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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Our Americans should find this very interesting…

…even I do. I’ve not been paying much attention to the election circus – frankly, I can’t stand either candidate, if for rather different reasons. But it’s virtually impossible not to catch a few things, and I do recall Trump’s claim the election would be rigged in Clinton’s favor, to the derisive... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 24, 2016

Neutron Bomb Election

A very close American friend sent me this. I thought you might all enjoy it. [I couldn't resist, so you'll find one very brief comment of my own in square brackets, LOL] Our Neutron Bomb Election The shells of our institutions maybe survive the 2016 campaign, but they will be mere husks. By Victor... Sign in to see full entry.

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Naut’s fabulous veggie smoothies…

The other day Kabu wrote of a nice fruit smoothie Wiley made, and it brought to mind the fact that I too have become a smoothie-maker… As a matter of fact, they have become a staple for me! There was a time when I would have for lunch all kinds of interesting little things, and a glass of wine.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 23, 2016

An interview with Raymond Ibrahim II

Before continuing with the interview, a brief but highly relevant detour… The last part ended with Ibrahim’s recounting of the fall of Constantinople and Hagia Sophia to the Muslims in 1453. (BTW: Hagia Sophia literally translated means Holy Wisdom. But what it refers to in this case is not wisdom... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 22, 2016

An interview with Raymond Ibrahim I

You may recall that I have posted pieces by Raymond Ibrahim before. He is an American analyst and author whose field is the study of Islam. I’ve always liked people who know more than I do – of course it has to be something I am interested in. (That’s why, among others, I like all physicists,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 17, 2016

Revisiting my latest Response to Comments…

Not that I need to remind you – but these things are ‘quickie posts, not well thought-out treatises, and sometimes things are not entirely clear. That occurred to me when I looked again at the answer I wrote to Kabu’s comment. I had said, “ And life and consciousness? Maybe it is in the nature of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 16, 2016

And yet once again – Response to Comments Day, cont’d

As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted by Geordie – I mean, really..! So, as I was saying, this thing of experiencing time zipping by faster as we age may be real in a psychological sense, but not so in one that involves the physics of it. There are studies in psychology that have dealt... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 15, 2016

And yet once again – Response to Comments Day

I had a few comments to my latest science post that simply called out to me for a response. One of them remains strictly within the realm of science, the others veer into philosophy, so lets deal with the scientific one first… That was from Pat, who writes: “This is fascinating, if mind-boggling,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 14, 2016

A bit of Science…

A bit of science about a LOT OF STUFF … As some of you may remember, I have this abiding if completely amateurish interest in Physics, and especially Astrophysics! Astrophysics because in the end it deals with ‘Our home and native Universe’… (That’s a take-off on our Canadian national anthem, LOL…)... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 13, 2016

A Mother's Point of View...

A few days ago I was having a beer with an acquaintance. We aren’t close, but we do like one another, and we talk about things. He brought something up that I don’t usually discuss – the current election circus in the States. The whole scene has become appalling – and I am not just talking about the... Sign in to see full entry.

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