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Posted by $ SpiritWoman 4 weeks ago to History
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I don't know how many of you use Internet Archive, but it is a treasure house of primary sources, that I can't access anywhere else. The books are actually filmed as is, so I know there has been no redacting or editing.

Many books from the past, the far distant past can be obtained there; my favorite is the chronicles written by Gomez Eanes DeZurara or D'Azurara, who chronicled the feats of Dom Henrique, brother to the Portuguese King John I, called The Navigator, who started the whole thing off. Prince Henry as you know, wanting to trade with the Far East without having to deal with either the Ottomans or Venice, urged his captains to find a way around Cape Bojador on the west coast of Africa, to 'see what the strength of Islam was'. His captain Gil Eannes was the first to do so. The cape, for reasons of wind or current or whatever, was considered dangerous to navigate. Prince Henry used exploration, and not conflict to attain trade routes.

At any rate, and getting to the point, I received this email from Internet Archive this morning, containing the following:

"On Tuesday, October 8th, the Internet Archive began experiencing a multi-approach cyberattack across several fronts, which interrupted access to our digital library.

"An attack on our resources is not just an attack on the Internet Archive but a blow to millions of digital learners worldwide who depend on our services."

If banning has become unpopular, the next trick would be to sabotage the book archives. Do you think this was the goal?


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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 3 weeks, 6 days ago
    Hard to believe it was just a random act of destruction.
    It's well known that Truth and Real History is the enemy of the Global Delete.

    They "Can't Handle the Truth"
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    • Posted by $ 3 weeks, 6 days ago
      I think you're right that it couldn't be random. I'm not anywhere close to being a conspiracy theorist, and after I wrote that I thought I must be wrong. But someone is trying to fool with, to shut down free speech basically, and there's no way to get around that fact. Something's going on. I wonder if they can run-down the hackers. Cyber attacks and global deletes. A great combination for the destruction of freedom.
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  • Posted by tutor-turtle 3 weeks, 6 days ago
    Control of the Media = Control of the masses.
    If we nothing else from the Third Reich, This was it.
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    • Posted by $ 3 weeks, 6 days ago
      Who is in control of the media? And who controls Hollywood?

      Ever hear of social cognitive theory?
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      • Posted by tutor-turtle 3 weeks, 6 days ago
        30 some-odd years ago there were 100's of separate media companies, today there are three mega companies and three smaller.
        https://cbi-blog.s3.amazonaws.com/blo...
        When so much power is in so few hands, it takes no stretch of the imagination to see how easily this power is being misused.
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        • Posted by $ 3 weeks, 6 days ago
          And Jewish, the Jewish Left and/or Liberals are grossly overrepresented. Especially Hollywood.
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          • Posted by tutor-turtle 3 weeks, 6 days ago
            The Jewish Left / Hollywierdos are but tools of the puppet masters: The Agency.
            They are no more the source of the lies than the gullible carp who swallow the bait.
            The real question is who controls The Agency(s)?
            The Illuminati/Deep Swamp/CFR... take your pick.
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            • Posted by $ 3 weeks, 6 days ago
              Did you ever hear of the Frankfort School? Developed among some of the progeny of wealthy German-Jewish businessmen in the early 20th century, and was based on a Marxism that like all Marxist thought is more fantasy than real.

              They came to the U.S. in 1934, for obvious reasons and have been safely ensconced at Columbia University since then.
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            • Posted by $ 3 weeks, 6 days ago
              The manner in which the Jewish Left and other Leftists have used the naivete and gullibility of black communities, and blacks like Obamma, has put them right in the...I can't think of the word.

              CROSS-HAIRS! Put them right in the cross hairs.
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            • Posted by $ 3 weeks, 6 days ago
              Great question. The Illuminati, like references to Freemasons, are simply a catch-all for global conspiracists.

              I have been calling this organization, for years now, as 'the vile entanglement of Leftism and Global Deep State". We are refining it to "the vile entanglement of Leftism, especially the Jewish Left, and wealthy Jewish financiers, (like Black Rock, etc.)"
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              • Posted by tutor-turtle 3 weeks, 5 days ago
                Being a 32ยบ Mason (Scottish & York Rite), I've heard an earful of lies and innuendos.
                But like many (if not all) organizations, us little people have no idea what goes on in the upper echelons of The Fraternity.
                As the old saying goes: "Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely"
                If you do your due diligence in researching the Illuminati, it's nothing to joke about.
                They were a power to be feared, they controlled almost the entire global trade, they set interest rates, made or broke kingdoms, made and ended all wars. They held absolute power.
                George Washington (yeah, that George) quit Masonry in protest over it.
                Allegedly they were disbanded.
                Most Masonic Scholars believe they simply went underground.
                They were comprised of the most powerful men (read: bankers) of the day.
                When you have a most effective tool, you don't simply toss it aside because the uninitiated fear it.
                You find a way to employ it away from prying eyes.
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                • Posted by $ 3 weeks, 5 days ago
                  My best friend was in Eastern Star. No way could she be considered a controller of world affairs.

                  The present Pope is decidedly Marxist. That might account for Roman Catholic conspiracy theories. Leibniz searched for the notebooks of Descartes; it was thought he was a member of the Rosicrucian's Society.
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                  • Posted by tutor-turtle 3 weeks, 5 days ago
                    Query: Have you ever watched "Dark Journalist" on Tube?
                    He is a strange cat, but a really interesting one. I suspect he is an MIT alum. He knows way too much about the Insitute, it's layout and staff to be a casual observer.
                    Basically his mission is to delve into those dark and forbidden topics milquetoast journalists wouldn't touch with a ten-foot-pole.
                    Things like the mystery schools, COG, CBDCs, Edger Cayce (the sleeping prophet), Atlantis, UFOs, ancient technology, exotic energy, false flag events, government cover-ups... all manner of dark subjects.
                    This guy does his research like a doctoral student. Everything is cited and typically backed-up with photographic evidence. It's quite addictive once you start watching him.
                    Has some great interviews : (The late) Jim Marrs, Prof Peter Dale Scott, Joseph P. Farrell, Catherine Austin Fitts... all experts in their respective fields.
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                    • Posted by $ 3 weeks, 5 days ago
                      I'm not really into weird stuff like that, though I have read about Edgar Cayce. Another one I've read is Jane Roberts' Seth. Those interest me, but I have not come to any conclusion one way or another.

                      Shirley McClain is truly 'out on a limb' though, as far as I can tell.
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                      • Posted by tutor-turtle 3 weeks, 5 days ago
                        ;-)
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                        • Posted by $ 3 weeks, 5 days ago
                          Can you explain that? I have no idea...
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                          • Posted by tutor-turtle 3 weeks, 5 days ago
                            I laugh.
                            You're one of those people who shy away from the outrageous.
                            Not a judgment call on you, by any means.
                            I tend to take in manner of ideas, no matter how outrageous, without bias, then make my own determination.
                            As Sherlock Holmes once said "Once you have eliminated all that is impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer"
                            There are times when you have to look to the outrageous, to solve the apparent unexplainable.
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                            • Posted by $ 3 weeks, 5 days ago
                              Yes, I prefer there to be something of rationality or reason in a phenomenon, before I waste my time and energy. Life is full of realities; searching strangeness that isn't real at all is meaningless.

                              I'm taking it as a complement.

                              Are you sure that's a Sherlock Holmes quote? Seems like I've heard it before, in reference to my studies in the history of math and science.
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                              • Posted by tutor-turtle 3 weeks, 5 days ago
                                I've heard it attributed to Watson.
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                                • Posted by $ 3 weeks, 5 days ago
                                  Sounds right. Basically he's saying the improbable is more likely to be the cause than the impossible.

                                  The question is, how do you determine the impossible from the improbable? And that gets me right back to the history of science and math.

                                  Most of the 'science' that was done throughout Europe from Aquinas to Maxwell was done in order to distinguish what they referred to as 'natural magic' from 'supernatural magic'. Pascal inflated a bladder to show that the old adage "Nature abhors a vacuum" had a natural cause.

                                  Can you imagine how magical the world seemed to those civilizations prior to the ancient Greeks? And still seems in most Sub-Saharan African cultures?
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  • Posted by NealS 3 weeks, 6 days ago
    When will it end? Maybe under new management the US Government can give us an ad free, flashing lights free, wiggly thingy free, internet for our safe and personal use. Hmmm, maybe it's something Elon Musk might think about.
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