January 16, 2020

Who is telling the truth? General Accounting Office or Donald Trump?

GAO says withholding funds was against the law.

Trump will say it was not against the law. (he hasn't said anything on this yet)

Who do you believe? Trump or the General Accounting Office. or Who tells the truth?

January 16, 2020

Peter, Paul, and Mary..young, on Jack Benny - Jan 14, 1964..24min

January 16, 2020

On Behalf of America, An Apology. Keith Olbermann Jan 17, 2017

January 15, 2020

About the aliens visiting the earth....Yes, they have been here, but..........

Yes, I think that they have been here..Why? Of the millions and millions of stars that there are, and tens of thousands have planets, I suppose. And, if a few of those planets have evolved farther than we have...say five hundred years ahead of us, perhaps they are able to exceed the speed of light and go galloping around the galaxy..(perhaps)

...Now if those faster than speed of lighters, have taken a look at us, just suppose they did, now what would they say?
... They might say...1. "Too primitive to deal with."
........2.. "Too war like to deal with."
........3. " Stay away from these beings, they look dangerous."
........4. "What good is it communicating with them?"


What do you think the reasons that they have not communicated with us? Got any ideas? Share them please..

Maybe you think they haven't been here? I think they have, but if you think they haven't please express that too.

January 14, 2020

Three sentences about people. Very short, very wise..

Author, ...Maya Angelou ...1928-2914

People will forget what you said ....
People will forget what you did ....
But people will never forget how you made them feel.


Here is a link to more information about her sayings:

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/maya_angelou_392897



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(interesting point...I didn't know where this came from or who wrote it, but I copied and pasted it into Google Search, and the author was found in less than one minute) I had stored this in an email location but I did not know the author. Search gave me the author..This saying is at brainy quotes Here is a link to that site on the internet with lots of quotes and sayings......................................................................................

https://www.brainyquote.com/

January 14, 2020

Short and powerful speech by Martin Sheen,.one min, 54 secs, Fri 1/10/20

January 13, 2020

Drastic changes in the way people do research..Lots of changes.

...When I was teaching high school students, I remember in the 70s, 80s and early 90s spending a lot of time teaching the students how to use the ...LIBRARY.. !!!!!!
............(I taught history and how to do research papers) ...........................................
...That included knowing of to use .."Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature." How to look for periodicals in the library. How to use encyclopedias. How to made note cards, and how to write and use footnotes. I told the students that they had to give credit to sources of information, and the person who wrote it. Of course, the date of the periodical, and if it was a magazine, newspaper or book. All the information had to be total and precise. Even the page numbers from the sources needed to be shown in the ...BIBLIOGRAPHY....

...TODAY...one machine does it all..Using just two words or 5 words at most. First you need to know how to work the machine that I am working now at this very moment..Then you need to know how to....COPY AND PASTE...and insert the words that you copied and pasted into.........GOOGLE SEARCH....that is all..The machine does the rest.

...A student will still need to know how to write a sentence, and possibly use the notecards to get the materials together. Knowing how to write a paragraph is still important...but a student does not need to go to the........
LIBRARY ..any more...
..I can sit at this machine, and watch live television shows, or old movies. I can get cooking lessons, or watch a variety of shows that I used to need a TV for....I can even listen to old "records" that I used to collect. I think they were called.....45s....... Is that correct?.....
....These machines have changed everything. Some people hold these machines in their hands, and do not look where they are going when they cross the street, or look where they are going while driving a car. Yes, I could go on and on and on and on....What's the use? Besides, I need to order a pizza using this machine..........
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.....Hope all goes well for you today and every day.....In some ways, times have really changed.....

January 12, 2020

Is incompetence rewarded? You Be The Judge..(Not about Mr. Trump,)

...Is total incompetence rewarded? Is that possible? You be the Judge.. (idea about "You be the Judge" from the Saturday Evening Post...many years ago..)

...In a well known international company that makes airplanes, the big boss is fired by the board of directors for approval of an airplane that kills people. There is evidence that people that made the plane knew that the plane could kill people, but the big boss is not held responsible other than loosing his job. In the big boss's contract, he walks away with 50 million dollars. The plane that the big boss was responsible for has killed over 325 people. Is the big boss who approved this plane and allowing it to carry people, sitting in jail awaiting trail for killing more than 325 people? The answer is NO. But he knew the plane could kill, and did nothing...(or should have known-that was his job, to know ahead of time)..There is evidence that the people that actually made this thing, (the airplane) knew that it could kill.. but the big boss did nothing. Has the big boss been rewarded for approval of an airplane that kills? You be the judge..

...A well known country shoots down a plane that has 176 passengers and crew. Who is responsible for the shoot down?... The big boss of the country that controls the military that killed 176 people. -- says it was an "accident." That country lied about what it knew about the "shoot down" for a few days while the world waited.
... Is the big boss of that country going to be rewarded for this "mistake"? This event is still being discussed today. It is not known if the big boss of that country will be rewarded or punished for this mistake that killed 176 people...Will the country that is well known, do the same thing that the airplane company big boss did? Will incompetence be rewarded? You be the judge...Will the person that ordered the shoot down get money or sit in jail for the rest of his life? I have no idea. I Have NO Clue. I am not the judge. What do you think will happen?...................You Be the Judge..................

January 11, 2020

11 Year Old in Mexico, Tells Classmates, "Today is the day" then opens fire.

Source: CNN

CNN) — A teacher was killed and six other people injured when an 11-year-old student opened fire Friday at a private school in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, officials said.

The shooter, a sixth-grader armed with two guns, also died, said Adelaido Flores, the regional coordinator for public safety in Coahuila, near the Texas border.

Coahuila Gov. Miguel Angel Riquelme told reporters that classmates said the boy was generally well behaved but voiced a strange warning before his rampage on Friday.

"He told some classmates, 'Today is the day,' " Riquelme said.

Shortly after 8 a.m., the student asked to use the restroom. After about 15 minutes, the teacher went to look for him and found him leaving the restroom with weapons in hand, the governor said.

Riquelme said authorities believe the boy was influenced by the video game Natural Selection, a first-person shooting game. He said the boy was wearing a undershirt emblazoned with the game's name.

"He had mentioned the video game, which I believe he tried to recreate today," the governor said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/10/americas/mexico-coahuila-school-shooting/index.html

January 10, 2020

World's worst measles epidemic kills 6,000 people in Democratic Republic of Congo

Source: CNN:

Measles has killed more than 6,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization has said.

In a statement Tuesday, the organization called on international partners and agencies to increase resources to fight what it called the "world's worst measles epidemic."

Around 310,000 suspected measles cases have been reported in the DRC since last year and a shortage of funds remained a "huge impediment" to efforts to curb the outbreak, the WHO said.

The WHO said even though the agency and its international partners have vaccinated 18 million Congolese children under the age of 5 against the disease, routine immunization coverage is still low across the country. It said 25% of reported cases in the country occurred in children under 5, who are most vulnerable to the vaccine-preventable disease.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/08/health/measles-world-worst-epidemic-intl/index.html

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