Day of Samhain 2023

A check for $919 was received from the property management office representing the “old folks home” in Waikiki. There was no explanation provided. Perhaps there is a tie-in with the alleged scam on the premises as detailed in Notes during the 2019 year. The check was deposited in the local bank account.

Three ambulances were dispatched to the “old folks home, one on Friday evening, two on Saturday evening. The geriatric tenants (from the other building) were all carted off to the hospital. No word on their dispositions at this time.

A brief evening outing was made to the International Marketplace yesterday after a long hiatus. The whole purpose of the trip was to procure two bananas for dessert from the Waikiki Market on the way back to the mausoleum. The outing was pleasant because few tourists were roaming the area.

Another brief evening outing ensued on this Day of Samhain. The International Marketplace was much more crowded because of the keiki (read: children) costume contest. The only purpose for the outing was the use of the free wireless network. Two bananas and an overpriced shitty blueberry muffin were purchased at the Waikiki Market for dessert. The rest of the evening was spent vegetating in the mausoleum. There’s nothing out there for an old codger.

On a side note, commentary by Paul Craig Roberts, Brian Wilkins (The COVID Blog), and Simplicius fully coincides with the Notes perspective concerning the Israeli-Hamas war, the Zionists, and Fascist puppeteers.

Miscellany: Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbollah is scheduled to speak this Friday to address the next stage of the Middle East conflict. Will Hezbollah engage the Zionists?

Addendum: Download and read the book, “The Invention of the Land of Israel” by Schlomo Sand, using the hyperlink in the Notes post titled, “Cana’an.”

Fuck It Friday - 17

Fuck It Friday (FIF)! Sporadic news and commentary of no interest to anyone ... FIF! All kinds of shit is the primary focus of this edition. Yes, this is Fuck It Friday!

Well, no surprise that the big-ass can of Kirin® brewski did nothing to alleviate physical pain and mental anguish. The cheap booze only caused chronic insomnia because “draining the lizard” was required every hour. Apparently, the learning curve has been extremely long. What next? Fentanyl, you think? Fuck it!

Sleep deprivation made for a somewhat groggy Thursday. Nevertheless, the usual routine was fulfilled. And, a late afternoon outing to Ala Moana Center was in order. Another delicious prime rib dinner was procured at Lahaina Chicken. Then, more organic granola and another big-ass jar (30 ounces) of unsalted mixed nuts were purchased at Target®. Bananas were sold out, so a pint of generic ice cream was purchased for dessert. Was the outing pleasant? Yes, fuck it!

Last night, minor sleep deprivation resulted from glucose overload. A pint of ice cream is a bit much, eh? Again, the learning curve has been extremely long. Well, what about Friday night FOMO? The thought of an evening outing to the International Marketplace was not palatable. Vegetating in the mausoleum in the “old folks home” in Waikiki was the only viable option. Fuck it! 

“Crises fatigue” has finally set in. The dystopian nightmare is compounding the general malaise. Dysthymia is the “new normal.” To state that the crazy Fascist faggots are becoming a nuisance would be a drastic understatement. Anyway, the only sane mitigation is to temporarily limit exposure to news sources, even those on the approved Web site list. Commenting on the latter in Notes is also on hiatus. Fuck it!

The reduction in browsing approved sites on the Net was reflected in the reduced usage of free wireless networks. In addition, only 250 MB of prioritized cellular data has been used daily. That’s an all-time low. And, there will not be any substitutions with shitty entertainment venues (i.e., distractions). Better to sit on the floor in the dark mausoleum than to be subjected to the mind-numbing effects of Fascist programming. Fuck it!

On a side note, a lot of shit is “going down” in the “old folks home.” There’s a psychotic “tranny” (read: transgender), at least one drug dealer, and numerous homeless (sleeping in stairwell) in the building. No telling what’s going on in the other building. David, one of the tenants, mentioned that he was physically assaulted yesterday by the “tranny.” Yeah, fuck it!

Addendum: The Israeli-Hamas conflict has certainly made many formerly-respected individuals declare their true loyalties and beliefs. Neutrality is preferred. However, if you stand with the Zionists, you are a Zionist. Acceptable content on the Net continues to dwindle down to nothing. Fuck it!

POS 2023

World events continue to be personally monitored through the approved Web sites (hyperlinks interspersed in Notes). Thus, commentary in Notes will return to an extremely limited basis. The Fascists, though, never tire of creating one debacle after the other. How other rank-and-file peons fare under such conditions is unknown. On a personal level, debilitating consternation would be an adequate description.

In the last Notes post, the iPhone 15 Pro silicone case was overlooked. Yes, it is another “piece of shit” (POS). Of course, that should have been known since the iPhone 14 Pro had the exact same case. Durability and protection are fine. Unfortunately, the case is a dust and lint magnet. Placing it on any surface will yield an incredible layer of filth. Heck, simply holding it for few minutes will yield the same layer of filth, pulling it right out of the air. And, the filth can only be thoroughly cleaned off by washing it. Do not even consider purchasing this type of case.

The useless junk discussed in the last Notes post and the iPhone silicone case are expensive POS. Some are “shiny objects,” which were supposed to be better than the basic equivalent. Well, that’s now been proven false. The crap needs to go, but how to dispose of them? They are all “like new” and fully functional, so throwing them in the trash is idiotic. The “shiny objects” could be given away, but to whom?

The lesson to be learned is that “shiny objects” (usually “tech toys”) are all POS. Even if there are ample funds to subsidize the purchase of pricey “shiny objects,” why bother? The subsequent grief and rage is not worth the time and effort. Just purchase the basic (read: budget) equivalent. If it turns out to be a POS, donate it to charity.

On a side note, the plans for any kind of outing this evening were scrapped once again. What exactly is there to do in the mausoleum in the “old folks home” in Waikiki? There isn’t even a chair to sit upon. Personal mental state obviously remains quite fragile. Nihilism is at all-time high. Is the end near?

Miscellany: The iPhone 15 Pro is gradually becoming the favored “shiny object.” The entire monastic and geriatric operation is facilitated through the device. What more can be said?

Addendum: With the mind close to snapping, an “emergency” run to ABC Store was made at 10pm. A big-ass can of Kirin® Ichiban brewski was procured. How much more stupid can this story get?

Unexciting Stories 2023

Another unexciting evening was spent in the mausoleum in the “old folks home” in Waikiki. There have been no evening outings since last Thursday with the dreadful visit to the Apple® Store in Ala Moana Center.

The left calf muscle injury is nearly healed. Walking returned to normal yesterday with only a slight hint of pain. Unfortunately, the right knee was inadvertently slammed into a door jamb in the mausoleum last night. The idiotic “senior moment” resulted in yet another injury. The wounds from the face-first fall are also still healing.

The weekly inspection of the AirPods Pro 2 earbuds revealed that the batteries for both the earbuds and the case were completely depleted. That’s after a full charge last week. The culprit appears to be the 6A303 firmware update that was released along with the iOS 17 upgrade. The firmware is required for all of the new features. Little wonder why the 6A305 update was released less than a week later. The AirPods received the update while charging, the fastest update ever. In any case, the batteries have already been damaged. The Beats® Studio Buds + has no problems whatsoever. Yeah, which earbuds would be recommended by Notes?

The iPhone 15 Pro has yet to generate any kind of excitement. Perhaps the dreadful purchase experience at Apple® Store has increased the bias. The recollection of the “air” of arrogance there still invokes extreme resentment. The device, itself, has suffered none of the reported problems. Of course, all of the new features have been disabled.

The various shortcuts were also imported to the iPhone 15 Pro, including the most important one that prevents opening the camera “app” from the lockscreen. The two times that the iPhone 14 Pro camera “app” was unwittingly opened from the lockscreen, then left unattended in the gym bag for an extended period of time, resulted in extreme heat generation, battery depletion, and a reduction in battery health. All iPhone owners, beware!

The Norelco® electric shaver continues to “grate on the nerves.” The discontent with the device has been delineated upon previously in Notes. No need for redundancy. However, the time is coming for its replacement. How can an electric shaver cause so much grief?

Community Tent - Sand Island Homeless Shelter

In retrospect, the days of the Sand Island homeless shelter are looked upon as the “good times.” Yeah, hard to believe, eh? The evenings in the community tent were great. Seriously, though, that experience was certainly more enjoyable than the past few years in the mausoleum. Unexciting stories for unexciting times. Sheesh!

Postscript: All “shiny objects” are “pieces of shit.” Why waste time and money on that crap?

Reflections 2023

The “twilight years” essentially is the “meme of death.” Using actuarial data, only eleven more years are theoretically remaining. Reflections about death was supposed to be the theme of this Notes post. However, the discussion about death has been on-going throughout the tenure of Notes. And, really, these discussions pale in comparison to the works of the Great Prophet, Ernest Becker. The links to download PDF files of the latter works are provided in the Notes post appropriately titled, “Death.”

The “human condition” revolves around death. Just a quick glimpse at current events verifies that claim. The possibility of simply living out one’s life is extremely low. The Fascist are “hell bent” on expediting the event for all rank-and-file peons. The stupid part is that the Fascists will eventually face death, too. The sooner, the better.

The recent sequence of maladies has certainly reinforced the notion of mortality. The body’s ability to heal is quite miraculous. However, the healing process slows down with age. There are no words to describe the frustration experienced. And yet, this is just the beginning of the “twilight years.”

The acquisition of “shiny objects” becomes a low priority for senior citizens. Neither the geriatric owner or others in proximity are impressed. Unless a specific utility can be attributed to the “shiny object,” it is useless. Obviously, latter axiom partially explains the miserly ways.

With that stated, the iPhone 15 Pro was chosen over the Pixel 8 Pro after some deliberation. The Pixel device would have sufficed even given its modest specifications. The privacy issue was a concern. However, the standard pseudonym and associated fake personal data are used for both Apple® and Google® accounts. And, really, no entity is even slightly curious about the ol’ lavahead. Large assortment of “apps” is definitely of no concern. The “woke” bullshit of both parent corporations are annoying but trivial. The prices were the same. So, the choice was made based on … the iPhone Keychain password manager (with passkeys and 2FA authenticator). Sheesh!

The Visible+ cellular plan ($35 per month) is still active. So far, only about half of the monthly prioritized data is being used, which is astonishing in itself. A heavy reliance has been placed on free wireless networks when available for most of the superfluous Net tasks. Otherwise, the Net is big part of the problem, not the solution.

In conclusion, aside from the mundane bullshit, there is nothing to reflect upon. The “human condition” has made a mockery of “intelligence” and brought endless pain and suffering. There is no hope for humanity as it careens to its own demise. Chimpo sapiens, what a lost cause!

Miscellany: Consortium News has been added to the list of approved Web sites.

Notes Music Break

Hypnotic Progressions — Edward’s Pheasant Mix

DIY

Much “gnashing of teeth” ensued last night after the failed restoration of the Chase® “app” on the new iPhone 15 Pro. So much so that sleep deprivation resulted. This morning, a call was made to customer service. After 15 minutes in the queue, a chat with a representative led to a transfer of the call to the technical support staff. After 30 minutes in the queue, the line simply disconnected itself. Yeah, “things fall apart.”

During coffee time in the dining room of the fast food joint in town, no attempt was made to repeat the earlier phone foolishness. Instead, a brief recollection of the same problem that occurred a while back inspired a solution. In fact, the details are in the Notes post, “FUBAR 2023.” The technical support person initiated the password reset process from the server end. A temporary password was issued by the latter to access the account, then a new password had to be established before logging off. In this case, the password reset was accomplished using the link on the login screen. The process “worked like a charm.”

As stated previously in Notes, this is a bad time to be a senior citizen. Incompetence and stupidity abound everywhere. Critical services (including customer services) is crumbling just like the infrastructure. So, personal problem solving (i.e., “do it yourself” or DIY) must become second nature. In other words, approach all problems as an engineer would.

The calf muscle injury was further aggravated by the extended walking (read: limping) that was required during the evening outing of yesterday. The pain has increased. The healing process may require much more time … all that for the iPhone 15 Pro. And, frankly, there was no real excitement in procuring or using the device. It is essentially the same as the old iPhone 14 Pro. Fortunately, none of the reported problems have been experienced.

A discussion this morning with one of the other senior citizen gym members proved interesting. He stated that he has attended an unusually high number of funerals in the past few months, the deceased being of various ages. Of course, the personal response was to mirror his bewilderment. There’s no point in implicating the mRNA bioweapon. No one would believe that. Little wonder why about 30% of the local population is still wearing face masks full-time.

With the calf muscle injury still lingering, no evening outing was planned. Friday night FOMO will have to work itself out. Alas, maybe an evening spent inspecting the new iPhone 15 Pro can generate some geriatric excitement. Well, maybe not.

iPhone 15 Pro

Chinatown

Well, the new iPhone 15 Pro was procured at the detestable Apple® Store in Ala Moana Center this afternoon. The decision was impulsive, most likely triggered by the increasing awareness of geriatric decrepitude. The experience was not fun or exciting. There’s just a very distinct negative “air” about the store and its personnel. Needless to say, the bare minimum of cordiality was afforded the encountered staff.

iPhone 15 Pro

With the iPhone 14 Pro trade-in (valued at $570), the new device required only a $430 net outlay. Of course, the iPhone 15 Pro only has 128 GB of storage. Setting up the new device consumed over an hour. Everything was set up from “scratch” rather than the backup. The process was flawless with the exception of the Chase® “app” (which must be used instead of the Web site). Currently, there is no way to log on. A phone call must be made to regain access, according to the message on-screen. On the other hand, the Visible e-SIM transfer was quick and easy. And, the iPhone 15 Pro is a lot lighter weight-wise.

Dinner was courtesy Lahaina Chicken in the Makai Market food court. Prime rib, of course! On the way back, a brief stopover was made at the International Marketplace to exploit the free wireless network. Then, a couple of bananas were procured at the Waikiki Market for dessert before walking back to the “old folks home.”

The injured calf muscle has not healed yet. Thus, walking read: limping) is excruciatingly slow. Yeah, that’s what’s in store for the later “twilight years,” except that the latter will be permanent.

This afternoon, on an early bus to Waikiki, a chance encounter with one of the gym peers ensued. He’s the guy who was overheard in the gym locker room telling his buddy that he had just been released from the hospital (as chronicled in Notes). His left forearm was bandaged because a blood vessel had burst. This is the kind of fun senior citizens are privy to.

A few days ago, a long discussion with David, a fellow tenant at the “old folks home,” occurred in the parking lot upon return from town. He had made arrangements to move to a new “old folks home” in Chinatown. However, he changed his mind at the last minute. Chinatown, as everyone knows, is a crime-ridden dump. He also provided a lot of news about the “old folks home” in Waikiki, much of it quite disturbing. Specifics may be included at a later time.

Addendum: The purchase of the new iPhone 15 Pro had little impact on this month’s expenditures. And, that was supposed to be the “big ticket” purchase of the year. What now?

Cana’an

This Bud’s for you!

This morning, just standing from a sitting position (on the bus) caused either a micro-tear or a pulled muscle in the same leg (calf) that suffered a massive injury a few weeks ago. The pain is not quite as intense, but enough to cause conspicuous limping. The leg will not be bandaged. The mind just wasn’t prepared for yet another injury. Despondency set in rapidly, because there is no question that the physical body is deteriorating.

The estimated time for recovery is about a week. So, there won’t be any evening outings. Instead, vegetating in the mausoleum at the “old folks home” in Waikiki will be the sole nauseating activity. Currently, no adjustments were made to the workout regimen at the gym.

The Israeli-Hamas conflict remains an enigma with many unanswered questions. For one, why did the Zionists bomb civilian airports in Syria subsequent to the Hamas infiltration? And, of course, many of the rank-and-file peons in the “West” have no idea that Hamas was a creation of the Zionists to divide the Palestinians. Blowback, you think? Few people know any of the sordid history behind the 1948 Israel partition of the “land of Cana’an.” Isn’t this the time to learn more before “standing with Israel”?

On a side note, the book, “The Invention of the Land of Israel” by Schlomo Sand, is currently being read and proceeding to completion. This is the first book to be read in several years, the reason being that the trend in books now is focused on “woke”-ism.

Incidentally, people should not be wasting time by visiting and reading Notes. There’s nothing of value here. The list of approved Web sites are far more important. With that stated, readership is averaging zero to one daily. Thank you very much!

Addendum: The PDF copy of “The Invention of the Land of Israel” by Schlomo Sand is now archived and available for download. In view of the current Israeli-Hamas conflict, Schlomo Sand’s invaluable insight is more important now than ever.

Globohomofomo

Saturday night FOMO, what to do? Make the trek to Ala Moana Center, of course. Yes, a quick trip was made to Target® in order to exploit the last day of the 15% discount offer on all food products. Shopping, even for necessities such as food, is not fun and exciting. The disdain for shopping as an activity is the reason why personal expenditures remain so low, much lower than the average rank-and-file peon of empire.

There has been no desire to revisit the Apple® Store ever since the encounter with the smarmy security guard wearing a face mask. Interest in the iPhone 15 Pro has waned. Heck, the device is only sporadically available in any of the three stores in the city. And, the nauseating ordeal to acquire the current iPhone will definitely not be repeated again for the new device.

Incidentally, the garbage truck(s) “threw a blackeye in da game” by showing up at 5:30am this morning. Lots of noise, especially the OSHA backup alarm. Unfortunately, the Beats® Studio Buds + was not within reach. Eventually, someone with a “nine” (read: 9mm) will probably “fix” the problem.

The Israeli-Hamas conflict is being personally monitored through the approved Web sites. So far, none have gone to the “Dark Side” of Fascism. The best news site for Middle East coverage is PressTV Iran, bar none. And, of course, Simplicius on Substack offers the best analysis.

Another “plug” for The COVID Blog is in order. Brian Wilkins is an excellent journalist. Although most of the content is related to “super-duper corona” issues, he does regularly delve deeply into the Great Re-shit (read: “Great Reset”) as well. Lots of facts, great information, and excellent analyses. A word of warning, though … prepare to be emotionally affected by some of the material.

Miscellany: Although there is much personal admiration for historian, Schlomo Sand, none of his books have been read yet. Fortunately, a timely article is archived at, of all places, the Le Monde diplomatique site. Sand’s conclusions are collaborated by many of the books in the Notes post, “Bibliography,” under the “Religion” heading.

Sinister Kahuna Day 2023

Sinister, Very Sinister

The injuries from the face-first fall yesterday have added exponentially to the general malaise. The small bandages on the hands must be replaced several times during the day because of the impossibility of keeping them dry. The gash on the forehead is only bandaged at night. Nevertheless, the entire affair has been sickening given that the torn calf muscle healed just a few days ago. Then there is the injured thumb. One injury after another. That’s the plight of a decrepit senior citizen.

Friday night FOMO was the only reason to make a short evening outing to the International Marketplace. Very little FOMO relief ensued. There’s not much difference between loitering in a shopping mall and vegetating in the mausoleum at the “old folks home” in Waikiki. In both cases, valuable time is wasted and nothing is accomplished. The “twilight years” is obviously the source of FOMO anxiety.

Later, a couple of bananas and a big-ass can of cerveza were procured at the Waikiki Market. The bananas for dessert, and the big-ass can of cerveza to celebrate Sinister Kahuna Day. Celebrate? In the mausoleum? Baha! Ha! Ha! Haaa! Heck, that’s more like a funeral!

First Aid

Upon alighting the bus in Waikiki, the short walk back to the “old folks home” was interrupted by an unplanned face-first fall onto a decrepit, gravel pit of a parking lot. The cause? Tripping over a very low chain fence, a true “senior moment.” Assorted abrasions, contusions, and puncture wounds on both hands and forehead gushed blood everywhere. Just upon arrival at the “old folks home,” the discovery was made that the key to mausoleum had been inadvertently dropped in the gravel pit during the fall. Sadly, a bloodied jaunt was made to and from the parking lot to retrieve the damned key.

Once back in the mausoleum, the small First Aid kit (purchased last year) was retrieved from the storage suitcase. About half-an-hour was required to clean and dress the wounds. There was a lot of pent-up anger, obviously. The incident nearly caused the cancellation of the evening outing to Ala Moana Center.

The initial bus ride to the mall was marred by three tourists, all young guys with attitudes. The clown behind kept kicking the seat. “Fucking assholes,” was the polite personal response before alighting that bus at the next stop. The clown was grinning ear-to-ear. He could have easily received a “knuckle sandwich” that would have wiped that “shit-eating grin” off his face and required him to undergo prosthetic dental work.

The evening outing went as well as could be. A prime rib dinner was procured at Lahaina Chicken. Seating was secured along one of the long bar tables. For some reason, a gorgeous young hottie sat two seats diagonally across, even though there were lots of empty tables nearby. Baby was looking mighty fine!

After dinner, a banana and a pint of generic ice cream were procured for dessert at Target® along with a few other food products. The plastic seal on the ice cream container was nearly indestructible. Using the mausoleum key, the band was finally sawed off. The whole process exacerbated the latest right thumb injury. No telling how the injury occurred, but the pain was so bad that parts of the weight workout at the gym this afternoon could not be completed. Then, to have the budget ice cream further injure the thumb … well, violence nearly erupted spontaneously.

There have been near daily evening outings, usually to the International Marketplace. Sitting in the mausoleum is about as close to death as imaginable. Little wonder why most senior citizens require a large supply of assorted booze. Simple denial of death is no longer possible. Extreme alcoholic mitigations are necessary to numb the troubled mind.

Classic TV Dinner (actual size)

Dinner last night was courtesy Panda Express® on King Street. Decreased serving portions seem to be the new standard. The “dinner” looked like the classic “TV dinner” of yore. Yeah, that’s how minuscule the serving size has become. Fortunately, the entire minuscule dinner was covered by adequate reward points. Who would pay $12 for that shit? Anyway, an overpriced Cobb Salad was purchased at the Waikiki Market later to compensate for the nutritional deficiency.

Needless to say, dining at Panda Express® will be limited to one day per week, if even that. Subway® sandwiches are essentially a rip-off, too, what with the new baguette-sized bread. Sadly, the downsized sandwich is still more voluminous and filling than the new Panda Express® “TV dinners.” Yeah, everything is “going to shit.”

Staying the Course

Although there presumably will be no further comments about the Israeli-Hamas conflict, there is one pressing concern. The “virtue signaling” for Israel has gone into full overdrive mode by elected political stooges, the propagandists, and the mainstream “fake news” media. If any of the remaining approved Web sites even hints in that direction, it will be immediately scrubbed from Notes. The fact that the puppets of the Fascists are singing the “We stand with Israel” tune only suggests that they are on the wrong side of history. The true opposition never parrots the Fascists. Stay the course.

Addendum: Be sure to download and read the entire essential Fascist library! The whole Fascist plan is right there in the open.

Postscript: Simplicius on Substack is an excellent source of information concerning the various global geopolitical struggles. Excellent analysis coupled with numerous open source content. However, the author(s) also interjects a lot of data (strategic, tactical, and infrastructural) which seems to imply “deep state” background, far beyond that of a typical laymen. Disaffected “deep state” personnel, you think??

Distractions

Vladimir Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov

Operation al-Aqsa Storm, which was launched by the Hamas Palestine resistance, was a major blow for the Zionists in Israel. The main reason for the attack is hidden in the name of the operation itself. Of course, the Palestinians have been brutalized by the Zionists for eons.

Ever since the Russian Federation launched its Special Military Operation in Ukraine, many so-called “third world” nation-states became emboldened. Niger is the most recent case. Clearly, Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin has made the situation in Ukraine quite clear. Russia is now in a proxy war with the collective “West” and its Fascist puppeteers.

Nations-states (e.g., Iran, Syria, North Korea) that were “bullied” by the “West” are successfully reinvigorating their economies and militaries. They have joined the fight against the Fascists and the Great Re-shit (read: “Great Reset”). This is the “multipolar world” and “new order” that Vladimir Putin has recently been very vocal about. As stated previously in Notes, this is the turning point of history.

Meanwhile in empire, the rank-and-file peons are subsumed by distractions (i.e., entertainment venues and social media) and propaganda while the so-called “government” continues to disintegrate, the “woke” bullshit destroys the social order, inflation spirals out of control, and the Fascists continue running amuck. And, how about that wide open Southern border? The “third world” desires none of the aforementioned. Neither do Russia and China.

The Fascists are correct in one respect … most of the peons need to go. However, the same can be said of the parasitic Fascists. They, too, must go, with “go” defined as “neutralized.” As stated many times in Notes and the old “blog,” overpopulation is the root of all problems.

As far as empire is concerned, the much anticipated announcement that Robert Kennedy, Jr. will declare himself as an independent candidate could wreak havoc on the despicable Democrat (sic) Party. Unfortunately, that will only translate into an advantage for the compromised “Orange Bad Man.” Frankly, there is little hope for real change. No further commentary is necessary.

An evening outing to Ala Moana Center occurred last Friday. Only a brief shopping stint at Target® was made to purchase a pint of Ben & Jerry’s® ice cream and a banana for dessert. A stopover was made at the International Marketplace before returning to the “old folks home” in Waikiki. The real motive for the outing was FOMO. Ridiculous, eh? What exactly is FOMO for an old codger? Certainly not the prospect of mingling with young hotties. So, there is no FOMO for the geriatric demographic. End of story.

Addendum: There are murmurings surfacing alleging that empire shenanigans are involved in the current Israel- Hamas conflict. Allegations claim that the provocation was planned as a “false flag” to implicate Iran as well as serve as a distraction from other pertinent issues. Who knew?

Miscellany: The catalog of books (bibliography) that were read completely during the infamous research period has been updated and posted to Notes (October 4th) for reference purposes only.

Postscript: No further commentary on the Israeli-Hamas conflict is necessary. The old “blog” discussed the issues in nauseating detail, including the Yahweh Triad (i.e., Judaism, Islam, and Pauline-Christianity), Pauline-Christian dispensationalism, the Unholy Scriptures, the legitimacy of Israel, etc. The aforementioned bibliography has been posted to aid others in similar research.

Notes Music Break

Mystic Tripping — Madagascar Pochard Mix

Collapse 2023

Yesterday, dinner at Panda Express® on King Street was a true nightmare, primarily due to a conspicuously untrained new employee. There’s no sense in detailing the entire trying ordeal. The clincher, however, was when the new employee expressed cluelessness about how to use a knife to slice the Grilled Teriyaki Chicken. What the fuck? In addition, the queue was delayed for quite a while as a disgruntled customer “unloaded” on the cashier. Subsequently, dinner there will be limited to once per week, if even that. Yeah, “things fall apart.”

This afternoon, dinner was courtesy Subway® in town. The original plan was to return early to Waikiki and make a quick jaunt to Ala Moana Center. However, a stated previously in Notes, there is no bus schedule. Even the GPS tracking Web site is unreliable. Not to be repetitious, but “things fall apart.”

Seriously, this really is a bad time to be a senior citizen. The entirety of empire, the “West,” and the microcosmic speck called Hawai’i is on the verge of societal and economic collapse. Imagine being old and decrepit, yet having to navigate through such a dystopian nightmare. The only real solution for the geriatric crowd is voluntary euthanasia (read: assisted suicide).

The only real hope is the current Russian strategy to accelerate the disintegration of the collective “West” by attrition and patience (in Ukraine proxy war theater). Then, perhaps the masses of “Western” peons will finally rise up and lynch the Fascists. Life for everyone, even the dimwit Fascists, is short. Yet, the Fascists have made a lifelong career of mischief and mayhem. Thus, the masses cannot live out their paltry lives in peace.

The only good news is that the defective smoke detector in the other building in the “old folks home” has been mummified. So far, no details are forthcoming about whether a deceased tenant was discovered.

Addendum: Subway® has really bolstered its rewards program, so much so that dining there may be more frequent.

Bibliography

Current Events & World History:

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• The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East - Robert Fisk
• America's Secret War: Inside the Hidden Worldwide Struggle Between America and Its Enemies - George Friedman
• The Price of Empire - J William Fulbright & Seth Tillman
• Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle - Chris Hedges
• War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning - Chris Hedges
• Alice in Wonderland and the World Trade Center Disaster - David Icke
• Tales from the Time Loop - David Icke
• Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War - Michael Isikoff & David Corn
• Thought to Exist in the Wild: Awakening from the Nightmare of Zoos - Derrick Jensen & Karen Tweedy-Holmes
• Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire - Chalmers Johnson
• Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic - Chalmers Johnson
• The Coming Anarchy: Shattering the Dreams of the Post Cold War - Robert Kaplan
• The Deserter's Tale: The Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away From the War in Iraq - Joshua Key
• The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism - Naomi Klein
• The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century - James Kunstler
• Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo - Murat Kurnaz
• American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville - Bernard-Henri Levy
• The Iranians: Persia, Islam and the Soul of a Nation - Sandra Mackey
• It's the Crude, Dude! - Linda McQuaig
• Above Top Secret: Uncover the Mysteries of the Digital Age - Jim Marrs
• Rule by Secrecy: Hidden History that Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids - Jim Marrs
• The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies that Threaten to Take Over America - Jim Marrs
• Iranian Rappers and Persian Porn - Jamie Maslin
• Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq - T Christian Miller
• Amerika Psycho: Behind Uncle Sam's Mask of Insanity - Richard Neville
• The Assassin's Gate: America in Iraq - George Packer
• The History of White People - Nell Painter
• Trick or Treason: The October Surprise Mystery - Robert Parry
• Pornified: How Pornography Is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families - Pamela Paul
• Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded and What We Need to do to Remake Them - John Perkins
• American Theocracy - Kevin Phillips
• Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism - Kevin Phillips
• A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of '08 and the Descent into Depression - Richard Posner
• Baghdad Burning I - Riverbend
• How the End Begins: The Road to Nuclear World War III - Ron Rosenbaum
• Confronting Collapse: The Crisis of Energy and Money in a Post Peak Oil World - Mike Ruppert
• Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil - Mike Ruppert
• Archaeology Unearthing the Mysteries of the Past - Kate Santon
• Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran - Elaine Sciolino
• The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation - Philip Shenon
• October Surprise: America's Hostages in Iran and the Election of Ronald Reagan - Gary Sick
• Hostile Takeover: How Big Money and Corruption Conquered Our Government and How We Take It Back - David Sirota
• Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things - Gail Steketee & Randy Frost
• The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire - Matt Taibbi
• The Russia Hand: A Memoir of Presidential Diplomacy - Strobe Talbot
• Searching for Hassan: A Journey to the Heart of Iran - Terrence Ward
• Cold War, Cold Peace: The United States and Russia Since 1945 - Bernard Weisberger
• Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America - Charles Ferguson

Religion:

• The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Myth of Christianity - John Allegro
• Instant Creation: Not Evolution - Dorothy Allford
• The Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-Up in History - Michael Baigent
• Dead Sea Scrolls Deception - Michael Baigent & Richard Leigh
• Holy Blood, Holy Grail: The Secret History of Christ & The Shocking Legacy of the Grail - Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh & Henry Lincoln
• The Messianic Legacy: Startling Evidence About Jesus Christ and a Secret Society Still Influential Today! - Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh & Henry Lincoln
• The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist's Case for the Existence of the Soul - Mario Beauregard & Denyse O'leary
• God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question Why We Suffer - Bart Ehrman
• Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew - Bart Ehrman
• The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts - Isreal Finkelstein & Neil Silberman
• Digging Through the Bible: Modern Archaeology and the Ancient Bible - Richard Freund
• Who Wrote the Bible? - Richard Friedman
• Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? The Search for the Secret of Qumran - Norman Golb
• When Atheism Becomes Religion - Chris Hedges
• god is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything - Christopher Hitchens
• The Miracles of Exodus: A Scientist's Discovery of the Extraordinary Natural Causes of the Bibilical Stories - Colin Humphreys
• In the Absence of God: Dwelling in the Presence of the Sacred - Sam Keen
• A History of the End of the World: How the Most Controversial Book in the Bible Changed the Course of Western Civilization - Jonathan Kirsch
• Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America and Found Unexpected Peace - William Lobdell
• The God Theory: Universes, Zero-point Fields, And What's Behind It All - Bernard Maisch
• New Living Translation of the Holy Scriptures - NLT Translation Committee
• The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics - Elaine Pagels
• When Jesus Became God: The Struggle to Define Christianity During the Last Days of Rome - Richard Rubenstein
• The Hidden Face of God: How Science Reveals the Ultimate Truth - Gerald Schroeder
• The Hidden Scrolls: Christianity, Judaism and the War for the Dead Sea Scrolls - Neil Silberman
• The Story of Scripture: From Oral Tradition to the Written Word - Daniel Silver
• The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence that Points Toward God - Lee Strobel
• The Birth of Satan: Tracing the Devil's Biblical Roots - TJ Wray & Gregory Mobley
• The Happy Atheist - PZ Myers

Cosmology, Science, Ancient History, Mythology, Etc.:

• Crop Circles: Exploring the Designs and Mysteries - Werner Anderhub & Hans Peter Roth
• The Orion Mystery: Unlocking the Secrets of the Pyramids - Robert Bauval
• Atlantis: The Eighth Continent - Charles Berlitz
• Coming to Our Senses: Body and Spirit in the Hidden History of the West - Morris Berman
• A Brief History of the Human Race - Michael Cook
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed - Jared Diamond
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies - Jared Diamond
• The Complete Ice Age: How Climate Change Shaped the World - Brian Fagan
• Heaven's Mirror: Quest for the Lost Civilization - Graham Hancock
• The Message of the Sphynx: A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind - Graham Hancock & Robert Bauval
• Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization - Graham Hancock
• America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization - Graham Hancock
• A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
• The Grand Design - Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow
• Dark Cosmos: In Search of Our Universe's Missing Mass and Energy - Dan Hooper
• What We Leave Behind - Derrick Jensen & Aric McBay
• Book of Hiram: Freemasonry, Venus, Secret Key to Life of Jesus - Christopher Knight & Robert Lomas
• The Hiram Key: Pharaohs, Freemasons and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus - Christopher Knight & Robert Lomas
• Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer
• Mysteries and Discoveries of Archaeoastronomy: From Giza to Easter Island - Giulio Magli
• Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer - Barbara Ehrenreich
• The Philadelphia Experiment: Project Invisibility - William Moore & Charles Berlitz
• The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World - Ziya Tong
• The Secret of Atlantis - Otto Muck
• Mirage Men: An Adventure into Paranoia, Espionage, Psychological Warfare, and UFOs - Mark Pilkington
• The View from the Center of the Universe: Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos - Joel Primack & Nancy Ellen Abrams
• The Atlantis Blueprint: Unlocking the Ancient Mysteries of a Long-Lost Civilization - Colin Wilson & Rand Flem-Ath
• The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself - Sean Caroll
• The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War - David Smith
• The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
• The Stones of Atlantis - David Zink
• Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past - David Reich
• The Denial of Death - Ernest Becker
• Escape from Evil - Ernest Becker
• Hype: A Doctor's Guide to Medical Myths, Exaggerated Claims and Bad Advice - How to Tell What's Real and What's Not - Nina Shapiro
• Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health - H. Gilbert Welch
• Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? - Bill McKibben
• Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are - Bill Sullivan
• Civilized to Death - Christopher Ryan
• What Do You Think You Are? - Brian Clegg
• The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld - Jamie Bartlett
• 1984 - George Orwell
• Escape from Freedom - Erich Fromm
• America, the Farewell Tour - Chris Hedges
• Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt - Chris Hedges
• Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms - Hannah Fry
• The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History - Elizabeth Kolbert
• The Lost City of the Monkey God - David Preston
• The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self - Charles Eisenstein
• Status Anxiety - Alain de Button
• The Authenticity Hoax: How We Get Lost Finding Ourselves - Andrew Potter
• The Belief Instinct: The Psychology of Souls, Destiny, and the Meaning of Life - Jesse Bering
• Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors - Nicholas Wade
• Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins - Steve Olson
• Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing - Barbara Natterson-Horowitz & Kathryn Bowers
• Death, and Its Mysteries - Ignace Lepp
• That's Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion - Rachel Herz
• Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization - Stephen Cave
• Man’s Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl
• The Sociopath Next Door - Martha Stout
• The 33 Strategies of War - Robert Greene

Note: The preceding catalog includes all books read completely during the long research period as detailed in the old “blog.” This post supersedes the hyperlinked text file embedded somewhere in Notes. Newly read books will also be appended to the list.

Death Warmed Over

Another Night at the “Old Folks Home”

Another night, another ambulance dispatched to the “old folks home” in Waikiki. Who is it this time? Last week, one of the neighbors was carted away by paramedics just upon personal arrival from town in the late afternoon. Well, this is an “old folks home” after all. Every resident is within the “twilight years.” Or, maybe the mRNA bioweapon is wreaking havoc on the geriatric crowd. Who knows?

Medicare, of course, is sending continuous e-mail reminders to senior citizens about submitting to the mRNA “boosters” as soon as possible. What could possibly be the motive? Geriatricide, you think?

One of the mausoleums in the other building of the “old folks home” apparently has a defective smoke detector. It chirps loudly three times in rapid succession every 20 seconds. This has been going on for two days straight. The occupant of the offending unit is probably dead. No one has noticed, nor do they care. Only when the stench of the rotting corpse becomes unbearable will there be some kind of intervention.

Death anxiety cannot be avoided in the aforementioned environment. The rough translation of “old folks home” is “death warmed over.” Baha! Ha! Ha! Haaa!

A localized power outage in town yesterday forced the closure of the gym. So, the workout regimen was performed at the Kapi’olani location. Yeah, “things fall apart.”

Expenditures for the month of September (not including rent for the mausoleum) finally topped the $1,000 mark. Of course, that includes the purchase of the Beats® Studio Buds + earbuds. Obviously, normal expenditures remain essentially unchanged thanks to the miserly ways.

Addendum: The torn calf muscle appears to be in its final stage of healing. The regular routine will be fully restored.