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The Erosion Of Our Great Society
Let me say up front that the right in power in this country is just as culpable in what I am about to describe because they continue to do nothing to stop any of it. I see both the left and the right who are in power - as a unified force. So please do not read this document as a slight against the left. It has only been through the left that these ( Read more... ) -
She's Gangstah
I wrote this poem about a young woman I had known for a few years at the time. She got mixed up with the wrong crowd and her life was eventually turned upside down. She got into viscious cycles and dated men who treated her horribly and she even got in trouble with the law a few times. Essentially ... she had forgotten who she was... and she was a ( Read more... ) -
Right! (A poem from hard times)
I've written many poems over the years. Usually, I write them as an outlet when I am experiencing strong emotions concerning whatever I am going through at the time. Writing is a great tool for processing emotion and a far more productive tool than the outward reaction from emotion in many cases.
When I wrote this, it was about 15 months after my ( Read more... ) -
Non-Blocking vs. Blocking Arduino Code
For people who are new to writing Arduino sketches, or anyone new to programming in general, it is important to understand the difference between code that blocks vs code that does not.
Blocking is a term that is very simple. It means that the code in question seizes control of the CPU, thus blocking the rest of your code from being able to do ( Read more... ) -
A Victory For Tobacco Companies
Almost two years ago, The State of California enacted a law that banned "flavored tobacco" products. However, the tobacco companies successfully got the required number of signatures on a petition, which then forced the state to take the law to a proposition that would then require it to be passed by the people in the next election.
That proposition ( Read more... ) -
Techvision TVI7309X Review
I purchased this device from AlliExpress to use as a multi-function computer. I needed a machine to replace my router because mine has been acting up and I don't like being restricted in what I need a router to do, so I wanted to use an open-source router. I also needed a device that can run a few virtual machines that I use for development ( Read more... ) -
Why being wrong is so right...
I am currently 52 years old. When I turned 30, I found myself in the midst of a brilliant and very knowledgeable group of people on a Yahoo message board, who ultimately ended up helping me resolve some "knowledge gaps" I had in the area of human evolution.
Prior to meeting these folks, I was under the impression that evolution was not proven, ( Read more... ) -
Richard Dawkins - Hero Turned Zealot
Richard Dawkins used to be a hero of mine. He was, from my perspective, the essence of common sense, reason, logic, and most of all - critical thinking.
These days, he has become the essence of everything he claimed to despise. He is nothing less than a zealot on a mission to prove that all religion is wrong. And in that undertaking, he has become ( Read more... ) -
What is objective truth?
If something is objective, it is connected to reality. Objective truth is something that is true for everyone, whether they agree with it or not. At one time this was simply called “truth”.
The root word of objective is object. And an object is something that anyone can hold in their hands. It can be observed by anyone and described by anyone who ( Read more... ) -
Gender Identity and Forcing Society to Accept Lies At Gunpoint
Gender identity is another topic that has been hot in public discussion. And it is a topic that I believe is one of those topics that the left has been holding us, hostage, with, in terms of utilizing the point of a gun to force something on us that should never be forced on any society.
When a group claims to care about people, but then are ( Read more... )