tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093294353246737852024-03-12T19:20:58.610-04:00ALL THINGS THAT MATTERA place to read about issues confronting a world that is spinning out of control and a place that offers solutions.Philip F. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028508205976812602noreply@blogger.comBlogger1270125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009329435324673785.post-69953259734947306562022-03-22T09:32:00.004-04:002022-03-28T10:02:22.561-04:00I died a little<p> I died a little today</p><p>Bombs exploded</p><p>Cannons loaded</p><p>Children screaming</p><p>I died a little today</p><p>Amid all the lies</p><p>The heartbroken mother cries</p><p>Only cold ground to lay her head</p><p>I died a little today</p><p>They fear to tread among the dead</p><p>Calling loved ones, no one fed</p><p>I died a little today</p><p>We will help and walk away</p><p>For fear of stepping into the fray</p><p>I died a little today</p><p>The voices of hatred so loud</p><p>Untouched and so damn proud</p><p>I died a little today</p><p>Kind words not spoken</p><p>Promises broken</p><p>I died a little today</p><p>Worry about the spark while the forest burns</p><p>Soon it will be us, the wheel turns</p><p>I died a little today</p><p>Truth dissolved</p><p>No problems solved</p><p>I died a little today</p><p>Has all hope faded?</p><p>Is my heart too jaded?</p><p>I died a little today</p><p>Wake up</p><p>Wake up</p><p>Even nature cries</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCDkH99vTWRR4cR0MyByYAUShREKnZn4GP1LAnMFrHuBXGuqxCLein5sz6qHkiqm34PCseAHnyhf9jh5Xfw-4UgFlKqNScr8k_MYExUxTQTsMTgfC1vclSLAtzVAZfZgVyWVUZYZyY3JWj-4f12pIbq2ka7QCEsAyEbLsGVFqqCyWFEw76GrZffJ0Xw/s5472/ed-leszczynskl-R3ofE-8DyLk-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCDkH99vTWRR4cR0MyByYAUShREKnZn4GP1LAnMFrHuBXGuqxCLein5sz6qHkiqm34PCseAHnyhf9jh5Xfw-4UgFlKqNScr8k_MYExUxTQTsMTgfC1vclSLAtzVAZfZgVyWVUZYZyY3JWj-4f12pIbq2ka7QCEsAyEbLsGVFqqCyWFEw76GrZffJ0Xw/s320/ed-leszczynskl-R3ofE-8DyLk-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Philip F. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028508205976812602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009329435324673785.post-34253110841344365512022-03-11T12:03:00.000-05:002022-03-11T12:03:20.299-05:00Boomers last dance<p> <img alt="white clouds over city buildings during daytime" class="YVj9w" data-test="photo-grid-multi-col-img" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1611270418597-a6c77f4b7271?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8Nnx8b2lsJTIwcG9sbHV0aW9ufGVufDB8fDB8fA%3D%3D&w=1000&q=80" /></p><p> </p><p>This is the Boomers last dance and last chance. There was a time when boomers were filled with idealism: the Age of Aquarius, love everyone, civil rights, inclusive, question everything, experiment, try new things, explore new ideas. </p><p>But something went horribly wrong. Pong, calculators, fancy cars, fancy gadgets, style, being cool, homes in the 'burbs, having families, 9 to 5.</p><p>There had been a sense that we were here to change the world for the better, to throw off the yoke of polluting oil and mass consumerism. We were the New Age of spiritual enlightenment. Remember the Harmonic Convergence? But the bills kept coming, the wallet full of credit cards was sinking under its own weight. Yes, we knew about<i> Silent Spring</i> and that we had to move to protect the environment. But we thought we had plenty of time, technology would solve the day, and would all sing kumbaya. However, the world got away from the boomers and as Pink Floyd says, "comfortably numb." As a result, while there have been movements to protect the planet, the power of the Oil Cartels and their friends have been able to disable movements that would end the their reign.</p><p>The hoped for evolution has not really happened and we continue to choke the life out of the planet. Despite catastrophe after catastrophe, people still think that getting even more oil is better then the alternative: the rise of renewable energy. People have believed the propaganda that this change must take time and in the meantime we must build more pipelines and drill more wells. BS</p><p>It looks like it will take general calamity to raise this phoenix from the ashes. Floods, sea level rise, pandemics, extreme weather, species decimation, skyrocketing fuel/energy costs, social collapse, wars and more are all coming together to force a change in humanity. Of course we can try to ride it out, but that is a lost cause. Maybe to greedy oil companies have done us a favor, By setting record high prices we have two choices: let drill more, pipe more, and pollute more (Earth is at the tipping point now), or bite the bullet and demand a high speed, all oars in the water push for renewables. The latter would be painful, but the former is definitely deadly.</p><p>So dear Boomers, decision time, this is our last dance, our last chance.</p><p><img alt="man in black crew neck t-shirt wearing black fedora hat" class="YVj9w" data-perf="eager-loaded-img" data-test="photo-grid-multi-col-img" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1580598302731-b98fbf7191a5?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8Mnx8Ym9vbWVyc3xlbnwwfHwwfHw%3D&w=1000&q=80" /></p>Philip F. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028508205976812602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009329435324673785.post-49472422035688651752022-03-07T14:19:00.003-05:002022-03-07T14:19:53.849-05:00Prayer is nice, but ...<p> </p><p> ...it hasn't historically worked, on a societal scale, to prevent or stop wars. It pits gods against gods and truthfully, the gods could care less. Praying for peace sets one idea against another with the assumption that someone is right and someone is wrong--these being moral judgements. Whose morals are are often suspect.</p><p> <em>Image via <a href="http://www.altfg.com/film/the-singing-revolution-james-tusty-interview/)">altfg.com</a></em></p><p><em> </em><img alt="singing revolution" class="wp-image-31694 size-full csco-pin-it-ready" height="929" src="https://blog.darlingmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/5-times-peaceful-protests-made-a-difference-darling3.jpg" width="1500" /></p><p>Does this advocate for war? Not in the least. But let's face it, since the birth of religion, prayer have done nothing to stop wars.</p><h1 class="firstHeading mw-first-heading" id="firstHeading">Timeline of wars</h1>
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<p>The <b>timeline of wars</b> has been split up in the following periods:
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<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_before_1000" title="List of wars: before 1000">List of wars: before 1000</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_1000%E2%80%931499" title="List of wars: 1000–1499">List of wars: 1000–1499</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_1500%E2%80%931799" title="List of wars: 1500–1799">List of wars: 1500–1799</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_1800%E2%80%931899" title="List of wars: 1800–1899">List of wars: 1800–1899</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_1900%E2%80%931944" title="List of wars: 1900–1944">List of wars: 1900–1944</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_1945%E2%80%931989" title="List of wars: 1945–1989">List of wars: 1945–1989</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_1990%E2%80%932002" title="List of wars: 1990–2002">List of wars: 1990–2002</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_2003%E2%80%93present" title="List of wars: 2003–present">List of wars: 2003–present</a></li></ul><p>I'm sure for most of these wars there were priests/priestesses and commoners praying for peace, or perhaps to win. And yet, century after century proved that the gods do not rule the wars of man.</p><p>What's the solution? </p><p><a href="https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/peace-protests-dallas-response/">https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/peace-protests-dallas-response/</a></p><p> </p><h4 class="article-top__ArticleTeaser-q61aio-5 fKFLpO font-weight-normal mb-double">“Nonviolence is an intensely active force when properly understood and used.” – Mohandas Gandhi <br /></h4><h3>The Salt March <br /></h3><h3>Suffrage Parade</h3><h3>Delano Grape Boycott <br /></h3><h3>Montgomery Bus Boycott</h3><h3>Singing Revolution</h3><h3> Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts –
and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never
failed to bring about change. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world">https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world</a> <br /></h3><p>Ultimately, she would like our history books to pay greater attention
to nonviolent campaigns rather than concentrating so heavily on
warfare. “So many of the histories that we tell one another focus on
violence – and even if it is a total disaster, we still find a way to
find victories within it,” she says. Yet we tend to ignore the success
of peaceful protest, she says.</p>
<p>“Ordinary people, all the time, are engaging in pretty heroic
activities that are actually changing the way the world – and those
deserve some notice and celebration as well.”</p><p>Relying on prayer to end wars, as many do, creates a false hope, instills inaction, and encourages mindless repetition, and solves nothing.</p><p>Perhaps the solution is not prayer, but to rise up in nonviolent actions. <br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p>Philip F. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028508205976812602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009329435324673785.post-72355345838902567202021-10-06T12:09:00.001-04:002021-10-06T12:09:07.436-04:00History has taught us one thing<p> </p><p><img alt="Image result for no history" class="mimg" data-bm="127" data-thhnrepbd="1" height="180" src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.-BWRc3ExxQGE739qSQ9UCQAAAA?w=283&h=180&c=7&r=0&o=5&pid=1.7" style="color: #b3ab18;" width="283" /></p><p> https://appointmentschedulingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/no-history.jpg</p><p>History has taught us that we do not learn from history, or .... The often used phrase, "We need to study history so we don't make the same mistakes" has fallen on deaf ears for millennia. </p><p>Are their fewer wars? Have we learned that empires rise and most certainly fall? </p><p>Have we learned not to trust those who promise a great society and then deliver dictatorships? </p><p>Has society learned that all that genocide accomplishes is murder? </p><p>Have we learned and therefore stopped activities that pollute the planet and ourselves? </p><p>Knowing that pesticides are in our food and poisoning our children, have we stopped their use?</p><p>We know that hatred solves nothing yet we continue to hate. Racism, bigotry, and hatreds of every description abound.<br /></p><p>We know that the few dominate the many and yet all we do is complain but take no action.</p><p>It is easy to compile what is a many page list of those things that we have been condemned to repeat. Like the story where the person wakes up everyday and does the same thing, knowing it's happening, but helpless not to relive the events despite efforts to do so.</p><p> Sure, there are some good things going on. But this happens in every generation and never becomes the norm, just always the exception. </p><p>So what have we really learned from history? </p><p>We've learned that wars solve noting, but does make lots of $$$ for bog business. And that's what counts--right?</p><p>Genocide is okay because those that commit this atrocity pretty much get away with it without punishment.</p><p>It's okay to be a racist, bigot, xenophobe as long as your religion supports it. The you can pretty much do what you want.</p><p>Losers may not really lose on the long term, so keep up the fight and you'll wear your enemies down.</p><p>Human rights don't really matter but talking about them makes good press.</p><p>It's okay to destroy the environment as long as the worst of the consequences won't be felt in your lifetime.</p><p>It's okay to support slavery as long as you're not the one enslaved. Again, religious backing helps.</p><p>Perhaps if we didn't teach history people wouldn't learn all of these bad lessons. Oh my, this could cause trouble. But remember, if we learn what we can get away with why wouldn't we keep doing it?<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Philip F. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028508205976812602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009329435324673785.post-74224635574831348132020-10-27T08:22:00.001-04:002020-10-27T08:23:17.127-04:00WE CAN'T BREATHE<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></p><p><img alt="See the source image" aria-label="See the source image" class="nofocus" data-bm="5" src="https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.GLUskogJiNaT3D-8WLSE3wHaE_?pid=Api&rs=1" tabindex="0" /> </p><p><a class="ptitle novid" href="http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2014/12/10/people-cant-breathe/" target="_blank" title="View page">People can’t breathe | NC Policy Watch</a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>People of Color can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Native Americans can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Immigrant children can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Those on Social Security/Medicare can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Those in poverty can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Main Street can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Women can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Endangered species can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Rivers can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The fish in the sea can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The environment can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Students and schools can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Our hospitals can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>C-19 patients can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Those seeking refuge from tyrants and oppression can't breathe. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Scientists can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Truth can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>LGBQT can't breathe. <br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Love, compassion, and empathy can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Happiness and hope can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The American Dream can't breathe.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Earth can't breathe.</b></span></p><p>The Trump administration has it's knee on the throat of all that we once valued. Do we, as a nation, still care? Is it now just all about the money? Are we so broken that we no longer care?</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>PLEASE VOTE AND REMOVE THE KNEE SO WE CAN ALL BREATHE ONCE MORE!</b></span></span><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p>Philip F. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028508205976812602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009329435324673785.post-51433696916825074172020-05-31T10:31:00.002-04:002020-05-31T10:32:36.330-04:00You’re Damn Right I’m Angry May 30, 2020 / John Pavlovitz<p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence"><br /></span></b></p><p><br /><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-31768 lazyloaded" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" data-lazy-src="https://johnpavlovitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/david-ramos-xR1z0fpYEmw-unsplash-scaled.jpg" data-lazy-srcset="https://johnpavlovitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/david-ramos-xR1z0fpYEmw-unsplash-scaled.jpg 1280w, https://johnpavlovitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/david-ramos-xR1z0fpYEmw-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https://johnpavlovitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/david-ramos-xR1z0fpYEmw-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https://johnpavlovitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/david-ramos-xR1z0fpYEmw-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://johnpavlovitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/david-ramos-xR1z0fpYEmw-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://johnpavlovitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/david-ramos-xR1z0fpYEmw-unsplash-676x451.jpg 676w" data-was-processed="true" height="853" src="https://johnpavlovitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/david-ramos-xR1z0fpYEmw-unsplash-scaled.jpg" width="1280" /></span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">“You’re so angry.”</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">Yes, I am.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I need you to know why.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m
angry that you willingly voted for a vile, predatory ignoramus who said
the most despicable things about women just two weeks before the
election.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m
angry that you voted for him after he encouraged his followers to rough
up rally protestors and said he could shoot someone in the street and
not lose supporters.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m
angry that you voted for him after he was endorsed by the KKK and
courted the most extreme fringes of the white supremacist movements in
America.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m
angry that you ignored Hillary Clinton’s experience, intelligence, and
character, to give away the nation’s leadership to a guy who filed
bankruptcy numerous times and left an endless trail of unpaid vendors
and broken promises.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m
angry that you were going to vote for him no matter how repugnant he
showed himself to be or how ignorant he was of the most fundamental
aspects of the Constitution or how incapable of complex thought he
obviously was—simply because he was Republican.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m
angry that ever since voting for him, you’ve excused a million lies,
incendiary tweets, abuses of power, denials of science, and race-baiting
tweets that have endangered hundreds of millions of people.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m
angry that you’ve turned your head or shrugged your shoulders at
children in cages, “both sides” false equivalencies, sh*thole country
contempt, assaults on natural resources, and anti-immigrant rhetoric.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m
angry that you excused away, rationalized, or even ignored a willing
recklessness in the face of a public health emergency, that has left
103,000 Americans dead, with no plan to help us prepare for the even
more difficult season ahead because he is unwilling and unable to lead.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m
angry that right now while cities are burning and our infected racial
wounds are fully exposed, he’s inciting violence and encouraging civil
war and weaponizing his power—and that you’re wagging your finger at
protestors and putting up pictures of your beach trips and family
gatherings because you’re ignoring it all and hoping it never affects
you.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m
angry that I attended church with you and know the prayers you pray and
the songs you sing and the Jesus you claim to follow—and realize you
were lying or you’re that far gone.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m
angry at your phony “all lives matter,” “thoughts and prayers”
platitudes that allow you to feign empathy and impersonate grief, while
doing nothing to engage those bringing violence to vulnerable
communities, because you voted for them.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m
angry that you’ve repeatedly watched black people being executed in the
street, and you’ve responded with the same character assassination and
irresponsible stereotypes and dehumanization that he has.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m
angry that my children are growing up with this malevolent ugliness as
their president, and that every day I have to try and make sense for
them, something that makes no sense—except that a good portion of this
nation is as racist and hateful as he is, and that we’re in one of the
saddest chapters of our nation’s story.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">And
I’m angry because I realize that despite all of these things, despite
how horribly he has conducted himself and how little regard he’s shown
for diverse human life and how injurious he’s been and how aware you are
of his grievous sins—you’re still going to vote for him in November.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">Yes, I’m angry but I’m not angry at Trump.</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">He’s been as advertised.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m angry at you because I thought you knew better.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m angry at myself because I thought I knew you better.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I was wrong on both counts, and yeah that pisses me off.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m angry because racism is going viral and hatred is having a renaissance and compassion is facing extinction.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m angry because decent people don’t feel safe here and because they aren’t safe here.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m angry because our republic is broken.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m angry because the world pities America.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I’m angry because they’re right to pity us.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">And most of all I’m angry because you’re not angry about any of it.</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">SOMETIMES OTHER SAY IT BETTER</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">THANK YOU, JOHN</span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence"><br /></span></b></p>Philip F. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028508205976812602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009329435324673785.post-88691238727578071322020-05-09T09:26:00.000-04:002020-05-09T09:26:06.960-04:00I have to post this!<header class="entry-header"><h1 class="entry-title">No America, It’s Not Gonna Be Okay</h1><div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://johnpavlovitz.com/2019/09/18/no-america-its-not-gonna-be-okay/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2019-09-18T10:20:54-04:00">September 18, 2019</time></a></span><span class="byline"><span class="sep"> / </span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://johnpavlovitz.com/author/johndpav/">John Pavlovitz</a></span></span></div></header><p><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-29799 lazyloaded" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-lazy-src="https://johnpavlovitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/lightstock_575996_small_john.jpg" data-lazy-srcset="https://johnpavlovitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/lightstock_575996_small_john.jpg 1200w, https://johnpavlovitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/lightstock_575996_small_john-300x200.jpg 300w, https://johnpavlovitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/lightstock_575996_small_john-768x512.jpg 768w, https://johnpavlovitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/lightstock_575996_small_john-676x451.jpg 676w" data-was-processed="true" height="800" src="https://johnpavlovitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/lightstock_575996_small_john.jpg" width="1200" /></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I am a newly retired optimist.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I
used to believe that things would always be okay: that no matter how
bad circumstances seemed in the world, I trusted that people would do
the right thing, that goodness would prevail, that the rational center
would hold.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I
used to believe that our system of checks and balances would protect us
from overreaching parties and mentally-unstable presidents and
political leaders lacking a working moral compass and complete
perversions of our systems of justice.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I
used to believe that most people were basically decent, and that this
decency would win the day, because our shared humanity was something we
were all equally interested in protecting.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I no longer believe those things.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I
no longer believe that our leaders will choose country over party,
because over and over and over, I’ve watched them pervert the system and
disregard the rules in order to hold power and steal elections and gain
Federal judges.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I
no longer believe that the truth matters to everyone, because I’ve
witnessed too many powerful people ransom it off to the highest bidder,
and too many people I love grow violently allergic to facts.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I
no longer believe that the American Church is a source or moral
leadership, because I’ve witnessed the Franklin Grahams and Jerry
Falwells of the Evangelical Right, sink deeper and deeper into the
putrid cesspool of their political bed-making.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">And I have zero confidence in those presently leading us, to do anything to defend the common good:</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">They
are not going to protect the air we breathe or the waterways that
sustain us or the diverse ecosystems that hold life together, when
there’s so much money to be made off of them.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">They
are not interested in stopping gun violence or mass shootings, because
they profit from both the guns that create the carnage—and the fear it
generates among their base.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">They
have no intention of protecting marginalized and vulnerable communities
from discrimination, when they can use those very communities as props
to terrify the privileged into bans and walls and wars and rally cries
of “send them back” and “lock her up.”</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">They
have no interest in stewarding the full diversity of America—only
leveraging and weaponizing some fairy tale nationalistic nostalgia to
keep uneducated white people more focused on anthems and flags, than on
the disparate humanity they’re supposed to be providing refuge for.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">And
I know that because there is no integrity or nobility left in the
people currently leading us, that things are not going to be okay as
long as good people are bullied into silence and numbed into inaction
and content to merely feel bad and do nothing else.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">The only way things are going to be okay—is if good people make them okay:</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">If
the 100 million people who abstained from voting in 2016, decide they
give a damn enough to register to vote, and that a few hours next
November are worth sacrificing in order to get a Government that
represents them.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">If
Christians and Atheists and Muslims and Jews and Sikhs and Agnostics
and Hindus and Buddhists and Humanists who are all committed to the
common good—realize that their strength is in their combined power and
their unified voice.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">If
progressives and moderates realize that hashtag campaigns and one day
marches aren’t substitutes for sustained engagement in the political
process and showing up at the polls en masse and in unison.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">If
moderate people of faith stop ceding the conversation about religion to
the bigots, grow louder about their religious convictions, and push
back hard against the supremacy and misogyny and nationalism of the
Evangelical Right.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">If
straight, white Christians decide that the rights of migrant families
and gay teenagers and Muslim communities are worth them pissing-off
their friends and neighbors and pastors and families, to defend.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">These are unprecedented days in our nation and in the world.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">Simply believing that our leaders will do what is right is irresponsible now.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">Trusting that everything will work out simply because it always tended work out, is a fool’s delusion.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">Having faith in the system when the system is so badly broken is willfully consenting to our demise.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">No, positivity alone is not enough anymore, only positivity and moving are.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I
want to come out of retirement and be optimistic again, but it will be a
whole lot easier if a whole lot more people stop trusting that the arc
of the moral universe will simply bend toward justice—and decide to be
arc benders.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">I hope the people of faith and morality and conscience all decide that they won’t leave the future to chance.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence">No America, things will not be okay—unless we wake up and make them okay.</span></strong></p>Philip F. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028508205976812602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009329435324673785.post-34465337717553221312020-05-05T11:19:00.003-04:002020-05-05T11:19:47.123-04:00Mourning America<a href="https://youtu.be/t_yG_-K2MDo">https://youtu.be/t_yG_-K2MDo</a><br />
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Britannica.com<br />
Dear Boomers and anyone wondering what went wrong.<br />
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We have seen so much: rabbit-ear TV, Bandstand, the birth of Rock 'n Roll, the Iron Curtain, the election of Kennedy, Russian shoe banging, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis, Cold War, JFK, RFK, MLK assassinations, civil rights movement/protests, Vietnam/protests, a man on the moon, the space race, the arms race, the Beatles, muscle cars, fast forward to 911, wars in the Middle East, new planets discovered, the Internet, and now Covid-19.<br />
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Clearly, this is the shortlist. And in those experiences, we saw hope. The New Age, Aquarius, the Harmonic Convergence, rallies for peace and human rights. We were the Boomer Brigade and we were going to change the world, out with the old, in with the new and dispelling darkness along the way.<br />
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Then <i>STUFF </i>happened. Yup, all kinds of stuff. Incomes were good. Job security was good and there was plenty of credit available and we liked it. We bought lots of stuff, went out a lot, began to travel and enjoyed the newest throwaway gadgets, longed for the newest catalogs, charged up a storm and ignored (by many) the cries of <i>Silent Spring. </i>Not all, mind you, but most. We were coming into our social, political, and economic power and we were convinced that new technology would solve all of our problems.<br />
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It didn't. New technology created as many problems as it solved. We were killing Mother but we falsely believed that it would all right, it'll get fixed. It wasn't. And, as the Great Recession stipped many of their things, we came to realize that something went awfully wrong. We did not seem to usher in an age of peace and love, but rather a time of <i>1984 </i>non-thinking, dumbed-down, non-empathetic, Big Brother is watching you, scorched Earth extinction ridden planet.<br />
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We became stressed out, made fortunes for the health care industry, and began to blame everyone and anything but us for our woes and sorrows. We failed in our mission, hell, we forgot our mission.<br />
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And here we are, being <i>taken out</i> by something some scientists claim isn't even living and stocking up on toilet paper.<br />
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Okay, that was the no so good news. But take heart my fellow Boomers, we are, in fact, close to mission accomplished! Yes, instead of taking <b>the easy road</b>, as usual, we took <b>the hard road</b>. I guess we all learn more this way. We thought the system could be fixed from within. We were, basically, wrong, at least the way we were doing it. And along comes Covid 19, which resulted from our dumb actions and spread because of our dumb president. We did not imagine that we would bring in the Light on a Dark Horse. But we have and this little dead thing has done more to change the world in months and we did in many years. I hate to say, but perhaps this was the plan all along. Many of you will remember bemoaning that we had no guidebook--it was lost or we just forgot to bring it. But if we saw this in the guide, I wonder what we would have done. Sure, we may have prevented the pandemic but things would have continued along the dead-end road we were on. This would surely have been a failure.<br />
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I think we may pull this. The lives we have and are losing are not in vain. The world will not be the same along this path and that's what we wanted, it's just not the way we imagined it. When it's all said and done, we'll gather our souls around those Light balls we created in 1987 and have a grand congratulatory Soul Fest. After that, we can then finally move on as awakened beings, awakened gods in search of new adventures in this infinite sea of consciousness.<br />
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Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028508205976812602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009329435324673785.post-63587884135946203992020-03-13T10:08:00.001-04:002020-03-13T10:08:07.257-04:00Grifters: Episode One<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/A_cyQE36DTU" width="480"></iframe>Philip F. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028508205976812602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009329435324673785.post-60801118837224755462020-02-11T09:57:00.002-05:002020-02-11T09:57:52.620-05:00From a Coal Miner's Daughter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Bette Bono is an All Things That Matter Press author who wrote the novel, <i>The Better Angels</i>. She told me about an essay her father had written about coal mining in the 40s and thought it would be worth sharing.<br />
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"Here is my dad's essay. He was probably 18 or 19 when he wrote it. The V-12 program got him out of the mine, gave him an engineering degree (going to Northwestern full time for 2 1/2 years) and a chance for a long and healthy life. He also met my mom at Northwestern. They were married at age 20 in 1946. After his term in the navy was up, he went to work for Underwriters Laboratories and became quite an expert on fire protection engineering. The Society of Fire Protection Engineers has an award named after him. Quite a journey for a kid that grew up in a "company town."<br /><br />The Coal Mine Question*<br />by Jack Bono<br />[*Probably written in late 1943 or 1944. In April 1943, 500,000 miners went on strike.]<br />It has always been my contention that before anyone can pass judgement on anything, he should have a little knowledge of the situation. It is because of this lack of knowledge that the men who mine the coal of the nation have become the point of much undeserved criticism. People who have never cast eyes on a coal mine have denounced the miners and spoken of them slurringly. In their estimation, the miner holds the position of one step lower than the rodent class in social standing. It is this feeling which the miner has been forced to combat down through the years. Having had a little experience in the coal fields of western Pennsylvania, I am attempting to show a few facts which may have bearing on your future opinions of that gloryless hero, the coal miner.<br />Examination of the weekly wage scale of the miner proved that he earned an average of $45.00. Now I will show what the majority of the outraged patriots of the country do not know. In order to do this, I will bring to view a few details on the actual mining of the coal. The miner’s place of work is usually 20 feet in length or width and 8 feet high. He loads the coal out in blocks called “cuts” which must be blown out by the use of dynamite. A machine must come into his place and cut a swath six inches high along the bottom of the cut of coal. Three holes, one on either side and one in the center of the cut, must be drilled by the miner; three holes, demanding the constant shoving of an auger against the coal, sapping the strength of the miner, making the final turns an agony of strained muscles. In each side hole were inserted five sticks of powder and in the center hole, six sticks were inserted. The end sticks of powder in each hole contained a cap with extended wires. These wires were attached to the cord which carried an electric current and set off the explosion. After the coal detached itself from the side and roof, falling the six inches cut by the machine, the slate on top of the coal had to be shot down. This demanded five small holes each containing a half stick of powder but also demanding five caps. Since a miner needs to load at least three cuts of coal to earn $45.00 and each stick of powder and cap cost 4 ½ cents and 6 ½ cents respectively the cost amounted to $4.05 on powder and caps alone. Another expenditure was the average of $1.00 weekly taken out for the checkweightman who calculated the weight of each car of coal loaded by the miner. The expense of tools including files, shovels, picks, axes, and other necessities amounted to $2.00 per week. The total occupational deduction, exclusive of the regular deductions suffered by other occupations, amounts to $7.00, leaving the miner’s wage at $38.00. Surely, no one can say that $38.00 is a fair wage for such a worker today.<br />Another stumbling block in the progress of equality for the miner is the time element. I am reminded of the Kentucky miner who said, a few years back “I would be happy if I could but once see the sun.” Conditions have improved since then but the miner still spends ten hours [a day] of his time in the mine. The man trip which carries a miner to his section took at least one hour and fifteen minutes of travel as an average for the mine at which I had the misfortune to work. Then followed a walk to his particular place of work in the section, a possible wait for the machine to cut his place, time lost while waiting for the shotfire to shoot down his coal, a delay while posts were set and finally loading the coal. Out of all the labor done by him, only the amount of coal loaded determine his wage. The rest of the time was wasted. Was it then too much to ask for “portal to portal” or travel time pay?<br />In conclusion I might add that no occupation involving the number of men in the coal mining industry is as dangerous to the health and life of a miner. The draft board of our locality emitted the following statistics: Out of all the men rejected for military service, 21% were rejected because of severe asthma and an additional 13 1/3 % were affected by some lung conditions. I scoff at their bewilderment at these figures because I know that it is an impossibility to work in a place of such poor ventilation, with the air polluted with coal dust and rock dust which was used to prevent dampness, and not be affected by this condition. Knowing the dangers of a coal mine, I was not surprised to find the mortality rate to be ¾% or the injury rate to be an amazing 26%. There is a definite term for an injured person. He is defined as a person able to collect compensation insurance which demanded that he be unable to work for a minimum of eight days. It isn’t amazing; just sad.<br />The miners have received a 16% wage increase but this does not compensate for their hardships. They are human beings and do not have to be subjected to the suffering of the present. The sooner the people of the United States realize that within their very limits they have a class of people deserving the pity, sympathy, understanding, and mainly the help of all. Any person interested in establishing a condition of social equality should realize that he must exert the greatest effort toward aiding the class of people most needy of that aid. The coal miners of the nation and their families certainly fall in that class.</div>
Philip F. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028508205976812602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009329435324673785.post-47387988745669929172020-02-05T09:44:00.001-05:002020-02-05T09:44:30.599-05:00BREAKING: Midnight In Washington - Impeachment Zero Hour<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/I5D3iT4BhbQ" width="480"></iframe>Philip F. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028508205976812602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009329435324673785.post-2597337518837667242020-02-03T09:46:00.003-05:002020-02-03T09:46:47.800-05:00No, everything will not be okay!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There are those who think that our troubles with Trump and the Senate will work itself out and everything will be okay.<br />
Sorry, this is not true. Everything will not be okay.<br />
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It is not okay, it is not all right, for the following things to happen:<br />
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It is not okay for a president to bribe a foreign nation.<br />
It is not okay to have a trial with any witnesses or evidence.<br />
It is not okay to pay Senators to vote your way.<br />
It is not okay to lie to the American public.<br />
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Recent events have revealed many disturbing truths. Bigotry, racism, xenophobia, ignorance and even stupidity are deeply rooted in America. It is not the majority that is this way, it's the active and committed. This is dangerous. This was at the root of the fall of Rome. In the book<i> The Fire Before the Storm</i>, Mike Duncan says:<br />
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"Through the centuries, Rome's model of cooperative and participatory
government remained remarkably durable and unmatched in the history of
the ancient world.<br />
In 146 BC, Rome finally emerged as the
strongest power in the Mediterranean. But the very success of the
Republic proved to be its undoing. The republican system was unable to
cope with the vast empire Rome now ruled: rising economic inequality
disrupted traditional ways of life, endemic social and eth<span class="yiv7493754578ydpac0dafe4text_exposed_show">nic
prejudice led to clashes over citizenship and voting rights, and
rampant corruption and ruthless ambition sparked violent political
clashes that cracked the once indestructible foundations of the
Republic.</span><br />
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Chronicling the
years 146-78 BC, The Storm Before the Storm dives headlong into the
first generation to face this treacherous new political environment.
Abandoning the ancient principles of their forbearers, men like Marius,
Sulla, and the Gracchi brothers set dangerous new precedents that would
start the Republic on the road to destruction and provide a stark
warning about what can happen to a civilization that has lost its way."<br />
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Empires do not last forever. In fact, the duration of empires has decreased. The empires of the ancient world, Egypt, Persia, Rome, etc. lasted for several thousand years. Contrast that with Nazi Germany, Japan, the USSR. Dictators come and go quickly. Do not be under any illusion that the American Empire, and yes, we have one, will buck current trends.<br />
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Sitting on your ass and thinking it will all work out is delusional. </div>
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Philip F. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028508205976812602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009329435324673785.post-46854597001754284012019-12-16T09:31:00.001-05:002019-12-16T09:31:25.851-05:00Why Trump "can" win<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For those of you who still watch real news, you'll notice that in many countries and places--Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Chile, Bolivia, etc.--you hear of citizens in the streets by the thousands protesting threats against civil rights. Is there any news about Americans in the streets. No, nada, zip.<br />
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Americans no longer care. It's all about the show, not the substance. Is that a gross generalization? I hope so. But one thing is certain, those who you know will vote for Trump, will vote. Those who oppose him, may not.<br />
--Trump supporters could care less about impeachment, especially since there's no chance the Senate will convict. They believe in the "witch hunt" scenario.<br />
--They don't care about the Saudis. They have oil, good enough. And, since they don't really watch the news, one more dead journalist is no concern.<br />
--They don't care or even believe in climate change science. To them, it's all about the weather today and not what evil climate changes cometh. In all likelihood, they don't understand the terminology so ignore it. For that matter, probably most science is beyond their understanding.<br />
--Their total take on economics is "if I get a paycheck and can buy a beer and can go shoot something, life is good." Tarifs have no meaning and if Trump says China is paying them it must be true.<br />
--Health care? Damned socialists.<br />
--Education? "We don't need no education ...." And besides, education creates liberals.<br />
--Pollution? Water doesn't taste any different. Skies still blue, sometimes, and who cares about bugs and birds?<br />
--Immigrants? You've got to be kidding. They take our jobs and don't speak good english.<br />
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You see, it's about the antics, the show, the Archy Bunker factor. The guy swears and makes fun of people. He's just like us.<br />
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<b>These people WILL vote.</b><br />
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If the Democrats do not vote <b>Blue No Matter Who</b>, Trump wins. If they don't vote Blue because the nominee doesn't promote all the things they want. <b>Trump wins. If they don't have the most massive, biggest, best of all time voter turn out, TRUMP WINS.</b><br />
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Keep in mind, Trump, et al want a <b>disruptive election</b>. They want to claim voter tampering by "whoever" if the election is close so they can nullify it.<br />
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<b>Trump can win. Polls will be purposely misleading (remember the Boris Johnson election). News will be skewed. Fake news and websites will be everywhere. Lies and deceit will be rampant. Intimidation and voter purges abundant. </b><br />
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There are few protests in the US. <b>Is this apathy? If so, we're in trouble.</b><br />
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<b>There can be no rest until the "forces of tyranny" are clearly and overwhelmingly defeated. Otherwise, Trump WILL win. </b></div>
Philip F. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028508205976812602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009329435324673785.post-46906926335426047782019-11-05T13:55:00.000-05:002019-11-05T13:55:44.366-05:00Woe to you, GOP<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="text Matt-23-13" id="en-KJV-23932"><sup> What might he say if He were here now?</sup></span></h2>
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<span class="text Matt-23-13" id="en-KJV-23932"><sup>Yes, some liberties have been taken. </sup></span></h3>
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<span class="text Matt-23-13" id="en-KJV-23932"><sup>-</sup>But
woe unto you, hypocrites! for ye shut up the
doors to a better life for the working person. </span></h4>
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<span class="text Matt-23-14" id="en-KJV-23933"><sup>-</sup>Woe
unto you, hypocrites! for ye devour widows'
houses, and for a pretense make speeches that you care: therefore ye shall receive
the greater damnation.</span></h4>
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<span class="text Matt-23-15" id="en-KJV-23934"><sup>-</sup>Woe
unto you, hypocrites! for ye travel the sea and land to make converts from other dictators and allies of our enemies, and they are made, ye make them twofold
more the child of hell than yourselves.</span></h4>
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<span class="text Matt-23-16" id="en-KJV-23935"><sup>-</sup>Woe
unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear under oath, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the Trump tower, he is a better!</span></h4>
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<span class="text Matt-23-17" id="en-KJV-23936"><sup>-</sup>Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or those who have slaved to make the gold?</span></h4>
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<span class="text Matt-23-18" id="en-KJV-23937"><sup>-</sup>And, Whosoever shall swear by that all that is just, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift moved secretly to your bank is holy.</span></h4>
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<span class="text Matt-23-23" id="en-KJV-23942"><sup>-</sup>Woe
unto you, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe to the banker, the broker, and the corporation, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law,
judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done.</span></h4>
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<span class="text Matt-23-24" id="en-KJV-23943"><sup>-</sup>Ye blind guides, which strain at the truth, and swallow the lies and propaganda from the Tower.</span></h4>
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<span class="text Matt-23-25" id="en-KJV-23944"><sup>-</sup>Woe
unto you hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup by hiding on secret drivers and accusing others of the sins you commit, but within you are full of extortion and excess.</span></h4>
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<span class="text Matt-23-26" id="en-KJV-23945"><sup>-</sup>Thou blind Republican, cleanse first that which is within the cup that those you deceive may be cleaned also.</span></h4>
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<span class="text Matt-23-27" id="en-KJV-23946"><sup>-</sup>Woe
unto you hypocrites! for ye are like perfected sculptures, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.</span></h4>
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<span class="text Matt-23-28" id="en-KJV-23947"><sup>-</sup>You outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.</span></h4>
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<span class="text Matt-23-29" id="en-KJV-23948"><sup class="versenum">- </sup>Woe
unto you hypocrites! because ye build the towers for the rich and attend the rallies of the liars,</span></h4>
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<span class="text Matt-23-30" id="en-KJV-23949"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>-And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would probably shed their blood also. </span></h4>
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<span class="text Matt-23-30" id="en-KJV-23949">- </span><span class="text Matt-23-33" id="en-KJV-23952">Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?</span></h4>
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<span class="text Matt-23-33" id="en-KJV-23952">- </span><span class="text Matt-23-33" id="en-KJV-23952"><span class="text Matt-23-34" id="en-KJV-23953">Wherefore, behold, I
send unto you those who tell the truth: and some of them ye shall kill and demonize, and some of them shall ye persecute them from city to city.</span></span></h4>
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Philip F. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028508205976812602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009329435324673785.post-7853243266537155872019-10-16T08:52:00.001-04:002019-10-16T08:52:19.296-04:00Galactic Mysteries, Coronal-Quake Connection | S0 News Oct.16.2019<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FjCDTx4AhYk" width="480"></iframe>Philip F. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028508205976812602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009329435324673785.post-13531624463902761772019-10-03T08:23:00.001-04:002019-10-03T08:23:14.957-04:00Why the Only Issue That Matters is Impeachment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I listened to an NPR report in which numerous people interviewed stated that they were more concerned with issues like health care, education, wages, jobs, etc. than the impeachment of Donald Trump. This made me laugh and then sigh. Why don't those who aren't concerned with impeachment get the fact that all else revolves around the crimes, misdimeanors, negligence, and destructive actions of Trump?<br />
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The current administration has been on a quest, a Sherman's march, to gut public education, environmental protection, affordable health care, national public land treasures, voting rights, LGBQT rights, the rights of the disabled, worker rights, women's rights, programs to feed those in need, the rights of asylum seekers, programs to support small scale farming, safe drinking water water protections, our relationsip with allies, treaties that prevent nuclear proliferation, the constitutional separation of powers and the right of oversight, to name a few. Nothing positive has been enacted, unless you consider billions of dollars in tax breaks for the rich to be positive. And, his plans for a second term, if, God forbid he actually gets that far, are too scary to even contemplate.<br />
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When someone says Congress should not waste time on impeachment it syas to me, We should not waste time protecting American democracy and the health and welfare of its our citizens. Instead, we should sit idly back while Trump inplements his distopian agenda for the rich and powerful while the masses just do what they're told and get whatever the rich decide they should get.<br />
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This is why impeachment is the only issue that matters.</div>
Philip F. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028508205976812602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009329435324673785.post-67400253176389795752019-09-23T14:06:00.001-04:002019-09-23T14:06:20.559-04:00Greta Thunberg Rips World Leaders at the U.N. Over Climate Change<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bW3IQ-ke43w" width="480"></iframe>Philip F. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028508205976812602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009329435324673785.post-6214623115466670672019-07-08T10:24:00.001-04:002019-07-08T10:24:13.296-04:00What Does the Bible Say About Extinct Hominins?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><br />By Daniel Friedmann</b><br />
<br />You’ve probably heard of Lucy, a diminutive hominin that looked a little bit like us. The collection of fossilized bones constituting the Lucy specimen has been dated to about 3.2 million years ago. It presents a small skull similar to that of non-hominin apes, plus evidence of a walking gait that was bipedal and upright, akin to that of humans’. Scientists have actually found about 15 to 20 types of primates that existed in the past and looked a bit more like us than apes do. These are called hominins.<br />
<br />Scientists struggle to define “human.” Essentially, the view is that we have all these bones and other remains of extinct earlier creatures that resembled us physically, and we have all the apes today, and it looks like at some point in the past, there was an ancestor common to chimpanzees and humans that branched into two types of creature. After that, different looking creatures evolved, becoming closer and closer to us—spending more time standing upright, having bigger and more complex brains, and so on. Scientists place all of those creatures in the “human” lineage (meaning they were more like humans than like apes) and describe this as human evolution.<br />
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<br />Where in the Bible are all these creatures?<br />The Bible contains a crystal-clear definition of “human.” Our body, it says, is very similar to the body of animals and was originally made in a similar way. What makes us uniquely human is the soul that God breathed into Adam’s nostrils. This part of God, our soul, comes with very specific human behaviors defined in the Torah, including speech.<br />
<br />Science does not deal with souls, but scientists who study human behavior have identified particular behaviors they believe no other species exhibits now or has exhibited in the past. These turn out to be the same behaviors that the Bible—thousands of years earlier than modern science—connected with the divine soul that makes us human.<br />
<br />So if we defined humans by the behaviors unique to our species, science and the Bible would agree. But science does not define humans by behavior; it looks at all the fossils we have discovered, and if they possess similarities to modern humans (as Lucy does, for example), they are in the human lineage. The Bible would disagree with the scientific definition of “human,” saying that Lucy and the 15 to 20 other somewhat human-looking creatures we know to have existed didn’t exhibit our unique human behaviors, so they did not have divine souls like we do and therefore were not human.<br />Now, you may ask, “If they were animals, why aren’t they mentioned in Genesis?” The Bible is a manual for life, not a biology book. The first chapter of Genesis talks about beasts and cattle and creeping beings; it doesn’t describe elephants, tigers, and the millions of other specific kinds of animals, so why should we hear about Lucy and other hominins?<br />
<br />In short, the Bible definition of a human is straightforward: a creature with a divine soul. All the other creatures in the past that looked a bit like us but didn’t behave like us were simply animals.<br /><br />
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<br /><br />Daniel Friedmann is presently Chairman of the Board of Carbon Engineering. A company dedicated to removing CO2 from the air to reduce climate change. He has a master's in engineering physics and 30 years' experience in the space industry. He is also a longtime student of cosmology and religion. to learn more about Daniel Friedmann, his work and his book The Biblical Clock <a href="https://www.blogger.com/visit%20%3Ca%20href=%E2%80%9Dhttp://www.danielfriedmannbooks.ca/%20%E2%80%9C%3Ewww.danielfriedmannbooks.ca%3C/a%3E%20and%20%20%3Ca%20href=%22%20https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Friedmann/e/B005LKD1Q4/%22target=%22_blank%22%20rel=%22noopener%20noreferrer%22%3EAmazon.%3C/a%3E">visit <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Dhttp://www.danielfriedmannbooks.ca/">www.danielfriedmannbooks.ca</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Friedmann/e/B005LKD1Q4/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon.</a></a><br />
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There has been a lot of recent controversy surrounding the measles and other vaccines. On the surface, it's a no brainer to get vaccinated. However, there are many claims that the ingredients in the vaccines can cause things like alheizers to autism. I decided to look up what's in vaccines and this is what I found:<br />
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<li class="TrT0Xe">Active ingredients.</li>
<li class="TrT0Xe">Added ingredients: Aluminium. MF59. Thiomersal, also called Thimerosal. ...</li>
<li class="TrT0Xe">Products used in vaccine manufacture: Antibiotics. Egg proteins (ovalbumin) Yeast proteins. ...</li>
<li class="TrT0Xe">Growing the active ingredients: Human cell strains, animal cell strains and GMOs. Recombinant DNA technology. ...</li>
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<span class="ILfuVd NA6bn">Thiomersal (or <b>Thimerosal</b>) is a <b>mercury</b> compound used as a preservative used in some <b>vaccines</b>. Anti-<b>vaccination</b> activists promoting the incorrect claim that <b>vaccination</b> causes autism, have asserted that the <b>mercury</b> in thiomersal is the cause. There is no scientific evidence to support this claim.</span><br />
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<span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><b>Fetal bovine serum</b> (<b>FBS</b>) comes from the blood drawn from a <b>bovine fetus</b> via a closed system of collection at the slaughterhouse. <b>Fetal bovine serum</b> is the most widely <b>used serum</b>-supplement for the in vitro cell culture of eukaryotic cells.</span></span><br />
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Common substances found in vaccines include:<br />
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<li><strong><a class="tp-link-policy" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="alum" name="alum"></a> Aluminum</strong> gels or salts of aluminum which are added as adjuvants to help the vaccine stimulate a better response. Adjuvants help promote an earlier, more potent response, and more persistent immune response to the vaccine.</li>
<li><strong><a class="tp-link-policy" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="anti" name="anti"></a> Antibiotics</strong> which are added to some vaccines to prevent the growth of germs (bacteria) during production and storage of the vaccine. No vaccine produced in the United States contains penicillin.</li>
<li><strong><a class="tp-link-policy" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="egg" name="egg"></a> Egg protein</strong> is found in yellow fever and most influenza vaccines, which are prepared using chicken eggs. Ordinarily, persons who are able to eat eggs or egg products safely can receive these vaccines.</li>
<li><strong><a class="tp-link-policy" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="form" name="form"></a> Formaldehyde</strong> is used to inactivate bacterial products for toxoid vaccines, (these are vaccines that use an inactive bacterial toxin to produce immunity.) It is also used to kill unwanted viruses and bacteria that might contaminate the vaccine during production. Most formaldehyde is removed from the vaccine before it is packaged.</li>
<li><strong><a class="tp-link-policy" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="msg" name="msg"></a> Monosodium glutamate</strong> (<strong>MSG</strong>) and 2-phenoxy-ethanol which are used as stabilizers in a few vaccines to help the vaccine remain unchanged when the vaccine is exposed to heat, light, acidity, or humidity.</li>
<li><strong><a class="tp-link-policy" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="thim" name="thim"></a> Thimerosal</strong> is a mercury-containing preservative that is added to vials of vaccine that contain more than one dose to prevent contamination and growth of potentially harmful bacteria.</li>
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<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/additives.htm"> https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/additives.htm</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center/vaccine-ingredients/aluminum">Vaccine Ingredients - Aluminum | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia</a></h3>
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<cite class="iUh30">https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education.../vaccine.../aluminum</cite></div>
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<span class="st"><em>Aluminum</em> is used in <em>vaccines</em> as an adjuvant. <em>Aluminum</em> adjuvants are used in <em>vaccines</em> such as hepatitis A, hepatitis B, diphtheria-tetanus-<em>containing vaccines</em>,<wbr></wbr> ...</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="EpiEvi">Epidemiological Evidence</a></h3>
Five methodologically sound, controlled epidemiological studies found no association between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and thimerosal in vaccines [5-9], as well as the relevant systematic reviews [10, 11] and a meta-analysis [12]. The Institute of Medicine (IOM), now called the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), concluded that the body of evidence favors rejection of a causal relationship between autism and thimerosal-containing vaccines [13]. See the <a href="http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/vs-autism.htm" target="_blank">Do Vaccines Cause Autism?</a> summary for more details. <br /><br />A few studies have reported an association between vaccines containing aluminum adjuvants and persistent nodules at the injection site, at an estimated rate of 0.03-0.83% [14-17]. Two studies examining infant exposure to aluminum from both diet and vaccines that include aluminum adjuvants concluded that the levels of aluminum in vaccines are well below the calculated safe body burden [18, 19]. <br /><br />A review of data on substances sometimes found in certain vaccines in very small quantities, such as thimerosal, aluminum, gelatin, human serum albumin, formaldehyde, antibiotics, egg proteins, and yeast proteins, found no evidence of harm other than rare instances of hypersensitivity reactions such as anaphylaxis in those with severe allergies to either gelatin or egg proteins [4]. See the <a href="http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/vs-hypersens.htm" target="_blank">Do Vaccines Cause Anaphylaxis?</a> summary for more details. <a href="http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/vs-ingred.htm">http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/vs-ingred.htm</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; left: 60px; top: 124.383px; transform: scaleX(1.03093);">Conclusion</span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; left: 84.996px; top: 167.983px; transform: scaleX(1.15364);">Toxic metals such as aluminum do not belong in </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; left: 60px; top: 189.65px; transform: scaleX(1.17518);">prophylactic medications administered to children, </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; left: 60px; top: 211.317px; transform: scaleX(1.0082);">teenagers, or adults. Vaccines are normally recommended </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; left: 60px; top: 232.983px; transform: scaleX(0.954717);">for healthy people, so safety (and efficacy) standards must be </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; left: 60px; top: 254.65px; transform: scaleX(0.985098);">impeccable. Parents, especially, should not be compelled to </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; left: 60px; top: 276.317px; transform: scaleX(0.988689);">permit their loved ones to receive multiple injections of toxic </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; left: 60px; top: 297.983px; transform: scaleX(0.997007);">metals that could increase their risk of neurodevelopmental </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; left: 60px; top: 319.65px; transform: scaleX(1.0862);">and autoimmune ailments. Safe alternatives to current </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; left: 60px; top: 341.317px; transform: scaleX(0.980881);">disease prevention technologies are urgently needed. <a href="https://www.jpands.org/vol21no4/miller.pdf">https://www.jpands.org/vol21no4/miller.pdf</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; left: 60px; top: 341.317px; transform: scaleX(0.980881);">Those seeking more information can obviously do more research.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; left: 60px; top: 341.317px; transform: scaleX(0.980881);">My concerns are:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; left: 60px; top: 341.317px; transform: scaleX(0.980881);">~Is it even necesary to include some of the dangerous elements/chemicals in a vaccine?</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; left: 60px; top: 341.317px; transform: scaleX(0.980881);"><span class="ILfuVd">In the early 1950s, <b>four vaccines</b> were available: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and smallpox. Because three of these vaccines were combined into a single shot (DTP), children received <b>five shots</b> by the time they were 2 years old and not more than one shot at a single visit. According to Kids Health, this is the current recommended vaccination schedule:</span></span></div>
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<li><strong><a href="https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/hepb-vaccine.html">HepB</a>:</strong> Hepatitis B vaccine. Ideally, the first dose is given within 24 hours of birth, but kids not previously immunized can get it at any age. Some low birth weight infants will get it at 1 month or when they're discharged from the hospital.</li>
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1–2 months</h3>
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<li><strong><a href="https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/hepb-vaccine.html">HepB</a>:</strong> Second dose should be given 1 to 2 months after the first dose.</li>
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2 months</h3>
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<li><strong><a href="https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/dtap-vaccine.html">DTaP</a>:</strong> Diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis vaccine</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/hib-vaccine.html">Hib</a>:</strong> <em>Haemophilus influenzae</em> type b vaccine</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/polio-vaccine.html">IPV</a>:</strong> Inactivated poliovirus vaccine</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/pneumococcal-vaccine.html">PCV</a>:</strong> Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/rotavirus-vaccine.html">RV</a>:</strong> <a href="https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/rotavirus.html">Rotavirus</a> vaccine</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="kha_14">
4 months</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>DTaP</strong></li>
<li><strong>Hib</strong></li>
<li><strong>IPV</strong></li>
<li><strong>PCV</strong></li>
<li><strong>RV</strong></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="kha_15">
6 months</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>DTaP</strong></li>
<li><strong>Hib:</strong> This third dose may be needed, depending on the brand of vaccine used in previous Hib immunizations.</li>
<li><strong>PCV</strong></li>
<li><strong>RV:</strong> This third dose may be needed, depending on the brand of vaccine used in previous RV immunizations.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="kha_16">
6 months and annually</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/flu-vaccine.html">Influenza (Flu)</a>:</strong> The flu vaccine is recommended every year for children 6 months and older:<ul>
<li>Kids younger than 9 who get the flu vaccine for the first time (or who have only had one dose before July 2018) will get it in two separate doses at least a month apart.</li>
<li>Those younger than 9 who have had at least two doses of flu vaccine previously (in the same or different seasons) will only need one dose.</li>
<li>Kids older than 9 only need one dose.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>The vaccine is given by injection with a needle (the flu shot) or by nasal spray. The flu shot is preferred for children of all ages because it has been shown to be safe and effective. Although the nasal spray was not used in recent years, a changed version of it is now recommended (for the 2018–2019 flu season) for kids who may otherwise not get a flu shot. The nasal spray is only for healthy people ages 2 through 49. People with weakened immune systems or some health conditions (such as asthma) and pregnant women should <strong>not</strong> get the nasal spray vaccine.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="kha_17">
6–18 months</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>HepB</strong></li>
<li><strong>IPV</strong></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="kha_21">
12–15 months</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Hib</strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/mmr-vaccine.html">MMR</a>:</strong> Measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles) vaccine</li>
<li><strong>PCV</strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/varicella-vaccine.html">Chickenpox (varicella)</a></strong></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="kha_22">
12–23 months</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/hepa-vaccine.html">HepA</a>:</strong> Hepatitis A vaccine; given as two shots at least 6 months apart</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="kha_23">
15–18 months</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>DTaP</strong></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="kha_24">
4–6 years</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>DTaP</strong></li>
<li><strong>MMR</strong></li>
<li><strong>IPV</strong></li>
<li><strong>Varicella</strong></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="kha_25">
11–12 years</h3>
<ul class="kh_longline_list">
<li><strong><a href="https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/hpv-vaccine.html">HPV</a>:</strong> Human papillomavirus vaccine, given in two shots over a 6- to 12-month period. It can be given as early as age 9. For teens and young adults (ages 15–26 in girls and ages 15–21 in boys), it is given in three shots over 6 months. It's recommended for both girls and boys to prevent genital warts and some types of cancer.</li>
<li><strong>Tdap:</strong> Tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis booster. Also recommended during each pregnancy a woman has.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/meningitis-vaccine.html">Meningococcal conjugate vaccine</a>:</strong> And a booster dose is recommended at age 16.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="kha_26">
16–18 years</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/meningitis-vaccine.html">Meningococcal B vaccine (MenB)</a>:</strong> The MenB vaccine <em>may</em> be given to kids and teens in two or three doses, depending on the brand. Unlike the meningococcal conjugate vaccine, which is recommended, the MenB vaccine is given at the discretion of the doctor.</li>
</ul>
~Given the number of current recommended shots, and given the degree of toxic metals found in other products, it would seem the the cummlative effect could, indeed be very dangerous to yoyr health. Like X-Rays, one is okay but if you get one one a week you're probably in trouble.<br />
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Add to all of the this that the majority of the food you and your kids eat are Genetically Modified and also contain weed killer, this aggregation of chemicals in the body, starting with babies, cannot be healthy.<br />
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I can see why parents are concerned. it's like telling the children in Flint, Michigan that it's all right to drink the lead laden water. It's only a small dose. Being cautious with your child's health is not to be taken lightly. Perhaps if the dangerous elements were removed from the vaccines, there'd be less controversy?<br />
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