THURSDAY #3822

One Of My Very Own

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EMAIL: 

ralh.henry.at.folio.olio@gmail.com

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Hong Kong Protests

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Jon Stewart stands with a hero of 9/11

Here is Luis Alvarez. His speech is for 5 minutes. Please listen. A hero in every sense of the word, these are his thoughts on his treatment by the United States of America and his brother-in-arms: www.c-span.org/video/standalone/?c4801986/luis-alvarez-911-victim-compensation-fund


https://youtu.be/vgPEiILu_V4 here is a video of Jon speaking for 9 minutes on the importance of funding healthcare for the heroes of 9/11.

Every American after listening to Jon.

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TOPICS THAT CONCERN ME

Romania's most powerful politician, Liviu Dragnea, was jeered by jubilant protesters on Monday as he was taken to jail after a corruption conviction was upheld by the country's top court. Since coming to power in late 2016, the Social Democrats have steadily chipped away at the independence of the judiciary, raising sharp criticism from the European Union and triggering Romania’s largest street protests in decades. Voters on Sunday overwhelmingly backed a referendum called by centrist President Klaus Iohannis to prevent Dragnea’s party from further weakening the courts.
https://www.euronews.com/2019/05/27/liviu-dragnea-romania-s-most-powerful-politician-sentenced-to-jail-for-corruption

Power Corrupts.
And the knowledge of that corruption has been around a long, long time.

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That concerns voting against your own self-interest simply because the guy is your guy.
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Don't get me wrong, I think my country is mostly good.

We have all heard talk about America going to war to get the oil. Try to name one country that we fought, beat, then kept the oil. Sure we kick ass, but we always give the country back. Just ask Germany or Japan, or more recently Iraq, Kuwait, and Afghanistan.
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Pretty scary read:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/20/us-put-nuclear-waste-under-dome-pacific-island-now-its-cracking-open/?utm_term=.4e1f83bebfc0 

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Another warning to you normally peaceful guys who think you can defend yourself if push comes to shove.

Did you notice how quickly he gets his fists back so he can hit you again? You can't do that without lots and lots of practice.
There an old saying about battlefield strategy:
"If you find yourself in a fair fight then your tactics suck."
If you MUST fight, there is no requirement that you fight fair.
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I watched a documentary on the active shooter incident at Parkland High School and recommend it enthusiastically. Here are some tidbits.

 I think that wisely he was afraid he might be jumped so better door locks is not the answer.

 At one point a wounded student in the hall screamed for help - begging someone to open a door, but all the survivors said they were afraid it was the shooter trying to lure them out into his kill zone.

By the way, there were lots of cellphones recording the whole thing.

Almost all the students and teachers thought it was a drill - even when they heard the shots. They thought they were blanks...to be more realistic.


The cellphones showed that during this whole horrible ordeal students casually stood around.

 I wonder why nobody jumped out the fucking window. I would have. There were only three floors, putting the top floor only 20 feet off the ground - 15 if you hang from the window. That is very survivable. Hell one girl got shot in the ankle in the stairwell and with her foot literally dangling from her leg she managed to run down the stairs and out and across the adjacent football field.

This should have been predicted.

But just like ever such event every student was the nicest, smartest, most friendly, etc. No they weren't.

 They had their faults just like the rest of us.

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A college grad taking pics with her immigrant parents in the fruit fields where they worked to give her a better life.

Sadly that is the exception, not the rule. I am for merit-based immigration. Start with PhDs and let all of them in who seek it, then include money, education or whether they read Folio Olio.

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 Driving over a pothole in my hometown to measure potholes. The one shown here was within the limits so the city won't repair it. 

But our potholes do have advantages...

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I have a friend whose father-in-law was a doctor who collected guns. Lots of antique weapons, but lots of modern stuff also.

One day his house got broken into.

But the doc kept most of his weapons in a secret place in the basement and none of them were touched. My friend told his father-in-law that the thieves would come back for the guns, but the doctor was steadfast in his belief that his guns were too well hidden and remained undiscovered.
Two weeks later the doctor interrupted thieves taking his weapons and was shot dead with his own 1911 45 automatic.
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Those men who put their lives on the line are some of the worst paid in our society. Why is that?

This is a test that can be ignored.

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The old nature/nurture adage applies here.
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Amazon Prime: Free 2-Day shipping 

Amazon Subprime: Loads package into a trebuchet and shoots it in the general direction of your house 

Amazon PrimePrime: Lets you live in the warehouse

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BROADENING ONE'S HORIZONS

Hadrian’s Wall

 As I understand it, it wasn't so much a wall as it was a border indication...one that couldn't easily be moved.
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 https://www.sciencealert.com/this-sonar-image-captures-the-largest-underwater-volcanic-eruption-ever-detected

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 The sad things archaeologists find.

 When a mass grave containing 15 women, children and young men who lived 5000 years ago was found in a southern Polish village, a mystery surrounded their demise.
The discovery, made eight years ago, revealed that each person had been killed by blows to the head. Conversely, the bodies were placed neatly together with gifts.

 This is a fascinating article with lots more pictures.
https://imgur.com/gallery/bBjuabM

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 https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-have-officially-smashed-the-record-for-high-temperature-superconductivity

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https://www.sciencealert.com/the-oldest-fungus-fossil-in-the-world-was-alive-a-billion-years-ago
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POTATO MAGICIAN: Is this your carb?

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THE HUMAN MENAGERIE

The old clay dick humor inducer is internationally valid. 
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Human Foosball

Looks like fun doesn't it? 
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Freediving with sleeping whales.

 If that were in the South there would be some whale tipping going on.
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Brings back thoughts of that school shooting.

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 I've never realized until now that Andrew Jackson had some really fabulous hair.
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I run across a couple of images like this every single day.

They are not worth posting except for my conclusion that far fewer would happen if all gas caps were on the driver's side. 
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So much stress so few punching bags.

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Here were some of the comments left on that report:
The body has ways of shutting baseball bats down.
He secretly wanted to be hit.
If he hadn't wanted to be attacked he would have worn something more modest.
It's not assault - it's non-consensual impact.
If it's inevitable you might as well relax and enjoy it.
He was giving mixed signals. She can't read his mind.
It was god's will.

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/bat-wielding-arizona-teens-assault-on-slut-shaming-preacher-a-hit-on-social-media-8340314
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We all age...

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I've got ceiling fans that punish us when we put them on high.

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This mom's face when Mr. Rogers drops some perspective on her.

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Food preparation by somebody who knows what they are doing...

And...

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I stay about two weeks ahead in my blog, so this one was put together on Memorial Day...if you're wondering.

And it's the perfect segue to the next section.

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5yo: Dad how many teeth do I have to lose to buy a TV?

Me: *doing zero math* Uh like a thousand.

5yo: Do I have a thousand teeth?

Me: Haha not quite.

5yo: *just glares at his little brother*

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ON WAR AND WARRIORS

We know the price our troops and their families face, but what about the civilians caught up in a conflict they had nothing to do with?

The guy who composes Parallel Lives has a new batch.

 I find these worth dwelling upon.

The most powerful of the lot in my opinion...

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 That fucking amazing!

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