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Monday, 6 February 2012
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I urge you to please support these and any other such events as may take place in your wider vicinity
78 comments:
- Bemused stare said...
Interestingly, the article on young Dan Stringer has been up on DM for some time and yet apparently not one person has commented, despite the comments being open.
- 6 February 2012 at 23:47
Unbelievable! Incredible! The worm evinces a tendency to turn! Where will it all end, I ask?
- 7 February 2012 at 08:13
I watched that piece about the paedophile ring being barracked by the people in Liverpool. I may be wrong here, but if the darkskinned persons across the street were the accused, then please note their attitude, which seems to me to be one of casual dismissive insolence, an attitude that comes from the certainty that no court will act against them for fear of being labeled "racist".
- 7 February 2012 at 08:30
Here are a few bits and pieces ....
FBI Warns of Threat From Anti-Government Extremists
"Seeing as 89% of Americans see the government as the single greatest threat to their freedom…who exactly is this warning being directed to?"--Reader's comment.
Anti-government extremists opposed to taxes and regulations pose a growing threat to local law enforcement officers in the United States, the FBI warned on Monday.
These extremists, sometimes known as "sovereign citizens," believe they can live outside any type of government authority, FBI agents said at a news conference.
The extremists may refuse to pay taxes, defy government environmental regulations and believe the United States went bankrupt by going off the gold standard.
Routine encounters with police can turn violent "at the drop of a hat," said Stuart McArthur, deputy assistant director in the FBI's counterterrorism division.
Get used to it, boys
- 7 February 2012 at 08:33
Part one
Open Letter to the FBI -- Arrest the Corrupt Government Officials or Resign
Monday, 06 February 2012 19:46 William M. Windsor
There is allegedly a special FBI Taskforce in Atlanta, Georgia pursuing judicial and government corruption.
There have been no arrests and no word from the FBI. When people with proof of corruption contact the FBI, they are told that the FBI will not pursue it unless there is proof of bribery.
Well, bribery is just one part of the blatant corruption here. It's time for these actors employed by the FBI to do their jobs or retire....
As big a problem as the corruption of judges and government officials is the criminal incompetence of the so-called law enforcement authorities. The FBI is a bad joke. They refuse to go after the true criminals. They are part of the massive cover up.
Here is my latest letter to the FBI:
February 6, 2012
Mr. Brian Lamkin
Mr. Harry Hammick
FBI Atlanta
2635 Century Parkway N.E., Suite 400
Atlanta, GA 30345
Fax: 404-679-6289
Dear Mr. Lamkin and Mr. Hammick:
I am very disappointed that you haven't contacted me about the judicial corruption in Atlanta.
I have MASSIVE PROOF of corruption with the federal judges and judicial employees in Atlanta. I am beginning to identify the extent of the corruption in the Fulton County legal and judicial system. I have been in contact with hundreds of other victims.
Last fall, I presented criminal charges against several federal judges, the Fulton County District Attorney, and some others to the Fulton County Grand Jury. I spoke to the Grand Jurors for 30 minutes.
The Grand Jury asked me to return at their next session with a document succinctly expressing the charges with copies of all of the evidence, footnoted to the document. I was to give, as they called it, "a slam bam thank you ma'am" presentation.
When I returned to the courthouse with the requested evidence, I was met by the DA's Chief Investigator, Cynthia Nwokocha, and three Fulton County Sheriff's Deputies. They forcibly removed me from the building, and I was given a Criminal Trespass Warning that states that I will be arrested if I ever return to the third, sixth, or seventh floor public elevator lobbies in the public courthouse. I visited various Fulton County judges for help, and no one would do a thing. One judge, Judge Jerry W. Baxter, took further action to deny me any recourse. I happen to have a lot of what took place on video due to a friend who turned on the video on her cellphone. I have witnesses.
End part one.
Uncle Nasty
- 7 February 2012 at 08:36
Welcome to South Africa
- 7 February 2012 at 08:45
From the excellent British Resistance site:
Another anti-white racist Pack Attack on our youth
Is this also the future for Ireland?
- 7 February 2012 at 09:39
- Bemused stare said...
Does any one know whether our friends in Europe have some sort of competition running to see who can import the vilest, most savage specimens in existence?
I ask this because even those of us who've experienced the joy of living in Africa with them can sit around a braai fire for hours and argue over which are the worst with little chance of a conclusion.
Hence, I wonder if you folks are running some sort of bizarre scientific experiment over there. Using young human ladies as the litmus paper as it were.
- 7 February 2012 at 10:10
Srealing from Sarah's site but the 27 guys in that case (which the media chose to ignore) brings the percentage of muslim groomers to as close to 100#% as makes no difference.
- 7 February 2012 at 10:23
What I notice about the video is that despite the truly sordid, despicable crimes these foreign scum are accused of -- preying sexually on exclusively young british girls, with all the terrible consequences that can have for their later lives -- not one of the demonstrators dared rush over and get in a few blows on what I presume to be the accused, which looked to be possible, despite the police presence.
Would be going a bit too far, I suppose.
But it adds to my impression of the UK: a country of emasculated faggots. Incapable of stopping the rot. I mean, just look at what they've allowed to happen to many of their major cities.
An interesting comment on this story, which is, in its own way, equally disgusting:
Freed to sponge off the country he hates
Firstly get rid of the stupid judge,secondly hand that piece of scum over to Jordan and face the wrath of the court of human rights, At least we wold be safer from him and his fanatics.The home secretary needs to show some backbone, then the spinless Cameron needs to get us out of the EU once and for all,,then we can deport anyone without the risk of being over ruled by them and adding insult to injury by having to keep giving them benefits. A lot of us are very tired and angry with the way things are in this country.One day the lid will blow and there will be a rebelloion.
- 7 February 2012 at 10:26
Claire Maurice said 'their attitude, which seems to me to be one of casual dismissive insolence, an attitude that comes from the certainty that no court will act against them for fear of being labeled "racist".'
Very true. But that's where the ordinary people of Liverpool come in. The sickos don't fear the courts for sure. But an aroused people? That's another matter entirely.
- 7 February 2012 at 10:35
Bemused Stare. No issue as to who are the world's worst imports. Somalis. They combine the worst of all other races and religions (they're Muslims) and add their own violent and immoral clan culture to the gruesome mix. For me it's a no-brainer.
- 7 February 2012 at 10:57
It seems that moves are afoot to have decisions by the ECHR deemed to be recommendations only. Boy, that would be good news.
- 7 February 2012 at 11:19
Eh, your observation is sound; noone has the cojones to stick one on those trash. That would be "taking the law into one's own hands" you see. But here is a thought; in a state of nature the individual is his own lawmaker. One of the things that enabled societies to function with any cohesion was the agreement that the individual would surrender that autonomy to society in return for society guaranteeing the individual the protection of the law.
Readers, that is a CONTRACT. How can it be that one party to a contract may violate it in the most flagrant fashion, and continually, yet the other party remains bound to it regardless. This is the first time such a situation has arisen in the public domain, the second being of course the marriage contract through which the sacred cow is at liberty to drive a coach and four any time she likes. I am suggesting that he who is driven beyond endurance into taking the law into his own hands is actually taking it back to its origins, back to where it belongs. How about that then?
- 7 February 2012 at 12:06
Smokin' Joe - a cogently stated philosophy and one founded on strict empiricism. By definition a contract is a a two-sided instrument and this requirement has disappeared from our legal contract.
Problem is, the PTB hold all the aces and will come down mercilessly on anyone who asserts their rights.
- 7 February 2012 at 13:00
(somewhat delayed Part 2)
So I then tried to present my charges to the federal Grand Jury – a right allegedly guaranteed by statute. Sally Quillian Yates, the U.S. Attorney, intercepted the mail that I sent to the Grand Jurors. When I showed up at the federal courthouse on the day that the Grand Jury meets, I was detained at the entrance (where my 8x10 color photograph is posted), and U.S. Marshal Tom Shell denied me access to the courthouse. I can never go anywhere in the courthouse unless one or several U.S. Marshals are there to dictate where I can and cannot go. I am banned from ever going on the 20th floor where the Grand Jury meets.
So, all of these crooks have succeeded in blocking the evidence from reaching the Grand Jury. What they did is a serious crime, but no one will do anything about it. I am asking you to take immediate action against the people who committed federal and state crimes to interfere with my presentation of evidence to the grand juries. I assure you that I will be informing the attorney general, the President, every member of Congress, and anyone else I can find about this. If you fail to pursue this blatant corruption, then I will make it a personal crusade to see the two of you indicted, arrested, convicted, imprisoned, and disgraced. Enough of this make believe investigative agency. Do your jobs, or get out.
I know that you are well aware of the corruption. If you are corrupt, you should resign. If you are honest or somewhat honest, now is the time to act.
I can meet with you anywhere anytime to present my evidence. Please call me. I carry my cell phone at all times – ###-###-####. I am also picketing and protesting every Tuesday at the Fulton County Courthouse, so please stop by.
William M. Windsor
People are getting pissed off, methinks.
Uncle Nasty
- 7 February 2012 at 13:22
eh at 10.26
Don't just knock the English!
I haven't noticed many Irishmen standing up against the colonisation of their homeland. On the contrary some of the sheep seem to actually welcome the destruction of Irelands racial homogeneity and enjoy screaming 'racist' and 'Nazi' at anyone who dares to object to Shatter's dirty work.
Similiarly in the USA. Gangs of blacks seem to be targetting white victims with impunity and with increasing frequently. I don't hear about many white Americans fighting back.
We all need to wake up and get off our knees.
- 7 February 2012 at 13:38
Manc1 - you are 100% correct. We Irish are if anything worse than our cousins across the sea. Anyone who speaks up would be hysterically shouted down from every side. I don't think by the way that eh was saying that we're different over here??? Maybe he was......
- 7 February 2012 at 13:53
Don't just knock the English!
It was a deliberately provocative comment.
But you are right: the same thing applies to virtually every white, western nation. They are all headed for the same fate, with nary a sign of anything approaching serious resistance.
Anyone who speaks up would be hysterically shouted down from every side.
It does often appear that people are more afraid of being called names -- 'racist' -- than of losing their countries to wholesale demographic change. And that despite all the obvious problems: What british person could honestly say that the presence of large numbers of Blacks has been a benefit to the country?
- 7 February 2012 at 14:12
..., then please note their attitude,...
A very good comment. I did notice their relative nonchalance as well. But they know they belong to a sort of protected class -- they follow the media and can see the deference paid, how problems with their 'community' are ignored or downplayed.
- 7 February 2012 at 14:16
@Smokin' Joe:
But here is a thought; in a state of nature the individual is his own lawmaker. One of the things that enabled societies to function with any cohesion was the agreement that the individual would surrender that autonomy to society in return for society guaranteeing the individual the protection of the law.
Readers, that is a CONTRACT.
It wasn't a contract. That's egghead professor nonsense.
Humans are social animals. Anybody who seriously thinks he's just an individual and bases his ethics on that needs therapy and is not to be trusted.
(You know who you are.)
Police are party whips, keeping the house in order for the benefit of the whole house.
Trouble is, what's supposed to be the white house is now EVERYBODY's house.
If he has a family, a white policemen will eventually have to choose between his family and the anti-white state.
- 7 February 2012 at 15:37
Emma West Mark II
Another white English-woman is targeted in the ongoing 'anti-racist' witch-hunt....
Asians provoke white English-woman
- 7 February 2012 at 16:20
In a previous comment I wrote
...terrible consequences that can have for their later lives...
Daily Mail: Sex abuse victim, 16, 'hanged herself after barrister's legal blunder caused trial to collapse'
Dana Baker, who was 16 when she died, hanged herself near a busy roundabout in Kidderminster, Worcestershire last March.
She was awaiting the retrial of karate instructor Jaspal Riat, 48, who had repeatedly assaulted her since the age of 13.
- 7 February 2012 at 16:46
Film of the North West Infidels in Rochdale, greater Manchester, last Saturday, demonstrating against the muslim takeover of the town:
NWI-Rochdale Demo
- 7 February 2012 at 16:53
The Balkanisation of Britain.
EDL v UAF Leicester 4th Feb 2012
- 7 February 2012 at 17:09
On a short break to Dublin a couple of years back, the place was full of eastern Europeans and savages from Africa/Asia. And the prices of stuff!!! Nice looking place,enjoyed the pubs and locals but I won't be going back anytime soon.
- 7 February 2012 at 17:20
"The Balkanisation of Britain."
And that's what it's all about. Not civil rights or anything like that. No. A major white country rendered apart and dumbed down.
Job done.
- 7 February 2012 at 17:26
Anonymous; its a contract; enough now.
- 7 February 2012 at 17:29
Corkonian made an interesting observation---the Irish being even worse than the English. Its true; for all the wind and piss they sometimes go on with (generally only when they think it safe to do so)the Irish are quite the most spineless, craven, apathetic, feeble, characterless melange of congenital losers in all of Europe. Never mind what they say, look at what they do, or rather neglect to do. Their whole history is one of this and nothing else.
- 7 February 2012 at 17:35
Iron Felix - I think that's overstating it a bit. In any event let's not turn on one another. That's just what THEY want.
- 7 February 2012 at 17:44
Corkonian, if a proper study is made of what the Irish actually are, as very much distinct from what they make themselves out to be, such will provide a salutary exegesis of how in like fashion the great and noble races of Europe are heading down the very same road. Ireland was fortunate inasmuch as its conquerors were always very high grade people, Vikings, Normans, English. We today will not be facing such, we will be looking at a tidal wave of ullullating savages conjured into existence by our own weakness.
- 7 February 2012 at 18:00
Iron Felix. Ok, ok, ok. But look, infighting is what has us fucked here in Britain. It seems all the nationalist groups are just splinters of splinters. FFS we're all in this together and right now I'm wondering if you're just a troll trying to stir up trouble.
If you are go fuck yourself with a wheelbarrow.
- 7 February 2012 at 18:16
Not nice Henry, we don't need that. What we do need is study, understanding, intelligence, a thorough grasp of the realities facing us or shortly so to do. We have the muscle in abundance (does anyone think these jigaboos would last a morning in a straight scrap with white men who know their business?)but we need to know what it is precisely that we are about. How exactly does this constitute "turning on each other"? The Irish example provides a very useful case study of how things can go wrong. Any probs with any of that?(Wheelbarrow......?)
- 7 February 2012 at 18:43
- RegThe Hedge said...
Iron Felix. If you've nothing good to say .....
El Cid destroyed the Islamics by leading an army of all the Catholic kings of Spain. I had the pleasure of visiting his castle over the Christmas. There are spot lights along the battlement walls. These are all destroyed and there is arabic grafiti nearby. The dirty brown maggots know what they are doing. Unbelievable that 99% of Europeans still haven't a clue.
Victory is ALWAYS in uniting. If you dislike the man next to you then set aside your differences til the battle is fought. Arguing amoung ourselves is a gift to the enemy.
It is also difficult to see how we are going to convince people to fall in behind us. The answer to this is we should not take any notice of that.
Account for yourself. Act according to your conscience and have no expectations of anybody else.
- 7 February 2012 at 19:48
Its a basic dividing tactic- having a go at a particular white nationality. The English get bashed a lot by trolls pretending they're not trolls on some American WN sites.
The Irish don't need to be bashed here, many of the Irish commentators here point out our real shortcomings.And when we point out the shortcomings of others like the Swedes, its more in the sense of Wake the hell up and save the beautiful country your people built rather than trying to insult the hell of them like this boychik insults the Irish talking about our whole history.
- 7 February 2012 at 20:25
Anon 17:09
What about this UAF band called Paradigm. Shouldn't their future performances be followed with rotten tomatos and eggs? Or possibly bricks?
- 7 February 2012 at 20:33
Iron Felix - I'm fine with analysis and yes I agree that man for man we're on a different planet to the jigs.
But what does insulting the Irish, or any other at risk nation for that matter, achieve? Other than - possibly - reignite ancient animosities and split our already tiny ranks? Every nation has it's grievances against its neighbors, especially in Europe.
So analyze all you want, but do try to come up with something constructive.
- 7 February 2012 at 21:55
Occidental tells me to come up with something constructive; I did--see my post of 18.45 above
- 7 February 2012 at 22:35
Irish have no excuses as they have seen what decades of brownskin immigration have wrought just across the sea in Britain. And France. And Holland. For the Irish to go along with this in FULL KNOWLEDGE of what has befallen their white cousins is beyond stupid.
- 7 February 2012 at 22:35
Start by boycotting enemy products. British? Don't buy anything from paki shops. Don't buy supermarket products from Turkey or Morocco. Buy British or, failing that, German/Dutch/French. American? Boycott anything from Mexico, including Jose the cheap cash-in-hand gardener.
- 7 February 2012 at 22:39
Correct: Don't support Paki business and also boycott companies that feature non-whites in their advertising.
- 7 February 2012 at 23:41
Cat. Once again, meet pigeons.
Nice to see a South African boy causing a stir.
White African-American boy not 'black' enough for award
National debate sparked after Caucasian student seeking 'race-based honor' booted out of school
Published: 01/25/2004 at 3:37 PM
by Joe KovacsEmail
The Omaha suspension of a white high-school student originally from South Africa is sending shock waves across America as debate rages over who can claim rights to the term "African-American."
South African native Trevor Richards suspended over African-American campaign
The case centers on Trevor Richards, a junior at Westside High School, who moved from Johannesburg to Nebraska six years ago.
Richards and his classmates, 16-year-old twins Paul and Scott Rambo, were booted from classes last week after distributing posters touting Trevor as a candidate for Westside High's "Distinguished African-American Student" award on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
"The posters were intended to be satire on the term African-American," Scott Rambo told the Omaha World-Herald.
Principal John Crook says the posters were disruptive.
Yeah, well; he would, wouldn't he?
PS: I tried to rack my brain over where I'd heard that before
"Yeah, well; he would, wouldn't he?"
Then it hit me.
Mandy Rice-Davies 1962-3
- 8 February 2012 at 02:53
Whites worldwide simply need to grow a pair.
It's as simple as that. As Machiavelli once said, being disarmed renders you contemptible, and many non-whites act accordingly.
- 8 February 2012 at 05:27
UN - that Trevor Richards story is a textbook example of the hypocracy and inner-contradictions of this whole race realtions racket. Good thing is that more and more people are beginning to see it for waht it is.
- 8 February 2012 at 10:47
Bay Area guy enjoins white folk to grow a pair.Being dis(un)armed renders you contemptible. He is right, 1000%. He sums up up in a couple of deft phrases what Iron Felix said in the Irish case, and behold the discord that provoked. Guys, look; Truth; Out; Biting.
- 8 February 2012 at 10:54
Strange that anyone would choose as a nom de plume,that of one of the greatest mass murderers of the 20th century.
"Iron Felix"Dzerzhinsky,the renegade Polish aristocrat responsible for the deaths of millions of Russians,Poles Ukranians and on and on and on.
Having said that,Iron Felix does have a certain point about the Irish,I don't think any Irish contributor here would disagree.
But negative national or ethnic stereotypes are easy to highlight.We could all do the same with any European people.Few of them would be complimentary.
But,I swear to Christ,if every dark skinned invader disappeared from the Continent in the morning,many Europeans would immediately start looking around them to see which ancient grievance they could dig up against their neighbours.
What is it about Europeans?.Europeans anywhere in the world.That we would rather be killing each other,and always by the millions?.
Personally I dislike,no,I LOATHE some European peoples.
None of which has the slightest relevance in todays life or death struggle.
I can get over it.
- 8 February 2012 at 10:55
Jesus, Anonymous, you still don't get it, do you? The Irish experience of the last millenium is a striking case of a people NOT standing up for themselves. As such, it virtually provides a laboratory specimen for the study and evaluation of what went wrong, why did it happen; thus, an historical lesson may be learned and some clarity gained as to whether we are not making the same sort of mistakes today. In a phrase,knowledge is power. Those ignorant of history are bound to repeat it. How much clearer can I make this?
- 8 February 2012 at 14:33
Seeing as it is African-Amnerican History Month who is the first african-American to win the Best Actre4ss Oscar?
- 8 February 2012 at 15:45
For all I know Iron Felix you may be Irish yourself,it does'nt really matter whether you are or not:your ignorance of Irish history is profound.
Your ability to speak in cliches while saying absolutely nothing is even more profound and a "laboratory specimen for the study and evaluation" of talking in circles.
But humour me,I don't get it.Please explain.
- 8 February 2012 at 17:06
Iron Felix was a leading Bolshevik and associate of people like Rosa Luxemburg. He also spoke fluent Yiddish. Says everything about our poster friend.
- 8 February 2012 at 19:05
Iron Felix was not a bad guy, believe it or not. He always insisted that prisoners not be mistreated. That certainly did not susrvive after his death around 1925.
- 8 February 2012 at 19:22
Iron Felix is certainly a strange name to choose.
And you don't know as much as you think you do about Irish history either ... when did the Vikings ever conquer Ireland?
- 8 February 2012 at 22:54
OK; the general run of responses to my sounding the tocsin and calling for clarity in face of the danger to all of Europe, which is growing like a tumour every day, is of a piece with what meanminded little ladies or for that matter Blacks would put up as sensible argument. (Go directly to ad hominum.....). If this is all that is out there we are well and truly screwed.
- 8 February 2012 at 23:58
Iron Felix. Ok, I'm stupid. But so are a lot of others as they don't really follow your drift either.
Follow my drift?
- 9 February 2012 at 00:01
Fellas, in the nineteenth century the Irish went sleepwalking into the Famine; in like fashion I fear that all Europe is sleepwalking into a kindred catastrophe.Can we learn?
- 9 February 2012 at 11:06
Ok Felix - I think we're getting there!!
- 9 February 2012 at 13:01
If something went catastrophically wrong before it can happen again. The only sure way to prevent this is to parse and analyse how it happened the first time; get that right and you will be well on the way to ensuring it doesn't happen again. Now whereas there has never been a famine anywhere that did not have somewhere in its preceding parameters both criminality and stupidity, the Irish one included, that is not quite the point; what is essential is to study the catastrophe in whatever was its form, the better to obviate the next impending catastrophe-whatever its form may prove to be
Hint: below the Sahara the Black population is multiplying like plague.I ask in all irony, will our welfare services be able to cope when half a billion AIDS-infected tinted chaps come pouring into our wee island demanding and getting as of right the first biggest and best slices of everything in sight? Look, I beseech ye, at what they have done to their own homelands---think ye that they will be any differant here?
- 9 February 2012 at 15:37
Oh! By the way, I have had quite a few comments about my name. Look, after I crossed over it was no great pleasure to see that psycho Yagoda take over (we need not even consider poor ill Menzhinsky)Don't even speak to me of Yezhov! My next incarnation was a lot of fun really--I was knocking around Hollywood a good while under the name "Lee Van Cleef" (sic);you can google me/him for yourselves and see the resemblance---but that life was essentially frivolous.
Well, I am back now, using the old family name and---always remembering that in essence I am a Polish aristocrat---I am in far from good humour at the general rabbleisation of our wonderful inheritance, Europa Nostra, to be seen proceeding apace on all sides.
- 9 February 2012 at 16:03
"The anonymous White teacher asks his students, during one of their "Dats Racis'" snit-fits, what would happen to them if Whites disappeared. In a moment of candor, one black responded, "We SCREWED!""
You know this is a fact.
- 9 February 2012 at 23:35
anon 23.35. I heard this already. Is it true (i.e. did a guy actually say this) or is it urban legend?
In any event they would be screwed without YT.
- 10 February 2012 at 00:23
Lee Van Cleef. Spegghetti westerns. Billiant! You have a busy existance Felix.
It's strange that Yezhov ordered his predecessor Yagoda to be tortured and beaten to death. Then his successor (Beria) ordered the exact same fate for Yezhov.
- 10 February 2012 at 00:31
- Gem Junior said...
Iron Felix
The Irish NOT standing up for themselves? You can't even COUNT the number of rebellionss launched over there by those people over the last 1000 years, and those are only the ones that were recorded, or that we even know about. What drugs are you on? Seems to be you better just stick to sucking black muslim cock in Britain and leave the thinking to somebody else....
- 10 February 2012 at 01:48
- Gem Junior said...
00:23 Occasional: you can find the comment and the article (We screwed!) on Amren.com. The article was entitled "what it's like to teach black students" or something of that sort. Just type it in or look in the archives. It was a fantastic article, I will say.
- 10 February 2012 at 02:00
Gem junior, you are right; I could not even begin to count the rebellions in Ireland, none of which ever succeeded, all of which were betrayed, sabotaged and aborted by the Irish themselves. Joyce; "...and in a spirit of Irish fun, betrayed all their leaders, one by one..." ("Gas from a burner").
- 10 February 2012 at 09:02
In support of Iron Felix here, his point about the rebellions being betrayed is apposite to what's happening today. Our internal enemies are betraying us with their encouragement of mass immigration.
- 10 February 2012 at 09:28
Heraclitus, sound man; all this Europe of ours is now, so to speak, hibernicising, if we permit of such a locution---and that will be its undoing. Nor will all the personal and unpleasant abuse directed at me personally stay this process by even a millimetre. What has an outside chance however is cerebration (where are we going wrong here? Have we been here before? What happened last time something like this occurred?) followed by INTELLIGENT action.
- 10 February 2012 at 09:35
- Gem Junior said...
If I understand you, and I'm not sure I do, we are advised to compare this situation to what happened in Irish history and avoid those pitfalls (traitors)and figure out how to NOT allow Europe to be "hiberincized" or whatever that was....
I have to point out that this particular situation has NEVER before happened in human history: where a race of people (white Europeans) all over the world have ceded their own sovereinties and societies to invasion by millions of third worlders. People incapable of building European-style, peaceful (formerly), Christian societies that are the envy of the rest of the world. Hence their desires to immigrate there en mass. What the majority of the host nations' peoples' failed to understand is that Africa IS Africa because of Africans, the Middle East is the Middle East because of the Middle Eastern character and mentality, Mexico is Mexico etc. They don't have the beliefs and characters to sustain, on the whole, these type of societies where we are subject to the rule of law that works because we obey the rule of law. In fact, there are to be no white socities left without blending in plenty of brown. The whites were subjected to at least 50 years of brainwashing, acceptance, tolerance, and then even worship of the Noble Savage. Insanity to those of us who can see through it, or who lived in the generations when whites were normal and expressed a healthy sense of racial identity. Look at today's teens - many are actively seeking black partners. Anyway, this has never happened before. The white European trait of altruism was discovered and exploited to the Nth degree - almost until the people are on their way to wholesale wipeout. I don't see the connection you intend to hibernzation or whatever but there is no connection, as there was no psy-ops via the media through the one instrument responsible on the whole for this: the TV in every white European home over the last 50 years, and the loss of true Christianity which IMO was the chaos wrought by Vatican II and the sex scandals of the priests beginning with filthy Father whats-is-name up in Ballyjamesduff: Fr. Brendan Smith set the whole place up in flames.
- 10 February 2012 at 16:38
Okay. The dust has settled a bit.
Iron Felix's comments pissed off a lot of commenters, who, in turn, took turns pissing on Iron Felix, while trying to detect his tone ... for want of a better word.
Once you have unravelled the previous melange of pissing and turning (sounds like a sixties folk song, doesn't it? Turn, turn, turn) I think we can now get back to business ... getting back onto the same side of the fence and getting on with our new year's resolution.
My new year's resolution, anyway.
Which was first -- to fix what heads towards us at freight train speed.
It's changed a bit. The best laid plans of mice and men ...
Now, my resolution is to survive what heads for us at blah, blah, blah.
I am reminded of a wonderful film I saw back in the sixties ... probably the first movie I saw that did not involve lots of machine guns and death, but still impressed the hell out of me. It was called "I'll never forget What's Isname" ... One of Oliver Reed's first flicks and one of Orson Welles's last.
I suppose it helps that I was a fresh-faced young lad in his first job, which just happened to be advertising.
A wonderful line from the movie was delivered by Orson Welles -- as only he could:-
"A hundred years from now, the earth will be a mile deep in garbage; My job is to ensure that we are on top of it ... and not underneath."
If, of course, the opportunity arises for a bit of payback along the way, so much the better.
I don't see myself, standing heroically on top of a barricade, gesturing heroically and waving a banner, while the bullets ping and the bayonets are fixed. I am getting a bit old for that crap.
But I do see myself white-anting the system at every opportunity. Fresh chewing gum in parking meters, onions buried in corporate pot plants** and that sort of thing.
Make the bastards work, and make the bastards pay. In any way you can. It's good for the soul and keeps you sane when you can go to bed with a smile on your face -- knowing you've pissed off a bureaucrat beyond measure.
**Still researching that one.
- 10 February 2012 at 21:22
Gem Junior, congrats; you are finally getting on my wavelength; good to see, well, to read at any rate. Now promise you won't go abusing me again.
- 10 February 2012 at 21:34
Uncle Nasty. I remember 'Turn Turn Turn' from the sixties. Could be wrong but I don't think it was about pissing and turning!
- 10 February 2012 at 21:42
- Gem Junior said...
LOL OK Iron Felix I won't be. It's that Irish thing you know just got my Irish up for a second ;)
- 11 February 2012 at 01:40
This is ... interesting.
Anxiety about a Northwest White Homeland
February 9, 2012 |
Kevin MacDonald
The LATimes, always quick to pick up on new trends, published a propaganda piece by Kim Murphy which does its level best to pathologize Whites who want to live with other Whites ("White supremacists revive dream of a homeland in Northwest.")
(Actually, the trend has also been noticed by the SPLC and vy George Soros' Media Matters.) The LATimes article is centered around the sentencing of Kevin Harpham to a 32-year prison term for leaving a backpack containing explosives along the route for a MLK-Day parade in January, 2011. What Harpham has to do with setting up a White homeland in the Northwest is left up to the reader's conjecture, but I guess we are supposed to think that Whites who are motivated to have a place to call their own are basically bomb throwers at heart.
But wait. It gets worse–much worse:
In 2010, residents in several parts of Idaho woke to find Easter eggs tossed on their lawns — courtesy of the not-dead-yet Aryan Nations. The eggs contained jelly beans and solicitations to "take back our country and make it great, clean, decent and beautiful once again."
Do these people have no shame?? Easter eggs and jelly beans. The horror!
I begin to think that Covington is getting through. Plucking a nerve, there.
Read the books ... think the unthinkable . It keeps you sane.
Oh, and Gem Junior ... well put.
- 11 February 2012 at 05:15
A stat or two for you all; South Africa; the Rainbow Nation.
Population; approx 50,000,000.
Murder rate; second in world.
Assault and rape rate; first in world.
Rate of child and infant rape; highest in world.
There are 50 murders per day, or about 18,000 per annum
There are 500,000 rapes per annum.
Now; the population of Ireland is 10% that of South Africa.
So, when our own people have been swamped out by this number of Bantu or Congolese or Somalis---a programme now running well---say 5,000,000, we may expect 1,800 murders and 50,000 rapes a year. We may also expect nightmarish rates of child rape, driving poverty, and a huge incidence of HIV/AIDS.
Ah yes, the vision of a bright new multi-cultural Ireland shines before us.
- 16 February 2012 at 11:18
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Randolp, a horror story indeed for the Rainbow Nation. And a predictable one, I might add. Yet you get many SA whites who'll support the place to the end.
- 16 February 2012 at 11:52
Savant, white Saffers who support the state of things in S.A. are the sort of folk who will want only the best for everyone; their hopes for the place are grounded in a desperate desire for it to be the overwhelming success they want it to be. To such hopes they will cling despite all the evidence to the contrary. Their "crime" here is their overwhelming generosity of spirit, that very thing which may be the eventual undoing of us all.The figures I gave in the previous post were culled not from some obscure far right outfit but from staid old pedestrian
meat-and-potatoes Wikipedia.
- 16 February 2012 at 14:19
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A stat or two for you all; South Africa; the Rainbow Nation.
Population; approx 50,000,000.
Murder rate; second in world.
Assault and rape rate; first in world.
Rate of child and infant rape; highest in world.
There are 50 murders per day, or about 18,000 per annum
If I may correct one of your figures, MagRand ...
The figure of 50 homicides a day is a remnant of the last officially released figures -- back in 2003. 50 a day.
This, however, was immediately challenged by the Medical Association who, surprise, surprise, keep their own tally of deaths in South Africa ... natural, illness, unlawful, everything.
Their figure for murders in 2003 was 83 deaths per day.
The ANC and the SAPS ... their useless hit squad were shocked (-- shocked, I tell you!!) at this revelation and vowed to correct it. Not, I might add, by reducing the rate but by simply not releasing figures.
An even bigger embarrassment was when INTERPOL (a slightly more credible organization than the SAPS) released their estimates of 47 882 per year.
Or, if you prefer, 132 per day, making it, by far, the most dangerous country on the planet, statistically.
And that was in 2003. Hands up all those who think an even more lax and corrupt police and judiciary has improved matters?
Who're the nogs in the back there with their hands up?
Why it's the ANC and the SAPS who smilingly tell us that the murder rate dropped drastically in 2009/2010.
This is amazing!! How did they do it??
By fudging the figures, of course.
Official SAPS policy now is to simply ignore murders. Family slaughtered in farmlands? Reported as a murder ... notice ... A murder. Murders during a hijacking are put down as a "hijacking". Same with murders associated with any other crime. Murder in the course of a burglary becomes a "burglary", while murder in the course of a mugging is a "mugging" or "Assault".
There are lies, damned lies and statistics.
Mark Twain.
Twain obviously never met the ANC
Uncle Nasty
- 18 February 2012 at 21:04
Further to my last on South Africa, there was a white female Minister of Transport ... a useless twat -- I forget her name, and couldn't be arsed to look it up.
Anyway this fuckweasel was informed that because of the usual nigger ineptitude, South Africa's usable rail network had shrunk to less than eighty percent of what it had been under the dreaded Apput-hate ray-jheeeem ... and how was she going to improve matters?
(Damn, I love that word ... start using it. Imagine referring to the Obama regime; the Cameron regime; The Sarkozy, The Putin, the Goldman-sachs regime ... I digress.)
Okay, back to the useless bitch in Niggafuxatia. how did she fulfil the brief? How did she increase the percentage amount of viable, usable rail?
Simples. She destroyed the rest. Under-utilised, and condemned routes were identified, cut off from the main reticulation and dug up -- isolating dozens of communities.
Problem solved. She got her bonus and all was well.
Uncle Nasty
- 18 February 2012 at 21:29
anonymous, thank you for the update on the South African figures; not surprised, not even dismayed particularly. And you know, there are still cocksure halfwits around who say, derisively, " Aw Jayzuz, America" when the question "which country has the worlds highest murder rate?" gets asked. And should you mention that yes it is highish, but largely confined to a tinted minority of America's population, howls of "racism" stay all further discussion.
One despairs some days.
- 19 February 2012 at 13:46


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Scientists swap moon, Mars exploration plans
MOUNTAIN VIEW Engineers hoping 'to do more than just bring back more moon rocks'
Christopher P. McKay, a NASA scientist at the Ames Research Center in Mountain View, has one overriding question for the future of human exploration on the moon and Mars.
Could astronauts stay on the moon for any length of time where lunar gravity is six times weaker than it is on Earth or on Mars, where the gravity is an insupportably three times weaker than Earth's?
If those questions can't be answered, McKay said, we may visit those distant places, but we won't be able to stay.
McKay is a leader of a major four-day NASA Lunar Science Conference at the space agency's Ames Research Center in Mountain View. Some 500 scientists and engineers are gathered to swap proposals for new instruments for studying details of the moon's structure, and to plan robotic lunar missions, precursors to NASA's ultimate goal: human ventures to the moon and Mars.
"We're revitalizing the lunar community because we want to do more than just bring back more moon rocks," he said.
Astronauts regularly handle zero gravity in orbit during shuttle missions or aboard the international space station, McKay said. That's because their stays are relatively brief - days or months at a time.
On the moon, and even on Mars, the issue wouldn't be so much the length that a human would stay, but rather the effects of working in a weak gravity field that no one has ever explored with anything alive.
No one knows the answer to the effects of long-term exposure to fractional levels of gravity, which humans would have to endure to live in lunar bases, roam the lunar surface for resources, or scour permanently shadowed polar craters for water in order to extract the hydrogen for fuel.
So McKay, a planetary geophysicist and committed seeker of extraterrestrial life, is arguing that the single-most essential experiment before humans get too far along in planning for human occupation of the moon is to send plants there and watch them grow.
"I want to be a lunar botanist," McKay says.
He and a colleague, Robert Ferl, a geneticist and plant biologist at the University of Florida, are proposing that as soon as possible a lunar landing spacecraft should carry a greenhouse filled with water and nutrients and plant seeds - mustard seeds, perhaps, because they're a model tool for botanists and plant geneticists. The idea to study how they adapt to the feeble lunar gravity: whether they live or die or mutate into monsters or dwarfs or whatever in a very few generations.
"At zero gravity," McKay said Monday, "we humans are all jellyfish. But no one knows how we'd do at one-sixth or one-third gravity. We'd better find out.
"As I see it, when we get to the moon next we'll be exploring for five or 10 years at least because there's so much we don't yet know despite the Apollo missions, and then the moon will be a stepping stone to Mars."
Not that Mars-bound astronauts would be launched from the moon - "where's the sense in that?" said McKay, "it's much more sensible to build the huge Mars launch complexes we'd need here on Earth, just as we do now for robotic missions."
At the lunar science conference Thursday, NASA scientists will join scientists from Canada, Korea, Japan, Italy and Britain to create an International Lunar Network to help them work together on major projects, said David Morrison, director of the new NASA Lunar Science Institute at Ames. He was joined by Stephen Mackwell, director of the independent Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, whose $7 million budget is financed by NASA grants.
An early mission for the network nations would be to plant six to eight seismic monitoring stations on the lunar surface to study "moonquakes" that could yield the best information yet on the origin and evolution of the moon's interior. All the network's nations either have lunar missions under way or are planning them. China and Russia are, too, but they aren't yet joining in the network.
"As we plan for human missions to the moon," Mackwell said, "the costs go up enormously, and NASA alone can't sustain them. It will require planning and working together internationally - that's essential."
But there is also much national prestige at stake, the scientists agree. China, Japan and India, for example, are nudging each other right now for bragging rights to their own lunar missions, and a big unknown remains whether the new International Lunar Network of researchers and space flight engineers will see true cooperation or an ongoing exorbitant costly rivalry.

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Good news! My final grocery total ended at $278.38 for last month. My goal was $300. I'm so thankful! Now I know it's possible to stay within budget if I keep close track of what I am spending! This month I'm going to try and spend even less.
Living on a small budget reminds me of a juggling act. If you let the ball drop on a large bill and don't prepare then it can have a toppling effect on the rest of your budget.
The 'envelope method' has worked especially well for our big expenses that come around yearly. I also have expenses that are due every 3 months like the car's oil change and my hair cut and color. After I figure out our monthly and yearly needs I divided it by the number of months. I withdraw the amounts each month from the bank and divide the money into each 'envelope' compartment in a plastic file I found at the dollar store. The biggest challenge is to not 'dip' into the categories.
Here is my personal list:
Long term:
- DMV yearly fees ($10 a month)
- Accounting fees (year end taxes)( $15 a month)
- Christmas gifts ($25 automatically taken out each month and goes directly into a savings account)
Short term:
- Hair cut and color ($25 a mo./ use on 3rd month)
- Allowance ($25 each a month)
- Oil change ($15 a month/use on 3rd month)
- Savings ($50 a month)
- Birthday gifts ($25 a month)
- Pet savings (emergency fund/ goal $100)
- Dentist/Medical ($10.00 a month for co-pays)
I find it much easier to come up with $25 a month than $300 all at once. So, this is how I prepare for big expenses and it works very well for us!
Here are a few things I did to stretch our budget this week along with my typical frugal day:
1. Free pumpkins! A friend blessed me with 5 beautiful pumpkins! I plan on canning them to use for pies and holiday breads to give away. I may even try a Martha Stewart idea I saw where you drill holes throughout the entire pumpkin and then place white Christmas lights in each hole. It was exquisite and I've wanted to make one for years!
2. The fall garden is still in progress. Nearly 100 Stockton Red and 70 Walla Walla onions have been planted. Also 75 sweet peas and 2 kinds of garlic are popping up from the ground. There is also 15 celery and 12 swiss chard plants, 27 broccoli, 9 cauliflower, 25 green cabbages, 6 red cabbage and 2 varieties of beets. A row of carrots have been planted, too. Hopefully I'll be able to plant some collard seeds this next week. I hope the Lord blesses my cabbage crop so I can try my hand at making homemade sauerkraut.
3. I had 5 buckets of finished compost. It was used to mix in the ground before the vegetables were planted. Store bought bags of mulch or compost are so expensive. Making my own compost is free and minimal work.
4. My son and his family were moving last weekend. My daughter in love offered me some half used bottles of hand soap. I was happy to take them and add to my own bottles.
5. The vegetable garden did so well this summer that I'm looking for places to add more beds. There
was a large piece of dirt between the square foot garden and the berries which is now serving as a bed for the celery and the swiss chard. I keep looking for more and more spots to use for vegetables instead of flowers. I want to learn more about 'vertical gardening', too. I really think that our little city lot could eventually keep us supplied in fresh veggies and berries year round!
6. I'm still preparing the home for winter. I think I'm almost done. The window air conditioners were covered on the outside with heavy plastic and duct tape. Small rags or insulating foam have been pressed into the space between both windows to keep more air out. Last year I happened to be walking by one of the air conditioners and felt an obvious draft. I investigated and discovered air rushing in at the bottom of the unit. I might as well been piping the hot air from the furnace directly to the outside.
7. I continue to look for low carb meals that are meat free to stretch our grocery budget. (Oh, and I posted a few more low carb recipes over at our Family Recipe website.) Meat has gotten so expensive. I made a veggie burrito this week for lunch. It's a recipe I used to make years ago. You saute chopped red onions in a little barbecue sauce (or you can buy SF ketchup or make your own). Smear it on a warmed whole wheat LC tortilla along with mashed avocado, a slice of dill pickle, shredded red cabbage, mushrooms, shredded carrots and alfalfa sprouts. You can also add lightly steamed broccoli or any veggie you like. It was very good and husband said it's a 'keeper'.
Well, that's about it for this week. Most of my extra time was spent in the garden. I wonder if you use a different approach for dealing with big expenses?
Blessed to be a homemaker,


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Setting the Maximum Width and Height for Images
Most images in your content vary in width and height. For your online content, you need to ensure that all your images fit within the display area. In most cases, you have a maximum width or height constraint. For example, although some of your images may only be 250 pixels wide, you want to make sure that none of your images are wider than 275 pixels.
ePublisher allows you to set maximum width and height values for the size of your images. By modifying the size of your images in this way, you ensure that the resized images retain their original aspect ratio.
To set the maximum width and height of images
Open your Stationery design project.
On the View menu, click Style Designer.
On the Project menu, click a target in the Active Target menu option that is an output format that supports this option.
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Western Digital Corp., a global data storage technology and solutions leader, today announced the HGST-branded Ultrastar® SS300, the company's highest-performing SAS SSD to date. It is the latest addition to the company's family of Ultrastar 12Gb/s SAS SSDs, which are used to meet the rigorous data demands of many of the world's largest companies today. Developed in partnership with Intel, the new Ultrastar SS300 delivers best-in-class random performance, offering speeds of up to 400,000 IOPS random read and up to 200,000 IOPS random write.
"Today, we raise the bar with our newest 12Gb/s SAS SSD, the Ultrastar SS300," said Ulrich Hansen, vice president of SSD product marketing at Western Digital Corporation. "Built with high-endurance 3D NAND flash memory, the Ultrastar SS300 offers best-in-class speed, outstanding capacity and intelligent power options that enable customers to tailor storage systems and server solutions that are just right for their demanding needs. These benefits are delivered with the same tremendous reliability that has helped to make Ultrastar 12Gb/s SAS SSDs popular around the globe."


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Photographs © Stanley B. Burns, M.D., and The Burns Archive
It's been said that until 1920 or so, you were probably just as well off staying at home, letting your immune system do its work, as you were going to a hospital. Especially in the era before germ theory, when many surgeons didn't so much as wash their instruments between patients, medical intervention could be as dangerous as disease. Yet even with their crude tools and vague knowledge, doctors and nurses did offer a measure of help and sometimes were able to do more good than harm.
Starting on August 8, Steven Soderbergh's Cinemax series The Knick will attempt to put viewers on the scene in a New York hospital circa 1900, horse-drawn ambulances and all. Toward that goal, the show has retained as consultant Dr. Stanley Burns, keeper of the world's greatest collection of early medical photography. The images on these pages are the tiniest sampling of the Burns Archive, which comprises more than a million photographs packed into his Murray Hill brownstone. The 40-plus books Dr. Burns has published, on themes from Victorian funeral portraits to early oncology, are sometimes horrifying, more often mesmerizing, and always a reminder that in medicine, as in no other field, nostalgia is anything but gauzy.


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Keep Calm and…
I love T-shirts. I've never been flashy (save, perhaps, for an emotive personality!) in dress; preferring an über-casual mien. And now, in retirement, except for Sundays and special occasions, rarely will I so much as don slacks and a laundered shirt; favoring jeans and, yes, again, T-shirts.
And though tending toward an understated appearance, eschewing the display of labels or slogans, this T-shirt, showing all the signs of repeated wearing and washing, is my favorite.
For a variety of reasons…
It plays on the theme of the British government's World War II word of inspiration, Keep Calm and Carry On; meant to bolster the morale of the English people under the gravest threat posed by the German aerial blitzkrieg. Nowadays, multiple are the words following Keep Calm and…, ranging from the wondrously sublime to the supremely humorous; all advocating a serene and steely perseverance in the face of trial and tribulation.[1]
And it bears the image of the fish; long a symbol for Christianity.[2] As such, it proclaims to others without my having to say a word that I am a Christian.
And it completes Keep Calm and… with Love Your Neighbor, which, further in keeping with the Christian lore I hold dear, is the second part of Jesus' summation of the Law, generally, the Torah and, specifically, the 10 Commandments.[3] As such, it expresses my daily conscious intent to love[4] my neighbor, who, in the light of Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan, is everyone.
And it sparks immediate responses and impromptu conversations with my neighbors, whether known or unknown, of all manners of humankind and in all places where I go…
I've been approached by Jews, Muslims, and Christians who, in a variety of ways, remark of their theological and ethical identification with the summons to love neighbors rooted in the Torah, the Koran, and the Bible…
I've been asked by some what I believe it means to love my neighbor, which, on one occasion, in a grocery store aisle, led to the inquirer's confession of his struggle to love and forgive a relative whose words and actions had inflicted grave harm…
I've been hailed by folk, all strangers, walking by me on the street, once from a lady, smiling and waving to me, driving by in her car, with this astounding (at the first occurrence, but, now, it's come again and again) greeting: "I love you, too!"
I treasure each and all of these encounters and interactions, especially given my awareness and sensitivity to what I consider the bitter-and-blaming-difference-disparaging-either-you're-for-me-or-against-me zeitgeist of our days and times.
As T-shirts and banners of self-declaration go, Keep Calm and Love Your Neighbor is my favorite.
[1] For example, Keep Calm and…Be Honest, Be Yourself, Call Batman, Dab On 'Em, Dream On, Eat A Cookie, Game On, Go To Hogwarts, Hakuna Matata, Innovate, Just Do It, Make A Change, Never Grow Up, Party All Night, Press CTRL ALT DET, Stay Strong, Use The Force… The possibilities are endless!
[2]The fish (or, in the Greek, ichthys) was adopted as a Christian symbol prior to the 2nd century of the Common Era; some suggest as a secret sign of identification during periods of the state persecution of Christians. Through the 3rd and 4th centuries, as it grew in popular recognition and use, the letters (i – ch – th – y – s) were viewed as forming an acronym for the phrase, Iēsous Christos, Theou Yios, Sōtēr, Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior.
[3] A lawyer asked Jesus a question to test him. "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" He said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets" (Matthew 22.35-40).
[4] By "love", I do not mean my expression of kindly affection, which arises from how I feel about others, but rather, for me, always something more spiritual and substantial; that is, exercising my Spirit-bestowed power in active benevolence toward and for others. Do I fail in doing this? Yes. Usually when I am hurt and angry, and then allow my not-so-considerate-feelings toward another to get in the way of my loving that person. Nevertheless, Jesus' call to love my neighbor ever rings in my mind and heart, soul and spirit, summoning me to act.


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«The only man who doesn't change is the dead man»
(although you might consider decomposition and what's-next as well)
that's what S. said to me when I was about seventeen.
As my friend Jul Jackalope says, people like us is doomed to witness our companions giving up to that thing so fundamental to us – that specialty, sparkle, "black hole", art, chaos.
Well, although S. is right and indeed he changed as well, I already know he will never change about that speciality. And this is priceless.
I started making musical artworks with him, because of him, with his projects, when we were teenagers, our artistic understanding kept working through all the changes and years, and, well, it's really sweet to post now my artworks for his debut solo album with a label!
Ladies and gentlemen,
I'm extremely pleased to introduce you
and his album
|LinFante - Non mi piace niente
|LinFante - Non mi piace niente
The album will be released on the 10th of April 2014, but meanwhile you can enjoy the preview of the music video on the webzine Relics, made by two bad fellows, my old friends Federico Fronterrè and David Chance Fragale, starring Chiara Brambati and LinFante.
You maybe noticed how terribly lovely is the handwriting of the credits.
Yes, I know, I wish you can handle it.
Thank you, by the way.
Yes, I know, I wish you can handle it.
Thank you, by the way.
And there is another big fact which involves our collaboration: his book Esistere forte (qui come e-book), signed with his real name Stefano Scrima (per spiare qualcosa di più del suo saggio, infilatevi nel suo sito e poi perdetevici, 'ché oramai la produzione scritta di Stefano è sterminata).
On the cover there are my portraits of Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre and André Gide (framed in the graphic design by Valerio Ognibene).
E se volete leggere invece le prime recensioni di Non mi piace niente, eccovi qui quella su GiulioZine, su Ritratti di note e su Relics - Controsuoni,
Poi, ovviamente, potete anche "seguirlo", soprattutto se volete farlo fisicamente beccandovi i palchi su cui raschierà le corde.
That's all for now.
I greet you together with our beloved Owl of Athen (la nottola di Minerva, per noi latini), who will guide you through the disc, if you just open the case…


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Killer solo and style coverage Jonathan!
amazing lesson my friend!! you really have some serious talent!!
Fantastic!!!. Love this style man
I love Robben Ford's style and this is a really cool lesson!
sounds great! perfectly arranged!
Great sound and lesson Jonathan!
nice cromatic runs at the end jonathan, you really got some style
great lesson ...love the solo!!
Great lesson. I love that style!
Great solo!
Thanks you very much friends!!
There are some awesome ideas, riffs and licks in this lesson, great material to work with. Awesome lesson Jonathan
Wow - so cool! I really need to learn this!
Sounds great, I have to admit that I only know Robbens name, but never heard any music, I will check him out now for sure, cool stuff
This is super cool, Jonathan!!!
Great sounding lesson, man!
I love the phrases in here! You can definatly hear that you sing your phrases before playing and that's so cool
Excellent Jonathan!
ther is a problem. I'm in the 4th part, and the tabs do not exacly match the playing. had to figure out myself the problem.
but other than that I loved the lesson.. it is so cool I can't wait to finishe learning it and play it myself!
sorry I read it wrong.. no problem.. just awesome lesson!
Hello friends! Today we are seeing a bit of blues in the style of Robben Ford, one of the best contemporary blues guitarists. I must confess that my inspiration comes to hear the new album of Joe Bonamassa. This new guitarist has incorporated a lot of Robben Ford. Without doubt, I consider him a "son" of Ford with a collection of other guitarists and bands. Do not want to misunderstand my comment, all guitarists have influence of than we like and that is what defines us, then we have the ability to create our own style.
The secret to the style of Robben Ford is finding its sound and vibrato. A bit of gain with a little reverb. The delay is not used for him. He is a guitarist with classic blues sound.
I hope you enjoy my new blues lesson, folks!
Now, go to practice!
Alternate picking
B Minor Pentatonic + Blue note
B Major Pentatonic + Blue note
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The ongoing Bitcoin battle
The term 'Bitcoin' first appeared in 2009 when Satoshi Nakamoto—a potential pseudonym of either a single person or group—invented the world's first decentralized digital currency. This 21st century currency employs a third-party, intermediate, cryptography system resulting in a more secure and confidential medium of exchange. No governmental monetary authority controls this 'cryptocurrency'; instead, computers running… Keep Reading


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Although a few lines from Edgar Allan Poe's 1839 mood poem "The Haunted Palace" are heard being read by Vincent Price near the ending credits, there is no justifiable reason that American International Pictures could advertise this film as "Edgar Allan Poe's The Haunted Palace" because the story comes from another American author of the macabre, H. P. Lovecraft. Following AIP's releases of House of Usher (1960), Pit and the Pendulum (1961), Premature Burial (1962), Tales of Terror (1962), and The Raven (1963), producer-director Roger Corman felt the need to change gears a bit and adapt the Lovecraft story The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Corman later said that AIP was "...having me have a little bit of freedom to move from Poe to Lovecraft - the periods were about the same and it looked a little bit like a Poe picture" but he later suspected that "I think they had planned to turn a Lovecraft story into a Poe story all along."
The original story The Case of Charles Dexter Ward was not published during H. P. Lovecraft's lifetime. After the author's death in 1937, his friends and fellow pulp writers August Derleth and Donald Wandrei went through his papers and voluminous unpublished work. The short novel was first published in an abridged form as a two-part story in the May and July 1941 issues of Weird Tales magazine, and the unedited novella appeared in the second collection of Lovecraft published by Arkham House in 1943, Beyond the Wall of Sleep.
Corman hired Charles Beaumont to handle the scripting chores, and Beaumont remained fairly faithful to Lovecraft's story. In the New England village of Arkham in 1765, madman Joseph Curwen (Vincent Price) is confronted by the townsfolk for bringing young women to his castle for mysterious experiments. Curwen is burned alive at the stake, and spits out a curse upon the villagers. A hundred years later, family heir Charles Dexter Ward (also Price) arrives with his wife Ann (Debra Paget) to claim an inheritance of the castle. The village people are immediately unfriendly to them; they believe that his great-great-grandfather's curse has caused a series of mutant births in generations of townsfolk. Ward and his wife are welcomed to the castle by the caretaker, Simon Orne (Lon Chaney, Jr.), and Ward eventually has a confidante in Dr. Willet (Frank Maxwell), who tells Ward more about Curwen. The warlock and his associates (including Simon) dealt in the Black Arts, and sought to use the book of Necronomicon to summon the Old Ones - the alien Elder Gods - and create a new species on Earth with the young women of the village. Ward finds himself uncomfortably familiar with the layout and purpose of the castle, and increasingly under the spell of a powerful portrait of Curwen hanging in the house.
In an interview accompanying the DVD release of The Haunted Palace, Roger Corman talks about another contribution made to the film: "After Chuck wrote the script, and it was a good script, he went on to work for [The] Twilight Zone, and I wanted a few more changes, so my ace assistant, Francis Ford Coppola, came in and as with all my assistants, he was expected to do everything. [He did a] dialogue polish on the picture - he was there helping the actors go over the lines and prepare for the shooting." On the design of the movie, Corman said "I envisioned, and I think I got, a slightly different look for Lovecraft than I used for Poe... I used a somewhat starker lighting pattern, because I felt that that was intrinsically the difference between Lovecraft and Poe, and we should have a slightly more realistic, starker look - more straightforward than Poe."
Vincent Price gives a bravura performance in The Haunted Palace in the dual role, although the well-shaded takeover of the gentlemanly Charles Dexter Ward by his evil ancestor is somewhat undercut by too much ghoulishly-tinted facial greasepaint. Price was interviewed in 1987 by David Del Valle, and he spoke well of The Haunted Palace, saying, "It wasn't bad. It was a good idea and a good film. I don't know why they just couldn't have left the Lovecraft title to it." For fans of classic horror, The Haunted Palace offers a unique pairing of two of the great horror film icons - Price and Lon Chaney, Jr. Price later said that "Lon Chaney was very ill at that time. I had admired him and always wanted to meet him. He was not very happy or very well, and I really didn't get to know him well. I spent a lot of time trying to talk to him and make him cheer up, but I couldn't do it. He was sick."
AIP not only used Poe's name in the advertising for The Haunted Palace; they also had a tagline that alluded to an earlier Poe/ Price hit: "What was the terrifying thing in the PIT that wanted women?" It was rather short-sighted of AIP; instead of touting Poe, they could have opened up a new avenue of exploitation by emphasizing Lovecraft and his entirely new (to films) world of Elder Gods, Necromancy, and creatures from other dimensions. The pressbook for the film makes no mention of Lovecraft - rather they encourage the exhibitor to emphasize Poe but they stress that "For the first time, [AIP] adds an entirely new element of suspense to the famed writer's chills, foreboding atmosphere and eerie settings. The new element is that of the weird occult science of necromancy (black magic) and its practitioners... It is this black magic, its exercise by warlocks and how an entire village is affected by one of the most horrible curses ever depicted in motion pictures which is the basis of the story 'The Haunted Palace.'" True enough - it's just a shame that the source of the new element wasn't properly credited in the publicity.
The art designer of The Haunted Palace, Daniel Haller, went on to direct two Lovecraft adaptations of his own, Die, Monster, Die! (1965) and The Dunwich Horror (1970). Lovecraft's novella The Case of Charles Dexter Ward was later adapted by director Dan O'Bannon as The Resurrected (1992), in which Chris Sarandon took the Ward/ Joseph Curwen dual role.
Producer: Roger Corman
Director: Roger Corman
Screenplay: Charles Beaumont; H.P. Lovecraft (story "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward"); Francis Ford Coppola (additional dialogue uncredited)
Cinematography: Floyd Crosby
Art Direction: Daniel Haller
Music: Ronald Stein
Film Editing: Ronald Sinclair
Cast: Vincent Price (Charles Dexter Ward/Joseph Curwen), Debra Paget (Ann Ward), Lon Chaney (Simon Orne), Frank Maxwell (Dr. Willet/Priam Willet), Leo Gordon (Edgar Weeden/Ezra Weeden), Elisha Cook (Gideon Smith/Micah Smith), John Dierkes (Benjamin West/Mr. West), Milton Parsons (Jabez Hutchinson), Cathie Merchant (Hester Tillinghast), Guy Wilkerson (Gideon Leach/Mr. Leach), Stanford Jolley (Carmody, coachman), Harry Ellerbe (minister), Barboura Morris (Mrs. Weeden), Darlene Lucht (Miss Fitch), Bruno Ve Sota (Bruno, the bartender)
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A Beauty Routine For Men? Why Not?
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Good day beautiful people! Do you all think that vanity is reserved for women? That may not hold true anymore!
All people have at least a tiny bit of vanity; they may be proud of their hair, their figure (or muscles in the case of guys), their eyes. As a woman it's natural for me to highlight my best features and try to mask what may be seen as physical imperfections. This has caused a bit of a problem with my boyfriend who prefers to see the raw 'me' instead of the made-up version. He adoringly says that I should not mess with perfection. But as a woman, I can't help but try to improve upon my God-given physical attributes. We have since reached a happy compromise where I don't mess too much with what he calls perfection – just enough to satisfy my feminine urges. But these days men are getting more vain than ever before.
Gone are the days when only the girls define beauty. And gone are the days when only the ladies are allowed to try out practices and rituals that improve the outward look. These days, it is perfectly acceptable to see gentlemen who dab a little moisturizer and spend a little more time on getting their hair done, this is a sure way on to how to get an Asian girl. You don't even have to be a Hollywood actor, a model or some popular politician to have an excuse to have your very own beauty ritual or two.
For the uninitiated, these manly regimens go beyond the usual deodorant-perfume. These are things that have you going out of your usual way to not only look good but to also make yourself feel good. See this guide for natural healthy beauty products.
Beauty Tips for Men
If you're not at it yet, or if you are just starting to accept the concept of starting a "beauty" ritual, here are some tips:
Cleanse-tone-moisturize your face: These are the basics. It might sound a little too intimidating for the newbie, but trust me, it's no rocket science. Why do you need to do this? Simple: to keep your face clean and healthy. See, cleansing your face is not just for us women who put on too many layers of makeup. It's for everyone who gets exposed to elements every single day – pollution, dust, what-have-you. Toning is to keep the skin tone even; nothing is more distracting and disconcerting than uneven facial skin tone. And of course you need to moisturize. Not only is dry skin unattractive and unhealthy-looking; it is also more prone to breakouts.
Use hand lotion: No girl can resist locking fingers with a guy with soft hands. See, dry and callous hands are no longer the only measure of manliness, especially when the non-athletic men of this generation can never achieve that from sitting all day in front of a computer. To make it a little bit more useful, hand lotions now come with antibacterial features.
Use foot lotion: Just the same as soft hands are irresistible, hard, cracked and dry heels are as horrible. So dab on some foot lotion to improve that. A foot spa session every two weeks could also do wonders for your feet so go ahead and make that bi-weekly trip.
Apply lip balm: This may not be the manliest thing on the planet but it does have its benefits. The help maintain a pair of deliciously kissable lips – the kind that girls dig. Thankfully, they come in mini-canister types and not just the stick kind. And there are varieties and brands that are unscented and unflavored so you don't have to worry about tasting like her favorite berries when you smooch.
Use body scrub occasionally: Before you give me that weird look, body scrub is actually good for you. Better than you can imagine. Body scrubs, usually offered at spas and wellness centers, help your skin exfoliate bringing out a cleaner, newer, healthier skin. On top of that, body scrubs are very relaxing; it feels just like getting some good ol' massage.
Come on, just because we girls do it more does not mean you can't do it! Caring for your body and your looks can be a manly thing too. So go ahead and try any of these tips and try to avoid the usual mistakes men make!
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Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) is known for his unique composition style. Incorporating complex rhythms, harmony and melodies, La Nativité Du Seigneur is no exception to the composer's popular, distinctive style.
Volume 1, published in 1935 with the three following volumes, comprises the first three meditations, The Virgin and the Child, The Shepherds and Eternal Purposes. The entire work by Messiaen, La Nativité Du Seigneur is a testament to the composer's Christian faith. The work was one of the first to feature the composer's own modes of limited transposition and influences of birdsong. This edition of the popular Messiaen work includes notes by the composer on how to perform certain features. La Nativité Du Seigneur is essential to all advanced organists seeking to expand and vary their repertoire.


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Phlebotomist Information Center
Phlebotomy Training can lead to a great career as a phlebotomist. Congratulations on your decision!
A career in phlebotomy is a great choice and one that is currently in high demand. With the proper phlebotomy training and skills you will be on the path to a rewarding career.
Each state has its own requirements for phlebotomists. Please see below to find your state requirements and information:
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What's Phlebotomy?
By definition, phlebotomy is the surgical act of withdrawing blood from a vein. In the medical field this often the act of withdrawing blood for the means of storage, testing or treatment.
Phlebotomy Job Description
A typical phlebotomy job varies from employer to employer. Tasks and job description for a phlebotomist may be specific to that specific lab, company or hospital. Typical job requirements include:
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Why do people inhale cigar smoke? Because they're idiots.
(End of post.)
Okay, okay – you want a more elaborate explanation than that, we can tell.
A cigar is not a smoke designed to provide you relief when you're craving nicotine. Instead, it's a treat that you're supposed to enjoy by taste and smell. You take the smoke into your mouth, savor the flavors, and then blow it away. Then you savor the flavors some more, take a sip of whiskey, and generally chill out.
That is, while it provides some nicotine, it isn't about getting a fix – it's about enjoyment.
Of course, you can inhale a cigar if you like. And you can use your whiskey to give yourself an enema – but that doesn't make either an efficient, appropriate use of your time and resources. Combine that with the fact that most people will get quite sick if they inhale their way through an entire cigar (vomiting, coughing, etc.), and you've got a pretty solid piece of guidance for cigar smoking:
Don't inhale cigar smoke!
It isn't what they're designed for, and will probably mess you and your night up.
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Determined to check out the wonders of this top rated attraction, after yesterday's failed attempt (hanauma bay closed), we made the trip there again. At 10a when we arrived, parking was full. Hubby dropped baby and I off at the scenic outlook stop opposite the entrance to the bay, and drove off to find parking. As I walked up to the entrance, the staff manning the gate flipped the sign that said "parking full", and suddenly parking was available. I immediately called hubby and told him to drive back. The parking guy said there were eight spots open and once eight cars had gone in he would close entry again. Well we got a spot.
That was quite exciting, compared to what we were about to experience snorkelling in the bay. We queued for over half an hour for our tickets. While waiting for our turn to watch the compulsory video, we chatted with a volunteer. Her fav snorkelling spot on oahu is actually sharks cove, and not hanauma bay. The video was informative, but if I didn't understand English, I would have been confused by the scene where a dude was shown stepping on coral then stepping off coral... Walking down to the bay, we saw snorkellers trampling the coral. I was horrified. Snorkelling there was the worst I've seen anywhere. Dead coral, poor visibility (<10 ft), and few fish. I was lucky enough to spot a large moray eel however. This hanauma bay has been loved to death.
We stopped at uncle clays house of pure aloha for shaved ice, then hit Chinatown for fruit. As the fruit shop lady calculated my haul of longans, rambutans, pomelos etc, I told her about the kahuku farm fruit stand's outrageous prices. $1 for one rambutan? $10 for an avocado?
Mei Sum Dim Sum Restaurant for pre-dinner dim sum. I haven't had dim sun for over a year, and thoroughly enjoyed the selections they had: har gao, siu mai, char siew pao, and stewed chicken feet. Baby adored the chicken feet. It's a delicacy that when prepared properly, tastes indescribably wonderful.
Below: chicken feet and other dim sum
Day 15: Dole Plantation and Polynesian Cultural Center
We planned to surf the North Shore in the morning then head to the PCC for the rest of the day, but were pleasantly derailed when we stopped at Dole for a 'quick look'. It was a total tourist trap, with everything and anything pineapple you could think of and more that you wouldn't have. It was interesting to browse through their gift shop, but we didn't buy anything. We picnicked there (nice picnic area) then had pineapple ice cream for dessert.
We spotted the Helemano Plantation sign next door and went to have a look - it was forlorn and deserted. I was the only visitor there. I found out it is a non-profit organization for Downs Syndrome folk. A buffet lunch featuring fresh produce from their vegetable garden is served every day at their (on site) restaurant, which also looked empty. I bought a Royal Hawaiian pineapple here at half what the next door Dole gift shop was charging. And some toys for baby, from their thrift shop. I wish more people knew about this place.
Below: baby getting acquainted with panda at Helemano plantation
At the PCC, we handed over our entertainment book coupon for a discount off Samoan Island Packages (admission, island luau, Ha show.) Regularly $75 per person, our coupon got us $50 off the second package. It's also good for BOGO admission. The entertainment book paid for itself twice over with our visit to the PCC- paid $15 for it.
The canoe show was lovely, and we got to watch the shows at Tonga (drums), Tahiti (wedding - we renewed vows!), Samoa (coconut and fire making, very funny), and New Zealand (music). Dinner was good for what we paid- Kalua pork, taro, taro rolls, chicken, poke, etc. Dinner entertainment was great. Baby enjoyed the music and drums.
Below: me with one of the dancers. :D
The Ha Breath of Life Show was good too. The dancers did a fantastic job. I can't imagine how these students put in full days like this six days a week and still be so energetic and enthusiastic. The fire twirlers were amazing to watch. A loooong day though.
Day 16 (Saturday): North Shore
We went back to Haleiwa where hubby rented a surf board ($7/hr) and hit the waves. Baby and I had lunch and chilled on the beach. After that, stopped at Matsumotos Shaved Ice to redeem our free ices (free with our surf lesson with Blue Rush Surf School). The ice was coarser than what we had at uncle clay's (which was fluffy and light), but psychedelically colorful.
Last stop was Sharks Cove to snorkel. This time the waves were big, cresting the barrier that forms the sheltered snorkelling lagoon. We got tossed around a bit and had to be careful not to get dashed against the rocks. I saw schools of small fish but not much else.
Below: turtles at Laniakea beach
The highlight of my day was watching three whales do whatever it is whales do which is pretty awesome to watch even if it's from a distance. Water spouts, tails in the air, breaches.
Day17: Mountain biking Kualoa Ranch, Aloha Swap Meet, Bishop Museum
Hubby was dropped off at kualoa ranch for his mountain bike ride ($112 after the 10% online discount, 9a-3p). Baby and I had lunch at the Waiahole Poi Factory - Kalua pork (smoky, rich, delicious), pork and fish lau lau (yummily fatty), poke (tasty), haupia (ok), and poi. I was looking forward to trying poi and was kinda disappointed. It was cold, liquidy and gloopy. I love anything taro and cook often with it, and had expected a sort of warm mash that would absorb/complement gravies or sauces. The lau lau was warm outside but cool inside, and parts of the Kalua pork were cold too.
We spent nearly two hours and covered 3 miles at the swap meet. Bought some clothes and souvenirs. Prices were ok. $10/shirt/dress.
Had only an hour and a half to spend at bishop museum. Could have easily spent a day there. The planetarium show was informative and fun, and the science center was meili's fav.
Off to meet hubby at waikiki where we changed into our new clothes and took one last pic at the beach.
Then to the airport for the long journey home.
Aloha Hawaii...


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We showed competitiveness - Ganga
Daren Ganga, the West Indies captain, was pleased with his side's on-field performance after the first day's play in Manchester as West Indies showed signs of revival after their record loss in the second Test at Headingley.
"I think it was a good day for us. We showed our competitiveness throughout the entire day," said Ganga. "The first hour wasn't too pleasant in terms of run scoring but we were able to hold things together and commit to what we set out to do and it was a whole team effort."
Ganga also welcomed the inclusion of the fast but wayward Fidel Edwards by saying that the "attack lacked a bit of penetration and more variety was something that you were going to see in this Test match. Fidel is that type of bowler, if he can come and knock the tail over it will be a good innings work for him." The point was proven in the fiery spell to Paul Collingwood that probably caused a few bruises on his body.
Ganga did not forget the effort put in by the other two fast bowlers, Corey Collymore and Jerome Taylor. "Collymore is our most senior bowler and those are the things expected from Corey. He did exactly what was required. All the guys supported him with Taylor picking up two wickets. These are the sorts of things we need to inculcate more in our team with everyone contributing and being switched on and putting a performance forward for the common good of the team."
When reminded of Steve Harmison's record at Old Trafford and that the fragile West Indies batting line-up will be facing upto him soon, Ganga played it down by saying, "the guys are aware of his threat as a bowler but it's very important to send the right message to the opposition, it's a Test match. We are playing for our pride and playing to level the series so all the guys are geed up and it is very important for our competitiveness."