They covered up 9/11, they lied about Iraq's WMD's and now they are lying about Iran, the real enemy is not Iran but the enemy within Neo-Cons who so far have succesfully culturally and politically subverted this nation to do Israeli's bidding against their enemies and for the cause of NWO integration.
The mantra for war is resounding all over conservative radio and Fox propaganda networks. Salem Communications Radio network all Jewish radio talk show host are hard at work propagating for war against Iran. Most host are Israeli first, Jewish first decent and culture including Micheal Medved, Mike Gallagher, Dennis Prager, indeed Jewish elitist are permanent revolutionary chamilions, covert subversives  who change their political affiliation when it's expedient to do so. This nation has being hi-jacked by Israeli first loyalist hell bent on desimating the Arab world and setting the world on fire.

Neocons Pushed Us into War with Iraq and Now with Iran!

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masterbed2, originally uploaded by Awang Chetong.

Working hard, playing hard and sleeping less? Be warned... (well, true my own experience), be warned that your work performance may suffer sue to the impairment in motor skills, memory, focusing ability and judgement,,, all because of sleep deprivation.

My panel doc said to me earlier: sleep or forever rest in peace... :- (
Apparently, sleep can seize control of the brain and 'shut it down' involuntarily. Imagine if you are driving on the highway when the enough pressure occurs and pufff! brain shut down.

So, sleep is never a luxury (as claim by some crazy people) but is a necessity and even more important is quality sleep. While sleep is not luxury, bedding can be one, especially if you or your bed partner wants to be pampered with a good mattress during that 8 - 9 hours of doozing time every night.

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Cow Farts

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I almost got into a fight today over something incredibly stupid.  Because i'm too lazy to type again, here is my words with my friend on MSN.
Ðαvê - what are we doing to ourselves? says:
Oh, I was very close to getting my ass kicked today by two teenagers in a benz on robson street
Ðαvê - what are we doing to ourselves? says:
because I shook my head at them in shame
anita- ange says:
wtf
Ðαvê - what are we doing to ourselves? says:
well, I was riding my bike, they almost hit me with their car
Ðαvê - what are we doing to ourselves? says:
and they roll down their window and go, "What's your problem? Fucker."
Ðαvê - what are we doing to ourselves? says:
and I said, "Just be careful, you almost hit me with your car.  Pay attention."
Ðαvê - what are we doing to ourselves? says:
they said, "Why don't YOU pay attention?" and I said, "I was, that's why I was able to stop in time."
Ðαvê - what are we doing to ourselves? says:
and they said, "What the fuck is wrong with you buddy?"
Ðαvê - what are we doing to ourselves? says:
and I said, "Nothing, just watch out. " "How dyou know I wasn't watching out?  can you see?"
anita- ange says:
uh..
Ðαvê - what are we doing to ourselves? says:
and I said, "No, I can't see.  Your windows are tinted because you are have gay sex."
Ðαvê - what are we doing to ourselves? says:
they said, "Fuck you, you wanna go?" and I said, "I can't, it's a red light."
anita- ange says:
hahahahahaha
Ðαvê - what are we doing to ourselves? says:
and they said, "fuck you, I'm going to fuck you up.  Let's go, in the alley."
Ðαvê - what are we doing to ourselves? says:
and I said, "No thanks, I don't want to be raped by two asian guys today."
Ðαvê - what are we doing to ourselves? says:
and they said, "Yeah, you better..." and I said, "Oh, so you did want to have sex with me."
anita- ange says:
HAHAHAHA
Ðαvê - what are we doing to ourselves? says:
They said, "fuck you.  You're dead!" and the passenger was getting out of the car
Ðαvê - what are we doing to ourselves? says:
and it was a green light so I kicked the car and took off
Ðαvê - what are we doing to ourselves? says:
I was really scared

Anyway, I didn't exacly use those words and neither did the teens.  Needless to say, I was scared that I'd have to defend myself or that they'd try to run me over with their car.  If their penis size was inversely proportional to the size of their carbon footprint, I'd have had much to worry about.

I rode my bike home, angry at car culture.  When did cars have more rights than people?  It's already frustrating that Robson street in Vancouver is full of pedestrian traffic and anyone walking there on a hot summer day will note that cars are not the best solution for the street.  Yet they exist.  drivers are impatiently waiting to get out of downtown and back home are racing down the street. In the summer time, kids with their freshly bought shiny wheels roam up and down Robson looking for hotties to impress with their undeserved freedom.

I like riding a bike.  I don't really have to worry too much about pedestrians or getting out of downtown on time.  In fact, I know i'm going to be a little late, no matter what my destination is because I'm on a bike.  However, I always budget time for that.  I have no need to hurry anywhere.  Where would I go in such a hurry?  I'm getting off work and the only thing left is a nice ride back home.  Whatever feeling of urgency I have is gone.  when i'm in a car, I feel urgent and slightly panicky.  I don't budget my time properly and I'm constantly worried that I'm driving too fast (50km/h) and I'll miss a crazy person who needs to get to the red light before I do.  Still, I try my best to drive carefully and watch out for bikers.  I know that sometimes I make mistakes and bikers will get angry.  Just chill out, biker dudes.

I want to be able to fight car-culture.  There's nothing wrong with driving and owning a car, but I don't like the urgency and sense of status associated with driving.  If you own a car, does that mean you have disposable income?  These days, it's not so clear if you have income to spend on a car.  The culture of cars has driven everyone to believe that they can own one, maintain one, and be a star in one.  drive because you need to, not because you're unable to be attractive without one.

I'm out of my scared feeling now.

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Gas prices

TIME article: 10 Things to Like About $4 Gas

Proof that every cloud has a silver lining, if you look hard enough.

(Note: Where I live in the NYC Metro area, gas is more like $5 a gallon)  And I would add #11: Gas at $5 a gallon is still a whole lot cheaper than gas in Western Europe!

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I made it two months without buying gas!!! 

Dancingcats

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As a fan of science fiction, I have been wondering how long it would be before someone started talking about terraforming planet Earth and it has finally come up for discussion with scientists talking about pumping sulfur high into the atmosphere.

See the transcript of Radio National’s Background Briefing here.Background Briefing

Anyone nervous yet?

History, rather than sci-fi, is where we should start looking when this idea starts to grow legs. And grow legs it will because cheap and nasty will always appeal to economic rationalists.

This particularly nasty idea has all the hallmarks of being favoured for a number of reasons. It allows folk to continue abusing the planet thoughtlessly, politicians will love a short term fix, it involves getting to use big arse guns, and the scientists get to test their theories on a real planet.

If you are thinking that scientists won’t support this patch fix then a brief look down memory lane is in order. Whether it be experimenting with live human beings like the Nazi doctors or disposing of nuclear waste in the North Sea by the English, there are always scientists who will sign up for the action. Sometimes they will have 2^nd thoughts after the damage is done but youthful enthusiasm will always find ways to excuse the moral argument.

Working with the environment is a very complicated operation. Just ask the farmers who have tried the seemingly easily achievable target of seeding rain clouds. They do have some success but you need a statistician to prove the result. Also consider chemical warfare using 2 components. It’s very difficult to deliver accurately simply because of weather conditions. Even with all the computer power attached to weather prediction.

Building a climate modeling program has taken years as thousands of variables have gradually been added to the model and I’m guessing it still has a long way to go. If the model isn’t accurate then prediction is problematic.

Now we have a “quick fix” for a complex system that offers a far cheaper result if you don’t mind totally trashing the balance. Like the elegant English solution to nuclear waste, this has the unacceptable feature of being irreversible. When the problem arose of 44 gallon drums of nuclear waste splitting after a year or two submerged, they were not able to easily recover the problem drums from the North Sea. As far as I know they are still sitting at the bottom of the North Sea.

The last, and most frightening aspect about this new idea, is that the US can act unilaterally and damage everyone else on the planet.  The Chinese probably fit in the same category. Large countries with the wherewithal and the arrogance to try something that might work regardless of what the World, or indeed their own people, want.

Tragically, we won’t even regard these scientists as mad until after the damage is done. Some folk will probably even be reassured by their sponsorship of the whole scheme. We have to remember that no matter how dangerous or crazy an idea is, someone will either believe it or be prepared to sign off on it for money.

Money isn’t everything. In fact it’s a pretty poor basis for deciding how to approach a problem especially if it has long term problems. If Economists only think ahead by 5 years and politicians only as far as the next election, then they are NOT the folk to be allowed to control the response to Global Warming.

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Dubai rotating skyscraper

In recent days I've been reading about a new residential skyscraper being planned for Dubai that has individually rotating floors, each self-powered by the wind.  It's architecturally and technically stunning, and would be beautiful to look at. 

I would think that they would need to house the wiring and (flexible?) plumbing in the central, fixed "stem" of the building, and maybe the floors would rotate a maximum of 360 degrees and then reverse to make all that wiring functionally feasible. 

Lots of potential hurdles...but still a neat concept.

Preview of World's First Rotating Skyscraper

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Interesting Commercial

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I've not been terribly impressed with most eco/green/earth-friendly products, but I came across one in New York magazine recently that just strikes me as a really great idea.  It's a small sink that's built into a toilet tank lid replacement, that spouts clean tap water for you to wash your hands (post-tinkle), then all the "grey" water drains into your toilet bowl, filling it up for the next use.  How clever is that? 

Most "grey water" solutions I've read about are ugly, awkward, and/or hard to do unless you are the type who burns yak butter for electricity, but this one is quite an elegant idea, methinks. 

Toilet-tank top sink

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