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Month: April 2016

APOLOGY OF SOCRATES

APOLOGY OF SOCRATES

Voice from the past that might illuminate the present: Plato : APOLOGY OF SOCRATES “O my friend, why do you who are a citizen of the great and mighty and wise city of Athens, care so much about laying up the greatest amount of money and honor and reputation, and so little about wisdom and truth and the greatest improvement of the soul, which you never regard or heed at all? Are you not ashamed of this? “ Today’s  word…

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Open letter to Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz – by Ani Zonneveld

Open letter to Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz – by Ani Zonneveld

She is appealing to a medieval Saudi monarch who’s one and only pursuit is self preservation of the oligarch ruling class. The Saudi monarchy abhors democracy. It works quite well for the rulers of Saudi Arabia to use religion to control its people. It would take a remarkable man to measure what she says as the truth. Truth has little value in the minds the oppressors.

Letter To REI To Consider Former Sports Chalet Store.

Letter To REI To Consider Former Sports Chalet Store.

I received reports that the Sports Chalet store in Brea, California seemed to have a special positive standing in the community.  Here are some empirical indicators: Customers arriving at the checkout during the liquidation sales made comments to the staff that they did not like any other sporting good store.  Some were close to crying. The manager of the liquidation company made the statement that in over 10 years of offering liquidation sales, he had never seen a store like…

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CERT TIP: Coaches Wristband

CERT TIP: Coaches Wristband

When we got to the section covering triage, I fully expected that I would forget what I had learned. I rather quickly came up with a solution. I remembered seeing football quarterbacks having a wrist band that showed vital information on their arm. I looked for this device and quickly found them for sale.