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The existence of suffering, or "problem" of suffering as it's known in philosophy, is a puzzling and unavoidable fact of reality. Nobody questions that we suffer, the question is, "Why do we suffer?" This question has weighed heavily on the minds of human beings since the dawn of our existence. The answer to this question is found in how we view reality, more specifically, in how we view human beings. This isn't to say that the answer is only relative to our personal beliefs, but that if suffering does have meaning, then its meaning must be bound up with the rest of reality. To help us understand suffering more clearly, let's use Jesus' parable about Lazarus and the rich man as a model, and consider how four different world views would understand the story. The question we need to keep in mind while examining these four different world views is: What is a human being?
There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, full of sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried; and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom. And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.' But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.' And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.' And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' He said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead' (Lk 16:19-31).Buddhism
Let's begin with Buddhism. Siddhartha Gautama (who is considered the original Buddha) founded an entire philosophy-religion (neither term describes Buddhism exactly) on the idea of suffering (dukkha), so surely he can provide us with some insights. Buddha believed that all suffering is the result of ignorance and attachment. This ignorance is of the fact that there is no human "self," and this attachment is a craving for the permanence of the self and the material world. Buddha then discerned a way by which one could eliminate all suffering – by eliminating all desire. In an effort to eliminate the effect, suffering, he had to eliminate the cause, desire. That's an awfully high price to pay, considering how deeply our desires are engrained into our human nature. Buddha believed that ignorance resulted from "grasping at what you can't have" and "avoiding what you cannot avoid," and yet the whole purpose of the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhism is an attempt to grasp at what one cannot have–a life free of all suffering–and to avoid what one cannot avoid–suffering–even if achieving this means viewing all of physical reality as an illusion. When trying to understand reality, we naturally seek to have a clear picture of everything, to come up with an explanation that takes into account all of the data. The problem with Buddhism then is that it does not account for all of the data. A good Buddhist would try to relieve Lazarus' suffering by helping him realize that his body is an illusion. This seems to be an extreme case of "throwing the baby out with the bathwater." Most people, especially those educated in Western countries, simply can't accept the idea that the world around them, which they experience constantly and directly through their senses, is an illusion. It is no coincidence that the physical sciences failed to take root for so long in Eastern countries; the total skepticism towards any knowledge derived from observation, which consists of sensory data, is directly opposed to the scientific method (for more on this topic, see my post, "How to Suck at Your Critique of Religion").
Next, let's consider how a Hindu would see Lazarus in the parable. Lazarus would be considered one of the Dalits, or "outcastes." In the traditional Hindu caste system, people are understood to suffer more or less based on which caste they're in, which is determined by the amount of "karma" they have accumulated in their past lives. In order to achieve moksha (liberation) from the Samsara (reincarnation) cycle, a person must "burn off" all of their karma through suffering, which might take literally thousands of lifetimes. With this understanding, any attempt to relieve the suffering of another person would be seen as an interference, since doing so would only prevent them from burning off their karma, and so ultimately prolong their suffering. The Dalits are so low in the Hindu view of human beings that they are not even part of a caste, hence the term,"out-castes." For centuries, approximately 25% of the Indian population were considered to be Dalits, until about 60 years ago when the Indian government abolished the caste system. Unfortunately, there is evidence that the caste mindset is still very much present in India today. From the standpoint of history, we know that every widespread violation of basic human dignity and rights has been made possible by the redefining of a group, class, or race of people as "subhuman" or even "non-human." The fact that this redefinition is even necessary testifies to the universal truth of morality that is written on the heart of every person. Knowing this, along with our human tendency to justify our behavior whenever possible, it's easy to see how the Hindu caste mentality can be a tempting ideology (if suffering is what liberates people, then I'm not obligated to help relieve their suffering). However, if the way we view human beings clashes with our natural inclinations to ensure justice and relieve suffering, then we should reevaluate our world view – not disregard our inclinations. The best Hindu advice on how to treat Lazarus would be, "Ignore him, he needs to burn off his karma." Somehow, this just sounds like a cop out, because instead of motivating us to help the suffering people who we encounter, it simply lets us off the hook and enables us to be selfish. The Hindu solution to the problem of suffering is a very human one.
Now, let's have a word for our non-believing friends, the atheists. First, let's answer our guiding question, "What is a human being?" from an atheist standpoint. Who better to speak for atheism than Bertrand Russell? Russell was a British mathematician, logician, philosopher, author, and one of the most influential atheists of the twentieth century. He wrote the following about what a human being is:
Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that no fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought and feeling, can preserve an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labors of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius, are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system, and that the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the débris of a universe in ruins—all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet so nearly certain, that no philosophy which rejects them can hope to stand. Only within the scaffolding of these truths, only on the firm foundation of unyielding despair, can the soul's habitation henceforth be safely built (Free Man's Worship)."...no philosophy which rejects them can hope to stand." Since the dawn of the twentieth century when Russell wrote this, the number of people who attend church services regularly in modern countries has indeed decreased, along with the number of people who identify with a particular religious tradition or denomination. However, Russell probably would have been shocked (and disappointed) if he were still alive today, because the number of people who claim to be atheists has barely increased in modern countries, and hasn't increased at all on a global scale. Theistic philosophies still dominate the world, and they don't appear to be going anywhere anytime soon. However, the question still remains to be answered – was Russell right? Are we nothing more than collections of matter resulting from blind and random purely physical processes? Without getting into a lenthy philosophical discussion about materialism and naturalism, let's limit ourselves for the time being to the implications of holding such a world view.
An atheist cannot describe suffering as being objectively "worse" than happiness, because in his view,"suffering" and "happiness" are just labels that human beings created to describe reality. In the case of happiness, this set of neurons is firing in the brain, in the case of suffering, a different set of neurons is firing. Once you begin to describe one scenario as "better" than the other, you have stepped into the realm of value and meaning, which cannot be real and objective in a purely material universe. Atoms are not good or evil, true or false, so neither is a collection of them, however intricate and complicated their arrangement may be. If atheism is true, then Lazarus, while we might label him as a "human being" who has "dignity" and the "right to life," is really nothing more than a collection of matter, a group of chemical reactions that happen to be existing together in the same location. Therefore, for a consistent atheist, the most humane thing to do with Lazarus would be to either ignore him or to put him out of his misery, since he otherwise might become a burden to other "collections of matter." We do this with our pets all the time, and it's usually considered loving and merciful – why not with human beings? What makes killing them so wrong? Dostoyevsky famously summarized this in his epic novel, The Brothers Karamazov:
If God does not exist, all things are permissible.If reading this makes you recoil, that's good – it means that you haven't lost your sense of humanity. The reason that our conscience has the authority to command us to sympathize with, assist, and love our fellow human beings, even when doing so does not provide us with any perceivable advantage in terms of survival, is because our conscience is not simply a biological faculty. The realm of morality is so evident and immediately experienced by us that only very intelligent people are usually clever enough to fool themselves into believing it doesn't exist. By asserting that human beings are nothing more than matter, the atheist inadvertently denies the existence of human personhood. If suffering, along with all human efforts to explain and understand it, is nothing more than a material phenomenon, then the answer to the question of why we suffer is, "There is no answer, suffering is as meaningless as the rest of reality."
Now that we've examined the problem of suffering from the standpoint of three other world views, let's answer the question, "How would a Christian see Lazarus?" One of the luxuries of the Christian world view is that, when determining how a Christian should see something, one need only answer, "How would Christ see this?" Jesus Christ did not claim simply to know a way to happiness, or the truth, or what constitutes authentic human living. He claimed to be "the way, the truth, and the life" (Jn 14:6). If Jesus is the truth, what is his answer to the problem of suffering? His answer comes not in word, but in action:
Christ Jesus...though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross (Php 2:5-7).When Jesus' friend Lazarus (not the same guy from the above parable) died, even though Jesus had the power to raise him from the dead, and even though he must have ultimately known the meaning and value of suffering, his reaction was described in just two words: "Jesus wept" (Jn 11:35). Those two words tell us a tremendous amount about what God thinks about human suffering. It is difficult. Being optimistic, knowing the temporary nature of the suffering, and even knowing its cause does not make enduring it easy. This is why even Christ prayed that he wouldn't have to suffer his passion and death: "Father, if thou art willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done" (Lk 22:42). One of the unfortunate effects of limiting your view of reality to only material or natural explanations is that it closes your mind off to one of the most powerful and uniquely human capacities – the ability to recognize symbols. A symbol is something that points beyond itself, that has its meaning outside of itself. You can see a simple yet profound and beautiful example of this right now as you read this sentence – language. Like the words of a love poem, a captivating novel, or the lyrics of a beautiful hymn, everything in the physical world, suffering included, points to something beyond itself. All of reality is like a story, and that suffering, an ever present and undeniable part of that reality, should have meaning simply fits the narrative better. Other world views try to downplay or even deny suffering, Christianity transforms it. Christ did not come to rescue us from the suffering of this life, as if suffering were something to be avoided at all costs, but to plunge us deeper into the mystery of it, since entering fully into that mystery is the key to unlocking the meaning of life. If God exists, and he is all-knowing, all-good, and all-powerful, then the reason we suffer must be because we need to. However, God does not leave us to fend for ourselves, even in this life. By the Incarnation of God in the person of Jesus Christ, and by his death and resurrection, we can have the sure hope that our suffering has meaning, and that God is capable of bringing good out of even the worst sufferings in our lives. Saint Paul, who suffered terrible persecution and was eventually beheaded for his faith in Christ, had the following to say about suffering:
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us (Rm 8:18).
Not worth comparing. How could Saint Paul say that? Did he live a sheltered life or something? Was he just delusional? No. He could say it because he had come into contact with infinite love, with Love itself – Jesus Christ. In the face of infinite love, finite suffering is literally "not worth comparing." At the end of his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder spelled out the two possible explanations of the problem of suffering in the following way:
Some say that we shall never know, and that to the gods we are like flies that boys kill on a summer day, and others say that the very sparrows do not lose a feather that has not been brushed away by the finger of God.Both cannot be true. How do we live our lives? Do we trust that God is ultimately in control and that Saint Paul was correct in saying that "in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose?" (Rm 8:28). Let's ask God to give us the grace to trust him with everything, even with the suffering in our life, which too often confuses us and makes us doubt his infinite love for us.
† Under the Mercy,
Chris Trummer
Catholic Biblical Association (Great Britain). The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition. New York: National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, 1994. Print.
Russell, Bertrand. Free Man's Worship. 1903.
Wilder, Thornton. The Bridge of San Luis Rey. 1927.


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Since President Obama announced a rapprochement with Cuba in 2014, a renewed interest in the island nation has emerged: What was once off-limits to scores of curious American travelers was suddenly available, and cruise lines, airlines, and hoteliers leaped at the chance to grab a piece of Cuba's assured tourism fortune.
In Miami, a thawing of relations with the Cuban government has been met with both widespread criticism and praise. Older generations of Cuban exiles scorned the administration's decision to
Miami's cultural institutions have rarely shied away from exploring the Cuban diaspora and experience, but three local institutions this summer are homing in on Cuban art and culture. Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), the Sagamore Hotel in Miami Beach, and the Pompano Beach Cultural Center
Dissecting that experience involves exploring a diverse set of viewpoints, from a renegade generation of Cuban artists credited with shaping Cuba's current contemporary art panorama, to emerging artists still living and working on the island.
"We wanted to revisit the origin of contemporary art in Cuba by exhibiting a generation of Cuban artists who were born in the '50s and came up under Castro's regime," says Sebastien Laboureau, the art adviser overseeing the Sagamore exhibition, "Cuban Artists: The Prodigious Generation," on view through August. Presenting works by renowned Cuban artists such as José Bedia and Ruben Torres Llorca, the exhibition focuses on celebrating pioneering Cuban artists, credited with sparking the '80s wave of political dissent and exodus.
"In the contemporary art world, we are seeing a huge surge of Cuban contemporary art into the international arena," says Byron Swartz, the curator of "Shipwrecked of Reason: A Half Century of Cuban Art," an exhibition displaying the work of more than 20 contemporary Cuban artists, including José Manuel Fors, Roberto Fabelo, and Alberto Lescay. The show runs through July at the Pompano Beach Cultural Center. "Reputable galleries and international auction houses are paying particular attention to artists out of Cuba as these artists seem to be influencing the contemporary art world and shaping its outcome," Swartz says.
Presented in partnership with the Latin American Art Pavilion, "Shipwrecked of Reason" is the debut show of the newly established PBCC. The exhibition's title refers to Cuba's geographic context as an island nation surrounded — and perhaps isolated — by water.
That concept, a recurring theme throughout these exhibitions, is explored in La Guardaraya. Sandra Ramos' painting, on display at the Pompano Beach Cultural Center, depicts a lush-green female figure against a sapphire-blue background. Her arms and legs are outstretched to resemble the shape of Cuba; menacing black bars trap the girl/island. At the Sagamore, Humberto Castro's mixed-media Tracing Antillas (2012) depicts a soulless blue horizon; the crashing of waves is the only semblance of movement on a projected image of the Caribbean
Part literal and part metaphorical, water has moored millions of Cubans since the beginning of Castro's 1959 revolution: those who can't leave for financial reasons, those who won't leave out of fear, and those who refuse to leave and remain trapped in their own convictions. But the idea that some new reality might be just out of reach was the impetus for "On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art From the Jorge M. Pérez Collection," an exhibition showing the work of exiled Cubans and emerging artists still living on the island. With more than 170 works in the collection, PAMM will present the show in three waves; works will rotate in and out of the show every three months until its closing in April 2018.
This recurring motif — water — might seem like
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Though it might be a coincidence that these three exhibitions are running simultaneously, it's no doubt an opportunity to consider the tenuous backstory of Cuba before taking a trip to the island. In exploring artistic works offering contradicting assessments of the island over the past six decades, one might just find that the allure of Cuba goes far deeper than decaying pastel buildings and vintage cars.
"Cuban Artists: The Prodigious Decade"
Through August 31 at the Sagamore Hotel, 1671 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. Admission is free. Visit sagamoresouthbeach.com.
"On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art From the Jorge M. Pérez Collection"
Through April 8 at Pérez Art Museum Miami, 1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami. Admission costs $16 for adults and $12 for seniors, students, and youth ages 7 to 18; active U.S. military, museum members, and children under 6 get in free. Visit pamm.org.
"Shipwrecked of Reason: A Half Century of Cuban Art"
Through July 31 at the Pompano Beach Cultural Center, 50 W. Atlantic Blvd., Pompano Beach. Admission is free. Visit ccpompano.org.

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Top Reasons Why Your Food Processing Business Needs Vision Inspection And Average Quantity Control
Did you know that on a yearly basis, around 7 billion US dollars are spent to resolve product recall issues? With its negative impact on publicity, firms, especially in the food and beverage industry, make it a point that their products undergo vision inspection and average quality control to ensure safety and accuracy.
After all, not only is product recall an expensive concern to address, it is also a significant reason why consumers choose one brand over the other — according to consumer reports, nearly 60 percent of consumers stop patronizing a brand once it becomes linked with a recall issue.
The main reasons behind a recall include microbiological contamination, labeling issue, processing defect, and physical and chemical contamination among others.
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Vision Inspection and Average Quality Control: Advantages
From accuracy to flexibility, here are some of the best reasons why your food processing business should need to invest in vision inspection and average quality control.
Minimizing the possibility of encountering human errors, a machine vision technology significantly aids in ensuring that the products it inspects comply or match with the criteria you've set. From the production to the processing stage, this system uses a consistently objective approach in analyzing the quality of your products.
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Machine vision systems allow you to define and input a particular set of criteria determining whether a product is a go or a no. This is what makes them a flexible companion that can assist in inspecting an item's degree of ripeness, spoilage, and color.
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The Mountains of Morning are a long mountain range where the dragons, their current princesses and some giants live.
The mountains have no inherent magic of their own, though magical creatures and plantlife (such as dragonsbane) can live and thrive there.
Locations within the mountains include:
- Dragons' caves. There is a massive network of tunnels, linking most of the caves to one another.
- Entrances to the Caves of Fire and Night.
- The Pass of the Dragons, an old path between the mountains and the Enchanted Forest.
- The Pass of Silver Ice, which is near Kazul's cave and is where Cimorene first met the wizard Zemenar. Dragons can fly through it, but there's also a slender ledge where smaller-sized beings can walk.
- Flat Top Mountain, home of the giants Dobbilan and Ballimore.
- Vanishing Mountain, the end point of the trials to become King of the Dragons.
The mountains are frequently visited by a variety of beings, including:
- Knights and princes, who come to rescue the princesses held by the dragons. The dragons view them mostly as nuisances.
- Wizards. For a long time, the King of the Dragons had an arrangement with the Society of Wizards, allowing them to enter the caves at certain times, but this was cancelled following the death of King Tokoz and the coronation of Kazul.
- Dwarves, who use certain places within the Caves of Fire and Night to forge magic swords. They also created some of the dragons' caves.
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Very often we hear people say 'when I become a VP, I will have finally achieved my dream and be happy and content', or 'when I finally buy my dream house, I will be really happy.' And in this way, years go by and we are still waiting for that moment of happiness to come by.
Most of us forget that happiness is an emotional state of mind. Buying a flat or a car or getting promoted, winning a competition are all amazing life experiences that we should enjoy. But do they really give us happiness? Or is it a temporary state of bliss and excitement?
In the world we live in, we are constantly chasing one thing after the other, in order to better our lives with the ultimate goal of happiness. We all wish to be happy – you, me, our neighbors, enemies, bosses, subordinates etc. We attend spiritual courses, seminars, workshops, read books, meditate, shop, take luxury holidays etc. and yet we are still finding and searching for true happiness.
If happiness were readily available in a shop, I am sure it would be the highest selling item of all times. Supply would always run short of demand not matter what be the price. So how can we find this happiness, free of cost and at all time? Is it possible?
Let's think of common occurrences in all our lives and the feelings they bring to us.
1. Situation- Waking up early morning and thanking God for a new day. See the break of dawn hear the birds chirp, smell the leaves still dewy fresh.Feeling - Wonder, Awe, Beauty, Peace, Tranquility
Feeling - Wonder, Awe, Beauty, Peace, Tranquility
2.Situation– A couple in love, walking on the beach, holding hands and staring into each other's eyes
Feeling – Romance, Love, Affection, Passion
3. Situation– A parent expecting their first child
Feeling – Awe, Wonder, Happiness, Joy, Love, Marvel, Delight
4. Situation– A child holding his parents hand and walking on the road
Feeling – Protection, Care, Comfort, Love,
5. Situation– A child performing on stage for the first time
Feeling – Excitement, Delight, Joy, Anticipation
6. Situation– A holiday on the beach or forest or hill station
Feeling – Relaxation, Peace, Oneness with nature, Beauty
7. Situation– First day in college
Feeling - Excitement, Anticipation, Enthusiasm
8. Situation- First day at in a new job
Feeling – Anticipation, Eagerness
9. Situation– Catching up with old friends after a long time
Feeling – Happiness, Delight, Relaxation
10. Situation– Feeding a poor child of the road
Feeling – Joy, Happiness, Love
And the list goes on and on and on.
I am sure a lot of us have experienced most of these moments sometime or the other and can relate to them. The important thing to realize is that these are the moments that brought us are real, unadulterated happiness and joy. These are the moments that were completely free of cost, but rich in love and beauty, surrounded by family and friends who love us.
It is sad today that we live in a materialistic world. Not that I am criticizing material comforts. They are there for us to enjoy. I love going on foreign holidays, eating out, dressing fancy. But the moment we make them our sole focus, and means to happiness, that's when we lose control over ourselves and let others take control over us.
I have often wondered, about why people feel the need to show off to others, or why do people envy others. Is it because we are insecure of ourselves and need a material item like a big car, of a penthouse to hide up our insecurity? There are people who change cars and gadgets as fast as they change clothes. The joy or excitement of a new car lasts 1 -2 weeks. Post that it is just like any other car stuck on the potholed, traffic jammed roads of the city, moving as slow or as fast as the rest. Few months later, bored with our now old car, we start looking for something else to bring us happiness. This is when our need to impress others takes control and we become a slave to the materialistic world we live in.
Rather than live to impress others, can we not strive to impress ourselves with our level of thinking, sharing, giving, forgiving and enjoying life the way it is meant to be.
The next time you feel stuck in the rat race or envious of your colleague who has a bigger house than you, stop for a few minutes.
1. Develop an Attitude of Gratitude. Count your blessings; name them one by one and you will realize what the Lord has done.
2. Savor each moment. Experience the taste of the freshly made coffee, feel every muscle stretch as you work out, experience each word as you curl up in bed reading your favorite book.
Take time out to see the beauty of the night sky, to hear splash of the high tide, the sound of a baby laughing, the wisdom in the simple words your grandmother speaks, recollect the times you laughed so hard your tummy hurt, the first time you won a school race, the smell of hot Maggi on a rainy evening and you will experience more joy and happiness that a bigger apartment can ever give you.
The author is an alumna of Goa Institute of Management and currently working with Citi Bank as an HR Generalist. She has also worked with The Times Group.


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Invisible Billy Adventures is a baby show-type deleted scene.
The story is that it looks to be one of Billy's friends say "Hey, Billy, catch the frisbee!" Then the guy proceeds to throw the frisbee and while it is souring in the air a little bit of blood shows and then you hear a sound that goes BANG and that was billy flopping on the floor then his friend yells "B-Billy?!"
Singing men : Invisible Billy Adventures !
Unscreen Kid : Hey billy, catch the frisbee!
(The frisbee is thrown and kills Billy, who then flops onto the floor)
Unscreen Kid : B-billy?!
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Thursday, 27 January 2011
This year is the four hundredth anniversary of the King James version of the bible. Thousands, probably millions, of words have been written about the KJB, but the overwhelming opinion is that it's pretty nifty stuff.
And far be it from me to disagree.
But, you see, that last sentence (and this one) would be banned from pretty much any book written for use in schools.
And so would And they all lived happily ever after - in fact, I've tried to include that very sentence in a piece of educational fiction and it HAS been banned. Well, tweaked, anyway.
The rule of the educational consultants is that no sentence can ever start with AND or BUT.
Why? No idea at all.
So, back to the King James Bible, so widely praised for the excellence of its prose. Well, let's have a look at the first ten sentences of that great book. The first sentence starts, of course, In the beginning. And the next nine sentences? Yes, all of them begin with AND. And so, as it happens, so do the next fifteen, as well.
I rest my case.
Rule to break today: use a sentence beginning with AND!
By the way, that prune contranym from yesterday. Does STONED mean with the stone or without? Probably without, I'd say - but I would bite with caution, all the same.
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Stoned means: stone out! Or high on drugs....but I do like this post about the King James' Bible and also about starting sentences with AND....I do it all the time.ReplyDelete
Actually, Adele, I think you're right. I think the way STONED is a contranym is that a stoned prune has had the stone taken away, and a stoned cat...brrrr!ReplyDelete
Still, whoever would have thought prunes could be so interesting!
Agree with Adele that stoned means either a drugged prune or a de-stoned one. But it's like: orange juice = juice OF oranges, but baby juice = juice FOR babies (usually. I think.)ReplyDelete
And I start sentences with and all the time and none of my editors has ever changed it - maybe because they are not specifically school books.
As prunes don't do a lot anyway, how would you spot a stoned (druggy) prune?
Totally agree! Sharing your post with family and friends on Facebook. And may they smile as I did!ReplyDelete
Welcome, Claude! I'm delighted to have raised a smile - and to have a commenter from Canada, as well.ReplyDelete


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I have worked with the previous owner (second owner) since starting at the dealership in 2014.
He has taken pretty good care of the M3 being that it was driven over 160 miles 5 days a week.
last year he spent a few days chasing down a vibration, which resulted in him replacing just about every bushing under the car save the motor mounts and trans mounts. It ended up being a combo of the differential bushings and drive shaft.
The P.O. purchased a 335D and decided the car would take up to much of his time if he kept it. I have always joked with him that I wanted to buy it so he tried to call my bluff when he found out that our Sales department was going to send it to auction if traded in. Ultimately a deal was made and I had to explain to my Wife where some $'s had gone.
Known issues:
500k+ miles.
Smokes a lot! currently using 1-2 litres per week with mostly interstate driving.
Rear bumper/trunk appears stained with oil.
Windshield is split in multiple areas.
Alternator whines. (i think its the alternator)
Front bumper and hood are riddled with rock chips.
radio display is dead.
IHKA temp control adjustment only available from driver side button, the passenger stays above 80 but temps out of the vent do not reflect this.
Seats creak a bit, but then again its a 20 year old car with 500k+
Rear brake pads are at 3mm.
Fuel pump is original!
I have tried a few snake oil tricks to get the smoking to subside, though it has gotten much better, I think a tear down is in order. I suspect the oil rings to be stuck/coated in carbon. I also suspect the valve guides are worn heavily. The P.O. had recently replaced the valve seals and oil separator in attempt to stop the smoking.
Not exactly sure when I will get around to removing/disassembling the motor.
I have driven it around about 100+/- miles since purchase. It drives very well. plenty of power spite the oil consumption and mileage, and the handling is great thanks to the refreshed suspension from the P.O.
This weekend I poured some Lucas stop leak in and drove it home to give it a detail so i feel better about it sitting outside.
I will update this periodically as things progress with the car.
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Welcome to Return of the Space Gods! Of course, you're probably wondering what that rather clunky title actually means, so here's the quick lowdown…
This blog was created by Korshi, an art student/artist (it's not really clear which) based in Sydney, Australia. The title refers to my major project for this semester, a fairly ambitious idea which I intend to document in this online forum. What is the project about? It's really the product of my love of sci-fi and the paranormal, a look at sci-fi religions and their relationship to science and religion. The story is that sometime in the distant past, Alien Gods from outer space visited us, and will return again to save us from ourselves at the end of this Mayan Cycle (2012 I think…). The final project will consist of paintings, drawings, digital paintings, photos… whatever I decide to include.
Why (I hope) this blog will be interesting, is that I will try to post more-or-less daily either images or thoughts relating to my research. You can look forward to my thoughts on subjects from Scientology to Erik von Daniken, Jack Kirby, Raëlism, Billy Meier, H.P. Lovecraft and Battlefield Earth… and if you have your own take on any of these I'd love to hear it.
I have a website at www.lairofthetwistedkitten.co.uk (which will probably be down for a few more days), with a load of comics, drawing and a few short stories. I haven't been updating this as often as I'd like, mainly due to my uni comittments, so hopefully this blog will do something about that.


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NISKAYUNA - Dozens of people spoke in support of the design presented for a Jewish Holocaust Memorial proposed for Troy-Schenectady Road Wednesday night, saying it respectfully represents the horrors of the Holocaust and will help educate people about it.
"The memorial itself is a story," said Dan Dembling, president of the memorial's designer, Dembling & Dembling Architects. "It's a cautionary tale."
At the community conversation forum, renderings were presented of the memorial, which received pushback last year after residents expressed concerns about the original design and potential traffic concerns.
They show six sides to the memorial, like the points of the Star of David.
One of the panels is a representation of a box car, with the faces of people visible through two missing planks. Another panel is reminiscent of the fencing used at concentration camps. People would also be able to walk inside the memorial, where there would also be structures.
Quotes would also be included in each panel, which could be from local survivors.
In the middle of the memorial is a pedestal, loose stones and benches for people to reflect. Visitors can pick up one of the pebbles and place it on the pedestal to pay their respect, a common tradition in Jewish cemeteries where people leave stones on graves.
As people exit the memorial there is an arch that says "Never Again."
"We want people to come away understanding the horrors of what happened," Dembling said. "So it never happens again."
Most of the speakers said they admire the new design.
Stephen Berk, a professor who teaches Holocaust studies at Union College, said he has visited countless Holocaust memorials but this design is "very, very good and appropriate."
"If there were ever a time for a Holocaust memorial, this is the time it should be built," Berk said, speaking about mass shootings that have targeted religious groups.
Others said they hope that not only would this memorial be a place of reflection, but also of education.
"This is an opportunity for all of us to let our children go to the memorial and remember to never hate again," said Linda Rozell-Shannon, a resident and author on Holocaust education.
"This has my full support," said Alan Goldman, a resident. "As survivors die, the horrors will diminish unless we do something to remember and educate people."
The only complaint about the memorial was the location, which if approved would be at 2501 Troy Schenectady Road, near the Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery on land donated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany.
"This is a beautiful memorial and worthy of the town's consideration," Lorene Zabin, a resident, said. "My only request is that we find a more desirable location of this worthy project."
A second presentation and public hearing on the memorial will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Little Theatre of Niskayuna High School, which may be accessed via Niskayuna High School's Nott Street entrance.
Speakers may sign up in advance via Eventbrite. Pre-registration isn't required, the town said on its website Friday, but those who register will be given first priority.
"This memorial is a testament," Berk said. "A testament to the decency of the goodness and the tolerance of the good people of Niskayuna."


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If you've made the decision to get the treatment you need and finally attend rehab it's important you go to the right kind of treatment program. There are a variety of rehab options available for those seeking relief from their drug and alcohol addictions.
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Outpatient rehab is a form of treatment where you will go to a treatment center during the day and return to your home, or a sober living facility at night. Depending upon the extent of your outpatient rehab, sometimes this treatment will take place in a hospital-like setting.
Outpatient rehab usually includes counseling, whether group or individual, and support for overcoming your addiction. Outpatient care usually ranges from one to three months depending on the severity of the addiction.
Outpatient treatment is usually shorter than inpatient treatment, as those who end up choosing outpatient rehab are at less of a risk of relapse than those who require inpatient treatment. Outpatient treatment is also commonly offered to those who have already completed inpatient treatment, or an intensive detox.
What to Expect in Outpatient Rehab
In an outpatient drug rehab program, patients are allowed to live at home and undergo rehabilitation during the day. Because outpatient rehab doesn't provide the same care around the clock that inpatient treatment does, patients must have access to a stable, drug-free living environment and a strong support system. You must be able to find peace and support in your current living situation to succeed in outpatient treatment.
You will have access to medical supervision, one-on-one counseling as well as regular group therapy sessions. You are invited to enjoy the tranquility of our beautiful facility whenever you're not in session.
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There are multiple levels of treatment for outpatient alcohol rehab and outpatient drug rehab at The Recovery Village Ridgefield. Our addiction specialists can assess your situation to determine which program is best for you.
Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
Our IOP consists of at least nine hours of rehabilitation each week. Patients enrolled in the intensive outpatient program participate in many of the activities that our residential patients participate in, but they are able to sleep in their own beds at night. Some clients may continue to live in a sober living environment if a supportive home is not available.
The therapies we offer include:
- 12-Step Program – One of the main benefits of 12-Step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous is the sense of community. We use the 12 Steps as a tool in our rehabilitation curriculum. We offer 12-Step meetings that allow you to connect with your peers, share your experiences and strength with others and hear stories of recovery.
- Evidence-Based Therapy – Evidence-based healing modalities are used in our program like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).
- Medication Management – All patients will receive treatment from a psychiatrist who can help to determine whether or not pharmaceutical support is right for you. Closely monitored medication can also be helpful for patients who suffer from co-occurring mental health disorders like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Recreation Therapy – We employ a holistic approach to addiction treatment. We recognize the power that fun has in recovery, and we offer activities like yoga classes and even laser tag. With recreational therapy, patients learn to enjoy activities without substances.
Outpatient vs. Inpatient Treatment
Outpatient rehab programs offer more freedom and flexibility than inpatient treatment and other rehab programs. The main selling point of outpatient programs is they allow those seeking treatment to maintain their previous commitments to work, school, and family.
This allows patients to maintain a greater level of anonymity and privacy, as they won't have to give up day-to-day activities for an extended stay at a treatment center. Generally, this kind of treatment is best suited for those who haven't been battling their addiction for years.
Inpatient treatment programs demand a full-time commitment and often cost a lot more as a result. However, they're more equipped to handle addictions that are more severe and further along, and can help to reduce your risk of relapse due to significantly reduced temptation and general methodology.
Is Outpatient Addiction Treatment Right for You?
If you simply can't afford inpatient treatment, due to time or financial constraints, then outpatient treatment can still be a great choice for your needs. However, to reduce your chances of relapse you'll need to have a few things in place first.
- No History of Relapse or Addiction. Outpatient rehab is less effective for those who have a history of relapse or addiction. Residential treatment for these individuals will be a better choice, due to the lack of exposure to drugs and alcohol throughout the duration of the treatment, as well as access to a full-time support staff.
- A Healthy Home Environment. Having a healthy and supportive home environment or living situation is paramount for a successful recovery. Since you won't be living full-time at the facility it's paramount that you're spending the rest of your time in a setting that supports your sobriety.
- Personal Health and Support. Your personal health might be at such a poor level, that you won't be able to make it through recovery without the help of medical staff. If you're too far along in your addiction and the detox phase demands medical assistance, then you're better off finding an inpatient treatment center to meet your needs.
If your health can support the initial detox, or you've already gone through an intensive detox, then outpatient treatment may be effective in getting you through the initial withdrawal symptoms and onward towards sobriety.
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Convenient to Seattle and Portland, The Recovery Village Ridgefield is surrounded by the beautiful scenery of the Pacific Northwest. We offer many treatment programs for both men and women aged 18 and over.
Whether you are seeking treatment for the first time or you are seeking treatment after a relapse, we are here for you. Reach out to us today. Give us a call and have a confidential conversation with one of our compassionate addiction specialists.
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Sandra Flynn Fisher
Fisher, circa 1978
- Missing Since 08/03/1978
- Missing From Russell Springs, Kentucky
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Sex Female
- Race White
- Date of Birth 04/24/1947 (73)
- Age 31 years old
- Height and Weight 5'4, 150 pounds
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Fisher's nickname is Sandy. She dyed her hair blonde some time before her disappearance and it had grown out; she may have had blonde tips when she disappeared. She wears eyeglasses and her ears are pierced.
Details of DisappearanceFisher was last seen at the Russell County Fair in Russell Springs, Kentucky at 10:00 p.m. on August 3, 1978. She has never been heard from again. She left her purse and identification behind in her vehicle.
Fisher had left for a couple of weeks at a time in 1976 and 1977, traveling with a carnival, but always returned. She left behind at least one child, an eleven-year-old daughter. Foul play is suspected in her case, which remains unsolved.
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Little T pulled up today!! Given he couldn't weight bear last week, it was a bit of a shock. I've been putting him on his feet but he didn't seem interested, until today when he casually crawled over to a soft play shape and did this…
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21st April. Sun Sports 0 AFC Dunstable 3
With 3rd place at stake for both clubs, Sun Sports had to register a win but a draw for AFC would be enough. Apart from a 10 minute spell in the 2nd half, the visitors pulled the strings for the other 80 minutes.
AFC made one change from Saturday, with Jamie Warne coming in for Brandon Carney. AFC were on the front foot straight from kick off, as they played some very attractive football. Keeping the ball for long periods, they created numerous chances as the cross bar was struck twice. AFC took a deserved lead, when Wayne Mills played in Jermaine Hall, he finished with a low shot on 22 minutes.
AFC continued to press and Sun's keeper had to be on guard as he made some decent saves. There was still time for Grant Fryer to strike their bar again and when Leon Cashman went just wide with a shot, AFC had to be happy with a single goal lead at the break.
Half time: Sun Sports 0 AFC Dunstable 1
Knowing Sun had to get better in the 2nd half, they did have a spell when Ricky Perks had to make 2 smart saves to keep them out. Usual business was soon resumed, as AFC started to move the ball quickly and when in one move Hall struck the bar, the follow ups were cleared off the line twice. Would AFC regret not taking these chances ?
With 15 minutes left on the clock, Cashman finally eased any nerves when he blasted home to make it 2-0. Not happy with 2, AFC went all out for the 3rd and with a great right wing run from Mills, he put his cross on Hall's head for him to make it 3-0. That was Hall's 26th goal of the season in all competitions, 22nd in the league.
So at the final whistle, 3rd place was cemented and AFC boss Steve Heath was very happy with the performance saying " apart from that period in the 2nd half when Perksy had to make those 2 saves, I thought we put in a perfect display. I would say that was our best performance for a little while and especially against a top 6 side. We moved the ball well and all the lads seemed to be up for it tonight.
He continued " with our last game coming up on Saturday, I would like to put on record to say, it has been a complete joy working with this set of players. The team has changed quite alot since the beginning of the season and the players who have come in have been a treat. I would like to thank them all for their commitment they have showed right until the end of the season. You think, some might have cried off from games and training once the title had gone, but not these players"
AFC Team: Perks. Bishop. N.Carney. Biggadike. Fryer. Mills. Warne (B.Carney 70). Olaleye. Cashman (Buckley 84). Cooper. Hall. Subs not used. Porcelli. Bufano.
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An uncommon support came for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from the opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. The support came amid the ongoing tussle between Kejriwal and Delhi Lieutenant-Governor (LG) Anil Baijal.
The time since he came to the power in Delhi, Kejriwal has been claiming that the LG doesn't let him exercise the power he deserves after becoming an elected chief minister. His government has even fought out this issue in the court, but without much success until now.
The latest 'apple of discord' between Kejriwal and Delhi LG is over the home delivery of services scheme planned by the Delhi government. The LG has stalled the scheme. Not just with Baijal, Kejriwal also had an acrimonious relationship with ex-LG Najeeb Jung.
Delhi government had called him an agent of the Centre deliberately not letting the AAP government carry out governance tasks in Delhi.
Voices in support of Kejriwal came in the Rajya Sabha from leaders of four parties, who accused the Centre of treating the Delhi CM as a "Chaprasi (peon). Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agarwal told the Rajya Sabha that the Delhi government doesn't have any power and the LG treats the CM as a "Chaprasi".
Agarwal also sought more powers for Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party government. Later, leaders from Mamata Banerjee's TMC, CPI and CPM also echoed the concerns raised by Agarwal.
Agarwal's support for Kejriwal came during the debate on regularising unauthorised colonies in the national capital. From the Centre's side, Union minister Vijay Goel alleged that the Delhi government was failing to act against illegal colonies. He even urged the Centre to dismiss the Delhi government.
However, Agarwal countered Goel, saying the BJP-ruled three municipal corporations of Delhi have the mandate to check unauthorised constructions.
Veteran Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav also raised the issue of the Delhi Chief Minister not being invited at the inauguration of the Delhi Metro`s Magenta line a few days back.
"Every person with common sense was heard saying that this (not extending invitation) was not proper," Yadav said as he cited an example of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee once declining to go to the inauguration of a project in a state until its Chief Minister was invited.
As many leaders demanded an end to the tussle between LG and the CM, Rajya Sabha deputy chairman PJ Kurien asked Union Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, to take some steps in this regard. Puri promised he would try to negotiate peace between LG and the CM. However, he pointed out that it won't be an easy task.
"In the four decades of my public life, I faced many challenges. I have tried to negotiate with terrorists, etc. This (dealing with Kejriwal) is going to be a difficult one but I will accept your challenge and try and negotiate," Puri told the Rajya Sabha.
"Maybe, I invite both of them for a lunch or something and will try and sort this out," he added after Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien asked Puri to "sort out the friction between Lt Governor and Delhi Chief Minister".


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Indian mobile maker Celkon will launch its first Windows Phone-powered handset this month. A company executive told The Mobile Indian that Celkon will launch the Win 400 by November 30. The phone will be priced at Rs 4,999 ($80).
The Celkon Win 400 has already made several rounds on the web. From what we know so far, the Windows Phone 8.1-powered Win 400 will be an entry tier smartphone with a 4-inch display. The device is said to be powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor paired with 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of internal storage that can be further expanded up to 32 gigs via a microSD card. The device will have a 5-megapixel shooter at the back with a VGA selfie snapper upfront. It will be powered by an impressively large for its price 2,500mAh battery.
Speaking to the publication, Murali Retineni, executive director at Celkon Mobiles made the announcement, "Celkon will be launching a Windows 8.1 based smartphone by month end for Rs 4,999". Celkon will be the latest hardware partner from India to launch a Windows Phone. Micromax, Xolo, and Karbonn launched their first Windows-powered phones earlier this year.


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Ball of Collusion – The PipeLineNews Review
"A Travesty of the First Order"
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August 22, 2019 - San Francisco, CA – PipeLineNews.org – This has proven to be a difficult review to write, since Mr. McCarthy had stood for so long as something of a beacon of reason in DC's notoriously fetid Swamp.
There is a considerable back-story here, so please allow for a momentary detour…
McCarthy's street cred was well-earned in large part due to him being the former Federal Prosecutor who brought down Omar Abdel Rahman , aka the "Blind Sheikh" who died while serving a life sentence for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
For the most part McCarthy was concerned with the problem of Islamic jihad and its mothership, the Muslim Brotherhood, writing several best-selling books about those and related topics.
He was also a writer for National Review, William F. Buckley's neo-conservative magazine, now solely a web presence and it is here where the going gets rough.
Circling back to the 2016 presidential campaign and with Donald Trump as the GOP standard-bearer, National Review emerged as the self-identified [mostly in a fever dream] intellectual heartbeat of the Never Trump movement .
McCarthy was part of this failed effort, so much so that he has stated that he is considering voting DemocRAT in 2020. There were numerous other players, who remain active today, none of whom could fill a lecture held in a phone booth…[Read More]
Law Enforcement and MSM Push "White Nationalist Terrorism" Trope to Destoy U.S. Constitution
By W. AUGUST MAYER
August 12, 2019 - San Francisco - PipeLineNews.org - It has been said that to a man who only has a hammer everything looks like a nail; a corollary of sorts in the medical world is that surgeons tend to surgicate. This is undoubtedly true, once people have formed an opinion about an issue, or on a global scale a way of perceiving the world, they operate within that paradigm and "prescribe" solutions according to the tools they have available.
Consider a foreign policy determined solely by a fever-dream wing-nut spun out of the murky depths of BushLand - John Bolton; America would be in hot wars with half a dozen countries, some with nukes...the mind reels...San Francisco glowing in the dark.
It seems that the main lesson one can derive from the above is that it is dangerous to hastily be blindered into taking actions based upon defective perceptions and the resulting faulty analysis. This is especially true when "solutions" are driven by hysterical press coverage speaking with a single voice - an obvious sign that a common narrative has been arrived at using the model of Ezra Klein's infamous journolist .
And so, to a remarkable degree, the recent gun violence in El Paso is being spun up into "national emergency" status, driven by the usual suspects - the Deep State's propaganda arm, the hyper-politicized legacy media...and now, those who reside on the 7thfloor of DC's FBI headquarters.[Read More]
We Ignore the Aggressive Doctrine of Islam at our Own Peril
August 13, 2019 - San Francisco - PipeLineNews.org - There is no shortage of Islamic materials on the market for anyone curious enough to seek the truth for himself. I personally have written hundreds of articles about Islam and the threat it poses to our Constitution. The painstaking task of educating the American public about this threat has not stopped Islam's advance in America. I am puzzled as to why no one takes this threat seriously. Europe is already badly infected with Islamism. It is the canary in a coalmine. It is telling us Islam's next stop is America.
Many Americans have the common sense to see that Islam and Western values are incompatible. They would like to see Muslims assimilate and become part of this great nation. On the contrary, however, it has been the complete opposite. Not only do Muslims not assimilate; they are actively involved in imposing their ideology on non-Muslims in the hope that someday America will be conquered and fall under the rule of Islam. To Muslims, no other religion or man-made law is deemed worthy of recognition, much less accommodation.
When American officials opened the gate to the hordes of Muslims and permitted massive numbers of them to enter America, our culture and our way of life were forever altered. Just look at Minneapolis or Dearborn, Michigan. Minneapolis's Somali community has become the terrorist recruitment capital of the U.S. At the same time, elected U.S. officials do absolutely nothing to combat this threat to our society and culture.[Read More]
Mujahadeen-e-Khalq [MEK] Adopts Deceptive New Tactic
August 8, 2019 - San Francisco - PipeLineNews.org - Recently, I came across a website by the name of Organization of Iranian American communities or (OIAC). Its mission statement says: "OIAC works to promote human rights and democratic freedoms for the people of Iran. This includes advocating for a democratic secular government in Iran, founded on respect for human rights, religious tolerance, and equality among all citizens." Nothing could be further from the truth.
Well, it appears OIAC or better known as the MEK is following in the footsteps of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), an influential IRI lobby in Washington, DC, one which has long sought rapprochement between Washington and Tehran and has infiltrated the US Congress promoting Iran's Mullahs agenda while claiming "NIAC promotes an active and engaged Iranian-American community in the US and celebrates the community's deep historical and cultural roots and traditions." Pure garbage.
Hassan Dai , an Iranian activist and political analyst in an OP-ED slammed this despised and deceptive group that has used the White House (during the Obama administration) to advance The Islamic Republic's agenda.
OIAC or MEK is an Islamist-Marxist cultish group headed by Maryam Rajavi, the wife of the deceased co-founder of MEK, Massoud Rajavi. During the 1970's they rebelled against the Shah and were involved in bombing and shooting American and Iranian targets . The MEK or (OIAC) executed U.S. Army Lt. Col. Lewis Hawkins in 1973 as he was walking home from the U.S. Embassy and in 1975 killed two American Air Force officers in their chauffeur driven car, an incident that was studied and used in CIA training subsequently as an example of how not to get caught and killed by terrorists. Between 1976 and 1978, the group bombed American commercial targets and killed three Rockwell defense contractors and one Texaco executive[Read More]
Immigration Bust - 680 Illegals Arrested at Koch Owned Food Plant
August 8, 2019 - San Francisco - PipeLineNews.org - First the front story which in itself is breathtaking given the current political climate...
On August 7, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed multiple federal criminal search warrants at seven agricultural processing plants across Mississippi Wednesday morning as part of an ongoing HSI worksite enforcement criminal investigation.
In addition to executing federal search warrants and seizing business records pertaining to the ongoing federal criminal investigation, deportation officers with ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in partnership with HSI detained approximately 680 removable aliens who were unlawfully working at the plants.
All the unlawfully present foreign nationals arrested Wednesday are being interviewed by ICE staff to record any potential mitigating humanitarian situations. Based on these interviews, and consideration of their criminality and prior immigration history, ICE is determining on a case-by-case basis based on the totality of the circumstances which individuals will be detained and which persons may be released from custody at present. In all cases, all the illegal aliens encountered as part of this operation are either being placed into removal proceedings before the federal immigration courts, and for those who already received due process and have been ordered removed, processed for removal from the U.S.
Now the backstory, which is HUGE...[Read More]
The Crusius Manifesto and the Left's Embrace of Totalitarianism
August 8, 2019 - San Francisco - PipeLineNews.org - In February 1933, the Reichstag [which housed Weimar Germany's legislature] was effectively burned to the ground. On the basis of him being close to the building at the time of the fire, a communist was identified, tried, found guilty and executed in short order - though his conviction was later overturned because of the suspicious nature of the prosecution and a general suspension of legal judgments arrived at during the Nazi years.
Many now believe that the convicted torch-man, if guilty at all, was aided by members of the Nazi party, one, because the fire became so immediately intense that it's doubtful that a single person could have engineered it, and two, since the event served as a predicate for Chancellor Hitler to suspend civil liberties, a tactic not unfamiliar to the Democrat Party.
Understandably then, as the events of last weekend [8.3-8.4.19] unfolded, many of us who love America, cherish its values, culture and Constitution became queasy.
We knew instantly that two savage and very public acts of murder - one by a lunatic ANTIFA type and supporter of Elizabeth Warren, the second by cretin who justified his actions using a grab-bag of talking points used by the right as well as the left - would fire up the gun-grabbers.[Read More]
Confessions of a White Nationalist, Part II
By W. AUGUST MAYER
August 6, 2019 - San Francisco - PipeLineNews.org - After the horrors of last weekend [8.3-8.4.19] it was inevitable that state media would adopt the most extreme, and farcical, narrative imaginable.
If one is to believe Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and other leftist sources of commentary, the answer to these occasional, but tragic episodes of homicidal madness lies in implementing clearly unconstitutional schemes that would result in the revocation of the 2ndAmendment, via a legislative agenda crafted to make it impossible for Americans to defend home and hearth from the types of perps that social media, the legacy press and various wags have now made famous.
Perhaps the main reason why such extra-legal measures are again being championed is the most obvious - making sure that no one will be able to fend off predation by a government/Deep State complex gone rogue. This is why, after these types of incidents inflammatory catchwords such as "high capacity magazine," "weapons of war or of a military nature," "assault weapons" always come to the fore.
For the most part - and this is 100% true when it comes to the majority party in Congress, and unfortunately too many on the minority side - the elites of our culture, its high priests as it were, have no real concern about mass violence.
The goal of these people [consider the detestable Bush toadie Karl Rove who bleats on Fox News about the dangers of "white nationalism"] is to disarm an entire population so that there can be no meaningful resistance to the totalitarianism of the administrative state.
Since "our side" is cowering in a corner pissing on themselves, it's up to those who comprise the Trump Patriots to respond wherever possible.
In response to a particularly odious piece that appeared in the 8.5.19 Wall Street Journal , I contacted a couple of the writers, though as we go to press there have been no responses.[Read More]
A Few Words About "Assault Weapons"
By W. AUGUST MAYER
August 5, 2019 - San Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews.org - What follows is a reprint of a piece that we posted on January 17, 2013 voicing our thoughts about a proposal made by then President Obama regarding administrative changes that he stated would address gun violence. As these things usually go, his initiative was rolled out during a surreal dog-and-pony show using school children as human shields. This, in a cowardly attempt to hide his true agenda - registration then confiscation of all firearms.
Administratively, in what we believe is clearly an unconstitutional end-run around the Second Amendment, Team Obama has issued a set of new "guidelines" and/or Executive Orders which direct various federal agencies to carry out specific steps to address the alleged problem - easy access to defensive weaponry by American citizens.
First observation - It's impossible to ignore the President and Vice President BiteMe's shameless use of innocent kids as pawns in a high-stakes game of chess, a tactic which is identical to that employed by the Third Reich.
Since the November election the neo-Marxist/neo-Fascists, led by Mr. Obama, have moved with great haste to implement key elements in what might be called the left's implicit agenda.
All political ideologies/philosophies are at their core an attempt to define the world in terms [he who controls the language, controls the narrative/agenda] which lend themselves to the solutions provided by said ideologies.
So on the left their defining of capitalism as an unfair method of distributing goods and services results in a desire to pass legislation which will result in more stringent regulation/control of business and consequently, higher taxes on successful capitalists and their various enterprises.
The above is widely understood - lefties do not like business.
Also ranking high on their hate list is firearms - "guns" in their rather limited lexicon on the topic.
These folks either don't understand the Second Amendment or as is overwhelmingly the case, fully understand the implications of "the right to keep and bear arms," ignore it, perhaps alleging that it's no longer acceptable in "modern, civilized" America, and proceed down the path towards jack-booted confiscation.[Read More]
Confessions of a White Nationalist
By W. AUGUST MAYER
August 4, 2019 - San Francisco - PipeLineNews.org - I had the misfortune to hear a few minutes of Chris Wallace's Fox Sunday show [8.4.19] during which he - surprise - presided over a typically uncritically inane panel regarding the recent shootings.
One of the participants was Guy Benson, someone I have never heard of though from what I understand he is a "Fox News contributor," whatever that means. At one point in the discussion Benson said something like "we have to be clear and declare this [the shootings] to be the work of White Nationalists," whoever they are.
But in thinking about it I became very uncomfortable with the apparent ease with which Benson [who represents himself as being a conservative, again whatever that means these days since little Billy Kristol and brain gone rotten Jonah Goldberg claim the identical appellation] launched into the same bizarre rant those on the Marxist left do, subdividing Americans into class-based siloed groups so that the blame for anything may be used to further turn citizens against each other in service of "the movement," that comes complete with the punctuation of a jack-boot.
Benson's analysis mirrored the recent Congressional testimony of the FBI's Christopher Wray [a Deep State slug] during which he made the declaration that the United States' biggest terror threat is from "White Nationalists."
Now I have no idea in which direction Benson will subsequently take his talking points, but it is clear that with such manner of "conservatism," we really don't need ANTIFA, the Brookings Institute, the Washington Post [whose natty writer Charles Lane appeared on the same panel] or the NY Times trying to drag us into a Venezuela-like hell-hole, since "our" side is more than happy to do it for them upon the belief that this will absolve them of being called nasty names - a fool's bargain.[Read More]
Treasury Department Imposes Sanctions on Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif
August 1, 2019 – Washington, DC - PipeLineNews.org - The U.S Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today took action against the Iranian regime's Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif (Javad Zarif), pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13876 because Zarif acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
On June 24, 2019, the President issued E.O. 13876 imposing sanctions on the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Supreme Leader's Office (SLO), and authorizing sanctions on others associated with the Supreme Leader or the SLO. Concurrently, Treasury added the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Husseini Khamenei, to OFAC's List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) under this new authority.
"Javad Zarif implements the reckless agenda of Iran's Supreme Leader, and is the regime's primary spokesperson around the world. The United States is sending a clear message to the Iranian regime that its recent behavior is completely unacceptable," said Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin. "At the same time the Iranian regime denies Iranian citizens' access to social media, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif spreads the regime's propaganda and disinformation around the world through these mediums."
As we noted on July 19, Secretary of State Pompeo recently spoke out strongly against the private diplomacy being conducted by John Kerry with Iranian officials that includes Zarif. It is known that Kerry and possibly other former Obama officials have been advising the Iranian regime - the world's largest funder of Islamic terror.
"Three Obama officials who worked closely on the Iran nuclear deal, one of whom is still in touch with Iranian government officials, traveled to Capitol Hill to brief congressional Democrats about the situation. Those former officials said would not say if they passed information from Iranian government officials to members of Congress. Rather, they said they focused on educating members about their experience working with Iranian leaders and how Tehran reacts to economic pressure."
Additionalluy, while OFAC is taking today's action against Zarif under E.O. 13876, this new authority, additional information indicates that Javad Zarif oversees a foreign ministry that has coordinated with one of the Iranian regime's most nefarious state entities, the IRGC-Qods Force (IRGC-QF)...[Read More]
Somali Muslim "Refugees" Busted on Terror Charge - Material Aid to ISIS
August 1, 2019 - San Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews.org – Surprise, surprise...John Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Michael Bailey, the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, Michael McGarrity, Assistant Director of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division, and Sean Kaul, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Phoenix Field Office, announced that on July 26, Ahmed Mahad Mohamed and Abdi Yemani Hussein, were arrested for conspiring to provide material support and resources to ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
The defendants stand accused of being in contact with an FBI undercover employee whom they believed was a supporter of ISIS ideology. These communications revealed the defendants' desire to travel overseas in order to fight on behalf of ISIS or to conduct an attack within the United States if they were unable to travel. Ultimately, the defendants purchased airline tickets to travel to Egypt, with the intention to travel on to Sinai and join ISIS. FBI agents arrested Mohamed and Hussein after they checked in for their flight at the Tucson International Airport in Arizona.
Apparently, both defendants came to the United States as refugees from Somalia. At the time of their arrest, Mohamed had obtained lawful permanent resident status and Hussein remained a refugee.[Read More]


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The C.P.B.C. was in Saskatoon this weekend February 27th 2016 for the C.P.B.C. Canadian Super Middleweight title fight between home town fighter Paul Bzdel and Shakeel Phinn from Montreal Quebec. The show was promoted by Page Promotions (Denis Page) was almost sold out and was the first pro show in Saskatoon in almost two decades. A great under card got things going with pro debut Ken Huber (named Heavy Hands) ended the bout after the 3rd round as his opponent Clay Dumas from Saskatoon could not come out for the 4th round due to a badly swollen left eye and badly hurt to the body,giving Ken Huber a 3rd round TKO on his pro debut. In a 6 rounder Noel Harding of Brandon Manitoba won a unanimous decision against a game Lee Laquette. Watch for more of Noel Harding in the near future.
In the main event, Saskatoon's Paul Bzdel fought a hard 10 round fight against Shakeel Phinn of Montreal Quebec for the C.P.B.C Canadian Super Middleweight Title. It was an action fight from start to finish as it always is with Paul Bzdel. This guy is such a warrior, but sadly coming up short and Shakeel Phinn winning the bout on a unanimous decision and becoming the new C.P.B.C. Canadian Super Middleweight Champion.
C.P.B.C. in Saskatoon