"In appearance the locusts were like horses arrayed for battle; on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, their hair like women's hair, and their teeth like lions' teeth; they had scales like iron breastplates, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle. They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and their power of hurting men for five months lies in their tails. They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon." (Revelation 9:1-11 RSV)
On September 19, 2008, Professor Stephen Hawking and John C. Taylor unveiled to the world the “Corpus Clock”,
On September 19, 2008, the US securities and exchange commission, fearing total collapse of the US stock market, banned short selling
The inscription at the base of this mysterious clock, which incorporates six undisclosed patented inventions, and which had components constructed at a secret military research facility in Holland, is from the Vulgate translation of John 2:17:
“Mundus transit et concupiscentia eius”...
“And The World Passeth Away.... and the lust thereof.”
This passage is in reference to John 2:13 to John 2:16, in which Jesus throws the moneychangers out of the Temple.
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unsuspecting citizens of Cambridge "
I'm not a native speaker of
English, so I might miss out some nuances here in the language, but the use of
the word "unsuspecting" made be react.
And YES that's a stinger on the
locusts tail.
I am native English speaker.
And certain that the use of "unsuspecting" is example of the "dry" sense of British humor. I am American and often do not find British sense of humor funny - but can definitely identify it.
I think there was a knowledge that the "conspiracy theorists" would be buzzing so the effort was to laugh it off. As the talking heads "speech leaders" did to the folks who questioned the particle accelerator?
from a security issue standpoint one should always pay attention to what is considered a joke. Often the unconscious mind will express itself my means of something that can be later deemed "just joking" by the speaker. People tell the truth thru means of "jokes"
So the clock was inaugurated, the clock which features technology which is top secret and unavailable to the public. Though the clock itself is put on display - i.e. right out in the open.
Next the clock is inaugurated, the world market and the particle accelerator collapse simultaneously.
Seems to me that the engineers who put together the particle accelerator would've known the amount of electricity they needed. Call me a conspiracy theorist, since I am, but excuse for the failure of the accelerator "cause a failure of electric grid in Switzerland" which cannot be fixed til the Spring? Since the Swiss use the electricity for heating? what were they gonna do if the machine went on board. Does it take more electiricity to get running and then just minor input to stay that way? Don't think so? H''mmm More research is needed here.
There have been no recorded attempts to climb Mount Kailash; it is considered off limits to climbers in deference to Buddhist and Hindu beliefs. It is the most significant peak in the world that has not seen any known climbing attempts.
"Mention has been made of Meru hill and Kashmir in the ‘Skanda Purana’, particularly in ‘Lakshmi Sahasranamavali’ composed by saint Sanatkumara (Lakshmi Sahasranamamulu, Edited by Peri Bhaskara Rao, Gollapudi Verera Swamy Son, Sri Seetarama Book Depot, Rajahmundry 533101, Andhra Pradesh,India). It has been described Kashmira pura (the city of Kashmir) is the abode while Meru and Vindhya hills etc remain the favorite places for the Goddess of wealth, Lakshmi. []
Both Meru and Kashmir have been mentioned in the epic. It is difficult to say the area of ancient Kashmira pura, a region in that period. Anyhow, the region retained the name Kashmir, though its area might have been reduced significantly. Possibility exists that Meru might be within the ancient Kashmir region in ‘puranic’ times "
Last weekend, Goran had a bottle thrown at him and his bicycle was kicked while he rode off. In response to this incident, this letter was written by Pilot Dube, the Zimbabwean gentleman that has been living at Surreal Estate for the past five months who has become a friend of Goran. I would like all people involved with the Goran discussion to please read:
Dear sirs and madams,
I have noted the concerns of the cycle club regarding the past association of one Goran's association with some radical groups. Before I delve into that I wish all of us to reflect that we are products of the societies that we were not part to choose. Does any one care to reflect that even the names we have were probably given to us without our consent. The colour of our skins are even without our consent.
Our values and attitudes are shaped by the society that brought us into this earth. There is a story of a child that was brought up amongst apes. The result was the child behaved like apes until he was rehabilitated by humans. A child born into the mild of Iraq will be probably be a Muslim. We are Christians of our denominations not because of our choices but by the accident of where we were born. We are Americans because our parents were Americans. I deal with this back ground for us to reflect on ourselves and others.
Invariable some of us were fortunate to be born in societies that are considered by the civilized societies as liberal It is these societies that have shaped our values. Having been born in such societies it is our duty to impart these values on the unfortunate members of society. The question is how do we do it. I have referred to the case of a boy who was raised among apes. Humanity took its time to teach this boy the values of humanity.
I have alluded the fact I come from Africa. Goran also comes from Africa. He is a member of the group called Afrikaans. This is a white that came from Holland in 1650. The group had no supply links from Holland and had to learn to be tough to survive in the African environment. A race there was created of a tough Boer clan that had to be brutal to the African people. With time the Africans were subjugated and the Afrikaans started to industrialize South Africa and Namibia (where Goran was raised). They established a society based on the concept of apartheid (literally meaning separation of races). I imagine in this Goran was taught to hate Africans and the Europeans. There was virtue in subjugating any of these. I will come to the reasons of this attitude.
At the turn of the 1890's the Europeans were colonizing the continent of Africa and they found the Afrikaans already established. The Europeans had to displace Afrikaans and there was bloody wars. The Afrikaans were defeated and never forgave the Europeans for it up to this day. They remained in Africa as the British subjects but by the passage of time they started to re establish themselves through democratic processes. Now it was the white race against the African people. As if that is not enough in the 1960's the African nationalism was on the rise. The Africans fought for their independence and the Afrikaans were replaced by the Africans by 1990. They again felt bitter with the Africans and the Europeans who they accuse of being soft on Africans resulting in the takeover of the land they had developed since 1650.
Goran comes from such background. There as is always the case some members of that society which still harbours hatred for any body other than themselves. I have met Goran in USA as Africans we had to get along. I would understand him and he would understand me. He is a nice fellow and needs every body's acceptance. There is no threat to security to anybody by associating with him.
For starters this is an alien society for him and he can not mobilize anybody to carry out his unfounded extremist views. For him to do any harm he needs to go to Africa and team up with the fellow Afrikaans.
Does it therefor not occur to you that by coming to the USA Goran is akin to be in rehabilitation centre. I think America has done a wonderful job and he is changed man and quite cheerful for that matter. Shunning him as is proposed by the members of the club does not change his ideas. What changes is your acceptance of him among your ranks. Even giving him executive duties will make him a changed man. A privileged group like yours which fails to rehabilitate an individual who has been unfortunate to be born in a different environment is no better than Goran himself. After all are we all clean. We are probably in our small ways members of some bad organizations such as drug cartels, bad company of thieves or robbers. Let us then think on the log in our eyes before we see a speck in Goran's eye.
The limit of time prevents me from exhausting this issue to its logical conclusion but hope with this contribution your organization shall not persecute a member of this society whose probable crime is that he was at one time a member of a club(s) which you all know were discredited by the American. Does it occur to you that the KKK was not formed by Goran but the Americans who prayed on a new immigrant and coerced him into membership - my question is what are doing or have you done to all the Americans who were involved in the KKK.
My comments were not solicitated by any one.
Thank
Goro Adachi points to two links RE: the plane which developed a hole, apparently causeless on his site,
The Phoenix was a short-lived 1982 TV series starring Judson Scott as an ancient astronaut named Bennu of the Golden Light. Extraterrestrials had left Bennu behind as a "gift to mankind" but he was woken too early and didn't know his mission on Earth. The show was kind of a cross between The Incredible Hulk and Erich Von Daniken's Chariots of the Gods Around 1982, I was really into both of those, so it's no surprise I thought The Phoenix was a real gas. Here's the opening sequence. The Phoenix (YouTube)
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