https://tan2tents.podbean.com/e/the-old-family-farm/ When i was born there were no hills. They came up later, so i know a thing or two about the olden days, shall we say. The small southern saskatchewan community in which i was privileged to grow up, which happens to be the same place that the real Homer Simpson inhabited, before he …
you aren’t paid to think!
https://tan2tents.podbean.com/e/you-arent-paid-to-think/ "you just don't think", explained my dad as he expressed his frustration with one of his son's latest folly. We got a lot of laughs out of that one, but the truth is, he was hitting the nail right on the head. I wasn't thinking about the work at hand, and that is why …
a hostile silence
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-bq3rc-17e769c Sometimes in life's adventure, silence is a gift an enemy gives you when they do not realize the peace and joy you receive from that hostile silence of theirs. Othertimes, silence is the last thing you want to hear. The term "radio silence" is often used in a case where for whatever reason a …
why are gmo’s cheaper than organic?
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-9t26a-17da6a7 Remember when everything in the store was organic or are you still just a pup? Because some of us were born when there weren't any hills, they popped up later and so i clearly remember no such thing as inorganic until late last century when i first became old. When i was a lad, …
perhaps credit is the problem?
(audio version below) If lumber companies produce lumber, and drug companies produce drugs, what do banks produce? If you had your wheaties this morning, you might have guessed the answer. The correct answer is "debt". We often think of banks as a place to keep our money safely stored for us. Some of us are …
are we all being democracided?
audio version at the bottom of the page. Colorful birds flit through the trees singing sweetly, children play happily in the meadows, the sun shines throughout the day and we all live in wonderful democracies which we must diligently protect from evil and harm yeah right. Many countries claim to follow democratic principles. Yet while …
a system based on promises
Historically, people traded in real goods. That meant that it was advisable to locate, produce or otherwise obtain something of real significant value with which to trade for the things you were otherwise unwilling or unable to produce for yourself. This system required a level of honesty and trust similar to today's financial system, but …
regulatory capture
https://tan2tents.podbean.com/e/regulatory-capture/ Once upon a time i had an interesting experience while flying with our very competent local airline here in the yukon territory of what used to be canada. I say, used to be because nearly everything has changed to the point of being unrecognizable since i grew up in the place but i digress. …
nursing from governmental paps
https://tan2tents.podbean.com/e/nursing-from-governmental-paps/ Instead of being continually gobsmacked by some new outrageous, damaging, expensive, detrimental and evil proposal from the predators, would it make sense to anticipate these sorts of things? Anticipating evil from evil people actually makes quite a bit of sense when you think about it. Imagine anticipating acts of goodwill and generosity coming from …
get your hands off my stack!
I get epiphanies now and then . It's always a good feeling when a realization hits me (ouch) that i've been doing some simple basic task the wrong way for decades. And as i was driving along the highway taking in the sights, i got another one and it dawned on me that at it's …
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