Korea Demonstrations - 10th Week

The cumulative number of demonstrators that have participated in anti-Park demonstrations stands at around 8.9 million. Protest organizers are hoping to break the 10 million mark tonight.

The protests kick off at 7:00 pm with live rock performances by Shin Dae-chul and Chun In-kwon. Tonight's demonstration is titled "Farewell Park, Welcome New Year".

Gwanghwamun Square at 5:00 pm

Gwanghwamun Square at 6:30 pm

Around 20 Countries Have Or Will Legalize Marijuana

According to CNN, about 20 countries have legalized or looking at legalizing marijuana. Many countries are getting patents, registering trademarks, developing medicine, and other materialistic things with cannabis. Wake up Korea. Losing a lot of money and employment opportunities versus wasting money and lives locking up people.

CNN: The global experiment of marijuana legalization

The United Nations may soon decriminalize medicinal marijuana. The first step is for the World Health Organization’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) to reclassify marijuana from a narcotic drug to medicine. The ECDD is conducting pre-reviews of cannabis in order to consider reclassification.

The UN takes it's advice from the ECDD. The United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, as amended by the 1972 Protocol is the leading obstacle to worldwide decriminalization. If the UN amends this convention, then all 185 nations that signed it will have to follow and decriminalize medicinal marijuana.


Americans For Safe Access: Major International Victory for Medical Cannabis!

Rockers To Perform Banned Song At Gwanghwamun Demonstration

"Beautiful Rivers and Mountains" written by the late Shin Jung-hyun, the godfather of Korean rock, will be sung by his son tomorrow at the demonstrations tomorrow in Seoul.

His son, Shin Dae-chul, has asked pro-Park demonstrators to stop playing his father's song which was written in protest against the late Military Dictator Park. Park had asked his father to write a song supporting the dictator and refused. Instead, he wrote a song about the beautiful country and it was banned by the government. Several thousand songs were banned during the Park regime. 

The song starts at around 40 seconds. 

Even though it is really cold, it will be New Year's Eve, demonstrations, and live rock music. Sounds like it will be a big crowd tomorrow. 

Good news on the Park scandal, ex-Minister of Health was arrested for pressuring the National Pension Service to vote in favor of the merger. The Special Prosecutor seems to be making progress in getting testimony and evidence to back 3rd party and also direct bribery charges to President Park. It seems that ex-Presidential aide Ahn Jong-bum wrote down everything in his notes, including the President's orders after her meeting with the vice-Chairman of Samsung Lee Jae-young.

It also appears that Choi Soon-sil paid hospital bills, bought clothes and accessories for the President. Park has stated that she paid Choi Soon-sil back, but I doubt that. Someone had to pay the hairdresser, make up artist, injection lady and chi therapy lady. Yes, injection lady. An instant message from a President's aide stating that he was bringing in the injection lady to another aide was found. The injection lady and chi therapy lady visited the President around five times in 2013. 

Korea Herald: NPS chief faces arrest, admits to ordering merger approval

Matter vs. Knowledge?

Matter can be converted to energy which can be converted to life. Life can be converted to knowledge.

Can knowledge be converted by life to energy? One knows how to move muscles. By exerting will and flexing muscles, thought can be converted to energy.

Gonna have to think on this some more.

Basic universal wage. Sounds like a good start. I expect that in the future, everyone will get basic whole foods, necessities and a place to live, in return for studying and exercising. Maybe also jobs like taking care of plants.

What kind of past times will we have? Exploring the world and universe.

The Verge: iPhone manufacturer Foxconn plans to replace almost every human worker with robots

President Park Had Cosmetic Surgery Between April 15 and 17, 2014

In addition to the high resolution photographs of President Park's face on April 15, 16 and 21, 2014, the press also found a photograph for April 17. The photograph of the President's face on April 17 also show marks that could be due to cosmetic surgery,

Some doctors say that the marks are due to thread inside the skin. The thread was used for lifting the skin to eliminate wrinkles. The marks are not there on April 15 or 16. The doctors say that the marks are because the end of the thread started to poke through the skin and that the surgery happened a day or two earlier. 

The two Presidential aides who are always at the President's side have yet to testify. When the prosecutors calls on them to testify, they will most likely refuse. 

The Special Prosecutor's Office carried out a search warrant on the residence and offices of Doctor Kim Yong-jae, a Presidential Doctor and plastic surgeon, this morning. 

April 15         April 17           April 21

How did people suspect cosmetic surgery two years ago? They must be psychic.

Probably only the President, the two aides, a doctor, and an assistant knew. Who talked? The doctor? Maybe he bragged about it. Or the assistant. Someone had to assist in the surgery. In this case, maybe the doctor's wife. Did she maybe gossip a little?

Cheapest Place To Buy In Seoul - Lighters

Five lighters for 1,000 Won.

Get on Subway Line 1 or Line 6, and get off at Dongmyo station. Go out Exit 3 and it is the shop right at the corner. The lighters are on a shelf on the outside of the store.

Store outside Exit 3

Side of store

Lighters are on middle shelf, left of the canned beans.

2 pairs of socks for 1,500 Won

Woolen hats for 2,000 Won

Maybe Anti-Matter Moves Backwards In Time?

Does anti-matter move backwards in time? As soon as a anti-proton is created, maybe it disappears leaving only the proton.