The instrumental version of this song was number one on the charts in 1968. I found this singer on the YouTube, but I never heard of her. She is incredible. Of 3 versions of this song by various artists, ( Johnny Mathis, Andy Williams, and Leandros) I like hers the best.
She does a version of this in French that is much prettier ( I am guessing that since I don't know French ). The lyrics in English are a bit strained, but she makes it sound beautiful. I have to learn all about her.
In French. You can see that the words are different. The translation isn't exact, but that is unavoidable.
Al Fin: "Cowboy Commentary", aka "Eat your veggies" The Flag banner is posted in order to defy those who would make patriotic symbols illegal or disreputable.
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Space Center Houston | The Big Move
Space Center Houston | The Big Move
I remember seeing this thing in the parking lot there awhile back. I knew it couldn't be the real ones that flew. Turns out that this is only a replica.
There's plans to move a 747 and sit it on top like they did when the Shuttle was moved. That's what this news item is all about.
This all reminds me of the time that the Challenger came to Houston after it was to go on its maiden voyage in 1983. I went there.
The loss of the Challenger in 1986 was keenly felt by yours truly. It was like a death in the family.
I remember seeing this thing in the parking lot there awhile back. I knew it couldn't be the real ones that flew. Turns out that this is only a replica.
There's plans to move a 747 and sit it on top like they did when the Shuttle was moved. That's what this news item is all about.
This all reminds me of the time that the Challenger came to Houston after it was to go on its maiden voyage in 1983. I went there.
The loss of the Challenger in 1986 was keenly felt by yours truly. It was like a death in the family.
Nun Faces Backlash for Criticizing Homosexuality to Catholic School Students
via Free Republic
Have people gotten so brainwashed that they just can't think for themselves at all? What the hell is so controversial about the above quote? Is it because they don't want people to know the truth about homosexuality? It isn't inborn. It is a moral problem. Like any moral problem, it can be addressed and turned around. Not easy, but not impossible either.
Look, if it were truly inborn, what are these people afraid of?
Nobody has commented upon my post about rising male-on-male sexual assault in the military. I found an article in the New Times that barely mentions it, but I'll be really surprised if the numbers aren't much higher than what is being reported. Men are definitely not going to want to talk about this.
There's this myth out there that homosexual men are passive and really aren't capable of rape. I think the myth is sustained by the notion that some have that any man in the "female" position isn't really a man. People actually do think that way. They do in prisons. It is a psychological defense mechanism. Any man that rapes another man is probably even more "gay" than the guy being raped, but that's not the way the guy thinks and not the way everybody else seems to think.
Update:
Just to back up that last paragraph, I'll cite a passage in the book by William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich:
The S.A. was the forerunner of the dreaded S.S. It was the right arm of the Nazi terror machine that brought Adolf Hitler to power. Without these unnatural men, their may not have been a Nazi Germany, nor a World War II and all the horrors that it spawned.
Sister Jane Dominic Laurel talked about the causes of homosexuality, saying it was not inborn but likely the cause of psychological factors. They also say she presented data showing that children raised in same-sex parent households are more likely to end up as same-sex-attracted than children raised in more traditional households. Big GovernmentWoof! Here's a nun just talking about an official church position and these people who are supposedly Catholic are having a cow.
Have people gotten so brainwashed that they just can't think for themselves at all? What the hell is so controversial about the above quote? Is it because they don't want people to know the truth about homosexuality? It isn't inborn. It is a moral problem. Like any moral problem, it can be addressed and turned around. Not easy, but not impossible either.
Look, if it were truly inborn, what are these people afraid of?
Nobody has commented upon my post about rising male-on-male sexual assault in the military. I found an article in the New Times that barely mentions it, but I'll be really surprised if the numbers aren't much higher than what is being reported. Men are definitely not going to want to talk about this.
There's this myth out there that homosexual men are passive and really aren't capable of rape. I think the myth is sustained by the notion that some have that any man in the "female" position isn't really a man. People actually do think that way. They do in prisons. It is a psychological defense mechanism. Any man that rapes another man is probably even more "gay" than the guy being raped, but that's not the way the guy thinks and not the way everybody else seems to think.
Update:
Just to back up that last paragraph, I'll cite a passage in the book by William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich:
...the brown-shirted S.A. never became more than a motley mob of brawlers. Many of its top leaders, beginning with its chief, Roehm, were notorious homosexual perverts. Lieutenant Edmund Heines, who lead the Munich S.A., was not only a homosexual, but a convicted murderer. These two and dozens of others quarreled and feuded as men of unnatural sexual inclinations, with their peculiar jealousies, can.---Shirer p.172
The S.A. was the forerunner of the dreaded S.S. It was the right arm of the Nazi terror machine that brought Adolf Hitler to power. Without these unnatural men, their may not have been a Nazi Germany, nor a World War II and all the horrors that it spawned.
Next Big Future: Terrestrial Energy successfully closed its final s...
Next Big Future: Terrestrial Energy successfully closed its final s...: Terrestrial Energy (TIEs) has the objective of commercializing its proprietary Molten Salt Reactor technology in Canada by 2021. Molten Sal...
Looks like a good deal. Good luck to them. Looks to me like one of the few bright spots out there in a bleak landscape.
Looks like a good deal. Good luck to them. Looks to me like one of the few bright spots out there in a bleak landscape.
Friday, April 4, 2014
Skydiver almost struck by meteorite
What are the odds of being struck by a meteorite like that? Incredible.
Someone in the comments section doubts that this was a meteorite. What else could it have been? I'd say it probably was and that it is probably the correct answer because it is the simplest explanation. ( Occam's Razor). Another could be that it is a hoax. But that would require some planning and careful execution. The obvious thing would be that you'd better be accurate in flinging an object like that around, because you may get the skydiver killed.
Someone in the comments section doubts that this was a meteorite. What else could it have been? I'd say it probably was and that it is probably the correct answer because it is the simplest explanation. ( Occam's Razor). Another could be that it is a hoax. But that would require some planning and careful execution. The obvious thing would be that you'd better be accurate in flinging an object like that around, because you may get the skydiver killed.
Next Big Future: 400 tons of mini carbon nanotube solar sails can b...
Next Big Future: 400 tons of mini carbon nanotube solar sails can b...: Adam Crowl and Crowlspace details “Sail-Beam” or “Macron Beam” propulsion of humans in spaceships to about 4.5% of lightspeed. Quarter-wav...
Solar sails are intriguing. I've written about them. If you want to finance a big project like this, then use the same technology to mine asteroids. But that would make too much sense.
Solar sails are intriguing. I've written about them. If you want to finance a big project like this, then use the same technology to mine asteroids. But that would make too much sense.
Sharyl Attkisson-Articles
Sharyl Attkisson-Articles
The one on Benghazi courtesy link from Instapundit, didn't seem to have anything as damning as what Dick Morris reported on awhile back. The GOP had a golden opportunity here, but they flubbed it as usual.
Update:
More on Morell. That's what Attkisson was reporting in the above link.
The one on Benghazi courtesy link from Instapundit, didn't seem to have anything as damning as what Dick Morris reported on awhile back. The GOP had a golden opportunity here, but they flubbed it as usual.
Update:
More on Morell. That's what Attkisson was reporting in the above link.
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