Today is shaping up to be a really great day. Finally.
Sandra’s response to Act One of the screenplay adaptation to “The Guide to Being Fabulous” was really great.
Because of so many challenging things that have been going on in each of our lives, it has taken FOREVER to pull Act One together. So that feels really, really good, gang.
And my new schedule for the part-time senior care job arrived during the night and it is totally 100% manageable. Both time-wise and emotion-wise.
A bunch of money that I was waiting on –including a paycheck — arrived in my bank account overnight, too.
And it’s really sunny and beautiful out here in the Hinterlands. No tornadoes heading at us, the drought is over, the temperature is really really pleasant today. It’s sunny. The sky is blue. And it’s fall.
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However.
On a decidedly different note — here’s some of the “news” for today. Most of what’s out there is really really bad, so I’m just posting these two.
The show in Hamburg, Germany, last night looked — yes! — amazing!!
But it seemed like more people posted videos rather than photos to Instagram. So I chose just this one photo from the show (but there were TONS of videos).
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Wild God Tour. Hamburg, Germany.
Tomorrow night, they play Lodz, Poland. And then Friday, Oct. 11th, they play Krakow, Poland. Buy tickets here.
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And that is it for now.
Stay safe, wherever you are in the world today.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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Yes!!!
My listening-music from this morning, while getting breakfast together for myself and something like 15 cats…
When I was 4 years old, my father brought the record below home for me. He was an accountant for the Cleveland offices of Columbia Records at the time, so he could bring home any of their albums for free.
We were going to be seeing the movie version of the wildly popular play for my grandmother’s birthday, and my dad wanted me to be familiar with all the songs! (He was so nice that way!!)
I immediately LOVED the album and, afterwards, I wanted it on the record player in the playroom at all times. I sat in the giant rocking chair, and rocked and rocked and rocked, and adored every single one of the songs from that show.
But I digress.
From this morning–
I sang along while getting breakfast together — and I sang quite loudly and joyfully, thinking about my dad. And all the many, many cats seemed to enjoy the song! (I had the CD on repeat). From the legendary musical, “My Fair Lady,” the wonderful song, “With A Little Bit of Luck.” Enjoy, gang!!
“In 2009, an exercise simulated a catastrophic scenario where Tampa Bay faces a direct hit from a fictional Category 5 hurricane named Phoenix, set in October. The outcome was devastating, showing the potential destruction a worst-case storm could inflict on the region. Interestingly, the name “Phoenix” draws from mythology, where the bird symbolizes rebirth, renewal, and fresh beginnings. According to the Masonic Encyclopedia, the Phoenix represents eternal regeneration and is linked to the Holy Spirit, which, like a dove, hovered over the waters, invoking the themes of revival and transformation.”
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These next items were posted on Phil’s private chat this morning — (for those who aren’t aware, Disney has extensive pedophile & CIA ties, going back to the beginning of Disney):
“Hurricane Milton headed towards Disney World; is the name Milton a greeting to Walt Disney and Company? Is it possible The Simpson’s episode “The Day the Violent Died” told some truth about how Mickey the Mouse was created from Milton Mouse?”
ALSO:
“For some reason the movie “close encounters of the third kind” keeps on coming up. The part where The United States Army evacuates the area, planting false reports in the media that a train wreck has spilled a toxic nerve gas, while actually preparing a secret landing zone for the UFOs and their occupants, lol comes to mind. In that movie people are being to get out and army puts props in to make it more real, like dead animals to make out there is toxic gas in air. Is this a massive undercover psy-ops going on in the background. Create a huge scenario in NC,GA,FL so that the public will be easily manipulated to leave FL, when another hurricane hits. I’m just thinking outside the box.”
ALSO:
“BREAKING: Trump and Musk Announce ‘Go Time’ for MARS and STARLINK: The Ultimate Weapon in America’s Arsenal for Military Domination! BOOOM![…]
Military Revolution is Brewing as Trump Declares Elon Musk Will Propel America into a New World Order through MARS – The Military Auxiliary Radio System.
America is charging headfirst into a new age of military dominance with Donald Trump and Elon Musk at the helm. When Trump says, “Elon will soon take us to MARS,” he means business. The Military Auxiliary Radio System is not just a fantasy; it’s a powerhouse that will transform military communications and secure our nation’s future.[…]”
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A very interesting short from Matt Roeske. About 1 minute into it, he discusses the patents our government has registered for weather modification, including hurricanes, wind, tornadoes, etc.
Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – Farage DEMANDS Action From Starmer (4 mins):
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Sanity4Sweden – Sweden will be no different next time. French journalists admit they knew (6 mins):
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James Tabor – Understanding the Forbidden Fruit: Why There is NO FALL of Humankind in Genesis (18 mins):
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This was horrific (and really long) but you might want to read it. Especially if you have underaged kids who are glued to video games.
From disclose.tv — this is just a very short sample of the awfulness:
“JUST IN – Hindenburg Research says Roblox inflated key metrics for Wall Street and is a “pedophile hellscape.”
[…] Despite the company’s mission “to connect a billion users with optimism and civility”, we found games such as “Beat Up Homeless Outside 7/11 Simulator”, which had 1 million visits and 15,000 favorites before being removed from Roblox.
Nonetheless, Roblox users identifying as 9 years old and up can still beat up homeless people in “Beat Up People Outside of 7/11” with over 900,000 visits.
In the game “Beat Up The Pregnant”, users hacked pregnant women to death in a Wal-Mart parking lot with machetes or killed them with frying pans or a selection of guns.
We played “[GUNS] Work at a Hospital” where users can go on a hospital shooting rampage. The game has ~1.6 million visits and remains on the platform with no age restrictions. The game’s thumbnail is a picture of a terrified pregnant woman.[…]”
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In other news…
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds play Hamburg tonight! Then they play two shows in Poland, Thursday and Friday Oct. 10th & 11th. Buy tickets here.
And from several nights ago, in Amsterdam!!
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That is it for now.
I have today off! I got some good work done on the screenplay adaptation of “The Guide to Being Fabulous” yesterday. I am getting close to being done with the section that needs completing so Sandra can give it to the producer at HBO.
Then I will be able to move on to developing ideas for the 2 other screenplays I mentioned here yesterday.
Okay.
Try like heck to have a terrific Tuesday, if at all possible, gang. Wherever you are in the world.
Yes! I have the day off! (And maybe even tomorrow, too!!)
I have plenty of writing I am eager to get to, and I have no errands to run, no laundry or housecleaning to do, so today should be a really nice day around here. I have been looking forward to this day for — I don’t know; it feels like an eternity.
I am now working on three screenplays — still, of course, working on the adaptation of “The Guide to Being Fabulous”, but I’m also developing two others. One for Sandra, which means it has to be written with the intention that it will, in all likelihood, be produced in the foreseeable future. And then a third which I am developing just from my own inspiration, to see where it could lead.
But I’m feeling really excited about all three.
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Even though I haven’t been on the blog since Friday, there is not much to report.
Yes, it feels awful out there. And yes, it only seems to be “getting worse”. And yes, Phil keeps cancelling his livestreams for various reasons. And yes, Charlie Ward is still absent from all of his daily news videos — so we have no intel coming out, or even leaking out accidentally, at all. It is optics galore out there, gang. We have to pick our way through a horrific minefield, trying to discern what’s real or not, and if it is real, how much of it is real, etc., etc. And we allegedly have an election in something like 29 days… and they want us to go out and vote, like, TODAY, just in case the whole world shuts down on Election Day.
I’m not sure what they are hoping to accomplish by traumatizing everyone right now. And not just through threats of continuing weather warfare and worldwide devastation, and atrocities in the Sean Combs camp. But, you know, the dock strike that never was. Or more and more violence against children and women, worldwide. And basically innocent people going to prison for, like, 2400 years, hither & yon.
It’s too much.
A case in point — at Real Raw News, there is a disturbing article right now about US Navy SEALS recently rescuing children in Florida from a shipping container, allegedly connected somehow to Sean Combs. But when I read and re-read the article, I can’t tell if it genuinely happened, or if the sole purpose of the White Hats putting it out there, is so that people like me will repost it, so that people like you — assuming adrenochrome harvesting is new to you — can read it and be totally traumatized by it.
There is so much being posted all over the place right now that continually generates trauma — even by well-meaning truthers. I’m seriously not understanding what purpose this serves except for getting desperate people out to vote in the election. But then what? You have a world full of people with PTSD who voted.
Huge swaths of people who are critically traumatized. How does that help anything? Are we going to get chemtrails that are full of some mysterious mist that erases trauma after Election Day?
Who the fuck knows.
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Anyway.
Here’s this:
Sanity4Sweden – Brilliant! A Dan Andrews Statue! And What Hillary Said (7 mins):
Ross K. Nichols – The Ancient Art of Swearing (1 hr 16 mins):
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In other news!! (I’m kinda feeling like this particular stuff is really happening…)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds played 2 nights in Copenhagen and it looked and sounded fantastic, yet again!!!
And here’s this bit of awesomeness!!
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Tupelo / Copenhagen October 5, 2024.
Next up, they play Hamburg, Germany. You can buy tickets here.
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And I’ll share this with you, in case it resonates for you.
I’ve been getting the Abraham-Hicks Daily Quotes in my email inbox for about 14 years now. But I don’t recall ever reading this one before. And for reasons that I can’t go into, because of the privacy of all my various patients in my senior care job, I can only say that this one absolutely nailed how I’ve been feeling lately, especially the last very interesting sentence. So I share it!”
Be glad that you don’t have instant manifestation. This buffer of time is really your friend. It’s your opportunity to observe and to ponder and to visualize, and to remember. It’s your opportunity to take an Emotional Journey that might be different from what you’re actually observing.
And that is it.
Enjoy your Monday, if at all possible, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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I am so tired of all the optics and psyops and fakes and lies and mind control–
But I share this, because I love this song. I have no clue what side he’s really on, or if it’s even really him anymore. Who knows? However.
From his 2019 album, Western Stars, Springsteen’s “Hello Sunshine.” Enjoy, gang.
For some reason, he says he will be at a “secret location”. Who it will be a secret from, besides us, is certainly a mystery. I’m guessing the White Hats know where he is, 24/7…
Anyway. I don’t care if he’s livestreaming from inside my barn, I just want to hear what he has to say!!
Non-Q news roundup from X/twitter. Includes some of the alleged names on the Sean Combs list (if you follow Q then none of these names will surprise you.)
Nigel Watson (Finland) – SUOMEN LIHAAVUUSKRIISIA | FINLAND’S OBESITY CRISIS (with English subtitles). (4 mins):
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Sanity4Sweden – Sweden, UK and Wonderful Multiculturalism (6 mins):
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And in other news.
Another spectacular success! Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds in Stockholm!
They will be in Copenhagen tomorrow night and Sunday night. Buy tickets HERE.
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And that is it for now.
I am off today!!! So if anything important pops up, I’ll come back here and post it. But tomorrow and Sunday, I have to be out of here very early in the morning, and then work double shifts, so I won’t be able to post anything unless it’s really important.
Enjoy your Friday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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Morning listening music.
From 1987, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ ‘Runaway Trains”, from their album Let Me Up I’ve Had Enough. Enjoy.
“Runaway Trains”
She’s up there all alone I’m down here changing lanes Her room was dark and cold I’m listening to the waves
And I’m depending on time, babe To get you out of my mind
I guess it’s one of those things You can never explain Like when an angel cries Like runaway trains Like one of those times That’s never the same Like when something dies Like runaway trains
She says, “I understand I’m used to being alone And holding my own hand I’m stronger than you know”
And I’m depending on time, babe To get you out of my mind I guess it’s one of those things You can never explain Like when an angel cries Like runaway trains Like one of those times That’s never the same Like when something dies Like runaway trains
Oh baby Don’t blame me, babe (oh!)
And I’m depending on time, babe To get you out of my mind I guess it’s one of those things You can never explain Like when an angel cries Like runaway trains Like one of those times That’s never the same Like when something dies Like runaway trains (Oh!) (Hey!) (No!)
Except for all the news that was news yesterday… there was not much that was different today.
Phil did post a video from his car yesterday. Aside from it having to do with Egyptians (?) I have no clue what he was trying to say. (“Walk Like An Egyptian” by the Bangles, was the song he was playing in his car. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see if something happens regarding Egypt ?)
Oh, and about 40 years ago, when I was living in NYC, working part-time at the Museum of Modern Art, and was a singer-songwriter, playing the clubs at night , I had a very active crush on the guy who’d produced “Walk Like An Egyptian”, among a million other songs and albums. He was very nice to me and flirted with me constantly. MoMA was basically next door to Columbia Records, where the guy worked, and he was newly divorced at that time and lived in a very upscale apartment building on the other side of MoMA, so he was constantly at MoMA. Anyway. eventually, he was suddenly really, really rude to me and I had a real problem with that, so that fizzled out fast.
Anyway. That was 40 years ago. And I digress. I’m guessing that had nothing to do with Phil’s post.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds played Oslo last night, And it looked like yet another incredible show, gang. They play Stockholm tonight. Followed by 2 nights in Copenhagen — Oct. 5th and 6th. You can buy tickets for those shows HERE.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds in Oslo, Norway, last night:
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And that is it for now.
Enjoy your Thursday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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Morning-listening music!
Yes! More from Dwight Yoakam’s greatest hits. The hugely popular, “Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)” from his 3rd #1 Country music album of the same name, 1988. (And this album is included in the book, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.)
This song is one of the many of his hits that he also wrote. He did many great cover versions of old Country & Western hits, but he was also a great songwriter. This is a true Country & Western murder ballad!! Beautiful and addicting. Enjoy, gang.
Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)
She wore red dresses with her black shining hair She had my baby and caused me to care Then coldly she left me to suffer and cry Oh, she wore red dresses and told such sweet lies
[Instrumental Break]
I never knew him but he took her away And on my knees like a madman for vengeance I prayed While the pain and the anger destroyed my weak mind Oh, she wore red dresses and left the wounded behind
[Instrumental Break]
I searched till I found them, then I cursed at the sight Of their sleeping shadows in the cold neon light In the dark morning silence, I placed the gun to her head Oh, she wore red dresses but now she lay dead
Every October, for the past 3 years, they’ve been telling us to watch out; that “this is going to be Red October!”
Phil also said this the other day, I think it was on his last live.
This one kinda feels like it’s the real Red October, doesn’t it? Like, we are finally in the home stretch? “Looks like WWIII,” “Saving Israel for last”, and the whole 9 yards. It is so intense out there. And especially since it’s so close to the alleged election. We shall see,
This was an interesting comment, made this morning in Phil’s private chat about the dock strikes —
“So the ports shutting down has to do with the restoration from The US corporation to the American Republic & admiralty law to common law.”
I like that idea. We shall see.
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As I had sort of expected, they asked me if I would work today — for one of my regular patients. So it is looking like Friday will be my day off, instead.
It’s frustrating, only because I can’t get focused on a consistent writing schedule yet. Everything keeps changing. Today is officially one month since I started doing the senior care job again, but it feels like six months, gang. It really does.
NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli expressed no remorse as she stood atop the gallows with a rope around her neck on September 30. As she had at her military tribunal, Bertagnolli insisted she had been in the business of saving lives, that “preemptive” medical mandates, AKA medical martial law, saved lives.
As reported previously, JAG convicted Bertagnolli of treason last month and sentenced her to hang by the neck until dead. […]”
James Tabor – Did Paul Get His Gospel from James and the Apostles Who Knew Jesus? (34 mins):
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And that is it for now.
In other news —
Today marks 7 years since Tom Petty died. I honestly can’t believe it’s been 7 years already, and in other ways, it seems like he’s been gone forever.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — AND THE AUDIENCE — sing “Free Fallin'” live at the Royal Albert Hall in 2012. Literally — the entire audience sings the entire song.
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Okay.
Enjoy your October 2nd, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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More from Dwight Yoakam’s greatest hits.
Here, he is singing the Johnny Horton hit from 1956, “Honky-Tonk Man”. And it is Dwight’s first ever official video, from 1986. The song went to #3 on the Country charts for Dwight.
He is SO young here!! I saw him perform several times in NYC, and the first time that I saw him at the old Ritz, in downtown Manhattan, Dwight was EXACTLY like he is in this video — but times a BAZILLION. The energy level was through the roof and the audience went crazy!
When you consider that il donaldo trumpo posted that popcorn video no less than 5 times in the space of last week. (Popcorn equals “you’re watching a movie”.)
And Phil has been told he can’t do a live right now, but he gave us the most encouraging message about GESARA at the same time. And the one thing he does post about (yesterday) was Verizon going down, when quite a few cellphone carriers were down, as well.
And not a peep out of Phil regarding Hurricane Helene.
When people compare Hurricane Helene to what happened in Maui, there appear to be a few key differences to me — the main one being that FEMA has NOT had a huge presence during this current disaster. Which probably means that FEMA has stopped being evil, now that most of the remaining bad guys were taken out during the atrocity of Maui. (?)
Then there’s that fact that MSM and the fake Biden/Kamala regime were seemingly ignoring what had happened in the southern States regarding Helene’s path of devastation (areas with a huge amount of Trump voters), making it easy for Trump to go in (as CIC) and behave like the actual President.
I also think it’s interesting that Charlie is once again absent from his Daily News videos — is that because of his voice problems, or does he give too much intel with the news?? I don’t know…
Anyway, something is up. I’m not sure what.
And now the dock worker strike is coming, adding to the chaos and the despair of not being able to get food to the stores. From Absolute 1776:
“BREAKING: East and Gulf Coast dock workers go on strike. Experts predict this will cost the economy billions of dollars per day and cause massive supply chain disruptions. Never fear! Kamala Harris grew up in a middle-class family and worked at McDonald’s and is all over it.”
“President Trump has launched the below @ GoFundMe campaign as an official response for MAGA supporters to offer their financial assistance to their fellow Americans impacted by Hurricane Helene. This is the ONLY one affiliated with @ TeamTrump…https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-hurricane-helene-victims-with-president-trump “
SPOT 2: Asheville Shelter Ferguson Building 340 Victoria Rd SSID: HALL STARLINK Pass: ncstrong
Spread this for ANYONE in the affected area. It’s been days since anyone’s been able to connect to cellular out here.
Chris Hall and I have had these up and running for an hour, and I lost count of the amount of people that’ve told us they’ve FINALLY been able to connect with friends and family and let them know they’re okay 🙂
I’m sure this post will have someone run up my data bill just to troll me, but so be it.
We’ve connected Asheville back to the world! 🙌🏻”
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Dan Bongino requested that his video from yesterday be shared far & wide. (Reminder — I’m also providing direct links to the rumble videos now, so that you can have more control over the ads.)
I see an alternate picture forming around all this. I see optics everywhere. But I’m not getting a clear enough feel yet for what is actually going on, gang — aside from Trump getting the opportunity to publicly behave like the CIC.
…And also go to the Alabama football game and get cheered by thousands and thousands of people…
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Sanity4Sweden – Elon’s Warning about US Election. Pathetic No-voters (7 mins):
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James Tabor – The Seafaring Paul: What I Learned on My Recent Tour of Pompei, Athens, Corinth, and Ephesus (42 mins):
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And in other news —
Apparently Johnny Depp’s new immersive art exhibit officially opened in NYC yesterday!
This is the art exhibit that Wayne is taking me to when I go to NYC in mid-November. I’m glad we’re going in the daytime, because, from what I’m seeing online, the “immersive” experience could trigger my PTSD. A walk back to my hotel in broad daylight with Wayne will likely help curtail that possibility.
Just one of TONS of photos and videos on Instagram this morning. From Johnny Depp:
And from the Daily Mail UK:
“Johnny Depp continues his comeback with a brand new art exhibit dubbed A Bunch of Stuff in New York City
It looks like the Berlin shows were fantastic, gang!! Really exuberant and joyous! And apparently, last night’s show was dedicated to Kris Kristofferson.
From Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ Wild God tour:
Nick Cave last night in Berlin
And this!
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Tupelo (Wild God Tour 2024 – Berlin Uber Arena)
Next up — they play Oslo, Norway on Oct 2nd. And Stockholm, Sweden on Oct. 3rd. Buy tickets here!
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And that is it for now.
I should have tomorrow off, so I am really looking forward to that. I have a ton of writing to get to — plus, early this morning, I got an inspiration for a new screenplay — for a streamer, not a theatrical release-type thing. Of course, I still have several pages to get to on the screenplay adaptation of our play, “The Guide to Being Fabulous”, but I want to at least make some notes for the new idea.
Okay. Have a terrific Tuesday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting. Stay safe out there, and stay alert, and probably buy extra groceries, too, gang.
I love you guys. See ya!
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From yesterday’s drive to town!
Another song from the album The Silver Tongued Devil and I (1971), Kris Kristofferson’s huge Top 40 radio hit, “Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)”. Enjoy!!!
“Just had a great meeting with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine. If I’m elected President, the war with Russia and Ukraine will end quickly. If not, that war will never end, and will phase into WORLD WAR III. Comrade Harris will NEVER BE ABLE TO END THE WAR, and hasn’t. Nothing will change except THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION WILL ONLY GET WORSE! MAGA2024”
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Sanity4Sweden – Trump Zelensky Meeting. You Americans, what do you think will happen here? (5 mins):
🚨Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sexual assault claims continue as law firm reports 50 alleged victims – including minors
Attorney Tony Buzbee of the Buzbee Law Firm took to his company’s Instagram page Thursday to share the news, explaining that the firm was asked by the Ava Law Group “to act as Lead Counsel to pursue claims on behalf of more than fifty individuals who suffered sexual assault and abuse at the hands of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and his cohorts.”
Buzbee referred to the group as “brave” and noted that it includes “both men and women.”
He went on to allege that “many were minors when the abuse occurred.”
According to the lawyer, some of the alleged victims “reported the incidents to the police” while “others did not.”
Buzbee made sure to note that “each individual story is gut wrenching and heartbreaking,” claiming that the alleged “acts complained of occurred at hotels, private homes, and also at the infamous PDiddy ‘Freak Off’ parties.”
He described the alleged “violations” as “mindboggling … debauchery and depravity, exacted by powerful people against minors and the weak.”
The attorney said he expects the number of alleged victims his firm is representing to “grow” as the case “progresses” and believes ‘many other individuals will be implicated.'”
“Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Killed in Firearms Mishap While Resisting Arrest Last Month
Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki died from a “firearms mishap” while resisting arrest in Palo Alto, California, last month, JAG sources told Real Raw News. The incident occurred as JAG agents were enforcing a military arrest warrant charging her with willful dissemination of enemy propaganda, treason, and lesser crimes.
JAG’s telling of the event differs from the mainstream narrative, which claims Wojcicki died on August 9, 2024, at the age of 56, after living with non-small-cell lung cancer for two years. Although she may have had cancer, it didn’t claim her life, our source said,[…]
On September 20, 2024, the FDA approved FluMist for self-administration by adults aged 18-49, allowing people to vaccinate themselves and loved ones at home without medical supervision. However, FDA data raises serious concerns about the safety of FluMist.
The data shows that FluMist can cause flu-like symptoms and significantly higher hospitalisation rates across all age groups compared to contracting the actual flu. Alarmingly, in young children (ages 2-8), there is a more than 4000% increase in hospitalisations post-vaccination. Additionally, 50% of vaccinated children may carry and shed the live, infectious virus for up to 11 days, potentially spreading it to others. […]
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Ross K. Nichols – A “Prophet” Like Moses (1 hr 10 mins):
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And in other news!!
From last night — their second night in Amsterdam — Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ Wild God tour!
And “Jubilee Street”, live, last night in Amsterdam:
And that is it for today! I’m not sure if I can post here tomorrow, because I have to be out of here early again and then I work a double, but we’ll see!
Enjoy your Saturday, wherever you are in the world!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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Morning-listening music!
Is this the best song Dwight Yoakam ever wrote??? I never get tired of this song, gang. “Guitars, Cadillacs,” from his #1 album, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. 1986. (His debut album, to boot!). A great album. A great song. Enjoy!!!
Guitars, Cadillacs
Girl you taught me how to hurt real bad
And cry myself to sleep You showed me how this town can shatter dreams Another lesson ’bout a naive fool Who came to Babylon And found out that the pie don’t taste so sweet
Now it’s guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music And lonely, lonely streets that I call home Yeah, my guitars, Cadillacs and hillbilly music Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on
There ain’t no glamor in this tinsel land Of lost and wasted lives And painful scars are all that’s left of me I want to thank you girl for teaching me Brand new ways to be cruel If I can find my mind now, I guess I’ll just leave
And it’s guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music And lonely, lonely streets that I call home Yeah, my guitars, Cadillacs and hillbilly music Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on
Now it’s guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music And lonely, lonely streets that I call home Yeah, my guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on
It’s the only thing that keeps me hanging on It’s the only thing that keeps me hanging on
The senior care stuff was very challenging yesterday, gang. It just about wiped me out.
But part of what happened yesterday resulted in me having today OFF! Even though they asked me if I’d like to fill-in with another patient today (a double shift), I declined. I’m not worried about the money. I still have a TON of shifts ahead of me after today.
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Which reminds me — for the next several days, I have to be out of the house very early, and a few of those days, I have to work double shifts, so I might not be able to post to the blog unless it’s really important.
Another reminder — Phil is planning to do a livestream tonight at 9PM Eastern. Check here later to confirm.
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This was extremely interesting. Some updates on stuff happening in NYC, sort of revolving around the Adams indictment. (They REALLY ARE making NY great again!! Yay!)
“Gavin Newsom Signs Bills Protecting Compensation for Child Influencers
Former child star Demi Lovato joined the California governor on Thursday as he greenlit legislation that expands the Coogan Law and requires certain influencers to set aside trusts for minor performers. […]”
“Donor gives $100 million to University of Chicago’s Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression
[…] The university also noted that the donation comes at a time when opportunities and threats to free expression have been a problem at U.S. universities and around the world. […]”
And that’s really all I have for today, although, I have to say, gang — there are tons of indications out there that White Hats are indeed in control all over the place.
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In other news —
It looks like the first night of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ Wild God tour in Amsterdam was a HUGE success last night. There were tons and tons of videos and photos on Instagram this morning that were kind of breath-taking. The energy. The intensity. The joy.
Here’s one photo:
And here’s a performance of their new song “Conversion” from last night. Just incredible!
They are in Amsterdam again tonight.
And then on Sunday and Monday, they are in Berlin. You can buy tickets HERE.
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And that is it for today. I will be back here to post whenever I can, over the next several days.
Enjoy your Friday, wherever you are in the world.
If you are in the path of Hurricane Helene, sending you strength and prayers and light.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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Driving-to-town music from yesterday. The late, great Lou Reed, “Sally Can’t Dance.” From the fall of 1974.
I bought this album at the local Woolworth’s store when I was 14. In fact, I bought a lot of iconic albums at that specific store over the years — it was within walking distance of our house. I bought Exile on Main St there. And The New York Dolls’ In Too Much Too Soon. A bunch of Bowie albums, too.
And back then, the little area of Columbus we lived in was really just in the middle of nowhere. And for most of the years we lived there, I wasn’t old enough to drive. Thank god for record departments in local discount stores!! (And babysitting jobs!!)
If you didn’t live in NYC in the 1980s, then you likely don’t recognize the guys in that photo.
They were members of NYC’s Guardian Angels — they rode the subways as a vigilante gang to combat rampant subway crime and kept it safe for regular people to ride the trains again.
Yes, vigilante gangs are illegal. But when those guys boarded your subway car and just stood there, their arms folded across their chests, stoically staring, you knew you were safe and that nothing bad was going to happen on that ride.
They were awesome.
They are also long gone — that was 40 years ago.
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HOWEVER!!!
It looks like Trump is hard at work, Making NY Great Again, in time for my trip there in mid-November!!! (Yesterday’s post)
“JUST IN – New York City mayor Eric Adams indicted in New York on federal criminal charges. Adams will surrender himself to authorities early next week.”
“BREAKING: Mayor Eric L. Adams, a retired police captain who was elected as New York City’s 110th mayor nearly three years ago on a promise to rein in crime, has been indicted following a federal corruption investigation, people with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.
The indictment remained sealed on Wednesday night, and it was unclear what charge or charges Mr. Adams will face. But when they are made public, he will become the first New York City mayor to be criminally charged while in office.”
And from Phil (click link). Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.
“NAVY SEALs Find and Trash Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Adrenochrome Stockpile
[…] White Hats, he said, learned of the stash from one of Combs’ former acquaintances whom Gen. Smith has placed in protective custody. Although our source wouldn’t name the informant, he said the individual and Combs are intimate acquaintances, and that Combs had groomed and sexually exploited the person from adolescence. The person—we believe it’s Justin Bieber—had been used as a “sexual prop” at Combs’ star-studded “Freak offs,” where Adrenochrome flowed like tap water. Drug use, sexual molestations, physical violence, and murders occurred with alarming regularity at Combs’ jamborees, our source said.
“This person has concrete, specific details about Combs’ criminal empire, his guests, and his dark tendencies. I’m sure you’ve heard the expression ‘you can’t make this shit up,’ and well, much of what he said, you can’t make that shit up. And he was polygraphed,” our source said.
According to the witness, Combs in 2015 had purchased a warehouse in the Port of Miami under a fictitious name and revamped the building to hold dozens of upright medical refrigerators in which he stashed substantial amounts of refined Adrenochrome. The witness told White Hats that Combs sourced Adrenochrome from both domestic and overseas sellers. Combs picked Adrenochrome with malevolent, fastidious care; he bought products only from dealers that specified adrenal fluid, the drug’s principal ingredient, had been harvested from Caucasian children between three and nine years old. […]”
James Tabor – Paul’s Greatest Idea and Why the Church Rejected It! (1 hr 27 mins):
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In other news!
Another great photo from Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ Wild God tour in Germany the other night!
Tonight and tomorrow night, they play Amsterdam. Buy tickets HERE!
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And on the personal front.
I got an amazing text from a reader who has followed me on social media for a really long time. She’s a singer, dancer, musician, who lives in Chicago.
She wrote to say that she bought my new book, A Man in her Arms & Other Stories. Her comments were personal & private, but one thing she did say: “…oh god, I am so blown away by (the short story)’To My Beloved I Am A Stranger’…”
It made me feel so good, gang, when a reader is empowered by something I’ve written. Enough so, that they feel moved enough to write to me.
This is why I keep writing, even though the world seems — mostly –determined to make my work harder to find.
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Okay. That’s it for now. Only ten more days, and 12 more shifts, in my eleven-day run until my next day off!!!! So — onward!!
Enjoy your Thursday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys! See ya!
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More from the Wild God Tour in Germany the other night!!
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