Is this Spring? 61 degrees in Westminster, Maryland today. And sunny. Very nice.
Some more ramblings:
Mass Slaughter?
A Domini Social Equity Fund advertisement quotes Andy Fink, editor of Junior Shooters magazine:
"If the industry is to survive, gun enthusiasts must embrace all youth shooting activities, including ones, 'using semiautomatic firearms with magazines holding 30-100 rounds.'""
Immigration:
Great Decisions information shows:
The United Nations says everyone has the right to migrate, but they don't have the right to settle somewhere else. (Now, what the hell does that mean?)
In the United States, before 1924, people could walk in and become citizens in two years. However, starting with 1924, a quota system was put into effect.
38% of Syrian refugees are under 12 years of age.
Only persons born in Germany can become citizens of Germany. (true?)
In 2015, 60 million people in the world were displaced from their homes.
ISIS
I've read that ISIS fighters do not want to be killed by a woman, because then they would have no place in heaven and miss out on all those virgins. (How on earth will we ever be able to reason with people who are so ignorant in their beliefs?)
Handedness
Let's talk about left and right handedness. For years (including the supposedly sanitary times when Rome ruled the known world) there was no such thing as toilet paper. That was what the left hand was for. Hard to imagine, right? Well, I'll bet there are still people today who have no idea what toilet paper is for.
In some Countries, people do use toilet paper, but do not flush it into the toilet. This makes sense, if one doesn't care what their waste basket smells or looks like. One story I read in the New York Times told how a family who took in a Russian exchange student had to teach him to not put his used toilet paper in the bathroom waste basket.. like they apparently do in Russia.
Sinister... comes from the word for left handedness... because of the hand-butt relationship. Why do you think we shake hands only with the right hand? Gauche... also.
Right is a key word in slang usage:
Right off the boat.
Right off the bat.
Right to life.
Right makes might.
Right as rain.
Right on time.
Right to work.
On the right track.
Right flank.
Right guard.
Right you are.
Right on!
and remember: when you are driving.. never make a left turn.. but three rights make one left.
Another Maryland Pot Law Passes:
The Maryland Legislature voted 139 to 0 to make it a criminal misdemeanor to smoke pot in a vehicle.
Fellow Mensa Member Author
If you want to know what kind of novel a Mensa member can create, you can check out these books by Jean Auel:
The Clan of the Cave Bear (a little shocking.. at first)
The Valley of Horses
The Mammoth Hunters
The Plains of Passage
The Shelters of Stone
The Land of Painted Caves
These are all books in Jean's Earth's Children series.. which allows us to participate in the adventures of Ayla, a Cro-Magnon orphan, adopted by a Neanderthal clan.. and her blue-eyed lover, Jondalar.
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