Sweat v Painter

This important case set the stage for Brown v School Board of Topeka:

Reflections on the Celtic holiday of Samhain*

Many thanks to mac_talla for this contribution:

Happy New Year!

In parts of the world where Christianity has had a profound influence, time, historically, has been depicted as a line moving steadily from beginning to end. This makes sense to the human mind, as we experience life in a sequential process moving from birth to death. The Celts, however, had a way of understanding time not based on a birth-life-death linear sequence, but rather on the cycles of nature, such as fall,-winter-spring-summer or dusk-night-dawn-day-dusk. Spiritual holidays were not based on events in linear time (such as the birth and death of a great leader) but rather on recurring events in cyclical time.

In the ancient Celtic mind, a day began not with midnight or at sunrise, but actully at sundown. Night precedes the light, and together they form a single unit of time. In a similar way, the Celtic year began not at the coming of midwinter or the new spring but with the end of the harvest time. Thus, Samhain (summer's end), celebrated on or near 31 October, marked not only the end of autumn and the onset of winter, but also the Celtic new year.

Because, Samhain marks the end of the old year and the beginning of the new, it meant a break in the flow of time. This break meant the "veil" separating our world from the otherworld was temporarily opened. The otherworld, being simply, the spiritual dimension of the physical universe. The belief in the immanence of the otherworld was important to the Celts, along with the possibilities of the average person inte acting with it. Immanence is a theological term, literally meaning "remaining within". It is used to suggest God's presence is within the world, as opposed to transcendant, which suggests God is far away. The Celtic idea of immanence meant the spiritual dimension was very close to the material.

Samhain was a time when fearsome beasts and monsters could walk the earth, but more than just ghosties and ghoulies could visit. To the Celt, and the modern day pagan, Samhain is a solemn and reverent holiday, filled with transformational "magic". It is the best night of the year to make contact with the spirits of loved ones who have passed to the otherworld-the ancestors from whom we received our life and our DNA.

In my household we set up a "dumb supper". A meal where friends and family eat in silence. An extra place is set for our loved ones on the other side. As we eat, we reflect on their lives, their love, and the wisdom they imparted to us.

Samhain shona daoibh, go léir!

*said SOW-en, with sow as in female pig.

Move On Staged Violence at Rand Paul Debate?

Companies Examine Health Care Laws Effect on Employee Coverage

Thanks to LIBERAL BS FILTER:

Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The new health care law wasn't supposed to undercut employer plans that have provided most people in the U.S. with coverage for generations . . .

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/24/companies-examine-health-care-laws-effect-employee-coverage/

SuperJim's Aircraft Carrier

SuperJim made this in China. Thanks Jim.

Canada's Slum Series

ROBERT MATAS
From Saturday's Globe and Mail
February 13, 2009 at 11:59 PM EST

VANCOUVER — It has been nearly a decade since three levels of government signed a landmark agreement designed to transform Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside, but the neighbourhood remains a vortex that sucks in junkies, the mentally ill and other desperate souls from across the country . . .

Globe and Mail: Canada's Slum series (Part 1)
Globe and Mail: Canada's Slum series (Part 2)
Globe and Mail: Canada's Slum series (Part 3)
Globe and Mail: Canada's Slum series (Part 4)

Halloween: The Obama Graveyard

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Telecasterdude in a Video

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Living with Liberals in the United States of America

Thanks to sugarland47 for submitting the following:

Why do liberals get so very upset about anyone who believes in "God"? I heard one liberal minded person say the other day that religion, dogma, should be completely done away with. And the sad thing about that statement was that so many liberals were cheering him on.

Now, my response to this statement is that one's belief in God is their own business. And the reason so many of us non-liberals and God believers get so upset with the liberal/progressives, is because those people really want God to be done away with. They want religion completely out of their way so that they can fulfill their liberal agendas.

What is the liberal agenda? Well, I have come to believe they actually want a world in which they can rule......... they want to be able to spread their ideologies freely and corrupt our youth into believing that anything and everything is ok to do as long as it does not hurt anyone else. But, here is the irrational clincher to their reasoning....... anyone who does not follow their belief system, their ideologies, doesn't have any right to disagree.

The liberals use the arguments of the crusades, all the liberal media attention on the Catholic church about pedophile priests (there have not been that many incidents of that occurring in the last 40-50 years and the number of priests who were accused of that is small. In fact, most cases of child molestation are by non-religious and in the USA, are family members.... they go mostly unreported, but it is the Catholic church who is taking the brunt of the media cruelty), and lastly here is the most prevalent argument liberals use...... There is no God. It is a fairy tale.... blah blah blah.

Well, I happen to believe in God, as do the majority of us citizens. But, if liberals were to have their way, such things as the sacrament of marriage between man and woman, the idea that aborting a fetus is ok would be a main stay, we would not be allowed to defend our homes or our lives with guns, they would do away with the constitution, claiming that it is archaic, and the USA will not survive until "all the old people are dead and buried."

Here are my opinions on the aforementioned:

1} Belief in God is faith. You either have it or you don't. You cannot prove God's existence, but in the same token, you cannot disprove God's existence. I guess you will have to wait until you die before you believe, if you don't believe now, and that is your choice......... kinda goes along with free will and our united states constitution.

2} Marriage is a religious term, a holy sacrament from God between a man and a woman. You can change the definition by going to urban dictionary, if that will make you happy. But don't you dare go trying to force our churches to accept man on man, woman on woman unions. And it should be a state decision whether or not to make those unions legal. If you believe in those unions, that is your right, but it should still be a state law that makes that decision. I personally don't think it is right, because it goes against God. But if you don't believe in God, why do you care anyway, one way or another about the word marriage?

3} Roe vs Wade is a precedent set by the US supreme court that simply states a woman's privacy issue with her physician. It is up to the states to say if abortion is allowed. So you do have the legal right to kill a baby, a human life in the womb, that should be protected by the mother. And no matter what you say, it is a human life at conception. Why liberals do you not know when it is a baby and feel the need to have that changed also? Is it perhaps that you know in your hearts that by aborting the baby you are killing a human life? You want the federal government to tell you when life begins, to make that determination for you, to ease your consciences?

4} The right to own guns and defend ourselves; criminals will always be able to purchase weapons whether you make it illegal or not. Yet, you don't want good honest people to own them for self-defense? What is the logic in that?

5} The USA constitution........ you want to do away with it completely because you aren't intelligent enough or have the backing of others to support your liberal ideologies and get it amended?

6} And the last argument that "old people are causing all of your idiotic liberal agenda propaganda problems........ Well, all i have to say to that is that someday you will be old too. From my own aging growth, I can tell you that your liberal ideologies will change over the years. And those of us with children, grandchildren, have helped in their mind growth and you cannot control them all the way that you think you can. So, good luck with wishing us all dead.

Sorry folks, we are re-designing

Google changed their blog templates and I will have to do some work on the blog to accomodate the changes.

-MOP-

Not Yours to Give

Thanks to Shawn Rogers

Quote of the Week

If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.

-- Bertrand Russell --

It Is Not About Economics (or is it?)

The laws of economics are rooted in human psychology.

Human psychology is a product of evolution, right; because if the humans that created the 2010 "civilization" on planet earth did not evolve, then how all of this happen?

So what does evolution do?

Evolution stands at the finish line and it declares whatever species or dna cluster to get there first to be the winner. In other words, evolution is biology's Monday morning quarterback. Evolution does not plan ahead.

Because the definition of evolution and "survival" of the fittest is so fatalistic, there is no way humans can ever escape evolution. Nonetheless, humans have evolved to the point where they can exercise awareness of evolution and survival of the fittest and begin to make conscious decisions about where the human species is headed.

A relatively small number of humans on the planet are behaving in just the way they have been programmed by hundreds of thousands of successful evolution of the species. In pure biological terms, this is very successful, but in terms of overall happiness on the planet, it is a miserable failure.

What to do?

Black Purdue documentary film

Thanks to Wisdom X for contributing the following link;

If the embedded version in this post is not wide enough just go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMaQyMyQpDc

MOONDOG: The Economy Will Improve by May 2011

The Economy Will Improve by May 2011

by Moondog950
Saturday November Ninth Two Thousand Ten

Room

I’ve been asked to put my predictions on the economy and the reasons why I have come to these conclusions on this Blog.

Most know I believe the Democrat party to gain power in desperation destroyed a working economy. This is how and why the dems went to these lengths.

I believe George W. Bush is one of America’s most maligned presidents and this is why.

The democrats felt the George W. Bush was given the election in 2000 by the Supreme Court making him the first selected president.

http://webspace.webring.com/people/hs/smooth345_2000/gwb.html

G.W.B. inherited a mild recession and corrected this problem with small tax pre bate (a rebate before paying the tax). http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/july-dec01/tax_rebate.html

The balance of this tax plan called Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 which was outed as The Tax Cut for The Rich by the Democrats.

The First major attack in this century on the United States soil known as 9/11 happened on G.W.B's watch. He was blamed for acting poorly and by some knowing and or taking part in the destruction of this attack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZOu65YIXfA

Democrats felt they were coned into voting for The Iraq War Resolution. This resolution allowed America’s first preemptive war. http://uspolitics.about.com/od/wariniraq/a/jt_resolution.htm

This war started in 2003 http://www.australianpolitics.com/news/2003/03/03-03-19.shtml

This was the start of the Democrats attack on the economy of the United States.

In 2004 Bush economies still weaken by the attack of September 11, 2001 having only housing asn’t limping along. The Bush’s economy was in a housing boom with little sign of weakening other sectors were weak with no sign of improvement. More American families owned homes than at any other time in our history. Housing prices had also hit new highs, which prompted President Bush to ask for controls on the loan companies guaranteed by the federal government Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I believed then and now controls were needed. Barney Frank and other members of the congressional Banking committee made it sound that the President was trying to make it harder for the poor to buy homes. I believe that president and his advisers had it right controls were needed. Congress refused to offer a Governing Agency bill for these government guaranteed lenders. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4A0RuXhnQA

The Democrats believed the above and other slanders were enough to make G.W.B. the first Republican one term president since Hoover. They ran John Kerry who lost his election against the weakened George W. Bush. Democrats claimed the election was stolen by Diebold the electronic voting machine maker and started an investigation. This investigation found some
reason to ask for improvement in the machines but no reason for a revote. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0828-08.htm

In August 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast causing a great deal of havoc and loose of property. The hurricane also caused a spike in gasoline prices nationwide. The havoc of this storm and the increase in oil price were again blamed on President Bush. http://www.katrina.noaa.gov/

Retail gas chart http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx

The Bush housing boom was starting to weaken due to poor ob numbers and fuel costs. The foreclosure rates were increasing with help of the Bush’s harsh press and power hungry loyal opposition the Democrats spent the time between the 2004 election and the 2006 election weakening President Bush‘s ratings and were able to make many Americans believe that this was the worst economy since 1929.

Foreclosure chart http://bettyjung.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/historial-foreclosure-rates-1979-2007/

Bush’s approval polls slide and the 2006 election is in question. Bad press wreaking housing and high fuel prices all become issues in the 2006 election.

Approval polls http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/archive/?poll_id=19

The 2006 election was a victory in both the house and the senate. Democrats had a slime majority in the senate and controlled the house. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/bop/

The 2007 Congress lead by Nancy Pelosi promoted the end the war in Iraq impeach Bush for war crimes and control fuel cost during the elections. The impeachment was first taken off the table, a fight over the Iraq war an increase in troops and spending was needed and the congress felt otherwise. Harry Reid told America the war was lost, Hilary Clinton told us the government was lying about progress in Iraq. The Dow industrial average was nearing an all time high which it hit in Oct of 2007. Even with the high foreclosure rate and increasing fuel costs unemployment was still low in December 2007 the unemployment rate was only 5%.

http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=LNS14000000

If the economy was good could they retake the White House? What could they do to weaken the economy housing? Remember the loan companies that were government guaranteed, Fannie and Freddie in April of 2007 they told congress they were going to make subprime mortgages. Congress could have stopped them but congress knew this was the lynch pin to their victory in
2008. If they could time Fannie and Freddie’s failure in late in 2008 the President would be blamed and his party defeated badly in the election. ttp://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1738401820070417

The congress went to work telling big oil that they either lower prices or they will be investigated and or taxed. The congress never acted to reduce oil prices in anyway one of their promises. Oil hit an all time high in July of 2008 145 dollars a barrel. I believe the Democratic
controlled house and senate knew what they were doing killing the economy to win an election.

http://www.nyse.tv/crude-oil-price-history.htm

The NBER called the start of the recession in December 2007, I ask why? Unemployment was low 5%, GDP was up from previous quarters then why were we in recession?

http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/TableView.asp?SelectedTable=5&ViewSeries=NO&Java=no&Request3Place=N&3Place=N&FromView=YES&Freq=Qtr&FirstYear=2006&LastYear=2010&3Place=N&Update=Update&JavaBox=no

I believe the NBER isn’t non partisan as they state. I believe the recession started in March 2009 after two consecutive quarters of declining GDP and increasing unemployment.

The NBER claims the recession ended in July 2009 if this is true why is unemployment increasing in November 2010?

I believe the recession should end before March 2011 and the recover should be underway by April or May 2011.

Yours Moondog950

Germany 20 Year Reunification Interview

WHEN
US EST: 9 pm, Oct 7
GMT: 1 am, Oct 8
SYDNEY: 12 pm, Oct 8

TOPIC
20 years of German reunification.

INTERVIEWER
MopNGlow

INTERVIEWEE
Tosca Puccini

DETAIL
On the 3rd of this month Germans celebrated twenty years of reunification, meaning that East Germany and West Germany were combined into one unified state of Germany, after having been split apart since the end of World War II.

Tosca will discuss the personal impact of German reunification and the political implications.

Materials
View Berlin Wall Background Notes
Download Berlin Wall Background Notes

Links
Map of German Territorial Losses
20 Years of a United Germany

Audio (thanks Lazer)
http://www.archive.org/details/MopnglowShow10-07-2010Tosca

Who Else Lied About WMD?

Who Else Lied About WMD

TRUTH about the Government Health Care Bill H.R.3200

TRUTH about the Government Health Care Bill H.R.3200

Twenty Years of German Unity

Thanks to Tosca Puccini for contributing a link to video below. We have tentatively set up an interview with Tosca on October 7, co-hosted by natalievinotraveler and MopNGlow.



Here's the youtube link.

The Planet X Challenge

Where did the following people groups come from?

- egyptian
- sumerian
- Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
- indus valley civilization
- mayans

Thanks MW