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Falsies and Falsities
By Mona Lease

Hi, all!!! I'm giving you readers the following to ruminate on...to chew on...or otherwise consider.

In the USA...and maybe  the world over...we're working under a delusion. We're operating daily under a false sense of security. I'll amend this . We - as a people - are operating under a false sense of security. For the faint of heart: Read no further.

We have tanning salons. Multiplied billions across the US are spent here. Doesn't the tan look good? It's a falsie.

The women with the really long eyelashes? Falsies.

The people with nice, sparkling white, even teeth? Most of the time - falsies.

The long, shiny, manicured fingernails you see on women? Most of the time - falsies.

Of all of the glittering diamonds you see people wearing? Again - much of the time...falsies. Synthetic diamonds are said to be: The only 100% conflict-free, ethical and eco-friendly diamonds. Come on...diamonds come from coal and pressure over millions of years. How is this NOT "eco-friendly?"

Synthetic Oil: This stuff is made from a base of...crude oil and "modified" physically and chemically. The actual synthesis process and composition of additives is generally a commercial "trade secret"...a falsie.

Synthetic Urine: This baffled me, too!! It's made of water, organic and inorganic urea, creatinine, uric acid, chlorides, sulfates, phosphates, etc. For people who know they will not pass a drug test but want or need to pass it. Another falsie.

Synthetic Blood: This surprised me, too! It's made from the stem cells extracted from the umbilical cord blood of newborn babies or the blood of adult donors. While it's still in the trial stage...it's a falsie or maybe a falsity.

We have women with sagging skin and a nice bust line. More falsies.

We have date sites on the computer. People put up old pictures from when they were young. They show up on a date all "saggy." Falsies (by deception) and probably a falsity.

January 23, 2013: Huffington Post. The Dominican Republic continues to be the main command center for drug trafficking in the Caribbean. Much of the drugs are moved through New York airports and in through Miami, Florida.

Panga boats are modest-sized fishing boats that are used to move heroin (or any drug) from Mexico to the west coast of California. August 7, 2013: US Customs and Border Protection, along with Air Force and Marine agents stopped a Panga off the California coastline. It was filled with bales of marijuana worth $4 million.

February 21. 2016: A US citizen...Shekira Thompson...aged 24 years, was stopped by federal agents after arriving in New York's JFK airport. She flew from Kingston, Jamaica carrying half of a pound of cocaine vaginally. Street value? $10,000.

Between July and September of 2014, a federal letter carrier assigned to a Woodstock route, said he knowingly delivered packages containing heroin. He was fired and sentenced to 30 months in prison. The letter carrier gave drug dealers addresses along his route and they mailed packages to that location using false names. The drug dealers told the letter carrier, through texts and phone calls, what the packages looked like. The letter carrier would scan the packages as "delivered" using the postal tracking system. He then took the packages to the real destination.

February 28, 2013: Lake Erie. Lorain County. A raid netted $40,000 worth of drugs and 40 firearms from assault-style to tommy guns to semi-automatic pistols. Drugs were: 75 grams of heroin, 20 grams of cocaine, 591 grams of marijuana, and $5,200 in cash. There was over a 1,000 rounds of ammunition, 15 additional magazines, and 3 different types of silencers.

In 1973, Japanese Customs opened transfer cases (a type of casket) and found that all of the bodies had had their internal organs removed and then stuffed with bags of pure heroin.

May 1, 2017: Border Patrol...Tuscon, Arizona: Worth more than $33,000, a hearse was stopped near Tombstone, Arizona. In the casket was 67 pounds of marijuana. It was covered with manure to mask the smell.

To say that putting up a wall between Mexico and the USA to stop illegals and drugs from entering the USA is a falsity. President Trump might actually have the right idea - IF Mexico will put more patrol on their side of the border.

A truism is: If there is a market for a product - any product - there will be someone to deliver said product. I refer you to the Black Market. (This may all be found on Wikipedia).

Remember the kiddies and our service people. Take good care of the furry and feathered ones out there. Be safe and healthy. See ya next time. Ever Toodles!!!     MONA


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