Cartoon – Thanksgetting Done Wrong
Author: Antarctica Journal
Poem – Intrusion (By Gary Beck)
Intrusion Forced entry into caves, mud huts, castles, log cabins, condos, has been a constant, despite best efforts of self defense, violent penetration usually resulting in looting, rape, slaughter, violation of the dwelling, yet more survive in modern times, courtesy of better law and order. Gary Beck/Ignition Point ‘Ignition Point’ is an unpublished poetry collection that looks at […]
Read moreBuddha Quote – Holding Anger Is Like Grasping A Hot Coal
“Holding anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” – Buddha
Read morePoem – America Wants to Know (By Donal Mahoney)
What will she do with him? That is, if she’s elected. She’ll have to take him with her to the White House after keeping him in the doghouse. Maybe the FBI can put the doghouse out on the lawn. He shouldn’t be a problem there. Only men jump over the fence. Author Bio: Donal Mahoney lives in […]
Read moreCartoon – Problems In The Classroom
Freya Stark Quote – There Can Be No Happiness
“There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.” – Freya Stark
Read moreAnne Lamott Quote – Giving
“You are going to have to give and give and give, or there’s no reason for you to be writing. You have to give from the deepest part of yourself, and you are going to have to go on giving, and the giving is going to have to be its own reward. There is no cosmic importance to your getting […]
Read moreRalph Waldo Emerson Quote – Standing In Our Own Sunshine
“Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Read moreLosing control of our farmland
Rich foreign countries are buying up Thai farmland to ensure their own food supplies, said Sanitsuda Ekachai. An international nonprofit farmers’ rights group has documented “an alarming trend of governments and corporations buying up farmland on a large scale in more than 60 developing countries.” The rush began after the global food crisis of 2007-08, when rich countries realized they […]
Read moreOwned Stock
Percentage of U.S. stock owned by the wealthiest 10 percent of Americans: 89
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