Appropriate Resolutions

Appropriate resolutions, adding value to our lives while enhancing those lives we touch.

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"There's always a faster gun out there, waiting." Nations & people need to remember this truth!

If you’ re going to get into fight with someone, physically, verbally, and emotionally,…..  there will always be a faster gun out there! The gun may be real, as with nations, gunfighters, or gangsters, or it may metaphorical with words or malicious deeds. And not only for our country; those who try to dominate others always end up losing, sooner or later. Like Dennis Overbye, a science writer and…

"There's always a faster gun out there, waiting." Nations & people need to remember this truth!

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"Let me speak plainly, for time is short and war is unforgiving. You summoned me not for praise, but for truth. I do not come to flatter a commander who has laid waste to his own ranks. I come because there are whispers in the wind, and the army stirs with unrest. They see the rot. They smell it beneath the gold. They will not follow forever."

This 1500+ year wisdom from Sun Tzu is as relevant today as it was then. Ignore it at your own risk.

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calming your mind, letting go your anger with whatever works, will leave your mind free to respond to the other person in ways which will enhance and nurture your relationships.

Anger is a signal that you're afraid of something, so it's not a time to make decisions or to react at the other person(s). "The calm mind sees with compassion. It listens. It understands. It chooses peace over pride."

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To My Canadian brothers and sisters:  Please accept the sincerest apologies of many Americans for the lies,  degradation and stupidity you have been subjected to by the U.S. president  and his supporters and enablers.

Yes, we can still be friends, despite the MAGA MORON in the White House. His era will end, even though the damage he has done in so many areas to so many people, will take years to heal.

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Despite the relative stability of personal traits, we will likely adopt elements of both extremes in the short and long term, depending on circumstances and personal needs (Cooper, 2021).

I was a closet introvert until i became assertive enough to ask for what i needed; it was what i needed to evolve into an ambivert.

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Canada is taxing the Tech billionaires & Dumb Donald is pissed about Canada's tech-tax; why, because those tech billionaires are his best-buddies!

Happy Canada Day weekend. You beautiful, complicated, quietly confident country.                                          We’ve got work to do, yes. But we’ve also got decency, intelligence, and a government that speaks for the people. “Enter Donald J. Trump, stage far-right, with a Friday afternoon meltdown that was typical.” It’s about the new tax on tech billionaires, Trump’s buddies! Let’s…

Canada is taxing the Tech billionaires & Dumb Donald is pissed about Canada's tech-tax; why, because those tech billionaires are his best-buddies!

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“Come, you masters of war.....," As relevant today as it was in 1963."

One of Dylan’s fiercest songs, “Masters of War” protests not only the Vietnam war but war in general. It demonstrates the real nature of war—that the “masters” who initiate and orchestrate the wars are (always) safe… https://www.google.com/search?q=Master+od+war+video&oq=Master+od+war+video&aqs=chrome..69i57.5602j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:ecb30b3b,vid:h2mabTnMHe8,st:0 And…

“Come, you masters of war.....," As relevant today as it was in 1963."

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Freedom or tyranny is a choice all freedom-demanding people need to make, sooner or later, and regularly. 

Freedom or tyranny is a choice all freedom-demanding people need to make, sooner or later, and regularly.  We Canadians were faced with this choice not long ago.  We decided (most of us) to choose a principled leader who put Canadians first before his own political compulsions. We chose a leader, not a wanna-be king!   The Republic or Tyranny?  The Choice Jefferson Faced in 1776 Is Now The…

Freedom or tyranny is a choice all freedom-demanding people need to make, sooner or later, and regularly. 

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When our Prime Minister met with the "transitional" US President, "... Carney’s performance reinforced why Canadians chose him to defend their interests: he’s a smart, steady leader who knows how to stand up to bullies and keep his country’s values front and center."

“In the end, Carney’s performance reinforced why Canadians chose him to defend their interests: he’s a smart, steady leader who knows how to stand up to bullies and keep his country’s values front and center.” Mark Carney’s first meeting with Donald Trump as Canada’s new prime minister was a masterclass in calm, competent leadership up against bluster and misinformation. Carney, who swept into…

When our Prime Minister met with the "transitional" US President, "... Carney’s performance reinforced why Canadians chose him to defend their interests: he’s a smart, steady leader who knows how to stand up to bullies and keep his country’s values front and center."

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The Retail Apocalypse is here! If your favourite stores are going out of business, it may not be an accident. Think 'extractive monopolism'!

Thousands of brick-and-mortar retail and dining storefronts are sitting empty in the wake of a tsunami of business closures across Canada and the US in recent months. But were the closures market driven, or financial engineering? Doug Stephens, founder of consulting agency Retail Prophet, and other analysts saythe closures were hardly a surprise. The “wholesale collapse of the mid-tier of retail”…

The Retail Apocalypse is here! If your favourite stores are going out of business, it may not be an accident. Think 'extractive monopolism'!

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Activist pastor who has criticized Trump arrested while praying inside Capitol

Rev. William Barber is pictured at a rally outside the US Capitol in 2023. He was arrested inside the Capitol on Monday (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) A North Carolina pastor famous for decades of activism for progressive causes was arrested in the Capitol rotunda on Monday, less than a week after the formation of the Trump administration’s task force on…

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Desperate Donald Trump attacks President Obama and Hillary Clinton, trying to distract Americans from his own nefarious dismantling of the United States.

As Trump’s crimes come home to roost, and get closer to his bent oval office, Donald Trump, in desperation, is using his pet minions at the DOJ trying to come up with dirt on President Obama and even Hillary Clinton. So here is a partial list of what Donald TRujmp with his pet Republicans have done to Americans, their country, and their democracy. But on whose orders? The rule of Law and…

Desperate Donald Trump attacks President Obama and Hillary Clinton, trying to distract Americans from his own nefarious dismantling of the United States.

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As summer approaches, and vacations are being planned, hears another personal warning about crossing the American border! The USA is NOT the country it used to be!

If you’re planning a trip to the USA, think again whether you want to take the risk and whether it is worth the potential consequences. This personal experience shows you the new treatment of even legal people from Canada going on holiday.   The USA is not the country it was. It is no longer Canada’s friendly neighbour, but has become a paranoid 3rd world dictatorship. Believe it! Read this story…

As summer approaches, and vacations are being planned, hears another personal warning about crossing the American border! The USA is NOT the country it used to be!

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Avoid U.S. or take burner phones, Canadian executives tell staff

Bloomberg News, Thomas Seal, Published Apr 14, 2025, Last updated 1 day ago, 3 minute read If you value your privacy, and your freedom, avoid travelling to Trump’s USA! Major public institutions in Canada, including a pension management firm and a leading hospital, are advising staff against travelling to the United States, marking a greater erosion in the country’s longstanding trust with its…

Avoid U.S. or take burner phones, Canadian executives tell staff

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Like Churchill said to Chamberlain after his betrayal of Czechoslovakia, “You had the choice between dishonour and war. You chose dishonour and you will have war.”

By saying nothing, New Zealand — and many other countries— were effectively condoning and being complicit in what Trump was doing. The New Zealand Society, 3 April at 12:11:   The former NZ High Commissioner to London, Phil Goff, has taken to Facebook to explain why he questioned President Donald Trump’s knowledge of history, which led to the sacking of his diplomatic post. These are his…

Like Churchill said to Chamberlain after his betrayal of Czechoslovakia, “You had the choice between dishonour and war. You chose dishonour and you will have war.”

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When followers of Christ's teachings make a deal with the 'devil', they become the hypocrites they pretend to detest. The Vatican signed just such an agreement with Hitler's Nazis 92 years and 3 months ago.

 Hitler and the Catholic Church signed a concordat (agreement) in 1933. But how different were those Catholics from some self-professed American Christians in 2025?   https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/agreement-catholic-church Facing History & Ourselves, “An Agreement with the Catholic Church”, last updated August 2, 2016. In 1933 Adolf Hitler’s Nazis signed an agreement with the…

When followers of Christ's teachings make a deal with the 'devil', they become the hypocrites they pretend to detest. The Vatican signed just such an agreement with Hitler's Nazis 92 years and 3 months ago.

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Is Donald Trump trying to establish Soviet-style Gulags for American citizens, but in El Salvador instead of Siberia?

White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways To ‘Deport’ U.S. Citizens By Sara Boboltz in Huffpost.com     Apr 8, 2025, 06:02 PM EDT |Updated an hour ago The administration could try removing American citizens if it identifies a pathway it can claim to be legal. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that President Donald Trump is exploring legal pathways to “deport” U.S.…

Is Donald Trump trying to establish Soviet-style Gulags for American citizens, but in El Salvador instead of Siberia?