THERE ARE A MILLION WAYS TO SAY THIS...

     ... and here are just 'some' of them !!!

12-7-2021: Happy B'day, Dr. R.C.G.

FACTOID 101 CONCERNING CONSPIRACY THEORIES

       

  Just the facts, ma'am; just the facts!!!

By endorsing and promoting conspiracy theories, or at least not rebutting them, crafty politicians [and certain "opinion" networks; e.g., FOX] shamelessly exploit various unwitting and naïve individuals' fundamental [both unspoken and sub-conscious] deep psychological needs.

Silent Night, no more

                                                                               

Can't 'deck the halls' just yet:

Their walls are sullied by gunshot and soot;

The night skies grow ever dimmer

Toward the solstice that beckons...

What shall we call this

Epoch of guns and bloodshed

Whose love of carnage

Is like wild, wicked thorns?

December stands marked

By coffins, not garlands...

The scent of holly and juniper

Is stilled; snuffed out by senseless

Acts of violence.

Post-script: and the deadly beat goes on and on...enough already!!!

A masterful and creative genius of immeasurable talent has passed

 

Sound by Sound by Sondheim...

I just dusted off my own copy of this iconic picture a few hours ago...

Adieu, creative genius...

SADLY, AN IMMATURE BRAIN WILL GET YOU INTO TROUBLE!

The young brain's anatomical restructuring is thought to continue until the age of 25, and smaller changes continue throughout life... 

"But in the heat of the moment, an adolescent's decision-making ability can be overly influenced by emotions; i.e., their brains are predisposed to the limbic system (the emotional seat of the brain) more so than the more rational prefrontal cortex."

I very much doubt that Kyle Rittenhouse had a well developed pre-frontal cortex... and he will undoubtedly suffer the consequences...

Yet what remains the reason for someone who will celebrate their 68th birthday in a few weeks???

I don't know either!!!