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skipper wrote a new post, Get ready, Get set, VOTE! 3 years, 2 months ago
Stole the next paragraph from the Atlantic:
“For the U.S. House, where multimember districts would be allowed by the Constitution (but are banned by statute), switching to proportional representation would m […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Brian Bilson 3 years, 2 months ago
Mariner’s wife, as regular readers know, is a lifetime librarian, ardent reader and a published journalist and poet. She follows many poets, authors and journalists. The other day she offered a piece by Brian B […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The Industrial Revolution is personal 3 years, 2 months ago
A few days ago, mariner was about to peel potatoes when he discovered his potato peelers were in the dish washer which was running a two-hour cycle. He had to use a paring knife. Wow! Is this a lost art! He must […]
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You make a good point, Robert, in that the I.R. has given us big, pithy chunks of abstract time and talents far beyond the capabilities of our root-grubbing fingers. Life for humans is easier today but perhaps not for 16,000 extinct species or a warming Earth.
The deepest concern I have is that The Earth has stopped and started all over again a number of times in its history; is our interpretation of primate behavior forcing the issue?
Where is a governor when we need one?
Thanks for responding.
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skipper wrote a new post, The Zones 3 years, 2 months ago
A reader asked about the four zones of awareness. Rather than repeat the explanation, anyone interested should read ‘On Morality -2’ published September 30, 2022. One point that is very, very important to und […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Social Spirit 3 years, 2 months ago
As mariner peruses his news sources, he notices a singular frame of reference. Below are the titles and summaries of just a few frequent topics:
America’s Adult Education System Is Broken. Experts say that m […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Democratic Nationalism 3 years, 3 months ago
Television news, newspapers, magazines, internet news sources – all are filled with the difficulties of living in today’s topsy turvy world. Older folk can remember when the times had their difficulties, but the […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Earth from God’s perspective 3 years, 3 months ago
As one of thousands of creatures in God’s Earth zoo, our human view of reality often is myopic. That view is important because it keeps our species alive from day to day. The downside, of course, is that it is e […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The Election 3 years, 4 months ago
First and foremost to celebrate is the election of the first Zer to Congress. At the age of 25 Maxwell Frost was elected to represent the 10th Congressional District in Florida. When Max was born in 1997, Chuck […]
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Greetings Mariner,
Madam Speaker Pelosi seems to agree with you! It’s time to Come About!
Respectfully,
Jeff Boulware
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skipper wrote a new post, About Earthly phenomena 3 years, 4 months ago
A question was raised asking what a polar reverse is. Mariner has written about the phenomenon in previous posts:
Yes, Virginia, one day Santa may have to move to Antarctica
Posted on February 24, […]
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skipper wrote a new post, For What it’s Worth 3 years, 4 months ago
There isn’t much further to be offered by mariner. The entire world is in a state of upheaval not seen by planet, man or beast for the last 300,000 years. There are none among us who can foresee the future r […]
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I continue to find the parallels between the world today and the 1930’s. A dictator is illegally annexing territory in Europe ( Hitler, Putin) and one group in our country is so self absorbed that the defense of democracy is meaningless ( America First’ers, MAGAts). Those who do not learn from history are indeed doomed to repeat it. Will it take another world war? Will we survive it?
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skipper wrote a new post, Stephen Hawking and the end 3 years, 5 months ago
As mariner prepares for a week of travel and vacation, he leaves the reader with the following:
“Anyone who has seen any of the “Terminator” films knows how this whole artificial intelligence thing is p […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Of Books 3 years, 5 months ago
Mariner recently read Neil Degrasse Tyson’s recent book, Cosmic Queries: StarTalk’s Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going. As we’ve come to expect, the astrophysicist’s works are easily re […]
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skipper wrote a new post, It is voting time 3 years, 5 months ago
The last several posts on philosophical subjects largely were provided by alter ego Guru. If nothing else remember the core issue: if the postulations of campaign ads aren’t present in your personal reality z […]
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skipper wrote a new post, About animals 3 years, 5 months ago
As the nations of the world feel the burdens of a changing planet, as the global economy weakens, as citizens become insecure, authoritarianism seems to step in. The surge of Trump into the public arena is an […]
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skipper wrote a new post, On Morality – 2 3 years, 5 months ago
The human plight of fragmented reality is the same circumstance as a severely tangled 100 foot extension cord. ”Is this really just one cord?” and “Finally, I found both ends but the cord reaches only 11 feet. […]
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skipper wrote a new post, On Morality 3 years, 5 months ago
Back in August mariner wrote about Mark Boyle, an economist who decided to live without money for three years. A quote from the August post is repeated below:
“. . . surprisingly, over time I found my reasons s […]
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Thanks for pondering. Tomorrow mariner will offer some solutions offered by Boyle and other social science authors. As you suggest, correcting a wayward culture is not easy by any measure. For example Boyle had to totally eliminate money from his reality or he would not have had a savory (new culture) experience.
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skipper wrote a new post, Good ol’ USA 3 years, 5 months ago
Remember when: Companies paid a guaranteed 100% retirement? Or employees had the right to negotiate salaries? Remember unions? The economists say there is a shortage of workers. Bull chips – there is a shortage o […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Have your hobby? 3 years, 5 months ago
First, some feedback on the walking post: you may have read in fitness magazines about doing a warmup routine; the same goes for ‘hitting your stride’ in walking and running. Give your body time to shift into ove […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Walking 3 years, 6 months ago
Mariner has not had much physical exercise for the last two weeks because he had a houseful of guests. Today he decided he better start walking to the Post Office again because he felt aches and pains all over, […]
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skipper wrote a new post, About monarchy 3 years, 6 months ago
All the news, of course, is about the death and burial of Queen Elizabeth and what King Charles will do differently. England was organized into a nation officially in 927 CE, the point being that in comparison, […]
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You are correct about the violent overthrow; monarchy is a form of authoritarianism. England should be grateful for the castration signed in 1215. Is the US now facing such a confrontation? Is anyone even organized enough to try?
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