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For Monday – a day not for us the living but for those no longer with us, who sleep with a Peace only the Honored Warrior knows

 

There are thousands of sailors, marines and airmen who lie unmarked and forgotten in the oceans deep.  Here is a poem fitting for them on this Buddy Poppy weekend and the Day of Memorial.

 

   

If you are out and about this weekend, take a Buddy Poppy from one of us and remember the hundreds of thousands that didn't get to live out their life.

 

In reverent Memory of our Honored Dead and Dying

America Salutes You! 

Eddessa_Knight with Solemn Light  :-(

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"In Waters Deep" 

 

In ocean wastes no poppies blow, 

No crosses stand in ordered row, 

Their young hearts sleep… beneath the wave… 

The spirited, the good, the brave, 

But stars a constant vigil keep, 

For them who lie beneath the deep. 

 

‘Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer 

On certain spot and think. “He’s there.” 

But you can to the ocean go… 

See whitecaps marching row on row; 

Know one for him will always ride… 

In and out… with every tide. 

 

And when your span of life is passed, 

He’ll meet you at the “Captain’s Mast.” 

And they who mourn on distant shore 

For sailors who’ll come home no more, 

Can dry their tears and pray for these 

Who rest beneath the heaving seas… 

 

For stars that shine and winds that blow 

And whitecaps marching row on row. 

And they can never lonely be 

For when they lived… they chose the sea…

 

Requim In Pace

"There's something sinister about seeing you bent over the lectern in the Senate Chamber, your countenance resembling what I would imagine Edgar Allen Poe's would look like reciting one of his macabre tales of doom and gloom, as if there is not one drop of happiness in your life, forecasting a dismal future for America if anything President Trump proposes passes both houses, is signed and becomes law." ~CD

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/652ba1ae-3784-323b-9ab7-b8322c85931c/ss_charlie-daniels%E2%80%99-open-letter.html

With Compliments and appreciation to Benjamin P. Hardy PhD

"35 Things No One Told You About Becoming “Successful”

 

https://themission.co/35-things-no-one-ever-told-you-about-becoming-successful-387f91d36611

 

The Americans With No Abilities Act

 

 

The Democratic Senate is considering sweeping legislation that will provide new benefits for many more Americans. The Americans With No Abilities Act is being hailed as a major legislative goal by advocates of the millions of Americans who lack any real skills and ambition.

 

“Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the competence and drive necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society,” said California Sen. Barbara Boxer. “We can no longer stand by and allow People of Inability (POI) to be ridiculed and passed over. With this legislation, employers will no longer be able to grant special favors to a small group of workers, simply because they have some idea of what they are doing.”

 

In a Capitol Hill press conference, Nancy Pelosi pointed to the success of the U.S. Postal Service, which has a long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to performance. At the state government level, the Department of Motor Vehicles also has an excellent record of hiring Persons with No Ability (63 percent).

 

Under the Americans With No Abilities Act, more than 25 million mid-level positions will be created, with important-sounding titles but little real responsibility, thus providing an illusory sense of purpose and performance.

 

Mandatory non-performance-based raises and promotions will be given to guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable employees. The legislation provides substantial tax breaks to corporations that promote a significant number of Persons of Inability (POI) into middle-management positions, and give a tax credit to small and medium-sized businesses that agree to hire one clueless worker for every two talented hires.

 

Finally, the Americans With No Abilities Act contains tough new measures to make it more difficult to discriminate against the non-abled, banning, for example, discriminatory interview questions such as, “Do you have any skills or experience that relate to this job?”

 

“As a non-abled person, I can’t be expected to keep up with people who have something going for them,” said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as a lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, Mich., due to her inability to remember “righty tighty, lefty loosey”. “This new law should be real good for people like me. I’ll finally have job security.” With the passage of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens will finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.

 

Said Sen. Dick Durbin, II: “As a senator with no abilities, I believe the same privileges that elected officials enjoy ought to be extended to every American with no abilities. It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his or her inadequacy, withsome sort of space to take up in this great nation and a good salary for doing so.”

This is really amazing!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow is here now

 

 

-- these advancements are staggering

 

The world's first virtual shopping center opened in Korea . All the products are just LCD screens that allows you to order the items by touching the screen. When you get to the counter, your items are already bagged and ready to go.

 

 

 

A cellphone you can bend as much as you like and it will still do everything a smart phone does.

 

Your personal computer ring can play music, check your email, give you alerts and even allows you to browse or chat with others.

 

 

This man is demonstrating the ability of his prosthetic eye, which has a camera installed in it.

 

No longer using the camping stove just for cooking, a new line of camping stoves use the heat energy to power up lights and charge your phones or anything else you can charge by USB cable.

 

   

This trash can follows you around and calculates where to stand to catch your thrown garbage!

 

 

This motion tracking table morphs its surface to mimic your movements, allowing you to control objects from the other side of the planet if you so choose.

 

 

This windowed door turns opaque whenever you lock it.

 

This incredible app translates signs from video and in real time!

 

 

The new 'Google Fiber' has started deploying, and will offer users an internet connection that is about 100 times faster than what they are currently using.

 

 

When did car panels start looking this advanced?

 

A stop sign using water to project the image

 

 

An example of the new E-Ink in action. An ink that stays flat on the page and can be printed but still moves on the printer page.

 

 

All of the functions these items that we used 20 years ago... Are now done by a single smartphone.

 

New casts can be printed with a 3D printer, are lighter, more comfortable and just as strong.

 

Bionic hands are now so advanced they can perform even delicate and complex movements.

 

Welcome to the world ofTomorrow.............

 

Well actually, it's already Here!!

CIVILIZATION IN 2017-

 

THIS IS PRICELESS!!!

 

WELCOME to 2017

 

? OUR PHONES - Wireless

 

? COOKING - Fireless

 

? CARS - Keyless

 

? CARS - Driverless

 

? FOOD - Fatless

 

? TIRES -Tubeless

 

? DRESS - Sleeveless

 

? YOUTH - Jobless

 

? LEADERS - Shameless

 

? RELATIONSHIPS - Meaningless

 

? ATTITUDES - Careless

 

? BABIES - Fatherless

 

? FEELINGS - Heartless

 

? EDUCATION - Valueless

 

? CHILDREN – Mannerless

 

? VETERANs - Homeless

 

WE ARE-SPEECHLESS,

 

GOVERNMENT-is CLUELESS,

 

AND

 

OUR POLITICIANS-are WORTHLESS!

 

I'M SCARED - SH#TLESS!

What things retired men think about ...

 

 

 

 

 

What deep things retired men think about...

 

I mowed the lawn today, and after doing so I sat down and had a cold beer.

 

The day was really quite beautiful, and the drink facilitated some deep thinking. 

 

My wife walked by and asked me what I was doing, and I said, "Nothing."

 

The reason I said "nothing" instead of saying "just thinking" is because she then would have asked, "About what?"

 

At that point I would have had to explain that men are deep thinkers about various topics, which would lead to other questions. 

 

Finally I pondered an age old question: Is giving birth more painful than getting kicked in the nutz?

 

Women always maintain that giving birth is way more painful than a guy getting kicked in the nuts, but how could they know? 

 

Well, after another beer, and some more heavy deductive thinking, I have come up with an answer to that question.

 

Getting kicked in the nuts is more painful than having a baby, and even though I obviously couldn't really know, here is the reason for my conclusion. A year or so after giving birth, a woman will often say, "

 

It might be nice to have another child." 

 

On the other hand, you never hear a guy say, "You know, I think I would like another kick in the nutz." 

 

I rest my case. Time for another beer, and then maybe a nap.

Ghastly !!!

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/police-3-men-stole-car-killed-6-old-140546365.html

RE: PELOSI.   SHE MANAGED TO HAVE THE US POSTAL SERVICE "SELL" ALL THE LAND THAT THE POST OFFICES IN CALIF SIT ON, TO HER HUSBAND... AND NOW THEY OWN THE LAND AND WE PAY THEM RENT FOR EACH P.O. EVERY MONTH WHILE THE UNDERLYING PROPERTY IS PART OF THEIR NET WORTH.   NICE!   SHE NOW IS WORTH $350MM PERSONALLY AND HER HUSBAND (A LAWYER) IS WORTH $900 MM.  COMBINED $1.25 BILLION.  NOT BAD FOR MISS BOWLING PIN OF 1959.

 

WATERS CAN'T BE TOO FAR BEHIND.   NOW THERE ISN'T ONE (1) MEMBER OF CONGRESS THAT HAS A NET WORTH LESS THAN $1MILLION.   GETTING ELECTED IS LIKE HITTING THE LOTTERY... ONLY BETTER.  RETIRE ON FULL PAY FOR LIFE... NO SS, AND THE BEST HEALTH PLAN FOR MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILY THAT IS POSSIBLE.   PREMIUMS ARE IN EXCESS OF $50,000 A YEAR WITH -0- DEDUCTIBLE AND FULL COVERAGE WITHOUT CO-PAYS.  DOCTORS OF CHOICE AND NO REFERRALS NECESSARY.   WHAT A COUNTRY!  THEY ARE ALL CORRUPT!

VIDEO: Busted Poverty Warrior Maxine Waters’ Plush $4.5 Million LA Mansion: Indoor Swimming Pool; Outdoor Gates & Walls | True Pundit

 

http://truepundit.com/video-busted-poverty-warrior-maxine-waters-plush-4-5-million-la-mansion-indoor-swimming-pool-outdoor-gates-walls/

 

VIDEO: Busted Poverty Warrior Maxine Waters’ Plush $4.5 Million LA Mansion: Indoor Swimming Pool; Outdoor Gates & Walls. 

  April 2017 

How can a member of Congress afford a $4.5 million Los Angeles mansion that takes up half a city block in one of the most affluent neighborhoods in the country?   Ask Maxine Waters.      Ask her about her other two homes as well, worth another approximate $850,000 to $1.1 million EACH. Savvy real estate acquisitions for a public servant with a $174,000 House of Representatives salary. Whoops, almost left out Maxine’s time share property in Palm Springs, CA.   Add that to her list.

 

Only ONE of her homes is located in the gritty LA congressional district which she was elected to represent.   Her exclusive estate is miles north — well outside her congressional district — far away from LA’s street crime, murder and the folks she is supposed to help.    Apparently, Maxine has addressed concerns about help. A private company maintains her property and impressive manicured landscaping at the mansion.

 

Oh, we almost forgot this too. Waters’ posh 6,000 square foot LA estate is protected with wrought-iron gates at the front doors and gates for driveways and patios on each side of the Mediterranean-style abode. And add a long brick wall that protects the side of the sprawling property. There are some gates and fencing in the back too, near the custom barbecue area and the detached structure that houses Maxine’s newly built indoor pool. Or is the swimming pool in the main house?   We’ll have to ask the butler.

 

For someone who touts a wall-free society where illegal aliens can roam free, Waters sure seems concerned about gates and walls to protect her in the LA mansion. Perhaps she’s worried the wayward homeless or DREAMERS might pool hop or grille a Salisbury steak while she’s busy on CNN railing about President Donald Trump or how she really cares about financially-strapped Americans struggling to make ends meet.

The Waters estate boasts large scale rooms touted as “perfect for for gracious entertaining” in one LA-based publication. It includes a “stunning entry with dramatic staircase. Lovely pecan paneling in family room.  THE GUEST HOUSE TOO!”

 

Who keeps an eye on the place when Maxine is on the east coast fighting world poverty and hunger? Her neighbors include the mayor of LA, singer Chris Brown, Norman Chandler, the owner of the LA Times, actor Neal McDonough, Lord Baltimore’s Christian Audigier, among many others including the former Tudor Revival style mansion of deceased oil magnate J. Paul Getty. The mayor of LA resides in the former mansion of Getty.   He’s a Democrat too.

And all this time Maxine had America conned into believing she was elected to her D.C. post to help the downtrodden folks struggling in poverty-plagued inner cities like the one in her backyard.  Well, not that backyard. That could get dicey. Those folks might want to get out of the sun and use the air-conditioned indoor pool area.  What?, your 100-year-old imported marble floors are too good for the homeless?

 

Wait, it even gets more ridiculous. We found approximately 17 building permits on file since Waters purchased this home in 2004. Waters had many additions built on the nearly 100-year old property, costing another estimated $1 million-plus, according to our math.  Likely more. She commissioned the indoor pool built and even paid a plumber to pipe hot and cold water, as well as propane gas to her outdoor grilling area and custom kitchen. She added a pergola too, building records show and an additional 15’x18 custom patio cover. Hey, before you judge: It gets hot in LA and shade is a premium. Ask any homeless veteran.

 

Some of the building permits filed on the tony Windsor Square section home provided details like “Interior remodel in kitchen family room and master bathroom. addition french doors and windows relocate windows remove interior walls. addition shearwalls and beams at ground floor.” Many other permits did not give explanations of the home improvement work.   Waters’ house takes up the same geographic acreage as two of her neighbors’ properties COMBINED. That’s an extra large carbon footprint, especially in Los Angeles.    Typical Democratic phony loaded with multiple homes, cash and the walls and iron to protect them from would-be troublemakers.

Waters, who rails about Trump’s financials and tax returns, filed her most financial disclosure form with Congress in 2015. She lists her approximate net worth in the $450,000 range. That’s a mere fraction of the amount of the home improvements made to her LA estate. Waters lists the mortgage on her LA mansion at somewhere between $1 million and $5 million.   What’s a few million between D.C. friends?    Please tell us again, Maxine: Who should be investigated and impeached?

 

Maxine rants about the plague of homelessness & the GOP’s contribution to it. The irony is thick. Worth clicking and reading the story while she talks about poverty in America.

 

Built in 1924, Waters’ Mediterranean-style estate is worth $4.5 million today

 

Deadbolt gates on the front doors, gates on the driveways, patios. So much for carefree border-less living.

 

Flanked by a long brick and landscape wall that run half a city block.

 

Main house, guest house, outdoor barbecue island and kitchen are seen here.

 

 

 The sprawling property dwarfs the two properties behind it.

 

East Coast digs. Maxine’s D.C pad across the street from the Albanian & Costa Rican embassies.

 

ISN’T IT A PITY THAT BEING A CONGRESSWOMAN ON SUCH A “SMALL” SALARY IS A BURDEN SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO ENDURE??? 

 

PHONY CORRUPT AND SHAMELESS LIKE THE REST OF THE DEMOCRATS.  AT LEAST DONALD J. TRUMP EARNED HIS WAY IN THIS WORLD.

 

 

 

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Some Practical Tips (use discernment)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjkqHRRSy_U

 How to Raise an American Adult

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-raise-an-american-adult-14939950

Many young Americans today are locked in perpetual adolescence. Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse on how he and his wife are encouraging their own children to become fully formed, independent grown-ups

I grew up in El Paso. We need a wall in Texas, and I’m glad to have this great video to show it works and why it works. I will be sharing it with friends.—D.J. Barnes, near Dallas

http://dailysignal.com/2017/05/07/we-hear-you-i-never-knew-the-wall-made-that-much-difference/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTm1SaE1URmlZMlJrTUdJNCIsInQiOiJxak1DV2tKTWFoT0NoclA5U2JjS25mKzRyVkVXY3B4aXFDenBvZE5pUnpLT2k4bXdFSVwvOWs2eXU0N3dMQ3FUNHJsMnpWc251dERWaVZSK3NJSmQyK3lkTHc1bDJhU09UbDErZXhhYmtPZTY4T01hdThHazJMWlBzRmFINmxiVUwifQ%3D%3D

~With Compliments

eddessa_Knight with Joyous Light ??

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A young teenager once asked a Rabbi in Jerusalemi, "I am small, one in seven billion. I am a regular kid: Not brilliant, not super athletic, smart, or witty. My grades are average. What is the purpose of MY life? I will never make it big. I will never become a Mozart or a Kant!"