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November 28, 2014

Poll asks if George W. Bush’s defeat of Al Gore fair or fraudulent?

In our ‘Underground Knowledge’ discussion group on Goodreads we ask: Do you believe the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election in which George W. Bush defeated Al Gore was a fair election or a fraudulent election?


Bush vs Gore Presidential Election, 2000


Bush and Gore…on campaign trail.


Almost two thirds of those polled to date believe the election was fraudulent with the balance evenly split between a fair election and undecided.


 


Here’s a sample of poll responses received (names withheld):


 


Fraudulent, but wouldn’t have mattered either way. We’d still be in the thick of it in the middle east and would have international banksters/multinational corporations calling the shots.


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Fraudulent- definitely. See this concise article for how: http://www.michaelparenti.org/stolene… (And, as an aside, here in England, it was a similar state of affairs when Cameron got in -although different tactics used. The Lib Dems won the majority, and they held the power as to whether there was to be a coalition and who with etc. Where are we now? Everyone’s forgotten that. Cameron is the big man P.M, and the Lib Dems will soon be a non-existent party.)


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I think it was definitely not a fair eection. there were so many votes un-counted or unaknowledged…after the election, here were so many unanswered questions about what votes were couted and those that were not, and then there is the queston of whether votes were “lost” I think George W. just had more money……


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Hanging chads and cutting short aside there were also serious reports of “technical” poll problems in Florida minority neighborhoods. Remember who was the Governor? It just goes to show that if the bastards are to be beaten (assuming a possibly naïve hope that there is a difference between Republicans and Democrats) it has to be by a wide margin. Imagine if the US Treasury had not been depleted by sending vast sums to the middle east in return for no oil.


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Don’t think it was a fair election back then, and with Citizens United allowing millions being poured into negative PR against candidates we`have more elections that are not fair. (Historian).


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I also believe that you cannot get anywhere near the Presidency position without shaking the right hands (the hands of bankers and military men especially) and kissing the right asses. Therefore… the same or very similar war/corruption scenarios still would have occurred. Gore was possibly the lesser of two evils, but still a complete puppet I’d say. Democrat or Republican, Left or Right, Liberal or Conservative – the global elite have all these so-called different groups or different voting options under their thumbs. However, with all the voting fraud rumors and investigations during and after that election, the suspicious Florida recount(s) at least showed many common citizens that tampering with votes is not only something that occurs in little banana republics of Third World …


 


To see all poll responses received to date, or to have your say, go to: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/111910-do-you-believe-the-2000-u-s-presidential-election-in-which-george-w-bu


 


Our ‘Underground Knowledge’ discussion group is open to everyone! All you need is an enquiring mind, an interest in the world we live in and a desire to learn or to uncover “underground knowledge” on important issues of our times.


This group is also for like-minded people to discuss the controversial topics explored in The Underground Knowledge series – of which the first book in that series is The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy. This non-fiction title was written by James Morcan & Lance Morcan with a foreword by leading scientist Dr. Takaaki Musha and an afterword by renowned historian Professor Richard Spence.


The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy


To visit or join our Underground Knowledge group go to: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/142309-underground-knowledge—a-discussion-group


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Published on November 28, 2014 23:12

November 14, 2014

Poll asks if Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in JFK assassination

In our ‘Underground Knowledge’ discussion group on Goodreads we ask: Do you believe Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone gunman in the JFK assassination as per the US Government’s official story?


JFK and Jackie in the limousine as it makes its way through Dallas.


JFK and Jackie on than fateful day in Dallas in 1963.


Judging by members’ responses to date, a more appropriate question may have been: Does anyone believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone?


Here’s a sample of poll responses received (names withheld):


Who in the world would vote yes to this question?


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I have always thought that it was one of the Secret Service Agents who was ‘protecting’ him that fired the kill shot. Who else had better access, had a legitimate reason to have a firearm during the incident, and after the first two shots would have a perfect cause to draw their weapon. During the confusion and Jackie’s over the top hysteria it would have been very easy for the agent to fire the final shot, unnoticed. He would not have used his service piece thinking they would be tested – I plead ignorance to knowing if they ever were tested by the Warren Commission. I’ve never read that piece of drivel, figured the government puts out enough propaganda without me going and actually searching for more of it.


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I can’t understand any “Yes” vote on this one. All the evidence, ballistic, eye witness, logical, and inferential makes this a no-brainer to all but the Warren Commission and the other uninformed. That is merely stating that Oswald had at least one more partner; collusion by two or more being the legal definition of conspiracy. Who were they? Motives abound…The only fault I find in this argument is that by now I would have expected someone to take credit on their death bed…Unless the CIA killed him or them right away.


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More than 50 witnesses testified at the time of the Warren Commission that they heard or saw a shot coming from that fence area to the front of the president. So that would fit the old grassy knoll theories (but maybe that’s all too obvious, I don’t know).


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I actually believe That Jackie did it…If you watch the video you see her hand reach behind him and the bullets exit wound comes out of the top. I will attempt to link it… http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=… At frame 309 you see her arm behind him at frame 313 you see that the exit wound is nearly straight up meaning it came from behind and below. You can also see a silver object in her right hand that she hides within the back seat.


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Jackie was the poster woman for America and she was loved by leaders of foreign countries. She was considered one of the best assets the US had at the time, from all I’ve read. No suspicion could touch her, and if they were at home alone and she was going to try to claim a gunman came in and attacked them and she was trying to kill the gunman but killed Jack instead or whatever, there would always be that doubt, like we now doubt the government’s story about Oswald. Jackie just could not be tainted, she was too valuable to the government.


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I want to know the motive of them to kill him. Maybe it was related to the Apollo mission.


 


To see all poll responses received to date, or to have your say, go to: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/111208-do-you-believe-lee-harvey-oswald-was-the-lone-gunman-in-the-jfk-assassin


 


Our ‘Underground Knowledge’ discussion group is open to everyone! All you need is an enquiring mind, an interest in the world we live in and a desire to learn or to uncover “underground knowledge” on important issues of our times.


This group is also for like-minded people to discuss the controversial topics explored in The Underground Knowledge series – of which the first book in that series is The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy. This non-fiction title was written by James Morcan & Lance Morcan with a foreword by leading scientist Dr. Takaaki Musha and an afterword by renowned historian Professor Richard Spence.


The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy


To visit or join our Underground Knowledge group go to: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/142309-underground-knowledge—a-discussion-group


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Published on November 14, 2014 17:15

November 13, 2014

Adam and Eve linked to Biblical conspiracy theory

In the Afterword for our book The Orphan Conspiracies , renowned historian and Professor of History at the University of Idaho, Dr. Richard Spence, puts a unique conspiracy theory spin on the story of Adam and Eve, suggesting they “ got the boot because they dared to acquire forbidden knowledge and, if not stopped, might have achieved the ultimate prize of eternal life.”


Bible facts adam and eve 10 Interesting Bible Facts


Dr. Spence claims, “The (Garden of) Eden saga is also relevant because, if taken literally, it can be interpreted as the Ur-Conspiracy against the human race.”


Here’s the relevant excerpt from Dr. Spence’s Afterword:


“Seeing Adam and Eve driven from paradise, the agent of their ruin, the Serpent, aka the Devil, was moved to pity. He asked God if he might bestow upon these pitiful creatures a gift which would make their mortal suffering and that of their descendants a little easier to bear.


The Lord consented, and so the Serpent granted humankind the “blessing” of self-delusion: the inability to see themselves, the world or their state as they really were.


The trick, of course, is that neither would they be able to see God or the Devil for what they really were either.


The Eden saga is also relevant because, if taken literally, it can be interpreted as the Ur-Conspiracy against the human race. Basically, Adam and Eve got the boot because they dared to acquire forbidden knowledge and, if not stopped, might have achieved the ultimate prize of eternal life.


It was that which prompted God—or Gods since the divine conversation is always in terms of “we”—to nip things in the bud lest the upstart creations become “like us.”


It’s enough to make one wonder just whose side the Serpent was on. Or could it be that the Serpent was just God in disguise? Maybe we’ve been in the dark from the beginning.


Mythology, heresy or whatever, I’ve often thought the “Devil’s Gift” story explained the human condition pretty well. Whether the Serpent is to be blamed or thanked, the simple fact is that we do possess a tremendous capacity for deluding ourselves—and others.”


 


An author in his own right, Dr. Spence specializes in Russian, intelligence and military history, and his university course offerings include Modern Espionage, Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, History of Secret Societies and the Occult in History.


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Dr. Richard Spence.


Dr. Spence is also the author of numerous articles in Revolutionary Russia, Intelligence and National Security, International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, The Historian, New Dawn and other publications.


He has served as a commentator/consultant for the History Channel and the International Spy Museum and was a key consultant-interviewee for the Russian Cultural Foundation’s 2007 documentary film, “Leon Trotsky: The Secret of World Revolution,” and its subsequent “Trap for the Tsar.”


Read more in The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy – available via Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/The-Orphan-Conspiracies-Conspiracy-Theories-ebook/dp/B00J4MPFT6/



We have opened this and other controversial topics up for debate in ourUnderground Knowledge’ discussion group on Goodreads. More members welcome! Go to: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/142309-underground-knowledge—a-discussion-group


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


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Published on November 13, 2014 13:22

November 8, 2014

‘Underground Knowledge’ discussion group tops 250 members – more welcome!

Membership of our new ‘Underground Knowledge’ discussion group on Goodreads has already topped 250 and has opened up debates on a wide range of topics ranging from false flag operations and the war on terror, Project Monarch and ritual abuse to international banksters and restructuring capitalism, Yamashita’s gold and the multi-trillion dollar WW2 cover-up, human cloning and the Queen’s invisible riches, and Operation Northwoods and the US Military’s proposal to kill Americans.


Goodreads: Book reviews, recommendations, and discussion


Links follow to some of our group’s more popular discussion threads:


Are those who claim they have been Eyes Wide Shut-style sex slaves under mind control their entire lives deluded or insane or telling the truth? Share your opinion in this thread on the much talked about yet still unproven ‘Project Monarch’: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/…


Eyes Wide Shut 10 Years On film still


Cruise and Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut…Echoes of Project Monarch.


Is Queen Elizabeth II richer and more powerful than anyone else on Earth? https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/…


Queen Elizabeth II


Queen Elizabeth…hidden wealth.


Operation Northwoods – the US Military’s (declassified) proposal to kill American citizens on American soil using ‘acts of terrorism’. Some investigators believe the Northwoods documents (which were signed by the US Joint Chiefs of Staff) provide an historical precedence to support the possibility that 9/11 may have been an inside job: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/…



Operation Northwoods…declassified.


Does the Illuminati even exist anymore? https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/…



The Illuminati…Does it still exist?


 


Polls popular


Our polls are proving popular with members. We asked: Do you believe 9/11 was an ‘inside job? The results roughly reflect various polls conducted by mainstream media outlets like Newsday, CNN & CBS, which have repeatedly shown about 50% of Americans believe the US Government had something to do it. For our poll results (and comments) go to: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1…


9/11 Pictures


9/11…A terrorist event or an ‘inside job’?


Meanwhile, our latest poll asks: Do you believe Princess Diana was murdered? This poll is proving so popular it has been extended to November 13. Some 74% of those polled to date believe she was murdered. For our poll results (and comments) go to: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1…


Diana, Princess of Wales


Princess Diana…murdered?


 


Feel free to join or check out our group:


Our ‘Underground Knowledge’ discussion group is open to everyone! All you need is an enquiring mind, an interest in the world we live in and a desire to learn or to uncover “underground knowledge” on important issues of our times.


This group is also for like-minded people to discuss the controversial topics explored in The Underground Knowledge series – of which the first book in that series is The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy. This non-fiction title was written by James Morcan & Lance Morcan with a foreword by leading scientist Dr. Takaaki Musha and an afterword by renowned historian Professor Richard Spence.


The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy


To visit our Underground Knowledge group go to: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/142309-underground-knowledge—a-discussion-group


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Published on November 08, 2014 15:09

November 7, 2014

Before the days of computers

Before the days of computers these NASA employees (below) had to calculate and present their data the hard way! 





 


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Published on November 07, 2014 12:21

November 6, 2014

President Obama and those changes he promised

In our ‘Underground Knowledge’ discussion group on Goodreads we ask: Why didn’t Obama deliver the changes he promised? Some of the answers make for interesting reading.


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President Obama…criticized for breaking promises.


Since winning the US Presidency, Barack Obama has been criticized for breaking almost every promise he made to the American people before running for office. And although he promised the opposite, his policies turned out to be almost a carbon copy of those of his predecessor George W. Bush – at least in terms of the big issues such as fighting unnecessary wars and protecting banksters ahead of everyday citizens.


Obama’s supporters insist his intentions were honest. Maybe they were and maybe he really believed he’d be the boss instead being a small cog in a giant wheel.


Then again before being elected Obama had little track record in Congress of voting against the major issues like Big Pharma or banking chicanery. As political activist Ralph Nader pointed out when he ran against him in the 2008 Presidential campaign, the man formerly known as Barry Soetoro was hardly a revolutionary.



Barry Soetoro aka Obama.


So maybe Obama knew all along he’d just be another puppet for the Establishment and was happy to play along.


Or maybe the likes of JFK was speaking through a hole in his head when he warned Americans about “secret societies, secret oaths and secret proceedings,” and maybe the likes of Eisenhower was speaking through a hole in his when he warned of “the potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power.” It’s likely none of us will ever know for sure.


 


Anyway, to view the responses of others, or to have YOUR say, go to our discussion thread at: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1957272-why-didn-t-obama-deliver-the-changes-he-promised


 


Meanwhile, here’s one (name redacted) group member’s response that seems to reflect the views of many:


Obama has done nothing. Apart from… America now has Ebola./ He has not closed Gittmo./ He has not sorted out the US Immigration./ He lied to the Americans abut keeping their doctors./ He Lied about them being allowed to keep health insurance./ He is a race baiter./ And before you blame Bush or republicans, Obama had a majority in 2009 and could have done the things he said he would do./ The world once respected the USA, now he has destroyed that respect, I am amazed how the red blooded Americans allow it.


 


Our ‘Underground Knowledge’ discussion group is open to everyone! All you need is an enquiring mind, an interest in the world we live in and a desire to learn or to uncover “underground knowledge” on important issues of our times.


This group is also for like-minded people to discuss the controversial topics explored in The Underground Knowledge series – of which the first book in that series is The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy. This non-fiction title was written by James Morcan & Lance Morcan with a foreword by leading scientist Dr. Takaaki Musha and an afterword by renowned historian Professor Richard Spence.


The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy


 


To visit our Underground Knowledge group go to: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/142309-underground-knowledge—a-discussion-group


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Published on November 06, 2014 13:11

November 5, 2014

Al Qaeda a terrorist organization or a creation of the West?

A suggestion that Al Qaeda was created in the West “to destabilize and destroy sovereign countries while sustaining the illusion of an outside enemy” has sparked a timely debate in our ‘Underground Knowledge’ discussion group on Goodreads. Timely given current events in Iraq and Syria involving ISIS, IS, ISIL et al.


Al-Shabab: The Somalian terrorist group with Al Qaeda links, has seen four San Diego residents been arrested in the past month


The debate was prompted by the airing of a contentious article originally published by Global Research, shedding light on the nature of Al Qaeda.


Here’s an excerpt from that article:


The truth is, there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al Qaeda. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But there is a propaganda campaign to make the public believe in the presence of an identified entity representing the ‘devil’ only in order to drive the ‘TV watcher’ to accept a unified international leadership for a war against terrorism. The country behind this propaganda is the US and the lobbyists for the US war on terrorism are only interested in making money.


To read the full article, and members’ responses to it, go to: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2028159-evidence-to-suggest-al-qaeda-was-created-in-the-west


Judging by the comments received in our group’s ‘False Flag Operations’ discussion thread, many if not most members believe Al Qaeda is a creation of the West, or, as one American contributor points out, “Another fabricated enemy we built in the US for sinister purposes.”


 


Here’s some more random comments (names redacted) on the subject of Al Qaeda:


ISIS, ISIL, IS… Al Qaeda… The ‘enemy’ keeps changing. The ‘enemy’s’ name and location keeps changing. We’re getting more and more used to a war that doesn’t really bother a lot of the West, when the video of someone’s cat on YouTube is more important. You have all read 1984, right?


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It seems like once the media repeats the names and evil intentions of these often-fabricated organizations enough times, the masses believe it and nobody (not even investigative journalists) researches the true origins of these groups.


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Al Qaeda weren’t even ever mentioned in mainstream news (hardly) before 9/11, just as other groups that now spring up weren’t known about- but it’s a complex subject.


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Yes it’s all BS. Believe exactly 0% of what the main stream media and the government says…0%


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This story is just one of numerous pieces of evidence pointing toward Al Qaeda being created in the West (specifically in New York, actually). And when all those evidences are added up, it equates to an absolute fact that Al Qaeda was yet another fabricated enemy we built in the US for sinister purposes. And yet now there’s a new enemy in ISIS and still people never study history before reacting to the exact things in the present that the globalists want us to react to.


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On a related note to this thread, RT have reported on the FBI inventing terrorists. Apparently, since 9/11, only 11 cases of ‘terrorist arrests’ posed a “potentially significant” threat to the United States. The rest of ‘em are pretty much FBI entrapments to make the threat of terrorism on home ground look more worrying that it is. http://rt.com/usa/166060-usa-fbi-terr…


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Bin Laden’s death highly suspicious in my opinion. Check out this post here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/…


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What the truth is about Bin Laden’s alive or dead status is anyone’s guess, but there’s not a shadow of doubt in my mind that the official raid and quick burial was just utter bollocks. A classic example of where one country just feeds something to the news (their little cabaret act in Pakistan on video and mention of some undisclosed intelligence) and lo and behold, the press and subsequently the people take it as being true.


 


Our ‘Underground Knowledge’ discussion group is open to everyone! All you need is an enquiring mind, an interest in the world we live in and a desire to learn or to uncover “underground knowledge” on important issues of our times.


This group is also for like-minded people to discuss the controversial topics explored in The Underground Knowledge series – of which the first book in that series is The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy. This non-fiction title was written by James Morcan & Lance Morcan with a foreword by leading scientist Dr. Takaaki Musha and an afterword by renowned historian Professor Richard Spence.


The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy


To visit our Underground Knowledge group go to: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/142309-underground-knowledge—a-discussion-group


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Published on November 05, 2014 20:17

November 3, 2014

Best books in the 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards

Goodreads.com, the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations, has announced its nominees for the 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards — the only major book awards decided by readers.


Categories

Fiction
Big Little LiesThe Bone ClocksLandline
Mystery & Thriller
I Am Pilgrim (Pilgrim, #1)The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #5)The Gods of Guilt (Mickey Haller, #5)
Historical Fiction
Some LuckThe Invention of WingsThe Miniaturist
Fantasy
Up From the Grave (Night Huntress #7)The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy, #3)Prince of Fools (The Red Queen’s War, #1)

Romance
The Will (Magdalene, #1)Maybe SomedayCrashed (Driven, #3)
Science Fiction
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)The Flight of the Silvers (Silvers, #1)Lock In
Horror
Bird BoxThe Girl with All the GiftsThe Rhesus Chart (Laundry Files, #5)
Humor
Shame on You (Fool Me Once, #1)William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back (William Shakespeare's Star Wars, #5)Yes Please

Nonfiction
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the EndNo Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance StateWhat If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Memoir & Autobiography
My Salinger YearRedefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much MoreSmoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
History & Biography
Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive ArtAstoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and SurvivalKilling Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General
Business Books
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy AnswersThe Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary ChangeHooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Food & Cookbooks
The Oh She Glows Cookbook: Over 100 Vegan Recipes to Glow from the Inside OutThe 21-Day Sugar Detox Cookbook: Over 100 Recipes for any Program LevelNom Nom Paleo: Food for Humans
Graphic Novels & Comics
Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega (Locke & Key #6)Seconds: A Graphic NovelManga Classics: Pride & Prejudice
Poetry
Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter SeriesI Wrote This For You: Just the WordsYou Can Make Anything Sad
Debut Goodreads Author
The Emperor's Blades (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, #1)Sweet Addiction (Sweet Addiction, #1)The Good Girl

Young Adult Fiction
Love Letters to the DeadI'll Give You the SunDon't Look Back
Young Adult Fantasy
White Hot Kiss (The Dark Elements, #1)Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy, #1)
Middle Grade & Children’s
The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5)A Snicker of MagicThe Crossover
Picture Books
The Scraps BookThe Girl and the BicycleThe Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend

The organizers settled on 15 different nominees in 20 categories ranging from Fiction to Fantasy to Food & Cookbooks to Young Adult Fiction? Instead of relying on experts or judges, Goodreads analyzed statistics from the 275 million books added, rated, and reviewed on Goodreads in 2014.



A message from the organizers:


“We’re so excited to congratulate all of the nominees! There are some epic match-ups in this year’s list. In Best Memoir, the riveting true stories range from Esther Earl, the inspiration for teen bestseller The Fault in Our Stars, to North Korean defector Jang Jin-Sung. Mystery & Thriller has heavy hitters, with Stephen King going against “Robert Galbraith” (a.k.a J.K. Rowling). In History & Biography, it’s basketball god Michael Jordan versus an unlikely opponent, President Calvin Coolidge. Best Fiction, one of our most-watched categories, is anyone’s game, with debut authors like Nadia Hashimi and Mira Jacob ready to take on established masters like Marilynne Robinson, Haruki Murakami, David Mitchell, and Margaret Atwood. And double props to our double nominees, who include Roxane Gay, Gene Luen Yang, and B.J. Novak!


“Of course, with hundreds of thousands of books published in 2014, no nominee list could cover everything. We also accept write-in votes during the Opening Round to ensure that you can vote for exactly the book you want!


“You have three chances to vote. The Opening Round lasts until November 8. Vote now to make sure your favorite books make it into the Semifinals (November 10 – 15) and Finals (November 17 – 24).


“To read more go to: https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/470-announcing-the-nominees-of-the-2014-goodreads-choice-awards


 


Happy reading! –Lance & James


 


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Published on November 03, 2014 11:27

October 26, 2014

Poll shows 73 per cent believe Princess Diana was murdered

Provisional results of our latest (continuing) poll show that 73 per cent of those polled to date believe Princess Diana was murdered.


Diana, Princess of Wales


Princess Diana…murdered?


The poll, which ends November 7 PST, asks one simple but contentious question: Do you believe Princess Diana was murdered?


The interim results – Yes 73% / No 18% / Undecided 9% – are sobering, but so, too, are some of the comments coming through.



Predictably, the poll, which is running in our Goodreads.com discussion group Underground Knowledge, is generating as much heated discussion (see below) as our last poll, which asked Do you believe 9/11 was an inside job?


Your opinion is welcome…so feel free to register it and contribute to the discussion in the Poll thread in our Goodreads discussion group at: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/110279-do-you-believe-princess-diana-was-murdered




The aftermath of the car crash that ended Princess Diana’s life.


 


Meanwhile, here’s some of the comments received to date (names redacted):


There is no doubt in my mind that Diana was murdered.


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I think it was a truly heinous accident. If the papparzzi had simply let her alone to live her life…it may not have happened. What was gained by killing her? Nothing….it just made more publicity for her name…granted….no one in the first responding team, nor doctors handled it correctly…..


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Leading UK newspapers reported that Diana named her ex-husband Prince Charles as someone who was planning to kill her in private letters she wrote that were released after her death. Here’s an excert reported in the media that not only named Charles but also specified exactly how Diana thought she may be killed: “This particular phase in my life is the most dangerous. Charles is planning an accident in my car, brake failure and serious head injury in order to make the path clear for Charles to marry.”


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Some also say Charles’ father (the Queen’s husband and Diana’s ex father-in-law) Prince Philip was also responsible. Indeed, Philip was apparently being investigated on his trailing/bugging of Diana by British authorities just days before her death and what was to be a front page news story on this matter was apparently “pulled” from newspapers shortly before her murder.


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I think it plausible that she showed her real beautiful nature. She then, with access to non-public information, became seen as a threat to the royal family, who very well may have inordinate, attempt-to-control influence on the world. There are other possible scenarios, but they all suggest the “convenience” of her elimination.


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I agree that the Royal family gave no help when it occured…but I don’t believe it was in any way sanctioned. Charles may ave wanted to emarry…and that was his decision…but he was nor allowed to marry just anyone, and the Queen really had to give in on Camilla….


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Yes, of course she was murdered. Anyone who’s spent five minutes looking at the actual evidence in favour of that scenario could tell you so. Speaking of which, this five minute vid does a brilliant job of non-biasedly presenting some of the most urgent and strange facts. http://youtu.be/VD5Bcsvo58Y


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The only actual questions remaining, after looking at the evidence, seem to be: Who killed her? And why? And all fingers seem to point at MI5 and the Windsors… but who could believe our royal family could be capable of such things?! Well, that’s where our emotional attachment to a certain truth can get in the way of objective thinking!


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There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that she was bumped off. Watch the suppressed film Unlawful Killing ( http://www.richardpresser.com/Videos/… ) which exposes a lot of the facts surrounding the case.


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Every time she sneezed they reported it…and then they reported on Charles’ response!!! for crying out loud….why would anyone think it was a planned thing…there is no logic there. Jeez…it was a terrible accident.


 


Reminder: Our poll “ Do you believe Princess Diana was murdered?” closes November 7 PST. Your opinion is welcome. Go to: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/110279-do-you-believe-princess-diana-was-murdered


 


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October 21, 2014

Additional cinema added for MY CORNERSTONE release

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I’m very pleased to announce that our multicultural, international romantic comedy My Cornerstone (starring Miss India Australia beauty pageant-winner Zenia Starr pictured above) will complete its 2nd week of cinema screenings this evening. There have been over 150 cinema screenings Australia-wide in the first two weeks alone and the feedback we have received from audiences and film critics alike has been overwhelmingly positive. So thank you to all who attended screenings at cinemas in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide during its first week.


Due to public demand in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs we have booked the classy Ritz Cinema (Event Cinemas) at Randwick for daily screenings beginning late October (Friday 31st) until Sunday November 2nd. http://www.ritzcinema.com.au/Movie/My-Cornerstone


Meanwhile the film continues to show in selected Event Cinemas and Village Cinemas in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.


Beyond Australia, it will then release in selected markets internationally starting with India-wide cinema screenings before the end of this year.



Thank you so much for all your support.


See you at the movies!


James Morcan


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