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Oh, sure, I can rest today. And tomorrow. And I will. A few tasks may go forward, little things. Kept from becoming all-out assaults on my task list though. While I agree with the notion of resting, I don't like it. Something about striking while the iron is hot and all. I have learned, if I want to be able to function for a while I can't do what I did in my younger days. Still my body doesn't have a stoke-limiter. It's either on or off, and right now it is on. Never mind, I'll do my best.
Some information about cats from one who... thinks? I have been baffled by Sam's emittances. Continually vomiting, she was a great annoyance in this regard. The vets didn't seem to know why, or think there was anything to be concerned about. And a few times, from the remnants, it was clear the problem was that she had a 'mouse in her throat', or at least needed to get rid of the indigestible parts of such. But the rest? Ah, it finally came to me. Sassy! While Sam is not Sassy's mother, she is an older female. Kittens do two things to their mother. First, they demand milk. Milk, milk, milk, and more milk, for a very long time, as long as they can stretch that out. The next thing they demand is... undigested food... in the form of vomitus. Ah-ha! So... that is what was happening. As I said, Sam did not birth Sassy. Still, the interactions might well be the same. Sassy knows how to get Sam to vomit, and Sam has no way to defend against that. So, now I, and you, know. Much has been forgiven. None are at fault. All was a natural cause and effect. The vets SHOULD have known this, though. Bad on them.
I read this article and had to laugh. The suggestion is that smarter people drink more, ostensibly because drinking is a modern form of getting a buzz from eating rotten fruit. And smart people would rather use "techy" stuff. What idiots. Of course, most people who write these things are "smart people", and shy in their own favor by miles. Truth be told, "smart people" are miserable people. This coming from the mouth of a "smart man". Why are smart people miserable? First, many of us think we can do it on our own, that there is a way to 'the good life'(tm) without God, rules, morals save as we see fit (as if we were constant). As well, we understand how thin the veil that keeps life kosher and civil, something much more to our liking. We know how little it would really take to cause the world to descend into madness. And without faith for many of the "bright", hope is weak and fear grows. Drinking, therefore, is often a replacement for faith. It is a poor substitute. There are other reasons for smart people, and anybody, to drink too. But many smart people are social misfits. Drinking does help with this. As well, drink can... expand the mind. It removes barriers and allows for more purely theoretical thinking. I have seen amazing stuff while inebriated... some of it panned out later, some... not so much. Silly researchers.
These two videos were interesting, and important to me. I'll let them speak for themselves.
On this next one though, notice how it is still, even when they realize it isn't working, all about them and what they want/need. It isn't truly that the liberal agenda isn't good enough, it is that they don't feel they are a big enough part of it. They simply want more.
Yeah yeah, leading questions by the reporter and all.
ReplyDelete"The (real) black agenda is the family agenda, its the American agenda."
That speaks volumes. You can't necessarily expect black conservatism to use the same language and look the same as conservatism designed to appeal to hispanics or whites or other groups. We have our own interests in mind too.
There is no such thing, as a general rule, as black conservativism. Their leaders and their people are simply looking at who will give them the most for the least, freedom, independence, and such, be damned. It seems the leadership and people are merely at a crossroads in which party might actually do that (sadly for conservatives who trust Republicans, by the way). And, while in an animal way, that is fine, it is not conservativism. Conservativism consists of who will open opportunity (in general) the most, but offer the least damage and intrusion into the rest of life, for all and in the main.
ReplyDeleteI am not convinced, at this point, that blacks are, or ever where, as a whole, capable of conservativism. I believe they are limited to absolute tribalism. Oh, there are outliers. There are some who have made every effort, and succeeded. As we know though, exceptions do nothing but ensure the veracity of the rule, if nothing else that they ARE noteworthy.
Yes, I know. You, like most academically trained professionals, probably cannot see beyond what has been academically and professionally drilled into your skulls on this matter. The military, for it's part, tried that with me. As did school while I was there. By that time I had become... a hard target. I will not recant.