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Getting old sucks, but it beats the alternative

I’ll be 72 in a couple of weeks, and I’ve become aware of a bunch of failures of my system. Worn out parts and incomplete instruction sets. The coding in my DNA is losing bits here and there. I just had memory testing at the VA, and while the psychiatrist assured me that I’m generally average mentally with men in my age group (70-dead). There are a few areas where I’m still above average and none where I’m below, but overall my brain is working the same way as other 70 year old men.

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The Perils of Technology

The cell phone wasn’t developed to spy on its users. But eventually nefarious characters, once they understood the capabilities of cell phones, noticed what a good spying and tracking device it was. It’s the same with the WWW and Internet. Good intentions at the start, now corrupted into near uselessness. I’m beginning to distrust every new technology. Especially those who watch and listen constantly. Amazon Echo, Google Hub, and soon a similar offering from Apple.

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Military birthdays

Army - June 14 Navy - October 13 Marine Corps - November 10 Coast Guard - August 4 Air Force - September 18 Space Force - December 20 If Trump does not hold a national parade on every one of these days then he cannot deny that the farce planned for June 14th has nothing to do with the Army. It’s all about him.

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Earth isn’t fine tuned

People who claim that Earth was designed by a deity just for the benefit of humans are looking at that concept the wrong way around. Roughly 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water. The Earth is surrounded by the vacuum of space. Humans can only live naturally on 30% of the planet. Without specialized equipment, humans cannot live in the ocean, humans cannot live in space. In addition, Earth has earthquakes, wildfires, tsunamis, floods, landslides, volcanoes, and climate changes.

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Nothing to see here...

Trump’s indictment, and those to come, are welcome distractions. They are allowing us to ignore for even a few moments that there are rich and powerful forces determined to undermine our democratic republic, as imperfect as it may be, and substitute for it a theocratic fascist state. They’re distracting us from the imminent danger our entire planet faces due to our terrible stewardship and our unbridled capitalism. The band’s still playing but the ship is sinking.

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We need a revolution

Saving America going to take a revolution. Not necessarily a violent revolution, but a complete rethinking of capitalism and democracy. We’re seeing the limits of both systems in providing us with an equitable society and a sustainable planet. It isn’t feasible to think we can continue down this same road and not fall off the cliff at the end of it, which is just around the next corner.

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The 1% decides how the 99% will live

I can’t believe we progressives will ever attain our goals for a just and equitable society as long as the people making policy decisions are wealthy people who have never had to deal with the problems facing the non-wealthy. What interest do they have in Social Security when they’ll never need it? What interest do they have in providing health care when they can always afford it? What interest do they have in the minimum wage when they’ve never had to live on it?

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I Prefer Reality

This might just be the year I go from being non-religious to anti-religion. And to be clear, I’m not talking about becoming anti-the-religious. I’m talking about being anti-religion, the practices, the superstitions, the evil the institution has done to humanity. We should never give religion a pass when it disregards its own beliefs.

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The End Of The World

I believe another “End of the World"™️ has come and gone, and they’re still here. What if the Rapture has already happened, but only about 3 people were raptured. All the rest of those who hoped to go are just as screwed as they’ve always said we were.

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