Monday, April 30, 2007
Video: Crosby Stills Nash & Young Perform You Don't Have To Cry
Crosby Stills Nash and newest member, Young perform one of their sweetest songs, back in the day.
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Alien Lore No. 105 - The Grey Aliens
The Grey Aliens is the title of a J. Hunter Holly 1964 British paperback. The book was published in the US as "The Gray Aliens" in 1963 by Avalon Books. This science fiction novel has an alien abduction twist. Humans are scooped up by the shadows a/k/a the grey aliens a/k/a the ghost makers.
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The term "grey alien" is iconic now in alien lore, and this book was probably an early harbinger of what was to come. The Greys are huge now in the realm of alien/ufo lore, along with their associated phenomena like abductions, cattle mutilations, government conspiracies, implanted devices in humans, crop circles, and vast under-earth colonies. The Greys were not really prominent in the lore until the 80s'. The now familiar grey alien's appearance was alluded to in tales of earlier encounters of the fifties, sixties and even the seventies, but not until the 1980's did the Greys emerge as the rock stars of alien lore.
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The term "grey alien" is iconic now in alien lore, and this book was probably an early harbinger of what was to come. The Greys are huge now in the realm of alien/ufo lore, along with their associated phenomena like abductions, cattle mutilations, government conspiracies, implanted devices in humans, crop circles, and vast under-earth colonies. The Greys were not really prominent in the lore until the 80s'. The now familiar grey alien's appearance was alluded to in tales of earlier encounters of the fifties, sixties and even the seventies, but not until the 1980's did the Greys emerge as the rock stars of alien lore.
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Sunday, April 29, 2007
Happy 108th Birthday Duke Ellington!
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Duke Ellington would have been 108 years old today (born April 29, 1899, died May 24, 1974). He is usually considered one of the most important figures to emerge from jazz scene in the twentieth century. Duke, however, didn't usually speak of jazz, but instead liked to consider his work just music. Jazz was too narrow for Ellington, although he created some of the best jazz yet, as well as nurtured hundreds of young musicians. Here is a YouTube video of his 1942 band:
Duke's band performing C Jame Blues in 1942
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Saturday, April 28, 2007
Four videos from Lemmings - with John Belushi, Christopher Guest, and Chevy Chase
These videos come from a National Lampoon stage show, Lemmings, with John Belushi, Chevy Chase, and Christopher Guest, among others. I owned the soundtrack many years ago.
Belushi lures "Bob on stage to perform:
Belushi introduces Christopher Guest who parodies James Taylor:
Belushi (with a faux Leon Russell) performs his very good Joe Cocker parody:
A Crosby Stills and Nash/San Francisco sound parody:
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Belushi lures "Bob on stage to perform:
Belushi introduces Christopher Guest who parodies James Taylor:
Belushi (with a faux Leon Russell) performs his very good Joe Cocker parody:
A Crosby Stills and Nash/San Francisco sound parody:
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How to conduct a strip search! A video by the Bureau of Prisons
You need to go here to see the video (The Smoking Gun's website). You just never know when knowledge like this will come in handy. . .
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Friday, April 27, 2007
Alien Lore No. 105 - Alien stone/UFO Droppings (?) found near Seattle
A University of Washington (Seattle) aka U-dub research engineer Bill Beaty is about to test a piece of stone that was reportedly dropped from an alien spacecraft 60 years ago.
For many years, Philip Lipson and Charlette LeFevre, who run the Seattle Museum of the Mysteries, have been chasing a story that began in June 1947 when a government employee saw flying saucers only three days after a Tacoma man said UFOs had dropped metal and molten rock on his boat, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported earlier this week.
Lipson and LeFevre believe a B-52 bomber crashed 60 years ago while carrying slag from a UFO. A black chunk of rock is their best clue, and Beaty will test the rock this week.
"You can tell it's been liquid because it's all full of bubbles," said Beaty. "We have to look at the bedrock in the hill and see what's there. If it looks like that, then it's probably the same."
"If this is totally different than the bedrock that's there, then this will be very interesting," he added.
A B-25 bomber exploded and crashed twenty minutes after take off from McChord Field. The Bomber crashed near Kelso, Washington (one of the "tri-cities") after the left engine caught on fire.
A local newspaper article gave details about what happened aboard the plane. "Woodrow D. Matthews, crew chief of the bomber reported helping Davidson and Brown into their parachutes and that at the time he jumped, flames from the blazing left engine were pouring into the cockpit. It was reported that Brown was standing in the aisle ready to leave the plane ³ when Matthews himself jumped out. Brown was found at the crash site with his parachute harness on but had apparently returned to the cockpit. His body was found in the wreckage. Matthews related that the only reason he could see that the officers did not get out was that the left wing might have crumpled, trapping them in the plane. Woodrow D. Matthews, crew chief of the bomber who put the parachute on Sgt. Taff and saved his life was proposed for the Soldier's Medal. An FBI report states the left wing was found 125 yards from the plane impact site and likely fell off throwing the plane into a plummeting spin."
Kenneth Arnold received another call from Ted Morello who told him the B-25 bomber from Hamilton Field had been shot down by a 20mm cannon. The Tacoma Times headlines read
Sabotage Hinted in Crash of Army Bomber at Kelso
—Plane May Hold Flying Disk Secret—
The article by Paul Lance said the plane had been sabotaged or shot down to prevent shipment of flying disk fragments to Hamilton Field, California, for analysis. The disk parts were said by the informant to be those from one of the mysterious platters which plunged to earth on the Maury Island (see Alien Lore No. 104) recently. At McChord field, an intelligence officer confirmed the informants report that the B-25 Bomber had been carrying classified material.
In the Seattle Post Intelligencer August 3, 1947, an AP report states "Pieces not Located." Brig. Gen. Ned Schramm, chief of staff of the 4th Air Force said he knew nothing about reports that the plane was carrying classified or secret material. "As far as I know, the plane was supposed to come in here empty," he said, "and there wasn't a single, solitary, secret thing aboard".
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The "Changes" cycle of poems is complete (Index to the Changes Poems)
I first started these poems on March 19, 2006. At first, it was hard not to write the other poems. And then it became an obsession. Thirteen months later—last night, in fact—I finished No. 64, the last one.This cycle of poems is loosely based on the 64 hexagrams of the I-ching (along with some of their commentaries). I mainly used the Wilhelm-Baynes translations, although I sometimes consulted a couple of others, like Legge's. Some of them were written in one sitting, and others germinated for weeks (usually when I was stuck).
One of my favorite parts of doing All This Is That has been the series: the paintings and bios of all the Presidents of the Unites States; the 50 heroes and villains paintings; and the long-running Alien Lore series (which I have yet to actually index...if you want to see them, this G.I.S. seems to capture most of them. At least fifteen of these are among my favorite poems I've written in the last couple of years. I am done, and now I feel freed up, and can go back to writing about whatever strikes me at the moment. That will be either liberating, or spooky. We'll find out soon.
Index of the Changes Poems:
Changes One/Action
Changes Two/The Receptive
Changes Three/Trouble Ahead
Changes Four/The Young Shoot
Changes Five/The waiting
Changes Six/Conflict
Changes Seven/The Army
Changes Eight/Holding Together
Changes Nine/The taming power of the small
Changes Ten/treading
Changes Eleven/Peace
Changes twelve/standing still
Changes 13/Fellowship
Changes 14/Possession
Changes 15/The Armies Of The Night
Changes 16/Enthusiasm, or, the king begins to falter
Changes 17/Following
Changes 18/Fixing what has spoiled
Changes 19/The Approach
Changes 20/Contemplation
Changes 21/Biting Through
Changes 22/Grace
Changes 23/Splitting Apart
Changes 24/The Turning Point (for S.A.D.)
Changes 25/The Unexpected
Changes 26/The Taming Power of the Great
Poem: Changes 27/Taking Care
Poem: Changes 28/ Ta Kuo—Preponderance of the Great
Poem: Changes 29/The Abysmal
Poem: Changes 30/Clinging
Poem: Changes 31/Influence
Poem: Changes 32/Duration
Poem: Changes 33/Retreat Is Not Surrender—
Poem: Changes 34/ The Power of the Great
Poem: Changes 35/Progress
Poem: Changes 36/How to keep moving in the darkening of the light
Poem: Changes 37/ The Family
Poem: Changes 38/Opposition
Poem: Changes 39/Obstruction
Poem: Changes 40/Deliverance
Poem: Changes 41/Decrease
Poem: Changes 42/Increase
Poem: Changes 43/Breakthrough!
Poem: Changes 44/Coming to Meet
Poem: Changes 45/Gathering Together (a/k/a population explosion)
Poem: Changes 46/Pushing Upward
Poem: Changes 47/Exhaustion
Poem: Changes 48/The Well
Poem: Changes 49/Revolution
Poem:: Changes 50/The Caldron
Poem: changes 51/The Arousing
Poem: Changes 52/Keeping Still
Poem: Changes 53/Gradual Progress
Poem: Changes 54/Marrying Maiden
Poem: Changes 55 /Fullness
Poem: Changes 56/The Wanderer
Poem: Changes 57/The Gentle
Poem: changes 58/Progress
Poem: Changes 59/Dispersion
Poem: Changes 60/Limitation
Poem: Changes 61/ Inner Truth
Poem: Changes 62/Preponderance of the Small
Poem: Changes 63/After Completion
Poem: Changes 64/Before Completion
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
President's approval rating in the toilet. . .below the waterline
According to Wall Street Journal, the President's approval rating slipped to new lows in the most recent Harris Interactive survey. Of the 1,001 American adults polled online April 20-23, only 28% had a positive view of Mr. Bush's job performance, down from 32% in February and from a high of 88% in the aftermath of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. His approval is at an all-time low. Maybe it's time for a recall.
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Alien Lore No. 104: The Maury Island UFO Mystery
The Maury Island UFO Incident is one of the seminal cases that helped launch the modern era of Flying Saucers, UFO's, crop circles, cattle mutiliations, hive activity, conspiracies, underground bases, pacts with The Greys, Majectic 12, and all the rest.
The Maury Island incident occurred in the summer of 1947 in the Puget Sound area. . .just a couple of miles from where I write this. Maury Island is located near the much larger Vashon Island, in Puget Sound, just off the Seattle coastline. The most incredible part of the Maury Island mystery is that it happened exactly two weeks before the famous Roswell UFO
crash. Shorty after Maury Island was when Kenneth Arnold saw an armada of UFOs over Mt. Rainier (about 60 miles southeast of Seattle). The Maury Island incident was capped by the crash of a B-25 Bomber and the deaths of two military intelligence officers. This bomber was allegedly carrying slag, wreckage, and other rubble from the Maury Island incident. Incredibly enough, this was the very first time a United States Air Force plane had ever crashed.
On the afternoon of June 21, 1947, Harold Dahl saw UFOs over Maury Island. He and his son were salvaging logs with a crew in Puget Sound just iff Maury when they saw six doughnut shaped disks hover over the sound. One disk wobbled and seemed to be in trouble. The UFO descended in altitude to 500 feet above the water and was joined by five other saucers. The foundering disk dropped what looked like aluminum metal on the beach, followed by black slag. The slag wounded Dahl's son Charles and killed their dog.
The Maury Island incident occurred in the summer of 1947 in the Puget Sound area. . .just a couple of miles from where I write this. Maury Island is located near the much larger Vashon Island, in Puget Sound, just off the Seattle coastline. The most incredible part of the Maury Island mystery is that it happened exactly two weeks before the famous Roswell UFO
crash. Shorty after Maury Island was when Kenneth Arnold saw an armada of UFOs over Mt. Rainier (about 60 miles southeast of Seattle). The Maury Island incident was capped by the crash of a B-25 Bomber and the deaths of two military intelligence officers. This bomber was allegedly carrying slag, wreckage, and other rubble from the Maury Island incident. Incredibly enough, this was the very first time a United States Air Force plane had ever crashed.On the afternoon of June 21, 1947, Harold Dahl saw UFOs over Maury Island. He and his son were salvaging logs with a crew in Puget Sound just iff Maury when they saw six doughnut shaped disks hover over the sound. One disk wobbled and seemed to be in trouble. The UFO descended in altitude to 500 feet above the water and was joined by five other saucers. The foundering disk dropped what looked like aluminum metal on the beach, followed by black slag. The slag wounded Dahl's son Charles and killed their dog.
Kenneth Arnold's UFO sighting happened an incredible three days later on June 24. A pilot and Federal Marshall, Kenneth Arnold, saw nine disks skip over the north face of Mt. Rainier. It was upon this was the sighting what newspapers coined the term Flying Saucer. Arnold was interviewed by local and national press (including Edward R. Murrow), and the story made headlines around the world
Kenneth Arnold was lit up on UFOs after his sighting and he responded to a request by Ray Palmer—a Chicago editor—to investigate the Maury Island sighting. Lt. Frank Brown and Capt. Davidson met with Kenneth Arnold and Harold Dahl and collected all the fragments of rock to take back with them to Hamilton Field. Their plane allegedly loaded with alien artifacts, as I mentioned earlier, crashed (See Alien Lore No. 105 for more on the crash--forthcoming).
Kenneth Arnold was lit up on UFOs after his sighting and he responded to a request by Ray Palmer—a Chicago editor—to investigate the Maury Island sighting. Lt. Frank Brown and Capt. Davidson met with Kenneth Arnold and Harold Dahl and collected all the fragments of rock to take back with them to Hamilton Field. Their plane allegedly loaded with alien artifacts, as I mentioned earlier, crashed (See Alien Lore No. 105 for more on the crash--forthcoming).
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Poem: Changes 64/Before Completion
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The transition from disorder to order
Is not yet complete—
You walk with the caution of a fox
Over rotten ice,
Ears tuned to the cracking of the ice
Or a rumble from below.
As mother nature
Puts the knife to your back,
You glide circumspectly across the safe spots.
Fire over water
Is the image before the transition,
Where everything settes into place.
If you wish to achieve an effect
Investigate the nature of the force
In question and ascertain its proper place.
If you bring these forces to bear on target,
They will have the desired effect
And completion will be achieved.
But to handle external forces properly,
You must arrive at the correct standpoint yourself.
Only from this vantage can you work.
You brakes the wheels.
The time to act has not yet come.
You must have a vehicle
To make the crossing
—Patience in the highest sense—
Means putting on the brakes.
A new situation must be created.
You engage the energies of able helpers
So this fellowship can take the decisive step
And cross the great water
Into the Devil's Country.
The sun shines forth in redoubled beauty
And the new era appears
All the more glorious by contrast
With the misery of the old.
We must be in heaven.
I don't see many people,
But the animals are all here, reporting for duty.
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The end of the line. . .
Some expected ends of the world, including at least one that did not actually trigger an apocalypse:The Arrival of Hindu's avatar of Krishna in 2003
Gaia 2012 - A Sweden-based site explaining Carl Johan Calleman's "Venus Passage" discoveries due in 2012. However, Calleman has now decided that the Great Cycle will actually end on 28th October 2011
The End of the Mayan Calendar After Dec. 21, 2012
Planetary Alignment Sept. 8, 2040
Planetary Alignment Sept. 8, 2040
Variously predicted chains of successive earthquakes
The End of the Muslim Calendar, 2076
The end of the Jewish Calendar, 2240
The 13 Month Calendar
End of the world songs:
Waiting for the end of the world - Elvis Costello
End of the World (album)- Aphrodite's Child
End Of The World - COLD
End of the World - The Cure
The End of the World - Skeeter Davis
End of the world - Ayumi Hamasaki
The End of the World - Angela
End of the World Party (Just in Case) (album) - Medeski Martin & Wood
Until the End of the World - U2
When the World Ends - Dave Matthews Band
Happy End of the World (album) - Pizzicato Five
Smile, It's The End of the World - Hawk Nelson
The Light at the End of the World - My Dying Bride
It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.
End of the world books and films:
The End of the World (novel)- Camille Flammarion's 1893 science fiction novel La Fin du Monde.
End of the World (film), a film by John Hayes
The End of the World (animation), a viral Flash animation depicting the modern nuclear crisis
The End of the World - the second episode of the 2005 television series Doctor Who
The End of the World, a film by Verdens Undergang
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - a novel by Haruki Murakami
Le Phare du bout du monde ("The Light at the Edge of the World" - a novel by Jules Verne
The Light at the Edge of the World, a film version of the novel by Verne
Until the End of the World - movie by Wim Wenders
Panic in Year Zero! (AKA End of the World) - a 1962 film
Places now or once thought to actually be the end of the world:
Cape Finisterre, Spain
The End of the Muslim Calendar, 2076
The end of the Jewish Calendar, 2240
The 13 Month Calendar
End of the world songs:
Waiting for the end of the world - Elvis Costello
End of the World (album)- Aphrodite's Child
End Of The World - COLD
End of the World - The Cure
The End of the World - Skeeter Davis
End of the world - Ayumi Hamasaki
The End of the World - Angela
End of the World Party (Just in Case) (album) - Medeski Martin & Wood
Until the End of the World - U2
When the World Ends - Dave Matthews Band
Happy End of the World (album) - Pizzicato Five
Smile, It's The End of the World - Hawk Nelson
The Light at the End of the World - My Dying Bride
It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.
End of the world books and films:
The End of the World (novel)- Camille Flammarion's 1893 science fiction novel La Fin du Monde.
End of the World (film), a film by John Hayes
The End of the World (animation), a viral Flash animation depicting the modern nuclear crisis
The End of the World - the second episode of the 2005 television series Doctor Who
The End of the World, a film by Verdens Undergang
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - a novel by Haruki Murakami
Le Phare du bout du monde ("The Light at the Edge of the World" - a novel by Jules Verne
The Light at the Edge of the World, a film version of the novel by Verne
Until the End of the World - movie by Wim Wenders
Panic in Year Zero! (AKA End of the World) - a 1962 film
Places now or once thought to actually be the end of the world:
Cape Finisterre, Spain
Kent, Washington
Madagascar
Montauk, a beautiful town on the end of Long Island, New York
New Zealand
Verdens Ende (literally "End of the world") south of Oslo, Norway
Yamal Peninsula, in northern Russia
Patagonia
The lighthouse at Isla de los Estados is better known as Faro del fin del mundo ("Lighthouse at the end of the world")
Timbuktu, as in the phrase "from here to Timbuktu", at the end of a Saharan trade route
The South Pole
Madagascar
Montauk, a beautiful town on the end of Long Island, New York
New Zealand
Verdens Ende (literally "End of the world") south of Oslo, Norway
Yamal Peninsula, in northern Russia
Patagonia
The lighthouse at Isla de los Estados is better known as Faro del fin del mundo ("Lighthouse at the end of the world")
Timbuktu, as in the phrase "from here to Timbuktu", at the end of a Saharan trade route
The South Pole
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
The New Earth: Let the carbonizing begin
It has the same climate as Earth, plus water and gravity. A newly discovered planet is the most compelling evidence (so far) that life might be out there (that is if you don't believe in our Grey visitors). A huge red sun rises in the sky. . .ten times the size of our Sun as seen from Earth. Small waves lap at a sandy shore and there may be things crawling, walking, and wiggling around.
This may be the scene on what is possibly the first truly Earth-like planet to have been found outside our Solar System. The discovery was announced today by a team of European astronomers, using a telescope in La Silla in the Chilean Andes. It is the first exoplanet (a planet orbiting a star other than our own Sun) that is anything like our Earth.
Read more in the complete Daily Mail story here.
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Video And Lyrics: Dave Clark Five Having A Wild Weekend
I remember serious debates, probably in 1964 or 1965, about just who were destined to become the Kings of Rock and Roll. At a certain point in rock history, there was debate over who would triumph: the DC5 or the Beatles? And there was also the Rolling Stones vs Beatles angle too.
The DC5 are probably now held in less esteem than even minor groups like Herman and the Hermits or Gerry and the Pacemakers, not to mention that middle tier of bands like The (always underrated) Kinks, Animals, and others. The Dave Clark Five have not aged well at all. I have a two disk "History of Dave Clark Five" set that includes about eight great tunes, some middling work, and virtually an entire disk's worth of drek.
This tune, Having A Wild Weekend, is the title song from a movie ala A Hard Days' Night. HAWW was released in Britain as Catch Us If You can...
HAVING A WILD WEEKEND
(Dave Clark / Mike Smith)
Saturday night, everybody havin' fun
You don't know it but I'm havin' me some
You left me at home, thought I would die
Down and lonely, thought I would cry
Oh, we're havin' a wild weekend
We're havin' a wild weekend
Reelin' and a-rockin'
Rockin' and a-rollin'
I met me a girl, she thought I was fine
Oh-oh, chick come with me we'll have a good time
She got all dressed up when I took her out
Well she's not that cute but she treats me right
Oh, we're havin' a wild weekend
We're havin' a wild weekend
Reelin' and a-rockin'
Rockin' and a-rollin'
Oww!
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Reelin' and a-rockin'
Rockin' and a-rollin', wooo!
Reelin' and a-rockin'
Rockin' and a-rollin', rockin' and rollin'
Reelin' and a-rockin'
Rockin' and a-rollin', ohh!
Reelin' and a-rockin'
Rockin' and a-rollin', wooo!
Reelin' and a-rockin'
Rockin' and a-rollin'
I said, Reelin' and a-rockin'
Rockin' and a-rollin'
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The DC5 are probably now held in less esteem than even minor groups like Herman and the Hermits or Gerry and the Pacemakers, not to mention that middle tier of bands like The (always underrated) Kinks, Animals, and others. The Dave Clark Five have not aged well at all. I have a two disk "History of Dave Clark Five" set that includes about eight great tunes, some middling work, and virtually an entire disk's worth of drek.
This tune, Having A Wild Weekend, is the title song from a movie ala A Hard Days' Night. HAWW was released in Britain as Catch Us If You can...
HAVING A WILD WEEKEND
(Dave Clark / Mike Smith)
Saturday night, everybody havin' fun
You don't know it but I'm havin' me some
You left me at home, thought I would die
Down and lonely, thought I would cry
Oh, we're havin' a wild weekend
We're havin' a wild weekend
Reelin' and a-rockin'
Rockin' and a-rollin'
I met me a girl, she thought I was fine
Oh-oh, chick come with me we'll have a good time
She got all dressed up when I took her out
Well she's not that cute but she treats me right
Oh, we're havin' a wild weekend
We're havin' a wild weekend
Reelin' and a-rockin'
Rockin' and a-rollin'
Oww!
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Reelin' and a-rockin'
Rockin' and a-rollin', wooo!
Reelin' and a-rockin'
Rockin' and a-rollin', rockin' and rollin'
Reelin' and a-rockin'
Rockin' and a-rollin', ohh!
Reelin' and a-rockin'
Rockin' and a-rollin', wooo!
Reelin' and a-rockin'
Rockin' and a-rollin'
I said, Reelin' and a-rockin'
Rockin' and a-rollin'
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Giuliani warns of a "new 9/11' if Democrats take the White House
Republican presidential wannabe, the Mayor of 9/11, Rudy Giuliani responded yesterday to a question at a campaign stop in Henniker, New Hampshire, saying that if a Democrat is elected president in 2008, America will be at risk for a terrorist attack on the scale of Sept. 11, 2001.If a Republican is elected, however, especially if it is him, terrorist attacks can be anticipated and stopped.
“If any Republican is elected president—and I think obviously I would be the best at this—we will remain on offense and will anticipate what [the terrorists] will do and try to stop them before they do it,” Giuliani said.
Yet. . .yet. . .who WAS in charge on 9/11? As we've asked before, how does being the mayor of a city that was attacked give you credentials for preventing anything at all? I think what we did see is that Giuliani is capable of multiple photo-ops and press conferences, none of which—as far as I know—actually prevents anything.
Recent articles on Rudolph Giuliani in All This Is That:
Running on empty—Send in the clowns—Announced, probable, and possible candidates for President of the United States
Giuliani: The Candidate For 9/11—See The Onion
Republicans tied to the whipping post
Giuliani son: "I have problems with my father, but it doesn't mean he won't make a great President."
Rudy Backs Off
Photomontage: Presidential Contenders And Wild Cards
Front-runners Clinton and McCain losing ground fast/All This Is That's dark horses are mired in the back of the pack
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Poem: Changes 63/After Completion
1
The transition from confusion to order is completed
And everything is in its proper place.
Even in particulars
—When perfect equilibrium has been reached—
Any movement may cause order.
And everything is in its proper place.
Even in particulars
—When perfect equilibrium has been reached—
Any movement may cause order.
In transition from the old to the new time,
Indifference is the root of all evil.
Take thought of misfortune
And arm yourself against it in advance.
Take thought of misfortune
And arm yourself against it in advance.
2
The finest clothes turn to rags.
Be careful all day long.
While man sees what is before his eyes, God looks into the heart.
The finest clothes turn to rags.
Be careful all day long.
While man sees what is before his eyes, God looks into the heart.
3
After crossing a stream
Your head can get into the water
Only if you are so imprudent as to turn back
As long as you move forward
And do not look back,
You escape the danger.
With each glance
You're tempted to sneak
You remember the woman with no name—
Lot's Wife—
Standing in the hail
Of fire and brimstone.
She glanced back
At Gomorrah and turned
Into a pillar of salt.
After crossing a stream
Your head can get into the water
Only if you are so imprudent as to turn back
As long as you move forward
And do not look back,
You escape the danger.
With each glance
You're tempted to sneak
You remember the woman with no name—
Lot's Wife—
Standing in the hail
Of fire and brimstone.
She glanced back
At Gomorrah and turned
Into a pillar of salt.
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Monday, April 23, 2007
Happy Birthday Willie Shakespeare!
Happy birthday to Willie the Shake. . .maybe! Tradition says the great poet William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-on-Avon, England, on April 23, 1564. Church records show that he was baptized on April 26. Three days was the normal amount of time to wait before baptizing newborns.
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Hillary puts on her cracker accent for an African American audience in NYC
I knew she did this when she was in the hustings, way down south, but now she's using the southern twang in New York City. . .to a black audience. Here's the video:
Sheryl Crow's Solution For Saving The Planet
"I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting."
It's these kinds of statements that are not winning the hearts and minds of the people you actually need to convince Sheryl.
Ms. Crow said on April 19, in Springfield, Tennessee (Gore Country): "I have spent the better part of this tour trying to come up with easy ways for us all to become a part of the solution to global warming. Although my ideas are in the earliest stages of development, they are, in my mind, worth investigating. One of my favorites is in the area of forest conservation which we heavily rely on for oxygen. I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting. Now, I don't want to rob any law-abiding American of his or her God-given rights, but I think we are an industrious enough people that we can make it work with only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where 2 to 3 could be required."
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Sunday, April 22, 2007
Poem: Changes 62/Preponderance of the Small
Small things may be done
Great things should not be done
The flying bird brings the message
It is well to remain below
Great good fortune
A bird should not try to surpass itself
And fly into the sun
It should descend home
To the earth and its nest
Great things should not be done
The flying bird brings the message
It is well to remain below
Great good fortune
A bird should not try to surpass itself
And fly into the sun
It should descend home
To the earth and its nest
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Saturday, April 21, 2007
The Time Has Come For George W. Bush And Dick Cheney To Pay The Piper
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Alien Lore No. 103 - The Face On Mars
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In July, 1976, Viking Orbiter 1 was acquiring images of the Cydonia region of Mars and photographing a region of buttes and mesas. Among the hills was one that, to the Viking investigators scrutinizing the images for likely landing sites, resembled a face. Owing to the importance of the landing site search, and with a desire to provide the public with at least one familiar-looking landform amid the craters and exotic terrains found all over Mars, an image including the face-like hill was released as part of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's public relations effort. The text of that release notes the face-like hill. The image above, on top, was taken recently. The second image is from that initial batch of photos NASA/JPL released thirty years ago...
Of course, following the release of that picture and story, many in the UFO community have argued that the face-like hill is artificially shaped.
[1] For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems is the prime contractor for the project and built the spacecraft. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona.
In July, 1976, Viking Orbiter 1 was acquiring images of the Cydonia region of Mars and photographing a region of buttes and mesas. Among the hills was one that, to the Viking investigators scrutinizing the images for likely landing sites, resembled a face. Owing to the importance of the landing site search, and with a desire to provide the public with at least one familiar-looking landform amid the craters and exotic terrains found all over Mars, an image including the face-like hill was released as part of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's public relations effort. The text of that release notes the face-like hill. The image above, on top, was taken recently. The second image is from that initial batch of photos NASA/JPL released thirty years ago...
Of course, following the release of that picture and story, many in the UFO community have argued that the face-like hill is artificially shaped.
The image on top--Image PSP_003234_2210 was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft on 05-Apr-2007 [1]. The image was taken at a local Mars time of 03:28 PM and the scene is illuminated from the west with a solar incidence angle of 73 degrees, thus the sun was about 17 degrees above the horizon. The season on Mars is Northern Autumn.
[1] For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems is the prime contractor for the project and built the spacecraft. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona.
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Poem: Changes 61/ Inner Truth
1
The wind blows over the lake.
The water's surface ripples as the visible
The water's surface ripples as the visible
Effects of the invisible appear.
2
Pigs and fishes are the least intelligent
Of all animals and therefore
the most difficult to influence.
The force of inner truth must grow strong
Before its influence
Pigs and fishes are the least intelligent
Of all animals and therefore
the most difficult to influence.
The force of inner truth must grow strong
Before its influence
Extends to such creatures.
With people as intractable and difficult
To influence as a pig or a fish,
Success depends on the right approach.
To influence as a pig or a fish,
Success depends on the right approach.
3
A crane calls
A crane calls
In the shade.
Its young answers.
Its young answers.
4
I have a good goblet.
We share
I have a good goblet.
We share
A glass of wine.
5
You find a comrade.
Now he beats the drum, now he stops.
Now he sobs, now he sings.
No matter how close you are,
If your center of gravity
Depends on them, you are tossed
5
You find a comrade.
Now he beats the drum, now he stops.
Now he sobs, now he sings.
No matter how close you are,
If your center of gravity
Depends on them, you are tossed
To and fro between joy and sorrow.
The moon is nearly full.
The team horse goes astray.
The moon is nearly full.
The team horse goes astray.
6
The cock is dependable.
It crows at dawn,
But it cannot fly itself to heaven.
The cock is dependable.
It crows at dawn,
But it cannot fly itself to heaven.
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The Band: Video and lyrics to Don't Do It
The Band often played Don't Do It as an encore. It was the last song they played (albeit in a truncated, one-verse version) at their Last Waltz in 1976. It was usually sung in a dual lead by Rick Danko and Levon Helm. If you'll excuse Robbie Robertson's posing here, this is a decent, but not definitive version. . .
Baby don't you do it, don't do it
Don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it, don't you break my heart
A sacrifice would make you happy if nothing for myself
Now you wanna leave me for the love of someone else
My pride is all gone whether I'm right or wrong
I need you baby to keep on keepin' on
You know I'm trying to my best
Oh i'm trying to do my best
Don't do it, don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it, don't you break my heart
My biggest mistake was loving you too much and letting you know
Now you got me where you want me and you won't let me go
If my heart was made of glass well then you'd surely see
How much heartache and misery, girl, you've been causing me
While I've been trying to do my best
Well I've tried to do my best
Don't do it, don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it, don't you break my heart
Go down to the river and there I be
I'm gonna jump in girl, but you don't care bout me
Open up your eyes
Can't ya see I love ya?
Open up you heart, girl
Can't ya see I need ya?
Oh baby don't do it, do it, do it
Don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it don't you break my heart
My biggest mistake was loving you too much and letting you know
Now you got me where you want me and you won't let me go
If my heart was made of glass well then you'd surely see
How much heartache and misery, girl, you've been causing me
While I've been trying to do my best
You know I've tried to do my best
Don't do it, don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it, don't you break my heart
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Baby don't you do it, don't do it
Don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it, don't you break my heart
A sacrifice would make you happy if nothing for myself
Now you wanna leave me for the love of someone else
My pride is all gone whether I'm right or wrong
I need you baby to keep on keepin' on
You know I'm trying to my best
Oh i'm trying to do my best
Don't do it, don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it, don't you break my heart
My biggest mistake was loving you too much and letting you know
Now you got me where you want me and you won't let me go
If my heart was made of glass well then you'd surely see
How much heartache and misery, girl, you've been causing me
While I've been trying to do my best
Well I've tried to do my best
Don't do it, don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it, don't you break my heart
Go down to the river and there I be
I'm gonna jump in girl, but you don't care bout me
Open up your eyes
Can't ya see I love ya?
Open up you heart, girl
Can't ya see I need ya?
Oh baby don't do it, do it, do it
Don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it don't you break my heart
My biggest mistake was loving you too much and letting you know
Now you got me where you want me and you won't let me go
If my heart was made of glass well then you'd surely see
How much heartache and misery, girl, you've been causing me
While I've been trying to do my best
You know I've tried to do my best
Don't do it, don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it, don't you break my heart
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Friday, April 20, 2007
Poem: Changes 60/Limitation
A lake is hemmed in.
When more water floods in it overflows.
If we live economically in normal times
We are prepared for times of want.
It is necessary however to set limits
Even upon limitation.
Confucius says: where disorder develops,
Words are the first steps.
If germinating things are not handled
With discretion their perfection is impeded.
When the time for action has come,
The moment must be quickly seized.
Just as water first collects in a lake
Without flowing out, it is certain
To find an outlet when the lake is full.
And so it is in our lives.
Hesitation is good
Until the time for action arrives.
Once the obstacles to action have been removed,
Hesitation leads to disaster as the window closes.
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
A request of all serial and parallel killers—get right to the denouement
Attention to serial and parallel killers. It would be nice if, in the future, you just skipped the killing innocent people part and got right to the suicide phase. Follow your leader!
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Poem: Changes 59/Dispersion
The wind blows over water,
Dissolving it into foam and mist.
The king approaches his temple.
The sacred music
And splendor of the ceremonies
Arouse a strong tide
Of emotion shared in unison
By our hearts,
Awakening our consciousness
To the origin of all creatures.
In common cause,
All barriers dissolve.
When a boat crosses a great stream,
When the wind drives over the water,
The call goes out: all hands on deck!
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Seung-Hui Cho took time to make a video DVD and Express Mail it in between killings
Among the materials released this afternoon were the contents of a DVD with 27 QuickTime video files, totaling about 10 minutes, showing Cho talking directly to the camera. mentions "hedonism" and Christianity, and talks at length about his hatred of the rich.
I just heard about a minute of the Cho audio on KIRO 710 AM. This guy is even more twisted than you might think. Some links:
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Alien Lore No. 102—The Reds Had Their Own Project Bluebook
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The Blue Folder reports on observed UFO flights and details some attempts by the military to capture some of The Greys.
In 1968, 13 aircraft designers and engineers of the Soviet Committee on Space
Technology and Exploration sent a letter, requesting a special organization for the study of UFOs to Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin. A reply to the letter was sent by an Academician Shchukin:
The crew of another plane also observed a UFO flying in that area at 11:20. The UFO left a fiery trail in the air. The crews of the both planes reported that the UFO had disappeared after a flash or explosion. A villager saw "a burning plane" flying over his village at 11:30. Eyewitnesses said the plane then disappeared. There was no wreckage or any evidence of a plane crash.
According to Pravda, KGB agents recording UFO observations in a Blue Folder. . .not unlike our own government's Project Bluebook. The Blue Folder was declassified years ago. Soviet cosmonaut Pavel Popovich received a copy of the folder from the KGB in 1991. Popovich is now an honorary president of the Academy of Informational and Applied Ufology.
The Blue Folder reports on observed UFO flights and details some attempts by the military to capture some of The Greys.In 1968, 13 aircraft designers and engineers of the Soviet Committee on Space
Technology and Exploration sent a letter, requesting a special organization for the study of UFOs to Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin. A reply to the letter was sent by an Academician Shchukin:“A number of competent organizations of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences in cooperation with the Chief Directorate of Meteorological Service, Defense Ministry and a few other agencies considered the issue of nature of the so-called flying 
objects. The organizations involved in the study of the atmosphere and space have been instructed to register and do research on any cases of UFOs for identification purposes. The USSR Academy of Sciences is charged with general monitoring of the phenomena, and therefore a special organization for the study of UFOs is not required.”
“It was a real breakthrough,” says Vladimir Azhazha, president of the above academy and keeper of the Blue Folder. “The authorities not only acknowledged the existence of UFOs for the first time, they also showed their great interest in the issue."
objects. The organizations involved in the study of the atmosphere and space have been instructed to register and do research on any cases of UFOs for identification purposes. The USSR Academy of Sciences is charged with general monitoring of the phenomena, and therefore a special organization for the study of UFOs is not required.”“It was a real breakthrough,” says Vladimir Azhazha, president of the above academy and keeper of the Blue Folder. “The authorities not only acknowledged the existence of UFOs for the first time, they also showed their great interest in the issue."
According to Azhazha “Pavel Popovich was given the folder after requesting reports on the cases of UFOs. I received the folder from Popovich, it was a 124-page compilation of reports about the encounters with UFOs. The reports filed by authorities, military units COs and eyewitnesses. It took us a long time to get rid of some doubts before making the folder public."
Mr. Popovich saw a UFO once while flying in a passenger plane from Washington to Moscow. The object looked like a shining triangle and flew near the plane at about 600 miles per hour before vanishing into thin air.
Despite the letter that denied the KGB had tracked UFOs, the contents of the folder indicated seem to tell another story. The KGB launched investigations in several cases, for example, an anomaly observed near the village of Burkhala in the Magadan region on October 21, 1989. The report on the incident says: “The eyewitnesses claim to have watched a red shining sphere circulating above the village for half an hour.”
KGB agents never did figure out what happened at the airport of the city of Mineralnye Vody on December 15, 1987. According to the airport dispatchers, at 11:15 PM, flight No 65798 reported seeing an “object resembling an aircraft with its headlights on.” Radar showed no aircraft in the area. The UFO disappeared after three minutes.
Mr. Popovich saw a UFO once while flying in a passenger plane from Washington to Moscow. The object looked like a shining triangle and flew near the plane at about 600 miles per hour before vanishing into thin air.
Despite the letter that denied the KGB had tracked UFOs, the contents of the folder indicated seem to tell another story. The KGB launched investigations in several cases, for example, an anomaly observed near the village of Burkhala in the Magadan region on October 21, 1989. The report on the incident says: “The eyewitnesses claim to have watched a red shining sphere circulating above the village for half an hour.”KGB agents never did figure out what happened at the airport of the city of Mineralnye Vody on December 15, 1987. According to the airport dispatchers, at 11:15 PM, flight No 65798 reported seeing an “object resembling an aircraft with its headlights on.” Radar showed no aircraft in the area. The UFO disappeared after three minutes.
The crew of another plane also observed a UFO flying in that area at 11:20. The UFO left a fiery trail in the air. The crews of the both planes reported that the UFO had disappeared after a flash or explosion. A villager saw "a burning plane" flying over his village at 11:30. Eyewitnesses said the plane then disappeared. There was no wreckage or any evidence of a plane crash.
The army at times made attempts to deal with UFOs without KGB involvement. In August 1987, servicemen of an antiaircraft unit based on the Tiksi Peninsula tried to “get to know better” an unidentified flying object that appeared on a radar screen. A report from Colonel Lobanov, a duty officer of a military unit said: “An unidentified target detected by the radar station of the commandant’s office of the antiaircraft unit at 05.45 Moscow time.” The target moved at a speed varying from 0 to 250 miles per hour. At 6:55, a helicopter took off for a closer examination of the object. The object became invisible (or just disappeared). Another aircraft flying in the vicinity at the time reported an green cloud with traces of purple and dark spots visible in the middle
An incident occurred in the Leningrad Military Region in early August of 1987. Five officers were dispatched to the northern part of Karelia to accompany an object of unknown origin that had been located near the city of Vyborg. The object was said to be 14 m long, 4 meters wide and 2.5 m high. The military failed to open the “extraterrestrial can.” Eventually, the object disappeared from the hangar late September.
On July 28, 1989, a UFO caused a panic military personnel near Kapustin Yar, in the Astrakhan region. Corporal Valery Voloshin was on duty in the communications center at the time. He filed a report on the case.
Researchers now believe the Blue Folder is a valuable cache of information. According to Mr. Azhazha, the evidence suggests that intelligent life forms control the objects that mean no harm to human beings. Nothing in the Blue Folder indicates that any UFO had ever taken action against any human. Every single episode the Soviets recorded depicts the aliens essentially performing drive-bys.
An incident occurred in the Leningrad Military Region in early August of 1987. Five officers were dispatched to the northern part of Karelia to accompany an object of unknown origin that had been located near the city of Vyborg. The object was said to be 14 m long, 4 meters wide and 2.5 m high. The military failed to open the “extraterrestrial can.” Eventually, the object disappeared from the hangar late September.
On July 28, 1989, a UFO caused a panic military personnel near Kapustin Yar, in the Astrakhan region. Corporal Valery Voloshin was on duty in the communications center at the time. He filed a report on the case.
Researchers now believe the Blue Folder is a valuable cache of information. According to Mr. Azhazha, the evidence suggests that intelligent life forms control the objects that mean no harm to human beings. Nothing in the Blue Folder indicates that any UFO had ever taken action against any human. Every single episode the Soviets recorded depicts the aliens essentially performing drive-bys.
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