This Guy's In Love With You..

Oh, poor Andrew.. Such obsessive love! Such denial! His mind must be akin to living in a terrifying bile factory.. Excerpts:

An assistant attorney general for the state of Michigan has carried on a half-year-long campaign against the openly gay student assembly president of the University of Michigan. Among other actions targeting Chris Armstrong, Andrew Shirvell has posted images of Armstrong at a blog called Chris Armstrong watch and made a number of claims against Armstrong, including accusations that the young man has seduced fellow students in order to coax them into a "homosexual lifestyle," and that an orgy took place in Armstrong’s dorm room, reported CNN.com in a Sept. 29 article. Shirvell’s blog is maintained under the name "Concerned Michigan Alumnus," the article said.


The CNN.com article included a clip from news program Anderson Cooper 360. Shirvell appeared on the program on Sept. 28 to explain why he had spent so much time and energy "protesting" the college student.

Before broadcasting the interview, Cooper showed images taken from the blog, including one of Armstrong that had been written over with the word "Resign." A rainbow flag sporting a swastika had been added to the photo, with an arrow pointing from the flag to Armstrong.

Cooper reported that the blog called Armstrong a "privileged pervert," and accused him of "sexual escapades at churches and children’s playgrounds." The blog also referred to Armstrong as a "Nazi-like recruiter for the cult that is homosexuality," and accused the young man of being "racist and elitist to the core."

Here's the tell, babies..

The Detroit News also reported on the rebuke in a Sept. 16 article. The story said that Shervill had taken exception to a comment about "self discovery" that Armstrong had made, interpreting the remark as an attempt to push fellow students into same-sex encounters. "It is clear that Armstrong’s remarks constituted nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt to cause sexually confused, and perhaps some impressionable, 17- and 18-year-olds to experiment sexually with members of their own gender," Shervill’s blog charged. (Projection, anyone?)



The blog also characterized Armstrong as "a viciously militant homosexual activist," (Blaming the external object forinternal fears - me)the article said. The blog also mentioned protesting Armstrong at events. Anderson Cooper said that Shervill had gone so far as to stand outside Armstrong’s residence and take video footage. Cooper also reported that Shervill had monitored Armstrong’s Facebook page and written about Armstrong’s friends and family members.


Prior to the broadcast of his interview with Shervill, Cooper told viewers, "This is a public figure, a grown-up, fixating on a 21-year-old college student, dedicating a blog to vilifying him, scouring his Facebook page, making unproven allegations."

And:

"It appears, though, that you are obsessed with this young gay man," Cooper told Shirvell, before going on to cite the state of Michigan’s criminal code regarding cyber-stalking and cyber-bullying. Cooper asked Shirvell whether he fit the description of a cyber-bully, given the accusations he had posted online against Armstrong.


"No, I’m totally not--and that’s a totally mischaracterization," Shirvell responded.

"Do you consider yourself a bigot?" Cooper asked.

"Absolutely not," Shirvell replied. "I’m a Christian citizen exercising my First Amendment rights. I have no problem with the fact that Chris is a homosexual," added Shirvell. "I have a problem with the fact that he is advancing a very radical agenda."

"It seems like you hate this guy because he’s gay," Cooper said.

"Well, Anderson, that’s your spin on it," Shirvell replied. "The real bigot here is Chris Armstrong." (Again with the projection..)Shirvell went on to add, "He’s a political figure, Anderson." Shirvell cited his having graduated from the University of Michigan as a primary reason for his "protests" of Armstrong, telling Cooper, "I have a right as an alum and as a private citizen to criticize him in my after-hours work." (Weak, weakass excuse..)

The opposite of Love is not Hate, but Indifference. Astrologically, Hate is more of a 90 degree angle to Love. A twisted, obsessive Square of energy, if you will. Shirvell's year and a half, Year And A Half (Whoops! Look below..)crusade against one gay man, via blog, attacks on friends and family, demonstrating close to his home and videotaping his every move clearly details his.. devotion, to Mr. Armstrong.

It's all too much. There probably isn't one single moment, all day long, every SINGLE day, that Andrew Shrivell doesn't think about Chris Armstrong. Chris Armstrong consumes Andrew Shrivell's thoughts every moment, every minute, every day..

The demons involved here must be very powerful, indeed..

Whoops! I read a half year as a year and a half ! Still, a six month long "protest" is A While, not to mention busier(!) than my mistaken year and a half.. Brain fart: Sorry!

Hey! X Did Equal X!

Israeli cyber unit responsible for Iran computer worm – claim Excerpts in italics:
Computer experts have discovered a biblical reference embedded in the code of the computer worm that has pointed to Israel as the origin of the cyber attack.

The code contains the word "myrtus", which is the Latin biological term for the myrtle tree. The Hebrew word for myrtle, Hadassah, was the birth name of Esther, the Jewish queen of Persia.
In the Bible, The Book of Esther tells how the queen pre-empted an attack on the country's Jewish population and then persuaded her husband to launch an attack before being attacked themselves.

Israel has threatened to launch a pre-emptive attack on Iran's facilities to ensure that the Islamic state does not gain the ability to threaten its existence.
Ralf Langner, a German researcher, claims that Unit 8200, the signals intelligence arm of the Israeli defence forces, perpetrated the computer virus attack by infiltrating the software into the Bushehr nuclear power station
Mr Langer said: "If you read the Bible you can make a guess."

Israel threatened an attack, and an attack happened. Wouldn't it be more surprising if Israel didn't do it?

The "I've Had Enough" Vibe Continues Its Uptick..

Like this guy, who decided to drive a dump truck at the Irish Parliment..  The Irish Times is not impressed.  Excerpts in italics:
A 41-year-man was arrested this morning after a cement truck was driven into the gates of Leinster House.


The words 'Toxic Bank Anglo' were displayed on the cement mixing drum of the truck.

It appeared the driver escaped through a hatch on the roof before being arrested at about 7.15am.

The man is being questioned at Pearse Street Garda station under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984. No one was injured in the incident and minor damage was caused to the gates of Leinster House.

Recovery crews initially attempted to reverse the truck from the gates but it would not move. It is understood brake lines and electric cables had been cut.

Gardaí have now removed the truck from scene using a large recovery tow truck.

Kildare Street and Molesworth Street have now reopened to traffic.

Yawn.   This was pure spectacle in Ireland, where they've definitely had worse attacks. 

What if this had happened in D.C. or one of the other state capitols?  Here's what:  Non-stop media coverage, and the inevitable, televised rise and acceleration to visibility, power, and mass consciousness of the extremists that will further inject fear, anger, and instability into our national discourse.  At this critical moment of history, when subtlety, nuance, diplomacy, and intelligence are so needed to navigate multiple domestic and international issues, humanity as a whole seems to be on an opposite path, almost taking pride of not knowing of or understanding any other worldview than its own.  And yeah, I do believe it will happen here too, sooner probably, than later..

Try as I might, I just can't see too many positive outcome scenarios from the data presented..

Bubble, or Blast Off?

Other than the price, what's up with gold?

We Can't Say We Weren't Warned..

Life on this Earth Just Changed …The North Atlantic Current is Gone… Excerpt in italics:
The latest satellite data establishes that the North Atlantic Current (also called the North Atlantic Drift) no longer exists and along with it the Norway Current. These two warm water currents are actually part of the same system that has several names depending on where in the Atlantic Ocean it is. The entire system is a key part of the planet’s heat regulatory system; it is what keeps Ireland and the United Kingdom mostly ice free and the Scandinavia countries from being too cold; it is what keeps the entire world from another Ice Age. This Thermohaline Circulation System is now dead in places and dying in others.

Sure, They Don't

US not sure where ‘Stuxnet’ worm came from, official claims.

"Not sure"?  Bullshit.

Let X=X

Iran's nuclear agency battles computer worm that can bring down power plants. Excerpts in italics:
Iranian media reports said Friday that the country's nuclear agency is trying to combat a complex computer worm that has affected industrial sites in Iran and is capable of taking over power plants.

The computer virus, which attacks a widely used industrial system, appears aimed mostly at Iran and its sophistication suggests a state may have been involved in creating it, Western cyber security companies said earlier in the day.

This is but the first of many super-cyberweapons. What might the future hold? Entire national infrastructures can all be attacked, all simultaneously. This utter and complete destruction can be mirrored in multiple countries. Battles will be waged along fiber optic tubes and via satellite. "Targeted Destruction" might be en vogue now, but what about the future? Will this different means of warfare lead to new and different tactics? And, lest we forget, each new variation will be more deadly and sophisticated than its predecessor. Global, long-duration chaos could happen almost instantly. And we as a planet may never return to the level of advancement achieved just prior to this technological annihilation, not in our lifetimes.

Welcome to the World of Tomorrow!

The Aries-Libra Full Moon of September 2010 - Powering Up Our New Life

From Aquarius Papers.

Comedy Break

Brandon Jacobs Apologizes For Angrily Throwing Head Into Stands.  From The Onion.

Aldous Huxley Was Correct Not George Orwell

Comparison/Contrast comic proving Huxley the visionary, not Orwell. As a fan of Orwell, I should have also read Huxley, but haven't. Not because I was forbidden, but because I'm easily distracted and intellectually lazy. There is so much information to choose from, the choice to read significant works like Huxley is diluted by my access to thousands of other competing stimuli.

Which proves Huxley's point perfectly.

Eddie Long's Long Night Of The Soul..

Still wondering why the really staunch homophobes always end up in the gaysex sex scandals? It's not proven yet, but it certainly feels like Eddie Long is a SecretHomo. This quote explains why: Long frequently denounces homosexual behavior. A 2007 article in the Southern Poverty Law Center's magazine called him "one of the most virulently homophobic black leaders in the religiously based anti-gay movement."

To come to this determination,that's really all I need: We hate what we fear presented to us in our external reality, whatever that may be. We hate passionately when The Fear invades our internal reality. And, I think that, no matter the effort, our most extreme polarities(like homophobia) always find ways to manifest, and usually, we are the last to know about it. I'd be really surprised if Eddie Long isn't feeling guilty regarding that aspect of his existence, and the roar of his brain is now projecting outward onto CNN.

The polarity begins manifest.

LHC Detects Evidence of New Physics

From Wired Science

"After nearly 6 months of smashing particles, the Large Hadron Collider has seen signs of something entirely new. Pairs of charged particles produced when two beams of protons collide seem to be associated with each other even after they fly apart."

Millions of Tiny Spiders Spin Mystery in a British Columbia Clover Field

Too.. Many.. Spiders.. Upside? They were really tiny. Downside? There were 10s of Millions of them. Bonus ooohgy, creepy pictures at the link. Excerpts in italic:

Halorates ksenius is not a big spider. "One could fit comfortably on a Smartie with plenty of room to spare," says Brian Thair, a cell biologist at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George. (Or to put it another way, it's about as big as a capital "O" printed on this page.) A typical barbwire fence on wood posts surrounded the field about six kilometres east of McBride in the Robson Valley. Thair said it looked like the whole area was covered with an opaque, white plastic grocery store bag. The thin, elastic coasting was not soft and fluffy like webs built by individual spiders. There were about two spiders per square centimetre laying the silk, which first appeared in early October. Thair said the web showed great tensile strength - enough to put a handful of coins on it without them falling through. There were "in the order of tens of millions of spiders running frantically back and forth," but they weren't interacting with each other. It's just because so many of them were in the field that the web grew and grew until at its largest, 60 acres, it was as big as the triangle-shaped field it covered. Thair had never seen anything like it before. "It was astounding to see," he said. "I couldn't believe my eyes. From two kilometres away it looked like a sheet of wet aluminium. It was the size of several city blocks. I have never in my 30 years as a biologist seen anything like this, in terms of quantity of spiders and quantity of web. Nothing even remotely approaching this."

I don't really have a concluding thought, other than: If spiders made noise, they'd freak me out much less than they do now. And, of course, "Stupid bug! You go squish now!"

With "Super Weapons" Like These, There Probably Won't Be A "Second Generation."

Stuxnet malware is 'weapon' out to destroy ... Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant?  Really scary excerpts in italic black:

The Stuxnet malware has infiltrated industrial computer systems worldwide. Now, cyber security sleuths say it's a search-and-destroy weapon meant to hit a single target. One expert suggests it may be after Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant.

The preceding paragraph doesn't really convey the terror, destruction, and havoc this weapon can wreak.  Let this blow your mind..

Cyber security experts say they have identified the world's first known cyber super weapon designed specifically to destroy a real-world target – a factory, a refinery, or just maybe a nuclear power plant.

The cyber worm, called Stuxnet, has been the object of intense study since its detection in June. As more has become known about it, alarm about its capabilities and purpose have grown. Some top cyber security experts now say Stuxnet's arrival heralds something blindingly new: a cyber weapon created to cross from the digital realm to the physical world – to destroy something.
At least one expert who has extensively studied the malicious software, or malware, suggests Stuxnet may have already attacked its target – and that it may have been Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, which much of the world condemns as a nuclear weapons threat.
 
The appearance of Stuxnet created a ripple of amazement among computer security experts. Too large, too encrypted, too complex to be immediately understood, it employed amazing new tricks, like taking control of a computer system without the user taking any action or clicking any button other than inserting an infected memory stick.
And:
"Until a few days ago, people did not believe a directed attack like this was possible," Ralph Langner, a German cyber-security researcher, told the Monitor in an interview. He was slated to present his findings at a conference of industrial control system security experts Tuesday in Rockville, Md. "What Stuxnet represents is a future in which people with the funds will be able to buy an attack like this on the black market. This is now a valid concern."
And:
Stuxnet surfaced in June and, by July, was identified as a hypersophisticated piece of malware probably created by a team working for a nation state(hmm..  Which one?), say cyber security experts. Its name is derived from some of the filenames in the malware. It is the first malware known to target and infiltrate industrial supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software used to run chemical plants and factories as well as electric power plants and transmission systems worldwide.
And:
"What we're seeing with Stuxnet is the first view of something new that doesn't need outside guidance by a human – but can still take control of your infrastructure," says Michael Assante, former chief of industrial control systems cyber security research at the US Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory. "This is the first direct example of weaponized software, highly customized and designed to find a particular target."
And:
Langner's analysis also shows, step by step, what happens after Stuxnet finds its target. Once Stuxnet identifies the critical function running on a programmable logic controller, or PLC, made by Siemens, the giant industrial controls company, the malware takes control. One of the last codes Stuxnet sends is an enigmatic “DEADF007.” (Dead Fool?)Then the fireworks begin, although the precise function being overridden is not known, Langner says. It may be that the maximum safety setting for RPMs on a turbine is overridden, or that lubrication is shut off, or some other vital function shut down. Whatever it is, Stuxnet overrides it, Langner’s analysis shows.
 
"After the original code [on the PLC] is no longer executed, we can expect that something will blow up soon," Langner writes in his analysis. "Something big."
But Lance, how will this effect me?
For those worried about a future cyber attack that takes control of critical computerized infrastructure – in a nuclear power plant, for instance – Stuxnet is a big, loud warning shot across the bow, especially for the utility industry and government overseers of the US power grid.
 
I keep thinking "On August 29, 1997, Skynet became self-aware.."

Regarding Sunday's post about a missing "cult-like" group..

Turns out, all did end well..  Kind of..  Some reports today said this was a case of Media Overreaction.  But after reading this article on this group's background(Four women 28 to 39, four teenage boys, two 12 year olds, and two three year olds-highly impressionable, End Times Jesus beliefs), they were no doubt waiting for The Apocalypse. 

Excerpt:The group left behind cell phones, identification, deeds to property and disturbing letters before disappearing on Saturday, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Captain Mike Parker. Authorities said it appeared they had gone off to await an apocalyptic event.
"Essentially, the letters say they are all going to heaven to meet Jesus and their deceased relatives," Whitmore said at an earlier news conference today. "Some of the letters were saying goodbye."
"They indicated they were going to the next life, if you will. I'm not quoting exactly, I'm paraphrasing of course, but that's essentially what they said," he added.

I don't think they were suicidal.  I think they fully expected to die in whatever cataclysm they had deemed was happening.  When it didn't happen, the leader became disoriented and unable to process.  That's my take, anyway..

Mystery as century-old Swiss watch discovered in ancient tomb sealed for 400 years

Wow.. What's this mean? Excerpts:

Archaeologists are stumped after finding a 100-year-old Swiss watch in an ancient tomb that was sealed more than 400 years ago.

They believed they were the first to visit the Ming dynasty grave in Shangsi, southern China, since its occupant's funeral.

But inside they uncovered a miniature watch in the shape of a ring marked 'Swiss' that is thought to be just a century old.

The mysterious timepiece was encrusted in mud and rock and had stopped at 10:06 am.

I'm Sure This Will End Well..

Police: Members of 'cult-like' group reported missing.

A "cult-like" group of 14 people, including eight children, is missing in southern California after leaving behind notes saying it's going to meet Jesus and dead relatives, authorities said.

China UFO Shutdown Another Chinese Airport On Sept. 11, 2010

From UFO-Blogger..

Is Everybody Just That Happy About Being Out Of Tulsa?

Oklahoma City ranks No. 8 on 'Hotbeds of Sex' list.

Is The-Whole-BP-Thing-Is-Soooo-Two-Weeks-Ago-Fad Enjoying A "Retro-Revival?"

CSPAN: Report of suspicious new "monitors" put on lifevests by BP -- "Nobody knows what they are"

Interesting phone call signifying, possibly, a new phase of the oil spill catastrophe.. Although we might not hear about it for awhile, or ever.. The background is good, but The Statement occurs at 1:53. Of course, this is an unverified rumor(for the moment), but what if it's accurate? This gentleman doesn't seem to be leaning towards taking BP's money, and he doesn't seem to be going for sensationalism, either. This rings true. We'll see..