This is why Teachers should be allowed to carry guns to school.

I've seen soldiers,police officers, security guards, corrections officers, firearms instructors, regular citizens who carry concealed weapons, people out hinting, people working in pawn shops and gun shops and other people who have guns, in fact, literally, more thanhalf the people in the US who are over 21 have a concealed weapons permit and own at least one gun.
You look around and see people walking down the street, half of them in the US are probably carrying a gun and know how and when to use it. They are also responsible enough and have enough self control to never use it unless someones life was in danger.
Some of those people have mental illness or anger issues. Some are taking medications prescribed by a Doctor or illegal drugs.
The population of China: 1.3 Billion. India: 1.2 Billion. USA: About 330 Million. Out of those countries, the USA has the most guns and gun owners.
My point is: I've seen so many people who carry guns lose their temper while they had a gun with them (including me), but, not once have I ever seen someone pull their gun out or even threaten to do so because they were pissed off! Yes, it could happen,  not very likely, but it's possible. Yes, it would be tragic if a Teacher lost their temper and shot a student, but, it would be worse if someone else walked into a school and shot a bunch of innocent people again. You know, if we don't do something drastic NOW to fix the problem, there is more than a 99.9999% chance that it will happen again! That is a guarantee! It is going to happen again if teachers don't start carrying guns in the US.  Teachers carry guns in some other countries and they almost never have any mass school shootings.
It will take the police at least  about 10 minutes to get even one or two officers to the school to respond to an incident like this. More than likely, they would send the SWAT team, not just regular officers, that takes even longer! But, Teachers with guns and the proper training are already there. They would call the police, but, the Teachers don't have to wait 10 minutes or, more than likely, longer, for the police to show up, because they can respond instantly! In those 10 minutes- minimum- that you have to wait for police, that psycho, gunman or woman, could potentially shoot and kill over 100 students and employees at the school! One of them might be your kid or you if you work in the school!
Why is everybody so scared of the 1% chance that an armed Teacher might shoot a student, but, they're not worried that somebody working elsewhere could go to work and kill grown adults (and kids) where they work, shoot people while walking down the street, at the post office, get on the roof of their house and shoot random cars that drive by, have a shoot out with a rival gang or get caught in the cross fire. All of the above have happened and will happen again! But, nobody ever says anything about any of that! Your kids or you are 1 Million times more likely to be shot in one of those situations than by an armed Teacher with a gun who is trying to protect your child's life.
99% of people who carry guns in the United States and other countries know right from wrong. We all realize that if you shoot somebody, you will go to jail. In some cases, you could get the death penalty. Nobody wants that, so nobody shoots anybody else, unless they are psychotic or if it is self defense.
Even if you shoot somebody in self defense and that person was breaking into your house at the time or if it was clearly an accident, more than likely, in most situations, YOU WILL BE ARRESTED! They can hold you in jail for a few days, with no warrant or anything else. It's legal and you should expect cor the police to arrest you after you shoot somebody in self defense. They can hold you in jail, in FL, for up to 3 days, while they do their investigation. After that, they have to either release you or take you to see the judge. Then the Judge will decide what to do with you next.
Why are people so worried about Teachers carrying guns to school to protect their kids, but, they're not worried about anybody else carrying guns? They're afraid of situations that are possible, but not going to happen!  There is a much greater chance of a psycho breaking into the school harming your kid, someone shooting you at work, wherever you work or you getting injured or killed almost any other time or place than a kid getting shot during school by an armed Teacher who is trying to protect your children in school!
Teachers wouldn't be working in school if they didn't love and care about kids and they also understand them and how children act. They are not likely to harm kids.
Pencils and school books can be used as weapons, but, how often do you hear about Teachers or anybody killing kids with a pencil?
People are much less likely to attack another person or place if they know the other person has a gun or there's a gun or person with a gun inside the building.

World War I Christmas Truce.

This truce was not authorized by the commanders of either country (Germany and Great Britain). When soldiers on both sides started getting out of their trenches and making friends with their enemies, the commanding officers on both sides didn't know what to do. Some soldiers got out of the trenches and befriended the enemy, some didn't. The ones that did got in trouble later.
When they all finally went back to their own trenches and ended the truce, a lot of the soldiers were unwilling to fight against the enemy,   because they had made friends with each other.
High ranking officers of both sides told the soldiers on their side not to participate in the truce. If they got out of their trench, they'd be in trouble. So many soldiers disobeyed the direct order that there wasn't much the commanding officers could do.
Since there were so many soldiers on both sides that were now unwilling to fight against their new friends on the other side, a lot of soldiers on both sides had to be relocated to different locations far away. That way they faced different enemy soldiers whom they did not know and they had not made friends with.
When WWI was over, The militaries on both sides wrote some new military regulations that made it illegal for any of their military personnel to do something like this ever again. They also came up with some very harsh penalties for anyone who ever participated in a truce like this again. The most severe penalties included: Court Marshall and military discharge. Soon after these countries made rules against having a truce like this, other countries made their own similar rules against it. For the rest of the war, some unit commanders on both sides ordered artillery strikes on the other teams trenches on Christmas eve and Christmas day, just to prevent anything like this from ever happening again.
(There was a documentary on the History Channel about this several years ago.)

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Anne Frank.

ANNE FRANK:

Anne Frank and her family were Jews hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam during WWII.
Anne was born June-12-1929.
She had one older Sister named: Margot.
Her parents were: Otto and Edith Frank.
They were originally from Frankfurt, Germany.
In the Fall of 1933, the Nazis were taking over the country of Germany and like most other Jewish families, they decided to leave. They thought they would be safe in the Netherlands,  so they moved to Amsterdam. At that time, Anne was only 4 years old.
Anne and her family were doing fine for the first 9 years living in Amsterdam. Anne and Margot were going to school and they very quickly learned the Dutch language.
It wasn't long until the Nazis invaded Amsterdam to.
Jews had a lot of restrictions now, they couldn't work, go to regular, nonjewish schools, use public transportation or even go to the movies.
They were eventually forced to wear a Yellow star on their shirt to show everyone that they're Jewish.
Nazis would often arrest Jews for violating these restrictions. That was often an excuse to send somebody to a concentration camp.
Anne and her Dad were walking past a store one day and Anne looked in the window and saw a diary. She mentioned to her Dad that she liked it. They continued walking home.
Her 13th birthday was a few weeks later. Her parents gave her the diary for her birthday.
Otto was already getting a little nervous about living in Amsterdam, because there were a lot of Nazis running around the city. He knew they couldn't leave the Netherlands and move to a different country, because the Nazis would definitely catch them. He had already been working on a place for the family to hide.
There was an apartment that was hidden in back of the warehouse of her dads company. Otto Frank owned his own business which made Pectin (A gelling agent for jam.)
They were going to move in to their new hiding place in a week or two. Until, one day, Margot received a letter that said she had to report to report to a concentration camp. Her dad said, "No way! We're going into hiding!"
They quickly grabbed whatever they could carry with them and left. They moved into the hiding place earlier than they had planned.
They moved to the new place in July 1942 and stayed there until Aug 1944, which is when they got caught.
The people working in the building never told the Nazis where she and her family were hiding.
The entrance to the apt was a hole in the wall with no door. It was hidden by a large bookcase. They hid  in the 3 story building for a Two years and one month.
They never expected to have to stay there that long.  They thought the allies would of won the war much sooner than they did.
They had to be very quiet and rely on other people to bring them food. They never left the house because they were afraid of getting caught by the Nazis.
Anne wrote a lot in her diary while they were in hiding.
There is a rumor that Her Sister, Margot kept a diary to. But, nobody has ever found it.
Eventually, the Nazis found the hidden entrance to the place where her family was hiding. They never found out who turned them in, but it had to of been one of their close "friends", because,  very few people knew where they were. If anybody in the warehouse turned them in, they'd of probably been arrested for helping them. Because, not only were they Jews, but, they were considered criminals now, because Margot didn't turn herself in and report to a concentration camp in her own free will.
In Aug 1944, the Nazis broke in and found the Frank family and arrested them. First they were taken to a concentration camp in Auschwitz, Germany. Then in the Fall, Anne and Margot  were transferred to a different location called: Bergen-Beisen Concentration Camp in Northern Germany.
In the Winter both of the Sisters got severe cases of Typhus  (Not to be confused with Typhoid. They are NOT the same thing). Sometime in either Feb or Mar 1944 Margot died. Anne died a few days later. Margot was 18 and in a few weeks would of turned 19. Anne was 15 when they died. Typhus was the cause of both of their deaths.
Somebody found Anne's diary and kept it in a safe place hoping to return it to her when and if she came back after the war. But, since she never came back, the person who found the diary gave it to her dad, because he was the only one in the family who survived the camps.
Otto read his daughters diary and decided to get it published. First, he censored a few things that he didn't want everybody to see. Then he sent it to a publisher. In the updated version, after Otto's death, someone found some of the pages that Otto tore out of the book and they added them back into the diary. The book has been translated to over 60 different languages. Some schools have banned the book, because they think some things are too graphic  (sexually and other things), but that's only on a few pages. It is one of the most famous and popular books in the world. I've never read the book nor even seen it, however, people who've read it say Anne was a very good writer. She wanted to be a professional Writer some day. The original diary is on display inside the "Anne Frank House" in Amsterdam. It is now a museum. They get over 1 Million visitors a year.
Edith died from illnesses caused by malnutrition and starvation. Otto eventually died of cancer.
I've been to Amsterdam, I went there when I was on R&R from Iraq. I hung out with some people I met on the trip. We walked by the Anne Frank House. However, the line was to long to get in, so we didn't stop. Instead, we went to the Heineken brewery and got a tour of that.
Anne had a lot of friends in school. However when she was hiding in the house, she had absolutely no friends at all, that's why she named the diary "Kitty" so she would feel like she had a friend.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anne-Frank

TOM DULA (Pronounced: Dooly) The true story behind the song.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BtSzcKZGzDs&sns=fb

Tom Dula was a former Confederate soldier (1845-1868).
After the war, Tom resumed a relationship with Ann Foster. He eventually slept with Ann's sister Laura Foster. She became pregnant. Tom and Laura decided to elope.
Laura left home one morning on her dad's horse intending to run away and marry Tom and she was never seen alive again.
Laura's body was eventually found in a shallow grave in the woods. She had been stabbed in the chest.
Tom claimed he was innocent, However, he was convicted of her murder and hanged.
Somebody eventually wrote a song about the murder of Laura and execution of Tom. Nobody knows who originally wrote the song, however, in 1958, a band called: The Kingston Trio recorded the song and it became one of their most famous songs.
Until recently, I never knew that the song was based on a true story or even that Tom Dula was a real person. I always thought it was just an old song.

HOW I DELT WITH A MICROSOFT TECH SUPPORT SCAMMER:

HOW I DELT WITH A MICROSOFT TECH SUPPORT SCAMMER:

I got a call from a Microsoft tech support scammer in India, they left me a message saying Microsoft has detected a problem with my computer and I had to call them back. I knew it was just a scam. I have gotten calls like this several times before. I usually don't return the calls. But, today, I decided to have some fun and waste their time! The longer they talk to me on the phone, the less time they have to call other people and actually call somebody who believes that it's true and they have to pay these people to fix a nonexistent problem with their computer!
He asked if I was a "Thirdtender"? (SP?) What's a "thirdtender"?

I'm not sure how it's spelled or the exact pronunciation. But it sounded like the Microsoft scammer was saying: Thirdtender. I couldn't understand the guy very well. He is obviously from India and I was talking on the phone with Mr Scammer. He told me he was from California.
Then he said someone in Chicago was using my Internet connection. I said, "Really? How is that possible? I live in FL."
He said, somebody hacked into my Internet connection, not my computer, my Internet connection, all the way from Chicago!
Then he wanted me to turn on my computer and let him have remote access to it. He asked if I was near my computer, I said, no, not right now. He went on and asked if I've let anybody else use my computer lately. I said, "Only one person, a close friend,  I hope he didn't do anything to it! OMG! I am getting a little nervous about this now!"
I started acting and talking as if I were really nervous.
"Do you know who it is that is hacking into my Internet?"
He said, "Well no, but we would like to find out."
I said, "I hope you can figure it out and tell me their address, so I can sue them!"
He asked if I was a "thirdtender". What is a thirdtender or something that sounds like that?
I got a message on my phone to call Microsoft. I immediately knew it was a scam, because Microsoft will never call you and tell you that you have a virus or any other problems with your computer! They never will! Neither will Apple or any other computer company. The IRS will not call you either. The IRS will usually send you a letter, probably certified mail, if they suspect you of tax fraud or other legal issues.
I called the scammers back just to waste their time. I had him on the phone for 11 minutes and 16 seconds! I just played along with it to waste the scammers time!
At the end, I kind of felt bad about doing this, because I told him I knew it was a scam and I was just playing along to waste his time. The scammer actually was being very nice after that. He even complimented my acting skills and said I should move to Hollywood! Because, he believed I was serious and I was having issues with my computer, I was panicking and he believed I was really scared, nervous and concerned that my Internet and computer were really being attacked by hackers!
When I was talking to him and acting really scared and freaking out, he told me to calm down and Go drink a glass of water! I waited about One minute, then came back to the phone, I told him I was fine now.
I couldn't think of anything else to say at this point, so, that us when I let the scammer know that I didn't believe him and I knew it was a scam and that I knew he was probably calling from India, not California. Then I looked at my phone to see how long I was on the phone. I told him that I just wasted 11 minutes and 16 seconds of his time!
This was the point where he started acting really cool and nice. He told me I was funny and I'm a good actor and I should go to Hollywood!
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Asperger's: Avoiding eye contact.

One of the most common traits of a person who has Asperger's is having a fear of giving people eye contact. It is very hard for us to do this. This scares some aspies half to death to look into people's eyes.
If you're talking to somebody and they seem to be uncomfortable giving you direct eye contact, they might appear to be rude. But, trust me, they have no intention of being rude or disrespectful in any way at all. They are just not good at looking people in the eyes, they are very uncomfortable with it or even scared. They might experience anxiety from it. They might get so scared that they feel like running away when they look you in the eye! Sometimes young children will literally try to run away and hide or even have a meltdown or panic attack if they try looking into someone's eyes for too long or if you try to force them to look into yours or someone else's eyes! Just keep one thing in mind: This is absolutely 100% normal behavior for people with Asperger's or most other Autism Spectrum Disorders  (ASD). Not all aspies have this symptom, but most of them do. Just remember, DO NOT TAKE OFFENSE TO THIS!!! Because most people with Asperger's can't help it and it is a very serious phobia that aspies have!
Here is my story of how I learned to get over my fear of looking people in the eyes. It took a very long time and it was not easy! But, now I am able to do it. It is still hard to do and sometimes a little scaredy for me to do and I'll probably never be perfect at it.
I have trouble with making eye contact, but, I can do it now. It took me years to learn how to look people in the eyes. When I first started to learn how to give eye contact, for the first few months, it was so awkward for me to do it, I was very uncomfortable, scared, I felt like I was doing something wrong, or even breaking the law! I sometimes started to panic and hyperventilate a little bit! I had a hard time speaking. I could only stand to look into people's eyes for maybe 10 seconds at a time, then I had to look away for a few seconds, then return to their eyes. Sometimes I had to look at their forehead, eyebrows or nose.
If I was talking to a Teacher, Bar Tender or someone else who probably wouldn't be talking to me if their job didn't require it, it was easier, but still not EASY, just a little easier and still awkward and uncomfortable to give them eye contact.
Cashiers in a grocery store, I was forced to be really close to that person, close enough to hand them money. It was uncomfortable, but the two things that made it easier were the fact that, I didn't know that person most of the time and I only had to deal with them for a few short minutes and I left and got to return to the safety of being alone for a while. Another thing that helped me to deal with cashiers, is the fact that there was some sort of a barrier between me and them. Usually the conveyer belt where you put your groceries.
What was much worse was when I was talking to an attractive female. The more attractive I thought she was, the harder it was for me to look her in the eyes or talk to her.
When I first started to learn how to look people in the eyes, it was one of the hardest and most uncomfortable things I've ever had to learn to do. I felt like I was doing something wrong. It even made me feel sick. But, after a few months of working on it, those feelings went away. I was able to do it more easily.
I've been working on my ability to give people eye contact for probably 20 years now! It's still not easy and, I can't give anybody full, constant eye contact and I still have to look away from people after looking at their eyes for too long, but, it is much easier to do now, especially with people I know.
I went to a Psychiatrist and told her I think I have Asperger's and want to be tested for it.
She said, "I knew you had Asperger's with in the first 5 minutes of taking to you."
I managed to give the Psychiatrist eye contact. She, "said, "You probably had yo learn how to give people eye contact."
I explained to her how hard it was for me to learn how to look people in the eyes, how long it took to get used to it and that it is still hard for me to do and often uncomfortable to give eye contact,  but, I am now at least able to do it.

What if you were the only person left on Earth?

(My reason for writing this is: To explain what life would be like if you lived forever and never died, but, you were also the only human left on Earth.
I've often wondered what that would be like. I wanted to write a book about it. But, that proved to be harder than I thought I'd be. So I just posted a short story on my blog, rather than an entire novel.)

Imagine what it would be like if one day you made a wish that you would live forever. Then one day something strange happens and every human gets really sick and dies all over the world in one day, that is, all except you! Now you will learn that, sometimes, you have to be careful what you wish for, because you just might get your wish!
Since every person on Earth just died at the same time, strange and catastrophic things instantly start to happen all around you. You were just walking around town in New York City with 5 of your close friends at the time it happened. Suddenly, your friends all start complaining of having chest pain. You look around and see everyone else walking down the sidewalk or driving their car is having chest pain to. You're confused, because you feel fine. About one minute later, every person you see just falls down dead!
Thousands of cars crash all over the road.
There is almost no electricity, except for places that have their own generators, solar power or other sources of electricity. So 99% of all the lights go out around town.
Now you are getting scared and lonely.
It only takes about a minute for airplanes to start falling out of the sky and crashing into the ground and buildings. The pilots and everyone else are already dead, so nobody's left to fly the plane.
You think, "Since everybody's dead, I might as well take all their money." That's actually a good idea, because, you may need it to start a fire to keep warm.
Now that you're the only person left, money is worthless!
While you're stealing everyone's money, you also steal other things: Guns, keys, jewelry, tools, medical supplies and anything else you can get.
Since the illness only affected people, not plants or other animals, most of the zoo animals escape from the zoo. They are scared, hungry and mad. They start wandering around the city, searching for food and shelter. Most of them start eating dead people. But a few Pythons, Elephants, Lions, wild dogs, Monkeys and large birds start chasing you. The animals back you into a corner of a building. You can't run, because vicious animals are blocking your way!
You quickly grab one of the guns you stole from a dead guy. Instinctively, you point the 357 Magnum at the largest bully, in this case, it's the Elephant. You cap off one bullet into its head. But, that doesn't stop the beast. He's even angrier now. You pull the trigger again, but the gun jams! You throw it on the ground and grab another gun, this time, it's a 9 mm. You manage to kill all the hungry animals.
But, now you have more problems. Satellites are crashing into the atmosphere from space. They explode when they hit the Earth's Ionosphere. Chunks of metal and other debris are raining in all around you. You run into a building. Some pieces of the satellites crash through the roof at 100 MPH, almost hitting your head!
Because of all the things happening at the moment, most of the buildings have caught on fire!
Without thinking, you grab your cellphone and call the fire department. Then, you realize that there is no phone service! All the firefighters and people at the phone company are probably all dead to!
You quickly run down to the Subway to take shelter.
You notice there's no light down there. You grab a lighter out of your pocket. But you smell a strong oder of natural gas and dead bodies! Realizing that it would be a bad idea to use it, you put the lighter away, so you don't blow the place up. You continue walking through the dark and stepping on dead bodies. You hear strange noises, then something is biting your ankle. With no people around, the rats are free to run all around and one of them just chose you for its next meal!
Continuing to feel your way around in the dark, you notice the Subway train has jumped off the tracks and tipped over,after having run over about 50 dead people!
You are starting to go crazy with anxiety and scream for help because there's nothing else to do! "I can't stay here." you think. But, if you go upstairs, the zoo animals will eat you alive!
You stop and think for a minute and remember that you were a Green Beret in the US Army for 10 years. Utilizing your Special Forces training, you manage to hide and evade the ferocious animals. You walk quietly up the stairs and find a car that is not wrecked. You drive home with hopes that your family's still there. You soon get home and find that your entire family is dead!
Now you just get more depressed and scared.
You jump back in the car that you just acquired and drive to the grocery store. When you get a mile down the road, you find a case of beer and a large bag of Marijuana. Realizing that there's no cops around to stop you, you start drinking the beer and smoking weed. It calms your mind for a while.
When you arrive at the local Walmart, you walk around in the dark, trying not to step on all the dead bodies! You grab all the food and beer that will fit in your car. Then you realize that all the perishable food will be moldy and rotten soon and nobody is around to restock it.
When you leave the store, you drive around to clear your mind and look for any other human survivor. But, you drove 250 miles and now you are low on gas. You get to the nearest gas station and the pumps don't work! You find another car, hotwire it and drive away. This car was not the best choice, because when you hit the brakes, they don't work! The car won't stop! Since you didn't use the seatbelt, the vehicle crashed into a truck that was hauling dynamite and you go flying through the windshield! You were driving as fast as the car could go (about 300 MPH). You suffer several broken bones and other traumatic injuries. Then the dynamite blows up. You are severely burned in the worst pain you've ever felt. But, you are a former Green Beret, so you remember what the Army taught you about pain: "Suck it up and drive on!" You try your best to ignore the pain, like your Sergeants taught you in Special Forces.
You manage to keep walking despite the pain, broken bones and major blood loss.
You realize that there's not a single doctor that can help you now. But, you find a needle and thread, stich yourself up and force your bones back into place.
As you keep walking, you decide the pain is just too much for you to take. You find some rat poison and eat a whole box of it. Then you shoot yourself in the head with a 44 magnum.
The gun knocked you to the ground and put a big hole in your head, but you didn't die! Remember your wish: "I wish to live forever!"
This is just day ONE of the rest of your life! Things will only get much worse from here!
For example: Eventually all the buildings will collapse. There will be severe rain and snow storms. Meteors will hit the Earth. Nuclear power plants will meltdown. You'll get old and sick, but nobody can help you. There will be another ice age that might last 1,000 years or more. Cars and other modern things we have today won't work forever.
The Sun will swell up to become a Red Giant. It will completely swallow up Mercury and Venus. It will get so close to Earth that it will be to hot for anything (except you) to survive here. Then it will collapse into a very densely packed, very heavy, small and cold, White Dwarf star.
The Moon will either float away, crash into Earth or explode. Whatever happens to the Moon won't be good. Without the Moon, life would not be possible on Earth! But, I'll write a blog about that later.
In about two or three Million years, the Milky Way Galaxy will crash violently into the Andromeda Galaxy. The two galaxies will merge and become one giant galaxy called the "Milkomeda Galaxy".
The entire Universe will eventually die out. Everything will fall apart. The atoms of literally everything will start to separate and all that will be left is a mysterious substance that Scientists don't understand, they've never actually seen it and they don't know exactly what it is, it's called: "Dark Matter".
The Dark Matter will will disappear eventually to. Leaving nothing absolutely nothing behind in the Universe.
You will be left floating around in a place that used to be known as "outer space. But, you will have no air to breath, no food or water and no human or or other living companions left!
Of course you will still be alive, because, remember, you asked for it!
Eventually, you get lucky though, a wormhole opens up and transports you to another dimension. A world that is really strange. Nothing is the same as it was in your old Universe. All the laws of Physics, Chemistry and other forms of Science and Math are completely different in the new. Universe.
Even though you do meet some new friends, they are aliens from the new world and they don't even speak your same language. Now, all your English and any other human language you speak is totally useless, however, within a few years, you learn the new alien language.
But, in a few Million years, everybody will die off there to, everyone except you and you will end up in the same situation again!

 I can't explain what Dark Matter is, because even Scientists don't know what it is. However,Scientists do know that something exists that we can't see. Most of what we call "Empty space" might not be empty, it might be full of Dark Matter. Scientists even think that Dark Matter, whatever it is, could the most common substance in the Universe and outer space along with the space between planets and Everything right in front of your eyes that is not a solid or liquid object that you can see, the space between you and that visible object might be full of Dark Matter. If that's true, then about 99% of the Universe is all Dark Matter!