Zan Zig performing with rabbit and roses, including hat trick and levitation. Advertising poster for the magician circa 1899. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The magician’s ability to pull rabbits out of his hat, and the Federal Reserve’s ability to “spin currency out of thin air” are both tricks that appear to be “magical” rather than mathematical. But both “tricks” depend on the magician’s–or the Fed’s–ability to deceive the public. In every case, the deception is intended to pick your pocket.
Why do people so enjoy being deceived by “magicians”? We know the “magicians” are merely very clever illusionists–and yet, we pay money to see them perform their “tricks”. We pay to be deceived. I find that disturbing because, in the end, all of the “tricks” are lies. We pay to be lied to.
Hollywood is another “magician” that presents us with an endless stream of fascinating stories that are every bit as skillful as any magician’s trick. Like the magicians’ tricks, Hollywood’s movies are fictional and therefore lies. Again, we pay to be deceived and lied to.
If we knew why people are so fascinated by the lies perpetrated by our “magicians,” we might also know why people are so similarly fascinated by the lies committed by the Federal Reserve that we’ll allow that fraud to persist until it destroys our nation.
Why are we so susceptible to lies? Why do we delight in believing that which we know is not only untrue but often even impossible? I have little doubt that our fascination with lies is the key to our personal and national destruction.
Here’s an insightful video on the sleight-of-hand that’s routinely perpetrated by bankers and governments in order to deceive—and rob–the public.
video 00:09:58
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/either-you-believe-math-or-you-believe-magic
Don
September 19, 2012 at 2:02 PM
Re: Why are we so susceptible to lies?
It’s much easier to believe a lie than something true.
James Barnes
September 19, 2012 at 2:14 PM
Well the real problem is if anyone but certain agencies creates so called money from nothing they call it counterfeiting and will even kill you over it. Many many cases to prove that. Hell if you just offer real money freely exchanged between consenting adults they’ll call you a domestic terrorist and lock you in a cage. Mr. Van Nothaus and the Liberty Dollar. The criminals will maintain control of their magical fountain of wealth in order to steal and rob the American people until they get a freaking clue, and do something about it.
Anon4fun
September 19, 2012 at 2:21 PM
A magician is a false god who flatters you with his attention.
Jethro
September 19, 2012 at 2:36 PM
Truth means confronting reality. Lies mean avoiding reality. The former can be a tough road; and while the latter appears to be easier, it will ultimately be tougher. Yet most will choose the lies because it gives the appearance that responsibility can be avoided indefinitely.
sem
September 20, 2012 at 8:28 AM
Very ‘truthfully’ and factually stated Jethro.
In fact, I would go even further in asking (hypothetically), “Why does an individual tell a lie?”
Answer. For FEAR of the consequences of telling the ‘truth’!
PeaceOut=GracefulExit
James Barnes
September 19, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Well Satan is the father of lies right? Well, cops are legally allowed to lie to you, judges are outrageous liars, (I’ve personally witnessed this in 4 states) politicians do almost nothing but lie, but I digress. Draw your own conclusions. Gods Peace to all.
The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.
-Stephen King
sem
September 20, 2012 at 8:40 AM
James:
Excellent connectivity.
your comment builds on Al’s previously stated, “Legal/Lawful” argument. Indeed, just because something is truthfully stated, does not make it the ‘truth’. If we recall the how Satan attempted to lie to Jesus upon being confronted; it speaks to lies mixed with truth. We are instructed, therefore, to know the truth, for the truth will make you free.
PeaceOut
sem
September 20, 2012 at 8:22 AM
Food for thought (excerpt from Jim Sinclair dtd 19SEP12):
Jim,
I had a very strange morning at the bank. I went to withdraw $5,000 at a Bank of America and I was given strange looks by the teller and half jokingly probed by the teller and the manager asking if I was “buying something special”. It took them over 5 minutes to do the transaction which required the bank manager to enter in all types of codes and examine my account and ask what type of business I was in. To my surprise they didn’t have enough $100 bills so they had to complete the tally with $20′s. Then I left the bank to purchase something and realized that I forgot to put one of my watches in my safe deposit box. When I returned to the bank I was asked “wasn’t I there earlier?” This time not so jokingly.
CIGA Anonymous
Congratulations,
You are the subject of a “Suspicious Transaction Report” which is now generated by all banks on any withdrawal of cash in excess of $3000.
This “STR” will go to the Federal Reserve, Inland Security and the IRS, amongst others. That is why they looked at you as if you had two heads.
They were not joking at all.
Sorry, you should have asked me first.
Jim
tim
September 21, 2012 at 11:20 PM
I had a similar situation at my credit union. What are you buying etc. etc. over $10,000. It just turned into a f’n 45 minute ordeal. I keep my cash stashed at home now I feel safer taking a chance with a break in than the f’n bank.
These banks claim to have all these huge funds, but watch them squirm over $10,000 -this should be chump change to them!
James Barnes
September 20, 2012 at 9:31 AM
I would have said yeah, I found a very reasonable rocket launcher to bring down criminal drones flying over my private property and trying to spy on my life. Why exactly, do you care? then I would have gathered their information for my records :). Turn the tables on these stupid sheep. Learn to use their own words against them. Uncover their lies and deception. Light never flees from darkness but darkness will always flee from the light. Read, learn and use the reason the creator gave you and NEVER be deceived by liars.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual’s own reason and critical analysis.
-Dalai Lama
Peace and Love to You All.
tim
September 21, 2012 at 11:14 PM
Very good read and video, thanks Alfred.
sem
September 23, 2012 at 3:32 PM
An excerpt from JSMindset:
This is an ancient observation true even today – that most people spend their childhood in pranks and play, their youth in sports, pleasure and pastime, middle age in plans and schemes to pile up a fortune, and old age in hospitals trying to bolster failing health through failing wealth. Earning and spending, one fills their time with work and worry. People are busy with a number of attempts to earn happiness, but success is little and short-lived. The only panacea for all ills, the effort that will result in total victory is the control of the mind, which is the master of the senses. Every sense organ is an outlet for energy that binds one to the objective world. The senses are induced by the mind to move out and attach themselves to objects. You must make the mind submit to wisdom, which discriminates between right and wrong. Then the mind, instead of harming, will help you.
–SSB, Oct 2, 1965