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End of Part 1 of 2

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Part 2 –

Mutiny from

Stern to Bow

**22**

In Two Nebulous Spaces

“I love and miss you, baby.”

“I was just about to say the same thing.”

“Then say it.”

“I love and miss you baby.”

“Good boy.”

“I’ve been thinking that this trip was a mistake.”

“ ................. “

“I know you’re not saying anything because you agree.”

“I know you said that as you’re not sure.”

“Getting close. All this Khazar-conspiracy stuff is just a

diversion to fill time away from you and the kids.”

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“You can come back anytime.”

“No more than a month more. Hold me to that promise. I love

you.”

“I love you.”

Conspiracy

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Book and “My Back Pages” by Bob Dylan; property of the author, the latter under both the “fair

use” and “transformative” doctrines.

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A Public Disservice Announcement

At 6PM a copious quantity of the components of households

in Gig Harbor sat in front of their TV’s and anxiously awaited

the premiere offering from the cable station which had recently

announced its intention to re-name itself the “The Conspiracy

Entertainment Channel.” Primarily in consideration of severely

declining market share, KAYOD decided to abandon the archaic

moniker of “The Education Channel.” In conjunction with a

plethora of tediously long new mission statements posted on what

was formerly advertising space, KAYOD had been announcing the

change for two weeks. Though no one was watching the station to

see it, the announcement reached the public courtesy of an

enterprising hacker with nothing else to keep him occupied.

Intending another ignored, “Politically Correct Police” counter

inspired goof he copied the one with the alleged chupacabra

photo and posted it on Fecesbook, where it proceeded to go the

idiomatic “viral.” Much of the populace said; “Super cool,”

while those with a life intended to do their best to live it.

The advertisers said; “We’ll see. Can’t get any worse.”

This innovation was an apparent deference to a popularity

attempt necessitated by the long term, changing market

conditions and some would say the continuing gradual erosion

prompted by a dumbing down process first made popular when the

senile ray gun found a second venue for his lackluster acting

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career. The predictable phenomenon made both the channel and the

specific exploits of this show in particular, objects of in-the-

know banter of many demographic and Arbitron defined sub-

categories; ranging from young adults goofing on the codgers to

codgers goofing on the young adults. The house-holders, house-

occupants and house-deficient, all, really didn’t wish to learn

anything other than how much it would cost to acquire the assets

displayed by the Kardashians; and thereby be entitled to a ‘rich

and famous” show in which any pronouncement they made became the

height of fashion. Barring that, the chronicling of alien-cow-

maimers would suffice quite well. This outlook had proven to be

consistent with the station’s programming decisions, as the aged

programmers well remembered the entertainment value of Fellini’s

forgotten grotesques. Without admitting it, even to themselves,

the householders had long ago begun to seek other forms of

amusement; their aftermath a complication to be worked out with

the “help” of the psychiatric industry and for those with

shallower pockets, the monthly publication of “Psychology

Today.” Until the conflicting details could be worked out, a

measly number actually still paid attention to what they were

proud to announce as substantive issues; such as when former

Mexican President Vincente Fox, in apparent response to

something Bailey Post Rumpole had said a few months prior was

quoted through AOL, as saying; “I’m not paying for the fringging

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wall;” the use of the magical “F” word, apparently still worthy

of national news in the USA, especially when articulated by

someone of color.

Previously, some of this “conspiracy” information was only

available on de classe venues. In simplicity the covert ‘rebels’

predictably focussed on the sizes of their inadequate purses and

the needs of their inadequate crotches; like any other “New Age”

refugee. DFW’s concept of “petty rebellion” would now be in the

air 24-7; or at least until all the advertisers curtailed the

issuance of checks.

The 6PM gong heralded the all-star opening of the event of

the year. In breathtaking shock and awe the TV video fixed on a

still life which seemed to be a surrealistic rendering of a six

foot, reptile in an off-the-rack, purple, striped Barney’s suit.

His smiling impression seemed ominous as he spoke with an

agitated Bill O’Reilly who wore a grey, striped, off the rack

Barney’s suit. They both stood in front of the sunken skating

rink, where three costumed revelers grinned and skated at the

Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Plaza site; alleged to have once

simultaneously housed three assistants to a Bilderberg Group

attendee. Somewhat less clear, there appeared to be a red

reptile, naked, at least from the waist up, who was pointing

something cylindrical and a few feet long out a fifth floor

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window of one of the fifty story buildings. It was either that

or a forgery of a Basquiat graffiti transcription of two Native

Americans in war paint chatting near a pond surrounded by

peeling willows, one of which was being currently occupied by a

bony, red herring, who seemed about to attempt a desperate leap

back to the water. That’ll teach him about reading that Magical

Reality stuff. A consideration of the estimated price levels

suggested and the fact that this was a floundering cable station

it was more likely to be the former.

A woman in her sixties entered the picture from the right.

The slight aura around her body suggested that she was in

another location and that the cameraman was yet to complete his

“Seamlessness 101” course or that she was a descendent of either

the cherubim or seraphim. Again, the former seemed more likely.

The still life faded into the background and the screen

displayed an elevated, empty stage; on which the woman walked

with her head down. A red banner with yellow lettering which

said “Conspiracy Entertainment TV” appeared behind her. When she

faced the camera, the woman seemed more pissed than nervous as

she grumbled; “Couldn’t even get me a podium?” She held papers

in her left hand, but initially ignored them when she said;

“Good evening. I’m Ruth Messing. .......... Forgive me if I

appear a bit nervous, as I am. I’ve never previously been on

television and I have spent the last ten years working in the

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advertising sales area of this station. “The Education Channel”

had an ambitious and important mission back then. We were

pioneers in bringing wholesome and informative programming to

the people. I wish that it would have been there when my kids

were school age. It would have added so much to what they were

getting in school. Like the station, my earnings have shown a

steady decline over the years, so I’m not the least bit

surprised that the market is demanding more sensational shows. I

suppose that dinosaur bones just don’t cut it when one can see

and hear of mind controlled slaves being manufactured by the US

government. By now, I guess you’re all aware of the programming

changes here, and since I insisted, I’ve been allowed this time

to say a few things about that.” She held the papers in front of

her and started to read from them.

“I hope you enjoy the changes; and I hope my income

improves. Having said that, I’d like to share a personal story

with you and I hope it puts things in a bit of perspective.

Like everyone today I use social media and I plead guilty

in having been a participant on one of the ‘Conspiracy Theory’

chat lines. The information was substantially new to me, and

with the state of the economy today, I figured that there might

be something which doesn’t meet the eye going on. Despite that

initially it sounded as if we all seemed to have enjoyed sharing

similar thoughts, I had to stop bothering with this ‘chat line’

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as over time it had become obvious to me that the ‘moderators’

have an overly simplistic, convoluted, self-serving, biased and

hateful viewpoint aimed squarely and only at America. These

‘research mavens’ have been operating these sites since 2012,

claiming that their efforts arise out of a passion to be ‘social

activists,’ interested only in exposing ‘conspiracies’

perpetrated by the evil 1% of the population against the other

99%, who, they say are all good people. They only do wrong when

forced or tricked into it by the ruling class; some kind of

angelic beings I presume. Had this been my only reservation I

would have continued on, attributing their stated beliefs to a

privileged background which led to a lack of knowledge of the

world. It was perhaps their most convincing display of wisdom to

have chosen a book discussion site as most suitable to their

agenda, as such sites are populated by people who have spent

more time in libraries than they have in the ‘outside world’

which the rest of us inhabit, encountering seemingly real

people.

They were sufficiently clever to hide their biases and

contradictions by using quotes from others which they can easily

attest to or discard as they read and analyze the popularity of

those positions; much like a state-of-the-art computer cookie.

For me, now, the charade is all too obviously just like another

managed afternoon TV show for misfits, losers, and the

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contraband substance dependent. Not wanting to think that I

happened to misjudge the duo, I decided to have another long

look and couldn't pass up a comment; as the bias struck me even

more than it had previously. Enough about old rich guys all

being evil. Enough about the US being solely responsible for all

the evil in the world. I understand why some of the uninformed

guys might believe such things, but it is just not true anymore

than it is true to say that all poor people are saints. I see

evil people in all walks of life, be it underprivileged sectors,

middle class sectors, rich sectors or cultural sectors. It makes

no difference. Evil was the first and continues to be an equal

opportunity employer.

To my further disappointment I googled the names of the 37

and 66 year old moderators and discovered that their past

histories bear zero attestation to their claimed humanitarian

activities; but rather is riddled with testimony from former

business associates who claim to have been defrauded by the duo.

At this point, after having read all the hand wringing about the

US creation of ISIS, the alien created secret military weapons,

the Federal Reserve’s intent to bankrupt everyone, and the

purposeful introduction of laboratory created ‘diseases,” I

didn’t think that it was ‘coincidental’ to find that the

‘people-oriented’ sites they established in 2012 dovetailed

nicely with the release of the first book they had written;

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which is referred to so often, that a frequent reader of the

site need not buy it, as it has been quoted in entirety on the

socially conscious site. Thirteen more followed.

The Australians have the audacity to condemn the US, while

they desperately try to peddle their wares there. It is truly

amazing that they have never discovered any nefarious doings

down under, where they live, but are ‘expert’ at the goings on

thousands of miles away.

I ask; what good have the odious diatribes done for anyone

other than the ‘moderators?’ None. What solutions do they offer?

None. Oh yes, a few times they said things would change if a

million people marched on Washington. Are they really that

naïve? Somehow, I doubt it. What new information has their

‘extensive research’ unearthed? None. Just innuendo which was

known decades prior, coupled with unproven quotes from other

charlatans who are trying to make a living in the conspiracy

industry. All it is, is a ploy to get publicity in the US.

Like any enemy, they feed the propaganda machine with

unproven claims. Like any enemy, they say everyone else’s news

is propaganda. Like any enemy they encourage the disenfranchised

to revolt. Like any enemy, they have become corrupt in a last

ditch attempt to get what they desire. They are what is

revolting. Yeah, I know, I hate preaching just as much as most

people hate hearing it. I just felt that I needed to say this

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and hopefully bring a bit of balance back into the ‘conspiracy’

conversation.

But, listen to this one. Their statements about a cancer

cure being hidden rival their statements about aliens living

amongst us and the real existence of the matrix in absurdity,

and deserve no serious response. Cynically imagine. Many people

are supposedly aware of this. There is no doubt that if someone

marketed this ‘cure’ it would take them about a year to become

the richest person on the planet. But, they don’t want to. Duh!!

It is further noted that just because one sees something in a

Hollywood movie does not mean it exists in reality. If so, I’d

like to know why Godzilla and his sequels have not yet destroyed

Tokyo and why Superman has not yet righted all wrongs.

I think I have detected a pattern. They correctly

characterize their books as a mixture of real events and

fiction. Initially, I thought that may have been due to their

penchant for copying someone else’s story, making a slight

alteration and then calling it their own. But, perhaps they are

mentally incapable of making any differentiation between fiction

and truth. I think that’s called delusional. That would be sad;

were they not attempting to inflict others with their disease.

It seems doubly strange that their constant anti-US government

dialogue is not considered some sort of crime at a time when the

US is at war.

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No, I will not state their names. They are not on this

evening’s show and I am advised that they will never be on this

channel. That would only give them the publicity they

desperately seek. I stated this primarily in light of the

station’s new approach. It’s intended to be a commentary which

strongly suggests that watchers would do well to evaluate as

they listen to the guests. Thank you.”

The camera cut to a bearded, fiftyish man sitting in an

overly stuffed dark green chair of no particular design. The

camera moved in for a close-up, revealing the makeup which was

in the process of struggling to cover the lines in the man’s

forehead. He smiled in a curt, obligatory fashion, and said;

“Good evening, my friends. Hope you are all well. I’m Adnan

Koshaggy. Welcome to the opening show of the Conspiracy

Entertainment Channel; ‘Big Names in the Conspiracy Field.’ Some

of you might recognize me or my name, through my acting, or as

I’ve been classified as a conspiracy theorist. I want to assure

you that my entire involvement with the matter merely involved

public statements that I made saying that the official Kennedy

assassination and 9-11 stories contain sufficient

inconsistencies to drive an alien spacecraft through; though I

have never written a book about it. Despite what some have said

I retain an open mind, but do not necessarily subscribe to the

other theories out there. ......... That was written

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atrociously. I know that these rumors are the work of some of my

acting competitors. It’s a conspiracy against me. I’m pleased to

say that this evening we have resuscitated a time-proven lineup

much like those which you have come to know and love. Of course

we are not presenting anything which might be cogitated as old

hat. ... Maybe, tin hat, but certainly not old. Chuckle. We have

writers on the cutting edge, speaking of their work in the

conspiracy theory industry, no pejorative connotation intended.

The table is packed, so without further delay, let me bring out

our first guest. He infiltrated Lubbock, Texas two years ago,

was originally a Kiwi from the wilds of New Zealand, who

recently published his fifth book inventively titled; ‘InfoScam

V.’ ‘Big Names in the Conspiracy Field’ is proud to welcome that

great patriot, Crocodile B. Blusterbutt.”

A balding, pale skinned man of 350 pounds walked out; or

rather momentum-ed out. Once the frame got going, it seemed as

if he was a testimony to the validity of the old theorem which

said; “An object in motion tends to stay in motion.” His

blubbery bearing caused him to be of a physically indeterminate

age. Without having had the “benefit” of having had access to

“secret documents,” such as his birth certificate, hopefully

legitimate; his baby fat hid all external wrinkles. He plopped

into his plushy chair, moving it back a few inches in the

process. He waved off a handshake, and said; “Isn’t this the

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place in the show where the writer goes on at length about all

the noble reasons which compelled him to write the book now in

your hands? You don’t really care to hear about all that

sanctimonious stuff and this writer doesn’t feel like trying to

conjure up all that crap, anyway. To tell you the truth I did it

for three reasons. I felt like it. I could. And I had nothing

else to do.

The first garbage pile out of the way, I step into the

second; acknowledgements, thank yous and dedications. I’ll again

attempt to maintain the shine on your shoes. It’s commonly done

and perhaps expected. It seems akin to the requirement for a

double bind in works which fancy themselves ‘literary.’ It also

seems akin to an attempt at some sort of required, self-effacing

modesty the writer is compelled to display prior to his

subsequent attempt to display ‘brilliance.’ I’m not here to give

the people some kind of horse manure. It’s one way or the other.

Yes, I’ve got a mother. Yes, I’ve got a father. Yes, I’ve

got a wife. Yes, I’ve got dogs and cats. Yes, I’ve read a couple

of books. Yes, yes, yadda yadda. But, frankly, none of them

pushed one key for me. This is not a product of their influence;

nor are they to blame. Comments from psychiatrists,

psychologists, and readers of ‘Psychology Today’ are welcomed

and will be taken as a source of amusement.”

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“Your forthrightness is impressive. Mr. Blusterbutt; may I

call you Croc?”

“Sure, everyone else does.”

“May we now discuss a few of the specific conspiracies

you’ve written of in your latest book. For instance on page 323

you wrote of the Philippine plane which disappeared carrying 15

top computer scientists, who were supposed to have just

completed a top secret project, funded by the Tri-Lateral

Commission. You stated that the source of the plane’s demise was

an obliterating laser ray, engineered in Area 51 with the

assistance of Nazi scientists. After your book’s publication the

plane’s wreckage washed up on shore; the black box clearly

indicative of engine failure compounded by pilot error. The 15

top computer scientists were located in Maui, participants in a

Hedonism junket. Mathematicians have calculated that, though it

is within the realm of possibility, it is highly unlikely that

any of the Nazi scientists are still productive, as the youngest

of them would now be 107 years of age.”

“That’s no real question. It’s a recapitulation of what was

printed in the mainstream Murdoch media. Is this some kind of

right wing set up? First of all, that wreckage which

conveniently floated to shore the day after my book came out was

planted by the Illuminati-Mason contingent who control

everything. Secondly, the Hedonists found were clones

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manufactured and planted through the use of another secret

technology. And third, those Nazi scientists were bright enough

to have found or created the fountain of youth. I could go on.

But, come on now; use your head just a little bit.”

“In fairness Croc; the other conspiracy guys got off this

one quickly after the plane debris was verified and the secret

scientists turned hedonists .........

“Mr. Koshaggy; you’re really starting to piss me off; and I

don’t give a damn that you’re a Muslim. I already told you that

..........”

“Okay, okay; let’s move on to another of your revelations.

You wrote that Katy Perry is actually JonBenet Ramsey. Might we

get a bit of an elaboration?”

“Thank you for asking. This one actually took some Holmes

worthy deduction and I’m proud to say that I was the first one

to pick it up. The first clue I got was when I never saw them in

the same picture together. Further, with the advancements made

in facial recognition, I found it very curious that JonBenet or

her parents have not allowed this to be done with her. Those who

have read my books already know that I have proven that every

female and many of the better looking males in the entertainment

industry have been trained as sex slaves, through the US

extension of Hitler’s MK- Ultra program called Project Paperclip

...........”

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“I guess that some of us are fortunate to be fat and ugly,

Croc.”

“I don’t know where you get off with this stupid s***. I’m

sittin’ here as a favor to your producer, talkin’ serious stuff,

and you come on with all this fifth grade bullshit. I’m gonna

start investigatin’ how you got your passport, boy.”

“Don’t get upset. Good point. My apologies. Let’s start

over in a more general way. Tell me Croc. Did you read a lot of

sci-fi comic books when you were a kid?”

Croc left his seat shouting; “***k you man. Just plain old

f*** you; Adnan Koshaggy or whatever your real ISIS name is. I

was assured that this negative tone would not be displayed here.

Fucking piece of shit. .......... Goddam fucking piece of shit.”

As the swaying behemoth rolled his way off stage, he continued

to scream; “You need me for your pathetic ratings and then you

pull this kind of shit? Fuck you, piece of shit. You’re just

another low paid flunky telling lies for the benefit of those in

control. The people are being screwed all over the place and you

don’t care. You do their work for them. Asshole. You don’t care

as long as the masters throw you enough coin to keep you in

cheap, brand name Milk of Magnesia. When I get back to ......”

He went off camera.

Adnan Koshaggy sighed. He knew that with Croc’s early

departure that he would have to find a way to fill more air time

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with less popular conspiracy theorists. He was also disappointed

that Croc had not hit him on camera. The potential pain,

suffering and psychological damage lawsuit against a

“successful” celebrity would have relieved him of the burden of

having to truck his old ass out here and kowtow to some jackass

every damn week; not to mention the tedious, behind-the-scenes

rubbish with tiny picture technicians assigned to the show. He

sighed again; this time inwardly. He looked right into one of

the cameras and improvised; “Well, there you have it, the

inimitable Crocodile B. Blusterbutt. You have to admire the

strength of his convictions. I’m sorry that other engagements

necessitated his early departure. We hope to have him back again

soon. In the meantime do go out and get yourself a copy of

‘InfoScam V.’ Better yet, stay home and push a few buttons.

There are some armed nuts out there. Let AmawayOnSteroids drone

it to your front door below wholesale.

For our next guest we are honored to meet the man who

started it all. ................. Well, it’s always hard to say

who was the absolute first as, as far as we can tell everyone

had antecedents and influences which ........... Never mind.

This British gentleman was the most significant force known in

the popularization of conspiracy theories; the grand-daddy if

you will. His last effort was the book I now hold to the camera;

wonderful cover art by award winning artist, Apollinaire Rabble;

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titled; ‘The Psychological Aspects of Irrational Belief,’

subtitled; ‘Whassup,’ I give you the scholar-athlete from over

the waves; Icky Bledstoe.”

A thin, smiling man bedecked with a full growth of silver

gray hair on his head; semi-mullet fashion, with none on his

face found his way to the large plushy chair. Upon sitting he

half-jokingly said; “One could get buried in here.”

“I think more than one did. Welcome Icky. You don’t mind if

I call you that. Do you? You’re truly one of the people I’ve

most wanted to meet. You kind of started this whole thing.

Thanks for being here.”

“I’ll bet you say that to all of your guests.”

“And I mean it every time. ......... I think. Regardless,

I’ve been reading your last book. Both I and some of the

reviewers feel that it is markedly different from what you’ve

previously done. I may be presumptuous in this statement, but it

seems as if you’re now distancing yourself a bit from your

earlier efforts, which often took the form of attempts to

scientifically prove the existence of a cruel reptilian ruling

class which uses subterfuge to continue to prevail. ........ I

suppose that’s not stated as a question, but can you elaborate

on that theme, no doubt with corrections?”

“You’re much too kind. You also must have been one of the

ten people who bought the book.”

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“The station gave it to me.” Adnan evoked a kind spirited

snicker.

“God bless you, recipient of Mr. Rosewater’s legacy. Allow

me to back up one step. Your last guest, our friend Mr.

Blusterbutt, chose to make an early departure. He’s got that in-

your-face style all the time. He neglected to articulate step

two of the learning process, which is the realization that the

way in which the world and human life have been structured it is

necessary for every individual, every group, and every nation to

survive. Only Fascists thought otherwise, and let’s face it;

we’re not them and maybe some mistake was made at the deepest of

levels. Besides, look what happened to the majority of them. I

don’t envision any way in which we could ever know that without

simultaneously necessitating a new system. So, in simplicity,

the conspiracies exist as another manifestation of competition,

each side seeking to take down the other. That is Freud 101.

Though it is a necessary phase, it is not yet even the popular

beginning of Jung or Campbell.

With all information available at all times, we have now

been forced to enter a larger morass; the third pile; the

proliferation of ‘conspiracy theories’ circulating in the US of

2016, with a few in belief, some in partial belief, and a the

majority in total disbelief produces a kind of Tower of Babel at

the root. Even though it can be proven that the reptiles are in

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control, it is divisive to mention that. Unity is required for

anything to be done about it.

But, be assured that the preponderance of the ‘theories’

are precisely that; speculative theories. We can all make one up

whenever the mood strikes. What they and we cannot easily do is

to prove them.

Let me preface this with the statement that, ‘The names

have been changed to protect the perps.’ This is in keeping with

current clandestine communal delicacies; a legitimate

conspiracy, if you will. It is undoubtedly comforting to Mr. and

Ms. Disgruntled to believe that their demise is not their fault.

It is the fault of the controlling evil ones. Ah, yes, some

great ones have said that; ‘It is the purpose of writing to

comfort the disturbed and to disturb the comfortable.’

Substitute communicate for writing if you must. I wonder if that

comforting phrase was taken out of context in a perhaps,

satirical way, in the Nabokovian sense, vein. We have looked

into the imperfect ripple in the pond and say that can’t be us,

which is kind of true and also kind of false. We say; ‘I’m not a

reptile. I’m not one of the ruling 1%.’ Well, whether or not the

‘bad guys’ appear as green and scaly when one puts on the

“magical” eyewear is totally irrelevant. It has no practical

purpose. If it was to have any effect whatsoever, the discovery

of a ‘new’ race would likely result in their being considered a

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minority, and afforded minority protections. Can’t you just

picture all the sympathy that cute little gecko would get?”

“That’s so stylishly meta. This is indeed quite a departure

from your earlier work.”

“Not really, Adnan, but I can appreciate the thought. As

you know we are in the communications business, so what we must

do is communicate. People are more accepting of an idea if it is

presented to them in a palatable manner. Sometimes it’s a matter

of phraseology. I’m not abandoning what I originally said; I’m

just saying the same thing differently. In a sense it really

doesn’t matter whether the thieving rulers are reptiles, aliens,

humans, or computers. What matters for the rest of us is to

eliminate their control. If calling them reptiles is a stumbling

block to us uniting, that stumbling block must be removed. Look.

For the moment allow me to abandon theoretical abstractions. You

may have seen that I do have photos of the last five US

Presidents and two Supreme Court Chief Justices with their tails

sticking out of the back of their pants. The problem is that

everyone knows how easily photos can be doctored through the use

of readily available modern technology; so those inclined to

disbelieve dismiss them, and there is no gain. It is apparent

that those reptilian creatures who have been in charge as long

as anyone can remember have used their enormous powers to abuse

and brainwash every child through the US government sanctioned

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MK-Ultra program; use those who read “The Catcher in the Rye” as

assassins triggered by certain phrases contained therein or

simply to be sex slaves to the masters and mistresses; get

humans into heavy duty, insurmountable debt through the

operations of the ‘illegal’ US Federal Reserve and international

banking system; and subject them to an economy which resembles a

sucked orange half, most recently through the false flag

operation and consequences of 9-11. Just consider the open

symbolism displayed on every piece of US paper currency. The

powers that be are not afraid of possible detection; as they

know that we will continue to argue with ourselves and not them.

With all its stupid official explanations, the only thing which

is irrefutably clear is that it was used as an excuse to further

feed the already fat Military Industrial Complex; have the

‘Patriot Act’ well in place, which by the way was written three

months before the event, to permanently incarcerate and torture

anyone or their families, who says anything against their

interest; have the super-secret alien enhanced technology at

only their disposal capable of complete obliteration of

anything; have hollowed out mountains to store nuclear devices

which will be used whenever another major incident is required;

have founded ‘terrorist groups’ and drug cartels just to declare

expensive war on them shortly thereafter; the result of all this

leaving the US citizens in a state of shock, if not awe, in

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economically induced servitude and fear. ............. I suspect

that some of this is true and that some is not. It seems obvious

to me that if the Masons desired secrecy they would not have

planted their well-known symbols all over. Either that, or

they’re too damn stupid to be a cause of concern. What I am

certain of, is that with the plethora of incorrect information

consumed from the internet beast, we will never be sure of any

answers. At the most bottom of lines I can imagine, it boils

down to who you trust. That’s just an instinct. Unless more

discoveries come in the future, there is no way to ‘reason’ an

instinct.”

“That’s kind of like saying that science will never know

the answers.”

“Precisely. And that is one of the reasons no one is buying

my newest book. I can say it with a twinge of sarcasm. As a

society, we have abandoned any notion of god, and have

transferred the apparent human need for a higher power to

science. We have found a ‘new’ invisible to worship. So, to

suggest that science is as inherently and inevitably as

imperfect as its practitioners, is not the least bit popular

with those who worship at its special-interest feet. To denounce

science is now a blasphemy, akin to an early twentieth century

Jamaican killing of an informant missionary; only known to be an

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informant by the natives. On another level, if all answers were

known the game would have to be changed.”

“My stage manager is either faking a wish to cut his throat

or he is indicating that the tone of this conversation is

something he strongly suggests must be changed. So, let me thank

you for your time. Wish we had more. We have to hear from one of

our sponsors right now.” Adnan Koshaggy held Icky Bledstoe’s

book to the camera and added; “Do get yourself a copy of ‘The

Psychological Aspects of Irrational Belief.’ It’s still in its

first printing and may be valuable someday. Take it awaaaaay.”

In what historians might have characterized as “modified

1950’s retro,” young female voices sang; “See the USA, on your

smartphone today. America is asking you to call .........” The

tune ended when one of the adorable little ones held her

smartphone to the camera revealing a screen which showed Vampira

holding a vibrator in what seemed to be the appropriate place.

Viewers saw a fraction of a second blip in their screens.

After that they heard Adnan Koshaggy say; “Catchy little ditty,”

and saw him sitting there with someone who had apparently

thought that she had already been introduced. The woman was

about 30 years of age, had long black hair and was wearing a

tight tank top and a mini any hetero guy would join the military

to get into, despite the fact that her long black hair was

coiffed as a Mohawk and depending on momentary point of view,

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may have exhibited a few rings. There were a few watchers who

knew her name; primarily her college students and what remained

of her embarrassed family; those kin who had not yet opted for

hari-kari.

She was unpopularly known by her “stage” name of Cat

Jacker. She was the most vocal “dissident” living in the

affluent town of Klosterneuburg, Austria. She required no

opening inquiry and was already engaged in an extended soliloquy

when her mike was turned on.

Ostensibly, in an effort to attain viewer interest, the

cameraman flip-flopped his focus between her open mouth and open

legs. In an agitated, strident tone, she was in the midst of

saying; “.... is bulls***. Hey, you’ve heard all the theories.

It’s too late to do anything about them. I mean that, even if

tomorrow we could conclusively prove that 9-11 was an inside job

used as an excuse to feed the war machine and bring fascism to

the free world, so what? Can’t fix it now. So many things have

been put into place because of it, there’s no way it can be

unraveled. The money’s in the hands of the crooks and Americans

have been trained to allow the cops to do anything; for their

own safety of course. Besides, if it was proven, there would be

a gigantic group on the internet every day saying that the proof

was falsified under an anti-American conspiracy to make the

country an open target for whoever hates it. If you don’t

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believe me, check this out. There are hundreds of thousands of

useless physical books, e-books, audio tapes, and movies

available through AmawayOnSteroids at no charge. 100% of these

entertainment modules have been done by people who offer no

solutions. They seem to think that if they expose the ‘true

history’ that some sort of miracle will take place and

everything will be all right; much of that everything in their

pants pocket. How f****** lame can thy get? Moreover, they say

that they do this with an un-biased outsider’s viewpoint. That

has to be some sort of a joke. It’s only true in one unintended

sense. With the exception of two years of Rantin’ B. Blusterbutt

in Flatass, Texas, none of them live in the US they disparage

from afar. ................. Shit. What do they know about it?

What they copy off the internet nut sites? Is it any wonder why

everyone is so fucked up? Who the hell could be reasonably

expected to overcome all of this?

Did you see the latest one? Jackie was the second JFK

shooter. Yup, Jackie. See, she’s a member of this ruling class

which wanted him dead, and she was perfect as she would be the

last one suspected. After Marilyn? They gotta be shittin’ me. As

a prize she gets to marry this fossil who looks like a turtle

left out in the sun without a shell. And that’s his face. Can

you imagine ........ But, you know how it goes now that every

nebbish has access to computerized editing. A bright one who was

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raised on Barnum’s; ‘No one ever lost a buck, yadda, yadda,’

figures that it will take him five minutes to doctor and post

the film. It now shows Jackie holding something silvery in her

hand and it is pointed at Jack’s head. Can we get real for just

a minute? Come on. Even if that silver thing was a gun in

Jackie’s hand, any self-respecting woman would not have been

pointing it at her high income, husband’s head. She’d have been

aiming it at his schwantz. Admit it. Can we talk? Come on. Do

you really think that this woman was comfortable in sucking on

something that was up Marilyn’s culo after Bobby was done for

the night? Let’s get a little bit real, okay?

So, what’s my point you astutely inquire? Why am I on a

conspiracy theory show when I find the investigation of

conspiracies useless? I’ll tell you. I’m from a younger

generation. The people writing these books predate Elvis and

they just go on re-hashing the same old things, seeking a bigger

market share and more money. Well, we’re sick of it and only

watch and read it when we want something to laugh about. Give us

new ideas or give us death. And just fuck Obama’s lying

bullshit.

There’s some black comedian I just adore who starts his act

with; ‘I apologize. ..... No. We apologize to all you white

folk. When we told you to vote for him we REALLY thought that he

was a nigger.’ I really wish that I could give you his name, but

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I can’t re-locate it. Some of those radical, foreign conspiracy

theorists have informed me that all his old videos have been

removed from YouTube; that he has ignored his $50,000,000 movie-

TV contract; that he is hiding somewhere in Africa; and that if

you say or write his name you will be subjected to a minimum of

a comprehensive, seven year, IRS fraud audit and a maximum of an

arrest under the Patriot Act, with all its ramifications. I can

get hot over a lot of things, but being water-boarded at Gitmo

while dogs snarl at my naked body ain’t one of them. I can tell

you one thing for certain. If this man walked out on a

$50,000,000 contract he’s not one of the Sephardic or Diasporal

members of my club.

Okay, you don’t buy that stuff about the non-monetary

motivation. All right, all right; so listen to this.

I have a confession to make. I think I have located one of

those weird stories which, in this case, makes perfect sense. I

have seen this one with my very own eyes and heard it with my

very own ears. The two Beatles who are considered officially

dead, and the one thought by many to be dead back in 1970;

remember the tell-tale bare feet on that cute goyishe boy; and

the one still thought alive have made a comeback. Yes, yes, yes.

I’m so excited. They have formed a new group which they have

called ‘Beat the Meatles,’ and have issued a CD with the same

name. While it is not yet available from your local Wal-Mart or

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AmawayOnSteroids.Com., and may never be, it may be downloaded

free from a “deep web” site; available with the appropriate

software enhancement. I detail how this can be done for this and

other cutting edge entertainment in my recently released e-book;

‘Deep Doo Doo,’ available through the AOS monopoly for US$.99.

Yes, I know the title’s kind of lame, but AOS wouldn’t accept

the first title in their spiffy Ginder Store. Most importantly,

it’s cheap; cheap as they allow. ....... Hey, you guys made this

system. We just try to live with it without laughing in your

face.

Take my word; what you will see and hear is a revelation.

And damn, it’s still available for free. Utilizing the

simplicity of the “play” button, the music is reminiscent of the

early, at least to the US, ‘I Wanna Hold Your Hand’ days; days

of innocence and simplicity, now updated to ‘I Wanna Hold Your

Crotch.’ It shows extraordinary potential for chart climbing

popularity; maybe even ten songs at a time. ‘Girl Enbalmed’ is a

personal favorite. But, don’t be swayed by that. The old time

Beatles and the ‘new time’ Beat the Meatles don’t need the money

anymore. Excepting the outvoted one, they’re supposedly dead,

right? Their concerns likely center on issues of decomposition,

foul odor and zombie possibilities. Anyway, Right Guard

correctible smell aside, it seems of much more significance,

assuming that the “s” word contains something other than a

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pretense for a posthumous pedestal, to hear their ‘hidden’

message. Through the utilization of a stereo system which did

not anticipate the Job and Gates improvements on the horizon, I

have found playing their pop ditties in reverse, provides one

with an undeniably clear message. There are many, but suffice

for now to focus on one. Utilizing the invert-procedure-

function, especially on ‘Dear Prudence Stoned’ it is in-arguably

well-defined that they are telling us to ‘Kill the pigs.’ ......

Tower of Babel consistent confusion descends. .................

Sigh. Another. Another. ............... I don’t think they’re

referring to Porky. They only attempt to inadequately buy mind

time; mine; maybe; the ancients’ proven jokers.

There is someone else more powerful and temporarily now in

charge. Someone like a multi-national CEO with a three year

contract and a Greenwich, back country, retirement lust. So, Mr.

and Mrs. LoBianco, living in what some would still call

decadence, and the few would call ‘a sincere attempt to love,’

the BTM group does not requisition your demise, and likely never

did. It was just a misinterpretation articulated by a stupid,

mean-spirited, jealous and also competent and influential

midget. He had no magical powers whatsoever, but was able to

convince a few that he did. The saddest part was that his tiny

stature and tiny implication was media used as a “concrete”

form; one which hates and is dependent upon finding ‘new’ paying

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subscribers; and also which that same media innocently, the best

of love, unlikely, irrelevant in the overall scheme of things,

in their hearts and minds, use their loving principles to

innocently be tricked into the “support” of that which will kill

them; and me; and you; and anyone not sufficiently brave to have

been a passenger on the long gone dreams of the “Wooden Ships,”

the brave and beautiful, now only garbage can dirtied, wounded,

cold, hungry and homeless. It may well be only the gaps in human

understanding to adhere to the position I espouse; ‘I’ an

admission of my biases. Yet, it seems to me that they are truly

warm, have learned and felt, but still cannot comprehend more

than is presented on the surface; and even have difficulty with

that. Laugh. Laugh. I do. Kind of cruel; but also an attempt at

honesty and laughed at feeling. I know that we all do something

like that; at least for a while, which is always remembered, and

wished to be forgotten. In all too short a time, it’s just, at

best, another tragic rendition of French, 1940’s, ‘Children of

Paradise.’ Stupid all of us will be free, minds and hearts

rejoicing the . ............................ Pollyanna optimism.

Beyond, beyond and beyond. Self-congratulation possibly

unrestrained. My personal apologies.

In recognized ignorance; invariably possible in the

infinite; yet to be attempted to be unsuccessfully and

temporarily constrained .......... Hmmnnnnn. A bit too old

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fashioned, wouldn’t you say? What the hell are we trying to talk

about? How about a rephrase in light of modern technology? Let

me add that in the second decade of the 21st century it has

become apparent that there has been a substantial increase in

the number of people who believe in conspiracy theories. The

momentum seems to have been gathering since the assassination of

JFK.

Conspiracy is defined by Merriam-Webster, in its monopoly

on demarcations as ‘the act of conspiring together.’ A minimum

and possible maximum of ‘Two’ seems to be implied, but not

specifically stated by the franchise. ‘Omigod,’ the ‘good’

people exclaim. ‘The authorities are not trustworthy.’ Surprise,

fucking surprise. The US government has about 40 billion

employees. To be able to quote one who erroneously says

something implying some sort of nefarious plot seems a

mathematically 100% probability. To be able to quote one with

something verifiable; at the least usable as anecdotal evidence

in court; diminishes that percentage infinitely.

That correctly, Warren-Commission-induced distrust, has

expanded to exponential stupidity. Another ‘surprise.’ There

truly is no possible way that Oswald alone could have done that

with which he has been credited, and everyone except the Warren

Commission knows it. Another surprise, surprise to those who

think they can pull the wool over.

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You know, it may be that the old farts on the Warren

Commission gave birth to all of this garbage. That’s funny in a

perverse way, as they had passed child bearing age. Maybe they

did it out of senility. Maybe Alzheimer’s was a factor. Maybe

they wanted to make a mess. Maybe they were coerced. Maybe they

had something up their sleeves. Maybe, maybe, maybe.

I know one big thing. Beat the Meatles have shown me the

future; and it is murder. And you can access it for free if you

purchase my $.99 e-book ‘Deep Doo Doo.’ It’s enhanced with un-

doctored photos of the low down. Can you dig it?”

In the unexpected pause, Adnan Koshaggy deftly enjoined

with; “I thank you for your articulation of a well thought out

alternative vision. Whether or not it meets the rigid definition

of conspiracy remains to be seen. However, that debatable point

is as subject for the academics; and frankly, if past experience

is any guide, they will not come to any kind of consensus until

after we and this show are long forgotten. I thank you for your

un-prompted presentation. That sort of thing makes my job easy.

And audience, run to your computer and order a copy of ‘Deep Doo

Doo’ by Cat Jacker. It’s an affordable killer. Need I say more?

Okay, a little break. A word from the people who pay for this.

Cat, behave yourself! Mohawks have become routine; but those

nose rings up the ante a bit. That is a nose; isn’t it? Let’s

pretend. Didn’t you ever have an imaginary friend?”

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A fluffy white dog ran from the house and excitedly bounded

along the fenced back yard. He slowed a bit with each step and

came to a full stop when he finished the entirety of the trip.

His tongue was out indicating happiness or hope, while his eyes

remained wary and disappointed. He sat on his haunches and

looked up, seeming to ask; “Where is he?”

An unseen adult male spoke. “He’s looking for my son, Joey.

So was I. Sammy Bubbles has more faith than me. I know that Joey

and sixteen other nine-year-olds were shot to death two months

ago. Little Sammy doesn’t understand. He’s not even two years

old yet. It happened at the elementary school. This seems to be

happening someplace almost every day now. I’m no right wing

fanatic, but I know that this has got to stop. In the meantime,

whenever I bring little Sammy into the yard, for a moment I’ll

also hope that Joey is waiting for us there.”

A voice over said; “We’re looking for solutions to problems

never before envisioned. If you’d like to help the Sammies and

Joeys of this world, please send whatever you can to the

Christian .......”

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The Statue of Liberty

The camera went back to Adnan’s plush chair; Adnan still in

it. He seemed a bit less chirpy than usual and said to no one in

particular; “New sponsor? ................ Just for this show.

Okay.” His voice strained to elevate as he said; “For your

pleasure we now welcome a man who needs no introduction. You all

know his face from the time he made headlines for being arrested

at his home in the south of France; in the house formerly

occupied by Jean Renoir as a matter of fact. As you recall, the

French authorities charged him with subversion, based on a few

of the passages contained in his novel; ‘The Rules of the

Charade.’ You may not be aware, as it was not reported in the

mainstream news, that he was acquitted of that charge by a jury

who said that the book, taken as a whole, was incomprehensible;

and therefore could not be categorized as subversive. Keep in

mind that our guest’s primary language is French. Come on out

here Luc Godard.”

A thin man in his 70’s purposefully strode on stage

accompanied by his wife, a woman in her 50’s, apparently

struggling to keep up. Since the chair was so oversized they

both sat in it.

Luc was agitated and before a question was thrown his way

blurted out; “Your last guest, that Ms. Jacker really is a

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complete waste of time. She extols the virtues of a dumbed down

modern existence, while she herself tries to display personal

intelligence, compounding that with an overly obvious, thick

eared joke about her own stupidity. If she thinks that it is

funny, she must either be someone who has not heard of the Paris

massacres or is not human. To so matter of factly speak of

murder being the future is unforgivable.”

An offstage female voice screamed; “F*** you, old fart. I

deal with what is. Not your ‘heart-rending’ geriatric fantasies.

Go back where you came from.”

“F*** you, too, ugly bitch. Or more appropriately, don’t

f*** you. It would be too much of a favor.”

“If I had a gun I’d walk out there and blast you right

now.”

“That’s your fantasy. If you had a gun. Never did and never

will. Baby toys, if anything. Cry some more over it. My old man

and I find it amusing.”

There was another screen blip, and when the video returned,

Adnan Koshaggy sounded as if he was admonishing Luc when he

said; “Just ignore it. The people are here to see you; not them.

You’re giving the morons more recognition than they warrant.

Using your most recently acquired insights into the matter, tell

us where we’re at. I note that you have not put out a new book

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in five years. Why is that? Surely, there must be much to

share.”

“Thank you, Adnan. I haven’t worked on any books lately as

I see them as a dying medium. On an artistic level literature is

afraid of anything new; while it simultaneously complains of

repetition. This is a recipe for a drawn out finale. On a

commercial level the AOS dominated industry effectively

precludes all but ten writers and publishers from making any

sort of living from books, a denial of free speech at the gut

level. Personally, I am sufficiently disgusted to not have the

least interest in redoing the things I did forty years ago. If

the messages sent back then did not make any difference; either

I communicated poorly or no one bothered to listen. Whatever. I

have no intention of putting them in 2016 garb and technology

and trying it again. Don’t take this a sad statement. I tried my

best and now I don’t care.

Based on the most anecdotal and statistically insignificant

evidence at my disposal, it appears that the current conspiracy

beliefs reflect the notion that every significant event is the

result of a successfully carried out plot against the people.

Nothing happens by chance. There is always high powered

collusion with predictable results; be it Oprah’s gender

fascination or the ISIS attributed, how to video, concerning

beheading mechanics.

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Though it is obvious that I am not a ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy,’

sometimes I cannot help but think that I should have been more

like a character in a Cagney movie; its intended communications

now buried. ...... It was once seen by everyone. I know, just

like the first grade teacher presented with the doggy excuse.

Yeah, a resounding yeah; I’d like to see the look in your eyes;

first level; second that .......... I don’t know. It seems up to

you. ........... I’m trying my best to be honest. ..........

I think that I might, with some degree of condescension,

understand the Jacker point of view. If she would make it clear,

we could go from there. I think. I believe. Do you? Does she?

....... No? Then, why bother? Stupid, isn’t it? Yes and no;

refer to Franzen for details, most educated, book selling, while

being erudite. Half of the time; yes?

I’m digressing, more than Joyce; more than Faulkner; more

than Wallace, simultaneously thinking that this diatribe might

be viewed as more relevant than another fantasy. Succession the

key. A succession was another in a series of momentary, popular

distractions. Kind of funny. I guess; the myriad of Faulkner

presumed viewpoints sustained the almost ‘literary’ market of

the time and its inconsequential copiers of what was truly anti-

literary.

I guess that at the bottom line, I judgmentally place the

burden and guilt upon you; first my seductive Apple; so loved,

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so needed, so much what which makes life worth living; later,

too easily a court effective, plea bargain, Chief Justice

endorsed. In the absence of any personal solace; just my need of

the too dated fantasy and joke of any sense of an Eden required

vision executed in blindness.

Break needed and taken, not yet adequately defined. If it

makes any difference it is likely the most ....... No, let me

say it another way. ........ That’s so a thought conducive with

......... Permit me. You open, then quiver, then retreat. I

imply things. Is my confusion and hurt greater than yours? I

hope not. I don’t want to imagine what you’ve seen. I think that

I might have some sort of idea. I would rather go blank,

realizing that in my making that statement you can easily infer

that which was not intended.

At least eleven of you once called this country your home.

You know the theory about the ones and the angels. Yes, we all

disagree with some policies. Yes, sometimes it seems that we the

people are getting the short end of the stick. Yes, sometimes we

think that. It is an American right to think it, say it, and

vote out those with whom they disagree. The predominance of the

US worldwide hatred; the criticism of the sovereign only allowed

here, by the US right to speak freely, has fueled free speech

here. It’s a tautology which seems to have been forgotten or

currently perceived as radical.

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Page 720

The inarticulate foreign ones who seek to sell their

garbage to the disenfranchised section of the American market

attempt to hide their origins and their agenda. They realize

that to highlight their remoteness would be tantamount to

admitting that everything they pretend to know of America has

been gathered from the Internet; their computers 10,000 miles

away. They also realize that to make it known that they are

merely another sucker chasing the Yankee dollar will hinder

their plans. It’s silly season, maybe the Season of the Witch.

And yet having said that; I am also convinced that the entire

phenomenon can be traced back to the idiotic Warren Commission’s

report. There is no possible way one shooter could have done

what they said Oswald did by himself. One lesson I have learned

in seven decades of life is that if one is compelled to lie, it

is indicative of the practitioners of rudimentary first level

competence and in their interest to do the necessary research to

make that lie a credible one. Not particularly outstanding

grammar school children quickly learn that to tell the teacher;

“The dog ate my homework,” does not negate the zero. Common

sense, right?

Not so common today. Today’s conspiracy theorists have made

proficient use of the commercial possibilities in the situation

and there has been an impact well beyond their limited sight or

care; resulting in their absurd suggestion of a de facto anti-

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American support for terrorism. No, it is not admitted or stated

so simply. That’s why I said de facto. Sure. Right. The US is

creating warful entities which will bankrupt it, and make it

irrelevant in the world. Anyone who says this should not be

spoken with.

Thanks to the Warren Commission, the fact that the US

government sometimes lies to its citizens makes them the

perennial bad guys; subject to a scrutiny no other sovereign in

the world has had to endure.

Up until 1963 few Americans thought that there was any

stealth bombing in the air. Led by the US, the Allies had wiped

out the Fuhrer and sent Fascism to its temporary grave. The

world was safe for a democracy led by the good guys. The kids

would grow straight and tall. Levittown grew where potatoes once

did. ‘I like Ike’ buttons were the extent of political

erudition. That’s what Americans thought, despite Eisenhower’s

final address which said; ‘Beware the military-industrial

complex.’ He may have been the one who coined that word; hence

the misunderstanding.

Back then the US only had to worry about those goddam

commies with nukes a few miles away. So, when the bell went off

all the kids ran down to the school basement, and stood facing

the wall, with one hand behind their head. .............. ‘Hey,

it doesn’t hurt to be prepared,’ the authorities said. The kids

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alternated between amusement and anxiety as they had seen films

of the bomb’s effects.

A younger man was elected president. He beat Nixon in a

close one. No matter how much of a peace-nik, Gandhi-esque,

saint-hero he is painted in certain foreign circles today, his

short time in office was not considered a success, in any sense

of the term, in its time and place. Nor was he considered a

failure. The first posthumous book about him was titled;

‘Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye.’ This man, who is now worshipped for

being a martyr to whichever trigger one wishes to choose, was

having mixed results. Risking global warfare, his authorization

of the Cuban blockade proved to be effective; and is likely also

to have been his greatest moment. The Russian ships turned back.

Yet, those who choose to mis-remember history, now see him as

the Prince of Peace, among other things.

I’ve got a bit of news. A BLOCKADE IS INTERNATIONALLY

CONSIDERED AN ACT OF WAR.

Then he had to go to Texas; and ride around in an open

topped car. I mean, really, would you feel safe driving around

Texas in an open topped car? Oh sure, I guess Connolly said it

would be all right, but look at his results; a ricocheting

bullet or two. Everyone else knows that there is always a

ricochet. The fact that it was surreptitious warmonger LBJ’s

home state was apparently not a consideration. I guess that’s

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Page 723

20-20 hindsight as Lyndon was an outspoken anti-Viet Nam war

Senator, just prior to his Vice Presidency. Who could predict

that this peace-nik would choose to fund the war machine, better

than it had ever been previously funded in non-inflation-

adjusted dollars?

The up shoot of this whole messy affair is that this

admitted mistake still has a life and repercussions a half

century later. The absurdity at this point seems to be that it

is more difficult to find a group who did not want JFK dead;

than it is to find many that supposedly did. The latest theory

is that Jackie did it, in her leopard skin pillbox hat.

In its time the assassination engendered little of the

speculative furor it has now gathered in the US; though European

sources immediately picked up on the issue. This general topic

will be later discussed, in the context of how it is still true

today, that foreign interests are at the core of what can easily

be viewed as anti-US propaganda.

In 1963-64 the nation was shocked. Things were quickly

changing. And let’s face it; as much as people say that they

want things changed; when presented with an alternative; they

invariably say; ‘No, not that.’ It is only in subsequent decades

when they say; ‘We should have,’ implying their inconsequential

support which was non-existent at the appropriate time when it

actually might have had some significance.

Leibowitz Concludes

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Asides, asides. The Warren Commission founded the US

conspiracy industry by saying that Oswald acted alone.

................... No fucking way they could have been right.

What some don’t seem to understand is that to say that Harvey

had a partner is not the same thing as saying that that partner

was the CIA, FBI, Shadow US Government, Cuba, Russia, FSB, KKK,

the Federal Reserve, the Banksters, the Mafia, the Military

Industrial Complex, the Zionists, the Bilderbergers, the

Illuminati, the Masons, Jackie or the Boy Scouts of America. It

is just saying that all evidence strongly suggests that he had a

partner. Most likely Lee had a lackluster cohort with nothing

else to occupy his time, proficiency with a rifle and an

extraordinary ability to keep his mouth shut.

Why the conspiracy theorists never openly consider the

possibility that LHO had a nut friend; as un-accomplished as

himself; is a testimony to how skewed the interests of those

same conspiracy theorists are. The substantially foreign

grouping, with the possible exception of one fat-headed

loudmouth relocatee now ensconced in West Texas, have found a

way to extract Yankee dollars through providing no value while

producing potential problems.

Yes, you are 100% right in pointing out that the

economically conducive speculations concerning the little-green-

men events which played out in a remote area predated the

Leibowitz Concludes

Page 725

Kennedy debacle; thereby having a legitimate claim to grand-

daddy, conspiracy theory status. However, I would contend that

this observation is formed with the benefit of 20-20 hindsight,

incorporating ‘ideas’ which only subsequently became popular. In

its time, the ‘Roswell Incident’ was popularly considered some

sort of joke, perpetrated by some drunken farm-boy in serious

need of attention or one who wished to sell tickets for a tour

of his useless land. He was aided by one unfortunate statement

made by a military man not versed in public relations, and some

well-placed aluminum foil.

On the Southern hand, the delivery of 3,000 automatic high

powered, military caliber, weapons to the Sinaloa Drug cartel in

Mexico, via the operations of the Drug Enforcement Agency

partnership, in a supposed sting operation, resulted in the

deaths of thousands of Mexican civilians, police, military and

US Border Patrol Officers. This is never discussed by the alien

conspiracy guys. I guess it’s just too current; too possibly

relevant and dangerous for them to get off the safe ground

provided by the museum pieces purchased decades ago. The

obviously illegal operation was sanctioned by Obama and Attorney

General Eric Holder. No one has yet been held responsible!!!!

There is no ongoing investigation!!

What kinds of maniacs arm these types of people????? Why is

this not investigated? The answer to the first question is that

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Page 726

they are either sociopaths in a position to make money from the

powers within the Military Industrial Complex; ones afraid of

the Military Industrial Complex; stupid sociopathic thrill

seekers; and those chromosomally abundant. The second question

is one step more multifaceted. The primary reason is because it

is more dangerous than making a living from writing about

antiquated irrelevances. Another is that since a foreigner, one

named Murdoch, has been allowed to control all US mainstream

news any such investigative stories are scrutinized to death by

the editors and the writer’s career becomes jeopardized.

Questions similar to; ‘Might there be a fact not here

articulated which may be available out there which could be of

some significance to someone somewhere which you have not

included in your report?’ As phrased the only possible answer is

‘yes,’ which sends the reporter back to the drawing board with a

suspicion that they didn’t like what he said. Of course it would

be socially objectionable to criticize Obama, and you all know

why that is. Without any public mention of it he increased the

spending and troops for the ‘War on Terror’ four times over

Dubya and Cheney.

Once again suspicion must surround the truest discernable

reason for the arming! Maybe to help protect the CIA's prize

cash cow on America's doorstep!

Leibowitz Concludes

Page 727

At the same time Obama was being sworn in as president for

the first time, senior Republicans held a meeting at a

Washington DC restaurant. At the meeting, they conspired to

block any and all of Obama’s programs and policies. They agreed

to simply not work with him on anything. The GOP accelerated

their programs of striking voters off the voting lists, passing

laws requiring specific ID while voting, ID that the elderly,

poor and many college students cannot afford. They also

gerrymandered every state so Democrats could not win

Congressional seats. Within months of Obama taking office, the

Democrats lost the House and barely controlled the Senate. They

control neither now. It was a miracle Obama’s first policy

effort, the one he ‘borrowed’ from Hillary, the Affordable Care

Act, was passed, even in the bastardized form it took.

Many of the problems Americans have in this country now are

due to someone from another part of the world. As previously

mentioned, the easy example is Rupert Murdoch and his phony Fox

News. That channel has destroyed journalism in this country and

made heroes out of some of the dumbest people he could find.

The Dems took a hard right turn after the election of

Reagan. They thought the country was going that way, too. It

wasn't though. There were a couple of sociological studies done

after Reagan's election to find out why, after the wildness of

the Sixties and Seventies, Americans would elect such a

Leibowitz Concludes

Page 728

conservative Republican. It turned out the men who did a one

eighty and voted for Reagan were largely the Vietnam anti-war

protesters who proved to be not really anti-war, but were anti-

going-to-war-themselves. When Nixon introduced the draft lottery

and the male protesters realized they weren't going to be

drafted, they left the anti-war movement and started voting the

greed ticket.

It was a leap of faith for anyone to have expected a super

liberal agenda from Obama’s undisclosed and unquestioned ‘new

ideas.’ In actuality ‘the new ideas’ have proven to be the

legalization of gay marriage which is actually handled at state

level and gay military service which was handled by Clinton,

coupled with a botched confusion of a National Healthcare Plan,

and an increasingly continued funding and bombing of Bush’s

fifteen year old ‘War on Terror.’ His perceived race has cowered

any Liberal criticism; and the college students, high school

teachers, and old hippies who originally bought all that un-

named pie in the sky stuff are silent now. This man will someday

go down in history as one of the worst presidents of all time;

as well as the number one most untouchable. There are things

worth speaking and writing about; but the foreign conspiracy

theorists will only regurgitate safe, old, and unproven stories.

Here is where that foreign, Australian devil, Rupert

Murdoch, once again steps in to subvert the American democratic

Leibowitz Concludes

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process through his fearful minions. Bernie has been rendered

mute in the mainstream. Rumpole is there every single day and

little brother Jeb-of-the-Throne-Game is there, unless he again

manages to say something particularly stupid by Bush standards.

Everyone agrees that the largest issue mankind faces today

is Terrorism. Someone defined that term as; ‘Violence propagated

by the disenfranchised; while the same kind of violence

propagated by the powers that be is called National Defense.’

Some may dismiss this as semantics, but some are just plain

wrong. To complicate matters further, conspiracy theorists and

their followers propose that much of these activities are ‘false

flag’ operations. A further question might be; ‘Who started the

mess?’ The question may have no relevance in terms of peaceful

solutions attainable today. All parties claim that they are

acting in self-defense with god on their side and the

populations which support them do not vote for atheists. A

simple level of cynicism suggests that because of their

insatiable demand for oil the US chose to get involved, and have

found a need to get more involved every year. Rest assured that

there is much more to it; but you’ll never hear it from a

conspiracy theorist.

It seems painfully obvious that terrorism, like beauty, is

in the eye of the beholder.”

Leibowitz Concludes

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The screen turned blue for five seconds. When the video was

restored a somewhat disheveled and distraught appearing Adnan

Koshaggy was still in his chair; though Luc Godard and his wife

were gone. He was leaning as far left as the chair allowed; in

an apparent attempt to distance himself from the young man in

the chair to his right. He introduced the man as Dez D. Light,

mentioning that he had written a few e-books people have yet to

discover; and that among other accomplishments he had written a

few Goofreads reviews which had gotten him some notoriety as a

troll among less than ten, but nonetheless marginally

‘significant’ GFR writers-reviewers-librarians. Dez was a US

citizen, residing in Arcata, California, after having emigrated

from Brooklyn. Dez was flailing his arms around in a manner

which made Adnan appreciative of the distance; though in

actuality Dez was waving to his eight passionate followers.

Adnan inquired; “I’m sure you have been listening to the

words of our previous guests. What would you like to add to the

earlier commentaries?”

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