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POLITICAL: Sarvis for VA guv
Friday, October 18, 2013
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RANT: “Phony” ceremonies
Friday, October 18, 2013GOVERNMENT
PENTAGON’S STUNNING ADMISSION: GOV’T HAS HELD ‘PHONY’ CEREMONIES TO HONOR FALLEN U.S. SOLDIERS FOR YEARS
Oct. 11, 2013 11:03am Billy Hallowell
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The Pentagon has admitted that dramatic repatriation ceremonies held at a Hawaii base have been fabricated to make it appear as though flag-draped coffins holding the remains of fallen U.S. soldiers were arriving that very day from old battlefields, NBC News reported.
In reality, the remains had already been sitting in American labs for months. The planes were also defunct and non-operational, so the notion that they carried the bodies back to the U.S. is an impossibility.
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they sure fooled me. And I am <past tense synonym for urine output> off!
sorry, but I think the Congressman from the district, the Senator, and the President should be there when the remains return.
if that means “no golf” that day, then “tough <synonym for excrement>”!
Argh!
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RANT: My “concerns related to Syria” were to have the USA myob
Thursday, October 17, 2013Dear Mr. Reinke,
Thank you for taking the time to contact me with your concerns related to Syria.
Since the April 2011 start of the Syrian conflict, more than 100,000 people have died, at least two million Syrians have become refugees according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and approximately five million Syrians are internally displaced. Based on the evidence that I have seen as a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the evidence presented in the UN Chemical Weapons Report on Syria, I believe that there were chemical attacks in Syria, and that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against its own people. The evidence clearly points to the Syrian government being responsible for the attacks, which is part of a pattern of chemical weapons use by the regime. The use of chemical weapons clearly violates international norms and rejects international agreements banning the use of chemical weapons.
This grave attack, which United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has called “a crime against humanity,” requires a strong international response. We need to send a clear message that this kind of atrocity cannot be repeated, and those who perpetrated these crimes must be held accountable. I support efforts undertaken by the United States and other countries to reinforce the prohibition on the use of chemical weapons.
On September 14, 2013, the United States and Russia agreed to a “Framework for Elimination of Syrian Chemical Weapons,” which creates a series of conditions for Syria to meet its stated obligation to give up its chemical weapons. It takes into account the Syrian government’s decision to apply to join the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which bans the development, production, stockpiling and use of these weapons. Syria is one of only five countries that has neither signed nor acceded to the CWC, and a specific condition of the U.S.-Russia framework is that Syria will accede to the CWC and commit to provisionally apply the Convention prior to its entry into force. Under the framework, international inspectors must be on the ground no later than November with an initial on-site inspection complete by the end of November. The Framework targets the complete elimination of chemical weapons material and equipment for the first half of 2014, and provides that if Assad fails to comply, this issue is referred to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
The adoption on September 27, 2013, by the full UNSC of a resolution that will ensure the Syrian regime’s compliance with its pledge to give up and destroy its chemical weapons is the most significant action by the Security Council since the start of the conflict in Syria, and I support this positive step. We should give this diplomatic route a chance to succeed as long as it is backed up with a credible use of force for non-compliance. Despite this positive trajectory, key issues remain. Implementation will be a challenge, and the Syrian government must meet tight deadlines. The international community, and the U.S. in particular, will need to verify Syria’s commitments, and inspectors must have unfettered and safe access to all chemical weapons sites. As past experience in Iraq has shown, this is not guaranteed, and we should continue to support longer term international efforts to resolve the crisis in Syria by political means.
As a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, I have closely watched the crisis in Syria unfold over several years. I will continue to work to support international resolution of the Syria conflict that respects U.S. interests and the challenges we face at home and abroad today.
Again, thank you for contacting me. For further information or to sign up for my newsletter please visit my website at http://warner.senate.gov.
Sincerely,
MARK R. WARNER
United States Senator
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A fat lot of good it did?
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INSPIRATIONAL: The second arrow
Thursday, October 17, 2013http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheAtlantic
Earlier that day, our meditation teacher had suggested we avoid what she called the “Second Arrow.” In a classic sutra, the Buddha had said that if someone shoots you in the foot, don’t pick up the bow and shoot yourself in the foot again. Don’t make your suffering worse, in other words, by arguing with what’s so. That’s a Second Arrow. Accept pain. Don’t criticize yourself, or others, for feeling pain: that is a Second Arrow. Don’t regret what cannot be changed, or try to predict what cannot be known. By throwing their complex machinery into the path of death, my father’s doctors had shot my parents with a Second Arrow. And by trying too hard to shield my parents from suffering, I might be shooting myself—and them—with a Second Arrow as well.
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FUN: 10 Questions
Wednesday, October 16, 2013What was your favorite food when you were a child?
Pizza!
What’s the #1 most played song on your iPod?
Taylor Swift’s Mary’s Song
What is one of your favorite quotes?
“There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.” – Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
What’s your favorite indoor/outdoor activity?
Chicks ‘n’ Wings on Monday nights
What chore do you absolutely hate doing?
White wash
What is your favorite form of exercise?
Walking when I have to
What is your favorite time of day/day of the week/month of the year?
Monday morning and getting back to work. It’s my version of “golf”.
What’s your least favorite mode of transportation?
Flying. (its the TSA and the confined space)
What is your favorite body part?
On me? Brain! It makes all things possible. On women? Breasts.
What sound do you love?
The bell of mindfulness. Close second is rain.
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FUN:I live comedies!
Tuesday, October 15, 2013http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2660806/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
MOM
has Allison Janney and an uncredited appearance of Dahrma’s mom, Mimi Kennedy @mimikennedyfans.
… …
have to see but with these tow funny women, I put it on my DVR.
Maybe I’m confused!
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INSPIRATIONAL: God is My Co-pilot
Tuesday, October 15, 2013Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes
“NBC reports that flying instructors at Humberside Airport, near the city of Hull in northeast England, told a passenger who had never flown before how to land a four-seater Cessna 172 after the pilot collapsed and died at the controls. Passenger John Wildey explained to air traffic controllers that he had no flying experience and that the pilot could not control the plane. ‘It came down with a bump, a bump, a bump, hit the front end down, I heard some crashing and it’s come to a halt,’ said Stuart Sykes. ‘There were a few sparks and three or four crashes, that must have been the propeller hitting the floor. Then it uprighted again and it came to a stop.’ Roads around the airport were closed while two incoming flights to the airport, from Scotland and the Netherlands, were delayed as a result of the incident. The passenger took four passes of the runway, and there were cheers from the control tower when it finally came to a halt on the ground. ‘For somebody who is not a pilot but has been around airfields and been a passenger on several occasions to take control is nothing short of phenomenal,” said Richard Tomlinson. “He made quite a good landing, actually,’ added flight instructor Murray. ‘He didn’t know the layout of the airplane. He didn’t have lights on so he was absolutely flying blind as well.'”
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This is inspiring to me. And reminds me of “God is My Co-pilot”!
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INTERESTING: ‘Captain Phillips’ is a big lie
Monday, October 14, 2013http://nypost.com/2013/10/13/crew-members-deny-captain-phillips-heroism/
Crew members: ‘Captain Phillips’ is one big lie
By Maureen Callahan
October 13, 2013 | 3:34am
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Guess I won’t waste my attention, time, and money on this one!
Argh!
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TINFOILHAT: We’re the “sane” ones? We don’t buy the lies at face value
Monday, October 14, 2013http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/are-conspiracy-theorists-really-the-sane-ones/
WND EXCLUSIVE
ARE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS REALLY THE SANE ONES?
University study shows they are more well-grounded than others
Published: 20 hours ago
author-image GINA LOUDON
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Invented term
DeHaven-Smith said that the term “conspiracy theorist” was invented and made popular intentionally by the CIA in an effort to discredit those who asked questions surrounding the assassination of JFK.
Since the CIA is banned from domestic activities, if true, it is illegal, contends Kevin Barrett of Press TV.
He said “people who use the terms ‘conspiracy theory’ and ‘conspiracy theorist’ as an insult are doing so as the result of a well-documented, undisputed, historically real conspiracy by the CIA to cover up the JFK assassination.”
“That campaign, by the way, was completely illegal,” he continued, “and the CIA officers involved were criminals; the CIA is barred from all domestic activities, yet routinely breaks the law to conduct domestic operations ranging from propaganda to assassinations.”
Research seems to be trending in support of some of these claims. An abstract of a recent study published by researchers at the University of Kent in the U.K. looked at trends in social media.
The study collected comments and organized them into “conspiracist” and “conventionalist” categories. They assert that “conspiracy theorists” might be more well-grounded, even more sane, than those who accept conventional wisdom on contested events.
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My first “tin foil hat” was my Uncle Louie.
He was firmly convinced that Pearl Harbor was instigated by FDR.
I remember my father and other uncles and aunts tell him he was “crazy”.
He didn’t have “evidence”, but even at that time all the decision makers were “out of touch” for the duration of the crisis. (Remind you of BHO and Hillary’s red phone commercial. And, Benghazi-gate?)
I heard grumblings in Grammar and High School history. Many of the Christian Brothers were old vets. No one had “evidence”, but all had different “suspicions.
The thing common to most of the discussion was “why were the carriers at sea when the fleet was in port?”
A fact.
Not evidence.
I read a lot about WW2. Then WW1.
I saw all the movies.
I was a war monger.
Then came Viet Nam.
And stuff came out by dribs and drabs.
Then, many moons later, in 1999, I read: “Day of Deceit: The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor” by by Robert Stinnett
And, I was “tin foil hat”!
Stinnett’s evidence, much of it circumstantial, convinced me that everyone lied!
From that it was short trip to the Lusitania carried munitions, Gulf of Tolkin never happened, JFK was killed by the CIA and LBJ, … and on and on.
So, if the Gooferment, their willing propagandists in the “media”, most politicians and bureaucrats say something, I demand “evidence”!
They could say “the Sun will rise tomorrow” and I want proof.
Argh!
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RANT: “Death Panel” thinking
Sunday, October 13, 2013http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/10/kimberly-paxton/high-school-death-panel%E2%80%A8/
LewRockwell.comanti-state•anti-war•pro-market
Forget Glee Club and Football – This High School Has a Death Panel!
By Kimberly Paxton
The Daily Sheeple
October 12, 2013
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Critics of the public school system will be pleased to know that St. Joseph-Ogden High School in Illinois is preparing kids for the future by teaching them practical skills.
That’s right – 15 and 16 year olds just had an assignment on how to distribute limited medical resources amongst a small sampling of the population. They got to pick who deserves to live and who deserves to die.
The lesson involves 10 people who are in desperate need of kidney dialysis.
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“The assignment you are referring to is not a “Death Panel” assignment. The assignment is one in the sociology unit of our Introduction To Social Studies class. The purpose of the assignment is to educate students about social values and how people in our society unfortunately create biases based off of professions, race, gender, etc. The teacher’s goal is to educate students in the fact that these social value biases exist, and that hopefully students will see things from a different perspective after the activity is completed. The teacher’s purpose in the element of the assignment you are referring to is to get students emotionally involved to participate in the classroom discussion, and to open their minds to the fact that they themselves have their own social biases. The assignment has nothing to do with a “Death Panel.”
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Sure, surem sure.
Doesn’t look that way to me.
Implicit in the exercise is that the “student” has a moral imperative to make such decisions.
Or that, in fact, such decisions are made in our society.
Having known an older person undergoing dialysis, the free market, that wonder engine of chaotic order, has no such 6/10 shortage.
It’s a limitation that doesn’t exist in the real world.
A while ago, more than a decade, I saw a brand new HUGE dialysis center by the airport. Far larger than would be needed by the small number of relatively healthy natives. I was curious so I called them talked to the Director. (Astonishingly he answer his own phone that was publicly listed.) He told me that it was built by the community with support from the hotels FOR TOURISTS who needed dialysis while they were on vacation. They accepted Medicare, all insurances, and cash. The “cash rate” was about a third of what my relative paid in NYC. And the fellow was very apologetic that the “cash price” was so high but all the critical supplies had to be airlifted in due to expiration dates.
I was floored.
So, let’s put “WalMart” in charge of everything. (WalMart is my metaphor for a truly free market.)
Argh!
So hospital with only capacity for 6 could put on a second shift for capacity of 12. Now we just have to figure out how to pay for it. How about a “Bake Sale”? Wanna bet if our society can sell naming rights of stadiums, our second shift’s name can be sold.
I think “Reinke’s Ranters” has a nice ring to it.
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