11/3-4/2012 WEEKEND EDITION station Identification and Test Pattern (2)


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Barque:  ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLT II, Named for the Oceanographer
Photo by Hans Georg Schroder

WEEKEND EDITION  NOVEMBER 3-4, 2012

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TODAY's POST: NAMAZU WANTS A FEW WORDS WITH RUSH LIMBAUGH

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NEWS ALERT:
A ship attempting to break the blockade on the Gaza Strip is set to sail from inside Gaza, taking goods to international markets in the early months of 2013, Ma'an News Agency quoted a Red Crescent official as saying on Friday.

 http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=290296

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NEWS ALERT FROM LATE FRIDAY:

Elliott Seeks Second Argentine Naval Vessel In Africa

 Elliot, the Hedge Fund that got away with seizing the Argentine Navy's tall ship and national symbol LIBERTAD is starting proceedings on a second Argentine naval vessel presently undergoing repairs in an African state.

OPINION: As a matter of international law no national court system may seize a naval vessel of another nation, certainly no creditor of a nation has rights of seizure on the navy of a nation state. This is the world turned upside down when a bunch of ruthless investment bankers who refused to join other creditors in a settlement with Argentina are allowed to seize war ships and national symbols. Shame on the U.S. court that didn't throw the bankers out on their ear, shame on any and every African court that cooperates in any such seizure.  This is important! Do we want the planet run by nation states and international associations of nation states, or do we want it ruled by corporations.  Anyone who thinks corporations would do a better job had better look at the history of the Dutch East India Company's absolute rule over the Spice Islands a few centuries back. In one "company town" with a population of 600, there were 30 executions in 30 days at one point, including quite a number of company employees. Few of the offenses would have amounted to a felony in any municipal code today. Executions were public and cruel and served one purpose only to keep people toeing the corporate line. So they dragged someone out and killed him or her (they executed men women and children) at a rate of about one per day at times  and in certain places just because they could and they wanted to make a point about who was in charge. This is the rule of law that the Elliot case precedent will lead to. 

http://www.finalternatives.com/node/22013

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SPACE AS AN OCEAN. Excerpts from the Book PROTOCOLS.
The final installment, the conclusion appeared a few days ago today. The series in its entirety is now available to read in the MARITIME LITERATURE SECTION. 
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This is "Ego Alley" in Annapolis viewed from the vicinity of the FLEET RESERVE  club house deck.  Frankenstorm
probably put some of the canal water into the club, a naval sacrilege worse than spilling beer . We apparently were the only nationally available news service to cover this event. This once again demonstrates that when it comes to things maritime the American national news media are clueless.

RETRACTION: 11/9/2012 First Hand reports from the scene received today indicate that no damaging water entered the club and the club has been reopened for some time.

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The National Anthem today is presented with all of the words as written by Francis Scott Key. We have previously presented the mostly forgotten final stanza, but there is more. Click on the link below for the Star Spangled Banner as you have never heard it before. Everything else has been a pale shadow of the original. All words appear in print as well. We are going to run this version for a while and then repeat it often. America, you need to hear this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiyKiUCiKcE