In case you do not know who Piers Morgan is, I will give a little background on what I know about him. He had been a judge on America's Got Talent before he somehow or other landed the job of replacing Larry King on the CNN Larry King show. He is from Britain but has been a television personality in the USA for some time now. He is presently seen on Celebrity Apprentice as a judge or commentator with Donald Trump.
When he was on CNN I began to follow him on Twitter so I have been listening to him for some time.
I just checked his Twitter page to see his statement "One day you're the cock of the walk, the next a feather duster".
l agree that Piers Morgan is a very controversial man who angered many gun owners when he went on the attack about the NRA and the use of guns in America. He received many protests about that and likewise many insults.
I am not about to say that he does not deserve all the criticisms and even some of the insults. I find him to be quite annoying and insulting many times as well but worse than his stand on guns is often his overly sychophant behavior about politicians and celebrities.
He appeared at the parties before the Golden Globes to listen intently to Bill Clinton when he gave some speech.
Bill Clinton has sure come a long way from his introduction of Michael Dukakis at the Democratic convention years ago when he introduced him to the world...Piers seems to think that he is the greatest speaker that he has ever heard. His tweet said so. He clearly had not heard Clinton way back when. I can never forget that long boring effort.
I am just wondering when it is that Piers thought himself to be cock of the walk...he is molting now.
Yours Truly
Janet Fauble at home
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Friday, January 16, 2015
Rewrite Musings
Last night I went to bed but had to pour out my thoughts in my journal about things that were on my mind. Reading it this morning I see what is wrong with it so that I may be delete it. I was just musing aloud at a time of the day when I wanted to sleep without worrying about those things.
I did not mention that Ivan Andrassew, the Hungarian journalist, had a brain tumor which meant that he would die soon or if operated upon, become partially paralyzed. This story came to me from the Budapest Beacon. I had never heard of Ivan until this post but I did read the story about his courage and his honesty.
Four of his final blogs were published with this article about his death. His concern for his son was obvious in one of the blogs. Because I have been thinking about dying so much myself, always worrying and wondering when that time could come, this blog did impact me enough to decide to sit down to write a bit about the things that were on my mind at the time.
I see that they drifted from one topic to the other. The story about the abused infant had come after some long discussion with some pro-life people on a post from the ACLU. I am convinced that most of the world problems all begin at home in the heart of the family. There are many children who come into the world who are not wanted, and who suffer miserably at the hands of parents who truly find them a burden and a problem for them to bear. I do not believe for one minute that people who live in comfortable circumstances should try to inflict their beliefs on people who cannot handle the lifestyle that a child brings. I get very disgusted with the sanctimonious who think that they can speak for the unborn. They truly cannot.
So when I read that story of extreme sickness directed against a helpless infant it outraged me.
There had been a time when I had not believed in the use of the death penalty. There are many cases which truly deserve to be treated with only the death penalty, and in my opinion, this is one of them. The man who did that deed should have his own life taken from him.
For some reason, I jumped to the problems of Muslims in the world today, since their atrocities are being paraded across the stage of news media. More of their atrocities are on the internet since these ISIS members know how to use computers with ease. I guess that is why I mentioned Janice and Carolyn from the CPT word processing group that I had learned years ago in Flint, Michigan.
Janice was a black muslim. Whether Carolyn was Muslim or not, I am not really sure. She was a black woman also who was from Houston, Texas. I swore that I would never send any of my children to a school where blacks taught after I had taken that course. The fact that they were Muslim never really impressed me until now. I did not really know then what it meant to be a Muslim but I know that Janice explained that until she and her boyfriend finally married that neither had had the respect of her community. But after they finally took their vows they seemed to be acceptable.
I do not really know how Muslims treat or deal with common law living.
So this is not really a rewrite as I have decided to let it go as it is. I was just rambling forth at an early hour of the morning, just wanting to dump ideas onto my journal.
This is just a recap and explanation of loose ends.
I did not mention that Ivan Andrassew, the Hungarian journalist, had a brain tumor which meant that he would die soon or if operated upon, become partially paralyzed. This story came to me from the Budapest Beacon. I had never heard of Ivan until this post but I did read the story about his courage and his honesty.
Four of his final blogs were published with this article about his death. His concern for his son was obvious in one of the blogs. Because I have been thinking about dying so much myself, always worrying and wondering when that time could come, this blog did impact me enough to decide to sit down to write a bit about the things that were on my mind at the time.
I see that they drifted from one topic to the other. The story about the abused infant had come after some long discussion with some pro-life people on a post from the ACLU. I am convinced that most of the world problems all begin at home in the heart of the family. There are many children who come into the world who are not wanted, and who suffer miserably at the hands of parents who truly find them a burden and a problem for them to bear. I do not believe for one minute that people who live in comfortable circumstances should try to inflict their beliefs on people who cannot handle the lifestyle that a child brings. I get very disgusted with the sanctimonious who think that they can speak for the unborn. They truly cannot.
So when I read that story of extreme sickness directed against a helpless infant it outraged me.
There had been a time when I had not believed in the use of the death penalty. There are many cases which truly deserve to be treated with only the death penalty, and in my opinion, this is one of them. The man who did that deed should have his own life taken from him.
For some reason, I jumped to the problems of Muslims in the world today, since their atrocities are being paraded across the stage of news media. More of their atrocities are on the internet since these ISIS members know how to use computers with ease. I guess that is why I mentioned Janice and Carolyn from the CPT word processing group that I had learned years ago in Flint, Michigan.
Janice was a black muslim. Whether Carolyn was Muslim or not, I am not really sure. She was a black woman also who was from Houston, Texas. I swore that I would never send any of my children to a school where blacks taught after I had taken that course. The fact that they were Muslim never really impressed me until now. I did not really know then what it meant to be a Muslim but I know that Janice explained that until she and her boyfriend finally married that neither had had the respect of her community. But after they finally took their vows they seemed to be acceptable.
I do not really know how Muslims treat or deal with common law living.
So this is not really a rewrite as I have decided to let it go as it is. I was just rambling forth at an early hour of the morning, just wanting to dump ideas onto my journal.
This is just a recap and explanation of loose ends.
Musings
On Facebook tonight I read about the death of a Hungarian writer whose blog was placed at the end of the obit to the Hungarian journalist/writer. His blog touched me and prompted me to write this piece in my ongoing journal.
He had suffered an operation in which he was placed in a mask of a kind. Some kind of device in which his head was placed to undergo this operation on his brain. Apparently, for some time the operation had been effective because he seems to feel that it had been worth it, but he was dying, and nothing could prevent it.
His blog is very touching and it made a strong impression on me. Too many times, we need to read other people's experiences to help articulate our own. His name was Ivan, and while I have put all my other devices to sleep, I will have to wait to search out his last name. He was being given much praise for being an honest man.
To write honestly about one's feelings is not always wise because in truth we change our feelings and opinions so much that if we do write how we feel at one minute, an hour later we can realize that we have totally revised our thinking on the subject. It is not a good idea to take what a person says in one time period as meaning that he is to be held to that for a lifetime.
Because of the ongoing current problems regarding the world of Islam in which too many innocent and decent people who are practitioners and followers of the Muslim faith are being truly hurt and injured by the radicals and the terrorists who are following to the letter words that Mohammed may or may not have said.
Years ago in a word processing course, I learned skills on a word processing system taught by two Muslim girls in Michigan. The one girl told me that she had had to learn by memorizing everything, that Muslims are taught to repeat exactly all the teachings of the faith that they learn. Not a single word can be changed so that if that is true then all of Islam continues to live by lessons taught in centuries past so that not a single word is changed or altered. These were modern day women who are a part of the American educational system, but who were Muslim in their faith. Yet, they did break the rules of the faith since they lived with the men instead of being married to them. It amazes me that people do not realize that all religious bodies have people within the faith who cannot always do all the requirements of the faith. It is not just Jews, Catholics, Protestants, and Muslims but also I am sure that even atheists and agnostics have a hard time following all the precepts of their nonfaith.
So while I do believe firmly in my faith, I am at odds with the followers of the faith who preach and teach it in ways that do not necessarily coincide with my own beliefs. I am both very conservative and also very liberal in my interpretation of the written word. I tend to believe that lessons are to be tempered with the times in which we live.
I do believe in the sanctity of life but I also believe and know that no child should ever be brought into a home in which he or she will not be wanted, welcomed, and loved. There are horrendous stories of child abuse that simply make me want to take those people who had those children and jail them forever, deprive them of ever having more children, and in some cases, executing them. One of the worst stories came to be known that happened in Missouri where a woman allowed a man friend to sexually abuse her four month old infant daughter. After forcibly sodomizing the poor infant, the evil man strangled her. What a suffering for a poor child whose mother was so demented and sick that she would allow her child to suffer such sexual abuse! That woman should be deprived of children forever in my opinion, but I feel even worse punishment should be dealt out to the male in the case who damaged and harmed that little girl.
For that reason, I would rather that woman would have aborted that fetus long before it ever came to have to endure a dreadful life at the mercy of such a creature. I do not truly consider her a woman at all, but a sick and ill beast.
And that is why I get tired of the ignorant who believe that religious beliefs are such that they can impose their will onto young women who know that they cannot care for a child and should not have one.
No matter which religious belief it is, there is only one reason that anyone has one. Usually, it is because their family taught it to them so that they attend church and believe their faith as a heritage. Whether family, friend, or just merely seeking to find a faith, one learns from others all the stories and lessons that accompany that faith. One does not acquire religious belief spontaneously from within one's self, but one has to learn it from another.
In the final analysis, when any group comes to agreement upon a belief, a goal, a desire, that group can accomplish great things through it.
Men of science have proved it through countless discoveries, whether they be in industry or medicine. Businesses have grown and flourished through acceptance, agreement, and achievement. Men of faith have taught one another to develop large communities of families devoted to living rewarding lives dedicated to doing good to one another. Nations grow from such beliefs in concepts and ideas.
When conflicts arise, one's faith, one's belief will often be pitted against another. The world of Muslim has developed following the faith of its founder and prophet, Mohammed, and finds itself pitted against a world which does not believe in any of the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed.
Sadly, the wars between Christians and Muslims has been historic and often the success or failure of one of the two faiths has led to the rise of that faith in a given location. Most of the Muslim world has been centered around Saudia Arabia due to the holy cities located there. But the faith spread far and wide since Muslims spare no one when it comes to the faith. Infidels who are not of the faith are executed, and therefore, most Muslims who are not born into the faith are coerced into the belief by fear alone.
Today, executions are exacted in the same method of centuries past. Very little has changed in the practices that govern the followers. So beheadings are commonplace for those who are charged and found guilty of violating Islamic law. In photos now being distributed by ISIS men are being seen thrown from the top of buildings to fall to their death below, and a woman is stoned to death for some violation attributed to her.
To those of us who have learned to have mercy, compassion, and love for our neighbor, these practices are abhorrent. Watching a young child have a gun placed in his hand to kill two men coldly and mercilessly is nauseating. But this is what the terrorists have done to young children in Syria and Iraq. These children are being trained to kill. They are called the young cubs of the Caliphate!
The world is aghast!
To be continued...
He had suffered an operation in which he was placed in a mask of a kind. Some kind of device in which his head was placed to undergo this operation on his brain. Apparently, for some time the operation had been effective because he seems to feel that it had been worth it, but he was dying, and nothing could prevent it.
His blog is very touching and it made a strong impression on me. Too many times, we need to read other people's experiences to help articulate our own. His name was Ivan, and while I have put all my other devices to sleep, I will have to wait to search out his last name. He was being given much praise for being an honest man.
To write honestly about one's feelings is not always wise because in truth we change our feelings and opinions so much that if we do write how we feel at one minute, an hour later we can realize that we have totally revised our thinking on the subject. It is not a good idea to take what a person says in one time period as meaning that he is to be held to that for a lifetime.
Because of the ongoing current problems regarding the world of Islam in which too many innocent and decent people who are practitioners and followers of the Muslim faith are being truly hurt and injured by the radicals and the terrorists who are following to the letter words that Mohammed may or may not have said.
Years ago in a word processing course, I learned skills on a word processing system taught by two Muslim girls in Michigan. The one girl told me that she had had to learn by memorizing everything, that Muslims are taught to repeat exactly all the teachings of the faith that they learn. Not a single word can be changed so that if that is true then all of Islam continues to live by lessons taught in centuries past so that not a single word is changed or altered. These were modern day women who are a part of the American educational system, but who were Muslim in their faith. Yet, they did break the rules of the faith since they lived with the men instead of being married to them. It amazes me that people do not realize that all religious bodies have people within the faith who cannot always do all the requirements of the faith. It is not just Jews, Catholics, Protestants, and Muslims but also I am sure that even atheists and agnostics have a hard time following all the precepts of their nonfaith.
So while I do believe firmly in my faith, I am at odds with the followers of the faith who preach and teach it in ways that do not necessarily coincide with my own beliefs. I am both very conservative and also very liberal in my interpretation of the written word. I tend to believe that lessons are to be tempered with the times in which we live.
I do believe in the sanctity of life but I also believe and know that no child should ever be brought into a home in which he or she will not be wanted, welcomed, and loved. There are horrendous stories of child abuse that simply make me want to take those people who had those children and jail them forever, deprive them of ever having more children, and in some cases, executing them. One of the worst stories came to be known that happened in Missouri where a woman allowed a man friend to sexually abuse her four month old infant daughter. After forcibly sodomizing the poor infant, the evil man strangled her. What a suffering for a poor child whose mother was so demented and sick that she would allow her child to suffer such sexual abuse! That woman should be deprived of children forever in my opinion, but I feel even worse punishment should be dealt out to the male in the case who damaged and harmed that little girl.
For that reason, I would rather that woman would have aborted that fetus long before it ever came to have to endure a dreadful life at the mercy of such a creature. I do not truly consider her a woman at all, but a sick and ill beast.
And that is why I get tired of the ignorant who believe that religious beliefs are such that they can impose their will onto young women who know that they cannot care for a child and should not have one.
No matter which religious belief it is, there is only one reason that anyone has one. Usually, it is because their family taught it to them so that they attend church and believe their faith as a heritage. Whether family, friend, or just merely seeking to find a faith, one learns from others all the stories and lessons that accompany that faith. One does not acquire religious belief spontaneously from within one's self, but one has to learn it from another.
In the final analysis, when any group comes to agreement upon a belief, a goal, a desire, that group can accomplish great things through it.
Men of science have proved it through countless discoveries, whether they be in industry or medicine. Businesses have grown and flourished through acceptance, agreement, and achievement. Men of faith have taught one another to develop large communities of families devoted to living rewarding lives dedicated to doing good to one another. Nations grow from such beliefs in concepts and ideas.
When conflicts arise, one's faith, one's belief will often be pitted against another. The world of Muslim has developed following the faith of its founder and prophet, Mohammed, and finds itself pitted against a world which does not believe in any of the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed.
Sadly, the wars between Christians and Muslims has been historic and often the success or failure of one of the two faiths has led to the rise of that faith in a given location. Most of the Muslim world has been centered around Saudia Arabia due to the holy cities located there. But the faith spread far and wide since Muslims spare no one when it comes to the faith. Infidels who are not of the faith are executed, and therefore, most Muslims who are not born into the faith are coerced into the belief by fear alone.
Today, executions are exacted in the same method of centuries past. Very little has changed in the practices that govern the followers. So beheadings are commonplace for those who are charged and found guilty of violating Islamic law. In photos now being distributed by ISIS men are being seen thrown from the top of buildings to fall to their death below, and a woman is stoned to death for some violation attributed to her.
To those of us who have learned to have mercy, compassion, and love for our neighbor, these practices are abhorrent. Watching a young child have a gun placed in his hand to kill two men coldly and mercilessly is nauseating. But this is what the terrorists have done to young children in Syria and Iraq. These children are being trained to kill. They are called the young cubs of the Caliphate!
The world is aghast!
To be continued...
Friday, January 9, 2015
Thoughts about the Charlie Hebdo attack
Well, the gunmen were killed before the Air Asia black boxes have been found. The tail section is going to be lifted up tomorrow. Two more bodies were discovered, and the belief is that the plane did not break up in the air.
The gunmen who stormed the Charlie Hebdo building expected to be martyred it would appear, so that the end came today in a printing building in northern France. No video tape was made of their exit from the building but it made me think of the scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. They came storming out of the building through the doors shooting at the police who had them surrounded. Inside the building was a man who hid inside a box to avoid detection. He called the police to give them information. This story will be told and retold in many ways I just bet.
I did a search of the history behind the Charlie Hebdo cartoons which began apparently in Denmark when 12 cartoons of Mohammed were printed. NBC did a video showing the timeline from that event which aroused such animosity and hostility amongst the Muslims to the present day. This video is on my Facebook timeline. It finally made sense to me as to why the Charlie Hebdo group continued to mock and humiliate the Muslims through abuse of Mohammed and other Muslim problems. A cover story on the problem of the Burqa humiliated the women who have to wear these garments. I could see why that would be very offensive since they essentially say through a cartoon drawing to stick the Burqa up your butt! A tiny piece of burqa is seen peeking out of the rear of a naked woman running down the street! Myself, I could imagine drawing one of the cartoonists with the magazine in that same position! Don't give it out if you can't take it!
The Beast showed 16 covers that are considered over the top in offensiveness! That burqa caught my attention as well as another of man being made in the image of God. I should hate to think that God really ever looks like most of these men in their ugly faces.
I like certain kinds of satire. I like to see people who are smug, conceited, overly greedy, or lustful get ridiculed for their behavior. Even the self righteous who think that they know it all regarding what God really wants from his created subjects need to be exposed for their own pride and prejudice. But I do not really approve disrespect or insults. I like humor to be subtle, not slapstick.
I did own one version of the Koran. I may even still have a copy. I found it very strange to say the least. I also have read that there are many different interpretations of it. It seems to me that this male dominated body of people have maintained a belief that they want to nurture for their own purposes. Learning of the biography of Mohammed and his lifestyle has made me believe that he is not a prophet nor a holy man. There are any number of books about him, and the one that I read was by a man who had been reared as a Muslim but who undertook the job of showing that Mohammed had been only a businessman who knew how to take advantage of people to make himself a powerful ruler at the time.
When I learned the age of his wife I was appalled. He is in truth a pedophile, a criminal, and as a result, girl children have suffered miserably for centuries.
There is no way I will ever accept him as a man of God. Sorry, but that is how I feel about it. So for that reason alone, I am in sympathy with the cartoonists instead of the Muslims. The more that they can expose the truth about Mohammed the better I like it.
It is a good thing that the gunmen were killed as quickly as possible. They have achieved their martyrdom and finally have learned of the fallacy of their beliefs. However, learning of their history did make me feel sorry that these orphan children had no real home at all, no real friends at all. Being used by the mercenaries of al qaeda and ISIS has betrayed them to a fate that none of us can truly say.
I honestly do not wish anyone to hell. God truly loves everyone in such a way that nobody can ever fathom. God in Mercy will have love for any and all who are of his creation. Believe it. Rejoice in it!
The gunmen who stormed the Charlie Hebdo building expected to be martyred it would appear, so that the end came today in a printing building in northern France. No video tape was made of their exit from the building but it made me think of the scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. They came storming out of the building through the doors shooting at the police who had them surrounded. Inside the building was a man who hid inside a box to avoid detection. He called the police to give them information. This story will be told and retold in many ways I just bet.
I did a search of the history behind the Charlie Hebdo cartoons which began apparently in Denmark when 12 cartoons of Mohammed were printed. NBC did a video showing the timeline from that event which aroused such animosity and hostility amongst the Muslims to the present day. This video is on my Facebook timeline. It finally made sense to me as to why the Charlie Hebdo group continued to mock and humiliate the Muslims through abuse of Mohammed and other Muslim problems. A cover story on the problem of the Burqa humiliated the women who have to wear these garments. I could see why that would be very offensive since they essentially say through a cartoon drawing to stick the Burqa up your butt! A tiny piece of burqa is seen peeking out of the rear of a naked woman running down the street! Myself, I could imagine drawing one of the cartoonists with the magazine in that same position! Don't give it out if you can't take it!
The Beast showed 16 covers that are considered over the top in offensiveness! That burqa caught my attention as well as another of man being made in the image of God. I should hate to think that God really ever looks like most of these men in their ugly faces.
I like certain kinds of satire. I like to see people who are smug, conceited, overly greedy, or lustful get ridiculed for their behavior. Even the self righteous who think that they know it all regarding what God really wants from his created subjects need to be exposed for their own pride and prejudice. But I do not really approve disrespect or insults. I like humor to be subtle, not slapstick.
I did own one version of the Koran. I may even still have a copy. I found it very strange to say the least. I also have read that there are many different interpretations of it. It seems to me that this male dominated body of people have maintained a belief that they want to nurture for their own purposes. Learning of the biography of Mohammed and his lifestyle has made me believe that he is not a prophet nor a holy man. There are any number of books about him, and the one that I read was by a man who had been reared as a Muslim but who undertook the job of showing that Mohammed had been only a businessman who knew how to take advantage of people to make himself a powerful ruler at the time.
When I learned the age of his wife I was appalled. He is in truth a pedophile, a criminal, and as a result, girl children have suffered miserably for centuries.
There is no way I will ever accept him as a man of God. Sorry, but that is how I feel about it. So for that reason alone, I am in sympathy with the cartoonists instead of the Muslims. The more that they can expose the truth about Mohammed the better I like it.
It is a good thing that the gunmen were killed as quickly as possible. They have achieved their martyrdom and finally have learned of the fallacy of their beliefs. However, learning of their history did make me feel sorry that these orphan children had no real home at all, no real friends at all. Being used by the mercenaries of al qaeda and ISIS has betrayed them to a fate that none of us can truly say.
I honestly do not wish anyone to hell. God truly loves everyone in such a way that nobody can ever fathom. God in Mercy will have love for any and all who are of his creation. Believe it. Rejoice in it!
Paris Shootings January 7, 2015
The New Year got off to a blaze of glory when two gunmen entered a magazine publishing office in Paris, France to gun down several members of the editorial board and bystanders who got in the way. The bystanders were policemen naturally.
This is a peculiar story which is playing out now in a manhunt while police in France try to find and arrest the gunmen who did this horrible deed. It is a combination of the two most stupid gunmen in history who either accidentally or deliberately left their calling card with their i.d. on a car that they had used. Immediately, the police knew who these gunmen were despite their efforts to cover their faces when they committed the crime. I mean really....who is stupid enough to leave their calling card behind as they even go so far as to switch cars to make their getaway.
A whole day has passed without the police being able to apprehend them. Supposedly, they are on foot in a forest north of Paris and whether they know it or not, are surrounded by the police on all sides. It is presumed that they may be hiding in a cave if they had found one, or else, at least are taking cover somewhere so that search lights have not yet detected them. They had been spotted by helicopters abandoning their car to go on foot into the forest. I have not yet heard whether the car has been found.
Since these two are possibly Islamic terrorists, though born and raised as foster children in France, they are described as tools of al qaeda. It is said that they told one of the women with whom they talked to tell the media that they were with Yemen al qaeda. The woman who let them in through operating the security code to open the doors for them was assured that she would not be killed since they would not kill women. Most are speculating that this act of murder was done to avenge the prophet Mohammed who has been desecrated by cartoons and lampoons in their weekly magazine of satire on religious leaders as well as political leaders.
As I recall, the group who are at the helm of this company are atheists who try to provoke and attack each and every major religious group that they deem fit for critical ridicule. They have been particularly targeting many Islamic leaders as well as even the women who wear the burqa. I saw 16 of their covers through a website called The Beast. I read tonight through CNN that ISIS has praised the gunmen who performed this attack on a French publication staff.
I found many of the covers disturbing and more than provocative so that if that is the cause of this action taken by the gunmen, it would seem that death squads may be sent to squelch such publications. Of course, all of the world is standing up for the right of freedom of expression, or free speech as we call it, and are bonding together, probably not really knowing what it is that has caused this violent reaction to covers alone.
The gunmen are brothers if in fact the i.d. card does belong to the one brother. They are supposed to have ties to al qaeda and have traveled to Iraq possibly to have been trained for military duty. Since they are still on the loose, it is not certain that they are the men as portrayed in the i.d. card but it is likely that they are. A third man had been named but he turned himself in when he saw his name, so one wonders how it is that his name came to be tossed around so loosely. He is supposed to have an alibi at the time of the shooting since classmates say that he was in school at that time. True? Who knows yet for sure, but he is at least trying to protect himself.
I hope that the two gunmen are found soon just to end this tragic story in a quick finish.
The black boxes from the Air Asia plane have been heard from the Air Asia flight. I had wondered which would happen first, the discovery of the black boxes or the apprehension of the gunmen. I guess I know now. It won't be long before both cases will be closed I am hoping. But what an introduction to the new year!
Extreme cold is hitting everything east of the Rockies. It had already hit us two weeks earlier so now it is the East's turn to suffer a cold spell unlike any that has been known in this millennium. Records are being broken everywhere.
And it is only January 9 right now....I can just imagine that this year is going to be a real doozy!
This is a peculiar story which is playing out now in a manhunt while police in France try to find and arrest the gunmen who did this horrible deed. It is a combination of the two most stupid gunmen in history who either accidentally or deliberately left their calling card with their i.d. on a car that they had used. Immediately, the police knew who these gunmen were despite their efforts to cover their faces when they committed the crime. I mean really....who is stupid enough to leave their calling card behind as they even go so far as to switch cars to make their getaway.
A whole day has passed without the police being able to apprehend them. Supposedly, they are on foot in a forest north of Paris and whether they know it or not, are surrounded by the police on all sides. It is presumed that they may be hiding in a cave if they had found one, or else, at least are taking cover somewhere so that search lights have not yet detected them. They had been spotted by helicopters abandoning their car to go on foot into the forest. I have not yet heard whether the car has been found.
Since these two are possibly Islamic terrorists, though born and raised as foster children in France, they are described as tools of al qaeda. It is said that they told one of the women with whom they talked to tell the media that they were with Yemen al qaeda. The woman who let them in through operating the security code to open the doors for them was assured that she would not be killed since they would not kill women. Most are speculating that this act of murder was done to avenge the prophet Mohammed who has been desecrated by cartoons and lampoons in their weekly magazine of satire on religious leaders as well as political leaders.
As I recall, the group who are at the helm of this company are atheists who try to provoke and attack each and every major religious group that they deem fit for critical ridicule. They have been particularly targeting many Islamic leaders as well as even the women who wear the burqa. I saw 16 of their covers through a website called The Beast. I read tonight through CNN that ISIS has praised the gunmen who performed this attack on a French publication staff.
I found many of the covers disturbing and more than provocative so that if that is the cause of this action taken by the gunmen, it would seem that death squads may be sent to squelch such publications. Of course, all of the world is standing up for the right of freedom of expression, or free speech as we call it, and are bonding together, probably not really knowing what it is that has caused this violent reaction to covers alone.
The gunmen are brothers if in fact the i.d. card does belong to the one brother. They are supposed to have ties to al qaeda and have traveled to Iraq possibly to have been trained for military duty. Since they are still on the loose, it is not certain that they are the men as portrayed in the i.d. card but it is likely that they are. A third man had been named but he turned himself in when he saw his name, so one wonders how it is that his name came to be tossed around so loosely. He is supposed to have an alibi at the time of the shooting since classmates say that he was in school at that time. True? Who knows yet for sure, but he is at least trying to protect himself.
I hope that the two gunmen are found soon just to end this tragic story in a quick finish.
The black boxes from the Air Asia plane have been heard from the Air Asia flight. I had wondered which would happen first, the discovery of the black boxes or the apprehension of the gunmen. I guess I know now. It won't be long before both cases will be closed I am hoping. But what an introduction to the new year!
Extreme cold is hitting everything east of the Rockies. It had already hit us two weeks earlier so now it is the East's turn to suffer a cold spell unlike any that has been known in this millennium. Records are being broken everywhere.
And it is only January 9 right now....I can just imagine that this year is going to be a real doozy!
Friday, January 2, 2015
New Years Resolutions
I really do not make New Years Resolutions since most are broken too soon after the day is done! I always have the same intentions but as usual, always find a way to forget all about them. I am hoping that I can win the lottery or the horse races as usual, and that is always a cause with me. I have been working on lottery games since the early 70's so that I never give up but I seldom play either. I know the enormous odds. I have a system though that does decrease the odds by a lot, but even with my system the odds are better at horse races than at lottery draws.
So I am back at work, bringing my lottery info up to date and trying once more to see if I can cash in in the near future. My calculations are simple. There are definite patterns to lottery games. Nobody can believe it but the fact remains that it can be won if one studies the hit and miss patterns. I always noticed in Bingo games that the same numbers are repeated over and over, and so it is true in lottery games as well. If you can find the numbers that are on a hot streak, you can improve your chances immensely in a given streak.
And that is all for now...I am going to bed.
So I am back at work, bringing my lottery info up to date and trying once more to see if I can cash in in the near future. My calculations are simple. There are definite patterns to lottery games. Nobody can believe it but the fact remains that it can be won if one studies the hit and miss patterns. I always noticed in Bingo games that the same numbers are repeated over and over, and so it is true in lottery games as well. If you can find the numbers that are on a hot streak, you can improve your chances immensely in a given streak.
And that is all for now...I am going to bed.
January 01, 2015
I have developed a pattern of waking and sleeping, but today I actually slept an hour later than usual so that I missed the first part of the Rose Parade. I caught the last half. After the parade, I watched football and horse races on t.v. I began watching Michigan State University play Baylor. MSU was dreadful at first, being able to only get field goals but never being able to get a ball across the goal line. No t.d.'s which exasperated me. I began watching horses just to get away from the frustration, and I would occasionally check back to see how they were doing. In the second half, MSU began to pick up some steam so that they were within one touch down of catching Baylor who was way out in front. I watched them score to make it a 41-35 game. I thought great! Now they could at least maybe get another with five minutes to go. How I figured that I will never know but luckily I was right as they scored with 17 seconds remaining to go ahead of Baylor 42-41 when they made the point after. What a game! I was so happy. Then the playoffs for championship game were to be contested between Oregon and Florida State University and Ohio State University and Alabama.
Oregon whopped the daylights out of Florida State University and I finally could see that Oregon is a team that is relentless about winning as they defeated Florida dreadfully. It made me shake my head in wonder. Oregon is a bit tough and mean. I wonder if they ever did put in their third string or not. They are huge men!
Finally, Alabama and Ohio State ended the long day of football frenzy with a very exciting and nail biter game. For awhile, OSU looked about as bad as MSU had looked in the previous game in the first half. It could only get field goals it seemed, while Bama scored t.d.'s to lead but at halftime OSU was within striking distance as it caught up to be one point behind Bama. However, after the halftime ended, OSU played an entirely different game to lead the Bama team in a total turnaround. However, never let it be said that Bama gave up! They fought a good battle, so that the final score was only a touchdown away from OSU. A very hard fought game.
Baylor's coach took it hard that he lost to MSU. I suppose that both Florida and Alabama felt the same way but I did not hear them say so. I did hear Baylor's coach say that he felt bad for his school and his team, and he was genuine in his sorrow. It was an exciting day of college ball that is the beginning of a long time hope of having the top teams play each other in a game to prove which one should be named Number One. So for sure, it will be either Ohio or Oregon come January 12, 2015.
Neither Oregon or Ohio State can call it quits yet! They have one more game to play! Imagine the anticipation!
Oregon whopped the daylights out of Florida State University and I finally could see that Oregon is a team that is relentless about winning as they defeated Florida dreadfully. It made me shake my head in wonder. Oregon is a bit tough and mean. I wonder if they ever did put in their third string or not. They are huge men!
Finally, Alabama and Ohio State ended the long day of football frenzy with a very exciting and nail biter game. For awhile, OSU looked about as bad as MSU had looked in the previous game in the first half. It could only get field goals it seemed, while Bama scored t.d.'s to lead but at halftime OSU was within striking distance as it caught up to be one point behind Bama. However, after the halftime ended, OSU played an entirely different game to lead the Bama team in a total turnaround. However, never let it be said that Bama gave up! They fought a good battle, so that the final score was only a touchdown away from OSU. A very hard fought game.
Baylor's coach took it hard that he lost to MSU. I suppose that both Florida and Alabama felt the same way but I did not hear them say so. I did hear Baylor's coach say that he felt bad for his school and his team, and he was genuine in his sorrow. It was an exciting day of college ball that is the beginning of a long time hope of having the top teams play each other in a game to prove which one should be named Number One. So for sure, it will be either Ohio or Oregon come January 12, 2015.
Neither Oregon or Ohio State can call it quits yet! They have one more game to play! Imagine the anticipation!
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