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December 25th, 2013 - 4:51 am § in Misc.

Happy Christmas … esp. to my Chinese Friends

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December 25th, 2013 - 3:57 am § in Misc.

Buchenwald 14: The Holiday Season

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December 23rd, 2013 - 2:43 pm § in Misc.

Happy Birthday Havi

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December 20th, 2013 - 12:49 pm § in Misc.

Family Feuds; of North Koreans and Jews

Can Jewish History Say Anything About What is Happening in North Korea? parts of my essay originated from a wonderful essay posted in the Jerusalem Post by Berel Wein It is important to understand the horrible long term consequences such a contemporary fight can have.    The story of Joseph̵[...]

December 20th, 2013 - 11:19 am § in Misc.

The Healer … a wife?

Isn’t This Gif Awesome? It reminds me of the frustrations of resolving feuds … whether they are personal or huge scale diplomatic issues. This image could be an attorney trying to get the parties to work together or a diplomat talking with the Israelis and the Palestinians. Is this heale[...]

December 20th, 2013 - 2:39 am § in Uncategorized

The Public View of Psychiatry

The sad thing about this cartoon is that it is an apt image of how the public sees psychiatry.  I  understood why anyone with these views would as be afraid of getting help as some fundamentalist would be of being vaccinated to avoid God’s will. Before we had Skinner’s scientific metho[...]

December 18th, 2013 - 3:28 pm § in America

Responding to an email complaint

A relative who lives in South Carolina has complained that  posts here about that state are unfair My reply: As for posts about SC, they really are nothing new.  Like many here in Seattle I have been angry that Boeing moved its assembly plant to avoid paying skilled workers a fair wage and becaus[...]

December 18th, 2013 - 4:40 am § in Environment, Misc.

North America to Drown in Oil as Mexico Ends Monopoly

Confession: We Own a Boat! A few years ago, faced with 3 gallons of gasoline per mile. we upgraded the Aquila to diesels. That cots us tens of thousands of dollars but … aside form safety issues … it was nice to get three miles to the gallon instead of three gallons to the mile […[...]

December 17th, 2013 - 4:24 am § in Misc.

Buchenwald 13: The beginning, the monster gets fed.

From Wikipedia and USHMM 1938, in the aftermath of Kristallnacht, German SS and police sent almost 10,000 Jews to Buchenwald where the camp authorities subjected them to extraordinarily cruel treatment upon arrival. 255 of them died as a result of their initial mistreatment at the camp. This reflect[...]

December 17th, 2013 - 1:27 am § in Uncategorized

Banned in Boston

When I was a kid in Boston, the Watch and Ward Society was very real. Seems surreal now! I remember at Boys Latin getting a list of the books banned by the Watch and Ward society ,,,, now it look like a pretty good list of books to buy for your favorite niece as she […][...]