Random Thought

To put it mildly it looks like whatever happens there in Ukraine Alex,you seem to be pretty much
screwed.
Right now though it looks like ISIS and the Ebola epidemic are getting most of the news,well
with the exception of the entire immigration debate that's going on here in the States.

The XL Pipeline got voted down in the U.S.Senate by 1 vote.Probably will have a revote in January
when the Republicans take over.

Yeah, I think your people should consider stopping before you ruin yourself too much. It's a lot harder to rebuild than ruin oneself.

Geez, the newest I got this early morning is that Mozilla firefox switches from google to Yahoo search engine. Not that I prefer both. I'm actually using Startpage (I don't recommend GoGoDuck)
They recently activate advertising...I'm starting to think of changing browsers.

Latest ironic news: IS is using Nazi email encryption network. So much for their farce of protesting against IS & co.

Looks like the Japanese government is trying hard to recover from the latest scandal by holding another
election.

IS is also trying to buy up enough precious metal to start minting its own currency for its self proclaimed
Caliphate.Though who will buy it to make it profitable is another question.To have a successful state they need outside buyers(meaning non-Arabic and non-Moslem) to buy their currency.
You can't simply float it around hoping someone will pick it up.

Finished the book on Socialism I was reading.

Basically two types:one that tries to change government through working within the system and
the other through overthrowing the same system.

Even before Fukushima there were a string of scandals. Abe's party is now virtually the only functional party in Japan. Due to his Abe-nomics, raising sales tax, he needs to confirm support to go on. Japan won't come back up again.

Is is just dreaming. I guess they will switch to bitcoins in the short term if they didn't yet. They can waste efforts for all I care.

Things seem to calm down a bit in israel but it's just a matter of time... Just want to note that since Arafat's time there's been a standing reward ($1M) for any jihadist's family who kills an israeli. As to their destroyed homes we will pay for it one way or another anyway.

Basically two types:one that tries to change government through working within the system and the other through overthrowing the same system.

You mean two strategies or the "means" to an end.

Putin said he wants to reign for another decade. I'm not quite sure about his calculations since each time he gets 5 years so he has about 7 or 8(?) left...
It's official we are delivering artillery radars. This will allow the Ukraine army to trace back and attack the separatist artillery (that is if they can counterattack in less than 5 min. of the attack).



Looks like the earthquake in Japan caused another one in China. It's winter so it's bad for everyone. According to the latest report Japan has about 20% of the population older than 65 years and expects that to rise to 40% in a decade.Whoa that's quite a rise. No wonder Japan is using modern slavery to get more tax to finance future pensions and healthcare. But their infamous xenophobia is working against them. Still, a lot of chinese are taking on the program while getting themselves in debt (to get in) for who knows how long.

According to some forgotten news the neonazis actually said about 6 years ago that islamic extremist groups are allies as they have the same world interest. Hmm, still can't find news on the latest (last week's), CNN only refers to last month's issue. I don't want to up their reader count, thought.

It appears some leading politician's of SVP, a swiss political party, have said that Switzerland should no longer accept the human rights committee and get rid of human rights activities/support etc....

Edit: Btw. the latest poll say that 80% of the Honk Kong population think the protesting students should go home.

Well it is understandable that they would since it has gotten to the point where no-one can conduct
business as usual in the districts where the protest have taken place.

A lot of people seem to think that Bill Cosby is automatically guilty of the charges against him without
even allowing him to defend himself.Considering that the charges are all decades old(one nearly 40
years old)it is a wonder that anyone would take them overly seriously to the extent they have.
It would be interesting to trace back where all the charges actually came from to see whether or not
they had any real validity or were part of a smear campaign.

In the paper today it said that IS is recruiting boys as young as 10 and 6 by turning schools into
propaganda forums for Islamic extremism.One father decided to move his family to Kurdish territory
after two incidents with his 6 year old.In the first his son was waving a squirt gun around and saying
he was a Jihadist.In the other they were going through a checkpoint and the son shouted that he was
loyal to the State.The militant at the checkpoint asked:"What State?" and the boy said:"The Islamic
State!"after which the militant said:"Good Boy!"
Needless to say that was the last straw for the father.

I dunno about Cosby. In these cases I always ask what's the gain and the loses.
I think the celebrities have no gain and are facing loses while the rest probably out for the money. I don't see anyone else gaining anything or benefit from it except the lawyers. The biggest guys here are the TV channels who obviously have losses now due to the cancellations. So there's probably some truth in the accusations. I have to criticize the accusers for not securing any evidence, witnesses, proof of given advices. From a professional giving you advice you can expect him/her to sign it!

Well, they started this nearly a year ago. The regular media is very "slow" on this.
From what I have seen in videos IS recruiting and educating kids...they do this to kids at ages as low as 4. They are required to read & cite the Quran. Then they are shown violence and beheading of people. They are required to do this, too. Kids that hesitate are sorted out and disappear. It gives me shivers just imagining it.
Anyway, the news say there are now two britons who joined an american with the Kurds. And also the Kurds are now giving the women equal rights for fighting IS.

The news creating the most attention today around the world about the states are: Fergussen riots; rape at US universities; and Chuck Hagel being "pushed out".
If you don't know there's been a row of fighting on the net regarding the KKK and anonymous since the weekend before the last. See/search for #OpKKK, #HoodsOff at twitter
https://twitter.com/hashtag/hoodsoff

The Hagel case is causing uncertainty with the men and women now in the services. I feel the same. OB may plan another vietnam like secret build up of troops in Afghanistan and before you know it there are half a million troops in place. Well, these days it's gonna be lots of drones and a lot of less troops (only SOF) due to advanced weapons, though.

Well it is a bit peculiar to push someone like that out so late in the game when there's only a year and
a half left to go.

Ferguson could easily have been calmed if they sent the troops in earlier.Really outside agitators are the main problem.Then of course the locals who want an excuse to riot and vandalize.The irony of
course is that the Black owned businesses are probably the hardest hit.

Of course they were all triggered to go even before the grand jury came out with their decision.
This is what is referred to as Mobocracy.

On a lighter note:On Finding Your Roots yesterday Jessica Alba found out that her Mexican
heritage was Native American and that she also has some unexpected Jewish ancestry.Meanwhile
governor Patrick of Mass.found out that both his YDNA and MTDNA were surprisingly European.
They had to really dig deep to find any African DNA for him.

Looks like the decision to introduce the new SI-unit definition has been pushed back to next year.
http://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si_brochure_draft_ch123.pdf
It's causing discussion again (among laymen) about right or wrong. Well, it's more complicated but definitely more accurate or rather relative. The example of the 1 kilo mass sample came up again as well as its peculiar mass loss each year.

I came across this CNN (advertisement) of art for future technology...
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/31/travel/gallery/future-of-travel/index.html?hpt=hp_mid
Geez, for one he only reused known designs. Two his art in details are far from an engineer's mind of how to design a real working and safe aircrafts. There's so many basic physics(aerodynamics) failings...
Apropos, after a week or two "re-fashioning" an Airbus  A 340-300 the German government proudly presents the first aircraft with a fully functionally ICU with full treatment options for an Ebola patient. Basically a hospital for 1 Ebola patient or 250 ordinary patients. Duh, why only one? Imho, isolated 4 beds should have been possible or maybe the problem is on the medical personnel?
Anyway, the WHO says the test vaccines are promising. Finally, a progress after a decade of stagnation.
Apropos, stagnation the japanese robot research community is hoping laws would change in Japan to allow them to go forward after a decade of being virtually hampered by stringent restrictions. This is in part due to drones and the rest of the world now catching up. Japan wants to have full (military) drone coverage by 2025 or so.

Btw. switzerland has voted to keep their population just about 9 million by reducing immigrants to 0.2% annually. But the thing is this new law also extends to the 3rd world via their investments. They say it's not to be by force but more like offering an incentive to the women.

I think it would be easier for the Swiss to keep immigration down then for the U.S.

On the lighter side of things:MeTv aired the episode of The Andy Griffith Show yesterday that
basically served as the pilot for Gomer Pyle,U.S.M.C..You can tell from the start that Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle and Frank Sutton as Sergeant Vince Carter had chemistry going.It's just the way that
they clicked.

So the Seahawks beat the Niners again and this time in San Fran's new stadium.Looks like Seattle
may finally have their number.Though OTOH it certainly looks like Arizona is currently in the NFC
West driver's seat.

Switzerland is about to decide by law whether to have 20% gold reserves or not. Gold price hike!

I didn't think cricket could be as dangerous as baseball. Oh well any sport is dangerous. Did you know a bunch of performers for Red Bull ads died over the years? It appears lots of them died but its being kept quiet.

The Swiss people have voted against EcoPop and the gold reserve law. Foreign celebrities and bankers are happy about this not so people hoping to get rid of their gold.

2280 cases of abuse against disabled people reported in Japan for 2013. And cases of false contracts for Fukushima workers had increased, too. So it's not only modern lawful slavery but also outright criminal... poor guys
Sony blames the recent hacking on NK due to a coming comedy show centering around assassinating Kim Jong-Un. *shrugs* Sony also revealed they used crowd funding to finance a wearable electronic watch. Hmm, they are desperate.

Looks like most of the EU are against the Ukraine joining NATO right away as this could provoke Putin.

I wonder if that's the movie:The Interview where a journalist is hired to get an interview with
Kim in order to kill him.

Yesterday at church was interesting as one of the men had one of his sons visit with his family and
they had the youngest granddaughter baptised.What was interesting was her first name:XENA!

Well I just sent in my order for Vividred so that is another one I can take off the list soon.
btw:I did check for RahXephon but Rightstuf only had the first two volumes and the second one only has 17 copies left.

I'm not sure but I think some of my Swiss ancestors came either from Aargau or Zurich.

Must be although the original report didn't say so specifically.

I wonder if Xena is actually a legitimate name not that it's copyrighted and then all the trouble appear out of nowhere.

Hmm, you know sometimes I think if you got some antiquity it might give away more precious information than an elaborate genealogy research.

Apropos, Richard III's infidel DNA!
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30281333

Yesterday, IS leader's wife & child were caught in lebanon trying to flee when we started a large scale strike on their capital. They were gathering a bunch of troops for an upcoming fight in the north (Kobani).

Another dance video is making the rounds (a la Gangnam)

"Chick Chick" from Rong Wang....

@Mitsuki: check your PM@Tenchis

al-Baghdadi is apparently another polygamist,so it was just one of his wives.

So someone among Richard III's ancestors may have cuckolded her husband is what's being implied,I guess.Considering the Middle Ages,not unexpected especially when you consider how lusty most of the nobles and royals were in those days.
Interesting that the article points out Henry VII claimed the right to rule by Conquest and not by
blood.

And he apparently was blond and blue eyed.

I mean Richard not Henry.Forgot to say which,sorry.

Well, it all supports historic rumors which in itself is interesting. It's another proof of how myths come to be.

The Orion capsule finally took off and returned. Was about time. It was finished, tested and ready for space 2+ (?) years ago and since has been lying around. Without anyone aboard NASA truely fired it up at full throttle. It left the atmosphere in about two minutes. Well, it's just a stand-in Delta V rocket.
Interestingly the ESA has decided to build a new Ariane 6 rocket. The "new" Ariane 5 should serve for decades to come as well as able to left up space shuttles. But it seems the target this time is to support Mars missions e.g. supplies.

This year I have been spending three years worth due to replacement of equipment, machinery, repairs etc. I'm upset on some that gave out their life way too early before their time and worth's worth. *sigh* Looks like I will have to sell off my ~20+ year old car sometime "soon", too.

I'm going to create a topic for live action & co. here and at Tenchi's for increased entropy and attention as well as because the old ones are no longer around for some reason. Support is appreciated.

Further examination of Richard III's skull show that he wasn't wearing a helmet when he was killed.
Archaeology magazine had a small article in their latest issue detailing some of the more recent
finds.It also said that examination of his teeth showed that has he moved up and became king his
diet changed to include such things as swan.

My television set will celebrate it's quarter century next Christmas.By then it will eligible to run for
Congress!

Looks like Princess Tutu might no longer be available as it has a We Will Get It For You
tag at Rightstuf.Looks like I waited to long on that one.If so I will go to plan B and order
Cardcaptor Sakura in January and Sailor Moon part 1 in February and in March
part 2 and the t'shirt.

Yeah, a lot of pre 90's things are well made. I can see it when comparing my stuff with those of my parents. While I go through 3-4 replacements within 10-15 years theirs are still around since my childhood... These days things are made to break down way too soon. Well, I have to keep a tight budget next year. ;_;

Hmm, are they perhaps starting to switch to the kind of pre-order where you got to sign up (until enough people), too? It seems to get silently introduced by some online sellers. I fear of those possible scams where you got to pay in advance.

Looks like the police community is very upset about all the protests. Well, I can relate and understand their anger. Aside from the racist & wrong doings issue, the other concerning one is that with all this police officers won't dare touch criminals in the future. Whatever they do there's always some reason to criticize about it.
In the states people got guns, it can't be that officers hesitate to do their job while others shoot all they want (without public backlash). Or do people want robots to do the job? or do people want angels that won't do anything to criminals?
I don't see a possible solution that's perfect.

I really don't think Rightstuf has changed their policy much if any when it comes to pre-orders though I have never pre-ordered anything.

I think that Ferguson and Staten Island are basically just aberrations which is why they got on the news.
Though with Staten Island it is a wonder that they didn't go to a jury trial after the ME came out with
a verdict of homicide after his own examination of Garner's body.

Looks like Japan is bound for another recession.This time they're going to cancel the rise in
sales tax to stop it from getting any worse.

And in Chicago a Furry convention was interrupted when someone seems to have deliberately
gassed the hotel it was being held in.I bet that was the first time non-anime fans have ever heard of
Furries!

Japan's numbers are double as worse as given initially. AFAIK the decision to increase tax is already law and can only be delayed somehow. It's a rise from 8% to 10% next years. I doubt they can ever recover. All they can do is try not to fall lower.



Geez, now there have been talk about a Jeb Bush and Hilary face-off. Who in their right mind would elect him?  Even though Hilary is probably not the right person anymore after the mess OB leaves behind she may still do better than most. It would have been different if it were her before. *shrugs*

Even before 4K (TV) has made any progress in the west (other than Japanese TV) the graphic industry is already onto 5K! OK, maybe they want old resolution (e.g. pixel per inch) on full-sized modern large screens which would be somewhere around 10K (?). Basically we shouldn't see pixellation if there are correctly filmed & formatted medias. Yeah right.

MS wants to make subscription for Windows 10...It's here! The time is coming when you own nothing that you bought because it's all leased (yet you still pay the full price or more).

If it were up to me probably,though it's not the computer belongs to my mom.I don't have one of my own.

So there's a group of Dems out there who decided to get a early start on attacking the possible GOP
Presidential candidates.What they did was publish something that included a lot of high school year book pics of possible GOP candidates.Apparently Scott Walker had a mullet when he was in school.
Worst dressed:Santorum,seriously,Plaid Pants!
I think those had to be one of the Seven Deadly Sins!

The Jazz finally got over their loosing streak by beating the Spurs yesterday,they pretty much dominated the Champs.

Been reading:Why Panda's Do Handstands pretty fascinating about the animal world.

Probably because Pandas have 7(!) fingers. I still doubt they can turn their palms 90 degrees for better alignment to the ground. The interesting thing is that they were supposed to have competed with giant gorillas over eating bamboo. I wonder what happened to the gorillas.

Switzerland has some trouble with its new ebola vaccine
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-30432079
Hmm, pains in their hands and feet...it must be affecting the veins, ebola's primary site of infection.

Cheney: the report is crap! Of course, it's incomplete.
Anyway, OB pardoned everyone involved in the first minute of his presidency. Everyone making a scene and crying for trials can go home and save us this farce.
On a side note the past feared east block had lots of success with ordinary interrogation and mental wear-down methods than true torture...

The Airbus A380 is on the merge of getting canned! Whoa, shocking news. Is this the first time in aviation history? Hmm... Obviously they pushed for it without careful economic planning. So the low buying numbers are killing it.

Japan's Black Widow (68) finally got charged for the killing of her 4th husband. It's suspected she actually killed 6 of the men. It all started after he first husband died in 1994. So it all happened in these 20 years. You would think a Black Widow is young and all but it's not...

Casio releases the ClassWiz fx-991EX calculator the world’s first standard scientific calculator to feature a spreadsheet function. Hmm, it's more for business but those people would use tables/handheld-esque gadgets than this. *shrugs*

So she started when she was 48.I wonder if the neighbors ever wondered what was happening.
Yeah,I agree usually a 'Black Widow' is thought of as being young and sexy looking.

We have rain coming down,been doing so all week long.

Welp,of course Obama is still on the 'blame-everything-wrong-on Bush'kick.

Over the weekend I came up with a list of my favorite professional major sports teams for the heck of it.
Here goes:

NBA:
1.Seattle Supersonics
2.Utah Jazz
3.Minnesota Timberwolves
4.Chicago Bulls

NFL:
1.Minnesota Vikings
2.Seattle Seahawks
3.Dallas Cowboys
4.Kansas City Chiefs

MLB:
1.Minnesota Twins
2.Seattle Mariners
3.L.A.Dodgers
4.Chicago Cubs
5.N.Y. Yankees

NHL:
1.Minnesota Wild
2.Calgary Flames
3.Flordia Panthers
4.Anaheim Ducks
5.New York Rangers

MLS:
1.Seattle Sounders
2.Portland Timbers

WNBA:
1.Seattle Storm
2.Minnesota Lynx

yeah I have to admit my realtives in New Jersey have corrupted me into liking the Yankees.

It's basically only Minnesota and Seattle so why bother with the rest.
<_< >_> Ya, know we got a bunch of Chicago Bull fans among us.
*mantra chant: Not getting corrupted! Not getting corrupted!*

http://www.globalresearch.ca/congress-passes-bill-granting-unlimited-access-to-private-communications-of-every-american-without-legal-process/5419281

http://www.academia.edu/8776021/The_Snipers_Massacre_on_the_Maidan_in_Ukraine

Now, that Abe won the election he wants to pursuit a retcon of japanese history in education the light of nationalism. There will also changes to the constitution.
Well, on thursday an important regional defense 'discussion' will take place. I guess I'm going to ... observe it.