i would have assumed it was simply casual hyperbole, rather than a Scientific American article...
besides, you don't KNOW that we haven't been around for hundreds of billions of years; this could be the elevntythousandth time a big bang cycle has run its course...
sad to see, but what is exposed, is the iron fist beneath the velvet glove of Empire, which most definitely includes the 'education system'... the point is NOT the greater glory and self-actualization of every single snowflake; BUT to prepare obedient droids in unquestioning service to empire... silly wabbit...
seriously, when you hear of the total batshit insane plots that are KNOWN/DOCUMENTED to have happened (eg: any of a dozen cockamamie plots to off castro: poison scuba suit gift, exploding seashells, stuff to make his mustache/hair fall off, etc...) in the early days of the cia/etc, it is NOT surprising they are up to WHAT THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN UP TO... COINTELPRO, etc were real, and so is the shit they are pulling now... do NOT be mistaken: this shit been going on for a long time... i *SUSPECT* that the rambling, incoherent posts hither and yon on the inertnet tubez concerning 'mind-control', reptilian overlords, and on from there, are cases of: A. poor delusional soul; B. spookbot muddying the waters; C. *REALLY* *IS* a victim of some fucking weird cia/etc plot of harassment/surveillance/assault... i would have dismissed C. out of hand, not too many years ago... now ? ? ? hell, i don't know *what* krazy shit these psychopathic con artists have been up to...
to repeat what ALL kampers must keep in the back of your mind: repeated psych test have shown that approx 25% of ALL populations are 'authoritarians'... they DON'T want to think; they DON'T want to reason; they DON'T want to argue; they just want Big Daddy to tell them what to like, and who to kill... it is tragic but true...
phillip agee was one, and if not for that 'alcoholic' (can you blame him, under the circumstances?) we wouldn't know half of what we do of their past dirty deeds... besides, i'd bet dollars to donut holes that there is a HUGE percentage of PRESENTLY SERVING spooks who are alcoholics or worse...
well, i might quibble with the 'people don't know they are being used as spies' statement... remember, kampers, 'academics' 'bidness people', and others have ALWAYS been used either as cover, or they recruit 'real' people who like playing james bond, etc, and do it for the thrill and as a 'service to their country' (NOT)... for example, anthropologists and archaeologists have been commonly used as cover for spooks, not to mention using 'real' anthropologists, etc to do field work, gather info, and or people to target... both in that field and in psychology where doctors BREAK THEIR hippocratic oath (though they *ahem* torture their logic to make it as if they are serving as doctors to prevent any permanent damage from torture) to serve the spooks, do their bidding, and put a thin film of credibility on the spook's actions... they are traitorous slime, JUST LIKE the spooks who mistakenly think they are serving their country when they shit all over the constitution...
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a recurrent theme that occurs with every cycle of the 'revelations' (after X number of cycles, it starts to become difficult to hold on to the 'rogue operation' / 'lone nut' theory of his story) about the alphabet spooks not only listening in on joe nobodie's phone, but also running a campaign of dirty 'tricks' against joe nobody, if he should get out of line...
further, former spooks, and reporters and academics who study the boys in black, will maintain that -with some exceptions- these clandestine forces and operations are done at the behest of the president/executive branch: they aren't -generally- going off on their own initiative, they are being pointed at some target by the president, and they obey... they are a tool the president chooses to use, rather than a rogue agency blackmailing every president to do their bidding...
no, my point was NOT that there should NEVER be a movie made which depends on 'magic' to resolve everything; BUT, does nearly EVERY disney movie have to rely on such a trick ? ? ?
JUST LIKE 'regular' movies: i really don't mind that we have secret-agent-assassin-hitmen on a righteous-mission-to-kill-everyone movies, but does it HAVE TO BE -as it seems like- that 90% of them have to be about that -you know- ultra-common set of events ? ? ?
again, NOT opposed to using 'magic' as a part of some movie's world, but it is rarely used 'logically'... for example, there are PLENTY of places in lord of the rings, where a little gandalf magic would save a ton of time/lives, but he only pulls out his magic bag on dead-end plot points where there is no other way out...
oh, gosh, what a relief... NOW, i realize i am truly stupid, and all the rest of the nekkid apes walking around in total denial that this planet is circling the drain are the smart ones... *whew* that was close: everything is going to be okay, everything is going to be okay, if i shut my eyes real tight and don't listen to my instincts screaming, everything is going to be okay... (repeat non-stop)
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besides, you don't KNOW that we haven't been around for hundreds of billions of years; this could be the elevntythousandth time a big bang cycle has run its course...
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some sort of, of, of REVOLUTIONARY ? ? ?
off to the gulag with you, nutjob...
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good one...
probably too true...
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the point is NOT the greater glory and self-actualization of every single snowflake; BUT to prepare obedient droids in unquestioning service to empire...
silly wabbit...
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COINTELPRO, etc were real, and so is the shit they are pulling now...
do NOT be mistaken: this shit been going on for a long time...
i *SUSPECT* that the rambling, incoherent posts hither and yon on the inertnet tubez concerning 'mind-control', reptilian overlords, and on from there, are cases of:
A. poor delusional soul;
B. spookbot muddying the waters;
C. *REALLY* *IS* a victim of some fucking weird cia/etc plot of harassment/surveillance/assault...
i would have dismissed C. out of hand, not too many years ago...
now ? ? ?
hell, i don't know *what* krazy shit these psychopathic con artists have been up to...
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they DON'T want to think; they DON'T want to reason; they DON'T want to argue; they just want Big Daddy to tell them what to like, and who to kill...
it is tragic but true...
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Re: Hold on...
besides, i'd bet dollars to donut holes that there is a HUGE percentage of PRESENTLY SERVING spooks who are alcoholics or worse...
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however, hayden, clapper, et al are some subspecies of slime; on the other paw, kongresskritters are some sort of invertebrate...
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remember, kampers, 'academics' 'bidness people', and others have ALWAYS been used either as cover, or they recruit 'real' people who like playing james bond, etc, and do it for the thrill and as a 'service to their country' (NOT)...
for example, anthropologists and archaeologists have been commonly used as cover for spooks, not to mention using 'real' anthropologists, etc to do field work, gather info, and or people to target...
both in that field and in psychology where doctors BREAK THEIR hippocratic oath (though they *ahem* torture their logic to make it as if they are serving as doctors to prevent any permanent damage from torture) to serve the spooks, do their bidding, and put a thin film of credibility on the spook's actions...
they are traitorous slime, JUST LIKE the spooks who mistakenly think they are serving their country when they shit all over the constitution...
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further, former spooks, and reporters and academics who study the boys in black, will maintain that -with some exceptions- these clandestine forces and operations are done at the behest of the president/executive branch: they aren't -generally- going off on their own initiative, they are being pointed at some target by the president, and they obey...
they are a tool the president chooses to use, rather than a rogue agency blackmailing every president to do their bidding...
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JUST LIKE 'regular' movies: i really don't mind that we have secret-agent-assassin-hitmen on a righteous-mission-to-kill-everyone movies, but does it HAVE TO BE -as it seems like- that 90% of them have to be about that -you know- ultra-common set of events ? ? ?
again, NOT opposed to using 'magic' as a part of some movie's world, but it is rarely used 'logically'... for example, there are PLENTY of places in lord of the rings, where a little gandalf magic would save a ton of time/lives, but he only pulls out his magic bag on dead-end plot points where there is no other way out...
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NOW, i realize i am truly stupid, and all the rest of the nekkid apes walking around in total denial that this planet is circling the drain are the smart ones...
*whew* that was close: everything is going to be okay, everything is going to be okay, if i shut my eyes real tight and don't listen to my instincts screaming, everything is going to be okay...
(repeat non-stop)
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excellent, i'm sure that will turn out well:
let's just all decide gravity is a myth ! ! !
gosh, that sciencey stuff sure is hard, let's just agree to disagree with it, h'okay ? ? ?
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when someone in authority decides *YOU* 'serve ZERO purpose on our planet...' ? ? ?
be careful what you wish for, demi-god...
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