Bumping off critics is more common than you may think. It is probably the most common driving force of all crime. When someone scornfully embarrasses you in public, and really brings out the wrath and venom...do you turn the other cheek? or risk jail time?    

$65,000.00 USD per year...$5416.67 each month....I like the challenges of trying to live on $1037.00 per month. But then I look at my accessory incomes. What I have is paid for and it is plenty, I have very few debts. I have four doctors who like me as their patient and get paid by a variety of federal agencies. My meds are presently running over $2000.00 per month. A service drives me around to go shopping and banking. My garbage is picked up at the curb. all of my medical shots are paid for. Electric power is free 4 months a year and $50.00 a month for 8 months. So I end-up with $200.00 ~ $300.00 per month left over at the end of the month. Most of that is donated somewhere. So if I had to more work on account of $65,000.00 income a year, I would have to hire an accountant and a lawyer and pay them enough to get my personal finances down to something reasonable...like I have now at $1037.00 per month.    

That seems odd to me since Russia is using its vast stockpiles of gold to buy what the US is not providing on the world markets as a result of the US opposition to the Russian feud with Ukraine.  

The fact is that Einstein and others have been mistaken since we now know that time is mutable and this affects all time based equations. One of the earliest events to demonstrate this fact was the  result of placing an atomic clock in orbit. If time is so variable the universe is stranger than anyone dreamed it could be. Coming to terms with this will likely take several generations to understand and apply confidently. 

Extremism

Economist Ronald Wintrobe[6] argues that many extremist movements, even though having completely different ideologies share a common set of characteristics. As an example, he lists the following common characteristics between "Jewish fundamentalists" and "the extremists of Hamas":[7] • Both are against any compromise with the other side. • Both are entirely sure of their position. • Both advocate and sometimes use violence to achieve their ends. • Both are nationalistic. • Both are intolerant of dissent within their group. • Both demonize the other side Psychological Among the explanations for extremism is one that views it as a plague.[2] Arno Gruen said, "The lack of identity associated with extremists is the result of self-destructive self-hatred that leads to feelings of revenge toward life itself, and a compulsion to kill one’s own humanness." Thus extremism is seen as not a tactic, nor an ideology, but as a pathological illness which feeds on the destruction of life.[2] Dr. Kathleen Taylor believes Muslim fundamentalism is a mental illness and that is “curable.”[8] Another view is that extremism is an emotional outlet for severe feelings stemming from "persistent experiences of oppression, insecurity, humiliation, resentment, loss, and rage" which are presumed to "lead individuals and groups to adopt conflict engagement strategies which “fit” or feel consistent with these experiences".[2] Extremism is however seen by other researchers as a "rational strategy in a game over power".[2] See for instance the works of Eli Berman. Wikipedia

We see extremism as a justifiable behavior when expressed by a young soldier who has been sent to a country to fight and kill the upholders of a "bad" regime.

Does "Wind-up Warrior" ring a bell?

I thought it would be obvious if you consider all the ways math is used in every language and culture. Many beings, other than humans, use math and some are brilliant in their application. Theologians would credit God as I do. When I was a child and was told that the number of variations of snow flakes was infinite. I doubted this and proof came in at 32 basic structural forms from which all forms of snow built upon that model. Recognizing variations showed up as additional variations in heavy water etc, etc, etc. Math is a bit too brutal where technical variations       exceeds the known facts. That was a nice place in my life where I found "God did it" as a more useful answer.

Such a nice story...thank you Terry.

I can't remember my passwords either. I tried writing them on a card...until it was burned as trash. Took two days to get back in. I tried generic passwords...one size fits all, but that make computing like swimming across a shark tank with steaks for flippers. Mac has better ways to keep your stuff personally yours only. But if there is any noise on the line you may as well quit until things quiet down. If you are on a dial-up system with a modem navigation during certain times of day will always be troubling due to noise and cross-talk. The cheaper the service the less likely you are to have glitch-free computer time. Fiber-optic is the least noisy telecommunications method. But even with miles of fiber optics all over the USA, most of our communications systems are stunted by political and corporate rangling bent toward keeping the old crap in place. Bleeding investments pay more than modern simplicity. Every hang-up annoyance and lost time pumps money in someone's coffers...while we all wait for something to change.

My way of keeping passwords is to put them in a little thumb drive,in a file with just that password. If its important to have a really great password then a 30 digit password can be used with multiple language changes to get you to go. Since the password is stored on a removable jump-drive, thumb drive,diskette or other removable media it's like having your own private little key that no one could possibly figure out...until they do.         

He never left. The leaving part was a rumor that was passed around to justify bad behavior without the threat of judgment or consequence, guilt or remorse.

Here in northern California the environment seems to be changing in that we have not had snow for their years. When I first moved here 40 years ago it snowed 2 to 3 feet deep every year and as much rain in the spring. This year we have had very little freezing weather. near normal rain and no snow below 6000 feet in altitude. The rivers ran dry last year and there is so little left to burn that most fires are left to burn out on their own.