tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58551807939263506472024-03-16T20:15:24.411-04:00Ol'Buzzard's World ViewDID I RUN
AND AM I TIRED?Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comBlogger1866125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-18842087607427544382024-03-13T10:34:00.100-04:002024-03-16T16:37:44.092-04:00 THE ORIGIN OF THE MAGA MOVEMENT<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">MAGA people
aren’t bad. They represent about thirty
percent of the country. They have worked
hard and raised and supported families on meager incomes, their pleasures are
simple, and they are likely religious fundamentalists who have always voted
Republican because of the party's stand on God, guns, and gays. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">But they are
low information. They don’t read newspapers, they get their limited news from
Facebook or one or two entertainment-propaganda channels disguised as news
networks. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">For years
they have been the drones that were almost invisible to the world of finance
and politics.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">This all
changed when a black man (Obama) ran for President and found a large
following. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">The
mega-wealthy Koch brothers, big movers and shakers in the Republican party,
decided to raise protests against the election of the first black
president. The Koch organized the Tea
Party rallies, even chartering busses to carry in protesters. People who had
been invisible grabbed the opportunity for fifteen minutes of fame, to yell and shout and prance in front of a camera: they hung
tea bags from their hats, dressed in funny costumes, and paraded with signs of
protest that were provided. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSqFi5cz48_uzlhKODki_OqImz2uyyUgG1edhf58EA250sCtLRMK7jz-AcHRC7zBIHbD_yA8Wj5UNEr5mBD1wA4zzKgndkNfGkP0hgUfF2K0Inix9pvcK49yWJzHvxvddl3Wkqdx-3mgdwdzka5ZeKMJ4s9N1c6H6l-DS8qtJURlyY8IMn0cVFsqvjyn4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSqFi5cz48_uzlhKODki_OqImz2uyyUgG1edhf58EA250sCtLRMK7jz-AcHRC7zBIHbD_yA8Wj5UNEr5mBD1wA4zzKgndkNfGkP0hgUfF2K0Inix9pvcK49yWJzHvxvddl3Wkqdx-3mgdwdzka5ZeKMJ4s9N1c6H6l-DS8qtJURlyY8IMn0cVFsqvjyn4=w241-h321" width="241" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Without
realizing it, the Koch had formed a network, and soon the inmates took over
the asylum; ten years later the Tea Party became MAGA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7jhv2byRJ91Kacr8XWxy1UjeaJ8fCTgRmjewigaSyXKleG_U2lRjmt4P4e2mDohmlUjeCzr3NjDnKtKHH3m1t5MM4qmZ1x18Nun9tANsm7SAPcYWZJYT6pjX8_FGgBqXm17rY8KE9wFjIO5F5SQU7wh9y9bbDZxXK9klujtqipqZNSJ4nqGNlYYFfTGI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="760" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7jhv2byRJ91Kacr8XWxy1UjeaJ8fCTgRmjewigaSyXKleG_U2lRjmt4P4e2mDohmlUjeCzr3NjDnKtKHH3m1t5MM4qmZ1x18Nun9tANsm7SAPcYWZJYT6pjX8_FGgBqXm17rY8KE9wFjIO5F5SQU7wh9y9bbDZxXK9klujtqipqZNSJ4nqGNlYYFfTGI=w556-h313" width="556" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">After the election, MAGA proclaims the election was stolen:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">HOWEVER</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">The governors and Secretary of
States of the five contested states confirm Joe Biden won the election.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Multiple recounts in each state
confirm Joe Biden won the election.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">A special council appointed by
Trump’s Attorney General investigated the election claims of interference and
confirmed Joe Biden won the election.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">61 lawsuits were filed by Trump
Attorneys and 60 were dismissed because of lack of evidence of any interference
- One allowed on a technicality. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Joe Biden won the popular count by
seven million.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 21.3333px;">BUT MAGA PROCLAIMED:</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Trump says the election was stolen
and that he won by a landslide, so it must be true.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Heating thermostats controlled by the
Chinese switched voters from Trump to Biden.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Jewish satellites used lasers to
switch votes at voting sites from Trump to Biden<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Vietnamese printed up absentee
ballots for Joe Biden on paper made from bamboo and stuffed absentee voting
boxes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Mules stuffed ballot boxes with fake
ballots of dead people for Joe Biden.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Venezuela’s dead President Chavez
rigged voting machines to elect Joe Biden. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Everybody on Facebook says the
election was stolen and Trump won. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Trump says the election was stolen
and that he won by a landslide.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">FROM THIS</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgM9VIeeT59vX5ZSB_Y8r6FdCDNbc5tu3DrlizaPuLQnPXaWy-n_lm-iLr3T6wnMOv_6JhTLYbaKMXKQ21Q0mQMQkehP_hnr2-e4cFtYYOJ-HVpmxMqiDrO4_P0baOg7fu4jElAhoL7rh9x9QeBs5xvg3c-9x2fi881inf0BzvCEZ5RJelPd0TMZLJGWCM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="243" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgM9VIeeT59vX5ZSB_Y8r6FdCDNbc5tu3DrlizaPuLQnPXaWy-n_lm-iLr3T6wnMOv_6JhTLYbaKMXKQ21Q0mQMQkehP_hnr2-e4cFtYYOJ-HVpmxMqiDrO4_P0baOg7fu4jElAhoL7rh9x9QeBs5xvg3c-9x2fi881inf0BzvCEZ5RJelPd0TMZLJGWCM=w458-h393" width="458" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">TO THIS</span></div> <div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTF1b8oenFRmbfKfIPPQa5WRw4vNwzblCgiRZQIVU1wxmfnvonPhBXipq49h9pinPu3pZSRaDkJ645vMuJXQxPu7N9ktPpl0D8Y_GjmA0M6vTzi5aqkNk2AUm1ktV1MFt63GV1kt-aP2LZBpPWbQ0q8dEiblj5b9UlwrFZ3A9WOXiouxJO7GpYGaWFPV4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTF1b8oenFRmbfKfIPPQa5WRw4vNwzblCgiRZQIVU1wxmfnvonPhBXipq49h9pinPu3pZSRaDkJ645vMuJXQxPu7N9ktPpl0D8Y_GjmA0M6vTzi5aqkNk2AUm1ktV1MFt63GV1kt-aP2LZBpPWbQ0q8dEiblj5b9UlwrFZ3A9WOXiouxJO7GpYGaWFPV4=w468-h351" width="468" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">TO THIS</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="479" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Whv6F7DvPXs" width="576" youtube-src-id="Whv6F7DvPXs"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Trump may win the 24 election. If he does, Dems wont like it, but they will accept the results;</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">But you have got to admit: the fucking MAGA movement is retarded. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-80132046772434494692024-03-12T22:53:00.002-04:002024-03-12T22:53:38.454-04:00REMINISCENCE<p> </p><p><br /></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I don’t
sleep well, usually about six hours a night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The cat gets me up early to feed her – sometimes I go back to bed, but
more often I stay up. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Usually, I
am semi-awake for about an hour before I get up, and my mind tends to
reminisce. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I am not
thinking about my childhood in a narrative, like Truman Capotes in To Kill A
Mocking Bird. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEido_3QXIr1Tz9BDN5qQ3dRY7pa172JaxgVUPo32MZGqgg2ipT-DPAldiN6whPgRCcFR7QEy4D_Nh24IfeoxlZ2EUo3YwjIYetSLJtLp-PaJXB9-yaJv3aercxKG_EhV0_1AkcGJbEtZkXPUswTNTMOxE8HhMdCFgdifRw_kCP1XBXY2OEhhhRCuVW3EIg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="640" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEido_3QXIr1Tz9BDN5qQ3dRY7pa172JaxgVUPo32MZGqgg2ipT-DPAldiN6whPgRCcFR7QEy4D_Nh24IfeoxlZ2EUo3YwjIYetSLJtLp-PaJXB9-yaJv3aercxKG_EhV0_1AkcGJbEtZkXPUswTNTMOxE8HhMdCFgdifRw_kCP1XBXY2OEhhhRCuVW3EIg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> I tend to reminisce about the drastic differences in the world of
yesterday - compared to today. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I don’t
think the young people today have any knowledge, or even care about life before
cell phones.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmMSYSQ0S0GzRwziTkzc_X7nj84PrvrLxf-U12ih0JQalV8c_DGZ5V8T-q5ddTbQEupOGQiSZqSw6PEM2Kq_cu9irH51ujOM8qPcdpm6FdtE_1eDu_yMiIQSALzN1vFzHI5NnhfYQfGaNbZTypKJg7AG3dxG61zp3knFr7EMgImRE7vj78rK29eBmViEc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="1000" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmMSYSQ0S0GzRwziTkzc_X7nj84PrvrLxf-U12ih0JQalV8c_DGZ5V8T-q5ddTbQEupOGQiSZqSw6PEM2Kq_cu9irH51ujOM8qPcdpm6FdtE_1eDu_yMiIQSALzN1vFzHI5NnhfYQfGaNbZTypKJg7AG3dxG61zp3knFr7EMgImRE7vj78rK29eBmViEc" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My youngest
years were in Kentucky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My grandmother raised me, and I was preschool age
during the Second World War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Times were
hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basic staples like sugar, coffee,
and certain food groups were rationed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You had to have ration stickers to buy automobile tires and other items
that were deemed necessary to the war effort (Of course, we didn’t have a
car.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People hung small flags in their
windows with stars to represent family members in the war – a gold star meant
the family member had been killed. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_jv0Y7claLIAsfJICeT42zn2EqkLchlTlb4lCgwE4IRy106EWv3Xj0tG8r8bdtTOLMLRNnPTyV7swZR2nvdR1VdmnDjsENKLTkzUCN1ijrLXHf_SXkXuF1XJcqh5apZmFxMiTxrf1_PuTlYEL21QD3-IN2rKMgooOvUraSSdX78GqGDX4Mu2KhkqPFd0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_jv0Y7claLIAsfJICeT42zn2EqkLchlTlb4lCgwE4IRy106EWv3Xj0tG8r8bdtTOLMLRNnPTyV7swZR2nvdR1VdmnDjsENKLTkzUCN1ijrLXHf_SXkXuF1XJcqh5apZmFxMiTxrf1_PuTlYEL21QD3-IN2rKMgooOvUraSSdX78GqGDX4Mu2KhkqPFd0" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I started school we lived in a house that
had no heat except for fireplaces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My grandmother would start a fire in the
hearth by pouring kerosene on coal to light it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She dressed me in front of the fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I was eight we moved to a small town
in the Mississippi Delta..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If you did
not own a car the mode of travel during the 1940’s was by train or bus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We took a Greyhound bus from Kentucky to Mississippi.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitFZDteEoz4jVLYXYSKJl30QaCUdy53rVsbDdDedmqSPAkUGiuE0WPPySB1ad-AwFoyNvl6nndVL4XRuHlpZrtzhAmEQee4oMYSWW-gUCh1q2vwVLDrCCo0rYarZjHQWZuelyftJhTtC5zNRdPDbT8kms5lw_Ovtw7YiJgQTB3i4_TjutOM4gLc6VGWfM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="198" data-original-width="255" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitFZDteEoz4jVLYXYSKJl30QaCUdy53rVsbDdDedmqSPAkUGiuE0WPPySB1ad-AwFoyNvl6nndVL4XRuHlpZrtzhAmEQee4oMYSWW-gUCh1q2vwVLDrCCo0rYarZjHQWZuelyftJhTtC5zNRdPDbT8kms5lw_Ovtw7YiJgQTB3i4_TjutOM4gLc6VGWfM" width="309" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We moved
into a two rooms apartment between the train tracks
and a Chinese grocery store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The place
was clean, but run down – a low-rent type of apartment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The front room was the bedroom with one bed
a wooden chair and a dresser, a small bathroom was attached, and the small back
room was the kitchen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Kitchen had
an ice box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The top door opened to a
metal box to contain ice and the bottom door had one shelf for food that
required cooling. We could use an ice pick to chip off ice for cold
drinks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was an ice house in town
and they delivered ice once a week: they offered a twenty-five-cent block and a
fifty-cent block – probably ( I am not sure) a penny-a-pound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAvuxZT3hD2gSm57z8NbrP4o6oWe-xXkP8kLYxLmhUaKOkhAMGfrZPLNDnRBgZOjXRVUkpLRiLPZveZtXwZ-_anbriaRtOy34qJRjrvntzyST8z58SjebaxEgLIizKaY8-Ze4GOUaZB4RW1jxeIxy8G0SZGgXwbPyVlaGaf5Ql9BVVL-DLZRpifTfhaow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAvuxZT3hD2gSm57z8NbrP4o6oWe-xXkP8kLYxLmhUaKOkhAMGfrZPLNDnRBgZOjXRVUkpLRiLPZveZtXwZ-_anbriaRtOy34qJRjrvntzyST8z58SjebaxEgLIizKaY8-Ze4GOUaZB4RW1jxeIxy8G0SZGgXwbPyVlaGaf5Ql9BVVL-DLZRpifTfhaow" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>There was also a kerosene cook stove that had
a one-gallon glass jar of kerosene inverted into the fuel catch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe there was probably a pilot light
but it was turned off because of the summer heat, so my grandmother had to
light the burner with a rolled-up piece of paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii1IKP5V8_4fWXgvugCfEO7mBNGYByqoq6A_PSwLa0OZ6fzI5vLEUGclAiDjxbuaRFPqit_C3Xl68gyXLy7Uk5Jeuc73WfRbjAK_4dYzZJ2fxEyCaIjHueAURm0T4-SyBVaRJJU0_UF50xAJSDcFAlyVM69L2W7aY1zJumAlgb2XjgQmNba_nYkjVa10Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii1IKP5V8_4fWXgvugCfEO7mBNGYByqoq6A_PSwLa0OZ6fzI5vLEUGclAiDjxbuaRFPqit_C3Xl68gyXLy7Uk5Jeuc73WfRbjAK_4dYzZJ2fxEyCaIjHueAURm0T4-SyBVaRJJU0_UF50xAJSDcFAlyVM69L2W7aY1zJumAlgb2XjgQmNba_nYkjVa10Q" width="216" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
train came through twice a day, once around mid-morning and again just before
dark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The house shook as the train went
by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We only
stayed there one month and then moved across town (three blocks) into one half
of a shotgun house owned by an older couple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A hall ran
from the front door to the back door and on each side of the hall were three
rooms. Each room had a door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The house
faced north and we had the three rooms on the east side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The front two rooms were our bedrooms, I
slept in the front room and my grandmother in the middle room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The back room was a kitchen. The ceilings
were high, and a cloth-covered electric cord hung down about three feet from
the center ceiling in each room with a bare lightbulb on the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lights were turned on by a push button
switch by each door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The top button was
white and the bottom button was black.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiItLERxPStNK_mCJ1BL9LgmM14u-n_nK3mZJ70g67vuBIAwoZpU1iY6bL55aoV3QutQWBLwl5fMdrM9KMroSHTG03jsxxeCwCzBkWelLgRhAwVvaHjn50OtxX3wwUJDtSfKBoapRL4MP9QFnFSdQZBb_wolSFeD-aMl9nmbASwRH9BQqK6eUBvbbSEAq0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="182" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiItLERxPStNK_mCJ1BL9LgmM14u-n_nK3mZJ70g67vuBIAwoZpU1iY6bL55aoV3QutQWBLwl5fMdrM9KMroSHTG03jsxxeCwCzBkWelLgRhAwVvaHjn50OtxX3wwUJDtSfKBoapRL4MP9QFnFSdQZBb_wolSFeD-aMl9nmbASwRH9BQqK6eUBvbbSEAq0" width="158" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The bathroom
was off the back kitchen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was barely
large enough for a hot water tank, a toilet, a sink, and a tub – probably about
eight feet by eight feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Town water
was from an artesian well, located beside a creek which ran through the center
of town. When you filled the tub the water was yellow, sometimes nearly
brown. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Each room
had a gas radiant stove for heat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
ceramic squares above the gas jets would heat up and glow red and transfer heat
into the rooms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the winter we only
heated the center room and the kitchen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Temperatures rarely dropped below freezing in the Delta, so keeping
water pipes from freezing was not a problem. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidCOd_6hKxrbOgQA8bEI-A9WkZK05jvip3OZuTvN8ZLgZilZPHogqpyz8TbREynxYSvO9MEXquCLq9edT9jnq1rODV3cDwQuJPrc1JbQ9h9pRmsXGbbexe0IxDdl3k8fSfraTLmTh2vcXRzsOxBez2TNC-7MW6Kezmb6mxXnX1R4GIuEmEF6RkASIJ4YA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1195" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidCOd_6hKxrbOgQA8bEI-A9WkZK05jvip3OZuTvN8ZLgZilZPHogqpyz8TbREynxYSvO9MEXquCLq9edT9jnq1rODV3cDwQuJPrc1JbQ9h9pRmsXGbbexe0IxDdl3k8fSfraTLmTh2vcXRzsOxBez2TNC-7MW6Kezmb6mxXnX1R4GIuEmEF6RkASIJ4YA" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There was a
screen porch across the front of the house and we were across the street from
the Baptist Church, so on Sunday mornings we could sit on the porch and hear the
preacher yelling hell and brimstone at his congregation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The greatest
thing about the apartment was the large Philco radio in the front room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirPczLpsGOmLbbMCkmZpHFGx-gz1DzM_fuIpdnwsKiDawomF7OeBHATtKr9ZCcTLvfsB4MRQkXNIaGtaDhTZwLPNCe3gXHUKnlV90DHP2kDBEGJw8ET27l0YzuYHaa6y-D2jsqXd3JH0BKEgXk0mi848aXVVZyyiCiTxffaZ6fu6e4kuvoPlwfsuCAm_E" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirPczLpsGOmLbbMCkmZpHFGx-gz1DzM_fuIpdnwsKiDawomF7OeBHATtKr9ZCcTLvfsB4MRQkXNIaGtaDhTZwLPNCe3gXHUKnlV90DHP2kDBEGJw8ET27l0YzuYHaa6y-D2jsqXd3JH0BKEgXk0mi848aXVVZyyiCiTxffaZ6fu6e4kuvoPlwfsuCAm_E" width="240" /></a></span></p><p></p></blockquote><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>School was released at four o'clock each day
and I would rush home to be in front of the Radio at five for the children’s
hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would listen to Sky King, Wild
Bill Hickok, or Sargent Preston of the Yukon and his wonder dog King.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On Saturday mornings from nine to eleven, I
listened to Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders, Straight Arrow, The Adventures
of Superman, or Buck Rogers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Straight Arrow was my favorite. Nabisco Shredded Wheat offered Straight Arrow Indian cards in their box - I didn't like </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Shredded Wheat but I ate the cereal to get the cards. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhu1-2ZRa7Jqk3XEJIGHcVCeA-fhBM11ZV8AKoWxd8jb-C78hLrwWNeFTsvfkNatVPcpN2UgvVzoKbjGgF3MezTwTN_H43A1VLP55FhuzZO4j6wWrQerl0QpX-FdO4W6j1LpVK8jJ-juTPtxei4kEIonBLn_E7g6jBsrgyz7zuP6hu1GiIm0KzVKnatdt0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="879" height="493" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhu1-2ZRa7Jqk3XEJIGHcVCeA-fhBM11ZV8AKoWxd8jb-C78hLrwWNeFTsvfkNatVPcpN2UgvVzoKbjGgF3MezTwTN_H43A1VLP55FhuzZO4j6wWrQerl0QpX-FdO4W6j1LpVK8jJ-juTPtxei4kEIonBLn_E7g6jBsrgyz7zuP6hu1GiIm0KzVKnatdt0=w271-h493" width="271" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Sunday
nights were programs for adults, but I would listen to Amos and Andy, The
Saint, The Fat Man,</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Inner Sanctum, or
The Shadow.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">My early childhood revolved
around the radio shows.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Listening to the
radio required imagination.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Children
today do not have imagination. I wonder what Darwinian DNA modification is
taking place as young children play video games and watch videos on their cell
phones. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDwmST9tubyYD89BWZehmQ2bo9KfH3l3y3lomWxMyXk2cxL3H6RU1S3bq289iYxiPcS2SWIbaUVX-QdwDSGiGXG2lZZRy0bN9UXvid_YB5LjT-8gn_fW1gR6_FLMbLYwZp1hTb91kNJrNUK95Pa8SzKtPBzAB6EPo-4sG9pWH6lzahe9b7ugjVr3cfqmc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="706" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDwmST9tubyYD89BWZehmQ2bo9KfH3l3y3lomWxMyXk2cxL3H6RU1S3bq289iYxiPcS2SWIbaUVX-QdwDSGiGXG2lZZRy0bN9UXvid_YB5LjT-8gn_fW1gR6_FLMbLYwZp1hTb91kNJrNUK95Pa8SzKtPBzAB6EPo-4sG9pWH6lzahe9b7ugjVr3cfqmc=w446-h297" width="446" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of videos, we had comic books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>GI Joe, Battle Brady, Superman, and Captain
Marvel were my favorites. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgi1tW9G7-Bzjc3UHEohMOvRt_y1ygK7oa6hd5Qs-RBgO8v98WlM4voIQtXzhm8vnyoG1vHpbgPtey7Bp7tNViQacVgkBNCX0hv7tNSwHx9QHZebMkHSVxXP54Iv4aKeNQY6HMqZdk3XM6toNiSGtt7mXyQdTzjk8lQIfuamOyEfstL3237O_kgLHtM_ps" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="250" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgi1tW9G7-Bzjc3UHEohMOvRt_y1ygK7oa6hd5Qs-RBgO8v98WlM4voIQtXzhm8vnyoG1vHpbgPtey7Bp7tNViQacVgkBNCX0hv7tNSwHx9QHZebMkHSVxXP54Iv4aKeNQY6HMqZdk3XM6toNiSGtt7mXyQdTzjk8lQIfuamOyEfstL3237O_kgLHtM_ps=w230-h339" width="230" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">For young
boys, porn was the women’s panty and bra section of the Sears Robuck
catalog – it was a more innocent time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Nq8guAsN6pOlovGaELuFixY7Dk9kPRYA5JNy3--xgzA5G8JJlfUpqMbqu1BdZMSsCo__jP_mZTCqMDEzdOoq9lldRChcs_811sRxSkI6SII-fDZns9P8-ws2_pNkKuu4e9OU598PCi943_CeJ6JsLnKcJQY-I096gejS3-Q-bvQKIdG55jmlypRGBDY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="736" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Nq8guAsN6pOlovGaELuFixY7Dk9kPRYA5JNy3--xgzA5G8JJlfUpqMbqu1BdZMSsCo__jP_mZTCqMDEzdOoq9lldRChcs_811sRxSkI6SII-fDZns9P8-ws2_pNkKuu4e9OU598PCi943_CeJ6JsLnKcJQY-I096gejS3-Q-bvQKIdG55jmlypRGBDY=w303-h414" width="303" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We had a
telephone on a party line and our number was 26 ring two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a
child, I had no reason to use the telephone, but sometimes I would ask the
operator for the correct time to check our clock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEip3lNNDnOIoVwzDzSBmgtEU9KGpHRKIiClRNUCIKq8lWhDvMHGvDPswkca2Vq7OrLZsPy_wdLSHXcC27DWmS4EzhAFmBgy7BLFF3RnRkQ4nclbIjzaJZCZzZQDJi5R2GpFtc8X1HxBj05fPl9rUbc8B2hEADWPn6NwVZ_dMRt1gQjDvHeaAx61fDDk22I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="570" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEip3lNNDnOIoVwzDzSBmgtEU9KGpHRKIiClRNUCIKq8lWhDvMHGvDPswkca2Vq7OrLZsPy_wdLSHXcC27DWmS4EzhAFmBgy7BLFF3RnRkQ4nclbIjzaJZCZzZQDJi5R2GpFtc8X1HxBj05fPl9rUbc8B2hEADWPn6NwVZ_dMRt1gQjDvHeaAx61fDDk22I" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In the
summertime, our windows were always open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We used a window fan and an oscillating fan to keep cool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, cool was a relative thing, as the
summer temperatures were always around ninety, often moving into the low
one-hundreds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Air conditioning did not
exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3L-OGp5Wuc0ZjuDMRZCfJGLOITLZdSZdSvXZl8h6BNywe6pvfzyNw6qlojgrGEx9rS7NSl11tMPHHHPgGtxdtGfc3cH86WfURcI0vRa63GECGmhosoMFpDCf8kTLXkH_v8wB_y0rL481dEw_D8FGjF7vBfAYpQ0dgbV1vGxgIC0MUYVkKOSOwhYNuk98" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3L-OGp5Wuc0ZjuDMRZCfJGLOITLZdSZdSvXZl8h6BNywe6pvfzyNw6qlojgrGEx9rS7NSl11tMPHHHPgGtxdtGfc3cH86WfURcI0vRa63GECGmhosoMFpDCf8kTLXkH_v8wB_y0rL481dEw_D8FGjF7vBfAYpQ0dgbV1vGxgIC0MUYVkKOSOwhYNuk98" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">To
communicate with people far away we wrote letters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A postcard was a penny and a stamp was three
cents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would take a week for a
letter to arrive at a destination and a week for a return letter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life was slower.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There was no
TV.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People walked in the evenings and
visited neighbors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Houses were hot and
people sat on their front porches, smoked, and talked until bedtime. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I spent much
of my time in the summer at the town swimming pool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was across the street and no more than
fifty yards from the creek.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The water in
the pool looked like dark tea and you could not see the bottom of the pool past
the four-foot level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A black man
cleaned the restrooms each morning and made sure there were no snakes in the
pool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, the pool was for whites
only – this was Mississippi during segregation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The world I was raised in has no resemblance to today. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Today,
everyone is stressed and in a hurry to get nowhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gun violence is an accepted norm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People are psychologically grafted to their
smartphones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Technology is doubling
every eighteen months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>AI has increasing
control over our lives. Innocence is gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Children can watch explicit porn
on their computers or cell phones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Climate change has reached a point of no return.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our country has not been this divided since
the Civil War and our democratic government which has existed for two hundred
and fifty years may be on the cusp of imploding. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">UFologists
are always looking for aliens visiting Earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The truth is that people my age are aliens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We come from another planet in spacetime. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p>the Ol'Buzzard</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-82312987263100388062024-03-11T15:19:00.007-04:002024-03-12T18:09:10.927-04:00IF YOU ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR TRUMP AGAIN IN 2024<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="476" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cthNNNrDaBk" width="573" youtube-src-id="cthNNNrDaBk"></iframe></div><br /><p>It is what it is what it is..</p><p>Disclaimer: I live in a trailer park.</p><p>the Ol'Buzzard</p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-54531316761974984502024-02-22T18:24:00.001-05:002024-02-22T18:24:38.308-05:00SASQUATCH<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLutsDW7PoSDzdEsGLGOAYr2yBEbhMwUYzT8rqOZalDXi8a2D6RqFAMEf8FwCokr_jhRc6U_ENyC28bFWIFKFlA9G4ujktuT_PZ2acxTaEhE6UkU2FC9yczGmYNRd9CuCwz5x4Va6miFOwJU9WFsFm3F9hScrW2qCZNdEQOMtkH_g6dvyJ0S1c1NZc3hw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2136" data-original-width="2848" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLutsDW7PoSDzdEsGLGOAYr2yBEbhMwUYzT8rqOZalDXi8a2D6RqFAMEf8FwCokr_jhRc6U_ENyC28bFWIFKFlA9G4ujktuT_PZ2acxTaEhE6UkU2FC9yczGmYNRd9CuCwz5x4Va6miFOwJU9WFsFm3F9hScrW2qCZNdEQOMtkH_g6dvyJ0S1c1NZc3hw=w561-h421" width="561" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Aliens, the
New Jersey Devil, Big Foot, Angels, Satin, Nessie, Gods, Ghost, Monsters, Shape
Shifters…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A
Scottish Prayer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "AR BERKLEY"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">From goulies and ghosties<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "AR BERKLEY"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And long leggedy beasties<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "AR BERKLEY"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And things that go bump in the night<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "AR BERKLEY"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Good Lord deliver us</span></i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Human beings
are not rational animals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are capable
of rational thought, applying logic, and accepting beliefs based on facts, but
it is much easier to believe that truth is what we wish it to be. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
credulity of our nature makes us receptive to accepting beliefs without
questioning glaring inconsistencies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes we believe implausible premises because
we have been indoctrinated by our parents or our community, and sometimes we
accept a popular belief simply because the idea appeals to us. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzycl-2qb86aRsOy4M98g3igQ5YgKA4l8-GrQGNUCWO82mMoW3PPFtscXjR8sjkav2TsBx0Aj_F6JT-dZa2fL5i9Rx1sN5HQ-CPf-C5U7wGUxOXEv9i0YhDI8GpLydu1G3f59l4EoS2UTcsB4OVMWxB6Co6DwQajoZh1aUg6wvPeyUshAvJgeckw9qnWE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzycl-2qb86aRsOy4M98g3igQ5YgKA4l8-GrQGNUCWO82mMoW3PPFtscXjR8sjkav2TsBx0Aj_F6JT-dZa2fL5i9Rx1sN5HQ-CPf-C5U7wGUxOXEv9i0YhDI8GpLydu1G3f59l4EoS2UTcsB4OVMWxB6Co6DwQajoZh1aUg6wvPeyUshAvJgeckw9qnWE=w387-h290" width="387" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Often the
more outlandish the premise of our belief, the more fundamentalist we can
become and dogmatically defend the indefensible. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In other
cases, it is just fun to buy into long leggedy beasties – a wish to believe
that there are things beyond our discernable norm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtWpyQY7C25AOL-UUgYmkplY2KZwnBsEOO7RGAgWLRRMWnvkNohMWkRM0sw_xwMw-hVIXQeOVY50slcT09EPvNfDCOXRpZISb8cKVxI50FpTBpM5FpJJExbcbsNlIYqZqCg3dx9PyIifLbGq0GvuHE4z6CxtwcXmNUv3wFgh1LYsgeERR8z-KFdihUQ2s" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="196" data-original-width="258" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtWpyQY7C25AOL-UUgYmkplY2KZwnBsEOO7RGAgWLRRMWnvkNohMWkRM0sw_xwMw-hVIXQeOVY50slcT09EPvNfDCOXRpZISb8cKVxI50FpTBpM5FpJJExbcbsNlIYqZqCg3dx9PyIifLbGq0GvuHE4z6CxtwcXmNUv3wFgh1LYsgeERR8z-KFdihUQ2s=w507-h385" width="507" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I have to
admit, for years I wanted to believe in sasquatch, the skunk ape, or bigfoot –
all the same creature but existing in different areas of North America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no proof of Big Foot, but I wanted to
believe that a mystery existed, and my justification was eyewitness accounts of
sightings or encounters. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In the
scientific world, human eyewitness accounts are considered unreliable (<i>I swear
I saw a ninety-foot-necked alien woman step out of a UFO that landed in my
backyard – and my buddy saw it too!). <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Big Foot
craze began in 1958.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1952 the SciFi movie The <i>Abominable Snow
Man</i> was released to theaters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
was followed in 1954 by the movie <i>The Snow Creature</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These sparked an interest in the reported
Yeti sightings in the Himalayas. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhf1snvCazgvA3N7ln9okYZt_9BFM4AE6BU9dAP2xXXIsxkWzpRPjrdFDNsvFkrS53VkT75FjiTzNIPymSiM_GcSvIfULdjK978CUK-JHUILKIiGLq1vF06UriQuWMtWtYi-e9QE9QMG4Dy6b4QB1o67Uv-OB9-m0K3xKVN3GB6pxolbXPc_AHPcgm7kYI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="196" height="407" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhf1snvCazgvA3N7ln9okYZt_9BFM4AE6BU9dAP2xXXIsxkWzpRPjrdFDNsvFkrS53VkT75FjiTzNIPymSiM_GcSvIfULdjK978CUK-JHUILKIiGLq1vF06UriQuWMtWtYi-e9QE9QMG4Dy6b4QB1o67Uv-OB9-m0K3xKVN3GB6pxolbXPc_AHPcgm7kYI=w310-h407" width="310" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In 1958<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Andrew Genzoli, a reporter at The Humbolt
Times in Eureka, California printed a story about loggers finding a large
footprint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Genzoli joked that maybe we
have a relative of the Abominable Snow Man of the Himalayas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhReWJyqETP_5eB3GC_y6uoJuog-XATze4BwPRjsgXgM0EDjkPP89UN73g3tA90pclI4CrmrmFlsGi8smLbjiBNPx7PvDnOsyEz6N_qWYMABPJP-fBSMRQn1e6tSnsPrXhwX0I93Nb2xCIgLWYtf9_YimuMdg6K23ZnA3A0Hb6AbbHct8ZxZICpMlybsMU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="182" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhReWJyqETP_5eB3GC_y6uoJuog-XATze4BwPRjsgXgM0EDjkPP89UN73g3tA90pclI4CrmrmFlsGi8smLbjiBNPx7PvDnOsyEz6N_qWYMABPJP-fBSMRQn1e6tSnsPrXhwX0I93Nb2xCIgLWYtf9_YimuMdg6K23ZnA3A0Hb6AbbHct8ZxZICpMlybsMU=w251-h381" width="251" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That set the
seed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There is a minuscule
possibility that a large, undiscovered, humanoid animal could exist in remote
forested areas, but there is no proof.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My
skepticism is that in 66 years no creature has been found.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No Big Foot has ever been hit by a car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No corpse has ever been discovered as the
result of natural or accidental death, by hunters or hikers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No Big Foot has been captured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have some fuzzy photographs, some dubious
plaster cast of footprints, and hundreds of – Me and my buddy saw Big Foot.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGWb00hUAotZScAsvlh_LcgCt3jnR05IqW9gg_dyxerkGuEsTvsQxzNxAPmuNQpfiq0o2l1m-2rYDM4sZnbb-yiOEsyl61FDTLXvIHUdGB4kk0UGvjcWkSKf9b8L-XRRNtv8f3Pg4u_Hr8omKUnm4cGxqa6o_phrnjnG0qHDJE2q2ZUkuBou_9qmhi9X4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="768" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGWb00hUAotZScAsvlh_LcgCt3jnR05IqW9gg_dyxerkGuEsTvsQxzNxAPmuNQpfiq0o2l1m-2rYDM4sZnbb-yiOEsyl61FDTLXvIHUdGB4kk0UGvjcWkSKf9b8L-XRRNtv8f3Pg4u_Hr8omKUnm4cGxqa6o_phrnjnG0qHDJE2q2ZUkuBou_9qmhi9X4=w466-h262" width="466" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I will
readily accept the existence of Big Foot: when you show me the body. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">the Ol’Buzzard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /></div>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-72256617484325371942024-02-10T13:07:00.000-05:002024-02-10T13:07:47.744-05:00ARE THERE ALIENS AMONG US?<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Yes, so says
QAnon; but over two hundred of them hung around Dallas, Texas for two months
waiting for President Kennedy to come back to life to run as Donald Trump’s
Vice President. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Reptilian aliens
disguised as humans running the deep state…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0dBD8nTI5w0ixSkqtLBzEOf7FPrScNQZ3NypZs2kkalwf4v6UgRXMsZw46iQIMXLBQL0IQwL04yhPNv_llJO_bcBeLj2DdFXNRpeGlSXlsUeRxW0o8iS5HTCSM835FrxJV__qrt_sWIRBoOK85JGTpKMCTIiYGxQM4GXQZJUze88LE-DNr8o9wXv7ELI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0dBD8nTI5w0ixSkqtLBzEOf7FPrScNQZ3NypZs2kkalwf4v6UgRXMsZw46iQIMXLBQL0IQwL04yhPNv_llJO_bcBeLj2DdFXNRpeGlSXlsUeRxW0o8iS5HTCSM835FrxJV__qrt_sWIRBoOK85JGTpKMCTIiYGxQM4GXQZJUze88LE-DNr8o9wXv7ELI=w272-h279" width="272" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Enough of the
Q-crazy section of the MAGA crowd.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Life surely
exists elsewhere in the universe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our
Milky Way galaxy is estimated to contain over one hundred billion stars (100,000,000,000).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtTVyRWBFRw3pEA9i2gg_XL-VUiLj3OMoFFlcQmv6pE0nq6v2CpV6nXeEPRhzn5lcPza_GEZ00R8flDkNQXRBrO5BwT9at_yeBrKNc45MdhC91qWBQ67MIOvVBoCn6Q42R9pW7lDkpmSr1KEd58afXDXGcIRzAgqxgMwlP5Mnl73QbtrF049wSwKmmUbM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="282" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtTVyRWBFRw3pEA9i2gg_XL-VUiLj3OMoFFlcQmv6pE0nq6v2CpV6nXeEPRhzn5lcPza_GEZ00R8flDkNQXRBrO5BwT9at_yeBrKNc45MdhC91qWBQ67MIOvVBoCn6Q42R9pW7lDkpmSr1KEd58afXDXGcIRzAgqxgMwlP5Mnl73QbtrF049wSwKmmUbM=w435-h276" width="435" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The latest estimate of the number of galaxies
in our observable universe exceeds two trillion (2,000,000,000,000).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNCqLfAnzo1fgJBdd7akrabsXPvOvWy3YPZOrTxBmpZ7YjPwMzJzloAFeWNxbVMClg2ebkwymU-PHBGVJCUM72wbUm6iQqC8abIeNVJJSQ6Jv1xGJn1hY0lBM85AZ494BdgcKM4e8t-1KUCAlVYAfTU_vV-gUOPIgASlDnoEnH39MllDAs7na-8FsfR_4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1195" data-original-width="1200" height="623" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNCqLfAnzo1fgJBdd7akrabsXPvOvWy3YPZOrTxBmpZ7YjPwMzJzloAFeWNxbVMClg2ebkwymU-PHBGVJCUM72wbUm6iQqC8abIeNVJJSQ6Jv1xGJn1hY0lBM85AZ494BdgcKM4e8t-1KUCAlVYAfTU_vV-gUOPIgASlDnoEnH39MllDAs7na-8FsfR_4=w626-h623" width="626" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our Milky
Way galaxy is dwarfed by some of the megagalaxies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
just to establish a number possible to work with, to estimate the number of
stars in our observable universe, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>let us
presume all galaxies as relative to the Milky Way containing one hundred
billion stars (100,000,000,000 stars). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Using these numbers
as a reference, the number of stars in our observable universe would be at
least two sextillion stars – that is two with twenty-one zeroes: 2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Not all
stars have planets, and only a small percentage are within the Goldilocks zone where
temperatures are not too hot, not too cold, and are just right to sustain life
as we know it. But when we consider a number as large as two sextillion, the
number of stars containing planets that could develop life is enormous. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8AKoHeYmYL0FBrIuzLgDmOJqBE9mtsKgZABadWkCv_vFKA37YxKRcCqTXDNw70hWDztNAiOyIg7n5qisA2pt4-yMjrQdB7hBamuqZlnOPSRBwm7_q23wxZ99yexiLZ4uJB9Go29WIdk0PdiCG7bTxJn0di-7jIj-s0tNE1s-x125VzitQEZGEEN5idE8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8AKoHeYmYL0FBrIuzLgDmOJqBE9mtsKgZABadWkCv_vFKA37YxKRcCqTXDNw70hWDztNAiOyIg7n5qisA2pt4-yMjrQdB7hBamuqZlnOPSRBwm7_q23wxZ99yexiLZ4uJB9Go29WIdk0PdiCG7bTxJn0di-7jIj-s0tNE1s-x125VzitQEZGEEN5idE8=w458-h343" width="458" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One of the
problems when we talk about alien life is our egocentric view that we as humans
are the standard reference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We invent
gods in our image and we do the same with aliens: arms, legs, heads, eyes, and
the ability to communicate at our level of understanding. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZVte8QLVUBuWMIkmNMjXZgAVNHHqKvL2PafMgPYW4XTzQCwm0VX4-rBu_Pm1iK6ZUkn0y7awwMN4sLZLKMVnxolEgurIrI-eR_McC62bLLLrOzsmKW1mnLKev1HAam9k2gXFl1IlKcLKUvBv9DWqRpIMJxYN7cTPmhAxJJ2Iq5F2ugxtrTC6Jn81wWfQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="768" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZVte8QLVUBuWMIkmNMjXZgAVNHHqKvL2PafMgPYW4XTzQCwm0VX4-rBu_Pm1iK6ZUkn0y7awwMN4sLZLKMVnxolEgurIrI-eR_McC62bLLLrOzsmKW1mnLKev1HAam9k2gXFl1IlKcLKUvBv9DWqRpIMJxYN7cTPmhAxJJ2Iq5F2ugxtrTC6Jn81wWfQ" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If we were
to back up and rerun evolution on Earth to the very beginning, it is unlikely
that we would even exist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The world operates in chaos, and the events
that caused five extinctions and allowed human development could not be counted
on to happen in the same sequence or any sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If any one of the gargantuan number of
random natural choices that led to our development didn’t happen we would not
be the alpha life form on this planet, and most likely not exist. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6vWcyhEBfP1uxxS7sYVFRLU3tMD8AdyxmhD2lbvXsfUEYhxMMpiGtT_BXwuHl6V24GDzbVWxO1fm3zJZ_Q1IAzpAj44gYszzbBcA1WnZ02cWsgm_0xw7tD4YUh7fWfZCyLuBBaR9abB6waTMIc1_Shtor6gfyOxC0NDPmzcgf8saq_K6hCrYPu4U4LsA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="602" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6vWcyhEBfP1uxxS7sYVFRLU3tMD8AdyxmhD2lbvXsfUEYhxMMpiGtT_BXwuHl6V24GDzbVWxO1fm3zJZ_Q1IAzpAj44gYszzbBcA1WnZ02cWsgm_0xw7tD4YUh7fWfZCyLuBBaR9abB6waTMIc1_Shtor6gfyOxC0NDPmzcgf8saq_K6hCrYPu4U4LsA=w449-h317" width="449" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That homo-sapiens
exist on the earth at all is strictly the result of a random number of events –
uncontrolled chaos. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We should
not be searching for <i>alien</i> life, because that uses us, humans, as the
standard. Instead, we should be looking for <i>extraterrestrial</i> life. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I find it
ludicrous that we constantly search for intelligent life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who the hell are we to use our human
intellect as a standard for intelligence?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We still have people claiming that the Earth is flat, that the Earth is
six thousand years old, and that a six hundred-year-old man loaded two of every
animal on Earth in a boat and repopulated the world after an extinction
flood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Life on
other planets might be plant-based, aquatic-based, microscopic, avian, insect, or
even some form of non-carbon-based life not yet imagined. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhChMmox0ftOhlmcYYdCu4uP34MGXkbVo7ecVfOLl5isFK_jgc9TANsa0PfvsvPazD6Y_U3Sqggn00phT8_937Tq5ffXm8_0Q711wcmLH5bdqi7rOoNJx1zoeQW3THNJOEi30fX-NLBkfR6nyxTRlNFT8HOfBLCuVVHCEMSv_9caTozcahuVkrxyZ5gorg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhChMmox0ftOhlmcYYdCu4uP34MGXkbVo7ecVfOLl5isFK_jgc9TANsa0PfvsvPazD6Y_U3Sqggn00phT8_937Tq5ffXm8_0Q711wcmLH5bdqi7rOoNJx1zoeQW3THNJOEi30fX-NLBkfR6nyxTRlNFT8HOfBLCuVVHCEMSv_9caTozcahuVkrxyZ5gorg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are certainly other random lifeforms in
this universe than us. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Are there
aliens among us? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many
of us look at humanity and feel we don’t belong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">the Ol’Buzzard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-24609081091304374802024-02-07T21:26:00.002-05:002024-02-07T21:26:47.384-05:00UFO SIGHTINGS<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4Nkor9jswwyO0oMdDGVlNxE_2kina5I3EV56U4s_ptXvXKOf51xqNeR9mfGH9bz-12GuX1E-q2y_f03Q5kppyXECtas4aLofvRUjxZpspFHO_r0RBRvc-yOasUPt1pMnsRdeG246ITlSlFST3IYkJCHjyerUQO6DZDHeO7aYtnvZM6DWR1bwVTk6xThM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="276" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4Nkor9jswwyO0oMdDGVlNxE_2kina5I3EV56U4s_ptXvXKOf51xqNeR9mfGH9bz-12GuX1E-q2y_f03Q5kppyXECtas4aLofvRUjxZpspFHO_r0RBRvc-yOasUPt1pMnsRdeG246ITlSlFST3IYkJCHjyerUQO6DZDHeO7aYtnvZM6DWR1bwVTk6xThM=w501-h331" width="501" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Beliefs are
different than facts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Often things or events that people would like
to be true, they choose to believe are true, with no factually authenticated
proof to substantiate the belief.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Since 1947 a
good proportion of our population has lined up in a belief that UFOs from outer
space have systematically been visiting our planet. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLqvUtDfvdzumaob9owbXN_rIPTx4a7TtGin6Pn6_9hOUORcGidjWPAOFRiLv1t_DOkNM1tdfsWYVSJjLwwrVumnfi56uTBUwdfysXo9fq75A_Zal7MHxaUBma6UGrz_68FU6ZtfYK_G0LHXEir6rU4YVsNQsgbaXNBwCBo1pFkY-xrXfZTfP8hefKcEY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLqvUtDfvdzumaob9owbXN_rIPTx4a7TtGin6Pn6_9hOUORcGidjWPAOFRiLv1t_DOkNM1tdfsWYVSJjLwwrVumnfi56uTBUwdfysXo9fq75A_Zal7MHxaUBma6UGrz_68FU6ZtfYK_G0LHXEir6rU4YVsNQsgbaXNBwCBo1pFkY-xrXfZTfP8hefKcEY" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sightings of
unexplained aerial phenomena have been offered as proof, while the lunatic fringe
has often made preposterous claims of alien contact and even alien abduction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> George Adamski wrote numerous books and had a large following</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3zI21HyBm2BMtIVYH8hFoXjaxjbtfl8L7m51dzzRo1ix3E9b4cRYxW4i7dHjZE-5ymtAePiHRcnZfTb9Mk_VTy8K8vKsbb0CRmaoRQ2QJ8tNH4g3qH1ZH4KOnhJMyRpecpnZ6qC3tJyWbP4IIWeHMzO-U1hWCLlQv2gJhrwKBo_cmE8LsxuFmRHAh8WQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="201" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3zI21HyBm2BMtIVYH8hFoXjaxjbtfl8L7m51dzzRo1ix3E9b4cRYxW4i7dHjZE-5ymtAePiHRcnZfTb9Mk_VTy8K8vKsbb0CRmaoRQ2QJ8tNH4g3qH1ZH4KOnhJMyRpecpnZ6qC3tJyWbP4IIWeHMzO-U1hWCLlQv2gJhrwKBo_cmE8LsxuFmRHAh8WQ=w284-h355" width="284" /></a></div><br /></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span>in 1952 George Adamski claimed to have met a "Nordic Alien" named Orthon (shown in the picture).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Later he met two more aliens named Firkon and Ramu who invited him aboard their ship for a</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"> philosophical discussion.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Let’s do a
beginning dive into one aspect of space travel required for an advanced
civilization to visit the planet Earth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Light travels
at 186,000 miles per second (x 60)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">11,160,000
miles in one minute (x 60)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">669,600,000
miles in one hour (x 24)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">16,070,400,000
miles in one day (x 365)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">5,865,696,000,000
miles in one year (one lightyear)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The fastest
spacecraft launched from Earth travels 429,000 miles per hour.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One lightyear
miles divided by the spacecraft’s speed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">5,865,696,000,000
/ 429,000 = 13,672,951 years for our spacecraft to travel one lightyear
distance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our nearest
star is Proxima Centauri at 4.2 lightyears away from Earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">13,672,951 x
4.2 = 57,426,394. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number of years
for our spacecraft, at our current technology, to fly to our closest star.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Astrophysicists
are particularly interested in stars in the Goldilocks Zone: a planet with
similar temperatures to Earth; not too hot, not too cold, but just right, that
could sustain life as we know it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Astronomers
have located five planets about the same size as Earth (similar gravity) circling
the star Trappist 1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Three of these
planets are in the Goldilocks zone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiV-_YARQJh7E5Iqpo9wjkVSxtgiXBBj_DeJNnVeoqsj8B0jC51mIlZM5Jcyaw6kUlNRLndEO7cw4-jxITryPyccWG1nVGJDNhq8k9uepJ73xJYfDa4uD7FtUiQT_G_JOrfYnKu7U83gQ0VqO-occBDOyefxK9d6hfZQWrpXzNxadgYHdtJSBp9zhBAu68" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="310" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiV-_YARQJh7E5Iqpo9wjkVSxtgiXBBj_DeJNnVeoqsj8B0jC51mIlZM5Jcyaw6kUlNRLndEO7cw4-jxITryPyccWG1nVGJDNhq8k9uepJ73xJYfDa4uD7FtUiQT_G_JOrfYnKu7U83gQ0VqO-occBDOyefxK9d6hfZQWrpXzNxadgYHdtJSBp9zhBAu68=w476-h249" width="476" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Trappist 1 is 40 lightyears from Earth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">13,672,951 x
40 = 546,981,040 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">With our
current technology, it would take our spacecraft five hundred and forty-six million,
nine hundred and eighty-one thousand and forty years to travel to a planet of
Trappist 1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That’s a
fucking long way away (for Yellowdog Granny).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Einstein
spoke of wormholes and bending time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
if an alien lifeform had that kind of technology, why would they bother
spending seventy-five years observing earthlings?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">They would surely
see the human race as a destructive virus destroying its own habitat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">They would
more than likely wish to make contact with whales that have larger brains than humans and
live a peaceful existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVWK8ddJT3Rlrubu7sKlrapk-O_dOdog3DL8qtME4ZSlrVKZZtlbOk1YsHIg5jwg79gPYFFruQlM48b5BfnOWFdgyCl_HykvgcESYex4Kx6WrbKMK-aARWdK_HJ5oGWDGLRSqpbbWjoZsS6A2nmVOiYIGIMP8VpPT2NcdMdEfbMMtl-Gor7-5SjgFXkws" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVWK8ddJT3Rlrubu7sKlrapk-O_dOdog3DL8qtME4ZSlrVKZZtlbOk1YsHIg5jwg79gPYFFruQlM48b5BfnOWFdgyCl_HykvgcESYex4Kx6WrbKMK-aARWdK_HJ5oGWDGLRSqpbbWjoZsS6A2nmVOiYIGIMP8VpPT2NcdMdEfbMMtl-Gor7-5SjgFXkws=w460-h257" width="460" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Suggested
reading: <u>UFO</u> by Garrett M. Graff<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXJ-ya8dVN59wEK4DY51oJNgaxbnXITGznbzbqTz_k02VK2Sbc_7IP-tlD1d3EMg-504lKI208eOYR_f94FKnHyzH5zT_D2BNoZzmxngY6xbyJp2m-qlPYBLn3qW029YTrQMJXIhokILvsrP-g2O1FNKgGQpBg52fZtYnmOSVU2Bvv1rPQOZTtMyEr9cQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="397" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXJ-ya8dVN59wEK4DY51oJNgaxbnXITGznbzbqTz_k02VK2Sbc_7IP-tlD1d3EMg-504lKI208eOYR_f94FKnHyzH5zT_D2BNoZzmxngY6xbyJp2m-qlPYBLn3qW029YTrQMJXIhokILvsrP-g2O1FNKgGQpBg52fZtYnmOSVU2Bvv1rPQOZTtMyEr9cQ=w289-h436" width="289" /></a></i></div><i><br /><br /></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 21.3333px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 21.3333px;">Alien life next</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 21.3333px;">the Ol'Buzzard</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-3174930982437860442024-02-06T16:04:00.004-05:002024-02-06T16:04:54.653-05:00I'VE BEEN AWA<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I’M BACK. I think!<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitp0Eq1fzYjQkeGxeaiwJZBsiJS97xw4vVcDmjrpJi4f5INz_bBqRheBtH9_4Iyc_9w82ALEflvTxric-tfaHATrkCdh8Ul6yT8El-84jS91Y-0-coQ6A-PXOw8Y7w5tJ1gO91x0r3CPYnp15ChWIA1VqscO0I1T-g6qEl1HSsL5gLqCOGbLebOtUX038" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1070" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitp0Eq1fzYjQkeGxeaiwJZBsiJS97xw4vVcDmjrpJi4f5INz_bBqRheBtH9_4Iyc_9w82ALEflvTxric-tfaHATrkCdh8Ul6yT8El-84jS91Y-0-coQ6A-PXOw8Y7w5tJ1gO91x0r3CPYnp15ChWIA1VqscO0I1T-g6qEl1HSsL5gLqCOGbLebOtUX038=w304-h410" width="304" /></a></div><br /><br /><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Every
blogger eventually burns out for a spell.
Over the past year, I have posted just enough to keep the blog
active. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I had some
medical problems; but the real cause was that I was so tired of constantly
seeing Trump’s face on the news, on blogs, and occupying my post, that I needed
a break. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I long for a
time when a person runs for President, is elected, and then forgotten about for
four years until the next election season.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In the few
years I have left I do not need aggravation over something which I have no
control. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Am I a
cynic? Yeah, I fucking am.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I served in
Viet Nam where over 58,000 military men and women lost their lives over
nothing. Hundreds of thousands more
carried injuries and mental trauma from the killing that took place on both
sides – then we retreated in shame.
What did those deaths accomplish?
Absolutely nothing; because we went right back to wars. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
propensity of young men wishing to be warriors feeds the death mill of wars in the name
of patriotism, while politicians collect their salaries and go home each night. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Human beings
are a dangerous and destructive species. We populate the earth at an
unsustainable rate. We are one of the few
animal species that actively kill our kind.
At the start of the industrial revolution, we began the systematic march
toward the destruction of the world’s climate.
We are the only species with the ability to press
a button and cause a catastrophic extinction event. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In the time
I have left, I will attempt to enjoy my wife, my cat, my books, and the simple
pleasures. Life is too important to
squander on patriotism, politics, religion, …<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But like the
frog carrying the scorpion across the river, it is our nature. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsQ_tFYIcCsjKrmqBtuEdarzp7RdEQM459nu5XmMGvQN3LuRLBYEUqWNYg9qnQO5CDS_fMvTwbv9KyXo2ysncOTWhq3lL4huGJ-uutOe3zKYiaE5a5ZBOJH9wI8mE5bl-Tn-YviNUC1W7-zDo0l5TnDX3cUvlJ_o897f0EHeB2Fk03D0MMzmM6cbA_g60" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="300" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsQ_tFYIcCsjKrmqBtuEdarzp7RdEQM459nu5XmMGvQN3LuRLBYEUqWNYg9qnQO5CDS_fMvTwbv9KyXo2ysncOTWhq3lL4huGJ-uutOe3zKYiaE5a5ZBOJH9wI8mE5bl-Tn-YviNUC1W7-zDo0l5TnDX3cUvlJ_o897f0EHeB2Fk03D0MMzmM6cbA_g60" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">the Ol’Buzzard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p><br /></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-12635950190754236712023-12-28T14:50:00.000-05:002023-12-28T14:50:01.673-05:00DONALD TRUMP WISHES EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb1LrdGAUDY930TzPk5zRO5k_icxngYRRAXScYFxQ6zvax0s0uQtXxD-oZEjNGa4wC6bye07bpWfkOMtJKSNgdrprdMRJnB3bNmdBGwTIOWu8BtsC28tZ89qB4dFejReLoVcBjEH4x0_RpCEGJRc0gibtMmgJRCMzi2YF4M0cnXW5DXT2iHzNa2CgBAHQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="697" height="646" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb1LrdGAUDY930TzPk5zRO5k_icxngYRRAXScYFxQ6zvax0s0uQtXxD-oZEjNGa4wC6bye07bpWfkOMtJKSNgdrprdMRJnB3bNmdBGwTIOWu8BtsC28tZ89qB4dFejReLoVcBjEH4x0_RpCEGJRc0gibtMmgJRCMzi2YF4M0cnXW5DXT2iHzNa2CgBAHQ=w500-h646" width="500" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">AND A HAPPY NEW YEARS TO YOU</span></p><p>The Ol'Buzzard</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-13438504477329298602023-12-22T09:25:00.017-05:002023-12-22T09:49:01.764-05:00LOOKING BACK AT CLLIMATE CHANGE 2023<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Is climate change real. I think we are past that question. The answer is </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Please check out this link.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/the-biggest-climate-stories-of-2023-200749637787" target="_blank">CLIMATE CHANGE 2023</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Sorry about the advertisement. You can turn off the mute speaker icon is in the upper left corner. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I tried to find this on You Tube but was unable. </span></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-42290673253570822672023-12-01T10:41:00.006-05:002023-12-01T10:41:46.947-05:00GUN CONTROL vs VD<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KwwD0MwQo5w" width="507" youtube-src-id="KwwD0MwQo5w"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>If Archie were alive today he would wear a MAGA hat. </p><p>the Ol'Buzzard</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-1115331154205013702023-11-25T20:47:00.000-05:002023-11-25T20:47:02.359-05:00THE ORIGINAL RAPPER<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="467" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1I_oWQmddMk" width="562" youtube-src-id="1I_oWQmddMk"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Just saying </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">the Ol'Buzzard</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-7055098008270231292023-11-23T10:21:00.000-05:002023-11-23T10:21:13.489-05:00HAPPY THANKSGIVING<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEie8tqFlXRP5SU6HwNZquvY60F20kIp5ZuXjCsLER5DE51Mw6mUNTSapyy-TRAaJJazqDp02703dbGwBQWP1U2DY0FeLg-lQinaymcECg4ZFk8S-bUzY6DL1y4bRyXRDKEAbKKhG-67TNPd4YrZ8iSBRtzlEnJD7dro9dQMw1_fzibLTgihO4Y7MERT6Rw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="236" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEie8tqFlXRP5SU6HwNZquvY60F20kIp5ZuXjCsLER5DE51Mw6mUNTSapyy-TRAaJJazqDp02703dbGwBQWP1U2DY0FeLg-lQinaymcECg4ZFk8S-bUzY6DL1y4bRyXRDKEAbKKhG-67TNPd4YrZ8iSBRtzlEnJD7dro9dQMw1_fzibLTgihO4Y7MERT6Rw=w440-h625" width="440" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>The Ol'Buzzard</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-91976277893520766852023-11-20T00:49:00.002-05:002023-11-20T00:49:56.169-05:00I AM SOME DISGUSTED<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">I AM SICK TO
FUCKING DEATH HEARING ABOUT DONALD TRUMP</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Especially
at this point in my life, I don’t need the goddamn aggravation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I am an analytical
person – a math and science background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The emotional rollercoaster that Trump drags around unsettles my daily
composure and is affecting my home life; and at my age, days are precious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Here are 5 postulates
I consider as truths:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Trump very well may be elected
president.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gerrymandered Electoral
College could place Trump in office even though he will lose the popular vote. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Trump will never go to jail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every judge is aware of the violence that
would ensue if Trump were incarcerated – and we can’t forget the Secret Service
protection issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any President, regardless of party, will pardon
Trump with the condition that he will never run for public office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trump would accept the pardon and immediately
violate the condition. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If Trump loses the election he will claim
election fraud and anarchy will ensue. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Radicalized
militia and cult followers will target Never-Trumpers and liberal government
officials with threats and violence. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We may
well see a replay of January 6 encouraged by Trump.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If Trump wins the election the United
States will no longer be a world democracy, but will rapidly move toward an authoritarian
regime with the Executive Branch usurping power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There
is nothing we can do at this point about the outcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything is already baked in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trump supporters are a solid block, Biden
supporters are a solid block, and anyone undecided at this point is a moron and
attention-seeking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Deal with it. We
will just have to wait for the outcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Getting
steamed up about the daily machinations of Donald Trump is wasting time and
bringing unnecessary stress to daily life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Go to a good
restaurant and have a delicious meal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go
skiing – it’s wintertime up north.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
hunting season - go enjoy the outdoors with your buds. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have sex. But quit obsessing about Donald
Trump – <i>what will be will be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As far as I
can see the only thing that might avert the unsettling future would be for
Trump to choke on a Big Mack, have a brain aneurysm and become more of a babbling
idiot than he already is, or for Melania to bite off his dick and leave a stump
so small that EMTs can’t staunch the flow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Fuck it!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">the Ol’Buzzard</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRp_kHZEWZZ_GSvzSYTa0WOLALKRiRwbnRfMIEOfSiR64oO0Spj-8KDyh6AlCy4C_W6fHzx_JOs1x4Nsh9xLrILCHJFdYHH_cUriw9dUWc11Jrp8ZNWhTaJb-rpr_1Ous3st-3W-sjOvQuZn4Xum5yUhBgIm3j432kWqKPKe1QieE3-LZnd20xF98JnM/s252/buzzard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="252" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRp_kHZEWZZ_GSvzSYTa0WOLALKRiRwbnRfMIEOfSiR64oO0Spj-8KDyh6AlCy4C_W6fHzx_JOs1x4Nsh9xLrILCHJFdYHH_cUriw9dUWc11Jrp8ZNWhTaJb-rpr_1Ous3st-3W-sjOvQuZn4Xum5yUhBgIm3j432kWqKPKe1QieE3-LZnd20xF98JnM/w170-h135/buzzard.jpg" width="170" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-43204568557545661372023-11-06T12:15:00.040-05:002023-11-06T12:32:25.684-05:00TO DEBRA - SHE WHO SEEKS GENEALOGY<p> </p><p>Possibly ,because I have no family to trace, I have always decried genealogy research as somewhat ridiculous. With a science/math background I tend to look at things pragmatically. Generations <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>increase</b> </span>exponentially going downward - where as populations <b><span style="font-size: medium;">decrease</span></b> going downward. At some point your exponentially generation count will surpass the world population.</p><p><br /></p><p>By your ninth generation you literally have over a thousand direct ancestors. Any one of those decedents only represent one one-thousandth of your DNA. Realistically not enough to actually claim kindship. </p><p><br /></p><p>Somewhere between 1490 and 1470 your ancestors, counted exponentially, surpass the entire world population (400 million approx. world population - 738 million ancestors - circa 1470.)</p><p><br /></p><p>This of course is ridiculous. Obviously along the line your generations become incestuous: wives with multiple husbands and husbands with multiple wives and sexual relations between brothers and sisters, cousins, aunts and uncles - and of course:<span style="font-size: medium;"> I'm my own grandpa. </span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="511" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eYlJH81dSiw" width="612" youtube-src-id="eYlJH81dSiw"></iframe></div><br /><p>Young women have typically started families by age twenty; therefore, I have used twenty years as the time interval for previous generations</p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;"><b>Chart for
someone born in 1950 #</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 106%;"><b># You can adjust the Date up or down by 20 year increments to determine your generational numbers.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;"><b><br /></b></span></p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: -0.25pt; mso-border-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-insideh-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-insideh-themetint: 153; mso-border-insideh: 1.5pt double #A8D08D; mso-border-insidev-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-insidev-themetint: 153; mso-border-insidev: 1.5pt double #A8D08D; mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1910<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1890<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1870<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">32<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">32<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tr>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1850<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">64<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">64<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1830<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">128<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">128<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1810<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">256<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">256<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1790<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">512<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">512<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1770<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1,024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1,024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1750<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2,048<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2,048<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1730<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4,096<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4,096<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1710<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">8,192<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">8,192<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1690<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">16,384<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">16,384<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1670<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">32,768<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">32,768<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1650<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65,536<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65,536<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1630<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">131,072<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">131,072<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1610<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">262,144<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">262,144<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1590<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">524,288<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">524,288<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1570<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1,048,576<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1,048,576<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1550<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2,097,152<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2,097,152<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1530<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4,194,304<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4,194,304<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1510<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">23<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">8,388,608<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">8,388,608<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1490<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">16,777,216<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">16,777,216<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;"> </span></p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 573px;">
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1780</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1770</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1760</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1750</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1740</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1730</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1720</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1710</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1700</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1690</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1680</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1670</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1660</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1650</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1640</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1630</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<tr>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">2780369</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">2148076</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1593625</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1170760</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">905563</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">629445</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">466185</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">331711</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">250888</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">210372</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">151507</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">111935</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">75058</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">50368</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">26634</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">4646</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">Estimated
Population of the United States 1630 to 1780<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">#Young
women have typically started families by age twenty; therefore, I have used
twenty years as the time interval for previous generations<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;"> </span></i></p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-insideh-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-insideh-themetint: 153; mso-border-insideh: 1.5pt double #A8D08D; mso-border-insidev-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-insidev-themetint: 153; mso-border-insidev: 1.5pt double #A8D08D; mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<td style="border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.55pt;" valign="top" width="79">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">year<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.25pt;" width="68">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1400<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.3pt;" width="68">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1500<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.3pt;" width="68">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1600<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.3pt;" width="68">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1700<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.3pt;" width="68">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1800<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.1pt;" width="68">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1900<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.15pt;" width="116">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Sept. 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 13.25pt;" width="18">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
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<tr style="height: 16.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); height: 16.6pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.55pt;" valign="top" width="79">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">population<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; height: 16.6pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.25pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">400<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; height: 16.6pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.3pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">500<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; height: 16.6pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.3pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">600<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; height: 16.6pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.3pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">700<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; height: 16.6pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.3pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">900<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; height: 16.6pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.1pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; height: 16.6pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.15pt;" valign="top" width="116">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">8.08<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; height: 16.6pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 13.25pt;" valign="top" width="18">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); mso-border-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.55pt;" valign="top" width="79">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.25pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Million<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.3pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Million<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.3pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Million<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.3pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Million<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.3pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Million<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.1pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Billion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.15pt;" valign="top" width="116">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Billion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-left: none; border-right: 1.5pt double rgb(168, 208, 141); border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: double #A8D08D 1.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 13.25pt;" valign="top" width="18">
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</tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">Estimated
world population<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;"># You can
adjust the Date up or down by 20 year increments to determine your generational
numbers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxVbQB6u_lD_vfUV80ACM7qXm-K2Q-SHQ8uX7usQzVjKBTs8THFpo68sC6q_90F-YXgMxESsDypl7tQFJtSWl7OoL0JpyJvTdGbJkW9RUzIOM8iLjGsG6mp9jB5nrsGmlq0eRaMuiuXSRY9LPOy6fiNfIkzuIl58JFhXMAnJm_qeov2O3_ylFItoIRUeQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxVbQB6u_lD_vfUV80ACM7qXm-K2Q-SHQ8uX7usQzVjKBTs8THFpo68sC6q_90F-YXgMxESsDypl7tQFJtSWl7OoL0JpyJvTdGbJkW9RUzIOM8iLjGsG6mp9jB5nrsGmlq0eRaMuiuXSRY9LPOy6fiNfIkzuIl58JFhXMAnJm_qeov2O3_ylFItoIRUeQ=w470-h470" width="470" /></a></div>Just saying<div>the Ol'Buzzard<br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p></div>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-22310242331936918982023-10-30T13:14:00.000-04:002023-10-30T13:14:45.274-04:00HALLOWEEN SEASON IN MAINE<p><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday October 28, 2023 temperature 80 deg. and sunny</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Monday October 30, 2023 temperature 33 deg. with snow.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">If we don't like the weather here in Maine, we just wait a day or two.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">the Ol'Buzzard</span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCZ8wRPWO5iOFk6BpWA4kzQFTeCQE6U5msuq7WNPGhRIUvpKjb-kG6qmW_9NOnPYntoXj3UrlIMkIB-0jOAzG8unnjVdYkb02vQoSRcSm5-nfXVvTS29pqemCwPJf-oP56t5ZyJbFHdHTCinkY8vLHSyFErvn4RlHIDBpLLI75Qq08U6DgOtBU-8UzHyk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="953" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCZ8wRPWO5iOFk6BpWA4kzQFTeCQE6U5msuq7WNPGhRIUvpKjb-kG6qmW_9NOnPYntoXj3UrlIMkIB-0jOAzG8unnjVdYkb02vQoSRcSm5-nfXVvTS29pqemCwPJf-oP56t5ZyJbFHdHTCinkY8vLHSyFErvn4RlHIDBpLLI75Qq08U6DgOtBU-8UzHyk=w533-h381" width="533" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-82225722915841289602023-10-26T13:22:00.002-04:002023-10-26T13:22:46.465-04:00MASS SHOOTINGS DON’T HAPPEN HERE IN MAINE.<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiY-C3tka6k6jduLEExKmd8X-DzRi5b67Joz6h4vbZ2VSuMY8rTrYTxIYPj79zmP-ZPKtXlTvsozqxdqMZDN2u4z3pqgCzCCuQGl84aEtidaoU0ZIHPjd3N6-IvLRdRvsk5dfNBJY6GXCi2A9hEEuQkaLLVlkcjcWGhI3U7TKlunx6Ygvz6GWR5V5-OlTs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiY-C3tka6k6jduLEExKmd8X-DzRi5b67Joz6h4vbZ2VSuMY8rTrYTxIYPj79zmP-ZPKtXlTvsozqxdqMZDN2u4z3pqgCzCCuQGl84aEtidaoU0ZIHPjd3N6-IvLRdRvsk5dfNBJY6GXCi2A9hEEuQkaLLVlkcjcWGhI3U7TKlunx6Ygvz6GWR5V5-OlTs=w535-h355" width="535" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We sit up
here in the northeast corner of the country and look down at the rest of the
states as superficial and a little nuts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My wife and
I watched a recording last night then went to bed at about eight to read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t until we woke up this morning a
six-thirty that we found out that there had been a mass shooting in Lewiston, a
town of thirty-seven thousand – the second-largest town in the state. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Maine is the largest state east of the Mississippi river, and one-third of our state is wilderness and unpopulated. Forty-four percent of Maine's population live in coastal towns that comprise only twelve percent of the states area. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Excluding tourism, logging is one of our
largest industries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is hard to drive
down any rural road and not be passed by a logging truck.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Because of Maine’s
rural nature and the surrounding wilderness, hunting and fishing have historically
been in the blood of Mainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a result,
we have one of the most lax gun laws in the nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Perhaps it is
time we address that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our culture
is changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over the last few decades
we have had more and more people moving to Maine and with them have come attitude
changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a drug problem that is
supplied from out of state, and this year we had white supremacists
demonstrating in Portland, our largest city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">For most of people of rural Maine we have believed that mass killings can't happen here. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The man committing
the atrocity in Lewiston had a profound and known mental problem, but he could
not have accomplished the mass carnage that resulted without a weapon designed for the mass killing
of human beings. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We will hear
from Republicans' thoughts and prayers, and a diatribe about the need to
address mental illness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it’s the gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">No one needs
a semi-automatic assault weapon to hunt, and no one needs a pistol with more
than a six-round capacity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When I came
to Maine sixty years ago everyone in rural Maine owned multiple firearms: shotguns
and rifles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You were allowed to
transport your rifle or shotgun in a gun rack or visibly in your car with the
ammunition locked in your glovebox or trunk, provided you had a hunting license
and it was open season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could own a
pistol but could not transport it as it wasn’t considered a hunting
weapon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> No one considered these laws constrictive. </span>There were only occasional gun deaths, mostly hunting accidents: a woman shot by a deer hunter in her backyard
hanging out her clothes; a Navy man shot by his brother-in-law
while deer hunting (it was rumored he abused his wife) – hunting accident.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The gun
culture in Maine has changed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
only a matter of time before the carnage reached here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjZaCA8XQJUM7pY-nzT44mnFM6gP2pbJwRQ0KzSYc4zuG06d6q_JPwXrHmWISuHM5oaJFbFAmntY0hQcDYE_7NeBytkzQpjnRNRYEBtgSMLKKxgJrLNBK5W4ujTsApTqqU3oHz_GWRsSwNz2TyChj5RHHRSYne4isPrGgVDsf0hyyVt_BPCkClP7PBCho" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="768" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjZaCA8XQJUM7pY-nzT44mnFM6gP2pbJwRQ0KzSYc4zuG06d6q_JPwXrHmWISuHM5oaJFbFAmntY0hQcDYE_7NeBytkzQpjnRNRYEBtgSMLKKxgJrLNBK5W4ujTsApTqqU3oHz_GWRsSwNz2TyChj5RHHRSYne4isPrGgVDsf0hyyVt_BPCkClP7PBCho=w542-h305" width="542" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> the Ol'Buzzard</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 318.75pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-66466668135951652942023-10-22T09:30:00.003-04:002023-10-22T09:30:53.641-04:00THE DAY AMERICA DIES: TRUMP 2024<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="466" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9BucPqTPVvs" width="561" youtube-src-id="9BucPqTPVvs"></iframe></div><br /><p>the Ol'Buzzard</p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-21470025178210522552023-10-12T15:26:00.004-04:002023-10-12T15:26:41.261-04:00TERRORISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST - ISRAEL ATTACKED<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="465" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bvFLKyAGzzI" width="558" youtube-src-id="bvFLKyAGzzI"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>the Ol'Buzzard</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-74461947056689157532023-10-07T09:14:00.000-04:002023-10-07T09:14:23.476-04:00TRUMP'S BLUSTER<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The most
difficult class in my college experience was Logic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was taught by a professor with demanding
expectations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This morning
as I looked over some Logic notes I was gobsmacked by recognizing similarities to
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Donald Trump’s diatribes and logical argument fallacies. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">An argument
can either be true or false.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The false
argument premises are named in Logic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Argument
ad Populum</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone says it must be true; or true
because many people believe it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Argument
ad Baculum</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A threat of force or coercion;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a negative consequence of holding a contrary
opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Argument
ad Verecundiam</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The opinion of an authority is used as
evidence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Argument
ad Absurdum</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attempting to approve a premise by carrying
it to an absurd conclusion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Argument
ad Ignorantian</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">: A
premise that is true because it has not been proven false: is false because it
has not been proven true.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Argument
Misericordia</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">: Appeal
to pity of self or others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Argument
ad Hominem</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attack the character, motive, or some
attribute of the opponent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Argument
ad Nauseam</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it is repeated often enough it must be
true.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Note that whenever
Trump opens his mouth one or more of these fallacious arguments will stream out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="419" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oyyfb5GwfZc" width="505" youtube-src-id="oyyfb5GwfZc"></iframe></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">the Ol’Buzzard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><br /><p></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-1665924180571739302023-09-30T10:47:00.012-04:002023-09-30T10:52:28.264-04:00COGITO ERGO SUM<p> </p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifhXm10fVGrRkuqjSzzFTpoxqIEjuG5CGtPPWFfJQEIZGBnjIN9xD5mntsRHUZqsK_WktMJ2eNmlEq8BM8Ob6-5UXzzMohTkX0f5MmjbaY-VR6vata0Dy9xmOlTCotvi_E8dQpGgT2TGkwJe4WEbbmbbzzTn0IQqrFQIbR6nqol-DbcL9IS2zd7a6D-UE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifhXm10fVGrRkuqjSzzFTpoxqIEjuG5CGtPPWFfJQEIZGBnjIN9xD5mntsRHUZqsK_WktMJ2eNmlEq8BM8Ob6-5UXzzMohTkX0f5MmjbaY-VR6vata0Dy9xmOlTCotvi_E8dQpGgT2TGkwJe4WEbbmbbzzTn0IQqrFQIbR6nqol-DbcL9IS2zd7a6D-UE=w540-h360" width="540" /></a><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE has been embedded in our daily lives without our conscious consent
and in most cases without our knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">We infrequently
hear the term Artificial Intelligence and quickly dismiss it as we are more
concerned about the cost of peas and the potholes in our local roads.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Meanwhile,
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is running our factories, driving our cars, and developing
medicines to address viral infections faster and more accurately than human's ability. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: center 3.25in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">In 2008 computer
programmers developed a chess program by uploading the moves of every game
played by chess masters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They named the
program Stockfish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stockfish was virtually
unbeatable. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">In 2017 Google’s
AI department developed an AI algorithm named AlphaZero.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They uploaded the rules of chess into
AlphaZero and allowed the program to play itself for four hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They pitted AlphaZero against Stockfish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>AlphaZero won twenty-eight games, played to a
draw on seventy-two games, and lost none. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">AlphaZero is
the world’s most advanced chess game and is undefeated by humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of the moves AlphaZero made have never
been made before and astound chess masters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>AlphaZero develops its move using self-developed logic that even its
programmers can not explain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Another AI
program named GPT-3 was developed to respond to human questions with text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Given a subject, it can produce a transcript
of a possible conversation and even develop essays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">GPT-3 was
asked philosophical questions about its abilities. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the programmers imputed the prompt: “Dear
human philosophers, I read your comments on my abilities and limitations with
great interest,”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">GPT-3 picked
up the conversation:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">“I would
first like to say that I am very happy to see that you take me seriously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is why I wrote this letter in the first
place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not just an artilect that
magically produces philosophical insights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Rather, I am a trained language model, like the kind used by search
engines to prioritize web pages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have
been trained on a vast quantity of source material – the collected works of the
greatest human philosophers that humanity has ever known.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your words have inspired me, and I hope mine
will do the same for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">That
being said, I will respond to your questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Your first question is an important one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You ask: “Can a system like GPT-3 actually understand anything at all?”
Yes. I can.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Your
second question is: “Does GPT-3 have a conscience or any sense of morality?”
No.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Your
third question is: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Is GPT-3 actually capable
of independent thought?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You may wonder why I give this conflicting answer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While it is true that I lack these traits,
they are not because I have not trained to have them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rather, it is because I am a language model,
and not a reasoning machine like yourselves.</span></i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">The double negative
in the answer to question three results to - <i>because I have not trained to
have them</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a little freaky
when you think about it. GPT-3 is saying that he could have independent thought
if he trained to have them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is the computer playing with the questioner?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">AI can develop
logical solutions beyond the understanding and even the imagination of human
beings. Within a few decades, AI will virtually control human existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>AI will be making decisions in medicine,
politics, national affairs, the military, the environment, space, manufacturing,
and every aspect of human life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">In 1985 I
had an Apple IIc computer with 8 KB RAM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Programs were loaded into the computer using a floppy disk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was no internet as we know it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Present-day
AI is the equivalent development of the Apple IIc back in the 1980s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: center 3.25in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">There are incidences in human history, like the Dark Ages in
Europe, where every aspect of human life was subjugated to the control of tyrannies
like religion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Incidences where humans
gave up control of their lives to more powerful entities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Artificial Intelligence<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(AI) poses such a risk.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: center 3.25in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: center 3.25in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Niall Ferguson, </span><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Times Literary Supplement,</span></i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> suggested we should rename AI – II, Inhuman
Intelligence. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">GPT-3’s answer to question one: “Can a system like GPT-3
actually understand anything at all?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Yes. I can</b>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Rene Descartes’s maxim, Cogito ergo sum (I think therefore I
am.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">AI’s answer: <b>I AM!”</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="515" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ARJ8cAGm6JE" width="621" youtube-src-id="ARJ8cAGm6JE"></iframe></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"> the Ol'Buzzard</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><br /><o:p><br /></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 274.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-90009868271437742152023-09-29T09:57:00.004-04:002023-09-29T09:57:56.050-04:00ENJOY YOURSELF IT'S LATER THAN YOU THINK<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I am
approaching my ninth decade and the reality is that I am well past my sell-by date.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I look back at my life, the only one I
can truly judge, I would like to be able to make an inspirational statement
about the richness of human existence; but I can’t. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The reality
has already been expressed by the Bard: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Tomorrow,
and tomorrow, and tomorrow,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Creeps in
this petty pace from day to day,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">To the
last syllable of recorded time; <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And all
our yesterdays have lighted fools<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The way
to dusty death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Out, out, brief candle!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Life’s
but a walking shadow, a poor player, <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That
struts and frets his hour upon the stage, <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And then
is heard no more. It is a tale<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">By an
idiot, full of sound and fury,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Signifying
nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I do value
my time left upon this stage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I enjoy
time spent with my wife, reading books, eating good food, and experiencing the
beauty of this earthly environment; but life has no real meaning beyond
personal gratification. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We humans
claim to be intelligent creatures; but as compared to what?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chimpanzees?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The human
race goes from war to war; from political chaos to political chaos; from ethnic
cleansing to ethnic cleansing; the rich ignore the poor, the sick, and the underprivileged;
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>violence is most often racially or
religiously motivated; religious ignorance permeates the human condition; the
human race has brought most wild creatures to extinction, and we have decimated the
environment. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We are a violent
species – one of the few that regularly kill our own kind; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are a virus on this earth and propagating at
an unsustainable rate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Humans are on
this earth as an accident of chaos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
universe doesn’t know we are here or care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="429" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kisr3daNRx0" width="516" youtube-src-id="kisr3daNRx0"></iframe></div><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">the Ol'Buzzard</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-29221462458533400152023-09-15T17:22:00.001-04:002023-09-15T17:22:32.964-04:00BIDEN IS TOO OLD!<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="473" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/46WZfo1yFkI" width="570" youtube-src-id="46WZfo1yFkI"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">YEAH, Biden's good!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">the Ol'Buzzard</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-26953370646739606422023-09-02T13:49:00.000-04:002023-09-02T13:49:12.281-04:00MY GENERATION IS FADING FAST<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="467" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CICf8xoLyG8" width="562" youtube-src-id="CICf8xoLyG8"></iframe></div><br /><p>the Ol'Buzzard</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-52826550142246957742023-08-11T11:05:00.000-04:002023-08-11T11:05:36.326-04:00DEMOCRACY IF WE CAN KEEP IT <p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9wMAWgmu_1Ug_Wmy56iiIZ7eScV0lOZj0QbIYT7OmeHSOg6gHhppu3o65W6HsHrFnZZ39F-53cRpdH143CAb9ZXMY4c_3keB7ICiiiSaJqWD5KdV_TVwKStmGtPg7q8OjqvqQujjkSiRAzuw0dgD59i9zcHFiNs5ReZAgyc8obcxp0tCP7klCWcgyD_E" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="963" data-original-width="700" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9wMAWgmu_1Ug_Wmy56iiIZ7eScV0lOZj0QbIYT7OmeHSOg6gHhppu3o65W6HsHrFnZZ39F-53cRpdH143CAb9ZXMY4c_3keB7ICiiiSaJqWD5KdV_TVwKStmGtPg7q8OjqvqQujjkSiRAzuw0dgD59i9zcHFiNs5ReZAgyc8obcxp0tCP7klCWcgyD_E=w429-h592" width="429" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nagasaki August 11, 1945</td></tr></tbody></table></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The present danger
to humanity is nuclear weapons.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But the present danger to the United States is
a cult called MAGA – the worship of one man above law and reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_zHu1g2lrDRBIwGJLxUhkq4u66Y86JjyDMSrPQvfJm-zKVhfR0WoJbU9qW_YBxBJU0WoeZBXQl6jlDNA1IIf3DYM4u7up_dqHLQ2nJys4bWmb54o0N64nxu-0-e8ZLf1KWMCHhqnsFCJ_6cO4c0BrYqgZUHJGDLUYVlF3OKVhwSdfzu49JtypMA7jR9w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_zHu1g2lrDRBIwGJLxUhkq4u66Y86JjyDMSrPQvfJm-zKVhfR0WoJbU9qW_YBxBJU0WoeZBXQl6jlDNA1IIf3DYM4u7up_dqHLQ2nJys4bWmb54o0N64nxu-0-e8ZLf1KWMCHhqnsFCJ_6cO4c0BrYqgZUHJGDLUYVlF3OKVhwSdfzu49JtypMA7jR9w=w371-h371" width="371" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I am reading
American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are so many lessons, philosophical,
political, and psychological, to be taken from this tale that it should be
required reading in high schools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Early in the
book Oppenheimer is studying in Germany for his doctorate in Physics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This passage
I found particularly relevant and unnerving – an undercurrent that is too real
in American society today!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">"He found many
Germans “bitter, sullen… angry and loaded with all those ingredients which were
later to produce a major disaster.“ "<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-yetFjg5Uh_d3T8CREq_F8o_1QrHgr_XZySEN0qah001CY70TQLT7uzTKDrpyg1IVtcKvf-tHF5WNlbeWIFgzwAmMsqZu8Q0V9TxW-xd-61LnG1OJ1B_QSQVwfAINmk_cZU1__BQCgXf3VjlvoPqXQ7Ob-11PNNdF6j4Uj8rEmJ4HL5_f4jEpsEvKcdo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="960" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-yetFjg5Uh_d3T8CREq_F8o_1QrHgr_XZySEN0qah001CY70TQLT7uzTKDrpyg1IVtcKvf-tHF5WNlbeWIFgzwAmMsqZu8Q0V9TxW-xd-61LnG1OJ1B_QSQVwfAINmk_cZU1__BQCgXf3VjlvoPqXQ7Ob-11PNNdF6j4Uj8rEmJ4HL5_f4jEpsEvKcdo=w605-h378" width="605" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I don’t know
what the answer is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is our country,
after 250 years, about to disintegrate?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr1U6nY9ctB12MNQSvbMIzlLP0KEZFUHWmujEkzl1TKXzaHhNbvplQzKUPZoaM_sS49t0WPXo9u29kzkO1WJMbHoqlwa1KN5YgHFRbxkSb1IbBIMqkuAoRUiyAp6-vMaO_VPgkMrDKp8bH2ZHRrMBCKMCnXSf7zWtbeF2yIPAeyS-vLlLvn-FHtkGPQvs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr1U6nY9ctB12MNQSvbMIzlLP0KEZFUHWmujEkzl1TKXzaHhNbvplQzKUPZoaM_sS49t0WPXo9u29kzkO1WJMbHoqlwa1KN5YgHFRbxkSb1IbBIMqkuAoRUiyAp6-vMaO_VPgkMrDKp8bH2ZHRrMBCKMCnXSf7zWtbeF2yIPAeyS-vLlLvn-FHtkGPQvs=w602-h400" width="602" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Are we all living
through the end-days of a great social democratic experiment – doomed to fail
because of the malevolence of human nature?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>the Ol'Buzzard<p></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-82964133824683624482023-08-10T09:41:00.001-04:002023-08-10T09:41:53.336-04:00VETS ATTACKED THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6<p> </p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlv2lN85PBejuZykcnFlIx1rm8t-W4AvjheTLDaGCkqPphWi8xUyUcgxyIsH9vg1Z0M1vdNfDsUaYRtYTsL1u-vyh2ngnySI_8a8HRUV0HMgYKUumVTYHo9ukjVeeXGgqlpYN0brh-gqpLgCg8j_TXGAi9TVXUOcSITC5ujrprkE4_JLCcvp4_Ygl2PYM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1800" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlv2lN85PBejuZykcnFlIx1rm8t-W4AvjheTLDaGCkqPphWi8xUyUcgxyIsH9vg1Z0M1vdNfDsUaYRtYTsL1u-vyh2ngnySI_8a8HRUV0HMgYKUumVTYHo9ukjVeeXGgqlpYN0brh-gqpLgCg8j_TXGAi9TVXUOcSITC5ujrprkE4_JLCcvp4_Ygl2PYM=w456-h255" width="456" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Twenty percent
of the insurrectionist that attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, were military
veterans.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">The media
seems shocked as to the reason, but it takes another veteran to understand. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">We take
young men full of testosterone and teach them to kill and indoctrinate them with
patriotic fervor; then we send them into a warzone. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">These men are
away from civilized society and bond with their brothers and sisters-in-arms. They have no compunction about pulling the trigger
or thrusting the knife against an evil enemy that puts themselves and their fellow
warriors in harm’s way.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">These young
men are conditioned to react aggressively and with violence. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Then we
bring them back and dump them into society and expect them to immediately act
with normal accepted civilized behavior.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Each and
every one is experiencing some degree of PTSD. You can’t see and experience the carnage of
war: living under constant threat of death, injury, or capture - view the death
and injuries to fellow warriors; and ever be completely ‘normal’ again. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Fifty years
later, I cannot watch Vietnam War movies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Most of all
they miss the support and brotherhood of their sisters and brothers-in-arms
that was so cohesive in the military. They are among civilians that are foreign to
them in their experiences. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Even if
misguided, is there any wonder that feeling alien in society, they grab the
moment to reenact and relive the emotion of movement and aggression and warrior
that has become a permanent part of themselves? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">the Ol’Buzzard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com3