Saturday 9 November 2013

The UK National Debt Explanation v MoneyWeek video



An interesting explanation on the UKs debt

The UK National Debt


And MoneyWeeks advertising video, should we take this as real?  I ask this as a question as I was initially taken in by this video and subscribed to MoneyWeek.  So as an advertising video it did its job with me.  However it is a good mag so i have kept with it.


Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot [new HD version]


On the back of previous posts this one has it in a nutshell. 


Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot [new HD version]



Friday 8 November 2013

The Western Black Rhinoceros was declared extinct today, and in other news, humans suck.


Western Black Rhinoceros Declared Extinct




What will it take before we finally learn. We are mearly guardians of this presently beautiful planet and all apon it.

One day in the future humans will look back from the black stinking cesspit that they call earth and wonder why a race that thinks its so clever was actually so stupid.

What will the very last Rhino horn on the very last Rhino be worth?  What will the very last seal pelt be worth? What will the last can of oil be worth? What will the last puddle of  water be worth?

Here are some Synonyms for the word Guardian......
angel, attendant, baby-sitter, cerberus, champion, chaperon, chaperone, conservator, cop, curator, custodian, defender, escort, guard, keeper, nurse, overseer, paladin, patrol, preserver, safeguard, sentinel, shepherd, sitter, sponsor, superintendent, supervisor, trustee, vigilante, warden, watchdog.




Thursday 9 May 2013

Are we alone in the universe?


An interesting question ..... lets do some calculations.

There are approximately  17 Billion Earth sized worlds in our galaxy. 

Note that’s in our galaxy, in the universe there are estimated to be 100 to 200 billion galaxies. Actually data from the new telescopes in space puts this estimate much higher at 500 billion galaxies.

Being conservative let’s assume that only 1% of those planets is in its star systems habitable zone i.e. the correct distance away from the star to encourage life. (Bearing in mind we are considering life as we know it) that's 170,000,000 worlds (170 million).

So let’s be skeptical and say that only 1% of those planets have actually developed life.  That’s 1,700,000 (1.7 million) Earth sized worlds with life on them.

Continuing to be pessimistic let’s assume that only 1% of those Earth sized worlds have developed complex life forms like animal’s.  That’s 17,000 worlds with animal life form or similar.

Carrying on being skeptically pessimistic let’s say that only on 1% of those planets have the life forms evolved to a level similar to humans. That’s 170 worlds with civilization at a stage similar to ours in our galaxy.

Let’s be optimistic now and assume that on 1% of those 170 planets the evolution of the intelligent species has gone to a higher level than ours.  That’s 1.7 worlds where the intelligent civilization has probably mastered space travel.

1.7 worlds …. Well that’s not many

But hang on we are only talking about our galaxy.  Lets go back to the amount of Galaxies in the universe low estimates are 100 to 200 billion galaxies (Current estimates are higher and in the 500 billion region)

So 1.7 worlds multiplied by (lets go low) 100 billion galaxies.

That’s  28,900,000,000,000 worlds probably with life at a higher level than ours.

Let me put that into words, That’s 28.9 Trillion.

28.9 Trillion with life at a higher level than ours.


Lets be hopelessly pessimistic and say that only .1% have survived (That’s point 1 of a percent)

That’s still 28,900,000,000 worlds (28.9 billion) with a life form probably at a higher level to ours.

OK ever the pessimist let’s say that only .01% (That’s point 01 of a percent) have really developed space travel.

That’s still 2,890,000 worlds (2.8 million)  in the universe with a life form higher than ours that has developed space travel.


But back to our little galaxy

170 worlds with civilization at a stage similar to ours in our galaxy.


Still think we are alone?

The problem is the universe is so vast the human mind cannot comprehend it.

Why haven't we received communication from them? 

Can we understand what an ant is saying?  Can an ant understand us?

But we can look at an anthill and say "hey that's pretty clever how they build that".  

Do we try and communicate with the ants even though we know they are there?

The problem with humans is we are so filled with our own self importance and blinkered by religion we fail to perceive we are merely Ants in the big scheme of things.

Thursday 28 March 2013

Boys of the Cloth A Unique Perspective on Sexual Abuse by Priests



http://boysofthecloth.com/BookExcerpts.php


"One issue the book does not address in any detail is the Church’s deplorable handling of cases of abuse. All too often, victims received too little sympathy and their abusers too much. All too often, mollycoddled molesters were given new access to young children, with predictable and tragic consequences. And all too often, the Church seemed intent on protecting itself and its priests, but not the young innocents who were being harmed."



I've posted this as I realized that when ever this subject comes up it seems to be dismissed or dies out pretty quickly.  It never seems to erupt into the scandal that it would if it were say schoolteachers or social workers.


My question is, why are priests that molest children never seen being dealt with by the courts?

My question is, why do people of religions faiths seem to turn a blind eye to this?

My question is, why are priests that molest children not thrown out of the church in disgrace?

My question is, why would you follow a religion that condones this?



Wednesday 27 March 2013

THINK for yourself. Question Everything




This is more along my line of thinking,  “Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” ~ Buddha.

I have been investigating some of the oldest texts known to man, the RigVeda, the kesh temple hymn and Instructions of Shuruppak when I came across the quote above attributed to Buddha.

It would be good if other religions promoted the same type of thinking.  What a world we would live in if all peoples lived by the above rules.



TrapWire


Facial recognition and GPS tracking: TrapWire company conducting even more surveillance

http://on.rt.com/c19u56 - Published time: March 27, 2013 17:51 


Secretive TrapWire company's affiliations revealed

http://on.rt.com/baokob - Published time: September 19, 2012 22:27   


Anonymous calls for shut-down of TrapWire to start this Saturday

http://on.rt.com/0o95yw - Published time: August 16, 2012 18:51


 

 

Friday 1 March 2013

Real Terminators


Incredible advances in robotics.  Unfortunate that the driving force behind these programs is to develop killing machines, but I suppose that's where the main funding resides.






Monday 25 February 2013

America's Faustian Deal with the Devil of War

America's Faustian Deal with the Devil of War


UK Loses Triple A Credit Rating



The UK has lost its triple-A credit rating for the first time since the 1970s.


What is a credit rating?

Very simply its the ability to pay back what one borrows. Its the reason why you see signs in pubs saying " Please don't ask for credit as a punch in the mouth sometimes offends"


Why has the UK lost its AAA rating?

Most politicians have trouble tracking their own expenses, why should we be amazed that they lost an AAA rating?


Does the downgrade matter?

If your poor then yes the bastards will find a way to make you suffer more. If your rich who gives a toss open another bottle of champagne and blame it on the previous government.


What does it mean for the government?

A few more face saving arguments in parliament while (yes you've guessed it) they blame the opposition. Then its back to spin the bottle trying to decide if they really should do something which would actually make a difference. Decide to do nothing as they can always blame the previous Government.


So will the government now change its economic policy?

Probably not, they will just blunder along safe in the knowledge that they can blame the previous government, just like all governments in power do.


See this link for the real answers




Created by God? - If so who was God?

The great pyramid, built by Egyptians?

Personally im skeptical, the accuracy involved is just to great and the qty of stone too big.

Lets work out the time scale very simply.

2,000,000 blocks of stone in 20 years

Thats 100,000 per year = 1,923 per week

274 blocks per day = 11 per hour

That means that the ancient Egyptians were laying 2.75 very large blocks of stone every 15mins. That's working constantly 24hrs round the clock for 20 years ... REALLY??  Do we really agree that this is possible?

So if the Egyptians just took them over i.e they were already built.  Then who built them was it God? and who was God? Was the God that the Bible, Koran, Torah and any other religious book purport to, part of an ancient race from pre-history?
Did they leave us a message engineered into the ancient monuments warning us of  something? something that got interpreted as "judgement day" in the ancient scriptures?

This is an excellent movie which shows the mathematics involved and the feats of engineering accomplished supposedly by the ancients with just Bronze chisels and Deorite balls.




Its quite long but very interesting.

Let me know your opinion I'm very interested what other people think.

Thursday 21 February 2013

Ruthless Blues

One of the best, if not the best cover ive heard of this John (Irish) Earle's sax break is like liquid chocolate graveyards, smooth, mellow and haunting. John Knightsbridge comes in with a stonking guitar solo.  Tony Fernandez (ex Strawbs) on Drums, (ex womble) Paul McCallum on bass and Stevie Smith is on Vocals and harp.

John Knightsbridge ex cream, John 'irish' Earle (rip) was ex many bands and Stevie Smith toured the US with Bad manners before joining Ruthless after Johnny Mars left.


Ruthless Blues – Ain't No Love (In The Heart Of The City)

Ruthless Blues brief history

Making Jam

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/mar/10/how-to-make-jam

God Fearing People .... Really?

One of the things that really irritated me recently were certain comments I saw on facebook made by Americans claiming that the real reason people killed (shot) (mass murdered) people was because they weren't "God Fearing" or they had "Lost Jesus".

Well Im sorry but I don't need a God or Jesus to tell me whats right or wrong. Neither do I need them to keep me on the right path or do good deeds.

I find some of these so called religious nuts damn scary. I also find the comment on pages like this one on Facebook, somewhat scary also.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/God-Fearing-Gun-carrying-Christian-Americans/282590121794775?ref=ts&fref=ts

Oooh yes you've guessed it I don't believe in God and i'm somewhat doubtful that a person called Jesus as described in the bible actually existed.  But more on that in later blogs.