http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT7EcNHovJ8
http://reason.com/archives/2007/09/28/hitler-mussolini-roosevelt
Excerpt:
Hitler, Mussolini, Roosevelt
What FDR had in common with the other charismatic collectivists of the 30s
In the North American Review in 1934, the progressive writer Roger Shaw described the New Deal as “Fascist means to gain liberal ends.” He wasn’t hallucinating. FDR’s adviser Rexford Tugwell wrote in his diary that Mussolini had done “many of the things which seem to me necessary.” Lorena Hickok, a close confidante of Eleanor Roosevelt who lived in the White House for a spell, wrote approvingly of a local official who had said, “If [President] Roosevelt were actually a dictator, we might get somewhere.” She added that if she were younger, she’d like to lead “the Fascist Movement in the United States.” At the National Recovery Administration (NRA), the cartel-creating agency at the heart of the early New Deal, one report declared forthrightly, “The Fascist Principles are very similar to those we have been evolving here in America.”
Excerpt:
- Contents: Tolkien responds to the suggestion that the landscape of The Lord of the Rings is Icelandic.
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/J.R.R._Tolkien
Excerpts:
1) Tolkien never expected his fictional stories to become popular, but he was persuaded by a former student to publish a book he had written for his own children called The Hobbit in 1937. However, the book attracted adult readers as well, and it became popular enough for the publisher, George Allen & Unwin, to ask Tolkien to work on a sequel.
Even though he felt uninspired on the topic, this request prompted Tolkien to begin what would become his most famous work: the epic three-volume novel The Lord of the Rings (published 1954–55). Tolkien spent more than ten years writing the primary narrative and appendices for The Lord of the Rings, during which time he received the constant support of the Inklings, in particular his closest friend C.S. Lewis, the author of The Chronicles of Narnia. Both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are set against the background of The Silmarillion, but in a time long after it.
2) Tolkien had an intense dislike for the side effects of industrialization, which he considered a devouring of the English countryside. For most of his adult life he eschewed automobiles, preferring to ride a bicycle. This attitude is perceptible from some parts of his work, such as the forced industrialisation of The Shire in The Lord of the Rings.
3) [edit] Retirement and Old Age
During his life in retirement, from 1959 up to his death in 1973, Tolkien increasingly turned into a figure of public attention and literary fame. The sale of his books was so profitable that Tolkien regretted he had not taken early retirement. While at first he wrote enthusiastic answers to reader inquiries, he became more and more suspicious of emerging Tolkien fandom, especially among the hippy movement in the USA. Already in 1944, he made a somewhat sarcastic comment about a fan letter by a twelve-year-old American reader ("It's nice to find that little American boys do really still say 'Gee Whiz'.", Letters no. 87). In a 1972 letter he deplores having become a cult-figure, but admits that
- "even the nose of a very modest idol (younger than Chu-Bu and not much older than Sheemish) cannot remain entirely untickled by the sweet smell of incense!"
Excerpt:
A Ringer is recent coinage for a fan of The Lord of the Rings — somewhat in the same line as fanboys, fangirls, otaku, and Trekkies, but markedly different. One of the differences is that, whereas also every Star Trek fan is called a Trekker or Trekkie, not all Lord of the Rings fans agree on the designation of the group. Many people who consider themselves fans of Lord of the Rings do not find the posthumously published works of Tolkien like The Silmarillion or The History of Middle-earth to be interesting. Therefore, in some cases Ringer might apply to someone who is a fan of the Lord of the Rings books or movies, but not of Tolkien's extended work.
A Tolkienist is someone who studies the work of J.R.R. Tolkien: this usually refers to students of the Elvish languages. A Tolkienist can also be described as a hard-core fan of Tolkien's work, one who studies the work with the same amount of interest (or more) that others study non-fictional subjects. Many fans prefer this term, as it isn't limited to Lord of the Rings. As with the term Ringer, there is no group consensus on this designation.
There are also other, less widely used terms describing Tolkien fans, such as Tolkienite, Tolkienophile or Tolkiendil (an Anglo-Quenya compound). A very early term which was never widely adopted was LotRian.
There is also a distinction between those who focus primarily on the books rather than the Peter Jackson movies and those who focus(ed) primarily on the Peter Jackson movies. The prior have typically remained steadfast Tolkien enthusiasts over decades whereas the latter in many cases experienced only a brief infatuation with Middle-earth. A case in point of diverging fandom was seen in the Netherlands where a traditional Tolkien society, Unquendor, existed alongside a movie based Tolkien society, The Fellowship. The prior is still very much active as at 2011 where the latter is now defunct. Similar movie based Tolkien societies have disappeared globally.
BBC 'In Their Own Words' - J.R.R. Tolkien 1/2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7iydID9pzM&feature=related
BBC 'In Their Own Words' - J.R.R. Tolkien 2/2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6u5BgQAFiI&feature=related
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Elvish
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Elvish (Quenderin)[1] is a word that refers to any of the languages of the Elves, or all of them collectively. All of the Elven languages descend from the Primitive Quendian.
During the Third Age the term "Elvish" usually referred specifically to Sindarin since it was the most common vernacular of the Elves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley (Jan. 8 is today's date and Aug. 16 is my 2nd x's b'day which is the exact opposite on the zodiac to my 1st x's b'day Feb. 16) ...cal
Excerpt:
Elvis Aaron Presleya (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)
Love Me Tender Elvis w/lyrics (my mother's all time favorite song) ...cal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y-bd3aDMGA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilderberg_Group
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In 2001, Denis Healey, a Bilderberg group founder and, for 30 years, a steering committee member, said: "To say we were striving for a one-world government is exaggerated, but not wholly unfair. Those of us in Bilderberg felt we couldn't go on forever fighting one another for nothing and killing people and rendering millions homeless. So we felt that a single community throughout the world would be a good thing."[43] In 2005 Davignon discussed these accusations with the BBC: "It is unavoidable and it doesn't matter. There will always be people who believe in conspiracies but things happen in a much more incoherent fashion... When people say this is a secret government of the world I say that if we were a secret government of the world we should be bloody ashamed of ourselves."[34]
In a 1994 report Right Woos Left, published by the Political Research Associates, investigative journalist Chip Berlet argued that right-wing populist conspiracy theories about the Bilderberg group date back as early as 1964 and can be found in Schlafly's self-published book A Choice, Not an Echo,[44] which promoted a conspiracy theory in which the Republican Party was secretly controlled by elitist intellectuals dominated by members of the Bilderberger group, whose internationalist policies would pave the way for world communism.[45] Paradoxically, in August 2010 former Cuban president Fidel Castro wrote an article for the Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma in which he cited Estulin’s 2006 book The Secrets of the Bilderberg Club [46], which, as quoted by Castro, describes "sinister cliques and the Bilderberg lobbyists" manipulating the public "to install a world government that knows no borders and is not accountable to anyone but its own self."[35]
G. William Domhoff, a research professor in psychology and sociology who studies theories of power,[47] sees the role of international relations forums and social clubs such as the Bilderberg group as a place to share ideas, reach consensus, and create social cohesion within a power elite.[48] He adds that this understanding of forums and clubs such as the Bilderberg group fits with the perceptions of the members of the elite. Domhoff warns progressives against getting distracted by conspiracy theories which demonize and scapegoat such forums and clubs.[48] He argues that the opponents of progressivism in the United States are conservatives within the corporate elite and the Republican Party.[48] It is more or less the same people who belong to forums and clubs such as the Bilderberg group, but it puts them in their most important roles, as capitalists and political leaders, which are visible and therefore easier to fight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Healey
Excerpt:
Denis Healey is a founder member of the Bilderberg Group.[17]
Although he supported Tony Blair to lead the Labour Party within hours of John Smith's death in May 1994, he later became critical. During 2004 and 2005, he called on Blair (by then prime minister) to stand down in favour of Gordon Brown. In July 2006 he argued that "Nuclear weapons are infinitely less important in our foreign policy than they were in the days of the Cold War" and "I don't think we need nuclear weapons any longer
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDthatcher.htm
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In 1978 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey, controversially began imposing tight monetary controls. This included deep cuts in public spending on education and health. Critics claimed that this laid the foundations of what became known as monetarism. In 1978 these public spending cuts led to a wave of strikes (winter of discontent) and the Labour Party was easily defeated in the 1979 General Election.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer
Excerpt:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/jun/10/bilderberg-2011-charlie-skelton
Excerpt:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer
Excerpt:
| Arms of Her Majesty's Government Her Majesty's Treasury | |
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British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne poses for pictures with the ministerial budget box, outside 11 Downing Street in London, on March 23, 2011. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images
Early this morning a Swiss website published a genuine-sounding list of delegates to this year's conference. A couple of names leapt out, both of them Bilderberg alumni: Lord Mandelson (2009) and George Osborne (2006-2009).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2011/nov/29/george-osborne-autumn-statement-video-analysis
Excerpt:
Public sector to foot bill for George Osborne's growth plan Chancellor warns there will be six years of austerity ahead
George Osborne increases squeeze on poor families with cuts to tax credits
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mandelson
Excerpts:
1) He twice resigned from Tony Blair's government while holding Cabinet positions. After his second resignation, he served as the European Commissioner for Trade from 2004 to 2008. He rejoined the government when he was made a life peer by the Queen and took his seat in the House of Lords on 13 October 2008.
2) Mandelson was able to secure close friendships within the Labour Party because of uncle Alexander Butler, who had worked alongside many important Labour politicians during the 1960s. In this role he was one of the first people in Britain to whom the term "spin doctor" was applied; he was thus called 'the Prince of Darkness'[10][11] and, after his ennoblement, 'the Dark Lord', nicknames he apparently enjoys having.
3) In his youth, he was also a member of the Young Communist League.[6] He was elected to Lambeth Borough Council in September 1979, but retired in 1982, disillusioned with the state of Labour politics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennoblement
Excerpt:
Various republics, including the United States, former Iron Curtain countries, Greece, Mexico, and Austria have expressly abolished the granting and/or use of titles of nobility to or by their citizens. This is distinct from countries which have not abolished the right to inherit (formerly) noble titles, but which do not grant legal recognition or protection to them, such as Germany, and Italy, although Germany recognizes their use as legal surnames. Still other countries and authorities allow their use, but forbid attachment of any privilege thereto, e.g. Finland, France, Norway and the European Union, although French law also protects lawful titles against usurpation, while Norway allows the use of traditional titles by official members of the royal house.
Prior to the French Revolution, European nobles typically commanded tribute in the form of entitlement to cash rents or usage taxes, labour and/or a portion of the annual crop yield from commoners or nobles of lower rank who lived or worked on the noble's manor or within his seigneurial domain. In some countries, the local lord could impose restrictions on such a commoner's movements, religion or legal undertakings. The nobles enjoyed the privilege of hunting. In France, nobles were exempt from paying the taille, the major direct tax. The peasants were not only bound to the nobility by dues and services. The nobility also had the jurisdictions of the courts and the police over them. In many parts of western Europe the right of private war long remained the privilege of every noble
private war (the following is the link for this 'Feud') ...cal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_war
Excerpt:
A feud (
/ˈfjuːd/), referred to in more extreme cases as a blood feud, vendetta, faida, or private war, is a long-running argument or fight between parties—often groups of people, especially families or clans. Feuds begin because one party (correctly or incorrectly) perceives itself to have been attacked, insulted or wronged by another. Intense feelings of resentment trigger the initial retribution, which causes the other party to feel equally aggrieved and vengeful. The dispute is subsequently fuelled by a long-running cycle of retaliatory violence. This continual cycle of provocation and retaliation makes it extremely difficult to end the feud peacefully. Feuds frequently involve the original parties' family members and/or associates, can last for generations and may result in extreme acts of violence. They could be viewed as a pathological form of family honor.
Until the early modern period, feuds were considered legitimate legal instruments [1] and were regulated to some degree. Montenegrin culture calls this krvna osveta which means "blood revenge" which had unspoken but highly valued rules.[2]
Prince of Darkness
Excerpt:
Prince of Darkness is a term used in John Milton's poem Paradise Lost, published in 1667, referring to Satan, who is viewed as the embodiment of evil. It is an English translation of the Latin phrase princeps tenebrarum, which occurs in the Acts of Pilate, written in the fourth century, in the 11th-century hymn Rhythmus de die mortis by Pietro Damiani[2], and in a sermon by Bernard of Clairvaux[3] from the 12th century.
The phrase also occurs in King Lear by William Shakespeare (c. 1606), Act III, Scene IV, l. 140:
Edgar: The prince of darkness is a gentleman.
life peer
Excerpt:
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles cannot be inherited. (Those whose titles are heritable are known as hereditary peers.) Nowadays life peerages, always of baronial rank, are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and entitle the holders to seats in the House of Lords, presuming they meet qualifications such as age and citizenship. Life peers are not considered to be members of the nobility.[citation needed] The legitimate children of a life peer take the privilege of children of hereditary peers, being entitled to style themselves with the prefix the Honourable.
Life Peerages Act 1958
Excerpt:
The Life Peerages Act 1958 established the modern standards for the creation of life peers by the monarch of the United Kingdom. Life peers are barons and are members of the House of Lords for life, but their titles and membership in the Lords are not inherited by their children. Judicial life peers already sat in the House under the terms of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876. The Life Peerages Act vastly increased the ability of the Prime Minister to change the composition of the House of Lords and considerably lessened the dominance of hereditary "part-time" peers.
The Act allowed for the creation of female peers entitled to sit in the House of Lords; the first such women peers took their seats 21 October 1958.[1]
A life peer is created by the Queen by Letters Patent under the Great Seal on the advice of the Prime Minister.
Before the Act was passed, former Prime Ministers were usually created Viscounts or Earls (which are hereditary peerages) in gratitude for their public service in high office. The last Prime Minister and the last person to be made an Earl was Harold Macmillan under the Thatcher government in the 1980s.
http://article.wn.com/view/2012/01/07/Republican_presidential_race_turns_sour/
Excerpt:
Newt??????????? S'up???
When WeStand Together Nickelback (now that you've listened to Bottom's Up, listen to this next and then go on with YourOwnSelves.) ...cal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76RbWuFll0Y&feature=relmfu
If Today Was Your Last Day Nickelback (dedicated to my soulmate) ...cal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ78qgMYEDs&feature=related
Someone For Me Out There
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGb7ukP_ezI&feature=related
If Everyone Cared
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1qpDic_OtI&feature=fvst
We Fought For All The Wrong Reasons (to my 2 exs) ...cal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtmFXJTZDYI&feature=related
Bottoms Up (another perspective, ey? Notice Anna Nicole Smith metioned.) ...cal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JByREL-F_VI
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2011/nov/29/george-osborne-autumn-statement-video-analysis
Excerpt:
Public sector to foot bill for George Osborne's growth plan Chancellor warns there will be six years of austerity ahead
George Osborne increases squeeze on poor families with cuts to tax credits
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mandelson
Excerpts:
1) He twice resigned from Tony Blair's government while holding Cabinet positions. After his second resignation, he served as the European Commissioner for Trade from 2004 to 2008. He rejoined the government when he was made a life peer by the Queen and took his seat in the House of Lords on 13 October 2008.
2) Mandelson was able to secure close friendships within the Labour Party because of uncle Alexander Butler, who had worked alongside many important Labour politicians during the 1960s. In this role he was one of the first people in Britain to whom the term "spin doctor" was applied; he was thus called 'the Prince of Darkness'[10][11] and, after his ennoblement, 'the Dark Lord', nicknames he apparently enjoys having.
3) In his youth, he was also a member of the Young Communist League.[6] He was elected to Lambeth Borough Council in September 1979, but retired in 1982, disillusioned with the state of Labour politics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennoblement
Excerpt:
Various republics, including the United States, former Iron Curtain countries, Greece, Mexico, and Austria have expressly abolished the granting and/or use of titles of nobility to or by their citizens. This is distinct from countries which have not abolished the right to inherit (formerly) noble titles, but which do not grant legal recognition or protection to them, such as Germany, and Italy, although Germany recognizes their use as legal surnames. Still other countries and authorities allow their use, but forbid attachment of any privilege thereto, e.g. Finland, France, Norway and the European Union, although French law also protects lawful titles against usurpation, while Norway allows the use of traditional titles by official members of the royal house.
[edit] Noble privileges
Nobles did not always derive their privileges from just being nobles, but usually privileges were granted with a specific title, office or estate. However, nobles were often treated better. Nobles often derived wealth from one or more estates, large or small, that might include fields, pasture, orchards, timberland, hunting grounds, streams, etc. It also included infrastructure such as castle, well and mill to which local peasants were allowed some access.
Prior to the French Revolution, European nobles typically commanded tribute in the form of entitlement to cash rents or usage taxes, labour and/or a portion of the annual crop yield from commoners or nobles of lower rank who lived or worked on the noble's manor or within his seigneurial domain. In some countries, the local lord could impose restrictions on such a commoner's movements, religion or legal undertakings. The nobles enjoyed the privilege of hunting. In France, nobles were exempt from paying the taille, the major direct tax. The peasants were not only bound to the nobility by dues and services. The nobility also had the jurisdictions of the courts and the police over them. In many parts of western Europe the right of private war long remained the privilege of every noble
private war (the following is the link for this 'Feud') ...cal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_war
Excerpt:
A feud (
/ˈfjuːd/), referred to in more extreme cases as a blood feud, vendetta, faida, or private war, is a long-running argument or fight between parties—often groups of people, especially families or clans. Feuds begin because one party (correctly or incorrectly) perceives itself to have been attacked, insulted or wronged by another. Intense feelings of resentment trigger the initial retribution, which causes the other party to feel equally aggrieved and vengeful. The dispute is subsequently fuelled by a long-running cycle of retaliatory violence. This continual cycle of provocation and retaliation makes it extremely difficult to end the feud peacefully. Feuds frequently involve the original parties' family members and/or associates, can last for generations and may result in extreme acts of violence. They could be viewed as a pathological form of family honor.Until the early modern period, feuds were considered legitimate legal instruments [1] and were regulated to some degree. Montenegrin culture calls this krvna osveta which means "blood revenge" which had unspoken but highly valued rules.[2]
Prince of Darkness
Excerpt:
Prince of Darkness is a term used in John Milton's poem Paradise Lost, published in 1667, referring to Satan, who is viewed as the embodiment of evil. It is an English translation of the Latin phrase princeps tenebrarum, which occurs in the Acts of Pilate, written in the fourth century, in the 11th-century hymn Rhythmus de die mortis by Pietro Damiani[2], and in a sermon by Bernard of Clairvaux[3] from the 12th century.
The phrase also occurs in King Lear by William Shakespeare (c. 1606), Act III, Scene IV, l. 140:
Edgar: The prince of darkness is a gentleman.
life peer
Excerpt:
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles cannot be inherited. (Those whose titles are heritable are known as hereditary peers.) Nowadays life peerages, always of baronial rank, are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and entitle the holders to seats in the House of Lords, presuming they meet qualifications such as age and citizenship. Life peers are not considered to be members of the nobility.[citation needed] The legitimate children of a life peer take the privilege of children of hereditary peers, being entitled to style themselves with the prefix the Honourable.
Life Peerages Act 1958
Excerpt:
The Life Peerages Act 1958 established the modern standards for the creation of life peers by the monarch of the United Kingdom. Life peers are barons and are members of the House of Lords for life, but their titles and membership in the Lords are not inherited by their children. Judicial life peers already sat in the House under the terms of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876. The Life Peerages Act vastly increased the ability of the Prime Minister to change the composition of the House of Lords and considerably lessened the dominance of hereditary "part-time" peers.
The Act allowed for the creation of female peers entitled to sit in the House of Lords; the first such women peers took their seats 21 October 1958.[1]
A life peer is created by the Queen by Letters Patent under the Great Seal on the advice of the Prime Minister.
Before the Act was passed, former Prime Ministers were usually created Viscounts or Earls (which are hereditary peerages) in gratitude for their public service in high office. The last Prime Minister and the last person to be made an Earl was Harold Macmillan under the Thatcher government in the 1980s.
http://article.wn.com/view/2012/01/07/Republican_presidential_race_turns_sour/
Excerpt:
When WeStand Together Nickelback (now that you've listened to Bottom's Up, listen to this next and then go on with YourOwnSelves.) ...cal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76RbWuFll0Y&feature=relmfu
If Today Was Your Last Day Nickelback (dedicated to my soulmate) ...cal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ78qgMYEDs&feature=related
Someone For Me Out There
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGb7ukP_ezI&feature=related
If Everyone Cared
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1qpDic_OtI&feature=fvst
We Fought For All The Wrong Reasons (to my 2 exs) ...cal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtmFXJTZDYI&feature=related
Bottoms Up (another perspective, ey? Notice Anna Nicole Smith metioned.) ...cal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JByREL-F_VI
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