Tag: Ethics
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Odd Socks
Odd Socks.. the conundrum of odd socks we don’t know where the mates go get washed together somehow some just disappear a solution a kind-of retribution buy all of the same color stay under the social radar already marked as odd for anonymity is the only freedom .. –LE – 2/4/26
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Save Our VA Protest – 2/6/26
Only three of us held the line at the Ajo entrance to the Tucson VA for the morning shift change, 6:30-8:00 AM. The responses were between 75% and 80%, with only a couple of negatives. One guy rolled down his window and screamed, “F*** NO!” … I think… that’s what it sounded like, the best…
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Humanity’s Social Evolution
Humanity’s Social Evolution Roughly one-hundred-fifty-thousand years agoSociety resided in small family-linked groupsHuddled around little fires in cavesAnd is secluded spacesHunter-gathers with some small toolsAnd minor artifacts defined us Then came the Agricultural revolutionCombined with animal husbandryAlso the age of copper tools and weaponsAllowed societies to establishMore permanent camps and townsAnd eventually cities The bronze and…
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Stream Of Consciousness
Stream Of Consciousness The stream of Consciousness is never-endingExcept for the short lapses of deep sleepAnd death for individuals (Memento Mori) But even in death consciousness streams onAs sentience explodes exponentiallyAdding to the Universe’s conscious ‘streaming’ May ultimately end in entropyAs the Universe dissipates into nothingnessConscious streams and rivers evaporating Memento Mori… –LE – 1/31/26
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Badlands Preacher
Badlands Preacher He prowls the desert sandsSoundlessly ambling betweenSaguaro, Agaves, and sand-devils He’s a sixth sense for moralityA gun for the wickedA crucifix his holy license The sun beats downHe stalks an evil denBut a mirage in the end –LE – 1/30/26
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Save Our VA Protest 1/30/26
Six of us were on the line at the Ajo entrance to the Tucson VA for the morning shift change. It was cold enough that I could see my breath in the air for the duation. Two visitors from Minnesota stopped by to chat with us and relay information about what’s happening there. They are…
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When You Say Nothing At All
When You Say Nothing At Allby Alison Krauss & Union Station It’s amazing how you can speak right to my heartWithout saying a word, you can light up the darkTry as I may I could never explainWhat I hear when you don’t say a thing The smile on your face lets me know that you…
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Hats
HATS Good guys wear black… I mean white…I mean black… I mean… How many hats can anyone wear?Then again, who really cares?But if you’re one of the caring few,Consider the consequence of those we choose. No matter what your current hatIt’s worn in shades of white through black.Most are worn in these shades of gray.It’s…
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I’m Perplexed
I’m Perplexed I’ve tried to keep my rhetoric confined to our ongoing class warfare of the last few decades. But the situation has escalated to the point that rampant bigotry has become national policy. Where federal ‘security’ forces (ICE, USCBP, the National Gurard, etc) are mudering American citizens with impunity, violating the first and fouth…
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Message For A Time Capsule
I came across this poem many years ago, and it has stuck with me. Our insane world of political and religious partisan vitriol always pulls it from the back of my mind to the fore. It’s as poignant now as the day it was written. (IMHO)… Message for a Time Capsuleby Philip Appleman I have…
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