YouTube, I know he is a threat to mankind. I don’t know what he wants to do to us all, but I know it’s something really terrible.
It is an absolute disgrace how my government has misled me into believing that the best way to avoid becoming infected by the virus is to stay at home, in isolation. My own common sense told me I should be out, mixing with other people, but no, I just foolishly trusted what I was being told. The mainstream media were simply a compliant mouthpiece for establishment lies, when they should have been exposing them. It was so naive of me to believe that my government would never stoop to the lengths of shutting down most of the country in order to achieve their ambition of having a gigantic hole in the economy.
So, thanks, BBC, for stabbing me in the back after all the years of loyalty I have given you. Well I have done with you, and all the rest of the mainstream media. You can all go and suck a fat lollipop, as far as I’m concerned.
Belief and Proof
I used to spend quite a lot of time on philosophy forums before I found this place. Every now and then, someone would create a thread outlining their argument for the existence of God. It is amazing how many untrained bedroom philosophers think that they have managed to do what so many “great” thinkers throughout history have never been able to do; prove the existence of God. Invariably, they merely provide proof of their own stupidity.
Whether it be because God does not exist, or he arranged it that way, I think it can be safely said by now that the existence of God is unproveable. That is quite a remarkable thing when you think about it: I cannot think of anything as prevalent as God without their being a shred of proper evidence for its existence. Of course, attempting to prove his non-existence is equally futile.
Now, belief in God is one thing, but some of the whacky beliefs about God are quite another. And it isn’t just God, I include his arch enemy, Satan, in this. Satan is just a metaphorical thing to some people; just a personification of a sort of “spirit of evil” that is the cause of all the World’s ills. That’s not too bad, although it isn’t the most sensible way of looking at our misfortunes. But things become much too bizarre not to protest when assertions of Satan’s physical worldly presence are being scattered all over the place. Especially when people are being urged to take some course of action in response.
Satan seems to come in various forms. He might appear looking like a very keen body builder, but with red skin and a pair of horns. He very often seems to turn up with a goat’s head. That has always struck me as a strange choice of identity on the part of the evil one. I know a bad-tempered goat can be hazardous to be around, but it is hardly the most effective image for evoking fear and respect.
Anyway, the good news is that there is a way to avoid the clutches of Satan. The bad news -yes, good news and bad news seem to be inseparable on these occasions- is that we somehow have to believe something that only an advanced crackpot could have any hope of believing. I don’t know the details in the small print, but if we will only believe a set of absurd notions about God, we will be swept up beyond Satan’s grasp, and it will be on a day that is always very imminent but never actually arrives. We will be raptured, to use the jargon. It sounds quite nice until you hear the terms and conditions.
Prophesies seem to be very much in vogue lately. It is a disgrace that we were warned of the coming of Donald Trump hundreds of years ago, yet we still let it happen. The trouble with prophecies is that they never seem to come to light until after something you can loosely attach to them has happened.
It is thought mean spirited by some people to criticize religious beliefs, and I agree to some extent. When the criticism is unprovoked and done with the sole intention of offending, I think it deserves condemning. But when criticism is not unprovoked, and is a response to claptrap that others have been posting, I think it is justified.
Whether it be because God does not exist, or he arranged it that way, I think it can be safely said by now that the existence of God is unproveable. That is quite a remarkable thing when you think about it: I cannot think of anything as prevalent as God without their being a shred of proper evidence for its existence. Of course, attempting to prove his non-existence is equally futile.
Now, belief in God is one thing, but some of the whacky beliefs about God are quite another. And it isn’t just God, I include his arch enemy, Satan, in this. Satan is just a metaphorical thing to some people; just a personification of a sort of “spirit of evil” that is the cause of all the World’s ills. That’s not too bad, although it isn’t the most sensible way of looking at our misfortunes. But things become much too bizarre not to protest when assertions of Satan’s physical worldly presence are being scattered all over the place. Especially when people are being urged to take some course of action in response.
Satan seems to come in various forms. He might appear looking like a very keen body builder, but with red skin and a pair of horns. He very often seems to turn up with a goat’s head. That has always struck me as a strange choice of identity on the part of the evil one. I know a bad-tempered goat can be hazardous to be around, but it is hardly the most effective image for evoking fear and respect.
Anyway, the good news is that there is a way to avoid the clutches of Satan. The bad news -yes, good news and bad news seem to be inseparable on these occasions- is that we somehow have to believe something that only an advanced crackpot could have any hope of believing. I don’t know the details in the small print, but if we will only believe a set of absurd notions about God, we will be swept up beyond Satan’s grasp, and it will be on a day that is always very imminent but never actually arrives. We will be raptured, to use the jargon. It sounds quite nice until you hear the terms and conditions.
Prophesies seem to be very much in vogue lately. It is a disgrace that we were warned of the coming of Donald Trump hundreds of years ago, yet we still let it happen. The trouble with prophecies is that they never seem to come to light until after something you can loosely attach to them has happened.
It is thought mean spirited by some people to criticize religious beliefs, and I agree to some extent. When the criticism is unprovoked and done with the sole intention of offending, I think it deserves condemning. But when criticism is not unprovoked, and is a response to claptrap that others have been posting, I think it is justified.
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When your face is covered...
I'll forget your name in 10 seconds, but I will remember your face. That's a family trait I blogged about and try to change, especially since I'm in sales. I'm in trouble If I don't write your name down first. Dimples, overbite, big nose, bad cheeks... those 'features' are what makes you... you.
The game changer is everyone is wearing masks now. I cannot see your face so I look at other features to recognize you. Another trip to Walmart this morning and I realized, hair, boobs and butts have become the new means of recognition.
The game changer is everyone is wearing masks now. I cannot see your face so I look at other features to recognize you. Another trip to Walmart this morning and I realized, hair, boobs and butts have become the new means of recognition.
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"Me Too" & "Believe The Woman" Are Dead As Caesar
Thrown Under The Biden Bus Like They Never Happened,
And Will Never Be Taken Seriously Again. Ever.
And Will Never Be Taken Seriously Again. Ever.
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Haircut...
Okay, so I need a haircut. I've been using the same stylist for a decade and usually go every 4 to 5 weeks. I know the salon is closed and I'm NOT going to attempt to find someone else to cut my hair.
In the late 60's I went many years without cutting my hair and again did it in the 90's until it was to the middle of my back. It was fun being called the long hair kitchen designer!
I'm contemplating doing it again!
Last week, I saw a video about politicians in Italy urging people to stay at home. I think police raided a salon operating against orders and the commentator was saying something to the effect about a woman wanting to have her hair done saying, don't worry what your hair looks like as your funeral will be a closed coffin.
Funny... but not funny.
Stay home. Don't risk it.
In the late 60's I went many years without cutting my hair and again did it in the 90's until it was to the middle of my back. It was fun being called the long hair kitchen designer!
I'm contemplating doing it again!
Last week, I saw a video about politicians in Italy urging people to stay at home. I think police raided a salon operating against orders and the commentator was saying something to the effect about a woman wanting to have her hair done saying, don't worry what your hair looks like as your funeral will be a closed coffin.
Funny... but not funny.
Stay home. Don't risk it.
Beyond Fresno...
...tag.) sword of g'd./ red crayola
The teacher./ Tull, Jethro
....o5...) beyond nature / keaggy
Oracle / hedges
..slide rule / douglass
D.) .pointing UP / Reed....[ deut.9:11
Turn the page / Ruskin
........ 7. ) Listen, Learn, read On../ d. Purple
Lmtd...attn....span...
...theater....) ) 101. End of th wrld as we kno.../ rem.
....50...eYe am a scientist / guided by voice....
51..Until the end of the world / U2...} Mt.28.....
The teacher./ Tull, Jethro
....o5...) beyond nature / keaggy
Oracle / hedges
..slide rule / douglass
D.) .pointing UP / Reed....[ deut.9:11
Turn the page / Ruskin
........ 7. ) Listen, Learn, read On../ d. Purple
Lmtd...attn....span...
...theater....) ) 101. End of th wrld as we kno.../ rem.
....50...eYe am a scientist / guided by voice....
51..Until the end of the world / U2...} Mt.28.....
The only game in town
I've got into the habit of playing the card game solitaire on my computer lately, when I can't be bothered to do anything else. We always called that game patience where I come from, and I'm very reluctant to accept it as solitaire. It has occurred to me that, as life goes on around me everywhere, I'm playing solitaire. Now that would have never happened If you Americans hadn't changed the name. 
I wonder
I don't usually get involved with this sort of speculation. That's partly because I don't know enough about it, but mainly because I have always considered things like this to be a load of rubbish. But, still, it does make one think. 
I wonder if -and I'm only throwing ideas around here- God sent this virus to show us what an incompetent idiot Donald Trump is. I think this is one to run past string.
I wonder if -and I'm only throwing ideas around here- God sent this virus to show us what an incompetent idiot Donald Trump is. I think this is one to run past string.
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Stay-home-order? Do as I say... not as I do.
Obviously, government officials, movie stars and public figures live by different standards when it comes to a stay-at-home order. Mayor Becky Ames of Beaumont, Texas gets caught when a photo of her surfaces at a closed nail salon. She's issued an apology:
"As an elected official I am held to a higher standard, I regret my action that day. I am honestly sorry and I pray that you will forgive me."
According to the district attorney: “We are reviewing to determine if there was a violation."
I wager they will wash it away.
You say there are more?
"As an elected official I am held to a higher standard, I regret my action that day. I am honestly sorry and I pray that you will forgive me."
According to the district attorney: “We are reviewing to determine if there was a violation."
I wager they will wash it away.
You say there are more?
$ 100 Million donated to US food banks by Jeff Bezos
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Jeff Bezos donates $100 million to U.S. food banks
By Khristopher J. Brooks
April 2, 2020 / 6:26 PM / MoneyWatch
Jeff Bezos donates $100 million to U.S. food banks
By Khristopher J. Brooks
April 2, 2020 / 6:26 PM / MoneyWatch
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is donating $100 million to food banks across the U.S. so they can feed needy Americans as the novel coronavirus cripples the economy.
"Even in ordinary times, food insecurity in American households is an important problem, and unfortunately COVID-19 is amplifying that stress significantly," Bezos said on Instagram Thursday. "Millions of Americans are turning to food banks during this time."
The donation will go to Feeding America, a Chicago-based network of more than 200 food banks that feed 46 million people. Forbes ranked Feeding America the second-largest U.S. charity by revenue. The nonprofit generated $2.9 billion in revenue in 2019, most of which went toward sending food to pantries, according to a 2019 financial report.
Jeff Bezos donates $100 million to U.S. food banks
By Khristopher J. Brooks
April 2, 2020 / 6:26 PM / MoneyWatch
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is donating $100 million to food banks across the U.S. so they can feed needy Americans as the novel coronavirus cripples the economy.
"Even in ordinary times, food insecurity in American households is an important problem, and unfortunately COVID-19 is amplifying that stress significantly," Bezos said on Instagram Thursday. "Millions of Americans are turning to food banks during this time."
The donation will go to Feeding America, a Chicago-based network of more than 200 food banks that feed 46 million people. Forbes ranked Feeding America the second-largest U.S. charity by revenue. The nonprofit generated $2.9 billion in revenue in 2019, most of which went toward sending food to pantries, according to a 2019 financial report.
"Feeding America will quickly distribute the funds to their national network of food banks and food pantries, getting food to those countless families who need it," Bezos said.
Jeff Bezos donates $100 million to U.S. food banks
By Khristopher J. Brooks
April 2, 2020 / 6:26 PM / MoneyWatch
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is donating $100 million to food banks across the U.S. so they can feed needy Americans as the novel coronavirus cripples the economy.
"Even in ordinary times, food insecurity in American households is an important problem, and unfortunately COVID-19 is amplifying that stress significantly," Bezos said on Instagram Thursday. "Millions of Americans are turning to food banks during this time."
The donation will go to Feeding America, a Chicago-based network of more than 200 food banks that feed 46 million people. Forbes ranked Feeding America the second-largest U.S. charity by revenue. The nonprofit generated $2.9 billion in revenue in 2019, most of which went toward sending food to pantries, according to a 2019 financial report.
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"Feeding America will quickly distribute the funds to their national network of food banks and food pantries, getting food to those countless families who need it," Bezos said.
Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot said Bezos's donation is the largest single gift in the organization's history.
"We are deeply grateful for Jeff Bezos's generous $100 million contribution to Feeding America's COVID-19 Response Fund," she said in a statement. "Countless lives will be changed because of his generosity."
Jeff Bezos donates $100 million to U.S. food banks
By Khristopher J. Brooks
April 2, 2020 / 6:26 PM / MoneyWatch
Jeff Bezos donates $100 million to U.S. food banks
By Khristopher J. Brooks
April 2, 2020 / 6:26 PM / MoneyWatch
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is donating $100 million to food banks across the U.S. so they can feed needy Americans as the novel coronavirus cripples the economy.
"Even in ordinary times, food insecurity in American households is an important problem, and unfortunately COVID-19 is amplifying that stress significantly," Bezos said on Instagram Thursday. "Millions of Americans are turning to food banks during this time."
The donation will go to Feeding America, a Chicago-based network of more than 200 food banks that feed 46 million people. Forbes ranked Feeding America the second-largest U.S. charity by revenue. The nonprofit generated $2.9 billion in revenue in 2019, most of which went toward sending food to pantries, according to a 2019 financial report.
Jeff Bezos donates $100 million to U.S. food banks
By Khristopher J. Brooks
April 2, 2020 / 6:26 PM / MoneyWatch
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is donating $100 million to food banks across the U.S. so they can feed needy Americans as the novel coronavirus cripples the economy.
"Even in ordinary times, food insecurity in American households is an important problem, and unfortunately COVID-19 is amplifying that stress significantly," Bezos said on Instagram Thursday. "Millions of Americans are turning to food banks during this time."
The donation will go to Feeding America, a Chicago-based network of more than 200 food banks that feed 46 million people. Forbes ranked Feeding America the second-largest U.S. charity by revenue. The nonprofit generated $2.9 billion in revenue in 2019, most of which went toward sending food to pantries, according to a 2019 financial report.
"Feeding America will quickly distribute the funds to their national network of food banks and food pantries, getting food to those countless families who need it," Bezos said.
Jeff Bezos donates $100 million to U.S. food banks
By Khristopher J. Brooks
April 2, 2020 / 6:26 PM / MoneyWatch
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is donating $100 million to food banks across the U.S. so they can feed needy Americans as the novel coronavirus cripples the economy.
"Even in ordinary times, food insecurity in American households is an important problem, and unfortunately COVID-19 is amplifying that stress significantly," Bezos said on Instagram Thursday. "Millions of Americans are turning to food banks during this time."
The donation will go to Feeding America, a Chicago-based network of more than 200 food banks that feed 46 million people. Forbes ranked Feeding America the second-largest U.S. charity by revenue. The nonprofit generated $2.9 billion in revenue in 2019, most of which went toward sending food to pantries, according to a 2019 financial report.
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"Feeding America will quickly distribute the funds to their national network of food banks and food pantries, getting food to those countless families who need it," Bezos said.
Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot said Bezos's donation is the largest single gift in the organization's history.
"We are deeply grateful for Jeff Bezos's generous $100 million contribution to Feeding America's COVID-19 Response Fund," she said in a statement. "Countless lives will be changed because of his generosity."
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