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Agenda 21 Alert ......................... 2

Alchemy Corner ........................ 3

Lead Story Cont. ....................... 4

Natural Law & The Bible ......... 5

From this ineffable and sublime arrangement of affairs, then,

which is accomplished by divine providence, a natural law is, so

to speak, inscribed upon the rational soul, so that in the very living out of this life and in their

earthly activities people might hold to the tenor of such

dispensations.

-St Augustine

On Eighty-Three Diverse Questions

All over Europe, people are gathering to shout down tyranny. Protests rage

over the draconian measures being taken by governments, which seem

more set on robbing individuals of their freedom with each passing day.

Europe, it seems, is standing up with one voice and shouting to their so-

called governments, “We have the power.” The protests in Bulgaria, Belarus,

London, Vienna, and Berlin, to name a few, are by and large protests of

peaceful demonstration against authoritarianism.

What of the nation that stood up to throw out its tyrannical government al-

most 250 years ago? What of the country that has claimed for decades to be

the freest in the world and a bastion of liberty, glowing like the city on the

hill? The US is glowing. But the light is from fires set by looters and thugs.

People protesting, not freedom and prosperity attainable through respect

and voluntary cooperation, but terror and destruction. People protesting

their fellow man, rather than against the despotism of the government which

is robbing and killing them. All the destruction being done in the name of

justice. All showing the true colors of a people who have traded the will to

fight for what is right, having gained in return the desire to fight without

forethought or responsibility. The minute men become minute.

Berlin and London are speaking out clearly against the virus hoax being per-

petrated on the world. German lawmakers said last week that protests

against mask wearing and of other virus measures were forbidden. The ban

was lifted by an administrative court ahead of the protest, but the gesture

wouldn’t have made a difference. The German people went ahead anyway.

Demonstrators carried placards bearing pictures of prison-striped German

officials, the word guilty, schuldig, printed on each. Berlin police responded.

On Twitter. Hours into the demonstration, the police tweeted that they were

dispersing the marchers. It seems that the closest the police would get to

the protesters was social media. “We approached the leader of the demon-

stration and informed him that his meeting would be

dissolved by the police,” the police tweeted.

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Trafalgar and The Brandenburg Gate By Andy Brooksher

Events & Announcements

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What do wild fires burning in California, the derecho wind

storm in Iowa, the explosion in the port in Beirut, the two

hurricanes that made landfall near the Mississippi delta,

mandatory virus testing of farm and meat packing workers,

and the recent rash of grain silo explosions and grain

transport train derailments all have in common? They all

have major effects on the food supply. All these events have

happened or are happening in just the past few weeks. Ad-

ditionally, these events all seem like a major problem to

anyone concerned with humanity’s ability to feed itself. Yet,

they all coincidently would be of possible strategic benefit if

you were involved with a program seeking to arbitrate and

control distribution of food. Surely, you must be thinking,

there is no large and well-funded group who would seek to

take advantage of such a devastating turn of events. But

there is.

The Rockefeller Foundation, on its website, has published a

proposal called Reset the Table. Those of you who have

listened to the three-part podcast on Agenda 21 and tech-

nocracy may find this title strikingly similar to the World

Economic Forum’s program, The Great Reset. The Reset

the Table program proclaims that it is designed for

“Meeting the Moment to Transform the U.S. Food System.”

The World Economic Forum says that “As we enter a unique

window of opportunity to shape the recovery, this initiative

will offer insights to help inform all those determining the

future state of global relations, the direction of national

economies, the priorities of societies, the nature of busi-

ness models and the management of a global commons…

the Great Reset initiative has a set of dimensions to build a

new social contract.” Both plans seem to be telling us that

the moment is at hand for some transformation of the sys-

tems we have had into something new. The basis of the new

systems being proposed is more regulations, corporate and

governmental integration, and stricter, more centralized

control. The only real difference between these two pro-

grams being that one deals with food and the other with

money.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the California

Climate and Agricultural Network does not see the current

wild fires as making a large scale, noticeable effect on the

food supply on grocery store shelves. Californians get the

first pick of the country’s produce, so it appears they will

be safe. As for those of us outside California, no mention is

made of our grocery needs.

This alone may not be enough to raise an alarm. The food

supply problem is further compounded by the 14 million

acres of corn and soybean crops destroyed by the wind-

storm in the Midwest on August 10. This derecho storm

was described as “equivalent of a 40-mile-wide tornado that

rolled over 100 miles of Iowa. Iowa produces one-sixth of

the nation’s corn and this storm was said to be “a devastat-

ing blow to the Iowa agricultural industry.”

Meanwhile, the chairman of USA Rice, Bobby Hanks, said

“the storm damage is considerable, especially in southwest

Louisiana.” This is a reference to hurricane Laura which hit

on August 27, just three days after hurricane Marco hit

southeast Louisiana. The Orlando Sentinel led with the

headline “Once in a lifetime: Two hurricanes, same time,

same place” calling attention to the statistically miniscule

chance that an event like this could even occur. Southern

Louisiana is a large rice producing area for the state which

produces 12% of the total U.S. rice crop. Although it is too

early to assess the total damage done, rice production in

this region will be impacted.

In Michigan and back in California, virus testing has been

made mandatory for farm workers and employees of meat

processing plants. Many employees of these industries

have simply walked off the job rather than face testing, as

many of these workers are seasonal, migrant workers and

some do not have immigration documents. In Michigan,

several blueberry farms have been forced to leave berries

unpicked for lack of workers. One farm worker even assert-

ed, “this governor wants us to do it, and it’s only the Lati-

nos. Why? I work with American people here; they’re not

getting tested.” Foster Farms was ordered by the state to

shut down its Livingston facility in Merced County, CA.

State Attorney General Xavier Becerra said, “nobody can

ignore the facts; it’s time to hit the reset button on Foster

Farms’ Livingston Plant.” Yes, he is talking about THAT

reset button. And this after Gov Newsom deployed, in late

July, “virus strike teams” to farms in California’s central

valley. And a farm in Ontario, Canada was recently forced

to shut down by the local medical health officer, Dr. Wajid

Ahmed.

The explosions of grain silos and derailing of trains have

further hampered food supplies nationwide. Food storage

sites in England, Iowa, and Louisiana recently caught fire or

exploded. A train near Bosler, WY derailed spilling 57 car

loads of grain which is likely all unsalvageable. A more in

depth look at these events can be seen at iceagefarm-

er.com, Christian has made several great videos on these

issues over the past several weeks.

Fox News reported the Beirut explosion destroyed 85% of

the city’s grain silos, and domestic wheat production only

accounts for 10% of Lebanon’s demand. The current story

explains that the explosion of 2700 pounds of ammonium

nitrate, which had just been sitting next to Beirut’s valued

grain stores for 6 years, was triggered by fireworks which

went up in flames on the pier. The subsequent explosion

was something to behold and can be seen from a variety of

angles and sources on the web. As crazy as it was, I think it

is worth watching video of this once in a lifetime explosion.

With the flooding in China earlier in the year, more strain is

being placed on the global food supply. Chinese news agen-

cies and the government have put social pressure on citi-

zens to take measures to prevent food waste. This seems

rational. However, catering industry associations are pres-

suring restaurants to limit the number of meals which can

be ordered by any one party to one less than the number of

members of the party. This ratio seems a bit off. What if

only one dinner eats by themselves? Who at the table of five

has to go hungry?

In just three days in July, China purchased a total of 5.06

million tons of corn from the US of which only 1.3 million

pounds was set to be shipped by August 31. An additional

5.72 million tons is due in September. This, coupled with

the massive loss of the corn crop due to the derecho storm,

could have an impact in the US.

I was recently asked the question, how is mo-

rality objective? This is a good question, which

bears attention. Someone answered the ques-

tion by saying that it is only objective in a God

-centered world view, which I found strange.

Morality in this sense would be objective but

only subject to your concept of God and the

world view built on the subject of God. This

looks subjective to me. My response was that

morality doesn’t flow from God anymore than

gravity or thermodynamics. Rather, taking the

Augustinian view, that morality is the adher-

ence to the objective natural law which comes

form our objectively being human. I was told

that this was idiotic, and asked to present

evidence that it is objective. They speaker

than said, “So what about different cultures

that sacrifice others or murderers?” To me, I

thought they had just answered their own

question, but guess that they didn’t see this.

So I would like to elaborate on the idea of

morality, natural law, and objectivity while

showing that, although there are some inher-

ent issues with “evidence for something objec-

tive,” the general anecdote of cultures of hu-

man sacrifice and specifically murderers are

actually cases that strengthen the objectivity

argument.

First, we need to start be defining some terms

so that everyone knows what the scope of the

discussion is. We want to be sure we are all

speaking the same language. Natural Law is

simply a conceptual term which covers all of

the basic structural rules of reality. Natural

Law can be split into the sub-types of Physical

Laws (gravity, inertia, etc) and Spiritual Laws

(mentalism, correspondence, etc). However,

this conceptual spilt is only used to create

chucks which can be looked at for clarity and

learning’s sake, but the split is only a con-

cept. There is no real difference between

these sub-types. The difference merely lies at

a perceptibility level, more on that later. So,

morality, then, is merely a term which de-

scribes the state of adherence to the structure

of the Laws of Nature. Morality is harmony

with the laws of nature. This harmony is ob-

servable, if not scientifically measurable. As

one’s adherence to the laws of nature in-

crease, suffering is decreased. Fighting

against the laws of gravity, or pretending they

don’t exist will bring suffering. Try it. Behav-

ing in adherence to the laws of gravity allevi-

ates this suffering and even increases free-

dom. This happens consistently because the

laws of nature being understood and harmo-

nized with exist. Therefore, this condition of

adherence and harmony, morality, is objec-

tive.

This article will continue next week as we con-

tinue to expand this concept. There is much

to be said, so stay tuned.

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Sources on the corn crop

from the earlier part of the

year predicted a strong

year for corn. The USDA,

in their June 30 grain

stocks report, stated corn

was up less than one per-

cent from 2019, which

was a weak year for farm-

ers. The next report will be

released at the end of Sep-

tember, but based on the

numbers from 2019, not

considering Riverlosses

from storm and storage

failures, stores will likely

be in the 56-million-ton

range. With the losses

domestically, regular ex-

port, and the added 6 mil-

lion tons already sold but

not delivered to China, the

grain reserves begin to

look a bit trim.

It gets more dire. The

acreage effected by

derecho is being estimat-

ed at around 14 million

acres. At the projected

162 bushels per acre, and

converting 39.4 bushels

into one metric ton, the

crop loss could be as

much as 57 million tons.

The corn total on Septem-

ber 1 of last year was 56

million tons. Remember,

we have not calculated the

loss from other storage

failures such as the Wyo-

ming train derailment and

the exploding silos. Even if

production numbers are

up overall, as was project-

ed at the beginning of the

season, we still seem to

be cutting things quite

close.

Leaving the topic of weath-

er manipulation aside,

which has been claimed as

a factor in the derecho

storm, double hurricane,

and even forest fires, the

sudden explosions and

fires in grain silos in differ-

ent places in such a short

time seems highly improb-

able. Although I have no

evidence, it is the suspi-

cion of this writer that

some of these events have

been purposefully commit-

ted to weaken the food

supply. As the Rockefeller

Foundation claims on its

website, they have, even if

indirectly, the motive to do

this. At the very least,

these events benefit the

agenda of the Reset the

Table program. The foun-

dation also has the

means, being extremely

wealthy. Since the pro-

gram is supported in part

by large agricultural con-

glomerates, Kellogg, Mars,

Land O’ Lakes, Whole

Foods, the opportunity for

a transformation in the

food system is at least

possible. May not be

enough for a conviction,

but a grand jury might

find the data intriguing.

Agenda 21 Alert

Expose Bill Gates

International Day

of Action

September 12,

2020

#ExposeBillGates

Alchemy Corner: On Natural Law

A threat that probably sounded as hollow as it ultimate-

ly turned out to be. The protest was threatened by au-

thorities but couldn’t be stopped, and it never turned

violent. The German people declared, “we tell you what

to do, we have the power.” By saying this, the people

showed conclusively that by removing their belief in the

legitimacy of government to dictate to anyone, that very

government was reduced to chirping and tweeting like a

sparrow from the branches.

In London, tens of thousands gathered in Trafalgar

Square for the “Unite for Freedom” protest. Among the

signs and banners, the words “COVID hoax”, “no man-

datory vaccines”, “no lockdowns” and “No to 5G” prolif-

erated. The protest was a call to end mandatory lock-

downs, social distancing, mask wearing, vaccinations,

and social track and trace systems. All of these things

were called by the organizers “violations of people’s

right and freedoms,” and like it or not America, all of

these things are violations of rights and freedoms. As in

Berlin, the police could not have stopped this show of

solidarity and they did not try. Like Berlin, Trafalgar

saw no violence.

Speaking at the London rally was the often-maligned

writer and “conspiracy theory” researcher, David Icke.

Icke, the 68-year-old Leicester native, has been speak-

ing out for over 30 years about the forces at play in the

world. His Wikipedia bio does paint him as a bit out

there, even using a quote from Terry Wogan’s autobiog-

raphy, Mustn’t Grumble, describing Icke as “a ranting

demagogue convinced we were all manipulated sheep.”

As one gets to know more about the senior statesman

of the strange, however, the more some of his outland-

ish claims start to fall into place. Maybe Icke is dead

wrong about some or all of the things he claims, but

there appears to be a growing number who are coming

around to supporting someone who has been telling

humanity for decades that a global elite is attempting

to enslave the rest of humanity in a technocratic prison.

Many of the people in Trafalgar Square were such peo-

ple.

Icke gave on Saturday, the speech of a lifetime. Regard-

less of what anyone may think of some of the claims he

has made over the years, much of the address he gave

in London did cast light on current events. “We gather

here today because a dangerous disease, a deadly dis-

ease,” he began,” is sweeping across this land and

across the world. And it’s not CoVid 19. It is fascism.”

Certainly, the virus has taken more freedom worldwide

than it has life. Icke credited the cunning and prepared-

ness of the virus. Lauding that it had come equipped

with tape measure, pocket watch, and calendar, he

pointed its inability to infect people outside of a six-foot

radius or people who limited contact to 15 minutes with

people outside of their home. Calling on Aldous Huxley

and George Orwell’s ability to predict the future from

decades in the past, Icke reminded us that “current

events are not random. They have not just happened.

We are seeing a long, long planned agenda rolling out in

a script and it is destined, if we do not stand up now, to

end with the total, global subjugation of the human

race.”

He went on to say that the trick being played is not

merely being done by the medical professionals, but

primarily by psychologists. Calling attention to the near-

by offices of the Behavioral Insights Team, Icke remind-

ed that it was groups like this, set up to study human

behavior, that were now attempting to modify the be-

havior of humanity to fit a preset agenda. “And they are

focusing on our kids, more than anyone.”

The crux of the trick is to make us believe that authority

has power, “the biggest mind trick they play on us is

this, they want us to believe that authority has power.

Authority has no power!” To evidence this, he pointed to

a recent happening in England. Thousands had trav-

elled to the beach and the local authorities, citing the

lack of virus protocols being observed, declared a major

incident. “Okay, declare it, but what you gonna do

about it? There’s nothing we can do is there, there’s too

many people that won’t obey.”

The key is to break the cycle of acquiescence to these

tiny few and assert our self-sovereignty.

“And I say to the police officers that are policing this,

you have children, you have grandchildren. And you are

enforcing the fascism which your own children and your

grandchildren will have to live with. Join us for good-

ness sake and stop serving the psychopaths. There are

billions of us.”

The crowd, having cheered the man many likely had

recently written off as a nutter, now answered with full

throat his cry for Freedom. And they answered him

again. And again. Freedom.

“We are now standing at an amazing point in history

where we are at a fork in the road. If we go on, allowing

the psychopaths to dictate our lives, this is not going to

end well. But if we remember, if we remember where

the power is, this can end in a dramatically short time.

The power is with us.”

He included an allusion to a great poet’s masterwork on

humanity’s voluntary servitude.

“Percy Shelley understood this when he wrote his oh so

appropriately named The Mask of Anarchy.

Rise like lions after slumber, in unvanquishable num-

ber.

Shake your chains to earth like dew, which in sleep have

fallen on you.

Ye are many, they are few.”

These words were written over 200 years ago, at a time,

I would argue when the US was far more aware of free-

dom and its cost than we are today. But we too, my

fellows, are many. We must not stay in the chains of

division against each other. If we shake our chains and

rise together, we too cannot be vanquished.

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Social Justice & The Science Class From pg 1

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Joel 1: 9-19

This passage is certainly not the only one in the

Bible that discusses the idea of famine or crop fail-

ure. One of the things that stands out in these vers-

es is the assertion that it is the farmers and vine-

dressers, the very people who are most responsible

for the harvest, who should bear the shame. The

concept of stewardship of and accord with the pro-

cesses of nature and food growth is what is being

pointed out. This crop failure with the drying up and

withering of trees and vines is not a passive drought

or natural occurrence. The opening verses speak of

the grain being cut off and the fields being de-

stroyed. This reads like an active measure, not an

unfortunate happening of weather. Verse 16 speaks

of the food, of the joy and gladness, being cut off

before our very eyes. It seems like a more active

process of man than of nature. Man, the farmers

and vintners, have contributed to this destruction.

This is not to say there was some malevolent plot to

starve people. Joel is hard to pinpoint in a lot of

ways, as a book. This may not even be about a

physical famine. This may be entirely allegorical.

Which in some ways, may be more alarming. The

famine of consciousness would certainly cut is off

from divinity. And such a famine would only come

about from our lack of attention to the fields of our

minds, hearts, and souls. The vine, our roots to the

earth and connections to others, only shrivel when

we refuse to water them. Furthermore, who is re-

sponsible for your fields, whether mental or physi-

cal, if not you? No one. If you do not tend to your

fields and your vines, the shame is only yours. No

one else can or will water your crops if you do not.

If unwatered, the fruits of your tree of conscious-

ness and its seeds will shrivel, will wither, will die.

Natural Law & The Bible

9Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the

house of the Lord; the priests, who are the ministers of the

Lord, mourn. 10The fields are destroyed; the land grieves;

indeed the grain is destroyed; the new wine is dried up and

the fresh oil fails. 11Be ashamed, you farmers, wail, you

vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the har-

vest of the field has perished. 12 The grapevine is dried up,

the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the date palm,

and the apple– all the trees of the orchard– have withered.

Indeed, human joy has dried up.

16 Hasn’t the food been cut off before our eyes, joy and glad-

ness from the house of our God? 17 The seeds lie shriveled

in their casings. The storehouses are in ruin, and the grana-

ries are broke down, because the grain has withered away.

18 How the animals groan! The herds of cattle wander in

confusion since they have no pasture. Even the flocks of

sheep and goats suffer punishment. 19 I call you, Lord, for

fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness and

flames have devoured all the trees of the orchard.

The reduction of human suffering on the large scale only comes when the majority of humanity

seeks to work in accordance with Natural Law. We must be autonomous, self-respecting, respon-

sible, and moral beings. If we behave in a manner inconsistent with Morality, we will suffer and

be enslaved by those who have a greater knowledge of Truth and the workings of the mind than

we.

Alchemy, in its spiritual sense, seeks to begin the process of turning every mind into a free mind.

It seeks to transform base mental states into radiant consciousness, which, gold-like, can shine

the light of awareness and knowledge into the darkness of apathy and ignorance. The alchemic

process is not a mythic pipe-dream. It is something that anyone with Courage and Care can un-

dertake.

By acquiring knowledge of reality and how it works, by learning the framework upon which

universe function, and applying this knowledge, you can make the choice to be free. When this is

started, you can help others to choose to free themselves. And when the majority of humans, the

51%, the critical mass, has the ability to choose freedom and the Courage and Care to make that

choice, the world ceases to be a place of slavery. This work requires that you participate, right

where you are. If we don’t reach the critical mass, and this is a critical time for humanity, we face

deeper suffering and prolonged enslavement. 51% OR BUST!!!

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that rests on all of us. If you know

nothing, learn. If you know a little,

learn more. If you know a lot, it is

now your moral obligation to spread

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