Tuesday, 1 September 2009

Happy Spring Day




If you go down in the woods today
You're sure of a big surprise.
If you go down in the woods today
You'd better go in disguise.

For ev'ry bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain, because
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.

Ev'ry teddy bear who's been good
Is sure of a treat today.
There's lots of marvelous things to eat
And wonderful games to play.

Beneath the trees where nobody sees
They'll hide and seek as long as they please
That's the way the teddy bears have their picnic.

Picnic time for teddy bears
The little teddy bears are having a lovely time today
Watch them, catch them unawares
And see them picnic on their holiday.

See them gaily gad about
They love to play and shout;
They never have any cares;

At six o'clock their mummies and daddies,
Will take them home to bed,
Because they're tired little teddy bears.

If you go down in the woods today
You'd better not go alone.
It's lovely down in the woods today
But safer to stay at home.

For ev'ry bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain, because
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.

Peace and love

Image from here

Thursday, 27 August 2009

Exoplanet WASP-18b

From http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/55066637.html

WASP-18b orbits incredibly close to its host star, circling just 1.4 million miles (2.2 million km) from its surface. From such a ringside seat, the planet's star-facing hemisphere broils at an estimated 3,800°F (2,400K).

What has Hellier's team scratching its collective head is not that WASP-18b is so hot (it's too dense to simply evaporate), but instead why it exists at all!

Here's the conundrum: With roughly 10 times the mass of Jupiter, it's hefty enough and close enough to raise a significant tidal bulge on the star. And because it orbits in just 22½ hours, faster than any other confirmed hot Jupiter and much faster than the star spins, this tidal interaction is likely dragging the planet inward to its doom — and fast.

The Earth-Moon system is a good example of such a tidal yin-yang. The Moon likewise raises tides in Earth's oceans, and their mutual attraction transferring angular momentum between them. However, because the Moon orbits much more slowly than Earth turns, the tradeoff is gradually pushing the Moon away from us (1½ inches, or 38 mm, per year) and our day is ever-so-slightly getting longer (0.2 second per century). But in the WASP-18 tidal dance, it's the other way around — the planet is spiraling inward, and the star's spin is speeding up.

Friday, 21 August 2009

We apologise

For the inconvenience, our lenses are dirty.

Wednesday, 19 August 2009

more spacey stuff

http://home.exetel.com.au/bmgoau/space/008_1561b2.html

Open it in a new window. The controls are google-earth-ish, you can zoom in and out, and move around ...

I believe it's a composite from the Hubble telescope. Very nice :)

Tuesday, 18 August 2009

Thursday, 13 August 2009

life

Isn't it just ... hey?

24 Hours later i sit here again. Head and heart full. Little more tired, yet somehow at peace. Baby is getting better, slowly. But i only care that she is indeed healing.

Read Steppenwolf again last night. So forgive me for being a little distracted. Reality is a blunt object sometimes. "Life is only a tragedy because we are so caught up in it, to the gods it is nothing more than a particularly brutal comedy" - dunno who said that, too tired too google it, but it's good.

Humour is the thing, the smile. At oneself primarily, of course. And through that lense the rest of creation. I find it particularly encouraging to find the universe no more twisted and fucked up than my silly self, misery loves company ;-) But the lens is the thing. Somehow that is so. I am suddenly reminded of being a photographer, where you have the ability to take something that other people do not notice, and create a statement, that stands alone for all time. How YOU perceive the universe is more important than the universe.

I'm running off on a tangent, but so be it. The old story of his version, her version, and the truth is commonly repeated, but the truths inherent are pervasive. When people hold beliefs, and u nderstandings, the universe moulds into those. Thought, word, action. Something like that. And when people have in incorrect view they act wrongly. And they will still justify that belief, and take it as the universe because for them it is. Wisdom overcomes these limitations, and understands the role of the self in colouring and changing the world. At this point, a certain clarity is achieved, a view that is shared by men across time.

The crux is this though. Life is sad. That is the truth as i see it. Not terminally, and certainly not always overwhelmingly, but definitively, it is. For us humans at least. I cannot say why it is so. But us humans, who created this sadness, are able to instantly transform it into the most beautiful spectacle. Oh it is so clear how easy to live, to laugh, to love? And yet ...

I read Terri's blogpost this morning, and instantly resonated. For her a small quote from The Steppenwolf. Hermine speaks of how right animals are, more so than men.

"Well, look at an animal, a cat, a dog, or a bird, or one of those beautiful great beasts in the zoo, a Puma or a giraffe. You can't help seeing that all of them are right. They're never in any embarrassment.They always know what to do and how to behave themselves. They don't want to impress you. No play acting. They are as they are, like stones or flowers or stars in the sky. Don't you agree?" I did. "Animals are sad as a rule," she went on. "And when a man is sad - I don't mean because he has a toothache or has lost some money, but because he sees, for once in a way, how it is with life and everything, and is sad in earnest - he always looks a little like an animal. He then looks not only sad, but more right and more beautiful than usual."

I need to log off. My son is waiting to be collected from school, he is feeling unwell. And people ask why i never plan my life, or at least pretend to. Still, it's a good day for a short walk. Last night was a good night to be out, the wind caught my soul and gave it a good view of the surrounds. Stars were bright too.

peace and love

Wednesday, 12 August 2009

Last Night

I spent in the pediatric ward of a local hospital. Suffice to say i was tired enough to get a short, yet deep sleep. The kid needed drugs. Painkillers. Lots. By 3AM the hospital had finally quietened down, and the nurses looked relieved.

So friday evening she had a sore mouth, this is the three year old girl, Jody-fae. We assumed that she had bitten her mouth, as she had before, and she confirmed this. Bit her lip. *shrug*

Saturday it was still sore, and by sunday we were administering our own first aid, panado, etc. Sunday night there was a visible ulcer, obviously not good, and the pain was becoming more constant. The good daddy, on monday morning took her to the doctor, since no, this cannot be allowed to continue.

He assured us that it was a viral infection aligned with the flu she had recently been suffering with, too. Medication home. Next day even worse, so the good mommy runs off this time. Since by now, Jody-fae is in constant pain, and is now refusing to eat or drink.

Doctor says that she must be admitted to hospital, or else dehydration becomes a factor. The doctor then prescibes the INCORRECT diagnosis code for our medical aid, and when i phone the medaid get told they will not admit.

By lunchtime wifey was in an emergency ward. Child is screaming constantly, is slightly feverish and refuses anything to drink, or even bodily contact, like holding her hand. Trust me, ER was the right place :(

By four o'clock, when i arrived, they had started (!) and by about six we had shoved needles into her, suppositories up her arse (she doesn't like them either) and nothing had changed. She was admitted and taken upstairs to await blood test results. By ten PM we saw the doctor start her rounds in the ward.

Herpes.

From some arbitrary medical site: (http://dermatology.about.com/cs/oralherpes/a/oralherpesbasic.htm)

Fever Blisters and the Herpes Simplex Virus
Fever blisters are caused more often by the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) than herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). As a matter of fact, more than 85 percent of the world's population has been infected with HSV-1. These infections follow the usual course of herpes simplex virus infections in that the first outbreak is usually more painful and lasts longer than recurrent infections.

Fever Blisters - Primary Infection
The first time the skin in or around the mouth comes in contact with the herpes simplex virus; the outbreak occurs inside the mouth -- on the gums, tongue, and throat. This is called gingivostomatitis. This first infection occurs most often in childhood, and the highest incidence of infection occurs between 6 months and three years of age. Children get pain, fever, swollen lymph nodes, and may have difficulty swallowing. These symptoms last for about a week and resolve spontaneously. Children with gingivostomatitis are at risk for dehydration if the pain keeps them from drinking fluids. Water-based popsicles are sometimes used to provide hydration and pain relief.

On monday morning the doctor missed this, and by last night (tuesday?) the child was convulsing with pain, screaming constantly, and still with nothing more than a suppository for comfort. The total idiocy is beyond me. I was SO angry, SO fustrated and frankly pissed off.

I'm home now, taking the day off, tomorrow too. Going back later to keep her company. And safe. The fucking hospital swopped her at birth, not the same hospital, but a private one too. So no, she is NEVER alone.

I'm going to curl up in a sunny spot and sleep. They didn't have coffee there, and um just getting over the withdrawal symptoms. Maybe by tonight i can buy her a chocolate :D As i understand her world view, going with daddy to go buy a chocolate at the shops rates as the bestest thing that is possible. I'm good with that. Although i guess the vending machine will be an interesting diversion. By the way, what's with that? Vending machines full of coke (any colour you like) and chocolates. Yay for health, leastways no cigarettes being sold. Chocolate, it's not a DRUG is it? *wicked grin*

Tuesday, 11 August 2009

Perseid meteor shower




Ok, after the last rant, something to smile for.

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/about/pressreleases/3513246.html

"The Perseid meteor shower, an annual celestial event beloved by millions of skywatchers around the world, returns to the night sky this coming week. But moonlight will interfere somewhat with the view.

Sky & Telescope magazine predicts that the Perseid shower will reach its peak late on Friday and Saturday nights, August 11-12 and 12-13 (for viewers in North America). The rate of activity should pick up after midnight until the first light of dawn.

You'll need no equipment but your eyes. The moonlight in the sky will hide the fainter meteors, and so will artificial light pollution, but the brightest meteors should still show through."

Not visible from SA, and the southern hemisphere. Bt it's happening nonetheless. While we're at work ... *chuckle*

Fuck the USA

News 24

Durban - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with South African President Jacob Zuma on Saturday in a bid to improve strained ties with the country.

So they send the bitch. Local news is full of her doings *spit*

Come to get land for a military base they say. Right. THIS is worth throwing a petrol bomb for. Fuck the US, and it's military, and stay the FUCK off my land.

Friday, 7 August 2009

Touchable holograms

Check this out: http://www.alab.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~siggraph/09/TouchableHolography/SIGGRAPH09-TH.html

Mid-air displays which project floating images in free space have
been seen in SF movies for several decades [Rakkolainen 2007].
Recently, they are attracting a lot of attention as promising tech-
nologies in the field of digital signage and home TV, and many
types of holographic displays are proposed and developed. You can
see a virtual object as if it is really hovering in front of you. But
that amazing experience is broken down the moment you reach for
it, because you feel no sensation on your hand.
Our objective is adding tactile feedback to the hovering image in
3D free space. One of the biggest issues is how to provide tactile
sensation. Although tactile sensation needs contact with objects by
nature, the existence of a stimulator in the work space depresses the
appearance of holographic images. Therefore some kind of remote-
controllable tactile sensation is needed. That is achieved by our
original tactile display [Iwamoto et al. 2008]. The following paper
explains the technologies employed for a “Touchable Holography.”

Thursday, 6 August 2009

War crimes charges against SA citizens

News 24

Selected quotes:

" ... The Palestinian Solidarity Alliance (PSA) and the Media Review Network (MRN) are listed as complainants in an affidavit, called the Gaza Docket, handed to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Directorate of Priority Crimes Investigation..."

" ... "The evidence contained in the Gaza Docket indicates overwhelmingly that war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed by the Israeli Defence Force during Operation Cast Lead and there is prima facie evidence.... which indicates that South African citizens and/or residents are implicated in the commission of these crimes," a memorandum reads..."

" ... It is supported by around 3 500 pages of evidence, including evidence by Human Rights Watch on the "brutal military onslaught on Gaza by the Israeli Defence Force"..."

" ... "We do have damning evidence that there are individuals, South Africans, who are serving in the Israeli defence force and that is a violation of our own internal laws but also a violation of international laws," ... "

" ... He added it was South Africa's duty and responsibility to take actions against the "apartheid state of Israel"..."

*applause*
I'm going to be watching this carefully.

EDIT: News 24

A response from the Jewish Board of deputies in response the the charges against a certain Davd Benjamin:

" ... "This amounts to little more than a clumsy attempt at manipulating the Judiciary for partisan political purposes," the organisations said in a statement..."

But now, most clearly it is illegal for a south african citizen to serve in a foreign military. More so that not only were they serving, but was serving in what has been clearly identified as genocide.

So much as those ex-soldiers were arrested in Zim a while ago for planning some or other coup, these guys need to face up to their actions. And south africa should NOT beome a haven OF ANY SORT to mercanaries or foreign soldiers or criminals.

PS. I noticed Justice Richard Goldstone on the advisory panel for the investigation int the Gaza Genocide, although (apparently) neither Israel nor Gaza fully co-operated with his enquiries.

Wednesday, 5 August 2009

Date synchronicity

Did you know that on August 7, 2009?

At 12hr 34 minutes and 56 seconds the time and date will be

12:34:56 07/08/09

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Pig on the wing

Damn, it isn't every day i find a column this good. Chris McEvoy is the guys name, and this column was very well said.

From: Channel 24

"... And do I even need to mention alcohol? Booze is such a brainless, poisonous life-fuck of a narcotic that it makes tik, heroin and all the rest seem about as dangerous as a particularly weak cup of Earl Grey tea. More than half of all road deaths and (reported) cases of domestic violence (give or take a percentage or two) are directly linked to alcohol. Dop kills way more people than all the scary illegal narcotics combined. But a good drink (in other words, three or seven drinks, in SA-speak) is an obligatory component of almost any leisure activity. Sports, braais, the festive season, dating and divorce all seem so meaningless without booze that, as a non-drinker, I barely have reason to ever leave my house..."

"... Meanwhile, epidemiologist Tom Jefferson is quoted in Spiegel Online as saying that the scare is nothing more than the result of the pharmaceutical industry licking its lips at the prospect of a profitable pandemic..."

Wild applause from the peanut gallery.

My Biker Code

I ride purely, and only, because it is fun.
I ride because I enjoy the freedom I feel from being exposed to the elements and the vulnerability to the danger that is intrinsic to riding.
I do not ride because it is fashionable to do so.
I ride my machine, not wear it. My machine is not a symbol of status.
It exists simply for me, and me alone. My machine is not a toy. It is an extension of my being, and I will treat it accordingly, with the same respect as I have for myself.
I strive to understand the inner workings of my machine, from the most basic, to the most complex. I will learn everything I can about my machine, so that I am reliant upon no one but myself for it's health and well-being.
I strive to constantly better my skill of control over my machine. I will learn it's limits, and use my skill to become one with my machine so that we may keep each other alive. I am the mistress, it is the servant. Working together in harmony, we will become an invincible team.
I do not fear death. I will however, do all possible to avoid death prematurely.
Fear is the enemy, not death. Fear on the highway leads to death, therefore I will not let fear be my master. I will master it.
My machines will outlive me. Therefore, they are my legacy. I will care for them for future bikers to cherish as I have cherished them, whoever they may be.
I do not ride to gain attention, respect, or fear from those that do not ride, nor do I wish to intimidate or annoy them. For those that do not know me, all I wish is for them to ignore me. For those that desire to know me, I will share with them the truth of myself, so that they might understand me, and not fear others like me.
I will never be the agressor on the highway. However, should others mess with me, their aggression will be dealt with in as severe a manner as I can cast upon them.
I will show respect to other bikers more experienced or knowledgeable than I am.
I will learn from them all I can.
I will not show disrespect to other bikers less experienced or knowledgeable than I am.
I will teach them what I can.
It will be my task to mentor new riders, that so desire, into the lifestyle of the biker, so that the breed shall continue.
I shall instruct, as I have been instructed by those before me. I shall preserve and honour traditions of bikers before me, and I will pass them on unaltered.
I will not judge other bikers on their choice of machine, their appearance or their profession. I will judge them only on their conduct as bikers. I am proud of my acomplishments as a biker, though I will not flaunt them to others. If they ask, I will share them.
I will stand ready to help any other biker that truly needs my help. I will never ask another biker to do for me what I can do for myself.
I am not a part-time biker. I am a biker when and wherever I go. I am proud to be a biker, and I hide my chosen lifestyle from no one.
I ride because I love freedom, independence and the movement of the ground beneath me. But most of all I ride to better understand myself, my machine and the lands in which I ride, and to seek out and know other bikers like myself!

Tuesday, 4 August 2009

And suddenly ....

... nothing happened .....


... but it happened very suddenly ....

Friday, 31 July 2009

Kite flying world record

IN GAZA!!!!!

Goes to show .... oh God bless those poor folk, and may their children know more happiness than they have.



Go see the whole story at Al Jazeera

Can you pass the Rorschach test?

Thursday, 30 July 2009

Today

I'm feeling sort of off .... always hard to describe feelings, part of the fun :)
In my own bubble, completely insulated, i feel like i need to lash out at something. Of course WHAT is something i need to consider BEFORE lashing out .... but all things in their place. Lord, please send me a telemarketer today *grin* ...

SO i'm chatting with my kids last night, as we do. And the question was posed, "Dad, why don't we have a tv?" ... Now this is ground we've covered before, and obviously something made this return to the fore, so i asked why she ask. Teasing was the unexpected answer, she gets teased because she didn't see this, or doesn't watch that. I pointed out something which re-affirms my decision every time.

TV is a simple choice, yes or no. Either you have one or not. Neither answer should be particularly strange.

However, the reaction of someone to hearing that you don't have one is ALWAYS incredulity. They don't believe you. They can't bend their minds to that. THAT, to me, is odd. The kids agree btw.

SO we've identified that there in indeed something odd about TV, especially by people who watch it, and the "blankness" they display. We discussed soap operas, and how sad it is that so many people all over the world are so totally tuned in to these fictional adrenalin highs (it's always so over excited), that when you visit with them, they pay more attention to the fake lives than your own real life. Again, the kids confirmed seeing all this for themselves, it IS self evident.

They added that the kids at school were very violent minded, and swore a lot, and my kids even put forward that sw that it was violence on tv, amongst other things that pushed the other kids to bad behaviour.

Of course my role as parent and teacher came up, and how seeing as tv is as we discussed above, it was my decision to keep that from them. All of this comes together in the role of the parent to protect, and even asking the kids directly whether they agreed with my decision, they did so. Again, this IS self evident.

I make no pretence to be a perfect parent, and i tell my kids this. However, we all know what our roles and duties should be. For me, to provide the healthiest environment for my family. For them, to learn and follow the rules, while having as much freedom to grow as possible. Accepting that it doesn't always work is good, because then when it DOESN'T, you then have a framework of understanding to fall back on.

Teasing is part of that, when the home life conflicts in some way with the outside world. Something that they have had a lot of already, and will have to endure much more of. Another snippet that came out last night hurt.

"Daddy,they called me white cockroach today, because i'm the only white in my class".

Um, verbatim. Fortunately we are better than that, and i explained how all this nonsense was fear based, INDIVIDUALS who are afraid, and become part of a group to allay those fears, and how from within that group, any stupid or hurtful idea takes flight, and becomes reality, usually to the detriment of someone completely innocent.

However, racism in sa is not dead, it's apparently alive and well, just, well politically correct. It hurts, knowing as i do the real history of sa, and how this one problem has haunted every racial group that has ever tried to live peacefully here.

Wednesday, 29 July 2009

Socrates

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”

-Socrates

Tuesday, 28 July 2009

Rest in peace

After Sunday's accident, the outsurance marshalls did not want to return to the streets. No suprises there. Losing a comrade is hard, and from what i saw this morning, this is a very close group of people.

The idea was simple, a wreath laying ceremony at the scene of the crash. So we started at their offices in Kelvin, and escorted them to the crash scene on the M1 highway, under the grayston bridge.

About 20 bikes, plus the staff van and 2 or 3 cars, including 702 eyewitness news. We did what we do best, we stopped traffic. Each intersection in turn in morning peak hour. The pointsmen rode through Sandton like the kings they are.

The memorial was as memorials are. On the side of the highway, i couldn't even hear what was said, drowned out by the constant roar of traffic. But the emotion were real. The loss and grief mixing wih the dirt and broken bike still lying scattered around. The team held hands while they prayed, a long line of support for each other.

It was a very ... poignant moment. Full of meaning and things unsaid. It was fitting on the side of the road. I have always loved the road. In the words of Jethro Tull "... and the motorway stretches, right up to us all, isn't just, too damn real?"

But this love is two edged. It's mankinds answer to the river. Except instead of bringing life and calm, it brings death, noise, dirt and decay. Rivers of death. I have spent much time on these rivers. Walking, cycling, cars, trucks, bikes, and some others too. To become too close to this river is to invite disaster, with sceaming death flying past every second, be sure to have your wits about you. This is their office, their trade, their workbench. In the dust streets full of metal madness, their duty is to remain calm, and to save these mad men-machines from destrying each other.

And again, even during a "funeral procession" you feel the arrogance, annoyance, impatience of the drivrs. HURRY UP! GET OUT MY WAY! is the mantra they chant in petrol fumes and spinning metal. I gave one guy the finger. Leaned over his bonnet and shoved it in his face. He deserved it too.

I sincerely hope those i met today continue for many years, avoiding the death their work space brings. And if you see one on the road, be nice to them. They deserve our respect, for their bravery and tenacity in doing what needs to be done.

peace

Monday, 27 July 2009

R.I.P. Outsurance Pointsmen



IOL

July 26 2009 at 03:35PM

Two pointsmen driving scooters were killed on the N1 near the Grayston offramp while travelling to the 702 Walk the Talk on Sunday, Johannesburg emergency services said.

"They were on their way to the 702 Walk the Talk starting point in Marks Park when they were hit by a car from behind," said spokesperson Percy Morokane.

A Toyota Yaris driving in the fast lane had moved into the left lane and allegedly crashed into them at 4am Sunday. The two, aged 26 and 35, were part of a convey of 11 pointsmen travelling to the fun walk.

Both men died on the scene. The driver of the Yaris and his passenger escaped with minor bruises.

Police spokesperson Constable Neria Malefetse said the 26-year-old driver had his blood alcohol level tested at the scene and was allegedly four times over the legal limit.
______________________________________________________________________

R.I.P. to both. In the line of duty.

Michael and Stanly

I'm devastated. 11 bikes in convoy, with high vis vests, and some worthless piece of shit killed 2 of them. When are we as a nation going to start taking acvtion against drunk drivers. This judge fucking motata, lynch him! People who behave in such a way have no place in our society.

If you know someone who drives when drunk, break his car! Give him punctures!! Fuckit, slap him with a baseball bat i don't give a fuck.
ENOUGH OF THIS SENSELESSNESS!!!!!!!

Friday, 24 July 2009

Have you ever ...

Have you ever stood
On the edge
Of nothing?
Vast emptiness
Pulling you in
Vacuum in space
Hole in time
Light behind
Close your eyes
Jump
No scream
No end
Falling, tumbling
Awake?
No…dream?
Terror inside
Try to rise
Thick black darkness
Covers the mind
Tranquil whispers
Call your name
Willing, lulling
You to sleep
Not yet
Fear forbids
Floating, sideways
Upside down
Where where
Everywhere
Not at all
I ask
Implore
Teasing answers
Caress and stroke
Eluding touch
But sigh
Felt within
Forever without
Where is light?
Air to breathe
Songs to hear
Another place
Long ago
Forever far
Further than thought
Closer than ever
Out of reach
Tempting teasing
Fate will out
Where to now?
Away away away
From this …
Place?
Animal passion
Enfolds
Surrounds
Consumes
Me.

Thursday, 23 July 2009

Charlie




I broke no laws, not god's laws, not man's law. What I preached is beyond the court's understanding.

I am my own god, I am my own government, I am my own court, I am my own world.

The gist is stick your parole. I'm not interested. I could have your parole, and have no soul, but i will shirk your parole and keep my soul.

I'm a con man. I don't need money. Sure I'm rich, I've got resources, and they're all within my heart.

Charlie Manson

Mensa wordplay

In case you missed it. Here is the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational which once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

The winners are:

1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
12. Karmageddon: It's when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, and then the Earth explodes, and it's a serious bummer.
13. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you
14. Glibido: All talk and no action.
15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
18. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.
And the winners are:
1. coffee, n. the person upon whom one coughs.
2. flabbergasted, adj. appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
3. abdicate, v. to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. esplanade, v. to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. willy-nilly, adj. impotent.
6. negligent, adj. absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.
7. lymph, v. to walk with a lisp.
8. gargoyle, n. olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. flatulence, n. emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
10. balderdash, n. a rapidly receding hairline.
11. testicle, n. a humorous question on an exam.
12. rectitude, n. the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. pokemon, n. a Rastafarian proctologist.
14. oyster, n. a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism, n. the belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. circumvent, n. an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.

Wednesday, 22 July 2009

Eclipse




The minaret of a mosque is silhouetted against the solar eclipse in Yinchuan, China. Photo: Xinhua

Tuesday, 21 July 2009

Respect

R = Respect yourself, Respect others, Respect the rules of the road.

E = Expect the unexpected, it will happen.

S = See everything that is happening around you.

P = Patience, Patience, Patience, you gonna need lots of it.

E = Examine, your bike, examine road conditions, examine drivers actions.

C = Caution, always ride with caution, you never know what is around that bend.

T = Think, just think

Mandela asked for 67 minutes

In a society where corruption is rife, Mandela has no meaning! In a society where leaders have no moral integrity, Mandela means nothing! In a society where the love of material wealth takes precedence over social progress, the celebration of Mandela is nothing more than good or bad performance in a theatre. Are these ills not ubiquitous in South Africa today?

Prince Mashele

Mashele is Head of Crime, Justice and Politics Programme at the Institute for Security Studies. He writes in his personal capacity.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Monday, 20 July 2009

Simple Twist of Fate

Bob Dylan

They sat together in the park
As the evening sky grew dark
She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones
It was then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight
And watched out for a simple twist of fate.

They walked alone by the old canal
A little confused I remember well
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burning bright
He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train
Moving with a simple twist of fate.

A saxophone someplace far off played
As she was walking on by the arcade
As the light bust through a-beat-up shade where he was waking up
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
And forgot about a simple twist of fate.

He woke up the room was bare
He didn't see her anywhere
He told himself he didn't care pushed the window open wide
Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
Brought on by a simple twist of fate.

He hears the ticking of the clocks
And walks along with a parrot that talks
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailers all come in
Maybe she'll pick him out again how long must he wait
One more time for a simple twist of fate.

People tell me it's a sin
To know and feel too much within
I still believe she was my twin but I lost the ring
She was born in spring but I was born too late
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.

Friday, 17 July 2009

Bread and circuses

iam pridem, ex quo suffragia nulli uendimus, effudit curas; nam qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, panem et circenses.

translation:

Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses (Juvenal, Satire 10.77–8)


What does it mean?

"Bread and circuses" (or Bread and games) (from Latin: panem et circenses) is a metaphor for handouts and petty amusements that politicians use to gain popular support, instead of gaining it through sound policy. The phrase is invoked not only to criticize politicians, but also to criticize their supporters for giving up their civic duty.

The sentinel



Protesters disrupt illegal sale

Fuck them, no really. Whoever came up with the retarded idea to flog the heritage of south africa to the highest bidder should be left for vultures and wild dogs.

I have memories of the Sentinel fom childhood. It IS a sentinel, guarding the Hout Bay harbour It's beautiful, pristene, proud and immensely reassuring.

Good for whoever threw stones and faced the police ... oh and fuck the pigs too.

But hey, they won. Nobody bought it. Most likely scared of being lynched the moment they left the building. Good. Let that be notice.

What is wrong with another wildlife park where they can leave it the fuck alone please? I think they think that too. :D

Thursday, 16 July 2009

Pablo

Who is the Maitreya?

So this word keeps popping up: Maitreya. Who or what? And i find the following site, which has all the info you could wish for:

http://share-international.org/maitreya/Ma_main.htm

"He has been expected for generations by all of the major religions. Christians know him as the Christ, and expect his imminent return. Jews await him as the Messiah; Hindus look for the coming of Krishna; Buddhists expect him as Maitreya Buddha; and Muslims anticipate the Imam Mahdi or Messiah.
Although the names are different, many believe that they all refer to the same individual: the World Teacher, whose personal name is Maitreya (pronounced my-tray-ah)."

Oh really?

"The Great Invocation, used by the Christ for the first time in June 1945, "

So he's old right?
No.

The June 1945 invocation was by Alice Bailey, of the Luciferian Press ... yo know, the UN officail printing press? (now renamed to Lucis Trust, for obvious reasons)

And thanks to wiki we have this:

"Maitreya’s overshadowing of Jesus

The followers of Benjamin Creme and Alice A. Bailey believe in the Nestorian/Gnostic Christology promulgated by C.W. Leadbeater which asserts that Maitreya overshadowed the Master Jesus during the Ministry of Jesus, such that there were two beings (two souls) in one body--Maitreya was Christ and the Master Jesus was Jesus of Nazareth; the combination of the two beings--two entities in one body--functioned as Jesus Christ. [8][9]Those adherent to the Ascended Master Teachings, a group of religions based on Theosophy, believe in the existence of the Maitreya; however, they believe that although he encouraged the mission of Jesus, he did not actually overshadow Jesus. [10]"

SO we have: Theosophy, a new messiah, (who is the old one only better) and peace and love a happiness to all the good children of the world.

As per his handler "benjamin creme":

"Maitreya materialized a physical body for himself in early 1977 in the Himalayas and then on Friday, 8 July 1977 he booked an airplane flight from Pakistan to London.[16] When he landed in London, this was the esoteric Second Coming of Christ (since Maitreya had not yet revealed himself to the world). He then took up residence in secret in the Brick Lane neighborhood of that city."

So not only is all that, he's just a regular guy. Here is something else that pokes my "wtf" buttons: (wrt the great invocation)

"It can be made even more potent. Used in triangular formation it becomes very potent. If you wish to work this way, arrange with two friends to use the Invocation, aloud, daily. You need not be in the same town, or country, or say it at the same time of day. Simply say it when convenient for each one, and, linking-up mentally with the two other members, visualize a triangle of white light circulating above your heads and see it linked to a network of such triangles covering the world."

Jesus Christ said, "I am come in my father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive." (John 5:43).

This maitreya is coming in his own name, can also guess he'll produce miracles and wonders on demand. All very happy new age and all that, saying the right things. The warning bell comes from a few things, most notably the "forecasting" of his appearance. Whatever you or i think, there are people who both believe in lucifer's supremacy, and this blokes necessity.

Fortunately, he's not the only, there are by my count 4 people so claim messianity, that have material assistance to back up that claim, these aren't crazy men, the have the backing of the UN, and other influential organisations.

And the fact that the bible said so. I'm not following the "bible script", they are. Even if you wish to trash the entire bible as fiction, THESE PEOPLE believe very much in it. They also believe they're right and it's wrong. That's what scares me the most. Self fulfilling prophecy anyone?

Wednesday, 15 July 2009

A pill a day ... kills you

From: The BBC

Taking a pill to treat depression is widely believed to work by reversing a chemical imbalance.

If you've seen a doctor with emotional problems some time over the last 20 years, you may have been told that you had a chemical imbalance, and that you needed tablets to correct it.

It's not just doctors that think this way, either.

Magazines, newspapers, patients' organisations and internet sites have all publicised the idea that conditions like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder can be treated by drugs that help to rectify an underlying brain problem.

People with schizophrenia and other conditions are frequently told that they need to take psychiatric medication for the rest of their lives to stabilise their brain chemicals, just like a diabetic needs to take insulin.

The trouble is there is little justification for this view of psychiatric drugs.

If you've seen a doctor with emotional problems some time over the last 20 years, you may have been told that you had a chemical imbalance, and that you needed tablets to correct it.

It's not just doctors that think this way, either.

Magazines, newspapers, patients' organisations and internet sites have all publicised the idea that conditions like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder can be treated by drugs that help to rectify an underlying brain problem.

People with schizophrenia and other conditions are frequently told that they need to take psychiatric medication for the rest of their lives to stabilise their brain chemicals, just like a diabetic needs to take insulin.

...

The trouble is there is little justification for this view of psychiatric drugs.

And then quite by cincidence, i found this post: objectivereality.wordpress

Tuesday, 14 July 2009

Licenses

And they still cannot get it right!

See the bit in bold. This is after having installed millions worth of cameras and other special technology to fraud proof the system.

What is never accurately portrayed are the innocent people, who paid for and earned the licenses, who will now have to re-apply.

As per NEWS24:

Driver licence papers seized
2009-07-13 22:05

Johannesburg - Documents of driver and learner licences issued between January and April by the Meyerton Testing Centre have been confiscated by the Gauteng department of community safety.

Department spokesperson Thapelo Moiloa said on Monday the documents were confiscated by the department's anti-fraud and corruption unit.

They would be taken for forensic audit as part of rooting out fraud and corruption.

"This exercise should not be seen as an isolated case but will be rolled-out to other centres [in Gauteng] in due course."

Moiloa said the public was urged to report any fraudulent and corrupt activities linked to issuing of drivers and learner licences on the 24-hour toll-free line 0800-701701. - SAPA

Monday, 13 July 2009

Swine Flu URGENT

OK, so maybe i'm a bit of a fearmonger ... but this is real, and coming to a UN country near you.
See on my blogroll BIRDFLU666 ... go there, read. Jane Burgemeister, who has filed charges against WHO.
For my local friends: See point 4.
For everyone else a simple question. AIDS has been prevalent for several years now, and frankly, we're expected to behave as if nothing is wrong. (people get sued for everything for firing a HIV pos child minder, for exmple).
Yet a handful of people die from flu, which happens every year, and PANIC!!! We my get sick? These vaccines are moving in the millions, it's all public record.
Holland just bought 2 for every person in the country!! Plus, this epidemic is about to hit code 6, the highest WHO threat code. Which means that TAMIFLU, which has been PROVEN dangerous, and past it's sell by, is now able to be "brought out" and used on the population, by gunpoint.
This is africa, they won't get far, except for kids.

DO NOT LET THEM VACCINATE YOUR CHILDREN.

If you want to know any more,look into the 196 flu outbreak in america, and the subsequant fuck up.

DATA SET 1 1. An “informal” [e.g., illegal] clinical trial of the Avian Flu vaccine on about 200 Polish vagrants resulted in 11 immediate deaths and an additional set of 20 later deaths (approximately 15% of the test population). The doctors and nurses involved were charged with murder. (Fact. 2008)

2. Approximately 3500 Chinese children died in an Avian Flu vaccine experiment. (Rumor, 2008)

3. The Philippine High Court convicted WHO (The World Health Organization) of involuntarily sterilizing over 3 million Philippina women through the use of vaccines. (Fact)

4. The WHO in 1985 documented that one of its’ primary goals for the use of a sterility vaccine disguised as a smallpox vaccine was to “eliminate 150 million excess Sub Saharan Africans”. (Fact, 1985-ongoing)

5. The WHO 5-shot vaccine programs for tetanus in third world countries in South and Central America caused the involuntary sterilization of millions of women. (Fact, ongoing)

6. Monsanto’s MON 810 corn causes sterility according to studies published by the Austrian Government. (Fact, 2009)

7. Monsanto’s MON 810 corn contains the Cauliflower Mosaic Virus which, when ingested, lowers the bodies CD 4 cells to a point which, on immune tests, indicate that a person has HIV/AIDS. The lowered CD 4 cells results from eating GMO corn, the staple of the diet in many parts of Black Africa. MON 810 is grown in Europe for animal feed and in many places, including the US, around the world for human food. (Fact, ongoing)

8. Merck’s Gardasil vaccine causes death, collapse and chronic illness in young woman and girls, including a new, never-before described “disease” called Juvenile ALS, a fatal condition in which the nervous system is slowly destroyed while consciousness remains unimpaired. This vaccine increases cervical cancer by 44.7% in women and girls who already have Human Papilloma Virus. Cervical Cancer is easily detected and cured in early stages and is not a major killer of women. Gardasil contains substances which may cause sterility in women receiving it and any protection lasts only a few years, so 9 year olds will probably not be sexually active by the time this protection has worn off. (Fact, ongoing)

9. Baxter International Inc. was in the process of applying for a contract to provide Avian Flu vaccines to European countries in the event of an Avian Flu epidemic. Its Austrian laboratory shipped Seasonal Flu vaccines to 18 countries in Europe. A laboratory technician tested the Baxter Seasonal Flu vaccines sent to the Czech Republic and discovered that they were contaminated with a highly pathogenic version of the Avian Flu, 72 Kilograms of it, although Level 3 precautions were in place and such contamination “could not have happened accidentally” according to experts in the field. No documentation of the destruction of this highly infective material has been provided although the Austrian Health Ministry insists that the deadly viral material was destroyed. (Fact, 2008, 2009)

10. A WHO investigation into the Baxter contaminated vaccine issue resulted in NO findings and in NO disciplinary actions. An Austrian investigation into the same events yielded the same results. (Fact, 2009)

11. Baxter has been rewarded with a lead role in developing, producing and disseminating the Swine Flu vaccine for the upcoming pandemic. (Fact, 2009)

12. Swine Flu was first identified to the public as a serious problem in April/May 2009 when 168 persons in Mexico were confirmed by CDC and WHO to have died from the Swine Flu. This number was later revised downward to only 16 deaths. (Fact, 2009)

13. It normally takes a minimum of 12 to 18 months to create a vaccine after a specific virus has been identified. (Fact)

14. The US Government has spent more than a billion dollars to develop and to make available the Swine flu vaccine for a disease which poses no significant health threat. (Fact, 2009)

15. The “Seed Culture” for the Swine Flu virus was provided to vaccine companies in May, 2009. Baxter International Inc. announced in June, 2009 that they would have their vaccine ready in July, 2009 . (Fact, 2009)

16. A WHO container of Swine Flu virus from Mexico City exploded on a passenger train in Luzon, Switzerland. All of the current Swiss cases of Swine Flu are from the area where the explosion took place. It is illegal to ship pathogenic viruses in this way. (Fact, 2009)

17. A significant number of virologists and other scientists are on record stating that the Swine Flu was created in a laboratory and could not evolve naturally. (Fact, 2009)

Friday, 10 July 2009

Digital TV ... 1984

http://educate-yourself.org/cn/soundsofsilence11dec08.shtml

The sounds of silence.

Does anyone recall the first Gulf War? When the US were driving into Iraq the battle hardened soldiers were surrendering en masse. It was very odd, in every way, but i believed it was choice (?).

Not so. It would seem that it was the first test of Accoustic Weaponry. Now i've been playing with mood enhancing tone generators, linked to various effects listed on a sepea compilation from a number of soures. From musical tones, to planetary frequncies, to various oils, the alleged effects on the human body has been pretty well catalogued. Not really gospel, but cle enough to have an idea of how frequencies affect us.

So this is exactly the same thing. Almost. Worse. Since it would appear that they have a very good idea of what frequency does what, and also how to deliver the message. This is not subtly enhancing moods. This is breaking into your brain with dynamite. They have it and know how to use it.

Which brings us to how. I have for a long time feared cell phone towers. I believe wholeheartedly that they have the ability to resonate at set frequencies, that can be controlled from a central point, and made to interact. IE setting 2 towers at 2 different frequencies to obtain a new wave pattern.

I certainly don't trust the sheer VOLUME of towers, look, count them. Within 1 km of my house there are about 4. Including a HUGE array at the local shopping centre. So powerful that when you are in a shop you fel the buzz. Yup, cancer causing, cell killing buzz. Almost as good as a nicotene rush, except without the pleasantness.

Anyhow, they have used this, but its a very general, almost vague tool. It affects whole suburbs, but only secondarily. It's been useful for creating anger, notice how many cell towers are in townships (!) like alexandria with last years xenophobia.

However, how much better would it be, if they had a unit in every house. Not a vague buzz, but a direct, peer to peer communication device, almost certainly always on and accepted, allowing broadcast of anything, subliminal or as in your face as wrestling .... now there is something whose time to die has come.

Not only would this unit be accepted, along with anything else beemed, but it would be a video camera too. Sci fi perhaps, but it' already been legislated. South Africa is to go DIGITAL ...yay. The reason is of course the world cup, as has been the reason for every travesty for the last 5 years. (as an aside, people ask me why i don't "support" the world cup in SA, and the reason, simply, is that it's rape. It's raping SA of badly needed resources, and pissing it away on a bunch of stupid soccer hooligans. Our children will be most upset when they work this out).

Anyhow. So the US is given away billions to there people. SA is doing the same (!) giving away money so that poor people can have a nice picture. For the international audience: the SABC is bankrupt, in debt to something like 860 million rands. Scandal after scandal, what was another prize possesin in the state's crown has become a sickly white elephant, that threatens to destroy everything around it. With this background, where the SABC is asserting it's RIGHT to charge people as much as they want, and are suiing pensioners for their pint of flesh, they cannot pay bills, cannot even keep on screen continuity, they're going to mount this massive campaign to shove these things into every house in the country.

Everyhouse. How many people do not have tv? I am 1. I am the only one i know. And when i tell people i have no tv, their first reaction is disbelief. THAT is when something tells me something is miss.

If i ask you if you smoke, or drink wine, your answer may be yay or nay, and i'll accept it gladly. Your CHOICE. Yet with tv, it's almost like there isn't a choice, you have it. Most people i know have several. Even my maid has more than 1.

Once this is in, they can listen to your every conversation. They know what you're watching. How you are reactingto it. And even worse, when you switch offthe set, they could still monitor you.

This is so bizarre, sick, freaked, wierd, crazy, and everything else, but it's hat they are doing. Now. To us. And our families.

Seriously chuck your tv. Out. You don't want it. No really. You think you want it. But you don't.

Follow the money

An old(ish) story ... but one that keeps popping up, and is very significant.

2 (allegedly) Japanese men arrested in Italy with $134 billion in bonds.

Nobody has been arrested, those 2 had diplomatic passports and were released, "goods" confiscated and absolutely nothing said. wtf?

So aside from the news reports, there are many, i found the story below that dissects the incident quite well.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/143462-strange-inconsistencies-in-the-134-5-billion-bearer-bond-mystery

Thursday, 9 July 2009

Tuesday, 7 July 2009

Oasis of my Soul

http://theoasisofmysoul.com/


http://theoasisofmysoul.com/

Go see, there is always beauty and inspiration, and if you can support his goods. Man, dog and motorbike living the dream, a rolling stone fostering humananity on all levels.

Monday, 6 July 2009

Sunspot Cycle 24

The sun is awakening, with sunspot 1024 of cycle 24, we finally have a normal sunspot. It has been a very quiet period so far, with almost nothing in the last 2 years.

This suggests that there has been nothing wrong, and even the very quiet which will probably continue, is not alarming in any way.

Although, many people believe a major solar storm is on the way, hey, who knows?

Circle makers



So everyone who knows me knows my fascination with crop circles. This interest is sparked PRIMARILY because it seems like a bit of a stretch that they are man made. So imagine my surprise whe i found this site: http://www.circlemakers.org/

Thy claim to have created most of the crop circles currently being noticed. Curious.

Hidden in plain site, they have their website etc, and claim big money is being paid on producing these artworks. If they are indeed genuine, BLOODY HELL, that would be IMHO master craftsmanship of the highest order. Crop circles rely are well done, even the poorer examples, produced over night, in a field of crops.

But something doesn't seem right. Maybe i'm TOO paranoid, or maybe .... i don't know. The designs, and manner of production, as well many other anomolies, like frequently high radiation, and the manner of the "bending" of the crop has led me to believe it's an electromagnetically produced resonance. Using hidden technology (not public) yet the science for such technology does exist.

Another "fact" regarding crop circles is that they are almost always on fields where there is a high water content, and usually iron too. Ley lines are often guides to finding these too. The last is easy enough to adhere to, but why only specific crops?

It's still a mystery, and unfortunately, as much as i think these guys have something, it doesn't answer the qestion for me. Theoretically possiblewith rope and boards, yes, but likely? In the dark? Without leaving footprints?

Friday, 3 July 2009

Bill Hicks

“The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question: "Is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, "Hey, don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride." And we kill those people.”

“I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullshit. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are.”

You know all that money we spend on the military ever year - trillions of dollars? Instead, if we use this money to feed and clothe the poor of this world, which it would do many times over, then we can explore space, inner and outer, together, as one race.

I was told when I grew up I could be anything I wanted: a fireman, a policeman, a doctor - even president, it seemed. And for the first time in the history of mankind, something new, called an astronaut. But like so many kids brought up on a steady diet of westerns, I always wanted to be the avenging cowboy hero - that lone voice in the wilderness, fighting corruption and evil wherever I fount it, and standing for freedom, truth, and justice. And in my heart of hearts I still track the remnants of that dream wherever I go, in my endless ride into the setting sun.

Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is mearly energy condensed through a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, life is only a dream and we are the imaginations of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather.

US Government CHARGED.

American Grand Jury Presentments Filed in DC!

by Carl Swensson State of Georgia Grand Jury Foreman

After 172 Grand Jury members worked around the clock for 10 days, on Monday, June 29, 2009, the Grand Jury handed down Super American Grand Jury presentments to the following government entities and individuals, charging Barack Hussein Obama with fraud and treason for being ineligible to be president:

Barack Hussein Obama II via the White House Secret Service - SERVED
FBI - SERVED
US District Court - SERVED
United States Supreme Court - SERVED
Pentagon – SERVED
The following members of Congress - SERVED
Lamar Alexander
Michele Bachmann
Marsha Blackburn
Michael C. Burgess
Tom Coburn
John Cornyn
Louie Gohmert
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kenny Marchant
John McCain
Mitch McConnell
Patrick McHenry
Randy Neugebauer
Ron Paul
Nancy Pelosi

All of the above members of Congress can be subject to future Citizen’s Grand Jury charges because they knowingly participated in certifying the fraudulent and treasonous electoral votes on January 8, 2009.

This action is entirely in accordance with citizens' rights enshrined in the Constitution, and it is intended to clarify to all that the Constitution is the inviolable, sacrosanct, and supreme law of the land, from which every federal office-holder, including the president, derives authority and legitimacy.

Any federal office-holder who denies the supremacy of the Constitution destroys the legitimacy of his own authority.

Crime of the Century

Thursday, 2 July 2009

The Spirit of Humanity Hijacked

No really, the boat, Spirit of Humanity" was hijacked. This boat, carrying humanitarian goods, such as olive trees and toys, and medical supplies, was hijacked forcefully in international waters. Those aboard the ship have been kidnapped, and the boat and contents stolen.

Why is this not seen as the crime it is? Somalians are pirates, and get shot in the head. The israelis are too, but they get given money.
Except i feel for the somalis, the isrealis, they'll get theirs.

From: Information Clearing House

On June 30, the government of Israel committed an act of piracy when the Israeli Navy in international waters illegally boarded the “Spirit of Humanity,” kidnapped its 21-person crew from 11 countries, including former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and Nobel Laureate Mairead MaGuire, and confiscated the cargo of medical supplies, olive trees, reconstruction materials, and children’s toys that were on the way to the Mediterranean coast of Gaza. The “Spirit of Humanity,” along with the kidnapped 21 persons, is being towed to Israel as I write.

Gaza has been described as the “world’s largest concentration camp.” It is home to 1.5 million Palestinians who were driven by force of American-supplied Israeli arms out of their homes, off their farms, and out of their villages so that Israel could steal their land and make the Palestinian land available to Israeli settlers.

...

I wouldn’t be surprised if a Nobel Laureate and a former member of the US House of Representatives, along with the rest of the crew, are handed over to the Americans for indefinite detention and for torturing and waterboarding in the American torture facility at Bagram. I am certain that “Homeland Security” and the US Government are desperate to be rid of all of critics, and knocking off a Nobel Laureate and a member of the House sets a precedent for getting rid of the rest of us.

...

The same week that “our” government in Washington told the Governor of California “not one red cent,” President Barak Obama handed over $2.775 billion to Israel.

Frost



From Session magazine

There's been a lot of it recently. Beautiful.

I had a leaking tap, so i put a hose nozzle attachment on it. Figuring that i had saved water, it would be ok to let it drip, just a little. So i have a constantly dripping water flow into th birdbath. About a drop every second or two. Keeps adding fresh water, the dogs like that water. I also noticed that when the birdbath froze over, where it kept dripping was stilnot frozen over, allowing the birds to have their morning drink. The arum lilies love the dampness, and have really grown, and the negative ion flow is noticeable in that part of the garden. So it all works out :)

The cars and trampoline were covered this morning, yet the birdbath as ice free. The structure on the tarpaulin of the trapoline was phenomenal. For the first time i saw the ice crystals standing, and understood how fractal they were. Infinity on my doorstep.

Wednesday, 1 July 2009

Money rant

Bit of a personal tangent here, but feel i need to share. Just point and look really. I'm an average IT guy, good job, and am fortunate in having all the basics, house food etc.
But i'm losing. Month after month it's just getting too much to live. I do it for my kids. They need: security, education, love, food, shelter, playtime and all else besides. This means that i have to provide as best i can, and in my mind, doing the 7-4 daily grind is the only way.
If i were alone i can assure you i would live very differently. For starters i wouldn't ever come to the big city, except to maybe visit family. Tried that though, living in a rural town, and i couldn't hardly provide for myself, never mind a family.
So i go to work everyday. A round trip of 60 km. Despite having bought a bike, for petrol and maintenance saving. It still costs me over a quarter of my salary to get to work and back. About R2500 per month, including insurance, although NOT including maintenance, like tyres, brakes, etc.
Medical aid is somwhere around R2000 a month. Also a NECESSITY. You cannot allow a loved one to descend the hell of the public health system. I've seen enough people walk in and die through neglect.
School fees are high, around R1500 for 2 kids in primary shool, again, not negatiable, despite it being a government school, and the closest to us. This excludes uniforms, stationary, and other stuff.
Elecricity is the killer, and honestly i can no longer afford to use heaters. So i have heaters i cannot afford to use, security lights i cannot afford to use, a pool i never run. Despite this, electricity is to increase a staggering 31%.
Taxes, all shapes and sizes.
Through the high petrol price, i cannot really travel. Seldom can i visit friends in the evenings, as it's a calculable cost, which tends to sober any "spur of the moment" decisions.
I don't do breakfast runs on the bike. And never eat out. And never go to bars.
Despite this, the pressure is incereasing exponentially. Soon i will be required to pay 50cents per kilometre on my route to work, something that will immediately add R30 PER DAY. Or R600 per month. For something that i, as citizen have already paid for. It currently costs more in toll fees than petrol to travel to durban.

This is not going away. I cannot DO anything, and even simple hobbies seem like too much money. Daily life keeps me in debt. Any time we have ever broken even with our accounts, we are beset with repairs, car, bike, house or medical. Or receive a stupidly large electricity bill, say R5000, which must be paid or else. You query, get messed around, get angry, depressed, and poor.

So i stay home mostly, tinker with whatever i can, read books on my c, because even buying books is out of my range. Look, i read, i read well, but isn't it alarming when BOOKS are too expensive?

And then comes christmas, and SERIOUSLY fucks everyting up again. An annual fuck you from society. When i suggest that we drop the solar festival that has FUCKALL to do with JESUS CHRIST, or GOD, or us even, i get told: "but the children, you can't do that". Why not? My kids break anything you give them. Within hours usually. Even, ESPECIALLY the expensive stuff. They become the most horrid caricatures of greedy, thoughtless, selfish children. ANd i must smile and sell my soul for THAT?

I have my son "opportunistically taking" money to prove to his schoolmates that he isn't poor. It's all wrong. I have been mulling a post called: I am the problem.

I am. My life, my habits, needs and wants are what is killing society. And i am someone who is aware, and actively works towards creating a better now.

I believe in changing your world by starting at home. But i am so limited in choices that free will seems absurd.

Ok, i'm done, i think. Please hear me, this isn't a pity party. My life is not bad, nor unusual, and i know i'm better off than most. It's not enough. you fight all your life, and still get nowhere. This blog, and the window on the web is a life saver, for my mind. It's my soul that concerns me.

Monday, 29 June 2009

LATEST Solar wind



So that was yesterday. Allow me to post a second comparitive:



This is "more normal". This next image is a recent crop circle. There was also a "dragonfly" circle that appreared about the same time, and also a "mayan bird".




Oh yeah, you can keep track here: http://www2.nict.go.jp/y/y223/simulation/realtime/

It seems to have calmed down again, but definitely something happened.

EDIT: OMFG!!! And this is the latest crop circle to land. What can be said???

Solar Torpedo




EDIT: I see it does not "run" the gif series, so i replaced with a jpg. I urge you to go have a look, you can select either movie or stills, it's quite large i think, but you're looking for from about 20h00 on the 29th, to 2h00 on the 30th.

Go to: http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/data_query

Do a search for: 2000-04-29 TO 2000-04-30

This image is a composite of frames from the Lasco C2. The Lasco C3 also has this "event", only much less visible. The "object" clearly does not pass the sun, but ends in the sun. No effect is immediately visible, and it should be remembered that the sun was at a peak in terms of activity, very different from what we find now.

However, none of the EIT images reflect this same event. Granted the LASCO takes a much higher rate of frames, ut the EIT series are close ups, so any item that hits the sun would surely be visible? I would accept "comet/meteor/anything" IF in fact it were visible on all of the cameras. As it is, only 2 show evidence. And there was no announcement on what remains an oddity.

If you look at EIT 195, at 01H13 on the 30th, there is clearly a pixelisation effect of some sort. Rather odd, since it's speckled all around the sun, not a specific place.

A reminder again of THIS image i posted: Sun harvesting. That was 2006-07-04 at 17h30.

Davi Kopenawa

"We are shamans. We care for the planet, the sun, the moon the darkness and the light. Everything that exists we look after. You cannnot go on destroying nature. We will all die, burned and drowned, and that is the Yanomamai word."

The Cathedral and the Bazaar

The Cathedral and the Bazaar

I've just read this fascinating account of a software development program. Ok, i'm not THAT much of a nerd, it gets deeper. It compared diffrent management styles, known as, "Cathedral" or "Bazaar".

The former is typical microsoft, heirarchecal, structured, ordered, with a master mason controlling every aspect. The latter is more like a middle eastern bazaar, with everyone on equal terms, jostling and shouting and throwing their share in. In effect what Linux is.

A very interesting commentary on teamwork, and how to get the best results for a project. I can say little more than "read it", but i'd like to include a quote from the paper, from 19th-century Russian anarchist Pyotr Alexeyvich Kropotkin's Memoirs of a Revolutionist:

"Having been brought up in a serf-owner's family, I entered active life, like all young men of my time, with a great deal of confidence in the necessity of commanding, ordering, scolding, punishing and the like. But when, at an early stage, I had to manage serious enterprises and to deal with [free] men, and when each mistake would lead at once to heavy consequences, I began to appreciate the difference between acting on the principle of command and discipline and acting on the principle of common understanding. The former works admirably in a military parade, but it is worth nothing where real life is concerned, and the aim can be achieved only through the severe effort of many converging wills."

Friday, 26 June 2009

MJ

So he died, thank god.

Now i just wish his music would die with him, but no, blaring frojm every single radio station all FUCKING DAY LONG.

I'm reading polls about how he'll be remembered. How about as a psychotic child abuser who played his role perfectly. A perfect example of how fucked up the world is. Especially now, as everybody falls over themselves to "honour" this witless puppet.

*spit*

Next can madonna please go the same way.

Moonwars

Background: (from NASA-http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/28jul_crashlanding.htm)

In 1959, a spaceship fell out of the lunar sky and hit the ground near the Sea of Serenity. The ship itself was shattered, but its mission was a success. Luna 2 from the Soviet Union had became the first manmade object to "land" on the Moon.

Even after NASA mastered soft landings, however, the crashing continued. In the late 1960s and early 70s, mission controllers routinely guided massive Saturn rocket boosters into the Moon to make the ground shake for Apollo seismometers. Crashing was much easier than orbiting, they discovered. The Moon's uneven gravity field tugs on satellites in strange ways, and without frequent course corrections, orbiters tend to veer into the ground. Thus the Moon became a convenient graveyard for old spaceships: All five of NASA's Lunar Orbiters (1966-1972), four Soviet Luna probes (1959-1965), two Apollo sub-satellites (1970-1971), Japan's Hiten spacecraft (1993) and NASA's Lunar Prospector (1999) ended up in craters of their own making.

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China’s first satellite, Chang’e I crash landed into the moon Sunday March the 1st at 4:13 PM Beijing time. This successfully completed a 16 month long mission; yes you heard right the crash landing was planned. Change’e I, named after the Chinese moon goddess, was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center also known as Base 27 which is a little over 50km outside the city of Xichange in China. The satellite was launched with a Long March 3-A carrier rocket on October 24, 2007 and spent 494 days in space collecting data. This mission was essentially a test run for future rover landing missions to take place in 2009 and 2012. China is also planning a manned lunar exploration mission on or before 2020.

... the lunar explorer "KAGUYA" just prior to its maneuvered falling to the Moon ... The KAGUYA was launched on September 14, 2007, and was controlled to be dropped to the Moon on June 11, 2009, as its mission was completed.

... The collision reportedly took place at 1655 GMT on Tuesday the 10 February, at an altitude of 490 miles above Siberia.Two satellites smashed into each other on Tuesday, creating a mess of space debris that is still being counted. The collision, which involved an Iridium communication satellite and a defunct Russian satellite, is the first to occur between two intact spacecraft - but experts say it is unlikely to be the last.

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Now i had also heard about a nasa craft already having hit the deck this year too, but can't find anything among all the newer stories.

I hadn't realised how many craft had hit the moon, and i'm astounded at the nonchalance displayed(!). I would consider the moon on a par with antarctica, valuable because of it's pristeneness, and possible value to posterity. There is none of the future, only now.

The satellite crash was a first though, and apparently the DATA showed they were supposed to miss by 500metres or so. Oh really? THAT is h0w badly they know what they are doing up there, half a kilometre VARIANCE???

WHat i wanted to highlight though, was that tis year, 3 different space agencies have crash landed the moon. That's BIZARRE!!! Why on earth (yar ok punny) would they DO something like that?

Enter Wikipedia: (why do they call it psuedoscience? it's a theory, with reasonable scientific calculations and observations to support the theory. Since the official version is AS theoretical, it seeems a little arrogant)
Two pieces of evidence are quoted in support of the pseudoscientific theory of a hollow Moon:
Seismometer recordings from Apollo XII mission in November 1969. After seismometers were set up on the Moon's surface by the astronauts of Apollo XII, astronauts heading back to Earth discarded the ascent stage of the lunar module, dropping it on the Moon's surface. The craft smashed and the shock waves the seismometers picked up lasted for about an hour.
The relatively low average density of the Moon, which is only about 60% of the average density of the Earth.

Hmmmm, so our moon is lighter than we thought, a LOT lighter by apparearances. Also, how would a piece of debris, a few tons maybe, get the moon to resonate for half an hour? Not only that, but now they're going to do that again, with a 2 tons worth of bomb? To do what? Look for water? um, water is a lot easier to find inbulk than in aerosol form? Isnt it? (i have no idea, but after a bomb goes off, stuff scatters, and solid items break into smaller pieces, usually moving very fast) ...

Of course, there is more, like why is it always facing the same way? Why is it the apparent same size as our sun? There are no "scientific" reasons for these 2 questions. And why for flying fuck sakes, can i not find a picture of the dark side of the fucking moon? WE KNOW THEY HAVE TAKEN MILLIONS OF PICTURES!!

Yet, somehow, the only pictures that ever surface are on "conspiracy" websites, which are "obviously" all faked. But those are the only images we have, the official NASA and JAPAN photos, well, they just haven't released them, as they both said they would, before they had taken.

Now i'm not saying ANYTHING. I ask. My conclusions of course, are fed by others who ask too. But somehow there is something that NASA, et al are not telling us.

Oh PS, another question: UNEVEN GRAVITY FIELD?

You do not prevaricate unless you are hiding ... something.

Free will

To quote the autobiography of the 19th-century Russian anarchist Pyotr Alexeyvich Kropotkin's "Memoirs of a Revolutionist":

Having been brought up in a serf-owner's family, I entered active life, like all young men of my time, with a great deal of confidence in the necessity of commanding, ordering, scolding, punishing and the like. But when, at an early stage, I had to manage serious enterprises and to deal with [free] men, and when each mistake would lead at once to heavy consequences, I began to appreciate the difference between acting on the principle of command and discipline and acting on the principle of common understanding. The former works admirably in a military parade, but it is worth nothing where real life is concerned, and the aim can be achieved only through the severe effort of many converging wills.

Thursday, 25 June 2009

Eternal laughter

Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.

--Goethe, dead, and possessed of a superior perspective, speaks to Harry Haller, in Steppenwolf (1927)

Moon

What a gorgeous moon last night, it glowed like all moons should. Air was clear too.

Even my baby noticed, 3 years old and already looking heavenwards.

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Privatise Jesus

From: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20090624061948642C507232

The Friends of Jacob Zuma Trust, an organisation of supporters of the president, has accused the SA Council of Churches of "trying to privatise Jesus Christ and turning Christianity into a cult".

This is after the church body objected to Zuma's renewed declaration that the ANC would rule until the Second Coming.

The ANC also defended the president's remarks, saying they should be seen in context.

"We refuse, like many other South African Christians, to allow the SACC to conduct themselves as if they own Jesus Christ. It has become very clear that this religious body wants to turn the Christian religion into some sort of cult belonging to a particular religion," said the trust in Gauteng.
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Once again i am at a loss. I do not undersand this train of thought. Look at the last paragraph, that's a convoluted statement. It IS a religion. How can a religion turn itself into a cult belonging to that same religion?

What we are seeing on the surface, i believe, is the inevitable result of political rhetoric, or rather, an extreme example of. It's confused, confusing and distorted. This is something the anc has been doing from the start, taking marxist political rhetoric, mixing in their version of "sounding intelligent" and using it to propose things whose true purpose is suspect.

The underlying message is even worse. Why attack the church? Perhaps zumas litte stint in rhema gave him ... wait ... he already HAS delusions of grandeur.
Oh dear ....

But again, zuma is a popularist, and his large support base includes many christians, of varying faiths. Politically it's not smart. He even claims christianity as "his".

All ican add, is that zuma is a puppet, literally. He is doing and saying what he is told by TPTB. That's the scary part. Much of South Africa's recent history has been carefully planned and manipulated, an social experiment, rather, a series of.

I keep getting back to Roman Law, and it's use as the basis for our laws. Many boasted that the SA constitution and laws post 1994 were the best in the world. This was arguable, yes. But those laws were based entirely on western laws and precepts, and was highly refined to incorporate "human rights". While the Magna Carta contained the basics, the political correctness of sex, sexual preference, colour, creed, religions, and so on is fairly new to politics and law.

So we have this "masterpiece" of legal fiction, a shining example of what was conceived thousands of years ago (to oppress) refined and reworked under the eyes and direction of the world, incorporating the latest "thoughts and ideas" of this modern society.

See how utterly it has fallen.

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Why do people say these things?

2009/06/23

ANC President Jacob Zuma has again boasted that the ruling party would not be conquered until “Jesus comes back”.

Zuma, who was addressing thousands of supporters in Witbank, Mpumalanga, yesterday, said: ‘‘The ANC will rule until the Son of Man comes. He must come back while we are still in power.”

The ANC president was roundly criticised by religious leaders shortly before the elections when he invoked the name of Jesus to illustrate the ruling party’s hold on power.

Zuma, who was in Mpumalanga to thank party members for their support during the general election, said: ‘‘We want the ANC to win all the forthcoming elections and rule this country.”

He said there was no party that could challenge the power of the ANC, and that there were no divisions between the government and the ruling party.

‘‘The government is the daughter of the ANC. The government is there and it is yours to be proud of, to criticise when necessary so that it can do the right things.’’
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But really, why does he say that? He isn't a christian, and if anything, should dislike the christians for historical reasons. In one sentence he affirms and negates something that he should at best be neutral to. After the widespread condemnation he would KNOW that it creates anger amongst many communities, surely he can't be that simple?
It is mockery, pure and simple. And having been made president as he predicted, well he obviously considers himself on a par with. This is a very big fuck you to all religious communities, beware the african truce.

Blackjack again

You must excuse me, but this has really sparked my interest.

One of the mysteries was the sudden appearance of jackblack13. It was obviously NOT part of the origional, yet very clearly was ... the smart "investigators" recognised it as such.

However, this guy has come clean, explained himself and his actions, and IMHO scooped blackjack from it's creators. Any way you wish to break it down, this whole thing was mind control/games. This 13 bloke rode the wave. No fancy slideshows, just took what was happening and ran with it.

He attracted a lot of people in a short time, and many left comments in a fake "login" box. He has now presented what was said DURING the incident by the various people who left messages.

He also has left a short essay, well worth a read, about how fantastical the whole thing was. He also makes an excellent point, that a website popping out of the ether was given more credibility than most give the bible. Now whatever your thinking on the bible,it is certainly a very credible document. More so than a new webpage.

http://www.jackblack13.info/

From there i give this worthy quote:

My point is that they have won. They've accomplished their stated agenda. Your parents have become meaningless to you, and the prospect of children is a burden in your mind. You don't even relate the act of sex with the prospect of creating new life, you would call that an accident, and this is just one of the unnatural absurdities that permeates our manufactured culture. The faith of our forefathers incites within you a conditioned response of disgust. You have become exactly what the machine was built to mold you into. You focus all of your intellectual energy arguing against the left or the right, or criticizing whatever puppet is in the oval office, leaving no energy to be used where it is useful: First at home, raising a righteous family, then in your church and community, creating self sustaining communities of people that can provide for and defend themselves. You have no choice but to hope that there IS a conspiracy of intellectual elites, because if there's not, then you've really got nothing.

Monday, 22 June 2009

Viral threats

No, not swine flu. So the great cynic (me) was taken in!!!!

I posted about the odd slideshow "Blackjack" which appeared in the Telegraph. So imagine my (and others) suprise and consternation when one of the "fictional" slides had an encoded message. Hexadeimal numbers spelling out: "this is not simply entertainment"

And away they went. Alternative truth seeker types ripped the slideshow apart for further clues, and found the following website: http://jackblack12.info, which later changed to http://www.jackblack12.info

It was very well done, i'll give it that. But seriously warped ideas behind it. It was manipulation, fear mongering, and terrorism all in one. The themes developed overnight, and jackblack 13 and 14 and 15 and 22 came after, more than likely copycats, BUT nevertheless adding the hysteria.

There were many clues that it was only a game, but in my opinion even more that said it wasn't. It directly referenced "ARDENT SENTRY" which happens to be the US military drills, currently taking place.

The whole thing wrapped up in a whimper, suddenly with the "creators" claiming that "we" had won. 15 minutes for questions, and a terse comment: "i think i may write something about this tomorrow".

The freak behind it, is Justin Williams, an associate editor on the Telegraph, with a numberof strange ideas. Just google him, a few instances of controversy surrounds him. But still, the whole scenario is just TOO well worked out to be a beer inspired con game, which is what justin claims. His too slick "i think i may" belies the importance of what had just been presented.

The i read: http://pigs-in-the-parlor.blogspot.com/2009/01/black-jack-daily-telegraph-jericho-cbs.html which is both an accurate reporting of the "game" and includes 1 small piece of invaluable information: Justin Williams in a jesuit.

Mindfuckers anonymous for over 1000 years, they are little more then seriously perverse people. They brought you the wonders of the Spanish Inquisition, remember? And have been shaping human destiny .. blah blah blah. The devil's cocksuckers all.

Go read the pigs in the parlour post, it's really very well reported. And yes, they are fucking with us.