Dearest readers, today I spoke to my ex-brother in law. He is a very nice man and I have known him since he was a kid. I am very proud of his accomplishments in life and have enjoyed knowing him. He has been out of country for many years. We were making dinner arrangements, just to see each other again. And for those of you who might question my actions, I made sure my ex-wife was okay with it first.
Obviously, he does love his sister, my ex-wife. That is why I made sure she was okay with it. I believe it is disrespectful to do otherwise. My ex-wife did me wrong, that is true; but, her family is her family and I respect that relationship. I love my ex-mother in law and I am very pleased to say that I know that she still loves me. My ex-mother in law was there for me when my mother died, I am one of the few people she would loan money to, we have a lot of history. My mother in law invited me into her house, where my ex-wife lives, on more than one Christmas as I dropped off on of my daughters, I declined because I did not wish to invade my ex-wife's living space. My mother in law came out and talked to me outside. I cannot say that my ex-wife's family hates me, perhaps one of them; but, even that I doubt.
I take forever to get the point, don't I? Just writing points does not make a very good post. LOL. So, my brother in law and I talked a little. He told me I should dating more. LOL. I am sorry, your sister left me for another man and he thinks I should be dating. For some reason I found this amusing, he wants me to be in a good relationship. What a very strange life I lead. I DON'T WANT TO DATE. I hope that is clear. I told this to a housemate and he said I should call up a very particular woman who holds a Top Secret clearance and I had dated. A lovely and very sweet younger lady. I DON'T WANT TO DATE. I like my free time, I like writing and reading and being a hermit, it is all good with me. I don't want to report what my plans are, I don't want to have to places at certain times, I cannot do it anymore. Still, it was nice to know he cared, I will feed him well.
Now, to the news. Three articles and I leave it to my readers to figure them out, I think I explained enough in my last post for you to understand what they wrote today.
Yahoo - Bloomberg Business Week - Soon You Can Flee Your Underwater Home. But It Will Cost You
Yahoo - Reuters - Fed keeps stimulus in place as U.S. economy "paused"
Yahoo - CNBC - Is the Refi 'Apocalypse' Really Upon Us?
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Pimpernel the Hermit, news and thoughts.
It has been pretty non-stop for the past month. Yesterday alone was a bit much, lots of talking and finding out that another friend has passed away. I decided I needed a time out, a day of silence. The world is becoming noisier and more frantic, people seek out constant amusement and information; but, take less and less time to think about the world around them.
For most of us, our daily life is pretty routine. We wake up, eat breakfast, possibly catch some news and go off to work. In the United States most of us work in offices or in the service industries because we have destroyed our manufacturing base. 8 hours behind a desk or providing whatever service we do. The day ends and we head off to see our spouse who was being doing the same or we return to our living spaces. For many today that is renting a room in someone else's house. We get home and watch television reality shows or play video games. Then we go to bed and do the same the following day unless it is a weekend.
The weekends that we all look forward to are spent by many watching sports on television. For many there is the week vacation that they take wherever. The truth is that most are okay with the way things are and never expect it to change. In many other countries it is even worse, 14 hour days in a Chinese factory where you are limited to 3 minute bathroom breaks and they live in little compounds, well, not that little, just lots of people in them.
A few people escape this and become rich or famous or just chuck it all. All of this leads to a life pace that burns you out eventually. People spend their free time attempting to escape their life, a temporary reprieve from the drudgery. I believe this is why most people don't really understand what is going on in the world or even how the world really works.
The question is why do we accept this situation? Not all do, the Occupy movement showed that and that is why it was so severely reacted to. The same is true for the Hippie movement of the 60's. I believe we accept it because people seek conformity and peace more than anything else, they seek to not be disturbed. This is the same reason most reject the truth of where we are headed as a world and certainly as a nation.
As I was writing this, I stepped out into my living room to get some orange juice from the kitchen. The television was on and there was Lady Gaga singing "Born this way". Charming video with her made up to look like a corpse as she made out with another person also made to look like a corpse. The imagery that we expose our children to on a daily basis is unhealthy and also dumbs them down.
The articles and things I post here and the views I express are matters of concern, they are of things that will effect our lives and determine what our future society will look like and the outlook is grim in many ways and will be openly embraced by most. I was talking to a couple of people yesterday, first time meeting them, it was about business. My assistant needed to get some information on something so the rest of us left to get some coffee. We ended up chatting about some things, things I have written about here in the past. The big lie because the big truth is unsettling and forces us to reconsider all we have been taught and told about the world.
There is an incredibly big change coming, a change to the world's financial system, all of them. China is now talking about issuing gold backed currencies. If this were to occur the dollar would crumble and even Americans would be seeking to buy the Gold backed Yuan. I don't see that happening, the world will not go to a gold standard. It makes no sense, has no intrinsic value and doesn't work well in an electronic currency environment.
In Europe they have what is called a Value Added Tax. In simplest terms as a product is being made it begins as raw material (iron ore), is increased in value as it is turned into metal which can then be used to make a car. At each point in the process it is taxed based on the value added to the material. The same can be done for wages or revenue, you could set up a system that pays people based on how much value they have added. Most of us contribute little to our product, primarily because most products today require so many steps in their creation. Just think about all the steps and all the efforts that go into creating a simple cell phone.
Now is the part that you have to understand if you are understand why the world's economies are failing. In the financial sector, people are rewarded on how much take out of the system and not how much they contribute to it. This has led to the destruction of our business model. The people that run the businesses now are financial people and not business people. They are rewarded for manipulating the value of the stock and not for what they produce. Nowhere was this truer than with the big auto companies. GM ceased caring about cars because they made more money on financing loans than in producing cars. GM was not bailed out because it couldn't sell cars, it was bailed out because it lost money in bad loans and risky investments.
Now, here is a video of Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, he had been an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Ronald Reagan. In this video he is discussing how the dollar is going to collapse. YouTube - Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: America is Going to Crash Big Time. Scary stuff if you believe him and hardly really discussed in the mainstream media. While I completely disagree with him on gold, long term, I understand where he is coming from.
The currencies are going to collapse and anyone who really pays attention to these things, as does Dr. Roberts, knows it. Many think that Wall Street is doing well and that the value of the stocks is increasing, it is not, that value of your dollar is going down, we call this inflation. It takes more dollars to buy the exact same thing. The inflation is hidden to most and does not appear in our Gross Domestic Product because the houses are worth less. One product lost it's value because the worth was never actually there. When viewed on a national scale, the loss in value is more than the TARP bill cost (around $800 billion) and the stimulus cost (around a trillion). It is an economic shell game. A false picture of our Gross Domestic Product. It is the reason that the Federal Reserve is buying the bad mortgages, to hide the truth. Let me explain what has happened and how the game works.
All the mortgages were packaged along with other debts into what we call derivatives. Imagine me selling you my mortgage, car loan and personal loan at the bank. The thing is you have to buy them as a group, you cannot just buy one. The pundits and news readers tell you that these are very complicated financial instruments, they are not, pretty simple actually. Now, your mortgage was valued when placed in these transactions; but, they were valued at a time that your house was worth twice what it is not and based upon the assumption that you would pay them for 30 years. The valuation has not changed and doesn't as far as the derivative is concerned. As we all know, loans have different pay off periods, it could be for two, twenty or thirty years or whatever. When the derivatives were put together this would have been calculated and an actuarial table would be made showing what they could be expected to generate each year. Because you would expect the smaller loans to pay off earlier, the derivative would be weighted to pay more in the first few years, with the total value still based on the original valuation of the houses keeping the overall value up. If those houses get foreclosed on then the valuation of the house is reset based on it's payoff amount or what the bank ends up reselling the house for. In other words the loss the holder of the derivative faces only comes when if the house is sold; but, here is the coming game. The houses won't be sold, the Fed and the government will rent them out thereby never showing the loss.
This has two effects, firstly, the length of the derivatives life is lengthened. Rather than expecting to be paid over 30 years, the holder can now be paid indefinitely. Because the government owns 80% of all mortgages it shows as part of our Gross Domestic Product and as a revenue source for the government, same is true for the Federal Reserve. Now, I have just broken down in a few paragraphs a lot of what is going on and in simple terms; but, how many will bother reading them all? What is the attention span of the average person now and how much do they really care about what is truly changing and will effect your children's lives and the future of this country and this world?
Sorry, I was interrupted with a phone call. I lost my train of thought; but, this may have been enough for one night.
For most of us, our daily life is pretty routine. We wake up, eat breakfast, possibly catch some news and go off to work. In the United States most of us work in offices or in the service industries because we have destroyed our manufacturing base. 8 hours behind a desk or providing whatever service we do. The day ends and we head off to see our spouse who was being doing the same or we return to our living spaces. For many today that is renting a room in someone else's house. We get home and watch television reality shows or play video games. Then we go to bed and do the same the following day unless it is a weekend.
The weekends that we all look forward to are spent by many watching sports on television. For many there is the week vacation that they take wherever. The truth is that most are okay with the way things are and never expect it to change. In many other countries it is even worse, 14 hour days in a Chinese factory where you are limited to 3 minute bathroom breaks and they live in little compounds, well, not that little, just lots of people in them.
A few people escape this and become rich or famous or just chuck it all. All of this leads to a life pace that burns you out eventually. People spend their free time attempting to escape their life, a temporary reprieve from the drudgery. I believe this is why most people don't really understand what is going on in the world or even how the world really works.
The question is why do we accept this situation? Not all do, the Occupy movement showed that and that is why it was so severely reacted to. The same is true for the Hippie movement of the 60's. I believe we accept it because people seek conformity and peace more than anything else, they seek to not be disturbed. This is the same reason most reject the truth of where we are headed as a world and certainly as a nation.
As I was writing this, I stepped out into my living room to get some orange juice from the kitchen. The television was on and there was Lady Gaga singing "Born this way". Charming video with her made up to look like a corpse as she made out with another person also made to look like a corpse. The imagery that we expose our children to on a daily basis is unhealthy and also dumbs them down.
The articles and things I post here and the views I express are matters of concern, they are of things that will effect our lives and determine what our future society will look like and the outlook is grim in many ways and will be openly embraced by most. I was talking to a couple of people yesterday, first time meeting them, it was about business. My assistant needed to get some information on something so the rest of us left to get some coffee. We ended up chatting about some things, things I have written about here in the past. The big lie because the big truth is unsettling and forces us to reconsider all we have been taught and told about the world.
There is an incredibly big change coming, a change to the world's financial system, all of them. China is now talking about issuing gold backed currencies. If this were to occur the dollar would crumble and even Americans would be seeking to buy the Gold backed Yuan. I don't see that happening, the world will not go to a gold standard. It makes no sense, has no intrinsic value and doesn't work well in an electronic currency environment.
In Europe they have what is called a Value Added Tax. In simplest terms as a product is being made it begins as raw material (iron ore), is increased in value as it is turned into metal which can then be used to make a car. At each point in the process it is taxed based on the value added to the material. The same can be done for wages or revenue, you could set up a system that pays people based on how much value they have added. Most of us contribute little to our product, primarily because most products today require so many steps in their creation. Just think about all the steps and all the efforts that go into creating a simple cell phone.
Now is the part that you have to understand if you are understand why the world's economies are failing. In the financial sector, people are rewarded on how much take out of the system and not how much they contribute to it. This has led to the destruction of our business model. The people that run the businesses now are financial people and not business people. They are rewarded for manipulating the value of the stock and not for what they produce. Nowhere was this truer than with the big auto companies. GM ceased caring about cars because they made more money on financing loans than in producing cars. GM was not bailed out because it couldn't sell cars, it was bailed out because it lost money in bad loans and risky investments.
Now, here is a video of Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, he had been an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Ronald Reagan. In this video he is discussing how the dollar is going to collapse. YouTube - Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: America is Going to Crash Big Time. Scary stuff if you believe him and hardly really discussed in the mainstream media. While I completely disagree with him on gold, long term, I understand where he is coming from.
The currencies are going to collapse and anyone who really pays attention to these things, as does Dr. Roberts, knows it. Many think that Wall Street is doing well and that the value of the stocks is increasing, it is not, that value of your dollar is going down, we call this inflation. It takes more dollars to buy the exact same thing. The inflation is hidden to most and does not appear in our Gross Domestic Product because the houses are worth less. One product lost it's value because the worth was never actually there. When viewed on a national scale, the loss in value is more than the TARP bill cost (around $800 billion) and the stimulus cost (around a trillion). It is an economic shell game. A false picture of our Gross Domestic Product. It is the reason that the Federal Reserve is buying the bad mortgages, to hide the truth. Let me explain what has happened and how the game works.
All the mortgages were packaged along with other debts into what we call derivatives. Imagine me selling you my mortgage, car loan and personal loan at the bank. The thing is you have to buy them as a group, you cannot just buy one. The pundits and news readers tell you that these are very complicated financial instruments, they are not, pretty simple actually. Now, your mortgage was valued when placed in these transactions; but, they were valued at a time that your house was worth twice what it is not and based upon the assumption that you would pay them for 30 years. The valuation has not changed and doesn't as far as the derivative is concerned. As we all know, loans have different pay off periods, it could be for two, twenty or thirty years or whatever. When the derivatives were put together this would have been calculated and an actuarial table would be made showing what they could be expected to generate each year. Because you would expect the smaller loans to pay off earlier, the derivative would be weighted to pay more in the first few years, with the total value still based on the original valuation of the houses keeping the overall value up. If those houses get foreclosed on then the valuation of the house is reset based on it's payoff amount or what the bank ends up reselling the house for. In other words the loss the holder of the derivative faces only comes when if the house is sold; but, here is the coming game. The houses won't be sold, the Fed and the government will rent them out thereby never showing the loss.
This has two effects, firstly, the length of the derivatives life is lengthened. Rather than expecting to be paid over 30 years, the holder can now be paid indefinitely. Because the government owns 80% of all mortgages it shows as part of our Gross Domestic Product and as a revenue source for the government, same is true for the Federal Reserve. Now, I have just broken down in a few paragraphs a lot of what is going on and in simple terms; but, how many will bother reading them all? What is the attention span of the average person now and how much do they really care about what is truly changing and will effect your children's lives and the future of this country and this world?
Sorry, I was interrupted with a phone call. I lost my train of thought; but, this may have been enough for one night.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Lots and lots of news articles
First up is an article on Social Security changes.
US News via Yahoo - 7 New Social Security Rules for 2013
The bit I found the most interesting is that they will no longer send paper checks. Nope, you can have direct deposit or get a prepaid card. At first it sounds like it will be cheaper for the government; but, is a plastic card cheaper than a paper check? I don't think so. It is about eliminating cash, paper money and getting the elderly to change over to using electronic currency.
L.A. Times - Android app will snap photo of thief trying to unlock your device.
Apparently, you can get an application for your smartphone or table that if someone tries to login and gets it wrong three times, it will take your picture. Sounds reasonable, right? Watch this video.
YouTube - Facebook RED ALERT !! They want to tap into your mic & camera at any time !
I am not familiar with the person who made the video; but, the Facebook applications user agreement allows the app to take pictures and videos at any time without telling you. The head of Facebook is the same one that said that Privacy was not important anymore.
Associated Press - Brazil: bar codes on sidewalks give tourist info. The world is becoming physically interactive with your phone.
Huffington Post - Schools Background Check Visitors In Illinois For Criminal Record. Our schools are being into little prisons and we are all suspects. There is NO requirement that people have a state issued identification, we rejected that a long time ago; but, you will get one. If you watched the video you may have noticed that you are given a label to wear that has your picture on it if you enter the school. None of this will make kids any safer, they can be shot in the street. More kids were shot in the streets of Chicago last year than in all the school shootings combined in the last two years. The best part of the video is where this fool says that if you haven't done anything wrong, you have nothing to worry. No, we can worry about the assumption that we are guilty until proven innocent.
YouTube - Meltdown - The Global Financial Crisis? pt 1of 4. I recommend if you want to know how the financial crisis went down it is worth watching, watch all 4 parts. It is the official story and it is a lie. They want us to believe that these people did not know what they were doing, the greatest economists all got stupid at the same time. All the western countries having the exact same housing boom at the same time and collapsing bubbles at the same time. The purpose of the financial collapse is to get us to accept international monetary control over our sovereign economies.
Yahoo - Bloomberg Business Week - Bill Gates Hates Cash. Here's Why. We are going to go all electronic to help the poor, that is the story. There are two links in the article. The first is to an organization called "BetterThanCash" and the second link is to an article about the M-Pesa Network which is primarily in Africa. Africa is a leader in going cashless.
Wired - 11 Body Parts Defense Researchers Will Use to Track You. The article talks about how new scanners can read your fingerprints from 25 feet away. Biometrics is the future and the future is coming much quicker than most people thought.
The New American - After Exposure of Pedophile BBC Star, Probe Widens to U.K. Parliament. This is the story in England that will not go away. Mr. Saville, the pedophile, could very well bring down the monarchy. I will keep watching this story.
Natural Society - Do you trust a "electronic tattoo" to track your medical information?. It is "invisible" this little temporary tattoo, you won't even know you have one and people worry about having a microchip put in them. It is completely unnecessary.
Mail Online - The infidelity phone: Why Japan's love cheats are staying faithful to old mobiles. Basically, the article says that many Japanese will not get new phones because they are adulterers. We are going to vilify people for not having the newest smart phone that tracks everything you do.
YouTube - If This Does Not Get Thru To You Nothing Will. The video is short it is about the third building that came down on 911, the building was World Trade Center 7 and 20 minutes before it came down a BBC reporter claimed that it had collapsed; but, it hadn't when she reported it. She must have been psychic.
The Economic Collapse - Bancor: The Name Of The Global Currency That A Shocking IMF Report Is Proposing. The article provides a link to the International Monetary Funds proposal to have a one world currency set by a one world bank. I have said many times, the economic collapse was planned so that they can bring in an international currency.
Business Insider - Get Ready For Self-Driving Cars That Chauffeur Us Around. Basically, we are creating self-driving cars and it means you won't have to own one, you can just pay as you go. I guess if you don't have your electronic payments ready, you won't be able to get around.
Wired - Scientists Discover How to Identify People From ‘Anonymous’ Genomes. The article claims that in the future you will be able to scan the DNA of any living thing and identify it. That includes you and me. It also says that they can identify you by just some of your genome information, how convenient.
Well, that should give my readers something to do. I posted a lot of information today. If you look at it in total you will see that things are changing much faster than most know and all at once. What we are witnessing is a total transformation of society. Consider the sources I use in my blog, these are not crackpots. I attempt to use source documents or reliable sources that use source documents. I bet very few knew how Africa is advancing in going cashless.
There are three things to keep an eye on. Firstly, biometrics and the ability to keep you from using the new technologies or currency if you are a bad person. Secondly, one internationally set electronic currency. Thirdly, the imposition of international law.
US News via Yahoo - 7 New Social Security Rules for 2013
The bit I found the most interesting is that they will no longer send paper checks. Nope, you can have direct deposit or get a prepaid card. At first it sounds like it will be cheaper for the government; but, is a plastic card cheaper than a paper check? I don't think so. It is about eliminating cash, paper money and getting the elderly to change over to using electronic currency.
L.A. Times - Android app will snap photo of thief trying to unlock your device.
Apparently, you can get an application for your smartphone or table that if someone tries to login and gets it wrong three times, it will take your picture. Sounds reasonable, right? Watch this video.
YouTube - Facebook RED ALERT !! They want to tap into your mic & camera at any time !
I am not familiar with the person who made the video; but, the Facebook applications user agreement allows the app to take pictures and videos at any time without telling you. The head of Facebook is the same one that said that Privacy was not important anymore.
Associated Press - Brazil: bar codes on sidewalks give tourist info. The world is becoming physically interactive with your phone.
Huffington Post - Schools Background Check Visitors In Illinois For Criminal Record. Our schools are being into little prisons and we are all suspects. There is NO requirement that people have a state issued identification, we rejected that a long time ago; but, you will get one. If you watched the video you may have noticed that you are given a label to wear that has your picture on it if you enter the school. None of this will make kids any safer, they can be shot in the street. More kids were shot in the streets of Chicago last year than in all the school shootings combined in the last two years. The best part of the video is where this fool says that if you haven't done anything wrong, you have nothing to worry. No, we can worry about the assumption that we are guilty until proven innocent.
YouTube - Meltdown - The Global Financial Crisis? pt 1of 4. I recommend if you want to know how the financial crisis went down it is worth watching, watch all 4 parts. It is the official story and it is a lie. They want us to believe that these people did not know what they were doing, the greatest economists all got stupid at the same time. All the western countries having the exact same housing boom at the same time and collapsing bubbles at the same time. The purpose of the financial collapse is to get us to accept international monetary control over our sovereign economies.
Yahoo - Bloomberg Business Week - Bill Gates Hates Cash. Here's Why. We are going to go all electronic to help the poor, that is the story. There are two links in the article. The first is to an organization called "BetterThanCash" and the second link is to an article about the M-Pesa Network which is primarily in Africa. Africa is a leader in going cashless.
Wired - 11 Body Parts Defense Researchers Will Use to Track You. The article talks about how new scanners can read your fingerprints from 25 feet away. Biometrics is the future and the future is coming much quicker than most people thought.
The New American - After Exposure of Pedophile BBC Star, Probe Widens to U.K. Parliament. This is the story in England that will not go away. Mr. Saville, the pedophile, could very well bring down the monarchy. I will keep watching this story.
Natural Society - Do you trust a "electronic tattoo" to track your medical information?. It is "invisible" this little temporary tattoo, you won't even know you have one and people worry about having a microchip put in them. It is completely unnecessary.
Mail Online - The infidelity phone: Why Japan's love cheats are staying faithful to old mobiles. Basically, the article says that many Japanese will not get new phones because they are adulterers. We are going to vilify people for not having the newest smart phone that tracks everything you do.
YouTube - If This Does Not Get Thru To You Nothing Will. The video is short it is about the third building that came down on 911, the building was World Trade Center 7 and 20 minutes before it came down a BBC reporter claimed that it had collapsed; but, it hadn't when she reported it. She must have been psychic.
The Economic Collapse - Bancor: The Name Of The Global Currency That A Shocking IMF Report Is Proposing. The article provides a link to the International Monetary Funds proposal to have a one world currency set by a one world bank. I have said many times, the economic collapse was planned so that they can bring in an international currency.
Business Insider - Get Ready For Self-Driving Cars That Chauffeur Us Around. Basically, we are creating self-driving cars and it means you won't have to own one, you can just pay as you go. I guess if you don't have your electronic payments ready, you won't be able to get around.
Wired - Scientists Discover How to Identify People From ‘Anonymous’ Genomes. The article claims that in the future you will be able to scan the DNA of any living thing and identify it. That includes you and me. It also says that they can identify you by just some of your genome information, how convenient.
Well, that should give my readers something to do. I posted a lot of information today. If you look at it in total you will see that things are changing much faster than most know and all at once. What we are witnessing is a total transformation of society. Consider the sources I use in my blog, these are not crackpots. I attempt to use source documents or reliable sources that use source documents. I bet very few knew how Africa is advancing in going cashless.
There are three things to keep an eye on. Firstly, biometrics and the ability to keep you from using the new technologies or currency if you are a bad person. Secondly, one internationally set electronic currency. Thirdly, the imposition of international law.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
I will post tonight
My apologies to all. I have had a hectic last two weeks which ended with me going to court over my divorce on Friday. I will post tonight and have been collecting links to articles that may interest my readers.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Bad week for me, lets talk about the news.
I apologize for not having written more. It was a lousy week and I was very busy. I have however been keeping an eye on the news as best I could.
Mirror - Child abuse cops seize VIP list: Politicians, MI5 agent, Royal aide and pop stars all named. The reported pedophile, child molester, Jimmy Saville of England is still causing a ripple in Britain. It turns out that is a list of people involved in pedophilia and some are famous and in the government.
Bloomberg Business Week - Neanderthal Babies All Around: Synthetic Biology Is Closer Than You Think. Read this article and think about what they are proposing. They are proposing to make a human-Neanderthal hybrid for real. Would it have human rights or would we give rights to all non-humans?
I listened to a bunch of YouTube videos about the economy today. One of them went into something that I wrote about at the time, it was about how the Federal Reserve is buying up all the mortgage backed securities as part of QE3. I am astounded by how the mainstream media has avoided this issue or put it in a positive light.
Now I will end this transmission by telling you all a story. When I was 14, I used to run the sound system for my Junior High School, I was also the stage manager. I was quite the stage guy and even ran the arc lights. When I was 13 I ran the sound for the graduation of the 15 year olds. The Vice Principal gave a speech at the graduation. A year later, she gave the exact same speech. LOL. Each graduating class was given the exact same speech, the exact same stories and the exact same propaganda. It was a show and a tool of indoctrination. I was a good stage manager and I know a show when I see it, heck, I have put them on. I asked the VP about her giving the same speech every year, she was surprised that I listened to any of them and explained that they were all the same, the message was what mattered. That is the definition of propaganda.
Mirror - Child abuse cops seize VIP list: Politicians, MI5 agent, Royal aide and pop stars all named. The reported pedophile, child molester, Jimmy Saville of England is still causing a ripple in Britain. It turns out that is a list of people involved in pedophilia and some are famous and in the government.
Bloomberg Business Week - Neanderthal Babies All Around: Synthetic Biology Is Closer Than You Think. Read this article and think about what they are proposing. They are proposing to make a human-Neanderthal hybrid for real. Would it have human rights or would we give rights to all non-humans?
I listened to a bunch of YouTube videos about the economy today. One of them went into something that I wrote about at the time, it was about how the Federal Reserve is buying up all the mortgage backed securities as part of QE3. I am astounded by how the mainstream media has avoided this issue or put it in a positive light.
Now I will end this transmission by telling you all a story. When I was 14, I used to run the sound system for my Junior High School, I was also the stage manager. I was quite the stage guy and even ran the arc lights. When I was 13 I ran the sound for the graduation of the 15 year olds. The Vice Principal gave a speech at the graduation. A year later, she gave the exact same speech. LOL. Each graduating class was given the exact same speech, the exact same stories and the exact same propaganda. It was a show and a tool of indoctrination. I was a good stage manager and I know a show when I see it, heck, I have put them on. I asked the VP about her giving the same speech every year, she was surprised that I listened to any of them and explained that they were all the same, the message was what mattered. That is the definition of propaganda.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Guns and Gays
You have to love that title. Which word got your attention the most, it says a lot about you. Now I will say how I feel about both. I grew up with guns in the house and learned to shoot and became a very good shot. I am excellent with both hand guns and shotguns. I am not as good with a rifle because of my eyesight. I grew up with friends making fun of gays and not even really understanding them. I was never anti-anyone and as I met people who came out in High School, I just never cared. A friend is a friend. We called people faggots for being wimps, not for their sexuality. I am going to get to the gun thing. People sure are making a big deal out of gay marriage, gays can have contracts too and marriage is a contract.
Guns. Lots of talk about gun control. If you are a Christian then you are to obey the government. We are referred to as slaves and sheep by God and Jesus. The idea of a Christian shooting other people so that he can keep his guns is completely Un-Biblical, it is Constitutional; but, we are to report to a higher ideal and authority. There is a story of a church in China. The military came in and told everyone that they would have to say that they renounced Christ or would be killed. They asked who wanted to come up first and young girl raised her hand. She walked up before them and said she would never renounce Christ. They had expected an older person to come up and then would have shot them in the head in front of the rest, it didn't work out that way and they did not kill anyone that day. If the majority of this nation is really Christian then when we don't need any guns, all we have to do is sit down and nothing works.
Now, here is the real question. Are you more upset that there are gays in the world or that there are guns in the world? Let us now look at the choices. Outlaw gay marriage and gun ownership. Outlaw gay marriage and allow people to have any weapon they want. Allow gay marriage and outlaw guns. Which of the three do you choose. Now eliminate the one you chose and pick between the remaining two, that says where your heart is.
We give away our rights while we fight over preventing others from having their rights. I do not find homosexuality appealing personally and I preach to many gays. I also do not find clubbing to be very attractive or indiscriminate sex or many things. I am straight and always have been, if I found homosexuality attractive then I would not be straight; but, that does not mean I have to hate gays and I don't. I would hate to think that gays were required to hate me because I am straight and I know many who actually love me and I love them.
I am disappointed in people who call themselves Christians and are willing to kill to keep their guns. I read the ten commandments, it said that thou shall not kill. It did not say that thou shall not have sex with the same sex. Homosexuality did not make the top ten; but, killing did. If you believe there is a hierarchy in sin, then shouldn't you trust in God and believe killing is higher on the list than homosexuality. He wrote the ten after all.
I have members of our church that are gay and read this blog. I have friends that are gay and read this blog. I say what I mean and I mean what I say. I believe we were designed to be with the opposite sex, we were designed to go forth and procreate in the manner that we are designed to. I believe we were designed to be with one other person, that we all have a soul mate of the opposite sex. I also believe that we can love people of the same sex, I loved my father and love my brother and I love many other men; but, not sexually.
They will ask me if homosexuality is a sin and I tell them it is, it is imperfection and we are all imperfect. Then the next statement from me is can you at least avoid violating the ten commandments and not kill anyone? Now, if you claim to believe in Christ, tell me that soldiers who kill people can go to heaven and gays cannot. I preach to gays, I preach soldiers, I will preach to anyone that shows up. There is one church that protests at the gravesites of soldiers and they are ridiculed. I also disagree with them; but, at the least they try and promote the ten commandments. What church refuses to allow in anyone who has killed, whether at war or not? How many churches keep out gays and allow in people who have killed?
I could into church this Sunday and call them all faggots (though there are many straight people also) or call them all killers. I could explain what I meant by both the terms. Which is a bigger sin to overcome if you believe there is a hierarchy of sin? If you believe the bible, if you believe we are all sinful, would you be gay or a killer? Neither does not work, pick between the two. I do not like either, I would be gay than kill someone. To the "fags" that read my site, I love you. To the people who have killed, I love you. I love God and he tells me to love everyone, that we are all flawed and all matter. You matter, the truth is inside you and the truth is that we all matter. It is for God to judge how much we cared about ourselves and how much we cared about others, I don't know those answers. I know none of us are perfect except God.
Guns. Lots of talk about gun control. If you are a Christian then you are to obey the government. We are referred to as slaves and sheep by God and Jesus. The idea of a Christian shooting other people so that he can keep his guns is completely Un-Biblical, it is Constitutional; but, we are to report to a higher ideal and authority. There is a story of a church in China. The military came in and told everyone that they would have to say that they renounced Christ or would be killed. They asked who wanted to come up first and young girl raised her hand. She walked up before them and said she would never renounce Christ. They had expected an older person to come up and then would have shot them in the head in front of the rest, it didn't work out that way and they did not kill anyone that day. If the majority of this nation is really Christian then when we don't need any guns, all we have to do is sit down and nothing works.
Now, here is the real question. Are you more upset that there are gays in the world or that there are guns in the world? Let us now look at the choices. Outlaw gay marriage and gun ownership. Outlaw gay marriage and allow people to have any weapon they want. Allow gay marriage and outlaw guns. Which of the three do you choose. Now eliminate the one you chose and pick between the remaining two, that says where your heart is.
We give away our rights while we fight over preventing others from having their rights. I do not find homosexuality appealing personally and I preach to many gays. I also do not find clubbing to be very attractive or indiscriminate sex or many things. I am straight and always have been, if I found homosexuality attractive then I would not be straight; but, that does not mean I have to hate gays and I don't. I would hate to think that gays were required to hate me because I am straight and I know many who actually love me and I love them.
I am disappointed in people who call themselves Christians and are willing to kill to keep their guns. I read the ten commandments, it said that thou shall not kill. It did not say that thou shall not have sex with the same sex. Homosexuality did not make the top ten; but, killing did. If you believe there is a hierarchy in sin, then shouldn't you trust in God and believe killing is higher on the list than homosexuality. He wrote the ten after all.
I have members of our church that are gay and read this blog. I have friends that are gay and read this blog. I say what I mean and I mean what I say. I believe we were designed to be with the opposite sex, we were designed to go forth and procreate in the manner that we are designed to. I believe we were designed to be with one other person, that we all have a soul mate of the opposite sex. I also believe that we can love people of the same sex, I loved my father and love my brother and I love many other men; but, not sexually.
They will ask me if homosexuality is a sin and I tell them it is, it is imperfection and we are all imperfect. Then the next statement from me is can you at least avoid violating the ten commandments and not kill anyone? Now, if you claim to believe in Christ, tell me that soldiers who kill people can go to heaven and gays cannot. I preach to gays, I preach soldiers, I will preach to anyone that shows up. There is one church that protests at the gravesites of soldiers and they are ridiculed. I also disagree with them; but, at the least they try and promote the ten commandments. What church refuses to allow in anyone who has killed, whether at war or not? How many churches keep out gays and allow in people who have killed?
I could into church this Sunday and call them all faggots (though there are many straight people also) or call them all killers. I could explain what I meant by both the terms. Which is a bigger sin to overcome if you believe there is a hierarchy of sin? If you believe the bible, if you believe we are all sinful, would you be gay or a killer? Neither does not work, pick between the two. I do not like either, I would be gay than kill someone. To the "fags" that read my site, I love you. To the people who have killed, I love you. I love God and he tells me to love everyone, that we are all flawed and all matter. You matter, the truth is inside you and the truth is that we all matter. It is for God to judge how much we cared about ourselves and how much we cared about others, I don't know those answers. I know none of us are perfect except God.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
This is the TTIIY News for January 15th, 2013
Life is really hectic for the Pimpernel right now and I find myself spending time doing things I had not anticipated. One of the things happened today, a co-worker who I have known for about 21 years needed some help on a project. It was no big deal for me at all, I had all the facts and information because it involved something I am passionate about within my industry.
Well we started talking and she started crying. I assured her that we could the assignment and that I knew all the answers off the top of my head. It turned out that there was something else going on. I bought her a cup of coffee and we discussed life for a few hours. The young lady has had a rough few years and it all sort of caught up on her. That happens to all of us sometimes. I would not say that this lady and I are close, the did not know all that had happened to me and I did not know all that had happened to her. I would say that we are on friendly terms and we had a good conversation, she had a chance to look at some things that I had also experienced.
That is not the news, that is the moral of the story, the news stories follow. We live moment to moment and person to person. This lady was hurting and I knew I could help and so I did, just two co-workers helping one another and catching up. As you read these news stories remember the most important thing is how we treat one another.
Mail Online - Owe a friend some money? Just pay them with a text: New scheme could make transferring cash as simple as sending a message. The article is from the Mail Online because the London Times charges to read it. Once again it is about how you will only have electronic money. England is preparing to launch a bank authorized manner for texting your friends money. People will love it, they will have an electronic proof of who owes them and how much. Heck, the government can even tax the monetary gifts you make to friends.
Mail Online - Did Google Street View car run over a donkey? Camera car appears to hit animal on dirt road in Botswana. Okay, I didn't originally read the article in the Mail, I was just to lazy to remember where I saw it. I think it was Yahoo. It doesn't really matter. The story is about how Google may have run over a donkey while filming all the worlds roads for their Street View program. What is really interesting is what the road was that they were filming. The road is in Africa, in Botswana and it is a DIRT ROAD. Now ask yourself this simple question, "What makes any economic sense to be filming dirt roads in the middle of nowhere for a poverty stricken African country? Maybe they are done, has Google filmed every inch of the world yet?
Fox News - Associated Press - Report: German central bank to repatriate part of its massive gold reserves from US, France. Germany is taking its God back. It has stored it for years in both Paris and the United States. In fact, the United States stores the gold for much of the world in New York. Moving this much gold is going to be very expensive and risky. The gold will most likely need to be moved by ships and ships sink. It will also be very difficult to transfer gold between nations as is now done, it is just moved from one countries vault to another. What is Germany expecting? Or worse yet, what is it that it fears?
Yahoo News - Satanists planning rally for Florida Gov. Rick Scott. I personally am against school sponsored prayer. I do believe it is constitutional as the founding fathers practiced it, school was also voluntary back then. Community schools were paid for directly by the community and the teachers taught what the community found acceptable and you didn't have to send your kid to school. We don't live in that environment and I don't want Atheists or Muslims or Satanists teaching my kids their prayers and I don't feel a need to have Christians teach their views to non-Christians. I believe everyone has a right to pray; but, I don't believe anyone should be forced to listen.
Well, that is my news update. As an old newscaster used to say, "From the desert, to the sea to all of Southern California" that is the news. Remember this, whatever the big news story of the day is usually the least important being blown up for ratings.
Well we started talking and she started crying. I assured her that we could the assignment and that I knew all the answers off the top of my head. It turned out that there was something else going on. I bought her a cup of coffee and we discussed life for a few hours. The young lady has had a rough few years and it all sort of caught up on her. That happens to all of us sometimes. I would not say that this lady and I are close, the did not know all that had happened to me and I did not know all that had happened to her. I would say that we are on friendly terms and we had a good conversation, she had a chance to look at some things that I had also experienced.
That is not the news, that is the moral of the story, the news stories follow. We live moment to moment and person to person. This lady was hurting and I knew I could help and so I did, just two co-workers helping one another and catching up. As you read these news stories remember the most important thing is how we treat one another.
Mail Online - Owe a friend some money? Just pay them with a text: New scheme could make transferring cash as simple as sending a message. The article is from the Mail Online because the London Times charges to read it. Once again it is about how you will only have electronic money. England is preparing to launch a bank authorized manner for texting your friends money. People will love it, they will have an electronic proof of who owes them and how much. Heck, the government can even tax the monetary gifts you make to friends.
Mail Online - Did Google Street View car run over a donkey? Camera car appears to hit animal on dirt road in Botswana. Okay, I didn't originally read the article in the Mail, I was just to lazy to remember where I saw it. I think it was Yahoo. It doesn't really matter. The story is about how Google may have run over a donkey while filming all the worlds roads for their Street View program. What is really interesting is what the road was that they were filming. The road is in Africa, in Botswana and it is a DIRT ROAD. Now ask yourself this simple question, "What makes any economic sense to be filming dirt roads in the middle of nowhere for a poverty stricken African country? Maybe they are done, has Google filmed every inch of the world yet?
Fox News - Associated Press - Report: German central bank to repatriate part of its massive gold reserves from US, France. Germany is taking its God back. It has stored it for years in both Paris and the United States. In fact, the United States stores the gold for much of the world in New York. Moving this much gold is going to be very expensive and risky. The gold will most likely need to be moved by ships and ships sink. It will also be very difficult to transfer gold between nations as is now done, it is just moved from one countries vault to another. What is Germany expecting? Or worse yet, what is it that it fears?
Yahoo News - Satanists planning rally for Florida Gov. Rick Scott. I personally am against school sponsored prayer. I do believe it is constitutional as the founding fathers practiced it, school was also voluntary back then. Community schools were paid for directly by the community and the teachers taught what the community found acceptable and you didn't have to send your kid to school. We don't live in that environment and I don't want Atheists or Muslims or Satanists teaching my kids their prayers and I don't feel a need to have Christians teach their views to non-Christians. I believe everyone has a right to pray; but, I don't believe anyone should be forced to listen.
Well, that is my news update. As an old newscaster used to say, "From the desert, to the sea to all of Southern California" that is the news. Remember this, whatever the big news story of the day is usually the least important being blown up for ratings.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Bye bye cash in Europe
A statement and a few questions. Cash transactions in Europe are about to be limited to 500 Euros, you cannot pay your rent with that and can barely make your car payment. Think abut that, you will be required to pay your rent electronically. Think about how much information you are giving up to the cloud, to the electronic trail that you leave behind. In Sweden it will be all your information as they are going completely cashless and if you think you can just write a check. Nope, I previously reported how Britain was eliminating checks in two years, I believe.
etathimerinie.com - Cash transactions ceiling is set to drop to 500 euros. This is from a Greek website.
Wired - The Internet of Things Has Arrived — And So Have Massive Security Issues. I have already written on this. It is now the reason that your biometrics will be necessary to access the internet. You wouldn't want someone turning on and off your appliances remotely, now would you?
Did you read this one? Wired - In the Coming Age of the Connected Home, Your Phone Will Be a Magic Wand
. It is from today and something I continually write about. First it will be your phone and then your face alone and someone else's phone. All you Harry Potter fans will love having a magic wand that makes everything work the way you want.
Fox News - Watchdog calls tax code 'unconscionable burden,' asks Congress to reform system. Here is a conservative web site calling for an end to all deductions, who are they are trying to take advantage of? Here is my description of fairness, tax everyone at the same rate with no deductions; but, tax all income, not savings, income.
While I personally do not believe in a high amount of inherited income, I can live with it. Whether one makes their money from work, inheritance, stock or anything else, tax it all at the same rate. If you make a lot or a little tax it at the same rate; but, not if you make less than the poverty level and don't tax welfare or social security, we set the amount, just set it lower. I am against the sales tax, tax the income and leave it at that. Tax us as we benefit from the system and don't tax those who don't.
etathimerinie.com - Cash transactions ceiling is set to drop to 500 euros. This is from a Greek website.
Wired - The Internet of Things Has Arrived — And So Have Massive Security Issues. I have already written on this. It is now the reason that your biometrics will be necessary to access the internet. You wouldn't want someone turning on and off your appliances remotely, now would you?
Did you read this one? Wired - In the Coming Age of the Connected Home, Your Phone Will Be a Magic Wand
. It is from today and something I continually write about. First it will be your phone and then your face alone and someone else's phone. All you Harry Potter fans will love having a magic wand that makes everything work the way you want.
Fox News - Watchdog calls tax code 'unconscionable burden,' asks Congress to reform system. Here is a conservative web site calling for an end to all deductions, who are they are trying to take advantage of? Here is my description of fairness, tax everyone at the same rate with no deductions; but, tax all income, not savings, income.
While I personally do not believe in a high amount of inherited income, I can live with it. Whether one makes their money from work, inheritance, stock or anything else, tax it all at the same rate. If you make a lot or a little tax it at the same rate; but, not if you make less than the poverty level and don't tax welfare or social security, we set the amount, just set it lower. I am against the sales tax, tax the income and leave it at that. Tax us as we benefit from the system and don't tax those who don't.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
IOT, do you know that term?
IOT means the "internet of things". It is the state of being whereby everything is somehow electronically telling on you. Your trash creation (they do that in England), your use of your toilet, your purchases right down to the type of product. I started seeing this talked about only in the last few months, this new term for it. When I first saw it used I just thought it was a description of the obvious.
Wired - The Internet of Things Has Arrived — And So Have Massive Security Issues
The article just assumes that there will be an internet of things because there already is. Lets say that you drink a six pack of beer a night. You go to the store and buy two six packs and snacks. An algorithm would assume you had a friend coming by to watch the football game going on that night. Which appliances you use could tell us something about you.
Now, what if you didn't fit any acceptable electronic footprint? Someone would need to investigate such a thing. That is just human nature.
Wired - The Internet of Things Has Arrived — And So Have Massive Security Issues
The article just assumes that there will be an internet of things because there already is. Lets say that you drink a six pack of beer a night. You go to the store and buy two six packs and snacks. An algorithm would assume you had a friend coming by to watch the football game going on that night. Which appliances you use could tell us something about you.
Now, what if you didn't fit any acceptable electronic footprint? Someone would need to investigate such a thing. That is just human nature.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Interesting Stuff from a Lazy Writer
Now, if we are all going to live in smaller spaces and put up with it, you must have the illusion that you are not in a jail cell. We can accomplish that, check out the video from Microsoft.
YouTube - IllumiRoom Projects Images Beyond Your TV for an Immersive Gaming Experience.
Something else I have discussed is also on display in Las Vegas this week at the big computer convention. Yahoo News - Could Eye-Tracking Replace Your Mouse? There is a nice video that shows how well it works. Your phone, computer and television will all be watching your eyes in the future. The data it retrieves will be used to determine what you were really interested in.
While I was reading the news tonight I came across this disturbing little article. It is from a website called "mydailymoment.com". The website seems to be aimed at women and talks about love and health and beauty. It seems quaint enough; but, there is another side to it. Here is one of their newer articles - The Pros and Cons of One-Night Stands. The number one benefit it lists for having sex with a stranger is that you can have "Mind-blowing Sex". It goes on to claim it can be a big ego boost, that you can be "liberated" in bed and finally that it can be good for helping you to later have a serious relationship. As concerns it mentions that you might get a disease, you might become depressed or you might become attached to the person. You understand becoming attached to a person is a bad thing. The article then tells you how to properly go about having a one night stand and suggests you never use your real name.
When you look at these technologies and morality tales, we seem to be headed to a world where we live in a virtual imitation of life and rather than have in person relationships, we are to have meaningless sex with meaningless people while having our real relationships be online and virtual and safe.
So, let me tell you the planned future. Ten years from now, people in their 20s will be happy to live in 250 square foot apartments. They will be able to travel where they want virtually in an immersive environment that is anywhere you want to go to and any type of universe you wish to live in. You will communicate real time with other people from all over the world in your language. You will find love in people that you cannot be with in person; but, have sex with people who don't matter to you and it will be okay with everyone involved.
Now here is the real question you should be asking yourself. What will the world look like when people tell their secrets to people they don't know in person and trust their heart to people they don't know in person while sleeping with people they do know in person; but, at best they know their name.
Here is the thing I learned in my life, touch matters. We need the human touch, we need a touch that says that we matter because we do and a strangers touch cannot convey that because we don't to them. Remember the best touch you have ever felt in life, nothing can compare, it soothes and comforts and conveys that you matter. We used to long for a chance just to hold another's hand. Young people don't understand or know that anymore.
There is nothing as intimate and more importantly revealing, as having sex with someone. It goes beyond the pleasure, it encompasses all of our senses. Our sense of taste, sight, sound, touch and most importantly smell. Our smell memories are the strongest memories of all senses. That is a fact.
YouTube - John Denver - Annie's Song .
There is a lady that reads my blog, she is not listed as a follower. She watched me get in trouble once for arguing against promiscuous sex. My opinion has not changed. I believe that sex can be one of the greatest demonstrations of true love. I believe that we can become the most attached when sight, sound, smell, taste and touch of our significant others invades us and unites us as one. Or, at least can be that way if we let it.
What becomes of the human experience if it ceases being human and about humans? What is our life about when it is just about living a fantasy? What does it mean if you willingly put yourself in the matrix? We are knowingly and willingly building a "Matrix" world to live in.
YouTube - IllumiRoom Projects Images Beyond Your TV for an Immersive Gaming Experience.
Something else I have discussed is also on display in Las Vegas this week at the big computer convention. Yahoo News - Could Eye-Tracking Replace Your Mouse? There is a nice video that shows how well it works. Your phone, computer and television will all be watching your eyes in the future. The data it retrieves will be used to determine what you were really interested in.
While I was reading the news tonight I came across this disturbing little article. It is from a website called "mydailymoment.com". The website seems to be aimed at women and talks about love and health and beauty. It seems quaint enough; but, there is another side to it. Here is one of their newer articles - The Pros and Cons of One-Night Stands. The number one benefit it lists for having sex with a stranger is that you can have "Mind-blowing Sex". It goes on to claim it can be a big ego boost, that you can be "liberated" in bed and finally that it can be good for helping you to later have a serious relationship. As concerns it mentions that you might get a disease, you might become depressed or you might become attached to the person. You understand becoming attached to a person is a bad thing. The article then tells you how to properly go about having a one night stand and suggests you never use your real name.
When you look at these technologies and morality tales, we seem to be headed to a world where we live in a virtual imitation of life and rather than have in person relationships, we are to have meaningless sex with meaningless people while having our real relationships be online and virtual and safe.
So, let me tell you the planned future. Ten years from now, people in their 20s will be happy to live in 250 square foot apartments. They will be able to travel where they want virtually in an immersive environment that is anywhere you want to go to and any type of universe you wish to live in. You will communicate real time with other people from all over the world in your language. You will find love in people that you cannot be with in person; but, have sex with people who don't matter to you and it will be okay with everyone involved.
Now here is the real question you should be asking yourself. What will the world look like when people tell their secrets to people they don't know in person and trust their heart to people they don't know in person while sleeping with people they do know in person; but, at best they know their name.
Here is the thing I learned in my life, touch matters. We need the human touch, we need a touch that says that we matter because we do and a strangers touch cannot convey that because we don't to them. Remember the best touch you have ever felt in life, nothing can compare, it soothes and comforts and conveys that you matter. We used to long for a chance just to hold another's hand. Young people don't understand or know that anymore.
There is nothing as intimate and more importantly revealing, as having sex with someone. It goes beyond the pleasure, it encompasses all of our senses. Our sense of taste, sight, sound, touch and most importantly smell. Our smell memories are the strongest memories of all senses. That is a fact.
YouTube - John Denver - Annie's Song .
There is a lady that reads my blog, she is not listed as a follower. She watched me get in trouble once for arguing against promiscuous sex. My opinion has not changed. I believe that sex can be one of the greatest demonstrations of true love. I believe that we can become the most attached when sight, sound, smell, taste and touch of our significant others invades us and unites us as one. Or, at least can be that way if we let it.
What becomes of the human experience if it ceases being human and about humans? What is our life about when it is just about living a fantasy? What does it mean if you willingly put yourself in the matrix? We are knowingly and willingly building a "Matrix" world to live in.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Public Right of Ways and a Scam
A little background. In most cities and counties, the streets are NOT owned by the municipalities. Cities and counties rarely buy the underlying property, what they have instead is a public easement. The easement is given for the good of the public and it is illegal to block it without permission. If you own your home you can look at your deed and will see that your property extends to the middle of the street and you have an easement on that part (that means you cannot prevent people from being on the street).
A few months back there was an article on a Southern California paper discussing how the City was considering putting mini-parks on platforms taking away parking spaces. Today, I saw a piece on San Jose doing a similar thing. I will include a link at the end. Here is the thing, if San Jose allows restaurants to utilize these spots, they will be constructively partially vacating the easement. If their little trial does not work out, they could end up permanently losing that part of the street for public use.
There is an attack being aimed at driving. Throughout the nation, bike lanes and encroachments into the right of ways are restricting traffic and at the same time, cities and counties are increasing parking fees and fines.
Yahoo - San Jose Considers SF-Style 'Parklets' For Outdoor Dining
A few months back there was an article on a Southern California paper discussing how the City was considering putting mini-parks on platforms taking away parking spaces. Today, I saw a piece on San Jose doing a similar thing. I will include a link at the end. Here is the thing, if San Jose allows restaurants to utilize these spots, they will be constructively partially vacating the easement. If their little trial does not work out, they could end up permanently losing that part of the street for public use.
There is an attack being aimed at driving. Throughout the nation, bike lanes and encroachments into the right of ways are restricting traffic and at the same time, cities and counties are increasing parking fees and fines.
Yahoo - San Jose Considers SF-Style 'Parklets' For Outdoor Dining
Could Not Sleep Last Night
I couldn't sleep last night, I just lay in the bed with my eyes closed and semi-dreamed or something. As a consequence, I have been groggy all day and am just trying to stay up late enough to not ruin tonight's rest.
I tried to be some use and took care of bills and business. I was dealing with a personnel issue and had just finished talking about it on the phone when my phone rang again. It was my attorney's office, I go back to court this month to have the amount I pay in alimony reduced. The court set the date three years ago and I thought it was at the end of March. Light at the end of the tunnel. It is just now hitting me.
Here is a little story that might make you smile. A little boy asked the Lego company for help and they helped. Yahoo News - Boy writes letter to LEGO after losing minifigure, gets awesome response.
I tried to be some use and took care of bills and business. I was dealing with a personnel issue and had just finished talking about it on the phone when my phone rang again. It was my attorney's office, I go back to court this month to have the amount I pay in alimony reduced. The court set the date three years ago and I thought it was at the end of March. Light at the end of the tunnel. It is just now hitting me.
Here is a little story that might make you smile. A little boy asked the Lego company for help and they helped. Yahoo News - Boy writes letter to LEGO after losing minifigure, gets awesome response.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Tricky Taxes that Sound Good
There are two taxes that you really need to watch out for in the future. I would hope that my readers would know that the powers that be protect their money by using yours. For the past few years there has been an amazing amount of propaganda against income taxes; but, the solution that is being proposed disproportionately on the poor and middle class.
The first tax that is being touted by the Republicans (I belong to no party by the way and don't trust any of them anymore) is a national sales tax to substitute for the income tax. Now, states also charge sales tax soooo, your sales tax would be immense and as most of us live paycheck to paycheck, guess what, you would actually pay more in taxes than you do now if you are not wealthy because everything would be taxed. Some states would probably eliminate their sales taxes to keep people buying and then go exclusively to state income taxes. Another thing to consider is that there are no exemptions to sales taxes, no deductions. The Hill - House GOP seeks to abolish IRS, replace income tax with consumption tax. Remember, this bill is being introduced by the same people that want to eliminate the mortgage deduction and reduce the taxes on the rich.
The second tax is going to be one on the miles you drive. Driving is going to be coming under a lot of controls in the future. You will be taxed based on the miles you drive and your driving will be monitored. You watch, they are going to create a system where your car will need to identify you by your face or fingerprint to drive it.
The first tax that is being touted by the Republicans (I belong to no party by the way and don't trust any of them anymore) is a national sales tax to substitute for the income tax. Now, states also charge sales tax soooo, your sales tax would be immense and as most of us live paycheck to paycheck, guess what, you would actually pay more in taxes than you do now if you are not wealthy because everything would be taxed. Some states would probably eliminate their sales taxes to keep people buying and then go exclusively to state income taxes. Another thing to consider is that there are no exemptions to sales taxes, no deductions. The Hill - House GOP seeks to abolish IRS, replace income tax with consumption tax. Remember, this bill is being introduced by the same people that want to eliminate the mortgage deduction and reduce the taxes on the rich.
The second tax is going to be one on the miles you drive. Driving is going to be coming under a lot of controls in the future. You will be taxed based on the miles you drive and your driving will be monitored. You watch, they are going to create a system where your car will need to identify you by your face or fingerprint to drive it.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Hello Friends in San Diego
The Pimpernel has had an interesting last six years, plenty of comings and goings. Along the way I have met some very nice and interesting people. I know that some of the people I met still read my writings even though we have not spoken in person in a few years. Only a couple of weeks ago I received a call from a young man who along with his girlfriend and her son had lived with me. He just called to let me know he was okay.
I apologize for not having interesting things to write about everyday. I have been very busy and it takes a lot of time to read all of the news. I want to take this opportunity to thank those of you who I met on the road. Perhaps someday we shall all meet again, in the meantime, lets try and keep up on coming things.
Wired - Forget the Internet of Things: Here Comes the Internet of Cars. Imagine that, being charged more for insurance if you chose to drive yourself rather than let you car drive itself.
Change of subjects. There is a band called Def Leppard, they are an English metal band; but, there is an interesting story that goes with them. Here are two videos to watch and then I will tell you the story.
YouTube - Def Leppard - Photograph
YouTube - Def Leppard - 'Armageddon It' (Official)
You might have noticed the drummer, he lost his arm in a car accident. The band refused to play until he learned to play drum one handed. He did. Loyalty still exists. Peace.
I apologize for not having interesting things to write about everyday. I have been very busy and it takes a lot of time to read all of the news. I want to take this opportunity to thank those of you who I met on the road. Perhaps someday we shall all meet again, in the meantime, lets try and keep up on coming things.
Wired - Forget the Internet of Things: Here Comes the Internet of Cars. Imagine that, being charged more for insurance if you chose to drive yourself rather than let you car drive itself.
Change of subjects. There is a band called Def Leppard, they are an English metal band; but, there is an interesting story that goes with them. Here are two videos to watch and then I will tell you the story.
YouTube - Def Leppard - Photograph
YouTube - Def Leppard - 'Armageddon It' (Official)
You might have noticed the drummer, he lost his arm in a car accident. The band refused to play until he learned to play drum one handed. He did. Loyalty still exists. Peace.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Bad Science and Media Support for it
Yahoo News - LiveScience - Climate Change May Increase Volcanic Eruptions
My dearest readers, I apologize that my posts have all been short as of lately. This one will also be short. I will find lengthier things to discuss in the coming months.
The linked article says that a "study" by some people has shown that climate change can lead to increased volcanic activity. This is bad science in a few ways, it presumes cause and effect and does it poorly. The second problem is that posting the article now is an attempt to say that the increased volcanic and earthquake activity we are seeing now is due to climate change. Both assertions are garbage.
Firstly, the article clearly states that changes in the earth orbit cause climate change and then states that the climate change causes volcanic activity. Bad logic on their part. Couldn't it be just as likely that changes in the earths orbit cause the volcanic activity? What the article also failed to address is what causes changes in the earths orbit. If magnetic pole shifts cause changes in the earths orbit, might they not also cause volcanic activity as has been proposed by some?
My dearest readers, I apologize that my posts have all been short as of lately. This one will also be short. I will find lengthier things to discuss in the coming months.
The linked article says that a "study" by some people has shown that climate change can lead to increased volcanic activity. This is bad science in a few ways, it presumes cause and effect and does it poorly. The second problem is that posting the article now is an attempt to say that the increased volcanic and earthquake activity we are seeing now is due to climate change. Both assertions are garbage.
Firstly, the article clearly states that changes in the earth orbit cause climate change and then states that the climate change causes volcanic activity. Bad logic on their part. Couldn't it be just as likely that changes in the earths orbit cause the volcanic activity? What the article also failed to address is what causes changes in the earths orbit. If magnetic pole shifts cause changes in the earths orbit, might they not also cause volcanic activity as has been proposed by some?
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
There will not be a "chipped" population
To any of my long term readers, you know that I believe the world is controlled by a few. In Political Science it is called the Iron Rule of Oligarchy. You will also know that I believe we are being monitored by the governments and that the governments want to have more international law. These things are simply facts that can easily be gleaned from the writings of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission and the Bilderberg group. I have also linked to actual papers on the International Monetary Fund's own website in the past; but, nowhere in any of their publications have they called for micro-chipping everyone. It just hasn't happened.
So why do I mention this? Someone asked me today if I knew anything about plans to put a microchip in everyone being included in the Healthcare bill, often referred to as Obamacare. I told them I was familiar with what it said about hospitals being required to enter information about any chips being placed into people into a national database; but, that it was intended to be placed in people who had Alzheimer's or other losses of memory so that they could be found.
Let me be very clear, I do believe that our economies crash is being orchestrated and I believe there was a reason behind it. I may not like the reason or the response; but, it is not for the reason that some people think. Please, do not listen to fear mongers.
It is quite a shock when you first find out that people in elected and appointed positions in government are into the occult; but, the real issue is not if Nancy Reagan had an astrologer, she did. The question is why didn't she say anything about it? I don't think anyone really believes that the Clinton's are Christian; but, they claimed they were to get elected. The problem is the lie, not the truth.
There is a man named Michael Aquino, he was a Colonel and is also the founder of a Satanist church, he has never hidden this. I may disagree with many of the mans positions and beliefs; but, would sit down and have a cup of coffee with him and discuss our beliefs. He was highly rated in his military career. I have more respect for his approach than that of those who lie about what they believe to the rest of us. I am pretty sure that Satanists would not accept being micro-chipped, I have read his words and those of others with similar beliefs.
I am absolutely against merging man with machines and genetic modifications. These things can make sense on an individual level (computerized dispensers of insulin for diabetics for instance); but, I am against species modifications based on them. It is a violation of nature and natural progression both.
When I read news articles and try and point out questions and inconsistencies, it is not to cause fear in my readers, it is to let them know what is actually being proposed. After the killings in Connecticut, I pointed out that all of our guns were not going to be confiscated, neither the police nor the military would ever go along with such a thing nationwide and there are not enough of them to do it.
There is an ancient Chinese curse and blessing that says, "May you be born in interesting times". We live in interesting times, times of great peril and great opportunity. I believe in the coming year, we will see both. We will also some of both, we will dodge some bullets and miss some opportunities. Look for the little changes not the big ones and then you will begin to truly understand where we are going.
So why do I mention this? Someone asked me today if I knew anything about plans to put a microchip in everyone being included in the Healthcare bill, often referred to as Obamacare. I told them I was familiar with what it said about hospitals being required to enter information about any chips being placed into people into a national database; but, that it was intended to be placed in people who had Alzheimer's or other losses of memory so that they could be found.
Let me be very clear, I do believe that our economies crash is being orchestrated and I believe there was a reason behind it. I may not like the reason or the response; but, it is not for the reason that some people think. Please, do not listen to fear mongers.
It is quite a shock when you first find out that people in elected and appointed positions in government are into the occult; but, the real issue is not if Nancy Reagan had an astrologer, she did. The question is why didn't she say anything about it? I don't think anyone really believes that the Clinton's are Christian; but, they claimed they were to get elected. The problem is the lie, not the truth.
There is a man named Michael Aquino, he was a Colonel and is also the founder of a Satanist church, he has never hidden this. I may disagree with many of the mans positions and beliefs; but, would sit down and have a cup of coffee with him and discuss our beliefs. He was highly rated in his military career. I have more respect for his approach than that of those who lie about what they believe to the rest of us. I am pretty sure that Satanists would not accept being micro-chipped, I have read his words and those of others with similar beliefs.
I am absolutely against merging man with machines and genetic modifications. These things can make sense on an individual level (computerized dispensers of insulin for diabetics for instance); but, I am against species modifications based on them. It is a violation of nature and natural progression both.
When I read news articles and try and point out questions and inconsistencies, it is not to cause fear in my readers, it is to let them know what is actually being proposed. After the killings in Connecticut, I pointed out that all of our guns were not going to be confiscated, neither the police nor the military would ever go along with such a thing nationwide and there are not enough of them to do it.
There is an ancient Chinese curse and blessing that says, "May you be born in interesting times". We live in interesting times, times of great peril and great opportunity. I believe in the coming year, we will see both. We will also some of both, we will dodge some bullets and miss some opportunities. Look for the little changes not the big ones and then you will begin to truly understand where we are going.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Just Some News On Coming Things
Happy 2013 to all. Some things to consider in the coming year.
NBC News - Foursquare will now show users' full names. We will continue to see more and more sites requiring people use their actual names. In California it is now illegal to require prospective employees give over their Facebook password. This means that only the information you wish to share with the world will be available to them.
The Sun - Satnav alarm if tagged paedo goes too close to a school. While this is happening in England, expect to see it come here. Oh, I hoped you noticed how in the article it stated that their probation department wants to track ALL on probation or community service using the same technology.
BBC - News and Technology - Virtual cash exchange becomes bank
. There is a make believe money called Bitcoin, its value is based on whatever people will pay for it while it is not backed by anything. It is a black market international currency. Now, it will have it's own banks.
NBC News - Foursquare will now show users' full names. We will continue to see more and more sites requiring people use their actual names. In California it is now illegal to require prospective employees give over their Facebook password. This means that only the information you wish to share with the world will be available to them.
The Sun - Satnav alarm if tagged paedo goes too close to a school. While this is happening in England, expect to see it come here. Oh, I hoped you noticed how in the article it stated that their probation department wants to track ALL on probation or community service using the same technology.
BBC - News and Technology - Virtual cash exchange becomes bank
. There is a make believe money called Bitcoin, its value is based on whatever people will pay for it while it is not backed by anything. It is a black market international currency. Now, it will have it's own banks.
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