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Inside this issue
Agenda 21 Alert ......................... 2
Alchemy Corner ........................ 3
Lead Story Cont. ....................... 4
Natural Law & The Bible ......... 5
From this ineffable and sublime arrangement of affairs, then,
which is accomplished by divine providence, a natural law is, so
to speak, inscribed upon the rational soul, so that in the very living out of this life and in their
earthly activities people might hold to the tenor of such
dispensations.
-St Augustine
On Eighty-Three Diverse Questions
All over Europe, people are gathering to shout down tyranny. Protests rage
over the draconian measures being taken by governments, which seem
more set on robbing individuals of their freedom with each passing day.
Europe, it seems, is standing up with one voice and shouting to their so-
called governments, “We have the power.” The protests in Bulgaria, Belarus,
London, Vienna, and Berlin, to name a few, are by and large protests of
peaceful demonstration against authoritarianism.
What of the nation that stood up to throw out its tyrannical government al-
most 250 years ago? What of the country that has claimed for decades to be
the freest in the world and a bastion of liberty, glowing like the city on the
hill? The US is glowing. But the light is from fires set by looters and thugs.
People protesting, not freedom and prosperity attainable through respect
and voluntary cooperation, but terror and destruction. People protesting
their fellow man, rather than against the despotism of the government which
is robbing and killing them. All the destruction being done in the name of
justice. All showing the true colors of a people who have traded the will to
fight for what is right, having gained in return the desire to fight without
forethought or responsibility. The minute men become minute.
Berlin and London are speaking out clearly against the virus hoax being per-
petrated on the world. German lawmakers said last week that protests
against mask wearing and of other virus measures were forbidden. The ban
was lifted by an administrative court ahead of the protest, but the gesture
wouldn’t have made a difference. The German people went ahead anyway.
Demonstrators carried placards bearing pictures of prison-striped German
officials, the word guilty, schuldig, printed on each. Berlin police responded.
On Twitter. Hours into the demonstration, the police tweeted that they were
dispersing the marchers. It seems that the closest the police would get to
the protesters was social media. “We approached the leader of the demon-
stration and informed him that his meeting would be
dissolved by the police,” the police tweeted.
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Trafalgar and The Brandenburg Gate By Andy Brooksher
Events & Announcements
2
What do wild fires burning in California, the derecho wind
storm in Iowa, the explosion in the port in Beirut, the two
hurricanes that made landfall near the Mississippi delta,
mandatory virus testing of farm and meat packing workers,
and the recent rash of grain silo explosions and grain
transport train derailments all have in common? They all
have major effects on the food supply. All these events have
happened or are happening in just the past few weeks. Ad-
ditionally, these events all seem like a major problem to
anyone concerned with humanity’s ability to feed itself. Yet,
they all coincidently would be of possible strategic benefit if
you were involved with a program seeking to arbitrate and
control distribution of food. Surely, you must be thinking,
there is no large and well-funded group who would seek to
take advantage of such a devastating turn of events. But
there is.
The Rockefeller Foundation, on its website, has published a
proposal called Reset the Table. Those of you who have
listened to the three-part podcast on Agenda 21 and tech-
nocracy may find this title strikingly similar to the World
Economic Forum’s program, The Great Reset. The Reset
the Table program proclaims that it is designed for
“Meeting the Moment to Transform the U.S. Food System.”
The World Economic Forum says that “As we enter a unique
window of opportunity to shape the recovery, this initiative
will offer insights to help inform all those determining the
future state of global relations, the direction of national
economies, the priorities of societies, the nature of busi-
ness models and the management of a global commons…
the Great Reset initiative has a set of dimensions to build a
new social contract.” Both plans seem to be telling us that
the moment is at hand for some transformation of the sys-
tems we have had into something new. The basis of the new
systems being proposed is more regulations, corporate and
governmental integration, and stricter, more centralized
control. The only real difference between these two pro-
grams being that one deals with food and the other with
money.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the California
Climate and Agricultural Network does not see the current
wild fires as making a large scale, noticeable effect on the
food supply on grocery store shelves. Californians get the
first pick of the country’s produce, so it appears they will
be safe. As for those of us outside California, no mention is
made of our grocery needs.
This alone may not be enough to raise an alarm. The food
supply problem is further compounded by the 14 million
acres of corn and soybean crops destroyed by the wind-
storm in the Midwest on August 10. This derecho storm
was described as “equivalent of a 40-mile-wide tornado that
rolled over 100 miles of Iowa. Iowa produces one-sixth of
the nation’s corn and this storm was said to be “a devastat-
ing blow to the Iowa agricultural industry.”
Meanwhile, the chairman of USA Rice, Bobby Hanks, said
“the storm damage is considerable, especially in southwest
Louisiana.” This is a reference to hurricane Laura which hit
on August 27, just three days after hurricane Marco hit
southeast Louisiana. The Orlando Sentinel led with the
headline “Once in a lifetime: Two hurricanes, same time,
same place” calling attention to the statistically miniscule
chance that an event like this could even occur. Southern
Louisiana is a large rice producing area for the state which
produces 12% of the total U.S. rice crop. Although it is too
early to assess the total damage done, rice production in
this region will be impacted.
In Michigan and back in California, virus testing has been
made mandatory for farm workers and employees of meat
processing plants. Many employees of these industries
have simply walked off the job rather than face testing, as
many of these workers are seasonal, migrant workers and
some do not have immigration documents. In Michigan,
several blueberry farms have been forced to leave berries
unpicked for lack of workers. One farm worker even assert-
ed, “this governor wants us to do it, and it’s only the Lati-
nos. Why? I work with American people here; they’re not
getting tested.” Foster Farms was ordered by the state to
shut down its Livingston facility in Merced County, CA.
State Attorney General Xavier Becerra said, “nobody can
ignore the facts; it’s time to hit the reset button on Foster
Farms’ Livingston Plant.” Yes, he is talking about THAT
reset button. And this after Gov Newsom deployed, in late
July, “virus strike teams” to farms in California’s central
valley. And a farm in Ontario, Canada was recently forced
to shut down by the local medical health officer, Dr. Wajid
Ahmed.
The explosions of grain silos and derailing of trains have
further hampered food supplies nationwide. Food storage
sites in England, Iowa, and Louisiana recently caught fire or
exploded. A train near Bosler, WY derailed spilling 57 car
loads of grain which is likely all unsalvageable. A more in
depth look at these events can be seen at iceagefarm-
er.com, Christian has made several great videos on these
issues over the past several weeks.
Fox News reported the Beirut explosion destroyed 85% of
the city’s grain silos, and domestic wheat production only
accounts for 10% of Lebanon’s demand. The current story
explains that the explosion of 2700 pounds of ammonium
nitrate, which had just been sitting next to Beirut’s valued
grain stores for 6 years, was triggered by fireworks which
went up in flames on the pier. The subsequent explosion
was something to behold and can be seen from a variety of
angles and sources on the web. As crazy as it was, I think it
is worth watching video of this once in a lifetime explosion.
With the flooding in China earlier in the year, more strain is
being placed on the global food supply. Chinese news agen-
cies and the government have put social pressure on citi-
zens to take measures to prevent food waste. This seems
rational. However, catering industry associations are pres-
suring restaurants to limit the number of meals which can
be ordered by any one party to one less than the number of
members of the party. This ratio seems a bit off. What if
only one dinner eats by themselves? Who at the table of five
has to go hungry?
In just three days in July, China purchased a total of 5.06
million tons of corn from the US of which only 1.3 million
pounds was set to be shipped by August 31. An additional
5.72 million tons is due in September. This, coupled with
the massive loss of the corn crop due to the derecho storm,
could have an impact in the US.
I was recently asked the question, how is mo-
rality objective? This is a good question, which
bears attention. Someone answered the ques-
tion by saying that it is only objective in a God
-centered world view, which I found strange.
Morality in this sense would be objective but
only subject to your concept of God and the
world view built on the subject of God. This
looks subjective to me. My response was that
morality doesn’t flow from God anymore than
gravity or thermodynamics. Rather, taking the
Augustinian view, that morality is the adher-
ence to the objective natural law which comes
form our objectively being human. I was told
that this was idiotic, and asked to present
evidence that it is objective. They speaker
than said, “So what about different cultures
that sacrifice others or murderers?” To me, I
thought they had just answered their own
question, but guess that they didn’t see this.
So I would like to elaborate on the idea of
morality, natural law, and objectivity while
showing that, although there are some inher-
ent issues with “evidence for something objec-
tive,” the general anecdote of cultures of hu-
man sacrifice and specifically murderers are
actually cases that strengthen the objectivity
argument.
First, we need to start be defining some terms
so that everyone knows what the scope of the
discussion is. We want to be sure we are all
speaking the same language. Natural Law is
simply a conceptual term which covers all of
the basic structural rules of reality. Natural
Law can be split into the sub-types of Physical
Laws (gravity, inertia, etc) and Spiritual Laws
(mentalism, correspondence, etc). However,
this conceptual spilt is only used to create
chucks which can be looked at for clarity and
learning’s sake, but the split is only a con-
cept. There is no real difference between
these sub-types. The difference merely lies at
a perceptibility level, more on that later. So,
morality, then, is merely a term which de-
scribes the state of adherence to the structure
of the Laws of Nature. Morality is harmony
with the laws of nature. This harmony is ob-
servable, if not scientifically measurable. As
one’s adherence to the laws of nature in-
crease, suffering is decreased. Fighting
against the laws of gravity, or pretending they
don’t exist will bring suffering. Try it. Behav-
ing in adherence to the laws of gravity allevi-
ates this suffering and even increases free-
dom. This happens consistently because the
laws of nature being understood and harmo-
nized with exist. Therefore, this condition of
adherence and harmony, morality, is objec-
tive.
This article will continue next week as we con-
tinue to expand this concept. There is much
to be said, so stay tuned.
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Sources on the corn crop
from the earlier part of the
year predicted a strong
year for corn. The USDA,
in their June 30 grain
stocks report, stated corn
was up less than one per-
cent from 2019, which
was a weak year for farm-
ers. The next report will be
released at the end of Sep-
tember, but based on the
numbers from 2019, not
considering Riverlosses
from storm and storage
failures, stores will likely
be in the 56-million-ton
range. With the losses
domestically, regular ex-
port, and the added 6 mil-
lion tons already sold but
not delivered to China, the
grain reserves begin to
look a bit trim.
It gets more dire. The
acreage effected by
derecho is being estimat-
ed at around 14 million
acres. At the projected
162 bushels per acre, and
converting 39.4 bushels
into one metric ton, the
crop loss could be as
much as 57 million tons.
The corn total on Septem-
ber 1 of last year was 56
million tons. Remember,
we have not calculated the
loss from other storage
failures such as the Wyo-
ming train derailment and
the exploding silos. Even if
production numbers are
up overall, as was project-
ed at the beginning of the
season, we still seem to
be cutting things quite
close.
Leaving the topic of weath-
er manipulation aside,
which has been claimed as
a factor in the derecho
storm, double hurricane,
and even forest fires, the
sudden explosions and
fires in grain silos in differ-
ent places in such a short
time seems highly improb-
able. Although I have no
evidence, it is the suspi-
cion of this writer that
some of these events have
been purposefully commit-
ted to weaken the food
supply. As the Rockefeller
Foundation claims on its
website, they have, even if
indirectly, the motive to do
this. At the very least,
these events benefit the
agenda of the Reset the
Table program. The foun-
dation also has the
means, being extremely
wealthy. Since the pro-
gram is supported in part
by large agricultural con-
glomerates, Kellogg, Mars,
Land O’ Lakes, Whole
Foods, the opportunity for
a transformation in the
food system is at least
possible. May not be
enough for a conviction,
but a grand jury might
find the data intriguing.
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of Action
September 12,
2020
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Alchemy Corner: On Natural Law
A threat that probably sounded as hollow as it ultimate-
ly turned out to be. The protest was threatened by au-
thorities but couldn’t be stopped, and it never turned
violent. The German people declared, “we tell you what
to do, we have the power.” By saying this, the people
showed conclusively that by removing their belief in the
legitimacy of government to dictate to anyone, that very
government was reduced to chirping and tweeting like a
sparrow from the branches.
In London, tens of thousands gathered in Trafalgar
Square for the “Unite for Freedom” protest. Among the
signs and banners, the words “COVID hoax”, “no man-
datory vaccines”, “no lockdowns” and “No to 5G” prolif-
erated. The protest was a call to end mandatory lock-
downs, social distancing, mask wearing, vaccinations,
and social track and trace systems. All of these things
were called by the organizers “violations of people’s
right and freedoms,” and like it or not America, all of
these things are violations of rights and freedoms. As in
Berlin, the police could not have stopped this show of
solidarity and they did not try. Like Berlin, Trafalgar
saw no violence.
Speaking at the London rally was the often-maligned
writer and “conspiracy theory” researcher, David Icke.
Icke, the 68-year-old Leicester native, has been speak-
ing out for over 30 years about the forces at play in the
world. His Wikipedia bio does paint him as a bit out
there, even using a quote from Terry Wogan’s autobiog-
raphy, Mustn’t Grumble, describing Icke as “a ranting
demagogue convinced we were all manipulated sheep.”
As one gets to know more about the senior statesman
of the strange, however, the more some of his outland-
ish claims start to fall into place. Maybe Icke is dead
wrong about some or all of the things he claims, but
there appears to be a growing number who are coming
around to supporting someone who has been telling
humanity for decades that a global elite is attempting
to enslave the rest of humanity in a technocratic prison.
Many of the people in Trafalgar Square were such peo-
ple.
Icke gave on Saturday, the speech of a lifetime. Regard-
less of what anyone may think of some of the claims he
has made over the years, much of the address he gave
in London did cast light on current events. “We gather
here today because a dangerous disease, a deadly dis-
ease,” he began,” is sweeping across this land and
across the world. And it’s not CoVid 19. It is fascism.”
Certainly, the virus has taken more freedom worldwide
than it has life. Icke credited the cunning and prepared-
ness of the virus. Lauding that it had come equipped
with tape measure, pocket watch, and calendar, he
pointed its inability to infect people outside of a six-foot
radius or people who limited contact to 15 minutes with
people outside of their home. Calling on Aldous Huxley
and George Orwell’s ability to predict the future from
decades in the past, Icke reminded us that “current
events are not random. They have not just happened.
We are seeing a long, long planned agenda rolling out in
a script and it is destined, if we do not stand up now, to
end with the total, global subjugation of the human
race.”
He went on to say that the trick being played is not
merely being done by the medical professionals, but
primarily by psychologists. Calling attention to the near-
by offices of the Behavioral Insights Team, Icke remind-
ed that it was groups like this, set up to study human
behavior, that were now attempting to modify the be-
havior of humanity to fit a preset agenda. “And they are
focusing on our kids, more than anyone.”
The crux of the trick is to make us believe that authority
has power, “the biggest mind trick they play on us is
this, they want us to believe that authority has power.
Authority has no power!” To evidence this, he pointed to
a recent happening in England. Thousands had trav-
elled to the beach and the local authorities, citing the
lack of virus protocols being observed, declared a major
incident. “Okay, declare it, but what you gonna do
about it? There’s nothing we can do is there, there’s too
many people that won’t obey.”
The key is to break the cycle of acquiescence to these
tiny few and assert our self-sovereignty.
“And I say to the police officers that are policing this,
you have children, you have grandchildren. And you are
enforcing the fascism which your own children and your
grandchildren will have to live with. Join us for good-
ness sake and stop serving the psychopaths. There are
billions of us.”
The crowd, having cheered the man many likely had
recently written off as a nutter, now answered with full
throat his cry for Freedom. And they answered him
again. And again. Freedom.
“We are now standing at an amazing point in history
where we are at a fork in the road. If we go on, allowing
the psychopaths to dictate our lives, this is not going to
end well. But if we remember, if we remember where
the power is, this can end in a dramatically short time.
The power is with us.”
He included an allusion to a great poet’s masterwork on
humanity’s voluntary servitude.
“Percy Shelley understood this when he wrote his oh so
appropriately named The Mask of Anarchy.
Rise like lions after slumber, in unvanquishable num-
ber.
Shake your chains to earth like dew, which in sleep have
fallen on you.
Ye are many, they are few.”
These words were written over 200 years ago, at a time,
I would argue when the US was far more aware of free-
dom and its cost than we are today. But we too, my
fellows, are many. We must not stay in the chains of
division against each other. If we shake our chains and
rise together, we too cannot be vanquished.
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Social Justice & The Science Class From pg 1
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Joel 1: 9-19
This passage is certainly not the only one in the
Bible that discusses the idea of famine or crop fail-
ure. One of the things that stands out in these vers-
es is the assertion that it is the farmers and vine-
dressers, the very people who are most responsible
for the harvest, who should bear the shame. The
concept of stewardship of and accord with the pro-
cesses of nature and food growth is what is being
pointed out. This crop failure with the drying up and
withering of trees and vines is not a passive drought
or natural occurrence. The opening verses speak of
the grain being cut off and the fields being de-
stroyed. This reads like an active measure, not an
unfortunate happening of weather. Verse 16 speaks
of the food, of the joy and gladness, being cut off
before our very eyes. It seems like a more active
process of man than of nature. Man, the farmers
and vintners, have contributed to this destruction.
This is not to say there was some malevolent plot to
starve people. Joel is hard to pinpoint in a lot of
ways, as a book. This may not even be about a
physical famine. This may be entirely allegorical.
Which in some ways, may be more alarming. The
famine of consciousness would certainly cut is off
from divinity. And such a famine would only come
about from our lack of attention to the fields of our
minds, hearts, and souls. The vine, our roots to the
earth and connections to others, only shrivel when
we refuse to water them. Furthermore, who is re-
sponsible for your fields, whether mental or physi-
cal, if not you? No one. If you do not tend to your
fields and your vines, the shame is only yours. No
one else can or will water your crops if you do not.
If unwatered, the fruits of your tree of conscious-
ness and its seeds will shrivel, will wither, will die.
Natural Law & The Bible
9Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the
house of the Lord; the priests, who are the ministers of the
Lord, mourn. 10The fields are destroyed; the land grieves;
indeed the grain is destroyed; the new wine is dried up and
the fresh oil fails. 11Be ashamed, you farmers, wail, you
vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the har-
vest of the field has perished. 12 The grapevine is dried up,
the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the date palm,
and the apple– all the trees of the orchard– have withered.
Indeed, human joy has dried up.
16 Hasn’t the food been cut off before our eyes, joy and glad-
ness from the house of our God? 17 The seeds lie shriveled
in their casings. The storehouses are in ruin, and the grana-
ries are broke down, because the grain has withered away.
18 How the animals groan! The herds of cattle wander in
confusion since they have no pasture. Even the flocks of
sheep and goats suffer punishment. 19 I call you, Lord, for
fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness and
flames have devoured all the trees of the orchard.
The reduction of human suffering on the large scale only comes when the majority of humanity
seeks to work in accordance with Natural Law. We must be autonomous, self-respecting, respon-
sible, and moral beings. If we behave in a manner inconsistent with Morality, we will suffer and
be enslaved by those who have a greater knowledge of Truth and the workings of the mind than
we.
Alchemy, in its spiritual sense, seeks to begin the process of turning every mind into a free mind.
It seeks to transform base mental states into radiant consciousness, which, gold-like, can shine
the light of awareness and knowledge into the darkness of apathy and ignorance. The alchemic
process is not a mythic pipe-dream. It is something that anyone with Courage and Care can un-
dertake.
By acquiring knowledge of reality and how it works, by learning the framework upon which
universe function, and applying this knowledge, you can make the choice to be free. When this is
started, you can help others to choose to free themselves. And when the majority of humans, the
51%, the critical mass, has the ability to choose freedom and the Courage and Care to make that
choice, the world ceases to be a place of slavery. This work requires that you participate, right
where you are. If we don’t reach the critical mass, and this is a critical time for humanity, we face
deeper suffering and prolonged enslavement. 51% OR BUST!!!
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