Normal people capable of pure EVIL. 😦
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Makes me worry about Trump and his supporters.
Category: ethics
House of Cards (season 4)
The fourth season has received generally positive reviews from critics.
On Metacritic, the season has a score of 76 out of 100 based on 17 reviews.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a score of 89 out of 100, with an average rating of 8.1/10 based on 27 reviews. The site’s critical consensus reads, “House of Cards retains its binge-worthiness by ratcheting up the drama, and deepening Robin Wright’s role even further.”
It’s must watch TV. Addressing the issues of the day, especially the Donald Drumpf phenomenon. Evil in power.
That said, the plot line is pretty stupid. I’m surprised those writers cannot do better with the talent they’ve got.
It was great to see Robin Wright have a bigger role, but that’s about the only improvement this season.
Doug Stamper is good. Still.
Joel Kinnaman as Will Conway, Republican Governor of New York and Nominee for President of the United States running against Frank was a good choice.
But House of Cards could be much better.
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Thou shalt not kill.
Christ was sentenced to be killed by the government of the day. That was wrong.
In America, however, most Christians still support capital punishment. That seems a disconnect to me.
A poll by the Pew Research Center in March found that 56% of Americans back the death penalty while 38% oppose it. Catholics were slightly less supportive (approving it by 53% to 42%) than average, whereas Protestants were more keen. Among white evangelicals, some 71% agreed with execution and only 25% were against. Black Protestants felt differently; 37% agree with the death penalty while 58% oppose it.
But even in America, support for the death penalty is waning, falling from 80% in 1994. …
Tea Party types, in general, believe in Capital Punishment. Surprisingly it’s not one of their “15 Non-negotiable Core Beliefs”.
Almost anything supported by the Tea Party, I oppose.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Declaration consists of thirty articles, a document as good as any for ethical decision making.
Here’s the full text.
Jeff Bridges does NOT like plastic
Me either.
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Plastic Pollution Coalition is a global alliance of individuals, organizations, businesses and policymakers working toward a world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impact on humans, animals, the ocean and the environment.
refugees arrive in Parksville
Musa Hodale Ali said he is happy to be working at Parksville’s Tim Hortons while he adapts to his new home and explores options.
He was sponsored by local Tim Hortons owners Ed and Lilian Mayne and the Qualicum Community Baptist Church. 🙂
He spent most of the last six years in refugee camps in Ethiopia. 😦
Completing a six-year journey from Eritrea in East Africa, the first refugees of a recent wave have hit the Parksville Qualicum Beach shore.
Musa Hodale Ali and Mohammed Subhat arrived on Vancouver Island on March 9, and within a week had among the most Canadian jobs possible, at Tim Hortons. …
A high school teacher back home who studied applied physics and economics, Hodale Ali admits he’s looking for more skilled work, but is quick to add that he’s basically just arrived and is giving himself time to adapt. …
Refugees arrive in Parksville
I’ll drop by and welcome him to Canada, myself. Canada needs immigrants.
P.S. How’s the Canadian economy doing under that socialist Trudeau?
Economy off to ‘roaring start’ as Canada sees biggest gain since 2013
Why You Should Care About Nukes
There’s a fairly good chance that you and I will die as a result of nuclear weapons. 😦
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The more egomaniac psychopaths with access to the bomb, the sooner we die.
He’s dangerous.
Donald Drumpf said he would be open to Japan and South Korea building nuclear weapons to deter North Korea, and would consider withdrawing troops from both American allies unless they paid more for their own defence. …
Here’s a list of companies we should be boycotting. They PROFIT from nuclear weapons.
related – Justin Trudeau to join Barack Obama at nuclear-safety summit Thursday
lack of COMPETITION in the USA
One reason I’ve been so disappointed with Obama is that he’s done very little to reduce the rate of rich getting richer, poor getting poorer. 😦
Economist:
AMERICA used to be the land of opportunity and optimism. Now opportunity is seen as the preserve of the elite: two-thirds of Americans believe the economy is rigged in favour of vested interests. …
A tenth of the economy is at the mercy of a handful of firms—from dog food and batteries to airlines, telecoms and credit cards. A $10 trillion wave of mergers since 2008 has raised levels of concentration further. …
Lobbying spending has risen by a third in the past decade, to $3 billion. …
And new regulations do not just fence big banks in: they keep rivals out. …
… the rate of small-company creation in America has been running at its lowest levels since the 1970s. …
Most of the remedies dangled by politicians to solve America’s economic woes would make things worse. …
Modernising the antitrust apparatus would help. …
The second step is to make life easier for startups and small firms. …
A blast of competition would mean more disruption for some: firms in the S&P 500 employ about one in ten Americans. But it would create new jobs, encourage more investment and help lower prices. Above all, it would bring about a fairer kind of capitalism. That would lift Americans’ spirits as well as their economy.
this is what Christians do
🙂
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He criticizes those who profit from war and terrorism. I’d criticize those who use war and terrorism to further their political ambitions.
I’m an ANGRY white guy with no College education.
So I’m voting for Drumpf.
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Rick McCharles 