In 1884, the Liverpool Street Hotel (later changed to the Great Eastern Hotel) was built on the former site of the hospital. The architectural giants, Charles and Edward Barry, were the designers.
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In Bram Stoker’s classic horror novel, Dracula, the vampire hunter Van Helsing stays at the Great Eastern Hotel on a visit to London.
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In the 1990’s, as the hotel was in the process of being refurbished, engineers noticed discrepancies in the blueprints.
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Upon further investigation, they discovered a majestic Masonic temple hidden behind false walls.
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The Greek Masonic Temple was built with 12 different types of marble, all from Italy.
The opulent room includes hand-carved mahogany chairs, bronze candelabras and an organ.
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The discovery stirred considerable excitement among conspiracy buffs. The hotel is located in London’s East End, where Jack the Ripper committed his murders.
One prominent theory contends that Jack the Ripper was a Freemason.
Jennifer Pritzker, formerly James Pritzker, is a lifelong Republican, decorated army veteran and NRA member who donated to the campaigns of John McCain and Mitt Romney.
Back to the Andaz hotel in London. A music video was shot inside the Masonic Temple, Just Can’t Rely on You by Paloma Faith.
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The video depicts what appears to be the murders of several women. Or the same woman with multiple personas.
Sacrificial victims
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The video could also be interpreted as showing an initiation, baptism and a rebirth; standard themes in mystery cults.
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It opens with a brief monologue, in Italian, spoken by the singer. She muses over the role she plays and her easy and inevitable replaceability.
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So what’s with this English obsession with Italy and the occult (“knowledge only available to the initiated”)?
During the Renaissance, many forms of esoterica - mystery religions, Cabalism, Hermeticism, alchemy -- made their way from Italy to Elizabethan England.
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Those various occult philosophies would form the basis for British Freemasonry.
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One of the great lessons of the Renaissance is that through the use of perspective, the artist has immense capacity for creating illusions.
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Niccolo Machiavelli applied that lesson to politics. He taught the masses are only swayed “by appearance.”
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For a leader, to be virtuous is less important than appearing to be virtuous.
“It's seeming to be virtuous that helps, as, for example, seeming to be compassionate, loyal, humane, honest, and religious."
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Shakespeare was so strongly influenced by the Italian Renaissance that twelve of his plays are set, all or in part, in Italy.
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Unfortunately, if there is one lesson our modern elite have learned from the Italian Renaissance, it’s that appearance is reality.
They embrace the lie. They believe the use of deception is completely justified to achieve their ends.
As for the truth of the meeting between PapaD and Mifsud in the Andaz hotel, it may prove to be ever allusive.
Mifsud isn’t talking and PapaD can never keep his story straight. Both lied to the FBI.
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One is married to woman who posed as “Putin’s niece” (right?); the other is married to an Italian (of course) aspiring actress who many believe is a spy.
I suspect both were pawns in a larger game. But that’s just a guess.
Who knows?
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I admit that I find PapaD endearing, even though we can’t rely on him.
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Hopefully, he’ll have a happy ending.
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players”
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A deep dive into the sordid world of yachting--rich elites, glamorous models, lavish vessels, and political intrigue.
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When you hear the word “yachting,” perhaps you imagine leisurely sailing off the coast of California while listening to the soothing sounds of Loggins and Messina.
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That is definitely NOT the type of yachting we’ll be discussing in this thread.
The most succinct definition of “yachting” I’ve come across is this one.
2. Part II of this series is over 4 years old. I gave up on the series when the reality that we'll never "get to the bottom" of Russiagate drained all my motivation.
3. There is too much Republican involvement in the origins of Russiagate that I'm not sure even Donald Trump himself wants to reveal the entire truth. At this point, why would it benefit him to expose any possible Republican role in pushing the hoax?
The genesis of this thread is an email I came across from a doc dump from the Clinton Library. It's been out there for nearly 10 years, but I've never seen it before. It sent me down a rabbit hole where I encountered a recurring cast of characters in DC scandals.
Read carefully
Starting with the creator of the email, Sidney Blumenthal. Blumenthal may be less famous than his son, Max, these days, but he's a prominent figure in Clinton circles. His official title was "Assistant to the President" when he was brought into the White House in 1997.
Leo Strauss, the academic godfather of the neocons, was a big fan of the TV show Gunsmoke because it showed the conflict between good and evil in a way that would be immediately intelligible to everyone. Sheriff Matt Dillon wore the white hat; the bad guy wore the black hat.
Strauss believed that societies needed powerful myths and stories, like the hero defeating bad guys on Gunsmoke, to inspire people and give them a sense of moral clarity.
Yes, if you want society to act, it's a powerful way to move people.
1. The most impactful Easter Sunday sermon I have ever heard was delivered by Chuck Swindoll. His sermon was a riff on the 1992 western film, Unforgiven, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.
What lesson about Christ could we learn from this dark masterpiece?
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2. William Munny is the film's protagonist, a retired outlaw. He now supports his two children by raising pigs. His late beloved wife had persuaded him to leave behind his life of outlawry, drinking, and fighting.
In a sermon, Swindoll refers to Munny as "Clint Easterless."
3. Facing financial hardship, Easterless decides to pursue a bounty on a man who scarred a prostitute's face in an attack.
He is recruited for the job by a brash young man who goes by the name of the Schofield Kid. The Schofield Kid boldly claims to have killed five men.
1. During the week of the Republican National Convention in July 2016 Roger Stone contacted Donald Trump and informed him that Wikileaks was about to release a massive number of emails that would prove "damaging to the the Clinton campaign."
2. On July 22, 2016, WikiLeaks did, in fact, release nearly 20,000 DNC emails.
3. It should be stated that the quote is from Michael Cohen. Unfortunately, choosing who's telling the truth between Cohen and Stone is not an easy task. However, to my knowledge, Stone hasn't denied the conversation.