C'mon, let's not do that in this thread. Let the shills go….we are above it.
Ok, let's do it…..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The city is the county seat of Davidson County and is located on the Cumberland River.[7] The city's population ranks 24th in the U.S. According to 2017 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, the total consolidated city-county population stood at 691,243.[4] The "balance" population, which excludes semi-independent municipalities within Davidson County, was 667,560 in 2017.[6]
Located in northern Middle Tennessee, Nashville is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in Tennessee. The 2017 population of the entire 14-county Nashville metropolitan area was 1,903,045.[5] The 2017 population of the Nashville—Davidson–Murfreesboro–Columbia combined statistical area, a larger trade area, was 2,027,489.[8]
Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779. The city grew quickly due to its strategic location as a port and railroad center. Nashville seceded with Tennessee during the American Civil War and in 1862 became the first state capital to fall to Union troops. After the war the city reclaimed its position and developed a manufacturing base.
Nashville is a center for the music, healthcare, publishing, private prison,[9] banking and transportation industries, and is home to numerous colleges and universities such as Tennessee State University, Vanderbilt University, Belmont University, Fisk University, and Lipscomb University.[10] Entities with headquarters in the city include Asurion,[11]Bridgestone Americas,[12] Captain D's,[13] CoreCivic,[14] Dollar General,[15] Hospital Corporation of America,[16]LifeWay Christian Resources,[17] Logan's Roadhouse,[18] and Ryman Hospitality Properties.[19]
History
Main articles: History of Nashville, Tennessee and Timeline of Nashville, Tennessee
18th and 19th centuries
The town of Nashville was founded by James Robertson, John Donelson, and a party of Overmountain Men in 1779, near the original Cumberland settlement of Fort Nashborough. It was named for Francis Nash, the American Revolutionary War hero. Nashville quickly grew because of its strategic location, accessibility as a port on the Cumberland River, a tributary of the Ohio River; and its later status as a major railroad center. By 1800, the city had 345 residents, including 136 enslaved African Americans and 14 free African-American residents.[20] In 1806, Nashville was incorporated as a city and became the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. In 1843, the city was named as the permanent capital of the state of Tennessee.
The city government of Nashville owned 24 slaves by 1831, and 60 prior to the war. They were "put to work to build the first successful water system and maintain the streets."[21]
Nashville riverfront shortly after the American Civil War
The cholera outbreak that struck Nashville in 1849–1850 took the life of former U.S. President James K. Polk. There were 311 deaths from cholera in 1849[22][23] and an estimated 316 to about 500 in 1850.[24]
By 1860, when the first rumblings of secession began to be heard across the South, antebellum Nashville was a prosperous city. The city's significance as a shipping port made it a desirable prize as a means of controlling important river and railroad transportation routes. In February 1862, Nashville became the first state capital to fall to Union troops. The state was occupied by Union troops for the duration of the war. The Battle of Nashville (December 15–16, 1864) was a significant Union victory and perhaps the most decisive tactical victory gained by either side in the war; it was also the war's final major military action in which Tennessee regiments played a large part on both sides of the battle. Afterward, the Confederates conducted a war of attrition, making guerrilla raids and engaging in small skirmishes, with the Confederate forces in the Deep South almost constantly in retreat.
In 1868, a few years after the Civil War, the Nashville chapter of the Ku Klux Klan was founded by Confederate veteran John W. Morton.[25] Chapters of this secret insurgent group formed throughout the state and the South; they opposed voting and organizing by freedmen, and sometimes also attacked their white allies, including schoolteachers from the North.
In 1873 Nashville suffered another cholera epidemic, as did towns throughout Sumner County along railroad routes and the Cumberland River.
View from the Tennessee State Capitol ca. 1865
Meanwhile, the city had reclaimed its important shipping and trading position and developed a solid manufacturing base. The post–Civil War years of the late 19th century brought new prosperity to Nashville and Davidson County. These healthy economic times left the city with a legacy of grand classical-style buildings, including the Parthenon in Centennial Park, near downtown.[26]
On April 30, 1892, Ephraim Grizzard, an African-American man, was lynched in a spectacle murder in front of a white mob of 10,000 in Nashville.[27] His lynching was described by journalist Ida B. Wells as: "A naked, bloody example of the blood-thirstiness of the nineteenth century civilization of the Athens of the South."[28] From 1877 to 1950, a total of six lynchings of blacks were conducted in Davidson County, most in the county seat of Nashville near the turn of the century.[29]
AT&T (Payseur owned) Building
Looks like: Bullhead/Goat head Horned Hand: This is the symbol of a hand in which the middle and ring finger are bending downwards to meet the thumb. The index and little finger form the horns. There are two versions of the horned hand. One is used as a sign of recognition between those in the Satanic group. In this version the thumb covers the middle and ring finger. When the horned hand is flashed with the thumb pointing outwards, it's actually cursing the person it's being pointed to. This gesture is the Satanic salute, a sign of recognition between and allegiance of members of Satanism or other unholy groups. I Love you Devil ?
AT&T Building (Nashville)
The AT&T Building (formerly the South Central Bell Building and BellSouth Building, colloquially known as the Batman Building) is a 617 ft (188 m), 33-story skyscraper completed in August 1994 and located in Nashville, Tennessee. The structure is designed as an office tower capable of housing 2,000 workers. It is currently the tallest building in the state of Tennessee.
Top floors of the AT&T Building
The building sits on 2.7 acres (11,000 m2) of property on Commerce St between 3rd and 4th Avenues North, and has a footprint of 1⅔ city blocks. It features a three-story winter garden atrium as its foyer and has a nine-story underground parking garage with 1,300 vehicle capacity.[1][4][8] Its distinctive design and dark coloration have earned it the nickname "Batman Building", due to its resemblance to the mask of superhero character Batman.[9]
Richard Miller, the president of architectural firm Earl Swensson Associates, said of the design process: "…at the time we did that they [South Central Bell] wanted a signature piece of architecture. What happens inside the building drives the way the outside looks."[10]
In August 2009, French online business journal Le Journal du Net named the iconic "Batman Building", or as the article names it "La Bat Tower", one of the 12 most original office buildings in the world.[11]
In 2011, a drawing of the AT&T Building – alongside images of iconic structures from Tennessee's three other large cities (the Memphis Pyramid, Knoxville's Sunsphere, and the Tennessee Aquarium of Chattanooga) – was incorporated into the standard design of Tennessee's state-issued driver's licenses.[12]
Tenants
AT&T Inc., previously BellSouth Telecommunications and before that South Central Bell,[3][13] has operated its Tennessee headquarters out of the building since it was opened in 1994. Prior to 2006, it was the sole occupant of the building, and now occupies approximately 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2) of office space.[14] AT&T holds a 23.5 year lease which ends January 2020.[1] Nissan North America operated a temporary headquarters in the remainder of office area, twelve floors, for two years before relocating to a permanent location in Franklin, Tennessee in mid-2008.[15][16]
Local television station WTVF Channel 5, while not utilizing office space, operates two live remotely controlled video cameras mounted on the western spire, which were established in 1995 and 1996.[9][17] These cameras are used to provide scenic views of Nashville and assist in covering news events.
Ownership
After completion in 1994, the AT&T Building was purchased by Prefco XIV L.P., a limited partnership of the Pitney Bowes Real Estate Financing Corp, for US$100.8 million.[1][18] Ownership of the building was transferred to Cerberus Capital Management subsidiary EntreCap Financial in July 2006 after Cerberus acquired Prefco. The building was immediately placed back on the market for resell, and in mid-2007 was sold to MTL Leasing LLC for an undisclosed sum.[2][18]
Yep, its me. :-)
Tunnels.
This story was almost too easy to find….. definitely thought-provoking.
https://tinycatpants.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/18-the-nashville-tunnels/
Every once in a while someone will claim there are tunnels under downtown Nashville, linking the old buildings and running out to the river. What’s strange is that is this obviously true. There are newer tunnels like the storm water system under Second Avenue or the tunnel that connects Legislative Plaza with the Capitol. And there are older tunnels through which heat and electric have been run. Shoot, Timothy Demonbreun and Elizabeth Bennett lived in a cave! Is a cave with two entrances not a tunnel?
So, why, when you ask most folks if there are tunnels under downtown Nashville, do they say “No”?
There are a series of tunnels running under downtown. Not utility tunnels, but honest secret passages, designed to allow people to sneak out of buildings unseen and down to the river.
Most of these tunnels were put in places shortly after the Civil War. Regardless of where their sympathies lied, the occupation was very difficult for the citizens of Nashville. Fields had been destroyed. Almost all of the trees had been cut or burned down. The streets were thick with soldiers and the attendant illicit businesses that sprang up to serve them. And then, after Lincoln’s assassination, there was a very real fear that the Federal government would come into the South and annihilate it in retaliation
People wanted protected escape routes. And so the tunnels were put in.
After the the destruction of the city ceased to feel like an immediate threat, the tunnels started to serve other purposes. They became a way for white men to slip in and out of Black Bottom unseen by disapproving neighbors, for liquor and prostitutes to make their way into “good” establishments, and, by the early 1900s, there were rumors of something else,that the tunnels had become a safe place for the worst kinds of men.
People disappeared in the tunnels. They went in and they never came out.
This was kept secret, as much as possible, by the town fathers because no one wanted the police to look into what else was going on in the tunnels………..(continue reading)
A deal with the devil?
You are welcome here. Hopefully you will post some of the info you've found.
I went searching for rabbit sculpture in Nashville and boy did I find it…at the botanical garden no less.
Crawling Lady Hare -Sophie Ryder
Creekwood Botanical Gardens Nashville
https://cheekwood.org/about/about-cheekwood/
About
Cheekwood is a 55-acre botanical garden and art museum located on the historic Cheek estate. Originally built as the home of Leslie and Mabel Cheek in 1929, Cheekwood is one of the finest examples of an American Country Place Era estate. Since being converted into a museum of art and botanical garden in 1960, Cheekwood has presented world-class art exhibitions, spectacular gardens and an historic estate unlike anything else. Each year, Cheekwood welcomes over 225,000 visitors, making it one of the city’s top cultural attractions, with approximately 14,000 member households. Visitors enjoy family activities, programming for all ages and year-round festivals celebrating the four seasons. From 150,000 blooming bulbs in the spring to one million holiday lights in the winter, there’s always something to see at Cheekwood.
This the gardens are loaded with statues and sculpture.
Even the Wizard of Oz theme……..
This botanical garden has just about every symbol of the cabal we've talked about. I won't post the whole garden but I did find this exhibit that is a must see.
https://weburbanist.com/2012/04/10/suspended-grass-figures-grow-in-galleries/
Suspended Grass Figures Grow Green in Galleries
The figures seem to float on air, hanging in unnatural positions, their limbs dangling. Made of a compacted growing medium, these sculptures by Mathilde Roussel are planted with grass seeds and allowed to transform over time, the grass sprouting and growing.
The French artist’s ‘Lifes of Grass’ series is pictured here at the Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art in Nashville, Tennessee. The sculptures are formed using a metal frame, soil and wheat grass.
The artist explains that she aims to show viewers, through the sculptures, that the food we eat and the way that it is grown and transported has an impact on us all. “The natural world, ingested as food becomes a component of human being. Through these anthropomorphic and organic sculptures made of soil and wheat grass seeds, I strive to show that food, its origin, its transport, has an impact on us beyond its taste.”
“The power inside it affects every organ of our body. Observing nature and being aware of what and how we eat makes us more sensitive to food cycles in the world – of abundance, of famine – and allows us to be physically, intellectually and spiritually connected to a global reality.”
>Your posts put a smile on my face anons ^^ It's a part of the research that I'm a new to, but what put a smile on my face is the "David versus Goliath" thing in it all ^^ I know anons won't understand me, but all of this high tech was taken down by one spirit ^^ who used the most primitive way to do it ^^ now that is funny.
You are right. I don't understand.
What "tech was taken down" and by what "spirit"? When? and how do you know? Is this a "future proves past" scenario?
I'll leave the tech guys to Booz Allen Hamilton but I will say that McLean, VA is primarily know for CIA Bush Headquarters (was?) and where Trump visited at the beginning of his term. Lots of wealth, CIA, FBI, and govt. officials live in McLean. Very upscale community. It is truly amazing how much wealth the spooks have after having been govt. employees……
>I'm gonna take a quick guess and say that your spirit friend looked a bit like Img 1?
Ok, you too…gimme more.
His spirit friend? meaning the one that took down the tech? Who saw this "spirit"?
When you guys talk about "other realms" and "spirits" I need a bit more education to keep up. SerialBrain2 has been doing his job introducing me to these concepts but when you put pictures and personification to these spirits, I'm afraid I need more in order to keep up.
Should I just stick with statues in the park and underground tunnels? and just take in your comments hoping to someday catch on and make a connection?
Not trying to be contrary. CodeFag and H anon talking way above my head. It is all fascinating but I'm feeling a bit in the dark. Ok if I need to stay that way….
Andrew Jackson Equestrian Statue - Tennessee State Capitol
Portico (Arch?) to Washington Monument (Baal shaft), Jefferson Memorial- dome, fountain
Base of Monument, entrance, surrounded by flags
Leaving White House through doors, dark to light toward Jefferson Memorial & fountain.
Completely dark
Stone carving inside Washington Monument elevator shaft. An angel with a man handing a scroll to a seated woman (throne?) White house in background. Attendant and child - Could not find an image of it.
From top, pointing SW toward Potomac River.
Looking West to Lincoln Memorial and reflecting pool, Potomac River
Mrs. Abe points……
Guide is pointing to area on map which used to be underwater? was maybe built up.
Tributes in stone with guide
Engineering of monument w/guide
Going down elevator looking at stone carving inside elevator shaft. Img. #1
Pine (evergreen) bonsai
Posing with a large bonsai (one hand showing)
Maple bonsai (?) with 2 trunks
bonsai presentation by guide
Another evergreen bonsai (not sure of type)
Crystal chandelier (French?)
more red shoes, clasping hands
Washington painting, empty room
The Red Room, decorated in red & gold - is the anti-chamber and was originally called the "Washington parlor" because the Washington painting hung in the room until it was moved.
Place setting, red plate, gold trim
reflection in glass ?
Potus & Flotus standing on red carpet
red tie & white dress (red shoes?)
keystone archway
fades out
Found it….
Thank you so much for that insight.
So much of this is hard to swallow but if I can come to terms with sra and pedovores then I think I can accept the forces of good and evil in battle behind the scenes.
It is so hard not to take this personally and wonder what to do next. Are we talking about something big playing out RIGHT NOW any day now? or are things escalating but we have many years until this anti-christ is born? does anyone even know?
I know no one knows just how this will play out, but I thank you for taking the time to help me into the loop. You spoke right at my speed. It really is a pleasure working with you too, thomas anon (and all of you).
I'm being told that I spend too much time with all of this that I'm "obsessed" and should go get a job. It is just too difficult to walk away when I'm learning so much that is truly relevant. I'm torn, I've never felt so enlightened but it is simply not understood by those around me. You've heard this story before, all of us anons have…. I just need to know that I can make a difference.
Can we be more specific about what is "near" and what is an "art museum"?
The Andrew Jackson equestrian statue is located on the expansive grounds of the State Capitol. The nearest museum is in the Nashville Municipal Auditorium which houses the Musicians Hall of Fame.
Directly across from the Capitol is the Military museum.
The primary art museum in Nashville is the Frist Art Museum
The Frist Art Museum (formerly known as the Frist Center for the Visual Arts) is an art museum in Nashville, Tennessee, housed in the city's historic U.S. Post Office building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The museum is housed in a white marble building that was built in the 1930s to serve as Nashville's main post office. Designed by Marr & Holman Architects, it was built in 1933-34. Its location near Union Station was convenient for mail distribution, since most mail at that time was moved by train.[5]
By the 1980s, downtown was no longer a good location for postal distribution. When a new main post office was built near the airport in 1986, the historic old facility became a downtown branch using only a small portion of one floor.[5]
In the early 1990s Thomas F. Frist, Jr., and his family, through the charitable Frist Foundation, identified the post office building, an example of Art Deco and Stripped Classicism style,[6] as a good location for a proposed downtown art museum. The Foundation implemented a public-private venture between the foundation, the U.S. Postal Service, and the city of Nashville. In 1999 the City of Nashville acquired the building from the U.S. Postal Service for the purpose of creating the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, paying $4.4 million. The city contributed $15 million toward renovation of the building, and the Frist Foundation and Frist family contributed $25 million for the renovation and to start an endowment for the art museum. The city owns the building, but granted the Frist a 99-year lease for $1 per year. A renovated post office branch was opened in the basement in 1999.[5]
The museum opened in April 2001. The art center consists of approximately 24,000 square feet (2,200 m2) of gallery space, used to present visual art from local, state and regional artists, as well as major U.S. and international exhibitions.[1]
On April 2, 2018, the museum announced that it changed its name from The Frist Center of the Visual Arts to The Frist Art Museum. The change became legally effective April 1, 2018.[7]
There is not a horse/equestrian statue outside the Frist Museum that I can find.
I have not worked on the location of the other horse.
But the Frist Museum is a good 3 blocks South of the Capitol campus, I wouldn't call it near…..unless we are going to conjecture that the Capitol is connected to the Military Museum and the Frist by tunnel……which is possible.
I started digging about the Cheek family and did a quick search back in time and nothing jumped out at me. Have been side-tracked by other obligations but haven't given up. I need to go back and dig a little harder, it wasn't readily apparent or I missed something. On the surface it seems that the guy was a grocer who made a ton of money together with his cousin off Maxwell House coffee. Once they had money and built this beautiful home they behaved like royalty, so to speak, but there is no indication that they were.
Two things did jump out, however. They filled their home with furnishings from royal homes in England and their daughter was invited to be "presented" to society in England in early adult-hood. (This is stuff off the top of my head that I remember. I'll be more specific and cite sources after I finish digging.)
Nashville Hospitals
Just a couple things to note:
#1 refer to map Ascend Amphitheater (26) and Gateway Bridge (16)
Ascend Amphitheater right next the Gateway Bridge….
ascend verb : (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ascend)
Definition of ascend
intransitive verb
1a : to move upward
b : to slope upward
c : to conduct nerve impulses toward or to the brain
2a : to rise from a lower level or degree
ascend to power
b : to go back in time or in order of genealogical succession
c : to pass from lower to higher musical notes
C – E ascending
transitive verb
1 : to go or move up
2 : to succeed to : OCCUPY
ascend the throne
Are we trying to "ascend" through a "gateway" at this location? - Am I reaching?
Also relatively close the the Gateway Bridge (16) are the Bridgestone Arena (28) and the Nissan Stadium (20). Small, medium and large event venues downtown and near the Gateway Bridge.
The Masonic Grand Lodge (27) and the Observance Lodge (30) are practically sitting on top of the Hume Fogg School Tunnels (4)
To the East of the City lies The Hermitage- Andrew Jackson's home and tomb.
Look at that. An obelisk underneath a dome…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hermitage_%28Nashville,_Tennessee%29
The Hermitage is a historical plantation and museum located in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, 10 miles (16 km) east of downtown Nashville. The plantation was owned by Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States, from 1804 until his death at the Hermitage in 1845. Jackson only lived at the property occasionally until he retired from public life in 1837.
Architecture
The Hermitage is built in a secluded meadow that was chosen as a house site by Rachel Jackson, wife of Andrew Jackson. From 1804 to 1821, Jackson and his wife lived in a log cabin, with slaves occupying two additional log structures. Together, the complex formed the First Hermitage, with the structures known as the West, East, and Southeast cabins.[5]
Jackson commissioned construction of a more refined house, and the original mansion was a two-story, Federal-style building built with bricks manufactured onsite using skilled slave labor. Construction took place between 1819 and 1821. The house had four rooms on the ground floor and four rooms on the second level, each with a fireplace and chimney. The large central hallways opened in warm weather from front to back to form a breezeway. A simple portico was added later. In 1831, while Jackson was residing in the White House, he had the mansion remodeled under the direction of architect David Morrison. The new structure included flanking one-story wings, a one-story entrance portico with 10 columns, and a small rear portico that gave the house a Classical appearance.
Grounds
The site today covers 1,120 acres (450 ha), which includes the original 1,050-acre (420 ha) tract of Jackson's plantation. It is overseen and managed by The Andrew Jackson Foundation, formerly called the Ladies' Hermitage Association. The mansion is approached by a cedar-lined, 10-foot (3.0 m) wide, guitar-shaped carriage drive designed by Ralph E. W. Earl. The design made it easier to maneuver carriages in the narrow space. To the east of the house was a 1-acre (0.40 ha) formal garden designed by Philadelphia-based gardener William Frost in 1819. Laid out in the English four-square kitchen garden style, it consists of four quadrants and a circular center bed contained by unusually long, beveled bricks and pebbled pathways. Originally, the garden was primarily used to produce food for the mansion and secondarily as an ornamental pleasure garden. It is surrounded by a white picket fence. On the north perimeter stands a brick privy that served as a status symbol as well as a garden feature.[10]
After Rachel Jackson died in 1828, Jackson had her buried in the garden she loved. When he had the house remodeled in 1831, Jackson also had a Classicizing "temple & monument" constructed for Rachel's grave. Craftsmen completed the domed limestone tomb with a copper roof in 1832.[11]
**No doubt that an overwhelming effort has been made with this Wikipedia page to make sure it is very clear that Andrew Jackson "pushed" the Native Americans out and was a slave owner and that the slaves permeated every aspect of his life. It is almost mentioned in every paragraph.
Sorry, dropped the ball on all the other lodges. I can get that done no problem but now is a good time to ask WHAT lodges fall under the masonic umbrella? Elks, Moose, Am. Legion, Knights columbus, eagles, vets for. wars?
Could Potus/Flotus be pointing to the new Emperor of Japan?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/01/japan-reiwa-naruhito-emperor
Japan welcomes new emperor Naruhito as Reiwa era begins
Emperor Naruhito promises to continue path trodden by his father, ‘sharing in the joys and sorrows of the people’
Japan’s new emperor, Naruhito, has said he is “filled with solemnity” and vowed to show the same compassion and devotion to the public as his father, in a ceremony to formally recognise his accession to the chrysanthemum throne.
“When I think about the important responsibility I have assumed, I am filled with a sense of solemnity,” he said Wednesday in a ceremony at the imperial palace, joined on the dais by his wife, Empress Masako.
“Looking back, his majesty the emperor emeritus [Akihito], since acceding to the throne, performed each of his duties in earnest for more than 30 years, while praying for world peace and the happiness of the people, and at all times sharing in the joys and sorrows of the people.”
Naruhito said he would “reflect deeply” on the course followed by his parents and “bear in mind the path trodden by past emperors, and will devote myself to self-improvement.
“I also swear that I will act according to the constitution and fulfil my responsibility as the symbol of the state and of the unity of the people of Japan, while always turning my thoughts to the people and standing with them. I sincerely pray for the happiness of the people and the further development of the nation, as well as the peace of the world”.
The prime minister, Shinzo Abe, offered his “heartfelt congratulations” on behalf of the Japanese people. “We are determined to create a bright future for a proud Japan filled with peace and hope at a time when the international situation is changing dramatically,” he said.
This would be a "child", "meticulously grown" (like a bonsai), bringing in a "new era", coming from the East…
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/-Naruhito-is-the-new-emperor-of-Japan-46893.html
Tokyo (AsiaNews / Agencies) - Naruhito is the new emperor of Japan. The 126th sovereign of the Rising Sun gave his first speech after ascending the throne this morning, expressing his "hope for happiness and peace in the world". His ascension was formalized earlier, in a ceremony that saw him inherit the imperial treasures. A new imperial era called Reiwa - which means "beautiful harmony" - has begun and will last throughout his reign.
The Chrysanthemum Throne (皇位 kōi, lit. "Imperial seat") is the throne of the Emperor of Japan. The term also can refer to very specific seating, such as the Takamikura (高御座) throne in the Shishin-den at Kyoto Imperial Palace.[1]
Various other thrones or seats that are used by the Emperor during official functions, such as those used in the Tokyo Imperial Palace or the throne used in the Speech from the Throne ceremony in the National Diet, are, however, not known as the "Chrysanthemum Throne".[2]
In a metonymic sense, the "Chrysanthemum Throne" also refers rhetorically to the head of state[3] and the institution of the Japanese monarchy itself.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Japan is the oldest continuing hereditary monarchy in the world.[10] In much the same sense as the British Crown, the Chrysanthemum Throne is an abstract metonymic concept that represents the monarch and the legal authority for the existence of the government.[11] Unlike its British counterpart, the concepts of Japanese monarchy evolved differently before 1947 when there was, for example, no perceived separation of the property of the nation-state from the person and personal holdings of the Emperor.
According to legend, the Japanese monarchy is said to have been founded in 660 BC by Emperor Jimmu; Naruhito is the 126th monarch to occupy the Chrysanthemum Throne. The extant historical records only reach back to Emperor Ōjin, who is considered to have reigned into the early 4th century.[12]
In the 1920s, then-Crown Prince Hirohito served as regent during several years of his father's reign, when Emperor Taishō was physically unable to fulfill his duties. However, the Prince Regent lacked the symbolic powers of the throne which he could only attain after his father's death.[13]
The current Constitution of Japan considers the Emperor as "the symbol of the State and of the unity of the people." The modern Emperor is a constitutional monarch.[14] The metonymic meanings of "Chrysanthemum Throne" encompass the modern monarchy and the chronological list of legendary and historical monarchs of Japan.
Listen to what this Disciple of Christ has to say about Freemasonry…
https://la-mason.com/shorttalk/freemasonry-and-religion-are-compatible/
FREEMASONRY AND RELIGION ARE COMPATIBLE
Freemasonry is not, in and of itself, a Christian organization. Rather, it is one that numbers among its members many who are Christian. One of our great strengths is the ability to accept those of differing faiths into our fellowship.
However, Freemasonry has come under attack from some segments of Christianity, particularly those considered to be “fundamentalists”.
It is to those members of the Masonic Fraternity who are Christian that this Short Talk is primarily addressed. Many Masons have had to agonize over choosing between their Christian faith and their Masonic membership, believing the two to be in conflict.
It is hoped that this Short Talk will be a source of comfort and understanding to those who are in such turmoil as well as informative and a guide to those who have questions about the role of the Mason with respect to his religious beliefs.
This Short Talk is directly addressing the Christian, but the truth it contains applies to all who believe and serve one God!
–Editor
FREEMASONRY AND RELIGION
ARE COMPATIBLE
By: Forrest D. Haggard
Forrest D. Haggard was ordained by the Kansas Church of Christ and is Founding Pastor of the Overland Park Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) where he has served since 1953. He has been in the minis-try for 44 years and a Master Mason for 43 years. He has served the Church by being President of the World Convention of Churches of Christ (1975-1980) and Freemasonry by being (Grand Master of Kansas 1974-75. He is both York Rite (Red Cross) and Scottish Rite (33rd).
Lewis Cass had a son, Lewis Cass, Jr. but we followed his daughter Matilda through her marriage to Ledyard.
Are you suggesting that another sister pretended to be a boy?
You are on a roll today H!
It was Lewis Cass Ledyard, Jr. who traveled on the Queen Mary which was not operational until 1936.
But I'd like to hear more about your "wild idea"
This is fantastic!
I ordered the book….He was not talking deeply about any one topic, and he spoke quickly. I prefer reading. Sorry
It seems that "13 Puzzles…" is a follow-on to "Truth is a Lonely Warrior" from 2013. I'm curious to know his initial research ideas so I plan to read them both.
Was looking for people to investigate in Nashville and came across the Mt. Olivet Cemetery……. certainly no lack of choices.
Img. 5
Cheek Family of Cheekwood Botanical Gardens
Img. 1&2 ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_C._Lewis
Major Eugene C. Lewis (June 21, 1845 - February 13, 1917) was an American engineer and businessman. He served as the chairman of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway from 1900 to 1917. As a civic leader, he helped develop Shelby Park and Centennial Park, including the Parthenon, as well as Union Station.
*No mention of GOD on that plaque
Img. 3 &4
The monument marks the grave of John Reeves (1862-1921) and his wife Henrietta (1871-1968).
https://slideblast.com/reeves-henrietta-kendrick-papers_59a030b71723ddd4aa4b2fe8.html
Henrietta Morgan (Kendrick) Reeves
was born in Nashville, Tennessee on February 7,
1871, and lived in Nashville all her life, play
ing a prominent role
in the cultural and
social life of the city. She was the da
ughter of Thomas Fluker Kendrick and Sarah
Cheney Clark Kendrick of Nashville. Mrs.
Reeves was educated in Nashville at Ward
Seminary and took courses also at Peabody
College and Vanderbilt University. She
excelled as an amateur poet, musician, French
scholar, art critic, and
lecturer, taking an
active part in the cultural activities of the c
ity. She organized the first poetry society in
Nashville which later develope
d into a nationally recognized
writers’ group, and in 1919,
she was elected to membership in the Poetry
Society of America. As chairman of the
literary department of the Centennial Club, sh
e was responsible for bringing to Nashville
many famous writers, poets, and
artists as guest lecturers.
Mrs. Reeves was the wife of John Herri
ford Reeves, a prominen
t Nashville wholesaler
and manufacturer whom she married in 1891.
He died in 1921. They had one son, John.
Mrs. Reeves died January 1, 1968, tw
o months before her ninety-seventh birthday.
Ok, that post was weird.
Img. 1 &2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_C._Lewis
Major Eugene C. Lewis (June 21, 1845 - February 13, 1917) was an American engineer and businessman. He served as the chairman of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway from 1900 to 1917. As a civic leader, he helped develop Shelby Park and Centennial Park, including the Parthenon, as well as Union Station.
**No mention of GOD on that plaque
The Acklen Mausoleum in the Mount Olivet Cemetery at Nashville, Tennessee, is a stunning example of Gothic architecture, built for Adelicia Hayes Franklin Acklen Cheatham, the daughter of Oliver Bliss Hayes—a lawyer, judge, minister, and land speculator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelicia_Acklen
Adelicia Hayes Franklin Acklen Cheatham (March 15, 1817 – May 4, 1887), best known as Adelicia Acklen, became the wealthiest woman in Tennessee and a plantation owner in her own right after the 1846 death of her first husband, Isaac Franklin.
When married to her second husband, Joseph Alexander Smith Acklen, Adelicia Acklen built the Belmont Mansion in Nashville, Tennessee. She sold the property in 1887; it was converted for use as a college campus. It is now operated as a museum at the center of what is now known as Belmont University.
And a little something for Ananda this morning:
Belle Meade Plantation
https://www.covingtontravel.com/2012/06/belle-meade-plantation-nashville-tennessee/
History. Horses. Hospitality. Belle Meade Plantation is the epitome of gracious Tennessee plantations and well worth a visit when in Nashville. Originally founded by John Harding in 1807 with only a “traveler’s rest” log cabin and 250 acres of land, Belle Meade Plantation grew into a beautiful Greek Revival Mansion reigning over one of the largest thoroughbred horse farms in the south covering 5,400 acres.
Having come from Virginia, the gentleman Harding had an interest in horses and was quite the entrepreneur. First he boarded stallions, and then offered stud services on his farm. He was very wealthy and in 1820 commissioned a sprawling brick home and named the estate Belle Meade, meaning “beautiful meadow.” He became interested in racing horses and in 1823 registered his own racing silks with the Nashville Jockey Club. The original silks are some of the oldest surviving in the sport and are on display in the mansion.
The plantation gained the reputation of being the premier horse farm in the south, raising, selling and shipping stock throughout the country. In fact, Belle Meade was so influential in thoroughbred breeding that famous horses like Seabiscuit, Secretariat and Barbarro, and every horse to race in the Kentucky Derby since 2003 can trace their bloodlines directly back to Belle Meade!
With that level of notoriety, the 10,000 square foot Belle Meade mansion became the epicenter of society and social events where hundreds of people at a time were hosted, wined and dined. Today, guides in period costumes lead 45-minute tours of the impeccably restored mansion to offer visitors a taste of the opulent lifestyle of the past.
I wonder if there is some connection between the bloodlines of horses and the bloodlines of people that gives horse racing an underlying dynamic….hmmm. Could that be why the Queen is so interested in horse racing and why stud fees are waived on her behalf?
The home of the "Predators"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgestone_Arena
Bridgestone Arena
Bridgestone Arena (originally Nashville Arena, and formerly Gaylord Entertainment Center and Sommet Center) is an all-purpose venue in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, that was completed in 1996, and is the home of the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League.
Located across the street from the Grand Lodge of the Tennessee Freemasons and down from the Hume Fogg School tunnel system. Next to the Hilton Downtown Hotel and blocks from the Gateway Bridge.
West Nashville Phoenix Lodge #131
In 1853:
“It will be recollected by many members of this Grand Lodge that at the time of its session there existed four lodges in the city of Nashville. Entertaining with many other Masons that this number was greater that the wants of the city required, and fearing their operation might not conduce to the harmony and efficient action of the Fraternity, I prevailed upon the members of those three Lodges - Sewannee No. 131,, Sequoyah No. 156, and Nashville No. 142 - to surrender their charters, and take out a dispensation for a new Lodge. Acting upon this suggestion, the three Lodges entered into an agreement to this effect, and I granted them a dispensation, authorizing the brethren to open a new Lodge by the name of PHOENIX LODGE No. 131.”
The Committee of Dispensation reported in favor of granting the Lodge a charter, which was done, and thus was PHOENIX LODGE No. 131 formed—”A phoenix rising from the ashes of three dead Lodges.”
Japanese Freemasonry
This is an article about Japanese Freemasonry with an interesting take on how the Japanese "fund" the Rockefeller/Rothchild cabal through payments to the US, their "master". Cannot give excerpts on this one- must read article.
https://rense.com/general77/free.htm
The Secret History Of The
Freemasons In Japan
All good. I didn't research the site, don't know much about David Icke (?) - you could fill me in…. also don't much care about negative opinions of Trump. Opinions are like a$$&%@)s…..
but I thought the perspective was eye opening that one could take that stance. I like to know what everyone is thinking, right or wrong, can't fight a battle and not know what the opposition is thinking.
But you are right, I shouldn't have posted it here. I suppose by posting it it gives it a certain legitimacy as if I intended it to support my conclusions. It wasn't that.
Thanks for the heads up on how this is done.
I'm having a hard time getting motivated to research in Japan…maybe I'm so unfamiliar with that country, it's like an enigma. What I did read in that article and other stuff on freemasonry there is that they are NOT isolated and have been controlled/influenced by the Western world for centuries.
I guess now I have to picture the little children being abused in Japan (and the world) if I branch out…… looking away is a form of denial. But I also did just say I need to know the full perspective. This is just hard shit, man.
I'm sure I'll come around. I'm following you.
Ok, I looked at the Ritz Carlton. Looks like a Ritz Carlton, building has some rounded roofs, front door is an arch to enter, but nothing very unusual jumps out. HOWEVER, when I went to look around the Ritz the number of hospitals/medical clinics/blood donation is UNBELIEVABLE. No joke.
Ritz Carlton
There is a skyscraper called the Dojima Avanza in the high-rise district which surrounds the Ritz Carlton (Umeda). Although I cannot dig up a good accounting for it, there is an arch from the old building's entrance that was left in place when the building was torn down. Because it is in front of the Dojima Avanza it is called the Dojima Avanza Entrance Porch and is a tourist attraction. A quick search did not dig up any reason for this arch to be left in place or what it is supposed to mean (but it has a keystone….)
How are you being attacked?
Now this defies logic. I'm speechless……
Hospitals/Medical Clinics and Blood donation in Osaka
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_Japan
Human trafficking in Japan
According to the United States' State Department, Japan is a major destination, source, and transit country for men and women subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking. Victims of human trafficking include male and female migrant workers, women and children lured to Japan by fraudulent marriages and forced into prostitution, as well as Japanese nationals, "particularly runaway teenage girls and foreign-born children of Japanese citizens who acquired nationality." According to the 2014 U.S. State Department's Trafficking in Persons Report, "The Government of Japan does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so."[4]
U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons placed the country in "Tier 2" in 2017.[5] Japan ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol on July 11, 2017.[6]
In 2005 Irene Khan, then the Secretary General of Amnesty International, stated that the country was the biggest receiving country for human trafficking and there were a lot of people being trafficked from Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, South America, to Japan.[7]
History
Main article: Karayuki-san
Karayuki-san was the name given to Japanese girls and women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who were trafficked from poverty stricken agricultural prefectures in Japan to destinations in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Siberia (Russian Far East), Manchuria, and British India to serve as prostitutes and sexually serviced men from a variety of races, including Chinese, Europeans, native Southeast Asians, and others.
https://www.globalministries.org/human_trafficking_and_the_sex_trade
Human Trafficking and the Sex Trade in Japan
BY MARTHA MENSENDIEK ON MAY 27, 2014
Japan has been a major country of destination for human trafficking, especially into its notorious sex industry. Women and children are trafficked to Japan for commercial sexual exploitation from China, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, Russia, and Latin America. The majority of identified trafficking victims are foreign women who migrate to Japan with hopes of working and sending remittances to their families back home. Upon arrival however, they are subjected to debt bondage and forced prostitution. Debts of up to $50,000 are imposed on the women and they are subjected to physical and psychological violence and coercion. Japanese women and girls are also targeted for exploitation in pornography and prostitution. Many female victims are reluctant to seek help from authorities for fear of reprisal by their traffickers, who are often related to Japanese organized crime, called the Yakuza.
The trafficking of women to Japan began in the early 1980s and continued to gain momentum in the following decade. In the mid 1980’s to 1990, most of the trafficked women were from the Philippines, and then a surge in women from Thailand followed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_city#Japan
An underground city is a series of linked subterranean spaces that may provide a defensive refuge; a place for living, working or shopping; a transit system; mausolea; wine or storage cellars; cisterns or drainage channels; or several of these.
The term may also refer to a network of tunnels that connects buildings beneath street level that may house office blocks, shopping malls, metro stations, theatres, and other attractions. These passages can usually be accessed through the public space of any of the buildings connecting to them, and sometimes have separate entries as well. This latter definition encompasses many modern structures, whereas the former more generally covers tunnel systems from ancient times to the present day.
Underground cities are especially functional in cities with very cold or hot climates, because they permit activities to be comfortably accessible year round without regard to the weather. Underground cities are similar in nature to skyway systems and may include some buildings linked by skyways or above-ground corridors rather than underground.
Some cities also have tunnels that have been abandoned.
The top five largest underground "cities" (地下街, chikagai) in Japan are all shopping districts:
Tenjin Underground City in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Crysta Nagahori in Chūō-ku, Osaka — 81,765 m2 (880,111 sq ft)
Diamor Osaka in Kita-ku, Osaka — 42,977 m2 (462,601 sq ft)
Osaka has enormous underground networks in the Umeda, Namba, and Shinsaibashi districts, in which Umeda alone includes over 1,200 retail stores and restaurants, as well as subway and intercity rail stations.
The Umeda area is the high-rise area where the Ritz Carlton is located
Being careful of my sources……but I keep running into this guy while hovering over Japan. Journalist or Conspiracy Theorist?
https://benjaminfulford.net/about/
BenjaminFulford.net is a geopolitical news and discussion website from reporter and investigative journalist Benjamin Fulford. Reports are based on information from a broad range of sources including the yakuza, MI6, the Freemasons, the CIA, the KGB, Mossad, the triads, the Chinese government, Japanese military intelligence, etc. We go by the motto, “if it appears in writing, somebody has beaten us to the story.” The reports provide updates and summaries of the latest events in the ongoing secret war for control of planet Earth. This website is completely independent and is not affiliated with any corporation or governmental organization.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3312902/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
Benjamin Fulford was born in Canada in 1961. And He is a renowned conspiracy theorist and ex-chief editor of Forbes in Japan. He has started lectures and criticisms about the conspiracies of Sabbateans mafia around the world since 2005. In 2009, He acquired Japanese citizenship legally. He now lives in Tokyo.
Japanese generals ready to act against Zionist stooges as “Reiwa era” begins
By Benjamin Fulford
The Japanese military is ready to act against Khazarian Zionist stooges now that the new “Reiwa era” has officially begun, according to several generals who contacted the White Dragon Society. Although the public is being told the new era starts on May 1, our NSA sources and Japanese right-wing sources say Emperor Naruhito assumed control today, April 1, 2019, or year Zero of the Reiwa era.
The name Reiwa or 令和 can be translated as “emphasizing harmonious Japaneseness” and is taken, apparently for the first time in history, from Japanese rather than Chinese classical texts, according to Japanese scholars. This choice was inspired in part as a reaction to attempts by the Khazarian mafia to sell out Japan to the Chinese in exchange for protection, Japanese right-wing sources say.
Khazarian mafia agents like Richard Armitage, Michael Greenberg, and Gerald Curtis have been stripped of their role as “Japan handlers” as a part of the start of the new era, say Japanese right-wing sources close to the Emperor.
The Japanese generals have been advised by the White Dragon Society (WDS) that they will need to nationalize the foreign-owned Bank of Japan and take control of the Parliament, the Prime Minister’s office, and the major media corporations if they wish for Japan to be independent again. Several generals agreed and said it has already happened.
cont.
cont.
Bank of Japan to be nationalized as new era starts By Benjamin Fulford Weekly
Now that Japan has a new Emperor, the Bank of Japan will be nationalized and Japan will be liberated from the Khazarian mafia, according to Japanese right-wing sources close to the Emperor. This move will force the Washington, D.C. political establishment into Chapter 11 bankruptcy and pave the way for the restoration of the Republic of the United States of America, Pentagon sources say. The liberation of Japan will be a decisive victory for humanity in the ongoing, undeclared, secret battle for the planet Earth, Asian secret society and CIA sources agree.
To understand how important this is, let’s start by looking at why the Washington, D.C. establishment and its Khazarian Zionist masters are mathematically doomed.
The breakdown of trade negotiations last week between China and the U.S. regime headed by Donald Trump is likely to be the immediate trigger for the bankruptcy of Washington, D.C. That’s because without the promised “trillion dollars” worth of Chinese purchases of U.S. goods, there’s no way the U.S. can stay solvent.
https://www.ccn.com/bye-bye-trade-war-china-plans-1-trillion-buying-spree-to-reduce-us-trade-deficit
The U.S. government has been trying to pretend all is well by jacking up the stock market with Federal Reserve Board money, faking unemployment figures, and other measures. However, denying reality will not help. This great article by Michael Snyder lists 19 facts that blow the “all is well” story right out of the water.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-03/try-claiming-america-booming-after-reading-these-19-facts-about-our-current
The U.S. Treasury Department was able to end a 35-day government shutdown earlier this year by stealing tax refunds and looting public pensions, but these tricks bought only enough time to keep it going until July. “Treasury expects that the extraordinary measures will be exhausted sometime in the second half of 2019,” said Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Brian Smith.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-treasury-refunding/u-s-may-have-to-stop-borrowing-later-this-year-treasury-idUSKCN1S73U4
They were hoping for a big infusion of Chinese money by then, but Asian secret society sources say a decision has been made to stop financing the warmongering Zionist-controlled political apparatus in Washington, D.C.
Even though the new Japanese regime will keep buying all the U.S. treasuries they can afford (because they do not want China to take over the world), it won’t be enough, according to the Japanese right-wing sources.
The Zionists, meanwhile, with their moves to start World War III thwarted, have been reduced to attacking a small ghetto of mostly unarmed civilians inside the Gaza Strip. You can be sure there also will be new provocations in Iran, Venezuela, and elsewhere by the desperate Zionists.
https://www.rt.com/news/458456-trump-supports-idf-gaza-standoff/
However, even if the Washington, D.C. government manages to use war blackmail to kick the can down the road yet again in July and get permission to borrow more money, the way things are going, by 2024 all U.S. borrowing will be used to pay interest on debt.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-01/minsky-moment-starting-2024-all-us-debt-issuance-will-be-used-pay-interest-debt
Efforts by Henry Kissinger, the Rothschilds, and others to cash historical Asian bonds for astronomical sums of money in order to save the old political structure have all run into a brick wall. There’s not going to be a “Global Currency Reset” or miracle revaluation of defunct currencies like the Zimbabwe dollar, the Asian secret society sources say.
Osteria Orobianco
Upscale Italian restaurant in Osaka (Umeda- near Ritz Carlton) serving pizza by the slice
Marrs writes:
Done in the typical fashion, this sign literally means intercourse by the devil—to be violated sexually by the horned God. The thumb holding down the fingers creates the “vulva,” while the two largest fingers pointed up are the horns of the God (Satan).
~ Codex Magica
Researchers often point out that the sign represents a Roman numeral five, a sign for the “Satanic Law of Fives”. However, the law of Fives appears to be a creation of the Discordian Society. The society’s Pentabarf’ is a reflection of this law.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikamura
Amerikamura (also America mura; アメリカ村, American Village) is a sizable retail and entertainment area near Shinsaibashiin the Chūō-ku district of Osaka, Japan. It is usually referred to by locals as "Ame-mura." Amerikamura is an area stretching from Nagahori Street to Dotombori, located in the west side of the Shinsaibashi station.[1]
Amerikamura is identifiable by a small-scale reproduction of the Statue of Liberty that peers down on the streets. It is a well-known haunt of expatriates, and centres on Triangle Park, a concrete rest area surrounded by retail outlets of Western fashions, bars and nightclubs, some of which are run by Westerners.
Its reputation as a hangout for foreigners is a matter of degree. Osaka's registered foreign population is a small fraction of the total population; the makeup of the crowds and retail space in Ame-mura is predominantly Japanese. Locally, Ame-mura is known for being a place for observing some of the more "fashion intense" manifestations of Japanese pop culture.
http://www.lacarmina.com/blog/2017/11/osaka-territory-satan-goth-shops-purikura-japan/
Osaka, Japan Gothic stores! Satanic Territory occult & witchcraft shop, Japanese tattoos, pentagram fashion.
Posted by La Carmina on November 4, 2017
“Today is enjoy!” Since it’s still spooky season, I thought I’d release an updated guide to the Gothic and underground shops of Osaka, Japan….All of these underground stores are found in Amerikamura or Ame-Mura (America Village).This remains the best neighborhood in Osaka to see Gothic, Lolita, Punk and alternative street style, including indie boutiques — a sort of equivalent to Harajuku in Tokyo.
The red pentagram hints at the theme of today’s post. We’ll delve into the Kansai Goth, occult and Satanic scene…… including exclusive photos of Territory, the devilish lair of Taiki-san. Read on for Osaka tattoos, taxidermy and absinthe as well!
And now, let’s dive into the Osaka underworld. Most of the alternative / Gothic / underground shops are in the America Mura district — including this self-described lair of Satanism and Witchcraft, Territory.
Img. #1 And now, let’s dive into the Osaka underworld. Most of the alternative / Gothic / underground shops are in the America Mura district — including this self-described lair of Satanism and Witchcraft, Territory.
The entrance cautions you to Beware. Only those with dark souls dare to cross this gate, guarded by skulls and other deathly figures.
On the Territory signboard, you’ll notice the Latin words “Non Serviam,” or “I will not serve”. The phrase is generally attributed to Lucifer, and sums up the powerful spirit of this establishment.
Since 1996, Taiki’s Territory has garnered a devout underground following. Territory is well hidden, and not even many locals know about its existence. Go down to the basement level, and wander around until you find these skeletons and demons.
Address: 2 Chome-8-33 Nishishinsaibashi, Osaka Center Building B1, Chuo Ward, Osaka, Japan.
Img 2- We also stopped by Bleeding Maria, a special place protected by witches. (Address: 2-18-6 Shinsaibashi, 5th floor – it’s in a Americamura building with an elevator, filled with small shops).
I encourage you to drop by this unusual establishment of witchcraft, runes and fortune-telling. The owner, Kaori, speaks English and German very well — so you can visit even if you don’t know Japanese. Perhaps you’ll have a chance to hang out in this spiritual haven, and meet her pet tarantula.
Img.3
If the words “Painful Pleasures” appeal to you, then you’ve got to visit Babylon. The name hints that this is not just a piercing / body art studio. There are twisted cultural and anthropological treasures to be found within.
Address: 1-16-7 Nishi Shinsaibashi, Osaka
John sets the scene in this report: “Stepping into Babylon Body Art’s Osaka, which started off more than a decade ago as a bar in a different location, one is surrounded by stuffed and mounted animals and various taxidermic specimens. Shelves are filled to capacity with rare and unusual books in both Japanese and English, on subjects ranging from anatomy and zoology to bestiality and methods of execution.”
Img 4
The devil is everywhere in Shinsaibashi, Osaka. I passed by the 666 store, on the way to Closet Child
Img. 5 John introduced me to Cafe Anamune, a medical themed cafe run by locals. I love the laid-back feeling of this little place, which has flasks and zombie nurses lurking around. Order the simple yet lovely Japanese curry, and enjoy the atmosphere.
Anamune Cafe address: 1-8-16 Nakanishi Building 501, Nishishinsaibashi, Osaka.
Img. 6 Osaka’s Americamura / Shinsaibashi area is a district filled with funky art, alt culture and inspiration. Such as the Alice on Wednesday shop, which is dedicated to Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. If you figure out the correct door and hidden keyholes, you’ll enter a boutique with a Queen of Hearts throne room, Mad Hatter party and more — selling everything from Eat Me candies to clocks.
Alice on Wednesday is found at 2-12-25 Asahi Plaza Shinsaibashi, Osaka
If only this work could be my job!
Thank you, we can all use prayers right now!
Don't sell yourself short. Once you start putting the pieces together everything fits into place. Hang here with us. If you ever see something that makes a connection for you….chime in. Believe me, I've said a bunch of useless or non-productive stuff and this team is very forgiving. Just be supportive, with prayers or thoughts or digs and your presence is most appreciated!
Ok, last chance, without any insults or accusations, please give an example of how you would do this. Give an example of "News UNLOCKS map" the way you see it. And try to be a nice person while you are at it. We are all working hard here to make connections and create a map. If you have CONSTRUCTIVE suggestions, we will listen but attacking us does not get you anywhere. We are looking for help in the digs. Make yourself useful and part of the team or do your own thing.
And leave the "old man" alone. We like him.
Img. 1 Kyocera Dome Osaka
Baseball Stadium
Img. 2 Tsutenkaku Tower
https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/1100/
Shinsekai is the place to experience the Osaka of old, and Tsutenkaku Tower is the defining landmark of the area. The 100-meter steel tower may not appear particularly tall by modern-day standards, but it has carved out its own place in local history as a symbol of progress and innovation. Head to the top to get a pleasant view of the city, where you can also see exhibits and artifacts showing the vibrant history of the area.
The first incarnation of the tower went up in 1912, connecting to an adjacent amusement park via cable car. At the time, its 64-meter height made it the tallest in all of Asia. After the war, the city rebuilt the tower to a 100-meter height, installing bright neon lights that change color with the seasons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ts%C5%ABtenkaku
On the fifth floor observation deck is enshrined Billiken, the God of Happiness or "things as they ought to be". Billiken, a popular American charm doll that came to Japan in about 1910, was enshrined within Luna Park when it opened. When the park closed in 1923, the wooden statue of Billiken went missing. As a part of an effort to revive the tower, a copy of Billiken was made from an old photograph and placed inside the tower in 1979. The statue of Billiken became closely associated with the tower and is a popular symbol of good luck. Each year thousands of visitors place a coin in his donation box and rub the soles of his feet to make their wishes come true.
Img 3 Nine Floating Fountains- Osaka
https://www.outdoorfountainpros.com/blogs/news/119898627-the-nine-floating-fountains-of-japan
As far as fountains go, the requirements are fairly basic; a flowing or recycling water source and a basin in which to collect it in. But Japanese designer Isamu Noguchi has proven, yet again, that anyone can take a simple object and turn it into a work out art. All you need is a bit of creativity and an eye for design. The Nine Floating Fountains is an art display located in Osaka Japan and was originally built for the World Expo. Now it has become a world famous fountain, attracting tourists of every kind from all over the world.
The fountain, or fountains, appear to be an major optical illusion at first glance. The two massive square boxes float in the air as a continuous flow of water pours from their bottoms. The water collects in the large square basin below but where does it go from there? How does the water come from the floating cubes to begin with? Well, Isamu cleverly constructed the fountain display with a well hidden pipe that feeds up into each box and is rendered virtually invisible once the water begins to flow, creating the optical illusion that the squares are floating in the air and the water appears out of nowhere.
Okunoin Cemetery
Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.
https://www.japan-experience.com/city-koyasan/okunoin
SPIRIT, ARE YOU THERE?
IN THE MOST POPULAR JAPANESE CEMETERY ALONG A DRIVEWAY OF RUSTLING WOODS, ENCOUNTERS WITH SOULS OF LONG AGO SURPRISE THOSE WHO ARE NOT CAREFUL.
According to the superstition of the Shingon Buddhist school, there are no dead in Okunoin, but only waiting spirits. As the story is told, one day Kukai (774-835), better known in Japan under the name of Kobo Daishi, the founder of the religious community of Mount Koya, came out of meditation upon the arrival of Miroku, the Buddha of the future.
So all the souls in transit resting in the graves or of whom the hair or ashes had been placed by their loved ones in front of the Kukai Mausoleum, also rose up. Pending the advent of this apocalyptic prophecy, the number of graves in Okunoin continues to increase and already counts more than two hundred thousand and is the largest cemetery in the archipelago.
A glimpse of the afterlife
Cross the Ichi Hashi no bridge, which opens the way to Okunoin is like crossing a bridge between two worlds. Just before, the faithful join hands and bow to show their respect to Kukai.
On the other side, the atmosphere is different, the air is charged with the sacred. The dizzying cedars that dot the first graves hide the sky and the end of the paved road that runs up through the wood. The styles of the burial memorials vary too much for the eye to dwell on each of them, but the most spectacular cenotaphs attract attention, such as the one an insecticide company dedicated to its termite victims.
Leaving the main path and venturing amid forgotten tombs with eroded stone or covered with moss, allows you to realize that here, Nature has reclaimed its rights. Conversely, the secondary entrance of the cemetery, located across from the Okunoin-mae bus stop, leads to the more recent tombs made with refined granite, as if varnished, artificial, taking away all individuality from their eternal residents. Another sign of modernity, the offerings themselves have changed and soda cans have joined incense and sutras (words attributed to the Buddha or his immediate disciples).
Along the main path, do not be surprised by the accessories worn by the statues of Buddhas, who often have a vermilion bib. The are offerings that mothers leave to protect their children in this world or to bring them luck in the afterlife.
I get the general idea; but I don't understand the Map and what is unlocked.
Let's just say I'm thick. Break this down more for me. I get how you related the news to a Q-drop..(If only I'd memorized all the drops, I'd be in good shape) Please talk it through from there because I fail to see how that connection told me anything or how it relates to a "map".
Where did your speculation come from? Let's pretend I'm not that insightful.
And, Thomas anon, I'm still trying to figure out how to draw a straight line from St. Louis to Osaka on a map.
I've got a thought. Why don't you work alongside us? You connect news with markers and show us how it "unlocks the map" and we can try to follow along and maybe catch on and try it ourselves.
It's quite possible that we may overlap at some point with creating a map. I'd like to see more of your work as the instructions from Q are just not very clear to me.
Good evening everyone,
Thomas anon, was thinking about your "feeling" about Lewis Cass, Jr. possibly being a female pretending to be a male when I came across SerialBrain2 recent decode.
https://www.reddit.com/user/SerialBrain2/comments/br94hp/trump_the_hammer_the_beast_and_sally_yates/
Attached is one of the visuals he displayed about transgender "agenda". If my understanding is correct the idea is to corrupt the natural body (God-given) so that it is more conducive to demonic possession. "willingly become a bridge for dark creatures from extra-terrestrial dimensions to advance the Antichrist agenda"
In the comments SerialBrain2 says, "Altering God's Creation is one of Satan's favorite sports. The alterations related to gender are among the most powerful and rewarding ones for Satan and his armies. Through gender, they are attacking the fundamentals behind the Highly Divinely Blessed Difference which replicates God's Work in the Natural Realm with His Authorization: Life through Love."
The decode has many layers and many subjects but when he pointed out that Queen Victoria was actually a man, (and that transgenderism seems to be popular with Hollywood, Politicians and ROYALTY) I immediately thought about your theory on Lewis Cass, Jr.
Just throwing that out there.
Osaka to St. Louis
The Siege of Osaka
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Osaka
The Siege of Osaka (大坂の役 Ōsaka no Eki, or, more commonly, 大坂の陣 Ōsaka no Jin) was a series of battles undertaken by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan's destruction. Divided into two stages (Winter Campaign and Summer Campaign), and lasting from 1614 to 1615, the siege put an end to the last major armed opposition to the shogunate's establishment. The end of the conflict is sometimes called the Genna Armistice (元和偃武 Genna Enbu), because the era name was changed from Keichō to Genna immediately following the siege.
Winter Campaign
In 1614, the Toyotomi clan rebuilt Osaka Castle. At the same time, the head of the clan sponsored the rebuilding of Hōkō-ji in Kyoto. These temple renovations included the casting of a great bronze bell, with inscriptions that read "May the state be peaceful and prosperous" (国家安康 kokka ankō), and "May noble lord and servants be rich and cheerful" (君臣豊楽 kunshin hōraku). The shogunate interpreted "kokka ankō" (国家安康) as shattering Ieyasu's name (家康) to curse him, and also interpreted "kunshin hōraku" (君臣豊楽) to mean "Toyotomi's force (豊臣) will rise again," which meant treachery against the shogunate. Tensions began to grow between the Tokugawa and the Toyotomi clans, and only increased when Toyotomi Hideyori began to gather a force of rōnin and enemies of the shogunate in Osaka. Ieyasu, despite having passed the title of Shōgun to his son in 1605, nevertheless maintained significant influence. In November of that year, he decided not to let this force grow any larger, and led 164,000 men to Osaka. (The count does not include the troops of Shimazu Tadatsune, an ally of the Toyotomi cause who nevertheless did not send troops to Osaka.)
Setup of winter campaign, November 1614
The siege began on 19 November, when Ieyasu led 3,000 men across the Kizu River, destroying the fort there. A week later, he attacked the village of Imafuku with 1,500 men, against a defending force of 600. With the aid of a squad wielding arquebuses, the shogunate forces claimed another victory. Several more small forts and villages were attacked before the siege of Osaka Castle itself began on 4 December.
The Winter Campaign
The Sanada-maru was an earthwork barbican defended by Sanada Yukimura and 7,000 men, on behalf of the Toyotomi. The Shōgun's armies were repeatedly repelled, and Sanada and his men launched a number of attacks against the siege lines, breaking through thrice. Ieyasu then resorted to artillery (including 17 imported European cannons and 300 domestic wrought iron cannons) as well as men to dig under the walls. On 22 January the Winter Siege was ended, with Toyotomi Hideyori pledging to not rise in rebellion. He also allowed Ieyasu to tear down the walls of the outer layer of defenses, and fill in the outer moat of Osaka Castle.
cont.
The Summer Campaign
In April 1615, Ieyasu received word that Toyotomi Hideyori was gathering even more troops than in the previous November, and that he was trying to stop the filling of the moat.[citation needed] Toyotomi forces (often called the Western Army) began to attack contingents of the Shōgun's forces (the Eastern Army) near Osaka.[citation needed]
On 26 May (Keichō 20, 29th day of 4th month) at the Battle of Kashii Osaka forces under the command of Ono Harufusa and Ban Danemon engaged with forces of Asano Nagaakira, an ally of the Shōgun. Osaka forces sustained a loss and Ban Danemon was killed.
On 2 June (Keichō 20, 6th day of 5th month), the battle of Dōmyōji took place. Osaka forces tried to stop the Tokugawa forces approaching from Yamato Province along the Yamato-gawa river. Two Osaka generals, Gotō Matabei and Susukida Kanesuke, were killed in action. Osaka forces commander Sanada Yukimura engaged in a battle with Date Masamune forces, but soon retreated towards Osaka Castle. Tokugawa forces did not pursue Sanada.
After another series of shogunate victories on the outskirts of Osaka, the Summer Campaign came to a head at the battle of Tennōji. Hideyori planned a hammer-and-anvil operation, in which 55,000 men would attack the center of the Eastern Army, while a second force, 16,500 men led by Kyōgoku Tadataka, Ishikawa Tadafusa, and Kyōgoku Takatomo, would flank them from the rear.[1] Another contingent waited in reserve. Ieyasu's army was led by his son, the Shōgun Tokugawa Hidetada, and numbered around 155,000. They moved in four parallel lines, prepared to make flanking maneuvers of their own. Mistakes on both sides nearly ruined the battle, as Hideyori's rōnin split off from the main group, and Hidetada's reserve force moved up without orders from the main force.
In the end, however, Hideyori's commander Sanada Yukimura was killed, destroying the morale of the Western Army. The smaller force led directly by Hideyori sallied forth from Osaka Castle too late, and was chased right back into the castle by the advancing enemies; there was no time to set up a proper defense of the castle, and it was soon ablaze and pummeled by artillery fire. Yodo-dono and Hideyori committed seppuku, and the final major uprising against Tokugawa rule was put to an end, leaving the shogunate unchallenged for approximately 250 years.
Img. 3 "Siege of Osaka. Night attack across the bridge Honmachi, led by Ban Naotsugu (January 16, 1615)" Nótese el signo de la esvástica XD
interesting symbolism used
Osaka Castle - Location of the Osaka Siege
Img. 1 Osaka map showing location of Osaka Castle Park
Img. 2 Osaka Castle
Img. 3 Kyoikuto memorial tower for those who died in disasters in Japan
Img. 4 Otemon Gate
Img. 5 Nishinomaru Gardens – Cherry Blossoms - (Cherry Blossoms/Hackberry trees throughout park)
cont.
Img. 1 Osaka-Jo Hall
Img. 2 Hokoku Shrine
Img. 3 Memorial
There are many statues/memorials/shrines/monuments in this park. There are just a few to note.
Img. 4 - Golden Fish (Looks like a dragon to me)
Bear with me while I set the stage…
Rockefeller Family
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_family
The Rockefeller family (/ˈrɒkəfɛlər/) is an American industrial, political, and banking family that owns one of the world's largest fortunes. The fortune was initially made in the American petroleum industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by John D. Rockefeller and his brother William Rockefeller, primarily through Standard Oil.[1] The family is also known for its long association with, and control of, Chase Manhattan Bank.[2] The Rockefellers are considered to be one of the most powerful families, if not the most powerful family, in the history of the United States.[3] The Rockefeller family originated in Rhineland in Germany and family members moved to the New World in the early 18th century.
Family background[edit]
The Rockefeller family originated in Rhineland in Germany and can be traced to the town Neuwied in the early 17th century. The American family branch is descended from Johann Peter Rockefeller, a miller who migrated from Rhineland to Philadelphia around 1723. In America he became a plantation owner and landholder in Somerville, and Amwell, New Jersey.[4][5][6]
One of the first members of the Rockefeller family in New York was businessman William Rockefeller Sr., who was born to a Protestant family in Granger, New York. He had six children with his first wife Eliza Davison, the most prominent of which were oil tycoons John D. Rockefeller and William Rockefeller Jr., the co-founders of Standard Oil. John D. Rockefeller (known as "Senior", as opposed to his son John D. Rockefeller Jr., known as "Junior") was a devout Northern Baptist, and he supported many church-based institutions.[7][8][9]
Img. 1 John Davidson Rockefeller, Sr.
Img. 2 William Avery Rockefeller, Jr.
The combined wealth of the family—their total assets and investments plus the individual wealth of its members—has never been known with any precision. The records of the family archives relating to both the family and individual members' net worth are closed to researchers.[10]
From the outset the family's wealth has been under the complete control of the male members of the dynasty, through the family office. Despite strong-willed wives who had influence over their husbands' decisions—such as the pivotal female figure Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, wife of John D. Rockefeller Jr.—in all cases they received allowances only and were never given even partial responsibility for the family fortune.[11]
Much of the wealth has been locked up in the notable family trust of 1934 (which holds the bulk of the fortune and matures on the death of the fourth generation) and the trust of 1952, both administered by Chase Bank, the corporate successor to Chase Manhattan Bank. These trusts have consisted of shares in the successor companies to Standard Oil and other diversified investments, as well as the family's considerable real estate holdings. They are administered by a trust committee that oversees the fortune.
That is a very shallow overview to get to my subject matter. cont.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller_III
John Davison Rockefeller III (March 21, 1906 – July 10, 1978) was a philanthropist and third-generation member of the prominent Rockefeller family. He was the eldest son of the philanthropists John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. His siblings were Abby, Nelson, Laurance, Winthrop and David.
Like his sister Abby, John III eventually settled on philanthropy as his major interest. His brothers Nelson and Winthrop devoted themselves to politics while Laurance went into conservation and David went into banking. He was a major force behind the establishment of the Council on Foundations, the Foundation Center and Independent Sector. He took a leading role in organizing the Commission on Foundations and Private Philanthropy (better known as the PetersonCommission) and the Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs (better known as the Filer Commission). He also made the initial donation to support Yale University's Program on Non-Profit Organizations, the first academic research center to focus on nonprofits.
In addition to his interest in philanthropy, Rockefeller made major commitments to supporting organizations related to East Asian affairs, including the Institute of Pacific Relations, the Asia Society, and the Japan Society. He was also a major supporter of the Population Council.
John III was at one time a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Foreign Policy Association and the Institute of Pacific Relations, as well as being on the board of directors of Princeton University. In late 1950, he accompanied secretary of state John Foster Dulles and Douglas MacArthur on a trip to Japan to conclude a peace treaty, during which time he consulted with many Japanese leaders in practically every important sphere of that country's life.[2]
He was a prominent third-generation family philanthropist in his own right and founder of the Asia Society, the major institution he established in 1956 to foster greater cooperation between Asia and the United States. He also founded the Population Council in 1952, and a reconstituted Japan Society.
Img. 1 John D Rockefeller, III
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Society
The Asia Society is a non-profit organization that focuses on educating the world about Asia. It has several centers in the United States (Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and New York) and around the world (Hong Kong, Manila, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, Sydney, and Zurich). These centers are overseen by the Society’s headquarters in New York, which includes a museum that exhibits the Rockefeller collection of Asian art and rotating exhibits with pieces from many Asian countries including China, Japan, India, Iran, and Korea.
The Asia Society defines the region of Asia as the area from Japan to Iran, from central Asia to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. The Asia Society is a non-profit, non-partisan organization whose aim is to build awareness about Asian politics, business, education, arts, and culture through education. The organization sponsors the exhibitions of art, performance, film, lectures, and programs for students and teachers. The programs are aimed at increasing knowledge of society with a focus on human rights, environment, global health and the position of women.
The Asia Society's original focus was explaining aspects about Asia to Americans
The Asia Society was founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller III. Initially established to promote greater knowledge of Asia in the US, today the Society is a global institution—with offices throughout the US and Asia—that fulfills its educational mandate through a wide range of cross-disciplinary programming. As economies and cultures have become more interconnected, the Society's programs have expanded to address Asian American issues, the effects of globalization, and pressing concerns in Asia including human rights, the status of women, and environmental and global health issues such as HIV/AIDS.[4] The organization's records are held at the Rockefeller Archive Center in North Tarrytown, NY.[5]
cont.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Society_(Manhattan)
Japan Society is a non-profit organization formed in 1907 to promote friendly relations between the United States and Japan. Its headquarters, the youngest landmark building in New York, was designed by Junzo Yoshimura and opened in 1971 at 333 East 47th Street near the United Nations.[4] With a focus on promoting "arts and culture, public policy, business, language, and education," the organization has regularly held events in its many facilities, including a library, art gallery, and theater, since its opening.[5] After suspending all activities during World War II, Japan Society expanded under the leadership of John D. Rockefeller III.[6]
In 1907, Tamemoto Kuroki and Goro Ijuin were chosen to represent Japan at the Jamestown Exposition. They attended a welcome dinner in New York with Japanese ambassador to the United States, Shuzo Aoki, where there was talk of forming an organization to promote US-Japan relations in the city. Two days later at a luncheon held by Kuroki, Japan Society was born. The organization would be run by Aoki, then Honorary President of the Japan Society of the UK, and John Huston Findley.[7][8][9]
Japan Society spent the next forty years hosting events in honor of Japanese royalty, giving annual lectures on a wide range of topics, and presenting art exhibits that drew in thousands of New Yorkers. In 1911, Lindsay Russell, another founding member of the society and later president, met with Emperor Meiji and spent his visit to Japan encouraging more societies to form there and throughout the United States.[7]
By the 1930s, membership had dropped significantly due to financial difficulties and the Second Sino-Japanese War. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Henry Waters Taft immediately resigned as president after serving from 1922 to 1929 and again from 1934. Russell also stepped down as one of Japan Society's directors. All activities were suspended and would not resume until the Treaty of San Francisco was signed in 1951.[7]
John D. Rockefeller III served as president from 1952 to 1969 and then as Chairman of the Board until his death in 1978. He accompanied John Foster Dulles on his trip to Japan that eventually led to the signing of the 1951 treaty. Rockefeller, a supporter of the Institute of Pacific Relations who visited Japan in 1929 during one of its conferences, wanted to contribute to bettering US–Japan relations after the war and believed there needed to be non-governmental organizations like Japan Society in each country in order for such friendly relations to exist.[7]
Under Rockefeller's leadership, Japan Society expanded and talk began to find a permanent headquarters for it. It shared offices with another Rockefeller-led organization, Asia Society, but as the two organizations continued to grow during the 1960s it became increasingly clear that Japan Society needed its own building. After receiving donations from Rockefeller and other members, construction began on "Japan House" in 1967. Designed by Junzo Yoshimura, whose work also includes Asia Society's headquarters, it became the first building in New York of contemporary Japanese architecture. On September 13, 1971, it was finally opened to the public after a ceremony attended by Prince Hitachi. He echoed Russell’s first words about Japan Society, calling for "closer people-to-people" contact between the countries.[7][10]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_Council
The Population Council is an international, nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The Council conducts research in biomedicine, social science, and public health and helps build research capacities in developing countries.[1][2] One-third of its research relates to HIV and AIDS; while its other major program areas are in reproductive health and its relation to poverty, youth, and gender.[3] For example, the Population Council strives to teach boys that they can be involved in contraceptive methods regardless of stereotypes that limit male responsibility in child bearing.[3] The organization held the license for Norplant contraceptive implant, and now holds the license for Mirena intrauterine system. The Population Council also publishes the journal Population and Development Review, which reports scientific research on the interrelationships between population and socioeconomic development. It also provides a forum for discussion on related issues of public policy and Studies in Family Planning, which focuses on public health, social science, and biomedical research involving sexual and reproductive health, fertility, and family planning.
Established in 1952 by John D. Rockefeller III, with important funding from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Council is governed by an international board of trustees. After many years of evolving, the 2006 council board includes leaders in many different fields. These include: biomedicine, business, economic development, government, health, international finance, media studies, philanthropy, and social science.
Headquartered in New York City, the Population Council has 18 offices in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and does work in more than 60 countries. With an annual budget of around $74 million, it employs more than 500 people from 33 countries with expertise in a wide array of scientific disciplines. Roughly 55 percent are based outside the United States.
John D. Rockefeller 3rd convened distinguished scientists in Williamsburg, Virginia, under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences, to begin the search for a better understanding of demographic trends. Shortly thereafter, in 1952, he established the Population Council as an independent, nonprofit organization. He served as the Council's first president.[4]. Rockefeller eventually became non-executive chairman of the board, serving until his death in an auto accident in 1978.[5]
Population Council presidents following Rockefeller are: Frederick Osborn (1957-1959), Frank Notestein (1959-1968), Bernard Berelson (1968-1974), George Zeidenstein (1977-1992), Margaret Catley-Carlson (1993-1999), Linda Martin (2000-2004), Peter Donaldson (2005-2015), and Julia Bunting (2015-present).[6][7][8][9] [10]
So in all of our digging we've only skirted over the Rockefeller subject as anons guess that the Clintons are part of the Rockefeller group. When we took our research to Osaka and I broadened the scope a bit to the overall relationship with Japan, John D. Rockefeller, III plays a significant role (probably more than is told here) in the relationship with Japan. He even worked with John Foster Douglas to write the peace treaty with Japan after WWII. I didn't find anything of great note in the peace treaty but it is clear that this family - even to this day if I keep posting- has its hands in the mix in Japan.
I also think we need to dig deeper about the real role of the emperor who supposedly is just a figurehead/symbolic but I suspect is the great and powerful OZ. I'm really convinced flotus' tweets were pointing us to the new Emporer and him being a Red Shoe Clan, I just can't prove it yet.
The remainder of this wikipedia page is very eye-opening in the realm of "population" subjects that this non-profit has its hands in.
https://asiasociety.org/japan/charles-rockefellers-opening-speech
I would also like to mention the strong ties my father Jay Rockefeller has had with Asia, especially Japan. Jay accompanied his parents, JDR III and Blanchette, to Japan in the summer of 1955 on the occasion of the opening of the International House of Japan. While JDR III and Blanchette spent the rest of the summer in Karuizawa at the summer house of the Idemitsu family, my father Jay traveled around Hokkaido by bicycle. The family also spent some time in Kiyosato Seisenryo, which also had strong ties with the Rockefeller family. My father visited Kiyosato again on his honeymoon more than a decade after his first visit there.
I am scheduled to visit Karuizawa and Kiyosato next week, and I am very excited to visit the places my parents and grandparents visited. After studying at Harvard for a year after this memorable summer, my father came back to Japan to study for three years; two and a half years at International Christian University, and 6 months with the renowned painter Uemura Shoko in Kyoto.
It was my father Jay Rockefeller who extended the special ties of our family to Japan from the culture and art realm to the economic and industrial sphere. As the governor of West Virginia and then as senator, my father made a focus of bringing Japanese business development to West Virginia. He took a number of trips to Japan to persuade Japanese companies. As a result, during his term, he was able to attract more than 20 Japanese corporations to West Virginia, including a plant of the Toyota Motor Corporation. I am happy to say that Japanese investment has indeed been a key part of West Virginia’s economic development strategy.
After all these years of my family involvement in Asia, I am delighted to stand here on this commemorative occasion to embark on the ambitious project to connect various organizations in the Asia-Pacific region and the young leaders that they have produced.
I truly hope that this endeavor will succeed and contribute to the peace and prosperity of the region and of the world.
https://www.i-house.or.jp/eng/facilities/
The International House of Japan is a private, non-profit organization incorporated in 1952 for the purpose of promoting cultural exchange and intellectual cooperation between the peoples of Japan and those of other countries. Inspired by the beautiful traditional garden which surrounds the clean yet graceful design of its buildings, the I-House is a place where both foreign and Japanese visitors can come together in creative dialogue and relaxed contemplation.
Stumbled onto this……
They say it is a lion (looks more like a dragon to me)
https://insideosaka.com/namba-yasaka-shrine/
If you visit just one shrine in the Namba district, make it Namba Yasaka Shrine (Namba Yasaka-jinja). Its enormous lion head-shape building and cherry blossom trees dotted around the shrine grounds make it one of Osaka’s most distinctive places of worship.
Located a short 5-minute walk from the popular shopping complex Namba Parks, Namba Yasaka Shrine is a nice escape from the consumerist chaos of this district. The original buildings have been lost to air raids and fires, so the shrine buildings you’ll see here are primarily post-war reconstructions. There are cherry blossom trees dotted around the shrine grounds, and it’s a reasonably popular place with visitors during springtime.
While the shrine itself isn’t all that large, it’s the 12-meter tall, 11-meter wide lion head-shaped building that’s the main draw here. Why a lion? Apparently, the huge open mouth will swallow any evil spirits plaguing you, leaving you only good luck for succeeding in business or school-related ventures.
Besides the cherry blossom season, the best time to visit this shrine is on the third Sunday of January. On this day, you’ll witness a giant Tug-of-War Ritual, in celebration of the god Susano-ono-Mikoto who killed the serpent god Yamato-no-orochi and freed the Japanese people from hardship. It’s an impressive thing to watch, and raucous good fun all around.
Hmmmm….
https://www.barclaycardtravel.com/t5/Travel-Stories/Osaka-Garden/ba-p/2359229
The very first thing I did when I arrived in Chicago was visit Osaka Garden, recently re-named The Garden of the Phoenix. Located at the north end of Jackson Park and just south of The Museum of Science and Technology, I stopped to admire the building that once was The Palace of Fine Arts during the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition before entering the garden.
Osaka Garden sits on the site where the Ho-o-Den Pavilion was constructed as a gift from Japan for the World's Columbian Exposition. In 1934, the garden was designed to show appreciation to Japan for the building it was given and to represent the strong bond between Chicago and Japan.
I've been trying to find a phoenix link to Osaka and up popped this interesting connection. I know we haven't talked about Chicago but the "Osaka" Garden in Chicago was recently renamed "Phoenix Garden", huh?
I think this moment has potential but I've gotten so used to build-ups for the DS to expend what they've got that my capacity for "hope" to draw that conclusion is compromised. I've stopped hoping for anything extreme and instead count on the slow and steady roll to continue. Would love to see a "show" but I'm beginning to think the "plan" is slow and steady wins the race.
I've got popcorn ready just in case, but I don't want to start eating too early and get sick of it.
The Statue of The Republic is a 24-foot-high (7.3 m) gilded bronze sculpture in Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois. It is a smaller-scale replica constructed in 1918 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, where the original statue was, and commemorates the Illinois statehood centennial.[1] The statue was funded by the Benjamin Ferguson Fund,[2] which commissioned Daniel Chester French, the sculptor of the original 65-foot-tall (20 m) statue that stood on the grounds of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, to sculpt this replica. Edith Minturn Stokes served as French's model for the original statue.[3] Henry Bacon, the architect of the Lincoln Memorial, designed the festooned pedestal for the replica statue.[4]
Daniel Chester French's original statue The Republic at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago, facing the Administration Building across the Great Basin. This version had a Phrygian cap draped on the staff.
The statue's right hand holds a globe; an eagle with wings spread perches on it. The other hand grasps a staff with a plaque that reads "liberty", partly obscured by an encircling laurel wreath. The original at the Exposition had instead a Phrygian cap on top of the staff. The original was only partly gilded (no gold on the exposed skin of the head, neck and arms), but the new version is completely gilded.[5]
The original statue for the Exposition, constructed in 1893, stood in front of the Court of Honor, inside the Great Basin (pool).[6][1] However, in 1896 the statue succumbed to a fire, destroying it.[7] The current statue stands in the area between the exposition's Electricity and Administration Buildings[8] (both demolished after the exposition), now an intersection, where Richards Drive joins Hayes Drive.
They say that is an eagle on the globe…but is it really a phoenix? It's wingspan doesn't look like an eagle. And I'd swear if I squint my eyes it looks like she has horns….just sayin
But I've strayed off-topic into Chicago which I'm sure is a cesspool in itself…
This is good stuff. The waterways. Thanks for sharing this!
I already have. He didn't respond to my suggestion that he drop his info and see if he could connect to us. I gave him the chance to back-peddle on his bad behavior. Lots of autists are not good communicators and if they have been hanging out in the main thread they may think that hurling insults is the way to fit in.
That's all. If he wants to play nice in the sandbox and post alongside of us - great! If not, he will be ignored.
I'm not good at seeing the 'serpent (rat)' in people. Maybe I'm completely naive, but I want to see the good in people if I can. I'm not sure I understand how you guys knew immediately that he was not just a wayward anon. But I'm learning to see things differently every day with you guys help.
At one point I actually felt like H anon came to my rescue. I was in awe of how he interpreted my conversation. And when Thomas anon spoke so passionately about being attacked I knew I'd stepped into it and had been deceived. No harm, no foul. I don't think the anon got what he wanted from us and now I'm the wiser.
Thanks for asking my opinion about cutting the cord. That is extremely respectful. But I've cut the cord back when he/she/it didn't respond with positive drops of real attempts at constructive research.
Whatever you mean by cut the cord, I think you should do what you need to do.
Believe me, my situational awareness just recently bumped big. In some cases, I'm not sure what to make of my revelations but I definitely have my eyes open and do not feel threatened, just more awake to my surroundings.
I consider myself just a pleeb following your lead, trying to keep up and support the digs and fellow members of the team. Although my instinct is to be friendly and welcoming to potential helpers, I will take a backseat from here out on interaction with newfags to this bread until I get the cues that their interaction is welcome. Like you said, experience will teach a 6th sense. In many ways I am already feeling that to some degree in the digs and the interactions. You are right also that I am honing my skills in many ways.
I have never felt that any of this is a waste of time, it is pressure from others that do not see the utility in my preoccupation. It is my challenge; we all have them.
Thank you for your positive reinforcement but please do not ever feel uncomfortable trying to redirect my efforts. I FEEL like part of the team and want my efforts to be productive. I don't want to waste bread/time with unnecessary pursuits, either. I know you are guiding this ship, and I appreciate that. This kind of guidance has been sorely lacking and I spent many months recognizing what Q wanted from us but seeing the non-collective consciousness of the general as a cluster-f$@#. I'm here to help you and your team. You will have a hard time offending me with any redirection you feel is necessary. I do not get easily offended or rattled.
Have a great "day 2". My popcorn is sitting out on the counter waiting for the show. I understand all that is happening and (almost all) how it connects to Q predictions. I also get the concept of 'disinformation is necessary' so I have no expectations of how things will go down. I'm aware of what has been going on behind the scenes and the huge strides being made but I'm saving the popcorn for when the first public arrest(s) happen. Until then, I'm pretty happy with the idea that POTUS and Q team are trying to accomplish the mission with as little disruption to the public as possible. If they can keep the lights from going out, keep the public safe from itself and those that wish us harm AND dismantle the DS, I will be ok without a fireworks show. Civil war avoided would be icing on the cake.
Q post - liberating Japan….just like you said. ^_^
How are we connecting Hera to our digs?
You wanted art, I give you ART:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanchette_Ferry_Rockefeller
Blanchette Ferry Hooker (October 2, 1909 – November 29, 1992) was the wife of John D. Rockefeller III and mother of Jay Rockefeller. She was twice president of the Museum of Modern Art.
Blanchette Ferry Hooker was born in Manhattan, New York on October 2, 1909. She was the daughter of Elon Huntington Hooker, founder of Hooker Chemical Company, and his wife, Blanche Ferry.
She graduated from Miss Chapin's School in 1927, where she was president of the student government. She graduated from Vassar College in 1931 with a B.A. in music. On November 11, 1932, she married John D. Rockefeller III, a scion of the prominent Rockefeller family, at Riverside Church in New York City. They had four children:
• John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV
• Hope Aldrich Rockefeller
• Sandra Ferry Rockefeller
• Alida Ferry Rockefeller
Blanchette devoted her time to community service, education, and the arts - in particular the collection of Asian and American art. "She had been active in the affairs of the Museum of Modern Art since 1949 and was elected a member of the Board of Trustees in December 1952. In 1958, at a time when many Americans derided modern art or thought it communist and subversive, Rockefeller lent her support to the International Program that helped send The New American Painting, the first major exhibition of Abstract Expressionism, to eight European cities." [2]
In 1948, Blanchette Rockefeller commissioned a guest house by architect Philip Johnson. Located at 242 East 52nd Street next to the Turtle Bay Music School, it was one of the first residential buildings in New York City to reflect the influence of the Modern movement. The 1950 guest house was a place in which she could display her modern art collection and entertain friends. The Rockefellers donated the house (historically landmarked in 2000) to the Museum of Modern Art in 1955.[3]
"Blanchette Rockefeller provided enlightened leadership to MoMA as president of the museum from 1972 through 1985. Two of her most important gifts were Willem de Kooning’s Woman II (1952) and Clyfford Still’s Painting (1951), an Abstract-Expressionist landscape. The Abstract Expressionist galleries on the second floor are named in her honor. In 1979 Rockefeller accepted an Oscar on behalf of MoMA’s work in film."[4]
IDhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126976919/blanchette-ferry-rockefeller
Blanchette Ferry Hooker was born in Manhattan, New York on October 2, 1909. She was the daughter of Elon Huntington Hooker, founder of Hooker Electrochemical Company, and his wife, Blanche Ferry of Detroit, whose family owned the F M Ferry Seed Company.
Blanchette Rockefeller's life-long involvement in New York City's charitable and civic activities included her lengthy affiliation with the Museum of Modern Art, for which she served as founding chairman of its Junior Council, and two terms as president. She was a trustee of the Brearly School, Vassar College and The Juilliard School. She was a member of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Society, the English-Speaking Union, the American Federation of Arts, the Riverside Church, and the River Club, as well as numerous other leading cultural institutions. She shared many of her husband's philanthropic interests and deep interest in Asia and Asian art. She was a member of the Asia Society, which JDR 3rd founded. Blanchette and JDR 3rd devoted a great deal of time to art collecting. They gradually assembled world-class collections of Asian and American art which were donated to the Asia Society and to San Francisco's DeYoung Museum.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
MoMA plays a major role in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as one of the largest and most influential museums of modern art in the world.[3] MoMA's collection offers an overview of modern and contemporary art, including works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and artist's books, film, and electronic media.[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Modern_Art
The idea for the Museum of Modern Art was developed in 1929 primarily by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (wife of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.) and two of her friends, Lillie P. Bliss and Mary Quinn Sullivan.[7] They became known variously as "the Ladies" or "the adamantine ladies".[8][9] They rented modest quarters for the new museum in the Heckscher Building at 730 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan,[8] and it opened to the public on November 7, 1929, nine days after the Wall Street Crash.[10] Abby Rockefeller had invited A. Conger Goodyear, the former president of the board of trustees of the Albright Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York, to become president of the new museum. Abby Rockefeller became treasurer. At the time, it was America's premier museum devoted exclusively to modern art, and the first of its kind in Manhattan to exhibit European modernism.[11] One of Abby Rockefeller's early recruits for the museum staff was the noted Japanese-American photographer Soichi Sunami (at that time best known for his portraits of modern dance pioneer Martha Graham), who served the museum as its official documentary photographer from 1930 until 1968.[12][13]
I honestly can't take credit for the Biliken dig as I don't remember who posted it…..I've processed so much information lately that the whole dig resonates as one big collage with no specific authors.
Thank you for your kind words. You are a very special person and I hope to meet you someday.
So John D. & Blanchette Rockefeller were frequently visiting Japan and collecting Asian art. They enjoyed staying at the summer home of the Idemitsu family in Karuizana, Japan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saz%C5%8D_Idemitsu
Sazō Idemitsu (出光 佐三 Idemitsu Sazō, August 22, 1885 - March 7, 1981[1]) was a Japanese businessman and founder of the petroleum company Idemitsu Kosan.[2]He was also an art collector, especially fond of Sengai Gibon.[3] He is the father of the Japanese experimental video artist, Mako Idemitsu.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idemitsu_Kosan
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (出光興産株式会社 Idemitsu Kōsan Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese petroleum company. It owns and operates oil platforms, refineries and produces and sells petroleum, oils and petrochemical products.[3]
Idemitsu is the second largest petroleum refiner in Japan, after Nippon Oil.[4] It was ranked as the 262nd largest company in the world by revenue in Fortune Global 500 (2008).[2] It is number 26 in petroleum refining.[5] Only publicly traded since 2006, Idemitsu Kosan is not listed on the Nikkei 225 stock index or the Topix 100, but instead in Topix Mid 400.[6][7] The company is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFJ) keiretsu.
Sazō Idemitsu founded Idemitsu & Co. (出光商会 Idemitsu Shōkai)[1] in 1911, selling lubricant oil for Nippon Oil in Moji, northern Kyushu. He expanded to selling fuel oil for fishing boats in Shimonoseki.[8][9]
cont.
After success in Japan, Idemitsu & Co. expanded to Manchuria (China) in 1914 where the Japanese-owned South Manchuria Railroad Co. Ltd. was a major customer of lubricant. A branch was opened in Dalian, northeast China and Idemitsu attempted to enter the Chinese market that was dominated by western companies like Standard Oil and the Asiatic Petroleum Company (a Shellsubsidiary). The company extended through northern China and into Korea and Taiwan.[8][9]
After the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1932 the oil trade became government controlled and Idemitsu was forced to scale back. Instead he went into transport by oil tanker. In 1940 the headquarters were moved to Tokyo and the name changed to the current Idemitsu Kosan K.K. (kabushiki kaisha: stock company). With the Japanese military expansion and United States joining the Pacific War the government took control of all industries.[8][9]
After the war Idemitsu Kosan lost its overseas trade with the Allied occupation of Japan…… demitsu began importing naphtha (an intermediate oil product) first from the United States and later from Venezuela and Iran….
In the 1960s, Idemitsu imported crude oil from Russia. Again, it got a good price at 40% below market value but angered the United States who decided to boycott Idemitsu when buying fuel for its military jets in Japan. Idemitsu called the boycott "an odd Christmas gift" but "utterly negligible."[8][10] In 1978 it broke off contracts with the Soviet Union
The company diversified into coal, importing from Australia and bought mines in Muswellbrook, New South Wales and Ebenezer, Queensland. It became the largest coal mining company in Japan and developed the coal cartridge system for small users. It worked on geothermal power experiments and uranium mining in Canada with Cameco and Cogema.
5 – There is no question about it, mostly with Charles marrying Diana because she is a direct descendant to William the Conqueror. He wanted to purify the blood of his descendant.
Let's get side-tracked for a moment. Rumors swirl that Harry is not the son of Charles but rather of one of Diana's lovers. We already spoke of Charles turning away from her once he had an heir (William). What if Harry is the product of a father with an even more pure bloodline than Charles? Did she get revenge by creating a 2nd heir to the throne that could rightfully contest William's ascendancy?
https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1054640/Prince-Harry-king-Nostradamus-predictions-royal-family-prophecies
Prince Harry BOMBSHELL: Shock claim 'Harry will be KING' in Nostradamus prophecy
PRINCE Harry will ascend the throne of Britain after Queen Elizabeth II dies, according to an astonishing prophecy about the Royal Family made nearly 500 years ago.
Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, is currently the sixth in line to the throne but his fortune could turn in the near future. According to a prophecy made by the French mystic and apothecary Michel de Nostradamus, the 34-year-old Prince will be crowned King by a court order. The bizarre claim was made by YouTube channel 2 Minute Facts, which discussed Nostradamus’ prophecies about the Royal Family. The French mystic is widely believed to have predicted a range of future events with pinpoint accuracy in the 16th century.
But why would he marry Markle which would just polute the bloodline again? I know she has some royal lineage but certainly not pure…is the baby hers? Hmmm. Now we are getting into the latest current gossip. Not trying to go there.
Just a quick review……
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billiken
The Billiken is a charm doll created by an American art teacher and illustrator, Florence Pretz of Kansas City, Missouri, who is said to have seen the mysterious figure in a dream.[1] It is believed that Pretz found the name Billiken in Bliss Carman's 1896 poem Mr. Moon: A Song Of The Little People. In 1908, she obtained a design patent on the ornamental design of the Billiken,[2] which she sold to the Billiken Company of Chicago. The Billiken was monkey-like with pointed ears, a mischievous smile and a tuft of hair on his pointed head. His arms were short and he was generally sitting with his legs stretched out in front of him. Billiken is known as "The God of Things As They Ought to Be."
To buy a Billiken was said to give the purchaser luck, but to receive one as a gift would be better luck.[3] The image was copyrighted and a trademark was put on the name. After a few years of popularity, the Billiken faded into obscurity. Although they are similar, the Billiken and the baby-like Kewpie figures that debuted in the December 1909 Ladies' Home Journal are not the same.
Today, the Billiken is the official mascot of Saint Louis University and St. Louis University High School, both Jesuit institutions located in St. Louis. The Billiken is also the official mascot of the Royal Order of Jesters,[4] an invitation only Shriner group, affiliated with Freemasonry. The Billiken also became the namesake of Billiken Shokai, the Japanese toy & model manufacturing company (established 1976).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ts%C5%ABtenkaku
Tsūtenkaku (通天閣, lit. "Tower Reaching Heaven") owned by Tsūtenkaku Kanko Co., Ltd. (通天閣観光株式会社 Tsūtenkaku Kankō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a tower and well-known landmark of Osaka, Japan and advertises Hitachi. It is located in the Shinsekai district of Naniwa-ku, Osaka. Its total height is 103 m; the main observation deck is at a height of 91 m.
https://jpninfo.com/31185
Known in Osaka as “The God of Things As They Ought To Be”, Billiken is quite a famous god who you can easily spot especially in the Shinsekai district. Billiken has a mischievous smile with pointed elf-like ears, an elongated head and looks quite like a Buddha. But one thing that is different about Billiken compared to other gods is that Billiken is not Japanese! Billiken was actually made by an art teacher from America and is a mascot for the Saint Louis University and Saint Louis University High School.
Catch that? Biliken is considered a god in Osaka. hmmm
https://jpninfo.com/31185
Billiken was once a representation of an amusement park in the Shinsekai District named Luna Park. When the park closed down, the Billiken statue went missing. In 1980, a replica of the Billiken was placed in the second generation Tsutenkaku Tower. In 2012, the old Billiken was replaced with a new one because the statue was already dark and worn out.
Many people who visit Osaka take pictures with Billiken statues, place donations and rub its feet for luck. There are many shops that also sell merchandise like small statues, plush dolls and other souvenir items. Although there are many statues spread all throughout Osaka, people still take the time to visit the replica in Tsutenkaku Tower.
If you ever get the chance to visit Osaka, make sure to check out the Billikens in the vicinity. The God of Things As They Ought To Be might just grant your wishes!
>Pretz found the name Billiken in Bliss Carman's 1896 poem Mr. Moon: A Song Of The Little People.
https://www.mamalisa.com/blog/mr-moona-poem-with-a-recording/
The poem "Mr. Moon: A Song for Little People" is about a fairy ring calling the moon to come down.
O Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin’ down?
Down on the hilltop,
Down in the glen,
Out in the clearin’,
To play with little men?
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin’ down?
……..
O Mr. Moon,
We’re all here!
Honey-bug, Thistledrift,
White-imp, Weird,
Wryface, Billiken,
Quidnunc, Queered;
We’re all here,
And the coast is clear!
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin’ down?
http://churchofgoodluck.com/Billiken_History.html
How does a newly patented God inspire a global cult in a few short months? On the surface anyway, the story of Billiken reads like a fairy tale of good luck and success. Designed by a Kansas City art teacher and illustrator named Florence Pretz, Billiken rapidly became a worldwide phenomenon. Long before the internet, Billiken was a viral meme, his smiling face appearing on everything from dolls to postcards to jewelry. Within weeks, displays of Billiken statues lined the windows of bookstores and stationers, followed closely by Billiken banks and dolls in toy stores and department stores around the country, and soon around the world. Of course, the reason for his popularity was not his looks alone; it was also his philosophy and what he represented. He was, and still is, the God of Happiness, the God of Luck, The God Of Things As They Ought To Be. But exactly how Billiken achieved this amazing popularity, and who was responsible for it, has never been explained until now.
Billiken’s dramatic United States debut was a full page in the Chicago Daily Tribune on May 3, 1908. The article featured two photographs of Miss Pretz, one a lovely portrait and the other showing her dressed in a kimono “burning incense before her idol” the Billiken:
‘He is the god of things as they ought to be’ said Miss Pretz as she set him up for her best girl friend to look at him after molding him out of clay and having him cast in plaster. ‘There, smile for the lady, Billy’. Then the two friends began burning incense before him and worshipping him, and it was not long before he began to prove his credentials as a mascot by bringing them good luck.
The article continues on about how Miss Pretz had been dreaming of “things Japanese” and drawing “Japanese sketches” since she was a young girl, even speculating that she must have been Japanese in a former life. This all serves to make it clear that the inspiration for Billiken was drawn from the mysterious Orient.
This is weird shit. I'm gonna stop digging here. I think we get the gist about this 'god of things the way they ought to be'. I wonder who gets to decide how things ought to be….
I could frankly give a shit less how we spell the name of that stupid little budha knock-off. The whole thing is gay as shit and I wonder how people get caught up in this kind of stuff.
If I actually made drops about that idol in the past, I sure forgot about it fast. Rubbing statues for good luck aint my kind of thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-seven_r%C5%8Dnin
The revenge of the forty-seven rōnin (四十七士 Shi-jū-shichi-shi, forty-seven samurai), also known as the Akō incident (赤穂事件 Akō jiken) or Akō vendetta, is an 18th-century historical event in Japan in which a band of rōnin (leaderless samurai) avenged the death of their master. The incident has since become legendary.[1]
The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming rōnin) after their daimyō (feudal lord) Asano Naganori was compelled to perform seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. After waiting and planning for a year, the rōnin avenged their master's honor by killing Kira. In turn, they were themselves obliged to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder. This true story was popularized in Japanese culture as emblematic of the loyalty, sacrifice, persistence, and honor that people should preserve in their daily lives. The popularity of the tale grew during the Meiji era, in which Japan underwent rapid modernization, and the legend became entrenched within discourses of national heritage and identity.
Another day of tornadoes in Midwest, but St. Louis spared
https://news.yahoo.com/flash-floods-shut-down-oklahoma-interstate-prompt-rescues-111843564.html
https://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/news/trending/photos-see-the-damage-flooding-caused-by-storms-in-the/collection_519cc56f-0062-5276-9b1b-4a7aa36d722f.html#1
Dozens of tornados slam Midwest as floodwaters rise; at least 2 dead
https://www.foxnews.com/us/tornados-floods-midwest-at-least-2-dead
Trails of destruction in midwest… but St. Louis is spared.
I don't believe in "luck". I believe in good vs. evil, positive vs. negative, God vs. satan. Not to say that bad things don't happen to good people but I believe that one primarily creates there own "luck" through positive interactions.
Positivity and goodness open doors.
I'm not sure what you mean by "fancy". Without being an all-out "prepper", I do have plans in the event that electricity goes out for an extended period. The big question is when/whether to insist that family/friends be close by sometime soon. People who are not amenable to believing in the storm. That is the tricky part when loved ones are out of reach and not ready or educated to believe. Should we all manipulate scenerios to keep people from traveling & leaving the country, or meeting up to weather the storm? Along with the timing of these possible events, among which are many as it is clear that the DS has MANY ways to disrupt/fight without even needing a conventional army, the challenges of multiple possible scenerios makes it difficult to implement a plan, fancy or not.
Believe me, I have plenty of popcorn!
>Taikichiro Mori
https://www.mori.co.jp/en/company/about_us/profile.html
Company Profile
Corporate Name Mori Building Co., Ltd.
Headquarters Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6155, Japan
President and CEO Tsuji, Shingo
Founded June 2, 1959
Scope of business Every aspect of the urban landscape development
Urban redevelopment
Real estate leasing and management
Sales and management of office buildings, residences,
retail facilities, hotels, golf courses and resorts
Culture, art and town management
Planning and operation of town management, art museums, galleries, observatories, educational and conference facilities, and membership clubs
Paid-in capital 67 billion yen (!!!!!!!)
67 billion yen is approximately equal to $611,911,000 (in today's exchange rate)
Even if I am a little bit off, I have to wonder how a Dean of the Faculty of Commerce from 1954 to 1959 for Yokohama Commercial School could come up with $611,911,000 for the initial investment to start this company that went on to make him the richest man in the world.
Wasn't Thomas just saying that Epstein was a teacher who quickly became a billionaire?
Mori cont.
1955 The Birth of Mori Fudosan
"Someday we will erect new buildings on the charred ruins." Such were the prophetic words of Taikichiro Mori, the father of current Mori Building President Minoru Mori, as he looked over the wasteland that was war-devastated Tokyo. In 1955, Taikichiro founded Mori Fudosan, the predecessor of Mori Building, and within two years, the new company completed construction of the Nishi Shimbashi 1 Mori Building and the Nishi-Shimbashi 2 Mori Building.
A precedent was set at this early time as among the first tenants of these buildings were a number of foreign companies. Soon, Mori Building won a reputation among foreign companies for providing quality office space.
The approach taken even then, of inviting the participation of everyone concerned with the development and thoroughly discussing every issue from the outset, continues to be our operational method today.
Img. 1 - the first building
Thomasanon, I am so sorry to hear of your troubles. After further reflection of my own life, most of the unfortunate circumstances I have had were no where near in my control. Illnesses of myself and family members, neighbors trying to sabotage me (not even knowing me) and the list goes on. I too, have tried to do everything "right" and have had one challenge after another to battle although, admittedly my challenges do not compare to the examples you gave of yours and others.
I suppose I just never connected it to the idea of "luck". But you are absolutely right in all of your examples, and there are MANY more the world over of people born or raised into overwhelming circumstances they have no control over. I'm not sure what I was thinking when I have the general sense of luck being something that follows you because of your nature. Although, in some respects I do believe that you can "make your own luck" by being a confident, good, hard-working, and honest person. But I do recognize that it could never overcome challenges of which you spoke so passionately.
I am not particularly "lucky" and I haven't had a good streak in a while but I am fortunate in so many ways. I'm sorry if I upset you or H anon, or any other anons with my answer. Maybe I should be more thoughtful before I speak of opinions. I will, however, stick with my original contention that I do no believe that luck is found by rubbing the toe of a golden idol doll.
I wish there was something in my power to help you. I know you mentioned wanting citizenship here in the US (even though you know it is not that great here.) When that time comes, I will certainly be one to welcome you and help you any way I can. In the meantime, I think it might not be a bad idea to move out of the town you are in and try to make a fresh start. I know that is easier said than done AND you shouldn't have to AND it feels like losing to the worst people AND you might really like your house and it is convenient AND you are feeling older right now and might not have a move in you AND the location of your house is best in many ways or you have planted the most beautiful garden that you cannot take with you…..BUT, the safety of your wife and daughter is at stake. I mean really at stake. Your neighbor is a powder keg who thinks he is above the law and has you and your family in his sights. As your friend who has your back, I really do urge you to take your family to safety by whatever means necessary. That is not to say that there will not be corruption down the road, but hopefully your wife and daughter (and you) will feel less threatened.
You are clearly right about the warning others situation in all respects. I beat my head against the wall trying to make people prepared but I'm afraid until it all bubbles up and I finally do make the popcorn, people just cannot believe. cognitive dissonance is real.
You are a good person, Thomasanon, and I am the better for having met you in this strange place. I hope for peace for you and your family.
Not to interrupt….but I just came across this.
Columbia University
I did not find this street pattern in either St. Louis or Nashville. I'm trying to figure out what you mean by this post and this pattern significance. How are these locations in Osaka and DC different than the cabal locations in St. Louis & Nashville? How do you distinguish DC & Osaka as "HQ"?
H anon and Thomas anon, you both have me a little bit unsettled for you. You are definitely both worried, I can tell as even when I am not posting, I am paying attention. I do not understand your comms with each other at times but I can detect underlying concern. Whatever you are doing outside of this board, please be careful.
Since coming to the chans for Q research, I've rarely run into so many historical nods to serpents and dragons. I cannot imagine a modern day artist depicting people or gods as half human half serpent/fish/dragon etc. Do you guys have any clue why an underlying motif in art/history/bible/legend etc. would include such things?
It's kinda creepy seeing the mixtures of man/beast (or serpent) and it goes all the way back to the fall of man and the temptation by the serpent.
>Kondratiev cycle
I read the wikipedia page for this. Kinda get it. What do you think this means to us right now? How should everyone be preparing?
I promise not to "skin you alive" or call you insane or demented for your thoughts.
>Flotus has also been wearing the tartran colors of the Wallace clan. I think she is pointing to that Wallace guy whom put the pyramid and the EYE on the back of the one Dollar bill. I forgot his first name, sorry. And no, we haven’t dug in that rabbit hole yet. It’s clear Flotus wants us to look at it, but my hands have been full with my own research for some time now. So if any anon is interested and want to dig the dirt out on this subject, please do share the info with us.
There is a lot to dig on this guy. Here's a quick overview and then in his own words how the "seeing eye" came to be on the back of the $1 bill.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Wallace
Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, and farmer who served as the 11th U.S. secretary of agriculture, the 33rd vice president of the United States, and the 10th U.S. secretary of commerce. He was also the presidential nominee of the left-wing Progressive Party in the 1948 election.
Wallace served as secretary of agriculture under President Roosevelt from 1933 to 1940. He strongly supported Roosevelt's New Deal and presided over a major shift in federal agricultural policy, implementing measures designed to curtail agricultural surpluses and ameliorate rural poverty.
The Democratic ticket of Roosevelt and Wallace triumphed in the 1940 presidential election, and Wallace continued to play an important role in the Roosevelt administration before and during World War II. At the 1944 Democratic National Convention, conservative party leaders defeated Wallace's bid for re-nomination, replacing him on the Democratic ticket with Harry S. Truman. The ticket of Roosevelt and Truman won the 1944 presidential election, and in early 1945 Roosevelt appointed Wallace as secretary of commerce……These appointments gave Wallace a key role in organizing Roosevelt's program of military mobilization. One journalist noted that Roosevelt made Wallace the first "vice president work really as the number two man in government–a conception of the vice presidency popularly held but never realized."[64] Reflecting Wallace's role in organizing mobilization efforts, many journalists began referring to him as the "Assistant President."[65][66] Wallace was also named to the Top Policy Group, which advised Roosevelt on the development of nuclear weapons, an initiative Wallace supported.
On May 8, 1942, Wallace delivered what became his most famous speech, best known for containing the phrase "the Century of the Common Man". He cast World War II as a war between a "free world" and a "slave world," and held that "peace must mean a better standard of living for the common man, not merely in the United States and England, but also in India, Russia, China, and Latin America–not merely in the United Nations, but also in Germany and Italy and Japan."
The Century of the Common Man (excerpt)
"Some have spoken of the "American Century." I say that the century on which we are entering – the century which will come into being after this war – can be and must be the century of the common man. Perhaps it will be America's opportunity to – to support the Freedom[s] and Duties by which the common man must live. Everywhere, the common man must learn to build his own industries with his own hands in practical fashion. Everywhere, the common man must learn to increase his productivity so that he and his children can eventually pay to the world community all that they have received. No nation will have the God-given right to exploit other nations. Older nations will have the privilege to help younger nations get started on the path to industrialization, but there must be neither military nor economic imperialism."[68]
cont.
Roosevelt died in April 1945 and was succeeded by Truman. Wallace continued to serve as secretary of commerce until September 1946, when Truman fired him for delivering a speech urging conciliatory policies towards the Soviet Union. [1]Wallace and his supporters established the Progressive Party and launched a third party campaign for president. The Progressive party platform called for conciliatory policies towards the Soviet Union, desegregation of public schools, gender equality, free trade, a national health insurance program, and other left-wing policies. Accusations of Communist influences and Wallace's association with controversial Theosophist figure Nicholas Roerich undermined his campaign, and he received just 2.4 percent of the nationwide popular vote
Shortly after leaving office, Wallace became the editor of The New Republic, a progressive magazine.[112] He also helped establish the Progressive Citizens of America(PCA), a progressive political organization that accepted members regardless of race, creed, or political affiliation. Though Wallace was not a member of the PCA, he was widely regarded as the organization's leader and was criticized for the PCA's acceptance of Communist members. In response to the creation of the PCA, anti-Communist liberals established a rival group, Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), which explicitly rejected any association with Communism
Before Politics:
In 1914, Wallace and his wife purchased a farm near Johnston, Iowa; they initially attempted to combine corn production with dairy farming, but later turned their full attention to corn.[17] Influenced by Edward Murray East, Wallace focused on the production of hybrid corn, developing a hybrid corn known as Copper Cross. In 1923, Wallace reached the first ever contract for hybrid seed production when he agreed to grant the Iowa Seed Company the sole right to grow and sell Copper Cross corn.[18]In 1926, he co-founded the Hi-Bred Corn Company to develop and produce hybrid corn. Though it initially turned only a small profit, the Hi-Bred Corn Company eventually became a massive financial success.[19]
Wallace continued to co-own and take an interest in the company he had established, Pioneer Hi-Bred (formerly known as the Hi-Bred Corn Company), and he established an experimental farm at his New York estate. He focused much of his efforts on the study of chickens, and Pioneer Hi-Bred's chickens at one point constituted three-quarters of all commercially sold eggs worldwide. He also wrote or co-wrote several works on agriculture, including a book on the history of corn
http://www.greatseal.com/dollar/hawfdr.html
One day in 1934, while Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace was waiting to meet with Secretary of State Cordell Hull, he looked through a State Department publication titled, "The History of the Seal of the United States."
Img: In his own words the "seeing eye".
Unfortunately, Wallace is often reduced to a one-dimensional character by conspiracy theorists and writers who try to turn the Great Seal into an esoteric symbol. Learn the true story of this multifaceted man in American Dreamer: A Life of Henry A. Wallace, the excellent 2000 biography by John C. Culver and John Hyde.
"Wallace is among the most genuinely learned men in American public life
since Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson." – Paul Sifton, historian
"He epitomizes American civilization in its most genuine native form, the form which gave us an Andrew Jackson and an Abraham Lincoln. He is as earthy as the black loam of the corn belt, as gaunt and grim as a pioneer. With all of that, he has an insatiable curiosity and one of the keenest minds in Washington, well-disciplined and subtle, with interests and accomplishment which range from agrarian genetics to astronomy." – John Franklin Carter, The New Dealers (1934)
oops.
Wallace Recollects that Day
(Excerpts from his letters written in 1951 and in 1955):
Turning to page 53, I noted the colored reproduction of the reverse side of the Seal. The Latin phrase Novus Ordo Seclorum impressed me as meaning the New Deal of the Ages.
I was struck by the fact that the reverse side of the Seal had never been used. Therefore I took the publication to President Roosevelt and suggested a coin be put out with the obverse and reverse sides of the Seal.
Roosevelt, as he looked at the colored reproduction of the Seal, was first struck with the representation of the "All Seeing Eye," a Masonic representation of The Great Architect of the Universe. Next he was impressed with the idea that the foundation for the new order of the ages had been laid in 1776, but that it would be completed only under the eye of the Great Architect. Roosevelt like myself was a 32nd degree Mason.
He suggested that the Seal be put on the dollar bill rather than a coin and took the matter up with the Secretary of the Treasury. He brought it up in a Cabinet meeting* and asked James Farley [Postmaster General and a Roman Catholic] if he thought the Catholics would have any objection to the "All Seeing Eye" which he as a Mason looked on as a Masonic symbol of Deity. Farley said "no, there would be no objection."
FDR's notes on the preliminary draft of the new dollar design plus initials of officials.
When the first draft came back from the Treasury, the obverse eagle side was on the left of the bill as is heraldic practice. Roosevelt insisted that the order be reversed so that the phrase "of the United States" would be under the obverse side of the Seal.
>Nicholas Roerich
Nicholas Roerich (/ˈrɛrɪk/; October 9, 1874 – December 13, 1947) – known also as Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh (Russian: Николай Константинович Рерих) – was a Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, philosopher, and public figure of Baltic German descent, who in his youth was influenced by a movement in Russian society around the spiritual. He was interested in hypnosis and other spiritual practices and his paintings are said to have hypnotic expression.[1][2]
Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a well-to-do notary public Baltic German father and a Russian mother,[3] he lived in various places around the world until his death in Naggar,[4] Himachal Pradesh, India. Trained as an artist and a lawyer, his main interests were literature, philosophy, archaeology, and especially art. Roerich was a dedicated activist for the cause of preserving art and architecture during times of war. He earned several nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize long list.[5] The so-called Roerich Pact was signed into law by the United States and most nations of the Pan-American Union in April 1935.
During the first decade of the 1900s and in the early 1910s, Roerich, largely due to the influence of his wife Helena, developed an interest in eastern religions, as well as alternative (to Christianity) belief systems such as Theosophy. Both Roerichs became avid readers of the Vedantist essays of Ramakrishna and Vivekananda, the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore, and the Bhagavad Gita. The Roerichs' commitment to occult mysticism increased steadily. It was especially intense during World War I and the Russian revolutions of 1917, to which the couple, like many Russian intellectuals, accorded apocalyptic significance. The influence of Theosophy, Vedanta, Buddhism, and other mystical topics can be detected not only in many of his paintings, but in the many short stories and poems Roerich wrote before and after the 1917 revolutions, including the Flowers of Morya cycle, begun in 1907 and completed in 1921.
This could be a huge dig too but I feel like maybe it is getting away from our focus.
>Yakuza
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakuza
Yakuza (Japanese: ヤクザ, IPA: [jaꜜkɯza]), also known as gokudō (極道, "the extreme path", IPA: [gokɯꜜdoː]) are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan (暴力団, "violent groups", IPA: [boːɾʲokɯꜜdaɴ]), while the Yakuza call themselves ninkyō dantai (任侠団体/仁侠団体, "chivalrous organizations", IPA: [ɲiŋkʲoː dantai]). The English equivalent for the term Yakuza is gangster, meaning an individual involved in a Mafia-like criminal organization.[2] The Yakuza are notorious for their strict codes of conduct, their organized fiefdom nature, and several unconventional ritual practices such as "Yubitsume".[3] Yakuza members are often described as males with heavily tattooed bodies and slicked hair,[4] yet this group is still regarded as being among "the most sophisticated and wealthiest criminal organizations."[5]
At their height, the Yakuza maintained a large presence in the Japanese media and operated internationally. In fact, in the early 1960s, police estimated that the Yakuza had a membership of 184,100.[6] However, in recent years their numbers have dwindled with the latest figure from the National Police Agency estimating that as of 2016 the number of members in all 22 designated gangs was 39,100.[7] This decline is often attributed to changing market opportunities and several legal and social developments in Japan which discourage the growth of Yakuza membership.[8] Yet, despite their dwindling numbers, the Yakuza still regularly engage in an array of criminal activities, and many Japanese citizens remain fearful of the threat these individuals pose to their safety.[9] However, there remains no strict prohibition on Yakuza membership in Japan today, although much legislation has been passed by the Japanese government aimed at increasing liability for criminal activities and impeding revenue.[10]
Some Yakuza groups are known to deal extensively in human trafficking.[32] The Philippines, for instance, is a source of young women. Yakuza trick girls from impoverished villages into coming to Japan, where they are promised respectable jobs with good wages. Instead, they are forced into becoming sex workers and strippers.[33]
Prior to his death in 1980, former Italian-American Mafia member Mickey Zaffarano, who controlled pornography rackets across the United States for the Bonanno family, was overheard talking about the enormous profits from the pornography trade that both families could make together.[37] Another Yakuza racket is bringing women of other ethnicities/races, especially East European[37] and Asian,[37] to Japan under the lure of a glamorous position, then forcing the women into prostitution.[38]
FROM CORNELL INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS REVIEW VOL. 3 NO. 2
Human Trafficking, the Japanese Commercial Sex Industry, and the Yakuza: Recommendations for the Japanese Government
http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1265/human-trafficking-the-japanese-commercial-sex-industry-and-the-yakuza-recommendations-for-the-japanese-government
Both the UN and the U.S. Department of State conduct global reviews of state actions to prevent human trafficking. Both reports indicate that human trafficking, especially that related to sexual exploitation, continues to be an issue in Japan. Their reports indicate that Japan implemented some of the policies required by UNTIP and that it has the resources with which to carry out these policies, but the reports suggest that Japanese officials lack the will to carry out these policy initiatives to combat human trafficking. This lack of will by government officials appears to be related to three key factors:
The demand for sex by Japanese citizens
The prevalence of sex within the Japanese culture
The level to which the yakuza, gate-keepers to the commercial sex industry, are engrained in Japanese society
The yakuza worked with the Japanese government during World War II to provide Imperial soldiers with "comfort women." From there, the yakuza expanded into sex tourism, human trafficking of women to Japan, pornographic enterprises, etc. in addition to gambling businesses and the trafficking of drugs and weapons. The yakuza developed working relationships with other organized crime syndicates abroad to globalize their network and their legitimate and illegitimate businesses. The influence of the yakuza reaches almost every island in Japan, and the yakuza continues to be relatively accepted in Japan.
During World War II, the yakuza, an organized crime syndicate, worked in conjunction with the Japanese government to provide sex slaves or "comfort women" to the members of the Imperial Army. The majority of these "comfort women" were exported from South Korea and other Asian countries after being attacked by the Japanese army.4 After World War II, the yakuza operated brothels for American servicemen to utilize throughout the U.S. occupancy.5
"Massage parlors" typically serve as fronts for the commercial sex industry. The yakuza are responsible for opening the first "massage parlors" throughout Japan and continue to operation the majority of these shops. This industry has expanded to include soaplands, bath houses where men receive personal bath experiences with a beautiful young helper; fashion-health delivery services, an escort home delivery service; image clubs, a place where men can live out their fantasies with their choice of women in themed rooms; and pink salons, semi-public pubs where men can receive oral sex while enjoying sake or beer. These shops have been able to subvert the anti-prostitution laws by limiting their advertising to the non-intercourse services offered.
cont.
Yakuza – A Mainstay in Japanese Culture
The yakuza enjoy a relative acceptance by the people, national government, and local police forces of Japan. For decades the yakuza have offered services that even the national government approved, albeit not publicly. Japan places a cap on the number of lawyers allowed to practice in the country and the government is known for its reluctance to litigate. In Japan, there is approximately one lawyer per 8,500 people, in the UK there is one lawyer per 900 people, and in the U.S. there is one lawyer per 400 people.15
Because of the lack of lawyers in Japan, it is very expensive to file civil suits in Japan. Some members of the yakuza have become known as urashakai no bengoshi, lawyers from the dark side of society, and are increasingly used by citizens to solve disputes. David Kaplan and Alec Dubro unearthed a poll from 1993 which found that "23 percent of men and 17 percent of women believed that hiring gangsters to collect money, obtain contracts, or settle disputes by threatening violence is ‘not bad' or ‘can't be helped'."16
In addition, the yakuza and the police force have had a relatively peaceful coexistence and many times are on a first name basis with one another. Many attribute the generally low violent crime rates to the yakuza because organized crime in Japan is less violent than unorganized crime. For instance, if an individual hoodlum commits a violent crime in a neighborhood "owned" by a yakuza affiliate, the yakuza are likely to reach and punish this individual before the police even hear about the crime. This co-existence is also sponsored by bribes and pay-offs. To appear as though the police force is above corruption, they periodically stage large scale crackdowns on the gangs. These "busts" are generally preorchestrated and serve as publicity stunts for the newspapers.
The Yakuza Connection Abroad
Between 2005 and 2006, the Japanese National Police Agency (NPA) found that forty percent of identified human trafficking victims were Filipino, thirty-three percent were Indonesian, fourteen percent were Thai, eight percent were Chinese/Taiwanese, and three percent were Russian or East European.17 The yakuza has very strong ties with Filipino business leaders and bureaucrats, with various gangs throughout the Golden Triangle (Burma, Laos, and Thailand), the Chinese Triads, and the Russian mob; the nationalities of identified victims provide ample evidence for these connections.
Due to these various gang connections of the yakuza, breaking the chain for human trafficking would prove to be incredibly difficult. Once one connection or source was severed another connection in another part of the world would surely be created as the yakuza's network spans the globe. Any approach to disrupting the yakuza's illegal global activities would have to be performed in a multilateral forum to ensure governments around the world would help clamp down on organized crime simultaneously. Unfortunately, many governments of developing countries have few resources with which to crack down on organized crime.
Sorry for all the copy-pasta, just good info on human trafficking and the Yakuza.
Just returned. I'm ok, but something is going on with my computer and it now starts to overheat when I go to 8 chan. Does anyone else have this problem? Should I be worried about being hacked or my computer destroyed. I'm not much of a technical person. If someone was able to get to my computer does that mean I've been identified and am in potential danger?
I hope the arrests really are imminent, thomas anon. I'm being patient but my desire to see ANYTHING overt happen is overwhelming. Everywhere I look our Republic is in shambles. The constitution has been trashed, everyone around me is completely brainwashed by MSM…so much so that they don't see Socialism/Communism boots on the ground. I feel like the time is right, the weather is warm, we are far enough away from the election, DECLAS has been ordered and Potus has his family with him……there is also the overwhelming feeling of a tidal wave coming from the Dems, I truly think we need to head them off before Barr & Ross are held in contempt. But what do I know? I'm not sure how POTUS holds it all together and can actually get sleep. There are so many people out here praying for POTUS and Q team - but there are so many who overtly and passively wish to do him harm. I truly hope our collective positive can firmly wipe out their collective negative and that the truth can save some good people who have been led astray unknowingly.
Well, enough of my belly-aching, this isn't about me and I'm sure there are many people who are on edge waiting for the dominoes to fall. I just hate waking each morning with anxiety.
You seem to have summed up Osaka - from now on I'm going to report in when I don't find anything so you do not have to repeat the research. For instance, I looked at the zoo a while back and found nothing, I just didn't mention it and maybe I should when I check off boxes.
I'm totally down for researching NYC whenever you are ready and I'll follow your lead about digging once things go down. Interesting theory that Hillary might not be the top. She certainly is in control of a lot and is connected to everything but it has never made sense to me that she would get as close to the action as she and Bill do if she is at the top. Like why would they ever even go to Haiti or Epstein island? Why are they so concerned about raising money for their foundation if they are actually running the show and own everything? those things could be handled directly by minions. She's also been essentially dropped by the Democrats - no one pays attention to her publicly any more which tells me she failed and has been left behind. I've tried to put myself in her shoes (I know, ugh!) and I think I'd act way further out of the public eye under the radar like Bilderberg or CFR or Council 300 or even fewer in my direct circle. I think I'd stay hidden like Payseur and not let myself be up for public comment.
So I'm interested in where you guys want to go from here. I'll bet she will definitely lead to wherever we are going so we are on the right track whether the end game is her or not.
Thank you, Thomas anon & H anon and all anons hanging around this thread. It has been a pleasure! Everyone be safe, please and I'll look forward to seeing you on the new thread.