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From ChatGPT on 1/27/2026. Prompt: Provide the source for these words. “Yale University’s David Gelernter—one of America’s most respected computer scientists—has become an unexpected but influential critic of Darwin’s evolutionary theory. His shift is not ideological but analytical: after decades of studying complex systems, probability, and biological discoveries, Gelernter concluded that Darwin’s model no longer […]
Continue ReadingFrom his Facebook post on 1/10/2026. Kevin Hayslett is in Clearwater. Everyone Thinks Venezuela Is a Scandal. It’s a Chess Move. This was a grandmaster move — even if most people don’t see it that way yet. They think what’s happening in Venezuela is a crime story. A narco-state finally exposed. A wanted man. A failed dictator […]
Continue Reading“The Night They Burned Shanghai” by Robert Abrahams. It tells of a couple driving to play Bridge with some of their friends. As they are en route they survey what is going on in the world. The luxury of playing Bridge is juxtaposed with various world tragedies. The poem ends with these arresting lines: And […]
Continue ReadingFrom Facebook post on 1/4/2026. These US politicians woke up this morning realizing the millions of dollars in kickbacks they’ve been receiving from the Maduro regime have ended… Speaking of cartels look at this BREAKING: Venezuela’s former Chief of National Intelligence Hugo Carvajal has OFFICIALLY RELEASED every U.S. Senator who is on THE VENEZUELA LIST […]
Continue ReadingFrom https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1232835448881441&set=g.1095132992196228 In the vast expanse of the Kalahari Desert, Laurens van der Post encountered a profound truth about connection. When he confided to the Bushmen that he could not hear the stars, their initial laughter quickly morphed into a somber disbelief. For the indigenous people, silence toward the cosmos was more than a deficiency; […]
Continue ReadingFrom Facebook, Else Martin November 1, 1870 – Can you imagine the excitement of finally having a train from Pascagoula to Mobile? The Chattanooga Railroad – Mobile to Pascagoula Times Picayune, New Orleans, La., Sept., 21, 1870 About a week ago, we published a description of the New Orleans division of the Chattanooga Railroad, which […]
Continue Reading9/24/2025 – From the Facebook page Pascagoula River Trails History Else Martin The Three-Chopped Way (1807-1819) This map project on the Roads and Trails of Colonial America started by questioning what routes the immigrant ancestors used during their southern and western migrations. The assumption was that our earliest immigrant ancestors were limited to the waterways […]
Continue ReadingPosted by Bruce McClure, August 20, 2025 here. The Great Rift is the name for a long swath of gaseous clouds, darkening a stretch of the starry band of the Milky Way in our sky. The Milky Way is the edgewise view into our home galaxy. It has an estimated 100 to 400 billion stars. So […]
Continue ReadingAt a college reunion, a group of successful alumni—now doctors, lawyers, business owners—decided to visit their old professor. They chatted about their careers and families, but soon the conversation shifted to life’s pressures, stress, and constant chasing after more. After listening for a while, the professor smiled and said, “Hold on a minute. I’ll go […]
Continue Reading“The hardest lesson I’ve had to learn as an adult is the relentless need to keep going, no matter how shattered I feel inside.” This truth is both raw and universal. Life doesn’t pause when our hearts are heavy, our minds are fractured, or our spirits feel like they’re unraveling. It keeps moving—unrelenting, unapologetic—demanding that […]
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