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Seventy Seven

Marlene — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:44:28 +0000

Charles Manson is now 77 years old and is coming up for parole once again. This is one person who deserves to never walk among the general population again and I do believe that if he was released that a riot would break out like we have never seen the likes of before anywhere. But no one ever knows what a parole board will decide on these days, we can only pray.

Overpopulation is troublesome

Marlene — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:00:30 +0000

I was reading an article on the Time.com website about how overpopulation is one of the largest issues that the world needs to address if we want to curb some of the environmental problems. The supply and demand imbalance is largely contributing to the skyrocketing food and energy prices.

One of the things that I found interesting about this article was the proposition that the most successful way to control overpopulation is to put women in control of their own procreation. In countries where women have access to birth control, the birth rate drops. I imagine that’s very true, common sense would dictate that most women would not want to have a lot of children – children are a lot of work, and are expensive to care for!

Shooting your lawn mower doesn’t fix it

Marlene — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:18:53 +0000

I was reading on the BBC website that a man from Milwaukee WIsconsin was been arrested for shooting his lawn mower with a sawed off shotgun. He told police “it’s my lawnmower and my yard so I can shoot it if I want.” He has been charged with disorderly conduct and illegal possession of a sawn off shotgun.

I’m no mechanical expert, but I don’t think shooting a lawn mower will “fix” whatever was wrong with it! The story does not give a reason for the shooting, so I don’t know if he was mad that the mower wouldn’t run properly, or if he was simply mad that he had to mow the lawn and decided that if he killed the mower then he wouldn’t have to mow the lawn.

Oh, the world is full of nut cases!

That halftime show

Marlene — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:53:57 +0000

What is up with the bad attitude at the half-time show miss flip off the world? Who were you flipping off, and why? Weren’t you getting paid enough money to sing your song and prance your half naked body across the stage? Didn’t you care that children might be watching? Don’t you care that you are supposed to be a positive role model? Do you want all of the kids that watched you flip off the world to flip off people at school or at home and get in trouble for imitating something you did?

You should grow up and apologize. And then you should return all of the money you were paid for the show.

Fuel from salt water?

Marlene — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:51:27 +0000

A friend of mine sent me a link to a blog that was talking about how someone has found a way to burn salt water, and that the possibility was there to further develop that to actually be able to run cars with that technology.

So I was just googling “fuel from salt water” and was reading the different links about it.

From what I can tell, right now it takes more energy to create the fuel than the fuel itself would generate, which makes it impractical. Perhaps someone can refine the process, but I also read that when the salt water DOES burn, it releases a deadly form of chlorine gas, which probably would not be a good thing!

So, I think that quite a bit of “tweaking” needs to be done for that technology to hit the mainstream use of running our cars on saltwater!

My aunt sent me an article about a leopard

Marlene — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:36:53 +0000

I know I’ve told you that I have an aunt that lives in London. She sent me an email yesterday with a link to a local newspaper (to her) that was running a story with pictures about a leopard that attacked a large crocodile. It was quite a battle; the leopard won the battle and hauled the crocodile off to eat. All I can say is that the leopard must have been pretty hungry to take on a crock! The article was on the Earth news section of the website of the London Telegraph paper at Telegraph.co.uk if you want to check it out.
Absolutely amazing!

Tough times ahead

Marlene — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:37:00 +0000

I don’t know how I stumbled across this particular CNN website yesterday, but the headlines were disheartening: Fed sees more tough times ahead. The article goes on to say that the Federal Reserve sees both unemployment and inflation rising in the year ahead. That news does not surprise me, but it does discourage me. It is getting harder and harder to make ends meet. I’m working two jobs, putting in twelve hours a day and am looking for a third job and still not making enough to pay the bills. These are tough times, for sure.

Uncontacted native tribes

Marlene — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:50:54 +0000

I am always amazed when I hear news of uncontacted native tribes being “discovered.” There is a story that I saw from the Yahoo pages about a tribe in Brazil that includes pictures from a recent “flyover.” The natives are photographed aiming flaming arrows at the aircraft that is taking the pictures. Can you imagine the horror and dread these natives are feeling as they see this “monster” flying overhead?

I have to stop and think whether it really is in the tribes best interest, as human beings, to be left undeveloped or is it in their best interest to be contacted and taught “modern ways.” That is a moral and ethical decision I know I’ll never have to make, and I’m glad I don’t have to make it! I know for sure that I am glad that I don’t have to live in such primitive conditions!

If you want to see the story I’m talking about, click here.

Mud slinging

Marlene — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:03:34 +0000

I keep hearing about how Donald Trump is running for president on the Republican ticket. One of the things that concerns me about that is how many very heated and nasty public disagreements he has been involved in.

One of the biggest jobs of President is diplomacy. I haven’t seen much of that coming from Mr. Trump. I find it difficult to fathom that he could actually be elected. But if he wants to spend a lot of money on a politcal campaign, I’m sure the economy would be grateful for having his money circulating among the working class!

Lesson – never pick on someone bigger than you are

Marlene — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:58:35 +0000

When I was a little girl, and was learning to deal with life issues, such as bullies, my parents taught me that eventually a bully tries to pick on the wrong person and gets the stuffing beat out of him. I guess this youngster learned this lesson the hard way.