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Happy Pills: A PORTRAIT OF ANXIETY/DEPRESSION
A souvenir fired clay figurine replicating a statuette found at Nayarit, Mexico, the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit), situated on the Pacific coast north of Puerto Vallarta, west northwest of Mexico City; … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Dirty Words, Drugs, Economics, Expository Writing, Government, Human Sacrifice, Observations, Plain English, Politics, Suicide, Violence
Tagged Anxiety, Archaeology, Aztec Empire, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Cause and Effect, Cold Turkey, Courage Pills, Depression, Happy Pills, Internet Memes, Life, Mexico, Nayarit, no joy in Mudville, Pharmacology, pre-Columbian, Psychology, Rummage Sale, Slavery, Souvenir, Star Trek, Suicide, The Happiness Theory, Tourists
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New Year’s Eve, 1976
It was more than 40 years ago; New Year’s Eve, 1976 to be exact, that I pulled a night shift as a volunteer operator with the Underground Switchboard. I got a call from a middle-aged man talking suicide. Contrary to … Continue reading
We are a Nation of Immigrants
We are also a nation of suicides – do the math.
Posted in Capitalism, Economics, Expository Writing, Government, Human Sacrifice, Plain English, Politics, Suicide
Tagged "The United States of America", Business, Competition, Economics, History, Humanity, Labor, Logic, Suicide, Truth, Unemployment, Work
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Why Suicide is Illegal
Another man committed suicide just the other day. He lived briefly just down the street from us. I didn’t know him. According neighborhood gossip he hanged himself. You won’t be hearing about him in the mass media – newspapers or … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, For Feminists, Government, Human Sacrifice, Politics, Suicide, The Twentieth Man
Tagged Democrats, Despair, Economics, Poverty, Republicans, Suicide
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The Midnight Special
Poor Poor Pitiful Me Well I lay my head on the railroad track Waiting on the Double E But the train don`t run by here no more Poor poor pitiful me – Linda Ronstadt http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/suicide-suspected-in-appleton-train-pedestrian-crash-b9941443z1-212918421.html The … Continue reading
Posted in Human Sacrifice, Suicide, Uncategorized
Tagged "The United States of America", Humanity, Society, Suicide, Trains, Truth
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American Graffiti
Some time ago a neighbor was interrupted in an attempted suicide. His intent was to blow himself up. Fortunately his grandson came home unexpectedly and found the house filled with gas. The police were called and he was taken into … Continue reading
Posted in Dirty Words, Human Sacrifice, Uncategorized, Veterans
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The State of the Union – a personal matter
Several years ago I heard a tumult outside in the street. Curious, I went out on the porch to see what was happening. There were several police cars and an ambulance at an address across the street. Many of my … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Churning Lawyers, Economics, Expository Writing, Government, Human Sacrifice, Justice, Observations, Politics, Suicide, Uncategorized
Tagged City of Milwaukee, Constitutional Rights, current-events, Government, Humanity, Justice, Mass Media, Politics, President of The United States, Public Speaking, Suicide, The State of the Union Address, Truth, u s constitution
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