Dear blog readers. Posting this "rerun" of information on numbers I may have posted previously is partially a vehicle for my saying that I beefed up the John Lennon compilation of last October, with three more songs on disc one, including two more from the BBC broadcasts, one rather long track on disc two (the 1966 Beatles Christmas message to their fans, which is very Lenonesque) and look for an additional track early on disc three. Look under Soap Opera of Life under the posting "Portrate of a scitzophrenic". This is being typed about 11:00 AM Sunday the 29th.

The expression "The whole nine yards cfomes not from football, but apparently from WW II and they had nine yards of amunition supplies that they were delivering to the troops.

In the whole numbers and math thing, there are certain key things you need to know. Every number can be divided on what single digit number they add up to, like eleven is a "two" for instance. Every time I refer to a class of numbers it's what the numerals add up to.

Two other key facts on numbers are the "progression of timsing by two". The progression of numbers is 1, 2, 4, 8,7, 5, and then 1 again, and so forth. The other key number progression, also of the same six numbers is decimal places of one seventh. 1, 4, 2, 8, 5, 7. What is key here is that you tak find the decimal for 2 sevenths by starting with the two, and then start with each next higher value number for 3 , 4, 5, and 6 sevenths. So the next number is 4 for .428571 for three sevenths, for instance.

You can multiply by 2 by always moving one digit to the right, for instance all ones will be twos, and all eights will be "seven" numbers. For multiplying by 5 you move the progression the other way, and that is going back one number. For timsing by 4 you merely advance two, and for seven you go back two, 9ie. to the left) like for timsing by 25 for instance. For division you reverse the provess where dividing by 5 is the same as multiplying by 2 and visa versa. The only time you ever get into trouble here is when you try to divide by 7 and get a never ending chain of decimal numbers.

Any number times a "1" number is a "1" number like 19 x 19 is 361 if my math is correct. 361 is a "one" number if you add the numerals.
a 7 times a 7 is a 4 as in 4 x 4 = 16
a 4 times a 4 is a 7 as in 7 x 7 = 49
a 7 times a 4 is a 1 as in 7 x 4 = 28

For threes, they have different rules.

a 3 plus a 3 is always a 6
a 6 plus a 6 is always a 3
a 6 plus a 3 is always a 9
9 numbers act like zero in that any number times a 9 number is always a 9 number
a 3 times a 6 is a 9 number, of course.
any 3 or 6 number is always divisable by 3

this wont work for other numbers like 2 because you can't divide 11 by 2.

a 7 times a 3 is always a 3
a 7 times a 6 is always a 6

any 3 times a 1, a 4, or a 7 is always a 3
any 3 times a 2, a 8, or a 5 is always a 6

for six it's reversed.
any 6 times a 1, 4, or 7 is always a 6
any 6 times a 2, 5, or 8 is always a 3

5 x 6 is 30. 6 times 13 is 78 adding up to a 6

a one times a one is a one for instance 19 x 19 is 361 I believe, or a 1

The whole 111 x 111 thing is explainable because when you multiply the ones form those indented rows moved to the left and the one in the middle has 3 ones for instance so that numeral is a 3

with 888 there is a property of adding eights getting decling numerals. The products of 8 times numbers like 1, 2, 3, 4, etcetra would be 8, 7, 5, 5 for instance.

I think some of this stuff is taught in foreign countries math

Sticking it to the system: If you are like me you rather enjoy someone out there in the shadows of society - a real nobody - sticking it to the system. Even if they are a "somebody" but not among the really elite you still cheer when they succeed. For instance Martha Stewart got lucky and made an oppertune stock sale just before the price of that particular stock crashed. That's not supposed to happen. Only those true blue insider traders are supposed to have that kind of information. Maybe it was just a lucky guess, or she heard a roomer, but she took action, and "the man" prosecuted her for that and she served jail time. Then wasn't there a party crash of Elizabeth Taylor's outdoor wedding to Larry Fortensky in December of 1991 at "Never Land" Ranch - where somebody landed a hilocopter on the premisis during the wedding- - or was that just a Simpson's cartoon sketch. Now you have this couple who crashed an elite White House Dinner with all the usual pomp and ceremony and eliteness of it all. The couple got right past security and everything. They went through the metal detector so that was no problem. But now they want to take legal action against the couple. Nobody is allowed to have their "fifteen minutes of media fame" without paying a price.

Now stocks all around the world are crashing, or at least having a really bad day from Japan to Hong Kong to Europe, and in this country. Two factors are cited as the cause. There is an economic bust in the kingdom of Dubai - - boo hoo! I'm sure blacks in the ghetto are just really emoathetic about that. But this is causing a lot of worry. Also the US dollar is sinking to new lows. Many fear a dollar plunge. But if you're really worried about it, just invest in gold. People can make use of "the system" themselves. It may be rigged against them, but you know what they say. Black people can succeed; they just have to try a little harder than Whitey does. Of course if you're a fan of Adam Smith you should welcome a cheap dollar because that means our US goods "should" - - and I use the term advisedly - - should be more competetive on the foreign markets and that's a good thing because it will help our trade balance. If you're traveling to Europe - - it's not such a good thing. My advice is to stay here and vacation in America. They used to have a slogan, "See America First". Spend those dollars domestically and be a good American. But like I say. I'm about as worried about that as I am black people walking the streets without a hat in the noon day sun and getting sunstroke tomorrow. I believe an inflating dollar is the last of our worries now But I do think our President has a lot more negative news on the horizon I'm sure he isn't looking forward to dealing with.

Cap and Trade is now Dead: This was the headline yesterday on the internet, but so far this bit of highly relivant news has eluded the TV media. Some E mails were intercepted and the admission has come to light that the figures on global warming since 1998 have been "cooked" or skewed to give the mistaken impression that we have global warming, when actually since 1998 we have been on a cooling trend. What this means is that we can forget about a carbon tax and don't have to worry so obsessivly about our "carbon footprint". The world is not going to come to an end by 2050. The pure fact of the matter is that that dreaded term of the left, "Market forces" will themselves dictate increased fuel and energy efficiency in cars and appliances. So we are all sweating for nothing - sometimes literally. Corporations understand the economic advantage of "being ahead of the learning curve". But the bottom line is that in this economy, pulling out of this recession is Job One. It should be our number one priority. This means that we forget about this health care bill morass for the time being- - till some bright boy actually drafts a plan that can really work, most likely involving single payer- - and a number of drastic cost cutting measures - that the average citizen will hardly notice. This means we have to scrap "wars of choice" such as we are contemplating now in Afghanistan. If the service men don't get injured, we can save in health care costs paying for them. This means that it's absurd to speak of cutting "consumption" as a goal, when the recession has obviously done that FOR us - in case nobody bothered to notice.

The Federation is releasing the following compilation album today, with the front photo of the untouched original shot of the Yesterday and Today cover, before the background was air brushed. The Federation has asked me not to make any coments on changes I would like to see made in this compilation but to print it as is. So it's being released today on Black Friday, just in time for the holidays. The Federation has hinted that Paul Mc Cartney may have an untimely death in the next couple of weeks - and they even picked out the date of December 4th. for that. This would go against the Federation's long standing claim that Paul would be the last Beatle to die. They have been saying this since the spring of 1981. I see the software kept the same formatting. Usually it reverts back. Or maybe it will publish differently.

PAUL MC CARTNEY – OUT OF THE BOX

Another Girl (Help)

That Means A Lot (Anthology)

I’m Really Down (Single B side)

Michelle (Rubber Soul)

Wait (Rubber Soul)

I’m Looking Through You (Anthology)

Got to Get You Into My Life (Anthology)

Eleanor Rigbee (Revolver)

All Together Now (Yellow Submarine)

Magical Mystery Tour (standard release)

Lovely Rita (standard release)

For No One (standard release)

Fixing a Hole (standard release)

Fool on the Hill (Anthology – first version)

Lady Madonna (standard release)

Good-bye, My Love (unreleased – White Album)

Honey Pie (anthology version)

O Bla-dee-O-bla-Dah (anthology version)

Step Inside, Love / Los Paranoias (from Anthology)

Tomorrow (from Wild Life)

DISC TWO

Rockestra Theme (from Back to the Egg)

Teddy Boy (anthology version)

First Indian On the Moon (Red Rose Speedway)

Oh Woman Oh Why? (single B side)

C Moon (Single B side)

Cosmically Conscious (from the Single)

Dear Boy (from Ram)

Junk (Instrumental) from Mc Cartney

Maybe I’m Amazed (from Mc Cartney)

Back Seat Of My Car (from Ram)

Too Many People (from Ram)

Monkberry Moon Delight (from Ram)

High, High, High (Single)

Single Pidgeon (Red Rose Speedway)

I’m a Bluebird (Band on the Run)

Mrs. Vanderbuilt

Let Me Roll It

Hellen Wheels

DISC THREE

Junior’s Farm (Single A side)

Love In Song

Don’t Say Good Night, Tonight (1979 single)

Calling Me Back Again

I Feel Like Letting Go

Medicine Jar

Girl’s School (1977 Single)

Wino Junko (Speed of Sound)

Cook Of the House (Speed of Sound)

Place To Hide (Speed of Sound)

Spin It On (Back to the Egg)

I Am Your Singer (Wings Wildlife)

Give Ireland Back to the Irish (Single)

Café On the Left Bank

Kreen Akrore (from Mc Cartney)

Deliver Your Children

Only One More Kiss (Red Rose Speedway)

Smile Away (from Ram)

34,00 MORE TROOPS TO BE SENT TO AFTHANISTAN

President Obama apparently believes that the Afghan war is worth pursuing through to the finish, even if it takes some ten years as people say. Stanley Mc Crystal alledgedly originally wanted 80,000 additional troops so that this is a "compromize". Apparently three brigades for the Army will be sent in and one Marine brigade and also NATO will be pressured to add more troops. Of course even were we to withdraw all of our troops the logistics would be difficult even to get out stuff out of the country. President Obama plans to make an official speech in a week. And like George Bush, whom he resembles more and more every day, he will raise no taxes to pay for this escalation. The news is already receiving a hostile reception among Republicans and Democrats alike. Nobody is very happy with much anything the President is doing these days. This whole Health Care Bills saga is a disaster waiting to happen. People on the right and left alike say they will be voting against this health bill the senate is debating, or would be debating if they were even in session this week. It can't be because they are so far ahead in their work they felt they needed some extra time off. New economists are becoming pessimistic about our economic future. As real estate values drop, property taxes go down and revenue for the states goes down thus adding to the crisis. Some have suggested that the way to stimulate job creation is to provide free FICA for new employees for the next year and the government could make up the difference. Other people want stronger tax incentives to take on new employees. There is increasing talk of a double dip recession. As rosy as the stock market is now it's forward is still reserved by historical standards coming out of a recession, and if this were truely a recovery market, all of the indexes would be in new high ground right now, which they aren't. If you saw Sixty Minutes last Sunday you realize what an utter mess our health care system is in this country. It's a system that would never be allowed in Europe. When these over 65 medicare recipients scream "No socialized medicine - but keep your hands off my Medicare" they are hysterical about a system that rewards inefficienty and pouring money down a rat hole. Doctors are encouraged to admit people to germ laden hospitals where they more likely pick up a serious infection than get cured of anything, like my Dad did. They send you to ten or fifteen specialists who run every diagnostic test and procedure in the book treating you for every conceivable disease, when you are destined to die of something obvious like liver failure in two months. But they want to do a bypass and make sure you get a pap smear even if you're in your eighties. It's a regular freeforall of spending.

Back when I was doing the postings of last May I was just a little bit more left leaning in my politics than I am now. Many have wondered where all our energy programs went. Where are all those new green jobs promised? Back last May I still held out some hope for the prosecution of people in the Bush Administration. In so many ways Obama has done a wholesale cave-in to the corporate forces of the Right. As long as Summers and Geitner are running the economy I don't see how this will change. Sometimes just after you write something you think it's brilliant. But six months later you see how hopelessly naeve and out of date it is. A lot of the time if I had a good point I didn't "camp" on it enough, like when I talked about "Sometimes the whole Premise of the argument is faulty". If you have a bad primis or basic assumption to begin with, it's pointless to go further. Often life is asking the right questions to begin with, and then insisting on real Answers and not excuses.

Our next story about Black Holes comes not from fiction but from real life. Scientists are still trying to create the day the Universe was created. Of course this would involve the creation of a Black Hole and Black Holes are by definition not a part of this Universe. In fact if they were to be created they just might be utterly undetectable. So we would have absolutely no way of knowing "what happened" to the matter once the protons were crashed into each other. One of the things I said last May was that perhaps the key to "other dimensions" lies in the nature of subatomic particles. I am no longer so confident of that and if "the math" is as I say it is, certainly no electron microscope of fevered mathematical calculation will "reveal" a hyper-space dimension. In a previous posting in this blog I also alluded to fifth dimensional travel or "travel between parrellel Universes. While the idea is intriguing, I have yet to behold anything scientists have "discovered" that could be proved with sufficient evidence to even make it on to the ten o clock news as a hot news story. As long as scientific research is the realm of "long hairs" piering into microscopes, to quote John Lennon, "You ain't gona make it with anyone anyhow- - !"

I'm not going to do that flashback recounting of my life from late spring of 1985 through early 1987, as I had planned. This would involve a lot of trashing of Christianity, or at least the Christians I was around. I don't want to "go negative" right now. As long as I see things like in the past ten years when I was completely away from the "Bosc house" or fundamentalist Christianity, as long as various family members are more oppressive now than any Christians were during the 'eighties. The Asshole from El Paso was in the nineties- was worse than anything in the 'eighties. Given this state of being - I kind of feel as though any "unprovoked attack on Christianity as this time is unwarranted. My monetary situation is a bit precarious because I have the double whammy of an extra week in this month because the checks don't arrive yet, and also I have to pay for the haircut I got last Friday. I'm hoping to cut down drastically on my smoking. But the thing is when you've got a shot gun aimed at you, you tend to forget about everything else except how to escape the shot gun. You know some people on the radio take a while to "get what they are driving at". They start by talking about the hazzards of football brain injuries, and they certainly are. Some people get their brains bashed in and their guts rearranged for money every Sunday. Others do it and they don't even get paid that much and they call that "A war of choice" and nobody cares about the inherent problem. But then the host migrated on to her real topic of "I don't think we should have National Health Care unless we regulate every aspect of everybody's life, from the number of chips and dips they consume at a football game, to how much giblet gravy they pour on their turkey dressing. You have these cries of "The average American consumes two full tea spoons of salt every day and that's way too much". Like my family these whiners, and you see them in the news all the time - - they start with one demand like separate smoking and non smoking accommodations in restaurants- - but they are never satisfied and keep upping the demands. They get upset now about things they would have been Happy to Achieve just a couple decades ago. I ought to know because I live with a family like this. And frankly this incessant wining of certain so called "liberals" bothers me than the moral carping of the right wing. You can always just have nothing to do with them to escape the gravitational pull of their carping. With the left you can't do that so easily because they're everywhere. They cry "wolf!" so often nobody will listen to them if they ever do have a point about something in the future. Think about it.