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 From The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide:7 RULES on Approaching Authoritarian SupportersWhat if your neighbour, friend or family member supports the authoritarian regime?Rule 1Don’t look down on them, don’t patronize them, even if you know what they’re saying has no factual basis or you find it offensive. Don’t preach, ask questions. Try to understand them, where they are coming from,

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Not surprisinghttps://www.psypost.org/trump-supporters-report-higher-levels-of-psychopathy-manipulativeness-callousness-and-narcissism/ by Eric W. Dolan  July 23, 2025   A new psychological study has found that people who report favorable views of Donald Trump also tend to score higher on measures of callousness, manipulation, and other malevolent traits—and lower on empathy

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 Nov. 11, 2025 A reminder that the reason we got Mike Johnson (R) as Speaker of the House was that all Democrats plus 8 Republicans voted to oust his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy (R). Johnson is much worse than McCarthy.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_of_Kevin_McCarthy_as_Speaker_of_the_House 

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 I wrote this song after reading a few years ago that there are children in our country who routinely lose weight in the winter because their families cannot afford both enough food and heat. And of course people need more food when they are cold.Feed and Freezecopyright 2001 Patricia M. Shannon(chorus)If I feed my my children, they will freeze'cause the power bill is so high.When they say "

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http://cjonline.com/blog-post/lucinda/2012-06-01/no-obama-did-not-control-congress-his-first-two-years Looks like the original link no longer exists. Here's another one with the information: https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2012/09/09/when-obama-had-total-control/985146007/ Posted June 1, 2012 12:05 am - Updated June 1, 2012 01:39 am No! Obama Did Not Control Congress His First

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The relevance is really obvious in the wake of the several recent very destructive natural disasters. Obviously, not a comprehensive list of important jobs. Lyrics What Kind of Job Is Important © copyright 2017 Patricia M. Shannon What kind of jobs are important? What do we really need? What is it we cannot live without, not just an expression of greed? We need food and water, shelter from

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  Mathematical analysis shows that without redistribution, wealth becomes increasingly more concentrated, and inequality grows until almost all assets are held by an extremely small percent of people.  History shows this analysis is accurate.   I first saw such an analysis years ago, I believe in Scientific American in the winter in 1990, 1991, or 1992. I haven't been able

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Blogger said I need to post a notice about cookies if theirs doesn't show up, to satisfy European laws. I don't see theirs on my page, maybe because of something to do with my page setup. So here it is. Blogger keeps cookies. I might have apps that keep cookies, I don't know. I do not personally keep cookies.

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The Choice copyright 1993 Patricia M. Shannon (can be sung to the tune of "Holy, Holy, Holy" As I go out a-walking in the forest peaceful, climbing up the mountain trail until I reach the top, looking o'er the valley I feel a sense of wonder rising within me, filling all my soul. How wonderful is nature, tiny lifeless atoms bring forth the multitude forms of all life. We are one of many,

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I suggest reading the whole article at the following link: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/02/self-termination-history-and-future-of-societal-collapse Damian Carrington Environment editorSat 2 Aug 2025 02.31 EDT--- I’m pessimistic about the future,” he says. “But I’m optimistic about people.” Kemp’s new book covers the rise and collapse of more than 400 societies

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Growing Up or Growing Down? copyright 1987 Patricia M. Shannon Most people I know are like ants in a hill, not thinking, just acting as part of the mass. Like half-alive puppets they walk in a daze, when they try to converse, they just talk in cliches. They say they worship different gods, sometimes none at all. But their gods are all the same, "everybody else" and monetary gain. Mixed

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This song is still for sale on Reverbnation. It is on Spotify. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein Albert Einstein said: A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest — a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of

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I wrote this song after my experiences working with people who bragged about being "born again". It didn't keep them from being mean dishonest liars. I started asking them how being "born again" had changed how they treated other people. Not a single one said it had any effect. They ALL looked puzzled at the idea. They admitted it hadn't, but said it made them feel so good. The on-line book "

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Pseudo-Patriotscopyright Patricia M. Shannon 1996 They say that they are patriots because they love to wave the flag, but they throw their trash along the road, and pour used oil down the drain. They say that they are patriots because the pledge they love to say, but they never bother to turn out the lights when they go home for the day. How can we be patriots and not do all we can to protect

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 May 20,2025 From Concerned  Citizen on Facebook This analysis of the dangerous “poison pill” provisions in the so-called Big Beautiful Bill was DMed to CC (me) by a follower and is definitely worth a read. Thank you!👇“Buried in big beautiful.. please investigate yourself and post.. They buried it on page 602 of a 1,116-page bill.And you weren’t supposed to notice.But tucked

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 Great song by Jonathan Jensen.  

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 March 30, 2025https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-third-term-white-house-methods-rcna198752 President Donald Trump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House, which is prohibited by the Constitution under the 22nd Amendment, saying in an exclusive interview with NBC News that there were methods for doing so and clarifying that he was “

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(When I wrote this, I thought it might be bull frogs who made the sounds like a giant rubber band being plucked . Recently, thanks to the Internet, I found that they are green frogs. But "some bull frogs" sounds better and is easier to sing than "some green frogs", so I'm not changing it.) A Piece of Paradise copyright 2001 Patricia M. Shannon Walking my dog in the evening, I hear the

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Lyrics to a song I wrote. I'm not a great singer, but when I sang it at an open mic, w/o accompaniment, in a restaurant, everybody stopped talking. Only time I've seen that. So people do care.The recording is sung by UD Banks, and produced by David Leonard of Reveal Audio Services. https://open.spotify.com/album/0z2A4cDgQh2rSxobQLrZC1?si=HhLWFpGbTqCgA4ShhQcqwA Take Care of Our Planet copyright

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Since "The Sound of Music", one of my favorite movies, is associated with Christmas, I post this song for Christmas, which is sung to the tune of "My Favorite Things"The beginning of this song started coming into my head when I was driving in Atlanta in the rain, as it was this morning on the way to work.(And if you're not sure, yes it's supposed to be humorous :)My Most Hated Stuffcopyright

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Talented music producer David Leonard recorded my song "Forged in the Stars". He did the production and all the instrumentals. His web site is http://www.revealaudio.com/ It's available athttps://open.spotify.com/track/02rj22XxsplFhBocbcqHIj?si=d6WfeObPTWyoY2g5hHRBGw  http://www.reverbnation.com/patriciashannon Forged in the Stars copyright 2011 Patricia M. Shannon Forged in the

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Point of View copyright 2002 Patricia M. Shannon There were two men from the same village, the truest friends you've ever known. They were blood-brothers when they were children,They married sisters when they were grown. (chorus) They were the best of friends, the best of friends, brothers of the heart, They were the best of friends, the best of friends, nothing ever could tear them apart. One

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I have several blog posts that are at the top of my blog for extended periods of time, because I believe they are of continuing usefulness. So when you look at my blog, the fact that the first few are the same doesn't mean I haven't updated the blog recently.

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