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December 17, 2016

Gun Manufacturers: "Why Pay for Advertisements When Holly...

Anti-Gun Stars with Guns

Gun Manufacturers: "Why Pay for Advertisements When Hollywood Pushes Our Guns for Free"  How do anti-gun activists in Hollywood make a living? Glorifying guns, of course.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, "The NRA and the entertainment industry interact publicly as mortal enemies. But as the number of weapons shown in movies and TV steadily increases — and stars like Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie make fortunes wielding guns onscreen — a co-dependence that keeps both churning is revealed: 'making the liberal bias a lot of money.'” 
"Gun use in Hollywood productions is actually on the rise. According to THR, 'the average number of [gun] models used between 2010 and 2015 was 51 percent higher than a decade earlier.' A 2015 report published by The Economist concluded that gun violence in PG-13 movies had tripled since 1985. Moreover, the appearance of guns in Hollywood productions is so ubiquitous that some manufacturers–like Kahr Arms–trust their advertisement to Hollywood appearances."  Who has repeatedly lashed out at Hollywood for societal ills ranging from violence to political gridlock and squarely blamed it for "dousing our kids with reckless, gratuitous, irresponsible gunplay?" --- NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre

Meanwhile, ‘17,850 Tons’ of Imported Ammo was bought in the United States in Last 12 Months. And firearm sales is brisk. The streak began with May 2015–when more background checks were conducted than in any previous May–and continued with more background checks performed in June 2015 than any previous June, more in July 2015 than any previous July, and more in August 2015 than any previous August. Month after month, a record has been broken through November 2016. In fact, the number of background checks performed January 1, 2016 through November 30, 2016, was so high that by the end of November there had already been more background checks performed in 2016 than in any year in history. According to the FBI, there were 24,767,514 background checks performed between January 1 and November 30 of this year. And, contrary to the mainstream media's image of gun owners, women are one of the fastest-growing gun-buying demographics in the country.

As Hollywood increases its drive to highlight gun play as cool, it can't help but make the domestic arms industry increasingly profitable.
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Published on December 17, 2016 09:18

December 15, 2016

Hiking the Cajas  Day trip to the Cajas - simpl...

Hiking the Cajas  
Day trip to the Cajas - simply beautiful.

Caja Vista 1

Caja Vista 2

Caja Vista 3

Caja Vista 4
Caja Vista 5
Caja Vista 6
Caja Vista 7
Caja Forest
Caja Yellow Flowers
Caja Pink Flowers
Caja Late Afternoon Vista
Only what is known is loved...

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Published on December 15, 2016 11:23

December 1, 2016

You've got to hand it to her -- Tenacious Jill Stein is d...

You've got to hand it to her --
Tenacious Jill Stein is doing all she can to find the votes she needs to be President. With her current 1% total, she only needs about 54,000,000 in the three states she's contesting.
Let's root her on!

Jill Seeks Remaining Votes Did you vote for me? If you did or would like to, tell the election board quick!
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Published on December 01, 2016 12:33

"The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everythi...

People Rushing to a Hole

"The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything.  Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands." --Oscar Wilde
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Published on December 01, 2016 03:54

November 30, 2016

Idealized love, in the eye of the beholder. Chips an...

Idealized love, in the eye of the beholder. 
Chips and scratches cannot change the way the artist sees their love. 

Idealized Love Chipped and Scratched
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Published on November 30, 2016 16:14

#MAGA

#MAGA
#MAGA
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Published on November 30, 2016 15:46

You learn something every day. Feminism has now been...

You learn something every day. 
Feminism has now been outed as a white supremacist group.

I'm glad that progressive thought keeps advancing to its politically correct Weltanschauung. Social warriors everywhere unite!
The struggle of the proletariat cannot be stopped!
...Unless the doublespeak "progressive" movement winds up devouring itself, trying to out-PC each other.
One thing's for sure -- I need an official list of all the groups I'm supposed to hate; there are too many to remember -- do they have an app for that?
I am investing in companies that build safe spaces; that's for sure the growth industry of the future. 

(Note: No trigger words were consciously used in the formulation of this post. If you feel you've been triggered by anything said as a result of my post-traumatic stress over guilt association to residual neo-Freudian privilege insensitivities inherited from my involuntary post-colonial lineage, please accept my karmic reparations in advance.)


Feminism is White Supremacist
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Published on November 30, 2016 12:16

#COWCOMFORTMATTERS It is highly abusive and discriminator...

#COWCOMFORTMATTERS
It is highly abusive and discriminatory to animals to expect bovines to indefinitely hold their flatulence or limit their autonomic expulsions of digestion byproducts to prescribed increments based on a carbon-footprint schedule. In California, where so many bean burritos are sold, I would expect the cow lobby to demand equal regulation for human windiness. I'm glad I live in Ecuador, where cows are free to express themselves in a natural, sustainable way.

Calfornia Regulates Cow Farts
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Published on November 30, 2016 11:00

November 28, 2016

The Birds in Cuenca are friendly.

The Birds in Cuenca are friendly.
Pigeon on Foot Pigeon face-to-face Pigeon and Friends
Food is Near
Scramble for the food
Feeding Frenzy of Pigeons
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Published on November 28, 2016 18:47

Street Art always tells a story.But some street art requi...

Street Art always tells a story.
But some street art requires a roving eye to see the whole story.

Street Art Tells a Story
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Published on November 28, 2016 15:36