I am all in favor of the schools teaching our children about facts - so I am on the science - as in biology, chemistry, geography, archeology, economics, etc, etc, etc.
CNN is just entertainment designed to make you think it is news, or the way people think and feel. It is not a source of news, it is just meant to lure you in and sell you stuff.
There is no reason for this kind of crazy thoughts to mess up your mind. Let them go.
Although I do wish to get genuine emails for real peeps - the first step is the biggest for me because of the distance between my country and the country of men of my interest.
Although those CS get-togethers are fabulous! You should see if you can form one in Las Vegas!
I digress a bit - on the point abut Finding the truth on the Internet.
So in the City of Miami right now, our government center has a "Fallen Officer Tribute"
It is a very emotionally moving display - mannequins are wearing a black t-shirt inscribed on the back with the fallen officer's name and date of death, on the front "I died for You".
There are row upon row of black T-shirt mannequins, the number of them is staggering. So I asked who and when was the first fallen? The first was an officer named Rhett McGregor August 12, 1895.
So back to my point - I googled to find more information about his death. A FIU education library source - a story supposedly written in 1956 by a lady grew up here in Miami and remembers the incident - in a report. I am wondering how much of it is true? She wrote a lot of things that are in our history here - she has a street named after her. ......
But it takes a lot of time to answer just one random question I had, about how was the first here and how and why he was killed.
I read, in her account, that he went out to arrest a man who murdered some men a few days earlier. He was shot, wounded, and the suspect surrendered, and he died of the wound a few days later. the second officer died because a lynch mob broke into the jail to hang the suspected murderer and they killed the jailer in the desire to exact justice. So that is how law and order comes to Miami back in 1895.
So was the paper I read the truth? or was it a paper written by some FIU student on historical fiction? or what?
Yes, and especially to read from different writers. I read somewhere that there is always 3 sides to any story. The two side and then somewhere in there, the truth.
When dealing with the internet, I simply read and think - is it possible? does it have a reasonable basis as a source?, is it informative?
Don't you think we humans have the ability to think about what we read and decide if it rings true, or not. We may not like what we read, or who writes the message, but we have the ability to read, think and decide.
Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard) is a metonym for the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, the territorial police force responsible for policing most of London.
The name derives from the location of the original Metropolitan Police headquarters at 4 Whitehall Place, which had a rear entrance on a street called Great Scotland Yard.
The Scotland Yard entrance became the public entrance to the police station, and over time the street and the Metropolitan Police became synonymous. The New York Times wrote in 1964 that just as Wall Street gave its name to New York's financial district, Scotland Yard became the name for police activity in London.
The force moved away from Great Scotland Yard in 1890, and the name New Scotland Yard was adopted for subsequent headquarters. The current New Scotland Yard is located on Broadway (51.49861°N 0.13305°WCoordinates: 51.49861°N 0.13305°W) in Victoria and has been the Metropolitan Police's headquarters since 1967.
In 2013, it was announced that the force will move to a smaller building on the Victoria Embankment in 2015, which will be renamed Scotland Yard
The whole idea of the VOTE - was extraordinary! A model for the world.
Just have the one question. Allow all and only the residence of the country vote, and did it include those that are 16 years of age and above? What was the voting age? And how long did you have to be a resident. Have a lot of polling places.
Do not publish the polls results as they go, but close the polls and count in a dignified and honest fashion without the media crazies, yet ensure the watchdogs were in place to keep the integrity of the process.
Scotland - did a great job of democracy! It will not divide the country, it will make it stronger by opening a honest debate to make the country a stronger unit of the United Kingdom for now.....
Can they add this as a regular vote question every 2 years or 4 years?
You are missing out in wanting to visiting the most beautiful country in the world! I would love to spend my spring and summer time there! maybe a few weeks in winter....
And no I am not commenting about the video - I have not watched it.
I am commenting about this thread topic and your twisted theme, and your insistence, Stringman, to muckrake and whip up the crowds into making it all about religious differences in the world.
When oh when are you going to show how spiritually good people are?
When of when are you going to put up a religious thread that promotes the desire of the world to live in peace?
RE: You are head over ears in love. But it is not mutual.
True - yet the heart can't be made to love, can it?