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Remarkable Older Stuph: http://vleeptron.blogspot.comVleeptron Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.comBlogger1902125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-44987140536447266602018-02-24T01:12:00.000-05:002018-02-24T01:12:16.228-05:00our Dad and our mother would kill us, and dance about on our graves singing 'Hallelujah!'<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Palin, Chapman, Jones and Idle were/are the BBC comedy troup Monty Python's Flying Circus. They are portraying 4 old men from the English region of Yorkshire.</span></span></b><br />
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<em> </em><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>(Four well-dressed men sitting together at a vacation resort. 'Farewell
to Thee' being played in the background on Hawaiian ukulele.)</em></span></span></b>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Michael Palin:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Ahh ... Very passable, this, very passable.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Graham Chapman:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Nothing like a good glass of Chateau de Chassilier wine,
aye Gessiah?
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Terry Jones:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> You're right there, Obediah.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eric Idle:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Who'd a thought thirty years ago we'd all be sittin'
here drinking Chateau de Chassilier wine?
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">MP:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Aye. In them days, we'd a' been glad to have the price of a cup
o' tea.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">GC:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> A cup ' COLD tea.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">EI</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">: Without milk or sugar.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">TJ:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> OR tea!
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">MP:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> In a filthy, cracked cup.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">EI:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> We never used to have a cup. We used to have to drink out of a
rolled up newspaper.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">GC:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The best WE could manage was to suck on a piece of damp cloth.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">TJ:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> But you know, we were happy in those days, though we were poor.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">MP:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Aye. BECAUSE we were poor. My old Dad used to say to me, 'Money
doesn't buy you happiness.'
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">EI:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> 'E was right. I was happier then and I had NOTHIN'. We used to
live in this tiiiiny old house, with greaaaaat big holes in the roof.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">GC:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> House? You were lucky to have a HOUSE! We used to live in one
room, all hundred and twenty-six of us, no furniture. Half the
floor was missing; we were all huddled together in one corner for
fear of FALLING!
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">TJ:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> You were lucky to have a ROOM! *We* used to have to live in a
corridor!
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">MP</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">: Ohhhh we used to DREAM of livin' in a corridor! Woulda' been a
palace to us. We used to live in an old water tank on a rubbish
tip. We got woken up every morning by having a load of rotting
fish dumped all over us! House!? Hmph.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">EI:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Well when I say 'house' it was only a hole in the ground covered
by a piece of tarpaulin, but it was a house to US.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">GC:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> We were evicted from *our* hole in the ground; we had to go and live in a lake!</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">TJ:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> You were lucky to have a LAKE! There were a hundred and sixty
of us living in a small shoebox in the middle of the road.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">MP:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Cardboard box?
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">TJ:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Aye.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">MP:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> You were lucky. We lived for three months in a brown paper bag in
a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six o'clock in the
morning, clean the bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down
mill for fourteen hours a day week in-week out. When we got home, our Dad would thrash us to sleep with his belt!<br /> </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">GC: Luxury. </span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">We used to have to get out of the lake at three o'clock in
the morning, clean the lake, eat a handful of hot gravel, go to
work at the mill every day for tuppence a month, come home, and Dad
would beat us around the head and neck with a broken bottle, if we
were LUCKY!
</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">TJ:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Well we had it tough. We used to have to get up out of the shoebox
at twelve o'clock at night, and LICK the road clean with our tongues.
We had half a handful of freezing cold gravel, worked twenty-four
hours a day at the mill for fourpence every six years, and when we
got home, our Dad would slice us in two with a bread knife.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">EI:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, (pause for laughter), drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us, and dance about on our graves singing 'Hallelujah!'</span></span></b>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">MP:</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> But you try and tell the young people today that ... and they won't
believe ya'.
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<b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">ALL: Nope, nope ...</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b><div class="blogger-post-footer">Vleeptron ... a vastly superior, more peaceful planet than Earth ...</div>Vleeptron Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.com66tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-38660155313326145442018-01-21T21:08:00.000-05:002018-01-21T21:08:05.096-05:00CRUMMY OLD WINE DEP'T: USA federal shutdown couldn't close the Atlantic Ocean, but they did close the restrooms
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<span>06 October 2013</span></h2>
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Tea Party's toxic tantrum shuts down US federal government / screw the American people, we're doing this for principle!
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click photo to enlarge.</span></b></i></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Cape Cod</span>
has been a wildly popular summer ocean resort forever. In season, rents
are huge; everyone wants to vacation in this gorgeous Atlantic region.
The pressure to develop Cape Cod commercially is huge and relentless.<br /><br />But since the administration of President Lyndon Johnson, a huge swath of seashore was set aside as <b>The Cape Cod National Seashore</b>.
It's protected from development, and anyone can spend the day walking
the magnificent beach, seeing the wildlife (sea lions bask on rocks just
offshore, the beaches are sea turtle egg nests), swimming, picnicking.<br /><br />In 1970, I had the pleasure of enjoying another great, huge <b>National Seashore, Padre Island</b>, a wild public treasure that stretches from Corpus Christi, Texas south to the Mexican border on the Gulf of Mexico.<br /><br />As
the above photo shows, the National Seashores (and National Parks and
National Forests) have been closed since a bunch of Tea Party Republican
assholes, led by US Senators <b>Ted Cruz</b> and <b>Rand Paul</b>, managed to shut down nearly every activity of the federal government.<br /><br />They claim they've done it to force the repeal or de-funding of the <b>Affordable Care Act</b> -- its enemies call it <b>Obamacare</b>. <br /><br />Which
they can't achieve because the U.S. Senate is controlled by Democrats.
The ACA is the Law of the Land, passed by both houses of Congress,
signed by the President, and the US Supreme Court upheld its
constitutionality when it was challenged by several "<span style="color: red;">red states</span>" -- states under Republican/Tea Party control. <br /><br />So
the Tea Party/Republican assholes are throwing a hissy-fit tantrum and
holding their breath until they turn blue. The tantrum has taken the
form of forcing the federal government to cease most of its functions
and send its civilian employees home on unpaid furlough.<br /><br />For
S.W.M.B.O.and me, our encounter with The Federal Government Shutdown was
a minor inconvenience. The seashore beach wasn't closed or the road
chained shut; but the shutdown left the National Seashore with no
employees who protect the National Seashore and its wilderness flora and
land and marine fauna. The employees who clean up after visitors --
well, the Cape Cod National Seashore is going to get dirtier and uglier
and more degraded the longer the shutdown lasts.<br /><br />Fuck our public
national wilderness treasure. Obamacare -- the USA's first attempt to
put in some kind of national health care scheme to provide medical care
to all regardless of economic status -- must be stopped no matter what,
say Cruz and Rand Paul and all the Tea Party whack jobs, who seem to be
scaring the crap out of the useless Republican Speaker of the House of
Representatives, John Boehner.<br /><br />Well, Boehner can be replaced by
more aggressive Tea Party whack jobs, and he doesn't want to lose the
prestigious Speakership. (Regardless of party, the Speaker of the House
is third in line of succession to the presidency.)<br /><br />I could list
hundreds of other federal programs and workers who have been furloughed
-- ordered not to work -- for the last week. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The one that most concerns the fragile recovering economy is the <b>Internal Revenue Service</b>. The housing market -- whose collapse sunk the economy under <b>George W. Bush</b>
-- is recovering, but the first step to obtain a mortgage is to have
the IRS evaluate the mortgage applicant to see that the applicant has
paid all his/her federal taxes. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now
no one answers the phone at the IRS, no mortgage applications can be
approved, no mortgages can be issued, no houses can be sold. This is the
most likely way the lingering shutdown will flip the recovering economy
back into the Bush Toilet of the last 7 years.<br /><br /><b>Agricultural inspectors.</b>
The safety and purity of food which you take for granted every time you
grocery shop -- as the shutdown goes on, the food becomes less well
inspected, the food becomes less safe.<br /><b><br />Head Start</b> -- also
since LBJ's presidency, a hugely successful pre-school education program
-- has been suspended. Screw poor kids, screw a successful program that
boosts their success in all their subsequent education.<br /><br /><b>WIC</b> -- <br /><span style="color: red;"><br />[Wikipedia:]</span><br /><br /><b>The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children</b>
is a federal assistance program of the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for healthcare
and nutrition of low-income pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and
infants and children under the age of five. <br /><br />... has been suspended. Screw the health of infants and their access to milk and healthy food.<br /><br />In case no one remembers, the Republican candidate <b>Mitt Romney</b> was soundly rejected by American voters in 2012, and <b>Barack Obama</b> was re-elected for his second 4-year term. <br /><br />Mitt
believed most Americans are entitlement bums who just want free stuff
from the government. He said he likes to fire people. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Don't
get me started. But his whack elitist gazillionaire ideas, espoused by
his party, continue to strangle the recovering prosperity and safety of
the USA.<br /><br />All this is pissing me off and making me sick. There's
no "principle" here, as the Tea Party whacks and Boehner claim. With
Obama in the White House, Democratic control of the U.S. Senate, and re
the Affordable Care Act, even a sympathetic U.S. Supreme Court, all the
whack Tea Party Republicans can do is poison and paralyze the federal
government and sicken and stall the economic recovery.<br /><br />So, in
lieu of governing or legislating good things for the American people,
that's what they're doing. They're making America sick.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There's
one up side to this toxic tantrum. By the time the next presidential
election cycle begins, the American people will be so angry with the
Republicans and the whack Tea Party assholes that it's unlikely any
Republican candidate can defeat the Democratic nominee. In its current
makeup, the Republican party is incapable of re-capturing the White
House. It's about to vanish from the American political landscape.</span></span></span><br />
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In October 2011 yours truly had a hernia ops (left side, classic, no
internal organs were affected). I knew what was up, packed my bags, went
to hospital, showed them my medicaid card. No questions asked, filled
out ONE form. I was diagonsed and informed that an operation would take
place and 2 hours later I was put to sleep. 3 days later I was out of
hospital again. Cute nurses, good food and a doctor who spoke tacheles.
No questions asked. Because it was not work-related I had to pay a small
percentage of the operation costs, otherwise I would have gone free.
Since I was out for 2 weeks my employer was forced to pay 80 % of my
wages because I was on medical leave and it was impossible for them to
fire me in that time. I have fully recovered, there is only a small scar
I wear with pride. No worries, no problems, no hassle.<br /><br />This is
mandatory Health Care Euro-Style. Of course it is not perfect and it is
not exactly cheap. But it works. Otherwise I could have hanged myself
then and there. No expensive medical costs falling back on you, no
sleazy lawyers lurking in the hallways of the hospital asking you if you
want to sue someone for damage so you can cover the costs, no effing
insurance telling me they are not going to pay for treatment that might
be considered “experimental”, no employer being able to fire you while
on leave or refusing to pay your wages. <br /><br />Half of the world is
looking in sheer astonishment at the USA right now, we simply fail to
grok that something like this is possible while some ultra-idiot
hardcore conservative bible-thumpers are driving your country against
the wall – just because of something that I consider normal. Sometimes
it is just really difficult to understand these funny Americans....
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Vleeptron Dude sincerely apologizes</span> for being e-comatose. My amazing supercomputer imploded and I have been off-line for the better part of a month while I bought a nifty new <span style="font-size: x-large;">Dell</span> ordinateur with an <span style="font-size: x-large;">AMD</span> chip and Windows 10 (because Microfuck decided it would no longer support Windows Vista Ultimate).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway this mess is my first attempt to post to VleeptronZ. The illustration above is my first attempt to use their new gimmicky Paint3D thing. The Happy New Year Einstein-Minkowski Light Cone is self-explanatory but I haven't been able to alter it to the New Year, which I think is 2018. We stayed up until <b>Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians</b> played Auld Lang Syne at our local Midnight, which is usually 5 hours earlier than Zulu Time = GMT.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh! My Logitech trackball is wireless! And my new Logitech keyboard is wireless! <i><b>Mirabile visu!</b></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I love ferries.</span> If all my traveling had been via ferry, that would have been Totally Swell with Vleeptron Dude. (But hell, I've helium blimped, I've ridden a camel, I've whirly-birded, I've STOLed, I've driven an ATV thru polar-bear-infested tundra ...)<br /><br />I guess I've taken 3 or 4 ferries back and forth across la Manche -- UKers call it Something Else -- and I strongly suspect most were owned and operated by P&O.<br /><br />First off, look at the photo of the stranded ferry passengers. They were stuck on <i><b>Pride of Kent</b></i> for many hours. (They had to wait for High Tide to refloat the stuck ferry. Time and Tide wait for No Man, Woman or Non-Binary.)<br /><br />Look how uncomfortable they seem. Look how wrought with panic and anxiety. Look at them yawning.<br /><br />Ever been in a big airport where weather or a volcanic eruption or labor troubles have canceled all the flights for a few days? <span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Welcome to Hell.</span></span> Angry, Crying-Jag Hell. With a chorus of Melted-Down little children, filthy clogged toilets. Drug and bomb-sniffing dogs (speak to them in German, they only understand German commands).<br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">But you're not in an airport. </span></i><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Relax.</span> That's how the damn ferry was designed in the first place -- so a few hundred people could relax and be pleasured in a variety of comfortable ways for hours -- about 3 hours across la Manche, or ... hmmm ... about 8 hours from North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Newfoundland. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(Take the midnight ferry, the noon ferry is the one they fill with <span style="color: red;"><b>explosives and flammables</b></span>. Just sayin' ...)<br /><br />Whoops! Is there some kind of delay?<br /><br />Is the ferry sinking? Have they ordered you to lifeboat stations over the Tannoy<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">®</span></b>?<br /><br />If not ... well, just relax. Find a comfy stuffed couch. Lie down. Have a drink. Have 9 drinks. (Hey, YOU'RE not driving the boat ...) Sometimes the ferry will serve Delay Drinks on the house.<br /><br />So far I've never had a Scary Moment on a ferry. (Okay, I've sea-sick barfed for a few hours, but on that voyage -- Yarmouth Nova Scotia to Portland Maine -- the ferry <b>crew</b> was puking, too. (Horatio Nelson was seasick his whole Royal Navy career, so what?) But no Vrai or even Faux Scaries.<br /><br />Look: Travel means Delays. Surprises. Screwups. <br /><br />To avoid these entirely, Don't Travel. Stay Home. Play Crimson Skies on your XBox One.<br /><br />In the photo above, you're looking at a bunch of mildly annoyed but comfortable, relaxed passengers. They're on a machine designed to relax for hours. Some ferries have little casinos, so you can relieve the tedium with one-armed bandits (worst sucker game in the casino, math equivalent to throwing money into a toilet in hope of the toilet spitting money back) or blackjack. They're not even seasick, because the <i><b>Pride of Kent</b></i> was stuck on a sandbar. Buy a fresh tasty snack.<br /><br />If you hate ferries, or lost your life on a ferry (I rode the identical twin ferry of the one that sank departing Zeebrugge, everybody drowned), whatever your ferry gripe is, <b>Leave A Comment</b>. Won't change my feelings about ferries, not in the slightest.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>LILLE, France (Reuters)</b> -- A P&O ferry with more than 300 people on board which had run aground in Calais harbour in northern France has been refloated and all passengers have disembarked, a P&O Ferries spokesman said on Sunday.<br /><br />The Dover-bound <i><b>Pride of Kent</b></i> had run aground on a sand bank around midday as she tried to leave the Calais harbour in stormy weather. Nobody was injured.<br /><br />The ship, supported by two tug boats, was refloated as the tide came in early evening and all passengers have disembarked.<br /><br />The spokesman said most passengers would continue their journey to the UK on other P&O ferries tonight, <b>while some would stay overnight in Calais on P&O’s expense.</b><br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">UK-based P&O operates 20 ferries which carry 9,000,000 passengers per year between France, Belgium, The Netherlands and across the Irish Sea.<br /><br /><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">Reporting by Geert De Clercq and Pierre Savary; </span></b></i></span></span><br />
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buy Hijab Barbie for MYSELF and GAC, for reasons both Highly Spiritual and
Investment </b></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: large;"><b>Potential. (But I guess we can check eBay for the
current worth of Unwrapped Blaine, Barbie's </b></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: large;"><b>discontinued Australian surfer Boy
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the girls all sorts of Barbies. I asked why no one was gifting a single Ken, and
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you're getting from Heaven today, but I'm sure the Ski Resorts are delighted
with it. It's our First </b></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: large;"><b>Snow of the season, we got a <span style="color: red;">roaring fire</span> (a Big Treat for all the cats). Only our big polydactyl (lots </b></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: large;"><b>of extra toes) Stewie (Stewart Wallace Darnley,
named for GAC's Uncle Wally -- much of her family is of </b></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: large;"><b>Scottish descent, and those
names are the most famous names in Scottish history. Two of them are Beloved
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Heroes, but Darnley was perhaps the Biggest No-Good Bum and Cad in all history.)
Oh, well, Stewie </b></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: large;"><b>and his Many Toes and Big Feet is the best Snow
Hunter in the house, in most kinds of snow he doesn't </b></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: large;"><b>sink or slide. He listens
acutely for vermin wriggling beneath the snow, and slays them very effectively.
</b></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: large;"><b>That's
why polydactyl cats succeeded so well and became popular Good Luck cats in New
England.<br /><br />In the naughty screwy movie "Addams Family Values," Debbie the
newly hired children's Nanny is in </b></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: large;"><b>reality a Monstrous Serial Killer, and as she
prepares to execute the Addams Family, explains that her </b></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: large;"><b>troubles began when, as a
little girl, she wanted Ballerina Barbie for Christmas, but her terrible
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gave her <span style="color: black;">MALIBU BARBIE</span>, so she had to ...
well, try to guess. Evil Debbie is played by the </b></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: large;"><b>superfunny Joan Cusack. I think
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Unkie
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is, I think, the oldest continuously sung English Christmas Carol. It was written and performed by a Guild in the<b> Coventry Cycle</b> of religious plays, on the church/cathedral steps. They (<b>Alison Moyet </b>here) sing of the monstrous calamity Christians call <span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Slaughter of the Innocents</span></span>. Herod the King ordered all boys younger than two in Judea slain. A prophesy foretold that if allowed to live and grow up, a boy of that age would become King of the Jews. (Herod thought Herod was King of the Jews, permanently, for life).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The last foreign power to militarily conquer and rule Afghanistan was the forces of Alexander the Great. <br /><br />Not long ago, after invading Afghanistan to shore up its Soviet-friendly government, the Army of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics just gave up and just marched out. The Taliban, then an anti-Soviet guerrilla force, inherited the government. Their interregnum ended when the USA, under the command of President George W. Bush, invaded Afghanistan.<br /><br />I'm a veteran of the Vietnam War era. Though DC is my hometown -- I was drafted in DC -- I've never visited <b>Maya Lin's Vietnam War Memorial</b>. There are about 58,000 US military names carved on it. I don't want to see any names of guys I knew.<br /><b><br />John Singer Sargent</b> was a Boston painter of beautiful aristocratic women, but was invited to France by the British to paint the war. "<b>Gassed</b>," maybe the most famous of all war paintings, now hangs in London's Imperial War Museum. Blinded by mustard or chlorine gas, the string of blind soldiers guides itself toward the aid station (tent ropes at right).<br /><br /><b>Stanley Spencer's</b> "<b>Travoys</b>" is a scene of wounded British soldiers being taken on mule<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-drawn </span>str<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e</span>tchers to the medical station in Macedonia. It's also at the IWM in London.<br /><br />The <b>Veterans of Stupid Wars</b> is the veterans society I founded around 1980. It was a lot funnier, more mirthful when it referred to my Vietnam War, which eventually ended. (We lost.)<br /><br />Our current President Trump, the Draft-Dodger-in-Chief (he got medical deferments for bone spurs, but can no longer recall which foot), has added a flavor to American War Stew we haven't tasted for decades -- he has pretty clearly suggested that he may settle matters with North Korea with nuclear weapons.<br /><br />The generation of veterans who were always selling (actually seeking donations) poppies at stores and markets have largely disappeared, so today I'll drive to Northampton, to the American Legion Hall, where there's a big jar of poppies on the bar. I don't belong to the American Legion or the Veterans of Foreign Wars. But they seem to have mellowed since my day; the WW2 and Korea vets have faded away to make room for the much mellower young guys from Afghanistan and Iraq.<br /><br />The Veterans of Stupid Wars, and Vleeptron, would like to thank US Army <b>Colonel Jeffery Nance</b> of Fort Bragg, North Caroloina (where I took Basic Training) for sentencing Bowe Berghdal to <span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>no</b></span> time in prison -- and then saying not one word more about the reasons for this wholly unexpected and wildly controversial sentence. (Bergdahl had pleaded guilty to charges that carried a prison life sentence.)<br /><br />But these are our wars which, apparently, will never end. It's not funny anymore. It's not even absurd anymore. We are killing and maiming our children by the thousands and will never have the political wisdom to stop.</span></span></span><br />
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Vleeptron ... a vastly superior, more peaceful planet than Earth ...</div>Vleeptron Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-6639243859356180132017-11-08T00:35:00.000-05:002017-11-08T00:48:42.058-05:00les seurs McGarrigle: Petites Boites<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Petites boîtes très étroites<br />
Petites boîtes faites en ticky-tacky<br />
Petites boîtes, petites boîtes<br />
Petites boîtes toutes pareilles.<br />
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Y a des rouges, des violettes<br />
Et des vertes très coquettes<br />
Elles sont toutes faites en ticky-tacky<br />
Elles sont toutes toutes pareilles.<br />
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Et ces gens-là dans leurs boîtes<br />
Vont tous à l'université<br />
On les met tous dans des boîtes<br />
Petites boîtes toutes pareilles.<br />
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Y a des médecins, des dentistes<br />
Des hommes d'affaires et des avocats<br />
Ils sont tous tous faits de ticky-tacky<br />
Ils sont tous tous tous pareils.<br />
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Et ils boivent sec des martinis<br />
Jouent au golf toute l'après-midi<br />
Puis ils font des jolis enfants<br />
Qui vont tous tous à l'école.<br />
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Ces enfants partent en vacances<br />
Puis s'en vont à l'université<br />
On les met tous dans des boîtes<br />
Et ils sortent tous pareils.<br />
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Les garçons font du commerce<br />
Et deviennent pères de famille<br />
Ils bâtissent des nouvelles boîtes<br />
Petites boîtes toutes pareilles.<br />
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Puis ils règlent toutes leurs affaires<br />
Et s'en vont dans des cimetières<br />
Dans des boîtes faites en ticky-tacky<br />
Qui sont toutes toutes pareilles.</span></span><br />
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What is a supervolcano?</h3>
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The term "supervolcano" implies a volcanic center that has had an eruption of magnitude 8 on the
Volcano Explosivity Index (<a class="glossary" href="https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/glossary/vei.html" title="The Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) is a relative measure of the explosiveness of volcanic eruptions. It was devised by Chris Newhall of the United States Geological Survey and Stephen Self at the University of Hawaii in 1982. <span class='file_mngr' file_id='161'>Newhall and Self, 1982</span>">VEI</a>), meaning
the measured deposits for that eruption is greater than 1,000 cubic kilometers (240 cubic miles).
The
VEI scale was created as a general
measurement of the explosivity of an eruption. There are multiple characteristics used to give an
eruption its VEI allowing for the
classification of current and historic eruptions. The most common criteria are volume of <a class="glossary" href="https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/glossary/ejecta.html" title="Material explosively ejected from a volcano.">ejecta</a>
(<a class="glossary" href="https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/glossary/ash_volcanic.html" title="Fine fragments (less than 2-4 mm in diameter) of volcanic rock formed by a volcanic explosion or ejection from a volcanic vent.">ash</a>,
<a class="glossary" href="https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/glossary/pumice.html" title="Highly vesicular volcanic ejecta, typically silicic in composition. It is essentially magma that has been frothed up by escaping gases and then cooled and solidified during eruption. Rhyolitic pumice is typically of low enough density that it floats on water. Near a vent, hot pumice can accumulate and form a pumice cone.">pumice</a>, <a class="glossary" href="https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/glossary/lava.html" title="General term for magma (molten rock) that has been erupted onto the surface of the Earth and maintains its integrity as a fluid or viscous mass, rather than exploding into fragments.
">lava</a>) and column height.
All VEI 8 eruptions occurred tens of thousands to millions of years ago making the volume of
ejecta or
deposits the best method for
classification. An eruption is classified as a VEI 8 if the measured volume of deposits is greater
than
1,000 cubic kilometers (240 cubic
miles). Therefore a supervolcano is a volcano that at one point in time erupted more than 1,000
cubic
kilometers of deposits.
Yellowstone, like many other supervolcanoes, has also had much smaller eruptions. The cartoon
shows
a comparison of eruption sizes,
including the three largest from Yellowstone. Click on the image for a more detailed description
and
larger view.
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<h3>
What are some other examples of supervolcanoes?</h3>
Volcanoes that produced exceedingly voluminous pyroclastic eruptions and formed large calderas
in the
past 2 million years would include
Yellowstone, Long Valley in eastern California, Toba in Indonesia, and Taupo in New Zealand.
Other
"supervolcanoes" would likely include
the large <a class="glossary" href="https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/glossary/caldera.html" title="A large basin-shaped volcanic depression with a diameter many times larger than included volcanic vents; may range from 2 to 50 km (1 to 30 mi) across.">caldera</a> volcanoes of Japan, Indonesia, and South America. The most recent
supervolcanic
eruption on Earth occurred 27,000 years
ago at Taupo located at the center of New Zealand's north island.
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<h3>
I read that scientists couldn't find the Yellowstone caldera until they looked at a photo of
Yellowstone from space. Is this
true?</h3>
Not according to Bob Christiansen. Bob is the USGS scientist who delineated the three Yellowstone
calderas and told the world about the
great eruptions that formed them. Bob reports that he traced out the caldera boundaries through
old
fashioned field work... walking
around with a hammer and hand lens and looking carefully at the rocks and their distributions.
Most of
the key observations were made in
the 1960s and 1970s. Several authors have written that these large calderas were discovered from
space
and we suspect that the rumor
probably got started because initial field work that delineated them was partly funded by NASA.
The
idea was to compare well-constrained
geologic maps with images taken from space. So Bob's geologic map was used to verify the NASA
images, not the other way around.
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In 2005, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/supervolcano/index.shtml">BBC</a> and
the <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050314/yellowstone.html">Discovery
Channel</a>
produced a docudrama and documentary about
Yellowstone called <i>Supervolcano</i>. Below, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory scientists
answer
questions that arose after this program
aired that relate to supervolcanoes, volcanic hazards, and Yellowstone. </h3>
The docudrama Supervolcano dramatically explores the impact of a large caldera-forming
eruption at
Yellowstone. The scale of the
portrayed eruption is similar to the eruption of the Huckleberry Ridge <a class="glossary" href="https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/glossary/tuff.html" title="A general term for all consolidated (hardened and/or compacted) pyroclastic (explosive, volcanic origination) rocks. Synonymous with tuffaceous.">Tuff</a> at Yellowstone 2.1
million
years ago. The movie is realistic
insofar as depicting what could happen if an eruption of this magnitude were to occur again.
Although
the drama is set in the future, it
does an acceptable job of addressing some of the issues scientists would grapple with if
Yellowstone
showed signs of an impending
eruption. The questions and answers below shed light on issues related to volcanism at
Yellowstone. A
much more detailed discussion,
including full-color illustrations, can be found in <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3024/">the
U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet
about Yellowstone's activity</a>.
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<b>QUESTION: What is the chance of another catastrophic volcanic eruption at Yellowstone?
</b>
ANSWER: Although it is possible, scientists are not convinced that there will ever be another
catastrophic eruption at Yellowstone.
Given Yellowstone's past history, the yearly probability of another caldera-forming eruption can be approximated as 1 in 730,000 or
0.00014%. However, this number is based simply on averaging the two intervals between the
three
major past eruptions at Yellowstone
— this is hardly enough to make a critical judgment. This probability is roughly similar to
that of
a large (1 kilometer) asteroid
hitting the Earth. Moreover, catastrophic geologic events are neither regular nor predictable.
<br />
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<b>QUESTION: What would happen if a "supervolcano" eruption occurred again at Yellowstone?
</b>
ANSWER: Such a giant eruption would have regional effects such as falling ash and short-
term
(years to decades) changes to global
climate. The surrounding states of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming would be affected, as well as
other
places in the United States and the
world. Such eruptions usually form calderas, broad volcanic depressions created as the ground
surface
collapses as a result of
withdrawal of partially molten rock (<a class="glossary" href="https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/glossary/magma.html" title="Molten rock beneath the surface of the Earth.">magma</a>) below. Fortunately, the chances of this sort of
eruption at
Yellowstone are exceedingly
small in the next few thousands of years.
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<b>QUESTION: Is Yellowstone monitored for volcanic activity?</b>
ANSWER: Yes. The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO), a partnership between the United
States Geological Survey (USGS),
Yellowstone National Park, and the University of Utah, closely monitors volcanic activity at
Yellowstone.
The <a href="https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/yellowstone_monitoring_47.html">YVO website</a>features real-
time
data for <a class="glossary" href="https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/glossary/seismicity.html" title="The phenomenon of earthquakes caused by the brittle fracturing of rocks in the earth's crust. Synonymous with seismic activity.">earthquakes</a>, ground
<a class="glossary" href="https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/glossary/deformation.html" title="Changes to the surface of a volcano that occur due to magma movement underneath the surface. Most volcano deformation can only be detected and measured with precise surveying techniques such as with a Global Positioning System (GPS), tiltmeter, Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), or an Electronic Distance Meter (EDM).">deformation</a>, stream flow, and selected stream temperatures. In addition, YVO scientists
collaborate
with scientists from around the
world to study the Yellowstone volcano.
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<br />
<b>QUESTION: Do scientists know if a catastrophic eruption is currently imminent at
Yellowstone?
</b>
ANSWER: There is no evidence that a catastrophic eruption at Yellowstone is imminent, and
such
events are unlikely to occur in the
next few centuries. Scientists have also found no indication of an imminent smaller eruption of
lava.
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<b>QUESTION: How far in advance could scientists predict an eruption of the Yellowstone
volcano?
</b>
ANSWER: The science of forecasting a volcanic eruption has significantly advanced over the
past 25
years. Most scientists think that
the buildup preceding a catastrophic eruption would be detectable for weeks and perhaps months
to
years. Precursors to volcanic eruptions
include strong earthquake swarms and rapid ground deformation and typically take place days to
weeks
before an actual eruption.
Scientists at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) closely monitor the Yellowstone region
for such
precursors. They expect that the
buildup to larger eruptions would include intense precursory activity (far exceeding background
levels)
at multiple spots within the
Yellowstone volcano. As at many caldera systems around the world, small earthquakes, ground
uplift
and subsidence, and gas releases at
Yellowstone are commonplace events and do not reflect impending eruptions.
<br />
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<b>QUESTION: Can you release some of the pressure at Yellowstone by drilling into the volcano?
</b>
ANSWER: No. Scientists agree that drilling into a volcano would be of
questionable usefulness. Notwithstanding the enormous expense and technological
difficulties in drilling through hot, mushy rock, drilling is unlikely
to have much effect. At near magmatic temperatures and pressures, any hole would rapidly
become
sealed by minerals crystallizing from the
natural fluids that are present at those depths.
<br />
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<b>QUESTION: Could the Yellowstone volcano have an eruption that is not catastrophic?</b>
ANSWER: Yes. Over the past 640,000 years since the last giant eruption at Yellowstone,
approximately 80 relatively nonexplosive
eruptions have occurred and produced primarily lava flows. This would be the most likely kind of
future
eruption. If such an event were
to occur today, there would be much disruption of activities in Yellowstone National Park, but in
all
likelihood few lives would be
threatened. The most recent volcanic eruption at Yellowstone, a <a class="glossary" href="https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/glossary/lava_flow.html" title="Streams of molten rock that erupt relatively non-explosively from a volcano, then move downslope until they stop, cool, and solidify.">lava flow</a> on the Pitchstone
Plateau,
occurred 70,000 years ago.
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<br />
<b>QUESTION: Because Yellowstone is so geologically active, are there other potential geologic
hazards in Yellowstone?</b>
ANSWER: The heat and geologic forces fueling the massive Yellowstone volcano affect the park in
many
ways. Yellowstone's many geysers,
hotsprings, steam <a class="glossary" href="https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/glossary/vent.html" title="Any opening at the Earth's surface through which magma erupts or volcanic gases are emitted.">vents</a>, and mudpots are evidence of the heat and geologic forces. These
hydrothermal
(hot water) features are mostly
benign, but can rarely be the sites of violent steam explosions and pose a hydrothermal hazard.
Earthquakes, another example of active
geologic forces, are quite common in Yellowstone, with 1,000 to 3,000 occurring annually. Most
of
these are quite small, although
significant earthquakes have shaken Yellowstone, such as the 1959 magnitude 7.5 Hebgen Lake
quake,
the largest historical earthquake in
the intermountain region, and the 1975 magnitude 6.1 quake near Norris Geyser Basin. The many
earthquakes and steam explosions in the
past 10,000 years at Yellowstone have not led to volcanic eruptions.
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<figcaption class="article__media-caption"> A huge planet is allegedly going to either smash into the Earth or pull us off our axis</figcaption></figure>
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Is the end of the world on October 15?</h2>
The Christian conspiracy theorist has repeatedly warned about a <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/4489602/planet-x-nibiru-conspiracy-end-of-the-world-september-23/">mysterious planet named Planet X or Nibiru</a> on the far edge of our solar system.<br />
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Conspiracies suggested it was<a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/4474635/end-of-the-world-23-september-david-meade-great-american-solar-eclipse-planet-x/"> hurtling towards earth and set to destroy it</a> on September 23.<br />
Now Meade claims people have misunderstood his Planet X prophecy.<br />
<br />
Instead, he's now claiming we could be in for <span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4520024/david-meade-conspiracy-theorist-world-not-end-september-23rd-seven-years-chaos/">SEVEN years of nuclear war and natural disasters </a></span></span>starting on October 15.<br />
Meade says that its "the most important date of this century or millennium".<br />
October 2017 may signal "the end of the world as we now know it".<br />
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The earthquake in Mexico and hurricanes in the Caribbean are all related to the Planet X theory, Meade claimed.<br />
"It’s the beginning," he said. "Ever since the <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/4121411/great-american-eclipse-watch-uk-total-eclipse/">Great American Solar Eclipse of August 21</a><sup>st</sup> we have been hit by a continued series of judgements."<br />
The date of September 23 relates to a verse in the Bible which
apparently matches the August 21 date when Hurricane Harvey battered
Texas.<br />
Luke’s passage 21: 25 to 26 reads: <span class="text Luke-21-25" id="en-NIV-25852"><span class="woj">“There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars.</span></span><br />
<span class="text Luke-21-25" id="en-NIV-25852"><span class="woj">“On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.</span></span><br />
<span class="text Luke-21-26" id="en-NIV-25853"><span class="woj"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">"</span>People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.”</span></span><br />
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<figcaption class="article__media-caption"> Christian conspiracy theorist David Meade</figcaption></figure>
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What was David Meade's Planet X conspiracy theory?</h2>
David believed that a "spiritual sign" would appear in the sky on
September 23 where the moon will appear under the constellation of
Virgo.<br />
Then on October 5, Planet X will fully eclipse the sun and cover the earth in shadow.<br />
This will signal the start of the "seven-year-tribulation" on October 21, he believes.<br />
He claims an asteroid named Wormwood, measuring at least three
kilometers in diameters, which is attached to the "debris field of the
Planet X star system" will hit earth at some point during the seven
years.<br />
The "tribulation" will also involve "nuclear exchanges between the
US, Britain and our enemies – Russia, China, Iran and North Korea."<br />
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"It will involve cataclysmic climate events related to Planet X or
Wormwood – those are the trumpet judgements of Revelation," he
explained.<br />
Huge solar flares would "bring down the electrical grid," according to Meade.<br />
"Rioting and looting will be unrestrained.... society will be in chaos," he warned.<br />
An unusual celestial arrangement set for September 23 triggered the doomsday fears.<br />
But <a href="http://earthsky.org/human-world/biblical-signs-in-the-sky-september-23-2017" rel="noopener" target="_blank">astronomer Christopher Graney </a>says it's happened four times before in 1827, 1483, 1293 and 1056.<br />
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<figcaption class="article__media-caption"> A prophecy, which said Planet X would cause the end of the world this weekend, spread globally</figcaption></figure>
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What is Planet X?</h2>
Meade expects <span style="font-size: x-large;">Nibiru </span>will pass the Earth – bringing with it volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and earthquakes.<br />
The mysterious planet was first mentioned in 1976 by author <b>Zecharia Sitchin</b> in his book <b>The 12th Planet.</b><br />
He wrote it is home to ancient aliens called the <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Annunaki </span></b>who he claimed created the human race.<br />
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<figcaption class="article__media-caption"> Meade believes an asteroid named <b><span style="color: lime;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wormwood</span></span></b> will hit the earth</figcaption></figure>
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What does Nasa say?</h2>
This theory gained momentum earlier this year when NASA discovered what could be <a href="https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/planetx" rel="noopener" target="_blank">a new planet deep in the solar system</a>, which they named Planet Nine.<br />
It could have a mass 10 times that of earth.<br />
Jim Green, director of NASA's Planetary Science Division, said: "It's
too early to say with certainty there's a so-called Planet X."<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The space agency has however firmly, and repeatedly, dismissed the theories about Nibiru as an "internet hoax".</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">“The planet in question, Nibiru, doesn't exist, so there will be no collision," said Nasa.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">"The story of Nibiru has been around for years (as has the 'days of
darkness' tale) and is periodically recycled into new apocalyptic
fables.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">"There is no factual basis for these claims.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">"If Nibiru or Planet X were real and headed for an encounter with the
Earth … astronomers would have been tracking it for at least the past
decade, and it would be visible by now to the naked eye. "Obviously, it
does not exist."</span><br />
Nick Pope, who headed up the Ministry of Defence’s UFO desk, <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/4522714/will-the-world-end-on-september-23-2017-when-planet-nibiru-crashes-into-us-ex-mod-ufo-investigator-speaks-out-over-apocalypse-fears/">agrees with the space agency</a>.<br />
He said: "The bottom line is that if a mysterious 12th planet was
really going to hit the Earth on Saturday, we’d all be able to see it
right now.”<br />
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Earth
is Flat. It has always been flat.there is no space. Planets are
wondering stars. We are the center of everything. God exists. Aliens
don’t exists. But heaven and hell do. <br />
5 For this they willfully
forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth
standing out of water and in the water, 6 by which the world that then
existed perished, being flooded with water.<br />
2 Peter 3:5-6<br />
Repent and ask Jesus to save you. He is the only way to heaven.<br />
But
what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your
heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 that if you
confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that
God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the
heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is
made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him
will not be put to shame.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew
and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.
13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”<br />
Romans 10:8-13<br />
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Maybe the moon is planet x. Maybe something will cause it to crash into earth or push it real close to earth<br />
The moon does effect earth's gravity</div>
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David
Meade is a quack he's feeding off people's fears and gullibility in
order to profit for his own well-being. It's just too much hype. He
should be ashamed. But like most con artists I'm sure he isn't he just
makes himself more popular.</div>
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spare
us the sanctimony. the whole goddamned world is filled with con artists
who wouldn’t hesitate a second to capitalize on the next gimmick, not
least of which is this news tabloid you fancy to read and comment!</div>
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The end is nigh<br />
Or this guy is high.</div>
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First
2012, then Comet Elenin, soothsayers of doom will always alter the date
when it fails to emerge on the basis that sooner or later the date will
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Just as loony as the flat earth society. What morons believe such bilge. The end of the world gets predicted every month now.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">----- Original Message -----
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<span style="font-size: large;">From: "Pierre Letouzey" <<a href="mailto:pierre.letouzey@inria.fr">pierre.letouzey@inria.fr</a>></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To: <<a href="mailto:coq-club@inria.fr">coq-club@inria.fr</a>></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cc: "Coq Developers Mailing List" <<a href="mailto:coqdev@inria.fr">coqdev@inria.fr</a>></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 5:43 PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Subject: Re: [Coq-Club] coq.inria.fr offline (and under
investigation)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">> <br />> Dear all,<br />> <br />> Good news, the Inria
security team have ended its investigation of coq.inria.fr,<br />> and it
confirmed that the integrity of the server (and its files) has not been<br />>
compromised. The initial alert was due to a crafted bug report put on
our<br />> bugzilla, with some html attachment pointing to islamist messages,
pretending<br />> to have hacked our site. But this bug report was created by a
plain regular<br />> bugzilla account created just before, with no further
exploit. So this was little<br />> more than a bug spam, and yes, we're many
here to consider that the admin and<br />> security team at Inria have quite
overreacted. These matters are taken very<br />> seriously nowadays...<br />>
<br />> All the services provided by coq.inria.fr should be back to normal
quite soon<br />> now, in particular the bugzilla is now operational again,
without data loss.<br />> Please note that bug attachments of type text/html
are now disallowed<br />> (but such files could be placed in a .tgz or .zip if
they are truly meaningful<br />> for a bug report). <br />> <br />> By the
way, even if the Coq files available for download on
coq.inria.fr/distrib<br />> have not <span style="color: red;">been impacted</span> by this incident, let me
remind that I maintain a gpg-signed<br />> list of all the SHA1 fingerprints of
the files we distribute:<br />> <br />> <a href="https://coq.inria.fr/distrib/SHA1SUMS">https://coq.inria.fr/distrib/SHA1SUMS</a><br />>
<a href="https://coq.inria.fr/distrib/SHA1SUMS.asc">https://coq.inria.fr/distrib/SHA1SUMS.asc</a><br />>
<br />> If in doubt, please refer to this list after checking for its
signature.<br />> Moreover, each recent Windows and Mac packages should be
internally signed as well.<br />> <br />> Sorry again for the inconvenience, <span style="color: red;">
quite independent from our will...</span><br />> <br />> Pierre Letouzey, for the Coq
dev team<br />> </span><br />> <br />> <br />><span style="font-size: small;"> ----- Mail original
-----<br />>> <br />>> Dear all,<br />>> <br />>> The server
behind our website coq.inria.fr has been put offline early today<br />>> by
the Inria sysadmin staff and is awaiting further investigations.<br />>> For
the moment, we have very little information about what appended,<br />>>
we've just been told that a component of the website has been
compromised<br />>> by intruders (bugzilla ? wiki ?) during the night.
Unfortunately, these<br />>> investigations by the Inria admins may take
several days (next Tuesday<br />>> is holiday here). We requested that at
least the static part of the website<br />>> (especially downloads and
documentation) be made available as soon as<br />>> possible,<br />>>
but we still do not know yet when this will happen. Of course, we'll
keep<br />>> you informed as soon as we know more about this attack and its
consequences.<br />>> <br />>> Most sorry for the
inconvenience...<br />>> <br />>> Pierre Letouzey, for the Coq dev
team<br />>> <br />>></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Vleeptron is guessing that Ynglisshe is not Pierre's first lingo. (But overall High Marks in the Ynglisshe Intro Final.) But we admire his admission that The Mess that Affected the Coq community last week was "</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">quite independent from our will..." <span style="font-size: small;">A similar and more common English expression is "against our will..." but this also carries the unpleasant suggestion of being tied to a bed in a cheap motel room.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Which raises the question: Can AI perceive shame and remorse for and embarrassment, or the binary equivalent, for its screwups?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Vleeptron ... a vastly superior, more peaceful planet than Earth ...</div>Vleeptron Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-32667660117248840672017-08-13T16:44:00.001-04:002017-08-13T16:51:30.325-04:00alone & unsupervised, Vleeptron Dude sings about el choo-choo tren marihuana por fumar / should I bring chocolates to the pretty young physician's assistant Tuesday?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">S.W.M.B.O. has left me alone and unsupervised,</span> so this is what all youse Vleeptroids get. Okay I owe you a few True Answers to a couple of PizzaQs. I'll get around to it. I promise.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A very nice pretty young Asian-American physician's assistant stuck her gloved finger up my butt a few weeks ago. Tuesday she's going to do it again! I can't wait! Should I bring her chocolates?</span></span></span><br />
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Here you'll find lists of reputable
manufacturers and authorized dealers of solar filters and viewers; these
include companies with which members of the <a href="https://eclipse.aas.org/about-us">AAS Solar Eclipse Task Force</a>
have had prior (and positive!) experience as well as companies whose
products have been certified safe by authorities we recognize and whose
certification we have confirmed to be genuine. <i>Your eyes are precious!</i> You don't need astronomers to tell you that, but you <i>do</i>
need astronomers to tell you where to get safe solar filters: from the
companies listed on this page. To do otherwise is to take unnecessary
risks. If a supplier isn't listed here, that doesn't mean its products
are unsafe — only that we have no knowledge of them or that we haven't
convinced ourselves they are safe. For more information see our <a href="https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety" target="_blank">Eye Safety</a> pages.</div>
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"Eclipse Glasses" & Handheld Viewers</h2>
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The following well-known telescope and
solar-filter companies manufacture and/or sell eclipse glasses
(sometimes called eclipse shades) and/or handheld solar viewers that
have been verified by an accredited testing laboratory to meet the ISO
12312-2 international safety standard for such products. They are listed
in alphabetical order; those with an asterisk (*) are based outside the
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<li><a href="http://www.eclipseglasses.com/" style="line-height: 20.8px;" target="_blank">American Paper Optics (Eclipser) / EclipseGlasses.com</a> / <a href="http://www.3dglassesonline.com/" target="_blank">3dglassesonline.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.apm-telescopes.de/en/observe-sun.html" target="_blank">APM Telescopes (Sunfilter Glasses)</a>*</li>
<li><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="asg" name="asg"></a><a href="http://www.baader-planetarium.com/en/solar-observation/astrosolar-viewers-and-film/solar-viewer-astrosolar-silver-gold-%281pc-10pc-25pc-100pc%29.html?___SID=U" target="_blank">Baader Planetarium (AstroSolar Silver/Gold Film)</a>* [see <a href="https://eclipse.aas.org/resources/solar-filters#note">note</a>]</li>
<li><a href="http://www.celestron.com/browse-shop/astronomy/solar-observing/series/eclipsmart" target="_blank">Celestron (EclipSmart Glasses & Viewers)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.icstars.com/Store/daystar/2017-eclipse-equipment.html" target="_blank">DayStar (Solar Glasses)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://explorescientificusa.com/collections/sun-catcher/products/solar-eclipse-sun-catcher-sunglasses" target="_blank">Explore Scientific (Solar Eclipse Sun Catcher Glasses)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://luntsolarsystems.com/product/eclipse-glasses/" target="_blank">Lunt Solar Systems (SUNsafe SUNglasses)</a> [see their <a href="https://luntsolarsystems.com/product/lunt-solar-sunsafe-certified-kid-size-eclipse-viewing-glasses-4-pack/" target="_blank">unique kid-size eclipse glasses</a>]</li>
<li><a href="http://www.meade.com/eclipseview-series.html?cat=9" target="_blank">Meade Instruments (EclipseView Glasses & Viewers)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.rainbowsymphonystore.com/collections/eclipse-glasses-safe-solar-viewers" target="_blank">Rainbow Symphony (Eclipse Shades)</a> [sold out]</li>
<li><a href="https://www.seymoursolar.com/store/p194/Helios_Film_Solar_Eclipse_Viewer_Glasses.html" target="_blank">Seymour Solar (Helios Glasses)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://thousandoaksoptical.com/products/eclipse/" target="_blank">Thousand Oaks Optical (Silver-Black Polymer & SolarLite)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tse17.com/" target="_blank">TSE 17 (Solar Filter Foil)</a>*</li>
</ul>
<div style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="note" name="note"></a>Note:
Baader Planetarium's AstroSolar Safety Film and AstroSolar Photo Film,
sold in the U.S. by Alpine Astronomical and Astro-Physics (see <a href="https://eclipse.aas.org/resources/solar-filters#baader">below</a>),
are not certified to meet the ISO 12312-2 international safety standard
and are not designed to work as eclipse shades or handheld solar
filters. Baader's AstroSolar Silver/Gold Film, on the other hand, does
meet the ISO 12312-2 safety standard for filters for eyes-only direct
viewing of the Sun.</div>
<div style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
Numerous other astronomy- and
science-related enterprises and organizations sell eclipse glasses made
by the companies listed above. If you buy from any of these businesses,
you know you are getting ISO-compliant safe solar viewers.</div>
<h3 style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
Astronomy, Science & Optics Vendors</h3>
<ul style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
<li><a href="https://adlerplanetarium.ordercompletion.com/a561/eclipse-shadesr.html" target="_blank">Adler Planetarium</a> [sold out]</li>
<li><a href="https://www.adorama.com/searchsite/default.aspx?searchinfo=explore+scientific+sun+catcher" target="_blank">Adorama Camera</a></li>
<li><a href="http://agenaastro.com/great-american-total-solar-eclipse-2017.html" target="_blank">Agena AstroProducts</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.alpineastro.com/Solar_Observation/Solar_Observation.htm#SolarViewer" target="_blank">Alpine Astronomical</a></li>
<li><a href="http://americaneclipseusa.com/store/eclipse-shades/" target="_blank">AmericanEclipseUSA.com</a></li>
<li><a href="https://shop.amnh.org/solar-eclipse-glasses.html" target="_blank">American Museum of Natural History</a> [sold out]</li>
<li><a href="https://www.sciplus.com/s?sStr=eclipse&x=0&y=0" target="_blank">American Science & Surplus</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eclipsekit.com/" target="_blank">AstroBox/EclipseKit.com</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=17" target="_blank">Astronomers Without Borders</a></li>
<li><a href="https://myasp.astrosociety.org/products/eclipse" target="_blank">Astronomical Society of the Pacific</a></li>
<li><a href="https://myscienceshop.com/catalog/solar-eclipse" target="_blank"><i>Astronomy</i> Magazine / My Science Shop</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.astroshop.eu//filter-foils/omegon-sunsafe-solar-eclipse-viewing-glasses/p,53797" target="_blank">Astroshop.eu</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.astrozap.com/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=82" target="_blank">Astrozap Telescopes & Accessories</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/solar-eclipse-glasses-accessories/ci/32948/N/3537148337" target="_blank">B&H Photo Video</a></li>
<li><a href="https://chabotspace.ordercompletion.com/a566/eclipse-shadesr.html" target="_blank">Chabot Space & Science Center</a> [sold out]</li>
<li><a href="http://www.solarastronomy.org/" target="_blank">Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.company7.com/lines.html" target="_blank">Company Seven</a></li>
<li><a href="https://csc.ordercompletion.com/a548/eclipse-shadesr-1.html" target="_blank">Connecticut Science Center</a> [sold out]</li>
<li><a href="http://www.davidchandler.com/shop/eclipse-glasses/" target="_blank">David Chandler Company</a></li>
<li><a href="https://myscienceshop.com/catalog/solar-eclipse" target="_blank"><i>Discover</i> Magazine / My Science Shop</a></li>
<li><a href="https://earthskystore.org/products/eclipse-glasses" target="_blank">EarthSky.org</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.eclipse2017.org/glasses_order.htm" target="_blank">Eclipse2017.org</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.eclipseforacause.com/" target="_blank">Eclipse for a Cause</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eclipseglasses.co.uk/" target="_blank">EclipseGlasses.co.uk</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eclipsestuff.com/shop" target="_blank">EclipseStuff.com</a></li>
<li><a href="https://exploreone.com/collections/solar-eclipse-sun-catcher" target="_blank">Explore One</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.flinnsci.com/eclipse-glasses/ap9562/" target="_blank">Flinn Scientific</a></li>
<li><a href="https://fortworth.ordercompletion.com/a1609/eclipse-shadesr-1.html" target="_blank">Fort Worth Museum of Science & History</a> [sold out]</li>
<li><a href="https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/eclipse-viewing/" target="_blank">GreatAmericanEclipse.com</a></li>
<li><a href="https://greatscience.ordercompletion.com/a522/eclipse-shadesr.html" target="_blank">Great Lakes Science Center</a> [sold out]</li>
<li><a href="https://griffith.ordercompletion.com/a524/eclipse-shadesr.html" target="_blank">Griffith Observatory</a> [sold out]</li>
<li><a href="http://www.highpointscientific.com/search?q=eclipse+glasses" target="_blank">High Point Scientific</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.icstars.com/Store/" target="_blank">ICSTARS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://khanscope.com/search?q=solar+eclipse&type=product" target="_blank">Khan Scope Centre</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.landseaskyco.com/search/eclipse/" target="_blank">Land Sea & Sky</a></li>
<li><a href="https://shop.lsc.org/a541/eclipse-shadesr-1.html" target="_blank">Liberty Science Center</a> [sold out]</li>
<li><a href="https://www.lirelanature.com/en/product-tag/sun-catcher-en" target="_blank">Lire la Nature & Astronomie Plus</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mmicorp.powweb.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=592" target="_blank">MMI Corporation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://giftshop.mos.org/a516/eclipse-shadesr.html" target="_blank">Museum of Science, Boston</a> [sold out]</li>
<li><a href="https://store.msichicago.org/eclipse-shadesr.html" target="_blank">Museum of Science+Industry Chicago</a> [sold out]</li>
<li><a href="http://nationaleclipse.com/store.html" target="_blank">NationalEclipse.com</a></li>
<li><a href="https://nysci.ordercompletion.com/a539/eclipse-shadesr-1.html" target="_blank">New York Hall of Science</a> [sold out]</li>
<li><a href="https://www.optcorp.com/solar-equipment/solar-eclipse-glasses.html" target="_blank">Oceanside Photo & Telescope</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.onlinesciencemall.com/collections/specialty-glasses/eclipse-glasses-and-viewers" target="_blank">Online Science Mall</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ontariotelescope.com/search.asp?keyword=eclipse&search=" target="_blank">Ontario Telescope & Accessories</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.opticsplanet.com/s/solar-eclipse" target="_blank">Optics Planet</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.octelescope.com/index.php?route=product/search&search=eclipse%20glasses" target="_blank">Orange County Telescope</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.telescope.com/content.jsp?pageName=solar-eclipse-usa-2017" target="_blank">Orion Telescopes & Binoculars</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kcsc.ordercompletion.com/a203/eclipse-shadesr.html" target="_blank">Science City at Union Station</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.shopatsky.com/eclipse-2017" target="_blank"><i>Sky & Telescope</i> Magazine / Shop at Sky</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.skynews.ca/eclipse-viewers/" target="_blank"><i>SkyNews</i> Magazine</a></li>
<li><a href="https://augusteclipse.com/" target="_blank">Space Racers / AugustEclipse.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://spaceupdate.com/store/equipment.html" target="_blank">Space Update</a></li>
<li><a href="http://starizona.com/acb/Solar-Eclipse-Glasses-P3477C90.aspx" target="_blank">Starizona</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.stemcelltulsa.com/solar-safe-glasses-for-the-aug-21-eclipse.html" target="_blank">STEMcell Science Shop / Mudge Scientific</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/store/solar-eclipse.html" target="_blank">Steve Spangler Science</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.chopshopstore.com/collections/planetarysociety/products/gift-set-eclipse?variant=44084474830" target="_blank">The Planetary Society</a></li>
<li><a href="https://store.thetech.org/a535/eclipse-shadesr-1.html" target="_blank">The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose</a> [sold out]</li>
<li><a href="https://telescopes.net/store/solar/solar-filters/solar-safe-glasses.html" target="_blank">Woodland Hills Camera & Telescopes</a></li>
</ul>
<div style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
Some (not all) locations in the
following retail chains sell ISO-compliant safe eclipse glasses and/or
handheld viewers made by the companies listed at the top of this page,
so you can confidently buy solar viewers if you find them in their
stores — but <i>not</i> on their websites, as some chains use different suppliers for their websites than they do for their stores. Links are provided <i>only</i> to help you locate the retail store nearest you.</div>
<h3 style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
Retail Chains</h3>
<ul style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
<li><a href="https://www.7-eleven.com/locator" target="_blank">7-Eleven</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/store-locator" target="_blank">Best Buy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bimart.com/our-locations" target="_blank">Bi-Mart</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.caseys.com/locations" target="_blank">Casey's General Store</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.circlek.com/store-locator?language=en" target="_blank">Circle K</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.hobbytown.com/store-locations" target="_blank">Hobby Town</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.kirklands.com/custserv/locate_store.cmd" target="_blank">Kirklands</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.kroger.com/stores/search" target="_blank">Kroger</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.londondrugs.com/locations/" target="_blank">London Drugs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.loves.com/en/location-and-fuel-price-search" target="_blank">Love's Travel Stops</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.lowes.com/store/" target="_blank">Lowe's</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.maverik.com/" target="_blank">Maverik</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/restaurant-locator.html" target="_blank">McDonald's</a> (Oregon only)</li>
<li><a href="https://pilotflyingj.com/store-locator/" target="_blank">Pilot/Flying J</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.toysrus.com/storeLocator/index.jsp?ab=TRU_Header:Utility1:Find-a-Store:Product-Detail" target="_blank">Toys "R" Us</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.walmart.com/store/finder" target="_blank">Walmart</a></li>
</ul>
<div style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
Here are some additional sellers of
ISO-compliant safe solar viewers made by the companies listed at the
top of this page. Some of these have storefronts on Amazon.com, where
there are also numerous sellers of solar viewers that we have not been
able to confirm are safe (though Amazon appears to be making a
good-faith effort to remove such vendors and products from its website).
We recommend that you buy <i>only</i> from companies listed on this page, and <i>only</i> products made by one of the companies listed above under Solar Viewer Brands.</div>
<h3 style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
Online & Other Vendors</h3>
<ul style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_4_0?me=A2XNU5ZE0MTFRR&fst=as%3Aoff&rh=p_4%3AAmerican+Paper+Optics&ie=UTF8&qid=1501188928" target="_blank">123 Sales</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.2017solar.com/free-eclipse-glasses/" target="_blank">2017Solar.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.3dstereo.com/viewmaster/clb.html" target="_blank">3Dstereo.com</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.teachersource.com/product/eclipse-glasses/astronomy-space" target="_blank">Educational Innovations</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Solar-Eclipse-Glasses-ISO-Certified/dp/B06ZY6V29S" target="_blank">Electronic Analyst</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.fireflybuys.com/search.php?search_query=eclipse" target="_blank">Firefly Buys (FFB)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.fredmeyer.com/p/explore-one-solar-eclipse-sun-catcher-sunglasses/0081225701861" target="_blank">Fred Meyer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Eclipse-Glasses-Certified-Assorted-Protection/dp/B01M2WDBQU/ref=sr_1_1?m=ADT79X0AD10M3&s=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1501425415&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Freedom Hill</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/10-Pack-Premium-Certified-Lunt-Solar/dp/B06ZZPRB7L/" target="_blank">Mega-Fun Toys</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.offthewalltoysandgifts.com/collections/eclipse-glasses-and-viewers" target="_blank">Off the Wall Toys & Gifts</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Eclipser-Plastic-Viewer-Certified-Glasses/dp/B01A9OVOA6/ref=sr_1_1?m=AQX8XP7JYV7OZ&s=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1501189872&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Run to Shop</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Eclipser-Plastic-Viewer-Certified-Glasses/dp/B01A9OVOA6/ref=sr_1_1?m=A27NJGKLNGVWP&s=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1501425118&sr=1-1&keywords=eclipse" target="_blank">Skyhawk Ventures</a></li>
<li><a href="https://solareclipsespectacles.com/collections/paper-glasses" target="_blank">Solar Eclipse Spectacles</a> (paper glasses only)</li>
<li><a href="http://solunaglasses.com/" target="_blank">Soluna/GSM Sales</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Premium-Certified-Lunt-Solar-Eclipse/dp/B01NB09NHK/ref=sr_1_1?m=AHOUHGOV491MC&s=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1501549494&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Squirrellynuts</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/whereisit.cgi?t=eclipse+glasses" target="_blank">ThinkGeek</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Eclipse-Glasses-Certified-Assorted-Protection/dp/B01M2WDBQU/ref=sr_1_1?m=A2BY575Z7CHU18&s=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1501424867&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Your 5 Star General Store</a></li>
</ul>
<div style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
<b>FREE eclipse glasses from libraries:</b>
With support from NASA, Google, and the Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation, the Space Science Institute's STAR_Net initiative has
distributed more than 2 million ISO-compliant safe solar eclipse glasses
to more than 6,900 libraries all across the U.S. To find out which
libraries near you are holding eclipse-related events and distributing
free eclipse glasses, see the <a href="http://spacescience.org/software/libraries/map.php" target="_blank">library map on the STAR_Net website</a>.</div>
<div style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
<b>FREE eclipse glasses from NASA:</b>
With safety as its top priority, NASA has distributed more than 1.5
million ISO-compliant safe solar eclipse glasses to its officially
designated viewing locations around the country, including sites of
high-altitude balloon launches and Citizen CATE observations. See <a href="https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/2017_solar_eclipse_nasa_official_viewing_locations.html" target="_blank">NASA's event map</a> for viewing locations near you.</div>
<div style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
<b>FREE eclipse glasses from Astronomers Without Borders:</b>
The August 21st eclipse will be visible throughout the U.S., but many
schools and other organizations in underserved communities and remote
areas can't afford to purchase safe eclipse glasses. <a href="https://astronomerswithoutborders.org/awb-programs/resource-sharing-programs/eclipse-glasses-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Astronomers Without Borders</a>
is giving away ISO-compliant safe solar eclipse glasses to needy groups
willing and able to pay the cost of shipping and seeks donations to
offset the cost of the glasses.</div>
<b>Other sources:</b> What if you received eclipse glasses
or a handheld solar viewer from a relative, friend, neighbor, or
acquaintance? If that person is an amateur or professional astronomer —
and astronomers have been handing out eclipse viewers like Halloween
candy lately — they're almost certainly ISO-compliant, because
astronomers get their solar filters from sources they know and trust (in
other words, from the ones listed on this page). Ditto for professional
astronomical organizations (including college and university physics
and astronomy departments) and amateur-astronomy clubs.<br />
If you bought or were given eclipse viewers at a science museum or
planetarium, or at an astronomy trade show, again you're almost
certainly in possession of ISO-compliant filters. As long as you can
trace your filters to a reputable vendor or other reliable source, and
as long as they have the ISO logo and a statement attesting to their ISO
12312-2 compliance, you should have nothing to worry about. What you
absolutely should <i>not</i> do is search for eclipse glasses on the
internet and buy whatever pops up in the ads or search results. Buy from
one of sources listed here instead.<br />
<div style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
<i>Be sure to read our <a href="https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/eyewear-viewers">safety tips</a> before using "eclipse glasses" or handheld viewers, and see "<a href="https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/iso-certification">How to Tell If Your Eclipse Glasses or Handheld Solar Viewers Are Safe</a>" for additional important information.</i></div>
<hr />
<h2 style="padding-top: 8px;">
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="baader" name="baader"></a>Solar Filters for Telescopes, Binoculars & Camera Lenses</h2>
<div style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
Solar filters for optics are meant to go
over the aperture, i.e., the front opening, and should be used only by
experienced observers. Four of the sources listed below — Alpine
Astronomical, Astro-Physics, Baader Planeterium, and Kendrick Astro
Instruments — sell aperture filters made from Baader AstroSolar Safety
Film. While this material, unlike the newer AstroSolar Silver/Gold Film
(see <a href="https://eclipse.aas.org/resources/solar-filters#asg">above</a>),
does not meet the ISO 12312-2 international safety standard for
eyes-only direct viewing of the Sun — it transmits slightly more
ultraviolet light than the standard allows — it has been safely used by
amateur and professional astronomers for several decades for observing
and/or imaging the Sun through telescopes, binoculars, and camera lenses
(whose glass elements filter out the excess ultraviolet light).</div>
<ul style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
<li><a href="http://www.alpineastro.com/Solar_Observation/Solar_Observation.htm" target="_blank">Alpine Astronomical</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?products/accessories/solar_acc/solar_acc" target="_blank">Astro-Physics, Inc.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.baader-planetarium.com/en/solar-observation/baader-solar-filter.html" target="_blank">Baader Planetarium</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.celestron.com/browse-shop/astronomy/solar-observing/eclipsmart" target="_blank">Celestron</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.icstars.com/Store/daystar/2017-eclipse-equipment.html" target="_blank">DayStar Filters</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.icstars.com/Store/" target="_blank">ICSTARS</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ioptron.com/Solar-s/198.htm" target="_blank">iOptron</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.kendrickastro.com/solarfilters.html" target="_blank">Kendrick Astro Instruments</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.meade.com/solar/meade-glass-white-light-filters.html" target="_blank">Meade Instruments</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.mrstarguy.com/category-s/1952.htm" target="_blank">MrStarGuy / Vixen</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.telescope.com/content.jsp?pageName=solar-eclipse-usa-2017" target="_blank">Orion Telescopes & Binoculars</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.rainbowsymphonystore.com/collections/solar-filters" target="_blank">Rainbow Symphony</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.seymoursolar.com/" target="_blank">Seymour Solar</a></li>
<li><a href="http://thousandoaksoptical.com/solar.html" target="_blank">Thousand Oaks Optical</a></li>
</ul>
<div style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
Many of the astronomy- and
science-related enterprises and organizations listed above, as well as
others that advertise in magazines such as <i>Astronomy</i> and <i>Sky & Telescope,</i>
sell aperture solar filters from one or more of the manufacturers named
here. As long as you know what brand you're getting and that brand is
listed on this page, you should be OK. <i>Warning:</i> Solar filters
designed to thread into an eyepiece at the back end of the telescope,
where you put your eye, are dangerous; sunlight concentrated by your
optics could destroy it and injure your eye in a flash — literally. If
you have such a filter, discard it. We'll say it again: a solar filter
must be attached to the <i>front</i> of your telescope, binoculars, or camera lens.</div>
<div style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
To find telescopes and binoculars
specially made for observing the Sun, see the Special-Purpose Solar
Binoculars & Telescopes section of our <a href="https://eclipse.aas.org/resources/telescopes-binoculars">Telescopes & Binoculars</a> page.</div>
<div style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
<i>Be sure to read our <a href="https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/optics-filters">safety tips</a> before using solar filters with any optical device!</i></div>
<hr />
<h2 style="padding-top: 8px;">
Solar Optical Projectors</h2>
<div style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
The following devices are used for
indirect solar observation. They use lenses and mirrors to project an
image of the Sun onto a white surface. In other words, you don't look <i>through</i> them — you look <i>at</i> them.</div>
<ul style="padding-bottom: 8px;">
<li><a href="http://shop.sciencefirst.com/starlab/models/5818-sunspotter.html" target="_blank">Sunspotter</a> (Starlab / Science First)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.solarscopeusa.com/" target="_blank">Solarscope</a> (Solarscope USA)</li>
<li><a href="http://richardsont.people.cofc.edu/safe_solar_folder/index.html" target="_blank">Build-It-Yourself Safe Solar Viewer</a> (T. R. Richardson, College of Charleston, SC)</li>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Vleeptron ... a vastly superior, more peaceful planet than Earth ...</div>Vleeptron Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-33687177695115001722017-08-12T16:21:00.003-04:002017-08-12T16:28:02.686-04:00Step 1: Change gender. Step 2: Change faiths. Step 3. Fly to India. Step 4. Start dating local guys.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Vleeptron ... a vastly superior, more peaceful planet than Earth ...</div>Vleeptron Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-23111893425334712942017-08-06T02:04:00.001-04:002017-08-12T20:37:38.821-04:00Vleeptron Dude loves & recommends all thujone beverages / always have fire extinguisher at Absinthe party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Not sure if this is a good place for this discussion.</span> G**, if you disagree, go ahead and delete.<br /><br />I am going through setting up a will, and such papers and deciding what to do if I become incapacitated or die, so as not to be a burden on my offspring.<br /><br />(Not that I'm planning to any time soon. . .)<br /><br />But that brought up what to do with<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;"> my radioactive collection. </span></b></span>I've asked the kids already and none of them are interested. Does anybody have any good ideas about what to do with a bunch of mixed radioactive materials in such a case?<br /><br />I have a hundred or so <span style="color: red;"><b>radium clock hands</b></span>, a dozen or so <span style="color: red;"><b>gas mantles, </b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and some <span style="color: red;"><b>pretty hot uraninite crystals</b></span>, a couple of <span style="color: red;"><b>Fiesta ware plates, and a Fiesta ware salt and pepper shaker set. </b></span><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The kids seriously don't want them. </span></b><br /><br />I've thought that a couple of days before I die, I should put them in a cardboard box and try to drive into Mexico, but that presumes that I'll be capable of driving and making such decisions at that point. There are lots of ways of dying that preclude that option. <br /><br />Does anybody have any better ideas?<br />Thanks!<br /><br />H*****</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: blue;">Hi H*****</span><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I like your phrase "if I die."</span> It gives me a little new hope that maybe I won't ever die. <br /><br />Thanks for reminding me how old I am and what a Mess I really ought to simplify and maybe decontaminate or render more Planet-Friendly.<br /><br />Driving the stuff through any/either border is a <span style="color: red;"><b>Real Bad Idea.</b></span> About ten years ago a truckload of "pre-owned" steel pipe tried to enter the USA from Mexico. It was destined to be a new recreation yard in a USA public school. The kids never got the chance to climb on that special jungle gym.<br /><br />ALL the <b><span style="color: red;">Red Lights and Alarms</span></b> started flashing. Assume your border crossing is equipped with radiation monitors as this US border crossing had been. At the very least, a few weeks of your Golden Years will be spent in government offices explaining your wonderful collection to various federal officials.<br /><br />But in Mexico if you get jammed up, a generous donation to the local law enforcement fund will usually get you sped on your way. <b>Never drive on highways at night. Leave A Comment if you know why.</b></span><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Central American countries use a phrase<b> "... like a Swiss tourist ..."</b> to suggest that a good strategy is to act convincingly like someone from far away whose strange behavior is just the misunderstandings of a lost and ignorant fool in Bermuda shorts. (He actually speaks 3 languages fluently, but Espa<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ñ</span>ol ain't one of them.) </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">How well the Swiss Tourist does in cases of radioactive sources I can't guess.<br /><br />None of the kids wants this wonderful stuff? Are these your natural children, or from a different gene pool that lacks our interests and desires?<br /><br />Bob<br />Massachusetts USA<br /><br />P.S. I think Houdini had an arrangement with his wife that the one who went first would send back a sort of Postcard Messag<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e or <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Spiritual Tweet</span></span> From Beyond. Also maybe a small souvenir if they have a gift shop at the entrance.</span><br />=========================<br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">News, Global Warming, Mozart, Sports, Intergalactic Travel, sausages, VOLCANOS!!! opera, PIRATES!!! Filth in Extinct Lingos, Alternative Facts & Fake News, Big Integers & BOINC: http://VleeptronZ.blogspot.com/<br />Remarkable Older Stuph: http://Vleeptron.blogspot.com/</span></b><br /><br />=========================<br /> </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Vleeptron ... a vastly superior, more peaceful planet than Earth ...</div>Vleeptron Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-13118644073146141692017-07-08T17:00:00.001-04:002017-07-08T17:00:44.674-04:00PIZZAQ! Before the Flying Saucer destroyed the Washington Monument and almost smooshed Little Bobby to peanut butter, how long does it take a besbol dropped from the top to hit the ground?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Vleeptron ... a vastly superior, more peaceful planet than Earth ...</div>Vleeptron Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-61829637767917816372017-07-07T03:21:00.000-04:002017-07-07T03:21:05.852-04:00PIZZAQ: I was certain I saw a UFO. We weren't stoned, even though it was northern California in 1971.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Before calling all these sightings hogwash, I testify that in 1971, driving south on the Pacific Coast highway in northern California at night with other educated adult passengers, for 45 minutes we watched an aerial object zip around the sky at huge speeds, change shape and size rapidly -- for those 45 minutes we were all convinced that whether we liked it or not, the crazy thing was an extraterrestrial UFO.</span></span></span><br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Vleeptron ... a vastly superior, more peaceful planet than Earth ...</div>Vleeptron Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-91947403627732880462017-07-04T13:40:00.000-04:002017-07-04T15:31:53.189-04:00Foo Fighter: nice fuzzy bunny or genocidal freakazoid?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Forwarded by my old Army buddy what resideth in the USA state shaped like the palm of a right-hand mitten. This UFO has many hostile anti-Earth characteristics. Hawking says we can only guess what real aliens will be like from the only actual example of sentient life we have encountered: Us. (We drop nuclear weapons on our human neighbors, and do genocide stuff. That's our only authentic example. We ain't bunnies.)</span></span></span><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Vleeptron ... a vastly superior, more peaceful planet than Earth ...</div>Vleeptron Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-47473627011240149782017-06-29T16:39:00.000-04:002017-06-29T16:40:29.122-04:00How will I know in thicket ahead is danger or treasure when Body my good bright dog is dead<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Question</span><br />by May Swenson<br /><br /><br />Body my house<br />my horse my hound <br />what will I do<br />when you are fallen<br /><br />Where will I sleep <br />How will I ride <br />What will I hunt<br /><br />Where can I go<br />without my mount <br />all eager and quick <br />How will I know <br />in thicket ahead<br />is danger or treasure <br />when Body my good <br />bright dog is dead<br /><br />How will it be<br />to lie in the sky<br />without roof or door <br />and wind for an eye<br /><br />With cloud for shift <br />how will I hide?<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">May Swenson, “Question” from Nature: Poems Old and New. Copyright © 1994 by May Swenson. Reprinted with the permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.<br />Source: Nature: Poems Old and New (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1994)</span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Vleeptron ... a vastly superior, more peaceful planet than Earth ...</div>Vleeptron Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-62550315708011748332017-06-17T21:27:00.002-04:002017-06-17T21:27:49.228-04:00Look to the skies!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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