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Malevolent Myths about Magic and Miracles...

https://youtu.be/EPLZL4s_jtI Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), known professionally as Ray Charles, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer. He was sometimes referred to as “The Genius”, and was also nicknamed “The High Priest of Soul”. The Moses Myth, Beyond Biblical History | Bible Interp Conversely, the post-biblical myth of Moses points back to the…

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Peace: the only battle worth waging ~OO~

Republicans brag and Democrats lie. Both war parties spend trillions killing millions for billionaires, munitions cartels, insurance conglomerates and war-profiteers. Misusing American military and intelligence resources to enforce private corporate extraction, exploitation and extortion is a war crime. The last seven presidents are guilty. https://youtu.be/S3UqvWk8-uw?list=RD4FYxPOicqt4 Bob…

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Moses, Abraham, Religion and other Myths...

“Anthropomorphism is, of course, literally wrong. But, it is also a natural cognitive attitude, grounded in the human biology and consisting in many natural inclinations that lead human beings to consider a certain individual in the world as a person, no

Moses is a myth. https://youtu.be/X3KnCL0S_Ws?list=RDX3KnCL0S_WsTom Waits – “Lie To Me““The Moses story did not “really happen.” Like the vast majority of biblical tales, it is a myth based on older tales, changed to revolve around characters of a certain ethnicity or cultural programming, if you will. The Moses tale is, in fact, a plagiarism taken from Egypt and its satellite, Canaan, among…

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Truth and Lies...

“All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.” ~Bob Dylan Derek and the Dominos – Tell the Truth “In all societies, public rhetoric involves some measure of lying, and history �� political history and art history — is made when someone effectively confronts the lie. But in really scary societies all public conversation is an exercise in using words to mean their opposites — in describing…

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Mother Earth

the Mother Earth is a living being, as are the waters and the Sun. https://thepeaceresource.com/?s=mother+earth

Anthropomorphic deity is most often female. Earliest monotheism is worship of goddess Eurynome.  Eurynome’s temple in Phigalia was built in a rough wooded area and contained a wooden cult image of Eurynome, which represented her as a mermaid. This statue was bound in golden chains. Albert King – Full Concert Recorded Live: 9/23/1970 – Fillmore East (New York, NY) More Albert King at Music Vault:…

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Mother Earth

Albert King – Full Concert Recorded Live: 9/23/1970 – Fillmore East (New York, NY) More Albert King at Music Vault: http://www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault: http://goo.gl/DUzpUF Setlist: 0:00:00 – Bill Graham – Backstage at the Fillmore 0:01:31 – Oh, Pretty Woman 0:05:57 – Blues Power Anthropomorphic deity is most often female. Earliest monotheism is worship of goddess…

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Coltrane...

   A Love Supreme is a through-composed suite in four parts: "Acknowledgement" (which includes the oral chant that gives the album its name), "Resolution", "Pursuance", and "Psalm". Coltrane plays tenor saxophone on all parts. One critic has written that

A Love Supreme https://youtu.be/ll3CMgiUPuUJohn Coltrane – A Love Supreme [Full Album] (1965)Part I – Acknowledgement 0:00Part II – Resolution 7:42Part III – Pursuance 15:02Part IV – Psalm 25:44Line-up: John Coltrane — bandleader, liner notes, vocals, soprano and tenor saxophone Jimmy Garrison — double bass Elvin Jones — drums  McCoy Tyner — pianohttps://youtu.be/hIZFqMR1cuMA Love Supreme, Pt.…

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Stray Cats... Black Cat Blues

(Blues and BB), yellow (Pretty Boy), and gray (Gray Kitty)

Flanagan Tim https://youtu.be/cjUXi_C6nno Black Cat Blues by Duke Ellington 1927 Congratulations! https://youtu.be/rmJRtSGk-lM?list=RDrmJRtSGk-lM Black Cat Blues I lost two cats last year, https://youtu.be/cX3i9mQYXN0?list=RDcX3i9mQYXN0 Bill Wilson – Black Cat Blues both were black.  (Petunia and … ) https://youtu.be/zYmNgVqrYXQ?list=RDzYmNgVqrYXQ John Lee Hooker – Black Cat Blues I now…

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Leon Redbone Tribute

https://youtu.be/CNiM6HgwXPg Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Leon Redbone Documentary)

“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.”~ Norman Maclean https://youtu.be/_xRlojtDdEs?list=RD_xRlojtDdEsBob Dylan – Watching the River Flow Shared with PublicI only discovered today that Leon once sang with Ringo….https://youtu.be/u7wu1TTwaAELeon Redbone Performs “My Little Grass Shack”  Written By: Johnny Noble, Bill Cogswell & Tommy Harrison  Leon Redbone: Vocals …

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Vegan Mashed Potatoes!

Plant-Based Mashed Potatoes are a creamy and flavorful alternative to traditional mashed potatoes

I am hungry now… https://youtu.be/oVj0wIP_a1E Nat Kendrick and The Swans – (Do The) Mashed Potatoes “(Do the) Mashed Potatoes” is a rhythm and blues instrumental. It was recorded by James Brown with his band in 1959 and released as a two-part single in 1960. For contractual reasons the recording was credited to “Nat Kendrick and the Swans.” Personnel: “Nat Kendrick & The Swans”: Carlton “King”…

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George Carlin...

“By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth. ” ― George Carlin

photo released by HBO to promote his HBO special, “Its Bad For Ya”. Just months before he died, George Carlin was looking into the face of death _ and making it the butt of his jokes. Robert Sebree George was brilliant… https://youtu.be/LLn3FT9BsRs?list=RDLLn3FT9BsRsIsn’t it a Pity, Nina Simone… “By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth. ” ― George…

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Experimental vaccines NOT approved

“People have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take.” Emma Goldman

https://www.facebook.com/135388936479828/videos/357979268530368/ Nobody Told Me · By John LennonThese experimental vaccines have NOT been approved by the FDA…Doctors and scientists expect that a vaccine, if developed, may or may not be approved by the FDA. The current “vaccines” only prevent symptoms, not the virus itself.https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00751-9The Pfizer-BioNTech…

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Bernie talks the talk....

https://youtu.be/9eIQIMYnPvw?t=15Smokestack Lightning Live 1964 Bernie talks the talk about equity, but votes for wars which prevent it.https://youtu.be/3tigVYfHVmQ?list=RD3tigVYfHVmQJonny Lang – Lie To MeThe congressional record says Bernie votes for war. This cannot be unwritten.Bernie has been voting for war for more than 30 years and won’t stop…

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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Day March in Missoula, Montana on January 15, 2024

Meet up at Memorial Rose Garden-800 Brooks Street at 3:15pm Monday Jan. 15, 2024

MLK Day celebration planned in Missoula Missoula’s Martin Luther King Day Celebration Where:  March for Peace 3:15 pm on January 15. Missoula, MontanaMarch and Celebration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Meet up at Memorial Rose Garden-800 Brooks Street at 3:15pm Monday Jan. 15, 2024 Missoula, Montana: January 15, 2024 MLK DAY MARCH IN MISSOULA MEET AT ROSE PARK AT…

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Second Tuesday Next Week... ~OO~

"I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"

Second Tuesday Next Week? 😉 Wimpy said “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today” https://youtu.be/BS8nat56644 John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers – Baby What You Want Me To Do (w/Etta James) – 6/18/1982 Personnel: John Mayall – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica Mick Taylor – lead guitar John McVie – bass Colin Allen – drums Guests: Albert King – vocals, lead guitar Sippie Wallace – vocals…

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Jill Stein for President in 2024

Jill Stein will make a fine president. She can help us create a long overdue Department of Peace.

Join the movement: Support Jill Stein for President in 2024 https://youtu.be/SyVhBfIFbiQ?t=20 Albert King – Blues Power – 9/23/1970 – Fillmore East Jill Stein will make a fine president. She can help us create a long overdue Department of Peace. Dr. Jill Ellen Stein will seek the Green Party nomination, a spokesman said. The Republicans brag about dozens of American wars and Democrats lie about…

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Round Midnight

“Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.” ― Bob Marley https://youtu.be/1gQuSdoN1nA?list=RD1gQuSdoN1nA Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt, Dizzy Gillespie - 'Round Midnight' •

Biden, Trump, Obama, Bush, Don Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney and the Clintons are thugs and war criminals writ large. The Senators should remove Biden and Harris, appoint competent administrators, shut down 56 illegal American wars and setup special elections. Now is the time. https://youtu.be/ryNtmkfeJk4?list=RDryNtmkfeJk4– Now’s The Time  Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), Dizzy…