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Opting out of the virus panic should be an option
I don't understand why this virus is such a big deal. I admit it. Yes there's no effective treatment or cure yet. Fact remains the infection rate is low - the city it started in has 11 million inhabitants and no precautions were taken at first. Why didn't more of the 11 million get it 
Fact remains the fatality rate is low - the 2018 flu killed nearly 70K in America alone, nearly killed me in another country for that matter, barely made it to the news. Uh?
Fact remains that for most people it is pretty mild. Pneumonia is no fun at all but only if you are old, or already having health difficulties, or have lung problems, or are overweight / diabetic, will the virus become a form of pneumonia there's no current cure for, but it does only affect a small percentage.
Fact - those not at high risk, or who are prepared to take the risk, are being frogmarched by the more fearful despite all the above.
So maybe there should be a declaration to opt out for anyone prepared to sign a pledge to protect those who are opting in. Swear to wear hi-vis t-shirts or hats clearly stating I OPTED OUT, perhaps, so they can recognise each other, and shake hands normally. A forehead tattoo saying OPTED OUT is complete peace of mind for everyone else.
A pledge, perhaps -
1. I will wear my hi-vis OO colours (lime with purple OO letters?) prominently at all times when in public
2. I will keep well clear of anyone not displaying OO colours
3. I will leave the bulk buying and panicking to the wusses
4. I willingly and voluntarily forgo medical investigation / treatment of any symptoms which remotely resemble this virus and in proof of this agree to having OO tattooed on my forehead. Now back off and let me get on with living my life my way since I am not risking or interfering in any way with yours.
Fair's fair.
Fact remains the fatality rate is low - the 2018 flu killed nearly 70K in America alone, nearly killed me in another country for that matter, barely made it to the news. Uh?
Fact remains that for most people it is pretty mild. Pneumonia is no fun at all but only if you are old, or already having health difficulties, or have lung problems, or are overweight / diabetic, will the virus become a form of pneumonia there's no current cure for, but it does only affect a small percentage.
Fact - those not at high risk, or who are prepared to take the risk, are being frogmarched by the more fearful despite all the above.
So maybe there should be a declaration to opt out for anyone prepared to sign a pledge to protect those who are opting in. Swear to wear hi-vis t-shirts or hats clearly stating I OPTED OUT, perhaps, so they can recognise each other, and shake hands normally. A forehead tattoo saying OPTED OUT is complete peace of mind for everyone else.
A pledge, perhaps -
1. I will wear my hi-vis OO colours (lime with purple OO letters?) prominently at all times when in public
2. I will keep well clear of anyone not displaying OO colours
3. I will leave the bulk buying and panicking to the wusses
4. I willingly and voluntarily forgo medical investigation / treatment of any symptoms which remotely resemble this virus and in proof of this agree to having OO tattooed on my forehead. Now back off and let me get on with living my life my way since I am not risking or interfering in any way with yours.
Fair's fair.
one good blog deserves another
my hat goes off to nam...his blog on early memories and songs and such ....what about the radio stations r now playing our songs on the oldies stations....geezzz....yuck...now i FINALLY understand old people...and there preoccupation w memeories...songs....styles and such....so here we go folks...maybe...what is one of your fav songs from your midlife which reminds u of the prime of your life or triggers memories....how about....will smith.s....the wild wild west...reminds me of dancing w some of my best friends i made as an adult!!
ok your fav dance song....or fav memory evoker....u name it folks!!
ok your fav dance song....or fav memory evoker....u name it folks!!Hallelujah...Finally the veil of ignorance has been lifted.
Thanks to the political intelligentsia of CS 
, the veil of ignorance that had shrouded me has now been lifted.
I shall never view history the way I once did. Now I understand. Now I know.
They did it to themselves.
It all makes total sense now.
Any group that felt hard done by, garnered public sympathy by attacking themselves.
It was never due to hate-fuelling rhetoric by the leader of their enemy, or the fanaticism of their opponents, it was all concocted and carried out by themselves.
The foresight to plant a loyal supporter as a fanatical opponent who attended their opposition's rallies years before is truly admirable. It should be applauded.
That this brave man drove around in a van with politically-motivated posters on his van , planting pipe-bombs against his own people, surely is a call for his elevation to sainthood. Especially considering he will surely spend the rest of his life in prison for this selfless act.
And the brave party members who allowed the pipe bombs to be sent to them will surely be rewarded in heaven.
All to make their party look like the victims? Yes, it was indeed a cunning plan worthy of its place in history.
Speaking of history, it made me think of other atrocities which must now be questioned. If they weren't carried out by card-carrying members of the group who were blamed for doing it, was it all a big conspiracy by the supposed victims?
Were the Jews so disenchanted by their treatment by the right wing party in government that they planted some people to carry out atrocities against themselves to garner public support? It makes total sense. And it worked,
Did Poland and The Netherlands arrange to be invaded?
Are there Palestinians amongst the illegal settlers on their lands?
The list is endless and mind blowing.
As my tiny imbecilic brain cannot possibly take all of this in, the only two simple things I can take from this are:
1. The obvious perpetrators are never at fault.
2. Any outspoken fanaticist is probably a plant from the other side.
Thank you for opening my eyes.
, the veil of ignorance that had shrouded me has now been lifted.I shall never view history the way I once did. Now I understand. Now I know.
They did it to themselves.
It all makes total sense now.
Any group that felt hard done by, garnered public sympathy by attacking themselves.
It was never due to hate-fuelling rhetoric by the leader of their enemy, or the fanaticism of their opponents, it was all concocted and carried out by themselves.
The foresight to plant a loyal supporter as a fanatical opponent who attended their opposition's rallies years before is truly admirable. It should be applauded.
That this brave man drove around in a van with politically-motivated posters on his van , planting pipe-bombs against his own people, surely is a call for his elevation to sainthood. Especially considering he will surely spend the rest of his life in prison for this selfless act.
And the brave party members who allowed the pipe bombs to be sent to them will surely be rewarded in heaven.
All to make their party look like the victims? Yes, it was indeed a cunning plan worthy of its place in history.
Speaking of history, it made me think of other atrocities which must now be questioned. If they weren't carried out by card-carrying members of the group who were blamed for doing it, was it all a big conspiracy by the supposed victims?
Were the Jews so disenchanted by their treatment by the right wing party in government that they planted some people to carry out atrocities against themselves to garner public support? It makes total sense. And it worked,
Did Poland and The Netherlands arrange to be invaded?
Are there Palestinians amongst the illegal settlers on their lands?
The list is endless and mind blowing.
As my tiny imbecilic brain cannot possibly take all of this in, the only two simple things I can take from this are:
1. The obvious perpetrators are never at fault.
2. Any outspoken fanaticist is probably a plant from the other side.
Thank you for opening my eyes.
“I am going away, and you will seek me, ..."
John 8:21-30
21 So He said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
22 So the Jews said, “Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”
He said to them, 23 “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.”
25 So they said to Him, “Who are you?”
Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. 26 I have much to say about you and much to judge, but He who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from Him.”
27 They did not understand that He had been speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me. 29 And He who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.”
30 As He was saying these things, many believed in Him.
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ALERT: NASA Confirms Earth Will Go Dark .....
ALERT: NASA Confirms Earth Will Go Dark For 6 Days In December 2014.
WORLDWIDE - NASA has confirmed that the Earth will experience 6 days of almost complete darkness and will happen from the dates Tuesday the 16 – Monday the 22 in December. The world will remain, during these three days, without sunlight due to a solar storm, which will cause dust and space debris to become plentiful and thus, block 90% sunlight.
This is the head of NASA Charles Bolden who made the announcement and asked everyone to remain calm. This will be the product of a solar storm, the largest in the last 250 years for a period of 216 hours total. Reporters interviewed a few people to hear what they had to say about the situation with Michael Hearns responding “We gonna be purgin my n*gga, six days of darkness means six days of turnin up fam”.
Despite the six days of darkness soon to come, officials say that the earth will not experience any major problems, since six days of darkness is nowhere near enough to cause major damage to anything. “We will solely rely on artificial light for the six days, which is not a problem at all”, says NASA scientist Earl Godoy.
WORLDWIDE - NASA has confirmed that the Earth will experience 6 days of almost complete darkness and will happen from the dates Tuesday the 16 – Monday the 22 in December. The world will remain, during these three days, without sunlight due to a solar storm, which will cause dust and space debris to become plentiful and thus, block 90% sunlight.
This is the head of NASA Charles Bolden who made the announcement and asked everyone to remain calm. This will be the product of a solar storm, the largest in the last 250 years for a period of 216 hours total. Reporters interviewed a few people to hear what they had to say about the situation with Michael Hearns responding “We gonna be purgin my n*gga, six days of darkness means six days of turnin up fam”.
Despite the six days of darkness soon to come, officials say that the earth will not experience any major problems, since six days of darkness is nowhere near enough to cause major damage to anything. “We will solely rely on artificial light for the six days, which is not a problem at all”, says NASA scientist Earl Godoy.
Our experience(s) in dating here at CS or anywhere
Maybe some of us on here have anything to share about our journey in finding the "one".
Considering all the fake profiles, scammers they are called, what truly is our chances of finding him/her on this site? Or anywhere for that matter.
I have met and found whom I thought was the one 9 years ago here. Although our distance was more than 7,000 miles apart we didn't get discouraged because what we felt from the first skype was so strong and wonderful that we didn't think of any hurdles we had to face.
Anyways I went to his place about three times and he came to my place about two times. To cut the story short, for me, it was the most interesting, adventurous and wonderful part of my life.
I read somewhere that the difficulty of meeting a real partner here isn't as easy as meeting them in family gatherings, church or the conventional and normal introduction before the web. What's with all of those mentally crazy, drug addicts, or simply players that are not who they claim they are. Married pretending to be single, and more discouraging characters which by the time you find out, has already caused you a lot of emotional roller coaster.
Well for me, I am no longer looking. I'm way past that. But meeting good friends both male or female, to me is a plus.
What about you? Please feel free to share your stories if you want. Maybe we can all learn from it.
Note: I know about six couples who have met here, still married and happy. A couple from NZ and India, From Northern Thailand and England (my best friends, he passed away , blessed his soul). From Philippines and NZ, From NY and England, From France and CH, and also our very own Mimi from Malaysia now happily living in Nebraska. The first three couples I met them 8 years ago still very happily married.
Considering all the fake profiles, scammers they are called, what truly is our chances of finding him/her on this site? Or anywhere for that matter.
I have met and found whom I thought was the one 9 years ago here. Although our distance was more than 7,000 miles apart we didn't get discouraged because what we felt from the first skype was so strong and wonderful that we didn't think of any hurdles we had to face.
Anyways I went to his place about three times and he came to my place about two times. To cut the story short, for me, it was the most interesting, adventurous and wonderful part of my life.
I read somewhere that the difficulty of meeting a real partner here isn't as easy as meeting them in family gatherings, church or the conventional and normal introduction before the web. What's with all of those mentally crazy, drug addicts, or simply players that are not who they claim they are. Married pretending to be single, and more discouraging characters which by the time you find out, has already caused you a lot of emotional roller coaster.
Well for me, I am no longer looking. I'm way past that. But meeting good friends both male or female, to me is a plus.
What about you? Please feel free to share your stories if you want. Maybe we can all learn from it.
Note: I know about six couples who have met here, still married and happy. A couple from NZ and India, From Northern Thailand and England (my best friends, he passed away , blessed his soul). From Philippines and NZ, From NY and England, From France and CH, and also our very own Mimi from Malaysia now happily living in Nebraska. The first three couples I met them 8 years ago still very happily married.
Ever been 'Ghosted'?
Have you ever been dating and getting pretty serious with someone when......they disappear off the face of the earth without a trace for no reason whatsoever? You guys have been planning a future, mostly enthused and initiated by him and then, they Ghost you, no rhyme or reason, no rows or fall outs or signs of any kind? You may get a text or whatsapp 'Sorry but I dont want a relationship anymore, need space' sorta thing.....This is apparently a relatively new phenomenon in breaking up..............the disappearing act. They go on to block you on whatsapp/facebook/social media and dont respond to any texts or contact.
Pork Causes Several Diseases
Consumption of pork causes several diseases:
Eating pork can cause no less than seventy different types of diseases. A person can have various helminthes like roundworm, pinworm, hookworm, etc. One of the most dangerous is Taenia Solium, which is in layman’s terminology called tapeworm. It harbours in the intestine and is very long. Its ova i.e. eggs, enter the blood stream and can reach almost all the organs of the body. If it enters the brain it can cause memory loss. If it enters the heart it can cause heart attack, if it enters the eye it can cause blindness, if it enters the liver it can cause liver damage. It can damage almost all the organs of the body.
Another dangerous helminthes is Trichura Tichurasis. A common misconception about pork is that if it is cooked well, these ova die. In a research project undertaken in America, it was found that out of twenty-four people suffering from Trichura Tichurasis, twenty-two had cooked the pork very well. This indicates that the ova present in the pork do not die under normal cooking temperature.
Consumption of pork is prohibited in Islam:
Regarding Pork forbidden Qur’an says in no less then four different places in Surah Baqarah chapter 2 Verse 173 in Surah Maai dah chapter 5 Verse 3 in Surah An’aam chapter 6 Verse 145 in Surah Nahl chapter 16 Verse 115 forbidden foods are dead meat blood the flesh of swine and any (food) over which the name of other than Allah has been invoked have been prohibited. These four foods dead meat blood the flesh of swine and any name besides Allah’s name is invoked is Prohibited.
Bible gives similar message in the book of Leviticus chapter 17 Verse 15 and Book of Deuteronomy chapter 14 Verse 21 that you shell not have meat of the animal that dies of it salves you shell not have anything that dies of itself that means dead meat is prohibited and today science also tells us that there are several disease that acquire of itself it can be by eating by contact there are various disease if you have dead meat.
The second prohibited thing is blood a similar message is given in the Bible in no less then five different Places Bible prohibits the consumption of blood it is mentioned in the Book of Leviticus chapter 17 Verse 14 in the Book of Deuteronomy chapter 12 Verse 16 in the Book of Geneses chapter 9 Verse 4 in first Samuels chapter 14 Verse 33 in the book of Acts chapter 15 Verse 29 it says that you should not consume blood the third is the flesh of swine and there are various scientific reasons that I gave in my talk on this forbidden foods why you should not have pork there are various disease that you can acquire. In the book of Leviticus chapter 11 Verse 7and 8 it says that the swine thou it divides the hoof and has cloven footed yet it choose not the cud its flesh is unclean for you thou shell not eat its flesh not touch its carcass similar message is given in the book of Deuteronomy chapter 14 Verse 8 the swine thou it divides the hoof yet it chose not the cud thou shell not eat its flesh not touch its carcass. In the Book of Isaiah chapter 65 Verse 2 to 4 and 5 that flesh of swine is prohibited for you to have, any food on which any name besides Allah is invoked similar message is given in the Book of Acts chapter 15 Verse 29 and revelations chapter 2 Verse 14 that you shell not have food that has been given on alters or given to any one besides Almighty God Allah so if you analyze if you follow the commandments of Almighty God Allah abstain from having prohibited food you are doing worship of Almighty God Allah.
Eating pork can cause no less than seventy different types of diseases. A person can have various helminthes like roundworm, pinworm, hookworm, etc. One of the most dangerous is Taenia Solium, which is in layman’s terminology called tapeworm. It harbours in the intestine and is very long. Its ova i.e. eggs, enter the blood stream and can reach almost all the organs of the body. If it enters the brain it can cause memory loss. If it enters the heart it can cause heart attack, if it enters the eye it can cause blindness, if it enters the liver it can cause liver damage. It can damage almost all the organs of the body.
Another dangerous helminthes is Trichura Tichurasis. A common misconception about pork is that if it is cooked well, these ova die. In a research project undertaken in America, it was found that out of twenty-four people suffering from Trichura Tichurasis, twenty-two had cooked the pork very well. This indicates that the ova present in the pork do not die under normal cooking temperature.
Consumption of pork is prohibited in Islam:
Regarding Pork forbidden Qur’an says in no less then four different places in Surah Baqarah chapter 2 Verse 173 in Surah Maai dah chapter 5 Verse 3 in Surah An’aam chapter 6 Verse 145 in Surah Nahl chapter 16 Verse 115 forbidden foods are dead meat blood the flesh of swine and any (food) over which the name of other than Allah has been invoked have been prohibited. These four foods dead meat blood the flesh of swine and any name besides Allah’s name is invoked is Prohibited.
Bible gives similar message in the book of Leviticus chapter 17 Verse 15 and Book of Deuteronomy chapter 14 Verse 21 that you shell not have meat of the animal that dies of it salves you shell not have anything that dies of itself that means dead meat is prohibited and today science also tells us that there are several disease that acquire of itself it can be by eating by contact there are various disease if you have dead meat.
The second prohibited thing is blood a similar message is given in the Bible in no less then five different Places Bible prohibits the consumption of blood it is mentioned in the Book of Leviticus chapter 17 Verse 14 in the Book of Deuteronomy chapter 12 Verse 16 in the Book of Geneses chapter 9 Verse 4 in first Samuels chapter 14 Verse 33 in the book of Acts chapter 15 Verse 29 it says that you should not consume blood the third is the flesh of swine and there are various scientific reasons that I gave in my talk on this forbidden foods why you should not have pork there are various disease that you can acquire. In the book of Leviticus chapter 11 Verse 7and 8 it says that the swine thou it divides the hoof and has cloven footed yet it choose not the cud its flesh is unclean for you thou shell not eat its flesh not touch its carcass similar message is given in the book of Deuteronomy chapter 14 Verse 8 the swine thou it divides the hoof yet it chose not the cud thou shell not eat its flesh not touch its carcass. In the Book of Isaiah chapter 65 Verse 2 to 4 and 5 that flesh of swine is prohibited for you to have, any food on which any name besides Allah is invoked similar message is given in the Book of Acts chapter 15 Verse 29 and revelations chapter 2 Verse 14 that you shell not have food that has been given on alters or given to any one besides Almighty God Allah so if you analyze if you follow the commandments of Almighty God Allah abstain from having prohibited food you are doing worship of Almighty God Allah.
a whole load of ifs and buts.
"if I had a penny for every penny I didn't have."
would I be any the wiser?
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