I know that for the next several days that people are going to heap praise after praise on Ted Kennedy. They call him the “lion” (I would say “liar”) of the Senate and other such things, but what has he really accomplished?

Apart from being one of the most vocal proponents of just about every left-wing, socialistic policy ever put before Congress, there isn’t very much. Most of what he helped to put in place, for example the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act which resulted in toxic assets causing a credit market freeze, will be done away with over time as people come to realize that such policies do way more harm than good.

So, what will Ted be remembered for?

Writing for ABC News, Susan Donaldson James has this:

Many details of the scandal remain unresolved. Why was Kennedy’s wife not allowed to hear the speech his handlers crafted for him after Kopechne was killed? Why was the Kopechne family paid off for their silence?

That is what Ted Kennedy will be remembered for. And it is a bad legacy that he leaves behind.

You can access the complete story on-line here:

Chappaquiddick: No Profile In Kennedy Courage
Susan Donaldson James
ABC News
August 26, 2009

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“…and there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring.”  (Luke 21:25)

“…and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood.”  (Revelations 6:12)

Tomorrow, July 22, 2009, there will be a total eclipse of the sun visible from a large portion of the earth. On July 19, 2009, Anthony Wesley, an amateur astronomer, detected a new impact on Jupiter.

Impact mark on Jupiter, 19th July 2009

 
“Image captured by Anthony Wesley on 19th July 2009 at 1554UTC from Murrumbateman AustraliaI’ve been slashdotted, and my web server crushed. Now moved this to jupiter.samba.org provided by Tridge – thanks mate, you saved my a$$, you’re a legend.

“Observation Report

Update (20th July 1100UT) Glenn Orton from JPL has imaged this site using the NASA Infrared Telescope on Hawaii and confirms that it is an impact site and not a localised weather event.

I started this imaging session on Jupiter at approximately 11pm local time (1300UTC). The weather prediction was not promising, clear skies but a strong jetstream overhead according to the Bureau of Met. The temperature was also unusually high for this time of year (winter), also a bad sign.

The scope in use was my new 14.5″ newtonian, in use now for a few weeks and so far returning excellent images.

I was pleasantly surprised to find reasonable imaging conditions and so I decided to continue recording data until maybe 1am local time. By about midnight (12:10 am) the seeing had deteriorated and I was ready to quit. Indeed I had hovered the mouse over the exit button on my capture application (Coriander for Linux) and then changed my mind and decided instead to simply take a break for 30 minutes and then check back to see if the conditions had improved. It was a very near thing.

When I came back to the scope at about 12:40am I noticed a dark spot rotating into view in Jupiters south polar region started to get curious. When first seen close to the limb (and in poor conditions) it was only a vaguely dark spot, I thouht likely to be just a normal dark polar storm. However as it rotated further into view, and the conditions improved I suddenly realised that it wasn’t just dark, it was black in all channels, meaning it was truly a black spot.

My next thought was that it must be either a dark moon (like Callisto) or a moon shadow, but it was in the wrong place and the wrong size. Also I’d noticed it was moving too slow to be a moon or shadow. As far as I could see it was rotating in sync with a nearby white oval storm that I was very familiar with – this could only mean that the back feature was at the cloud level and not a projected shadow from a moon. I started to get excited.

It took another 15 minutes to really believe that I was seeing something new – I’d imaged that exact region only 2 days earlier and checking back to that image showed no sign of any anomalous black spot.

Now I was caught between a rock and a hard place – I wanted to keep imaging but also I was aware of the importance of alerting others to this possible new event. Could it actually be an impact mark on Jupiter? I had no real idea, and the odds on that happening were so small as to be laughable, but I was really struggling to see any other possibility given the location of the mark. If it really was an impact mark then I had to start telling people, and quickly. In the end I imaged for another 30 minutes only because the conditions were slowly improving and each capture was giving a slightly better image than the last.”

Read more:

http://jupiter.samba.org/jupiter-impact.html

Source: http://robwardandkrisella.blogspot.com

July 19, 1877: The first Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon are held in front of a few hundred spectators. The only event held was the Gentlemen’s Singles with W. Spencer Gore finishing as champion and winning twelve guineas. The competition was held to raise money for a new roller, but it was so successful despite rain that it was held again the next year. The championships have been held yearly except during the World Wars.

The first contest was held with 22 male participants. In 1884, Ladies’ Singles and Men’s Doubles were added. The event became global in nature in 1905 when an American joined the play. In 1907, Norman Brooks, an Australian, was the first foreign winner and since that time, only two Brits have won the title.

Today, there are crowds of about 500,000 in attendance and millions more follow the game via television, the Internet, the press, and radio. Players from 60 nations regularly compete. It is truly a worldwide event. There are five main events: Gentlemen’s Singles, Ladies’ Singles, Gentlemen’s Doubles, Ladies’ Doubles, and Mixed Doubles. There are four evens for juniors, mixed doubles are not included for this age group. There are four invitational events as well.

The gentlemen’s matches are best-of-five sets while the ladies’ and mixed doubles are best-of-three. Most events are single-elimination tournaments. Prior to 1922, the previous year’s winner were granted byes into the final round allowing for many repeat winners due to their rested state. Since 1922, the title holders have had to play from the start of the championships.

“I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons.” – Yannick Noah

“Good shot, bad luck, and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified.” – Virginia Graham, Say Please, 1949

“But that won’t give me a free hand to hold the beer.” – Billy Carter, while being taught a two-handed backhand shot

“The primary conception of tennis is to get the ball over the net and at the same time to keep it within bounds of the court; failing this, within the borders of the neighborhood.” – Elliot Chaze

“In tennis the addict moves about a hard rectangle and seeks to ambush a fuzzy ball with a modified snow-shoe.” – Elliot Chaze

Also on this day, in 1843 the SS Great Britain was launched, the largest ship in the world at the time.

I just took these pictures of clouds moving over my house at 7:00 PM on July 19th, 2009…………

The picture doesn’t do them justice….they are rolling and moving quickly with the roll of thunder in the background……..

Today is Sunday, July 19, the 200th day of 2009. There are 165 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History

July 19, Occult Calender, 13 days before Lughnasa

July 19,2009: As you can see on my posting about the Summer Solstice Occult Calendar, July 19 is one of their key dates, being 13 days before Lughnasa. This morning as I drove past the BrookStreet Hotel (see my posting “Say it ain’t so Alex Jones” for more on Illuminati Brookstreet Hotel )I was greeted to a scene of carnage straight out of one of BrookStreet Pictures Horror movies ; crushed bicycles and bodies strewn all over the road,and every Masonic cop and fireman in town there with their disco party lights going, they even brought in a special Masonic helicopter, painted hemi-orange , with the word ORANGE on it, to airlift the victims of the hit-and-run.

New privatized Masonic health care, Orange Lodge style.

The Masons around here are very hard-core ORANGE LODGE types, just like you hear about in Northern Ireland.Many are what’s known as UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS, they are the descendents of Americans who were loyal to the Monarchy during the American revolution and came to settle in Canada, north of the St. Lawrence river.Kind of funny how it was an off duty by-law officer who just happened to be an eye-witness. 

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Five+injured+slams+into+cyclists/1806223/story.html

This reminds me of an incident in the late 70’s when three teenage cylcists were killed in front of the local Masonic lodge . I learned many years later that my girlfriend, an MK-Ultra victim, was the first to arrive on the scene, part of her ongoing trauma conditioning no doubt.

This is also reminiscent of a recent event where a young lady by the name of McCarthy, yes, as in Joe McCarthy, somehow got caught her clothing caught in the trunk of a cab and she was dragged to her death until the cab stopped at a new bridge that was just completed and was only lacking a human sacrifice to Masonicly ‘bless’ it. Funny how it was reported that a military vehicle just happened to be parked on the side of the freeway near the bridge whent he cab came to a stop.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/11/28/kanata-cab-051128.html
Finally , here’s a couple of songs for the naive members of the Orange Lodges ; do you not realize that you are simply stooges for the Zionist New World Order ? Don’t take my word for it…it’s all over the net, Calvins real name was Cohen, and this King William of Orange was nothing more than a Jew-Banker puppet. It’s even admitted now that the IRA was infiltrated by British Intelligence, so it was not the Irish setting bombs in London, it was the Judao/Masons, using it as an excuse to use Ireland as a live munitions training ground.

And speaking of small groups of Irish rebels, this next video is cool, I heard this song on Mark From Michigans podcast, it’s all about an American firearm called the Armalite, apparently a favourite of Irish resistance fighters, I’m not partisan, I beleive both sides are dupes of a Judao/Masonic divide and conquer strategy…pity. Enjoy the song !

I’ve just learned something earth-shattering!

For all you American fraccers out there, July 19th is National Ice Cream Day! Celebrated on the third Sunday of every July by order of President Ronald Reagan in 1984, if you’ve never celebrated it before, hopefully I’ve managed to tip you off in the lick of time!

Now although fracas is a fairly intolerant (in a lactose digesting kind of way) gal, I have decided to share some interesting and useful ice cream tidbits with you, and you know… I may even choose to live dangerously and imbibe.

That’s how much I love my American fraccers!

Enjoy the links, cartoon and most of all… head out to your favorite ice cream stand or pick up a tub of your favorite from the grocery store and live out your midsummer night’s cream!

• 10 things you might not know about ice cream
• What Causes An Ice Cream Headache?
• Edible Bra (Vanilla Ice Cream Flavor)
• Ice Cream Coupons
• Starbucks Ice Cream Coupon
• Sex… or Ice Cream?
• Ice Cream Hair?
• WordPress Ice Cream Blog Theme (Free)
• Ice Cream Clip Art
• Ice Cream Icon Set
• Ice Cream Desktop Wallpaper Images
• Enjoy a Virtual Ice Cream Cone
• Peppercorn Ice Cream Recipe
• Cappuccino Ice Cream Cake
• Bailey’s Irish Cream Ice Cream
• Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes (Youtube)
• Homemade Coffee Can Ice Cream
• 5 Minute Homemade Ice Cream In A Bag
• Ice Cream Cone Cozy (no more sticky fingers…)
• Freeze-Dried Ice Cream (Like Astronaut Ice Cream)
• Chocolate ice cream cures vapor lock. (True Story)

And do have an udderly fantastic day. Lick it up!

save us a spot in line, would ya?

smack dab in the middle of ice cream month, three ice cream holidays in one week gets to be quite filling. with peach ice cream day falling just two days before, and preparing for the birthday of the ice cream cone four days later, national ice cream day lost a bit of its appeal.

we still made a valiant effort- went to the store, twittered our indecisiveness, and bought a carton or two. pretty sure that’s good enough. 

totes! ice!

- the calendar girls

Nanaimo SPCA

If you are 16 and up, you are welcome to go any day of the week 8:30-12:30pm. Please phone ahead though.
If you are 12 and under, you may go with a parent and guardian on the weekends or go with me during the week.
During the week tentative days

• July 23rd
• July 27th
• August 5th
• August 13th
• August 19th
• August 25th

Please choose two dates, as so many are interested and only 3 can go with me per shift! Most likely you may only get to go once or twice this summer.

I will be showing my art jewelry at a special trunk show next Sunday at the Seen Gallery in Decatur,  Along with 4 other artists,  Cindy Zarrilli will be there working on her oil painting outside the gallery.   The current show at the gallery features James Dean’s paintings of Pete the Cat and Kimberly Dean’s ethereal clay sculptures.

This is a Church St Sunday event, so just next door you can see Julia Leapheart’s candle creations at Mingei, then learn the secrets of making great grits @ Taste. Make sure to stop by my favorite coffee shop Java Monkey, they have a fantastic Lemon-Mint Granita (but you have to ask for it, it’s stashed away in the back) mmmmm…. Tons of fun stuff to do along Church St. on Sunday…come and join us! July 19th, from 1PM-4PM. more info at: http://theseengallery.com

Would you like one or two scoops?

Who had the wise vision for National Ice Cream month? 
President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream month in 1984.  The official day is the 3rd Sunday in July-(so we need to begin preparations now for July 19.)

Check out some interesting ice cream tidbits. 

Ice Cream history.

Top Rated Ice Cream Brands.

Gourmet Magazine Ice Cream Recipes-homemade is ALWAYS better!

Easy Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

Feeling Adventuresome for an Unusual Ice Cream Recipe?

Ice cream brings out the kid in all of us!

When the first world war broke out in Europe, India as a whole stood up for the support of the British empire which ruled them for the past two centuries with the hope that this effort will open the eyes of the British rulers and will further help its struggle in attaining independence. This thought was further fortified with the declaration by the Secretary of State for India Mr. E S Montagu in August 1917of full responsible government to India within the British empire by a gradual transference of power to popular control and a larger association of Indians in the administration of the country, reserved to the British parliament the right of determining the pace of progress towards full responsible government. There after on July 8, 1918, Mr.Montagu and Viceroy, Lord Chelmsford issued their report [called Montagu-Chelmsford report] on constitutional reform.

By 1918, war had been passing through a phase most threatening to the Allies and big German offessive was in full progress. To secure greater support of India, Prime minister of Britain Mr. Lloyd George sent a message to India reminding her of the cause effect of German victory in Europe and harmful reverberations in the eastern world. Lloyd George in his letter asked “every lover of freedom and law” to play his or her part in preventing the menace of German evil spreading to east and gradually engulfing the world. Viceroy, Chelmford, in return to this request by the prime minister assured “fullest effort and fullest sacrifice to safegaurd the soil of the motherland”. This was followed by a war conference in Delhi on April 27, 1918, at which King Emperor’s message declared that “the need of the Empire is India’s oppurtunity”.

Mahatma Gandhi joined the war conference in Delhi and fully supported it in the hope of better future of his motherland. As a result, contributions from India begin to rise and in total, 9,85,000 men participated in the first world war from India.

While Indians believed in the message of “the need of the Empire is India’s oppurtunity”, the British volte faced on it as war came to an end. India was shocked to see internment of Mrs. Besant and large number of its citizens being jailed under Defence of India act without any trial. This awakened the country from her deep slumber of giving tacit agreement in passing that act. To top all these a report by Sir Sidney Rowlatt was published which dealt with meeting the increasing momentum of revelutionary force in India. The report published in July 19, 1918, further enhanced the power of Defence of India Act.

The people of India rise as a whole nation to the aggressive style of British rule as the government forced a Rowlatt bill into law with further enhancement of Defence of India Act and was viewed as an encroachment on to the civil rights of Indians. Leading the Indians were the greatest of the great leader, Mahatma Gandhi.

Gandhi in protest against the British government’s ennactment of Rowlatt law declared his intention of leading a Satyagraha campaign. On March 23, 1918, Gandhi issued a manifesto fixing the 6th of April for the observance of an All-India Hartal and as a day of fasting, prayer and penance. Hartal was observed in the whole part of the country with very few skirmishes. Hartal was observed in Delhi in March 30th due to some misinformation. There was some disturbance in Delhi railway station on the day of the hartal and riots broke out. Mahatma Gandhi on his way to Delhi to restore peace and normalcy was arrested in midway and was taken to Bomby in a special train.

Mean while in Punjab where leaders Kitchlew and Satyapal were deported for their supposedly anti-government activities. General of the Punjab at that time was Sir Michael Dyer. On the 13th April, a meeting was advertised to be held at Jallianwallah Bagh. General Dyer had prohibited any meeting to be conducted. On hearing about the meeting in Jallianwallah Bagh, he proceeded to the spot with his tropps and machine guns. A lot of people were congregated in the ground of Jallianwallah Bagh as it was an important Hindu festival day. Within 15 minutes of his arrival, General Dyer ordered his troops to fire at the throng without any provocation. What followed was carnage. About 5 to 6 hundred people died and about 1500 were injured in that gruesome act of animism. Soon after the firing at Jallianwallah Bagh, Martial law was enforced throughout the country to prohibit further sprouting of disturbance. Many leaders were arrested, including Mahatma Gandhi.

No news of Jallianwallah Bagh was spread as a result of the strict censorship which followed on account of Martial law. But, as time passed and marshial law was lifted, news began to leak out and caused widespread anger in the country against this incident and against Sir Michael Dyer.

British-India government appointed a committee of enquiry to look into the matter of shooting at Jallianwallah Bagh after persistent request from all over the country. The committe was headed by Lord Hunter. Even before the committee began its labours, government passed an Indemnity Act to protect its officers from any ruling of the committee. There was widespread opposition to this Indemnity act, even from within the committee. The committee filed its report on March 26th, 1920. The recommendations in the fnal report were too lenient as far Indians were concerned. What followed it was the famous non-cooperation movement, again led by the charismatic son of India – Mahatma Gandhi.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday that Iran will seek “common ground” with the United States and five other world powers that have proposed incentives for Tehran to freeze its nuclear enrichment program.

NBC News, which interviewed Ahmadinejad in Iran, also said the leader of the world’s fourth-largest crude oil producer believes the oil market is overvalued in part because of manipulation.

Speaking less than a week before a deadline for Iran’s reply to the incentives package, Ahmadinejad told the U.S. television network that progress toward agreement with the West would depend on the sincerity of a shift in the U.S. approach to Tehran.

Western officials said after a meeting with Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator in Geneva on July 19 that Tehran had two weeks to reply to an offer of a halt to new steps toward more U.N. sanctions if Iran froze the expansion of its nuclear program. That would give Iran until Saturday to reply.

“They submitted a package and we responded by submitting our own package,” Ahmadinejad said through an interpreter in an excerpt of the NBC interview aired on Monday.

“It’s very natural. In the first steps, we are going to negotiate over the common ground as they exist inside the two packages. If the two parties succeed in agreeing over the common ground, that will help us to work on our differences as well, to reach an agreement.”

U.S. State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos called Ahmedinejad’s comments “rhetoric and more rhetoric” and saying the State Department wanted a definitive response from Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, to EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, the West’s designated negotiator.

“We are waiting for a definitive statement, Gallegos said. “We have stated clearly that it should come through the normal channel, which is Jalili to Solana, and the clock on the two weeks is ticking.”

NBC also said Ahmadinejad denied Iran was working to produce a bomb, paraphrasing him as saying nuclear weapons are outdated.

Iran has so far ruled out a freeze to start preliminary talks or suspension of enrichment to start formal negotiations on the incentives package proposed by the six powers — the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany.

In a policy shift, a U.S. diplomat attended the Geneva talks, which Iran has characterized as a success for Iran.

On Monday, Ahmadinejad told NBC: “The main question here is whether this approach is a continuation of the old approach or is it a totally new approach.

“If this is the continuation of the old process, the Iranian people need to defend their right, its interests as well,” he said. “But if the approach changes, we will be facing a new situation and the response by the Iranian people will be a positive one.”

The United States has warned Iran that it will face more sanctions if it fails to meet the deadline. Washington has not ruled out military action if diplomacy fails.

Asked if Iran would agree to suspend uranium enrichment in order to gain international acceptance, Ahmadinejad said Iran already enjoys “very good economic and cultural relations with countries around the world.”

“For the continuation of our lives and for progress, we do not need the services, if I can use the word, of a few countries,” he said.

Ahmadinejad announced during the weekend that Iran had more than 5,000 active centrifuges for enriching uranium, which suggested a rapid expansion of the nuclear work that the West suspects is aimed at making bombs.

Earlier this month, Iran rattled international markets by test-firing a series of missiles.

(Additional reporting by Arshad Mohammed)

(Reporting by David Morgan; Editing by Bill Trott)

We’ve eaten the leftovers, washed the tablecloths, returned the rental salt & pepper shakers, and written up the recipes, so the only thing left to do is, uh, say thanks to everyone who turned out for the Second Underground Kitchen Ever! We had a GREAT time at the Habitat ReStore on Saturday night. A million thanks to Amy and Shawn for saying “yes, and we can even install a sink for you” when we said, “can we bring 30 complete strangers over to your store for dinner after hours?” They are really wonderful folks, and are doing great things for the Charleston community.

You have to wonder– would an Underground Kitchen be possible without the internet? We put up a website, sent anonymous emails to people, posted an open signup, and set up a PayPal account. Next thing we knew, people were blogging about the Ug. Kit. on twitter. Or finding us by chance through a local blog directory. And signing up. And now, after the event, you can read people’s impressions of the dinner online, see photos and videos, and more photos. If only there was a way to transmit flavors through the “internets” . . .

We’re not sure yet when or if the next Underground Kitchen will be, but the best way to find out is to sign up for our email list if you haven’t already. We’ll email invitations to everyone who signs up.

And while you’re waiting for that invitation . . . go check out the Habitat ReStore! It’s a building materials re-sale store, where you can donate used fixtures and tools, or buy items that you need. You can see a list of the materials they resell here. 815 Young Street, near Fazio’s and Green’s Feed & Seed. They’re open 9-6 on weekdays, and 9-4 on Saturdays.

Thanks to Dan for the pictures!

We are all sad that our visit to the Galapagos Islands is over! Each of us came away with wonderful experiences: seeing wonderful animals, snorkeling, swimming with penguins and seals, walking around the Pacific Ocean on huge lava rock hills and meeting two wonderful guides – Valerio and David.
Today began with a visit to the Charles Darwin Research Center. We saw some amazing tortoises and had our group picture of the day taken among them. Valerio was able to mesmerize one of the tortoises so he stood high up from the ground and extended his neck. It was quite a site to see. Finches and tortoises has a symbiotic relationship where the finch helps the tortoise get rid of the bugs on its body. Somehow the finch knows exactly when the tortoise needs its help. The finch is able to read the body language of the tortoise!

We finally saw LONESOME GEORGE. Actually, he wasn’t so lonesome today, as he had a female friend visiting him! Lonesome George was quite excited at the site of her and stood up on his four legs and extended his neck. This is quite feat for somebody closing in on 100 years old. Apparently, visitors to the Research Center DON’T often see Lonesome George in this state!

We then took a bus ride to walk in some LAVA TUNNELS. Lava tunnels are formed when lava flows and the outer part of the lava stream gets cold and hardens. However, the liquid magma that is inside, continues to flow and this leaves empty “lava tubes” behind. Santa Cruz Island is filled with lava tunnels that were formed after many eruptions over a million years ago.

We then took a ferry to Baltra Island where we cheered to the 5th and final People to People delegation that was coming to the Galapagos. As we departed the boat we told the leaders and students what an amazing experience they were going to have, as we knew that they would love seeing the frigate, blue-footed booby, seals, sea lions, lizards and marine and land iguanas.

Our flight to Quito was 3 hours late, so we spent quite awhile at the airport. It was quite relaxing waiting for the plane to arrive, as the airport is “open-air” and the students were able to sit in the sun, shop, play soccer, read, eat and talk as we waiting for our flight.

After arriving in Quito we went to dinner – which was paella and a passion fruit custard. Our big food discovery was “apple soda.” It is quite refreshing and many of us are wondering if it can be purchased in the United States.

Another great day in Ecuador!

Be sure to check out the Flickr’ photos!