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Sunday, March 15, 2026

Seven giant INVENTED historical figures

(Erased Century) People invented seven historical figures and back dated them to deceive us:
  1. Pythagoras, Greek philosopher, alleged father of geometry
  2. Homer, Ancient Greek author of the Odyssey, Iliad
  3. Sun Tzu, alleged Chinese author of The Art of War
  4. Lycurgus, legendary lawgiver of Sparta
  5. Shakespeare, the manufactured genius, the Bard
  6. Charlemagne, king of the Franks, king of the Lombards
  7. Solomon, King Jedidiah, Kingdom of Israel and Judah

The Iran connection no one is talking about
(Olivia Swing) So far in 2026, the world feels like it's on fire. Trump "kidnapped" Venezuela's President Maduro and stole their oil. Republican Lindsey Graham showed up on FOX News in a MIGA ("Make Iran Great Again") baseball cap. Massive fires are burning through Patagonia. And Trump is pushing to acquire Greenland.

If you're watching the news right now, it feels like random chaos -- unconnected crises, too much to keep up with. But what if I told you, it's not random at all? What if I told you that once you start connecting the dots, all of these things are connected—and the connection is ISRAEL (aka the Greater Israel Project)?

🔍 QUESTIONS:
  • Why Israel—a "country" or ethnostate with no constitution the size of New Jersey with fewer than 9 million people—has unprecedented influence over U.S. foreign policy
  • How much money the U.S. has given Israel (and where that money actually goes)
  • Venezuela's regime change and Jewish Pres. Maduro's anti-Zionist stance
  • Anti-Zionist Charlie Kirk's assassination and his opposition to war with Iran
  • Iran's psyops/protests, internet blackout, and the shift from fear tactics to empathy manipulation
  • Javier Milei's alignment with Israel and the suspicious Patagonia fires
  • The Israeli presence in Patagonia and the "Israeloche" phenomenon
  • Ronald Lauder's business interests in Greenland and Netanyahu's 2018 "joke"
  • Why we need to ask: Who actually benefits from American foreign policy?
(DemocracyNow) Church and state: Trump's glorious Armageddon in Iran

This isn't about conspiracy theories. It's about following documented connections between regime change, resource extraction, and Zionist influence across Venezuela, Iran, Argentina, and now Greenland. The pattern is undeniable. And once you see it, you can't unsee it.

💬 CHAPTERS:
  • 0:00 - Why 2026 feels like chaos
  • 1:39 - The US-Israel connection: Why does a territory the size of New Jersey have this much power?
  • 4:44 - Venezuela: oil, anti-Zionism, and Pres. Maduro's "extraction"
  • 11:35 - Iran: from fear tactics to empathy manipulation
  • 14:45 - Charlie Kirk's insider assassination after his anti-war stance
  • 21:01 - Argentina: Pres. Javier Milei's [Relative of "Bibi" Mileikowsky?] alignment with Israel and the Patagonia fires
  • 24:41 - The Israeli presence in Patagonia: "Israeloche"
  • 26:11 - Why Patagonia? Water, lithium, and strategic land
  • 27:15 - The Netanyahu-Milei (Mileikowsky) connection and the Genesis Prize to a non-Jew
  • 29:46 - Greenland: rare earth minerals and Bibi Netanyahu's 2018 "joke"
  • 31:40 - Who actually benefits?
📺 Related videos
All sources and claims in this video are documented and verifiable. This video discusses regime change, foreign policy, and geopolitical strategy. #Venezuela #Iran #Argentina #Greenland #Zionism #ForeignPolicy #RegimeChange #israel
  • Erased Century; Olivia Swing, Feb. 4, 2026; Seth Auberon, Pfc. Sandoval, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
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Saturday, September 13, 2025

A Late Summer Night's Dream (poetry)



As the summer winds down, the Altadena Library is having its Open Mic on Monday, Sept. 8th at 6:00 pm at Callisto Tea House on Washington and Altadena Dr. (Open Mic Night, Monday, September 8, 2025, 6 - 7:30pm - Programs — Altadena Library District) FREE

  • Aveson Black Box Theater
  • 3051 N. Lincoln Ave., Altadena, CA 91001
Tuesday is the Odes to Altadena Poetry Workshop. All are welcome as this enclave returns to its rich history of art, activism, and writing. FREE


Bestselling author Janet Fitch will be reading! Thursday marks the return (from its usual summer hiatus) of Mandy Kahn's Deep Dive Poetry & Fiction at the Philosophical Research Society (PRS.org) historic mansion's Religions of the World Library on the next hill over, above Glendale, next to Griffith Park, at the eastern entrance to Hollywood (Tinsel Town proper). FREE
Altadena Poetry Review Celebration
Saturday is the massive Altadena Poetry Review Celebration (2024-2025 Virtual Edition) at the Altadena Main Library Community Room featuring poets published in the anthology, including Mary Anne Berry, Don Kingfisher Campbel, Hazel Harrison, Ron Koertge, Noriko Nakada, Anna Mixtlan, Thelma Reyna (Golden Foothills Press), Lynne Thompson, Pam Ward, Alene Terzian-Zeitounian + OPEN MIC. Hosted by Altadena Library Co-Poets Laureate Sehba Sarwar and Lester Graves Lennon. (This event will be livestreamed at youtube.com/AltadenaLibrary for anyone wanting to tune in remotely). FREE
Of course, the whole of the community will be at Eagle's Hall for the free festival "Regrow Altadena" walking distance just down the hill along the miraculously unburned Christmas Tree Lane. (Both are on the same street at the same time, one on Woodbury, the other on Mariposa). The music and dancing from one may echo up and disturb the poetry readers if they whisper at the mic all NPR-style, so speak up or deliver those poems and attempts at haiku (haibun) as if they were spoken word with verve.
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Friday, July 25, 2025

Poetry events in Los Angeles (7/26)

This week is the end of Love's Labour's Lost and start of Doctor Faustus at Griffith Park

The Bard: Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
This town is full of rebellious writers, standing up to Trump's fascist agenda with his Gestapo ICE. But LA does it differently, with flare and pizzazz, poetry and spoken word. Come out to Santa Monica's historic Rapp Saloon inside the Youth Hostel to see it live. There's more going on. On Sunday, the Village Poets have a regular reading at Bolton Hall in Sunland/Tujunga, right in the foothills. Next weekend, the Eagle Rock Library hosts an open mic with that this month features Lynda Crawford. The SPARC (South Pasadena Arts Council) has a reading every Third Thursday. For anyone looking for the Bard himself, IndieShakes.org is at Griffith Park all summer with FREE Shakespeare in the Park. Or, if Hollywood is your bag, the Emmys are coming up soon.
Eagle Rock is on the Eastside of Hipsterville
Next weekend, in the afternoon, Eagle Rock Library (part of LA County's system) has its bimonthly Open Mic: Open Mic Poetry | Los Angeles Public Library
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Share your original poems, lyrics, spoken word, or just enjoy listening. Each poet will have five (5) minutes to read an original work. To read, sign up on arrival.

Poetess Lynda V. E. Crawford (Poets & Writers)
The featured speaker will be Lynda V. E. Crawford, who says of her poetry, "I write poems to sneak behind eyes, blow through ears, and stretch voices." Crawford was born and raised in Barbados and now lives in California. Both home countries sway her writing. The Pushcart Prize nominee's work has appeared in national and international journals including Prairie Schooner, ArtsEtc Barbados, The Caribbean Writer, The Galway Review, The Bookends Review, California Quarterly, and Exposition Review. Crawford is the author of the poetry collection Washing Water (World Stage Press, October 2024).

For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event. Para ajustes razonables según la ley de ADA, llama al (213) 228-7430 al menos 72 horas antes del evento. More

What happened?
3rd Thursday Poetry: SPARC (7/17)
It's every third Thursday (except December). Tonight's show put the spotlight on two artists featured on Wisdom Quarterly, an environmentalist and a poet dealing in race and esteem issues as a Vietnamese American poet. We discovered a new talent that stole the show, painter Ekaterina Sky. She was performing Earthcentric slam poetry, passionate about restoring nature from all of our manmade disasters.

What else you got?
There is no ART without ARTists who share.
Poetry is running rampant across the city, spreading culture and resistance, saying "no" to Trump and ICE, fascism and racism, Tinsel Town excesses and the dumbing down of a digitally-addicted society. There's more. Tonight (Friday, July 17, 2025) is Rapp Saloon's 14th anniversary with Hostess Elena Secota at the Youth Hostel in Santa Monica.
  • The Rapp Saloon (historical 1st brick building)
  • Hostelling International, Santa Monica
  • 1436 2nd Street, Santa Monica
  • FREE/all ages (donations appreciated)
Sunday inside historic Bolton Hall
Poetess Maja Trochimczyk
Village Poets of Sunland/Tujunga is happy to welcome poets Hilda Weiss and past Poet Laureate Maja Trochimczyk on the Third Sunday (July 20th), 4:30 pm at Bolton Hall Museum. There is also an open mic where poets are invited to participate in the open reading segment of the event. It is hosted by Alice Pero.
Bolton Hall is a Los Angeles Historical Landmark built in 1913. Reading starts at 4:30 pm and goes to 6:30 pm. Refreshments served. Free street parking available and at Elks Lodge, 10137 Commerce Ave. Park, behind the building, a short walk from Bolton Hall, across the street and down the block.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Free Summer Shakespeare in the Park, LA


THE 2025 GRIFFITH PARK FREE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
Indie Shakes Spring Campaign 2025
The fest includes Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare [or Edward DeVere or the klatch of writers that were borrowed and stolen from to make the Bard's canon] runs June 25 to July 27 (with no performance on July 4th due to fireworks, traffic, and picnics) with performances on Wednesdays through Sundays @ 7:00 pm.

Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe runs from August 6 to August 31, Wednesdays through Sundays @ 7:00 pm.

Pack your picnic, shake out your blanket, and call your friends, LA’s biggest theater event of the summer begins Wednesday, June 25th!

SYNOPSIS

Love’s Labour’s Lost: Four gentlemen commit to a celibate life of disciplined study, but the last thing they expect is a quartet of aristocratic ladies to sweep them off their feet. Shakespeare’s intoxicating wit meets Bridgerton’s spicy society drama in this lush, bawdy, and bittersweet romantic comedy.

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Doctor Faustus: A mysterious scholar sets his sights on mastering the dark arts and strikes a deal with the devil to make the magic happen. Marlowe’s playful, seductive fever dream becomes a satirical, soul-stirring thrill ride where unchecked ego meets ultimate consequence. After all, when you play with fire…there’s hell to pay.

Alongside these extraordinary productions, ISCLA (the Independent Shakespeare Company Los Angeles) have special events all summer long, including workshops, theme nights, and community engagement activations.

Stay up to date by joining the mailing list, and hit the button for more details. See you at the park! Independent Shakespeare Co.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

History's 20 most influential poets

This free event includes open mic, which means participants can also recite.
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Poetry is like a pulse running through history, shaping revolutions, kindling love, and exposing the rawest human truths. Some poets whispered change; others roared it. These poets and their verses outlived empires as their voices refused to fade. Find out the minds behind the world’s most enduring poetry.

Homer
Homer (Dan Castellaneta/Matt Groening)
Few figures loom as large as Homer. His epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey, laid the foundation of Western literature. These [epic] war stories, fate, and heroism influenced countless works, from Shakespeare to Hollywood. Though his life remains a mystery, his words have echoed for nearly three millennia....

ODYSSEY

The Goddess Athena, Greece
Then the goddess, flashing-eyed Athena, answered him: “Therefore of a truth will I frankly tell thee all. [180] I declare that I am Mentes, the son of wise Anchialus, and I am lord over the oar-loving Taphians. And now have I put in here, as thou seest, with ship and crew, while sailing over the wine-dark sea to men of strange speech, on my way to Temese for copper; and I bear with me shining iron. [185] My ship lies yonder beside the fields away from the city, in the harbor of Rheithron, under woody Neion. Friends of one another do we declare ourselves to be, even as our fathers were, friends from of old. Nay, if thou wilt, go and ask the old warrior Laertes, who, they say, [190] comes no more to the city, but afar in the fields suffers woes attended by an aged woman as his handmaid...” Homer, Odyssey, Book 1, Line 178
Rumi
Eight centuries later, Rumi’s words still enchant hearts worldwide. A mystic, poet, and philosopher, his poems—especially "Masnavi"—explore love in its divine and human forms. His poetry, full of longing and ecstasy, speaks across cultures and religions. He is also one of the most widely read poets today....

MASNAVI
Can translations capture Rumi?
At the hour of the morning-drink a beloved said to her lover by way of trial, “O such-and-such son of such-and-such, I wonder, do you love me or yourself more? Tell the truth, O man of sorrows.”

He replied, “I have become so naughted in thee that I am full of thee from head to foot. Of my existence there is nothing (left) in me but the name: in my being there is naught but thee, O thou whose wishes are gratified. By that means I have become thus naughted, like vinegar, in thee (who are) an ocean of honey.”

Filled with sunniness?
As the stone that is entirely turned into pure ruby: it is filled with the qualities of the sun. That stony nature does not remain in it: back and front, it is filled with sunniness

Afterwards, if it love itself, that (self-love) is love of the sun, O youth; And if it love the sun with (all) its soul, ‘tis undoubtedly love of itself. Whether the pure ruby loves itself or whether it loves the sun, There is really no difference in these two loves: both sides (aspects) are naught but the radiance of the sunrise. Until it (the stone) has become a ruby, it is an enemy to itself, because... Masnavi of Rumi

Shakespeare (The Bard)
Shakespeare’s mastery of language reshaped literature forever. His sonnets brim with passion, despair, wit, and unrelenting curiosity left a lasting mark. As the most quoted writer in history, his influence extends beyond poetry—his storytelling also shaped modern drama. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” and others have immortalized his name.  More

SONNET 130
Willy, I'm not that hot.
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask’d, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
FREE TO RSVP
Poetry in the Afternoon (Third Thursdays) at the SPARC Centre Gallery, featuring South Pasadena Poet Laureate and popular YA (young adult) author Ron Koertge as well as Peace Activist Mandy Kahn (prs org). There is also an OPEN MIC for participants to sign up to perform. Subject matter is open but will cover the sensitive subject of sex. Free. Refreshments served, part of the Fremont Playhouse, rear gallery. RSVP:
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Tuesday, September 17, 2024

World Happiness Report 2024

Why are you happy? - Well, I'm a Buddhist nun, and the Dharma and Sangha are so beautiful.

Buddha, why are you always smiling?
In this issue of the World Happiness Report we focus on the happiness of people at different stages of life.

In the "Seven Ages of Man" (listed below) in Shakespeare’s hypnotic As You Like It, the later stages of life are portrayed as deeply depressing.

But happiness research shows a more nuanced picture, one that is changing over time.

Explore the 2024 report for the latest findings on the happiness of the world’s young, old – and everyone in between.

Shakespeare: All the world's a stage
The Seven Ages by William Shakespeare (Kanish Mahajan/slideshare.net)
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Act II, Scene VII, Line 139 features one of [Edward De Vere's aka] Shakespeare's most famous monologues, spoken by the character Jaques, which begins:

And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts"

The central metaphor, stated in vivid verbal sketches, is that a human lifespan is a play in seven acts. These seven "acts," or "ages," are:

At first, [1] the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Then [2] the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then [3] the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then [4] a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then [5] the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into [6] the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is [7] second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything."

Read the Report
We prefer to think of smiling as face yoga, Thich Nhat Hanh, not just the mouth.

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Friday, August 23, 2024

Final week FREE Shakespeare in Park, LA



Cousins, chased from home, run to the forest
Los Angeles has culture. Sort of. We have Shakespeare in the Park thanks to ISCLA.org (the Independent Shakespeare Company of Los Angeles) FREE in Griffith Park on a new stage set more deeply in the woods, over a brook, in a kind of natural amphitheater in the round. The stage is open on all sides, and the players play to the entire audience arrayed on blankets, eating and cheering, laughing and sometimes participating. The production of As You Like It includes masked wrestling. Raise a hand and get on stage during the pre-show at 6:00 pm. But beware, anyone who does faces the wrath of the masked wrestler! Runs nightly until September 1, 2024. DETAILS: Independent Shakespeare Co. (iscla.org)

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Sunday, August 4, 2024

'As You Like It' FREE Shakespeare in Park, LA

2024 Festival — Independent Shakespeare Company in Griffith Park, LA (iscla.org)

Edward de Vere is 'Shakespeare'
Shakespeare in the Park is a long tradition in American theatre. Los Angeles, being a cultural hub of the, well, West Coast, has the Independent Shakespeare Company. This summer As You Like It is running most nights, FREE, from July 10 to September 1.

As You Like It is one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays. It offers a powerful choice: natural order as experienced by the banished Duke and his followers in the forest versus a selfish, superficial consumer society represented by the usurping Duke Frederick.

Those who go on this adventure in the Forest of Arden find that with class and gender boundaries shattered, they discover themselves and a tolerance for others.

ISCLA is serving up a heartfelt screwball romantic comedy with songs inspired by Al Bowlly (a crooner popular in 1930’s Britain) to evoke an atmosphere of falling in love.

Performances run from Wednesday to Sunday @ 7:00 pm. The Immersive Prologue begins @ 6:00 pm. 2024 Calendar — Independent Shakespeare Co. (iscla.org)
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