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I too, back in the 70s heard rumors that one reason for the war was off shore oil. On the other hand there was also big money in the war itself. For example a 1 billion contract for development of Cam Ran Bay. A billion was money in those days. Another rumor I heard during the severe warfare in Lebanon back then was that there were 4 billion barrels of oil of the Lebanese coast.

In Washington, DC this spring, a white lawyer who mainly defends young black men for marijuana crimes was running for office. He pointed out that many of these were first time arrests, and that there were 2 1/2 time as many youth arrested for MJ as are graduating from High School in DC. He said a lot of these were simple possession for personal use arrests. Now there is a move in the DC Council to decriminalize MJ. I don’t know how typical this is of other cities with significant black populations.

Did everyone think that Person of Interest was just imaginary TV?

I was going to suggest the Iraq Marshes meteor strike, but say it was referred to in one of the links.

By all means Google JSOC and see Dirty Wars if you can.

Actually I read an article recently about research in India which showed human settlement both before and after Toba separated by a bed of Toba’s ash. It may have been in Archaeology Magazine.

Actually I read an article recently about research in India which showed human settlement both before and after Toba separated by a bed of Toba’s ash. It may have been in Archaeology Magazine.

Person of Interest becomes more scary as I see what the government does. Now I have seen the new documentary movie Dirty Wars which specifically pinpoints JSOC as a super secret special forces to do government ops. When I Googled JSOC, I found references to how Rumsfeld and Cheney were intimately involved. I guess Bush went along for the ride which Obama has continued.

See my Comment #29 for a spectacular volcano photo.

It seems there is more than the usual amount of volcanic activity these days. Here is the link for a spectacular photo of the volcano on the Chile/Argentina border which has caused to government to evacuate people.

https://twitter.com/GoogleEarthPics/status/339883855047712768/photo/1

I don’t see how you can say Tesla ripped off the taxpayers when they repaid the loan with the agreed upon interest. Do you think we should become a government of “state capitalism” with long term stock and high interest rates, or help potentially valuable companies survive and thrive but keep them in the private sector in the long run.

I nursed two sons. The first for about 9 months, the second a little more than two years. About biting. The first time either one did that I yelped and jerked away. They did not do that again. My first son had two upper molars at 5 months. He was sitting in the carriage with a bag of groceries in front of him. I was chatting with a neighbor, and when I looked at him he had leaned forward and scraped a 1 inch diameter hole in a big green pepper with those two teeth. I made my own baby food based on Adelle Davis’ book “Let’s Have Healthy Children. He is now 43, in Afghanistan with Special Forces. He had one cavity a couple of years ago. My other son has also had one cavity under an impacted molar.

They did have some problem with ear infections, although not as bad as mine. I would boil water with a teaspoon of honey, add 500 mg. of Vitamin C (crushed) and a half teaspoon of powdered garlic. Put it in a baby bottle and let them suck on it during the night. It helped open their eustacian tubes and provide drainage, which helped a lot. Garlic is also a germacide.

The son I nursed for over 2 years has a far more mellow disposition. When he was about 18 months old he protested getting into pajamas with vigor. Then we would lie on the bed for nursing. He would be about a foot away and look at my bare breast and scowl at me. I would just lie quietly and after a few minutes he would inch closer. Finally he would take the breast but his body would be very stiff. Soon he would relax, and finally pat my side affectionately with one hand. He lost interest in nursing about the time we no longer had “terrible twos” struggles.

Some years ago when at the Epcot Center in Orlando I saw a Mexican pre-Columbian exhibit which had a cup with painting I swear looked exactly like a Japanese reproduction of a male figure.

Perhaps they should institute DNA and genetic testing. They might be very surprised to discover how very unAryan significant parts of their background might be. They might even turn out to have some Neanderthal genes. The Horror!!

Has anybody seen any research reports on the impact of increased open water in the Arctic on wind currents, Jet Streams and the like? I know that upper NY experiences very heavy “lake effect” snows. Is open water in the Arctic affecting size of snow falls for example?

I remember when after 9/11 a Sihk was murdered because he was wearing a turban, although they are not Muslim at all.

Toba is in Indonesia, Sumatra I think. It is a giant caldera about 18 by 65 miles in size, with a lake. SHould show up on a map.

Apparently most Republicans have signed his pledge and have not repudiated it. I was very surprised when he started promoting the Immigration Bill until I realized this would allow more Muslims into the country. If you think he is dangerous then you should contact your congressperson and ask them to de-pledge this military hurting inflexible pledge.

Just Google Silver Price chart, and you will probably get several places to track the ups and downs of several over a number of years. These days $23.40 is fairly low, but look at a long term chart before you make your guess.

Just like they blamed Sandy and Katrina. Oh, well.

I climbed to within 400 feet of the top in 1957 or 8. That is about 17,400 feet. Started to feel sick and dizzy and turned around. Still an amazing experience. I don’t believe that Cortez viewed Tenochtitlan from the top of Popo. He or someone else did have people climb to the top to scrape up sulfur for making gun powder. Regarding pollution coming into Texas from Mexico. Is it from those Maquilador (sp?) factories set up in Mexico near the border by our business people and others to take advantage of cheap labor and low pollution emission standards?

could it be over a salt dome? Or a cold pluton?

This is really strange stuff. Makes me glad my tangibles are in silver bought back before 1995 for resale.

I don’t think he had children by his age mate wife either, or anyone else. Perhaps he was sterile or impotent. Maybe that’s why he put so much energy into his religious revolution. On the subject, since we mostly agree promoting Islam in the US or Europe is a bad idea, I have this question. Why aren’t more people objecting the Grover Norquist’s activities promoting Islam and concerned about the influence of his Palestian wife on him. I worry that his “no new taxes” pledge that so many have signed on to is a Trojan Horse. Designed to weaken our military and our country. With a son in Afghanistan this is especially worrisome. Enter his name and Muslim or Islam in the FR Search space for what others here have had to say.

Military sex ping.

New oil ping.

Is there anything there about the subjects signing “informed consent” forms?

No, I am a disgruntled stockholder who watched my GE shares drop from $50 to $5 a share, while the 7 top executives took no cut at all, in the 3 bad years, from their $11 to $22 million salaries. Our dividends were cut however. And they are not the only ones. I say we stockholders need to organize our power.

This was almost 4,000 years before Alexander or Carthage, and almost 3,000 years before Ramases. It was almost 1,000 year before the unification of Egypt and the 1st Dynasty. I’m not sure why you think it “stands to reason Med folks were more fair” then. Alexander was from north of Greece. Besides, she looks like Ziva’s sister.

I thought I saw something about 45,000 years ago. I am too tired to go back and double check.

I thought the IRS would be looking for people who don’t sign up for insurance, not the doctors.

I knew a woman in therapy once who was raped by her father when small (anal sodomy) and by her mother with fingers with long nails.

Garlic juice, and honey are both anti bacterial. Have you ever seen and orange get green mold? That is basic penicillin. I have rubbed the mold on small slightly infected cuts or scratches and they heal right up. Keep that in mind if civilization goes belly up. The fact that the orange is acidic keeps toxic molds from growing.

It may not work in practice, but it does work in secret. And anal and oral sodomy if forced is rape for men and women. I have known two men who were raped. They are both dead. One by suicide after he contracted AIDS from the infected rapist. The other who already had AIDS and begged the rapist not to rape him and spread the disease.

I met a fellow who had a healed brown recluse bite in his upper arm. It was at least 2 inches across and cratered at least 1/4 inch. Nasty stuff.

I encountered the story of Crassus and Cassius reading an old history book by Rollins (translated from the French I think). I was so taken with this possible explanation of Cassius motivation, I am contemplating writing a play about it after I renovate my house. Can you recommend any good sources going into detail about this? So what do you consider were Crassus’ mistakes, aside from that catch-all Hubris? Speaking of Verus, didn’t he have a disaster in central Europe? As I said before, I think that Caesar’s motivation would have been to redeem the honor of Rome, besmirched by such a severe defeat.

It sounds like your wife did not have the genetic testing done which persuaded the actress to take this radical step. If she has daughters, it would help to know if she has a high risk gene, and also test the daughters when they are old enough.

I wonder if he prepared his own tax returns or had a paid preparer. For that matter I wonder how many of any of our law makers do their own taxes. There ought to be a law requiring them to spend at least one day working on their taxes. Maybe they would decide to simplify them.

The Romans did not have much luck fighting the Parthians. Crassus, the third member of the Roman triumvirate of which Pompey and Julius Caesar were the other two, wanted to make a name for himself before he got too old. He was about 54. Pompey had Spain and the west, Caesar had the center and he had the East. The march into Parthian territory became a military disaster. He and his son were both killed, and young Cassius managed to bring about 10,000 troops back to Syria to preserve the Roman hold there. Years later you may recall that Cassius was one of the ringleaders who killed Caesar because he was “too ambitious.” I always wondered what his ambition was, until I read this piece of history. Then I realized that Caesar’s ambition was to restore Roman honor by conquering Parthia. Dumb move, and also a dumb move 200 years later. And also a dumb move 10 years ago.

Regarding rats. The rat of the plague was the black rat, which was primarily a house and roof rat. It lived rather intimately with its victims, spreading fleas in the house. The Norway gray rat which replaced the Black rat is a sewer and cellar rat which has less contact with humans. We have endemic Bubonic plague in around 17 western states among the wild rodent population. However it seems the Hanta virus is more dangerous as you can get it from dust while sweeping mouse droppings, rather than the flea bites needed for plague.

Pure Berber came in from General Chat, and I was pinged by Sunken Civ, for being on his GGG list which covers archaelogy/anthropology type topics. Also some of us became interested in the Berber situation as we followed the details of the Libyan uprising. Regarding Celts or Picts, if you look at my slightly earlier comment can you identify my husband as being one or the other?

Comment #18 has a good link. #12 was not working. It was the righteous anger of the Berber inhabitants of the Nafusa Mountains which helped turn the tide against Ghaddafi. Like Arabs before him he had tried to subvert their culture and language. I believe their language was forbidden in schools and even literature may have been banned. Perhaps our poster can clarify that. The Berbers are a bit like the Kurds being distributed in a number of countries, and no doubt causing anxiety for various governments.

I have an interesting book called “In Plain Sight: Old World Records in Ancient America,” by Gloria Farley. It includes an Appendix with a number of ancient scripts provided by the author or by linguist Dr. Barry Fell, which compare Numidian, Tifinagh, Maghrib, and other old writing. At least some of the unrest in Western Libya may be the result of Berbers wanting to retain the power they have regained.

Regarding Scots and Berbers, Scots are Celtic peoples. Old sources refer to Celt-Iberians, and Scots were Celts. Since Berbers were in Spain until they were kicked out around 1500, there are probably Berbers with Celt-Iberian blood. Also, a surprising number of Scots seem to have some traces of Neanderthal. Sean Connery looks nothing like my late husband who had the red hair, clear blue eyes and heavy boned massive body that makes me suspect he had a few Neanderthal genes. He was a definite physical type I have seen among the Scots. But like many peoples, Scots have a number of ethnic components.

If I ever finish getting my house renovated it might be fun to sign up for one of the archaeology digs advertised in Archaeology Magazine and I presume other places.

If a company provides a better service I don’t care, but when the service is about the same and prices are good or better I go with the one that pays lower level workers more and upper level management less. Also, let’s not forget the stockholders who need to take more responsibility in this. I was very angry to learn that the top 7 executives in GE were paid salaries of from $11 to $22 million during the same period when the stock dropped from $50 to $5 a share, I think the dividend was also cut but would have to go back to my records to be sure. The executives took NO pay cuts.

You ask “if I got poor or a child got sick would I have killed them or sent them to an orphanage?” Well we were struggling financially so we made the decision not to have a third child to avoid such an outcome. We made the choice not to have another child that might need to be supported by other taxpayers.

You have from your description known a lot of hardship in life. While dealing with adversity sometimes builds character, it is also possible to build character by living a careful and responsible life. So, don’t inflict your view of life on others. As to the dangers of hormones, there are ways to avoid pregnancy without the risk of hormones which work most of the time if one is careful and responsible.

Ussher erred by giving a precise date, month, day, and year to the creation of man. Precise dates appeal to the needs of primitive and uneducated people. There is absolutely no way that one could get a precise date even using the methods he used of the generations given in the Bible. So maybe by those measures creation was somewhere around 6,000 years ago, but I like the more interesting arguments given in the article.

The idea that Math and English should be the defining subjects for ALL students is one reason we have serious dropout problems especially in inner cities. I have a brother and a son who were very dyslexic and have done well in life. The brother is a craftsman builder, and the son is an electricion and does condominium building maintenance. Both suffered in the early years before their ability to read click in around the fourth or fifth grade. For students like them, the earlier grades should provide some exposure to English and Math, but focus on other skills and knowledge.

After my son went through Special Education evaluation he was permitted to take oral tests rather than reading/written. His scores jumped from the 40th percentiles up into the 90 percentiles. In my son’s case I was able to encourage him that he had such good social skills that he could always hire a secretary if he wanted to do the kind of work where the dyslexia was a handicap. My brother also has good social skills and has also done well selling real estate.

There is not and never will be a one size fits all successful pattern for learning and education.

If there was severe drought throughout the midwest, where would the moisture come from to create big thunder storms and tornados?

I have said before that earth is nearing the end of about a 30 year cycle of increased tectonic activity. A hundred years ago it was Katmai in Alaska, 200 years ago it was Tambora. Will we have another huge volcanic eruption, or were the huge earthquakes off Indonesia and Japan the last major event for this cycle.