https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8PWkZ7FB5s
Up until 1960 the animal population of the Earth was relatively stable at a constant level. Since 1960, 60% of the animal population on Earth has been lost, 75% of the insect population has been lost, 90% of the bee population has been lost. The Earth is experiencing one of the worst animal die offs in the history of the planet and most people are unaware, or unconcerned. This is directly attributable to human activity. Prepare for doom.
Monday, December 31, 2018
What's for dinner?
Four new installments in the "What's for Dinner?" series #4 - #7
Order yours today.
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William Schaeffer
Friday, December 28, 2018
Millennial Madness
In 1960, it was possible to pay an average house mortgage with 25% of one average take home pay. There was no student debt. Today it takes 100% of one average salary to pay off the average house mortgage. Average student debt today is $30,000, or more than the cost of an average house in 1960. THAT represents all the difference in the world. America is a prison.
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William Schaeffer
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William Schaeffer
We will never forget
Few people realize that during the last recession in 2008, the unemployment numbers for men was similar to the Great Depression: "30% of all men in the USA did not work for two years" The big difference was that in 1929, there were few women in the labor market, and in 2008, women's unemployment was MUCH less dramatic, so the TOTAL unemployment figures were around 10%. But the 30% of men whose lives were absolutely destroyed, will never forget. We will never forget.
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William Schaeffer
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William Schaeffer
Sunday, December 23, 2018
Burn baby Burn
Response to a comment on a youtube video on wealth that said"Burn down the gated communities..."
The stratification of wealth and concentration of wealth in the USA is greater than almost anytime in human history. The concentration and stratification of wealth is possibly greater than in the France of Louis XVI. The lower classes in the USA will eventually determine they have nothing to lose and there will be a mass revolution and rioting. Eventually, the rich enclaves will all be targeted in another reign of violence similar to the reign of violence that ended the career of Louis XVI. Since "Wealth never divests itself willingly" I do not see another likely scenario. One can only hope...
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William Schaeffer
The stratification of wealth and concentration of wealth in the USA is greater than almost anytime in human history. The concentration and stratification of wealth is possibly greater than in the France of Louis XVI. The lower classes in the USA will eventually determine they have nothing to lose and there will be a mass revolution and rioting. Eventually, the rich enclaves will all be targeted in another reign of violence similar to the reign of violence that ended the career of Louis XVI. Since "Wealth never divests itself willingly" I do not see another likely scenario. One can only hope...
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William Schaeffer
Thursday, December 20, 2018
You are expendable
When I first started in computer graphics in 1988, I laughed -- because at that time it was common knowledge that "you cannot get a script writing job if you are older than fifty" and I was in computer graphics. I had a technical skill. Well, thirty years later, I find that the same thing happened to me after fifty years old. Look at the VFX work crews you know: How many people are older than forty years old? How many people are older than fifty years old? How many people are older than sixty years old? Why do you think you will still have a career when you are 55 years old? You won't... This is America. You are expendable.
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William Schaeffer
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William Schaeffer
Cell Phone priorities
Comment on facebook on prevalence of texting and lack of "real" phone calls in modern society:
" Actually, I think it is corporate manipulation. "Texts" are WAY less expensive to facilitate than a REAL phone call is. Corporations ONLY care about profit. The phone companies are actively discouraging phone talking for the past twenty years: 1. Answering a cell phone call requires several operations and is not simple. 2. Audio fidelity is lousy. It is not pleasant, and barely workable for plain speech. The cell phone cannot transmit music over an ordinary conversation connection. 3. Good vocal communication encourages good relationships and populist political action. The more we can prevent good communication, the easier it is to keep people in corporate slavery."
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" Actually, I think it is corporate manipulation. "Texts" are WAY less expensive to facilitate than a REAL phone call is. Corporations ONLY care about profit. The phone companies are actively discouraging phone talking for the past twenty years: 1. Answering a cell phone call requires several operations and is not simple. 2. Audio fidelity is lousy. It is not pleasant, and barely workable for plain speech. The cell phone cannot transmit music over an ordinary conversation connection. 3. Good vocal communication encourages good relationships and populist political action. The more we can prevent good communication, the easier it is to keep people in corporate slavery."
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William Schaeffer
Disfunctional Society
Comment on a youtube video about childhood abuse and PTSD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBpF8sWycQQ
HAHA.. We are all the descendants of "Slaves, prostitutes, prisoners, alcoholics, religious fanatics, and criminal opportunists" because those were the only people that migrated to America in the first place. America IS a toxic society.
"Mental Health is a fantasy of the wealthy in America" - Zobo the Clown
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William Schaeffer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBpF8sWycQQ
HAHA.. We are all the descendants of "Slaves, prostitutes, prisoners, alcoholics, religious fanatics, and criminal opportunists" because those were the only people that migrated to America in the first place. America IS a toxic society.
"Mental Health is a fantasy of the wealthy in America" - Zobo the Clown
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William Schaeffer
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Love and Empathy
from December 19, 2017
A old, and close family associate is obsessed with the idea that I am not a born again Christian and he is sending me critical and accusatory emails.
This is my response to him, below. Any comments in facebook land?
All ideas and comments are welcome...?
"Sorry you are obsessed with this simple idea. It occurs to me that it is perfectly possible to have loving relationships based on nurturing, caring and mutual support without the same understanding of how the world works or even the same code of behavior. A good example would be with an animal.
We can have a loving, trusting, nurturing relationship with a dog, horse, cat, or most mammals that is genuine and has true emotions. These animals will even behave in ways we find unacceptable, but we still love and care for them. Why is it so difficult to love and care for humans? Why is it so difficult to feel compassion and warmth with someone who does not have your same priorities, or goals in life? (for example -- an artist, or musician instead of an auto mechanic or mail carrier)
Most mammals feel love and affection unconditionally, why is it so difficult for so many humans to feel love?
Concentrate on the love and empathy.
Thanks.
William"
A old, and close family associate is obsessed with the idea that I am not a born again Christian and he is sending me critical and accusatory emails.
This is my response to him, below. Any comments in facebook land?
All ideas and comments are welcome...?
"Sorry you are obsessed with this simple idea. It occurs to me that it is perfectly possible to have loving relationships based on nurturing, caring and mutual support without the same understanding of how the world works or even the same code of behavior. A good example would be with an animal.
We can have a loving, trusting, nurturing relationship with a dog, horse, cat, or most mammals that is genuine and has true emotions. These animals will even behave in ways we find unacceptable, but we still love and care for them. Why is it so difficult to love and care for humans? Why is it so difficult to feel compassion and warmth with someone who does not have your same priorities, or goals in life? (for example -- an artist, or musician instead of an auto mechanic or mail carrier)
Most mammals feel love and affection unconditionally, why is it so difficult for so many humans to feel love?
Concentrate on the love and empathy.
Thanks.
William"
If you build mansions...
"If you build mansions, then you'll create the homeless." - Zobo the Clown
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William Schaeffer
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Half Life
The half life of Nuclear fuel is 500,000 years. During that entire time it is hazardous, radioactive poison. According to science, that is at least twice as long as Humanity, or Homo Sapiens, has even existed as a species (about 200,000 to 300,000 years) And -- according to Archbishop James Ussher, that is almost eighty three times as long as the entire Planet Earth has even existed (because Planet Earth was "created" on October 23, 4004 B.C.).
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William Schaeffer
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It is 4:30 Am and a man outside in the street is screaming bitter anguish at the world. "It's not fair" he screams with a voice raw from screaming. He stops and yells again. I cannot make out the words. No one responds. Nobody hears. He is all alone in the heart of the night. So am I.
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William Schaeffer
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William Schaeffer
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Street Wisdom from Zobo the Clown
"There is no LOVE in America"
"America is a prison"
"Nobody cares if you are dead or alive"
- Zobo the Clown
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William Schaeffer
"America is a prison"
"Nobody cares if you are dead or alive"
- Zobo the Clown
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William Schaeffer
Saturday, December 15, 2018
I saw a woman screaming
I saw a woman screaming in broken hearted agony, sitting on a bus bench with a back pack and a duffle bag. Everyone, including myself, just walked by and pretended not to see her. I walked across the street a half a block away and stood and listened to her for a while. It was very sad to hear her give vent to her loss and her torment. I wish there was something I could have done, but there wasn't. I continued walking home. Nobody cares about anybody in America any more.
I saw a man asleep right on the sidewalk in the rain without a blanket.
I saw the sun rise this morning and nobody noticed.
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William Schaeffer
I saw a man asleep right on the sidewalk in the rain without a blanket.
I saw the sun rise this morning and nobody noticed.
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William Schaeffer
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Friday, December 7, 2018
Grade School Bullying
Response to a facebook post on Grade School Bullying:
Grade School concept and environment inherently promotes bullying, ostracization, and works to destroy your family and social relationships BY DESIGN... This is a planned feature of grade school. Grade School concepts were invented in East Prussia in the 1880's - 1890's and were adopted by Thomas Dewey and American educators at the behest of the manufacturing industry. Grade school is not designed to make you a complete and fully functioning adult human. Grade school is designed to make you a factory slave. FACT. Additionally, it was the Grade School system that helped make NAZI philosophy so appealing to German citizens in the early 20th century.
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William Schaeffer
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Ants have Two Stomachs
I bought a children's book on insects figuring it would be enjoyable, easy reading, and I would probably learn something new anyway. I did. I learned that ants have two stomachs. One is for digesting food for nutrition. The other stomach is used to store food to share with other ants.
I told this fact to my friend Emi and she said, "Oh. Ants are more advanced than humans."
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William Schaeffer
I told this fact to my friend Emi and she said, "Oh. Ants are more advanced than humans."
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William Schaeffer
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Politics as usual?
"The only way that we are going to get out of this situation is by choosing to be courageous." - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
I Hate This Life
I never had any choice about coming into it.
And I don't have much choice going out.
And I am not so sure how much choice
I have about anything else in between.
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William Schaeffer
And I don't have much choice going out.
And I am not so sure how much choice
I have about anything else in between.
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William Schaeffer
Standing Out in a Crowd
Question: Do you celebrate uniqueness, or punish individuality?
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William Schaeffer
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William Schaeffer
Monday, December 3, 2018
Yankee Doodle Dandy
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William Schaeffer
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Answers to questions
1. If people ask your Religion, tell them that, "I'm a Philosopher."
2. If people ask if you are a Vegetarian, tell them that, "I'm a Nutty Fruitarian."
3. If people ask if you are Conservative or Liberal, tell them that, "I'm an Artist."
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William Schaeffer
2. If people ask if you are a Vegetarian, tell them that, "I'm a Nutty Fruitarian."
3. If people ask if you are Conservative or Liberal, tell them that, "I'm an Artist."
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William Schaeffer
The Ten Thousand Year Dark Ages of Mankind
At the end of the ten thousand year dark ages, the world will be quite different. All the polar ice caps will have melted and humans will live at the South pole. Caucasian white people will have disappeared. The surviving peoples will live in harmony with the environment and there will be no big cities or great concentrations of population. Technology will be so advanced that people do not use fossil fuels or burn wood, but get energy directly from the sun and magnetic and gravitational fields. People will fly small crafts instead of driving on the surface of the planet. People will be more telepathic.
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William Schaeffer
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William Schaeffer
Prediction
William's Prediction:
Donald Trump will lead the world into WWIII within the next five years. The USA will get destroyed after a long grinding nuclear showdown and a massive scale land invasion on the West Coast. The "heartland" will be absolutely destroyed.
Analysis:
William
There is no way the USA could win a protracted war against an alliance of Iran, Russian, Turkey, and China. With 6% of the population against 35% of the world population, we do not stand a chance, no matter how sophisticated our weapon systems are.
Remember: the North American continent has been successfully invaded and captured. Neither Russia or China has ever been successfully invaded and held. The Mongols had about 80 good years in both countries, but that was it. Even they could not last.
Alexi
If even India Launched their nuclear arsenal at Pakistan or another neighbor it would cause all life on earth to perish within 6 months and the earth would be enshrouded in gases making it unlivable by oxygen or carbon dioxide breathing life for at least tens of thousands of years! These gases would also block out ALL sunlight for at least tens of thousands of years.
William
That won't stop the "born again Christians" from trying the same tactic. They pray for the end of the world so they think there will be a "Heaven on Earth" afterwards. HAHAHA
46% of the entire population of the USA is self described as "Born Again Christians" There is no other nation on Earth that has a sizable, or in most cases even a countable population of Born Again Christians. It is a uniquely American distorted delusion of thought. Too bad. It will bring about the end of the world as we know it and launch what I call "The Ten Thousand Year Dark Ages of Mankind" It is already TOO LATE to prevent.
Adolf Hitler was told before WWII that Germany did not have the resources to win a protracted war against its neighbors. Hitler dismissed the idea and maintained that the "German fighting spirit" would prevail. Apparently the Confederate States thought the same thing before the Civil War. And in both cases the early years of the war seemed to confirm that thought.
And in 16 years of fighting in Afghanistan, there has been absolutely no progress or achievement whatsoever. Our enemy The Taliban is still a powerful influence and politically controls at least half of the land territory. The USA cannot even destroy a rag tag medieval army of terrorists and mercenaries effectively, how can they possibly destroy China?
This isn't politics, THIS IS MATH.
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William Schaeffer
Donald Trump will lead the world into WWIII within the next five years. The USA will get destroyed after a long grinding nuclear showdown and a massive scale land invasion on the West Coast. The "heartland" will be absolutely destroyed.
Analysis:
William
There is no way the USA could win a protracted war against an alliance of Iran, Russian, Turkey, and China. With 6% of the population against 35% of the world population, we do not stand a chance, no matter how sophisticated our weapon systems are.
Remember: the North American continent has been successfully invaded and captured. Neither Russia or China has ever been successfully invaded and held. The Mongols had about 80 good years in both countries, but that was it. Even they could not last.
Alexi
If even India Launched their nuclear arsenal at Pakistan or another neighbor it would cause all life on earth to perish within 6 months and the earth would be enshrouded in gases making it unlivable by oxygen or carbon dioxide breathing life for at least tens of thousands of years! These gases would also block out ALL sunlight for at least tens of thousands of years.
William
That won't stop the "born again Christians" from trying the same tactic. They pray for the end of the world so they think there will be a "Heaven on Earth" afterwards. HAHAHA
46% of the entire population of the USA is self described as "Born Again Christians" There is no other nation on Earth that has a sizable, or in most cases even a countable population of Born Again Christians. It is a uniquely American distorted delusion of thought. Too bad. It will bring about the end of the world as we know it and launch what I call "The Ten Thousand Year Dark Ages of Mankind" It is already TOO LATE to prevent.
Adolf Hitler was told before WWII that Germany did not have the resources to win a protracted war against its neighbors. Hitler dismissed the idea and maintained that the "German fighting spirit" would prevail. Apparently the Confederate States thought the same thing before the Civil War. And in both cases the early years of the war seemed to confirm that thought.
And in 16 years of fighting in Afghanistan, there has been absolutely no progress or achievement whatsoever. Our enemy The Taliban is still a powerful influence and politically controls at least half of the land territory. The USA cannot even destroy a rag tag medieval army of terrorists and mercenaries effectively, how can they possibly destroy China?
This isn't politics, THIS IS MATH.
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William Schaeffer
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