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First Principles: Those Who Follow Christian Holidays Should Follow Christian Precepts
“How many observe Christ’s birth-day! How few, his precepts! O! ’tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.” – Benjamin Franklin (1743)
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Christ's Birthday, Commandments, First Principles, Holidays, Observe, Precepts
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Thought For the Day: A Tyranny Can Withstand the People Fighting, But, Won’t Last Long Once They’re Thinking
“A king can stand people fighting but he can’t last long if people start thinking.” – Will Rogers, humorist (4 Nov 1879-1935)
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Tagged Conflict, Discuss, Reason, Resolve Differences, The People, Think, Thought For the Day, Tyranny, Will Rogers, Withstand
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The Practice of Kindness
Based in part on the Gospel according to Luke: The Practice of Kindness by Michael Romani In this world of madness Inundated with sadness What happened to kindness In this world of blindness A moment’s thought for others All of … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind, Cheek, Covenant, Doubt, Find, Forgive, Frailty, Gifts, God, God's Whisper, Good, Gospel, Grace, Heal, Holy, Humanity, Jesus, Kindness, Lose, Love One Another, Loyal, Luke, Madness, Other-Centered, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Praxis, Protect, Reliable, Sad, Servants, Serve, Stable, Steadfast, Sword, Tender Mercy, Turn, Vanity, Word
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Thought For the Day: In Our Imperfect World, We Live With Unprecedented Freedom and Prosperity
“While the world is not perfect, and never will be, we live in a wildly prosperous nation with unprecedented political freedoms. We have much to be thankful for. More importantly, not everything in life is about politics. The sooner we … Continue reading
Projected Whale
The source for this explains that it is a projected hologram using two laser beams. I’ve never personally seen anything like this before. But, felt others might get a kick out of viewing it as well: http://websitesboise.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Projectionholographique1.mp4?_=1 Who says there’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Hologram, Imagination, Laser Beams, Love, Magic, Projection, Smile, Thought For the Day, Video, Whale
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First Principles: Let All Free Persons Encourage and Strengthen One Another To Our Best Ends
“Let us animate and encourage each other. … A Freeman contending for Liberty on his own ground is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.” – George Washington (1776)
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Tagged Animate, Earth, Encourage, First Principles, Free Persons, George Washington, Liberty, One Another, Slavish Mercenary, Superior
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Ashes of Daybreak
Maybe it would be better to start this look at Julius Caesar sometime around the Ides of March? Still… Ashes of Daybreak by Michael Romani Brushes with death lived as life Young Julius pushed on through the strife For every … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashes, Battle, Battle of Silarius, Crumble, Daybreak, Empire, Fight, Glory, Ides of March, Julius Caesar, Nobility, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rome, Servile Wars, Slaves, Society, Soldier, Spartacus, Victory, Virtue, Warrior
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Shoreline Conditions
Part IV of the story of the fall of legendary Troy: Shoreline Conditions by Michael Romani All the terms and conditions In even the earliest renditions Speak of two lovers washed on a shoreline Hand in hand, impervious to their … Continue reading
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Tagged Artemis, Cherish, Command, Cost, Crimes, Daugther, Elopment, Fight, Forgot, Gold, Greece, Helen, Heresy, Honor, Legend, Lesson, Lost, Love, Lovers, Mercy, Paris, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possession, Price, Priest, Sacrifice, Savage, Shoreline, Slaughter, Sparta, Troy, Umbrage, United, War, Winds
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Thought For the Day: The Only Way To Win A War Is To Prevent The War
“The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.” – George Marshall, US Army Chief, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Nobel laureate (31 Dec 1880-1959)
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Tagged George Marshall, Humanity, Morale, Prevent, Soldier, Thought For the Day, War, Win
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First Principles: A Prosperous Economy Promotes the Living Standard of All
“To cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind, by multiplying the objects of enterprise, is not among the least considerable of the expedients, by which the wealth of a nation may be promoted.” – Alexander Hamilton (1791) … Continue reading
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Tagged Activity, Alexander Hamilton, Cherish, Enterprise, First Principles, Human Mind, Promote, Standard of Living, Stimulate, Wealth
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