Wednesday, July 5
Tuesday, July 4
Some Don't Celebrate our 4th of July
For many people in this country, the Fourth of July represents some very ugly truths hidden within the fabric of America's legacy.
When I was growing up in the late 1970s, I didn’t learn the full truth about America’s history from my teachers. Back then, you only got bits and pieces of America’s past. It wasn’t until college that I became more informed. When the Declaration of Independence was signed, many Black people were still enslaved, and they continued to be used as property for the gain of plantation owners for many years afterward.
When you think of how those in power controlled and manipulated the mindsets of the enslaved for material gain, it’s sickening and disheartening. So, while the government said that all men were created equal, the reality was that the state of the nation was only being changed for certain people. For that reason, the Fourth of July has always been complicated for me.
The Fourth isn’t just about cookouts and fireworks
Learning about history, especially the history of America, has made a lasting impression on me and changed how I celebrate holidays. While I can’t pinpoint the exact time that I came to the realization that America’s Independence Day was not my own, I do recall reading Frederick Douglass’s speech that he gave on the fifth of July one year, and it definitely resonated with me.
I was able to immediately identify that the freedoms he was discussing back then did not necessarily extend to people who look like me today. After reading that speech, the disparities between the Black and White experience lingered in my mind, all throughout my adulthood as well. Even as a child, I remember July 4th as being a holiday that did not carry much weight. We all just enjoyed the day off, had wonderful barbecues, and watched the beautiful fireworks. READ MORE...
The New America
If this new generation has its way, the USA will become completely socialistic and in so doing will destroy our education system, our economic system, and substantially weaken our military power in the global arena.
When the general public is no longer proud to be an American, they will no longer take care of their private property, their homes, their communities, or their states.
As property values drop, the wealthy people will move out of the area and businesses will relocate in order to protect their customer base from declining too rapidly. There is also a possibility that people and businesses will start relocating overseas.
But, they will not go to MEXICO because of all the Mexican Drug Cartels operating there.
America will lose its MIDDLE CLASS and it will be mainly those that are wealthy and those that are poor... everyone else will move away.
Some people think this change for America WILL BE GOOD as it takes money away from the wealthy and gives it to the poor... kinda like ROBIN HOOD... but, our society just does not work like that and many of the wealthy people don't want to give their money to the poor, especially since the poor are perceived as lazy and uneducated and will never amount to anything...
Why waste money on that?
Our 4th of July
Independence Day (colloquially the Fourth of July) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America.
The Founding Father delegates of the Second Continental Congress declared that the Thirteen Colonies were no longer subject (and subordinate) to the monarch of Britain, King George III, and were now united, free, and independent states. The Congress voted to approve independence by passing the Lee Resolution on July 2 and adopted the Declaration of Independence two days later, on July 4.
Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, political speeches, and ceremonies, in addition to various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States. Independence Day is the national day of the United States.
Background
During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain in 1776 actually occurred on July 2, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia declaring the United States independent from Great Britain's rule. After voving for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining this decision, which had been prepared by a Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author.
While Jefferson consulted extensively with the other four members of the Committee of Five, he largely wrote the Declaration of Independence in isolation over 17 days between June 11, 1776 and June 28, 1776 from the second floor he was renting in a three-story private home at 700 Market Street in Philadelphia, now known as the Declaration House, and within walking distance of Independence Hall. SOURCE: Wikipedia
Monday, July 3
Alien Fragments
In 2014, an interstellar object – thought to be from another star system – streaked across Earth’s skies as a meteor, then crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Papua New Guinea.
Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb is now leading a sea-going search, combing the ocean floor with what’s essentially a large magnet, hoping to pick up fragments of that object. He’s found bits of wire, tiny aluminum shards and volcanic ash.
And this week (June 21, 2023), Loeb reported that his team has found tiny metallic spherules whose composition suggests an unearthly origin.
Loeb posted the news in his onboard diary, which is published at Medium. He included a photo of a few of the odd objects, which are minuscule, only about 0.3 mm (about one-hundredth of an inch) in size. And he added a couple of more photos in his latest post on June 22.
Becky Ferreira also wrote about the discovery for Vice on the same day.
Loeb likens the search to “finding a needle in the ocean.” READ MORE...
Loeb posted the news in his onboard diary, which is published at Medium. He included a photo of a few of the odd objects, which are minuscule, only about 0.3 mm (about one-hundredth of an inch) in size. And he added a couple of more photos in his latest post on June 22.
Becky Ferreira also wrote about the discovery for Vice on the same day.
Loeb likens the search to “finding a needle in the ocean.” READ MORE...
A Thought About the Fourth on the Third
Tomorrow is the 4th of July, and many people will be celebrating our Independence not really knowing its true meaning or purpose, but simply have another justification to party and drink alcohol... and, there is really nothing wrong with alcohol... it's just that I don't drink it anymore.
For me the 4th of July has always meant fireworks in the evening after eating hotdogs, hamburgers, potato salad, some sort of beans, coleslaw, potato chips, and a slice of homemade apple pie. Vanilla ice cream is sometimes put on top, but I will eat it either way.
My thoughts on July 4th do not revolve around Independence so much as they revolved around the US Constitution and in particular The Bill of Rights and of those rights is the Freedom of Speech. I care more about freedom of Speech than I do about caring a firearm.
But, like anything else, the 4th of July is only one day, and when we wake up the following day, we will act as if there had never been a celebration of Independence. It will be business as usual which means what we care about mainly is making money.
COVID-19 Links to China
US intelligence agencies are still unable to determine how the Covid-19 pandemic started, according to a declassified intel report released on Friday (23 June).
In the report, the Office of the US Director of National Intelligence states that all government agencies "continue to assess that both a natural and laboratory-associated origin remain plausible hypotheses to explain the first human infection."
The report acknowledged that researchers at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, where scientists conducted coronavirus research in the city where Covid first emerged, fell ill in the fall of 2019, shortly before the pandemic began.
The report acknowledged that several researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology fell mildly ill in Fall 2019. READ MORE...
The report acknowledged that several researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology fell mildly ill in Fall 2019. READ MORE...
Sunday, July 2
Back in the Saddle
My wife has a lower back bulging disk and I have 5 lower back fused disks, so we were handicapped from the getgo. We hired movers to transport the heavy stuff but we moved all the other stuff ourselves.
The house we found was in our same community so it was just on the next street over which helped but we still had to pack and move, bend over and lift.
We stained our deck and made a few other home improvements which many people told us not to do... instead, wait for the buyers to raise what had to be done, then lower the sale price of the house. However, we were told to figure how much those renovations would cost, then increase the sale price to cover the potential dropping of the price.
We did not like that recommendation so we did the renovations ourselves in the heat and humidity.
Anyway, we are moved and our house goes no the market today. We still have to put things away and organize in our new house but we can move a little slower with that task. Consequently, I will again return to my blog and will work to give it a more robust appearance.
Your suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your patience.
Getting Rid of Insects
Before you reach for the chemical-laden bug spray and store-bought insect repellents, there's a natural solution you can try—peppermint.
Insects hate peppermint. In fact, the stick bug uses a milky substance it can emit from behind its head that fills the air with the scent of peppermint. The bug uses this to fight off predators, as the scent is an unbearable irritant to most insects.
Using Peppermint Around the Home
If you have spiders, ants, mosquitoes and other bugs around your home, try using peppermint oil. The scent may also help keep mice away.
To get started, pick up some peppermint oil at your local health or grocery store. Look for 100-percent pure peppermint oil with no additives.
Next, try putting a little peppermint oil on a cotton ball and place the ball in an area where you often see insects, such as on a window sill or near a door. The scent should detour insects in the area. If this doesn't work, then try bug bombs for pest control. READ MORE...
Saturday, July 1
2024 Election ISSUES
- Inflation
- Biden's Corruption
- Trump's Legal Problems
- Different Judicial Standards
- A Politically Weaponized DOJ and FBI
- Stagnant Economy
- Weakened Military
- Price of Gasoline
- War on Fossil Fuels
- Illegal Immigration
- Crime and Violence
- Illegal Drugs
- Government Spending
- BLM - CRT - WOKE
- A Divided America
NOOOOOOOOO...
I doubt that any of these issues are really going to change the outcome of the voting public.
What I do think is going to be a crucial issue is ABORTION...
Believe it or not, women are going to use their influence, power, and numbers to make abortion the key issue in the 2024 election.
It does not matter if the Supreme Court ruled that abortion WAS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT... a huge amount of women think that it should be the responsibility of the Federal Government and that the CONSTITUTION is WRONG.
The Constitution is wrong because it was written by a bunch of WHITE MALES who did not care what the females at that time were thinking or would be thinking in the future.
WHITE MALE SUPREMACY is the key here...
It has influence Blacks and Females in the decision making processes that influences their political voting.
Most media disregard females and their opinions but that is going to be a mistake in 2024...
Nobody gives a shit about anything else but what is in it for me.
What do I want?
What do I think I deserve?
What should the Federal Government DO FOR ME?
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