None Dare Call it Sabotage

I see two possible avenues of action the Justice Department could take.  We still have the old “Sedition” laws passed during World War I don’t we?  I think we can agree that if ever there IS such a case of sedition, it would be to undermine by speech or deeds, the workings of the federal government.  Maybe congress can’t impeach itself but the ‘High crimes and misdomeaners” portion still remains.  Why can’t Sec Eric Holder file charges against John Boehner for “obstruction of government”.  We know you can be impeached after all for “obstruction of justice”.  You can kick jurors out of the jury room for “failure to deliberate with the others”.  It’s rather obvious now that John Boehner is never going to allow an up or down vote on anything that contains provisions the tea party doesn’t like.  What is the world to think of us?  I’m a bit fuzzy on just who they blame in all of this.  China and Japan have spoken of the “De Americanization of world trade”.  Ironically, or perhaps not so ironically- - these people such as WND and the tea party say that it was the President’s goal all along to “crash the economy and create a demand for some radical new government”, and these same people say that ‘Any day now” China will pull all of its financing out of the US economy”.   We have already established that according to the Rolling Stone, this whole plan has been in the formation stage for the better part of this year.  So the Attorney General can add “conspiracy” to his list of charges.  But there is another way the Justice Department can get involved.  I don’t normally say this but I believe they should right now be drawing up charger for crimes that HAVE NOT YET BEEN COMITTED.   That is- - tomorrow morning when the bond market opens- - if the Koch Brothers so desire- - they can do as I proposed yesterday and start issuing a bunch of high interest bonds on a massive scale with a “no escape” clause.  You can’t cash them out early, but of course you’d be free to sell them, at a steep discount.  Because that’s just what will happen when the Koch Brothers give the signal to “end all of this”.  We know it will not end until they issue the order from on high, and then John Boehner will order a House vote on the latest Senate proposal, which sounds reasonable to me.  And we will all share a sign of relief.  But of course it would be a clear case of manipulating the economy on a massive basis, for great monetary gain.

Many people I suspect love to get in “people” occupations because they are in love with their own expertise at bullshitting every one they meet.  One time back in August of 1069 I was in Al Kaders’ group therapy session in Santa Ana- - and I took exception to all the gratuatus insults I was receiving- - and make no mistake about it- - weak willed people love to play follow the leader and if they see a leader insulting someone right and left and raking them over the coals, some self preservation instinct within them  (perhaps it’s a character flaw but I’m telling you it exists) will tend to go along with the flow, and join in the chorus.  I’m not saying these leaders can pull it off all the time, but often they can.  And Al Kaders would day in his defense that “Well when you go into surgery they cut you open and use a knife- - and it can cause pain and you bleed, but it’s a necessary first step in the operation to make you better”.  But of course they never graduate beyond the slice and dice stage- - and you’re left bleeding.  But today of course - - making a big incision with a knife is not a necessary part of every “surgery”.  We have endoscopic surgery now, which is far less invasive.  We also have chiropractic “adjustment” procedures or “treatements” and some with a laying on of hands call it “psychic surgery”.  But now let’s go to Christianity.  When the Greek speaks in ontological terms, the term “First” takes on a significance it normally doesn’t have.  Because the word “First” doesn’t mean “first in a series”.  For instance- - suppose Mary Wells didn’t have a “first” hit with “The one who really loves you”.  She could have her first hit with “Beaten to the punch”.  But there is a way in which the word “First” can be used that it not only means the starting point but “If you do Nothing Else, at least do This”.   We now come to the Christian gospel.  Walter Martin said the First thing you need to do in sharing the “good news” is to inform the person that right Now he is destined to spend an eternity in Hell when he dies”.  It’s important to establish this- - because without this one notion or “belief” about oneself established- - it’s pointless to say anything else because it will have neither meaning nor relevance.  Capish?   As such people may know little else about God and religion but they know they don’t want to go to Hell- - and deep down- - as they say in all these Sci Fi torture movies “We can access the deep and repressed Fear portion of the brain, often containing surpressed memories from childhood.”   People like Neil Sevedra love to taunt people with this "cognitive dissinense" for lack of a better term.  It could be said that Neil Savedra- - at least as he presents himself on his radio show- - doesn’t have a forgiving bone in his body.  Everything he says features the “preeminence of sin” how it can be compounded and grow- - and there is no remedy for it, and those who think they have a remedy or “Healing’ for it, need to be actively surpressed.  Those who would teach forgiveness for sins- - such as in abortions, need to be surpressed.  Neil believes that as a Christian we have no "rights" but heaven forbid that Satan be denied HIS rights, according to Neil.  The whole concept of "forgiveness" as far as Neil will allow for it at all is more in the nature of "cutting your losses and moving on".  This of course violates the very essence of what Jesus taught in the Bible as forgiveness being a "personal reconciliation".  Jesus will not save you from the consequences of your sinful actions.  But of course all this talk of Hell and such- - - is not based on so much as one Eye Witness of anyone actually having Been there themselves.  You gotta admit Christianity puts the worst stock and pyramid scheme hucksters on Wall Street and elsewhere to shame, for their brazenness.  What strikes me as highly disgusting and nausiating that Congress should begin every day with a Prayer, even when it's to conduct such dastardly actions.  But then Neil- - as a 180 degree polar opposite of the Jesus in the Gospels- - teaches this very thing, that prayer is best employed NOT to actually invoke God in some act of supplication- - but merely as a prop to impress your friends with how religious and devout you are.  It's strictly a case of "Hate your next dark [skinned] neighbor, but don't forget to say grace".  And neither should you ever look to God for anything because “You are the decider” in Neil’s world.  If your resolve is just strong enough - - you can literally Will Yourself- - to Believe everything I Believe and tell you to believe, and do whatever I tell you to do”.  That sounds like an oxy moronism but true.  The idea that God or the Holy Spirit has anything to do with all of this is anathema to Neil.  If you try to quote scripture about this he will say “That scripture doesn’t apply”.  In fact Neil has practically come out and said the Holy Spirit was virtually useless.

They say that the vast majority of K 9 biting incidents of suspects- - occurs in south LA and the southeastern “industrial area”.  David Cruise said that one hundred percent of all K 9 biting incidents of suspects have occurred with either Blacks or Latinos.   Dog bits overall among law enforcement is up 30% and among Blacks the figure has risen 33%.  So if anything the racial bias is getting worse.  But Passadena is where the situation is the most biased among that city’s PD.  They say that eleven percent of the city is Black- - but that ninety percent of those who are arrested for whatever- - are Black.  But the ratio is not nine to one.  It’s worse.  Because not only Blacks getting arrested at ten times their share- - White youths are getting arrested at one tenth their share.  If you put these two figures together the inescapable conclusion is that there is a racial bias by a factor of nearly a hundred.  That means that per capita that Blacks are a hundred times nearly more likely to be arrested by the Passadina PD.  Of course when you drive by and see the police detaining youths on the curb you think to yourself “Well there go those minorities again- always getting into trouble”.   But for good news-  holiday sales are predicted to have record gains this year- - if we still have a Country by then.

 We had vanilla ice cream for dessert.  I had seconds on the meatballs and carrots and they were out of rice.  So many sources now say that for Type II diabetes you can cure the condition merely by losing weight- - in a large number of cases.  Some have gone so far as to say you can cure Diabetes II by the surgical operation of an intestinal bypass- - when a healthier diet staying away from processed foods with sugar in it- seems the sensible thing to do.   Cosmically we have spoken of type I and type II White Andromadans.   The type I are the type interspursed with Romulans in sort of a “checkerboard pattern” so I’m told, in Bakersfield.  The type II White Amdromadans are genetically similar except there is some Atlanta Romulan in the mix, complicating the genetic breakdown a little.  The Lucasites of Fresno have this type II White Andromadan in their genetics- - and I’m not going to break all the rest down for you now.  I have been told there is ‘no fundamental change” in Bakersfield.  I was thinking because of all these cop beatings reported out of Bakersfield lately that something fundamentally had changed there lately.  Apparently not.   I gave Bill butts.  I still have that dollar, but Janet has behaved so strangely these past three weeks I am not even sure I could approach her for coffee even on a strictly cash on the line bases.  (trust me on this one)  I’d much rather deal with Glen - - because you can talk to Glen.  I think the moral of Chris Matthews’ book on Reagan and O Neil is that- - “You need to be able to have a working relationship with someone”.

On the soap opera Chad Di Mira was shot, and his survival appears dubious at this point since he’s been flat-lining and a nurse said “We’ve lost him”.  This is right after Stephano said a prayer to God for him.  Mrs Bernardi was actually relatively lucid today and wanted the Di Mira family to pay, since she now blames the Di Mira family rather than Sammy for her husband’s death.  Christine has been acting like an asshole, and Samantha gave an excellent dress-down speech to Stephano.  Daniel Jonas how has possession of the hard drive and has informed Eric.  They are putting antivirus software just in case the drive is booby-trapped. 

Self Preservation Instancts - - Aren't Bad To Have

On the Stephanie Miller program this morning they said that the tea party Republicans in the House might begin Impeachment proceedings on President Obama if he DIDN'T invoke the Fourteenth Amendment to keep the government afloat and pay our bills.  So let me get this.  You're damned if you DO and you're damned if you DON'T.  This seems to me a clear case of player's Choice.  Christians make much of the idea of "NOT having any other options if you get into a jam besides "turning to God" as they define it.  I view life personally as all about having Choices and Options.  What would be so wrong if the President had in his back pocket the option of giving them All the finger- - and just saying "screw it.  I don't need Any of this crap"  and just keep on issuing bonds to keep the Government afloat.  After all - - given what we learned this morning- - using your own sense of Self Preservation- - is arguably the most Prudent way to go in this- - since after all- - when all is said and done- - you're the guy the world looks to to see if the United States is paying their debt options to Foreign countries or not.  I got up about 5:35 this morning and caught a little of Bill Press and listened to Stephanie Miller.  We still have no deal to either end the government shutdown or more importantly to stave off the debt default crisis of October 17^th.  John Mc Laughlin screwed up the terminology responding to people like us who say “Paying your bills on time won’t add one penny to the government deficit”.  John and others respond, “Well- - if we give them money to pay our bills they’ll only want to spend more”.   Needless to say this is completely assenine reasoning.  And now we hear that the house passed a new rule that only Eric Cantor and nobody else can submit a bill to the house floor.  Where the lefties have totally gotten it wrong is in this notion that (a) the Republicans are “hopelessly divided” and that (b) that virtually ALL of the House members aren’t in the grasp of the tea party politic.  Because they are.  And there seems to be a general fear (perhaps not unfounded) that if any moderate leaning house member even THINKS of voting for a compromise he’ll surely be “primaried” by the tea party next year.  It’s kind of funny the way them make verbs out of words.  Like you hear rich people talk about “Wintering in Charleston, SC” as if “wintering’ were a verb.  And one caller was talking about when his two daughters would be "Aging Out", referring to when they would be too old to stay on his health care policy.  I wonder is "Aging Out" is going to become a new expression now".   I know Ted Cruise himself was a primary candidate who challenged the main line Republican guy from the right- - and he managed to get elected by the entire state of Texas.  One then wonders whether the entire state of Texas is psychotic or something.   I stepped out the door at seven sharp, and the sun still was not over the horizon.  I thought they said the sun would rise at 6:58.  I looked over at the Saddleback mountains for a moment.  Then I went on to the store, and I smelled the coffee brewing and was tempted to buy some because I would have an extra dollar after buying my cigarettes.  But I didn’t.  I came out and walked down the street a little and lit up- - - and that instant I glanced up and saw the sun just barely coming over the mountains.  It was five or six after seven, and my watch is pretty accurate.  I took it as a symbol of “being right on top of things”.

Late Edition:  I'd like to revive my idea that the South needs to take a hike and leave the Union and let the rest of us sane ones go about our business in peace.  On the Ed Schultz show just now they were talking about now the N-word is constantly used in the construction industry in North Carolina- - and how President Obama is one- - and how he's some kind of a wanted Outlaw and "Needs to get off of his knees and put down his Koran, and come out with his hands up".   I also heard confirmation they are wanting to bring impeachment procedings against the President.  I would draw the demarcation line between Virginia (which is turning purple) and North Carolina (which has become a lost cause)  but I would keep Tennessee in the Union, not just to keep Memphis but also because of all the National historic figures that have come out of Tennessee.  But then move the line to between Arkansas and Missouri and on between Kansas to the north and Oklahoma to the south.  This would make Forty states in the Union, a nice round number to remember.  For the flag I would keep the same basic colors- - and have five rows of eight stars each- - or seen vertically it would be eight rows of five stars each- and I would stagger the rows of stars vertically- - to gain a little added height.  If these sickos "sit around and have Fox News on all the time" then it looks like they have become a hopelessly Brainwashed lost cause.  "He dicho".

I guess I’d like to address this morality axiom on “Once Upon a Time”.  You have to conform to their particular brand of “Goodness’ to an absolute degree or you get the axe.  So Tinkerball was in a dress down from the mother fairy or whatever because she wanted Tinker to leave Regina to all of her “darkness” and do nothing to help her out of it.  Tinkerbell took exception to this and flew down to help her and sprinkle some pixie dust on her, and show her how to find everlasting happiness with her true love.  All she had to do was go through the door and meet him.  But her response reminds me of something no actual human being would ever say, though perhaps the Tea Party would after four months or so in psychotherapy twice a week.  She said the reason why she didn’t go and meet him is “Because I’m just too attached to my anger.  It is a part of me.  It’s all I have and without it I’d have nothing”.   But the point was raised that she not only messed up her life- she messed up his.  I think of things Neil Savedra has said.  As you know his motto is that love and sex are the root of all evil.  But maybe you want to screw up your own life in some suicidal sabotage urge- - but you are also denying the other party a chance at happiness with you.  But then you think “OK, Tinkerbell has learned her lesson.  She tried to do a good thing and it didn’t work out.  It isn’t the end of the world.  Now she can go back to her mother fairy and say “OK, maybe I messed up and I’m ready now to go back to fairy school for more instruction”.  But her mother gives her the equivalent of the fairy “death penalty”.  She stripped her of her wings and her powers.  And now worse than that she’s taunted by Regina who screwed her over- - and Regina has the gall to preach to her about tolerance and trust and a “higher morality”.    Cosmically I’d like to remind you people that Ted Nugent - - with all of his screw-ups is still a Bela Tagis B, and that Steve Jobs is living on Andromeda D now even as we speak- - despite what I’d call a basic betrayal of anti materialistic values.

You know, when you sit down and think about it- it's silly to say that any of us are immune to urges of the flesh, for lack of a better term.  In Sheria law they even have provisions for being exempted from the crime of theft "If said theft occurred either out of compulsion or duress, or out of necessity".  Necessity as I see it would be more than one thing.  You could be stealing produce to keep your family from starving.  But also if there were some emergency equipment - - like from the dire dept that you desperately needed to save lives in iminent danger of being lost- - that this too would be an "exigent necessity" or something "for the overall betterment of society".  It's said that children (and we're all children at heart) are born with a build in sense or Radar like picking out who gets the biggest piece of pie for desert.  Of this notion of pitting one parent against the other to gain advantage or pitting one govt authority against another.  The parent thing was something I never did because I always hated kids, like in those Divorce Court trials- - that engaged in this- and resolved that I never would.  But there have been times Cosmically- - when Mal Evans told me a certain piece of information was classified- - and I got it from another subordenate, who hadn't gotten the word.  And then we come to Neil Asphanol.  Many people have spoken against him.  George Harrison it was I believe who said of him "He's been around the Beatles for so long he thinks he IS a Beatle".  John Lennon has referred to him by inference as incompetent.  Last April on "the other side"  Stewart Sutcliffe and Neil had a major "difference of oppinion" abut something.  Mal Evans denies any "antagonism" tword Neil Asphanol-- - though any psychologist would say "It would be understandable if there was antagonism between these two".  Right now I"ll take Mal at his word.  And then we come to me.  I kind of Owe Neil.  He's the one who- - possibly informed me of his own death- - he told me he was "with George Harrison" and that George Harrison was in the Federation and Mal knew about him.  But Mal never told me anything.  I remember when I heard George Harrison died in the fall of 2001 and me and Glen and Pat Weatherbee were at the foot of the stairs talking about what a sad day it was. And it was Neil who said that I would be joining George on the 'Yellow planet" after I died.  This is the ones the Romulans call either the "yellow cat planet' or the "Sheffield planet".  In my oppinion Neil is NOT "incompetent".   I'm just saying that even in the cosmic world you can possibly "get a bum rap" and are out there looking to make new friends.   I've never seen how "making friends" was anything but cosmically smart".  The trouble is a lot of Cult leaders- - - don't like you talking with of "gossiping with" as they put it, with your friends.  They don't want you to have friends.  That way you'll feel more Insecure and will look only to THEM - - the leader- - for all guidance.  But back to my original point- - I believe certain behavior among human beings is a "self preservation" instinct.  I believe in the credo of "Keep your options open" when you think you're either dealing with flakes, or just aren't sure who you can trust.

It just occurred to me as I was booting up that sometimes Evangelists go on aimless rants ratteling off a bunch of sins- - waiting for the moment when they strike “pay dirt”, that is, when someone takes exception to what he is saying.  Then he goes “I knew that sermon was meant for someone”.  This morning I got up at 5:49 and turned on the Jesus Christ show for a bit.  Neil was going on and on about how a parent can’t protect his kids from all of life and how even taking that extra job to put meat on the table and keep his kids in decent clothes- could be a mistake.  From the tone of his voice (vocal inflexion is key in a lot of cases) you got the feeling that he was Defninitely down on the idea of- - if you yourself were either materially deprived or emotionally deprived, and you felt your kids deserved better so that in time they would grow up to do things that you couldn’t - - you definitely got the idea Neil was antagonistic tword this.  He went on to speak of “spoiled rich kids with a sense of entitlement” and to me – it seemed like he was changing the topic of focus a little.  He then went on to say that each and every one of us is exactly where we are in life entirely because of the Decisions we and we alone have made along the way.  If “Jesus” really believes this- - then the idea of “salvation” is a pointless redundancy because if we are indeed “Where we deserve to be” then there is no reason for some god to somehow save or extricate us and pull us out of a bad situation.   I was curious from a psychological stance- - just what Force was driving Neil Savedra’s remarks this morning.  When people say a bunch of “stuff” what you want to know is “what is the point” and what is this person responding to.   Usually in my blogs when I go off on some rant, I precede it by the immediate thing or experience that “ticked me off” and got me on that subject to begin with.  I ran the last of the coffee grounds through and it still made a half way decent cup of coffee.

We are to a very large extent the product of our experiences- - and how our ‘psyche” processes that information, to mold us into the person we are today.   I was just thinking how sometimes I can be a little “late to the party” in learning what certain terms are- - such as this hash tag thing we’ve been hearing about.  Simply put- - it’s just a search term preceded by the # symbol and a catchy phrase at the end of a Tweet ( - ) and anybody else with that same search tag can search and you can find tweets on similar topics.  Leo was talking about AP or acronym proliferation.  Every now and then you learn a few more.  It will take a lot of “evolving’ for older people like me to ever incorporate these in any texts to others.  I remember this one time in late January of 1990 - - I signed up for a DOS class and went to it- - just once, I think.  And it was there I heard the term “Modem” expressly stated.  I guess I knew such things were necessary but nobody had ever spelled it out to me before.  Even in this class the use of asterisks was discussed.  Anyhow in other news- - the five National Parks of Utah have been opened.  Also national parks and monuments in Arizona, such as the Grand Canyon, and in Colorado and also Mt Rushmore in South Dakota have been reopened for business.  There was this Resturant in San Francisco by Golden Gate park that was losing ten thousand dollars a day in business- - that has reopened now.  On Thursday and Friday both the NYSE markets were strongly upward in price.  But now that no deal managed to be made- - a sell off is envisioned.  Rather than people going out to purchase bonds in some frenzied panic, I say that to do the smart thing- - this would be a good time to either Issue a Bond- - or else to cash in on an old bond- - because people now will be willing to pay a premium for that.  And when the panic is over, you’ll be sitting pretty.

The Demonic Origins of Religion

We are switching blogs for this next post.  Chris Matthews believes that Obama is in the best position to “deal” he will ever be in.  The Wall Street Journal poll of Friday shows that the President’s approval numbers are up, the Affordable Care Act’s approval numbers are up, and Republicans agree that the more Ted Cruise keeps talking, the worse he makes the whole tea party look.  People from John Mc Cain to this Peter King guy and even people like Hailey Barber of Mississippi have said this.   But though they negotiated into the night, the President isn’t making the deal, and this may be a mistake.  Chris Matthews points out that- as October 17^th approaches- - people will become more panicked and they will naturally look to the President of the United States and once more blame him.  The President said that he would sign a deal that had no extenuating conditions even if it was just kicking the can down the road for another six weeks, only to face this same problem again around Thanksgiving.  Now the Republicans are saying, curiously that, “We Republicans get the blame for everything anyhow so we lose nothing in being blamed for this fiasco - - but we need to hold out for what is right”.

Here are three little moral lessons.  Have you considered that at times even basic retiring Cowards can be viewed as principled and corrageous men.  For instance if you are being questioned by some local authorities perhaps in another country- - and they beat and pummel you with their batons which as Stacy Koon once said “Is basically a piece of metal pipe” and you are in pain and you jerk and scream and then get mad and lash out at the cops- - less our of any principled “conviction” but more out of sheer reflex and panic and pain.  So at some point you have to ask yourself “Are the cops into suspect compliance- - or just out to get their Jollies torturing somebody?”   Here’s another one.  Jesus told one and all “Follow me”.  I guess the question is “Follow you to where and do what?”  After all I spent so many years in the church “seeking God’s will” and never apparently found it.  If Jesus came back today would he be hip to the modern psychological lingo and speak disparagingly of “needy people”.  What if you gave up everything you own to follow him.  Do you think this would even matter to such a “modern day” Jesus?  Also where did Jesus stand on the subject of bullying?  This is a subject we hear a lot about now.  Jesus never talked about it.  To him it apparently didn’t exist.  It’s always bothered me, and not just lately, that Jesus had this basic moral blind spot.  Finally - -we know the Bible says not to steal.  The poor shouldn’t steal from the rich and the rich shouldn’t steal from the poor by looting their union or pension funds or with special corporate tax credits.  But what does the Bible say about - - stealing from your neighbor- - if you know your neighbor is “doing something that he shouldn’t” in your eyes- - such as watching hard core pornography all night long.  Surely you’d think the Bible mandates that we be our neighbor’s moral guardians.  So shouldn’t we creep into his house in the night and steel all those old VHS pornography tapes, and take them over a couple blocks away and dump them in the trash dumpster.  Actually the Bible teaches that we should NOT - - do such a thing.  I told you the Bible had a story to illustrate all sorts of moral lessons.  Take the case of daughter Rachael stealing her father Labon’s “Gods” alias idol statues.  She put them under a cushion and sat on it and when the people came to look she said “I am after the manner of women and therefore cannot rise” and they passed on.  Of course Rachael lied.  So in a sense to make the punishment fit the crime- - she died shortly thereafter in childbirth giving birth to younger son Benjamin.  We learn from this that even the heathen have certain inherent rights - - including property rights.  Think about it.

SOAP OPERAS - ON TV AND IN REAL LIFE

 Mrs. Bernardi - - the dead cop’s crazy wife- - entered the Di Mira engagement party with a gun and began firing.  Maybe she’s hoping to cop an insanity plea.  The problem with that defense is that she knows exactly what she is doing.  E J stepped in and defended Chad against Cameron’s charges of lying about his cancer.  There is a new Rolling Stone article out about this whole debt crisis mess and maybe if it’s possible I’ll download it, or at least read it.  I see my blogger numbers were up yesterday and that’s encouraging.  I don’t know what new thing I can say to my readers.  Paul Mc Cartney has an album called simply “New” that is out next Tuesday- - and he seems to be departing, musically from his usual scenario.  The word on that “Grand Bargain” deal of summer of 2011 is that John Boehner indeed came to an agreement with the President for a massive cut-back in spending and a modest increase in taxes.  But this time apparently there were 170 tea party people in Congress who vowed to fight Boehner on this and so Boehner backed off.  Boehner on his part lied about it saying “I was all for it but then the President moved the goal posts”.   Of course Boehner lied about not shutting the government down, too.  He had an oral agreement with Harry Reed, but then he just said “But then I thought it was more important to take a stand on principle”.  In other words, he thought it was better to break his word.  I guess that’s a bugaboo of mine.  I don’t respect politicians who do it.  But despite yesterday’s marathon session that apparently went into the night- - no agreement is even close and it seems that zero progress has been made.  Meanwhile Randy listed out all the horrible things that will happen one by one- - as each key date is passed.  And it isn’t pretty.  I think for their own sanity, most people are just “tuning out’ on this whole story because there is no way it’s going to be a happy ending.  So until it affects them personally, Americans do what they do best- - as adherents to the Almighty Church of the Apathetic.  I may not get my check next month.  Just now I looked and had another five dollars I’d forgotten about.  I bought my usual John Black grape.  I certainly don’t have the money to try the new Message Parlor next door.

We went to the place on Brookhurst by the JHS because Judy knows the sales people and deals with them all the time.  We had little problem finding what we didn’t.  I didn’t know how long the selection process would take or even if - - they even sold land line phones any more.  They do.  It’s a 6.0 MHZ, which refers to frequency and not power.  I haven’t tested the phone for distance from the base yet.  The other one went all the way to the elevator.   They expressly said it was a digital transmission, which for some reason I already assumed.  However is digital transmission is new to these phones- - it would be a lot more efficient with the same power.  The sound quality is better and [name withheld] noted the sending quality was better.  I am beginning to figure out all of the keys and the menu and such and have set the time and date.  We used the old phone connecting cord because it’s a heavier cord and it’s longer, too.   I told [blank]l if I ever got to moving furniture around, that might become an issue.  I forgot to return that Lucifer book to [blank]  On the way over [blank] said that Chuck Smith died a week ago Thursday morning at three AM.   He preached almost up to the end- - often doing the usual three services.  He mentioned Greg Laurie- - but there was another name he mentioned as Chuck’s number two- - that Chuck would call on if he really wasn’t up to preaching that particular morning.  Of course Chuck Smith revolutionized Christianity and- - - one could say was a marketing genius- - both in terms of merchandise, but also in terms of doctrine.   I forgot to mention that we could have driven just a mile down the Freeway to Wall Mart and I could have gotten Master Chef coffee.  Actually right now it’s creamers that I am short of.  I just ran out of what I bought a week ago Tuesday morning- - and to me that still seems too soon.   Glen gave me three creamers- - and a quarter- - and I gave him a cigarette each in two separate transactions.  Nobody at the Federation knew anything about Chuck Smith’s death, which surprised me.  They just said “We weren’t considering Pastor Chuck Relevant these days”.    Of course – most deaths DON”T make a blip on their radar screen.

 Dr Levy convened class at just about eight o clock.  The class started off quite small but grew.  Vince was there- - and that occasional Teresa table mate plump lady.  And there was a new lady who has lived in four states and another new guy with PTSD.  Dr Levy again raised the idea of doing these two hour audio recordings of our lives.  The trouble is if I were ever to do that- - I would much rather talk about my values and “the things I have learned in life” rather than your usual Wickipedia entry of when I went to school and when I was married and what hospital was I born at.   Lisha sat next to me and when Silva showed up I offered Silva my seat on the green couch by the window- so she could be next to Lisha, but she declined.  Dr Levy didn’t have coffee for me today but he brought small crumb donuts, and I ended up having four.  He talked a little about “How to make your life count in this world”.   The check in tended to be lengthly.  Class concluded about quarter after nine.  Dr Levy starts up at Whittier next week.  They had the last few minutes of the fish and krill oil combo with the B 12 commercial but at nine thirty I turned it off and eventually got on computer.  Now when Google Earth does sky is the degree setting is too wide you see almost nothing on the screen- - because something has definitely changed there.  I haven’t been offered an update in Google Earth in many years, and I could sure use one to “fix” all that’s wrong with it now.  I listened to Melinda Lee at the usual time.  She says that lamb should be cooked to around 135 degrees, which sounds in line with what I was thinking.  She says “There was a fad for a while to cook lamb rare as a compensation for all the years people over-cooked it”.    Now she likes New Zealand lamb.  She says once they stopped the government subedies, the quality of the meat improved. 

The trouble with "Tomorrow People" is that the story line genus has been beaten to death already - - about people caught between two worlds who find they have special powers and some evil people are after them and want to destroy them.  Here's a question I've had for a long time.  If Christianity is supposed to be "the great Victory" how did "Satan" suddenly become so powerful - - not to mention - threatening?  We have a little cosmic news for you.  You know how they talk about “Soul Strut’ and “Grazing in the Grass” being both instrumentals and actual songs.  It seems that all four tracks are from that Aquarius group.  Also from "Friend and Lover" is that song we used to call "Freak out in the Garden"  I wanted to talk about last night’s “Sleepy Hallow” episodes with the allusion to unleashing the 72 demons imprisoned by Solomon.  I’ve learned - - probably not for the first time- - that Molech is the same as “Maridoch” or “Marduk” depending on the spelling and it’s the old bovine demon alias Jehovah.  What we call Judaism is really an emalgamation of influences.   Abraham was a Midianite.  According to the Federation - - Keturah was the only wife whom they talk about.  The word “Midian” in Romulan literally means “plum line” or straight up and down or center of gravity.  Abraham is said to come from a “high” place in the heavens.  We know the Arabs were the champions at naming all of the stars.  We then have Ozmodeus.  This is a demon that Bones has “consorted” with - - and in our version Osmodeus is of Egyptian origen.  The “original” Christ - - was of the Osmodeus Egyptian school.  We see traces of him all over the place from the church of Satan, to Tarrot cards, to the Knights Templar, to the Skull and Bones fraternity, to the masons.  They are all in the same “religious tradition” and we know them at the Federation as Crestorians, located in the constellation of Cassiopia.  Interestingly - - the Jesus Christ the Church now worships- appeared earlier- - as the son of King David.  King Solomon actually lived much earlier and was in fact a Dardanian.  But Issa or Issu (it’s spelled both ways) was such a bloody king- - that the Bible writers knew they had to “clean up history”.   King Issa was so bad the nation of Israel fell apart and was in chaos for a time until Jehosophat came along.  Actually in Federation lore Joseph was a traitor - - luring the Israelites with promises of luxury and inciting them to go to Egypt where they would be unknowingly enslaved.  But a bunch of Israeli bretheren- - - - well Joseph was violently assaulted with the sword and his throat probably slit and otherwise left in a pit to bleed to death, and it was considered a patriotic act.   And the kicker is- - I may have been Joseph.   Of course in much usage “Israel” refers to the so called “lost ten tribes”.  In Federation lore the nation was called Israel- - meaning a Prince with power with God or whatever.  They worshipped this cattle god Merdoch- - who mandated bloody sacrifices.   Other potential gods are of course Baal- - - who is said to be the same as Dionisus or Baccus.  In Romulan the word “Dion” promounced differently as “dee-ON” with the accented long O second syllable.  The word means “payment” or “rendered” or more simply “fee”.   Anyhow- - this is the god of “wine and song” not to mention sex- - where “sacred groves” are involved- - and in one scripture “Ashera” is spoken as “God’s wife”.   This tree god thing started in Babylon where he was known as Tammuz - - and there is talk of forty days into the summer- - Tammuz met death from a wild boar.  If you are wondering is there is any Romulan word related to sacrament- - there is saccar.  This word means “to extricate or salvage”.  It’s a pretty specific meaning.   The third person plural is irregular to the extent that the second syllable as in “sac-CAN” is accented rather than the first.   If you are wondering about the star “Altair” in the Eagle constellation- - they now say that this planet (associated with) is basically a tourist planet- - but does have a major slave class.  I think they once did a Star Trek episode about it.  That’s the only meaning.  We now come to Edom, also known as the Idumians, (pronounced I Do Me In)  As Molech’s fortunes waned after Babylonian captivity - - - the Idumians rose.  These people place a lot less significance as blood atonement as some kind of a quid pro quo thing.  King Herod- - and a lot of those Jewish leaders were Edomites.   The Centaurians - - - were a group that believed in and actively practiced spirit transfer.   That is different spirits occupying a body or “Avatar” at different times.  Over the years these Beta Centurians have had a working relationship with the Edomites- - who of course live on Aldeberan VIII.    There are also non Edomized Centaurians.  Centaurians are known as liars, and Edomites or Idumians are known as crass businessmen.  It’s a deadly combination.  But as to Molech alias Merdoch - - these people occupy the majority of Taurus stars- - and Aldeberan is thus kind of a haven for the Edomites, even if in our eyes, it’s the best known.   There is more material in this general vein in late winter of 2012.