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    Contents

    Contract 11

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    The Old World

    Temporary Autonomous Zone 17

    Paradise Lost 26

    The New World

    TO!" The Thin# That Ate the Constitution $$

    Thou#hts to Ponder %&

    'ene(its o( )aith*'ased Or#ani+ations %6

    ,rish -ist %.

    Words to Ponder &1

    'ene(its o( )aith*'ased Or#ani+ations &$

    ,n Lo/in# -emory o( the 0ead 6&

    ow to !et in Trou3le 67

    Who Owns 4CO5P 6.

    O A#onistes 71

    'ene(its o( )aith*'ased Or#ani+ations 7$

    Thou#hts to Ponder 77

    War on O-8 0ru#s 7.

    Nothin# to )ear 91

    :Potential: Criminals 9$

    chroedin#er;s ew 9%

    Thou#hts to Ponder A#ain 97

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    'ene(its o( )aith*'ased Or#ani+ations

    Lo#ic and other -ale Per/ersions

    , Wal>ed with a Zom3ie

    'ene(its o( )aith*'ased Or#ani+ations

    ,thyphallic ,dol

    'ene(its o( )aith*'ased Or#ani+ations

    Clinton

    The New World Order

    Cu3a 4r#es )ree 8lections in 4The Wron# !uy" Part ,0a((y 0uc> (or President

    The Wron# !uy" Part ,,'ene(its o( )aith*'ased Or#ani+ations,deas to 5emem3er

    0addy? What 0oes :Corporate -edia: -eanWords to Ponder A#ain and A#ain

    Las 0ie Lasa#ne Weiter )lie#en@'ene(its o( )aith*'ased Or#ani+ations'u#s 'unny and Other 4)O ictims-ere )actual ,nnocence

    The -as>s o( 5eality'ene(its o( )aith*'ased Or#ani+ations.*1*1 8mer#encyPearl ar3or 5eduB

    The Perils o( Cocaine A3use)iendish PlotsPearl ar3or 5eduB

    Why anni3al Lecter Would -a>e a 'etter President thanW 'ush

    Copulatin# Currency

    Pearl ar3or 5eduB

    Thou#hts to Ponder

    Cancer Patient As>s? :hould , 'e Arrested:

    'ene(its o( )aith*'ased Or#ani+ations

    -as> Anti*-as>

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    -ore 'ene(its o( )aith*'ased Or#ani+ations

    =et -ore 'ene(its o( )aith*'ased Or#ani+ations

    An ,nter/iew with a 'ul#arian -a#a+ine

    )rom the 0eath*CellsDPisa

    Art as ocial Commentary

    The Tale o( the Tri3eA3out the Author

    Contract

    1 The author o( this 3oo> here3y warrants and #i/es assurancethat the readers ha/e no o3li#ation to 3elie/e e/erythin#Eor any*thin#Ein it Nor does he hope to re/eal the a3solute (inal trutha3out any topic discussed

    2 5eaders must warrant and #i/es assurance that they will not3elie/e or dis3elie/e any part or parts o( this 3oo> until they ha/e#i/en some time to care(ul eBamination o( such a part or partsF andthat they will (ile e/erythin# herein under :may3e: until or unlessslowly arri/in# at :true: or :(alse:

    $ Let communication 3etween us 3e#in

    Another #olden passa#e occurs in Politics G1$1Ha.Iwhere Aristotle states plainly that in the (irst nations therich swore themsel/es to eternal hatred o( the commonpeople This sel(*e/ident truth eBplains the pride? a/ariceand cruelty o( the rich They compelled the poor toser/e them in wardrowned them in an ocean o(usuryand 3eat them with rods i( they could not paytheir de3ts

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    E !iam3attista ico? The New cience? 17%%

    The Old World

    When you no lon#er thin> o( #ood ore/il? What is your ori#inal (ace ,( youturn your li#ht towards the interior?you will disco/er the precious secretwithin yoursel(

    E ui Nen#

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    T8-PO5A5= A4TONO-O4 ZON8

    , (elt as cold as Paddy )inne#an;s (eet the day they han#edhim , could sense my le#s physically shi/erin#? a stran#e sensationlor some3ody who li/es in central Cali(ornia The shi/erin# turnedto trem3lin#" , wondered i( any3ody passin# thou#ht , wasepileptic

    We were standin#? a small crew o( us? on one o( those concreteislands 3etween two tra((ic lanes outside the Amsterdam airport?and the icy wind seemed as relentless as an unpaid -adam Westood in a wide*open space with no tall 3uildin#s and we mi#ht as

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    :0utch Coura#e: means 3oo+e To #et :in dutch: in my youthmeant :#ettin# inna shit?: as we say today A :0utch uncle: isharsh and Jud#mental At a :0utch treat: you pay (or yoursel( 'en

    onson >illed a paniard in olland Then , :heard: in ima#inationthe o/erture to Wa#ner;s 0er )lie#ende ollander? and then , wasdo+in# in my chair? still +on>ed? and dreamin# o( )lyin# 0utchmenand then )lyin# candina/ians in #eneral? includin# my ancestor?Ola( the 'lac>? who was once eys on its (la#? and , turned the >eys and crossed to theouse o( ed state Then , seemed inside nospatial time

    Then my wi(e Arlen and , were dancin#Edancin# to#ethera#ainEand Thelonious -on> music (rom our youth was playin#and she wasn;t dead and , wasn;t old and the world was (ull o(ma#ic and wonder 43i amor? i3i oculus est

    a/e the 8arth@,t;s the only planet with chocolate

    Then it was the third day o( the Canna3is Cup and (our o( uswere sittin# in a co((ee house called Noon and smo>in# somethin#culled :Purple Purple: :4h: Anthony Countey said to thewaitcritter Ga word , use in order to a/oid the human chau/inism o(:waitperson:I :4h ha/e we paid yet:

    The waitcritter loo>ed at us with the painsta>in# concentrationo( a 3otanist eBaminin# a stran#e new carni/orous specimen:4h?: she said? :4h , thin> so:

    , suddenly remem3ered a local T host? who had inter/iewedme the day 3e(ore e had mentioned in passin# that $6H co((eeshops in Amsterdam sold canna3is with their co((ee and that theyearned a3out 41?HHH?HHH per year each , had multiplied it inmy head and emer#ed with the (i#ure o( $6H?HHH?HHH per year inpro(its That;s o/er a 3illion e/ery three years Now , wonderedhow much hi#her the pro(its mi#ht 3e i( the mana#ement couldpersuade the sta(( not to sample the product

    Anthony and the waitcritter continued to stare at each other

    with perpleBity? li>e two chessmasters wonderin# how they hadwandered into the Ouran# Outan Openin#

    :4h?: she said (inally? :,( you didn;t pay? it;s on the house:

    We had to rush o(( to attend another scheduled e/ent? 3ut allacross Amsterdam in the taBi , >ept tryin# to remem3er i( we hadpaid or not? and? i( not? how much that really mattered in theCosmic cheme o( Thin#s 'ut , always mull a3out the Cosmiccheme when ,;/e 3een stoned e/ery hour (or three days , was

    distracted (rom such 0eep Thou#hts (or a moment 3y idle curiositya3out where the last three days had #one

    2H

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    The Noon co((ee shop? Anthony had told me? was ori#inallycalled the i#h Noon 'ut some3ody in the city #o/ernment (orced

    them to drop the :i#h:" you can sell pot in Amsterdam? heeBplained? 3ut you can;t 3e 3latant a3out it , remem3ered my (irst/isit to Amsterdam in the early 1.9H;s? when e/ery 3rid#e? itseemed? had an ad (or one o( those esta3lishmentsF when , returneda3out two years later the ads had all disappeared 3ut the co((eehouses hadn;t? and they were still ser/in# canna3is with theirca((eine

    The 0utch !o (i#ure

    , once met a #in#>us who 3elie/ed that 0utch 3an>ers owncontrollin# shares in the maJor 8n#lish and American 3an>s? whoin turn own the 8n#lish and American #o/ernments? who run mosto( the world , pondered this /ariation &8M2$a on the ,nternational'an>ers Conspiracy , pondered it deeply? and , (ound mysel(wonderin# why these cra(ty old 0utchman had ne/er persuaded theAn#o*American ca3al to adapt their own pra#matic attitude towardeB;n;0ru#s -ay3e they wanted to >eep a monopoly on the le#alend o( the edonism 3usiness A 3illion e/ery three years seemstemptin#F why encoura#e the eeJit puritans to accept Adam mith;s(ree mar>et and may3e start competin#

    'ut what had happened to the last three days

    uddenly a red*white*and*3lue 3rontosaurus reared up in(ront o( us The taBi dri/er steered around it and , watched in aweas it turned into to a W 3us , made a mental note o( the name o(Noon and :Purple Purple: (or the neBt time , /isit AmsterdamA(ter all? , ha/en;t seen a red*white*and*3lue dinosaur since the(irst time , did raw peyote in 1.62

    The day 3e(ore Gor was it the day 3e(ore thatI came 3ac> in

    another (lash The T #uy? a(ter inter/iewin# me? had ta>en me tothe ea Palace? a super3 Chinese restaurant on a house3oat with#lorious /iews? which , remem3ered (rom a (ew years a#o iswi(e*or*#irl*(riend Gyou don;t as> nowadaysI >ept tryin# to per*suade me that cienti(ic 5esearch was responsi3le (or all the ills o(the world :=ou don;t need research?: she said? :your heart tellsyou the truth: The ,nKuisitors had tried to tell that to !alileo

    The T #uy told me some statistics which , copied downThere were a3out 2HHH people at the Cup this year? 1%HH o( them

    orn the 4nited tates , had heard that there were (ewer than 1HHat the (irst Cup? twel/e years a#o? and , mulled on the -iracle o(#rowth

    :Torturin# helpless animals?: the lady said :5esearch@

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    Phooey@:

    Without censorship? thin#s can #et terri3ly con(used inthe pu3lic mind

    E !eneral William Westmoreland

    The neBt day? a(ter some spoo>y 3ut mellow weed called il/er

    a+e? , went to the an !o#h -useum As usual? incent seemedthe #reatest artist in the history o( the world? to me at least , thin>he #ot me e/en i#her than the il/er a+e

    , Jotted a note" :Cure (or depressionE

    1 !o to Amsterdam

    2 !et stoned

    $ !o to an !o#h -useum:

    , e/en thou#ht o( sendin# this :disco/ery: in a letter to a med*ical ma#a+ine Well? you #et (oolishly optimistic on canna3is andan !o#h

    Comin# 3ac> to the Cup? , passed the (amous seB*theatre?which still has an enormous 3ill3oard? 3i##er than any in TimesKuare? sayin#"

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    )4Ce that

    ust a(ter that? or Just 3e(ore it? , was at a Canna3is Cup e/entwhere te/e a#er #a/e a speech sayin# pot*heads had replaced

    ews as the Num3er One ,nternational !o/ernment*0esi#natedcape#oats We were smo>in# some more lo/erly il/er a+e ,speculated that the 1%HH Americans had come here? not Just (or thecon#enial company? 3ut to #et hi#h without ha/in# to worry thatthe TO! !estapo mi#ht smash down the door at any moment

    4nder Clinton? we now ha/e more people in prison than anyother country in the world? and they;re 3uildin# more prisonse/ery day We e/en ha/e a Tsar? althou#h no such o((ice ismentioned in the Constitution

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    A(ter the position was created? , loo>ed up :Tsar: in mydictionary The (irst two meanin#s did not seem to apply" :1 Theruler o( 5ussia:F :2 8ldest male mem3er o( the 5omano(( (amily:F3ut the third hit the nail sKuare on the head" :$ Any tyrant orautocrat:

    , was sittin# at a ta3le with Paul nown(or %H years and & months , couldn;t calculate to the day 3ecause ,

    did not Kuite remem3er what day it was 'ut , >now , #ot the yearsand months ri#ht 3ecause , met Paul the day my son? !raham? was3orn? & une 1.&.

    Paul as>ed when , (irst smo>ed pot , wasn;t sure whether itwas 1.&& or 1.&6? 3ut , said 1.&&? 3ecause , li>e to thin> o( mysel(as a pioneer Whate/er the year? that istorical 8/ent happened inthe -en;s 5oom at the illa#e an#uard 3etween sets 3y the-odern a++ uartet ohn Lewis sounded 3etter than e/er whenthe show resumedE3ut you >now that already

    Paul as>ed ohn inclair? also at our ta3le? when he had TurnedOn ince ohn;s hair was as white as mine? , wondered i( he mi#ht3eat me out in the pioneer competition? 3ut he said 1.6$ Paul then

    as>ed te/e !as>in when he smo>ed his (irst Joint? and te/e said1.62

    , 3as>ed in my #lory as oldest pioneer at the ta3le? meanwhilewonderin# how my (our decades on pot ha/e (uc>ed up mah pore;ole haid ,n that whole time , only produced 11 no/els? 2 screen*

    plays? one sta#e play? 2H non(iction 3oo>s and a (ew thousandshort articles and poems Could , ha/e done 3etter without theoodoo Weed , pu++led o/er that? meanwhile pu++lin# o/er theinelucta3le (act that ohn inclair didn;t loo> at all li>e , remem*3ered him We all chan#e with the years? and white hair and awhite 3eard add to that? 3ut this metamorphoses seemed almostli>e a ollywood special e((ect , worried that the stu(( we werethen smo>in#? -idni#ht unrise? mi#ht ha/e interacted with thePurple Purple and il/er a+e and ohn mi#ht turn into a PurplePurple ippopotamus neBt

    te/e !as>inE(ounder o( The )arm? one o( the damned (ewNew A#e communes which ha/e lasted (rom the 1.6H;s to todayE*told us he was runnin# a#ainst 5alph Nader (or the !reen Partypresidential nomination is plat(orm includes (ree medical care(or all? le#ali+ation o( pot? and compulsory urine testin# (or #o/*ernment employees to ma>e sure they maintain a hi#h enou#h

    TC le/el

    , decided to hec>le him a little? 3ecause he had persuaded me to/ote (or Clinton*!ore 3ac> in 1..2? tellin# me !ore was a lon#*

    time pot*head :=ou still trust those Lyin# 'astards: , as>ed

    te/e said? :They (ooled me: e said it so #ently and so(tlythat , had no inclination to pester him a3out that anymore ell?they (ooled me? too

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    te/e;s wi(e? ,na -ay? president o( the -idwi/es Associationo( North America? said that she would 3e :an unruly )irst Lady:he plans to turn the Lincoln 'edroom into a 3irth center (or thepoor? #row hemp in the 5ose !arden? and ma>e all meals at theWhite ouse /e#etarian ome3ody as>ed i( she has intern con*cerns? and she replied? :No? we;ll do the 'low o3s in e/eryroom:

    , li>ed all that? as lon# as , don;t ha/e to eat at the Whiteouse? 3ut what , li>ed 3est was te/e;s runnin# a#ainst 5alph

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    Nader 8/ery time , ha/e to attach a seat*3elt , say :!od damn5alph Nader?: with the (er/id intensity o( a child;s prayer? e/en

    thou#h , don;t 3elie/e in !od or damnationF it relie/es my (eel*in#s , mean? Just 3ecause Nader is a 3onda#e (rea> doesn;t #i/ehim the ri#ht to truss us all up The neBt thin# we >now the creepwill #et a law passed compellin# me to 3e strapped to my chairwhile writin# so , don;t lau#h so hard that , (all o/er and hurtmysel(

    , told ,na -ay how much my wi(e Arlen had admired her andthe midwi(ery mo/ement in #eneral , added that , a#reed? 3utdidn;t eBplain that this was 3ased on my 3elie( that the 3est way tostay healthy is to a/oid doctors as much as possi3le

    ohn inclair 3e#an tal>in# a3out his days with the -C*&? a#reat 5oc> #roup o( the 1.6H;s -y 3rain did a Kuantum Jump andreor#ani+ed the whole world This was not the ohn inclair , once>new? who wrote a 3rilliant column (or the illa#e oice No won*der he didn;t loo> li>e :himsel(" he wasn;t :himsel( at all ewas the other ohn inclair? (rom 0etroit? who (ounded the WhitePanther Party and ser/ed a (ew years in prison (or #enerously#i/in# a Joint to an underco/er narc G4nder -ichi#an law at thattime? #i/in# some3ody a #ood hi#h (or (ree was punished with the

    same imprisonment as sellin# itI , had Just miBed up two di((erentohn inclairs

    , (elt relie/ed -iBin# all that (uc>in# pot hadn;t (uc>ed up my(uc>in# 3rain a(ter all

    They led me to the sta#e GWas it the same day or another dayI, was #i/in# a speech? inductin# William 'urrou#hs into theCanna3is all o( )ame , told them all the reasons , consider'urrou#hs the #reatest writer since oyce? 3ut they seemed restless?so , Kuoted them a 3it o( unpu3lished 'urrou#hs"

    A coprophile named cottWho li/ed in Aldershottaid? :,;m un3eata3leE-y shit is eata3le@

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    Perpetual motion ,;/e #ot:

    , went into (lash3ac> No/em3er 1.69? at the Play3oy

    Clu3 in Chica#o? ha/in# lunch with 'urrou#hs and Allen!ins3er# We had 3een 0emonstratin# A#ainst The War all wee>?3ut now we were enJoyin# a pleasant meal? and Allen was tellin#us a3out his recent meetin# with Cra+y 4ncle 8+ra in 5apollo e

    had told 8+ he considered the Cantos the #reatest poem o( the 2HthCentury? and 8+ said? :'ut it is all /itiated 3y that stupid? su3ur3ananti*semitism:

    :u3ur3an: 'urrou#hs repeated? considerin# the connotationso( the wordF , was more (ascinated 3y :/itiated:

    , snapped 3ac> to Amsterdam We were all #oin# to an Amer*ican*style Than>s#i/in# dinner 'ut we had some more il/era+e (irst ,t was a lon# wal> and three (li#hts o( stairs to clim33e(ore we #ot at the #ru3 -y le#s hurt and all the white meat was#one 3ut , too> some dar> with assorted /e#eta3les and (ound ata3le with Carolyn and ohn Cassidy? the widow and son o( theta3led Neal Cassidy , recited my usual #race? :0amn all this sel(*impro/ement? , want a pleasant dinner?: which , ha/e 3orrowed(rom anni3al Lecter? -0

    While we ate and chatted? , >ept pee>in# at ohn Cassidy;shair Was he Just an eBceptionally li#ht 3londe? or did he ha/esome white hair? too Could Neal Cassidy;s son really ha/e whitehair already Where ha/e all the past years #one? :and where are

    the snows o( yesteryearMWhere is oan? that the 8n#lish too>MAt5ouen/ille and 3urned her thereM-other o( !od? where are they?whereMAnd where are the snows o( yesteryear: , suddenly (elt asold as the -oha/e 0esert and wondered i( , loo>ed li>e a deadmule

    The neBt day they announced the winner o( the Canna3isCupEthe 3est 3rand o( -aria uana in Amsterdam il/er a+ehad won? and , #uess it should ha/e

    As , (lew home , reali+ed that Amsterdam had once a#ain

    renewed my optimism" ci/ili+ation remains possi3le? e/en on this3ac>ward 3oondoc>s planet =ou Just ha/e to loo> aw(ully hard to(ind it 'ac> in the 4? amon# those whom e3len accuratelycalled the i#her 'ar3arians? it is #ood to recall such an autono*mous +one" memories o( it sta/e o(( total despair

    PA5A0,8 LOT

    A (ew months later? 3ac> in Cali(ornia? , #ot out o( 3ed one

    mornin# and (ell down three times on my way to the 3athroom

    A(ter the third and hardest 3ump , stayed on the carpet a while?wonderin# anBiously i( , had Just had a stro>e Arlen had her (irststro>e ri#ht a(ter #ettin# out o( 3ed one mornin# -y turn now

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    Tentati/ely? an inch at a time? , #ot to my (eet a#ain and stoodFthen , went to the John and peed

    Not a stro>e? , decided 'ut , almost (ell a (ourth time on myway to the >itchen to start the co((ee

    -y le#s had hurt more than usual in the last month -y doctorhad warned me that post*polio symptoms #et worse as you #et

    older

    , sat with the co((ee? loo>in# at my splendid /iew o( -onterey'ay? and pondered

    Then , called the doctor

    ,t isn;t pollution that;s harmin# the en/ironment ,t;s theimpurities in our air and water that are doin# it

    E )ormer 4 ice*president 0an uayle

    One year later

    A(ter a year spent mostly in a wheelchair? , now #et aroundwith the aid o( a wal>er most o( the time? and only need thewheelchair occasionally , continue to impro/eEnot as Kuic>ly as, would li>e? 3ut then , tend to 3e an impatient 3astard

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    Pain has decreased a3out 7H? partly due to pain*>illers? pos*si3ly to healin# and recuperation also

    -o3ility increases more slowly , can mana#e 1H or 1& paceswithout my wal>er? 3ut 3eyond that pain and wo33le Gunsteadi*nessI warn me to stop Last -onday? in a (it o( optimism? , wal>eda3out %H paces without the wal>er? and my le(t le# hurt (or a3out

    two hours a(ter? e/en with pain*>illers Well? that;s pro(ita3le? too"1 ha/e (inally learned the /irtue o( patience

    -eanwhile? , ha/e researched this predicament a 3it

    Num3er o( 4 polio sur/i/ors appears 3etween $HH?HHH and1?6HH?HHH? dependin# on which we3site , consult Num3er withPP is 3etween 7&?HHH and 1?2HH?HHH? accordin# to /arious we3*sites PP means either post*polio syndrome or post*polioseKuelae The pro#nosis is either terri3le or hope(ul

    None o( this con(usion surprises me Accordin# to a study 3ythe O((ice o( Technolo#y Assessment only 2H o( Americanmedical theory has 3een /alidated 3y randomi+ed? dou3le*3lind?place3o*controlled trials A3out 9H o( the time? then? doctors

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    (ollow preJudice? hunch? intuition? #uessin#? prayer? or Just plain3lu(( Gee my Chaos and 'eyond? p $1I

    Times o( onset o( PP /ary (rom 1H years a(ter polio to &Hyears a(ter G-ine 3e#an? mildly? 2H years a(ter? #ot worse slowly3e#innin# %H years a(ter? and hit hardest 6% years a(terEie? at a#e69I

    :Post*polio syndrome: is the term pre(erred 3y those who3elie/e the condition is (undamentally incura3le and #enerallyworsens with a#e :Post*polio seKuelae: is pre(erred 3y those whothin> the pro3lem can 3e much impro/ed and sta3ili+ed

    The PPyn 8Bperts 3elie/e the symptoms result (rom sur/i/*in# polio /irus which suddenly 3e#ins multiplyin# li>e Catholicsa#ain The PPeK 8Bperts 3elie/e the symptoms result (romdecades o( stress and strain on muscles that were dama#ed durin#the polio 'oth sides seem to want a #ood old*(ashioned aris*lotelian eitherMor 3attle o/er this owe/er? unli>e the similar (eud

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    a3out A,0? neither side has ur#ed the Jailin# o( the otherEpro3a3ly 3ecause there;s less money in/ol/ed

    a/in# a non*aristotelian 3ias? , consider the 8Bcluded -id*dlesF e#? some PP cases result (rom sur/i/in# /irus and some(rom o/erstressed musclesF some com3ine 3othF some ha/e only acoincidental lin> to past polio and result (rom Other )actors? e#?li/in# near a toBic waste dump? poor diet o/er decades? etcF somemay result (rom depletion o( the immunolo#ical system due toshoc> or #rie(F some may com3ine se/eral o( these aspects

    -y own caseE, (eel a3out .H sureEresults mostly (romstressed muscles , ha/e 1HH1 eBperiential reasons (or :3elie/in#:this? or at least considerin# it the hi#hest pro3a3ility Chie( reason"

    pain eBperienced all my adult li(e while standin# on linesEat3an>s? supermar>ets? etc? 3ut especially on the lon#? lon# lines atairports ometimes? 3e#innin# in my late &Hs? the pain at airportshas #otten so intense that , ha/e (elt tempted to eBplain the pro3*lem and as> to #o to the (ront o( the line , ne/er actually tried it3ecause , ne/er loo>ed :disa3led: and (eared e/ery3ody wouldsuspect me o( runnin# a con on them , stood and shu((led andsu((ered

    ust as , stood and shu((led and su((ered in the cold at Ams*terdam airport PP ma>es you (eel 2H de#rees colder than people

    without PPF , Just hadn;t >nown that at the time , had (eltashamed o( su((erin# more than the others

    4ntil the PPyn eBperts eBplain why my alle#ed /irus onlyerupted when , stood on a lon# lines and then :died: a#ain when ,

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    #et a chance to sit down? , will pre(er the PPeK theory o( dama#edmuscles under siB decades o( o/erwor> (rom tryin# to act li>enormal muscles

    -y current therapy in/ol/es precursors o( uman !rowthormone? to re3uild the stressed? cramped musclesF mild eBer*ci+eEmild so as not to stress the muscles e/en moreF and lyin#down to rest when , (eel , need it -y pain*>illers are i3upro(enE

    recommended 3y my dau#hter? Christina? siB years a#oEandcanna3is? recommended G3ut not? !od (or(end? :prescri3ed:I 3ymy physician? and pro/ided 3y the Women;s Alliance (or -edical-ariJuana ,n tincture (orm? the Weed >ills pain /ery? /ery Kuic>ly

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    GKuarter hour a/era#e? o(ten lessI 3ut also tends to >noc> me outand (orce (reKuent naps and less wor> ,t doesn;t #et me hi#h at all?at all ,n mu((in (orm? the Weed does #et me hi#hEo(ten hilar*iouslyEand allows Gnay? 8NCO45A!8I me to #o on wor>in#?hut ta>es much lon#er to >ill pain Gone to two hoursI

    We will now pause (or a chorus o( :We need more researchM-eanwhile? let the /ictims su((er: 3y the Two Lyin# 'astards? thepopular clown show (eaturin# !ore and 'ore? or 'ush and'ushwah? as the case may 3e

    , no lon#er (ear the TO! GTsarist Occupation !o/ernmentI ,(they throw my arse in Jail? well? there;s more pot inside thanoutsideF and con/icts Con#ress? our two criminal classes? are

    the only ones who ha/e (ull medical co/era#e Outside thoseinstitutions (or >nown (elons? one has only one;s earnin# capacityto (ill the 3ottomless pit o( A-A #reed? and , ha/e to (ace thepossi3ility that my condition may not continue to impro/e 3utworsen? there3y decreasin# income ince , o3/iously can;t #etinto Con#ressE, ne/er learned to lie with a strai#ht (aceEprisonmay pro/e the 3est alternati/e

    PE'ore and !ush can #o 3u##er themsel/es Or one another?i( they pre(er

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    The New World

    And a#ainst usury

    and the de#radation o( sacraments?)or %H years , ha/e seen this?

    now (lood as in the =an#*tse

    also desensiti+ation

    2& hundred years desensiti+ation

    2 thousand years? desensiti+ationA(ter Appolonius? desensiti+ation

    a little li#ht (rom the 3orders

    E 8+ra Pound? Canto .2

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    TO!"T8 T,N! TAT AT8 T8 CONT,T4T,ON

    Tsarism represents an intermediate (orm 3etween 8uro*pean monarchism and Asian despotism? 3ein#? possi3ly?closer to the latter o( these two

    E Leon Trots>y?

    5ussia;s ocial 0e/elopment and Tsarism

    The TO! stal>eth the land and the ser(s 3ow and wor*ship it ,t stealeth property? it 3urneth nei#h3orhoods? it(oully >illeth all opposition =e thin> it only doth its /io*lence to 3lac> people? or ispanics? or >oo>s with oddreli#ions? 3ut its hand is at your own throat e/en now

    TO! (tha#n@ WhatEare ye stupid? or somethin#

    E A3dul Alha+red? The TO!onomicon

    ,;m only >iddin#Enot@

    E -adonna? Truth or 0are

    ow? how? how did we e/er #et oursel/es in a predicamentwhere an Oriental*style despot controls American medicine andmost doctors (ear to prescri3e what they thin> 3est (or their pa*tients Why? more than 2HH years a(ter a war to li3erate oursel/es(rom a hal(*mad >in#? ha/e we allowed our li/es and health tocome under the rule o( a totally mad Tsar And has this monstrous

    tumor destroyed the Constitution only :3y accident?: or did itscreators ha/e that intent all alon#

    Well? here;s my theory"

    -ost people thin> the TO! GTsarist Occupation !o/ernmentI3e#an its in(estation o( America with 'ushware 1H? when heappointed a Tsar to discom3o3ulate our pre/iously :demO*>ratic(orm o( #u3mentF: 3ut 'ush had a lon# C,A career 3ehind him

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    and the C,A had a lon#? lon# Tsarist history 3e(ore they came outin the open with a pu3lic and 3latant TsarEa (unctionary notendowed or permitted 3y any clause in our Constitution

    Actually? the TO! 3e#an replacin# representati/e democracyin the 4 way 3ac> in 1.%&? when !en 5heinhard !ehlen?itler;s Chie( o( o/iet ,ntelli#ence? surrendered to the 4 Armya(ter (irst prudently 3uryin# se/eral truc>loads o( :inside in(or*mation: a3out the o/iet 4nion at a secret location GThe Cold War

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    3e#an 3e(ore World War ,, endedF they Just didn;t 3other to tell theser(s li>e you and me a3out it until 1.%7I

    !ehlen ran>s as not only a master spy 3ut a wi+ard ne#otiatorWithin a wee>? he #ot out o( his Na+i uni(orm and into a 4Army !eneral;s uni(ormF the 4 intelli#ence ser/ices? in return?#ot the in(o a3out the o/iets? includin# access to !ehlen;s a#entsin the o/iet #o/ernmentEa #roup o( -ystical Tsarists who had

    in(iltrated 3oth the 5ed Army and the in# (or them in*

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    stead o( a Tsar? and most o( us consider them sane? 3ut Justdum3:

    !en !ehlen and !en lasso/ (ormed what 3ecame the !ehle*napparat? the C,A;s main source o( in(o on o/iet a((airsF !ehlen3ecame the (ulcrum o( the C,A;s :o/iet penetration: sector?wor>in# under ames esus An#leton? Chie( o( Counter*,ntelli*#ence? 3reeder o( pri+e orchids? lo/er o( the arts? and a de/out5oman Catholic

    ince the 4 #o/ernment 3ased its (orei#n policies on C,Areports? and the C,A 3ased its o/iet reports on !ehlen and some

    other (ormer Na+is? plus a crew o( -ystical Tsarists? as (iltered andinterpreted 3y a Papist intellectual? the 4 #o/ernment;s ideasand actions 3ecame increasin#ly :weird?: 3i+arre and (ri#htenin#?in the /iew o( the rest o( the world The results a(ter &H years seem/ery sad and /ery (unny ,n a nutshell? most o( the world thin>s

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    we;/e #one 3atshit cra+y :Tsarists and Na+is and spoo>s? oh my@:

    Althou#h ames esus An#leton was !ehlen;s alle#ed super/i*sor? data indicates that the !ehlenapparat en#a#ed in many acti/i*lies? includin# >idnappin#? eBtortion? murder? etc a3out whichAn#leton either did not >now or de/outly did not want to >now

    'ut ames An#leton seems a patholo#ical case o( some sort

    himsel(F he o(ten hid his middle name 3ecause it re/ealed his hal(*ispanic #enes An eBceptionally intelli#ent and sensiti/e studento( modern literature while at =ale? An#leton adored T 8liot?8+ra Pound? Wallace te/ens? LA 5ichards? e e cummin#s andother upertars o( -odernismF he met most o( them personally

    They collecti/ely in(luenced An#leton;s (ascination with multipleperspecti/es? la3yrinthine am3i#uity and the eternal uncertainty o(all in(erences and :interpretations:

    These modernist tendencies? which also appeared in scienceand philosophy at the same time? 3lossomed into o3sessions and?perhaps? ra#in# madness when An#leton systematically appliedthem to the spy*#ame A(ter all? modernism really dawned withWilde;s :The 5eality o( -as>s: and =eats;s hermetic mystiKuethat the world we >now emer#es (rom interactions o( -as>? Anti*-as>? el(? and Anti*el(" which may or may not (it all o( us or all

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    the world 3ut certainly (its the world o( spoo>s and snoops thatAn#leton created

    Another C,A o((icer? 8dward Petty? descri3ed An#leton as :alone wol( and :a stran#e 3ird:F e/ery other source , ha/e (ound3luntly calls him :paranoid: e suspected e/ery3ody else in theC,A? and in :our: #o/ernment #enerally? o( 3ein#

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    multiple meanin#I

    ,( ames esus really arran#ed the )< assassination? he hadpro3a3ly decided that s o(the o/iet system? and he >new the ley r;s documentary no/el? pytime" The4ndoin# o( ames esus An#leton? occurs a scene that epiphani+esthe TO!;s looped and relooped lo#ic An#leton and an associatediscuss 17 or $7 possi3le interpretations o( a 3it o( in(ormation Gor

    disin(ormationI passed on 3y a possi3le o/iet de(ector Gwhomi#ht 3e a o/iet moleI At the end o( the discussion? A pointsout one more :readin#: o( the :teBt: that the associate hadn;t con*sidered" namely? that An#leton himsel( mi#ht 3e the top o/ietmole o( all =ou can;t learn more a3out am3i#uity and irony in aseminar on the poetry o( William 8mpson

    ,n the same /ein? a(ter the death 3y drownin# o( :-onta#ue:GAn#letonI in arlot;s !host? the C,A systematically in/esti*#ates such alternati/e scenarios as" he;s not dead and anotherwater*rotted corpse has 3een (oisted on themF or? the o/iets did it

    and ha/e him (ull o( truth serums alreadyF or? he went o/er to theo/iets willin#lyF or? he was the cle/erest o( all traitors? wor>in#lor the 5eds all alon#

    :Trust No One?: the motto o( )iles? seems the only sa(e rulein the world An#leton created

    ,n any case? An#leton had an alliance with ,talian (ascists andthe -a(ia? datin# (rom 1.%% when he ser/ed as an O o((icer in,taly :Operation !ladio?: a C,A proJect to control ,talian elec*

    iions? was 3ased on An#leton;s (ascist*-a(ia connections? andemployed techniKues as /aried as hirin# ophia Loren to do T

    TO!

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    commercials (or politicians the C,A li>ed? 3ri3in# li3eralMle(tpoliticos to mo/e toward more ri#ht*win# positions? and employ*in# the -a(ia to assassinate some who couldn;t 3e 3ri3ed? e#?Prime -inster Aldo -oro

    ,n recruitin# (or !ladio? An#leton had a secret meetin# with hisold (riend 8+ra Pound? in !enoa Pound? under indictment (or radio3roadcasts that he called :personal propa#anda on 3ehal( o( the

    4 Constitution: and which the 0epartment o( ustice called:treason?: did not #et recruited into !ladio and instead spent 1$years in a hospital (or the criminally insane? (or eBpressin# his/iews a3out 3an>ers and usury o/er the wron# radio station

    A had 3etter luc> with a (ormer !estapo in(ormant namedLicio !elli? who (ormed a secret society called P2 within the!rand Orient Lod#e o( 8#yptian )reemasonry and e/entuallyin(iltrated o/er .&H a#ents into the ,talian #o/ernment Throu#h P2connections and 5o3erto Cal/i? a P2 mem3er and president o('anco Am3rosiano in -ilan? !ladio mer#ed the -a(ia;s dru#launderin# system with on#oin# C,A proJects? usin# as screensthe atican 'an> and 2HH :#host 3an>s: which eBisted only inCal/i;s led#ers The Tsarist*C,A*-a(ia chie(tains then hadalmost total control o/er 3oth the multi*3illion dollar ille#al dru#3usiness and the e/en more pro(ita3le anti*dru# 3usiness

    ,t wor>ed li>e this" amon# the 2HH :#host 3an>s: that eBistedonly as postal drops? a (ew :real?: or at least tan#i3le? 3an>seBisted One? the Cisalpine 'an> in the 'ahamas? Jointly owned 3y5o3erto Cal/i o( 'anco Am3rosiano and Arch3ishop Paul :The

    !orilla: -arcin>us? ser/ed as the maJor (unnel (or money laun*derin# ,ts primary lin>s were the )ran>lin National 'an>? owned3y (ellow !ladio asset -ichele :The har>: indona? and theWorld )inance Corporation? owned and mana#ed 3y ei#ht:(ormer: Gor alle#edly :(ormer:I C,A o((icers

    Cocaine pro(its #enerally went throu#h the World )inanceCorporation? in -iami? and thence /ia Cisalpine? into the ma+e o(#host 3an>s? and thence throu#h Am3rosiano and the atican tonum3ered wiss 3an> accounts eroin pro(its ran throu#h theNyu#un and 'an> in Australia? also run 3y :(ormer: C,A

    a#ents and thence into the same la3yrinth ome o( the dru# money

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    3ou#ht #uns (or terrorists and #enerally (inanced what Washin#tonPost Journalist 'o3 Woodward called :the undeclared wars o( theC,A: The rest was sheer #ra/y? (or those hi#h in the TO!? andit ran into 3illions a year (or the !ladio #roup alone

    -eanwhile? the TO! dru# cartel scored psycho*political#ains as well as stu((in# those num3ered 3an> accounts 'y (lood*in# the 4 with crac>? they were a3le to create a mo3 hysteriathat surpassed -cCarthyism and now ran>s 3eside the medie/al

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    witch*huntsF in the smo>e and mirrors? only a (ew noticed that theC ;Ginstitution had somehow #otten dismantled plan> 3y plan>

    As William 'urrou#hs wrote $H years a#o? :0ru# control isa thin preteBt? and #ettin# thinner? to increase police powers and to3rand dissent as criminal: A /oice cryin# in the wilderness

    An#leton was (inally remo/ed (rom the C,A in 1.7% when

    cau#ht meddlin# in 4 electionsEsomethin# that the C,A isonly supposed to do in other countries Cal/i o( 'anco Am3rosianowas assassinated 3y the -a(ia? (or un>nown reasons? in 1.92 issecretary (ell or was thrown out o( her o((ice window the same dayCal/i was (ound han#ed -ichele :The har>: indona? another o(the !ladioMP2M-a(ia inner circleEremem3erEwas con/icted o(6% counts o( stoc> and currency (raud in New =or>? and o(murderin# a 3an> eBaminer in 5omeF he was poisoned in prisonwhile awaitin# trial on other char#es Arch3ishop Paul :The!orilla: -arcin>us was replaced as president o( the atican 'an>?when his role in !ladio dru#*money launderin# was re/ealed in thetrials o( lesser culprits? and later he #ot 3ooted out o( the aticanentirely

    Licio !elli stood trial (or conspiracy 3ut was acKuitted Later?e/idence showed that !elli was wor>in# (or the ed (or the Communist 4nder*#round in WW,,? while also on the payroll o( the !estapo? andno3ody claims to >now which side he 3etrayed most o(ten in thatcase either -as> and Anti*-as> a#ainor? as T 8liot wrote o(

    a hippopotamus"

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    Thou#h he loo>s so (irm to use is only (lesh and 3lood

    -ino Pecorelli? the (irst Journalist to eBpose !ladioMP2 in(iltra*tion o( the ,talian #o/ernment? was >illed on a street in 5ome? shotthrou#h the mouthEthe sasso in 3occa? traditional -a(ia punish*ment (or in(ormers The same (ate 3e(ell am !iancana? -a(ia3oss o( Chica#o? when su3poenaed 3y a con#ressional committeeon assassinationsEanother sasso in 3occa ohnny 5oselli? another-a(ioso o(ten in/ol/ed in TsaristMC,A proJects? simply disap*peared when he #ot his su3poena is 3ody was (ound (loatin# in a3arrel in the !ul( o( -eBico

    The maJor open (unctions o( -ystical Tsarism now are the

    0ru# 8n(orcement Administration G08AI and the )ood and 0ru#Administration G)0AI =ou all >now a3out the 08A? its PissPolice and its /ast army o( snoops and in(ormersEa /ision to#ladden the heart o(

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    terms 3y aul scomMsumeriaMhealthMraidshtmlR

    ,n 1.&7? the )0A 3urned all the 3oo>s o( dissident physicianWilhelm 5eich? -0? smashed his la3oratory eKuipment withaBes? and threw him in Jail? where he died ,n the 1.6H;s? the 08Adid the same >ind o( Jo3 on heretic psycholo#ist Timothy Leary?Ph0

    Lately? their maJor tar#ets ha/e 3een midwi/es? homeopaths?her3alists and physicians who o((er sa(er and cheaper health carethan the TO! PharmCorps

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    Althou#h our (irst o((icial and open Tsar was appointed durin#the 3rie(? 3loody rei#n o( 'ushware 1H? the Tsar;s powers onlyreached tyrannical status under 'ill Clinton? a hill3illy relati/e o(

    the royal 5oc>e(ellers

    A (ormer Tsar? !eneral 'arry -cCa((rey? recently stated thetheolo#y o( -ystic Tsarism in an article (or the 0en/er Post , con*dense a 3it 3ecause? li>e most Tsars? -ac the

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    unwittin# accomplices and how many >new what was #oin# onand Just >ept mum while ra>in# in the pro(its

    ,n !od;s Name? 3y 0a/id =allop? Cape? London 1.9%? co/ersall this in #reater depth? and also eBplores Licio !elli;s role increatin# (a>e ,0 (or Na+i war criminals? whom he later (armed outto the C,A death sKuads ,t also adds Pope ohn Paul , to the listo( mysterious deaths in/ol/in# the atican 'an>? alon# with

    Pecorelli? -oro? Cal/i? 5oselli? indona et al

    -y current acceptance that the -a(ia >illed Cal/i Gin pre/iouswritin#s , (elt unsureI rests on the con(ession o( Calo#ero !anci? a-a(ia hitman turned in(ormant? who says he stran#led Cal/i him*sel( ee London Times? 2H une 1..6 !anci was ne/er told whythe mo3 wanted :!od;s 3an>er: deadF his Jo3 was to >ill people?not to as> rude Kuestions -rs Cal/i? the widow? still claims theorders came (rom the atican

    Our Tsar;s war crimes are documented in :O/erwhelmin#)orce?: 3y eymour ersh? The New =or>er? 22 -ay 2HHH

    An#leton;s role as or#ani+er o( the )< assassination is ar#uedrather persuasi/ely at http"MMwe3ermancom

    The 3est depth analysis o( -ystical Tsarism remains The -assPsycholo#y o( )ascism? 3y Wilhelm 5eich? -0 )arrar? traussand !irouB? New =or>? 1.7H Althou#h 0r 5eich doesn;t analy+e

    Tsarism in particular? he relates )ascism to the do#matic reli#ions?(aith in :leaders: G:little )athers:I and seBual misery o( all the

    :Patriarchal Authoritarian: re#imes throu#hout history? and hismaJor 3io*psycholo#ical theorems descri3e 3oth 5ussian andAmerican Tsarism as neatly as they (it the oly ,nKuisition or

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    also repay close study

    OrEyou can (ind most o( this data? in one (orm or another 3ysimply sur(in# the we3 et your search en#ine (or :5heinhold!ehlen?: :Cisalpine 'an>?: :Licio !elli?: :!ladio: and all theother indi/idual and #roup names in this synopsis? and you;ll 3eastounded at how many 0irty ecrets are now open to the li#ht o(day

    TO4!T TO PON085

    The 4nited tates is not nearly so concerned that its acts3e >ept secret (rom its intended /ictims as it is that theAmerican people not >now o( them

    E )ormer 4 Attorney !eneral 5amsey Clar>

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    ,t , as 3ad as you thin>?and they A58 out to #et you

    !o/ernment? in its 3est state? is 3ut a necessary e/ilF inits worst state? an intolera3le oneF (or when we su((er? orare eBposed to the same miseries 3y a #o/ernment?which we mi#ht eBpect in a country without a #o/ern*ment? our calamity is hei#htened 3y re(lectin# that we

    (urnish the means 3y which we su((er

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    A departure (rom principle in one instance 3ecomes aprecedent (or a secondF that second (or a thirdF and soon? till the 3ul> o( the society is reduced to 3e mereautomatons o( misery? to ha/e no sensi3ilities le(t 3ut (orsin and su((erin#

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    The atican has ruled that no Catholic or#ani+ation shouldparticipate in pro#rams in/ol/in# le#al inJection o( heroin? cancel*in# all church in/ol/ement in needle eBchan#e pro#rams intendedto pre/ent (urther spread o( A,0 amon# heroin addicts Theatican;s Con#re#ation (or the 0octrine o( the )aith stated thatle#al heroin inJections constitutes cooperation with :#ra/e e/il:

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    li/in# in the luBury pad o( the Attorney !eneral? which led to #reatscandal and outra#e The Attorney !eneral was a 3achelor in his,ds and -acArthur was a youn# man o( a3out 2H

    8/en in puritanical ,reland? they ha/e heard o( !ree> Lo/e andcertain in(erences were discussed widely in the pu3s? althou#h notin the media The A! resi#ned and the Prime -inister? Charlesau#hey? had a press con(erence? in which no3ody mentioned the

    un*i3ernian innuendoes #oin# around? 3ut the tension still #ot so#reat that -r au#hey accidentally had a slip o( the ton#ue Noneo( the media repeated what au#hey had said? 3ut the de(enseattorneys as>ed (or a dismissal anyway 3ecause Gthey claimedIsome prospecti/e Jurors mi#ht hear what the ead o( !o/ernmenthad said and 3e preJudiced 3y it

    The Jud#e ruled that there was no e/idence o( enou#h #ossip totaint the Jury pool? and -acArthur stood trial and was con/icted Ayear or so later , met a (ew reporters and learned what none o( themedia had dared to tell us" namely? that au#hey had inad/ertentlyre(erred to -acArthur as :the murderer: instead o( :the accused:

    =ou see? the ,rish media ne/er pronounces on the #uilt orinnocence o( accused persons They consider that contrary to theideas o( (air trial and (air Juries

    The same e/ents could ha/e happened in 8n#land? and perhapsin other ci/ili+ed countries? althou#h not in the 4? where themedia would ha/e all proclaimed -acArthur;s #uilt (rom the daythe coppers started huntin# him as a suspect? and would ha/e used

    3anner headlines to announce that the head o( #o/ernment a#reedwith them that the #uy really committed the murder

    %.

    TO!

    , much pre(er the rules #o/ernin# criminal cases in ci/ili+edcountries to the rules in the 4nited tates

    No? this is not another comment on OEat least not in partic*ular , Just don;t li>e the lynch*mo3 stin> that our media alwaysemits when some3ody #ets accused o( a maJor (elony

    WO50 TO PON085

    Peace comes o( communication

    E 8+ra Pound? -a>e ,t New

    Con#ress shall ma>e no law a3rid#in# (reedom o(speech or o( the press

    E Anon Galle#edly (ound in somelittle*>nown historical documentI

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    To li/e e((ecti/ely is to li/e with adeKuate in(ormationE Nor3ert Weiner? The uman 4se o( uman 'ein#s

    An honest man can (eel no pleasure in the eBercise o(power o/er his (ellow citi+ens

    E Thomas e((erson

    Patriotism =our patriotism wa/es a (la# with one handand pic>s poc>ets with the other@

    E ,n#rid 'er#man to Cary !rant inNotorious Gscript 3y 'en echtI

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    '8N8),T O) )A,T*'A80 O5!AN,ZAT,ON

    eB? atanism and odomi+ed 0o#s in outhern

    Cali(ornia

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    Ten little ,ndians #oin# out to dine

    E Old 'allad

    The -anhattan 'each atanismMpornoMchild*a3use case has atlast come to a climaB? or at least a temporary anticlimaB A(ter allthe hysteria and hoopla a3out de/il worship? a sodomi+ed do#?other tortured animals? a :>iddie porn: industry in the schools? and

    assorted rites o( oodoo and 'lac> -a#icF a(ter the closure o(schools and the repeated /andali+ation o( a churchF a(ter the ruin o(do+ens o( careers and se/ere dama#e to hundreds o( li/esF the (inaltallies? as (ar as we can determine? run a3out as (ollows"

    Num3er o( -anhattan 'each schools accused 3y rumor o(

    ha/in# atanic teachers durin# the ori#inal 1.9$ panic" .

    Num3er o( churches similarly accused" 1

    Total num3er o( institutions accused" G. U 1I V 1H

    Additional char#es ori#inally circulated"

    :An AWOL -arine sodomi+ed the do# o( one o( the mo*

    lested children@:

    :Teachers at the nine schools 3elon#ed to a child porno#ra*

    phy rin#@:

    :Teachers also 3elon#ed to a atanic cult@:

    &%

    TO!

    :The cult eBisted not only in -anhattan 'each and near3y

    towns 3ut throu#hout the 4nited tates@:

    :Animal mutilations and 3loody sacri(ices occurred in all

    local schools and at one local Protestant church? t Cross8piscopal in ermosa 'each@@:

    :undreds o( children had su((ered molestation or had

    unwillin#ly participated in atanic rituals@@:

    :ea/y -etal 5oc> caused it allF i( you play certain records

    3ac>wards? you can hear /oices sayin# ;atan is my-aster@@@;:

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    Additional interestin# in(ormation"

    Num3er o( teachers accused o( child molestation andMor

    atanic rituals" No eBact (i#ure can 3e (ound now? 3utsomewhere in the nei#h3orhood o( one hundred

    -ental status o( ori#inal complainin# witness" Pre/iously

    Jud#ed paranoid schi+ophrenic 3y psychiatristsF at the timeshe made the char#es? recei/in# Wel(are on #rounds o(continued paranoid schi+ophrenia

    Num3er o( -anhattan 'each institutions at which the 0istrict

    Attorney (inally decided enou#h e/idence eBisted to indictsuspects" one out o( the . schools Gthe -c-artin PrechoolI? or 111 ,ncludin# the church? one out o( the 1Hinstitutions? or 1HH

    Num3er o( schools at which e/idence to indict was deemed

    insu((icient 3y 0istrict Attorney" 9 out o( . G99.I

    Num3er o( institutions at which e/idence was deemed

    insu((icient to indict" . out o( 1H G.HHI

    )ate o( the 9 schools at which prosecutors (ound insu((icient

    e/idence to indict" 0ue to pu3lic hostility? all 9 closed downand ne/er re*opened

    )ate o( the -c-artin school" old to pay le#al eBpenses o(

    de(endants

    0isposition o( the alle#ed :atanic: t Cross 8piscopal

    church" No e/idence to indict (ound 3y 0AF howe/er?

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    under harassment and death threats? the pastor closed thechurch and mo/ed to another part o( the country

    8/idence o( atanic rituals considered 3y the 0A stron#

    enou#h to 3rin# into court" None GHHI

    8/idence o( a :child porno#raphy rin#: stron# enou#h to

    3rin# into court" None GHHI

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    And then there were se/en

    Num3er o( ori#inal de(endants indicted (or child molestation"

    7? out o( the nearly 1HH ori#inally accused 3y rumorGapproBimately 7HI

    ApproBimate a#es o( said de(endants" An elderly woman? her

    middle*a#ed dau#hter? her 2Hish #rand*dau#hter and #rand*son? three youn#ish (emale teachers

    !enders o( these de(endants" 6 (emale G9&7I? one male

    G5ay 'uc>eyF 1%$I

    Num3er o( o((enses alle#ed 3y the tate a#ainst 7 de(endants"

    2H9 counts o( child molestations? H counts o( atanism? Hcounts o( porno#raphy

    0isposition o( atanismManimal mutilation rumors" A(ter

    initial 1.9$ in/esti#ation? re#arded as an em3arrassment 3ypolice and 0A? who not only would not 3rin# this matterinto court 3ut pre(er not to discuss it anymoreF said atanistcult still widely 3elie/ed in 3y some people who call radiotal> shows re#ularly to protest alle#ed police :co/er*up:

    0isposition o( ori#inal 7 de(endants" Char#es o( molestation

    dropped (or lac> o( e/idence" & cases G71%IF char#esactually 3rou#ht to trial" 2 cases G29&I

    These percenta#es as calculated a#ainst all those ori#inally

    accused 3y rumor"

    E Nearly .& cases ne/er arrested V approBimately .&

    E )i/e cases arrested 3ut not 3rou#ht to court (or lac> o(e/idence V approBimately &

    E Two cases 3rou#ht to trial V approBimately 2 o( allteachers ori#inally accused GTotal eKuals 1H2 3ecauseeBact (i#ure on all accused in 1.9$ not a/aila3leI

    TO!

    And then there were two

    O( 2H9 ori#inal char#es a#ainst two remainin# suspects?

    num3er o( char#es (inally considered stron# enou#h to 3rin#

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    into court" &$ G2H6I

    Char#es a#ainst these two remainin# de(endants dropped (or

    lac> o( e/idence" 1&& G9.%I

    )ate o( ori#inal prosecutor? !len te/ens" e 3ecame con*

    /inced o( the innocence o( 3oth de(endants and resi#nedFnow sells real estate

    Opinion o( ,ra 5einer 3e(ore he was elected 0A and too>

    o/er prosecution o( the two de(endants" Told newspapers thecase a#ainst all de(endants was :incredi3ly wea>:

    Time the Jury deli3erated in (irst trial" . wee>s

    5easons Jury #a/e (or not 3elie/in# child witnesses" )ilms o(

    interro#ation appeared to Jury to show children 3ein#coached or coaBed into sayin# what the in/esti#ators wantedto hear ome children had lapses o( memory whiletesti(yin#

    5esult o( (irst trial" 0e(endant Pe##y -c-artin 'uc>ey?

    acKuitted on all char#es G1HHIF 0e(endant 5ay 'uc>ey?acKuitted on %H char#es G7&%IF Jury deadloc>ed on 1$

    char#es G2%6I

    Num3er o( de(endants then remainin# still le#ally accused out

    o( approBimately 1HH ori#inally accused 3y rumor" One? orapproBimately 1 G5ay 'uc>eyI

    Percenta#e o( all accused teachers not 3rou#ht to court (or

    lac> o( e/idence or not 3elie/ed #uilty 3y Jury" ..

    And then there was one

    0isposition o( remainin# 1$ char#es a#ainst 'uc>ey" &

    dropped 3y 0A 5einer G$9%IF 9 3rou#ht into court in5ay 'uc>ey;s second trial G626 o( remainin# char#es? or$9 o( all ori#inal char#es a#ainst him? or HHH$9 o( allchar#es a#ainst all teachersI

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    -edical eBaminers who testi(ied to (indin# physical e/idence

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    o( molestation in alle#ed /ictims" 1 G2& o( all medicaleBaminers testi(yin#I

    -edical eBaminers who testi(ied to (indin# no physical e/i*

    dence o( molestation" $ G7& o( all medical eBaminers testi*(yin#I

    Last o((icial act o( second Jury 3e(ore declarin# deadloc>" 5e*

    readin# all medical testimony

    Time the Jury deli3erated in second trial 3e(ore reachin#

    deadloc>" 1& days

    5easons #i/en 3y Jury (or not 3elie/in# child witnesses"

    )ilms con/inced them children had 3een coaBed or coachedinto ma>in# char#es One child repudiated (ormer char#eswhile on witness stand and announced she could notremem3er what happened

    5esult o( 'uc>ey;s second trial" -istrial declared

    Poll o( Jurors on the 9 remainin# char#es a3out which they

    deadloc>ed"

    E -aJority wanted acKuittal on 6 char#es? 3ut could notcon/ince minority

    E 8/en split on 7th char#eF maJority wanted con/iction onthe one remainin# char#e o( the ori#inal 2H9 char#esa#ainst him GH%7? somewhat less than one*hal( o( 1I?3ut could not con/ince minority that 'uc>ey was #uilty:3eyond a reasona3le dou3t:

    And then there were none

    5esult (or 5ay 'uc>ey" e has? due to hi#h 3ail? ser/ed more

    time in prison G(i/e yearsI than any3ody actually con/ictedo( child molestation in Cali(ornia in this #eneration? al*thou#h he has not 3een con/icted o( any crime

    5esult (or Pe##y 'uc>ey? mother o( 5ay" althou#h e/entually

    acKuitted o( all char#es? she ser/ed two years in prisonawaitin# trial

    5esults (or others"

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    E One o( the ori#inal suspects died o( a deli3erate or acci*dental dru# o/erdose

    E One accuser died o( alcoholism

    E One de(ense in/esti#ator committed suicide

    Alle#ed hope Gaccordin# to political punditsI o( 0istrict

    Attorney ,ra 5einer in (i#htin# this :incredi3ly wea>: andincreasin#ly diminishin# case (or so lon#? with less and lesschar#es G(rom 2H9 to &$ to 9I a#ainst (ewer and (ewer

    de(endants G(rom nearly 1HH to se/en to two to one lonemanI" -r 5einer hoped to 3ecome tate Attorney !eneral

    5esult o( -r 5einer;s alle#ed hope" e did not win the nom*

    ination (or Attorney !eneral e has declined to 3rin# 5ay'uc>ey to trial a third time

    Cost to the taBpayers"

    E Accordin# to Los An#leles Times? more than1%?HHH?HHH (or the trials

    E Cost o( >eepin# 5ay 'uc>ey in prison (i/e years? andPe##y 'uc>ey in prison two years" not >nown to thisauthor

    The eKuel

    One hour a(ter the Jud#e declared a mistrial in the second

    'uc>ey case? the 5adical )eminist tal>*show host Carolemin#way Gey? ortheir char#es a#ainst the se/en ori#inal de(endants? or theirchar#es a#ainst /irtually all -anhattan 'each teachersdurin# the ori#inal 1.9$ panic

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    -o/ie that opened in -anhattan 'each the day o( declared

    mistrial o( 5ay 'uc>ey" Presumed ,nnocent? starrin#

    arrison )ordource o( title o( said mo/ie" An ancient An#lo*aBon le#al

    principle un>nown to -s emin#way and most inha3itants

    o( -anhattan 'each

    , ha/en;t committed a crime What , did was (ail tocomply with law

    E 0a/id 0in>ins? New =or> City -ayor? answerin#accusations that he (ailed to pay his taBes

    tatement o( said ancient An#lo*aBon le#al principle" Anaccused is presumed innocent until pro/en #uilty 3eyond areasona3le dou3t

    Audience reaction to -s emin#way;s eBtra*le#al :trial:"

    A(ter hearin# the case (or the prosecution and not #ettin#con(used Gli>e the Juries in the two trialsI 3y the case (or thede(ense? all callers 3ut one lone heretic a#reed with -semin#way;s :pro*child: /erdict and pronounced 'uc>ey#uilty

    -s emin#way;s response to the one lone heretic who

    claimed the children had 3een manipulated 3y adult hysteria"-s emin#way descri3ed him as :sic>? sic>? sic>@:

    !ra((iti reported on -c-artin Pre*chool"

    6o

    TO!

    5easons adduced 3y local residents (or not accordin# 5ay'uc>ey this traditional presumption o( innocence e/en a(ter2% Jurors? pourin# o/er the e/idence (or 11 wee>s and oneday? (ailed to (ind enou#h e/idence to con/ict him o( any*thin#"

    E :There;s no smo>e without (ire:

    E :,t can;t all ha/e 3een hysteria:

    E :The police ne/er arrest an innocent man:

    E :, 3elie/e the children:

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    1 )ate o( Pe##y? sister o( 5ay 'uc>ey" )ired (rom her Jo3 withOran#e CountyF re#ained it a(ter prolon#ed le#al 3attle

    1 )ate o( Pe##y? mother o( 5ay 'uc>ey" ued the tate (ormalicious prosecution? on #rounds that o((icials >new ori#i*nal complainin# witness"

    E GaI su((ered mental illness? and

    E G3I had (iled (alse crime reports 3e(ore

    5esults o( this suit" ud#e ruled a#ainst -rs 'uc>eyF caseunder appeal

    )ate o( (i/e others arrested 3ut ne/er 3rou#ht to trial"

    E All lost their Jo3s and reputations

    E All ha/e (iled suit a#ainst the tate? char#in# maliciousprosecution

    E All ha/e lost in ori#inal trials

    E All cases under appeal

    5eaction o( one GunaccusedI teacher who called -ichael

    ac>son tal> show Gey was alle#ed to ha/e per(ormedmolestations while two or more (emale teachers were pre*sent and assistin# in said molestations

    ummary (or those con(used 3y eBcess detail"

    E =ears spent 3y the tate tryin# to con/ict at least some

    teachers o( some crime" 7

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    E -oney spent in this endea/or" 'etween 1% million and2H million

    E Teachers actually con/icted" None GHHI

    Location o( the do#*sodomi+in# -arine"

    E Ne/er seen 3y anyone 3ut the paranoid schi+ophrenicwho started all this

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    E Ne/er (ound 3y police

    E Ne/er heard o( a#ain

    0isposition o( alle#edly sodomi+ed do#" 4n>nown

    Qources" anta -onica Outloo>? 2. uly and 7 Au#ust? 1..HF

    Los An#eles Times? 29 and 2. uly 1..HF

    Carol emin#way how?

    -ichael ac>son1 how? es that their mothers want to dump a(ter (irst hittin#them hard in the di/orce courtIOdd? wouldn;t you say

    ,( you ordered a 3oBcar (ull o( sons*o(*3itches? and ,showed up? you could consider the order (illed

    E 5o3ert -itchum

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    ,n atanic Panic GOpen Court? Chica#o? 1..$I? sociolo#iste((rey ictor o( amestown Community Colle#e has recorded 62:rumor panics: similar to the -c-artin case in the past decade-any ha/e in/ol/ed the )',;s 'eha/ioral cience 4nit? which hasrepeatedly du# and du# and du# in the alle#ed sites o( the :mass#ra/es: o( these atanic #roups and (ound not one s>eleton

    Not e/en a shin*3one

    Not e/en the intercostal cla/ical that !ary !rant pursued so(rantically all throu#h 'rin#in# 4p 'a3y

    o( real e/idence has led to some re*eBaminationo( the new witch*hunt The )alse -emory yndrome )oundation?with o/er $?7HH mem3ers? 3oth psycholo#ists and laypersons? has#otten pu3licity in most o( the media? producin# many cases wherethe accuser later recanted The )-) has also produced reams o(e/idence (rom clinical tests showin# that people under hypnosiswill :remem3er: anythin# the hypnotist wants them to remem3er

    The New =or>er (or -ay 17 and -ay 2%? 1..$? presented? indetail? the case o( an accused atanic child molester who? underpersistent Kuestionin#? #radually admitted he :remem3ered: all the

    atrocities alle#ed a#ainst him? includin# de(ecatin# on his dau#htera(ter rapin# her Then a psycholo#ist demonstrated that this poorwea>*minded #uy would also :remem3er: anythin#? howe/era3surd or impossi3le? that the psycholo#ist in/ented and told himhis accusers had char#ed a#ainst him2 imilar eBposes o( the:persistence o( (alse memory: ha/e recei/ed wide pu3licity in themediaEincludin# Ann Landers; column and the 0onohue show on

    T

    True 'elie/ers? howe/er? still 3elie/e truly - ma#a+inedeclared its )aith in atanic Child A3use cults a decade a#o and no

    5adical )eminist will disa#ree with -? the oly cripture o(their do#ma A -s Linda Napolitano still appears at 4)O con*/entions tellin# how 4)Onauts seBually assaulted her and twoC,A a#ents tried to drown her a(ter she re/ealed the horri3ledetails GApparently? the C,A doesn;t >now how to drownsome3ody? althou#h they ha/e a damned impressi/e record o(assassinatin# hea/ily*#uarded leaders o( unpopular nationsI

    And a chap named 0a/id u##ins #oes around sellin# paint*in#s he has made o( se/eral (emale 4)Onauts who ha/e seBually

    molested him ,( you want to see a /oluptuous Play3oy*li>e /ersiono( the :monsters: in 3ad sci*(i? some o( -r u##ins; paintin#sappear in the -ay 1&? 1..$? issue o( a cynical Journal calledaucer mear GPO 'oB 17H%?

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    ; A mildly retarded (ellow named Whitmore con(essed to a murder in New=or>? 3ac> in the early 1.6Hs? and later e/idence pro/ed him totally innocentthis led to the upreme Court rulin# that a suspect must ha/e an opportunity too3tain le#al counsel 3e(ore the police wor> him o/er? a rule later made morestrin#ent in the more (amous -iranda case ,n 3oth the Whitmore case and thea3o/e :atanism: case? no e/idence o( police 3rutality or torture? etc? e/erappeared Nor did any3ody hypnoti+e these persons ome low*sel(*esteemtypes will e/idently con(ess to anythin# i( the police insist on their #uilt o(ten

    enou#h and loud enou#h ee my Cosmic Tri##er ,, GNew )alcon Pu3licationsI(or an ,rish case in which a whole (amily con(essed to a crime which (orensice/idence pro/ed they had not committed

    wonder(ully witty (ellow named im -oseley? has met u##insand says he thin>s u##ins really 3elie/es his own yarns

    Why not Thousands? or tens o( thousands? o( horny men in the-edie/al A#e 3elie/ed (emale demons had siphoned o(( their seed

    in the ni#ht

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    ome may thin> , re#ard the Constitution as an almost

    sacred teBt Not at all" , admit it has a (ew de(ects and

    3lemishes , Just consider it a hell o( a lot 3etter than the

    system we ha/e now

    The TO! o((icially 3uried the last 3leedin; and ra##ed rem*nants o( the Constitution under 'ushware 2H with somethin#called the 4A PAT5,OT Act? there3y (ul(illin# uey Lon#;s(amous prediction that i( (ascism e/er came to America it wouldcall itsel( Americanism

    O( course? accordin# to the o((icial story? 0u3ya only put theConstitution in a >ind o( cryonic suspension (or (our years and thenwill wa/e a ma#ic wand and re/i/e it

    Any3ody who 3elie/es that resurrection yarn has indeedattained True )aith? and ran>s as a loyal ser( o( Tsarism

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    E 8d all? )ederal 'ureau o( ,n/esti#ation

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    really matter a damn

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    ome readers pro3a3ly thin> , oppose )eminism and 3elie/eO impson was innocent

    uch readers need to study lo#ic and #eneral semantics

    , enthusiastically support most o( )eminism and do not claimto >now enou#h a3out the e/idence to ha/e a stron# opinion a3outO;s innocence or his #uilt To Kuote i?

    , ha/e said what , ha/e saidF

    , ha/e not said what , ha/e not said

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    anta;s Claws

    As Weston le 'arre pointed out a lon# time a#o?

    in his classic !host 0ance" Ori#ins o( 5eli#ion?

    (rom the 3ottom o( outh America up o/er

    North America and o/er the North Pole

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    and down across most o( 8urope and Asia?

    remnants can 3e (ound o( a primordial 3ear*#od

    Nine years a#o? in 'urlin#ton? North Carolina? a #roup o(decent? Christian? hard*wor>in# (ol>s who called themsel/es the

    Truth Ta3ernacle Church? held a trial (eaturin# the well*>nown el(anta Claus? as de(endant

    They char#ed -r Claus? represented in court 3y a stu((eddummy? with all sorts o( hi#h crimes and misdemeanors Theychar#ed him with pa#anism They char#ed him with perJury G(orclaimin# to 3e aint NicholasI They e/en char#ed him withencoura#in# child 3atterin# 3y appearin# in whis>ey ads Worseyet? they (ound him #uilty on all counts? (or 3asically 3ein# a Jollyold el(Eie? a pa#an #od tryin# to steal Christmas (rom Christ

    ,t wasn;t the (irst time -r Claus #ot the 3oot (rom a Christiancon#re#ation Pope ohn ,,, threw the suspiciously merry oldtroll out o( the oly 5oman Catholic and Apostolic church 3ac> inthe late 1.6H;s The eho/ah;s Witnesses ha/e always denouncedanta (or his unsa/ory pa#an past GThey also reco#ni+ed Christ*mas trees as phallic sym3ols e/en 3e(ore )reudI -any )unda*mentalists 3elie/e that all pa#an #ods are 3asically one (alse #odEthe same demon in di((erent dis#uisesEand they thin> the dis#uiseis thin in the case o( this particular el( ,t only ta>es a minor letterswitch? they point out? to re/eal anta Claus as ATAN Claus

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    , sort o( thin> the )undies ha/e it ri#ht (or once anta not onlyhas an unsa/ory pa#an ancestry 3ut a rather criminal (amily historyall around Let me ,llumini+e you

    As Weston le 'arre pointed out a lon# time a#o? in his classic!host 0ance" Ori#ins o( 5eli#ion? (rom the 3ottom o( outh

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    America up o/er North America and o/er the North Pole and downacross most o( 8urope and Asia remnants can 3e (ound o( aprimordial 3ear*#od =ou can (ind this deity in ca/e paintin#s (romsouthern )rance car3on*dated at $H?HHH 'C =ou can (ind him andher G(or this #od is 3iseBualI dis#uised in Artemis and Arduina anded /ia canny detecti/e wor> 3y (ol>loristsGand etymolo#istsEwho (irst spotted the 3ear*#od when theyidenti(ied the ,ndo*8uropean root ard? 3earI =ou can trac> the

    3ear*#od in dwindlin# (orms in a hundred (airy tales (rom all o/er8urope and Asia And you can (ind the rituals o( this still*li/in##od amon# the sur/i/in# indi#enous tri3es o( 3oth Americancontinents

    ,;m not #oin# to ha/e some reporters pawin# throu#hour papers We are the president

    E illary 5odham Clinton commentin# onthe release o( su3poenaed documents

    And anta? li>e Peter Pan and the !reen -an o( the sprin#(esti/als and the Court ester and Gin an odd wayI Chaplin;s3elo/ed Little TrampEall? all ha/e traits o( the #od that wal>s li>ea man and acts nasty sometimes and clownish sometimes and whowas ritually >illed and eaten 3y most o( our ancestors in the toneA#e? who then 3ecame one with their #od and thus also 3ecame Gi(the ritual wor>edI as 3ra/e as their #od ee ir ames )ra+er;s!olden 'ou#h (or #ory details

    The Thin# That Ate The Constitution

    And , swear the same !od*'ear tromps and sham3les throu#he/ery pa#e o( oyce;s masterpiece o( psycho*archeolo#y?)inne#ans Wa>eF and i( you don;t 3elie/e me? consult Adaline!lasheen;s Third Census to :)inne#ans Wa>e :

    -ost (ol>lorists reco#ni+e :the canni3al in the woods: as ahumani+ed relict o( the 3ear*#od The heroine? in 1H1 tales? meetshim while on a mission o( mercy e #enerally sets the heroine tosol/e three riddles? and when she succeeds? instead o( eatin# her he3ecomes her ally and helps her reach her #oal One /ariation on

    that 3ecame The ilence o( the Lam3s Another 3ecame Little 5ed5idin# ood

    What anni3al Lecter another o( anta;s uncouth (amily

    =es? indeedy

    ,n some rustic parts o( 8urope and pro3a3ly in ah or Puc> are all o( somewhat ursine ancestry? althou#h otheranimal*#ods #ot miBed in sometimesI

    As Cra+y Old 4ncle 8+ra wrote in Canto 11$"

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    The #ods ha/e not returned :They ha/e ne/er le(t us:

    un# mi#ht state the case thusly" #ods? as archetypes o( the#enetic human under*soul Gor :collecti/e unconscious:I? cannot 3e>illed or 3anishedF they always return with a new mas> 3ut thesame sym3olic meanin#

    5elated eBample" youn# ladies in ancient !reece were o(ten

    seduced or raped 3y satyrsF in the Ara3 lands? we note a similarout3rea> o( randy dJinniF in ,ndia? it was de/as ,n the Christian0ar> A#es? it 3e#an happenin# to youn# men? too? especially tomon>s They called the lasci/ious critter an incu3us Now it;shappenin# all around us? and the molesters come (rom Outerpace The seB*demon? li>e the !reat -other and the hadow and

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    our ursine hero? and the three 3rothers huntin# the dra#onGreco#ni+e them in aws spot them doin# their Three too#es#i#I" these archetypal (orces always come 3ac> under new namesir Walter cott called them :the crew that ne/er rests:

    And the 3ear*#od seems wa>e(ul lately e has appearedprominently in (our recent mo/ies GClan o( the Ca/e 'ear? Le#endso( the )all? The 8d#e? The 'earI and snuc> into -odern Lit 1H1not only /ia oyce 3ut also /ia )aul>ner;s #reat para3le? :The'ear: e also pops up to deli/er the punch*line in Norman-ailer;s Why Are We in ietnam

    We will see more o( him? methin>s

    -eanwhile? anta? the esterMClownM)ertility !od aspect o()ather 'ear? is doin# Kuite well also despite #ettin# the 3um;s rush3y some #rim? upti#ht Christers e has Kuite success(ully stolenmas (rom and 3rin#s pa#an lust and pa#an cheer to most o( us?e/ery year? Just when we need it most? in the dead o( winter is

    3eamin# (ace appears e/erywhere and i( we ha/e a minor culturalwar #oin# on 3etween those who wish to in/o>e him /ia alcoholand those who pre(er their in/ocations per canna3is? we all sharethe pa#an 3elie(? at least (or part o( a wee>? that the 3est way tomar> the solstice and the year;s dyin# ashes is to (orm a lo/in#circle and all #et 3om3ed to#ether

    As a pa#an mysel(? , wouldn;t ha/e it any other way

    TO4!T TO PON085

    , don;t >now i( !od eBists? 3ut it would 3e 3etter (or isreputation i( e didn;t

    E ules 5enard

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    )ollowin# the path o( least resistance is what ma>esri/ers and men croo>ed

    E Anonymous

    '8L,N0A" Ay? 3ut you >now we must return #ood (ore/il

    LA0= '54T8" That may 3e a mista>e in the transla*tion

    E ir ohn an3ru#h? The Pro/o>ed Wi(e

    Thin> -ALL and yo ro3 a #as

    TAT,ON

    Thin# ',! and yo Presi08NT o( the

    NAT,ON

    E Tan#erine 0ream

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    WA5 ON O-8 054!

    , su##est a simple neurosemantic eBperiment 8/ery time youhear the eBpression :the war opMdru#s?: chan#e it mentally to :thewar on some dru#s: A(ter all? the only ones who seem :at war:

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    with all dru#s are the Christian cientists and they (i#ht non*/iolently G/ia 3oycottI

    At the same time call up to mind all the 0ru# tores and'arsMaloons in your town or nei#h3orhood and all the ci#aretteshel/es in your (riendly supermar>et and remem3er that the #o/*ernment has started no war a#ainst them When you understandthat we ha/e no :war on dru#s: 3ut only a :war on some dru#s?:

    consult the passa#es on dou3le*thin> and duc>*spea> in Orwell;s1.9% (or (urther neurolin#uistic illumination

    The Piss Police

    And the 'east said?

    :'y their pee shall ye Jud#e them?

    And 3y your pee shall ye 3e Jud#ed?

    And all shall 3e Jud#ed 3y their pee?

    And in the snow shall their names 3e written:

    E A3dul Alha+red? The TO!onomicon

    Poison (rom the >y

    The TO! sometimes tries to Justi(y prohi3ition 3y comparin#ta3u dru#s to poison and su##estin# that they are attemptin# to

    >eep :poison: out o( communities Actually? the dru# war itsel( isspreadin# real poison into some places where people li/e

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    The New =or> Times recently reported on the en/iron*mental de/astation caused 3y pesticide alle#edly used toeradicate ille#al dru# crops in Colom3ia While cropsprayin# is o(ten touted as a method to stop dru#s? thedestruction caused to humans and other animals iscatastrophic

    An American em3assy o((icial claimed? :'ein#sprayed on certainly does not ma>e people sic>?: 3ut hedid not o((er to drin> a #lass o( malathion to pro/e his)aith

    Qource" 0ru#ense )OC4 Alert X171 -ay $? 2HHHR

    )or )elons Only

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    Washin#ton politicians always end e/ery discussion3yspreadin# her3icides that may ruin a#ricultural lands (oryears

    E Carlos 'all? pu3lisher

    NOT,N! TO )8A5

    , ha/e lost se/eral (riends and collea#ues in the last couple o(years GLeary and 'urrou#hs are only the most (amous onesI? and ithas (inally really dawned on me that , don;t Just Kuali(y as :#ettin#older:F , Kuali(y as old? period Now another (riend has cancer? andyet another has had a series o( massi/e stro>es? and two more Justdied in a month

    ,;m #lad , ha/e a lot o( youn# (riends? 3ecause the old ones areall lea/in# me

    'urrou#hs wrote a lot a3out preparin# (or the 'i# leep 3y#ettin# out o( your 3ody while still ali/e? /ia Ti3etan and 8#yptianmethods Leary also tried those methods Gaided 3y a Lilly isolationtan>I and may or may not ha/e had his head preser/ed cryonically?dependin# on whose story you 3elie/e , don;t re#ard either o(these ideas as preposterous or silly" since , >now nothin# (or sure?nothin# seems really unthin>a3le

    0eath ma>es me reali+e how deeply , ha/e internali+ed thea#nosticism , preach in all my 3oo>s , consider do#matic 3elie(and do#matic denial /ery childish (orms o( conceit in a world o(

    in(initely whirlin# compleBity None o( us can see enou#h (romone corner o( space*time to >now :all: a3out the rest o( space*time

    8/ery day seems (ull o( wonderments to me" 0eath will pro3*a3ly come to me as the #reatest wonderment o( all

    As some 5oman wrote?

    Nothin# to clutch in li(e?Nothin# to (ear in death

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    , #lanced into alt(emina+is today and (ound a li/ely de3ate

    a3out whether the 5adical )eminist claim that :all men are poten*liiil rapists: leads to the conclusion :esus was a potential rapist:,ll does ee Aristotle;s Lo#ic? part one? or 'oole;s Laws o(

    Thou#ht ,( all m are pr? and J is an m? than J is prF ie? i( all menare potential rapists and esus was a man? then esus was a poten*

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    linl rapistI

    , thin> this issue arouses so much (ury 3ecause people are notaware that #roup*hate has ne/er really 3ecome un(ashiona3le Onlythe tar#et #roups e/er chan#e Thus? the e to add to thecon(usion with a note a3out 'loom;s :ewishness:

    :,s: Leopold 'loom a ew

    Not accordin# to OrthodoB 5a33inical law? which de(ines aew as the child o( a ewish mother 'loom? as the child o( aProtestant mother? :is not: a ew

    Accordin# to Na+i law? howe/er? a ew :is: a person with a>nown ewish ancestor 'loom? as the son o( 5udolph 'loomG3orn 5udolph ira#I? :is: a ew

    ee how easily a person can :3e: and :not 3e: a ew at thesame time

    On the third hand? most humanists de(ine a ew as one who3elie/es in and practices the udaic reli#ion 'y this de(inition'loom who neither 3elie/es in nor practices any reli#ion :is not: a

    ew 'ut -arilyn -onroe? who practiced and pro3a3ly tried to3elie/e in udaism while married to Arthur -iller? :was: a ew 3ythat de(initionE(or those (ew years? i( not 3e(ore or a(ter

    8Btensionally or phenomenolo#ically? a ew :is: some3odyconsidered ewish 3y all or most o( the people he meets 'y thisstandard the multi*ordinal 'loom :is: a ew a#ain

    Once more" ,n terms o( pure eBistentialism a ew :is: some

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    3ody who chooses to consider themsel/es ewish 'loomo3/iously doesn;t consider himsel( ewish? 3ut ,rishEmost o( thetime Only when under /er3al assault 3y the anti*semitic Citi+en in'arney s wildEcan only pra#matically reply? :Well? hisuncle then:

    'ut recallin# the incident later? 'loom says :And he called mea ew? which as a matter o( (act ,;m not: ere he returns to hiscustomary :3elie/er in udaic reli#ion: de(inition

    , suppose oyce made 'loom such a tan#led #enetic and cul*tural miBture to eBpose the a3surdities o( anti*emitismF 3ut , alsosuspect that he wanted to undermine that neurolin#uistic ha3itwhich postmodernists call :essentialism: and which iclaimed in/ades our 3rains and causes hallucinations or delusionse/ery time we use the word :is:

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    TO4!T TO PON085 A!A,N

    The means o( de(ense a#ainst (orei#n dan#er historicallyha/e 3ecome the instruments o( tyranny at home

    E ames -adison

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    !ood intentions will always 3e pleaded (or any assump*tion o( power The Constitution was made to #uard thepeople a#ainst the dan#ers o( #ood intentions There aremen in all a#es who mean to #o/ern well? 3ut they meanto #o/ern They promise to 3e #ood masters? 3ut theymean to 3e masters

    E 0aniel We3ster

    Whene/er , watch T and see those poor star/in# >idsall o/er the world? , can;t help 3ut cry , mean? ,;d lo/eto 3e s>inny li>e that 3ut not with all those (lies anddeath and stu((

    E -ariah Carey

    e and my lawschool diploma is a whoopee cushion

    E :Zoe Clemens:? LA Law

    :'eatin# Them with 5ods:

    Accordin# to 'ill Clinton;s position on medical mariJuana?only the )ederal !o/ernment has the ri#ht to decide how muchpain we must endure in illness or dyin#

    We do not ha/e that ri#ht? nor do our (amilies or doctors? norour (amilies and our doctors and oursel/es in consultation The

    Tsar decides and we must sla/ishly su3mit? acceptin# as much painas The TO! ordains

    Can any3ody thin> o( more diamond*clear eBample o( the 3asic)ascist philosophy? or a more total lo#ical contradiction o( the 4Constitution Loo> 3ac> at the Kuote (rom ico with which weopened this oratorio" it may seem less :paranoid: now

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    , pee>ed at the !OP con/ention a (ew times and concludedthat we still li/e in the neurolin#uistic 0ar> A#es

    Let me enlar#e on that perhaps #nomic remar> , distin#uish3etween in(ormationEall that humans can chec> 3y eBperienceEas distinct (rom noiseEthose :thin#s: Gor non*thin#s? or nothin#sI

    that they can only ma>e noises or chatter a3out

    8Bamples" QAR , can say :,( you open that 3oB on the ta3le? youwill (ind eBactly three chocolates inside: !oin# to the 3oB andopenin# it? in the sensory*sensual continuum? will Kuic>ly con(irm

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    or re(ute my statement? 3ecause you will ine/ita3ly (ind Q1R (ewerthan three chocolates? or perhaps none at all? Q2R eBactly threechocolates? or Q$R more than three chocolates 5esults Q1R and Q$Rre(ute my statementF Q2R con(irms it

    'ut Q'R , mi#ht also say :Openin# !od (or similar in/esti#a*tion? you will (ind three persons inside?: as in (act 5omish -a#ic>does say No in/esti#ation o( the sensory*sensual mani(old can

    e/er con(irm or re(ute this cienti(ic philosophers #enerally de*scri3e such statements Ga3out thin#s 3eyond con(ormation orre(utationI as :meanin#less: )ollowin# i? , call them:noise?: and , /enture that we cannot (athom our situation inspace*time i( we ha3itually con(use oursel/es 3y miBin# type QARstatementsEin(ormationEwith type Q'R statementsEnoise Wetnay ne/er achie/e Total Clarity Gshort o( in(inityI 3ut we should atleast ha/e the a3ility to distin#uish 3etween what humans caneBperience and what they can only 3lather a3out

    0istin#uishin# 3etween these two types o( statements seemsnecessary (or sanity and sur/i/al? 3ecause all (orms o( illusion?delusion? mo3 hysteria? hallucination? etcF do#ma? 3i#otry?:madness?: intolerance? etcF :idealism?: ideolo#y? idiocy? o3ses*sion? etc depend upon con(usin# them The people who released

    9.

    #o SSSSSSSSSSTO!

    poison #as in the To>yo su3ways? the Na+is? the -arBists? nut*cultsli>e O3Jecti/ism? C,COP? cientolo#y? etc represent some o( thehorrors and curses unleashed 3y miBin# Class QAR statements withClass Q'R statements

    , don;t eBpect any 3etter o( the 0emocrats when their con/en*tion rolls around Politics? li>e theolo#y? consists o( much noiseand NO in(ormation

    )orce and )ire

    !o/ernment is not reason? it is not eloKuence? it is (orceFli>e (ire? a trou3lesome ser/ant and a (ear(ul masterNe/er (or a moment should it 3e le(t to irresponsi3leaction

    E !eor#e Washin#ton

    the price isworth it:

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    Qource" 6H -inutes? &M12M.6R

    Postscript" Clinton >illed another hal( million 3e(ore he le(to((ice The 5epu3licans ea#erly co*operated? 3ut later recoiled inmoral outra#e when they learned 'ill also had 3lowJo3s durin#wor>in# hours

    =ou should WO5< durin# wor>in# hours

    L=,N! 'ATA50 58858 ,-8L) A!A,N

    There is no dru# >nown to man which 3ecomes sa(erwhen its production and distri3ution are handed o/er tocriminals

    E Nic> 0a/ies

    =ou >now? it;s a (unny thin#? e/ery one o( the 3astardsthat are out (or le#ali+in# mariJuana is ewish What theChrist is the matter with the ews? 'o3 What is the mat*ter with them , suppose it is 3ecause most o( them arepsychiatrists

    E 5ichard - NiBonQource" http"MMwwwwashin#tonpostcomR

    C40A=? Cali( -ay 11? 2HHHEice President 'ore today3ac>ed away (rom his earlier support o( medical mariJuana? sayin#he sees :no relia3le e/idence: that it is an e((ecti/e pain relie/er

    0urin# a candidate (orum in New ampshire last 0ecem3er?'ore said that :where you ha/e su((icient controls? , thin> thatdoctors ou#ht to ha/e that option:

    'ut today? when as>ed 3y a student where he stood on a med*ical treatment that is le#al in this state? 'ore too> a stron#er stancea#ainst use o( the dru#

    :5i#ht now? the science does not show me? or the eBpertswhose Jud#ment , trust? that it is the proper medication (or pain and

    that there are not 3etter alternati/es a/aila3le in e/ery situation?:he said in his usual toneless ro3ot /oice

    'ore;s position on the issue has shi(ted se/eral times and insome respects resem3les the /ariety o( comments he has made onthe 8lian !on+ale+ case

    And that ain;t the ;ar( o( it? dearie

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    WA-P= 8N0 O) T8 !8N8 POOL

    To enter li(e 3y way o( the /a#ina is as #ood a way asany

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    E enry -iller G19.1*1.9HI

    )rom a 0arwinian perspecti/e?