The full title is; Indrid Cold, the Truth about Planet Lanulos and the Mystery of the Smiling Man ... It is amazing the stories that came from 50s and 60s in UFO Lore IMO.. The hippy experience, God, Christmas and friendly Aliens one heck of a story. I think the story from Woody is one of the reasons most people always want to say, "B.S." on many UFO stories.

Quote:Indrid Cold, the Truth about Planet Lanulos and the Mystery of the Smiling Man On November 2nd, 1966, Woody Derenberger was driving home from a business trip when he encountered an extraterrestrial being named Indrid Cold. Cold communicated with Woody telepathically, and the two went on to be lifelong friends. Other people close to Woody, including family, friends, and even his therapist claimed that they, too, had experiences with Indrid Cold. Woody wrote and published a detailed account of his experiences, and never went back on his story. Since the 1960s, the legend of Indrid Cold has become one of the most famous in all of UFO lore. Taken at face value, this story sounds strange. But the real story … is even stranger.

There is so much propaganda about Netanyahu and Israel on the Net I found this interview enlightening and worth my time..

Other posts got me thinking about the past and genres I've transitioned through all the years.

I was born in the early 80's and listened to rock, pop and all sorts of other stuff, got on the electronic end early enough and enjoyed a lot of great artist early on in their career and while styles and tastes change(back then, i was mostly into house music from the chicago area) I think that some of all the bests, some really stand higher.

If you are an electronic music fan, from trance, house to even hardcore, you can't deny one of, if not the greatest electronic acts to ever grace the planet. Daft Punk.

So this, is a chance to share your favorites and for some of you to share your experience.

Sadly, I've never seen them live, the closest I came was back in the 90's when I was in high school. I used to go downtown(Twin cities, MN) and hit up most of the scene, but when it came to that one weekend, when some of my friends were heading over to Wisconsin for a show, I just didn't tag along.

Apparently, I didn't miss much, other than, well, you know. Hit that 16 minute mark.





One of the best, share your favorite or possible story.

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To make Sidney's slump all the more painful, Clifford Anderson, a student of one of Sidney's writing seminars, has recently sent his mentor a copy of his first attempt at playwrighting for Sidney's review and advice. The play, "Deathtrap", is a five character, two-act thriller so perfect in its construction that, as Sidney says, "A gifted director couldn't even hurt it." Using his penchant for plot, and out of his desperate desire to once again be the toast of Broadway, Sidney, along with Myra, cook up an almost unthinkable scheme: They'll lure the would-be playwright to the Bruhl home, kill him, and market the sure-fire script as Sidney's own. But shortly after Clifford arrives, it's clear that things are not what they seem. Even Helga Ten Dorp, a nosey psychic from next door, and Porter Milgram, Sidney's observant attorney, can only speculate where the line between truth and deception lies. IMDB

Normal people, don't interact with kids who are not their own in any way like this.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07...-children/

Now, I'm not even interested in the kernel of truth probably underlying this article which has probably to some degree left something out.

I'm just talking about the common theme we see occurring many times over, that theme is: removing the parents from information regarding their child.

Normal people don't do that. Normal people, when interacting with a child, for even little things want to personally hear approval from the parents before "allowing" the wishes of the child.

Why do people, teachers/schools specifically, seem so quick to not only disregard but intentionally mask the actions of children from them.

It's gone so far beyond a few instances to the point it's obviously an orchestrated attempt to isolate, influence and alter children without their parents knowledge(whether physically or mentally).

Normal people don't do this.

Future headline from 2030. Yeah, I can see it.

https://www.activistpost.com/2023/07/fut...ravel.html

“Five Ways to Boost Your Social Credit Score for Smooth Summer Travel”

[b]June 23, 2030[/b]

Quote:It’s been two years since the US government instituted social credit scores from 0-100 for all citizens and legal residents.


And while at first the scores were purely symbolic, maintaining a good score quickly became mandatory to collect Social Security, renew your passport, receive your tax refund, and more.
But last month, Congress expanded the law to require a social credit score of at least 70 in order to board an aircraft, train, or bus for recreational or business purposes.

The law does carve out numerous exceptions for foreigners, including travel for undocumented migrants from Central America who don’t have a social credit score.

There are also limited exceptions for US citizens, such as emergency travel. However. the law does carry stiff penalties of up to 5 years in prison for lying about an emergency in order to fly.

Now, if you’re one of the 40 million Americans with a social credit score below 70, don’t sweat it: we have some tips that could boost your score by up to ten points, in as little as a month!

[b]1) Make sure you are up to date on all your mandatory vaccines and boosters.[/b]

If you’re behind on your federally mandated vaccines and boosters, getting up to date is one of the easiest ways to boost your social credit score.

Depending on how many doses you’ve missed, this one step alone could boost your score by as much as 10 points in as little as three days after complying.


The social credit AI scoring algorithm could also award you bonus points if you post a “vaxxie” to your social media accounts with the appropriate hashtags, like #GetVaccinated, #PfizerGang, or #TeamModerna.


[b]2) If you see something, say something.[/b]
Through the Justice Department’s bounty program, you can receive a bump of 1 point to your social credit score for every tip you submit about criminal hate speech or unlawful misinformation.
For example, if you receive an email, post, or text message from a colleague that contains an anti-science conspiracy theory, forwarding that message to the Justice Department’s tip hotline will result in a 1-point boost, and 2 points if it leads to the individual’s arrest.
The social credit AI scoring algorithm will also award 1 bonus point if you denounce the criminal online.


[b]3) [/b][b]Go Vegan[/b]

All credible scientists agree that 100% plant-based diets are one of the most powerful tools in the fight against climate change. This is why social credit experts say that maintaining a vegan diet is one of the easiest ways to boost and maintain your social credit score.

While the government has not released specific information about how its algorithm calculates social credit scores related to environmental actions, most people who publicly proclaim their switch to veganism, and then aggressively post their transition, typically see a 5 to 10 point boost within two weeks.

[b]4) Donate to approved charities[/b]
Need to boost your score in a pinch? Donating at least 2% of your annual income to certain non-profits, such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, or to the World Economic Forum, can increase your score by up to 5 points instantly.

[b]5) [/b][b]Complete the Progressive Reeducation Course[/b]
Let’s face it: if your social credit score is below 70, chances are you’re part of the problem in this country. And that’s why the Progressive Reeducation Course (PRC) is a must-do… not only for your social credit score, but also to rescue your basic humanity.

The PRC will rehabilitate all of your wrongthink, and, relying on the most updated and progressive science, teach you the right way to think about the most important social, economic, and political issues of our time.
Completing this important course is worth an immediate 5 points to your social credit score. Truly living its ethos is priceless.

                                                                     Lyrics


Liar, liar the world's on fire
Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?
Fire, fire burning higher
Still got time to turn it all around
Now I ain't one for speaking out much
But that don't mean I don't stay in touch
Everybody's trippin' over this or that
What we gonna do when we all fall flat?
Liar, liar the world's on fire
What we gonna do when it all burns down?
I don't know what to think about us
When did we lose in God we trust
God Almighty, what we gonna do
If God ain't listenin' and we're deaf too
Liar, liar the world's on fire
Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?
Fire, fire burning higher
Still got time to turn it all around
Don't get me started on politics
Now how are we to live in a world like this
Greedy politicians, present and past
They wouldn't know the truth if it bit 'em in the ass
Now tell me what is truth?
(Whatcha gonna do?)
Have we all lost sight
(Whatcha gonna do?)
Of common decency?
(Whatcha gonna do?)
Of the wrong and right?
How do we heal this great divide?
Do we care enough to try?
Liar, liar the world's on fire
What we gonna do when it all burns down?
Billy got a gun, Joey got a knife
Janey got a sign to carry in the fight
Marching in the streets with sticks and stones
Don't you ever believe words don't break bones
Oh, can we rise above?
Can't we show some love?
Do we just give up
Or make a change?
We know all too well
We've all been through hell
Time to break the spell
In Heaven's name
Liar, liar the world's on fire
Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?
Fire, fire burning higher
Still got time to turn it all around
Liar, liar the world's on fire
Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?
Fire, fire burning higher
Still got time to turn it all around
Show some love (liar, liar, the world's on fire)
(Still got time to turn it all around)
Let's rise above (liar, liar, the world's on fire)
(Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?)
Let's make a stand (liar, liar, the world's on fire)
(Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?)
Let's lend a hand (liar, liar, the world's on fire)
(Still got time to turn it all around)
Let's heal the hurt (liar, Liar, the world's on fire)
(Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?)
Let kindness work (liar, liar, the world's on fire)
(Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?)
Let's be a friend (liar, liar, the world's on fire)
(Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?)
Let hatred end (liar, liar, the world's on fire)
(Whatcha gonna do)
Liar, liar, the world's on fire
Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?
Liar, liar, the world's on fire
Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?
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Songwriters: Dolly Parton

Quote:Netflix's "Cave of Bones," a documentary about the discovery that an extinct small-brained ape ritually buried their dead

Paleoanthropologist Lee Berger and his team have discovered a cave in Africa riddled with the bones of an extinct species, Homo naledi, a small hominin ape that lived 250,000 years ago, about when our own species, Homo sapien, was emerging.

Finding such a rich despository of bones of this species was a hugely significant find. But what Berger and his team found on full exploration of the cave system was startling. There was evidence that this small-brained creature (with a brain about the third the size of ours, and about the size of a chimpanzee's) used fire to explore the caves, ritually buried their dead there, and carved (primitive) art in the cave walls.

The implications for our understanding of our own evolution, and the evolution of brains, intelligence, culture, and religion are fascinating.

A new documentary, Cave of Bones, about Berger's team's findings will be released on July 17 on Netflix, and this trailer was posted on Wednesday.

Quote:In South Africa's Cradle of Humankind, Paleoanthropologist Lee Berger has found the world's oldest graveyard – and it's not human. If Lee and his team can prove that this ancient, small brained, ape-like creature practiced complex burial rituals – it will change everything we know about hominid evolution and the origins of belief.

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A paragraph in a New Yorker article about the Instant Pot, a popular electronic pressure cooker whose parent company recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy:

Quote:How could something that was so beloved sputter? Is the arc of kitchen goods long but bends toward obsolescence? Business schools may someday make a case study of one of Instant Pot’s vulnerabilities, namely, that it was simply too well made. Once you slapped down your ninety dollars for the Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1, you were set for life: it didn’t break, it didn’t wear out, and the company hasn’t introduced major innovations that make you want to level up. As a customer, you were one-and-done, which might make you a happy customer, but is hell on profit-and-growth performance metrics.”

Quote:The Instant Pot Failed Because It Was a Good Product

Sure enough, in 2019, when the private-equity firm Cornell Capital bought the gadget’s maker, Instant Brands, and merged it with another kitchenware maker, the combined company was reportedly valued at more than $2 billion. A few years and one pandemic later, the company filed for bankruptcy on Monday, weighed down by more than $500 million in debt after years of supply-chain chaos and limited success expanding the Instant brand into other categories of household gadgetry. Perhaps counterintuitively, that the Instant Pot remains a useful, widely appreciated gadget is not unrelated to the faltering of its parent company. In fact, it’s central to understanding exactly what went wrong.
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    “From the point of view of the consumer, this makes the Instant Pot a dream product: It does what it says, and it doesn’t cost you much or any additional money after that first purchase. It doesn’t appear to have any planned obsolescence built into it, which would prompt you to replace it at a regular clip. But from the point of view of owners and investors trying to maximize value, that makes the Instant Pot a problem. A company can’t just tootle along in perpetuity, debuting new products according to the actual pace of its good ideas, and otherwise manufacturing and selling a few versions of a durable, beloved device and its accessories, updated every few years with new features. A company needs to grow.”

Quote:“Float me a hundred and thirty mil or so? I just need it til this bankruptcy thing blows over.”

Cornell wouldn’t hold its lien on the factories for very long. A motion asking the court to approve post-petition financing in the amount of $132 million was filed the day after the initial petition, and approved the next day. The loan has been arranged through Jefferies Capital, by way of Guggenheim securities, thanks in part to Cornell’s having pledged the factories that it shielded in the subsidiaries by making them collateral against the new loan.

So here’s the timeline.

•     2017: Cornell Capital buys Instant Brands, rolls it up with Pyrex and Corning and various other cookware co’s.
  

•     2021: Instant Pot is making enough money that various lenders extend it $450 million in credit.
  
•     May 2022: With $390 million of that credit outstanding, Cornell lends Instant Brands $55 million against its factory assets, ostensibly to service its debt.
  

•     June 2023: Instant Pot files for Chapter 11 protection.
  

•     June 2023: To keep the doors open through the storm, Instant Brands borrows $132 million against factory assets pledged by Cornell.
  

Cooked? Inside the Instant Brands Bankruptcy Filing

Quote:Because it distributes generous dividends, the hedge funds will have the company take out loans to meet its operating costs. Often the money is borrowed from a company owned by the hedge fund. The company gives that hedge fund lender a lien on corporate assets ahead of other creditors so the hedge fund gets repaid in priority and there’s little left for other creditors in bankruptcy.

And they have the company borrow to do buybacks at inflated prices.

How To Make Money by Going Bankrupt

According to Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Gretchen Morgenson, research shows that a Private Equity controlled corporation is ten times more likely to go bankrupt than a non-PE controlled business.

It’s actually quite easy if you are wealthy. Here’s how it goes. They are called engineered bankruptcies for good reason. The controlling shareholders, through the Board of Directors, cause the corporation to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

It is critical that Chapter 11 is used so that no bankruptcy examiner who is independent, is appointed to manage the business and report to creditors. For example, Enron was not a Chapter 11 bankruptcy; so the examiner could expose the fraud by the senior executives in detail. Under Chapter 11, the CEO is left in place to run the show.

Then the vultures descend as buyers, hungrily swirling around the corporate carcass. First, the secured creditors, those that have liens on assets, seize the assets subject to their liens. The Private Equity firms have often made themselves secured creditors by giving loans to the target corporation. These loans are needed to operate the business because yearly profits are entirely stripped out in dividends to the PE funds.
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As part of the hedge fund maneuvers, you will see that when the target corporation is brought to bankruptcy, the executive pensions are often, but not always, fully funded, but workers’ pensions always take a hit. That means that workers must make a claim on a federal agency called the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. This body of responsible corporations are forced to increase their contributions to this fund in order to support the Private Equity plunder.

The Looting of the Corporation: The Corporate Raiders’ Playbook

Seriously, how does a former stripper, former Air Force (Instagram 'influencer'), target of a supposed assassination hit, a newly elected 34-year old congress woman from Florida no less, get selected to be on the UFO committee, and with a name like "Luna"??



ABC news

Freemasons, assassinations, Nazis, UFOs...this story has it all...  

Quote:Rep. Luna hopes House UFO hearing reveals: “...it's very likely that there's other life forms out there...”

“So what we're focusing on is, one, getting the information out to the American people: Clearly, this is a big galaxy that we live in and that there is very likely technology that we are unaware of where it’s come from—and so, does this pose a national security threat?” Luna tells Ask a Pol.

Quote:MIAMI — A little-known GOP candidate in one of Florida’s most competitive congressional seats was secretly recorded threatening to send “a Russian and Ukrainian hit squad” to a fellow Republican opponent to make her “disappear.”

During a 30-minute call with a conservative activist that was recorded before he became a candidate, William Braddock repeatedly warned the activist to not support GOP candidate Anna Paulina Luna in the Republican primary for a Tampa Bay-area congressional seat because he had access to assassins. The seat is being vacated by Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.), who is running for governor.

“I really don’t want to have to end anybody’s life for the good of the people of the United States of America,” Braddock said at one point in the conversation last week, according to the recording exclusively obtained by POLITICO. “That will break my heart. But if it needs to be done, it needs to be done. Luna is a f---ing speed bump in the road. She’s a dead squirrel you run over every day when you leave the neighborhood.”

Reached by text message, Braddock refused to say whether he made any threats about Luna to the person who recorded him, Erin Olszewski.

Asked repeatedly via text if he mentioned Russian-Ukrainian hit squads, Braddock wouldn’t give a yes or no answer, saying he had not heard the recording and that it’s “allegedly me … there is no proof of that.” He also suggested the recording “may even be altered and edited.”

“This is a dirty political tactic that has caused a lot of people a lot of stress and is completely unnecessary,” he said.

Olszewski denied editing or altering the recording. She said she made it because she was concerned about Braddock’s “unhinged” dislike of Luna that he had previously expressed. After she made the recording just after midnight last Wednesday, she promptly turned it over to St. Petersburg, Fla., police and gave a heads-up to her friend Luna, who filed a petition for an injunction against Braddock. Luna and Olszewski each received a temporary restraining order against him last week. Braddock filed to run Monday.

In the recording, Braddock early in the call brought up the alleged assassins. He also made rambling statements about getting financial help from fellow Freemasons or by somehow importing millions of dollars from Malta and Gibraltar.

“I have access to a hit squad, too, Ukrainians and Russians,” he said about three minutes into the call, adding “don’t get caught out in public supporting Luna. … Luna’s gonna go down and I hope it’s by herself.”

Later in the call, Olszewski asked what would happen if “Luna is gonna win” and Braddock assured her that wouldn’t happen.

“She’s gonna be gone. Period. That’s the end of the discussion. Luna is not an issue,” he said.

Olszewski pushed him, asking “how do we make her go, though? I just don’t understand that.”

“I call up my Russian and Ukrainian hit squad, and within 24 hours, they’re sending me pictures of her disappearing,” he replied. “No, I’m not joking. Like, this is beyond my control this point.”

Asked if the killers were snipers, Braddock described them as, “Russian mafia. Close-battle combat, TEC-9s, MAC-10s, silencers kind of thing. No snipers. Up close and personal. So they know that the target has gone.”

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“Don’t be on the f---ing wrong side of supporting Luna because if you’re near her when the time comes, I just don’t want that to happen to you because you’ve got kids,” Braddock said on the call. “So don’t be associated with Luna under any circumstances. Please. And do not repeat this anybody because both of us will be in jeopardy if you do. I’m not just blowing smoke here. I’m f---ing being dead ass serious and it scares the s--- out of me, too.”

Wet Works Clown Ops (June 17, 2021)

Quote:No criminal charges for candidate threatening Anna Paulina Luna (July 1, 2021)

The St. Petersburg Police Department has closed its investigation into what congressional candidate Anna Paulina Luna said were threats made against her by political rival William Braddock and will take no action in the case.

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Braddock has a history of name-calling and inappropriate comments, according to people who know him from a mass group chat for Americans abroad in China. Braddock said he spent some time living and working in China but moved back to Florida in 2019.

In a WeChat group of nearly 500 people called “American Bros in China,” ex-pats are able to connect.

James Sung, a Chinese American, said Braddock began to attack him in the forum after Sung sent a joke about former President Donald Trump.

Sung said Braddock accused him of being a communist and demanded to see his passport to prove he was American.

“Bro you’re so goddamned lucky you don’t live near me or I’d f--king make your retarded ass disappear,” Braddock reportedly said in a 2019 message that Sung shared with the Tampa Bay Times.

Quote:A former Florida congressional candidate who allegedly threatened his campaign rival with a “Russian-Ukrainian hit squad” two years ago has been arrested in the Philippines.

William Robert Braddock III, 39, was nabbed on Roxas Boulevard in Manila as part of a joint operation between the Bureau of Immigration Fugitive Search Unit (FSU), the FBI, and the US Diplomatic Security Service-Overseas Criminal Investigations, the Manila Bulletin reported.

It is not clear how long Braddock, who was taken into custody as an illegal alien, has been in the country.

He is currently being held at a detention facility in Taguig City pending his extradition to the US, where he will face an outstanding Florida arrest warrant stemming from the threats he allegedly made against his political rival two years ago, the Daily Tribune said.

Braddock was vying for Florida’s 13th District congressional seat as a Republican candidate in June 2021 when he was recorded voicing bizarre threats against his main rival, Anna Paulina Luna.

Luna, 34, was endorsed by former President Donald Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. When she won the 13th Congressional District seat in 2022, she became the first Mexican-American woman elected to Congress in Florida.

In a statement following Braddock’s arrest, Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the Philippine authorities planned to cooperate with US officials on Braddock extradition.

NY Post

Quote:Russian ex-submarine commander shot dead while running in park (July 11, 2023)

Stanislav Rzhitsky, 42, was killed on Monday by an unidentified gunman during a morning run in a park near the Olimp sports centre, local police said.

According to the Russian daily newspaper Kommersant, Rzhitsky was previously the commander of the Krasnodar submarine, named after the city, in the Russian navy.

Russian FSB security services said on Tuesday that a 64-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of carrying out the attack.

he Ukrainian army said in a Telegram post on Tuesday that Rzhitsky was in command of a submarine that carried out a deadly missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia in July 2022, killing 23 civilians.