tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82710199637522220852024-03-13T00:49:41.895-07:00OCCULT POPAGENDAThe Gardening Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355374547198051285noreply@blogger.comBlogger247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271019963752222085.post-26640173051369886012016-10-31T07:39:00.000-07:002016-10-31T07:39:49.016-07:00Hallow Eve: The Witches' New Year - Samhain Is A Time For Both Honoring The Dead And Celebrating Renewal.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Gardening Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355374547198051285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271019963752222085.post-8438415749337326702015-08-12T07:34:00.001-07:002017-01-20T07:06:18.882-08:00Periods: So Hot Right Now!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Don your most festive Diva Cups, ladies, because America is all about periods right now. </div>
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That's according to <a href="http://flavorwire.com/457726/menstruation-period-pieces/" target="_blank">this Flavorwire piece</a>, which suggests that last week's aggressive <a href="http://jezebel.com/reddit-women-fight-trolls-with-hilariously-gross-period-1577526752/all">period-trolling on Reddit</a>
is actually unusual, and suddenly, menstrual talk has become weirdly
normal. It's persuasive and supported by a whole raft of persuasive
examples, like Tacocat's <a href="http://jezebel.com/crimson-wave-is-the-upbeat-period-anthem-youve-been-1520923443">period anthem</a>, Lily Allen's "Sheezus" <a href="http://jezebel.com/lily-allen-says-shes-a-menstrual-music-pioneer-1562270841">period-referencing</a> and BuzzFeed's How Metal Is Your Period <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinchack/how-metal-is-your-period" target="_blank">quiz</a>.
And once you start thinking about it, there's more where that came
from, like the sudden proliferation of period-panty brands and tech bros
attempting to build tricked-out <a href="http://jezebel.com/how-to-make-a-period-tracker-app-wed-actually-want-to-1507474084">period apps</a>. </div>
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"Free bleeding" hoaxes <a href="http://www.dailydot.com/lol/free-bleeding-is-a-4chan-hoax/" target="_blank">notwithstanding</a>, we've obviously come a long way from the days of "<a href="http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/beauty-and-hygiene-ads-1940s/78#adc9u0o8pwptlve9" target="_blank">out of sight, out of mind</a>."
Ditto the late 90s—I vividly remember reading a some teen magazine's
list of stupid code names about visiting cousins and painters, as though
menstruation were a John le Carré novel. </div>
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Read more <a href="http://jezebel.com/periods-so-hot-right-now-1578664530?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+jezebel%2Ffull+%28Jezebel%29" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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Lyrics from Lily Allen's new song; "Sheezus";<br />
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"Periods, we all get periods<br />
Every month, that’s what the theory is<br />
It’s human nature, another cycle<br />
Be nice to me, I’ll make you one of my disciples."<br />
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<a href="http://occultpopagenda.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/let-me-be-sheezus-lily-allen-is-born.html" target="_blank">"Let Me Be Sheezus!" Lily Allen Is "Born Again" And Wants Her Crown Back</a><br />
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kiran-gandhi-marathon-tampon-period-shaming_55c89e2fe4b0f73b20b9cf6e" target="_blank">This Woman Ran A Marathon Without A Tampon To Fight Period Shaming</a><br />
<a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-periods-arent-an-insult" target="_blank">Women Are Trolling Trump With Updates About Their Periods</a></div>
The Gardening Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355374547198051285noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271019963752222085.post-33055278948097083672014-04-27T14:26:00.000-07:002014-04-27T14:26:01.766-07:00Cute Name, Terrifying Procedure: 'Cinderella' Plastic Surgery Is on the Rise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Women of the world, you probably know this moment, too: You ask the
polite shoe salesman to bring you that snakeskin lace-up stiletto or
navy ballet flat in a 9 or 7 or whatever, and he brings a shoe that's
two sizes too small, purring a coy, "It's the only size left, do you
want to just trrrrrry it?" It's a valiant effort, but inevitably you
gawk, like <i>what, am I supposed to just cut off my toes to fit into that</i>?</div>
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Well, maybe. For years now, plastic surgery to alter women's feet to
look better and fit better in shoes has been on the rise. (Doctors can
even make your shoes <i>feel</i> better, thanks to <a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.elle.com/beauty/health-fitness/foot-injections-high-heels" target="_blank">strategic Botox injections on the balls of your feet.</a>) </div>
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Now, as <i>The New York Times</i> <a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/fashion/foot-surgeries-so-women-can-wear-designer-shoes-in-comfort.html" target="_blank">reports today</a>,
these operations are apparently more popular than ever, so if you
thought women's vanity was limited to our faces, chests, and love
handles, well, you're wrong. Plastic surgery is now a lucrative head,
shoulders, knees <i>and</i> toes game - emphasis on the toes.</div>
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Read more <a href="http://www.elle.com/news/beauty-makeup/women-feet-surgery-stilettos?src=spr_FBPAGE&spr_id=1448_54853195&linkId=8063429" target="_blank">here</a></div>
The Gardening Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355374547198051285noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271019963752222085.post-37138667682893144982014-04-25T08:20:00.001-07:002014-05-25T02:26:20.995-07:00"Let Me Be Sheezus!" Lily Allen Is "Born Again" And Wants Her Crown Back<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cover for Lily Allen's new single "Sheesuz" shows Lily in front of a palatial home with three Corgies, just like the Queen. The inscription on the steps; "Divide et Impera" means "Divide and Rule".<br />
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"I am born again, now run along and tell all your friends, to come and join us."<br />
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"Give yourselves to me, i am your leader. Let me be Sheezus!"<br />
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"Give me that crown bitch! I wanna be Sheezus!"<br />
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Cheryl Cole's rose tattoo.<br />
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"Sheezus"<br />
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Been here before, so I’m prepared<br />
Not gonna lie though, I’m kinda scared<br />
Lace up my gloves, I’m going in<br />
Don’t let me kids watch me when I get in the ring<br />
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I’ll take the hits, roll with the punches<br />
I’ll get back up, it’s not as if I’ve never done this<br />
But then again, the game is changing<br />
Can’t just come back, jump on the mic, and do the same thing<br />
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There goes the bell, I know that sound<br />
I guess it’s time for me to go another round<br />
Now wish me luck, I’m gonna need it<br />
I’ll see you on the other side, if I’m still breathing<br />
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Ri-Ri isn’t scared of Katy Perry’s roaring<br />
Queen B’s going back to the drawing<br />
Lorde smells blood, yeah, she’s about to slay you<br />
Kid ain’t one to fuck with when she’s only on her debut<br />
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We’re all watching Gaga, L-O-L-O, haha<br />
Dying for the art, so really she’s a martyr<br />
The second best will never cut it for the divas<br />
Give me that crown, bitch, I wanna be Sheezus<br />
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I’m ready for all the comparisons<br />
I think it’s dumb and it’s embarrassing<br />
I’m switching off, no longer listening<br />
I’ve had enough of persecution and conditioning<br />
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Maybe it’s instinct, we’re only animal<br />
Maybe it’s healthy, maybe it’s rational<br />
It makes me angry, I’m serious<br />
But then again, I’m just about to get my period<br />
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Periods, we all get periods<br />
Every month, that’s what the theory is<br />
It’s human nature, another cycle<br />
Be nice to me, I’ll make you one of my disciples<br />
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Ri-Ri isn’t scared of Katy Perry’s roaring<br />
Queen B’s going back to the drawing<br />
Lorde smells blood, yeah, she’s about to slay you<br />
Kid ain’t one to fuck with when she’s only on her debut<br />
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We’re all watching Gaga, L-O-L-O, haha<br />
Dying for the art, so really she’s a martyr<br />
The second best will never cut it for the divas<br />
Give me that crown, bitch, I wanna be Sheezus<br />
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I am born again, now run along and tell<br />
All of your friends to come and join us<br />
Give yourselves to me, I am your leader<br />
Let me be Sheezus<br />
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I am born again, now run along and tell<br />
All of your friends to come and join us<br />
Give yourselves to me, I am your leader<br />
Let me be Sheezus<br />
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<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2611068/Lily-Allen-takes-swipe-Lady-Gaga-new-video-Sheezus-Katy-Perry-Lorde-Rihanna-dont-escape-unscathed.html" target="_blank">Lily Allen's infectious new single; "Sheesuz" takes a swipe at Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Rhianna and Lorde</a>The Gardening Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355374547198051285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271019963752222085.post-89391151870438544802014-03-05T04:34:00.000-08:002014-03-08T12:44:53.758-08:00Ukrainian Space Barbie, Spiritual Guru And Breatharian: Inside The Bizarre World of A Real Life Barbie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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She has courted international controversy by turning herself into a human doll using plastic surgery and thick layers of dramatic make-up, confessing she wishes to be considered 'the most perfect woman on the internet'. </div>
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With her pinched waist, skeletal arms, enormous colored contact lenses and vacant expression, Ukraine's Valeria Lukyanova, 23, believes she has become a living, breathing Barbie, something she sees as the ultimate embodiment of perfection. But how well do we really know her?</div>
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Valeria has visited a psychiatrist about the 'voices in my head'.<br />
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Valeria says she's an 'energy vampire' and aggravates online trolls.<br />
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I am not human: Valeria believes she is from another planet - possibly Venus, but she isn't sure - and so isn't actually human.<br />
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Valeria Lukyanova claimed she is converting to Breatharianism in her bid to resemble a real-life doll.<br />
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<a href="http://www.vice.com/en_uk/my-life-online/space-barbie-full-length" target="_blank">Valeria, AKA Space Barbie,</a><br />
<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2377832/Inside-world-real-life-Barbie-Valeria-Lukyanova.html" target="_blank">Inside The World of "real life Barbie" Valeria Lukyanova</a><br />
<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/human-barbie-says-she-wants-to-subsist-on-air-and-light-alone-9162326.html" target="_blank">'Human Barbie' says she wants to 'subsist on air and light alone'</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2562870/I-want-people-treat-like-plastic-sex-doll-Woman-hypnotherapy-make-brainless-like-Barbie-spending-25-000-breast-enhancements.html" target="_blank">'I want people to treat me like a plastic sex doll': Woman has hypnotherapy to make her 'brainless like Barbie'</a><br />
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<a href="http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_pink_palace_jayne_mansfields_mansion_makes_barbies_dream_house_look_aus" target="_blank">The Pink Palace: Jayne Mansfield’s mansion makes Barbie’s Dream House look austere</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq-Ji7wbkXw&feature=g-all-u&context=G29dce65FAAAAAAAAGAA" target="_blank">Mattel Markets Cancer Barbie to Normalize Children's Cancer Epidemic</a><br />
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<a href="http://occultpopagenda.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/geheime-reichssache-nazi-sex-dolls-and.html?showComment=1381404394748" target="_blank">”Above Top Secret”: Nazi Sex Dolls And Syphilis</a><br />
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Viking folk lore predicts <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k" target="_blank">Ragnarök</a> will usher in the apocalypse on 22 February.</div>
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<a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/viking-apocalypse-looming-one-week-countdown-end-world-ragnarok-1436435" target="_blank">Jorvik Viking Festival</a> in York; England started on the 15th of February and will end on the 23rd of
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The failure to light up all five Olympic rings, was most likely not a failure, but planned. The "failed" ring could symbolize the Sun and the other four rings makes up a the number 88. "Modern Nazis use the number 88 as an abbreviation for the salute Heil Hitler. The letter H is eighth in the English alphabet, whereby 88 becomes HH." (Wikipedia) The 88 is also representative of an 88-word passage from Hitler's <i>Mein Kampf</i>, </div>
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Coincidentally, The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics started on the 7 Feb 2014 and will end on the 23 Feb 2014.</div>
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Will the World as we know it end on that day? I think not! Any prophecy with a date attached to it raises my eyebrows, but these are two big events taking place on the World stage simultaneously and nothing is happenstance in the grand scheme of things. </div>
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On stage one we are witnessing a battle to win Olympic golds, to become Olympic gods/goddesses and on stage two there will be "a great battle foretold to
ultimately result in the death of a number of major gods (including the gods Odin, Thor, Týr, Freyr, Heimdallr, and Loki), the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water. Afterward, the world will resurface anew and fertile, the surviving and returning gods will meet, and the world will be repopulated by two human survivors." (Wikipedia) </div>
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Ragnarok, Apocalypse and End of the World memes are mostly fear porn, but it is important to keep an "<a href="http://norse-mythology.org/tales/why-odin-is-one-eyed/" target="_blank">Odin's eye</a>" on World events, to see what story is playing out and try to connect the dots.</div>
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According to the myth, Ragnarok is happening on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADgr%C3%AD%C3%B0r" target="_blank">Vigrid plains</a>. Could it be referring to the Astral plain?</div>
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Italian brand ‘Blood Concept,’ has launched a provocative fragrance line based on the four major human blood types: A, B, AB and O. </div>
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Filled with legends and meanings, blood is soaked with mystery‚ fascination and respect. it’s the most tested and studied part of human body and it guards a multitude of secrets that reveals our inner and unique way of being.</div>
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BLOOD CONCEPT is a private celebration of the vivid and fascinating liquid that flows in our veins. Because blood is actually the river of life.</div>
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Our four fragrances, A, B, AB, O, retrace the evolution of manhood through time and its record of information, history and mutation, so well kept in the vital flushing of blood.</div>
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BLOOD CONCEPT is a mystic ritual with no flowers to be found: deep as primeval Africa in 0, aromatic as the scent of familiar land in A, bold as unpredictable itineraries in B, sharp and freezing as a metropolitan skyline in AB.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">He already caused a stir promoting his new film when he tipped Kim Jong-Il's 'ashes' over Ryan Seacrest at the Oscars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The hyped-up film tells the story of a
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Jong-Il and Saddam Hussein, of a the fictional Republic of Wadiya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">He addresses the camera, saying: 'I would like to congratulate your dictatoress Elizabeth
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Read more <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2135363/Sacha-Baron-Cohens-character-The-Dictators-controversial-message-UK.html" target="_blank">here</a>The Gardening Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355374547198051285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271019963752222085.post-67318569752184598882012-04-28T02:05:00.000-07:002012-05-23T03:04:02.528-07:00Shocking Photos Show Swedish Minister Of Culture Celebrating With Racist Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Culture Minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth (right) opened a party last Saturday by slicing a piece of this cake.</div>
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A macabre scene with racist undertones took place on Saturday when Swedish minister of culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth attended a tax funded party for the Stockholm cultural elite.</div>
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The self-proclaimed "anti-racist" Liljeroth declared the party officially started by slicing a piece of a cake depicting a stereotypical African woman. </div>
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Photos from the party at World Art Day have already been released on Facebook and are now going viral in social media.</div>
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The shocking photos show several established left-wing members of the Stockholm cultural elite watching and laughing as Minister of Culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth slices a cake depicting a black African woman with minstrel-esque face.</div>
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Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth was invited to open the festivities by performing a clitoridectomy on the cake, which she did by slicing off the part of the cake depicting female genitalia.</div>
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She then proceeded to feed that part of the cake to a performance artist, done up in blackface, his head protruding through the table.</div>
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Skrillex's insanely twisted 'First of the year (Equinox)'' is the tale of"Little Red Riding Hood' turned on its' head!The Gardening Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355374547198051285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271019963752222085.post-20555733554991660972012-04-21T04:55:00.011-07:002012-05-12T18:08:00.881-07:00India Tests New Long-Range Missile: Makes Sacrifices To Agni, The Fire God<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With <span style="color: #cccccc;">Eye</span> on China, India tests new long-range missile. (ICBM - Eye See Beam)<br />
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India on Friday successfully test fired a new missile Capable of Delivering a one-tonne nuclear Warhead anywhere in rival China, marking a major advance in its military Capabilities.<br />
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Watched by hundreds of Scientists, the <span style="color: #cccccc;">Agni V</span> blasted off shortly after 8:00 am (0230 GMT) from a concrete LaunchPad Wed an island off the eastern state of Orissa.<br />
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India views the rocket, Which has a range of 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles), as a key boost its two regional power and aspiration <span style="color: #cccccc;">One That Narrows </span>- albeit slightly - the huge gap with China's missile systems.<br />
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Defence Minister AK Antony congratulated the nation's defense Scientists on the successful launch, with Antony calling the achievement "a major miles tone in India's missile program."<br />
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The test leaves India knocking at the door of a select club of nations with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercontinental_ballistic_missile" target="_blank">Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)</a>, Which Have a minimum range of 5500 kilometers.<br />
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Currently only the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - possess a Declared ICBM capability. <br />
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"This launch has given a message to the entire world That India has the capability to design, develop, build and manufacture missiles of this class, and we are today a missile power," said VK Saraswat, head of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Which made the missile.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni" target="_blank">Agni</a> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigvedic_deities" title="Rigvedic deities">Hindu deity</a>, one of the most important of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_civilization" title="Vedic civilization">Vedic</a> gods. He is the god of fire<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni#cite_note-0"></a></sup> and the acceptor of sacrifices. The sacrifices made to Agni go to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deity" title="Deity">deities</a> because <span style="color: #cccccc;">Agni is a messenger from and to the other gods</span>. He is ever-young, because the fire is re-lit every day, and also immortal. Agni, the Vedic god of fire, has two heads, one marks immortality and the other marks an unknown symbol of life has made the transition into the Hindu pantheon of gods, without losing his importance. With <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varuna" title="Varuna">Varuna</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a> he is one of the supreme gods in the Rig Veda. <span style="color: #cccccc;">The link between heaven and earth, the deities and the humans, he is associated with Vedic sacrifice, taking offerings to the other world in his fire</span>. In Hinduism, his vehicle is the ram.The Gardening Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355374547198051285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271019963752222085.post-47111994226894061462012-04-19T20:32:00.006-07:002014-04-19T08:02:04.956-07:00Occult Season Of Sacrifice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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April 20 is considered stoner-day among the popular media and <a href="http://hightimes.com/entertainment/ht_admin/1326" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cannabis community. 420</a>, 4:20 or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) refers to consumption of cannabis and, by extension, a way to identify oneself with cannabis subculture. The two most popular celebrations in America are at Porter Collage at the University of California, Santa Cruz and at the University of Colorado, Boulder. 4/20 is also the most important occult date of the year. The entire Occult Holiday spans from 4/19 through May 1 each year. <a href="http://spiritentities.com/lower-entities-demons" target="_blank">The Lower Entities of Darkness</a> thrive on humans that indulge in drugs, their main goal is to produce <a href="http://adventofdeception.com/mind-control-hdtv-hulu-sound-of-silence" target="_blank">mind-control trances</a> that allows attachment and possession.</div>
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The Occult Holiday requires Blood Sacrifice To “The Beast”, a most critical <span style="color: #993300;"><b>13</b></span>-day period. Fire sacrifice is required on April 19 or 20. April 19 is the first day of the <span style="color: #993300;"><b>13</b></span>-day Satanic ritual day relating to fire and the <a href="http://adventofdeception.com/man-of-lawlessness-antichrist/who" target="_blank">fire god, Baal</a>, or Molech/Babylon,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Amun/Egypt</a> (the Sun God). </div>
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This day is a major human sacrifice day, demanding fire sacrifice with an emphasis on children. This day is one of the most important human sacrifice days, and as such, has had some very important historic events occur on this day. The <a href="http://adventofdeception.com/evil-earthly-organization" target="_blank">Illuminati Occult</a> considers war to be a most propitious way to sacrifice, for it kills both children and adults.</div>
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3. People must die as human sacrifices, especially children, since The Darkness views younger human sacrifice as most desirable</div>
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Read more <a href="http://adventofdeception.com/awareness-upcoming-occult-holiday-420-cannabis-day/" target="_blank">here</a> </div>
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"What On Earth Is Happening" <a href="http://www.whatonearthishappening.com/index.php/podcast" target="_blank">Show #100</a> - Mark Passio with guest Jay Parker talking about occult season of sacrifice, satanic ritual abuse and much more.</div>
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<a href="http://www.sacredtrust.org/the-shamanic-way-of-the-bee.php" target="_blank">The Shamanic Way of the Bee</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2012/02/RIR-120221.php" target="_blank">Andrew Gough - Hour 1 - The Sacred Veneration of the Honeybee</a><br />
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Beyonce, the beekeeper! The queen bee's beeautiful new website is a well set up window into Bey's private life, but it is also a hive of predictive programming and mind control, with great focus on the 'Beyhive', promoting the honeycomb structure and beeing good worker bees.<br />
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The Beyhive is the collective fan base by the fans. In 'Know your bees', Beyonce asks: "What bee are you?" Queen bey, the honey bee, the bumble bey, the digger bey, or wasp?<br />
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It's well worth a visit, but don't be a wasp! <br />
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Beyonce beyhiving.<br />
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Queen Bey and King B.<br />
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Beyonce dressed up as a bee for a Halloween party.<br />
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/may/25/fiction.features1" title="">Nick Harkaway</a> is a hyphen-novelist. A tragical-comical-historical-pastoral novelist, if you like; or – more precisely in the case of this second book – a fantasy-gangster-espionage-romance novelist. <i>The Gone-Away World</i>, Harkaway's <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/may/25/fiction.features1" title="">well-received debut</a>, was a slightly overfilled post-apocalyptic pick-and-mix of genres. Just as blithe in its disregard of verisimilitude and generic constraint, <i>Angelmaker</i> flits between old-fashioned villains in London's East End and covert action in 1940s south Asia, arranging its whistlestop plot around the modern-day discovery of a weapon of mass destruction in the unlikely form of a skepful of clockwork bees. It's an ambitious, crowded, restless caper, cleverly told and utterly immune to precis.<br />
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FROM THE FABLE OF BEES: OR, PRIVATE VICES, PUBLICK BENEFITS<br />
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BY BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE<br />
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THE GRUMBLING HIVE: OR, KNAVES TURN'D HONEST<br />
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A Spacious Hive well stock'd with Bees, <br />
That lived in Luxury and Ease; <br />
And yet as fam'd for Laws and Arms, <br />
As yielding large and early Swarms; <br />
Was counted the great Nursery <br />
Of Sciences and Industry. <br />
No Bees had better Government, <br />
More Fickleness, or less Content. <br />
They were not Slaves to Tyranny, <br />
Nor ruled by wild Democracy; <br />
But Kings, that could not wrong, because <br />
Their Power was circumscrib'd by Laws.<br />
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These Insects lived like Men, and all <br />
Our Actions they perform'd in small: <br />
They did whatever's done in Town, <br />
And what belongs to Sword, or Gown: <br />
Tho' th' Artful Works, by nimble Slight; <br />
Of minute Limbs, 'scaped Human Sight <br />
Yet we've no Engines, Labourers, <br />
Ships, Castles, Arms, Artificers, <br />
Craft, Science, Shop, or Instrument; <br />
But they had an Equivalent: <br />
Which, since their Language is unknown, <br />
Must be call'd, as we do our own. <br />
As grant, that among other Things <br />
They wanted Dice, yet they had Kings; <br />
And those had Guards; from whence we may <br />
Justly conclude, they had some Play; <br />
Unless a Regiment be shewn <br />
Of Soldiers, that make use of none.<br />
<br />
Vast Numbers thronged the fruitful Hive; <br />
Yet those vast Numbers made 'em thrive <br />
Millions endeavouring to supply <br />
Each other's Lust and Vanity <br />
Whilst other Millions were employ'd, <br />
To see their Handy-works destroy'd; <br />
They furnish'd half the Universe; <br />
Yet had more Work than Labourers. <br />
Some with vast Stocks, and little Pains <br />
Jump'd into Business of great Gains; <br />
And some were damn'd to Sythes and Spades, <br />
And all those hard laborious Trades <br />
Where willing Wretches daily sweat, <br />
And wear out Strength and Limbs to eat: <br />
Whilst others follow'd Mysteries, <br />
To which few Folks bind Prentices <br />
That want no Stock, but that of Brass, <br />
And may set up without a Cross; <br />
As Sharpers, Parasites, Pimps, Players, <br />
Pick-Pockets, Coiners, Quacks, Sooth-Sayers, <br />
And all those, that, in Enmity <br />
With down-right Working, cunningly <br />
Convert to their own Use the Labour <br />
Of their good-natur'd heedless Neighbour. <br />
These were called Knaves; but, bar the Name, <br />
The grave Industrious were the Same. <br />
All Trades and Places knew some Cheat, <br />
No Calling was without Deceit.<br />
<br />
The Lawyers, of whose Art the Basis <br />
Was raising Feuds and splitting Cases, <br />
Opposed all Registers, that Cheats <br />
Might make more Work with dipt Estates; <br />
As were't unlawful, that one's own, <br />
Without a Law-Suit, should be known. <br />
They kept off Hearings wilfully, <br />
To finger the refreshing Fee; <br />
And to defend a wicked Cause, <br />
Examin'd and survey'd the Laws; <br />
As Burglars Shops and Houses do; <br />
To find out where they'd best break through.<br />
<br />
Physicians valued Fame and Wealth <br />
Above the drooping Patient's Health, <br />
Or their own Skill: The greatest Part <br />
Study'd, instead of Rules of Art, <br />
Grave pensive Looks, and dull Behaviour; <br />
To gain th' Apothecary's Favour, <br />
The Praise of Mid-wives, Priests and all, <br />
That served at Birth, or Funeral; <br />
To bear with th' ever-talking Tribe, <br />
And hear my Lady's Aunt prescribe; <br />
With formal Smile, and kind How d'ye, <br />
To fawn on all the Family; <br />
And, which of all the greatest Curse is, <br />
T' endure th' Impertinence of Nurses.<br />
<br />
Among the many Priests of Jove, <br />
Hir'd to draw Blessings from Above, <br />
Some few were learn'd and eloquent, <br />
But Thousands hot and ignorant: <br />
Yet all past Muster, that could hide <br />
Their Sloth, Lust, Avarice and Pride; <br />
For which they were as famed, as Taylors <br />
For Cabbage; or for Brandy, Sailors: <br />
Some meagre look'd, and meanly clad <br />
Would mystically pray for Bread, <br />
Meaning by that an ample Store, <br />
Yet lit'rally receiv'd no more; <br />
And, whilst these holy Drudges starv'd, <br />
The lazy Ones, for which they serv'd, <br />
Indulg'd their Ease, with all the Graces <br />
Of Health and Plenty in their Faces.<br />
<br />
The Soldiers, that were forced to fight, <br />
If they survived, got Honour by 't; <br />
Tho' some, that shunn'd the bloody Fray, <br />
Had Limbs shot off, that ran away: <br />
Some valiant Generals fought the Foe; <br />
Others took Bribes to let them go: <br />
Some ventur'd always, where 'twas warm; <br />
Lost now a Leg, and then an Arm; <br />
Till quite disabled, and put by, <br />
They lived on half their Salary; <br />
Whilst others never came in Play, <br />
And staid at Home for Double Pay.<br />
<br />
Their Kings were serv'd; but Knavishly <br />
Cheated by their own Ministry; <br />
Many, that for their Welfare slaved, <br />
Robbing the very Crown they saved: <br />
Pensions were small, and they lived high, <br />
Yet boasted of their Honesty. <br />
Calling, whene'er they strain'd their Right, <br />
The slipp'ry Trick a Perquisite; <br />
And, when Folks understood their Cant, <br />
They chang'd that for Emolument; <br />
Unwilling to be short, or plain, <br />
In any thing concerning Gain: <br />
For there was not a Bee, but would <br />
Get more, I won't say, than he should; <br />
But than he dared to let them know, <br />
That pay'd for 't; as your Gamesters do, <br />
That, tho' at fair Play, ne'er will own <br />
Before the Losers what they've won.<br />
<br />
But who can all their Frauds repeat! <br />
The very Stuff, which in the Street <br />
They sold for Dirt t' enrich the Ground, <br />
Was often by the Buyers found <br />
Sophisticated with a Quarter <br />
0f Good-for-nothing, Stones and Mortar; <br />
Tho' Flail had little Cause to mutter, <br />
Who sold the other Salt for Butter.<br />
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Justice her self, famed for fair Dealing, <br />
By Blindness had not lost her Feeling; <br />
Her Left Hand, which the Scales should hold, <br />
Had often drops'em, bribed with Gold; <br />
And, tho' she seem'd impartial, <br />
Where Punishment was corporal, <br />
Pretended to a reg'lar Course, <br />
In Murther, and all Crimes of Force; <br />
Tho' some, first Pillory'd for Cheating, <br />
Were hang'd m Hemp of their own beating; <br />
Yet, it was thought, the Sword she bore <br />
Chcck'd but the Desp'rate and the Poor; <br />
That, urged by mere Necessity, <br />
Were tied up to the wretched Tree <br />
For Crimes, which not deserv'd that Fate, <br />
But to secure the Rich, and Great.<br />
<br />
Thus every Part was full of Vice, <br />
Yet the whole Mass a Paradice; <br />
Flatter'd in Peace, and fear'd in Wars <br />
They were th' Esteem of Foreigners, <br />
And lavish of their Wealth and Lives, <br />
The Ballance of all other Hives. <br />
Such were the Blessings of that State; <br />
Their Crimes conspired to make 'em Great; <br />
And Vertue, who from Politicks <br />
Had learn'd a Thousand cunning Tricks, <br />
Was, by their happy Influence, <br />
Made Friends with Vice: And ever since <br />
The Worst of all the Multitude <br />
Did something for the common Good.<br />
<br />
This was the State's Craft, that maintain'd <br />
The Whole, of which each Part complain'd: <br />
This, as in Musick Harmony, <br />
Made Jarrings in the Main agree; <br />
Parties directly opposite <br />
Assist each oth'r, as 'twere for Spight; <br />
And Temp'rance with Sobriety <br />
Serve Drunkenness and Gluttony.<br />
<br />
The Root of evil Avarice, <br />
That damn'd ill-natur'd baneful Vice, <br />
Was Slave to Prodigality, <br />
That Noble Sin; whilst Luxury <br />
Employ'd a Million of the Poor, <br />
And odious Pride a Million more. <br />
Envy it self, and Vanity <br />
Were Ministers of Industry; <br />
Their darling Folly, Fickleness <br />
In Diet, Furniture, and Dress, <br />
That strange ridic'lous Vice, was made <br />
The very Wheel, that turn'd the Trade. <br />
Their Laws and Cloaths were equally <br />
Objects of Mutability; <br />
For, what was well done for a Time, <br />
In half a Year became a'Crime; <br />
Yet whilst they alter'd thus their Laws, <br />
Still finding and correcting Flaws, <br />
They mended by Inconstancy <br />
Faults, which no Prudence could foresee.<br />
<br />
Thus Vice nursed Ingenuity, <br />
Which join'd with Time, and Industry <br />
Had carry'd Life's Conveniencies, <br />
It's real Pleasures, Comforts, Ease, <br />
To such a Height, the very Poor <br />
Lived better than the Rich before; <br />
And nothing could be added more:<br />
<br />
How vain is Mortal Happiness! <br />
Had they but known the Bounds of Bliss; <br />
And, that Perfection here below <br />
Is more, than Gods can well bestow, <br />
The grumbling Brutes had been content <br />
With Ministers and Government. <br />
But they, at every ill Success, <br />
Like Creatures lost without Redress, <br />
Cursed Politicians, Armies, Fleets; <br />
Whilst every one cry'd, Damn the Cheats, <br />
And would, tho' Conscious of his own, <br />
In Others barb'rously bear none.<br />
<br />
One, that had got a Princely Store, <br />
By cheating Master, King, and Poor, <br />
Dared cry aloud; The Land must sink <br />
For all it's Fraud; And whom d'ye think <br />
The Sermonizing Rascal chid? <br />
A Glover that sold Lamb for Kid.<br />
<br />
The least Thing was not done amiss, <br />
Or cross'd the Publick Business; <br />
But all the Rogues cry'd brazenly, <br />
Good Gods, had we but Honesty! <br />
Merc'ry smiled at th' Impudence; <br />
And Others call'd it want of Sence, <br />
Always to rail at what they loved: <br />
But Jove, with Indignation moved, <br />
At last in Anger swore, he'd rid <br />
The bawling Hive of Fraud, and did. <br />
The very Moment it departs, <br />
And Honesty fills all their Hearts; <br />
There shews 'em, like th' Instructive Tree, <br />
Those Crimes, which they're ashamed to see; <br />
Which now in Silence they confess, <br />
By Blushing at their Uglyness; <br />
Like Children, that would hide their Faults, <br />
And by their Colour own their Thoughts; <br />
Imag'ning, when they're look'd upon, <br />
That Others see, what they have done.<br />
<br />
But, Oh ye Gods! What Consternation, <br />
How vast and sudden was th' Alteration! <br />
In half an Hour, the Nation round, <br />
Meat fell a Penny in the Pound. <br />
The Mask Hypocrisie's flung down, <br />
From the great Statesman to the Clown; <br />
And some, in borrow'd Looks well known, <br />
Appear'd like Strangers in their own. <br />
The Bar was silent from that Day; <br />
For now the willing Debtors pay, <br />
Ev'n what's by Creditors forgot; <br />
Who quitted them, that had it not. <br />
Those, that were in the Wrong, stood mute, <br />
And drops the patch'd vexatious Suit. <br />
On which, since nothing less can thrive, <br />
Than Lawyers in an honest Hive, <br />
All, except those, that got enough, <br />
With Ink-horns by their Sides troop'd off.<br />
<br />
Justice hang'd some, set others free; <br />
And, after Goal-delivery, <br />
Her Presence be'ng no more requir'd, <br />
With all her Train, and Pomp retir'd. <br />
First march'd some Smiths, with Locks and Grates <br />
Fetters, and Doors with Iron-Plates; <br />
Next Goalers, Turnkeys, and Assistants: <br />
Before the Goddess, at some distance, <br />
Her chief and faithful Minister <br />
Squire Catch, and Laws great Finisher, <br />
Bore not th' imaginary Sword, <br />
But his own Tools, an Ax and Cord: <br />
Then on a Cloud the Hood-wink'd fair <br />
Justice her self was push'd by Air: <br />
About her Chariot, and behind, <br />
Were Sergeants, Bums of every kind, <br />
Tip-staffs, and all those Officers, <br />
That squeeze a Living out of Tears.<br />
<br />
Tho' Physick lived, whilst Folks were ill, <br />
None would prescribe, but Bees of Skill; <br />
Which, through the Hive dispers'd so wide, <br />
That none of 'em had need to ride, <br />
Waved vain Disputes; and strove to free <br />
The Patients of their Misery; <br />
Left Drugs in cheating Countries grown, <br />
And used the Product of their own, <br />
Knowing the Gods sent no Disease <br />
To Nations without Remedies.<br />
<br />
Their Clergy rouz'd from Laziness, <br />
Laid not their Charge on Journey-Bees ; <br />
But serv'd themselves, exempt from Vice, <br />
The Gods with Pray'r and Sacrifice; <br />
All those, that were unfit, or knew, <br />
Their Service might be spared, withdrew: <br />
Nor was there Business for so many, <br />
(If th' Honest stand in need of any.) <br />
Few only with the High-Priest staid, <br />
To whom the rest Obedience paid: <br />
Himself, employ'd in holy Cares, <br />
Resign'd to others State-Affairs: <br />
He chased no Starv'ling from his Door, <br />
Nor pinch'd the Wages of the Poor; <br />
But at his House the Hungry's fed, <br />
The Hireling finds unmeasur'd Bread, <br />
The needy Trav'ler Board and Bed.<br />
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Among the King's great Ministers, <br />
And all th' inferiour Officers <br />
The Change was great; for frugally <br />
They now lived on their Salary. <br />
That a poor Bee should Ten times come, <br />
To ask his Due, a trifling Sum, <br />
And by some well-hir'd Clerk be made, <br />
To give a Crown, or ne'er be paid; <br />
Would now be call'd a down-right Cheat, <br />
Tho' formerly a Perquisite. <br />
All Places; managed first by Three, <br />
Who watch'd each other's Knavery, <br />
And often for a Fellow-feeling, <br />
Promoted one another's Stealing; <br />
Are happily supply'd by one; <br />
By which some Thousands more are gone.<br />
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No Honour now could be content, <br />
To live, and owe for what was spent. <br />
Liv'ries in Brokers Shops are hung, <br />
They part with Coaches for a Song; <br />
Sell stately Horses by whole Sets; <br />
And Country-Houses to pay Debts.<br />
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Vain Cost is shunn'd as much as Fraud; <br />
They have no Forces kept Abroad; <br />
Laugh at th' Esteem of Foreigners, <br />
And empty Glory got by Wars; <br />
They fight but for their Country's Sake, <br />
When Right or Liberty's at Stake.<br />
<br />
Now mind the glorious Hive, and see, <br />
How Honesty and Trade agree: <br />
The Shew is gone, it thins apace; <br />
And looks with quite another Face, <br />
For 'twas not only that they went, <br />
By whom vast Sums were Yearly spent; <br />
But Multitudes, that lived on them, <br />
Were daily forc'd to do the Same. <br />
In vain to other Trades they'd fly; <br />
All were o'er-stock'd accordingly.<br />
<br />
The Price of Land, and Houses falls; <br />
Mirac'lous Palaces, whose Walls, <br />
Like those of Thebes, were raised by Play, <br />
Are to be lett; whilst the once gay, <br />
Well-seated Houshold Gods would be <br />
More pleased t' expire in Flames, than see <br />
The mean Inscription on the Door <br />
Smile at the lofty Ones they bore. <br />
The Building Trade is quite destroy'd, <br />
Artificers are not employ'd; <br />
No Limner for his Art is famed; <br />
Stone-cutters, Carvers are not named.<br />
<br />
Those, that remain'd, grown temp'rate, strive, <br />
Not how to spend; but how to live; <br />
And, when they paid their Tavern Score, <br />
Resolv'd to enter it no more: <br />
No Vintners Jilt in all the Hive <br />
Could wear now Cloth of Gold and thrive; <br />
Nor Torcol such vast Sums advance, <br />
For Burgundy and Ortelans; <br />
The Courtier's gone, that with his Miss <br />
Supp'd at his House on Christmass Peas ; <br />
Spending as much in Two Hours stay, <br />
As keeps a Troop of Horse a Day.<br />
<br />
The haughty Chloe, to live Great, <br />
Had made her Husband rob the State: <br />
But now she sells her Furniture, <br />
Which th' Indies had been ransack'd for; <br />
Contracts th' expensive Bill of Fare, <br />
And wears her strong Suit a whole Year: <br />
The slight and fickle Age is past; <br />
oAnd Cloaths, as well as Fashions last. <br />
Weavers that join'd rich Silk with Plate, <br />
And all the Trades subordinate, <br />
Are gone. Still Peace and Plenty reign, <br />
And every Thing is cheap, tho' plain: <br />
Kind Nature, free from Gard'ners Force, <br />
Allows all Fruits in her own Course; <br />
But Rarities cannot be had, <br />
Where Pains to get 'em are not paid.<br />
<br />
As Pride and Luxury decrease, <br />
So by degrees they leave the Seas. <br />
Not Merchants now; but Companies <br />
Remove whole Manufacturies. <br />
All Arts and Crafts neglected lie; <br />
Content the Bane of Industry, <br />
Makes 'em admire their homely Store, <br />
And neither seek, nor covet more.<br />
<br />
So few in the vast Hive remain; <br />
The Hundredth part they can't maintain <br />
Against th' Insults of numerous Foes; <br />
Whom yet they valiantly oppose: <br />
Till some well-fenced Retreat is found; <br />
And here they die, or stand their Ground. <br />
No Hireling in their Armies known; <br />
But bravely fighting for their own, <br />
Their Courage and Integrity <br />
At last were crown'd with Victory. <br />
They triumph'd not without their Cost; <br />
For many Thousand Bees were lost. <br />
Hard'ned with Toils, and Exercise They counted Ease it self a Vice; <br />
Which so improved their Temperance; <br />
That, to avoid Extravagance, <br />
They flew into a hollow Tree, <br />
Blest with Content and Honesty.<br />
<br />
The MORAL. <br />
<br />
Then leave Complaints: Fools only strive <br />
To make a Great an honest Hive. <br />
T' enjoy the World's Conveniencies, <br />
Befamed in War, yet live in Ease <br />
Without great Vices, is a vain <br />
Eutopia seated in the Brain. <br />
Fraud, Luxury, and Pride must live; <br />
Whilst we the Benefits receive. <br />
Hunger's a dreadful Plague, no doubt, <br />
Yet who digests or thrives without? <br />
Do we not owe the Growth of Wine <br />
To the dry, crooked, shabby Vine? <br />
Which, whilst its Shutes neglected stood, <br />
Choak'd other Plants, and ran to Wood; <br />
But blest us with its Noble Fruit; <br />
As soon as it was tied, and cut: <br />
So Vice is benefcial found, <br />
When it's by Justice lopt, and bound; <br />
Nay, where the People would be great, <br />
As necessary to the State, <br />
As Hunger is to make 'em eat. <br />
Bare Vertue can't make Nations live <br />
In Splendour; they, that would revive A Golden Age, must be as free, <br />
For Acorns, as for Honesty.<br />
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Read more <a href="http://pedagogie.ac-toulouse.fr/philosophie/textes/mandevillethefableofthebees.htm" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Mandeville" target="_blank">Bernard de Mandeville</a><br />
<a href="http://realcurrencies.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/the-satanic-core-of-libertarianism/" target="_blank">The Satanic Core of Libertarianism</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tQe72UvLWM" target="_blank">The Great Work of The Masonic Beehive</a><br />
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(Queen Elisabeth has reigned for 60 years, 66 days (as of 12 April 2012).<br />
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(Notice: there are two mirrors in the photo (mirror, mirror) (check last link at the end of posting) and there is a fireplace under one of the mirrors (smoke and mirrors).<br />
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'In Monarch Programming, the use of mirrors is a basic important tool for to make split multiple personalities. The mental mirrors, which are programmed into the victim, create thousands of alters (artificial personalities), which then can be programmed in whatever way the Illuminati programmer wants. Here are some more excerpts from the same book with regards to mirrors:'<br />
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Read more <a href="http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/mind_control_art.htm" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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<a href="http://holyhexes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/queen-lizzies-eerie-transdimensional.html" target="_blank">Queen Lizzie’s Eerie Transdimensional Portrait</a><br />
<a href="http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?44922-Mirror-mirror" target="_blank">Mirror, mirror: A pictorial of celebrities being programmed with mirrors</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_Mirror_%28film%29" target="_blank">Mirror, Mirror</a> 2012 (Film)<br />
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<a href="http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/showthread.php?t=7998" target="_blank">The Secrets Of The Illuminati: 666 Or 999 Mirrors ... You Decide!</a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>The Gardening Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355374547198051285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271019963752222085.post-53687423505310567502012-04-13T15:41:00.037-07:002012-04-15T16:01:52.464-07:00Prince Harry In Transylvania: Spending Easter With Count Tibor Kalnoky<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCawDN-51ZFjZElZA44hxoLuMYLNQI9F20sNbt95CrXg_ZCJfXe4Aha0LVWgpChCbUx7NFv7aGr5-fKVr2SKDEji1O7GbBz9HRA1gvuOsDMs7RlfD__uWOjzmcrqjr4WsSsLbjz2bBtBs3/s1600/castle_light.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCawDN-51ZFjZElZA44hxoLuMYLNQI9F20sNbt95CrXg_ZCJfXe4Aha0LVWgpChCbUx7NFv7aGr5-fKVr2SKDEji1O7GbBz9HRA1gvuOsDMs7RlfD__uWOjzmcrqjr4WsSsLbjz2bBtBs3/s400/castle_light.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdnnKBHVbYNTJwx52vs29tCfnhaIi1bYKxwX2LaJNMB7AtkQCdEmfb7pEE0nUJeMtfD6miIgYG1-jpyoxx0JspFU4MsKY-uI7ygXbXb3f2R0V4a8QvJd1skS0-fCfivJabfy8Io9OV1N1/s1600/6a00e54f9153e08833016764e54ab6970b-800wi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdnnKBHVbYNTJwx52vs29tCfnhaIi1bYKxwX2LaJNMB7AtkQCdEmfb7pEE0nUJeMtfD6miIgYG1-jpyoxx0JspFU4MsKY-uI7ygXbXb3f2R0V4a8QvJd1skS0-fCfivJabfy8Io9OV1N1/s400/6a00e54f9153e08833016764e54ab6970b-800wi.jpg" width="373" /></a></div>"<span style="color: #cccccc;">Transylvania is in my blood</span>. The genealogy shows I am descended from <span style="color: #cccccc;">Vlad the Impaler</span>, so I do have a bit of <span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">a stake in the country</span><span style="color: #999999;">"</span></span>,</span> said Prince Harry.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIL636cB6-BFJGZqig-ljX9tmfnYmfI9q77JKCGcwGr8crppn9JrxEDSwmU7JrMQ2v0_G1D-UQdubNeDL1utRDolS9JPlrOPZyMlVBdanKAT8DmmDBEV8HHqrf38Rzz09eQPfaoEDgpO8H/s1600/article-0-0B8BAA4F00000578-981_306x423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIL636cB6-BFJGZqig-ljX9tmfnYmfI9q77JKCGcwGr8crppn9JrxEDSwmU7JrMQ2v0_G1D-UQdubNeDL1utRDolS9JPlrOPZyMlVBdanKAT8DmmDBEV8HHqrf38Rzz09eQPfaoEDgpO8H/s1600/article-0-0B8BAA4F00000578-981_306x423.jpg" /></a></div>Count Tibor Kalnoky, 38, is an urbane, sophisticated, European aristocrat with flawless English (as well as German, French, Hungarian and Romanian) and equally impeccable manners. His family pedigree dates back to the 12th century, and his great uncle Gustav was prime minister of the Austro-Hungarian empire, so there's no escaping the significance of the Kalnoky heritage.<br />
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<a href="http://open.salon.com/blog/ghost_writer_1/2011/10/27/twilight_zone_prince_charles_related_to_count_dracula" target="_blank">Twilight Zone: Prince Charles Related to Count Dracula!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8851383/Prince-of-Wales-campaigning-to-save-Count-Dracula-forests.html" target="_blank">Prince of Wales campaigning to save Count Dracula forests</a><br />
<a href="http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/newsandgallery/focus/the_prince_of_wales_s_properties_in_romania_1484339285.html" target="_blank">The Prince of Wales's properties in Romania</a><br />
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertyadvice/propertymarket/3340861/The-white-knight-of-Transylvania.html" target="_blank">Tibor Kalnoky: The white knight of Transylvania</a><br />
<a href="http://www.earthfoot.org/guides/kalnoky.htm" target="_blank">Count Tibor Kalnoky: "Neither timid nor boasting"</a><br />
<a href="http://www.transylvaniancastle.com/kalnoky/kalnoky.html" target="_blank">Kálnoky Castle & History: <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">belong to the oldest magnates of Transylvania</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span> <br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler" target="_blank">Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, Vlad The Impaler, Count Dracula</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Dragon" target="_blank">The Order of the Dragon: A monarchical chivalric order for selected nobility</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Dracula" target="_blank">Count Dracula: Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc80tFJpTuo" target="_blank">The Rocky Horror Picture Show "Sweet Transvestite"</a>The Gardening Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355374547198051285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271019963752222085.post-88965493555652014952012-04-11T09:56:00.008-07:002012-04-15T08:14:58.931-07:00Just How Big Are Porn Sites?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCcLaMHwiYd_zeSPsqeDt-Pfj1o_0rYwOMlgQJ9wrnycLAYUaR3copKJNTmDoUTAKarKZW_cpGrCQcO2U6qvJUnLIzROIQWRozLZkmJbaMlMR0uYCBnscx_AW-qPS60vpIGvuS0myWH-zl/s1600/0405_onlineporn_630x420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCcLaMHwiYd_zeSPsqeDt-Pfj1o_0rYwOMlgQJ9wrnycLAYUaR3copKJNTmDoUTAKarKZW_cpGrCQcO2U6qvJUnLIzROIQWRozLZkmJbaMlMR0uYCBnscx_AW-qPS60vpIGvuS0myWH-zl/s400/0405_onlineporn_630x420.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span id="intelliTXT"></span><br />
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a person in possession of a fast internet connection must be in want of some porn.<br />
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While it’s difficult domain to penetrate — hard numbers are few and far between — we know for a fact that porn sites are some of the most trafficked parts of the internet.<br />
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According to Google’s DoubleClick Ad Planner, which tracks users across the web with a cookie, dozens of adult destinations populate the top 500 websites.<br />
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Xvideos, the largest porn site on the web with 4.4 billion page views per month, is three times the size of CNN or ESPN, and twice the size of Reddit. LiveJasmin isn’t much smaller. YouPorn, Tube8, and Pornhub — they’re all vast, vast sites that dwarf almost everything except the Googles and Facebooks of the internet.<br />
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While page views are a fine starting point, they only tell you that X porn site is more popular than Y non-porn site. Four billion page views sure <i>sounds</i> like a lot, but it’s only when you factor in what those porn surfers are <i>actually doing</i> that the size and scale of adult websites truly comes into focus.<br />
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We’ll start by laying the ground work, and then on the second page we have <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/computing/123929-just-how-big-are-porn-sites/2">some real world figures from YouPorn</a>, the second largest porn site on the web. If you like, take a moment to try and estimate the amount of traffic that YouPorn handles every second. Let us know in the comments if your guess is anywhere near.<br />
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Read more <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/computing/123929-just-how-big-are-porn-sites" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.forbes.com/2001/05/25/0524porn.html" target="_blank">How Big Is Porn?</a>The Gardening Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355374547198051285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271019963752222085.post-68584593210658309512012-04-10T11:50:00.115-07:002012-04-14T04:45:57.932-07:00It Is Dangerous To Be Right, When Those In Power Are Wrong<a href="http://holyhexes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/queen-of-englands-fortune-due-in-part.html" target="_blank">Queen of England's Fortune Due In Part To Drug Trafficking</a><br />
<a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/04/04/mystery-surrounds-death-of-french-academic-after-his-nude-body-found-in-new-york-hotel/?__lsa=adc556ef" target="_blank">Mystery surrounds death of French academic after his nude body found in New York hotel</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/04/google_project_glass/" target="_blank">Google shows off Project Glass augmented reality specs</a><br />
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<a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/2011/3/28/autonomous-drone-successfully-mimics-bird-flight--2" target="_blank">Autonomous Drone Successfully Mimics Bird Flight</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17516156" target="_blank">Inside America's Drone HQ</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp3WIZhR0Hg" target="_blank">2,500 marines in Australia 'new battlefront for US'? </a><br />
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9182604/North-Korea-preparing-to-unveil-missile-capable-of-striking-continental-US.html" target="_blank">North Korea 'preparing to unveil missile capable of striking continental US'</a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://rt.com/usa/news/dhs-million-point-government-179/" target="_blank">DHS won't explain its order of 450 million hollow point bullets</a> <br />
<a href="http://vigilantcitizen.com/latestnews/how-the-us-uses-sexual-humiliation-as-a-political-tool-to-control-the-masses/" target="_blank">How the US Uses Sexual Humiliation as a Political Tool to Control the Masses</a><br />
<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2125686/Riots-erupt-Greece-martyr-Dimitris-Christoulas-shoots-debt-crisis.html?ITO=1490" target="_blank">Riots erupt in Greece after 'martyr' shoots himself over debt crisis</a><br />
<a href="http://beyondclicktivism.com/2012/04/05/preemptive-arrests-planned-for-olympics-protesters/" target="_blank">Preemptive Arrests Planned for Olympics Protesters?</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/guest-post-face-authoritarian-environmentalism" target="_blank">The Face of Authoritarian Environmentalism</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4212656,00.html" target="_blank">Israel asks US for $700 million in military aid</a><br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/08/world/middleeast/us-defines-its-demands-for-new-round-of-talks-with-iran.html?_r=1&ref=world" target="_blank">U.S. Defines Its Demands for New Round of Talks With Iran</a><br />
<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2126373/Next-ambassador-Detroit-Crime-ridden-city-set-erect-bronze-RoboCop-statue-mayor-asks-needs.html" target="_blank">'The next ambassador for Detroit': Crime-ridden city set to erect bronze RoboCop statue after campaign from residents</a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/07/nation/la-na-army-medication-20120408" target="_blank">A fog of drugs and war: 110,000 active-duty Army troops took prescription medications</a><br />
<a href="http://rt.com/news/weapons-future-zombie-media-486/" target="_blank">Ultimate 'zombie' mind control: Myths and facts about weapons of the future</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/9191488/Youve-suffered-care-so-you-lose-your-child.html" target="_blank">You’ve suffered 'care’, so you lose your child </a><br />
<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2126675/Facebook-Google-internet-giants-forced-hand-data.html" target="_blank">Council snoopers to read our emails as internet giants could be forced to hand over data </a><br />
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<a href="http://www.worldbusinesschicago.com/events" target="_blank">2012 World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates/NATO Summit Chicago 2012</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Range_Acoustic_Device" target="_blank">LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device) will be used at NATO Summit Chicago 2012</a><br />
<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-nato-trash-cans-20120407,0,4174826.story" target="_blank">NATO summit prompts city to yank solar-powered garbage barrels</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-mali-peacecorpsbre8370ga-20120408,0,5356690.story" target="_blank">Peace Corps leaves Mali, new U.S. travel warning issued </a><br />
<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2127115/Pentagon-plans-telepathic-troops-read-minds--field-years.html#ixzz1rWLQzyOt" target="_blank">Pentagon plans for telepathic troops who can read each others' minds</a><br />
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<a href="http://rt.com/news/f-35-british-cost-billions-590/" target="_blank">$24 billion British budget blowout in black hole F-35 project </a><br />
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/09/riot-control-chemicals-plastic-bullets" target="_blank">Riots may be controlled with chemicals</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17666449" target="_blank">Disaster zone robot competition announced by Pentagon</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-army-suicide-20120308,0,7002109.story" target="_blank">Suicides among Army personnel up 80% in four years</a><br />
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The Nazi compound high in the Santa Monica Mountains may not be a secret to born and bred Angelenos (it's a sightseeing stop on the <a href="http://www.localhikes.com/Hikes/RusticCanyon_4472.asp" target="_hplink">Rustic Canyon hike</a>), but it's still one of those strange, "only in LA" artifacts that underscores the city's rich and mysterious history.<br />
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<a href="http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Off_Limits" target="_hplink">Travel Channel's "Off Limits,"</a> a show about uncovering cities' hidden secrets, focused on Los Angeles for last night's series premiere. With historian Randy Young, host Don Wildman reveals that Los Angeles was supposed to be the "seat of American fascism" from where Adolph Hitler could rule the United States and restore order -- at least according to landowners Winona and Norman Stephens. The Stephenses began construction on the "Murphy Ranch" in 1933, a fifty-acre compound in the hills that was built to be a self-sustaining nazi community. Old blueprints reveal plans for a huge mansion complete with a 400,000 gallon water tank and a concrete-walled power station (the latter two are intact but have been defaced by graffiti).<br />
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/17/murphy-ranch-los-angeles-_n_863066.html" target="_blank">Read more here</a>The Gardening Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355374547198051285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271019963752222085.post-82896094963138550042012-04-07T20:14:00.000-07:002012-04-07T20:14:29.522-07:00Scientology's 'Heretic': How Marty Rathbun Became The Arch-Enemy Of L Ron Hubbard Devotees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREKNTVJy0JyUxFSBybrtmayySPQx09nHbWlsVrzDqid4cU6qYzP9F_fivihlXJPfUoFTf259hzjzryAvT3n6e-jOqfrD4AGY5c13YU6SLsF3v6PFJHFgB9gjwWHIuiUO6ZO7_yurwPjf0/s1600/rathbun1024x768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREKNTVJy0JyUxFSBybrtmayySPQx09nHbWlsVrzDqid4cU6qYzP9F_fivihlXJPfUoFTf259hzjzryAvT3n6e-jOqfrD4AGY5c13YU6SLsF3v6PFJHFgB9gjwWHIuiUO6ZO7_yurwPjf0/s400/rathbun1024x768.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
The men who came for Marty Rathbun wore a kind of uniform: dark glasses, clipped facial hair, and light blue T-shirts. Each carried either a microphone, or a video camera. On their chests were pictures of a squirrel, upon which a photograph of Marty's head had been crudely superimposed. Topping off the ensemble were black baseball caps with an embroidered slogan stitched in white above the peak. It proclaimed: 'SQUIRREL BUSTERS'.<br />
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There were four of them, and they appeared around lunchtime on 18 April last year. Marty was making a sandwich in the kitchen of his home in Ingleside on the Bay, on the Gulf Coast of Texas. When he heard them knock, he grabbed a video camera kept on his sideboard for such an occasion. Then he turned it on to 'record' and proceeded to the front door.<br />
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There followed a brief altercation which, even by the standards of YouTube, where clips of what occurred were later posted, seems impossibly surreal. "Come on, Marty!" bellows the group's middle-aged leader, who wears a camera on his head, "got anything to say?" Rathbun asks who he is. "I'm with Squirrel Buster Productions," comes the reply. "I'm doing an investigation on you, and your squirrel technology." Heated discussions ensue. "We'll be here for weeks and weeks," promises one of the men, after Marty orders them off his property. Another adds: "As long as it takes!".<br />
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They weren't lying. From that point onwards, men wearing 'squirrel buster' outfits began turning up outside Rathbun's home every few hours. Sometimes, they'd arrive in a car; often, as the long, hot summer wore on, in a golf buggy. Occasionally, they moored boats in the canal outside his home. According to a harassment log local police advised Marty to keep, they'd video him inside and outside the property. From time to time, they'd also pepper his wife, Monique, with hostile questions, often about their sex life.<br />
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The 'squirrel busters' stayed in Ingleside throughout May, June, July, and August 2011. They rented homes nearby, carried placards denouncing Marty, and posted occasional footage of him on the internet. Soon, they became the talk of the village. One day, as news spread, Mark Collette, a reporter from the Corpus Christi Caller, appeared on Marty's doorstep and asked what was going on. The answer left him stunned.<br />
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<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/scientologys-heretic-how-marty-rathbun-became-the-archenemy-of-l-ron-hubbard-devotees-7618944.html" target="_blank">Read more here</a><br />
<a href="http://markrathbun.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">'Moving on Up a Little Higher'</a> (Marty's blog) <br />
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A mountain looming over a French commune with a population of just 200 is being touted as a modern Noah's Ark when doomsday arrives – supposedly less than nine months from now.<br />
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A rapidly increasing stream of New Age believers – or esoterics, as locals call them – have descended in their camper van-loads on the usually picturesque and tranquil Pyrenean village of Bugarach. They believe that when apocalypse strikes on 21 December this year, the aliens waiting in their spacecraft inside Pic de Bugarach will save all the humans near by and beam them off to the next age.<br />
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As the cataclysmic date – which, according to eschatological beliefs and predicted astrological alignments, concludes a 5,125-year cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar – nears, the goings-on around the peak have become more bizarre and ritualistic.<br />
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For decades, there has been a belief that Pic de Bugarach, which, at 1,230 metres, is the highest in the Corbières mountain range, possesses an eery power. Often called the "upside-down mountain" – geologists think that it exploded after its formation and the top landed the wrong way up – it is thought to have inspired Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Since the 1960s, it has attracted New Agers, who insist that it emits special magnetic waves.<br />
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Further, rumours persist that the country's late president François Mitterrand was transported by helicopter on to the peak, while the Nazis, and, later, Israel's Mossad, performed mysterious digs there. Now the nearby village is awash with New Agers, who have boosted the local economy, though their naked group climbs up to the peak have raised concerns as well as eyebrows. Among other oddities, some hikers have been spotted scaling the mountain carrying a ball with a golden ring, strung together by a single thread.<br />
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<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hippies-head-for-noahs-ark-queue-here-for-rescue-aboard-alien-spaceship-7584492.html" target="_blank">Read more here</a>The Gardening Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355374547198051285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271019963752222085.post-51652359517910266442012-04-07T15:42:00.000-07:002012-04-07T15:42:54.160-07:00Hipster Jesus Is Here to Save Newsweek<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoC4VcBXK8Av4zzW6EqX1lLFSIGB446G45YMgOIlL9CDyLjjdCTaP5eDbD14-b7ZkJYzLFXk5s7KOYqAEWkasOzEZmVUGva-xDhCil294-LMmg2TkaO0L7O3MAmkPtBcYM2jxaLTnRNFAc/s1600/tumblr_m1uw7dlMAk1qcokc4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoC4VcBXK8Av4zzW6EqX1lLFSIGB446G45YMgOIlL9CDyLjjdCTaP5eDbD14-b7ZkJYzLFXk5s7KOYqAEWkasOzEZmVUGva-xDhCil294-LMmg2TkaO0L7O3MAmkPtBcYM2jxaLTnRNFAc/s400/tumblr_m1uw7dlMAk1qcokc4.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><br />
Editor-in-chief Tina Brown has resurrected the magazine world's<a href="http://www.forbes.com/2010/05/11/jesus-newsweek-media-magazine-opinions-columnists-trevor-butterworth_2.html"> time-tested way</a> of boosting newsstand sales: the Jesus cover. But to be fair, she's given the Lord Savior a modern makeover. It's a cover that manages to be both vintage <em>Newsweek </em>and classic Tina all at the same time.<br />
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For Brown's part, it fits right in line with her penchant to dress down and hippify the sacred cows of her publication's readership. During her tenure at The New Yorker, that meant running an irreverently hip interpretation of Eustace Tilley, The New Yorker's decades-old mascot. Newsweek, meanwhile, has rarely been able to resist the son of God as poster boy, given that he's a surefire bet for a general interest readership and the stats have his back: trade mag Folio says putting Jesus on the cover elicits a sales bump by as much as 45 percent. And the Jesus boost couldn't come at a better time. Two weeks ago, Brown went on offense pushing against an Ad Week report that the joint Newsweek Daily Beast company lost $30 million in its first year. It's not quite that bad, Brown told ABC News, saying that while the magazine isn't making a profit yet, in a "couple of years" it will be making money again.<br />
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The Bonnaroo Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, took its name from <a href="http://www.nitetripper.com/" target="_blank">Dr. John</a>'s 1974 album <i>Desitively Bonnaroo</i>-- New Orleans patois for "good time" or "party." So it makes sense that he's become a mainstay of the event, culminating in a fierce performance in 2011 with Dan Auerbach of <a href="http://pitchfork.com/artists/375-the-black-keys/" target="_blank">the Black Keys</a>. That onstage collaboration extended into the studio, as the younger performer produced the elder's latest album, <i>Locked Down. </i>You're right to be skeptical: A certain amount of success gives an artist the leeway to work with his heroes, and for every <i><a href="http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4961-van-lear-rose/" target="_blank">Van Lear Rose</a>,</i> there's Justin Vernon shouting out Bruce Hornsby. Auerbach has already done production work for Jessica Lea Mayfield, the Ettes, and Hacienda, but <i>Locked Down </i>is his first intergenerational record.<br />
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It's an unlikely collaboration, primarily because the man born Mac Rebennack seemed destined for a respectful revival focusing on his New Orleans roots and the melting pot of styles and sounds represented by the Third Ward. Think Joe Henry, some Americana fans, and a Grammy nomination. On the other hand, it's not like <i>Locked Down </i>represents a comeback for Dr. John: If not exactly prolific, he's been consistent throughout the last decade, releasing at least one album every two years and entertaining new twists on his time-tested Big Easy rock. Even so, this album still stands out among his recent work, not so much for the leap of faith he took collaborating with Auerbach but because it turned out so damn well.<br />
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Producing and playing like there's no such thing as boomer nostalgia, the Black Key not only respects Dr. John's southern-fried eccentricities but amplifies them. <i>Locked Down</i> is a weird-ass gumbo of grotty funk and R&B, littered with raunchy reeds, leering organ riffs, and blustery guitar. Often it sounds busy and overcooked, but that's better than chaste reverence on any day. The idea isn't to evoke Bourbon Street or some staid idea of New Orleans history. Instead, these songs trace dead ends and back alleys, wandering past houses still bearing high-water marks, finally arriving at a party no tourist was invited to.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDzzzLK6rOI" target="_blank">Dr John - Locked Down</a><br />
<a href="http://195.188.87.10/programmes/p00qk7tx" target="_blank">Radio 4 'Frontrow' interview with Dr John</a>The Gardening Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355374547198051285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271019963752222085.post-6776718225963438912012-04-07T12:15:00.022-07:002012-04-14T04:50:48.849-07:00Bioethics; The New Eugenics And A Macabre Euthanasia Roller Coaster<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj694_C-vObfdK9IY-Yafj3GRPdaLR5uBYuuAT2ycnbpM-r8tp6Y6dHVETZBkKhsn9At9ztKtXQLgeYLZc7udhYUIpw_JHv8qmKUZKPY5p38-8VhD9rsreZaZUMbNTvFTovF4c1pG03HvR9/s1600/Eugenics_congress_logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj694_C-vObfdK9IY-Yafj3GRPdaLR5uBYuuAT2ycnbpM-r8tp6Y6dHVETZBkKhsn9At9ztKtXQLgeYLZc7udhYUIpw_JHv8qmKUZKPY5p38-8VhD9rsreZaZUMbNTvFTovF4c1pG03HvR9/s400/Eugenics_congress_logo.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<a href="http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2012/03/01/medethics-2011-100411.short" target="_blank">After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?</a><br />
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9113394/Killing-babies-no-different-from-abortion-experts-say.html" target="_blank">Killing babies no different from abortion, experts say </a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HvSP9K6aCY" target="_blank">Life a Burden? After-birth abortion outrage sparked in UK </a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uscOblmFNE" target="_blank">Life and Death: Bioethics as crypto-eugenics </a><br />
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9191848/Universal-cancer-vaccine-developed.html" target="_blank">'Universal' cancer vaccine developed</a><br />
<a href="http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/vaccines-and-autism-the-secret-that-you-are-not-supposed-to-know?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vaccines-and-autism-the-secret-that-you-are-not-supposed-to-know" target="_blank">Vaccines And Autism: The Secret That You Are Not Supposed To Know</a><br />
<a href="http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/mother-who-questions-vax-at-hospital-has-newborn-taken-away/" target="_blank">Mother Who Questions Vax at Hospital Has Newborn Taken Away</a><br />
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/01/dutch-mobile-euthanasia-units" target="_blank">Dutch mobile euthanasia units to make house calls</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haLH5wCSOIc&feature=g-user-u&context=G2a0e336UCGXQYbcTJ33a3zxM12wd_ZiQ0Heot_eAHMGKMHwwjz2E" target="_blank">Euthanasia Roller/Roaster Coaster: Thrills And Kills</a><br />
<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2107238/Euthanasia-Macabre-concept-roller-coaster-thrills--kills-you.html" target="_blank">The macabre concept of a 'euthanasia roller coaster' that thrills you... then kills you</a><br />
<a href="http://www.odditycentral.com/technology/euthanasia-coaster-the-roller-coaster-designed-to-thrill-you-and-kill-you.html" target="_blank">Euthanasia Coaster – The Roller Coaster Designed to Thrill You and Kill You</a><br />
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“You are hereby sentenced to death by rollercoaster.” Sounds strange for a death sentence, I know, but it could very well be a reality. That is, if Lithuanian engineer Julijonas Urbonas’ invention – the Euthanasia Coaster – is ever created. For now, he only has a prototype of the amusement ride with the ultimate thrill, death itself.<br />
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Yes, you ride it, you die. That’s pretty much the concept of the Euthanasia Coaster. What could be scarier than this – a ride that lasts 3 minutes, the first two of which are spent slowly climbing a very steep slope. Once at the top, you still have a chance to make the ultimate decision of your life, to live or to die. Choose the latter, and you will be dropped at a high speed and then made to travel through a quick succession of loops. The spinning motion would create a centrifugal force that makes all the blood rush away from the brain, and insufficient oxygen would ultimately lead to death.<br />
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UK taxpayers will have to pay billions of dollars to have their web surfing, email exchange, text messaging, and even Skype calls, monitored. In addition to the hefty price-tag, innocent Brits risk being misidentified as terrorists.<br />
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The shocking data comes ahead of the plan announcement in the Queen's speech, which is scheduled for May. Meanwhile, the Home Office, Britain’s interior ministry, said ministers were preparing to legislate <em>"as soon as parliamentary time allows".</em><br />
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More than $3 billion over the first decade alone is the extraordinary sum the British taxpayer will have to pay to be legally spied upon, reports the Daily Mail. In addition, annual running costs of roughly $320 million – $610 a minute – to store the data gathered from private communication.<br />
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Moreover, the above figures are based on 2009 estimates, which means the actual price, if it were estimated now, would be higher still.<br />
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British security agencies are pushing for a law, which would allow police to gain access to who you call, what sites you surf and how you play video games.<br />
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The government wants details about text messages, phone calls, email, visited websites, Facebook and Twitter exchanges and even online game chats.<br />
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<a href="http://rt.com/news/uk-government-spy-law-082/" target="_blank">Read more here </a>The Gardening Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355374547198051285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271019963752222085.post-62631730631896305892012-04-07T09:10:00.000-07:002012-04-07T09:10:58.253-07:00Private Security Guards Could Be Given Power To Hand Out £80 Fines To Troublemakers In A&E<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWy4gfIzUOQc4qK7mUlpJ_lGxUXvZxyDxy6v8C74r_TO00yET1QDKS1Gg2LYGnBeSWWQtQYC8JjHvdljpy0dFNXDmmW-pYLtRgQzPrqIaIAJAUHQ-ZDBL_fwCkVbc8-Iuh6Pl3oJA0HHR/s1600/article-2124398-12728C25000005DC-168_306x423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWy4gfIzUOQc4qK7mUlpJ_lGxUXvZxyDxy6v8C74r_TO00yET1QDKS1Gg2LYGnBeSWWQtQYC8JjHvdljpy0dFNXDmmW-pYLtRgQzPrqIaIAJAUHQ-ZDBL_fwCkVbc8-Iuh6Pl3oJA0HHR/s400/article-2124398-12728C25000005DC-168_306x423.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Private security firms could i</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">mpose on-the-spot fines to rowdy troublemakers in A&E to help reduce the growing violence in Britain's hospital wards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Under the controversial proposals, the guards working for the firms would also </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> be allowed to confiscate alcohol from those who are taken to emergency departments following drunken disorder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The government hopes the £80 penalties will assist medics who are often threatened with violence. It is also considering a move to allow the NHS to apply for antisocial behaviour injuctions which could see persistent troublemakers banned from the wards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Police Federation met the idea with concern claiming the move it was not in the public's best interest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Paul McKeever, chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said: 'The public should be greatly concerned about the gradual erosion of warranted police officers and the attempt to fill the gap with private security guards and police community support officers.'</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But the Government claimed the plans - part of its alcohol strategy - were designed to hand back power to the community.</span><br />
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