Learning, life experience, expanding of horizons beyond comfort zones. We have a duty to ourselves to step outside our carefully constructed boxes and see what lies beyond. Learn about the triumphs, the struggles of others. Perspectives can be changed, if we are willing to put in the work.
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Ok, so maybe this doesn’t have much to do with the topic but, I do love this song.
The topic is, sadly, familiar to many people these days, whether heated arguments over political party, gender, sexuality, religion, gun laws or abortion caused the rift, family and friends are seeing relationships torn asunder.
I’m not giving a lecture on how to fix this, I’m suffering through the same ostracism whether self inflicted or “other” inflicted. I still love or am fond of the relationships I had with these people and I do grieve the loss but, for good or bad, I will not give up my convictions, nor will they and so we parted.
The rampant destruction of relationships due to viewpoints, isn’t new. Is it even as widespread as it appears or is it social media that allows light to be shed on the topic? The answer to this is the purview of those far more educated in the psychology of relationships than am I.
Most of us have strong convictions, mine have fluctuated with life experience; what was black and white to me, say – 20 years ago, is not so clear and defined now. You live, you learn. An often overused axiom but its truth is quite evident to me.
I am sorry for the loss of the relationship but I can’t overlook chasms of conviction. I believe in equal rights for all, I believe in gun laws – laws, not bans but common sense laws. I believe gender is none of my business, I don’t live the the body of another and I can’t imagine the heartbreak of being forced into a role that is foreign to me. I believe a woman’s body, is inviolate to the opinions of others, of religion or political stance. I believe skin colour is simply biology, and has nothing to do with worth, criminality (some the most despicable despots in history were, in fact, white), if someone braves a long journey, away from home and family, there is a reason and they deserve to be heard, not locked up or shipped to an island (read – Guantanamo concentration camp).
Just a little rant here; we are ALL immigrants to Canada and the U.S. with the exception of aboriginals. The majority of ancestors arrived, fleeing starvation, imprisonment, subjugation; the same reason people are fleeing to our countries but that’s not a legitimate reason now? Go take a long walk off a short pier.
All I have to say, is that you aren’t alone. A lot of us have lost family and friends. Grieve but move on. Don’t compromise your beliefs because they are uncomfortable. Resist, stand by your ethics, your morals, your social conscience.
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Well, I retired almost a month ago and I’m still navigating this “leisure time” concept. Definitely not used to it, worked all my life, raised a passel of kids, looked after aging parents…now, there is only my husband and myself, in our home – oh yeah, 2 budgies and a tarantula.
I know what I need to do;
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Don’t know about anyone else but man, I need a break from the absolute rage-inducing poop-show, inundating the world, right now.
This video was created by a friend of my husband’s, with the intent to raise money for the Montréal Children’s hospital. The guys are all from the Pointe-Claire Old Timers hockey association; they hold all sorts of events during the year and profits go to various charities.
My husband is one of the goalies featured in the video. (Yay Hubby!) We are a hockey family, all our boys played, hubby and our middle son are goalies, our eldest and youngest were defencemen. I was an assistant coach and a manager, at various times over the years.
Grab a coffee and take a minute; for the love of the game, and some smiles/chuckles.
I understand Tristan’s sentiments and his belief that arrests cannot be made without warrant but it is happening. There will be no recourse in a court of law. No such thing as “Innocent until proven guilty”.
Justice? 1500 violent and treasonous, convicted criminals were just pardoned and are out on the streets, as far as I know, with their right to bear arms, even if they have lost that right – I am not up on U.S. gun laws (Are there any? Really? I don’t think so.) Men and women with, absolutely, no respect for the rule of law, armed and ready to fight for their…whatever he is.
Let us not forget that the man holding the most powerful seat in government is, himself a convicted felon. His nominations for some of the other powerful seats within the American system just defy logical thinking; a man who is an unabashed conspiracy theorist who believes he had or still has a brain worm…Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nominated to be the next secretary of Health and Human Services. Let that one sink in, truly sink in.
Secretary of Defense nominee? Peter Hegseth, accused of being an alcoholic, molesting, wife beater.
“A trail of documents, corroborated by the accounts of former colleagues, indicates that Hegseth was forced to step down by both of the two nonprofit advocacy groups that he ran—Veterans for Freedom and Concerned Veterans for America—in the face of serious allegations of financial mismanagement, sexual impropriety, and personal misconduct.”
There is far more on this guy; see the link below and prepare for outrage and disgust.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth
I understand that the American school system has been suffering and under fire for decades. And the end result is, generations of citizens who do not understand the absolute danger faced by the country. The rule of law no longer applies unless it benefits the GOP and its allies. Justice is simply 7 letters strung together, at this point.
The disaster that is the United States of America, currently, will only worsen. These people do not discuss. We all saw that on Jan. 6th/2024 and we saw it in Charlotteville, NC…we hear it in the opinions of the Magats (and no, I will not refer to them as Republicans because they are not – they use the label but you can slap gold paint on a turd but it remains a turd.)
I am old enough to remember the civil unrest of the 70’s, seeing it on television, meeting conscientious objectors in my city and other Canadian cities. To this day, I do not understand the reason for all those American kids losing their lives and taking the lives of Vietnamese. (There was none.)
I wish I could see into the future, I wish the future looked positive for the U.S. but it doesn’t. News media, social media have been compromised. The entire world is pointing, laughing and snorting in disgust at how far the U.S. has fallen. The president (not capitalizing – he doesn’t deserve it), is THREATENING allies. Canada, Denmark, Panama – he has his eye on Cuba; he has come out and said, he is looking to expand American territory. So, did Putin and that is not going the way either Putin or his pocket monkey, Trump thought it would. Same goes for Canada. For Denmark. For Panama. Cuba, I’m afraid, will fall victim to expansionism, they simply don’t have the resources to fight, unless China steps in.
Unless there is confrontation, and I’m afraid it would have to be violent as that is the only thing that administration and its flunkies understand, the U.S. is on the way to being Nazi-Germany 2.0 or considering Trumps love affair with Vlad? Perhaps Stalinism American style.
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More news and I don’t care, I’m taking this down a rabbit (rat hole). Neurolink…chips in the brain, funded/orchestrated by a man, with exploding cars and rockets. A man whom, in front of the entire world, Zeig Heils….And HE arranging for the insertion of brain chips. Think about it. BRAIN CHIPS!
Because, at this point, there is no limit, in my mind, as to how far down, Trump/Musk and their handmaidens will go, how does this play? Detainees, ripped from family and friends, in detention camps, offered a deal, “Hey, we’ll give you citizenship, if you agree to have a brain implant and sign this here N.D.A. What do you say?”
In addition? The migrants, the refugees currently working fields and in underpaid, unsecured jobs, no one else wants? How much do you want to bet that this pseudo-government turns around and tells unemployed, disabled, veterans on benefits that the work is there so they can fill the spots because benefit are ceasing.
Oh I’m not on a Canadian high horse; we have, at least two politicians that immediately come to mind, who are so up Trump’s ass, they may as well be the hemorrhoids they resemble; Pierre Poilievre and Danielle Smith. Things are looking grim all over.
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5 Things I Do For Fun?
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I don’t really see a point to repeating something that has been expressed, far more eloquently than I could have managed.
Take a read: It’s time to rebuild
This is a rebuild, I have deleted most of my old posts and starting, more or less, fresh. I have kept a few that were important to me, but all the rest have been trashed. Time to move forward.
I’ve retired, officially. Haven’t quite managed to wrap my head around the implications. In fact, the other day, I rolled out of bed, grabbed a coffee and sat down in my office, (I have worked from home since 2019), to begin my day. 😳
I’ll figure it out, eventually; in the meantime, I am catching up on politics, general news and it is, quite frankly, terrifying.
We have the Oligarch Felon, elected and threatening us from the south and an actual Oligarch to the north, pulling his strings. (I am, obviously, referring to the Orange Baboon Trump and the despot Putin.)
We don’t seem to….let’s be frank and crude here, we don’t seem to have any politicians up here, with the balls to tell the felon where to stick his mini-mushroom. Worries me greatly. History is repeating itself. Think Germany and WWII.
Let’s see; I deactivate FB/Instagram and Threads. I deleted Twitter when that Nazi bought it. I use BlueSky exclusively now. It does have a small learning curve and you will need to maintain your personal algorithm by muting/blocking undesirables (Magats and Maple Magats), they have invaded. I can only assume that since the mass migration from the dead bird app, they had no one to troll, save each other.
So to summarize;
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STOP IT! Please pay close attention; free trips, free RVs, free anything on social media is 99.999% a scam. I am seeing a Bora Bora one currently; come on guys. Social media outlets are global, think about that for a minute – how can anyone offer that kind of a deal to anyone, living anywhere?? Just an added tip, regarding the current Bora Bora garbage? The Meridien closed in May of 2020 for 18 to 24 months.
If you go to the Bora Bora page on FB? Take a look at the “About” – no website, no contact information…nothing. Should be a big old red flag with neon lights and music…
They are “like-farming”: What Exactly is Like-Farming?
Like-farming on Facebook is a technique in which scammers create an eye-catching post designed to get many likes and shares. Posts often give people emotional reasons to click, like, and share, such as adorable animals, sick children, the promise to win big, or political messages.
Why Do Scammers “Farm” for Likes?
As with many scams, like-farming has several different aims. When scammers ask you to “register” in order to win something or claim an offer, this is a way to steal your personal information. Other versions can be more complex. Often, the post itself is initially harmless – albeit completely fictional. But when the scammer collects enough likes and shares, they will edit the post and could add something malicious, such as a link to a website that downloads malware to your machine. Other times, once scammers reach their target number of likes, they strip the page’s original content and use it to promote spammy products. They may also resell the page on the black market. These buyers can use it to spam followers or harvest the information Facebook provides.
Protect yourself from Like-Farming with these tips
Use your good judgement. If a post says you can win something just by sharing the post, it’s probably not true. If a post tugs at your heartstrings and isn’t about someone you know personally, be wary about the truthfulness of its contents.
Don’t click “like” on every post in your feed. Scammers are counting on getting as many mindless likes as possible, so be sure you only “like” posts and articles that are legitimate. Don’t help scammers spread their con.
Be cautious when it comes to sharing your personal information. Never give out personal information, such as your full name, telephone number, address, etc. to a person or company you don’t know or trust.
Update your web browser. Make sure you always have the latest version of your browser. That way, if you do accidentally click on a scammer’s post, your browser will be more likely to warn you about suspicious sites.
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Please stop. Please?
I get it, these are scary times. I get it, we are all worried, to some degree, about health, about our financial status etc but really?
Fear is at the bottom of most of the unattractive traits in humanity. Okay, fear and ignorance. Frankly, I get really annoyed by the latter because, in this day, in age, there is no excuse for ignorance. We have access to, virtually, every single piece of viable knowledge, throughout our history. So, I get a little bent out of shape when I see, ordinarily, intelligent people spreading YouTube garbage as actual information. These same people claim media is fake yet believe some half-baked asshat with access to a camera and microphone.
Do I believe popular media? No. Let’s face it, they aren’t charitable organizations and they need to pay their overhead like any other business. They create sensational headlines or headlines with trigger words, in order to generate interest/clicks.
I, certainly, don’t believe any of the YouTube offerings of “news”. I do confess to watching some of the conspiracy videos but simply for comedic relief.
The Gates-haters are the ones that make me laugh the hardest. If it weren’t for Gates? Few if any of these boneheads would be spewing their claptrap. Here’s a thought, if Gates is the devil that the haters claim? If he had the technology to implant microchips? Do ya not think that he would also possess the technology to block all these “truthers”? I like to think he watches them as well and giggles, at their expense.
We are a long, long way from a vaccine for Covid. Vaccines take time. They take something called “research” and that is my key word, “RESEARCH”!!
For the love of whatever invisible friend in whom you believe, RESEARCH. Stop the proliferation of ignorance and fear based on some yahoo, videotaping in some ersatz office setting. (Probably in his/her basement).
No, don’t believe popular media but for heaven’s sake, give yourself a smack if you believe what you see on the Youtubes…
If you don’t hold a higher degree in one of the health sciences, if you don’t know the difference between a bacterium and a virus? Don’t spread information unless you have, thoroughly, researched what you are posting. Of course, the best thing you could do would be to take a few science classes, a far better way to spend your time online, than watching twitches on YouTube.
The real viral danger (See what I did there ? ), is spreading faster than that Covid could have wished, in its wildest, little virus dreams…the Ignorance Virus. The difference is, of course, there is a cure for the Ignorance Virus; it is widely available and often, free of charge. The vaccine has a more common name; education.
Don’t believe popular media but using the same logic, don’t believe YouTube or Reddit or any other place where conspiracies are birthed, nurtured and then set lose to infect the unwary, the naïve.
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