My Italian Travels with Spiderman 3 and Umberto!

Just a quick post today, went to Elgin this morning to try and book a holiday to Italy, of course the Travel Agents were mostly closed because of the May Day holiday. That idea having collapsed like a house of cards, we headed for Inverness to watch Spiderman 3, stopping off first at my favourite bookshop "Borders", where I purchased Umberto Eco's "The Name Of the Rose" and "Foucault's Pendulum". Should have bought The Name Of the Rose long ago seeing the film's in my all-time top 3, anyway here's hoping the book is even better. I've often stated in the past that there isn't a film that's been made, which is better than the book it's based on! Although, Gary from College would always mention The Godfather at this point (apparently the book wasn't too hot).

Well, Spiderman 3 was Ok, slow in places, but making up for it with an all-out tag-team finale of Spidey and Harry Versus Venom and the Sandman! Is it better than the first two? probably on a par I'd say!

First exam (Artificial Intelligence) is a week today, gotta get some revision in, but in the mean-time check out the video clip from Big Train, make sure and listen to the commentary. UK sports fans will definitely ROFL to this one, but it should appeal to anyone.

Prince and the Jockeys!

Hilarious clip from Big Train! Just for fun this post!

Sinister or Dexter Brained Society?

I have an opinion which might possibly have a scientific basis in reality or not, which I will postulate here, but please remember that this is only an idea I've been kicking around in my head for a couple years, and it would be quite difficult to prove or dis-prove.

It occured to me a while ago that our ancestors might well have reached a pinnacle of humanity equivalent to where we are now, in the distant or very distant past. I've already laid out some evidence to support the credibility of that statement, however, global changes since the last Ice Age ended, have more than likely consigned the best evidence to the sea-bed, for surely any powerful ancient civilization would have depended on sea-trade and would have had its major cities based on coastal regions or near river mouths.

My theory then is this, I propose that those civilizations were completely different in thought and deed to modern-man. That they were in fact largely left-brainers, because they did not use language in a written form. We tend to think of language as letters, given form and definition. Imagine a society where everything was orally transmitted, scared texts were memorized, becuase the words held power, and to write those words would be an evil deed as it would destroy the power of the words. I'm talking about a society in which spirituality was at the driving-force (today it's consumerism and materialism) in technological development.

Try and imagine what technology we would possess if we were such a society, as opposed to television and weapons of mass destruction. We're talking about people who would have been in touch with nature, perhaps they possessed animal kinship and telepathy, or telekinetic powers. Certainly, heavy devlopment of the left-hand side of the brain, over the right could give you a whole new mind-set! We can only imagine an advanced society as being similar to our own, but what's so good about where we're at? It seems like we've been devolving, not evolving. Yes, we have made great technological advances, but what good's having a TV, just to watch people getting murdered on it? Is that what marks us out as civilized, how good we are at killing each other?

Uncovering the Truth Behind Perpetuated Lies !

Returning to a subject I promised to cover before being side-tracked with College work, Election fever and what not: Archaelogical cover-ups! I'll examine one in detail, but just keep an open mind, that's all I ask, and remember, the man wants to control what you think, believe and perceive to be true. I am not the man!

The best case I've seen yet was the discovery by Dr Virginia Steen-McIntyre, a geologist working for the US Geological Survey (USGS), who was dispatched to an archaeological site in Mexico to date a group of artifacts in the 1970s. The case illustrates how far established scientists will go to preserve persisting beliefs regarding human history.

McIntyre used state-of-the-art equipment and backed up her results by using four different methods, but her results were off the chart. The lead archaeologist expected a date of 25,000 years or less, and the geologist's finding was 250,000 years or more.

The figure of 25,000 years or less was critical to the Bering Strait "crossing" theory, and it was also the motivation behind the head archaeologist's tossing Steen-McIntyre's results in the circular file and asking for a new series of dating tests. This sort of reaction does not occur when dates match the expected chronological model that supports accepted theories. By the way, the secondary dating pushed the find back even further, and the fact that the artifacts were below a volcanic deposit layer further confirmed the dating.

Steen-McIntyre was given a chance to retract her conclusions, but she refused. She found it hard thereafter to get her papers published and she lost a teaching job at an American University. This incident is one of thousands where experts have put their necks on the line to tell the truth only to be destroyed by the back-room, old boy network, who don't want to see any anomalous findings completely over-turning their lifetime's work and theories. You can see where they''re coming form, but it's just plain wrong! It's not just our concept of historical events that are at stake, but the theory of human evolution also, for there's mounting evidence to suggest that Darwin was talking bollocks!

Other examples I urge you to investigate yourself are:

• The water-weathering on the Sphinx


• The so-called proof that Khufu built the Great Pyramid


• The Ica Stones


• The Waipoua Forest discoveries in New Zealand


• The Takla Makan desert Mummies


• The Olmec people of Mexico (See Picture)


• Bearded caucasians depicted on stelae in Mexico

Fingers Crossed for the SNP !

OK, I've been watching the election results closely all day, and it's still too close to count, and the electoral system is clearly the shambles we expected. Take a look at the Scottish Parliament and you'll get a good idea why anything remotely concerning Scottish politics, usually ends up a disaster.

Although my political opinions might not interest anyone further afield than Elgin, this is my platform and I will express them, because that is my constitutional right.

I did vote for the SNP, not because I agree with probably half of their policies, but because I wanted Labour out, and in that respect, only the SNP have the potential to drive them out. The trouble with our electoral system is, even if the SNP gain a majority, unless they find another party willing to form a coalition, we could be looking at another Lib/Lab alliance, especially with the Lib Dem reluctance to allow the people of Scotland the chance to have a referendum on Independence. My cynical side tells me that it's an obvious ploy by them to get back into bed with Labour.

Anyway, I here you ask, why do I want Labour out so badly? Well, if you lived here in the North East of Scotland, you wouldn't need to ask. I can't think of a single positive thing Labour has done for me since devolution. There are many negatives though, too many:

• I now owe £13,000 in loans and fees for educating myself.
• I haven't had an NHS dentist for 4 years. My last dentist was a South African, who went private as soon as he was able. I can't afford private treatment, so I don't get any. Welcome to the Third World !
• The road infrastructure here is probably 30 years out-of-date and public transport is expensive, occasional and fairly inaccessble!
• My country is involved in at least 2 pointless wars, which have no support by the people and we're losing badly!
• There are no jobs here, what few jobs there were have been filled by immigrant workers, prepared to work for the minimum wage (sometimes less), and this in turn has driven wages down also!
• Bizzarely, last year, although a full-time student with a wife and 2 kids, my student loans were considered by the Council to be income, and I had to pay full rent and council-tax, wtf?

These are my grievances with Labour! I don't know what a SNP in majority will do for this country, but even if it's only enough to give Labour a fright, that will do for me!

I'm on Top of the World !

Alright, I've been having a pretty good week so far! I handed in my Team Project documentation yesterday, my Network Systems assessment work, and my eCommerce assessment work. That's me clear now until my exams beginning in 10 days time.

This morning I received a conditional offer of a place on the Teacher Training course at Aberdeen University, starting after the Summer break. So all-in-all, it's going well this week, things are going to plan, which you have to admit, is quite unusual!

Mon frere on the other hand has been having a shitty week, the details of which it is not my right to document here. It may be cosmic forces at work, the equilibrium of the Universe and such like, but more likely it's not even coincidence, it's just a fact of life, shit happens! One day it's fine the next it's black! You're up in April, then you're down in May! You've got to take the good with the bad, the rough with the smooth! .... and numerous other cliches.

I wouldn't like my good fortune to detract from anyone else's misfortune however, if you're having no luck whatsoever, then please feel free to leave a comment describing your misfortune, because everyone loves a hard-luck story!

The Dogon and Nommo from Sirius !

Those are Dogon tribesmen of Mali in West Africa! Strange outfits they're wearing, no? And that is where they live! Their religious beliefs are extremely complex and centre around spirit entities they call the Nommo.

The most bizarre thing about the Dogon is, when the first white men encountered them in the 1930's they quickly realised that the Dogon myths were mainly in connection with the Sirius star system, and surprisingly the Dogon possessed knowledge of Sirius and its Moons far in advance of what was known at that time.

Take a look at the masks, think about the astronomical knowledge. Clearly the Dogon tribe experienced an event in their distant past, which they rationalised as best they could. Remember what I said about Ezekiel, and consider that the Dogon apparently came from Egypt where astronomy was of immense importance. It seems that many cultures based their deities on what appeared to them to be the divine. Principally, if it comes down from the sky and therefore the heavens, then it must be a God! We would call them extraterrestrials nowadays, but that concept was alien to ancient peoples (pardon the pun)!

Vitirfied Forts - Testimony to Ancient Air-Power !

The photograph above shows an aerial view of the ancient fort found at Tap o'Noth, near Rhynie, in North East Scotland. OK, the fort was destroyed a long time ago, as is clearly evident from the image. Consider this though, the rock that formed the fort has been vitrified, that is to say it has melted and become fused together, so that it is a solid lump. They say that there are over 100 such forts scattered across Europe, but more than half are found in Scotland, particularly Northern Scotland (where I'm conveniently situated!).

Scientific tests have demonstrated that in order to achieve the effect of vitrification on the rock, temperatures of over 1,100 *C are required. You think that it's possible that a conventional fire caused that? Unlikely, no, impossible. So many theories have been postulated for why the process of vitrifation occured, many assuming it was intended by the fort builders. That's plainly idiotic. The evidence clearly suggests that the vitrified forts were subjected to some form of incendiary assault, most likely of the airborne variety. That's impossible though isn't it? Ancient peoples never possessed the ability to fly, did they?

And., so we arrive at the crux of it. If you subject ancient texts and archeological finds to scrutiny, there is a great deal to suggest that at least several ancient races possessed flying machines, and yes, weaponry to go with them. I'm thinking specifically with regards to the Vedic culture of India, the Mahabharata, and their Vimanas! Dammit, they even have manuals for constructing flying machines and how to operate them. But clearly, since anything that appears in historical texts, which we find ourselves unable to believe, then gets calssified as mythology, and is perpetuated as such.

I on the other hand, suspect that most myths handed down to us, spring from historical reality, and that modern society is so blinkered, it refuses to believe that mankind might have reached a technological crest in ancient times. Take the Egyptian King Lists for example. It was long-believed that they were a largely fictional work, until corroboration was found inside an ancient tomb. The evidence proved that the kings from the first dynasty onwards, who appeared in the list, had really existed. But, the list also describes a 10,000 year period before those kings, in which Egypt was ruled by a series of Demi-gods, also preceded by the real Egyptian Gods, Osiris, Isis et al.

Historians, then decided that the pre-dynastic rulers on the list were mythological characters, because, obviously they couldn't have existed (but the dynastic rulers were now acceptable). That is the arrogance we possess in this age. We think that unimaginable things cannot have been. Well, what if those lists are in fact 100% accurate? What if the Egyptians never embraced the modern trend of making stuff up, or exaggerating?

And what if some evidence turns up to prove that the Egyptian Gods were real, phyiscal beings?

They'll cover it up, that's what! In fact, it might be happening already. The Egyptian aracheologists under Zahi Hawass were certainly keen to get foreign archaeologists out of the country recently, when various alternative suggestions for Egyptian history were being postulated. They like their history the way it is thank you, and no-one is going to get the opportunity to find evidence which might suggest an alternative hypothesis!

Halcyon Days?

That's Findochty, the village where I lived until the age of 12. It's a lovely place, pity the locals weren't so nice. If your Grandparents weren't born there, then you were an outsider. Having no relatives in the village was also a distinct disadvantage, when whole tribes of local bampots tried to persecute you. But, haha, that's all changed now. The village of old has gone and white settlers have usurped the indigenous natives. Where once only Doric was spoken, now Clydseside and Humberside twangs resound. Oh, how I bet they hated that, the narrow-minded, insular, parochial ..... malcontents. Still, it must have done wonders for the gene pool!

Inherent Power In Stones?

Continuing from yesterday's theme of "Maybe ancient poeple were brighter than we give them credit for!", today I intend to postulate some intersting theories about stones, or more precisely, things that ancient peoples might have known about stones, that we don't!

Consider the standing stones in the image above. The image shows some stones located at Carnac in Brittany, and there are just so many of them, all in rows. The most extraordinary thing about the stones from my perspective is the fact that they march straight into the sea. At one point you can actually see the continuation on to an island not far off shore.

The obvious deduction is that the stones must be of such an antquity, that they must have been raised when the land-bridge (Dogger Land) between france and England was still intact, and quite possibly even, a long time before that.

Many scientists and archaeologists have postulated their theories about why the stones are there, but one bold researcher indicated that the stones have grooves at the base, which look decidedly like thy might have been receptive to cabling. Wild specualtion you might suspect, but bear in mind that the stones have a great deal of quartz in them, which is known to have the capacity to store energy, only modern man does not know how to get it in there. If pre-historic man knew how to harness power of some sort through chaining the stones together, then you're looking at history in a whole new way.

Aside: It has been suggested that "ghost sightings" are merely replays of events that have been captured in the quartzite crystals, found naturally in stone. The theory has been forwarded that events of extreme human emotion might leave a lasting imprint at a molecular level within the stone in the surrounding area. The concept might have some merit. As you can see, I'm not a sceptic at all, I'm open-minded to almost any theory!