- August 25, 2009
- Megrahi and Calley Compared and Contrasted
- Posted by Strangely
- Freedom
- Tagged with: Africa, America, Amsterdam, Asia, battle, BBC, bomb, Calley, Cancer, Circumstance, country, Criminal, Death, decor, evidence, Express, failure, Fart, Fuel, good, guilt, Happy, Hero, hidden, honour, HOPE, imprisonment, justice, laugh, Lockerbie, Lucky, Malta, Massacre, Megrahi, Minister, Murder, nation, outrage, Pacific, Pakistan, power, president, prison, public, race, release, Republican, school, Scotland, Sex, silence, state, Torture, trial, truth, USA, Vietnam, war, World
Who? Who Are Megrahi and Calley Megrahi is a Libyan, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering 270 people by blowing up a 747 over Lockerbie in Scotland – but released early after 8 years (but 10 years in prison) and sent to Libya to die of cancer. Calley is an American, convicted and [...]
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- June 25, 2009
- Music Archaeology – Bad Summer Science
- Posted by Strangely
- Freedom, Technology
- Tagged with: Ashington, BBC, Bollox, Development, Earth, Europe, existence, expert, Germany, Human, Instrument, Music, Picture, problem, Science, scientist, silence, Sound, state, trouble, Washington, World
I saw some news today that apparently gives some creedence to the idea that music is what makes us human. It’s here: ‘Oldest musical instrument’ found The academic in charge, Nicholas Conard, said that the development of music probably helped social cohesion in our ancestors, making their survival and our own existence, possible! This is [...]
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- March 10, 2009
- Ireland, Somerset and the Legion d’Honneur
- Posted by Strangely
- Buddhism, Freedom
- Tagged with: atrocity, attack, battle, BBC, birth, Bizarre, bomb, book, Comrade, concept, Crap, creative, Daishonin, Death, defence, economy, Excel, Express, fear, flower, France, Freedom, friend, future, good, graph, Guardian, Harry, heart, History, honour, HOPE, Human, humanity, interview, Ireland, justice, killing, logic, man, memory, mind, Mistake, Murder, nation, Nichiren, Northern Ireland, OEM, Office, ordinary people, PEACE, Photo, Picture, Police, politician, Politics, power, president, Protect, public, radio, service, Shield, silence, Somerset, street, Telegraph, Times, warfare, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, World, WW1, YouTube
Nichiren …if the minds of living beings are impure, their land is also impure, but if their minds are pure, so is their land. There are not two lands, pure or impure in themselves. The difference lies solely in the good or evil of our minds. – Nichiren Daishonin, from his writings, page 4. Written [...]
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- June 21, 2008
- What Price Freedom and Justice?
- Posted by Strangely
- Freedom
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Introduction When there’s a war on in one’s country, say WW2 in the Europe, the people unite against the common enemy and accept that some will die so that the war is won and the next generation can continue. If you lived in the UK, the consensus was that you’d be fighting for “freedom” and [...]
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- June 18, 2008
- Maybe I’m Dead and This is All a Dream
- Posted by Strangely
- Freedom
- Tagged with: BBC, data, Dream, Europe, good, Government, Incompetence, Minister, personal data, politician, Politics, Roman, Romanian, sheep, silence, World
Three news items on the BBC today… Top UK politician loses confidential data aka Hazel loses it UK Prime Minister says that the government storing all our personal data is a “good thing” and will keep us safe. aka Gordon loses it A Romanian village elects a dead mayor. aka dead politician loses it – [...]
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- February 29, 2008
- Even More on Baer Bank versus Common Decency/Law/Sense (WikiLeaks)
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- Freedom, Internet, Life
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More on the Julius Baer (un)Trust(worthy) goings on with WikiLeaks. I’ve uploaded the documents as a public service. If everyone does this then they can’t close everyone!
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