SEE: SEGUE OF INTENIONS...(below)
9-28-12 [un(fn) since 9-21]
Butt bottoms up!
but: Yes-Butt Head in the Wrong Direction?
to: http://political_progress_for_people.blogspot.com/2008/04/who-are-they-calling-elitist.html*
not: http://political_progress_for_people.blogspot.com/2009/06/cap-and-trade.html
one: (b.s.) trickle + down
do: (b.s.) voodoo + economics
538: (scroll
compare: over)*
what Think Progress 96%
math (trouble with the curve)
d (w'rithmatic)
(*) satire + mockery
(b.s.): pun + (sic)
(**) total eclipse of the
*under construction
9-21-12 REFRAIN
is a Heckuva Paradocs[!]
9-21-12 Ding, Ding, Ding (rough RE-draft)
[see Devo Mitt's BO*Son below]
9-21-12 Ding,
Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding!
[Pulled from Circulation(Reverted to Draft) for Re-frame]
It is a hecuva job to footnote this. The Dings are about the fight and the perspectives.
4 Now I will just begin UC(under construction)
! Punderous
Ponderings
? The Choice (4mat anomoly? )
C not but Al Gore Rhythms (retro ^)
[talk about (fn) nightmare of GPS]
[retro ^ = anachronism/time wrap/warp?]
etc Theology
Re Trinity
Material Off-Cuff
edited Charlotte
2012! [^ C ?]
track (label charts[PAGES])
to (blog search E.B.)
The
Hope
darn knit(C ? Rythms ^)
Why OWS is Bigger than Left Vs. Right!
Only Economists Need Apply
hard (b.s Charlotte's Web)
---
risked (INET)
un (obtusity)
prophetic (dimentionalism)
---
Oh Obama Revives Social Security Idea: Raise Payroll Tax Cap To Replenish Fund
Point Professor Warren's Lesson
3 (prophetic/refrain) (NOT)
Ding: A return to economic sanity.
--\-- 4UC (line #3)
[devo]: Mitt's
BO*Son (i.e. flip-flop of
--/--
A A return to economic sanity ?[*]
B Self Bernanke Myth (Fed Speak)
C Deflation Jon Stewart (Satire nor Economics)
D (60 Minutes) context
Lede^^: Tacky, tact, tack
Crack: Economy or Economics
"I don't want to be subjective...(but)^^^
^^ 47% Myth
^^^ Fight of the Century (Good Wrap: Bad Econ)
[*] This footnote segues between Ding and A. leaving out the middle and emblematic of Mitt and his flip-flop of economics.(@A) It is Keynesian not Supply or Demand. The Fight of the Century(@but) is a mockery of a satire on economics and the Deflation of Bernanke by Jon Stewart(@C) is a satire of a mockery of economics. .
9-19-12 Re:Focus
TIME Romney Refocuses as Obama Decries ‘Victim’ Claim
NFRY=(not fully read yet)
Is Klein on anyones side?[!]
[!]= ;-) If you don't know, scroll(and go click)yourself!
Hint: Goat Mountain ?
9-18-12 ...promote
the general...
9-18-12
MB: No Apologies Tour? [UNDER (DE?)CONSTRUCTION]
Correction Leding Entitlement Group?
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/martin-bashir/49065421/#49065421 Ryan
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/martin-bashir/49065421/#49076540
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/martin-bashir/49065421/#49076662 full leder
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/martin-bashir/49065421/#49076662
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/martin-bashir/49065421/#49076663 the cycle
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/martin-bashir/49065421/#49076582
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/martin-bashir/49065421/#49073645 the place
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/martin-bashir/49065421/#49074910 Andrea http://video.msnbc.msn.com/martin-bashir/49065421/#49074064 NOW
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/middle-east-&-n.-africa/49075550/
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/south-&-central-asia/49075904/
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/decision-2012/49075790/
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-cycle/49077139/
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-cycle/49076662/
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/martin-bashir/49065518/#49065518
Hardball and math death.
Bottom line update top lines and MB.
and who home runs?
9-18-12 Trouble
with the Curve?
...promote
the general...
9-17-12 One
Heckuva Day. The Dickens...(peace meal [!])
Obama
the Uniter!
9-14-12 Politics
is local?
sausage: Ground
Romney/Ryan/Rand: Game
beef : ?
*
footnotes: Not
out foxed
the
Seattle PI
usual
global text
MO.**
** "well"
not: Rhetorical Been Laden In-Chief?!
exactly:
Fed/Bernanke/Seattle PI
9-13-12 Rhetorical
Been Laden[*] In-Chief [asterisk added (9-14) for English emphasis]
This [fn] under-construction and challenging. [comment embedded here (see English emphasis) as well]
SEGUE OF INTENTIONS GOING FORWARD:
FOOTNOTES (see label) BY MONTH. (under construction)
SCROLLING DOWN DATE OF INSERT WILL NOT BE INCLUDED UNLESS THERE IS AN UPDATE TO NOTE.
9-13-12 Links [update change]
Having instituted new footnote process here.[*]dupe applicable
9-13-12 Refrain post frain?[*]
satire: Mitt + BO*son
mockery: Fall-Awful
on Mitt's Face!
later: frain
4 huff posts
Dangerous
Narratives
Whose
Maker
Obama
Role
The
Bounce?
NFRY
* BaneOr
Out
Foxed?
Rubric's
Peek
"Feel
the Love"?
Not
to Follow-Up...
String
Cheese Theory?
First
Downgrade in US History!
Ideology
anachronism foray
Un-State
of the Union
Conservative
Foray (4A)
intended CAD
CAD
(2 out of 3 be bad)
CAD
(Culturally Aided Design)
CAD
(To be or not 3d)
State
of Politics
[Edits occurring post footnote @ some*** are not included in this footnote process as hinted at: *** exception to the rule(bottom line) [Footnotes** Change] appropriately
i.e. yet to footnote but what
the
google[anachronism
unintended]
or is
it? ]
*** also not included here
[*]asterisks will appear bracketed by date, but unbracketed are from original post: *
anachronism
intended will appear in bold, followed by the contents of the b.s. [**]
[**] the exception to the rule [***]
[***] i.e. what the google you scroll over or click for link
ALSO post asterisk *** bracketeds not included here.
9-12-12 Fall-Awful
on Mitt's Face!
Footnoes under construction...
September
11th
heading*[^^]
[latest]
9-11-12 Forward?
the only link to outside source: (9-12) Politics
9-7-12 Other
Mysterious Ways...
Heavy (GWB) on Huffington Post and b.s. (vous due[sic])
[selected links are footnoted]
There (HP) Climate Change not a Hoax
is (HP) Artists Against Fracking (Ono/Lennon)
W*(b.s.) Google Works
rithmatic
(TLR)Four More Years
and (ibid) Mitts BO*son
After
Math. (HP) BP/Isaac .
Un-bolded Under-construction, peace meal [!].
9-7-12 Google
Works...
9-5-12 Four
More Years!
9-4-12 Charlotte
2012!
Out
Foxed?
9-2-12 For
Pete Sake!
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Saturday, September 01, 2012
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
This was my take
even before finding that others seemed to be filtering the news in a similar way.
A Letter From Chomsky and Others on the Recent Events in the Middle East
While it seems that any attempt to not pick sides, seems to be countered with the charge that one has, it is tough to be neutral, and both sides can be wrong, but someone has to be the bigger person or nation. Instead, we all tend to think we are "the man".
One counter point may be, that there are influential partners that could be contributing more to the Palestinians, but that too is divided between the military and the humanitarian and we know which one gets the focus. Even the humanitarian can have ideological if not military strings attached and that too is not dependent on side.
There does seem to be one commonality to the traits of both sides, fundamentalism and economics, divorced from values.
Some even take economics as so much a given that it is taken out of the equation, much as greed is a trait that seems to be an integral ingredient to success. Neither is the case, and that applies to not just to man, woman and child, but nation as well.
Whether one side is truly trying to wipe out another, any reaction in like manner is not excusable, without being also the cause of the problem. Another line that is blurred is the value of people in comparison to the value of a nation. Finally a line that I don't feel I need to clarify. [UPDATE 11:01 AM](...because the world is so blurred and it is all about the "hard work" of politics that will always be needed to be sustainable.) [OK I did, or did I blurr?]
[UPDATE 11:19 AM Unread link added:, thanks to The Thom Harmann Program: Uncommon Sense from the Radical Middle and his guest Jeffrey Feldman.] FRAMESHOP: 3 Ways to Talk About Peace
Contrary to the idea that anything changed on 9-11, we still may not know which came first the chicken or the egg, or may just not want to know. There are many that think the chicken, while they can't escape the egg on their face.
And while I have my avian metaphors flying, why did the chicken cross the roads that all lead to Rome?
HISTORY IN AN EGG SHELL
A Letter From Chomsky and Others on the Recent Events in the Middle East
While it seems that any attempt to not pick sides, seems to be countered with the charge that one has, it is tough to be neutral, and both sides can be wrong, but someone has to be the bigger person or nation. Instead, we all tend to think we are "the man".
One counter point may be, that there are influential partners that could be contributing more to the Palestinians, but that too is divided between the military and the humanitarian and we know which one gets the focus. Even the humanitarian can have ideological if not military strings attached and that too is not dependent on side.
There does seem to be one commonality to the traits of both sides, fundamentalism and economics, divorced from values.
Some even take economics as so much a given that it is taken out of the equation, much as greed is a trait that seems to be an integral ingredient to success. Neither is the case, and that applies to not just to man, woman and child, but nation as well.
Whether one side is truly trying to wipe out another, any reaction in like manner is not excusable, without being also the cause of the problem. Another line that is blurred is the value of people in comparison to the value of a nation. Finally a line that I don't feel I need to clarify. [UPDATE 11:01 AM](...because the world is so blurred and it is all about the "hard work" of politics that will always be needed to be sustainable.) [OK I did, or did I blurr?]
[UPDATE 11:19 AM Unread link added:, thanks to The Thom Harmann Program: Uncommon Sense from the Radical Middle and his guest Jeffrey Feldman.] FRAMESHOP: 3 Ways to Talk About Peace
Contrary to the idea that anything changed on 9-11, we still may not know which came first the chicken or the egg, or may just not want to know. There are many that think the chicken, while they can't escape the egg on their face.
And while I have my avian metaphors flying, why did the chicken cross the roads that all lead to Rome?
HISTORY IN AN EGG SHELL
Friday, January 11, 2008
Not Running With It?
On two recent events, I did not bite, but I was going to take the bits in my mouth and run with them. The Iranian Swift Boat attack in the strait’s of Hormuz
and [Bush in the Middle East]
On the former I would have commented on the several statements of wonder from administration sort of "What the heck are they thinking or saying or meaning?" But in reality Defense Secretary Gates: "I can't imagine what was on their minds." There were other comments of wonder, but now we should wonder on whose minds the wonder lies.
On the latter it was hopes of success, but you know . . .
[Post-dated: 1-17-08 www.back-to-iraq.com 1-7-08
The Confrontation That Wasn't. 1-8-08]
and [Bush in the Middle East]
On the former I would have commented on the several statements of wonder from administration sort of "What the heck are they thinking or saying or meaning?" But in reality Defense Secretary Gates: "I can't imagine what was on their minds." There were other comments of wonder, but now we should wonder on whose minds the wonder lies.
On the latter it was hopes of success, but you know . . .
[Post-dated: 1-17-08 www.back-to-iraq.com 1-7-08
The Confrontation That Wasn't. 1-8-08]
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Total eclipse of the
gut?
FuN[?]
9-26-12
President Obama mentioned a time warp.
Clinton mentioned arithmatic.
Not to leave it on a try angle, but...
UN Speech,***
filed to read*.
The Cycle** was particularly good yesterday.
* more with the apology mitt-flop
** not exactly
[***There is no violence that justifies mindless speech. The only thing to fear is understanding itself. To Romney they are not bumps in the road, but that is what they are when you aren't kicking a can down the road.]
[ SatIre of a Mockery: Simone Says (?)]
*** 9-27-12 Just to be clear, there are no quotation marks in the 1st bracketed['s] while the satire in the 2nd broke later. I am putting a spin on President Obama's point about free speech verses[!]
"terror". While Roger Simone puts a spin on "free speech" and the Romney/Ryan campaign. Not to mention Dansing Bernstein.
[!]= (sic) or pun on versus or verse us cycle.(OK... it evolved.)
FN(Footnotes) not (fn): from the top
FB: Turn Around Bright Eyes
(YouTube): unembedded from FB
(Bloomberg unembedded)
try: The Fed’s Best Rationale for QE3
angle: Be Smart, Not Just Tough, in the Middle East
but: did Obama stand up?(under construction)
FuN[?]
9-26-12
President Obama mentioned a time warp.
Clinton mentioned arithmatic.
Not to leave it on a try angle, but...
UN Speech,***
filed to read*.
The Cycle** was particularly good yesterday.
* more with the apology mitt-flop
** not exactly
[***There is no violence that justifies mindless speech. The only thing to fear is understanding itself. To Romney they are not bumps in the road, but that is what they are when you aren't kicking a can down the road.]
[ SatIre of a Mockery: Simone Says (?)]
*** 9-27-12 Just to be clear, there are no quotation marks in the 1st bracketed['s] while the satire in the 2nd broke later. I am putting a spin on President Obama's point about free speech verses[!]
"terror". While Roger Simone puts a spin on "free speech" and the Romney/Ryan campaign. Not to mention Dansing Bernstein.
[!]= (sic) or pun on versus or verse us cycle.(OK... it evolved.)
FN(Footnotes) not (fn): from the top
FB: Turn Around Bright Eyes
(YouTube): unembedded from FB
(Bloomberg unembedded)
try: The Fed’s Best Rationale for QE3
angle: Be Smart, Not Just Tough, in the Middle East
but: did Obama stand up?(under construction)
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Patriotism is Progressive
Not just a cliche!
See the movie, check out the principles, and the book.
[Looking back, looking forward, and in between?(updated) Key reads are convoluted, amidst those nfry and those I have or will review. Labels will hint at some progress. In this particular, the bold forward (above) is a programming note for the Bill Moyers Journal, airing TOMORROW!]
[Heck, here it is: Middle East Policy, and while I am at it(nfry) Energy and Labor! (Speaking of hard work, see above first link.)
See the movie, check out the principles, and the book.
[Looking back, looking forward, and in between?(updated) Key reads are convoluted, amidst those nfry and those I have or will review. Labels will hint at some progress. In this particular, the bold forward (above) is a programming note for the Bill Moyers Journal, airing TOMORROW!]
[Heck, here it is: Middle East Policy, and while I am at it(nfry) Energy and Labor! (Speaking of hard work, see above first link.)
Monday, April 06, 2015
For Careful Processing:
Iran Progress?
Israelis' Onion?
GOP Treason?
The Middle East label has been underused in this blog. Foreign Policy a more frequent label. Not sure if the Obama Doctrine has superseded it. The piece by Juan Cole may seem in jest, but may be the actual reason Israel is so belligerent. Not to mention the GOP.
4-7-15 link @ mention added
not too mention ? Irony Table?
??? Daryl Cagle !!!
4-8-15
Foreign and Domestic?
Israelis' Onion?
GOP Treason?
The Middle East label has been underused in this blog. Foreign Policy a more frequent label. Not sure if the Obama Doctrine has superseded it. The piece by Juan Cole may seem in jest, but may be the actual reason Israel is so belligerent. Not to mention the GOP.
4-7-15 link @ mention added
 |
| Daryl Cagle ? |
??? Daryl Cagle !!!
4-8-15
Foreign and Domestic?
Monday, March 05, 2012
Co-Wink-E-Dink?
Or Key Dink?
It was Friday night and I just happened flip the channel and stumbled upon the Prophecies of Kim Clement. (links obviously not from then)
'Nuff said, but later I looked up* the word "prophesy" (no concordance) But the spooky thing is that as I popped open this book of over 1300 pages and it opened right to the word "prophecy".**
Another interesting intersect.
Bottom-line my hard copy is not available online so I might say that it is a cross*** between "online" and muse-ic. "To be called"-"in the spirit".
*Vine, White, Unger (Expository)
**(Ctrl F - prophecy)
Thursday, August 01, 2013
FOOTNOTES PAGE AUGUST 2013
Up Date: That's the ticket.
8-2-13 The blank's the thing. A. Proxymoron?, # That is the ticket!, #?.(FP5) x. Killing Fields of Dreams, (y) Tea Party Down Grade, z. Congress- - to boldly go... ?
8-2-13 1., 2. a., b., c., d(a), e.(We are at the table. ), f.(Update), g.House of Cards, h. 3. a. b.Killer Ad from Killer Group c.Take On The Hill! d. e.Post-Pyth F. G. h.I'm not saying... i. j. k. l. m. n. o. Just Say O! 4.MessAge 5.(Dime) a. Mmmm MOW, MOW, b.Tin Foil Herman, c. R.S.V.P.
8-4-13 VC, Vinyl Café, Vicious Cycle Virtuous Correction? Pun on VC or Victimizer Congress.
Perception Correction President(shall) Congress(shun)all?
8-5-13 : CePR? math/baker? Perception $knot Reality!
8-9-13 WAR (belated insert) Presently listening to Norman Goldman opening re: Rance Priebus and the Middle East. (5)mess+I-uh(b.s.), (7) format change, (13){Paper U?}, (21) NO!, (37) !
8-20-13 Back from Sekiu fishing trip, with dad, cousins, nephew and friends.
8-20-13 (a) [Aeschylus] & how buried
8-21-13 1 wiki(Miranda Warning), 2 (WSJ), 3 Trans Parent Seas, 4 Miranda Warning!, 5 The Guardian, 6 The Telegraph, 7 The Guardian(check redundancy) Re: Oldsmobile (b.s.)
8-22-13: That old hope and changey thing [!] (order of insert) 6 2 3 4 1 5 [7]
(changey old hope and thing That [!]) Ribble this ? (FP2)
8-23-13 bold added: not to Farce the Wor(l)d or parse SS oar well.
8-26-13: The (b.s.) of lemon ship is already inserted, with later untwist of mangled mixed meta for ... ?(FP2)
8-27-13 Not to pun on Too Bolds or W lines. (1 NOW, 2 The Cycle)
8-28-13 Hecuva post. (wMd?) Crtl F "spectrum" (a, b, g, i) See notes on original post and placement /timing of asterisks and links. There is an M-bed within this FP. But to cut the dimentionalism, there is more work. (d, w)
8-2-13 The blank's the thing. A. Proxymoron?, # That is the ticket!, #?.(FP5) x. Killing Fields of Dreams, (y) Tea Party Down Grade, z. Congress- - to boldly go... ?
8-2-13 1., 2. a., b., c., d(a), e.(We are at the table. ), f.(Update), g.House of Cards, h. 3. a. b.Killer Ad from Killer Group c.Take On The Hill! d. e.Post-Pyth F. G. h.I'm not saying... i. j. k. l. m. n. o. Just Say O! 4.MessAge 5.(Dime) a. Mmmm MOW, MOW, b.Tin Foil Herman, c. R.S.V.P.
8-4-13 VC, Vinyl Café, Vicious Cycle Virtuous Correction? Pun on VC or Victimizer Congress.
Perception Correction President(shall) Congress(shun)all?
8-5-13 : CePR? math/baker? Perception $knot Reality!
8-9-13 WAR (belated insert) Presently listening to Norman Goldman opening re: Rance Priebus and the Middle East. (5)mess+I-uh(b.s.), (7) format change, (13){Paper U?}, (21) NO!, (37) !
8-20-13 Back from Sekiu fishing trip, with dad, cousins, nephew and friends.
8-20-13 (a) [Aeschylus] & how buried
8-21-13 1 wiki(Miranda Warning), 2 (WSJ), 3 Trans Parent Seas, 4 Miranda Warning!, 5 The Guardian, 6 The Telegraph, 7 The Guardian(check redundancy) Re: Oldsmobile (b.s.)
8-22-13: That old hope and changey thing [!] (order of insert) 6 2 3 4 1 5 [7]
(changey old hope and thing That [!]) Ribble this ? (FP2)
8-23-13 bold added: not to Farce the Wor(l)d or parse SS oar well.
8-26-13: The (b.s.) of lemon ship is already inserted, with later untwist of mangled mixed meta for ... ?(FP2)
8-27-13 Not to pun on Too Bolds or W lines. (1 NOW, 2 The Cycle)
8-28-13 Hecuva post. (wMd?) Crtl F "spectrum" (a, b, g, i) See notes on original post and placement /timing of asterisks and links. There is an M-bed within this FP. But to cut the dimentionalism, there is more work. (d, w)
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Belated Breaking News!
Tony Blair on Charlie Rose*.
I had caught a portion of this yesterday and was rather impressed until he defended his actions in Iraq. His analysis of Iran is disturbing giving his misinformation on events. As special envoy to the Quartet on the Middle East, I wonder about his effectiveness, let alone his intent.**
*complete interview(Iran gaff 24:45 approximately)
** Blair speaks of a narrative
[see 9-13-10 academics and lore ]
I had caught a portion of this yesterday and was rather impressed until he defended his actions in Iraq. His analysis of Iran is disturbing giving his misinformation on events. As special envoy to the Quartet on the Middle East, I wonder about his effectiveness, let alone his intent.**
*complete interview(Iran gaff 24:45 approximately)
** Blair speaks of a narrative
[see 9-13-10 academics and lore ]
Monday, September 13, 2010
Bane(Or) Change
[11-17-11 Update Labels]
I guess my chant was heard. But it is not substantial.
There are still three ways of looking at it.
Boehner Change(noun) = debt up, government down
Boehner Change(verb) = nuanced no
Bane or Change(choice) = Reverse or Drive
Might he be bending to the mighty Dem mo'.
Then there is the False flag of divisiveness or moderation?
A pre-curse-or-Y look at narrative? Gingrich supports colonialism**, and in conjunction with Blair, confirms the narrative, the U.S. is more than* patronizing or condescending to the world. I prefer the practical, incremental and political nuances. I feel that there is a major difference in the diplomacy and strategy in the Middle East, compared to the Bush Rumsfeld Cheney unified blame 1% solution.
*[bold irony] It is difficult to balance our national security with national politics in the aim of international justice, let alone diplomacy. Congress in the name of the people must play an important part in the checks and balances as well as the separation of powers. It is a lot easier to say make it so, or make it no, than to make progress. [Segue in time.]
** emphasis "precursory" yet that is the Blair which
projection in the academic twilight*** zone.
*** Gingrich and D'Souza are scary academics
[Speaking of academic lore and narrative not to mention bait and switch.]
I guess my chant was heard. But it is not substantial.
There are still three ways of looking at it.
Boehner Change(noun) = debt up, government down
Boehner Change(verb) = nuanced no
Bane or Change(choice) = Reverse or Drive
Might he be bending to the mighty Dem mo'.
Then there is the False flag of divisiveness or moderation?
A pre-curse-or-Y look at narrative? Gingrich supports colonialism**, and in conjunction with Blair, confirms the narrative, the U.S. is more than* patronizing or condescending to the world. I prefer the practical, incremental and political nuances. I feel that there is a major difference in the diplomacy and strategy in the Middle East, compared to the Bush Rumsfeld Cheney unified blame 1% solution.
*[bold irony] It is difficult to balance our national security with national politics in the aim of international justice, let alone diplomacy. Congress in the name of the people must play an important part in the checks and balances as well as the separation of powers. It is a lot easier to say make it so, or make it no, than to make progress. [Segue in time.]
** emphasis "precursory" yet that is the Blair which
projection in the academic twilight*** zone.
*** Gingrich and D'Souza are scary academics
[Speaking of academic lore and narrative not to mention bait and switch.]
Friday, May 06, 2016
Bread Crumbs
https://motherboard.vice.com/read/why-did-the-genetic-code-of-all-life-on-earth-suddenly-stop-evolving
https://motherboard.vice.com/read/scientists-think-intelligent-life-could-have-evolved-before-brains-slime-mold-learning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unreasonable_Effectiveness_of_Mathematics_in_the_Natural_Sciences
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MckuBQC6gKU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijjsjCv6k7w
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20150803-physics-theories-map/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160419-string-inflation-triangles/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160324-in-newly-created-life-form-a-major-mystery/
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5-8-16
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http://political_progress_for_people.blogspot.com/search?q=para+digm
http://www.dailynewsbin.com/opinion/field-guide-to-defending-hillary-clinton-against-fake-scandals/24710/
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/05/06/3775910/hillary-clinton-faith-profile/
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/36713-a-contested-convention-is-exactly-what-the-democratic-party-needs
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/36702-david-brooks-discovers-income-inequality
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/36742-point-of-no-return-obamas-legacy-in-the-middle-east
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/bernard-carr/time-and-consciousness_b_9855418.html?utm_content=bufferf22ec&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
https://motherboard.vice.com/read/scientists-think-intelligent-life-could-have-evolved-before-brains-slime-mold-learning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unreasonable_Effectiveness_of_Mathematics_in_the_Natural_Sciences
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MckuBQC6gKU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijjsjCv6k7w
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20150803-physics-theories-map/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160419-string-inflation-triangles/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160324-in-newly-created-life-form-a-major-mystery/
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http://political_progress_for_people.blogspot.com/search?q=para+digm
http://www.dailynewsbin.com/opinion/field-guide-to-defending-hillary-clinton-against-fake-scandals/24710/
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/05/06/3775910/hillary-clinton-faith-profile/
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/36713-a-contested-convention-is-exactly-what-the-democratic-party-needs
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/36702-david-brooks-discovers-income-inequality
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/36742-point-of-no-return-obamas-legacy-in-the-middle-east
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/bernard-carr/time-and-consciousness_b_9855418.html?utm_content=bufferf22ec&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
A New Optimism
Hope from Bush for Middle East Peace Spiegel Online International
White House Inaurgurates Mideast Peace Talks NPR
Urgent Diplomacy: Glasses Half Full in 11th Minute? RawStory
"We have a common duty to spread genuine hope" President Abbas Boston Globe
Maybe we should hope for this over here,
before we can hope for it, over there.
Now that would be the real "hard work".*
A timeline for Peace? "Much Ado About Annapolis" Common Dreams
[Finally: The Rice Legacy "the one calling the shots." NPR
*[search blog] "optimism" and "hard work"
White House Inaurgurates Mideast Peace Talks NPR
Urgent Diplomacy: Glasses Half Full in 11th Minute? RawStory
"We have a common duty to spread genuine hope" President Abbas Boston Globe
We express our determination to bring an end to bloodshed, suffering, and decades of conflict between our peoples; to usher in a new era of peace, based on freedom, security, justice, dignity, respect and mutual recognition; to propagate a culture of peace and nonviolence; to confront terrorism and incitement, whether committed by Palestinians or Israelis. (joint statement)
Maybe we should hope for this over here,
before we can hope for it, over there.
Now that would be the real "hard work".*
A timeline for Peace? "Much Ado About Annapolis" Common Dreams
[Finally: The Rice Legacy "the one calling the shots." NPR
*[search blog] "optimism" and "hard work"
Monday, January 31, 2011
Speaking of Ge Oh Me Try
or plane (and not so plane) English...
here is a base of hope, a try angle of diplomacy(Robert Naiman)[UPDATE]:
Speaking of angles:
[Footnote * on embedded nature.]
* not (...embedded that is.)
here is a base of hope, a try angle of diplomacy(Robert Naiman)[UPDATE]:
The New York Times reported yesterday that the US says it does not want to call for Mubarak to step down because 1) it fears losing all leverage with Mubarak 2) it fears creating a power vacuum in Egypt 3) it wants to avoid the perception that the US was "once again" engineering the ouster of a Middle East leader.Hope may not be too strong a word for what is not really a base, but a path. The point is that diplomacy must recognize the points and the angles to be effective.
Regardless of whether one believes that these stated reasons are the full story, or whether they are also a cover for other US motivations - the Times acknowledges that the administration's "restraint" is also driven by lack of enthusiasm for "dealing with an Egypt without Mubarak" - these are the stated reasons of the US for not responding to the protesters' call.
But publicly and privately backing the opposition parties' call for negotiations would not, on the face of it, trigger any of the stated US objections. It is a very modest demand, totally consistent with previous US statements, which would not plausibly lead to "losing all leverage" with Mubarak; it would not create a "power vacuum"; it would not reasonably lead to a perception that the US was
"engineering" Mubarak's ouster. On the contrary: the US would be raising the profile of a particular proposal for negotiations as a way out of the crisis, and increasing pressure on the Egyptian government to respond to it.
Speaking of angles:
YES! Do not pick on Social Security as part of the debt picture, shore it up. In fact, lowering the retirement age, increasing the cap for contributions, catching it up with inflation would actually improve the debt picture, by impacting federal receipts. (not from Social Security but in income tax on the improved income.) Thank Senator ReidI may need to take another angle on my comment: Big picture, poor segue, right note. My social security tangent is less than clear in economic or accounting terms, but the issue of State budgets, and the impact of unfunded retirement and health plans is a similar complex of factors that angle back to the nature of our frackin' troubles.
[Footnote * on embedded nature.]
* not (...embedded that is.)
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Apples and Oranges and Cherry Picking.
[UNITY MODEL? Or Filtering Will?]
One of the comments after the ISGR (Iraq Study Group Report) release was that it is not a fruit salad. Well, what could be said for the presidents speech? Going beyond the metaphor that he is still mixing apples and oranges when it comes to what got us into Iraq, congress must be the taster that stirs the juices from the bottom of the mix and even adds a fruit or more to the mix. I don’t know if this is just another way of straddling the fence of will and hope, but it means that while the president has a habit of cherry picking that has not changed, the fence may have tumbled under the weight of the fruit trees. Congress must call apples, apples, and oranges, oranges, and any other fruit, just what they are. The cherry here is that while it is not called a time table, there is a time frame that he is aware of. (November?) Congress much verify all the fruit in this salad, and add some that the ISGR have recommended.
Fruit salad metaphor aside, I have earlier made reference to the old adage "the proof is in the pudding", but that the hard work of the mix was not done before we got in this fix, we have seen something that is a just desert. While Bush’s admission that "Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me" is not an accounting of what his will has wrought, the following sentence "It is clear that we need to change our strategy in Iraq" is a sign of hope. Congress must verify all the ingredients in any recipes, add their own and toss the nuts. They have complete control of the pantry.
Metaphor aside, and it was not easy to stay away from the salad for the pudding, I would like to clarify more hope than just the two lines. This may tread more into cynicism as I fight the urge to indulge in it, it should be noted that the president seemed more subdued, and paced and did not resort to the patronizing act of speaking slowly. It was a very well delivered speech, delivered in a more realistic tone. Now it is our job to check that reality and work on it together. It should not be too much to ask that after six years he has made some progress, but that must not be only in the ability to more humbly deliver a speech or to conceal his recognition that someone else is in charge and that his will has a part in who soon will be.
Falling fruit trees and fence crushing aside, I will address a more subtle irony and a more specific branch. It has been said that we will fight them over there so that we won’t have to fight them over here. Now it is being said that we must clear and hold, and today the president implied that the enemy is likely to move on. That contradiction should be a big concern in the world of rhetoric but in the world of reality, it is a very big world that already has battles unmentioned, or unrealistically referred to; Afghanistan and Somalia, just two. Diplomacy was only referenced in where "We will use America's full diplomatic resources to rally support for Iraq from nations throughout the Middle East." Diplomacy is not a pep rally held by cheerleaders. I think that as General Pace, (I believe) today called this a pivot point, a focal point must be considered. The irony is that it does not fit into a world of metaphors. It only fits in a world of balance that is much more hard work, rather than a world of spin and counter-balance. I really don’t know if it is too contradictory but just the idea that the Department of Defense such as it is, is rather ironically labeled, you can see where this takes us. Maybe a Department of Peace is little out of focus as a counter balance, but that is a matter that Politics should look at. Every time Politics is noted as a matter that must be avoided, it must be looked at as a form of denial of reality, as much as the denial of Physics, Philosophy and Psychology are. Now where does this fit into our picture of what a society or civilization should be? Politics is about the balance of power, and the balance of nature that Will is a part if we picture it.
One of the comments after the ISGR (Iraq Study Group Report) release was that it is not a fruit salad. Well, what could be said for the presidents speech? Going beyond the metaphor that he is still mixing apples and oranges when it comes to what got us into Iraq, congress must be the taster that stirs the juices from the bottom of the mix and even adds a fruit or more to the mix. I don’t know if this is just another way of straddling the fence of will and hope, but it means that while the president has a habit of cherry picking that has not changed, the fence may have tumbled under the weight of the fruit trees. Congress must call apples, apples, and oranges, oranges, and any other fruit, just what they are. The cherry here is that while it is not called a time table, there is a time frame that he is aware of. (November?) Congress much verify all the fruit in this salad, and add some that the ISGR have recommended.
Fruit salad metaphor aside, I have earlier made reference to the old adage "the proof is in the pudding", but that the hard work of the mix was not done before we got in this fix, we have seen something that is a just desert. While Bush’s admission that "Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me" is not an accounting of what his will has wrought, the following sentence "It is clear that we need to change our strategy in Iraq" is a sign of hope. Congress must verify all the ingredients in any recipes, add their own and toss the nuts. They have complete control of the pantry.
Metaphor aside, and it was not easy to stay away from the salad for the pudding, I would like to clarify more hope than just the two lines. This may tread more into cynicism as I fight the urge to indulge in it, it should be noted that the president seemed more subdued, and paced and did not resort to the patronizing act of speaking slowly. It was a very well delivered speech, delivered in a more realistic tone. Now it is our job to check that reality and work on it together. It should not be too much to ask that after six years he has made some progress, but that must not be only in the ability to more humbly deliver a speech or to conceal his recognition that someone else is in charge and that his will has a part in who soon will be.
Falling fruit trees and fence crushing aside, I will address a more subtle irony and a more specific branch. It has been said that we will fight them over there so that we won’t have to fight them over here. Now it is being said that we must clear and hold, and today the president implied that the enemy is likely to move on. That contradiction should be a big concern in the world of rhetoric but in the world of reality, it is a very big world that already has battles unmentioned, or unrealistically referred to; Afghanistan and Somalia, just two. Diplomacy was only referenced in where "We will use America's full diplomatic resources to rally support for Iraq from nations throughout the Middle East." Diplomacy is not a pep rally held by cheerleaders. I think that as General Pace, (I believe) today called this a pivot point, a focal point must be considered. The irony is that it does not fit into a world of metaphors. It only fits in a world of balance that is much more hard work, rather than a world of spin and counter-balance. I really don’t know if it is too contradictory but just the idea that the Department of Defense such as it is, is rather ironically labeled, you can see where this takes us. Maybe a Department of Peace is little out of focus as a counter balance, but that is a matter that Politics should look at. Every time Politics is noted as a matter that must be avoided, it must be looked at as a form of denial of reality, as much as the denial of Physics, Philosophy and Psychology are. Now where does this fit into our picture of what a society or civilization should be? Politics is about the balance of power, and the balance of nature that Will is a part if we picture it.
Monday, August 14, 2006
34-Day War
Just before I left for a 4 day boat trip, a friend expressed concern about a term that he had heard. The Status Quo Ante had been used in reference to a resolution to the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict. There must be something to it, since Al Franken was also concerned about it's new usage. The meaning that things go back to as things were before the war seems a huge flip-flop from no cease fire until there is lasting resolution of the causes of the Middle East conflict. Whether this is lasting is still to be seen, but after 2 to 3 billion in damages to Lebanon and nearly 1000 lives lost.
On the war on terror front, the facts about the major plans for blowing up airlines are still coming out, or rather could have been timed differently. Britain and U.S. disagree on when was the right timing for breaking that investigation while Lieberman accuses Lamont of being a threat to the war on terror.
This is just a quick note as I may catch up on the last four days but things will move on.
On the war on terror front, the facts about the major plans for blowing up airlines are still coming out, or rather could have been timed differently. Britain and U.S. disagree on when was the right timing for breaking that investigation while Lieberman accuses Lamont of being a threat to the war on terror.
This is just a quick note as I may catch up on the last four days but things will move on.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Advice to State
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, on This Week , suggests a major diplomatic effort in the Middle East. I would agree, but the administration knows too little about the meaning of the word "diplomacy". As I alluded to earlier, a major effort to get through to Bush would likely be needed before there could be any results.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Stupid Intelligence.
Actually this is a smart link titled Israel's Stupid-Smart Moves which is not too long, but a tricky read. Tricky maybe only in that I want to add my two cents worth. It is written by Michael Shtender-Auerbach who "writes on foreign policy for The Century Foundation and is press director for the Security and Peace Initiative, Century's joint venture with the Center for American Progress."
[I am not familiar with him, but have good feelings about his affiliations.]
It is about the negotiations or movement that must take place and the players that it may take, and well worth the "hard work" of a page and a half read.
The following section from it needs more attention:
"This past weekend, the participants at the G-8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, rushed out a statement calling on the parties to agree to the following immediate steps to bring an end to the violence: The return of the Israeli soldiers in Gaza and Lebanon unharmed; an end to the shelling of Israeli territory; an end to Israeli military operations and the early withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza; and the release of the arrested Palestinian ministers and parliamentarians. While this is certainly a sign of international consensus, thus far, little has been done to bring the concerned parties together in agreement." [My italics and bold: These steps reflects a balance but the release of the arrested Palestinian portion is not getting much press.]
My two sense is that what must be avoided is what maybe some wish for, lack of movement or rather staying the course "...which could trigger an Israeli assault on Syria and Iran - a scenario that would change the face of the Middle East and eliminate any hope for regional stability."
Where we go from there would likely be more fundamentalizing and authoritarianism, while other major players may reap the field. [For better or worse, those other major players are the U.N, the Arab League, China and Russia, not to mention India and Pakistan.]
This may be my shortest two cents yet.
Follow-up: 11:28 AM US at Odds With Allies on Mideast Conflict
Credit: TruthOut.org
Unread: Bush's vision, and the region, appear to be near collapse
There I go again, but the title gets right to the point, and I will. How can you negotiate with terrorists? How can you negotiate with authoritarians? Actually I am answering the questions with the problem. If rubber stamp is the answer, does one stamp fit all?
[I am not familiar with him, but have good feelings about his affiliations.]
It is about the negotiations or movement that must take place and the players that it may take, and well worth the "hard work" of a page and a half read.
The following section from it needs more attention:
"This past weekend, the participants at the G-8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, rushed out a statement calling on the parties to agree to the following immediate steps to bring an end to the violence: The return of the Israeli soldiers in Gaza and Lebanon unharmed; an end to the shelling of Israeli territory; an end to Israeli military operations and the early withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza; and the release of the arrested Palestinian ministers and parliamentarians. While this is certainly a sign of international consensus, thus far, little has been done to bring the concerned parties together in agreement." [My italics and bold: These steps reflects a balance but the release of the arrested Palestinian portion is not getting much press.]
My two sense is that what must be avoided is what maybe some wish for, lack of movement or rather staying the course "...which could trigger an Israeli assault on Syria and Iran - a scenario that would change the face of the Middle East and eliminate any hope for regional stability."
Where we go from there would likely be more fundamentalizing and authoritarianism, while other major players may reap the field. [For better or worse, those other major players are the U.N, the Arab League, China and Russia, not to mention India and Pakistan.]
This may be my shortest two cents yet.
Follow-up: 11:28 AM US at Odds With Allies on Mideast Conflict
Credit: TruthOut.org
Unread: Bush's vision, and the region, appear to be near collapse
There I go again, but the title gets right to the point, and I will. How can you negotiate with terrorists? How can you negotiate with authoritarians? Actually I am answering the questions with the problem. If rubber stamp is the answer, does one stamp fit all?
Phase II?
Just what is Phase II? I'm not sure what I meant at the time. It was an allusion* to the investigation that never was done on the use of intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq resolution. "We need some movement" was a reference to what Bush wanted on the Middle East Crisis or the U.N. in general.
My "bullet" points were on target to hint at the concept that the movement needed to come in his own administration. No triumvirate[E.D.] of past presidents will have any more success in diplomacy than the call for ceasefire or possibly the lack of demand for one.
The interesting tangent(s) noted in the footnote below were more accurately a triagulation. My implication was to save you the time by indication it was only a link to a dictionary. But the triumvirate link was more than tangent in the word "allusion"s relationship to illusion and delusion. All useful terms in foreign policy or diplomacy, but the magic may be in their administration. The fact is that we have a triumvirate designed into the constitution. Three branches of power, that serve to "check and balance". September 11th may have changed all that, but my opinion that it was preemptive in nature, merits serious consideration of and by the media and the people.
Any involvment by intermediaries to the administration should adress them first. The only hope is that it is Nixonian in nature, but like Nixon to China, where can Bush go? [Now that is a tangent and an allusion, and a dilemma.] Bush could go to the Saudis or the Corporations or just Oil and demand that they stand for freedom and democracy. Or the people could just change congress and work to bring back the triumvirate.
Phase II also pertained to the advances that have been made to my blog in the area of providing video links and the ability to comment. Both relate to the pacing and content that needs further review or work, the former looking back and the latter moving forward.
Here are two pieces that could be used as a table of contents for my points made over the years and summarized above.**
On authoritarianism or "Do as I say, not as I do"
And The Hidden Power or con-science.
I guess maybe Phase II means that I will do more "hard work" so that the read will be easier for my audience.
*[E.D.- Encarta Dictionary- for an interesting tangent]
** Bold added 7-21-06
My "bullet" points were on target to hint at the concept that the movement needed to come in his own administration. No triumvirate[E.D.] of past presidents will have any more success in diplomacy than the call for ceasefire or possibly the lack of demand for one.
The interesting tangent(s) noted in the footnote below were more accurately a triagulation. My implication was to save you the time by indication it was only a link to a dictionary. But the triumvirate link was more than tangent in the word "allusion"s relationship to illusion and delusion. All useful terms in foreign policy or diplomacy, but the magic may be in their administration. The fact is that we have a triumvirate designed into the constitution. Three branches of power, that serve to "check and balance". September 11th may have changed all that, but my opinion that it was preemptive in nature, merits serious consideration of and by the media and the people.
Any involvment by intermediaries to the administration should adress them first. The only hope is that it is Nixonian in nature, but like Nixon to China, where can Bush go? [Now that is a tangent and an allusion, and a dilemma.] Bush could go to the Saudis or the Corporations or just Oil and demand that they stand for freedom and democracy. Or the people could just change congress and work to bring back the triumvirate.
Phase II also pertained to the advances that have been made to my blog in the area of providing video links and the ability to comment. Both relate to the pacing and content that needs further review or work, the former looking back and the latter moving forward.
Here are two pieces that could be used as a table of contents for my points made over the years and summarized above.**
On authoritarianism or "Do as I say, not as I do"
And The Hidden Power or con-science.
I guess maybe Phase II means that I will do more "hard work" so that the read will be easier for my audience.
*[E.D.- Encarta Dictionary- for an interesting tangent]
** Bold added 7-21-06
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
WW III ?
It began with Bush at the G-8. While he was being caught at the G-8 with an awkward microphone(see comment 7-18-06), Newt Gingrich was describing WW III on Meet the Press. That being the recent (58 year) conflict between Isreal and the Hezbollah or rather Isreal and Lebanon.
These comments are just to bring into context the last few posts.
Now for some worthy reads.
"Open War" in the Middle East [difficulties at TruthOut.org prevent me from providing the link]
Bush faces backlash on the right
My basic view is that some see value in this conflict, while too few in power see value in work toward a ceasefire, or even in talking about it.
These comments are just to bring into context the last few posts.
Now for some worthy reads.
"Open War" in the Middle East [difficulties at TruthOut.org prevent me from providing the link]
Bush faces backlash on the right
My basic view is that some see value in this conflict, while too few in power see value in work toward a ceasefire, or even in talking about it.
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
PHASE II: We need some movement!
Here is a look at the Middle East conflict through the filter of Bush,
using my own bullet points rather than artillery. Bush being the straight shooter, err talker.
--- Ceasefire? Or stay the course?
The latter is preferred or the former later.
---A Bi-partisan Delegation to resolve the conflict? Or change the course?
The former would need the latter, so much later.
Actually the above were more fleshed out than mere bullet points.
---Isreal v. Hezbollah
---Democracy v. Disarmament
---Hostages v. Prisoners
Movement is needed, but not forward ho! Nor bring 'em on.
It is more than about who started it, or who will finish it.*
Only the Shadow knows, but Bush thinks...
THE ABOVE preceded Bush's comments in regard to this issue.
His approach is that the root cause of the current conflict is terrorism. That seems to be as valid as that the root cause of terrorism is the current conflict.
That does seem to make sense now. But is it not as valid to say that terrorism is the result of conflict or war is the result of conflict?
Not if you don't care who started it, but intend to finish it. Or may not intend to finish it. Syria and Iran and supporters of terrorism must be dealt with. Terrorism must be dealt with {in Bush's view), but issues are what must be dealt with or in my view the course is set. [7-19-06: Italics added to my take on Bush's take, and senentences flip-flopped here for better flow.] As difficult as it is to see the difference between cause and effect and what starts anything, a change is required to be made.
Maybe later I will fill in a few more details without tampering too much with the format above, but part of the Phase II concept is to move forward in that regard as well as look back.
* Reference a comment by Congressman John Dingell on The Ed Shultz Show. I have previously noted the childish nature of such tit for tat arguments as who started it, or what justifies what or what is the means of ending anything.
using my own bullet points rather than artillery. Bush being the straight shooter, err talker.
--- Ceasefire? Or stay the course?
The latter is preferred or the former later.
---A Bi-partisan Delegation to resolve the conflict? Or change the course?
The former would need the latter, so much later.
Actually the above were more fleshed out than mere bullet points.
---Isreal v. Hezbollah
---Democracy v. Disarmament
---Hostages v. Prisoners
Movement is needed, but not forward ho! Nor bring 'em on.
It is more than about who started it, or who will finish it.*
Only the Shadow knows, but Bush thinks...
THE ABOVE preceded Bush's comments in regard to this issue.
His approach is that the root cause of the current conflict is terrorism. That seems to be as valid as that the root cause of terrorism is the current conflict.
That does seem to make sense now. But is it not as valid to say that terrorism is the result of conflict or war is the result of conflict?
Not if you don't care who started it, but intend to finish it. Or may not intend to finish it. Syria and Iran and supporters of terrorism must be dealt with. Terrorism must be dealt with {in Bush's view), but issues are what must be dealt with or in my view the course is set. [7-19-06: Italics added to my take on Bush's take, and senentences flip-flopped here for better flow.] As difficult as it is to see the difference between cause and effect and what starts anything, a change is required to be made.
Maybe later I will fill in a few more details without tampering too much with the format above, but part of the Phase II concept is to move forward in that regard as well as look back.
* Reference a comment by Congressman John Dingell on The Ed Shultz Show. I have previously noted the childish nature of such tit for tat arguments as who started it, or what justifies what or what is the means of ending anything.
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