Musings:
• Hypocrisy 101: Older women seem to think that little girls who wear short skirts are oh-so-cute. But, if those same girls are wearing short skirts post-puberty, why, they are oh-so-immoral, exposing themselves like that. And, by the way, if a young woman keeps tugging at a short skirt in order to protect her legs from prying male eyes, why doesn’t she buy longer skirts, say, down to the ankles? And, by a further way, why does the Catholic Church insist that the school-uniform skirts for their female students are short? There’d be many fewer sex scandals otherwise, n’est pas?
• The streets in these United States are no longer safe any more. Too many American motorists drive too fast, too recklessly, too much, and they do not heed the rules of the road. The Chas was nearly run over on two separate occasions while riding his bicycle by motorists who failed to yield the right-of-way, i.e. not stopping at a stop sign. Fortunately, he suffered only a few scrapes and bruises. But even one is too many.
To relieve this problem, The Chas has arrived at a solution which he thinks will be most effective. We’ll start by removing all of the traffic signals, the “stop” and “caution” signs, and the speed-limit signs. We’ll let motorists drive however they want (they do that now) and toss out the rules of the road.
The purpose of this action is to make it possible to see a rise in collisions and run-overs. The increased death toll would get rid of a lot of the scofflaws because they would crash into each other; the scofflaws who survive will take warning, especially if some of them see their loved ones join the choir invisible.
What’s that you say, dear reader? Has The Chas become a homicidal maniac? Oh, no! He prefers the term population manager. That sounds more bureaucratic, don’t you know?
• What is science?
My dictionary defines science as, “knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific method.”
Some scientists opened up the microverse of physics, studied atoms and sub-atomic particles, and created a method of releasing huge amounts of energy which can wipe out all life on Earth and leave it barren.
Some scientists opened up the microverse of biology, studied viruses and bacteria, and developed a method of manipulating them to produce a pandemic capable of wiping out all life on Earth and leave it barren.
Some scientists opened up the microverse of botany, studied the genomes of plants, created artificial replicas, and introduced them into our food system in order to industrialize agriculture.
Some scientists obtained large amounts of taxpayer dollars to purchase wild animals, conduct cruel and purposeless experiments on them, and kill them when they were no longer useful, for no other reason than to satisfy their personal curiosity.
Some scientists opened up the microverse of geology, studied how the Earth was formed, learned how to re-shape the Earth in order to serve human purposes, and opened the door to floods, drought, hurricanes, tornados, and earthquakes.
What is science?
It is a word which has been bandied about from mouth to mouth, and each mouth has put its individual spin on the definition, so much so that the definition has become unrecognizable. The Chas prefers the dictionary spin.
What is science?
In the right hands, it is a noble art.
In the wrong hands, it is ruination.
When a scientist speaks, we should be prepared to challenge him/her at every turn. We should not take his/her word for anything.
• Postal reform has been in the news ever since T. Rump nominated one of his sycophants, Louis DeJoy, as Postmaster General. De Joy’s sole mission in life is to privatize the Postal Service.
The Coddington Agenda addresses postal reform as well, as follows:
- Restore the USPS to its original position in the presidential cabinet where it can receive adequate funding.
- Allow the agency to provide basic banking services, e.g. savings accounts and small loans.
- Eliminate the unreal requirement that postal pensions must be funded at 125% of cost.
- Reserve second- and third-class mail – magazines and newspapers, and bulk mailings, respectively – fees only for not-for-profit entities.
- Establish a ban on having our overworked postal carriers deliver advertising and election fliers and require the originators to seek other means of delivery.
Just a thought.