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skipper wrote a new post, Do you have CCTV in your home? 2 years, 10 months ago
Mariner knows most of his readers are calloused to the abuses of privacy but perhaps one should know about another nosy source:
Smart TVs are just like search engines, social networks, and email providers that […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Food for thought 2 years, 10 months ago
The agricultural industry is entering an increasingly rapid pace of change. It was only yesterday (and today) that farmers were encouraged to use no-plow techniques for large crop fields. Basically, the intent is […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Just between you and your yard 2 years, 11 months ago
GRILLS
The carbon wave is getting close. Is your yard grill the best choice? Output at the end of the process, that is, as your 10 filet Mignon cuts turn brown, has been measured:
Gas grills win hands down. […]
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skipper wrote a new post, What? 2 years, 11 months ago
A few days ago, mariner visited his audiologist. In rural America, visiting the nearest audiologist means driving forty miles. Audiology along with dentistry, optometry and pharmacology are not covered under […]
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Very well said–no one deserves casdnashn!
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skipper wrote a new post, On Living Alone 2 years, 11 months ago
In recent weeks mariner has been living alone, a solitary human, a shut-in. During the holiday season his wife has been off visiting their far-flung children for weeks at a time. This is an opportunity for mariner […]
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skipper commented on the post, Pakistan 2 years, 11 months ago
I was surprised, too, Robert. The chart showed all the nations in the region and the stats showed Sudan second. However, I noticed one column of the chart showed GDP as a population statistic – Sudan was at the bottom; also, in an associated chart it was listed as South Sudan. Source was Wikipedia.
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skipper wrote a new post, Pakistan 2 years, 11 months ago
Until 2010, Pakistan was an economic powerhouse of the Middle East. Its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at $263 billion was ten times larger than second ranked Sudan at $26 billion.
In 2010, Pakistan had more than […]
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I was surprised, too, Robert. The chart showed all the nations in the region and the stats showed Sudan second. However, I noticed one column of the chart showed GDP as a population statistic – Sudan was at the bottom; also, in an associated chart it was listed as South Sudan. Source was Wikipedia.
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skipper wrote a new post, Get ready, Get set, VOTE! 2 years, 11 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 2 years, 11 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 commented on the post, The Industrial Revolution is personal 2 years, 11 months ago
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…[Read more] -
skipper wrote a new post, The Industrial Revolution is personal 2 years, 11 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 2 years, 11 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 2 years, 11 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 2 years, 11 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 2 years, 11 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 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 2 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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