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Walt Whitman was born on this date in West Hills, New York, in 1819, 204 years ago. Few can touch him for the greatness he achieved in his use of the English language. Wikipedia states: "Art historian Mary Berenson says, "You cannot really understand America without Walt Whitman, without Leaves of Grass ..... He has expressed that civilization, 'up to date,' as he would say, and no student of the philosophy of history can do without him." " Here are some of Whitman's own words which I believe justify Berenson's assessment. “I too am not a bit tamed, I too...

I am a libertarian. To me, freedom looks like the essential glue or fabric for society. Freedom needs discipline. I speculate that my poet’s etymological analysis of the word “freedom” can give us both freedom and discipline in the one word. To do this, I first suggest that the roots of the word “freedom” can lead us to call it the home or homes where we can feel free. For me today, the word "freedom" combines the adjective "free" with the Latin word "domus" or home to mean a home or homes where someone can feel free. This is an...

I believe we must not forget that: "Men, women and children need to live with love; this is an indispensable foundation of human society." Today, the 14th of May, is now Mother’s Day in Australia and the 54th birthday of mother-of-four, and dual Oscar winning Australian born actress Cate Blanchett. Here are some of her thoughts on being a mum: “Children are spirited, passionate, political, demanding. They are also heartbreaking. They constantly extend parents and so parents are constantly confronted with their failures, don’t you think? I’d rather presently live life this way than not.” “My husband and I worry...

I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me. ,,,,,,,,,, I don't want everything to add up to some perfect equation. .......... I want to feel passion and heat and sweat and madness..........

Hand to mouth should be Biden’s Presidential re-election theme song. 70% Of Americans Are Financially Stressed, 58% Live Paycheck-To-Paycheck because America is living off their credit cards living a life they can’t actually afford as credit card debt keeps hitting record highs approaching $1 TRILLION! Of course, what is really troubling is that credit card useage is soaring as The Fed hikes interest rates to combat inflation … caused by Janet Yellen and The Fed keeping rates near zero for too long under Obama. Then we have Biden fighting fossil fuels and Congress spending like drunken sailors in port. All...

Cry for Argentina! Their central bank boosted its benchmark Leliq rate by 300 basis points to 78%. The monetary authority’s board considered the increase in response to accelerating inflation and after leaving the key rate unchanged for several months. Of course, the US Federal Reserve is going in the opposite direction to combat the US banking crisis created by inflation and Yellen’s “Too low for too long” Fed policies. I am beginning to wonder in Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot are the same person.

Today is the Ides Of March. Julius Caesar was assassinated on this day in 44 BC. In 1950 Charlton Heston gave a brilliant performance as Marc Antony in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. If Brutus was an honourable man, then so is Joe Biden in his ice cream dreams. Some poeticised thoughts from Heston on freedom follow .....

Jesus Spoke Freely. To Everyone. The Ultimate in Brotherhood. The Word - Logos - Rationality - Discourse Praise The Lord. Freedom Of Speech.

On this day, 1865, the thirteenth amendment abolished slavery. Are we free now? Our spirits or our lives? Annika looks like she is. (Click the red link below the title if you wonder why you cannot see her here.)

Its a sign of the times! First, US default risk as measured by credit default swaps remains elevated (primarily because Biden and Democrats refused to cut wasteful spending or reign in non-retirees on Social Security). And NY Fed’s Reverse Repos remain elevated. And then we have Citi’s economic surprise index for the US at -17 as The Fed slows money growth to 0%. I wish I knew a place where inflation and insane Federal government spending and policies doesn’t exist. Joe Biden was in California and had a secret meeting with Nancy Pelosi’s nephew Gavin Newsome. Is Joe replacing Kamala...

I watched Biden’s Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre giving Biden credit for the lowest unemployment rate in US history thanks to his economic policies. And Biden mentioned that he inherited a terrible economy from Trump. Hmmm. Let’s let the data talk. Covid was horrific (I almost died from it), but it was the government response to Covid there was disastorous. Government shutdowns (and the masking of the populace) killed off numerous small businesses and sent jobless claims soaring in 2020 (white line) and U-3 unemployment rate rose to the highest level since The Great Depression. The response from The Federal...

Medical Doctors for Covid Ethics International (MD4CE International) is grateful to His Excellency, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, for speaking to us and sharing his thoughts on the current global crisis, which began with the fraudulent concocted Covid-19 pandemic emergency, supported by and maintained by an evil military grade psychological operation, complete with the unashamed use of fear and shame propaganda, which was unleashed in a coordinated manner on the unsuspecting people of the entire world by their own governments in early 2020, with predictably cataclysmic results.

On Jackson's Island, Huck Finn found peace in nature: "I laid there in the grass and the cool shade thinking about things, and feeling rested and ruther comfortable and satisfied. " Beauty and trees in the modern Australian police state give me rest too. Connected deep In God's sweet call, When I pray, He saves me ......... God Bless Mark Twain, the joy of gazing at human beauty and being free.

Born on the reservation In west coast washington Lived his adult life in maui land lubbing - poet - adventurer

Now that it is official that the US is a failed state (for failing to do anything about election fraud in either the 2020 election or 2022 midterms much like Venezuela), we need to look at asset classes out of the reach of The Federal Reserve and Federal regulation … for the moment. Major cryptocurrencies erased losses and turned higher after Binance Holdings Ltd.’s Chief Executive Officer Changpeng Zhao said the world’s largest digital-asset exchange plans to set up an industry recovery fund. Zhao said Monday the goal was to “reduce further cascading negative effects” of the bankruptcy of rival...

Country music legend Loretta Lynn has died at the age of 90. The 4-time Grammy winner — whose glittering career spanned six decades — passed away Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. Her family confirmed the news in a statement provided to the Associated Press, but did not disclose a cause of death. Lynn — who was raised by a coal miner in rural Kentucky — became a worldwide sensation with her 1971 track “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” However, the singer-songwriter used her poverty-stricken Appalachian childhood as the basis for dozens of her other hit songs. The Country Music...

Steve from Wonni sings under the name Slim W in tribute to his idol, Australian country Music legend Slim Dusty. Lawyer X was Nicola Gobbo, a barrister and police informant who informed against her own clients to Victoria Police. Such is life in a police state.

Breaking News: Mass Murder Attacks in Rural Saskatchewan Canada With Two Suspects Using Knives 10 Dead And 15 Wounded Police Say The Suspects Are At Large Tonight the Royal Canadian Mounted Police warning the public across three provinces (Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan) regarding suspects Damien Sanderson, 31 and Myles Sanderson, 30. They may have been spotted in Regina, Saskatchewan... A private plane that reported cabin pressure problems after taking off in Spain on a flight to Cologne, Germany ended up crashing into the Baltic Sea off the coast of Latvia... A protest march and rally in the Netherlands today opposing...

Here we go doom loop de loop? The dollar’s gain is the world’s pain — and based on its current trajectory, the world may be in for a whole lot more discomfort. But the move risks becoming a self-reinforcing feedback loop given that the vast majority of cross-border trade is still denominated in dollars, and a stronger US currency has historically translated into a broad hit to the world economy. With the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates at the fastest pace in decades, he says, it’s much less clear what could break the feedback loop in the next few months....

Help me out, fellow Bibliophiles! I read a delightful rhyming book to my kids about a British man who takes a vacation to the beach he keeps losing things along the way. One of the lines is, "Oh, well, what's done is done. I think I'll picnic in the sun." Part of the charm of this book is finding the places where these items were forgotten. For example, the umbrella was left on the bus and we see it in the window as the bus pulls away. CAN ANYONE TELL ME THE NAME OF THAT WONDERFUL BOOK?