Judi S.

Democracy dies in dumbness and stupidity.

“Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.” – Plato

The above link has a good article on Bonhoeffer.

Regular table salt often contains anti-caking agents (like sodium ferrocyanide or calcium silicate), which are synthetic additives. These could further disqualify a product from being labeled as “organic.” But even if unrefined sea salt is used, it can never be labeled 100% Organic…..salt is a mineral so can never be called an organic compound.

@TheEncogitationer  – Your descriptions of the various foods are good. I was reminded of Ambrose Bierce’s “The Devil’s Dictionary” which I dip into on occasion. Here.

@Unapologetic – What are freedom freckle parties?

During COVID many  people who “did their own research” decided it was a great idea to have parties so that they could get COVID and would then be able to build up their own natural immunity to the virus. As it transpired many of them  only gate-crashed Heaven. You know, religious freedom and all t…[Read more]

As President Trump seeks to purge the federal government of “woke” initiatives, agencies have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents.

accessible
activism
activists
advocacy
advocate
advocates
affirming care
all-inclusive
allyship
anti-racism
antiracist
assigned at birth
assigned female at…[Read more]

Have a great week!

 “The principal goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done; men and women who are creative, inventive, and discoverers, who can be critical and verify, and not accept, everything they are offered.”

Jean Piaget.

@Strega, I agree with you on ‘Fracture’. It has a clever plot with a decent twist to it.  He is one of those actors you are compelled to focus on, whatever his role in any specific scene is, even when he is silent.

That Dasein won’t last forever 😉

I wonder what he has on the members of his own party. I find it difficult to reconcile how so many Republicans are allowing themselves to turn their backs on almost everything the Republican Party used to stand for. Do they not get it that he is mesmerized by Putin? It does not really matter why but ‘all of a sudden’ they are standing up for…[Read more]

And one more that a friend has borrowed called The Irrational Ape, by an Irish science writer.

@jakelafort

I do read the majority of the books I list on Sunday School!! Here are a few more I would recommend.

@Strega – Yes, I was thinking of that when I read it.

“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.”

A farmer would have to be stupid to have only one revenue stream and one customer.

I am in agreement that one revenue stream is not wise. Unless they keep hens where I guess having all their eggs in one basket would be very profitable at the moment. However it should have been scaled down and not just stopped. It is not the farmers that are being…[Read more]

In an interview on Russian state television on Sunday, Mr. Lavrov listed the ills that Europe — not America — had brought upon the world. The United States, in his telling, had gone from evil mastermind to innocent bystander.

“Colonization, wars, crusaders, the Crimean War, Napoleon, World War I, Hitler,” Mr. Lavrov said. “If we look at history i…[Read more]

@Jakelafort – Once upon a midnight dreary, when your mind is bright and cheery, I shall wait to hear your musings—ponder well and share them more.