Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote – Privileges Above Principles
“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower
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CARBON FOUND IN PEAT SWAMP IN CONGO BASIN
In the center of Africa’s Congo Basin, they have found about 30 billion metric tons of carbon that is equal to 20 years of US fossil fuel emissions. While using satellite imagery scientists have found 56,000 square feet of highly acidic swamp with depths of 20 feet. This area is the largest peatland found in the Tropics. Being highly acidic […]
Read moreOscar Wilde Quote – Man Makes His End For Himself
“Man makes his end for himself out of himself; no end is imposed by external considerations.” – Oscar Wilde
Read moreThe Man Who Removed His Own Appendix
Leonid Ivanovich Rogozov was a Soviet general practitioner who took part in the sixth Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1960–1961. He was the only doctor stationed at the Novolazarevskaya Station and, while there, developed appendicitis, which meant he had to perform an appendectomy on himself, a famous case of self-surgery. Leonid Rogozov was born in Dauriya Station, Chita Oblast, a remote […]
Read moreHarry Emerson Fosdick Quote – World Surrounded By Mystery
“I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.” – Harry Emerson Fosdick
Read moreQueen Elizabeth II Quote – Kick Some Ass
“The world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their way to protect you unconditionally. You need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass.” — Queen Elizabeth II
Read morePoem – AGE HAS ITS PRIVILEGE (By Ray Gallucci)
AGE HAS ITS PRIVILEGE – By Ray Gallucci When you are old and prone to mold, It matters not if you they’ll scold For skipping meetings by not heeding Platitudes they keep repeating. It’s right you’ve earned to choose to spurn What management claims you should learn. Once you have heard it all before, Their tired words are just […]
Read moreThe two deadliest drugs in America are both legal
The two deadliest drugs in America are both legal. Tobacco kills more than 500,000 Americans a year. Alcohol is linked to 88,000 deaths a year (including those caused by drunk driving and violent behavior) and more than 4.6 million emergency room visits.
Read moreJohn Steinbeck Quote – Searching For Security
“We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.” – John Steinbeck
Read morePoem – It Sounds Dramatic (By R.T. Castleberry)
In this small, blue room— overheated, clenched by melancholy, I sit the night, guarding carnival goods, blood potions, the knife thrower’s serrated blades. Two buskers beach-walk a tune, harmonies muffled by wave’s insistence. A mathematical conceit of stars burning to earth enriches water’s lap against pier beams, a night sailor’s crossing. Taken on as apprentice, the alchemist insists […]
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