Category: Ethics
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Blinding Lies — Delusions Of Misinformation
Lies, lies, and more lies … yes, this is another old but relevant one…; -) Lies and Other Delusions Sun set, moon rise, sunrise, moon setBlue sky, too high, we fly, they try. In windowed spaces, the cut-off viewProclaims the falsehoods, the blind call true. While most are living in squalid need,There’s more than plenty…
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Artifice Our Disguise
Artifices We All Hide Behind… Yes, Our Truths Hidden Behind Masks We all wear them, morning to night,cradle to grave – Inspired by societies, primitive and new,to fool us, the gods, and especially the demons –the demons within, and out in the world. Welcome to the future, where maskscreate and hide the fear and deceit,…
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A Repost of Anticipation VS Completion
In light of some of my recent posts, I thought it relevant to repost this one. I did post it last year, but it’s an older consideration from 8 or 9 years ago…; -) Anticipation and Achievement Let’s be honest. The highs of anticipation and expectation are the best anyone will get out of life,…
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Save Our VA Protest – 10/17/25
Save Our VA Protest – 10/17/25 Only four of us out walking the line today… Observations from the Ajo entrance to the VA at shift change this morning (about 6:40am – 8:30am: Only two middle fingers greeted us today; only about 60% of those entering responded and much less for those leaving; it appears that…
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The Devil Went Down To Georgia
The Devil Went Down To Georgiaperformed by Voiceplay The devil went down to GeorgiaHe was looking for a soul to stealAnd he was in a bind‘Cause he was way behindAnd was willin’ to make a dealWhen he came upon a boy playing on a fiddleAnd playin’ it hotAnd the devil jumped up on a hickory…
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Shadow Of Time
Shadow Of Time Time casts its shadowover every surfacenook and cranny ofbody and mind Shrouds all lifeIn chaos and strife But sometimes incompanionablewarmthlets friends andlovers thrivefor a time A deceptive winkagainst the harshnessof the future’stoo bright lightwhile looking backto distill truth fromthe hiddendark placesthe past always hides Time’s shadowsmix in the mindcorrupting analysiscertainty and evenrecent…
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Long Life
Long Life I’ve lived a long liferelatively speakingcompared to ancestorsages long past it seems life expectancyis about to increaseexponentiallydue to science and tech provided we keep our witsdon’t force extinction bythose same gambitscoming home to haunt us Gambits, yeshuman hubris being soubiquitous among ourscientists and engineers not to mention those whorule and own us…makes ‘long…
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My Youngest Sister
My Youngest Sister My youngest sistertook her final breaththis morning aroundmidnight We were never closetoo many years between usour worldsbut intermittent glimpses Hersof a working single momdivorced and independentstood on her own in her far-off home Now she’s gone before her time She should be writing these linesnot mea distant brotherfar older There seems no…
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The Assurance Of Hubris
The Assurance Of Hubris looking back at my long lifeand what big and small decisionsI’m able to recall I seldom thought my ‘choices’could be so detrimentalsure, some I could guess but most were made under duressforced by circumstancesbeyond my control when I remember my journey’s coursetrying to banish remorsecan’t seem to find a brighter place…
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The Boys Of Summer
The Boys Of Summerby Don Henley Nobody on the roadNobody on the beachI feel it in the airThe summer’s out of reachEmpty lake, empty streetsThe sun goes down aloneI’m driving by your houseThough I know you’re not home But I can see you-Your brown skin shinin’ in the sunYou got your hair combed back and…
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