On the Assassination of George W. Bush
A thought experiment along the ilnes of "If you could go back in time and stop world War 2 by killing Hitler"... but instead, we'll only back a couple of decades to George W. Bush. We don't need to look to the deep past for villains. Now, the consequences of the Iraq War - unjustly, arguably illegally instigated - have been well documented. They include (by some estimates) over a million casualties, many of which were civilian - women and children. Other consequences include the destabilization of the Arab World, it's unlikely that Egypt, Syria and Turkey would have faced the revolutions they faced without the US's intervention, and it's arguable that the current rise of ISIS and Islamic Fundamentalism in large part was fueled by the power vacuum left in Saddam's absence.
So, knowing the consequences and ongoing catastrophes that have resulted from the Iraq invasion, if you could go back in time and Assassinate George W. Bush, would you? Would you take it into your hands to take one life to save a million? Or is it too uncomfortable to recognize that in many - even most - of the world's narratives, we are the villains?
Something to think about. Because Democracy is failing, and very soon we all may well be looking back to the "good old days" of Bush...
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Roadside Excavations
And restless (always), getting out and searching the roadcuts for minerals of interest...training the eye...
large (2") Feldspar crystal in Granitic...some of the intrusions are made up of masses of these, large, good places to look for other large crystals...
coppery colored fools gold in quartz (note the iron, good mineralization, worth grinding & checking for gold...)
More Pyrites.
More pyrites in mica and quartz...
Digging in a decomposed vein of clay, or possibly a pocket, the clay beneath the top was a brilliant white, perfect environment to find crystals. I found nothing.
Deep blue, azure, in Mica Schist, likely copper, photo is a bit blurry (sorry, blame camera)
...and, after the minerals in the schist decay there's a light recombination of the minerals, beautiful pale blue, turquoise, light - crumbles away in your fingers, but shaped like a coral or a brain, maybe a biological agent?
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The Daughter's Visit
Some Photos from the Daughter's Visit. We explored, the old abandoned Marble Quarry, the Ferry to Proctor, the Ferry over then down to Creston, back over the pass, metal detected the beach (only find: A lead fishing weight), hung out at Oso, generally a laid back vacation, the weather not (yet) good enough to accommodate my prospecting interests (to her immense relief, I'm sure....)
The Graffiti makes a great space even better, and it's constantly renewed...
The Glass House. Always wanted to stop, finally did, it wasn't open...The Story goes that they bottles were from a funeral home - they all held embalming fluid. Curious.
An old mine shaft beside the road, a few of these, only to discover I hadn't packed a flashlight. Grrr!!!...I need to be a little better prepared...
And this, a favorite house on the way out of Nelson, creative use of a rockslide, a shame it's so close to the highway...
And waiting for the roads to be cleared at the top of the Kootenay Pass...still a good 10 feet of snow at the higher elevations...
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