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Thoughts On President Biden’s Speech

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Tonight, I watched President Biden’s address to the joint session of Congress and to the people of the United States.  I was impressed with the President, thought he made good points, saw that he was trying to acknowledge the differences between the two sides of the aisle, while urging them to work together, to find some common ground, to compromise.  He was both professional and passionate, gave hope in saying he believed we could find ways to come together as a nation.

I was not impressed by Mitch McConnell, who sat stone-faced and did not once stand or applaud the President, nor was I impressed by Ted Cruz, who was caught on camera sleeping.  I suspect Ted wasn’t actually sleeping but was putting on an act, as he so loves to do.

President Biden has a lot of good ideas, things that need to happen to help the people of…

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Il sosia o doppelganger

I met one and have seen two others – woo woo woo

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Si cerca il sosia di Vincent Van Gogh C'è un mandellese tra i più quotati -  Cronaca, Mandello del Lario

Il sosia è colui che presenta una somiglianza fisica con un’altra persona e se il sosia è un personaggio vissuto in un’epoca precedente si tratta di cronopareidolia. Questo tema era molto in voga durante il Romanticismo e nelle opere appariva spesso un gemello maligno che alla fine riceveva un trattamento drammatico.

La parola sosia deriva da un personaggio della commedia Anfitrione del poeta latino Plauto. Egli narrò che un giorno il dio Giove si era innamorato di Alcmena, la fedele moglie di Anfitrione re di Tebe e, approfittando del fatto che il re fosse in guerra contro i Tebani, si introdusse di notte nel suo palazzo assumendo le sembianze dello stesso sovrano. Il dio Mercurio lo aiutò vestendo i panni di Sosia, il fedele servo di Anfitrione e così i due riuscirono ad ingannare Alcmena che, credendolo suo marito, trascorse una notte d’amore con Giove.

Tra il XX e il XXI secolo…

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Banana Toffee Pops

What’s not to love about these in moderation…? smile

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What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Front-Runner Favs: Banana Toffee Pops! It’s no secret kids love bananas. Adults do, too. With the dog days of summer upon us, make a treat with frozen bananas. Turn them into tasty pops covered in sprinkles or throw them in the blender for a refreshing smoothie. Can’t make up your mind? Do both! 🐵Question: How do you get a monkey down the stairs? 🐒Answer: Have it slide down the banana-ster! 🍌🍌🍌Have a great day!

BANANA TOFFEE POPS

Ingredients:

3 firm bananas, peeled and cut in half

6 popsicle sticks

8 ounces Greek yogurt

1/3 cup toffee pieces, slightly crushed

1/3 cup mini chocolate chips

Instructions:

Place a sheet of wax paper on a baking sheet. Set aside. Combine toffee pieces and mini chocolate chips. Sprinkle onto a sheet of wax paper. Once the banana is coated in yogurt, you will roll the banana in the…

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What did life teach us so far?|زندگی تاکنون به ما چه آموخته است؟

Life lessons with a smile…

A Voice from Iran

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Stimulating research was running about;

“What have you learned from life so far?”

The interesting answers were:

  • I shouldn’t have lived a day without saying “I Love You” to my wife. (61 years old)

  • I shouldn’t go to the supermarket when I am hungry. (38 years old)
  • Opening the juice box from the opposite side that says open from here, is more manageable. (54 years old)
  • Never walk on ice when your hands are in your pocket. (12 years old)

  • Two people can look at the same thing at the same time but understand two different meanings. (20 years old)
  • When my mother says “Let’s see” means “No.” (7 years old)
  • I can’t be dusting the album shelf, without looking at the pictures. (42 years old)

  • Most of the things I was worried about in my life never happened. (64 years old)
  • I do a job perfect when…

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Women’s voices raised on gender-based violence in Jamaica | Petchary’s Blog

The viral video that surfaced earlier this month, and subsequent calls for the alleged perpetrator, a Member of Parliament, to resign, continue to reverberate. Many statements and concerns expressed by various organizations have spoken out strongly on the issue. Here are the voices of some women from a grouping of ten women’s organizations and some…
— Read on petchary.wordpress.com/2021/04/29/womens-voices-raised-on-gender-based-violence-in-jamaica/

GOP precinct chair in Texas arrested in US Capitol riot – CNNPolitics

Mark Middleton and Jalise Middleton at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Photo from the Department of Justice. So where is the Covid-specific infrastructure and the “people’s movement” against the virus that Modi boasted about in his speech? Hospital beds are unavailable. Doctors and medical staff are at breaking point. Friends call with stories about wards with no staff and more dead patients than live ones. People are dying in hospital corridors, on roads and in their homes. Crematoriums in Delhi have run out of firewood. The forest department has had to give special permission for the felling of city trees. Desperate people are using whatever kindling they can find. Parks and car parks are being turned into cremation grounds. It’s as if there’s an invisible UFO parked in our skies, sucking the air out of our lungs. An air raid of a kind we’ve never known. Source: GOP precinct chair in Texas arrested in US Capitol riot – CNNPolitics

Wondering Wednesdays, Baby Acres, and The Two Whys…

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

This post begins the rough draft of the first Chapter of my current non-fiction WiP, Baby Acres: Making Society Suck Less in 60 Years.     The overall goal is now to explain why we need both equ. + justice, & why in 4 phases.  This chapter will transition to a chapter (2-5) for each phase, showing what Phases I-IV might look like as part of a possible roadmap for a fully inclusive society for all of us.  This vision is laid out in the hope that All HumanKind  will eventually have each person’s basic needs  met, without taking anything from anyone, and without violence, intimidation, nor coercion of any kind. 

Chapter I (part 0): why and why

This week I am very tired, and working on getting updating the chapter outlines from their initial 2019 form. 

 

Next week I will continue with the rough draft of the start…

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