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Cate Chassé UFO & Alien encounters

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Mosul orb, Iraq, 2016. Contents Introduction Experiences UFO types Comments References ------------------ 1. Introduction On 5 January 2025 the writer watched a YouTube video with an intriguing clickbait headline: 8 Types of UFOs . In it Canadian Cate Chassé revealed for the first time publically UFO and paranormal experiences dating back to childhood in the 1960s. The list was quite amazing, as was the eventual description of eight types of UFOs encountered. Throughout Chassé was rather skeptical about her own experiences, and for this reason the writer made contact and reinforced the reliability of what was describing, based on the wealth of information on the topic which had become available in recent years. As there was no accompanying website or listing of the encounters, apart from what was stated in the video, they are briefly summarised below, along with a link to the original interview. Contactee who witnessed 8 types of UFO! - Cate Chassé , J...
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TV & movie reviews 2024-25

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Since moving out to the country during May 2021, in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic and as a result of the related early retirement, time has been on the writer's side to watch movies, documentaries and TV series on various streaming services such as Netflix, Prime and Disney+, not to forget the one most often used - YouTube. At the end of 2024 a number of interesting Asian (Japanese and Korean) shows were viewed and led to the instigation of the present blog. It will contain brief reviews of interesting items. All are on Netflix unless otherwise indicated, and are highly recommended. * Beyond Goodbye , 14 November 2024, 8 episodes, Japan, English language dubbing. Story of a heart transplant donor and his girlfriend / fiance, a heart transplant recipient and what happens when the latter two meet. Extremely interesting original story which is connected with the issue of consciousness. Drawn out to a degree, and slow moving, but wonderful in that it replicates much of the mood...
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Haymarket Square - Magic Lantern 1968

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Contents Introduction Magic Lantern Lyrics The Baron & Bailey Light Circus Biography & reviews References -------------------- 1. Introduction On 3 January 2025 the writer was introduced to Haymarket Square , a young American (Chicago-based) psychedelic rock band with a female lead vocalist and song writer. Their music was in a similar vein to San Francisco's Jefferson Airplane , though heavier, with drums and fuzz-toned electric guitar to the fore. They took their name from Haymarket Square, a commercial area in Chicago, Illinois, that is known for the Haymarket Affair , a violent confrontation between police and workers that took place there in 1886. The band's one and only recording - 1968's extremely rare 12" LP Magic Lantern (Chaparral Records) - was apparently only released in a limited edition of 80-100 copies. It's sound quality was tinny, which was common for the time in American pop culture recordings primarily aim...
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The Kiss ....

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The Kiss, 1902, coloured woodcut, Victoria & Albert Museum, London. The Kiss is a work by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944). He is undoubtedly most famous for The Scream , a work which graces t-shirts and variants in the form of social media memes, such is the emotive impact present within the work. It is an impressionist representation of fear. The Scream. The Kiss , on the other hand, is the complete opposite. It originally appeared as a pen drawing in 1895, and was followed in the form of oil painting variant in 1897. Munch subsequently reproduced it in a number of print versions, utilising woodcut, etching and lithographic processes. The Kiss, 1895, ink drawing, MET, New York. It is an incredibly sensual works of art, depicting two lovers embracing so tightly as to almost form a single body. In some versions they are clothed; in others completely naked. The most famous and perhaps popular version is the woodcut, with the simple application of black ink upon ...
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Left not Woke

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woke , adj., alert to, and concerned about, social injustice and discrimination woke , adj., actively aware of systemic injustices and prejudices, especially those relating to civil and human rights woke , adj., a non-bigot Woke Mind Virus , 6 August 2024. Contents Preface I thought I was woke! Waking up Problems DEI  Am I infected? Left is not woke T25 Snow White - a hero of the Left? References --------------- 1. Preface Woke is a problem, was a problem, became a problem, remains a problem as of January 2025, especially for the Left, as the two are often conflated in public discussion. On the positive side it was seen to be a manifestation of socio-cultural innovation driven by compassion. However, since its inception during the mid' 2010s, the phenomenon variously labelled woke (refer definitions above) generated violent activities directed towards peaceful protestors; broke relationships across the socio-economic divide, including long-s...
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