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🤓👍 - Update: Since this post came out, I co-authored a book about it called Super Thinking. Get notified about book updates here (currently…

Heads up! 😎

Heads up! 😎 - The World is Turning Catastrophically Stupid. Here’s How Not to Join It.

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🤔 - Turns out, a lot of it, actually.

Perspective...

Perspective... - On Dec. 24, 1968, Bill Anders orbited the moon as lunar module pilot with the Apollo 8 crew on humanity's first voyage to another world.

Is anyone else getting a bit tired of this 'Reality TV President. I sure hope there are big changes in store for 2019. I'm sure we all feel overdue for something productive to come from Washington D. C.

Is anyone else getting a bit tired of this 'Reality TV President. I sure hope there are big changes in store for 2019. I'm sure we all feel overdue for something productive to come from Washington D. C. - The string of complaining tweets comes in the midst of a partial federal government shutdown that is expected to stretch into the coming week.

- Why America is at a Crossroads in History — and There Might Not be Any Way Back to Normal, Sane, or Civilized

- Stefan Heidenreich believes that some day, money will seem like an ancient religion. In his recent book Money: For a Non-money Economy, the German philosopher and media theorist speculates on how the…

This is a no-brainer. It was only a matter of time until they started looking in the right place(s).

This is a no-brainer. It was only a matter of time until they started looking in the right place(s). - “"What is going to put him in jail eventually... destroy anything he's ever built, and his children, is a 30 year dishonest criminal enterprise. One thing will take him out of the presidency, the other will ruin him forever..."- @DonnyDeutsch w/ @NicolleDWallace https://t.co/L7Hyh0nnG8”

- 20 Awesome historical words we should bring back.

An excellently-written article... While it is humane and wise to include all nations and people within a framework that will benefit all inhabitants of Earth in the future, it is also wise to analyze each participant’s strategy for its integrity. We disregard this at our peril. Often, negligent / unethical intent or double standards are clearly at play and visible to those equipped and properly guided on where and how to look. Every company, culture, religion, nation or group is guilty and all are suspect, but this isn’t necessarily true on an individual basis. There are good people and bad people worldwide. They are often the ones who contribute to the failure / success of their group. I suspect the problem is when we separate into nations, groups, races, cultures, political parties and even sports teams, we begin to lose focus of the priority - and then, the priority changes - because WE lost focus...not because the priority changed. The priority is all of us - not just our sub- group. I notice often how nations, businesses, religions and even cultures have suppressed and marginalized their own people, something regularly done in China and, sadly, even more frequently in America. So I hope people will develop the skill of, first, having integrity and knowing there is only ‘one group’ (all of us), then learning to evaluate other groups - and their included individuals - for integrity. Those who fail to meet the criteria for integrity should be isolated and scrutinized. To all those People who thought their leadership choice in 2016 would improve America, those business people from the West who catered to authoritarian rule in China just to make a buck - while empowering a potential global threat, and other self-seeking opportunists who do not have the right priorities in mind, there will always be people like us out here who do have proper focus and will make sure every group that lacks integrity, deals in double standards and sacrifices others to benefit themselves fails until there is only one group - one priority. the only group that matters - all humans because, if you aren’t going to be loyal to all other humans, maybe you aren’t one. Maybe you don’t deserve to be one. You’re going to quickly run out of options. Maybe people will learn something from this very good analysis of China’s (government’s) ‘true’ global intentions and, remember, your ‘group’ may not be any better... If it isn’t - then be the individual who makes it better. 😊

An excellently-written article... While it is humane and wise to include all nations and people within a framework that will benefit all inhabitants of Earth in the future, it is also wise to analyze each participant’s strategy for its integrity. We disregard this at our peril. Often, negligent / unethical intent or double standards are clearly at play and visible to those equipped and properly guided on where and how to look. Every company, culture, religion, nation or group is guilty and all are suspect, but this isn’t necessarily true on an individual basis. There are good people and bad people worldwide. They are often the ones who contribute to the failure / success of their group. I suspect the problem is when we separate into nations, groups, races, cultures, political parties and even sports teams, we begin to lose focus of the priority - and then, the priority changes - because WE lost focus...not because the priority changed. The priority is all of us - not just our sub- group. I notice often how nations, businesses, religions and even cultures have suppressed and marginalized their own people, something regularly done in China and, sadly, even more frequently in America. So I hope people will develop the skill of, first, having integrity and knowing there is only ‘one group’ (all of us), then learning to evaluate other groups - and their included individuals - for integrity. Those who fail to meet the criteria for integrity should be isolated and scrutinized. To all those People who thought their leadership choice in 2016 would improve America, those business people from the West who catered to authoritarian rule in China just to make a buck - while empowering a potential global threat, and other self-seeking opportunists who do not have the right priorities in mind, there will always be people like us out here who do have proper focus and will make sure every group that lacks integrity, deals in double standards and sacrifices others to benefit themselves fails until there is only one group - one priority. the only group that matters - all humans because, if you aren’t going to be loyal to all other humans, maybe you aren’t one. Maybe you don’t deserve to be one. You’re going to quickly run out of options. Maybe people will learn something from this very good analysis of China’s (government’s) ‘true’ global intentions and, remember, your ‘group’ may not be any better... If it isn’t - then be the individual who makes it better. 😊 - What does China's "community of common destiny," recently emphasized by Chinese President Xi Jinping, mean for the future of the international order? Liza Tobin unpacks what, precisely, this vision entails and what it might mean for the United States and its allies.

- Songwriting. Improvising. Playing from the heart. Learn how the 10-time Grammy Award winner approaches the guitar.

- A new survey finds rising support for free trade, immigration and an active role in world affairs.

This article was written by a Chinese man well-known to me for his work while I lived over there and who managed to escape Chinese persecution to find asylum in the US. He's one of the lucky ones - a wise man and great writer. I'm glad he is still around and was pleasantly surprised to see this article in The Dallas Morning News. It's a great article...

This article was written by a Chinese man well-known to me for his work while I lived over there and who managed to escape Chinese persecution to find asylum in the US. He's one of the lucky ones - a wise man and great writer. I'm glad he is still around and was pleasantly surprised to see this article in The Dallas Morning News. It's a great article... - As Americans debate the implications of a potential trade war with China, they tend to overlook an important factor: the perspective of regular...

A great article...

A great article... - Bound by rules, yet constantly changing, language might be the ultimate self-regulating system, with nobody in charge

Now that's what I call 'thinking of the future'!

Now that's what I call 'thinking of the future'! - If we don’t invent a legal framework for space colonisation the consequences could be catastrophic: the time to act is now

Things that make ya' go "Hmm..." 🤔

Things that make ya' go "Hmm..." 🤔 - Rotten to the core: 10 findings from psychology that reveal the bad news about human nature and show us how to do better

- It's a common expression to say that your brain is full. Although the brain doesn't literally fill up, in recent years researchers have discovered that the brain does sometimes push out old memories in order to take up new ones.

There's always a way to make sure the world we live in remains a healthy one! 😊🤙

There's always a way to make sure the world we live in remains a healthy one! 😊🤙 - About the Author: Margaret Jasinski is an Account Manager for Phigenics. She oversees accounts within the Central Florida region and creates comprehensive water management programs for her clients.

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😎👍 - "You can not do a good job, if a job is all you do." Peter Drucker While you owe your boss your best effort, your dedication, your concentration, your honesty and integrity there are things you do not owe them: You do not owe your boss: Your health Your sanity Your relationships Your family From my

Perspective... ;)

Perspective... ;) - Been saying this for years

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😁 - Welcome to the Bark Side. Star Wars song from a dog chorus! #Episode7 #Countdown

Everything- and I mean Everything - laid out nice and neatly by Rachel Maddow. Tuesday should be interesting - and the following days, as well. The dominoes are soon going to fall for most, if not all, of Trump's cabinet - at least, the ones who have not fallen already. A failure of business ethics / political leadership so massive that it is unprecedented in American history and (hopefully) will never happen again. It is all very clear now. All that is left is to clean up the despicable mess. This is a disgrace, not to mention, corporate/political treason. No veteran or service member who is now serving or ever has served would have ever signed up for this...and I will have a hard time understanding why so many citizens were prepared to overlook such obvious (to me, at least, from the very beginning) evidence that they would support such a candidate. Let us all hope that nothing like this ever happens in the future...

Everything- and I mean Everything - laid out nice and neatly by Rachel Maddow. Tuesday should be interesting - and the following days, as well. The dominoes are soon going to fall for most, if not all, of Trump's cabinet - at least, the ones who have not fallen already. A failure of business ethics / political leadership so massive that it is unprecedented in American history and (hopefully) will never happen again. It is all very clear now. All that is left is to clean up the despicable mess. This is a disgrace, not to mention, corporate/political treason. No veteran or service member who is now serving or ever has served would have ever signed up for this...and I will have a hard time understanding why so many citizens were prepared to overlook such obvious (to me, at least, from the very beginning) evidence that they would support such a candidate. Let us all hope that nothing like this ever happens in the future... - Rachel Maddow shows how the Trump Organization's continued pursuit of a Trump Tower Moscow deal into the 2016 campaign, exposed by Michael Cohen this week, e...

Very important stuff...

Very important stuff... - America cannot afford to ignore China’s semiconductor ambitions. It cannot simply tame them, either

- Do not make the mistake of the ignorant who think that an individualist is a man who says: “I’ll do as I please at everybody else’s expense.” An individualist is a man who recognizes the inalienable individual rights of man - his own and those of others. An individualist is a man who says: “I will not run anyone’s life - nor let anyone run mine. I will not rule nor be ruled. I will not be a master nor a slave. I will not sacrifice myself to anyone - nor sacrifice anyone to myself." - Ayn Rand

- This hands down is the best thug life clip I've seen to date

Brilliant... ^_^

Brilliant... ^_^ - Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern...

There is a reason President Eisenhower (a US Military General) warned the US electorate about empowering The Military Industrial Complex. The reason for this is very profound and, to anyone with a logical mind, very good advice. You see, if we use billion-dollar weapons, we have obviously spent a majority of government money (civilian tax money) to make them and probably intend to use them. If we use them - which is a great idea for those making them since they get to replenish them once they are spent - at a steep price to American citizens, we are going to create a lot of enemies. In order to 'defend ourselves' (from the fictitious problem we have created which is just a financial opportunity depriving millions of Americans of resources they pay for and costing millions of lives worldwide), we will have to keep making them and that is expensive, so we spend billions on weapons and the cycle goes on and on. People die (usually foreigners - at least, until Kashoggi), companies who make devices of death profit (I have an uncle who designed weapons for the DOD and another one who created life-saving equipment for soldiers - I'll let you decide which one I appreciated more), Americans suffer an economy that neither educates them, updates their infrastructure or allows them to live the safe, financially secure lives they could be living, creates political crime by way of elevating people who would support this criminal enterprise of killing people for profit (or jailing them, like the privatized American prison system) and we keep 'drinking the Kool-Aid' these politicians, corporations and media hacks keep throwing to us while they destroy lives, rape our economy and take the money to the bank (another group that is heavily involved). I cannot comprehend how it can be so difficult for people to see what is - and has been - going on without doing anything about it. The terrorism is created, the need for weapons is created, the profit from death is created and the only people who are not benefiting from all of it are the people who are paying for all of it...the American citizens. Well, now an American citizen has died and our leader is trying to look the other way so he can sell billions of dollars of US weapons to a country that was the origin of 19 people who brought down the WTC, Bin Lade and his 50 siblings, host of the most violent sect of Islam (Wahabism) and many US citizens just keep on putting their red ball caps on and rooting for the most egregious, greedy, narcissist ever to have a stranglehold on this nation and blatantly violate all that Americans want this country to be - right under the uneducated noses (no doubt, thanks to education being raped by war profiteers) of the very Americans this half-wit is supposed to be serving. If you cannot see the inherent misfortune in that or comprehend that nothing in the future of any benefit to this nation will ever come of it, I would advise you to spend a great deal more time studying...since not doing so may very well destroy your future, the future of all other people and the health and longevity of this beautiful planet - the only place we humans have to live...and if you're counting on NASA to save you, give up. I have long since given up that idealistic fantasy when I realized we are far too busy spending money on killing each other and destroying the planet than on what we intend to do when there is no longer any safe place to live. Education is freedom! ;)

There is a reason President Eisenhower (a US Military General) warned the US electorate about empowering The Military Industrial Complex. The reason for this is very profound and, to anyone with a logical mind, very good advice. You see, if we use billion-dollar weapons, we have obviously spent a majority of government money (civilian tax money) to make them and probably intend to use them. If we use them - which is a great idea for those making them since they get to replenish them once they are spent - at a steep price to American citizens, we are going to create a lot of enemies. In order to 'defend ourselves' (from the fictitious problem we have created which is just a financial opportunity depriving millions of Americans of resources they pay for and costing millions of lives worldwide), we will have to keep making them and that is expensive, so we spend billions on weapons and the cycle goes on and on. People die (usually foreigners - at least, until Kashoggi), companies who make devices of death profit (I have an uncle who designed weapons for the DOD and another one who created life-saving equipment for soldiers - I'll let you decide which one I appreciated more), Americans suffer an economy that neither educates them, updates their infrastructure or allows them to live the safe, financially secure lives they could be living, creates political crime by way of elevating people who would support this criminal enterprise of killing people for profit (or jailing them, like the privatized American prison system) and we keep 'drinking the Kool-Aid' these politicians, corporations and media hacks keep throwing to us while they destroy lives, rape our economy and take the money to the bank (another group that is heavily involved). I cannot comprehend how it can be so difficult for people to see what is - and has been - going on without doing anything about it. The terrorism is created, the need for weapons is created, the profit from death is created and the only people who are not benefiting from all of it are the people who are paying for all of it...the American citizens. Well, now an American citizen has died and our leader is trying to look the other way so he can sell billions of dollars of US weapons to a country that was the origin of 19 people who brought down the WTC, Bin Lade and his 50 siblings, host of the most violent sect of Islam (Wahabism) and many US citizens just keep on putting their red ball caps on and rooting for the most egregious, greedy, narcissist ever to have a stranglehold on this nation and blatantly violate all that Americans want this country to be - right under the uneducated noses (no doubt, thanks to education being raped by war profiteers) of the very Americans this half-wit is supposed to be serving. If you cannot see the inherent misfortune in that or comprehend that nothing in the future of any benefit to this nation will ever come of it, I would advise you to spend a great deal more time studying...since not doing so may very well destroy your future, the future of all other people and the health and longevity of this beautiful planet - the only place we humans have to live...and if you're counting on NASA to save you, give up. I have long since given up that idealistic fantasy when I realized we are far too busy spending money on killing each other and destroying the planet than on what we intend to do when there is no longer any safe place to live. Education is freedom! ;) - Mike Pompeo and James Mattis are due to give a briefing on Wednesday but there is no sign CIA director will take part

Follow the money, lies and players...

Follow the money, lies and players... - Trump’s former campaign chairman, found guilty of eight counts of fraud on Tuesday, built a lucrative career in influence-peddling in US and abroad

Here's some interesting, but not overly impressive, world-changing history. Unfortunately, it isn't the kind that necessarily changed things for the better. Actually, it is quite the opposite, in fact. It looks like draft-dodging and avoiding military service (in favor of pursuing greed) are family traditions. Things that make ya' go "Hmm..."! 🤔

Here's some interesting, but not overly impressive, world-changing history. Unfortunately, it isn't the kind that necessarily changed things for the better. Actually, it is quite the opposite, in fact. It looks like draft-dodging and avoiding military service (in favor of pursuing greed) are family traditions. Things that make ya' go "Hmm..."! 🤔 - Royal decree ordered Friedrich Trump to leave Germany and never come back after he failed to do military service

Well, it might be a really good idea to think about voting for a Republican judge (never heard of a Democrat, Progressive, Libertarian, etc. doing this) when they'll spitefully decide to release many violent youth offenders into the public because they lost their re-election bid. Fortunately, the youth offenders' cases will be heard again. After all, we can't just let (possibly mentally) deficient judges try cases if we all want any chance at survival. In fact, if I were a member of the State Bar Assn., I would make sure this guy never practiced law or sat in judgment of another case for the rest of his life. It's a pity people will throw away their morals and ethics for such petty things. No wonder there are so many problems in the legal system (among others, such as teachers and priests that can't keep their hands off of children). Always keep your eyes open, folks!

Well, it might be a really good idea to think about voting for a Republican judge (never heard of a Democrat, Progressive, Libertarian, etc. doing this) when they'll spitefully decide to release many violent youth offenders into the public because they lost their re-election bid. Fortunately, the youth offenders' cases will be heard again. After all, we can't just let (possibly mentally) deficient judges try cases if we all want any chance at survival. In fact, if I were a member of the State Bar Assn., I would make sure this guy never practiced law or sat in judgment of another case for the rest of his life. It's a pity people will throw away their morals and ethics for such petty things. No wonder there are so many problems in the legal system (among others, such as teachers and priests that can't keep their hands off of children). Always keep your eyes open, folks! - Judge Glenn Devlin in Harris County, Texas, released almost all the juvenile defendants that appeared before him Wednesday after losing re-election.

A common trait of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® - INFJ (That would be me...)

A common trait of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® - INFJ (That would be me...) - Are you of the lesser-known but more balanced personality type? Find out.

- Estranged but not alienated, devout but not obedient, philosophical but not a systematiser, Simone Weil defies conventions

- The French philosopher and writer Simone de Beauvoir (1908-86) was at the height of her influence after she published her landmark feminist treatise The Second Sex (1949) and her acclaimed novel The Mandarins (1954). In the wake of the the Second World War, alongside Albert Camus and her lover Jean-...

- The philosophy that improves you by mocking your beliefs: Alan Jay Levinovitz introduces the Zhuang Zi

Rest in Peace, Bob...

Rest in Peace, Bob... - The former energy company owner is said to be the man who brought professional football back to Houston.

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- From City of Angels

This one is sure to ruffle a few feathers! Ever notice how many conservatives are leveraged to the point of deep personal debt - home loans, car loans, school loans, etc. - and seem to have a rather unnerving, irrational or unethical passion for capital acquisition at any cost? Do you really think it is a coincidence? I'm just curious since, in a world where there is little financial security - in favor of debt slavery - and people want to 'live the American Dream' at any cost...just what is the actual cost? Integrity? Ethics? Morality? Freedom? Are people willing to go into debt to spend the rest of their lives working to pay for what they have already spent? How real is 'success'? How well you hide your debt? How well you screw others to pay it off? I wonder where all this will eventually lead... The future should be interesting (or very disturbing and depressing). I guess we'll see... But hey, what do *I* know? Could it be...being free from debt (That is my choice and it always has been)? "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time..." ;)

This one is sure to ruffle a few feathers! Ever notice how many conservatives are leveraged to the point of deep personal debt - home loans, car loans, school loans, etc. - and seem to have a rather unnerving, irrational or unethical passion for capital acquisition at any cost? Do you really think it is a coincidence? I'm just curious since, in a world where there is little financial security - in favor of debt slavery - and people want to 'live the American Dream' at any cost...just what is the actual cost? Integrity? Ethics? Morality? Freedom? Are people willing to go into debt to spend the rest of their lives working to pay for what they have already spent? How real is 'success'? How well you hide your debt? How well you screw others to pay it off? I wonder where all this will eventually lead... The future should be interesting (or very disturbing and depressing). I guess we'll see... But hey, what do *I* know? Could it be...being free from debt (That is my choice and it always has been)? "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time..." ;) - "Conservative syndrome" more broadly explains the negative correlation between intelligence and religiosity.

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Could this be what is holding the human race back? If so (which I firmly believe, myself), why is that? Is this because we have a lot of people who cannot manage to find continuous progress in their fields or are one-off successes and need to make these claims in order to capitalize? Is this because of the current system of commerce and law? Is that system founded on these principles or vice-versa? Is it because there is an inherent lack of trust in society - at regional as well as international levels? Is this because of a lack of ethics and morals? Is it because of nationalism? Is it a failure, overall, of the human race? Truly, there are so many questions I can imagine, based on this article, it would make the average head swim (if it hasn't already - and I am far from finished). The reasons for asking these questions? Well, it has everything to do with the future of the human race, the planet, commerce, research and development and so many other things (an equally tiring list). What do you think this planet would look like and / or the people living on it would enjoy if intellectual property wasn't stifling cooperation and collective creativity, growth, exploration, development, etc? I can tell you I've had the pleasure (to some degree) of enjoying just such an environment. It was when I worked in the Space Program (NASA), one of the few places - at that time - where nations, engineers, scientists and many others from various locations, cultures, experiences and educations put their minds together and created great, incredible things. The only question I have now is...what happened to us? (Yes, I have plenty of theories as to that response, just as I have theories to the above questions) I think we can do better...

Could this be what is holding the human race back? If so (which I firmly believe, myself), why is that? Is this because we have a lot of people who cannot manage to find continuous progress in their fields or are one-off successes and need to make these claims in order to capitalize? Is this because of the current system of commerce and law? Is that system founded on these principles or vice-versa? Is it because there is an inherent lack of trust in society - at regional as well as international levels? Is this because of a lack of ethics and morals? Is it because of nationalism? Is it a failure, overall, of the human race? Truly, there are so many questions I can imagine, based on this article, it would make the average head swim (if it hasn't already - and I am far from finished). The reasons for asking these questions? Well, it has everything to do with the future of the human race, the planet, commerce, research and development and so many other things (an equally tiring list). What do you think this planet would look like and / or the people living on it would enjoy if intellectual property wasn't stifling cooperation and collective creativity, growth, exploration, development, etc? I can tell you I've had the pleasure (to some degree) of enjoying just such an environment. It was when I worked in the Space Program (NASA), one of the few places - at that time - where nations, engineers, scientists and many others from various locations, cultures, experiences and educations put their minds together and created great, incredible things. The only question I have now is...what happened to us? (Yes, I have plenty of theories as to that response, just as I have theories to the above questions) I think we can do better... - Copyrights, patents and trademarks are all important, but the term ‘intellectual property’ is nonsensical and pernicious

A great article but, in my opinion, it falls short... Whereas I believe it's important to keep passion alive (in whatever form, whether religious, artistic or otherwise) as a counter-balance to 'reasoning oneself into an untenable position (something that often manifests itself in the suicidal and bereft of hope), I think we also need to keep in mind that reason is just as important as a 'bulwark' against the very motivations to which irresponsible passion can and does often lead. In my humble opinion, the 'tree of divine wisdom' has two branches - reason and faith (or passion, in this case). One protects us from zealotry and unreasonable fantasy and the other protects us from our failure to grasp epistemology or 'the theory of human knowledge'. Ideally, these 'branches' should be of equal length. I also believe that the failure of many to tend to this responsibility is the reason we have so many problems in the world today - scatterbrained artists (Van Gogh is a great example), terrorism, religious zealots, criminal leadership and so on (things which are not necessarily mutually exclusive).

A great article but, in my opinion, it falls short... Whereas I believe it's important to keep passion alive (in whatever form, whether religious, artistic or otherwise) as a counter-balance to 'reasoning oneself into an untenable position (something that often manifests itself in the suicidal and bereft of hope), I think we also need to keep in mind that reason is just as important as a 'bulwark' against the very motivations to which irresponsible passion can and does often lead. In my humble opinion, the 'tree of divine wisdom' has two branches - reason and faith (or passion, in this case). One protects us from zealotry and unreasonable fantasy and the other protects us from our failure to grasp epistemology or 'the theory of human knowledge'. Ideally, these 'branches' should be of equal length. I also believe that the failure of many to tend to this responsibility is the reason we have so many problems in the world today - scatterbrained artists (Van Gogh is a great example), terrorism, religious zealots, criminal leadership and so on (things which are not necessarily mutually exclusive). - The ‘age of reason’ cliché needs to die – Enlightenment thinkers had a much more nuanced understanding of the passions

Education is a right - not a profit opportunity for the greedy...

Education is a right - not a profit opportunity for the greedy... - Keely Mullen, an organizer for the Million Student March movement, wants the 1 percent to pay for tuition-free public colleges and a minimum wage hike for campus workers, adding "these 1 percent hoarders” should pay up to 90 percent of their income in taxes. http://bit.ly/1Y7thWH

This just came back up on my feed... The guy is brilliant (and in need of some Valium)! He knows exactly what's up and he is right, mostly, except...I DID say it (and, fortunately, most of my friends just kept quiet since they're good people)...and he should tone down his emotions since, well, we have obviously seen a lot of domestic terrorism since the original post, as well. (Thanks, unhinged Trump cultists - and no, I'm not referring to those people who voted for him because Clinton was an airhead). By the way, have you heard? Clinton is going to run again in 2020. I think she and Trump should both be banished from the country until after the election. Neither one of them will ever bring anything remotely productive to the table. Try to disagree with ANYTHING he says. I doubt you can - time has proved him correct since this post first hit my feed. Save this video and watch it whenever you are thinking of political engagement. I am fairly certain you will be glad you did. 🤔 (And no, I am not Libertarian either. That is clearly never going to work in a nation full of irresponsible people.)

This just came back up on my feed... The guy is brilliant (and in need of some Valium)! He knows exactly what's up and he is right, mostly, except...I DID say it (and, fortunately, most of my friends just kept quiet since they're good people)...and he should tone down his emotions since, well, we have obviously seen a lot of domestic terrorism since the original post, as well. (Thanks, unhinged Trump cultists - and no, I'm not referring to those people who voted for him because Clinton was an airhead). By the way, have you heard? Clinton is going to run again in 2020. I think she and Trump should both be banished from the country until after the election. Neither one of them will ever bring anything remotely productive to the table. Try to disagree with ANYTHING he says. I doubt you can - time has proved him correct since this post first hit my feed. Save this video and watch it whenever you are thinking of political engagement. I am fairly certain you will be glad you did. 🤔 (And no, I am not Libertarian either. That is clearly never going to work in a nation full of irresponsible people.) -

Interesting...and wise! 😉👍

Interesting...and wise! 😉👍 - Lobsters...A friend sent me this. Thought it was an interesting twist of viewing/dealing with stress!

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Is this legal? (Wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't, with this administration...) Heads UP! 🤔 'Big Brother' is watching!

Is this legal? (Wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't, with this administration...) Heads UP! 🤔 'Big Brother' is watching! - Drug and immigration cops in the US are buying surveillance cameras to hide in streetlights and traffic barrels.

- Thanks to all my brothers and sisters out there who kept it real during good times and bad! "The more we sweat in peace, the less we bleed in war!"

An article from the ‘Any wise person should already know this’ collection...in the ‘Painfully obvious truths’ category. 😉👍

An article from the ‘Any wise person should already know this’ collection...in the ‘Painfully obvious truths’ category. 😉👍 - If there was ever a time when critical thinking was a moral imperative, and credulity a calamitous sin, it is now

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This is an important video - even though I have no doubt there will be many minds that are closed to it. I hope you will watch it. I don't just say so because I spent years of my life in precisely this situation - as a Muslim, though, I am a philosopher and it was part of my journey, which also has included Buddhism as well as Full-Gospel Christianity (through immersion, the only way to truly understand) and other philosophies, but am now Agnostic - but because it is a form of remedy to counter many of the problems in the world today - it is a step towards deep understanding. It is almost impossible to be able to understand these situations without being right next to them - and that is a place many fear to go. Those who are courageous are the ones who enjoy the benefit of deep wisdom and freedom from the 'fear of the unknown'. And it is those who exploit these fears who are the true enemies of the unenlightened. The religion, the race, the gender, the sexual alignment - whatever the difference, it is knowledge that overcomes the fear that leads to terrible beliefs and openness to exploitation by opportunists. That's why I spent the greater part of my life on a journey of exploration and (sometimes) risky exposure to things outside my comfort zone. It is precisely those two motivations that have opened my mind. It is knowledge from experience and not fear and exploitation due to ignorance that is the true reward. In return for those risks and efforts, I have friends of many races, religions, genders, sexual preferences, cultures, perspectives and, to be quite honest, I would not want to live on this planet without that blessing or to do so without showing gratitude for it, which I do so through respect and support for all my friends. I only wish that there were more like me and much less who are afraid and / or being exploited so that all of us could enjoy the opportunity to learn or, like in my case, to be with our family...because I really love and miss my son, Faaris. In fact, families are often the greatest tragic victims of these irrational, unfortunate situations. So, yes, it is not just a risk, but it is also a compromise. C'est la vie (such is life)... Still, I have no regrets. 🤟😊

This is an important video - even though I have no doubt there will be many minds that are closed to it. I hope you will watch it. I don't just say so because I spent years of my life in precisely this situation - as a Muslim, though, I am a philosopher and it was part of my journey, which also has included Buddhism as well as Full-Gospel Christianity (through immersion, the only way to truly understand) and other philosophies, but am now Agnostic - but because it is a form of remedy to counter many of the problems in the world today - it is a step towards deep understanding. It is almost impossible to be able to understand these situations without being right next to them - and that is a place many fear to go. Those who are courageous are the ones who enjoy the benefit of deep wisdom and freedom from the 'fear of the unknown'. And it is those who exploit these fears who are the true enemies of the unenlightened. The religion, the race, the gender, the sexual alignment - whatever the difference, it is knowledge that overcomes the fear that leads to terrible beliefs and openness to exploitation by opportunists. That's why I spent the greater part of my life on a journey of exploration and (sometimes) risky exposure to things outside my comfort zone. It is precisely those two motivations that have opened my mind. It is knowledge from experience and not fear and exploitation due to ignorance that is the true reward. In return for those risks and efforts, I have friends of many races, religions, genders, sexual preferences, cultures, perspectives and, to be quite honest, I would not want to live on this planet without that blessing or to do so without showing gratitude for it, which I do so through respect and support for all my friends. I only wish that there were more like me and much less who are afraid and / or being exploited so that all of us could enjoy the opportunity to learn or, like in my case, to be with our family...because I really love and miss my son, Faaris. In fact, families are often the greatest tragic victims of these irrational, unfortunate situations. So, yes, it is not just a risk, but it is also a compromise. C'est la vie (such is life)... Still, I have no regrets. 🤟😊 - Can Shane Atkinson, a white man from Mississippi who converted to Islam, reconcile two seemingly incompatible identities? Read more: https://www.theatlantic....