Agreed, it makes a great headline though.

Hello everyone:
I am just making a pot of coffee. I ran out of tea, my beverage of choice but coffee will do.

Mary, I do not qualify for any wage insurance so I am living off my quickly depleting savings. I'll find something though, I have confidence.

Although that was one of the justifications, the Japanese navy and air force were totally wiped out and Japan was all but defeated.
The primary purpose of the two bombings was to send a message to Russia mostly, but China too, to stay out of Japan and to a wider extent, to let the world know that the US was the new super power with a new weapon. The US thought it would take a lot longer for Europe and Russia to catch up and the Anglo alliance actually thought they could keep that nuclear genie in the Anglo bottle. It didn't work out quite the way the power structure thought it would and here we are with a new nuclear world.

There was a study conducted by US, Britain and Canadian scientists and political interests around the time of the Manhattan Project headed by a man named Howe (not sure if it was C.D. Howe or another Howe, I will need to find the paper) that clearly laid out what would happen if the bomb was used. The study said that once the genie was let out of the bottle it would be near impossible to curb the proliferation or elimination of atomic weapons. The paper was ignored by Anglo interests. Also note that atomic weapons are neither strategic or tactical, they are political weapons.

Unemployed and I am trying to stay away from the corporate world. It is harder now that I am approaching 50. Seems I get hired, they take my knowledge and let me go soon after.

Nice day here, not too humid or hot.
I guess school is out for you?

Sent a few resumes out today but other than that, a very unproductive day. Tomorrow will be better.
How about you?

Hi Mary.
Cute mouse. Reminds me of one of my favorite sayings.

"Although the early bird may get the worm, it is the second mouse that gets the cheese."

sympathizing

Ulysses S. Grant

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I just read this earlier today and it should provoke deep thought regardless of political leanings.
I have done a lot of reading about the suicides and stateside violence amongst combat troops. The amount of suicides is extremely alarming and the care soldiers receive when they come back home is grossly inadequate.
A true tragedy that soldiers are worthy as long as they kill and die for political reasons but when the time comes to care for the damaged ones, the political will and resources are not there. Criminal really.

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aliens

I see facts too but it is hardly news.
Targeting killings have been going on for decades and even centuries for some countries.
Off the top of my head, read John Perkins "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" for many examples of US targeted killings.

This year while volunteering during the Canada Day festivities in Mississauga, we had this drunk guy come up who had lost his glass eye. The eye was found soon after but the problem was, this guy never learned how to put his eye in himself and St John's Ambulance failed in their attempt. Being too drunk to drive, we eventually found someone willing to drive him home where his mother put his eye back in. As it turned out, his mother is the only one in the family that can do it.

He will truthfully say no and then reply, "It's your butt that makes those jeans look big."

Oh boy, still thinking ideologically and not rationally I see. Well consider this:

When the Anglo-Alliance let the nuclear genie out of the bottle, they knew the final consequence would be that one day, every nation would develop the same technology but they ignored the warnings from many within their own ranks and ignorantly tried to terrorize the world in August 1945. This was the main objective in 1945, show the world that the US and British alliance alone, would have this capability even in the face of overwhelming evidence suggesting otherwise. Their effort to terrorize the world did indeed work but not in the way they anticipated.

Since then the nuclear anti-proliferation efforts have been minimal to irrelevant and have only slowed down the inevitable, inclusion for all. Until the permanent members of The UN Security Council, the true nuclear terrorist organizations of the world, denounce and disarm their own nuclear deterrents, any and all efforts to limit nuclear technology will be futile. Do you really think that the handful of countries that have access to nuclear power today are the only ones allowed to benefit from it?

Most of the types of nuclear reactors used to create electricity are uniquely designed to be dual purpose and easily converted for military purposes if needed. I am not saying that limited, smaller reactors may not have their benefits but this is not what we have been building. Iran, Saudi Arabia and other nations will develop this technology one day and there is nothing the US, NATO, China or Russia will be able to do about it. The end result is inevitable, until they take the final bold step and renounce nuclear weapons and disarm themselves first. If that is not done, then one day there will be another deadly political or military nuclear incident. I just hope not in my lifetime.

Think about this rationally and not ideologically and you should come to a similar conclusion.

Ok, go ahead and rant away.

I'm no longer in politics but I do a lot of community volunteering and the rewards that come with engaging with the community are extremely fulfilling. I have no family and I'm relatively healthy so I have a lot of time and energy to spare.
I count myself very fortunate and lucky to give what I can. But I do have the time which not everyone can afford.

A couple of times.
In 2004, an associate/friend and I was provided the opportunity to run a federal election campaign in our district for The Green Party.
With little experience, no expectation to win and no money, we assembled a diverse energetic team and along the way, I learned so much about myself and found the experience personally rewarding. We both moved on to other things a few months after the election but the same group we assembled is still going strong.

Love the city. I live in the 'burb of Mississauga, which has pop. 800,000.
It's Mega-sprawl in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) and I'm only a 45 minute bike ride from the city core.

A greyhound: Vodka and grapefruit juice. It's a nice contrast.