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The Peters Projection Map.
We are used to viewing the world through a Mercator projection map which is basically a map
to fit a globe.  If viewed as their actual size and location, our view of the world changes
dramatically.  

The size and scale of a Mercator map is not accurate.

See video below for an explanation. (From the West Wing)




The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral
philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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This view of our earth is really nothing new.  It is based on "Lambert's Cylindrical Equal-Area projection" (c. 1770's) from the 18th century which influenced "Gall's Orthographic Projection" (c. 1850's).  


George Amedore & Christian Klueg for NYS Senate 2016
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"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground."
Lyndon Baines Johnson
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those who control the knowledge control the masses.....
those who control the 'wars' control the masses.....


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS

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those who control the knowledge control the masses.....
those who control the 'wars' control the masses.....


The discourse of the market can easily be made compatible with the reformation of
enlightenment rationalism.


The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral
philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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those who control the knowledge control the masses.....
those who control the 'wars' control the masses.....



Jesus Christ! Give it a rest. It's a thread about a f*ckin' globe.

I swear senders, you sh*t up threads worse than Boxy does.




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Jesus Christ! Give it a rest. It's a thread about a f*ckin' globe.

I swear senders, you sh*t up threads worse than Boxy does.


the 'globe' as you call it is where wars happen, because 'that big bad land mass across the ocean is threatening the US'...
and it has to do with empire building....

CONNECT THE DOTS AS TO WHY THE GLOBE LOOKS DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD....I'm sure you're
smart enough to figure that out.

ask yourself WHY? but that might be too much work for you or is it too early in the day?


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS

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the 'globe' as you call it is where wars happen, because 'that big bad land mass across the ocean is threatening the US'...
and it has to do with empire building....

CONNECT THE DOTS AS TO WHY THE GLOBE LOOKS DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD....I'm sure you're
smart enough to figure that out.

ask yourself WHY? but that might be too much work for you or is it too early in the day?


Ironic reference to the relationship between the divisibility of the hidden and the renunciation
of biohistory brings to light few new facts.


The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral
philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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The "South Up Map" is also interesting. Most commonly used in Australia, it does give a different way at looking at our planet.  We need to look at things from different perspectives to broaden our way of thinking.


George Amedore & Christian Klueg for NYS Senate 2016
Pete Vroman for State Assembly 2016[/size][/color]

"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground."
Lyndon Baines Johnson
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