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Saturday, November 26, 2016

CASTRO DIES AT 90


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My Three Days With Fidel
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TRUMP WINS

Election 2016

Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER and MICHAEL BARBARO




Donald Trump's Victory Speech

Donald J. Trump addressed supporters in New York early Wednesday after he was elected president in a stunning upset against Hillary Clinton.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on November 9, 2016. Photo by Eric Thayer for The New York Times. Watch in Times Video »

Donald John Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States on Tuesday in a stunning culmination of an explosive, populist and polarizing campaign that took relentless aim at the institutions and long-held ideals of American democracy.
The surprise outcome, defying late polls that showed Hillary Clinton with a modest but persistent edge, threatened convulsions throughout the country and the world, where skeptics had watched with alarm as Mr. Trump’s unvarnished overtures to disillusioned voters took hold.
The triumph for Mr. Trump, 70, a real estate developer-turned-reality television star with no government experience, was a powerful rejection of the establishment forces that had assembled against him, from the world of business to government, and the consensus they had forged on everything from trade to immigration.
The results amounted to a repudiation, not only of Mrs. Clinton, but of President Obama, whose legacy is suddenly imperiled. And it was a decisive demonstration of power by a largely overlooked coalition of mostly blue-collar white and working-class voters who felt that the promise of the United States had slipped their grasp amid decades of globalization and multiculturalism.



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Looking Back on Donald J. Trump’s Campaign

Looking Back on Donald J. Trump’s Campaign

Todd Heisler/The New York Times

In Mr. Trump, a thrice-married Manhattanite who lives in a marble-wrapped three-story penthouse apartment on Fifth Avenue, they found an improbable champion.




“The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer,” Mr. Trump told supporters around 3 a.m. on Wednesday at a rally in New York City, just after Mrs. Clinton called to concede.
In a departure from a blistering campaign in which he repeatedly stoked division, Mr. Trump sought to do something he had conspicuously avoided as a candidate: Appeal for unity.
“Now it’s time for America to bind the wounds of division,” he said. “It is time for us to come together as one united people. It’s time.”




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Sunday, November 16, 2014

Damon Horowitz-Philosophy In Prison




















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I believe that this video shows the mistakes one can make in life. One single wrong decision and bam, you are on a wrong course to a bad place. This Tony that Damon Horowitz speaks of is in prison for shooting a gang member and is getting a visit from Damon who is there speaking to inmates about Philosophy.


Tony is not altogether lost. he does complete a paper on the subject of Philosophy, which connects to our list of disciplines in the way we think. Tony now begins to question many of the things in his life and through his report shows that he is knowledgeable and has a free mind, even though his body is in prison.








......shows that he is knowledgeable and has a free mind


Of course, Tony must pay for what he has done. It is a shame that he learns certain things "on  the inside" rather than on his own. I do get the feeling that he will be a "one timer" and that his experiences will lead to him being released and living a better life. One bad decision in robbing a gang member after he supposedly robbed him will lead him and many others to more thought and contemplation. If he had this additional skill earlier he would not have been in trouble or would have been able to disassociate with the bad things in his life.






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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Philosophy - A Guide to Happiness: Socrates on Self-Confidence

Philosophy - A Guide to Happiness: Socrates on Self-Confidence  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVA8jX9KQcE

Socrates Now


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This is an interesting video shown in class which starting out has Alain De Botton riding a motor bike through the city of Greece. He talks of Socrates and Philosophy, being one of our disciplines we are studying, and how he questions many of Socrates habits and successes, among other things. I must admit that I was surprised that he would bring up many of Socrates' odd behaviors in his life, such as the great Socrates refusing to wear sandals and having big eyes and such, but he does make good points in the interview that he conducts with a man named Andrew Miller and the company British Biotech and his loan stance against his company and his peers.

Going against others in any circumstance is a brave thing, especially if you have no support from anyone. Many people, due to fear, go with the group. They will "follow the sheep" or be led by others. Socrates led a similar life, questioning and evaluating everything. Quite brave, when you thing about it. It was the reason why he was executed but he still stated his views and opinions, even when facing death. That makes him stand alone in my book. Very few have even talked about their views publicly, such as the moderator of this video asks when walking through Greece asking peoples views. It is hard sometimes to separate yourself from a crowd and stand up for something.


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Thursday, October 23, 2014

The Freakonomics oF Crack Dealing






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This was a total surprise for me. I am shocked that someone like Sadir would have the guts to approach such people for an interview, of all things. I am glad the person survived the night. It does, however, put a new light on analyzing people that are in society that use illegal substances to profit themselves and then "still live with Mom", so to speak. There is more to "dealing" than meets the eye. bravo to the student from the University of Chicago.



 After watching the video "Is religion good or bad?" I first thought of our reading assignment "Freaks , Geeks and Cool kids". Is belonging to a religion a "wanting to belong?" Are we attempting a family structure of sorts, to share, be accepted, or loved? We have no shortfall of religions across the world yet we tend to follow what we like or were born into, good or bad?


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Of course, I do not believe that illegal substances dealers will quit their profession by watching this video, but I would not think twice in believing that one or two might do a double take on their position and find similarities with what the video shows.






When Mr. Levitt talks of how many of the dealers are still "broke" and live at home with mom, I thought that it was almost too funny. All those illegal actions and they end back where they started. The violence, bloodshed, and lives lost to basically go nowhere shows an element in society that takes us down many levels. this particular video is connected to our Economics discipline in which it deals with the supposed finances of illegal dealers. It can, as well, be connected to  Psychology as well.
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