People do crazy things. Some good, some not so good.
Some are spectacular.
Nick Risinger quit his job, schlepped six cameras 60,000 miles, took 37,400 pictures of the night sky, and stitched them all together to make a 5,000 megapixel (5 gigapixel) image of the entire night sky.
Friday 5,000 Megapixel Open Comments
by
Tags:
Comments
70 responses to “Friday 5,000 Megapixel Open Comments”
-
Hamous thanks for the insight into the ProtestCatholics within the Church in yesterday’s OC thread.
-
Hamous thanks for the insight into the ProtestCatholics within the Church in yesterday’s OC thread.
-
O’Reilly interviewed a couple of the Catholic professors who signed the letter to John Boehner last night, they had all the lefty talking points – rich should pay their fair share, blah, blah, blah – just with a religious spin.
-
O’Reilly interviewed a couple of the Catholic professors who signed the letter to John Boehner last night, they had all the lefty talking points – rich should pay their fair share, blah, blah, blah – just with a religious spin.
-
What is Washington’s spending costing you? Your personal Government Cost Calculator.
-
What is Washington’s spending costing you? Your personal Government Cost Calculator.
-
The conservative intellectual editor-in-chief of the American Enterprise Institute’s journal, The American Interest, Walter Russell Mead, lets the American elite ruling class have it with both barrels:
The French aristocrats laughed at the manners and the morals of the common people and ridiculed the faith that lit the darkness and softened the harsh conditions of ordinary lives. Enlightened and cosmopolitan, the establishment mocked the attachment of the ignorant peasants to the king. The well educated, well connected elites accepted no limits on their ability to convert their social privilege into personal wealth; they accepted no limits on the gratification of their physical desires — flaunting their romantic affairs in the same spirit in which they feasted at Versailles while the gaunt peasants starved. They used and abused to the fullest all the privileges that came with their status while mocking and rejecting any sense of duty and obligation.
It was fun while it lasted.
If I were inclined presently and had the time to start a new blog, I think I might call it, The Guillotine.
-
The conservative intellectual editor-in-chief of the American Enterprise Institute’s journal, The American Interest, Walter Russell Mead, lets the American elite ruling class have it with both barrels:
The French aristocrats laughed at the manners and the morals of the common people and ridiculed the faith that lit the darkness and softened the harsh conditions of ordinary lives. Enlightened and cosmopolitan, the establishment mocked the attachment of the ignorant peasants to the king. The well educated, well connected elites accepted no limits on their ability to convert their social privilege into personal wealth; they accepted no limits on the gratification of their physical desires — flaunting their romantic affairs in the same spirit in which they feasted at Versailles while the gaunt peasants starved. They used and abused to the fullest all the privileges that came with their status while mocking and rejecting any sense of duty and obligation.
It was fun while it lasted.If I were inclined presently and had the time to start a new blog, I think I might call it, The Guillotine.
-
#4 Texpat – Great Read
I liked this excerpt:
But it has given the United States a complicated and kinky relationship to our national past. The racist, Indian-killing, woman-oppressing America of the past was not a perfect society, but it was the source of the values that enabled us to grow. Disentangling the good from the bad and finding a way for society to connect ever more deeply with the good in our roots without resuscitating old evils is one of the essential skills national leaders need. A country like ours, needing both to reject and to embrace the past in complex and subtle ways, is a hard country to lead. Unfortunately, our leadership class — impatient with the “bitter clingers” — sometimes doesn’t even seem to be trying.
I agree with this statement whole heartily. Our past should not be something we need to move away from due to some sense that we have evil roots. There IS good in our past and that is what we must build upon to move forward.
-
#4 Texpat – Great Read
I liked this excerpt:But it has given the United States a complicated and kinky relationship to our national past. The racist, Indian-killing, woman-oppressing America of the past was not a perfect society, but it was the source of the values that enabled us to grow. Disentangling the good from the bad and finding a way for society to connect ever more deeply with the good in our roots without resuscitating old evils is one of the essential skills national leaders need. A country like ours, needing both to reject and to embrace the past in complex and subtle ways, is a hard country to lead. Unfortunately, our leadership class — impatient with the “bitter clingers” — sometimes doesn’t even seem to be trying.
I agree with this statement whole heartily. Our past should not be something we need to move away from due to some sense that we have evil roots. There IS good in our past and that is what we must build upon to move forward.
-
#4 Texpat
“Let them eat cake.”
-
#4 Texpat
“Let them eat cake.” -
Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers have been waiting– waiting for the moment. The moment that the legendary Grammy Award-winning trio knew would eventually come. At last, on Sunday, May 1, loud and proud, that moment arrived.
-
Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers have been waiting– waiting for the moment. The moment that the legendary Grammy Award-winning trio knew would eventually come. At last, on Sunday, May 1, loud and proud, that moment arrived.
-
HEARTFELT PLEA FOR PRAYER
Please remember my friend Kevin in your prayers, his daughter is getting married this Sat (she moved her wedding up so he could be there) and his son (eagle scout) is graduating high school in a couple weeks. The stage IV cancer tumors have broken bones in his body. Pray that he can live to see these two events and be strong enough to enjoy them.
PLEASE PRAY FOR DIVINE HEALING
Thank you -
HEARTFELT PLEA FOR PRAYER
Please remember my friend Kevin in your prayers, his daughter is getting married this Sat (she moved her wedding up so he could be there) and his son (eagle scout) is graduating high school in a couple weeks. The stage IV cancer tumors have broken bones in his body. Pray that he can live to see these two events and be strong enough to enjoy them.
PLEASE PRAY FOR DIVINE HEALING
Thank you -
#8 – ohhhhhhhhh DANGIT
*kneemail is UP!*
-
#8 – ohhhhhhhhh DANGIT
*kneemail is UP!* -
George W. Bush Gives First Public Reaction to Osama Bin Laden Death,….claiming no credit for himself.
The guy is dead. That is good,” Bush said of bin Laden. “Osama’s death is a great victory in the war on terror. He was held up as a leader.”
“The intelligence services deserve a lot of credit. They built a mosaic of information, piece by piece,” he said, claiming no credit for himself.
“I met SEAL Team Six in Afghanistan. They are awesome, skilled, talented and brave,” he added. “I said, ‘I hope you have everything you need. One guy said, ‘We need your permission to go into Pakistan and kick ass.’”
And that my Friends is CLASS, something that Obama will NEVER know.
Oops Mornin’ Gang -
George W. Bush Gives First Public Reaction to Osama Bin Laden Death,….claiming no credit for himself.
The guy is dead. That is good,” Bush said of bin Laden. “Osama’s death is a great victory in the war on terror. He was held up as a leader.”
“The intelligence services deserve a lot of credit. They built a mosaic of information, piece by piece,” he said, claiming no credit for himself.
“I met SEAL Team Six in Afghanistan. They are awesome, skilled, talented and brave,” he added. “I said, ‘I hope you have everything you need. One guy said, ‘We need your permission to go into Pakistan and kick ass.’”And that my Friends is CLASS, something that Obama will NEVER know.
Oops Mornin’ Gang -
#4 Texpat Great read!
#8 Bonecrusher, So sad, prayers on the way. -
#4 Texpat Great read!
#8 Bonecrusher, So sad, prayers on the way. -
#8. Does he have multiple myeloma?
-
#8. Does he have multiple myeloma?
-
Bone –
Done and did.
-
Bone –
Done and did. -
The conservative intellectual editor-in-chief of the American Enterprise Institute’s journal, The American Interest, Walter Russell Mead, lets the American elite ruling class have it with both barrels:
The article puts me in mind of one I read months ago warning Democrats and Leftists (but I repeat myself) that they were underestimating the Tea Party. I can’t find it now, but the gist of it was that they were mistaken in viewing the Tea Party as ignorant, misinformed, loud mouth Red Necks with a bad attitude and crappy tone, we were instead a group of intelligent and articulate people who were reading Hayek, Bastiat, Alinsky, and Paine and had a better than average understanding of how government and politics work. It occurred to me at the time that the article was only half right. It wasn’t just Democrats and Leftists that veiwed us that way,it was Establishment Republicans as well, as evidenced by the actions and words of their pundits, incumbent politicians, and long time activists (especially thier efforts to protect their Leadership).
The problem with the Establishment Republicans is that they either truly believe that characterization, or feel they can use it to co-opt or control us, a huge mistake as it is a direct insult to our intelligence. They depended more on the accumulated wisdom of Party Elites and political professionals rather than the collective wisdom of the electorate as the Founders envisioned. Months later, they find themselves suddenly very unpopular and realizing that the coming primaries are going to be expensive to win and willing volunteers who had been there two years ago are now organizing for their challengers. They find that thier weak cheese arguments for or against candidates and their political enemies are increasingly being challenged by articulate commoners who cannot be silenced no matter how hard they try. Some will charge that off to dark conspiracies, hidden agendas, or personal vendettas as an excuse for thier own myopia, hubris, and rhetorical incompetence, but the truth of the matter is that they have become dinosaurs. Some may change in time to save themselves, many will weather the storm with diminished power and prestige, but the change they thought they could prevent is coming, and it is those whom they disparaged and disdained who will bring it because we are one Hell of a lot smarter than we were given credit for. Except, maybe, by the Founders of this Great Republic who made it possible for us to achieve that goal despite the roadblocks placed in front of us by our enemies and those who pretended to be our friends.
-
The conservative intellectual editor-in-chief of the American Enterprise Institute’s journal, The American Interest, Walter Russell Mead, lets the American elite ruling class have it with both barrels:
The article puts me in mind of one I read months ago warning Democrats and Leftists (but I repeat myself) that they were underestimating the Tea Party. I can’t find it now, but the gist of it was that they were mistaken in viewing the Tea Party as ignorant, misinformed, loud mouth Red Necks with a bad attitude and crappy tone, we were instead a group of intelligent and articulate people who were reading Hayek, Bastiat, Alinsky, and Paine and had a better than average understanding of how government and politics work. It occurred to me at the time that the article was only half right. It wasn’t just Democrats and Leftists that veiwed us that way,it was Establishment Republicans as well, as evidenced by the actions and words of their pundits, incumbent politicians, and long time activists (especially thier efforts to protect their Leadership).
The problem with the Establishment Republicans is that they either truly believe that characterization, or feel they can use it to co-opt or control us, a huge mistake as it is a direct insult to our intelligence. They depended more on the accumulated wisdom of Party Elites and political professionals rather than the collective wisdom of the electorate as the Founders envisioned. Months later, they find themselves suddenly very unpopular and realizing that the coming primaries are going to be expensive to win and willing volunteers who had been there two years ago are now organizing for their challengers. They find that thier weak cheese arguments for or against candidates and their political enemies are increasingly being challenged by articulate commoners who cannot be silenced no matter how hard they try. Some will charge that off to dark conspiracies, hidden agendas, or personal vendettas as an excuse for thier own myopia, hubris, and rhetorical incompetence, but the truth of the matter is that they have become dinosaurs. Some may change in time to save themselves, many will weather the storm with diminished power and prestige, but the change they thought they could prevent is coming, and it is those whom they disparaged and disdained who will bring it because we are one Hell of a lot smarter than we were given credit for. Except, maybe, by the Founders of this Great Republic who made it possible for us to achieve that goal despite the roadblocks placed in front of us by our enemies and those who pretended to be our friends. -
Would you have EVER thought that we would have thie kind of MADNESS in the good ole US of A; Controversy over child’s flag drawing.
Teacher allegedly refused to hang up picture.The family of Frankie Girard is claiming that their son’s civil rights were violated after a teacher allegedly told him that hanging his picture of the American flag would offend another student.
The Butterfield Elementary School is at the center of controversy for the incident on Monday. According to Frankie Girard’s father, John, the boy was in art class drawing a picture.
“He was denied hanging the flag up. And, he asked if he could just even hang it on his desk, and he was told no. He could take the picture that he drew and take it home and be proud of it there,” Girard said.
Spits~
-
Would you have EVER thought that we would have thie kind of MADNESS in the good ole US of A; Controversy over child’s flag drawing.
Teacher allegedly refused to hang up picture.The family of Frankie Girard is claiming that their son’s civil rights were violated after a teacher allegedly told him that hanging his picture of the American flag would offend another student.
The Butterfield Elementary School is at the center of controversy for the incident on Monday. According to Frankie Girard’s father, John, the boy was in art class drawing a picture.
“He was denied hanging the flag up. And, he asked if he could just even hang it on his desk, and he was told no. He could take the picture that he drew and take it home and be proud of it there,” Girard said.Spits~
-
#8 bone
Dang. That’s enough to break your heart.done.
-
#8 bone
Dang. That’s enough to break your heart.
done. -
A comment in Texpat’s linked article stands out:
Mead, you got the big one right and then went on to totally ignore the implications and need for action on the point. The guild mindset of the elite class. This has to be broken and broken big-time. The notion that a skill-set is conferred by government recognition, and that there are no other ways to get it has to go. There’s nothing wrong with being educated, but when you start thinking that the government must provide a cachet into certain parts of the economy and deny it to others based on a credential, you have a formula for corruption and special favors that ALWAYS ends badly. The average person only understands this in an inchoate way now. When it enters their conscious minds, they will be angry. And there will be guillotines.
You can see examples of what he’s talking about in teh moobie, BTW
-
A comment in Texpat’s linked article stands out:
Mead, you got the big one right and then went on to totally ignore the implications and need for action on the point. The guild mindset of the elite class. This has to be broken and broken big-time. The notion that a skill-set is conferred by government recognition, and that there are no other ways to get it has to go. There’s nothing wrong with being educated, but when you start thinking that the government must provide a cachet into certain parts of the economy and deny it to others based on a credential, you have a formula for corruption and special favors that ALWAYS ends badly. The average person only understands this in an inchoate way now. When it enters their conscious minds, they will be angry. And there will be guillotines.
You can see examples of what he’s talking about in teh moobie, BTW
-
You can see examples of what he’s talking about in teh moobie, BTW
I’ve been seeing examples in the real world all my life. And I haven’t even seen teh moobie yet.
-
You can see examples of what he’s talking about in teh moobie, BTW
I’ve been seeing examples in the real world all my life. And I haven’t even seen teh moobie yet.
-
#17 Hammy
I guess four wives wasn’t enough?
-
#17 Hammy
I guess four wives wasn’t enough? -
I’ve been seeing examples in the real world all my life. And I haven’t even seen teh moobie yet.
Yes. But teh moobie provides both a means of illustration and a common experience that can be very powerful.
-
I’ve been seeing examples in the real world all my life. And I haven’t even seen teh moobie yet.
Yes. But teh moobie provides both a means of illustration and a common experience that can be very powerful.
-
#15 – SD – wanna contact those commies? (I sure did!)
-
#15 – SD – wanna contact those commies? (I sure did!)
http://www.orange-elem.org/butterfield.html -
#20 crazy aunt
Well…..When you see their picture, you might get a hint of what he was having to deal with.
-
#20 crazy aunt
Well…..
When you see their picture, you might get a hint of what he was having to deal with.
-
#20 TT
four wives wasn’t enough?
From what I read, the wife in his room when he was killed was #5. Some of his earlier wives have been detained in their home countries ever since 9/11/2001. Or maybe he was just tired of the old ones? I also read that his very first wife had left him a long time ago, because she didn’t want to live in a cave or a goat-shed.
-
#20 TT
four wives wasn’t enough?
From what I read, the wife in his room when he was killed was #5. Some of his earlier wives have been detained in their home countries ever since 9/11/2001. Or maybe he was just tired of the old ones? I also read that his very first wife had left him a long time ago, because she didn’t want to live in a cave or a goat-shed.
-
#25 Pyro
Heh. 🙂 -
#25 Pyro
Heh. 🙂 -
#25 Pyro
And last night I came across this.
I guess it says something that you read the article and thought “Muslim” while I read the article and thought…oh, well. /blushing
-
#25 Pyro
And last night I came across this.
I guess it says something that you read the article and thought “Muslim” while I read the article and thought…oh, well. /blushing -
a means of illustration and a common experience that can be very powerful.
I’ve seen a lot of movies and I’ve lived a lot of real life. Real life is more powerful, hands down.
-
a means of illustration and a common experience that can be very powerful.
I’ve seen a lot of movies and I’ve lived a lot of real life. Real life is more powerful, hands down.
-
#12 Lawrence:
#8. Does he have multiple myeloma?
He has stage IV metastatic cancer, original was esophageal and they had to re-plumb him.
-
#12 Lawrence:
#8. Does he have multiple myeloma?
He has stage IV metastatic cancer, original was esophageal and they had to re-plumb him.
-
Many thanks to all for the prayers.
-
Many thanks to all for the prayers.
-
I’m ready to blow off this evening – someone’s done wissed me off and I need to get out. I see Atlas Shrugged is playing at Edwards Greenway Palace on Weslayan, and that’s all I can find. Does anyone know of it playing anywhere else?
-
I’m ready to blow off this evening – someone’s done wissed me off and I need to get out. I see Atlas Shrugged is playing at Edwards Greenway Palace on Weslayan, and that’s all I can find. Does anyone know of it playing anywhere else?
-
Looks like that’s it for right now. I saw it at a theater on Norht HWY 6 a couple weeks ago.
-
Looks like that’s it for right now. I saw it at a theater on Norht HWY 6 a couple weeks ago.
-
32
N Hwy 6?
Have you moved the bunker, or simply traveling a wider circle these days?
🙂 -
32
N Hwy 6?
Have you moved the bunker, or simply traveling a wider circle these days?
🙂 -
My friend Kevin is at his daughter’s rehearsal dinner now. Prayers that he can make it through tomorrow night in a pain free state.
-
My friend Kevin is at his daughter’s rehearsal dinner now. Prayers that he can make it through tomorrow night in a pain free state.
-
-
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.