The future of warfare

Yes folks the future is in the hands of those who control the

best computers. It may be just beginning but think on it for 

a minute, trade, communication, governments, military forces

such as massive drone fleets, transportation (GPS), surveillance,

its all connected and controlled by one system interconnected in

millions of different ways. Amazing as it may be its a threat to 

the world over as there are many nations and individuals who 

would take advantage for economic, social, or even political 

means throwing the world into chaos. Its begun in some small

situations, like in Estonia in fending off against protesters in 

moving WW2 commemorative statues, or Iranian offences 

against U.S securities companies, or north Korean attacks 

due to political criticize on the part of the U.S film industry.

Its real and it will only escalate as our culture becomes more 

dependent on technology. Granted it can be used to thrust us 

farther and faster than ever before but only if we use if for the

greater good rather than mutual destruction. Much like the atom 

it is a deadly weapon or a means to move humanity to the next 

level.The choice is ours. 

      

The fruits of the earth and human toil

So they glimmer 

The Vine: Vitis Venifira

Grown for thousands of years, moved, grown across the lands.

Industries born, nations falling to the wine it produces. Millions

given life, and death by its round and bunched fruit. Sweet purple,

round fruits, with lush green leaves. Rowed and ordered, delicate

and enduring so is the passion of the grape. And so it remains as

a fundamental part of human society as it has since the beginning

Here's how to grow it

Thanks, The Tulip guy 

To Be or not to Be

The Great William Shakespeare. Actor, writer, lover of the

human condition. He is revered as one of the most influential

writers in human history and the father of many words and 

beloved pieces of theater cherished for all time. So what an

example of a human being. To live so vividly, accomplish 

so much. To inspire the imaginations and hearts of so many.

The question of the age however is how he could have done it.

Many believe that he didn't in totality. That there was a secret

man behind the curtain, writing and inspiring only his own.

Its been suggested that other great minds of the time were 

responsible, many have been speculated but i believe that the

mysterious author in question, the man behind the shroud. I

believe this could be a very real possibility and that it could 

have been Cervantes of Spain, who wrote Don Quixote and 

was considered one of the greatest writers of the most loved 

and greatest writers of the Spanish golden age. They both 

curiously dies in 1616 and a day apart. A coincidence? that 

two of the worlds greatest authors should die less than a day

apart in the same time period? or was one simple using the other

and when one died the other simple faded onto the shadows 

to protect the fact that he'd been a fraud? What the advantages?

Either of these men would have loved to seek a wide audience

both existed in what at the time were the worlds most expansive 

and influential empires the world has ever seen,and in Cervantes

case it gave him a more liberal empire than his own to further 

what could be considered idealistic and perhaps controversial 

writing. but this is just an opinion so please theorize and

give your own ideas  

Star Trek S01E24 This Side of Paradise

Here's a good one. Try it out and if you get hooked 

there are more on Netflix, set aside the bad acting in

certain scenes and you'll fall in love eventually. 

Star trek

Yes you guessed it already i'm willing to bet from my slightly nerdy 

qualities but i am a trekky. People make fun of it so often but one thing 

that gets on my nerves is that they don't respect it. I mean if you ever

watch an episode, or movie what does it encompass? Some of the most

primary and important human characteristics and philosophies key in

the progression of civilization. Not only that but it suggests unlike many

of its other counterparts an utopia of sorts. one in which humanities soul

goal and aim is to bring peace, and a furthering of knowledge to the universe 

and all life within. These goals are the goals of intellectuals everywhere.

Star fleet is a peace keeping force, yes force, but if they are considered the

military and ruling body i'd love to see how perfect their world really is 

as many of the morals they stand by are what we may consider today as 

ideals. So Startrek is a call for a better world, and praises human progress, 

and the spirit which has pushed us, and what they believe will push us 

to a better existence and future for all. A beautiful one at that. Amongst

the stars themselves. 

Live long and prosper

peace and long life 

Clark.R

   

Fools Gold

What once drove empires now sits in vaults

or does it?

Here are some opinions from the money men 

Gold

The forbidden fruit: Malus domestica

Apple trees come in a number of verities. They grow in most of 

the world, and are delicious! in pie, cider, plane, etc...I'd like to

end my days perhaps as an apple farmer. They require nurturing 

and care, but represent one of humanities most detrimental and

fundamental components which without we'd not be human. 

Good & Evil leading to a consciousness. A recognition of self

which has allowed us to be us.

Here's how to grow them 

Thanks The tulip guy

  

Knowledge of good and evil

It was our beginning. And so the apple still brings knowledge

good and evil just alike. The fruit seen as being responsible for

much of man's woe's, immortality traded for a bite.So humanity

began,and so this cherished fruit flourishes still today.Yet the 

its evolved into many cuisines, many symbols, and remains an

enduring memory of what it represents. What has been given 

for the simple understanding which first agriculture, civilization

,and now a new age of connection and globalization provided

has revolutionized us. Changed us, molded us in ways that 

will remain until the day when all return to the dust from  

whence we came. So a journey begins with a tree so a race

in search of its brother, lost only by the gain of the apple.

  

Randy Newman - Political Science (Let's Drop the Big One Now)

This may be a pessimistic solution, and one with many future issues

but there are times where as an american we get tired of the critics in

the world, particularly on the part of the nations of the world which 

U.S has worked so hard to appease to an extent. This is satire surely

but maybe its time for the world to be a bit more considerate and less

critical, With Putin mentioning that nuclear action was not of the table 

within Crimea this along with a few other satires came to mind. This 

is the more positive of the three, The others are by Tom Lehrer, or the

dude who wrote the periodic table of elements song which is in the tune 

of modern major general, here they are 1, 2. Funny but deadly serious 

at the same time right.     

Operation paperclip

And so moral law deteriorates, in the name of the ever 

essential progression of science.So the question remains

at what cost, what compromising of what was believed

to be right has been payed for the sake of progression.

much still remains classified but this really happened, 

even if shrouded in mystery and speculation. 

Click here for a start,The Clip, here it will start to unravel

Clark.R

The soldier: By Rupert brook

If i should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is forever England. There shall be
In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, once, her flowers of love, her ways to roam
A body of English's, breathing English air,
Washed by the rivers, blessed by suns of home

And think, this heart, all evil shed away
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts of England given;
Her sights and sounds;dreams happy as her day;
And laughter, learnt of friends;and gentleness
In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.

The Life Givers

Normally while i pay homage to the practical, or historically important 

this week I've decided to offer up a piece of recognition for the earths most

important form of plant life that does more than most people think and is 

by far the most vital yet simple in all of its complexities and variations.

Prophylactic is our worlds main oxygen supplier, it feeds all aquatic life, 

directly or indirectly and is where many believe all life began. It is the most

abundant of all plantlike on earth. Its over 500 million years old and gave 

every building block for what we see today yet it is perhaps the most under

appreciated and recognized species in our history, except of course by people

of highly scientific communities, or peoples of a vested interest.There are 

thousands of kinds, all adaptable and essential. They are vital to our 

progression and any future all life on earth may have. Beautiful and

abundant these plants care very much for themselves although our influence 

can be  devastating. Pollution and interference on our parts has been a deep 

in recent years. they are the bottom of the food chain and so are not only

essential for long term continuation but also immediate supplies of foodstuffs 

world oceans current stock of life forms, many of which we enjoy on the 

dinner table.

The Tulip guy; C.R

Game Theory: Toad's DEADLY Secret (Super Mario Bros.)

Yes, this conspiracy is taking a trip 
into the gaming community which while 
out of the norm is just as valid a place
as any to discuss conspiracy.This one
may change your opinion on Mario forever! 
I think they may be onto something here.

Lilium:

Grow me!

Not all lilies are lilies, or true lilies

but any are just as beautiful. day lilies 

as an example are very distant cousins.

Not all lilies are edible as well so do your

home work if you plan on cooking them up!

Yes i'm just sharing a link

the easy way out:p 

The Tulip guy

Lilies in Ancient texts

Consider the lilies how they grow:They toil not,they spin not;
 and yet I say unto you,that Solomon in all his glory was not 
arrayed like one of these

The Bible

The Lily

 

 The lily may seem a common flower simple to grow, 

and easy to find in almost every garden but few know

how deeply its roots truly reach. The first known snap

shot of their existence dates back as far as 5000 years

ago in Sumeria. It was described in the first written

language human society ever contrived and was loved

by what many consider to be the worlds first civilization.

 It then spread like wild fire, traders & nomads carried

the edible bulbs with them dropping a few which would

paint the world over with what is perhaps one of our

worlds most beautiful and well beloved plants. it 

throughout history has been a symbol of humanity's

better qualities, hope, faith, birth, passion, transition,

cleansing, remembrance etc... It revered by every

culture it touched, and cherished and loved by religion

and culture. And so it shall be loved and cherished 

until perhaps the end of humanity itself. Our story will

be hand in hand with that of a flowers. fleeting in the 

grand scheme but enduring, and beautiful even in tragedy  

Thanks;The Tulip guy

Wealth Inequality/Distribution in America

Here's a little info which is worth contemplating
its shocking but very pointed.