Aug 13, 2011

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August 14, 2011 is halfway thru the Year of the Hare, which started on February 14, 2011, St. Valentine’s Day, you may remember, three days before the Benghazi rebellion kicked off on February 17, 2011, and the US downgrade from AAA to AA+ by S&P, the ratings agency, took place on August 5, 2011. Can’t say the old Hare isn’t moving the shanks around, and we’re only halfway through!
Below are some of the various views currently offered, the scenes to be seen:

The Iranian clergy have issued a fatwa (religious ruling) against nuclear weapons, calling them "offensive to God".

The European Union's Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2010 states that in 2009 there were "294 failed, foiled, or successfully executed attacks" in six European countries….
…Islamists? They were behind a grand total of one attack. Yes, one. Out of 294 attacks. In a population of half a billion people.
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cmsUpload/TE-SAT%202010.pdf

However, I was pleased to learn that side-stream smoke [passive smoking] has 4000 chemicals, 60 of which are known to cause cancer. I am told that most organically grown vegetables contain only 3925 chemicals, of which only 53 are known to cause cancer.

At some point in the future, for example, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see the US navy’s billion dollar battleships sunk off the coast of Vietnam by cheap Chinese missiles.
Read more: The Great Correction...5 years On, Part III http://dailyreckoning.com/the-great-correction-5-years-on-part-iii/#ixzz1UJLtn7uW

Heorte sceal the cenre... the ure maegen lytlath
Heart shall be keener... as our strength lessens - Anglo Saxon

We owe God a death - Prince Hal, Henry V

“It’s not who votes that counts, it’s who counts the votes” Stalin

“Representation is a denial of democracy.” The Green Book, Mu’ammar Al-Qadhafi
“The poor people line up to throw their votes into the ballot box, like pieces of rubbish into the trash can.” Mu’ammar Qadhafi, The Green Book

Today's a good day to die - Cherokee saying

Are you gonna believe me, or your lying eyes? – Groucho Marx

And get rid of your politicians, for God’s sake, like Senator Kerry of Massachusetts, the war profiteer as government, the richest man in the senate, probably, with most of his wealth invested in military support companies, - highly profitable – stoking troubles from his perch on the Foreign Relations board, showing up regularly at Karzai’s shoulder, no mayhem is useless if it makes an extra buck for Kerry! The guy does not belong in decent company.

They are calling thee from the high pillars of the throne of God. I know not what hath befallen thee in this dungheap. - Hafiz

“Whatever can be imagined can be achieved.” Angela Palmer, the Oxford Ghost Forest lady.

A More Reputable Career: Thomas Heathfield was a well-paid banking consultant with a promising career in Maidenhead, England, but gave it up this year to move to South Africa and endure rigorous training as a "sangoma" ("witch doctor"). After five months of studying siSwati language, sleeping in the bush, hunting for animal parts, vomiting up goats' blood and learning native dances, Heathfield, 32, was given a new name, Gogo Mndawe, and is now qualified to read bones and prescribe herbal cures (among the skills expected of sangomas by the roughly 50 percent of South Africa's population that reveres them). He admitted concern about his acceptance as a white man calling out African spirits, "but when (the people) see (me) dance, perhaps those questions go away." [Daily Telegraph (London), 7-2-2011]

What goes around comes around, it’s only money, easy come, easy go, and worse things happen at sea. Investors lose a trillion dollars in one day By Steve Hargreaves August 8, 2011: 5:39 PM ET

Of the fifty countries developing drones, by the way, the Pakistanis have scored a first by installing an operational drone launcher on one of their navy ships.

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#40 Hsien, Deliverance, of the I Ching or Book of Changes.





above CHEN THE AROUSING, THUNDER

below K’AN THE ABYSMAL WATER



Here the movement goes out of the sphere of danger. The obstacle has been removed; the difficulties are being resolved. Deliverance is not yet achieved; it is just in its beginning, and the hexagram represents its various stages.

THE JUDGEMENT
DELIVERANCE The southwest furthers.
If there is no longer anything where one has to go,
Return brings good fortune.
If there is still something where one has to go,
Hastening brings good fortune.

This refers to a time in which tensions and complications begin to be eased. At such times we ought to make our way back to ordinary conditions as soon as possible; this is the meaning of “the southwest.” These periods of sudden change have great importance. Just as rain relieves atmospheric tension, making all the buds burst open, so a time of deliverance from burdensome pressure has a liberating and stimulating effect on life. One thing is important, however: in such times we must not overdo our triumph. The point is not to push on farther than is necessary. Returning to the regular order of life as soon as deliverance is achieved brings good fortune. If there are any residual matters that ought to be attended to, it should be done as quickly as possible, so that a clean sweep is made and no retardations occur.

THE IMAGE
Thunder and rain set in:
The image of DELIVERANCE.
Thus the superior man pardons mistakes
And forgives misdeeds.

A thunderstorm has the effect of clearing the air; the superior man produces a similar effect when dealing with mistakes and sins of men that induce a condition of tension. Through clarity he brings deliverance. However, when failings come to light, he does not dwell on them; he simply passes over mistakes, the unintentional transgressions, just as thunder dies away. He forgives misdeeds, the intentional transgressions, just as water washes everything clean.

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Wahyusamputra said...

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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/08/8155

Published on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 by Inter Press Service

US Lawmakers Invested in Iraq, Afghanistan Wars by Abid Aslam

WASHINGTON - U.S. lawmakers have a financial interest in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, a review of their accounts has revealed.

Members of Congress invested nearly 196 million dollars of their own money in companies that receive hundreds of millions of dollars a day from Pentagon contracts to provide goods and services to U.S. armed forces, say nonpartisan watchdog groups…

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The nails of the cross

The emperor Constantine, on his conversion to Christianity, brought the whole Roman empire with him. At the Council of Nicea the official text of the Bible was established under his jurisdiction, together with the Creed, the main lines of official theology, and a considerable body of police to enforce them.

The mother of the emperor, Saint Helen, discovered the burial site of Jesus, and on the site the entire true cross, complete with the nails still in it. She sent the nails of the cross to her son, the emperor, who had the nails melted down and from them made the bit (the metal piece that goes into the horse’s mouth, and is attached to the reins) for his war horse.

C-Span, October 25, 2009

Interpretation does not seem necessary.

Wahyusamputra said...

Parents and Children - Kahlil Gibran

You are the bow, and your children are the arrows, and the One who shoots loves the arrows because they fly, and loves the bow because it is stable.