Monthly Archives: December 2008

Media Watchdog Group Exposes Weather Channel’s Bias and the Dark Cabal Behind it

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Thanos

Frankly, this bias is disturbing… Continue reading →

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Kasey’s Stick

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Thanos

Kasey likes her sticks, but most of all she likes to pose like this until I try to pick up the stick at which point in prancing blur of grey she teleports across the yard. Continue reading →

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Chinese Sailors Repel Pirates; UN Authorizes Air and Land Attacks

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Thanos

A Chinese ship crew bravely fought off pirates yesterday by keeping the pirates out of the crew quarters until international help could arrive after the pirates boarded their ship, the Zhenhua 4. Continue reading →

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Pirate Update: Escalation

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Thanos

A quick update to my previous report on the Somali pirates, it appears that the escalation to sophisticated weapons that I mentioned as a probability is now underway, sponsored by Al Qaeda Continue reading →

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The Way Out Fund: A Millennial Challenge

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Thanos

Governments tend to think at most in quarter centuries, and institutions think in quarters and years: truly long term initiatives and visions in human history are extremely rare. Continue reading →

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Upgrade Done!

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Thanos

So far I am liking the new WP, poking around the new icons and dashboard, taking it for a spin. I’m blogging this direct from Dashboard. Update: I am liking it, I rearranged my dashboard, loaded plugins directly, tried a … Continue reading →

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Upgrading WordPress; Reflections

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Thanos

I’ll be upgrading WordPress today to WP 2.7, “Coltrane“, so wish me luck. Here’s a photo to watch in case I suffer problems and go off the net awhile.

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Tonight’s Moon

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Thanos

Tonight’s moon was obscured by a thin band of cloud, causing a blue circular nimbus with a light brown ring surrounding. I tried to get a pic of it by backing off the telephoto and focus, but the lens is … Continue reading →

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Kasey One Year Ago

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Thanos

Here’s Kasey a year ago when we first got her, she was 6 weeks old when these were taken. . . . .   .

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The Last Full Moon Before Christmas is Out

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Thanos

This is the last full moon of 2008, you can seen it now through the 15th or so when it starts to wane. One other note on this photo, if you click on the thumb to see the full enlarged … Continue reading →

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