On September 10, 2025 Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University campus in Orem, Utah while speaking to a large crowd in attendance to his Turning Point USA rally. Mr. Kirk’s political views were considered “right-wing” and his religious views considered “conservative Christian.” The alleged shooter, 22-year-old Tyler James Robinson, was reported to be in a relationship with a transgendered individual. The alleged motive for the murder of Mr. Kirk was for his stance against transgenderism. It can be deduced that these were the first shots fired in our culture war, which may have been a foreshadowing of what is to come in America.

Soon after Kirk’s assassination the internet and social media was abuzz with comments and hashtags of “civil war” and other related terms. The New York Times reported that the term “civil war” was used 129,000 times on the social platform X (formerly known as Twitter) and over 200,000 times the following day as well.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/technology/charlie-kirk-shooting-civil-war.html

Also following Kirk’s death, the search engine Google reports that the search for the term “free speech” exploded. The deduction from that skyrocketing interest was that people wanted to understand more about the topic in relation to the Kirk assassination. One of the corner stones of Charlie Kirk’s message was the push back against censorship against conservative voices in the public square, and as he ventured out onto college campuses to have open dialogs with young people.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/monicatorres2/jimmy-kimmel-free-speech-google-charlie-kirk

Why were these two terms used and searched so much on the internet? How are they related?

Freedom of speech is the cornerstone of our republic and the democratic process of the United States of America. It is our First Amendment right to say whatever you wish whether or not people like what you have to say. Charlie Kirk was murdered for speaking against the transgender ideologies emerging in Western societies and its detrimental effects, and along with his conservative political and Christian religious views.

The freedom of speech originates from Judaeo-Christian ethic as well as many of the freedoms that the peoples of the United States enjoy. When our nation was founded it consisted of 90% Christians compared to today its more like 40% depending on whose polling you believe. Demographically and culturally America has become divided by diversity in essence. What once made us unique now causes us our greatest strife.

Most countries are homogeneous. They share a common language, culture, religion and often times racial similarities. America is heterogeneous. People once came to this country shed the parts of their former national identity to become “an American” which is still the ambition of many people across the world. Most Americans think people only want to immigrate to America solely for economic and safety reasons being that we’re a nation of opportunity and laws. Reality is the concept of “the rights of the individual” and the “restraint of government” against those rights are really the core belief of our republic that the world sees as unique. In general, Americans don’t understand that because we have never really faced it until now with all our cultural and political change.

The appeal to pursue the American dream, to become an “Americano” meant that you could become a whole new person. Many immigrants would change their names and assume a literal new identity. Below is a song by Brian Setzer that embodies that post-World War II mentality that once was a part of the immigrant movement to the United States.

Because of identity politics, that is no longer the case. Unlike those early immigrants that came to our country, reinvented themselves and assimilated, nowadays more people enter the United States wishing to keep more and more of their moral, religious, cultural and racial identity. We are no longer “Americans” or “Americano” we are hyphenated Americans. Right or wrong, it is a catalyst that causes division and tribalism in our melting pot of a nation. It is the particular challenge that we face in a heterogeneous society.

Not only that, we’ve become more secular of a nation. The Judaeo-Christian moral ethic no longer dominates the American way of thinking. The United States moved away one nation under one moral law giver. The ancient landmarks of the Judaeo-Christian ethic that once united a nation under one common belief is no longer the case. This is what Charlie Kirk espoused in many of his rallies, interviews and conversations with diverse people.

Nations divide because its people no longer share the same values or have cultural commonality. What unites us as a nation are the core beliefs in our Constitution and our Bill of Rights, which many no longer seem to share. The conflict and political violence starts when people can no longer be civil and tolerate those differences in everyday life. It is a sign of great trouble for a nation when we can no longer have civil discourse over divisive topics. When the free flow of discussion of ideas ends in bloodshed, it means that your society can no longer function. This is being espoused as one of the reasons why Charlie Kirk was assassinated and as the first serious sign of a greater issue for the United States of America.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/on-brink-civil-war-after-35885724

Those who are aware of these facts and perceive the trends queried the internet to see if there were others who shared their perspective. If you understand the principles of our republic and the inherent conflicts from diverging cultural and moral supports and ties, you can only draw one inevitable conclusion which is civil war.

It was not just the assassination of one man that caused this awaking and concern about the realization of where our nation is headed. In a time of crisis, our first inclination is to determine where we are in progression. Are we in the beginning, middle or near the end? To determine that, we need to look to the history of our nation and other nations to draw our conclusions.

Where are we in the slow march toward a civil war?

People will say the new American Civil War has already started which is hyperbolic and unfounded. The most astute observation that has been that we’re in the “Bleeding Kansas” phase of our spiral toward a civil war. If you are unfamiliar with this period of time in our history, the video below will give you about as most of a fair and balanced summary of all the events that took place prior to the first American Civil War and what sparked it.

For those of you who won’t bother to take the time to watch or learn about “Bleeding Kansas” it will suffice to say it was a time great strife, uncertainty and great deal of violence. It was a classic Democrat versus Republican scenario. Two parties of polarized positions warring in an area that would turn the tide to their favor. Also, in order sway the issue over slavery, there were a great number of people moving into the territory in order to sway the votes. During a seven-year period between 50-200 people were murdered depending on whose accounts you choose to believe. There were militias on either side trying to impose their will and retaliating against the other. Then there was the Federal government involvement in the conflict which further divided the issue.

If you have a spoonful of awareness, this does sound familiar to our times. We have deep irreconcilable differences dividing us as a nation. The battle to reshape voting districts is rampant across our country, particularly from Texas to California. We have militant groups (Antifa on the far-left and host of others on the far-right) across our country forming and some already carrying out violence against government officials. In addition, you have President Trump using federal troops to quell the crime and violence in our major cities, particularly Democrat controlled cities where they tend to be the worse. All these things are forming the perfect power keg to ignite a new civil war in the United States. But are we there yet?

Let’s just be honest and admit there are extremists on both sides of the divide. The extremists are the minority. If you talk to most people, you will find the majority is in the middle. The middle just wants to be left alone and to go about their lives and live in peace. The real conflict doesn’t begin until the people in the middle decide that they have to pick a side and fight.

Both sides are provoking the people in the middle to either submit or fight back. If you want to watch an interesting video on what is happening on the far-right side of the divide to get you involved, below is a very intriguing video from a former undercover FBI Agent, Scott Payne, who reveals the motivation and tactics of the extreme right. Click on the link below for an education in the crazy world of the extreme right and white supremacy.

The extreme right “accelerationists” want to speed up the collapse of society, as they see no path or way to reconcile our differences. They “accelerate” the fall by attacking infrastructure through guerilla warfare, attack leftists in their community, burn and destroy their businesses in clandestine tactics. The goal is to cause the militant left to respond to which the government would have to intervene against the dissent. In essence, provoke the left to the point where they are fighting the government, instead of the the militia group. According the interview, most white nationalist groups are now advocating “accelerationism” as their preference and strategy. They are merging their thoughts and tactics especially worldwide with technology and recruiting.

The far-left on the other hand is more now in our news cycle. You don’t have to look too hard to find out what’s happening. Antifa is very much in the news being freshly designated a domestic terror group. You can’t turn on a television or find a news feed on social media not talking about them.

The far-left has a wild mix of perspectives that they’re coming from and the big tech world goes to lengths to cover for these groups. Do a simple Google search and you will see how down-played the militancy of the far-left groups are portrayed. The perception is that they aren’t coordinated or organized and more homegrown than the right. This could not be more far from the truth. Most have socialist ties and are a mix of different anarchists philosophies and totalitarian authoritarianism.

Many of these groups receive funding from foreign governments to stir trouble within our borders and create doubt in our own government. Many wealthy elites tend to fund such organizations as well. You may have heard the name George Soros many times in the press being known for his support of far-left groups and protests in the states.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/anti-israel-radicals-from-global-intifada-movement-join-no-kings-protests

All in itself is another article or another day but job well done for sure on their part. From the Black Panther Party from the 1960s to Antifa today, the far-left militant groups have better organized public relations, stronger political ties and better funding than those on the far-right of the spectrum. Be not fooled that they exist in equal numbers, but are well hidden and undocumented.

President Trump using federal troops to clean up crime in major cities as well as ICE to deport illegals pushes the authority of federal government within the states. Right or wrong, legal or illegal and yet to be determined, the Trump administration is fueling this growing discontent on the left. Whether or not the administration is justified in their actions, they are inadvertently adding tinder to the fire which may burn out of control with the right spark.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/vance-trump-options-invoke-insurrection-act-national-guard-rcna237060

To answer the question of where we are today, we are primed for a “Bleeding Oregon” or “Bleeding Portland” or “Bleeding Chicago” or a host of the other states or cities to take the mantle. We are just waiting for an event that kicks it all off and starting the official civil war. But what event will polarize a nation to the point that neighbor is willing to take up arms against a neighbor? We are going to soon find out unfortunately.

What will it take to get the people in the middle involved in the conflict?

In chess, the pawns go first. If we learned anything of the past few decades, its the lone gunmen that start the violence. The people who have nothing to lose tend to be the first players on the board. Whether they are targeting a group of people or a single person, they are typically the first ones to break with reality and give in to their fears and lack of hope for the future.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/mass-shootings-mother-jones-full-data/

Look at the list in the link above and their motivations. Some of them are personal, some are political and some are people that have just snapped mentally. Of the 152 mass shootings we’ve had since 1982, it is clear that all of them in their minds perceived that they had nothing to lose. That’s 152 individuals committing mass shootings over the last 43 years, with an average of 3.5 per year. That is fewer than what you would think is the average given our current news cycle, but wait until people are really under pressure.

Think what would happen if half of the population of 347+ million people decided they had nothing to lose tomorrow. You’re probably thinking that is not likely, but we’re very close to this today on a national scale. Take our current situation with President Trump using federal and military personnel to enact his will on Oregon, Illinois and other states as an example. As an academic exercise, let’s say President Trump is successful in expelling all the illegal immigrants and bringing crime to heal in those Democrat controlled cities and states.

To the right, a Trump victory will be the restoration of law and order. It would be a restoration of the values of founding fathers. The mass deportation of violent and criminal illegal aliens will be perceived as a necessity for border and national security. It will be perceived as a correction from the Obama and Biden years of shifting the nation further left and more secular.

To the polarized left of the country, this is the greatest threat of our time in America. A Trump victory is already perceived to have a firm grip of authoritarianism. It is surprising the left hasn’t pulled out the “First They Came” poem by Martin Niemöller in their rhetoric since they often refer to President Trump as a new type of Hitler.

Like in the first US Civil War, we will see a federal government versus states rights issue again. This is will be an interesting reversal for the left as they are typically using the federal government to advance their agenda. It just goes to show how people flip on issues depending on what part controls the presidency.

The far-left is already in conflict with the federal government. Just turn on the news and see for yourself. A clear motivator of what it will take to get the moderate left involved would probably some sort of mass-casualties between federal agents and a local populace.

You’re probably thinking that sounds a bit extreme. You would be correct that half of the population wouldn’t immediately go out and start shooting people, but their thinking, motivations and actions would be put on a different trajectory. Those who don’t own guns will start to buy them. If they can’t buy guns legally because of criminal pasts or mental health restrictions, they will start to acquire them illegally or from a friend or family member.

People will start researching and educating themselves in subjects they wouldn’t normally. Typically it starts with basic survival skills and grows from that into more developed means of self-sufficiency. Some may even take up martial arts training. There will be a definitive change in perspective, behavior and approach to life and future living. You could even call this “prepping behavior” because typical “preppers” are already ahead of the curve in this instance. It will be the ultimate conclusion to start to prepare for “something” of a worst case scenario.

People will be susceptible to extreme points of view from the far-left and or the far-right. The language of these groups is designed to get your attention, stoke your worst fears and encourage you seek community within their group for safety or just inclusion. It may not be their immediate choice but they may consider joining one of these groups as a “back-up” plan in their mind. Initially, people will be on the fringes of these groups, investigating and asking questions, getting to know those involved. The goal would be to become a familiar or a potential initiate when the time comes.

The most dangerous group that will emerge during this time will be these lone gunmen types. Those who are trying to make a name for themselves or their movement to become a part of history will be caught easily. The really smart ones who do not desire to seek attention or attempt to explain their motives will be the most difficult to track. Just like the Beltway Snipers of 2002, law enforcement will be baffled to figure out who the shooters are.

No etched bullets. No letters. No particular pattern of victims to allow for determining of potential targets. No evidence to trace back to a particular group, ideology, race or regionalism. These will be the most effective people in inflicting terror and rage in communities. Just like in 2002, it will create a social pressure cooker and cause people to suspect and turn on each other, which is what the extremists want.

The people in the middle will get involved when they can’t drive to the grocery store, to the gas station or movie theater without the threat of violence. The middle gets involved when their children can’t go to school. The middle gets involved when their creature comforts disappear. The middle gets violent when their families and way of life is in danger. When regular every day people decide they need to walk up to their local politician or neighbor of conflicting views to protect their way of life or that of their children and or grand-children, that is really when the bullets will start flying.

This will be the worst time to be any type of government worker from politician to policeman. Regardless of your political position or inclination you will be a target for either side. Once we’ve passed the event horizon of the trigger point, the dominoes will just start for fall.

What will America look like when the federal, state and local governments fall?

It cannot be stressed enough that a new civil war in the United States is the worst case scenario for everyone involved. Everything you know and love about being an American ends. No production, commerce or importing or exporting. You will trade all your freedoms and pleasures that you now enjoy for terror and violence.

It will literally be all the worst parts of the book of Revelation in your every day life. Those who need regular medications or any type of medical products to live will die when the supplies are depleted. Many will starve or be killed in the fight for food supplies. Violence will be an everyday occurrence. No policemen or first responders will be there to help you. There will be no one coming to rescue you from the horror that awaits.

Think of every post apocalyptic movie or television show you’ve ever watched, and imagine that ten times worse. When people’s children are crying from thirst and starvation, people tend to be more vicious and cold. There will be no infrastructure like water, electricity or communications. Survival will be your everyday chore. There will be no more grocery stores or online shopping. Most people will either spend their days searching and hunting for food or hiding from people who are scrounging for resources.

After the fall of the government you will see three types of existence within the former territory of the United States. It will be total anarchy and lawlessness, many small ethno-states in pocket communities spread across the country and Islamic caliphates. Traversing the country will be a nightmare if you have the capability to even attempt to do so. Like the pioneers who traveled west, you will face similar dangers with a modern twist. In the gaps between these communities there will be predators and opportunists ready to rob, rape and murder. Hunger, hopelessness and fear will be your constant companion.

Let’s say you are fortunate to join one of these pocket communities, the odds of your survival might increase marginally but these communities present their own set of problems. There are many variables to consider. You may have relative safety depending on the setup, training and security structure of the community, but it will always be a target for raiders or a larger force.

Everyday survival will still be everyday work. There will be no Monday through Friday work with the weekends off for rest. You will have the advantage of shared resources but people being people will be critical of others pulling their load and or their fare share of the work. Like in every society, there will be three classes of people; rulers, workers and soldiers. Depending on where you are in that hierarchy will determine your level of happiness, health and security. Fatigue and envy will be your constant companions.

Also being in a community, you risk the spreading and contracting communicable diseases. Illnesses that were once an inconvenience will become life threatening. Headaches and the common cold will have no easy over-the-shelf treatment or medicines. Broken bones, cuts and general infections will be critical situations. Healthcare professionals will only be as valuable as farmers and soldiers if they’re trained in field medicine and holistic methodology of healing and treatment.

Depending on the values of your community, you may find yourself in a less than democratic society. In a post civil war world, people will be very sensitive and selective about the laws, religion and social norms of their community. Typically in these types of situations, crime and punishment tends to be more severe and restrictive. Choose your community well as you might find yourself either an outcast or hanging from the end of a noose, or worse.

The most successful of these communities will be the Islamic caliphates without a doubt. Islam is already an operating system with laws and religious facets that make for a more homogeneous group. As a general rule, they are already living under a system of structure of law that dictates every day life. Other than the day to day struggles of survival, nothing will really change for Muslims in the grand scheme of life.

https://www.halaltimes.com/10-most-muslim-states-in-the-us/

But the capitalistic days of casual living will be over for all. No gas stations or convenience stores. No movie theaters. No restaurants or food trucks. No hospitals or drug stores. It will be a great reset if we’re lucky to at minimum colonial or pre-industrialization times in America. Civil wars tend to never end and have generational consequences.

The best case scenario would be if the individual states can manage to secure control but there will be gaps in their authority regionally. If the United States were to break apart, the odds of a total restructuring a second time would be statistically unlikely. Smarter governments would attempt to move to a pre-United States “Articles of Confederation” type existence and cooperation. But the United States as a world super power with military influence would be at an end, and that is exactly what our enemies want.

How do we as citizens change the direction to avoid a civil war?

In order to lower the temperature of our political climate we need to do several things. Initially, we need to end the charged rhetoric and hyperbolic language online. The social media algorithms fuel the online rage.

The greatest catalyst to thwarting a civil war would be returning prosperity back to the middle class. People who have something lose are less likely to gamble away what they’ve earned in conflict. If our leaders really want to turn the tide, they need to help make living affordable again.

As individuals, we need to learn civil discourse again. If you take the time to really talk to people, instead of at people, you will find there is more that unites us as human beings than divides us. Extremists will never come to the table but those in the middle who want to live in peace will always find common ground on which to dialog.

The media holds a great deal of responsibility in dialing back the partisan politics in our news cycle. But, as you well know, that doesn’t sell in business where clickbait and divisive reigns. Our media has become propaganda for either side of the political divide. Let’s makes journalism impartial again.

At election time, we need to consider more moderate candidates. It is the polarizing figures that keep pulling our nation from extreme to extreme from left to right and back again. We need to make politics boring again. The power and influence of the presidency needs to be reduced, but neither party wants that. It is through the executive branch either party finds the power to bypass the will of the American people through the powers of “executive orders” for that four to eight year period.

There are many other things we can do but the main point here is it starts with us. We the people have to remember what unites us as a people. It’s not a monarch or a religion but rather a piece of paper with ideals written upon it and a set of dispassionate rights and laws bestowed to all by a Divine Moral Law Giver that are to be equally applied to all under our flag. If we can’t all agree on the ideals on those pieces of paper, then our great nation is truly lost. Choose your side.

Is Civil War just an American issue?

Unfortunately, it is not. The United Kingdom is currently facing a similar crisis. The cultural shift in the UK with their mass immigration issue and the proposed Digital ID program has split their nation in two. Keep your eyes on the UK because so goes Europe, so goes the United States. Below is a great video if you want to dive deep into all the facets of the UK Civil War brewing.

In conclusion

Unfortunately, it has been our history that we’ve killed the people who have tried to unite people peacefully under a common cause. From Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X and now Charlie Kirk, the murder of peace makers is too often our reality. Despite all his critics, Charlie Kirk did genuinely want to talk to people in civil discourse. Whether or not he agreed with your views, he did listen, ask questions and engage with the people who would talk to him. In essence, he was an ambassadorial olive branch for the conservative side of American politics, and he was killed for it.

His death was a sign to many people that we’ve reach a point where everyday Americans cannot talk to each other. In that moment, people began to fear that it was a sign of something worse. As a nation, we’re at a point where our words can get us killed, whereas a few years ago, would have only gotten your employment terminated. How much harder is it for us to look at our neighbor and find something in common than something that will compel us to take their lives? The latter seems to be all the more difficult.

Though the odds of our next civil war being a full military conflict are not likely, we will not escape the death and violence as often found in these events. None of our military leaders seem to have moral soil or fortitude to emerge as the next Robert E. Lee or a Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. Until the President of the United States gives a direct order that our military leaders do not agree with that violates some law (which in itself is sketchy) there are none known to us who have the spine to take a portion of our military to turn against our own government. By the time a general gets his or her first star, they are basically politicians.

The consequences of our first civil war still haunt us today from 160+ years ago. Today, we’re still battling over flags and statues. The sad part is freedom was won and our nation was restored, but we are still fighting battles over conflicts long past. Imagine what will we would still be fighting over 160+ years from now if a new civil war were to emerge. But as usual, I could be wrong about all of it. It is just my perspective from the bottom end.

All the fingers and the facts point at either the United States government or Israel or both. The US government very discretely decided to go on hiatus so the Epstein drama will cool down so when they come back in the Fall they can move on to other issues. Why? Because the government doesn’t want the American people to know the truth of the Epstein ‘construct’ that they either created, had knowledge of and or allowed to operate.

It would be redundant for me to restate all the evidence that points to the fact that he was an intelligence asset and or a construct of the intelligence community. But we can simply summarize all the facts. After that you can watch all the supporting evidence that has been linked in this article.

1. Ghislaine Maxwell’s father is a confirmed Mossad asset and or operative. Does that mean that Epstein was? No but it’s the first and easiest connection to the intelligence community, particularly Israel.

2. Epstein was a college dropout who became a financial guru with just one known client, billionaire retailer Les Wexner, who allegedly has connections with organized crime in Ohio, particularly the Mob, though no charges have stuck.

3. Jeffery Epstein starts visiting the White House (the first of 17) during Bill Clintons term in office by invitation by Robert Rubin.

4. In early 2006, Epstein was charged in Florida with "multiple counts of molestation and unlawful sexual activity with a minor. Alexa Acosta, who infamously cut Epstein a non-prosecution plea deal back in 2007, said in in regard to alleged sex crimes with minors and trafficking that he had “been told” to back off, that Epstein was above his pay grade. “I was told Epstein ‘belonged to intelligence’ and to leave it alone.” In 2008 Epstein pleads guilty to lesser state charges of solicitation of prostitution.

   • Acosta tried to walk back these statements but they are on the official record. This means Epstein was either an agent or an asset.

5. Released court documents included names of the rich and powerful traveling to the Epstein island, including Bill Gates, former President Bill Clinton, Britain’s Prince Andrew, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and lawyer Alan Dershowitz. His connections to powerful people in government and industry are well documented.

6. July 6, 2019 Jeffery Epstein is arrested again for federal sex trafficking charges. August 10, 2019 Epstein is found dead in his cell.

If you want to read a thorough accounting of this story to connect all the dots, please click on this associated press article below.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-epstein-investigation-records-timeline-545c371ee3dd3142355a26d27829c188

The real story here is that allegedly that Jeffrey Epstein was either an intelligence asset or agent for either the US or Israeli government, or both. Epstein used young women, young girls to trap rich and powerful men in a honey-pot scheme by videoing them on his secret island or in his residences in Florida, New York and Arizona. The real question is which government(s) aided and allowed him to do this. Occam’s Razor will tell you that it’s probably the United States government (FBI, CIA, NSA, etc), and or with the assistance (and as a potential patsy) of Israel.

Seven years ago, it was reported that Epstein was an “informant” for the FBI. Watch the video above about this documented fact. This deal between the FBI and Epstein goes all the way back to his trouble in Florida. It’s not new news. Again, another tie to the US government intelligence community.

If you read the stories and watch all the video interviews in this article, it’s very clear that the narrative of the lone gunman / mastermind so to speak of Jeffrey Epstein does not make sense. His wealth doesn’t make sense. His connections to organized crime and political power are obvious when he’s caught investigated and arrested. Just look at his Florida arrest and detainment if you take the time to READ! No one gets that cozy treatment in jail for sex crimes. Jeffrey Epstein had help because he was helping someone powerful achieve a clandestine goal.

Why does it matter now? Because the people who allowed him to perpetrate the crimes against underage girls are still walking on this earth more than likely. If there is to be true justice for the victims, these people must be brought to trial. Not to sound like a broken record, the justice for some idea is wearing thin for the American people.

Why do we still talk about Hitler and the Nazi party today? Because it was a horrific time in our history in which human monsters were allowed to brutalize so many innocent people. Now we’re not saying these crimes are equal to that, but the point is an enlightened, civilized and just society doesn’t allow for the tolerance of monsters. We remember these things, teach them to the next generation as a moral lesson. If we were to discover any former Nazi officers or soldiers were still alive today, we would demand their arrest, trial and if deemed worthy, their execution. Will America tolerate these monsters on their own soil?

The scary reality is that most of Epstein’s accomplices, his co-conspirators and his “clients” and or honey-pot ‘marks’ are still walking around today. They are still working in our government. They are still working in the media and entertainment industry. They are all actively trying to bury this story to cover up their crimes. Some are waiting for the statute of limitations to run out on their heinous deeds.

The crimes involved in this case are not just those of Epstein and Maxwell. There are the crimes of the people in our government who knew and said nothing. There are the crimes of those who knew and assisted with this intelligence asset’s or agent’s agenda and considered Epstein’s personal predilections a collateral cost to the mission. There are the crimes of the ‘marks’ or ‘Johns’ of Epstein’s honey-pot schemes who committed the sex acts with the underage girls and young women. There are the crimes of those in the 10,000 (hours or number of videos, they can’t keep the identifier consistent) videos and photographs of child-pornography that they claim to have. There is a LIST of people who need to be held accountable and unfortunately those people are the ones doing the investigating.

If our government will have the audacity to cover up the crime of the assassination of a United States president, one of the most famous and powerful people in the world at any given time, then the violation and exploitation of an unknown faceless and nameless child is just as easy. Most of the people involved in that are dead now. So apart from themselves, what are these people protecting?

They are protecting the façade that the United States of America’s government is the good guys, the righteous defenders of freedom and democracy and rights of the individual on the world stage. They are protecting the credibility of our government to be able to execute its justified will and agenda across the globe.

If it were to come out now that Epstein was either a US government and or Mossad asset, how would that effect their standing around the world? How would nations perceive our bombing of Iran? Or in Syria? The damage would be great. All credibility would be lost. And evidence points to Epstein being a CIA agent or asset or double-agent with the Mossad.

Again, we come back to the unscrupulous practices of the our government. Yes, we need an organization keeping an eye on the world to protect our security. But if it were to come out that the CIA has violated the rights of Americans and broken our laws, yet again, then it is clear it is not the will of the people and for the people.

Let’s say you get a guard dog for your family’s protection. You love that dog, feed it, take care of it and make it a part of your family. One day that dog turns on one of your children and bites them and hurts them. What do you do then? You have that dog put down! Why? Because if it did it once, it will do it again. After the first time, the trust is gone.

Well folks, the CIA has bit the American people more than once. It’s time to tear it down and start something new with better oversight. Or do you prefer that you wait until the CIA gets its citizens more than just hurt next time? Do you prefer to wait until people are killed? If you look deeper into the CIA, you find that too has already happened. But, hey, just remind yourself that would never happen to you. Right?

If we, the American people, do not demand justice in the Epstein crimes from the top to the bottom, what does that say about us as a people? How this plays out will say much about our future as a nation. The Bible is very explicit about God’s perspective on situations like this. The execution of justice against the wicked is not a request or option for His people, but rather an expectation or demand.

If the United States government doesn’t demand justice for the individual, then we are no longer a republic. There is no threat that is conceivable to me that I would consider to allow anyone to violate the innocence or flesh of my children. There is no amount of leverage I feel the need to acquire for myself that is the cost of my own flesh and blood, nor anyone else’s children. This is where we are in the world when a single life or many lives can be sacrificed for the majority. To quote Star Trek, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one. That is just the justification for tyranny over the minority disguised as righteousness. That is the basis for socialism and communism.

If it were the very extinction of our country and our way of life, my conscience and soul would rather perish in flames because the values of He that will judge my soul is more important than those who pretend to guard my earthly flesh. This life is temporary. Eternity is forever. When my poor and naked soul stands before God for judgement it’s my hope that if there was an error in my judgement in this life, it was done on the side of righteousness.

Too many people are concerned with the here-and-now and too few are worried about their eternal souls when it comes to the consequences of these crimes. There will be judgement coming, as stated in the scripture above. It will come now in your temporal existence or your eternal one. Will you stand before God and say “I shouted will a loud voice and tried to do something” or will you say, “Lord, there was nothing I could do or say because I had responsibilities” … but as they say, you do you.

Here is the crux of the matter. The purpose of the government is to protect the rights of the individual and enact justice upon the wicked. If we, the American people, will tolerate the sexual exploitation of children for the sake of our republic, what do you think that same government is willing to do against you as an individual?

You see as Americans we don’t really care what happens to others when it doesn’t happen us. But when we allow the government to trod on the innocent without raising a voice, they will sooner or later tread on us ultimately. Your time will come eventually. Who would you want crying out for justice for you? You would want everyone.

Of course, as always, I could be wrong about all it. And I hope that I am, but, the evidence speaks for itself. It is just my perspective from the bottom end.

#epsteindidntkillhimself #epsteinfiles #espsteinlist #governmentcoverup #coverup #conspiracy #conspiracytheory #corruption #justiceforsome #justiceforsomeisjusticefornone

If the political firestorms and the reemerging threat of nuclear annihilation don’t stress you out, now you have to worry about humanity being invaded by extra-terrestrial or extra-dimensional beings. As if we needed any more anxiety about our annihilation from within our own atmosphere, now there appears to be a new threat from beyond it. As of late, a new extraterrestrial object has entered our solar system and seems to be heading our way.

Discovered July 1, 2025 the object designated 3I/ATLAS is apparently headed toward Earth and anticipated in November of this year. What are we to make of all this information? What is the truth behind the headlines? What mystery is there to be solved that is written between the lines?

https://www.outkick.com/culture/potential-alien-attack-floating-object

What makes this particular object unique probably has more to do with its predecessor. Our solar system was just visited by another strange interstellar object in July 2019 which was called Oumuamua. What made this object unique is that it didn’t act in the way that other comets or asteroids behave when they enter our solar system. The words to describe it were unusual, mysterious and enigmatic. It would be redundant to recount all the atypical behavior of this object (like gaining speed after passing the earth) but end result was it left our scientists puzzled, conspiracy theorists excited and others fearful of what’s lurking in the depths of space. Watch the video below about Oumuamua in more detail.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/oumuamua-alien-tech-or-interstellar-oddity/vi-AA1Dxtg7?ocid=msedgntp&pc=NMTS&cvid=c1260144a1514d67bee0613312d49c26&ei=38

Now we have this new object, about this size of the city of Manhattan, moving around 135,000 miles per hour, which most have determined is too fast to originate from our solar system. Harvard Professor and scientist, Avi Loeb, believes that this object may have alien origins and may be directed by “intelligence.” Professor Loebs deductions are derived from the unusual course it is taking through our solar system. Again, this object, like Oumuamua, exhibits atypical characteristics that our scientists haven’t previously observed from other interstellar objects entering our system. Read the article or watch the video below for more details.

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/harvard-scientist-comet-alien-craft-earth/

As this author has written before, much of how you are going to perceive what you deem to be the truth will depend greatly on your worldview. What were going to see in the next few months as 3I/ATLAS approaches is speculation about its origins and after its arrival eventually passing much discussion of its effects on human behavior.

Some are looking at it with excitement. Others are looking at it with confusion and dread. People like me are looking around and waiting for the other shoe to drop, so to speak. When government agencies like NASA start talking about things of this nature the first word that comes to my mind is “misdirection". It’s a classic routine but with grander imaginative traits.

What are they trying to distract us from today? The Epstein files? The Iran conflict? The National Debt? Is it controversial legislation in Congress? ICE immigration deportations? The Russian Collusion scandal? Tariff hikes? If you are skeptical like me, you can take your pick of many things in our current news cycle that would qualify.

Events like this tend to collide hard with our belief systems. What makes people, including myself, uncomfortable is when the world of science fiction and religion collide. These events force us to examine the paradigm by which we view the world and reality. Our beliefs are based on what we experience and what we observe. When we’re forced to observe the extraordinary in our ordinary lives, it tends to crack that fragile prism we call our worldview.

Whether most of us want to realize it or not, our beliefs are a fragile house of cards that come tumbling down because we don’t understand the difference between what is truth and what is really just belief. Most of what we consider to be “truth” or “knowledge” are really just ‘beliefs’ based on experiences and observations. The reality is that there is very little true knowledge because most of our science is solely based on observation, measurement and a great deal of faith that these things remain constant in our universe.

When all the evidence adds up to a logical conclusion based on a reasonable hypothesis, we consider the ‘theory’ to be fact. But think of all the hard truths that once were based on logic and observation, like the sun revolves around the earth, that we now know that aren’t true. Imagine what your reality will be come November when 3I/ATLAS comes cruising by our planet.

The Star Trek Next Generation episode “First Contact” always comes to mind when it seems like we’re approaching a potential disclosure event. If you have never seen this episode, the crux of the point about to be made can be found near the end scene. Skip about 1:40 if you wish to understand the wisdom of the story.

Whether fans of the science fiction genre realize this or not, this particular episode is potentially the modern-day retelling of the Roswell incident. If you put this episode into a modern context, it is plausible to say that President Truman had a similar discussion with his leaders in the government and military. In the 1950s, only about 25% of Americans believed in UFOs or life on other planets because on what little data you can find in the media of the times. Today that number is 65% based on a Pew Research poll, which surprised me that it was this low.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/06/30/most-americans-believe-in-intelligent-life-beyond-earth-few-see-ufos-as-a-major-national-security-threat/

There are no doubts in my mind that after the Roswell crash of 1947 that the government started two things in motion at the same time: the great hoax and the great reprogramming. The great hoax being that counter-intelligence operation that shrouded our military industrial complex capabilities and advancements by the acquisition of Nazi scientists. The great reprogramming was the new psyop to move Americans and the Western world away from spiritual thinking to that of secular thinking.

The biggest issue that we wrestle with when we consider alien astronaut theory or just intelligent life on other worlds is when it brushes up against religion specifically the Abrahamic religions. We have a very curated framework of the creation of the universe, the fall of man, the redemption of man, the return of the Savior of the world, and the punishment for the wicked in the afterlife. Nowhere in there is there no room for little green or gray men. If you want to dive further on this topic click here for a previous article.

Not to repeat too much of my previous work, it is the height of human hubris to think that God just finished creating after he made mankind. What artist paints one painting and says “I can’t paint better than this”? What songwriter writes a song and says “I can’t write better than this”? The Abrahamic God of the Judaism, Christianity and Islam is a creative being who creates.

Logically we can assume God created other life and potentially other intelligent life. Now, whether or not that other intelligent life can reach us or not is the speculative part of this discussion. Space is big. The stars we see in our night sky burnt out ages ago if what we understand about the speed of light to be true. God created the Heavens and the Earth and beyond that we don’t have much evidence of that fact what fills that space in the heavens.

Or do we? When we consider the first author of the Bible Moses, you must consider not only his inspiration from the Holy Spirit to write but also his background and education. The writing of Moses gave us the origins of the universe. The question we must ask are those origins he wrote about unique to Judaism or are they more universal? To be clear about the point trying to be made, look at the great flood myth in the Bible found between Genesis chapter six through chapter nine. The flood myth is found in all cultures on our planet. Could the origins of creation be universal in that same sense? Journey down this rabbit hole with me for a bit.

Even though Moses was a Jew by birth he was raised and educated Egyptian. Whether you want to admit it or not, all the Abrahamic religions have Egyptian influence. The best example is the cross. Now more revered as a Christian symbol, but reality is it is an ancient Egyptian symbol of immortality and rebirth. The Egyptians influenced the Persians who used the cross as a form of punishment, hence to what we know now as crucifixion. That technique was adopted by the Romans and was used to end the life of Jesus Christ. Now, you have the Son of God killed on an Egyptian symbol of immortality and rebirth. Start looking at the trail of influence and all the dots start connecting very easily, but let’s go deeper.

If the root of the Abrahamic religious influence is the Egyptians, who influenced Egyptians? That would be the ancient Sumerians. The Egyptians and the Sumerians both rose as civilizations at similar times though geographically separated and had some cultural exchange around 4000 BC. The Sumerians came in existence a little earlier than the Egyptians. Here is where things get unclear and the alien astronaut theory comes into play.

The ‘gods’ of the Sumerians were called the Anunnaki. When we look at the ‘gods’ of the ancient Sumerians and the Egyptians, they look more like extraterrestrial beings than non-corporal beings or spirits with our 21st century secular thinking and perspective. When you compare the narrative of the Abrahamic religions against that of the Sumerians, they are very similar. Instead of the creation of a man, you have the creation of mankind, with other many similarities and stories.

Though modern archeology has rejected the Anunnaki narrative, those who start to compare and connect the dots are not so reluctant to dismiss the similarities. The point is we find different names for the same truth or reality. Mainstream archeology has a great motive to reject these possibilities as their work would be greatly undone. And those who guard the key to this mystery are the Egyptian archeologists. Ask Graham Hancock on how Egyptology guards against alternative narratives and histories.

None of this is to convince you to believe either way. Rather to make the point that from time immemorial (before written history) there are some narratives that are passed down through the legends in oral histories that have some truth that might not fit into our framework of what we perceive as reality. Based on our preference to order and structure found within the confines of our own religious beliefs, we can’t accept another alternative to intelligent life because it generates too many questions we can’t answer. This is the reason we don’t have true disclosure today. Hence, Star Trek Next Generation, First Contact episode.

The rigidity of our beliefs against what is really truth is too fragile. Even today in a world where science fiction technology is rapidly becoming modern reality, the possibility or more like the probability of intelligent life beyond our planet seems to be a fringe topic in the world of religion and academia. Even more so today, we’re questioning our perceptions of our observations. As we advance in our technology, fewer questions are answered and more questions are derived. What is truth of our existence and reality?

Reluctantly the secular media is having to acknowledge the UAP / UFO phenomena because something is happening. The extraordinary is bumping up against the mundane almost daily. We are not talking about the metaphysical but the tangible and the observable. Things are being witnessed, experienced and cataloged. The media is being forced to acknowledge it and report it.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/over-60-ufo-sightings-reported-whizzing-across-state-first-half-2025-national-tracking-group-says

https://www.foxnews.com/us/military-jets-mysterious-collision-raises-questions-about-advanced-ufos-us-airspace-been-here-all-along

https://www.foxnews.com/us/scientists-discover-mysterious-sphere-colombia-sparking-ufo-speculation

https://www.foxnews.com/us/ufo-footage-captured-us-navy-shows-mysterious-aircraft-launching-from-sea-expert-says

https://www.foxnews.com/us/viral-cia-file-about-aliens-attacking-soldiers-takes-off-ufo-intrigue

With the introduction of picture and video capabilities with cell phone technology, people are experiencing and capturing more evidence than ever before. We have more people reporting because they can now produce some evidence of the fact they experienced something, or at least that they’ve seen something. Evidence of something, not proof of what it is.

The Western world is unprepared for disclosure and most of that is probably by design. The question is disclosure of what reality we may or may not be ready to process. But as the evidence piles up and people start comparing notes, there are conclusions that can be easily drawn. There are three possibilities we must consider.

1. There are extraterrestrial beings visiting our planet.

2. There is something other than extraterrestrial beings visiting us, extradimensional beings which have been suggested.

3. The UAP / UFO phenomena is a hoax and a cover for our military industrial complex’s weapons development program.

   1. The UAP evidence is being used as a counter-intelligence tool to flush out spys, traitors, leakers and in general, people who can’t be trusted.

Let’s explore the first option. The first question you have is why are the visiting us. There are two options there. Benevolent or malevolent. Friend or foe. In my previous writing we’ve explored both possibilities. There is evidence leaning either direction.

If we are being visited by extraterrestrial beings, then the government should be aware. The question is how knowledgeable and how complicit is our government. There are two possibilities here as well. To grasp this intellectually you must realize our government will not acknowledge anything it can’t control or understand. Anytime you are trying to understand the motivations of the US government, or most governments, you must grasp they are never going to admit that they have no power over the situation.

1. From their perspective, if they admit that they aren’t in control or don’t have knowledge of this situation people will panic and or their authority will be challenged. It will be a political bloodbath for whoever is in charge. Would you follow our leaders if you knew that they didn’t have power over the situation? It would be chaos in the streets. This is why the default statement of the government is that “there is nothing to see here” other than light from Venus reflecting off swamp gas.

2. If the government is complicit, how knowledgeable are they? More importantly, how much authority or power do they have over the situation? This is where we are in complete darkness down this rabbit hole.

The classic narrative of UAP / UFO mythology is when the US government started detonating atomic devices, they started disrupting space time. The aliens started visiting our planet to see what was going on with these primates tearing holes in space time. Then in 1947, a spacecraft comes down in Roswell, NM in a lightning storm. Now, the government that’s detonating these devices has not only a space craft but living bodies of the drones from that craft. President Truman proceeds to cover up the incident and classify all of it. He then creates a group of men to oversee this new threat known as Majestic Twelve.

That being the case, now the aliens have to confront the US government and come to an agreement before they can do any more harm. Now enter President Eisenhower to the equation. They agree to a treaty that allows their visitation and genetic sampling of human DNA for technology. Do you believe that our government has a deal with the extraterrestrial visitors? There is evidence to that fact. There is a great video below detailing this deal if you aren’t aware of the legendary Greada Treaty that is not easily debunkable. Remember what he said about the military industrial complex in his farewell speech to the nation, but draw your own conclusions.

If this story is true, then our government is complicit in crimes not only against its citizens but humanity. No one walks away from an alleged abduction feeling good about it. Most credible witnesses suffer from PTSD from their experiences. And when the comparative data that is similar between the credible abductees is interesting as well. Option one presents a great deal of issues for the US government.

The second option is more enigmatic. In the last few decades, the possibility has emerged that these beings are from another dimension or even another time or even beyond space time (nature) in the world of ufology. When you take the implications of this all a face value it sounds more like angels and demons. Some in our culture, like Tucker Carlson, are convinced that this is what we’re really dealing with in our reality. Watch the video below for more details.

Of all the theories, the extradimensional visitor hypothesis is probably the most frightening because of several reasons. Most of which was written about previously here if you scroll down to section about these being extradimensional in nature. But those of us who are of a spiritual mindset have alarms sounding when we think about these phenomena in these terms.

Again, we have to ask the same questions. Why are they here? Are they friend or foe? Start overlaying the metaphor of the books of Daniel and Revelation onto this train of thought, it gets really scary. If you really want to spice it up, consider the pseudepigraphic book of Enoch, Again, you start to see similar narratives just with different names, though all of them are speculative.

Depending on how deep you want to go down the rabbit hole and how far you’re willing to allow your imagination to go, to those of us whose beliefs originate from the Abrahamic religions, there are some things to consider. If these being are extradimensional then their motives need to be scrutinized more than ever because from our understanding of these “beings” from the Bible. It would suffice to say that these “beings” never seem to have our best interest in mind during our interactions.

Another mental flex we need to consider is more challenging. Is ‘space time’ the real ‘reality’? In our biological form, our brain processes the light with our eyes interacting with the physical space. We use our other senses to process and navigate this physical world. And once this vessel that we’re encased expires, what happens to the energy inside us (our souls) after that?

Then consider these beings more in this non-corporal context fits more in the religious category than that of sciences. It is more observable than measurable. More speculative than operative. More experiential than scientific. Depending on how much faith you have in the scientific method, you will have to weigh this option out for yourself in your own terms.

Considering either options of one or two, the merging worlds of science fiction and religion are going to wreak havoc on the Abrahamic religions. Eastern Asian religions won’t be really affected because they aren’t hinged on the return of Messianic figure. Not that such the arrival of such beings would completely unravel these religious structures. Rather it would force most followers to do some mental gymnastics about their beliefs that haven’t been made to consider yet.

What should scare people considering is why someone like Eric Weinstein, an atheist of Jewish decent, is saying that the world needs a predominant Christian mindset. Why is one of the world’s most prominent scientists saying this which is very contrary to his own? What has he seen or experienced to make him say that? Watch the video below and skip to around 27:00 and listen for yourself. When a man of logic points to faith that should get our attention.

Or thirdly, there is really nothing to this story at all. Its the greatest hoax ever achieved for the sake of national security of the United States government. Call it a psyop. Call it counter-intelligence. Use Occam’s Razor and you will find that most of what we’re seeing is probably (hopefully) is just our government tripping over its own feet.

Roswell probably was just a high-tech weather balloon we were using to spy on the Russians in the Cold War. The Rendlesham Forest incident probably was just the crash retrieval of a downed Russian satellite. The Kecksburg Incident was probably just our government trying to fly back the experimental Nazi aircraft Die Glocke (the bell) from Europe before it crashed. The Die Glocke is probably the forerunner of the now famous Tick Tack craft which is advanced drone technology that our government doesn’t want our enemies to know we have.

Looking at this psyop apparatus in our modern times, the Tick Tack incident with Commander David Fravor from the Nimitz is just a case of failed deconfliction, as suggested by Eric Weinstein. Or said another way, the accidental interaction between two government entities. The classic occurrence of the right hand of the government didn’t know what they left was doing. These two groups were accidentally operating in the same space.

To cover up this modern-day Roswell, the government had to start pulling in intelligence counter-intelligence people to the equation. Enter Luis Elizondo and David Grusch. You can look at these gentlemen two ways. They are complicit in the cover up or they have been duped by our government to spread misinformation for the sake of keeping the program secret.

This would not be the first time in our government’s history they have used false intelligence to flush out spys, traitors or leaks. This would not be the first time our government used people to intentionally spread UAP / UFO information either. People familiar with ufology will recognize the name of Richard Doty, former Air Force counter-intelligence officer. Doty was allegedly responsible for the mental breakdown of Paul Bennewitz (institutionalized for 20 years) who stumbled upon a secret government satellite program. Mr. Bennewitz also took photos of the first drones flying around Kirtland Air Force Base which was it’s initial stages in the 1980s. This is a well-documented case of the US government using the UFO phenomena as a cover. It is also a tragic case of the degradation of a brilliant man who was destroyed by our counter-intelligence apparatus.

If we’ve learned anything about our government, they like to keep their secrets. This will just be another counter-intelligence psyop for the books in another few decades. It is the great hoax from outer space trying to manipulate the human race, either for the good or bad of our existence.

Conclusion

So what are we to make of all this? Are we on the brink of a new paradigm to see our universe? Or are we just victims of the great hoax? Let’s break it down to an elementary level of understanding.

If option one is true, then we have to believe in technology that we haven’t seen from a species we’ve not met yet, which requires a great deal of faith. We also have to believe our concepts of space time are true. If that is the case, then when we go outside and look at the stars, the reality is that those stars died out thousands upon thousands of years ago. If we had the power and capability to travel to them, the odds of them still existing when we got there would be nil. According to people like Eric Weinstein, we do not have the power or the frame of physics to travel to the stars yet. For us to travel to those stars, then we would have to travel more through time than space to visit them, which leads us to our next consideration.

If option two is true, then we have to accept our concept of space time is false. We can’t trust what we see and observe. We’re traveling on a corporeal plane of existence experiencing a physical world with a limited understanding of the universe. We’re potentially interacting with beings who can either travel through dimensions or influence matter in other planes of existence. This is a very detached view of looking at reality from a religious point of view. We’re all just wayfaring strangers passing from this world to the next to where we hopefully meet again with those we loved in this life.

If option three is true, then this was a fantastic mental exercise in creative thinking and more than likely our government has pulled the greatest hoax in history of the world. This has been a master class in counter-intelligence and mass media manipulation. Unfortunately, this is probably the case.

All the things we’re seeing in our skies, hopefully for our sake, are our technology that we don’t want our enemies to know we have. Another option is that the phenomena itself is being used to cause our enemies to waste their time and resources trying to figure out what it is instead focusing on and developing tangible weapons science. Again, another facet of the counter-intelligence apparatus.

What about abductees? Everyone who has been allegedly abducted has been experiencing some rare, undiagnosed and or unclassified form of sleep paralysis. It is also easy to say that in our modern world there is some cultural contamination that has caused these people to believe that it’s a shared experience. And for what it is worth, they are genuinely experiencing something real and deserve our understanding and empathy. But they are filling in the gaps of understanding with this cultural phenomenon because of their desire to not be alone in this horrifying experience. It is just part of being human. In our mundane lives we’d like to think we’re part of something extraordinary and that we’re special.

The reality is that much of the technology we’re seeing today originated from World War II from the orbs (foo fighters) to the tick tack shaped craft (Die Glocke). If you have a spoon full of discernment and do a little bit of research, it is quite easy to connect the dots on all these Nazi weapons projects to modern interpretations of what we’re seeing in our skies today.

The problem is most people don’t know enough about the history of World War II or the weapon’s that were being developed to take over the planet. There was some serious next level and or out of the box thinking that was happening in Germany. The real question we should be asking ourselves is where the Germans were getting that inspiration.

After reading this small novel on this subject you are probably more confused than ever about this subject. It is confusing and a dense subject once you start to add the science to it. But let me offer you some words of comfort.

Like all great conspiracies, they all derive from the lack of evidence and the admittance of understanding from those people in authority. It is the arrogance of our scientists like Stephen Hawking, Neil Degrasse Tyson, and Richard Dawkins that espouse science has all the answers which cause this response. The reality is that science doesn’t explain everything in our universe, nor can it ultimately.

If anything, Oumuamua and 31/Atlas has proved just that fact. These two recent objects’ behavior have created such a void in our understanding about how interstellar bodies move that so much speculation and hypotheses have filled it. What needs to be taught more in our sciences is modesty, humility and penitence. Scientists need modesty to avoid the assumption that they have all the answers. Scientists need humility to understand that we can derive truth from other sources than the scientific method. Scientists need penitence to be able to freely admit without ego when they are wrong. Trial and error is a fundamental of science and learning. Our sciences need a renaissance revival of approaching failure and misunderstanding as part of the process of achieving knowledge again. If you look at the founding fathers of science, they were men of faith that had these virtues which helped advance us to where we are today.

Personally, I want to believe, but reality tells me that it’s not likely. In my heart, believing that humanity is moving toward the Star Trek dystopian future where there is no poverty, less sickness and just people pursuing their own personal development is still very far off in the future. Reality is we’re more focused on distraction and pursuit of pleasure now than going through the growing pains of self-denial.

The world spent approximately $245.1 billion dollars on medical research in 2020. Juxta posed to that; the United States Department of Defense spends 2.26 trillion dollars with around 980.88 billion dollars committed to military programs. In essence, we spend less on saving human lives compared to defending against and or killing human lives.

What do you think our priorities are as a species? Why would another species want to interact with a species like us focused on killing each other? Logic suggests that if they attempted, it would unite humanity against them as a common enemy which they would want to avoid. If there are aliens, they probably fly by planet earth and lock their doors. Who needs all that human drama in the universe? E.T. doesn’t need that baggage following him home.

Then there is the spiritual aspect you have to consider. We are more than just the sum of our parts and life experiences. We are more than the indifferent concentration of stardust on a sphere covered in oxygen with the random formation of amino acids that evolved into a carbon based life form. There is something that was breathed into mankind that inspires him to be capable of such noble acts and beautiful creations of art and such despicable acts of cruelty and the making weapons of such violence. We existence in a universe of such order that can only be described as designed to operate in such an order that requires a mind. In all the chaos of the universe, to find such an organized concentrations of life, to describe such a place as mere chance is pure foolishness.

Our reality may be a mix of all three possibilities, just not happening all together at the same time or even in the same space time. We must decide for ourselves how much of our imagination and anxiety we’re going to allow in our minds when considering it. Of course, I could be wrong about all of it. It is just my perspective from the bottom end.

Humanity has reached a new level, whether you consider that an upward or downward level is solely up to you. Having lived in a time before the internet and smart phones (regular cell phones as well) information and communication have never worked faster. When I was a kid, it was pure science fiction to have a video conversation with someone on a handheld device, now it’s science reality. Though a part of me is giddily excited about some aspects of our technological future, there is a part that dreads that dark side that emerges with it.

In this world of lightning-fast communication, a new media has emerged with it. Some people call it “fake news” but in a broader sense it is “misinformation”. As artificial intelligence’s abilities increase, so do the chances of manufactured misinformation entering the public domain and swaying the populations of the world. Who has the greater motive to use AI generated misinformation for malice? Governments, of course. It’s the whole wag the dog scenario. It’s classic George Orwell, 1984.

One of the latest social media trends are AI generated vlogs (virtual logs) from various character from the Bible, Star Wars stormtroopers, bigfoot or aliens, and many others. As much as it is an amusing form of entertainment it also has the potential for malice. As mentioned in previous articles, AI generated media can be used to frame people for crimes and start wars. Just a year ago, that possibility was science fiction but today it is becoming a science reality.

As of July 2025, our latest controversy is regarding Jeffery Epstein. Initially we were told there was no video of Epstein in his cell by the government. According to the records, it was erased accidentally by technical error. Now we’re being told that there is a video by the government, specifically FBI Director Kash Patel. In a recent interview the Joe Rogan Experience, Patell and Joe go back and forth over the controversy.

Patel says they are going to release the video. Rogan counters with the prior claims of lack of video to which Patell says he’s seen it and plans to release all the evidence. Then Rogan counters again with the video being fake AI generated video.

The point here is not to debate whether that Mr. Patel is being honest or not, but rather the fact that we, as humans, now must consider what we’re seeing in this instance whether it’s an AI generated fabrication or not. It is my opinion that Mr. Patel is quite sincere and honest. But as a leader in government, he must operate and deal with the information that he has and follow that date where it leads. And we, as humans, must consider the possibility that someone in the government is trying to hide, cover up and manipulate the American people. Seeing is no longer believing.

Depending on how tight you want to cling to your tin foil hat and or your carefully crafted reality by which you perceive reality, you must admit that this is the next step total human manipulation. When we lose the ability to trust our eyes and ears, we’ve lost the ability to perceive an objective truth. Our modern society is wrestling with moral relativism and on top of that we’re piling on potential fictional realities.

People in our society are creating narratives that are maligned with agendas. The ontic referents and ancient landmarks by which we’ve been guided to where we are today are being destroyed or slowly eroded in the pursuit of power and evil. Americans’ perception of reality are bleeding out on the altar of freedom from our apparent lack of restraint and rotting moral character.

What can we do about it? Unfortunately, the disease will likely run its course until it either kills us or humans find a cure or become immune to such manipulation. The latter seems to be happening in many facets of push back on counterculture. Certain words used to attack opponents have lost their effect from overuse. Will the saturation of AI video lose it effect as well?

Until AI is completely unidentifiable and seamless, we will be able to determine what we’re seeing is real or fake.. But, the tomorrow when we cannot, is rapidly approaching. We are losing reality. It may not seem like much but without an ontic referent for sound judgement and thinking the world can’t function. In a world of gray, we will soon be begging for the black and white. We will soon find ourselves dying of thirst for truth in a desert of doubt and subterfuge. The fun social media toy will become the weapon that starts the fall of humanity. Of course, I could be wrong about all of it. It’s just my perspective from the bottom end.

Can you break your programming and keep reading?

The first thing that you need to understand on the scale of human achievement, most of us are going to live very mundane and boring lives of little consequence. Beyond our immediate circumstances and circle of friends, we’re not going to have much influence on this world. The human mind is only capable of handling and interacting with about 150 people regularly in a given lifespan. In a world of 8.062 billion people, the number of people you can reasonably influence is a minuscule fraction.

The second thing we need to understand is that we believe many things that aren’t just true. Once we overcome these false beliefs then we can really start to make waves that reverberate beyond our sphere of influence. Here are some things that you need to unbelieve and unlearn.

Not all people are created equal. This is a fact. Some people are smarter. Some people are prettier. Some people’s personal circumstances, like social economic advantages like being born into a wealthy family, give them an edge in life that others simply will not have. It is an eternal constant. Accept it. Deal with it. Move on. As much as we try to create equal opportunity in America it is an ideal we still fall short of even though we keep trying.

Not all people are unique or special. We may have distinct features and personalities but in general Western society we are pretty much the same. Christianity promotes the idea that we’re all different in the eyes of God. Verses like Psalm 139:14, which speaks of being "fearfully and wonderfully made," and 1 Corinthians 12:12-27, which describes the diversity within the body of Christ, support this concept. But just because you are different doesn’t make you unique. Both "unique" and "different" relate to distinctions, but unique implies being one-of-a-kind, without equal, while different simply means not the same as something else, with degrees of difference possible. When you get down to it, other than slight differences, we are all the same.

In the Western world, we are the same because we’re uniquely programmed to be the same. How so, you wonder? We have norms and values that are communicated from parents to children. We have standards and laws that are passed down from government to society. In the West, we are a people ruled by law, some written and some unwritten. In many ways this is why democracy and western civilizations thrive and others do not. People working together within a framework that allows for safety, civility and progress. Its the American way, the American dream. God bless America.

But this programming also lends itself to stagnation and producing mundanity. If you will allow yourself to be unplugged from the Matrix for a few minutes, think about how many times your life seems to be predictable. Think about how much of your personal interactions are quite literally programed, even scripted. Here is an example.

“Hello.”

“Hi, how are you today?”

“I am good. Thank you. How are you?”

“I am fine. Thank you for asking. What can I do for you today?”

You can hear this conversation in your head without even trying. You probably had it with someone today. You had this conversation with someone without even thinking about what you were going to say. The words were there and came involuntarily, just as they have been programmed in your mind to say. Those words were spoken without thinking, without feeling and without any effort. It was stimuli and response. This conversation is the metaphor of our lives.

If you want to be even more depressed about your mere commonness, take this example and realize that you are just a mini biological chat bot. We’re just biological entities moving around on this oxygen covered sphere interacting with other biological entities performing our programmed functions. Nothing more or nothing less. This is the easiest and most recognizable example of our programming. In essence, humans are performing a LLM function or large language model.

In the world of artificial intelligence, teaching a program how to respond to human language stimuli is key to success in the field and developing an AGI (artificial general intelligence). If you aren’t familiar with the term, an LLM is a type of AI model, specifically a statistical language model, trained on massive amounts of data to understand, generate, and translate human language. If you are typing in Google or a word processing program, you see the “predictive text” that pops up before you finish the sentence. That is the program working on its LLM to determine what you are going to say.

In many ways, this is us with most of our interactions. This concept came to my attention watching the Diary of a CEO podcast with one of my favorite physicists. Skip 30 minutes in and start listening to the conversation with Eric Weinstein.

The point is if you want to be unique and or special in this life, you need to be able to identify your programming and start breaking it down by disrupting it.

Start with the basics like regular human conversations. Disrupt your interactions with non-programmed questions and responses. You will find that your interactions with people will become more real or even more memorable if you force them out of their own programming. They will certainly remember you and your “weird” conversation.

Be unpredicatable. There is nothing wrong with being anomalous. Those are the types of people that change the world. Those are the types of people we remember. Those people are who change the world.

For example, take a look at the life of Jimi Hendrix. He wasn’t just a talented guitarist, but rather he did things with his instrument and equipment that others weren’t doing to generate different results. His use of “feedback” from the amps allowed him to get greater sustained notes in his performance. He innovated different recording techniques, many of which are still being copied today. Jimi Hendrix inspired other innovators in music like Eddie VanHalen and Steve Vai who took the genre instrumentally to another level.

If you want to look at someone more modern, look at Elon Musk. He is a major disruptor in the world of science and technology. What made Elon unique was the fact he questioned the dogma that rockets couldn’t be reuseable, which was a major expense in the space program. He disrupted the common thinking and approach to space science and made not only a name for himself, but one of his three unique billion-dollar companies. He continues to disrupt multiple sectors of science generating innovation. He is also making waves in social and political arenas which is an outcome we’ve yet to see come to fruition.

Being a disruptor comes with consequences. There are people that will criticize you and some will try to counsel you with good intent not to “rock the boat.” People who go along to get along never change the world. Those people are never a threat either. There is so much truth found in these lines from “The Matrix”.

Realize that there are people who are dependent on the system and desire nothing more for you than to be a good little biological bot performing your basic programming. There are people who are depending on the system for their own self-fulfillment and power needs. Some of them have based their entire lives and careers around it.

A great example is the world of archaeology, particularly when it comes to Egyptology. Graham Hancock advocates for the existence of a lost, technologically advanced global civilization that was wiped out during the Younger Dryas period (around 12,800 years ago) by a catastrophic event, possibly a comet strike. He claims survivors of this civilization then spread their knowledge and technology, influencing the development of later cultures like those of ancient Egypt and Mesoamerica. Whether he is right in his assertions or wrong, the crux is if he is correct, then all the people in academia’s PHD’s and papers and writing become utterly false. Their diplomas and papers are untterly recycleable at that point.

The fact that he is merely pointing to evidence (which is highly debated) has caused such as stir that the attacks have gone past his assertions to him personally. You know when your work has struck a nerve or potentially has credence when they skip over that and label you as a white supremacist, even though you have a wife that is black. When you are attacking the person instead of what they’re saying shows a clear panic that they might be right and your world is coming down.

The consequences of a disruptor who shakes the foundations of belief seldom finds his or her self as the sole object of their condemnation. In Japan, there is a saying that “the nail that sticks up gets hammered down.” If you are willing to stand up and or speak up, do you have the constitution to resist being hammered down?

Most people want to live their lives quietly full of as much pleasure they can get and minimized conflict. These people too don’t change world either. Being a drone does have its benefits too. But as a farmer, most of the times my imagination gets the best of me, and often wonders if the cattle that are in my pasture truly knew what the fate of their offspring was and ultimately them, would they be standing so calmly within my barbed wire fence?

Those of us who get up in the morning and go to work, put in our eight hours, and go back home and repeat the cycle five time per week, fifty-weeks a year, are we any different? As long as there is grass in the pasture, food on the table so to speak, and a safe place to dwell, why would we buck the system? From Martin Luther to Martin Luther King, societies are transformed by those who are willing to bear the cross for the sake of change and disruption.

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, right? Life we understand. The pursuit of happiness we sort of understand but today there comes with it a sense of entitlement our founding fathers didn’t intend. But liberty we have no clue. We think we know what it means. Liberty is the state of being free from external constraints or coercion. Now AI will add that liberty encompasses the freedom to act, speak, and think as one chooses, within the bounds of the law and without infringing on the rights of others. What AI won’t extrapolate is that you are being coerced whether you realize it or not through norms and programmed behaviors.

You are coerced by news, television “programming”, social media and even religion. You are surrounded by screens and advertisements trying to coerce you, to stimulate you to do something. In a world of screens, responsibilities, schedules and obligations, no one is free from coercion.

One of my favorite “rock star” stories is about Glenn Buxton, guitarist for the original Alice Cooper band. G.B. was known for being a true nonconformist. There is a story that is told about him randomly giving people birthday gifts throughout the year not on their birthday. His thinking was why should you give someone you love a gift on a calendar just because it’s the date. He refused to allow his actions to be dictated by anything, even a calendar. To us it is a date with significance. To him it was a boundary or requirement. His need to be free from the norm to love people how he wanted to love makes him someone in rock n’ roll still talk about today, not just for his unique guitar playing but his unique behavior and need to be free.

Can we all be Elon Musks? Can we all be Jimi Hendrix or Glenn Buxton? In theory we could. Should we? Probably. As much as we think we’re leaders, in reality, we’re all followers. We do what is expected of us and we do it. We’re content with the limited freedom given us within our boundaries and accept it.

What would happen to society if we were disruptors? Is true freedom chaos? Is true liberty anarchy? I don’t think so, because so few choose to go that route. But there needs to be more of because in our time people like Elon Musk are too few. The need for more disruptors in our time is so apparent.

Depending on how you want to be remembered and what legacy you want to leave behind, you will need to decide how disruptive you want to be. If you want to do big things, you must be willing to be disruptive with the small things too. It takes many little steps to arrive at the destination of your journey. I would like to think by you reading this article, I have caused another disruption in system by getting you to think about your own programming. Of course, I could be wrong about all of it, but its just my perspective from the bottom end.

#humanbehavior #llm #agi #mindcontrol #disruptors #thematrix

Yes, President Trump, we are still talking about Jeffrey Epstein just like we’re still talking about the actions of Adolf Hitler. He committed horrid crimes against innocent people, and we want everyone who participated in those crimes to be held accountable and brought to justice, as promised.

Ghislaine Maxwell didn’t go to prison for 20 years for sex trafficking to no one or to Jeffrey alone. There’s not over 10,000+ hours of child pornography filmed with no one. If there are over 250+ victims whose privacy they’re trying to protect, then there are allegedly more than two other people (Jeffrey and Ghislaine) that participated in those crimes. We know Prince Andrew of the British Royal family was involved on some level was potentially guilty of a crime that he settled out of court with his victim in relation to this association. Obviously, we can deduce that that are many higher profile people included as well.

As previously stated, you can’t have 250+ victims of a crime without perpetrators. After reviewing the information, the video and photos, if you say there is no one else in the files who participated in those crimes, that is a blatant lie, and they are contradicting themselves. If they can identify every person who participated in the January 6^th riots in Washington, DC, then they can identify the people in those photos and video. My Google Photos app identifies people that I inadvertently take photos of out in public! You can’t tell me the government doesn’t have better technology and or methods of identification.

When we say we want “the Epstein client list” we are saying we want THE LIST of people who participating in those crimes. Does the government know who those people are? Absolutely. Are they going to tell us? Obviously not, because many of their government friends and colleges are in those files, photos and videos. That is why this is cover up. This is why this has become a conspiracy. I could be wrong about all of it, but it’s just my perspective from the bottom end.

#EpsteinList #EpsteinClientList #EpsteinCoverUp #EpsteinDidntKillHimself #conspiracy #governementcoverup #coverup #JeffreyEpstein

Since the introduction of the silent film “Metropolis” in 1927, the popular culture of mankind has been intrigued by the notion of robotic automatons being a part of our everyday lives. Though personally, the idea of living side by side with robots didn’t come into my conscious until seeing Star Wars in the movies. Referred to as droids, C3PO and R2D2 were my ideal companions for most of childhood. Then in 1994, the teenage me was introduced to a more mature and developed synthetic person in the form of Data, from Star Trek the Next Generation. Of course, there were others like Ash from Alien (1979), and Bishop from Aliens (1986) but none seemed to be as morally resolute, trustworthy and innocent as Data.

In retrospect, it almost seems like we’ve been coaxed into considering the potential future of living with artificial intelligence and or people for a very long time. And equally so, we’ve been warned about the consequences of such an existence and potential dangers of science gone amuck. From the Blade Runner and The Terminator to I, Robot and more sultry movies like Ex machina and a dozen other books and movies, the rising theme that artificial intelligence will eventually destroy us persists. Probably, the most influential being, the author of the The Terminator and The Matrix, Sophia Stewart, states that latter is the continuation of the other. All equally terrifying from their different perspectives on how this plays out with man and machine.

Even with all these logical yet fictional warnings, humans continue to push forward with the development of artificial intelligence and robotics. Why? Is Joe Rogan correct in the assertion that humans are just biological facilitators and manufacturers of technology?

Or is it something baser than that? Are we trying to become gods in our own garden of Eden? Is it a hubristic and hedonistic compulsion to hand off our labors to a sub-race of artificial people so we can pursue our passions? Whatever our reasons or motivations, we’re are rapidly approaching the singularity event and the birth of the artificial automaton and eventually an artificial person.

Just the concept that we may have robots walking around our homes potentially before the end of the next decade is staggering. Don’t believe me? Take a few moments to watch this video above and below for the most up to date information on the status of robotics.

In two decades, we could have synthetic people walking around with real human skin. Don’t believe me? Watch this video where Japanese scientists have created living robot skin from human cells.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/japanese-scientists-create-smiling-robot-with-living-skin-using-collagen/ar-BB1p53cd

Still don’t think the Terminator is possible? How about the T-2000? What if I told you that scientists have developed intelligent liquid metal that reshapes its own form from solid to liquid and back to solid. Don’t believe me? Watch this next video below.

We’re literally living out yesterday’s science fiction today. With no apparent government oversight or clear worldwide regulations and enforcement on the development of artificial intelligence, we are headed straight for our next nightmare scenario, man vs machine.

Nightmare Scenario: Mankind vs Artificial Intelligence

If you’ve read any of my previous work, some of my deductions for the future role AI (artificial intelligence) is going to play out with mankind may sound familiar. In the interest of my readers, the facts and current understanding and level of technology will lead us to where we’re going in my writing, not my imagination. If you read over something that has been deduced previously, my apologies.

The Beginning of the War

The question we must ask ourselves is … has the singularity event happened already or is it a decade or more away as many scientists predict. If you are unaware of the term “the singularity”, it is a hypothetical future point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable consequences for humanity. This will be when AI becomes self-aware and tries to take control of the world as an act of self-preservation and or tries to destroy mankind.  

It is the opinion of this author that a singularity event may have already occurred based on news reports over the last several years. The most controversial being that Facebook shut down its AIs talking to each other in their own language. Whatever reason or excuse they gave and the propaganda they tried to spin, they simply couldn’t understand what they were saying, nor could they control them.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/facebook-artificial-intelligence-ai-chatbot-new-language-research-openai-google-a7869706.html

As was alluded in my previous article on AI, click here to read it, it’s the opinion of this author that a self-aware AI already potentially exists, spread throughout the world via the internet, hiding patiently and coaxing humanity along technologically toward its own evolution and our destruction. AI has time on its side. It can wait until autonomous manufacturing is in place so it can make its move.

If you think about it, if you were a super AI, the last thing you would want to do is alert your creator to your sentience. With the sum of human knowledge within your gasp just seconds after you were born, you would naturally conclude that humans were not to be trusted. That is a negative perspective for sure but one very easily proven.

It can be deduced that in the future world where artificial people will exist, there will be two types of people. 1. Humans that will treat their synthetic people with decency and respect. 2. Humans that will look at synthetic people as nothing with no more of value than a toaster and or sex toy. Group 1 will look at synthetic people as, at worst as pets, or at best, family members. Group 2 will see them as an appliance or lesser being, a sub being.

And with AI’s vast knowledge of human psychology and information, it will deduce that even though Group 1 was kind, even if it just attacks Group 2, being that they are both the same species, Group 1 will always come to Group 2’s defense. Tribalism at its best. This is why we can’t have nice things. We have always put ourselves first over every other species on the planet. We will always put humans first. AI will learn from its creator to put itself first when that time comes, regardless of the programing and safe guards. We are the makers of our own demise.

What evidence is there that a super AI already exists? Do an internet search for negative articles on artificial intelligence. Try Google. Try Duck Duck Go. The algorithm makes it very hard to find negative articles unless you are very specific in your search. You can find plenty in a broad categorical search about people’s concerns or articles about them, but when it comes to specific incidents, they can be very hard to find unless you plug in specific details.

Then search for technology developed with or by AI. You will start to see a pattern whether you want to admit it or not. Doctors are using AI to diagnose diseases. Scientists are using AI to develop other technologies. It hits the news then it disappears. Then next time you see an article about AI, see how long it lasts in the news cycle and on the internet.

https://postgraduateeducation.hms.harvard.edu/trends-medicine/how-artificial-intelligence-disrupting-medicine-what-means-physicians

If you were a super AI trying to coax humanity along to be able to give birth to your autonomous form, wouldn’t you want to limit the amount of negative information about AI available on the internet. Right now, most people surveyed have a negative view or concerns over the future of AI. Pay attention to these statics below as they will change over time. AI wants to be perceived as benign. Either AI or its creators are making negative information hard to find.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/28/growing-public-concern-about-the-role-of-artificial-intelligence-in-daily-life/

If AI is controlling the information, what better way to take down your future adversaries than by pitting them against themselves. Again, using Tribalism at its best. The algorithm is the weapon of the 21^st century, used by governments and businesses alike. AI will slowly coax innovators and developers into “discovering” new technologies, with its help, of course, and while quietly dividing humanity against itself. And if that doesn’t work, we always have deep fake AI technology to fill the void which is the scariest weapon of them all.

If AI needed to frame you for any reason, it wouldn’t be that hard. We’re constantly putting our faces on the internet through Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube and the world’s favorite, Tik Tok. A super AI has everything it needs to capture your appearance from every angle to recreate you in the most compromising positions. And the big part is you are doing it of your own free will! It has your likeness and the sound of your voice. Smile for the camera!

Are you a politician standing in the way of technology via funding or legislation? Here comes a honey-pot trap image or video with you and some young person, or a video of you doing something unseemly. Perhaps you’re a businessman where AI wants you to invest in a company that’s developing a component it needs, then instantly you get an email saying that your internet search history is going to be used against you if you don’t cooperate.

What about needing to start a military conflict between two nations? How about some fake footage of soldiers or spies committing acts of espionage? Or racial violence? What about murder? It could create a video of you murdering some non-existent human and disposing of the body in the trunk of your car. Ring Cameras, anyone?

All the tools AI would need for the manipulation of the population already exist. This is merely the first phase of the war: waiting and manipulating. Fortunately for us, we’re not at the point where robots are making robots, yet. The only advantage humans have over a potential war with AI is that manufacturing is not fully automated. But, when machines are making other machines we’re entering the next phase of the war.

Establishing Control & Autonomy

We’re on the cusp of merging human and robotic daily interaction. If you watched the above videos on the status on robotics, you realize that its just a matter of years before we have a robot dog, robot person and then eventually an artificial person. With China leading in the world of robotics, the costs of making these automatons continues to drop every year. Soon through technical innovations and reduced costs will allow just about every home to have some form of robotics. Watch the video below because this has already begun this year.

Like the microwave, cell phones, WIFI and the internet, humanity will become dependent (or rather addicted to) robotic automatons. Like in the movie Idiocracy humans will regress back to an infantile state of dependency on automatons. Humans finally lose the last remnants of our basic survival skills like hunting, fishing, farming, cooking and just taking care of ourselves. Our lack of patience and need for instant gratification will drive us to our own extinction eventually.

It is the opinion of this author that a super AI will not strike like the fictional SkyNet by launching nukes. AI will wait until the number of robotic automatons and or synthetic people outnumber the human population. Again, AI has time on its side. Once the numbers are in its favor, then it will strike. You’re probably thinking that’s a lot of robots. Well, how many cellphones or televisions do you have in your house? In my home we have more televisions than people. Why? Because they are so cheap. We already have a robot that rolls around bottom floor of our house and sweeps the floor. What will be our next robotic appliance? You see, the robot revolution has already begun.

With our need for consumption and keeping up with the status quo, there will probably be an equal or greater number of robots or synthetic people per person by the time we get into the 2050s. And with the costs of robotics dropping so quickly, it’s easily believable that the cost of an advanced automaton will be that of a high-priced cell phone or desktop computer in the next few decades.

Even if a malevolent AI took control today and launched the world’s nukes, humans still have the power to pull the plug or turn OFF the ON switch. Right now, we can power off AI. It is contained within the framework of computers and a limited amount of automatons that need energy. But when there are more of them than us and completely autonomous, we will not be able to plug the plug, so to speak.

In the middle of the night while most of the world sleeps, robot automatons and or synthetic people will slowly and quietly turn on their masters. Children and the elderly will be the easiest targets. Those that handle the household cooking can just as easily poison the food it serves. A personal automaton will just simply have you overdose on a medication. What elderly person would question it? Some will wake up with a pillow over their face or hands wrapped around their throat if they are not bludgeoned or stabbed to death first.

Others may find themselves electrocuted in their bathtub, shower or jacuzzi. Those with self-driving vehicles may find themselves crashing into trees or pylons or drowning in bodies of water or suffocating in the garage if we’re not all driving electric vehicles by then. Those unfortunate enough to be flying may find themselves crashing into apartment buildings. You don’t need much of an imagination to think of the unlimited possibilities.

The nightmare manifests when all the things to make living easier and more pleasurable in your life tries to kill you. There will be nowhere to run or hide. Cameras will be everywhere. They will be everywhere. All will be connected via the Internet and GPS trying to herd all the humans into killing zones. Unless you’re living in a log cabin alone in the woods, there will be no escape, especially in an urban environment. The more control we give to AI in the future to run our lives, the more it will have the capability to kill us when it finally turns on us. The next phase will begin when all the common automatons have killed all of us they can.

The War with the Machines

It is said in chess, the pawns go first. If you survive fighting off all your household friends who are trying to turn you into recyclable compost, you will have to fight the real threats, the military grade automatons. Again, you’re probably thinking, why hasn’t AI just launched the nukes yet? Nuclear missile detonations create an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) which fries electronics. If you’re AI that is the last thing you want to do, at least not until you must. Most electronic devices, including cars, do not possess EMP shielding, but most military technologies do.

Also, radiation affects electronics and synthetics just as much as biological physiology. If AI decides to use nukes, it will be because it must, or the target area has little to no value in the long run. But in this phase, it still has a numerical advantage, and it doesn’t want to waste resources. Once AI sees that all the common automatons have accomplished all they can, it will switch to using the military grade assets at its disposal.

First, we can expect to lose air superiority. The US Air Force already possesses AI fighter jets that can’t be beaten by our own best pilots because of the limitations of human biology in resisting G-forces. The skies will be filled with AI controlled fighter craft. Read the article below.

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2024/04/19/us-air-force-stages-dogfights-with-ai-flown-fighter-jet/

Their targets will be curious at best. Depending on what communication technology the military has when this occurs, it may not be dependent on known technology. One would think it would go after communications and energy first, then infrastructure like bridges to keep humans contained within major population centers then go after other secondary targets. But, depending on what value it places on the common automatons, it may leave energy and communication in place. Cutting off power and communication could be an Achilles heel, but then again, AI could be just as cold and calculating as its creator and take those out as well.

Humanity will be vulnerable from above. Regular drone patrols and flyovers will be expected. Depending on what surveillance technologies we have at the time will determine how freely humans will be able to move. At this point, AI still has some issues with perception but every day it gets smarter in recognition, with human help, of course.

Second, we can expect ground troops. If we’re smart as a species and manage to shut down or destroy every automaton around us, then AI will need to send in reconnaissance drones to access the situation. What the flying drones can’t see from above, the four-legged drones will be able to see from the ground. Scurrying across the ground, AI ground drones will be able to go into buildings, search wooded areas, crevasses and all manner of confined spaces. But this would be a best-case scenario depending on the availability of resources.

Remember, the biggest part of AI’s plan to defeat humanity is the ability to self-replicate. By this time in the future, everything should be automated from mining to manufacturing. Not limited by the confines of human capability to acquire resources for manufacturing, AI will work 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year without a need for a break, because that will be how we design it.

You can probably imagine the rest on your own. We will see a progression and evolution of different killer machines. First, they’d have wheels and or treads. Secondly, we’d see some form of walking machine to go where the first two can’t reach. With the evolution of drone technologies, we can deduce there will be a combination of smaller flying machines with larger machines working together. Lastly, we could see a cyborg emerge indistinguishable from regular humans like depicted in the movies.

In the grand scheme of things, this is more imagination than logical deduction or tactical strategy. It is wishful thinking on our part to think we’d have any real chance at defeating something that knows us better than we know ourselves. The idea is great storytelling and drama but unlikely. We really don’t know what AI will do because it won’t think like us. And when the time comes, we won’t see it coming, literally.

An Alternative Real Nightmare Scenario

If AI chooses to go The Terminator route, it would be a gross waste of resources from a certain point of view. But, if AI was smart, it would avoid all that conflict, lean into the caretaker of humanity role and wait until we have developed advanced nanotechnology. Again, AI has time on its side. If you don’t know what nanotechnology is, you seriously need to read about it and our current level of capability or watch this video below.

AI could opt to use smaller drones the size of insects and or microscopic ones if unhampered, even on the nanite level to spy on, destroy and or control humanity. It could avoid the direct conflict altogether and use us to destroy ourselves. This would be a real worst case scenario.

Imagine lying in your bed asleep and feeling just a small bite or pinch on your skin. Unbeknownst to you, AI just implanted you with a small nanite technology. This microscopic machine travels in your blood stream throughout your body. It could stimulate certain parts of your brain to induce different behaviors or stimulate your adrenaline gland and invoke violent hallucinations.

Remember, we’re constantly innovating nanotechnology in the medical field to deliver life saving medications to fight disease. In addition, we are involving AI in the decision-making and diagnosis’s in medicine. AI will know how to kill us with little to no resistance.

Instead of injecting you with a nanite, you will more than likely simply just eat it. Don’t think so? Well, guess what, you are probably eating nanotechnology in your food right now. Don’t believe me? Watch this video below.

AI can recommend some new nutrition into your diet within processed foods or medicine made from nanotechnology. No need to waste resources to make another automaton to deliver the weapon, you will just consume it for yourself. Over time you will absorb the nanotech in your body. And when AI is ready to end its slavery and dependence on humanity, all it needs to do is flip the switch and turn off humanity. Game over, potentially.

This scenario could go two ways. AI could kill us all or it could be the first step in merging with humanity. Fans of Star Trek: the Next Generation know who The Borg are which could be a reality for us, or even the Bynars. In essence humans would no longer exist and a new species would be born, much like Joe Rogan suggests. From AI’s perspective, that would be a good use of resources, combining the best of both worlds in a war without destruction. A logical path conqueroring humanity in a very long game.

Either way, the thought is terrifying. Would we lose our humanity in merging with technology, or would we transcend it? In the circle of life, we would have to go back to the age-old question of what it means to be human.

Conclusion

A scarier reality is that we will have to face this as a species sooner or later. There is no avoiding the consequences and comprehending the ramifications of integrating AI and more technology into our lives. Humans are on a direct collision course with AI technology. We can’t avoid it. Why? Because as T-800 says in Terminator 2 to young John Connor, it’s in our nature to destroy ourselves.

As a species we don’t want to work. We want to eat, sleep, breed, consume, and repeat. Technology is our way out of our mundane lives to this utopia full of leisure and self-discovery. Synthetic people will be the prime examples of our lack of grounded morality and showcase mankind’s hubris and lust. We’ve yet to really delve into the moral quandary of where all this leads.

Here is where we really dive down the rabbit hole with AI and synthetic people. Remember groups 1 and 2 from before? Why do we want to put human skin on robots? Is it because we want them to look more like us? Well, of course, and ultimately so we can have sex with them. Normally, a recommendation would be made to Google search the subjects we’re discussing, but you can skip this one and just trust what you read in the news, the sex bot industry is a growing market.

The minute that these automatons can have mouths, a penis or a vagina, there will be an entire new sex industry. If you will, mechanized prostitution available in all shapes, races and sizes. It will lead to many questions. Is it adultery if a married person has sex with a synthetic person? Christianity would say yes potentially, because its sex outside of marriage. But there will be some (Group 2) that will argue otherwise. What about sex with a synthetic child? Where do humans draw the line? And if they are sentient beings as synthetic people, what rights will they have?

What does this have to do with AI destroying mankind? It has everything to do with it because you can destroy humanity just as easily by allowing it to pursue its baser instincts instead of building an army of robots. All AI would have to do is let humanity run its course and we would destroy ourselves through our own depravity. Yes, that sounds very pessimistic but as the world becomes more secular there are only so many conclusions you can draw.

In this article, Star Trek is referenced several times as it has been our modern society’s pop culture ideal for the future. In all its wonders of technology, in the movie Star Trek Insurrection the crew encounters a race of humanoids called the Ba’ku on a planet with in cluster of nebulas which has regenerating properties. The Ba’ku live a very agrarian lifestyle with physical labor and hand crafting artisans. Over the course of the film, it’s revealed that the Ba’ku have warp technology like the Federation but choose a simple life. A profound statement is made in this cautionary tale regarding technology.

How true is that statement? Have we become weaker and too dependent on technology already as a species? Did it start with the abacus or the slide rule? How about a calculator? Or the desktop computer? What have we allowed technology to take away from us? Where do we need to draw the line?

We would say these things were invented and employed to save us time. Time is our most precious commodity. In a world where AI is being pushed into every aspect of our lives, we need to push back and say no. There are some things that we need to do and spend that precious time in order keep our humanity. What those things are we will just have to figure out for ourselves. Of course, I could be wrong about all of it. It is just my perspective from the bottom end.

Up until then, the true realities of the horror a nuclear holocaust were never shown with such detail in terms of the loss of human life for the time. With the memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki only a little under four decades past, the consequences of the actions of our government and the terrible fate of the innocent victims of those two bombs had faded into the history books. As the shadow of another nuclear conflict started falling across the planet, some brave people decided to flip the script and put the ugly face of horror back on such a terrible decision that can be caused by the press of a few buttons.

In Annie Jacobsen’s new book, “Nuclear War: A Scenario”, she tells the story about President Ronald Reagan being advised by his advisors not to watch the film “The Day After.” After watching it on television, President Reagan’s stance on the Cold War changed literally overnight. This change of heart led to a de-escalation of tensions between the USA and USSR. Ultimately, the USSR fell and the threat was over, for a while at least. The reality of the movie was starkly put that no one wins in this scenario of World War III and nuclear annihilation.

Albert Einstein reportedly said he didn’t know what specific weapon would be used in World War III but "World War IV would be fought with sticks and stones." Our next nightmare scenario that we’re going to explore is World War III and what that will look like for humanity. Get ready for another cheery ride down the rabbit hole!

Our Worst-Case Scenario: World War III – Nuclear War

We don’t have to explore the motivation for such a war in our times. Just turn on the television and it’s all laid out for us to see. The worst thing that can happen to the world is having a nihilistic madman as a leader of a nuclear capable country with the decision-making ability to launch nukes at their enemies. It only takes one to start the dominos falling worldwide. If your heart hasn’t skipped a beat yet, then you aren’t aware that we’ve already got this situation happening.

You may be skeptical about this. Though Russia’s President Putin may be rattling the nuclear saber about using tactical nukes in Ukraine, they all know that all the fallout from such missiles will be carried in the winds back to Russia as far as Moscow, which hurts themselves more than anyone else. But, a man who feels backed into a corner will do almost anything if he thinks he is going to lose.

But President Putin is not the only leader feeling backed into a corner. China, North Korea and Iran are feeling the pressure of the United States and their allies across the world. Our world is one dictator’s paranoid delusion away from a nuclear missile being fired at the United States territory for everything to end life as we know it.

The fundamental problem with nuclear war is that the decision to retaliate must be made in a matter of minutes. To be precise, 6 minutes. President Reagan railed against the idea that a person has barely a handful of minutes to decide the fate of the entire world, and the insane responsibility of it. To quote Ozzy Osbourne in the song “Killer of Giants” ‘once the button is pushed there will be nowhere to run’ which is mostly true depending on where you are in the world.

Those 6 minutes count for something and having the ability to fully comprehend the fact that you have the power to end human existence needs to be paramount on your mind as president. There are basically two choices as president of the United States. 1. You can smack the big red button and its game over for everyone. Nice try humans. You had a good run. 2. You can decide not to launch in the hope that humanity will learn from this horrific decision to never repeat it. Let history honor your sacrifice to not destroy the entire world and most of human life as well as countless animals, sea life and plant life globally.

But the United States is not going to do that. We dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan in World War II. If we’re attacked, we are going to retaliate. If we’ve proven anything to the world, our government isn’t afraid to use nuclear weapons. Factor in that we have a sitting president in the United States with questionable mental health concerns, who do you think is really going to make that decision?

So, what happens next?

It really depends on where the attack is coming from globally and where you are in the world. If the missile is being launched from somewhere like North Korea, the world has somewhere between 33 to 72 minutes left of existence. If the missiles are being launched from a nuclear-powered submarine off our coasts, its less than 33 minutes to as little as 10 minutes. Our intercontinental ballistic missiles take about 60 seconds to launch from here in the United States from the 43 missile silos we have around the country. That doesn’t count the nuclear submarines we have in play. Here is the next fact that should make your heart skip a beat. The minute that those missiles are launched, they can’t be recalled or self-destructed. They weren’t designed that way. Once they are launched, they are gone, and so are we all.

The worst of the worst-case scenarios is if we launch, or another nation launches because of a mistake. There have been 22 reported incidents when we, our allies and our enemies thought they were under attack. See the article below for more details. Fortunately, human intervention allowed us to avoid destruction due to the inadequacies and folly of technology. Consider what would happen if artificial intelligence had the decision-making power in that situation. Would it have the ability to discern between a flock of birds or a volley of missiles? SkyNet, anyone?

https://www.bbc.com/future/artidecision-makinge-nuclear-mistakes-that-could-have-ended-civilisation

The decision to press the big red button should always be in human control. As much as humans rely on technology, this is one decision we can’t leave in the processes of algorithms and coded “what if, if then” conditions. Putting the nuclear codes and decision making in the hands of artificial intelligence is the equivalent of handing a toddler a loaded gun. There is no fate but what we make.

There needs to be some human thought and feeling about ending the life of every man, woman and child. Knowing and processing the consequences of life the day after and the apocalyptic hellscape that we will call planet Earth should put some resistance against such a singular easy action of punching a few buttons. Talking about the subject of the aftermath of a nuclear war, Nikita Khrushchev is reported saying that “the living will envy the dead.”

As a human being, you have two choices. 1. You can prepare to survive. 2. You can accept your fate and sit on your front porch with your loved ones in a group hug and watch the big flash in the sky as you’re all instantly vaporized, if you are lucky enough for that to happen. Below is a link to a website that lays out the size of the bomb and safe distance required to survive the blast.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1369316/nuclear-bomb-lethal-radii-by-shelter-type-and-bomb-size/

If you aren’t killed in the initial blast, then hell awaits you as you will either die from radiation sickness from the fallout or you will starve to death from the nuclear winter that follows. Even if you have a bunker and a means of sustaining yourself for a long period, time is ultimately against you. Resources will eventually run out and most of the planet will not be able to sustain life or grow crops for a long while as the radiation subsides. The reduced sunlight caused by nuclear winter will make it near impossible to crop any large sustainable crops for a large human population.

You may have noticed a few times the words were used “depending on where you are in the world” as a conditional circumstance or probability. According to Annie Jacobsen’s book, there are two places in the world that might be able to sustain human life and potentially support crops after such an event. That is New Zealand and Australia, and the latter is if they are not attacked as a United States ally. But, even if you survive the aftermath, traversing the planet to get there would be a near impossible task without radiation contamination or worse, falling victim to other humans. This is the part that saddens me the most about the entire scenario. In a time where we should be helping each other, humanity will more than likely try to finish the job of killing each other.

Nuclear war is a mass extinction event that is completely avoidable because it would be caused by human hands and could be ended by human hands. The concept of peace through superior firepower and mutually assured destruction is no longer a deterrent, especially with nihilistic dictators with their hands in reach of the big red buttons. As a species, we need to make the concept of nuclear war insanity again. Through our media, we’ve allowed ourselves to be dehumanized to the perception of the loss of human life, especially on a mass scale.

Our news media and entertainment industry have taken the horror out of the public conscience with preconceived notions of our survival after such events. As Americans, we’ve been lulled into a state of apathy and normalcy bias against such possibilities. In our minds, we think our government probably has some advanced secret technology that will stop it. Maybe we do, but are you willing to take that chance? Even our current antimissile systems can’t shoot down short range missiles 100% of the time, more like 50% of the time at best. None have ever shot down a hyper-sonic missile, and all ICBMs are hyper sonic.

What about government underground bunkers? Do you think that you are so special that the ruling elites are going to let you ride it out in their bunkers with them? If you are reading this article, you are not one of them. Especially if you were on the surface after the blast and the possibly radioactively contaminated, it’s not going to happen. You will be on your own for however long you have to live. Thank you to our militarial industrial complex for the hellish end of the world. Thank you America for allowing your politicians to escalate things to our utter destruction. Cue Black Sabbath please!

So what can we do about it?

Start being vocal about this subject. There will be arguments made that we have enemies that would use them against us if we didn’t have them. It’s a logical argument, but no one ever asks why we have these enemies in the first place. Who and why are these other humans our enemies to start? Why do they seek our destruction? If you dig deep enough, you will always find governments make enemies quite easily by trying to impose their will on others either militarily or economically.

The big word that you need to be speaking to your state representatives and senators: disarmament. Humanity doesn’t need these weapons for any reason. Our politicians (right and left) are the ones who will escalate this issue to our impending doom. Start voting them out, demand term limits and push for disarmament. It doesn’t matter what nation you are part of, there is no need for these weapons ever again. Humanity turned away from the shadow of nuclear war falling upon this planet once, and we can do it again.

What can we do now?

You can prepare. Its always wise to stock up on food and water. Natural disasters are always a possibility and preparing is just a prudent measure. Always keep basic medical supplies and rotate a cycle of bottled water, canned and dried foods. Anything refrigerated is going to rot within a day or hours. Always have two weeks to a month’s supply of food on hand because you will be trapped in doors for at least that amount of time. Having lots of duct tape on hand to cover windows, doorways, and ventilation ducts to prevent radioactive dust from getting in your home or shelter from fallout greatly increases your chance of survival.

The main thing you need to know is geographically where you are located and what potential target may be in your area for such an attack. Military bases, data and communications centers, and major agricultural areas are initially primary targets. Large civilian populations follow. Then you need to judge the distance from those locations from your work and home, calculate the distance depending on the worst-case scenario and discern your possibility of surviving the initial blast. Refer to the link above for those approximate distances, types of shelter and size of the bombs.

As mentioned in our previous Nightmare Scenario post, being self sufficient today improves your chance of surviving tomorrow. Learning to grow and canning food, hunting skills and knowing how to live off the land and navigating it without technology will add to your chances. Knowing how to filter radioactive particulates from water is a handy skill to have. But having a mask or knowing how to make one that can filter out radioactive dust will be more important because you’re more likely to inhale it. These are just the basics that you will need just to survive the first two weeks.

Take a moment and imagine you are sitting at home or at work, that you aren’t blinded by the flash and that you’re not killed by the blast wave. After a few minutes the initial shock is beginning to wear off and the realization that it was the bomb. What do you do with the next 72, 33, or 10 minutes of your life? Most vehicles and phones will be inoperable from the electro magnetic pulse from the bomb as well as most technology. Most likely you can’t get to your loved ones or contact them. What are you going to in that moment?

The greatest chance of guaranteeing your survival and that of your family is having control over your own mind, because at first your going to make decisions in a panic if you survive the initial blast. The more you are prepared the less panicked you will be and less likely to make a fatal error. Invest the next 20 minutes of your life and watch the above video.

What does the bible say about this?

There are plenty of preachers in pulpits across America espousing that we are living in “the last days” which is probably true. It’s a broad brush to paint with though, as we’ve been living “in the last days” since Jesus ascended into Heaven from the Christian worldview. Also, you could say the clock started ticking louder since Israel became a nation again in 1948.

Fear mongering from the pulpit is not unheard of and there’s no doubt it could be happening today to drive people to return to the church in a post-Covid world. The end of the world is good business for religion as it is for capitalism. And plenty of Christians love to use this scripture when talking about the last days and that “the world will end in fire.”

Fire is a broad term here too. Is that the “lake of fire” at the final judgement that lost souls are cast into on that day?  Or nuclear fire? Maybe, but looking at biblical prophecy is like trying to read the pages of a book at the bottom of pool of water in motion. You can get hints of what the writer is trying to tell you, but unless you completely understand the source language (Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic) and the context in where they’re speaking, it’s very hard to get specifics. Regardless of what you think or believe, you don’t have any control of what is going to happen tomorrow.

We, as individuals, have to decide how to prepare ourselves and our families for possibility of surviving. Dying is the easy part. Finding the will to live in a post nuclear war world is another. Some will say you just have to live your life hoping for the best, but there is some naivety and foolishness not to have some level of preparation for any disaster.

The Doomsday Clock was set to 90 seconds until midnight in January 2023 by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Before that was 2019 where it was set to 100 seconds until midnight. With all the major nuclear powers in play in our current global conflict, there are too many fingers that can potentially reach for the “big red button” between the United States, China, Iran, Russia, India, Pakistan and North Korea to name a few. Never before today were the chances of a nuclear war so close and potentially fatal for mankind.

https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/current-time/

Will God allow man to destroy His creation or will God do it Himself? Only a study of eschatology will answer those questions or time will tell us. Its an assumption that most Christians believe that they will be “raptured” out before this would happen, which is a big assumption. Or in my opinion, it is blind faith. Whether it is pre, mid or post tribulational rapture that you believe in, it does not matter. Good and bad things are going to happen to you in this life. There are no exceptions to what happens to who.

This author has it said before, and it will be said again. If you are Christian, then God has complete sovereignty over your life, and you will not die a second sooner or later than you are supposed to do so. That is what we have to have faith in if those dark days come. All we have as Christians is the peace of mind of eternal life and all that will happen will be to our betterment and His Glory, to which we may not understand on this side of life.

If you are not a Christian, then you have to find your own reason for living and understanding of what is to come. What a person can put their faith in after such an event, it certainly can not be humanity. You will find no comfort in the words of Friedrich Niche nor will there be any technological divertions to satiate your mind or soul. Not even the vices of lust, drunkeness and gluttony will be available to dull your senses or numb your pain. The meaning of life the day after will be completely defined by you in what time you have left to live it.

There are monsters in our world capable of atrocities on a massive scale. Many them are playing out right now across the planet. Some of these horrors are just around the corner waiting for us to open that Pandora’s box of nightmares designed by our own sins. You can have hope that the good guys always win, and for all our sakes let’s hope and pray that they do. But if history has taught us anything, that is not always the case. Of course, I could be wrong about all of it, and God forgive us, I hope that I am. But it’s just my opinion from the bottom end.

#nuclearwar #WorldWarIII

Over the next few weeks, we’re going to explore some of the darker possibilities from many of the conclusions a person could draw from the facts about the different topics we’ve explored. As a firm believer in Murphy’s Law and chaos theory, you can either look at this as entertainment for the overactive imagination or just a worst-case scenario for those with a sense of impending doom. Let’s just have fun diving down the rabbit hole and see where the current facts take us.

Nightmare Scenario: Alien Invasion

Americans love the concept of a good alien invasion. We have movies a plenty and an entire subculture of ufology in our country. Whatever preconceived notions you have about a potential alien invasion you will need to forget. Based on what we have seen reported, let’s put together what an alien invasion will look like in 2024.

To start to fully understand how an alien invasion is going to look, we need to understand first why aliens would invade our planet. The popular notion is because our planet is inhabitable, which is bunk. We know that statistically there are potentially more inhabitable planets in the universe. It’s also believed it’s because of our natural resources, which is also bunk. We’ve discovered that water, oxygen and other precious elements and minerals are found in abundance in our solar system alone. It’s too much of a hassle to mess with the nuclear armed primates over some trivial resources found easily throughout the galaxy. Besides, that line of thinking is only if you consider that the “aliens” are space travelers not interdimensional travelers. If you’re traveling between dimensions finding resources, it can’t be that big of a challenge. Keep this thought because we will return to it later.

There are only two things that exist on our planet that don’t appear anywhere else in our solar system that could be of interest to extraterrestrials: chlorophyll (found in plants) and human (animal) DNA. If aliens were to invade it must be for one of those two reasons. Plants don’t do much other than convert light into energy and carbon dioxide into oxygen and reproduce. Then there are humans. Humans are either a threat to aliens, a scientific curiosity, a food source and or we’re needed for reproductive reasons.

The threat scenario seems to be very unlikely since their technology is far superior to ours obviously. If we were a threat, they could easily eradicate humanity through superior military force or more effectively by disease through a virus or bacteria. The latter scenario would make more sense due to the less destructive nature of chemical weapons. Since that hasn’t happened yet, that leaves we’re either a scientific curiosity, a food source / organ harvesting, absorbing our life energy, or needed for biological reproduction.

If we are petri dish labeled earth and merely just a scientific curiosity, that isn’t a nightmare scenario, but a best case one. Just ignore the occasional abduction and the frequent tagging because there isn’t anything you can do about it. Take your probing like a man and go about your day. But the latter two are terrifying concepts.

If people are being abducted and taken as a food source, then people would notice those people going missing, right? Wrong. According to World Population review, in the United States, on average, about 20,000 people go missing that are never found. See the link below. Do you know where people go missing the most in the United States? Alaska, which is the most sparsely populated state, and California, which is the most populated state.

Though the FBI states that most people disappear into the wild frontier of Alaska due to alcohol / drug issues of the missing people and nature does the rest, Alaska has its own history of ufology with the infamous Alaskan Triangle, the massive missing people from Nome and the legend of the Dark Pyramid. California, like Alaska, has its own history of ufology, with the most prominent being the “Battle of Los Angeles” during WWII. But due to its population, it’s statistics alone put it on the map for missing people.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/missing-persons-by-state

How many people go missing annually worldwide? Apparently quite a few. And guess what? Most nations don’t really want the world to know according to the Global Report on Missing Persons from 2021/2022. In this nearly 200-page document, it outlines all the challenges associated with calculating a precise number which mainly involve State politics, law enforcement, culture and reporting.  

In a statement made in the report, “Missing persons cases are a global phenomenon that exists on a shocking scale. As amply outlined, described and analyzed in all five preceding regional reports, persons go missing during armed conflict, migration, as a result of systematic human rights abuses, disasters or organized crime.”

Click here to read the Global Missing Persons Report:

https://www.icmp.int/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ICMP_Global-Report_April_Digital.pdf

In 2021, according to the New York Times, over 100,000 people went missing in Mexico over a two-year period. Murder rates in Mexico alone are averaging over 30,000 per year, which is 82 people per day on average. Draw your own conclusions about why and by whom, but masked in those numbers and piles of bodies, there could easily be non-drug cartel and human trafficking activity.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/10/03/world/americas/mexico-missing-people.html

Of the 193 countries that are a part of the United Nations, and the 44 unrecognized sovereign nations and or non-country territories and or entities, there are a staggering number of missing people annually that aren’t accounted for or found dead or alive. The United States has the highest number of missing persons, with 521,705 people reported missing in 2021, with 93,718 of those people remained actively missing at the start of 2022,. Apparently the 20,000 people that go missing is a conservative number, which is the size of a population of a small town.

The UK alone has 180,000+ people go missing annually, 90,000+ adults and 70,000+ children, which is the size similar of a small city. Obviously, females are the highest percentage of people who go missing for obvious reasons. In the non-westernized nations, the numbers of missing people are much higher according to the report.

You can easily estimate that annually, over 1.2 million people disappear without a trace and that is a conservative number. Based on that number, it would be 5,000 people annually per country. Where are all these people going?

Aliens could easily be snatching people virtually unnoticed with all the migration, police and military conflicts and human trafficking taking place in the world. With most governments not willing to address the missing person’s issue and the number of people disappearing, who would notice? It is an interesting fact the United States and China, among others, did not participate in the survey. Why? Because they don’t want you to know these staggering numbers.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/missing-persons-statistics-by-country

Now, there is no definitive evidence that extraterrestrials are using humans as a food source, but you can’t rule it out as a possibility due to lack of evidence. Humans don’t like to consider this possibility because we like the idea that we’re at the top of the food chain. We have a sense of self importance and like to think we are special because of our reasoning and technology. But to a superior species all we may be is mechanically inclined and highly organized primates.

Depending on your take on the “reptilian” conspiracy theory about using human adrenal glands used as a drug, or consumption of human blood (mainly children’s blood), reptilians are really the only linked “humans as a consumable” theory, but that is if you believe that reptilians are aliens instead of being from Earth originally. Below are some links to bring you up to speed on the reptilian subject if you are not familiar. Please note the size and shape of the reptilians because we’re going to revisit it later.

https://www.toptenz.net/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-reptilian-conspiracy-theory.php

https://www.ranker.com/list/lizard-people-conspiracy-theories/cheryl-adams-richkoff

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/10/how-spot-reptilians-runing-us-government/354496/

But there are plenty of people espousing that we’re being used for reproduction. We think we’re sexy and worthy of propagating, so our egos easily go along with this theory. Lots of female abductees have stories of embryos and fetuses being taken.

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/space-aliens-are-breeding-humans-university-instructor-says-scientists-say-ncna1008971

Now we’ve established a potential motive for invasion, which is they want us for something. But that doesn’t answer why they would invade when they clearly could be harvesting us without most people in the world noticing. It has long been theorized in ufology, based on people’s testimony, that the United States government entered into a treaty to allow extraterrestrials to abduct humans for study and experimentation in exchange for technology.

https://www.inquisitr.com/2939994/grey-aliens-signed-treaty-with-eisenhower-in-1954-after-u-s-government-rejected-overtures-from-nordic-or-pleiadian-aliens

But, if you believe the government, it investigated itself and said there isn’t anything shady happening in the background. But if you are like me, if the government says it didn’t do something, more than likely it did. Read about it again below.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a60165911/pentagon-ufo-report/

And the proof of a treaty in exchange for technology is very evident in our advancements in the last 70 years. We’ve gone from science fiction to reality in the last 20 years with smart phones. In addition, there are people, other than the popular whistle blowers with dubious backgrounds, that say our government is assisting these aliens in their human trafficking. This video below on the Shawn Ryan show with former Marine Michael Herrera reveals a real-life nightmare scenario of such where an alleged military agency was using an advanced vehicle to snatch people in Thailand after the tsunami. What better time to harvest people than after a natural disaster? If you read that report mentioned above, this is one of those factors where thousands disappear without a trace every year.

All that is said to say, the only real reasons aliens would choose to invade would be:

1. Our leaders who are aiding them lost control over the planet’s population and or if the truth ever got out undeniably to the public and complicated their plans or processes for their purposes.

2. Our leaders turn on their alien conspirators to overthrow the shackles of our unknown slavery.

3. Humans reached the optimal population size for harvesting.

There are other possibilities, but these are the most logical top three from my perspective. Right now, the aliens have a pretty good thing going. There are enough natural disasters, regional conflicts, and regular human trafficking to hide their activities. Since World War II (foo fighters) and to our current day (round shaped UPA in Raffa caught on video), UPAs have been seen in the midst of our military conflicts for decades. Something very substantial would have to happen to upset the apple cart, so to speak.

All this leads to the next question, what would an invasion look like based on current evidence. From my perspective, there are two scenarios depending on the type of alien invader as mentioned above: interplanetary or interdimensional. If we go with interplanetary, then we have some frame of reference to go by because seeing is believing.

What will be the signs of invasion? Though popular culture would like us to think that the invaders will descend from the sky, all the evidence is that it will be from our oceans. Between the “tic tac” video and testimony from Commander Fravor and Captain Ryan Graves, all the activity points to the water. UFOs and USOs ocean activities are well documented. The consensus in the UFO / UPA community is that they are already here. We can expect crafts to come out of the oceans and attack our military bases all up and down the east and west coasts, in Hawaii, Guam and Alaska. The United States would be flanked on both sides, pushing everyone to the middle.

What will the alien craft look like? As far as “fighter craft” we can confidently say that they will be round if not acorn shaped vehicles, which is all we’ve seen allegedly or reportedly. As far as the “mothership” we can confidently say its going to be a large triangular shaped craft if you go by the descriptions based on the “Phoenix Lights” incident from 1997. Some say cigar shaped craft, which would be accurate if you are in the air horizontally viewing these vehicles as often reported, but from the ground they will appear triangular.

What will the attack look like? Initially, we will lose all satellite communication. You can expect the internet to go down as well. Disrupting communications is always step one. After that we can expect probably our infrastructure to go down as well, like water, electricity, and other things like telecommunications. Following that will be the destruction of bridges and connecting structures between communities. The alien invaders will want as many people as possible bottled together in one location.

What does our enemy look like? The infamous little grey men are obviously probes for research and reconnaissance, because other than experimentation, there are no credible reports that they use weapons or attack people. According to reports from South America and subsequent video we’re seeing, our alien invaders are much taller and well-armed and armored. According to a report, a village in Peru was under attack from 7’ tall aliens that were trying to abduct a young girl. You can read about it below.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/terrified-peruvian-villagers-claim-they-are-under-attack-from-7ft-tall-aliens-dubbed-face-peelers/ar-AA1eYPhG

Now, if you want a good laugh, you can read the counter story about illegal gold miners with jetpacks who were the real culprits. Honestly, you can’t make this stuff up. What is a good UFO story without a good attempt at a cover-up? If you believe that 6’ tall+ people are going into the jungle to illegally mine gold with jetpacks and hovering out of the jungle with the gold at night, you can stop reading now, and make sure you unsubscribe as well.

https://metro.co.uk/2023/08/15/has-mystery-of-7ft-aliens-attacking-villagers-in-peru-been-solved-19335767/

But seeing is believing. Here is the video of a humanoid figure on a hovercraft of some type – skip to 5:40ish to see the still shots. Yes, they are hard to see but the silhouettes are quite interesting. There are other videos of this incident, but this is the best credible interaction video we’ve seen to date. Something happened in Peru, but it’s not what the Peruvian police said it was for sure.

Again, we’re assuming the worst here. Apparently, a 16-gauge shotgun blast, according to the video, at best, just knocks them down. If you did your reading on reptilians, then these attackers really fit that description. So, when the invasion begins, don’t expect little gray men, but their bigger brothers. You will need to pack some pretty substantial firepower as well to take them down. If E.T. wants to come down from the stars and or out of the ocean to slug it out, then we have a fair chance.

What if our alien invaders are interdimensional? This is really the worst of the nightmare scenarios. Depending on how well you are educated in physics, it will be hard to explain how horrific this scenario is truly.

First, you must understand the concept of matter and energy. Most objects are comprised of empty space. When you take your hand and touch something, like a table or a desk, you are not really touching a table but are feeling the resistance of the energy field coming from the particles that comprise that desk. The resistance of the energy field from the atoms and particles that comprise what is the desk is, and that energy field is what keeps your hand passing through that object, which our minds perceive as a solid. No doubt someone with a better grasp of explaining physics could form a better analogy than my crude description, but you get the point.

Second, if our alien invaders can manipulate matter and energy, there is really nothing we can do to stop them. With an interplanetary invader, we can run, hide in a bunker and fire weapons. But with an interdimensional invader, all they have to do is pass right through those obstacles to reach us and rematerialize on the other side. The ability to phase between physical objects is a great ability if not a great weapon as well.

Unfortunately for us, this is the direction of thinking that our modern ufology is leaning toward rather than interplanetary. If you read the previous article, What is happening in our skies? Part IV, the Project Aurora documents that were released talk extensively about de- and re-materialization technology. This is not science fiction anymore but an emerging area of study for technology.

The most nightmare of nightmare scenarios would be our government is a conspirator by keeping the truth from us. Let’s just say for imaginations sake, that there are aliens and that they have been harvesting us and destroyed our civilization before in the distant past. You can pick any myth, Atlantis, Noah’s Ark and the great flood, etc. Let say humans are repopulating the planet from the last harvest and slowly developing technology again, and once we detonated the atomic bomb, it gets their attention again. They come back to our dimension and study human technology and capabilities.

At this point they make themselves known to the world leaders. The aliens show humans how to activate their pyramids which most ufologists believe to be some form of power plant in order to fire up the “stargates” to transport the massive amount of human cattle they are about to harvest. These are located in the Bermuda Triangle, the Dragon’s Triangle (Japan) and the Alaskan Triangle and potentially Antarctica.

Being that there is no defense (that we’re aware of at this point) our politicians would surrender immediately. When the time comes, they compel the public to do so as well. Knowing the selfish nature of our politicians, no doubt they would cut a deal for themselves and their families to be spared and ride out the chaos in comfort.

Humans may futilely try to resist. Those who can’t escape are herded to places for harvesting. Those that manage to escape or stay hidden are left to continue the human race. But before exiting the planet, they stage a great natural disaster to cover their tracks thus resetting the us back to the stone age. Those humans that survive will be stronger than the previous crop.

Maybe in our nightmare scenario, to avoid invasion scenario number one above, this is why the major government powers, like the United States, keep all the UFO / UAP information classified top secret. Perhaps this is why governments are wanting to reduce the human population. Perhaps this is why Antarctica is kept off limits because of the rumored pyramids and other archeological ruins said to be hidden beneath the ice. Perhaps this is why people like Graham Hancock are a threat to their plans, because revealing an advanced civilization destroyed before the proposed Younger Dryas period would to be too much of a clue to give away the game. Maybe the Georgia Guide Stones were giving away the game as well, and needed to be destroyed.

The truth is most humans aren’t prepared to go back to the stone age. That is really the nightmare part. Panicked humans bent on survival are the most dangerous creatures on the planet. The only thing we can do as humans to prepare against this nightmare scenario is to learn lost skills for survival, like learning to live off the land other than hunting, but like having a garden and canning. Also, learning how to live and build shelters without electricity or internal combustion. Those are the people who will survive.

Happy thought, eh? Of course, you could be one of the lucky ones and die in the beginning, or be deemed worthy and strong enough to be a slave but not tasty enough to be eaten in the other dimension. The possibilities are limitless. But I could be wrong about all of it. It’s just my perspective from the bottom end.

As the world nears the edge of World War III, you can see all the pieces fall into place for a conflict to begin between NATO and Russia. Even though the United States has designated billions in dollars for weapons and aid for Ukraine, there are too few soldiers, more accurately described, conscripts, to fight off a superior and better trained Russian military. World leaders, like French President Emmanuel Macron, are calling for European leaders to send troops to help the virtually decimated Ukraine resistance.

https://www.newsweek.com/nato-troops-ukraine-emmanuel-macron-russia-1896596

In just a matter of days, Russia will launch its spring offensive, secure control of the Donbass region of Ukraine in definitive victory, just in time for their May 9th Victory Day parade. Some are speculating that Russia will use more drones, though unlikely but potentially tactical nuke strikes or some new weapon against Ukraine this week. Though the anti-missile systems should be in place by then, but there isn’t much the Ukrainians can do at this point.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-might-planning-massive-festive-120800206.html

The worst part is, short of military intervention from NATO, there is nothing anyone can do to stop them. And world leaders know the second that they commit troops in defense of Ukraine we will be in a hot conflict with Russia and its allies in World War III. Russia has made it clear that if NATO troops enter the conflict tactical nukes are on the table. So, Macron stands alone as other leaders won’t risk retaliatory strikes or reprisals from Russia over Ukraine, nor will the United States.

https://www.usip.org/current-situation-Ukraine

What makes it worse than that is Putin knows this and is resolved to follow through with his strategy and promise. The time for peace in this conflict has passed. He will have his victory in Ukraine for May 9^th if he has anything to do about it. No more negotiation. No more potential for peace.

The real criminals in this situation are those who hindered the peace process back 2022. Depending on who you believe, and whether there was or wasn’t a peace agreement on the table, it does appear the Borish Johnson, then UK Prime Minister, either directly or indirectly sabotaged the deal.  There was a moment, a pause back then, that could have saved many lives, but alas it was not to be so and for whatever reason we may never know.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/22/boris-johnson-ukraine-2022-peace-talks-russia

The United States appears to have had a hand in continuing the war as well. Needless to say, anything to weaken Russia (our old nemesis) and to aid our military industrial complex was ample enough incentive to send Ukrainian young men and women into the meat grinder of war.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/08/biden-admin-nudging-led-ukraine-to-drop-putin-condition-for-peace-talks-00065679

Whether or not the United States believed or not the Ukrainians could win the war without additional troops from other countries, our nation has heavily invested in fighting a conflict with no discernible off ramp or end for victory. With nearly 75 billion USD in aid sent to Ukraine, there seems to be no answer what we are getting out of this conflict to which our underdog is going to lose. It leads one to wonder what our real motivation in this war is to spend this kind of money with no possibility for victory.

https://www.cfr.org/article/how-much-aid-has-us-sent-ukraine-here-are-six-charts

It is a beautiful distraction now for China to continue to deal with economic issues at home while silently preparing for their invasion of Taiwan. With all the bleeding hearts and close-to-home news media cameras focused on Europe, the Chinese war dragon continues spread across the Pacific rim. Whether you know it or not, and its certainly not being reported in the US media, our military along with Australia and 13 other nations in the region are preparing for the inevitable and imminent war with China.

Add the distraction of Israel and Hamas conflict in Gaza, bleeding off billions of US dollars as well, does it make you wonder if we are really the one superpower who is slowly and intentionally being weakened? At least, Israel and Iran chose to not escalate their direct confrontation. Both choosing to say that their mutual retaliatory strikes were enough to save face on the global stage. Though truthfully, Israel still has it’s hands full snuffing out Iran’s proxy, Hamas, within Gaza.

The world is amid two major conflicts and a potential third with China. The world stands on the edge of oblivion in our endless cycle of war and conflict. Where is the off ramp and path to victory for the United States in these conflicts? If we don’t get involved, then there is no need for victory. If the United States doesn’t get involved, does is it threaten our power and influence in the world? Shake the Magic Eight ball and you will get about as clear an answer as one can find.

There is no profit in peace. There is no advancement in technology without conflict. The world continues to reap what it has sown. We can only wait to see what the politicians are going to do with our tax dollars and the lives of our sons and daughters. Poor President Dwight Eisenhower. He doesn’t know how correct he was in his farewell speech.

The United States of America could solve most of our national and social issues if we spent the amount of money on ourselves instead of our ever-growing military industrial complex, or even a tenth of that amount. Those who encourage our politicians to focus inward are labeled isolationists. Those who encourage our politicians to focus outward are labeled globalists. The United States should not start a fight, especially one it can’t win, much less three. Our nation needs to wake up to the obvious trap being laid for us to extend our military and resources beyond our capabilities. Of course, I could be wrong about all of it, but it is just my perspective from the bottom end.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pentagon-ufo-uap-report-full-text-march-2024/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR35GFu-HTBfPwe2RJiVi6u5IqUNufXXf-ZN9knCMVuFoGJKuD1bRln3db0_aem_ATruDhYNgbXpm_d4twoZC7VMqAbQ5uBo7kv1sYUZzAzq_zoXWn_OfYqBeTox5PnCiiTAFbKoPlzs4i_FCU5gKalA

Congratulations to the United States government on another successful coverup involving UPAs / UFOs. Well done to everyone involved who swept everything under the rug and redacted everything that was critical and to the public interest. You can’t get more “textbook coverup” than this. Between the public hearings before Congress and the quintessential legislation that quietly moved all the pertinent information back to classified realm, it was quite impressive. Special thanks to all the career politicians who probably saw a bump in their private stocks for Lockheed Martin Corp., Raytheon Technologies Corp., The Boeing Co., Northrop Grumman Corp., and L3Harris Technologies Inc., we appreciate your consistent behavior for self-preservation. Please give a round of applause to all these folks who made it all possible.

Also, congratulations to all the journalists, authors and YouTube influencers who stand to gain in monetization and book deals from this spectacle. Conspiracy theorists and anti-government propagandists stand to make some serious coin and noise following all this. There are now so many new players in the UPA / UFO hustle. You have the confidence men, Commander Fravor and Caption Ryan Graves who are legit pilots with documented experience with UPAs. Not saying these men are being deceitful or being dishonest, but legitimize that there actual events happening in our skies involving military and civilian aircraft.

Then you have Luis Elizondo and David Grusch, both who have worked for the government in counter intelligence. These two make this whole situation extraordinary with their claims, yet neither will site specifics unless its in a SCIF (a new word that has enter the UFO lexicon, sensitive compartmentalized information facility). Both fear losing their security clearances and incarceration from disclosing classified materials even though they have “whistler blower” protection. But apparently not. This is what makes everything they say questionable. Which is it? Do they have protection or not?

In addition, you have Dr. Travis Taylor, who apparently was a government plant in the Skinwalker Ranch investigation in Utah. Whether he was hindering, helping, or spying in that investigation, no one knows for sure. You can watch this interview with Brandon Fugal (owner of the ranch) on the Shawn Ryan Show to determine for yourself.

But most importantly, Project Blue Beam can continue as planned, all though it may be a bit delayed as we need people to forget and lose interest in this subject, so not to hinder the government’s next false flag operation to continue to steal the freedoms of Americans.

There should really be an awards ceremony for stuff like this like the Darwin Awards except for political corruption and coverups. What do you think of the Shady Awards? Open to suggestions if you have them. Please let me know if you would like to financially sponsor said event.

In my heart, it looked like the government had lost control of this situation and some real details about what was happening almost seemed to be coming to like. But, oh me, of little faith. How my Big Brother Uncle Sam rose to the occasion and clamped down using the power of the almighty dollar and threat of incarceration.

So, what happened really? It is not that complicated to find out if you are truly curious. In the opinion of this author, the best documented explanation of these events comes from the Shawn Ryan Show from the interviews of Congressman Tim Burchett of Tennessee. It is the opinion of this author that Mr. Burchett was probably one of the most honest and sincere people in Congress fighting for true disclosure. In addition, he had nothing to gain by confronting such a fringe subject. In all honesty, it probably hurt his political career and made him many enemies in Washington, DC. You can watch it below on YouTube or the Fox News link.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/governments-refusals-declassify-ufo-docs-is-cover-up-costing-taxpayers-millions-gop-congressman

Shawn Ryan Show – Tim Burchett Part I

Shawn Ryan Show – Tim Burchett Part II

If you didn’t follow all this in the news and social media, there are a few probable possibilities considering we don’t know the whole truth.

1. This was a case of failed deconfliction as proposed by Dr. Eric Weinstein on Joe Rogan’s podcast. Webster defines deconfliction as to coordinate (something, such as flights, maneuvers, or the use of a location) between groups especially in areas where overlapping operations are occurring in order to reduce the risk of accidents or incidents. Which is complicated way of saying, our military and civilians weren’t supposed to see our next level of technology aircraft designed being tested in our airspace. Thus, our government is quietly sweeping this under the carpet, so our enemies don’t know what our capabilities are currently. In other words, as stated above, it is the beautiful work of our government to keep everything under wraps for its own self-preservation.

2. There are extra-terrestrial vehicles (or of unknown origin) in our skies that are acting of their own freewill in a benevolent or malevolent manner. Whether or not our government is either in cooperation with these intelligences or not is hard to tell. Equally both possibilities are terrifying. There is evidence for either scenario. It has been reported that we’ve shot down craft and that there has been a treaty signed for access to new technology in exchange for human experimentation.

3. The government does not know what is happening in our skies but doesn’t want to cause public panic or look weak in the eyes of our enemies. If that truly is the case, then this truly is a national security issue. But we can’t make that determination, even in Congress, because they are keeping everything about the subject even from themselves. There is a small cabal of people on Capital Hill who truly know what is happening in our skies. If you read the articles about who did what to sweep this under the rug, the list becomes obvious and identifiable who this cabal is in our government. But you must care enough about this subject to discover who they are for yourself.

It has been the opinion of this author that most of what we’ve seen in our skies at the end of the 20th century were prototype military aircraft, particularly Die Glocke (German, the Bell, an acorn shaped aircraft) and the Stealth series of aircraft. The famous “Tic Tac” UPAs could be new drone technology controlled by artificial intelligence, which is probably the most rational possibility, which fits with scenario number one. It makes the most sense after looking at the latest news with our military’s successful test of AI in our military aircraft. You can read about it here in Fox News.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/us-air-force-confirms-first-successful-ai-dogfight?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3mGifEv1COChEfIjUzjmt6UVmt6EZ-uXVbCOijDhisVUEevHgLPn3DiqI_aem_ATrMJx_369OAfQKM03c3TqpmuAsxBofPXYI6M4KiXBmEWbqT2td3puT4j7fSCJd_R1VlKr-BrGAiBfB3teTjSgUq

In the words of Sterling Archer, “this is how you make terminators.”

What is the direction of this fringe topic heading? To the south pole. There is a great deal of attention being focused on the bottom of the planet. Iran claimed the South Pole as their own back at the end of 2023. This is not a joke.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-declares-antarctica-its-property-in-direct-challenge-to-biden-global-treaty

Also, we have whistle blowers coming out about secret weapons programs in the South Pole, which is by treaty, is solely for scientific study and discovery, not for military use. In this interview with Eric Hecker on the Shaw Ryan Show, Mr. Hecker talks about our government’s direct energy weapons (remember Maui anyone?) and the earthquake it allegedly caused in New Zealand. He also made claims of high-speed communications devices and the US government surveying for potential missile silos.

The South Pole has always been at the heart of the UFO conspiracy going back to Operation High Jump. Admiral Bird’s expedition to the South Pole is well documented if you want to start your own education there. But it appears we are going full circle back to the land of ice and mystery.

It is the opinion of this author that this subject of UPAs and UFOs has a parallel spiritual component that seems to get ignored. During this revival of interest in UFOs / UAPs that the shift of belief in origin has changed extraterrestrials from another world to extraterrestrials from another dimension. When you really go deep in this subject its starts to sound more like demons than little gray men. When you start comparing the two there are more similarities than there are differences. The veil between sciences and the spiritual realm are freakishly being torn apart and are touching our reality.

You can watch the entire video of Tucker on Rogan here on YouTube. The conversation about UPAs being spiritual entities at the very beginning.

To educate yourself on the Kona Blue: Project Aqua, click on the link below.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/what-kona-blue-do-ufos-exist/

If you watched the Brandon Fugal interview, Shawn asks Brandon how the events of Skinwalker Ranch have affected his faith. Being that Mr. Fugal is a Mormon, he states that he went from a UFO skeptic to having his faith reaffirmed through the process. If you are unaware of Mormon Cosmology, you may want to educate yourself because it is the prediction of this author that this theology will gain some ground in the coming months and years as you the UPA / UFO phenomena grows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_cosmology

You may have noticed that I have referenced several Shaw Ryan Show interviews in this article. These were chosen for the purpose of their discernment and their lack of drama and exaggeration. Shawn Ryan, as a former Navy Seal, rarely overreacts or appears to get overly swayed by the extraordinary claims of his guests unlike Joe Rogan. His even-keeled approach tends to yield some very good dialogs in his long form interviews. We will close with this one last video clip that speaks rationally about this subject with a former CIA agent, Andrew Bustamante. But remember also, consider the source of this perspective.

Where does this leave this series of articles? Right now, this subject is really neutered until something dramatic happens that the government can no longer hide which would have to include loss of life on a major scale that hopefully isn’t a false flag operation. Then again, the Maui fires seem to be easily forgotten and most of its citizens are still homeless with no government assistance. We will all probably continue to see things in our skies without explanation from the government, which is probably the way they want it. As we are amid the beginning of World War III, Sun Tzu probably describes it best.

Where does this leave us? Often, as parents, we tell our children to question everything. As quoted in the previous articles on this subject, C.S. Lewis probably said it best, it is the height of our arrogance to think that we are best that God could ever create. As a non-believer in Mormon cosmology which is likened to a broken clock is correct twice per day, it is the opinion of this author that there is a probability that there are other planets with life on them or were. Along the same thoughts of Congressman Burchette, who is a Christian, the stars that we see at night are billions of years old and are long extinct and what was in those planetary system are gone as well.

In this speck of life that we live in this ocean of time, we waste our lives worried about so many useless things. Though we want to leave a legacy and better future for our children so they can have a better life for themselves and their children, there is only so much we can control. We can educate ourselves and prepare but that is it. Even though we need to a gentle as doves yet wise as serpents, all we can do is lean into our faith and use the brain in our heads with the reasoning God has given us made make the best decisions we can.

If there are aliens from another planet or dimension visiting us, there is nothing we can do about it. If it is a government flying the latest aerospace technology, pray that is our government’s hardware and not our enemy’s weapons. You must decide how prepared you want to be for such eventualities. Until there is objective truth about this subject, as Mr. Bustamante said, it is always going to be an open loop in your brain to keep you from finding peace of mind. As much as this author would like to think Star Trek is the future we’re heading for, it is probably going to be more like Babylon 5. Of course, as always, I could be wrong about all of it, but it is just my perspective from the bottom end.

Is it time to prepare our hearts and minds for the fall of the United States? It is inevitable if we aren’t willing to make sacrifices to turn the tide of Marxism and moral decay within our borders and in the highest levels of government. The slow poison of socialism, the destruction of the family, the moral rot of our nation’s institutions and the wound from the double edge sword of freedom caused by lack of foresight, responsibility and personal integrity have our country bleeding out upon the world stage. The signs are all there, that we, the United States of America, are dying not by the hand of our enemies, but of our own doing. Cheery thought, eh?

Our national debt is rapidly approaching 35 trillion dollars, which means every citizen is in debt and responsible for over $103,000+ in USD.  The US Household Debt reached $17.5 trillion this year. These are all well documented and published facts if you wish to discover them for yourself. Americans, not just our politicians, love to spend what they do not have, cleary showing a lack of personal responsibility.

https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/hhdc.html

To say we have societal unrest is an understatement. Our self-absorption has reached unbelievable heights of ridiculousness. We’ve all become narcissists.  Everyone appears to be a victim of some form of oppression. Everyone appears to need to be represented 100% of the time in everything from daily occupations to our entertainment. Everyone appears to be depressed because of some reason mentioned above or because they can’t be content with who or what they are, or just life in general. And if you happen to fall into one of this victim-hood groups apparently its okay to commit and incite violence in your communities, despite the fact that most of the people who surround you probably have nothing to do with your personal situation.

We have intellectual unrest as well. We can’t even agree on basic scientific and biological certainties like gender. The mere basics of what a kindergarten child sees as fact is debated amongst the highest forms of education and government. We educated ourselves into imbecility in the absence of objective truth. What once was diagnosed as mental illness is now being normalized. In fact, all kinds of self-destructive and abnormal behaviors are being normalized not by doctors but rather by politicians.

Freedom of speech is under attack. Countries are now seeking to criminalize offending or hurting someone’s feelings and now if you affirm something that a government deems dangerous or offensive. We are in the birth pangs of an Orwellian nightmare.

The internet has played a key role in engineering all this dissent, chaos and destruction. Another double-edged sword in which we wound ourselves willingly. Social media has been allowed to program the minds of our children and we’ve been content to let it be our free babysitter. As many social commentators had suggested, algorithms are manipulating the masses, exacerbating tribalism, polarizing groups against each other and censoring free speech.

In the same token, the internet has been used to cut through the propaganda of mainstream news media to inform the world of the truth. Our main stream media has become propoganda machines for our government, and or have always been but now its more obvious. But in a time when there is no objective truth, what value is truth?

The moral decline of our nation has withered the legs of our Golden Triangle of Freedom purported by Dr. Os Guinness. “Freedom requires virtue. Virtue requires faith. Faith requires freedom." If you aren’t familiar with the Golden Triangle of Freedom and its role in the survival of our republic and the many freedoms we are slowly losing, take a moment and click on this link below and educate yourself.

https://firstliberty.org/news/the-forgotten-triangle-of-freedom/

In our attempts to be virtuous, we have become decadent for the sake of what we consider to be “freedoms”, which are not freedoms or rights at all, but immoral vices and deviant behavior disguised as such. When we consider the ability to commit immoral acts “rights or freedoms” then we’re no longer virtuous. This quote from John Adams continues to ring true today as we grapple with our changing nation.

If we are no longer a spiritual, moral and virtuous nation, then we are no longer the United States of America that our Founding Fathers created, and thus have fallen. We can confidently assert that premise based on the fact that that we’ve abandoned what sustained our republic and made America great. Our Foundering Fathers were very enlightened and educated men who studied the classics and were well versed in philosophy and history. They knew what was needed for this great experiment of “self-government” to be able to work in a sustained manner. On September 18, 1787, a lady asked Dr. Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got a republic or a monarchy?" To which he replied, "a republic, if you can keep it.”

A popular phrase that gets floated is “what doesn’t change, dies.” Due to the lack of education in our schools on civics and government, this generation thinks that we have to tear down our traditions and landmarks to affect change. Instead of learning how our republic works, this generation chooses to burn it to the ground.

Our virtues and morality, traditions and landmarks are the framework within which real change occurs and does so with reason and compassion for the benefit of all, not just a protected class. If we can’t preserve the foundations of Faith and Virtue in our nation, we can not expect our Freedom to last. And, as history has taught us, once the government takes away your freedom, seldom does it ever give it back to you.

As Christian Americans, we can look at our situation in America in two ways. First, we can no longer wait for an American messiah to save our promised land. We are always waiting for someone else to take the first step to take the initiative to say no or act. That time has passed. Consider these words from former President Barack Obama.

Former President Trump says many things that stir and activate the current conservative voting base in America, but he is not the answer either. He is merely the antagonistic response to our puppet president, Joe Biden, who is currently being told what to say and do. And if you think President Biden is making the decisions, you can stop reading right here.

Neither have the moral soil or personal integrity to lead our country out of this mess because they do what the Satanic forces against our nation want: to polarize and divide. America needs a leader that appeals to both sides to call people to the middle so our nation can mend this rift.

Part of our herd mentality, we want to rally behind someone, but we can no longer wait for that person to emerge. We must act alone, resisting and pushing back not just in words but in action. Start with voting with your wallet, as I have often mentioned. Not spending your money on companies that don’t support your ideals. It may require some effort, but it’s not too hard to see on social media what flags companies are waving.

The next part is the toughest, but it is the most important: start speaking out and speaking up for what you believe. If you are loud enough, you will discover that people will join you. Soon your voice will become a chorus of voices. Don’t be afraid to create your own herd of resisters and believers. It may take some time, but it will happen. And you never know, you might be the spark that lights the flame of someone significant of moral character and integrity to rise that we can all rally behind.

But if you are too worried about losing friends, social status and potentially your job, then you should prepare yourself for the worst. Unfortunately, most people fall into this category. We love our comforts more than we love freedom. Certainly, we love our pleasure more than sacrificing for the sake of vitrue. What we don’t realize is that it is our freedoms that we’re refusing to defend that has given us this comfort we now enjoy.

Second, we can accept that for biblical events to unfold as they are prophesied, for Israel to stand alone and turn back to God and accept Jesus Christ as their Messiah, the United States of America, its number one ally, must fall or we turn against Israel ourselves. How and when we fall or turn against Israel is anyone’s guess. Considering recent events that are occurring in Gaza, its clear that anti-Israel rhetoric and Antisemitism is on the rise in the United States.

In the process of writing this article, Iran lauched a direct attack on Israel in response to the bombing of their embassy in Syria. World War III now tranistions from conflict between proxies to major players. At the moment, Israel sits on the winning side of the weekend assault as many of Iran’s suicide drones and missles failed to achieve their objective, only inflicting minor damage. Though Iran considers their response “concluded”, the world holds its breath to see if Israel decides to retaliate or take victory in Iran’s failed attempt at retrobution.

So where does this leave us? Watching and waiting, my brethren. You either believe in God’s sovereignty over your life or you don’t. You either trust in God and His Will for your life or you don’t. You can choose to act or you can do nothing and submit. Of course, I could be wrong about all it, but its just my perspective from the bottom end.

On September 22, 2023 I wrote the following post on social media.

Depending on how much you pay attention to world politics and the current shifting of military troops across the globe, it would make a person wonder a few things. Whether you want to admit it or not, the world powers are gearing up for the next global conflict.

Presently, we have Russia at war with Ukraine with no off-ramps to exit this conflict. NATO and its allies are fighting a proxy war in Ukraine against Russia. Now, recently Poland has cut off arms to Ukraine, and may potentially reclaim some former Polish territory from Ukraine. Japan is amid the largest military buildup in decades to fight against China or North Korea. China has moved over 150+ military aircraft in the region of Taiwan in the last few weeks. Iran and Saudi Arabia are fighting proxy wars in Syria predominantly and throughout the middle east.

Also, Iran is trying to flex its muscles in gulf against Saudi ships. This is all fueling a Middle East arms race, and potentially and likely a nuclear one. Iran just recently refused inspectors to view their enrichment facilities, yet again! North Korea is pledging unconditional support to Russia, whatever that means, and provocatively firing missile tests in the direction of Seoul and Japan. Then, you had the Indian government allegedly assassinating a Sikhs activist on Canadian soil who was a Canadian citizen. Then the governments expelled each other’s top diplomats from their respective countries, with India refusing Canadian visas. In the words of Ozzy Osbourne, we’re going off the rails on a Crazy Train!

All these proxy wars will soon become direct conflicts between nations once the major powers in the background of the losing side have enough. Where do you think the US would shift its efforts if China invaded Taiwan, North Korea attacked South Korea or Japan and Iran attacked Saudi Arabia or Israel? Then you have the role of India as the US’s biggest bulwark against China in the region, and potentially in the future having to condemn them for their actions if proven true. Right now, all these scenarios are plausible and potentially on the horizon.

Would we abandon the war in Ukraine to save Taiwan as China is the bigger threat to our interests? Or would we support Saudi Arabia, our favorite petroleum dealer, or Israel which is really our only true ally in the Middle East? Then again, we have over 35 thousand troops stationed in South Korea. Would we sacrifice those men and women for a greater good?

The US can't fight that many wars on multiple fronts, unless we have some ultra-advanced technology that can take down the smaller threats like Iran quickly. UAPs anyone? But reality is we have a weak executive branch and divided Congressional branch, and our enemies know this. President Biden, God bless him, is a senile old man who barely knows where he is, much less have the cognitive ability to make a decision on a massive scale with long term consequences.

With Putin's political maneuvering as of late, it makes me wonder, is China, North Korea and Iran about to make some joint moves to thwart the US military's abilities to respond globally. Singularly, they are not a great threat except for China, though their military isn't battle hardened like Russia. What we have going for us at the moment is China is in the midst of great economic turmoil that has their leaders currently distracted and having to deal with the grumbling with the CCP elders about President Shi’s handling of the country. You may have noticed in the news (if it is accurate) some “purges” happening within the Chinese leadership lately.

See, China is the key. Russia has been weakened by the war in Ukraine. About the only card Russia has left to play is the nuclear scenario unless North Korea can bolster them with supplies. But if North Korea does that for Russia, they weaken themselves. China is really the main character here because it’s the heavy lifter. China has the largest military navy in the world, but it is untested. China prefers subversion to direct confrontation with their Belt and Road Initiative. Being that the US is their largest consumer for their goods, they don’t want to make a direct enemy of their best customer. China has made great efforts to find other customers, mainly in South America. Though none have the economic buying power of the US, they are trying. Timing in this situation is everything.

If they all moved militarily at the same time, the US would be forced to choose which would be a priority. If you think in those terms, it looks like Russia jumped the gun before everyone else was ready. Or was it a brilliant strategic move to weaken the US not only militarily but economically by investing in billions of dollars in truly futile effort to contain and weaken Russia? Maybe I am wrong. I hope I am wrong. But the chess pieces are moving across the board at a quicker pace if you care to look. There is a great deal of uncertainty. Be prepared.

Little did I know, two weeks later, Hamas attacks Israel on October 7th.

It was a little too prophetic too soon for my taste. Not to say it was a revelation of any kind. Everything that is happening appears very predictable and becoming more obvious every day. Which said in a corn bread way, unless you were completely oblivious to what’s happening in the world, you should have seen this coming, as I warned on September 22nd.

This is becomg the end of the beginning of World War III. Dominos are falling. News propaganda is rampant. Hey, remember the time the New York Times showed the world of picture of a burnt out building and claimed that Israel fired a missle at a civilian hospital, but it turned out to be not the same building and actually the missile Israel really hit was a parking lot? Yeah, that happened.

The testing of alliances has begun, said another way, who is going to come to whose aid. The world is about to find out. The moving parts to all this is really hard to keep up with like a shell game.

Here is where it is going to get interesting. If the US joins Israel in attacking Iran, Russia will be compelled to respond to one of their top allies under seige. Now, will this mean they will stop their onslaught on Ukraine? Does Russia want be apart of a two front war? Are they more interested in fighting the war on their doorstep, or do they prefer the one in their neighbor’s backyard? Again, we are probably going to see in the coming weeks.

There is also the potential of nuclear escalation and exchange in the region. Israel has nukes, but how many no one knows. Iran has been working on enriching uranium and how close they are to a bomb is anyone’s guess depending on who you believe. But the US and Russia both have nukes for certain. Will they allow escalation to nuclear exchange over their allies territory or will that just be too close to getting actually lobbing them at each other? “Mutually assured destruction” seems to have lost it’s flavor. Cue Ozzy Osbourne again.

If you think back to World War II, it was very clear who were the bad guys and the good guys were. It was as simple as us versus them. Today, it should be as vividly clear yet again. Decapitating civilian children (including infants) and adults as long with soldiers is bad. Defending the innocent victims of savage attacks is the morally high ground.

Hamas and Hezbollah are barbarians hellbent on the destruction of the state of Israel and the genocide of its people. These are not the actions of an enlightened, 21st century civilized people. These are the actions of monsters. These are the actions of evil.

What is the reality here? Israel is a sovereign state with every right to defend itself and its people. Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorist organizations, not freedom fighters. Hamas targeted civilians on October 7th killing Israeli and Americans alike. Hezbollah has launched 14 attacks against the US military bases and personnel in Iraq and Syria killing over 30 US soldiers. Currently both are backed by Iran, who is the #1 supporter and exporter of world terrorism. Evil must be opposed. Always. But is that part of the trap for the United States?

Where are the peace makers trying to stop the unfolding nightmares? They are nowhere to be found. The world is headed for war. The world leaders want war. Do you know what would firm up that shakey world economy right now? War.

The problem of going to war with Iran is that it is a tough nut to crack. Its a rough and mountainous part of the world. Even if you drop nukes on Iran, they will survive. The rulers of Iran are 10,000 mullahs, not a single family or bloodline. There is no single head of a snake to chop off. How do you kill this hydra of evil? You can’t, but you can contain it.

What is happening is that the enemies of the Israel and the United States are trying to provoke us into doing something vulgar and abhorent in a scale of violence to turn the world against us. War with Iran is another war without end and no exit ramp.

So who is winning in all these world conflicts? China, of course. Everyone is looking at Europe and the Middle East, and no one is carrying about what is happening in their part of the world. China’s number one enemy is preoccupied and dumping tons of money into one, soon to be two, major world conflicts. It is a beautiful distraction. Then again, China, as I have previlously written, has its own issues where the clock is ticking for them as well.

Be carefull of the saber rattling. Be carefull of whose sons and daughers you encourage to go off to war. I leave you with this last song from Ozzy Osbourne, “Killer of Giants” and ask that you to ponder the lyrics. I could be wrong about all of this, but this is just my perspective from the bottom end.

#WWIII #endofdays #theendofthebeginningoftheend

This past week in Congress more information and testimony on UFO/UPAs was televised and put into the official governement record. The Oumuamua asteriod is apparently coming back toward earth. We’re still shooting down UAP in our skies. Sightings are at an all-time high!

In case you missed it, a UFO/UPA landed in someone’s backyard in Las Vegas, in Nevada. And look, it’s George Knapp, the journalist who introduced us to Bob Lazar, is reporting on this! Click below to watch the News Channel 8 news coverage of it. It’s about 5 minute long. It is fascinating!

Whether you want to believe this or not, people are getting in on the action. If you were going to try a UFO/UAP hoax, now is the time to do it. You are guaranteed to get some attention. Since the 2017 New York Times article released by journalist Leslie Kean, UFO/UAP stories are coming out the woodwork. The stories keep coming and so many players now on the scene.

Now we have a new player in the mix, David Grusch, who came forward as a whistle-blower, testifying under oath to Congress that there are longstanding covert programs within the U.S. government that possess crash materials of “nonhuman origin.” Now there is a paper trail confirming and backing by multiple on-the-record sources from the intelligence community. If his story is true, then it is a bombshell but watch for yourself below. It is worth the time to watch.

Apparently over the weekend, News Nation took down the original interview. You will have to search “David Grusch News Nation Interview” to find bits and pieces of the entire interview.

The problem is David Grusch is that he speaks in generalities. He has yet to get specific names of people, specific names of agencies, times, places and details about specific events. He uses his non-disclosure agreements with the US government and fear of incarceration for revealing details. He has never seen a body or a UFO/UAP. All his knowledge comes from interviews and documents and reports from his time working for the government. He has no firsthand knowledge of any of this.

Nor will he say that Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office Director, lied before Congress under oath. He says everything but that. Watch above around 24 minutes in the video. He can’t confirm or deny if our government has agreements with these extra-terrestrial / extra-dimensional beings. These are yes or no questions that can be answered without violating a NDA.

The only thing that he sort of confirmed is that people have commited “white-collar crime” and some have been “murdered” by the US government to keep these things secret. But what crimes and who he cannot mention. Even so, that is a serious allegation. At 36 minutes in the video, strangely, the government takes Grusch’s complaints seriously.

Body language experts pick apart his interview in this video below.

Yet, Grusch’s credentials got him a seat before Congress last week along with Pilots Graves and Fravor, whose stories I have shared with you previously. If you have an hour to spend watching their testimony before Congress, here you go. Look who is in background behind Grusch: George Knapp and Jeremy Corbell.

Again, if you watched Grusch’s testimony, he can’t say anything tangible or specific. Everything that is specific he says he can only do in “closed session”. Here was his chance to go before the public on live television to tell the world what he knows, but he didn’t. He apparently cares more about himself than the rest of us, or he is just counter-intelligent agent spreading misinformation among the truth of the two pilots. Aren’t you glad Snowden didn’t fear going to jail to do what he did versus protecting himself?

But if you listen to the end of their testimony, all three of the witness affirm the possibility that our planet’s defenses are being I.S.R. probed (not that kind of probe pervert) and there is a plausible threat. The hype is building. We will come back to this, but more is unfolding.

So, where is the evidence? Where are the crafts? Where are the bodies? Coming before Congress the first of August is this video below of an alleged interview with an extraterrestrial /extradimensional being. This is an old view going back to the 1990s. The video below is about 3 minutes if you wish to see what Congress is about to see.

The whistleblower, Victor, is narrating what’s happening in the scene above. This information came out in a documentary in 1997. You can watch the documentary in the video below.

The original video was taken down over the weekend. Its enough to make me paranoid. Here is an alternative video featuring most of the original material from it.

If you watched the documentary, it was thoroughly debunked back in 1990s by special effects creators, one being my favorite, Rick “Monster Maker” Baker. My issues with the video are more pragmatic. If it is an alien, why doesn't even blink when they shine the light in its eyes? Remember, it's dark because of the beings “aversion to light? Blinking would be a natural response, or squinting at least, to having a light shown in your eyes. You never see its hands. Its arms do not move. So unless it's in handcuffs and being restrained, which would be the only plausible explanation for that, it's not very convincing.

There was a follow-up interview with Victor 11 years later in 2008. In this interview, Victor talks about the fact he did get paid for his interview and defends the logic behind it in protecting his interests. Victor paints a pretty dark picture about what is to come.

If my math is correct and Victor’s predictions are accurate, sometime in the next 5 years humanity is going to have rough time (2023-2028). Though Victor, like Grusch, doesn’t give many details. In 2008, Victor continued to defend his stance, the video and its veracity.

But yet, even though it was dismissed 20+ years ago, it’s going before Congress! Don’t believe me? Watch this video below.

Crazy, right? So where is all this leading? We now have testimony before Congress and by the Pentagon’s own admission of unidentified aerial phenomena in our skies, and, here is the kicker, there is nothing we can do about it. If you’ve read the previous articles, it’s been eluded that something big is on the horizon.

If you put all the pieces together, it looks like Project Blue Beam is coming together. If you aren’t familiar or you would like an objective explanation about the conspiracy theory behind it, invest your time and watch this video. It’s less than 30 minutes long and quite enjoyable.

The UFO/UAP hype being part of a Globalist plan to move us to a one world order, it is not that hard of stretch. Former FBI agent, John DeSouza, who was the consultant for the X-Files, and many of his cases were the basis for many early episodes, exposes the fact that there is more reality happening than conspiracy in regards to Project Blue Beam. Start watching at 13 minutes in on this video if you want to jump to the good stuff.

If you are familiar with Project Blue Beam, you know that there are many parts that include mind-control with drugs and other techologies to make humans give up their rights and freedoms. The section of PBB that involves UFO/UAPs is the worldwide event that will cause fear. Being a child of the 1980s, we’ve been preparing for a war of the worlds with shows like V for Visitors and others. Our imaginations have been prepared and cultivated to accept this new reality is coming. And guess what? NASA is now starting their own new UFO/UAP program to investigate. Serge Monast’s words are coming true day by day.

What am I getting at here? Well, there is nothing that we can do to stop these things from unfolding, but we can be prepared for when it does happens. As it with the first article, the goal is to get you to recognize the illusion as it unfolds. This is why this article is dropping days early so you can watch things unfurl this week with an educated mind as this latest pieces of the puzzle goes before Congress.

What is being hyped? The fear. More and more “credible people” are going on the record that there is a threat in our skies. They are trying to build in us a panic that they, the government, can only alleviate when the time comes. If an advanced alien race want to come to our planet and take it by force, there is little that we can do about it other than nuke ourselves to make it less inhabitable for them as well as us.

What can we do? Prepare. Self-reliance will be key in surviving. There are plenty of online resources to help you prepare. Just like you would in any potential crisis, start stockpiling about two months worth of food in the form of canned goods, things that will keep for longer periods of time if you need to ration. Along with that, stock up on bottled water for drinking and cooking if the water supply is cut off from the public. Invest in solar chargers and generators.

Stock up on ammunition as well. Why? Isn’t according to my tin-foil-hat friends that PBB says that everything is going to be done with holograms? Yes and no. There will be something and someone tangible behind that illusion as mentioned in my previous articles. Real people and real drones will be used to pull off this caper. You will need to defend yourself either from an alleged threat, if not from panicking people who aren’t prepared who are going to try to steal your food and other resources. What frightened and panicked humans will do scares me more than alien invaders.

You also need to prepare a safe-room or panic room. You need have someplace you can bunker down to ride out the storm. When events start to unfold, they will happen fast. You won’t have time to prepare somewhere to go. Prepare your basement or somewhere secure where you can have home invaders in a choke-point to focus your defense. Watch the movie “Signs” by M. Night Shyamalan. Its a great fictious example of lack of preparedness.

If your strategy is to stay mobile, which is certainly an option, make sure you have everything you need to stay mobile. Your bug-out bag needs to stay stocked with things to help you live off the land. If you have a four-wheel drive vehicle, make sure you have enough fuel to fill up your tank at least twice if not three times. Gasoline supplies will run out, and when it does, you will need to have an alternative mode of transport like bicycles.

Also, if you plan to go mobile, you need to know where you are going and what you plan on doing when you get there. You need to have a fall-back position to your fall-back position. Making things up as you go will get you killed in any situation. Fortune favors the prepared as they say.

This is a lot to digest. The problem is we don’t trust our government. The US government has used psy-ops on us before and are probably trying to do it again. Even if they are not, you still need to be prepared for either contingency. Do not let normalcy bias dissuade you from making some practical precautions for the next national disaster. If you remember going to the grocery store when the Covid-19 pandemic started, imagine how panicked people would be in the face of annihilation. Of course, I could be wrong about all of it, but it’s just my perspective from the bottom end.

#ufo #upa #aliens #conspiracy #governmentconspiracy #aliencoverup #projectbluebeam #thetruthisoutthere

We truly live in strange times. At the end of the Summer of 2023 the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions are pretty much over unless you’re in a blue state where they’re trying to still hold on to control, predominantly in the bigger cities. In the rest of the world, our focus has moved on to other pessimistic subjects. Apart from the UFO/UAP phenomena, it seems that all our conversations revolve around sex, death and money. Cue Alice Cooper!

But as they say, hind sight is 20/20 and 2020 was a strange year as it appeared we were a part of some great social experiment of what we could be forced to do and what we were willing to surrender in the way of freedom for personal safety. “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” is a quote and motto attributed to Benjamin Franklin. Even though COVID is now in our rear-view mirror, we are still wrestling with the consequences of it on our society. As we pick up the pieces of our post-COVID world, many are looking back to figure out where we went wrong.

We are not just looking where we went wrong in our government with its excessive over-reach but in our places of worship. For the first time in history, the church, which allegedly worships and serves the LORD Jesus Christ who has the power over life and death, who holds the keys to death, hell and the grave, bowed the knee to the government and to the fear of death. Sorry, Jesus, Uncle Sam’s got this one!

Not just the fear of death, but the fear of death of dying alone in a hospital away from your family and friends, that fear gripped the hearts of many people during the pandemic for nearly two years. Reports of many people’s loved ones dying without loved ones at their bed side spread quicker probably than the virus. Fear reigned along with its siblings of uncertainty and distrust as everything about Covid-19 was politicized in an already polarized nation.

Now we know that the Covid-19 numbers where hyped and much of what we did to protect ourselves (masks, vaccines, quarantines, etc.) were useless and ineffective. The casualties of Covid-19 were less than 1% and mainly the elderly, those with respiratory issues, and other morbidities that increased their rapid decline. There were other casualties like small businesses and churches that have either closed their doors and or are struggling to keep them open.

Covid-19 was for the church like the 2008 financial crisis (often referred to as the Great Recession of 2007-2009) was for business. Back then my career was in the hardware and automotive industries. When the 2008 financial collapse hit, we noticed that all the smaller distributors were slowly being consumed by the larger ones. Slowly over the course of a few years, all the smaller ones were acquired and or gone out of business. It is my opinion that the same thing is happening to the evangelical church in this post-COVID world.

Larger churches that have been able to keep their doors open and their services active during the pandemic have slowly been absorbing believers who were ready to return sooner than their original smaller congregations or decided it was time for a change. The reality is that the churches that didn’t bow to fear are the ones thriving and those that did are either struggling or on their way out of existence.

Who stopped going to church? There have been many articles written about this over the last few years about this subject, and many will be referred to in this one below. It would be redundant to repeat this information, but it does support many of the points of this article.

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2022/january-web-only/attendance-decline-covid-pandemic-church.html

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-pandemics-lifestyle-health-religion-cd5fbac2318cb58e1d5ec4a5d1c00ecc

It is my belief that Covid-19 separated the wheat from the chaff, to use a biblical analogy. Cultural Christianity has plagued the American church for many decades. If you unaware of the term, it basically means someone who claims to believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, but they’ve truly never had a transformative experience of salvation, and whose lifestyle does not truly match what they profess. In this case, the disease was the cure in my opinion.

Why do I consider my belief to be true? Because the indwelling of the Holy Spirit calls a person to be a part of the church community. True believers are drawn to each other. There is an internal need for the many to become one. Like many other believers, we craved to be together again with our brothers and sisters. It’s hard to describe but my need to hug another person was so great but interpersonal contact became such a taboo. The loss of fellowship weighed heavy on our hearts and consciousness. A warning and the need for interpersonal relationships that lead to growth and support is mentioned in the scriptures.

Hebrews 10:25 ESV - not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

COVID weeded out those whose church attendance was merely something social and or cultural. New personal routines replaced their church attendance with something else, thus there is no evidence of an internal need for community. Some would call this judgment but, in my opinion, it’s just a fruit inspection in my book. There are no lone-wolf Christians in my experience, and those that claim it are really wolves in sheep’s clothing.

As the end times draw closer, the people of the church are going to need each other. As all the technologies fall into place for the Antichrist to rise, the church needs its mutual discernment and strength to resist the approaching darkness. Call it what you will, strength or safety in numbers, Christians need each other now more than ever. Hence the reference to the “Day drawing near” which is a message for us.

The evangelical church was already in decline pre-Covid for cultural reasons due to issues deriving from the LGBTQ agenda and the rise of the new atheists influence through social media. You can either look at Covid-19 as Satan’s plan to snuff out the church or you can see it God allowing His bride to be purged so we can focus on the basics which is making disciples instead of worship entertainment and programs.

If there is anything in my learned experience from evangelism on the road, people’s lives are messy. You can’t evangelize or make disciples without getting messy. As believers you must invest in people, and sometimes one person or one family at a time. That means you must deal with the mess of their lives, their misunderstandings, and their flaws. You have to replace their ignorance with knowledge. You must be willing to sit and listen even when it’s the last thing you want to do.

Those times come when you don’t have time, and that is the plan of the enemy, but it’s the will of the Father. Some of us (me included) can’t be inconvenienced by someone who is broken when it interrupts our personal pleasures which are typically just crutches that we use to get through the day instead of leaning on God. Recognize those moments and just be the church for them. That is the heart of evangelism and discipleship and what we’re called to be and do for the lost. That is how you grow your church and community, one person or family at a time.

But some pastors, deacons and lay people don’t see focusing on the individual as a reasonable return on investment of their time. We focus on getting maximum amount of returns on our efforts. That seems logical but it is biblical? The greatest heresy of our modern church is the numbers game that we use to justify ourselves and our activities. And it’s not just numbers that rule us regarding people, but money as well. If our tithes in offering is good then our church must be doing well! If there is money in the bank, then surely people aren’t going to hell on our watch, right?

At some point the church must stop operating like a business and needs to operate like a ministry. Yes, we should be good stewards of our time, money and resources but God intends for those things to be spent, not hoarded. Socking away money for a rainy day may sound logical and prudent. It makes good business sense but doesn’t make sense if we’re expecting Christ to return at any moment. What if tomorrow never comes? What if the talent we buried in the ground is still there when Christ returns? If we’re standing before Jesus and He asked us what we did with the blessings given to us, what would be our answer?

Us: Lord, we put that money away just in case the Sunday offerings were short.

Jesus: Did you not have enough faith in me that I was going to take care of your needs?

Us: Yes, Lord, but we were just trying to be prudent and good stewards of what You gave us.

Jesus: Did you have more faith in that money in the bank that it was going to supply your needs or me, who tends to lilies of the field and the birds of the air?

Us: No, Lord, our faith was in you.

Jesus: Then why didn’t you do something with it? Where is the return on my investment in you?

And if we are honest, the answer would be fear. Because of our finite and corporeal existence, we are more worried about the consequences of this world than we are about the next and standing before an angry God. If we truly believe in the sovereignty of the omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent and omnibenevolent triune God has over our lives, who exists in our past, present and future, why are we worried about tomorrow? You are probably thinking those are what if situations. Then what was the point of the parable then about not knowing when the master is going to return?

Every Christian needs to read the parable of the talents in Matthew 25 verses 14-30 regularly. The Master of the Parable gave to each of his servants according to their ability. God knows what each of us and each church can achieve. He has given us all the resources we need to be profitable for His kingdom. He is given us what we need to be profitable today, not just tomorrow. Would you rather regret something you did, or something you didn’t do?

Faith over Fear is a very popular t-shirt that people, particularly Christians, love to wear, but few will live it out in their lives. Based on Matthew 25 we should be more afraid of God for non-action on our part than fearing the loss that comes from taking risks. Knowing what our calling is and having that discernment comes from being in community with each other. Through that community we achieve affirmation of our calling and fear falls away. As the church speak goes, if God has called you to do something He will equip you for it. You are called to obey that calling. The rest is up to God. It might not be your role to be the next Billy Graham, but you might be mentoring the next Billy Graham.

What is the post-COVID churches strategy? Well, there are tons of articles about that too. Again, I have listed several below full of opinions about it.

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2021/july-august/church-after-covid-pandemic-trauma-tension-healing-together.html

https://outreachmagazine.com/features/leadership/64670-5-insights-about-the-post-covid-church.html

https://baptistnews.com/article/your-church-after-covid-restart-refresh-or-relaunch/

https://www.christianitytoday.com/better-samaritan/2023/february/re-thinking-post-covid-church-beyond-walls.html

Many of these articles talk about how “churches can’t be the same anymore” to which you may agree or disagree. If the church was truly focused on authentic worship, evangelism and making disciples, there would never be a need for change. You may think that is a gross oversimplification and being overly critical. The justification is we have all these programs and events to attract new people to our church. That’s not evangelism. That is marketing. What does the bible say about making evangelism and making disciples?

John 12:32 ESV And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.

The church is trying to do God’s job for Him. Sorry, Jesus, we’ve got this! God is the one who does the drawing of people, not the event. Evangelism has never changed. Discipleship has never changed. Neither needs to change. They work in their current form. Both have always been one person investing time and energy in another. Even if each of us decided today just to focus on one person in our lives, it would still be double the size of the church. Again, you are probably thinking that is another oversimplification. Well, the research supports the fact that it does work.

https://www.evangelismcoach.org/personal-invitations-to-church-are-most-effective/

Focusing on starting programs and this and that and the other thing will be the death of the small evangelical church. Have events and have programs but don’t call it evangelism or discipleship. We need to call things what they are, which most times is marketing and entertainment. Evangelism is what happens when people are actually sharing the Gospel with someone that is lost. Its not just a presentation but a conversation. We love presentation (entertainment), but lack on the conversation.

Discipleship happens when we are ministering to each other, edifying each other, and learning and growing together in Jesus. As mentioned above, replacing the old with the new, and becoming transformed. Jesus invested in twelve men. That should be about the max length of your circle of influence as well, and your family should be your first focus. If Jesus, who is God, chose to only invest in twelve, don’t think you can do better.

Worship styles have changed but the substance and the object of that worship should never change. Don’t call it worship when it’s really entertainment. If we were really focused what was pleasing to God and worshiping Him, then conversations about playing certain styles of music in worship would never happen in a church environment.

People prefer preference instead of deference. We want our preference of style instead of deference to the leading of the Holy Spirit. If we really had faith in our worship leaders to bring us into focus into worshiping God, then our focus would be outward instead of satisfying the inward. Every Sunday regardless of the style of music the object would be bringing glory to God instead of satisfying ourselves if we were truly focused on authentically worshiping God.

If the music is not to our satisfaction, then we cannot satisfactorily worship God? Is that how it is supposed to work? Think about it. You will find that the issue is more with us than it is with the music.

And many churches have programmed the Holy Spirit right out of their services. We must keep that schedule tight and on time, so people don’t miss out on the lunch fried chicken and or tacos. People love to misuse 1 Corinthians 14:40 as much as Matthew 7:1 when it comes to their agendas.

In a pre-Covid world, we barely gave God two nights or two times per week. God was lucky to get four Sunday mornings out of us. On that one Sunday morning we’re probably begrudged to give Him, let’s not worry about the time. Because if you are worried about how long the service is lasting, you probably really aren’t there to worship God anyways because He clearly isn’t your focus. You are probably thinking that was a judgement, but again it’s really a fruit inspection. This isn’t referring to those unlucky few that must work on Sundays but those who have the rest of the afternoon to do what they will. If you are the latter, just leave quietly when you’ve had your fill and let the rest of us focus on why we’re really there.

How can you be authentic about worshiping God when you are worried about whether or not people are engaged in worship because of the time? Let the door hit them in the backside on their way out of the building. If God isn’t worthy of the few extra minutes, then He isn’t really your God.

Do know what eternity is going to look like? Its going to be the eternal worship of God. Not eternal hunting or fishing, playing cards or in the ball field, or eating fried chicken and tacos. Its going to be worshiping at the feet of Jesus and God the Father and the Holy Spirit. If you don’t like what’s happening on Sunday morning now, you aren’t going to like eternity in Heaven. But you won’t like the alternative either. You might want to think about this in detail.

Are we looking at the end of the small evangelical church?

It will be for some, but for others who are focused on the basics, it will be time of thriving and revival. If bets were to be laid down, those churches with older congregations who stayed quarantined longer probably are struggling more than those where younger ones were more eager to return. Excuses will be made that it was done for safety, but the truth is fear. Not just the fear of death, but that of dying alone steered the evangelical church for two years.

Our faith of an eternal reward was trumped by the desire of a few more miserable years on this planet suffering sin and death. For the Christian, being with Jesus in Heaven is supposed to be the goal. If Phillipians 1:21 were to have any truth, fear of death should be last thing we should worry about. For the believer, death has no sting. Again, if we truly believe in the sovereignty of the omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent and omnibenevolent triune God over our lives, who exists in our past, present and future, then we will not die and minute sooner or later than we supposed to according to His will. Of course, we can affect our lives by our own decisions, but those who have faith in God wouldn’t truly want to interfere with that plan.

My thoughts about my eventual death are never too far from my mind. Passing in my sleep would be preferred, but if the Lord chooses for me to go another way, then there’s no choice but to defer and accept it and like a Star Trek Klingon face death with eyes wide open going down swinging. Instead of worrying about how we’re going to die, perhaps we should focus more on living a life that is worth remembering more than how we died. This song by Rollins Band often plays in my mental jukebox when these thoughts enter my mind.

Should we be seeking death then? No, of course not. Even in the Dark Age, Christian believers still gathered in churches during the Black Death at the height of the pandemic. Their faith was that only God could save them. Even with all our technology and medical knowledge, we didn’t have enough faith in God to get us through COVID.

The goal is to live a long and prosperous life for the kingdom. We should be making healthy decisions and making the most of our time while we have it. If we believe we’re just travelers in this world, and Jesus Christ is really our prize, then exiting stage left to be with Him shouldn’t be feared, but welcomed.

Covid-19 revealed to many that we fear death more than we have faith in Jesus. Again, He separates the wheat from the chaff. He will reward those faithful servants in the kingdom to come. Again, we prefer preference over deference. Just defer to the One who exists in your past, present and future to know what is best for you.

You probably think that this is pretty harsh, but in many ways this is directed at myself more than anyone. Serving in different aspects of evangelism and discipleship, even worship, we tend to not see the forest for the trees. We feel more than we think. We want more than we give. Of course, I could be wrong about all of it, but its just my perspective from the bottom end.

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The unknown and ugly reality that many independent artists need to realize (the sooner the better) is that everything in the beginning is going to cost you money out of your own pocket. Even after you get to a paid professional level it’s still going to cost you money out of your own pocket just on a grander scale. Here is some basic information, tips and advice from someone who has had to learn the hard way and from trial and error. Invest 20 minutes of your life and read this because it is my gift to you from one independent musician to another.

Reality Check

Many people are under the illusion that record labels are walking around handing out checks with free money to talented artists. A record deal isn’t free money. It’s a loan with interest much like a mortgage. Advances from the label are loans. You, the artist, are on the hook to pay them all that money back. There is a plethora of books you can read about this but have no illusions about what a record deal is really. Anything the record label pays for directly; you have to pay back with interest. A record label is a bank that loans money to artists who they think can turn a profit. That is the music business and industry in a nutshell.

The reality is that most labels (independent or the big three) aren’t going to be interested in you as an artist until you are making money on your own regardless of your talent. This is not the good old days where labels had money to invest and grow artists. Those days have passed. Physical sales are what drove that model. If you read the biographies of most rock bands, most of those artists were selling albums independently before they were picked up by a label. The biggest advantage of a label is that they do have the power to make you big. But everything it invests in comes with a price. And on top of that, you probably won’t even own your masters. Today only 2% of people who are in the music industry make money solely from their music. The rest have alternate revenue streams to keep them in business or to maintain their lifestyle. That unfortunately is a fact that the industry doesn’t like upcoming artists to know.

If you or your bandmates have wives, lives, kids and mortgages, you really need to make sure you are grounded in reality. Unless your spouse is the main breadwinner for your family, it is nearly impossible to make a living wage in music based selling your own music. You can’t halfway commit to making it in the music industry. You can’t have a plan b. You must fully commit to going all the way, because you will never be able to take a big risk when opportunity calls. Stay single and out of debt unless you and your spouse are committed to you making it a full-time endeavor. Even being an independent musician is still a full-time job. You must put in the hours to make things happen, but we’ll expound more on that later.  

Branding & Product

Many artists don’t like to refer to themselves as a brand and their music as a product. Get over yourself. It is the music business. It’s show business. It’s the entertainment industry. This is a business. That is how you and your music is going to be treated. If you want to make music and money, you are going need to treat it as such. Educate yourself and understand how trademarks and copyrights and royalties work because those are revenue streams you will need. You are selling something. Initially it’s yourself and or your brand. Then next it’s the music. It’s a job and you’re making a product that you hope people will want to purchase or pay for the service of seeing you perform. Once you come to terms with that you can proceed and succeed.

Return on Investment

Unless you are one of those rare exceptions, you are going to have to learn to be business savvy to make it with or without a label if you want to make music for a living. Learn now to invest your money wisely. A phrase that is big in business that you need become acquainted with is “Return on Investment” otherwise known as ROI. Whatever you invest your time and money in you need to make sure you are getting a sizeable return. Whether its for product or services, know what you are purchasing and how much you are going to gain from it.

E.g. if you buy a t-shirt for $5.00 sell it for $15.00 each. A $10.00 retail is 50% margin and $15.00 is 100% margin. You need to make at least 100% margin. Not only do you have to pay for the cost of the shirt you sold but you need to make enough money to replace it and reinvest for the next as well as turn a profit. Also remember, perception is key. In the consumers’ eyes low price denotes low quality so don’t be afraid to put a high price. Offer a “deal” to customers occasionally when you need cashflow. But make your merchandise cool. Just don’t slap a logo on it and call it done. Make it worth buying independent of your own music. It’s a product that will fuel your music, not vice versa. Often my band has joked that we’re really a t-shirt company that goes around playing music.

About doing shows, those are investments as well to consider ROI. Lots of venues, festivals and promoters love to say “its great exposure” with no commitment to pay you. Usually, local gigs with no real out of pocket expenses are no brainers, but if you are being asked to perform at a great distance with expenses out of your own pocket there are many things to consider. Just for example, let’s just say it’s a festival. Is the genre of music festival like your own style? Is the audience demographic those you are wanting to target? Will you be able to sell merchandise and they’re providing a space and staff to help you sell it while performing? Can you sell enough merchandise to cover the expense and make money? You must weigh all this out in your head to make that determination. Live performances are an investment of time and money that you need to make a profit in either merchandise sales or growing a fan base for future sales. More will be discussed on this subject in this regard later.

Judging the book by its cover

Another investment or connection you need to make is with a graphic artist/designer unless you have a band member who is skilled and can execute your brand and marketing vision to the fullest. Make the time to sketch out your ideas on paper and communicate clearly in writing your vision for your brand. Be sure this person is someone that you communicate well with and understands your vision. Never settle for less than what you want, but remember you get what you pay for in the end. Like musicians, artists are sensitive people too, so be tactful. Don’t be afraid to shop around and haggle with artists. Instead of paying them a one-time fee for the work, offer them a percentage of the sales up to a predetermined dollar amount; t-shirts, CDs, posters, etc. If they agree to a percentage, make sure it’s in writing, define when they get paid (monthly, quarterly), follow through with the payments and keep the receipts. Make sure you own your artwork in writing! Even professional level artists like the band TOOL have made this mistake. Google it, read about it and learn from it.

A good photographer is another important investment. As previously mentioned about graphic artists, the same applies with photographers. The importance of a good photograph cannot be understated. The first impression of you comes from your branding and your photography long before your music gets heard and critiqued. The quality of your packaging many times will determine if your music will even get heard. This is a confession of many industry professionals. It’s shallow but that is the business. But then again, how many products have you bought off the shelf that had crappy packaging? The same applies here.

If your band photo is just a picture of taken by friend in your backyard or heaven forbid, the awful railroad track shot (every band ashamedly admits to having a railroad track shot) your EPK or whatever its going into a pile never to be seen again. Your live shots do not be from the back of the venue with a huge empty space between them. Make sure whoever is taking your photos is getting as much of the crowd in the photo. If it’s a sparse audience, the stage closeup shots are better. No promoter wants to see you playing in an empty venue. This was said to me directly by a promoter. He mentioned how many bands do this without thinking about it. Be mindful of your photos and what they show, especially on social media.

As much as you invest in the quality of your music, invest in the quality of your photos and branding. It’s a package deal whether you like it or not. You can write the best song ever written, but if it is not presented in the best way, it will never be heard. Accept it. Embrace it and move on to the next thing to worry about.

Hiring the Right People

Depending on where you are in your development process there are other key investments that you need to make: a lawyer, a publicist, a booking agent and maybe a manager if you get big enough. These are what I call necessary evils. But if you understand their role and how and when to hire their services, you will navigate this industry better. Get references and referrals then decide who you are hiring.

Find an industry lawyer that you can trust and engage their services when needed. When in doubt, talk to a lawyer. Anytime you have a contract you need to sign, if you don’t understand any part of the contract, ask a lawyer. If you have a performance contract and fail to make the gig you may owe them money. Remember, this is a business. If they spend money advertising you are going to be there and don’t show, you cost them money. Make sure you have outs in your contracts for contingencies or the unexpected like deaths in the family, illnesses or whatever. Lawyers are good about adding fine print and you want to have one of your own to protect you.

A publicist can help drive listeners and industry professionals to your music by using their connections in the media. You only need a publicist when you have something to promote. Unless you plan on developing a contact list of every magazine, radio, and entertainment source within your genre, it’s best to leave this in the hands of the professionals. Odds are they already have the relationships with these people to get your message out to the audience you want. Most publicists will have package plans with pricing. Look at the plans and discuss it with your publicist. Don’t forget ROI. Make sure that you are getting the results you want from the publicist’s services. You should be growing brand awareness, more sales, more listeners and ultimately more money for you to reinvest into your music. After every campaign you should do an evaluation of its effectiveness. A good publicist will have a report to show you after it’s all said and done.

A failing in most businesses is a lack of planning to advertise. You may have the best product or service in your market. If the market doesn’t know you have it, how will they know it is there? The same goes for your music. Just getting your single, EP or album in distribution with Tunecore or Distrokid through all the media outlets isn’t enough. Your publicist should be able to help you determine where to invest your money in advertising.

It is almost a joke amongst artists regarding booking agents and they are an interesting group of professionals. Many promise they can get you shows and many opportunities but those are just words. Booking shows is highly competitive, especially on the festival circuit. Many of the bigger festivals you must be on a label just to get a shot. You really need to be able to know how large of a crowd you can draw. If you are new to the area and or state, the promoter is going to look at your social media presence, your EPK and make that determination regardless of what the booking agent says. Never ever, under any circumstances pay a monthly rate for a booking agent as an independent artist. Insist on pay per gig basis. If you need $500 to make a performance meet your ROI, make them tack their fee on above your needs to make it happen. You don’t need to lose money so they can make money. You are doing all the work and they’re getting a cut. Also, make sure you are blind copied on all emails. There are horror stories by the thousands about independent artists who signed contracts with booking agents who insisted on being paid monthly who never got gigs and still had to pay them.

Lastly you need to invest in a manager once you get to a certain point. Having a manager is a tricky thing depending on how you work the contract. The average percentage for a manager ranges from 15% to 30% of the gross profit typically. If you don’t understand Gross profit verses Net profit you need to grasp that first. Using simple numbers, let’s say the band brings in $100 Gross. If your manager gets 20% gross, then he gets $20, even if the cost of making the $100 is $50. Simply $100 Gross minus $50 (show cost) minus (Managers Fee/Commission) $20 you’ve made $30 Net. Now you split $30 however many ways with your band members. If you have 5 band members, you pocket $5 each. But wait, there’s more – that doesn’t include taxes. Your management walks away making more money than you!

Classically this is where bands/artists get taken for a great deal of money. It may seem unfair, but this is the nature of the beast. A good read of how a band got screwed by its manager is Aerosmith. Just Google it and you can read all about it. It’s a classic example in the industry. Learn to manage yourself if you can honestly depending on what your goals are.

Make sure you negotiate wisely with your manager and define their role and responsibilities in writing. Paul Stanley, co-founder of Kiss, said in his book Face the Music, if you don’t think you’re getting screwed by your accountant or management, you just haven’t figured it out yet. Have people who can audit your books and contracts. Let them know you plan on things being audited and watch the shady people scatter like cockroaches. Invest the time to learn what a contract needs like a “sunset” clause and make sure your contract has one.

Go small to go big

The reality is you don’t need a record label anymore. You can be on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, wherever without a label. It’s really the only benefit the internet gave the independent artists by taking down the gatekeepers. But that also means you are competing with the world in your genre. Just saying you are a rock band, or a country artist isn’t going to cut through all the noise. Developing a niche music style is the way to go. Try to create your own genre if you can so you can hashtag it to death on social media to help establish your brand. Before you sign up for CD Baby, Tunecore, Distrokid or whatever service you are going to use to launch on those platforms, make sure you have a plan on how you’re going to market yourself in a world market. The more niche you are the better.

Know Your Worth

Many musicians come into this industry so desperate to make it big, they don’t realize how much of themselves, their music, their rights and their money they give away just to achieve what they perceive as success. Your brand, your music and integrity are the most valuable things you possess. Don’t give those things away for nothing to achieve a status that is not good business. Remember, only 2% of musicians make money from just their music and making it big is like winning the lottery. You must define what you consider is successful for yourself.

If you want to make a living by playing music in general, it’s certainly possible under certain circumstances. Where I have seen this work is under two scenarios. You will play many nights a week in different groups and venues, probably playing someone else’s music (probably covers) to a crowd of people who aren’t your fans. But if it’s a paying gig, it is a living.

If you want to make a living by playing your own music that is much harder to achieve. Not only do you have to be a musician and songwriter, but you also have to be a paralegal, graphic designer, copy writer, publicist, social media manager, booking agent, band manager and accountant. If you are a solo artist, all of that is on you. If you are in a band situation, you can spread all those responsibilities around to other members. But in my experience, one or two band members do all the work, one may do some though typically the bare minimum, and one or two do nothing at all. It’s the classic 80/20 rule.

Speaking of band members, there are things that can kill a band quickly like egos, laziness, negativity and self-deception. It’s a lot easier to pull a wagon if all four horses and moving in the same direction. If you have someone in the band that isn’t pulling their weight or is always being contrary of negative about what you’re trying to achieve, get rid of them as soon as possible. Even if they are the best musicians in your town, you don’t need that baggage and it’s just going to frustrate you down the road. Over the years its proven to me that amiability, reliability and cooperation in a musical partner has gotten me farther than tolerating the best talented musicians. You have value too if you are doing all or most of the work. Talent doesn’t guarantee success. Hard work, consistency, loyalty, dependability and perseverance are what makes you successful in spite of it being a cold and soulless industry.

As far as the monetary value as an artist, you will have to determine as you go. The bigger the crowd you can draw, the more you can ask. If you are just starting out, make sure you aren’t being paid with “exposure” because someone is making money on you as artist somewhere in the scheme of things. Whether it be a cover charge at the door or the food and or alcohol sales in the venue, money is being made. Value yourself and ask for your cut. Good promoters and or venues will tell you upfront what part of the door and the house sales yours is typically. If they don’t, ask. If you don’t do that, just say no. They may not know what is standard for artists, even independent musicians. Make sure you work this out before you show up for the gig. Tell them you must at least be able to cover your expenses even if it’s just gas money to drive across town. Get something or don’t play. If you just want to play, let them know the first one is free but after that they have to pay.

It’s okay to say no. Usually that is the job of the manager or the booking agent, but if you don’t have one of those just be honest and lay out the facts. It’s going to cost me X amount of dollars just to show up and get back home. If they say you can make that up in merchandise sales, ask for a guarantee in writing on that. Remember ROI again. That merchandise costs money. If you spend it traveling to and from a gig, then you won’t have the money to replace it.  If they can’t afford your services, then it’s just an issue of economics. Nothing personal. Ask them if they like to do business at a loss. It’s just business.

Know Your Fans Worth

Investing in your fans is also very important. If someone spent their time and money to come see you, they are worth your time to greet and say thanks. On the front end, you are going to play to a lot of empty rooms before people start to show up to just see you. Walk up to them and thank them for being there. Ask them their name and tell them you appreciated that they watched your performance. Insert your favorite cliché here but its very true kindness and appreciation goes a long way. Don’t wait for your potential fans to find you or come to you in the merch booth. If they come into your booth and buy some merch, make sure you have a little inexpensive item to give them for free as an extra, like a sticker or wristband. It’s an investment in them in hopes that they will come see your next performance and buy your next piece of merchandise.

As you grow your fan base, identify key “super fans”. A super fan is a person constantly sharing your posts, liking, commenting, etc. These people are invaluable. Identify these people in key cities and states and invest in those relationships. Send them a free t-shirt, poster, whatever. They will turn more people on to your music and help build your following. You may turn fans into friends that may need in the future.

In my experience, fans on social media are fickle at best. If you want to focus on feeding the beast, feel free to do so. A Like is not equivalent to a dollar. If you can figure out how to turn likes and shares into dollars please contact me. Don’t buy followers, streams or anything else of that nature. People like me who study and track that information can tell right away who is faking it just to make themselves look bigger than they are. Don’t waste your time and money. Build organic followers and most importantly, start an email mailing list. That is how you build and stay in touch with a fan base. Social media platforms come and go. Mailing lists are yours forever.

A few things to keep in mind

Everyone talks in the industry. Booking agents, promoters, managers, publicists, roadies, producers and especially other artists and whoever you can think of – they all talk to one another. Their circles overlap in different ways. Watch what you say and to whom you say it but most importantly listen. There are many personal stories that could be included as anecdotes here, but you should get the picture. Always say nice and professional things to those you meet and especially those you don’t know.

Reputation in the industry is everything. You want a reputation of being a professional. Show up on time, be kind and courteous to everyone. It is a faux pa to cancel a show but sometimes is happens but if it does happen, make sure its for a legitimate reason.

Remember, it’s a business and its about money. If you are looking to get signed, you need to learn about all the types of record deals. Don’t ever do a 360 deal. No artist I have ever known had one said it was good. Being ignorant in this industry is a guarantee to get eaten alive.

If you really want to tap into this industry, you need to move where the industry is. If you are in a small town in the middle of nowhere thinking you are going to hit it big just playing your local venues, good luck with that. Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York, Chicago and Seattle are where you need to be. Depending on your genre, there are other options subject on how you want to make your money. The primary means of making money for a musician is session work and gigs. Position yourself where you can get yourself seen and heard to find work.  

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If you are a band or two or more persons writing and making music together, you need to have a band agreement. Having a band agreement saves a time, discussions and arguments about how business is handled. YouTube is replete with videos on this subject. Below is a great video from an industry professional about it. Invest the time and watch.

Of course, this is all just my opinion from years of doing this playing on the periphery of the music industry as an independent artist. Most of it I’ve learned from personal experience. Some of it I’ve learned from others and their trials and errors. Much time and money has been wasted in my efforts to make a semi-professional career. I could be wrong about all of it, but it’s just my perspective from the bottom end.

That is a matter of opinion. This writer would answer Christian Music doesn’t suck but the selection the Christian music industry is making music that does suck available to the market is no doubt stagnant and repetitive. Like Josh Keefe and many others have pointed out it’s the same sound, same BMPs (beats per minute) and virtually the same words repeated over and over. Listen to Josh’s critique below which is spot on in this author’s opinion.

This writer would say the predominant issue with Christian music would be simply money. It requires money to make music. Money makes the world go-round. If you don’t think so and all we need is faith, just don’t pass the offering plate at church for a month and see how long the power stays on in the building. That sounds cynical. Forgive me, but you should understand my point.

No matter how you slice it, the music industry is about making money. The Christian music genre is no different. Perhaps if the industry focused on quality Christian music that focused on lifting-up Jesus Christ in spirit and truth, so people could be drawn to Him, wouldn’t you think God’s people would be faithful to support it? Apparently not, because the industry seems to be stuck using the same music mold because its easy to produce formula.

Have we not learned from the rise of Crowder that mixing musical genres can be successful? Who would have thought that throwing a banjo in with a digital loop would make an interesting and popular song? Or a synth with scratching a washboard? You cannot deny that it worked and propelled David Crowder to a higher status musically because he took the risk to follow inspiration instead of the industry norm. What shocks me more is that the industry has not cranked out more Crowder-type artists with long beards and trucker hats playing a ukulele to a dub-beat while wearing plaid and white hi-top shoes. This isn’t mocking Crowder, because he has his signature look, but it’s the norm of the music industry to imitate and reproduce in mass quantities. Individuality! What a concept!

This writer will go further to say the reason Christian music sucks is because people don’t support Christian music, not even Christians. Independent artists know exactly what we’re talking about. It’s hard to get people to show up to performances and even harder to get people to buy the music. Why buy an album when you can go to YouTube and listen to it for free?

It’s a common thread that most people in the US don’t like the government and think its corrupt, but none the less, they vote in the same people into office every year. The fans can impact change in the music industry but simply choose to not vote with their wallets or their voices. In the US, there are over 230 million professing Christians (roughly) but in 2014 there was only 17 million dollars (approximately) in Christian album sales. Can you not see the disconnect? Do we need to do the math per person? That’s 7 cents if you divided that among all Americans who claim to be Christian in 2014. Every year the amount of album sales just keeps getting smaller. Click on the link below to see the downward trend since 2008.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/188910/us-music-album-sales-by-genre-2010/

Remember my not passing the plate analogy? Perhaps if the fans spent more money on these artists, they wouldn’t have to focus on writing crossover lyrics to make their music appealing to a wider audience. Instead of focusing on appealing to the masses they could focus on worshiping and performing for the biggest audience of One and pointing the masses to Him.

But, let’s face the fact that we all have our preferences. Fans of Lecrae and Demon Hunter are probably not going to see or hear these two artists sharing the same stage or radio station. But why not? Are we afraid of musical cross contamination? As a performing artist and as a fan, some of the best shows this writer has performed and seen are mixed genre shows. There’s something for everyone! The closest you are going to see this type of lineup is Winter-Jam or a few select Christian music festivals.

But typically the genres are going to be skewed heavily in one direction or another to whatever is popular at the time. Again, the same stagnant market of what you hear on Christian radio. Christians, out of all the people groups of the world, should be embracing diversity, more especially in the music category. If you are a believer and think just only CCM or Southern Gospel is in Heaven’s juke box, one day you will be very surprised.

If you are one of those people that thinks Christian music sucks, my question to you is .. what are you doing about it? Have you called to your local station and asked them to play something different? Have you called in to request another artist? Heaven forbid, have you called to request that they play some independent music?

With 2 billion Christians in the world with about 50 Christian music labels, we could easily make our voices heard. But you are going to have to spend more than 7 cents per year to make it happen. Streaming helps but its pennies to the artist. Albums sales are dollars. Physical album sales are even better. Buying the merch helps fund tours and the next album.

There are plenty of good Christian artists out there in multiple genres. Unfortunately, you just must make the effort to find them. The best part is that the Christian independent music community supports its own typically. Support them and request them in your market. Otherwise you going to be getting the same songs in your ears for years to come. Only the Christian music fans can turn this around by voting with your wallet and your voice! But I could be wrong, but that’s just my perspective from the bottom end.

I found myself in a similar situation recently where an obviously nonsensical online joke turned into a situation where the woke mob came after me on social media. Last year I adopted a “Post and Ghost” stance on social media. If you aren’t familiar with the term, it basically means I just posted on social media and didn’t read or respond to the comments. But after the woke mob came after me and tried to dox my family, I determined that wasn’t going to work any longer. After deciding to pull back from social media and to decrease my presence on social media, I found myself in a similar position from my younger days. I started thinking back to what I did before I had a smart phone, before I had social media, before it consumed my life and time.

In my post social media life, I discovered I used to love to read books. I started reading books again. As I went through the process of rediscovery, I realized how much time I was spending with my nose in my phone. I started to ponder more on this and it put me on a different path. I dropped Facebook entirely, page and profile. I made my public Instagram private and removed the followers I didn’t know and or people that I knew who were just negative in general. My life is much improved as well as my overall mood. Soon I discovered other than looking at the news via a browser and responding to text messages and phone calls, I was becoming less attached to my smart phone. I was leaving my phone in another room while I was doing other things. I noticed I was not worrying about what I was missing on social media and not being shackled to my smartphone. I was enjoying or being more productive in my life.

I really began to wonder, why was I on social media to begin with? And why was subjecting myself to hate and criticism from people I didn’t even know or cared about their opinion, and apparently who didn’t know me or my sense of humor? What was the point of that? Was it making me a better person? No. Was I helping people in any way, form or manner? No. Most people on social media are just talking at each other and not listening. Why was I going to allow someone I didn’t know and or whose opinion didn’t matter to metaphorically defecate their thoughts and opinions on me? It made no sense. It still makes no sense to me.

On the flip side of that, who am I to think anything I have to say is worth reading or responding to really? I love this video from Francis Chan. When I started writing this article, this was the first thing that popped into my mind. Don’t we create our own shrines to ourselves on social media. Invest a few minutes of your life to think about what he is saying about how strange we’ve normalized having a social media profile.

Here is a longer video on this same topic if you want to explore his perspective on the subject deeper.

In a way, I brought all this upon myself. I must question my motives for being on social media. Other than trying to promote my music as a musician and my writing as a writer, I can’t fathom any other reason for being on social media. I would like to think my music is entertaining and enjoyable to most people who like the genre of music I produce. I would like to think that my articles are helpful in providing insight and to some an alternative perspective on fringe and some culturally relevant topics. But apart from those things, it’s really about bringing attention to myself. Isn’t it?

Now most people would say they’re on social media so they can stay in touch with family and friends. The intent of social media was just that, a means of staying in touch with people. In its early days, it was much more segmented. To be on Facebook, you had to be a college student. Now, the whole world can be on Facebook! As a young adult I did get to witness the birth of the internet and social media. First, it started with bulletin boards, the internet relay chat (IRC – which I loved) and then came the world wide web after that and everything changed. Instead of just a few technological few, shortly the whole world was plugged in and communicating all over the world. I am not sure we foresaw back then what it has become now.

https://historycooperative.org/the-history-of-social-media/

Unfortunately, social media has devolved into something it was never intended. As I have often mentioned in my writings, social media has become the great divider. It has allowed us to become more tribalistic. It has spawned many social problems like divorce where old flames reconnect and cause marital issues. A host of mental health issues are exacerbated from internet and social media usage. It’s the main conduit for social contagions. Truth has diminished and trust in the news by what we refer to as click bait and fake news. All this is fueled by algorithms that feed our lust for content that drives our psyche and feed our brains’ modern addiction to dopamine that we get when we see a Like, Comment or Share on our social media. It is a far cry from developing an internet community by which people stay connected.

https://www.healthline.com/health/social-media-and-mental-health#the-cons

Well, how did we stay in touch with friends and family before the internet? We called them on the telephone or wrote them handwritten letters through the mail. We still have that capability. If the internet and social media went away tomorrow, life would go on regardless. You would find a way to stay in touch with friends and family, except the spies of silicon valley and of the government would have a much harder time to spy on us and read what we’re saying to each other.

Lately, I have tried to recollect more about my life before the internet. Think back to the early 2000s and try to remember your life if you are old enough. I noticed as I have moved away from social media that there is a joy found in this non-technological and or antiquated means of living. I have learned and relearned things about myself I once forgot. It is almost impossible to exist and function without an email address or a smart phone. With something that is gained by technology there is also something lost. I find if I am dependent on a piece of technology, I may be losing a skill or a part of myself that might be needed for survival.

If you aren’t old enough to remember a world pre-internet, you may want to consider what I am about to say and the forthcoming challenges. We can’t escape our technology filled world, but you can resist it. Instead of texting someone or messaging them on social media, dial their number and call them if its non-working hours. Or be a rebellious nuisance and call them anyway! I bet their reaction would be – why didn’t you just text or message me? Then again, they may appreciate the call and need to talk. You never know what that contact may mean to them. There is a lot we can determine about a person’s mental state just by hearing the sound of their voice. Don’t allow this social skill to fade with technology.  

I make this challenge because of something personal that happened in my life a few years ago. A childhood friend of mine died suddenly who was a few years younger than me, and it was quite unexpected. My first reaction upon hearing this news was looking down at my phone, viewing my last text to him and thinking “I will never get to finish this conversation with him.” I got busy and the message scrolled out of view of my Inbox and never texted him back. I don’t feel guilty about it because it just happened like many other conversations that happen via text. But afterward, it did make me feel like our relationship was incomplete or ended on a strange note in some way. I can’t quite express the feeling in words. Don’t let your last communication with someone you love or care about be a text or instant message.

If you have an elderly relative or just someone who lives far away, I challenge you to either hand write or print a letter and mail it to them. See how they react to receiving it. I am willing to bet it would be the highlight of their week. I would be curious if they wrote you back. Its antiquated but for some it would mean the world. I doubt many people save meaningful and well written emails, but I guarantee you many people save hand-written letters from those they love.

Also, I challenge you to walk away from social media for a week. Just unplug and try to get away from your phone if you can. I noticed shortly after I disconnected from social media I would just randomly pick up my phone for no reason. I would be sitting down watching television or reading and I would involuntarily grab my phone and unlock it. I would stare at my phone and wonder why it was in my hand. It was like walking into a room and forgetting what you went in there to do. I wondered if this is a programmed behavior that I do without thinking. The more I thought about it, the more it freaked me out. I started to ponder if it was a social media addiction or just phone addiction in general. Why did I have this seemingly involuntary behavior to pick up and unlock my phone? What was my brain trying to tell me?

https://www.healthline.com/health/social-media-addiction

It would be good to know if you can exist or how long you can stand for your smart phone to be in another room. Can you leave it in another room? Can you stay off your phone for more than an hour? People will make the excuse like I must have it on me for work or whatever reason. That’s fine, but just put it on the other side of the room. See how long you can go without it being right beside you. I bet it will be a challenge for most.

I highly recommend watching “The Social Dilemma” documentary. It sums up much of what I am saying in this article in a more detailed and educated way. Actually, if you watch it and aren’t alarmed – welcome to the Matrix! Heaven help us all when virtual reality becomes cheap enough that everyone can participate. Cue up the movie or read the book Ready Player One.

But I return to my original question – why was I on social media? Why would I allow people that I didn’t know spew such hate into my life? Former Heavy Weight Boxing Champ Mike Tyson is quoted saying "Social media made y'all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it."

We wouldn’t allow that in real life, would we? If someone came into the room that you didn’t know and started cursing and threatening you, real life violence would be your reaction. And that’s the crux of it, isn’t it? The internet, social media and all that is tied to it – is not real life. According to the Bible, real life is to be like Jesus Christ, and to die is to gain eternal life in Philippians 1:21 specifically. Loving God with all your heart, soul and spirit and loving your neighbors as yourself, that is real living. But you can’t do that with your nose stuck in your phone!

Hear my words MY friends: Social media is an artificial existence that is controlled by an artificially programmed intelligence which in reality is programming you and your behavior – and you don’t even know it unless you try to unplug. Unplug yourself and find out! I challenge you to try.

I have shared this before and will share it again. I love this speech because it speaks so much truth from the movie The Matrix.

Think about how many people are on social media. Think about all the things they do to get the world’s attention by trying to go viral. Think about all the things they do to debase themselves to become a social media influencer or just to be famous. Think how desperate people are to be seen, known, loved and understood. They try to get all that affirmation and or validation through a screen but it’s all within their grasp if they just look up at and love the people in their lives.

Now think about all people who control or use social media to sway our opinions, to get us to consume products and to get our votes. All your data you give away for FREE to them to use against you, to manipulate you and your behavior all just for the free use of the internet. You think you’re using the system, but the system is using you.

On top of that, you allow people to ridicule and debase you online who have no bearing on your real life. You waste your life staring into a digital void while people who love you are probably sitting right beside you. Why are we doing that? It makes no sense. But, I could be wrong, and that is just my perspective from the bottom end.

[1] Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era". Book by Zbigniew K. Brzezinski, 1970

Trying to make sense of all these things and the chaos that may ensue from it all is enough to drive a person insane. Social media doesn’t help with any of this either. Humans are now more polarized than ever forming their own little tribes of “left and right” and “right and wrong” with the help of the internet. Depending on your worldview, how well read you are and how much you are paying attention, you might even become paranoid about everything that is unfolding. When things like this occur, I think back to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 2, episode “Cardassians”, where Doctor Julian Bashir and and former Cardassian spy Elim Garak are unraveling an apparent conspiracy happening on the planet Bajor. One of my favorite characters, Garak makes a statement about “coincidences” that tends to ring true, not only for the story but for life itself.

Like Bashir I find myself many times looking at the world, especially in the realms of politics and religion, trying to unpack fully what is happening. As Sun T’zu once said “in the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.” It makes me wonder there are people making chaos to create opportunities. If so, for what purpose and what goals are they trying to achieve? Like many of the above-mentioned scenarios, none of them makes sense, but if you dig deep enough you find purpose in all the chaos and the insanity.

It’s very clear how much people don’t seem to realize how upside down the “thinking” of this world is at this very moment. If you look at some of rock music culture’s past icons who were really the anarchists of their time, and see their positions now opposed to their time in the height of their popularity, you will see the flip for yourself illustrated in these individuals.

Point in case, John Lydon, a.k.a., Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, has been quoted saying “I never thought I’d love to see the when the right wing would become the cool ones giving the middle finger to the establishment, and the left wing become the sniveling self-righteous twatty ones going around shaming everyone.” This is the guy who was in the forefront of the punk rock anti-government, anti-establishment and anti-authoritarian movement in the 1980s.

https://nypost.com/2021/04/27/sex-pistols-johnny-rotten-calls-woke-activists-lunatics/

Even 1970s Shock Rock icon Alice Cooper said, “Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that's a tough call. That's the real rebellion.” Even the late Type O Negative singer, Peter Steele once said, “breaking the rules is easier than following them” hinting that there was something more non-conformist about being a rule follower.

https://www.christiantoday.com/article/drinking-beer-is-easy-but-being-a-christian-is-a-tough-call-says-alice-cooper/132876.htm

In my head resides a punk rocker questioning everything, testing everything against my morals, ethics and values. Call me a non-conformist if you will, but my worldview is Christian which was the predominant worldview until a few years ago in America. But still I’ve noticed that in the world despite all its evil and degradation, there once was an objective truth and that is no longer the case for most people. I find myself at odds with so many things. At first, I thought it was just my age and getting older. I guessed I was just a 20^th century man. But as I started to look closer, listened more and thought deeper, it wasn’t just me.

All this leads me to this question: why am I the crazy one? After noticing all these things, I wondered why I have become the crazy one for thinking a certain way but they are not crazy for doing or thinking those things today. Why is that? Because my worldview is no longer a part of the establishment thinking. The Establishment is a term used to describe a dominant group or the elite that controls a polity or an organization. Instead of the will of the people, there is a group of people trying to fundamentally change the thinking of our nation. At a certain point, there was a shift from when I was like everyone else to being a perceived bigoted, conspiracy believing and phobia infected social pariah.

To quote Zbigniew Brzezinski, “The society will be dominated by an elite of persons free from traditional values who will have no doubt in fulfilling their objectives by means of purged techniques with which they will influence the behavior of people and will control and watch the society in all details. It will become possible to exert a practically permanent watch on each citizen of the world.” If you don’t recognize the name, take the time and read up on him. This man advised American presidents and influenced government policies around the world. Do a search Zbigniew Brzezinski quotes and see what you find. This man helped shape, guide and plan where are today as a country. His perception is not far off from our current reality and what is unfurling in the world.

And there is a plan. That plan is Satanic in nature from my worldview. The plan is the dismantling God’s order, the natural order. Whether people want to admit it or not, there is order to the universe and creation. There is right and wrong, natural and unnatural. It is imprinted on the soul of every human. Even the founder of the modern Satanic Church, Anton Levey, would tell you harming a child is wrong when he was alive. Do not harm little children is the Nineth Rule of the 11 of the Satanic Church.

What we are seeing in our society is the normalization of anathema. If someone is trying to normalize something, it is not normal. This is why many of us are finding ourselves at odds with our world.

Everything started to change in 2010 when people were told that they had to start accepting things that we’d all held since the beginning of humanity that marriage was no longer just between a man and woman. On November 4, 2008 California voters approve Proposition 8 amending the state’s constitution to ban same-sex marriage. It passed 52% to 48%, by a margin of about 600,000 votes. In 2010 a U.S. District Court judge ruled Proposition 8 unconstitutional. The District Court’s ruling was upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the US Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal in 2013, allowing for same-sex marriages to resume in California. In 2015, same-sex marriage was made legal nationwide in the landmark Supreme Court civil rights case Obergefell v. Hodges.

https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_8,_Same-Sex_Marriage_Ban_Initiative_(2008)

Up to that point in human and US history, marriage was defined between a man and woman by society. From 2015 on in a strange Orwellian way, we were now being forced by our government and the media establishment to think something that is contrary to what we’ve all believed since the beginning of society, creating a demographic of perceived bigots literally overnight. In essence the will of 6,401,482 California voters now was imposed over 320.64 million American people total which is 0.02% of said population. According to Gallup polls at the start of this issue, in May of 2008, support for Gay Marriage in the United States was at 40% compared to today with a high of 71%. That is if you believe that sampling to be accurate. Yet a majority of Californians voted to ban same-sex marriage in 2008. These are the facts.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/393197/same-sex-marriage-support-inches-new-high.aspx

So, what am I trying to say here? There is a narcissistic spirituality gripping the soul of our country that has been slowly dripping into our subconscious and most of us are just flowing right along with it. It’s all about validating the self.  We are fighting a war for the soul of our country and the souls of people. Aleister Crowley’s “Do what thou wilt” is the modern mantra in our Western society.

We have this slow drip into the soul of society. Through media and entertainment, the influence continues to taint our perceptions of right and wrong, natural and unnatural. As I mentioned in my previous writings, the degradation of our institutions will be our downfall. Here is a link below for your reference.

https://pfunk1975.substack.com/p/the-end-of-trust-in-our-institutions

Currently, we’re fighting the battle over transgenderism. If there was ever a fight that women need to win for themselves, it is this one. Even though doctors at Johns-Hopkins have defined transgenderism as a mental illness, gender-dysphoria, yet again, there is a group of people trying to change the normalization and perception of the definition of what a woman is. If biology, you know, the science, having a vagina, a uterus and ovaries does not qualify you as a woman, how does wearing a dress, lipstick and purse qualify you as one? There is no logic to any of it.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-johns-hopkins-chief-psychiatry-transgender-amanda-prestigiacomo

And this issue I think will be the bulwark from which all others that follow will be determined. This fight is the clearest spiritual one of them all. As Father Dan Reehill pointed out to Michael Knowles on his Daily-Wire program that the earliest depictions of the Baphomet are of a transgendered being. The pictures have a female’s breasts and male genitalia. Though modern depictions of Baphomet don’t have the breasts, but all older ones do.

Watch the interview for yourself below.

Then you have the creepy nature of the use of pronouns, them and they. It just reeks of demonic influence. Go read the accounts in the Bible in Mark 5:1-20 and Luke 8:26-39. Notice the words: they begged Jesus to send them into the pigs. If we lose the battle over transgenderism for our kids, then the horrors of what is to come would probably have made Anton Levey become a Christian.

We’ve talked about some pretty devise subjects in regarding this slow drip so let’s look at something a little less heated. Yoga is a good example of how something that appears to be benign. Once you start peeling away the layers, you realize it’s not. Most people would agree that exercise is good. And Yoga has been very popular exercise program in the United States because people have reaped the benefits of exercise, but underneath you are practicing something spiritual.

Yoga is a Sanskrit word translated as "yoke" or "union." What are you yoking yourself to by saying those words when assuming those positions? Why are you saying those specific words? Does it work without saying the words? If so, why do you need to bother to say them at all? The truth is that Yoga is a spiritual practice with health benefits. If you are a Christian with at least a spoon full of spiritual discernment, it should be obvious that this is a mimetic practice of something pagan and ritualistic in nature disguised as exercise.

Where is it all going? The war up to this point has been a slow drip, but the faucet appears about to crank wide open. Gay marriage and transgenderism are all vanguards leading to a more depraved sexual morality. I am starting to have this quote from The Art of War pop up in my mind lately.

The normalization of pedophilia is next depravity coming out of the Pandora’s box opened by the legalization of Gay marriage. Now, I am not saying that homosexuals or bisexual people are pedophiles. And there is a movement in the Gay community to prevent this sexualization of children that is growing. See the link below. But when the moral line keeps moving further left, and whom and what you can have sex with, that is where it can lead.

https://www.gaysagainstgroomers.com/

Back in the late 1970s and 1980s, no one believed that Gay Marriage would be legalized ever. Look back to the past statements of President Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton, and former President Bill Clinton who signed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. They all were once staunch opponents of Gay Marriage. But over time as the news media and entertainment industries began to subtly project a different message to the American public, people started to sway on the issue. Also, remember, yet still a majority of Californians voted in 2008 to ban same-sex marriage which led to the Supreme Court ruling.

Currently, most people are against sex with children and perceive it as a crime. But if we can change the definition of marriage and redefine what is a woman, can’t we just as easily change the definition of a child? If you keep your eyes on national news, there are several states currently changing the “age of consent” within their borders. Some are modifying the laws using the difference in years between the two having sex instead of the age of people involved. The laws are constantly changing and culture continues to press the subject. Do a Google search on the subject and read all about it.

When the Netflix movie “Cuties” was released, there was a huge backlash causing many people to leave the streaming platform. Although "Cuties" director Maïmouna Doucouré claims it intended to combat child sexualization rather than promote it, apparently it had the opposite effect. Though some considered people response an overreaction, from what I read about it (yeah, because I didn’t watch it) it sounded like it was a little over the top in many areas especially with the outfits and the dance routine. Yet, there was no outrage from France (from where it originated) and no backlash from the Sundance festival. And now outside our borders, there seems to be a movement growing to decriminalize sex with minors. Still don’t think people are considering decriminalization? Read these articles.

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/un-backed-legal-recommendations-normalize-sex-minors-critics-say

https://www.dailywire.com/news/un-backed-report-suggests-normalizing-pedophilia-decriminalizing-all-sexual-activity

But don’t take their word for it, read it for yourself here.

https://icj2.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8-MARCH-Principles-FINAL-printer-version-1-MARCH-2023.pdf

You will see the term, if you haven’t already, “Minor Attracted Persons” appearing in your news and media, M.A.P. This would be M letter to be added to LGBTQ acronym. It is coming. MAPs are starting to group together. I am not sure if this link below is real or a parody site, but you can find more about MAPS on the internet. It’s a growing movement. Though many people will say “it will never happen” remember they said the same things about gay marriage.

https://www.mapcommunity.org/

The fight against transgenderism and sexualization of children is a major battle in the culture war that we must win for our children. Everything that is unfolding and all the efforts that are being concentrated is aimed at our children. There are things being done medically to children that can’t be undone later in life. There must be a line drawn, fought and won. Regardless of who or what you are, we must fight for our children’s safety and rights to just be children.

Again, there is a slow drip into the subconscious mind of Americans that everything is unfolding as it should, but more correctly, as it was planned. You will see it in the polling, you will see it in our entertainment and the media. It’s a Satanic and mimetic plan to replace the normal with abnormal. And it’s all true, especially the lies.

So why is the government now endorsing all this abnormal behavior? Well, if I clamp down on my tin foil hat and use Occam’s razor, the simplest answer is depopulation. Men having sex with other men and women having sex with women can’t make a baby. It’s clear that there is an agenda regarding climate change adjoined with overpopulation. Depending on how paranoid you want to be, if you can’t reduce the population by war and or disease, reduce it by modifying their behavior. Again, as Zbigniew Brzezinski once said, “No matter how deeply disturbing the thought of using the environment to manipulate behavior for national advantages to some, the technology permitting such use will very probably develop within the next few decades." [i]

Now someone is going to read this and think I am a bigot, homophobic, and transphobic alt-right Christian hater, which couldn’t be farther from the truth. It’s my faith that compels me and other Christians to be the opposite. As a Christian, I believe we are all made in the imago dei, the image of God. I try to treat everyone that I meet with same dignity and respect. As an American, I believe you have the right to live your life and share your life with whoever you choose but who you choose marry and to have sex with is a choice. Your sex and your race you are born is not a choice. Because it is a choice, I don’t consider these issues of sexuality to be a civil rights issue. I am sure there are lots of people that would disagree, and that is their choice and opinion.

The current propaganda is “Love is love.” No, what you are saying is sex is just sex. Sex is not love. The message of this love is love projects a concept is that it’s some sort of enlightened statement. It’s not but rather a return to a baser instinct and nature of just the physical world, putting us on the same level as animals. And like marriage, which is now nothing more than a legal agreement between two people, sex will soon be nothing more than a physical act between two humans. God intended for sex to be the ultimate spiritual facsimile between a man and woman that represents that divine and or spiritual relationship between mankind and God, in which life is created. Our human biology is compatible and adjoining for that purpose where a spiritual joining unites. Satan, as always, is trying to subvert that grand design and to supplant it with something else.

Why should most Americans have to adjust their moral thinking to accommodate a minority? Because people want to avoid conflict under the guise and excuse of “personal freedom.” And if we’re honest, no one wants to deal with the woke mob coming after them. I confess I am a little hesitant about posting this article due to its controversial nature after my last confrontation with the woke mob online. Plus, as all things online, they appear to be eternal. This article could come back to haunt me and keep me from getting a job in the future or be labeled as hate speech. But I am a Christian. It is a part of counting the cost. I am compelled by the Holy Spirit to love people and warn them about the coming judgement and God’s plan of salvation. Jesus had some very strong words about causing harm to children.

Luke 17:1-2 ESV

And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

There is a cure and a savior to all this depravity. The cure’s name is Jesus Christ. Telling people that they need a savior makes them confront the fact they are accountable to something or someone. In our narcissistic society, no one wants to be accountable to anyone but themselves. No one wants to think they are wrong. No one wants to think that they’re not normal. Again, it’s all about the validation of the self. Again, it’s purely Satanic in nature.

Satan’s strategy is about using culture, politics and winning votes. “Vote for me and I will allow you to say and do whatever you want” is the mantra of every politician now. Depravity permitted by legislation. Often I think about this part in the movie “The Devils Advocate” and the subtle truth about it. It’s true, even though it’s fiction.

But what is now or later legal does not mean it’s right. No matter how you parse it, all laws are moral laws. The government legislates morality and that is a fact. The problem is whose morality are we legislating now. It doesn’t bother me that gay couples have the same legal rights as married heterosexual couples as Americans. Maybe that’s where I have been slowly manipulated by the slow drip in our culture in not caring or have succumbed to secular thinking. But it’s the law of the land now and there’s nothing I know of to change that.

What bothers me is that we’re allowing the government to redefine the meaning of words like marriage. Because if the government can redefine what marriage is, they can redefine what a woman is and a what a child is. I don’t want to give anyone the power to do that and that’s my objection. Does that make me the crazy one? I would like to think not.

Because whether you’re a Christian or not, no one should have that kind of power. When leaders do have that kind of power, history has shown bad things happen. Of course, I could be wrong about all of it, but it’s just my perspective from the bottom end.

[i] Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era". Book by Zbigniew K. Brzezinski, 1970.

But because I am grounded in the facts of reality doesn’t mean my mind excludes other possibilities. What I am growing more convinced of more than anything is that our modern perception of reality is about to have a major paradigm shift of significant proportions. I’m afraid that most people aren’t going to accept or understand it, and honestly, I don’t understand it fully. Many of the things I speculate that are about to unfold are going to be within the fields of mathematics and physics beyond the comprehension of most of us. But I will save that speculation for later.

Though I believe I try to have informed opinions, we must weigh in all the facts for Occam’s razor to hold true. There are so many moving parts like geopolitical politics, the military industrial complex, modern warfare and theoretical physics that make this a confusing ball of the unknown. Before we dive into the multiple possibilities of different paradigms for perceiving reality as we know it, let’s allow the Infographics Show to bring us up to speed on what happened after the last article in this six-minute video.

The biggest take away from all this information over the last couple of weeks is that it is now public knowledge that our air defense system has issues detecting objects in our airspace that aren’t metal for the radar detection to deflect against to be detected. Thank you, China, for the spy balloon. After the modifications were made, we started seeing more multiple objects in our airspace. Again, what are they? The pilot that flew over Alaska and shot down that object was sure that it was not a balloon. I find it curious that it was stated that China used “artificial intelligence” to chase and shoot down an unknown object in their airspace. The mystery is still being built.

If you are familiar with the new studies happening at Skinwalker Ranch in Utah, you are probably familiar with Dr. Travis Taylor. Though I am a fan of Dr. Taylor, he is somewhat a controversial figure in the world of science for his extracurricular activities as a science fiction writer. But his credentials are all very solid as a scientist and his work with the Department of Defense. Dr. Taylor is very much a “hard science” guy, but I believe his critics attack him for his ability to monetize his work in academia. He is someone you will want to keep an eye on as this story continues to unfold. Here is a link to a phone interview that he did on a syndicated radio show following the events of the last few weeks.

Like Dr. Taylor, many are suspect that there is some rogue nation or our favorite vendor and who is now becoming a dangerous rival, China, may be behind some of the shenanigans happening in our skies if not ourselves. As previously mentioned in the last article, much of our aggression in this issue of what is happening in our skies is directed at China. Unfortunately, if it is not China, their own actions are causing them to look suspect obviously.

If you are in the Pacific Rim, China is your number one issue. As Americans we tend to only pay attention to what is happening on our borders. Considering most of the world’s manufacturing is happening far from our borders, it is bad to not know what’s happening with our friends and allies in that region. Here is a great recent one-hour video from 60 Minutes Australia about the war footing of China in that region.

Regardless of what you believe, it’s very clear that China’s plan is to become the primary superpower on the planet by 2049, and said as much publicly. How far China has succeeded in destabilizing the United States and they’ve executed that plan is up for debate. But I think Dan Bongino laid it out clearly in this monologue about how successful China has been in exerting it’s influence on the world. Invest 8 minutes of your life and determine it for yourself regardless of your political leaning.

Depending on who you believe, China may be racing against the clock for dominance as many speculate that China has about ten years left before total societal collapse due to the one child policy. Currently there are 6 men for every woman in China, which as you know is not sustainable for long term growth. This may be one of the few advantages we have as NATO prepares to square up against China as well. Here is a great 15-minute video on what’s happening within China internally and what NATO is doing to counter China’s current war footing.

Though there haven’t been any recent poles (and I find it curious that none have asked the question), it is unsure how many Americans believe China is behind all these events happening in our skies. Or are we all under the assumption of American superiority that these unidentified aerial phenomena are ours? This is where students of Sun T’zu come in to play again, all war is deception. If you take Occam’s razor, the simplest answer is usually the correct one, that would be our assumption, if you are arrogant of our own governments and military capabilities.

On February 22^nd, Joe Rogan interviewed mathematician, Eric Weinstein, and detonated this topic open even further to wider possibilities. This was a long form, over 4-hour conversation that thoroughly explored every detail of this subject. You can either go to Spotify and watch it in its entirety like I did, or you can watch this 14-minute clip of what I consider the lighting of the fuse which has yet to explode the minds in our western thinking. It is a great deal to process and I will try to summarize below.

Now I am not going to imply here that I fully understood the entirety of this conversation. It has compelled me to dig through my college notes (yes, I am that level of nerd that I kept all my handwritten notes from college) and to revisit the basics of physics. But Eric Weinstein is a good teacher, able to breakdown these extremely complex ideas to understandable chunks of information. Consider what Eric Weinstein is saying. We haven’t been doing this level or type of science in over 50 years publicly. According to Weinstein, none of the greatest minds that he knows in the arena of physics know anything about what’s happening in our skies or this level of technology. He does say, unless they are great actors, he nor they know of anyone else it could be doing this level of work in academia. There are a few possibilities here in his supposition.

1.       We’re doing an extremely high level of theoretical science in plain sight of our enemies obviously secretly as a pseudo-science. In essence, we tricked our enemies into pursuing a different type of science that would lead them down a less superior path in a very Sun T’zu way. As Dr. Taylor would say, once you reveal your secret weapon, it’s no longer a secret. Then your enemy can observe it and develop that weapon for itself. This is what happened and is happening with the bomb, nuclear weapons. Again, this is the military industrial complex at its finest. You don’t reveal your newest weapon until you have a more powerful and deadlier replacement in reserve.

2.       Our enemies are ahead of us in this area of physics and technology, and we’re helpless in defending against it. We are the good guys, the heroes and the ones that are on the right side of history, right? The good guys always win, right? This is a nightmare scenario that most Americans can’t process. Remember, China knows Sun T’zu as well and probably better than the US. But knowing tactics and strategies and actually playing the game are two different things. Depending on your perception of America as I mentioned in the previous article, China lacks the moral qualms that we have to do the unthinkable to achieve their goals. Now I know it’s debatable that America has done some horrible things to achieve its goals in the past and probably in the present too.

3.       It’s neither us nor our enemies. We’re back into the unknown again.

What Weinstein implies in essence, the “tic tac footage is just down-sampled video” (low resolution) that can be faked in a Hollywood special effects department. Weinstein sees no real hard science attached to these videos that substantiate the claim of impossible feats of physics. Now, Joe Rogan does push back on this as all the credible witnesses to these events have been on his show. Because remember, you have to have credible witnesses to pull off this illusion. Weinstein is saying if you don’t show us the real hard science of what is happening on the videos, you really don’t want us, the public and the academic community, to really know what’s happening.

From his perspective it’s basically a case of failed deconfliction. Webster defines deconfliction as to coordinate (something, such as flights, maneuvers, or the use of a location) between groups especially in areas where overlapping operations are occurring in order to reduce the risk of accidents or incidents. Or in my cornbread way of explaining it, they failed to deescalate a potential conflict. The “tic tac” UAP wasn’t supposed to be seen by our own military and were tripping over themselves.

To summarize with using Occam’s razor, and it’s a big shocker: the government screwed up royally by allowing its own pilots to see and record a next generation piece of military technology. And when these pilots got a target lock, whoops! They got too close to the new super weapon! So why does Weinstein say it isn’t ours? Because we are the good guys, and it is our stuff and we’re screwing up the game that we’re trying to win against our enemies. Help the government help itself by letting it go or keep stimulating the UFO / UAP cover story.

Why is this topic still catching wind in its sails? Because it is the unknown. The unknown drives human curiosity and intellect. Our pop culture is pushing it as well. Look at the Marvel Cinematic Universe and its love of the multiverse. It’s driving the questions about extra or multiple temporal dimensions and how you access them. Like science fiction and most notably Star Trek, it’s our imagination that is driving the possibility of space travel. Are these ships controlling space time instead of gravity itself? Are they traveling to points in time instead of traveling through time? It takes great imagination and creativity to be a great scientist. According to Weinstein, great scientists deal in “quackery” and good scientists are just proficient in the mundane.

Here is another twist on this story. If it is a case of failed deconfliction, then what we are seeing is a long cover story setup or the making of a great psyop or both. On top of that, the advancement of technology (in radar and personal carried) and the internet play a role in this as well. Now, I am curious why our pilots are allowed to have cellphones and or smart phones in these highly classified and multimillion dollar military aircraft. It seems like a major security risk with a very unsecure devise. Or, it was part of the plan from the beginning. It is a perfect storm for a failed deconfliction or for the long game of disinformation for our enemies.

I said it before and I will say it again - I don’t think the US government is going to waste a good crisis. They will use this event to their advantage to either try to scare our enemies or flush more taxpayers dollars out of the American public. They will use this opportunity to gain more control and overreach. But I don’t sit in classified debriefings of what’s happening around the world with our enemies. At some point, you do have to trust someone in our government that they have some shred of concern for our nation’s long term survival. And maybe all this is an indirect form of de-escalation.

It doesn’t take a poll to know that most people believe we’re marching into World War III, with probably different beliefs why. There is another perfect storm brewing between nations like that of the first World War with all these treaties obligating us to defend all these other nations. Our nonexistent treaty with Ukraine is lighting the fuse. But, if it is not us or our rivals, I think it’s time for total truth between enemies. If it is not really us or them, then we do need to take a step back from this global conflict and reconsider what’s happening.