Thunder Pig: August 2011

The Business of Politics is Business

Posted by Thunder Pig Tuesday, August 30, 2011 0 comments

This past Saturday, the Macon County Republican Party met in Highlands, North Carolina and Mike Hightower, chairman of the Jacksonville, Florida Chamber of Commerce membership committee gave the keynote address. It was called, "The Business of Politics is Business" and he spoke for a little under 40 minutes as he shared his vision of what the challenges of the 2012 election were going to be and suggested how they could be successfully met.

Other videos and photos forthcoming over the next few days from the meeting.

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On The Mountain

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This past Saturday, I visited Dry Falls, Bridal Veil Falls, attended a meeting of the Macon GOP and hiked Whiteside Mountain. Photos and videos of all that are being processed and will be available soon.

While at the top of the cliffs, looking southward, I witnessed two climbers come up over the edge of the cliff after a five hour free climb. I was too shocked to get video of the video first guy that came up, but had recovered enough to get the second guy cresting the cliff:

A fellow hiker was also amazed that these guys had just climbed the sheer cliffs of Whiteside Mountain.

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I just heard one of the weirdest conspiracy...

Posted by Thunder Pig Monday, August 29, 2011 0 comments

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I just heard one of the weirdest conspiracy theories of all time (and I've heard a lot of them):

It holds that 9/11 was the result of a war between the CIA and the US Military...and the east coast earthquake was caused by the detonation of a nuclear device in a secret tunnel network that was an attempt to stop the CIA from transporting something from Langley, Virginia to their new secret headquarters in Denver, Colorado.

Where do these people come up with this stuff? Why do they?

It is useless to try to argue with these people because they seem to have no firm grasp on reality. I've always thought these people were either mentally disturbed or had a way of making money off selling merchandise related to their conspiracies to the gullible.

Here is a link that several people shared on Twitter that got me started on this rant...

A frightening foreign military intelligence directorate (GRU) report circulating in the Kremlin states that over the past nearly 48 hours the vast intercontinental military tunnel complex constructed ...

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Music Monday
Vienna Philharmonic 2011 New Year's Concert

Posted by Thunder Pig Monday, August 22, 2011 0 comments

In this series, I usually highlight a work or two by a composer, and find an audio or video recording and embed it on this blog. This is not going to be so today.

The latest video I have found is of the latest New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic.

If you are interested in more from the Vienna Philharmonic, visit their online store. Here is a link to their New Year's Concert series.

Here is a track listings via Decca:
(clicking on the titles reveal further information about the track)

Track List

New Year's Concert 2011 - Opening Credits