Search This Blog

Monday, May 13, 2019

JFK- It was the CIA, the KGB or aliens?

Intro


1) Any  famous conspiracies?



2) Any lost /past mysteries?
   

  • 2.1.  The VOJNICH manuscript - 240 page velum  work


                    a) Da vinci  or b)  Earlier?   c) others




1.   Who killed JFK? 

 Jackie Kennedy made history with this picture
My three favourite quotes: 
A) Jackie Kennedy's testimony was stricken from the warren report,
         because it proved with out a shadow of a doubt, that the fatal shot came 

       from the front, and that there was more than one shooter.

B) Robert F Kennedy said to Johnson: "Why did you have my
brother killed? 
C) On the tape, recorded in May of 1972, the president Nixon confided
to two top aides that the Warren Commission pulled off "the greatest
 hoax that has ever been perpetuated."

50 years of conspiracy theories explained

JFK

Why three shots fired in Dallas still reverberate across America

LAST UPDATED AT 07:54 ON THU 21 NOV 2013


IT was all over in a few seconds, but the assassination of John F Kennedy on 22 November 1963 has generated five decades of "painstaking, and for some unsatisfying, analysis," the Daily Mail says.
Two years ago, a team of historians and retired Secret Service officers used the latest digital technology to analyse all the available film and still images taken in Dallas that day. Their conclusion: a "categorical confirmation" that JFK's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, acted alone. But as the 50th anniversary of the president's killing approaches, the conspiracy theories that have sprung up around the event seem all but indestructible. Here are the topics that have triggered the most debate:
The 'magic bullet' theory:
Oswald fired just three bullets in Dallas. But he killed JFK and badly wounded Governor John Connally who was sitting in the front seat of the limousine. The Warren Commission - the investigation into JFK's killing set up in 1963 - came up with the 'single-bullet theory' to explain how Oswald did so much damage with just three rounds. It posits that both men were hit by a single bullet which "entered JFK's upper back, exited his throat, and then struck Connally, breaking a rib and shattering his wrist, and finally coming to rest in his thigh," says the Mary Ferrell Foundation. Sceptics say the trajectory was fanciful and re-named it the 'magic bullet theory'. It's just one reason why conspiracy theorists think more than one shooter was involved.
The grassy knoll:
Most JFK conspiracy theories pivot around the idea that Oswald wasn't acting alone. When the president was hit by the bullet that killed him, the motorcade was passing a grassy knoll on the north side of Elm Street. Newspaper photographs record that shortly after the shooting, police arrested three tramps found in a railroad car behind the knoll. Because the men were clean-shaven and well dressed there was speculation that they were CIA assassins rather than hobos.
The long list of culprits:
If Oswald was a paid assassin rather than a disaffected loner, who was writing his pay cheques? The list of candidates is long, but some names are put forward more than most. They are:
The CIA
The idea that the assassination was a CIA plot sounds bizarre, but conspiracy theorists suggest the president's alleged comment that he wanted to "splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds" made him an agency target. Other theories suggest that one of the tramps (see above) was E Howard Hunt, a former CIA operative who was involved in the ill-fated Bay of Pigs operation to oust Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
The Mafia
Why would the mafia want JFK dead? Because his brother, Robert, was turning up the heat on organised crime. Robert was the US attorney general at the time and his "anti-mafia crusade" had lead to a sharp increase in the number of prosecutions of senior mafia figures.
The KGB
"The Soviets had a palpable, powerful motive [to kill JFK]: to gain revenge for the humiliation of the USSR in the 1962 Cuban missile crisis," says Scienta Press. Oswald was a communist and had spent time in the USSR. His "Russian odyssey" afforded the KGB "many opportunities to interact with him".
Lyndon B Johnson
In 2003, a Gallup poll revealed that 20 per cent of Americans believed Johnson had something to do with JFK's death. Theories include the vice president's "desire to become president, his need to cover up scandals, and his involvement with the FBI", says the Environmental Graffiti website.
The Little Green Men
Another theory suggests JFK was killed for showing too much interest in "alien activity". There are two "crucial" pieces of evidence backing this up. The first is a letter written by JFK to the CIA in which he demands to see secret UFO files. The second is a note from a senior CIA official that says "we cannot allow" the president to see the classified material.
The Illuminati
The secretive powerbrokers who control the world are obvious candidates for a JFK conspiracy theory. The president fell foul of the Illuminati, it has been suggested, because he wanted to end the Vietnam War, a conflict that was paying the "shadowy bankers" handsome dividends. The Illuminati were also "angered" by JFK's attempts to "rein in" the power of the US Federal Reserve, triggering a deadly backlash.
Read more: http://www.theweek.co.uk/us/jfk-anniversary/55933/who-killed-jfk-50-years-conspiracy-theories-explained#ixzz2lVUzexZR

Effects Social Media


pretext:  Would you resend this text?


PARt 1

_"This is from an actual trial in the UK."_
A young woman who was several months pregnant was sitting in a bus.

When she noticed a young man smiling at her, she began feeling uncomfortable due to her condition.
She changed her seat and the man seemed more amused.
She moved again and the man laughed even more!

She filed a court case against him.



Arrested for laughing
JUDGE YOURSELF 

PARt2
But in court, the man's defence was : 
  • When the lady boarded the bus I couldn't help noticing that she was pregnant.
Then, she then sat under a movie ad which read
  • *"Coming Soon- The creature from Hell!"*
I was even more amused when she moved and sat under a female deoderant advertisement,
which read :
  • *"The love stick did the trick"*...
Then I completely lost it when she moved a third time under an advert for tyres which read :
  • *"Dunlop Rubber would have prevented this accident"*.

The case was dismissed because the judge fell off his chair laughing !



TOPIC  -article

The Negative Effects Social Media
Can Have On Relationships






Now, I cringe at the thought of communication and human interaction, which is difficult when you are working in the media industry. Is social media to blame for my decline of communication skills? Hard to say, but I can tell you this, before I became obsessed with social media, I could give an oral presentation without any struggle and could lead a group with no fear. 
Though, it’s not even just a fear of verbal communication, I have lost friendships because of social media. Constantly checking Instagram to see what my friends are up to is no way to live. It used to drive me insane to see my friends at parties or out doing some fun and exciting thing while I was at home doing nothing.

https://studybreaks.com/tvfilm/negative-effects-social-media-can-relationships/

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Punishment 2.0 - by La Conchi

A new community-

bit#1 
our two videos show the gap between them and us....
       natives and migrants in a digital age




2. Can you keep up with them? 
Hear from the Digitals in their own words here  and 
check out Huawei mini-site devoted to the many faces of their revolution



==== Commercial time  ====
Spell checker evolution

bit#2 
          advertisement campaign 2011

Conchifacts ___




1) I confess that I got into twitter looking for some anonymity.  I couldn't stand Facebook anymore. My status updates were talked about at the bar, rather than my wall. So the whole town knew about my business. Even PEPE! 
I told MariTrini, one day she came over for coffee at Katinga bar. Since she is quite savvy about those things, she gave me a solution
- "Conchi, you belong to Twitter"
2) And that's how i became a 140-character lady.
This twitter thing is like life itself. Telling everyone what your neighbour said: retweeting.... Talking about someone behind their back ..... sending a DM ....  Dividing people in groups .... make lists.
3) In this blue bird, and the full whale business.... Those who are worth it, are worth it indeed,  those that aren't ... off to Facebook, ain't it?
Some days, before watching the 3 o'clock news, I know everything thanks to my timeline. 
4) Pepe gets astonished! 
- "but Conchi, my dear, you understand what this Wikikeaks is about?"- "Well , understand, what's said understand, i don't, but since it's a trending topic,... it's almost as if I did." 
5) And since we started with confessions, I am going to say what no one dares to say out aloud:
Pro-twitters don't care about how many followers we have. We care about how many lists we're in: Gurus / Essentials // Cool People
Even me  got a Front Page Tweet. Me! From tabladillo! 
6) And talking about gurus... 
It's ok they travel a lot... being so cool, .. and just talk amongst themselves. 'cos we all know that gurus won't talk to everyone.But , uffs, i am not anyone, I AM "La-Conchi". 
7) Next one that doesn't reply to me.. I'll do a hashtag #UnFollowFriday
And that's not a mistake. I just made it up myself: number sign and  a new hashtag! Punishment 2.0 made in " La-Conchi". I am going to patent it!

Monday, May 6, 2019

WR - essay on RACE relations and cultural relativity


Have a go at a couple of racing up writing tasks:



WRITING task_101-Essay 
WRITING task_102-Summary 
1) WRITING  task_101-ESSAY (275 words) on the topic:

  Distorted perceptions? they are racist, neither are us.

What has caused that large divergence in attitudes? How can certain portrayals of black people be blatant racism in one country and totally matter-of-fact in another?  

Can we still play with semantics and words as in Marx quote: "Include me out!", Groucho of course ?


Taking the topic with a stern face, think of Media, TV series, woman in power, confronting power, etc in your country.  Include these:

  •  a question for the reader, 
  • a couple of examples, 
  • a quotation and 
  • a powerful ending. 



info 1. Have you heard about this picture on the right (piece of news ,CNN )


info 2. VIDEO YOUTUBE .  CONGUITOS
Upon visiting a corner store in Malaga we were shocked to discover a Sambo statue at the check out section. After further research these videos and screen shots show that this company has been spreading racial hatred towards African people since 1961. Lets End Racism. Many friends of ours cry when they see images like these while thousands if not millions of people see this propaganda as harmless.

info 3. 

Read the entry from a mag article:
a) the publicity for the theatre show Cómeme el coco, negro festooned the streets of the city, the sides of buses and walls of metro stations, portraying a cartoonish black face with a wide-mouthed grin and large white lips. The show, by Catalan company La Cubana, was a revival of a production they put on when they formed over 25 years ago. “It would be a lie to say that Spain isn’t racist, but it’s not this,” the director of the Cubana company said,  “The problem isn’t with us, it’s with you.” 
b) Ana Arango, an anthropologist from Colombia who has lived in Barcelona for three years,  wrote in her blog in November 2007  " the image is a characterisation that ridicules the African aesthetic, done by a company that isn’t African."





FOLLOW UP:

Did you know....
In the 1940-45 battle for homeland morale, American propaganda makers depicted Germany in a very different light than Japan -link: 
  • Germany was seen as a great nation gone mad. The Nazis might have been evil but there was still room for the “Good German.” 
  •  Japan, on the other hand, was depicted entirely as a brutal monolith .....   ...  ... US propagandists was to liken the Japanese to animals like snakes and rats.



===== 

WRITING  TASK-102. 
Summarise the article below. (175 words)

For a modern update about 1940 at war... LINK

   ...  US propagandists was to liken the Japanese to animals like snakes and rats.

A Critical Comparison Between Japanese and American 
Propaganda during World War II. 

 Anthony V. Navarro 

    The affects of propaganda, however, last well after treaties are signed and the dusts of war settle. Japan, though defeated, still held inside the same hatred for the United States it had before the war if not more so.  They played the role of defeated foe, smiling to appease their victors on the outside but contemptuous and demoralized on the inside. The United States still often referred to the Japanese as “Japs” or other racially derogatory names.  The words and images left to us by propaganda remain in a nation's collective memory.  They are vestiges of war-time.  However good or bad, those memories linger in culture.  The elements of war are not left on the battle field to wither away with those who perished.  Hate, anger, and contempt are brought home so that “war” becomes no longer a job but a way of life. 





Sunday, May 5, 2019

United by which keep us apart .. the world is paradoxically sectioned

The world is divided between those who.... 
     .........   and those who do not.  
                      (but queerly not evenly, not even by a narrow margin) 

 a/.....   think with their head,
                         and those who know with their heart..
 b/.....   live to ‪#‎travel‬ and those who travel to live.
c/ .....   have had sex, and
                                  those prepared to give it another try;  
 d/ .....   run “wired” and those who run “free”
 
e/ .....   ask for freedom to do what we are forced to do
                             and those who force mind-slaves to love freedom 

and last,  but without doubt not least.....  (link)
e/ .....  say “uh” and those who say “um.” in their tweets.













          GROUP ACTIVITY :  The Divided World

This story is gratiously taken from  Owen Marshall  -webpage.

Selected items  (to be chanted as in a religious choir)
Read each section and .... memorise one!. Write it down

SELECTION BLUE
  1.  The world is divided between those who laugh on the inward, and those on the outward breath;  
  2. "The world is divided between the superstitious, and the unimaginative; 
  3. between those who have witnessed McEnroe's top-spin, and those who have lost the chance; 
  4. The world is divided into those who appreciate Jane Austen, and fools.  
  5.  The world is divided between the apathy of ignorant youth, and the despair of incorrigible old age. 

SELECTION RED
  1. The world is divided between those who blame Lucifer, and those who blame a lack of dietary fibre with estevia
  2. The world is divided between those who say they adore the country and never go there, and those who say they hate the city and never leave it.  
  3. The world is divided between those we betray, and those who betray us; 
  4. The world is divided between those who realise their own value, and those who think they may still amount to something; 
 SELECTION PURPLE
  1. between those who prefer quiz shows, and those who still await their frontal lobotomy;  
  2. The world is divided between the meek who will inherit the earth, and the strong who will dispossess them of it; 
  3. between those solidary ones who help others, and those solitary beings prepared to let nature take their course. 
  4. The world is divided between those who try themselves, and those who seek a less corrupt judge.  

SELECTION GREEN
  1. The world is divided between those in authority and those resentful of it;  
  2. between nostalgic falsehood, and anticipatory regret;
  3.  The world is divided between those who accept the division, and those who instigated it;  
  4. between those on the inside looking out, and those on the outside looking in.  
  5. between idlers, and those who work hard all their lives to be able to do nothing when they die. 





==============  THE WHOLE LIST below:

  1.  The world is divided between those who laugh on the inward, and those on the outward breath; 
  2. between those who say "at this point in time", and those who say that "it does appear to be the case. 
  3. "The world is divided between the superstitious, and the unimaginative; 
  4. between those who have witnessed Bjorn Borg's top-spin, and those who have lost the chance; 
  5. between the exemplary and the few of us who are left. 
  6. The world is divided into those who appreciate Jane Austen, and fools. 
  7. The world is divided between the apathy of ignorant youth, and the despair of incorrigible old age. 
  8. The world is divided between those who blame Lucifer, and those who blame a lack of dietary fibre;
  9.            between mediocrity and its own evolution; 
  10. The world is divided between those who say they adore the country and never go there, and those who say they hate the city and never leave it. 
  11. The world is divided between those we betray, and those who betray us; 
  12. between those who wake in the darkness with tears, and those too drugged to dream; 
  13. The world is divided between those who realise their own value, and those who think they may still amount to something;
  14. between those who prefer quiz shows, and those who still await their frontal lobotomy; 
  15. between the old which has lost its edge, and the new which has not been tested; 
  16. between indecision and hypocrisy, 
  17. between feeble vacillation and energetic error; 
  18. The world is divided between the meek who will inherit the earth, and the strong who will dispossess them of it; 
  19. between those who believe that they are essentially alone, and those who will be convinced with time; 
  20. between those who help others, and those prepared to let nature take their course.
  21. The world is divided between those who can roll their tongues, and those with more archaic genes. 
  22. The world is divided between those who try themselves, and those who seek a less corrupt judge. 
  23. The world is divided between those who are tolerant and wise, and their husbands. 
  24. The world is divided between those in authority and those resentful of it;  
  25. The world is divided between those people whose character is known, and those from whom something may still be expected. 
  26. between professed intentions, and the things we would wish undone; 
  27. between nostalgic falsehood, and anticipatory regret;
  28. between dreams of avarice, and visions of self-esteem. 
  29. The world is divided between the vices of free will, and the virtues of necessity; 
  30. between Tyrannosaurus Rex, and civilised marriages;
  31. The world is divided between those who accept the division, and those who instigated it; 
  32. between those who see, and those who understand; between confiding voluble people, and those we wish to know;
  33. between those on the inside looking out, and those on the outside looking in. 
  34. The world is divided between men who despise others for being what they are, and women who despise them for what they are not.
  35. The world is divided between those anxious concerning the physical, and those in terror of the mind; 
  36. between idlers, and those who work hard all their lives to be able to do nothing when they die. 
  37. The world is divided between the few now and the great majority on the other side, 
  38. The world is divided above all, while we sleep, beneath our noses, and before we notice. 

Friday, May 3, 2019

Non dicono in riva benedetta Fiorella




·       Che sia benedetta

                                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76_A2g5qJmE

Ho sbagliato tante volte nella vita
Chissà quante volte ancora sbaglierò
In questa piccola parentesi infinita, quante volte ho chiesto scusa e quante no
È una corsa che decide la sua meta, quanti ricordi che si lasciano per strada
Quante volte ho rovesciato la clessidra
Questo tempo non è sabbia ma è la vita che passa, che passa

Che sia benedetta

Per quanto assurda e complessa ci sembri, la vita è perfetta
Per quanto sembri incoerente e testarda, se cadi ti aspetta
Siamo noi che dovremmo imparare a tenercela stretta Tenersela stretta
Siamo eterno, siamo passi, siamo storie
Siamo figli della nostra verità
E se è vero che c'è un Dio e non ci abbandona
Che sia fatta adesso la sua volontà
In questo traffico di sguardi senza meta
In quei sorrisi spenti per la strada
Quante volte condanniamo questa vita
Illudendoci d'averla già capita
Non basta, non basta

Che sia benedetta Per quanto assurda e ….

A chi trova se stesso nel proprio coraggio
A chi nasce ogni giorno e comincia il suo viaggio
A chi lotta da sempre e sopporta il dolore
Qui nessuno è diverso, nessuno è migliore
A chi ha perso tutto e riparte da zero perché niente finisce quando vivi davvero
A chi resta da solo abbracciato al silenzio
A chi dona l'amore che ha dentro

Che sia benedetta  Per quanto assurda e


Quello che le donne non dicono

                               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB4fYgIUwdY

Ci fanno compagnia certe lettera d'amore
Parole che restano con noi
E non andiamo via
Ma nascondiamo del dolore
Che scivola, lo sentiremo poi
Abbiamo troppa fantasia, e se diciamo una bugia
È una mancata verità che prima o poi succederà
       Cambia il vento ma noi no //E se ci trasformiamo un po'
È per la voglia di piacere a chi c'è già o potrà arrivare a stare con noi

Siamo così … /È difficile spiegare
Certe giornate amare, lascia stare
Tanto ci potrai trovare qui  / Con le nostre notti bianche
Ma non saremo stanche neanche quando  / Ti diremo ancora un altro sì

In fretta vanno via della giornate senza fine
Silenzi, che familiarità
E lasciano una scia le frasi da bambine
Che tornano, ma chi le ascolterà
E dalle macchine per noi //I complimenti del playboy
Ma non li sentiamo più
Se c'è chi non ce li fa più
       Cambia il vento ma noi no // E se ci confondiamo un po' 

È per la voglia di capire chi non riesce più a parlare
Ancora con noi
Siamo così, dolcemente complicate // Sempre più emozionate, delicate
Ma potrai trovarci ancora qui
Nelle sere tempestose
Portaci delle rose
Nuove cose
E ti diremo ancora un altro sì

    È difficile spiegare /Certe giornate amare, lascia stare ……………….



     La Casa In Riva Al Mare


Dalla sua cella lui vedeva solo il mare 
ed una casa bianca in mezzo al blu 
una donna si affacciava... Maria 
È il nome che le dava lui 
Alla mattina lei apriva la finestra 
E lui pensava quella è casa mia 
Tu sarai la mia compagna Maria 
Una speranza e una follia 

E sognò la libertà / E sognò di andare via, via 

E un anello vide già / Sulla mano di Maria 

Lunghi i silenzi come sono lunghi gli anni 
parole dolci che s'immaginò 
questa sera vengo fuori maria 
ti vengo a fare compagnia.


E gli anni stan passando tutti gli anni insieme 
ha già i capelli bianchi e non lo sa. 
questa sera vengo fuori maria 
vedrai che bella la città 

e sognò la libertà... 


e gli anni son passati tutti gli anni insieme 
ed i suoi occhi ormai non vedon più 
disse ancora la mia donna sei tu 
e poi fu solo in mezzo al blu 



====== 
Bonus  .... anche da Lucio Dalla !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIcQUtKYbnw