Topics by Dint updates

Topics by Dint: Updates in process. This is a subject matter archive, an unpacking and repacking to expand on the topics.  This is a companion to our roadmap of the sites themselves, because they span travel and current events and history, politics and religion -- a broad range. See Sites by Dint,  see Dintworks: Sites by Dint.  There is always new material.  At issue is whether to continue this archive, or begin another.

Here, summaries and cross-references for comments and research on those posts, politics, religion, humanities -- a true Gristmill

I. Travel sites not included yet: 

• Russia Road Ways Moscow; 
• Russia Road Ways St. Petersburg;
• Russia Context, Research, Timelines, .
• Norway Road Ways;
• Sweden Road Ways; and  
• Denmark Road Ways, for example.

Topics by Dint.  Unpacking the topics.

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* Tribute. The URL here, petrginzplaces.blogspot.com, honors the WWII Prague child, Petr Ginz, who kept a succinct diary of events that his sister later published, Diary of Petr Ginz. see review at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/books/10ginz.html.  Chava Pressburger, his sister:  see https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/jun/16/familyandrelationships.family; and http://www.centropa.org/biography/chava-pressburger

The waste of war. Perceptive, succinct, he offers a glimpse into ordinary family life in the Nazi occupation. He was also a budding artist, with one of his drawings lost with the American Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003. Film: The Last Flight of Petr Ginz.

In his diary, in particular, Petr Ginz writes of the assassination of Nazi Reinhard Heidrich and its aftermath. See the ambush scene at the film, Operation Daybreak. We learned of him after our return from the Czech Republic.  He was held at Theresienstadt, died at Auschwitz. So, here-- www.petrginzplaces.blogspot.com

Force - Uses and Abuses; Torture

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TORTURE

Petr Ginz, Heightened Awareness of Torture
Value of reading a WWII Prague child's diary prior to his transport to Terezin (Theresienstadt) and then Auschwitz-Birkenau

Roles:  Punisher, Enforcer, Harpy  Could we have wars if there were not people willing to take on the role of forcer, enforcer.  What is the draw.  Are we they.

ALTERNATIVES TO PAIN INFLICTION

Narcoanalysis as truth serum: MDMA or traditional hospitable sassafras?
Sassafras - direct use or derivatives; use as truth serum? See also MDMA, Safrole as Nature's Truth Serum

FACILITATORS
Testosterone Marching.  Steroids. Brain death with excess testosterone (study), other sources. Addictive?

ENTITLEMENTS
Ethics in Pain Infliction, Animals.  Who is entitled to inflict pain and death on others for other than getting needed food? On what ground?

Jewish History - Index

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DISRAELI - Benjamin Disraeli, 19th Century Twice Prime Minister, Britain; and Dark Horse Family migrated probably from Spain, Jewish heritage, Mr. Disraeli became Episcopalian. Diaspora roots.

Petr Ginz, Prague, Jewish Quarter

Petr Ginz, When Your Roots are Mischling

World War II, Concentration Camps, Diarists

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Auschwitz, Poland

Poland Road Ways, Auschwitz Concentration Camp

Buchenwald, Germany

Germany Road Ways, Buchenwald

Jasenovac, Croatia

Croatia Road Ways, Jasenovac Concentration Camp

Mauthausen, Austria

Austria Road Ways, Mauthausen Concentration Camp


Theresienstadt, Terezin, CZ

Places of Petr Ginz, Theresienstadt, or Terezin, CZ

Places of Petr Ginz, Terezin, Stage Play, "Way to Heaven" 

Places of Petr Ginz,  Auschwitz - Birkenau (Osweicim) Poland

DIARISTS  Diarists, WWII

Petr Ginz, Finding Others Who Wrote
Petr Ginz and Anne Frank, Emoting in Diaries

BOOKS - The Seventh Well, by Fred Wander

Religious - Multi - Index

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Religious marriage and Civil marriage defined

Civil and Religious Marriage Defined; with Civil Marriage Controlling as to all Laws

THEORY
Foundationalism: A Backup. Test Belief. Searching For Some Reality At the Inception

FAQ. Who Took Christ Out Of Christian. Original inspired Idea, vs; later System.

BASIC WESTERN CHRISTIANITY-TYPE OR SPINS

Proposed Legislation for Primacy of Law over Revelation
Definitions: Civil Marriage, Religious Marriage

TEXT CRITICISM TOOLS

WESTERN CREATION ISSUES

Sassafras and Choctaw Indian Legend, the Flood. Sassafras raft saves the day.

Seven-Day Edenism Frees Lilith. Genesis I idea of a chronology underlying Creation supersedes Genesis II idea of cultural narrative incorporated in Creation.

MULTI-DEITY RELIGIONS AND WHAT THEY OFFER US

Mithraism: Religion of Rome and Paul's Early Years Exposure

Individuals - Index, History (Pre-20th Century)

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Domestic
Protest Within Convention: Victorian Marriage. Mary H. Seymour, story in Peterson's Ladies National Magazine 1865.

Politics
Chester A. Arthur, a President Who Changed in Office: From Patronage, to Reformer

Benjamin Disraeli, More to be Known For The dark horse.

Born out of wedlock
Shadow Children - The "Illegitimate"

Health
William Horation Bates, Ophthalmologist, bane of the vision industry

Compassion
Dr. Christianus Christian, caring for 19th C. Swiss cretins

Pre-Christian, Sagas
Otkell, Son of Skarf, Icelandic Saga. From Burnt Njall's Saga, events 900 AD, written perhaps 1100 AD. A man whose greed was simply circumvented by the group's inspired leader, a tactic of indirection leading to a better result than confrontation. Pre-Christian morality

Beowulf: Hwaet! Power of the Written Word
Beowulf, figure in a culture without writing: how much is lost until someone records; how much is lost, changed, when someone does record. Beowulf, Scandinavian, recorded centuries later by proto-Saxon.

BURNT NJALL - Otkell, Son of Skarf, Skarphedinn, Burnt NjalI - Icelandic saga on greed, leadership, human relations before Christianity

Education, Philosophy
COMENIUS - Jan Amos Komensky (Comenius): Educator Valuing, Harnessing Student Enjoyment, "Teacher of Nations"

Religion
Sara la Kali, Sara the Black, Roma Saint









GUGGENBUHL - Dr. Louis Guggenbuhl, Befriender of Cretins, Switzerland

KOMENSKY - Jan Amos Komensky (Comenius): Educator Valuing, Harnessing Student Enjoyment, "Teacher of Nations"



PANTERA - Tiberius Julius Abdes Pantera. Pantera, Speculative Pater of the Son - Traditions that do not go away


PHIPPS - Wintley Phipps, Conjuror of Black Slave Experience through Song, Story behind "Amazing Grace"


SALOME - Beowulf, Alaskans, Salome: Power of the Later Written Word, to Augment, or Distort

SARAH - Sara la Kali, Sarah the Black, Gypsy Patron. And Mithra?


SEYMOUR - Mary H. Seymour, Protester, Victorian Marriage









TILLION - Germaine Tillion, French Sage, Nazi Resistor, Anthropologist, Intellectual




Hermann Dah, Artist, Delaware. Attention deserved




Religion, including speculation
Pantera (Tiberius Julius Abdes Pantera), and Religious Tradition  A persistent but speculative secular explanation for events many see as divine.  Keep an open mind, now. Often the simplest is so, rather than the convoluted complex; and need not affect other matters.

Education
Jan Amos Komensky, The Teacher of Nations Czech philosopher, educator, 18th Century. Roots for Montessori - teach so children have fun. Make it natural. A/k/a Comenius. Check different Czech spellings for any name.

Political Issues - Index; Political Process

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The Executive

An Act Moderating Midnight Regulations by Outgoing President.  No midnight regulation by an outgoing president signed on or after November 1 of his final year, shall be final until 90 days shall have passed from the time of the successor's inauguration.

PARTIES
Political Parties: Who Needs Them, or These A brief history of R's and D's.

PATRONAGE
Chester A. Arthur, a president who improved in office  From patronage to reformer. He set aside his prior history of nepotism and did the right thing.

PHILOSOPHIES
Pragmatism: If It Works, Keep It Up  A natural, evolution-based concept: sound policies can be properly fluid over time.

TACTICS
Earmarks, Replevin and Trover.  Special interest inroads under the fence? Try Trover. Below the radar? Bonus excesses? Clawback time. Old equity theories: Replevin (for wrongful takings, get it back); or trover (for rightful taking, but wrongfrul conversion to one's own use),

INFORMED LEGISLATURES

Legislation Literacy Requirement for Legislators

FINANCING

Standing to Vote Required for Standing to Contribute. No Contribution Shall Be Made by any entity not qualified to vote, to Any Candidate, Political Party, or Candidate or Party Promotional Group.

Campaign Contributions By Candidate to His or Her Campaign Shall be Deemed "Irrevocable Gifts" and not Loans; and
Candidate Gifts to Own Campaign to be Taxed As Such

Candidates Receiving Public Funds And Who Are Subjected to Swiftboat Tactics [as defined] May Use Private Funds For Countering Such Tactics.  

ACCESSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, DISCLOSURE

Candidate Financial Disclosure To Occur Simultaneous With Declaration of Candidacy

Candidate Accountability, Accessibility Requirements Candidates must be accessible to voters and news media by means of unscripted news conferences and similar means

Pre-emptive Laundry Disclosure Week.  Candidates to disclose all personal linen issues in timely and complete manner.

POLITICAL PROCESS
Super-Delegates Shall Be Financially and Beneficially Independent of Any Candidate

GOVERNING

Lobbying Activities Shall Be Conducted Publicly

ACCOUNTABILITY AND FAIR DEALING; ACCOUNTING PRACTICES
Economic Fraud Prevention
Uniform Accountability, Fair Standards Act. Shipwreck Prevention.  Too late for this one.
"Welfare" concept to expand to include whatever someone receives free from the government, in any form
Failure to Vet Credentials, Political Felony
Need for Factfinders in Committee

Government as Fiduciary for Taxpayer

Moderation of Presidential Rules-Making Power, "Midnight Regulations" Before Leaving Office

"Welfare" Redefined; Perspectives on American Ubiquitous Giveaways

Cultures, Groups, Western, Central Europe

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CULTURES WITHOUT WRITING
(until outsiders wrote)
Hwaet! Power of the Written Word. Beowulf; saved by the ABC's Value of cultures who did not, or could not, create their own writing system; how much lost. Aleut, Eskimo, Celts, even Vikings, women's histories

VLACHS - CROSS BORDER, GREECE, EASTERN EUROPE
Vlachs: Gypsy Roots? Or earlier - areas of Roman influence Linguistic roots to Latin, some say. Romania area?

Vlachs: Nomads, Shepherds Gypsy roots; Greek tradition; Romania; enslavement


GYPSY, ROMA

Survey Sites, Roma
Romani law, culture, religion; includes references to Vlachs, as a separate people; and Vlachs (found in Roman old Romania area) speaking Romani. Not clear if the Vlachs speak Romani, suggesting a connection, or a vernacular form of old Latin. Other Roma customs.

Origins, Romani; Myths, Linguistics
Genius of the Survivor - Gypsies, Itinerant, Un-Propertied Rome fell; Gypsies survive. The genius of a targeted culture.
Romney or Cant, Gypsy Language
Bogomils, Deemed "Heretic" and persecuted, thought killed off, by Roman branch of Christianity, Balkans, Bosnia
This group was persecuted by the Roman branch of Christianity, thought killed off. Some traditions remain, it is said, despite the assimilations

POLAND
Hussars, Winged Cavalry, Poland

Khazars, or Hazars, Central, Eastern European Culture

CROATIA
Sinj, Croatia: The 600 Horsemen
Uskoks, Croatia

ASIA, EUROPE, UNITED STATES

Gypsies, Roma, Romani
Includes the "Travelers" of Great Britain, different heritage, language, but similar roots?

Melungeons Cultural, ethnic mix, Appalachia, Southern coastal areas, US



Women's Role, Western Culture
Women Restricted in Civil War to "grieving" Death of Abraham Lincoln - participation of women limited to grieving, see Godey's Lady Book, no discussion of policy, impact.


RESISTANCE - The First French Resistor, An Ordinary Man, On His Own

RESISTANCE - Czech Republic Paratrooper Resistance WWII; assassination of Reynhard Heydrich, Prague


THE IGNORED - Women - Roles Left Out of the Civil War



CULTURES - Gypsies, Roma, Romani