6-Apr-15 World View -- Many countries, but not US, are evacuating their citizens from Yemen

[gerald]

John --
There is another position Cassandra could have taken. That is -- What the hell live it up, it makes no difference, why should I care. What will be will be.

It is a personal decision that depends on one's OWN spiritual inclination.

Hope that helps,

cheers

[John]

Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

[gerald]

Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

As I have commented before regarding some of the Atlanteans who knew of their coming demise. They just watched and observed, since little could be done. Kinda like a Greek tragedy, we know the ending, so enjoy the show, and chalk it up as an interesting experience.

Humanity is like the buffalo in " Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump" http://history.alberta.ca/headsmashedin/

cheers

[gerald]

Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

As I have commented before regarding some of the Atlanteans who knew of their coming demise. They just watched and observed, since little could be done. Kinda like a Greek tragedy, we know the ending, so enjoy the show, and chalk it up as an interesting experience.

Humanity is like the buffalo in " Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump" http://history.alberta.ca/headsmashedin/

cheers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWyDgJlvbzE

[John]

> Her cursed gift from Apollo became a source of endless pain and
> frustration to Cassandra. Cassandra was seen as a liar and a
> madwoman by her family and by the Trojan people. In some versions
> of the story, she was often locked up in a pyramidal building on
> the citadel on her father King Priam’s orders. She was accompanied
> there by the wardress who cared for her under orders to inform the
> King of all of his daughter's "prophetic utterances". She was
> driven truly insane by this in the versions where she was
> incarcerated; though in the versions where she was not, she was
> usually viewed as being simply misunderstood.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra

[John]

ABBA - Cassandra



[Verse 1]
Down in the street they're all singing and shouting
Staying alive though the city is dead
Hiding their shame behind hollow laughter
While you are crying alone in your bed
Pity Cassandra that no one believed you
But then again you were lost from the start
Now we must suffer and sell our secrets
Bargain, playing smart, aching in our hearts

[Chorus]
Sorry Cassandra I misunderstood
Now the last day is dawning
Some of us wanted but none of us could
Listen to words of warning
But on the darkest of nights
Nobody knew how to fight
And we were caught in our sleep
Sorry Cassandra I didn't believe
You really had the power
I only saw it as dreams you would weave
Until the final hour

[Verse 2]
So in the morning your ship will be sailing
Now that your father and sister are gone
There is no reason for you to linger
You're grieving deeply but still moving on
You know the future is casting a shadow
No one else sees it but you know your fate
Packing your bags, being slow and thorough
Knowing, though you're late, that ship is sure to wait

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
I watched the ship leaving harbor at sunrise
Sails almost slack in the cool morning rain
She stood on deck, just a tiny figure
Rigid and restrained, blue eyes filled with pain

Sorry Cassandra I misunderstood
Now the last day is dawning
Some of us wanted but none of us could
Listen to words of warning
But on the darkest of nights
Nobody knew how to fight
And we were caught in our sleep
Sorry Cassandra I didn't believe
You really had the power
I only saw it as dreams you would weave
Until the final hour

[Outro]
I'm sorry Cassandra
I'm sorry Cassandra


http://genius.com/Abba-cassandra-lyrics

[John]

I was absolutely astonished to discover Abba's song Cassandra,
because it is so dark, because it captures my own continuing feeling
of dread, and because it so closely parallels the disaster that
America is headed for, as China prepares for a massive missile attack
on America, which, like Troy, may not survive.

Most of the Abba lyrics are pretty clear, but some are a bit obscure,
so I'm providing the following interpretations:


[Verse 1]
Down in the street they're all singing and shouting
Staying alive though the city is dead
Hiding their shame behind hollow laughter

(Troy is dead, and they will all be killed or enslaved, which
explains the "hollow laughter." The "shame" is because they could
have prevented Troy's destruction by listening to Cassandra and not
treating her as insane.)

While you are crying alone in your bed
Pity Cassandra that no one believed you
But then again you were lost from the start

(Cassandra's predictions were right, but that only makes her pain
worse, because she knew what was coming for a long time.)

Now we must suffer and sell our secrets
Bargain, playing smart, aching in our hearts

(Now that the Greeks have conquered and destroyed Troy, they're
dividing the spoils of war, which means they will decide who gets
which slaves and slave girls, and who gets Trojan gold and other
assets. Desperate Trojan survivors can only plead for mercy.)

[Chorus]
Sorry Cassandra I misunderstood
Now the last day is dawning

(This is Troy's last day of existence.)

Some of us wanted but none of us could
Listen to words of warning
But on the darkest of nights
Nobody knew how to fight
And we were caught in our sleep

(The Trojan soldiers were killed in their sleep.)

Sorry Cassandra I didn't believe
You really had the power
I only saw it as dreams you would weave
Until the final hour

(The Trojans thought that Cassandra was dreaming or insane.)

[Verse 2]
So in the morning your ship will be sailing
Now that your father and sister are gone

(Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam, who was killed, along
with her family.)

There is no reason for you to linger
You're grieving deeply but still moving on
You know the future is casting a shadow
No one else sees it but you know your fate

(Cassandra knows that she will become the slave and mistress of the
Greek king Agamemnon. She will warn Agamemnon that if they return to
Greece then his wife, Clytemnestra, will kill them both. But she also
knows that Agamemnon will not believe her and that Clytemnestra will
kill them both.)

Packing your bags, being slow and thorough
Knowing, though you're late, that ship is sure to wait

(She knows that the ship to Greece won't leave without her.)

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
I watched the ship leaving harbor at sunrise
Sails almost slack in the cool morning rain
She stood on deck, just a tiny figure
Rigid and restrained, blue eyes filled with pain

(Cassandra has lost her family and friends, her entire city has
been destroyed, and now she is going to her new fate, and death.)

[gerald]

Is this the portent of China?
Watch As A Chinese Apartment Building Bursts Into Flames In 30 Seconds
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-04-1 ... 30-seconds

Casandra may not be speaking of the US, but of the World.
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Years ago I read a book, I think by Peter Moon -- http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/ha ... erview.htm
where he described the ability for time travel into the past. { that which is } They took videos of ancient Rome. Going forward in time they ran into a time block and could not go further into the future ( our current time){ that which may be } a fork in the road of time---- it is to be messy --- what is on the other side, of this "wall" is unknown.

Interesting times indeed.

[John]

Someone asked me today why I kept doing this. My answer: Go ask
Cassandra why she kept doing it.

[gerald]

Someone asked me today why I kept doing this. My answer: Go ask
Cassandra why she kept doing it.

---- For the same reason why I watch the "news" ?--- fascinating? -- forever onward