Freedom Of The Press in Israel

Haaretz never ceases to amaze. While most of the U.S. MSM dances the Zionist jig, we see the unabridged opinions of journalists from the Rothschild state itself. An example is from Thursday, December 31, 2009, "U.S. tax dollars fund rabbi who excused killing gentile babies", by Akiva Eldar. In the U.S., this would be unprintable. The Jewish owners of the press and Abe Foxman's inquisition would insure the fact. And yet in Israel, seemingly any subject is open to public discussion. Witness Shlomo Sands' contention that there is no such thing as a Jewish people! And furthermore, this journalist points out that donations by Americans to inflammatory groups in Israel create misery for Jew and Arab alike. I find myself frequently condemning Israel for her ethnic cleansing of her Semitic population, but then I read an article like this. Haaretz is a barometer of freedom for us all.

Operation Deep Blue

U.S. and Israeli naval forces were on maneuvers. Two Israeli subs were designated the aggressors, and U.S. attack subs the defenders. The Israeli Dolphin-class boats were playing the role of Iranian Kilo-class subs moving in to attack Washington. The scenario called for preventing them from getting closer than 200 km of the U.S. This was considered the effective range of their SS-N-27 Sizzler cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads. A third Dolphin had experienced mechanical problems, and was still in the Central Atlantic. She would make an independent attack.

The Indian Kilo-class submarine was officially in dry dock at Mumbai. She was in reality 350 kilometers NE of Manhattan Island. Specially rigged for remote control operation, she was following a Dolphin-class boat, tethered by a fiber optic cable. She was armed with six Sizzlers, each fitted with a 350 kg tactical nuclear warhead of 10 kiloton yield. The yield was retarded to emulate a hypothetical Iranian device. A skeleton crew would load and fire the missiles. The two boats would move down to launch range on New York as soon as the other Dolphins were detected. A timed noise source on one of the other Israeli boats would ensure the wait was not long.

The Kilo would discharge her wares. The skeleton crew would be gassed. Once the missiles struck, the third Dolphin would announce herself in pursuit of an Iranian sub, and destroy the Indian boat before a U.S. sub could record her sonic signature. The Dolphin, of course, had a prerecorded signature of an Iranian Kilo taken in the Gulf. The missiles would strike, and then the U.S. would devastate Iran in response.

The Indian government would report their sub lost in action against Iran during the subsequent conflagration. The U.S. would be locked down under martial law. Israel would be locked in a battle for survival against an enraged Islamic world. The cabal controlling the U.S. and Israel would have their Forever War.

Drums and Nonlinear Time

I played drums for over 50 years. The last 5 years that I played was quite often alone. It was at those times that I transcended my physical limitations (I have birth defects on both hands that often made playing drums rather challenging), and the limitations of time. Timing is considered to be the fundamental skill for a drummer, and one that often eluded me. I had the tendency to "go crazy" and accelerate the tempo like an accelerating rocket. I long ago came to the conclusion that for myself, time was nonlinear. I always had trouble aligning with schedules, because I would have five minute hours following half-hour minutes.

In those golden hours playing alone, I found that if initially setting a simple rhythm, concentrating on the timing, I could soon release myself from the need for conscious direction of my playing. The music expressed itself. And when I did listen to myself, and decide on a different direction to take, the act of reverting to conscious thought had no effect on the result. Listening to tapes of myself, it was obvious that time was nonlinear at those transformation points. Where I expected to hear hesitation and a loss of tempo (since that is what I perceived), the tapes captured only an unimpeded flow. The closest example I can give would be Ginger Baker's drumming on "I'm So Glad" (Cream Live) where he plays a pattern with his hands, and than plays it backwards, and than plays multi-bar patterns forwards and backwards. I actually transcribed some of my playing from tape into drum music, and was unable to play it! Guess I was channeling Buddy Rich (but I wouldn't even try to transcribe anything off of "Rich Meets Roach").

First View

I think of a panopticon as a viewing station, looking out on different facets of life. I will try to reflect on those views. The areas of comment may seem disparate. Hopefully the linkages will eventually become apparent.