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Happy National Beer Lovers Day to all who celebrate.


The date is tied to the Reinheitsgebot (German Beer Purity Law) of 1516, which specified that beer could only be made with water, barley, and hops.

“You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline, it helps if you have some kind of football team, or some nuclear weapons, but in the very least you need a beer.”
― Frank Zappa

The earliest alcoholic beverage, a mead-like mix of rice, honey, and fruit, was brewed by the Chinese around 7000 BCE, and evidence of the first barley beer comes from the Sumerians of Mesopotamia, where pottery with beer residue has been found. The "Hymn to Ninkasi," a Sumerian poem from about 1800 BCE, describes a recipe for a beer made from barley bread. The oldest chemical evidence of fermented grain, a beer-like gruel consumed by Natufian people in Israel, dates back 13,000 years, suggesting intentional brewing even before the development of agriculture.

Early beer was likely an accidental discovery, formed when grain-based gruel, left exposed to wild yeasts, fermented into an alcoholic beverage, but the 13,000-year-old Natufian beer shows that deliberate brewing predates agriculture, a key part of the controlled process of brewing today. Brewing required soaking grains, a process known as malting, then drying, and grinding them into a coarse powder before being mixed with water.

Beer was a fundamental part of daily life in Mesopotamia and Egypt, seen as a gift from the gods, and even used as daily rations and as payment for labor. It spread from the Middle East and Mesopotamia to Ancient Egypt and across the Mediterranean and Europe. During the Middle Ages, European monasteries became centers of brewing. Hops, which reduce spoilage and improve beer, were introduced to Germany in the 11th century and then spread to other parts of Europe. The use of lager yeast, which causes yeast to sink, became popular and led to a style of beer called "lager" (from the German word for "to store").


Possibly the first to navigate the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, James White arrived at Callville, NV (formerly Callville, Arizona Territory), by raft on Sept 7, 1867. White's claim was unlikely and disputed, but not disproven.


Hell or High Water: James White's Disputed Passage Through Grand Canyon in 1867 by Eilean Adams (2001)   Read or download



Mermaids and Tritons in the Age of Reason


Bess Lovejoy explores the treatment and mistreatment of Julia Pastrana, one of the most famous "human curiosities" of the 19th century...


Julia Pastrana A “Monster to the Whole World”


Ichthyosaur (Shonisaurus popularis) fossils near Berlin, NV were discovered in 1928. At least 40 unique fossils of Ichthyosaurs have been identified there. Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park was established in 1957. The first photo below was taken Sept 7, 1955 at the site.


I'm amazed the Google van took this dirt road to explore the area.


The Galactic Federation considers what to do with humanity, as seen in the adaptation of HG Wells The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) The last 4 minutes & 30 seconds is also worth hearing.



Synopsis: An ordinary man suddenly finds that anything he says comes true. Or at least, almost anything.

"A Modern Aladdin Who Could make Women Do Things!" "We'll start the Golden Age, somewhere in the afternoon..."



Sept 7, 1978: a flying saucer landed at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum, carrying the Electric Light Orchestra!






Ranch Rock 86 music festival was held outdoors at Pyramid Lake, Nevada on Sept 7, 1986 with Kingfish, Problem Child, and others in a tribute to Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. Garcia was recovering from a diabetic coma he fell into in July 1986.


Bob Weir Live at Ranch Rock '86 at Pyramid Lake (song tracks played @ Archive.org)

Grateful Dead Forum that still gets the occassional post about this festival.



In September 1994, the UFO subject saw renewed interest in the UK with the BBC2 premiere of The X-Files. This coincided with a time of numerous books being published on the topic of alien abduction.


This may be true as the power of suggestion is a very powerful tool used to control. This doesn't mean these things are not happening...just that "they" are USING these happenings to their advantage, to divide. Lies by politicians have been used for millenia to divide truth, and people all the time.


Conspiracy author and researcher including The Gemstone File (1992), Black Helicopters Over America (1994), The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro (1996), Casebook on the Men in Black (1997), "Mind Control, World Control: The Encyclopedia of Mind Control" (1998), Saucers of the Illuminati (1999), James "Jim" Keith died at 49 in surgery in Reno, NV on Sep 7, 1999 under "mysterious circumstances."



For some late night listening, Jim Keith talks about the history of Men in Black during this Art Bell interview from 1997:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iVpHVlW78Q