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Monday, July 2, 2018

Success . . .

. . . later in life . . .

(from https://brandongaille.com/10-people-that-found-great-success-after-turning-60/)
-Frank McCourt became a beset-selling author at 66. Published in 1996, Angela's Ashes sold 5 million copies . . .

-A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) at 69. Registered (the organization) in New York on July 11, 1966. . . his writings have since been translated into 76 languages. . .

-Mary Delaney invented paper collage at 72. In the following 10 years, Delaney created 985 botanically correct, cut paper flowers . . .

-Laura Ingalls Wilder began writing the hugely popular 'Little House' books at 65. . . immortalized in the eponymous TV series. . .

-Estelle Getty achieved widespread fame in 'The Golden Girls' at 63. After an unsuccessful career . . . making Getty famous overnight . . .

-Fauja Singh ran his first marathon at 69. . . becoming the oldest man to run a full marathon when he completed the Toronto Waterfront (at age 100). . .

The Hours
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Sunday, July 1, 2018

Consequences. . .

(from https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/trump-praises-dictator-has-consequences-n883036)
". . . So he's a very smart guy. He's a great negotiator. But I think we understand each other.
(Fox News' Brett) BAIER: But he's still done some really bad things. . . TRUMP: Yeah, but so have a lot of other people done some really bad things. I could go through a lot of nations where a lot of bad things were done. . . Besides the shoulder-shrugging or the muted reaction from GOP lawmakers (that’s now the best way to know when they’re comfortable with something the president said), there’s an important consequence to Trump’s praise of dictators and authoritarian strongmen: What happens when the United States is no longer the world’s moral compass? . . ."

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Saturday, June 30, 2018

Free

Relief, exhilaration
Giddiness and childlike glee
No more running on the treadmill
Pleasing everyone but me

Not that nothing seemed rewarding
Many things accomplished sure
Some sincere appreciation
From honest observateur

Many ready ears were there to listen
Many varied kinds of souls abound
There were caring personalities
Several selfish also could be found

Now that's over; new page has begun
With all its new potential
Nothing done has been regretted
What's ahead has me enthralled

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Friday, June 29, 2018

Dry . . .

When the feeling overtakes you
To rain brimstone with some fire
On your fellow earthly beings
But the anger and frustration
Of the wasted opportunities
Overwhelms the pithy arrows
That you'd very much like to fling
And nothing seems to flow
From depths much drier Than Sahara

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Thursday, June 28, 2018

Obviously . . .

. . . Trump took a moment to explain the significance of a Supreme Court vacancy Wednesday to Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, saying that, "In our country, the election of a justice of the United States Supreme Court is considered, I think we can all say, one of the most important events." . . . He added that, "Some people think outside of obviously war and peace it's the most important thing that you can have. . ."

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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Supreme?. . .

Troubled, worried
Concerned about
What we, as a people,
Will become
If we continue down this path
Of national, egotistic
Self destruction?

That Said
©2018 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Recap . . .

. . . as of the 20th . . . or 'look at all these accomplishments'. . .

(https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/has-been-president-united-states-over-last-two-weeks-n884971)
". . . Defended his administration’s policy of separating migrant children from their families;

Falsely blamed the opposition party for the policy;

Tweeted that undocumented immigrants “pour into and infest our Country”;

Charged that the German people are turning against their leadership, and falsely stated that crime in Germany is up (when it’s down);

Urged voters to defeat a legislator from his own party for not being loyal enough to him;
Taunted that legislator after he was defeated (“I just want to congratulate him on running a great race!”);

Praised the dictator of North Korea (“He’s smart, loves his people, he loves his country”);

Attacked the prime minister of Canada, calling him “very dishonest and weak”;

Refused to sign the joint communique from the G-7 summit;

Blamed the country’s former president for losing Crimea to Russia;

Said his supporters “are the smartest, strongest, most hard working and most loyal that we have seen in our countries [sic] history”;

Called the news media “the enemy of the people”;

And continued his attacks on the federal investigation into his campaign team?

And that’s all in just the last two weeks. . ."

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