Quote:Amateur archeologist may have found an ancient city off the coast of St. Bernard (March 2, 2022)

“All I know is somebody built a city 12,000 years ago and it’s stuck out in Chandeleur."

ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. — An amateur archeologist says he’s discovered the ruins of an ancient civilization off the coast of St. Bernard Parish.

He claims there are large underwater granite mounds near the Chandeleur Islands that may have once been the site of the lost city.

The Chandeleur Islands are a chain of uninhabited barrier islands located in the Gulf of Mexico, 50 miles east of New Orleans.

Twelve thousand years ago, before a dramatic sea-level rise at the end of the last Ice Age, this area may have been dry land.

Retired architect George Gelé believes the site, now underwater was once a major city, predating the Maya, Inca, and Aztec civilizations in Mexico and in Central and South America. He dubbed the city “Crecsentis.”

“What’s down there are hundreds of buildings that are covered with sand and silt and that are geographically related to the Great Pyramid at Giza,” Gelé said.

Giza is a city in northern Egypt where ancient pyramids and the Sphinx are located.

Gelé claims to have found mysterious granite masses under Chandeleur Sound.

Granite is not native to Louisiana or Mississippi.

“Somebody floated a billion stones down the Mississippi River and assembled them outside what would later become New Orleans,” Gelé said.

Gelé has spent nearly 50 years studying the site.

He produced underwater sonar images of what he claims are remnants of major buildings, including a large pyramid.

“Which produces an electromagnetic energy that’s incredible,” Gelé said. “It is apparently 280 feet tall.”

St. Bernard Parish shrimper Ricky Robin says he’s experienced the energy firsthand. He claims the compass on his boat spun completely around near the area where Gelé pinpointed the tip of the pyramid and that’s not all.

“Everything will go out on your boat, all your electronics,” Robin said. “Like as if you were in the Bermuda Triangle. That’s exactly what we got here.”

Robin took Gelé on four excursions to the site.

He said for years local fisherman have talked about catching strange square rocks in their nets near the Chandeleur Islands.

“I thought right away it was pieces of the pyramid because it was right around where that compass spun,” Robin said.

There are other theories about the rocks.

One study by Texas A&M in the late 1980s suggests the masses are from shipwrecks or piles of ballast stones from Spanish or French vessels.

The stones may have been dumped overboard to lighten the weight of ships stuck on sandbars or entering shallower waters enroute to New Orleans.

Gelé said some of the artifacts collected at the site tell a different story.

"This is architecture,” he said pointing to one of the artifacts. “This is not ballast. This is the outer surface, and this is a rain gutter.”

People who believe in the granite mounds claim there is enough evidence that something is out there in the water. But they can’t explain how it got built, by who or why.

“The older people, we’ve seen a lot of things,” Robin said. “There’s a possibility it could be God knows what.”

“All I know is somebody built a city 12,000 years ago and it’s stuck out in Chandeleur,” Gelé said. “Whether or not they had someone on their shoulder who flew in with a UFO, I don’t know. All I know is they left a whole lot of granite rocks out there.”

Gelé has visited the site 44 times.

He hopes future dives, modern sonar technology and satellite imaging will help him unlock some of the secrets now trapped below 300 feet of silt, sand, and water off the coast of St. Bernard Parish.

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Quote:In a report in 2023, the UN estimated that 99% of ozone-depleting chemicals have been eliminated from the earth. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cited in 2017 that 45 million cases of cataracts and 280 million cases of skin cancer have been avoided—and that 1.6 million American lives have been saved because of the regulation of ODS.  In total, the regulation of these chemical compounds has produced $4.2 trillion in societal health benefits in the United States.  The ozone hole is declining regularly, and EPA estimates that ozone levels in the atmosphere will return to pre-1980 levels by 2040 in most places, but it will take another 20 years for ozone to return fully to the Arctic and Antarctic atmospheres.

Sweden Bans CFCs in Aerosols (1978)

Quote:THE PRESIDENT:  Well, thank you very much, Klaus.  And hello to everyone in beautiful Davos.

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I terminated the ridiculous and incredibly wasteful Green New Deal — I call it the “Green New Scam”; withdrew from the one-sided Paris Climate Accord; and ended the insane and costly electric vehicle mandate.  We’re going to let people buy the car they want to buy.

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My message to every business in the world is very simple: Come make your product in America, and we will give you among the lowest taxes of any nation on Earth.  We’re bringing them down very substantially, even from the original Trump tax cuts.  But if you don’t make your product in America, which is your prerogative, then, very simply, you will have to pay a tariff — differing amounts, but a tariff — which will direct hundreds of billions of dollars and even trillions of dollars into our Treasury to strengthen our economy and pay down debt.

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And it’s also reported today in the papers that Saudi Arabia will be investing at least $600 billion in America.  But I’ll be asking the crown prince, who’s a fantastic guy, to round it out to around $1 trillion.

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My administration has taken action to abolish all discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion nonsense — and these are policies that were absolute nonsense — throughout the government and the private sector.  With the recent, yet somewhat unexpected, great Supreme Court decision just made, America will once again become a merit-based country.  You have to hear that word: merit-based country.

And I’ve made it official — an official policy of the United States that there are only two genders, male and female, and we will have no men participating in women’s sports, and transgender operations, which became the rage, will occur very rarely.

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REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

Quote:Anyone attempting to enter the Vatican illegally will face higher penalties in future. As the private Catholic media network CNA/EWTN reported on Thursday, the Holy See has significantly increased fines and prison sentences for those who violate the security regulations of the Vatican City State in a decree dated 19 December. The document signed by Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, President of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State, provides for fines of between 10,000 and 25,000 euros and prison sentences of one to four years.

Penalties for illegal border crossings into the Vatican significantly increased

Quote:AUSTIN, Texas — Military police and Army engineers from seven states will join Marine Corps engineers from California already en route for a deployment to the U.S. border with Mexico ordered Monday by President Donald Trump.

In total, 1,500 active-duty troops will join about 2,500 National Guard members and helicopter crews already working at the southwest border in support of Customs and Border Protection. The forces will install physical barriers along the border and conduct detection and monitoring missions, according to U.S. Northern Command, which is leading the mission.

The first wave of active-duty troops was expected to be at locations along the border by the end of the week. NORTHCOM would not say exactly where the troops would deploy.

“U.S. Northern Command is aggressively bolstering security at the southern border,” said Air Force Gen. Gregory Guillot, NORTHCOM’s commander. “In a matter of days, we will have nearly doubled the number of forces along the border, effectively implementing the president’s intent while planning and posturing for expanded efforts to pr otect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the United States.”

There is discussion among defense officials and the White House that the number of troops deployed could reach 10,000, said a senior defense official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The executive order that Trump signed Monday called for whatever number of troops that defense officials deemed necessary.

Despite the bulk of troops coming from military police units, the Pentagon stated Wednesday that none “are intended to be used for law enforcement.”

Detachments made up of about 500 Marines and sailors from the 1st and 7th Combat Engineer Battalions from the 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, Calif., were already deployed in support of wildfires in the state and began transitioning Wednesday to the border.

They will “secure the border and protect and defend the territorial integrity of the United States,” according to a statement from the I Marine Expeditionary Force.

The remaining 1,000 troops come from the following Army units:

Military police, engineer units from Army, Marines deploy to the US-Mexico border

Quote:Mr. Newton started his federal career as a U.S. Army Military Police officer, where he was stationed in Germany, and assigned as the commander of a nuclear weapons depot. He remained in the Army Reserves, assigned to the Criminal Investigations Command, where he retired as a Major. After his stint with the U.S. Army he then began his civilian police career, working in major police departments in the mid-West, both as an officer and criminal analyst. Some of those departments included Dallas (TX), Kansas City (MO), Pueblo (CO), and Colorado Springs (CO). During his police career he was sought after as criminal analyst and department advisor, and began a short consulting career with numerous police departments, taking him to California, Colorado, Michigan, and St. Croix, USVI. He was also the author of several papers on criminal apprehension and behavior, and co-author on a manual titled "Law Enforcement and the Elderly."

Mr. Newton became a career federal employee in 1981, and was appointed to the Senior Executive Service with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where he worked with programs and plans in the National Preparedness Directorate, and was a Senior Advisor to the Director of FEMA. He transferred to the Department of Defense where he was responsible for a number of classified Defense projects, specializing in preparing for and the response to chemical, biological, and nuclear threats against the United States, as well as homeland security.

During this period he provided advice and assistance to numerous Executive agencies on special projects; including the Metropolitan Police Department (DC), the Department of Justice, The Department of the Navy, and the President's National Security Council. At the time of his death he was the Special Advisor to the Chief of Staff for the Under Secretary of the Defense for Policy.

Prior to his death, Mr. Newton was presented with the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the highest award a civilian can receive within the Department of Defense. Mr. Newton was an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America, a Master Mason with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (Ennis Masonic Lodge 369), was formerly a volunteer firefighter with the Ennis Fire Department, was a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and was designated an Honorary Kentucky Colonel. Secondary to his devotion to Dolores and his country, his passion involved fire engines and trains. He loved watching them and riding them. Born November 27, 1944, in Dallas, Texas, Mr. Newton graduated from Schreiner Institute in Kerrville, TX, received a degree in Sociology from Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, performed graduate work with Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, and was a graduate of the Harvard University Senior Management Institute. Mr. Newton was the son of Fred A. and Oleta H. Newton II. He is survived by his wife, the former Dolores A. Holt, several in-laws, cousins, nieces, nephews, and great nieces and nephews.

Fred Newton, III Obituary

Quote:Regarding the helmet, the following remarks are made:

that this piece dates from the period of the Thracians and the Scythians and it seems like it was carried by the chief of a tribe. The decorative elements on it: a warrior, animals all over him, and in the forehead two eyes with wings. The present remarks say: the Thracian golden helmet of Poiana – Cotofenesti, V century B.C.

Synthesis of the monography of Dumbrăvești commune (Translation from Romanian)

Quote:Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered a miniaturized high-energy laser source to the U.S. government. The laser is ruggedized for field use and miniaturizing it allows for rapid placement in tactical situations.

The 10kW class high-energy laser, known as Phantom, is about 12 cubic feet (nearly the size of a mini fridge). Weighing less than 200 pounds, it enables lift, carry and installation by as few as two personnel. The Phantom customer will integrate it with other subsystems for testing and delivery to military customers.

Robert Fleming, vice president and general manager, strategic space systems, Northrop Grumman said: “By miniaturizing this advanced capability, we are expanding the reach of our technology and continuing to lead the way in high-energy lasers. Northrop Grumman is using its expertise in directed energy to deliver an extremely compact, lightweight and efficient laser for the warfighter.”

High Energy Laser Weapon

Quote:Soon researchers will bring us devices that can translate foreign languages as fast as you can talk, materials 10 times stronger than steel at a fraction of the weight, and— this is unbelievable to me—molecular computers the size of a teardrop with the power of today's fastest supercomputers.

To accelerate the march of discovery across all these disciplines in science and technology, I ask you to support my recommendation of an unprecedented $3 billion in the 21st century research fund, the largest increase in civilian research in a generation. We owe it to our future.

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Quote:A multi-billion-dollar project heralded as "America's first true high-speed passenger rail system" will not be running in time to serve travelers heading to California for the Olympics, according to reports.

The Brightline West railway line is set to run between Las Vegas, Nevada, and Rancho Cucamonga, California. Officials have said the trains will reach top speeds of up to 220 mph and that they will be capable of making the trip in under two hours. The $12.4 billion line will intersect with California's existing Metrolink system, which passengers could then use to travel into downtown Los Angeles.

California High-Speed Rail Won't Be Ready in Time for Olympics

Quote:Spencer, a junior at Patrick Henry High School, was described as a “pretty good shot” by officers on the scene. They quoted her father as saying she had 500 to 600 rounds of ammunition.

Brenda Ann Spencer famously told a reporter her motive: “I just did it for the fun of it. I don’t like Mondays. This livens up the day.” She then added, “I have to go now. I shot a pig (police officer) I think and I want to shoot more. I’m having too much fun (to surrender).”

San Diego school shooting in 1979

Quote:The environment also becomes infected, ravaging it from within, transforming it each night into a fantasy of total decline, as the short story that closes the manifesto shows. It reformulates “the night”, the “night wind”, and “distance” into signals of an uncertainty so deep that incomprehension is the only possible reaction for a mind that is neither ‘hip’ nor ‘revolutionary’, thus creating “fear”. This fantasy of a nature alive and willing captures the IWWC at the moment of dispersal of its members and the mythological articulation it needed to deploy in order to keep itself from falling apart. This political intent attempts to establish an indeterminacy that in the end, while having the same origin, contravenes the radically visible activism of UAWMF.

By transferring the battle-lines to conspiratorial terms, it reflects Cold War paranoia and portrays the group as an empty signifier aesthetically charged enough to invite spectators/the non-hip to fill it with their pathological subjections to contemporary ideology, with their incomprehension generating uncertainty and fear—“’Where do they come from?’ Who knows. ’What do they want?’ They won’t say.’” (Rat 1969)

This new identity cannot be armed in the same way it was before. It cannot be ‘dressed for war’ like the holy warriors of the Family, nor can it be nurtured in the communality of the affinity group. Instead, as the image of the naked werewolf shows, it is an evolution of those ideas into a form that gives primacy to a nude body of aggression, a performance of “the Unknown” understood as a pervasive supernatural force deeply embedded in a relationship with nature configured around a myth. In this case, that myth is the Cold War narrative of apocalypse brought about by a revolutionary enemy within. Hence, the werewolf13 arises as a phantasmatic contradiction, killing myths by consuming them (“their stomachs sag with the weight of a satisfying feast”) while remaining a myth themselves. And a myth they would remain: by the end of 1969, both groups had withered away, and founders like Ben Morea had gone into hiding, away from New York.

Conclusion

Starting with the concept of the affinity group, UAWMF developed a critique of American identity through the appropriation of Native American imagery, attempting to distinguish itself from what it saw as the individualist, consumerist, egoistic, authoritarian bases of being American. It proposed an idiosyncratic anthropology that re-functionalized the family to serve a purpose other than social reproduction of capitalist relationships, promoting an image of free sexuality that enacted the principle of “coming together according to mutual Need and Desire”