Something to Know - 22 July

1.  Okay.  So I am a retired person.  I kind of like my digs in Claremont, and things are good enough that my worries are not as dire than what seems to be bothering folks who are the subject of items on the local TV news.  So, what are people like I supposed to do as we kind of watch the birthdays, Super Bowls, and New Years Eve parties just roll by?:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/opinion/sunday/fast-time-and-the-aging-mind.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130721&_r=0&pagewanted=print

2.   Post-Zimmerman verdict discussion goes on.  Here is one aspect to bring to the NRA, and it involves the arming of the African-American community as a result of the "stand your ground" laws.  Is this what it is all going to come to?   Is this all a marketing ploy by the gun manufacturing industry?   Or, can this work out to a better end?:
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2013/07/29/130729taco_talk_cobb?mbid=nl_Daily%20(290)

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Juan

Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence.

-- Joan Baez