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“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin
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Karl Marx Didn’t Start Communism
The settlers on the Mayflower were committed to live communally (https://drcarolehhaynes.com/index.php/articles/culture/history/488-communism-rejected-on-thanksgiving ). “One of the more familiar stories in American history is the disastrous experiment in a communal social and economic structure in the Plymouth Colony from 1621-1623. The communal lifestyle in the colony resembled a socialist society. The colony’s storehouse, houses, gardens, and other Read more
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Brit Got 3 Years 9 Months For Gunpowder Recipe
I’m reading that Martin Paul Gilleard will be spending most of the next 4 years in the slammer for having a hand-written note on making gunpowder. England is a strange place. As I read the article, I couldn’t help wondering why anyone would need to keep the proportions of black powder written down. The ingredients Read more
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A Glimpse at the Hungry
With the government shutdown, and the loss of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program shut down, I recall a man that I accidentally encountered half a lifetime ago, when I worked at FVCC’s Lincoln County Campus in Libby. There had been a program in the old Gymnasium, giving out food. This guy had received his supplemental Read more
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Sick
One of the problems of being 75 and having a toddler grandson is that the little guy is a plague vector. This time I was left with him, and the next day I had his runny nose and cough. I didn’t think it was fair – but diseases in general aren’t fair. The problem is, Read more
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No More Princes
The Brits seem to have started their own “no kings” movement. Personally, I think they did better with a queen – either Elizabeth seems to have done a solid job. But with Prince Harry and Prince Andrew both losing the title, it looks like the un-beheaded King Charles (so described as to avoid confusion with Read more
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Poor Maintenance is Just Another Form of Debt
I’m working at remodeling the old service station. The most interesting thing is that the repairs aren’t a whole lot different than what I read my old high school (now the middle school) needs – and the comments on that read like it would be cheaper and easier just to tear it down and start Read more
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