The debate went on a little longer on “The current struggle against uncommon sense“, which itself carried on from “The Venetians and the concept of Oligarchy“. If there was error, it was in calling a view Aristotelian when, as I’ve expanded in the previous post:
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As an Albion Alliance member, I feel I can only say certain things, out of respect. As a voter in the next General Election, I feel I can say whatever I damn well like. The big issue in my own conscience is my conservatism versus my Conservatism. Like Andrew Allison, I have had to think [...]
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It was men who made me what I was Now you know how I’m a real feminist and burnt my bra long ago. It seems to me though that there’s a lot of good feminist music out there which has never been shown on this misogynist blog so let’s rectify that this evening. After a [...]
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How fast 1. Does lava flow? 2. Can a human free fall? 3. Can a human swim? 4. Can lightning strike? 5. Did the fastest man made object go? Answers are at the end of the links.
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The purpose of knowledge, in my book, is that it be shared and the primary school teacher in my soul is always wanting to reduce difficult concepts to simplistic terms which denies those such as me a place at the intellectual’s table. Therefore, Deogolwulf’s rejoinder, in answer to the question of one of my commenters: [...]
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It’s not even a new phenomenon and can’t be sheeted home specifically to Obama and Brown. In 2003, the headline in America was States Cut Test Standards to Avoid Sanctions. The same thing happened over our way last year: The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance – Britain’s biggest exam board – said it lowered grade boundaries [...]
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Some people have it wrong some of the time, some people almost always have it wrong almost all of the time. Kaletsky almost always has it wrong almost all of the time and seems to think it’s quite amusing and yet The Times retains him on its staff as an “economic expert”. Doesn’t the man [...]
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So we’re having snow disruption over here but downunder, it’s a different story. Under the heading “Here we [don't] go again”, which I presume means they have this sort of thing every summer, the article says: Melbourne’s train network looks set to suffer another day of widespread delays and cancellations after yesterday’s extreme heat. Even [...]
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As you can imagine, there’s a backlog which has built up while these country posts have been going on and I’ll get back to them some days down the track. In the meantime, some nifty little numbers from Dearieme – prize to anyone who sits through them: Kills me softly, this one:
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There is a danger when one gets immersed in a project of losing sight of the supporters of that project. We’ve been so into getting the infrastructure up and running in the last days that we really need to get back to you and report on developments. At the end of next week we’ll have [...]
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Julia M has a piece today about the young woman who killed herself and her child. Julia writes: Let’s take an in-depth look, shall we? Christelle fitted no stereotype. She was a 32-year-old Frenchwoman living in Hackney who had lived in Britain since she and her sister moved here in 1997. In May 2008 she [...]
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Spiegel sagt: Eis, Schnee und Wind in rauen Mengen: “Daisy” hat Europa ein Winterwochenende der seltenen Art beschert. In Deutschland waren am Sonntag vor allem der Norden und der Nordosten betroffen, vielerorts gab es Schneeverwehungen und Überflutungen. Jetzt entspannt sich die Lage langsam.
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This evening – the United States of America. At once the vanguard of freedom and the vanguard of assaults on that freedom from Washington, the U.S.A. is a compete enigma. With a Declaration of Independence signed by five from the very oligarchy which was against the self-determination of the people, with a three pronged system [...]
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The first in the series, the world is in good hands, concentrated mainly on the BIS and how it surrounded itself with diplomatic immunity and barriers to control, together with a clear philosophy of “profit is all”. There are no loyalties. While this country was at war with Germany, trade continued with the enemy and [...]
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Part 1: The World is in Good Hands Part 2: Sovereignty Part 3: Wheels within Wheels Part 4: The Venetians and the Concept of Oligarchy Part 5: Understanding is Half the Battle Part 6: The Resistance The first in the series, the world is in good hands, concentrated mainly on the BIS and how it [...]
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Thanks, Bruce Alderman – I sure didn’t see the trick until the end:
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Q: Can you sing the Maple Leaf Forever? A: No, I get tired after the first eight bars. This evening – Kanata. My first experience of Canada was flying into Vancouver and thinking it was a nice looking valley. My second was sailing on English Bay:
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Part 1: The World is in Good Hands Part 2: Sovereignty Part 3: Wheels within Wheels Part 4: The Venetians and the Concept of Oligarchy Part 5: Understanding is Half the Battle Part 6: The Resistance The first in the series, the world is in good hands, concentrated mainly on the BIS and how it [...]
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Part 1: The World is in Good Hands Part 2: Sovereignty Part 3: Wheels within Wheels Part 4: The Venetians and the Concept of Oligarchy Part 5: Understanding is Half the Battle Part 6: The Resistance The first in the series, the world is in good hands, concentrated mainly on the BIS and how it [...]
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Part 1: The World is in Good Hands Part 2: Sovereignty Part 3: Wheels within Wheels Part 4: The Venetians and the Concept of Oligarchy Part 5: Understanding is Half the Battle Part 6: The Resistance This is Part 1. Thomas Harrington McKittrick, in 1939, was made president of the Bank for International Settlements whose [...]
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This evening – la bella Italia Italy has its problems – a monster in charge of it, a highly bureaucratic system which sees jobs allocated in a round robin tournament once a year …
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She’s closing in on the Cape, only 500nm to go and she’ll do that in two to three days, depending on the wind: The good news is that I was able to fix the little problem with the mainsheet block easily. But the bad news is that despite spending yesterday morning trying to fix the [...]
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In an Australian “stick it up the Poms” article they mention the 30th yearly report, The Quality of Life Index, published by International Living magazine. Whilst the Australian motivation might be suspect, the problem is that we now have some of the worst living conditions in the world. To the list of love of TV [...]
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This evening – Россия-Матушка. Всем привет и С Рождеством Христовым я Вас поздравляю! Счастья и здоровья, блага всем желаю, Святости, лукавства – в меру чтоб всего, Радости, удачи. Плохого – ничего!
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Thank you to Cherie and what more can I add to what I said at 300, 200 and 100? Er … greatly appreciated. Your logo is either usable or leave-aloneable now.
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Yes: A survey by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) found just a third of people under 35 feel connected with nature, compared to more than half of the older generation. The poll found that most people find being out in nature helps to reduce stress and boost happiness levels. In fact [...]
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Please use the nourishingobscurity@gmail.com email as some people wrote and said I hadn’t replied to them but it seems they wrote to an old email address. This is the only operational address at this time. Thank you.
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Тот, кто родился в Рождество Христово На нем лежит особая печать: Тот должен быть счастливым и здоровым, Чтоб дело доброе всегда он мог начать! Merry Christmas to all in Christendom. This is the only Christmas which does not smack of commercialism and the Old New Year, in one week’s time, is the only one which [...]
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Can you identify the camerawork error in this shot? First correct answer gets the girl.
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