Thank you Boing Boingers, Cornellians and Cleverbots for blowing my mind. The tower of babble has reached new heights this day!
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Aug 29, 2011
Aug 27, 2011
Aug 14, 2011
John Lennon and Family propel PEACE in our present tense! (Freely for one more week)
“We are both artists! Peace is our art. We believe that because of everything I was as a Beatle and everything that we are now, we stand a chance of influencing other young people. And it is they who will rule the world tomorrow.”
“We worked for three months thinking out the most functional approach to boosting peace before we got married, and spent our honeymoon talking to the press in bed in Amsterdam,” Yoko explained. “For us, it was the only way. We can’t go out in Trafalgar Square because it would create a riot. We can’t lead a parade or a march because of all the autograph hunters. We had to find our own way of doing it, and for now Bed-Ins seem to be the most logical way. We think the Bed-In can be effective.”
http://imaginepeace.com/archives/15702
Aug 13, 2011
Dine' Games
"Dolii and Ashkii want to tell you about some of the games they play. Some of these games require no special equipment and have no special rules. They are simply a challenge to the Nature around them. Since much of their time is spent on the desert, herding sheep or gathering wood, they have learned to enjoy games in which the wind is the only opponent.
Dolii says that any day the wind may send a large rolling weed her way. (She thinks you may call this a tumble weed.) And when one comes rolling along it is the signal for a race. Dolii waits until the rolling weed is even with her. Then she runs as fast as she can, trying to outrun the wind-blown weed. When the wind is strong the weed rolls far ahead of her and it appears to be a losing race. But sometimes the wind stills for a moment. Then the rolling weed loses momentum and Dolii catches it. She wins!
Ashkii says that often when he is out digging Yucca root to be used for soap a whirlwind blows into sight. He stops his digging and runs to meet it. With eyes tightly shut and mouth closed he jumps right into the center of the whirlwind, trying to turn as it turns. The trick is to guess the direction it will take. Sometimes it goes straight ahead. At other times it veers sharply right or left. Often it zig-zags. Always it whirls. It is no small achievement to outguess a whirlwind. Ashkii has tried many times but always, after a few turns, the whirlwind whirls away and leaves him grinning and rubbing the sand from his eyes.
Dolii and Ashkii play Shinny with other children, too. But they agree that their best game is Sticks and Stones. Nearly all Dine' play it. Almost any number can play in a single game. First, they find a flat, round stone about seven inches in diameter. They place this on the ground and draw a large circle around it. The circle is then divided into quadrants. On the arc of each quadrant twelve pebbles are evenly spaced. At each quadrant line there is left a gap of about three inches.
The players, in turn, curl one hand around three sticks about four inches long. These sticks are half rounds with the flat side painted black. Holding the sticks directly over the flat center stone the player hits them with the palm of his hand, knocking them through to the center stone. He gets one point for every flat, or black, side of a stick that has turned upward.
Every player has a small stick for a maker. This marker is moved to the spaces between the pebbles, one space for each point. When a marker lands in a gap on the quadrant line the player gets an extra turn. But if a marker lands in a space already occupied by another marker then the player who lands there last must return to start.
The boys go around the circle clockwise, the girls counter-clockwise. The winner is the first one to complete the circle.
Sometimes the children play a version of the Moccasin Game. Ashkii and Dolii prefer Sticks and Stones but they want to tell you the legend of the Moccasin Game."
DINEH BADAHANI (Dine' Stories) By Winifred Fields Walters; Illustrated by Wilson S. Etcitty, 1967. Printed by the Navajo Tribal Printing Department; Window Rock, Arizona.
Pages 57-63.
Dolii says that any day the wind may send a large rolling weed her way. (She thinks you may call this a tumble weed.) And when one comes rolling along it is the signal for a race. Dolii waits until the rolling weed is even with her. Then she runs as fast as she can, trying to outrun the wind-blown weed. When the wind is strong the weed rolls far ahead of her and it appears to be a losing race. But sometimes the wind stills for a moment. Then the rolling weed loses momentum and Dolii catches it. She wins!
Ashkii says that often when he is out digging Yucca root to be used for soap a whirlwind blows into sight. He stops his digging and runs to meet it. With eyes tightly shut and mouth closed he jumps right into the center of the whirlwind, trying to turn as it turns. The trick is to guess the direction it will take. Sometimes it goes straight ahead. At other times it veers sharply right or left. Often it zig-zags. Always it whirls. It is no small achievement to outguess a whirlwind. Ashkii has tried many times but always, after a few turns, the whirlwind whirls away and leaves him grinning and rubbing the sand from his eyes.
Dolii and Ashkii play Shinny with other children, too. But they agree that their best game is Sticks and Stones. Nearly all Dine' play it. Almost any number can play in a single game. First, they find a flat, round stone about seven inches in diameter. They place this on the ground and draw a large circle around it. The circle is then divided into quadrants. On the arc of each quadrant twelve pebbles are evenly spaced. At each quadrant line there is left a gap of about three inches.
The players, in turn, curl one hand around three sticks about four inches long. These sticks are half rounds with the flat side painted black. Holding the sticks directly over the flat center stone the player hits them with the palm of his hand, knocking them through to the center stone. He gets one point for every flat, or black, side of a stick that has turned upward.
Every player has a small stick for a maker. This marker is moved to the spaces between the pebbles, one space for each point. When a marker lands in a gap on the quadrant line the player gets an extra turn. But if a marker lands in a space already occupied by another marker then the player who lands there last must return to start.
The boys go around the circle clockwise, the girls counter-clockwise. The winner is the first one to complete the circle.
Sometimes the children play a version of the Moccasin Game. Ashkii and Dolii prefer Sticks and Stones but they want to tell you the legend of the Moccasin Game."
DINEH BADAHANI (Dine' Stories) By Winifred Fields Walters; Illustrated by Wilson S. Etcitty, 1967. Printed by the Navajo Tribal Printing Department; Window Rock, Arizona.
Pages 57-63.
Aug 12, 2011
Blogroll
Tonight i got some fantastic news from some people that help to make me who i am...
the following blogs/websites/pages also inspire me on an often daily basis:
(( 2 to 6 hours a day can be spent pressing "open all tabs" on 3 to 4 folders filled with places that have crucial and/or fascinating posts daily or weekly ))
In order of importance/fascination:
Once Upon A Time in Big Mountain, A world as We've not known
CENSORED NEWS
BoingBoing
TYWKIWDBI
Reddit
Twitter
AriannaOnLine
Al Gore's MindFuck - brought to you by an ESPN anchor
Nothing to do with Arbroath
NerdCore
NeatoRama
Give a Fuck Please! (possible poor translation)
/b/ (horrifying things are here next to brilliant ones so consider yourself warned)
MotherFuckin David Deery !
En Con Uno Mas
Many thanks to all you artists/writers/bloggers/commenters /programmers/trolls
Down with the Corporate Warmonger Oligarchies !!!
This planet can be paradise for the majority...
peace and growth are waiting for us to listen, act and learn !!!
the following blogs/websites/pages also inspire me on an often daily basis:
(( 2 to 6 hours a day can be spent pressing "open all tabs" on 3 to 4 folders filled with places that have crucial and/or fascinating posts daily or weekly ))
In order of importance/fascination:
Once Upon A Time in Big Mountain, A world as We've not known
CENSORED NEWS
BoingBoing
TYWKIWDBI
AriannaOnLine
Al Gore's MindFuck - brought to you by an ESPN anchor
Nothing to do with Arbroath
NerdCore
NeatoRama
Give a Fuck Please! (possible poor translation)
/b/ (horrifying things are here next to brilliant ones so consider yourself warned)
MotherFuckin David Deery !
En Con Uno Mas
Many thanks to all you artists/writers/bloggers/commenters /programmers/trolls
Down with the Corporate Warmonger Oligarchies !!!
This planet can be paradise for the majority...
peace and growth are waiting for us to listen, act and learn !!!
Aug 10, 2011
Aug 5, 2011
Jul 30, 2011
Clearing Up Debt
To all Republicans and Libertarians:
You are correct in fighting more debt credit.
The ONLY WAY to truly do so is by ending all Bush Cartel wars.
Wrap your selfish policies of pride inside PEACE
so you can comprehend the Virtues of PATRIOTISM
and actually stand up to your sworn oaths.
To all Democrats:
Use the same conviction and righteousness that G.W. did for his families' Babylonian Jihad~
use it to restore Sovereignty and the de-militarization of all warmongers.
To all Independents:
Force an end to the two-party dialogue.
You are correct in fighting more debt credit.
The ONLY WAY to truly do so is by ending all Bush Cartel wars.
Wrap your selfish policies of pride inside PEACE
so you can comprehend the Virtues of PATRIOTISM
and actually stand up to your sworn oaths.
To all Democrats:
Use the same conviction and righteousness that G.W. did for his families' Babylonian Jihad~
use it to restore Sovereignty and the de-militarization of all warmongers.
To all Independents:
Force an end to the two-party dialogue.
Jul 21, 2011
President Obama~ Leadership comes from top down, so you need to wake the fuck up.
"American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier has been removed from general population and placed into solitary confinement at USP Lewisburg since June 27th. The 66-year old inmate has been ordered to spend 6 months in solitary stemming from various petty infractions, according to his attorney, Robert R. Bryan.
Peltier, in a letter to his attorney, described the cell as a “cement steel hotbox” with little ventilation (a 1.5 inch slot under the door is the primary source of cool air). Due to the lack of suitable ventilation coupled with the heat of the summer, he has been “drenched in hot sweat” and indicated he had to stop many times while writing the letter due to difficulty concentrating in the cell. “My client has been put in the hellhole,” said Bryan.
Allotted five one-hour periods of exercise, Peltier spends 23 hours in a cell five days a week. The exercise is “in a cage” where water isn’t allowed. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, he is allowed to shower. For the other two days, he is in his cell 24 hours. He is not allowed any personal visits.
According to a note that Peltier had written at the time, he had been preparing to eat breakfast the morning of June 27th when guards entered his cell and began “disrespecting my religious items” and “threatened to lock me into solitary.” http://solitarywatch.com/2011/07/19/native-american-activist-leonord-peltier-in-the-hellhole-of-solitary-confinement/ \ (via reddit)
FREE LEONARD PELTIER NOW
It was not you that sent Federal spies and agitators onto the lands of First Peoples in acts of cultural genocide. It was G.H.W. Bush and his cartel. He lives and breathes, put him in solitary confinement with his sons.
Stop all wars.
Peltier, in a letter to his attorney, described the cell as a “cement steel hotbox” with little ventilation (a 1.5 inch slot under the door is the primary source of cool air). Due to the lack of suitable ventilation coupled with the heat of the summer, he has been “drenched in hot sweat” and indicated he had to stop many times while writing the letter due to difficulty concentrating in the cell. “My client has been put in the hellhole,” said Bryan.
Allotted five one-hour periods of exercise, Peltier spends 23 hours in a cell five days a week. The exercise is “in a cage” where water isn’t allowed. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, he is allowed to shower. For the other two days, he is in his cell 24 hours. He is not allowed any personal visits.
According to a note that Peltier had written at the time, he had been preparing to eat breakfast the morning of June 27th when guards entered his cell and began “disrespecting my religious items” and “threatened to lock me into solitary.” http://solitarywatch.com/2011/07/19/native-american-activist-leonord-peltier-in-the-hellhole-of-solitary-confinement/ \ (via reddit)
FREE LEONARD PELTIER NOW
It was not you that sent Federal spies and agitators onto the lands of First Peoples in acts of cultural genocide. It was G.H.W. Bush and his cartel. He lives and breathes, put him in solitary confinement with his sons.
Free Leonard Peltier Now.
End the Bush Cartel.
Stop all wars.
What the Corporate Government Propagandists Ignore is that Indigenous Cultures Defend Paradise in our "Wild West" and Always Will
"War is a racket.
It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most
profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in
scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars
and the losses in lives. A racket is best described, I believe, as
something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a
small 'inside' group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the
benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a
few people make huge fortunes." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket
Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30,1881–June 21,1940), nicknamed "The Fighting Quaker", "Old Duckboard" and "Old Gimlet Eye"
In addition to his military achievements, he served as the Director of Public Safety in Philadelphia for two years and was an outspoken critic of U.S. military adventurism.
In 1934 he was involved in a controversy known as the Business Plot when he told a congressional committee that a group of wealthy industrialists had approached him to lead a military coup to overthrow Franklin D. Roosevelt.
~~~
http://www.npr.org/2011/07/20/138555799/fbi-arrests-alleged-anonymous-hackers
" The statements made by deputy assistant FBI director Steve Chabinsky in this
article clearly seem to be directed at Anonymous and Lulz Security, and we are
happy to provide you with a response.
You state:
"We want to send a message that chaos on the Internet is unacceptable,
[even if] hackers can be believed to have social causes, it's entirely
unacceptable to break into websites and commit unlawful acts."
Now let us be clear here, Mr. Chabinsky, while we understand that you and
your colleagues may find breaking into websites unacceptable, let us tell
you what WE find unacceptable:
* Governments lying to their citizens and inducing fear and terror to keep
them in control by dismantling their freedom piece by piece.
* Corporations aiding and conspiring with said governments while taking
advantage at the same time by collecting billions of funds for
federal contracts we all know they can't fulfill.
* Lobby conglomerates who only follow their agenda to push the profits
higher, while at the same time being deeply involved in governments around
the world with the only goal to infiltrate and corrupt them enough
so the status quo will never change.
These governments and corporations are our enemy. And we will continue to
fight them, with all methods we have at our disposal, and that certainly
includes breaking into their websites and exposing their lies.
We are not scared any more. Your threats to arrest us are meaningless to
us as you cannot arrest an idea. Any attempt to do so will make your
citizens more angry until they will roar in one gigantic choir. It is our
mission to help these people and there is nothing - absolutely nothing - you
can possibly to do make us stop.
"The Internet has become so important to so many people that we have to
ensure that the World Wide Web does not become the Wild Wild West."
Let me ask you, good sir, when was the Internet not the Wild Wild West? Do
you really believe you were in control of it at any point? You were not.
That does not mean that everyone behaves like an outlaw. You see, most
people do not behave like bandits if they have no reason to." http://pastebin.com/RA15ix7S
"I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class thug for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902–1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.[12]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler
WARS ARE UNACCEPTABLE
Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30,1881–June 21,1940), nicknamed "The Fighting Quaker", "Old Duckboard" and "Old Gimlet Eye"
In addition to his military achievements, he served as the Director of Public Safety in Philadelphia for two years and was an outspoken critic of U.S. military adventurism.
In 1934 he was involved in a controversy known as the Business Plot when he told a congressional committee that a group of wealthy industrialists had approached him to lead a military coup to overthrow Franklin D. Roosevelt.
~~~
http://www.npr.org/2011/07/20/138555799/fbi-arrests-alleged-anonymous-hackers
" The statements made by deputy assistant FBI director Steve Chabinsky in this
article clearly seem to be directed at Anonymous and Lulz Security, and we are
happy to provide you with a response.
You state:
"We want to send a message that chaos on the Internet is unacceptable,
[even if] hackers can be believed to have social causes, it's entirely
unacceptable to break into websites and commit unlawful acts."
Now let us be clear here, Mr. Chabinsky, while we understand that you and
your colleagues may find breaking into websites unacceptable, let us tell
you what WE find unacceptable:
* Governments lying to their citizens and inducing fear and terror to keep
them in control by dismantling their freedom piece by piece.
* Corporations aiding and conspiring with said governments while taking
advantage at the same time by collecting billions of funds for
federal contracts we all know they can't fulfill.
* Lobby conglomerates who only follow their agenda to push the profits
higher, while at the same time being deeply involved in governments around
the world with the only goal to infiltrate and corrupt them enough
so the status quo will never change.
These governments and corporations are our enemy. And we will continue to
fight them, with all methods we have at our disposal, and that certainly
includes breaking into their websites and exposing their lies.
We are not scared any more. Your threats to arrest us are meaningless to
us as you cannot arrest an idea. Any attempt to do so will make your
citizens more angry until they will roar in one gigantic choir. It is our
mission to help these people and there is nothing - absolutely nothing - you
can possibly to do make us stop.
"The Internet has become so important to so many people that we have to
ensure that the World Wide Web does not become the Wild Wild West."
Let me ask you, good sir, when was the Internet not the Wild Wild West? Do
you really believe you were in control of it at any point? You were not.
That does not mean that everyone behaves like an outlaw. You see, most
people do not behave like bandits if they have no reason to." http://pastebin.com/RA15ix7S
"I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class thug for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902–1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.[12]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler
WARS ARE UNACCEPTABLE
Jul 14, 2011
Open Source Protest
(10:23:34 AM) info@adrianlamo.com: I’m a journalist and a minister. You can pick either, and treat this as a confession or an interview (never to be published) & enjoy a modicum of legal protection.
...
(02:27:47 PM) bradass87: i mean, we’re better in some respects… we’re much more subtle… use a lot more words and legal techniques to legitimize everything
(02:28:00 PM) bradass87: its better than disappearing in the middle of the night
(02:28:19 PM) bradass87: but just because something is more subtle, doesn’t make it right
(02:29:04 PM) bradass87: i guess im too idealistic
(02:31:02 PM) bradass87: i think the thing that got me the most… that made me rethink the world more than anything
(02:35:46 PM) bradass87: was watching 15 detainees taken by the Iraqi Federal Police… for printing “anti-Iraqi literature”… the iraqi federal police wouldn’t cooperate with US forces, so i was instructed to investigate the matter, find out who the “bad guys” were, and how significant this was for the FPs… it turned out, they had printed a scholarly critique against PM Maliki… i had an interpreter read it for me… and when i found out that it was a benign political critique titled “Where did the money go?” and following the corruption trail within the PM’s cabinet… i immediately took that information and *ran* to the officer to explain what was going on… he didn’t want to hear any of it… he told me to shut up and explain how we could assist the FPs in finding *MORE* detainees…
...
(05:25:15 PM) bradass87: china can knock out any network in the world with a DDos
...
(05:56:13 PM) info@adrianlamo.com: Reality … how you say, is what you can get away with.
...
(06:10:33 PM) info@adrianlamo.com: i keep forgetting you’re 22
(06:11:50 PM) info@adrianlamo.com: i had my first /really/ ltr (more’n six months) at 22
(06:12:13 PM) info@adrianlamo.com: They went on the run from the FBI /w me
(06:12:30 PM) info@adrianlamo.com: that’s love/
(06:12:46 PM) info@adrianlamo.com: Crazy as a shithouse rat, tho.
(06:16:09 PM) bradass87: lol
(06:16:21 PM) bradass87: i dont know if i can meet people who love me
...
(06:17:58 PM) bradass87: [repression is a bitch]
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/manning-lamo-logs
Patriotic Snitch
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/amonroy/5944850896/in/photostream/lightbox/ |
Jul 13, 2011
有錢能使鬼推磨 (pinyin: yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò)
- Literally: If you have money you can make the devil push your grind stone
- Note: English equivalent:
- Money talks.
- Money makes the world go round.
- Meaning: Money can make life better. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chinese_proverbs
So long as the green mountains are preserved, there will be no shortage of firewood supply.
(Chinese original: 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧;Chinese Pinyin: Liú dé qīng shān zài, bù pà méi chái shāo.) http://www.wku.edu/~haiwang.yuan/China/proverbs/l.html
Com meant any won, poor fave or?
@brewsmpls much thanks for the follow and this twat!
"“The internet is the largest group of people who care about reading and writing ever assembled in history,” posited the SXSW publishers’ panel in 2009. But what kind of reading, what kind of writing? The internet is the largest group of people ever assembled, period... Book-length literature is the product of certain historical conditions, of a certain relationship to written language. Assimilate book-ism to webism and the book looks like nothing so much as an unreadably long, out of date, and non-interactive blog post...And, yes, the most successful, innovative sites on the internet are mostly devoted to celebrity gossip, but that doesn’t mean they won’t eventually be supplanted. The nobler goals of this revolution are to disseminate information to parts of the world that do not have it, to strengthen democracy, to give a voice to everybody, and to speak truth to power. At the same time, if you believe that the internet is a revolution, then you must take seriously the consequences of that revolution as it is...But the revolution is not just something you carry inside you; the web is not your dream of the web. It is a real thing, playing out its destiny in the world of flesh and steel—and pixels, and books. At this point the best thing the web and the book could do for one another would be to admit their essential difference. This would allow the web to develop as it wishes, with a clear conscience, and for literature to do what it’s always done in periods of crisis: keep its eyes and ears open; take notes; and bide its time." http://nplusonemag.com/the-intellectual-situation
Much thanks n+1 for your insightful wisdom !!!
"“The internet is the largest group of people who care about reading and writing ever assembled in history,” posited the SXSW publishers’ panel in 2009. But what kind of reading, what kind of writing? The internet is the largest group of people ever assembled, period... Book-length literature is the product of certain historical conditions, of a certain relationship to written language. Assimilate book-ism to webism and the book looks like nothing so much as an unreadably long, out of date, and non-interactive blog post...And, yes, the most successful, innovative sites on the internet are mostly devoted to celebrity gossip, but that doesn’t mean they won’t eventually be supplanted. The nobler goals of this revolution are to disseminate information to parts of the world that do not have it, to strengthen democracy, to give a voice to everybody, and to speak truth to power. At the same time, if you believe that the internet is a revolution, then you must take seriously the consequences of that revolution as it is...But the revolution is not just something you carry inside you; the web is not your dream of the web. It is a real thing, playing out its destiny in the world of flesh and steel—and pixels, and books. At this point the best thing the web and the book could do for one another would be to admit their essential difference. This would allow the web to develop as it wishes, with a clear conscience, and for literature to do what it’s always done in periods of crisis: keep its eyes and ears open; take notes; and bide its time." http://nplusonemag.com/the-intellectual-situation
Much thanks n+1 for your insightful wisdom !!!
Jul 10, 2011
Jul 5, 2011
Jul 4, 2011
Legend of the Sandpaintings
Ashkii wants to be a singer. By this he means that he wants to be a Medicine man. A Medicine man performs the proper ceremony when a Dine' is ill, dreams bad dreams, or is, in some other way, showing the effect of evil spirits.
No Medicine man knows how to perform all the ceremonies but a Medicine man must know the necessary chants and sandpaintings for the ceremonies he does perform. Some of the ceremonies last nine days and the list of chants and the sandpaintings is long. Some of these ceremonies are called the Flintway, the Mountainway, and the Nightway. It is possible for the chants and the paintings to number in the hundreds for any one ceremony.
Ashkii knows that he will have to spend years learning the designs and the songs. For each chant must be letter perfect and each sandpainting must be exact in form and color. Otherwise harm, instead of good, will follow the ceremony.
When he is grown up and truly a singer, Ashkii may have other Dine' help him make the sandpaintings. He may have as many helpers as he wants. But he must know every detail of each sandpainting that accompanies the chant he is giving. And he must watch carefully, correcting any mistake made by his helpers. A mistake that is not corrected will have a bad result.
Ashkii knows how the Dine' learned sandpainting for he has heard it more than once from an old uncle who is a singer. This is the way Ashkii heard the story:
"A long time ago, when this world was new, an owl found a little Dine' baby out in the brush. It seems Owl took the baby home to his nest. There he fed and cared for it. When the boy was four years old he wanted a bow and some arrows. When he asked Owl for arrows, Owl gave him some feathers. The little boy made arrows with them. He made a bow from a tree branch. Jini.
"At once he began to hunt. Before long he was an excellent hunter. Now he fed the owl and was known as Owl Boy. But as the years went by Owl grew afraid of Owl Boy and one day told him to go back to his people. Jini.
"Owl Boy took his bow and arrows and started out. He walked long, long, miles and had some unusual adventures. But he did not find his people. He grew hungry but saw no game to shoot for food. He grew tired but found no friendly shade tree. Then he saw a mountain in the distance. Jini.
"He went toward it for he knew that most mountains have trees, streams and game to hunt for food. When he reached the mountain he climbed up the great cliffs. Still he found no game and as he reached the very top of the mountain he knew he was lost. Weary and hungry, he sat down under a tree and fell asleep. Jini.
"As he slept, flashing lightning picked him up and put him down on the clouds. It seems that here he saw strange things. The Holy Ones were making paintings on the clouds. And they were singing chanting songs. Jini.
"Owl Boy was told by the Holy Ones to learn all the songs and also how to paint all the pictures. The Holy Ones told him that the songs and pictures would help his people. It seems Owl Boy stayed a long, long time on the clouds and learned every chant, word by word. He learned every picture, too. He learned how to paint the Horned Toad, the Big Fly, the Never-Ending Snake, the Frog, Rainbow Boy, and Rainbow Girl as well as Sun and Moon. The proper way to picture the four sacred plants, Corn, Beans, Squash, and Tobacco, was shown to him. Jini.
"He was instructed in the use of sand as a substitute for Clouds. He learned that the Sand must be spread to a smooth, level surface. He learned to Draw with colored sands. And he learned how to Mix ground rock, crushed flower petals, charcoal, and Juniper ash with Sand to get more colors. Jini.
"When the instruction and learning were finished the Holy Ones gave Owl Boy one sandpainting on a Buckskin. He took it with thanks. Then he went about looking for a way to travel back to Earth. Jini.
"He saw a Rainbow there and walked down the curve of the rainbow. When he stepped from the Rainbow path he found he was home. His family welcomed him. He went about teaching them the songs and sandpaintings. His name was changed from Owl Boy to Song Man. Some Dine' call him the Great Singer because he brought all the healing chants and paintings to the Dine'." Jini.
Askhii has already learned some of the chants. One of his favorites is from the song of Cornbeetle Girl. He hopes you will like it as he does.
"Beauty below me,
Beauty above me,
Beauty before me,
Beauty behind me,
Beauty all around me,
I walk in Beauty,
In Beauty It Is Finished."
DINEH BADAHANI (Dine' Stories) By Winifred Fields Walters; Illustrated by Wilson S. Etcitty, 1967. Printed by the Navajo Tribal Printing Department; Window Rock, Arizona.
pages 27 to 37
No Medicine man knows how to perform all the ceremonies but a Medicine man must know the necessary chants and sandpaintings for the ceremonies he does perform. Some of the ceremonies last nine days and the list of chants and the sandpaintings is long. Some of these ceremonies are called the Flintway, the Mountainway, and the Nightway. It is possible for the chants and the paintings to number in the hundreds for any one ceremony.
Ashkii knows that he will have to spend years learning the designs and the songs. For each chant must be letter perfect and each sandpainting must be exact in form and color. Otherwise harm, instead of good, will follow the ceremony.
When he is grown up and truly a singer, Ashkii may have other Dine' help him make the sandpaintings. He may have as many helpers as he wants. But he must know every detail of each sandpainting that accompanies the chant he is giving. And he must watch carefully, correcting any mistake made by his helpers. A mistake that is not corrected will have a bad result.
Ashkii knows how the Dine' learned sandpainting for he has heard it more than once from an old uncle who is a singer. This is the way Ashkii heard the story:
"A long time ago, when this world was new, an owl found a little Dine' baby out in the brush. It seems Owl took the baby home to his nest. There he fed and cared for it. When the boy was four years old he wanted a bow and some arrows. When he asked Owl for arrows, Owl gave him some feathers. The little boy made arrows with them. He made a bow from a tree branch. Jini.
"At once he began to hunt. Before long he was an excellent hunter. Now he fed the owl and was known as Owl Boy. But as the years went by Owl grew afraid of Owl Boy and one day told him to go back to his people. Jini.
"Owl Boy took his bow and arrows and started out. He walked long, long, miles and had some unusual adventures. But he did not find his people. He grew hungry but saw no game to shoot for food. He grew tired but found no friendly shade tree. Then he saw a mountain in the distance. Jini.
"He went toward it for he knew that most mountains have trees, streams and game to hunt for food. When he reached the mountain he climbed up the great cliffs. Still he found no game and as he reached the very top of the mountain he knew he was lost. Weary and hungry, he sat down under a tree and fell asleep. Jini.
"As he slept, flashing lightning picked him up and put him down on the clouds. It seems that here he saw strange things. The Holy Ones were making paintings on the clouds. And they were singing chanting songs. Jini.
"Owl Boy was told by the Holy Ones to learn all the songs and also how to paint all the pictures. The Holy Ones told him that the songs and pictures would help his people. It seems Owl Boy stayed a long, long time on the clouds and learned every chant, word by word. He learned every picture, too. He learned how to paint the Horned Toad, the Big Fly, the Never-Ending Snake, the Frog, Rainbow Boy, and Rainbow Girl as well as Sun and Moon. The proper way to picture the four sacred plants, Corn, Beans, Squash, and Tobacco, was shown to him. Jini.
"He was instructed in the use of sand as a substitute for Clouds. He learned that the Sand must be spread to a smooth, level surface. He learned to Draw with colored sands. And he learned how to Mix ground rock, crushed flower petals, charcoal, and Juniper ash with Sand to get more colors. Jini.
"When the instruction and learning were finished the Holy Ones gave Owl Boy one sandpainting on a Buckskin. He took it with thanks. Then he went about looking for a way to travel back to Earth. Jini.
"He saw a Rainbow there and walked down the curve of the rainbow. When he stepped from the Rainbow path he found he was home. His family welcomed him. He went about teaching them the songs and sandpaintings. His name was changed from Owl Boy to Song Man. Some Dine' call him the Great Singer because he brought all the healing chants and paintings to the Dine'." Jini.
Askhii has already learned some of the chants. One of his favorites is from the song of Cornbeetle Girl. He hopes you will like it as he does.
"Beauty below me,
Beauty above me,
Beauty before me,
Beauty behind me,
Beauty all around me,
I walk in Beauty,
In Beauty It Is Finished."
DINEH BADAHANI (Dine' Stories) By Winifred Fields Walters; Illustrated by Wilson S. Etcitty, 1967. Printed by the Navajo Tribal Printing Department; Window Rock, Arizona.
pages 27 to 37
Jul 3, 2011
Decyphering "Face the Nation" use of "Draconian cuts".
Word Origin & History
draconian
1876 (earlier Draconic, 1680), from Draco, Greek statesman who laid down a code of laws for Athens around 621 B.C.E. that mandated death as punishment for minor crimes. His name seems to mean (literally) "sharp-sighted" (see dragon).
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Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /drəˈkəʊ.ni.ən/, /drækˈəʊ.ni.ən/, SAMPA: /dr@"k@U.ni.@n/, /dr{k"@U.ni.@n/
- (US) enPR: drə-kō'ni-ən, IPA: /drəˈkoʊ.ni.ən/, SAMPA: /dr@"koU.ni.@n/
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Etymology 1
From the Athenian lawmaker Draco, known for making harsh laws.Adjective
draconian (comparative more draconian, superlative most draconian)- Very severe, oppressive or strict.
- The despot chose a draconian punishment.
- The Nazi regime was draconian.
- The mayor announced draconian budget cuts today.
Synonyms
Translations
[show ▼]severe, oppressive or strict
Etymology 2
From Latin draco (“dragon”)Adjective
draconian (comparative more draconian, superlative most draconian)- (obsolete, except in fiction) Of or resembling a dragon [quotations ▼]
Synonyms
- (resembling a dragon): draconic, dragonlike
Translations
[show ▼]of or resembling a dragon
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Jul 2, 2011
Hugh M. Anne I.T.
Doggerel About Who Is We
Here is a question: Who is we?For pundits, kings and CEOs,
we is I and us is me.
The nurse’s friendly we is you,
her How are we today? untrue.
Problematickest of all
is the we that people use to call
those people things like
nigger! honky! hunky! wog!
hun! gook! limey! frog!
jap! gringo! running dog!
kafir! bitch! pig! flic!
dago! polack! raghead! spic!
redneck! foreign devil! nerd!
papist! kike! fag! dyke!
People have a hateful word
for people people do not like,
believing that always, come what may,
“our we” is better than their they.
But the problem’s not so hard to resolve,
so long as the human heart can evolve
to the point where the finally human mind
is in love with the oneness of mankind.
Rowell Hoff ~ December 27, 2007
Re: Howards Stern, Philly Parrothead Krakkers and "his people."
The Keystone State was the first link in the "Underground Railroad" for the very reasons you have shed light upon.
The following clips highlight ways that conscious locals combat white ignorance.
The following clips highlight ways that conscious locals combat white ignorance.
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Also sprach Zarathustra to the brothasistahs lost out in the woods…
Rolling stones and hurricanes prime us for the rapid eye movement of whose dream?
A stairway to the dark side of the moon reveals an orchestrated King
singing the blues while sexual pistols whip Jesus’ son.
Who’s influence weens us?
Me and my friends gratefully raged against the machine for three days
in the shadow of the valley of the dead
so big brother and company held us down while the wind cried
nothing to be gained here (except copied rights),
Then a questing tribe of beastly boys found a digable plant
where a buffalo soldier picked up a Gideon’s bible from the Godfather
in joe’s garage (or was it in one of 200 motels?)
Anyway, on a Holiday, the pinball wizard boy (Billie)
followed his heart and stopped pretending he was the king of the little plastic castles
while education, missed in the house of the naked apes, evolved and mutated
into and with ~ Nature Art Love Truth ~ and we do too…
And somewhere over the rainbow dancing fools send clowns and purple rain
into imagine nations where everything is now sacred
and there are no more public enemies or rusted Roots or minor threats
or bad brains or busted rhymes or widespread panic
and everyone can read the hieroglyphics on the wall
and we are all refugees of courtney’s love attaining nirvana….
But then again, you’re so vain, you probly think this poem’s about you-
we are everywhere and we cannot be beaten
it’s all over now baby blue, all we need is Love
Legalize It
Rolling stones and hurricanes prime us for the rapid eye movement of whose dream?
A stairway to the dark side of the moon reveals an orchestrated King
singing the blues while sexual pistols whip Jesus’ son.
Who’s influence weens us?
Me and my friends gratefully raged against the machine for three days
in the shadow of the valley of the dead
so big brother and company held us down while the wind cried
nothing to be gained here (except copied rights),
Then a questing tribe of beastly boys found a digable plant
where a buffalo soldier picked up a Gideon’s bible from the Godfather
in joe’s garage (or was it in one of 200 motels?)
Anyway, on a Holiday, the pinball wizard boy (Billie)
followed his heart and stopped pretending he was the king of the little plastic castles
while education, missed in the house of the naked apes, evolved and mutated
into and with ~ Nature Art Love Truth ~ and we do too…
And somewhere over the rainbow dancing fools send clowns and purple rain
into imagine nations where everything is now sacred
and there are no more public enemies or rusted Roots or minor threats
or bad brains or busted rhymes or widespread panic
and everyone can read the hieroglyphics on the wall
and we are all refugees of courtney’s love attaining nirvana….
But then again, you’re so vain, you probly think this poem’s about you-
we are everywhere and we cannot be beaten
it’s all over now baby blue, all we need is Love
Legalize It