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1. It’s All About the Story

I am beginning to realize it is a dangerous assumption to think that people actually want to know the truth. I was talking to a sheep-type person the other day and made some comment about the moon landing in 1969. I asked, in a matter-of-fact way, "Do you believe we landed on the moon in …

2. WATCH: The Future of Food is OURS to Decide – #SolutionsWatch

Using our knowledge of the Future of Food agenda, today James explores ways that we can negate that agenda and work toward building up the food and farming systems we will need to build resistant, thriving, independent communities in the future. Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options – …

3. The Play of the Monster Makers

Some days the wind is soft like the fur of a kitten on your cheek, a purr, a whiskered whisper. On those days it carries the fluff of seeds over the tall grasses and lingers sometimes to stir the small creatures living there. The creatures without curiosity who simply exist to slip, slide, slither, fly, …

4. The New Normal Right

OK, this will be one of my non-satirical essays … or mostly non-satirical essays. It will serve as a companion piece to The New Normal Left, another non-satirical essay that I published in April 2023, which was basically just a reiteration of a speech I gave at a conference in London. It went over pretty well back …

5. Remember when Matt Taibbi Called 9/11 Truthers “Hopelessly Stupid”?

I came out as a truther in 2015 with my 9/11 novel, Locus Amoenus. It wasn't an easy decision. I anticipated being called "clinically insane," a "dickwad," promoting "rank steaming bullshit" by the likes of Matt Taibbi. Among other notable left-leaning 9/11 truth debunkers, such as Chris Hayes and Noam Chomsky, Taibbi stands out in my …

6. A Plausibility Probe of 9/11 and COVID-19 as ‘Structural Deep Events’

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of 9/11 Studies has published a new article by Dr. Piers Robinson and Kevin Ryan entitled "A Plausibility Probe of 9/11 and COVID-19 as 'Structural Deep Events'." In this article, Robinson and Ryan develop a new framework for examining major crisis events. Using the "structural deep event" concept coined …

7. Children of Big Brother: What It Means to Go Back-to-School in the American Police State

"Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools that have increasingly come to resemble places of detention more than places of learning." Investigative journalist Annette Fuentes It's not easy being a child in the American police state. Danger lurks around every corner and comes at …

8. WATCH: How ANDOR Exposes the Fragile Power of Tyranny

As surprising as it sounds, the Disney+ show ANDOR – a Star Wars spin-off – was going to be my subject for the next "OffG Recommends"…but then I saw the above video review from Greenjack's Journal, and suddenly my intended review seemed redundant. As the review says, Andor is a brilliant show, subtly written to …

9. AUDIO: Kit Knightly on Reality Check Radio – September Edition

OffG editor Kit Knightly's latest monthly chat with Paul Brennan on Reality Check Radio's Breakfast Show. Kit and Paul talk about the looming US election, the rise of genetically edited foods around the world the on-going social media censorship push and more. Reality Check Radio is an independent radio station based in New Zealand. Tune …