Phonetic Alphabet

The NATO phonetic alphabet is widely used to improve communications when you absolutely have to be clear. Whether it's radio interference or the sound of gun fire, soldiers must be able to effectively communicate. The phonetic alphabet is really a spelling alphabet and not a true phonetic alphabet, lets operators communicate clear regardless of language, noise and other interference. When you are calling for support or an air strike your commands must be clearly understood because the consequences could literally be life or death. Letters often sound the same when spoken and the phonetic alphabet gives us a way to make absolute sure that your orders were relayed exactly as you meant them to be.

Character Telephony Pronunciation A Alfa AL-FAH B Bravo BRAH-VOH C Charlie CHAR-LEE D Delta DELL-TAH E Echo ECK-OH F Foxtrot FOKS-TROT G Golf GOLF H Hotel HOH-TEL I India IN-DEE-AH J Juliett JEW-LEE-ETT K Kilo KEY-LOH L Lima LEE-MAH M Mike MIKE N November NO-VEM-BER O Oscar OSS-CAH P Papa PAH-PAH Q Quebec KEH-BECK R Romeo ROW-ME-OH S Sierra SEE-AIR-RAH T Tango TANG-GO U Uniform YOU-NEE-FORM V Victor VIK-TAH W Whiskey WISS-KEY X X-Ray ECKS-RAY Y Yankee YANG-KEY Z Zulu ZOO-LOO

Useful phrases:

NATO phonetic alphabet for "White House". Similarly, Charlie-Bravo is the abbreviation for Cluster-Fuck. 

White Trash, said using the phonetic alphabet "Whiskey Tango"

Bravo Sierra (BS) - Initials for the word "Bullshit"

The letters o (oscar) and m (mike) of the military phonetic alphabet which when used together indicates that a unit is "On the Move" or sometimes, "On Mission."

Military phonetic alphabet for "O.M.F.G", a widely used acronym for "Oh My Fucking God".

Foxtrot Mike Lima is the phonetic alphabet for FML...or fuck my life

Tango sierra foxtrot oscar from the phonetic alphabet translates as tough shit fuck off. Used quite a bit in the kitchens of uk chefs and military institutions.

In the phonetic alphabet, the equivalent of C and B, respectively are charlie and bravo. Definitively, C and B, are used to represent to word cock and block. 

Instead of saying Continue Mission, Charlie Mike is said instead so everyone over the radio can understand and know what you mean.

Bravo Foxtrot Delta: Military phonetic alphabet term for BFD or "Big Fuckin Deal"

The letter R had been phonetic alphabet shorthand for "Received", and over the radio it became "Roger".  Combining "Roger" (meaning "Received") and "Wilco" (meaning "will comply") means I hear you and will comply with your wishes or command.

Tango Uniform is the military phonetic alphabet for letters ‘t’ and ‘u’, used as euphemistic abbreviation for ‘tits up’. Meaning to be prostrate or rendered out of commission; unfixable; dead. In military aviation, the flight attitude indicator on the aircraft instrument panel contained a miniature representation of an airplane which showed the flight attitude – climb, dive, bank; one style of the indicator was shaped with ‘v’ forms between the ‘dot’ – representing the fuselage (body) and the ‘dashes’ – representing the wings; (–v*v– see illus.) the ‘v’s were frequently referred to as ‘tits’; the term referred to the potentially hazardous inverted flight condition – ‘upside down’ – where the ‘tits’ would be seen as being ‘up’.

Deportee

Woody Guthrie

The crops are all in
And the peaches are rotting
The oranges piled up
In their creosote dumps
You're flying 'em back
To the Mexican border
To spend all their money
To wade back again

Good bye to my Juan
Goodbye Rosalita
Adios mis amigos Jesus why Maria
You won't have a name
When you ride the big airplane
All they will call you
Will be "deportees"

Some of us are illegal
And others not wanted
Our work contract's up
And we have to move on
Six hundred miles to that Mexican border
They chase us like outlaws
Like rustlers, like thieves

Good bye to my Juan
Goodbye Rosalita
Adios mis amigos Jesus why Maria
You won't have a name
When you ride the big airplane
All they will call you
Will be "deportees"

The skyplane caught fire
Over Los Gatos Canyon
A fireball of lightning
Shook all our hills
Who are all these friends
Who are scattered like dried leaves
The radio said 
They were just "deportees"

Good bye to my Juan
Goodbye Rosalita
Adios mis amigos Jesus why Maria
You won't have a name
When you ride the big airplane
All they will call you
Will be "deportees"

Assalamu Alaikum

Knock, And He'll open the door
Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun
Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens
Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything.

― Jalaluddin Rumi

Know Your Rights When Stopped by Police

By Tim Lynch

This article appeared on USA Today on May 15, 2017.

Most people don’t know how to handle themselves during a police encounter. They know they have constitutional rights, but they also know that they can get into trouble by disobeying an officer. Not knowing where the lines are drawn, the vast majority of people capitulate to whatever the police want from them.

Some officers get so accustomed to such behavior that they react angrily when someone has the temerity to invoke his rights. In a case last month in Texas, Lionel Alexander sued officer Marciano Garza for roughing him up in a hotel parking lot. Alexander said he was parking his car when Garza activated his emergency lights. When the officer asked for his license and registration, Alexander turned over his papers, but when Garza asked him about what he had been doing before the stop, Alexander declined to answer. That made Garza radio for backup.

After more officers arrived, they asked Alexander to exit his vehicle. Alexander said he did not believe he was legally required to exit, at which point the police lost all patience and got physical, pulling him out of his car and pinning him down on the pavement to put on the handcuffs. Alexander was arrested on “resisting a search,” but he was released the next day, and the charge was then dropped.

Even lawyers sometimes fare no better. In 2015, Philadelphia attorney Rebecca Musarra was pulled over by New Jersey state troopers on suspicion of speeding. Musarra turned over her license and registration upon the trooper’s request, but declined to answer his question, “Do you know why you’re being pulled over?” Flustered by Musarra’s calm assertion of her right to remain silent, troopers yelled at her and then pulled her from her car and arrested her for “obstruction.” The charge was dropped, but she suffered the indignity of an arrest and a brief stay in jail.

These cases are disturbing. The Constitution is supposed to be the “law of the land,” yet people can get arrested for invoking their legal rights. If such incidents happen with some frequency — and they do — it exposes a serious flaw in our legal system. Out on the streets, the police have all the power and we’re at their mercy.

Even the most professional officers use tactics to get around constitutional rights. For example, they might say, “We can get a warrant to search your purse, or you can save us both some time by allowing us to search it right now.” Most people are unaware that the police can exert pressure with bluffs and lies, so they will often cave. If the matter gets into court, the judge will say they “consented” to the search by not objecting and asserting their rights.

Yet as the Alexander and Musarra cases show, asserting rights is no guarantee against arrest. Some officers make false arrests and conduct illegal searches. Our rights can be vindicated only in court, meaning that when criminal charges are dropped, any associated constitutional violations will typically never be addressed by judges or juries.

Individuals with similar experiences to those of Alexander and Musarra may file civil lawsuits when there are physical injuries or serious property damage. But government lawyers typically settle such lawsuits with money from the treasury, and the officers involved rarely face discipline or other adverse consequences.

Don’t be fooled by police
One way that policymakers can improve existing law and prevent this abuse of power is by requiring the police to use written consent forms. By requiring a signature before a search, there will be far less trickery because people will be reminded that they have a choice in the matter.

Some jurisdictions have had such a policy in place, but it should be in place all around the country.

Just because law enforcement have us at a serious disadvantage does not mean we should let them walk all over us. The wise course to take during police encounters is to obey commands, but to also politely and calmly decline requests. Here’s the key point: Law enforcement are trained to blur that distinction. For example, they may knock on your door and say, “Let’s talk.” In such cases, individuals have to seek the clarification by asking, “Are you ordering me to open my door and allow a search?”

If it isn’t an order, the choice is ours to make. If you give the police permission to search your home without a warrant, that’s your prerogative. If you decline to give your permission, that’s your prerogative also.

Our Constitution is incapable of enforcing itself. It is just words on paper unless we calmly but firmly assert our rights. Use them or lose them.

Stone's Rules

"Stone's Rules exist because sometimes the truth is too painful, & the lies will land you in prison."

“It is better to be infamous than to never be famous at all.” 

“Hate is a more powerful motivator than love.”

"Politics isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake." 

"Don't order fish at a steakhouse," 

"White shirt + tan face = confidence," 

"Undertakers and chauffeurs are the only people who should be allowed by law to wear black suits." 

"Hit it from every angle. Open multiple fronts on your enemy. He must be confused, and feel besieged on every side." 

"Always praise 'em before you hit 'em." 

"Be bold. The more you tell, the more you sell." (attributed to advertising guru David Ogilvy) 

"Losers don't legislate." (from Richard Nixon) 

"Admit nothing, deny everything, launch counterattack." 

"Nobody ever built a statue to a committee." 

"Avoid obviousness." 

"Get your carbs from booze, not sweets"

"Never do anything till you're ready to do it." 

"Look good = feel good." 

"Always keep the advantage.”

“He who speaks first, looses.”

“Attack, attack, attack, never defend.”

“When i hear the word culture, I reach for my gun.”

“Democrats are the party of slavery, Republicans are the party of freedom.”

“Folks want government out of the bedroom and the boardroom.”

“Roy Cohn wasn't gay. He was a man who liked having sex with men.”

“Lay low, play dumb, keep moving.”

“Never turn down the opportunity to have sex or be on TV.” (attributed to Gore Vidal)

“Nothing is on the level.”

"The past is fucking prologue."

"Unless you can fake sincerity, you'll get nowhere in this business”

20 signs you are living in the matrix

Morpheus: "The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. You can see it when you look out your window, or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work. or you go to church, when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth. 

“You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” 

–The Matrix

Twenty  indicators that signal you may be living in the Matrix:

1. You spend most of your time devoted to paying off a mortgage rather than enjoying life.

2. You can’t wait for the weekend to come.  

3. You judge your success by the car you drive, the suburb you live in, and the size of the house you own.

4. The wealthy are rewarded for plundering the earth while those trying to save it are ridiculed.

5. You work in a job you don’t enjoy, thinking the money you earn will offset the misery of working in a job or career you are not passionate about. 

6. You think that by a taking a pill your ills will be cured.

7. You think that someone focused on eating healthy, organic fresh foods is weird, while eating highly processed, nutrient devoid foods is normal. 

8. You think buying stuff will make you happy.

9. You watch the news on television and think this is the truth.

10. You’re more focused on your favourite sports team than concerned about the natural world and environment on which you depend for survival.

11. You believe growth and the development of the economy is a good thing and that globalization creates jobs.

12. You conform with the status quo and never question why things are done.  

13. You think traffic congestion, pollution, and sensory overload are part of normal everyday life.

14. You think there is a difference between political parties and that they will enact real change. 

15. You think there are terrorists around every corner and they are a threat to you and your community, despite the fact that you have 150 times more chances of being hit by lightning than being involved in a terrorist attack.

16. You think eating genetically modified food and eating fruit and vegetables sprayed with pesticides is OK.

17. You think the mainstream media is independent and unbiased.

18. You think constant distraction through the media such as sport, trivial affairs, and celebrity gossip is news.

19. You think living next to a cell tower is cool because you get better reception.

20. You wait in line for the next release of the latest technological gadget

Unplug yourself.

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/05/no_author/20-signs-may-living-matrix/