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skipper wrote a new post, Contemporary References 5 years, 5 months ago
Today’s post is all reference section. Mariner provides a list of intriguing and entertaining articles from various sources that help us interpret daily life in a modern and unconstrained world.
REFERENCE S […]
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skipper wrote a new post, What’s a ‘Job’? 5 years, 5 months ago
Everyone must know by now that the twenty-first century is a century of unbelievable change. Much more upheaval to society than had by taming horses, discovering electricity, inventing gunpowder, defining economic […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Danger Ahead 5 years, 5 months ago
If there is any strength the US has to stand up against a hostile world, it is the US Intelligence Service. Coupled with the best funded military in the world, other nations think twice about taking on the US […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Hmmm and Oh! 5 years, 5 months ago
֎ [United Nations] Soon—or at least, soon in the context of human history—the number of people on Earth will stop growing. Based on the latest figures from the United Nations, demographers’ best guess for when t […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Earth Overshoot Day 5 years, 5 months ago
Yesterday, July 29, was Earth Overshoot Day. Earth Overshoot Day (EOD) is that day in a calendar year when humans have consumed what the planet can restore in one year. With very few exceptions, each year since […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Very Important Interviews 5 years, 5 months ago
While seminal insights are available on television, they are relatively rare. However, within 24 hours two interviews of authors with intellectual insight, unspun perspective, factual interpretation and a superior […]
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skipper wrote a new post, More about Housing 5 years, 5 months ago
[Citylab] In California, the debate between NIMBYs and YIMBYs—that’s Not In My Backyard and Yes In My Backyard, respectively—doesn’t usually involve actual backyards. It’s about housing: By one estimate, the state […]
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skipper wrote a new post, items 5 years, 6 months ago
֎ ‘Our’ nation making decisions in ‘Our’ best interest
TOP SPENDING LOBBYISTS
U.S. Chamber of Commerce: $12.5 million (versus $16.5 million in Q1 2019 and $15.2 million in Q2 2018)
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skipper wrote a new post, This Week’s Email News 5 years, 6 months ago
֎ [Citylab] The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would strip some 3.1 million people of food aid under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Specifically, the administration wants to […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Morning 5 years, 6 months ago
Mariner advises readers that the women on television who wake up, sit up, smile a big grin and stretch their arms skyward is a myth fostered by mattress companies. Mariner does not have this experience upon […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Can one Belong without Faith? 5 years, 6 months ago
Mariner suspects the Atlantic Magazine reads his posts. More than once, mariner has presented a subject that Atlantic reports on in its next issue. Mariner’s post, “It’s Time for Religion” published on July 17 […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Thoughts on Economics 5 years, 6 months ago
Mariner is not an educated economist. Nevertheless, he seeks common sense relationships that make an economy work and he flavors the numbers with human reality. This flavoring is important to regular human beings […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Emoji and Donald 5 years, 6 months ago
֎ [536.com] But, soft! What emoji news through yonder computer screen breaks? Apple has announced fall additions to its keyboard that will include a guide dog, an ear with a hearing aid, a person in a wheelchair, […]
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skipper wrote a new post, It’s Time for Religion 5 years, 6 months ago
There are times when we must return to religion. This is difficult in today’s helter-skelter value systems and rapidly shifting beliefs in the world in which we live. To the extent that religion itself is caught u […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Fly By Subjects from Mariner’s Mail 5 years, 6 months ago
֎ Astrophysicists have pursued dark matter for decades. It seems there is growing evidence for yet another kind of dark matter. The new dark matter is called ‘Chameleon Theory.’ It is so named because it can chan […]
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skipper wrote a new post, When it comes down to it, you’re not on your own 5 years, 6 months ago
[NPR] Debbie Baker thought she qualified for a federal program that helps teachers such as her, as well as nurses, police officers, librarians and others. The Department of Education program forgives their federal […]
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Excellent article. sad, but true. It’s like we’re living in the wild west in a town without a sheriff. Note that although the internet can be a wonderful source of information, BE VERY CAREFUL. There’s a lot of garbage and downright false information floating around there.
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skipper wrote a new post, Mariner’s Alter Egos 5 years, 6 months ago
Mariner takes time out in this post to clarify what readers find odd if not confusing – his use of alter egos. A short explanation is on the blog page “About the Ancient Mariner.”
The egos are based on Ari […]
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skipper wrote a new post, This is a strange, scary World 5 years, 6 months ago
The Atlantic Magazine has an article about the love relationship between Evangelical Christians and Donald. Mariner suggests only the strongest in faith and self-confidence read that article.
Reason, a so-named […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Beyond Donald -3 5 years, 6 months ago
Isn’t this fun? Regular readers will recall the last two posts moving beyond Donald and clearing out the debris and smoke of Flanders Field. As the smoke thins, a farther view of the horizon emerges and reality i […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Beyond Donald -2 5 years, 6 months ago
In the previous post, mariner envisioned the time of Donald to be similar to Flanders Field in WWI. With visibility clouded by the smoke of conflict and confusion, the horizon of reality could not be seen. Mariner […]
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