I am CuTRis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance

Much emphasis has been placed on racism, and no one wants to talk about responsibility. Often those most vocal and insistent believe that they are smarter than the rest; and these may be the least informed. So if you choose to believe the news media and BLM, you might try this. When the names of the recent (daily) shooting victims are released, check out their social media postings. If you see enough of them, it tells a very different tale than what you get from the nightly news. If you work at being informed, the backlash from your political opposites won't be as strong. The people you believe you are advocating for will be forced to become more responsible. The country will become less polarized. Everyone will win.

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Since my layoff, I've been writing a novel and also my annual children's book; which is my son's Christmas present. Both books are about COVID-19. Today when I went into my Amazon publishing account, I found that my children's book has been blocked. After much difficulty contacting anyone I found that Amazon is blocking all books related to COVID-19. They don't come out and say that anywhere, but I did finally get to speak to someone who verified this. The children's book features a little boy from Minnesota; and breaks the virus and reactions to it into "pieces" that are easily understood. It is disappointing that I can't publish, but more disappointing that this gift to my son has been blocked by an unforeseen and unforgiving business decision. -KJC

As I was thinking about healthcare in the USA, my mind replayed an unfortunate scene I witnessed at a Minute Clinic a while back. A man was there with a young girl and he was asking about cost. After being told it would be over $100, he looked at the sick child and said, "You should have to pay for this." I saw the girl shrink under the comment and I wondered why healthcare in America is so difficult. No child should have to feel guilty and no parent should feel so low on resources as to guilt a sick child. This should not be happening.

When my mom was a child growing up on a farm, potato pancakes were a good way to feed a lot of people. Her recipe as I remember, was pretty basic. It was shredded potatoes, chopped onion, salt and pepper, and an egg. My "recipe" includes, garlic, ginger, turmeric, cilantro, some dried herbs and seasoned salt. I have never had potato pancakes at a restaurant that I thought were very good. My mom's were hard to beat, but I think I've done a pretty good job. For me, the simplicity and flavor makes potato pancakes true comfort food.

"I also can fly by flapping my arms really fast! Joe Biden can't fly. He can't even walk. He just crawls across the floor with his baby bottle. I don't know what's in there, but I think it's juice he got from China. It's bad! It's really really bad. I also know how to walk on water..."

I have no chili recipe. It is a little different each time.

Since I did not see any indication that the snow is going to go away soon, I winterized the lawn mower and put things away in the shed. It was also a good time to remove the Bald-faced hornet (sometimes called paper wasps) nests from inside of the shed.

It seems that so many of our daily interactions have become negative. Negativity becomes a disease that can unfortunately be passed on to successive generations. I recently thwarted an attack from a pair of individuals who were angered because I suggested that some people need to become more responsible. This went against their beliefs. So I refused to engage them even though they came after me on my own turf. But it seems that some people live for those confrontations because they assume many things--including that they are always right. While I'm in favor of constructive confrontation, there are times when no good will come of the debate. Typically, I am fine with whatever you want to post as long as you do it on your own venue and not mine. I don't tend to go tell you when I think you're wrong; even if I don't believe anything that you said. In fact, sometimes it's interesting to see or hear other people's differing viewpoints. So as I'm trying to find mo...