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Recycling is a Farce: Can Americans Rethink Our Pandemic Trash?

Hits: 8I have prided myself on being eco-friendly. I reused*, repurposed*, and thought that I was recycling to keep America beautiful while saving our planet. I was wrong to believe a fantasy. For one thing, I was overloading the globe with plastics jugs I thought that could be recycled. I fell for an effective feel-good marketing campaign all these years – I am concerned about the growing toxic world I will leave to my great-grandchildren. After a tiny bit of research, I learned that my ‘recycled’ laundry detergent jugs and more were piling up on foreign continents. The disposable plastic cups and straws we are served if we go through the Drive-thru Fast Food may be floating in the oceans. […]

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Recycling is a Farce: Can Americans Rethink Our Pandemic Trash?

I have prided myself on being eco-friendly.

I reused*, repurposed*, and thought that I was recycling to keep America beautiful while saving our planet.

I was wrong to believe a fantasy.

For one thing, I was overloading the globe with plastics jugs I thought that could be recycled. I fell for an effective feel-good marketing campaign all these years – I am concerned about the growing toxic world I will leave to my great-grandchildren.

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How My Psychic ‘Friend’ Convinced Me of the ‘Truth’ part 2

Hits: 1This post is part two of How ‘My’ Psychic ‘Friend’ Convinced Me of the ‘Truth’ by Malika Bourne. A decade ago, I sheepishly admit that I lacked the skills to grasp the concept that some people are so sociopathic that most of what is uttered out of their mouths is a lie with the purpose of manipulating others for their own amusement. Worse yet, they have no remorse for the harm they cause by playing their sick games. There! I said it! [In part one of How My Psychic ‘Friend’ Convinced Me of the ‘Truth’ I gave petty examples of people I have known who are pathological liars and what I learned to look out for in the next […]

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How My Psychic ‘Friend’ Convinced Me of the ‘Truth’ part 2

This post is part two of How ‘My’ Psychic ‘Friend’ Convinced Me of the ‘Truth’ by Malika Bourne.

A decade ago, I sheepishly admit that I lacked the skills to grasp the concept that some people are so sociopathic that most of what is uttered out of their mouths is a lie with the purpose of manipulating others for their own amusement. Worse yet, they have no remorse for the harm they cause by playing their sick games.

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