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On illness evoked by the mind
I have a friend who is undergoing severe suffering. She has severely disfigured herself in an attempt to relieve the symptoms. It is extremely tragic. It is also affecting those around her quite a bit. I am not sure how this will end up, but I hope that love, support, compassion, and healing are what lies ahead instead of the extreme ( Read more... ) -
Sail on ISS!
Just watched the ISS sail south west to north east across the sky shortly after sunset at 6:36pm. It looked like a bright star moving quickly across the sky. Took roughly three minutes to zoom out of view at 18,000 MPH. Amazed. There were some kids we pointed it out too. I was tempted to say it was Santa but I wanted them to know it was ( Read more... ) -
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"Now I wanted to say something about the fact that we have lived over these last two or three summers with agony and we have seen our cities going up in flames. And I would be the first to say that I am still committed to militant, powerful, massive, non-violence as the most potent weapon in grappling with the problem from a direct action point of ( Read more... ) -
Episode 3: "Nixon's The One" - Harry Shearer (and prior episodes.)
Episode 3:
"He wanted to keep a lot of secrets, but he wanted the secret agencies to open up to him."
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"Its All In Your Head' - 2014 - Negativland
Christianity:
Negativland "Its All In Your Head ACTS I" from johnx on Vimeo.
Islam:
Negativland "Its All In Your Head ACTS II" from johnx on Vimeo.
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Bombing our way to freedom (take 123)....
Bombing ISIL will do nothing but tactically contain ISIL while swelling their recruitment ranks. ISIL wants us to engage with them militarily for this and other reasons ( Read more... ) -
compare and contrast
Heavily intoxicated male brandishing firearm, defies orders for 40-minutes while officers call him "sir" and say "please", no charges.
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Marine vet, not intoxicated, defies order to roll down window, escalates into assault, officer lies on police report:
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Female detained for minor traffic violation, cant roll down window all the way, window ( Read more... )
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