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Should we take everyone's guns? Should we give everyone guns? Can't we just arrest the guns for killing people? Wait no, guns don't kill people, people kill people. THE QUESTION NO ONE IS ASKING... Why are these kids going crazy killing people in the first place?  We had automatic rifles in the 60's no one did this, and the 80's no one did this...why today? ANTIDEPRESSANT MEDICATIONS.  Every school shooting, to my knowledge, was committed by a young person on antidepressants which clearly say cause homicidial and suicidal behaviors in youths. One simple pin prick to test their blood for the gene which processess these drugs could put an end to these tragedies and many others which don't make the news.

Would you be surprised if I told you religion and God have very little to do with one another? Or that going to church does not make you Christian? What if I said you would be closer to the truth if you threw away everything you ever knew about "God" and "Jesus," and turned everything you have learned about religion upside down on its ass? This is the simple truth however. As I tried to explain the powers of the universe to my twelve year old son, who claims already to be an atheist,  I asked him what or who God was. He described a man with a white beard who lives up on a cloud with a magic staff, who controls people and grants wishes, or 'prayers.' In that case, I replied, I did not believe in the same god that he did not believe in. When I inquired into his beliefs about the universal field of energy in which we all share, he disclosed his belief about "The Force." "'The Force,' you call it?...That's God!", I told him. H

For years we've been told to slather on the sunscreen when we go outside. We have been told that Mr. Golden Sun is to blame for ever increasing rates of skin cancer. But, I wonder why this more obvious cause has not been pointed out- especially since most, Americans anyhow, spend their time indoors. And since the rise in skin cancer seems correlated to the increased use of fluorescent lighting.  I discovered this darker side of fluorescent bulbs when a neighbor of mine stopped by, he was all excited to grow his own pot after the recent legalization of marijuana here in Oregon. He wanted to buy a fluorescent light strip I had in my shed because he was building a mini grow-room. He said, "I found out I can just use fluorescent lights in place of grow lights." Puzzled by how this could be, I did some research. All fluorescent lights are UV lights! What? 'You mean we're walking under artificial sun lamps all day?' Yes we are. A fluorescent light is a UV light

You've been caught in the midst of a conversation about the latest new tech gadget, or at least you think that's what they're talking about. You hear the word 'cache' and you just smile and nod- not wanting to appear uninformed, assuming that most others know about this new thing. Then you see this word appear on your phone and your computer. By now, you probably have a hazy sense of its meaning, still assuming you must be the only one left out of the loop. You're not I promise. I am a computer whiz, and I really can't describe what a cache is exactly, and when it became so important. I am guessing it must be something that 'catches' your data or holds it.  Only, that word is actually pronounced, 'cash-ay.' Who knew? Probably no one you ever heard say it. Is our tech world maybe just a grander, more real life, version of, 'The Emperor's New Wardrobe.' One of my children's favorite tales, it is about an Emperor who g

We think of th spiritual realm as cosmic and larger than life. But what if we have it backwards and the spiritual realm is actually on a microbiological level (at least in part)? Christ himself said, "The Kingdom of God is within you." What began this train of thought was listening to a radio show, where a genomic researcher had commented that 90% of our DNA was not really ours, but belonged rather to microbes. It has long been understood that we are made up of more "other things", than we are made up of our own cells. How hard would it be for a foreign or unwanted microbe to take over a person? Much like  we talk about a person being overtaken by an evil spirit. Lets define a spirit; an unseen force which manifests itself in other living things.  Now define microbe; a microscopic organism which reproduces itself inside other living things. The custom of saying "Bless you," when someone sneezes, comes from the superstition that your sneeze was

       "Someone has to, may as well be me."I have held to this philosophy as a core principle in life. This is what provides unbending courage to take on the jobs no one else wants, the one to raise my hand if there must be a volunteer. This principle is one I don't question. Think of the magician on stage, asking for a volunteer- a shaky audience sitting in stark silence. You can almost hear the crowd thinking to themselves, "Who's gonna go first? Not me." But, there I am without delay, hand up. Now do I 'want' to volunteer to be sawed in half? No, not particularly. I don't question it though, I just raise my hand.. My endeavor to educate people about their bill of rights (yawn*) came less from inspiration and more from the idea, "Someone must, it may as well be me." In a classroom setting, I apply this same principle when I ask a question no one else wants to ask. Inevitably, there are many other students who had the same questio

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President Obama’s brain initiative." The end goal of RAM(restoring-active-memory) is  to develop and test a wireless, fully implantable neural-interface medical device for human clinical use, but a number of significant advances will be targeted on the way to achieving that goal." " These studies will involve volunteers living with deficits in the encoding and/or retrieval of declarative memories and/or volunteers undergoing neurosurgery for other neurological conditions." "RAM is part of a broader portfolio of programs within DARPA that support President Obama’s brain initiative." For more info, check out... The Military Is Building Brain Chips to Treat PTSD MAY 28, 2014 BY PATRICK TUCKER The Defense Department is developing a new, mood-predicting brain chip to treat PTSD in soldiers. By Patrick Tucker Defense Department  / Technology  / Veterans  "Now the Pentagon is developing a new, innovative brain chip to treat PTSD in soldiers and ve

First comes Love, then comes Marriage, then comes having sex. Anyone who has sex, without the explicit intention and purpose to create a new life, is simply pretending that's not what the act was made for. No wonder scripture is so adamant about protecting the marriage bed. It's where we get to create life of our own. Making love; is our given moment in time, to bear witness and yield to the Universe's abundant and expansive creative energy. Where life that did not exist before, is suddenly sparked into existence by the mutual love shared between its parents and is carried until birth without anything more than the genetic coding it began with. I'm not sure it's possible to be in this sacred act of intercourse, without at least acknowledging the scope and breadth of what you're doing, even if it's only a split second, ["Did I remember to bring a condom? I don't need to have kid right now." "I wonder if he could be the guy for me? Did I t

The Pitiful Prostitution of the Single Mother LeAnne Love (c) 2015 This month was a close call. I paid rent twenty days late, receiving my second 72 hour notice.. I could have had my rent paid a week ago, when a long time woman friend of mine offered to ask her boyfriend about loaning me the money. Driving along, while  I listen  over my speakerphone, she lays out her proposition, "I think that if you me and Dave have a threesome, then I'll ask him to loan you the money, and he won't say no." I'm slack jawed. My driving companion seems less surprised and shrugs as if to say 'Well it's money.'  Just two weeks ago, a male friend of mine had texted me a picture. A crisp $100, laying on his bed. How nice, I guess he was short on the landscaping work I'd asked about, a year ago. I declined  both these offers, nevertheless, I am wondering now, if I were on TANF (welfare cash assistance), would I have to report such earnings? Is there a box for that

MANDATUM MUTATIS MUTANDIS "We Command, Change as Needs to be Changed." ...a call to action.         In the twilight of this disillusionment, as we grasp for what may be left to salvage of the American dream, we find ourselves reaching out to our neighbors once more and though we still possess skilled hands and motivated spirits; hard times have fallen on the American people.  Isn't our workforce larger than ever? Hasn't our ability to cull our natural resources and refine them improved? Shouldn't this nation of hardworking, well-educated people be at her peak? With our children's peak  still yet to come? We hear the news and then overhear it again, through our social circles, telling us the reason for our economic downturn, low employment rates, homelessness, people going hungry right here on our American streets . We hear that it has something to do with a bubble, in the market, popping and costs rising, due to inflation...but, let me be the one, to pop

I remember my Grandmama, explaining to my 7 year old self,       "Every seven years your body changes." As an adult, this has proved to be true. Even science backs up Grandmama on this one, nearly every cell in our body including the ones which make up our bones are in fact replaced over time (although its a lot more complex than that...). Think back to seven years old. Parents- think of your child at 7 years old!! The age of reason, and I will add the age of individual opinion, lol. Fast forward to fourteen years! Ok, enough said on that age....now 21..... These are defining years for most people, when not just our physical body changes, but our persona and status too. Interestingly, seven years comes up as the final number of many cycles. Debts are cancelled after 7 years. Bad luck from broken mirrors thankfully disappear. The famous "seven year itch," in marriages. I have noticed in my personal life, many events, people and places have come back

Just to the North of where I live, lies an abundant land, where truly all things are possible, and there is an answer for every question. I call this place, "The Idea Factory," you may have something similar North of where you live, called an imagination. Some people there wander off into a warm sea, golden beach, paradise. Others live out lives of fame and fortune in this place. I, create solutions. Sometimes to a problem you didn't even know was a problem yet.... EXAMPLE: Replacing the age old Clothes Hanger system with a rotating, self-folding wheel- keeping clothes wrinkle free and eliminating the need for drawers as well!               * Yes, I am aware this idea will never catch on and may be slightly retarded. BUT! Could someone, somewhere make a buck selling that, sure! People buy rocks, as pets, so why the hell not.... There are many solutions, to problems big and small, which I have concocted; EXAMPLE II: (better idea) Instead of eliminating the pe

Feeling underappreciated and saddened at how it is possible to pour your heart out, give your time and all you have to give to another person and have them spit in your face. I had the epiphany that this is how God must feel when his children sin. He pours his unending love out for us, he gives of all he is For Us and we spit in the face of the almighty and go about doing contradictory and counterproductive things- and he keeps loving us all the same.  I will continue to feel unappreciated and taken from, as long as I continue to take for granted the blessings in my life. Once I learn to give back to God in appreciation and gratitude, the same way I would give back to anyone who would go out of their way for me- then I will know what being loved is meant to feel like.

    If this question seems ridiculous to you, then you're probably not AM challenged like me. You probably wake up to greet the magnificent sun and the glorious new day with plans in mind and set your feet to the cool floor with purpose and ambition. I, however, sit in a sleep-drunken stupor, staring at my freezing cold floor with questions like, "What is going on?", and "Why am I awake again?" In my morning delirium I am a math whiz apparently- quickly calculating how many times I can hit snooze before my alarm clock just gives up- or how many minutes it really  takes  myself and three children to get ready. I have turned down jobs which required arriving before 9am and I even dropped out of the race for Class President once, when I heard they met early, before school hours- I simply walked out of the meeting and tore up my flyers. I DO NOT exist before 7am- and then you'd only be meeting my stunt double (we'll call her "Vicky)- she makes me

Are We Making Our Children Addicts? Video Games, Sugar, TV Shows, Snacks, Toys...Our babies are becoming pheens! Constantly in pursuit of, and hungering for, some____.       www.urbandictionary.com defines "Pheen" (slang for fiend);  To urge for something,  not necessarily pheening       for drugs, but dope things in life. The begging and bargaining for more video game and TV time, or the plea for one more piece of candy, is not just childish behavior- it's more similar to the drug seeking behaviors you would find in addicts.That near panic kids sometimes exhibit when their favorite show is about to get shut off; or how they'll do  anything  for more video game time- even ungodly things like the dishes!      “Addiction” includes loss of control and an obsessive-compulsive pattern that takes on a life of its              own. Physiologic...changes leading to tolerance, withdrawal or sensitization may occur, and                    cognitive changes are common.

When starting a corporation, you write a Mission Statement, and also a Values and Vision statement. I decided to do this for myself- why not? How often do we sit down and define our lives like that?  So here is mine. I would love to hear from you, leave a comment--- What is your personal Mission, your life's Vision and Values? Mission: I walk this earth with a mission to empower others to use their God given strengths and attributes in a way that emboldens them and also fills a need in our earthly pursuits as a whole, without fear of isolation and inequity because of their unique or ingenious new perspectives. Vision: I envision a future for my children and all children, where each life is treasured simply for it's right to be here. Where no judgement is placed when the individual falls below some arbitrary median level of accomplishment, as we all do at times, but rather merit be placed on that individual's ability to contribute to our human endeavors, and respect be