Alex’s New Fun Version of the Classic Card Game “War” Variant

2 Player Rules - This game goes by much faster. IMHO War always seemed to take too long, so this helps correct that problem by having more wars.

1. Shuffle deck of cards into 2 piles, keeping the rest of the rules for the Classic version.

2. Jokers are more powerful than an Aces.

3. Traditional war occurs when there are 2 matching cards at face value. That is one
type of war.

4. Incorporate more wars by going to war over matching suits. For instance, a war would take place, not only each player pulled an 8, but the addition is that if there if there were 2 spades, of 2 clubs, 2 hearts, or 2 diamonds.

5. If there are 2 or more wars use both scenarios result in a war, another war happens. Thus, there is far more ecard turnover, making a much shorter game.

6. War consists of the matches discussed, and then 2 cards face down. the next war is a winner, loser, or a draw. If there is a draw, it results in an additional war until there is a definite winner.

7. Each war consists of the matches described, but also consist of the match, 2 additional secret cards down, and then the 4th card determines if there is a new war. When there is a winner, the winner gets all the cards on the battlefield.

8. The game is won when there are no cards left to continue warring, meaning one player has all the cards, or there is a war, but there are not enough cards to complete the war.

Pet Turtle for Christmas? 21 Essential Ways to Luv a Pet Turtle.

I luv my turtle, and I have discovered secrets for a more beautiful turtle. I have been caring for her for over 30yrs. This information is for a turtle about 6" - 8"

#1 a UVA heat lamp.

#2 a UVB lamp (really brings out the colors)

#3 fresh veggies most days of the week

#4 a floating log so that the turtle can get out of the water

#5 a varied diet

#6 a moderately clean tank. (every turtle I have seen where the water is crystal clear seems to make for a weaker turtle). This may seem odd, but turtles are not like us. Give her what she needs. And, if your aren't sure the best test is to replicate her own habitat. Don't let it get disgusting though. That can make your turtle sick too.

#7 For this one, I suggest something that I believe prolongs the life but is not necessarily essential: A Fluval brand filter, with biological filtraction, and a carbon insert. Fluvals are great because they cause water turbulence that your turtle will just plain love to play in for exercise.

#8 Occasional feeder fish. (makes for great exercise)

#9 fill your tank up to 1/2 to 3/4 of the way full (turtles are excellent escape artists. Overestimate what you think will keep them in the tank. And, the last thing you want is to find your turtle on the floor with a broken shell).

#10 Biweekly water changes should be enough.

#11 Siphon the tank water as needed. Veggies can be messy.

#12 Don't let the water be to low, such that it is is difficult for the turtle to be constantly lifting her head to try to keep from drowing.

#13 If you have 2 turtles, and they start fighting, quickly separate the turtles forever. They won't stop until the other turtle is dead.

#14 With some experience, you may be able to introduce a female Convict Chichild to the tank. All the other fish I tried to keep in my turtle tank died. Do not put a male Convict Chichlid in the tank. Also, if you have a new to you turtle you might need to build her strength. Keeping fish with turtles requires experience. Give the fish places to hide. #15 These places for the fish to hide should be such that the turtle can reach the surface to take a break from swimming. You want to have some places to rest without her completely outing from the water.

#16 Don't clean your tank with bleach, or other household cleaners. I have never even cleaned my tank with soap, or window cleaner.

#17 Exercise your turtle. Dangle her food over the tank and let her chase it this way and that, but always give it to her in the end.

#18 Turtles need to be able to exercise so make sure they have a big tank. I keep mine in a 55gallon tank all by herself.

#19 Absolutely keep your turtle inside, because wild animals like raccoons will find a way to get her.

#20 Look at your turtle daily to check up on her. Your turtle should be able to pull herself (head and legs) inside of her shell. You are in completely responsible for keeping her at a good weight. No excuses for fat turtles, so don't let them eat all they can. If your turtle seems hungry even after she has eaten, give her some lettuce. Dandelions are often a favorite.

#21 If you have a heater, don't turn it up to high. I live in New England, and it gets cold here, so a heater is a must for the winter. One thing I have wanted to do is to run a cost benefit analysis to see if using a heater, can actually save money on heating bills. Turtles like heat, but if you aren't careful with this you might have to bring her to the vet. However, turtles are cold blooded such that they speed up which gives them year-round exercise.

Weight Loss

Recovery is not a quick fix.  Duh! Torah study, meaning reading a portion of the Bible, especially Psalms, is the long route. Do this daily; every day of the week; every week of the year, and let it become your habit. Develop habits. Don’t be too cruel to yourself. Forget about time and look ahead to the goal.

With Torah, through religion, one can break the power of addiction, or whatever may be. Get yourself in a habit, and let your hunger decrease over the years while you lose real weight.

Trump Is Wrong on Voting

Trump has served up extremely Nationalistic defense for Americans. Most of it is not well thought out as his followers think.

Trump wants to isolate voting to the USA. Yet, I bet few people, or rarer have ever heard of extending the USA’s vote to the entire planet, and adding a payments by potential voters, in other countries, to cover this. This is the direction we Americans should be headed to.

It makes sense, because changing the age of permission to vote by allowing suffrage to women, and older teens has succeeded by giving a chance for America to grow has succeeded long ago.

For those that hate the USA: shouldn't that be a token of peace that we are being foolish? This is why I have strongly pushed for weighted voting based on civics tests. I hope that getting a share in American would help the sooth the anger that they have for us. For example, a 10 would count as 10 votes, while a 2 would counted as 2 votes. Why not expand and let America continue grow?

Trumping Trump's Wall

to Senator Elizabeth Warren - Trumping Trump's Wall

First, like you, I think Trump's wall is a folly. It could be crossed rather easily with stuff commonly available at any hardware store. 3 aluminum ladders that could be secured together, a horseshoe shaped ladder, such that it would fit it tightly at the bottom to either side of the ladder stabilizing it to keep it from falling over. Thus, with the device on the ladder the wall could surmounted.

The major difficulty would be to climb up the first few rungs of the horseshoe shaped, 3 ladder, aluminum, light weight, quick use, wall crossing, thingamajig.

Global Malnutrition Solved

There is hardly a place on the planet that has not affected with malnutrition, such that malnutrition is a global concern, including America. This is a problem that needs to be addressed, because having healthy bodies is important. This should be treated as a drug epidemic, as it is a reason that I believe is one of the causes to the USA being left behind among the first world nations.

The resources are available to the USA, and many other countries to harvest, but it will require smart implementation, and probably the only corporation that will implement a solution would be government.

So, how do we do this? On a massive scale, we should harvest the soil debris of the ocean floor,

and then make farms from that soil.

dump the soil on preexistent farms,

and richly cover parts of deserts, making them farmland with rich soil, budgeting it such that there are still plenty of desert habitats.


I prefer to do this sooner, rather than later in the USA, because I prefer food that is rich in nutrients. Who knows, maybe if people get nutritious food it may help control diseases such as depression;0

Cape Cod: Mega Red Tide 2018 (edit)

I worry for the sake of the whales. They come and feed in the murky water off of Cape Cod for now. Then, they migrate to the Caribbean where were the water is much clearer due to lack of food.

I worry about red tides, and pollution in Cape Cod’s murky waters, sometimes called dark water. It hasn’t been killing whales yet, but can we imagine a scenario where creature death pollution creates such murky waters that all the whales die, and the rest of parts of the ocean. It is of no doubt that global climate change is probably a problem, as well as shellfishing. IMHO we need to stop eating shellfish. It is filtering the nastiness out, eating it.

If nastiness gets too bad, even clam beds become polluted ~ “red tide," but everybody has heard of that.

Are we ready for:

RED Ocean?

Mass cataclysmic death of most ocean life.