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Palistine versus Jews.

Found a book stuck away to read one day. So...it is the Drifters by James Michener. It was written in 1970. I can relate to much of it having been there. Some I never saw though.
The premise is kids who rebelled and headed to avoid the draft or vacation in Spain and then just never went home.
He does a guy character who is a Jew. And in the book highlights college campuses that had protests that were pro Palestinian that were being put down and controlled by the Jews, etc.
So this is nothing new. The kids who are protesting on college campuses today are a continuation of 50 plus years of the Palestinian issue.
Interesting..proving there is nothing new under the sun.
I remember telling mom that this country was so bad that we needed a revolution. She said that never gained, only lost..work in the system for change. When I was 40, SHE was for a revolution. She saw our government would not allow change, nor our elite. I told her she was too late. Because I had gotten used the status quo and had no fire left.
Every generation of youth was ready to revolt and re-new our country. Now it appears the last one, Z, and more are so beaten down from birth that they just have given up before they start.

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Apr 19
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It the culture dummy.

I read an article by a Negro gentleman. He spoke about the situation of his race. And said it is not racism. It is the culture. He is so right. It is a culture and attitude that keeps any race, sect, nationality, gender or whatever in the place they exist in. It is a cop out to blame any of it on those aspects.
Whether black, white, brown..whatever country of origin, it could be over come. Many have. When saying its racism, look at those who listened to the whine, the man keeps me down...struggled and ignored it.and succeeded. They ignored being told you will never amount to anything because___________!

Shanty Irish, Pollack, Jew, Kraut, etc...they fill positions of rank in offices, government, medical, law, business, schools. They are lawyers, Doctors, store owners, movie stars, politicians, astronauts.
Culture is the issue. When any group tolerates evil or crime or slovenliness or rudeness because..he is one of us. It could be us. When a woman divorces a man because he never is home, has affairs, sews his wild oats, treats her like dirt, beats her, wont support the family and refuses to be a helpmate. And then raise her kids the same. Daughter, you do the laundry cause brother has better things to do. He gets to stay out at night cause he is a boy. In other words, teaches him or allows him to become a man just like the man she kicked out.
When someone shop lifts and the culture excuses it. When crime occurs and the culture turns the other cheek because there has to be a reason. Yes. The reason is because the group will stick together no matter what just because it is the culture of the group. Us against the world.
So easy to cry racism rather than admit it is a culture that allows and perpetuates what is actually stopping them from succeeding. Go tell it to James Earl Jones or that congressman or woman. The lawyer, the C.E.O, or your minority Doctor from the Dominican Republic.

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Apr 12
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Kissenger

Thank goodness that jerk finally died. Half the people liked him and half loathed him. I hated him for decades. I never figured out how he got his hooks into our government and leaders that allowed him to control the narrative for all these years.

For anything he did that was wise, he countered with evil. Nixon kissed his butt and we bombed Cambodia in secret.
Funny thing I noticed. When a noted person dies, media covers every aspect of everything they did. Groups gather to honor and accolades flood the air waves. In the case of Henry K, I saw media noting he died at 100 and now crickets. You tube has videos of his evil. Sanders railed years back against him.
Perhaps the powers that be wish to lay low so they adjoining evil doesn't get aired?

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Dec 2
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The USA bannana republic.

What has the world become. A million years to climb out of the trees and caves and now man is returning to them. Gangs take over and run rampant. The un-developed countries flood north to take over developed, leaching off the lib fools using hard working taxpayers money to pamper them. Meanwhile the illegals demand it all, refuse to let go of their proud homeland,

, and will take any cash they can get to send home so support their family and when they have enough to live well..hi it back to those countries.
Meanwhile homeless and poor get shown the door.
Major cities that once were Americas pride are now garbage dumps filled with muggers, looters, shop lifters, druggies and traffickers. So main corporations, companies and citizens flee to safer, non lib states and towns.
A major Chicago building, next to the old Sears tower, just sold at 90% of what it had been bought for.
Stores can't lose any more good, risk employees safety and hang it up. Illegals wander into suburbs either robbing or knocking on doors demanding food, clothes or cash.
Now cities are looking to raise taxes to take care of illegals. And when the money and handouts run out, what will a million illegals be doing?
Yet we have bleeding hearts demanding government do more for people who hate America. Biden looks at raising taxes and spending more. Mom told me when I was a kid, Dems are the party of tax and spend. Man, was she right!

Bidenomics is booming. Meanwhile down on the streets, stores raise prices and offer less. Wages go up and costs go up. Rents rise so people chose rent or food. Big Pharma invents pills and a disease to shove them at you for. Never heard of it, but, hey..believe the ads..you suffer from it.
People are spending. Savings. Credit cards. But, both are maxing out. Then what? Censorship is alive and well. Say the wrong thing and get deleted. Pretty soon, the people will be deleted. Soylent Green anyone. Oh, right, you don't deserve the good crackers. You ARE the good crackers.

Be a whistle blower in the US now and end up Putinized.
Work hard and watch your company close. Get a raise and see that automaton move in to take your job.
Read about the inflation my dad lived through in Germany after WW1. He always said the US would go the same route. He was right.

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Mar 16
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Shopping in the dark ages.

I grew up by a small town. Fridays stores stayed open til 9 and the whole area shopped. We had 3 drugstores, 3 hardwares, two department stores, two dime stores, two shoe stores, a few womens shops and one mens. The downtown was mainly a square of a couple blocks either way. It took my parents and I an hour to walk due to stopping to chat with people we knew.
Teens and moms bought Tangee lipstick, Maybeline red eyebrow pencils and eyeliner cakes, Blue Waltz or Ben Hue perfume at the dime stores. Or better brands at the drug stores. Kids haunted them for toys. Shultz Dimestore owned a myna bird who startled you when he said hello.

Look up. His cage is on top of a shelf. Woolworth had even a lunch counter. Marble, just like the one in Wilz Drug. That one is still there, even if they changed stores 3 times. Atkinson's Department store had everything for clothes and house on the main floor. Second was childrens. And the top floor was fabrics. Men found their tools and more at the hardware stores. What did you need..follow to the back, blow the dust off..had one just in case. Or follow down the wood stairs to the stone walled basement to check understock. Still no luck. OK, will order it from the catalog next stock order and call you when it's in.
We had two furniture stores, on appliance store, a record and office supply store. Even a big Montgomery Wards store. we had it all once. Now the store fronts are over half empty, those stores long closed as owners got old and kids moved on.
The other needs were met by catalogs. Wards and Sears and Robuck. Every spring came the small catalogs. Summer brought the massive main one. Fall another small to be followed by the massive winter one. Best were the Wish books. Aldens. Sears, Wards, Pennys and Spiegel.
These were the thinner Christmas ones. Mom shopped for that special dress, dad that new shirt or shoes. And kids wore them out looking at toys galore. When I was little, mom and dad bought what they thought was nice and fun. Once I ended up with a wind up train set.

Mom told me later. Dad had always wanted a train set. He looked at the price to get one for me. Choked at it and got the wind up. She said in the evenings after I went to bed, in the month before Christmas..he went in his basement office, set it up and played with it.

When I chose toys, I would dog ear pages in the catalogs and circle ones. A month or two before Christmas, mom would tell me..NOW! You go through and decide what you REALLY want and mark FIVE or them. And then dad and I will go over them and decide what or if you get.
I never believed in Santa. Dad said he paid and wanted me to know it. Plus, Santa was lying to me and how could I trust them when I found out.
One year I wanted a new BB rifle. Under the tree, turned up a long gift.

No, dad said..I got you an umbrella for when you wait for the bus.

By Christmas eve I almost believed him and was prepared to be overjoyed at an umbrella.

It was my rifle.

Toys back then were metal..cars, construction, tractors, doll houses. We wore cowboy hats and fake coonskin caps. Wore cap guns in hostlers and shot real wood arrows from wooden bows we strung. We dragged little red wagons, slid on red flyer sleds, shot BB guns and sling shots. Our toys were the start and we had to create the rest.
Now we shop box stores and click a mouse. Alone in our homes.

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Mar 23
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Economy boom/bust

According to the media and idiots in DC, everything is rosy. The inflation is up only a smidgen. Which means..its up!

Jobs are up. Wages are up. So are rents, insurances, food, and most everything.
Fast food workers got $15-20 wage increase. McD and Coke just took losses. American Doll just shut down the Wisconsin office building..work from home or re-locate to Cali. Cutting costs. Car plants laying off after workers strike just ended for higher wages. Goggle lay-offs, Amazon lay-offs.
the economy is doing just fine. Yeah? Try surveying the homeless evicted lately. The laid off workers. The fixed income ( like aren't we all?) people trying to decide whether to buy groceries at inflated prices or pay for heat.
The true picture is not rosy. People splurged for the holidays. Ran stuff up on credit with no intention of paying for it. Cards are maxed out. Returns are up. People are employed..yep. Working 3 minimum wage jobs. Now they are hit with heating costs, rent increases, tax time and seeing how much they spent in December.
This country and others are set on a buy, buy, buy mode. But, half of the younger gens are living with parents like the old days. No new car..or used. No apartment. No house. No marriage. No kids.
And the Gen Z are rebelling. The new cool is second hand. Hitting resales for all their clothes. There goes the sales of new.
Bit, Obiden looks out his basement window at the snow and says, isn't summer pretty.

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Feb 19
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What economy?

Things are booming. Uh huh. That is why people are getting evicted and homeless and are maxing cards and pay laters for Christmas shopping when they still haven't paid off last years.

I had a dentist appt so had to tough it out and leave farm to head into town. Well, if I HAVE to go to town, might as well catch up shopping.
Stopped at Goodwill. First time in over two years. Why did I bother?

Prices on clothes are half of new prices in box stores. They are now peddling lots of new items. Bad enough to ask double the price the dollar store asked, but I should shop like a regular store too. Not!
Went to Dollar Tree. Gee, guess they finally got the Christmas inventory.

Couldn't find what I wanted so total was small. Some things are a good deal. Others?

Wow... 1.25 for glittered styrofoam or paper.

Went to Wally world. Inflation is down? Someone should tell them. Friend likes Miracle Whip. Idea for gifting. Oh now I see why he won't spend the cash. $5.38 for oil and flavoring. And same price for mayo with eggs and cream. Pass!

I checked clearance prices on clothes. Yep..that is not going home either. And since when do they charge 25-50 for a garment?
I spent 158 and part was for gifting. Or pantry stocks. I have no idea how a family can afford to eat. Of course fast food workers in Cali got a raise to $20 an hour.

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Dec 18
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One is wrong and the other isn't?

Russia invaded the Ukraine. They have destroyed homes, and killed civilians. Even the ones who liked them. A good portion of the world's countries vilify Russia. They rush to help the Ukraine and cut Russia off from the world.
So they get called a terrorist nation. Yet, Israel does the same to Palestinians and everyone looks the other way. More and more I see Israel as a terrorist nation. And I thought they got rid of Netinyaho or however you spell his name. Instead of being happy that land was yanked from the Palestinians who lived there to make a country for the Jews...they got greedy and want it all to the sea.
Why do they get to do what they want in the OCCUPIED west bank and say it is their right to build. Yet the rest of the world either lets them get away with similar to Russia or pat them on the head.
I don't get it.

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Jan 2023
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The banana US.

As much as I learned in school, anyone can run for President as long as they are over 35 and a natural born citizen of the US. It is part of democracy that our forefathers determined made a free country.
Around the world we see how the people don't count and votes don't either. From Kings to Dictators to military rule, leaders are ordered and appointed, not elected.
Putin has a simple answer to a rival..put him in jail in Siberia. Other countries just cause accidents or threats to prevent anyone running against the chosen leader. And his henchmen.
Now we have states saying Trump can't be on the primary ballots. They site some part of number 14 that is about insurgents. It doesn't matter that Trump has not been found guilty of the part they say he played on Jan 6. The judge is judge and jury and states to H with the trial, she says he is guilty.
I see a major break down in our democracy. Putin/Navaly...the libs/Trump.
I guess Trump is lucky that he hasn't fallen out of a window, drank tea or had a plane failure.
Also, I see what the Dems are doing is voter suppression and over turning a free election the same way.
Long ago a man ran for POTUS from his prison cell. I guess back then, we still were a Democracy and not a Banana Republic.

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Jan 4
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Donate? No!

Charities are crying, donations are down. I may give food when the mailmen pick up for food bank. Otherwise, only send a check to the local sheriff for K-9 unit. Beyond that..nope. When only 1-3% actually gets to the recipients...the rest goes for salaries for the board, convention trips, offices.

I also get angry at their greed. Long ago I sent money to the NPR public radio. It was $10 a month to 40 total. And then they flooded my mail with fancy mailings for more. Every week or more, there was the letter. Envelope, nice inserts, postage paid envelope.

After it was done, I sent them a letter back. You are not happy with a donation but want more. And spent half of what I gave on postage and letters asking for more. So now..you get nothing.
I got a mailing from a good charity last month. Calendars, note papers, and...2 pr 3 pairs of socks!

OK...far enough. So I sent a check for $10 cause figured I got the socks. Yesterday I got a big envelope from them. More calendars, note book, planner! Oh..so now I am on your sucker list? Lesson learned. If one gives to a charity, they will spend the money hounding you for more, more, MORE!
At least when I give to the sheriff, I sometimes get a nice thank you card back and nothing more. And one time, one cop stopped by so I could meet one of the dogs. Now that is the way it should be.

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Dec 10
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Winter headache for my old age.

So much for fading peacefully into hibernation. I get to work hours trying to seal my vacant house to make it through winter since my tenant died suddenly. Lucky I am still able bodied.His daughter, son and their family spent November sorting, clearing, hauling and settling his estate. A lawyer, he had no will. Said had little so intestate and kids get it anyway. Yeah..a mess to sort out! I sorted in carport and found out that he saw, he bought and never opened and ended up in the dirt. Left kids to wonder how to bury him with no money. Family helped to cremate him, cheapest way..and that was $5000!

They left stuff they didn't want, I can use in barn or in the house. I salvaged back out of the $1000 dumpster their gramps rented. Beds and sofas went cause no one will take a smokers stuff. Sad. What a waste.
Except for the piano that goes next weekend, they are cleared out. So now I shut the house down and seal for winter. Can do whatever with no one living in it. Furnace goes to 60 only. May put on old style that goes to 50. Try to heat all winter cause can work on it and need water to barn. If ends up using a few hundred gas a month, no choice but drain water and use heat lamps in cellar for barn pipe.
I started by using heavy plastic taped over LR and 2 kitchen windows, plus pink styrofoam insulation nailed and curtain taped. Got an idea, checked sofas in dumpster. HA!

Cushions and bolster solid foam rubber. So stripped and stuffed in bathroom window and one kitchen and plastic taped over. Let cold try to get through that! I salvaged the interlocking foam floor mats, laid along outer floor bottoms, laid his rugs across LR wood floor to block cold coming up between logs. Shut down upstairs door and blanket over it.
Hauled spare bricks and laid secondary wall along sill plate to cellar, added 3 concrete blocks sitting on top of windshield reflective cover, then filled in and over with barnyard. It is broken, degraded hay and manure. Should insult cellar more.
Now I want to take aluminum foil and tape to porch doors to reflect heat back into rooms.
With luck can keep gas usage low. Not much other ideas to do except bury the whole house.

And now although I have a dog trot from main house to barn, I get to slog through cold and snow to other house.

Can I run away from home?

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Nov 27
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Relaxed old age my foot!

The biggest fantasy is that when you get old and retired, life is easy. People take care of you. You have all the time in the world to play. Bull!

Reality is how on earth did we do everything when we did work!

I have two houses on the farm. The old farmhouse I rent and the main I live in with a boarder in the basement. He and a neighbor are pseudo sons. I rent the farm house cheap with the lease that they are part caretakers, do barn chores in morning, take care of what the house needs unless major. I have had the gamut of tenants. Ended up with one guy for 23 years who was like a brother. He was killed when the corn plant blew up and came down on him. He buddy took the house years ago. We got along well.
This tenant, a lawyer, grew up on a farm. Smoker and a bit partier. Ends up with lung cancer a year ago or two. Does chemo and radiation and puts it in its place. Regular maintenance chemo.
He gets health issues. Fluid in chest. Swelled arm. He went off chemo to get his hip replaced last spring. 6 weeks and seem all is well.
A week or more ago, he texts me he is having daughter take him to ER. Must have pulled arm and pain too bad.
He texts me he has major infection and a T12 compression fracture vertebra. Surgery is planned on shoulder, spine, etc. Daughter ends up texting, it is staph, he is in induced comma and bad shape. It ends up its in two heart valves and brain. He died a week ago or so. Hard to keep track of days.
She and I both blame the hospital giving him the staph. He had chemo the week prior. They couldn't notice it?

So now I sit with a vacant house that I have to deal with. I need that well for barn water. I am doing all the barn chores am and pm. I told neighbor he needs to move in. Oh..too big a bother in winter. Word of mouth to find a tenant. I am taping heavy vinyl over windows and pink insul foam. Try to shut house tight and keep gas low. 5% a week as of now. 50sF still. His daughter cant find info as to where he got gas. I called and found one that will bring it when I am at 25%. That is lower than I like.
So much for retirement. Good thing I am about the same as at 50..just a bit slower. Cause it is back at it for me. I will do an ad in spring unless neighbor decides to live up to the fact he will inherit along with my boarder so might as well start learning.
Can I run away from home?

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Nov 5
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Palistine versus Jews.

It the culture dummy.

Kissenger

The USA bannana republic.

Shopping in the dark ages.

Economy boom/bust

What economy?

One is wrong and the other isn't?

The banana US.

Donate? No!

Winter headache for my old age.

Relaxed old age my foot!

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