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    Default Re: Courtney Brown Announcement for February (now March) 2014

    Hi everyone,

    Please check this thread: Great Pyramid at Giza Vandalized to 'Prove' Conspiracy Theory.

    Note that this thread was started on 19 Feb 2014 and there are only nine posts.

    Also take note that this "vandalism and theft" supposedly took place way back in April 2013.

    If you do a little additional research on this story (here, I'll help you) you may see that this story has been all-but completely shut down by mainstream science and media.

    Now leave out all of the debunking portions of these articles and study closely only the portions of the articles that are relevant to what took place.

    Now think about it a little deeper:

    Can you detect any possible twisting of the story? Any possible hints of redirection or even omissions to the story? Is the alleged "scraping of the pigment from a pharaoh’s cartouche" (The vandalism) all they took(?) . . . Or is this being focused-on in order to demonize and discredit these individuals?

    Are there any 'dots' in that story that could possibly connect it to this announcement?
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    Hey Roisin, looks like we made the same connection. I came straight over from Lefty Dave's megalith thread too an posted a link to it here ... just above your post in fact
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    Thanks for letting me know Firinn! Sorry but didn't see your link on that as I was so excited just like you were about those megaliths! I can't wait to find out more about them too!

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    No need for the apology Roisin I think you're so right to be excited, this IMHO, has the potential to render null and void the utter falsehoods being rammed down humanity's throat... once and for all.

    Who knows... could be this is an extremely fortuitous coincidence, coming to light at the same time as CB's announcement... a double whammy, if you will.
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    Quote Posted by Firinn (here)
    Quote Posted by Operator (here)
    Quote Posted by jackovesk (here)
    My bet is the 'Suspense' leading up to the ))) announcement will be greater than the (Announcement) itself...
    I think that there are no more implication postings ... so we need something else to stare at ...
    Will this suffice? Could it even be part of the "Announcement"?

    https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...060#post803060
    Good post! And very interesting too!

    But does it fit within the criteria which has been set by Courtney Brown for this announcement?

    From Post #1
    Courtney Brown"

    Quote A mystery that has confused our civilization for thousands of years will find an answer.
    I can't see that connection.
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    Quote Posted by Harley Hawkins (here)
    Quote Posted by Firinn (here)
    Quote Posted by Operator (here)
    Quote Posted by jackovesk (here)
    My bet is the 'Suspense' leading up to the ))) announcement will be greater than the (Announcement) itself...
    I think that there are no more implication postings ... so we need something else to stare at ...
    Will this suffice? Could it even be part of the "Announcement"?

    https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...060#post803060
    Good post! And very interesting too!

    But does it fit within the criteria which has been set by Courtney Brown for this announcement?

    From Post #1
    Courtney Brown"

    Quote A mystery that has confused our civilization for thousands of years will find an answer.
    I can't see that connection.
    Greetings Harley, on bringing this amazing discovery in to the conversation, I asked the question Could it even be part of the "Announcement"? The word "part" being an important one to give attention to. I'm coming from a viewpoint where there is a portfolio of corroborating "evidence" that makes up the Announcement.

    A mystery that has confused our civilization for thousands of years will find an answer. The mystery... perhaps truth about our past (or lack of) is "part" of the mystery. It's has no doubt been a key player in stoking the furnace of our civilization's confusion. A discovery such as this, could surely qualify worthy of inclusion in the aforementioned portfolio? If not, it can only do good, regardless. As I said earlier,

    Quote Who knows... could be this is an extremely fortuitous coincidence, coming to light at the same time as CB's announcement... a double whammy, if you will.
    The conqueror and king in each one of us is the knower of truth. Let the knower awaken in us and drive the horses of the mind, emotions, and physical body on the pathway which that king has chosen.
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    Not sue if this has been posted already... If so please DELETE

    Courtney Brown Prediction (NEW ZetaTalk)

    February 8, 2014

    Quote Are the Zeta's pressuring the TPTB r/t Courtney Brown's (CIA, NASA?) announcement that there is going to be an undeniable "announcement" in February 2014? Is that "remote viewed" announcement related to Planet X? Hmmmm. [and from another] January 22, 2014. http://www.transients.info/2014/01/a...om-courtney-br... Something important is going to happen sometime next month, February 2014. Nothing can stop it now. There will be an announcement, and the world will change on the date of that announcement. Part of that announcement will happen on this Facebook page, right here. In the beginning, only a few will understand the significance of the announcement, and what it means for all of humanity currently living on this planet. Some will laugh, and some will cry. But in time, the world will come to know that life on Earth changed significantly on that day in February 2014. A mystery that has confused our civilization for thousands of years will find an answer. And from that answer, a new direction for the future growth of our species will arise.
    Courtney Brown’s remote viewing operation at the Farsight Institute of course has links to the CIA, which from its beginning has been interested in what remote viewing via telepathy could bring in the realm of intelligence gathering and subliminal influence from the mental intrusions that telepathy can afford. The Kremlin likewise has studied such use of telepathy extensively. The CIA has remote viewing squads that it employs to harass or interrogate high level targets. The public hears little of this because there are no overt recruitment campaigns as, for instance, the Army seeking enlistments at colleges.

    How does the CIA locate those with inherent talent in telepathy? Enter Courtney Brown and his Farsight Institute. Under the guise of research, those with native talent are identified and the CIA notified. This is not a one-way street. Courtney gets something in return. The CIA is aware of matters in the political world well before the media is allowed to report upon it. The pending announcement admitting the presence of Nibiru, aka Planet X in the inner solar system, is one such tidbit. Did Nancy know it was February?

    Nancy and the Pole Shift ning moderators were informed in December that this would be the date, “mid Winter and after the Holidays”, which was stated in vague enough terms that it could not be pinned down. Listen to Nancy’s MUFON interview from December 13, 2013 for proof of this. The date is fixed, but known to hundreds because the three countries involved - Russia, China, and the US - are bracing for the date. The CIA is very much in the know, and hoping to boost Courtney’s book sales and Institute activities, so leaked the date to him.

    Quote http://www.metrotvnews.com/metronews...iba-Tiba-Surut Sea water along the northern waters of Banten since yesterday, Tuesday (Feb 4), suddenly receded up to one kilometer from the shoreline. Even in the middle of the sea appeared mainland as the winding road that connects the Coral Antu with small islands in these waters. Receding water left many dead fish. Fishing boats are also stuck in the mud. This phenomenon makes people worried at the same confusion. [and from another] Tsunami http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami A drawback will occur as the shoreline recedes dramatically, exposing normally submerged areas. Drawback can exceed hundreds of metres, and people unaware of the danger sometimes remain near the shore to satisfy their curiosity or to collect fish from the exposed seabed.



    What would cause land in a sinking region to rise such that the sea recedes from the shore? Such an exposed sea shore, with fish suddenly out of the water and boats stranded, is famously known as a warning sign for a pending tsunami. The water recedes and then comes back with a vengeance. The Indonesian island of Java is sinking, as part of the 7 of 10 plate movements, and this has been going on for three years. Jakarta holds the sea at bay with sea walls but is below sea level to the extent we predicted in 2010.

    Why would a region near Jakarta find itself rising from the sea, then, as occurred in Banten recently? A land mass that is being pushed under another, as is happening along the Sunda Plate border wrapping to the south of Java, does not always slide smoothly. There are catch points where the slide resists, and the land being pushed under will heave, rise, during this time. This does not mean that the normal configuration will not return, after the slide is forced. And when the normal configuration returns the land will be lower than before. Banten should thus be wary.

    Quote Medvedev instructed to send large state offices in the Far East. The Zetas have stated that the announcement will be in a few weeks. Obviously it is not a coincidence. [and from another] http://www.ntv.ru/novosti/838498/ Today the prime minister instructed to transfer to the Far East a number of large state-owned companies and the federal bodies of executive power. Proposals for the Far East , which will be created in the advanced development of the territory, the government should prepare to June 15.


    ZetaTalk has from the start of the ZetaTalk saga in 1995 stated that Siberia will be flooded, the world flooded in the Aftertime to an average height of 675 feet. As the flood maps clearly show, except for a hillock near Moscow and the Ural Mountains, Russia will have to migrate to its eastern sectors to be above the waves in the Aftertime. Russia has highlands aplenty there, and these are lands which will be more tropical and temperate than Russia has been in the past, a boon to their survivors. Russia’s far east is under populated, due to the cold, so can absorb its migrating population in the future when crops will flourish there. The Russian government takes ZetaTalk seriously, as do the Chinese, and these steps to move their government functions to their eastern sectors should be no surprise.

    http://zetatalk.com/ning/08fe2014.htm

    PS - Here's a thought...

    Who's 'CRAZIER' (Zeta-Talk's) Nancy Leader or Courtney Brown...

    PSS - Or...Here's one out of (Left-Field)

    The 'Date' has been changed on several occasions due to Courtney & his buddies at the CIA being behind schedule in their planning for the (Orchestrated EVENT)...
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    Default Re: Courtney Brown Announcement for February (now March) 2014

    well feb is over and nld no new things being announced lmao

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    Laugh at yourself then 'cause you haven't been paying attention!

    (And I'm only playing!)

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    Default Re: Courtney Brown Announcement for February (now March) 2014

    Text Version:
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    Courtney Brown
    9:05 PM

    Quote IMPLICATIONS POSTING #14:

    AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WILL EXPLAIN THE PAST AND POSITIVELY
    INFLUENCE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION ON
    EARTH WILL BE MADE ON THE IDES OF MARCH 2014



    Notes:

    1. This is one of a series of “implications postings” that refer to an announcement that will
    be made during the month of March 2014. Once made, news of this announcement will
    be available at www.farsight.org and elsewhere.

    2. These postings are designed to encourage broad public discussion of the March 2014
    announcement. They do not directly address the specific content of the announcement.
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    Quote Posted by Harley Hawkins (here)
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    Quote
    Wow, that is a pretty bold commitment to the date of the announcement.

    March 15th, right?. Very well, looking forward to it!

    And, so, if it is delayed again, this implies, what then??

    (perhaps it implies the content of the post I will make after March 15th...)

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    Quote Posted by Arc (here)
    Wow, that is a pretty bold commitment to the date of the announcement.

    March 15th, right?. Very well, looking forward to it!

    And, so, if it is delayed again, this implies, what then??

    (perhaps it implies the content of the post I will make after March 15th...)
    Probably won't need to worry about it, Arc.

    Because it looks like they're cooking something else up that'll completely bury it anyway.

    https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...ne-Right-Now--

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    "Beware the Ides of March"...

    The 'DEATH' of something we already knew...

    'Old' to some, 'New' to others...


    "Beware" comes from the command "be wary" which means "be cautious, be careful, be afraid of".

    Quote March 15th marks a very inauspicious anniversary. Like a black cat crossing your path, the Ides of March has become a metaphor for impending doom. How did a day that was once celebrated by the Romans become so heavily cloaked in superstition?

    The Ides of March is a phrase derived from the Latin idus, a term marking the 15th day of March, July and October as well as the 13th day of other months in the Roman calendar year, and the Latin martii, “March,” which is derived from the Latin Mars, the Roman god of war. The “ide”marks the halfway point of the month—most likely alluding to the day of the full moon. Apparently, devised by Romulus, the mythical founder of Rome, the early Roman calendar cited other dates of the month by counting backwards from the kalends (1st day of the month), kones (the 7th day of March, May, July and October; the 13th day in other months) and of course, the ides.

    Once a celebratory day dedicated to the Roman god, Mars (complete with a military parade) the backstabbing of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. cast a dark cloud. Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” immortalized this dark moment.

    Written by William Shakespeare around 1599, “Julius Caesar“ portrays the assassination of the Roman dictator by a group of conspirators. After ignoring the warnings of a soothsayer, a person who professes to foretell events, who uttered the phrase “Beware the Ides of March,” Caesar is stabbed 23 times in the back.

    http://blog.dictionary.com/ides-of-march/
    PS - That's enough (Soothsaying) for now...



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    No Thank You jackovesk

    But Thanks Anyway!

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    Quote Posted by Harley Hawkins (here)
    No Thank You jackovesk

    But Thanks Anyway!

    Just havin a bit of 'Fun' Harley...

    Thanks for not ripping into me, good to see your (Sense of Humor) is still in tact...

    I've said what I've had to say earlier in the 'Thread' as to what I think the (ANNOUNCEMENT) is about...

    So until that (Announcement) I'll plead the 5th & try and entertain the 'Troops' ((Correction: "Myself")) as we slowly & painfully edge closer towards the 'Ides of March'...
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    New discoveries on Mars might be a discussion gateway into alien life and a connection to them in our past. What if it was officially announced that everyone has alien DNA. Or big Daddy is back in town to see what we've become. Was it Enki, or Enlil?
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    Maybe 'James Gilliland' knows 'Exactly' what's going on...



    The Event, Bankster Suicides And Return Of Anunnaki..!!!

    Posted on February 26, 2014

    It has been a while and it is time for an update...

    Quote A major portal has been opened on Maui, the heart chakra of the planet...
    It has been a while and it is time for an update. A major portal has been opened on Maui, the heart chakra of the planet. There have been 20 others. The Earth now is being flooded with light and higher dimensional light beings. Yes, this includes their light ships as well. These higher civilizations (which we will refer to as the greater family of man rather than ET which has been given a fearful twist by Hollywood, the disinformation campaigns, etc.) is appearing globally, keeping the UFO reporting centers extremely busy. I might add some of the UFO reporting centers are not operating from the highest integrity as many know the ongoing UFO activity at ECETI has virtually been ignored. This is a precursor to what many call the EVENT.

    https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...237#post803237
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    I think the only question that humanity has been asking for thousands of years, would be where do we come from. Other would be what is the meaning of life, but I don't think that that will be answered anytime soon.

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    If we are going to talk about the murder of Julius Caesar, then Shakespeare is perhaps not the best investigator to be quoting. I am not dissing Shakespeare, who gets full marks for his painting of the big picture in Hamlet for example, but here he definitely drops the ball.

    If you have never read Michael Parenti, prepare to do so now. In his book The Assassination of Julius Caesar, a People’s History of Ancient Rome the historian paints Caesar as the best approximation to a representative of the people who did what little he could to make life easier for ordinary folk, but this was too much for the wealthy elite who ousted him. Take this portrait of Brutus for instance:

    Quote So too is Marcus Brutus hailed as acting only from upright motives. Brutus could not hide his distaste for Caesar’s reforms, showing little sympathy for destitute petitioners and much concern for the brimming purses of the rich, especially his own. He was a leading conspirator in the assassination of a great popular leader, who had pardoned him and treated him well.

    Shakespeare dubs Brutus ‘the noblest Roman of them all,’ and has him saying ‘I can raise no money by vile means / By heaven I had rather coin my heart / And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring / From the hands of peasants their vile trash.” The reality is something else. Brutus was a usurer of the worst sort and a spoliator to boot. Having lent money at 48 percent interest (instead of the usual 12 percent, which was usurious enough), the noble Brutus then demanded that the Roman military help his agents collect the debt from the hapless Cypriot town of Salamis, in 50 B.C. At Brutus’s insistence, the town council was besieged until five of the elders starved to death. Even Cicero was horrified by the terms of a loan that brought ruination to the Cypriot community. He was also put off by Brutus’s arrogant and uncivil tone when dealing with the matter.

    Brutus once wrote to the people of Pergamum that if they gave money to Dolabella willingly, they must confess that they had wronged Brutus. But if they gave unwillingly, they can prove it by giving willingly to Brutus. On another occasion he wrote threateningly to the Samians because their contributions were ‘non-existent’. Still, most classical historians have not an unkind word for Brutus, preferring to treat this money-grubbing assassin as a principled and unblemished defender of the Republic.

    So there remains a double standard. Leaders who take up the popular standard are faulted as the power-hungry authors of their own unhappy fates, while the assassins are depicted as the disinterested stalwarts of republican virtue. As best we can tell, the Roman people themselves did not see it that way. (p.146-7)


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