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and Now for something completely different

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THIS is the Icon for Make a Phone Call... Totally Out of Date! This looks like a Handset from a SIXTIES AT&T Desk Phone... The Reason I'm Bringing this Up Is... One of the Caregivers at Home noticed that another Resident appeared to be Dead... So while she was trying to get a Response from the Resident... she said... "Dial 911" to the Other Care Giver... AND... The Other Caregiver Didn't Know How To Make a Phone Call on our Cordless Phone... FIRST you push the button with this Icon, Then You Push the Buttons "9" and then "1" and then "1" --- and She Couldn't Do That! Because... She has never seen a Phone that Looks Like This!

I wish people would use the Standard Hyperlink Color Scheme... Blue Letters, Underlined... So many Websites have Random "Artistic" Link Schemes that Make me GUESS which words are the Links... Like on my Google Blog... If I Hover Over my Name the Display Blog Post link Appears... Unless I Hover, The Link I want is Invisible! and often The Scroll bars are hidden... unless I hover over the place that A Scroll bar OUGHT TO BE... Bizarre!

I remember one time I took LSD and Went to the Movies to see "2001 a Space Odyssey" and "THX -1138" --- Well... The Movie THX Had an Absurd Amount of Bright White Light that Hurt my Eyes and Illuminated the Audience... and The Audience seemed much more interesting than what was happening on the Screen... I Walked Out to go explore the REAL WORLD because the MOTION PICTURES seemed so fake and Uninteresting... Just Goes to Show... Planning an Acid Trip Sometimes Just Doesn't Work!

FYI: LSD Causes Dilated Pupils... and Extreme Bright Lights are Painful... Once, I Went to Go Play in the Snow Near Mount Lassen and Had a Terrible Time... Snow Blindness Extreme!

My Slide Into Dementia... Today I couldn't Remember the Phrase "Coat of Arms" so I Substituted the Word "LOGO" instead... and When I Think About it, The Meaning is Very Similar! 

and There was NO WAY that I Could Remember our Family Name "Underhill" - mainly because My Name is Vanderlaan and the Underhills are Distant relatives that Live in New York... 

At the Old Folks Home that I Live in My Care Giver asked me if a Certain Cup was Mine... and she held up my Housemate Tom's Cup... I wanted to Say Mine Has a "Coat of Arms" on it but Couldn't Remember that Phrase... So I Said "LOGO" and She Served me a Cup of Coffee in the Correct Cup... and I READ the Word Underhill...

I'm amused by the Game Show "Jeopardy!" on TV and Play it Every Day... AARP offers Brain Training Games on the Computer but I NEVER Play them because They are NOT FUN... and I'd Rather Have Dementia than do Something that is NOT FUN...  

The Next Day I couldn't Remember the Name of the Movie "The Matrix" - So I Googled "Movie Keanu Reeves  Laurence Fishburne Mr Smith" and Google Found it for me... 

I wanted the Quote about How Humans are a Cancer on the Planet... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrBdYmStZJ4

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Whenever Someone Says "Namaste" I Always Reply: "I'm Nasty Too!"

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Today I read on FaceBorg: MWM Said: 

 

I am convinced that there are three categories of people who call themselves Christians.

-- Traditional Christians follow Paul of Tarsus, and worship Jesus as "God in a man-suit." Many of them are sincere and admirable people. I love any number of this sort of Christian.

-- "There is another group of folks who identify as Christian. Some call themselves Progressive Christians or Red Letter Christians or Jesus Followers. They -- we -- try to live the command of Jesus to love God with all our being and to love all of humanity as we do ourselves and take quite seriously his words about caring for the most vulnerable --'the least of these siblings of mine.' These are folks who understand that that Bible was written by people describing their own efforts to understand the Ineffable, to describe the Indescribable, to explain the Inexplicable. It is not a history or science text, a law book, or a weapon to hammer others with. it is a story of faith journeys. Most of this group of Christians are far too awed by the Creator and too aware of human limitations to claim to possess the only truth about the Infinite. Unfortunately, these folks are quietly living out their faith alongside Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter and so many others while that second group makes all the noise and tries to co-opt the name but not the message of that First Century Middle-Eastern Jewish rabbi."

-- A newer category of Christian hates women, especially a woman's right to control her own body; hates LGBTQs, especially their right to control their own bodies and love whomever they choose; and hates black, brown, red, and yellow people, especially those who do not believe what these "Christians" believe. They firmly believe that the Jesus portrayed in the Christian Testament commands them to vituperate, judge, and condemn. Their image of Jesus is a gun-lover who (amazingly) hates, judges, and all the same people these "Christians" hate.

I try hard to pity these "Christians," because I think a hate-full life must be an unhappy one.

But, dang, on days like these it's hard to do....

and I Replied: Don't Forget the "Backsliding" Christian... I Truly Believed ONCE... I Accepted Jesus Christ as My Personal Savior... ONCE... and Then Never Went to Church Again... And I made Sure that I Sinned... After All, I Wouldn't Want to Have Jesus Die FOR NOTHING... I'm Certain that I'll Go To Heaven... BECAUSE... The Only Requirement is that You Accept Jesus Christ as Your Personal Savior... No Amount of Good Deeds Are Required... God Doesn't Keep Score...

If You Think About It, Christianity is the Perfect Religion if You Work for the MAFIA... Step One: Commit Murder, Step Two: Ask for Forgiveness, Step Three: Get Forgiven... Then... LOOP... Step One: Commit Murder, Step Two: Ask for Forgiveness, Step Three: Get Forgiven... Then... LOOP...

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I’m 14 and I’m struggling in Algebra class. When I ask for help, the male teacher says ‘I’m not surprised, girls aren’t that good at Algebra.’

I’m 18 and go to my first fraternity parties with girlfriends. We don’t ever say it out loud but it’s understood that we need to stick together at these parties and not get separated, for our own safety.

I’m 20 and I’m working as a hostess at the Red Lion Inn in San Jose, near the airport. Men in suits come in to eat after their meetings during the day and I see them take off their wedding rings before heading into the bar next to the restaurant. Every girl who works there learns quickly not to bend too far over because of the short skirts of our uniforms.

I’m 22 and it’s my first day on a new job. My male supervisor gets me into a room alone and I think he’s going to tell me about the job but instead he tells me about how much he likes sex and how he needs to have it every day. I get up and walk out of the room and avoid him after that, but I don’t tell anyone because I’m one of the only women there and I don’t know what to do.

I’m 24 and I’m watching Anita Hill on TV, testifying about a man who wants to be on the Supreme Court. I don’t understand everything I’m watching but I understand that she’s a black woman facing down a panel of white men and she is going to lose because, at 24, I do understand who has power and who does not.

I’m any age in my 20s and I’m walking on the street, in a park, in a city, in a suburb, anywhere. Men tell me to smile, to wait a minute, to slow down what’s my hurry, can I ask you a question, can I stand too close to you, can I demand your space, your time, your attention, hey where you going bitch?

I’m 25. I’m buying my first car and the salesman offers a price I know is way too high. I bring my stepdad to the showroom and the same car is now $3000 less. I smile and buy the car but inside, I’m seething.

I’m any age in my 30’s and I think about where I park, where I go, whether I should get in that elevator that only has one man in it and how I should make sure not to make eye contact with men in the streets. All of this is normal to me and I don’t question any of it.

I’m 35. I’m buying my second car and the salesman says we should wait for my husband to get there before talking about the price but would I like to see the makeup mirror? I tell him I’m a lesbian and, if he’s waiting for my husband, he’s going to be waiting a long time. I leave because I’m learning.

I’m 40 and a woman, Hillary Clinton, is taking a serious run at the Democratic presidential nomination. She’s smart, tough and qualified but she endures endless anger, viciousness, and misogyny and she eventually loses in the primary. Male friends tell me it’s probably for the best because there’s just something they don’t like about her, you know?

I’m 49 and a man who said he grabs women by the pussy is elected as the 45th President of the United States. The night of the election, I feel physically ill and my first conscious thought is ‘my God, the Supreme Court.’ The next morning, I overhear two men laughing and congratulating each other about the election and I feel unsafe in my own country.

I’m 51 and another man who stands credibly accused of sexual assault has just been confirmed to serve on the Supreme Court. I see women on television sobbing, screaming, protesting, crying out in their anguish and their fear. I am so angry. I think of every woman I know and I am so angry.

I am any age, every age. I am a woman. I am a daughter. I am discounted. I am underrepresented. I am underestimated. But I am a voter. Today, that has to be enough.”

~ Author Unknown

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There has Been a LOT of Mockery of Christianity and the Rapture recently on FaceBorg... 

Joe Blow Posted:

I’ve got some questions…

So, did the rapture happen 24 separate times? Does the rapture happen at midnight GMT or midnight in Jerusalem? What if you were heading East and just missed the rapture in the eastern time zone and by the time you get to that time zone the one to the west is rapturing and you miss it, do you get a rapture Rain check? When you’re raptured do you leave your clothes or do they get raptured with you? What if your clothes were sinful but you weren’t, would your clothing hold you back? What if you got your clothes from a thrift shop and the person who originally bought the clothes was sinful? Is there a brand of soap that’s better at getting sin out of clothing over others? Do banks accept being raptured for missing a payment? What if you were on the toilet as the rapture was happening? Is there a check in Procedure in Heaven Once you’re raptured? Why don’t priests and nuns ever get raptured? Why don’t raptures ever happen on a Sunday? Does the rapture happen instantaneously or do you ascend slowly? How slowly? Can you control the assent? Can you fly around for a bit as you ascend or do you just go straight up into Heaven? What if a plane gets in the way? What if a plane is being flown by a pilot being ascended? Does the pilot drag the plane with him? Do animals get raptured? At what point do these predictions become obviously fake? Has anyone, aside from Jesus, ever actually been raptured? Would Blondie’s song “Rapture” be eligible to be raptured? When you’re being raptured, does it make any sound? As you are ascending, does it get colder as you rise in the air? What happens if you are struck by lightning while being raptured? Is there an orientation class to get familiar with Heaven once I’m raptured? Does Heaven come with a map? Let’s say that there is someone who you really don’t want to see in heaven, how would that work? Could you paint lamb’s blood over your doorway that prevents you from being raptured? Can you put lamb’s blood over the doorway of someone else’s doorway and prevent them from being raptured? Do you age in Heaven? Do you still have to brush your teeth in Heaven? Does ice cream melt in Heaven? What if you like melted ice cream, would it only melt for you in Heaven? Wait… why is Jesus coming? I thought we were going to see him?!? Wouldn’t it be better to say, we’re coming?

I’m beginning to think that this is as poorly thought out way too reward people!

and then... 

“When people ask me if a god created the universe, I tell them that the question itself makes no sense. Time didn’t exist before the big bang, so there is no time for god to make the universe in. It’s like asking directions to the edge of the earth; The Earth is a sphere; it doesn’t have an edge; so looking for it is a futile exercise. We are each free to believe what we want, and it’s my view that the simplest explanation is; there is no god. No one created our universe,and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization; There is probably no heaven, and no afterlife either. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe, and for that I am extremely grateful.”

― Stephen Hawking

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DEFUND the Space Force... The Chances that Earth will be Invaded by Aliens in Flying Saucers is Remote... and They would be so far advanced that ATTACKING Extra Terrestrials would be a VERY BAD IDEA!

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Election season has come. Here’s what you need to do to stop Trump from winning... Robert Reich
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/06/election-2024-beginning-how-to-stop-trump

America is about to start a terrifyingly high-stakes ride. 
What can the rest of us do between now and the election to help save American democracy? Let me try out a few answers:

Do everything within your power to ensure that Donald Trump is not re-elected president. For some of us, this will mean taking time out of our normal lives to become more directly politically involved – up to and including getting out the votes in critical swing states.

Do not succumb to the tempting anesthesia of complacency or cynicism. The stakes are too high. Even if you cannot take much time out of your normal life for direct politics, you will need to organize, mobilize and energize your friends, colleagues and neighbors.

Counter lies with truth. When you hear someone repeating a Trump Republican lie, correct it. This will require that you prepare yourself with facts, logic, analysis and sources.

Do not tolerate bigotry and hate. Call it out. Stand up to it. Denounce it. Demand that others denounce it, too.

Do not resort to violence, name-calling, bullying or any of the other tactics that Trump followers may be using.

Be compassionate toward hardcore followers of Trump, but be firm in your opposition. Understand why someone may decide to support Trump, but don’t waste your time and energy trying to convert them. Use your time and energy on those who still have open minds.

Don’t waste your time and energy commiserating with people who already agree with you. Don’t gripe, whine, wring your hands and kvetch with other progressives about how awful Trump and his Republican enablers are. Don’t snivel over or criticize Biden and the Democrats for failing to communicate more effectively. None of this will get you anything except an upset stomach or worse.

Demonstrate, but don’t mistake demonstrating for political action. You may find it gratifying to stand on a corner in Berkeley with a sign asking drivers to “honk if you hate fascism” and elicit lots of honks, but that’s as politically effectual as taking a warm shower. Organize people who don’t normally vote to vote for Biden. Mobilize get-out-the-vote efforts in your community. Get young people involved.

Don’t get deflected by the latest sensationalist post or story by or about Trump. Don’t let the media’s short-term attention span divert your eyes from the prize – the survival of American democracy during one of the greatest stress tests it has had to endure, organized by one of the worst demagogues in American history.

"My main purpose in life is not to put songs in people’s ears but to put them on their lips." - Pete Seeger

Pete spent his time on earth planting, healing, building, laughing, singing, loving, embracing, and advocating peace.

Pete brought the world closer together with his music. Every day, every minute, someone in the world is singing a Pete Seeger song. For over six decades, he introduced Americans to songs from other cultures, like "Wimoweh from South Africa, "Guantanamera" from Cuba, and "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena" from Israel.

in the 1960s, Pete visited Israel twice. In addition to performances in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, he played at Kibbutz Kfar Azza. (See photograph below.) He also did an impromptu midnight concert at an army base in the Negev.

During his 1964 visit (he also came in 1967, just weeks before the Six-Day War), an army base’s command car rescued Pete and his family when their car got stuck in a flood. After the commander pulled them out, Pete took his banjo out and started to sing.

In the video below, The Weavers treat us to "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena".

"Until I started living in New York at age 19-20, I knew so little about Jewish culture, it was shameful. It was in New York that I befriended some Jewish musicians. From one of these young men I learned 'Tzena, Tzena, Tzena' in 1948. I performed the song with The Weavers in a Greenwich Village nightclub, not knowing anything of the song's history or even its meaning. I eventually learned that the song is a rousing call to ‘join the celebration’ with ‘people from every nation’ who'll ‘dance the hora’ until ‘dawn will find us laughing in the sunlight dancing in the city square’.” – Pete Seeger

"Legendary songwriter, singer, and political activist Pete Seeger's 'Tzena, Tzena, Tzena' was a great example of the power of music not only to entertain, but to bring people together." – Lowell Milken, the creator of the Milken Archive of Jewish Music which explores the vast panorama of sacred and secular works of 360 years of Jewish life in America.

"The truth is Pete Seeger made 'Tzena, Tzena, Tzena' a song of peace, made it a song of joy. May God bless Pete Seeger." - Issachar Miron

Issachar Miron was born in 1919 and left Poland at the age of 19, thus avoiding the Holocaust. In 1941, while serving in the Jewish Brigade of the British forces, he composed the melody for the lyrics of "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena" written by Yechiel Chagiz. The song became popular in Palestine and was played on the Israeli radio.

"Come out, come out, come out girls from the village - welcome home the soldiers. Good sentiments for any country. The second line says . . . Girls, don’t be modest . . . give them a good welcome!” – Pete Seeger talking about the lyrics of "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena"

The songs of The Weavers and Pete Seeger are sung by people in cities and villages around the world, promoting the basic idea that the hopes that unite us are greater than the fears that divide us.

Click the link below to experience the power and the wonder of The Weavers.

https://youtu.be/ruyeXhH23y4

If you are in a union or was in a union what was/is the pros and cons? What are some great unions to be apart of? I've never been involved in a union.

We Had a Union at Work. They Negotiated High Pay, Vacation Time, Holidays, Coffee Breaks... Health Insurance and Retirement... EXCELLENT! I worked at the County of Humboldt in California. Department of Health and Human Services... and there are not that many jobs at all in Eureka... or Arcata... You can work at the College or at a Lumber Mill or on a Fishing Boat... or a clerk at Grocery Store, Target or Starbucks...

Sixty years ago, JFK fought for peace against his own military and intelligence agencies. He died trying.

Seven years in the making, FOUR DIED TRYING shines a bright light on the extraordinary lives and tragic murders of President John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Told through over 120 interviews, FOUR DIED TRYING delves deep, uncovering buried truths and fresh perspectives from family, colleagues, friends … and enemies.

Mark your calendars. #FourDiedTrying premieres this November. Learn more: www.fourdiedtrying.com