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Here in Massachusetts the Great and General Court passed and the governor signed into law a law that will permit three “resort-casinos” in the Commonwealth. I don’t think much of casino gambling at all. I regard casinos as businesses designed to take money from individuals and fill the pockets of the casino owners, much like insurance companies. I doubt that I will ever visit any of those casinos, if they will be built, but the small, limited number of casinos annoys me. In effect the State government ...

I recently saw posters looking for canvassers to collect money for Clean Water Action. I suspect that this is a scam, because in the U.S.A. surface water is cleaner now than it was before Europeans started to settle here. There are a few particular places where the water is polluted, but just fifty years ago much of the surface water was polluted. I still wouldn’t drink from most streams, but that’s because I know what giardia is, and there are problems around farms and after rain storms, but there ...

I feel like a human pincushion. Well. Felt like one. Now I'm an achy former human pin cushion.
I had a blood test today.
I wrote about going to the doctor and stuff a couple of weeks ago but decided to remove it. I'm not going to rewrite it. Yesterday I saw a female doctor. Turns out I didn't need to go to all that trouble since she just referred me for blood tests to start with, mainly to make sure my thyroid function is okay, because if it weren't it could indicate polycystic ovaries. ...

Peace be on you.
Allah says in Holy Quran:
“…My mercy encompasses all things…” [ch7:v157]

“……despair not of the mercy of Allah none despairs of Allah’s mercy except the unbelieving people.” [ch12:v88]

“……and who can despair of the mercy of his Lord save those who go astray?” [ch15:v57]

“…………your Lord has taken it upon Himself (to show) mercy……..” [ch6:v55]


“Say, O My servants who have committed excesses against their ...

I recently learned that the old chestnut about a hole in the ozone layer over the South Polar Region is still believed by some people. Please rest assured that there is nothing to worry about. Yes, there is a hole every year, and there has been a hole every year for a very long time, but it has nothing to do with Freon or chloride ions.

Mechanics of the Ozone Process
In the atmosphere there is a continual process, or set of processes, that create then breakdown ozone molecules. ...