The Inversion, by Robert Gore | STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC
6 March 2021
None are so enslaved as those chained to group belief. Truth is irrelevant, group acceptance paramount. Belief is unquestioned and unchallenged, truth the shunned and hated enemy. Governments have promoted this inversion for centuries, always telling the same lies. Faith in government may be the strongest and longest-lived secular religion, and it’s certainly the one most resistant to questions, investigation, or contrary evidence.
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Inversions can only last so long. People consciously or unconsciously reject them, and reality doesn’t invert.
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The danger to all this is individuals who think and act for themselves, those who are woke to the woke, so to speak. The key to standing on the outside, critically examining what’s within, is to abandon any desire to be on the inside. The docile dreck and their puppet-masters within are usually sufficient inducement to stay outside. Once that decision is made, independence of thought is almost assured. (Those who see the inside for what it is and still want in are corrupt beyond redemption.)
https://straightlinelogic.com/2021/03/06/the-inversion-by-robert-gore-2/
6 March 2021
None are so enslaved as those chained to group belief. Truth is irrelevant, group acceptance paramount. Belief is unquestioned and unchallenged, truth the shunned and hated enemy. Governments have promoted this inversion for centuries, always telling the same lies. Faith in government may be the strongest and longest-lived secular religion, and it’s certainly the one most resistant to questions, investigation, or contrary evidence.
...
Inversions can only last so long. People consciously or unconsciously reject them, and reality doesn’t invert.
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The danger to all this is individuals who think and act for themselves, those who are woke to the woke, so to speak. The key to standing on the outside, critically examining what’s within, is to abandon any desire to be on the inside. The docile dreck and their puppet-masters within are usually sufficient inducement to stay outside. Once that decision is made, independence of thought is almost assured. (Those who see the inside for what it is and still want in are corrupt beyond redemption.)
https://straightlinelogic.com/2021/03/06/the-inversion-by-robert-gore-2/
STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC
The Inversion, by Robert Gore
Getting along by going along with the patently absurd. A seamless web, they all believe because they all believe. The Gordian Knot, Robert Gore, 2000 If it seems like the world has turned upside do…
The Archaeology and History of Bitumen
By K. Kris Hirst
Updated January 30, 2019
Bitumen—also known as asphaltum or tar—is a black, oily, viscous form of petroleum, a naturally-occurring organic byproduct of decomposed plants. It is waterproof and flammable, and this remarkable natural substance has been used by humans for a wide variety of tasks and tools for at least the past 40,000 years.
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The earliest known use of bitumen was by Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals some 40,000 years ago. At Neanderthal sites such as Gura Cheii Cave (Romania) and Hummal and Umm El Tlel in Syria, bitumen was found adhering to stone tools, probably to fasten a wooden or ivory haft to the sharp-edged tools.
In Mesopotamia, during the late Uruk and Chalcolithic periods at sites such as Hacinebi Tepe in Syria, bitumen was used for the construction of buildings and water-proofing of reed boats, with among other uses.
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An intercontinental trading system was established by Mesopotamia during the Uruk period (3600-3100 BC), with the creation of trading colonies in what is today southeastern Turkey, Syria, and Iran. According to seals and other evidence, the trade network involved textiles from southern Mesopotamia and copper, stone, and timber from Anatolia, but the presence of sourced bitumen has enabled scholars to map out the trade. For example, much of the bitumen in Bronze age Syrian sites has been found to have originated from the Hit seepage on the Euphrates River in southern Iraq.
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The earliest reed boat discovered to date was coated with bitumen, at the site of H3 at As-Sabiyah in Kuwait, dated about 5000 BC; its bitumen was found to have come from the Ubaid site of Mesopotamia.
https://www.thoughtco.com/bitumen-history-of-black-goo-170085
By K. Kris Hirst
Updated January 30, 2019
Bitumen—also known as asphaltum or tar—is a black, oily, viscous form of petroleum, a naturally-occurring organic byproduct of decomposed plants. It is waterproof and flammable, and this remarkable natural substance has been used by humans for a wide variety of tasks and tools for at least the past 40,000 years.
...
The earliest known use of bitumen was by Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals some 40,000 years ago. At Neanderthal sites such as Gura Cheii Cave (Romania) and Hummal and Umm El Tlel in Syria, bitumen was found adhering to stone tools, probably to fasten a wooden or ivory haft to the sharp-edged tools.
In Mesopotamia, during the late Uruk and Chalcolithic periods at sites such as Hacinebi Tepe in Syria, bitumen was used for the construction of buildings and water-proofing of reed boats, with among other uses.
...
An intercontinental trading system was established by Mesopotamia during the Uruk period (3600-3100 BC), with the creation of trading colonies in what is today southeastern Turkey, Syria, and Iran. According to seals and other evidence, the trade network involved textiles from southern Mesopotamia and copper, stone, and timber from Anatolia, but the presence of sourced bitumen has enabled scholars to map out the trade. For example, much of the bitumen in Bronze age Syrian sites has been found to have originated from the Hit seepage on the Euphrates River in southern Iraq.
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The earliest reed boat discovered to date was coated with bitumen, at the site of H3 at As-Sabiyah in Kuwait, dated about 5000 BC; its bitumen was found to have come from the Ubaid site of Mesopotamia.
https://www.thoughtco.com/bitumen-history-of-black-goo-170085
ThoughtCo
The Archaeology and History of Bitumen
Bitumen is a naturally-occurring organic byproduct of decomposed organic materials, used by humans for many for the past 40,000 years.
Exodus 2
The Birth of Moses
1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. 4 And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
The Birth of Moses
1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. 4 And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
Jochebed, Mother of Moses waterproofs the basket
how did Moses’ mom make a floating basket? | kdmanestreet
Determined to not cave into fear, Jochebed throws her energy into making a tiny boat out of papyrus reeds to hide Moses. She coats the basket with tar and a mineral pitch so it will float. This Bitumen mineral pitch was one of the best waterproofing materials known. Noah also used it to waterproof the ark (Gen. 6:14).
https://kdmanestreet.com/tag/how-did-moses-mom-make-a-floating-basket/
how did Moses’ mom make a floating basket? | kdmanestreet
Determined to not cave into fear, Jochebed throws her energy into making a tiny boat out of papyrus reeds to hide Moses. She coats the basket with tar and a mineral pitch so it will float. This Bitumen mineral pitch was one of the best waterproofing materials known. Noah also used it to waterproof the ark (Gen. 6:14).
https://kdmanestreet.com/tag/how-did-moses-mom-make-a-floating-basket/
Native American Navajo Made Pitch Basket
This older Navajo pitch basket is attributed to Etta Rock from Bluff, Utah. It is a beautiful example of a purely Navajo craft. The Navajo started dipping their baskets in hot pitch in order to make them waterproof. By doing this they could make bigger baskets and carry more water, much lighter than using pottery for that task. The Navajo still dip both their baskets and their handmade pottery in hot pitch.
https://greywolftradingpost.com/native-american-Navajo-Made-Pitch-Basket/
This older Navajo pitch basket is attributed to Etta Rock from Bluff, Utah. It is a beautiful example of a purely Navajo craft. The Navajo started dipping their baskets in hot pitch in order to make them waterproof. By doing this they could make bigger baskets and carry more water, much lighter than using pottery for that task. The Navajo still dip both their baskets and their handmade pottery in hot pitch.
https://greywolftradingpost.com/native-american-Navajo-Made-Pitch-Basket/
In the American southwest, resin from pine trees was commonly used for sealing baskets.
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Volume 30, April 2020, 102190
Identification of the natural origin of waterproofing pine pitch in historical Southwest Native American basketry through gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
We identify pinyon pine exudate as the primary resin used to waterproof 14 historical Southwest Native American baskets.
...all 14 of the historical baskets analyzed were waterproofed primarily with resinous material collected from the Pinus edilus species.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X19306996
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Volume 30, April 2020, 102190
Identification of the natural origin of waterproofing pine pitch in historical Southwest Native American basketry through gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
We identify pinyon pine exudate as the primary resin used to waterproof 14 historical Southwest Native American baskets.
...all 14 of the historical baskets analyzed were waterproofed primarily with resinous material collected from the Pinus edilus species.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X19306996
Sciencedirect
Identification of the natural origin of waterproofing pine pitch in historical Southwest Native American basketry through gas chromatography…
Archaeological and ethnographic records document a long and rich history of plant-based resource use by Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest. …
Today, Navajo pitch baskets and pitch pottery stand as a testament to this remarkable tradition of craftsmanship. Initially pitch was used as a means to waterproof baskets. Navajo women would cover the outside of the baskets with goat dung, then dip their baskets in hot pinon tree pitch thereby sealing the basket.
Largest Navajo Pitch Basket | Natural History Museum of Utah
Master basket maker, Etta Rock, a member of the Navajo Nation who lives in Monument Valley, near the Utah-Arizona border
Etta Rock uses a distinctively colored pitch with a reddish hue, collected from pinon pine trees near her home. She melts the pitch over a fire until it reaches just the right consistency and then applies it by hand. She works on the outside first, and then pours it into the inside second, dispersing it evenly with the addition of water to help gently push the cooling pitch evenly across the wicker. Below are some photos of Etta demonstrating her art, published in “Navajo Ceremonial Baskets: Sacred Symbols, Sacred Space” by Georgiana Kennedy Simpson.
https://nhmu.utah.edu/blog/2016/11/15/giant-pitch-basket
Master basket maker, Etta Rock, a member of the Navajo Nation who lives in Monument Valley, near the Utah-Arizona border
Etta Rock uses a distinctively colored pitch with a reddish hue, collected from pinon pine trees near her home. She melts the pitch over a fire until it reaches just the right consistency and then applies it by hand. She works on the outside first, and then pours it into the inside second, dispersing it evenly with the addition of water to help gently push the cooling pitch evenly across the wicker. Below are some photos of Etta demonstrating her art, published in “Navajo Ceremonial Baskets: Sacred Symbols, Sacred Space” by Georgiana Kennedy Simpson.
https://nhmu.utah.edu/blog/2016/11/15/giant-pitch-basket
Natural History Museum of Utah
Largest Navajo Pitch Basket
The largest Navajo pitch basket known to exist is on display in our Collections Wall. Learn about the artist, Etta Rock, and the process of making a pitch basket.
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Photos from “Navajo Ceremonial Baskets: Sacred Symbols, Sacred Space” by Georgiana Kennedy Simpson.
Ingenious ways to create baskets suitable for liquid contents.
Basketry: Practical Utility Traditional Baskets -- Native American Art
http://kstrom.net/isk/art/basket/baskday.html
Basketry: Practical Utility Traditional Baskets -- Native American Art
http://kstrom.net/isk/art/basket/baskday.html
kstrom.net
Basketry: Practical Utility Traditional Baskets -- Native American Art
Native American basketry -- utility baskets for evrydaoy living in nativ American tradition (non-art baskets).
The bitumen of Tell Brak from the Middle Uruk (c.3500 BC) to Late Bronze Age (c.1280 BC): origin and trade routes
Figure 6 Location of samples used in the study. Significance of numbers: 1,Hit; 2, Fattah; 3, Sara, Sati-Qandil Bridge; 4, Zakho; 5, Kifri; 6, Samsat; 7, Kilf oil; 8-9, Kirkuk-Bai Hassan; 10, Fallujah; 11, Damir Dagh; 12, Amam Hassan.
https://medcraveonline.com/JHAAS/the-bitumen-of-tell-brak-from-the-middle-uruk-c3500-bc-to-late-bronze-age-c1280-bc-origin-and-trade-routes.html
Figure 6 Location of samples used in the study. Significance of numbers: 1,Hit; 2, Fattah; 3, Sara, Sati-Qandil Bridge; 4, Zakho; 5, Kifri; 6, Samsat; 7, Kilf oil; 8-9, Kirkuk-Bai Hassan; 10, Fallujah; 11, Damir Dagh; 12, Amam Hassan.
https://medcraveonline.com/JHAAS/the-bitumen-of-tell-brak-from-the-middle-uruk-c3500-bc-to-late-bronze-age-c1280-bc-origin-and-trade-routes.html
Iraq: The Gateway To The Dawn Of Civilisation
Forces Network takes a look at the early history of Iraq...
7th March 2019 at 3:55pm
https://www.forces.net/news/iraq-gateway-dawn-civilisation
Forces Network takes a look at the early history of Iraq...
7th March 2019 at 3:55pm
https://www.forces.net/news/iraq-gateway-dawn-civilisation
Forces Network
Iraq: The Gateway To The Dawn Of Civilisation
Forces Network takes a look at the early history of Iraq...
This passage, written 1,000 years after the time of Sargon, though still pre-Hebrew Bible, will sound familiar to anyone who has read the story of Moses (or has seen the movie ‘Willow’):
“My mother was a priestess, I did not know my father.
My father’s kin live out on the steppeland.
My city is Azupiranu, on the banks of the Euphrates.
My priestess mother conceived me, in secret she bore me.
She set me in a basket of rushes and sealed my lid with bitumen.
She cast me into the river which rose over me.
The river bore me up and carried me to Akki, the drawer of water.
Akki, the drawer of water, took me as his son and reared me.
Akki, the drawer of water, appointed me as his gardener.
While I was a gardener, [the goddess] Ishtar granted me her love.”
“My mother was a priestess, I did not know my father.
My father’s kin live out on the steppeland.
My city is Azupiranu, on the banks of the Euphrates.
My priestess mother conceived me, in secret she bore me.
She set me in a basket of rushes and sealed my lid with bitumen.
She cast me into the river which rose over me.
The river bore me up and carried me to Akki, the drawer of water.
Akki, the drawer of water, took me as his son and reared me.
Akki, the drawer of water, appointed me as his gardener.
While I was a gardener, [the goddess] Ishtar granted me her love.”
Iraq: At The Crossroads Of Empires
22nd March 2018 at 7:58pm
https://www.forces.net/news/iraq-crossroads-empires
22nd March 2018 at 7:58pm
https://www.forces.net/news/iraq-crossroads-empires
Forces Network
Iraq: At The Crossroads Of Empires
A follow on to the Forces Network's history of ancient Iraq.
Genesis 10
8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah, 12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).
8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah, 12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).
Psalm 137
1 By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
1 By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
Revelation 18
2 And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.
11 And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no man buyeth their merchandise any more;
13... and merchandise of horses and chariots and slaves; and souls of men.
23... for thy merchants were the princes of the earth; for with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived.
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that have been slain upon the earth.
2 And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.
11 And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no man buyeth their merchandise any more;
13... and merchandise of horses and chariots and slaves; and souls of men.
23... for thy merchants were the princes of the earth; for with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived.
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that have been slain upon the earth.
... merchandise of slaves and the souls of men.
...And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that have been slain upon the earth.
Includes the blood of all the innocents, born and unborn.
...And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that have been slain upon the earth.
Includes the blood of all the innocents, born and unborn.