2021/10/18 06:30:01
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Sometimes it makes me wonder how much longer it’ll take before Russia considers it ‘historical revisionism’, if not ‘falsification of history’, to attribute the end of WWII to the USA’s bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (against unarmed civilians), as opposed to the USSR defeating the Japanese army in Manchuria (against armed troops). Much in the same way it is considered historical revisionism to minimize the Soviets’ role in defeating Nazi Germany. Considering that the nukes were intended to intimidate Stalin and the Soviets, I consider the bombings to be just as Russophobic as they were anti-Japanese, if not more so.
A few short poems in the manner of Blake.
The Seasons
When spring arrives,
Our hopes survive;
We will conspire,
We will consult.
When summer’s high,
The harvest nigh;
We will rejoice,
We will exult.
When autumn’s trove
Adorns the grove,
And glory’s fled –
We’ll wonder why?
When winter’s hold
Grips the fold,
We’ll make our bed
And say goodbye.
Bittersweet
Life is bitter, life is sweet,
Filled with joy, filled with grief.
From rosy blush to withered cheek,
It’s fond embrace is all too brief.
Love and Duty
When love takes duty as its bride,
Beauty’s wings are opened wide.
The blight of doubt has duly fled,
And lovers make unruly beds.
When love and duty are divorced,
‘Tis then that beauty’s hand is forced.
The seed of doubt takes root with haste,
And lovers’ plans are laid to waste.
At last, when all the summer shine
That warmed life’s early hours is past,
Your loving fingers seek for mine
And hold them close – at last – at last!
Not loft the robin comes to build
Its nest upon the leafless bough
By autumn robbed, by winter chilled, –
But you, dear heart, you love me now.
Though there are shadows on my brow
And furrows on my cheek, in truth, –
The marks where Time’s remorseless plough
Broke up the blooming sward of Youth, –
Though fled is every girlish grace
Might win or hold a lover’s vow,
Despite my sad and faded face,
And darkened heart, you love me now!
I count no more my wasted tears;
They left no echo of their fall;
I mourn no more my lonesome years;
This blessed hour atones for all.
I fear not all that Time or Fate
May bring to burden heart or brow, –
Strong in the love that came so late,
Our souls shall keep it always now!
— Elizabeth Akers Allen
Just a simple observation from a Muscovite:
At certain times I wonder about the wisdom of keeping German Gref as president of Sberbank, even though he also sits on the board of directors of JPMorgan bank. Bear in mind that Sberbank is one of the two largest banks in Russia.
It definitely smacks of high corruption and treason against Russia and her people. I am very certain that upon the completion of the Russian Warforce modernization, German Gref will be expulsed post-haste. He is a very evil man who harbors ill-will against Russia as an independent and Sovereign Power – a typical Atlantic Integrationist!
Living waters welling up
Within the heart, overflowing cup
Bright and cool and clear and clean
Inner world, for most unseen
Living Light so sublime
Unconfined to space or time
Drinking deep, filled with light
Wide awake, no more night
Centered within but overflowing
Peace of unentangled knowing
The heart in meditation
mirror, mirror
mirror, mirror, on the wall
watching over one and all
you see the faces and the games we play
the one God gave and the one we made
mirror, mirror, meek and mild
heart so pure and undefiled,
you see me as I really am
you see the wolf, you see the lamb
mirror, mirror, if you could speak,
all the havoc you would wreak!
you know the names, and the places, too
you know the things that people do
mirror, mirror, calm and wise,
you see the truth behind the lies,
always ready to aid and abet,
always ready to forgive and forget
mirror, mirror, each break of day
you rise up early to show the way,
time unravels with undue haste
the best laid plans are all erased
mirror, mirror, is it true;
that under the sun there’s nothing new?
that the weak will rise, and the mighty, rue…
that under the sun, there’s only you?
mirror, mirror, is it true;
that under the sun there’s nothing new?
that the weak will rise, and the mighty rue,
that behind the mask there’s only you?
The dreams in our eyes
are reflected in the mirror
The pain of our tears
is shown by the mirror
Every withered furrow and scar
is reflected by the mirror
The nature of a person
is known to the mirror
No falsehood is shown
ever by the mirror
The mirror shows us how we age
Within this corporeal cage
But no wrinkles are there in
the heart
No blemishes on any part
Forever young, born anew
Forever old it’s also true
Inner fountain has no age
Every moment a new page
Voice of the Living Light
Hildegard von Bingen
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_SsQB6gGRu4&feature=share
There is a way, albeit it is VERY long. (and we are all in(on) it for better or worse).
There’s no way out of here
When you come in
You’re in for good
There was no promise made
The part you played
The chance you took
There are no boundaries set
The time and yet
You waste it still
So it slips through your hands
Like grains of sand
You watch it go
There’s no time to be lost
You’ll pay the cost
So get it right
There’s no way out of here
When you come in
You’re in for good
There never was an answer
There an answer
Not without listening
Without seeing
There are no answers here
When you look out
You don’t see in
There was no promise made
The part you played
The chance you took
There’s no way out of here
When you come in
You’re in for good
There never was an answer
There an answer
Not without listening
Without seeing
There’s no way out of here
When you come in
You’re in for good
There are no answers here
When you look out
You don’t see in
There was no promise made
The part you played
The chance you took
(When you come in)
(You’re in for good)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ6PVz-r26Y&ab_channel=DavidGilmour
Kent
For Andrei
There’s no way I’m going to let go
There’s no way, because it’s my show
I’m hanging on for a little while
I won’t go down easy, that’s not my style
I’m all tied up, tied up in a knot
And I can’t decide just what it is I’ve got
Did I get out of touch? Did I lose my way?
I’ve not forgot, no, not a single day
Now you might believe I’m not a happy man
Putting myself apart from the common clan
Well, the boat we’re sailing, we have a leak or two
But I know it’s sound, like me and you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pfmZ7Y5gTI&ab_channel=DavidGilmour
Kent
Sorry, forgot. Is it me, or you?.
Kent
You could always raise my rent. (I won’t pay).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK18KpCCmx0&ab_channel=DavidGilmour
Kent
Just one more.
Black shadows dance beyond the neon glow
There’s rumours in your head that just won’t let go
They hold on so tight, it makes your blood run cold
?Nailed as the night? trying to save your soul
Don’t ?…? pray, it’s just a cry from the street
It’s ?…? believe that what they keep they own
So you’ve lost someone that you thought you owned
You know it’s a crime but what can you do?
That’s the price you pay with each turn of the screw
But don’t pay no mind, it’s just a cry from the street
You really love the night, living on your love
It’s such a crying shame that things are so rough
It’s the sight of them screaming ?…? blinds you ?…?
I guess the chances are you wish you’d stayed asleep
But don’t ?…? pray, it’s just a cry from the street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMfAdYnFaAc&ab_channel=DavidGilmour
Kent
Second best cover?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJueQ41gAFs&ab_channel=VioletOrlandi
Kent
IF, Everyone Cared
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfmD_YpyeSs&ab_channel=ThePit
Kent
Studying this MFC pic.
Golly that looks grim.
How long have they been married? (Lol.)
So many of our MFC cafe pics with a Mediterranean or even European vibe just seem so “bon vivant”.
I – before covid- loved sitting in cafes.
I love a cafe with an outdoor courtyard or an inviting cool (in both meanings) “space”. Add a “view”, even better…
Exploring a new town I always seek out “that” cafe …. usually “that” special cafe will be off a side street or laneway….. and if my intuition fails, I even accost random strangers asking for recommendations. This rarely fails, … someone happens along who can almost always point me to the exact right cafe with the best coffee and accompanying “vibe”.
And once ensconced, I am almost always able to find someone to strike up a conversation with. Or. Sit in quiet bonhomie. Both work, depending on my mood.
So I study our MFC pics and enjoy applying a little bit of imagination,… jumping into the scene, gulping the vibe….
and often, serendipitously (or not really), one of our posters will link the exact music and add a poem…. that just “fits”.
But. This cafe pic ^Oh dear.
Grim.
So so so so “British”.
Maybe *thats* what’s “wrong” with the UK?
Maybe if they had really cool (or in their case, warm) cafes that celebrated music and food and good coffee (or tea), and enticed strangers to enter, and leave as friends… maybe they wouldn’t have gone on to inflict their misery on the rest of the world 😀
I think they are selling cups of tea.
The sign is behind them and several cups on the table. Could be hard times.
@ Hakugei (ww-007)
that was a generation saw a lot of grimness – the photo looks like from 1950-60s?
WW2 was a pyrrhic victory for British – they kept trying to hold on to their colonies for another generation, so kept on consuming/overextending themselves, and didn’t put as much into airstrip one, while rest of europe was rebuilding briskly.
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A fine American tradition is to give the condemned on death row a last meal of their choice, just before the appointed hour.
https://sputniknews.com/20211019/under-cloak-of-darkness-biden-administration-reportedly-flying-migrant-children-to-suburban-ny-1090028910.html
Excerpts
“…𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 2,000 [𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳] 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘔𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘤𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 [𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳] 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 […] 𝘰𝘯 21 [secret] 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 8 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵… 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 37,805 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚”
Note: Westchester county is home to clintons and 1%
Probably late 50’s to mid 60’s. I earned 1 and 6 an hour Saturday job at a nursery as a teenager. first proper job as school leaver factory machine work 19 shillings and 6 pence a week ,aged 18 in c 1969.
Seems like most people should be preparing for a new austerity age…..
“Even a little bit of the practice of this religion will save you from dire fears and colossal sufferings.”’ Thus spoke Zarathustra in ancient times, communicating to those around him to reach out to others, to work for the highest truth in all things.
So we can practice a little bit of this religion too, which is fitting for today in uniting people wherever they are.
Peace has become courage for exposing evil therefore nothing other than the re-legion of our era, to share if you dare . Christ is not only for Christians, but a God for truth, for humanity.
“Christ is not only for Christians, but a God for truth, for humanity.”
I agree. But only if we make the distinction between Jesus the historic personality, and the state of Christ Consciousness. Jesus himself alluded to this distinction when he stated that “he, of himself did not
do these works”, but that the “Father within him”, did. He also stated, “you too can do these same works”. I’m paraphrasing, here, but the meaning is clear; the state of consciousness Jesus is referring to is available to every Soul.
So why is it that so many self-styled Christians seldom make the distinction between Jesus, the man, and Christ, the state of consciousness, and, imo, mix the two up? This category includes not only Christians, of course, but others as well, ie; people who seem to think they have a monopoly on Truth. And before I’m accused of ‘Christian bashing’, I’ve noticed this not only among Christians, but also Jews, Muslims and people of ‘all stripes’, ie; anyone who condemns the next person. I’m using Christians as an example b/c I was raised in a predominantly Christian culture and have met many Christians of this type over the years.
When people use the terms derived from within their religions, do they include or do they disclude the rest of humanity? They seldom make this clear, but in my experience they often disclude the rest. In any case, they should make this clear far more often b/c if they are of the belief that they are “God’s chosen” then they very often come with a big dose of condescension toward others.
Although the root of the word “religion” means ‘to re-tie’ or ‘to reconnect’, religion has become a loaded term that comes with a lot of baggage, and this baggage is evident in many Christian ‘footsoldiers’. Yet it’s a fundamental mistake for anyone to think they are God’s chosen people as a group, b/c ‘God’, first and foremost, is a deeply personal inner experience, that is, a reality that can only be experienced on a one-on-one basis between Soul and Divine Spirit and does not include the next person even if he or she is in the same religion.
Anyone who has had an experience of Divine Love, will know that God has provided countless paths, in order to provide scope for the vast differences in states of consciousness abundant throughout God’s endless universes.
And yes, the atheist, or ‘non-believer’, I believe in many cases are further along in spiritual unfoldment than a ‘believer’ who overstates his case, simply b/c they may have a better understanding of love, as well as an awareness of living in the present moment, etc. etc.
So friends, the proof is in the pudding. Let’s not fall to vanity, and reject the viewpoints of our brothers and sisters. Everyone has a valid line, sentence or even ‘tome’ to contribute to ‘the Book of Life’. And most of all, let’s not take our ‘salvation’, emancipation or whatever we refer to it as, for granted, b/c that is a very fragile thing that is lost and re-won many, many times before we finally establish ourselves with the spiritual hierarchy. I hope this post will be understood in the spirit I wrote it in.
I’m sure someone’s going to say, ‘look at yourself, mate’. Well, I do, and frankly, these sharings, though public, do concern myself, first and foremost, just like the poetry. It’s virtually impossible posting in public, not to offend someone, but there’s an important truth in the idea of not taking our salvation for granted. And by that, I mean we should be concerned predominantly with our own salvation and not the next person’s. Indeed, if we can offer a hand that’s by far the best option.
Thank you Dimitar, for sharing your thoughts and poems. They are much appreciated in this Cafe.
Dimitar, definitely we are sharing the urge of Mars and Sun sonating with Pluto.
Definitely religion is the innocencent focus of talking truth in child’s soul.
Definitely spirit awakes with Pisces followed by Aquarius, Capricorn … a.s.o. till maturity: ‘love’, in Libra.
Every new way rises off child’s thruth before learning to lie.
This is 42. week’s subject:
“the poisons which sinciety generates within itself by
its political and economic activities.”
Reflections on Uranus.
Saturday: Sun from air to ice, enters Scorpio.
and more: 42. Week, Heartwarming- Ways
https://astromundanediary.blogspot.com/2021/10/on-heartwarming-ways.html
Time o time, where does it go,
from day to night, then night to day.
Light the night with your might,
and see the fright right out of site.
For day turned into night,
and night turned into fright.
For the sight I saw last night,
time shall not return w/o a fight.
Great stuff Alabama
When people look at a beautiful sunset, a perfect rose, falling snow, a million things of beauty, they sense the divine, only the psychopaths and cold cynicists tremble and doubt.
Unfortunately their silence leads to the reversal, and is constantly seeding aberrational corruption, as in the unmentionable wealth of the global paedophilia, where works of art are coveted and bought or stolen and adorn their places of ‘residence’ as symbols of glorified greed and perversion,
if I wrote Christ is for all people, not only Christians, then yes, I meant the awareness, like with all things of real beauty, goodness, and mutually understood truths. So I tried to cast another viewpoint, maybe a new aspect of thought here or there, who knows, but not to be provocative. Evil is a reality, so is the good.
Heart warming ways, way to go – thanks mundo
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Re: continuing California ports saga, which service 40% of US imports
This appears a major issue affecting much of disrupted supply chain. It has 99 midwives.
For example, another midwife, from Regulatory hell :
https://www.portoflosangeles.org/environment/air-quality/clean-truck-program
Since Sep 30 it has prevented older rigs from entering to service the ports.
Is it crazy new green deal (of which Blue states like EU are the kamikazes) ? Newsom’s re-selection deal, to do to the ports what Cuomo did to NY nursing homes?
To be fair, southern CA (stuck between ocean breeze and mountains in a bowl-like depression) and especially Los Angeles, had serious pollution issues in past. It was so bad LA thought it was under Japanese chemical attack in 1943! Planes had trouble landing due to smog. Multiple health sequelae.
Didn’t this improve with Nixon’s Clean Air Act, enforcement, and deindustrialization?
Meanwhile in Eurasia, train cargo China-Russia-Europe up 40% and costs 3.5% cheaper than by sea.
https://www.metro.us/surge-in-goods-from/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
What will AUKUS have left to interdict? Spanish galleons and Moby Dick like in good old days?
And no one talks about all the rats that are going to have to leave the sinking water ship when it hits the drought burg, that flood of folks will have no rival.
overboard, overboard
it’s overboard we’ll go,
where we’ll end up, where we’ll end up
God only knows…
how I long for my home
on the edge of the sea,
among the cats on the docks
of old Galilee,
whatever possessed me
in that old shantytown,
to come all this way
only to drown?
overboard, overboard,
it’s overboard we’ll go,
the flood tide it rises
and the wind it does blow;
neither captain, nor bosun
nor galley of slaves,
can save us this time
from our watery graves!
for land-lubbing rats
the choice is but stark,
to hide from the beasts
that lurk in the dark;
what wouldn’t I give
for such sweet torment,
to escape the slow dance
of that long slow descent?
overboard, overboard,
it’s overboard we’ll go,
for the flood tide it rises
and the wind it does blow
now the captain and the bosun
and the galley of slaves,
can no longer save us
from our watery graves…
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202110/1236539.shtml
It has been said on Global Times and elsewhere that Australia’s subservience to the USA is one factor, if not the main factor, behind Australia’s recent conflict with China.
So then, given that Australia is the monkey/puppet to the USA’s organ grinder/puppet master, what’s the logic behind abandoning Australian product in favor of USian? How will China doing business with the USA differ from with Australia?
It shows Australians the duplicity of the US, a bit of cake the Chinese will be more than happy to eat.
Cheers M
The fact that the US is duplicitous is not a secret. And neither is the fact that the US has done all it could to undermine China’s development. This is the source of my cognitive dissonance.
It could just be me, but when I heard similar news regarding beef exports, all I could think of was “Out of the frying pan and into the fire”.
‘How will China doing business with the USA differ from with Australia?’
… is v v v v v v v v v (infinity) different!!!!!
can you figure it out?!!!
Think ‘Play Chess’ :) more precisely chinese chess :)
so far no white has figured it out even though its like so simple and china has done it like countless times! talk about the unlearned!!! ya moriscum!!! know your place in history!
okie okie… i am still 2 comfy in my long 16hr beautysleep :D
… but well, i still uphold the 1st law of my reincarnation – Anti-Colleteral-Damage
and its like karmic appointment, this one came 4u, coz i order it just like as if i care 4u,
i actually Endorse this one, really Good Stuff here. ppl (esp white ppl)
and its even in your white flavor, so not extra IQ needed, just listening ears!
i figure if i put it in yellow color, then I am be accused of ‘racist’, which would be lose for me and lose for you, so why trade w moriscum!!! f king loser!!! somebody from MoA did a ‘personal life investigation’ of moriscum when the 3 dumbsh!t formed white ppl club, turn out moriscum is nothing and originate from a paperboy and a clown. Wait! the same one-trick-pony show again like UkieZ? fully stringed and controlled?
anyway, same same, colorful language but seriously, this one I salute TL!!!
sorry, few good americans left, I cannot possibly teach you how to fight, it violate ‘earth natural law’ and the ‘karmic law’ :(
… unless its for dear amarynth dear, nope, flies drop like rain so be it!
you hv to fight it yourself (in karmic language translation: you hv to see your Self of ‘who are you’ and then ‘what are you’ – there is a reason you are born (that is to fit into the body) in a place (they label country) w 99% of war crime history, still unaccounted and the karmic blood debt Not pay back. Face It! Then Fight It. Then Pay Up!
If you dont face it, how do you fight what you dont see?! If you dont fight the current MK programing, how do you pay up? If you dont pay up, how do you be free (from the reincarnation cycle of blood debt)? Seed 2 Fruit. Sorrow (this life) to blowfly (next several quadrillions life). Immutable Law! ya dont forget the Donald-J-Trump-prototype! Only animal live for the ‘where’s the next meal’. no?!!!!
anyway I will stop ‘teaching’ you, TL pls take over… heart2heart4u
in answering the Q ‘can you figure it out?!!!’
Gold Goats ‘n Guns Live – Going John Galt in a Brave New World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuQP4qqLLZg
bwbs
Haha, I usually don’t give a damn about what ”administration” is (nominally) in charge of the US. As long as George Soros calls the shots on the domestic scene, the collapse continues. But here, the Chinese show they understand the bottom line perfectly: The two corporate fascist parties in the US do indeed differ in one noticeable aspect. To wit:
Republicans hate China above everybody else
Democrats hate Russia above everybody else
Astute opportunists, these Chinese. Will there be interesting ”news” about Chinese meddling in the US elekshuns?
Y E S !
Navalny has been awarded the Euroshmoks’ ”Sacharov Prize” for his considerable braveness, standing up to Vladimir Putin’s stifling grip on the Russian State and the Russian citizenry.
In unison, everybody:
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Google-translate from mod.
Oh my, is that Google ”translation” a CIA feature which turns anything written in Russian into 100% gibberish?
Here is my own translation, which is not strictly literal. However, the spirit of the Russian lyrics is preserved as is the rhyming, and the stress falls on the right syllables as the melody comes into play (”The Red Army is the strongest”):
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Storky Dorky
Storky dorky sat on an egg,
hoping it was the golden one.
But the nest was a casket,
disguised as a basket,
and he could not find a way out.
Surely a passer by could hear his knock,
before the air ran out the clock.
But at last no one came,
and storkys life went down in shame.
The Beirut port incident of last year is now in the news again, as a thorough geotechnical analysis conducted by GEER is now available— linked in the reader selected news.
The report highlights the history of Beirut as an ancient port city and that it is a key geographic location for world trade. Although this fact is not termed relevant to recent events beyond engineering aspects, it is important for scrutinizing and debating the ultimate causes.
The engineering report demonstrates the detonation of the warehouse initiated below grade. That is below the level of the ground and beneath the floor of the building. This is revealed by direct photographic evidence of damage to the docked ship impacted below the waterline, and the lack of any damage to the opposite quay, which was clearly shielded by water.
There is no specific analysis of the detonation event itself in this report in terms of the specific type of detonation, but the comprehensive study of the damage to the grain silo allows for a fairly exact determination of the facts by any and all engineers or specialists, and the exact nature of the detonation event can now be determined.