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July 3, 2020
THE NATURE OF MAN
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Candide: or, The Optimist (1762) It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply “optimism”) by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide’s slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, “we must cultivate our garden”, in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, “all is for the best” in the “best of all possible worlds”.
Candide is characterised by its sarcastic tone as well as by its erratic, fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious Bildungsroman, it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years’ War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. As philosophers of Voltaire’s day contended with the problem of evil, so too does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers through allegory; most conspicuously, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism.
François-Marie Arouet (French: 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, 
historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state. Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate of several liberties, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day.
(reference: Wikipedia.org)
July 2, 2020
THE T.V. (Totally Vacant) MIND
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Aliens really have invaded the planet! They have taken control of the Main Stream Media. TV is their primary weapon against humanity. The alien agenda is to control you so you can be used for whatever they have planned. It’s a two step process 1) empty your mind of any and all analytical thought process using electronic gadgets. 2) Fill the vacuum in your mind with propaganda about the Global Fascist Military Police State disguised as “entertainment”.
So, when the cops bust down your door and cart you away to a prison camp your neighbors will say “Oh, he seemed like a nice guy, but he must really be a terrorist. Oh, well, what’s on TV right now?“.
…Think about it… Oh, but you can’t because you have to catch up on 15 episodes of “Criminal Minds“, “NCIS“, “Cops” and “Lie to Me”.
July 1, 2020
EVIL CONVICTION
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“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction.”
— Blaise Pascal —
Y.O.U.
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“On the other side of reality is your own imagination, your personal perceptions, viewpoints, dreams, hopes, desires, and creations, which comprise Your Own Universe…. YOU.”
from THE OZ FACTORS by Lawrence R. Spencer
June 30, 2020
Chernokids
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Chernokids (english subtitles) from Les Chernokids on Vimeo.
THIS IS A BRUTALLY HONEST CONDEMNATION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
AND MOTHERS WHO BEAR CHILDREN AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO RADIATION.
DOMAIN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE RESCUE MISSION
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“There are several obvious reasons that The Domain
, and other space civilizations do not land on Earth
or make their presence known. It takes a very brave IS-BE
to come down through the atmosphere and land on Earth, because it is a prison
planet
, with a very uncontrolled, psychotic population. And, no IS-BE is entirely proof
against the risk of entrapment, as with the members of The Domain Expeditionary Force
who were captured in the Himalayas
8,200 years ago.”
— Excerpted from the Official Transcript of the U.S. Army Air Force Roswell Army Air Field, 509th Bomb Group: SUBJECT: ALIEN INTERVIEW, 26. 7. 1947, 1st Session published in the book Alien Interview, edited by Lawrence R. Spencer, 2008.
TAR BABY
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Have you ever thought that you might not really belong in the Physical Universe, or on Planet Earth? Do you every have the feeling that you’re caught in a trap, and can’t get yourself out? Here’s an allegory that may illustrate that feeling: Bre’er Rabbit and The Tar Baby
SYNOPSIS: Br’er Fox constructs a doll out of a lump of tar and dresses it with some clothes. When Br’er Rabbit comes along he addresses the tar “baby” amiably, but receives no response. Br’er Rabbit becomes offended by what he perceives as the Tar Baby’s lack of manners, punches it, and in doing so becomes stuck. The more Br’er Rabbit punches and kicks the tar “baby” out of rage, the worse he gets stuck. The story was originally published in Harper’s Weekly by Robert Roosevelt; years later Joel Chandler Harris wrote of the tar baby in his Uncle Remus stories. A similar tale from African folklore in West Africa has the trickster Anansi in the role of Br’er Rabbit.
But how does you get yourself unstuck from that “tar baby”? Well, maybe ya’ll shouldn’t oughta had been messing wit no tar baby to begin with! Next time, jus leave him be and go on your way….ya’ hear?
June 29, 2020
CHOICES
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