It's Because of Stuff Like This People Won't Take Serious "conspiracy" Research Seriously

I came across Scifake during my paranormal phase a couple years ago. It was designed mostly to make fun of Ghost Hunters. Now it has other authors and has branched out into all kinds of territories, few of which it belongs in.

Sandy Hook Was Faked By Gun Control Advocates. Right.

Come on, Scifake, unless you're trying to be "The Onion" of paranormal and conspiracy sites, you have to do a little more research than watching a YouTube video and judging the behavior of one person from your position of total dis-involvement in the situation.

I know people who know people who were affected by this. It's not entirely conclusive, but it's more verification of events than Scifake's writer did.

If you're going to go with "it was staged", at tie it into MKULTRA. 

The Joys of Depleted Uranium

I've been listening to "conspiracy" stuff for a long time; well over a decade. I'm familiar with a lot of the big named conspiracies, theories, facts, and strange stuff.

One subject that keeps coming in on conspiracy circles is the subject of Depleted Uranium (DU).

I was a MK 15 Phalanx CIWS (Close In Weapon System) technician in the United States Navy from 1992 to 1998.

We used 20mm DU rounds in the CIWS. Before I left the U.S.S. Oldendorf (DD-972) in 1998, we had tungsten rounds aboard, but needed to discharge the DU before we could use them.

DU is used because it is very dense and hard. CIWS was designed to shoot down inbound anti-ship missiles. Obviously, a missile has no passenger. You want to take it out before it hits the ship. I cannot comment on the use of DU in applications involving live soldiers, sailors, Marines, or civilians because I dealt only with DU in the context of an anti-ship missile system.

Videos like this one mention DU applied in environments where people can be casualties:



I'm not entirely sure what to say to that.

I've heard "conspiracy" people talk about troops who have to handle DU. I did, for about 4 years. I typically used the appropriate safety precautions (gloves, eye protection, flak jacket, helmet, etc). I appear to have no adverse effects of handling DU ammunition. And tens of thousands of 20mm DU rounds have gone through my hands.

I will admit to having lived through some youth poor judgment in relation to DU. When I first reported onboard the U.S.S. White Plains (AFS-4) in 1994 as a 20 year old FC3, the other guys in the shop had a keychain for the firing key made out of a DU round. They'd gotten a machinist to drill a hole in the end of a DU round (don't ask me how they got the round out). It was hanging up in the shop. We all touched it. Apparently, DU is such a hard metal, the ship's machinist went through several drill bits drilling the hole.

So Come On...

Muse's song, Uprising, is incredibly motivational.

"They will not force us,
they will stop degrading us,
they will not control us,
we will be victorious!

So come on!"

Cracked: Why "Gangnam Style" Is Actually An Exercise in Mind Control

This is comedy, but falls under weird stuff, which this blog is dedicated to. It's hard writing about weird stuff when I also have criteria that something should be objectively measured or demonstrated. Cracked writer Chris Buckholz explores this topic.

There is apparently a new meme going around about a mindless song accompanied by a music video of people riding imaginary horses. Apparently, when pop culture devotes hear the song, they spontaneously break out into imaginary horse riding-dancing.

Buckholz explores a novel called Snow Crash that also gets into ancient Sumerian culture. This is where I start to lose my area of expertise, so I'll summarize. Apparently, according to Buckholz's summation, ancient Sumerian language consisted of short syllables. It allowed people to be commanded.by the priests.

Buckholz explores (through comedy) the use of technology to command people to do things. He brings up police vehicles with huge "F**k off roof mounted sound systems", which are often used to disperse protesters. Imagine if the police at a G-20 or Bilderberg protest could cause the entire crowd to crap their pants and start imaginary horse dancing.

Somebody should send this to Alex Jones.

I've never heard the song, seen the dance, or seen anybody doing the dance. I'm still trying to heal from "Macerana" and "Achy Breaky Heart" in the 90's.I have an abnormally low tolerance to simple sound catchy pop culture tunes and memes. If enjoying the crap forces me to shut my brain off and repeat the same 2-4 words over and over and over again, forget it.

Ancient Aliens Debunked?

I came across an interesting interview on the Corbett Report the other day. Chris White has produced a documentary debunking the whole ancient aliens thing. I've seen a few of those shows, and while they're interesting, I think they're full of crap.

If you think about it, this is kind of racist. It's saying "Oh, look, those non-white ancient cultures with all these fancy pyramids and stuff. They didn't build that. Aliens did." It's like the President Obama "You didn't build that" speech of history.

^{Image obtained from http://didntbuildthat.com/post/30452962038/obama-let-my-people-go}

The documentary is over 3 hours long. I'll probably watch it over the weekend. It's available here, and on YouTube.

An interesting comment I heard is that Michael Shermer, skeptic, invited Chris White, a Christian, to write an article. It made me wonder if the world was coming to an end.

So "Eyes Wide Shut" Was Real?

The question is mostly rhetorical. My own research into the occult indicates that yes, the kind of orgy depicted in Stanley Kubrick's final film "Eyes Wide Shut" does occur.

And here is a mainstream news source indicating that exact same thing. That's right; The Guardian. It sources an article from the New York Times.

It doesn't mention masks and weird rituals.

Kubrick was certainly an interesting man. Especially considering allegations that he faked the moon landing.

Mark Dice- The Illuminati, Facts and Fiction

Mark Dice is a researcher and media analyst. He's written several books, two of which are on my shelf. I enjoy watching his videos.

I started this blog to write about issues like this. I love this stuff. The thing is, I like information that is objectively verifiable. I enjoy some of the weird esoteric stuff, but I have a hard time writing about it.

If you're interested in the Illuminati (I know, that word has you conditioned to close the browser tab and walk away), check out Mark Dice's book. He looked into all the claims about this subject, read all the source material, and verified what he could and debunked the BS.

Check out today's video from Mark, and if you're interested in the book, please consider buying it from my affiliate link. You'll help me buy more cool books to write about, and maybe help me close the gap with working 200 miles away from my wife and children.

Man, Blogger's YouTube search function absolutely sucks. I can put the exact link I'm looking for into it, and come up with videos that aren't even by the person I'm searching for. I'll have to stop using Blogger's editor when I embed videos.


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War Is A Racket- Maj Gen Smedley Butler

I came across an interesting link this morning. Major General Smedley Buttler wrote a booklet in the 1930's called "War Is A Racket". It's very short (the pdf is 13 pages). It speaks of the obscene profits made by manufacturers and bankers in times of war. He also gives recomendations in how to reduce wars (no, they won't go away, but taking the profits out and limiting voting to those who have to suffer through war can cut out things like the Spanish-American War being fought to increase newspaper subscriptions- look it up).

General Butler was a highly decorated Marine. He served in the Philippines, China, several "Banana Republics", and in World War I.

War Is A Racket.

The Corbett Report | How To Foil Your Own Terror Plot

I did a double take when this podcast started playing. I looked it up on his site and thought I'd share it. This is hilarious. Note: it has some language if that is an issue for you.

The Corbett Report | How To Foil Your Own Terror Plot:

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Mike Adams: The God Within

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, launched a new site called Divinity Now. On the home page of the site is a video called "The God Within". The title triggered a reaction in my brain that made me think of New Age garbage, but I respect Mike Adams so I gave it a shot.

It turned out to be a non- "religious" discussion of the limits of naturalistic science and the intersection of consciousness. I thought it was interesting, and since it fits the scope of my vision for this blog, I'm linking it here:

CNBC Admits We're Slaves to Central Bankers

OK, maybe the network didn't put out a press release stating this, but here's a clip from one of their shows discussing the topic:

ElRon and Aleister Crowley

You can't stumble across blogs like this one without knowing names like L. Ron Hubbard and Aleister Crowley. Something interesting I learned tonight is: they knew each other.

Here's a clip. It's short.

That was interesting.

By the way, for those who enjoy such speculation, there is conjecture that Aleister Crowley, the self-proclaimed "Great Beast", was father to Barbara Bush, and grandfather to George W.

Disclaimer: just because I link something or think it is interesting, doesn't mean I buy it entirely. Examine the evidence and uncover the clues...

If this topic makes you feel the need to blow some steam off, here's South Park with "Trapped in the Closet". You're welcome.

Stanley Kubrick and the Moon Landing

This is an interesting topic. There is quite a bit of speculation that not only were the moon landings faked, but Stanley Kubrick was hired to do the faking. The Shining was supposedly embedded with all kinds of details explaining his time faking the moon landings for those discerning enough to understand.

James Corbett recently produced an excellent version of his podcast, The Corbett Report, dealing with this issue.

Please note that I don't entirely believe this. I doubt James Corbett does either. I just find it interesting. I don't believe everything I find interesting. There's often at least a grain of truth in falsehood though, and looking for it is always fun.

Check out James Corbett's episode linked above and let me know what you think in the comments. I've been coming across this topic a lot lately, and James linked pretty much all the sources I was aware of, and some others I wasn't. All are on his podcast page.

When it comes to the moon landings, my mind always throws back Apollo 13. IF the moon landings were indeed faked, where would Apollo 13 fit in? Why fake that? How would that be faked? I haven't found any attempts to answer that. Not that I've looked very hard.

Glenn Beck Works For Goldline?

I've never paid much attention to Glenn Beck. I never needed to. I've had much better sources of information without the showmanship anyway.

Yesterday I was listening to one of my podcasts when I heard this bit of information. Then it came back at me this morning, along with this Daily Show clip.

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At one point, I believed the "buy gold" mantra. I do no longer. Let's take a quick look at this. For one thing, nowhere in history during an economic collapse can we find an account of people running around with gold. For another, consider this question: what do you actually need the gold for? Chances are, you're hoping to store value in the gold to use when currency collapses.

But at that point, you have to convert the gold back into currency to use to buy things you need. Why not just buy what you need now? When you convert gold back into currency, you might trigger taxes. If you just go out and buy a year or two worth of food and other items you may need in a collapse, you pay only sales tax.

Kissinger, Cheney, and Rumsfeld Neutered the Professoriate

I was going through some old posts I'd starred in Google Reader, and came across this from four years ago. I vaguely remember reading it. Which is good, because I don't remember having subscribed to that blog.

As the story goes, the author, R.R. Reno, has a friend who must remain unnamed who knows some "conservative power brokers" in D.C. This friend related a story to the author about how some Nixon era "conservative" leaders managed to neutralize the "liberal" educational establishment.

As interesting as I find the concept (I love conspiracy accounts), in order to accept it on anything more than apparent circumstantial anecdotes, I need more than an author relaying a third party account from an unnamed source who in turn is relaying a third party account from another group of unnamed sources.

I placed the binary political labels in quotes because I find them meaningless.

Controlled Opposition

One of the esoteric podcasts I enjoy listening to is Red Ice Radio. I recently listened to an interview with Josh Reeves, a Texas filmmaker and radio host. He makes the claim that the opposition is all coordinated. The Tea Party, the John Birch Society and others are all run from the top. Josh Reeves claims John McManus, current President of the JBS, is Jesuit trained.

Even if this is true, it doesn't surprise me. I've wondered several times if opposition is controlled. Normally, movement on the left side of the bi-factional system is sponsored and financed by George Soros and the Rockerfeller, Ford, and Carnegie foundations (Occupy, La Raza, etc). Why wouldn't the supposed right wing of the bi-factional system be controlled as well? 

Welcome to Esoteric Journey

This blog came from an idea I had a couple of weeks ago. I enjoy exploring esoteric topics. I enjoy conspiracies, supernatural occurrences, aliens, occult symbology, secret societies, history, philosophy, and so many others. I love examining the threads of philosophy and conspiracy that weave throughout history going unnoticed by many authors and teachers.

For some reason, these topics don't fit in with my main blog, The Stand Up Philosopher. I'd love to say this content would destroy my credibility, but I'm not sure I have any. It's a great way to start.

I'll probably start the blog by sharing links and ideas I've come across recently. Once I get a groove going, I'll dive deeper. Maybe someday I'll be able to spin a book or podcast out of my research and writing.