99.78% is the truth.

 

 

 This movie was a surprise, in many ways.  With such a boatload of respected actors, it was released to a limited time at some theaters, on Dec. 21, 2021 . It became another movie  on Netflix Dec. 24, three days later.

The presidential debates?

The Finality

 

There are many views of this movie.  Here a few:

"The whole movie really emphasized the pure truth: - how politicians are telling lies - how powerful technology billionaires are - the privilege of rich people - the ignorance of people about scientific threats"

"Idk if I'm over analyzing but my favorite detail about this scene is how he's holding the coffee mug at the end. He has his hand on the hot part not by the handle, almost like a last bit of comfort/distraction, a little warmth, the very thing that brought life in the first place."

 

There are many many comments about this movie, all of them shaking their heads and saying "This looks strangely possible, and the politicians are also strangely scary in the view of their power."

If you have time, watch this.  The comedy is good, message is even better.

Truth, the Absolute Truth

Truth is truth.  Words can be twisted and distorted, but truth is literally out there to see, looking us right in the eyes.

 This video is about 10 minutes long.  There are all sorts of parents catching kids doing something, who then deny they have done anything, anything at all. Scroll through it, relive your own moments of denial in the face of absolute evidence.

 

Adam knows everything, and it is creepy

 

A rant is long overdue, so bear with me.

Internet security has always been an issue, and this issue becomes blaring when it affects millions of people worldwide.  This is not just occasional, but as one of many hacking invasions.

My daughter introduced me to "Adam Ruins...", a YouTube series where an incredible revelations about a variety of a broad scary vulnerabilities in today's societies. (While "Adam Ruins..." may or may not totally truthful, this one certainly must be.)

Here is one scary video that is applicable to my rant:

This is 6:20 in time, but well worth the watch.

For instance, I had searched some sites to find a dress or something for my son's wedding.  Since then I have been inundated on Gmail, Blogspot and Facebook sidebars for outfits that may be of interest. Motorcycle parts? NextMD for migraines? IQ tests? (I am brilliant, a genius, by the way.)

Basically we live in a world where privacy is a rare, non-existent luxury. Even "going off the grid" is still not a guarantee.

Not much of a rant, but this is certainly one of outrage, anger, and most of all: fear.

I hope that this is accessible!  If not, paste "Adam ruins + YouTube" in your search.

This is a re-post from 2017. 

Three or Four Lights?

 

This is a scary thought, because it really is not just a thought: it is a reality.

Here it is:  If you repeat a lie often enough, it will become the truth.

IF I told my students “The sky is pink!”  a thousand times a day, for days on end, eventually one student might look up at the blue blue sky.  He might say, “Why, you’re right!  It IS pink!”  Soon every student would agree with him.

Source

So a lie becomes the “new” truth. 

Where will it all end?

In this video clip from “Star Trek: Next Generation”, Jean Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) has been captured by the evil Cardassians (not Kim or Kourtney).  David Warner is the interrogator who relentlessly and brutally questions Picard.  

But first Warner has to break Picard.  He shows Picard four lights, tells him repeatedly there are three lights.

 

This will last about 1 minute. This was considered a profound episode.

 

At the end as Picard is rescued, he is peering up into the lights, on the edge of breaking down.  Are there three or are there four?

The new truth:  what will we do with it?

 

Source

 

 

 

 

 

Aretha Franklin nails the songs.

 

"John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd are two brothers with a rockin' blues band and a vision from God to save the orphanage where they grew up in one of the greatest comedies of all time. Blues Brothers, released in 1980." A brief synopsis of an awesome movie.  

   Aretha Franklin: Think

Aretha Franklin: Respect

This was a movie to be remembered, even after 40 years. John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd go on quest and along the way, their adventures cannot be summarized in a short post.  

But, probably the most memorable of the movie's songs are performed by Aretha Franklin.  Her voice is fantastic, beyond description.  She is convincing, acting as well as music, what she really wants from her loser husband is respect and for him to just think.  Don't we all feel that sometime or another.

Can't say more than that.  

Do you gerrymander?

 

                                    One person, one vote

So far, we have had Twitter, Tweet, Facebook, and perhaps-more big industries-to-come. Google? Their business practices came back to bite them and their days of revealing, deleting, gerrymandering  (an interesting word and meaning) I have never understood. The definition is a silent, quiet word, one that isn’t tossed around casually. Why, I wonder.

[ˌjerēˈmandəriNG]

NOUN

gerrymandering (noun) · jerrymandering (noun)

1. the manipulation of an electoral constituency's boundaries so as to favor one party or class:

"gerrymandering protects the party lines and keeps bad incumbents in power"

ORIGIN

early 19th century: from gerrymander + -ing.

Here are some synonyms:

 manipulating, cheating, pettifoggery, rigging, corruption, falsifying, manipulation, fraud, and more.

What struck me is that there are no synonyms below, just antonyms:

honor, oath, justice, integrity, honesty, sincerity, truth, and more.

Basically, being called a gerrymander is a negative thing as part of its meaning.

Being called truthful is a positive thing as part of it definition.

Are you a gerrymander or honest? Pettifoggery or sincerity? Manipulate or guide? 

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Recess is hell.

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        Live long             

The teachers shivered as they watched the recess horde which never ever ended. It’s death or life, lies or truth. It's them or us. Their eyes glazed around the mob, knowing that some opportunity could lead to havoc.   

Like the crack of a jump rope, a type of sizzling chemistry suddenly burst around them, exploding loose. Screw philosophy and fact. Forget about instruction, all the facts from teacher education. Clothes? Who needs them when all hell breaks loose?

Somewhere, there is an agency, somewhere that will set the playground in order. Over near the swings there would be a huddled group of people, clutching boxes of books, reading as if their lives depending on it. The agency will know how to help them all. Soon.

I wouldn’t count on help coming anytime soon.

  This meme was started by Delores a long time ago.  Troubles led her to bow out, but the meme was too much fun to let go, and now Words for Wednesday is provided by a number of people and has become a movable feast. With Elephant's Child  and other blogger volunteers, Mother Owl's we will find the challenges. Underlined words are some of the words available.

The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind. My difficulty is using words that were just released. Grant me some forgiveness, greatness cannot be hurried.

If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along to read it and add a few encouraging words. Head on over to play with words

I am well versed in recess duty.  There is no joy in that place.