Friday I recorded a special two-part Memorial Day program with my friend Keith Hansen (aka Vyzygoth) for Think Or Be Eaten. It's a different kind of observance in which we discuss and demonstrate how music was used in preparing people for both World Wars. Download the show here: PART 1 and PART 2.
The latest edition (Issue 7) of Inside The Grassy Knoll can be found HERE. Many thanks to Ang Riedel who designs this beautiful publication.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Jonathan Swift: The Day of Judgment (1731)
I just had to move this to the top of the page, for obvious reasons. By the way, "bit" means "bamboozled."
With a whirl of thought oppressed,
I sunk from reverie to rest.
A horrid vision seized my head,
I saw the graves give up their dead!
Jove, armed with terrors, bursts the skies,
And thunder roars and lightning flies!
Amazed, confused, its fate unknown,
The world stands trembling at his throne!
While each pale sinner hangs his head,
Jove, nodding, shook the heavens, and said:
'Offending race of human kind,
By nature, reason, learning, blind;
You who, through frailty, stepped aside;
And you who never fell through pride:
You who in different sects have shammed,
And come to see each other damned;
(So some folks told you, but they knew
No more of Jove's designs than you)
The world's mad business now is o'er,
And I resent these pranks no more.
I to such blockheads set my wit!
I damn such fools! Go, go, you're bit!'
With a whirl of thought oppressed,
I sunk from reverie to rest.
A horrid vision seized my head,
I saw the graves give up their dead!
Jove, armed with terrors, bursts the skies,
And thunder roars and lightning flies!
Amazed, confused, its fate unknown,
The world stands trembling at his throne!
While each pale sinner hangs his head,
Jove, nodding, shook the heavens, and said:
'Offending race of human kind,
By nature, reason, learning, blind;
You who, through frailty, stepped aside;
And you who never fell through pride:
You who in different sects have shammed,
And come to see each other damned;
(So some folks told you, but they knew
No more of Jove's designs than you)
The world's mad business now is o'er,
And I resent these pranks no more.
I to such blockheads set my wit!
I damn such fools! Go, go, you're bit!'
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Human Ipecac
Rep. Ron Paul tap dances and sings the official line on OBL and 9/11 on The Diane Rehm Show.
In listening to the whole program, one has to come to the conclusion that Ron Paul is one of the dumbest men ever to run for president. He makes Shrub look like a rocket scientist and Palin sound like a Rhodes scholar. There's much in the libertarian view that I endorse, but Paul pushes it to its most absurd extreme. He's "pro-life" but offering relief to disaster victims is a "moral danger?" He babbles stuff cribbed from Ayn Rand and tries to make it all fit into reality. (Ayn Rand, after whom Paul named his son, was not only a prat but a hypocrite.)
The more extreme one's position, the harder it is to maintain consistency. In the program with Diane Rehm, Rep. Paul contradicts himself constantly--bashing government but maintaining the necessity of his own job. Most people want to be let alone in their own homes, vehicles, and persons--which is the valid basis of libertarianism. Going beyond that, they have to be inconsistent if they want things like police and fire departments, public libraries, and the potholes filled on the streets they travel. (To say nothing of being rescued if the river flows over its banks or if a tornado uproots their homes.)
Ron Paul says that the proper business of government is a strong national defense but if you're treading water where your home used to be you should have lived somewhere else and better luck next time.
All this bears more consideration than his slipperiness on the issue of 9/11 as he "celebrates" the death (or thawing out) of Osama bin Laden. If you can listen to Ron Paul weave, babble, and prevaricate on this program and still vote for him, you're an idiot.
UPDATE: Speaking of Ayn Rand, she was worse than a prat. What matters more than what you believe is where it comes from. Yecch.
In listening to the whole program, one has to come to the conclusion that Ron Paul is one of the dumbest men ever to run for president. He makes Shrub look like a rocket scientist and Palin sound like a Rhodes scholar. There's much in the libertarian view that I endorse, but Paul pushes it to its most absurd extreme. He's "pro-life" but offering relief to disaster victims is a "moral danger?" He babbles stuff cribbed from Ayn Rand and tries to make it all fit into reality. (Ayn Rand, after whom Paul named his son, was not only a prat but a hypocrite.)
The more extreme one's position, the harder it is to maintain consistency. In the program with Diane Rehm, Rep. Paul contradicts himself constantly--bashing government but maintaining the necessity of his own job. Most people want to be let alone in their own homes, vehicles, and persons--which is the valid basis of libertarianism. Going beyond that, they have to be inconsistent if they want things like police and fire departments, public libraries, and the potholes filled on the streets they travel. (To say nothing of being rescued if the river flows over its banks or if a tornado uproots their homes.)
Ron Paul says that the proper business of government is a strong national defense but if you're treading water where your home used to be you should have lived somewhere else and better luck next time.
All this bears more consideration than his slipperiness on the issue of 9/11 as he "celebrates" the death (or thawing out) of Osama bin Laden. If you can listen to Ron Paul weave, babble, and prevaricate on this program and still vote for him, you're an idiot.
UPDATE: Speaking of Ayn Rand, she was worse than a prat. What matters more than what you believe is where it comes from. Yecch.
Monday, May 02, 2011
Horse Hockey
Just what it says on the box. The new National Pastime.
So who lasts ten freaking years on dialysis?
The burial at sea was just so people wouldn't see the freezer burn.
So who lasts ten freaking years on dialysis?
The burial at sea was just so people wouldn't see the freezer burn.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
On The Other Hand. . .
Two things. first, this note from Victor Thorn to Vyz regarding Dr. Wood's practice of charging for review copies of her book:
Vyz,
Today, somebody sent me an e-mail re: Judy Wood's new 9-11 book. I didn't even know that she had one out, but I contacted her "people" and requested a review copy, and also possibly an interview.
Get this - they wanted me to SPEND $40.00 to BUY the book so that I could then review it.
$40.00 !!!!!!!
Can you fucking believe it ?????
I was polite the entire time with them, and said that of the hundreds of interviews and/or reviews that I've done over the years, not once has somebody actually told me to BUY their book.
Amazing.
And there's this brief rebuttal by Vyz to the email response posted earlier:
Wood has no presence. She’s as hard to listen to as Sarah Palid—er, Palin. Please—I beg you—stop scratching your nails down the chalkboard. The combination of her with Fetzer was too much for anyone who likes to digest solid food. Unlike Fetzer, though, Judy is not an ass clown, just hangs out with them.
Wood will win no one over to the truth of 9-11 out there in the great unwashed masses. Not with her presentation. She’s better off read than heard and seen. Not her fault, but that is the way it is. The fact that she is also being touted by Hoagland, a major handler for Spook Central, is not a good sign.
But back to Wood and her theory: I must admit I’ve had enough of what might have happened to the towers. There’s a much better success ratio with proving it didn’t happen the way the government said it did. After several years of the arguments over exotic weaponry, blah, blah, blah, it’s just all turning to noise and, to me, it’s kind of turning a very catastrophic event into a food fight. Herb’s right: Dave the Blimp has it down the best.
The deal with Coast to Coast is just flat out bad business. Georgie Boy and Iam Pundit and Hoagie are major disinfo units. That’s why Alexander the Jones, Quayle, Ventura and others who pop up there are not clean. And, by the way, when did Ventura get hip to 9-11 and conspiracies? Where was he 10 years ago? Once WWF, always WWF.
Vyz,
Today, somebody sent me an e-mail re: Judy Wood's new 9-11 book. I didn't even know that she had one out, but I contacted her "people" and requested a review copy, and also possibly an interview.
Get this - they wanted me to SPEND $40.00 to BUY the book so that I could then review it.
$40.00 !!!!!!!
Can you fucking believe it ?????
I was polite the entire time with them, and said that of the hundreds of interviews and/or reviews that I've done over the years, not once has somebody actually told me to BUY their book.
Amazing.
And there's this brief rebuttal by Vyz to the email response posted earlier:
Wood has no presence. She’s as hard to listen to as Sarah Palid—er, Palin. Please—I beg you—stop scratching your nails down the chalkboard. The combination of her with Fetzer was too much for anyone who likes to digest solid food. Unlike Fetzer, though, Judy is not an ass clown, just hangs out with them.
Wood will win no one over to the truth of 9-11 out there in the great unwashed masses. Not with her presentation. She’s better off read than heard and seen. Not her fault, but that is the way it is. The fact that she is also being touted by Hoagland, a major handler for Spook Central, is not a good sign.
But back to Wood and her theory: I must admit I’ve had enough of what might have happened to the towers. There’s a much better success ratio with proving it didn’t happen the way the government said it did. After several years of the arguments over exotic weaponry, blah, blah, blah, it’s just all turning to noise and, to me, it’s kind of turning a very catastrophic event into a food fight. Herb’s right: Dave the Blimp has it down the best.
The deal with Coast to Coast is just flat out bad business. Georgie Boy and Iam Pundit and Hoagie are major disinfo units. That’s why Alexander the Jones, Quayle, Ventura and others who pop up there are not clean. And, by the way, when did Ventura get hip to 9-11 and conspiracies? Where was he 10 years ago? Once WWF, always WWF.
Friday, April 22, 2011
In Defense of Dr. Judy Wood
A listener to the Top Ten Smackdown With Jeff Long and Vyz wrote yesterday with an eloquent, well-reasoned response to our program, particularly focusing on what was said regarding Dr. Judy Wood. In the spirit of fairness, I am reposting the whole email here for your consideration.
I enjoyed the free wheeling discussion you had with Jeff Long and Vyz the other day (4/14/11) with the Top Ten Smackdown. Discerning observers (like most Vyz listeners and guests) have come to understand that the world is populated by media operatives, disinfo agents, greedy hucksters, flakes and whack jobs. So--it was very interesting to hear some of the back story and historical perspective from you guys about the managed breakdown / meltdown / hopeless muddle of the 911 “truth” and PAYtriot movements and of the controlling voices and personalities involved.
When all is said and done, what really happened on 9/11/01 still eludes us all. And I agree with you that nobody will ever be held accountable for this crime. Although we don’t know exactly what happened, or exactly who did it, there are a few things we can confidently say did NOT happen—such as the official government fairy tale. And we can definitely speculate based upon the best research—as to what DID happen. For example—the investigative research of Craig Ranke and Aldo Marquis sheds a lot of light on the events at the Pentagon. I find their evidence of a fly-over to be quite compelling.
Similarly, for the events at the WTC I have followed the work of Dr. Wood for several years—mostly from her website, but more recently in reading her new book (Where did the Towers Go?), and find in her technical breakdown a lot of reasons why the popular WTC controlled demolition theories -- thermite, mini-nukes, etc, --are also not viable explanations. In addition, the evidence of the use of directed free energy technology Wood offers is interesting and compelling. Not a slam-dunk—but worth looking at, IMO.
I know you guys are not enamored of Wood, her presentation or her work, and I am not challenging you. It’s hard to know who’s who and what is going on anymore. You may be correct that she is putting out disinfo, knowingly or unknowingly. True, she isn’t a polished public speaker and yes she is skeptical that commercial passenger jets were used in the attacks on the trade centers. And she also did have early association with Morgan Reynolds and Jim Fetzer.
But--if you look at the way Wood has been mocked and vilified and her work managed, marginalized, mischaracterized (space beams) or ignored by the major 911 “truth” movement personalities, and also look at the fact that she is the only one of these guys who has put her money where her mouth is (with Request for Correction, Qui-Tam case, new book) it makes you wonder. Plus it definitely looks as if she was “handled” by Fetzer. Like Ranke’s information, Wood’s info is pretty much banned from major 9/11 sites. Finally—I have yet to find anybody taking her information apart point by point on technical grounds. It’s usually a non-technical dismissal: coma, Reynolds association, Fetzer association, Blacksburg VA association, deer in the headlights presentation, etc. Why not address the actual evidence?
So--long story short—-I am wondering if we are not throwing the baby out with the bath water here when it comes to Wood. Is it possible that her DEW information is pretty solid, and that explains why she was targeted by the likes of Fetzer et al? Could the demise of her info be part of just another plan to throw us off? An op to put the truth out there, then discredit the hell out of it? Or maybe it’s me who is missing something? I dunno. Your (polite) comments are welcomed.
On another completely weird note—I see that Wood’s work is now being heavily promoted by Richard Hoagland— first during his recent presentation at the Secret Space Program conference in Amsterdam, and then also on C2C with Noory and Jesse Ventura. This is an astonishing development on many levels, not the least of which is the sudden promotion of her work by gatekeepers of the PTB. What it means? I don't know yet....
Anyway—thanks again for a great discussion.
I enjoyed the free wheeling discussion you had with Jeff Long and Vyz the other day (4/14/11) with the Top Ten Smackdown. Discerning observers (like most Vyz listeners and guests) have come to understand that the world is populated by media operatives, disinfo agents, greedy hucksters, flakes and whack jobs. So--it was very interesting to hear some of the back story and historical perspective from you guys about the managed breakdown / meltdown / hopeless muddle of the 911 “truth” and PAYtriot movements and of the controlling voices and personalities involved.
When all is said and done, what really happened on 9/11/01 still eludes us all. And I agree with you that nobody will ever be held accountable for this crime. Although we don’t know exactly what happened, or exactly who did it, there are a few things we can confidently say did NOT happen—such as the official government fairy tale. And we can definitely speculate based upon the best research—as to what DID happen. For example—the investigative research of Craig Ranke and Aldo Marquis sheds a lot of light on the events at the Pentagon. I find their evidence of a fly-over to be quite compelling.
Similarly, for the events at the WTC I have followed the work of Dr. Wood for several years—mostly from her website, but more recently in reading her new book (Where did the Towers Go?), and find in her technical breakdown a lot of reasons why the popular WTC controlled demolition theories -- thermite, mini-nukes, etc, --are also not viable explanations. In addition, the evidence of the use of directed free energy technology Wood offers is interesting and compelling. Not a slam-dunk—but worth looking at, IMO.
I know you guys are not enamored of Wood, her presentation or her work, and I am not challenging you. It’s hard to know who’s who and what is going on anymore. You may be correct that she is putting out disinfo, knowingly or unknowingly. True, she isn’t a polished public speaker and yes she is skeptical that commercial passenger jets were used in the attacks on the trade centers. And she also did have early association with Morgan Reynolds and Jim Fetzer.
But--if you look at the way Wood has been mocked and vilified and her work managed, marginalized, mischaracterized (space beams) or ignored by the major 911 “truth” movement personalities, and also look at the fact that she is the only one of these guys who has put her money where her mouth is (with Request for Correction, Qui-Tam case, new book) it makes you wonder. Plus it definitely looks as if she was “handled” by Fetzer. Like Ranke’s information, Wood’s info is pretty much banned from major 9/11 sites. Finally—I have yet to find anybody taking her information apart point by point on technical grounds. It’s usually a non-technical dismissal: coma, Reynolds association, Fetzer association, Blacksburg VA association, deer in the headlights presentation, etc. Why not address the actual evidence?
So--long story short—-I am wondering if we are not throwing the baby out with the bath water here when it comes to Wood. Is it possible that her DEW information is pretty solid, and that explains why she was targeted by the likes of Fetzer et al? Could the demise of her info be part of just another plan to throw us off? An op to put the truth out there, then discredit the hell out of it? Or maybe it’s me who is missing something? I dunno. Your (polite) comments are welcomed.
On another completely weird note—I see that Wood’s work is now being heavily promoted by Richard Hoagland— first during his recent presentation at the Secret Space Program conference in Amsterdam, and then also on C2C with Noory and Jesse Ventura. This is an astonishing development on many levels, not the least of which is the sudden promotion of her work by gatekeepers of the PTB. What it means? I don't know yet....
Anyway—thanks again for a great discussion.
PRO-MUSLIN DOESN'T MEAN ANTI-MUSLIM
Apparently, the Klan wishes to disassociate itself from Koran-burning pastors, the Westboro Baptist Church, and the excesses of the Tea Party. Seriously. I did check The Onion and this is not one of theirs. And it's way past April First. (More from Wonkette.)
Meanwhile, 9/11 first responders are being screened by the FBI as terrorists. Who says it's not the Bizarro World?
Meanwhile, 9/11 first responders are being screened by the FBI as terrorists. Who says it's not the Bizarro World?
Sunday, April 17, 2011
TOP TEN SMACKDOWN WITH JEFF LONG AND VYZ
Last Wednesday I took a wrong turn down Memory Lane with Jeff Long (of the Rock Creek Free Press) and Vyzygoth on Vyz's Think Or Be Eaten program. We spent over two hours discussing our top ten least-loved figures in the 9/11 Truth arena with due dispatch.
Listen to or download this program here: PART ONE and PART TWO.
Note: this site still does not permit anonymous comments, so those posting scripture scrollies, off-topic ad hominem attacks, or vast link farms will have to identify themselves. If you must express yourself anonymously there are plenty of toilet-stall walls--or your own damn blogs. Thanks.
Listen to or download this program here: PART ONE and PART TWO.
Note: this site still does not permit anonymous comments, so those posting scripture scrollies, off-topic ad hominem attacks, or vast link farms will have to identify themselves. If you must express yourself anonymously there are plenty of toilet-stall walls--or your own damn blogs. Thanks.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
Selling Smack for Loose Change
Korey Rowe was picked up in Oneonta for selling heroin to an undercover cop. A set up? Mebbe.
Not for nothing but stuff like this no longer shocks us. At every turn the most public and visible members of the 9/11 Truth Movement discredit themselves and their cause. The fun began in 2006 with the split between the thermite and space beam factions of the Scholars. It hasn't let up yet.
We've theorized that the Movement itself is a conspiracy to keep the truth about 9/11/2001 from coming out. Whatever they're doing, it's working.
Not for nothing but stuff like this no longer shocks us. At every turn the most public and visible members of the 9/11 Truth Movement discredit themselves and their cause. The fun began in 2006 with the split between the thermite and space beam factions of the Scholars. It hasn't let up yet.
We've theorized that the Movement itself is a conspiracy to keep the truth about 9/11/2001 from coming out. Whatever they're doing, it's working.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Tunes and Tales of Christmas Past
Our friend Vyzygoth has created an engaging historical perspective on the Christmas season over the past century or so, Voices of Christmas Past.
Also, Issue 6 of Inside the Grassy Knoll is now published.
Also, Issue 6 of Inside the Grassy Knoll is now published.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
The King of Skeptics is a Fraud
Apparently Michael Shermer, whose stock-in-trade is equating those who doubt the official story of 9/11 to Holocaust Deniers, needs to extinguish the fire in his own trousers.
Monday, November 15, 2010
UTICANS WITH VYZ ON THINK OR BE EATEN!
Herb Smith and I talked with Vyzygoth today, covering the topics of 9/11, the manipulation of information, and ticks in interesting places. Download the program here. Also, reference was made to an older Kee Dewdney interview which may be heard at this link (in real media format).
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
HERB SMITH TALKS MENA/CLINTON ON THE WRINGER!
This morning Herb Smith appeared on Pete Bianco's WHCL-FM public affairs show The Wringer to discuss Bill Clinton and his connection with Iran-Contra through the activities (and crimes) at Mena, Arkansas. Download the show here.
A much better and more informative program than the one Herb participated in a few weeks ago. Pete Bianco is the anti-Keeler.
A much better and more informative program than the one Herb participated in a few weeks ago. Pete Bianco is the anti-Keeler.
Monday, November 08, 2010
BLAME THE TEA PARTY ON THE TRUTHERS!
A letter published in the November 8, 2010 New Yorker. The letter:
While Sean Wilentz provides a deft history of the extremist origins of contemporary conservative opinion, I would argue that the political left shares at least some responsibility for the dumbing down of dissent that we see today in Glenn Beck and the Tea Party (“Confounding Fathers,” October 18th). Wilentz describes how “extremist ideas held at bay for decades inside the Republican Party have exploded anew,” shifting our public discourse, in the words of David Klinghoffer, toward “demagoguery and hucksterism.” During the George W. Bush Presidency, some of Bush’s critics asserted that 9/11 was an inside job plotted by a neoconservative cabal, that the American press was wholly in thrall to corporate and political power, and that the elections of 2000 and 2004 were won by foul means. Such rhetoric then was hardly less corrosive, or less supported by scholarly reasoning, than the crackpot vitriol now spewed by Beck and his ilk. The parallels between these two attitudes—their insistence on governments’ hidden agendas, on a compliant or propagandizing media, and above all on the brave iconoclasm of those who make up the movements themselves—tell us more about a general debasing of protest and logical argument than about any important political divide or intellectual tradition. In each case, the real problems have to do not with the left versus the right but, rather, with serious versus shallow.
George Case
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
"Brave iconoclasm" indeed. I'm hiding under the bed like the rest of you. (But wait--there's a bedbug! Ack!)
Seriously, if the author of this screed wants "serious versus shallow" he can chat about physics with the other administrator of this site. Clever reframing of the Hegelian Dialectic, though. Gotta love these brainy shills from up north.
While Sean Wilentz provides a deft history of the extremist origins of contemporary conservative opinion, I would argue that the political left shares at least some responsibility for the dumbing down of dissent that we see today in Glenn Beck and the Tea Party (“Confounding Fathers,” October 18th). Wilentz describes how “extremist ideas held at bay for decades inside the Republican Party have exploded anew,” shifting our public discourse, in the words of David Klinghoffer, toward “demagoguery and hucksterism.” During the George W. Bush Presidency, some of Bush’s critics asserted that 9/11 was an inside job plotted by a neoconservative cabal, that the American press was wholly in thrall to corporate and political power, and that the elections of 2000 and 2004 were won by foul means. Such rhetoric then was hardly less corrosive, or less supported by scholarly reasoning, than the crackpot vitriol now spewed by Beck and his ilk. The parallels between these two attitudes—their insistence on governments’ hidden agendas, on a compliant or propagandizing media, and above all on the brave iconoclasm of those who make up the movements themselves—tell us more about a general debasing of protest and logical argument than about any important political divide or intellectual tradition. In each case, the real problems have to do not with the left versus the right but, rather, with serious versus shallow.
George Case
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
"Brave iconoclasm" indeed. I'm hiding under the bed like the rest of you. (But wait--there's a bedbug! Ack!)
Seriously, if the author of this screed wants "serious versus shallow" he can chat about physics with the other administrator of this site. Clever reframing of the Hegelian Dialectic, though. Gotta love these brainy shills from up north.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
HERB SMITH ON KEELER IN THE MORNING TUESDAY!
UPDATE: Herb's segment on "Keeler in the Morning" is now available at this link.
Herb Smith will appear Tuesday, October 26 on Bill Keeler's popular WXUR-FM "Keeler In The Morning" program in honor of Bill Clinton's October 29th visit to the area. Herb will discuss the crimes of Mena, Arkansas (drug smuggling, illegal arms trafficking, money laundering and murder) that occurred under Clinton's watchful eye as Governor.
The Keeler show is broadcast on 92.7 FM in the Utica area between 5:30 and 10 AM, with the option of streaming the program throughout the day.
Herb further states that he has no intention of killing himself.
Herb Smith will appear Tuesday, October 26 on Bill Keeler's popular WXUR-FM "Keeler In The Morning" program in honor of Bill Clinton's October 29th visit to the area. Herb will discuss the crimes of Mena, Arkansas (drug smuggling, illegal arms trafficking, money laundering and murder) that occurred under Clinton's watchful eye as Governor.
The Keeler show is broadcast on 92.7 FM in the Utica area between 5:30 and 10 AM, with the option of streaming the program throughout the day.
Herb further states that he has no intention of killing himself.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Friday, October 08, 2010
DECOR MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER 2001 ISSUE
That twisted wreckage is, of course, the Guggenheim Museum. (Thanks to Pete!)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
