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  • Warhammers & Malta ala Seymor Hersh

    “The Knights of Malta are the militia of the Pope, and are sworn to total obedience by a blood oath which is taken extremely seriously and to the death. The Pope as the head of the Vatican is also the head of a foreign national power.” Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences by Albert…

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  • A Look In the Mirror: The Cuckoo's Nest

    Editor’s Note: Human denial of truth is common place, and expected norms do control what it is that people perceive, are told to perceive, or wish to perceive.  This is especially true of the bureaucratic set in any institution.  Confront any of these groups with the reality of a given set of circumstances and they’re…

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  • Losing Touch: Protocols for the Common Road

    Final Excerpt from The Taqua of Marriage By Dr. Omar Zaid  / All Rights Reserved During the latent years, the well-adjusted child is a natural purist – i.e., he or she seeks to understand and seek out the perfection in the natural order of Creation. When confronted by imperfections the child is genuinely affronted and…

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  • Paradise Lost & Forgotten: The Manufacture of Neo-Americans

    “He would have shown them (hypocrites) to you and you should have known them by their marks;  but surely you will know them by the tone of their speech.” (Qur’an; 47: 30) Paradise Lost & Forgotten An excerpt from The Taqwa of Marriage by Dr. Omar Zaid All Rights Reserved Infants learn by experience and…

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