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Read Supreme Court ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen (06!23!2022) | PDF | Concealed Carry In The United States | Second Amendment To The United States Constitution

 

Roe Vs Wade decision | PDF | Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution | Due Process Clause

 

https://history.defense.gov/Portals/70/Documents/pentagon/Pentagon9-11.pdf

 

Biden Admin Is Placing Vending Machines Filled With Drug Supplies in Rural Kentucky - Washington Free Beacon

 

Still reading Andre Norton books...she wrote a lot of books! Just started reading the Bible again, I should be through in a year! Edgar Rice Burroughs was another favorite in my youth...Tarzan of the Apes or John Carter of Mars or Carson of Venus!

 

How to Talk to Your Cat about Gun Safety: And Abstinence, Drugs, Satanism, and Other Dangers That Threaten Their Nine Lives|Paperback

Godspeed

 

Interesting that the article features a PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) vending machine located in a NY transit location


Nope...no drug paraphanalia being distributed by NYC public transit.
Check out the PPE vending machines that just arrived in NYC subway stations - Swyft

seems like yet another conservative culture wars moral panic.

I would strongly recommend that people should read the following:

(emphasis chello)

Illicit drug use harm reduction strategies have been employed in Australia (among other countries), with positive beneficial effects to communities where they operate in minimising the spread of HIV, hepatitis, stds and other infectious diseases consequent to intravenous drug use. https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/cbmh.24.1.113

 

Not only functional but elegant also.

 

It's a fascinating history of lighting. Makes my extended down-time far more bearable.

 

A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore - Poems | poets.org

A Visit from St. Nicholas
Clement Clarke Moore - 1779-1863

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her ’kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of Toys, and St. Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack.
His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle,
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."

 

https://assets.nationbuilder.com/fi...v_Raoul_MPI_Hearing_Transcript.pdf?1681588201

 

Finished the Old Testament and started the New Testament. Also, through (for now) with my Andre Norton books, but lots and lots of Edgar Rice Burroughs ahead of me. If I enjoyed a book years ago, I will usually re-read it. Often, I will read a book in paperback and if I really like it, I will buy a hardback copy to read in the future, because paperbacks don't last forever.

 

Bought a hard copy for AUS$80, well worth it. A digital copy can be read online by logging in on the website RetroSuburbia: the downshifter’s guide to a resilient future (Online Version) or purchase a digital copy on a "Pay what you feel" basis in accordance with your sense of conscience, and your financial circumstances.

The book is well illustrated, easy to read, and well laid out with plenty of practical suggestions.

David Holgrem, the author of the book discusses the main concepts which underpin the book's content, and philosophy is interviewed by Dr Ron Ehrlich.


David Holmgren - RetroSuburbia: The Downshifters Guide to a Resilient Future





Retrosuburbia: the downshifters guide to a resilient future

Thinking of buying a suburban property...or adapting an existing property..Retrofitting the Suburbs has a real estate checklist. Retrosuburban Real Estate Checklist - RetroSuburbia

Have a look, and enjoy

 

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VERY GOOD STORY

 

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For about 7 years, I lived with no fixed address. For 5 of those years, I was constantly traveling. Where the hell did I sleep? About 7 nights in 10, I 'stealth camped' anywhere I could sleep without detection. In almost 2k nights out, I was caught <10 times.

 

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