A Gorgeous Moon That China Longs For
March 6th 2007 20:59
AMAZING PICTURES OF THE TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPLE - AMAZING, ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
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NEWS AND VIEWS:
NEWS: OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NATURE:
Dear Readers: Throughout this blog you will find some of the most amazing pictures you have ever seen published; these happen to be of the recent Total Eclipse of The Moon; with permission of Luminous Landscapes which has much more to be seen. I contacted the site owner to do this, and we have no financial or other relationship, other than my admiration for the photos.
VIEWS: The views speak for themselves; Enjoy and save them for future enjoyment!
NEWS: THE CHINESE IN SPACE (Speaking of the Moon)
China has announced its upcoming space program; you may remember that China became the third country to put a human into space (USA and former USSR being the first two- not sure of which came first). China is planning to launch its first lunar probe later this year; and hopes to put a man on the Moon within the next 15 years.
VIEWS:
China is certainly emerging out of its cocoon science-wise; let there be peace, good will and personal rights for that country and the rest of the world.
NEWS:
JUSTICE IN THE US of A:
Lewis “Scooter” Libby (56), the veep’s (Dick Cheney’s) former Chief of Staff and national security adviser has just been found guilty of two counts of perjury, one count of making a false statement, and one count of obstruction of justice by an 11 person Federal Jury.
The jury spent ten days in deliberation before arriving at its verdict. Mr. Libby, after the seven week trial, was acquitted of one single count of lying to the FBI.
Libby was the only person charged in the three year investigation probing the disclosure of classified information when several journalists were informed that undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame’s was married to former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, an early critic of the present war in Iraq.
In early July, 2003, Wilson published his views, accusing White of distorting his findings regarding the Iraqi situation in order to justify the Iraq War to the American people.
Seems like Libby’s defense team’s strategy of not calling the Vice President or the defendant himself failed.
The Administration leak led to publishcation that Mr. Wilson was married to an undercover agent by name: Valerie Plame (Undercover no more).
Libby’s sentencing is set for June 5, 2007; meanwhile he will be allowed to remain out of jail on bail. Libby may be sentenced for a maximum ten years for the obstruction conviction and five years each for the other three convictions. He also may be fined up to $250,000 for each conviction.
It is the consensus that the maximum penalties will not be imposed as allowed under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
Reportedly, Libby will be requesting U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton, the trial judge, for a new trial and, if that is denied, will appeal the convictions.
Curiously enough, the verdict was reached by an eleven person jury after Judge Walton, at the beginning of the fourth day of deliberations, dismissed one juror “based upon acknowledgment that she did have contact with information in the case,” with no specifics given.
VIEWS:
Is it just possible that Scooter is the Administration’s “Fall guy” for this curiously timed leak about an “Administration ‘‘enemy’’. I don’t know as I am not in the loop for this secretive executive branch of the Federal Government; and what: no alternate jurors?
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON:
COMPUTER V. AUTOMOBILE: FUNNY STUFF
(Urban Legend, around the ‘net, but so funny. Please forgive if you’ve already heard this....)
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the
computer industry with the auto industry and stated:
"If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."
In response to Bill's comments, Genera Motors reportedly issued a press release stating:
“If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash........ Twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull
to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut
down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning light.
7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off. “
(Reprinted with permission of Mary Ornella. Thanks Mary)
VIEWS:
Funny stuff and, if true, would seem that the mega corporations have a sense of humor after all.
CLICHE OF THE DAY: “Lock, Stock and Barrel”
Meaning: The whole thing; “The whole enchilada” (a cliche by itself); complete.
Example: He bought the hardware store lock, stock and barrel;
Origin: In firearms lingo, the mechanism which is presently called the action used to be called (in the early days of the technology) the “lock” because by readying the gun to fire, the trigger was locked into position; the stock, which used to be made exclusively of wood and is what holds the whole gun together, and, of course, the barrel is the tube through which the bullet travels on its way to its target. “Lock, stock and barrel” - the entire works
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that
you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances." (Right)
Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina
(An oldie but a goodie)
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