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Ghimeabragh

Trust.

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what is the basis? why is it betrayed? been pondering these questions of late. I’m guilty of betraying a trust. I was forgiven for that transgression, and I’ve been very mindful about what that word implies: I am willing to carry the weight of your joys, innermost secrets, and fears. I do this gladly, for that is what a friend does.

I’ve been betrayed. More than once. I’ve been lied to. Multiple times, all while the backfriend says “oh, no, not me”.

What has it come to? A choosing between friends. See, I know who the wronged, betrayed party is. And, my backfriend, it isn’t you.

“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you” – Friederich Nietzsche

“Then you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you!”- JK Rowling


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Article 88—Contempt toward officials

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To all who are crying that McChrystal’s right to free expression have been violated, I give you this:

“Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.”

via Article 88—Contempt toward officials.

Any questions? Good. Because there is always the possibility as I have heard, that he doesn’t want to be the General who lost Afghanistan. There are republicans who have now put their careers on the line, as Bob Ingliss (R-SC) did by simply being principled. Sen. Graham is now going to be targeted for his support for Obama’s decision and, as usual,the wingnuts are going batshit:

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Just so you know, I know what you did during the WGA strike

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A sockpuppet is an online identity used for purposes of deception within an online community. In its earliest usage, a sockpuppet was a false identity through which a member of an Internet community speaks with or about himself or herself, pretending to be a different person,[1] like a ventriloquist manipulating a hand puppet.In current usage, the perception of the term has been extended beyond second identities of people who already post in a forum or blog to include other uses of misleading online identities. For example, a New York Times article claims that “sockpuppeting” is defined as “the act of creating a fake online identity to praise, defend or create the illusion of support for one’s self, allies or company.”[2]

via Sockpuppet Internet – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Yes, it was a few years ago when you decided to create a few socks, and, yes, I jsut found out, but, the fact you used them to attack me, rather than defend me speaks volumes about how you treat your “friends” oh, wait. except for me, you DON’T HAVE ANY FRIENDS

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New Home

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This, along with 532patriots is my new blog home. I’m sad that I’m abandoning blogsome, a blog I’ve had for quite a few years, I’ve had it with the fact the blog is not an updatable platform, issues with logins, and a now dead forum (such as it was). It will remain up, I may repost the fanfic here or at 523 Patriots. who knows. Stay tuned

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BOOK REVIEW: Getting Started with Audacity 1.3

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I podcast, so when I was contacted by the wonderful people at Packt Publishing to review a new book on the use of the open-source audio multi-track recording and editing program Audacity, I said, “OF COURSE!” and, I was sent a review copy of Getting Started with Audacity 1.3 by Bethony HIitola.

(A note to all you Windows and Linux users, don’t let the fact that a mac was used in the production of the book dissuade you from using this book. Audacity is a cross platform application.)

The book is directed towards the new to podcasting who are looking for an easy and uncomplicated application for producing podcasts, and while reading the book, I found a solution to my own Skype recording issues (sorry AudioHijack). Getting Started with Audacity 1.3 is written in a clean and concise manner that may put off a more experienced podcaster or producer as it doesn’t delve into sample rates and the more arcane and esoteric areas of recording and editing.

Being focused on the new to podcasting, the book uses screencaps and exercises to get the new user familiar with the process of recording, editing and finishing the podcast. One of the many highly useful tips that the book gives, is a how-to for timed recording – an automatic start/stop. For example, you have a 25 minute interview planned, you can set it to stop recording after that time, although should the interview be rolling along, there is the risk of losing anything beyond the set time. To get around that – set the timer to end at 45 or 60 minutes.should it run less, then simply stop the recording. From there, the reader is walked through the process of editing, adding silence, music and other effects to create a finished and airworthy podcast.

All in all, a very good, very useful introduction to Audacity.