Slacklining- Inexpensive, easy to start -watch video

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An automated portrayal of Yosemite in HD

Yosemite HD from Project Yosemite on Vimeo.
Hit the 4 arrows for full Screen Unbelievable
Thanks to Dynamic Perception for their motion controlled dolly and continued support!

On the Left...(imho) the best Scone see my bests below

Honey Almond Scone @ River City Coffee
5517 State Street, Boise, Idaho

Nobody is Wrong Anymore

I’m beginning to notice a very disturbing trend and I bet you are as well – Nobody is ever wrong anymore and admitting to any failure at all has become forbidden.  It’s almost like these people have forgotten (or have never learned) about how powerful the admission of wrongness can be.  Mea culpas are fantastic, they clear out the inner insecurities and demonstrate both emotional and intellectual growth. They also show courage and honesty.
 - Josh Brown, Trader, writer, philosopher

Planned Parenthood - scoffed by Susan G Komen -

In Exchange for it's first and very large contribution (a full year of expenses)
by Right Wing Organizations, the Catholic Church, Evangelists and other anti-woman free choice organizations. Let your money do your talking!

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. -Norman Peale

Order a Hamburger? Watch and Think

On Vacation Till February 6

full Moon February 8

Wine Tasting Tonight

6 to 9pm
Dandelion Wine

153 Franklin Street

Brooklyn, New York 11222

dandelionwinenyc.com

"Bourbon...Straight, No Chaser....Wine? What do we look like a couple of 'pussy's'?... Pour!"

Real Women... living a "Real Life"!

How can otherwise sane people believe such lunacy?

The answer is that members of the right-wing counterculture are brainwashed — that is the only appropriate term — by the apocalyptic propaganda ground out constantly by the conservative media establishment. - It's how the Germans were programmed to support Hitler - after all, wouldn't you like to be called the "ubermensch - race above races" in society!

you can find a detailed discussion:
http://www.salon.com/2012/01/24/how_conservatives_lie_about_government/singleton/

Cellphone left on during concert

Steven Spielberg - Expand Video

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Why am I not Trading.... The Moon vs. My feelings

My brain is in a "contra" format, as I write. The Moon is "new" meaning acceleration of direction... remember a "Full Moon" represents change of direction. The Moon over the past few months has been very accurate, even though it has a 75% accuracy record...So, you flip a coin and it comes up "heads" five times.. what are the odds of the next flip being "heads" ... yes still 50/50. No one is perfect...no anything is perfect! So, cutting the bullshit, I'm not trading because I believe the current direction will be accelerating - new highs and all I'll be watching, then...the MACD of T2108 for next direction - that's fair.

It is time to press c:/format on this country and reboot

Let's put the country on a Monopoly Board - Punish Greed, Punish the dishonest - Punish Political Moves by backroom tactics. Punish all those fuckers. Pass Go, and Collect $2 Million for all those who contribute to the National Good without compensation. Reward Teachers for performance Remove Teachers who teach "Backward Thinking" Hire new Teachers and allow them to receive "Sign Up" Bonuses - as Loans for the first 5 years - and Performance will allow the loan to be forgiven - that's the Bonus. Fire all Managers who Hide Quality Employees to keep them inline.

Witch Hunt Wall Street Aggressively and publish accounts of their less than acceptable dealings. Limit all politically elected individuals to two terms, not to exceed a total of 8 years. Put a transfer tax on all Lobbying spending of 25%. If an organization is determined to be lobbying with $$ (lets say $4 Million) they would file an excise tax return and pay the Treasury $1Million - "Pay To Play!"

Annually tax Investments and Trusts that have a Balance Sheet in excess of $100Million. Let's say 1% @ yr. 5% @ yr. if assets transferred overseas to hide.

Finally, declare War on Switzerland - to open bank account names and values - or we land troops on their front doors and blow them off! If the account holders can not validate honest holdings - confiscate the money and return it to country of Origin/Citizenship

Let's set dishonestly earned assets back to their origin and recreate a level playing field.

I've got more ideas, but it's early and I've got to be moving on.

After all - tobacco has been determined to be as lethal as "banned Drugs" and yet today, after 35 years - What? there are still places where smoking in public is allowed without exception. It's called Evolution and takes years to move inches.....

Ever hear the phrase "Take out all the Stops?"

"...My formative years taught me a couple of very important rules for life in general and they have always served me well, but it took me a long time to realize that they all also translate perfectly into trading.

Rule #1: There is no amount of good work that can’t be undone by one bad decision.

You’ve had a good day trading?  A good week?  A good quarter?  Maybe even a good year trading….doesn’t matter, one bad decision and you can give it all back.

Rule #2: There is an inverse relationship between the amount of time and work needed in order to create and the amount needed to destroy.

Do you spend hours and hours each day looking at charts, talking with traders, running scans, reading all the SEC documents you can get your hands on just to get an edge in your trading? One split second “gut” trade and it is all for naught.

Rule #3:  Sometimes your worst decision will be your last decision.

If you make a decision that is bad enough in trading such as ignoring your stops, adding to a losing trade, or over-leveraging your account,........... it won’t matter what your real intent is, the outcome will be a “suicide trade.”

This last rule of course is the most critical one.  Over the years (in trading) I have violated Rules #1 and #2 on numerous occasions.  I have experienced seeing my hard work/profits go away in one stupid, almost instantaneous decision, and then swear that I will never do it again, but I have never violated Rule #3.I know it is out there though, waiting for me............." it requires Focus and Determination to kill the beast before it kills me. 

From Brian Lund:  http://bit.ly/xwjQcy $STUDY

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list to follow - I'm busy now....

Self Perception, Self Deception - Narcissism

The legend of Narcissus, a youth who daily knelt beside a lake to contemplate his own beauty. He was so fascinated by himself that, one morning, he fell into the lake and drowned. At the spot where he fell, a flower was born, which was called the narcissus.
But this was not how the author of the book ended the story. He said that when Narcissus died, the Goddesses of the Forest appeared and found the lake, which had been fresh water, transformed into a lake of salty tears.
"Why do you weep?" the Goddesses asked. "I weep for Narcissus," the lake replied. "Ah, it is no surprise that you weep for Narcissus," they said, "for though we always pursued him in the forest, you alone could contemplate his beauty close at hand."
"But..... was Narcissus beautiful?" the lake asked. "Who better than you to know that?" the Goddesses said in wonder, "After all, it was by your banks that he knelt each day to contemplate himself!!" The lake was silent for some time.
Finally it said:
"I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected."

So now we know the derivation of Narcissism - there is more, including The Goddess of vengeance, Nemesis, who carries out the Mythological death of Narcissis... for his rejection of love towards Echo, a love-struck admirer seeks his love, but proud Narcissus ignores the suit. (He is totally obsessed with his own beauty)  Frustrated and angry, Echo prays to the gods, “Oh may he love like me, and love like me in vain!" The goddess of vengeance, known by the names of Rhamnusia and Nemesis, hears the prayer and decides to answer it. The local nymphs prepare an urn to hold his ashes. However, when they look for it, they find a beautiful flower in its place.

The Daffodil (Narcissus)

"The 'Intuitive Mind' is a sacred gift… the 'Rational Mind' is a faithful servant"... Albert Einstein / The Brain - Right Side/Left Side - facts vs Myth

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2012 Porsche 911 Cabriolet $100,000+

My 3rd Girlfriend in 1965 (912 coupe) $3,500
My 4th Girlfriend in 1968 (911 Targa) $6,800
I now drive a 2003 Chevrolet Diesel P/U Trk.
Money can't buy love - My life is better now!
Of course, I would love to take the 2012 for
a spin on some serpentine road track like
Watkins Glen Just an hour or so, That's all!

Texas - Creative Anti-Abortion Technique

U.S. Court allows Texas law on ultrasound before abortion

Fotoshop by Adobé from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.

The Fig - can a person have tooooooo.... much fun?!!!!

Lily Echo and Meg + friends including her mother, and the folks at Dandelion Wine having a party in a Classic Airstream (RV) probably parked on the street in Brooklyn + several cases of Wine - Photo by John Michael


Daddy's "little girl"

The Fig!

Full Moon - Today, Monday, January 9 - Perfect day to Start a War in the Gulf?

The Players as they line up this morning:

United States of America
Israel
England

Iran

Russia and China warn - This could start WWIII

It's an old scenario - Personally, Russia and China use this threat to keep USA and the "free world" in Check...

Its time to Cowboy Up!  Call Everyone's Bluff! This kind of action should take less than 2 weeks - it's all about electronics.... Who has the best IT......No, Really!.... Really?


Anyone want to Interview George W and Dick Cheney to get their view?
While we are at it... a good discussion on the Right "What would Jesus do?" They always have a good answer - after all they have an inside track to their "God."  (certainly, their god is not my god*...for sure)
Bon Iver - With God On Our Side (Bob Dylan Cover) - SBG by See Beyond Genre

*God tells me that when he wants to teach everyone a lesson he picks a wonderful surrounding and fills it with a story to spin. He carefully selects the protagonist, the antagonist, the victims, the martyrs, and the bystanders who will say their peace. Then he leans over and whispers in my ear..."my most careful selection is in the people I choose to remain silent...for they are the "chosen" who will reap and will be regarded" -my god, on Strain Mountain, South Worcester, NY, With my horse "Sonny" fall of 1994

Paul, Sonny and Billybob 1998

Santorum - a poor excuse from the Right

Santorum, young good up-bringing, until you listen to his thoughts on Gay people and women's rights - what a jerk - The republicans seem to be going to a Sanitarium to find people who fell off the edge. Think about the candidates all askew to find a majority of the people left behind at the change of the century.  Oh, yes... Santorum wants to have the laws fall in line with the bible - as they are troubling when Religious laws are conflicted by laws of the "state" ..... Fuck Him!  Oh, Yes... we need to corral these "rightys" and bring them to shipping docks - load them up and ship them to Africa where the Africans can buy their own "Whitie" and trade them amongst themselves  - we can confiscate their wealth and pay off the National Debt.  Then everyone can go to school, have medical care and a choice of luxury homes furnished and waiting for the needy in the USA - Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earthMatthew 5:5"God bless us Everyone" - Tiny Tim

News Flash: Illinois Cops: Man gouges out uncle's eyes over TV remote

From The Peanut Gallery (comments section of the Article)
"My parents always told me too much TV was bad for m eye sight..."
PS. update - then throws the uncle down the stairs

A Ron Paul Speech in 2009 - watch the whole thing, and you'll see what you believe also.

Ron Paul has been cast as an obtuse figure in Normal American Politics, to be feared by the Main Stream.  It's been done before - Ross Perot

"Give Peace a Chance" - John Lennon
youtube Video blocked in USA for financial reasons indirectly by Yoko Ono (glsb)

Or... I would have displayed here.

"I Just Got Here, But I know Trouble when I see it!"

new york times - new year's day

Beware of the articulate incompetent

August 21st - Payette Main

The Main Payette from Dave Sivertsen on Vimeo.

From "The Fig" who never fails to turn me on to something great!

Hit the 4 arrows to the right to build full screen
hit play - btw I remember her in a previous life
very exciting!!!

Stop payment! A homeowners’ revolt against the banks

Upside-down homeowners should forgo pride
when their own economics is at stake... The Banks will get along...and forclosure for a new buyer is a nightmare. Bankers are not creative, they just assume something will come along and bail them out. The banks are better off having the nonpaying owners to remain in the home - let the mortgage payments and taxes pile up - BUT pay the insurance for sure!
The Taxing authorities usually hold the taxes in arrears for more than 2 years and then plan an auction almost a year later... the tax auction is serious for both the non-paying owners and the bank. It is usually when someone "blinks" and begins to act.

US Army's A160 Hummingbird drone-copter to don 1.8 gigapixel camera

Starting in July of 2012, the United States Army will deploy three Boeing A160 Hummingbird drones to Afghanistan as part of a one-year trial program. Unlike the Predator drones already in combat, the A160 is a rotor-based aircraft capable of vertical take-offs and landings. What's more, the craft will be affixed with the DARPA-developed ARGUS-IS imaging system -- which boasts a 1.8 gigapixel camera the Army says can "track people and vehicles from altitudes above 20,000 feet."

This is a Technical Signal that the Dow should rise over 1,000 points, within the next 6 months. There is a positive probability of its truth

On Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke and closed above key resistance.  As shown below, the index broke above the neckline of a reverse head and shoulders pattern, which is a bullish technical formation.  This opens up quite a bit of upside room to run before any new resistance levels come into play for the Dow. Called a Reverse Head and Shoulders - courtesy of Bespoke Investment Group

Who is Responsible for our Economic Mess?

You can't read this? Of course not! - but if you are interested you can go to this website and expand it into readable form - and it is worth it if you have the time!
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/12/nytimes-takes-on-the-big-lie/

If you are too lazy to read it, take my word then.

Money follows a chain of who has it to who doesn't.  At another level this chain has to follow rules and regulations set by the government, the industries which lead to the consumer - mostly in this case - there were two final consumers - 1. The financially unworthy homeowner. 2. The final resting place of the debt supporting these homeowners (it was handled like a very hot potato) repackaged into securities that were purchased and sold to unsuspecting investors.  Along the way there were profit centers from Real Estate Developers, Real Estate Brokers, Finance accomidators, Wall Street accomidators and then security packagers - each profit center sucked out their fees... Who got Fucked? #1 The US Economy, #2 The displaced homeowners #3 The final investors in packaged mortgages. The US Legislators were the "Big Pimps" by loosening up regulations or even eliminating other regulations to speed up the "fucking!" There was enough money sucked out to pay big corporate salaries, big legislators' pockets, and large fees to Teenage Brokers and salespeople. 


Evolution doesn't recognize good from bad - it generally does recognize strength over weakness - we evolved as a people from one cell living organisms by a succession of gains and losses, successes and failures - and here we are - dealing with a "Tea Party" who thinks they have the answer to the next step in evolution. Will it be good? Will it be bad? will it be a success or a Failure?  Evolution doesn't care! At almost 70 years old, I don't care either... I am certainly a spectator at best... But what about what's best for my children and grand children - they will survive better than most - and that is the best I can wish for them.... Happy Holidays!

ps. Half our country doesn't believe in evolution - they will be the most damaged. The other half should read "Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors"
Written by Carl Sagan and AnnDruyan (Husband and Wife.)
http://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Forgotten-Ancestors-Carl-Sagan/dp/0345384725
One reviewer said: "This is a book that will cause you to reassess what you believe being human means." Who will ever replace Carl Sagan?

Please Excuse my Indisgression - a Fantasy - I can't help myself! Afterall, How would you Celebrate your New Year's Fantasy? ...Whew!...MyBad! This is a Redux of last year - same goods and people are returning

It goes without saying, that this is a meal requiring time between courses - and savoring all of the flavors - mind you - going back for seconds at any juncture requires more time indeed.

I would guess that to enjoy this properly 6 to 12 hours would be about right.

                                                  

Hummus - double the Garlic

My Wine of Choice - Masi Valpolicella 2008

On crushed Ice, hold the salt, Low Ball Glass

and of course to quench our thirst.....

BTW - The proper way to drink 1554 is in a wine glass - my opinion

I would have preferred a large bowl, thin stem, Burgundy

wine glass - Hornitos and 1554 go well together (paired)

There are many fine Belgium Dark beers... after trying

all the small breweries in my travels this Belgium

Dark had the best finish - chocolaty* - if you will

N/B 1554 is not sold on east coast

...........and finally

Just before Dawn

A favorite New Year's Eve Menu all of my favorites

 all vegan!

Disappointed in Me?  How would you improve on this menu if you were planning your own?

 Every hormone released in this menu is in the Chocolate Family. Broccoli?.....use your imagination - this menu was created by mine. 


ps. This menu includes every drug that I recommend "for the good life" - each has it's own intensity - not into drugs?  Well, each to his (her) own.....HAPPY NEW YEAR - God Bless America!


ps. As we age... everything becomes overripe, like the sugar in a Banana, but my "virtual objects" seem to have the same age year after year... just like a good dream.  

Home Farm in Charlotteville, NY

purchased from Schuyler Clapper, diary farmer in 1969 
43 of 100 acres shown with buildings via Google Earth - October 2011
Was a horse facility until 1996 and soil remained dormant, except for Hay cutting for 15 years and now beginning by Walter Riesen and Lily Peachin as an organic vegetable farm with first small test harvesting in September 2011.
New Moon Today - unlike the Full Moon representing change, the New Moon represents "a confirmation of what has previously happened in the days leading up - This confirmation is heightened by its energy!

 

yes, what you thought, the symmetry of what is going on in my head 

The Virtue of Selfishness*

"Ethics is not a mystic fantasy - nor a social convention - nor a dispensable, subjective luxury....Ethics is an objective necessity of man's survival - not by the grace of the supernatural nor, of our neighbors nor of your whims, but by the grace of reality and the nature of life"

The Objectivist ethics proudly advocates and upholds rational selfishness - which means: the values required for man's survival qua man - which means the values required for human survival - not the values produced by desires, the feelings, the whims or the needs of irrational brutes, who have never outgrown the primordial practice of human sacrifices." - Ayn Rand

 (Ayn is colloquially pronounced as "Ann" except for the "affected")


I recently wrote something to a friend and wondered where the thought arrived into my brain - from a long ago storage faculty within:

"At this stage in my life I live in a delicate balance physically, mentally and financially that if interrupted or changes because of bad judgment...might not allow me the ability to recover...am I worried or scared...no...I'm cautious...I have observed people of my age make a substantial error and watch them deteriorate quickly..."overnight", if you will. I make most of my decisions based upon how the results of those decisions might enhance self preservation. Am I always playing it safe? I don't believe in playing it safe...more playing it smart...somewhat selfish...as compromise, is by definition, not playing it smart - compromise allows unintended influences to come into play - if that compromise is attributed to failure....you're fucked!"

Buyer found for nation's priciest bank-owned home

 the waterfall in the foyer. And the 2,500-square-foot master bedroom with a hallway just for closets. And the 22-foot glass walls that look out on San Francisco's Arts District. And the fact that this penthouse condo is the most expensive bank-owned residence in the country.  


20,000-square-foot penthouse in lieu of foreclosure back in July, just sold the condo. Listed at $35 million, 188 Minna St. was purchased for an eye-popping $28 million,Perched atop the St. Regis luxury residential tower, this six-bedroom, seven-bath (plus four half-baths) palace is practically a private hotel: There's a full gym with a sauna and steam room, 13-seat movie theater, 2,900 square feet of terrace space and parking for six cars.




From my experience (lol) you would need at least 2 full time personal assistants and a bonded service to come in weekly for the heavy duty stuff.
(optional: local catering service to provide at least one meal a day and stock the refrigerator with ready to eat leftovers selected by the owners - personally, my choice would be a Zabars level of Deli - if SF has one.)

Of course, lots of people go broke trying to look good - being that you are the things you own...

Three Ways to Fix Europe Without Europe’s Help

How can we, here in the US, lower volatility to break this negative feedback loop that is choking Europe? I propose three solutions that have absolutely nothing to do with the EU:

1. Bring back the uptick rule – I'm sorry, but I don't care how many studies you show me "proving" that the uptick rule was ineffective. Removing it was an enormous mistake. We know from behavioral finance that people feel the loss of a dollar about twice as much as they feel the gain of a dollar. The uptick rule slows down the rate at which that pains expresses itself and can reduce as a result the emotional response to losses. This would lower volatility and financial stress.

2. Tax high-frequency trading – we have a long-term capital gains tax and a short-term capital gains tax. Why can't we also have an ultra-short capital gains tax? All of this nanosecond trading, which does not add anything to the normal functioning of markets, increases price swings. Taxing nanosecond trades would make them less profitable, which in turn would bring the market back to retail investors. This would lower volatility and financial stress.

3. The Fed should explicitly state an inflation target – this has been debated for some time internally within the Fed, and it is beyond my understanding why this has not been done already. The best way to counter deflation fears is to tell the market that there is an explicit inflation target the Fed will reach at any and all costs. Increased inflation expectations are bullish for risk assets and would increase the velocity of money. This would lower volatility and financial stress.

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A Type of Charades Game for Music Titles BBC

A parlor Game - funner than Charades

Sent to Me from Linda - ladylea from "The Underground" 1. Download (safe) 2. Open Download 3. Hit full screen upper right corner Participant has to act out the title of the song 'YouCan'tHurryLove'-FastandLooseEpisode3Preview-BBCTwo.wmv 6275K   Download

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Some of 2011 top pic's - the rest follow to site

many more at:

 http://twistedsifter.com/2011/12/top-50-pictures-of-the-day-for-2011/

From my friend:  Chairman MaoXian, Beijing, CN