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BATH, N.C. — Three hundred years ago this week, a band of Royal Navy sailors killed Blackbeard, the most infamous pirate in history, putting a symbolic end to the golden age of piracy, a maritime rebellion that strangled trans-Atlantic commerce, terrified naval captains and colonial governors, and briefly gave hope to downtrodden sailors, plantation slaves and even the House of Stuart, recently deposed from the British throne.
Blackbeard didn't go quietly. Surprised at his Outer Banks pirate's nest on the morning of Nov. 22, 1718 — his crew hung over from a night of revelry — he blasted his opponents' vessels with broadsides and died in hand-to-hand combat, with five musket wounds "and 20 dismal cuts on several parts of his body."
He didn't live quietly, either. In a piracy career lasting no more than four years, Blackbeard helped his fellow pirates occupy war-torn Nassau in the Bahamas, where they restored the fort and strangled commerce making the obligatory passage out of the Caribbean via the nearby Florida Straits. He terrorized the approaches to New York, Philadelphia, the Chesapeake and Charleston, S.C., and cultivated so terrible a visage that merchant captains simply surrendered to him without a fight.
In the process, his deeds captivated the popular consciousness on both sides of the Atlantic and never let it go. "A General History of the Pyrates," a surprisingly sympathetic and often embellished account of their depredations, became a best seller in Britain and its colonies. The book, written by a pseudonymous author, informed the novels of Robert Louis Stevenson, the films of Walt Disney and most every fictional pirate from Captain Hook to Captain Jack Sparrow.
But why? The Bahamian pirates were unlike most other pirates who've come before or since in that they claimed to be engaged in more than simple banditry. Most, including Blackbeard, were former merchant and naval sailors who thought themselves engaged in a social revolt against shipowners and captains who'd made their lives miserable. The pirate Sam Bellamy's crew referred to themselves as Robin Hood's men. "They vilify us, the scoundrels do, when there is only this difference," Bellamy told a captive. "They rob the poor under the cover of law" and "we plunder the rich under the cover of our own courage."
There was also a democratic spirit aboard the pirates' ships six decades before Lexington and Yorktown, more than seven ahead of the storming of the Bastille. Upon seizing a vessel, the pirates turned its government upside down. Instead of using whips and beatings to enforce a rigid, top-down hierarchy, they elected and deposed their captains by popular vote. They shared their treasure almost equally and on most ships didn't allow the captain his own cabin. The contracts some crews drew up and signed included disability benefits: payments for lost eyes and limbs taken from the shared plunder before it was divvied up.
All this — and far better food, drink and hours — made piracy extremely attractive to merchant and naval sailors alike, who in this time period faced malnourishment, wage cheating, and brutal and sometimes sadistic officers. Typically when the pirates captured a ship, a portion of its crew would enthusiastically join their ranks, allowing the outbreak to expand from a handful of pirates in sloops to several thousand in multi-ship squadrons in just three years. Even the Royal Navy was vulnerable; when the ship H.M.S. Phoenix confronted the pirates at their Nassau lair 300 years ago this spring, a number of the frigate's sailors sneaked off in the night to serve under the black flag.
Runaway slaves also joined the pirates as word spread that they allowed people of African descent to participate as equal members of their crews and sometimes as captains. At the height of the outbreak, it was not unusual for escaped or liberated slaves to account for a quarter or more of the pirates' crews. In the months after Blackbeard captured his flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge, witnesses would report as many as 70 serving aboard, and several remained in his closest circle to the day he died. Although pirates also treated many of the slaves they found on captured slave ships as cargo to be sold, not colleagues to recruit, their integrated ships still represented a threat to the slave colonies surrounding the Bahamas. Gov. Benjamin Bennett of Bermuda warned that slaves had "grown so impudent and insulting of late that we have reason to suspect their rising" against us and "fear their joining with the pirates."
Not all pirates were downtrodden. Bellamy's sidekick Paulsgrave Williams was the son of Rhode Island's attorney general, and the "gentleman pirate" Stede Bonnet was the scion of an influential Barbados family. There's considerable evidence that these pirates had a secret motivation of their own: to depose George I — who had ascended to the throne in 1714 — and restore the Stuarts. Some of the pirates sent a letter to the court of the would-be Stuart king in exile in France offering their services, while several others were closely associated with a suspected organizer of a failed, pro-Stuart uprising in 1715.
Their motives may have been mixed, but popular opinion was on the pirates' side. Authorities regularly complained to their superiors in London that many of their subjects regarded the pirates as heroes. Lt. Gov. Alexander Spotswood of Virginia fumed that his citizens had "an unaccountable inclination to favor pirates."
The gang included the female pirates Mary Read and Anne Bonny, the flamboyant Calico Jack Rackham and the bombastic Charles Vane, but Blackbeard became the most famous of them all. This was partly because of the terrifying image he cultivated, tying lighted fuses in his beard as his ship closed on its prey so as to appear bathed in demonic fire and smoke. Opposing crews were so fearful they usually surrendered without firing a shot, which was exactly the intent; he wanted his prize, its cargo and crew of potential recruits to be undamaged. Indeed, in the dozens of eyewitness accounts of his victims, there is not a single instance in which he killed anyone before his final, fatal battle with the Royal Navy.
It was that battle that sealed his place in history. North America's only newspaper, The Boston News-Letter, covered it exhaustively, and the controversy over the legality of the operation carried on for years. Lt. Gov. Spotswood had sent the naval sailors — including a detachment traveling overland — into what amounted to an unsanctioned invasion of North Carolina. Authorities there had protested it — several of them had colluded with Blackbeard, who had bought a house, married a local woman and fenced pirated goods in the diminutive capital, Bath. The scandal helped bring down Spotswood, who resigned his post in 1722, and the hero of the battle, Lt. Robert Maynard, was repeatedly passed over for promotions.
As for Blackbeard, his body was thrown into Pamlico Sound, his head presented to Spotswood, who displayed it on a tall pole at Hampton Roads at a place now known as Blackbeard's Point. But while the lieutenant governor has been all but forgotten, the pirate has lived on, more famous in death than he ever was in life.
Colin Woodard, state and national affairs writer at The Portland (Maine) Press Herald, is the author of "The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down."
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FIFA Las Vagas.
Evangelising The World.
The present evangelical zeal that is trying to galvanise the investment in the seed of mankind's supposed greater good since the beginning of Christianity, Buddhism, Zen and their comparative martyrs and gurus first instructions to the tribe of man, is now marshalling its forces in the present day advance of the righteous brotherhood of modern day man as he begins the full enlistment process to recruit the hopeful to the cause of a better world for a supposed better people.
The inescapable drive for a descent and responsible world fly's in the face of the numbers from the self-interested, the sheer amount of corruption is not only a world-wide virus of being, but the very nature of society endorses or enforces by circumstances, protocols and the layers of the pyramid of its vaulted heights insists on it remaining that way. If a study could be done on the choices that people make in tense or tough situations to gauge what the disposition of the average person is, would it favour self-interest, altruism or just reflect the real corrupt training from the environment. In this illicit environment could you in the light of the Chilcot time span, the FIFA sidesteps, or even the mythical search for the Western born children of the Taliban the present incarnation of Evil ISIL. This brings us back to the corporate lies in the form of the Volkswagen software riggers of the modern day incarnation of the brothers of Joseph's children as they persecute and Harrie the righteous and worthy with their schemes for profit chasing and market share defending policies of the self-interested as they try to preserve their stakes in their markets and products. Well it must be that the present day priesthood of the legalese and legitimate claimers that is still underpinning all their endeavours and are still the highest financial drain on legitimate enterprise.
The quest to have a world that is governed by the exchange from day to-night still see itself as the righteous sons of the worthy cause. Ignoring the very facts of nature and the physics of the known universe still seems to fly in the face of the established facts of mankind and his supposed better nature. Oh yeah just show me the money honey, just what are the facts and figures here and please show us your working out in the margins or footnotes, only provable fact can be allowed no more speculation or assumed rights of the presumed consensus if you please. Expert witnesses and using everybody know is no longer acceptable either.
Makes you Wonder
Why does such a mega rich country like say for arguments sake Norway pay the going rate to the 'we have you by the ports, we have you by the passports, and barricaded behind border patrols, group of EU we are all of one mind-set diktats. Just how corrupt is the whole European Union Fif'if a know.
So see that the Pope is finding out why there is no central body minister to the world in the Judaism church nor in the other Muslim one either, as the body will get to the point it thinks it knows better than the divine selection. Tell me how that comes out.
Roma City 0
God 1
While it looks as if the boys are back in town as Putin struts onto the main save the world stakes of the Crush the fight out of Isis Gold spectator's cup. Then walks right into a western jab of you're a drug cheat and a scandal. Then just as we think he should be reeling from the body blow follow up. The question about the super drug enhanced man needs a separate set of rules and competitions and the Olympic ideal can remain the sterile test of man the puny lucky ingrate that he is. So could it be time for some long term investment from the oligarchs. Or do you believe that the outside no hoper might just beat the drug stimulated bravado of the so called superman. Who knows time will tell.
So who had the most to gain from the downfall of Volkswagen just askin, jings min somebiddies gottae.
Bhagavad Gita
The Way IT Is
The present argument about another #2IndyRef is not taking into account the types of needs we require, the final headcount, the potential swing factor or anything else, conversion from the rock of ages to give back sovereignty to a brow beaten, and downtrodden country, with low life expectation, material and emotional as well as spiritual deprivations show the careless disregard 'which' the present owner of Scotland really thinks about any pretence of a union. The investment made by the Scottish people to remain in this union covers a 300 year period, that includes these non-war atrocities, land clearances, persecution by a so called equal partner, theft, extortion, a war of attrition on the poor, the infirm, the spiritually different under the tender auspices of the protestant infiltrators and his henchmen the Royal House of Windsor, oh no it wasn't it was the name they had before Bowes Lyon. Tudor's and Longchamps and off course our own turncoat royals and ship deserters infiltraitors that brought a nation low will pay the resultant price, to they that all looked after themselves, except for a Mr Wallace and a young Queen called Mary who our next door neighbouring persecutors cannot even find their bodies, just a wee bit to convenient for comforts sake given the present conundrum about the value of the Scottish rising.
Well the truth is the Scottish never believed any idiot they don't know or have never met can hold any power over them, that's what made the manipulative romans build a wall to keep this form of disease out of their empire building ways. Stealing gods lands and holdings even over a three hundred years of growing defiance from his chosen trustees to this form of subjugation has left the Scottish people keeping to themselves, never trusting the lineage of the invader dictators that cannot accept that god given gifts do not come with the devils receipts attached just his word that possession is all of the law for goods and property. We need no set of man-made deeds to prove his stewardship. The grubby greedy nation that has gone around the globe throwing its weight on other nation historically has never changed its spots. The belted earls that came up here from the house of the envious next door neighbor, and laid down the same insult as the nailing of a carpenter to two pieces of wood, started calling themselves Scottish and could even claim royalty as the exiled and bastard lineages from the den of thieves that invaded, laid claim to and then went on to bully all opposition out of existence with a war of contrition. The natural scot that is left is a keep yourself to yourself form of self-preservation going on in the face of the fact that our land is invaded and run by a tyranny that only ever suits its own and persecutes any and all others. The inside track is a privilege to their own and is used to exclude us in our own lands.
The final solution is about to be implemented. Each region must propose an independent and crowd funding from each area will show the right sort of proportional representation that each candidate has. The independent candidate has one single mandate to be there as the paid position as the people's representative. When there are enough votes cast for the collective independent representatives the mandate will be set for the people to weigh up the total votes for independents against all the other parties to see if they are indeed representative of the people's will for independence. A vote for an independent is a vote for independence. If the first returns prove to be unsatisfactory then it is a mandate for the followers of freedom to enlighten their resident English lineage invaders children to give power back to those they stole it from before he that gave will come and take back and he is not known for subtlety. Check any biblical flood, Sodom and any other genocidal solution historic or tidal. The Middle Eastern need for force still says that man knows force better and responds better to it than just doing as your conscience tells you. So the point of no return approaches and man still likes guns and the ideas of empowerment bullying and dictating terms. Well that which you so is that which you will reap. The point of no return is now at your event horizon make the adjustments to tack, course, windage and terrain accounted for and set a correcting course change that brings the good ship mankind onto more favourable shores of the new future for the wayward sons. Anything else will be a unionist decision to a Scottish problem.
Time is for once on our side.
Have Pages Clan Scotland, Clan Alba, Clan 45% and all available artwork, sept's and devices for the new funding program, looking for a developers fee. Admin and monitors will be needed.
Thugs and Dictators of Europe
My Way or the Highway
Nice weather were having, hope the rest of you are having nice spells to. Is it my imagination or has politics in Britain been suddenly thrust into the world lime light. That will show up the cracks in a heavily flawed system quicker than a secret inquiry, Quango investigation, or a rummage in the closet ever will. Mind yourself as the skeletons do have a habit of inconveniently falling out if you dig to deep.
Getting The Picture:
The Eurocratic need to interfere is once again raising its ugly head from the multi headed daemon that is the European diktat of the day. Their dictatorial stance is to force you to rescind your rights to your images by imposing a law that is as alien to us as the tenets of 'Mine Kampf' was to our Fathers and grandfathers that died in two world wars to defend.. They further claim that 'they' own the right to whatever memento you take of your visit to any site that they claim has someone elses public domain presentation on public display and will legally enforce this diktat as they see fit.
Hhmmm …. very Germanic her dictator.
Any one else realise that a public structure is in the public domain and corporate litigation is again encroaching on our inalienable right's. The only rights an artist has with a public display is against plagiarism, you cannot knowingly make a copy of the original and try to earn from it, but the image of the original is free publicity for their original art and the photographer could even be entitled to advertising rights to protect their own right to view and record their deeds and actions and add to their own visual history. Sort of 'kilroy was here' and had the right to look and record the deed. Pictures of a public art displays by an artist are in no way an infringement of the very public display they already consented to by the needs of ego to show off in the first place being a struggling artist in my own right and I will still defend the right of the free man to record his travels and show off his snaps, an artist should think himself lucky to get the free mention in open media after all the purpose of the display is to attract viewers and visitors. The Eurocrat would be better employed dealing with real crimes like….
Migrant Problem:
The Calais migrant problem is like a knife in the back to a gentile system for educated and self responsible intelligent beings (British PR release quote). The thug and his use of force is ignorant of the way of man and compounds the injury further by thinking this land is the jewel of the north Atlantic will swallow that line any longer, their ignorance is very reminiscent of the sixties dreamers if they think that this nations streets are paved with gold. Evidence yet again that the land is greener not under their feet but is greener in some one else's patch of dirt. Their violent behaviour with weapons and intimidation will not go unnoticed any longer and will not sit well in this countries conscience. For that sort of behaviour in any democratic country will only get them incarcerated and they will just end up filling up the already overrun judicial systems holding pens. And just trying to avail themselves of the rights reserved for our own just will not wash in the cold light of day any more. It is well past time for us to stand by our own who have earned the right to live here by paying their dues. None of these infiltrators has earned the right to life here and they have not contributed to this north Atlantic archipelago in any way so why do we then give them access to our nations inherent rights. Someone is trying to pull a fast one on us using our own archaic laws to circumvent the unspoken rights of our nations own and it is now well past the time to close all these legal loopholes.
Human Rights:
The world citizen does not exist, the truth about human rights are that here they are currently extended just like every other nation in this world by their own countries governmental system and defended by each nations judicial systems. Like the one the 'migrants' all are supposed to have paid their dues into and after the going got tough then deserted it in the quest for easier pickings elsewhere. From say a foreign country that they believe just hands out money to any one with half an excuse up their sleeves under the open world ticket of human rights. The mythical birthright of 'a world-class citizens human rights' has no world government body to defend the so-called world citizens supposed rights. If a country has to control its borders like a small island nation has to then this joker ticket is no longer a valid excuse that allows them to abuse our systems and use them against us. No open frontier exists in this world and yet these so-called migrants (a race that lives on the move or migrates to warmer climates in the cold) who are really the self displaced. They decided or were forced to leave making no stance to secure their own rights in their country of origin like every other free nation in the world historically did. Their fears of what 'could' probably happen to them if they stay is just a probability they are using as leverage to circumvent this nations laws to work their will against our collective inherited rights by the fully paid up members of the electorates inalienable rights. This is the excuse that is being used to lift the skirts of the British judicial system and to pull the wool over old justices eyes to circumvent the legal barriers to allow them to gain benefits and rights they have not earned in this nation. By simply claiming world-class human rights that are not upheld by a non-existent world governments charter to its people.
The first rights any newborn has is their birth rights. Those rights are:
The mothers inherited rights
The fathers inherited rights
This then this places the newborn in a country of origin under the rights of the day or times. (Place and time of birth)
The next set of rights are earned by the individual by them then paying their dues when they reach an age to start to contribute and earn. Their rights are then extended as they live the course of their lives on a day by day basis after their rights of passage..
The lie that is being used is getting to be as distasteful as full public beheading's by murderous people who are easy to manipulate (radicalize) in the cause of a killer ideology. If this nation actually took its schizophrenics off the street and put them in a reserved environment this could eradicate about seventy percent of the problem as thirty percent are borderline and less manic and so harder to detect. But as much as this would help with the problem the exception is we are under the collective illusion that there are good and bad people in the world, and the historic abuses in these secluded institutions are now the stuff of modern-day horror movies needs to be taken into account in the process. Many a jailer was an abuser as bad as those they incarcerate and the worst were just abusive individuals getting under the radar and hiding behind closed institutional walls of silence to indulge their own sick tastes. Why were institutions closed over time. All human beings learn good behaviour and they try to conceal their bad nature and as paedophiles have proven good behaviour fools nearly everyone as it masks the bad to conceal intent and desire. We still tend to in a high volume quick paced world to readily accept first impressions without real scrutiny and then if they can hold out for the probation period they can then secretly ply their whiles as they please knowing they are beyond suspicion especially if they are highly sociable.
The Human Condition:
The fact that human beings use good behaviour to get on in the world and to entice and keep the people we want around, does not ever indicate the reason why, their motives will only ever become apparent over time. That the individual's own personal wants, needs and drives are never easy to detect at first contact and so we are still suspicious of the honey trap. The fact that we used to use our bad behaviour to back someone down or drive them away, has now become a more civilised (or process that is how we like to think that we are anyway. Oh what a gift eh), we now tend to excuse ourselves and move somewhere else or just ask the person to leave if we can. Our real bad nature and behaviour is really meant to be used to defend against attack. Just look at the tenants of kung fu and you we see the way of the peaceful warrior is to defend an initial attack, then if it persists to seek to disable the opponent and if they are too good or too insistent to then aim to maim them if necessary for self-defence. And lastly If it turns murderous then to take the final self-defence posture if you are given no other choice. To murder or execute innocent people who have never harmed you is the single biggest affront to our nations psyche and is the most unpalatable digest of news steam reporting of the present day.
Britain has been handing out money, and blanket coverage to any other so-called migrants 'world human rights' above and beyond their own people's has now run its course in our collective tolerance of abuses of the day. A thoughtless act by a misguided governmental system that betrays its own fully paid up members in favour of doing a kindness for an unfortunate other is no longer a valid excuse for anyone. The version of the good Samaritan being turned on by the injured party is not the version the bible taught but then that parable was written quite a few years ago. If modern-day governments that turn on their own and favour others and give them equal status in their nation and gives anyone immunity to our own systems self-defence mechanisms then they are shooting us all in the foot with their blinded sense of doing right. If this is the case then they cannot continue to call themselves the servant protectors of the nation they no longer serve. If they were a business board of governors of a modern-day company then this sort of behaviour would be dealt with by a simple vote of no confidence. This nation is proving at the highest levels just like all the other so-called world class countries of this third rock from the sun that they are the blind leading the blind into a new age of chaos. They are not fit to rule if they do not defend the nation from boarders and invaders any more than the common man is fit to make world decisions on every ones behalf under the present pseudo democratic rule that is currently being touted as the jewel of the democratic crown.
Corporate Pirates Raiding Human Rights:
The corporate spiel that only money houses can govern a world is the biggest lie in creation one that suits a darker agenda than the known and revealed ones are that any modern or progressive nation would like to be involved in. The hidden agendas and these investment houses and their stealth actions is the most distasteful trend that is the constant topic in the world view of the glaring media spotlight of the present day drive for the need for full world disclosure and full transparency at all levels. The elephant in the room coupled with the ability to ask the right questions springs readily to mind in the face of their sort of shady action.
A money house must be registered in a country somewhere and is then under someone else's sovereign laws and cannot claim to be able to swallow up any other nations sovereign rights that their country of registration does not own outright and buying up another nations national debt will never work, just look at Greece and you will see the line we will all have to take with this new third Reich by the so-called 'master of the universe' as they wrestle with national sovereignty to control the world. Almost the cart before the horse, as they are trying to pull the TTIP and fraking 'rules' over your eyes. They have no international powers they are subject to some country's laws and do not have the legal rights let alone the moral stance to justify their illegal actions on a world stage. Pity there is no world government body to get all these quarrelling countries infant eights into line, that would be a benign (B9) intervention if ever one was ever needed. Here in the land of the blind leading the stupid and ignorant by the rings in their noses. Time for a change of tack as we are beginning to lose the fight on our own home ground.
Unified World Theory
A Glint of a hope.
Unified country colour flashing to the all seeing I or wiz that jist the trick oh the light or did ah jist see a bouquet of Scottish roses, the young team away fae hame, shown the world stage we are all singing from the same hymn page fir wance, the flower of Scotland in the Westminster heartlands and ways of power. the very people that now represent the people they were all hoping would be seen as modern wastage or to use the vernacular collateral damage, when the pen is mightier than the sword may the heart be humane to balance it's cuts. When the sword is mightier than the pen it knows when to shut up. Now we have the OCD driven and warily sceptical English in enclosed confines with the people
The gay question in Ireland wiz answered and wiz well received around the globe. That's another modern country out of the religious closet and standing up in a very demanding modern world. England's general election map showed a better picture of health for a modern progressive country more chilly blue than red roasted but still mixing up a purple hue. Ireland told England's driver they would rather just pass go collect the cash and use IT as they please or see fit, than impose more hardship on a country that survived the potato famine, what happened to the orphans.
Still, having to understand that we live in a very complex world with many nations not sharing the same, hygiene, access to sanitation and running water. in a domesticated environment. faith systems, educational standards, legal stands a enforcement. This is worsened where some share a history , wars, trade breaking etc. But in this day and age what if the world needed us and that if we don't wake up soon and grow the fuck up it may just be time up dude come in car 666 your number is up. Is that a chink of light I see at the end of the tunnel or is the movie over and the usher is flashing all clear this way.
Mythical Proportions
The End of the world real is not nigh, but just as we know IT.
The southern invasion of the SNP 50 newbies are getting used to the differences between our 'wha's like us' mindset and the English at home where the stiff upper's still have an upstairs and downstairs mentality. The OCD of segregation and the use of tradition to bolster IT in a changed world will only show the political mindset in Westminster still likes the pomp and circumstances to justify keeping up impractical and potentially harmful to the four nation's use of out of date and function impaired systems that were developed for a different era with a Victorian mindset still in residence at IT's conception. The segregated canteen was a shock to the no airs and graces pragmatic scot, so the papers tell us anyway. But IT looks like this is going to prove a little bit more than uncomfortable for the integration process for both sides. The Scot abroad will remember that the sum of the nations hopes (1,454,436) are resting on their shoulders. They survived the apprentice gags, 'get yer own seat, aye sit over there nae body will mind' and they did to the amusement of the press and the old guard..
The driver of the four nations vehicle to take us into the second decade of the first century of the third millennium, still needs a co driver for stops and filling up, map reading and calling out the hazards, there are now 50 eager hands at the wheel to make the pit stops easier and to get the changes done faster to make sure that the vehicle spends more time in motion than being serviced.
Nessie the great mythical beastie has taken to migrating in the summer to the emerald Isle and even further, we are assure that post cards are winging their way back home to show us to show us what a good time she is having, can't wait for them really. The bell tolled on the 7th of May 2015 for the old form of Scottish politic of let the invader do as they like or they will just send in the army again, use legalised extortion practices, cut off self management and just letting ourselves be pushed around. Kill the local economy, restricting movement, land grabbing, bungs for their mates, I am sure this nation in the days to come will shed a tear for losing these territorial practices and sadistic ways as we come to terms that this nation has been bullied, subjugate, had its wealth stolen land stolen and now they still think that even with a smaller turnout percentage in their own land than here that they can still carry on as before. We are not masochist just the abducted nation getting liberated from an incarcerate'r chains from the empire builders that have historically shown a predilection towards the old world order left handed practices and would still like to lord IT over everyone in the new world, they don't know when their time is over and obviously never herd the half time bell toll, or just dismissed in in their OCD grip of fear mindset, as they seem preoccupied with their traditional stance that if it works for you why change IT unless you have to, or are made to.
Exactly seven days after the event, IT is rumoured that the fat lady sang in a secret location in Glasgow, that the event was not advertised so that commercial enterprises could not tout the business. The location and guest list may have been kept select and quiet because IT was invite only, crashers need not even try. And then coincidentally seven days later the Lions roar was heard keening through the winds of the lands of the world heralding the arrival of the Scots on the playing fields of life. Taking their first tentative steps of freedom after their 300 year incarceration at the hands of the evil jailers of life and stealer's of fun next door (boo, hisss, oh yes they are, whit dae yeh mean their behind me, where ah canny see thum, oh there thay ir, they are beneath us well on the map anyway, that's the blue bit on the map unner the yelow brick road to the north of there), the infamous child catching invaders that like to lord IT over you, land grabbers of the old empire are now having to deal with the lowly common folk sitting at the high table of governance for the four nations of old Britain. Must stick in their craw eh!.
Then believe it or not after this set of incredible circumstances. It is also rumoured that yet again seven days later the Unicorn is said to have been unleashed at yet another secret location in the mythical land, and is currently off the radar rallying the nation in art song and rhyme. While catching up on lost time with her newly arrived mate who is reputed to have freed her in a surge of national pride from the young lions that roared. So just remember when booking a break in Brigadoon be like Cinderella fella and get hame before midnight, it will be back on the map fir only one day some time next week.
Meanwhile back in the land where time is while'd away in a mean fashion, the pied fifer is looking for payment and is threatening to take away the one billion youths if he is not given his demands, just as that one billion are feeling alive and getting ready to change the world into a better place for future, past and present generations, that are in Stockholm syndrome shock , displaying odd behaviour patterns of shuffling and mumbling (suppressed dancing and singing for joy maybe, well their generation are the most repressed) or just sounding incoherent and raving about their fears of doom and gloom and are still whiling away their time in occupational therapy called 'work for your existence' or pay the penalty.
OOps sorry just had a delusional sugar rush.
Some sugar rush eh, or is IT just sweet music tae yer ears. A modern day lullaby for the unwary, the dozy and the outright bumpkin bumbling fools of the old colonial mindset that think they are the rearguard of the advance of man in dominating a world by force instead of learning to live in harmony with the natural order and the natural state of man. That's just the signs of the times folks have a great day. Ah will if you will.
The Political Beast
Perception with Insight
With a final SNP vote count of 1,454,436. The political Tsunami which sprung out of the Independence Referendum, turned the tide of sneaky Westminster back door actions and interfering ways. The hard clout on the snout that they got was even more annoying when the newbies ignored the Commons traditional seating stances (er if you see what I mean). The facts are quite astonishing the result is unprecedented in any political system in the world today. 50 new seats, the old vanguard defeated and almost routed off the Scottish political map. The Labour Conservative and Liberal annihilation in Scotland has left this nation more aware of what can be achieved with a willingness to apply yourself to the given task, can produce landslide changes in the political landscape. The new Scottish political voice cannot be silenced while the non voters are too few in numbers and too widely spread to be effective or to make a significant impact in voting results. This should have been obvious to any anonymous brand of political activity. The other parties have been blooded and the fifty new scalps are now hanging from the SNP banners.
The post mortem of the 'Tsunami' will be ongoing and protracted. The achievements of the first minister are outstanding. She came out of the shadow of a formidable politician Alexander Salmond, under who's wing she served a seven year apprenticeship, has shown that she has indeed learned from the master. This woman never halted from the IndyRef and hit the campaign trail ground running to spear head the assault on the Westminster Elite and provided her with another string to her bow in her arsenal of political tools for the coming struggle to effect changes in the governance of the people of Scotland.
The fact that Nicola Sturgeon is now an iconic figure for women's causes in the country cannot go by without a mention either, as the amount of women voters must surely have had some impact on the final vote. While the own goals scored by the opposition cannot be ignored either. This plus the real idea that a great number of Scottish voters used the vote to get a head count of the Scottish army of voter willing to add their weight to the political system and helped swing the final vote cannot be ignored either. Now the task is set to wrestle as much power back to the country from the Westminster base is just about to begin in earnest.
The Indyref had a great swell in the political interest of the nation in just the last hundred days, the No vote result galvanised so many just a bit too late in the day to swing it to a Yes result. This had the effect of leaving Scotland wondering just how many of us think that we can govern ourselves and still work in a new fiscal partnership with the British coalition, sovereignty and home rule are now in the thinking and considerations of the new Scottish youth voters and some of the old vanguard are now coming on board as they realise what a difference this will make to the living standards of everyone that lives within the Scotland borders.
The swell in the Indyref numbers at the tail end caught the Westminster leaders by surprise and left them without enough time to take positive action, against the fated if not now inevitable turning of the political tide in Scotland. The campaign trail was littered with half cocked actions by the likes of Jim Murphy and even Gordon Brown was shown what the real people of Scotland really thought about them, Douglas Alexander and a few more notables were handed their P45's at the poles and sent packing to think again.
This when coupled with the Labour tactics and Conservative lording It over the four nations of Britain. Saw the electorate in Scotland backed into a corner by austerity terror threats to the weakest and poorest in the land, as they appear to intend to want to keep filling the coffers of their corporate masters. The labour were in part also ousted by the English voters that had enough of the Labour lottery winning tactics of spend, spend, spend. While the UKIP and the Liberals took a tanking on the gory battle field of British politics voting system.
So a hefty congratulations to the Nicola and the SNP hard working newbies and volunteers that with their effort made this happen for this decisive win in a game that we traditionally have never ever won in.Hope over fear has shown what can be achieved.
From the 45%ers to the 56%ers of 1,454,436 votes and still rising Saor Alba. The tide is turned and the Scottish waters are next.
The Phoenix Arisen
50 Newly Created Scottish Jobs
The weather is again not staying within the predictors guidelines, April showers in May. The harsh winter again never materialised and some worrying new islands of the coast of Japan (first appeared in 2013) are giving us a better understanding that the planet is warm and growing but that there is no need for a worldwide panic at the moment, as the conditions are favourable if a little unpredictable.
The four nations have witnessed a near disappearance of the Red Rose of the Labours red's in the bed. The Labour party just received a kick in the Ballots from the people, who's money they were too fast and loose with, who's party relied on its historic acceptance votes (Unions and the so called working man) lead to the conceit of a new labour that has no real life credibility, any more than any other Westminster party, maybe the Electorate did take some revenge, maybe the Mansion house tax spurred the wavering Tories back into the fold, IT is always easier to weigh a situation after the fact than before or during. And to jig the fact to reflect your strengths. Labour have paid a very real price in losing it's party of the working man tag. The reduction of the working 'class' footprint in the nation and their inability to change with the electorate to still represent them was further hampered with the progressive reduction of our industry's manufacturing base. This may well have had quite a bit to do with their losing their way. How can labour serve the working man when most workers in this nation are now blue collar, and they still aimed their campaign at the public profile of a mythical worker that no longer rings true in the present economic climate.Their drive to get the votes of the 'Old Labour' values and strongholds on line for their last election drive was maybe the death knell of the party after getting the old one two three in the ballots while they were given short shrift from an electorate that is not impressed with them, their tactic or their accountability. The elected party should be able to reflect the needs and wants of IT's party followers and members. This is something for them to address in the future if they ever get up from the knock out blow that they just had at the poles.
The Referendum swing that only happened in the last 100 days, was the start of the turn of the tide last September. The fifty new seats have been filled and the last post is sounding for the Scottish Labour party. Jim Murphy the egg target and his Iron Bru crate are now consigned to history. So Scotland is again in a new accountancy position from the transition of the 45%ers to the 56%ers, Three seats were and still are the traditional base for the SNP, Congratulations to Nicola Sturgeon for running a well turned out campaign and for such impressive results. The stance is still being held by the people of Scotland as we now watch and wait while we ready the UDI status for the nation in case of more of the rule that behaves with a cavalier attitude to others sovereignty, with their stance of 'we will do as we like' behaviour from the Westminster Political machine.
Mr Cameron is still the British and English Prime minister, Scotland has a first minister and has now got the will of the people to make more of a stand against any other country that we only have a trading agreement with, even if coercion and force was used to secure IT 300 years ago. Our inherited sovereign rights are not at the disposal of any other country, We are an equal partner in a Union of countries, one country one vote. Yes Wales and Ireland when they begin to find their political voices in the British political system, as they begin to understand that there are four distinct countries in this British Union should stand up and be counted and not just attacking the establishment but have to get ready to roll their sleeves up with and be prepared to get their hands dirty in the cleaning up of this political nightmare of a democracy behaving as a dictator at home.
We are no longer a subjugated country getting the scraps from the masters table, we have teeth and are no longer naive and easily pushed around. I for one want a strong union with England in mutual matters and to leave them with the grace to better serve their own electorate without the interference of any other nation in it sovereign right to rule itself as IT sees fit than having to contend with bolshie states of an out of date Union as it creaks and cranks its way into the first half of the first century of the new millennium in a very changed world from the one that IT was conceived in. It is looking increasingly like the three silent partners in the 'Union' of old are all keenly aware of the changing political landscape of the world and will understand that England will assume the driving seat in the nations car as we ride as passengers along for the ride, benchmarking the driver and learning the highway code while educating our own to the system and then we can all go as the group of four into the first half of the first century of the new millennia new world order. We have a duty to pay costs and to bear the weight of some of the British responsibility but to never again allow our nation to be subservient to another nations Rule. There will be four votes in any new British decisions like the EU, education and policing as well as every other national decision, the real power now lies with the people of the four nations to learn to get over the past and to create a better device for the group of four and not just leave IT up to the driver to take us for a spin as and when they like. Anyone for a mystery tour ride?
Interesting to note that both England and Scotland decided to use their vote to strengthen their stance and reinforce their collective nationalities.
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The worst case scenario for the independence of Scotland would have been and economic collapse of the four nations historic investment in the union, we need to get up to speed with the political machine that fully serves the group of four for the new way forward for our collective future hopes. So lets get the UDI in place as a contingency plan against an interfering invasive English rule in case it reverts to type and shows IT's spots again.
April Showers
Outa Season Hunting
We are getting our April Showers a little later than normal, like old weather patterns might be on a progression in a living hermetically sealed environment? but the plants could use the water right now. As the world stage recognises the meeting with the British Prime minister and the Scottish First Minister, that the mythical lion had roared, that the mythical fat lady has sung (she did last Sunday wanta heard it wiz bril, invite only sorry) or could IT just be that Scotland, Wales and Ireland just found their political voices in a harmony of union to halt the lions fierce stance and harrying of mythical foes. To still the discord in the British psyche and still the being to heal whole.
The long journey of recovery is never easy for the soul, but the body will always repair to sustain life. Man has to accept the fact that this world is deemed as the habitat to human (humane) kind, that wild man is nearly extinct on the planet today is an established truth. That domesticated mankind is the present inheritor of the world and the inception of the beginnings of the new age of man on earth. The future is looking Golden for once a new day dawns for Scotland bringing bright hope and opportunities for the next genX, with their prospective bright insights and perceptions. Perfectly balanced between the old world and the new future and may well prove to be the living litmus test of mankind's fitness for self rule. Or it's all hands to the wheel and hand cuffed into service to the machine, with us all for eternal servitude. If the next generation of so called leaders fall asleep at the wheel again that might just be when fate decides to lend its support, as usual or not depending if you struck the balance for the deficit in life, paid the penny or paid the pound, or found there is another way around. In a hermetically sealed environment.
no not post script, this is parting shot. PS
Just which country in the world at this moment in time is equipped to fight an aggressive alien species that has tech that can cross light years of space. What does it matter as they will all probably be fighting, crowing or seed sowing and of course partying to even notice it happen.
So if there was a World Defence League on standby, will NATO be in with the biggest shout, or is China and Russia the leaders in their elected battlefields. Is Britain now the lord of the Air Defence Strategies, from protector of the seas and oceans by the Fleet Arms might. America Russia and China for inter planetary travel and then inter galactic flight. Who rates in your league and against what kind of alien answers on the back of a GBP £20 note and sent them to me here at cloud lalla land.
How long they would last and against what foe?
Which ones will be able to go toe to toe
Unless you think a battle ship might save you
And after its done who could you sue.
Do you think that NBC or SKY will get the coverage rights to the trials and exercises?
On Further Inspection…
Well, Well, Well then.
Well the weather watchers and doomsday predictors have gotten it all wrong yet again, The weather fronts that were expected by the weather model predicting experts has fallen short of the mark or been in the wrong pitch entirely. Scotland enjoyed a reasonable winter, Glasgow had two days of snow and about twenty days of ice. This has more to do with the altitude for snow at sea levels and the Clyde has been channelling the milder winds and warmer waters from the gulf displacement and the added thermals from the Icelandic subterranean volcanic actions. Making the whole thing a lot milder than predicted.
At first looks 2015 is starting to shape up and take formative action, Britain has the highest amount of new employed since the meltdown, our economic returns are more than a little encouraging, and finally if Scotland was to break away from the 300 year old trade agreement called the Union, our English neighbours will not be bankrupted, the world will not end and a Nation that prides itself on its ability to con the poor, take advantage of the ignorance's of native nations to build its own political empire and wealth. Can now get on with its own thing without having to interfere with a fledgling nation again. They won't have to listen to us harp on about their inhumane actions, their selfish attitudes and their goals.
Scotland and England have never agreed on the primary drives of nation and empire building, though there have been deserters from both camps in the past, we have begun to stabilise as a nation, as England under the phony 'British' banner can now get back to the dirty tricks and interfering games that they so love and this time without the resurrection of the compulsion towards civil war (attacking your own) schism that has been a deep psychological scar in the British character for almost the whole 300 years. Could the non paedophile action in Westminster be more to do with the English predisposition or liking for taking advantage of others weaknesses, that to do with any form of sexual deviation, could it just be they are defending their history and predilections. They do like taking candy from babies and they are almost completely shameless. No wonder they have deserted Christianity over the last three decades. They do endorse the birth or creation of the modern man. Out with superstition and unprovable spiritualities, and to endorse goal setting, role-playing and health and fitness, mental well-being like yoga for concentration and control, meditation for thinking the problem all the way through and to learn to focus and refocus the rambling mind. Relaxation and de stressing to recharge the batteries and not a deity in sight (not that there ever was) so faith without the superstition, my what a well-shaped and devised formula for being.
Scotland with its sovereign power restored will now be in a stronger position to formalise a better trade and security agreement with our old allies. This island still needs to be defended, we need to pay our share to the defence of the realm. We no longer have large ports like Cardiff, Bristol and Plymouth to name a few, we do still have Ayr and Troon though they could not handle large freight fit for servicing a fledgling nation. This nation no longer has the military personnel or arms that it used to. The infrastructure has been given the poor man fix with a lick and a spit for more than four decades while England has redoubled its efforts to maintain a strong war footing on the world stage. To lead the world platform in intelligence agencies and law enforcement, litigation and law. There is nothing wrong with the tack being set, the course being taken, or even the decisions of some of the captains of industry, but the tactics are more than a little unpalatable, the end does not justify the means if the end result is a poorer human condition and a more calloused approach to life for the so-called collective good as declared by the victor.
Labour in Scotland so the rumour says is on the ropes and heading for a fall. Is this more to do with the fact that over the last five decades Britain has reduced its manufacturing footprint dramatically, while driving up the education of more blue and white-collar workers, more self-employed positions to further erode the working man's party base to the minimum, could it also be that the Labour party has tried to redress the differences in the market drive to reduce the manufacturing base and had to try to address the middle management strata of worker that is currently being produced, the drive has almost completed the phase to reduce the common man in the workplace and in politics with the upwardly mobile selfish entrepreneur. No contract zero hours slave to the western enterprise. The present styled middle management political structure does tend to reflect the uncommon man as opposed to the classic labour stereotype the ubiquitous working man.
The defence issues of the western hemisphere are not up for speculation at this time, with the Russian playing cat and mouse war games with their old historic enemies. China gearing up for a stronger financial platform on the world stage and Europe having to look at the facts that collectives for any single greedy dominator taking the maximum with little humanity for people's suffering or circumstances. There is no better way to keep each other alert and practiced, than to count coup. Drills only produce leader boards and speculation, live tests bring results and show up the bottlenecks and the slack quicker than any secular test will ever do. After all no-one on either side will be using live ammo. Trust them they are professionals would I lie to you. I would not want to be an ISIS member when this lot have finished brushing up to par. Who are they practising for.


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Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright are going through hard times on the sixth season of Vanderpump Rules but off screen, things between them seem to be better than ever.
Although Jax Taylor has been going through personal hardships after losing his father to cancer at the end of last year, he hasn't been alone in his struggles. Instead, girlfriend Brittany Cartwright has remained at his side and continued to loan him support when needed.
Brittany Cartwright also recently treated her boyfriend to an exciting and meaningful gift.
"Hands down the best gift I have ever received. I even teared up," Jax Taylor wrote in the caption of his photo of a signed Felix Potvin jersey on Instagram on January 20, explaining that he and his father were always big goalie fans.
According to Jax Taylor, he and his father, Ronald Cauchi, loved to watch Felix Potvin and study his game. So, while the day of his post started off a bit rocky, Taylor ultimately had a big reason to smile as he looked back on the special moments he shared with his father.
In a message directly to his girlfriend, Brittany Cartwright, Jax Taylor thanked her for the item and said he had "no words."
At the start of Vanderpump Rules Season 6, Jax Taylor was seen admitting to cheating on Brittany Cartwright with his friend Faith Stowers and a few episodes later, it was revealed that he had also bashed his girlfriend to his mistress in a shocking audio clip.
Although the clip wasn't aired on the show due to legal issues, Jax Taylor's co-stars and girlfriend revealed several details of his comments on the show, including his claim of not being attracted to Cartwright. He even said that he would never marry or have kids with Cartwright but she forgave him for doing so.
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh is being abandoned by the Glasgow School of Art. The school is ditching the Mackintosh style in its logo and publicity material for a "stunning new corporate identity". This involves each of the school's six units being assigned particular blocks of colours for their marketing purposes, which will then build into a single logo for the entire college. The image is intended to display cohesion through diversity.
It is also a way for the school to distance itself from trashy souvenirs in the city that attempt to capitalise on Rennie Mackintosh designs and are known disparagingly as "Mockintosh".


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We were visiting Devon over the last few days – hence no posts. The weekend seemed to be centred on food (well, that shouldn't be a surprise…). And did we have a special eating experience to relate! Not half!
I don't know about you, but being of working age, most meals out tend to be in the evening. This is probably why one of my favourite eat out times is the more unusual (and perhaps because of that) slightly more decadent, sybaritic feel of 'lunch'.
It has long been held that the best way to eat healthily is to do the following: "Breakfast like a King, Lunch like a Prince and Dine like a pauper". This makes sense in a lot of ways – the more you take in as calories early on the more day you have to use them up. People like Sumo Wrestlers, when extreme of mass is a real advantage, eat most of their calories just before going off to bed. It makes sense.
Onto the decadent lunch time meal. A place just outside Exeter – The Lazy Toad, in a village called Brampford Speke. Run with complete love by Mo and Clive Walker – Chef Proprietors. Service is openly friendly and first name based, smiley and happy. We shared a starter – Confit of shredded duck (from a free-range farm called Cready Carver), which had am amazing dressing – pomegranate and molasses. I was desperate to order some bread to mop up the juices – but my wife convinced me that this course of action could dent my enjoyment of the main course. My Pigeon Pudding – melt in the mouth, rich, steaming away in its suet pudding skin – was frighteningly good in a strong flavoured way. It came with braised red cabbage (and tasted like a Delia recipe to me!), and Lyonnaise potatoes. There were extra vegetables too, to share, including beer battered and deep-fried parsnips. I think these may be a house speciality, and they are indeed very special. J had slow roasted belly of pork, on spinach and crushed potatoes. It was so apple-y that I thought the Pig must have been a cider fanatic during their life.
I am a bit loath to tel you about this place – although it keeps winning awards (Dining Pub of the year for South West – highly deserved), so I assume any more publicity wouldn't make it more difficult for me to get in.
Enjoy when you go. Yes, we were well satisfied – and did dine like paupers that evening.


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I don't watch porn, ever. Not my thing. I've always known my husband did, but since I don't entirely agree with it we have an agreement that as long as he keeps it private (away from me), and doesn't affect our sex life I don't care. Well, the other day I found a video he was watching (we share a laptop) and the girl looked exactly like me (same hair, basic facial structure, body type) doing the kinda things we normally do. Anyways....
Question is - Do you or YH usually watch porn similar to what you normally like or complete opposite? Is that normal?
My dh looks at a wide variety of images, mostly pics not videos. The ones I have come across mostly didn't look like me, however there have been a few pics of girls he had saved that did look similar to me...same age range, small chested, tall,slim, longish brunette hair. Since he saved these, which he doesn't normally do, that made me feel a little weird. But honestly probably whatever he had saved would have made me feel weird. Probaly more if it was really different, like a short blond with huge tits and a big ass.
My bf and I both like porn, but we're into completely different things. He mostly likes pics - usually it's pics of younger women with larger breasts than me. Lol. I know he sometimes masturbates to it, and sometimes he just looks to look - not sure why. The stuff he looks at is of conventionally attractive women of a wide age range. Some of them might look like me, but most of them are of younger, better endowed women.
I, on the other hand, don't get much out of looking at pictures. I like videos, especially if there's a story - e.g., getting it on with the repairman, getting it on outside, being taken by "force," etc. More for the story than the images, like someone else said. Some of the stuff that I watch, I actually have done with my bf... But there are some things that turn me on in the videos that I would not want to do in real life. I'm a little perverted when it comes to my porn, I think.
If my bf were looking at pics of women who looked similar to me, I'd just be flattered. I don't think I'd have any concern at all. And honestly, what really turns me on when I watch the videos is thinking of my bf doing those things to me, even though the guy in the videos doesn't usually look like my bf (he's short and nerdy).


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the problem of Buck Fever
Back when I got my gun licence the chap running us through the course had been a Deer stalker for many years and related this true story of an accidental shooting.
A hunter had been following what he was sure was a good sized Stag for quite some time. Some sign here, some marks where the Deer had clambered up a bank there... he was getting closer to the animal and his excitement was mounting. He was imagining a freezer full of meat and maybe a fine set of antlers on his garage wall. He knew he was closing in on his prey. As he rounded a bend in a stream he expected to see the Deer at any moment. He was primed. Coming from behind some shrubbery into an open area he finally saw what he had so anticipated - the Deer.
He raised his rifle, fired and shot dead a forestry worker wearing a bright yellow raincoat.
What had happened? Where was the Deer? How could anyone do that?
He had so expected to see a Deer that he had made up his mind that the first living thing he saw was going to be the Deer. This is called Buck Fever by some.
Below is a truly educational video which I think you may well have seen (it has nearly 5 million views in 2 weeks) but just in case you haven't I recommend it as a must see. Conservative Clinical Psychologist and lecturer Jordan Peterson is interviewed by a lady who is I'm sure, extremely good at her job; very intelligent and with a great deal of experience. Yet, she had in her mind that she was about to bag a fine trophy Head, irrespective whether the thing before her was a Deer or not. Dr Peterson, she was sure, was a Transphobic, Misogynistic, Right Wing member of the White Patriarchy. She was certain of it and she was going to show everybody that was the case. She had Buck Fever.
The problem with this is that the man is nothing of the kind. In fact he is a very courageous man with deeply held convictions for which all Westerners should be grateful. Once you hear what he's saying that is. The problem is that she, like many of us tend to do from time to time, had already made up her mind who & what he was. Consequently she was unable to hear anything he said and blunders through what is for her a totally humiliating 30 minute interview. Although by its end I'm sure she still doesn't understand what just happened and still believes she was completely in the right. Fascinating.
As the interview proceeds Dr Peterson begins to actually laugh at her "silly" misunderstandings and even though she tries to reflect back to him what he is saying (I think she actually said "so you're saying..." 19 times) in order to challenge it, she only manages to display to all that she has not the faintest idea of what in fact he is actually saying or what kind of person he is.
At one point she realises that she's been caught out by Dr Peterson and falls silent for a few moments. It is then he says "Gotcha!" - but even then he's so kind and moderate that he does it as a way to ease the tension of an embarrassing moment for her, not to in any way underline his superiority.
By the way, Dr Peterson has made a great study of Totalitarian regimes, of both Left & Right. So when he discusses the shadow Totalitarianism in contemporary Western society he knows whereof he speaks.
If nothing else, let it be a warning to us.
See what is there, not what we really, really hope & wish is there.


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Yes, it has been a while, and I am terribly sorry. The good news is though, in about two months, I will be moving my cooking to a brand new kitchen in a brand new flat, so the frequency of posts will be, hopefully, back to normal. Until then, I hope everyone is having a lovely summer, and if not, here's how to improve it.
Clafouti is one of the easiest desserts I have ever made, and you could really put anything inside from chocolate to banana.
For this recipe, which serves about 2-3-4 people, you need only these basic things that you'd have in your cupboard anyway:
125g flour
100g sugar
3 eggs
300ml milk
About 400-500g of whatever filling you choose (in this case, pitted cherries)
First off, add half of the sugar to your cherries and mix them up. Let them soak and put them aside. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
Then, break the eggs into a mixing bowl and beat them with a whisk until quite pale and fluffy.
Next, in bits, add the flour and whisk until the lumps are gone – then add the sugar (this can be added in one go) and then the milk. Don't worry if your mixture seems too liquid, this is actually a good thing.
Grease your baking tin (I used a springform but it could be a simple square baking dish), then lay the bottom with the filling. Finally, pour your mixture over the filling and when you've made sure it covers all of it, you are ready to bake.
I baked mine for about 40 minutes and this is how it turned out:
I also dusted it with some icing sugar mixed with a little cinnamon, and the result was stunning. It tastes like one thick pancake, really.


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Hontiveros urges Duterte to fire Calida
Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday challenged President Rodrigo Duterte to sack Solicitor General Jose Calida after it was revealed that his family bagged P150 million worth of government contracts.
Hontiveros stressed that firing public officials accused of corruption is not enough, the government must press charges against the solicitor general.
"I challenge President Duterte to prove his anti-corruption rhetoric. I challenge him to not only fire Mr. Calida but also to file the necessary charges against him," Hontiveros said in a statement.
Calida's family reportedly owned a security firm that bagged P150 million in contracts from government agencies.
But Malacañang on Monday came to Calida's defense, saying that that there was no conflict of interest in the deals in question.
READ: Palace: No conflict of interest in Calida security firm's P150-M deals with gov't
President Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the solicitor general's enemies were only out to get back at him for successfully ousting former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno through a quo warranto petition.
"We cannot tolerate public officials who coddle and give special treatments to drug lords and high-profile criminals, or in Mr. Calida's case, a solicitor general who lawyers for plunderers like pork barrel mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles and the Marcoses, and a Solicitor General whose personal businesses profit from the government," Hontiveros said.
The senator also called on President Duterte to stop recycling corrupt officials or the practice of reappointing dismissed government officials.
"Recycling corrupt public officials is recycling corruption. Corrupt public officers, who have been shielded from calls of transparency and accountability, are non-recyclable," she said. /ee
READ: Pangilinan wants Calida to resign
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Only a handful of residents spoke out during the Board of Finance 2019-2020 budget public hearing at DePaolo Middle School on Monday, March 4, but officials say that could be a good sign.
"Seeing a crowd of mostly employees of the town and schools, I think that's a compliment to you," Board of Education chair Brian Goralski said to the BOF at the hearing. "Years ago, this auditorium was crowded with parents afraid of what would happen to their students. Parents of Southington trust you. They know you value education in Southington."
BOF chair John Leary also said that he interpreted it as trust in the board to properly sort and recommend a responsible budget.
"It can also indicate that the public believes that coming out and engaging will have little impact on the budget," said Leary after the hearing, "considering that when people are unhappy or anxious about the impact of the budget, they generally will come out to voice their opinion."
Now that the BOF has received budget proposals from both the BOE and the Town Manager, the next step is to review it, make any changes they feel necessary, and propose the 2019-20 budget to the town council. The council will then hold a vote to approve it, and finally, the BOF will set the mill rate.
Before any BOF work has been done, the combined budget totals $155.6 million, which is $6.5 million over the current year. The BOE is seeking an increase of $4.7 million (4.9 percent), and the town is seeking an increase of $1.9 million (3.4 percent).
The grand list supplied $1.8 million of tax revenue at the current mill rate which will offset the total spending increase. The combined impact on the mill rate is an increase of 0.88, which would be a 2.89 percent increase on property taxes.
Residents who came out to speak at the hearing did so in support of the budget proposals.
A business owner in downtown Southington said that over the years she has seen the needs for services grow as the community has continued to grow, and commented the town manager's budget is "as frugal as it can be" from her perspective as an onlooker. She added that as a business owner, she meets many school teachers, and felt teachers should be treated better from a financial aspect, suggesting merit pay for teachers who go above and beyond at their jobs.
Another resident, a teacher at a nearby community and a parent of a child at Southington schools, said updates and enhancements to programming is necessary in order for Southington schools to keep up with other districts.
"I would argue that residents would pay more to improve, rather than to maintain," she said.
Goralski said the BOE budget proposal is "needs-driven," and commented that the grand list growth is a positive reflection of the town's efforts to be an inviting place to live, work and grow.
"If we don't put new initiatives into our proposals going forward, that will drive down the interest of coming to our community," Goralski said.
Another resident spoke in support of the proposed education budget, pointing out that education is "not a factory or an assembly line" as it tailors to individual needs.
In the general government budget proposal, Town Manager Mark Sciota highlighted certain areas of significance. His proposal includes two additional firefighters, a parking lot at the highway parks division, a highway dump truck, a new firetruck, and increase and improvements to municipal parking in downtown Plantsville.
Sciota also pointed out an unanticipated increase in the budget from the state of about $600,000 as a result of new calculations in the municipal employments retirement system (MERS) which was announced in January. MERS is a retirement fund for town employees which the employees and taxpayers pay into.
Sciota's budget also includes a contingency of $850,000, and use of the excess fund balance—the town's "rainy day fund" which is used only for one time capital projects—at $1.7 million.
"Every member of the BOF is committed to collaborating with stakeholders, assessing the economy, asking questions, seeking input and ultimately making a fiscally responsible recommendation to the town council," said Leary. "Taxpayers can participate in this process by reviewing the budget, voicing opinions, watching and attending meetings and collaborating with us as we move forward to a final recommendation."
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|Dawud Islam | January, 07 2018 01:36 PM | Comments (0)
|You've all I'm sure heard the famous quote: 'The definition of madness is to keep doing exactly the same thing you've been doing and to expect a different outcome'. It's certainly true in the business world, both online and offline.
If things are not working then you need to change something, add something, or delete something! Take a look at your daily activities. Do you do the same thing every day? Do you visit the same Traffic Exchanges? Do you use the same mailers? Are you using the same ad copy, email texts, videos and banners that you used last year?
If you're doing well you may be reluctant to do anything, after all 'If it ain't broke don't fix it' is another famous quote. But if you don't keep moving forwards it's true that eventually you'll start going backwards. So make it one of your new year resolutions to try something NEW every day. Here are just TEN suggestions:
1) Try a new traffic exchange that you've never used before and surf at least 100 pages there for a full 7 days, using a tracker to check the results. My current new favourite is HUNGRY FOR HITS, which you can join here: http://hungryforhits.com/splashpage.php?splashid=1&rid=7788
2) Sign up to a new mailer or safelist and send at least TEN mails using it.
3) Resolve to BUILD YOUR LIST in 2018. If you're not already a member of TE List Builder, click on the link on the right hand side of this blog.
4) Read at least TWO business or personal development books per month.
5) Try a new exercise or fitness programme that you've NEVER done before.
6) Send your social media updates at a time of day that you've NEVER DONE BEFORE.
7) If you've never used Solo Ads, then invest in one and track the results.
8) Send a message to all your downlines asking for their favourite 'Plus One' tip.
9) Follow someone you look up to in business on social media. Make a point of setting aside time for at least TWO WEEKS to read all of their daily posts.
10) Schedule in some time every day for a week AWAY from the internet, cellphone and social media, even if it's only half an hour a day. You'll be amazed how much difference it might make.
Set yourself a new task of ten DIFFERENT new activities each and every month.
Hope that helps and see you at the TOP.
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So I decided to add one more thing to my plate! Actually, I have been wanting to do this for a very loooooooong time. When I was accepted to my high school, in 1998, I had to pick a foreign language, German was one of them. However, my parents talked me out of it since it's not that popular and since I wanted to be a teacher, my dad said "Spanish may be more helpful". So i picked Spanish instead. I regretted it ever since.
Then in 2010, my husband and I went to Germany for our honeymoon. Listening to the native Germans speak was amazing!My husband and I would try to say a few things, but felt so uncomfortable saying them, we were so thankful that the Germans know English! I told my husband, I want to learn as soon as we get home, "I am going to buy Rosetta Stone." He chuckled at me…but agreed. Well, I didn't buy it when I got home and life kept trucking on. Still, it was in the back of my mind, that I would learn one day!
In September of 2015, we went back to Germany for our Second Honeymoon which was to celebrate our 5 years of marriage in the 6th year. The learning the German language came right back to the front burner of thought. unfortunately, between planning the trip, kids, life, and anything else, I didn't have time to purchase or learn.
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Find out about our current competitions, previous competition winners and view their winning creations as interactive online comics.
Say Hello to Jonjo!
Here is our new character Jonjo who is visiting the West Midlands from his planet far, far away. Jonjo was created by Dylan from Grove Vale Primary School in Great Barr. Dylan was the winner of our World Cup design a character competition. With all those legs, Jonjo must be very good at playing football!
Have fun with this colouring-in sheet of Jonjo.
Match of the Day
Well done to Kirsten at St. Brigid's Primary School who was the winner of our World Cup design a comic book competition. Kirsten knows why travelling to the football match by sustainable transport is better for the environment.
You can read Kirsten's story here.
Can you create your own comic book stories about travelling on buses, trains and trams?
Previous Competition Winners
William Downs won the 2012 competition with his story about Sam the Cyclist's day out at the Olympics.
James Bell from St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, was the winner in 2011 with a story about a birthday trip to Cadbury World.
Catherine Radburn, of St Michael's C of E Primary School won the competition in 2010 for her comic story about a holiday to Yorkshire.


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Operates at low voltage, battery operated, measures voltage up to 30 kV, measures capacitance of test point if system voltage is known
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- Operates at low voltage
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The Megger 830220-1 Cable Phasing Meter offers a safe and quick method of measuring voltage and determining phase rotation of underground distribution systems using the capacitance test point of elbow connectors. Most manufacturers of high-voltage cable terminators incorporate capacitance test points into their elbow connectors. These test points are designed for measuring purposes.
The Cable Phasing Meter is an instrument designed to measure voltage, determine phase potation and phase out cables when connected to the capacitive test points. This instrument is battery operated and is supplied with a ground and two measuring leads.


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The Arrow comes with all the smartwatch functions you can handle, plus a 1080p HD camera on the bezel, which allows you to take pictures at any angle.
You own a smartwatch. It's a nice tool. It covers the bases well. You've got your calendar set up to talk to your watch. You appreciate the notifications.
You also like that it collects health data. You've been on a mission to live healthier and the smartwatch is proving to be a boon.
There's one frightful thing about it though…
The camera.
It's terrible.
Not only do you need to bend your arm this way and buckle your body that to take a picture, quality is so poor that your photos look like something out of a B-grade horror movie of 70 years ago.
You try your utmost to take good pics, but nothing good comes from this gadget. And no amount of filters make your pictures acceptable.
You can't post these horrors to social media. People will either think you're a moron or a German arthouse film director who's lost his senses.
The next evolution of the smartwatch has arrived, in prototype phase, and promises to give you HD quality images.
Even better, the camera sits on a rotating bezel, allowing you to take photos at any angle.
For this post I compare some of the specs of the Arrow to a similar watch, the LG Watch Sport.
Let's take a look…
What is the Arrow?
The Arrow is a smartwatch with all the bells and whistles you'd expect from a modern smartwatch, with the addition of a rotatable HD camera.
Read on…
The screen
The Arrow's face is an OLED colour interface with a diameter of 35.3mm (1.39 inches). That's similar to the LG Watch Sport.
The Arrow's interface turns into a display monitor when you take a picture or record a video, allowing you to view what you're shooting.
The Arrow comes with Android 5.1 (Lollipop), on top of which is loaded their in-house operating system, Arrow Wear.
Sync email, your calendar, SMSes, social media and other apps and receive notifications on your wrist.
Apps speak to your phone (Android or Apple) via Bluetooth.
The LG Watch Sport offers the same functionality and also connects via Bluetooth.
The Arrow comes with a speaker and microphone.
The microphone allows you to record sound when you're shooting epic wrist movies or taking majestic wrist-powered Instagram shots.
The LG Watch Sport also comes with built-in speakers and a microphone.
The Arrow comes with a 400mAh battery.
They claim it gives you up to 20 hours from normal use.
The LG Watch Sport comes with a 430mAh battery.
Taking a look at reviews for the LG Watch Sport reveals that battery life for this sort of watch is an issue.
There are plenty of factors that determine whether this sort of smartwatch makes it through a day. For instance, the LG comes with an "always on" feature, which most people say needs to be deactivated.
Some users claim that battery life for the LG Watch Sport is awful, no matter what you do.
It remains to be seen how the Arrow stacks up in this department.
Each Arrow ships with a wireless magnetic charger dock and a USB charging cable. (You might want to check out my article about the Magible cable.)
The LG Watch Sport works in a similar fashion.
Charging time
They claim the Arrow charges in 1.5 hours.
Let's take a look at the Arrow's hardware…
The camera
The camera gives you 5MP resolution and 1080p video recording.
The Arrow has built-in image stabilisation, ensuring that your images come out crisp at any angle.
The screen turns into a monitor, much like a digital camera's screen. This lets you see what you're shooting.
The Arrow comes with a MTK6580 Quad Core, 1.39 GHz processor.
The LG Watch Sport comes with a 1.1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad-Core MSM8909w.
Internal storage
The Arrow comes with 8GB of onboard storage.
Considering what you get with an entry level mobile phone, that's a decent amount of storage.
Store photos and videos on your Arrow and upload later when you have Wi-Fi.
Or store music on your smartwatch for those daily Rocky workouts.
The LG Watch Sport comes with 4GB internal storage, of which 2GB is usable.
How does the Arrow stack up in the connectivity department?
The Arrow comes with Bluetooth 4.2.
The LG Watch Sport also comes with Bluetooth 4.2.
The Arrow comes with a 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi connection, similar to the LG Watch Sport.
The Arrow does not offer cellular connection. They're working on finding a partner to make stand-alone 3G/4G a reality.
LG Watch Sport handles a SIM card, so it has 3G/4G capabilities.
The Arrow does not come with NFC support. The LG Watch Sport does.
Is this important to you? Might be. It's not a dealbreaker for me.
Fitness junkies will be glad to know that the Arrow comes with a GPS, pedometer and accelerometer.
Go forth and conquer the outdoors. Your Arrow takes care of telling you where you've been and where you're going.
It also tracks your calories. It's like real-time WeightWatchers.
Smartphone app
Arrow will launch smartphone apps for Android and iPhone.
I've checked Google Play and iTunes. The apps have not been launched yet.
Water resistance
The Arrow is NOT waterproof.
It has an IP65 rating, which means it's dust proof and capable of handling a wash-down. Do not take it for a swim.
The LG Watch Sport comes with an IP68 rating.
Apple claims that their Watch 2 gives you up to 50 metres water resistance.
Will Arrow release a waterproof or water resistant model in future?
You can choose from three materials for your Arrow smartwatch:
- Silicon
- Leather
- Metal
The silicon strap comes in the following colours:
- Black
- Red
- White
The leather strap comes in two styles:
- Black
- Black with red stitching
The metal strap is made from stainless steel and is available in black.
Tech specsTech specs for the Arrow smartwatch.
|Case diameter
|1.96 inches
|Case thickness
|0.59 inches
|Screen size (Round OLED)
|1.39 inches
|Strap width
|0.94 inches
|3.53 oz
|Battery life
|One to two days mixed use.
|Battery charge time
|1.5 hours
|Charging tech
|MTK6580 Quad Core, 1.39 GHz
|GPS, gyroscope, accelerometer
|802.11 b/g/n
|5MP 1080p
|Operating system
|Arrow Wear (Android 5.1 base)
|Built-in Microphone and speakers.
|Android and iOS
Will it fit me?
You can choose from three straps: silicon, leather and steel. All straps are 24mm (0.94 inches) wide.
Here are the lengths of the straps:
- Steel – 208mm (8.19 inches)
- Silicon – 248mm (9.76 inches)
- Leather – 258mm (10.16 inches)
Arrow designed the strap to be interchangeable with standard watch straps. If you own a watch, your watch strap might fit the Arrow.
Price & availability
The Arrow ships for free to US addresses only. They're offering discounted shipping to non-US destinations.Crowdfunding pricing for the Arrow smartwatch.
|Arrow smartwatch - Silicone
|1 x Arrow smartwatch with a single silicon strap in black, red or white.
|Arrow smartwatch-leather
|1 x Arrow smartwatch with a single leather strap in black or black with red stitching.
|Arrow smartwatch -
|1 x Arrow smartwatch with a single stainless steel
PVD strap.
|Silicone band kit
|Add a single silicon strap in black, red or white.
|Leather band kit
|Add a single Italian leather strap; black or black with red stitching.
|Metal band kit
|Add a single stainless steel PVD strap.
Final thoughts
Smartwatches have never impressed me. I'm not a fitness freak and I don't mind taking my phone from my pocket to check the time.
But the Arrow looks like a great step forward for smartwatches.
Battery life might be a concern. It remains to be seen whether it'll perform well in this region.
The fact that it's not water resistant or waterproof is also a letdown.
But the rotating camera looks like a great tool. And it's HD too. Bonus.
Take a look at the Arrow. It's impressive.