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Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Veteran of Iraq, Afghanistan to Retire on September 11

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  Master Sgt.Pamela Bleuel (left) in Afghanistan In July 2009 I was pushing my bike toward a gap in the blast wall on Camp Adder, Iraq.  ...
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Sunday, September 5, 2021

Fascists and Fundamentalists Don't Care if You (or your mother) Die

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  Anti-vaxx, anti-mask Republicans don't care who dies Fascism has no ideology.  It is not a coherent system of beliefs.  Fascists: --Lo...
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

"Make a Buddy" Shitter

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  The times when I lived and worked in close quarters large groups of men--the Army and Teamsters loading docks.  One lament common to both ...
Sunday, August 29, 2021

Every Day, All Day Humiliation at Auschwitz

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  Auschwitz-Birkenau latrine On my return visit Auschwitz in July of this year, I saw things I missed or forgot I saw on my first visit in 2...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Seven Years Ago Today: Ironman Finish Six Minutes Before Midnight

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  My wife and I crossed the start line at 7:20 a.m. I crossed the finish line  at 11:54 p.m. after 16 hours and 34 minutes of swimming, ridi...
Thursday, August 19, 2021

Vital and Urgent Priorities in America's Place in the World

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  At the center of the book "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" the author says we must learn to separate the Vital from th...
Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Bungee Cord Repair Lasts 2,400 Miles

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2021 Nissan Altima plus six bungee cords Last Friday my son Nigel and I left Lancaster at 8:30 p.m. to drive to Minneapolis, Minnesota. He w...
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