tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post3315236386566470412..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: A Fine Subject for SpeculationTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-73273935146550271272013-03-08T08:15:23.139-06:002013-03-08T08:15:23.139-06:00anyjazz ~~ Quote Hamlet at me first thing in the m...anyjazz ~~ Quote <i>Hamlet</i> at me first thing in the morning before a cup of coffee would ya?! Wow!!!<br />Thanks aj - yes that rounds things off very nicely. :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-4085839308360813182013-03-08T07:45:00.060-06:002013-03-08T07:45:00.060-06:00It happens probably more than we'll ever know....It happens probably more than we'll ever know. And further back than we think.<br /><br />“He lies him down upon a bank of flowers. She, seeing him asleep, leaves him. Anon comes in another man, takes off his crown, kisses it, pours poison in the sleeper's ears, and leaves him. The Queen returns; finds the King dead, makes passionate action. The Poisoner, with some three or four, comes in again, seem to condole with her. The dead body is carried away. The Poisoner woos the Queen with gifts; she seems harsh awhile, but in the end accepts his love.”<br />anyjazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03319237414264543250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-8930342826662148132013-03-07T23:58:13.900-06:002013-03-07T23:58:13.900-06:00RJ Adams ~~ Yes, he had the right priorities, impr...RJ Adams ~~ Yes, he had the right priorities, improved the lot of the weakest and poorest. Of course those who fight to keep anything like that that from happening here will condemn him as a tyrant. Reading through comments here and there it's very easy to see, once again, a clear division in views, and from them deduce the political preferences of the commenter. Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-17232493412847932512013-03-07T22:17:02.068-06:002013-03-07T22:17:02.068-06:00Whatever the cause of Chavez's death, Venezuel...Whatever the cause of Chavez's death, Venezuelans have lost a fine leader. He truly cared for his people - at least, those who weren't robbing the poor to line their bank balances. Which is more than can be said for the leaders of certain nations so quick to condemn him.<br />I, too, remember the assassination of Georgi Markov, shot with a ricin pellet, possibly by the KGB. R J Adamshttp://sparrowchat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-60221819291537072412013-03-07T15:13:28.989-06:002013-03-07T15:13:28.989-06:00mike ~~ I watched the video you suggested about t...mike ~~ I watched the video you suggested about the 9/11 conspiracy - it's the best I've seen. Love the way it speeds through salient ingredients from 2001 to 2011, the speed adds to the feeling that official stories presented to the public are more bizarre than the conspiracy theory! :-) <br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-10745822682929206942013-03-07T14:42:45.319-06:002013-03-07T14:42:45.319-06:00James Higham ~~ Variety is the spice of death as w...James Higham ~~ Variety is the spice of death as well as of life, ain't it though?<br /><br />Paul Wellstone, who was a beloved by the people true populist presidential candidate once upon a time - died in a plane crash.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-84154837817986807942013-03-07T14:40:55.097-06:002013-03-07T14:40:55.097-06:00Anonymous ~~ Hi! Yet another instance from South ...Anonymous ~~ Hi! Yet another instance from South America - I remembered the name but not the circumstances - looked up the detail.<br />"They" said suicide, many think assassination. <br /><br />Ye gods!! - Why are people so paranoid about socialism, communism, Marxism?<br />They should really be paranoid about capitalism. It's the result of unfettered capitalism that will bring us to the brink of extinction eventually. But as long as the wealthy can keep filling their already overflowing coffers.....who cares about extinction?Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-32909658933258720692013-03-07T14:32:57.934-06:002013-03-07T14:32:57.934-06:00mike ~~ Conspiracy theories are a source of fascin...mike ~~ Conspiracy theories are a source of fascination, not just because of the individual events involved, but in noticing how very easy it is to mix and match facts and factors with creativity and imagination, and come up with a feasible alternative scenario. Reminds me of astrology (done the wrong way) at times. Most of them, in my opinion, fall down because there are too many people involved and people being people, they would be unlikely keep secrets fastidiously over long time spans.<br /><br />Re the current speculation - it's not too much of a stretch, though I doubt any such theory would apply to <b>everyone</b> on that list - but to some - yes I can see that easily.<br /><br />Thanks for those links - I'll delved into 'em in a mo.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-75090372688396917502013-03-07T14:23:40.153-06:002013-03-07T14:23:40.153-06:00Sonny ~~~ Yes, agreed.Sonny ~~~ Yes, agreed.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-82557061931470322602013-03-07T14:11:59.555-06:002013-03-07T14:11:59.555-06:00Makes a change from planes mysteriously crashing t...Makes a change from planes mysteriously crashing though.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-44975064223131201292013-03-07T14:00:44.283-06:002013-03-07T14:00:44.283-06:00I can go back as far as the coup against the Presi...I can go back as far as the coup against the President of Chile, Salvador Allende. While more blatant than these suspiciously more the average number of cancer cases, I remember reading what Henry Kissinger said just before Allende was killed; something to the effect of 'Not standing by and watching a country go communistic". The tactics may change, but the reasons and paranoia stay the same. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-6036515691002221192013-03-07T11:35:33.486-06:002013-03-07T11:35:33.486-06:00I was never one for conspiracy theories, primarily...I was never one for conspiracy theories, primarily to offset my mother's dependency upon them. She was a devout Art Bell follower and never missed his radio shows. She had an alternative explanation for everything, even those things not requiring an explanation! Now that I'm over-the-hill and have time to reflect on various peculiarities, I'm finding that I'm susceptible to alternative explanations, too.<br /><br />Your commentary today is a plausible set of correlations that does defy the odds of chance happenings. Maybe yes, maybe no.<br /><br />As I fly around the blog-o-sphere, I find many unusual conspiracy presentations that I wasn't purposely trying to find, but happened on to them. I read them and think, "WOW...what if!". It's unfortunate that our world has such a corrupt pretense that a conspiracy theory can carry the same plausibility (or more) than the "real" explanation provided.<br /><br />I resisted the 9-11-2001 conspiracy theories for some time, probably more so hoping that our government couldn't be that bizarre. But, anymore, I'm not so sure that the story we've been told is a valid one. Here's an interesting video about 9-11 conspiracy:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuC_4mGTs98&feature=player_embedded<br /><br />The trillions of missing money is a fact and announced by Rumsfeld:<br /><br />http://www.examiner.com/article/censored-trillions-of-dollars-missing-from-pentagon<br /><br />Here's an interesting piece from Vanity Fair regarding the largest cash withdrawal ever from the US treasury that was shipped to Iraq:<br /><br />http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/10/iraq_billions200710<br /><br />Truth is more important than fact! Truth is stranger than fiction! Truth is more important than good news!mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-77731480635720844562013-03-07T08:28:42.125-06:002013-03-07T08:28:42.125-06:00highly possible and extremely sad..highly possible and extremely sad..Sonny Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06926830309207639536noreply@blogger.com