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The Online Meanderings of an American Nobody & the Genuine Wisdom of an Imaginary Character

By Doug “Uncola” Lynn via TheBurningPlatform.com

There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. They themselves are equally pleased by both errors and hail a materialist or a magician with the same delight.

– C. S. Lewis (1942), “The Screwtape Letters: Letters from a Senior to a Junior Devil”, p.8, HarperCollins UK, 2009

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While having breakfast with a friend the other day, they commented on an article they had recently read online. The article was about the discouragement of free speech at Ivy League colleges, and Harvard in particular. I told them I saw the headline but never read the actual findings. In any event, I said I wasn’t surprised… but what did surprise me was that the article showed up on their particular newsfeed; and, for them, I would have expected the online algorithmic process to have distilled the findings into another headline such as: “Harvard Leads Ivy League in Prohibiting Hate Speech”.

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The Coincidence Zone, Part I

Originally posted on January 12th, 2023 at Dispatches from Reality, by Scipio Eruditus. dfreality.substack.com

“1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of BABYLON, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate…

8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy SORCERIES, and for the great abundance of thine ENCHANTMENTS.

10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I AM, and none else beside me.

11 Therefore shall EVIL come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy SORCERIES, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the ASTROLOGERS, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.

14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.”

— Isaiah 47:1, 8-14 KJV

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The Irony of Phenomena Past and Present

By Doug “Uncola” Lynn via TheBurningPlatform.com

In the film industry, there is a marketing strategy called “counterprogramming” whereupon two opposite types of movies are released on the same weekend. The idea is to appeal to separate demographics and, ultimately, drive more people to the theaters.

This occurred last month when two summer blockbusters were released on the same day, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer”. The former is a film about the iconic children’s doll and the latter is about the inventor of the atomic bomb.

Interestingly, the release of the films began a social phenomenon called “Barbenheimer” where many film-goers would see both shows as a double feature.

Subsequently, while visiting relatives earlier this month, some of them asked if I would consider going to both films just for kicks, or, at the very least, if I would tag along to see “Oppenheimer” only. The ladies were planning to see “Barbie” all dressed up in their pink summer outfits and they feigned dramatic sighs as I declined their offer.

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The Fossil Fuel Farce

Originally posted at Dispatches from Reality, by Scipio Eruditus. dfreality.substack.com

“The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government, which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation. To depart from mere generalizations, let me say that at the head of this octopus are the Rockefeller–Standard Oil interests and a small group of powerful banking houses generally referred to as the international bankers… powerful international bankers virtually run the United States government for their own selfish purposes.

They practically CONTROL both parties, write political platforms, make catspaws of party leaders, use the leading men of private organizations, and resort to every device to place in nomination for high public office only such candidates as will be amenable to the dictates of corrupt big business.

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A World Without Truth is a Game Without Rules

By Doug “Uncola” Lynn via TheBurningPlatform.com

While recovering from an injury years ago I had some time on my hands. Between various books and chapters, I watched several episodes of the HBO television series “Game of Thrones” (GoT). The show ran eight seasons from 2011 to 2019 and I found the series to be very well-produced with an impressive cast of actors and intriguing plotlines.

There are elements of fantasy in GoT as in Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” paired with echoes of epic storytelling from medieval legends like Robin Hood or King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. But what appealed to me the most in the early seasons of GoT were the gritty politics and the realistic human consequences of actions, alliances, and betrayals.

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Requiem for a J6’er

Originally posted at Dispatches From Reality– dfreality.substack.com

“Certain dates echo throughout history, including dates that instantly remind all who have lived through them where they were, and what they were doing when our democracy came under assault.

Dates that occupy not only a place on our calendars, but a place in our collective memory: December 7, 1941, September 11, 2001, and JANUARY 6, 2021.”

— Vice President Kamala Harris

If you’re looking for hit of political fentanyl, best to move on because this essay ain’t for you. This story has weighed on my soul, and it is about time I finally tell this tale. I can think of no more fitting a day than July 4th, in honor of the faded remembrance of what this land once was. That fateful day in January has reshaped how I view history, my country, and my service to it. What I witnessed on January 6th on the steps of Capitol Hill has forever altered my political beliefs and outlook on my country of birth. This is the day that America truly died. Such knowledge can not simply be wiped away, forgotten or unlearned.

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Modern Meanderings in the Fire’s Light

By Doug “Uncola” Lynn via TheBurningPlatform.com

For the most part, I’ve lost interest in the news. Ukraine war? Don’t care. Lost submarine? Yawn. Pride Month? Good luck with that. Canadian wildfires? So what. Russian civil war? Whatever. Elections? Been there, done that.

I believe it was French Philosopher Voltaire who defined “cynicism” as armor against despair, but, honestly, it’s not that. On the contrary, I am enjoying life more than ever and my days are meaningful and well-spent.

One year ago, I wrote about helping a former business associate by driving a dumptruck a few days a week. In that moderately metaphorical article, entitled “Building Roads While the World Wilts”, I described my perception of America’s remaining attributes, particularly, out here in the “fringe” and mentioned how people “here on the edge seem to be ignoring The Borg”, then wondered…. “For how long?”

Now an entire year has gone by… and in spite of all the new headlines… very little has changed in my world. So far.

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The Coincidence Zone: Atomic Edition, Part III

Originally posted at: Dispatches from Reality – dfreality.substack.com

“Masonry ought forever to be abolished.

It is wrong — essentially wrong — a seed of EVIL, which can never produce any good.”

— President John Quincy Adams, Letters on Freemasonry

Previous Entries

The Coincidence Zone, Part I

Scipio Eruditus·Jan 12

The Coincidence Zone, Part II

Scipio Eruditus·Jan 16

The Coincidence Zone: East Palestine Edition

Scipio Eruditus·Feb 27

The Coincidence Zone: Atomic Edition, Part I

Scipio Eruditus·Jun 13

The Coincidence Zone: Atomic Edition, Part II

Scipio Eruditus·Jun 20

Continued from Part II…

Secret societies have been a pernicious blight upon civilization since mankind’s earliest days. Any civilization is naturally built upon trust, which the occultist, by their very nature, abuse and subvert through their covert allegiances. By creed, the goals of the organization comes before that of any individual or nation. The Mystery religion and it’s voluminous offshoots, such as Freemasonry, have toiled inexorably to advance their agenda of worldwide rule by the so-called “enlightened” elite. Their flowery language conceals a much darker purpose, and mass rituals such as September Eleventh, the JFK assassination, or Hiroshima & Nagasaki, are integral to achieving that purpose. As Cicero warned us two millennia ago, a nation’s true threat is the traitorous elements within it; ever looking to sink a knife in their nation’s back while they cloak their misdeeds in flowery talk of “brotherhood”, “truth”, and “enlightenment”. To properly understand how we arrived at this spiritual and cultural crucible, we must necessarily retrace the steps that have led us to the precipice of digital slavery.

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The Coincidence Zone: Atomic Edition, Part II

Originally posted at: Dispatches From Reality – dfreality.substack.com

“There are more things… likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in IMAGINATION than in reality.”

— Seneca the Younger

Previous Entries

The Coincidence Zone, Part I

Scipio Eruditus·Jan 12

The Coincidence Zone, Part II

Scipio Eruditus·Jan 16

The Coincidence Zone: East Palestine Edition

Scipio Eruditus·Feb 27

The Coincidence Zone: Atomic Edition, Part I

Scipio Eruditus·Jun 13

Continued from Part I…

Before we discuss the irregularities, the impossibilities, the farcical and the fallacious, we should first establish the orthodox or mainstream narrative on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Therein lies a significant challenge, as there is an extraordinary amount of variance in the figures cited for death tolls, destruction, and explosive force. Generally the destructive capabilities vary anywhere from 10-50%, based upon the source, and they go something like this: one chunk of plutonium was smashed into another chunk of plutonium, resulting in,

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The Coincidence Zone: Atomic Edition, Part I

Hey there TPB’ers I finally decided to throw my hat in the ring here.

Originally posted at: https://dfreality.substack.com/p/the-coincidence-zone-atomic-edition

“For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an END.”

— Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, Freemason

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The Coincidence Zone, Part I

Scipio Eruditus · Jan 12

The Coincidence Zone, Part II

Scipio Eruditus · Jan 16

The Coincidence Zone: East Palestine Edition

Scipio Eruditus· Feb 27

For 80 long years, mankind has harnessed the primordial forces of the universe. We have finally acquired the power of the gods — nuclear fission — the very power of the Sun or the Big Bang, capable of annihilating all sentient life with the flip of a mere switch. Military budgets have exploded in the aftermath of the fateful days of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with ever more complex defensive systems necessary to stave off the latest innovation in mass genocide. Even now, with the reality of “World War III” on the horizon, the ever present threat of nuclear Armageddon hangs over the world like the mythical Sword of Damocles.

One false move and humanity will cease to exist.

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The Metaphysics Underlying The Sunset of the West

By Doug “Uncola” Lynn via TheBurningPlatform.com

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

-Proverbs 16:25

The heart is deceitful above all things…

-Jeremiah 17:9

When small men cast big shadows, it means the sun is setting.

– Lin Yutang, Chinese philosopher

Upon the recommendation of a blog commenter, I recently read “The Crisis of Modernity” by Italian professor and philosopher, Augusto Del Noce (1910 – 1989). The book was published in 2014 and is a brilliant compilation of twentieth-century essays and speeches by Del Noce. His philosophical insights are profound and his conclusions and societal predictions, especially regarding Scientism and the Technocracy, are eerily similar to those of English author and theologian C.S. Lewis – see my previous posts entitled “The Abolition of Man Amid the Consequences of Reality”, and “Gnostic Parasitism in the Post-Modern Simulacrum”, and “A Postmortem on Postmodernism”.

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