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Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.

Brilliant

Cool! coat the inside of the coffee filters lightly with a non-toxic, breathable, sticky substance (honey, syrup, etc). Sprinkle the activated charcoal lightly and evenly over the sticky substance. Bind the edges of two filters together with the duct tape (charcoal inward). Press the filters tightly to your nose and face and breathe deeply to check for airflow (if not enough, lighten the load). Then bind the edges of the filters to the inside of a silk scarf, bandana, etc..(the duct tape probably won't work on the silk, you may have to sew it). Fit tightly to your nose and mouth. Make several of them. Check every few hours, when the filter starts turning medium to dark brown, discard and replace. Take care and be well

Coffee filters, duct tape? Also, to be clear, it needs to be activated charcoal and not barbecue charcoal.

Can you get your hands on silk, honeycombed cardboard and charcoal?

All of my children and grandchildren have long, healthy happy, productive, good lives. I always have a good, intelligent, vigilant, protective, dog. And I die, at just the right time, five minutes before my wife does.

Wisdom of the Great Round Mirror First A mirror will reflect absolutely any object which comes before its surface, it will not refuse any object, all are equally accepted. Second There exists no distinction between good and evil, big and small, beauty and ugliness for the mirror. The mirror reflects things as mountains and oceans, in the same way it will reflect a tiny insect. This is equality of acceptance, there exists no value judgment, definition or concept, only the object is reflected. Third The mirror reflects the mountain as a mountain, and the ocean as an ocean, it accepts things as they are without changing them. Fourth The mirror never keeps or sticks to a reflection after the object is removed. It returns to its peaceful state ready to reflect anything that comes up, not attached to anything.

Be safe!

the shitsorm begins after having walked away Thank you my friend Earl

to who knows the code given up to the seekers to illuminate

Nothing to see here except very clever cats and silent rumbles

Attention craves more. Which makes things very boring instead of soaring. ( Forgive the rhyming, it is the rebel in me)

Being an observer with lessening narrative, heck that is great! Letting things pass through without the why is probably better in most cases. Always be on the lookout for new ways to ground yourself.

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I got to thinking about this again and how your reply seemed so strange. TaoMeow herself said that she had never before gone off on anyone like that before. Other people mentioned how she was unrecognizable in her responses. (Obviously not brilliantly following her way). Why were you spinning obvious BS? I also was wondering why you had to jump in and defend a very strong, extremely capable women who does not need a white knight? Then I was looking at how you twisted and misapplied my use of guilty. Then it dawned on me. When TaoMeow was being harassed and treated so unfairly, (that she ended up leaving until the moderators left and you were no longer admin) that it was your moderators that were harassing her. You watched it unfold and you could have stopped it at any time and you did not! You know you should have, but, you did not. Guilt!

Did something bad happen today? You have been mean-spirited, telling people to fuck off and launching mistaken slanderous attacks, unable to let go of untenable positions. Always resorting to a kind of clever silliness. Completely off your game! Well, I kind of feel guilty for being part of hijacking a thread so, I will move on. Whatever is going on, I hope it is better tomorrow. Take care and be well,

Funny, a meaningless mis-direction from your original incorrect statement but, still very funny! You have quite a talent for that. I have no problem with my not understanding many things, and you?

Not understanding something and its being wrong are two very different things.

It may be a bit of a stretch but, then again, I do not accept the premise that "if you can't explain your theory in simple words to a five-year-old, it is wrong ".

Let me try. Alberto Rivera took a few harsh facts and helped spin them into a web that was 90+% outrageous lies. He believed that the Jesuits were even responsible for the formation of the religion of Islam. The fact that the Jesuits were established 700 years after Islam seemed to have made no difference to him.The man was a crackpot. Anybody who actually gives a shit about his conspiracy bullshit, here is some reading for you: http://www.redicecreations.com/specialreports/2006/04apr/catholicislam.html It is certainly good for a few good laughs.

I agree with you completely! All of the great powers are run by a few very ambitious individuals.-- Buckminster Fuller

I agree! That is why a total war in the middle east is unlikely because both Iran and Saudi Arabia would not survive it and they know it. The leaders in both countries are all about keeping their power. After a war like that, they would have virtually none.

I will concede that as true only if Egypt or the USA never got involved-- which they would.

Most of the Eastern traditions share common metaphysical principles; above all, the concepts of Non-duality and Universal Man can be traced in all authentic traditions of the East.-- Radpour

An incredibly complex soup: Egypt, on Friday denounced protesters’ attack on the US embassy in Baghdad. Egypt has security agreements with Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA. Saudi Arabia has security agreements with the USA. Saudi Arabia's military is considered the equal of Iran. A very large majority of Egyptians hold a favorable opinion of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia hates Iran. The above barely scratches the surface of the Gordian Knot that is the Middle East!