Poem: The White Flag

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It's hard to keep a straight face
When you don't believe your sclera,
When nothing really fits in place
And not a sheckel dime or lira

Can ballast the mounting reams of news,
Or the clamor for surrender,
That we obstinantly refuse
As the plots grow to put us under.

The debate ends in a shutout
And we will not end the bout.
We talk sing laugh and shout
And instead of a bang, we just fade out.
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Painting: whirled in time

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Am I hot or not? The story behind the Statue of Liberty

click to enlarge - a life size copy of the statue of liberty's
face in the Statue of Liberty Museum

It was 121 years ago today that the cornerstone for The Statue of Liberty was laid. The Statue--a gift From France--was already waiting.

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the designer, chose an authentic American model, "the good-looking, recently widowed Isabella Eugenie Boyer, the wife of Isaac Singer, the sewing-machine industrialist. " (From about.com)

"She was, from the beginning of her career in Paris, a well-known figure. As the good-looking French widow of an American industrialist she was called upon to be Bartholdi's model for the Statue of Liberty." (Ruth Brandon, Singer and the Sewing Machine: A Capitalist Romance, p. 211)

The wikipedia says "Isabella was still a striking lady when she met the sculptor Bartholdi. "

The photograph to the right, above, seems to be the only actual record of Isabella Eugenie Boyer. Am I missing something?

As for the statue itself, I always found it stunning and thrilling. In the time I lived in Brooklyn and Manhattan, we would often take rides on the Staten Island ferry (the fare was either a dime or a two bits) just to see her. . .
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Alien Lore No. 85 - Separated at birth?

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The silent, banjo-playing boy the men encounter along the Chattooga River in Deliverance, and one of the Roswell Crash/Alien Autopsy victims. . .
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Poem: Changes 14/Possession

The fire in heaven above
Shines down upon us
And everyone standing

In the light has a mission
To carry
Their brothers and sisters

Our fates are determined
By a cosmic dice roll and the clock
In which we wrap our lives

It's up to us
To administer
The benevolent will of heaven

The sun in heaven above
Shines brightly without prejudice
Upon everything on earth

On the evil and the good
We're all just customers
Of the sun

Men and women
With a mission to do no harm
And to leave a little good in our wake

Great possessions are counted
By their mobility and utility
For their use in good works

And if you live right you wake up
With the sun shining
Sweetly just for you

You wake up like Scrooge
Or Bill and Melinda Gates
With your hearts already singing

For what could happen
Before earth rolls around
And night falls again
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Montage: Another Presidential Stumble

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Between Presidential stumbles, gropings, and bicycle and Segway crashes, you start to wonder why Gerald Ford had the rep. as the clumsy President. . .


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Alien Lore No. 84 - ancient astronauts in the art

Various UFOlogists, art historians, and crackpots have written about the alien/UFO content in some of these paintings. The art ranges from about Shakespeare's time to 29,000 years old.

Did the artists have great imaginations? Were they abducteees and/or throwbacks? Were they implantees? Drug-addled mystics? Or are these objects in paintings hints, as some conspiracists have theorized--images of spaceships and aliens elicited from our great collective unconscious to help soften us up for the actual invasion (if it wasn't already stealthily underway right under our noses)? Or do we carry the germ in all of us--the cultural memories and images---a psychic imprint--because the Greys are our cousins and came here long ago? Were these works of art realistic? Drawn directly from UFO sightings? I don't think we're going to know the answer this week. . .



This painting comes from a cave in Tanzania. It may be up to 29,000 years old. One section seems to show Aliens about to implant the demon seed? There is also an alien-looking figure looking down into a box, or a well? Or what?




The Madonna with Saint Giovannino was painted in the 15th century, and is attributed to the school of Frau Lippo Lippi. Above Mary's right shoulder is a saucer (see inset). On the right a man and dog are seen gazing at the saucer.




A detail from a Yugoslavian fresco circa 1350 A.D. This painting of a crucifixion contains saucer-like objects flying overhead. Some schools of alien lore claim that the Greys witnessed the crucufixion of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.



The Baptism of Christ was painted in Flanders by Aert De Gelderin about 1710. A hovering saucer shines some kind of ray down on John the Baptist and Jesus.




This image of a crusader and saucer comes from a 12th century manuscript. Books about historical and religion events refer to a UFO sighting in the year 776, during the siege on Sigiburg castle, France. The Saxons and the French were fighting when suddenly a group of discs appeared hovering over the top of the church. The Saxons thought the French were protected by these objects and the Saxons fled.



This painting shows Moses receiving the stone tablets with several UFOs in the sky nearby. Know one knows who painted this, or when. . .


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An ancient Egyptian depiction of what seems to be a classic Grey. This mural was found inside the Tomb of Ptah-Hotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. In the painting, servants offer food to the Egyptian Philosopher Ptah-Hotep (at a table to the left of this part of the picture). Ptah-hotep served during the reign of Izezi as a sage. Izezi ruled Egypt from 2388 to 2356 BC.



Detail of the "Grey" depicted in the mural above.

Ancient Egyptian wall sculpture, Abydos, Egypt - click to enlarge

This relief seems to show a helicopter, a submarine, a UFO and what seems to be an airplane.
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Ned Lamont overtakes vertically challenged incumbent in CT race

Democratic challenger Ned Lamont has jumped into a commanding lead over Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) in Tuesday's Senate primary, according to a Quinnipiac University poll. Lamont leads Lieberman 54 to 41 percent and has gained serious momentum over the lilliputian incumbent and losing Democratic vice presidential nominee. For more information, go to the Washington Post's online article.

What does all this mean for the sawed-off turncoat from Connecticut? Next January, we'll see Crazy Joe a) mount a modestly lucrative lecture tour; b) join the faculty of a prestigious college; or c) lick his wounds and write a book.

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“It’s time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge that he will be the commander in chief for three more critical years and that in matters of war we undermine presidential credibility at our nation’s peril.”
12/7/05

Who better to refute this statement that Joe Lieberman himself? "A president does not rule, he governs. He remains always answerable to us, the people. And right now, the president’s conduct of our foreign policy is giving the country too many reasons to question his leadership. It’s not just about 16 words in a speech, it is about distorting intelligence and diminishing credibility.” 7/28/03



In November, 2003, Crazy Joe accused Bush of lying to Americans about everything from national security to helping the poor. “There has been one value repeatedly missing from this presidency, and that value is integrity,” Lieberman said. “By deception and disarray, this White House has betrayed the just cause of fighting terrorism and tyranny around the world.” Leaking the CIA employee’s name “was the politics of personal destruction at its worst,” he said.
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G.O.P. parlor game: guess Lieberman's height

The Republicans have a sort of office pool going, betting on Senator Joe Lieberman's height. Suspecting that the Senator will shortly become one of them, they appeared to reassure themselves that he won't cast too long a shadow for the Grand Old Party.


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Krispy Kreme chicken sandwich (with honey)

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I don't know what you did last weekend, but if you had been in Southern California, you might have been lucky enough to attend the Orange County Fair. And if you'd been extra lucky, you might have stumbled onto Chicken Charlies traveling deep-fry shack, where they proudly serve: deep fried oreos, deep fried Twinkies (chocolate or raspberry), deep fried vegetables, lemon garlic battered deep fried avocados with ranch dipping sauce, deep fried pickle chips, and what has to be their crown of creation: a chicken sandwich served on a Krispy Kreme [tm] doughnut with honey on the side. I can't tell if they split the doughnut, or use two. And, for some reason, seeing the slice of cheese peek out from the glazed doughnut just about tripled the hurl factor for me



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Raul Castro takes the reigns in Cuba

Cuba attempted to whistle in the dark today, pretending all was normal on the first day in 47 years without Fidel Castro running the show. A Cuban official insisted Castro's final moment was "very far away," despite his handing over power to his brother after surgery.

Parliament Speaker Ricardo Alarcon said the Cuban leader is known for fighting to the very end and that his "final moment is still very far away," the government's Prensa Latina news service reported.

Raul Castro, the island's acting president, was nowhere to be seen as Cubans began to worry about what comes next and exiles in Miami celebrated a development they hoped signaled the death of a dictator. Cuban dissidents kept a low profile while watching for signs of Castro's condition.

Not everyone knows that Raul is the spooky one in the family. Don't bet on any riots breaking out while he holds the reigns of power. While Fidel will reason with dissenters first and then kill them, Raul apparently kills first and doesn't bother asking questions. . .

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Auto-porn: I Humped Your Hummer Dot Com

This web site showcases what is rapidly becoming America's favorite pastime: Hummer Humping. The Hummer has attracted such diverse constituencies as: soccer moms, drug dealers, professional athletes and other celebrities.

For those of us who cannot or do not care to own a Hummer, there is still a fun and easy way to be a part of this craze.

Participating in the act of Hummer love can be as a political statement, performance art, or an amusing activity to engage in as you're walking down the street. I only wish they had some reaction shots. . .where the owners of the soiled Hummers came charging out, hell-bent on destruction.

If ever there was a victimless crime, this has to be it. It beats horses, I guess.
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