After one heck of a thunderstorm last night.

But now I must go off to town and run my weekly errands. As loyal readers of this lofty blog no doubt recall, the trip to town and back is far, so I need to pack some provisions in order to make the arduous journey (shown in the photo above).

And just so I don’t look weird, eating all by myself at the side of the highway, I hire my neighbor’s husband and kids to come along with me…

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Okay.

Honestly, the “news” is getting beyond tolerable. Especially if you are part of the Truther camp and know that 99.9% of this stuff is, in various ways, FAKE. (And the 1% that’s left is utterly evil, so we keep fighting.)

I grow very, very weary of all this, gang.

I only have Charlie’s update for today, and even that, I had a hard time forcing myself to not turn off.

CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH PAUL BROOKER & DREW DEMI WEDNESDAY 8TH MAY 2024 (10 mins):

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I’ve thought many times about whether I wanted to post this here or not. It’s satire, so it is funny — but in many ways, gang, if you know the New Testament and follow Jesus in some way, it is not so funny at all.

From the Babylon Bee the other day (4 mins, with ads at the end):

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From Nick Cave yesterday– a very interesting Red Hand File. As always, Nick Cave sticks to his guns. A musician in the UK is struggling with some really huge questions regarding the music industry and peer pressure and politics. I’m reprinting the whole question here:

“I am a musician who has been booked to play The Great Escape festival, which, as you may have heard, a number of artists are boycotting due to the sponsorship of Barclays. Who, in a non-linear fashion, are profiting from the horror that is occurring in Palestine.
I do not support the genocide, I would hope the rest of the world feels the same. But as an artist already existing in a very toxic industry, the best many of us can hope for is a few scraps – the glimmer of an opportunity, a gig, anything to help us get our music out into the world, and in turn make it a better place with the love we promote in our art. The music industry is a place of being told you need to follow TikTok trends and that labels only look at ‘metrics’. 

Individuality doesn’t feel celebrated.
I feel as if I am to be judged by my peers and by fans if we don’t cancel our performance, yet my heart tells me that this is ill-advised. I don’t want to be bullied into following a trend, yet I worry my silence makes me look complicit.
Integrity is all we have, so how are we expected to navigate through this world when all commercialism and corporate sponsorship comes from darkness? Latitude, Isle of White, Reading & Leeds are all sponsored by Barclays – it’s a huge expectation on struggling musicians who will be replaced by one of a thousand other hungry musicians if they decide to boycott. What would you do?“

Nick’s response: “Play.”

You can read it here.

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That’s it for now.

Enjoy your Wednesday, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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Breakfast-listening music! (Yes, I do listen to an inordinate amount of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers from, like, 50 years ago…). This was the only Tom Petty song I ever covered in my live shows back in NYC. I loved this song and still do.

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, “Don’t Do Me Like That,” from their massively popular album, Damn the Torpedoes, 1979. Enjoy!!

“Don’t Do Me Like That”

I was talking with a friend of mine, said a woman had hurt his pride
Told him that she loved him so and turned around and let him go
Then he said, “You better watch your step
Or you’re gonna get hurt yourself
Someone’s gonna tell you lies, cut you down to size”

Don’t do me like that
Don’t do me like that
What if I love you baby?
Don’t do me like that

Don’t do me like that
Don’t do me like that
Someday I might need you, baby
Don’t do me like that

Listen honey, can you see? Baby, it would bury me
If you were in the public eye givin’ someone else a try
And you know you better watch your step
Or you’re gonna get hurt yourself
Someone’s gonna tell you lies, cut you down to size

Don’t do me like that
Don’t do me like that
What if I love you baby?
Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t

Don’t do me like that
Don’t do me like that
What if I need you baby?
Don’t do me like that

‘Cause somewhere deep down inside
Someone is saying, “Love doesn’t last that long”
I’ve had this feelin’ inside night out and day in
And baby I can’t take it no more

Listen honey, can you see? Baby, it would bury me
If you were in the public eye givin’ someone else a try
And you know you better watch your step
Or you’re gonna get hurt yourself
Someone’s gonna tell you lies, cut you down to size

Don’t do me like that
Don’t do me like that
What if I love you baby?
Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t

Don’t do me like that
Don’t do me like that
I just might need you honey
Don’t do me like that

Wait!
Don’t do me like that
Don’t do me like that
Baby, baby, baby,
Don’t, don’t, don’t

No!
Don’t do me like that
Don’t do me like that
Baby, baby, baby…

Oh, oh, oh

c- 1978 Tom Petty

The past few days have just been incredible here. Yesterday, I planted the 2 new rose bushes and the new lavender plant at the back of my house, under my kitchen window. So here’s hoping that they will thrive.

I’m heading back to the train station today. Still not ready — I still go in and out of grieving — but on we go.

The “news” of course is crazy, noisy, sickening. As usual. Optics upon optics upon optics. I am really, really, REALLY hoping that if we do proceed to an election in November, they’re not going to let it be massively rigged, just to wake up the final few… I really, really, really just want this to be over already.

Anyway. Here’s Charlie’s daily update.

CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH PAUL BROOKER & DREW DEMI – THURSDAY 2ND MAY 2024 (17 mins):

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Dave Mahoney with Dr. Cory Stern– help with your health.

DR CORI STERN IS BACK ! (1 hr):

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Upcoming LIVE at 11am EST–

Dan Bongino – The Professionals Behind The Protests (Ep. 2242) – 05/02/2024

Watch HERE

(I’ll be listening in my car on the way home. Yay.)

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And that’s it for the news.

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Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File this morning, wherein he announced that he has become a grandfather!!!!

…As I drank my coffee and ate my sandwich, I thought of my son, Luke, and his wife, Sasha, who had welcomed their own baby boy into the world last night, and I experienced a wave of great elation….

You can read it in full here.

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I’m not sure if this is correct or not, but I think it was announced that the video-taped chat between Johnny Depp and Mark Salisbury (mentioned below) will air after the Jeanne Du Barry film here in the US theaters.

I will find out for sure when I see the film on Sunday with my dear friend Kara!! Yay!

And we’re even going out to dinner, too, to an old Mexican restaurant next to the theater. Amazing. Dinner & a movie. Just like in yesteryear — before the plandemic, when Kara and I used to be able go out together all the time! And all of this will be at a movie theater about an hour from here that I, personally, haven’t been to in maybe 15 years??? Honestly, gang. My life is so fucking weird these days. So much of it feels like it’s taking place in yesteryear. I can’t explain it, but it’s something that my mind does now — like, constant deja vu.

Regardless, I know it will be really fun.

Anyway, this is from Johnny Depp’s Instagram yesterday:

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And that is it, gang.

Enjoy this beautiful Thursday, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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Awesome, awesome, song from 1967. The first time I heard this song, I was 7 years old, sitting in the backseat of our family car, my dad was in front of me in the driver’s seat . We were waiting at a red light and this came on the AM radio. I fell in love with it instantly!!

Bobbie Gentry, “Ode to Billie Joe”. Enjoy, gang!

Yes! I’m already exhausted and it’s only 9am!

But onward.

I know that a lot of folks (me, included) are really turned off by the nonstop battling “Truthers” these days, however, if you’re still following Phil, he’s planning to do a livestream this morning, starting at 9:30am eastern time.

I think it’s supposed to be about all the nationwide Internet outages yesterday and not necessarily “intel”. I’m not sure. You can confirm the live here.

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Charlie’s daily news update for today:

CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH PAUL BROOKER & DREW DEMI – FRIDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 2024 (10 mins):

There’s also this from Charlie today–

THE MECHANIC’S OF ASCENSION UNFOLDING WITH SACHA STONE, JASON BRETT & CHARLIE WARD (46 mins):

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Sanity4Sweden -STOP WHINING ABOUT YOUR INJURIES! (R MADDOW) MEDIA, NZ AND WHAT NOT TO TALK ABOUT (5 mins):

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RT – THEY HAVE BLOWN OUR DREAMS FOR THE FUTURE – ROGER WATERS (2 mins):

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James Tabor – Tabor Commentary: Virtual Tour Jesus in Jerusalem (10 mins):

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And from Johnny Depp on Instagram! It looks like he was at some sort of tribute to the fantastic filmmaker, Tim Burton, in Italy yesterday. And below, Johnny is being very polite to the folks that invited him! (Although he’s not smoking so, I don’t know. Could be a psyop….)

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Nick Cave sent out a rather unexpected Red Hand File this morning, wherein he was very humble and polite to Brian, who might possibly have dealt, in some small way, with Nick Cave’s “sewerage” issues in NYC in the 90s!!

Yes! I am not even going to quote it here. You can read it for yourself!! But expect to read a little bit of shit about art…

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And I think that’s it for now. I’ve got a ton of stuff to get to before I head into the train station!!

Have a SUPER Friday, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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Listening-music to town and back!! The Best of Johnny Burnette & the Rock & Roll Trio!! I loved these guys, gang. Such great rockabilly. I absolutely love this song. It reminds me of my hellhole apartment in the East Village, NYC. I played this record a lot there. Play it loud, gang. Enjoy!

And here’s something else that reminds me of my hellhole apartment in the East Village in the 1980s!! I lived right around the corner from Life Cafe and I spent a ton of time there.

The warmer-weather-run broke last evening, but at least we still have sun and that’s a lot right there, gang.

Today, of course, is Sunday. The day that begins my real week, where I stare at all my many writing projects and try to figure out what the heck I’m doing! And, for the most part, I have a really great day.

As always, not much “news.” But if you are into natural healing, as I am, this could be of interest. (Dr. Cori Stern is truly knowledgeable about natural healing. I learn so much from her.)

MAHONEY LIVE FROM CAMBODIA (1 hr):

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Ross K. Nichols continues his deep dive into Exodus.

After Horeb – Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1 – 24:18) (1 hr 15 mins):

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This was interesting — in Russel Brand’s over the top way! From Friday (taken from his Rumble channel).

Tucker Putin Interview REACTION – Establishment Agenda For WW3 EXPOSED!! (1 hr):

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Hmmm. Getting very interesting….

RT – ELECTION RESULTS WERE NOT UNEXPECTED – IMRAN KHAN’S SISTER-IN-LAW (8 mins):

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Sanity4Sweden – DAVID ICKE BS, SWEDEN’S ANDREW BRIDGEN, AND WHY RISHI SUNAK SAID WHAT HE SAID (6 mins):

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In other news….

Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File last evening, and it was another one of those fun ones, wherein he answers 50 questions with only a yes, no, or I don’t know.

You can read it (rather quickly, in fact!) HERE.

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On the home front….

One of my house guests officially turns 27 today. He works with me at the train station, so last night, after work, I took him to a new smoke/vape shop in town so that he could pick out some things for his birthday.

If you think I have any fucking CLUE what any of the stuff is that they sell in those smoke/vape shops, you’d be sadly mistaken. But it was very bright and clean and friendly in there. And my house guest discovered that they have the best prices in town.

Since I was the one buying him the items, when we pulled up to the store, I said, “Is it okay if I come in with you? They’re not going to think I’m your mother, are they?”

“Not unless I call you ‘mom’. Should I call you ‘mom”?”

ME: “NOOOOOO!!!!!”

Anyway. The vape/smoke shop was an interesting experience for me and he seemed really, really happy with his birthday gifts. (And, yes, marijuana was involved in the items he bought but they don’t resemble or smell like any kind of marijuana I have ever encountered in my entire life.)

(And when we got back to the house, his wife said to me, “By the way, those hemp rolling papers you gave us were really great. Where can we get some more of those?” So that comment right there kind of indicates that I’m not anyone’s mom….) (Oh, and also, I get the papers from the health food store I used to work at, but they come from HERE. Along with THIS, which is also really cool.)

This is what it looks like inside the new vape/smoke shop (photo courtesy of YELP) (and- YES- I was looking at the various loose-leaf tobacco products they sell before I reminded myself, quite firmly, that I DON’T SMOKE tobacco!!!! Aaaarrggggh…):

Other than that….

Have a great Sunday, wherever you are in the world!!

Thanks for visiting. I love you guys. See ya!!

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Yes, our driving-home music from last night. 

And, yes, I have posted this song here a lot, lately.

However, my driving companion/house guest just cracks me up. He loves this song, too, but has such a different reaction to it than I have. Last night, he said, “This is the perfect song to play at a Celebration of Life gathering.”

I said “Well, I guess it would be okay to play it at mine, but, well, I don’t know…”

Anyway.

Dick Dale & his Del-Tones, “Death of a Gremmie” (and FYI: a Gremmie is a young or inexperienced surfer.) Enjoy!!

Yes, my neighbors!! The two guys who cheerfully drive me town and back whenever I need them to!! I love them so much!!!

I only wish that they actually existed….

Anyway.

Yes. I’m off to town today, to run my usual errands.

The snow & ice are finally gone and temperatures are back to a very reasonable 40 degrees Fahrenheit. So I’m actually okay with making that 50-mile trip today.

I think I wrote 3 more paragraphs of ‘Novitiate” yesterday (the new erotic novella that takes place in the truly sinister summer of 1966). And then I spent the rest of the day, working on the screenplay adaptation for our play “The Guide to Being Fabulous.” (See post from Monday.)

But I have come to the conclusion that, for now, I have to focus strictly on the screenplay adaptation because we need to do that promo package ASAP, and I can’t easily switch gears between both projects. So, “Novitiate,” once again, has to go on the back burner for a few days.

Other than that–

This is sort of thought-provoking. A 4-minute look at the history of the Illuminati.

Secrets (4 mins):

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Here’s Charlie Ward’s daily news update.

CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH PAUL BROOKER & DREW DEMI – WEDNESDAY 24TH JANUARY 2024 (13 mins):

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It seems like, behind the scenes right now, lots of people, worldwide, are coming over to the side of the White Hats, and tons of other people are getting arrested now and taken to Gitmo.

I don’t always post them here, but here’s the latest arrest.

From Real Raw News yesterday:

“Marines Arrest Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly

[…] Kelly is a U.S. Marine who entered the political arena in 2017, serving as the 5th United States director of Homeland Security and, later, chief of staff between July 31, 2017, and January 2, 2019. Before that, he served as commander of U.S. Southern Command under Barack Hussein Obama, also known as Barry Soetoro. Kelly is a decorated Marine; he joined the Corps during the Vietnam War and quickly rose through the ranks, eventually serving as a four-star general in his last military post from 2012 to 2016. […]

[full article here]

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Phil’s presentation of the Lands Beyond continued last night (he lost his connection, so he had to do it in 2 parts).

The Lands Beyond, Part 2 (1 hr 46 mins):

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James Tabor’s look at ancient Magdala (Migdal) was great!!

Jesus Archaeology #7 Excavating Magdala: Is this the 1st Century Town of Mary Magdalene? (42 mins):

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In other news–

Nick Cave sent out a really tragic Red Hand File today. Just heartbreaking. You can read it here.

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And now I’m going to head to town, then come back and work on the adaptation of “The Guide to Being Fabulous”.

Enjoy your Wednesday, wherever you are in the world!

Thanks for visiting. I love you guys. See ya!

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These were interesting.

This Video Will Leave You Speechless – George Harrison’s Search For A Higher Truth (12 mins):

This Is Priceless – George Harrison On What Lies Beyond The Mind (9 mins):

Okay. Welcome to Wednesday. No more snow here but it is still very cold!!

For whatever reason, Charlie Ward’s “daily news” from yesterday, disappeared but then, indeed, reappeared.

I did find it an interesting update yesterday. I have no idea if something was edited out, because I didn’t re-listen to it, but here it is (17 mins):

CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH PAUL BROOKER & DREW DEMI – TUESDAY16TH JANUARY 2024

And here is the “daily news” from this morning, which I didn’t find as interesting as yesterday’s. It’s mostly DAVOS stuff, which I believe is now fake (or as Charlie always says “it’s all pantomime”), but here it is–

CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH PAUL BROOKER & DREW DEMI – WEDNESDAY 17TH JANUARY 2024 (13 mins):

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From Real Raw News yesterday:

“White Hats Confirm Lloyd Austin Killed in Ukraine

The White Hat coalition has confirmed that the criminal Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was killed in Ukraine on January 3 by a Russian cruise missile strike that annihilated a command post where Austin and a high-ranking Ukrainian military commander, Lieutenant General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, were scheming to overthrow Vladimir Putin, a source in General Eric M. Smith’s office told Real Raw News.

As reported on January 7, Russian FSB agent Andrei Zakharov told RRN that the criminal Biden regime’s claims about Austin being secretly hospitalized for a week were disinformation because Russian intelligence placed him in Kyiv at the time of his alleged hospitalization. He said 20 hypersonic cruise missiles destroyed a maze of subterranean chambers in which Austin and Zaluzhnyi plotted Putin’s demise. […]”

[full article here]

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Convention of States has an At Home webinar tonight, with Representative Chip Roy, Congressman from Texas. The call is free:

“…gain insights into the current state of Congress and discover why Rep. Roy decided to join the Convention of States movement.”

Register Here. 8 PM eastern time.

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And from Alan Sweeney in Ireland:

“‘The Irish People’ needs 160 candidates to run for June 2024 elections – Register your interest to run as an Independent with ‘The Irish People’ here – https://www.irishpeople.org
”The Irish People” is a fully registered technical political party, established to bring together individuals who would normally run as Independent candidates. By running under a common brand, logo and shared principles, our aim is to increase their electoral chances, starting with the Local and European elections next year. Rather than being bound by a strict party line, our members are encouraged to act, speak, and vote according to their own convictions once elected.
The Agenda will not be halted unless every one has a chance to express their opposition by voting for a real political opposition”

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Okay. I found this amusing.

This is just some of the stuff I have to wade through in order to find “real news”…. Unbelievable amount of optics out there, even down to the prostitutes. From the Durden Dispatch this morning:

“ Escort Services “Completely Booked” As WEF Begins

“But anyone who wants to book an escort via matching platform “Titt4Tat” in the Davos region, or even in eastern Switzerland […]

[…] Demand for sex workers by business tycoons and world leaders surges during the five-day summit. 

One escort named “Liana” told the German newspaper Bild that she dresses in business attire to blend into the crowd of elites while at the summit. She said her client is an American who attends the meeting. She charges 700 euros per hour and 2,300 euros for the whole night.  […]”

(I wonder how many times she has to put out for that American guy in order to pay her rent? Just curious…)

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Anyway.

Apparently, the Hollywood Vampires are back in Hollywood, making a documentary about the band.

Yes, I love Johnny Depp, but I have never really liked the Hollywood Vampires. Mostly because I cannot comfortably get past their constant use of bats, skulls, and Nosferatu imagery. It really bothers me, even though I do not believe any of them are evil. 

And I did really love their version of Jim Carroll’s song, “People Who Died” that I posted to the blog the other day. I bought the album and I now stream the song constantly. But the video was made at “Hellfest”. I knew that they played Hellfest, but I had zero interest in it. Subsequently, until the other day, I had no idea that amazing song came out on an album 6 years ago…

Anyway. From Instagram yesterday — Johnny, during the filming of the Hollywood Vampires documentary (and, yes, he is smoking, so this is verified!):

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And speaking of people I love who use imagery that I can’t stand!!!!

Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File today , wherein he discusses how he feels about the various paths his life has taken. And he also talks about his new career as a ceramicist, mentioning the upcoming art exhibit in Brussels that I posted about here a couple weeks ago:

“During lockdown I woke one morning with a desire to make something in clay, a bright red devil to be precise, it was an entirely random impulse. Now, three years on, I have two assistants, Liv and Dom, helping me with the monumental task of glazing the figurines in preparation for an exhibition in Brussels….”

You can read it in full here.

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And I guess that is it for now!!

Have a wonder-filled Wednesday, wherever you are in the world!

Thanks for visiting. I love you guys. See ya!

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I wonder if the Hollywood Vampires would ever do a version of this??? To be honest, if they did, I think they would come up with something unbelievably amazing!!

Anyway. Enjoy!

Yes! The enormous Christmas tree comes down today, and all the Christmas stuff gets boxed up and put away for another 11 months…

And then my writing life finally gets back to normal around here. I am ready for it!

It is always interesting to wonder about what will be going on the next time the Christmas tree goes up, though, isn’t it? I have no clue what will be happening in my life by Christmas 2024. But this past year, I have been so blessed.

I loved having houseguests here for Christmas — it was the first time I had people here for Christmas in the nearly 6 years that I’ve owned this home. And I felt truly blessed to be able to have a home to offer people in need (the wonderful young married couple currently abiding here with me). I am of course envisioning that they will find the perfect home for themselves and be able to move on to a truly wonderful phase of their lives together, and that Christmas 2024 will find them safe & happy and living a blessed life in a new home, whatever that home turns out to be.

As I keep getting older, and as Christmases (and Time, in general) keep passing, each of my Christmas memories become more and more precious to me. And 2023 is going to stand out as a truly remarkable one for me. I learned a lot about human nature and the Power and the Flow of turning everything over to God.

Okay.

Although I will miss my beautiful tree, it’s time to focus strictly on the writing again. So today is the day!

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We’re getting info from truthers hither & on, that NDAs are everywhere and there is NO INTEL to be had, and that we are getting “very, very close” — so I bought extra groceries at the store again today, gang. 

And I bought a little extra non-perishable stuff and put it in the free food pantry over by the church. (Where anyone in the village can help themselves if they need food.) (I think I am the only person in the whole village who puts organic food in there. I am absolutely obsessed with food being organic, gang, and I guess I want to press my obsessions onto everyone else!!)

Oh! And guess what? For about two years now, I was the only person left in the village who still had a Trump flag displayed in front of my house. And last evening, I saw a house with a brand new “Trump in 2024” flag displayed on their house.

People are getting back in the game, gang. Even if we don’t end up having an election this year, I still like seeing those new flags coming out.

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This seemed like a very promising sign– even though Simon Parkes is one of those people overloaded with NDAs now and so he gives out very little information. However, he posted this yesterday:

His Connecting Consciousness group in Nevada was on a local Fox TV news station!

I thought that was really incredible, gang. Television news exposure of Connecting Consciousness! I believe this is a first for CC and MSM.

Nevada CC Community Service Organisers Adella & Jonathan on Local TV Mornings on Fox 11 (3 mins). [watch it here]

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Everything else in the truther movement has gotten really oppressive, gang. In my opinion. And also for my girlfriend here, who is my only friend following truthers and the Q movement — she has 99.9% given up on all this, too.

The nastiness between Phil and Nick never ceases now. I pray every day for Nick Alvear, that he will be protected by God and find his way into the light, that God will help him find his way to a higher vibration if that’s what is needed.

It’s really discouraging to me that people cannot be more like Simon Parkes — sue someone if they commit slander or libel and just move on. Not constantly draw attention to it and get everyone extremely riled up.

My girlfriend and I used to be avid Phil followers. But now we text each other to see if there is anything we need to know about, because neither one of us wants to contend with the onslaught of the Nick & Phil war.

This is the belief I personally follow on all of it; speaking solely for myself:

“³⁹ But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

⁴⁰ And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

⁴¹ And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

⁴² Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

⁴³ Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

⁴⁴ But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

⁴⁵ That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

⁴⁶ For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

⁴⁷ And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

⁴⁸ Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. ” Matthew 5:39-48; KJV

And also, I love what Leo Tolstoy had to say about Jesus and Jesus’ view of courts & judgments, overall. (It is Tolstoy’s painstaking interpretation of the above Scripture.) It is very powerful, indeed. From Tolstoy’s What I Believe (8hrs. ):

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Okay.

Ross K. Nichols has begun another great new Shabbat series —

Birth of a Deliverer – Shemot (Exodus 1:1 – 6:1) (1 hr 20 mins):

And don’t forget James Tabor’s new series! I am really loving it. If you missed the most recent lecture, I’ll post it again:

Jesus Archaeology #3 A Forgotten City–the Urban World of Jesus (42 mins):

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And Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File that had some very interesting things to say about being an Australian living in England. Here is part of what he said:

“My generation of Australians are stereotypically loud and abrasive, our gestures are wider and take up more room, we are ruthlessly funny, unguarded, contrary and inappropriate, yet conversely conservative, stoic, compliant, fair and reasonable, and we love our mothers. What makes up the Australian character now I can’t claim to know—it’s been nearly fifty years since I lived there, and perhaps the whole notion of a national character has been brought into question — but I recognise the essential Australianness that was baked into me by a brash Victorian sun in almost everything I do, everything I create. […]

You can read it in full HERE.

Other than that, gang — all is quiet around here.

We have had a few dustings of snow, but nothing that accumulated. I am back to the flow of showing up at the train station 3 nights a week, and having a “real life” the rest of the time.

I am seriously looking forward to my career stuff in 2024!! I hope you are anticipating a sunny outlook for your life, too, wherever you are in the world!

Okay.

Thanks for visiting. I love you guys. See ya!!

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I leave you with a gem from the late George Harrison – ”Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)” 1973. A song that is also a meditation. Enjoy.

Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)

Give me love
Give me love
Give me peace on earth
Give me light
Give me life
Keep me free from birth
Give me hope
Help me cope with this heavy load
Trying to touch and reach you with
Heart and soul

Om
My Lord
Please take hold of my hand
That I might understand you
Won’t you please
Oh, won’t you?

Give me love
Give me love
Give me peace on earth
Give me light
Give me life
Keep me free from birth
Give me hope
Help me cope with this heavy load
Trying to touch and reach you with
Heart and soul

Om
My Lord

Won’t you please
Oh, won’t you?

Give me love
Give me love
Give me peace on earth
Give me light
Give me life
Keep me free from birth
Give me hope
Help me cope with this heavy load
Trying to touch and reach you with
Heart and soul
Give me love
Give me love
Give me peace on earth
Give me light
Give me life
Keep me, keep me free from birth
Now give me hope
Help me cope with this heavy load
Trying to touch and reach you with
Heart and soul

Om
My Lord

c – 1973 George Harrison

I hope that everyone has an enjoyable New year’s Eve, however you spend it (or spent it — depending on where in the world you live!!).

Our plans here changed a bit. My houseguests are still here but our 3rd visitor, Michael, who spent Christmas with us, has to work tonight. So we will be having a very quiet New Year’ s Eve around here, which is the way I prefer it, really.

And the weather tonight will be a mix of rain and snow, which is horrible weather to be driving around in on New Year’s Eve.

I still have to run in to town today and get the groceries. but other than that, I’m planning on a really quiet and beautiful day/night.

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I thought this series of posts (below) was very interesting — it delves deeper into the myth that “germs” are “contagious”. Another one of those Rockefeller myths that has fucked with our heads for decades.

(Loyal readers of this lofty blog perhaps recall that I knew — or I should say, I worked for and interacted with — several of the Rockefellers back in the 1980s, in NYC, because I worked at the Museum of Modern Art for 9 years. And they were always incredibly nice to me. Just unbelievably nice. (Just one example HERE of how nice some of them were). It is just dumbfounding to keep learning now about just how destructive that family was to every aspect of our lives in the 20th Century. Just amazingly evil and avaricious.)

(Oh, and for any of you who have read my novella, “Necessary to her Good,” the pied a terre in that story is based on the Rockefellers’ guest house on E. 52nd Street. It was jaw-dropping, even though it was somewhat small and only one story high. Designed by the famous architect, Philip Johnson. A true testament to Modernism. I will never forget the experience of being a bartender at a private party in that amazing place. I was 27. I was asked if I would like to be the bartender at a small gathering for Blanchette Rockefeller….I always said yes to invitations like that from MoMA, because it always led to things that blew my wee little mind.)

Anyway. Okay! Wow! I digress!!

Germs. Contagion. Lack thereof!!

Matt Roeske – Are germs jumping all over? Ask questions my friends (1 hr)

And this:

“❤️Ending the fear of germs. Germ theory was debunked in 1923 with the lancaster study…. but was pushed to keep the “fear narrative going”

They knew contagion didn’t exist after the 1923 Lancaster Study, but we continued to push the fear narrative to keep a control on humanity.

Slide 1) The Rockefeller Takeover

Slide 2) The Lancaster Study

Slide 3) The Setup for the study

Slide 4) Questions to ask

Slide 5) Louis Pasteur and his confession

Slide 6) War on Germs is the war on humanity

[click HERE to view the slides]

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From Ross K. Nichols — the final look at the story of Joseph in the Book of Genesis.

Jacob Lived – VaYechi (1 hr 21 mins):

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A big thank you to my long-time colleague in Brussels, author-journalist Roger Gaess, for sending me this link last night:

Singer Nick Cave to showcase art work in Brussels gallery

“…The works will be on display from 5 April to 11 May 2024 at Xavier Hufkens’ gallery located on Rue Saint-Georges in Ixelles.”

[full article here]

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And speaking of the Devil, I mean, Nick Cave —

He sent out an interesting Red Hand File today, all about the words he uses most and why. And he also shared his New Year’s Resolution:

“…to practice, as best as I can, more open-mindedness and understanding of other viewpoints.”

You can read it in full HERE.

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I’ll tell you what, gang, after this past week of endless bashing among truthers and truther-followers — career-ending verbal warfare and vicious attacks that were really disappointing to me on all fronts — my “resolution” is to stop being “openminded and/or listening to anyone else’s viewpoint”. Well. Sort of…..

Honestly, it was almost uglier than everything we’re seeing on MSM, worldwide. And it was quite an onslaught and now it makes me not even want to open telegram. Although, I still do.

Even though I am still happily participating in Phil’s Silver with 7K, and I still have an account with Good Lion Films for now, I’m focusing, as I said the other day, on channels that focus on well-being for humans, plants, and animals… And then basically just waiting until the military and SCOTUS finally step in, publicly, and put a stop to all the ugliness all over the world, in all its many, many guises.

And on that topic of wellness — I am having a great time experimenting with changing the brightness and “true tone” levels on my iPhone and my laptop. Just that alone has made a huge difference in relieving the constant stress on my eyes. And I can’t wait for all my incandescent light bulbs to arrive later this week.

Okay.

That is it for now!!

Have a wonderful New Year’s Eve, wherever you are in the world!!

Thanks for visiting. I love you, guys. See ya!!

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Driving to town music from yesterday!!!! Moody, to say the least… Rowland S. Howard’s “Dead Radio” from his album, Teenage Snuff Film, 1999.

Dead Radio

You’re bad for me like cigarettes
But I haven’t sucked enough of you yet
Nothing is sacred and nothing is true
I’m no-one that’s nowhere when I’m here with you

I’ve lost the power I had to distinguish
Between what to ignite and what to extinguish

I blew in last night, I’m the host from the coast
When the lighting is bad, I’m the man with the most
And you left me to choke on a heart up in smoke
Smiling through your tears and your tetracycline overdose

You’re good for me like Coca-Cola
I don’t get any younger, you don’t get any older
Everything’s sacred and everything’s true
And all this is possible when I’m here with you

I’ve got a lot to say, but I keep my own counsel
I’d like to spit it out, but I won’t speak with my mouth full

I blew in last night, I’m the host from the coast
When the lighting is bad, I’m the man with the most
And you left me to choke on a heart up in smoke
Smiling through your tears and your tetracycline overdose

c- 1999 Rowland S. Howard