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I played Aristocars at Origins 2019 and received a ton of insight into the match-ups, and ultimately what makes this deck tick. It's one thing to theory-craft and play-test against yourself – it's a whole 'nother level when playing against real players in a competitive environment.
On the Thursday open, I went undefeated at 4-0-1 after games against Aerialbots, Metroplex, and Orange Bugs (x2). Other than going 2-1 in the first Insecticon matchup against Jon Palmer of Vector Sigma fame, I swept every other match.
vs Aerialbots
My first surprise was realizing this deck can do a lot of damage. I ended both games in the Aerialbots match-up by attacking for 14 damage (with Cliffjumper) against Superion. Previously I figured the stars would have to align perfectly in order to pull damage numbers like these, but given that it happened twice in back-to-back games shows the consistency is much higher than I originally thought.
My Aerialbots opponent was relatively new to the deck, however did not make any obvious mistakes other than some questionable attack sequencing. In one of the games (where he presumably did not have an Inferno Breath in hand), he didn't attack with Fireflight until the 4th or 5th turn. Afterwards I asked why he didn't leverage the Brave to divert attacks away from half-health characters, and he replied he'd rather me (over)kill half-health characters instead of laying into an undamaged Aerialbot. Above all, his main goal was to combine into Superion with the least amount of damage. I guess I can't argue with that.
vs Metroplex
The Metroplex games were pretty one-sided. Metroplex never really got going and I easily controlled the field in both games. In my own play-testing, I don't believe I've ever lost a Metroplex match-up so the results bore out what I was expecting. Half-way through the matches my opponent's strategy very visibly shifted from, "Set up bold engine" to "Pump out mini-bots as fast as possible just to soak up attacks" and that's definitely not a good place to be when playing Metroplex.
Unrelated to the match but my opponent's Metroplex was un-sleeved and curling to a crazy degree. The following day I brought him a 6×8 soft sleeve and top-loader just so I could calm my internal cringing. I have a stack of both soft sleeves and hard top-loaders in the 6×8 size and ended up giving out a bunch of them over the weekend.
vs Insecticons (x2)
My third and 4th match-ups of the day were both against Orange Bugs. In a sense, this deck was designed to beat Orange aggression decks (Insecticons in particular) and both games vs Bugs validated my personal theory and play-testing.
In the first match-up (against Jon Palmer) I opened by attacking (an alt-mode) Skrapnel with Autobot Hot Rod and was fortunate enough to flip two orange pips, putting 3 damage on Skrapnel despite his 3 defense. This was absolutely huge as Skrapnel could now be taken out with just 1 more attack alongside a Hot Rod KO area flip. If I had only dealt 2 damage putting Skrapnel at 5 health remaining, I would need either two more attacks or one more attack with two Hot Rod flip to Bot-mode in the KO area (which requires 3 turns). I eventually won but it was a close game, largely due to how strong a player Jon is.
Jon won game two in a nail-biter. He made some really nice plays as well as a couple killer Kickback attacks with numerous double orange pips. I remember being disappointed with some of my draws but hey, that's part of the game and just how it goes at times.
I didn't take notes and am going off memory, but in game 3 there was one situation where I started my turn with BB:LW as my last untapped character, while Jon had two untapped characters (including Skrapnel with 4 damage). I believe Jon was looking forward to the prospect of attacking twice on the turn following mine (I sure would've been), which – in that game state – would've put him firmly in control. I was also fairly certain he was holding an I Still Function! in his hand.
Instead of doing the usual thing, I flipped BB:LW and attacked (and killed) his untapped Skrapnel. Jon kinda got a funny look on his face, and on his turn he used I Still Function! on the recently KO'd Skrapnel just to salvage his double attack. In my book, if I Still Function! is used on anyone other than Barrage or Kickback, it's a win. If it's used on a wheel turn and is only turning 1 attack into 2 (rather than 2 into 3), that's another win. Bumblebee's Alt-mode ability used in that situation completely changed the momentum of the match.
The third game ended with me one-shotting Barrage with Cliffjumper + Grenade Launcher + Press the Advantage and a lucky orange flip.
The last round was against another Orange Bugs deck, and the matches played out heavily in my favor. I had some great draws – in the second game an early Security Checkpoint cleared my opponent's hand of two (initial draw) Grenade Launchers and then due to two Start Your Engines, my opponent had to send 3 attacks into Hot Rod just to barely KO him.
Friday was my "for fun" day, so I ran a janky "mixed-pip-but-largely-blue" Sentinels deck. For some reason even I can't fully comprehend, I've been enamored with the card Emergency Maintenance and obsessed with trying to trigger its full 3 health repair effect. Since Sentinels starts the game with 21 stars in the KO area, just losing a single character would allow Emergency Maintenance to reach it's full "repair 3" potential. Or so the thinking goes.
My sideboard was basically all the orange double pip cards alongside 3 Reckless Charges, which in theory would flip my deck from defensive to aggressive. The jank is real.
Spoiler alert – I went 2-4 on the day with wins over Brad running Metroplex and Jon Palmer piloting "The Touch" Dual Primes. Brad had a run of terrible luck (don't think he triggered Metroplex's ability even once) and I had a run of ridiculously good luck in the games against Jon.
Losses were to Brian playing Rogue Squadron, Cameron running a "traditional" Sentinels deck, Adam piloting Mission Prime, and finally a gentleman playing Opti-Shock. Not to take anything away from my opponents (who all played well) but I didn't help my case as I made numerous mistakes, particularly around playing Mirage's KO flip ability when I should've known what was in my opponent's hand, telegraphing my intent to combine (which in itself is telling) by playing Security Checkpoint the turn before, and using Reckless Charge by itself with no chance of actually taking out the target.
Suffice it to say, my blue Sentinels deck has been regulated to the jank-yard but my love for Emergency Maintenance will never die!!
I did not play at all Saturday and spent the day walking around, chatting with other players, and getting in people's way. In hindsight I should've continued to play and refine my Aristocars deck against live competition (or at very least, fill out my deck registration so it was ready for Sunday). At the time I rationalized it by thinking, "I don't want to give people more experience playing against my deck", and "I'm resting up for tomorrow", but the real reason was that I was perfect at that moment, and didn't want to ruin it (ala Good Will Hunting).
That said, there are a few things I didn't miss by not playing on Saturday. I enjoy playing Transformers TCG, but 6 hours of straight game-play without sustenance breaks is pretty grueling.
It might've just been coincidence but it seems the further away from the "head" of the table, the smaller the allotted player space got. From the above photos you can see the Top 8 all have plenty of elbow room, but I remember instances where I was seated further down the table, and didn't have enough space to put down a (standard sized) play mat. While a single long table maximizes playable space, it's also inherently zero sum and has cascading effects. Breaking up the table with walkable gaps would do well to normalize the space for all players as well as creating walkways to and from the match-up sheets.
Much ink (and tears) has been spilled on the Registration Checklist so I won't beat that dead horse. Something else that is begging to be digitalized are the match pairing sheets. Publishing the match pairings online would eliminate the need for 30+ players to file down narrow walk-ways and crowd around a 8×11″ sheet of paper (and likely the need to haul a printer everywhere). These are things I bring up in the spirit of continuous improvement, but are very much first world problems.
Chatting with the Transformers TCG lead designer on the various aspects of the game's design was really cool, and he autographed my Wave 3 Major Prowl:
Since I didn't play, one thing I did was walk around and make note of what the field looked like from a deck standpoint. The following is list of what was being played at which table (Saturday 11 AM Round 1):
- 31. Predacons vs Stunticons
- 32. Hot Wheels (Wheeljack, Prowl, BB) vs Dinobots
- 33. Three-wide Primes (OP:BL, Hot Rod, Flamewar) vs Three-wide Primes (OP:BL, Hot Rod, Flamewar)
- 34. Stunticons vs Blitzwing, Thrust, Arcee
- 35. Hot Wheels vs Aerialbots
- 36. Metroplex vs Hot Wheels
- 37. Thrustlock vs Hot Wheels
- 38. Metroplex vs Aerialbots
- 39. Flamewar, Nemesis, Thundercracker vs Orange Bugs
- 40. Constructicons vs Metroplex
- 41. Orange Bugs vs Hot Wheels
- 43. Orange Bugs vs Three-wide Optimus (OP:BL, Arcee, Demolisher)
- 44. Stunticons vs Bumblebee: Legendary Warrior, Cliffjumper, Prowl
- 45. Demolisher, Warpath, and Megatron(?) vs Dual Primes
- 46. Rogue Squadron vs Hot Wheels
- 47. Orange Bugs vs Blue Bugs
- 48. Cliffjumper, Wheeljack, Prowl vs Orange Bugs
- 49. Predacons vs Hot Wheels
- 50. Nemesis, Barrage, Demolisher vs Dual Megatron
- 51. Hot Wheels vs Sentinels
The Saturday 5 PM session looked like this:
- 29. Aerialbots vs Three-wide Primes (OP:BL, Starter-set Optimus, Flamewar)
- 28. Hot Wheels vs Orange Bugs
- 27. Hot Wheels vs Fire Wheels
- 26. Predacons vs Predacons
- 25. Metroplex vs Nemesis, Flamewar, Thundercracker
- 24. Aerialbots vs Dinobots
- 23. Orange Bugs vs Orange Bugs
- 22. Orange Bugs vs Aerialbots
- 21. Orange Bugs vs Prowl, Wheeljack, Arcee
- 20. Orange Bugs vs Prowl, Bumblebee:LW, Wheeljack
- 19. Aerialbots vs Thrustlock
- 18. Orange Bugs vs Dragstrip, Deadend, Wheeljack, Prowl
- 16. Aerialbots vs Aerialbots
- 31. Optimus Novastar vs Orange Bugs
- 15. Stunticons vs Hot Wheels
- 30. Must have missed this table
Sunday was a different story. I arrived late and forfeited my first match to an Orange Bug opponent. The second match I went a bit YOLO and a disastrous early Security Checkpoint dropped my entire hand for my opponent's single Bashing Shield. When I sent BB:LW into an untapped Chop Shop, I didn't come up with an orange flip and thus left him alive with 1 health. The poor planning and decision making were 100% on me, but the unfortunate luck didn't help either. Just one of those games.
Takeaways (Deck Improvements)
The biggest lesson coming out of Origins was in understanding my deck's win condition. For awhile there, the number of orange pips kept creeping up as I was lured by the prospect (and success) of flipping more orange pips on offense. That as it turns out, is fool's gold as while it works wonderfully for a game or even a streak of games, eventually the variance is going to cost you due to lack of consistency on defense (aka the identity of this deck). The wake-up moment of clarity was after a match lost by (among other things) a slew of bad defensive flips, I realized I had 3 Sparring Gears and 0 Reinforced Platings.
Aristocars (and blue decks in general) win with a combination of getting your opponent off schedule and doing just enough damage. In Transformers TCG, the attack, health, and defense values are often red herring to what's truly important – how many attacks (or turns to be even more general) does it take to KO a character? If Option A can attack for 33 damage per hit, well that is objectively better than one only doing 20. That said, if your opponent is playing Metroplex and both options require 2 turns to KO, is there really any difference in that 13 point damage spread?
I've tracked the damage and defensive output of Aristocars over numerous play-tests and have found the damage averages out to about 8.55 damage per attack and 4.37 armor per defense. The damage output is certainly less than you'd get with aggressive orange decks, but it's enough to where 95%+ of the characters in the game are in 2-shot territory (this is of course assuming the minimal defense one faces against Orange decks).
On the defensive side of things, "getting your opponent off schedule" just means making them waste attacks. Orange decks for the most part try to "out-race" the opponent in damage, and don't do as well the longer the game goes on. I define "wasting an attack" loosely as, reducing an attack that would be 6 or more down to 2 or less. Empirically, my play-test games against Insecticons show if I can waste just two of my opponent's attacks, my chances of winning skyrocket. Realizing this made me stop the Orange pip creep and get back to basics.
How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Self-Damage
I almost never use cards like Reckless Charge and One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall outside of aggressive, "kamikaze"-style decks. I get and sympathize with the argument of, "Why do you care about taking damage if the trade-off is killing an opponent's character?". While that's obviously a great trade-off in isolation, the problem is that unless it was the winning play of the game, you've just made it easier for your opponent to tit-for-tat KO your character on the following turn.
I've played more self-games against Insecticons than I can count. Hell, I've probably played the Insecticon deck more than most Insecticon players! Contrary to popular belief, the biggest threat (at least for Aristocars) isn't Kickback or even Barrage, it's Skrapnel. Nothing has caused more deck re-work than losing games solely due to Skrapnel and his "guaranteed" staying power. The only reason Aristocars went from playing Bumblebee: Brave Warrior to Autobot Hot Rod was the 1 damage from the KO-area flip reduces the attacks needed to kill Skrapnel from 3 to 2.
With three characters, it's vitally important to have some way of doing damage other than just attacking. A lot of match-ups go from "unforgiving" to "unwinnable" if just one attack is wasted. Direct damage opens up a lot of breathing room, especially for the Insection match-up and Skrapnel. I played around with Plasma Burst for a bit, but when we are talking about finishing targets, the difference between 2 and 3 points of direct damage is huge.
Apart from re-aligning with its defensive roots, adding 3 One Shall Stand, One Shall Falls to Aristocars was the biggest shake-up and improvement.
Final Words
It's cliche at this point but truly the best part of Origins was meeting and playing with the rest of the community. I have no local scene to speak of, so Origins was the first substantial game-play I've experienced with real, live opponents. I also got to meet most of the content creators I followed, so that was pretty cool. Everyone from Vector Sigma, Steffon of SDotAkuma (eventual 1st place winner), Cameron of Arbitrary Hero, Brian from Wreck 'n Rule, and numerous others attended and were all great guys. The Transformers TCG game and community are in their nascent stages so the interactions that happen now will set the culture for years to come. This is history in the making!


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Friday night I got an invitation for Sunday to come meet the latest baby, born a little over a week ago. I skipped the shower and her mom is one of my closer friends - I've known her 13 years now, for heaven's sake, so I figured I had better pull myself together and get over there. I had been planning to make her a quilt but I hadn't thought I would be meeting her so soon. I decided to put aside the quilt I am currently working on and do a quicky 2 day quilt for the latest arrival. I cut more than 100 2-inch squares on Friday night.
Saturday I was going to spend the day on the quilt as Wes spent the day finishing the paint job that has been undone for a year now. We kept going back and forth about whether to hire someone or borrow a ladder. Wes did all the painting himself since we like to spend money on more interesting things, but this last wall eluded him because it is 15 feet high. We found out a couple of months ago that a friend who lives around the corner had a ladder that just might get him high enough so Wes marched off to borrow it, came back quickly and started taping.
He had made some headway into the project (removing the screens and un-loft-like pieces of wood in the window that make it into fake panes (do you know what I mean?) that we have hated forever) and I was feeling like maybe he wasn't going to die on the ladder after all. I had just returned to my quilting after assisting him for a bit. It was against my instincts to leave him up there and sure enough, a few minutes later he was eight feet up when the ladder slipped out from under him.
There is a small ledge at the place where our top floor sits and he grabbed on to that. For a glorious moment it looked like he was going to be able to stay there, holding the ledge and lowering himself down easily. Unfortunately, the ladder caught his foot and pulled him down with it. He said it felt like he was surfing the ladder down to the floor.
He was mostly fine except for a sore spot where the ladder had hit across the top of his foot. We were both so terrified we could barely move. He collapsed on the couch and I at the top of the stairs while we just panted and stared at one another in disbelief.
It would have been so cool if he had been able to hold on to that ledge.
As it is, the place where the ladder hit started to hurt more and more as the adrenaline wore off, and while we didn't go to the ER, he will be trying to get in to his doctor first thing in the morning - it seems likely that it is the type of injury that they won't be able to help much and we didn't want to spend an entire day at the ER to be told so.
Insult to injury, on the way down the ladder scraped up the part of the wall that Wes actually had already painted a year ago. It also tore chunks of drywall away from a few spots, cut a long line into our window screen, and made two yucky dents in our hardwood floors.
You know what the rest of the weekend consisted of, right? If you guessed Wes hobbling around miserable because he couldn't clean anything, you would be correct. Because he could not clean on a macro level, he went micro and spent 45 minutes taking apart the computer keyboard and cleaning it out with q-tips.
The poor thing was supposed to be going on this cool group walk around the entire perimeter of Manhattan next weekend, so cross your fingers that there's nothing at all wrong and he will be able to put weight on it again very, very quickly. Yeah, we don't think that's very likely either. Luckily, the walk is an annual event.
So today I finished the quilt, went to see the baby (and was a bratty pill the whole time, edgy and wanting to leave and unable to feel particularly happy for them - AWFUL), put down grass seed, and drove in to Trader Joe's with my hobbling husband who was desperate to get out of the house.
A strange weekend, my friends. I feel guilty that I didn't hold the ladder. I feel like a terrible person because I was an inner bitch at my friend's happy day. And I didn't do my writing workshop homework and will have to hustle tomorrow. But at least I can gloat about finishing a baby quilt in 2 days.


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My Son is a set of ruins from the ancient Cham Empire in the central coast of Vietnam. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
My Son was built by the Champa kingdom which ruled south and central Vietnam from c200AD to c1700AD. Influenced by Hinduism, they built temple complexes up and down the area to honor their gods and to bury their kings. My Son, developed between the 4th century and the 13th century, is one of the better-preserved of these sites. Bricks were used to build the temples — without the aid of mortar — and sculptures of gods, priests, animals, and scenes of battle and devotion adorned the walls.
After the fall of the Champa, jungle began to reclaim the site. The temples had already fallen into disrepair by the 1960's, when the Viet Cong used My Son as a base. Unfortunately, that attracted American bombing, which destroyed or damaged many of the surviving temples. Evidence of the conflict can still be seen around the site. The area has, however, been cleared of leftover explosives. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999.
There are travel guides that compare My Son with Angkor Wat, Bagan and Borobudur. Historically, they have a point: in their time, these complexes were leading spiritual centers, and they have all fallen into a state of atmospheric ruin. However, the ruins at My Son are not as impressive as either of the aforementioned sites, for various reasons: the smaller scale of the original site, for example, the comparatively poor upkeep, and severe damage to the buildings from time and war. As such, they're not likely to wow anyone who's been to Angkor recently, but even so, the gorgeous jungle scenery may be worth the trip, and anyone who has an interest in Vietnamese history that doesn't involve America or France will be fascinated.
The energy of the Champa Kingdom lives in the feelings felt when visiting My Son. The layout of the Champa Kingdom with the temples (My Son), political capital (Tra Kieu) and commercial centre (Hoi An) and the offshore Cham Islands is based on the principles of feng shui.
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Do you know how to listen to God's voice and welcome the Lord?
By Jin Xin
Outside the window, the sky was somber, and snow still clung to the leafless trees; as the chill wind whistled past, the snowflakes were drifting down with the wind …
Within the rented room, Wenwen's heart was like the weather of winter—cold and gloomy. Having successively worked for several days, she was sitting motionless on the bed, with a perplexed and depressed look on her face. The working documents, various learning materials, and empty lunch-boxes lay scattered and free on the desk, and the waste papers were thrown everywhere; all of this seemed to be telling her troubles. In order to adjust her state, Wenwen turned on the music; immediately, the happy and pleasant melodies drifted out and filled the room. Yet, she was still agitated and felt sad for her condition. She couldn't help but sigh: "Well, we all are in the same company and doing the same job, but why is there such a big difference between my colleagues and me?" Then, her thoughts returned to a year before …
Wenwen was an ordinary office worker. A year ago, the company was planning an expansion program, and arranged for her to take charge of the planning and management of the newly added projects. At that time, she was overwhelmed with happiness, feeling that she had finally found the platform to represent herself. Although the new business projects were more difficult and challenging, she didn't feel any pressure at all. She thought to herself: I have been working in the company for years and am familiar with all aspects of business; moreover, I am young and have some special skill. If I, relying on these favorable conditions, work harder and study assiduously, it won't be difficult for me to achieve some results. If I can win recognition from leaders and obtain a key position in the company, how bright my prospects will be then! The more she thought, the happier she was.
The weather in early winter was a little cold, but Wenwen was insensible to the cold; rather, she felt wildly enthusiastic. In order to have those projects come into the market as soon as possible, she worked overtime to familiarize herself with the newly added business, leading her colleagues and subordinates to do market research and analysis, coming up with sale programs, promptly revisiting old clients and finding new ones, and expanding the marketing channels. … She seized every opportunity to establish business relations and improve her achievement. After a period of struggle, Wenwen thought that the projects she took charge of would soon be coming to the market and yield big profits, but she had never expected that her months of struggle would come to nothing, like steam vanishing after rising from boiling water. The products she pushed out were left without anybody to care for them; the whole sale programs she meticulously produced ended with failure; and the sales record of each platform was almost stalled at its starting point.
Such results dampened Wenwen's enthusiasm, causing her a strong feeling of frustration. Yet, she wasn't going to admit defeat easily. She adjusted her condition and encouraged herself: After all, the projects are new, so they can't be easily acknowledged by clients, just as the saying goes, "Everything's hard in the beginning"; but as "Human effort is the decisive factor," I believe that, relying on my long years of experience and rich professional knowledge, I will finally succeed. Afterward, Wenwen worked more selflessly. To improve her professional skill, she became extremely busy, turning to the Internet for information, buying various kinds of learning materials, and visiting her clients. However, after months of hard work, the result still chilled her—the projects she was responsible for were fairly lackluster. Facing the further blow, Wenwen felt disappointed, helpless, and downhearted. But since there was no turning back, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue struggling as always.
Another several months passed by. Wenwen, who wanted to change her fate and fulfill the value of her life, didn't have the projects make any progress and was demoted to a small position to sort out documents in the end. A losing streak gave Wenwen a heavy blow, making her sad and desperate. She didn't understand: I am not worse than others, but why is my hard work paid with such defeat? Some of my colleagues don't work as hard as me but can get higher achievements; some don't have much professional knowledge or experience, but can take important roles in the company. Why is fate so unfair to me? And why am I so unfortunate?
At that time, Wenwen, like an eagle with its wings broken, no longer had the courage to struggle. She felt her sky was gloomy, her life was grey, and all things she had were dreary. After a year's struggle, Wenwen went back to square one, and lived a hard life. In order not to delay the work, and to create an opportunity to rise again, she arranged a grueling schedule for herself, and even made a detailed plan for each time period of work. Perhaps it was her "perfect" plans that made the reality seem to be crueler. Every day she wracked her brains to work, but there was little improvement in her performance; as her brain often went blank, she had no idea how to deal with the documents, so that there was always a big backlog of documents to catch up on, and even the daily tasks couldn't be fulfilled.
The music stopped. It turned out that the last song in the playlist had come to an end. Wenwen returned to her senses all of a sudden, and then her eyes fell upon the waste papers on the floor. Thinking of the unsorted papers and unsolved problems, she sighed softly. Again, she fired up the computer, seeing a video named Unlock the Shackles of the Spirit; then she turned it on, and the clear scenes pictures came in sight.
As the plot went on, the main character's experience tightly grasped Wenwen's heart. She thought that she was unfortunate enough, yet there was someone whose circumstance was precisely the same as hers. While watching the main character's turning point in life, Wenwen's heavy heart was gradually lightened inside, as if a window had been opened in it. The words of God in the video struck her numb and broken heart. God's words say: "The fate of man is controlled by the hands of God. You are incapable of controlling yourself: Despite always rushing and busying about for himself, man remains incapable of controlling himself. If you could know your own prospects, if you could control your own fate, would you still be a creature?" "Man walked through the ages with God, yet man knows not that God rules the fate of all things and living beings or how God orchestrates and directs all things. This is something that has eluded man since time immemorial to the present day. As for the reason why, it is not because the ways of God are too elusive, or because the plan of God has yet to be realized, but because the heart and spirit of man are too distant from God. Therefore, even as man follows God, he unknowingly remains in the service of Satan. None actively seek out the footsteps or appearance of God, and none wish to exist in the care and keeping of God. Rather, they are willing to rely on the corrosion of Satan and the evil one in order to adapt to this world and to the rules of life the wicked mankind follows. At this point, the heart and spirit of man are sacrificed to Satan and become its sustenance. Moreover, the human heart and spirit become a place in which Satan can reside and a fitting playground for it. In this way, man unknowingly loses his understanding of the principles of being human, and of the worth and purpose of human existence. The laws from God and the covenant between God and man gradually fade away in man's heart and man no longer seeks or pays heed to God. As time passes, man no longer understands why God created man, nor does he understand the words that come from the mouth of God or realize all that is from God. Man begins to resist the laws and decrees from God; the heart and spirit of man become deadened…. God loses the man of His original creation, and man loses the root of his beginning. This is the sorrow of this mankind."
Reading God's words, Wenwen started to reflect on herself: Who exactly holds sovereignty over the fate of mankind? Is mankind really in control of its own fate? Thinking back, although I accepted God's kingdom gospel, I, like a glutton for work, have never read God's words in earnest; what I am thinking about in my daily life is how to improve my performance at work, and how to change my fate by knowledge and my own ability. I have followed my parents' teachings like "One's fate is in one's own hands," "Let's build a beautiful homeland with our own two hands," and "Human effort is the decisive factor," striving hard for years, and always desiring to use my knowledge and ability to change my fate. But faced with the ironclad fact, I have to admit that I am wrong. At that moment, Wenwen finally bowed her conceited head and from God's words, she came to understand: My fate is in the hand of God; I'm incapable of controlling my own fate; the dictums that I have always lived by, actually are lies and fallacies used by Satan to corrupt and beguile people. Satan uses them to control me, making me cast off God's sovereignty and arrangement, stray from and betray God; its purpose is to make me live under its domain and be ravaged and harmed by it at will. I was created by God, so I should submit to the Creator's sovereignty and arrangement over my fate, and live according to the life course destined by the Creator. But deeply deceived by Satan, I couldn't see clearly the fact that God rules the fate of man but took Satan's fallacies as treasures, so that with my ambition and desires growing, I struggled against God's sovereignty based on my own ability, hoping in vain to break away from it; thus I end up living in the deception and affliction of Satan. Under the guidance of God's words, Wenwen saw through Satan's sinister motive and despicable purpose, finding the root of her suffering.
Wenwen constantly watched the video, with her heart greatly enlightened and moved. She saw more of God's words: "When one does not comprehend fate, when one does not understand God's sovereignty, when one gropes forward willfully, staggering and tottering, through the fog, the journey is too difficult, too heartbreaking. So when people recognize God's sovereignty over human fate, the smart ones choose to know it and accept it, to bid farewell to the painful days when they tried to build a good life with their own two hands, instead of continuing to struggle against fate and pursue their so-called life goals in their own manner. When one has no God, when one cannot see Him, when one cannot clearly recognize God's sovereignty, every day is meaningless, worthless, miserable. Wherever one is, whatever one's job is, one's means of living and the pursuit of one's goals bring one nothing but endless heartbreak and irrelievable suffering, such that one cannot bear to look back. Only when one accepts the Creator's sovereignty, submits to His orchestrations and arrangements, and seeks true human life, will one gradually break free from all heartbreak and suffering, shake off all the emptiness of life."
God's words destroyed the fortress deep in her heart, tears blurring her sight. Scene after scene of her stubborn struggle against fate and repeated failures clearly appeared in front of her: She was born poor. She wasn't resigned to staying in the village and living a hard life as her parents, so she made up her mind to study hard to walk out of the countryside. However, she didn't take the college entrance exam because her father suddenly got a serious illness. Then she dropped out of school and returned home, working to support her family. Afterward, not reconciling herself to fate, she got into a technical school while working, wishing to change her life course by knowledge again. Nevertheless, as many of her fellow-villagers settled down in the city, she still wandered without a home. Countless times had she wept bitterly; countless times had she sighed deeply, and countless times had she felt sad to the extreme; only she herself knew the hardships and heartbreak behind her struggle. God's words, encompassing a thorough understanding of mankind and His comforting and expectations of mankind, warmed her heart. It turned out that when she stubbornly struggled against fate based on Satan's wrong life rules, God didn't lay her aside; instead, He guided her with His words to pull her feet out of the mire, and let her come back before Him, so that she could submit to the Creator's sovereignty and arrangement over her fate, and live out a meaningful life.
Wenwen was deeply moved by God's love. She couldn't help bursting into tears and knelt down before God: "Oh, God! I'm wrong. Without the guidance of Your words, it's too difficult and too heartbreaking for me to live. Now, I am willing to deliver my whole life into Your hands, and submit to Your sovereignty and arrangement over my fate." The fantastic thing was that when Wenwen prayed to and relied on God, she felt the presence and care of God. Then something suddenly dawned on her, and she finally figured out the solution to the problem which had been bothering her. At that moment, Wenwen was immersed in happiness and couldn't help but weep for joy, not only because the problem had been solved, but because she received the guidance of God, and felt long-awaited peace and assurance deep in her heart.
Outside the window, the wind disappeared unknowingly; the sun was high in the sky, and a ray of bright sunshine streamed through the window. Wenwen raised her head to look up to the sun, and at that moment, she felt warm inside, for she knew that the winter was going and the spring would be here soon.
All the glory be to God!
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Now just before you shy red after reading the title, or switch to another blog or inform the government to regulate my blog (good luck on that by the way), I ask you to hold your horses. First, we cannot deny that masturbation has tremendous benefits for the health, especially for men. For example, masturbating four times a week can reduce the chance of getting prostrate cancer by 25%. However, there are sometimes when little habits can go overboard.
I was reading a novel called "The Average American Male" that tells a story about your average American male (duh!) and in one of the chapters, the protagonist of the story has masturbated 4 times just before he went on a date. Now, I realize this is a fiction; however, after reading the readers' reviews and how they confirmed the reality of the novel, I thought this is the real deal: that American guys masturbate more than 4 times a day.
In order to feed the social psychologist in me, I ventured into a quest to find the real answer, and who is a better person to ask than your beloved American colleague. I started with James, who is famous for being a total playboy in the psychology department in my university.
Me: Say James, you do date a lot of women don't you?
James flashed his white teeth, brushed his golden blond hair, adjusted his fitted t-shirt that was so tight on his 2% body fat frame, and displayed his cheek dimples. He was brimming with confidence.
James: Yes, I declare that I am guilty at charge.
Me: Well, I was reading this novel, and in one of the chapters, the protagonist undergoes frenzy masturbation four times just before he went on a date. Do you confirm that's a regular habit you commit yourself?
James didn't take too much time thinking. With a big grin on his face, he answered.
James: I can definitely assert that I often masturbate 4 times a day but I never did it that many times before I went on a date. I think you gave me an idea for a great challenge to beat my friend.
Although I didn't get the exact answer I wanted to hear, but it was a positive start.
Me: Gee, thanks James.
James: No problem, my average looking friend.
Unsatisfied with the results that I obtained, I thought that I should ask my nerdy friend (and lab partner) Andrew if he can chip his two cents to the subject. You don't know, looks can be deceiving, I thought.
Me: Say Andrew, how often do you jerk off on a daily basis?
Andrew squirted his iced mocha all over the place.
Andrew: Say what?
Me: Oh sorry. How often do you ejaculate on a daily basis?
Andrew: I understood it the first time you idiot. What kinda question is that?
I explained thoroughly to Andrew my story. He looked at me bitterly.
Andrew: How should I know? I rarely get out of the lab that I cannot even afford to wonder on my own fantasies. Although…
Andrew suddenly grew excited.
Andrew: Once I was alone in the lab, I masturbated on a refractive lens and inspected it under the microscope. Dude, it's so cool. I finally got to see my boys alive and kicking.
I revolted. Picturing him doing that made me punch his face until he fainted. A single uppercut punch was enough to do that.
I wondered in the food court, trying to achieve some results for my hypothesis. I noticed a bunch of my female friends sitting in one of the tables. Even though my question deals with men, I thought I should ask them the same question and if they masturbate that often. Filled with confidence, I hippity hopped toward them with my burning question.
Me: Hi girls!
All: Hi Angelo!
Me: Say girls, I'm kinda conducing a survey in social psychology and I was wondering how often do you…
I couldn't ask the question. They are girls, and you don't ask this kind of question to girls. My integrity as a gentleman would be diminished. I thought to ask them a different innocent question.
Me: Do you go shopping on weekends?
Audrey, the leader of the group, raised from her chair looked at me with raging fire burning in her eyes.
Audrey: What kinda sexist question is that? What, do you think just because we are girls, all we care about shopping and sales? Men are such pigs.
Me: But I…
Audrey: And you know what? Thank God we love shopping. At least we get to work our bodies and burn some calories. All you men do is just jerking off like 4 times a day. You suck.
Audrey, all angered and agitated, left the table with her friends to the nearby junk store and bought dozens of double chocolate brownie to ease her stress. Despite I was declared a pig, she kind of answered my question in her ravishing, ultra feminist rant.
I halted my search for the day and decided to give it a rest for a while. Shortly after, my Kuwaiti friend called me over the cellphone and we started exchanging stories. I told him what I was doing that day. He made his hyper Kuwaiti laugh and without any hesitation, he replayed:
"Yam3aowad (I have no idea how translate that word to English), I masturbate like 5 times alone just when I take a shower".
Utter silence ensued…


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my friend Harry is 93 years old.
You, as I, grew up with the perception that Senators, Congressmen, Presidents were men of superior intellect, integrity, honesty -- and patriotism.
Now that I have observed them for years -- I realize they love MONEY more than COUNTRY -- political and financial wheeling-dealing for their districts before
country -- have little knowledge of even the first Commandment of any successful business "Thou Shalt Not Spend More Than You Earn".
I have developed a LOATHING and CONTEMPT for practically all Senators and Congress, the Dodds, the Barney Franks -- also, the COX's, the Paulson's, the Bernankes, the other financial swine who have brought us to the current mortgage, credit and other disasters -- with no end in sight.
The $700,000,000 'bail-out' is ROBBERY -- taking from the innocent taxpayer, to rescue the thieves who concocted the IMMORAL schemes like offering a home for 'no money or 3% down... no interest for a year" and a harmless looking "adjustable or fixed mortgage for 30 years".
These crooks and the MEN AND WOMEN IN CONGRESS who egged bankers and mortgage brokers to sell homes to poor people who were not credit-worthy should be investigated, prosecuted and the guilty sent to PRISON for outright fraud, with FULL RESTITUTION TO TAXPAYERS FROM THEIR PRIVATE HOLDINGS, NO MATTER WHERE HIDDEN --ONSHORE, OFFSHORE, IN THEIR WIVE'S BRAS!
To the home-hungry young buyer:
You want a home, don't have more than two children, roll up your sleeves, go out in the marketplce and work your ass off -- as we oldsters had to do in the 1930s.
It was not until 1945 that we were able to purchase a home (used) for $8500.
Today, prices and "expectations" and "entitlements" -- are growing -- goodies which never existed when I was young. Good bye, American prosperity. Prepare for a Third World lifestyle. The Age of Super-Entitlement is here, especially under Obama.
The Congressional morons who are going to "tax the rich", coddle the unions and make health-care available to everybody from cradle to grave -- are pushing us, indeed -- right into our economic graves.
Neither Obama nor McCain realize or mention that we have a MORE than
$10 TRILLION Federal Debt and NEVER mention the additional Dance of Death with communist China, N.A.F.T.A., etc. --- all 'losers" for the U.S.
On April 3, 2008, WMR reported on a highly-classified document regarding the martial law scenario:
WMR has learned from knowledgeable sources within the US financial community that an alarming confidential and limited distribution document is circulating among senior members of Congress and their senior staff members that is warning of a bleak future for the United States if it does not quickly get its financial house in order. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is among those who have reportedly read the document.
The document is being called the "C & R" document because it reportedly states that if the United States defaults on loans and debt underwriting from China, Japan, and Russia, all of which are propping up the United States government financially, and the United States unilaterally cancels the debts, America can expect a war that will have disastrous results for the United States and the world. "Conflict" is the "C word" in the document.
The other scenario is that the federal government will be forced to drastically raise taxes in order to pay off debts to foreign countries to the point that the American people will react with a popular revolution against the government. "Revolution" is the document's "R word.
- Koran Sura 5:51 commands Muslims not to take Jews and Christians (infidels) as friends
- Koran Sura 9:29 commands Muslims to fight against Jews and Christians until they either submit to Allah or die by the sword.
- Koran Sura 2:65-66 and Sura 5:60 contain references to Jews as "apes and swine to be despised and rejected."
- Obama's father, Barack Hussein Obama Sr., was a Muslim from Nyangoma-Kogel, Kenya and his step father was a Muslim from Indonesia.
- Obama's childhood mentor was a communist.
- Obama attended Muslim Basuki School and a Catholic school in Indonesia and his religion was registered as Muslim in both schools. Despite this overwhelming evidence, Obama insists he was never a Muslim.
- Obama has promised that in his first year of office, he will invite Iranian terrorist dictator Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the White House in order improve relations and relax trade restrictions with Iran. This would certainly lead to the sale of advanced American technology, which would enable Iran to develop nuclear bombs much more quickly.
- Obama is a supporter of Kenyan Muslim Raila Odinga, who recently lost in that country's election, and who wants to institute Islamic Sharia law as the law of that land. Raila claims to be Obama's first cousin.
- Obama wants Muslim terrorists in Guantanamo to have access to the American legal system. Note that these Guantanamo attorneys [who represent these terrorists pro bono] are supporting Obama.
- Obama's foreign policy advisors from the Carter Administration are notoriously anti-Israel and antisemitic.
- A non-profit organization with Obama on its board gave money to the terrorist-supporting Arab American Action Network, which favors Israel's destruction and is completely against America enforcing any of her immigration laws.
- Obama helped raise money for Muslim terrorist refugee camps in the Middle East.
- Obama has been endorsed by communist Daniel Ortega (former head of the Weather Underground organization), communist Tom Hayden, Jesse Jackson, and Muslim racist and antisemite Louis Farrakhan.
- Obama's National Campaign Cochairman is congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., a notorious racist and antisemite.
- Obama's Pastor, who Obama claims is his mentor, traveled with Muslim racist and antisemite Louis Farrakhan to Libya in 1984 to visit Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.
Oct 11, 3:47 AM (ET)
By MIKE ROBINSON
CHICAGO (AP) - Jailed political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, the Chicago real estate developer who helped launch Barack Obama on his political career, is whispering secrets to federal prosecutors about corruption in Illinois and the political fallout could be explosive.
Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose administration faces multiple federal investigations over how it handed out jobs and money with advice from Rezko, is considered the most vulnerable.
Rezko also was friendly with Obama - offering him a job when he finished law school, funding his earliest political campaigns and purchasing a lot next to his house. But based on the known facts, charges so far and testimony at Rezko's trial, there's no indication there'll be an October surprise that could hurt the Democratic presidential nominee - even though Rezko says prosecutors are pressing him for dirt about Obama.
"I think this strikes fear into the Blagojevich administration and the Statehouse Democrats but not into the Obama campaign," says state Sen. Kirk Dillard, R-Westmont, a John McCain delegate to the GOP convention but an old friend of Obama.
Rezko, 53, a real estate developer, was convicted in June of scheming to use his clout with the Blagojevich administration to squeeze $7 million in kickbacks out of a contractor and seven money management firms seeking to do business with the state.
Within two months, Rezko was seen in U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald's office, along with his attorneys.
There has been no official confirmation that Rezko is talking but his sentencing has been postponed indefinitely and both sides say they are going to "engage in discussions that could affect their sentencing postures."
"They never would have delayed the sentencing if he weren't talking - it's proof positive," said Jay Stewart, executive director of the Better Government Association of Chicago.
In addition, attorneys say federal investigators have been questioning Blagojevich contributions around the state using information that only Rezko could have supplied. Finally, courthouse personnel requesting anonymity because grand jury probes are secret said Rezko has been repeatedly brought from his cell to the U.S. attorney's office to talk to prosecutors.
Rezko could have a lot to tell. He has raised millions of dollars in campaign money for many Illinois politicians and according to federal prosecutors used his clout to control appointments to state boards.
Obama has sent to charity $159,000 that Rezko raised for his campaigns for the state legislature, the House and the Senate. Rezko raised nothing for Obama's White House run.
Obama's name came up in testimony at the trial four times, twice in connection with an obscure legislative memo, as a guest at a Rezko party and when defense attorney Joseph Duffy told jurors his client was a friend of the senator.
None of the witnesses accused the Democratic nominee for president of doing anything improper.
But questions concerning Obama's relationship with Rezko linger, particularly over Rezko's role in the purchase of the Obamas' home.
The two have known each other for years, starting when Rezko offered Obama a job after he graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991. Obama didn't take it, but a friendship developed.
The men talked politics frequently and occasionally dined together with their wives.
In 2005, the Obamas paid $1.65 million for their home near the University of Chicago. The sellers wanted a parcel they owned next door to sell on the same day, and Rezko's wife, Rita, was the buyer. At the request of the Obamas, Mrs. Rezko later sold them a 10-foot strip of land to enlarge their lot. They paid $104,500.
The deal took place while Rezko was under investigation and when details of the cozy relationship surfaced, Obama said it was a "bonehead" error to have asked for the additional land because it looked like he was getting a favor.
"I regret it," Obama said at the time. "I'm going to make sure that from this point on I don't even come close to the line."
McCain and vice running mate Sarah Palin have mentioned Rezko little if at all. But Republicans have aired a television ad focusing on Rezko. And McCain aides have repeatedly tweaked their opponent over the real estate deal in e-mails to reporters.
"We're delighted to have a debate on judgment with Barack Obama, who bought his million-dollar mansion in a shady deal with a convicted felon," McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said in August.
Blagojevich, meanwhile, got a black eye from the trial.
One witness testified that Blagojevich talked about hiring him for a major state job while his $25,000 donation to the governor's campaign fund was lying on the table.
Two attorneys testified that Blagojevich hinted that they could get lucrative state contracts if they raised money - possibly for a future White House campaign.
Obama's name has not surfaced in accounts of the investigation since the trial. But Rezko himself raised it in a letter to the judge months ago.
"Your Honor, the prosecutors have been overzealous in pursuing a crime that never happened," he wrote. "They are pressuring me to tell them the wrong things that I supposedly know about Gov. Blagojevich and Sen. Barack Obama."
Rescue the Old World Financial Order or Build a New One
DEBKAfile Special Analysis
October 11, 2008
Bush leaves G7 meeting on financial crisis
This weekend sees make-or-break efforts by Western finance ministers and international financial institutions to produce a plan that will drag their economies back into equilibrium before the world's markets open Monday, Oct. 13. They are working to the dread drumbeats of turmoil, panicky investors and looming recession, which some economists predict will be more disastrous than the 1930s slump which led to World War II.
Two major rescue plans for the banking and financial systems by the US and UK have fallen short of luring fleeing investors back to the markets. In seven black days, crashing global indexes led by Wall Street - which tumbled 18 percent and London by 21 percent - followed by Asia, wiped $4.5 trillion off share values world wide. In the UK, it was calculated that one person goes bankrupt every five minutes. Iceland's entire economy is bankrupt.
The plan on the G7's table is essentially to partially nationalize almost half of the Western banking system by buying up stakes in troubled banks or shoring up the banking system as a whole.
In their statement Saturday, the G7 said that they were working on a rescue package tailored for each country within a common framework that would include recapitalizing banks, ensuring strong deposit insurance to protect savers and restarting frozen credit and mortgage markets.
Many leading Western economists strongly doubt that these measures will do the trick. DEBKAfile's sources note that what the Americans and British have been aiming for until now is to restore investor confidence in the existing financial system by increasing credit, the lifeblood of economies based on the free market.
But matters have gone too far for what is essentially a patching up job. The upheavals of the last two weeks have demonstrated that the entire system is discredited. Trust has been suspended not only in the financial system but in the ability of political leaders to come up with solutions to protect the individual investor and taxpayer.
The partial nationalization of banks in the US and Europe breaks with the rules of the free market, of which the United States is the global epitome - a major factor in its superpower status. While Asia has prospered by embracing free-market practices, resentment is deepening over its shortcomings for which the US is blamed.
The Columbia University Nobel-prize winning economist, Prof. Joseph Stiglitz told the Washington Post : "People around the world once admired us for our economy and we told them if you want to be like us, here's what you have to do – hand over power to the market. The point now is that no one has respect for that kind of model anymore given this crisis."
And of course it raises questions about our credibility. Everyone feels they are suffering because of us."
The only Western leader to address this problem head-on was Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. At a government session in Rome, Oct. 10, he revealed: "The idea of suspending the markets for the time it takes to rewrite new rules is being discussed." Berlusconi added: "They can't just be for one country, or even just for Europe, but global."
This remark was quickly retracted after a phone call from the White House in Washington, according to our sources, because it opens up the even more problematic question of who is competent to lead the rewriting of the rules. However, the IMF, high priest of the gospel that the market knows best, has already turned around and is calling for more international regulation and oversight on global finance, a further retreat from its basic tenets.
The looming leadership vacuum is fueling financial fears. The US president George W. Bush's presidency ends in January, Canada faces an election next week, Japan is on its third prime minister in a year; Britain's Gordon Brown is fighting sliding opinion polls.
Who will therefore lead the transition to a different, or even amended, world financial order? And how credible would a G7 or EU consensus be, given that so many major economic powers including China, Russia, India and Brazil, were excluded from their counsels?
Israel is suffering its own leadership crisis.
Friday night, Ronnie Bar-On, finance minister in the caretaker government headed by Ehud Olmert, went on record again as declaring that Israel's banks and financial institutions are solid. No Israeli bank is threatened with collapse, he insisted.
The corporate leaders (Lev Leviev, Eliezer Fishman and Nohi Dankner), whose bonds have plummeted on the Tel Aviv stock exchange, are equally sound and will recover, the finance minister stressed. As for the savers, who have lost 15-20 percent of their assets, they should not complain, said the minister, because in past years their value doubled. All he was willing to admit was that a new period was at hand.
By continuing to pour oil, the minister was gambling. The Tel Aviv Stock exchange opens for business Sunday, Oct. 12, after a six-day suspension due to Yom Kippur running into Saturday. It is unlikely that this market will sail unscathed through the global turbulence. Bar-On may have reason to regret that he did not announce an emergency plan in good time to protect savers and holders of pension funds, if not the banks.
Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961
Public Papers of the Presidents, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1960, p. 1035- 1040
My fellow Americans:
Three days from now, after half a century in the service of our country, I shall lay down the responsibilities of office as, in traditional and solemn ceremony, the authority of the Presidency is vested in my successor.
This evening I come to you with a message of leave-taking and farewell, and to share a few final thoughts with you, my countrymen.
Like every other citizen, I wish the new President, and all who will labor with him, Godspeed. I pray that the coming years will be blessed with peace and prosperity for all.
Our people expect their President and the Congress to find essential agreement on issues of great moment, the wise resolution of which will better shape the future of the Nation.
My own relations with the Congress, which began on a remote and tenuous basis when, long ago, a member of the Senate appointed me to West Point, have since ranged to the intimate during the war and immediate post-war period, and, finally, to the mutually interdependent during these past eight years.
In this final relationship, the Congress and the Administration have, on most vital issues, cooperated well, to serve the national good rather than mere partisanship, and so have assured that the business of the Nation should go forward. So, my official relationship with the Congress ends in a feeling, on my part, of gratitude that we have been able to do so much together.
We now stand ten years past the midpoint of a century that has witnessed four major wars among great nations. Three of these involved our own country. Despite these holocausts America is today the strongest, the most influential and most productive nation in the world. Understandably proud of this pre-eminence, we yet realize that America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human betterment.
Throughout America's adventure in free government, our basic purposes have been to keep the peace; to foster progress in human achievement, and to enhance liberty, dignity and integrity among people and among nations. To strive for less would be unworthy of a free and religious people. Any failure traceable to arrogance, or our lack of comprehension or readiness to sacrifice would inflict upon us grievous hurt both at home and abroad.
Progress toward these noble goals is persistently threatened by the conflict now engulfing the world. It commands our whole attention, absorbs our very beings. We face a hostile ideology -- global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose, and insidious in method. Unhappily the danger is poses promises to be of indefinite duration. To meet it successfully, there is called for, not so much the emotional and transitory sacrifices of crisis, but rather those which enable us to carry forward steadily, surely, and without complaint the burdens of a prolonged and complex struggle -- with liberty the stake. Only thus shall we remain, despite every provocation, on our charted course toward permanent peace and human betterment.
Crises there will continue to be. In meeting them, whether foreign or domestic, great or small, there is a recurring temptation to feel that some spectacular and costly action could become the miraculous solution to all current difficulties. A huge increase in newer elements of our defense; development of unrealistic programs to cure every ill in agriculture; a dramatic expansion in basic and applied research -- these and many other possibilities, each possibly promising in itself, may be suggested as the only way to the road we wish to travel.
But each proposal must be weighed in the light of a broader consideration: the need to maintain balance in and among national programs -- balance between the private and the public economy, balance between cost and hoped for advantage -- balance between the clearly necessary and the comfortably desirable; balance between our essential requirements as a nation and the duties imposed by the nation upon the individual; balance between actions of the moment and the national welfare of the future. Good judgment seeks balance and progress; lack of it eventually finds imbalance and frustration.
The record of many decades stands as proof that our people and their government have, in the main, understood these truths and have responded to them well, in the face of stress and threat. But threats, new in kind or degree, constantly arise. I mention two only.
A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment. Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction.
Our military organization today bears little relation to that known by any of my predecessors in peacetime, or indeed by the fighting men of World War II or Korea.
Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. But now we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense; we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions. Added to this, three and a half million men and women are directly engaged in the defense establishment. We annually spend on military security more than the net income of all United States corporations.
This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence -- economic, political, even spiritual -- is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.
Akin to, and largely responsible for the sweeping changes in our industrial-military posture, has been the technological revolution during recent decades.
In this revolution, research has become central; it also becomes more formalized, complex, and costly. A steadily increasing share is conducted for, by, or at the direction of, the Federal government.
Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers.
The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present
- and is gravely to be regarded.
Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientifictechnological elite.
It is the task of statesmanship to mold, to balance, and to integrate these and other forces, new and old, within the principles of our democratic system -- ever aiming toward the supreme goals of our free society.
Another factor in maintaining balance involves the element of time. As we peer into society's future, we -- you and I, and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.
Down the long lane of the history yet to be written America knows that this world of ours, ever growing smaller, must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.
Such a confederation must be one of equals. The weakest must come to the conference table with the same confidence as do we, protected as we are by our moral, economic, and military strength. That table, though scarred by many past frustrations, cannot be abandoned for the certain agony of the battlefield.
Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative. Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose. Because this need is so sharp and apparent I confess that I lay down my official responsibilities in this field with a definite sense of disappointment. As one who has witnessed the horror and the lingering sadness of war -- as one who knows that another war could utterly destroy this civilization which has been so slowly and painfully built over thousands of years -- I wish I could say tonight that a lasting peace is in sight.
Happily, I can say that war has been avoided. Steady progress toward our ultimate goal has been made. But, so much remains to be done. As a private citizen, I shall never cease to do what little I can to help the world advance along that road.
So -- in this my last good night to you as your President -- I thank you for the many opportunities you have given me for public service in war and peace. I trust that in that service you find some things worthy; as for the rest of it, I know you will find ways to improve performance in the future.
You and I -- my fellow citizens -- need to be strong in our faith that all nations, under God, will reach the goal of peace with justice. May we be ever unswerving in devotion to principle, confident but humble with power, diligent in pursuit of the Nation's great goals.
To all the peoples of the world, I once more give expression to America's prayerful and continuing aspiration:
We pray that peoples of all faiths, all races, all nations, may have their great human needs satisfied; that those now denied opportunity shall come to enjoy it to the full; that all who yearn for freedom may experience its spiritual blessings; that those who have freedom will understand, also, its heavy responsibilities; that all who are insensitive to the needs of others will learn charity; that the scourges of poverty, disease and ignorance will be made to disappear from the earth, and that, in the goodness of time, all peoples will come to live together in a peace guaranteed by the binding force of mutual respect and love.
TV ad features Obama mocking Bible
Candidate's 'Fight the Smears' site tries to bury video documentation
Posted: October 10, 2008
11:30 pm Eastern
By Drew Zahn
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
Screen shot from Obama's 'Fight the Smears' website
A television commercial showing clips of Sen. Barack Obama mocking the Bible has prompted backlash from the candidate's "Fight the Smears" website, which falsely accuses the ad's creator of trying to scam Christians out of their money by promising to air a spot that will never be broadcast.
Under the heading "Scamming the faithful," Obama's official website says of the man who made the commercial, "The trickster's claims about Barack's faith are every bit as false as his claims that this amateurish video is really a TV ad."
WND has confirmed, however, that – true to his word – the ad's creator purchased air time for the commercial on television stations in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. Sources at WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh and a cable company servicing Erie told WND that the ad had been aired on several occasions.
Nonetheless, in an Oct. 3 update to "Scamming the Faithful," the Obama website maintains its attack of the commercial's creator, Stephen Marks of the organization pH for America.
"Nothing has changed here," reads the Oct. 3 update, "The scammer is still untrustworthy. … Making scams seem plausible is what tricksters like him are known for. In the end, he's even less credible now than he was when he first started taking people's money."
"It is ironic indeed," responded Marks in a statement, "that this so-called 'Fight the Smears' website (is) not fighting smears but creating them."
Get "The Audacity of Deceit: Barack Obama's War on American Values"
Marks insists that every dollar he has raised through his website and the appeal for support at the end of the ad "has gone to pay for the media buys and minimal production costs." Marks also claims that that pH for America purchased a television as a gift for the Obama campaign "so they can watch the TV and see the ads airing for themselves."
Made into both a one-minute and two-minute commercial format, the shorter of the two advertisements can be seen here:


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Tuesday, July 3, 2007
ADAM is almost free
It's time to celebrate. Adam will be released from the prison of the body cast on Monday. Yes that is just 6 days away. I can't believe how fast this healing time went.
I am so proud of my little Bubba for never losing his JOY through this. As you can see in these pictures even bed bound he managed to have fun, laugh and be happy. We can learn alot from this remarkable little boy.
Now once he is free I hope we can get him interested in potty training.
It never ends, does it? LOL
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The state of Iowa is the nation's number one leading producer of ethanol. This fact is a source of pride for many Iowan workers. While our state is the nation's leader in renewable fuels, we should also be concerned with the safety of ethanol workers.
Just across the Iowa border in Hudson, South Dakota, a 38-year-old pipefitter died as a result of fatal burn injuries at an ethanol plant. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued five serious safety violations earlier this month to the employer as a result of the worker's death.
Ethanol fires are the most well-known occupational safety hazards in the industry. OSHA cited the plant for failing to inform contractors of ethanol processing risks, failure to implement written shutdown procedures and failure to ensure safe work practices. The facility and employer were fined nearly $100,000 by OSHA for the worker's death.
As demonstrated by the story above, ethanol fires are dangerous and can result in life-threatening injuries. The law allows employees and their loved ones to seek worker's compensation claims against an employer for injuries suffered in the workplace.
Taking on a company that otherwise provided a livelihood for your family can be a daunting task. With the help of a workman's compensation and personal injury attorney who understands your physical pain and emotional stress, you can gain access to the care you deserve.


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Last night, Cara Delevingne attended the Hollywood premiere of her new movie Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets wearing a silver dress straight out of a sci-fi fanboy's wet dream. That's right, move over, Princess Leia in the gold bikini, there's a new metallic sheriff in town.
The dress, created by Dutch designer Iris van Herpen for her latest couture show in Paris, doesn't just look like metal, it actually is metal—huge pieces of cut and twisted metal that have been molded to fit a human body. Or maybe they are wires wrapped around a frame of more wires. It's hard to say for sure. The point is, this is a metal dress with what look like tons of very sharp edges pressed against very soft skin, and if that doesn't give you the willies at least a little bit, then you must be a surgeon or some kind of inhuman cyborg.
Upon closer inspection, it is obvious that the dress is lined in a fine, skin-toned mesh. That's comforting. At least Cara has something between her body and that bouquet of razor-blades she's wearing.
How is she supposed to sit through a movie in that dress though? There's no way, right? And what if she has to go to the bathroom? You can't exactly scrunch up a dress like that around your waist and pop a squat, can you? I wonder if this dress comes with a pair of wire cutters in case you need to make a speedy exit? Probably not. In that case, you probably just have to stand there and accept your fate.
Bless you, Cara. You brave, brave soul, you.
This article originally appeared on Cosmopolitan.com. Minor edits have been made by the Cosmo.ph editors.


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