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	<title>Homesteading: Starting from Scratch</title>
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	<description>Mishelle Shepard (Czech Republic 1994-96) will be blogging about her experiences in homesteading. With the ultimate goal of becoming completely self-sufficient and energy-independent she and her handy husband can’t yet quit their day jobs, but invite wanna-be and expert homesteaders to share their experiences and to laugh at their myriad mistakes in Homesteading: Starting from Scratch.  Mishelle will be covering any and all topics pertinent to the homesteading lifestyle beginning with the what, where, why and eventually including everything.</description>
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		<title>Sassafras, Cannibas, Alcohol and GMOs</title>
		<link>http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/2013/05/22/sassafras-cannibas-alcohol-and-gmos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 23:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishelle Shepard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With the outcry concerning the safety of GMOs and their subsequent banning in many places around the world I have come to the conclusion once again that the FDA is FOS.
What do they do exactly?  Who are they here to support?  Some surprising contradictions in their decisions may shine some light on these questions.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the outcry concerning the safety of GMOs and their subsequent banning in many places around the world I have come to the conclusion once again that the FDA is FOS.</p>
<p>What do they do exactly?  Who are they here to support?  Some surprising contradictions in their decisions may shine some light on these questions.</p>
<p>When it comes to the most widespread drug used in this country, the highly toxic substance alcohol, the Food and Drug Administration shuffles those duties off to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, as if somehow these very different markets have some dizzying collateral effect on personal health.</p>
<p>The FDA admits that cannabis cures certain cancers and yet it remains illegal in most States and essential studies are routinely ignored by the mainstream media.</p>
<p><a href="http://patients4medicalmarijuana.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/marijuana-cures-cancer-us-government-has-known-since-1974/">http://patients4medicalmarijuana.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/marijuana-cures-cancer-us-government-has-known-since-1974/</a></p>
<p>Sassafras, another plant used by our ancestors around the world is also banned from being contained in foods, soaps and perfumes, though rootbeer and sassafras tea had long been popular beverages.  Based on studies where rats were overdosed on the substance for two years in the 70s this substance is apparently too toxic even for use in modern pesticides.</p>
<p>The United Nations Drug control has hopped on board the banning bandwagon in its efforts to stop the Ecstasy trade, burning Sassafras forests as if somehow this will be an effective way to stop Mother Nature from producing such harmful (and useful) substances and keep man from cultivating them.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.undrugcontrol.info/en/weblog/item/2047-trees-for-ecstasy">http://www.undrugcontrol.info/en/weblog/item/2047-trees-for-ecstasy</a></p>
<p>And that brings us to GMOs.  They fall squarely under the FDA&#8217;s jurisdiction and according to them they are completely safe, though studies in nations around the world proven otherwise.  Extensive efforts just to have them labeled in US have gone unheeded.  Though this was one of Obama&#8217;s campaign promises, he has actually done just the opposite with the aptly coined &#8220;Monsanto Protection Act&#8221;.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/09-4">https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/09-4</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/037249_GMO_study_cancer_tumors_organ_damage.html">http://www.naturalnews.com/037249_GMO_study_cancer_tumors_organ_damage.html</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodScienceResearch/Biotechnology/ucm346030.htm">http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodScienceResearch/Biotechnology/ucm346030.htm</a></p>
<p>Considering the FDA&#8217;s very cozy relationship with Monsanto it seems pretty obvious what they are really here for and it has nothing to do with protecting you and I from toxic substances.</p>
<p><a href="http://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/monsanto-and-the-fda-2-crime-families-working-a-trillion-dollar-hustle/">http://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/monsanto-and-the-fda-2-crime-families-working-a-trillion-dollar-hustle/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.realfarmacy.com/hungary-destroys-all-monsanto-gmo-corn-fields/">http://www.realfarmacy.com/hungary-destroys-all-monsanto-gmo-corn-fields/</a></p>
<p>I wonder what would happen if farmers here followed Hungary&#8217;s example?</p>
<p><div id="attachment_1470" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1470" src="http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/files/2013/05/obamabs-300x203.jpg" alt="More Obama BS" width="300" height="203" /><p class="wp-caption-text">More Obama BS</p></div></p>
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		<title>Gandhi, The Other Season</title>
		<link>http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/2013/05/10/gandhi-the-other-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 18:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishelle Shepard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Revisionist history would have us believe that Gandhi was strictly a one-season man, dedicated to his non-violent stance above all else and at the expense of everything else.  Now I don&#8217;t claim to be an expert in either non-violence or Gandhi, but I am fairly versed at calling out discrepancies.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Revisionist history would have us believe that Gandhi was strictly a one-season man, dedicated to his non-violent stance above all else and at the expense of everything else.  Now I don&#8217;t claim to be an expert in either non-violence or Gandhi, but I am fairly versed at calling out discrepancies.</p>
<p><strong><em>&#8220;I advocate training in arms for those who believe in the method of violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honor than that she should in a cowardly manner become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor.&#8221;</em></strong></p>
<p>It would seem to me in this quote he does not wish to force his way of being onto others, which sounds like non-violence to me, but then again, is it possible to be non-violent while advocating violence, even in defense?</p>
<p><strong><em>&#8220;It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.&#8221;</em></strong></p>
<p>This one is my personal favorite, because he says &#8220;our&#8221; hearts.  Many folks confuse non-violence with Pacifism and Gandhi was a very far stretch from that.  The hunger strikes and willful disobedience and prison terms he endured in his lifetime show he deeply cared about the future of humanity and was willing to put his life on the line to show it.  The Pollyannas I&#8217;ve called &#8220;greenie-weenies&#8221; in the past spend their hours incessantly trying to prove to themselves and others that nothing is wrong, or that the government can and will fix it all, while the Pacifists refuse to participate in any way in anything.  They like to call Gandhi their greatest hero when clearly they are clueless as to how actively he pursued his passions.</p>
<p>In fact, hunger strikes are indeed violent, but apparently self-inflicted violence is an OK tactic to Gandhi.  I can&#8217;t help but question how well they work though, considering it hasn&#8217;t been too effective for those innocent prisoners still in Guatanamo being force-fed.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/guantanamo-bay-hunger-strike-grows/1657331.html">http://www.voanews.com/content/guantanamo-bay-hunger-strike-grows/1657331.html</a></p>
<p>Gandhi called his overall method of nonviolent action <em>Satyagraha.</em> This translates roughly as &#8220;Truth-force.&#8221; A fuller rendering, though, would be &#8220;<a href="http://markshep.com/peace/Myths.html">the force that is generated through adherence to Truth.&#8221;</a></p>
<p>His belief was that through consistent tactics of refusing all support for an unjust system, such as the British rule of India, like boycotting British products, refusing to work for British employers, pulling one&#8217;s children out of British schools, refusing to supply the British with services, and not paying taxes a nation could eventually &#8220;withdraw Indian support from the vast, monstrous Machine of Empire until it ground to a halt.&#8221; (Wolpert).</p>
<p>But the problem is it never did ground to a halt, or even close to it.  The British may have left in theory, but India today looks exactly like what Gandhi was vehemently opposing, which was the intense centralization of power and wealth at the expense of the common man.  He advocated basing economic and political power at the local level&#8211;an achievement none of world&#8217;s largest or most powerful nations have any interest in acquiring at all to this day.</p>
<p>In fact, it&#8217;s difficult to find among the mainstream media and whitewashed history any of the more objectionable of Gandhi&#8217;s beliefs.  It&#8217;s as if the world is completely willing to accept whatever the establishment wants to pass for history as the totality of history itself.</p>
<p>It reminds me of a famous quote by another famous man: <strong><em> &#8220;Tis the time&#8217;s plague when madmen lead the blind.&#8221;</em> </strong>Shakespeare, King Lear</p>
<p><div id="attachment_1463" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1463" src="http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/files/2013/05/thennow-300x216.png" alt="thennow" width="300" height="216" /><p class="wp-caption-text">&quot;Register your guns, folks, cause that always works in the people&#39;s favor!&quot;</p></div></p>
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<p><div id="attachment_1462" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1462" src="http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/files/2013/05/gandhi-quote-banned-by-facebook-600-300x212.jpg" alt="Revisionist history stronger than ever" width="300" height="212" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Revisionist history stronger than ever</p></div></p>
<p><a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/038484_Gandhi_quote_Facebook_censorship.html">http://www.naturalnews.com/038484_Gandhi_quote_Facebook_censorship.html</a></p>
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		<title>On the Lighter Side</title>
		<link>http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/2013/05/01/on-the-lighter-side/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 20:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishelle Shepard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, believe it or not, I am still capable of it.  Things couldn&#8217;t be better on the wee homestead despite the late frosts that&#8217;s left us with blossom-less fruit trees, dead tomato transplants and has had me replanting melons three times now.  On the upside . . .
Video of happy morning showers:  http://youtu.be/iW24aA6aQ5Q
Video of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, believe it or not, I am still capable of it.  Things couldn&#8217;t be better on the wee homestead despite the late frosts that&#8217;s left us with blossom-less fruit trees, dead tomato transplants and has had me replanting melons three times now.  On the upside . . .</p>
<p><div id="attachment_1454" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1454" src="http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/files/2013/05/ouch-300x240.jpg" alt="That hen has got to be sore!" width="300" height="240" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A beautiful double, but I do feel for the poor hen that laid it.</p></div></p>
<p><div id="attachment_1455" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1455" src="http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/files/2013/05/foulfiesta-300x146.jpg" alt="Fiesta of Foul!" width="300" height="146" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Fiesta of Foul</p></div></p>
<p>Video of happy morning showers:  <a href="http://youtu.be/iW24aA6aQ5Q">http://youtu.be/iW24aA6aQ5Q</a></p>
<p><div id="attachment_1456" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1456" src="http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/files/2013/05/mama-300x220.jpg" alt="Mama teaching the crucial scratching techniqe to her new clutch of chicks and turkeys" width="300" height="220" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Mama teaching the crucial scratching technique to her new clutch of chicks and turkeys</p></div></p>
<p>Video of the essential scratching technique:<a href="http://youtu.be/iW24aA6aQ5Q"> http://youtu.be/iW24aA6aQ5Q</a></p>
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<h5><span style="color: #ff0000">Not only that, it tastes way better!</span></h5>
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<h3>Coming next time&#8211;Gandhi: The Other Season</h3>
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		<title>Goodbye, Uncle Sam</title>
		<link>http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/2013/04/23/goodbye-uncle-sam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishelle Shepard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a poignant German film I can&#8217;t get off my mind these days called Goodbye, Lenin (2003) about the days just prior to German reunification.  Two well-intentioned siblings choose to hide the truth about Communism&#8217;s failure to their die-hard Statist mother who is on her death-bed.  The main recurring theme, Simulated Reality, is a non-science-fiction, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s a poignant German film I can&#8217;t get off my mind these days called <em>Goodbye, Lenin</em> (2003) about the days just prior to German reunification.  Two well-intentioned siblings choose to hide the truth about Communism&#8217;s failure to their die-hard Statist mother who is on her death-bed.  The main recurring theme, <em>Simulated Reality</em>, is a non-science-fiction, humane and more realistic off-shoot of the very popular American film, The Matrix (1999).</p>
<p>The rise of alternative media has spotlighted our own simulated reality right here at home.  Several very disturbing trends might still shock some folks, but for Truthers this is just one more nail in the coffin that was once called the Great American Experiment.</p>
<p>The recent tragedy in Boston can be used as a case in point.</p>
<p><strong><em>Using crisis actors in mainstream news reports.</em></strong> The Boston Marathon Hero Carlos Arredondo, credited with saving a victim whose legs had supposedly been exploded away, is in fact an actor, as is the amputee he &#8220;saved.&#8221;  That entire &#8220;news scene&#8221; has now been discredited, frame by frame, by an actual trauma expert. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Citizens.action.network">www.facebook.com/Citizens.action.network</a>.</p>
<p><strong><em>Complete media blackouts of coordinated drills and eye-witness accounts. </em></strong>As in the past, our government is routinely covering up drills and participation by Craft and other mercenaries, formerly known as Blackwater.  Photos of them wearing large black backpacks at one point while coordinating on cell phones look highly suspicious considering they are without those same packs as they are caught in another shot fleeing the scene.  These have been circulating online thanks to Infowars.com, but have been repeatedly erased by Facebook and Youtube.</p>
<p><a href="http://beforeitsnews.com/terrorism/2013/04/proof-that-craft-or-blackwater-agents-did-the-boston-marathon-bombing-2445882.html">http://beforeitsnews.com/terrorism/2013/04/proof-that-craft-or-blackwater-agents-did-the-boston-marathon-bombing-2445882.html</a></p>
<p><strong><em>Arbitrary shutdown of Truther websites.</em></strong> Dan Dicks posted damning evidence on his site Pressfortruth.ca showing the naked man arrested as a possible suspect was in fact the &#8220;terrorist&#8221; Tamerian, now deceased, as far as we know.   His independent site was subsequently taken down and at the time of this writing is still not available.</p>
<p><strong><em>No Balance in Reporting.</em></strong> The mainstream press repeats the same footage of thrilled Bostonians being rescued from the lone crazed boy by our fantastic forces of liberation, but not those of families forcefully evacuated at gunpoint.  Questioning official versions of the story immediately label one as an insensitive right-wing extremist, at best, or a conspiracy nut-job at worst.</p>
<p>No question of whether martial law is an appropriate response for a lone terrorist in a major city is posed and the public is to conclude that door-to-door searches, confiscating cameras and treating citizens as potential criminals is par for the course.  Instead of present any evidence they instead speculate on the motives of the suspects, giving the public history lessons on the rebellious Chechnyan culture.  As a final blow to liberty the President unilaterally decides the boy is an enemy combatant and therefore he&#8217;s denied any of the rights his American citizenship might still grant him.</p>
<p>Welcome to your personal faux Matrix folks, your very own simulated reality, brought to you by the propaganda machine that is our Press and Emperor Obama of the New World Order.  All hail the chief, or face the coming consequences.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2013/04/21/will-your-family-survive-the-unfolding-tyranny/">http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2013/04/21/will-your-family-survive-the-unfolding-tyranny/</a></p>
<p><div id="attachment_1448" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 650px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1448" src="http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/files/2013/04/craft.jpg" alt="Corporations and government covering for each other, that's called Fascism folks." width="640" height="428" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Corporations and government covering for each other, that&#39;s called Fascism folks.</p></div></p>
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		<title>I Have a Dream!</title>
		<link>http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/2013/04/11/i-have-a-dream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishelle Shepard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Then I wake up.  It&#8217;s a world where sanctioned violence of every kind is named as it should be:  Evil.  This includes psychic violence&#8211;coercion, lying, manipulation.  Truth is the highest virtue and the pursuit of all humankind:  Used to empower not control.  Ethics are discussed at the dinner table and in the public square by [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Then I wake up.  It&#8217;s a world where sanctioned violence of every kind is named as it should be:  <strong><em>Evil</em></strong>.  This includes psychic violence&#8211;coercion, lying, manipulation.  Truth is the highest virtue and the pursuit of all humankind:  Used to empower not control.  Ethics are discussed at the dinner table and in the public square by an informed public concerned first with the Conscious Evolution of all people toward new heights of compassion, mutual respect, tolerance, peace.  Leading is done by example or it is not done at all.  Hypocrisy is as great a sin as murder.</p>
<p>I wake up in a world where the Golden Rule is the only rule of law.  I turn on the daily world news and smile, because I&#8217;m enjoying one more day of no war anywhere on the planet.  This touches my heart so deeply tears begin to well-up in my eyes as I remember the dream from which I&#8217;d just woken.</p>
<p>It was an Orwellian world of deception and debauchery, aggression and idol-worship.  We were all wage-slaves stuck in an eternal game of Chutes and Ladders:  climb up, slide down, climb back up, slide back down&#8211;your turn, his turn, my turn.  Progress was defined by how much the ones at the top could get the rest of us to do for less and less, until the chutes turned into snakes and the ladders turned into roller coasters going round and round, racing all over the board in chaos, held there by the power-drunk, on the verge of annihilation .</p>
<p>In all the films and music and politics there was nothing new under the sun.   Nothing but food , fashion, festivities, FUN:  All of Hollywood showing us how it&#8217;s done.  The whole world was a stage and the puppet-masters had won.  Everyone was gorging, laughing, hurling their excesses as they mindlessly spun.   Dante&#8217;s new book exclaimed with glee, <em>&#8220;Vultures feed first:  The Globalist picnic has begun!&#8221;</em></p>
<p>NOOOOO!  No, please, it cannot be!</p>
<p>Wake Up!  We can&#8217;t go down like this.  We can REFUSE to go down like this.  We CAN wake up from this nightmare we are creating, history does not have to repeat itself again and again.  The New World Order can become The New Paradigm.   We don&#8217;t need Fathers in Heaven or the White House telling us what to do and think.  We don&#8217;t need CEOs and Popstars showing us how to live or who to be.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a simple shift in consciousness, as simple as waking up in the morning.  We are creating this reality:  The master-slave relationship is just that, a <em>Relationship</em>.  If you don&#8217;t like it anymore, break up.</p>
<p>If it seems too hard or complicated for you then go back to sleep, if you must.  But if you are someone who knows <em>where there&#8217;s the will there&#8217;s the way</em>, then watch this, and prepare for Our <strong><em>new</em></strong> Worldview.</p>
<p>The unified field is marked by pure potential, also known as God, the Creator.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=usMsTPg-hHk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=usMsTPg-hHk</a></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1439" src="http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/files/2013/04/soulhealing-300x248.png" alt="soulhealing" width="300" height="248" /></p>
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		<title>Resurrection, Minus the Passover Please</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Resurrection:  Sure to blow your mind. If you follow the story in the Bible to its origin you will find it represents the sun&#8217;s return to prominence in the Spring equinox.  Easter is actually the goddess Ishtar and Passover meant you were an Isrealite who had sacrificed a lamb and painted its blood on the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Resurrection:  Sure to blow your mind. If you follow the story in the Bible to its origin you will find it represents the sun&#8217;s return to prominence in the Spring equinox.  Easter is actually the goddess Ishtar and Passover meant you were an Isrealite who had sacrificed a lamb and painted its blood on the entryway to your home, so that you would be &#8220;passed over&#8221; when the Lord smote all the first-born in Egypt.  Ham is eaten to avenge the death of the God Tammuz by a wild pig.  Those fun and funky family traditions!</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been absorbing these documentaries and lectures on all-things-conspiracy but am ever-wary of the messengers. Everybody has an agenda-in the Truther Movement &#8220;Jesus loves you&#8221; types top the arena:  This is hard for me to swallow.  I&#8217;m allergic to group-think of every kind.  I&#8217;m hyper-reactive to anyone pushing an agenda other than simple Truth.  I know from too much experience how easily one can get lost in one&#8217;s own agenda.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not that I don&#8217;t find Bible stories at times uplifting or morally cogent, it&#8217;s that I find worshiping a book written, rewritten, translated and reassembled multiple times by men over a thousand years in the name of God to be too absurd to take too seriously.</p>
<p>When I hear repeating references to &#8220;our Savior&#8221; I&#8217;ve got a gag-reflex near peak-level and my automatic internal response is: &#8220;OMG, WTFU! NO ONE is coming to save you!  This is exactly why we&#8217;re imploding, everyone&#8217;s been trained to call out to Jesus, or Allah, or the Reptilian ships, or the government, or the scientists, or Big Daddy to be <em>saved</em>.  It&#8217;s not only unsavory, it&#8217;s pathetic.</p>
<p>But overcoming my knee-jerk nausea whenever I hear religulous-speak has been a crucial, painful and very conscious step toward my own evolution.  The stories in the Bible do have origins and how those have been twisted to suit empirical desires and corrupted to serve the power-hungry and especially how these stories have constructed such vast social, political and spiritual manipulation so successfully is absolutely fascinating.  Such complexities cannot be discovered through the eyes of a critic circling to find the weakest link, or by calling out the obvious inconsistencies to which most Bible pushers are completely deaf anyway, but rather through the compassionate and eager listener&#8217;s ear and the beginner&#8217;s mind&#8211;willing to accept anything in the moment&#8211;but committed to critical thinking in later analysis.</p>
<p>If you think this is an easy balance to strike you&#8217;ve either never done the former, or skipped over the later.</p>
<p>The Bible is a powerful book, every version of it, if for no other reason than so many folks believe it, praise it, follow it as the singular gospel of God.  What science tells us through &#8220;sacred geometry&#8221; and quantum physics is that what we think and especially what we think in groups is as great a power as the universe itself.  This is why the Truthers (aka &#8220;Conspiracy Theorists&#8221;) are screaming so loudly at the moment, they know, as I do, if we can just get enough numbers to reach the Tipping Point we really will awaken a new reality:  An evolved social consciousness, a True Resurrection.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been <em>on vacation</em> these last weeks and intend to take another six weeks or so with Hubby.  Ain&#8217;t Life Grand!  How I spend each day at home is now my perfect vacation:  A couple painless hours making money, a few more on our wholesome living-that is in the garden or kitchen, and a few more on Facebook with a rapidly expanding community dedicated to saving the world.  I&#8217;ve created my own little perfect world, a kind of semi-permanent vacation-life of which I&#8217;m becoming quite proud.</p>
<p>I know our FB efforts are working because the tension is tight and the resistance astounding.  I&#8217;ve become immune to it now because the seeds we&#8217;ve been planting are starting to grow and multiply.  My sisters, both staunch skeptics just a couple months ago have opened their eyes, and after watching only a few documentaries understand the language already, and get the severity of the problem.</p>
<p>We don&#8217;t need everyone on board to realign our path with goodness, justice, health and abundance.  We empower each other, we listen to each other, we stop scoffing for just one second and research independently.  The Truth is out there, the Truth-seekers are on the scent, and it&#8217;s a fantastic feeling to realize the power of Truth to usher in the real Resurrection: <strong><em>Our </em>kingdom come, <em>Our</em> will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven.</strong></p>
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<p><div id="attachment_1432" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1432" src="http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/files/2013/03/lightning-vatican2_650x366-300x168.jpg" alt="My fav photo of all time: Lightening strikes the Vatican hours before Pope Benedict resigns.  Lesson to be learned: Just because it doesn't matter to You, doesn't mean it doesn't matter." width="300" height="168" /><p class="wp-caption-text">My fav photo of all time: Lightening strikes the Vatican hours before Pope Benedict resigns.  Lesson to remember: Just because it doesn&#39;t matter to You, doesn&#39;t mean it doesn&#39;t matter.</p></div></p>
<p>My current research question for Christians:  Since Jesus was resurrected from the dead does that mean he was the first Zombie?  I mean, technically speaking?</p>
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		<title>Insane, Or Just Middle-aged and Fed-up?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent the last weeks trying to convince various friends that I&#8217;m not insane.  The more sensitive of them, bless their hearts, are offended by my tone.  And they want me to soften my message so it will be better received.  They are afraid that I&#8217;m afraid and say reacting out of fear is not [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve spent the last weeks trying to convince various friends that I&#8217;m not insane.  The more sensitive of them, bless their hearts, are offended by my tone.  And they want me to soften my message so it will be better received.  They are afraid that I&#8217;m afraid and say reacting out of fear is not conducive to right-mind decisions.  They&#8217;ve looked at some of my links and have found some of those speaking seem to lack credibility.  They are tuning out of the massive number of my conspiracy-themed shares on Facebook.  One well-meaning and highly intelligent man chuckled as he said, &#8220;You don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re going to get everyone to see 9/11 was an inside job, do you?&#8221;</p>
<p>Maybe I do.  Does that make me insane?  I&#8217;m not afraid, because I&#8217;ve dealt with my fear, as people living in a sane culture naturally do.  Here we pander off all things unsavory for someone else to handle, which is exactly what&#8217;s gotten us into this mess.</p>
<p>These conscientious and peace-loving friends want me to stop using words like conspiracy, slavery, tyranny and war.  They did not appreciate the reference &#8220;greenie-weenies&#8221; in my last post.  Some of them believe that by preparing for disaster I&#8217;m actually inviting it in&#8211;you know, because of Quantum Physics and all.  Honestly I&#8217;m very thankful any of them are still speaking to me and some let me rant about the deplorable state of the world and the fact that I refuse to buy any longer the incessantly repeated messages of ignorance or ineptitude in Washington or the media.  If y&#8217;all are that inept then follow Bulgaria&#8217;s lead and get the hell out.  It seems to me that might be your covert plan in fact, so the shadow government can officially take over and the mass-tranced public will usher them in and call it <strong><em>Liberation</em></strong>.</p>
<p>I refuse to sugar-coat truth to make it more palatable to anyone, friends or not.  To argue that because it might not be the truth I should make it more pleasant to hear is absurd-until we open our minds to accept anything beyond what is spoon-fed to us in Propaganda, which is now legal, we can never shift our perceptions.  We must first imagine there might be a different story before we can accept any new story.  Until we use words that actually spark people they will undoubtedly prefer to stay asleep.  When the house is burning the language you use to rouse its occupants should have an impact.  &#8220;<em>Excuse me ma&#8217;am, but I believe there could be an enflamed beam about to fall on your head</em>,&#8221; seems rather ineffectual.</p>
<p>I wonder precisely how many years of indoctrination it took for us to decide that civilized people don&#8217;t talk about politics or religion, because they&#8217;re too sensitive and inflammatory for most folks to discuss.  I&#8217;ve even agreed to these absurd conditions myself in order to give seminars on the Thrive Movement at the local library.  I must stick strictly to topics of gardening and self-sufficiency and absolutely avoid those other dreadful and divisive topics.</p>
<p>Does that mean I&#8217;ll give in to all this pressure and resistance?</p>
<p>Yeah right, that&#8217;ll be the day the Pope resigns.</p>
<p>Oh damn, that just happened.  But don&#8217;t worry, be happy, it means nothing to you, like the LIBOR scandal, it doesn&#8217;t mean the house is burning down at all.</p>
<p>In summation,</p>
<p>9/11 was an inside job.  And &#8220;plausible deniability&#8221;?  Please, a novelist wouldn&#8217;t invent a story that ridiculous. <a href="http://youtu.be/BsDtvu2uTuA">http://youtu.be/BsDtvu2uTuA</a></p>
<p>The greatest of still-secret knowledge: The universe is a self-organizing, self-healing, self-perpetuating system&#8211;from the most minute to the most expansive elements&#8211;and that includes YOU!  What marvelous knowledge it&#8217;s taken me half a life to discover, because it&#8217;s being deliberately repressed:  The nature of energy and matter and space and what that means for our potential and even our continued survival.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.knowledgeoftoday.org/2012/05/nassim-haramein-sacred-geometry-unified.html">http://www.knowledgeoftoday.org/2012/05/nassim-haramein-sacred-geometry-unified.html</a></p>
<p>For those of you who still think I&#8217;m not focused enough on solutions:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thrivemovement.com/">Thrive Movement</a></p>
<p>Focusing on solutions does not mean we get to skip over the ugly parts in order to get there, before renewal and regeneration must come deconstruction.</p>
<p>Since you made it all the way to the end of the post I&#8217;ll confide another secret, this one personal.  I actually have done something crazy lately.  Late one night I was coming to terms with the reality of what it would mean to give my life in defense of the sovereignty of my body, mind and country against the New World Order.  I realized there was something I&#8217;d regret never having done in my life.  So, I went out and bought all new living room furniture, on credit.</p>
<p>At last my soul is at peace and I can continue to fight the good fight.</p>
<p><div id="attachment_1425" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1425" src="http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/files/2013/02/couch-300x244.jpg" alt="Certainly a safer expression of midlife than a little red Corvette, or hot red-blooded affair!  Surely Hubby would agree.  But don't worry, I didn't get that rug, now that would be certifiable!" width="300" height="244" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Certainly a safer expression of mid-life than a little red Corvette, or hot red-blooded affair.  Surely Hubby agrees.  But don&#39;t worry, I didn&#39;t get that rug, now that would be certifiable.</p></div></p>
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		<title>Privileged White Girl Cries Wolf</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We weren&#8217;t rich, but by global standards we are all mostly privileged, and I am exceptionally persistent.  Lucky for me in a divorced, &#8220;latch-key&#8221; situation I never knew hunger, or real fear, or homelessness.  In my persistence I even managed a high school exchange to France where I visited my first family farm.  At home [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We weren&#8217;t rich, but by global standards we are all mostly privileged, and I am exceptionally persistent.  Lucky for me in a divorced, &#8220;latch-key&#8221; situation I never knew hunger, or real fear, or homelessness.  In my persistence I even managed a high school exchange to France where I visited my first family farm.  At home I was a victim of boredom more than anything else.  It was the suburbs after all, the Midwest even further, I went on to college in the so-called Bible-belt for a spell, but low-and-behold that seemed to be the drug-belt as well.</p>
<p>From our party circle in those days two are dead and one has relapsed.  My dad calls hubby and I &#8220;simple.&#8221;  I wonder if he remembers those days when he referred to me as &#8220;high maintenance,&#8221; on a good day.</p>
<p>Long before that, watching the evening news with Mom there was a story running around for days about a poor father of 8 whose wife had abandoned them.  He was the talk of St. Louis and bringing in dishes and donations from all the neighboring communities.  Mom quipped without hesitation, &#8220;<em>As if that doesn&#8217;t happen every damn day to women!&#8221;</em></p>
<p>I was momentarily shocked. Firstly because she is not the cursing type.  Next because I&#8217;d been thinking along another line entirely.  I&#8217;d been feeling bad for the guy too!  I was maybe 12, and ready to open Mom&#8217;s wallet as I jotted down the address on screen calling for more donations and where they might be sent.</p>
<p>I seemed inclined toward perpetual gullibility for years hence.  I disbelieved a friend of a sister because I found she parties too much, and so I missed a boulder-sized second clue.</p>
<p>The first clue comes later, after filtered through layers of indoctrination, to be explained in a sec.</p>
<p><em><strong>The second clue was Mena, Arkansas.</strong></em> S was another party girl, my sister&#8217;s friend, ten years my junior, god rest her soul.  I have no reason at all to believe her death was any more than an accident, or overdose, whatever the official account is.  I only know what she told me, and what I wrote off as stories of more stories of girls who party too much, according to me.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not as if I was a stranger to those circles, in the general sense, I&#8217;d just moved on.  But still I was accustomed to boredom and too often in new places with nowhere to go and too few to talk to.  Not that I&#8217;ve ever been much of a talker, unless you know me quite well.  Mostly, I listen.</p>
<p>And what S told me was that which was plastered in a different light across the mainstream headlines as the Iran-Contra scandal, or I would have recognized it as such, had I cared at all to connect the dots at that time.  Considering the source and my limited information and distracted state of mind I do not blame myself or her and never did hold any of it as truth and left it in the recesses of my mind for several years.</p>
<p>Life happens and years go by.  I met Hubby, we connect and begin to build, as tends to happen in love.  I&#8217;m not noticing much beyond the scope of what it takes to move toward thriving in life, what I deem the natural course of things.  But other unplanned things happen, Katrina happens, then Ike happens, I begin to get this feeling of treading water despite following all the necessary life precautions&#8211;jobs, insurances, investments, taxes, volunteering, reaching out.  Still I attempt to carve out a marginal space for myself where my own values do not collide excessively with the plainly stated values of the completely corrupted structures.</p>
<p><strong>My First Clue:</strong> I begin to notice each time I fly I&#8217;m selected for some sort of secondary screening, but this is not like some great noticing, as if I&#8217;m immediately indignant or something.  I just find it curious.  Like most of us, I&#8217;m trained not to over-question.  I&#8217;m so trained in fact that I don&#8217;t even immediately register a comment from a passenger waiting next to me.  I&#8217;d asked him what the announcement just said, because it was incomprehensible, and he said, sorry, I don&#8217;t know.</p>
<p>Ok thanks, I replied but then asked, do you know which section is boarding now?  I&#8217;d been lost in my book and I hadn&#8217;t a clue.  He replied 3, or whatever it was, and I said thanks and returned to my book.  He glances over at the boarding card placed as book mark and says. &#8220;Oh, you&#8217;re on The List.&#8221;</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sorry?  The List?</p>
<p>Yes, The List.</p>
<p>Because it&#8217;s not uncommon for me at times in crowded public to feel near enough to the Twilight Zone, I decided not to inquire further.  I employed my usual tactic&#8211;a sweet round smile, nod, thanks, and quick dive back into the book.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not that I&#8217;d totally discounted him.  I mean, what reason did he have to say that, really?  He saw the SSSS on my boarding card, and repeated what he knew.  That&#8217;s what we do.</p>
<p>But &#8220;Lists&#8221; of this sort didn&#8217;t identify with me as the sort of thing that happens in America.  I had the typical Cognitive Dissonance-level denial, Yes, I know, Terror Happens, but you know, not here, typically.</p>
<p><em><strong>Clue # 3:  Third and final crack at denial.</strong></em></p>
<p>Once again I&#8217;m selected on a flight for secondary screening, but this time I ask, &#8220;why am I selected, I seem to always be selected,&#8221; I complained to the security officer, who replied, &#8220;It&#8217;s random.&#8221;  My logic finally refused to accept such an incredible coincidence.  When I got home I looked it up and sure enough, there is a &#8220;Terrorist Watch List&#8221; and those with an SSSS consistently on their boarding card are on it, and it&#8217;s common knowledge to a lot of people apparently, except me.</p>
<p>So now, according to THEM, I am the potential Terrorist!  The one who joined the Peace Corps to show my commitment to . . . something.  An ideal I see now I felt more in my heart than I saw in my world, or my work.</p>
<p>The same culture that once called me too Idealistic, too optimistic, now calls me a right-wing extremist.  How can I not question:  <em><strong>How has it come to this?!</strong></em></p>
<p>If disillusionment were a four-letter word, or anything I thought might matter to anyone, then I guess I could name it that, again.  But what when you name it that at age 20, and at that time, it was still Rated G in comparison?  Words no longer do justice.  This kind of OUTRAGE is the emotional polar opposite of AWE&#8211;it&#8217;s felt first in the body and is lost in all translation&#8211;only music or poetry can come close.  I guess I finally understand heavy metal.  Platitudes of Peace and Love are hopeless against OUTRAGE.  It is far beyond anger, cannot be meditated or even medicated away, and it should not be.  It is the fiery precursor to authentic necessary action.  Trying to turn outrage into love through prayer and prescriptions is the evolutionary equivalent of genocide.</p>
<p>I STILL believe the same thing the now-greenie-weenies once SANG for!  FREEDOM!  LIBERTY!  This is not the same as PEACE and LOVE, which are great too, but really secondary in this case.  Slaves have love and relative peace quite often&#8211;Is that really enough?  Because the tyrants in government will continue to convince you it is.  It&#8217;s in their best interest you comply.  What John Lennon was really saying in his Revolution from my bed was:  Lie down masses in comfort and let us appease our libidinous appetites so THEY can continue to war in the world with greater ease.  You&#8217;re Welcome, Peace Man!</p>
<p>THEY ask me to donate again my time, my skills, my resources, not to mention my BLOOD, to feed their machine that prints money ten-gillion times faster than I can make it!  The Czechs used to complain about their Communist government constantly hyping the need to GIVE-GIVE-GIVE.</p>
<p>Been there, done that.  For real.  With UNICEF, Planned Parenthood, United Way, Red Cross, Green Peace, Center Against Sexual Assault, and so on.</p>
<p>While in the Peace Corps I remember how irritated my local compatriots became with the word &#8220;volunteerism.&#8221;  I didn&#8217;t get it then, I was a happy volunteer!</p>
<p>Required by the State, they informed me.  The State they did vote in, so they say, on the Ballot of Identical Opponents.  Pro-wrestling for the &#8220;educated&#8221;.</p>
<p>Nowadays we have the saviors coming out of the woodworks en masse&#8211;the greenie-weenies who will save the world by throwing money and prayers and ever-more power to those raping it.  They will help us save the world, sure, though they have little clue whatsoever what the world is actually up to, and it seems they prefer to keep it that way.  Wake them up please when it&#8217;s over, they just want Peace and Love and the right to Meditate or Medicate all unpleasant reality away.  Wish it into being, they exclaim!</p>
<p>Meanwhile it becomes impossible for some to ignore the horse manure they&#8217;re shoveling while everyone else seems to be instinctively and repeatedly turning away from the stench and toward new and improved methods of escapism.  The preppers and survivalists are &#8220;regressing&#8221; apparently, while the greenie-weenies are enlightening humanity.</p>
<p><em><strong>&#8220;We had no idea what they were capable of!&#8221;</strong></em> Sometimes it was said with passion, sometimes resignation, sometimes bewilderment, but the words were the same.  This was the consensus of elderly ladies in Czechoslovakia whom I spoke with in the years just following its change to the Czech Republic, not long after the so-called Velvet Revolution.</p>
<p>They had voted them in.  They had promised so much&#8211;safety and prosperity and change!  When the tanks rolled into Prague they were shocked!</p>
<p>&#8220;We had no idea what they were capable of.&#8221;  Repeated to me over those years so many times I can never forget it.  Still, it&#8217;s taken me all these years and varied direct evidence and countless hours of research to finally admit it, and face the conspiracy head on.</p>
<p>Tyrannically warriors have no qualms about the means they use to get their ends.  Collectivism is their agenda, they are open about it.  Your laws are as meaningless as your showers of love and prayer.  But go ahead, stay in bed and feel good about your &#8220;revolution&#8221; because that makes it so much easier for you, and them.</p>
<p>Whether they are trying to slaughter our bodies, our minds, or our wills, it really makes little difference, does it?   Ignorance is no longer bliss, it&#8217;s betrayal.</p>
<p>Oh, but don&#8217;t worry, they&#8217;re all just drills!</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1406" src="http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/files/2013/01/grandma-282x300.jpg" alt="grandma" width="282" height="300" /></p>
<p>The <a href="http://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2013/01/the-police-state-is-not-coming-it-is-already-here-and-its-about-to-get-worse-video-2486818.html?utm_campaign&amp;utm_term=http%3A%2F%2Fb4in.com%2Fd40&amp;utm_content=awesm-publisher&amp;utm_source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fl.php%3Fu%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fb4in.com%252Fd40%26h%3D5AQGXbK-1%26s%3D1&amp;utm_medium=facebook-share">Totalitarian Tiptoe</a> explained.</p>
<p>And then some &#8220;Drills&#8221;:</p>
<p>What do you think about all this?  So far there&#8217;s Houston, Minneapolis, L.A., Miami, Chicago, Boston, Long Branch, Laredo and St. Louis.  Did I miss any?</p>
<p>Minn&#8230;eapolis Residents Catch Footage of Black Hawks Conducting Urban Training Exercise: <a rel="nofollow nofollow" href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/08/28/minneapolis-residents-catch-footage-of-black-hawks-conducting-urban-training-exercise/" target="_blank">http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/08/28/minneapolis-residents-catch-footage-of-black-hawks-conducting-urban-training-exercise/</a><br />
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Another Massive Military &#8216;Training Drill&#8217; Involving Helicopters Spotted in Houston, Texas - Watch the Raw Footage: <a rel="nofollow nofollow" href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/28/military-conducts-another-massive-training-drill-involving-helicopters-this-time-in-texas/" target="_blank">http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/28/military-conducts-another-massive-training-drill-involving-helicopters-this-time-in-texas/</a><br />
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LAPD And Special Forces Conduct Military Maneuvers In The Skies Above Downtown LA: <a rel="nofollow nofollow" href="http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/01/25/lapd-and-special-forces-conduct-military-maneuvers-in-the-skies-above-downtown-la/" target="_blank">http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/01/25/lapd-and-special-forces-conduct-military-maneuvers-in-the-skies-above-downtown-la/</a><br />
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U.S. Military to perform helicopter exercises along border (Laredo): <a rel="nofollow nofollow" href="http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=776980#.UQivHmfl4Zw" target="_blank">http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=776980#.UQivHmfl4Zw</a><br />
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So Why Have Military Helicopters Been Flying Over Miami? We Explain, Plus See the Videos: <a rel="nofollow nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fstories%2F2013%2F01%2F28%2Fso-why-have-military-helicopters-been-flying-over-miami-we-explain-plus-see-the-videos%2F&amp;h=DAQEmZusG&amp;s=1" target="_blank">http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/28/so-why-have-military-helicopters-been-flying-over-miami-we-explain-plus-see-the-videos/</a><br />
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Blackhawk Choppers Buzz Chicago Skyscrapers: <a rel="nofollow nofollow" href="http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/blackhawks-helicopters-chicago-oeme-147679695.html" target="_blank">http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/blackhawks-helicopters-chicago-oeme-147679695.html</a><br />
Drone Spotted in Chicago Suburbs: <a rel="nofollow nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQzrS0BVJynM&amp;h=nAQEkn4fN&amp;s=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzrS0BVJynM</a><br />
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Military Training Exercises to Take Place In and Around Boston: <a rel="nofollow nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cityofboston.gov%2F&amp;h=7AQERTNGx&amp;s=1" target="_blank">http://www.cityofboston.gov/</a><br />
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US Military to Run Urban Exercises in North St. Louis - Residents Hope It Will Cut Down on Crime: <a rel="nofollow nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2012%2F06%2Fus-military-to-run-urban-exercises-in-north-st-louis-residents-hope-it-will-cut-down-on-crime%2F&amp;h=pAQFSLDcV&amp;s=1" target="_blank">http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/06/us-military-to-run-urban-exercises-in-north-st-louis-residents-hope-it-will-cut-down-on-crime/</a><br />
&#8216;Makes Very Little Sense&#8217;: Why Are Army Tanks Rolling Down Residential Roads for Training in St. Louis?: <a rel="nofollow nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fstories%2F2012%2F06%2F25%2Fmakes-very-little-sense-why-are-army-tanks-rolling-down-residential-roads-for-training-in-st-louis%2F&amp;h=UAQFtx_Yb&amp;s=1" target="_blank">http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/06/25/makes-very-little-sense-why-are-army-tanks-rolling-down-residential-roads-for-training-in-st-louis/</a><br />
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New Jersey: Army Conducts Training Exercises in Long Branch Monday Night : <a rel="nofollow nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Flongbranch.patch.com%2Farticles%2Farmy-will-conduct-training-exercises-in-long-branch-monday-night&amp;h=1AQFUfA1m&amp;s=1" target="_blank">http://longbranch.patch.com/articles/army-will-conduct-training-exercises-in-long-branch-monday-night</a><br />
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&#8216;We Have Never Seen Anything Like This Before&#8217;: Beck &amp; the Military Weigh in on Army&#8217;s Public Training Exercises: <a rel="nofollow nofollow" href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/07/10/we-have-never-seen-anything-like-this-before-beck-the-military-weigh-in-on-armys-public-training-exercises/" target="_blank">http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/07/10/we-have-never-seen-anything-like-this-before-beck-the-military-weigh-in-on-armys-public-training-exercises/</a><br />
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Obama to Top Brass: Will you fire on American Citizens?:<br />
&#8220;World-renowned educator and human rights activist Jim Garrow says that the source, man regarded as &#8220;one of America&#8217;s foremost military heroes,&#8221; told him that President Obama is using a new litmus test for &#8220;determining who will stay and who must go&#8221; among top-ranked military leaders. That test is whether they will fire on US citizens or not. Garrow says that his source made the disclosure in order to &#8220;sound the alarm&#8221; over the administration&#8217;s plans&#8230;&#8221; <a rel="nofollow nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DkzT6X3_Bg9o&amp;h=yAQFt2eNQ&amp;s=1" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzT6X3_Bg9o</a><br />
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Report: Washington Didn&#8217;t Even Tell Marine Gen. He Was Being Replaced: <a rel="nofollow nofollow" href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/25/report-washington-didnt-even-tell-marine-gen-he-was-being-replaced/" target="_blank">http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/25/report-washington-didnt-even-tell-marine-gen-he-was-being-replaced/</a><br />
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Subversion And The Demoralizing And Dismantling Of Our Military: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3835307043367&amp;l=b884483d3b" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3835307043367&amp;l=b884483d3b</a></p>
<p>(links courtesy of Nannette White, via Facebook)</p>
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		<title>J&#8217;Accuse!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishelle Shepard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Letter to the President of the faux Republic, United Slaves of America 
I have come across an inspiring and courageous young man who gives me great hope for this country.  The only man with political opinions besides Ron Paul that makes any sense at all to me.  David Lory VanDerBeek, running for Nevada mayor in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>Letter to the President of the faux Republic, United Slaves of America </strong></em></p>
<p>I have come across an inspiring and courageous young man who gives me great hope for this country.  The only man with political opinions besides Ron Paul that makes any sense at all to me.  David Lory VanDerBeek, running for Nevada mayor in 2014, has my full support, if he manages to stay alive.</p>
<p><a href="http://youtu.be/axmjLxNFCAY">http://youtu.be/axmjLxNFCAY</a></p>
<p><strong>J&#8217;Accuse!</strong> I stand with David in accusing our President and I do not buy his, or any other of our leaders&#8217; feigned innocence.  He wants Obama in jail and so do I.  He has a long list of crimes and speaks with the certainty of man determined to death.  His bravado shocks me, I know he&#8217;s right, but I&#8217;m very scared for him.  What times we live in that I fear for this young man&#8217;s life as he attempts to stand against the White House.  We both agree that Obama and all who have collaborated in the downfall of our society should<em> not </em>be harmed.  After all, due process is everyone&#8217;s right and we would prefer they spend many miserable years alive and repenting in prison, like other criminals.</p>
<p>Emile Zola wrote the famed J&#8217;Accuse regarding the Dreyfus Affair, which was considered both daring and influential in its day.  I find it rather mild considering the scandal and public outrage, but comparing that to what we now face, it was child&#8217;s play.</p>
<p>The scariest of them is to be able to even find the biggest challenges we face today.  I too often get side-tracked by the diversion tactics of the media and I have to remind myself to use a special trick.  As I watch the daily news from any of the Reuters or AP propaganda affiliates, I look for which stories they are avoiding, and in doing so I find the real story.</p>
<p><span style="color: #993366"><em><strong>They have us all debating gun violence and conspiracy shootings like a bunch of fools.  The real story is the Libor scandal, the &#8220;boy-killers,&#8221; and mind-control operations&#8211;Psy-Ops.</strong></em></span></p>
<p>&#8220;According to his LinkedIn profile, James Holmes&#8217;s father, Dr. Robert Holmes, who received a PhD in Statistics in 1981 from the University of California at Berkeley, worked for San Diego-based HNC Software, Inc., from 2000 to 2002. HNC, known as a &#8220;neural network&#8221; company, and DARPA, beginning in 1998, have worked on developing &#8220;cortronic neural networks,&#8221; which would <em>allow machines to interpret aural and visual stimuli to think like humans,</em> something you might find in the Batman epic. The cortronic concept was developed by HNC Software&#8217;s chief scientist and co-founder, Robert Hecht-Nielsen. HNC merged with the Minneapolis-based Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO), a computer analysis and decision-making company. Robert Holmes continues to work at FICO.&#8221;<br />
<a href="http://www.unknowncountry.com/insight/james-holmes-had-links-darpa-salk-institute-and-dod#ixzz2HxCpX5FH">http://www.unknowncountry.com/insight/james-holmes-had-links-darpa-salk-institute-and-dod#ixzz2HxCpX5FH</a></p>
<p>DARPA is to creating killers what Project Monarch is to creating sex slaves.  The CIA does like to make room for everyone, after all!  Project Monarch now even has an official school in San Deigo to continue to train orphans and run-aways for the trade to suit the recreational sexual deviance of our leaders and their minions.  Of course it&#8217;s under the guise of &#8220;helping&#8221; and &#8220;creating safety&#8221; as it always is.</p>
<p>If this is the first time you&#8217;ve heard of these exceptionally popular projects, I wonder why.  Here&#8217;s an excellent book to give you some background on Project Monarch and <em><strong>MK Ultra-produced sex slaves</strong></em>.</p>
<p><a href="http://ia600502.us.archive.org/10/items/TranceformationOfAmerica/tranceformation_america.pdf">http://ia600502.us.archive.org/10/items/TranceformationOfAmerica/tranceformation_america.pdf</a></p>
<p>With the first genetically-modified humans just born I&#8217;m wondering, what is the real purpose of this?  Why, if they are so worried about over-population and sustainability is there a need for <em><strong>GMO people?</strong></em> After all, adoption might work for those families who can&#8217;t conceive, no technology necessary.  Could it be they are trying to &#8220;improve&#8221; us, so that we may become compliant, easier to maneuver?  I wonder, will we all get up-in-arms in future to make sure GMO people are labeled?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.helium.com/items/2409676-report-first-genetically-modified-humans-born">http://www.helium.com/items/2409676-report-first-genetically-modified-humans-born</a></p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s highly unlikely that the 1% controlling the world would prefer we were more controllable.  And, I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;re being honest about everything else, too.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailymarkets.com/stock/2012/12/20/libor-scandal-how-executives-must-have-known/">http://www.dailymarkets.com/stock/2012/12/20/libor-scandal-how-executives-must-have-known/</a></p>
<p>Peter Lanza, father of Adam Lanza, also has an interesting background.  As VP of GE Capital several of his team have been sentenced for a bid-rigging scheme.  But I&#8217;m sure that&#8217;s just another odd coincidence and that&#8217;s why the mainstream media hasn&#8217;t mentioned it at all.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM5Ec_X93FE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM5Ec_X93FE</a></p>
<p>Am I just another crazy conspiracy theorists, or can you connect the dots, too?</p>
<p>I thought we moved to the country to live more peacefully, sustainably, responsibly.  Little did I know it would wake me up to the American nightmare and turn good people against me as I try to wake them up too.</p>
<p>In any case, I&#8217;d rather live in the light of truth than continue pretending in the dark.  If you prefer to stay asleep, I don&#8217;t blame you, but you&#8217;d best stop reading this blog.</p>
<p><div id="attachment_1396" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 730px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1396" src="http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/files/2013/01/diversions.jpg" alt="Don't give in to the diversions!" width="720" height="533" /><p class="wp-caption-text">And don&#39;t forget about LIBOR!  I actually heard several &quot;experts&quot; on the mainstream propaganda machine say &quot;there is no scandal!&quot; That reminds me when I lived in Thailand and the new Cultural Minister, a woman, said with gusto, &quot;Thailand has no sex trade!&quot;  Move along, nothing to see here--HA--now I know where to look!</p></div></p>
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		<title>The 2nd Amendment in 20 minutes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishelle Shepard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to reiterate that should anyone like to debate the current &#8220;gun violence&#8221; topic sweeping the country, I&#8217;m more than happy to continue sharing information, ideas, thoughts, resources.
It&#8217;s never been my intention to halt the discussion on anything, or, as Marianne Williamson has accused, to lower the debate.
The problem is, too few people [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would like to reiterate that should anyone like to debate the current &#8220;gun violence&#8221; topic sweeping the country, I&#8217;m more than happy to continue sharing information, ideas, thoughts, resources.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s never been my intention to halt the discussion on anything, or, as <a href="http://www.marianne.com/">Marianne Williamson</a> has accused, to lower the debate.</p>
<p>The problem is, too few people know what the conversation is, so that makes it very hard to have one.  The mainstream propaganda machine wants us to debate whether we need &#8220;assault weapons&#8221; to hunt or protect our homes from drugged-up intruders.</p>
<p>The informed public knows this is not the point, and so watches from the sidelines as if they are at a Pro Wrestling match, because that&#8217;s EXACTLY what our Corporatocracy has become&#8211;a staged show for those who like nothing but Infotainment.</p>
<p>Please watch the mainstream news and count how many minutes of actual news you get.  Afterward you&#8217;ll certainly know more about the boudoir habits of the leaders our faux Republic than you will about the policies Washington is secretly creating with the help of their elite Hollywood, corporate and select few compliant world leaders.</p>
<p>Please, I Beg Y&#8217;all, Wake Up!  Watch this film, or even just parts of it.  I know it&#8217;s hard to face the truth when the lies were just what you were hoping to hear.  But we can no longer afford that kind of delusion.</p>
<p><div id="attachment_1384" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1384" src="http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/files/2013/01/billorights-300x300.jpg" alt="How much more are you willing to give up to feel &quot;safe&quot; or because you still trust the US government?" width="300" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">How much more are you willing to give up to feel &quot;safe&quot; or because you still trust the US government?</p></div></p>
<p>Wake up call, the film.  Watch the whole thing, you&#8217;re not going to like it, but you won&#8217;t be able to ignore the obvious for much longer afterward.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT1GavDtiwM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT1GavDtiwM</a></p>
<p>The 2nd Amendment in 20 minutes with Aaron Dykes:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgFp2xzbrUo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgFp2xzbrUo</a></p>
<p><div id="attachment_1388" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1388" src="http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/files/2013/01/mayberry-300x300.jpg" alt="Indeed!" width="300" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Indeed!</p></div></p>
<p><div id="attachment_1389" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1389" src="http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/homesteading/files/2013/01/proud-300x300.png" alt="How much longer can you pretend this is normal?  The dissension is rampant, and spreading like the flu, I'm not making this all up alone!" width="300" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">How much longer can you pretend this is normal?  The dissension is rampant, and spreading like the flu, we can&#39;t all be crazy!</p></div></p>
<p>And for those of you who have already faced the truth, here&#8217;s something you&#8217;ll really like:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.opednews.com/Diary/Sandy-Hook--The-Back-Stor-by-Matt-Kjeldsen-130105-954.html">http://www.opednews.com/Diary/Sandy-Hook&#8211;The-Back-Stor-by-Matt-Kjeldsen-130105-954.html</a></p>
<p><em>I advocate training in arms for those who believe in the method of violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honor than that she should in a cowardly manner become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor.</em> &#8212; M.K. Gandhi</p>
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