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I Feel a "Mood Disorder" Coming On!

OMG! Just reading about this brings on a mood disorder for me! Isn't politics grand?
Subject: How proud his father must be

How proud his father must be .....




                   Jesse Jackson Jr. to Grab $8,700 per Month in Disability, Plus Pension in Prison


Convicted Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) is scheduled to receive $8,700 per month in government disability pay, as well as a partial federal pension of $45,000.

That generous $8,700 in disability comes thanks to Jackson ’s sudden development of a "mood disorder" as the federal government began looking to indict him.

Jackson, who was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison, had no history of mental illness during his prior 17 years in Congress.
Rev. Jesse Jackson has defended his son’s claims of mental illness, stating to the court, "This time a year ago I thought we may have lost him."
So, Jesse Jackson, Jr. 17-year veteran of the US Congress, suddenly gets a "mood disorder" (about the same time he learned he was to be indicted) and is going to prison for 2.5 years. Because his "mood disorder" was so severe, he has become disabled and will receive $8700 per month as a disability payment as well as $45000 a year from his congressional pension, a total of about $150K per year. Is this a great country or what?

By the way, I have had a rather substantial "mood disorder disability" ever since Obama got elected in 2008.
I have not committed any felonies, have not been convicted and sentenced to prison and I don't get squat
Other than a higher and higher tax bill every year and the privilege of watching our federal deficit grow every day of the year.


Get Ready for Global Tax and Bank Deposit Confiscation



Get Ready for Global Tax and Bank Deposit Confiscation



Obama is bad, but he’ll be out of office in 2017, but his Marxist policies will continue on a national and global scale as a global tax and worse are in the works.
Did you know that voters in NY City elected a self-admitted Marxist for mayor? Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio won with nearly 75 percent of the vote. De Blasio has a long history of Marxist sympathies going back to his support for the Communist Sandinistas.
Prior to the mayoral election, “de Blasio had scrubbed the Marxist connections from his campaign website, an omission that momentarily captured the attention of The New York Times. But once these connections and controversies came to light, he embraced his sordid history. He still embraces liberation theology and his work for the communist Sandinistas in Nicaragua.”
So-called Progressives are anticipating de Blasio’s Marxist sympathies to translate into more wealth redistribution. Chris Shelton, a vice president with the Communication Workers of America union, told liberal sympathizers “to join a ‘revolution’ against the ‘bankers, billionaire and brokers of Wall Street.’”
I’m against the banking system as well because of its incestuous ties to the Federal government and support of both parties. But de Blasio and Shelton have more in mind. They want more government control of the banks, possibly even to nationalize them, and de Blasio has designs on “excessive” wealth.
Do New Yorkers know what they voted for? “As former New York mayor Ed Koch once quipped,” Scott McKim of National Review Online wrote, “‘The people have spoken . . . and they must be punished.’”
A time is coming when we all may be punished.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230435510457923248055251722

Romain Hatchuel: The Coming Global Wealth Tax

Indebted governments may soon consider a big one-time levy on capital assets.

By   Romain Hatchuel       
Dec. 3, 2013 7:15 p.m. ET
Between ObamaCare, Iran and last quarter's uptick in U.S. economic growth, taxpayers these days may be distracted from several dangers to come. But households from the United States to Europe and Japan may soon face fiscal shocks worse than any market crash. The White House and New York Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio aren't the only ones calling for higher taxes (especially on the wealthy), as voices from the International Monetary Fund to billionaire investor Bill Gross increasingly make the case too.
In his November investment commentary for bond giant Pimco, Mr. Gross asks the "Scrooge McDucks of the world" to accept higher personal income taxes and to stop expecting capital to be taxed at lower rates than labor. As for the IMF, its latest Fiscal Monitor report argues that taxing the wealthy offers "significant revenue potential at relatively low efficiency costs." The context for this argument is the IMF's expectation that in advanced economies the ratio of public debt to gross domestic product will reach a historic peak of 110% next year, 35 percentage points above its 2007 level.
Between 2008 and 2012, several of the developed world's most fiscally challenged nations (including the United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain) increased top personal income tax rates by an average of 8%. In the United States, the expiration of the Bush tax cuts pushed the highest federal income tax bracket to 39.6% from 35%.
What the IMF calls "revenue-maximizing top income tax rates" may be a good indication of how much further those rates could rise: As the IMF calculates, the average revenue-maximizing rate for the main Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development countries is around 60%, way above existing levels.
For the U.S., it is 56% to 71%—far more than the current 45% paid in federal, state and local taxes by those in the top tax bracket. The IMF singles out the U.S. as the country where raising top rates toward 70% (where they were before the Reagan tax cuts) would yield the most revenue—around 1.25% of GDP. And with a chilling candor, the IMF admits that its revenue-maximizing approach takes no account of the well-being of top earners (or their businesses).
Higher taxes will not save an economy. Foreign aid most often goes to corrupt political leaders and rarely makes its way to the people in need who are most often in need because of their corrupt and oppressive political leaders. Poor nations need a free economy, stable government, and a bottom-up moral worldview that is the essence of self-government and trust. Like their secular counterparts, religious liberals have not learned this lesson.
Wealth confiscation is on the rise, Consider that “in France, President François Hollande finally managed to pass a 75% tax on income above one million euros and now he is seeking to limit the tax benefits of ‘life insurance contracts,’ a long-term savings instrument used by most wealthy households.”
You may be thinking that they’re only after the big guys. That’s how the income tax amendment got passed. It gained popular support because the majority of people were under the delusion that they would never be taxed. Surprise!
After the pockets and back accounts of the wealthy are picked, guess who’s next? “From New York to London, Paris and beyond, powerful economic players are deciding that with an ever-deteriorating global fiscal outlook, conventional levels and methods of taxation will no longer suffice. That makes weapons of mass wealth destruction—such as the IMF's one-off capital levy, Cyprus's bank deposit confiscation, or outright sovereign defaults—likelier by the day.”
Taxes can rise in ways both prominent and subtle. In the United Kingdom, the highly advantageous "resident non-domiciled" status—requiring wealthy residents to pay taxes on overseas earnings only if they "remit" the money to the U.K.—has become much harder to qualify for and more costly after recent reforms.
In France, President François Hollande finally managed to pass a 75% tax on income above one million euros and now he is seeking to limit the tax benefits of "life insurance contracts," a long-term savings instrument used by most wealthy households. As for the uniquely French "impôt sur la fortune," taxing those with net worth above 1.3 million euros, it is alive and well. Japan too is taking steps to increase personal taxation, though it hasn't yet targeted top earners in particular.
Of course these measures won't return the world's top economies to sustainable levels of debt. That could be achieved only through significant economic growth (the good way) or, as the IMF puts it, "by repudiating public debt or inflating it away" (the bad way). In October the IMF floated a bold idea that didn't get the attention it deserved: lowering sovereign debt levels through a one-off tax on private wealth.
As applied to the euro zone, the IMF claims that a 10% levy on households' positive net worth would bring public debt levels back to pre-financial crisis levels. Such a tax sounds crazy, but recall what happened in euro-zone country Cyprus this year: Holders of bank accounts larger than 100,000 euros had to incur losses of up to 100% on their savings above that threshold, in order to "bail-in" the bankrupt Mediterranean state. Japanese households, sitting on one of the world's largest pools of savings, have particular reason to worry about their assets: At 240% of GDP, their country's public debt ratio is more than twice that of Cyprus when it defaulted.
From New York to London, Paris and beyond, powerful economic players are deciding that with an ever-deteriorating global fiscal outlook, conventional levels and methods of taxation will no longer suffice. That makes weapons of mass wealth destruction—such as the IMF's one-off capital levy, Cyprus's bank deposit confiscation, or outright sovereign defaults—likelier by the day.
Mr. Hatchuel is managing partner of Square Advisors, LLC, a New York-based asset management firm.







Stage2Omega:

Stage2Omega:

A FEW TIPS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPLETED EXCHANGES

A. MAKE SURE MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN AND OUT QUICKLY. KEEP IN MIND OTHERS ARE IN LINE BEHIND YOU.

B. KEEP IN MIND THIS IS NOT A REGULAR BANKING BUSINESS APPOINTMENT. YOU ARE AT THIS APPOINTMENT TO COMPLETE AN EXCHANGE ONLY.

C. DO NOT MONOPOLIZE THE BANKERS TIME.

PER CONVERSATION DINARLAND WILL BE RECEIVING A MUCH HIGHER RATE THAN MANY WHO RECENTLY CONVERTED AND HAVE BEEN CONVERTING SKR'S THS WEEK WITH THE PRIVATE EXCHANGES.

THE PEOPLE WITH THE SKR'S HAD VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF CURRENCY.

ALSO SEVERAL LUCKY DINARIANS WHO JUST HAPPENED TO BE AT BANKS WHILE EXCHANGES WERE TAKING PLACE THIS WEEK & EVEN TODAY WERE GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS BY THEIR PERSONAL AND PRIVATE BANKERS TO START THEIR EXCHANGE PROCESS TODAY.

THESE ELITE AND PRIVATE EXCHANGES HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN MULTIPLE STATES THIS WEEK.

EXO

THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME-GUARD - A REAL AND STRATEGIC DEFENSE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, FAMILIES AND OUR NATION

We have had daily threats from M.E. countries and are well aware of terrorists cell groups, in training for a Jihad against the Great Satan , The U.S.A. We need to be prepared, as suggested by INTERPOL
Secretary General of Interpol Suggests an Armed Citizenry to Combat Terrorist Violence

In his speech to the American public on December 21, 2012, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre made clear, "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." The sentence is a concise summary of NRA's long-held position on the Right-to-Carry, and illustrates one of the reasons NRA-ILA works to abolish restrictions on this right throughout the country. Predictably, anti-gun groups and some in the media failed to grasp the straightforward logic of the remark, or perhaps they grasped it all to well and feared what it would mean for their cause. As a result, they have criticized and attacked it. 

However, the logic isn't lost on Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble. In an interview with ABC News at the 82nd Interpol General Assembly, Noble noted that an armed citizenry is one of two ways to effectively confront terrorists bent on carrying out massacres at "soft-targets," such as the gunmen who conducted the recent attack on the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya that killed 67. Noble told the interviewer, "Societies have to think about how they're going to approach the problem... One is to say we want an armed citizenry; you can see the reason for that. Another is to say the enclaves are so secure that in order to get into the soft target you're going to have to pass through extraordinary security."



Speaking at length on the topic, the Secretary General went on to say, "Ask yourself: If that was Denver, Col., if that was Texas, would those guys have been able to spend hours, days, shooting people randomly? ... What I'm saying is it makes police around the world question their views on gun control.  It makes citizens question their views on gun control.  You have to ask yourself, 'Is an armed citizenry more necessary now than it was in the past with an evolving threat of terrorism?'  This is something that has to be discussed… People are quick to say 'gun control, people shouldn't be armed,' etc., etc. I think they have to ask themselves:  'Where would you have wanted to be?  In a city where there was gun control and no citizens armed if you're in a Westgate mall, or in a place like Denver or Texas?"

What makes Noble's comments even more notable, and should give further pause to opponents of the Right-to-Carry, is Noble's background prior to joining Interpol.  From 1994 – 1996, Noble served as a political appointee of the notoriously anti-gun Clinton administration in the role of Under Secretary of Enforcement for the Treasury Department.  In this capacity Noble oversaw the operations of the BATF, which was then housed within the Treasury Department, and frequently used by Clinton to advance his gun control agenda.  No one can reasonably accuse Noble of being in the pocket of the gun rights movement.

For its part, Interpol hasn't traditionally been a bastion of support for gun rights, either.  At the 37th Interpol Congress in 1968, a large number of delegate states went so far as to push for an internationally accessible registry of guns and gun owners. In a October 2, 1968 article titled "Interpol moves for arms control," the London Times described the effort, stating, "[t]he plan that will almost certainly be accepted by the police delegates in the final session early next week will propose that regulations on the ownership and sale of firearms of firearms should be enforced in all states.  This would be backed up by national registries of all the people permitted to own firearms."  With this history in mind, the current Secretary General's comments are even more revealing and significant.



At a time when President Obama is seeking gun control guidance from countries like Australia and the UK, it is a welcome development that a public official tasked with confronting the day-to-day realities of international crime is looking instead to the U.S. tradition of civilian gun ownership and Right-to-Carry as a way to combat predatory violence.  We hope that domestic and foreign governments interested in helping protect their citizens from violence consider Noble's remarks and work to broaden opportunities for citizens to provide for their own defense.

BREAKING NEWS: Earthquake & Tsunami Drill Conducted 3/11/11 at Fukishima by NRC and Japanese Utility Execs

2013-12-06

BREAKING NEWS: Earthquake & Tsunami Drill Conducted 3/11/11 at Fukishima by NRC and Japanese Utility Execs


Additional and more substantial proof of felony crimes committed at Fukishima, including the NRC and Utility execs from the Japanese utility industry.   This is the best evidence that would stand up in court as evidence that this event in Fukishima was a false flag event, which is  a  major felony crime with jail time as punishment.  As usual a drill was going on the same day that the event actually happened.  My, what a coincidence.   

After reading all this, I have concluded that this false flag had nothing to do with Japan since they were in on the fraud.  The utility executives helped to run the scam, therefore the nuke industry had nothing to do with it either.  So what purpose do all these disparate groups have that would join them together to pull off such an event?

The only thing I can come up with, when added to the additional act of dumping DU by chemtrail planes across America, is that the Radiation from Fukishima did not go where it was suppose to go, which was to the coast of the USA.   

It appears it was an attempted depopulation move that did not work.  All they had to do was talk to the nuke engineers at MIT who told us immediately that the radiation would not affect us in any meanful way due to distance and time it would take for it to reach our shores.  
If we consider this a depopulation move that did not work, that would explain why the powers that be turned to using DU poisoning so much later since the half life of most of the radiation was only about 8 hours, and thus when it reached our shores, it would hve been a lot less to worry about.  Dutchsinse went out and measured that so called radiation across the midwest and elsewhere and found no substantial increase after all that time.  That was when Utube cut him off their site.

Then it takes over 2 years for it to so called "reach us here?", and the press starts fear porn over us being irradiated that much longer after the so called event even happened.   Well,  Jim Stone had pictures showing the secured and powered down condition of the reactors where no serious damage could be done.  Photos were taken before the event happened and he proved there were no fuel rods in the main reactor that was said to be the cause of all the problems.  We can revisit that blog again and see what I mean.  I would even go directly to Jim Stones site and see for youselves.

That drill probably was to make sure everything was actually safe but had the appearance of being dangerous.  This is just my take on it after reading all these offerings on what happened. There is still attempts to make this into much more than it was, but the time frame from 2011 to 2013 is way too long. It should have shown up much much earlier if it was real.  

This is a must read and viewing of all the FOIA requests and the resulting documents that were obtained, and he has photos of it all.


BREAKING NEWS: NRC and Japanese Utility Execs were conducting a ”Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Drill” on Mar 11, 2011 



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Part 1
Plume-Gate: the world’s largest, provable cover-up and conspiracy




JFK from his “President and the Press” speech to the U.S. press corp on April 27th, 1961

Historically speaking, Plume-Gate is the world’s largest, provable, cover-up and conspiracy. If the Guinness Book of World Records considered ‘cover-up and conspiracy’ as a legitimate category, then certainly Plume-Gate would be at the very top of the list…above 9/11, above Watergate, above Fast and Furious, above even the JFK assassination, and not just for the sheer size and scope of the conspiracy, not because of the many alphabet agencies involved, not because President Obama is implicated, not because it reveals the truth about nuclear power and everything that goes with it, but because Plume-Gate is PROVABLE

And that proof is available to the public in the form of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Freedom of Information documents. The simple fact is: all one needs is the desire to know and the ability to read to familiarize oneself with this grandiose cover-up.
 
(below) From the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents: Coincidence theorists are abuzz about this email that proves the NRC and Japanese “Utility Execs” were conducting a ”Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Drill” as the March 11th, 2011 disaster unfolded.

Now I ask you, my fellow Americans: what does it mean that 2-1/2 years after the Fukushima catastrophe that I seem to be the only English writing journalist reporting on the world’s largest, provable cover-up and conspiracy?

I tell you it is a testament to our government’s ability to suppress information.

Furthermore, I cannot stress enough that Plume-Gate is the ‘silver bullet’ we have waited so long for. It reveals the truth about nuclear power. It reveals the truth about the conspiracy of which John F. Kennedy spoke of. It is an opportunity we dare not waste and it rides on the lives of all who have died and all who will die from Fukushima.
 
I ask the parents of America, how much do you love your children? Do you love them enough to protect them from an immediate danger, a biting dog or perhaps a kidnapper? Of course you do. But then I must ask: why more do not join the fight to shut down nuclear power? 

Is it because the danger is an unseen one? Is it because the danger is too great? Is it because the fight is too time consuming? Do they not understand the grave threat of nuclear power? Do they not know about the fallout from Plume-Gate and its consequences?

I say again it is clear to me that information is being suppressed on a scale never before known in the United States of America. The general public simply does not know the facts.
 

I put it to you now, that when life-saving information is withheld from the public, in an orchestrated fashion, by agencies of our government, corporate entities and the media, that this is disloyalty to our country and our citizens: IT IS TREASON!

“It took National Geographic, so-called scientists, it took them 880 days to report what an old plasterer reported on in 12 hours.” ~Kevin Blanch (YouTube vlogger, anti-nuclear activist and leukemia survivor)
 

Allow me too summarize what I have learned thus far from reading the NRC FOIA documents pertaining to Fukushima:

1) The damage to the Fukushima Daiichi facility was much greater and the ability to respond was much more difficult than we have been led to believe. There is a reference to a 46 foot tsunami, the height of which was measured by TEPCO on the walls of Unit’s 1 and 2. There is evidence Spent Fuel Pool (SFP) #4 and #3 went dry and had a ‘zirc fire’. At times, dose rates at the facility were lethal or near lethal and as such workers were, at times, unable and unwilling to make repairs. 

There is talk of 450-600 REM/hr between Unit’s 2 and 3 and MOX sludge causing access problems. Bulldozers were used to push rubble into piles to reduce the dose rates. Engineers and workers were unable to follow protocol as there was/is no known procedure that will rectify a prolonged station blackout due to saltwater inundation of switch boards, circuitry, electrical components, diesel generators etc. from a tsunami. 

The force of the wave dislodged and damaged the diesel fuel tanks that held the fuel that would have powered back-up generators and when the diesel generators themselves were not damaged from being submerged, the control panels that operated them were. The water-cannons and helicopter water drops were marginally effective and did little to cut dose rates. 

In the end, it all came down to shipping the Bechtel pumps from Perth, Australia…hooking them up and pumping (in most cases) saltwater into the reactors (At least one pumping unit was delivered to Japan on March 22nd, 2011 but I’m still hunting evidence that shows the pumps were even used.) DOD foot the bill on the Bechtel pumps which means John Q. Taxpayer actually covered the cost…approximately 9.6 billion dollars. 


It was at least two weeks before power began to be restored to any significant level in what can only be described as a slow, painstaking effort. There is proof of multiple radioactive plumes being emitted from the Fukushima facility…some well into the month of April, 2011. 

There is discussion that NOAA tracked a 19 mile radioactive cloud along the Japanese coast. There are TEPCO maps of measured (not modeled) plumes, some of which are over 60 kilometers long.
(below) From the NRC FOIA documents: March 13th, 2011…an excerpt from the Eliot Brenner memo to NRC OPA staffers:

2) The world’s largest, provable cover-up is indicated in the NRC FOIA documents. Some of the agencies/figureheads implicated are: NRC, DOE, EPA, CDC, HHS, DHS, FEMA, NOAA, USAID, DOD (Navy, Naval reactors), White House, President Obama, Bechtel, GE, IAEA, INPO, NEI, and others in an orchestrated attempt to downplay and conceal the radioactive plume and fallout from Americans. 

Documents, plume models and SitReps (situation report) were denied to China, US states and global ‘stakeholders’. NEI and the ‘Federal Family’ had a password protected database for US Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) ‘rooftop grabs’. Information was suppressed by use of prefabricated ‘talking points’, Questions and Answers and Press Releases. 


NRC spends millions to search for negative press and to actively and aggressively perform countermeasures in the form of disinformation and careful gatekeeping by their agents (bloggers) online, on TV or in print (i.e.; we know them as trolls and shills). In one memo Eliot Brenner states (in regards to the NRC press release): ‘while we know more than what these say, we’re sticking to this story for now’

There is evidence of subversion of the Freedom of Information Act by the NRC. There is evidence that plume and fallout models were based on 96 hours or 4-5 days of emissions and there is proof that emissions continued up to the end of March and beyond. Officials did NOT issue rainwater warnings or ANY warnings based on these models. 

There is talk of modeling fallout in Alaska, California, Hawaii, and Midway. Conservative estimates ranged around 4.5 REM to children in a transpacific model. There was plenty of discussion of a ‘President’s worst case’ scenario…it was also based on 4-5 days of emissions. There is discussion about having the benefit of knowing all about Chernobyl even modeling based on Chernobyl depositions. FEMA was told to ‘stand down’. There is concern about a ‘diverging perspective’ and discussions about staying ‘aligned’.


It is obvious by the level of importance that the NRC, Japanese authorities and others placed on Potassium Iodine (KI) throughout the FOIA documents that it is a very important part of protecting oneself from fallout following a meltdown. 

This contradicts what US authorities have led us to believe over the years…that KI is not that big of a deal. I am not aware of any requirement that US Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) must stock KI in case of an accident.

4) There is evidence that ships from the US Navy were not relocated but that officials knew there were plumes and high levels of radiation all around the coast of Japan. NOAA tracked a 19 mile long radioactive cloud along the coast of Japan and on at least two occasions TEPCO measured (not modeled) radioactive plumes over 60 kilometers long. NRC officials state that most of the emissions blew offshore.

5) The NRC’s response to nuclear catastrophe is inhibited, in particular the ability to speak freely and communicate openly, because participants know they are being recorded and email saved for the Freedom of Information Act. In many cases participants were not at liberty to discuss the extent of the meltdowns as they really were. There is evidence of a ‘non-recorded’ line.

6) President Obama called for a review of our domestic fleet of reactors but to my knowledge no action is taken to rectify any of several critical issues. There are emails that indicate we have many non-seismically qualified spent fuel pools here in the US and that our nuclear plants may not be able to withstand a co-event 8.9 earthquake with a 46 foot tall tsunami (or tsunami of that height alone). NRC official admits that GI-99 manual proves they do not know everything about the seismicity of the CEUS (Central and Eastern United States), thus East Coast NPPs are vulnerable to a significant earthquake.
7) TEPCO intentionally discharged radioactive water into the Pacific beginning in March of 2011 and there is abundant proof of this in the NRC FOIA documents. Interestingly enough, I reported this fact before mainstream media did.
 

Part 2
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Historical trivia [INTERESTING] !!!!

Enjoy this bit of  .....HISTORICAL TRIVIA.......

THERE IS ALWAYS A HISTORY BEHIND IT ALL  !!



This  is really very interesting stuff and thought you would enjoy as much
as I  did. Did you know the saying "God willing and the Creeks don't rise"
was  in reference to the Creek Indians and not a body of water?  It was
written by Benjamin Hawkins in the late 18th century.  He was a  politician and
Indian diplomat.  While in the south, Hawkins was  requested by the
President of the U.S. to return to Washington.  In  his response, he
was said to
write, "God willing and the Creeks don't  rise......." Because he capitalized
the word "Creeks" it is deduced that  he was referring to the Creek Indian
tribe and not a body of water.

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In George Washington's days, there were no cameras.  One's  image was
either sculpted or painted.  Some paintings of George  Washington showed him
standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back  while others showed both
legs and both arms.  Prices charged by  painters were not based on how many
people were to be painted, but by how  many limbs were to be painted.  Arms
and legs are 'limbs,' therefore  painting them would cost the buyer more.
Hence the expression,  'Okay, but it'll cost you an arm and a leg.'  (Artists
know hands and  arms are more difficult to paint)

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As incredible  as it sounds, men and women took baths only twice a year.
(May  and October)  Women kept their hair covered, while men shaved  their
heads (because of lice and bugs) and wore wigs.  Wealthy  men could afford
good wigs made from wool.  They couldn't wash  the wigs, so to clean them they
would carve out a loaf of bread, put  the wig in the shell, and bake it for
30 minutes.  The heat would  make the wig big and fluffy, hence the term
'big wig.......'   Today we often use the term 'here comes the Big Wig' because
someone  appears to be or is powerful and wealthy.

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In the late 1700's, many houses consisted of a large room with  only one
chair.  Commonly, a long wide board folded down from the  wall, and was used
for dining.  The 'head of the household'  always sat in the chair while
everyone else ate sitting on the  floor.  Occasionally a guest, who
was usually a
man, would be  invited to sit in this chair during a meal.  To sit in the
chair  meant you were important and in charge.  They called the one  sitting
in the chair the 'chair man.'  Today in business, we use  the expression or
title 'Chairman' or 'Chairman of the Board.'

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Personal hygiene left much room for improvement.  As a  result, many women
and men had developed acne scars by  adulthood.  The women would spread
bee's wax over their facial  skin to smooth out their complexions.  When they
were speaking to  each other, if a woman began to stare at another woman's
face she was  told, 'mind your own bee's wax.'  Should the woman smile, the wax
would crack, hence the term 'crack a smile'.  In addition, when  they sat
too close to the fire, the wax would melt.......Therefore,  the expression
'losing face.'

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Ladies wore  corsets, which would lace up in the front.  A proper and
dignified woman, as in 'straight laced' wore a tightly tied lace.

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Common  entertainment included playing cards.  However, there was a tax
levied when purchasing playing cards but only  applicable to the  'Ace of
Spades.'  To avoid paying the tax, people would purchase  51 cards instead.
Yet, since most games require 52 cards, these  people were thought to be stupid
or dumb because they weren't 'playing  with a full deck.'

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Early  politicians required feedback from the public to determine what the
people considered important.  Since there were no telephones,  TV's or
radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local  taverns, pubs,
and bars.
They were told to 'go sip some Ale and  listen to people's conversations
and political concerns.  Many  assistants were dispatched at different times.
'You go sip here'  and 'You go sip there.'  The two words 'go sip' were
eventually  combined when referring to the local opinion and, thus we have the
term 'gossip.'

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At local  taverns, pubs, and bars, people drank from pint and quart-sized
containers.  A bar maid's job was to keep an eye on the customers  and keep
the drinks coming.  She had to pay close attention and  remember who was
drinking in 'pints' and who was drinking in 'quarts,'  hence the phrase
'minding your 'P's and Q's'.

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One more: bet you didn't know this!
In the heyday of  sailing ships, all war ships and many freighters carried
iron  cannons.  Those cannons fired round iron cannon balls.  It  was
necessary to keep a good supply near the cannon.  However,  how to prevent them
from rolling about the deck?  The best  storage method devised was a
square-based pyramid with one ball on  top, resting on four resting on
nine, which
rested on sixteen.   Thus, a supply of 30 cannon balls could be stacked in a
small area  right next to the cannon.  There was only one problem.......how
to prevent the bottom layer from sliding or rolling from under the  others.
The solution was a metal plate called a 'Monkey' with 16  round
indentations.  However, if this plate were made of iron,  the iron
balls would quickly
rust to it.  The solution to the  rusting problem was to make 'Brass
Monkeys.'  Few landlubbers  realize that brass contracts much more and
much faster
than iron when  chilled.  Consequently, when the temperature dropped too
far, the  brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron cannonballs
would come right off the monkey; Thus, it was quite literally, 'Cold  enough
to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.'  (All this time,  you thought that
was an improper expression, didn't you.)
If you don't send this fabulous bit of historic knowledge  to any and all
your unsuspecting friends, your floppy is going to fall  off your hard drive
and kill your  mouse.

Dream ON - Aerosmith

http://youtu.be/EbKvBT9F0Vo


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Friday, December 6, 2013

Josie the Outlaw

Subject: Josie the Outlaw

Wow. These video's are exceptional. She did a great job.

http://www.josietheoutlaw.com/