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Closed comments on my blog as an angry self righteous individual started throwing insults at another blogger for voicing their own opinion which I understand is everyone's right ?

I used to watch the TV show (also on YouTube) about people who were life-long hoarders taking it to the extreme. Last week, I attended a swap meet for people in the model aircraft hobby and remember many vendors who brought out the same stuff that didn't sell in last years swap meet.

I stopped going the ham radio festivals as the percent of used junk exceeded the new products. Sure, it's a way for someone to find a good deal on a part or hard-to-find radio tubes and it's probably a big social event to meet up with people you have talked to on the radio, but have no other connection with. Toward the end of the event, you can see them boxing all the things that didn't sell and bringing them back home.
An old friend works for an electronics firm and scours booths selling components he can sell in his business. Some connectors made 20 years ago are higher in quality than the new products.

I had a few computer monitors that were perfect for design drawings as the aspect ratio was equal to a sheet of paper. Using them daily and the capacitors in the power supply would fail. I found a guy who repaired them for a reasonable cost. His shop was filled to the ceiling with stacks of dead PC's. I went back to see him after COVID and the shop was closed. Brown paper covering the windows and a FOR RENT sign on the door.
Maybe he was able to recycle some of those electronic parts. I've seen videos where they process the gold plated contacts removing the gold so it can be reclaimed and sold for a profit. Probably the cases can be sold as scrap metal.

I've got a few small model helicopters I used for learning, some are still in working condition... but I moved on to bigger and better. I'll probably take them to one of the flying fields with a sign FREE in hopes I can unload them and stop hoarding them.

It's not money (loss or gain) but releasing stuff I have been keeping in inventory.

Now that I'm getting back to music, some of the gear I've been holding on to for years will become useful to me and I won't have to buy stuff again.

High crimes and misdemeanors is the key phrase if you plan on impeaching someone in government. It was used on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas last month. Tonight, I hit a link where Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked former Biden family associate Tony Bobulinski about what crimes he alleges he witnessed President Biden commit during a House Oversight Committee hearing.
The committee is proceeding without specific allegations.

EDELWEISS
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- Chapter I:
The ALGORHYTHM
XXXVI.

“In a world where greed rules, is no difference between poor and rich; the rich get richer for people indulge slavery, while poor getting poorer for people chain eachother; mass compliance to the edicts of lawlessness turn the world up-side-down, and with a twist of a tide, each ruler has the potential of a tyrant, as much as people facilitate the empowering; each designated and elected representative actor on the stage, dictating to the crowds what to eat and how to do it, when it’s allowed and what is permissive, is the same hand of the state who feed the hungry beasts trained already to act upon command, as it is a well known fact how people were subdued along history through hunger or better said, starvation. There is the hand of the state acting upon the benevolent masters commands, ruling with a whip on a hand and a sword in the other! There is the rule of law, upon the domesticated jungle of modern age, where the new religion of worshipping the ego of man has become a common habit, where the actual schemes of dominion follow the old republic!.. There is the stage where the actors meet to seal new edicts of ruling in the same prison where all partake in crimes, - the timer ticks in the tribunes for each newbie in geopolitics, strategy and engineering of the crowds, to uptake a speech ready to be transmitted to the eyes and ears of the order-followers who blindly search a representative to be herded!.. There are the honorable etiquettes and sealed ties wearing the sigils of the triangle of law of order out of chaos, wearing proudly the banners of the double headed eagle awaiting the masters to seat at the table of nations, - there are the benevolent hands from which the innocents blood flows while their gestures resemble an opera en vogue, in the same place where the puppets come together to bring forth new ways of exploiting the general, public madness who conquered their globe!.. There are the heads of ministries where lies works best with dreams of hopes for the future of nations embalmed with promises to be fulfilled, first with cheers and then with tears, - there are the voices to be heard loudly so that the reign to come while new regimes change in mass confusion, while those against, reduced to silence in memorandum of the alleged wars, trials and tribulations to come in the new experimentations following until reducing the human beings to just numbers in a list with numbers!.. There are the demagogues that people love to have, like masters to follow, while the ones with potential of intelligence be used in scrupulous attempts of changing sides in a cunning plan or drawing new borders on the map of the world, for each one is expendable, but not until its purpose or assigned role has been attained, ordained to the cult where they belong; none out there is clean and everyone is faithful to the cause, willingly or coerced for the creed, none of them is there without credentials or acquired merits, for the treaties to be signed, deals to be decided, bargains to be aligned, each with duties to the masters hands, so like a glove washing the other, under oaths of fraternities and pacts within the entities, ruling over the crowds. Entertainment. To enter in each one’s mind, to tame each one’s heart, to shape each one’s behavior. Backing mirrors, in screening, manipulation, control, authority and ruling, in foundation of the new, modern society of future. It is all there. Nothing really missing from this theatre, where the actors spin among the spectators. All are at their right place, all come at the right time.“


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- Shall be continued…

2022 © Th3Mirr0r
EDELWEISS - Vol. I/Chapter I: The ALGORHYTHM



P.S:Two more postings,till taking a break, for some time, which means for a period, I will not be here posting.

We learn to speak at the age of two, but sometimes it takes a whole lifetime to learn what to speak and when to speak.

Sometimes silence speaks better than words.

If you were the leader of a country's elected government and you were in a situation where thousands of migrants were crossing a stretch of water to gain access to your country without any legal processing and possibly including criminals and potential terrorists. If this situation had existed for many months and resulted in the migrants receiving board and lodging in 4 star hotels, and even adapting disused army camps to house the people. If the estimated total waiting processing was around
150 000 and rising, and the cost to the taxpayers was in the millions. Would you be a bit annoyed?
That's the situation in the UK and despite the prime minister promising to stop the boat crossings, nothing has happened.
The simple solution is to pick up the people in the English channel and return them to the French coast from where they departed and having paid people smugglers for the journey.
Too simple, but presumably the PM doesn't wish to upset the French President.

One week in the USA done! What did I see and experience there? Well. Lots of food, fun experiences and delays on the flight home. More on that later!

So.. Where in the US did I go? I went to visit a friend in Virginia. It's someone I have known for at least 13 years, so it's not something spur of the moment with someone I have only known for a week. No, this is a friendship that goes way back.

I slept on the sofa, which was very comfortable. That was the deal from the start, when I booked the flight. She was unable to get all the days I was visiting off, so I was alone in her apartment with her cat, until she got off work.Then, we'd go out for some food.

The first place I tried was Olive Garden, which was delicious! I got one of those make-your-own dishes, which was regular noodles, a 4 cheese sauce and Italian sausage on top. I liked it a lot.

We also visited something called Glory Days, which had the best sandwich ever! It was a short rib grilled cheese sandwich, and it was freaking awesome.

We also went to DC for some sightseeing. The following day, she was off work, so we decided to head back to DC to get some gifts for my family, as well as coming close to The White House. Naturally, the weather was warm, so it was a little sticky.

Am I done with the USA? No. Not at all! I want to visit again soon!

Here are 11 negative phrases to ditch if you want to think more positively and feel more confident, according to behavioral scientists, researchers and psychologists.
1. “I have to do that.”
What to say instead: “I get to do that.”
Swapping that one little word will change your attitude in a big way. It makes you look at something as an opportunity, rather than an obligation. Even if the task is unpleasant, it can teach you new lessons and open new doors.
2. “I can’t do that.”
What to say instead: “I can try to do that.”
Don’t admit defeat before you’ve begun! When you tell yourself that you can try, you’re not only giving yourself a chance to accomplish something, you’re also not setting up excessively high expectations, which makes it easier to actually succeed.
3. “I should do that.”
What to say instead: “I will do that.” (Or “won’t do,” depending on your mindset).
“Should” is a controlling word, and it puts pressure on us. So put yourself back in charge. Drop the “should” and make yourself the decision-maker by choosing whether or not do something on your own terms.
4. “Why is this happening to me?”
What to say instead: “What am I learning from this?”
When you ask yourself what you’re learning, you turn something that’s bugging or upsetting you into something that can lead you to better things. You’re not complaining; you’re simply finding the good in what might be a difficult time.
5. “I never should have.”
What to say instead: “Because I did that, I now know .”
When you rephrase this thought, you begin to think about the good things that happened because you did something that you thought you shouldn’t have. Maybe you met someone you wouldn’t have met, or you discovered something wonderful about yourself.
6. “I failed.”
What to say instead: “This attempt didn’t work.”
So maybe something you tried to do didn’t turn out the way you expected. You didn’t get that new client, or you didn’t get the promotion you wanted. But if you tell yourself that you failed, end of story, you’re being unfair to yourself. Remember that there will be other opportunities.
7 . “If only I had done .”
What to say instead: Nothing!
We’ve all had our “if only” moments. “If only I had spoken up at that meeting with my idea,” or “If only I hadn’t answered that interview question that way.” But this is dead-end thinking. You’re not learning from the past, you’re just lamenting and making excuses. 
8. “This is too complicated.”
What to say instead: “I don’t understand this right now.”
When you face a new challenge by immediately telling yourself that you’ll never get your mind around it,  you’re making it sound like it’s an unchangeable fact. This means you’re subtly telling yourself that you can’t change or grow, which, of course, is nonsense. We are all works in progress.
9. “It’s not fair.”
What to say instead: “I can deal with it anyway!”
Sure, life can feel unfair sometimes, but that doesn’t mean you have to keep repeating that negative mantra to yourself and feel beaten down. Face that perceived unfairness head on and look for solutions that will get you to where you want to be.
10. “It’s never going to change.”
What to say instead: “I can change the way I approach this.”
This is another case of going from passive to active. Put yourself in charge of the situation. You think it can’t change? Then change your approach to it and thoughts about it!
11. “Never” (or “always”)
What to say instead: Avoid absolutes altogether!
If you find yourself saying something like, “I’ll never get the promotion I want,” or “I always get overlooked,” take a step back to put things into context. Life isn’t black and white.
Link:CNBC.com

Background: Like 7 million other Americans -- anyone with transplants, auto-immune conditions and others -- I'm on an immuno-suppressant. That makes me more vulnerable than normal to COVID-19.

But I had the 2 COVID-19 vaccines and 2 boosters, the last booster the one that covered some of the latest COVID variants. And being cautious I went 2+ years without getting COVID.

Recently I went to a "Floyd Nation" concert, a *great* show by a Pink Floyd cover band (highly recommended!).

It was there at that concert I likely caught COVID-19. Crowded with people, screaming at the top of my lungs -- and as a former Army platoon sergeant I know how to use a "command voice" and yell loud enough to command 200 soldiers to pay attention -- I had a great time doing all things one would expect one to do at a concert.

That put me 3 days in an ICU, with COVID giving me pneumonia in one lung. Thankfully, the hospital had me fixed up quickly, transferring me from the ICU to a normal room and then discharged the next day -- but with a wake-up call that things could have turned out very differently!

Of course, the US federal gov't now pretends that COVID is "normal" and is nothing to worry about.

But the *reality* is that more than 250 Americans die of COVID-19 each and every day.

So my advice: Be cautious!

So, apparently over in England last week, a guy threw a bunch of shot gun shells, over the fence, at Buckingham palace, and threatened to kill the king. Obviously, they have arrested him and taken him into custody, he is easily going to do time.