RANTING and RAVING

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence ~
They go 'stark-raving mad!'
Fire up Your Life!
Live with nothing to Hide...Nothing to Prove...Nothing to Lose.

“The failures of the press have contributed immensely to the emergence of a 'talk-show-nation' in which public discourse is reduced to nasty and raving and posturing. We have a mainstay press whose news agenda is increasingly influenced by the netherworld,” stated Carl Bernstein.

A lot of comics aren't their onscreen persons.

Chris Rock isn't always 'ranting and raving.'

Said Billy Eichner:, “What I do, is make myself this 'over-the-top character' that makes people either find quite endearing ~ or they think is a joke. Then, I can do anything I want.”

“Think of each word as you would of a child who has been hurt by a friend. As long as that child is ranting and raving...trying to get back at the friend...one wound leads to another. But, when that child can experience the consoling embrace of a parent, she or he can live through the pain....return to the friend...forgive...build up a new relationship...be gentle with yourself...and let your heart be your loving parent...as you live your wounds through.” (Advised by Hari Nouwen).

From a Bobby Cox advice:

If I were on the field, I'd want the manager sticking up for me.
Sometimes, players are 'dead wrong' ~ ranting and raving mad,
but you stick up for them, They appreciate that!

Dodinsky concluded, “ It is not your mission to help people who wilfully build their own prison. You have to identify who needs help and one who craves for attention.”
We Crave What We Can't Have”

Exercise ~ Earning a Big Fat 'F'

A Participaction report for adults (the first ever) found just 16% of Canadian adults get the recommended 150 minutes of exercise each week.

Harbour Series Tells a Great Story

Derek Elliott from Hamilton, responding to the Spec's Harbour Series wrote:

Thanks for the great series on Hamilton Harbour.

When we were moving from Edmonton to Hamilton, in 2013, a friend who had done his internship at McMaster said, You'll love it ~ it's the best-kept-secret in Canada. He was dead-on. We love it: friendly people...a lively and varied music scene...the various festivals...beautiful views from the escarpment... the waterfalls...the pubs...the theatres (especially Westdale and Playhouse...and within travelling distance to a bunch of beautiful little towns...and one of the biggest, most dynamic cities on the continent. What's not to like? And, the jewel in the crown is the west harbour.

It is absolutely beautiful.

Hamilton to Offer Pay Options for Parking

Hamilton will be entering the digital age when it starts installing new parking machines in the downtown and in municipal car parks where customers can use their phones or credit cards to pay for time. Representatives of Hamilton's Improvement areas were looking forward to the city finally allowing different options for drivers to pay for parking. Hamilton has 830 on-street parking metres in the downtown core...and 2,500 traditional parking metres. The cost to park downtown is $1.50 per hour (Monday to Friday) ~ and free on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays and after 6 pm on weekdays.

Vote for the Planet

Written by Bill Sullivan to “Readers Write” he stated: “There is no doubt that climate change is

occurring ~ and it is the most serious threat to our society in millennia. If you listen to radio ~ or get your news from the internet, you are aware that it is happening. Science, factual information studied and reviewed by professionals in the fields of climate, weather, oceans, biology,botany has proof there is a crisis happening and we have to do something about it. Go to reputable scientific sites and read what they have to say about the crisis we are in right now.

There are politicians who claim to believe in climate change, but their actions are telling us they are either lying about what they believe or they are willing to risk the health of our planet...our country... and our families just to get power..

You and I need to tell our politicians we want to do everything we can to leave our planet in the best condition possible for our children and grandchildren. We can do that by voting for political parties that support the fight to save our planet and our society

from the disasters that climate change is causing.

Participate to 'Show Support in Ending Violence Against Women'

In her column, Carm Bozzo wrote:

“I was on vacation with my family, waiting for my kids to order ice-cream with their Dad.
Checking Twitter,I saw the tweet ~ and I knew:

“Shooting at Burlington home leaves woman dead. Quickly, I forwarded the article to my colleagues.

The next day, we had more information:

“Laura Grant was fatally shot, her body found in the backyard of her rural country home. Her husband was charged with. 'first degree murder.' Each November, during Woman Abuse Prevention Month,

Ontario releases a list of women killed by their partners during the last year. The latest report (including November 2017 and 2018) lists 48 women.

In a very upscale community...people were and are... shocked! Could this happen in Burlington? Milton? Oakville? Sadly, abuse happens in all communities...crosses all socioeconomic statuses...religions...cultures...and ages.

Cleaning Up Our Shoreline ~ One Bottle at a Time

A colour photo displayed a dozen or more people (all ages) who volunteered to clean up the shorelines around Hamilton Harbour. Lee Brubacher, a Hamilton resident and nature enthusiast wrote:

Thanks to the efforts of lawmakers and industry owners, our beloved Bay is much cleaner than it was three decades ago. However, the edges of the water are still littered with litter. We must embrace the cultural changes which are already replacing plastic straws and plastic water bottles with filtration systems among other changes. A partnership was formed between Hamilton's “Team Up to Clean Up ...Ocean Wise's great Canadian Shoreline Clean Up...and a group from West Highland Church.

On Saturday, September 21, a group of 17 members between ages of 13 and 70 from the Garth Street Church gathered to Terra Firma ~ God's Gift to all of us. From the first chapter of the Bible, Humanity is mandated to not only manage the earth and all its creatures, but also to care for them.

The foregoing assembled by MBK...November 16, 2019

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