Famous
First Words: Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame.... Emma
Lazarus The New Colossus
It
is Disarmament Week (October 24-30) - Want power and
respect? Want to influence the course of world events? Want to be on
CNN every night? Tired of hum-drum conventional warfare and messy
bio-chemical weapons? Want to watch the citizens squirm and sweat in
constant nagging fear of instant and unexpected annihilation? Lease
a nuclear device!
..........Hey,
hey, mama, said the way you move.........Led Zeppelin …..Black Dog
Every
dollar spent on nuclear is one less dollar spent on clean renewable
energy and one more dollar spent on making the world a comparatively
dirtier and a more dangerous place, because nuclear power and nuclear
weapons go hand in hand. --Mark Z. Jacobson
It
is a beautiful Friday morning. There is not a cloud in the crystal
blue sky and a light breeze wafts along to stir the wisps of hair at
my cheek and to stir the fall foliage into animation. The 58°F
temperature is perfect. The only thing to spoil this lovely scene is
the TWO TRUCKS filled with roadwork signs that are sitting at the
intersection with BRIGHT, ROTATING LIGHTS on the bed of each,
STRINGENT, WHITE, STROBES RIPPING the peaceful into bits and
SCATTERING it about the neighborhood. Puck retreats to the deck
steps to keep an eye on them lest they try to invade the yard, but
from a distance. With easy access to escape routes. The air smells
of fall, of dampness and, DAMN THOSE LIGHTS. Why are the two drivers
having a long conversation with the truck driver from down the street
instead of doing their job and then driving away with those HARSH
LIGHTS. There are no birds at the feeders but I see them getting
themselves up and testing their wings. Now it's SCRAPING and BANGING
to move a single ROAD CLOSED sign to a yard on the intersection. So
we reluctantly retreat inside to a warm steady light, a cup of sweet
coffee, and you. Ahhh.
Hope
your weekend makes a big boom, ePistliers.
In
the wake of the former Soviet Union's demise, there are literally
thousand of high-quality nuclear weapons complete with
intercontinental delivery systems going unused. Though these systems
are indeed powerful and destructive weapons of war, they are most
effective when used in a more passive role. The US and USSR have
proven in years of research and actual testing that nuclear devices
are most effective when merely targeting an enemy. Actual detonation
is not normally necessary to achieve tremendous effect in the
designated target's military, political, economic and social well
being.
..........I
don't need no respect from nobody no! No!........Led Zepplin …..The
Crunge
Trivia
Questions: Happy Birthday, Harvard.
^
Who is this Harvard for which the school was name?
^^
Who actually issued the charter for the school?
^^^
When did Harvard graduate its first class and/or how many received
degrees?
^^^^
Any idea who or when the first non-white student was admitted.
^^^^^
What was the name of the Harvard Annex where female students were
allowed to attend?
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
No matter when
you're reading this 98% of librarians are cold.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Recipe
of the Week: The Nasty Woman: ...a
little sweet, a little tart, and 100% nasty. 3 parts silver tequila
(made by “bad hombres”), 2 parts cherry juice, 1 part lime juice.
Pour over ice and top with sparkling wine or sparkling limeade. This
gets a wedge of lime. I'm too nasty to fuss with a twist.
--submitted by abf of ks
First
Halloween Joke of the Week: Vampires
suck your blood for Vitamin D because they can't go out in the sun
themselves. You ever think about that? No. You only think about
yourself. --submitted by abf of ks
Moonbeam:
We sit in the mud ... and reach for the stars. --Ivan Turgenev
Imagine
the boost in national pride and morale when you personally announce
on state radio and television that you have put long-time enemies
under threat of nuclear destruction. They will praise your name as a
powerful and inspired leader even without the secret police's
encouragement.
..........Over
the hills where the spirits fly, oh..........Led Zeppelin …..Misty
Mountains Hop
Something
to Think About of the Week: So we are made of the mud that was
made of the stars. Existence is a hoot and half.
Big
Hello: Tjike – Herero (a tribe in Namibia)
Second
Halloween Joke of the Week: New concept,
“Adult Halloween”: walk around the neighborhood ringing doorbells
and hand out vodka and bacon. Make it happen.
Week
of the Week: International Magic Week
(October 25 – 31) –I was fired from my children's birthday party
magician job. Apparently, when you make the children disappear,
you're suppose to make them reappear.
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
ICON 41 – Cedar Rapids, IA, October 28-30) Iowa's longest-running
science fiction and fantasy convention.
http://iowa-icon.com/icon41/index.html
By
leasing, you not only save money developing your own nuclear
technology program, you save a lot of unnecessary headaches too.
Nuclear weapons development is expensive and time consuming, not to
mention easily detectable. It could take you years to acquire and
build the necessary industry to manufacture weapons-grade material.
Even after that, you still have to design, build and test your first
device before anyone takes you seriously.
.........'Cause
you know sometimes words have two meanings.........Led Zepplin
…..Stairway to Heaven.
^John
Harvard was born in 1607 in London, received his MA from Cambridge in
1645 and left his library and half his estate to establish a college
when he died in 1638.
Almanac:
It is Friday, October 28, 2016. The moon was first quarter yesterday
and is in Libra. It is Champagne Day, Francis E
Willard/Temperance Day, and National Chocolate Day. In the Czech
Republic it is Foundation of the Republic Day (1918). Because it is
the last Friday it is also International Bandanna Day and National
Bread Sticks Day.
Among
those born on this day were Henry III (Holy Roman Emperor, 1017),
Ivan Turgenev (1818), Elsa Lanchester (1902), Evelyn Waugh (1903),
Edith Head (1907), Jonas Salk (1914), Dody Goodman and Joan Plowright
(1929), Charlie Daniels (1936), Bruce Jenner (1949), Annie Potts
(1952), and Lauren Holly (1966).
On
October twenty-eighthth Harvard University was established (1636),
Eli Whitney applied for a patent on the cotton gin (1793), the Statue
of Liberty was dedicated (Pres. Cleveland, 1886), Omega Psi PHi
incorporated (1914), Czechoslovakia gained independemce (1918),
Volstead Act (Prohibition) passed congress over Wilson's veto (1919),
Mussolini took control of Italy (1922), ground was broken for Shea
Stadium (Municipal, 1961), missiles were withdrawn from Cuba
(Khrushchev, 1962), the Gateway Arch was completed (1965), Rhoda got
married (1977), and Led Zepplin released a a box set of
IV
and Houses
of the Holy
(2014).
Tonight's
Sky:
The moon rises at 5:13 am with Jupiter close by, the sun rises at
7:23.
Third
Halloween Jokes of the Week: It turned
cold and snowed on Halloween last year so I made a vampire snowman.
The trouble is everyone got frostbite.
This
Week: Saturday, October 29 –
National Cat Day & Visit a Cemetery Day ~~Are they related?
Sunday,
October 30 – Create a Great Funeral Day & Mischief Night
Monday,
October 31 – Halloween & National Magic Day
Trick
or Treat for UNICEF
Night
Sky, October 31: Every
Halloween – and a few days before and after – the brilliant star
Arcturus sets at the same time and on the same spot on the
west-northwest horizon as the summer sun. What’s more, this star
rises at the same time and at the same place on the east-northeast
horizon as the sun does during the dog days of summer.
Tuesday,
November 1 – National Authors Day & World Vegan Day
Wednesday,
November 2 – Cookie Monster Day & National Men Make
Dinner Night
Tonight's
Sky, November 2:
Earliest
noontime of the year. Plus, this evening, you’ll find the moon
in the west after sunset with two planets. A third planet is also
nearby.
Thursday,
November 3 – Cliché Day & Sandwich Day
Punkin
Chunkin Weekend begins
Purchasing
existing nuclear hardware is also expensive and risky. Most
governments are on the lookout for such activity. Many dealers are
crooked. Do you really want to take a chance getting ripped off by
shady weapons dealers?
.........flee
from the Keepers of the Gloom.........Led Zepplin …..The Rain
Song.
^^
The “Great and General Court of the Governor and Company of
the Massachusetts Bay in New England” approved £400 for the
establishment of “a schoale or colledge” later to be called
“Harvard.”
Funniest
thing I read of the Week: Women in Iceland protest country's
14 percent pay gap by leaving work 14 percent early. ~~This is real.
Click
Here
Nasty
Woman Quote of the Week: If I had my
life to live over, I would do it all again, but this time I would be
nastier. --Jeannette Rankin
First
Halloween Quote of the Week: There is
nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects,
rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult
world. --Jean Baudrillard
Moonbeam:
One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs
constant fertilizing or it will die. --Evelyn Waugh
Late
Night Snacks: “Bad hombres” doesn’t
sound like drug dealers. “Bad hombres” sounds like what TGI
Friday’s would call their Tex-Mex appetizer platter. --James
Corden / Spending at Drumpf-brand properties is said to be down more
than 16 percent from last year. New reports say travelers have been
canceling vacations at Drumpf resorts and avoiding restaurants on
Drumpf properties. Good news, sales of red baseball caps are through
the roof. --Jimmy Kimmel / The election continues to be insane. Ever
since the tape of the Billy Bush Locker Bus came out, Drumpf has been
fending off attacks like a woman meeting Donald Drumpf. --Stephen
Colbert / Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera said this weekend that he has
additional embarrassing tapes of Donald Drumpf. And if Geraldo thinks
they’re embarrassing, you know it’s bad. --Seth Meyers
So
long as nuclear weapons continue to exist, so will the temptation to
threaten others with overwhelming military force. --Daisaku Ikeda
Even
if you succeed purchasing through the black market, you stand the
risk of getting on the wrong side of international opinion. You could
lose existing conventional arms contracts, face economic sanctions or
even military action. With a lease you avoid a lot of other problems
too. Since the weapons are not on your property, you avoid becoming a
target yourself. You can forget about the high cost of security,
environmental pollution concerns and even subversion by renegade
generals in your own army.
..........I'll
meet you up there where the path runs straight and high..........Led
Zepplin …..Going to California
^^^
The first Harvard commencement took place in 1644
with nine graduates.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: On Christmas Day 1046, Henry
III and Agnes were crowned Holy Roman Emperor and Empress. The
populace gave Henry the golden chain of the patriciate and made him
patricius.
Second
Halloween Quote of the Week:
I don't know that there are real ghosts and goblins, but there are
always more trick-or-treaters than neighborhood kids. --Robert
Brault
Weird
Word of the Week:
Engastrimyth – soothsayer (Greek belly + speech) usually applied to
channeling http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-eng1.htm
Watch
of the Week: This picture is taken from
the western gate in our backyard. The near foliage on the left is
from an ornamental pear tree in our yard. The two red maples are
across the street to the west and the golden tree in the center is
across the street and south of us. Behind that is the little wood,
still green.
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Prevent blisters on your feet. Use a pair of scissors to cut a pair
of Stayfree Ultra Thin Maxi Pads to make shoe insert pads, to prevent
your ankle and heel from rubbing against the top edge of the shoes.
The Ultra Thin are the perfect thickness and are also available with
deodorant to prevent smelly feet.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/stayfree.html
The
advantages of leasing are tremendous. You just sign, point, and go!
When you are through leasing, just turn in the button and walk away.
You can even change your target at any time for a small fee. (Handy
for preventing those nasty coup d' etats.) You can announce your
target or keep it secret. Each targeted device contract comes with a
certificate of authenticity and sufficient proof of actual delivery
capability.
...........Many
times I've loved, many times been bitten.........Led Zepplin …..Over
the Hills and Far Away
^^^^In
1653 John Sassamon, a Massachuset Indian, became the first
known Native American to study at Harvard (probably for a term or
so). A disciple of Indian Bible translator John Eliot, Sassamon later
became a scribe and interpreter to Wampanoag Chief Metacom (a.k.a.
Metacomet, Pometacom, King Philip).
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: cold-blooded – without
emotion or feeling King John
Act III Scene I Constance (Thou cold-blooded slave, Hast thou not
spoke like thunder on my side...)
Third
Halloween Quote of the Week: Never
trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it
keeps its brain. --J. K. Rowling
Amazing
Thing on the Internet of the Week: Tammam Azzam, artist of
Aleppo: Fuses western masterpieces and bombed out buildings.
Click
Here
Puck
the Brave Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck consulting with Tessie the Tribble on
Halloween costumes in the case of the Steampunk
Sealyham.
The
best part is, you don't pay for the whole weapon, unless you actually
fire it! This alone presents a HUGE cost savings over the
alternatives.
..........It's
been a long time since I did the stroll.........Led Zepplin …..Rock
and Roll
^^^^^
In 1879 The Harvard Annex, later known as Radcliffe College,
opened with 27 female students.
Month
of the Week: November is Aviation
History Month - In the
early 1930's, a farmer and his wife went to a fair. The farmer was
fascinated by the airplanes and asked a pilot how much a ride would
cost. "$10 for 3 minutes," replied the pilot. "That's
too much," said the farmer. The pilot thought for a second and
then said, "I'll make you a deal. If you and your wife ride for
3 minutes without uttering a sound, the ride will be free. But if you
make a sound, you'll have to pay $10." The farmer and his wife
agreed and went for a wild ride. After they landed, the pilot said to
the farmer, "I want to congratulate you for not making a sound.
You are a brave man." "Maybe so," said the farmer,
"But I gotta tell ya, I almost screamed when my wife fell out."
Famous
Kansans:
John and Kate Bender, aka the Bloody Benders of La Bette County,
killed at least a dozen travelers before their crimes were discovered
in the 1870s. http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-benders.html
Today's
Peace of History,October
28: In Greece, Ohi Day (meaning Day of
No) marks the refusal of Greece to submit to the Axis Powers. (since
1940)
Imagine
the power and prestige you will feel when you get your very own
button. You can do things you never thought possible, like pounding
your shoe on the UN podium. Hey, and nothing says sexy like a nuclear
trigger.
..........Sitting
round singing songs 'til the night turns into day.........Led Zepplin
…..The Ocean
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle October 28, 2016, aRmed ePistle. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
No
news, no fear.
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS
66046
Moonbeam:
The reward of work well done is the opportunity to do more. --Jonas
Salk
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 10/27/16: $752,487,129,612.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 10/20/16: $751,849,154,304.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 10/27/16:
$819,924,430,927.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 10/20/16:
$819,905,785,391.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 10/27/16: $12,032,922,037.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 10/20/16: $11,934,865,117.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 10/27/16:
$133,147,810,743.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 10/20/16:
$132,602,199,890.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 10/27/16:
$1,721,248,539,477.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 10/20/16:
$1,719,916,205,587.
Last
Quote of the Week: The expression of divinity is in variety.
--Shari S. Tepper (1929-2016)...you will be missed, Shari.
India
can live without nuclear weapons. That's our dream, and it should be
the dream of the U.S. also. --A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
..........California
sunlight, sweet Calcutta rain, Honolulu starbright.........Led
Zepplin …..The Song Remains the Same
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Dr. Nuketopia, Technology Director of the World-Wide Monetary
Conspiracy (Opinions strictly reflect the party line)
Famous
Last Words: to the States by the Congress. ..Volstead Act,
enacted as Amendment 18 to the US Constitution
May
Peace be your guidance system
And
Joy your mushroom cloud
prairie
mama
christine
Last
Laugh:
Puck
the Brave
The New Republican Party
Logo --submitted by bg of ks