While armed occupation might be the wrong way to go about protesting, and while the BLM and such agencies might be right in some of their doings, we should consider the matters in which the BLM does not handle things correctly.
A video of Rep. Greg Walden speaking to his fellow Congress members points to injustices that have been committed in Harney County, Oregon. Though I have no time to overview it, I will post the link. It is 24 minutes long, so you might choose to wait for me to post something briefer on the topic, but here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx4ocLdWE90.
Videos of Walden's speech have gone viral, and a good speech, it is.
Friday, February 5, 2016
Does the Art of Sweating Lead to a Longer Life?
If the art of sweating holds secrets to the art of long living, I say we are not studying it enough.
I thought more on whether toxins can be emitted through sweat as I went jogging last night and tonight. What I'm reading on the Internet, says sweating out toxins is a myth.
But, I wonder.
I thought of my own sweat, of how it bleached color from a nice shirt. Then, I thought of how another item of clothing often gets holes eaten in it from my sweat. (Inasmuch as it is pertinent what item of clothing that is, as the sweat might have different elements there, I will have to say it is my shorts.)
I also thought how we spread minerals and such on our skin, and the oils seep through and help heal our bodies. If something can seep in, then surely it can seep out. It has the power to pass through the skin. Of course, the toxins need to be released from the flesh before they can travel through the skin. Is there anything that would cause them to be released? Heightened blood pressure, maybe? The cardiovascular process when we exercise? The softening of the skin caused by the motion of exercising? (My brother gave me that one.)
Bottom line, there might be more cause for an exercising person to emit toxins than there is for someone sitting in a sauna. All sweat might not be created equal.
My brother also observed that sweat can smell different, depending on what we have eaten. I thought to verify this, and found online a quote saying, "A diet rich in spicy foods, onions or garlic, for instance, can cause such odors to travel through the bloodstream and enter sweat glands."
So, if garlic and onions can come out in sweat, why not toxins?
So, there is reason to suppose sweat can secrete toxins. A daily sweat might be a daily cleanse. It might have elements that can lead to better health, and, who knows, longer life. Studying sweat becomes something that could be important to us, to extending our lives. Are there analytical studies showing the composition of sweat from a person while running as compared to the sweat of a person while sitting in a sauna? Does sweat draw toxins from the flesh? From the bloodstream? From the intestines? (I doubt that last one.) If it is from the flesh, is it from the muscles or from fat, or from both? Does a severe sweat alter the chemical composition of the body, perhaps the pH balance?
I thought more on whether toxins can be emitted through sweat as I went jogging last night and tonight. What I'm reading on the Internet, says sweating out toxins is a myth.
But, I wonder.
I thought of my own sweat, of how it bleached color from a nice shirt. Then, I thought of how another item of clothing often gets holes eaten in it from my sweat. (Inasmuch as it is pertinent what item of clothing that is, as the sweat might have different elements there, I will have to say it is my shorts.)
I also thought how we spread minerals and such on our skin, and the oils seep through and help heal our bodies. If something can seep in, then surely it can seep out. It has the power to pass through the skin. Of course, the toxins need to be released from the flesh before they can travel through the skin. Is there anything that would cause them to be released? Heightened blood pressure, maybe? The cardiovascular process when we exercise? The softening of the skin caused by the motion of exercising? (My brother gave me that one.)
Bottom line, there might be more cause for an exercising person to emit toxins than there is for someone sitting in a sauna. All sweat might not be created equal.
My brother also observed that sweat can smell different, depending on what we have eaten. I thought to verify this, and found online a quote saying, "A diet rich in spicy foods, onions or garlic, for instance, can cause such odors to travel through the bloodstream and enter sweat glands."
So, if garlic and onions can come out in sweat, why not toxins?
So, there is reason to suppose sweat can secrete toxins. A daily sweat might be a daily cleanse. It might have elements that can lead to better health, and, who knows, longer life. Studying sweat becomes something that could be important to us, to extending our lives. Are there analytical studies showing the composition of sweat from a person while running as compared to the sweat of a person while sitting in a sauna? Does sweat draw toxins from the flesh? From the bloodstream? From the intestines? (I doubt that last one.) If it is from the flesh, is it from the muscles or from fat, or from both? Does a severe sweat alter the chemical composition of the body, perhaps the pH balance?
Thursday, February 4, 2016
If Death is to be Chosen, let it be Without a Sales Pitch
When the doctor walks in the room, in that end-of-life moment, and sits the family down to tell them palliative care is the best option -- not curative care -- people listen.
That's the doctor speaking.
Death with dignity, he tells them. If quality of life cannot be maintained, let it go.
I am not so easily convinced. Oh, do not get me wrong. I do know there are times for palliative care. I do know there are times, all you can do is make it comfortable for them.
But, my thought is, why not do everything you can to make it comfortable for them while also not selling them on death? If they are going to want to die, let it be their own decision, not one that is pitched at them.
I do wonder about hospice, which requires the patient to renounce curative care, placing himself outside the safety net of curative care. Why would we ever do that to a person? Why not leave options open, for the patient's condition often changes even when the doctor is sure it won't. How often I have seen doctors misjudge.
Death should be an option, but it shouldn't need to be sold to us. The salesmen of death are sometimes the very people who should be saving us.
That's the doctor speaking.
Death with dignity, he tells them. If quality of life cannot be maintained, let it go.
I am not so easily convinced. Oh, do not get me wrong. I do know there are times for palliative care. I do know there are times, all you can do is make it comfortable for them.
But, my thought is, why not do everything you can to make it comfortable for them while also not selling them on death? If they are going to want to die, let it be their own decision, not one that is pitched at them.
I do wonder about hospice, which requires the patient to renounce curative care, placing himself outside the safety net of curative care. Why would we ever do that to a person? Why not leave options open, for the patient's condition often changes even when the doctor is sure it won't. How often I have seen doctors misjudge.
Death should be an option, but it shouldn't need to be sold to us. The salesmen of death are sometimes the very people who should be saving us.
One of World's Greatest Poems
This is about as good of a poem as I have ever read:
Isn't it strange how princes and kings,
and clowns that caper in sawdust rings,
and common people, like you and me,
are builders for eternity?
and clowns that caper in sawdust rings,
and common people, like you and me,
are builders for eternity?
Each is given a list of rules;
a shapeless mass; a bag of tools.
And each must fashion, ere life is flown,
A stumbling block, or a Stepping-Stone.”
― R. Lee Sharpe
a shapeless mass; a bag of tools.
And each must fashion, ere life is flown,
A stumbling block, or a Stepping-Stone.”
― R. Lee Sharpe
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Can a Good Sweat Emit Toxins?
"Eight lies and health myths from fitness trainers," says the headline, and it lists the notion that you can sweat toxins out of your body as one of those lies.
I turn to another online article and read, "Sweat is not made up of toxins from your body, and the belief that sweat can cleanse the body is a myth."
I just returned from the gym as I look these links up. While exercising, I thought along the lines of how exercise is like a body cleanse. I wondered what threshold of sweat (how much) was necessary to cleanse the body, and I supposed it was a rather large amount.
I wondered if toxins aren't the agents of death in the body -- one of the key reasons for death being upon the earth. I wondered if there is a point, when you cleanse the body through sweat, that it is more inclined to reject new toxins when they are removed. My thought was, perhaps a clean house doesn't accept toxins, but passes them through in the excrement.
And, so, does all this wondering come crashing down now that I read that toxins are not emitted through sweating? No, not altogether. I'm a little sceptical. I think of my own sweat, and of how it has discolored my clothes. I remember once, I forgot to bring a T-shirt, so I just wore my nice red dress shirt. That one exercise session ruined that shirt, leaving it with streaks of discoloring.
Seems if it weren't toxic, it couldn't do that.
I also wonder if all sweats are equal, if sweat from a hard workout might differ from one that comes from sitting in a sauna. And, supposing sweat can emit toxins, I wonder if it cleanses different parts of the body than does a colon cleanse. A colon cleanse would clean out toxins in the colon. I'm not sure sweating has any power to take anything out of the colon. Rather, it might cleanse out toxins which have traveled to and are embodied in the flesh.
Unfortunately, it does seem those who say sweat doesn't cleanse probably are right. It seems it would be a simple thing to take sweat, analyze it, and see if toxins are in it. Surely, they've done this. And, surely, then, that is why they say sweat doesn't emit toxins.
I wonder, though.
I turn to another online article and read, "Sweat is not made up of toxins from your body, and the belief that sweat can cleanse the body is a myth."
I just returned from the gym as I look these links up. While exercising, I thought along the lines of how exercise is like a body cleanse. I wondered what threshold of sweat (how much) was necessary to cleanse the body, and I supposed it was a rather large amount.
I wondered if toxins aren't the agents of death in the body -- one of the key reasons for death being upon the earth. I wondered if there is a point, when you cleanse the body through sweat, that it is more inclined to reject new toxins when they are removed. My thought was, perhaps a clean house doesn't accept toxins, but passes them through in the excrement.
And, so, does all this wondering come crashing down now that I read that toxins are not emitted through sweating? No, not altogether. I'm a little sceptical. I think of my own sweat, and of how it has discolored my clothes. I remember once, I forgot to bring a T-shirt, so I just wore my nice red dress shirt. That one exercise session ruined that shirt, leaving it with streaks of discoloring.
Seems if it weren't toxic, it couldn't do that.
I also wonder if all sweats are equal, if sweat from a hard workout might differ from one that comes from sitting in a sauna. And, supposing sweat can emit toxins, I wonder if it cleanses different parts of the body than does a colon cleanse. A colon cleanse would clean out toxins in the colon. I'm not sure sweating has any power to take anything out of the colon. Rather, it might cleanse out toxins which have traveled to and are embodied in the flesh.
Unfortunately, it does seem those who say sweat doesn't cleanse probably are right. It seems it would be a simple thing to take sweat, analyze it, and see if toxins are in it. Surely, they've done this. And, surely, then, that is why they say sweat doesn't emit toxins.
I wonder, though.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
The Case of the Fundraiser for Veterans and the Ethics of it all
When a candidate donates to a charity, can it be a way of buying their votes? I wondered, as the clerk at the convenience store suggested to me that the veterans appreciated the money Donald Trump raised for them in Iowa. Trump raised about $6 million for the veterans, with $1 million coming from his own pocket.
Is this buying votes? When you give such money, are you giving it with the thought that those receiving the money might be more inclined to vote for you?
Frankly, I do see it as a way of buying votes. The sentiment is not, "I'll give you $50 if you vote for me." But it is, "I'm giving you $50, and if you want you can vote for me." The candidate is giving money and he is aware the people receiving it are voters. He is hopeful they will want to show their appreciation by voting for him.
Shall we consider this a big sin? In terms of what we are used to, in relation to how lobbyists buy influence and campaign contributors seek seek favors, it is within the realm of accepted practice.
I wish that it weren't.
Is this buying votes? When you give such money, are you giving it with the thought that those receiving the money might be more inclined to vote for you?
Frankly, I do see it as a way of buying votes. The sentiment is not, "I'll give you $50 if you vote for me." But it is, "I'm giving you $50, and if you want you can vote for me." The candidate is giving money and he is aware the people receiving it are voters. He is hopeful they will want to show their appreciation by voting for him.
Shall we consider this a big sin? In terms of what we are used to, in relation to how lobbyists buy influence and campaign contributors seek seek favors, it is within the realm of accepted practice.
I wish that it weren't.
Monday, February 1, 2016
You don't Kill Just because Someone Resists Arrest
I was not aware the FBI shot into the vehicle LaVoy Finicum was fleeing in. Bless the FBI for releasing the video, as that was good. But, shooting into the vehicle was not proper. I don't believe in killing a person for resisting arrest, unless that person poses a danger to you or to society. Finicum did not.
Although I see it reported in one article that the FBI did shoot into the vehicle, googling, I found no other article, and wonder if the report is true.
I also consider that the FBI might have seen the occupiers vehicle barreling toward them and felt threatened. There might be justification for shooting into the vehicle, then, in order to stop it. Without going back to view the video, though, I don't know that the threat of being rammed by Finicum's vehicle was that great. I remain inclined that shooting into the vehicle was wrong. But, were they just firing warning shots aimed well away of hitting someone?
Although I see it reported in one article that the FBI did shoot into the vehicle, googling, I found no other article, and wonder if the report is true.
I also consider that the FBI might have seen the occupiers vehicle barreling toward them and felt threatened. There might be justification for shooting into the vehicle, then, in order to stop it. Without going back to view the video, though, I don't know that the threat of being rammed by Finicum's vehicle was that great. I remain inclined that shooting into the vehicle was wrong. But, were they just firing warning shots aimed well away of hitting someone?
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