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Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:58:19 -0700

Based on my knowledge of other ancient religious iconography that is certainly, or *almost* certainly, inspired by total solar eclipses, I think that the Chinese taotie "monster" probably was inspired by total solar eclipses witnessed by ancient Chinese civilizations such as the Shang Dynasty. Here is part of a Facebook message that I just shared with an American archaeologist who is interested in how eclipses influenced ancient religious beliefs -

I have reasonable grounds to believe that the taotie is quite probably an ancient Chinese representation of the sun god as inspired/informed by total solar eclipse phenomena. It compares very favorably with Mayan and Aztec religious iconography that is all but conclusively TSE inspired AFAIAC. The taotie is a dragon/phoenix eclipse monster winged sun symbol thingy in my informed opinion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taotie

http://www.cultural-china.com/chinaWH/html/en/13Traditions1323.html

http://www.pitt.edu/~asian/week-2/week-2.html

Should have wangled that theory into a trip to China. . .

Here's an update from our Facebook "chat" -

:The concept of the moon devouring the sun could fit this icon.

Exactly. I take note of - It is said that the monster was extremely greedy of eating and would eat anything within its sight. It even ate its own body. So, the image of the taotie is just a big head and a big mouth without body. The taotie ate too much and died as a result.

The Chinese word for eclipse means "eat". The parallels between this description of the taotie and the Hindu god Rahu who is an acknowledged eclipse demon/monster are striking. . .

http://www.siamese-dream.com/page/siam1/CTGY/article-hindu-gods-rahu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahu

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Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:03:50 -0800

RE: Your Consent
Thursday, February 19, 2009 6:42 PM

From: "Robin Edgar" robinedgar59@yahoo.ca
To: "greg wilson" gregwils2009@hotmail.com

That would depend on what the total sum is Sgt. Wilson.

30% of what?

On Thu, 2/19/09, greg wilson gregwils2009@hotmail.com wrote:

From: greg wilson gregwils2009@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Your Consent
To: robinedgar59@yahoo.ca
Received: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 5:55 PM

Dear Robin,

I am now offering you 30% of the total sum.

Are we gamed?

Greg

Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:55:03 -0800
From: robinedgar59@yahoo.ca
Subject: RE: Your Consent
To: gregwils2009@hotmail.com

Well if I was "honest" wouldn't I report you to the authorities or something Sgt. Wilson?

I could be mistaken but it seems to me that what you really need is someone who is somewhat "less than honest".

Right?

How about letting me know what you propose and I will consider how "honest" I want to be.

Regards,

Robin Edgar

On Thu, 2/19/09, greg wilson gregwils2009@hotmail.com wrote:

From: greg wilson gregwils2009@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Your Consent
To: robinedgar59@yahoo.ca
Received: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 10:07 AM

Brother we can work together if you are honest and ready to keep it to your self alone.

I will furnish you with more details when you respond back to me positively.

Greg

Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:13:17 -0800
From: robinedgar59@yahoo.ca
Subject: RE: Your Consent
To: gregwils2009@hotmail.com

So essentially you are saying that you have stolen or at least "missing" Iraqi funds in your possession and you want me to help you to "launder" that money?

Is that correct Sgt. Wilson?

On Wed, 2/18/09, greg wilson gregwils2009@hotmail.com wrote:

From: greg wilson gregwils2009@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Your Consent
To: robinedgar59@yahoo.ca
Received: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 2:32 PM

Dear Mr Reyes,

Thanks for your urgent response to my email.
I am one of the five soldiers questioned for the missing funds.
I have part of the missing funds in my custody.
I am still under the U S military investigation
I need your assistance to claim the said fund from the security company where its been deposited.

I will give you more and clear details if you are ready to work with me.
Once again i thank you very much for your understanding,as i look forward to your urgent response.

Greg.

Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:52:25 -0800
From: robinedgar59@yahoo.ca
Subject: Re: Your Consent
To: gregwils2009@hotmail.com

Dear Sgt. Wilson,

I have read the BBC News article but your intentions are not entirely clear. What do you propose to share with me and how do you propose to share it? It seem that most of the money spoken about in the article is in a "secure location" for counting purposes and will eventually be returned to Iraq to help rebuild the country. i.e Iraq.

I do take note of the fact that the article concludes by saying -

Five US soldiers are currently being questioned by military officials after some of that money was allegedly stolen following its discovery.

Are you proposing to share this allegedly stolen money with me?

If so why and how?

Sincerely,

Robin Edgar

On Wed, 2/18/09, Greg Wilson greggwilly_486@msn.com wrote:

From: Greg Wilson
Subject: Your Consent
To:
Received: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 1:43 PM

Dear Friend,

I know you would be surprised to read from someone relatively unknown to you before now. My name is Greg Wilson, a master sgt. of The U.S. Marine, deployed to Iraq in the beginning of the war in 2003.

I would like to share some highly personal classified information about my personal experience and role which I played in the pursuit of my career serving under the U.S ARMY which was at the fore-front of the war in Iraq. Though, I would like to hold back certain information for security reasons for now until you have found time to visit the BBC website stated below blah blah blah. . .

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Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:23:55 -0800

And yet another response to Nigerian Scam aka Nigerian Fraud email fraud artist. . . ;-)

Maybe some good Stumbler can give this SU "review" a thumb's up review themselves and spread it around the StumbleUpon community a bit.

Right now I have some U*U fish to fry. . .

Re: It's Very Confidential
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 8:24 AM
From: "Robin Edgar"
Add sender to Contacts NOT!
To: "andrew lee"

Not any more it isn't Andy Dandy

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--- On Tue, 1/13/09, andrew lee wrote:

From: andrew lee
Subject: It's Very Confidential
To: johnsonmarito@yahoo.com
Received: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 6:51 AM

From: Mr. Andrew Dandy
Manager International
Commercial Bank Ghana,
First Light, Kaneshi Branch.

Dear Friend, Please I got your contact from my bank global email addresses
catalog for 2008 and I believed you are an honest person and also trust worthy
to entrust this transfer with.
My name is Andrew Dandy, I am the manager of the International Commercial Bank
Ghana, First Light, Kaneshi Branch. I am a Ghanaian, married with two kids.
I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of US $5,550.000.00..
This fund is the excess profit of what my branch in which I am the manager made
as profit during the last bank financial year. I have already submitted an
approved end of the year financial report for the year 2007 to my Head office
here in Accra and they will never know of this excess. I have since then, placed
this fund on a suspense Account Without a beneficiary.
As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I
am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank
account. I intend to part 40% of this fund to you while 60% shall be for me. I
do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this. It's
going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the
original depositor of this fund.
If you accept this offer, Please I will appreciate your timely response.. Thank you.

Sincerely yours,
Mr. Andrew Dandy.

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Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:22:00 -0800

I decided to respond to yet another Nigerian Fraud aka Nigerian Scam email I received minutes ago. . . ;-)

Re: HELLO
Saturday, January 10, 2009 1:17 AM
From: "Robin Edgar"

To: far_gebara@voila.fr

DEAR FRAUD,

GOODBYE

WORST REGARDS,

Mr. ROBIN EDGAR

BULL AND NIGERIAN FRAUD MANAGER

--- On Sat, 1/10/09, Farah Gebara wrote:

From: Farah Gebara
Subject: HELLO
To: .@yahoo.com
Received: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 1:11 AM

DEAR FRIEND,

I AM MR. FARAH GEBARA, A BANKER IN ONE OF THE REPUTABLE BANK IN BURKINA FASO.
I HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU ON A BUSINESS PROPOSAL OF US$18.5M (EIGHTEEN
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS).

THE DEPOSITOR OF THE SAID FUND DIED WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY DURING THE IRAQ WAR
IN 2006. THE DECEASED CUSTOMER USED HIS WIFE AS THE NEXT OF KIN BUT
UNFORTUNATELY, THE WIFE DIED ALONG SIDE WITH HIM LEAVING NOBODY FOR THE CLIAM.

ACCORDING TO OUR BANKING LAW, IF THE FUNDREMAIN UNCLAIMED FOR THREE (3) YEARS
THEN, THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFER INTO THE RESERVE BANK OF BURKINA AS UNCLAIMED
BILL. I DON'T WANT THE FUND TO GO INTO THE BANK TREASURY AND AS SUCH, LET US
CLAIM THE FUND NOW.

I WANT TO PRESENT YOU AS HIS COUSIN OR BUSINESS PARTNER SO THAT THE BANK WILL
TRANSFER THE FUND INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT FOR US TO SHARE IT. YOUR PERCENTAGE
WILL BE 40% WHILE 60% WILL BE FOR ME.

AS AN INSIDER IN THIS BANK, I ASSURE YOU THAT, THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK
FREE. IF YOU ARE WILLING FOR THE DEAL, CONTACT ME FOR MORE DETAILS BUT IF YOU
ARE NOT CAPABLE, PLEASE NOTIFY ME.

THE TRANSACTION WILL TAKE US ONLY 14 BANKING DAYS. NOBODY KNOWS KEEP THE SECRET
WITHIN YOU OK.YOU MUST KEEP THIS DEAL AS SECRET FOR
THE SECURITY OF THE FUND.
DO NOT DISCLOSE THIS DEAL TO ANYBODY BECAUSE I WANT
THE SECRET TO BEBETWEEN US ONLY.

I WILL GIVE YOU THE TEXT OF THE APPLICATION TO FILL AND SEND TO THE BANK FOR
THE RELEASE OF THE FUND INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT ON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR MESSAGE. I
WILL BE MONITORING THE WHOLE SITUATION HERE IN THE BANK UNTIL YOU CONFIRM THE
MONEY IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AND ASK ME TO COME DOWN TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR
SUBSEQUENT SHARING OF THE FUND ACCORDING TO PERCENTAGE INDICATED ABOVE.

YOU CAN SEE THE NEWS IN BBC AND CNN REGARDING THEIR DEATH:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/11/iraq.deaths/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6040054.stm

FINALLY, I WANT YOU TO INDICATE YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS WHERE THE FUND WILL
BE TRANSFERED TO:

I WILL BE GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE AS TO
ENABLE ME GIVE YOU THE APPLICATION TO FILL AND SEND TO THE BANK.

BEST
REGARD,

Mr. FARAH GEBARA.
BILLAND EXCHANGE MANAGER.

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Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:01:55 -0800

Happy New Year Everyone!

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Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:24:26 -0800

Like anyone else who is reasonably active on the internet I get several "Nigerian Scam" emails in my inbox every week. Sometimes I get several such fraudulent emails asking me to fraudulently launder money, often ill-gotten gains of deceased African dictators, in a single day. And that goes for two or three of my individual email addresses. . .

I ignore most of these internet scam emails but, every now and then. . . I reply to one of these scamming emails to send a message to the scammer aka fraud artist at the other end. When these "Nigerians Scam" emails appeal to God or Jesus in their fraudulent claims I usually remind the scammer that God is 100% aware of their evil thoughts, words, and deeds.

I found another Nigerian Scam email in the inbox of my main yahoo.ca email address minutes ago, this one asking me to fraudulently "RELOCATE THIS SUM OF FIVE MILLION,THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS" of a "MRS. JOYCE LAKE AN AMERICA CITIZEN WHO DIED IN A PLANE CRASH IN 2000" carrying the subject heading:

WITH DUE RESPECT

I believe that if you want to be respected, you should be respectable. . . and the scammer DID solicit my URGENT REPLY so I responded quite urgently with the email you see reproduced below. I somehow failed to see the ALL-CAPS demand FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION and replied in a rather "less than kind" manner. . .

Re: WITH DUE RESPECT.

Thursday, December 18, 2008 7:53 AM

From: "Robin Edgar" robinedgar59@yahoo.ca

To: maliki_ab@centrum.cz

WITH DUE RESPECT,

FUCK OFF ASSHOLE. . .

--- On Thu, 12/18/08, maliki_ab@centrum.cz wrote:

From: maliki_ab@centrum.cz

Subject: WITH DUE RESPECT.

To:

Received: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 3:39 AM

FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION.

COULD YOU PLEASE CONSIDER TO HELP ME TO RELOCATE THIS SUM OF FIVE MILLION,THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS(US$5.3m) TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR ESTABLISHING A MEDIUM SIZE INDUSTRY IN YOUR COUNTRY.

THE SAID 5.3 MILLION DOLLARS WAS DEPOSITED IN OUR BANK BY MRS JOYCE LAKE AN AMERICA CITIZEN WHO DIED IN A PLANE CRASH IN 2000.WE HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY TO COME FORWARD FOR CLAIMS BUT COULD NOT SUCCEED.

WE DISCORVERED THAT THE LATE AMERICAN DIED ALONG SIDE WITH HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HER NEXT OF KIN.

CLICKHERE http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/).

I WILL GIVE YOU ALL VITAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE AMERICAN AND THE 5.3MILLION DOLLARS IN OUR CUSTODY SO THAT YOU WILL CONTACT OUR BANK FOR THEM TO RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU.

YOU CAN COME HERE IN PERSON OR YOU CAN REQUEST THE BANK TO SHIP THE FUNDS TO YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY DIPLOMATICALY.

I AM A MANAGER IN THIS BANK,I WILL PLAY A ROLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 5.3 MILLION DOLLARS IS RELEASED TO YOU.

AS SOON AS I RECIEVE YOUR REPLY,I WILL GIVE YOU A DRAFT APPLICATION WHICH YOU WILL FORWARD TO OUR BANK.REPLY AND LET ME KNOW YOU FULLNAME,AGE,ADDRESS,OCCUPATION,YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS IF AVALIABLE.

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.

MR Maliki. A.

I am not the kind of person who thows around the phrase "Fuck off" on a daily basis, not even a weekly basis, and even less so the phrase "Fuck off, asshole" which I *might* use a few times in a year, but I just wasn't feeling very KIND this morning.

Maybe next time I will be more polite when giving a Nigerian Scam fraud artist a piece of my mind. . .

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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:34:40 -0800

Comment continued -

Allow me to point to one particularly revealing piece of Intelligent Design in the Creation, the total solar eclipse. Total solar eclipses would never take place if there was not a very precise reciprocal relationship between the sizes of the Earth's sun and moon and their distances from the Earth. The moon's diameter is almost exactly 400 times smaller than that of the sun but by "coincidence" the moon just happens to be in an orbit around the Earth that is approximately 400 times closer to the Earth than the sun, with some fluctuation due to the somewhat elliptic orbits of the moon around the Earth and the Earth around the sun. Thus the apparent sizes of the sun and moon, as observed by the eyes of intelligent life living on this planet, are more or less identical. If the diameter of the moon was only a few percent smaller it would never totally eclipse the sun. That "astonishing coincidence of astronomy" alone ought to make people stop and think that maybe just maybe this very precise celestial geometry is not just a random chance "coincidence", but there is an even more spectacular "coincidence" involved in the total solar eclipse. When the Earth's moon totally eclipses our primary source of light, without which human beings and other *creatures* would not even exist let alone be able to see, it produces a visual phenomenon that distinctly resembles our organ of sight, so much so that even a modern professional astronomer of some renown was once inspired to refer to a total solar eclipse that he was observing for the purposes of science as "the Eye of God." So now you have two rather amazing "coincidences" involved in the total solar eclipse, one being the very precise reciprocal relationship between the sizes of the sun and moon and their distances from the Earth that allows total solar eclipses to occur at all and the even more unusual "coincidence" that, when totally eclipsed by the moon, out primary source of light distinctly resembles our organ of sight. What are the odds against these truly astonishing "coincidences" occurring only by pure random chance? I would say they are astronomically high odds.

Reasoning and mental acuity can very readily lead intelligent people to the conclusion that the total solar eclipse "Eye of God" is more likely to be the product of Intelligent Design than mere random chance "coincidence" devoid of any design whatsoever. What was it that St. Paul said? The Creator's invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made. Isn't one of the Creator's " invisible attributes" divine omniscience? Is it possible that the Creator of the Universe aka God has incorporated a rather spectacular symbolic reminder of its attribute of divine omniscience into the Intelligent Design of our solar system? Is it possible that the total solar eclipse "Eye of God" is a regularly occurring "Sign in the Heavens" intended to remind human beings that God "sees" what goes on in the world? Atheists can try to convince themselves that the total solar eclipse "Eye of God' is just a meaningless weird "coincidence" but believers, and indeed those who *know* from profound personal experience of God that there is indeed a Creator and that the Creator is highly aware of what happens on our planet, have good reason to see the total solar eclipse "Eye of God" as not only spectacular evidence of Intelligent Design but also a bona fide Sign of God.

Comment by Robin Edgar -- December 2, 2008 @ 9:16 am

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Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:46:52 -0700

Responsibilities -

Because of the importance of communicating with as wide an audience as possible, the Simonyi Professor is not expected to undertake substantial teaching and administrative duties within Oxford University: any such efforts should be directed primarily towards the education of non-specialists. The Professor should communicate scientific ideas through a variety of media, in order to reach a wide range of people. These include, but are not limited to, public lectures, writing articles and books, and television and radio appearances. The Professor's role in disseminating scientific knowledge is also expected to involve travel from Oxford to other cities and countries.

The above part of the job description supports my contention that professor Dawkins' devotion of a *substantial* amount of his time and energy to his anti-religious crusade substantially interfered with his *responsibilities* as Oxford University Chair for the Public Understanding of Science. Also. . . It seems to me that "communicating with as wide an audience as possible" necessarily includes successfully communicating with God believing people who comprise the vast majority of human beings. How many God believing people want to have an obnoxious anti-religious bigot telling them about science?

Did professor Richard Dawkins actually "retire" as Oxford University Chair for the Public Understanding of Science, or was he politely asked to step down to make room for a more appropriate person to fill the job?

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Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:50:20 -0700

You are The Fool
The Fool is the card of infinite possibilities. The bag on the staff indicates that he has all he need to do or be anything he wants, he has only to stop and unpack. He is on his way to a brand new beginning. But the card carries a little bark of warning as well. Stop daydreaming and fantasising and watch your step, lest you fall and end up looking the fool.
What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Well at least I'm consistent. . . I was expecting this result. ;-)

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Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:06:13 -0700

Here is the latest follow-up comment that I just submitted to this TIMES Online article about Richard Dawkins.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article4331024.ece?Submitted=true

@ Mette Esbensen-Kramer - Richard Dawkins certainly is intolerant, arrogant, and indeed quite evangelical in his militant atheism. I dare say that He Is The Very Model Of An Atheist Supremacist ;-) although P.Z. Myers, Christopher Hitchens and other fundamentalist atheists can fill that role too.

end quote

I think I will have a bit of fun today and write up some lyrics for a song titled -

'I Am The Very Model Of An Atheist Supremacist'. ;-)