We’ve all heard of the five stages of grief. These are not they. These are, rather, what I call the Nine Steps to Triumph, or The Gospel According To Vladimir Putin.

First, you Deploy . . . a gradually increasing number of troops on the Russia-Ukraine border, calling it a “Special Military Operation” — as though it were some sort of routine exercise.

Second, you Deny . . . when the world accuses you of planning an invasion of Ukraine, stating unequivocally that you have no intention of invading anyone.

Third, in the face of those accusations, you Dissemble . . . calling Ukraine “historically Russian lands,” and claiming that there is “no historical basis [for the] idea of Ukrainian people as a nation separate from the Russians.” You even go so far as to aver that Ukraine never had “real statehood,” and that the creation of modern Ukraine was a mistake. [Vladimir Putin, “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians,” July 12, 2021.]

Fourth, you Declare . . . in this case, war . . . against the sovereign nation of Ukraine. Only you still call it your “Special Military Operation” — as though that’s going to fool anyone when the tanks begin rolling across the border and people start dying.

Fifth, you Disclaim any and all accusations of aggression, offering a fairy-tale version of events to depict yourself as the savior of the Ukrainian people.

Sixth, you Denounce the legally-elected President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky — who happens to be Jewish — as a Nazi. That one isn’t even worth dignifying with a response.

Seventh, you Destroy huge swaths of the country you claim to be rescuing, in the process killing and maiming hundreds of thousands of people — both civilians and military . . . including your own Russian soldiers.

Eighth, you Demand that, in order to achieve a peaceful solution to the war that you yourself started, Ukraine will have to hand over to you some 20% of its territory; relinquish the right to any security guarantees; and elect a new president . . . one satisfactory to you.

And finally, when it appears as though you may have been backed into a corner by the rest of the world who really do want to negotiate a just peace, you Delay . . . again blaming Ukraine for wanting to use a proposed ceasefire in order to regroup and rearm . . . all the while continuing to Deny, Dissemble, Disclaim, Denounce and Demand.

The worst part of this whole wretched scenario is that, at least to some extent, it actually works for you. Not that anyone believes a single word that you say; you simply wear them down.

In all likelihood, you will have to compromise on some of the details; but you will end up winning more than Ukraine will be allowed to salvage. And the rest of Europe will continue to tremble, wondering who will be next in your sights.

Which is what you wanted all along . . . isn’t it?

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
3/15/25

Gather ‘round, boys and girls, for a class in sex education that I guarantee will leave you feeling thrilled that you are Homo sapiens, and not octopi (or octopuses — it’s optional).

And for all of you equal rights enthusiasts out there, this lesson should also open up some interesting debates about the whole male-female dominance thing. So let’s get at it, and peek in on some octopi . . . well . . . getting at it.

Please do not ask me whether this is a picture of a male or female octopus, or which end is which. Or, for that matter, whether there even is an end, or if it’s just a big blob. I don’t know, and — not being a member of its species — I frankly don’t care. It is, however, important to other octopi.

What I have learned is that — like the praying mantis and some spiders — the female octopus, after mating, devours the male, thus getting even with him for disturbing her sleep, and putting an end to his further philandering.

Score one for the female of the species.

But it turns out that, over however-many years or centuries, Mother Nature stepped in and helped the hapless males of some species of octopi by giving them longer mating arms, so as to keep a safer distance from the females while still being close enough to . . . well, you know.

Now, for reasons unknown, the male blue-lined octopi (BLOs) have not been included in that lucky group, and still have to live with shorter mating arms. They do, however, have another, even more diabolical, built-in weapon: an extremely powerful venom known as tetrodotoxin (TTX), which — while dangerous, and sometimes even deadly, to humans — merely knocks out another BLO for a sufficiently long period of time to allow . . . well, you know.

Sort of an undersea Rohypnol.

So — being male and therefore inclined at times to think more with their reproductive organs than their brains — at some point one of them discovered that, if he first snuck up behind the lady of his choice and bit her in a specific area, thus injecting her heart with some of that venom, she would be temporarily immobilized . . . allowing him to have his way with her and escape without becoming her next meal.

And the word spread among his male colleagues, giving new meaning — at least in the world of blue-lined octopi — to the term “date rape.”

Score one for the guys.

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How do I know all of this? Quite simply, through someone else’s hard work. An animal neurobiologist at the University of Queensland, Australia, Wen-Sung Chung, wrote of his team’s study of the mating ritual of the blue-lined octopus, during which they found — for the first time ever — evidence of a neurotoxin being used in mating, rather than for hunting or defense. [Jack Guy, CNN, March 13, 2025.]

I’m not sure how scientists decide that it’s important enough to raise a great deal of money to study some of the things they do, but I have confidence that somehow this golfball-sized mollusk is vital to the world’s ecosystem. In any event, Chung’s report made far more enjoyable reading than any of the political horror stories of the day.

And as for his conclusions, allow me to quote Chung himself:

“They have very strange mating behavior.” He further described the process as “an arms race between the sexes,” and added that “It’s a kind of survival skill.” [Id.]

Well, yeah . . . it would be, wouldn’t it?

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All of which left me wondering which member of the copulating couple I should side with: the cannibalistic female, or the predatory male. And my conclusion is that they pretty much deserve each other.

If science has taught us nothing else, it is that Mother Nature usually knows what she’s doing . . . with the possible exception of us humans.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
3/14/25

I’ve never cared for beets personally . . . to me, they taste like the dirt in which they’re grown. But a great many people love them — particularly my Russian/Ukrainian ancestors, who might not have survived without pots full of borshch (yes, that is the correctly transliterated spelling — it’s not “borscht”).

But this article isn’t about the noble root vegetable; it’s about the ignoble war that has been underway in Ukraine for more than three years . . . and the new usage of the word “beetroot” that I came across in an article about that war, that made me feel sick to my stomach.

It is apparently not a new term at all . . . but it was new to me: “Beetroot mulch.”

It was contained in a CNN analysis on the subject of the United States’ attempt to open negotiations with Moscow and hopefully to bring an end to the carnage in Ukraine. A key point of the U.S. proposal presented in Jeddah on Tuesday was to start with a 30-day ceasefire to allow time to enter into substantive discussions . . . which was not at all to Vladimir Putin’s liking. He predicted that Ukraine would simply use that time to regroup and rearm.

The article read, in part:

“Putin cannot refuse a ceasefire, without losing the fictitious moral high ground. But it is what comes next — or during any pause in hostilities — that will define the outcome of the war.

“Firstly, it is a complete ceasefire, across all front lines, for an entire month. This is, in and of itself, a very big ask. Across hundreds of miles, both sides have for years used armor, then artillery, then drones to hunt each other viciously, amid what is now called ‘beetroot’ — the horrific mulch of corpses discarded in combat — on the zero line.” [Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, March 11, 2025.] [Bold emphasis is mine.]

“Beetroot — the horrific mulch of corpses.” The mental image conjured up by that phrase is almost too much to bear. More than any previous pictures of death and devastation from World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the decades of Middle East conflicts — even the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — this one description most graphically summed up for me the unspeakable horror, and the waste of human life, of war.

And if Vladimir Putin continues to delay putting an immediate end to it . . . and, worse, if Donald Trump continues to make excuses for him . . . then there can be no question that the world’s future is in the hands of two of the most despicable individuals who ever lived.

And Heaven help us all.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
3/14/25

Well, that didn’t take long.

Two days ago, on March 11th, delegations from the United States and Ukraine met in Jeddah to discuss possible means of ending Russia’s brutal war against its neighbor. Following the meeting, it was announced that Ukraine had agreed “to enter into a ceasefire and enter into negotiations to end this conflict in a way that is enduring and sustainable.” [Paul Adams, BBC, March 11, 2025.]

Donald Trump added that, “Hopefully President Putin will agrees to that also.” And from Secretary of State Marco Rubio we heard: “The ball is now in Russia’s court.” [Id.]

A U.S. negotiating team — headed by White House envoy to the Middle East (and apparent Russia expert-come-lately), billionaire real estate developer and investor Steve Witkoff — was immediately scheduled to leave for Moscow.

A key provision of that agreement in Jeddah was a 30-day ceasefire to allow time for negotiations to begin between the U.S. and Russia. But today, barely two days after the Jeddah talks and while the U.S. delegation was en route to Moscow, the world heard from Yuri Ushakov — Vladimir Putin’s advisor on foreign policy issues and former Russian Ambassador to the United States — that Putin has rejected any temporary ceasefire on the grounds that it would only serve to allow Ukraine time to recover militarily:

“I have stated our position that this is nothing other than a temporary respite for the Ukrainian military, nothing more. It seems to me that no one needs any steps that [merely] imitate peaceful actions in this situation.” [RFE/RL, March 13, 2025.]

And today, Putin himself held a news conference in which he said he has “reservations” about any such short-term ceasefire. While he described the U.S. proposal as “great and correct,” he went on — not unexpectedly — to say:

“We agree with the proposal to cease hostilities but we have to bear in mind that this ceasefire must be aimed at a long-lasting peace and it must look at the root causes of the crisis.” [Lauren Kent, Anna Chernova, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Ivana Kottasova, Katharina Krebs and Matthew Chance, CNN, March 13, 2025.]

Obviously, he continues to identify Ukraine as the “root cause” of his “special military operation,” as well as the earlier 2014 invasion and continuing occupation of the Crimea Peninsula — a territory both geographically attached to Ukraine and ceded to it by then-Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1954.

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Putin expressed particular concern about the effect of any ceasefire on the Russian region of Kursk, a small part of which has been occupied by Ukrainian forces since August of 2024, and which Russia has been fiercely — and with some success — attempting to reclaim. He asked:

“What will we do with this area in the Kursk region — if we stop military actions for 30 days, does this mean that everyone who is there will leave without a fight? Should we release them from there after they have committed a lot of crimes against civilians?” [Id.]

Notably missing from his comments was any mention of the atrocities committed by Russian forces against Ukrainian civilians over the past three years. But . . . oh, well . . .

And he continued:

“[Kursk] is completely under our control and the group that invaded our territory was completely isolated. . . . How will other issues be resolved along the entire contact line, which is almost 2,000 kilometers [1,240 miles]?” [Id.]

And then — never to be sidelined for long — in rushed Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov with a clarification, assuring the world that Ushakov’s remarks about a ceasefire should not be seen as Russia’s rejection of the U.S. proposal, but that Moscow is awaiting further, direct information on the proposal before coming to any decision.

Don’t these people talk to each other before going public?!!

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Of course, the subject of NATO is also still on the front burner, with Moscow continuing to insist that the presence of troops from NATO countries in Ukrainian territory — whether under their individual countries’ flags or the flag of NATO — would be an impossibility. In the words of Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova:

“For us, it is absolutely unacceptable to deploy units of the armed forces of other states in Ukraine under any flag, whether it be a foreign contingent, military bases, or some peacekeeping operations . . . [and Russia would respond] with all available means.” [Id.]

And in an equally enigmatic tone, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, when asked on Wednesday about the possibility of European troops acting as peacekeepers in Ukraine, responded:

“There’s different ways to construct a deterrent on the ground.”

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So, in a nutshell, it’s politics as usual. As for the negotiations . . .

“Let the games begin.“

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
3/13/25

No, not this Pie (unfortunately):

This Pi:

I thought I’d spend part of today trying to figure out why 3.14 is so important, other than its use in calculating the circumference of a circle — which doesn’t seem all that crucial to me unless you need to know how many inflated balloons will fit into your minivan. But then, I’m not a mathematician, so I really don’t care.

However, there are a few interesting facts about Pi that came up during my very brief research today, such as:

It is universal. Pi is the same everywhere in the universe. And I’m sure that all of the people on Alpha Centauri are relieved to know that.

It is irrational. Yeah, well . . . so am I. But Pi is an irrational number, meaning — according to my Google source — that it has an infinite number of digits that never repeat.

Wait . . . what? There are only, to my knowledge, ten digits: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. So how can there be an endless stream of them without ever repeating? I’m going to need clarification on that one.

It is transcendental. That does not mean that it meditates — for those who are old enough to remember the 1950s transcendental meditation craze introduced by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. What it does mean is that it’s not algebraic. Whatever.

It is ubiquitous. Well, so is Elon Musk. But Pi — unlike Elon, who is useless except as a creator of chaos — is used in many areas of math and science, including trigonometry, calculus and geometry.

And finally — and, to my mind, most significantly — Pi is . . .

A pop culture icon. In addition to appearing in documentaries and books, it once made a debut in the Star Trek episode, “The Wolf in the Fold.” Now, that’s important.

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If the foregoing has you wondering why I’ve wasted an hour of my life writing about Pi, you’re not alone . . . I’ve been asking myself the same thing. Well, the answer is simple: I couldn’t find another news item I felt like discussing today. It was all, as usual, just too depressing.

And, as it turns out, this little detour into the realm of nothingness did bring back to mind one other fact about the number 3.14 — and that is, that minus the decimal point, it was the number of my apartment in Virginia for some 33 years.

I wonder: Does that make me universal, transcendent, ubiquitous, and iconic? Or simply irrational?

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
3/13/25

I don’t actually remember them, because they took place between 1933 and 1944. But I’ve heard about them — those “fireside chats” delivered over the radio wires by then President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. They carried the country through the Great Depression and World War II — some of America’s toughest years. And they began on this date in 1933, just eight days after Roosevelt began his first term in office.

He walked into the world’s most difficult job that month, inheriting from Herbert Hoover the leadership of a country in an economic crisis unlike anything ever before experienced. And he set about uniting the country — not dividing it — by delivering facts, not lies; offering hope, not despair; and thinking first, last and always about the average American people, and not just the wealthy.

His first radio address to the nation began simply:

“I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking.” There had been a run on the banks, and to prevent a total collapse of the banking system, he explained to the people that the banks would be closed — just for a one-day “bank holiday” — to put a stop to it and safeguard their money. He called on the American people to have “confidence and courage,” and concluded with these words:

“Let us unite in banishing fear. Together we cannot fail.” [“This Day In History,” history.com, March 12, 2025.]

Inspirational words . . . not excuses, not anger, and not hate-mongering.

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An educated man from an aristocratic family, FDR nonetheless spoke to the people in terms that everyone could understand, using anecdotes and analogies to explain the complex issues of the day.

Over the next years, he created the New Deal, putting people back to work; and he used his fireside chats to explain the details to them . . . despite opposition from — not in collusion with — big business. And when the bombing of Pearl Harbor forced the United States into World War II on December 7, 1941, Roosevelt took to the airwaves the following day to deliver the immortal “Day of Infamy Speech,” beginning:

“Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”

FDR delivered straight talk to the people. And — through grit, determination, and honest communication — he brought the nation safely through those critical years and into the unprecedented prosperity of the post-war era.

He spoke of unity, not division; of courage, not fear; of patriotism, not hate.

Now, that’s what I call a President.

Sadly, they don’t seem to make ‘em like that anymore.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
3/12/25

It’s well known that when Vladimir Putin staged his “special military operation” in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, he expected it to be the shortest military event in history — a few days, maybe a couple of weeks at the most. He saw himself as the savior of the Ukrainian people, who needed to be rescued from their “nazi” regime and thus would welcome him with open arms.

Instead, he found a nation of people who have been very happy with their freedom and independence; who love and are proud of their country; and who are willing to fight to keep it out of the clutches of Putin’s totalitarian rule.

So it has dragged on for three years — not a “special” operation at all, but a war of attrition that has resulted, not only in the death and destruction of large portions of Ukraine, but in the loss of hundreds of thousands of Putin’s own military troops . . . not to mention incalculable damage to Russia’s economy and its world standing.

And now — in a total reversal of fortune, though not for the first time in its history — war has come to Moscow.

As long as Ukraine’s incursion into the bordering Kursk region of Russia remained localized, Putin was able to downplay its effect and its strategic importance. But when drones started striking apartment and other buildings in the Moscow Oblast itself . . . well, it became a bit more difficult for the state-controlled media to explain away.

People are being killed and injured — just a few so far. But that’s a few too many, of course . . . especially in the minds of the Russian people, for whom the war is suddenly real, and the fear palpable.

In one area near Domodedovo Airport , three men working at a distribution center were killed when their building was hit by drone debris. Dozens of vehicles in the car park were destroyed, and a nearby supermarket was badly damaged. [Jaroslav Lukiv & Rachel Hagan, BBC News, March 11, 2025.]

In another suburban Moscow area, a drone smashed into the upper floors of a high-rise apartment building, damaging seven apartments. And in a third neighborhood, a block of apartments was hit. [Andrey Borodulin, AFP, March 11, 2025.]

Compared to the devastation wrought in Ukraine over the past three years, the damage in Russia thus far has been minimal. But it is real; and it is bound to play havoc with Putin’s credibility.

Just as he never considered the likelihood of the Western nations pulling together in defense of Ukraine as they have done, so does he seem to have overlooked the possibility of his own territory being affected by any sort of counter-insurgency.

But it has happened. And maybe it will prove to be an incentive for him to drop some of his more outrageous demands, and come to the negotiating table in a more reasonable state of mind.

And hopefully before things escalate any further.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
3/12/25

The news coming out of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, today is hopeful. Following meetings between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a high-level Ukrainian delegation, the two countries seem to be back on the same track . . . the track that hopefully will lead to an end of Russia’s three-year war of attrition against Ukraine.

And all it took was some disgraceful bullying by Donald Trump, and an “apology” from Volodymyr Zelensky . . . though it’s uncertain what he had to apologize for. Not wearing a suit and tie to the White House, perhaps?

In any event, Ukraine has now agreed to accept the U.S. offer “to enter into a ceasefire and enter into negotiations to end this conflict in a way that is enduring and sustainable,” according to Rubio. [Paul Adams, BBC, March 11, 2025.]

And Donald Trump added that “Hopefully President Putin will agrees to that also.” [Id.]

Following the nine-hour session, a joint U.S.-Ukraine statement was issued, which included the following:

“Ukraine expressed readiness to accept the US proposal to enact an immediate, interim 30-day cease-fire, which can be extended by mutual agreement of the parties, and which is subject to acceptance and concurrent implementation by the Russian Federation. . . . The United States will communicate to Russia that Russian reciprocity is the key to achieving peace.” [Reid Standish, RFE/RL, March 11, 2025.]

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But “Ay,” as Shakespeare wrote, “there’s the rub.” Will Russia agree to anything “enduring and sustainable”? Or will Putin continue to demand concessions from Ukraine that would be unacceptable to any sovereign nation: concessions such as ceding large swaths of territory that have belonged to it since time immemorial, and sacrificing all guarantees of security in the future?

As Secretary Rubio said following today’s meeting, “The ball is now in Russia’s court.” And, while Trump has consistently exerted maximum pressure on Zelensky, his discussions with Putin have remained secret but are likely to have been more conciliatory, considering their increasingly friendly relationship.

And even if Putin were to accede to some reasonable compromise, where is the guarantee that his word will mean anything a year, six months, or two days later? He has twice — in 2014 and 2022 — invaded Ukraine without cause. And most of Europe, knowing just how little his promises mean, is arming itself against the possibility of similar incursions.

Quite simply, Vladimir Putin’s word isn’t worth a single kopek.

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So yes, we can celebrate today’s victory. But let’s wait a bit before we pop too many champagne corks . . . at least until actual discussions are held between the U.S. and Russia.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
3/11/25

This is somewhat weird, and a little aggravating.

I’ve noticed in the past two days, when I’ve posted my first diatribe of the day shortly after midnight (EDT), that the first views are being credited to the day before. I thought at first that there was something wrong with my iPad . . . but it was the same on my iPhone. “Not possible,” thought I.

And then it hit me. Those first views always arrived in the midnight-to-one-a.m. hour from two of my regular readers (thank you very much, whoever you are). And we’ve just switched to Daylight Saving Time (for which, by the way, no one asked my permission).

So this is a test. It is now after 1:00 a.m. here on the U.S. east coast, and we’ll see what happens with this post.

Wish me luck.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
3/11/25

P.S. It worked! So, WordPress.com, you might want to adjust your clocks. Thanks 😊

News flash! There’s a new documentary about to be released, telling us the truth about UAPs (those spaceships formerly known as UFOs). And this one is for real!

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard that before. But, being a fairly open-minded individual, I decided to check it out.

First, in case you hadn’t received the updated memo on Washington acronyms, UAP stands for Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena — much more official-sounding than just some random flying object. And this newest film has been put together over the course of three years by legitimate documentary and sci-fi film producer Dan Farah — films such as 2018’s “Ready Player One,” when Earth is on the brink of collapse in the year 2045, but finds salvation in an expansive virtual reality universe; and the 2016 drama series “The Shannara Chronicles,” a fantasy about three heroes in someplace called the Four Lands on a quest to stop an evil Demon army from destroying the universe.

Perhaps Farah has been watching too many of his own productions. But devoting three years of his life to research and interviews is a strong indication that he must believe in his latest project. And he does have the most beautiful eyes and smile . . . so let’s give him a fair hearing.

This newest documentary — streaming in the U.S. and U.K. on TBC, and soon to be available on either Netflix or Amazon Prime (it’s not yet clear which) — is titled “The Age of Disclosure,” and is based on interviews with a number of “involved sources” in an “attempt to make the most definitive, credible film on what can be legally disclosed.” [Selome Hailu, Variety, March 9, 2025.]

Those sources include Jay Stratton, former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) official and director of the U.S. government’s UAP Task Force (which I didn’t even know existed!); and Lue Elizondo, a former Defense Department (DOD) official and member of the government’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP).

According to Farah, both Stratton and Elizondo have spent nearly two decades “navigating highly secret avenues of government to figure out as much as possible about UAPs and disseminate everything that isn’t classified.” [Id.]

And they’re allegedly saying that, in addition to the information they’ve uncovered, there is actual evidence of non-human beings among us, along with their advanced technology. And that there has been a massive cover-up dating back nearly 80 years.

Which brings up an interesting question: How have all of the people who must have been involved in this alleged cover-up managed to keep their mouths shut for the past three generations? Anyone have an answer to that? No?

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Anyway, Farah included in his film interviews with or comments by some 34 people with direct knowledge of the subject, and says he met with about ten others who agreed to talk with him but declined to be filmed. He says that:

“Some high level politicians were afraid of how it might taint their reputation or impact them politically. And some intelligence officials legitimately believed that their lives would be in danger if they participated in the film. After long conversations with their significant others, they decided it just wasn’t worth it. That was eye-opening for me. The more you go down the rabbit hole, it becomes clear really fast that this 80-year cover-up of the truth has been enforced with threats.” [Id.]

Yeah . . . I can see how they’d be concerned about their reputations. It’s a good thing they checked with their significant others about this highly classified matter.

Farah’s documentary has at least one skeptical reviewer: Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter, who wrote that “Almost nothing in The Age of Disclosure is ‘new,’ per se.” What sets it apart, in his opinion, is that it looks more legitimate:

“Over 109 minutes — and it feels much longer — The Age of Disclosure tackles its topic with utmost certainty and sincerity, its interview subjects treating everything they say like it’s established fact, not requiring corroboration or confirmation.” [Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, March 9, 2025.]

I’m quite sure that diehard UFOlogists (UAPogists?) would insist otherwise.

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As for myself, I maintain what I consider to be a healthy level of skepticism, until such time as I see solid proof. But I keep an open mind to the possibility that — out of all of the solar systems in our Universe, and the infinite number of universes out there — ours may not be the only inhabited planet in existence.

And do I believe that the U.S. government — or any other government on Earth — might know something they’re not telling us?

Well, let’s face it — that’s what governments do best . . . isn’t it?

I just hope that, if these other-worldly visitors do walk among us, they’re here — not to destroy us — but to use their greater powers to save us from ourselves. Because we really need saving.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
3/11/25