I'm about to move to Dreamwidth. I'm curmugeon over there. 

I was talking to a friend last night. We were talking about death and dying as we both know people who are near death now. We share the same near death experiences and both have witnessed the death of a love one. Often people aren't prepared for dying.

We don't know how to die because it us a subject we avoid. I now realize that when I die I will ( Read more... )

Check out this writer. Sean Dietrich

http://seandietrich.com/people-next-door/

His stories are real, the people are real, and he has a way to bring feelings to his words.

I'm a veteran. But don't give me that bullshit that we have been fighting for our freedom. The last time we did that was World War II. Since then we have been doing regime change or stealing resources.

Conservatives and evangelicals do belong together. They both take stuff out of context ignoring the overall document itself to support their distorted view of reality.

All about those online petitions.

Petitions only work when the target actually cares about people's opinions ( Read more... )

A good friend posted this on Facebook. I agree 100℅ with what this says. I'm an American. I'm a veteran. And I will not be quiet about my opinions of #45.

This is where I stand.

To me, FB is a useful vehicle for passion and activism. I believe that our 45th President, his Cabinet and administration, and the majority of Republicans in Congress are a ( Read more... )

When you die you get to see what it's like to take the red pill. That is what it is like. In my life I've had opportunities to see how deep the rabbit hole goes. I got a glimpse and you don't want to know ( Read more... )

Oil is fighting to survive. Part of that fight is making it seem unworkable to go away from fossil fuels. Part of that is to build and finance major investment in oil infrastructure. So we build huge pipeline projects. We build port facilities. Then when we make the move away from oil they will come to the government looking for a bailout. Oil wins ( Read more... )

What it comes down to is this ( Read more... )