Happy New Year

 Happy 2026 to all!

The marketing for the biannual time changes is deceptive

The marketing for the biannual time changes is deceptive. In case some don't remember, in November we switch from DST to normal Standard Time. In March we switch from normal time to DST. And we are kept on DST for almost eight months. Basically, the durations of both are not even divided into equal halves. At this time let's just focus on why the marketing is dishonest and deceptive.

They say we fall back when we go back to normal time. Sure, I understand it's done in the fall, but falling is usually not a good thing. Hence, "I have fallen and I can't get up." What really happens is we return our clocks back to normal time. We get an extra hour for around four months which was lost that previous March. The point is that we don't fall back. It's just the opposite, we gain. We gain an extra hour of sleep, if we wish to use it. Also, this is done a few weeks before  the Winter Solstice, so it's dark early, which gives the impression that it's dark because of the time change.

They say we spring forward in March, when we return to abnormal time, DST. Springing forward sounds as if one is advancing. The truth is that we are losing. Technically, we lose sleep. We lose an hour for eight months. Sleep deprivation is extremely unhealthy, not to mention dangerous. The lie is that what really happens is just the opposite of advancement.

To conclude, the way we are sold what really happens during the biannual time changes is deceptive and dishonest. We do not spring forward, and we do not fall back (just the opposite). If we really wish to live healthy lives, we should remain on normal Standard Time permanently and never change again ever.

Merry Christmas!

2 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 All went to their own towns to be registered. 4 Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. 5 He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place in the guest room.

Source:

Luke 2:1-7, NRSVUE 

On Matamoros

 A orillas del río Bravo hay una linda región

- Rigo Tovar

Of course, Mr. Tovar was born there, which explains. And he really wasn't wrong in saying so. Believe it or not, he sold around 30 million records worldwide. Sadly, diabetes complications took him in 2005. This post will be in English and Spanish. Matamoro es linda, pero....

Matamoros, Tamaulipas, es considerada una zona de alto riesgo y peligrosa debido a la fuerte presencia del crimen organizado, carteles de drogas y altos índices de violencia, con el Departamento de Estado de EE. UU. emitiendo alertas de "No viajar" para todo el estado, incluyendo Matamoros, por secuestros y crimen, aunque algunos grupos empresariales locales intentan promover una imagen de seguridad. La inseguridad es grave para todos, incluyendo migrantes, y se reportan actividades de trata y extorsión. 



Reference:

Google AI Overview 

On change: part II

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

- Leo Tolstoy

"Some  people want to fill the world with silly love songs. What's wrong with that?"

- Paul  and Linda McCartney

"If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make that change."

-  Lyrics in a song by Michael Jackson

Personal reflection on the topic:  we can change the world with war, but peace is a better option most often, when possible. God had to change the world with cataclysm at one point. The story of Noah in the Book of Genesis explains. My suggestion for change is to follow Jesus'  quotes such as the Golden Rule by doing unto others, and loving our neighbors as ourselves. I will stop here. Merry Christmas to all!

On change

"The more things change, the more they stay the same"

~ Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr 

With relevance to governments, however, they often make many apparent changes to give the perception of change with progress. This has been true historically with failed communist systems. 

Happy Hanukkah!

52 Early in the morning on the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month, which is the month of Chislev, in the one hundred forty-eighth year, 53 they rose and offered sacrifice, as the law directs, on the new altar of burnt offering that they had built. 54 At the very season and on the very day that the nations had profaned it, it was dedicated with songs and harps and lutes and cymbals. 55 All the people fell on their faces and worshiped and blessed heaven, who had prospered them. 56 So they celebrated the dedication of the altar for eight days and joyfully offered burnt offerings; they offered a sacrifice of well-being and a thanksgiving offering. 57 They decorated the front of the temple with golden crowns and small shields; they restored the gates and the chambers for the priests and fitted them with doors. 58 There was very great joy among the people, and the disgrace brought by the nations was removed.

59 Then Judas and his brothers and all the assembly of Israel determined that every year at that season the days of dedication of the altar should be observed with joy and gladness for eight days, beginning with the twenty-fifth day of the month of Chislev.


Source:

1 Maccabees 4:52-59, NRSVUE 

About narratives

Narratives can be a useful tool for rewriting true history. Allow me to explain? They can be a method used to promote a point of view by establishing a false foundation which may sound credible. An uninformed and uneducated person, when it comes to true history, is useful in conveying such narratives, especially if that person believes them to be factual.

The question one should be asking with relevance to narratives is why would certain groups or persons have a need to change historical facts? Unfortunately, this practice is useful in the advancement of false ideologies, which are unfounded and won't ever work, or have been proven to not work politically...etc. A perfect example of this would be communism! Ultimately, when one is able to obtain a majority, or more converts, who believe in said idealogy, the truth starts to fade away into oblivion, and in the end true history simply becomes unknown, especially if all evidence can be finally erased. 

Sarah Beckstrom, a 20 year old

"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is the foundation phrase of the United States Declaration of Independence. Anyone entering the United States that doesn't respect or abide by this should not be allowed to enter our country. This concept has to be respected henceforth, as it was in the past.

Sarah Beckstrom, a 20 year old sacrificed her life for these principles. Someone who did not believe in these ideas killed her. However, our previous administration also has blood on its hands and are complicit due to its immigration policies. Yesterday (Thanksgiving Day) was a very sad day because someone did not value the life of another human being. 

Who is guilty in the student loan issue (crisis)?

In human history most people have never attacked the bigger guy. Most people will normally attack the weakest link, when an attack is called for.... Most bullies are experts at understanding this concept. In the contemporary student loan supposed crisis, who is mainly to blame?

The biggest blame does not go to the students. Most students are not rich with rich parents, and that is a fact. When one looks at the data, the schools promoting the degrees have much of the blame and responsibility. The schools are complicit in the lie and the robbery. The institutions are well aware that prospecting students will try to obtain loans to invest in their future; consequently, the tuition increases incrementally with the assurance that the government will continue to provide the loans. The government is also to blame because they easily provide them and they profit from the interest rates in the short and long run. Seeing this isn't complicated.

To conclude, the students (the weakest link) are always accused and blamed instead of the big institutions. What did I first say to open this post? Of course, this doesn't mean taxpayers should bailout everyone. 

Addendum (reality check):

Banks will also lend money at very high interest rates easily, which will keep many in debt for an entire lifetime (bondage). DOGE may have investigated the federal government, but not the local governments across our nation, which I highly recommend they do. Many of these graduates will never get job in federal or local government unless they are connected. A lot of those jobs are about who you know and not what you know (cronyism and nepotism is the opportunity). Corruption is an understatement!

My advice to MTG

I'd tone down that hidden ego just a bit MTG. I am not saying you're not humble, just think before speaking. Sometimes things don't happen as quickly as you hope (wish) because one gets obstacles that weren't there before which delay original intent.