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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Christmas and Peace on Earth

A 1939 original animation film and an updated, 1955 version. These short films could be familiar to people in the USA, I'd never seen them before but accidentally stumbled upon a link to one of them; the Wiki page led me to the later version.

From 1939

From 1955

I wonder if someone will do a second re-make for the 21st century?

Warm good wishes to all passers-by for a peaceful and happy Christmas-time, or whatever festival you are celebrating, even if your celebration is simply being alive.

Sonny G said...

Merry Christmas , Annie.

Twilight said...

Sonny ~ Many thanks, Sonny - and to you and yours too! :-)

mike said...

Peace on earth seems an oxymoron, at least as far as we humans can consider. That's why I tend to believe that we are all just one...we get what we give.

“Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. Indeed, my experiments have proven to me that he is the Unreasoning Animal... In truth, man is incurably foolish. Simple things which other animals easily learn, he is incapable of learning. Among my experiments was this. In an hour I taught a cat and a dog to be friends. I put them in a cage. In another hour I taught them to be friends with a rabbit. In the course of two days I was able to add a fox, a goose, a squirrel and some doves. Finally a monkey. They lived together in peace; even affectionately.

Next, in another cage I confined an Irish Catholic from Tipperary, and as soon as he seemed tame I added a Scotch Presbyterian from Aberdeen. Next a Turk from Constantinople; a Greek Christian from Crete; an Armenian; a Methodist from the wilds of Arkansas; a Buddhist from China; a Brahman from Benares. Finally, a Salvation Army Colonel from Wapping. Then I stayed away for two whole days. When I came back to note results, the cage of Higher Animals was all right, but in the other there was but a chaos of gory odds and ends of turbans and fezzes and plaids and bones and flesh--not a specimen left alive. These Reasoning Animals had disagreed on a theological detail and carried the matter to a Higher Court.” Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings

I hope you and aj are having a restful, pleasant day.

Twilight said...

mike ~ Good ol' Mark Twain - he always knew what was what didn't he!?

Thanks, yes, a peaceful day, just ordinary things and DVDs this evening. Starting with "The Life of Brian" - seen if before, and more than once, but it never gets old.

BP of Himself has been better today, the extra dose is kicking in now it seems. Sigh of relief!

Hope your day was good too.


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Tuesday, October 09, 2018

"If a meteor were spotted....." with Ian Lang

Let us, today, forget all about the Supreme Court, the travesties of Kavanaugh, Susan Collins, et al for a mo and imagine something else, equally horrendous - something such as this, which appeared at Quora a while back:

If a meteor was spotted heading towards Earth, one week before collision, what would happen in that one week?

Someone whose name has appeared before in these blog pages had an answer:
From Ian Lang, Leading Technician, with his kind (blanket) permission:

"Donald Trump would declare it fake news on Monday, blame the Mexicans on Wednesday, and go on a molesting rampage on Saturday.

Certain writers on Quora would blame Brexit. And then disable comments so that we couldn’t point out that it’s got nothing to do with Brexit.

By Monday afternoon somebody would accuse it of “cultural appropriation”.

The BBC would run a rolling news service devoted to it, in which the word “doom” is never uttered. ITV would do newsflashes on it, in which the word “doom” is mentioned in one in three. Sky News would have the word “DOOM!” in big flashing letters underneath the newsreader, and Radio one would have it as a ten-second briefing, after the bit about Adele.

Flat Earthers would be insufferable. They’d be going about saying “even you globeheads won’t be able to claim it’s round when that hits!”

If it was heading to hit the UK the politicos would be screaming about Brex-hit and castigating Theresa May for not doing a deal with it.

If it’s found to be heading smack for the Brazilian Rainforest every Greenie in the world will be rocking up to NASA’s doorstep demanding that they do something about it.

The average British man or woman would go down the pub. About four seconds before impact, they’d be draining the last pint.

UK Railway operators would use it as an excuse for the trains being late. Japanese railway operators would do nothing visible until it hits, and then thirty-eight seconds later (assuming total destruction of their railway system) would have the trains running again and be apologising profusely for the 8:15 being twelve seconds delayed in departing.

In North Korea, nothing unusual would happen all week, because nobody will be told anything about it.

Sales of patio heaters, umbrellas, and Spam will go through the roof.

The UK government will advise us to paint our windows white and take off our doors four minutes before the meteor hits.

We’ll all ignore this because, as I mentioned before, we’ll all be down the pub finishing our pints. And probably watching football.

Extinction Level Event? Balls to that. We’re taking our beer with us."

R J Adams said...

Great answer! I'd be down the pub with him.

Twilight said...

RJ Adams ~ Me too - if we had a flippin' pub in these parts that is!

Wisewebwoman said...

Don't tell me they forgot about the Rapture People and the Sweet Jesus Boyz? Lots of last minute conversions would be happening in rivers around us.

Pestilence (and Doom) being wreaked upon the earth for all our sins would be trumpeted by Fox. We brought it on ourselves for not declaring 45 the Saviour and Son of God.

Twilight said...

Wisewebwoman ~ True! There'd be lots of that kind of thing around here too! Mind you they'd be rather short of water in the Red River - it dribbles rather than flows these days.

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Tuesday, October 02, 2018

Kavanaugh - Astrological

A quick look at the astrological side of Brett Kavanaugh. I did, initially, take a passing glance at Brett Kavanaugh's natal chart - a 12 noon version as time of birth, unfortunately, remains unknown. My first, and mistaken, thought before emergence of the current spate of investigations and accusations, on seeing an Aquarius trio of planets including natal Sun, was that perhaps Kavanaugh would be another Justice along the same lines as Chief Justice John Roberts, who by the way has a birthday on the same day as my own, 27 January - different year. I've since come to different conclusions.

Brett Kavanaugh born on 12 February 1965 in Washington DC. 12 noon chart, time of birth unknown.

Looking more closely at Kavanaugh's chart now, digging a little deeper into those Aquarius planets I noted that his natal Sun, at 23 Aquarius, is conjunct Fixed Star Deneb Algedi. How is that interpreted?

With Sun: Loss through false friends, high position but final disgrace and ruin, loss of money or property, sickness, worry through children. [Robson*, p.159.]

I also noted there could be (depending on exact Moon position) a Yod (Finger of Fate), a formation linking a possible sextile between Moon in Cancer and a conjunction of Uranus and Pluto in Virgo, to two quincunx (150 degree) aspects to Mercury and/or Venus in Aquarius. I'd see this formation, if it does exist, depending on time of birth, as an indication of an overly sensitive Cancer Moon being modified (corrupted even) by the eccentricity of Uranus and the potential darkness of Pluto, then emerging as inborn attitudes via natal Mercury and Venus.

Here's a good, and recent, rundown of Kavanaugh's natal chart by an astrologer I've admired since my first blogging days - Lynn Hayes, who now writes at Astrodynamics.

The astrology of Brett Kavanaugh

Wisewebwoman said...

All I know is this man should never be on ANY BENCH, adjudicating anyone. He is seriously flawed and has no insight or empathy.

Twilight said...

Wisewebwoman ~ Yes, he's sadly lacking on several fronts. As an old boss of mine used to describe such a person, "He's not of the right calibre!"

Lynn Hayes said...

Thanks for the link Twilight. It will be interesting to see how this plays out this week with Venus in Scorpio Rx getting ready to square Mars and Black Moon Lilith. 😳

Twilight said...

Lynn Hayes ~ Hey Lynn! Yes, indeed. We've been out all day, just come home and I see he's been sworn in. :(

I'm sure there'll be continued outcries, but we're stuck with him now for probably decades. Very disheartening. Maybe the stars and planets will come to our aid - that's all we have left now - and voting out as many Republicans as possible in the November mid-term elections.


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Above: Uenuku Charitable Trust’s Kāhui Pou project manager, Honey Winter.

Four-day workshop brings addiction support to Raetihi

A team of 20 drug and alcohol rehabilitation experts – including former addicts – is bringing an intensive four-day addiction workshop to Raetihi.

Supported by Uenuku Charitable Trust, local health providers, community organisations and the Police, the Auckland-based group He Waka Eke Noa will bring a whānau and community-based Kaupapa Māori approach to addiction support next month.

The marae-based workshop from August 5 to 10 follows on from a community-supported meths (“P”) addiction workshop held at Raetihi, which included former addicts who have turned their lives around with support from a range of alcohol and drug addiction experts. The Raetihi addiction workshop is aimed at focusing support on up to 50 users and addicts, and those directly affected by substance abuse. The Raetihi marae venue will be confirmed soon.

He Waka Eke Noa member, Uenuku descendant Bessina Pehi-Tamatea, has been key in lining up for Raetihi a broad range of addiction support workers including from the Higher Ground severe addiction rehabilitation unit in Auckland, the Salvation Army Bridge, Drug Court, Wings Trust, Odyssey, Te Ara Hou, prison, Epsom Lodge, community, Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous.

“There is lots of talent in the mix,” Bessina said. “There will be A&D counselling, peer support and other workers too. The purpose is to engage with current users of drugs and alcohol and to support a change by showing how kaupapa Māori and clinical approaches can influence recovery-based daily living.

“Our aim is to encourage people to see that there is hope outside of drugs and alcohol addiction and give them information on how to access support. Key to this is our goal of participation and cohesion of whānau, hapū and iwi, encompassing all cultures.”

The non-profit organisation has been using kaupapa Māori resources to help addicts stay clean and sober.

“Being Māori, we found there was a loophole that did not cater to Māori for longevity of sobriety,” Bessina said. “In 2015, this rōpū was formed as a kapa haka forum, and has now developed into one of the leading agents catering for addicts and alcoholics in Auckland central city, with a client base of around 300. We never turn anyone away. The key is a sense of belonging and acceptance.”

Uenuku Charitable Trust’s Kāhui Pou project manager Honey Winter said the workshop team is engaging with iwi, health providers, the Police, justice systems and the wider communities of Raetihi, National Park, Ohakune, Whanganui, Taihape, Pipiriki, Jerusalem and Waiouru, and is taking registrations and referrals now.

“People wanting to register can contact their health provider or the Police, or simply email enquiries@uenuku.iwi.nz or phone me on 027 5444 744. Uenuku has secured funding to cover marae and kai – we want to ensure that those who want to make changes in their lives are able to attend to take advantage of the incredible array of expertise in this group,” Honey said.

The programme will run from 9am-3pm, with a night component (6-8pm) of therapeutic interventions, waiata, haka and whakawhanaungatanga, to cater for those who work during the day.

For further information, please contact Honey Winter on 027 5444 744 or email enquiries@uenuku.iwi.nz.

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