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Scarmoge posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
Hmmmmm. I wonder how many white (opposite) dirt (opposite), or a Roanoke River tributary name that was used for the name of a Doobie Brothers song, contractors there are among the “protestors”? Just a thought … Remember their motto is “We Are Coming”.
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Scarmoge posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
Hmmmmmmm. Ancient site … artifacts … just sayin’
“… and said it (Rio Tinto) would urgently review its plans for other sites in the area.” — Well of course they must “urgently” do so. How else would you know which site(s) to blow up next? It appears that “our recent unpleasantness” doesn’t bring ALL activity to a…[Read more]
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F!!!!! We were lucky enough to interact with one of the tribal leaders in Central Australia and learned that they were already painting over many of the sacred stories, most likely to prevent white interpretation. Considering the incredible decimation of Aboriginal people, historically and now, worse than our indigenous populations here in the…[Read more]
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Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 5 years, 11 months ago
… (Official Disclaimer – This music bears no relation to any piece of music by any of the Bachs, living or dead. Even the most slight similarity is entirely coincidental.)
Hmmmm … could SpaceX’s trouble be ….
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Must be The Chief
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Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 5 years, 11 months ago
Shocked, shocked I tell you … shenanigans at NASA? It can’t be true. Say it ain’t so Joe. Say it ain’t so.
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LOL .. Ditto to the above .. NASA .. Hell no!! .. It just caint be so … 🙂
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Scarmoge posted an update 5 years, 11 months ago
The following quote is from a recent piece entitled “Planet of the Censoring Humans” by Matt Taibbi (yes, I know … not always readable).
“On May 13, human rights activist Jennifer Zeng noted that YouTube was automatically deleting Chinese-language references to terms insulting to the Chinese government, like gongfei, or ‘communist bandit.’…[Read more]
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Scarmoge posted an update 5 years, 11 months ago
To be sung to the tune of Saturday Night by the Bay City Rollers …
At the good ol’ launch and blow
Rocket show I gotta go
S – A – T – U – R- N- FiveS – A – T – U – R- N- Five
Keep on igniting til’ it blows right up
S – A – T – U – R- N- Five
S – A – T – U – R- N- Five
__________________________I would’ve sworn that I remember us…[Read more]
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Boys playing with the same old rockets.
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… (Official Disclaimer – This music bears no relation to any piece of music by any of the Bachs, living or dead. Even the most slight similarity is entirely coincidental.)
Hmmmm … could SpaceX’s trouble be ….
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Scarmoge posted an update 5 years, 11 months ago
An interview with John le Carre (David Cornell) … I’m quite sure that many who view this will not agree with many (or maybe any) points made in this interview … but this will make one think about many things in many ways …
https://archive.org/details/JohnLeCarr-TheUsaHasGoneMad-20102003/leCarre_010-09-19_p2.avi-
Thanks for finding and sharing…am familiar and read some of his writing…was totally unfamiliar with the author until now. Back in 2010 my worldview was turned upside down as to why the decent community (like le Carre) of humanity were letting so much bad stuff to continue….fastfoward ten years, voila.
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It strikes me that 2010 seems more like 20, not just 10, years ago. This perspective makes the interview even more thoughtful. Thanks for linking it here.
Toward the end when he discusses the diamond extraction to the demise of the Congo, I am reminded of working for one of the Hochschild’s at Blue Mountain Lake, Eagle Nest compound. The only…[Read more]
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Great interview .. Thanks for posting …
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Excellent interview. Thank you for posting. It made me buy some of his books!!
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Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 5 years, 11 months ago
Diogenes asks: How do you inquire into what is happening in the world? What a GREAT QUESTION!
Step 1 accomplished! I take it that by asking the question in this way you appear to have already come down on the side of REALISM. One of the presuppositions of REALISM is that there is a world that can be known by such a being as me (this is to say…[Read more] -
Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 5 years, 11 months ago
… a few lines from the screenplay for the film The President’s Analyst in answer to Nobody’s musement above …
[DR. SIDNEY SCHAEFER] I just keep him from carrying excess anxieties.
[NAN BUTLER] Are they catching?
[DR. SIDNEY SCHAEFER] What?
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Scarmoge posted an update 5 years, 11 months ago
… as of late I’ve been compiling a list of possible anthems for “our most recent unpleasantness”. This one by B.O.C. has slowly been moving up the list.
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Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 5 years, 11 months ago
… the same as you would for a father of none or of 10.
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And the same as you did for those ratting on hiding Jews In Warsaw.
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Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 5 years, 11 months ago
… I heard a rumor that he was seen with Martin Bormann in Mombassa in a bar room drinkin’ Gin.
They were very concerned that they were being followed by the CIA … specifically Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner.
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Scarmoge posted an update 5 years, 11 months ago
Two From Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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As Dr. Farrell is fond of saying “primary sources are primary” (my paraphrase of course).
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What an incredibly prescient mind. Many comments about “the press” in this speech.
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Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 5 years, 11 months ago
Shocked, shocked I tell y … Nah, not really. Yes, sad if true.
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Scarmoge posted an update 5 years, 11 months ago
Hmmmmmmm. I am beginning to wonder if the “essential v. non-essential” distinction is a “soft” test for the “obsolete v. non-obsolete” distinction. As Rod says so well at the beginning ” … “but like every one of the superstates that preceded it, it has one iron rule – logic is an enemy and truth is a menace”. Apologies for the video. I could…[Read more]
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Art mimicking reality or art as a prophesy…our culture was sold and conditioned to have the latest, greatest do dad and throw out the old one. Um…a strict materialist viewpoint would have no problem doing the same to other humans. Food for thought, thanks.
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Scarmoge posted an update 5 years, 11 months ago
In connection with Dr. Farrell’s recent books on Joseph McCarthy …
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available gratis on archive.orgMcCarthy Hearing Transcripts: Executive Sessions of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on the Investigations of the Committee on Government…[Read more]
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Thanks!
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Still very much into the McCarthy books and a number of other books named in their bibliographies.
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Scarmoge posted an update 5 years, 11 months ago
… Enjoy! …
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“They Live”…see the movie on Netflix 😎
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I laughed but it really isn’t funny… too true. The world has gone insane and the neighbor Nazi’s are everywhere.
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Finally went to sit down meal here in south Texas to one of my favorite and bustling family owned real staurant…had a hired security guard to enforce wearing a mask to enter. (Did not know of this requirement or would not have gone) I donned my custom designed mask, by me, with the They Live printed on it. The former ambience of the Mexican…[Read more]
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This will soon end, business owners are still worried not about the “thing” but about busybody “health” officials.
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Let’s hope. One needs to show respect for the snake to avoid being bitten. Even if the venom is non poisonous.
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Come up north to OK. Our party of 8 had to wait a short time outside for a table, no fussing about masks, all workers in masks, food delicious, good service, and all available tables filled (many tables removed). At least my grandson got to eat at his favorite place on his bday (sigh).
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Great thanks for sharing…the comparison of only a short while ago in a young mind in my opinion is nothing short of abuse…hopefully the sanity virus will RETURN…I am refusing to repeat or acknowledge the “New Normal” phrase…I will instead refer and mention, oh you mean the “New Abnormal”? I figure it will at least trigger a reference to…[Read more]
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Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 5 years, 11 months ago
… Yes, that phrase catches one’s eye doesn’t it? I would suggest that it is worthy at least of some small effort toward an interpretation.
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What’s that old saying….Neurotics build castles in the cloud and psychopaths move in…or sometime similar. 😎
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Let’s tell some stories “they” don’t like to hear.
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Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 5 years, 11 months ago
… yes, but observe the number of providers and the variety of projects … very helpful for making inferences.
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Scarmoge posted an update 5 years, 11 months ago
… from an interesting “little” website …
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https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/digital-battlespace/darpa-awards-machine-learning-analytics-contract-b/-
Uh, these folks get an A in obscurantism for what their product does and costs. Other articles on site seem designed for IT geeks and those in the know…
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… yes, but observe the number of providers and the variety of projects … very helpful for making inferences.
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“Building brands and creating stories for the defence sector”!
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… Yes, that phrase catches one’s eye doesn’t it? I would suggest that it is worthy at least of some small effort toward an interpretation.
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What’s that old saying….Neurotics build castles in the cloud and psychopaths move in…or sometime similar. 😎
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Let’s tell some stories “they” don’t like to hear.
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I wouldn’t be surprised, although never seen them mentioned…