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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Ship of Fools


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I thought it appropriate to post this bog on April fools day. You may immediately think that I am playing a trick on you, so read on and see what the punch line is. And then the inevitable, April fool!

Now I wouldn't do that to you would I?

In a previous blog I discussed some recent events at the Capitol building in Washington DC on January 6th where I identified a fool in the mob, the buffalo headed Sharman, Jake Angeli. In that article I talked about the role of the fool in bringing about change, how the fool, or joker, has the power to flip our perception of reality. 

Plato's allegory of the 'ship of fools' illustrates a ridiculous problem that he originally attributed to democracy (but seems to have a wider appeal) in Book VI of 'The Republic'. "Imagine then a fleet or a ship in which there is a captain who is taller and stronger than any of the crew, but he is a little deaf and has a similar infirmity in sight, and his knowledge of navigation is not much better. The sailors are quarrelling with one another about steering - everyone is of the opinion that he has a right to steer, though he has never learned the art of navigation and cannot tell who taught him or when he learned, and will further assert that it cannot be taught, and they are ready to cut in pieces any one who says the contrary. They throng about the captain, begging and praying him to commit the helm to them; and if at any time they do not prevail, but others are preferred to them, they kill the others or throw them overboard, and having first claimed up the noble captain's senses with drink or some narcotic drug, they mutiny and take possession of the ship and make free with the stores; thus, eating and drinking, they proceed on their voyage in such a manner as might be expected of them. ... Now in vessels which are in a state of mutiny and by sailors who are mutineers, how will the true pilot be regarded? Will he not be called by them a prater, a star gazer, a good-for-nothing?" 

What results is a drunken pleasure cruise with one wondering whether or not they will arrive at the set destination in one piece?  The allegory like his earlier cave allegory questions our perception of what is real. Likewise the ship of fools suffer from a type of cognitive dissonance and are oblivious as to the true state of reality. 

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The Evergreen running aground
Imagine another ship, a very large Globalist modern day cargo container ship, about the size of a 14 storey building and the length of three football fields, by the name of Evergreen running aground in the Suez Canal just a few days ago. At the time I started writing the ship was still wedged firmly between the two sides of the canal completely blocking all shipping. There were hundreds of ships waiting in line with billions of dollars worth of merchandise. 

In effect the Evergreen ship, Ever Given, blocked approximately 12 percent of  the world's shipping and could have been wedged there for weeks while they may have possibly had to evacuate the containers so that the ship would be able to ride higher in the water with the expectation of rescuing the container mega-ship. European leaders called it a worldwide disaster as 8 percent of the oil and 8 percent of the liquified gas was held up. It was not just a problem with supply and demand but it also caused an economic disaster, particularly in Europe. 
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Would I call this a modern day "ship of fools"?  Yes, precisely because of the erratic nature of the behaviour of the ship's pilot before and during the entry into the canal.  This is an extremely unlikely accident as it is requires a deliberate turn in order to hit both sides of the bank. Some have claimed that a sand storm blew the ship off course but it was unlikely to alter the navigation of such a large ship.

While waiting in turn to navigate the canal the ship made a swag of manoeuvres: as it changed direction the satellite tracking (see picture on the above right) recorded Ever Given's journey through the waters of the Red Sea during the waiting period.  However, the recorded digital trail did not appear to be random wanderings but depicted, instead, a male genitalia motif. Were those guiding the ship drunk or was this a joke aimed at those doing the tracking? If so was the running aground in the Suez canal also a joke? A very expensive joke.  Or was the whole charade deliberate? 

There were some interesting synergies (or were these deliberate clues to add some further mystery to the tragedy). The call sign for the cargo ship was 'HRC'(H3RC), similar to the CIA's codename for Hillary Rodman Clinton? As if by coincidence one of the attending tug boats went by the name, 'Barak'. Stranger still was the name of the other ship that sounded like 'Mossad' (one vowel different and with one s missing but sounding the same). Was it another coincidence that an Evergreen truck blocked traffic (see below - right) on a Chinese highway on the same angle as the ship?

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For a mega-ship of this size representing the Globalist order one would expect that there would not be one mistake but a series of errors for it to go off course. There would have had to be a comedy of errors (so to speak). Was this incident the result of tricksters playing an April fools day joke a little ahead of time? Was this caused by a ship of fools on a drunken binge? Was this a deliberate attempt at sabotage by the so called 'black hats' or alternatively by the 'white hats'? One wonders what is in the containers! When they are unloaded we may find out, or then again, we may not. What we know for certain is that if you take a look at the Red Sea from a satellite camera you will see the entry point looks like the two long ears on a rabbit's head. Is this an omen to tell us that we are going down the rabbit hole (or sewer/Suez)? The event coincides with International Waffle Day!! The situation becomes biblical occurring on the eve of the Jewish Passover when the ancient Jewish (Hebrew) people escaped 400 years of slavery in Egypt (the Globalists of the day) by parting the Red Sea and crossing to the Promised Land led by Moses (an Egyptian raised ruler but of the people).

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However you look at this unfortunate and ridiculous incident, you have to ask the question in relation to the bigger picture, "What does this mean for global trade in the future?" This situation caused major economic disaster affecting many of the world's economies especially as it comes on the heel of the recent COVID 19 pandemic that spread around the world at an amazingly rapid pace and almost brought the world to its knees. 

Ironically, a week later, the ship having been dislodged is now being inspected while birthing in the Great Bitter Lake, which is situated along the Suez Canal. 



The book extract: Plato's Republic: Bbook VI

Links: 

April fools:The roots of an international tradition

The truth about the Suez Canal Crisis: The supply chains breakdown: YouTube: The Atlantis Report

Controversial Track of the Container ship Ever Given that Blocked the Suez Canal: YouTube

Another Anon dives into Evergreen: YouTube: Radio Patriot

10 of the best jewish tweets about the pre-passover Suez Canal Blockage:YouTube

1 comment:

  1. Update 1st April: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n140sTFsAGo

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