Especially when the pandemic got rolling. I knew it would take those two and others, they were vulnerable by age alone.

There was something I did conclude on my own early into the pandemic, tough, that I will briefly describe here as we are now in the end of the first stage of the process.

Cultural anthropology is where I am coming from here though genetic anthropology is the place the original theory was determined;

Remember Stephen Jay Gould? Remember his theory of Punctuated Equilibrium? (I realize that Dr. Gould was a genetic anthropologist and his theory is meant to describe an attribute of genetic evolution, I have managed to extrapolate the basic theory to a more mundane level of culture, and philosophical ecosystems.)

Briefly, the theory claims that evolution did not occur in a metered set of steps, rather, they took place during , perhaps, catastrophic events in leaps and bounds which is where some genetic selection took place due to necessity of survival. (How's that for brief? )

So I have concluded that this pandemic will prove itself to be one of those punctuated equilibrium events where all of our species is affected by the same thing which will cause all of our species to come to a reckoning on the philosophical, spiritual and cultural levels all within a rather short time frame, thus the word punctuated.

Now, two years in, I am seeing some areas of significant change, Hard to articulate at this point put things are definitely shifting on many levels, hang in there 'cause we're only two years in on a three to five year process. Changes will include a reduction in global population though we won't know how significant that will be until three or four years from now. People on the planet now are all in some kind of internal review, some will learn from it, others not.

I just hope the changes bring us to a better place as a species, if not, the planet will evict us.

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Where has the question mark gone? Why does it rarely appear at the end of questions that I see here in thread titles and in comments?

Honestly. It detracts from the purpose of the words present to have to reread questions several times because writers either use a period at the end of a sentence that is a question or they leave nothing at all


I realize it might be asking too much but I would welcome the return of "?" at the end of sentences or phrases that are actually questions, asking for a response.

Asking for a friend.

Remember when the world was normal?

I hope it becomes the chant every time a reprobate R shows up in public:

BABY KILLERS!! REPUBLICANS ARE BABY KILLERS!!

That should be yelled at them whenever they dare show their faces in public, everywhere, every fucking day until they leave office!


https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212218941

This is from November last year but now that things have been moving right along we need to keep this in mind too.

Watch this, not that old and shows what we are dealing with here.

and what he's really all about right here in this documentary.

Welcome to the Final round to select the winner of the February Photo Contest!!
Please remember to keep this thread kicked for visibility! Thanks!

The theme this month was Back to the Future: Stuff that used to be considered the cutting edge of technology - things, places, etc which at one time were the awesome newest tech on earth and now are abandoned to the past.

These are the finalists based on the results of the two preliminary polls.



Note: This contest is posted in GD with permission from Skinner.



This poll is open for 72 hrs.

#1 Wind Power!



#2 Without a nail in 1647



#3 The day the Singing stopped



#4 Roots of Power



#5 Latest in Bridge Technology



#6 Dreamscape Arcade



#7 Astronomical Clock (1410 AD)-- Ready for the Time Machine



#8 Reading and writing and arithmetic

Come vote for your favorite photos! There are two threads to vote in so make sure you check out both and please help keep these polls kicked.

Poll Thread #1: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027635734

The theme this month was Back to the Future: Stuff that used to be considered the cutting edge of technology - things, places, etc which at one time were the awesome newest tech on earth and now are abandoned to the past.

This is the preliminary vote on all entries then there will be a final vote based on the results of these two polls.



Note: This contest is posted in GD with permission from Skinner.




#1 Reading and writing and arithmetic



#2 Juicer



#3 In Case Of Fire



#4 Astronomical Clock (1410 AD)-- Ready for the Time Machine



#5 The Old Bombay Mills



#6 Roots of Power



#7 Old Red



#8 The day the Singing stopped



#9 Wind Power!

Come vote for your favorite photos! There are two threads to vote in so make sure you check out both and please help keep these polls kicked.

Poll Thread #2: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027635797

The them this month was Back to the Future: Stuff that used to be considered the cutting edge of technology - things, places, etc which at one time were the awesome newest tech on earth and now are abandoned to the past.

This is the preliminary vote on all entries then there will be a final vote based on the results of these two polls.



Note: This contest is posted in GD with permission from Skinner.




#1 circa 1810



#2 Freeze Frame



#3 Dreamscape Arcade



#4 Here's Looking at You



#5 Without a nail in 1647



#6 Balcony Seats



#7 Transmission Interrupted



#8 turn it up



#9 Darlene's Antenna



#10 Latest in Bridge Technology