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Ah! But, no... This is definitely something I need (as well as want) :)
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youtube.com/watch?v=YBDKI4By… youtube.com/watch?v=YBDKI4By… "Luce Dufault - Soirs de scotch Luce Dufault Feb 3, 2010"

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youtube.com/watch?v=9MJ8flVW… youtube.com/watch?v=9MJ8flVW… "Skylark - Wildflower OldschoolMusicJunkie May 30, 2017"

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Oh my! This is such an old song; brings me right back, along w/other songs containing such lyrics, to a time when my heart was broken during my youth when music was everything :) youtube.com/watch?v=Z6-INkIW… youtube.com/watch?v=Z6-INkIW… "Please Mr Please Olivia Newton-John Aug 26, 2012"
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While millions knew Carl Sagan from television, his students at Cornell University experienced his philosophy firsthand. He famously taught an undergraduate introductory seminar where the entire grade depended on challenging assumptions. The unwritten rule was simple: students could earn an “A” for completely disagreeing with Sagan on a scientific or philosophical point, provided they used strict empirical logic to support their claim. The lesson was intellectual humility. Sagan would deliberately present a convincing but flawed scientific argument, wait to see who blindly accepted it because of his authority, and then dismantle it to show how easily the human mind can be swayed by a famous title or confident delivery.
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"If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize." - Voltaire
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There are some disturbing similarities going on today-in Canada too. We've only2think why those using some of our insecurities against us,try2divide us by class,religion,language etc:We already know the outcome of using brute force or more insidious means. youtube.com/watch?v=vGAqYNFQ…
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Fascinating frightening video clips ..not frightening that these thoughts are part of the human spectrum of thoughts but that they've been given such a prominent place of seemingly unlimited power in our world today w/such glee.. Are we so bereft of new ideas2need2go back2this?!
In the USA in 1943 they produced a film 'Don't be a Sucker' about fascism. It perfectly explains Nigel Farage, Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the entire Right.
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Except that for the ordinary man, the opportunity to express this and get something done about it, is usually buried under the priorities of everyday living such as these are today..or he has to face vultures who will buy him out and claim the ideas for themselves for profit etc.
"The task is not to see what has never been seen before, but to think what has never been thought before about what you see everyday." -- Erwin Schrödinger (1887 - 1961)
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"The task is not to see what has never been seen before, but to think what has never been thought before about what you see everyday." -- Erwin Schrödinger (1887 - 1961)
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Leonardo da Vinci invented the self supporting bridge in the 1400s. Here’s how it works:
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Skills.. 💪
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🇺🇸🇮🇱 The merger between the U.S. and Israel has a third piece almost nobody is talking about. While Section 224 fuses the militaries, Section 622 moves to fuse the intelligence services... Buried in a 192-page intelligence authorization bill from Sen.Tom Cotton, Section 622 would legally require the president to "expand and enhance intelligence sharing" with Israel across nearly every topic of intelligence interest in the Middle East. It would prohibit any reduction in that sharing except for a "specific and identifiable national security concern," then force a detailed report to Congress within 15 days justifying it. Read that mechanism again carefully. It strips the president of the ability to limit what America tells Israel, then makes any attempt to do so a political fight the Israel lobby can frame as being "against Israel's security." It welds the intelligence spigot open by law. Now stack the three pieces moving through Congress at once: -The Stutzman resolution phases out visible aid. -Section 224 integrates the militaries. -Section 622 mandates intelligence sharing. Each one is less publicly accountable than the last. Aid is a line item voters can see. Intelligence liaison happens in the dark, where no price tag ever appears. The strategy is to move the relationship out of public view precisely as public support collapses. And the timing is the most scandalous part. The Pentagon just rated Israel a "critical" espionage threat. Congress's response to all of it is to legally mandate that America share more secrets with the country its own spy agencies say is robbing it. Source: Responsible States Craft / Writer: Daniel
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