Lemon Tree |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
When I was just a lad of ten, | |
My father said to me | |
“Come here and take a lesson from | |
the lovely lemon tree” | |
“Don’t put your faith in love, my boy”, | |
my father said to me | |
“I fear you’ll find that love is like | |
the lovely lemon tree” | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Close, Sustained And Careful |
2019 | #45: Spread The Fear |
Fear The Beards | |
2018 | Slice, Nick, Cut, Bled |
2017 | Like Most Blogs |
2016 | The Window Left Open |
Free Experience | |
2015 | Reality == Perception / (Times Reported * 10) |
2014 | Tear Da Roof Off Da Sucka |
2013 | Exposed Spirits |
2012 | Ow-ow |
2011 | Focused Relatives |
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I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ’Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. | |
— Thomas Paine | |
[While I agree with Paine – in general – on the admirable traits required to accomplish great things. I am equally reminded of the saying (I made up based on the title of a Star Trek – Original Series episode): “there is no truth in beauty, although there is a beauty in truth“. Anyway, I would caution readers the above quote is equally valid for many mass murderers and terrorists – maybe even more so. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Close, Sustained And Careful |
2019 | #45: Spread The Fear |
Fear The Beards | |
2018 | Slice, Nick, Cut, Bled |
2017 | Like Most Blogs |
2016 | The Window Left Open |
Free Experience | |
2015 | Reality == Perception / (Times Reported * 10) |
2014 | Tear Da Roof Off Da Sucka |
2013 | Exposed Spirits |
2012 | Ow-ow |
2011 | Focused Relatives |
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Sail On |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
Sail on down the line | |
Ain’t it funny how the time can go | |
Friends say they told me so | |
But it doesn’t matter | |
It was plain to see | |
That a small town boy like me | |
Just wasn’t your cup of tea | |
I was wishful thinking | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Facing The Truth |
2019 | How Much Is Your Education Worth? |
Is America Ready: Mayor Pete – 2020!! | |
2018 | Disruptive Definition |
2017 | A History Of Small Insights |
2016 | Be Uncommon |
2015 | Ooops! |
2014 | What Price Freedom? |
2013 | Remembering Val |
2012 | Good-bye, Val |
Survival Value | |
2011 | Traitors In Our Midst |
Life Ain’t Easy | |
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The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation. | |
— Mark Twain | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Facing The Truth |
2019 | How Much Is Your Education Worth? |
Is America Ready: Mayor Pete – 2020!! | |
2018 | Disruptive Definition |
2017 | A History Of Small Insights |
2016 | Be Uncommon |
2015 | Ooops! |
2014 | What Price Freedom? |
2013 | Remembering Val |
2012 | Good-bye, Val |
Survival Value | |
2011 | Traitors In Our Midst |
Life Ain’t Easy | |
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Rocky Mountain High |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
Now he walks in quiet solitude the forest and the streams | |
Seeking grace in every step he takes | |
His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand | |
The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Stand Up! |
Crowd Sourced Scouting Report | |
2019 | Only One Direction |
2018 | Respect Is Long Gone |
2017 | Dream Of Dreamers |
2016 | Dear Automakers |
2015 | And Some Not So Brave Too |
2014 | In My Lifetime… |
2013 | Democracy |
2012 | Borrowed Expectations |
2011 | Not Necessarily True |
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Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility. | |
— Peter Drucker | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Stand Up! |
Crowd Sourced Scouting Report | |
2019 | Only One Direction |
2018 | Respect Is Long Gone |
2017 | Dream Of Dreamers |
2016 | Dear Automakers |
2015 | And Some Not So Brave Too |
2014 | In My Lifetime… |
2013 | Democracy |
2012 | Borrowed Expectations |
2011 | Not Necessarily True |
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Taxi |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
And she said, we must get together | |
But I knew it’d never be arranged | |
And she handed me twenty dollars | |
For a two fifty fare | |
She said, Harry, keep the change | |
Well, another man might have been angry | |
And another man might have been hurt | |
But another man never would’ve let her go | |
I stashed the bill in my shirt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Neither Alone, Nor Lonely |
Giving | |
2019 | That’s Why It’s Called Faith |
2018 | So We Agree, #45 Is Dumb – Too |
2017 | The Morality Of Spying |
2016 | He Doesn’t Remind Me Of Me |
The First Rule | |
2015 | Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow |
The Man Without Fear | |
2014 | I Blame Robocop |
2013 | Future Trustees |
2012 | Praise Not The Day… |
2011 | Educated Living |
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The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves – and the better the teacher, the better the student body. | |
— Warren Buffett | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Neither Alone, Nor Lonely |
Giving | |
2019 | That’s Why It’s Called Faith |
2018 | So We Agree, #45 Is Dumb – Too |
2017 | The Morality Of Spying |
2016 | He Doesn’t Remind Me Of Me |
The First Rule | |
2015 | Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow |
The Man Without Fear | |
2014 | I Blame Robocop |
2013 | Future Trustees |
2012 | Praise Not The Day… |
2011 | Educated Living |
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Suavecito |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
Never, | |
I never met a girl like you in my life | |
I never, no, no, yeah | |
I never met a girl like you in my life | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Life’s Mysteries |
2019 | I Doubt I Ever Will |
2018 | Who Will Thank (If Not Remember) Me |
2017 | Reinforced Learning |
2016 | I Choose To Believe |
2015 | What They Don’t Teach You At School |
2014 | Still Trying To Die (5) |
2013 | Honest Doubt |
2012 | Choice |
2011 | Ownership Of Thought |
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The low cost of generic drugs makes them essential to global public health. But if those bargain drugs are of low quality, they do more harm than good. For years, politicians, regulators and aid workers have focused on ensuring access to these drugs. Going forward, they must place equal value on quality, through an exacting program of unannounced inspections, routine testing of drugs already on the market and strict legal enforcement against companies manufacturing subpar medicine. One model is the airline industry, which through international laws and treaties, has established clear global standards for aviation safety. | |
Without something similar for safe and effective drugs, the twin forces of subpar medicine and growing drug resistance will be so destructive that developed countries won’t be able to ignore them. As Elizabeth Pisani, an epidemiologist who has studied drug quality in Indonesia, put it, “The fact is, pathogens know no borders.” | |
— Katherine Eban | |
From her article: “The Worldwide Threat Of Generic Drugs“ | |
Appearing in Time Magazine, dtd: 3 June 2019 | |
The article also appears online at: https://time.com/5590602/generic-drugs-quality-risk/ | |
[I personally subscribe to the hard copy of Time Magazine. This quote is being offered without permission or authorization. I make no claim of ownership or authorship. I am receiving no compensation from the author or the magazine for posting this quote. I found the article interesting and am simply offering the quote for your consideration. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Life’s Mysteries |
2019 | I Doubt I Ever Will |
2018 | Who Will Thank (If Not Remember) Me |
2017 | Reinforced Learning |
2016 | I Choose To Believe |
2015 | What They Don’t Teach You At School |
2014 | Still Trying To Die (5) |
2013 | Honest Doubt |
2012 | Choice |
2011 | Ownership Of Thought |
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Help Me Rhonda |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
Well since she put me down | |
I’ve been out doin’ in my head | |
I come in late at night | |
And in the mornin’ I just lay in bed | |
Well, Rhonda you look so fine | |
And I know it wouldn’t take much time | |
For you to help me Rhonda | |
Help me get her out of my heart | |
Help me Rhonda | |
Help, help me Rhonda | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | For Sale |
2019 | Letting Go |
2018 | Trying To Give More |
2017 | The Reproductive Value Of A Presidential Election |
2016 | For Me It’s Been Faith |
2015 | Where Many Paths And Errands Meet |
2014 | Rimmed Out |
2013 | Likeness |
2012 | Sums It Up Quite Well, Actually |
2011 | Momentary Abandonment |
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Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation or social standards never can bring about reform. | |
— Susan B. Anthony | |
[“Fortune Favors the Brave” — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | For Sale |
2019 | Letting Go |
2018 | Trying To Give More |
2017 | The Reproductive Value Of A Presidential Election |
2016 | For Me It’s Been Faith |
2015 | Where Many Paths And Errands Meet |
2014 | Rimmed Out |
2013 | Likeness |
2012 | Sums It Up Quite Well, Actually |
2011 | Momentary Abandonment |
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Democracy relies on an informed and engaged public responding in rational ways to the real-life facts and challenges before us. But a growing number of Americans are untethered from that. “They’re not on the same epistemological grounding, they’re not living in the same worlds,” says Whitney Phillips, a professor at Syracuse who studies online disinformation. “You cannot have a functioning democracy when people are not at the very least occupying the same solar system.” | |
— Charlotte Alter | |
From her article: “Down The Rabbit Hole“ | |
Appearing in: Time Magazine, dtd: 21/28 September 2020 | |
Also appearing online at: https://time.com/5887437/conspiracy-theories-2020-election/ | |
Under the title: “How Conspiracy Theories Are Shaping the 2020 Election—and Shaking the Foundation of American Democracy“ | |
[I am currently a paid subscriber to “Time Magazine“. This quote appears without permission or authorization. I do not (and have not) received any compensation for posting this quote from either the author or the magazine. I am not claiming any ownership of the quote, nor am I promoting the purchase of the magazine. It’s merely something I read and found interesting – so, I’m passing it along to anyone who reads this blog post. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | A Different Premise |
2019 | Can Too |
2018 | To Get Strength |
Drip, Drip, Drip | |
2017 | Bricolage Art |
2016 | Just A Shame |
2015 | Treasures Of The Mind |
2014 | Not Quite Exceeded Reach |
2013 | Who’s Side? |
2012 | Why I Joined The Army And Not The Navy… |
2011 | Is It Your Turn Yet? |
Just Trippin’ | |
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I Hear A Symphony |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
You’ve given me a true love | |
And ev’ry day I thank you love, | |
For a feeling that’s so new, | |
So inviting, | |
So exciting. | |
Whenever you are near, | |
I Hear A Symphony, | |
A tender melody | |
Pulling me closer, | |
Closer to your arms. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | My Thoughts On #LyingDonald’s Corona Briefings |
2019 | As I Recall |
2018 | Effective Violence And A Government At Risk |
2017 | Playing The Same Music |
2016 | Survival Instinct |
2015 | Tears |
2014 | Bourne Again (4) |
2013 | God’s Protection |
2012 | Happy Easter!! |
Edge, Class, Clash, And Flight | |
The Value Of Bureaucracies | |
2011 | Logic Cuts |
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This Can’t Go On
April 9, 2021 by kmabarrett
Evil Ways
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