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Fruits for Breakfast

I cannot begin to tell you about the benefits of eating fruit for or with your breakfast.  Grapefruits, pineapples, and avocados can be found as the top three most healthiest fruits on almost any list.

Avocados do have a drawback as it is recommended to avoid them if you are serious about loosing weight, but that could just be because of their sugar quantities.  They’re still good for you.

Let’s not forget about those simple fruits that are just as beneficial and just as good for you.  Strawberries, blueberries, and bananas are not only easy to buy and readily available, but you can put them in most foods for a delicious and nutritious breakfast.

My personal favorite is blueberries, however, you can slice strawberries or bananas and add them to oatmeal and different cereals.

Yes, it’s that simple.  Take a cup of raspberries or blueberries, and add them to a plate of egg whites and wheat toast.

The summer season is coming.  If you’re looking for a cool healthy drink, you can use your blender at home to make fruit smoothies.

  • A little crushed ice
  • A cup of yogurt
  • 1 1/2 cup of low fat milk
  • Strawberries, blueberries, and bananas

Blend and drink!

We must constantly strive and look for ways to improve our health.  Our health is the most important thing!  What can we do if we’re sick?  Not much people.  I know this year is almost over, but it’s never too late to start eating healthy.

Have a blessed and wonderful day!

“The Cave With Bones”

From what I’m gathering, Gobekli Tepe, located on the northern edge of the Fertile Crescent, gets most of the recognition for being “the site” providing the best and oldest evidence of human remains, but then I found Pestera cu Oase.

“The Cave With Bones” is located in Ania, a city in Caras-Severin county in Southwestern Romania.  In this cave, some of the oldest European early modern human remains have been found that are between 37,000 and 42,000 years old.

To give you an idea of how old the remains in Romania actually are, the remains in Gobekli Tepe date back to 9,500 B.C., which is almost 12,000 years old now when you add our current year, 2020 to 9,500.  (Remember, we’re dealing with B.C. and A.D. here.)  Gobekli Tepe is 5,500 years older than the first cities of Mesopotamia, and 7,000 years older than Stonehenge.

If this information is accurate, Pestera cu Oase is at least three times older than what we’ve already found!

Photo by ArtHouse Studio from Pexels

Peaceful Protests Hijacked by Violence

We were learning during the lockdown.

While we were sitting at home letting the events, laws, and policies surrounding Covid-19 playout during May, we were finally starting to awaken to the realization that our rights, in the name of safety, we’re once again in the grip of an overreaching government.

This time, however, things were different.  Americans, although scared, were finally starting to understand the need for protesting, and the importance of letting our government know, we know when they’re overreaching.

We realized, when we recognize something isn’t right, we have to call it out.  I was proud and happy to see all the people out in Ohio, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and so on, protesting the lockdown stay-at-home order, and martial law as they both are unconstitutional.

Then, peaceful protesting and progress was hijacked by violence, looting, and crime.  It’s really a shame, and I can only hope that’s not the result whenever Americans start catching on to how they’re being violated.  Good Americans should never be afraid to protest.

Where are we?

Section 215 of the Patriot Act violates the Fourth Amendment, which says the Government cannot conduct a search without obtaining a warrant and showing probable cause.  I don’t know how many American citizens were aware of that back when it was signed during the “911” crises to protect us from terrorism, but if you we wondering why Ben Franklin’s quote, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety,” was gaining in popularity, that’s why.

According to Gerald Celente, on New Year’s Eve in 2011, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act, which stripped Americans of Amendments Five and Six, and officially declared the United States as a battle zone.

I did my own research, and I think he’s referring to subsections 1021-1022 of Title X, Subtitle D, titled “Counter-Terrorism,” but I don’t know.  Either way, I think Gerald Celente is a reputable guy, and he’s definitely vocal, but I don’t think he would bull-shit about that.

If it is true……

Our Bill of Rights was given to us to protect us from an overreaching government, which includes police brutality, illegal searches and seizures, and so on, so those rights cannot be taken from us.

The American citizens would never give those rights up either.

…………how did we lose our Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment Rights?

I guess we didn’t realize we were giving them away, and buying safety.

We live in a very unique time, and we must be careful.

Why?

I’m not trying to sell you a story, I’m giving you my honest opinion.

Our government is using terrorism, and terrorist to sell us safety, which strips away our rights once the Bill is signed into law.  Violence is not the way to beat this, the answer is exercising our rights as they are written.

Afterall, the last thing you would want as an American citizen is for your government to call you a terrorist.

Publication Progress

Hello World!

It’s almost official!

Fulton Books has decided to bring me aboard as an author, and handle all the publishing responsibilities associated with my new book, “Smorgasbord.”

We are in the contract negotiation phase right now, but hopefully soon, we’ll be moving past that and into the publication stage.  Check back for the signing update!

 

Thank you so much Fulton Books for this wonderful and amazing opportunity!

E-Scripts

Approximately one year ago, I was leaving the Doctor’s office when I noticed I was leaving without my prescription.

I turned around and said, “Hey, where’s my prescriptions?”

The doctor said, “We’re using e-scripts now.”

I’m not going to lie, I was a little upset because in a way I’m a little old fashioned.  I still like going to the mailbox, I prefer going to the bank, I like reading the newspaper, and I like having my prescription in my hand because I want to have the freedom to take it anywhere at anytime, but I never imagined the issues that did occur months down the road.

Two things happened that confirmed my initial reaction:

  1. The cost of my prescription was almost 3 x’s more expensive at the pharmacy I requested the electronic prescription be sent to than the pharmacy I was going to.  When I told the pharmacist I wanted to go to a different pharmacy because of the cost they said I couldn’t because the e-script wasn’t transferable.
  2. If the doctor forgets to email your prescription, you have to wait until they remember.

Both of those things happened to me, and initially, I had to argue some sense back into the pharmacist, but the first problem did get settled.  They did allow another pharmacy to call and transfer the e-script, but you could imagine my initial reaction.

It felt like checkmate, I was under total control.

That’s how it appeared, and that’s how it felt at first.  The second problem also happened, and it was just a real inconvenience.  You keep saying to yourself if only I had the prescription in my hand this wouldn’t be an issue, but now I have to wait.

If you go to a doctor’s office, and you spend good money to see the doctor and he or she gives you a prescription, there should be a smooth process in place for you to leave and get your medicine that’s easy and free of stress.

EXAMPLE: You leave the doctor’s office and go to the pharmacy to pick up your medicine, but the drug store says we don’t have any prescriptions under your name,  nothing came in.  You call the office you left two hours ago to find out what’s going on, and you discover everyone’s out to lunch, and before they left, they forgot to email your e-script.  Now, you have to wait until they’re  good and ready.

I was at my pharmacy recently, and I asked my beautiful pharmacist, “Are we ever going to go back to paper prescriptions?”  She said she didn’t know.

What was wrong with paper prescriptions?

Table Seven Nooz Update 6/4/2020

Hello!  🖐  How’s everyone doing today?  I woke up today at almost 3 a.m. with some stuff on my mind, and I figured, why not blog about it.  Check it out, and write in.  Let me know what’s up.

This morning I Tweeted, ” Okay so we’re going to attack Drew Brees now for stating his opinion about flag burning and kneeling. YOU’RE STILL NOT GETTING IT! (They’re calling him lost, and saying he’s not ready.) LMAO. The minute you say something against the narrative, you’re demonized.”

“I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country,” Brees said in an interview with Daniel Roberts. “Let me just tell what I see or what I feel when the national anthem is played and when I look at the flag of the United States.”

-Drew Brees

It’s amazing how many people would agree with this quote until they see the picture of the man who said it.

A major problem in this country is that we as a people receive backlash and pushback for stating our opinions.  I talk about this all the time.  Every person in this country has the right to talk about and share their personal opinions.

No one should ever be threatened, attacked, demonized, red flagged, blacklisted, or outcasted for sharing their opinions.  You cannot argue with someone for giving an opinion.  I don’t understand why people aren’t accepting that.

This is why we are are ill as a nation.  Good therapy encourages you to talk about what you’re feeling, and what’s on your mind, but the minute we do, we get attacked, demonized, and labeled.

Yesterday, I wrote a story titled Sports in America because I wanted to:

  • Bring attention to the fact that we live in a very diverse country.  There will always be racist people in this country.  Racism, bigotry, and prejudice will always be present in a nation that’s as diverse as America, but you cannot solve racial issues by forcing people to accept one another.  

That’s why sports are important.  Good teams, and successful teams are able to put their differences aside.  When they do, there’s a real magical feeling, and ultimately, they win.  Trust me.

My brother and I always laughed and joked about the town we grew up in because we said it was a microcosm of the world.  It was very diverse culturally.  If you walked into our high school cafeteria at lunch you would see white kids sitting with white kids, black kids sitting with black kids, Asians sitting with Asians, Jewish people sitting with Jewish people, and of course there were lunch tables made up of people who played sports together.

This was never done on purpose.  People just naturally gravitated into groups they felt comfortable in.  For the most part, there weren’t any issues either.  Everyone really got along, but when it came time to eat, people ate with the people they felt comfortable with.

One day, the Vice Principal said he had an issue with this, and he wanted to break these tables up and force students to take random seats at lunch, but he never did.  There was never a problem, but he almost created one.

There’s nothing wrong with people sitting and eating with who they’re comfortable with, eventually they’ll come out of their comfort zones, but if you try to force it prematurely, you’re going to do more harm than good.

Random Thoughts/Opinions About Covid-19 and George Floyd

  • I encourage you to use some common sense here.
  • We never shut the country down for an illness before.
  • When you’re sick, you stay home until you’re better.  Right?
  • Many people were curious about the closure of the economy.  All government centers closed and people went home.
  • Almost three months later, riots break out, and conveniently, no one was working.
  • Why didn’t the people who were filming the police officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck try to push the cop off?  They just kept saying, “You’re killing him, you’re killing him, you’re killing him, you’re killing him, you’re killing him, oooooooh he’s dead.”
  • If the Coronavirus is legit, we should be able to test for it.  If you’re sick then you stay home until you’re better.  People who exercise for thirty minutes a day live longer than people who sit around doing nothing.  Life extension is increased by 30%. (I hear that on Coast to Coast.)
  • The beach is extremely beneficial and it promotes good health and skin care.  Salt water and sunshine are essential.
  • Excessive force and police brutality are real issues in this country, and we should always call it out and bring attention to it.
  • I don’t think the military should ever be turned on the people.  If people are peacefully protesting, marching, and walking, why are they in a standoff with an armed militia?
  • There are many reasons why people protest, but one main reason is to show the government they are not in charge.  The people are.  The people put you in power.  It’s a government created by the people, for the people.
  • When the government no longer works for the people, the people can abolish and start anew.
  • If I was ever arrested and killed, I would hope someone would avenge my death, but right now, a lot of  people are just taking advantage.

Solutions

  1. Excessive police force and brutality should not be tolerated, ever.  It doesn’t matter what color you are.  Victims have to bring attention to it and call it out.
  2. Let’s try to recognize narratives.  This is important because it’s because of the narratives that people get attacked for speaking their minds and sharing their opinions.  Individual Americans are being outcasted and demonized when they speak against the popular narratives.   
  3. We all should keep a copy of the Bill of Rights on hand.
  4. Listen to people.  Give people a chance to speak.  Stop trying to silence people when you don’t agree with them.
  5. Let’s keep sports strong, pure, and free from people who are trying to distort the meaning of teamwork and undermining the value of perseverance, hard work, and winning.
  6. If “we the people” are upset, than the system isn’t working.  What’s the problem?  What can we fix, what can we change?
  7. Let’s go back to paper prescriptions because e-scripts are causing unnecessary inconveniences.  Little things like that.  Think.
  8. We can’t fix everything at once.  We have to start with smaller issues, and get some small victories under our belts.
  9. People don’t want to be controlled, or forced to do anything.  We like to make decisions for ourselves.

 

Okay everyone.  Pay attention, stay alert, and educate yourselves.  Feel free to write in.  Have a joyful and blessed day.

Sports in America

We must see things for what they are, and not for what we would like them to be. There will always be an element, or a group of people that seek to ruin a good thing. Sports in America are good, and they’re necessary because of what they represent and the qualities they instill.

America is united, and the people of sports teams unite for a cause. Through sports we learn the concept of coming together for a goal, and that goal is winning. A team is made up of humans, people of different colors, religions, and ethnic backgrounds, and sports in this country are set up for children by the time they reach age ten.

Wars, racial issues, prejudices, and civil unrest are nothing new to the people of this country, afterall, we did fight for our freedom, but we should constantly strive to overcome our differences. Some people do, and some don’t. Sports are by no means the answer to all the problems in this country or our communities, but they are necessary because they attempt to teach. They instill the qualities we need to be successful as adult men and women.

Sports, for that reason, should be protected from the ‘element’. Sports should be free from any and all religious and political propaganda. The people who get it, need to prevent the infiltration of the ‘element’ because the element wants to destroy something good. The element wants to destroy the integrity of the game, and ultimately, the game itself.

Did We Just Get Set Up?

Back before the United States was shut down because of Covid-19, I’m talking like January and February of this year 2020, we saw videos of people in China walking around with face masks.

I remember laughing to myself, and asking myself, “What the heck is going on out there?”

Not long after asking myself that, I watched a news story about citizens in China wearing face masks to protect themselves against facial recognition technology.  The people in china were trying to protect themselves, and their privacy from a government trying to imprison them for commiting crimes in the past by using advanced technology.

I said to myself, “Oh, there it is.”

Then, in March, the United States began closing down because of Covid-19, and now Americans were wearing the masks.

Americans wanted to know where the virus came from, and we were told Wuhan, a city in China.

Then I heard, America could have been better prepared to deal with the virus if the people in Wuhan didn’t lie to the world about being sick.

At that point, I started to think about the story about the facial recognition technology, and I said to myself, “They weren’t being spied on, they were sick, and they used the story about facial recognition to deceive the world.

Forget about everything you just read.  Fast forward to now.  People around the country are rioting because of what happened to George Floyd.  In addition, people are also wearing masks because of Covid-19.

You have people rioting for one reason, and wearing a mask for another (which is the deception because sometimes rioters wear masks), but both are joined together so you have rioters wearing masks.

Was there really facial recognition technology in China?  I don’t know, but America might consider it now because….

what do we do if in the future, people are wearing masks because of a viral outbreak, but then decide to steal, destroy, or kill just because their identity is concealed?

IRIS SCANNING 

Welcome to the future, I think we just got played.