Open Thread - Friday, February 26, 2016

Justice Scalia spent his last hours with members of this secretive society of elite hunters

When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died 12 days ago at a West Texas ranch, he was among high-ranking members of an exclusive fraternity for hunters called the International Order of St. Hubertus, an Austrian society that dates back to the 1600s.

After Scalia’s death Feb. 13, the names of the 35 other guests at the remote resort, along with details about Scalia’s connection to the hunters, have remained largely unknown. A review of public records shows that some of the men who were with Scalia at the ranch are connected through the International Order of St. Hubertus, whose members gathered at least once before at the same ranch for a celebratory weekend.

Members of the worldwide, male-only society wear dark-green robes emblazoned with a large cross and the motto “Deum Diligite Animalia Diligentes,” which means “Honoring God by honoring His creatures,” according to the group’s website. Some hold titles, such as Grand Master, Prior and Knight Grand Officer. The Order’s name is in honor of Hubert, the patron saint of hunters and fishermen.

The Illuminati: the secret society pulling the strings of every major organisation in the world

Name: The Illuminati.

Age: 237.

Appearance: A pyramid with an eye on it, a hand signal, a tattoo on a rapper's back, a giant lizard dressed as the Queen. Take your pick.

Really? Are we still pretending that the Illuminati is a thing? Of course it's a thing. Haven't you seen the signs? Haven't you read Dan Brown? Haven't you heard We Do, the Stonecutters' Song, from that episode of The Simpsons?

You're referencing works of fiction here. It's fact. He might look like a simpering, polo-necked millionaire, but Brown exposed the real truth about the Illuminati.

The World's Most Powerful Secret Societies: The Bilderbergs

In the sleepy town of Watford, England, a caravan of town cars with blacked out windows winds through the hills. Helicopters fly low overhead, landing at The Grove – a centuries-old chateau-turned-resort.

There's a small group of protesters, but they're easily corralled on a grassy knoll by the hundreds of state security agents on hand. Oddly, there's no press. Roads are closed and the perimeter is secured. The entire town is on lockdown.

“I think it's outrageous that the local taxpayer has to pick up the tab for ostensibly a private meeting of trillionaires, probably the most wealthy people in the world,” bemoans Watford town Mayor Dorothy Thornhill. “Hertfordshire Constabulary have suddenly got this unexpected budget strain dumped on them at literally a month's notice. It's not on.”

It's the 2013 meeting of the Bilderbergs and all of the world's elite are in attendance: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Ben Bernanke, Paul Volcker, Christine Legarde, Donald Rumsfeld, Henry Kissinger, Larry Summers, Lloyd Blankfein, Jamie Dimon, Rupert Murdoch, Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, Angela Merkel, George Soros, Warren Buffett, the Rockerfellers and more...

The goal of their meeting: To determine the fate of the world.

The Order of Skull and Bones

The story begins at Yale, where three threads of American social history -- espionage, drug smuggling and secret societies -- intertwine into one. Is Skull and Bones the American branch of the Illuminati? Are national and global events manipulated as part of a grand Hegellian equation, thesis and anti-thesis yielding a New World Order synthesis? The evidence and events surrounding the Order of Skull and Bones will shock you. Read on.

The 15 Most Powerful Members Of 'Skull And Bones'

The most famous secret society in America, Skull and Bones was co-founded at Yale in 1832 by the father of a future president and has come to signify everything that attracts and repulses the public about "The Elite."

Rumor has it that Yale junior class members are tapped for membership each fall by some measure of leadership, influence and breeding.

Among the business titans, poets, politicians and three US Presidents that are rumored to be members, we've picked out the honor roll.

Profile of admitted freemasons presently serving in U.S. Congress

CNN recently reported on Freemasons in the U.S. Congress, with the anchor noting that "getting someone to chat about it can sometimes be tricky". Featured in the story are four freemasons; two Republicans and two Democrats.

Masonic symbolism abounds in U.S. government

Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa has served 5 terms in Senate and is described on wikipedia as "A moderate to conservative Republican, he has served in the Senate since 1981. From 1958 to 1974, he was an Iowa state legislator." He has his own youtube channel. There is no mention of his freemasonic membership on his Senate website.

The world is run by frat boys! Great, just fucking great!

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gulfgal98's picture

I had never heard o f the St. Hubertus Society and do not know that much about Free Masons and other secret societies. However, it does make you wonder what their purpose is if they must be and remain secret. There are many open organizations that do good works and do not need to be secret. So why the necessity of secrecy unless they are up to no good.

Great Open Thread topic. Thanks Tim.

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Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy

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I know some Masons. They are an unusual bunch.

A guy I worked with was a Mason. We held a staff meeting in Chicago, and he headed out to hook up with some Masons. As he was leaving, I said, "Becareful out there, this is Knights of Columbus turf". I could tell from the listless look in his eyes that my humor was lost on him.

Funk Friday.

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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -

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Oh man, Big D's guitar solo starting about 3:15 Smile

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Thanks for the secret OT. I am so glad I couldn't see it. Smile

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you've got that hat all wrong in that pic, a point on a tin foil hat only concentrates the mind control focal points, it will overwhelm the brain into a massive CT implosion. I know this by experience.

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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -

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getting me to everything and everywhere late, but thankx for the OT this morning. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream --

They wanted to know. What exactly that I did. I said for the Pope of Eruke I was employed. They let me go right away. They were very paranoid.

Some will think of this guy, but I figure it is merely whoever the current Pope was and, into perpetuity, whoever the current Pope is, today, Francis. I mean poor old crowley wan't so much wicked as wickedlt smart-ass.

344px-Aleister_Crowley,_wickedest_man_in_the_world

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

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Thanks for stopping by and saying heh. Led Zeppelin ->

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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -

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How the US went Fascist: Mass media Makes excuses for Trump Voters - By Juan Cole | Feb. 24, 2016

The rise of Donald Trump to the presumptive Republican standard bearer for president in 2016 is an indictment of, and a profound danger to the American republic.

The Founding Fathers were afraid of the excitability of the voters and their vulnerability to the appeal of demagogues. That is the reason for a senate (which was originally appointed), intended to check those notorious hotheads in Congress, who are elected from districts every two years.

But it isn’t only the checks and balances in government that are necessary to keep the republic. It is the Fourth Estate, i.e. the press, it is the country’s leaders, and the general public who stand between the republic and the rise of a Mussolini.

Have fun reading the article. Ack, what the heck, I violate the rules and quote more:

The notables have been shown to be useless. Donald Trump should have been kicked out of the Republican Party the moment he began talking about violating the Constitution. The first time he hinted about assaulting the journalists covering his rallies, he should have been shown the door. When he openly advocated torture (‘worse than waterboarding’), he should have been ushered away. When he began speaking of closing houses of worship, he should have been expelled. He has solemnly pledged to violate the 1st, 4th and 8th Amendments of the Constitution, at the least. If someone’s platform is unconstitutional, it boggles the mind that a major American party would put him or her up for president. How can he take the oath of office with a straight face? The party leaders were afraid he’d mount a third-party campaign. But who knows how that would have turned out? Someone with power needs to say that Trump is unacceptable and to define him out of respectable politics, the same way David Duke is treated (Trump routinely retweets Duke fellow-travellers).

... oh no ...

But polling in South Carolina demonstrated that Trump voters were significantly to the right of most Republicans on some issues. In SC, 38% of Trump voters wished the South had won the Civil War, presumably suggesting that they regretted the end of slavery.

... OH YES ...

It has been a dreadful performance by the press and by party leaders. They are speaking in such a way as to naturalize the creepy, weird and completely un-American positions Trump has taken.

This is how the dictators came to power in the 1920s and 1930s. Good people remained silent or acquiesced. People expressed hope that something good would come of it. Mussolini would wring the laziness out of Italy and make the trains run on time.

When Benjamin Franklin was asked by a lady after the Constitutional Convention what sort of government the US had, he said, “A Republic, Madame, if you can keep it.”
You have to wonder if we can keep it.

May be you can't keep it anymore and it's already gone.

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I haven't read him in awhile. Looks like I have to get back to that...

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Democrats, we tried to warn you. How is that guilt and shame working out?

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with Charlie Hunter

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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -

Hey all. Just joined this afternoon. I see a lot of familiar faces. Hope you guys can manage my bitter sarcasm Smile

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Democrats, we tried to warn you. How is that guilt and shame working out?

pull up a chair and order yourself a Sarsaparilla. Make yourself at home.

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Billmon used to offer whiskey Smile

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Democrats, we tried to warn you. How is that guilt and shame working out?

Sarsaparilla, but we don't really divulge what it's cut, er, mixed with.

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shaharazade's picture

We can manage just about anything here including sarcasm. Good to see you here. Stick around it's a lot more sane then GOS is these days.

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Shahryar's picture

which is another thing that Thomas Jefferson never said.

Meanwhile I'm working on a Bernie Sanders impression. Here's what I've got (said in a Bernie type of voice): "Yesterday I took a walk to the liberry, and oh, by the way, that's Albert Einstein's favorite fruit."

I'll keep at it. I think I need to "refine" it.

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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -

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cult is The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo.

We saw them live in LA at a movie theater circa 1978

Danny Elfman- The Mystic Knights- st James Infirmary Blues

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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -

I used to go to Oingo Boingo concerts every Halloween.

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Democrats, we tried to warn you. How is that guilt and shame working out?