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Blog Smith is inspired by the myth of Hephaestus in the creation of blacksmith-like, forged materials: ideas. This blog analyzes topics that interest me: IT, politics, technology, history, education, music, and the history of religions.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Ian Hunter Band My Father's Place Old Roslyn, NY 06.12.79


Concert

Ian Hunter Band
My Father's Place
Old Roslyn, NY
06.12.79

Source: Pre-FM SBD feed > Nak 550 > Maxell UDXL2 (no NR) via Peter Hedeman
Transfer: MC > Nak CR7-A (azimith adjust) > SBM-1 (s/pdif) > Lynx Studio Technology One (soundcard) > SoundForge 4.5 > CD Architect 4.0f > Red Book CDR
Re-Master: CDR > WAV > Wavelab 5.0 (L3 Multimaximizer to increase headroom) > FLAC


Disc 1
1. Denni Intro >
FBI
2. One Bitten, Twice Shy
3. Is There Life After Death?
4. Laugh At Me
5. Ships
6. All The Way From Memphis >
Band Intros >
Jumping Jack Flash
7. Standing In My Light

Disc 2

1. Bastard
2. Angelene
3. Just Another Night

Ellen Foley, vocals

4. Cleveland Rocks > Encore Break
Encore:
5. All The Young Dudes > Crowd


Performed shortly after the release of "You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic", the band had been playing together for "exactly 11 days." The band was Bruce Springsteen's backing band.

The beginning of the tape had some chatter from "Claire," the WLIR on-air DJ, but it was so unclear it was removed, until she introduces Dennis McNamara, who introduces the band.

The vocals are hard to make out, possibly because they are in the same frequency range as the guitar, which was very loud. The whole band around 1-2kHz is saturated and squashed and very loud. I use the L3 Multimaximizer to prevent it from being made any louder during mastering. It takes a little edge off the guitars and makes the recording less headachy.

Ian Hunter - Guitar
Tommy Mandel - Keyboards
Tommy Morrongiello - Rhythm Guitar
George Meyer - Saxaphone
Martin Briley - Bass
Mick Ronson - Lead Guitar
Hilly Michaels - Drums

Ian Hunter: Hunter Ronson Band 1989-12-16 The Cabaret San Jose CA

Concert


Hunter Ronson Band
The Cabaret
San Jose Ca. Dec 16 1989

Ian Hunter - vox/guitar
Mick Ronson - guitar/vox
Patrick Kilbride - bass
Howard Helm - keyboards
Mark Potts - drums

98:48 (Complete)

01. Once Bitten Twice Shy 4:43
02. While You Were Looking At Me 4:21
03. Tell It Like It Is 6:16
04. Standing In My Light 6:20
05. Just Another Night 4:57
Snippet of "Sons and Daughters" 06. Pain 6:52
07. Beg A Little Love 9:58
08. Sweet Dreamer 8:02
09. White Light White Heat 4:16
10. Darlin' Let's Have A Baby 2:43
11. Bastard 9:30
12. Women's Institution 6:35
13. All The Way From Memphis 4:33
14. Irene Wilde 4:30
15. Cleveland Rocks/The Sound of Music 5:11
16. medley: All The Young Dudes/God/I Wish I Was Your Mother/
Roll Away The Stone/Ships/All The Young Dudes/interlude/ 13:33
17. Slaughter on 10th Avenue 6:01

1st gen SBD.maxell xl2s
philips cdr775>EAC>AUDACITY>FLAC8


Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Federal Policy: TAXPAYER-BACKED ‘GREEN’ ENERGY COMPANIES ANNOUNCE PLANS TO EXPAND…IN CHINA

Federal Policy: TAXPAYER-BACKED ‘GREEN’ ENERGY COMPANIES ANNOUNCE PLANS TO EXPAND…IN CHINA

First Solar, SunPower look to cash in on China's solar boom.

'Everyone in US under virtual surveillance'

NSA whistleblower

UCLA: John Wooden's Pyramid of Success

Brian Sack released his version of “Good Morning America,” tailored to a Muslim Brotherhood-centric audience

Teachers Union Cartoon Video: Rich Urinating on the Poor

Writer Lee Doren posted a video on his YouTube channel How The World Works.

Why Did Obama Lie About Bin Laden Killing?

Obama lied about the date of the alleged Osama Bin Laden killing, according to recently released Department of Defense emails. As a result of a Freedom of Information Act request for Bin Laden’s killing and burial related documents, evidence reveals that the mission to allegedly “kill Osama” occurred April 28, 2011 or earlier, not May 1, 2011, as Obama claimed. According to a live speech (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V0ISgosTlQ) and alternate link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-N3dJvhgPg) given to the country late on the night of May 1, 2011, Obama stated “Today at my direction the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound (where Osama allegedly was) in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a fire fight they killed Osama Bin Laden and took custody of his body.”

Osama Bin Laden Burial Department of Defense Emails

In one of the emails dated April 29, 2011, 4:58 AM, Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Samuel Perez asks an unidentified email sender (Redacted) regarding the “burial”: “Do I need any special religious/ceremonial preparations?” Email strings that were released concerning the alleged burial of Osama go back to April 28. This means that “Osama” (or possibly someone else) was killed April 28, 2011 or earlier.

Perez email

Osama email

Obama continued to lie to the American people two other times in his speech that Osama was killed that day – May 1, 2011.

At 6.13 minutes, Obama stated “Tonight I called President Zardari and my team has also spoken with their Pakistani counterparts. They agree that this is a good and historic day for both of our nations,” stated Obama.

At 8.37 “Today’s achievement is a testament to the greatness of our country,” stated Obama.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Ian Hunter & His Rant Band and Graham Parker & The Rumour, The Paramount, 2 December 2012

Audience recording

What For

When I'm President

All The Way From Memphia

Ripped from YouTube video during All The Way From Memphis

The keyboard cut out, Ian wasn't sure what happened, perhaps something simple like a loose connection in a wire or Ian may have accidently hit a button or switch on the electronic keyboard and the instrument cut out. In any case, Dennis ran from the other side of the stage, tried to fix it or the sound crew found out what happened and the sound returned. Once Dennis tapped on the keys the sound returned. Hunter said: "It's out. . . . I must have touched something." Ian sort of playfully pushed Dennis away and The Rant Band picked up right where they left off. It was a playful yet professional moment during a great set at a fabulous venue.

Update: December 2012, Horse's Mouth

Dan Mcallister: ‘Kudos to Dennis for his quick help at the Paradise.’ "Yeah – I must have hit something by mistake."



All The Way From Memphis


All The Young Dudes

Graham Parker, who opened with The Rumour, on back up vocals.








Sound recording from the concert.

All The Young Dudes

All The Young Dudes

Sunday, December 02, 2012 8:00pm Where: The Paramount 370 New York Ave Huntington, NY 11743




















Saturday, December 1, 2012

Ian Hunter, Saturday, 1 December 2012, Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA, 9 pm

What For

Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Once Bitten, Twice Shy

When I'm President

When I'm President

Alice

Alice

All American Alien Boy

Black Tears

The Moon Upstairs

Wash Us Away

Wash Us Away

Just a snippet:

All the Way to Memphis

All The Young Dudes

Crazy Horse

Sweet Jane

Ripped from YouTube video: Saturday Gigs

Saturday Gigs

Ta Shunka Witco (Crazy Horse)/Sweet Jane/Saturday Gigs/Life/All The Young Dudes/Goodnight Irene

All The Young Dudes

Saturday Gigs/Life/All The Young Dudes

967 Commonwealth Avenue, 02215, Boston, MA

Doors at 8 PM

9:00 p.m.

The Dise

Friday, November 30, 2012

Evangelical Pastafarian Church

Tracy McPherson (a self-described minister of the Evangelical Pastafarian Church) gave a speech to Chester County commissioners.

‘I CAN’T EVEN TALK ABOUT IT ANYMORE!’: CNBC ANCHOR SANTELLI

American Households Hit 43-Year Low In Net Worth

Study

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Gold Certificate

Security through obscurity: How to cover your tracks online

PCWorld

Frank Gaffney, The Muslim Brotherhood in America

A Course in ten parts

Sandwiches, Wagons, Entitlements

Profiting from Killers of American Troops: Susan Rice’s Enrichment Program

Rice has the highest net worth of executive branch members, with a fortune estimated between $24 to $44 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. A Free Beacon analysis of Rice’s portfolio shows thousands of dollars invested in at least three separate companies cited by lawmakers on Capitol Hill for doing business in Iran’s oil and gas sector.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

BECK CLASHES WITH CREATOR OF CRUCIFIED OBAMA PAINTING OVER FIRST AMENDMENT HYPOCRISY: ‘THIS IS SO DISHONEST’

Part 1

Part 2

Bid on Obama in Pee Pee?

Gary Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, confirms, government welfare has become a lucrative gig for many.

welfare failure

MUSLIM ASHURA: BLOODY RITUAL WHERE? ST. LOUIS, USA, Detroit, San Jose

St. Louis Ashura

Detroit

Jumhur Alhussain 11-2012 جمهور الحسين لط

San Jose

latmiya/azadari - Ashura 2012 @ SABA, San Jose, California

SABA is the largest Shi'a masjid in the San Francisco Bay Area, every year they have Majalis for the first 10 days of Muharam, commemorating Imam Husayn's martyrdom. Each night they have four parallel programs - English majlis, Farsi majlis, Arabic majlis and Urdu majlis. This video was taken in the Urdu hall on the night of Ashura.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

U.S. Treasury Declines to Name China Currency Manipulator

U.S. Treasury Declines to Name China Currency Manipulator

Generation Identitaire: French Youth, Multiculturalism & Islamism

How-to text messaging for oldtimers

Steven Crowder on marijuana

Drones

Push to step up domestic use of drones

Monday, November 26, 2012

Islamic Blood Rites

Bloody rites and agonizing ceremony: Devotees turn mosque floor red during mass flagellation to mourn Shiite martyr

Bill Whittle: Why don’t Republicans commit to their own story?

STUDENT FAKES MEXICAN ACCENT FOR MONTHS

Jose Barrientos does not explain how no one knew his real voice — perhaps he had recently moved– but he seemingly fooled everyone in his speech class. Though he is Hispanic and bilingual, Barrientos is “purely American,” according to Gawker, and English is his first language.

I'm old-fashioned but since the point is effective communication can't they talk without the bad language?

To do list:

Speak properly if you are learning.

RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLET PRAVDA (PREVIOUSLY THE OFFICIAL PRESS OF THE USSR) LABELS OBAMA A ‘COMMUNIST’

Obama's Soviet Mistake

The author, Xavier Lerma, goes on to note how Obama’s “cult of personality” has mesmerized the ignorant in America, who will follow the hope and change icon in much the same way as ”fools” still praise Lenin and Stalin in Russia.

"He is a Communist without question promoting the Communist Manifesto without calling it so. How shrewd he is in America. His cult of personality mesmerizes those who cannot go beyond their ignorance. They will continue to follow him like those fools who still praise Lenin and Stalin in Russia. Obama’s fools and Stalin’s fools share the same drink of illusion."

The author questions if Americans have ever read history and concludes that American schools have been “conquered by Communists long ago,” paving the way for a revisionist history that would only lead to the election of a Communist president in the U.S.

THE CLINTON LEGACY ACCORDING TO THE MUSLIM WORLD "DELIVERANCE OF BOSNIA-HERZOGOVENIA AND KOSOVO, AND NEAR-DELIVERANCE, WITHIN 100 METERS, OF PALESTINE FROM OCCUPATION"

THE CLINTON LEGACY ACCORDING TO THE MUSLIM WORLD "DELIVERANCE OF BOSNIA-HERZOGOVENIA AND KOSOVO, AND NEAR-DELIVERANCE, WITHIN 100 METERS, OF PALESTINE FROM OCCUPATION" 6:24

Saudi Arabia’s [Prince] Turki al Faisal addressing Bill Clinton at Clinton Global Initiative shindig, September 25, 2012:

“Muslims will never forget your deliverance of Bosnia-Herzogovenia and Kosovo, and near-deliverance, within 100 meters, of Palestine from occupation.”

Israel Successfully Test-Fires Magic Wand, Successor to Iron Dome Interceptor

Magic Wand

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/408368/20121126/israel-gaza-hamas-hezbollah-magic-wand-interceptor.htm

Our Lord and Savior Barack Obama

Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx recently called Barack Obama "our lord and savior." This occurred at the previously recorded Soul Train Awards broadcast on BET

Sunday, November 25, 2012

California Man Jailed Four Days for Recording Cops

Daniel J. Saulmon was charged with resisting, delaying and obstructing an officer but the video shows he was standing well out the way of a traffic stop and was only arrested when he failed to produce identification to an approaching officer. And there is no law in California that requires citizens to produce identification. And even if there was, it would require the officer to have a reasonable suspicion that he was committing a crime.

DECEASED WIFE, SMALL CHILDREN OF FORMER HAMAS MILITARY LEADER TALK ABOUT THEIR DESIRE TO KILL JEWS, DIE FOR ALLAH

Saturday, November 24, 2012

SHIITE HOLY DAY

Kashmiri Shiite Muslims step on a US flag painted on the street during a religious procession held on the fourth day of Ashura. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Ian Hunter, 24 November 2012, Saturday, Havana New Hope, PA 8 pm

Comfortable

When I'm President

Flowers

23 Swan Hill

All The Way From Memphis

Just Another Night

Wash Us Away

Roll Away The Stone

Sweet Jane

Original Mixed Up Kid

Just The Way You Look Tonight

Just the Way You Look Tonight

Roll Away the Stone

Set list

 

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Ian at the piano

 

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Saturday Gigs

 

CIMG0404

Good night

 

CIMG0407

Got a salute as a hello from Paul during "Wash Us Away" and shook his hand coming off stage. Great show, stood in front of Ian's keyboard.

105 S. Main Street, New Hope, PA

Dave Maida Presents the legendary IAN HUNTER & The Rant Band

General Admission Standing

Doors Will Call 6 pm

Show 8pm

How Highbrows Killed Culture

Commentary, Fred Siegel — April 2012

Friday, November 23, 2012

Pilgrims and Property Rights: Reason TV

Ian Hunter, 23 November 2012, Friday, At The Tabernacle, Mt. Tabor, New Jersey

Comfortable (Flyin' Scotsman)

Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Fatally Flawed

Wash Us Away

Alice

Waterlow

Irene Wilde/All The Way From Memphis

Just Another Night

Black Tears

I Don't Know What You Want

(lead vocals by Jesse)

Isolation

All American Alien Boy

Girl From the Office

Flowers

Michael Picasso

When I'm President

Just The Way You Look Tonight

Ta Shunka Witco

Encore

Sweet Jane

Saturday Gigs/Life/All The Young Dudes/Goodnight Irene

The band's final encore, and singing back up, Willie Nile and Ian's son Jesse Hunter Patterson

Song list

 

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Jesse, on lead vocals, James, Ian at piano, on I Don’t Know What You Want

 

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Ian, James, Jess Hunter, Willie Nile, All The Young Dudes

 

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From Willie Nile music:

All The Young Dudes

Band intro:

 

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Ian Hunter

DATE: Friday, November 23, 2012 DOORS: 7:30p SHOW: 8:00p

31 Simpson Ave, Mount Tabor, NJ 07878 (near Denville, N.J., but not that easy to find).

Willie Nile opening for Ian Hunter: Willie Nile and Johnny Pisano duo show.

Willie Nile-The Road To Calvary

Willie Nile-The Innocent Ones

One Guitar

House Of A Thousand Guitars

Run

Oil Myth Pyramid

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

The Series: Civilization, Niall Ferguson

Civilization, the series, by Niall Ferguson

Admiral Gaouette was relieved of duty; buried Bin Laden

SECRETIVE BIN LADEN BURIAL

WHAT SHOULD AMERICA’S CHILDREN BE TAUGHT ABOUT THANKSGIVING?

Ian Hunter with Otis Gibbs

Episode 7: Ian Hunter

Koran: Beat Your Wife, Qur'an 4:34

"Men are the managers of the affairs of women for that God has preferred in bounty one of them over another, and for that they have expended of their property. Righteous women are therefore obedient, guarding the secret for God's guarding. And those you fear may be rebellious admonish; banish them to their couches, and beat them. If they then obey you, look not for any way against them; God is All-high, All-great." -- Qur'an 4:34

The directive to "beat them" is not an allowance at all, but a straightforward, matter-of-fact command. And the words وَاضْرِبُوهُنَّ, wa dariboohunna, do not just mean "and chastise them." They mean "and beat them," and that or a variant of that is how they are uniformly translated:

Pickthall: “and scourge them”
Yusuf Ali: “(And last) beat them (lightly)”
Al-Hilali/Khan: “(and last) beat them (lightly, if it is useful)”
Shakir: “and beat them”
Sher Ali: “and chastise them”
Khalifa: “then you may (as a last alternative) beat them”
Arberry: “and beat them”
Dawood: "and beat them"
Rodwell: “and scourge them”
Sale: “and chastise them”
Asad: “then beat them”
Daryabadi: "and beat them"

Aisha reports that Muhammad struck her. Once he went out at night after he thought she was asleep, and she followed him surreptitiously. Muhammad saw her, and, as Aisha recounts: “He struck me on the chest which caused me pain, and then said: Did you think that Allah and His Apostle would deal unjustly with you?” (Sahih Muslim 2127) Aisha herself said it: “I have not seen any woman suffering as much as the believing women.” (Sahih Bukhari 7.72.715)

Laleh Bakhtiar, in a recent translation that has received wide publicity, translates it as “go away from them.” In light of this unanimity among the translators, both Muslim and non-Muslim, this seems difficult to sustain – all of these authorities got the passage wrong until Bakhtiar? But her impulse is understandable, as many Muslims today regard this verse with acute embarrassment. Muhammad Asad adduces numerous traditions in which Muhammad “forbade the beating of any woman,” concluding that wife-beating is “barely permissible, and should preferably be avoided.”

Unfortunately, however, this is not a unanimous view. The Koran commentary Ruhul Ma’ani reflects mainstream Muslim understandings of this verse when it gives four reasons that a man may beat his wife: “if she refuses to beautify herself for him,” if she refuses sex when he asks for it, if she refuses to pray or perform ritual ablutions, and “if she goes out of the house without a valid excuse.”

Also, Muhammad’s example is normative for Muslims, since he is an “excellent example of conduct” (Koran 33:21) – and according to a canonical hadith, Muhammad’s favorite wife, his child bride Aisha, reports that Muhammad struck her. Once he went out at night after he thought she was asleep, and she followed him surreptitiously. Muhammad saw her, and, as Aisha recounts: “He struck me on the chest which caused me pain, and then said: Did you think that Allah and His Apostle would deal unjustly with you?” (Sahih Muslim 2127) Aisha herself said it: “I have not seen any woman suffering as much as the believing women.” (Sahih Bukhari 7.72.715)

January 17, 1961 outgoing President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns about the “Military Industrial Complex”

No White, No Men: Obama Constituency List

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Ian Hunter, Cover Versions and Songs Written for Other Artists

List of songs

FIGHT BETWEEN CHICAGO FOOD VENDORS & BUREAUCRATS

A lawsuit filed last week by the Institute for Justice, one of the nation’s leading legal advocates for entrepreneurs, and three Chicago-area business owners alleges that city officials have been discriminating against food truck vendors in order to protect restaurants from competition.

HAMAS vs. ISRAEL INFOGRAPHIC

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/just-how-outmatched-is-hamas-in-its-fight-against-israel-according-to-this-infographic-overwhelmingly/

Hamas Rocket Threat

DEATH TOLL & ROCKET STATS

BOSTON TEA PARTY TERRORISM: Common Core Curriculum in U.S. Schools

WAS THE BOSTON TEA PARTY TERRORISM? TEXAS SCHOOLS ARE TEACHING JUST THAT (AND MORE)

“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” – “Who guards the guardians?”

Palestinian Activists Attack Jews in U.S.

Napolitano did not deny that the U.S. Hacked France's Computers

Report: French officials accuse US of hacking Sarkozy's computers

Monday, November 19, 2012

Associated Press’ Matt Lee vs. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland

Great Moments in Unintended Consequences

WILL CAIN WHEN HE TRIES TO EXPLAIN ROMNEY’S ‘GIFT’ COMMENTS ON CNN

Romney has suggested that Obama won the election by appealing to various constituencies with “gifts,” while his campaign focused on helping the country as a whole.

CNN with Don Lemon and contributor LZ Granderson.

“When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” — Benjamin Franklin

Gun Club Shoots Down Animal Rights Drone

Flying Camera From Animal Rights Group Shot Down at Pigeon Shoot

U.S. Bases Surrounding Iran

Sunday, November 18, 2012

SAUDI BLOGGER’S TWEETS ABOUT MUHAMMAD HAS SOME CALLING FOR HIS EXECUTION

Mick Ronson: Just Like This and (Remastered) Slaughter on 10th Avenuen

http://youtu.be/5RHnQLFZoc8


Just Like This (recorded in 1976, released in 1999).

Just Like This (5:28)
I'd Give Anything To See You (5:59)
Takin' A Train (6:17)
Hard Life (6:33)
(I'm Just A) Junkie For Your Love (2:51)
Crazy Love (6:59)
Hey Grandma (4:58)
Is That Any Way (3:47)
I've Got No Secrets (4:53)
Hard Headed Woman (4:08)
Roll Like The River (6:11)
Angel No. 9 (5:34)

Bonus Disc:Demos & Alternate Mixes.

Crazy Love (6:42)
I'd Give Anything To See You (Right Now) (5:28)
Takin' The Next Train (6:17)
Hard Life (ballad version) (3:55)
Junkie (3:08)
Hey Grandma (4:40)
Just Like This (7:07)
Ronno's Bar and Grill (5:38)
Slaughter on 10th Avenue [Full Album Remastered]



1. Love Me Tender
2. Growing Up & I'm Fine
3. Only After Dark
4. Music Is Lethal
5. I'm The One
6. Pleasure Man/Hey Ma Get Papa
7. Slaughter On 10th Avenue
Bonus Tracks:
8. Solo On 10th Avenue (Live) (Previously Unreleased)
9. Leave My Heart Alone (Live) (Original B-Side)
10. Love Me Tender (Live) (Bonus Track)
11. Slaughter On 10th Avenue (Live) (Bonus Track)

Is Petraeus Scandal an Obama Scandal?

"Here’s a man who knows the administration holds his fate in its hands, and he gives testimony completely at variance with what the Secretary of Defense had said the day before, at variance with what he’d heard from his station chief in Tripoli, and with everything that we had heard."

White House Edited Out Al-Qaeda, But Lies About It

White House denies terror delete

Israeli Flag Flying

Saturday, November 17, 2012

ARIZONA GUN STORE TELLS OBAMA VOTERS TO ‘TURN AROUND AND LEAVE’

ARIZONA

Understanding American Pie Don McLean

Analysis

Get Off the Grid: Terrorism and the Electric Power Delivery System

NAS described the current system as “inherently vulnerable” due to its widespread nature and poor security of facilities.

CROWDER REVIEWS ISRAEL HISTORY IN 3 MINUTES

Democratic Party Has Legal Authority to Commit Voter Fraud

Why the GOP won’t challenge vote fraud

Twitter suspends tweeter for anti-Obama cartoon

Twitter suspends American Orthodox Jew for tweeting anti-Obama cartoon about Israel

Friday, November 16, 2012

Government Takes

Government Best, Governs Least

Tyranny and Oppression, James Madison

Fear and Liberty, Thomas Jefferson

Democracy, Lamb, and Two Wolves, Benjamin Franklin



On June 15, 1750, during a fierce summer storm, Benjamin Franklin reportedly flew his famous kite and successfully extracted sparks from a cloud. Consequently he deduced that lightning was electrical in nature. He went on to invent the lightning rod. “Would not these pointed Rods probably draw the Electrical Fire silently out of a Cloud before it came nigh enough to strike,” he theorized, “and thereby secure us from that most sudden and terrible Mischief!” In the end he did exactly that, and planted rods by the University of Pennsylvania and Independence Hall.

Franklin’s electrical experiments are probably the first thing any child learns about him in school, but of course he was so much more than just a kite enthusiast. His unending curiosity about the world around him, and relentless drive to hypothesize, experiment, and discover are all trademarks of an independent mind. He lived life wishing to see things how they were, not how others insisted they were. It is no surprise that he concluded monarchy was an inferior system to republicanism, and so became one of the most brilliant minds campaigning for American independence.

His fame and charisma attracted international attention to the cause, and it was Franklin that eventually persuaded the French to provide financial and military assistance to the Continental Army. A decade later, he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. In fact, he is the only Founding Father to have signed the Declaration of Independence, the treaty of alliance with France, the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolution, and the Constitution. He was gifted not only with intellect, but the energy to always be at the center of events. He is undoubtedly a founding father of America.

Truth and Universal Deceit, George Orwell

Republic Constitution

Dumb Ways to Die

Bloomberg's Jaroslovsky Reviews Bose VideoWave TV

Bloomberg's Jaroslovsky Reviews Bose VideoWave TV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfgAoIJojy0

Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Rich Jaroslovsky reviews Bose Corp.'s VideoWave television. The 46-inch TV couples a flat-screen, 1080p high-definition, liquid-crystal display with sound from an invisible home-theater system. (Rich Jaroslovsky is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Source: Bloomberg)

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