The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.
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In the bleary hours of this morning, I was in deep conversation with someone about the monarchy and the continued need for it. It actually got me reluctantly analysing my thinking... are we better off with or without a royal family?
My thoughts: I enjoy the Royal family being sales people for my country; I don’t have any references or historical links to justify my general perception of them but I feel proud to be British because of them... the same way I feel when I see The Red Arrows, the Armed Forces and Big Ben and little things like roast lamb, fish and chips and the BBC. I think they serve a purpose, they serve us ... and if they stop doing so... then we can stop handing over the yearly 56p or so from every British tax payer to them.
At the same time, when the throne does become vacant, it is very hard to justify to someone that no, you can’t have a crack at the highest public office job in the country because of who your parents are(n’t).

Please stick to the thread rules... it's not too difficult.
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I just want you to know... I'm usually wearing a vest that has "I am silently fixing your spelling and correcting your grammar" written on it. (Albeit in very small writing).

Dear Abby sometimes has interesting letters.
http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/2015/7/20/0/curious-daughter-discovers-a-bombshell-in

"...The history of science really gives you perspective on how easy it is to talk ourselves into this sort of thinking – that if my big, wonderful brain can’t envisage the solution, then it must be a really, really hard problem!" [Churchland]

Featured above is Al Capone’s prison cell at the now-closed Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Date:July 23, 2015
Source:NASA
Summary:NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the "habitable zone" around a sun-like star. This discovery and the introduction of 11 other new small habitable zone candidate planets mark another milestone in the journey to finding another "Earth."
"One who doesn't think they can learn something from everybody they meet has learned nothing"