http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRCQWA4dnEw
Syd Barrett
Pink Floyd facebook… Today, in 2006, Roger Keith “Syd” Barrett sadly passed away. What Barrett song(s) are you playing today to remember him?
IMHO … Pink Floyd could well be the greatest band of all time and Syd Barrett was central to their formation… and yet… Though this may be a tad fickle… what I liked best about Sid Barrett is that he went mad.
Why I say this is because Pink Floyd got much better when he left and the loss they felt inspired some of their best work…. Shine on you Crazy Diamonds!
It doesn’t feel right sayin this.
Of course musical taste is to a large extent subjective…. culturally relative.. and the value of an Individual’s ‘contribution’ …the weight of their Soul…their humanity, character, and ‘light’ is generally speaking (but not always) best appreciated by those who knew them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLKiMbC6s2k
Restore Christchurch Cathedral
Christchurch is not my city, and (although nominally an Anglican) Christchurch Cathedral is not my church. Also, I have little money to contribute to any restoration project that goes ahead. Ultimately, it’s not my decision to make. But I think we should restore Christchurch Cathedral.
Late yesterday afternoon my son took me to see the centre of Christchurch. We parked on Manchester Street. I didn’t even recognise it. Christchurch is a city of rubble and parking lots. The devastation is immense. Nearly two and a half years after the February 2011 earthquake that killed 185 people, restoration of the CBD has hardly even started. I was moved to tears. It’s heartbreaking, and I’m a Wellingtonian.
The Cathedral is the heart of Christchurch. I think it would be good for the people of Christchurch to see the Cathedral restored. If it’s what the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch wants, I hope they restore the Cathedral to its former glory sooner rather than later.
Also in The Weekend Press, Mayor Parker quits.
David Berlinski—Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions
Dingbat Atheist Pseudo-science. Instant Life… just add water!
Pasteur’s Law, Creation Science vs Nose Bone Atheism.
The Ludicrous Claims of Evolution! Why not ESP?
Russell’s Teapot really refutes Atheism not Theism!
Biomimicry… Plagiarizing God’s designs.
Monism: Evolutionary Psychology and the Death of Morality, Reason and Freewill.
The Lies of Atheist Pseudo Science.
The False Deity Called Evolution.
Atheism has no basis for Rights… or Morals.
We are not Robots Ayn Rand. We are Moral Agents.
How can a Good God exist when there is so much evil in the world? (part1) Atheist Nihilism.
But not with a hammer.
With a Winchester 490 .22 semi-automatic fitted with a silencer.
Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence
Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence
The adage has been widely attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte. It is also known as Hanlon’s razor.
When it comes to the Bain murders, there are many who are in blatant violation of this adage, including some for whom I have inordinate fondness, admiration and respect. For example
This Travisty of Justice … the conviction of Daivid Bain… is what happens when you convict some one on circumstantial evidence and a bogus police fabricated account of events.
and
the Police [had] been trying to make the evidence point to David.
I now think the most plausible explanation is that the Police staged this photo.
Apparently, the evidence that convicted David Bain in 1995 was “fabricated”. David Bain was the victim of a “witch hunt”. To which I say (loudly, clearly and in capital letters) BULLSHIT!
I have it on good authority (i.e., hearsay) that the police were merely incompetent. After David Bain’s badly acted 111 call, a friend of a friend of a friend was one of the first police officers on the scene. He reported that the scene was so blatantly obviously a “son kills family” scene and lame attempt at a cover-up that they thought it would be the easiest open and shut case in history … seems they were just too damn blasé about the forensics. 🙁
Here’s Rodders to give them some harsh words. Twelve reasons to worry about the Bain case.
What’s the plausible explanation? (Part 4)
The Binnie Report clearly states that the magazine found next to Robin Bain’s body was empty.
(iv) The Curious Placement of the empty 10 shot magazine
268. An important element of the prosecutor’s argument against suicide (and a point which found favour with the Court of Appeal) is that an empty 10 shot magazine was found close to Robin Bain’s dead right hand on the carpet resting on its narrow, slightly convex edge.
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271. The Bain argument is that the magazine must have been placed on the floor before Robin’s death because in order to make the fatal shot Robin must have switched the empty 10 bullet magazine for the loaded 5 bullet magazine. Each of the 10 bullets was accounted for elsewhere in the house. When the Police seized the gun it was fitted with a smaller 5 shot magazine. It was a bullet from that 5 shot magazine that killed Robin. The Bain team theory is that Robin put down the empty 10 shot magazine on the flooras he fit the smaller 5 shot magazine to the rifle in preparation for suicide.
And this photo shows that there is a bullet in the magazine next to Robin Bain’s hand.
So what’s the plausible explanation?
1) That Binnie misrepresented the evidence.
2) That the Police photographer didn’t know that the magazine was supposed to be empty.
Revival America
What’s the plausible explanation? (Part 3)
(1) The rifle magazine landed on its thin edge of its own accord after Robin Bain shot himself.
(2) The rifle magazine landed on its thin edge of its own accord after David Bain shot Robin.
(3) The rifle magazine was placed there by David to make it appear as if Robin had shot himself.
(4) The rifle magazine was placed there by Robin after he shot himself.
(5) The rifle magazine was placed there by the police in an attempt to frame David for the suicide death of his father.
(6) The rifle magazine was placed there by the police in an attempt to exonerate David of the murder of his father.
(7) The rifle magazine was placed there by the police just for the lulz.
What’s the plausible explanation? (Part 2)
