Charles Mingus - O u t T h e r e

I got a free book in the mail today, a fictional thriller based on the premise that NASA is hiding knowledge of extraterrestrial artifacts on Mars -- which could be true on some level. Accusing an entity as far-flung as NASA of a cover-up is naive, of course. If data is indeed monitored and kept from the public domain, the agency responsible would be much smaller and much smarter. Politically, NASA itself simply isn't intelligent enough to engage in a cover-up of any great magnitude. Labyrinthine "need to know" security measures make sure that punctures in the security balloon are fastidiously closed. Nothing short of a massive, sustained leak -- preferably from multiple sources willing to give their names -- could do more that momentarily disrupt such a blockade.

The MJ-12 papers -- purporting to document the aftermath of at least one UFO crash -- will never be proven false or authentic on their own grounds because the people allegedly involved are dead. When Bob Lazar appeared on the scene with descriptions of S-4, Element 115 and electrogravitic saucers, it briefly seemed that a smoking gun had appeared. But the ensuing controversy over his credentials effectively ended open-minded debate. Lazar was quick to point out that he had been chosen, in part, because of his oddball past. He also frankly told reporters that the staff at S-4 (the underground base where the government supposedly stored nine ET craft) had probably tampered with his memory. In a phildickian twist, he could have been lying about his role and not even known it.

Secrets -- about aliens or Iraqi CIA assets or bioweapons development programs -- will remain secrets so long as our media obliges the intelligence community and chooses complacency instead of asking aggressive questions. Perhaps as Big Media is subverted by the kaleidoscopic and versatile rise of blogging and Net-based independent journalism, the number of potential leaks will rise. Already, Richard Hoagland claims multiple leaks from within NASA. That I don't find his leaked information plausible doesn't dispel the possibility that real people who are who they claim they are gave it to him. The ultimate question is why it was given to him. To advance impartial truth? To further various personal agendas? Or simply for the fun of seeing a true believer shout nonsense to the world?

Saturday, January 24, 2004

I have a couple book reviews in the new issue of Mysteries Magazine (John Keel's "The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings" and Bruce Sterling's "Tomorrow Now"). The cover story is devoted to the annual predictions of a self-proclaimed psychic. Glancing at her forecasts, I realized I have yet to offer much down-and-dirty New Year futurism here at Posthuman Blues. Since it's still January, here are my predictions for 2004. None of them are etched in stone, and I don't claim to have any paranormal inspiration. Still interested?

Decision 2004. Bush wins. Or perhaps "wins" isn't quite the right word. Bottom line: He isn't going anywhere. I don't mean to sound defeatist, and I certainly don't want to help contribute to a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you're backing a Democratic contender, go for it. But get real.

Human cloning. I have the feeling we'll be hearing quite a bit about this in 2004. In fact, the odds are good that it's already been done and that the "big news" won't be an announcement that the procedure has been successfully completed in some off-the-map embryo lab, but confirmation that at least one human clone now walks (or, more likely, crawls) among us.

New diseases. This is a "gimme." There will be interesting twists on SARS and BSE. Some deaths, but nothing anyone can rightly call apocalyptic. Yet.

Life on Mars. With the European Space Agency keenly observing the Red Planet via the Mars Express orbiter, we're likely to hear about some exciting finds the NASA/JPL bureaucracy has been reluctant to publicize. (This appears to be happening already in a small way.)

Iraq/Afghanistan. Lots of dead U.S. soldiers and civilians. Another "gimme."

The "War on Terror." Pretty much like 2003 but with more dramatic emphasis. Expect more cryptic evidence that Osama bin Laden is alive and well and as evil as ever.

Nanotechnology. Critical steps made toward microscopic self-replicating systems, hand in hand with new DNA scanning techniques.

Artificial intelligence. 2004 will produce the best-yet approximation of a true "cybernetic organism," using organic nerve cells and micro-electronics to produce a form of spontaneous "thinking" . . . prompting inevitable philosophical squabbling over the nature of consciousness. Anti-AI sentiment spikes among garden-variety neophobes and religious fundamentalists.

Greenhouse effect. Although 2003 was actually cooler than 2002, 2004 will top record books as the overall hottest documented year in history. Look out for massive ocean-bound chunks of ice as the poles continue melting.

This is more like it. (Soccer, of all things . . .)

Friday, January 02, 2004

This is disturbing . . . although I really don't know why I should be surprised. Humans feed other humans toxic substances and miscellaneous organic debris all the time. Why should complacent pet food companies give a damn about what cats and dogs eat?

In similar news, much ado has been made about the "arrival" of "Mad Cow Disease" in the U.S. As dire and newsworthy as this sounds, I doubt that BSE is a newcomer. I think it's been incubating within our population for a long time. Some scientists have even proposed that the infamous "unmarked helicopters" seen in the vicinity of cattle mutilations might be part of a clandestine government effort to trace the spread of BSE. The modern cattle mutilation phenomenon began in the late 70s -- more than enough time for a contagion like BSE to infiltrate the U.S. and take up residence in our spinal tissue.

But why, ask debunkers, would the government use such secretive and costly methods? Why doesn't it simply buy its own cattle-land for research purposes instead of terrifying ranchers and spawning horror stories about Little Gray Men? Because the horror stories are integral to maintaining secrecy. By conducting tests in the open, the government (or whatever agency is responsible for cattle "mutes") would effectively signal its ignorance and lack of control. Citizens would ask questions. They might even panic.

What better way to avoid public accountability than take the study "deep black"? Sure, ranchers are going to wonder what the hell's going on. But since the underground study hasn't admitted to anything -- indeed, it's circumvented Congressional oversight entirely -- it can maintain its activity with impunity.

Stories of alien experimentation are bound to arise unassisted. The "alien invasion" meme is incredibly potent. Given its myriad psy-ops applications, it would be foolish not to exploit it. Eventually, in the hands of well-meaning researchers such as Linda Moulton Howe, a merely terrifying top-secret attempt to track a brain-destroying disease becomes the grisly handiwork of ufonauts every bit as cool, unsympathetic and inscrutable as H.G. Wells' Martians.

Or maybe there really is an alien element behind some cattle mutilations. Perhaps the government is using genuine alien experimentation as a cover for more mundane research -- or possibly as an attempt to reverse-engineer the aliens' own agenda. Or -- and this is truly freaky -- aliens and terrestrial biologists are working together. Maybe diseases like BSE really are the culprits, and the aliens have a sincere, ongoing interest in it. In this case, maybe the aliens are OK. Better a bunch of anonymous livestock than us, right?

But there are reports of human mutilations, too. Paranoia? Hoaxes? Disinformation? Whitley Strieber claims that close-encounters with apparent nonhuman beings have taken a decided turn for the malevolent lately. If true, maybe the intelligence behind the "mutes" -- human or ET (or both) -- is proceeding with the next stage of its project.

SPIEGEL ONLINE -March 22, 2007, 06:21 PM
      Kind of interesting the German's published this Albert Einstein Quote. What is the PSYOPS spin?
     "He Never said it?" "Who care if its true?" If its true scientifically? Check out the Rachael Carson link. Environment, Ecology its the real Homeland
      Security stupid.Well I guess there's not a thing to do now but go watch the Soprano’s n "forgedabout it" and go back to the dumbed down distraction
      obfuscation on Paris Hilton FoxTokio Rose & tabloid papsluts that have served the American people so well of late as we circle the drain for real...
     As the X slave Ben Franklyn once opined "A Penny saved is a Penny earned & You get what you pay for"
                      http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,473166,00.html
Albert Einstein quote?: "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four
years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man"

The same can also be said of the earth worm... No more worm, no more plants, no more animals, no more man".
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