It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle

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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle

"Let's go for it." - Aristotle

"If you're gonna have a go, have a f*cking good go, c*nt." - Aristotle

F.U.

MH370 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-21/csiro-scientists-confident-mh370-is-north-of-search-zone/8460658

The Land of Burkinabes http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/trial-leader-blaise-compaore-170515111857706.html

The only good Plastique is the Bertrand version http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-05-16/plastic-pollution-on-henderson-island-in-south-pacific/8527370

Pitcairn sexual assault trial of 2004 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcairn_sexual_assault_trial_of_2004

Gillard and The Chaplains - worst Christian rock band ever https://www.secular.org.au/secular-party-condemns-gillard-on-chaplains/

RIP (aka Things Coming to an End ... aka The End Times)

A guy in a plane, trouble http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-16/light-plane-missing-in-northern-nsw/8531354

Mark Colvin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Colvin

Roberto Concina (Robert Miles) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert/_Miles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC5ca6Hsb2Q

The Colonel (no relation) http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/colonel-bruce-hampton-dies-on-stage-at-end-of-his-70th-birthday-gig-20170503-gvy82c.html

Col. Bruce & Aquarium Rescue Unit "Basically Frightened" https://youtu.be/wM8V5mMGYas

Cecile DeWitt-Morette https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9cile_DeWitt-Morette

Solvay Conference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvay_Conference

Javier Valdez https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/16/crusading-mexican-journalist-javier-valdez-shot-dead-in-sinaloa

Miriam Rodriguez https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/12/mexican-woman-who-uncovered-cartel-murder-of-daughter-shot-dead-miriam-rodriguez

Football at White Hart Lane https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/may/15/down-memory-lane-spurs-legends-farewell-beloved-arena

Michael Jackson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson_(wide_receiver)

Kissinger Watch

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/10/politics/donald-trump-henry-kissinger/ https://www.thenation.com/article/what-kissinger-can-teach-trump-about-surviving-an-impeachment/

NEWS

Republican President openly threatens people he just fired. http://www.npr.org/2017/05/12/528104260/trump-tweet-suggests-his-conversations-with-comey-might-have-been-recorded

And leaks intel to foreign powers ... another day another farce.

The Hermit Kingdom May, stress may, have been behind the WannaCry attack. Def successfully launched a ground to ground missile on the weekend. Theoretically the missile could reach Guam and the US Forces there. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39931635 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39931103

Chinese click farm https://twitter.com/EnglishRussia1/status/862661011882561537

The Belt and Road Initiative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative

Belt and Road Summit http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-s-xi-says-belt-and-road-summit-reaches-consensus--achieves-positive-outcomes-8849120

Ructions in the Cote d'Ivoire http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/gunfire-hit-ivorian-cities-grip-mutiny-170515133746461.html