Mr. Bill

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~ Make America Good for Once~ DM's empty profile and no posts = BlockRetired man. Enjoying life to the fullest and especially my friends. I do no cyber coin nor wish to hook up, those games are behind me. No room for hate and I include all as the tapestry of humankind. A weary warrior for peace and a livable world. PhD Geo Physics. I use the Ubuntu flavor of Linux. 24.04. "If there were a god, Then there would be no religion." Christopher Hitchen's Humor and Empathy Pronouns: he/him

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Post #4382288
I have been resurrecting an old hobby. My first of this series is a Japanese Black Pine. I am in the welcoming stage of this Bonsai.
Post #3872734
"The popular notion is that Americans are addicted to fossil fuels, but I find that's not true; most people would be happy to power their lives with anything else." Bill McKibben
Post #3748026
"You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere." Ursula K. Le Guin
Post #3747767
"Injustice makes the rules, and courage breaks them." Ursula K. Le Guin
Post #3592667
A hero of the new republic https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/who-is-jason-watson-air-force-major-arrested-after-protesting-trump/ar-AA2723jr
Post #3499654
"In a composite nation like ours, as before the law, there should be no rich, no poor, no high, no low, no white, no black, but common country, common citizenship, equal rights and a common destiny." Frederick Douglas
Post #3499599
"A man's rights rest in three boxes. The ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box." Frederick Douglass
Post #3414553
“We might be tempted to think that our democratic heritage automatically protects us from such threats. This is a misguided reflex. Our own tradition demands that we examine history to understand the deep sources of tyranny, and to consider the proper responses to it. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism in the twentieth century. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Now is a good time to do so.” Timothy Snyder
Post #2496863
&quot;Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.&quot; Seneca the Younger
Post #2444329
&quot;People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.&quot; Ursula K. Le Guin
Post #2381763
&quot;No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.&quot; Ursula K. Le Guin
Post #1336872
&quot;Ask any Mexican, any Puerto Rican, any black man, any poor person - ask the wretched how they fare in the halls of justice, and then you will know, not whether or not the country is just, but whether or not it has any love for justice, or any concept of it. It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.&quot; James A. Baldwin
Post #1146409
“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” Terry Pratchett, Diggers
Post #685009
&quot;Humanism is an approach to life which encourages ethical and fulfilling living on the basis of reason and humanity, and rejects superstition and religion. The most immediate impact of living as a Humanist is that we believe this life is all there is - so what we do and the choices we make really count.&quot; Stephen Fry
Post #632660
&quot;When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.&quot; Jimi Hendrix
Post #414091
&quot;The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.&quot; Hannah Arendt
Post #165097
"Human potential is endless, indeed; its unfolding is a great challenge." Carl Rogers
Post #162700
Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.” Hippocrates
Post #162589
“I swear by Apollo… I will use my power to help the sick to the best of my ability… I will abstain from harming any man by it.” Hippocratic Oath (core humanistic principle)
Post #162497
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau