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a lo t of c r a z y t h in g s .
T h in g s
o u r l o c a l , s t a t e and n a t i o n a l
l e a d e r s a r e d o i n g t o u s and
some c r a z y t h i n g s we do t o o u r
s e lv e s .
One o f t h e t h i n g s t h a t h a v e
Ju st g o tte n to o c r a z y I s T r o ja n .
A f t e r y e a r s o f l e a k s , s h u td o w n s ,
f i n e s and p r o t e s t s , e v e n t h e NRG
h a s had e n o u g h .
Two h i g h l e v e l
o f f i c i a l s have p u b lic ly e x p re s s e d
d o u b t a b o u t t h e w isdom o f k e e p in g
T r o ja n p lu g g e d In f o r o n e more
d ay l e t a l o n e fo u r m ore y e a r s .
L lo y d M arb et lia s b e e n a r r e s t e d
TWICE. We recom m end t h e s t o r y
by Hope H a r r i s In t h e N o r th C o a s t
T im es E a g l e , I t t a l k s a l o t a b o u t
w hat I t m eans t o s t i l l be c r a z y
en ough a f t e r a l l t h e s e y e a r s t o
t h in k you c a n make a d i f f e r e n c e .
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from PDX In P o r t l a n d s e n d s u s a
s t o r y a b o u t f o l k s in L i n c o l n C i t y
f i g h t i n g more c r a z i n e s s o f a
d i f f e r e n t k in d .
M ore S t u f f . . .
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F r a n c e , from n o n - o t h e r t h e
th a n
W ic k la n d - c o r r e s p o n d e n t 'd e
fo r e ig n .
I t s a i d on on e s i d e ,
" L i b e r t y , E q u a l i t y , and A b s u r d i t y '
w ith a S ta tu e o f L ib e r t y o f f to
one s i d e .
He i s t r u l y a s t r a n g e
man.
A l s o In t h e m a ll was a n o t i c e
from G ln o Sk y a b o u t f i l s new book
"N e a r t h e P o s t c a r d B e a u t i f u l " ,
a s e r i e s o f s h o r t s t o r i e s by t h e
C r e a t o r o f t h e Cowboy B u d d h a.
I t I s a v a i l a b l e from F l o a t i n g
In k B o o k s f o r § 9 .9 5 p l u s § 1 . 7 5
p o s t a g e and h a n d l i n g .
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P .0 . Box 1084 B o i s e , Id a h o 8 3 7 0 1 .
Y e t a n o t h e r t r u l y s t r a n g e man.
S p e a k in g o f s t r a n g e , o u r own
l o c a l la w p e r s o n s h a v e b e en
s l a p p i n g l e a t h e r a g a i n , among
o th e r th in g s .
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s t o r i e s c o n tin u e . . .
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I 'm s o r r y , b u t y o u r s e r v i c e s a r e
no lo n g e r r e q u i r e d .
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w i t h w h at yo u h a v e l e f t o f y o u r
d i g n i t y , and y o u r m i l l i o n s in
c a m p a ig n c o n t r i b u t i o n s . D on ’ t
p u t t h e p e o p le o f y o u r p a r t y
and y o u r s t a t e th r o u g h t h i s
u g ly p ro ce d u re of r e c a l l o r
e t h i c s c o m m itte e s .
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w o r r i e d a b o u t l o s i n g a R e p u b lic a n
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"m o st e x c l u s i v e c l u b " in t h e
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L y e in P o r t l a n d , and The C a n n e s
C inem a in S e a s i d e .
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c le a r e r i t becomes t h a t th e ends o f th in g s a re
in t h e i r b e g in n in g s , w aving l i k e Burma Shave
s ig n s from th e edge o f o u r k jrm a .
L i f e te a c h e s ,
i f n o th in g e ls e , th a t no w heels g r in d f i n e r than
th a n th o s e we s e t in m o tio n by o u r a c t io n s .
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le a rn th a t th e u n fo ld in g o f o u r p e rs o n a l c r e a -
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not make th e m y s te r ie s le s s m y s te r io u s ,
o n ly more in tim a te and c h a rm in g .
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rounds th e b i r t h o f th e new y e a r .
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o f th e h o ly days is th e w in te r s o l s t i c e , a geo
p h y s ic a l cu sp m a rkin g th e r e tu r n o f th e L ig h t .
I t is no a c c id e n t o f th e c a le n d a r t h a t th e s e a -
sen is g iv e n o v e r t o s h a rin g fo o d , c o n s id e r in g
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and re new ing what rem ains
of o u r r e s o lv e .
'Ihe dead o f w in te r c o n fr o n ts us
w ith o u r b e l ie f syste m s.
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once a g a in , our p la c e in th e dream works o f c r e
a t io n .
T h is in m in d , a p la c e s h o u ld be made in
t r a d i t i o n f o i th e e p ip h a n y o f John von Neumann.
Von Neumann was a m a th e m a tic ia n , th e in v e n
t o r o f th e com puter as we know i t , a p io n e e r in
c y b e r n e tic s , and c o in v e n to r o f game th e o ry and
quantum lo g ic .
H is book, The M a th e m a tic a l Foun-
quantum B i b l e '.
In 1932, von Neumann s e t o u t
t o d is c o v e r why th e r e i - a n y th in g .
I t may be
easy to ta k e th e u n iv e rs e f o r g r a n te d , b u t i t
is n o t w r it t e n anywhere in a c c e p te d th e o ry t h a t
th e r e must be so much as a s in g le q u a rk , l e t
a lo n e a c lo s e d and unbouixled u n iv e r s e o f fo u r
d im e n s io n a l s p a c e /ttm e e xp a n d in g in a l l d i r e c
t io n s a t n e a r ly th e v e l o c it y o f l i g h t .
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c e s f u l id ea m th e h is t o r y o f s c ie n c e , von Neu
mann knew t h a t , b e h in d th e b o g g lin g d i v e r s i t y
o f app e a ra n ce s, th e u n iv e rs e i s homogenous-----
composed e n t i r e l y o f quantum s t u f f , each b i t o f
w h ich is l i k e e v e ry o t h e r .
For re a so n s n o t
known and in ways n o t c le a r , t h i s u n m a n ife s t
raw m a te r ia l o f r e a l i t y a r t i c u l a t e s i t s e l f in t o
a l l th a t i s .
Not a m ir a c le , b u t c lo s e .
He a ls o knew, a g a in from quantum th e o r y , t h a t
r e a l i t y is a te n u o u s a f f a i r ----- a t h in membrane
o f o b je c t /e v e n t s d a n c in g on a sea o f p o t e n t ia l.
What r e g is t e r s as r e a l i t y on o u r in s tru m e n ts
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For any
p o in t in s p a c e /tim e , th e re is an a r r a y o f e v e n ts
t h a t m ig h t ta k e p la c e .
In o rd e r f o r th e r e t o
be a n y th in g , a l l p o s s ib le s o m e th in g s b u t one
must d is a p p e a r, c o lla p s e d t o z e ro by some s t a t i s
t i c a l deus ex m achina. Ih e p r o b a b i l i t y l e f t is
w h a t's th e r e when we lo o k .
It) f in d t h i s c o lla p s e o f p r o b a b i l i t i e s , th e
fro n n o th in g , von Neumann
b u i l t a m in im a l e ve n t system c a lle d von Neumann's
c h a in
a s o u rc e , a s ig n a l, and a r e c e iv e r .
There is no s im p le r system s i n c e , i t any o f th. •
lin k s a re removed, th e r e is no exchange o f e n e rg y
and so no r e a l i t y t o t>bsetve.
He f ig u r e d th e
s i t e o f th e c o lla p s e s h o u ld s t i c k o u t l i k e a
s o re thumb.
I t d id n 't .
T ry as he m ig h t, he
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th e spontaneous g e n e r a tio n o f th e u n iv e r s e from
p re g n a n t n o th in g .
Because each l i n k in th e c h a in i s made o f
quantum s t u f f ’ and each b i t is l i k e e v e ry o t h e r ,
th e r e is no p o in t a t w h ich d if f e r e n c e , in th e
fo rm o f o b je c ts and e v e n ts , can a r is e .
In what
has come to be known as von Neixnann's P r o o f, he
showed t h a t , w hatever i t is t h a t c o lla p s e s po
t e n t i a l in t o q u a rk s , b la c k h o le s , and P a r is in
th e s p r in g must l i e o u ts id e o f quantum r e a l i t y .
V<xi Neumann c tx ild t h in k o f n o th in g o u ts id e o f
th e e m p ir ic a l w o rld b u t c o n s c io u s n e s s . W ith
von Neumann'» c h a in , we meet th e g h o s t in th e
m achine and f in d i t i s us.
We a r e , a l l o f u s , lin k s in th e quantixn c h a in .
B eneath o u r d if f e r e n c e s , we a re 'quantum s t u f f ' .
I t is our c h o ic e s and o u r a c t io n s t h a t c o lla p s e
th e p o t e n t ia l o f o u r l i v e s .
In a w o rld w ith o u t
i l l u s i o n , th e re is no th e e und me and th e a p -
p r o p n a t e a c t io n is alw a ys lo v e .
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