I am glad you asked this question, since this photo of me seems to be looked at daily and I was wondering if I had some kind of stalker!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonralli/5129098774/

I think I posted it on here some time ago. Anyone on here want to own up?

Pretty much this whole album, a decade ago.

Not unless I was still earning £35K a year as I would then have to consider me, myself, my life and I an abject failure. 😕

Absolutely love this, just a shame Ozzy ended up being a friend of George Bush ay?

That’s a shame. Just as well I stayed, I still feel rough and would not have made 25%. In the end I had to take both my Mum and Dad to the doctor’s.

Hey John – did you guys make it over to New Abbey or did you just stick to Mabie?

BTW – last week I cleaned the big step in ice! 🙂 Kind of lost it on the next little drop mind.

Oof – thoughts go out to both you and your family. That is really rough. Maybe if you carry on your blog it could help other sufferers. Good luck and healing vibes.

Davy-g – I’d loved to have joined in too. I was meant to be biking with Trekster today but I had a lousy night with a pretty sore throat, so thought better of it. Have a good one.

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The way I read the article, he has done the deal with Israel, not the US.

Finally, it might be worth pointing out that Assange might have done what he is alleged to have done in order protect himself and ensure that the leaked documents are published so as to expose the American hypocrisy, which he is said to be obsessed with “at the expense of more fundamental aims.”

And the only vaguely secret stuff from the US has seemed to support US hegemony in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan yeah? All other stuff was just low level tittle-tattle.

We have been using dish washer salt from Tescos – apparently you are limited to 20 bags per purchase 🙂

Ah right – if I have not replied it’s because I have not received anything!

Here you go folks – ex employees of Wikileaks about to blow the whistle – ironic no?

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/07/18665978.php

Oh some person drove into my car when it was parked in a motorway service station. I got back to my car to find the door all scratched. No witnesses and no number plate. It shouldnt cost too much, but the problem is that the door was hit just on the strengthener (not too sure if that is the right word) so it is costing £850! I can claim on insurance but it is still costing me £250 which is a mare for me right now 🙁

Am up for Mabie again definitely! And yeah, I know what you said about that descent, but am bang up for something different 🙂

Yep – the good old US army really are doing all they can to eradicate heroin 😀

I for one can’t possibly think why production would increase, especially when the CIA are there.

I would have loved to have joined you guys but am a bit busy today and tomorrow. I am free on Friday but have no car (probably unless the garage phone me and say I can collect it on Friday).

This was on my ride yesterday. About an inch of snow but everything absolutely rideable and Mabie was riding really really fast at the weekend too 😀

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John – would loved to have joined you guys but am a bit busy this week helping my folks and with appointments in town. Fab pics!

Yes – it was terrible on this morning’s ride 🙂

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Well I for one am not holding my breath on their banking leaks, but I guess we shall see when the time comes for them to leak them, if they ever do.

iDave

I am well aware of that but there is no mention of the Federal Reserve or Goldman Sachs etc. They are going to leak about a bank of no consequence as opposed to leaking about what is really happening right now.

I don’t have time to find all the references.

Here is the transcript to read for yourself:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/government_programs/july-dec10/weakileaks2_11-29.htmlh

Plenty of websites were around before Wikileaks with many exposures that have been totally ignored by the same press who are treating Assange as some kind of hero.

Absolutely the same Brzezinski, who I hardly look up to, but it sems many other countries have the same opinion as him on Wikileaks.

I will readily admit that I pretty much know nothing about mint sauce. I assume that the chap who has done a runner with all the dosh but who said he would produce the goods is in fact the owner of the Mint Sauce trademark, or is the owner of the image rights or whatever the legal thingy is called?

I have been to Oulu when I was invited by Nokia, when I was working at BT Cellnet. I can’t say I saw much of the town as I was on business, but the business park is quite impressive. We also went to Tampere too. I have been to Helsinki twice, which was brilliant, again on business, but with a lot of corporate hospitality too. Not too sure I would want to be there for a long time, but if it a good opportunity for you then go for it.

Is there a slight irony in all of this I ask myself, in that many STWorlder’s are colluding in the theft of trademarks, or in the production of counterfeit goods, and yet they themselves are victims of a crime of their own making? 🙂

Well I am very tired of all this wikileaks nonsense. Even Brazesinski has gone on record to say that Wikileaks is an asset of a foreign intelligence agency.

Yes, there has been some tittle tattle, but it is amazing how much of the leaks very much support both US and Israeli policy when it comes to global hedgemony.

While you guys have ben getting distracted with this rubbish, the main stream press and wikileaks have been doing their best to ignore what is quite possibly the biggest financial fraudwe have ever witnessed.

US banks have been exposed as selling US mortgages multiple times, and now the US Government are actively involved in enabling the banks to illegally foreclose the homes, and declare them as assets, in order to prevent them (the banks) from being declared insolvent. This is insane, and yet I have heard pretty much nothing from the likes of the Guardian etc.

I am just getting to grips with my new camera but thought this was quite a nice pic from this morning’s ride.

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Are budding but as yet unpublished authors not currently in gainful employment who still went out this morning allowed to post their photos?

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Well Radio 4 seem to be saying that Scotland has collapsed and the army are rescuing people on the M8 but after last night’s excitement, this morning shows just about an inch if that of snow so not much here in Dumfries really.

An extremely well bound, maybe handmade notebook with plain paper would be well received, as Wiccans often do a lot of writing up of their experiences.

This is one of the best on-line places for all your Wiccan and occult Christmas presents:

http://www.sorcerers-apprentice.co.uk/xmasgift.htm

I am not losing any sleep over the “demise” of Wikileaks. It’s not often I agree with Brezezinski, but as this interview with PBS shows, he is basically saying that Wikileaks is either in cahoots with, or being manipulated by a foreign intelligence agency.

ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI: It’s not a question of worry. It’s, rather, a question of whether WikiLeaks are being manipulated by interested parties that want to either complicate our relationship with other governments or want to undermine some governments, because some of these items that are being emphasized and have surfaced are very pointed.

And I wonder whether, in fact, there aren’t some operations internationally, intelligence services, that are feeding stuff to WikiLeaks, because it is a unique opportunity to embarrass us, to embarrass our position, but also to undermine our relations with particular governments.

For example, leaving aside the personal gossip about Sarkozy or Berlusconi or Putin, the business about the Turks is clearly calculated in terms of its potential impact on disrupting the American-Turkish relationship.

ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI: Seeding — seeding it is very easy.

I have no doubt that WikiLeaks is getting a lot of the stuff from sort of relatively unimportant sources, like the one that perhaps is identified on the air. But it may be getting stuff at the same time from interested intelligence parties who want to manipulate the process and achieve certain very specific objectives.

Heh – just noticed too! At least an inch settled where we are! Yay!

Ah good stuff.

I should probably add that One Photo Every Day is still going to be running, so if anyone is looking for a photo based challenge, have a think about joining in that group too.

Here is a thread with the best photos of Nov 2010:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/onephotoeveryday/discuss/72157625376072199/

Our student bar at Schumacher College was called ‘The edge of chaos”, since chaos theory forms quite a big component of the Holistic Science MSc 😀 You would hve been welcome for a pint WCA.

Ton – touche 😛

Fontmoss – ahhhhhhhh! I refer you to the comments on this photo –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonralli/5235148686/
How many people keep asking that every time I post a photo of me in the snow?? 😯

I just meant that people’s children may read what is on here. I have no problem with that. It’s easy enough to have adult discussions that do not cause offense – that was what I was getting at.

How about finding ways to express yourself that do not involve swearing or is that really too hard? It’s not hard is it surely? This is a family orientated forum and I have no issue with it being child friendly. Long may it be so!

Cool – well if you need scientific proof don’t forget poor old Ilya ay?

I put newspaper on my car windscreen last night. There are intelligent lifeforms north of the boarder you know ton?

You also have “order out of chaos” from Ilya Prigogine

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Order-Out-Chaos-Dialogue-Flamingo/dp/0006541151/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1291652621&sr=8-1

Was it this concept you were thinking of?

Heath Hall this morning, -7 degrees (according to my car which I had just taken in to the garage. And your point is caller? 😀

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