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I have got out a fine cup of coffee on an overcast March day, and I am making my way through the works of Hawthorne. Here is a lesson that all of Eastern Europe has learned:
From Nathaniel Hawthorne, Earth’s Holocaust. You will want to read until the ending.
Thank-you for waking up Hawthorne- one of the greats for sure. I for one wouldn’t mind a few more excerpts.
k
As I see no comments yet and being in a rather mellow and peaceful mood I thought I’d indulge in a little wishful thinking.
Having just seen the article about Yulia Samoylova being banned by the Kiev junta for the crime of visiting Crimea (possibly a clever move) I thought how nice it would be if we could all meet up in a Crimean cafe and get to know each other in person.
A fanciful suggestion I know, but it is nice to dream at times and I’d be quite happy to get banned from Ukraine -particularly since they now appear to gave gone from being insolvent to blowing themselves up.
This would really be great. Saker followers should meet in person. Locally, regionally and globally!
maybe develop a skype conferencing set up???????
Or other reality virtual meeting place…………
Maybe one of the alternatives to Skype, because if the western ‘Idiocracy’ world gets any stupider or more paranoid then the possibility of getting on a ‘list’ might become a little too real.
https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/is-skype-safe-and-secure-what-are-the-alternatives/
I do recommend a software called Discord.
It is what gamers are using.
am following Saker since a long time. Would be ready to arrange a get together meeting in Tuscany, Italy.
Couple of days ago I was thinking: one of the favourite numerologic date is coming – 3/22. Is anything going to happen?
Maybe the London thing is that? Or something totally different, unreported by the media?
Always juggling with hypothesis and options.
When we talk 322 (Skull & Bones for the slower), some believe that it refers to Genesis 3:22
“And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:”
Some believe, that the whole goal of occult/hermetic/esoteric/alchymic etc. craft is to mix the “sons of gods” and “daughters of men” again. This is the core of the whole system of symbols mixing the opposites. That is also the reason, why above the Jakin pillar there is a heavenly realm and above Boaz the earthly one (freemasonry).
By the way, the so called “Star of David” (star of Chiun and Remphan in the Scriptures) is exactly this.
So far 5 dead (one of the meaning of #5 is Death. But means also Grace in the Scriptures) and over 40 injured.
Let’s wait and see…
” And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:”
Emperor Wu:
“I have built temples and ordained monks. What is my merit?”
Bodhidharma:
“No merit.”
Emperor Wu :
“What is the highest principle of the dharma?”
Bodhidharma:
“Vast emptiness, nothing holy.”
Emperor Wu:
“Who is standing before me?”
Bodhidharma:
“I don’t know.”
I wish Bodhidharma were here to talk some sense into Trump. At least the Emperor did something for others, even if he hoped it would give him some merit.
Trump built Trump Tower to glamorize himself alone.
Really great Tower of Babel?
k
The babble part certainly seems real enough.
Tower of Bauble
Emperor Wu:
“Who is standing before me?”
Bodhidharma:
“I don’t know.”
My friend speaks like that after couple of shots of home made 60% plum Schnaps (delicious, by the way) and some porros of homegrown plant full of sun energy… :D
No offence intended.
_smr was refering to a Koan.
A Koan is not understandable through logic.
Divine inspiration solves the dilemma of a Koan.
The divine mother gave us Marihuana for good sex & divine inspiration! ;-)
Perhaps not exactly a koan, but not quite logic or language either. It’s about identity and attachment.
Bodhidharma’s answer ‘I don’t know’ ties in with his statement “[dharma] Vast emptiness, nothing holy.”, and relates to the issue of identity, and becoming attached to the memory stream which people use to latch on to a self-identity, which exists only moment to moment, like the flowing stream to which one can never return to step in a second time.
That who we were is no more and that which we may become does not yet exist. Identity, outside of memory and misperceptions of time and space, is an illusion — not unreal, but not as we are able to correctly perceive.
Think back to one’s childhood, years ago, or yesterday, and you are not the same person, and while you can now think similar thoughts it not the though and the thinking you did, your body is not the same, and the world is not the same — they are always changing and new, but your memory ties these different moments together to form a gestalt called ‘myself’ and ‘reality’. When one dies that all falls away — the physical world, the thoughts in the brain, and the identified self, and the sense of the ‘holy’ which are only thoughts and feelings. One encounters then the vast emptiness which is indescribable and outside of what we perceive as space and time, where, perhaps existence and non-existence becomes indistinguishable and inexplicable. There is a meditation of asking ‘who am I’, and then ‘who asks the question’, and then who asks ‘who ask who?’. There is never an answer, only another question, and one ‘becomes the question’, and then becomes nothing — dharma — suchness.
Neither this not that — ‘nothingness’ — not a number — division by zero — no context — undefined.
Mu! http://peterspearls.com.au/the-zen-koan-mu.htm
When one is utterly unattached to anything, even to one’s own thoughts, self or identity, and being, what remains? The sound of there being no one to hear. (Schrodinger’s box unopened?). It is not the koan which can not be understood but that which it refers to.
Language, logic, emotion, thought, intuition, abstraction — these should be our servants, not our masters. One can cross the ‘great water’ (consciousness) with a boat, but when one reaches the other side then one needs to leave the boat behind. One moves towards unattachment.
where do you get all this information ?
I don’t think Skull and Bones is very esoteric – its a joke amongst those idiot silver spooners….
They have just a little bit of ritual – that none takes seriously…
I’m not saying that even the little bit isn’t powerful – but 322 doesn’t ‘get it’ – George Bush Jr as an occultist – give me a break.
The Masons have no power except through mediums…and how powerful is that ????? NOT….
And the Old Testament is exactly what it says – the ‘old’ testament – not the new testament –
its all decadent – the problem is not those idiots — its the idiots in front of the idiot box that’s the problem…
And the men who want to be virile forever – rich and old – killing all the rhinos for their horns.
Dear Ann,
It is naive not to grasp that the B. Grove rituals are serious expressions of satanic practices. The earth has been wiped clean from such evil on more than one occasion. Read Noah in the old testament- same stuff.
Rituals for good or evil use powerful symbols, words, and forms to give rise to specific kinds of non-physical presences. How do our our so-called leaders become psychopathic and behave so brutally and unconscientiously towards their fellow humanity? One of the rituals performed at the Grove is called the ‘sacrifice of care’. A doll- the image of a human child- is sacrificed to a fire on an altar. Who built the altar and to whom? It is not possible to do such an ungodly act of forsaking one’s faculty of conscience to a sacrificial altar without deep and lasting impact. And we are now hearing of blood sacrifices and worse. This is not child’s play, but old institutions of evil long at work becoming visible and inserting themselves into the fore of modern life. Watch some of the super bowl halftime shows or the recent opening of that tunnel in Switzerland.
ugh this is not my favorite subject. back to poetry for my next post.
k
“You have spoken of adversaries. Who are they?”
“The antagonistic spirits who range themselves against our mission; who strive to mar its progress by
counterfeiting our influence and work, and by setting men and other spirits against us and it. These are
spirits who have chosen the evil, have put aside promptings and influences of good, and have banded
themselves under the leadership of intelligence still more evil to malign us and to hamper our work. Such
are powerful for mischief, and their activity shows itself in evil passions, in imitating our work, and so
gaining influence over the deluded, and most of all, in presenting to inquiring souls that which is mean and
base, where we would tenderly lead to the noble and refined. They are the foes of God and man;
enemies of goodness; ministers of evil. Against them we wage perpetual war.”
extract from more spirit teachings by Stainton Moses.
These “counterfeiters” seem somewhat elusive , if not illusory.
“thou shalt worship R2P…American exceptionalism,,,American MIC complex….the ISIS Caliphate, Russophobia,for example?
Thank you for this view.
I like the last sentence.
One wonders if there is emerging a New New Testament.
Certainly there should be choice. Some will adhere to the Old.
I like a Rational Testament myself.
But we need not discard everything from the old.
The break from the apartheid of the Old Testament to the humility , inclusiveness and tolerance of the New Testament is a very welcome development.
Still we should be very careful with the the idea that PDE5 inhibitors could mean the saving of the remaining rhino.
Look what happened to the vultures:-
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2373805/
@Ann up above somewhere. Your comment was most refreshing, I especially liked:
“its all decadent – the problem is not those idiots — its the idiots in front of the idiot box that’s the problem. I coulden’t agree more.
@Ann,
where do you get all this stuff?!
Reading and research, Ann, reading and lots and lots of reading.
This information, and its relevance to geo-political events is “out there” on the interwebs. “Believe everything you read on the internet!!(ha!), no, of course not.
But “stuff” can be cross-referenced, and even tracked back to primary, validated source material.
I used to scoff at conspiracy “nonsense”. But then Building 7.
How can a building just spontaneously free-fall? Oh, but it didn’t.
Lucky Larry Silverstein, the (new, conveniently insured against terrorist attacks) owner, said to “pull it”. OK. How do you pull/ demolish such a building (with such precision) without weeks/months of careful demolition/explosive + engineering advice/???? You don’t.
Ok. So how did they know to have it ready to pull on 9/11?????.
And so now you are headed down a rabbit hole. That just goes deeper and deeper…… And then you learn there really are people who worship “Satan”, people who really do perform ritual child sexual abuse, and even sacrifice.
And some of these same people are global political and business leaders.
Keep reading, Ann. Scoffing and scepticism is healthy(necessary). But how about starting to read with the aim of “proving” the Skull and Bones conspiracy is nonsense, and see how far you get down that rabbit hole?
Here’s a free pass to start you on your “ride”… (Buckle up)!
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/12/27/defense-contractor-nbc-honors-ailing-war-criminal-george-h-w-bush-with-freemasonic-33-photo-propaganda-tribute
http://nworesearch.org/SKULL_BONE.html
It still does not require belief in Satan, or any other myth. Criminals do as they will.Perverts will indulge their perversions.
Some people are attracted to certain fraternities where they feel comfortable. Mental illness will always be evident.
None of this requires superstitious belief.
Perhaps your Satan reference was allegorical.
“None of this requires superstitious belief.” – the problem comes when leaders who have the power to decide upon justice, welfare, peace and war, come with it.
I saw a comment mentioning these events on 3/22.
Occult references here: Yet again, on a 3/22 : 322 – “Skulls and Bones” (Yale). See here: https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1730295 (scroll down to the Babylonian history posting).
3/22/1980: Opening Georgia Guide Stones, outlining the Babylonian World Order with a 500 million global population target.
3/22/2016: Terrorist false-flag at the heart of Europe, Brussels, also called “New Babylon”. The difference is exactly 36 years: 3 6’es – 666 – This was an unholy anniversary false flag.
3/22/2017: Today, this attack in London. UK Parliament attack, nearby vehicle rampage leave 5 dead, about 40 injured License plate: EX66RNO. X = 24th letter in alphabet -> 2 4 = 6. Followed by the 2 actual 6’es yields E 666 RNO the other letters are insignificant.
Israeli Police Arrest Suspect for Bomb Threats Made Against American Jewish Centers
Israeli police arrested a 19-year-old man Thursday in connection with the wave of bomb threats against Jewish community centers in America, authorities in Israel said.
The unidentified man is a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen. U.S. officials told NBC News that a motive remains unclear and the suspect is himself Jewish.
I think (unlike what they will say),the motive is quite “clear”. He wanted to make people think the “evil” Trump election was causing antisemitism in the US. Thus killing several “birds” with one stone. Making people hate Trump more,on one hand. Support Israel more on another hand. And lastly using a “third hand”,scare some US Jews into moving to Israel. That last is a common Israeli tactic,they’ve used a lot in the past.All the propaganda about Trump as a “new Hitler” (though he supports Israel,some irony there).Was a priceless gift for the Israeli scare tactics.
Actually, I think it has more to do with collecting homeland security money from the USG. 97% of it goes to Jewish organizations. Every year there will be a period of “threats” against the Jews.
@ le diplomacy
A sensationalist piece with little new info.
Martin is not particularly credible after her ignorant condemnation of Putin’s ‘ annex’ of Crimea anyway.
She has yet to admit to getting that spectacularly wrong, so I stopped watching her some time ago.
I prefer to go to direct sources – like Bannons Vatican address – for some insight into the potential direction of the Trump admin ( all other factors aside – numerous though they are).
Predigested tabloid fare from ‘progressive media’ cuts no more ice with me than their ‘ alt- right’ opponents ( such as Breitbart) – Tweedledum v Tweedledee.
Curious – – could you give some Saker links
to these Bannonites?
I haven’t seen any my self.
Be interested to read them
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@Ingrid
Thanks for the link. Will check if some nuggets can be found there…
@Rublev
The mixing of opposites which leads to confusion and ambiguity, is different than the integration of opposites in which the elements are in balance with one another. The six pointed star and the two pillars retain their original attributes. Heaven and earth, male and female, when mixed become like mud, when understood as active principle and forces in a dynamic flow of polarity- become balanced.
k
@kinterra
I fully agree with your view on the opposites (I’m still trying to make my head around “the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil”. But as a humble disciple: I believe before I understand). On the other hand, the alchemical “Solve et Coagula” is hinting more into mixing than balancing, doesn’t it.
I just don’t see the Path to the Truth through these esoteric disciplines. They always reveal some truth, but even the “gurus” or “enlightened” higher-ups are ultimately deceived by the Father of Lies.
Of course I have no “evidence” to “prove” it… ;)
Peace.
“I just don’t see the Path to the Truth through these esoteric disciplines. They always reveal some truth, but even the “gurus” or “enlightened” higher-ups are ultimately deceived by the Father of Lies.”
Which esoteric disciplines do you mean?
Which “gurus” and “enlightened ones” do you refer to? Which are deceived by the “Father of Lies”?
If your statement is true: where do you see the “Path to the Truth”?
And what is the “Path to the Truth”?
“Which esoteric disciplines do you mean?”
From ancient mysteries up to the syncretic new-age eintopf. And you name whoever guru you wish. Doesn’t matter in my view.
“where do you see the “Path to the Truth”?”
John 14:6
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
(Jesus mentioned three things (Godhead) and his speech contains 18 words, 3 x 6. I don’t exactly understand all numbers, but I love Scripture’s numerology and symbolism)
“And what is the “Path to the Truth”?”
Luke 9:23
“And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.”
I’m pretty sure, above answers will most likely not be appreciated… ;)
@Rublev
This year, on March 2, in a Movable Cafe, I have posted something about the Genesis 3:22 that says “The Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become as one of Us, knowing good and evil. Let’s obstruct him now, lest he put forth his hand, take the tree of life, and eat, and live forever.” – this is a translation from a Romanian Bible. We had a pretty good conversation with Prometheus at that time. Since then, Prometheus is missing, hopefully not for long. What is so interesting here, is this . “Let’s obstruct him now…” – So, that means that God (in one person ) asked “others” – or He was not alone. Who were the “others” ? presumably angels in the higher hierarchy. And what does that mean “obstruct” ? Or, it was then, when God decided to let loose the “helpers” in this “obstruction” at which the “helpers” have decided to turn against God and pursue their destructive agenda on their own ? Or maybe it is not destructive but building in fact, even if this teaching method is a very cruel one…something which is not tolerated in the human societies according to the human laws ? Something like you put your hand in fire and get burned, the second time you won’t do that – but this a just a shy example, there are more atrocious ones, we know from the every day sufferings around the globe. Is God a good King or a Dictator ? many have asked this question on various forums and publications during time. The very roots of the philosophical arguments came out from such questions : who is God, what is God, who is the man, what is the man, and why must the whole nature suffer in the same way as humans, when they (animals, plants, rivers, seas, etc) have done nothing wrong against the Rule created by God. Is the term “karma” equal for them ? For thousand of years, wise and thinking people have searched for an answer, for thousand of years the humans are still searching and we are still blind. This blindness is only our fault ? is there no treason occurred in the higher hierarchy of angels ? yes, it has. That’s why the war is going on for each soul, but there is light, the war shall have an end and the light shall win. Till that time, we live in darkness.
@ioan
Thank you for your comment. Uff, I will have to thing about it, as there are many rabbits to chase ;) But I always appreciate any interesting thought food, that will make me to open the Book and feed my hungry soul.
Just one small comment. This was not the last time, when God “downgraded” human kind ;)
Genesis 11:6
“And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.”
For the rest, will reply in some cafe, once having a bit more time.
See you then!
One way to see it is that the Great Deceiver is part of the formula. To decipher Truth, we have to be able to decipher untruth. Alchemical formulas always contain an error. The student can only recognize the error if he/she understands the fundamental principles of the operation, and thereby is not misled into false doctrine.
‘Solve and coagula’ is one such formula. Solve- to take apart or dissolve, and coagulate or put together again. To understand the hidden wisdom of life we must be able to take apart (science) and put together again (theology). The two must work together. Modern science is godless. The essence of life eludes the modern intellect because it will not accept that the creation is wisdom imbued and originated in the mind of God. Science has set up false gods of the big bang and the atom etc etc etc and seeks thereby to control the narrative of life as though there is no Divine aspect.
By way of analogy, this would be like trying to understand a Michaelangelo by analyzing the pigments of the paint. Analysis is only one part of the formula- solve- to take apart, dissolve. But you cannot coagulate- put it all together in a comprehensive whole- unless you stand back and survey the majesty of the whole work and acknowledge there was an author. The pigments did not merely big bang, or ‘Darwinisticly’ evolve into a masterpiece. Staying with the analogy, we ‘coagulate’ when we understand the whole masterpiece. The great work is then resurrected in our consciousness, and the essence which it sought to convey becomes a living inspiration working within us just as a great work of Beethoven guides us into the heights of his awesome perception of the harmony of the spheres.
Solve and Coagula is the formula for the human soul to discover our ‘image and likeness to the Gods”. We became as Gods knowing good and evil. To do the Good and redeem the evil is the Great Work.
‘All nature is groaning in travail awaiting the Sons and Daughter of Light.” The alchemists understood Nature is a living being of body, soul and spirit. Unlike chemistry which analyzes and manipulates, the alchemist seeks the Light of understanding to resurrect the soul and spirit of nature within his/her consciousness- to meet Natura naturata in Natura naturans- to find the Living Being of Nature within the obscurity of matter i.e. transforming the lead of matter and into the quintessence of gold.Thus we begin to live and work within the mind of our Hallowed Father Creator. “We become as Gods.”
Humankind lost the likeness to the Gods at the Fall. Our Lord Jesus Christ in His life on earth brought forth the New Adam and the immortal body thus performing the highest alchemical work of restoring humanity to the True Image and Likeness. He showed us ‘the Way, the Truth and the Life’ to the New Paradise- the resurrected Earth.
Holy- Holy- Holy.
k
@kinterra
Thanks. Once in a while, I save comments worth of mental re-mix & re-taste. This one will get there ;)
I enjoy conceptual/symbolic thinking, containing inner cohesiveness. Therefore I love Scripture.
Jeremiah 22:29
“O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.”
(10 words = the Law, Dominion)
Or in other words>>>>>
“… We are bleeding at the roots, because we are cut off from the earth and sun and stars, and love is grinning mockery, because, poor blossom, we plucked it from its stem on the Tree of Life and expected it to keep on blooming in our civilized vase on the table.”
~D.H. Lawrence
Dear kinterra, I enjoy always your comments, you are a source of enlightenment and positive energy, when man need it. As Putin says, “a reliable partner” .
Complime.nt graciously accepted and returned dear friend ioan…
K
We gather here for one main purpose which is to stop war, particularly the empire’s war on Russia. There are many variations on the methods to achieve this goal such as war analysis, poetry and numerology.
In the early stages of this current cafe esoteric symbolism is surfacing. Ingrid’s interpretation of a London license plate is illustrative. I have no doubt that the core of the deep state is rooted in mysticism by way of the talmud and free-masonry. It gets its power from a deeply negative source which it inverts to positive power in its own mind for our general corruption (rupture of the heart).
Bro 93 also takes this tack with his name numerology and application of numbers to 9/11. In a round about way which he may disagree with so does mundomaniac with astrology’s twelve zodiac sacred geo-metrics.
This vineyard with its foundational Orthodoxy rests on a Trinity of One and Three with an Incarnation link. In other words numbers and mystic geometry are inherent in physical reality and meta-physics also.
If we confine ourselves to materialism we will lack the power to stop war and to counter the empire’s use of these “higher powers” whether they be positive or negative. because bi-polarity and tri-polarity are built into our referential system and eventually into a unified field.
Each of us is sovereign in his or her own right but we also choose to interact here in a sakervineyard.is which I believe made an appearance via an anagram. Such a founding event is something more than physics and gross technology.
The idea of “stopping war” is a huge endeavor. I doubt that many of us really believe deep down that it can be done. If we are to succeed we need to change that initial belief. An idea which is a type of knowledge rests on something deeper which I call love. You may call it something else or nothing at all. That is fine and fits with individual choice.
This morning by a fortuitous accident I happened upon King Lear. (I just flashed on Lear and Leary; what’s that?) Cordelia speaks her truthful heart to the King, her sisters and the world for which she is banished. Cor-delia comes from “Cor” or heart and “ideal,” another anagram which actually was what the name Delia meant. Dylan has a song about Delia and her death which I always felt emotionally poignant.
Unlike her lying, power-seeking sisters Delia Cor with her ideal heart spoke truth to power and risked the consequences. In the short term she found a lover in the King of France but in the long run was killed for her truth; and in the even longer term found her Universal Lover.
One last thing before I go to pull weeds from the soil and my soiled heart. The mastheart (oops, a mistake that I’ll leave as is) shows a powerful lady striding through the cafe gate coming toward us. Gifts come in all sizes, shapes and colors, do they not?
“doubt that many of us really believe deep down that it can be done.”
Should we fervently believe that we can find “deep down” in our own hearts a constant condition of “non-warring”?
@ Dennis Leary: Humans have engaged in creating artificial metaphysical and pseudo-logical constructs since the first cognitive ability to discern self from all else. It is these constructs which are constantly re-imagined and re-disseminated via religion, politics, arts and in any human pursuit where ultimate answers are not known. Science is slowly pushing back the fog of human ignorance, revealing the truth that the ancient constructs were pure conjecture, an artifact of a void of knowledge so great that leaders simply ascribed anthropomorphic, mysterious power whatever natural phenomena was beyond human ability to accurately define.
In the pantheon of ancient deities, there is no “god of gravity” in the same way as there was for other unexplained natural phenomena like lightning,. If there was any pivotal divine knowledge to be passed to humans, one would think the gods would have ensured the most mysterious of all universal forces would be prominently represented in scriptures. In the Bible, scholars have gone to great lengths to extend the meaning of simple words like “consist” and “uphold”, to post-hoc hand their god the power of gravity. Gravity, the force, is never named or even alluded to.
Even though science still cannot explain the mechanism under which gravity operates, there is no doubt that gravity is a real, fundamental and primal force in the universe. That “divinely inspired” religions all missed this most basic trait is indicative of the serious religious flaws derived from the human inability to comprehend that gravity did more than merely keep us physically on the ground. This shows religious/metaphysical beliefs are human-created. The relatively recent clever re-definition of primary divine entities/frameworks as “catch-all’s”, so any unknown phenomena was automatically included as “god/higher-power in action” persists and bedevils humanity to this day.
There is no morally “negative or positive” when it comes the forces/energies/matter of the universe. Those forces/energies/matter simply ARE. Are tornadoes, lightning, earthquakes, diseases inherently “morally” wrong? And yet religions have routinely pronounced them a “judgment” against whatever enemy that leadership has set as bogeyman. It is humans that ascribe moral/right/wrong to natural phenomena, not “higher powers”.
Is there a need for humans to agree on, and implement, a rational, practical moral code to move the entire race out of the savagery that persists? Absolutely. Has any religion or metaphysical belief system provided even the faintest practical glimmer of universal relief from Want and Ignorance, let alone War? The religious answer to this failing is to essentially blame the victims for not believing devoutly enough, even though it is the most profound believers who seem to be at the forefront of the chaos and destruction inter-faith conflict incites. Nationalism/patriotism nearly all relies on some linkage to religions, even if only to incite near-religious traits for ethnicity or the ruling leaders/dynasties. It is not the PM of the UK that puts the crown on the British monarch’s head, it is the head of the Church of England. The US accomplishes the same function with “In God We Trust”.
Human brains are pattern-seeking engines, and as such will “see” cause-effect where mere coincidence or correlation is the reality. Science attempts to dispel this effect, but unfortunately can also fall victim to the usual suspects… religion, politics, abuse of wealth/power, the human inability to accept facts as they are, not we wish they would be.
To return to your original premise that the purpose of this blog is to “stop war”, it is apparent that dethroning religions/metaphysical beliefs, patriotic-ethnicity, royalty and similar irrational human constructs is the first order of business. To persist in the very methodology/beliefs with have repeatedly been shown to be at the root of most war/conflict is to sabotage the anti-war effort before it can have significant effect.
Religion/metaphysical belief has had its day, (far too many of them in fact) and humans can now see to the edges of the universe and to the limits of quanta. There is no god looking back at us from either extreme.
Time to try something new. Begin by admitting we humans simple don’t know beyond the limits of what science has reasonably demonstrated. Once we stop propagating ancient beliefs based on extremely limited information, the faster humanity will come to understand that war is a folly/luxury we can no longer afford if we expect to survive.
Otherwise our leaders can simply continue to play “my god’s better than your god”, and by extension, “my country/ethnicity/patriotism means we can kill in god’s name”.
Calling “god” a “higher power’ merely changes the name to protect the guilty, giving divisive beliefs another lease on death/war.
” . . . it is apparent that dethroning . . . [ religions/metaphysical beliefs, patriotic-ethnicity, royalty and similar ] . . . . irrational human constructs is the first order of business.
The suffering will continue while superstition holds sway.
For many , reality is too frightening ; for others , the limited knowledge of reality that humanity has thus far obtained , using the scientific method , is immensely liberating.
“Even though science still cannot explain the mechanism under which gravity operates”
It’s surprisingly simple and elegant:
Gravity in the Electric Universe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TbrGaQ9Zc0
The rest of your rationalistic rant I’ll leave without comment.
The electric universe doesn’t make sense to me. For one thing, I’ve never heard of it being affected by electric – magnetic shielding or interference. What we have now is it is one the fundamental forces, gravitational, electromagnetic, strong nuclear, and weak nuclear.
It is no more mysterious than the others, meaning they are all mysterious and explanations of observed phenomena, and no more mysterious than space, time, movement, and other basic physical manifestations, or existence itself. None of these are ‘understood’, but we do know some things which are good at predicting what will happen in interactions. Other than that, everything is a mystery — maybe including why people think they do, can, or need to ‘understand’ the essence of existence. In practice, understanding is just having a good predictive explanation or narrative. I can say I understand how direct current or a flashlight light bulb works but that doesn’t mean I can create them from my thoughts, but can only tell a story about them. We should not get carried away with ourselves.
So far, the Electric Universe idea does make sense to a layman like me. It’s simple and elegant. And so far, not in a collision with my current understanding of the Book.
This Trilogy made me to upgrade my own cosmology:
Episode 1: Symbols of an Alien Sky:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7EAlTcZFwY
Episode 2: Symbols of an Alien Sky: The Lightning Scarred Planet, Mars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRV1e5_tB6Y
Episode 3: Symbols of an Alien Sky: The Electric Comet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34wtt2EUToo
I wonder, how the following situation appeared to a witness:
Exodus 19:16
“And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.”
Maybe something like this? ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF5EDV6T7es
@nice try
I do appreciate your knowledge very much and respect your views, there is a lot of logic in what you are saying and I agree with many things written by you. Anyway, by exploiting your analyses, we get again at the point of Creation : was it there such a Creation as we know from the Bible and other religious sources or it was The Big Bang Theory – which is also a theory in kid-shoes ? Whatever magnificent knowledge the actual science has, is still too early to call it as something great. The amplitude of life on this planet is so sophisticated, that the evolution theory is nearing that of Creation. It would made a wonder – or supernatural – to have a “mistakenly” or by “chance” such a perfect coordination of living cells, moreover intelligent atom-cells, who programmed themselves into such a great variety of living structures, including the man. The other thing or rather question is : do we have souls and what is the soul, does science or could science explain it ? ( the attribution of all the sentiments, feelings and thinking to the brain is known – but not explained, proved) Another, very important question comes right after : what is happening after our brain has died (and body) , do we lose everything forever and we disappear without a trace, the feelings, the thoughts, the memories, our left behind life experience with our left behind loved once ? That would be without any sense, why then the struggle and life at all ? That would also mean that the whole Big Bang Theory – largely accepted by science – is in fact a tragic mistake.
To me, the Creation sounds much more plausible and the science – if left in peace and widen their thinking beyond the physical dimensions – will one day find the bridge or the missing ring. That will be the new Enlightenment.
“o me, the Creation sounds much more plausible and the science – if left in peace and widen their thinking beyond the physical dimensions – will one day find the bridge or the missing ring. That will be the new Enlightenment.”
That will be the Theory/Proof of Everything! ;)
Of course, once the Esteemed Science agrees to put its rubber stamp on it. Till that time, it will remain a Faith of the Enlightened Lunatics… ;)
Watch this video of the ammo depot still exploding and expected to do so for a week or so. From about 2 mins 25 secs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WThgIAgsPo0 – good to see that this ammo won’t be used against the Donbass republics.
Military base, Ukraine Kharkov region Balakleya.
Latest release from Wikileaks.
#Vault7: WikiLeaks releases ‘Dark Matter’ batch of CIA hacking tactics for Apple products
https://www.rt.com/viral/382025-wikileaks–cia-hacking-vault7/
Also, Assange:
WikiLeaks Press Briefing on Latest ‘Vault-7’ Release
https://sputniknews.com/world/201703231051890737-wikileaks-vault-7-dark-matter-presser/
See also:
CIA’s NightSkies tool can hack, remotely control iPhones without user knowing
https://www.rt.com/viral/382080-nightskies-cia-infiltrate-iphone/
These are good, solid security reasons for chucking your Apples (I-phones) in the pig sty and carrying around a “dumber”-blinder, deafer spy on your person.
You can do it! The Chinese used to communicate long distance quite well via pager codes for a tiny monthly sum. I wouldn’t go that far but my Apple is history and I’m not getting another.
Just let me put in my “put” for 6/18/17 first.
And remember, “One bad Apple spoils the whole barrel.”
i love my iPhone Bro!
i enjoy the inuitive logic, which is embedded in all Apple products and which is far superioir to any other Tec-Company.
i simply dont’ do things with my iPhone & iMac which could compromise me.
They are hoping you would say just that!
k
From RT
NightSkies works in the background and grants “full remote command and control,” to the CIA, allowing it to upload and download files from iPhones, including details from the owner’s phonebook, text messages and call logs, and to execute actions on the phones as it wishes.
“If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to say.” E. Snowden.
Agree. I’ve heard the “I’ve got nothing to hide, what do I care?” thing almost universally from super-duper tech people who really should know better.
OT: Thank you so much for the Moondoggie link in other Cafe, it provoked much amusement and a new look at something I’d dismissed in the past. I enjoyed the author’s unique look at the Soviet dominance of space and the need for a PR opportunity that NASA certainly provided. Also, his opinion of the photos as if “one had gone to Niagra falls and taken a picture of the rental car.” (I paraphrase). This is certainly true.
I had a very interesting conversation with my father today on the subject. We both agreed that the _look_ of the Lunar Lander, with tinfoil and all (“if you dropped a screwdriver, it would fall through the floor” — astronaut) was ludicrous at best, very dangerous in fact. At the very least, if they didn’t fake the whole thing, the mission was a suicide mission. My father was actually asking why there hadn’t been a failure of the Lunar Launch Module during the project. The Van Allen Radiation Belts were another factor. I also made my father laugh when I mentioned that Van Allen himself wanted to blow up a nuke in the belt to, ummm… why was that? Oh, I forgot, to stop the Russians, or something. So your link provided laughter and new knowledge in these parts (in the SW USA, nuke fiascoes are a part of local history — look up “Project Gasbuggy”), thanks!
Thanks for the Moondoggie link in other Cafe, it provoked ……a new look at something I’d dismissed in the past.
Plus+1 from me.
A few years back I became aware that some crazy conspiracy nut jobs were disputing the moon landings. I scoffed. How ridiculous.
It’s scary to me to realise far I have moved in my views. Building 7. That’s what did it.
Now, I discover there are “building 7s” everywhere. Boston bombing, Sandy Hook, Bataclan, ++++so many others.
Looking at the moondoggie site. Yeah. Those modules and moon rovers do look silly.
Just how deep does the rabbit hole go?
+1 to you and I have to mention:
Almost a decade ago I was in Bayonne in Basque region France (great farmer’s market!) at a very inspired French dinner table (cheese course comes last) and it was some anniversary of the moon landings. What was extremely interesting: all kinds of people were there, everyone was laughing about the idea that the US actually landed on the moon. I didn’t argue with them, but thought they were nuts. I was so much dumber then, I’m humbler than that now. Still on the fence of the how and why, and even the if, but the whole thing (faking things for PR against the Soviet Menace) strikes me as plausible at least. You don’t have to fake sending guys up in a rocket — just the very strange photos of the only crews to ever leave the Van Allen Belt. The average French people outside of Paris weren’t (and hopefully aren’t) as domesticated as people in the US are, even when I didn’t agree with them I admired their defiance of the NASA narrative.
I agree, Building 7 changed a lot of things for many of us. Also, the news that Libya had been invaded. Then Ukraine. These events led some people here, which demolished cherished myths even further. Good riddance to the myths.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings
has nothing to do with building 7.
‘Remote control’ is hardly ‘ intuitive’ is it?
;-)
Sigh This virtual cafe shares at least one aspect in common with a “live” cafe. It’s noisy, interesting, and diverse. And there are people who mis-hear or mis-understand what is said or meant.
Building 7 and the moon landings.
Building 7 was the “launch-pad” (pun intended) for me to question first one, then another, and then another MSM narrative, one after another.
The rabbit-hole, as it is described, is where one “truth” after another is exposed as a lie.
Moon landings. I personally at this point am unable to be certain if the NASA 1969-narrative is “real” or “true” or not. Thanks for your link to Wikipedia.
For me this is not “evidence”.
I remember very clearly watching the moon-landing live the day it happened (?). I was in school and they wheeled a black and white TV into the gym and the whole school got to watch all day. So from very early childhood I “knew” the moon landing was “true”.
But Building 7 was a smack across the head. Again I watched live (TV)! as it fell. It was 3am my local time and I was shocked. Two towers already down, and now, a THIRD building just falls down for no reason in seconds. I was, I admit, genuinely frightened about what was happening and what it all meant. Soon the MSM explained to me it meant “we” must go to war – in Afghanistan, and then Iraq, even though Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11. I was confused. But. Life is busy, and bills must be paid and spouses divorced, and such.
2004. I am surfing the net. “Building 7 explained”. I click.
And whoooosh, off down the rabbit hole I go……
So yes, for me Building 7 does connect to the moon landings, because after that I can never now just accept the MSM “narrative” unchallenged and without consideration.
White helmets. Daesh, Libya, Syria, Ukraine, Belarus, Argentina, Brazil,
*Russian hackers*! MH-17, MH-370 (and why both were Malaysian?,hmm
The “laundry list” just goes on.
Did NASA land men on the moon in 1969? I have absolutely no idea.
And Building 7 is the reason I now doubt this cherished childhood narrative.(Q: Kiddie, what do you want to be when you grow up? A: I want to be an ASTRONAUT!!!!)
Building 7 was my “red pill”.
I don’t doubt the manned moon landing was real, and I too watched it on TV (the live version and the repeat later that night). I was also an amateur astronomer at the time, having built an 8″ Newtonian, so I had a bit of technical background which should have helped me catch errors, and I had been following the progress well before the launch.
9/11 and building 7 had a different character to me, and I had some skepticism from the first report, which grew as information became more available. As far as I know, in fact, I was the first one who suggested, in the old Yahoo news comments, that thermite might have been used, since I already knew what it was, although having no clue about nanothermite. I hadn’t heard the term thermite used before I brought it up, although certainly I could have missed it elsewhere, but I was that skeptical at the time, and considering all the alternatives.
I watched some of the Curtis film ‘Hypernormalisation’ the other day (the music was so bad and loud I gave up after an an hour or so), and he made an interesting point: that it started to take off in the 70s, it being the dispensing of reality and manipulation of perception, which is everywhere now. That struck me as largely true. Sure there was propaganda, dysinformation, etc. well before that, maybe always, but not so blatant and prevalent. So, we should keep in mind the different periods of Apollo and 9/11.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperNormalisation (Starts off talking about Soviet Union)
“HyperNormalisation is a 2016 BBC documentary by British filmmaker Adam Curtis. In the film, Curtis argues that since the 1970s, governments, financiers, and technological utopians have given up on the complex “real world” and built a simple “fake world” that is run by corporations and kept stable by politicians.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fny99f8amM HyperNormalisation 2016
I’ve read, from some expert, that the US could not put a man on the moon now because NASA has been so weakened by lack of funding and loss of middle managers. Also the ‘can-do’ spirit and competence in the nation as a whole is pretty much gone now, replaced with bravado and BS. Now we have (supposedly Carl Rove) telling Suskind that they ‘create the reality’ while the news analysts struggle to analyze and report it. ‘Perception management’.
I’ve read some conspiracy stuff about Apollo and don’t think it was faked. I’ve read conspiracy stuff about many things which don’t seem to em to hold up at all, and much of it looks like dysinformation, and maybe part of ‘hypernormalization’ programs themselves, such as ‘alien-based energy beams’ taking down the towers, for the purpose of creating more noise, confusing people, and eroding people’s sense of reality.
Conspiracies do exist all the time, everywhere, of course, but not everything has weird explanations. It seems clear that 9/11 was a conspiracy from both foreign powers and people within the US government — exactly who and how, I don’t know, and I don’t think that’s as critical as understanding the general forces and purposes of it, which was the “new Pearl Harbor” mentioned in the PNAC papers, for the purpose of setting people on the paths of fear and war, as other false flags were designed for. A false flag are a common sort of conspiracy, but not every event is a false flag, even though details reported from a genuine event can be wrong, and the spin given about an event can be manipulated by whoever decides to try to make use of it, or take credit for it.
Determining what really happened in a given case depends largely on getting access to facts — real evidence — as well as looking at qie bono, groups agendas, etc. This is very difficult, more so now than ever, but we have a better shot at connecting dots to see probably agendas by the various groups (such as, no matter what happens, blame Russia, or Muslims, or Iran — or a some political party). We can also look at the history and traditions of who tells what lies about what, and why. It’s not simple or straightforward though. For the lies we see, nevertheless, everything is not a lie — but telling lies, truth, misperceptions, errors, and partial lies or truth apart is quite problematic, and much worse that the old conundrum of ‘a village has people who always lie or always tell the truth’.
We don’t find blue or red pills, but purple pills, filled with ambiguity. Who could know if Churkin just died or was killed except those who conducted an autopsy, if even them for sure? People talk about if there is fire or only smoke, but now the thing pervading the world is fog — Curtis’ ‘hypernormalization’.
For a filmic analysis of the substitution of reality with ‘fake’ reality see Victor Pelevin’s
‘Generation P’ – made into a very interesting movie 10 years ago.
It’s subject is Yeltsin’s Russia but it is even more applicable to the West.
@blue. Yep.
Agree with a substantial 98% of what you have said above.
Cutis docos over the years have been worth my time, so will have another crack at hyper-normalisation.
“We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the US public believes is false”. | William J. Casey, 1981, CIA Director.
There is always a lot of talk about how Russians “see themselves” in the World. Well maybe we should listen to what President Putin had to say on the subject. I doubt that anyone here would dispute that “he” might understand a “bit” about the feelings of his own people in that matter. Next time you hear people talk differently about it. Remember what the Russian President said on the subject.:
“Russia is an inalienable and organic part of Greater Europe and European civilization. Our citizens think of themselves as Europeans…That’s why Russia proposes moving towards the creation of a common economic space from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, a community referred to by Russian experts as ‘the Union of Europe’ which will strengthen Russia’s potential in its economic pivot toward the ‘new Asia.’”
— Russian President Vladimir Putin, “Russia and the changing world”, February 2012
More important, I think, than how Russians or any sub group might identify with Europe are the political and economic implications and why ‘Russia is part of Europe’ would be said.
First there is an implication of subservience to it in that Russia would then supposed to ‘act European’, and abide by European values and standards. Along with this is a concession that Europeans are qualified to divide up the one, large, Eurasian continent as they see fit, when in fact there are is no objective way or even good reason to make such a division geographically, geophysically, or geologically, and it is purely arbitrary.
It is not a geophysical, or even good anthropological, statement but a political one, and Europe is, in fact, a smaller portion of the Eurasian continent.
This is similar to those who have insisted that Libya is an Arabic nation instead of African, that Palestine is a part of Israel, or that the South China Sea is part of the natural US Pacific Ocean and sphere of influence, and “Rex Tillerson’s testimony that a ‘signal’ should be sent to China that ‘access to these islands is not going to be allowed’” ( http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/02/13/how-the-u-s-can-take-control-in-the-south-china-sea/ ). This is all part of lines of propaganda attempting to justify colonialism and imperialism, Putin’s use of it at times notwithstanding.
So how far from Europe is the US? Twenty miles — because that’s how close Russia is from Alaska? Is South America really the ‘US’s backyard’ because it passed the Monro Doctrine? My backyard is part of my property as designated in the deed I have, but the US does not own South America, and the idea of ownership of any part of the Earth is fairly absurd and arbitrary anyway — ask the animals and plants. ‘My’ backyard will be inhabited by them long after I and the government of the US are long gone, and I at best am just a temporary tenant.
I think you are overthinking the situation. Its really simple. Most Russians consider Slavs (themselves,83% of the RF population ) as an ethnic “European” group. Whether they live in Siberia or Rostov. Now of course “geographically” there might be some dispute on some areas. But just like in the US,Australia,Canada,NZ,etc.People of European descent would more than likely consider themselves “Europeans” in the ethnic sense,so do Russian Slavs.I’m almost certain that in Australia,just as in the US,when people are asked for their descent they answer (if they are those) English,Irish,Scot,German,Italian,etc,etc.And add the Australian or American using a hyphen to it. Though in Russia, since a large part of it is,and historically it was, considered European. They don’t need to do that.
Personally, I descend from German and Scotts-Irish, but I never considered myself as ‘European’
(and barely even as American now, since it’s gone off the deep end). For me, even identifying as myself is confusing enough, much less as someone else or some group I have no tribal connections with. What would that mean?
I think we have should be very careful regarding tribalism or identity politics, in light of all the problems it leads to, and think just being ‘Russian’, and themselves, is quite enough for a Russian to identify with, regardless of ancestry, and includes many different cultures and languages. There are very real political innuendos, and manipulations, involved with these identity issues.
B
I think you might have misunderstood what Putin meant there about Russia-Europe. He didn’t mean Russia was exclusively European, but that Russia included Europe in her make up. She is also Asian. The reference to Asia, and that alluded to the roles Russia can play, because of her unique geography of being both European and Asian, in bringing Europe and Asia together, with Russia being an important link in this.
Post Poetry Day Post
I made it to the last cafe just at closing, so today I toast the poets with these words by Louis Untermeyer from From “An Exaltation of Larks” by James Lipton.
“We cannot escape poetry. The charm of poetry has quietly slipped into our lives. We need its quick power of communication. We intensify a hard rain by saying its raining cats and dogs. The taste of oranges are sun kissed, we crash parties, we construct skyscrapers, give each other a cold shoulder, run in a vicious circle, pierce with our gaze, look for needles in haystacks, and loose ourselves in a sea of troubles. The man who belittles poetry in public still practices it in private for our very dreams are made of poetry.”
I guess the Prez was dreamin’ of drainin’ the swamp.
k
He said:- ” . .loose ourselves . . . “?
Nit-picking time farmerbraun? You must run an automated farm to fuss yourself with little writers’ peccadillos. On the other hand, it might help others to see the murky pitfalls of English. Cheers.
Hey FB and Anonymous, losen up!
Shot! :-)
Good one ! So the quote was authentic , or it was not? I was too lazy to check it in detail myself.
“an automated farm ”
Probably less automation than any other farm of a similar type in Godzone. You think that maybe I have too much time on my hands?
But yes , I do like my quotes to be verbatim. It sure helps one in discerning the meaning.
Does poetry bear translation to other languages I wonder? Probably not too well. Some languages are filled with poetic expressions, and a lot of it might not translate too well. I would like to read more about this.
LH, from what I know Arabic is the most off the charts with poetry of the very flowery type mixed right in with everyday prose and conversation.
Too much of a good thing?? I don’t know.
I’m told that Islam is lunar….symbolic of right brain, intuitive, sacred feminine characteristics,,,,but both right and left are highly subject to tipping into imbalance, IMHO.
Hi lawrence,
Translating a poem from one language (original written) to another is not an easy task at all. If you, for example translate the words, there is no more rhyme and rhythm left. Furthermore, there are words that cannot be translated just the relative meaning of that word. So, you have to put together a translation combined with interpretation, keeping the rhyme and following the rhythm of the original. Anyway, in the most cases, the initial essence of the original poem is lost. Somewhere, I red a poem translation – the same poem – in English on one page (on internet forum) and I was amazed how much they differ in spirit compared to the original one. A good poetry translator has to be very talented and inspired, besides of course, has to have very good knowledge of the translated language also.
No kidding, Ioan. Even worse is when they translate a philosophical or religious text and treat it as “poetry”. The Penguin translation of Lao Tzu is so bad that one could consider it an intelligence operation to destroy the original text. Many people who read the Penguin version consider it “dry.” Lao Tzu has a lot of wit. Penguin has a line which reads, if memory serves, “to have arms without having arms.” Actual translation: “To have weapons without appearing to have weapons.” Something like that. Chinese is so different from English (understatement of the century) so the translator really should be a native speaker who loves the text to begin with.
That is why I prefer the classic one by Lin Yutang (FWIW)
Tranquility in sun and shadow…
https://youtu.be/u4XgbIhlOvk
Awakened purity in soul and nature- what the Gods would wish for humanity.
US Republican Health Care Bill Is More Expensive For Gov’t, Consumers – CBO
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201703241051905832-gop-health-bill-govt-cbo/
“The Congressional Budget Office, an independent agency tasked with assisting lawmakers on budget matters, estimates the new amendments to the American Health Care Act make the bill more costly to taxpayers without insuring more Americans.”
From the info provided in the rest of the article, it is clear the new bill is worse than obamacare in every aspect. This is what happens when a country is fascist.
Over Half of Moldovan Nationals Tend to Support Closer Ties With Russia
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201703231051903474-half-moldovans-close-ties-russia/
“If a referendum was to take place next Sunday, a total of 49 percent of voters would support joining the Eurasian Economic Union, with only 40 percent voting in favor of joining the European Union, head of the Fund Andrei Lukyan said at a press conference, adding that both numbers have increased in comparison to the previous year result of 48 and 40 percent, respectively.
“A total of 56 percent of citizens believe that the republic should be closer to Russia (53 percent a year ago), and only 43 percent spoke in favor of closing in with the West and Europe (47 percent last year),” Lukyan said.
According to the poll, 53 percent of voters would not support Moldova joining NATO, with only 23 percent voting in favor of it, and 64 percent of voters would speak against the country becoming a part of Romania.”
Essentially, Moldovans are liking the israeloamerican-eu less and the Russian-Eurasian block more than they were a year ago. This means the zionazi PR spell is wearing off.
US Department of Veterans Affairs Accused of Animal Cruelty
https://sputniknews.com/art_living/201703241051906783-veterans-department-animals-experiment-cruelty/
“The Department of Veterans Affairs wouldn’t seem to be an organization one would associate with animal cruelty, but the VA is facing accusations from animal rights advocates of “painful, bizarre and wasteful” experimenting on man’s best friend — all in the name of better care for military veterans.
The allegations come from the White Coat Waste Project (WCW), a bipartisan group of activists that aims to end government funding of animal experimentation.
“The abuses are consistent with [Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center’s] disturbing track record of oversight and management failures,” group officials reportedly said in a letter to the VA inspector general, VA leaders and key congressional committees, released Tuesday.
According to the group’s report, the department has set up several facilities where dogs are subjected to induced heart attacks, invasive and brain-damaging surgery and simulated intestinal ailments, which are said to either kill or mutilate the subjects.
“There is virtually no information on hand to say exactly what the purpose of these experiments are,” said Justin Goodman, vice president for public policy at WCW.”
I would think such experimentation would yield much more useful results if va administration personnel (note I didn’t use the term people), especially management, were the guinea pigs.
Good comments in the Springtime Cafe.
For me Spring is the images in Eimar’s video of beautiful flowers of femininity. Or the Pachelbel canon one right at the top right of that page:
https://youtu.be/NlprozGcs80
Mother Nature gives the girls some beautiful competition……
But there are some very dark spiritis who are Ann’s enemies (but who very much would like her comment….) that will have none of that beauty and purity of spirit.
Dennis’ metaphorical Count Khazar is one of them. Kintera is their match, at least in the realm of dramatic hero………They DO get it, in a slightly different way than I do.
However, what I wanted to say quickly is that kinterra is basically right IMHO in response to Ann, who makes the commonest error, which basically is “I don’t believe this crap, and neither should you!” leaving unsaid a certain fear or anxiety that if we discuss it too much, we might start believing it and fall into its thrall, so let’s just pooh. pooh the subject any time it comes up
and “whistle past the graveyard with our fingers crossed behind our backs………….
The error is this: It ain’t about what we believe or don’t believe!
,b>It is about what the Enemy of Humanity believes, not because it is true (in a fundamental way, I am of the opinion that it is folly, and illusion of the worst, stupidest kind) but because they WILL act on their beliefs.
OK? Get the distinction???
I’m no expert, at all. I just find I pick up rather readily on esoteric concepts in nano-seconds that literally take some people years or never to grasp. It were better for more people to pick up the pace, because there are hidden things that give the Empire a power differential over its victims, and it were better to eliminate that differential and level the playing field, just a bit, if you don’t mind. . Some DO mind. Why? Ask them! I don’t they have even figured that out yet………….
Got to run, but here are a couple of guys that have been trying to level that playing field for many, many years:
https://youtu.be/MoRVBGQqyc0
The video was produced March 19, 2017 the beginning of the Hidden (that’s all “occult” means, boys and girls……) Season of Sacrifice……..which has a tradition thousands of years old:
Why March 19??? 3 days before the Spring Equinox, that’s why. And it lasts till May Day, May 1. The beginning half of Spring, in the Northern Hemisphere.
Then, let’s go from there and I’ll try to get back to the Springtime ( aka No More Stupid Sacrifices) Cafe before it closes.
” a certain fear or anxiety that if we discuss it ”
I didn’t apprehend any fear ; fearless pursuit of knowledge and truth is what I saw. Why would we not discuss this , especially in a cafe?
‘to be forewarned is to be forearmed’ is a saying that comes to mind, one is at least free then to make choices or hopefully be in a position to act upon knowledge, though it may not be possible…
Hey Farmer Brown, there’s no fear in you, I agree.
But there is in some other people. A LOT of other people. And the delicious irony of the matter is that it is placed there by the enemy ( …..just like Anthropomorphic Global Warming……can you relate???
You are not in their thrall, nor am I ,,,but how many are??? 10% ?? 20%?? 50%???? and does their fear consciousness constrain your efforts and mine to talk sense on that and related matters…. EVERYTHING is related BTW…………………..) and manipulated in areas of their psyche they don’t even know exists???
Is this an objective “consciousness problem” that affects the topography of the global civilizational battle field???
I maintain that it does very much affect that terrain, so we had better get a handle on that “inner game”. Or Battle for the Mind.
Consciousness, “where the rubber meets the road”.
I love the Emily Dickinson, A Critic!
Now where is our fire bringer when we need him? Prometeo (“I promise” in espanol…) because It’s time for a little mind stretching to start the morning, and our Jack LaLanne that was talking about annunaki and such skips out on us and doesn’t even point out that he and his hinted at group (and Sitchin, whose 2,000 page 7 book series Earth Chronicles deals with what should be right up Prometues’ alley….) interpret “sons of gods” taking “daughters of men” (recently quoted here from the Bible) as pointing to evidence that we are all alien hybrids.
My business partner read the first 2 books, and when I said, with a laugh, “He’s saying we’re all aliens.” commented: “Well, I have thought that recently about the Chinese. But maybe it’s more generally true!”
Now let’s limber up the esoteric synapses with the first video on this network I ever saw, within the hour, despite the fact that “Israel” is in its name. He doesn’t say he’s “chosen” and that we should therefore give him all our wealth and kiss his feet, and he brings up some interesting stuff about Patriarch Kirril and John Kerry going to Antarctica, and some references to Russian “main stream” government and media treatment of the material, and the Book of Enoch (which Sitchin relates to Tenochtitlan…….) so have a listen:
https://youtu.be/Bez4DKZI7yU
What’s interesting is the conscious or unconscious way people react and either “believe” or “don’t believe”. I am not that interested in what belief or non-belief is. I want to know what your consciousness is, ever since that 10 year old pulled my shorts and skivvies down around my ankles in Eastern Saudi Arabia about 63 years ago.
Got to run and prepare for my day, starting with giving the son of a very conscious California Real Estate analyst (Went straight up with California Crash course materials in a January 2006 one day course I attended then, has a new 10 year forecast in which he says many factors that used to be linked no longer work the same way……I’m going to buy it today…..and adds a new factor that was not in his analysis in 2006, but is now: CHINA.
So his son gets the Saker Interview with Katherine Austin Fitts and a copy of the World Landbridge EIR Special Report………………….keep the consciousness going! Maybe.
” because there are hidden things that give the Empire a power differential over its victims, ”
An implication of this might be that superstition itself is the Achilles Heel of humanity.
Well, FB, superstition is a vulnerability based on worng perceptions, wrong conclusions, wrong beliefs.I see where that fits in somewhere in this discussion.
But what I was discussing has less to do with proactively making errors besed on supsrstitious beliefs than being simply out of it, and not recognzing patterns of control, and passively accepting them in oneself and others.
Both are a problem.
Proof Positive, that Russia is not Fascist or a Warmonger: In the past hundred years or so, the US has fought wars with the following fascist regimes: Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan (all the while bankers financed the ‘enemy’ to a certain extent).
Nonetheless, they are now best friends forever; while at the same time, Russia was never Fascist (at least in modern times), and has never fought a war with the US. So what gives? Why is Russia not invited to this little club of killers? Russia does not kiss ass: neither the US or Israel’s.
Much Madness is divinest Sense –
To a discerning Eye –
Much Sense – the starkest Madness –
’Tis the Majority
In this, as all, prevail –
Assent – and you are sane –
Demur – you’re straightway dangerous –
And handled with a Chain –
— Emily Dickinson
Now the tuppence regime is claiming Russia supplies the taliban in afghanistan.
US Claims of Russia Supplying Taliban Aim to Justify Own Failures in Afghanistan
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201703241051911623-us-russia-taliban/
“Head of US European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti reportedly accused Moscow of “perhaps” supplying the Taliban in committee hearings at the US Senate on Thursday.
Zamir Kabulov, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Second Asian Department, labeled the accusations as “absolutely false.”
“This does not even merit any reaction, since these statements are fabrications designed to justify the failure of the US military and politicians in the Afghan campaign, we cannot find any other explanation,” Kabulov said.”
An American soldier has pleaded guilty to being part of a “kill team” who deliberately murdered Afghan civilians for sport last year
Army Specialist Jeremy Morlock, 23, told a military court he had helped to kill three unarmed Afghans. “The plan was to kill people, sir,” he told an army judge in Fort Lea, near Seattle, after his plea.
Morlock detailed how he and other members of his Stryker brigade set up and faked combat situations so that they could kill civilians who posed no threat to them. Four other soldiers are still to come to trial over the incidents.
Also:
Russian MoD Slams US Europe Command Head’s ‘Accusations’ of Taliban Supplies
https://sputniknews.com/military/201703241051923619-russia-scaparrotti-taliban-konashenkov/
“Not a single fact, specific figures or documents – the same slogans, only now in new covers, and absurd accusations,” Konashenkov said.”
I’m not seeing any difference with the new tuppence regime over the old obama regime. It’s still the same zionazi chickens**t smearing, lies and provocations.
Since I’m having a lark with another 3-40 minutes of free time and just ready kinterra’s post Poetry Day comment /moveable-feast-cafe-2017-03-23/#comment-335708 let’s have a poetry workshop on Larks!
First comes William Wordsworth’s
To a Skylark
BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky!
Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound?
Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye
Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground?
Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will,
Those quivering wings composed, that music still!
Leave to the nightingale her shady wood;
A privacy of glorious light is thine;
Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood
Of harmony, with instinct more divine;
Type of the wise who soar, but never roam;
True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home!
And he wrote it before this one by Percy B. Shelley
TO A SKYLARK
Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!
Bird thou never wert,
That from Heaven, or near it,
Pourest thy full heart
In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.
Higher still and higher
From the earth thou springest
Like a cloud of fire;
The blue deep thou wingest,
And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
In the golden lightning
Of the sunken sun,
O’er which clouds are bright’ning,
Thou dost float and run;
Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun.
The pale purple even
Melts around thy flight;
Like a star of Heaven,
In the broad day-light
Thou art unseen, but yet I hear thy shrill delight,
Keen as are the arrows
Of that silver sphere,
Whose intense lamp narrows
In the white dawn clear
Until we hardly see, we feel that it is there.
All the earth and air
With thy voice is loud,
As, when night is bare,
From one lonely cloud
The moon rains out her beams, and Heaven is overflow’d.
What thou art we know not;
What is most like thee?
From rainbow clouds there flow not
Drops so bright to see
As from thy presence showers a rain of melody.
Like a Poet hidden
In the light of thought,
Singing hymns unbidden,
Till the world is wrought
To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not:
Like a high-born maiden
In a palace-tower,
Soothing her love-laden
Soul in secret hour
With music sweet as love, which overflows her bower:
Like a glow-worm golden
In a dell of dew,
Scattering unbeholden
Its a{:e}real hue
Among the flowers and grass, which screen it from the view:
Like a rose embower’d
In its own green leaves,
By warm winds deflower’d,
Till the scent it gives
Makes faint with too much sweet those heavy-winged thieves:
Sound of vernal showers
On the twinkling grass,
Rain-awaken’d flowers,
All that ever was
Joyous, and clear, and fresh, thy music doth surpass.
Teach us, Sprite or Bird,
What sweet thoughts are thine:
I have never heard
Praise of love or wine
That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine.
Chorus Hymeneal,
Or triumphal chant,
Match’d with thine would be all
But an empty vaunt,
A thing wherein we feel there is some hidden want.
What objects are the fountains
Of thy happy strain?
What fields, or waves, or mountains?
What shapes of sky or plain?
What love of thine own kind? what ignorance of pain?
With thy clear keen joyance
Languor cannot be:
Shadow of annoyance
Never came near thee:
Thou lovest: but ne’er knew love’s sad satiety.
Waking or asleep,
Thou of death must deem
Things more true and deep
Than we mortals dream,
Or how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stream?
We look before and after,
And pine for what is not:
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught;
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Yet if we could scorn
Hate, and pride, and fear;
If we were things born
Not to shed a tear,
I know not how thy joy we ever should come near.
Better than all measures
Of delightful sound,
Better than all treasures
That in books are found,
Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground!
Teach me half the gladness
That thy brain must know,
Such harmonious madness
From my lips would flow
The world should listen then, as I am listening now.
What’s to say? How do they compare? Did Shelley intrude on Wordsworth? Or take a good theme much higher? What’s the difference??
Birds of a feather flock together. Doves are flocks of light at sunrise, the robin sings and flies alone throughout the winter, keeping the journeyman company, and the skylark of Shelley is a blithe, singing, soaring spirit, “for bird thou never wert”
Can one capture the song without the summer moment ? The poet maybe . . .
https://youtu.be/c9zl5gKXKHk
Brussels ‘Defeated’ in Macedonia After Anti-EU Protests Sweep the Country
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201703241051922787-macedonia-anti-eu-protest/
“The reception that EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn received in Skopje this week illustrates the bloc’s lack of popularity among Macedonians, Macedonian political analyst Cvetin Cilimanov told Sputnik.”
The zpc/nwo takes another hit.
‘Everyone Should be Concerned’: CIA Targets Personal Computers and Smartphones
https://sputniknews.com/science/201703241051929785-vault7-wikileaks-apple-mac/
“This said, Hickey said the documents suggested the CIA targeted devices on an individual level, rather than entire shipment — unlike the methods detailed in Edward Snowden’s NSA leaks — the CIA, he noted, are more interested in “personal spying,” while the NSA was focused on “corporate attacks.”
“There’s been little research into how “firmware” can be removed, although one tip suggested by these documents is users could move their device’s clock forward 180 days, causing the firmware to deinstall itself. Security solutions and scanning tools for detecting the presence of such software are very much in their infancy — at the moment, determining whether your computer or phone is compromized could necessitate physically opening it,” Hickey continued.
“Everyone needs to be concerned about this. We need to take a lot more responsibility for our own personal security and understanding, our use of technology and how it can be taken advantage of by the intelligence services. This isn’t business meetings being bugged, this is about individual’s personal devices being targeted. We need to be vigilant and aware, and engage with cyber security services as part of our daily lives.”
We also now know why Blackberry was killed, with the full collusion of the ‘Eye’ formerly known as Canada. It seems the proprietors would not hand over the codes. Blackberry was too good to survive in the Talmudo-Satanist clusterfuck AKA known as the ‘digital social media era’ and Rule by the CIA.
And why hillary clinton continued to use blackberry. Her aids were always using Craigslist and eBay to buy blackberries for Hillary.
When you are busy destroying Libya and stealing its central bank gold, don’t want 5eyes or anyone listening in,!
Blair also liked his blackberry.
Belarus in the zionazi crosshairs:
Russia Must Outwit, Outmaneuver EU, US in Struggle for Belarusian Hearts & Minds
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201703241051938668-russia-belarus-relationship-analysis/
“Amid the observable schism between the two countries, journalists have discovered that groups like USAID and the National Endowment for Democracy, along with their European analogues, are actively promoting ‘civil society’ initiatives and ‘independent media’ in Belarus. In past years, these same organizations and initiatives helped inflame color revolutions along Russia’s borders, most recently in neighboring Ukraine.
In this situation, Mikhail Demurin, respected former diplomat, politician and RIA Novosti political commentator, published a piece explaining that in the interests of avoiding a Maidan-type scenario in Minsk, it’s critical for Russia and Belarus to review, rethink and ultimately shore up and deepen their relationship, including at a deep level beyond politics and economics.
“Over the past quarter-century, the West has made a tremendous effort in working to ‘reformat Belarusian brains’. They have built a mechanism of influence consisting of hundreds of projects by a number of international and regional organizations (including those, such as the OSCE, where Russia is a full-fledged participant), [sponsored the] activities of numerous ‘assistance’ programs, like those of USAID, and most importantly, have worked within the framework of the EU’s Eastern Partnership program, which has already proved its effectiveness in ‘hacking’ into Ukraine.”
“And it’s not worth it [for the Russian side] to be surprised or indignant over this,” Demurin stressed. “Instead, it is necessary a) to be mindful of the strength of the Catholic Church in Belarus, and b) not to forget that in Russia itself, the desire to ‘hobnob’ with Western Europe was also the central trend until only recently. Furthermore, the fact that the Western ‘brain surgeons’ are able to freely ‘operate on the Belarusians’ brains’ is in part our own fault.”
See also:
Importing Democracy: US Breeds Activism in Belarus
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201703221051836310-us-belarus-activists/
&
Запад вплотную берется за Белоруссию. А Россия?
https://ria.ru/analytics/20170323/1490675724.html
IDF soldiers grab 8yo Palestinian boy, drag him away ‘to find stone-throwers’ (VIDEO)
https://www.rt.com/news/382214-jerusalem-grab-8yo-palestinian/
“B’Tselem said the boy “was wandering barefoot outside his house in Hebron, looking for a toy he had lost,” when all of a sudden he was surrounded by at least 15 soldiers.
“They [IDF soldiers] demanded that he point out children who had allegedly thrown stones and a Molotov cocktail at the Kiryat Arba settlement earlier on,” the group said on its website.
The youngster “was crying and very scared” and “he tried to convince the soldiers that he didn’t know anything,” she said.”
See also:
Soldiers drag 8-year-old from house to house in Hebron for over an hour, in search of stone-throwers in Hebron
http://www.btselem.org/hebron/20170323_soldiers_drag_child_from_house_to_house
I am not surprised. This is (allegedly) the same tribe which Herod sent out to murder all the infants.
I had an unusual thought this am about this cafe or “kafe” in an audio mode. Kafe (cafe) is an anagram for fake–within an anagram sakervineyard.
Fake news is all over the place. A cafe/kafe is an antidote anagram for fake. Why? Because a cafe is a symbol of people talking over food; and also a sign pointing to a nearby bower where another kind of feast happens.
As an example of how cafe conversation is life changing–a couple of days ago a commentator gave a link to Miles Mathis’ take on Dylan as fake. Miles Mathis came to my attention a year or two ago in the same way with the same article on Dylan which I first read then.
There is much about Dylan that is fake beginning with his name. I bristled at Miles for misjudging Dylan then and still have reservations about Miles. Yet there is much truth in what Miles says.
For the last couple of days I have spent much time reading Miles and comments about him. He appears to be some kind of self-made genius like Dylan. He’s gone from art to science and now to examining all things fake.
Mathis has opened my eyes to how fake this world is, or should I say probably fake (to be more fake?) Have I faked you out? Our outed my fake?
In that vein let me disclose that I try to be truthful but continually run into fake parts of myself. For example, I use my real name here but this venue is itself fake in the sense that you and I are not meeting personally; and so you don’t know if I am fake or not. I could be making up my name and much else.
This cafe is so rich in information that I am forced to cherry pick or I would not be able to do anything else but sit here all day long which would really be a fake life. So allow me to pick just a couple of the hundreds from the cornucopia smorgasbord of fruit herein.
farmerbraun: “Should we believe that we can find ‘deep down’ in our hearts a constant condition of ‘non-warring'”? Yes, yes, yes; a thousand times yes. And not only “find” but “feel.” That is the quest of questions? Its opposite is “What’s the use? War is inevitable.”
But we immediately run into the noise of fakery, at least I do. What does “non-warring” mean?
nice try gives an enlightening analysis of fakery in regard to our culture which is most valuable information. And yet he or she admits that “ultimate answers are not known.” nice try is saying “nice try” to our civilization and culture.
nice try: “Gravity, the force, is never alluded to.” It remains mysterious and out of reach of science.
Fair enough but back to Miles Mathis who does in my opinion open some gates to gravity. He links gravity to electro-magnetism as two parts of a unified field. I understand precious little of the science but he lights a spark and rings a bell inside of me.
I “know” what he is talking about but in an unconventional way especially when he relates its history in ancient symbols taken up by and later abused by agencies like the Freemasons and now deep states of war. Gravity is not something that pulls us down but is a fire-spark-lightning that connects us to reality in a finely tuned balancing act. If that sounds like poetry, it is as others here have observed regarding the metaphorical language base of science in nature. Quarks, anyone?
Speaking of which, I feel drawn by electric-magnetic “gravity” to get outside and pull weeds and construct containers for spring planting; anything to break the spell of this “fake” situation of moving my fingers on a machine to send signals to people with fake names in a fake kafe who fake “stopping war” by analyzing and poeticizing it.
I need to get real but reality does not reside primarily in the field of knowledge but in the bowers of love. The Love Army and Love Bower are fake to be sure but needed in a fake world to bring fakery to the cafe revolving door of anagramology which turns “fake” to “kafe” to “face” to face reality in the face only in order to efface all but love sweet love.
“What does “non-warring” mean?”
I am you
You are me
Together
We are One
Hi Friends. I post this in the Cafe\ as well
T-Shirts anybody??
Open for suggestions. Here are just a few.
http://telemarksporten.no/SakerPhotos/PutinTigerT-Shirt01.jpg
http://telemarksporten.no/SakerPhotos/PutinRShirtFemale02.jpg
http://telemarksporten.no/SakerPhotos/PutinRShirtFemale01.jpg
http://telemarksporten.no/SakerPhotos/Putingolf_t-shirts_01.jpg
http://telemarksporten.no/SakerPhotos/PutinTShirt02.jpg
And for those of you who handles large files (7 mb). Enjoy;
http://telemarksporten.no/SakerPhotos/PutinBlue.jpg¨
Take Care
Kent
I like all of the shirt ideas (brilliant). Particularly #3, just VVP’s face in blue.
What marvelous stocking-stuffers for Easter. I’d buy one! To wear it — well, around here it would provoke hostility in a minority and stupification in the majority. Just perfect. I think this could be a fund-raising bonanza. Also, I encourage everyone who talked about donating whatever they could to this site to do so. It really makes you feel better. Skol to Kent in Norway!
Since I’m at it anyway.
Here is Mr. Lavrov in Blue.
http://telemarksporten.no/SakerPhotos/LavrovBlue.jpg
Take Care
Kent
And above the photo some quote like this:
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
#DarkMatter: Apple’s fix for CIA hacks disputed by WikiLeaks
https://www.rt.com/viral/382237-wikileaks-apple-fix-claim-darkmatter/
“Apple’s claim that it has ‘fixed’ all ‘vulnerabilities’ described in DARKMATTER is duplicitous,” WikiLeaks tweeted in response. “EFI [Extensible Firmware Interface] is a systemic problem, not a zero-day [vulnerability in software or hardware that can be exploited to hack systems and is often later patched.]”
EFI loads a computer’s operating system and is behind the boot sequence of a computer.
“If you change something before that [booting], you’re controlling everything,” firmware hacker Karsten Nohl told Wired. “It becomes part of your computer. There’s no way of knowing that it’s there, and also hardly any way to get rid of it.”
“Darkmatter+Triton can be remotely installed. CIA has 2016 version: DerStake2.0. EFI is not fixable ‘vulnerability’,” WikiLeaks said.”
The question is why is apple being duplicitous? To prevent loss of sales to the suckers? Or because they knew about and aided the cia corruption of their products? Or both?
And, shaking hands with the Devil.
http://telemarksporten.no/SakerPhotos/Lavrov_ShakingHandsWithTheDevil_Faces_of_Evil.jpg
Take Care
Kent
Shaking hands with a cold zombie…
Dull?. Not much happening here, so let me ask a pertinent question. Are you fat??
See what I mean:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgpqQ9K4fHI
Take Care
Kent
Heaven knows??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHBxJCq99jA
Take Care
Kent
Cafe’ Music?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP6IiL1CdvU
Kent
Raise a little hell, shall we??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWCcLW08dsU
Kent
@ Kent
Incredible book-ending of Durga as Putin riding the tiger to Pretty Reckless going to hell. I’d buy the T shirt but I’d be pretty reckless if I bought into what the empire is selling via sex exploitation. I’m sure glad I’ve got the Love Army and Bower to get through this sacred-secular rock and a hard place.
This week in the Love Government calendar the featured tarot card is the Chariot with the white and black sphinxes as the polarities of Hope and Dope under the idea of a Heroine and her Hero.
Ironically, in Shakespeare’s Much Ado Hero is a woman. Jungian anima and animus I’d reckon.
Thanks much for your fantastic art.
You better believe it. He IS watching you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZVrXlo1X7k
Kent
A couple timely and Interesting articles…
1) Blackwater founder to open bases in Xinjiang
(Global Times) 08:24, March 22, 2017
Will open bases in Yunnan, Xinjiang to support Chinese firms
http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0322/c90000-9193291.html?utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=9fbbd73909-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-9fbbd73909-29692013&mc_cid=9fbbd73909&mc_eid=ab7af26033
2) The West is Becoming Irrelevant, The World is Laughing
By Andre Vltchek Global Research, March 24, 2017
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-west-is-becoming-irrelevant-the-world-is-laughing/5581512
I am in agreement with Andre’s Asian correspondent. Now is not the time to follow these nonsensical headlines. Now we, like the international team he talks about, must learn how the Empire has weakened, and how we can take advantage of it.
But the most important thing is what Putin already understands — strength of will.
B. Sanders on Russia and Trump:
“Russia played a very heavy role in attempting, successfully, I think, to impact our election. That is unacceptable,” Sanders said.
“We need to know what kind of influence the Russian oligarchy has over Trump. Many people are astounded. Here he is, seemingly in strong disagreement with Australia, with Mexico, with long-term allies; but he has nothing but positive things to say about Mr Putin who is an authoritarian leader.”
Bernie’s True Colors
B. Sanders showed his colors true
joining the pack to bay and howl
a chorus of lies and slander foul
He who would for favor trawl
Turns on himself the fateful screw
flushing his reputation down the loo
and in the end receives his due
So pathetic. Thanks for this, I’ll look for a link ’cause his awe-inspiring “analysis” needs to be shared far and wide. I have many friends who drank the koolaid, but always knew what his silence on The Russian Question actually meant. His statement is HRClinton in spades. I notice the sleazy attempt to combine the oligarchy and VVP, he really needs to get out more often. Actually, forget it, BS is beyond redemption. Dreadful.
Sanders has long been one of the cockroaches, albeit a ‘kinder and gentler’ cockroach, but cockroach nonetheless. Look where he has spent his years — hiding in the rotted dark walls of the US power establishment, lately in the senate, no less. There is no solution within the US political system.
B. Sanders offers up the kool ade in the last two paragraphs: ( for those who wanted the article which provoked my ditty)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/10/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-lies-democracy
I was reading Miles Mathis last evening. I came to him through this vineyard which attests to its influence on my life. Twice now I’ve mentioned Bob Dylan and that prompted one of you to link to Mathis and his article on the “fake” Dylan.
Dylan has been faking us out since day one. His name and the early stories he told about himself were patently fake which indicates he wanted to be discovered as fake, at least in part.
But he always gives mixed signals. When he accepted the Freedom medal from Obama he wore sunglasses, said nothing and looked grim. He accepted the Nobel prize but did not go there personally to take it.
His song “Neighborhood Bully” about the Jews is ambiguous in the extreme. Mathis claims his family is tied to the Jewish “mafia” and the CIA types promoted him and wrote some of his songs, all to promote the kind of “change” they wanted to instill in the population. “The times they are a-changin’.” Yes, indeed thanks to the CIA.
I’ve listened to and studied Dylan for years. Mathis is partly right and partly wrong about Dylan in my opinion. Dylan’s movie is Masked and Anonymous (hint, hint, CIA) which gives us a clue to his modus operandi. How much he and his family have been threatened is anyone’s guess.
My conclusion is that we are living in a world of mirrors. I think it was on his LP album Biograph that there’s a large insert picture of Dylan in a train with his image reflecting off the window in such a way that we can also see the passing landscape. I’ve had this experience myself riding in a train. In other words we live in a window-mirror world where we see ourselves and the passing world simultaneously.
Miles Mathis started out in art and then science. Now he’s into “outing” the rich and famous, most of whom are Jewish and many are hiding in the shadows. Mathis loves tracing the lineage of these rich people and exposing how they are hiding. If so many Jews are hiding the question becomes “why?” By the way, Mathis is one-eighth Jewish. And that tends to be prejudicial which I feel from my 100% Irish lineage, although Aunt Mamie claimed there were Dickens back when. What the dickens?
Well I think we pretty well know why. The dangerous thing is that Jews have a grudge war of revenge going against Rome for destroying their temple and scattering them to the winds (which they were doing anyway) in particular and against Christian civilization in general. The hard core Jews are driven by revenge to destroy Christianity but also for the money because then the money being given to the churches will go to them in the form of taxes.
Europeans are already being destroyed by Islam importation spurred on by the hard core Jews and the US will be next if they can “use” Trump who himself is part Jewish which fact the Trumpers are hiding.
The final solution for Zionism will be to kill and enslave Russia which is the/the [I’d use capitals if the rules allowed] Christian country and the Anglos as well. The Bolsheviks were the initial probe and learning lesson softening up operation after Napoleon.
The lesson for me is that religion is still the strongest force on the planet other than love (and a yet to be revealed Love Religion. Therefore traditional religion is being changed to a secular religion of technology. The Jews are adopting the new religion of money worship as they took on the Jewish religion in Khazar kingdom days. It’s a great cover for Trojan horses. That’s why I think it is imperative that we develop true religion.
Miles is uncovering the “families” behind the changes in religions, hidden as they are. I call this fake religion “patriarchy.” The Abrahamic religion gave us the label “patriarchy” with their patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; and later Moses, David and Solomon–all made up out of thin air like the money nowadays. If the Jews are anything, they are great story-tellers and money-changers. I must give them their due which I do at the Count Khazar episodes now entitled “Love and War.”
What is all this leading up to? Just this: the power of blood line families. Fortunately this fact works both ways. There is an alternative “family” and blood line with its roots back in the love culture of 100,000 years ago which the Love Government calls “lovers,” our true ancestors on this planet and in the star realms and beyond.
Patriarchy corrupted that culture by turning us from lovers to killers. Of course the name patriarchy was a later label but the actions are the same today.
The notion of family also is in transition. It is founded as I said in the love culture where we lived in small communities where everyone knew everyone else personally and intimately; and these small groups interacted with each other in the thousands who also knew each other but less intimately. They all shared the same actionable values of love.
Today the game has changed. The original template and operating instructions are still in force but now we have to act globally as well as locally. This vineyard is at the cutting edge of the change. Particularly in this cafe we build family ties of knowledge. We are getting to know each other despite the challenges of new methods of doing so.
What attracts me to this site is the cafe of people who want to stop war. So far it is a scattered effort but it will begin to concentrate more as time goes on. The flag we follow is the masthead banner of “stop war on Russia” or some variation on that theme anthem. That in my opinion is our distinguishing feature.
But the flag has two sides. One side is stated in the negative: “stop war.” What is the necessary reverse side? Well, that remains to be seen as we move toward a consensus. We each contribute what we are doing to stop war which is quite variable according to who we are and our circumstances in life.
I have thrown into the mix such ideas as a Love Army and Love Bower (with the shocking but true catalyst converters of veganism, non-pet”ism”, non-usury, no drugs and most shocking of all the notion of “communal sex”). Shocks are not bad. They are used on cars to absorb shocks. And they relate to what Mathis calls “charges” which charge up even mysteries like gravity.
This vineyard has a bright future if it can throw off more of its fear and “hanging on for dear life” to the reservation.
For the record, I think Christianity is our bulwark against the onslaught of the new world religion of hidden violence but I also think it must let go of its fear of development. For that I am reading Cardinal John Henry Newman’s “Development of Christian Doctrine,” a work he wrote just before developing himself from Anglicanism to Roman Catholic. If he lived longer he may have developed to Russian Orthodoxy.
I believe this vineyard likewise has to develop a la Newman (new man) where men and women come to know who they are really and then act accordingly. It’s going to be fun ride on our “window-mirror” train ride to Source-land.
Also for the record I am not against poetry and analytics. I do it all the time plus write short, short stories albeit poorly. I enjoy all the art and analysis here. But, but, but–this all has to be backed up with actions that are going to get the job of stopping war done. I’ve shared what I do. I can pick up the trail of what you are doing but it would be more helpful to the cause if you could be more explicit in formally stated ways.
I think I pretty much practice what I preach but I need a community like this to tell me when I “overstep a line that only you can see.”
This week in the Love Government calendar is about the “Heroine” who has a Hero inside of her. Here’s the opening paragraph in the story for that section of the “window-mirror” train ride to Source:
“I had reached the end of the time line. [I’m 77 and was 67 when I wrote that; Heroine is the seventh and final stage in the suit of Time before the next suit of Space]. I was running out of time. My patriarchal bluff wasn’t working. Heroes of hope and men of steel were crashing and burning. Even the trembling sheeple and pandering media could feel the earth shake under their feet. Mother Earth was waking from slumber.”
Love and more love with joy upon joy on top…
Well now , religion sans superstition . Now there’s a challenge.
And we must use our imaginations to see how this will be . There’s the rub. Imagination knows no bounds.
And finally we must test it against reality. But can we face up to it?
Only fear stands in our way.
Socialists talk about 1905 Russian Revolution and lessons learned leading up to 1917 today… It appears they will also begin to discuss the nature of leadership and the need for it in any revolutionary process.
The only bad rap Stalin received in the previous lecture was that he was too cozy with the Social Democrats and that he wanted to continue the war against Germany.
http://www.wsws.org/en/special/1917/lecture02.html
I stopped reading at “Leon Trotsky” (nee Liev Davidovich Bronstein).
Bronstein, the wealthy scion of sugar plantation owners in South Russia, is the shadow side of V I Lenin, who was all shadow.
Liev’s ghost rides the streets of Washington these days, exhorting his fellow Khazaro-Trotskyite tribesmen to repeat bloody 1917 in the diabolized Xtian USA. I fear that if people in the EU and US do not start shooting Trotskyites on sight very soon, they may be mere months away from the founding of a US GULAG.
I like this Cafe. I came by. It’s closed for a few hours. No one corrected my Spanish and I’m grateful for that.
Prometeo (Prometheus in Spanish, I conjecture, not “promise” ….without looking it up I’d say that’s “prometo” yo prometo, tu prometes, el promete, vosotros prometeis, ellos prometen, nosotros prometemos…….) was not in the shadows and could not be enticed into the open.
Even mundo is away.
I was so tired today I couldn’t even see straight.
ioan, I wrote to mods twice on your initiative but saw no reply from them or you. But I miss a fair number of messages. No worries……..
There are a dozen conversations I wish I joined today (Saturday) but need to recharge with sleep.
Schubert is playing over and over in my head so now I lay me down to sleep and play “Serenade” (Standchen) one last time:
https://youtu.be/et7QlCFrraQ
F-16 FROM ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE SHOT DOWN OVER MARYLAND
UPDATE: FOX, CNN, AND ALL OTHERS SUDDENLY BLACKED KEY ELEMENTS OF THIS STORY OUT, THIS IS SOMETHING BIG!!!
You probably won’t hear it on the news as a shoot down, but there are eyewitnesses that it was a shoot down:
“I was on my back porch and saw a flash. Then a jet falling. And then the BOOM! WTF?!?!?!”
“Crash? I saw a streak of light headed to it right before it exploded.”
Anyway, according to early reports on the MSM, the pilots ejected safely, but the big question is, how on earth did an American jet get shot down over Maryland? Was it going to attack DC??? Is there a mutiny going on?
The jet was shot down 10 miles from the white house, which that jet could travel in less than 30 seconds.
No one is talking about a possible attack yet, but it was at least a shoot down (I will take people saying they saw it happen posting about it before I’d ever believe CNN). SO, the question is: Was the jet shot down with one of the missiles that got sent to “ISIS”?
SUBSEQUENT INFO PROVES A NOT ADMITTED TO SHOOT DOWN!
A woman Fox interviewed said there were two large booms before the plane fell and the pilot ejected. WHEN THE PILOT EJECTED, HE WAS ON FIRE. If the pilot was on fire, it can only mean the fuel tanks got ruptured and threw fuel through a totally disintigrated plane. Most intelligent missiles can identify aircraft and seek out the fuel tank. If the pilot was on fire when he ejected, it proves a fuel tank hit. It was not an engine failure or a bird strike!
When you combine this with two other eyewitnesses, one who “saw a flash” and another saying he saw a streak of light go towards the plane, and a woman on Fox News saying the pilot who ejected was on fire, we definitely have a shoot down, they can’t put that away!
The pilot is obviously alive but from this picture there’s no telling how badly his legs are burnt. He’s not standing so he’s probably hurt. Update: Reports now say that he got hurt, but he’s going to be allright.
PROVEN FUEL TANK HIT/EXPLOSION
A witness told Fox 5 DC/WTTG that he was sitting on his porch when he heard a loud explosion. He said the jet was on fire and he saw the pilot eject. It was the biggest fire ball I’ve ever seen in my life,” Patrick Dotson said.”
IMPORTANT: The next thing he said proves the media is lying about an unarmed training flight: “Dotson said the pilot asked if the neighborhood was OK because he had live rounds on board” This came across FOX news live. So it was not a training flight no matter what anyone says, the pilot was a good guy worried about what happened to the neighborhood, AND THE MSM IS NOW LYING TO COVER UP THE FACT THE PLANE WAS LOADED. Gee! I wonder why?
Additionally, “Huge fireball” means complete fuel tank breach. This again strongly indicates it was a missile strike.
OK, now we have: 1. It was not a training flight. 2. It was a fully loaded aircraft with full ammunition. 3. It was a definite shoot down. 4. The pilot cared about damage caused by the crash, (so he’s a good guy) and 5. The media suddenly shut up about it. Hush orders.
IT IS OFFICIAL: The DOD has ordered all pictures posted to social media to be deleted. This is getting scrubbed.
Reader comment: First the I-85 bridge and now this. Someone really wants war.
My response: I really think that is what we are looking at. What if they blame NK for the shoot down? It would certainly be convenient. And yesterday even Pravda published that the CIA most likely did the St Petersburg terror attacks. Things are heating up, and bluffs are being called. So there might be dangerous desperation going on.
A reader sent a Google report that said a witness heard gunfire after the plane exploded. Don’t know what to make of that because the pilot is still alive, other than possibly along with a missile there was live fire and the sound of it arrived later.
http://82.221.129.208/baaasepagem9.html