First, a Readings note: There is an update on G.A. Stewart’s website titled Prelude to a Coup which we judge to be worth adding to your Sunday reading list. Because in case you haven’t figured it out, with the Presidential Electors meeting next Tuesday and then the counting in (the New) congress an January 6th (<- there’s that date again!), our consigliere is concerned about the Constitutional “gap” in how succession plans should operate in the zone between administrations.
Were anything to occur (in the gap) the Constitution is mute as to what is procedurally required. We have a former president (who just couldn’t leave town) who is likely to have one view of what should happen, i.e. a continuation of the Biden/Harris. But there is the Inauguration due Jan. 20.
No, we are not suggesting the (TDS suffering, criminal pardoning, War party) would attempt a PC (procedural coup) but recent UFO/UAP activity could be a prelude to a second generation “War of the Worlds” design to assist Freedom-loving, Constitution-abiding Americans to “check their values at the door” while more havoc is wrought.
We’ll be pretty sure this is the game (if and when) the Pardoner in Chief resigns to make someone who may sauce a bit heavy, a useful tool with the marionette strings, already installed.
This is only one iteration, of course, but the lack of military response to the drone activities strongly suggests tacit approval and pre-knowledge in our view,.
There are not too many hard facts, but for general understanding of the dishonesty which has festered within the ranks of these United States, we would certain commend any recent video with in-depth interviews with Danny Sheenhan involved.
Fort example (3+ hours of discussion) you can get some sense of the possible agenda in UFO Lawyer on The Vatican, Underwater Aliens & Crash Retrievals | Danny Sheehan • 246
In addition, Navy UAP sightings is well-covered in UFO Lawyer REVEALS Shocking Evidence of Alien Bases Below Mexican Island! | Danny Sheehan.
When one of the leading civil rights attorneys in the country who has been at the forefront of so many issues since the Vietnam War, steps forward to explain what’s going on in background, we tend to pay attention.
This is a damn good time to ‘Double your guards at the outposts of your attention.’
Digital Photography for the Apes
While we ponder the fate of America and the future of humanity, it’s useful (in passing) during our meditations to “chill” and consider how tech has evolved regarding digital photography.
A little “old man snoozing and musing” to set perspective here: As a young reporter, I was always fascinated with the television camera persons.
They have shoulder-carried (heavy) cameras that had evolved to work with 16 MM film. Right after a press conference (sometimes even during) they would “send a runner to the lab” to get the film processed in order to have it on the early (5 o-clock) news.
Nowadays, ENG (electronic news gathering) has changed all that: A Go-Pro and under $150 4K video cameras are all over the place.
The main divergence though, has been on the human input side. Old-school TV’ers came to pressers early to set up lights. Usually three (direct (key). overhead fill, and back fill):
“The “three light concept” in photography refers to a standard lighting technique called “three-point lighting,” where a subject is illuminated using three distinct light sources: a key light (the primary light source), a fill light (used to soften shadows), and a backlight (to separate the subject from the background), allowing for controlled lighting and depth in an image.”
But to generalize the “split” it’s where computers took over the lighting assumptions based on what the CCD chip was reporting, in concert with picture software that could weight, set exposures and lens speeds all as if by magic.
It’s a far cry from my early Yashica twin lense and Pappy Ure’s rolling shutter Speed Graphic press camera.
Simplified it becomes: Autopilot photography or a skilled camera operator. Choose one.
Improving Your Pictures
With any luck, reader William of the Radio Ranch – a great videographer who has worked the DC industrial/govt circuit for decades – will give us a short course in the comments section.
But a few New Years goals for my own picture-taking skills have appeared. I’d like to get very good at picture composition, lighting, and be able to do a better job of getting it all right.
Frankly, though, I was blown away by how good the “auto settings” of my son-in-law’s camera captured things. He came out (while I was snoozing and ‘materializing fog/cloud’) and snapped a dandy:
“Working with the fog” is a great meditative tool. I could write a book on it. Because “fog” often appears in language around non-normal events. OK, the Bible doesn’t use the word “fog” but the word “cloud” appears 151 times and in many of those fogs (‘cloud’) does useful things. Like ascensions and what-not.
Good as this picture of my slowly evolving “ground fog” here is, it might have been (slightly) improved by a few “tweaks.” Just a bit more contrast, and maybe an adjustment to saturation? But now we’re over into Ansel Adams country.
Photography has gone to “point and shoot” and sure, it “works” but is it the high art once centered on great film design? Nope, not even.
And when looking at the UAP footage floating around, it’s downright embarrassing.
Asking A.I.
If I ever get rid of the old Canon PowerShot, figuring out how to get the best blend of ease-of-use and amazing photos might be accomplished with some schooling.
“There are many free online photography courses available, including courses for beginners, in-depth courses, and courses that cover a range of topics:
Photocritic Photo School
A one-year course that covers the basics of photography, even if you only have a smartphone. Students receive a new lesson every ten days and personalized feedback on assignments.
Udemy
Offers over 500 photography courses, including free courses like “Photography: Ditch Auto – Start Shooting in Manual”.
iPhotography
A free, CPD-approved course that comes with a downloadable certificate.
Cambridge in Colour
A learning community with free material that covers the basics of digital photography and more advanced topics.
There are plenty of other approaches: YouTube, Coursera, maybe Khan has something… you know the list, if you’re also a ‘fount of all wisdom digital learning machine…”
My point?
This is one of those skills it may be useful to learn before the UAPs show up, not after.
Now, I have some clouds to finish de-materializing…feeling the cycles within (the waxing and waning) a ground fog is very relaxing!
Write when you get rich,
George@Ure.net
“(TDS suffering, criminal pardoning, War party)” Be like Stu and move the letters around to STD. It just seems to fit better don’t ya think!
For composition, the “rule of thirds” is helpful. Visualize a grid dividing the proposed image into thirds vertically and horizontally. Anywhere those lines cross is a good location for a “center of interest”. In your example fog shot, the lower deck rail leads the eye into the image, balanced by the visual weight of the pine trees on the left.
As for exposure, that’s controlled by shutter speed and aperture (f-stop), which provide an almost-infinite variety of combinations to produce the correct amount of light at the film plane (sensor). Shutter speeds and f-stops are set up to control the amount of light by doubles or halves. If the f-stop increases in numerical value, the shutter speed needs to reduce in numerical value at the same ratio to keep the amount of light the same. Thus a “stop” (double of half the light) in exposure can be changed by shutter speed or aperture.
Most confusing is the fact that f-stop numbers increase as light is decreased. The f-stop is presented as a ratio. The numerical value of the aperture is expressed as a fraction of the lens focal length. So the diameter of the aperture at f-8 is physically 1/8 of the focal length of the lens. The lower the f-stop number, the larger the aperture, therefore the greater the amount of light passes through it. Thus the “light gathering” capability of a lens is constrained by the diameter of the lens barrel. That’s why a lens won’t have a maximum aperture (f-stop) lower than 1, typically 1.2 or 1.4.
OK, that’s a scratch on the surface of photography. Barely cracked the door on the veritable storehouse of useless information in my noggin.
(“OK, that’s a scratch on the surface of photography. Barely cracked the door on the veritable storehouse of useless information in my noggin.”)
ok now oldest my wife says and I quote… ” you have more useless knowledge than anyone around ” lol lol lol..
Danny Sheehan interview: I kick myself frequently about wasting time on fraudulent, biased, or psychotic people I see on YouTube or hear in podcasts. So, I went to the “most watched” sections of the linked videos and then asked ChatGPT about Sheehan. Here’s what I found:
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“Daniel P. Sheehan, born on April 9, 1945, in Glen Falls, New York, is a distinguished constitutional and public interest lawyer, political activist, and educator. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in American Government Studies from Harvard College in 1967 and his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1970. Sheehan further pursued studies at Harvard Divinity School in Comparative Social Ethics.
DANIEL P. SHEEHAN
Throughout his career, Sheehan has been involved in several landmark legal cases:
Pentagon Papers Case (1971): As co-counsel, he defended the right of The New York Times to publish classified documents detailing U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
DANIEL P. SHEEHAN
Watergate Burglary Case (1973): Serving as special counsel, he played a role in uncovering the Nixon administration’s misconduct.
DANIEL P. SHEEHAN
Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee (1979): As chief counsel, he represented the estate of Karen Silkwood, a nuclear facility worker, in a case that exposed safety violations and led to significant scrutiny of the nuclear industry.
DANIEL P. SHEEHAN
American Sanctuary Movement Case (1984): Sheehan defended church workers providing sanctuary to Central American refugees, establishing the right to assist political refugees fleeing violence.
DANIEL P. SHEEHAN
Iran-Contra Affair (1986): He initiated a civil lawsuit that brought to light covert operations involving arms and drug trafficking, contributing to national awareness of the scandal.
DANIEL P. SHEEHAN
In addition to his legal work, Sheehan co-founded the Christic Institute, a public interest law firm, and later established the Romero Institute, focusing on social justice initiatives. He has also served as chief counsel for the Lakota People’s Law Project, advocating for Native American rights.
WIKIPEDIA
Sheehan has lectured on American history, politics, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy at the University of California, Santa Cruz. In 2013, he published his memoir, “The People’s Advocate,” detailing his involvement in significant legal cases and social movements.
WIKIPEDIA
His career reflects a steadfast commitment to civil rights, government transparency, and social justice, positioning him as a prominent figure in American legal and activist circles.”
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Obviously, not a person to be quickly dismissed. On the other hand, his accounts of his defense of John Mack make no mention of the questionable character of Mack.
Anyhow, this morning’s column has my UAP radar working at DEFCON 2. Thanks, George.
I’ve never met a lawyer that cared if his/hers client was guilty or innocent , as long as there was money or power involved.
An interesting thing..yes and no… years ago I took care of several elderly high roller attorneys.. there was a serial killer.. and a friend of one of the gents was defending him.. I had to ask him..is it only about money? how can you defend someone that is that evil with a straight conscience?
He responded to me..there are some that only consider money.. But most attorneys realize that these evil people cannot go free..the victim could be anyone..your wife or child or even you.. but on a high end big money they take it on for publicity and for the money..but they cannot let them roam free so they sink them in other ways.. my little supreme court attorneys and justices would sit at the breakfast with their magnifying glasses and circled in the paper the places the attorney was sinking the guy that was a serial killer..so not all attorneys are just for the coin..
“Pentagon Papers Case (1971): As co-counsel”
Sheehan was never a co-counsel. He was a “runner” — an errand boy for the lawyers involved, no more. The AI sifts Google responses to your query and “accepts, as true and accurate” frequently repeated statements or paragraphs.
These statements are repeated hundreds of times, all over the Internet. I only needed to discover the first was a lie, so I didn’t research any others. BTW, in my cursory research, I learned he used the Christic Institute to file a complaint against certain people involved in “Iran Contra” (not “Iran Contra, itself.”) The case was thrown out because he used his imagination to drub up things which demonstrably did not happen, and evidentiary statements from dead people. He was sued into bankruptcy and Christic was sued out of existence, for slander and libel, which was why he later formed the Romero Institute.
THIS is why, for the foreseeable future, I will do my own research. Just because somebody says something happened, doesn’t mean it did. Humans, doing research, can make that call, provided actual information is available. Artificial unintelligence can’t.
AI sucks…
Um…https://www.danielpsheehan.com/curriculum-vitae/
Danny Sheehan: I said, “Obviously, not a person to be quickly dismissed.” I did not say I accepted any of his claims. In light of the comments by Ray and d’Lynn, I’ve moved my opinion of Sheehan closer to my options about Sidney Powell and Michael Avenatti than F. Lee Bailey. As for d’Lynns options, my odds are on #2 (promoting something) over #1 (true facts) or #3 (bonkers). But none of the 3 choices can be absolutely excluded nor or they necessarily the only possibilities!
Understand, I’m not saying (nor would I ever say) to blow him off. I’m just saying that it might be prudent to weight whatever he says, and independently corroborate it whenever necessary.
I was listening to the linked interview, but he tripped my trigger when he mentioned the “Jesuit women.” The Jesuit Order has been around for nearly 500 years and is male only. Hell, they didn’t even begin to let women into Jesuit schools (like Fordham, Georgetown and Loyola of Chicago) until the late 1960s and ’70s.
It was a stupid and completely unnecessary lie. Things like that set me to digging, because they’re totally unimportant, yet glaring.
George, this is something Andy would appreciate.
You wrote:
No, we are not suggesting the (TDS suffering, criminal pardoning, War party) would attempt a PC (procedural coup) but recent UFO/UAP activity could be a prelude to a second generation “War of the Worlds” design to assist Freedom-loving, Constitution-abiding Americans to “check their values at the door” while more havoc is wrought.
Ok, so five minutes before I started reading your Sunday Shop Talk post, I was looking at my collection of 1950 sci-fi movies. I’ll occasionally watch one on Sundays, as it helps me relax. The last one I watched was Twenty Million Miles To Earth. Next one in alphabetical order is…
“War Of The Worlds.”
Look up “Sky Captain, and the world of tomorow.” Interesting backstory about its making.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Captain_and_the_World_of_Tomorrow
Just started watching this, at 1:00 Brent Johnson
mentions…
“War Of The Worlds.”
https://youtu.be/w07boGAD1K4?si=Oj_FXOjNkZ3fKOVf+
That was why I mentioned it the other day. If you listen to the radio play, you will recognize the crap being broadcast in the media is often, word-for-word ripped from Welles’ script.
I suspect we are testing drones. I also suspect somebody is fomenting fear and uncertainty to turn that **authorized** testing into a political lever. Who, and why, I can’t say because there’s insufficient information (hence the proliferation of conspiracy theories right now), but I’m pretty sure the “drone thing” isn’t worthy of worry or even further thought, until something changes. Neither “enemy” drones nor drone ships from extraterrestrials would have FAA navigational, clearance, or landing lights.
This is the best and most plausable explanation for the drone / UAP rampage, and the lack of interceptors aired to date:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/nj-drone-invasion-just-time-congress-reauthorize-orwellian-law
Use the new tech toys to intimidate the plebs and their congress critters.
As slow as the drones are flying, a helicopter and a net should be sufficient for a capture. A compressed net fired from the equivalent of a potato gun out the helicopter door or windows should do the job. A grappling hook and line could provide a tow. If the net goes right through, then add extra-dimensional technology to the list of new tech. Better than a 5 mph bumper.
Why is it an “Orwellian” law?
ISTM someone is trying to “program” people into channeling their beliefs in one certain direction…
Dude G –
You are certainly on to something here, something I love – Hunting. Hunting for Birds – Life list Birdies are the name of the game down in Bayleaze. Here in Pennsyltucky we have several different kinds feeders with seeds/suet/meal worms, 5-6 bluebird houses, and one purple martin house all that and more just to attract Birds to our place.
Weapon of choice ( https://youtu.be/wCDIYvFmgW8?si=bpB80VkzaBXEsJPv ) is a Cannon EOS DSLR, but the Minoltas are no slouches either.
When hunting anything – I want the best quality product available for reliability purposes. Lord! the crazy lengths I go to get shotz of elusive green, red, yellow & blue birdies.
Keel Billed MotMot ? got him! Summer Tanagers?,BlueGray Tanagers, Oriels, Trogons -yerp.
Chachalacas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chachalaca ) ? Can get rid of em, every friggin morning those noisy ass birds be f-ing around out front.
Apparently I have “found out” (FAFO) as I not only learned to mimic their calls, but have the Cornell Labs – Merlin Bird App – which plays all different Bird calls and songs.
You can prolly imagine BCN smoking a lil of da Kind, kicking back and playing back Bird calls thru the Bose system out back poolside…it creates a serious racket out back on the lagoon side, right around cocktail hour.
Big flock of red lored Parrots lives around our place as well, .. so when you got 20 or more Parrots all squawking and yelling at same time..its a daily (2x) pandemonium of Parrots. Sounds like paradise..to me at least.
Back home in Pennsytucky – peeps still dont get it – They are HERE, NOT queer, but Friendlies. Traumatic the psycho effects will be on the population, so be EASING Our collective asses into it – CATASTROPHIC DISCLOSURE that is.
Why catastrophic ? Cause all our belief systems will fail to ZERO in the blink of an eye.
No more “dude”, yahoo, holy spirits,heaven/hell or any other bullshit, The jews ?!?! oh my The vatican ? RUT ROW! islam ? bwahahahah
Which way to Tal Meggido?
* THE Question wont be “whats in Ure wallet?’ rather the “read” will be “Whats in Ure Heartmind?”
Please, write when You make contact.
(“Weapon of choice ( https://youtu.be/wCDIYvFmgW8?si=bpB80VkzaBXEsJPv ) i”)
no this is the weapon of choice …mars attacks
https://youtu.be/v38Ir_e2yZc?si=PRQYBXm2BvS4ZtfD
Use to be morning news. News at noon. 6:00 O’clock news and news at 11:00 pm.
Now, it’s pick up your phone and start scrolling. Traversing the many available sites to see what’s happening.
The days of investigative journalism is deep in the twilight as The People have become the main news source.
News corporations tell you what they want you to know about, but not necessarily everything we should be told about. Likewise, tripping over bogus AI videos makes for confusion where the truth resides. Seems there’s always someone who thinks they’re being coy or funny. Sad really.
Comments gather speculative opinions, which are reasonable or not, to consider. Reader/viewers are left to discern the truth … until a conspiracy theory becomes a fact.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/nj-drone-invasion-just-time-congress-reauthorize-orwellian-law
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/GLzsG8iBjrbbxABP/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Someone mentioned yesterday the drones were possibly searching for a dirty bomb. – Some say a potential coup.
Now there’s noises in the sky being heard in Jersey, much like we’ve heard before that either portend an earthquake or fracking … or nothing.
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/hekafFi3xuvV53CU/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Meanwhile, Trump basically says, fuck it, shoot’em down …
https://nypost.com/2024/12/13/us-news/trump-calls-for-drones-to-be-shot-down-as-sightings-plague-new-jersey-maryland-and-new-york/
Regardless of weather it’s spy balloons or drones, the present administration is gonna let the shit fly … I think until the shit, hits the fan.
Good luck out there and enjoy the popcorn.
“The days of investigative journalism is deep in the twilight as The People have become the main news source.”
The “people” becoming the journalists of the world could be a very good thing…
…providing someone teaches them that “news” is concrete data and “opinion” has no place in it.
Photography course? Wish I had the Time and abi;ity. It’s an extremely deep subject. All the courses and books are as good as what you get out of them — and then actually DO.
Some of photography is Talent. That can be improved, but the basic drivers are in your soul, and can’t be taught.
But here are some simple begnnings. Improve and extend.
1) “Photography is more about light and shadow than it is about things.” Ansel Adams
2) Get books of famous photgraphers’ works, and study — Really SEE the elements of a good shot. They’re not mysterious.
3) HOLD YOUR GODDAM CELLPHONE CAM IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION. The human eye does not like tall, narrow pictures. The eye likes W I D E pictures.
4) Move in close — the, move in closer. Yes, you cn get too close, but few ever push it. Push it.
5) “Shoot a lot, and show the best.” NEVER show a shot you have to explain or excuse. Mercilessly dispose any second-rate shots., and keep only the best. Hang the very best.
Don’t go, “Aw, shucks,” and deny your talent. When complimented, say thanks, or stay silent.
6) Know where to stand. The frst step in composing a good shot is the right position. Develop an instinct of just where to BE.
7) Have good equipment that allows you to stay on the Art, and not be distracted by fighting with fussy little krappe. (Please note: equipment is LAST.) Your eye and instincts are first.
8) Photography (including all media: film, viddy-o, stills.)) is a fine Art when done well., even if the subject of the moment is mundane.
Begin here.
I hope this helps.
For me, either a viewfinder or hood over my head with a cellphone would be a great help. Often it’s nearly impossible to see the screen of a cellphone to compose the image in sunlight, and the shot is simply a best guess. I agree – the cellphone should be horizontal unless there’s a specific reason to frame what you wish to in a vertical format. Copying a poster on a billboard fits that second perspective. I’m not a fan of getting too close – with sufficient resolution, you can always expand a picture for the detail. I like to see the entire environment. One of the most annoying things about others’ pictures are when their selfies are just a face! What does the person even look like? A face is a very small part of one’s anatomy.
Yes, a DSLR is ideal, but it’s heavy, complex, and unlikely to be in your pocket. Even cheapo cellphones like mine can create recognizable images. Just don’t forget to strip EXIF data from those images if you intend to post or distribute them.
Back in Middle School (7th and 8th grade here) I had the good fortune to be accepted into the very small photography class (3 students only) taught by one of our old time shop teacher. Why he was teaching school with all of his talents I don’t know, but I was lucky.
Preceding me as one of his students was a student who became one to the top still photographers of the 20th Century. 2nd highest number of covers of Life magazine of any photographer ever. Then add in his work for the New York Times, LA Times, Time Magazine, National Geographic and on and on … he was an Artist … a virtual Magician when it came to composition particularly composition when it came to fast moving events.
We were taught photography the old fashioned way … a 5×7 Graflex Camera with sheet film. We would get our assignment as to what to shoot and were only allowed 2 film canisters … 4 shots in other words. Take one picture, put the cover back on the film canister then flip it over pull the cover off the other side of the canister so you could take you next shot. Each canister only had two pieces of film … and it took awhile between taking the first shot until you could take a second shot. NO “36 pictures on a roll” bullshit while learning!!
He ran us through the paces of composition, from still scenes outdoors and indoors of all sorts of things, to portraits, to people doing everyday stuff, to action shots of sports events … but you never had more than 4 pieces of film to work with in trying to get that “PERFECTLY COMPOSED” picture for the assignment. OH … and your camera settings ie: camera speed and f stop, had to be perfect or the picture was ruined even if composed perfectly.
I did well, he said I was the best student he had since that great photographer who had learned under him …. then one day ….
One day as some of my prints came out of the dryer, we used all top end commercial grade equipment in the dark room and had to do all of our own processing and printing which is an entirely different skill set, I happened to reach on top of the dryer and there lo and behold were some pictures done by that older photographer. By then that past student was already regarded as one of the best photographers in the world, and suddenly I could compare what he had done at the same age that I was then.
I was good, I had a good Artist’s Eye and technically my photographs were flawless …. BUT when I sat his photographs next to mine it was clear, his Artists Eye at the same age I was then were in an entirely different league than I was. (and we had both been shooting the very same assignments, just separated by years)
When I graduated from HS a few years later I had kept up my photography and received offers of jobs in the news business at double what they were then paying new college Journalism Majors. They wanted my photography skills and said they would teach me reporting on the fly … but I turned all of them down.
I was good, much better (by a LOT imo) than some photographers who later became favorites of the NY arts crowd who’s pictures thus have often been hung in museums, but I had SEEN the work of a genius, a genius of an ARTIST, and I knew I was NOT of that caliber and didn’t want to go into that line of Art (yes it is an ART form) if I couldn’t be one of the very very best.
My life went off in other directions and it has ended up that in this day and age it is almost impossible to make a living from still photography so I probably made the correct choice. BUT. As the end of the road for me approaches and I look back I find that I still get great pleasure out of looking at wonderful Still Photographs.
The composition, the technical skill, the telling of a complex and involved story with just a single photograph still amazes me and enchants me, just like it did when I was a kid of 12 to 15.
Most younger people today never have seen the big format magazines. Have never experienced the emotional impact of having a single photograph tell an entire complex story … with the viewer seeing the photograph and suddenly grasping and understanding that complex story. Life moves too quickly now for people to actually stop for a minute and look at a single thing that tells a story in such a way.
I still have in the fridge a bunch of rolls of B&W big format pictures I took in Europe in 1985 that I never developed. 40 years ago now … classic scenes of people and everyday street life … a life that no longer exists in Europe.
Maybe when I finally retire I should set up a darkroom again and develop those pictures and print them up just to see if they are what I think they are. Maybe the film is now ruined … but if not those B&W pictures would be great for me to hang around the house for my own memories even if no one else was interested. I doubt anybody else would be interested in them but for me each one would tell a story, a story of a time long ago, when life was different from what it is today.
(sorry about my long winded reflective post :-))
“In addition, Navy UAP sightings is well-covered in UFO Lawyer REVEALS Shocking Evidence of Alien Bases Below Mexican Island! | Danny Sheehan.”
The Nimitz seems to have been undergoing a refit in Bremerton for most of 2024. However one source said “sea trials” begin in June and another put it in San Diego on November 4. Hmmm.
If you think about it – isn’t it an incredible coincidence That President Trump started the Space Force during his first term>
Sauce for the goose …
We managed escape from one blizzard (snow keeps whacking homeland with 7″ squalls) and arrived at E2 MN fam before an ice storm. I’m not perambulating past the overhang though the wild, coated in 2/10″ crystal, is calling.
Grandparenting is everything it’s cracked up to be. E3 is a hoot. I have established (thus far) that my preference is a newly diapered boy and … who knew? Being willing to do early shift allows special dispensation.
Geese are forming and sorting out flight plans,
It’s good in the heartland.
Best Regards,
Egor
That was well said. We have 10, 23 to 3 years and they are true blessings. It doesn’t get any better than that. Enjoy.
Speaking of the Canon PowerShot nobody in NJ has taken close-ups of a UFO with a Nikon COOLPIX P1000.
The COOLPIX is so zoomy it can zoom in on Saturn but not a local UFO. Funny how that works. Always grainy.
Nikon P1000 – Zooming in on Saturn. What does Saturn look like in 2023?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pVCsl8IQDU
Yeah – I have always found it fascinating that no one shooting UFO’s has any kind of decent camera equipment. Just seems to be an unwritten law.
Elevated Radiation levels in New York.
https://www.zerohedge.com/military/latest-theory-drone-sightings-could-be-nuclear-sniffers-amid-elevated-radiation-readings
If I was gonna attack America, I’d do it on Christmas Day if my desired product was general chaos and fear. Everybody is “off,” and everything is shut down. All the Big-Wigs are off the map vacating somewhere exotic.
DEFCON 17, “Pants Fully Down.”
Math buddy of mine did a quick-study on that subject – “Which Day?” His take was December 31st – late in the evening. Maximum Punishment – Maximum Chaos
.., and he concluded that a massive EMP attack would work the best – two separate waves – six each wave – about two hours apart. Virtually unstoppable.
5 each is sufficient. That should take out all of North America. Did he say why “2 waves?” The second wave is to catch and destroy all the “emergency stuff” that people (and the gov’t) would’ve dragged out of their Faraday cages after the first wave…
Wow, imagine that. Christmas would never be the same.
I spent 2 consecutive Christmas’s alone after my wife had died Nov 2, 2009. No holiday lights, no tree, no shopping, just a dark apartment I lived in with 2 dogs, photographs and memories.
As depressing as that may sound, those 2 quiet holidays were when I found the greatest peace I’ve ever known. Felt love like I never have before and, it opened my eyes being just an observer.
My present wife celebrates with the kids and I look for that peace and love I found in those 2 times past. And I do. – Anyone can find it …
This will be Christmas #6 alone for me.
Danny Sheehan – UFO Lawyer. Wonder how he got the gig ? As one comment stated: Nice job.., I’m a BigFoot Gynecologist myself.
I have kind-sorta followed Sheehan for decades – he has been involved with a lot of high-profile cases and projects. Always seemed, to me, to be very intelligent, well spoken and smart.
To see him expound on underwater alien bases is rather.., disturbing. Explanation?:
1] He is on to something that the world needs to know.
2] He is working on a new book and needs the money.
3] He has lost his friggin’ mind.
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I will reserve judgement – as if I am qualified to judge him – until a later date., or something “pops”.
In the mean time – “Prove it.” – Saying it, does not make it true.
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
– Marcus Aurelius
“Five Mllion Years To Earth”
is another great one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatermass_and_the_Pit_(film)
Brit “Quatermass” UK TV Movie.
Scary as Hell.
Quatermass and the Pit / The Devil’s Image
“It’s the devil! The horned devil. Don’t look at it!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT3W6mhvdMY
re: “Between Planets”, 1951
feat: R.A. Heinlein
Folks,
There is a reflection in the camera lens from the other side of the pond concerning “drones” over the UK written up in the “Daily Mail”. As an aside they explain the presence of the planet Venus in some of the UK-shot videos. I hadn’t realized that Venus, the Star of Ishtar in ancient Iraq, had been known as Lucifer in ancient Rome.
The “Daily Mail” quoted commentary from a media liason British military intelligence Colonel regarding suggestions of Russian drone activity over sensitive US and Ukrainian military sites in the UK. His public background details place him in Iraq 20 years ago in the thick of things. Here is the “Daily Mail” report link:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14192797
“Please keep calm and carry on.”
re: Dual Realities
feat: Needles in Hayesstacks
George,
Wow. Thanks for the inspiring picture of the day topic. Okay, last month on its Nov. 11th trailer release, the subtitle of the next ” “Mission Impossible” movie – partly filmed near Heathrow – due for Memorial Weekend 2025 issue was changed from “Dead Reckoning Part 2” to “Final Reckoning”. Freeze frame and hold that thought.
Today is day 6438 that an American has issued a consecutive “everyday” (3D graphic of the day). It seems that the first 5,000 “everydays” were gathered into a non-fungible token that was auctioned three years ago at Christie’s for us$69.34 million. Bitcoiners must feel like they’re chasing after chump change? All this “everyday” stuff started connecting after a Yandex/Google of “antigravity” in Russian. An “everyday” image from 2015 is on the “Wikipedia” response pages. The image construct displayed could evoke comparison to the 2013 “Oblivian” movie portraying AI machines sucking up the Earth’s water destined for extra-terrestial use. There seem to be two publicly published Russian “Wikipedia” pages with “everyday”-alike-images on each of the “antigravity” pages although the pages’ text content and other images are different from each other. The UK prefix version advises “There are no revised versions of this page. Obviously they have not yet been reviewed for compliance with the project”. An embedded link opens up into instructions for Ukrainian Wikidata editors of “Project Rolling”. They are instructed to avoid “Surzik” (mixed Ukrainian-Russian jargon) grammatical terms and constructs. The page references a 2003 chart from the “Kiev International Institute of Sociology” which maps out Surzik vernacular use levels by region ranging from 2.3% in western Ukraine to 21.7% in north-central Ukraine with a national average of 12%. The overall circa-2012 project seed financing towards these AI functional Wikidatas is noted as being a foundation of a late co-founder of Apple, a foundation of a late co-founder of Intel, and Google.
The “antigravity” pages’ 3D image license is vetted by Wikipedia editors as being valid. The image is also stated as being available for purchase from its creator via a revenue website entity. The website’s whois directs to a building in the former EMI complex in Hayes, Middlesex, a short distance from Heathrow. The public record indicates the building was vacated and has been up for lease for a couple of months. Wikipedia notes that the EMI complex produced munitions and electronics during WW2 and was struck by a German V1 rocket on 7/7/1944 with a tragic loss of factory staff lives. Their burial was in a mass grave says Wiki. Apparently after the war, the complex continued to research rocket, radar and computer technologies. Certainly the complex is perhaps better known for its output of vinyl albums on EMI labels for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd.
I won’t drone on. After all, it’s Sunday and the White House website has just been updated with a report from the Biden-Harris Good Jobs Task Force per President Biden’s Executive Order of September 6th last.
Target Earth is a 1954 science fiction film. It was directed by Sherman A. Rose and stars Richard Denning, Kathleen Crowley, Virginia Grey, and Whit Bissell.
The film focuses on a deserted Chicago cityscape and a small group of people who have been overlooked during a mass evacuation due to an invasion of robot like beings from the planet Venus.
https://mavericuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Target_Earth_(film)
“Now, I have some clouds to finish de-materializing…feeling the cycles within (the waxing and waning) a ground fog is very relaxing!”
You sound like Pooh… ‘chase all the clouds away’.
I was amazed how much ‘network TV’ standards changed as I was obsoleted and early retired. Reporters now often go solo to a site and setup their cellphone on a tripod, with bluetooth audio in their ear. Cellphone video goes back to the station and goes on-air as Hi-Def ‘live’. No ‘shoulder cam’ nor ‘photographer’ needed. Literally all of the ‘news photographers’ lost their jobs when the station was ‘downsized’ by the new owners.
Nokia came out with a cellphone which featured a 41Mp Hasselblad, about 10 years ago. It didn’t sell very well (because it wasn’t an iPhone, LG, Motorola, or Samsung) but it ushered in the beginning of the end of the remote camera operator…
I’ve been thinking about your new pond. My stepfather was a farmer. He decided to dig up the stream bed and to dam it, forming a nice size pond in the field below his house. It made a nice view from the front porch. He always had copperheads in the stream so the lake wasn’t swimmable. One fall the geese moved in and never left, becoming a year round feature on the farm. One of my stepfather’s favorite stories to tell is of me trying to take a shortcut across the south field and being chased by a goose with a seven foot wingspan attempting to hit me in the head with it’s beak. I didn’t find it very funny, but that field became unusable, not even the cows could graise. Eventually the dam broke, the stream became a stream again, and the geese moved to a nearby state park near the Community College. They became a nuisance leaving poo all over the college and chasing students. I moved away and never heard how they solved the geese problem.
Juvenile cottonmouths are a copper color. They darken as they get older:
https://happyserpent.com/snake-information/identify-baby-cottonmouth-snakes/
The ones I have seen were brighter than the pictures in the link above. They are aggressive and about as dangerous as any little critter you will come in contact with. A copper colored little snake in or near water should be avoided.
The descriptive term, “slick as goose poop” is based in fact. Never try to walk on a slope where geese have spent any time unless you want to splatter yourself all over the landscape. I speak from experience.
“We’ll be pretty sure this is the game (if and when) the Pardoner in Chief resigns to make someone who may sauce a bit heavy, a useful tool with the marionette strings, already installed.”
Won’t happen. I was not kidding about Jill being schtupped and Joe getting severely pissed about it. Between the screwing she’s received, and the one Joe received, there will be no favors granted to anyone named Obama, Clinton, or Pelosi. Things with Kammy have advanced to the point the Biden and Harris principals can barely stand to be in the same room with one-another, let alone associate. Da Prez and Mrs. no longer acknowledge the presence of the VP. The ONLY way Harris gets to make Mr. Trump issue a new hat is if Biden dies in office.
(“. I was not kidding about Jill being schtupped and Joe getting severely pissed about it. Between the screwing she’s received”)
phew ..I was curious about those step mommy fantasy videos that the kid posted on his porn sites.I didn’t see them but was curious who was the star female actor being made famous…or was it just fantasy.. I wondered how daddy felt about that if it was..
“There are not too many hard facts, but for general understanding of the dishonesty which has festered within the ranks of these United States, we would certain commend any recent video with in-depth interviews with Danny Sheenhan involved.”
I suggest you rigorously fact-check anything Mr. Sheehan puts forward. He has a long history as a fringe left-wing nutjob who has little regard for either “truth” or “fact” and tends to inject himself into places he wasn’t. While any of us who believe in the existence of alien technology, or generally bad behavior by our government, run the risk of being labeled “nutjobs,” Sheehan is consistently nutty, across a broad spectrum of subjects, and consistently Left of both Stalin, and reality.*
*If you know me, you know I read or listened to him until I caught him in a really stupid and unnecessary, yet incontrovertible lie, then spent several hours researching and fact-checking to see if it was a one-off, or an ongoing issue.
I will be taking his word with a shaker of salt.
YMMV — DYOFR…
BTW, it is my carefully-considered opinion that the drones are “OUR” property and that [barring a serious fuckup] they are likely not a danger. They are being “put through their paces” to work the programming bugs out of them. Their development is at such a stage that they must be test-flown in populated areas. I suspect at least some of the big’uns are motherships which contain hundreds or thousands of drones the size of the DJI Mini, probably each carrying a specialized tool, or possibly a bullet or explosive. It would not surprise me if swarms were launched. It would surprise me very much if the swarms would be armed.
I posited weeks ago that they were being launched off a Chinese ship that’d sailed up from Cuba. Hobbyist-sized quadcopter drones simply don’t have the juice to fly very long or far.
These ain’t they’z.
They’re coming from mainland somewhere, and are launched with the blessing (tacit or otherwise) of our military and the FBI and CIA. When I launch my DJI Mini, I have to ensure there are no flight restrictions within its range (the software does an autoscan.) My Mini is a 9oz drone that’s not much bigger than a pack of smokes. A bunch of drones the size of small cars, flying into restricted airspace, would scramble an entire fighter wing
UNLESS THEY HAD CLEARANCE.
Ergo, whatever they are, they are where they are supposed to be. Unless/until their parameters of existence change, IMO they are not worthy of further comment.
Ray, I agree that “whatever they are, they are where they are supposed to be.” The lack of government response, military or otherwise supports this fully.
My question is “what are they intended to do?” If they are ours, are they intended to protect us or destruct us? Not hard to understand why most people are concerned that government, military, FBI and CIA lack of honesty in this case, while normal, is nefarious and dangerous. Particularly with this outgoing government and their track record of protecting the American people against a huge border invasion of criminals.
This article, they claimed the drones could be looking for missing war heads, nukes, that couls be planted/detonaded on US soil and blam, Russia,,, a false flag to start WW3
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/theyre-trying-smell-something-ground-ceo-government-backed/
This makes as much sense as any explanation I have heard. Question then is “when do they tell us, or do they ever tell us?” Leaving it hanging will never dispense the conspiracy theories. We are still awaiting the government to tell us the truth about the JFK assassination.
Since we have not heard a word from DJT since he advised to “shot them down” a few days ago, I assume that he has now been briefed.
“This article, they claimed the drones could be looking for missing war heads”
There’s a claim that a Soviet nuke [which was] warehoused in Ukraine, was smuggled into the U.S. a couple years ago. I have not been able to verify either the story or the storyteller, but it DOES seem possible.
It would have degraded enough that it would not be possible to detonate it as a bomb, but it should still have enough juice to make one hell of a “dirty bomb.” That said, I also haven’t bothered to substantiate the claim that there are two areas in NYC which feature “elevated radiation levels” but if there are, it’s not beyond the realm of possibility that somebody smuggled TWO H-bombs in, has a clean room and a lot of lead shielding, and is trying to meld enough fissile material from the two “half-lived warheads” to make one functional one.
@BiC
“when do they tell us, or do they ever tell us?”
Bob, they never will. The only way we’ll ever know for sure is if the bomb-tosser (should he exist) is more successful than the drone pilots.
What I can tell you is, based on the FEMA NBC training I had ~10 years ago, the radiation levels at the two sites in lower Manhattan, if those numbers are accurate and legitimate, would be sufficient to force an evacuation of that entire area. That is also being ignored.
FEMA and D.C. would forego both their mandatory protocols, and furnishing straight answers, as long as their actuarial tables showed more people would die from the panic flight from NY/NJ than would die from the successful detonation of a radioactive device in, or around Battery Park.
Mr. Trump was briefed, today, along with several Congressmen and Senators. FOX reported the Congresscritters all looked angry. Trump did not, but he seemed to cool his jets WRT his “shoot the damn’ things down” attitude.
BTW, Trump has flatly stated that he will declassify and open ALL JFK files (also Epstein’s entire list and visitor’s log, and (as soon as the trial ends) all papers regarding P Diddy’s guests, and his visitor logs. (Rumor has it J-Lo has started sweating again over that shooting they were involved in, some years ago.)
I do SO hope he has a food tester…
“But a few New Years goals for my own picture-taking skills have appeared. I’d like to get very good at picture composition, lighting, and be able to do a better job of getting it all right.”
So would I. ;-)
And I became a professional photographer in the early 1980s.
You are NEVER good enough, and you NEVER “get it all right.”
I am a very good “technical photographer.” I am a “slightly above average” artistic photographer. (Unless you are shooting architecture, “artistic” always beats the hell out of “technical.”) Therefore, when making computers for fun & profit became more-profitable than shooting weddings and sporting events, I retired my camera and threw the film in the freezer.
REAL photographers here are people like olfart; videographers are like WotRR. The two arts are related, but different. One of the few rules for making things better (or at least good), which applies to both are the rules for compositing.
olfart gave you the pointers already…
“You are NEVER good enough, and you NEVER “get it all right.””
EXACTLY! That’s why, when I was teaching a commercial photography vocational class at a Dallas high school, I never gave a student a grade of 100 on a photo. 98 was the highest grade I awarded, because “it could be just a little better”. Lots of students never understood that, and they went on to become accountants or lawyers or basketball players.
Other things I WILL say:
“Effects,” special or otherwise, have no place in a camera. As a “photographer” or “camera operator,” your job when you’re behind the camera is to record as much data as possible, as cleanly as possible. The camera’s job is to record as much clean data as cleanly as possible.
“Artistry” is always done in a photo editor. It has no place in a camera. The things which have a place in a camera, even today, are aperture, exposure, white balance, and field of view. With a digital camera, white balance is often the setting that’s most-neglected and most-important. My suggestion is to learn what each does, how to use them, and how to find the settings on your cellphone, since that is almost always the camera you’re going to take that Pulitzer shot with, because it is the only camera you’ll have with you when THE SHOT presents itself.
Lesson I learned from an old shutterbug in Green Bay, many years ago:
“A photographer’s job is to take the shot.
“It may suck; it may be out of focus, your subject may be out of frame, but if you trip the shutter, you have a chance of getting THE SHOT!
“If you don’t trip the shutter, no matter how well you’ve set the camera up and framed the shot, you have NO CHANCE of getting the shot.”
FUMigation’s G-Pops, fume i gations
The majority if not ALL biblical stories involving mists/clouds/fog are alluding to a most common method – preparation for performing the rituals, The Mystery.
The fumigations were hallucinogenic in nature, read mind altering substances that puts a Participant in proper state of mind for “enchristation”.
‘You must enchrist your eyes so that you may see” ie Prophesy. That is the whole it. That is what will put you in the desert for 40 days tripping ballz, or think you hear god telling you to slaughter your own Son, in the middle of a desert..tripping ballz.
You enchrist Ure eyes with a DRUG (compound) called the burning purple.
PURPLE color is a major Clue that pops out throughout the book..king of the pedo’s. Think about that as you remember ALL the historic Pedophilia (sexual misconduct) at the vatican and amongst it’s deployed forces?
Most readers may not be familiary with https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2493463/#:~:text=fj.07%2D101865-,Incensole%20acetate%2C%20an%20incense%20component%2C%20elicits%20psychoactivity%20by%20activating,TRPV3%20channels%20in%20the%20brain
The 3 Kings brought Mary some Chinese Medicine for her childbirth (frankincense included):
https://vitruvianholistichealthcare.com/jesus-wants-you-to-use-chinese-medicine/