Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Meta Data Stored by EU Providers Unreliable

An investigation by the Dutch online news outlet NU.NL has concluded that meta data stored by telecom providers is unrealiable. Lawyers fear intelligence and law enforcement agencies will be misled


Cartoon by Bob Englehart, Hartford Courant (Source)

Telecom providers are obliged to store the delivery data of who is calling/texting/mailing who, but it's very simple to manipulate the address of the sender. There are various commercial services available - for example Spoofcard - that enables calls or text messages from a fake number. This information also ends up in the provider's data storage. Because of the regulation to store this meta data, the false information is also ending up with the intelligence and law enforcement agencies.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

British Preparing For Exit Out Of the EU

The European Conservatives and Reformers in the European Parliament are preparing the British for an exit out of the European Union 

 

A very informative video worth watching. 
h/t @hlelowrold

IMF figures just out prove other EZ countries would be wise taking the same strategy...

International growth projections: the Euro Zone @ the bottom.
Great! China, development countries in Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, the US and the UK, all catching up with the dark hole the Euro Zone has become.


Kicking the Left's Ass on Martin Luther King Day

Alfonzo Rachel celebrates Martin Luther King Day with a few painful truths, some of which covered up for decades. To mention some: reverse racism is still racism, and not all rights are equal



Zo doesn't buy the Left's so called reverence for MLK. 

Left leaning people are funny. They claim to love Martin Luther King Jr., and try to own his legacy, yet call people 'sell outs' and 'traitors to their race' when people blacks and whites fall in love.  So Zo doesn't believe their so called reverence for MLK. And just as they get angry about people living out his dream, they get angry about the idea of him being a Republican, and insist that he couldn't have possibly been one. Considering the contradictory nature of leftists, Zo doesn't see much reason to believe them on that either. 
Another important point: state's rights don't come before individual (natural, human) rights! 
Be sure to check out Zo's audio book.

Friday, January 17, 2014

Farage to Samaras: "Greece is under Foreign Control"

This week the Greek Prime Minister Antonio Samaras visited the European Parliament. UKIP's Nigel Farage addressed him concerning a number of outstanding issues



Nigel Farage (UKIP) on Jan. 15 from the European Parliament branch in Strassburg (Dutch subtitles).

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

IPCC, An Assault on Reason, Science and Prosperity


UPDATE: 
The BBC has admitted in 2009 that the climate hasn't warmed since 1998. Screen shot.

The BBC Pension Fund has invested rather heavily in the green economy.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Romantic Realism: Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue premiered in an afternoon concert on February 12, 1924, held by Paul Whiteman and his band Palais Royal Orchestra, entitled An Experiment in Modern Music, which took place in Aeolian Hall in New York City



The original jazz band version was for a 24-piece band, not for full orchestra. This was the original arrangement of Gershwin's masterpiece.




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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Saudi Arabia's Plans to Raze the Prophet's Tomb


...wait for the rage, rage, rage... well, maybe not.  


Saturday, January 11, 2014

Movie Theater: Spielberg's epic "Into The West"

Into the West is a 2005 six parts miniseries produced by Steven Spielberg. The Pursuit of Happiness, is the right to freedom to do just that. It's not a promise or a state guarantee



Tales from the American West in the 19th century, told from the perspective of two families, one of white settlers and one of Native Americans.




Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Romantic Realism: "An American in Paris"

Like most Broadway Classics "An American in Paris" (1951) feels like Romantic Realism. But the great movie also contains elements of abstract impressionism



Central ballet of An American in Paris, with Gershwin's original score restored when possible*.

An American in Paris is more than a great Broadway Classic. Music by the master Gershwin (score), featuring the great Gene Kelly, the choreography partly inspired by scenes from the French impressionist painters, the sum total of this central piece like many Broadway Classics, has the feel of Romantic Realism.

* What if Gene Kelly had danced to George Gershwin's original score instead of Saul Chaplin's version? Why did Kelly ask for changes? Why did Ira Gershwin allow it? Would George have agreed? Why were 6 minutes cut when over 5 minutes of new music was added? Here is the ballet with Gershwin's original score restored when possible.

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

LOL In Commemoration of the Coldest Day in 20 Years

Something like an 120 year low in New York!