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The Member of Parliament & The Poisoned Lake
THE BLUE LAGOON Known locally as the "Blue Lagoon" because of its azure and therefore alluring colour at Harpur Hill, near Buxton in Debyshire; the county of the Peak District.
By Alan Russell5 years ago in The Swamp
Is More Gun Control The Answer
As we endure yet more mass shootings, liberal politicians and pundits are screaming for more gun control. But is this really the answer? I say no.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee5 years ago in The Swamp
The Fall of Icarus
The mass murders of eight people in Atlanta and 10 in Boulder were only 6 days apart. 144 hours, 8,640 minutes, 518, 400 seconds. How many times have we lived through this? How many more times must we go through this before something is actually done?
By cd ybarra5 years ago in The Swamp
Blinding Censorship
Blind censorship is the death of an educated writer and an educated reader. Life is filled with one tribulation after another and the raw experience will often be censored; instead of discussed. Bandaids over bullet wounds are not beneficial to anyone but the aggressor while the victim ends up feeling gagged. The blind censorship subconsciously tells the aggressor “as long as no one sees” and lets the community sit on their Sanzaru thrones; like Mizaru, Iwazaru and Kikazaru rolled into one person per person.
By Cadma5 years ago in The Swamp
Politics and Religion Part 4
As we have seen, the Democratic Party started out as the big business, whites only, small central government party. There were Progressives (as they were called before 1917) but those people tended to be on the Republican side of the aisle. Theodore Roosevelt was considered a Progressive and he was a Republican. Woodrow Wilson was considered Conservative, and he was a Democrat. But that all changed with Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) and the 1935 relief act.
By Eric B. Ruark5 years ago in The Swamp
HUMANKIND’S MOST DEADLY ADDICTION!
(IMPORTANT Note to moderators: While at first, this SEEMS like an attack on religion, it is not. It is a flip flop with a turn around at the end! Read the last 50 lines and the bottom to see why! Then delete this message to you, to avoid any spoilers for the readers!)
By Ross E Fortune Lombardi5 years ago in The Swamp
Political Correctness Has Gone Too Far
I was born in 1987 which makes me a Gen Y. Political correctness has gone way too far. There are so many brands, songs, sporting teams and just everything that was ok for years, is now frowned up and classed as Politically Incorrect and forced by public pressure to change names. I learnt my nursery rhymes as everyone else did 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' definitely not 'Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep' and it doesn't matter who is up in arms, but I sing the old way to my nearly 3 year old daughter and will continue to do so.
By Ashleigh Holmes5 years ago in The Swamp
Storytelling as Mind Control
Propaganda can be an insidious beast. The most ironic object I own is sitting next to me as I write this. It's an article I picked up for $6 in a bookstore in central China - a copy of George Orwell's 1984, fully translated into Chinese. Within these pages is a classic tale of a government worker tasked with the annihilation of any information that might run contrary to the tale spun out by Big Brother, now available in a real-world nation that has made the machinations of Minitrue seem almost quaint.
By Andrew Johnston5 years ago in The Swamp
Right-Wing Boycott? Yeah, I'll Be Buying That
In the wake of the spree killing of eight people in Atlanta, online retailer Zulily announced it would donate $200,000 to #StopAsianHate.
By LUCINDA M GUNNIN5 years ago in The Swamp
Something to think about
Freedom of information is here to stay, but ignorance is still embraced and conformity is not criminalized. That being said, your friendly neighborhood Scholar is here to give you the readers something to think about.
By Johann Hollar5 years ago in The Swamp
What is Truth
I would like to start by issuing a warning/public service announcement: What I am about to try to explain is difficult and many of you are not ready to hear what I have to say.
By Benji Phillips5 years ago in The Swamp
Income Inequality and the Future
So, a questioner on quora asked the following: “Do you think that Joe Biden during his term in office needs to implement programs targeting income inequality in the United States? If yes, what types of general programs would you recommend?”
By Reynolds Jones5 years ago in The Swamp