Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – Make Your Dreams Come True
“Dare to live the life you’ve dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Military Bases
The Department of Defense has 562,000 military bases and facilities located around the world, which collectively cover 24.7 million acres—nearly the size of Virginia. Much of that space is now unused, but Congress has barred the Pentagon from conducting a detailed assessment out of fear that bases in home districts would be closed.
Read moreAlbert Ellis quote – Not all forms of commitment are equally healthy
“Not all forms of commitment… are equally healthy. The grand inquisitors of the medieval Catholic Church were utterly dedicated to their “holy” work, and Hitler and many of his associates were fanatically committed to their Nazi doctrines.” – Albert Ellis
Read moreA mind-control parasite
A parasite lurking in your cat’s litter box could make you suicidal. A study of 46,000 Danish women found that those who were infected with Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite that lives in the guts of cats and is transmitted through their feces, were 1.5 times more likely to kill themselves than those who weren’t infected and the more T. […]
Read moreRoger Ebert Quote – The Move of My Life
“I was born inside the movie of my life. I don’t remember how I got into the movie, but it continues to entertain me.” – Roger Ebert
Read moreCartoon – Lets Change The World
Cartoon – There’s plenty to do right here at home
Poem – Building Walls (By Gil Hoy)
Building Walls Someone there is who loves a wall, Piling stones on top of stones, To keep invading wetbacks out, To keep glass pearls secure. He lets our Southern neighbors know, In blaring braggadocio, That they must pay to build his wall, To keep it working as they go. “But the world has far too […]
Read morePhyllis Diller Quote – The First Twelve Months
“We spend the first twelve months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve years telling them to sit down and shut up.” – Phyllis Diller
Read moreToo Much Brawn, Not Enough Brains
A gang of German bank robbers trying to blow open an ATM machine used too much explosive and destroyed the entire bank. The blast reduced the bank building in the village of Malliss to rubble and damaged cars more than 100 yards away, yet the targeted ATM machine was left completely intact. “Something evidently didn’t work the way the robbers […]
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