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skipper wrote a new post, Matters of Preponderance 7 years, 10 months ago
Mariner receives from a relative each year at Christmas a calendar with daily sayings. The theme tends to be ethereal, whimsical, transcendental and often profound. Mariner confesses most sayings leave him puzzled […]
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skipper wrote a new post, To Every Thing There is a Season 7 years, 10 months ago
Mariner opened his email account to read new mail. He opened the New Yorker email to find a sad, poetic article by David Remnick. It is about the slow decline of football. Mariner played football from the age of […]
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I feel the same way about baseball. Recently I watched our town baseball field slowly lose the bases, pitchers mound, and finally home plate to become a soccer field. Sad, very sad.
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skipper wrote a new post, Walking as a Cultural Phenomenon 7 years, 10 months ago
When was the last time you rode a horse to the Post Office, elementary school, fast food restaurant, relatives, friends or a nearby shopping district? Probably not for a long time if ever. Most likely you ride in […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Old Testament Christians in America 7 years, 10 months ago
Politico.com headlined an article about millions of voters who believe God arranged for Donald to be President. It turns out it was primarily Pentecostals early in his campaign. Still, polls show a lot more […]
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I think one in 500 is extremely generous if you are looking at the entire population. Part of the problem is the almost total lack of Christian education at every level. I understand, though, the grasping after old time religion to try to remake our country the way it used to be. (When we were all white and Judeo-Christian?) But I don’t understand Trump as the prophet or high priest of that movement. What an unlikely, unholy alliance!
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skipper wrote a new post, REFERENCE SECTION 1-26-18 7 years, 10 months ago
Today’s post is all reference section. It is composed of three distinct areas of interest: Gerrymandering, Philip K. Dick, fiction writer, and successfully cloned monkeys.
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Gerrymandering
It is e […]
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skipper commented on the post, Gun Violence 7 years, 10 months ago
Profound. Of the 32,000 who will die next year, many will be unarmed.
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skipper wrote a new post, Whence Compromise? 7 years, 10 months ago
Below is a ‘two feet on the ground’ quote from the National Public Radio (NPR) website:
“….Democrats call them “American dreamers,” Republicans call them “illegal immigrants.” Democrats say they should be allo […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Our Life of Constant Upheaval 7 years, 10 months ago
Many historians and political writers have identified the Bernie Sanders movement, the Donald trump movement, and the tea party movement, among many lesser movements, as populist movements. This is not a new […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Mariner goes to the Garage 7 years, 11 months ago
Mariner is of an age similar to his favored old pickup truck. In times past, he and the truck had good times together hauling lumber, driving through snow and floods, tossing hay to the livestock, driving across […]
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Hope you have good mechanics. Maybe all you need is an oil change, new fan belt and a carburetor cleaner. No recalls for faulty airbags, please. sending prayers and good wishes.
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skipper wrote a new post, Only So Much is Tolerable 7 years, 11 months ago
Like millions of folks, mariner is a fan of the late shows on television: Trevor Noah, Brian Williams, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Myers, James Corden, Carson Daly, even the weather channel and CBS Overnight […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Fruited Plains 7 years, 11 months ago
Guru is with us today to consider international roles, political leadership and global cultural influence in the 21st century. Guru, you may recall, is the futurist among mariner’s alter egos; very much a t […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Gun Violence 7 years, 11 months ago
Americans must concede that they tolerate gun violence. Every attack with a gun of any kind raises concern and even angst. Nothing, however, is ever done about gun violence. That gun violence continues lies at the […]
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‘The women of this country learned long ago, those without swords can still die upon them.’
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Profound. Of the 32,000 who will die next year, many will be unarmed.
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skipper wrote a new post, Governance in Flux 7 years, 11 months ago
Like many, many folks around the world today, mariner notices not just a few but a majority of nations suffering from disruptions to their cultural and national ideology. Examples of disruption are environment, […]
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skipper commented on the post, Touching 7 years, 11 months ago
Well spoken, Robert. So many are afraid to share themselves in a physical manner – and touching is so critical to human wellbeing.
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skipper wrote a new post, Touching 7 years, 11 months ago
Many years ago, mariner wrote a paper about touching. The recent surge of “Me Too” responses from abused women has sparked several conversations that, on the whole, attempt to establish boundaries and def […]
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Well spoken, Robert. So many are afraid to share themselves in a physical manner – and touching is so critical to human wellbeing.
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Great posting. I couldn’t agree more. It’s such a sad commentary on our society that we’re afraid to make physical contact to reassure, to console, to connect. What to do if you see a small child fall and start crying? Just stand by and offer verbal condolences? I have no idea.
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skipper wrote a new post, Year’s End 7 years, 11 months ago
As many do, mariner is reviewing the good, bad and ugly of 2017. This is not easy with Amos helping. In fact, while mariner searches for gems to rescue, skeptic Amos is on his third typed page of atrocities; […]
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Wonderful advice for the Holiday Season. Focus on the good things in your life and then practice that all year long. Think with your heart and not your mind.
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skipper wrote a new post, Gifting – Again 7 years, 12 months ago
Mariner has written a time or two about gifting. He thinks gifting, as a core habit among daily life, will correct the world’s preoccupation with money, indifference, social abuse, and the pall of inadequacy h […]
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Your description of a compassionate United States is a glimpse of what peace on earth could look like. It seems like such a hopeless dream–but it is not rocket science. It is achievable if we had the vision and will to do it. It may not happen anytime soon, but it can happen, it is not impossible– and that gives me hope in this Christmas season. (It is the rocket science that worries me!)
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skipper wrote a new post, Philosophy of Health Management in the United States 7 years, 12 months ago
Mariner is really old. He is a prime example of why the fiscal conservatives in government don’t like him. He is a drain on the world of dollars. One is not worth existence if one doesn’t generate dollars in som […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Church v State 8 years ago
In the early days church v state was not an issue. Before Jesus the government function known today as the ‘upper house’ (House of Lords?) was occupied by a collection of anthropomorphic gods. The lower house and […]
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skipper commented on the post, Witness to the Acceleration of Change 8 years ago
You have a deal. The Sid Caesar Show, “Your Show of Shows”, is a loved series of the mariner. See them today at https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=title+of+sid+caesar+television+show&qpvt=title+of+sid+ceasar+television+show&FORM=VQFRML .
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