No drama, but so long for awhile.

[RJB]

I'm going to take a break from the internet for a month and a half starting tomorrow-- I was thinking of deleting my account just to ensure that I stick with it but I'll limit myself to 20 minutes a day to answer emails and visit here briefly. On Sundays I'll give myself 40 minutes on the internet. I have too many thoughts bouncing around my head and I'm going to let them digest instead of typing with diarhea of the keyboard.

Mostly I want to relax and read real books instead of clicking (ADHD like) from one website to another. I plan to reread Atlas Shrugged and then I'm looking to read books on history rather than books on contemporary conspiracies. I like the French revolution, the rise of Napoleon, American Revolution. I'm interested in learning more about Turkey and the Byzantine Empire. Any suggestions?

BTW if anyone catches me hanging around here or any other internet site for too long, feel free to call me on it :)

[Gaillo]

Good luck with your educational sabbatical! Hope it is mentally profitable for you.
We'll miss you man... Be well.

[Eyebone]

Mr RBJ,

The fall of Constantinople,

http://www.google.com/search?q=Constantinople&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople

I imbibe our history with a jaundiced eye, researching the source is as important as reading the text.

Charles Martell and the Christian Polish knights who defeated the Turks at the gates of Vienna saved Europe until now.

Jan Sobieski,


The King of Poland Jan III Sobieski prepared a relief expedition to Vienna during the summer of 1683.

The large-scale battle was won by Polish, Austrian and German forces commanded by King of Poland John III Sobieski versus the Ottoman Empire army and the Ottoman fiefdoms armies commanded by Grand Vizier Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna

[Horn]

What if silver goes up $10 tomorrow?

Your gonna miss the party?

[keehah]

Good for you! Reading on issues more in depth is a good thing I've found.

Speaking for myself, taking a break (with most things) does not change all that much, but it gives me the perspective and acceptance thats its not so much how I've spend my time, but what is at this time.

Besides it will all be here much the same when you are ready to dive in again...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tWjbMeJ8IQ

[LuckyStrike]

Definitely check back in, as important as the internet is and this community I still think it is important to disconnect for extended periods of time.

As for book recommendations I just did a Christmas list on my site, buy books there and I get some money so that I can buy books ;D

http://www.truthinourtime.com/2010/11/truth-in-our-time-christmas-list.html



Take it easy

[Filthy Keynes]

Addictions take two weeks to overcome. Those first two weeks are the hardest.

[solid]

Take care, brother. Glad you are not deleting your account, and look forward to your return.

[1970 silver art]

RJB, It is a good thing to occasionally take a break from GSUS (and other internet forums). There is nothing wrong with that. :)

[Fortyone]

I'm going to take a break from the internet for a month and a half starting tomorrow-- I was thinking of deleting my account just to ensure that I stick with it but I'll limit myself to 20 minutes a day to answer emails and visit here briefly. On Sundays I'll give myself 40 minutes on the internet. I have too many thoughts bouncing around my head and I'm going to let them digest instead of typing with diarhea of the keyboard.

Mostly I want to relax and read real books instead of clicking (ADHD like) from one website to another. I plan to reread Atlas Shrugged and then I'm looking to read books on history rather than books on contemporary conspiracies. I like the French revolution, the rise of Napoleon, American Revolution. I'm interested in learning more about Turkey and the Byzantine Empire. Any suggestions?

BTW if anyone catches me hanging around here or any other internet site for too long, feel free to call me on it :)



Asimov, "The Dark Ages" explains the Germanic migrations and politics, covers much of the Eastern Empire and the Orthodox church, along with the Islamic invasions.

[MAGNES]

RJB, I hear where you are coming from,
went through that but stayed in touch online,
reading headlines, I used to read books long
ago, now it is online books, lol, I stick with
banned ones, lol, in summer did lot of running
around in vehicle, did some incredible podcasts,
all about and related to Rome, Byzantium,
even Vikings, etc, they are all directly related.
Incredible material that overlaps. If you want
titles I will give them to you. This history is
incredibly important, you see Charlamagne
mentioned above, the key to coming out of
the Dark Age, back to Classics. RJB, what if
I told you something crazy, that the LOTR,
is in large part allegory to this history, too
many coincidences, and director gives it away.
LOTR, ROTK, bonus disk.

Have a look here, I will upload for you.
Real banned books, hard to find.
I haven't read all of them but skimmed
many fast, have some notes.
http://gold-silver.us/forum/general-discussion/i-think-all-here-should-read-this-site-14699/
http://gold-silver.us/forum/general-discussion/e-book-library-links/

[MAGNES]

1453

550 years from the end of Byzantine Empire:

Remembering Constantinople / Tribute to Constantinos XI Paleologos

QUOTES, May 30th 2003

Constantine Palaiologos,
The Last Emperor of the Romans.

Various Quotes Compiled

"Western Europe has been slow to recognize its debt to Byzantium. The
emergent nations of the western Empire surpassed the Greeks in material
power and commercial enterprise from the 13th century onwards, but they did
so behind the shield of Constantinople's walls. Byzantium bore the brunt of the
Muhammadan invasions, from the Arabs to the Ottoman Turks, and served as
a breakwater which enabled the west to turn the tide. There were other
incalculable debts; the preservation of classical literature and Roman law; the
systematic study of history, the foundation of universities and the promotion of
science, the rise of monasticism and missionary activity; the evolution of
religious art and architecture which left their mark not only on Italy but in the
Norman West. In return, the West sent to Byzantium its Crusaders and
traders, between whom it is hard to distinguish for unscrupulous rapacity. It is
little wonder that many Greeks accepted the Turkish conquest not only as a
punishment for the heretical union of 1439, but as a merciful release from Latin
domination."

Modern Greece, A Short History
by C.M. Woodhouse

On 29 May 1453, the holy and imperial city of Constantinople fell to the
Ottoman Turks. For eleven centuries Constantinople had been the center of
civilization. It had been the capital of a glorious Empire and had been
established by Saint Constantine the Great for the "glory of God."
Constantinople and the Empire of New Rome nurtured the doctrines and
teachings of Christianity and preserved Classical Greek literature.

What all Christians believe today was formulated by the Greek Fathers of the
Church. Saint John Chrysostom, Basil the Great, Cyril of Alexandria, Gregory
the Theologian, and John of Damascus were among the Bishops and Saints
who upheld the correct doctrines of Christianity and repudiated heresy. The
holy fathers lived and taught not only in Constantinople, but in Cappadocia and
other cities and regions of Asia Minor such as Nicea, Ephesus, and Calcedon.
All these lands upon which Christian civilization was built, and upon which
Hellenism survived for three thousand years are permanently lost and occupied
by Muslim Turks.

Constantinople, "Queen of the Cities." once ruled by Greek Orthodox
Emperors and filled with Churches, Monasteries, and Cathedrals renowned for
their splendor is now an overpopulated Turkish City and breeding ground for
Islamic fundamentalists. On a black Tuesday five hundred and fifty years ago,
the city fell to the forces of Islam and despite the hopes and dreams of the
Greek nation, the conquest of the Turks was never reversed.

"Blocked from Europe by the impregnable walls of Constantinople and the
unyielding spirit of the Emperor and his people, the armies of the Prophet were
obliged to travel the entire length of the Mediterranean to the Straits of
Gibraltar before they could invade the continent-thus extending their lines of
communication and supply almost to breaking point and rendering impossible
any permanent conquests beyond the Pyrenees. Had they captured
Constantinople in the seventh century rather than the fifteenth, all Europe-and
America-might be Muslim today."

Byzantium, the Early Centuries
by John Julius Norwich

The Emperor Constantinos XI Palaiologos ultimately proved himself a worthy
and honorable leader. Internationally isolated and abandoned he was left with
5,000 Greek soldiers to face an Ottoman army of at least 80,000. In addition
to the Greeks, 2,000 Italian Catholics arrived to fight for Constantinople.

The Fall of Constantinople 1453
by Sir Steven Runciman

In this battle you must stand firm and have no fear, no thought of
flight, but be inspired to resist with ever more Herculean strength. Animals may
run away from animals. But you are men, men of stout heart, and you will hold
at bay these dumb brutes, thrusting your spears and swords into them, so that
they will know that they are fighting not against their own kind but against the
masters of animals.

You men of Genoa, men of courage and
famous for your infinite victories, you who have always protected this city, your
mother, in many a conflict with the Turks, show now your prowess and your
aggressive spirit toward them with manly vigor. You men of Venice, most
valiant heroes, whose swords have many a time made Turkish blood to flow

The Immortal Emperor
by Donald Nicol

"God forbid that I should live an Emperor without an Empire. As my city falls, I
will fall with it." "Whoever wished to escape, let him save himself if he can; and
whoever is ready to face death, let him follow me!"

The Crescent and the Cross
by David Dereksen

"His father Manuel II, when the Turks were at the gates of Constantinople in
1397, had uttered this prayer: "Lord Jesus Christ let it not come to pass that
the great multitude of Christian people should hear it said that it was in the days
of the Emperor Manuel that the city, with all its sacred and venerable
monuments of the faith, was delivered to the infidel. This was the ultimate
misfortune of his son Constantine Palaiologos, the Last Emperor of the
Romans. He had prayed that he might be killed rather than live to see the
consequences. He was fortunate only in that his last prayer was answered."

The Immortal Emperor
by Donald Nicol

[StackerKen]

What if silver goes up $10 tomorrow?

Your gonna miss the party?


Yeah.... what Horn said :P

I agree with Keynes, I think the 1st couple weeks will be the hardest..Good luck to ya.

Take care RJ :)

[RJB]

Addictions take two weeks to overcome. Those first two weeks are the hardest. I find myself sitting infront of this darned screen for too many hours. Tomorrow (Monday) when I start this will be interesting.

[1970 silver art]

Addictions take two weeks to overcome. Those first two weeks are the hardest. I find myself sitting infront of this darned screen for too many hours. Tomorrow (Monday) when I start this will be interesting.


Yeah that GSUS "heroin" can be very addicting and the GSUS "heroin" withdrawals can be very painful. Good luck to you. ;D

[RJB]

Thanks for the reading suggestions especially Magnes and 41.

I've always wondered about the Turkish/Muslim link to the mason, specificly the Shriners. Posts from Magnes and Fred really set me on this curious streak.

Also I've seen so many character assinations of Western leaders especially the ancient from the disgraceful depiction Oliver Stone gave to Alexander the Great- I've read a lot about him. To the ubiquitous attacks on Constantine the Great. I want to find out more.

Also I've read about the french revolution a lot and see where the masonic is mentioned. If anyone knows of a source that goes into greater detail, I'd be interested.

Thanks.

[Book]

I find myself sitting in front of this darned screen for too many hours.



http://blowingrocknccabin.com/Hiking.jpg

We all need more fresh air and exercise. Good for you RJB.

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(p.s. Atlas Shrugged blows. Take something else on the trail unrelated to all this doom and conspiracy stuff...lol.)

[RJB]

(p.s. Atlas Shrugged blows. Take something else on the trail unrelated to all this doom and conspiracy stuff...lol.)I made a promise to a few members here to reread it... promise is a promise... Sigh... I forgot how many pages and how small the freaking words were...

[Book]

I made a promise to a few members here to reread it...


Read the 547 Customer Reviews (http://www.amazon.com/Siddhartha-Hermann-Hesse/dp/0553208845)

Read the 270 Customer Reviews (http://www.amazon.com/Prophet-Kahlil-Gibran/dp/9562910318/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289793163&sr=1-1)

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You need something uplifting and profound to go with all that fresh air and healthy exercise not more of the GSUS same old same old...lol.

Return from your sabbatical refreshed.

[MAGNES]

Thanks for the reading suggestions especially Magnes and 41.

I've always wondered about the Turkish/Muslim link to the mason, specificly the Shriners. Posts from Magnes and Fred really set me on this curious streak.

Also I've seen so many character assinations of Western leaders especially the ancient from the disgraceful depiction Oliver Stone gave to Alexander the Great- I've read a lot about him. To the ubiquitous attacks on Constantine the Great. I want to find out more.

Also I've read about the french revolution a lot and see where the masonic is mentioned. If anyone knows of a source that goes into greater detail, I'd be interested.

Thanks.


I did not get anything in one source, there are lots of sources, it all fits,
Masonry was basically a tool of theirs, of past, even Paul Craig Roberts
was talking about " jacobins " and I had no clue what he was writing about,
and this is where it leads. Awoke links to Pinay book have it all actually.

To this day Masons and the occult target key leaders with lies,
even on these forums.

Byzantium is key to Western History, I will put some material together,
I wanted to do it for the longest time anyways, some key names of past,
Constantine, Justinian, Charles the Great, the Renaissance was created
cause of the destruction of Byzantium, everyone fled, the Muslims destroyed
whole libraries, cities, etc, Even the history channel recently, " constantine,
one of the greatest western leaders ", he was not Greek, non of them were
above. Jews hate Justinian, lol , codifier of Roman Law, the basis of ours.

Tarpley is a good source off hand, BB on gim gets credit for this, I went looking
for this material, " venetian " bankers directed the Muslims to destroy Europe,
those same " venetian " bankers took over the UK and created Masonry.
They then took over and destroyed France, then created " communism ".

Eustace Mullins and Ezra Pound have something to say about this too, how
important this period was, I was proud to have those names on gim for that.

You can see this as an allegory in LOTR too, " they came at the call of Byzantium "
Crusaders, 200 years late, lol, City of Gold, Jewel of Europe, impregnable walls,
Venetians, Genoese, Italians, even Nordics, fighting to the death knowing their fate.
" men of the west " , even the masonic eye is present, the dark lord commanding
savages. The director openly states it is all based on Rome and Greece. " the eagles
are coming ", ie, god is on our side, Aetos Dios, The West fought similar battles in Italy,
France, Med, Charles Martel and his family,
Charlamagne, Spain, Charles brought back the classics, out of the dark ages,
saved Europe, from Muslims, and Vikings, converted them, that is known as
The Carolingian Renaissance, Greek was lost, it came back after the destruction
of Byzantium slowly. Converted Vikings were key Crusaders, attacked the center
of the pincer move deliberately. Now a lot happens for 1000 plus years.
Lots of in fighting.

[RJB]

Read the 547 Customer Reviews (http://www.amazon.com/Siddhartha-Hermann-Hesse/dp/0553208845)As for eastern philosophies I prefer toaism to Buddhism, but if I read something inspirational, it would more likely a biography of St. Francis of Assissi.


You need something uplifting and profound to go with all that fresh air and healthy exercise not more of the GSUS same old same old...lol.

Return from your sabbatical refreshed. You got cliff notes for Atlas Shrugged. LOL.

Off to bed. Lets see if I can resist the lure of you freaks tomorrow LOL.

Later.

[BrewTech]

Addictions take two weeks to overcome. Those first two weeks are the hardest. I find myself sitting infront of this darned screen for too many hours. Tomorrow (Monday) when I start this will be interesting.


I think that's a great idea... I may have to think about following suit...

[keehah]

RJB your lurking! We can see your thanks! ;)

[1970 silver art]

That GSUS "heroin" is just too strong for a poster to resist. When a poster has not logged in for GSUS for a while, then they will suffer those painful GSUS "heroin" withdrawals and they will log in to GSUS to get their "fix". ;D

[Awoke]

RJB, hopefully you work everything out in your head that you are mulling over. I hope to see you back full force sooner than later.

History Books:
The Unseen Hand
The Creatue of jekyll Island
The Plot Against the Church
The mystery of freemasonry unveiled
The Synagogue of satan (The one by Andrew Hitchcock)
The Committee of 300
Proofs of a Conspiracy
The thirteenth tribe


All these books are history books with irrefutable sources, with the exception of "The synagogue of satan", in which he provides no sources.
A lot of them talk about the things you mentioned you were interested in learning about: the French revolution, the rise of Napoleon, American Revolution, and more.

If you're looking for Fiction, the only book I would recommend (that would not, imo, be a waste of your time and intellect) would be "Patriots" by Rawles.

[RJB]

RJB your lurking! We can see your thanks! ;)
I get 10 minutes a day to visit, but I've been stretching it :)

[Still Barbaro]

I'm going to take a break from the internet for a month and a half starting tomorrow-- I was thinking of deleting my account just to ensure that I stick with it but I'll limit myself to 20 minutes a day to answer emails and visit here briefly. On Sundays I'll give myself 40 minutes on the internet. I have too many thoughts bouncing around my head and I'm going to let them digest instead of typing with diarhea of the keyboard.

Mostly I want to relax and read real books instead of clicking (ADHD like) from one website to another. I plan to reread Atlas Shrugged and then I'm looking to read books on history rather than books on contemporary conspiracies. I like the French revolution, the rise of Napoleon, American Revolution. I'm interested in learning more about Turkey and the Byzantine Empire. Any suggestions?

BTW if anyone catches me hanging around here or any other internet site for too long, feel free to call me on it :)


Good on you for getting back into reading, RJB.

I need to have the discipline to get back into books (my love affair with the internet has hurt me in this regard).

[Awoke]

My love affair with my Xbox has hurt me in the same regard...