Sticky quote

I found this sticker on a light standard next to a bus stop. It is a quote on truth by the journalist H.L. Mencken, so I felt it appropriate to post it here. In case you can't read it clearly, it says:

"The truth, indeed, is something that mankind, for some mysterious reason, instinctively dislikes. Every man who tries to tell it is unpopular, and even when, by the sheer strength of his case, he prevails, he is put down as a scoundrel."

Further research on his writing located this other quote on truth:

"Truth would quickly cease to be stranger than fiction, once we got as used to it."

This scoundrel said some interesting stuff.

Paul Craig Roberts on Truth and Liberty

"Truth Has Fallen and Has Taken Liberty With It"
The most recent column from Paul Craig Roberts is germane to the theme of my blog so I have linked to it for your benefit. This is not the first time I've linked to one of his columns. (See "A New Dark Age?")
However, the appearance of the word "Good-bye" after the article's title did not escape my notice. The following video offers a explanation:

Wiebo Ludwig's Arrest

Today the news media reported that environmental activist (some say eco-terrorist) Wiebo Ludwig, was arrested by the RCMP but has not yet been criminally charged related to the EnCana pipeline bombings near Dawson Creek, BC. Paul Moreau, a lawyer who has represent Wiebo in the past, expected him to be charged with extortion. While Wiebo is in custody, Bloomberg reports that 30 RCMP have been granted an unprecedented 5 day search warrant of his farm near Hythe, AB.

The suggestion of his lawyer that Wiebo will be charged with extortion, rather than a charge more directly related to the destruction of EnCana's property sounds like the RCMP are on a five day fishing expedition. Watch for the RCMP to find "bomb making materials" on the Trickle Creek farm (e.g. fertilizer, bleach, kerosene.) Also, don't be surprised if the police find a firearm on the property, which they will attempt to connect to his alleged extortion in order to guarantee a minimum 5 years sentence.

The charge of extortion in the Criminal Code states:

346. (1) Every one commits extortion who, without reasonable justification or excuse and with intent to obtain anything, by threats, accusations, menaces or violence induces or attempts to induce any person, whether or not he is the person threatened, accused or menaced or to whom violence is shown, to do anything or cause anything to be done.

If charged with extortion, the Crown will attempt to prove that the EnCana bomber was induced by Wiebo to commit his crime. Watch for the Crown to produce threatening letters from an unknown person, (perhaps with intimate details of the crime) that they will claim directly or indirectly implicates Wiebo as being the inspiration for the bombings. The nature of the charge of extortion may allow for blunt offhanded accusations of Wiebo (whom I know does not mince words), along the hypothetical lines of "oil companies like EnCana have been hurting people and our environment for years," and "it might take more bombings to wake up this industry," to be considered the incitement necessary to convict him of this offense.

Speaking from my acquaintance with Mr. Ludwig, I have no reservation about assuming his innocence prior to a trial. Wiebo has become far more sophisticated in his activism, choosing the pen and tongue over the sword since his previous criminal conviction. I just hope the criminal justice system won't interpret his occasional lack of tact and diplomacy as an incitement to violence worthy of an extortion conviction.

Truth

"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
- George Orwell

Google's flawed "AlGoreithm"

When you start entering a search term into Google's standard search page, Google will display a list of words or phrases with the most "hits" using those letters. For example, if you enter "w-a-t-e-r-g", Google will return suggested search terms like "watergeeks" "water glass" and "watergate". Strangely however, if you enter the letters "c-l-i-m-a-t-e-g", Google will suggesting words like "climateguard" (27,300 hits) and "climatemp" (25,000 hits) while avoiding the term "climategate" (>14,000,000 hits). You don't suppose the anomalous behavior of this AlGoreithm has anything to do with Al Gore being a Senior Adviser to Google?

Bert Rutan Quote

At the Experimental Aircraft Association's EAA Airventure 2009 Oshkosh Conference, the famous aerospace engineer, and designer of SpaceShipOne expressed his views on cap-and-trade:

“...if someone is aggressively selling a technical product whose merits are dependent on complex experimental data, he is likely lying. That is true whether the product is an airplane or a Carbon Credit."

CBC Documentary "The Unofficial Story"

For couple of years now, I have been acquainted with some subversive people. These people, often labeled "truthers," reject the official explanation of what happened on September 11, 2001. They believe that the evidence on 9/11 points to a controlled demolition of the three World Trade Center towers that collapsed that day. To make matters worse, these people suggest that in order for this to have happened, factions within the U.S. Government had foreknowledge of the events of 9/11 and were complicit in their unfolding. An "inside job" if you will. This is what a recent CBC Fifth Estate documentary calls "The Unofficial Story." Those familiar with only the "official" story should watch this documentary.
If, after your own personal investigation of the unofficial story, you agree that 9/11 isn't what we've been led to believe, you'll never look at "official" explanations the same way. Your sense of justice will demand that lies be exposed, and that the real truth be told. Then, like me, you'll be called a "truther" too.