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This is an excerpt, from President Dwight Eisenhower's, famous Cross of Iron speech, given in 1953.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children."

And that is how our country is being bankrupted right now. That is how militarism is destroying the U.S.


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Americans want a good life. A peaceful life. A good future for themselves and their children.

What happens when democracy is corrupted?

What happens when the people are marginalized, and an autocratic elite imposes perpetual war on a helpless citizenry?

It's only going to get worse, unless we the people do something!


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What happens when democracy is corrupted? What happens when the people are marginalized, and an autocratic elite imposes perpetual war on a helpless citizenry?

PERPETUAL WAR!

It's only going to get worse, unless we the people do something!

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Instead of leaping into action, why not wise up? That is, get wise. Einstein was clear on this point:

'We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.'

So, to begin with - first blush - do a whole lot of nothin.' That is, other than working to understand exactly how we created this pile o' crap.

Don't just do something. Sit there. "Wait, do I see a pony in here?"

But in reality we don't have that luxury: we have to do both --- contemplation and action.

Actually, war is not the primary issue. The issue is human extinction. Make no mistake. It is the predator. We are the prey.

Now on the Doomsday clock: "89 minutes to midnight."

Failed planets and species in our galaxy are a dime a dozen. Just ask the ET's.

BTW...Since you brought Ike into the discussion...his speech was specifically referring to our extraterrestrial neighbors. That's documented.

Silly to think you can handle the issue of war without familiarizing yourself with this reality.

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Simplistic solutions only mean more of the same and maybe worse. Not relief.

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The final chapter of my book is also the last page on my website. It offers a clear delineation of what has to and can be done. It is broken down into specific steps for easy comprehension.

A Nation at Peace

Failure to recognize this as a plan of action is reprehensible. Of course, I make an exception for people with problems comprehending what they read and/or with IQs below 80.

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You see, my fiend (I mean friend)...(apparently you don't) -----

You are a war-monger. The snarks, the sarcasm, the "humor" - puleese.

Deal with your own obvious anger, rather than laying it on others.

Start with John Rachel --- Before You Take On War. Go to the source.

(But perhaps you will have trouble comprehending this. If past predicts future, it will not be a matter of perhaps).

By the way, I like Ike.

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When words fail, we can sometimes rely on images.

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One-trick-pony looking in the mirror!

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Thanks again for your thoughtful input. You're a national treasure.

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You don't like to ride horses? I thought it might calm you down a bit, improve your disposition.

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Said the mirror to John...

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But (obviously) seeing nothing - other than a juvenile donkey.

(Nothing to see here, folks, move along now)!

On second thought, step right up. An' pays your $...

Wonder of the World Here: Snark-o-rama Broken Record!

Talking horse on endless repeat!

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"It's only going to get worse, unless we the people do something!"

A specific outline for that "something" is offered HERE. I am always seeking constructive recommendations for building on this grass roots strategy for installing a truly representative Congress, one which reflects the values and priorities of those who vote them into office.

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Our government pays no attention to our wants or needs--it just manipulates us and distracts up to keep us from our pitchforks while we are being fleeced.

I see no use in dealing with the crooks. I try not to support oligarchs by not buying their stuff. I eat organic food, as local as possible. Big Ag is killing the earth so I do not buy Big Ag products--that eliminates about 98% of what's in the supermarket.

If I can only get something on Amazon, I do not need it.

I do not use Big Pharma nor American medicine. I have never been healthier and it keeps my money from the monsters.

I do not use poisons in my home and garden.

I do not have a cell phone.

Life is good!

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Your life choices are extremely admirable, and set an excellent example for the rest of us.

"Our government pays no attention to our wants or needs--it just manipulates us and distracts up to keep us from our pitchforks while we are being fleeced."

I believe that to address this requires mass mobilization, on top of the personal agenda you suggest to restrict the control over us on a personal level. I have no need or desire to deal with crooks either, or oligarchs, or empire builders, or any of the other lunatics who are the real people in charge of our government and society. Unfortunately, they can create conditions which not only compromise us but threaten our very survival, e.g. nuclear war and environmental collapse. That's the challenge at the systemic level.

Thanks for your inspiring comment!

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Life was better without computers and cellphones, a lot less complicated.

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It's easy to agree with your point. I often think along those lines. Maybe it's my age.

But like most everything in life, technology has pros and cons. We wouldn't be communicating right now if we didn't have computers and/or smartphones coupled with the internet. The flaw is not necessarily the technology but the way it is used and abused. The flaws are birthed by human defects. There are many species who would say, "Life was better without humans, a lot less dangerous."

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Yep, can't disagree with anything you say.

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I'd still rather live without computers and cellphones. A rotary phone, a TV, and a radio would be sufficient for me. Oh yeah, a TV that required an antenna on the roof would be preferred, LOL.

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I have been beating my head against the computer wall since the '62 with Fortran II and punched cards. Before that, I remember going to the corner store with a dime whenever we had to make a call since we did not have a phone. The phones had rotary dials. Life was not as hectic as technology has made it for us now.

The propaganda then was bad Germans, evil Japanese, nasty Indians. Newspapers, movies and radio were enough to poison our minds. Computers allow a 'sky is falling' fear porn overload. Technology is funded by psychopathic oligarchs so it will always forward resource extraction, fleecing and control of the masses. In Ike's day, there was a 91% tax on the uber wealthy so there were fewer oligarchs

I have been in protests including the Vietnam war, Afghanistan, WMDs, Iraq and Syria. Multiple tours were mandated for soldiers in Iraq to condition them to become our domestic police force. Remember how the anti-genocide protests were dealt with in US colleges, or before that, the trucker protests in Canada. The media villainizes any who dare protest.

Most young adults appear to be in the digital matrix listening to the best AI generated con that money can buy. I put few of my eggs in their revolutionary basket. I can make a personal difference with my spending and lifestyle habits, occasionally fondling my pitchfork. Our economy would collapse faster than it is already if people voted with their purchasing power. Interesting times ahead!

Oligarchs control politicians, not us. So long as we keep funding them, they will fleece and control us through war and the internet.

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"Our economy would collapse faster than it is already if people voted with their purchasing power."

Yes, without a doubt. But informing and organizing people to use this power is difficult, if not impossible, in a society that's inundated with advertising.

"Oligarchs control politicians, not us. So long as we keep funding them, they will fleece and control us through war and the internet."

Which is why I've been trying to promote a work-around to oligarch owned-and-controlled candidates. I'm usually received with skepticism and ridicule. But you might find these at least entertaining.

CFAR 2018

CFAR 2020

No Contract No Vote

A Nation at Peace

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Yep, we've been sold a bill of goods. The older I get the more I realize we are being lied to

continually. Back to the land, nature, and back to God. To hell with everything else.

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"To hell with everything else."

And the liars who tell the lies!

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I'm not sure that better is the right adjective, but it certainly was different. It was simpler in some ways, because we had fewer choices and less access to (mis)information. Most people couldn't even imagine an online platform like OpEd News.

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"Better" is the right word for me.

Computers also made us more sedentary (not a good thing).

I never saw a fat person in the 1970's. Now, being overweight is a national epidemic.

Instead of walking straight and with purpose, I see numerous people who walk side to side

(waddle). It's a disgrace.

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Yes, the obesity waddle is a disturbing thing to see and is appallingly common now. Screen time (including TV) is a major factor, but disregard for the things important to healthy living is also a very big factor. The effort to normalize obesity and/or rely on pharmaceutical drugs to maintain a semblance of health is perverse.

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Yep, agree totally.

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Once again, I'd like to bring in the extraterrestrial matter.

The US government never investigated its own role in 911 (surprise, surprise).

And now, there is another false flag planned.

We (the citizens and government) have not chosen to demand accountability re- the MIC's role regarding our visitors from space. Our own denial + a massive coverup, similar to 911, but much more extensive.

The plan is for a war with the ETs. (Just as 911 set us to for war in Iraq and Afghanistan) Without gaining a more in-depth understanding of all this, we don't have a prayer in the world of ending war.

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Do you think that this organization will be effective in exposing the government's treachery?

New Paradigm Institute

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Hi John,

To be honest, I don't know. I had a feeling that there was a group with a similar name. Found it. See below.

motherjones.com/politics/2016/03/ stephen-bassett-ufo-lobbyist- congress-aliens/

paradigmresearchgroup.org/ stephenbassett.html

I haven't looked into this group to a great degree but have a gut feeling PRG is trustworthy.

I also think Steven Greer (Youtube, disclosure project) is both very knowledgeable and a straight shooter.

There's been so much malfeasance, deception, manipulation, and frankly terrible stuff associated with the cover-up, that all I know is to take things slowly. And cautiously.

In terms of the info I've reviewed, there's another false flag planned. Disclosure might interrupt that, but we're talking about very powerful and unaccountable forces as well as conscious deception of the public.

Just as in stopping war itself, it's clear that every one of us counts.

I also believe there's a major de-population plan possibly ready for deployment. The thing is, I know I could be wrong/misinformed about any of this stuff. I just use intellect and instinct to try to get any kind of handle...and not give the whole matter too much energy in a way that will be overwhelming.

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I've watched countless Steven Greer videos.

Daniel Sheehan is the legal counsel and one of the founders of the New Paradigm Institute. I found this interview fascinating, thought-provoking, and highly informative . . .

Danny Jones Interviews Daniel Sheehan

It covers a lot of ground, not just the UAP controversy.

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In this "war" every soldier (or lover of humanity and our Biosphere) counts!

I take seriously the possibility that a purposeful de-population strategy is gradually being rolled out.

Although he's in a very powerful position at the moment, Trump is likely a bit player vis-a-vis "the unaccountable cabal."

I believe that the era we are living through is asking as many good-souled people as possible to commit ourselves to the end of suffering - no matter what the result.

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A few more thoughts.

I watched a few minutes of YT video of Greer's new podcast. He reported that he's been meeting with members of some of the big committees in Congress. I can't recall which ones.

There's also Paul Hellyer, also on YT. He was Defence Minister in Canada and the highest mucky-muck to come forward and say, "Listen, people. This stuff is real."

Last but not least - Michael Salla (who happens to have a pic of Eisenhower on the cover of one of his books). I saw him speak some years ago. I and a friend couldn't quite feel OK about him; he reminded me a bit of a carnival barker or snake oil salesman (?)... maybe not so trustworthy...although I do think he has a lot of knowledge about all this.

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It'll all come out in the foreseeable future, barring some apocalyptic event, probably staged. Which can't be ruled out. "They" want to keep this under wraps until they can fully utilize it to cage and establish full power over the general public. They can't risk losing control of either the narrative or the paradigm shift that's coming. People are going to freak out in predictable and unpredictable ways.

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I agree and also understand that - after 30 years of dealing with all this, Greer...(who now has many whistleblowers and also allies from 'the cabal' in his corner) ...finally may have an opportunity to shift the narrative. He's like a superhero. Very smart and strategic.

Too soon to declare victory, but things look like the will get very interesting, very soon.

But these are the guys who want endless war - and are committed to this goal. They've thwarted him before, so it's 'wait see time' for me.

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John, this is all I got left to post to anyone and everyone. It is that time.

DC is not going to fix what both war parties broke. Shut it all down. IBEW Wirenuts will keep the essential lights on. Delivery Turkeys to Churches every day of the week. It is that time! Nobody could hold back them Wirenuts for much longer. Not after they hear latest Knighmare. But we found "them." ? ? ?

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"DC is not going to fix what both war parties broke."

No doubt about it. Which is why my current activities focus 100% on regime change in Washington DC. We have no other option if we're serious about change.

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This Article V Convention call for Pow Wow with the Lakota Sioux at Pine Ridge SD-Poorest County in USA, I'm gonna keep sharing. There is a blog at end of article too. Its a work in progress, in for the long haul for all States to Register all over 18 to elect Delegates for the Convention Pow Wow.

And here is Steve Earle in 2003 hoping to beat a Bush 2rd. (Jim Hinde Navy Eyes opened in Vietnam Veteran had same 2003 call. Jim was a Folk singer in Washington State.)

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John,

It occurred to me to highlight the fact that "the Cabal" (assuming it exists) is unelected, unaccountable, and of course, very powerful.

My understanding is that this is what Eisenhower was addressing in his goodbye speech - but obliquely.

If we are to survive as humans - and survive as a democratic society - we will of course, need to choose to throw out the bums and elect a more enlightened and compassionate group of humans.

But as long as this Cabal (> Hellyer and Salla as well as Greer) is at the top of the pyramid and is both cloaked in dark anonymity (think X-files) --- and gratuitously using murder, blackmail and other lovely threats against any one who seeks to reduce their power.....we have ourselves a big problem.

But I also believe that a great momentum toward disclosure has been building for decades, and this may be coming to a head soon.

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"...Donald Trump's proposal to "take over" Gaza and relocate its 2 million residents could motivate terror groups intent on killing Americans, former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos said on "Morning Joe" Wednesday. (Watch the video below.)

"'I think every CIA station chief in the Middle East woke up this morning with a migraine headache, because there's a potential for a generational counterterrorism nightmare here,' Polymeropoulos said."

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So simple. The Cabal "folks" behind the scenes think in longer-term scenarios. We expel the Gazans and take over the territory. This mobilizes terror groups to go after the US. As MLK once said, "Survival of the slick-ist."

The US uses this as a scenario with plausible deniability to create a new, bigger, better, Major false flag.

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As I see it, until the public or even the political class gets wise to the now-common strategy of using a false-flag-attack as a trigger for initiating a war, we'll continue to be snookered.

And wouldn't it be convenient if the ET-FF arrives on the heels of more conventional terrorist attacks?

I'm wondering if the term "world-domination" is no longer only the goal of nefarious comic book villains.

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The ultimate supremacy of the US has been openly declared national policy multiple times. Just off the top of my head, there's the Wolfowitz Doctrine (Paul Wolfowitz, "full spectrum dominance), the geopolitical strategy of The Grand Chessboard (Zbigniew Brzezinski) and unambiguous agenda of the neocon Project for a New American Century.

There is no opposition to this now at any level, which is what prompts me to offer a strategy for taking back Congress. If we could replace the empire building warmongers now in the Senate and House, the bodies which make the laws, we stand a chance of reversing the perversities of our current aggressive military adventurism. Unfortunately the straightforward logic of my approach is falling on deaf ears. Or maybe numbed minds. The wash-rinse-repeat syndrome has disabled the critical faculties of people who should know better.

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As I've said, John - I believe your focus is quite valid.

I would guess that there are a variety of reasons why it is not "taking" with people now and would be happy to reflect on this with you.

However, to my point about the Cabal - which probably overlaps PNAC, etc. --- this is an utterly unaccountable (and unelected) entity that appear (to date) to wield enormous power.

And they exist in the deep shadows, such that - likely, until very recently - neither Congress, the President nor the public has any clue.

I believe this has to come to light. Maybe the people mentioned so far, like Greer, have finally developed enough momentum to move the dial.

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John, cold New England Winter with 6th floor view of Boston style Bridge last 4.5 years. Nice 21st desk and solid built from local Down Under Pc man, across from closed Forty's with abunch awoke from Knightmare we all carried inside since 1994. 1980 Country Blue Grass Southern Rock, finished in New England what J Geils started, Boston tried to finish, CMT on Cable Tv saved the world is felt on short Boston T Train Trips. CMT saved the World. "We are on our way home." Song by Sarah Lee Guthrie and her Up Pete Place State sing, then we are.

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"A new world if you can take it."

As reported in "Dawn of a New Age,"

Colonel Philip Corso's original manuscript (which was later published as The Day After Roswell) recounts his 1957 face-to-face encounter and a telepathic conversation with an Extraterrestrial Biological Entity (EBE) while he was stationed at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

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"The encounter happened in a cave in an abandoned gold mine out in the desert, only a few miles from the range area. Corso perceived a strange presence at the bottom of the cave. There was a humanoid figure that appeared transparent in the dark.

"Corso felt his mind was connected to that being's mind. The core of the telepathic connection was reached when the being asked him, "Will you give me 10 minutes, radar free, after green time?" (Green time is a military term for a launch time window.)

"Being commanding officer of the radar station, Corso was in power to ask his men to block the radar/missile system and to allow the takeoff of the alien's flying object that landed in the desert. Corso communicated back to the EBE: "Ten minutes could be an eternity, what do you offer?" The being replied, "A new world if you can take it."

"Without hesitation, Corso left the cave, walked to the jeep and called range headquarters by radio, asking them to make sure that after the "green time" procedure the radars were put in hold for 10 minutes. The radar unit promptly executed the order.

"The radars must have cleared the way for the UFO to take off, because when Corso arrived at the range, Captain Williams reported that their D-battery locked on for a minute on an object 50 miles out, traveling 3000 mph.

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The public disclosure that we have extraterrestrial visitors will be one of the most consequential events in human history.

It would involve a massive cascade of changes in both society and our mental sets or worldviews.

I believe we are ready now - or soon will be ready for this "metanoia" (defined as a transformative change of heart). I also believe that this inevitable result is one of the primary reasons why this matter has been secreted away from the public for so long.

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"I believe we are ready now . . ."

You're more optimistic than I am. If you mean the result will not mean a total breakdown of society, I guess we're ready. But it's going to be extremely troublesome. Most people fear or at very minimum are very uncomfortable with change, and this will be a paradigm shift of an unprecedented scale. But we regular people are not the greatest threat. What feeds my nightmares is the reaction we should expect of our current ruling class, who will see their iron-fisted control unraveling. They are already merciless and reckless in their exercise of power, willing, for example, to risk total annihilation and human extinction in wars over resources. What will they do when they see their whole despotic regime collapsing around them?

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That's a great point, John, and I appreciate your reflection.

One thing I could have done better is clarify what I was meant by the word "soon."

I do have a longer-term perspective.

A few thoughts:

I've always wondered if the ET's are waiting until world society breaks down on its own (ala Duane Elgin and Chris Bache, among others). That might get us ready!...(Elgin's timeline for collapse is from now until ~ 2070).

Lately, I've been thinking that the ET's might be moving up their timeline due to the existential threats to the Biosphere and the human species. What I've read is the nuclear conflagrations radiate out through the Akash and affect other worlds. Also, my sense is that sentient life in our universe is considered very precious.

On the other hand, I would guess that, in the natural course of events in our cosmos, there have been many failed planets and failed sentient species who blow it...

However, I realize I'm not addressing your point. And I think what you said is central to this drama.

My guess is that "the cabal" has contingency plans - one of these being a massive "Independence Day"- like false flag operation, such that disclosure happens, but the ET's are framed as horrid, nefarious enemies.....so the war machine can continue ad infinitum.

Greer has info on this and a video dealing with specifics, as I recall.

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Last Chance to Stop a Dictatorship - and Trump Knows It

---- Thom Hartmann:


Falling like dominos, freedom erased, The playbook's been written, the moves are in place. Fascists don't wait, they tighten the chains, And once they are locked, you won't break away.

[Verse 1]

They came for the truth, they came for the law,

Firing the ones who exposed what they saw.

Silence the press, rewrite the past,

History tells us-- this happens fast.

[Pre-Chorus]

Listen now - 3:16

Falling like dominos, freedom erased,

The playbook's been written, the moves are in place.

Fascists don't wait, they tighten the chains,

And once they are locked, you won't break away.

[Chorus]

-"- Last chance to stop a dictatorship,

Last chance before we lose our grip!

He knows the game, he's making his move,

If we don't fight, we're gonna lose!

It starts with a purge, it ends with control,

They steal your voice, they steal your soul.

Last chance to stop a dictatorship-- And Trump knows it.

[Verse 2]

The FBI warned, the judges stood tall,

One by one, they're making them fall.

Blacklists and threats, lies turned to law,

Turning the land into his free-for-all.

[Pre-Chorus]

He's watching the playbook,

he's studied the best,

Putin and Hitler, Orban, the rest.

The rich pay the piper, the poor pay the price,

And democracy dies when good men think twice.

[Chorus]

-"- Last chance to stop a dictatorship,

Last chance before we lose our grip!

He knows the game, he's making his move,

If we don't fight, we're gonna lose!

It starts with a purge, it ends with control,

They steal your voice, they steal your soul.

Last chance to stop a dictatorship-- And Trump knows it.

[Bridge]

-" "First they came-- but now it's our turn,

Stand up and fight or just watch it burn.

We are the line, we are the wall,

If we don't stop him, we lose it all.

[Chorus - Reprise]

-"- Last chance to stop a dictatorship,

Last chance before we lose our grip!

He's coming for power, he's taking it all,

If we don't stand, democracy falls!

[Outro]

This is the moment, the final call,

Stand for the future, or watch it fall.

The warning is written, the history's clear,

It's now or never-- Time's up. It's here.

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Astronomers have detected a 'coherent' radio signal from a distant planet, reigniting hope for the existence of extraterrestrial life...

Warming us up.

Greer has been suggesting that things are opening...

The signal is thought to originate from a far-off, Earth-sized planet, suggesting it might possess a magnetic field similar to our own.

Scientists regularly monitor exoplanets and their potential to carry life. 85 new exoplanets were discovered outside our solar system, which could unlock secrets of the universe.

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I'm warm . . . I'm ready . . . I want to see the expressions on the faces of the skeptics.

But will this just because another excuse for more mobilization and war? "We're being invaded! They want to enslave us! They want to destroy our shopping malls! They're going to rape our women! They're going to cancel your credit cards!"

People have been so conditioned to see everything as a threat, to expect the worst, I fear the voices of reason and calm -- like Greer's -- will be drowned out by the hysterical shreaking. Isn't that the plan?

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Yes, on all counts.

Whole situation tricky as heck and the people very tricky indeed.

Many tricks up the sleeve.

On Mickey Mouse show: "Wednesday is anything can happen day."

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I used to have official Mickey Mouse Club mouse ears. Watched that show every day, mouse ears on my head, singing along with the theme song. Had a massive crush on Annette Funicello. Didn't everyone? In the 80s, I ran into her at a grocery store in the San Fernando Valley. She looked different.

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Had a massive crush on Annette Funicello.

Didn't everyone?

I definitely did.

Something in the Way She Moves...

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The whole shebang, just interesting.

As in - not just physical beings, but interdimensional clowns.

Rick Strassman: DMT - The Spirit Molecule.

Hello. So good to see you. We've been waiting for you to show up.

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"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

Hamlet

BTW, Strassman, who appears to be a very conscientious, careful and precise research psychiatrist, believes that the "elves and clowns et. al." (?!) who show up for many people on DMT trips may in fact be "dark matter beings."

His research subjects very often experienced these beings in a similar way to reports of "alien abductions."

An adult version of the Mickey Mouse show combined with Andy's Gang?

An interesting read for sure and well written.

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"...absolute AWE, REVERENCE, and SACREDNESS "

My guess is that the best way of communicating with our neighbors is to be in the highest state of consciousness we are able to manage.

[I don't call anyone an "alien."]

Of course, growth in consciousness and alignment with the universal force of wholeness need to go hand in hand with practical action...realistic action that takes many factors into account re- waking up a sleeping population.

I would not endorse anyone using an entheon (psychedelic) unless they were paying care-full attention to set and setting - as Leary and Alpert described.

Re- this consciousness, find below a report from one of the more famous trips into inner space:

April 1962:

The last Harvard-sponsored psilocybin study, known as the "Good Friday study in experimental mysticism" takes place during an Easter service conducted by renowned preacher Howard Thurman, in Marsh chapel in Boston. Designed and conducted by Walter Pahnke, doctor of medicine and divinity, the study is a double-blind placebo-controlled examination of psilocybin in the induction of mystical experiences in divinity students.

From Pahnke's first LSD session:

"The associated feelings were those of absolute AWE, REVERENCE, and SACREDNESS...I had the feeling of going deep within myself to the Self stripped bare of all pretense and falseness. This was the point where a man could stand firm with absolute integrity--something more important than mere physical life. The white light experience was of supreme importance--absolutely self-validating and something worth staking your life on and putting your trust in."


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"...threats of war and the creation of enemies serve to keep many of us under control by gridlocking trauma and dissociation. War itself generates releases thought-forms of rage, victimhood and disempowerment, even among those of us not specifically engaged in conflicts.

"Violence, hostility and predictions of impending crises are able to create intense negative energies of fear, which can immerse human beings in collective stress.

"When an individual encounters shocking events the mind is instantly traumatized and a natural self-protective process of dissociation occurs, the normal state of consciousness moves away - shocked, shattered, incapable of integrating and making sense of the new reality.

"With mediated exploitation the state of dissociation grows. The [human] body-mind complex is highly programmable in this state."

---- Path of Empowerment, Barbara Marciniak

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