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Leibowitz
Concludes
by
Edward Drobinski
Copyright © 2019 by Edward Drobinski
All rights reserved
Well within the imagined constraints regarding the precise precision of
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reserved, and are hereby ludicrously claimed as such; the result of the
confines of the US law which provides a modicum of protection to written
materiel; strongly encouraging plagiarism, which is now disciplined by a
righteous “Shame on you” from inconsequential writers and college professors
on the US Federal Government dole. Since it may appear as amateurish to leave
this blurb out, and though unpunished breaches invariably will be the case,
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one of the laudatory type. A sincere thanks is extended to those who have
allowed this time-saving boilerplate to be copied under a spurious CCO
license.
The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Understand?
Fictitious? As in untrue, fabricated, invented, made-up (not like in
Liberace), false, pretend, fictional, conjured, and all those other words one
calls liars. In fact they are so obviously fictitious that any attempt to
assert otherwise would have to be the mercenary ploy of some lazy, non-
productive crook or crooks, counseled, aided, and abetted by an otherwise
unemployed chiseler or chiselers, as yet un-dismissed from the less than
diligent bar. Any fancied apparent similarity to real persons is not intended
by the author insofar as the author can conjure every possible archetype and
their subdivisions upon subdivisions upon subdivisions ....... and if
thought to be detected is either a coincidence or the product of your own
sick and troubled imagination; perhaps most practically suggestive of an
intensification in treatment and dosage.
Where the names of real places, corporations, institutions, and public
figures may be projected onto made up stuff, they are intended to denote only
such said made up stuff, not anything presently real as of the time of this
entirely conjectural and metaphorical writing.
I hope that you are one of those blessed with common sense, thereby being one
who did not bother to read this semi-obligatory absurdity.
Portions have previously appeared in the following; New Yorker, Esquire,
Playboy, New York Times, Ploughshares, Paris Review, and the halls of
prestigious Horror Sleaze Trash (HST). Need the writer say more?
As may or may not be gleaned through predatory skimming herein,
the writer has absolutely no interest in extolling or vilifying
post-modernist literature, whatever that might be in terms of a
defining style, whatever that alleges to convey beyond the
sundial’s position, and piney prolonged or deciduously,
petitely, or pettily posited in pierced provision of putrid
periodicals, insofar as he is aware of his own intents, if any,
of the doubtful whichever, beyond an attempt to sell another
book whose royalties almost cover his property tax payments on
the best of months, the result of the other, but in a seemingly
natural, at times so cruelly characterized as naïve, a most
embarrassing deficiency one would never choose as an alternative
to use of the incorrect utensil when at Parisian, that
institution striving in demimonde façade, L’Astrance, with a
plate of dovetailed Peking Duck, which sports a sauce cooling of
unknown and anonymous origins vis-à-vis the co-operative duck,
any authorial aversion to that a complication of the thrust, as
whatever you think that means, if the wanting banal platitudes
ascribed to post-modernist literature, inclusive and yet
simultaneously despite its cranial suggestions of an ageing,
ostensibly both “real” in some cases and meta in theirs, as is
vociferously espoused by the day’s remains of cadaverous
Beckett; their “saviorable,” on-line pundit’s unfulfilled and
perhaps unfulfillable claim of decades undetected “newness,”
whose entries always manage to “daringly” contain at least one
line of Houllebecqian counter-“sexual” prose, not seen as such
and un-derided by those, some ill-mannered, uneducated plebians
might characterize as severely limited and boring, in likely
fear of a provable charge of prudery, as opposed to the
libertinous comments extended by the partying, feral, social
media raconteurs in possession of overwhelming librarian-
reviewer status.
Reading, and the writer would think more so writing, are the
most suitable of avocations for a person still daring to be of
some discernment, not yet afflicted with one of those
purportedly human, “hyper-reality,” touchy-feely diseases or
syndromes, as they may be now standardly and momentarily
(ontologically?) acceptably defined in the most recent update of
DSM-5, pending rumor of substantive, yet “cherry picked” and
simultaneously “measured” revision.
The last sentence is dedicated to those who still believe
everything they read, but don’t yet know it.
The writer has almost as much feeling for this genre, or true
lack thereof, as he does for Bizarro and mash-ups, to name just
a few. It’s not the least bit personal to anyone, and especially
not to the forgotten Bizarrists and the disallowed mashers, and
in a meaningful manner, does not even require the existence of
ersatz post-modernism for its own lack of definition as that is
in many cases, a requisite for a fictionally understood truth
which fallaciously equates the “confession” of a
Houellebecquian, sophisticated, experienced ennuist with a
statement worthy of utterance practicing Catholics make to
veiled and horny priests, wearing a pornographic watch. In order
to attain the status afforded by the NY Times best-seller
charts, Penthouse Forum would likely do quite well to advocate
that their decades running, little, monthly has always and
continues to contain the literary material considered 2019
“cutting edge.”
Lackluster dalliances aside from the economic largesse provided
by books, the writer merely thought that it would be a few
months fun to here-and-there deconstruct the works of the
entrenched deconstructionists, that action also likely mused,
had they been absent, through a rather banal, easy guess that
they’d make their existence inevitably known as a fashionably-
pleased-with-themselves-on-line-unpublished-charmingly-
unprofessional-uninfluential-unread critic, like Joni Mitchell’s
early 1970’s “lady in a Paris dress with runners in her nylons.
Mmm. Mmmm. Mmm,” the ladies mutually admiring, faux
intellectual, minute and minutiae worshipping congregation, as
the distanced writer was sure that they, like the many they
disdained, imagine they maintain a monopoly on an over-baked,
and miniscule manifestation of zilch, and more absurdly cannot
take the smell of their own medicine. The ontological insight
obtained in the process, as related to this writer by the
writer, i.e. compiling a reflection of a reflection upon a
reflection, leads the writer to perhaps incorrectly conclude
that the writer has herein more or less touched something
primal, as “seen” by him, in the delusion of today, or has
produced the worst garbage as yet known to the deluders of
today, had there been much of a difference between the two which
resided anywhere other than the minds of the “challenged,” the
latter, insofar as deferring to the decisions inflicted by a
blind, and otherwise handicapped judge for the purpose of the
bet, where the writer would have put his money had he any of it
or unsatisfied curiosity.
The writer’s book was intended to be premeditated, pre-
medicated, and purposeful fictional, as much as that can be
differentiated from realism in a solipsistic view, further
compounded by implied polytheistic points of view, each POV of
which, in incorrectly recognized contradiction with the others,
value and often adopt the views of said others; those actions
done continually as well as simultaneously as a group; which the
minority offer as the cause of spinning, whether that relates to
the world, or only the inconsequentiality of sponsor deferential
non-news programs.
His biggest fear is that, try as you may, you would not deem and
articulate with a nyah-nyah any of the parts stupid, which the
writer, consistent with the aping of a post-modern writer’s
cliché, that with the standard degree of all too convenient
allusions to an intent which “accidentally” shows a convincing
mimic of a masked ineptitude, and irrefutably to the lamest of
poseurs, says have been purposely put there to reflect
“reality,” inducing a subtle, cultured nod indicative of
understanding. The writer wishes to thank you in advance for
your anticipated kind co-operation in keeping his greatest fear
alive and well, releasing him from the burden of having to try
to find a new one. The writer would also like to thank you for
pointing the stupid parts out, if that is your free will
penchant, as the writer enjoys the comedy provided by the
apparently unintentional value judgements therein displayed. To
quote the writer; “It’s only another book, but I like it, more
or less.” - Unattributed
“Gimmicks? ..... GIMMICKS! .....
Everybody sayin’ that we do
gimmicks. ...... Gimmicks. .......
Gimmicks. .............. Yes, we do.” –
Jimi Hendrix
“And when you’re tired of all this
repetition, won’t you come see me
Queen Jane.” – Bob Dylan
Table of Contents
Part 1 – Confusion Boats ...................................... 1
**1** ......................................................... 1
Visit- Day 1 .................................................. 1
News - 5-5-22 ................................................ 16
Visit- Day 2 ................................................. 22
**2** ........................................................ 38
Educational Event ............................................ 38
Lehi Symbol Meaning .......................................... 46
Under the Milky Way .......................................... 51
**3** ........................................................ 53
Joyce ........................................................ 53
Visit- Day 3 ................................................. 78
Post 2010 B.S. ............................................... 95
Chiding Mark’s Sadness ...................................... 104
**4** ....................................................... 108
Instructions ................................................ 108
CHAPTER ONE AGAIN ........................................... 114
Marie ....................................................... 116
Abby’s Kitten ............................................... 119
**5** ....................................................... 122
Highway ..................................................... 122
News - 5-6-22 ............................................... 126
Chant ....................................................... 133
**6** ....................................................... 139
Abigail’s Visit to CountryReport.com ........................ 139
Flight of Fancy ............................................. 162
**7** ....................................................... 167
The Khazars ................................................. 167
Less Fantastical Flights .................................... 176
**8** ....................................................... 208
Un-Professional Allegedly Entertaining Site (UPAES) ......... 208
**9** ....................................................... 236
First Management Memo Recorded Herein ....................... 236
**10** ...................................................... 250
“Fortuitously” Thematic Web Memoirs ......................... 250
2nd Management Memo ......................................... 281
**11** ...................................................... 287
Less Fantastical Continued .................................. 287
**12** ...................................................... 306
Isaac at Work ............................................... 306
**13** ...................................................... 322
News - 5-7-22 ............................................... 322
**14** ...................................................... 325
Lee Michaels ................................................ 325
Jetts of Joan ............................................... 327
Superman .................................................... 341
Why? ........................................................ 360
**15** ...................................................... 361
The Lehi Duplication of “Banned’ Irgun ...................... 361
Herut- Begin and Shamir Again ............................... 383
**16** ...................................................... 403
Lions at the Laundromat ..................................... 403
Rumpole Tower ............................................... 406
**17** ...................................................... 420
Likud and Other Israeli Political Parties ................... 420
**18** ...................................................... 428
Louis Farrakhan on Wikpedia ................................. 428
Joyce Greenberg Pays a Visit ................................ 454
News - 5-12-22 .............................................. 461
Abigail ..................................................... 470
**19** ...................................................... 472
Outreboros .................................................. 472
**20** ...................................................... 493
**21** ...................................................... 635
Part 2 – Mutiny from Stern to Bow ........................... 675
**22** ...................................................... 675
In Two Nebulous Spaces ...................................... 675
Conspiracy .................................................. 676
A Public Disservice Announcement ............................ 682
The Statue of Liberty ....................................... 715
Donald Drops a Bomb ......................................... 757
**23** ...................................................... 784
News – 5-20-22 .............................................. 784
**24** ...................................................... 788
Panel Discussion ............................................ 788
**25** ...................................................... 837
News – 5-20-22 .............................................. 837
**26** ...................................................... 841
Ukraine ..................................................... 841
**27** ...................................................... 856
The Bing of BOP ............................................. 856
**28** ...................................................... 861
Unattributed Clandestine Dialogue of the Highest Order ...... 861
The Thirteenth Tribe ........................................ 878
**29** ...................................................... 893
Historical Khazars .......................................... 893
**30** ...................................................... 916
The Rider ................................................... 916
**31** ...................................................... 935
News – 5-25-22 .............................................. 935
“True Torah Jews” ........................................... 943
Genetics .................................................... 960
**32** ...................................................... 968
Very Serious Stuff .......................................... 968
Lose Yourself ............................................... 992
News – 5-28-22 .............................................. 993
**33** ..................................................... 1002
Maddie ..................................................... 1002
Small Change ............................................... 1077
**34** ..................................................... 1080
Zohar Ben-Yahu ............................................. 1080
Production ................................................. 1115
News – 5-31-22 ............................................. 1116
Bailey Post Rumpole Speech ................................. 1120
Melania Comes Back Early ................................... 1135
Equal Time ................................................. 1138
**35** ..................................................... 1142
Grind - It Has Started Up .................................. 1142
Isaac Daydreams at Work .................................... 1144
News – 6-2-22 .............................................. 1157
**36** ..................................................... 1164
Tubby Jones, an Example Made ............................... 1164
Eye of the Needle .......................................... 1186
Vambie ..................................................... 1188
**37** ..................................................... 1200
A Travelling Companion ..................................... 1200
Book News .................................................. 1259
**38** ..................................................... 1310
Plane Crash ................................................ 1310
News – 6-8-22 .............................................. 1317
**39** ..................................................... 1335
Joe Biden Has a Dream ...................................... 1335
Boxing Match ............................................... 1340
**40** ..................................................... 1363
Intended Article ........................................... 1363
**41** ..................................................... 1384
Shock and Awe .............................................. 1384
News - 6-9-22 .............................................. 1394
**41½** .................................................... 1422
Back! ...................................................... 1422
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Part 1 –
Confusion Boats
**1**
Visit- Day 1
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War and “Suicide is Painless” by Johnny Mandel and Michael B Altman; property of the author, the
latter under both the “fair use” and “transformative” doctrines.
The Leibowitz group of four was a family like most others.
There was a mother, a father, a boy and a girl. They occupied a
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three bedroom house in Gig Harbor, Washington, USA. It was on an
acre of hilly land with some trees, and paid for by Mom and
Dad’s jobs. Boy and girl went to school and were beyond the ages
where that required monitoring and chauffeuring. The broad
picture was well in place, so in spare time they jocularly
argued about the minutiae.
The strangest thing about them was that each was assigned a
name which is often associated with being Jewish, and none of
them were; though like much of the goyim, they were familiar
with a few Yiddish words. “You got bupkes” was a household
favorite sentence. We all know how this expressive language has
a unique sound usually evocative of mirth to all in 2019.
It might be wise to again point out that the Leibowitz
family did not observe Judaism. Nor did they observe
Catholicism, Protestantism, Hinduism, Muslimism, or most any ism
one can imagine; excepting security-ism, and that’s a bit of a
stretch. Christmas and Easter were universal fun. By all
standards they were a typical happy American family; the
unexciting kind you regularly see on “Ivory Soap” and “Lemon
fresh Comet Cleanser with 20% more” commercials.
Then Dad up and left.
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Merge; property of the author.
Mark Weston dawdled down shadowy Remsen Street in Brooklyn
Heights, the only light emanating from some windows of the row
houses. His loosely secured backpack provided the slightest
thuds of discomfort at an increased gait, hill, or decline.
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Remsen Street; property of the author.
Despite having been energized by the sights and sounds of his
bus-subway-another-subway-end-trip, he was in no rush, fearing a
confrontation with a left-behind and now hidden-in-the-dark
sidewalk denizen.
Mark was also mulling over the fact that he was for the
second time in the process of destroying a portion of his
Gonzaga University break through a “necessary” visit to this
tiresomely opinionated man. “Fool me once shame on you, fool me
twice shame on me” played havoc with his sidewalk concentration.
And this was the freshman’s first Spring break. His last
visit was during the cold and snowy Christmas season. He tried
to force his wandering thoughts of Florida, bikinis, and beaches
out of his head.
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This man was one who had sometimes laughingly characterized
himself as one of eight trillion inconsequential Vice Presidents
at JP Morgan Chase. The humor in those self-effacing
observations was a redeeming factor, unless one considered it a
cover for slothfulness. Just as in previous times, Mark expected
a sizable “donation” at the conclusion of his brief stay with
this Isaac Leibowitz, JP Morgan Chase Vice President.
His round trip ticket was $255, expensive for a college
student, and not expensive at the same time, as his Mom
grudgingly paid for it. Sea-Tac to LaGuardia, with a change in
Burlington, NC took seven hours, the bulk of it obligatorily
conversing with a speed freak, running cheap store bought weed
to where its illegality commanded a higher price. 440
excruciatingly long minutes later, Mark then had to endure a bus
and a subway ride, which left him in no mood for nonsense, or
maybe suggested the need for a nonsense rehabilitation, after
the obligatories and some needed sleep.
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Balustrade; property of the author.
Mark remembered the building from his last visit. It was
hard to miss once you’d been there. Though the attached brick
buildings were virtually identical at night, if not 90% so
during the day too, his recollection of the winding, forged iron
balustrade under the plain iron handrail at both sides of the
steps set this one apart from the other functional, plain and
less expensive, standardized, blackened, aluminum balusters and
railings. The twisting configuration which produced a midway
landing, prior to a second climb, was as unlike any others on
the block as were the spindled balusters, a 17th century
inspired style. Having been an aficionado of the decorative
arts, Mark had been long aware that the axis of a spindle is
straight; hence, for example, a spindle-legged chair is a
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straight-legged design, even though cylindrical symmetry allows
decoration of elaborate notches or bulbs, so long as the
cylindrical symmetry is preserved; hence, once more, sturdiness
is not sacrificed.
Mark rang the entry buzzer, and was buzzed in by three
respondents, hoping that at least one of them was the right one.
The odds seemed in his favor. He climbed the stairs, ignoring
the two open doors on the first and second floors. He got to the
landing of the third, and was relieved to see that 3C’s door was
also open. In it stood a slightly graying man bedecked in a
white long sleeved t-shirt with a sailboat image, and dark gray
water resistant sailing trousers. A dark gray Stetson suede
Cambridge cap topped things off, more or less inferring a
balance.
Mark smiled from a distance and said; “Don’t tell me you’re
ready to come back to Gig Harbor with me.”
The man said; “So what? You think we got no water here in
Brooklyn, David? Come here and give your dad a big hug.”
With his head to the floor, Mark took the few remaining
steps, and cuddled his dad, thinking that dad might already be
starting that old tired discussion.
“I won’t ask how your trip was, as I’m sure it was no fun.
Tell me, how’s your mother and sister.”
“Can I go inside and sit first?”
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“Sure, sure. My apologies. Come on in.”
Mark entered the 500 sq. ft. studio, threw off his
backpack, and flopped against the right flank of the varicolored
sectional couch; his dad taking the left as he removed his
Stetson.
“Well, Abigail was supposed to come with me, but cancelled
out saying that she had Dengue fever or West Nile virus. She
doesn’t have anything, but a huge crush on a boy who wants to be
on the swimming team.”
“Your mother seeing anyone?”
“She told me to say ‘no’ when you asked that.”
Isaac laughed mildly, and said; ‘Miriam ... “
Mark interrupted with a correction; “Chloe.”
“Either Chloe or you have developed a sense of humor.”
“It was me. Mom is actually spending too much time with the
handyman to do much else these days.”
“You’re on the borderline of jeopardy.”
“ ........ “
“ ........ “
“You know, this whole situation was started by you.”
“You’re starting to sound more and more like your name-
changing mother.”
“Let’s get off this old story and just chill out.”
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“Fine. So, how did you like your first year at university?
What did you take? Anything of special interest?”
“The History of Khazaria 101.”
“Look who’s starting. I came out here to advance my career.
In the entirety of Washington State there are no top notch
financial jobs open to me, and I’m not going to try to compete
with those techie Orientals. No way. And no way am I going to
stay a branch manager all my life, smiling and kissing the ass
of any ‘big deal’ with more than $10,000 on deposit. Besides,
New York City doesn’t have a problem with Jews, and you’d be
just fine here.”
“The name change has worked well so far. Look, I’m tired
after that trip, and I’d really just like to get some sleep.
Okay? We can argue tomorrow when I’m fresh.”
“Sure. Why does this always happen? Love ya, kid.”
“Love ya, dad. .... By the way, mom misses you and talks
about you all the time, and she actually despises that useless,
crooked handyman.”
“Go to sleep.”
Like last time, Mark curled up on the sectional couch,
using the blankets and pillow Isaac took from the closet, and
Isaac got back on his laptop. His smart phone rang and it was
Miriam, as he had the caller noted; misnamed or not. He took it
into the bathroom and shut the door for privacy.
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“Hello, Miriam.”
“That’s Chloe.”
“Yeah, right.”
“It’s only been three years. It might sink in soon. So, did
Mark arrive safely?”
“Sure did. How’s the handyman?”
“Don’t tell me that he told you that joke.”
“Yeah, it was a good one, because it’s so believable.”
“Mellors, he’s not. Unfortunately, this one’s a Lance.”
Stylized cover of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” by D.H. Lawrence; property of the author.
“Nice looking?”
“I think his boyfriend must be the pretty one. You’re not
inundating Mark with any of that Khazar nonsense. Are you?”
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“Not yet. He was tired from the trip. After ten minutes he
went to sleep. Get my e-mail?”
“It’s in the lower quartile of my to-be-read list. Are all
the doors and windows locked?”
“This isn’t the Bronx. But, yes, they’re locked.”
“Bronx. Brooklyn. Same thing.”
“Brooklyn Heights is almost Manhattan.”
“Now I’m really worried.”
“You know, Miriam ........ “
“Yes, I know. I also know that it’s much safer and prettier
here in Gig Harbor. And I’m in Gig Harbor. And the kids are in
Gig Harbor. And you’re not.“
“And the house is still on the market. Correct?”
“Yes, but the market has softened quite a bit.”
“So has your head.”
“Me? You’re the one who took off to the other side of the
country, an ugly, crime-ridden, dirty part too, and got into
some kind of religious Hasidic conspiracy theory about the
Khazars. Next thing I know you’ll be wearing a halat and a
tzitzit, and growing payos.”
“Forgot the shtreimel, and it takes a while to get the
payos going. But, un-seriously, if you’d been reading my e-mails
you’d have seen that I don’t entirely agree with the radical
Hasidics as you called them, sometimes referred to as ultra-
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orthodox by Khazars and their dupes seeking to self-servingly
denigrate, and actually named the Neturei Karta as possible
differentiation from the rest of the Hasidic entirety. I keep
trying to say to no one that precise definitions are essential
if we are going to go past square one. Of happenstance, I
‘disagree,’ so to speak, with the Neturei Karta, only because
they see this completely in an epistemologically based Biblical
aspect with a slight deference to the inescapability of now, to
which must be added a modified ontological facet to have any two
second later relevance. They’re just the closest to being right
that I’ve found. You know I’ve never been religious and my view
is entirely secular, more or less, depending on one’s definition
of one term or the other, but let’s not complicate the subject.”
“I hope you haven’t been saying these things to other
people, especially if they are carrying nets near the water.”
“Just to my boss Fitz, the others I work with, the nice
Lubavitcher lady on the first floor, the crew which cleans up at
night, and maybe a crabber or two.”
“As long as it’s no one important. And that ‘more or less’
could use some work. Kiss my only son ‘good night’ for me, my
narish mentsh. Bye.”
“Bye.”
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“Oh, Isaac. Isaac. I have to ask you something. Do you at
least get a free ride to work on the Lubavitcher bus because of
this?”
“I could. But because of their inconvenient scheduling
irregularities, I hop the turnstile like everyone else.”
Click.
Click.
News - 5-5-22
From the New York Observer, May 5, 2022
Israeli Migration to the Ukraine
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On March 16, 2014 the Alternative Times of Israel published a
little discussed piece titled “Leaked Report: Israel
Acknowledges Jews in Fact Khazars; Secret Plan for Reverse
Migration to Ukraine.” It is reprinted here, both because the
seemingly momentous event has received no attention, commentary,
or question and because of the worsening situation, which some
characterize as a clandestine war in the Ukraine. Just four
weeks before this explosive publication, on February 18, 2014,
the official and democratic government of the Ukraine was ousted
and a Jewish supported new government was appointed.
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Considering the liklihood of a Palestinian state, the need to
resettle the settlers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to Ukraine
is becoming an all important issue. This migration was
originally intended to gradually load Crimea with Jewish
immigrants, but the Russian move to annex Crimea through
official diplomatic means has caused a readjustment of
strategies; that being to load with haste.
The pressure building along Russia’s borders from NATO and
Western Jewish financiers, such as George Soros, born as Gyorgy
Schwartz, is intent on establishing a new Khazaria which will be
larger than the original and will incorporate the nation of
Kazakhstan. The remnants of the old Khazaria are working towards
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this objective from within the nations of Israel, Ukraine,
Poland, Georgia, and Kazakhstan.
A new capital called Astana was established within Kazakhstan on
December 10th, 1997. This capital is still under construction
and has contributed to a massive construction boom in the
region. This new futuristic city is full of Masonic symbolism
and New World Religion designs. Though it has relatively flown
under the radar for many years, there is a surprisingly large
disregarded amount of information available about the
construction of Astana.
It is looking obvious that both Russia and China are unwilling
to accept the establishment of this new Khazaria in the heart of
the Eurasian continent. The monetary objectives of all players
on designing a new international financial framework is
extremely telling of the more macro geopolitical and economic
alignments taking place.
The establishment of a one world system of governance, including
political, economic, and religious, can be compared to herding
cats. It would almost seem impossible if it weren’t for the fact
that all cats were being directed down a very wide pathway which
allows them to bump into one another and switch sides
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consistently as they move to their final objective. Strange
times on the new world frontier.
Astana
The Alternative Times of Israel piece is important because, for
the first time, there is a semi-official pronouncement of the
Khazarian heritage of Eastern European Jews who migrated to the
land of Palestine and established the nation of Israel.
This idea was first promoted by the Hungarian historian Arthur
Koestler in his 1976 book titled “The Thirteenth Tribe. ”
Koestler suffered heavy criticism and his book was the target of
a massive propaganda campaign meant to discredit his work. The
fact that an official Jewish publication is now discussing a
“secret report” promoting the same conclusion and the added
Israeli migration to the Ukraine should not go unnoticed by the
large contingent of scholars, both on-line and off.
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Visit- Day 2
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Isaac slept on the convenient, four dollar, Goodwill chair
which boasted a railing crest worthy of an early machine age
knockoff of a 12th century “regal” sitting and presiding piece,
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as knocked off in varying detail since the advent of
programmable scroll saw, woodworking machines in 1825. It was
actually quite attractive and useful for Isaac’s temporary
dwelling, despite the deceptively low price. His trusty laptop
still stood half open on the nondescript adjoining table. When
he was jarred awake the next day by a combination of body heat
loss, exacerbated by the clanging of glass on hard plastic,
further exacerbated by the sound magnification afforded in the
pre-dawn, broken promise of silence. Mark was already up,
drinking coffee and staring out the window. Under the promise
not to call him David or bring up any Khazar-Jewish-Zionist
issues, he shared a drink of some black and interspersed that
with one-word-answered questions about college.
“Take any history?”
“Some.”
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Each pretended to ignore, each accidentally or purposely
revealing that pretension through eye re-direction whenever once
more within the fleeting ocular display of the other, beneath
the old fashioned, faded, and Joni Mitchell worded intarsia on
the wall two feet above their skull tops. Isaac was respectful
of his promise, thereby not wanting to broach anything regarding
cats or their contextual inference in the intarsia, and Mark
because he did want his dad to break his promise, yet also
wanted it to seem as if that was not what he had chosen; a
strange dance which this time culminated in the simplicity of
the promise being kept.
Isaac invited Mark to spend the day with him in Brooklyn
Bridge Park, nearby and also in Brooklyn Heights; for it was
May, the oft pleasant days of May, and a perfect reason to
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escape his diminutive confines and watch the ships; the
invitation actually more of an “I’ll go if you do” approach.
Brooklyn Bridge Park; the kind courtesy of Pexels.com under their CC0 license; modified.
During their walk, Isaac spoke of his “imminent” return to
Gig Harbor. “Some time has passed, and Fitz has said that he was
recommending me for a Senior Vice Presidency at my annual
review. I suspect it will be approved as there are a few others
doing essentially the same work as me who already are that and
no one ever argues with Fitz anyway. Then I’ll be ready to come
back and be one of the highest ranked bankers in Washington.”
Mark’s expression seemed skeptical, and his voice sounded
less buoyant than a rock, when he intoned; “That’s all it
takes?”
“Well, that’s most of it. You see, New York is the center
of banking and finance. The best work here. So, it’s presumed
that if you can handle things here, you can handle them
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anywhere. It’s something like going to Harvard and then doing
well-paid field work.”
“What’s special about it?”
“Only two things, really; the number of zeroes and commas
at the end and the speed required. You’re forced to cut corners,
or else you’ll be a low producer looking for a new job.”
“They want things not to be thorough?”
“Not exactly. In business jobs most of the stuff you look
at is boilerplate, and there’s no good reason to give it more
than a cursory quick skim. You learn to spend your time with the
things which aren’t standard. You don’t over-study anything.”
“ ......... “
“Well, just like all this information the web has made
available. If you scrutinize everything which comes your way,
you just wind up reading a lot of useless garbage with levels of
accuracy that range from 50% to zero. ........ I’m fortunate to
have Fitz for a boss, as he knows what he’s doing. If you get a
moron, you have to go through everything. You slow down; the
whole department slows down; and pretty soon you get visited by
a team of evaluating experts, who justify their existence by
recommending cuts, dismissals, and re-organizations.”
“Sounds nerve-wracking.”
“For some it is. But, you can’t let yourself get frazzled.
You’ll only do worse. If you get one of those moron bosses, you
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just have to look for an internal transfer or get yourself
another job. It’s extremely difficult to be seen as anything
better than your boss. Look, there are some much more cynical
than me, and standardly try to transfer to another area every
two years on the theory that if you stay in one place too long
you become part of the problem, while in going to another area
you become part of the solution.”
When they entered the park, they saw a demonstration going
on which was large enough to overflow the park on the other
side, where the demonstrators were no longer in the shade
provided by the bridge and were spilling onto the sidewalks in
front of commercial enterprises. Hasidics were carrying signs
calling for an end to Zionism.
Mark said; “You knew this would be here. Didn’t you?”
“Honestly, no.”
“Will dad related coincidences never cease?”
“Not likely. Wanna leave?”
“No. I’d really like to see what’s going on with a bunch of
Jews who want to end Zionism. That’s like a feral cat who wants
to put an end to hunting.”
“Now, I don’t feel like talking about it, and hope that I
never get a boss like you, as I’d have to transfer. Let me make
this simple. Jew does not equal Zionist; ergo ant-Zionism does
not equal anti-Jew.”
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“There’s a flaw in there somewhere.”
“You’re telling me. Look. Let’s veer off. I’m hungry and
there’s a nice Gottlieb’s Kosher just a few blocks away.”
“Not me. Look at them. A few are really getting carried
away. They’re obviously Jews and they are anti-Israel.”
“How’s that?”
Their signs say and a few are yelling; “Zionism is
bloodshed.”
“Your lack of understanding is giving me a headache. Come
on. Gottlieb just put out the fresh stuff.”
Unbeknownst and actually of paltry significance to Isaac
and Mark-David; in the mayor’s office, an agitated city manager
rushed in to anxiously say; “There’s a thousand Hasidics
demonstrating in Brooklyn Heights. They don’t have a permit and
Kelly, the Police Chief Kelly, wants to know if the cops should
break it up.”
“What schmuck left the Williamsburg door open?”
“I don’t know what you’re referring to, sir.”
“Never mind. Is Rebbi there?”
“I don’t know of Rebbi, so I can’t say. Want me to find
out?”
“No, no. It really doesn’t matter. I was just being
curious. But, hell no to the police breakup. Hell no. The last
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thing we want is a Jewish incident. What’s their problem this
time?”
Hasidic anti-Zionist demonstration; property of the author.
“Some religiously based Bible-Israel stuff no one
understands.”
“Whew. That’s an easy one. No one ever knows what the hell
they’re talking about. It’s only if they become understood that
there could be a problem. Let them demonstrate all they want.
They’re a peaceful, non-violent people and most importantly to
me, vote as a block.”
“The businesses in the area are ringing the phones off the
hooks complaining that it’s ruining their trade.”
“Tell them it will be over in an hour.”
“We have no such information.”
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“So, just say it. If you feel you need to, tell them I said
so.”
“What should I tell the cops to do?”
“Show a large presence. Let the Hasidics do whatever they
want. Just be there to protect them from vehemently disagreeing
Jews and any yahoos from Bensonhurst.”
Isaac and Mark picked around the fresh minced meats and the
clam, broccoli, yogurt pesto, and caviar dips nearby, each being
slow and particular as neither was really hungry, and now
neither wanted to sit face to face and talk about that which
they sought to talk about an hour prior.
“Good clam dip, Mark. You might consider some.”
“Yes, the caviar dip is a tad fishy. The minced lamb seems
worth a shot.”
“That’s Gottlieb’s specialty.”
Despite a sparse mid-morning clientele, Mark led them to a
booth at the rear, five feet from a swinging, heavy oak door
with an opaque, leaded glass window, a foot square, if the
triangle had been squared.
Isaac sat and said; “We’ll be blessed with the kitchen
aromas back here.”
“It’s just so Jewish in here, I’m afraid some nut will come
in here with a gun blazing.”
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“See the two in the long black tallits and yarmulkes near
the entrance? Notice that you can’t see their hands? That’s
because they’re holding IWI Tavors under there. Last time anyone
tried anything stupid they wound up in the minced meat bin.”
“You’re kidding me.”
“Of course. Human gore is not kosher, so they just turned
on the hose and swept it out to the curb for the dogs.”
“ .............. “
“Get a grip. This is New York. People of any race or
religion who want good food eat kosher. ........ I might have
phrased that better. Whoa, gotta take this. Hi, Miriam. Sorry
Chloe.”
“Hi, Isaac. Meet any of those tiny DMT guys yet?”
“No, David and I have been busy, marching and protesting
with the Hasidics in the park. I don’t suppose you’ve had any
offers you can’t refuse on the house.”
“No, just one who offered more than asking, which I
rejected because he had to have been joking. So, how’s my son
Mark doing in the grime?”
“I was hoping you wouldn’t call for a while as something
happened in the park which I haven’t fully straightened out yet.
An armed posse of feral Brooklynites disguised as Satmars
kidnapped him and are threatening to super glue a yarmulke on
his head, and won’t give him back unless I give them a million
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dollars or a million kosher knishes with sauerkraut and onions.
I have to nail down some of the details on the latter part; but
bank fraud the likely better choice.”
“Ha, ha, and ha. On the Borsht Belt, you’re not. Put Mark
on the phone.”
“Hi, Mom.”
“Love you, baby.”
“Can’t hear. A lot of that glue dried in my ears.”
“Is your father being a bad influence on you?”
“I’m sure he’s trying, but I’m a step ahead.”
“Okay, so everything is fine with my two big boys in the
nasty jungle.”
“Yeah, but I wouldn’t want to live here. There’s garbage
all over. Nobody can get it in the cans, I guess.”
In the background Isaac said; “It’s the wind factor. Those
gusts off the water wreak havoc.”
“Say you love your mother, Mark.”
“Love you, Mom.”
“Tell your father that I tolerate him.”
Click.
“Mom said that ........ “
“Yeah, yeah. I heard.”
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When Isaac and Mark returned to Remsen Street, Isaac’s
zaftig, first floor friend Joyce Greenberg was on her way out,
and with only a carefully tied knot, in the fashion of kesher
elyon and one wrapping of hulya, awakening tsitzit between them,
known only to her closest of friends in privacy as “sweet
mince.” The trio converged at the midway landing provided by the
twisted external entry way stairs.
“Hi, Joyce,” said Isaac, the greeting returned. “I want you
to meet my son, David. ... Mark!”
Joyce pushed her knotted tzitzit back in place, as she
smiled saying; “Pleased to meet you David-Mark.”
Mark said; “It’s just Mark, and my pleasure, Joyce.”
Joyce said; “So, what kind of mischief have you two been up
to today?”
Mark said; “We watched part of an anti-Zionist
demonstration in the park. A few of the demonstrators really got
into it.”
Joyce said; “Oh, good. I told Isaac there would be a
demonstration, unaware of how demonstrative it might become. You
can never predict these things.”
Issac, wanting to re-enforce Mark and change the subject
said; “Mark’s visiting me on school break. He just finished his
freshman year at Gonzaga, majoring in ...... What did you say
you were majoring in?”
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Mark said; “I didn’t say because I haven’t decided.”
Joyce said; “No need to rush. Ever consider Comparative
Religion?”
Mark said; “No. I’m more leaning toward something which
might almost provide a rewarding career.”
Joyce said; “Comparative Religion can provide you with the
basis of a rewarding career in sales or marketing. The bulls***,
pardon my Yiddish, has wider uses than may have been first
considered as obvious.”
As Mark eyed him for being a liar, Isaac wanted to prolong
this conversation and clumsily said; “Indecisiveness is a most
under-valued attribute.”
Joyce squinted toward Isaac for a fraction of a second, as
if thrown off by something so inconsistent, that it must have
been an in-joke to which she wasn’t privy. She safely said; “I
feel very strongly both ways,” while again adjusting her
tzitzit.
Drawing two smiles, Joyce added; “I’m off to see my friend,
Miriam. She says she has some ‘new’ provocative information
about the Khazars-Israel-world domination stuff she doesn’t want
to risk putting on-line. That husband of hers is such a worry
wort, it’s infectious. I keep telling her that if she just
converted it to an encrypted graphics format it would be under
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the radar. ...... She’s such an IT schlemiel and so easily
freaked. Bye, Isaac and bye David-Mark.
David-Mark said; “Bye.”
Isaac said; “Bye. Please keep me abreast.”
Back inside, Mark said; “You lied to me.
Isaac answered; “It was harmless.”
“That’s not the issue.”
“It’s a father’s job.”
“ ........ “
“This way you little monkeys use your programmed needs-to-
be-rebellious by doing something we actually approve of.”
“Insidious.”
They sat and stared at the Van Gogh print.
Van Gogh’s “Bedroom in Arles”; modified public domain.
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Catching the direction of his son’s eye, Isaac said;
“That’s what I wish this little condo would look like. Perhaps
with more time it can serve as a model for future design
modifications.”
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**2**
Educational Event
The Five Towns Weekly Klog
of Lawrence, L.I.
Bringing you all of Long Island’s news Since 1948, that comprising, but not necessarily limited
to the villages of Lawrence and Cedarhurst, the hamlets of Woodmere and Inwood, and "The
Hewletts", which consist of the villages of Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Harbor, and Hewlett Neck,
and the hamlet of Hewlett. Shalom.
Orthodox Jewish Educational Event in Nassau Coliseum
There was no classroom big enough, so they rented a stadium.
Go figure. As if they needed further “education,” masses of
authentic Torah Jews are expected to fill the Nassau Six-Day-War
Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Inwood to capacity this Sunday at
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4:00 PM to hear major rabbis lecture on the incompatibility of
Judaism and Zionism.
The lectures will emphasize the differences between Judaism, a
religion centered around belief and adherence to the precepts of
the Torah; and Zionism, a militaristic political movement
designed to transform Jewish identity from a religious to a
nationalistic model, centered around the efficacious and
lucrative land grab, right to left language, un-sexist
conscripting army, and free military equipment provided by their
US parent, including a minimum of forty McDonnell-Douglas FH487
Phantoms.
Since the state of Israel was established in 1948, the
descendants of the “8th century adoptive Khazarian-false-Jew
Zionists at-the-helm” have touted it as the “Jewish state,”
incurring Palestinian complaint now largely subdued, and
misappropriated to it the role of representative of world Jewry,
in a clever and self-serving, un-attackable position made
tactically clear through the frequent Ben-Yahu declarations.
Opponents of Israel, whether on a secular basis, religious
basis, or both are popularly and effectively silenced by
Zionists with the accusation that their detractors are “anti-
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Semites, anti-Jew, anti-homeland,” or worst of all that they are
sick Jews who hate themselves, and display that through
condemnations of “their” state. To wit, Israel's Khazarian,
obviously false-Jew as seen vis-à-vis through later adoption,
descended politicians and their dupes are portrayed in popular
periodicals as leaders of world Jewry. In those same well-
distributed periodicals, non-Jewish opponents of Israel are
dismissed as racists as if Jewish was one race, and Jewish
opponents of Zionism had been obviously branded as a
manifestation of an “under-the-weather” construct of “self-
hating Jews.” Pretty good game, eh, wouldn’t you say, bei mir
bist du shayn?
Israel, in its representation as a secular entity, has employed
various means to coerce and convince Jews to identify with
Israel as their state, or to at least not say that they don’t,
inclusive of Mossad kidnap, undisclosed detention, and the
employment of difficult to prove and thereby undetectable
methodologies, inclusive of water-boarding and strappado, on
dissidents. Other, more psychologically based methods of
coercion include various forms of discrimination against the
Orthodox anti-Zionist lifestyle; rather easy to do and a
favorite in the “democratic” bastion of the Khazar-whatever
supportive US based military-industrial complex, mostly because
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of Orthodox Jewish appearance which is effectively dismissed in
lightweight publications as “evidence” of being an obvious
nutcase; any ostensible case dismissed. Most recently, media has
attached religious significance to the move of the American
embassy to Jerusalem.
This Sunday’s convention will be an important opportunity to
hear the other side of the story, the position of Torah Jews on
these subjects; though we know you won’t, as the congas
emblematic of Cinco de Mayo are so overwhelmingly seductive
...... and safe.
Besides their opposition to the ideology of Jewish nationalism,
the lecturers will also explain the traditional Orthodox Jewish
view that Jews are forbidden to wage war but must live among the
nations of the world in peace and with utmost loyalty, until the
Messiah comes, and that it is imperative that we just resist and
fight against the draft law with all means at our disposal;
essentially an abhorred “hippy” doctrine best exemplified in two
forgotten films; Antonioni’s “Zabriskie Point,” and “Ciao
Manhattan,” directed by David Weisman, John Palmer finishing it
off after the money men said that it made no sense, as if that
was a film requirement, now most often referred to if at all as
“Edie.”
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All of this erases an important anti-Zionist Jewish tradition.
While today a majority of observing Jews identify with the state
of Israel, there is both a growing and visible minority of anti-
and non-Zionist Jews, and a rich history of anti-Zionism within
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Judaism. Political movements like The Jewish Labour Bund and
thinkers such as Abraham Serfaty, Emma Goldman and Leon Trotsky
are often ignored or dismissed as “self-hating traitors” . In the
UK today groups like Jews for Justice for Palestinians, Jewdas,
Young Jewish Left and the International Jewish Anti-Zionist network are active voices against the occupation.
Jews who criticize or oppose Zionism are usually Orthodox and maintain that Israel can only be regained miraculously. They
view the present state as a blasphemous human attempt to usurp
God's role, and many actively work to dismantle the secular
State of Israel. However, unlike many gentile anti-Zionists, Jewish anti-Zionists usually firmly believe in the Jewish right
to the Land of Israel, but only at the future time of
redemption. The best known group of the Jewish, religious, anti-
Zionists are the Neturei Karta.
Two common religious grounds are typically given for anti-
Zionism. One is that today's Zionism is a secular Zionism, packed with non-Jewish influences, and lacking key features like
Mashiach and the rebuilt Temple. Adherents to this position are
more on the non-Zionist, rather than anti-Zionist side. The
other reason is that the Talmud, Meseches Kesuvos, 111a, as part
of a discussion of certain Torah verses mentioning oaths, states
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that when Israel went into the second exile, there were three vows between Heaven and Earth:
1) Israel would not "go up like a wall." (conquer Eretz Yisrael
by massive force).
2) God made Israel swear that they would not rebel against the
nations of the world, and would obey the governments in the
exile.
3) God made the nonJews swear not to oppress Israel "too much,"
translation of phrase “yoter midai.”
Groups accepting these positions are more on the anti-Zionist
side. So called "non-Zionist" Jews are pleased that Israel
exists from a practical standpoint as a haven for oppressed Jews
and as a land imbued with holiness well suited for Torah study.
But they don't generally assign religious significance to the
formation of the modern state, and often decry aspects of its
secular culture.
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Rabbi Yaakov Levine, noted lecturer and author on both Zionism
and Judaism, says "Israel’s referring to itself as the Jewish
state is a form of collective identity theft, since Jewishness
is a purely religious identity, not political or national." He
explains, "It is crucial for people to realize that Israel's
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identification as the Jewish state is a unilateral claim of
Zionism. Judaism says the Jewish people are members of a
religion and have no state except those in which they reside
before the presence of David’s heir leads them back home." Rabbi
Levine will be available on-line at his gorgeous Hewlett Harbor,
waterfront home on g-mobile device, during the event to answer
questions for the press and other interested parties; with easy,
one-click links to his Amazon posted books.
Lehi Symbol Meaning
Lehi symbol; property of the author.
While the Lehi symbol initially appears as an early
rendition of the 1960’s popular peace sign, closer inspection
reveals that it is quite the opposite. A finger is missing or is
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substantially deformed, in this version a thumb, which harkens
back to the Hitchcock’s brilliant 1935 masterpiece, “The Thirty-
Nine Steps,” wherein the top spy’s identity is revealed when is
glove is removed. If detail is desired, a synopsis follows.
At a London music hall theatre, Richard Hannay is watching a demonstration of the superlative powers of recall of "Mr.
Memory" when shots are fired. In the ensuing panic, Hannay finds
himself holding a seemingly frightened Annabella Smith, who
talks him into taking her back to his flat. There, she tells him
that she is a spy, being chased by assassins, and that she has
uncovered a plot to steal vital British military information,
masterminded by a man with the top joint missing from one of his
fingers. She mentions the "39 Steps," but does not explain its
meaning.
Later that night Smith, fatally stabbed, bursts into Hannay's
bedroom and warns him to flee. He finds a map of the Scottish
Highlands clutched in her hand, showing the area around Killin,
with a house or farm named "Alt-na-Shellach" circled. He sneaks
out of his flat disguised as a milkman to avoid the assassins
waiting outside. He then boards the Flying Scotsman express train to Scotland. He learns from a newspaper article, read by a
pair of women's undergarment salesmen, that he is the target of
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a nationwide manhunt for Smith's murder. When he sees the police
searching the train, he enters a compartment and kisses the sole
occupant, Pamela, in a desperate attempt to hide his face and
escape detection. She frees herself from his unwanted embrace
and alerts the policemen, who stop the train on the Forth
Bridge. Hannay then escapes, hiding behind the bridge's truss.
He walks toward Alt-na-Shellach, staying the night in the house
of a poor farmer and his much younger wife. The farmer becomes
suspicious of sexual attraction between his wife and Hannay,
spying on them from an outside window. In fact, Hannay has
revealed his current predicament to the young wife and asked for
her help. Early the next morning, the young wife sees a police
car approaching and warns Hannay. She gives Hannay the farmer's
dark coat so as to better camouflage him. Hannay flees across
the moors and at a bridge he finds a sign for Alt-na-Shellach.
The police, hot on his trail, fire several shots at him and even
employ a Weir auto gyro to chase him down. He eventually arrives at the house of the seemingly respectable Professor Jordan and
is let in by his maid after saying he has been sent by Annabella
Smith. The police arrive, but Jordan sends them away and
politely listens to Hannay's story after ushering out all his
afternoon guests, including the local sheriff, visiting the
house. Hannay notes that the man at helm of the group of foreign
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assassins and spies is missing the top joint of his ring finger.
Jordan corrects him by removing his glove and revealing that the
top joint of his pinky finger is missing and thus he is the head
of aforementioned group of spies. Jordan then shoots Hannay as
he inches towards the door, and then leaves him for dead.
Luckily, the bullet is stopped by the farmer's hymn book in the
coat pocket. This is revealed by Hannay to the local sheriff in
his office; the same sheriff from the guests at Professor
Jordan's. More police arrive when the sheriff reveals that he
does not believe the fugitive's story since Professor Jordan is
his best friend in the district. The police move to arrest
Hannay, handcuffing his right wrist, but he jumps through a
window and escapes by joining a Salvation Army march through the
town. He tries to hide at a political meeting and is mistaken
for the introductory speaker. He gives a rousing impromptu
speech without knowing anything about the candidate he is
introducing, but is recognized by Pamela, who gives him to the
police once more. He is taken away by "policemen" who ask Pamela
to accompany them. They drive past the police station, claiming
they have orders to go directly to Inverraray, but Hannay
realizes they are agents of the conspiracy when they take the
wrong road. When the men get out to disperse a flock of sheep
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blocking the road, Hannay escapes, dragging the unwilling
Pamela, to whom he is handcuffed, along.
They make their way across the countryside and stay the night at
an inn. While he sleeps, Pamela manages to slip out of the
handcuffs, but then overhears one of the fake policemen on the
telephone, confirming Hannay's assertions. She returns to the
room and sleeps on a sofa. The next morning, she tells him what
she heard. He sends her to London to alert the police. No secret
documents have been reported missing, however, so they do not
believe her. Instead, they follow her.
Pamela leads them to the London Palladium. When Mr. Memory is
introduced, Hannay, sitting in the audience, recognizes his
theme music, the annoyingly catchy tune, a tune he has been
whistling and unable to forget for days. Hannay, upon
recognizing Professor Jordan and witnessing him signal Mr.
Memory, realizes that the spies are using Mr. Memory to smuggle
the Air Ministry secret. As the police take Hannay into custody,
he shouts, "What are the 39 Steps?" Mr. Memory compulsively
answers, "The 39 Steps is an organization of spies, collecting
information on behalf of the Foreign Office of ..." at which
point Jordan shoots him, jumps to the theatre's stage and tries
to flee, but is apprehended. The dying Mr. Memory recites the
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information stored in his brain; the design for a silent
aircraft engine—and is then able to pass away peacefully, saying
"I'm glad it's off my mind."
Next, Hannay's and Pamela's clasped hands are shown from behind;
Hannay's handcuffs clearly visible. As they stand together at
the side of the stage, their hands begin to touch. Now hand in
hand, they watch as the hurriedly ushered-on chorus line dances
to an orchestrated version of the Jessie Matthews song "Tinkle Tinkle Tinkle", while the image fades to black.
Under the Milky Way
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Milky way and “Under the Milky Way Tonight” by Karin Gunilla Jansson and Steven John Kilbey;
property of the author, the latter under both the “fair use” and “transformative” doctrines.
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**3**
Joyce
Though separated by only two floors of the same building,
Isaac and Joyce first met on the net; the Goodreads platform,
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perhaps a testimony to the increased prominence of electricity
and hyper things, but more likely just a matter of chance
determined by exactly when or not the two got on the same
schedule and thereby meeting in the hallway. For Isaac and
Joyce, their meeting was more electric than either would have
otherwise wished.
Joyce was already engaged in a conversation with someone
who used a highly opinionated and modestly informed icon he had
named BO, perhaps an example of his overly literal inability to
express intentional humor, which contrasted with his gift for
doing the best Basil Fawlty imitation on the net. His tiny
avatar picture appeared to be that of an older gent, more
attractive than most older gents, as he seemed to have the hint
of a smile and a head of hair most people his age pay an
implanter to obtain, that an irrelevant case specific
possibility from a distance beyond two feet. Of perhaps more
significance was the bold, unfettered condition of BO’s top
shirt button, belying the conscription one might incorrectly
attribute to his off-the-rack business suit, heightened in un-
necessary overstatement through his adventurously rebellious,
ersatz windsored, loose tie, which sat on his protruding stomach
at the most attractive of devil-may-care obtuse angles.
In his profile, BO testified to having had a minor
responsibility business job or jobs, one or ones he modestly
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downplayed perhaps of necessity, that conclusion more supposed
to be in a direct relation to the more one became BO familiar.
In other words, he did his best to sound like a stupid, pain-in-
the-ass. The income from his minor responsivity business job or
jobs was supplemented by his academically inclined evenings,
ostensibly a night school adjunct of some business subject 101.
That is both hypothetical and unkind. Apologies from the
narrator, not quite omniscient.
BO’s daunting credentials notwithstanding, through what
must have been either Odyssean equivalent displays of pluck or
disinterested ennui, Isaac had braved previous succinct
interludes with him, their succinctness entirely the result of a
dauntingly quick and consistent BO blocking, and thought he had
discerned a pattern. BO’s ersatz book review-dissertations were
topical to a fault one might consider when confronted with an
infomercial produced by Teflon. It would not raise any eyebrows,
no double meaning first intended, to suggest that BO was a
subscriber to Zeitgeist.com and one of their up-to-the-minute,
daily adherents. Most strangely, his review-dissertations always
contained at least one severe, willful, self-imposed
contradiction; that always prompting extensive commentary and a
possible bridge to a Christian accepted way to heaven through a
deathbed; “I am sorry for the error of all my lifelong ways, my
God. They say you buy this last minute bullshit. ..... Anyway,
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worth a shot.” In addition to the Nulib-Anarcho diatribe popular
in most high schools and a few test-score and grade level
disparaging colleges, in each dissertation he always worked in
something which a claimed expert on the subject said was ass-
backwards wrong and BO had a knack for getting into contentious
arguments with anyone who wrote two or more such sentences to
him, the vast majority of the arguees, female.
One who reads too much of “Psychology Today,” watches Dr.
Phil, and is thereby prone to conclusion leaping, might
injudiciously say that businessman-professor-BO come Nulib-
Anarcho-BO, the anarcho aspect properly choosy, was either
experiencing the obvious first guess mid-life crisis in his
dotage, was resentful of a lifetime of being assigned to the
Mail Room, was inflicted with a “syndrome” correlating to an
inability to focus, and/or had experienced less than
satisfactory relationships with members of the distaff set, with
the only “convincing healthy logic” on display, that BO was an
extremely competent counter-Nulib-Anarcho operative, hurting
their cause through his seemingly, and merely partially retarded
endorsement of it. But, that would be highly speculative.
So, that day BO, in more or less tune with the harum-scarum
book he had reviewed at length if one counts the parts which had
nothing to do with the book, was arguing against free speech in
general, a tad of an expansion on said harum-scarum book which
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confined itself to the support of algorithmically based censure,
as used on Facebook. To Joyce and Isaac, BO was taken as
generally wrong, and in her case specifically that way when
considering her Khazar-Irgun-Lehi-Likud-Israel theories, with
which Isaac would soon again become refreshed. When Joyce
opposed him entirely, BO was joined by another Nulib male named
Michael, and with a like-minded scepter, coupled with a desire
to make the sides two apiece, Isaac joined the debate, which
Joyce had actually already won when BO and Michael had
effectively lost the argument by flopping around like two one-
eyed gulf flounders which had outstayed the receding tide, and
as a possible consequence of Joyce registering concern for BO,
when she said; “Don’t give yourself an aneurism.”
The transcript follows in a necessarily out-of-order
sequence.
message 1: by Isaac (On Joyce’s profile page, until further noted.)
Thank you, lady. The interesting stuff to me was when the Nazi
accused us of being something like irresponsible hippy acid
heads, to which I responded like an irresponsible hippy acid
head, but concluded with some point or other. The thing that
most annoys me with him is that he responds to every difference
of opinion with an instruction to read something, most often his
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own something, which will ostensibly bring the defective one up
to his exalted position. If taken seriously, he is truly
insulting. One of my posts started something like; "Thank you
for the direction to enlightenment. My third reading of this
brilliant tract has resulted in my seeing a nuance previously
missed ........ "
Ha ha! I would love to read the whole magilla. Unfortunately I
can't get back on to it because of being blocked by the
schlemiel. Have you been blocked too? Did anybody else challenge
him?
I don't know if I've been blocked. I think not yet, but he has
blocked me previously when I was using other identities and
merely registered one or two line disagreements. I'm pretty sure
no one else challenged him. I only pick him up through being
friends with Ian, who once expressed surprise that BO ever had
blocked me. I don't really understand that as Ian shares little
similarity with him excepting a business background, as far as I
can tell.
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Well, I'm not blocked yet, as BO has probably not yet noticed
that at times I was being sarcastic with him. I’ll probably get
blocked when someone tells him. But have no way to find it
unless you tell me the name of the book that was involved. I
guess that then, I could copy it and post it here.
Sorry for the delay. I had to schlep it up. It's called
“Facebook Censoring Algorithms for Dummies” by Don Dookenberg.
It might be filed under “desirable censorship” or “Jewish
deletion.”
message 6: by Isaac
Got it. In recognition of the need for a flow with this
material, I’ve included some parts where you were still allowed
to be present.
message 7: by Isaac (A duplication of what was on BO’s thread,
until noted otherwise.)
BO wrote: "Fundamentalism of course is conspicuous in religious
circles but it occurs whenever an ideological principle, like
say personal freedom, is established as non-negotiable.
Politics, whether democratic or otherwise, when such a principle
is used becomes impossible to carry out. And the alternative to
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politics is of course violence."
If personal freedom is not a standard, then we have some degree
of personal slavery. What degree do you find suitable? Politics
will always be carried out. The only question is whether the
rule will be local or remote. Personally, I'd like to see local
maximized. None of this requires an internet. For these things
it's just a relatively new nail gun replacement for a hammer.
You can use it for more efficient work or you can use it to put
a hole in your head.
message 8: by Michael
BTW, Facebook has played it both ways. Whenever vile things,
often promoting violence, have been heavily mediated through
their site (see how FB has been harnessed in Myanmar by
Buddhists to incite hate against the Rohingya), they like to
say: “We're just a platform for free speech.” But when they were
hauled into court for a patent violation, they changed their
tune and said "We're a publisher." The fact is that they are a
publisher and responsible for the content that they publish,
including fake news and venomous attacks on entire peoples.
"With great freedom, comes great responsibility." - Eleanor
Roosevelt.
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The only way democracy can function effectively is if its
citizens assume moral and ethical responsibility. As soon as
they don't, they endanger other citizens who are part of that
compact. Democracy does not function if it's merely a collection
of individuals doing their own thing, no matter what the
consequences.
message 9: by BO
Yo, Blair. Of course I know exactly what you mean by slavery,
man. I want to make a change to my front porch. And do you know
what? Those bastards at the local council say I can’t do that
without their permission; some nonsense about a Conservation
Area, as if I’m conserving anything. And then a bunch of their
socialist colleagues come along and say I have to pay my taxes
to have my trash hauled away every week by grubby looking
fellows who I really don’t want touching my bins. I want my own
guys. And don’t get me started on the bloody police who just
last week caught me going 60 in a 40 zone. Bloody cheek I say.
What gives them the right? Taking a bloke’s freedom away like
that is uncalled for. A slippery slope. Know what I mean? Next
thing is the bastards will be telling me on which side of the
road to drive, or telling me that I’m not allowed to drive at
all due to legal blindness, which they conveniently define for
their own purposes. Oh wait ... In any case, man, things have
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been going downhill ever since that crazy 14th Amendment thing
spread around; you know that law that says I don’t have the
freedom to own other people. What do they call that? Oh yeah,
slavery. Freedom for slave owners I say. Let’s get things back
to where they should be, know what I mean? No more of this left-
wing freedom-destroying bollocks. So keep it up mate. I’m there
for you.
message 10: by Jenn "JR"
Added it, (writer’s note) before concluding with four
indecipherable, but touching emojis.
message 11: by Joyce
Oh Michael, why do you keep purposely re-phrasing and mis-
stating what I say? I'm talking about free speech only; not the
freedom to do anything I damn well like without regard for
others. "You either believe in free speech or you don't" was
said by Noam Chomsky. There's no half-way house. Elena and Isaac
have expressed my views much better than I was able to, it
seems. As regards rage; I think you are projecting. The issue
here was speech; not driving cars or making home repairs.
message 12: by BO
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(To Joyce) Of course, you’re wasting my time. Ante up with some
concrete stuff or leave the table.
message 13: by BO
Both you and friend Blair go way beyond freedom of speech. Read
the remarks above again. Presumably you have of course heard, in
any case, about crimes like sedition, treason, defamation,
slander, blackmail, malicious threat, and reckless endangerment,
among many others which encroach on this absolute of yours. And
that’s not even taking into account the fundamental principles
of contract, which are essentially about restricting the freedom
of future speech. Stop being ridiculous. You’re in way over your
head.
message 14: by Joyce
You just proved my point about the rage. You should do yourself
a favor, mister, and calm down before you give yourself an
aneurism. And when you have calmed down, I suggest you read
“Animal Farm” and “1984.”
message 15: by BO
I’m fine. Still waiting for anything substantive though. Any
factual information you’d like to share?
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message 16: by Isaac
Cool, BO, man. No aneurism yet? Pleasantly surprised as you seem
to be fading away. But, be encouraged. You obviously don’t
realize that as a Brit, you’re not obligated to abide by any
colonial law, like that stupid US 14th amendment, definitely not
a product of the US founding fathers. In Great Britannia, you
can still legally own all the slaves you can afford, and the
indentured don’t even get the right to vote about it. Some sharp
shit, if you’re up on it. Thanks for bringing up the free speech
limitations in existence. Sedition, treason, defamation,
slander, blackmail, malicious threat, and reckless endangerment;
as they are legally punishable in the US, though I’m not sure
about the last one. But, right on, bro. You made it seem
accidental that you made the case for adequate protections
against the lunacy of absolute free speech as being already in
place. Slick. Re #13. That made me laugh, as you likely intended
humor in addition to intending to make some incomprehensible
off-topic and diversionary point. That was personally enhanced
by the fact that I used to live in a rural, state recognized
historic district, and the people there actually espoused doing
away with some of the restrictions you mentioned. I would think
that you’d have to admit that the requirement to obtain both
town and state level approval to repair a porch post, “in
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keeping” with the way it would have been done at the original
time of construction is a bit much. I mean like, who the hell
even has a working adze these days? Just try getting a little
bit real. Sheesh. And like you said, yeah, that private vs. town
sanctioned garbage collection also popped up too. Same old story
of governmental abuse of the people. Everyone knows, so I’ll cut
it there. In another part of town, the government mandated
concrete sidewalks so that the kiddies would know where to walk
to get to the school bus at homeowner expense, the cost and
contractor agreed to by the town, while 300% in excess of what a
private contractor estimated to those affected. Driving 60 in a
40 zone is a legitimate violation, though I admit to having done
it on clear days when no other cars were on the road. So yes, I
agree that some limitations are necessary. "Do your own thing"
was no longer unconditionally stated after we Boomers learned of
Manson, and things we hadn't previously imagined a person would
do with their own thing, much like here. But, I still believe
that if limitations are to be imposed there should be some damn
good reason, and I don't accept the local building codes which
mandate specificity of stair rail spacing because some stupid
kid managed to hang himself, presumably accidentally, when the
spacing is said to be the "right" size for a dumb kid's head. At
my expense I was required to rip out what the contractor put
there, and have him install that which was demanded by the
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inspector. More directly on topic, the issue here is more about
free speech and the net. Please try to stay on topic, with your
own chosen topic. I find it easy to read opposing opinions,
garbage, insults and misinformed statements. Such things are not
personal to me. In fact, I'll consider it and sometimes change
my own opinion. Words cannot harm unless the recipient wants to
be harmed, seeks an excuse for being harmed, or is stupid, in
which case their family should keep them away from certain
things, just as a kid is taught not to stick his hand in the
fire. So my vote is for free speech and free internet all the
way.
message 17: by Isaac
To Joyce. Got your note. Thank you. But, no lie, I can't respond
with a GR e-mail as the site long ago curtailed my "privileges,"
largely, but not entirely for exercising free speech some
objected to and flagged. It's a long tedious story no one would
want to sit through.
message 18: by BO
See my comments to Joyce re free speech and it’s of course less
than absoluteness as a criterion for anything. No, I’m afraid
the only absolute is politics or its more violent alternatives.
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message 19: by Michael
Our democracies are more Huxleyan than Orwellian. We have our
freedom, but we are wasting it ....
message 20: by Isaac
Can't find it, dude. Maybe after the DMT wears off. For now it
sounds like we almost agree when you find it convenient to get
off topic. Maybe it's those funny little men sitting there
trying to look important by trying not to look important.
They’re tricky little devils. Anyway, consider the possibility
that free speech is a thing unto itself, and a criterion for
nothing else. When they yell fire in the crowded theatre I know
that they're lying, and if the others want to get trampled, I
figure that's their business. In actuality I just stay out of
crowded theaters. So far, so good. Doesn't politics include, if
not maximize violent "alternatives?" You know, like Gandhi and
Mother Theresa were never exactly heads of state. Have to split,
dude. Got any idea of how to get rid of these nagging little
trolls?
message 21: by BO
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Go to #13.
In re-reading your profile you make mention of your propensity,
right to delete, and have done so on numerous occasions. The
reviewers, like you, who think they have some sort of right to
having the last word irk me, when they are not as inadvertently
amusing as thou. It seems to me that if they have the right to
delete remarks or people they don't like, then, in pursuit of
equality, the author should have the right to delete the reviews
and reviewers they don't like.
On his helpfully instructive #13, BO wrote; "Presumably you have
heard, in any case, about crimes like sedition, treason,
defamation, slander, blackmail, malicious threat, and reckless
endangerment, among many others which encroach on this absolute
of yours."
Saw #13 for the second or third time and was of course again
duly enlightened. And yes, I actually have heard of a few of
those nasty things, and might add sedation to your list, and was
under the impression that some of them existed, even prior to
internet days, which this review and thread ostensibly had as a
primary topic, at least when convenient to help your needy case.
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So, yes sir, free speech can and will be abused, with or without
an electronic accomplice, and I believe that there have been
penalties in place to punish this since before the first
algorithm reared its ugly head. The King didn't take too kindly
to this sort of activity, either. In order to further pursue the
imposed limitations of sedition, sedation, treason, libel, et
al, we are at the point where case specifics are required. In
the US of A, open governmental protest is allowed, as well as
clandestine membership in the Communist Worker's Party, if they
still exist. Where it seems to cross a legal line is at
"advocating the violent overthrow" juncture, though quite a few,
including Malcom X, have done this without charges being
brought. One of the primary principles of contract law, assuming
that was what you were referring to later in #141 is that two
parties can agree to ANYTHING legal, as long as both parties get
"consideration," often accomplished through the token payment of
$1. As a matter of practice, the larger social media sites
already employ censors, under the seemingly perennial threat
that the host will soon be held legally liable for the posts of
parasitic others, as well as their own predilections for
control. They are private institutions not yet with any
government regulation, and can legally do whatever the hell
they'd like. So you have your desired censorship in Spades. Is
"free" internet use more of a risk to a democracy? No more than
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a democracy was ever at risk as the result of its principles. In
fact, through the internet, totalitarian regimes are now more at
risk than they were previously, as no matter what restrictions
the government may try to impose, their formerly closed door is
easily opened by a competent hacker, who can establish false
identities to communicate with the populace and make it seem as
if his communication is coming from somewhere he isn't. Any
windows based system cannot be fully secured. So, I've tried to
address what I thought the subject here is. Frankly, your
position, which may or may not have some merit, inclined toward
the latter, is getting obscured through abundant verbiage. It's
difficult to further address it, without some succinct clarity.
And I'm wondering why you blast Joyce at length throwing out
insults. If you have a need to blast and insult, blast and
insult me, as I truly don't care, especially if given the
opportunity to retort in kind. Cheers.
Cheers Isaac; and well said!
Thanks Joyce, but you were the one who really exposed his farce,
and then that aneurism comment really got to him.
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message 25: by Isaac
To BO. Still inadequately trying to digest the magnitude of your
#13. Thank you for it, BO. I thought I had previously seen it,
but re-read it to be sure, teach. It's hard for me to relate at
all to the author's fears, and I don't consider myself unique.
For example, it seems to me that if you watch CCCP, MSArabian,
and FoxRump News for a month, which I recently did, you realize
that you are not watching fake news, as it is neither fake, nor
is it news unless you read what is on the never-commentator-
addressed scroll at the bottom of the screen. And it is easily
detectable, as daily each station gets two or three stories,
which may have, and most often had happened two or more weeks
prior, but is suitable fodder for the hosts and their guests to
"spin" or register expert opinions upon, which suit their or the
owner's agenda. I think smaller e-newspapers and bloggers are
automatically suspect, rightly or wrongly. So, yes the owners,
the advertisers, and everybody who falls into place below them
have no interest in truth, or even competent reporting. It's a
business, and like any other they look at the bottom line. I
guess what I can't fully understand, is why this is a “hot”
issue now. We probably haven't had integrity in reporting since
the days of Cronkite, and Paddy Chayefsky exploded this in the
mid-70"s with "Network." As a result of that, people have had
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decades of experience in dealing with this. Despite your kind
suggestion, I have no ability or interest in discussing this
with the author. Just because someone writes a book doesn't
necessarily mean anything of merit in and of itself. I was
arguing with you, as I thought you were registering full
agreement with him or switched paths into your own views, and
most of all, just because you just happened to be there, that’s
all. I'll be the first to admit that maybe someday someone will
find a way to use the net for something gigantically bad, but
for now I might give the average Joe more credit for having
common sense than most others in BS detection. The ideas
presented here are extremely interesting, despite their
conclusions being clearly wrong, and it was a pleasure to read
of them here. Anything “new” to bring to the table? Cheers.
message 26: by David
Scary stuff
message 27: by BO
(Writer’s note.) In an apparent response to David, BO posted one
emoji of some sort.
message 28: by Julio
Great posting. Thanks.
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message 29: by BO
Thanks back Julio.
message 30: by Michael
I've covered Silicon Valley as a journalist and author for 30
years now and can report that liberal tech utopians are
extremely dismayed by what has happened, especially with
Facebook. Basically what "The Net Delusion" forecast has come to
pass. One of my friends, a consummate Silicon Valley insider,
has written his own book on his own awakening to the Facebook
debacle, url below.
message 31: by BO
Wow, the chickens are coming home to roost. Nicht Wahr?
message 32: by Derrick - added it
Nice review, BO. The internet technology is increasingly gaining
more power than the actual politicians and it poses a bizarre
threat to humankind. Why do I say bizarre? Because it's unlike
anything we have ever dealt with before. Speaking of threats to
us, what do you think of artificial intelligence?
message 33: by BO
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Thanks Derrick, but I try not to think of AI at all. Far too
frightening.
message 34: by Michael
Yes. the chickens are coming home. That was made clear by the
Theranos fraud ("Bad Blood"). Earlier generations of SV
entrepreneurs and engineers wanted to make tech that worked and
increased productivity. They loved the process. However, glory
and wealth seem like ends in themselves now and any method is
considered acceptable toward that end. PBS is doing an encore of
its two part Frontline expose of Facebook. I was shocked by what
I found out from this. Part 2 is even more stunning.
message 35: by Michael
Free speech, eh? what a crock!
message 36: by BO
Bad. Very bad.
message 37: by Isaac
Directed primarily at Michael’s #30. At this advanced age it's
absolutely amazing how I still get daily surprises.
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message 38: by Isaac (On Joyce’s profile page the following day.)
Just an update, Joyce. After three or four jocular exchanges
with BO today, even pressing "like" on a few of his reviews, I
just came back to find I was blocked. I wouldn't be surprised if
he flagged something. I recall that his profile said that he had
both a minor business and education background. Some of these
academic types actually think that they're the smartest humans,
I think because some of the less than insightful and most
deluded of them are impressed with their ability to lecture at
people much younger than themselves, who are dependent upon them
for a grade. Long winded so and so's.
Specifics aforementioned, the BO act was obvious to Isaac,
his constant use of “of course” just a mild annoyance.
Of course BO’s “of courses” of course showed that his “of
course” was unaware that of course “of course” means
“obviously,” means “it goes without saying,” and of course “of
course’s” periodic use is of course entirely forgivable, while
of course “of courses” regular use begs the comment of “You have
demonstrated a fantastic grasp of the obvious,” but of course to
say that would be petty. So, of course, Isaac focussed on BO’s
“substance.”
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First BO, like the author, spoke against freedom of speech
on the web. However, when the malodorous one was effectively
countered he moved the argument to freedom of speech in general.
When effectively countered on that he moved the argument to all
law and codes. Somewhere in between these deft moves, an
“expert” wrote in to say that one of his “of courses” was just
plain wrong. At that point BO was arguing with the “expert,” and
trying to defend to his other detractors that he had some
discernable point which required substantiation through
digression into the pointless. While Isaac could almost
sympathize with a bit of BO’s standard plight, he found it
absolutely hilarious that BO continually got caught in the same
trap, recalling that “Insanity is doing the same thing in
expectation of different results.”
Since Isaac’s argument, and that which he saw of Joyce’s,
who was there previously concerned free speech in general, it is
not the least personal or ad hominem to note that Carl Benjamin,
a noted political commentator and polemicist said; “There is no
principled argument for censorship, only arguments from power.
Like all philosophies, Liberalism is riddled with
contradictions, but it maintains itself by minimizing the
effects of such through the use of free speech. Free speech is
not just a favor we extend to people, we consider it integral to
their very personhood; free speech is one of our human rights.
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Censorship must therefore be repugnant to a Liberal democracy,
as its only purpose is to preserve the hegemonic power of the
established order. Unlike a socialist or fascist regime, which
must criminalize free thought in order to suppress its
dissidents, a Liberal democracy welcomes these as the canary in
the coal mine. As there is no objective line that can be drawn
of acceptable or unacceptable speech, the degree to which one
censors is arbitrary, and the scope of what could be censored is
practically without limit; the more often we censor, the more
normalized censorship becomes. As people become accepting of the
new normal, they become sensitive to those closer breaches, and
the noose of censorship draws ever more tightly. Whereas free
speech prevents violence through dialogue, censorship guarantees
violence by making it the dissident’s only remaining option.”
Much more succinctly, Isaac believed that any sense imputed
to limitations on free speech was the equivalent of finding some
sense in being a little bit pregnant.
Now that Isaac and Joyce had shared the intimacy of their
confidential e-mail addresses, Joyce sent him an as yet off-
topic message which said:
“I’m Jewish. Are you, Isaac? Not that it matters. Is Judaism an
ethnicity? In short, not any more. Although Judaism arose out of
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a single ethnicity in the Middle East, there have always been
conversions into and out of the religion. Thus, there are those who may have been ethnically part of the original group who are
no longer part of Judaism, and those of other ethnic groups who
have converted into Judaism. ”
Isaac saw the wavelength consistent with what he had
previously researched and dropped a while back. He wrote back:
“No, but my parents were. Maybe I can still convert, if they
don’t require schooling. Geneticists would argue that ‘single
ethnicity’ bit, but geneticists argue with everyone, most often
with themselves. I think many of them are Jewish. This may be
the start of a beautiful relationship.”
Joyce immediately wrote back:
“Maybe. Potential noted.”
Visit- Day 3
Up early, Isaac typed.
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Mark, you can now see that I put some info in your Word
documents I titled “Irgun Terrorism,” somewhat impatiently
jumping ahead. This is dry stuff, which I expect you’ll stop
reading nearer the outset than the end. I don’t blame you, as
I’m sure that in your place I’d do the same thing. This story is
tedious detail; detail which is “expertly” disputed every step
of the way, those disputes an in-bred expert domain, actually
even more tedious than this. However, if one cares of being
taken seriously, it is necessary to enter their confused house.
So right up front and before you quit, here’s the story in a nut
shell.
1) Khazars – Wolves don sheep’s clothing.
2) 1100AD – 1920AD – Wolf habitat unknown.
3) Irgun – Violent wolves claim peaceful sheep rights.
4) Lehi – Wolves grant aid to foreign sheep killers to increase
their domestic flock.
5) Herut – Wolves congregate with their “new” flock in their now
“officially” recognized territory.
6) Likud – Wolf congregation grows through inter-racial mating
and a denial of religion.
7) Ukraine – Presently somewhere between Lehi and Herut.
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8) True Torah Jews – The last of the sheep, still dwindling
while officially on the “Endangered Species” list.
9) Mossad – Club only accepting of “pure” wolf killers.
Hoping not to bore you with one of those long, standardized “how
this story came about crap coupled with its purpose,” please
allow me just the courtesy of the short version. It was
completely accidental. A few years back I had an on-line friend
who was researching various things regarding who was responsible
in a behind-the-scenes sense and profiting from WWII, and the
lead-up to it. Her stuff interested me, and I soon came to try
to offer something in the same vein.
Within three months or so, we came to the “facts” and opinions
expressed here. The hideousness of the implications, as well as
her spousal-induced wish to drop out, for fear of being on thin
popular and “political” ice caused her to depart the
investigation. She specifically said to me that if I ever
mentioned it again, not to include her name.
Leibowitz Concludes
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So, that was it. Our investigation preceded my speaking of it by
4-5 years, as it’s a difficult subject, and I’m lazy. When I
discovered that Joyce was interested in the subject, directing
me to the True Torah Jews website, I got interested again.
Whether or not what is entailed here is true, it seems to matter
next to zero on the world stage at this point; thereby being by
definition useless as to the future; that is if one ignores the
watered down possible replay in which the “False Khazar Jews” in
control of Israel now relocate the “True Jews” in the
settlements to the Ukraine; there expected to provide military
support against the Russians, bringing the US close to a
meaningful conflict with people in possession of many, many
bombs.
Lastly, this is not presented as fact; only possibility; I think
a likely fact; a series of related “what if’s” reverse
engineered from seeing the final structure, and wondering what
conditions could have led there. For me, the huge numbers of
circumstances are sufficiently large, and fit well in a small
place; it is to suggest a mathematical possibility of being
wrong in the aggregate of less than 10%. To be on the safe side,
I’ve classified it as fictionalized history, which I believe it
is likely to be taken as, if not even more likely disregarded.
The supposition that the evil in this world is a function of
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that duality within us all is a very popular and easily accepted
doctrine espoused by modern psychology. In the face of the
inter-connectedness of human belief, it would currently be
ridiculous anathema to attempt to pinpoint a specific source.
If you don’t like it, I really don’t care. In fact if you don’t
look at it any further, I really don’t care. Excepting this
explanatory diatribe, it took me all of two minutes to copy text
I already had.
Chloe had mixed feelings tending toward the negative
regarding Isaac’s career move to New York. Her mixed feelings
were most reflected through an asking price which was $200,000
over the market for their Gig Harbor house. Any possible sale
was also impeded as the formerly hot Seattle area market was
already stepping back from its partially speculation driven
peak, due to Amazon’s decision not to build another equally
sized facility in Seattle, but rather one near Washington, DC.
She and Isaac’s initial conversations tended to bog down on that
situation; though there were other legitimate issues less easily
translatable to dollar sign evaluation. She had an easy job with
a securities broker in Gig Harbor. Abigail wanted to finish high
school there; and Mark’s attending Gonzaga made the house a
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short trip home when he wanted to get away from school. And they
all liked things there.
Through joking avoidance of the main issues, Isaac and
Chloe quickly established an amicable cyber relationship. Though
it wasn’t clearly specified or stated, both now had the
understanding that Isaac would return to Chloe, the kids, and
Gig Harbor after he had established higher level New York
experience “credentials” with which to “dazzle” Washington
State. In his now lonely free time Isaac sent Chloe e-mails of
his new avocation, his Khazar investigation, which she mostly
skimmed in half disinterest.
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Isaac had worried over what their unstated agreement had
not yet defined. After the un-written and un-verbalized
agreement was firmly in place Isaac worried about that too. For
a short time. It actually incorporated sufficient vaguery that
neither would be penalized for failure to cross a “T,” but
provided sufficient structure to ensure that no one’s interest
would be disregarded. Since he and Chloe were in it for the long
haul since sophomore year in high school, he was certain that
would resume, and wanted it to. This temporary physical
separation was less than that formerly required by military
conscription; to which he had never been compulsed. In fact,
being in NYC for a year or two was less likely to result in
death. Missing the sleepy time cuddles with his arm around
Chloe’s middle was more likely to do that.
For her part, Chloe had too been apprehensive over what
their tacit agreement had not yet delineated. After the un-
transcribed and un-articulated arrangement was decisively in
position she was apprehensive about that too. For a fleeting
time. It essentially integrated appropriate vaguery that neither
would be chastised for botching a detail, but offered an ample
configuration to guaranty that neither’s significance would be
overlooked. Since she and Isaac were together for the Odysseyan
wander since early in high school, she was confident that would
continue, and fancied it to, this transitory carnal departure
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less than that once required by military conscription; to which
he had never been subjected. Truly, living in NYC for a year,
more or less, was less likely to be fatal. Missing the sleepy
time cuddles with Isaac’s arm around her middle was more likely
to do that to the one remaining.
They were the beneficiaries of thinking alike; pondering
comparably.
Back when Mark had entered junior high school, he changed
his name from David Leibowitz to Mark Weston, with his mother’s
approval. Mom also took this opportunity to change hers from
Miriam Leibowitz, nee Meltzer, to Chloe Weston, and Rachel’s to
Abigail. Isaac kept his, and the only “problem” with the changes
was that for a while Abigail forgot what hers was, which she
found funny and sometimes convenient, and Isaac called them by
their old names just as often as he called them by their new
ones, how often intentionally only possibly known to him.
Though to the others the effect was quite minimal, almost
un-noticeable, Mark was blatantly pleased with his results. He
had reported some unpleasant experiences in junior high school
because of having a “Jewish” name, usually when in sizable
groups or possibly when he became overly self-conscious. Now, in
college and one of the goys, he just wished that his father
would clearly approve. After Isaac had relocated to Brooklyn, he
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was glad that he had retained his birth name, especially after
having become more interested in his heritage of late.
Yield; property of the author.
In a nebulous space.
There is so much misinformation on the web.
If people cannot differentiate an infomercial from a
documentary, the technology is not the cause of the problem.
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True but that’s not unlike the “Guns don’t kill people, people
kill people” argument. The internet has given the uneducated,
the malevolent, and the judgmentally challenged both a
justification and a voice. Hurrah for web democracy.
Hmnnn. Hmmnnn. But, kind of weird.
I think it was John dos Passos who pointed out that Americans
think their neighbors have no right to know more than they do.
So the internet is a perfect tool for the righteously ignorant.
But, if that is not intended with humor, it seems that to
suggest that is a call to try to reach the lowest common
denominator.
I’m not sure what you mean.
If the net is a problem because of best serving the educated in
possession of common sense, then to change that seems to
indicate an overall lowering of standards to “protect” those
deemed as less capable. I'm not being value judgmental; just
trying to describe the issue plainly. As an analogy I'd say that
drugs are illegal because some people will make a wreck of
themselves using them, though they get them anyway, in effect
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taking a potential legal fun thing away from those who can
capably manage their lives.
Well I suppose something like that. Although I wouldn’t advocate
banning net use based on intelligence or drugs because some folk
mess up.
I think we may have circled. I’m only saying that just because
it’s on the web doesn’t make it true, though some things there
are. There’s a common sense, and to a larger extent a
verification through numbers which must be weighed if the issue
is meaningful to that person.
My attempted point regards net technology and only to point out
its effect of eliminating epistemological filters. The obvious
and incontrovertible consequence is that nuts emerge from the
woodwork and have much more influence than they would otherwise.
This makes discernment more; not less difficult.
That’s something we always had to deal with in other mediums,
and now we are much more experienced in that. Just because
someone wrote it, doesn’t make it true or valuable, though
studies have shown that people have always given the written
word more credibility than the spoken one. And epistemological
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filters will never be eliminated, and rightly so. Vis-à-vis
epistemology the only other option we know of is an ontology;
the proponents of which are apparently unaware that it converts
to epistemology the millisecond after it is thought and/or
communicated.
Nano-second is more today.
Elitist. It is the very nature of the beast Leviathan.
Ad hominemist. Regardless. While you slept, I put a rudimentary
approach on your machine. This part is un-deniable.
That you put it there or the BS?
Both, my fellow feigned recalcitrant. You will read it.
And if I don’t?
Then you don’t. Your loss and I’m not giving tests. But you will
because you can’t help it.
I’m not discussing my female friends with you.
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Why do you think that these yids dress so weird?
Definitely habit.
That’s Christian. What courses didn’t you say you have been
taking?
Because she was the first to die and there were no other bodies
there already?
They seem to want cult status and mass market sales, without
communicating with their audience.
Agree. Lately I've been having nice thoughts about them; hope
they have a good time and please excuse me.
There’s always been a bit of celebrity culture in the literary
world, but I think it must be more so now; screen adaptations,
big bucks, general celeb culture, social media etc. Yes, some
low selling books have gone movie, maybe big bucks, but I can't
remember any po-mo one which did. Most authors make more money
through their speaking engagements, writing classes, TV
appearances, articles for litmags, et al (medium money) than
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they do from book sales, and the po-mo guys participate here at
lower rates than the big sellers.
Celebrity with little remuneration is a stupid pain-in-the-ass,
but I guess each has to learn that for themselves.
Ontological vs. epistemological. (offtemological). The crux of
the biscuit is that on has the advantage over off, despite off’s
existential support, in that whatever on says becomes a second
later off, and on would insist that what matters is what on has
yet to provide in the future. This negates the value of
performance or credibility. Further, one cannot know on without
having experienced off, and vice versa.
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Post 2010 B.S.
“I’m only going to tell you this because I love you dad.
You know that. Right? You don’t have to say anything, but I wish
you’d take that apprehensive look off your face. It’s not all
that bad, and I’m only saying it with the best of intentions. We
internet inundated Millennials already know everything we want
to know. In less than a half hour we can google it and get it
from eight sources. We’ll probably get to all of it at our own
pace. So, the thing is dad, and have I recently said that I love
you, is that it is no longer necessary to preach anything at us.
We either know what you’re going to say already or don’t give a
wet one about the subject. No, no. Don’t interrupt. I know what
you’re going to say, and no matter how you slice it, you can’t
force us to accept it, and we won’t until the day it gets our
interest. So, all you can do is be annoying, and make us space
out while we politely sit through the long diatribe. See, the
cat is out of the bag, and he-she has no intention of going back
in, and even if he-she did, nobody knows where the bag went.
Yes, you know that and you’ve known that since before I was born
dad, but you see, I know it too, and it’s as if ....... Let me
put it a more concrete way. Remember when you were in college,
and taking a required course that you really didn’t have any
interest in? The prof was doing what they all do at age 50;
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trying to sound young and “with it” while their un-returned
smiles and guffaws only painfully showed how “without it” they
were. Sure, there were a few students, who either out of
sympathy or a suck up for grades asked the right question to
encourage Mr. Without It to continue on and feel that he was the
modern day incarnation of “The Pied Piper of Hamelin,”
“The Pied Piper of Hamelin” by Robert Browning; modified public domain.
while he was being the modern day incarnation of “Aqualung.”
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Stylized cover of “Aqualung” by Jethro Tull; property of the author
Don’t get me wrong, dad. We Millennials are not haters and we’ll
even do damage of omission not to appear as such, and the
generalities expressed here are not directed at you. Don’t look
so bored with this. Those blank eyes and shrugs as if you’ve
been through it all before are quite presumptuous in assuming
that you know where I’m going with this, which you really don’t
dad. It’s not as you think it is anymore. You can’t know where
I’m going with this, as I’m kind of alternating between going
backwards and sideways. ......... I know that you disapprove of
me and are hurt because of that name change. But, you just make
those little jokes whenever the subject comes up and that puts a
damper on the whole thing, and the conversation now segues into
that Khazar stuff which has nothing to do with anything, while
your only son is standing there dying for an opportunity to set
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things right, because I love you dad, and need you to sincerely
say that it’s all right. I mean you do, but at the same time you
put this conversation ending sarcasm on it. No matter how much
you hurt, I could then explain to you how I was hurting even
more. I was all right with most everybody at school one on one.
Okay, the shiksas were hockin’ me in China over a little
schtuppin’. But, whenever there was a group, I’d try to enter,
and always always always got the cold shoulder. Things would
suddenly get quiet and they’d all be looking at me, as if I was
supposed to say or do something which would make them
comfortable in their peer group, as if it was necessary to show
in some way that none of them were close to me. I felt like
“Nosferatu” in that old movie. And I don’t even
“Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror;” a 1922 German Expressionist horror film, directed by F. W.
Murnau, starring Max Schreck; modified public domain.
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have a bald head or a tight fitting black dress. That was
supposed to be funny, and you’re making no reaction. You’re just
sitting there stoically staring at the floor to avoid any eye
contact. At least say it was a lousy joke! Just wait until I get
a real bald head and start prancing around here in a dress.
Everybody’s doing it now. You should have seen the tsuris it
caused with the prom committee. Oy vay, you should have seen
old, effeminate Mr. Rudolph and old, mannish Ms. Taylor try to
come up with some sort of program without using some of the
currently un-acceptable words, before finally coming up with the
rule that if one wore a gown, the other would have to wear a
tuxedo. And you know there were even some complaints about that,
so wanting to avoid embarrassing publicity, Mr. Rudolph did not
“man” the gate prom night, claiming a serial diarrhea attack,
and everybody came in just as they wanted. You might think that
another attempt at humor, but it’s true. When I went in the
Men’s Room I thought that I was sharing it with a waterlogged
dead animal carcass giving its final reek and thoughts on the
whole matter while in one of the stalls; “Bropopopopop, oh
Jesus, brapoopa, bipbipbipbipbip, purazit, plop, plop, blam.”
The kids used the Ladies Room as Ms. Taylor didn’t show up,
citing some difficulties she was having with her oscillator.
Come on, dad. Even the kids had something to say when I’d leave.
They’d sort of take turns watching me retreat, as none wanted me
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to see them looking, and I know they’d be saying Jew, Jew, Jew.
I could see and hear the tiny little snickers. And the girls
were even worse. I mean, you know those kinds of girls who go
with like anybody? That was rhetorical. Well, they wouldn’t go
with me. Do you have any idea of how much loneliness that lack
of STD experience caused me? That was rhetorical too. But, I was
culturally deprived. Mark Weston. David Leibowitz. They’re just
names. Like Snoop Dog, Eminem, Fifty Cent. They’re street names.
We just be what we feel ......... as much as we’re allowed.
Better for the business too. Who’s going to pay any attention to
a serious rapper named Melvin Plotzker? See, it’s just me and
always will be. And you’re my dad, always will be, and I’m glad.
I love you; dad and I want you to seriously say that it’s all
right. ... If it is. Or say it’s not all right and that you’ll
hate me forever. Just to be clear, I’m not asking for permission
to be a bald head in a tight dress. Marilyn Manson did that a
decade before I was even paying any attention to outfits and
head tops. You should see what they’ve graduated to now. The
chazerei goyim got the chutzpah to schlep around in schmootzy
schmattes and no one even bothers to kibbitz or kvetch. And I
haven’t even told you the worst part yet. Whenever there were a
few people standing around, one would say to me something like;
“Jew see that” or “Jew do the math homework.” The chutzpah! I
mean if it’s right in front of our faces I no doubt saw it and I
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always do the ferschlugginer math homework. Please excuse my use
of the “F” word. I can’t even object, because then I’ll be
accused of being paranoid or something, but there’s no confusing
“Did you” with “Jew.” There’s no “J” in “did you.” One has three
letters, the other six. And even if the narish goyim can’t
spell, they sound differently. One has two distinct syllables
and the other one. And even the alter cocker female teachers did
it. They’d point at me and say; “Jew know the answer.” They
didn’t even phrase it as a question, and it gets all the bimbo
shiksas giggling. Of course I know the answer, but I’m not
telling that klafte. Dad, I’m pouring out my broken heart. Say
something already. ...... I’m not a Jew and everyone is laughing
when they call me one. Dad, dad, I’m here feeling like a
schmaltzy shlimazel trying to schmooze with you and getting
bubkes. Dad! Dad! Can’t you understand? Dad? I love you dad.
Please tell me you do. It’s not a rejection of your name. I just
don’t want to be incorrectly seen as Jewish in a world full of
goyishe schlemiels. Nu? ...... Bubkes, again. It doesn’t even
matter in a religious sense, as we were never that, and Jewish
is a religion; not a race, I know, but the idiots ignore all the
evidence to the contrary and treat it as such, the supposed
ignorance a possible cover for anti-Semitism. And I don’t have
to live that, and I haven’t had to since I became a Mark Weston.
You should be happy for me. ..... Ah, plotz. Just plotz on the
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whole magillah. I don’t need this agraveyshan. I got enough from
the shiksas. No, I wasn’t referring to the STD’s. Now you got me
talking to myself. Look, now you got me the agita, and I’m
babbling like a schmuck. No, I didn’t mean that, dad. I love you
and need your approval. Well, need isn’t exactly the right word.
It’s not as if I’m going to die over it or anything. It’s more
like being stricken with debilitating tuchis impairment.”
Clumsily stumbling to the other side of the table where his
dad sat, still with head down, Mark shook him and imploringly
said; “Dad, dad. Can’t you hear me? Please say that you’re not
mad.”
Somewhat jolted, Isaac looked up and said; “Oh. Oh. Sorry,
son. I was just reading an interesting attachment to an e-mail
which Joyce sent me about an excavation in Khazaria. .......
But, please continue on, David. That stuff about internetted
Millennials had my interest. Really. Would you mind re-picking
up from there? Don’t look at the floor, son. I love you.
Just joking again. Good gosh, golly, and smelly gefilte
fish, my goyishe boy. I heard everything you said. I am capable
of multi-tasking. But, first listen to this. It is so
interesting. Atil, the capital city of the Khazar Empire from about 750 to 969, has been found. A Russian team has located the
remnants of the lost city in the newly found 9th and 10th
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century layers at Samosdelka. They found the remains of an
ancient brick fortress, which contained characteristic Khazar
yurts, portable round tents of varying sizes. This is a hugely
important discovery. We can now shed light on how the Khazars
actually lived. We know very little about them; their
traditions, their death rites, their culture. The city was
bisected by dried up riverbeds with a central island citadel of
fired brick located on an island in the center of the city,
which confirms speculation. Traces of a widespread fire were
found at Samosdelka in an Atil layer. The excavators have also
found the remains of a large wooden ship. Speculation about why
it’s there ensues as Atil was believed to be then miles away
from the nearest navigable water. Numerous medallions bearing a
cross insignia were found in it. Wow! That sure puts a crimp in
the traditional Judaic conversion theory. And that ship might
have meant that Atil was near water at the time and they
intended to use it to sail away en masse because of the attacks,
give or take a century or so. What do you think, David?”
“I don’t know. The thing I always wondered about was why
those old towns got buried in the first place. I mean, like
didn’t they ever sweep up the place?”
“Are you taking any archeology next year?”
“Wasn’t planning on it.”
“ .......................... “
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“You know; I’m not all that interested, and suspect that
long term abandonment is the answer. But, it’s like those
questions many sites on the net ask you. It’s something you
never really thought about, but since they asked, you register
an opinion. Then somebody else says you’re wrong, and somebody
else writes in a whole wiki history of the subject, and someone
says get to the point, and yadda yadda. The site can now boast
4+ new hits, and 4+ ‘users’ time is used to promote the interest
of whoever was responsible for asking the uninteresting
question. It’s a good trap as it’s tempting when you’re bored or
have a need to show how smart you are.”
“I’m getting hungry, kiddo. I’m going to heat up come nice
gefilte fish. Want I should make some for you.”
“Only if they’re nice.”
Chiding Mark’s Sadness
Sounding impatient, Isaac adopted a desultory manner to
say; “If you can get that woe down on paper while it’s still
fresh in your mind, that is the number one popular genre in the
lit world. It might be worth the effort to put it down, if you
can figure out how to make these vultures pay for it.
On a more human level, let me guess. Your school project
boss spent some cheap money and got some internet technology
outdated by the year of the flood, and can now monitor what's on
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your screen and actually expects some work to be done for your
stipend. Lot of damn fascists like that. When the revolution
comes heads are gonna roll.
If it's something else take some solace in this. Enjoy
today as it will be undoubtedly worse tomorrow. I mean that both
literally and as a metaphor. In youth, you still expect that you
can fix up things, though in actuality you never will, no matter
how simple those things seem now. Time is on your side, as
whatever it is, will be worse tomorrow, and then you get that
re-thinking, mid-life crisis with the spiritual gurus who pass
the hat at a drop of it, then comes the arthritis, osteoporosis
and the heartbreak of psoriasis. And at that point you then
fully realize that nothing ever got fixed, and the only change
was that more s*** was added to the list, as well as the bulbous
Depends Adult Undergarment you now need to wear, and it will
continue to get worse until you die, which isn't very far off,
and chances are it will be a protracted painful fadeout, during
which you’ll have to lie as much as a US President, and say to
all those who barge in on you any time convenient for them,
without regard as to whether or not you’re puking from the
chemo, that you liked them and will miss them, and allow their
grinning, cold hand to touch yours, as if you don't they will
continue to hover and linger, like a horsefly scouting for
bulls***, and the healthcare ersatz ‘professionals’ are now
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cracking down on the OxyContin prescriptions they previously
extolled and enabled.
You see, son, you are presenting me with a triple bind.
I’ve been trying to avoid it as if I say that I don’t care that
you changed your name you will only hear ‘I don’t care,’ and if
I say that I disapprove you probably will make some sort of
mental big shit out of it, and hand your money over to the
quacks this retarded government, which gives out money on a
first asshole come basis won’t even reimburse. So, I laugh,
allowing you to interpret that any way you deem fit, and you
choose to interpret it as any way you deem unfit. Then you
insist that I make some sort of statement. Okay. I’ll oblige.
Here it is. Ready? If you decide to prance around with a shaved
head and tight black dress, I’ll find that amusing if you don’t
also shave your face and legs; but I won’t take any pictures in
either case. Hope that helps. Enjoy today, and best wishes on
the broadening of your 'cultural deprivation' as I sincerely
wish you all the luck in picking up some of those shiksa STD’s
tomorrow. If you have any difficulties, just put a potato in
your pocket."
Trying to maintain dry eyes they embraced; and Mark
whispered; “Gee, Dad. You’re the greatest kalye aun farfaln
mentsh of them all.”
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“Think that’s easy without being Jewish? Thank you son. I
love you Mark. Don’t the Jewish girls of today get STD’s too?”
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**4**
Instructions
How to Play Chess: Rules and Basics
It's never too early or late to learn how to play chess; the
most popular game in the world with bots. Like anything, it is
first necessary to know the rules. Learning them is easy.
Learning how and when to break them is a subject for advanced
study.
Step 1 - How to set up the chessboard
One generally uses their hands, but any body part with which the
setter is proficient is now acceptable. At the beginning of the
game the chessboard is laid out so that each player has the
white, or light color square in the bottom right hand side. Red
may momentarily confuse, but just remember anything but black.
The chess pieces are then arranged the same way each time. The
second row, or rank, is filled with pawns. The rooks go in the
corners, then the knights next to them, followed by the bishops,
and finally the queen, who always goes on her own matching
color; white queen on white, black queen on black, and the king
on the remaining square.
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Step 2 - How the chess pieces move
Again, one generally uses their hands, but any body part with
which the player is proficient is now acceptable. Bots send
messages to their attached human flunky, and that flunky
generally uses their hands, etc. etc. Each of the six different
kinds of pieces moves differently. Pieces cannot move through
other pieces, though the knight can jump over other pieces, and
can never move onto a square with one of their own pieces.
However, they can be moved to take the place of an opponent's
piece which is then captured. Pieces are generally moved into
positions where they can capture other pieces, by landing on
their square and then replacing them, defend their own pieces in
case of capture, or control squares, important or not, in the
game.
How to move the king
Though rather immobile, it is said that the king is the most
important piece as it’s kaput when he’s landed on by an
opponent, but he is one of the weakest. The few remaining
socialists consider pawns to be stronger. The king can only move
one square in any direction; up, down, to the sides, and
diagonally. The king may never move himself into check, where he
could be captured, but sometimes due to inattention does,
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getting a do-over. When the king is attacked by another piece
this is called "check."
How to move the queen
Methodology varies. The queen is the most powerful piece. She
can move in any one straight direction; forward, backward,
sideways, or diagonally, as far as possible as long as she does
not move through any of her own pieces. And, like with all
pieces, if the queen captures an opponent's piece her move is
over.
How to move the rook
I know. Silly, as it would seem logical that at least the
foundation would remain behind, but the writer didn’t make up
the rules. The rook may move as far as it wants, but only
forward, backward, and to the sides. The rooks are particularly
powerful pieces when they are protecting each other and working
together.
How to move the bishop
Encouraged by gifts of wine, the bishop may move as far as it
wants, but only diagonally. Each bishop starts on one color,
light or dark and must always stay on that color. BLM has
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unresolved issues with this. Bishops work well together because
they cover up each other's weaknesses.
How to move the knight
Knights move in a very different way from the other pieces; and
absolutely drive some younger players crazy, going two squares
in one direction, and then one more move at a 90 degree angle;
an “L”. Knights are also the only pieces that can move over
other pieces.
How to move the pawn
Pawns are unusual because they move and capture in different
ways: they move forward, but capture diagonally, suggestive of a
societal perversion. Pawns can only move forward one square at a
time, except for their very first move where they can move
forward two squares. Pawns can only capture one square
diagonally in front of them. They can never move or capture
backwards or forwards.
Step 3 - Discover the special rules
There are a few special rules in chess that may not seem logical
at first. They were created to make the game more fun and
interesting.
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How to Promote a Pawn in Chess
If a pawn reaches the other side of the board it can become any
other chess piece, called promotion. In practice the pawn
becomes a queen and the writer will refrain from comment, except
in the rare instances that in becoming a knight it can
simultaneously check the opposing king. Ahem.
How to do "en passant"
The writer believes that this rule book is incorrect here, but
will diligently state it anyway. If a pawn moves out two squares
on its first move, and by doing so lands to the side of an
opponent's pawn, that other pawn has the option of capturing the
first pawn as it passes by. Don’t ask me.
How to Castle
This move allows you to do two important things all in one move;
get your king to safety, and get your rook out of the corner and
into the game. On a player's turn he may move his king two
squares over to one side and then move the rook from that side's
corner to right next to the king on the opposite side. In order
to castle, the following conditions must be met;
1) It must be the king’s first move.
2) It must be the rook’s first move.
3) There cannot be any pieces between them.
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4) The king may not be in check or pass through check.
Trust me. It’s a lot easier than it sounds.
Step 4 - Find out who makes the first move
It’s always white. Super duh!!!!!!! You guessed it. This is
another BLM issue.
Step 5 - Review the rules of how to win
This happens when the king is put into check and cannot get out
of check. Read the details when in the mood for fantasy, as in
practicality you will never beat a bot.
How to Draw
See previous sentence.
Step 6 - Study basic strategies
There are four simple things that every chess player should
know;
1) Protect your king. This may seem obvious to some, but you’d
be surprised how many players stick the vulnerable little guy
out in the middle of all the hub-bub.
2) Don't give pieces away. You kind of need them for stuff.
3) Control the center.
4) Use all of your pieces. If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it.
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Step 7 - Practice by playing lots of games
The most important thing you can do to get better is to play
lots. It doesn't matter if you play at home with family, out
with friends, or online with weirdos, you have to play the game
a lot to improve. These days it's easy to find a game.
Your probability of winning
Zero. Even the most outdated of bots can beat a human
grandmaster every time. You can continue on your masochistic
path, learn to cheat which is not discussed here, or kick the
bot. The latter is suggested.