We'll Always Have Argo

I have not written on this blog because -- too overworked, not inspired enough. And yet, there are plenty of things to be inspired by, right? Did somebody work out the Illuminati symbolism at the Oscars yet? Anyone?

I don't know about all that stuff, but it seems weird to me that the wife of the President would come out during the Academy Awards to announce that a movie about America's past troubles in Iran has won Best Picture. I mean, what sort of weird confluence of politics and entertainment is that? Was that necessary at all?

I was just discussing with my husband the U.S.'s present and continuing economic crisis, and I told him I thought the only way possible to get out of it -- or, at least provide the illusion that we were getting out of it -- was to have another war, preferably with an opponent we can "properly demonize." And it really seems that with Iraq out of the way, the next stop on our Grand Tour is Iran.

I mean, all the signs are there. Certainly, we can go the North Korea route, but I think we're too in bed with the entire Eastern region to start a mess there. We seem to be on a Middle Eastern Grand Tour, and next stop: Iran.

So when I see the FLOTUS announce an award for "Argo" -- wow, how appropriate, huh? "Argo" was all about using a fake entertainment vehicle to literally "get into Iran." The titular "movie" at the heart of the "real" movie wasn't real. It was a tool. Is "Argo" a tool as well?

The late 1970s and the Iranian hostage crisis laid the groundwork for the rah-rah patriotic 1980s and America's military excursions to follow. It provided a "properly demonized," clear-cut villain that we could all get around to hate. It galvanized us in some bizarre way, brought us out of the doldrums of the recession of the Seventies.

If I had to guess, this is where we are headed again. No, the U.S. will not take the offense -- they'll wait until "something terrible" happens and "our hand is forced." If constructed correctly -- if the Hollywood writers and directors and best-selling novelists that the government hires to run through scenarios really come up with something grand (and that is not a conspiracy theory -- I know a couple of them) -- this all could conceivably bring back that rah-rah patriotism Eighties and maybe goose up the economy.

The key would be to have an event so striking that if the Republicans didn't come on-board to support War they would look like world-class Assholes. Stop me if you've heard this one before.

Certainly, it wouldn't have to be war with Iran, or whatnot -- the whole asteroid/meteor card has been played to great effect to scare the populace world-wide. Or that old chestnut of "alien invasion" could be played, I guess -- the Daily Mail recently dug out that "Eisenhower had telepathic communication with the aliens" thing again.

Really, how hard would it be to create a plausible scenario that the Earth was being "watched" by mysterious beings far up in the sky in amazing ships? How hard is it to pull off a grand-scale "Argo" on the residents of planet Earth?

Anyway, it seems like the U.S. -- and a portion of the rest of the world -- has hit the wall in terms of economics. We've hit the wall on the environment (400 "cancer villages" apparently in China) too. Overpopulation is also a problem, but a lot of that has to do with a vastly disproportionate distribution of wealth and food worldwide.

Finally -- people like me, and like a lot of American citizens, live in a fake, highly-constructed lifestyle built on the backs of tremendous misery in third-world countries. I am typing this on a Mac computer, knowing full well that the suicide rates among Apple workers overseas are so high because they are completely overworked and miserable. By instinct, I go to "name" stores to buy my clothes, clothes that  have a good chance of being put together by child labor.

My easy "out" for my conscience is to buy into the "Good Citizen" organic bohemian DIY ethic -- but it is hard to suss out what part of that isn't just another fad as well. Has a child in Burma still sewn that "Think Green" tee I've purchased at the "name" store? I'm paying a lot of money for these boutique "made by real hands in America" items, but then I don't have a lot of money anymore either. I'm broke, and so purchasing the sketchy products at the 99 cents store doesn't even seem like an "Ugly American" thing to do anymore -- I'm just trying to save up money by getting my toilet paper cheap.

The answer is: there are no "easy outs." The answer is: this Golden Age we look to, whether in be in the 1940s or 50s or 80s or 90s or whenever -- never really existed. These were all Legends, carefully constructed to live on in our memories through Hollywood and textbooks and in our wishful thinking.

And this type of attitude -- this questioning attitude, this critical attitude, this constantly wanting the truth attitude, this consistently rejecting bullshit attitude -- it ain't attractive. It makes us look like the cranks with the "Doom" placards. If we're lucky, some of us will be picked up as Pundits and then, depending on our popularity and size of our Facebook followers, have our opinions co-opted by one Interest or another (which is what I think partially happened to Alex Jones).

With all this going on in the world, it is no mystery to me why people flock to Entertainment. It is no mystery why Politics and Government weave themselves so tightly through Entertainment (that has been going on forever). It is no wonder why we, the collective We, fairly demand an "Argo" to save us. We don't care if it isn't really a movie. We want a place on that ship. We want to believe in the Golden Fleece. We want liberation from our hostage situation.

And Ben Affleck -- Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt -- is that hero, is our Jason, to see us through. He was our hero in "Armageddon," he was our hero in "Pearl Harbor," he was even a (albeit fake) Superman.

What's the next step in the script? How many special effects will there be? Who will star in the production? How many action figures and t-shirts can they make? What will be the net gross at the box office?

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The Cosmic Alex Jones N.W.O. Space Opera

Could this latest Infowars promo herald a project so psychedelic and out-of-sight it could be the next "Phantom of the Paradise"? You can watch the promo at the 4:50 mark in the video, but I've also pulled some freaky screenshots of what appears to be some sort of steampunk/space opera featuring the Archons, the N.W.O., and, could it be...SATAN?




Darth Vader, is that you?



Oh crap! It's Doctor Doom...





A samurai sword AND a bitchin metal skull mask

Meteor oh noes!



Seriously though, this shit with the flames on the table is really cool.



how did that pic get in there?


I really feel Alex Jones needs to turn this into the first N.W.O. rock opera.

Also: is he playing both roles here, Dr. Doom guy AND Top-Hatted Evil Guy? Or is Steve Watson or one of those other dudes getting a chance here?

My vote for the guy to play the Real Patriot who saves the day and destroys the Illuminati with his Blazing Sword of Justice:
 

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Book Review: "Thanks For The Memories" By Brice Taylor

"Thanks For The Memories" is a relentless, horrific, and haunting memoir about a woman who claims to have been a "mind-controlled slave," "presidential sex toy," and "personal computer." Even if you don't buy the basic premise here -- that the author was the subject of a massive multi-generational MK-Ultra experiment that involved being prostituted to, and tortured by, many of the key figures in politics and entertainment over the last 50+ years -- this is is still a must-read for both those interested in both conspiracies and just far-out narratives in general.

In short, is there an "Outsider Art" designation for books? Because "Thanks For The Memories" would certainly fit into that category. It has all the aesthetics of a Henry Darger piece. Also: the text is one big "trigger warning," so keep that mind if you have PTSD, abuse issues, etc.

"Thanks For The Memories" opens with Brice Taylor (a.k.a. Sue Ford) being raped by her father as an infant, "signed" into some sort of awful multi-generational abuse/slave situation by her "Uncle Charlie" (which I elaborate more on here) then later "sold" to comedian Bob Hope in a surreal cross between a child beauty pageant and a "child slave" auction. These scenes are deeply hard to read, and yet at the same time bring to mind, at least metaphorically, current pop-cultural phenomena such as "Toddlers in Tiaras."

Bob Hope: Mind-Control Guru?

And yes, I did say "Bob Hope." He is one of the two main "handlers"/masters in Taylor's life, the other being Henry Kissinger. While Hope keeps her (from a very young age) as a personal concubine, pornography subject, and sexual "gift" to friends (the scene where she is literally wrapped as a birthday president for Bing Crosby is particularly striking), Kissinger operates more as a MK-Ultra mad-scientist. The goal of both parties is to both deliver sensitive information to high-value targets in business, entertainment, and politics -- as well as entrap them in "honey pot" schemes to use as blackmail.

Taylor also claims to have been prostituted to John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and Bill Clinton (Jimmy Carter respectfully declined to have sexual congress with Taylor). Other alleged johns and/or pedophiles include Sylvester Stallone (who she describes as an aficionado of "dolphin porn"), Neil Diamond, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Ted Kennedy (a supposedly especially nasty fellow), and so on. Each of these encounters are delivered in excruciating detail, complete with commentary as to who liked rough sex, who had a bigger penis, what their bodies smelled like, and what type of underwear they preferred to wear.

According to Taylor, Reagan had sex "passively"

It is at this point that even the most paranoid, dyed-in-the-wool scholar of Mind-Control/DID/MPD/MK-Ultra/Ritual Abuse is tempted to drop out of Taylor's narrative and dismiss it as utter rubbish. Her credibility is not helped by the relentless, repetitive nature of the storytelling -- much like the carousel-type rides/devices Taylor claims to have been forced to ride as she received her daily dose of "programming."

This includes the frequent use of rhymes as "programming cues," which are particularly disturbing and begins to entrance the reader him- or herself. There is simply not a single thing Taylor has apparently done in the first 35 years of her life -- not a family vacation, not even the mundane acts of stepping outside to cross the street -- that does not get tangled up in shadowy men snatching her and torturing her with cattle-prods and needles, or Hope/Kissinger sending the young woman off to one political sex-mission after another.

I just can't figure out how she had the time to do this all. It would have had to be that she was watched 24/7 by several interested and powerful organizations, being one of the most important MK-Ultra assets in U.S. history.

Taylor repeatedly refers to herself in the book as a "human computer" and "robot"

I would have to write like ten posts to get anywhere near a complete breakdown of the major points brought up in "Thanks For The Memories" -- and maybe one day I will. We have major political intrigue, a whole system of mind-control involving "human computers" who retain massive amounts of information in "files" within their brains, and, of course, the "New World Order" (the masterminds of which are referred to as "The Council").

Now, there is a quick-and-easy way to explain away the deeply disturbing content of "Thanks For The Memories." That is: early on in the book Taylor writes she had two very bad brain injuries, which she credits in part for "reactivating" her suppressed memories of being this mind-control victim. The brain injuries: they "created" this whole story, right?

But you see: that is the "quick and easy" of assessing this text. Using the "binary" method of the "Ultimate Yes" and the "Ultimate No" -- it either has to be all true, or all false.

don't know where this creepy pic of Taylor and JonBenet Ramsey came from...but it's creepy

In actuality, however, there are so many possibilities here:

1. Taylor made the entire text up on purpose -- possibly, it has been alleged, even plagiarizing content from other well-known "MK-Girl" cases like Cathy O'Brien -- just to make a buck off the credulous.

2. Taylor didn't make up the text and honestly believes it, but it is all sadly the result of a delusional mind.

3. Taylor remembered some content accurately -- such as the sexual abuse she suffered as a child -- but other stuff like Hope/Kissinger was the result of organic/psychological mental delusion partially brought on by her head injuries.

4. Taylor remembered some of the content correctly -- including being in essence a "presidential prostitute" and Bob Hope's concubine. But that she unknowingly overlayed these memories with an elaborate mis-remembered conspiracy/intrigue narrative (including psychic adventures, the dolphin porn, etc.)

5. Taylor remembered some of the content accurately & was involved in a horrible MK-Ultra experiment -- but her handlers purposely gave her "screen" memories involving celebrities an politicians as to "discredit" her story should she ever wish to go public.

6. Everything in "Thanks For The Memories" is accurate.

7. Lastly, what I like to refer to as "The Icke Maneuver" -- 85% of Taylor's story is accurate, but she added the more "out there" elements to make it seem ridiculous on purpose, so she wouldn't immediately be "taken out" as a threat. (I'm not saying that this is what David Icke has actually done with his own work -- but he has most certainly been accused as such).

not a flattering portrait of the comedian

For example, one of the people who contributed introductions to the book confirms that he saw Taylor work for Hope decades ago. An unauthorized biography of Hope written by Groucho Marx's son paints a picture of the beloved entertainment icon Hope as a rather unpleasant individual who did keep a number of mistresses and concubines -- as well as actively connived with the Republican Party to keep Americans in the Vietnam War and so on.

The Jimmy Savile and Vatican cases absolutely prove to skeptics that massive conspiracies to perpetrate and cover-up pedophilia do exist. Schemes to blackmail high-value targets with prostitutes/child sex is a very common tactic used in international espionage. And there are simply waaaaay too many abuse/mind-control narratives similar to Taylor's -- at least in the basics -- to dismiss all of these aspects of her tale.

So to even begin to suss out the relative validity of Taylor's book, one would have to do a substantial amount of detective work -- using the book as a guide, not an impossible task if one was so inclined.

My personal take on the book, based on just what I read? Looking back on my "possibilities" list above, I place it so far somewhere in the murk between #s 3-5.

Or perhaps I've completely been, as the say, "taken for a ride."

And hence the inherent pitfalls of delving into these sorts of texts -- the ever-present danger of falling into what Robert Anton Wilson dubbed "Chapel Perilous."

Yet, the desire for even shredded tendrils of the Truth moves me forward.

You can purchase "Thanks For The Memories" at Amazon.com.

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"Escape From Planet Earth" Finally Released as Asteroids & Meteors Buzz The Planet

Zeitgeist Anxiety: "Must Get Offworld!"

In development since 2007, the animated movie "Escape From Planet Earth" is finally set to be released in American theatres today -- on the same day a meteor crashes down in Russia, and the so-called "largest close-call" asteroid buzzes by the planet. Escape from planet Earth, indeed.

The movie involves the all the usual tropes regarding extraterrestrial visitors -- lovable wise-cracking aliens (from a NASA parody called BASA) that seem Disney-ready for stuffed animals and video games, Area 51 shenanigans, The Evil CIA/NASA/Mr. Smith dude with the suit, and the idea that all of our current technology (including iPhones) have been re-engineered from off-world creations.

I just love the synchronicity of imagery here...by an incredible coincidence, this movie, held in legal limbo for over a decade, finally makes it to the big screen the same day all this cosmic flotsam and jetsam impacts our planet.

From "Escape From Planet Earth":


Dialogue: "I thought this movie was supposed to be in 3-D" (then the flying object crashes through the screen)

From today's Drudge Report:

Drudge Report headline for 2/15

Also, there is simply the stark relevance of the title: "Escape From Planet Earth" -- during a news cycle filled to the brim of stories wondering what we will do in the event of a real asteroid emergency or other somesuch galactic emergency. As I've written in a previous post, this push for "offworld" exploration and colonization will dominate the pop-culture and overall media landscape for many years to come.

Read also: "Starseeds, Star Wars, and Krypton Found: The New Space Narrative"

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U.K. Star Child Sex Scandal; Pope Benedict Seeks Immunity

Michael Le Vell

Described by The Hollywood Reporter as "one of the most familiar faces on TV," "Corornation Street" star Michael Le Vell has been charged with 19 child sex offenses, including raping a child and and sexual activity with a child.

Could these latest revelations been part of the ongoing BBC probe into Jimmy Savile and his apparent pedophilia ring which included entertainment executives and celebrities?


Le Vell was arrested for similar charges in 2011, but authorities dropped those charges. However, the case has been apparently reopened. From the Daily Mail:

"Alison Levitt, QC, principal legal adviser to the Director of Public Prosecutions, had reviewed a file of evidence in relation to allegations of sexual offences and looked again at a decision previously made not to prosecute. Charged: Michael Le Vell has been charged with child sex offences, whose real name is Michael Turner, will appear in court later this month Ms Levitt said: 'I have very carefully reviewed the evidence in this case and I have concluded that there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest to charge Michael Robert Turner with a number of sexual offences."

This happens on the heels of possible revelations that Pope Benedict is allegedly seeking immunity from Italian President Giorgio Napolitano to "beg for immunity against prosecution for alleged child sex crimes." And, according to Addicting Info, it gets even weirder:

"Apparently, this hastily arranged meeting, and likely the resignation as well, are the result of a supposed note received by the Vatican from an undisclosed European government that stated that there are plans to issue a warrant for the Pope’s arrest. This letter was allegedly received on February 4, and Ratzinger resigned a week later."

In light of the career-destroying/life-ending implications of being caught as a pedophile, one has to wonder why these types keep going at it. Is it simply an uncontrollable sexual addiction?

While I think there is a component of sexual obsession/fetishization going on here (and that some may have these fetishes and never act on them), there is a much bigger picture at work. It is my belief that pedophilia is deeply ingrained in a number of societal institutions -- almost seen as "business as usual" or as one of the "perks" of privilege. This institutionalized child abuse is then almost like a symbol and function of Power -- going way beyond stories of raving sex maniacs and the like.

And I feel what these sexual predators are getting out of their horrible crimes is far more than sex -- it's far more "spiritual," in the most negative sense that can be conceived. Several people have talked about the philosophy behind this phenomenon -- and its origins are apparently ancient.

For now, we will see if anybody indeed gets brought to justice in these cases -- as I said in a post only a  couple days ago:

"I expect many more important figures from entertainment, politics, religion, sports, and business to be so similarly exposed and forced out of office in the months and years to come; either for the actual crimes or the secondary crime of looking the other way while these crimes were going on. This is part of the overall Awakening gripping this planet. The center cannot hold."

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Benedict, Prophecies Of The Pope, And You

Benedict: Pope On Fire

OK, maybe we can axe the "And You" part. It just sounded like a good title.

The recent news of Pope Benedict XVI resigning was shocking -- the Vatican had just installed his Twitter account, after all.

But it also brings up the topic of the mysterious "Prophecy of the Popes" -- allegedly written by Saint Malachy in 1139. The prophecy was a list describing each of the Roman Catholic popes, starting with Malachy's contemporary Pope Celestine II, and stretching out way into the future -- all the way to this apocalyptic ending:

not sure about that last part, but Benedict dead-on

"In the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit [i.e., as bishop]. Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations: and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the terrible judge will judge his people. The End."

That was the description for Pope #268 on Malachy's purported list, the longest one of the bunch.

#267 is supposedly Pope Benedict XVI.

Of course, to many the ending of the Holy Roman Church, especially given all the pedophilia scandals surrounding it (ha, including my own Catholic School) might not be the worst thing to ever happen to the world.

While many have claimed to be "absolutely shocked" by the Pope's resignation -- for which he cited reasons of illness and old age (both of which didn't stop his predecessor) -- the writing has been the wall for some time.

...here's another for the list

For example, in May he had the "Vatileaks" scandal, in which his butler and "closer than family" companion Paolo Gabriele leaked a great deal of internal Vatican documents. These mostly focused on financial improprieties -- at least that we know of. Gabriele defended the leaks by claiming that he wanted to might "evil and corruption" in the church.

There has been, of course, increasing scandal over child sexual abuse and the church, which the Pope was reportedly in the "center" of. As recently as two weeks ago, a Vatican official newly appointed to investigate the sex crimes publicly thanked the media for exposing the scandals:

"I think that certainly those who continued to put before us that we need to confront this problem did a service. They [the media] helped to keep the energy, if you will, to keep the movement going so that we would, honestly and with transparency, and with our strength, confront what is true."

This level of acknowledgement has been pretty much unheard-of in the Church, which, along with Benedict, has notoriously dismissed these claims as not existing or being important.

Going back to the Prophecy of the Popes, it seems to me that a lot of the apocalyptic predictions (including 2012) indeed herald a death, of sorts -- a death of the Old Way. In a world that is increasingly waking up to the amount of child abuse and pedophilia that has been going on unabated, sometimes for centuries, the Roman Catholic Church's previous way of doing things just could not survive.

I expect many more important figures from entertainment, politics, religion, sports, and business to be so similarly exposed and forced out of office in the months and years to come; either for the actual crimes or the secondary crime of looking the other way while these crimes were going on. This is part of the overall Awakening gripping this planet. The center cannot hold.

The best way to make Popes, via R.A.W. (clip n' save):

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Dorner: A Real American Hero? (Nobody Wins)

The plot of the upcoming "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" involves the framed "Joe" members
(like Roadblock, pictured above) who have to clear their name.

"The question is, what would you do to clear your name?"
--Christopher Dorner

I wanted to say a few words about the Christopher Dorner situation.

It's very interesting to me that some of the public is so hungry for a hero that now Dorner -- who has allegedly shot up LAPD and their relations & is now on the run -- has now been adopted as such. By both public and media. He now has several Facebook appreciation pages and many supporters.

Apparently tossing in some good words for certain parties (Anonymous, Charlie Sheen, POTUS, etc.) in his 20-page manifesto gave some people the "OK" sign that this guy was a true and legit "anti-hero" on the run, in the mold of Billy Jack, Rambo, and etc. You know: "Fuck the NRA," but love "The Hangover" and Christoph Waltz. I mean, it's fucking adorable almost, right?

A collage of Chrisopher Dorner pics

This is not to minimize his points regarding racism and corruption in the LAPD -- whistleblowers are indeed treated like crap and discredited, and this particular police force has had a terrible rep for many decades. I truly understand his frustration with such a scenario, such corruption unfortunately being the warp and weft of much of our current society.

But the cult that has now formed around him is of the same basic cloth as cults that have built around "right wing" killers such as Tim McVeigh, WTF shooters such as Columbine and James Holmes, and etc. "Folk Heroes"? "Real American Heroes"?

To put it in terms of the popular parlance: is Dorner Bane or Batman?

Doesn't matter, because in the end we all still lose.

Dorner's "Manifesto" is indeed a compelling read, but also quite contradictory. He talks at length about how we should have gun control, but also uses this "Patriot" verbage and quotage that is classic "Tea Party"/Alex Jones:

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants"

Dorner says he is not using this against the U.S. Government, but his talk of righteous vengeance against "dirtbags" (and their families) mirrors a similar viewpoint that members of the extreme "right" fringe express. How is this different than McVeigh bombing a government building, killing not just govt. workers but their children?

"Superhero": Rambo

But regardless of being on the Left or the Right, everybody wants a superhero -- they want a figure to believe in.

And so this isn't a post saying people who support Chris Dorner are idiots. I understand the primal mechanism to find figures to venerate, who represent one's own frustrations & do the things that one can never do.

It's just that Right or Left, we're fighting against each other -- flinging names across the barrier -- and not really looking at the important issues. We want drama and superheroes and saviors too much. And in an oft-dreary world, maybe this constant turnover of such figures -- whether they are made-up or real or "real" or who the fuck knows -- is needed as a catharsis, a palate cleanser, a release valve, a shot of Prozac, something.

Monica Quan, allegedly shot to death by Christopher Dorner

Lost in the media and social media clutter is the fact that a 28-year-old woman has been murdered -- who, according to said Dorner manifesto, "deserved" to die:

" I never had the opportunity to have a family of my own, I’m terminating yours."

Praise for Dorner

And so the "Dorner Manifesto" accomplishes two seemingly disparate goals:

1) Discredit OWS/Anonymous movements by goading them into backing a person who, under scrutiny, really shouldn't be backed or emulated.

2) Discredit NRA/"gun nuts" by making a strong argument for tight gun control laws -- not just by example of violence but actually making a premeditated, long, specific argument in the manifesto itself for said laws.

That's strange and contradictory to me, but that's the nature of Dorner's manifesto. In the end, it's playing both sides against each other. Surely a smart guy like Alex Jones can figure that one out.

Really, if you were writing a movie -- or purposely manipulating the public -- you could not do better than this story of a "modern day Rambo". It is media GOLD.

Dorner sends what is essentially a "PR Package" to Anderson Cooper

Of course, Dorner himself is just being used -- whether as a devil to the Right, or a "hero" to the Left. Being used to sell papers and running up web hits. Used by Charlie Sheen to sell his own fucking movie, a movie that just happens to come out at the same time he makes a public appeal to Dorner to contact him and "talk it out."

And, just as in the James Holmes case and so many others, Dorner's "rise to fame" will doubtless be an example for other unstable people.

Dorner is just another "celebrity" in this TMZ promo montage

And maybe that explains so many references to movie stars and other celebrities in Dorner's manifesto. In the end, not only does the public (feeling helpless and nondescript) "need" a hero -- but individual persons (feeling helpless and nondescript) need to feel popular. Need to feel heard -- but more than heard, need to feel like they are themselves celebrities.

Speaking of which, another sullen "Joker" has turned up causing trouble, this time at Applebees. Hasn't anyone told him of the "New Hotness?" Is this literal clown joining Beyonce with being "behind the curve" on the new zeitgeist?

"Old Hotness":  Jokers

For shame.

Lastly, here's a video from Stench of Truth talking about how the public gets distracted by shit like this and then turns on each other:

"It’s kind of sad I won’t be around to view and enjoy The Hangover III. What an awesome trilogy."
--Christopher Dorner

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Played Out: Beyoncé's Super Bowl Symbolism



Oh Noes! The Symbolismz!

To be blunt, we need a new "hotness" -- Beyoncé's so-called Illuminati hand-gesture (or a plug for hubby's clothing line, take your pick) at the Superbowl was just so played out. Even Alex Jones was doing a half-hearted segment on it like he felt he "had" to -- but there was no passion in his usually fanatical eyes. He somehow tied it into Sandy Hook, I think...sort of like tying a cherry stem into a pretzel in your mouth. The fire was gone.

Vigilant Citizen also had its mandatory "Illuminati Messages, Beyoncé, and the N.W.O. Agenda" type post -- touching all the basic points, but admitting towards the end:

"...things were somewhat more subdued and abstract in this year’s SuperBowl"

OH NOES! (Jesus will save us)

VC also mentioned the mass-media coverage of said "Illuminati" connection to Beyoncé/Superbowl, noting:

"The mass media coverage of Beyoncé’s Illuminati hand sign, also reflects a new trend: Mass media are now directly addressing, discrediting and ridiculing “conspiracy theories” (I hate that term) in order to make sure that people do not start thinking too much about the strange things they are witnessing on TV."

And that's true, but I'm not sure the media is including this "conspiracy" symbology specifically in order to discredit "fringe" theorists. Some of these theorists, like Jones and his infamous Piers Morgan meltdown, do a pretty good job on that on their own -- which in turn is perfect fodder to hype on the news and, yes, discredit fringe theorists.

Jones, you were played.

No, I think two things are primarily going on here:

1) Esoteric "Illuminati" symbolism is now purposely being used by certain performers in order to build their mystique. This is why I felt pretty much embarrassed for Bey when she flashed that hand-sign -- it frankly just seemed desperate, screaming "hey I'm still relevant!". Lady Gaga did these things in a far more seamless, entertaining fashion but her light has been dimming as well. Rhianna's efforts on this front just make me sad because they're tied into this sado-masochistic/MK-Girl image of her that seems purposely cultivated by her handlers. And when someone like Justin Bieber does it...ugh.

nothing screams "I'm relevant" like teh eye thing

2) These Esoteric symbols have a "power" all on their own that transcends shadowy secret societies, the Illuminati, and what have you. They don't necessarily need to be tied to a larger "agenda". Shit -- you could take a week or a day to learn about this stuff and do it yourself! This is advertising/marketing/graphic design 101, my friends. The single eye. The so-called "666" sign. The eye in the triangle. Powerful, powerful images that strike us deep in our primal brains and: SELL US STUFF! (and, perhaps, accidentally evoking powerful energies that shut down the power during the Super Bowl; I'm totally on-board with that explanation)

I consider myself a "folklorist," if you will, of all these trends in esoteric symbolism and how they intersect with popular culture. And there is no doubt that the cumulative impact of a lot of this stuff -- especially if they are symbology of a decidedly negative nature -- is evident on the public. For example, "The Dark Knight Rises" is pretty much etched in the brains of our hapless populace.

OH NOES!!!11!!!11111

But also -- they are increasingly used as just one more tool in the advertising/entertainment arsenal. And maybe, if you look back at the icons and symbols of the past 100 years, they were always there. Just like pagan symbols such as Santa and the Easter Bunny.

The trick is -- to understand their meanings. Not just to prevent the New World Over takeover -- if you are truly interested in that, I suggest you start studying contemporary politics and economics stat. But to be empowered. To empower yourself. Why should only a relatively small group of people in this world understand the power of these symbols, and have them at their disposal?

And why should you cower in fear when you see the obvious eyes in triangles, the "one-eye" symbolism in your popular culture? We are not savages fearing the Scary Thing du jour, crossing and pissing ourselves, tossing kids on the fire to appease the gods and hanging our "suspect" women. The "Book" of choice will not save us. Look up how many of the sites and videos that condemn this symbolism in pop-culture end with "AND JESUS WILL SAVE US." Wow! Replacing one set of occult symbols for another. Bloody brilliant!

We need to get educated.

As for Beyoncé and the whole Super Bowl Half Time show -- man, I'm bored. This is all played out. What is the New Hotness?

My prediction: sigils:

Watch for sigil symbolism as being the Brand New Thing all over pop-culture.

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