Death...

When you "die" where do you go? What happens?

I've always wondered what happens to the body, the brain, conscience, the senses when people die. I mean, I know things go away with death... eventually but how long? How long does it take the "soul", the very essence of a human to give everything up and simply throw the last switch, close the last window, shut off all of the lights and leave. Effectively abandoning the body.

It's always been a curiosity of mine. Just curious... nothing more than that, nothing to fear from me folks. But evidently there's others out here who are thinking, wondering about the same thing (which in and of itself is troubling... someone sharing my thoughts).

During this morning's reads I stumbled across a Kastalia Medrano article in Newsweek that piqued my curiosity once again. It's an interesting, sensible read.

IMHO
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Wyrsch fundraiser---

The following was copied from a recent comment to a March 26 post of mine on this blog entitled "To all". I'm passing the information along and will be posting it onto the sidebar until the fundraiser occurs.

"We are having a fundraising auction to help support the Shane Wyrsch family. Planning for the event tentatively scheduled for June has just commenced. You can get updates, info on making donations and buying tickets to this event at: http://www.wyrschbenefit.com/.

Thank you for your support!"

I should note that the link provided links to a website that's still under construction.

You can go to the link here.

I encourage those of you who wish to attend to bookmark the url and visit it periodically until you find the information you need.

A mix of world news, my tirade of the past week---

---Over at the MEMRI Blog there's the latest information on German hostage Hannelore Marianne Krause's fate in the hands of the islamist terrorist group "the arrows of god". This renegade terrorist group has extended the execution deadline of Ms. Krause and her son for another ten days, affording Germany an opportunity to comply with their demands.

Their very name--- "the arrows of god" is deceiving. They should be calling themselves "the arrows of allah" for no real God would allow the kidnapping, mistreatment, torture and slaughter of innocents.

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---And what about the suggested "amnesty" for illegal aliens? How's that little topic coming along?

You might want to learn a bit more about our friends, the "illegals" over at IllegalAliens.US before you start supporting their efforts.

It's just a suggestion, nothing more. Keep in mind that they're not that innocent, not that friendly, not that responsible and not your friend.

If any citizen of the United States was to go to Italy, France, Canada, Mexico, China, Sri Lanka or any other sovereign nation in this world and demand citizenship without having to apply and earn it what type of official government response do you think we'd get from the respective government?

Amnesty???

Citizenship???

Nah, I think not. And let's take it a step further. Let's say we demand citizenship, the government refuses to give it to us and sends us back to the United States. Within months we're back in the "other" country illegally (again) demanding that citizenship with no strings attached (again). But this time we're demonstrating--- blocking traffic, commerce, throwing bottles, waving placards with vile, hate driven messages stenciled on them. Belittling the very government and people we're demanding this amnesty from!

With the exception of France, do you think we'd be warmly received and catered to?

Would you honestly expect our demands to be met?

The arrogance of our illegal alien population is astounding.

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---And finally, my third little addition to this tirade of the week---

Britain 0- Iran 15!

Sorry, but it has to be said! Britain crumbled. I love the U.K. Love the U.K. dearly but what were the brit politicos thinking?

Don't get me wrong, I'm delighted to see the fifteen military personnel returned to their homeland after their harrowing ordeal but at what expense?

What has this lesson taught the rest of the world about the west?

Check it out here and here!

I'll put money on an increase in kidnappings of military and government personnel worldwide!

And why not! Tehran got exactly what it wanted--- more time for their nuclear program to continue, distraction from Syria's and Iran's support for global islamic terrorism, recognition and respect from their middle east neighbors and global allies, bolstered morale, unfettered ingress/egress to Iraq and the cessation of the boarding and interdiction operation in the gulf.