Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

The following of a specific idiom can be looked at as a good thing or a bad thing depending on the point of view of the observer. Most people have a team, a faith or an ideal that they not only follow but will protect if anyone challenges them about those things.
Have you observed the absolute stupidity of raden fans of a sports team, or the length people go to to attend a golf tournament? One’s heroes are another item of the list of hard to change even in the face of proof that the hero is corrupt. Had a man tell me his hero was O.J. Simpson and even after admitting to his crimes this man refused to believe it. Trump is one of those icons to a great number of people that even with all his proven faults is considered worthy of loyalty.
It can be called a cult or possibly even a faith or religion, because like every major gatherer of the folk, be it Billy Graham, or Jim Jones, or Osama bin Laden or Donald Trump they were and are really good snake oil salesmen and they have a following. Were any of them beneficial to society, that is a question. Graham was considered a great faith instructor, Jim Jones was just a man with a dream that turned into a nightmare, and bin Laden was a leader that caused hell on earth to erupt. Trump is attempting to top the pot because he wants to destroy a nation and turn it into a playground for the rich at the expense of everyone else living here.
Everyone of these men had or has a following that is devoted as much as any religion. It might be argued that the 911 tragedy was the result of hate and yet the 4 men on each of those planes that were destined to destroy themselves and whoever was unlucky enough to be with them or in their path were in fact the most religious people there. Yes they were followers of Islam but that religion is force fed from birth to death without benefit of a coffee break. The use of that faith to commit to those acts is disturbing and yet we have the same type of faith being used against our democracy for the benefit of one person. That person is a self centered, egotistical spoiled child that has never been told no and does not know how to behave.
What is the benefit to the people that tell us that they are ready and willing to take up arms and kill their fellow citizens just because Trump tells them to. There is no benefit except the pat on the head like the faithful dog by the master.
If allowed to win the outcome will mean the destruction of not only our form of government but of our environment for the sake of searching for more mineral wealth. Nothing will be spared from the rape of the earth to make him richer. His days are numbered and no amount of wealth is going to bring him youth again but the object is only to die with having the most.

Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

It is sickening to realize that there are people in the nation that believe that it can be improved by forcing all to live under the dictates of one group’s point of view. The Project 2025 is an agenda that needs to be stopped and dismantled all the way to its base.
Since it is set to dismantle the Constitution as it stands the entire project should be declared as treason and the leaders behind the project should be taken to court and tried. At the present time it may be difficult to find space for all that could potentially be occupying cells.
Even though this project seems to be well advertised in some circles it does not appear to be a well understood program so finding people for a jury should not be a problem at this time. How are we not looking at this and seeing it as treason is beyond reasonable or intelligent. When someone or some group is plotting against the foundation of your nation’s basis for being it surely has to constitute TREASON and dealt with accordingly.
The person behind the inception is already known to be treasonous and has been charged with multiple crimes. The other members of the political movement he is involved with seem to have very little interest in upholding our democracy or our Constitution except for the protection it provides them while they continue to undermine and defeat that same document.
If the efforts of some of the state governments is any indication of where this group is headed then it would appear that turning back the clock to a time when only Rich White Men had the vote and all others are subservient or chattel. Women have no say, have to have a man allow them to make a purchase or whatever. People of color are kept in bondage because they are considered as lesser beings and if you are never able to afford to own property you will never have a voice in any decision. Being sent to fight the wars that the rich men will start in order for them to get richer and if you are lucky to come back you may be able to get on the welfare rolls if they have not decided to put an end to public assistance all together.

As always comments always encouraged.

Leonardo da Vinci is the original “Renaissance man,” but his interest in, well, nearly everything also came with one big downside — he was a bit of a procrastinator. Compared to his artistic contemporaries, Leonardo didn’t produce nearly as many paintings, with only 20 or so — many of them still uncompleted — still around today. Instead, Leonardo was often distracted, and frequently caught doodling in his now-famous notebooks. Although Leonardo’s life is filled with remarkable accomplishments, it’s also littered with half-realized projects and unfinished masterpieces. One famous example is “The Virgin of the Rocks,” a painting that originally had a seven-month deadline, but took Leonardo 25 years to complete. Other works, such as the Sforza Horse — intended to be one of the world’s largest cast bronze statues — never saw the light of day despite years of work and planning.

His chronic perfectionism didn’t help, and Leonardo himself even lamented his lifelong inattention. According to his biographer and art historian Giorgio Vasari, Leonardo allegedly mentioned around the time of his death in 1519 “that he had offended God and mankind in not having worked at his art as he should have done.” Today, modern diagnoses of Leonardo’s behavior suggest he might have lived with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. Modern biographer Walter Isaacson argues that such a diagnosis could partly explain the creative engine behind Leonardo’s eclectic genius.

Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

The idea of having one person rule is as arcane as you can get. Most of the citizens of this nation have a problem listening to their parents, their teachers, police officers, religious persons, employers, customers, if they are in the military their NCO’s and Officer’s and their spouses. Based on the lack of cooperation given to any and all of these mentioned individuals it is hard to imagine that they are going to do well with a one man show.
There is a concept of control that says most positions of power are capable of managing 3 to five units. Generally a unit is considered a single individual and if that is the most that is known to be controllable then how is a single person going to control an entire country? It may happen but it will mean that very many extremely brutal people will be employed to make sure the leader’s wishes are carried out or at least some semblance of his wish is carried out. This is the case in all of the dictator-run countries of the current world, the ruler may think he has control but he is just a puppet the real power belongs to those that “serve” him.
These people stay loyal only as long as they see that the loyalty serves them. Are they allowed certain freedoms that they would not otherwise have? Can they commit crimes with immunity, is their lifestyle much better than other peoples?All these differences are important and they will be kept secret even if they must kill to insure that.
Prisons will be filled with all that have in any way been known to be anti the person in charge. That person’s family may be in as much jeopardy as he is and have no choice in the matter. Absolute power corrupts absolutely, and we definitely saw that with Trump. His desire to rule is the force that is driving him at present and will continue to drive him till the day he dies.
The idea to be a dictator is an ego trip that with luck will end when someone decides that they have had enough of his bull and decides to do him in, sooner as opposed to later. Every dictator needs to be eliminated in one way or another with the most violent method that the oppressed can think of.
All the issues with his being able to run much less serve are to be settled by the supreme court. This is a very unsound arrangement in that Trump appointed 1⁄3 of the court and they may feel that they have to give him his way. If they made this and issue in a special election for all to vote on and the results of the vote give yes or no to the problem.
It is very unlikely that the majority of this nation’s populus will want to give up their way of life to be run by a dictator. If it turns out that they do then it’s time to move out of the country to somewhere else that has more to offer.
The results of this vote would also be used to determine if the members of Congress that supported Trump will remain in as well and to cleanse the Supreme Court of dead wood, all that choose to listen only to the people that wish to turn back the clock.

Ever wondered why there are 24 hours in a day? We have the ancient Egyptians to thank, at least in part. The basis for our modern calendar dates back to the New Kingdom period of ancient Egypt, around 1550 BCE to 1069 BCE. During this era — about a thousand years after the construction of the Great Pyramids of Giza — the Egyptians became the first civilization to divide the day into 24 smaller parts — though with a couple of key differences to how we do it today.

For starters, the ancient timekeeping system tracked daytime and nighttime separately, with each divided into 12 parts. Also, these parts — which were measured in various ways, including sundials and water clocks — were not hours as we think of them today. Known as temporal hours or daylight hours, their length changed with the total amount of daylight at different times of year: For instance, the daytime hours would be longer in the summer than in the winter. So why 12? There are a couple of theories. Ancient astronomical tables suggest that nighttime was divided into 12 hours based on how the stars moved across the sky over time, as well as the cycles of the moon. It’s also possible these Egyptian timekeepers were following the duodecimal system, which is based on the easily divisible number 12, and was used in many ancient cultures.

It wasn’t until the second century BCE that the idea emerged to break the day into 24 parts of equal length, a concept first introduced by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus. The 24-hour day became the standard for tracking time throughout Europe in the Middle Ages, and remains so to this day.