To thine own self be true

has a hotline to Monique LaGrange in Red Deer.Unfortunate whiff of attitude and ego in that surname,as in her relative Adriana.

We’re told the Holy Spirit knows English and says”Go for it!” when LaGrange wants to put out a stupid, bigoted post.

(The Kingston Trio, 1961, “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”)

The 2 main musical questions remain:

“Where have all the flowers gone?”
and
“When will they ever learn?”

I have long learned to live with that truth.
There are just things to do every day, family matters, and the like.
And there isn’t much, I’ve long learned, that I can do about the stupidity, hate, and violence of the many others.
Humans will always destroy themselves and others. It’s a long, sad, tragic pattern and truth about human nature and behaviour.

under the falling concrete panel. Bring lots of spare change.”

Is really quite simple.

First of all, it is subtitled The UCP Cash-Grab Heist.

As per status quo, Albertans’ CPP savings are currently tangibly and permanently available and guaranteed.

In contrast, the mysterious, unknown UCP ‘plan’ is a dark hole into which your money will be siphoned without your approval or consent after a sham questionnaire.

The money shall immediately cease to be yours–the individual’s–and becomes, instead, UCP’s.

Do you really trust an ignorant, redneck, trucker-cafe-owner to safely and responsibly manage your money for you?

Do you, yourself, feel a deep-seated desire and compulsion to fork over your hard-earned retirement dough to Danielle Smith and those who have ‘fixed’ education and health care in Alberta?

following The Age of Division, will be quite literal in the wake of metaphoric waves of barbaric division with electricity blackouts everywhere as we huddle in our cold dark cave-like houses.

Kenneth Clark in Civilisation concisely described such a state as what was brutish and backward about pre-civilized life and living conditions. And what will be the relief and salvation from such primitive existence when the power goes out 24/7 for interminable days on end? Will politicians, business and industry ever have the will and wherewithal to (re)build the needed grids to keep themselves, ordinary folks, cities, countries, and the planet alive?

In the past several years, we have witnessed a steady, willy-nilly, mindless unravelling of authorities, institutions, law and order, and any kind of permanence, safety, and security.

With climate change rapidly accelerating, we continue to see how we have ‘done it to ourselves’ with predictable self-destruction. If indifference, a lack of caring and concern for others, and outright hate are the practices of the day, then what, if anything, will pull us back from this final lemming-like descent into the abyss?

Constantly auto-correcting our messages, making us look like ignorant fools and ignoramuses (like their programmers) if we don’t proofread before pressing Send.

If ever there was an illustration of how we are under siege daily from technology, auto-correct is a perfect example of machines baffle-gabbing our daily communications and turning online communications into a Tower of Babel with machines thwarting and discombobulating us and others.

the death of patience, facts, factual evidence, common sense, logical reasoning, open-mindedness, willingness to suspend beliefs, and doing what is right, caring, responsibility, and compassion.

The Age of Division= lies, frauds, corruption, greed, unmitigated selfishness, runaway fears, superstitions, conspiracy theories, blind adherence to social media and the new technology, lack of trust, believing in the worst of people, as well as tearing down credible/ wise authorities and institutions. It is an abandonment of all that is good, honest, and reasonable and replacing these with barbarism, chaos, moral irresponsibility, madness, and evil.

These are and shall be the ones closest to home as in between spouses and partners, between family members, and between friends.
Nothing like ignorant, unshakable beliefs inserting themselves between people you know best.
Some hard, nasty, stupid U.S. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter dinners to come for the foreseeable future.

Always entertaining, engaging, and quirky.
Today’s feature was bout sheep herding formation as seen from a drone. Compared it to the old Rawhide tv series.
Previous one about Halloween dummy hanging by fingertips at the front of an estate home and how passers-by assume it’s real and try to intervene.