Open mike 09/01/2013

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1. bad12 1

   9 January 2013 at 6:31 am

   Paging Pascal’s bookie,wakey wakey, here’s the reply to your rude interruption of the debate in yesterday’s ‘Open Mike’,

   Note that ALL of the actions in ‘Operation Cyclone’ were the result of secret ‘directive 166’ signed first by President Jimmy Carter and later expanded by President Ronald Reagan,

   Your claims that Arab groups fighting in the Afghan/Soviet war were only funded and armed by Saudi and other Arab states funneled through the Pakistani intelligence service are rather spurious considering the information now available,

   Operation Cyclone- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia,

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/operation_cyclone
   • bad12 1.1

     9 January 2013 at 6:38 am

     Bugger, another link that won’t, don’t know what’s with that, but ask the question of Google ‘US funds for groups fighting in Afghan/Soviet war’ and it should take to the page i tried to link to…
     • bad12 1.1.1

       9 January 2013 at 9:27 am

       If your in for a ‘looong read’ which details ALL the players in the Afghan/Soviet war, the personal connections from the CIA to President Ronald Reagan meeting bin Laden’s older brother at the White-House, (along with such niceties as some of the ‘high-ups’ in bin Laden’ various organizations being aided by the CIA to repeatedly gain visa to enter the US despite being on the ‘terrorist watchlist’) there’s this,

       Complete 911 Timeline: The Soviet/Afghan war.

       http://www.historycommons.org>…>Afghanistan>complete911timeline

       If that link fails, try asking google the same question i refer to after my earlier link didn’t work…
       • Pascal's bookie 1.1.1.1

         9 January 2013 at 10:09 am

         It’s all pretty weak, and anticipated in my comment.

         I suggest we take this over there, so that it doesn’t clutter this thread, and so that people can see the context.

         http://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-07012013/comment-page-1/#comment-570950

         You’ve ignored most of what I said, and have, as predicted, conflated mujaheddin with AQ.

         Here’s your initial; claim:

         You have to get with the real picture, prior to September 11 Al Qaeda were US funded and armed assets during the Soviet/Afghan war

         Operation cyclone was about supporting the mujaheddin, and there is no conclusive evidence that OBL was funded. The implication that he was directly funded by the US is even harder to substantiate, which is probably why you are having such a hard time coming up with any good direct sources or quotes.

         I’ll repost this in the relevant thread.
         • bad12 1.1.1.1.1

           9 January 2013 at 10:52 am

           Nope i haven’t confused Al Qaeda and the Mujaheddin at all, they were all inter-connected during the Afghan/Soviet war so what funded the Mujahidden also at the same time funded Al Qaeda,

           Riiiight, perhaps you think i mean that the CIA passed suitcases full of used 20’s directly to bin Laden, spurious, the funding went to the Pakistani intelligence network from the US, (billions of dollars),and was then distributed by the Pakistani intelligence network either directly as arms or laundered through the BCCI bank,

           I suggest you read ‘The complete 911 Timeline: The Soviet-Afghan war which you obviously haven’t otherwise you would not be replying with such lame comments…
           • Pascal's bookie 1.1.1.1.1.1

             9 January 2013 at 11:51 am

             I’ve read the timeline. It’s a bit of a curate’s egg to be honest. It often claims certain things to be facts based on not much more than “x reported that unnamed source told him y”, which is a data point to be sure, but absent corroboration, not one that given much weight.*

             It would better if it just left it at the ‘X reports’ and laid of on the implications that Y was true.

             Based on what you’ve written though. I’d suggest you need to do a lot more reading. A good primer is “The Looming Tower”. It really is worth the time and money invested if you want to know what everyone is claiming and how much evidence exists for the claims.

             Nope i haven’t confused Al Qaeda and the Mujaheddin at all, they were all inter-connected during the Afghan/Soviet war so what funded the Mujahidden also at the same time funded Al Qaeda,

             I said you conflated the Mujaheddin and AQ.

             ‘Conflate’, as in, ‘assume that funding one is the same as funding the other’, as in, “so what funded the Mujahidden also at the same time funded Al Qaeda”.

             You claimed AQ was a cia/US asset during the 70s and 80’s war. As suppport for this, the only thing you’ve presented is that the US gave money to the ISI to distribute to Mujaheddin. As I predicted.

             I think you need to read that timeline yourself, pay attention to it this time.

             Now how about justifying your doubts about Assad’s weapons? ( Prediction: ‘The US claimed saddam had WMD in 03 but he didn’t; therefore Assad doesn’t have them now’)

             And tell me about my belief system and how it hasn’t changed; another unsupported statement you claimed to have some knowledge about.

             *(It’s ironic that many of the claims in the timeline rely on a single MSM report of a statement made by an individual, but I guess that because the timeline itself isn’t MSM, you think, well, I don’t know what you think, but it’s amusing none-the-less)
             • bad12 …

               9 January 2013 at 12:15 pm

               Yes exactly, during the Afghan/Soviet war Al Qaeda was not so called, what funded the Mujahidden also funded all the Saudi’s and ‘other’s’ who joined the fight,

               If you had of read the timeline you would know that bin Laden spent a large part of that war on the Pakistan side of the border funnelling the Saudi and ‘other’ fighters along with the arms across the border to the two main groups of Mujahidden,

               It is obvious from the Presidential ‘directive 166’ and operation cyclone that the CIA supplied Osama bin Laden with arms and money and just as obvious that as proof of this you would only accept a ‘confession’ from both the CIA and the White-House which obviously will not be forthcoming,

               Carry on with your hilarious belief in the goodness of apple pie and Uncle Sam,

               Next you will be denying that prior to the first bombing of the world trade center bin Laden had a recruitment and funding office operating in New York and other US cities…
               • Pascal's bookie …

                 9 January 2013 at 12:35 pm

                 It isn’t ‘obvious’ at all, it’s an assumption based on ‘not much’. What is obvious is that your ‘knowledge’ stems from things like ‘the timeline’ which you seem to put an enormous weight on. Which is fine as far as it goes, but it’s not analysis, and it’s based on superficial stuff. You should try ‘books’.

                 Carry on with your hilarious belief in the goodness of apple pie and Uncle Sam,

                 citation required.

                 My belief is that the US wasn’t in any sort of control of what was going on, especially with regard to OBL. You seem to think that the US is some sort of ghost in the machine, that everything that happens, happens at their direction.

                 You claimed that AQ was a CIA asset in the 80s. That’s just laughable and you’ve provided no evidence for it. As is your claim that AQ are ‘basically mercenaries and guns for hire’.

                 No evidence for doubt about Assad’s wepaons either then?
                 • bad12 …

                   9 January 2013 at 4:26 pm

                   Yes i should hunt out the book printed by ‘Time’ magazine which says much the same as what i have been saying and much the same as what the timeline also says not to forget the Wikipedia,

                   You are now retreating to a pathetic default position where you put up comments about what you ‘think’ i think,

                   Where have i said that the US were in immediate control of bin Laden??? well i didn’t, not even a slight insinuation,

                   What the CIA was ultimately in control of,(yes along with the Saudi’s) was the money and arms flow to the Pakistani’s who then used bin Laden and others to distribute these arms among the Jihadists,

                   Provided along with these arms and monies was also an ongoing series of satellite images of specific targets which they wished attacked,

                   Were the CIA on the ground at any time in Afghanistan giving orders, not likely their involvement was a supposed secret,(in terms of deniability), why do you think they suffered the Pakistani’s skimming the money supposedly for use in Afghanistan,

                   Untill recently even ‘Presidential directive 166’ was classified information and at the time that directive was issued by Carter it was simply a matter between His administration and the CIA with no over-sight from any other body…
                   • Pascal's bookie …

                     9 January 2013 at 6:06 pm

                     “Where have i said that the US were in immediate control of bin Laden??? well i didn’t, not even a slight insinuation,”

                     ” He who was captured [Mohamed al-Zawahiri] is just as likely to be in the employ of either the UN or the US via the Saudi Government,

                     You have to get with the real picture, prior to September 11 Al Qaeda were US funded and armed assets during the Soviet/Afghan war,”

                     That’s a pretty clear ‘insinuation’.

                     It doesn’t much look like, ‘Prior to forminh AQ OBL was raising funds and distributing them in Afghanistan and had some links with the ISI, who were also distributing US monies’.

                     But if that’s all you meant by ’employ’ and ‘US funded and armed assets’ and ‘AQ’, then fine I guess.
                   • bad12 …

                     10 January 2013 at 7:46 am

                     What you are describing is ‘deniability’, if the US provided the arms, money, and satellite photo’s through a third party to those opposing the Soviet’s in Afghanistan who is funding such opposition, the third party perhaps???…
                   • Pascal's bookie …

                     10 January 2013 at 9:56 am

                     Sigh.

                     Your initial claim was that AQ was a CIA asset, and that based on that Al Zawahiri was likely to be in the employ of the UN, via the Saud regime.

                     That’s ridiculous.

                     Now you are saying that OBL possibly got some money from the ISI before AQ was even formed.
                 • bad12 …

                   10 January 2013 at 7:52 am

                   Weapons of mass destruction??? now where have i heard that before…
                   • Pascal's bookie …

                     10 January 2013 at 9:57 am

                     What did you mean by that?

                     Do you doubt he has them? On what grounds?

                     And if you think anyone would need WMD as a Casus belli to go into Syria at the moment, you should read a newspaper from the last year. They could have gone in under ‘ duty to protect’ at any time.

                     You could try evaluating why they haven’t, (hint: it’s a shit fight with no good options) but that might challenge your pre-concieved notions about what’s going on.
                   • Colonial Viper …

                     10 January 2013 at 10:06 am

                     Duty to protect? LOL

                     Are these the same caring foreign countries who are supplying arms, financing and logistical support to the Rebels and assorted Salafi jihadists tearing up civilian areas?
               • Pascal's bookie …

                 9 January 2013 at 12:51 pm

                 what funded the Mujahidden also funded all the Saudi’s and ‘other’s’ who joined the fight,

                 large parts of your timeline directly contradict this. Much of the US funding was skimmed by the ISI if your timeline is to be taken as gospel. The funding OBL was attracting from wealthy saudis is what carried the war, according to your timeline. But your timeline contradicts itself in several places, doesn’t it?

                 Have you really read it? Closely?
                 • bad12 …

                   10 January 2013 at 7:48 am

                   Yeah i have read it close enough to know your talking s**t when you claim that the ‘timeline’ shows that ”the funding bin Laden was attracting from wealthy Saudis is what carried the war”…
                   • Pascal's bookie …

                     10 January 2013 at 9:51 am

                     It’s a claim made in the Timeline, not one I made.
             • Rogue Trooper …

               9 January 2013 at 12:27 pm

               notice heaps of “a source within x” in the MSM these days
               sooo, where is the mandate to verify sources?
               • Pascal's bookie …

                 9 January 2013 at 12:36 pm

                 ‘First draft of history’ and all that.
             • Colonial Viper …

               9 January 2013 at 12:35 pm

               Now how about justifying your doubts about Assad’s weapons? ( Prediction: ‘The US claimed saddam had WMD in 03 but he didn’t; therefore Assad doesn’t have them now’)

               More like – information and claims about middle east WMD in 2003 proved extremely unreliable, information and claims about middle east WMD in 2013 may be equally unreliable.
               • Pascal's bookie …

                 9 January 2013 at 12:38 pm

                 But that’s no better.

                 The situation is closer to Iraq in 91. Care to claim he didn’t have WMD then?
                 • Colonial Viper …

                   9 January 2013 at 12:46 pm

                   Since 9/11, your example has become less relevant and mine more so. Blame Bush/Cheney for this environment.
                   • Pascal's bookie …

                     9 January 2013 at 12:54 pm

                     That makes no sense at all.

                     Saying ‘Bush Cheney’ doesn’t render logical fallacies valid, it just adds another to the mix.
                   • Colonial Viper …

                     9 January 2013 at 4:49 pm

                     of course it makes sense. In 1991 WMD was not seen as the all-encompassing rationale for invasion and regime change that it became after 9/11. Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait was the big trigger for allied action in 1991, not WMD.
                   • Pascal's bookie …

                     9 January 2013 at 5:21 pm

                     What’s that got to do with doubting whether or not Assad has WMD?

                     I reckon he’s got them, based on the fact he claims to have them, is not a member of any of the relevant treaties banning them, and what we know about his programs.

                     Bad12 seems to think it’s doubtful, but he doesn’t seem to want to talk about it or say why.
                   • Colonial Viper …

                     9 January 2013 at 5:31 pm

                     So you accept the point that the environment surrounding the treatment of WMD has moved far on from 1991? Good.

                     Now, if Assad has WMD he’s had them for years and not used them against civilians AFAIK. So now we are back to the post 9/11 WMD pretext for regime change a la Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld.

                     BTW Syria does not have the most powerful WMD in the Middle East not governed by international treaties, by far. But you know this.
                   • Pascal's bookie …

                     9 January 2013 at 5:53 pm

                     We’re not ‘back to’ anything.

                     We were talking about whether or not he has them. The reactions to that, do not effect the likelihood of that.
                   • Colonial Viper …

                     10 January 2013 at 1:23 am

                     But the reactions are all important PB. After all, Assad has probably had WMD for many years (and Israel likely has the most powerful WMD of any middle east country). But today, after 9/11 and 2003, it’s become an effective pretext for waging war. A true, presumptive, convenient, casus belli a la Iraq.
                   • Colonial Viper …

                     10 January 2013 at 1:29 am

                     By the way, in todays stupid languaging a 100 year old chlorine, mustard gas or phosgene shell would be correctly considered “WMD”. Hopeless.
   • Rogue Trooper 1.2

     9 January 2013 at 9:08 pm

     johnny boy’s gotta lotta ‘D’s on his report card, Frankly Speaking
2. stever 2

   9 January 2013 at 6:33 am

   Great quote from Sarah Teather in the UK Parliament during a debate on social security reforms…so applicable here too…and further evidence of the Crosby technique that they have just bought into there…so familiar!

   “In an atmosphere of uncertainty and limited resources, where every family in this country is struggling, there is a natural tendency to try and find someone to blame for our own woes. A fissure already exists between the working and non-working poor. Hammering on that faultline with the language of shirkers and strivers will have long-term impacts on public attitudes, on attitudes of one neighbour against another. It will make society less generous, less sympathetic, less able to co-operate. The marginalisation of the undeserving poor will place one group outwith society entirely over time and leave them less able to make choices about their own lives and less able to participate. That fragmentation of society is, for me, the spectre of broken Britain and it is one that we should worry about hastening at our peril.”
   • wyndham 2.1

     9 January 2013 at 6:50 am

     The beneficiary painting the roof couldn’t be a better example of ‘A fissure already exists between the working and non-working poor.’
     • bad12 2.1.1

       9 January 2013 at 7:10 am

       Unfortunately all across the Western World the same template of denigration is being applied by politicians,

       Unemployment is simply a reflection of the success or FAILURE of the economic ism adhered to by the various political factions, rather than address the FAILURE of such policy they choose to address negatively the visible manifestation of the FAILURE, the unemployed,

       Economically there’s a wealth transfer occurring which is at the heart of the unemployment numbers where as the 1%ers gather unto themselves greater amounts of ‘wealth’ the middle classes who act as (sometimes unwitting), agents of that wealth transfer are protected by the political system directly favoring one class over another,

       Symptoms of this overt favoring of the middle classes being, interest free student loans, working for families tax credits, tax cuts, so called ma and pa asset sales, and ‘plans’ to shoe horn those who can afford to service a 300+ thousand dollar mortgage into home ownership,

       The only one of such policies that i would qualify as being based upon ‘NEED’ would be the interest free student loans,

       Having said that, education should be funded from ‘Social Credit’ and not from the taxpayer base which is simply a means by which education is allowed to be rationed among the population…
       • North 2.1.1.1

         9 January 2013 at 7:55 am

         And how the lying bastard politicians shamelessly beat that drum to divide society……..their primary purpose being to win and lengthen tenure at the public trough. All the while loftily proclaiming how decent-values stuffed they are and how much they care. They’re scum really.

         And how the majority of the players in the embedded media, self-important oracles along for the ride, delightedly, effervescently often, report on how well the drum is beaten…….on how well the “game” is played.

         Damn…….there are even knighthoods in the offing.
         • tc 2.1.1.1.1

           9 January 2013 at 8:24 am

           +1 and the current Labour caucus is playing that tune to the delight of the hollowmen. This theme will get rolled out against then in 2014.

           How many troughers do you see in the likes of Ducky, Kingy, etc now all been there done that, tried and failed again yet not standing aside for the fresh blood.
   • mickysavage 2.2

     9 January 2013 at 8:24 am

     The basic problem is that to get most people to understand the intricacies of the Global Financial Crisis and the wholesale looting of various countries treasuries by the rich is too difficult yet people need someone to blame. Western media continuously plays up the desirability of being rich and consuming excessively so the wealthy cannot be attacked. And since the demise of the Soviet Union communists cannot be blamed, even though the Tea Party delusionally thinks they can.

     So who do we have left? Beneficiaries are the easiest to bash. There is always one individual amongst a group of hundreds of thousands that can be accused of some sort of shirking behaviour and then they can be blamed for all our problems.

     People need simple targets.
     • Colonial Viper 2.2.1

       9 January 2013 at 9:15 am

       I agree with the gist of this sentiment, however it’s not that pointing out the bad guys is hard, they are the Douglas/Richardson/Fay/Richwhite/Key crowd.

       It’s that it’s impossible to point to any good guys around who are presenting Real Alternatives.
       • Draco T Bastard 2.2.1.1

         9 January 2013 at 9:54 am

         +1

         Need to do more than point out the Bad guys as well – need to point out that the entire socio-economic system is a failure.
         • Rogue Trooper 2.2.1.1.1

           9 January 2013 at 2:27 pm

           Gareth’s retrospective is helpful
   • Morrissey 2.3

     9 January 2013 at 9:07 am

     Here’s film director Ken Loach making the same point, devastatingly, on BBC television, goading the leonine Thatcher henchman Michael Heseltine into a display of apoplectic fury…
     
     • bad12 2.3.1

       9 January 2013 at 9:53 am

       He makes the good point that i often make, here in New Zealand some 7 billion dollars of owed tax is either ‘avoided’ or evaded’ annually,

       If that ‘avoidance’ were to be classes as criminal evasion and effort brought to bear on actually collecting this owed taxation Governments wouldn’t be scrabbling round looking to point the finger of blame at the unemployed who have no means of avoiding such tax, for their, (Governments), stupid mismanagement of the economy,

       The same excuse of course will be trotted out here as that Tory piece of s**t trotted out in the Utube vid, ”Oh we can’t expect the rich to pay all the tax they owe, they will en masse take all their wealth and flee the country”,

       Luckily i don’t get to sit in the same room as any of these ‘people’, hearing such speech drives me into spasms of violent thought…
3. The Al1en 3

   9 January 2013 at 8:43 am

   “The basic problem is that to get most people to understand the intricacies of the Global Financial Crisis and the wholesale looting of various countries treasuries by the rich is too difficult”

   Without wanting to sound self serving, that’s an added bonus to my fight to save stan heather park in Hamilton West. Not only would it safeguard a community facility, but give the local people a clear example of wealth transfer in their backyards. The ideas I’ve sent to various parties and organisations and all without reply, show how this local issue could set a national agenda for 2014. It’s so simple, I can’t understand why no-one’s doing it already.
   Show the people the fight, teach them how to win it, help them to victory. Whoever does that could take the 6 west ward councillors in the 2013 local elections, and perhaps a good shot at forcing a cup of tea from sue moroney in 2014.
   4-10k votes elected 6 ward wallies. Our three suburbs could do that easy.

   But nope, not going to happen.
   • Colonial Viper 3.1

     9 January 2013 at 9:04 am

     Hi Al1en. Very nice. A concrete in your face issue used as a demonstrator for the values we are talking about. It allows those in the neighbourhood to inquire further into political economics, without having to start a postgrad degree in the subject.

     I’d be very interested in reading some more detail on your ideas – would you please forward to lee.adama@gmx.com? (I will reply via the Std if that’s OK).
     • The Al1en 3.1.1

       9 January 2013 at 2:38 pm

       No worries, though you’ll have to wade through my pigeon English to get there.

       The choice here is more money to a developer or free food for the hungry.
       \Doesn’t get more in your face and direct than that. Classic good v evil clash.
       Beat them here over a local issue, and who knows what a nationwide launch could achieve?
       I’d go at least 5% with the right personnel.

       I’ll send you something later tonight.
       Thanks.
   • tc 3.2

     9 January 2013 at 11:28 am

     Nice work, go hard.
     How can Hardaker claim “”It’s good news for the city as it will be open to the public.” when it’s being turned from park into developed suburbia.

     Some mates of hamilton rugby no doubt will be profiting nicely as it’s now reported as sold. Historically wouldn’t this have been gifted to them like Ellerslie racecouse was so sort of like selling on your inheritance.

     How the F did such a booming city get into such a mess TA ? The growth in/around Te Rapa with suburbia and te Awa /the base etc, what happened.
     • The Al1en 3.2.1

       9 January 2013 at 2:47 pm

       Hardaker was on TV (campbell live) when the Chiefs were winning something at last, extolling how Hamilton is a rugby town and how she’s right behind Hamilton rugby. Hypocrite politicians, I shit them.

       Asked all those questions, got no answers. The head of the Hamilton rugby union couldn’t ‘remember’ the name of the secret developer that just stumped up $2m, six months before the new district plan is live.
       If it smells, looks and tastes like shit, it usually is.

       If the rezoning is refused, then the market price drops drastically. Worthless to a developer, priceless to a trust run market garden.
       Just got to announce a better use for the land than a money maker for the 1% and raise the cash by donation and all sales of my anonymous cd.
       Being part of the 99% means there’s more of us than them, right? Makes it won before it even starts.
   • millsy 3.3

     9 January 2013 at 11:40 pm

     Councils all over the country are flogging off open spaces and community facilities like they are going out of fashion.
4. Morrissey 4

   9 January 2013 at 10:24 am

   “Some wonderful responses to our Chatham Oi-lands story!”
   Summer Noelle doggedly keeping it light

   I’ve still had no reply from Noelle McCarthy, following her timid handling yesterday of the American writer Mark Bowden….
   http://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-08012013/comment-page-1/#comment-570645

   She did, however, have time to read out several emails, all of them whimsical and non-threatening comments about the “Chatham Oi-lands.”

   Obviously there is no room on “Summer Noelle” for anything resembling debate, let alone dissent. Maybe she thinks she’s still working at NewstalkZB.
   • tc 4.1

     9 January 2013 at 11:01 am

     RNZ is turning into ZB under Griffin. She got caught out for plagarism from memory last time around.

     Wouldn’t summer be a good time to give some fresh local talent some airtime rather than this recycled common garden variety hack.
     • Morrissey 4.1.1

       9 January 2013 at 1:05 pm

       Does Richard Griffin actually have an influence on the programming now? That prospect is almost too depressing to contemplate.
     • millsy 4.1.2

       9 January 2013 at 11:43 pm

       Perhaps RNZ should turn over its summer air time to the Access radio/student radio stations…
5. Rogue Trooper 5

   9 January 2013 at 1:22 pm

   “New Zealand’s status as a test-playing cricket nation in question; lack of depth, or out of our depth”

   is Hell other people?
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre
   is literatures’ function ultimately a bourgeois substitute for real “authentic” commitment in the world?

   beavering on, (more on Nausea to follow)

   Best Practice Dec.12: Did you know that it is estimated by 2026 20,000 NZers will require palliative care to rest in peace?
   Pain-the most prevalent symptom preceding all deaths occurring in palliative care settings on NZ

   Opioids, also indicated for the treatment of breathlessnes in p.c, sigh, deep breath,

   Pain Assessment-STAS-Support Team Assessment Schedule
   or,
   PACSLAC for seniors

   “Total Pain”-a subjective experience, influenced by
   physical-psychological-social-spiritual elemants
   threshold may be raised through positive influences
   -improved sleep, companionship, sympathy,sic (empathy), fear reduction
   expression of negative emotions valid: REAL frustrations exist about bureaucracy, diagnostic delays, lack of resources and treatment failure.

   1. Morphine the most extensively studied, widely available and commonly used opioid in p.c
   -active opioid metabolites can accumulate through impairments
   -opioid toxicity; myoclonic spasms, excessive sedation, confusion, restlessness, hallucination

   2.Oral oxy-codone (that’s slipped into NZ in recent times; severely abused in the U.S)

   3. Fentanyl

   Adjuvant analgesics
   Indications
   neuropathic- tri-cyclics, anti-epileptics
   bone pain- NSAIDS
   skeletal muscle spasm- relaxants, benzos etc
   smooth muscle spasm- anti-cholinergics, anti-muscurinics
   intra-cranial pressure
   liver capsule stretch
   tenesmus (gotta go) – steroids

   Adversities;
   constipation expected
   Nausea-distressing yet often transitory; trial various anti-emetics
   -Haloperidol if chemo-receptor trigger zone induced
   -Metoclopramide if reduced G.I motility
   -Cyclizine-if vestibular stimulation
   Drowsiness-often transitory,resolved over a period of days; persistence may indicate toxicity

   11.8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land. (13, admittedly, we are aliens and strangers upon the earth)

   Surah 13: 32 Mocked were many Messengers
   Before thee: but I granted
   Respite to the Unbelievers
   And finally I punished them:
   Then how terrible was My requital!

   Pr.11.6

   A kindhearted woman gains respect, but ruthless men gain only wealth.

   (I have never been interested in the work of sacha baron cohen, his cousin Simon, yes; and Seinfeld? Woody Allen on a donut, such self-obsessed characters about nothing imo)

   These are the Gangs from New York I like
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangs_of_New_York:_Music_from_the_Miramax_Motion_Picture

   -Hawkeye
6. Rogue Trooper 6

   9 January 2013 at 2:12 pm

   In the year following the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 by Vincenzo Peruggia more people went to gaze at the empty space than in the year before: Presence (seen the art work on the cover) Absence

   “We are in a predominantly mechanical, materialistic phase that has led to a desacralizing of the cosmos. This may yet have disastrous ecological consequences, given the predictions of climate science, though the worst may be abated by recovering the “ancient ideas of sacred groves or holy springs”, The deep truth about matter which neither Descartes or Newton realized, is that over the course of four billion years, molten rocks transformed themselves into monarch butterflies,blue herons and the exalted music of Mozart (Rock me Amadeus) http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/amadeus/. Ignorant of this stupendous process (stupidly) we fell into the fantasy that our role here was to reign (Objectively) over matter.

   -Journey of the Universe; Brian Swimme (comologist) and Mary Tucker (ecologist)

   “We have to admit the disastrous course of Business as usual; Rather, invest in scientific research, including in the Social Sciences, to find all possible openings (any port in a storm); agree to a great extent on what can be done; negotiate in Good Faith as to who will do what; and stick with the overall plan through thick and thin, despite inevitable short-term crises”

   “Earth is negotiating with us right now and waiting patiently-cometh the hour, cometh the political Leadership?-for a Good Faith reply. If humans don’t make it, the universe has plenty of time and space to evolve intelligence again, yet humanity will be sloughed off as if we had never been”

   -Joel Primack (physicist) and Nancy Abrams (philosopher)

   Not concluding that everyone will agree on what is “sacred”
   http://www.literaryreview.co.uk/gray_12_10.html
   one conclusion is that sacred values lie at the heart of 21st century conflicts. Further,until they are recognized as such, these conflicts will Escalate and Perpetuate, not be won or lessened.
   (reasearch has shown that “Palestinian hard-liners were more willing to recognize the right of Israel to exist, if the Israelis apologized for suffering caused to Palestinians civilians in the 1948 war) -Vernon

   Why is our century worse than any other?
   Is it that in the stupor of fear and grief
   It has plunged it’s fingers in the blackest ulcer,
   Yet cannot bring relief?

   Westward the sun is dropping,
   And the roofs of towns are dropping in it’s light.
   Already death is chalking doors with crosses
   And calling the ravens and the ravens are in flight.

   -Anna Akhmatova

   Karl Marx was playing a parlour game
   with his daughters. To their question
   What is the quality one should most abhor?
   he wrote; Servility.

   This was found-a scrap of paper
   amongst the family albums and letters;
   it is the most essential of all
   the Complete Works.

   -Robert Gray

   It takes much time to kill a tree

   The hand that signed the paper felled a city;
   Five sovereign fingers taxed the breath,
   Doubled the globe of dead and halved a country;
   These five kings did a king to death.

   -Dylan
7. Chris 7

   9 January 2013 at 4:42 pm

   Apologies if this has already been posted, but here is a very interesting article about the effects of austerity:

   http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/when-a-guess-is-as-good-as-a-forecast-20130108-2cep8.html

   Don’t know how to embed the link.

   Also as an aside is there any chance that someone could have got my email address from here to add me on facebook? I got a random friend request from someone with some high profile left leaning friends and cannot figure out why they would have added me. I realise more than likely it was just someone adding me by accident, but thought I would check if anyone else had got this or there was any chance it came from here.
   • McFlock 7.1

     9 January 2013 at 4:51 pm

     easiest way is to fb message the person and ask.
     • Chris 7.1.1

       9 January 2013 at 4:54 pm

       Yeah I have but they haven’t responded and it’s not anywhere near important enough for me to follow up with another message.
       • McFlock 7.1.1.1

         10 January 2013 at 12:44 pm

         I think it would be highly unlikely it came from here.

         Might be a fb group or like you made a while ago?

         The other option is that it’s someone you did actually meet ages ago and forgot about – happened to me a couple of times. Turned out they knew me from years back.
8. Rogue Trooper 8

   9 January 2013 at 5:23 pm

   Dom
   -Treaty spawns a Legion of lawyers
   -thankfully settlements have risen
   yet,
   -numbers of lawyers willing to “represent” falling
   -$$$ stacked in govts court

   -HNZ earthquake-prone stocks unsettling people

   -17 Billion bicycles, I mean planets above Beijing
   – 1 Trillion dollar platinum Federal coin
   -“silliness before disaster”-Krugman
   -(accounting manoeuvres only deploy ’til February

   -The Biggest Bank in The Whole Wide World, China’s ICBC growing a branch in NZ
   -“primed” to launch-Amanda Lu
   -unlikely to need to stop at red lights-Claire Matthews

   meanwhile, back in the kitchen (Aus “dome of heat”)
   -Bureau of Meteorology’s temperature forecast chart adds Deep Purple (Oh my love it’s a long way, where you’re from it’s a long way) and Pink to spectrum and extend range to 54 Degrees C
   (all time record high, 50.7 C in 1960 at Oodnadatta)

   Cobra II
   http://books.google.co.nz/books/about/Cobra_II.html?id=CyuUZlAFXHUC&redir_esc=y
   http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/25/the-endgame-is-a-well-researched-highly-critical-look-at-u-s-policy-in-iraq.html
   The End Game

   those who give have all things, those who withhold, nothing.

   -Hindu proverb (sounds a little like Mana)
9. xtasy 9

   9 January 2013 at 10:31 pm

   HALLO ALL!

   Are you on a benefit, scared of facing life off the benefit, have you been shafted on the benefit, are you perhaps even informed and know that a nasty piece of legislation called the “Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill” is right before Parliament now, being looked at by the Social Services Committee, likely to hear more submissions soon???

   Better WAKE up, LEARN what the hell goes down and on, have a read of the bill on Parliament’s website, or on the sites found under following links:

   http://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2012/0067/latest/DLM4542304.html

   http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Legislation/Bills/5/2/a/00DBHOH_BILL11634_1-Social-Security-Benefit-Categories-and-Work-Focus.htm

   http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/SC/Documents/Evidence/?Custom=00DBHOH_BILL11634_1

   I get it, your parents are rich, your parents are secure middle class, you have some savings, you studied and will get a good and well-paying job, if need be in Australia, you will “never” have to rely on the dole or any other benefit, as you will be fit and healthy for ALL times, right?!

   Learn the bloody lessons of live, open your lazy ears and eyes, take a look, have a read, as this is extremely important. No, it will not just “deal to” so-called “bludgers”, “breeding solo mums” and “maligners” on sick and invalid’s benefits. The whole system will change, it will get REAL mean and you will in most cases be affected at one or another time in YOUR bloody life, dear reader.

   Now the Ministry of Social (Under) Development, of social exclusion, of meanness, under the bullying Minister in charge, has launched a bloody SURVEY, to serve it’s cause and get the ignorant, blue eyed, naive and good-believing folk out there to offer ideas, suggestions and feed-back on the reforms, solely designed to “assist” the poor and so much neglected sick, injured and disabled into real good value work!?

   Have a look at this piece:
   http://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/work-programmes/welfare-reform/july-2013/ill-health-disability-feedback.html

   Propaganda from and for the bottom level of inputters has never been any “sweeter”, not even Master demagogues like Goebbels, Mussolini and Hitler would have thought of such a smart scheme to “involve” all those so “concerned”.

   So there you are, able to give your “input”. I am sure Farrar, Whale soil and whatever kinds of their following have already been online day and night, to offer their “advice” and support to MSD.

   So dear Standardistas, get off your bloody arses, go there, and deliver also your, and your valued friend’s advice, suggestions and feedback now. It must be done, or the masters of demagoguery will win.

   Get onto it, tell them what you think and feel on the MSD website, NOW, please!!!
10. David H 10

    9 January 2013 at 11:05 pm

    Sorry to bother you Lyn but I keep getting an unresponsive script on the pages in here, is it me or you?

    Error is.

    Script: http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/js/devicepx-jetpack.js?ver=201302:22

    Cheers
    • lprent 10.1

      10 January 2013 at 1:42 am

      Probably Me. Looking at a cache setting and I can only really test it on the live site (so I do it late at night).

      But maybe not that error is from wordpress.com… A javascript file that isn’t getting sent?

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