Re: Mind's Eye Happy New Year!

Beating too fast is better then not beating at all I always say! In music we call it "rushing." I need to get my ticker checked for sure. Home life is normal and boring and uneventful but I can't ignore what is going on in my own country. Seems we still haven't accepted the massive mistake of overreacting to the virus by shutting everything down. The overreaching effects of this boondoggle reaction have yet to be fully realized but the numbers of increased failed businesses and suicides and child abuse WORLD WIDE are just rolling in. It's devastating. Our leaders have even stopped pretending they don't plan to continue violating Constitutional rights of free assembly and arms bearing. Folks try to get a neighborhood discussion going on starting a local "watch" and the app Nazis freak out about "militias" and "domestic terrorism" and kick people out of the group. Crime is increasing at an alarming rate. Evidence suggests it is becoming more and more organized as our police are continually told to "stand down" and even when perps get busted they are back on the street within days if not hours. the Big Four(Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook) have all banded together to get rid of another social networking site I've never heard of called "Parlor" because, they say, it helped start the Capitol riots. Evidence suggests that while it was certainly used that use paled in comparison to that used on.....Facebook and YouTube(Google) Imagine that. Big Tech banding together to get rid off potential competition. One wonders if politicians have a stake in these huge Tech companies. I am terrified the future will be Stazi-esque in nature. All the elements are there. Folks that were just at that rally/protest that never entered the Capitol or broke any laws are getting fired, losing clients, board positions and friends. I simply cannot believe what is happening and it makes me ill. All while rhetoric is heating up even further. I fear civil war. Too many have no notion of history and what can happen when you ignore what a people truly care about for an extended period of time. This corner is getting smaller and smaller and it's getting harder to breath. 

I sure wish things were different. Meanwhile I'll just keep plodding along on my own little well worn piece of ground. Take care all. 

dj

On Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 8:08:04 AM UTC-6 Allan Heretic wrote:

well Don  I have not been hiding except very ill.. survived Covid-19. they say there is not much chance of getting it again is low but  it is one nasty virus.
i have gotten suck and tired of be sick and tired  . this year has expensive for the insurance..  needed a stent...oh well the Doctor did more damage than good.. the result was now I needed a pace maker .(a friend just informed me I  was being assimulated resistance is futile)
Good news is there is hope now it is a matter of slowing my heart rate..  My Cardiologist wants  my pacemaker to carry 95% of the
 load..
needless  to last year and the beginning of this year have been interesting  to say the  least..
I am hoping everyone has a  great new year
Allan H

Originator is real Noit separated from creation.

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Johnson <daj...@gmail.com>
To: "\"Minds Eye\"" <mind...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sat, 09 Jan 2021 1:18 am
Subject: Mind's Eye Happy New Year!

Just checking to see who is still here a half year later. Was hoping for some activity. Begging for good news actually. I'm worried some may be purposefully avoiding posting their thoughts due to fear of reprisals from the Powers That Be. This "cancel culture" that has taken over the world is no joke. I totally get it. If my job or prospects was tied to towing the line I'd be right there in support of Communism lockstep with the rest of 'em. Or at least I'd remain quiet. Anybody with a job in Academia no doubt feels the need to be careful. 

Crazy, crazy times. I'm still employed and have postponed retirement. All this money printing has me understanding I haven't saved enough money yet. Keeps the stock market propped up tho so my $ is safe enough I just need to have more because everything is fixing to cost more. I hope all of you are hanging in there. The few I know who've caught this virus felt like shit for a week or two and then fully recovered. I'm really ready to be done with this foolishness. 

dj

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