Best Ben Franklin quote ever!
“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Sensationally wise words from a truly wise man.
Ang Lee: A Never-Ending Dream
Ang Lee: A Never-Ending Dream
(Last night Ang Lee won the Academy Award for Best Directing – for the second time. Afterwards, this beautiful essay resurfaced. Here is my translation of Ang Lee’s words, written in 2006 (post-Oscar win). Please credit the translation to Irene Shih (and to this blog), thank you!)
“In 1978, as I applied to study film at the University of Illinois, my father vehemently objected. He quoted me a statistic: ‘Every year, 50,000 performers compete for 200 available roles on Broadway.’ Against his advice, I boarded a flight to the U.S. This strained our relationship. In the two decades following, we exchanged less than a hundred phrases in conversation.
Some years later, when I graduated film school, I came to comprehend my father’s concern. It was nearly unheard of for a Chinese newcomer to make it in the American film industry. Beginning in 1983, I struggled through six years of agonizing, hopeless uncertainty. Much of the time, I was helping film crews with their equipment or working as editor’s assistant, among other miscellaneous duties. My most painful experience involved shopping a screenplay at more than thirty different production companies, and being met with harsh rejection each time.
That year, I turned 30. There’s an old Chinese saying: ‘At 30, one stands firm.’ Yet, I couldn’t even support myself. What could I do? Keep waiting, or give up my movie-making dream? My wife gave me invaluable support.
My wife was my college classmate. She was a biology major, and after graduation, went to work for a small pharmaceutical research lab. Her income was terribly modest. At the time, we already had our elder son, Haan, to raise. To appease my own feelings of guilt, I took on all housework – cooking, cleaning, taking care of our son – in addition to reading, reviewing films and writing scripts. Every evening after preparing dinner, I would sit on the front steps with Haan, telling him stories as we waited for his mother – the heroic huntress – to come home with our sustenance (income).
This kind of life felt rather undignified for a man. At one point, my in-laws gave their daughter (my wife) a sum of money, intended as start-up capital for me to open a Chinese restaurant – hoping that a business would help support my family. But my wife refused the money. When I found out about this exchange, I stayed up several nights and finally decided: This dream of mine is not meant to be. I must face reality.
Afterward (and with a heavy heart), I enrolled in a computer course at a nearby community college. At a time when employment trumped all other considerations, it seemed that only a knowledge of computers could quickly make me employable. For the days that followed, I descended into malaise. My wife, noticing my unusual demeanor, discovered a schedule of classes tucked in my bag. She made no comment that night.
The next morning, right before she got in her car to head off to work, my wife turned back and – standing there on our front steps – said, ‘Ang, don’t forget your dream.’
And that dream of mine – drowned by demands of reality – came back to life. As my wife drove off, I took the class schedule out of my bag and slowly, deliberately tore it to pieces. And tossed it in the trash.
Sometime after, I obtained funding for my screenplay, and began to shoot my own films. And after that, a few of my films started to win international awards. Recalling earlier times, my wife confessed, ‘I’ve always believed that you only need one gift. Your gift is making films. There are so many people studying computers already, they don’t need an Ang Lee to do that. If you want that golden statue, you have to commit to the dream.’
And today, I’ve finally won that golden statue. I think my own perseverance and my wife’s immeasurable sacrifice have finally met their reward. And I am now more assured than ever before: I must continue making films.
You see, I have this never-ending dream.”
Another Java exploit under attack
Affects latest versions. For some time, security experts have recommended users disable Java for the browser, as it has served as a vector for repeated attacks.
http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/335223,another-java-exploit-under-attack.aspx
Raw Milk Farmer Acquitted Through Jury Nullification
This is great news on both counts – jury nullification and the acquittal for non-criminal activity!
A man was accused of selling raw milk, had his farm raided, was arrested, and went to trial. Luckily this jury was informed about the process of jury nullification, and their legal right to rule in favor of the accused for breaking unjust laws.
If the law is unjust, never convict! Be a fully-informed juror and understand your rights.
http://aotmr.com/raw-milk-co-op-farmer-acquitted-through-jury-nullification/
5 Things You Need To Promote
Tips for web site owners\promoters.
http://www.activesearchresults.com/articles/165600.php
Cinnamon
Researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture showed that one-quarter teaspoon to 1 teaspoon of cinnamon with food helps metabolize sugar up to 20 times better than without cinnamon. Excess sugar in the blood can lead to fat storage. Because cinnamon balances blood sugar levels it has the added advantage of stabilizing mood and energy levels. – Care 2 article, Top 5 spices, Michelle Cook.
Cannabis Smokers 10 Times More Accidents
Cannabis is second only to alcohol for causing impaired driving and motor vehicle accidents. In 2009, 12.8% of young adults reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs and in the 2007 National Roadside Survey, more drivers tested positive for drugs than for alcohol. These cannabis smokers had a 10-fold increase in car crash injury compared with infrequent or nonusers after adjustment for blood alcohol concentration.
Eating junk food while pregnant may make your child a junk food addict
A healthy diet during pregnancy is critical to the future health of your children. New research suggests that pregnant mothers who consume junk food cause developmental changes of the opioid signaling pathway in the brains of their unborn children. Consequently, these children are less sensitive to opioids released upon consumption of foods high in fat and sugar, and need to eat more to achieve a “feel good” response.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130228103443.htm
War on Life: The Kidnapping And Torture of Rico Martinez Nagel
If Mark Taylor’s story wasn’t enough to expose the extraordinary power of Big Pharma in this country, here is the ongoing saga of Rico and Lindsey. A tragic story of kidnapping and torture at the hands of the government. I warn you though: you will be outraged!
Lindsey is a Whistleblower. She exposed Big Pharma’s lies in a Documentary about Aids, called “House of Numbers”. What happened to her and her newborn son is a direct result of her whistleblowing.
Lindsey was adopted from Romania by an American couple from Minnesota. Upon being screened for entry into the U.S., they discovered that she was HIV positive. She was put on the powerful AZT drugs and she became very ill. After several months on the treatment, it looked like she was going to die, so her parents took her off the AZT drugs. Lindsey not only survived without the powerful AIDS drugs, but she flourished. She grew up into a healthy young woman.
At the time Lindsey was “diagnosed”, there were 12 children in the state of Minnesota under the age of 10 who had also been diagnosed HIV positive. Lindsey was the only one who stopped taking the HIV drugs and she is the only one that survived; the other 11 are dead!
Her story went public and was featured in the AIDS documentary and other programs. Here is a child who refused the HIV drugs and survived and grew up to be healthy, while those “treated” are now dead. Not something Big Pharma was proud of. Lindsay was too visible, too healthy, too vocal.
But wait, Big Pharma finally got its claws into the whistleblower. On December 19, 2012, at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, Lindsey gave birth to Rico, a healthy baby boy. His blood counts were indicative of health and a normal immune system. Lindsey had repeatedly declined HIV testing for Rico. Barely ten minutes after giving birth, Lindsey was ambushed by officials telling her that if she declined testing, she would lose custody of Rico. But they had already tested Rico, obviously. Afraid and cornered, Lindsey and John agreed to their demands.
“We knew Lindsey was HIV positive, but of course, we weren’t sure about Rico because there is not an accurate test for babies, as they usually carry their mother’s antibodies to HIV until about 18 months. 85% of babies born to HIV positive mothers shed their ‘maternal antibodies’ by themselves and never truly become HIV positive, even without any drugs.
In the second and third days of his life, Rico was placed on a battery of drugs, including the very toxic drug that almost killed Lindsey – AZT. By day 14 of his life, he was also placed on two other anti-HIV drugs. One of the drugs he was on is 45% alcohol, so it was no wonder Rico slept most all the time.”
They took the child from the mother’s breast. They are poisoning the baby and no one can stop them. Rico is still in the hospital and you can read about the horrible things they are doing to him right now in the post attached. Instead of his mother’s breast, he now has a tube feeding him. They took a perfectly healthy little boy and poisoned him and they did it all in plain sight, because they think they are above the law.
Below is the video containing footage from Lindsey’s childhood, a healthy little girl after stopping the AZT drugs that were killing her. The footage is not a good quality, but you’ll be able to at least get the story. At 4:09, you will witness the abduction of the baby. I couldn’t watch it all the way; hearing Lindsey’s crying just tore me up! There is no mother who will not get sick to her stomach after watching that kidnapping by “state officials”.
Here is the video: http://youtu.be/VgP03b7GBYA
Here is the awful saga of Lindsy and her son Rico. It was posted on February 28th:
War on Life: The Kidnapping And Torture of Rico Martinez Nagel: http://truthbarrier.com/2013/02/28/the-vendetta-the-kidnapping-and-torture-of-rico-martinez-nagel/
“Rico is hanging on to life by a thread. He’s maxed out on radiation. After Lindsey and John saw him yesterday I think it sunk in that the skin on his stomach is so tight, they realize he may not come home. Rico may not make it out of the hospital. And they are going to try to pin this on the AIDS denialists, another Christine and E.J. That’s the plan. Every sentence, on every page of the massive medical report, it’s thick like a phone book, is about how all this is a manifestation of HIV. They ambushed us. It didn’t happen to Lindsey. It happened to Rico. They went through the deck and they pulled out all four aces. They had the positive test in their hands. You see, there couldn’t be two of them. Can you imagine if Lindsey had a baby after 22 years and the baby lived? Can you imagine? They could not let this baby be healthy. There’s too much at stake.” ~Steve Nagel, Lindsey’s father
This nightmare is still ongoing. We are the only ones who can stop this torture. Please share this story, so we could hopefully save Rico’s life and attract attention to the ongoing corruption and extraordinary power of Big Pharma, who uses social services as its envoy of abuse and destruction.
This is happening right now in America, not in Hitler’s Germany, nor Stalin’s Russia. Do something about it! This is our country and if we don’t stop this abuse, your child, or grandchild could be next! Please share this on your Facebook wall, on Twitter and whatever other social media you’re on (use hashtag #LindseyRico, as well as #PoliceState). I’m hoping we could save this family from total destruction and hopefully help other future abuses from happening!
House of Numbers: http://www.houseofnumbers.com/site/
Full Documentary here: http://youtu.be/BwgmzbnckII