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Category Archives: Environment
Open Thread Thursday: Greta Thunberg
Continuing with the theme of Women’s History Month, I present a young woman of growing renown who will continue to have an impact on the world stage: Greta Thunberg. Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg FRSGS (Swedish: [ˈɡrêːta ˈtʉ̂ːnbærj] (About this … Continue reading
Concerned World Citizen
I’m a concerned world citizen. Sure, I am an American (don’t hold that against me, please) but I’m also a citizen of the world, a member of the human species, and quite concerned about the state of the world as … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, General, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Science, Social Observations
Tagged America, Australia, caronavirus, civil war, Climate Change, Donald Trump, France, global warming
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Mother Gaia Sums it Up
NOTE: The following illustration is not my work. I do not immediately recall where I saw this, originally. If it is your work, and you want me to remove it, please contact me and I will remove it at once. … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, General, Pagan Interest, Philosophy, Religion, Shamanism, Social Observations, Unfolding Revelations
Tagged extinction of humanity, Paganism
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If I were to write a Constitution
Were I to write a Constitution, as a founding document of a country, I’d base it on the US Constitution. It would be clearly stated that the nation would be a secular nation, founded on no one religious doctrine and … Continue reading
Posted in Athena Worship, Biology, Buddhism, Business, Christianity, Crossroads, Education, Entertainment, Environment, General, GLBT, Islam, Nuclear Physics, Pagan Interest, Personal, Philosophy, Politics, PostADay2011, PostAWeek2011, Religion, Science, Shamanism, Social Observations, Technology, Unfolding Revelations, Wicca
Tagged access to health care, access to legal representation, assembly, business, Constitution, corporations, education, Equality, executive, freedom, freedom to marry, government, health, insurance, judicial, labor unions, legislative, people, postaday2011, postaweek2011, priveliges, Religion, rights, speech, taxes
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My Bucket List
A bucket list is a list of activities (usually one hundred or so) you want to do before you die. Everyone should have a bucket list. Here’s my list of thirty things I want to do before I die, in … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Environment, General, GLBT, Personal, Philosophy, Politics, PostADay2011, PostAWeek2011, Science, Social Observations, Technology
Tagged Africa, Antartica, Asia, Australia, baseball, Bucket List, Canada, Constitution, Denis Leary, direct, dresses, Eiffel Tower, Europe, Fashion Week, female, freedom, Gay Pride, get a degree, hoseiry, invent, Jon Stewart, Lewis Black, lottery, make-up, movie, New York City, newspaper, North America, Paris, photgraphy, postaday2011, postaweek2011, Pulitzer Prize, Real Life Experience, RLE, shoes, South America, Stephen Colbert, Supreme Court, USA Patriot Act, woman, wondergoon, write
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Open Thread Thursday: Gao
From Wikipedia (Gao) Gao is a town in eastern Mali on the River Niger lying 320 km (200 mi) ESE of Timbuktu. Situated on the left bank of the river at the junction with the Tilemsi valley, it is the … Continue reading
Open Thread Thursday: Megachilidae
From Wikipedia (Megachilidae) The Megachilidae are a cosmopolitan family of (mostly) solitary bees whose pollen-carrying structure (called a scopa) is restricted to the ventral surface of the abdomen (rather than mostly or exclusively on the hind legs as in other … Continue reading
My Favorite You Tube Channel: Khan Academy
This is the beginning of a new feature here at the House of Goonery.What I am going to be doing is occasionally highlighting a particular You Tube channel that I think offers something beyond the cacophony of other videos available … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Education, Entertainment, Environment, General, Nuclear Physics, Philosophy, PostADay2011, PostAWeek2011, Science, Social Observations, Technology
Tagged Bill and Melinda Gates, education, educators, free education, free online classes, history, math, physics, postaday2011, postaweek2011, Salman Khan, science, Stephen Colbert, teachers, The Colbert Report, The Gates Foundation, YouTube
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Open Thread Thursday: Plutocracy
From Wikipedia (Plutocracy). Plutocracy is rule by the wealthy, or power provided by wealth. The combination of both plutocracy and oligarchy is called plutarchy. The word plutocracy (Modern Greek: πλουτοκρατία – ploutokratia) is derived from the ancient Greek root ploutos, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Education, Entertainment, Environment, General, Open Thread Thursdays, Philosophy, Politics, PostADay2011, PostAWeek2011, Social Observations
Tagged America, American government, Benjamins, business, capitalism, cash, democracy, dough, greenbacks, money, moola, notes, Plutocracy, postaday2011, postaweek2011, the power of money, the rich rule the poor, wealth
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PolitiWatch: Newt Gingrich
GOP candidate Newt Gingrich is the topic of this discussion. Herein I will lay out what information is available about Mr. Gingrich’s platform and a bit about his personal/public life. I will try to focus on the issues, at first, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Christianity, Entertainment, Environment, General, GLBT, Islam, Pagan Interest, Philosophy, Politics, PolitiWatch, PostADay2011, PostAWeek2011, Religion, Science, Social Observations
Tagged Affordable Healthcare Act, candidates for president, Christianity, DOMA, GLBT, GOP Primarym Election 2012, Islam, Islamism, Muslim, Newt Gingrich, Obamacare, postaday2011, postaweek2011, POTUS, President Obama
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