by Ray Jason
My quest was simple. I wanted to figure out “How the world really works.” Even as I began this task, I recognized that it was probably impossible.
Take, for example, the two most monumental events that had occurred during my lifetime – the murder of JFK and the attack on 911. These were indisputable turning points in human history. The world was different the next day.
Given the magnitude of these horrors, one would expect an enormous effort to discover what had actually happened. But those who should have been searching for the Truth, were erecting a barricade of Lies. Instead of honesty, we got “magic bullets” and “box cutters.”
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I was well-equipped for my quest, which began in June of 2013, when I launched my Sea Gypsy Philosopherblog. My long-ago college degree was in Political Science and that study was turbo-charged by the fact that I was on a full debate scholarship.
This meant that I spent dozens of weekends each year traveling the country and competing against some of the finest students in the USA. High-level collegiate debating requires top-notch research skills and the ability to speak clearly and persuasively.
My education, combined with my youthful (and misplaced) Idealism, made politics seem like my natural destination. But then they started gunning down my heroes. The murders of JFK, RFK and MLK hit me like a hemlock-tipped arrow.
When these men were assassinated, I questioned whether profound change could ever be achieved through traditional political systems. If WE can vote them in, but THEY can shoot them down, is there any real “Will of the People?”
During that decade, we were relentlessly spoon-fed “lone gunman” explanations by the Huntleys, Brinkleys and Cronkites of that era. So, it never occurred to me that perhaps there were hidden forces above them, who master-minded the murders because these martyred leaders were an existential threat to their wealth and power.
These send-a-message killings, that were screaming “DO NOT CROSS CERTAIN LINES,” had me emotionally and intellectually on the ropes. But Vietnam was the knock-out blow that completely altered the direction of my life.
I was drafted and ended up in Vietnam on an ammunition ship. Admittedly, I had it easy compared to the men suffering in the steaming jungle, who had to kill or be killed. But my experience was still traumatic, and it convinced me that governments, and the wars they incite, should be scorned and opposed.
So, when I was discharged in San Francisco, I renounced my previous political inclinations, and looked for a job that would NOT contribute to the Military-Industrial-Complex. I could not find such a job, so I made one up.
Utilizing my Poly Sci degree to its max, I became a San Francisco street juggler. This was in the very beginning of the San Francisco busking scene, and there were musicians, mimes and assorted merry-makers. But there were no jugglers! It was a skill I had picked up as a fun hobby when I was a teenager.
My initial efforts were amateurish but heartfelt. Eventually, I figured it out, and worked hard to put together a humorous and skillful act. I truly loved it. Those first generation buskers became revered in our city. In fact, the mayor declared 17 July 1981 as Ray Jason Day in San Francisco. Some of you reading this probably saw my show. I was usually described as “that guy who juggles bowling balls.” Here is a reminder.
I relished that contrary-to-ordinary life for over 20 years, but steadily and sadly, it changed. The next generation of buskers viewed the streets merely as a way to get to THE BIG TIME. They did not appreciate the centuries-old tradition of the itinerant entertainer gathering a crowd and dazzling them with hard-earned skill. Instead, they saw it as their ticket to Las Vegas or Sitcoms or Hollywood. So, I walked away from that once magical scene, even though I was still considered one of the very best.
Actually, I sailed away. I managed to save enough money to buy a modest but strong and beautiful sailboat. I named her AVENTURA, which is the Spanish word for Adventure. So, off I went to convert that noun into reality. From 1992 to this very minute she has been my magic carpet – transporting me to far flung lands that are plush with exotic creatures and cultures.
Most of my voyaging has been done alone. This does not trouble me – it pleases me – since it bequeaths me long stretches of contemplative solitude. Slowly sailing across the Wide Waters, has helped me ponder the Big Questions. Out here life is so elemental. The waves glide or crash, the winds caress or shriek. And the impact of humans on our wet, whirling planet seems laughably PUNY.
But even though our actions are inconsequential when pitted against typhoons and tsunamis, they ARE consequential in the realm of human affairs. This leads me back to the original question from the beginning of this essay: “How does the world really work?”
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In the ten years of writing my blog and striving to answer that question, I have made some modest progress. So, to mark this first decade of my personal Voyage to Understanding, I have decided to create a “Summing Up” essay.
Admittedly, I have not solved any great geopolitical riddles. But perhaps I have decoded enough that I can guide some folks out there who recognize that something is profoundly wrong, but can’t quite figure out what it is.
The reason the answers evade you, is because those who are in control, who I gleefully call our Malignant Overlords, deliberately cloak their goals and actions in Secrecy and Deceit. The Covid psychological operation is an excellent example of this. Almost everything that they told us about the WuFlu was a deliberate LIE.
They knew that it only had the fatality rate of a bad flu. They knew it did not originate in a bat-soup buffet. They knew that masks and social distancing were useless as health tactics. However, they also knew that they were extremely valuable as methods for determining just how docile the human herd is.
They knew that putting elderly patients on ventilators would probably kill them. They knew that ivermectin would probably cure them. And yet they withheld these affordable treatments.
Quite a few of us argued that the phony epidemic was not their end game. Their real goal was to vaccinate anyone foolish enough to believe their scare tactics. But they were not content with voluntary acceptance of their injections. Essentially, they forced it on most of the world.
Pilots, medical workers, policemen, the military and pretty much everyone else, were given the choice of taking the jab or losing their job.Tragically, it is now clear that these shots were useless, dangerous and deadly.
Most people believe that, those who were pushing the Covid PsyOp, such as Fauci, Gates, Tedros, and Bourla, were just confused and misguided. But I argue that their malevolence was deliberate. In 2013 I would not have done so, but now that I have studied their statements and actions for 10 years, I firmly believe that they plotted this with “malice aforethought!”
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The Covid deception is certainly a good example of how those at the top of the Power Pyramid behave, but now I’d like to broaden the discussion. Ten years of research and reflection have convinced me that most people have no desire to control others. However, there is a tiny sliver of society who demonically crave such dominance. This might provide some clarity:
1% of the population want to rule the world.
4% of the people assist them in doing so.
90% of the world mindlessly allow them to do this.
5% try to save the 90% from these Power Freaks.
These control junkies gravitate towards fields where they can force their will upon many many others. So you find them in Politics, Banking, Media, Hedge Funds, the Military Industrial Complex, Social Media, Academia, Intelligence Agencies, NGOs, Health Care, etc.
Yes, they are driven by a lust for money and power. But that has been common ever since the beginning of Big A Agriculture, which brought us societies organized under the control of Big Government and Big Religion. So, instead of the whole Tribe flourishing or failing together, the population became stratified into Rulers and Ruled, Haves and Have-Nots.
For thousands of years the most demonic people in many cultures have tried to claw their way to the top. Fortunately, even though many of these tyrants dreamed of “conquering the world” they did not have the means to do so.
That has changed … dramatically. The most sinister of the global power junkies have adopted a new strategy. The traditional method of a single nation accumulating enough power to rule over many others, has been abandoned. Instead, the Malignant Overlords are relentlessly and ruthlessly advancing a secret master plan.
They are striving to radically diminish the power of all nations. Instead, they will install a World Government. They call it their beloved New World Order. No, this is not some bizarre delusion spread by crazed conspiracy theorists. In fact, here is a brief video compilation of extremely powerful people boldly admitting it.
But it is obvious not just in their words but in their actions. Look calmly and carefully at the evolution of power centers in recent decades. Have they been trending towards more local control or towards more international dominance?
The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Economic Forum, the European Union, NATO, the World Health Organization and the biggest and blackest of them all, The United Nations, are all examples of this indisputable trend. These institutions wield gargantuan power. And more importantly, they are run by un-elected and largely unaccountable bureaucrats.
Once a person realizes that national leaders are merely the puppets for a malicious behind-the-scenes power, the seemingly insane actions of politicians start to make sense.
If a leader claims to be serving his countrymen, but is secretly trying to usher in a World Government, then opening the border and enabling a no-shots-fired invasion makes complete sense.
If you want to confuse people so that they will become mindless serfs, then you saturate their brains with social media programming. You bombard them with so much lunatic garbage that they lose their intellectual and emotional balance. Here are a few examples:
Men can chest feed babies. Diversity is our strength despite most of human history proving homogeneous populations do best. Cow farts will destroy the planet yet that giant flaming ball in the sky has little impact on climate. The secret to free elections is banning certain people from the ballot.
So why would national leaders, who already have great wealth and power, submit to those behind the curtain? There are two likely reasons. First, they are told that world government is inevitable and they can either be a part of the new power structure or they can be rolled over by it. Or second, the puppeteers have toxic material – perhaps some Epstein evidence – that gives them supreme leverage.
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So, now that I have tried for a decade to answer the “How does the world really work?” question, where do I think we are headed? My answer is grim, but honesty is vital if we are to avoid the dystopian future that they are preparing for us.
They want to install a World Government, with a greatly reduced population, that is barely scraping by on a High-Tech Slave Planet.
They can already track where almost everyone is on Earth through their smart phones. They will greatly enhance their surveillance capabilities with a mandatory universal Digital ID that will include bio-metric information that cannot be falsified.
They will force every one into a Central Bank Digital Currency. This is a control freak’s wet dream. With it they can automatically deduct taxes, monitor what you are buying, force you to spend your money by a certain time and only purchase approved items. Plus, if you are deemed an Enemy of the New World Order, they can just vaporize your digital money.
The Slave Class will be herded into 15-minute cities and be forced to live in tiny pods. They will be limited to bug protein or vegetable goo. Eventually, their food source will probably shift to Soylent Green. Private homes and cars will be distant memories.
Meanwhile, the Ruling Class will live in obscene luxury. Their Enabling Class of technicians, servants and security will have tolerable conditions. But these will be inferior to what an ordinary middle-class family of the late 20th century experienced.
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My goal with this Summing Up was to jolt as many people as possible. If Humanity does not understand what a bleak and joyless future is being engineered for us, how can we possibly fight against it? Or to express it in a more assertive way – once Humanity realizes what is planned for us, how canwe not fight against it!
In Part 2 of ONE MAN’S QUEST I will discuss this further.
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Our son is trying to master juggling with the juggling kit he received for Christmas, containing 3 hacky sack type juggling balls. Surprisingly, he is showing a lot of perseverance with this, more than with the Pythagorean theorem… I think a few dozen more 4-hours-of-juggling days should do it.
“Full debate scholarship” – who knew that there is such a thing?
Isn’t it ironic to go from debating other kids all year long, which I am sure involves a lot of in person encounters with hundreds of people – an introvert’s nightmare – to a life spent largely in solitude? Perhaps the pendulum does swing both ways, in society as well as individual lives. There is a time for everything, as is written.
May I vote for putting this fine article pinned below yours, admin?
I agree. That was a very good essay. As someone who was on the debate team in high school, I felt a kinmanship with him too.
Hi B55,
Jack London used to have big dinners at his home followed by a lively debate afterwards at the table. He would start by announcing the evening’s topic and then say, “I’ll take either side!” I believe that approach has served me fairly well down the decades.
Ray
I remember the index cards with notes and citations for ‘point / counterpoint’.
Whenever I try and debate these days (not formerly) someone on the left, after the first few points (factual ones) it usually turns into red faces, name calling & swearing, by that person on the left! What a shame that civil discourse has gone the way of the dodo bird.
Great essay Ray! Brought back memories of me lost in the stacks of our local library for hours, researching compulsory arbitration! I remember how each debate would always start with a definition of terms. I wish the MSM would do that now, rather than changing definitions willynilly to suit their own agenda.
But today, both sides seem to spit the same vomit.
Is that Jack London in Simons Town? If so, he is a great friend of mine.
Hi Svarga,
Glad your son is giving it a try. If he is older than 9, he can probably succeed. Under that age it is usually just circus kids who can master it. If he likes it he can go online to Taylor Tries. She has very good basic juggling tutorials.
Debating is done on 2 person teams. You are very isolated doing research and practicing with your partner. The actual matches are just 2 two-person teams and 1 judge. So there are not throngs of people. Although it can be sort of nerdy, I was also an athlete to balance things out.
Thanks for recommending “Featured” status to Jim. I never ask him myself, but love hearing from my TBP extended family. Depending on how early it gets posted you can be way downstream before the bulk of the gang arrives.
Ray
Debate is a great sport…Unfortunately, the judging has gotten so bad that the victors are often determined by sex and skin color…
Ray Would Certainly know best, and it has been Too Many Years. Did not watch the suggested tutorials. Prolly better.
A ‘Short-cut’ shown to me, 11, maybe 12 y.o. :
2 Balls (whatever), One Hand. For starters. Dominant hand easiest of course. Only as high as necessary to get Your toss timing down pat. Good for toss height control. Within reason, higher is ‘easier’ especially with 3 objects. Slight Left-Right necessary to avoid collision, hand has a natural tendency to move in a “U” from what i remember. Timing IS critical. Watch (whatever), your hand ‘Knows’ where it will land. Not too long before You can stand in one place!
No small feat.
When You get to 3 items, Hand with 2 items toss’s 1st.
Other hand, same 2 objects. then together. At that point, 3 is EZPZ, 2 hands.
Different weights are the trickiest, imho.
3, 4,5 , 3×3=9*, 4×4=16 *and 5×5= 25*
9*+16 *=25* which the square root of is (3,4)5 . Full circle baby !”The sum of the squares is equal to the square of the sums” . this is so simple an expression of the Pythagorean theorum that I find it makes a useful teaching tool that will make that light above a persons head go on usually .
It’s all connected, Simplicus Carpenteria.
Honestly cant tell if you are mocking me , not comprehending the elegant simplicity of it , thinking I dont know what I’m talking bout cuz PEMDAS or what ? Lol?
The term kindred spirit comes to mind. There is something deeply comforting in knowing you’re not the only one who sees things a certain way.
Smooth seas, Ray, and red skies at night.
Greetings Ray, at times I find myself musing about a way of life involving sailing the open seas and I’ll ponder how your perspective on the nature of things has evolved, particularly as the past few years have unfolded. Thanks for bringing us up-to-date. Always good to hear from you.
Hey MJ,
Go check out some of my Sea Gypsy Tribe essays at my Blog. They should further inspire you. It’s easier than you think. Hell, even I can do it. 🙂
Ray
Good to know you…AP
Hi HSF,
Thanks for the music. If I wasn’t so Sea-smitten, I’d probably be trying to homestead down the road from you. I still believe that muscular work strengthens the Gray Matter as well.
HNY to your family, friends and critters.
Ray
You follow that with supermarket music…?… The hills of NH where I come from rain extremist punk rock! (Love ya man!)
Great essay, Ray. I do not recall seeing you on my trips to the Bay area, but do remember seeing many of the street entertainers on my infrequent visits. Being a small town guy from OK, I was amazed at the sights of that once great city.
For their plan to work, they first have to break down our current society, thus the ushering in of millions of the world’s poor. The next step is the great cleansing where they get rid of most of the people so they can implement their version of Utopia that you so aptly described. I am old, have lived a good life and hope I am up to the task when it comes time for us to fight back. Having always been a contrarian, it is in my nature to not go along with the crowd.
Look forward to the next installment.
I look forward to it too. A very good essay.
The world “leaders” successfully led billions way out on a branch. They returned to the trunk and are cutting the unproductive branch off.
It’s in the bible.
The branch that is not producing [what we want and expect] shall be cut off and cast into the fire.
The USA project, looks like it is nearing completion, but it is merely entering a new phase with a replacement population being distributed as the former population succumbs to death from their multiple misguided attempts to save their own lives.
Most? Are walking dead, one signal burst away from the deadly wifi activated dermal bypass.
Hey TNP,
Here’s a riff on Dylan Thomas’ famous poem.
Do not go gently into that long night…
Reload, reload and keep them in your sight…
Ray
Effing ‘A’ man!
Thanks AP. I read your articles all the time. Good on ya. My personal Sea Gypsy Tribe has some VERY CAPABLE operators in it.
I must find more time to read you – Best wishes from all our tribe at FBYC!
“hope I am up to the task when it comes time for us to fight back”.
TN,there are millions of us out there that have had a good run and are willing to fight for future generations,build your tribe and see ya’s in the fields!
I do not think things will go as the Parasitic Overlords want. More and more people are waking up. But that does not mean they will stop trying which is why we can’t give up.
The wars that service members have been involved in since Viet Nam do not compare to what the young men barely out of high school had to endure in the rice paddies and swamps. Not to mention the forced induction. It’s a wonder they all didn’t go mad.
Internet of No-Bodies
Man is created by God and cannot be integrated with any machine. “Synthetic biology” and “transhumanism” are failed ideas.
https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/internet-of-no-bodies
Anon, she writes no nonsense articles. I used to get them in my email but they have stopped. Probably because I don’t contribute. I’m submitting it to admin.
Miss Mary,
Thank you so much. I have never considered to do this before, but I actually had that thought for the first time this very day, to approach Quinn to carry Sasha’s work.
Being Anon, I have less pull than you, even though Admin lives for free speech among adults, above all else.
I submitted it but I’m not sure how long her articles stay free. So we may not see it which would be a shame.
Sometimes he gets busy and misses requested submissions.
It’s also unnecessary and just stupid. As Soul created in Gods image, we are immortal and have unlimited potential. In other words, they are seeking that which we already have. This is well documented in books like, “The Flute of God, ” and the Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad.” One of the quotes I remember is Soul is an entity whose beauty and splendor is unlimited. Most can only experience this after death. But there are exceptions which are also talked about in the above books.
Hi M C,
A rather strange mime showed up on the SF scene one time. He seemed basically nice, but there were many strange anomalies in his behavior. As soon as I learned he was a door gunner on a helo, I treated him very differently. We became pretty good friends.
HNY,
Ray
Ray – The only street entertainer I remember from my first trip to SFO in ’77 was the Human Jukebox. He was inside a refrigerator box with a list of his songs written on it. I pointed my camera at the box and he quickly dropped the “door” to advise me there were no free pictures of his jukebox. I chuckled and tossed him a couple bucks. A dozen years later, there was still a human jukebox playing for the tourists.
Hey TN,
He was a hoot. He almost never upgraded that funky box. Sometimes he would go 15 minutes without somebody giving him money for a tune. Then when he opened the flap, the blast of marijuana smoke was so massive that it could have gotten a cable car stoned.
HNY,
Ray
Didn’t he play the trumpet?
Ray, Hope the New Year finds you healthy and prosperous.
TN,
Yes, he played the trumpet with great mediocrity. It was not his musicianship that was his charm, but we all liked him and were amused by him.
BTW, I am working on an essay about the Leftard Caused degradation of San Francisco. The working title is :
THIS ONE IS PERSONAL
A lot of us worked tirelessly and with dedication to make SF an extremely special place, and they have defiled it!
Ray
First time I went, I thought it was the most beautiful city in America. Of course, I had never been to too many places, but I loved the charm of the city. About 20 years ago, my wife and I met my 3 sisters & BIL out there for a 4 day weekend. Since I was the only one to have ever been, I became the tour guide. We managed to pack an awful lot into those 4 days, even a trip to Muir Woods and Napa. it was a great trip. Last time I was there was in ’15 and the city was going downhill with a lot more homeless than I remembered seeing before.
On target MC – yes, the sheep are stirring but it will take a while for them to rise to the challenge:
For some reason this music video came to mind, was made about the same time as your juggling adventures.
Personally have never let or more likely allowed all the obvious plans of power seekers interrupt just how fantastic life is, it is a big World out there. Maybe there is a bit of freedom left in life, unfortunately even that seems to be evaporating for the future generations. Glad you wrote and published your essay today.
Hi Ginger,
I am a big believer in “raging against the machine” but leading a joyous day-to-day life at the same time. I hope all of the other dissenters and questioners out there are doing the same.
Ray
Yes! Even if the world were not so polluted, each of us would still be a dead man walking. Life and living it are still the greatest revolt against power.
We each will die anyway, so what can the ambitious really do to us?
Fight.
Fight by merely living. You must die sometime, so don’t allow them to scare you into helping them, just for another unmolested moment of a degraded life.
That is the ultimate rebellion.
best line ever by David Byre: same as it ever was….
Fantastic song .
Ginger-
David Byrne & my HS Classmate Beth Henley (Jackson, MS Murrah) co-wrote “True Stories”. Hoot of a movie. Highly recommended. Swoozie Kurtz as the “Laziest Woman in The World”.
BTW, Beth won a Pulitzer for “Crimes Of The Heart” in her 20s. Big lib chick. But had the hots for her in HS.
Excellent! Nice to see you writing again. Taking a break=good course of action, especially in light of what appears to be coming.
Hey PA Pat,
Have been getting my boat VERY ready. She always is prepped up, but have been
doubling down on everything.
One if by Land, two if by Sea!
Ray
Three Dog Night summed up how the world works in one 3:40 minute song…
Really enjoyed reading it. Kind of jealous, though. Sail Boat in Kansas is just a yard ornament…but I can dream.
Hi Bob,
Thanks. BTW, are you the Bob who comments on the Fridsay Fail section. If so, know that I admire your outstanding humor.
Don’t think that is me. I am really interested in the sailing having never done it. Being honest about the Kansas / sail boat part as well. There is a small sailing boat, two hull kind of thing that I walk past everyday. In four years I have never seen it out of that yard.
Beautiful. Reminder me that every individual has a unique story. But are we not all sailors of the cosmic seas?
true!!
Hi AKJ,
Yes, we are all on our unique voyages filled with Splendor and Sorrow.
Ray
Here’s one of the books that has guided my sailing for the last 40 years.
A quote for the ages right here (regarding the JFK assassination and 911®):
“Instead of honesty, we got ‘magic bullets’ and ‘box cutters.’”
… and from a personal and poignant article written by a former San Francisco bowling ball juggler turned sea gypsy and world navigator of the high seas.
Therefore, anyone who is of the opinion that TBP is just another blog might want to have their head examined. Lol
Thank you, Ray, for the words as well as the courage and integrity it takes to live them.
Hey Uncola,
Coming from someone who writes as well as you, that means a lot to me.
During my sabbatical I never missed reading almost everything here at TBP. I often challenge pseudo Normies to just read this blog for a week and then report back to me on their attitude adjustment. It seems our battle is to wake enough people up before they have the Net totally on top of us. TBP is an excellent weapon is this fight.
Is Stucky ok?????
Thanks again.
Ray
Ray,
I’m not in contact with Stucky but I would guess he’ll show up again at some point. As you may know, he is an experienced raccoon hunter and it’s possible he got a new 2 x 4 for Christmas.
(just engaging in some master “baiting” there, to see if he might be conjured from the ether to once again regale us by means of historical exaggerations, human excrement, Noah’s Ark, ancient castles, machines of war, small mammel eradication, and/or “copfuks” .) Fingers crossed.
You summarized what I have come to know over the past decade, like you. There’s no political solution to this mess regardless of what MAGA thinks or wishes. I also believe they are just getting started. Most will submit to the tyranny. I don’t know how but I do know Go(o)d wins at the end. Getting there from here is going to be terribly difficult. Thank you for writing this.
Good post. Regarding your question “So why would national leaders, who already have great wealth and power, submit to those behind the curtain?”, both of your likely reasons are good ones. But some of the leaders aren’t submitting. They are part of the NWO, i.e., they are in front of the curtain rather than behind it. But many of those who are not part of the NWO don’t even realize that they are submitting to those behind the curtain, or don’t even realize that there is a curtain. Most of the people who are ostensibly running things (politicians, bureaucrats, military leaders, etc.) are just clueless useful idiots who make ideal puppets for the people behind the curtain. It is usually hard, for me anyway, to figure out if any given “leader” is part of the NWO, or if he is just a clueless useful idiot who thinks he is actually determining policy. But in the end it doesn’t really make much difference, because the outcome is pretty much the same in either case.
Regarding your final question “once Humanity realizes what is planned for us, how can we not fight against it!?, I can answer that one for you right now. Most of Humanity isn’t going to realize what is planned for us until it is too late because they will be dead before they figure it out. The “greatly reduced population” that you mention is probably going to be a reduction in world population down to about 500 million (that seems to be the most common number mentioned in their writings). Given that the current world population is about 8 billion, that means that most are not going to survive. But because most of the idiots will get weeded out by the culling, and because every one of the survivors will know exactly what they are up against by then, those who do survive will be in a good position to fight the NWO. However, the NWO has undoubtedly anticipated that outcome and has plans to prevent it, but I am up for a battle of wits with the NWO.
Thanks Pr2,
Good observations. That section of the essay is the most fluid for me and I continue to try and unravel it.
As for crunch time, my Sea Gypsy Tribe’s primary intention is to survive. After that, I suspect we will engage in some of those words that begin with the letter V.
R
Verily, A votive not in vain ….
Perhaps vengeance is the only verdict.
Thoroughly enjoyed your engaging perceptive essay Ray. Your life and your voice are unique and always revealing, and shining bright.
We are the same age and I was one of those humping and grunting in the Nam…thanks for all that 7.62! Coming home I was so completely different from who I was when I left my family was horrified, my close friends were shocked, and my high school girlfriend didn’t even recognize me. But, time heals all wounds…and God is good!
My take is we are in the last stages of the Tower of Babble 2.0…and just like the first time the decedents of Nimrod who think they are about to finish the top floor of their New World Order are going to be dealt with in no uncertain terms…but this time it will be much, much worse for them when the Creator fulfills His prophetic word.
As a committed rural land luber/lover I walk my farm post from flank to flank and take no shit off any rank!
Sail on Brother!
Hi Mark,
Well done on being so balanced given the demons that probably visit(ed) you. You sound like the right kind of neighbor for when the fools call our bluff one time too many.
I think you caught my diversity reference in the essay. Tower of Babel, indeed.
I may need you to bring my Tribe some 7.62 this time – although we are mostly 9mm.
Onward>
Ray
I’m curious if Ms. Abbey got that cruise.
has to be last stages mark. hopefully the gubbamint opened more eyes than yours and its a boomerang situation. I’m good, but fear for my children and now grandchildren. Is this why God put me here? idk.
Yea ILuvCO2…it sure looks like it…the times finally caught up with my warnings…and according to some friends I have grudgingly been promoted from a right wingnut Conspiracy Theorist to a ‘I told you so’ Conspiracy Realist!
Doing everything I can to prep for my Daughter, Son in Law and Grandson short term and legacy wise.
Best to you…hope your re-location is going well!
Hi Tex,
I gave her the best contact info I could that would not give the NSA boners over having my lat/long, but she never followed up. She certainly seems intriguing and perhaps she will one day get in touch.
Ray
Do carrier pigeons work while at sea?
Tough finding life jackets that size. Had thought she might check in, but I guess not.
Homing pigeons have been known to make flights up to 1000 miles. More common would be 600-700 mile flights if required so carrier pigeons could be an option for secret rendezvous. Something to consider IMO to avoid NSA knowledge of your location. A friend had a barn loft full of the things and was a member of a pigeon club. It seems the “Super Bowl” of the competition would be around 200 miles.
Let the bird out of the cage with the coded message and off it goes to Ms. Abbey’s home, the home of the pigeons.
Ray,
My late, great best friend, Jim Flynt, at the time (2011), died in Beaufort, NC. (pronounced “BOW-fort”). Sailed w/ him on his 46′ Hughes Y’all Yacht (yes, Howard) many times. Designed by Sparkman & Stephens out of NYC.
Jim asked for the section plans. they sold them to him for $1 in 1995, but no reproduction allowed.
Why am I so picky on pronunciation?
I live in VIEW-fert, SC. Same spelling, different pronunciation.
Both great places to live, but, we’re much warmer. Our Sea Island Peninsula is the Cat’s A**.
Sunrise & Sunset views…it’s only 350′ wide. Dirtperson Steve is coming down in month or so.
Hi Lamont,
Yes I know the NC and SC pronunciation diffs. I hear they are both good spots.
Look at the photo of my boat and you will detect her Sparkman and Stevens lineage. Sails as great as she looks.
Keep the heavy side down,
Ray
You really do not want to know how the world works… After a lifetime of discovering the truth about how the world works, I have ended up demoralized and with a very low opinion of mankind.
Some one told me a long time ago, that my search for truth was going to disappoint me because he said the more you know, the more you are going to wish you did not know… He was right. If I had it to do all over again, I would wish to be a happy idiot, who really did not know how the world works…
Hi Jdog,
If you recall my breakdown from the essay, of Malignant Overlords, Enablers, Sheepsters and Seekers, this might help with day to day optimism. Realizing that 5% of Humanity is trying to figure things out in order to live a happy and meaningful life should provide some solace. I see it as an open-ended conversation with kindred spirits, which could be beneficial for all involved.
Then do one’s best to stay out of the way of the Machine. And if it gets to the point that the Machine needs to be confronted, to have the courage to do so.
This approach seems reasonable and attainable to me.
Ray
Thanks, Ray. I’ve always enjoyed your communications with the TBP family. I’m looking forward to part II. Happy New Year, and smooth water and lotsa sunshine…
It’s gorgeous here today South of Many Borders and getting to communicate with the TBPers makes it even better.
you are correct
Hey Ray. I remember reading you occasionally on the old NBL site, (I think) back in 2012/13.
I am very impressed with how much you’ve been able to grow and adapt.
You don’t wanna know how bad the City is these days man. Parts of it are downright scary, and I spent lots of time in the hood in Oakland. The city is really messed up dude. You’re not missing much if you never see it again.
Thanks for just being you dude.
Hi OTH,
I track its degradation quite carefully. ZHedge runs lots of articles describing its ruination. The Mayor and Supes should have to do two weeks of poop patrol. Maybe Nancy and Gavin and Kamala could also do guest appearances with them, since they all played prominent roles in its desecration!
Thanks for the kind remarks.
Ray
As a fellow yachtsman and having cast up upon the shores of Simons Town FBYC in 1999 I discovered paradise! In 2009, I had to return to UK for what I thought was a brief spell but turned out to be 14 years! I am finally back in my home port.
“…which began in June of 2013, when I launched my Sea Gypsy Philosopherblog. ”
I discovered the ‘Great Cyprus Bank Robbery’ in April 2013 and had to stay in UK to write my book after which Admin graciously allowed me to serialise it in 2018. The rest is history: https://www.theburningplatform.com/author/austrian-peter/
We are fellow travellers Ray and I appreciate your blog – the sea is a great leveller.
Blessings
AP
Hi Peter,
It’s great to learn that we share the Wide Waters. BTW, an old hippie friend once threw the
I CHING for me and it prophesied that I would spend many years on The Wide Waters. Have loved that phrase and loved fulfilling that prediction.
Haven’t yet made it to South Africa, but hear that Simons Town is a sweet spot. I believe the S.A. Navy is based there.
One of my Sea Gypsy Tribe members was a S.A. merc and he has been “involved” elsewhere in Africa as well. A good man to have your Six.
What kind of boat do you have?
My public persona edress is [email protected]. Will provide my private email if you get in touch.
Same for a certain A A out there. 🙂
Keep the heavy side down,
Ray
Thanks a million Ray and I will catch you over the weekend. Yes, Simons Town is paradise which I discovered in 1999 when I bought my 5th yacht, a Tosca 36 – ‘Do-It-Now’ but had to sell her to Elon Musk’s dad Errol in 2007 as the GFC had arrived and I had to get back to business in UK in 2009 and got trapped until we arrived back here last month!
https://fbyc.co.za/?mailpoet_router&endpoint=view_in_browser&action=view&data=WzMxMSwiMzVkMjc4NGYwNTE0IiwxNjk1MiwiMWpoN2R4Z3Zha3cwdzhjd2NnOGtva3dzc2c0ZzhvY3MiLDI4NywwXQ
Long story short – detail to follow by email. Back in the ‘World’ is great at last now we are back in the Sea of Eden! UK is dying.