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Who will be the first passenger on Luknar BFR Mission?
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(Unfortunately, I just discovered the Diana Krall video I had up here until 9/18, which is still on YouTube, has been withdrawn for play here. )
Here's Julie London singing "Fly Me To The Moon"
(Unfortunately, I just discovered the Diana Krall video I had up here until 9/18, which is still on YouTube, has been withdrawn for play here. )
Here's Julie London singing "Fly Me To The Moon"
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On earth in the U.S. -– we’re all painfully aware of the
devastating effects of Hurricane Florence – destruction, flooding and
tragically, deaths. Tropical Storm level continues to wreck havoc.
Our governments post-storm response must offer more
meaningful support and compassion than that given to Puerto Rico last
year.
If the rest of us are ever similarly in need, what will be
the concrete efforts our erstwhile leader will see are put forth at the federal
level to assist us – or will we just hear a lot of rhetoric and falsehoods,
much as he persists in extolling even today on matters, despite facts to the contrary?
Why don’t the current dominating Congressional legislators in the majority -- if they truly care about their constituents -- resist their governing leader – who fails to act and behave like a responsible leader? Do they share his values, unethical behaviors and lack of morality?
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In California -- Gov. Brown is promoting our state “...as a
global leader in combating climate change.”
He recently signed “...16 new environmental laws aimed at easing global
warming.”
“The bills he signed into law aim to increase the number of
zero-emission vehicles and charging stations and reduce the number of heavily
polluting cars and trucks.
The effort is key to California’s goal of reducing
greenhouse gas emissions because pollution from vehicles has risen even as
emissions from other sources drop.”
We’ve experienced improvement in our inland air quality compared
to when we moved here over forty years ago thanks to environmental protection efforts
made.
We really need to do more to reduce the extraction of fossil
fuels including resistance to offshore drilling.
Support to protect
the environment is lacking from this current federal administration and, in
fact, their philosophy undermines our efforts regardless of States’ rights.
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Caring about the security of the American people in terms of
our health has been a pretty low priority by our leader, if not virtually non-existent at the
federal level currently. That seems to be the case
where women are concerned -- years ago our administration with legislators gave us Clarence Thomas as a Judge on
the Supreme Court. Now they’re rushing to get nominee Brett Kavanaugh appointed whose attitude toward women's rights is highly questionable.
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Locally -- an update on our first “Thriving in Place” group meeting
-- 18 present, began by getting acquainted, establishing some pretty standard
“rules of the road” -- including that everyone has an opportunity to civilly
speak. Humor will be an important
element. As my previous post explains,
our group will be exploring: Thriving in the process of living as we age.
Exploring the different living choices for our older years
will be the focus of our next month’s meeting – traditional settings and some
of the more unusual, rare and unique ones.
Ultimately, reality will prevail with choice determined by financial
considerations, issues associated with family and friends relationships, and where
we can feel contented and reasonably happy.
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Would you like to take a trip around the moon, or take any
flights into space?
