Sharon Sala Shares Information Related to Author Rights by Bartz Anthropic - Writers Beware of AI - Along with Responsive Thoughts from Moi!

 Sharon Sala

If you haven't learned about her latest book, check it out while you are here! 

Over the weekend, I was notified once more, by Bartz-Anthropic settlement, that they have identified additional titles of my books to add to the Bartz-Anthropic claims, bringing the total to 53.

Those are books of mine that were used without my knowledge or consent to inform AI.

There are hundreds and hundreds of writers like me, who's works have been impacted by this egregious action and now that the entities who pirated them lost the lawsuit, they are required to pay back X

amount of money per title to each writer who's works were stolen.

It doesn't make up for what I consider a slaughter of our intellectual properties, but it damn sure will make them sorry.

It boggles the mind how insidious the use of AI has become.

I hope I'm long gone before it takes over the world, because it will unless somebody steps on the brakes.

Those Terminator movies are no longer Sci-Fi.

They're just warnings of what's to come if we continue to ignore.

I'm so fed up with lying politicians, traitors to our country, hackers, and the robo calls from scammers.

May you all rot where you stand.

Previously Shared on Facebook...

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At the same time, I'll take the time to share what has been happening with me... related to that machine that controls our lives to a lesser or greater extent...

But first, a response to Sharon and others who are facing this major, very profitable for criminals problem... And computer people seem to be among that group... I'm willing to give them a slight break because I've personally been working with computers before most programmers have even been born...

And there are others in the United States like me that know little if anything about the technical side of technology and its...benefits...

KEY TO THIS IS THAT THEY MUST KNOW ACTUAL BUSINESS PRACTICES, SUCH AS ACCOUNTING, WRITING, CREATING ARTISTIC RESULTS DIRECTLY FROM ONE BRAIN AND PLACEd ON SOME FORM OF SHARING SUCH AS A BOOK, A GRAPHIC PICTURE, AND MORE... In my opinion, the creative energy of a human brain cannot be replaced by any level of computer...

I was responsible for all information related to West Virginia University facilities, including how they were used, which department was approved to use them, etc. When I first started, much of this was being done manually, and then, at that time, spreadsheets of data codes were submitted for keypunching staff. Yes, so long ago, some of you may not even know the word keypunch. My point is that a certain, prescribed set of data codes was created to develop and maintain a database of all facilities used by WVU across the State. At that time, we were required to provide all such data to the federal government.

But let's move ahead to today, right now, in the United State. Most of the data gathering has been removed. Indeed, the very first act of this president was to delete the federal government data center... and brought in DOGE... That group set about destroying departments, removing the money, moving it to some place nobody knows, not even Congress. Indeed, recently we learned that a DOGE employee provided the entire social security data file to a group outside of the government... We know purchases have been made such as planes for the former head of homeland security and even when she was fired, it was retained for whatever anybody wanted to do with it... Yes, we all know that billions of our tax dollars are being used for anything and everything that the republican party can think of, including a illegal demolition of the Historically Preserved White House and an ongoing attempt to build a ballroom... Which, by the way, the latest on that is that they are working to actually use tax dollars for that, even though the president claimed no tax dollars would be used... He lies about everything...

So why no complementary videos?

Here's a documentation of one of the worst times in my life (dealing only with the computer crap part, LOL) of it all, for right now...

Here's what happened:

With medical issues taking a lot of my personal time, I had not been able to deal with the routine daily happenings on my computer. Reading and sharing about books is my passion and has been for over 20 years... but it had also become an escape from the reality of what is happening technologically... Specifically, the end result that computers play in my own life--and possibly in many other lives who use a computer for their daily careers, such as our wonderful writers...

I knew Windows was updating. Had already determined that my old computer didn't have the capacity to accept the upgrade! My computer seemed to be working fine so I decided, from a purely financial standpoint not to worry about getting support from Windows... I was wrong...

Or, worse, whoever or whatever had invaded my old computer had been there for some unknown period... Who knows?...

Which leads to a blanket statement for ALL sites on the Internet!

Your staff creates a software program without regard to USERS... A definite no-no from one who managed development of systems from the bottom up... And I'm talking from somebody who knows the extremely detailed activities involved in each individual procedure or process...

Let me give you the most recent example... I will be getting back to my old computer, but today's example is perfect for the issue. I wanted to add a video to this post. I opened up YouTube and instantly I was told I had a "Block Ads" on my computer... I didn't put on a Block Ads at this point on a new computer... The popup showed me a set of possible extensions, none of which I had... I marked other and went to my extensions... There was a malware, Norton, Pinterest and AddtoAny...As far as I, the user, am aware, blocking ads is not part of these activities. I followed the instructions as best I could even though I have not had problems with Pinterest or Add-To before and the Malware is now crossed off... Norton remains... I am left with an extension that does not take you to the Norton site and I cannot follow the procedures... NOW WHAT?! I the user have seen some ads on YouTube that I don't support but I have no idea whether they are a threat... So...in order to create this blog post, I would have to stop, do lots of research to find out how to allow YouTube to be used on my computer...Or

I'd have to pay to use YouTube... Because Norton might discover there is unsafe material on YouTube ads???

Which leads me back to the scary mess I got into last week...

Picture this, because I can't reproduce it...

The sequence of these events might be important...

I had just had a popup from Yahoo which related to using their site. I do have a Yahoo email account, but I had not used it for years, so eliminating that was no big deal, so since I was in the midst of loading Norton, I just closed the popup without any action to continue with the installation I had already paid for...

Popups immediately started flying at me...They were about 3 by 6 in size, one right after the other so fast that you could not even read what was being said... I can't even remember whether I saw one that read do not turn off your computer, or whether it was a voice, I was so rattled... Because I had one response to that warning coming out of nowhere... I turned off my computer as fast as I could!

When I later came back and turned on the computer, I was able to proceed with the installation... but I wanted to do a full scan immediately after what had occurred... So I proceeded but got a list of type of scans that were available and chose one called Startup... (I have this running now on a daily basis and watched this morning to see what actually happened--I'll come back to that soon...

So when I had just proceeded to attempt to do a Startup Scan, it started and I immediately got an error statement that said that the computer could not be started... After several times of manually turning off the computer because it was stuck and would not allow a shutdown... - Now realize that this computer had been fully working up until the time I started to work with Norton...OR had refused to agree with Yahoo... (more on that later as well)

Days went by and I tried as many things as I could think of, except one, which worked... I returned the computer to factory status. I "thought" this meant that it would be back to originally set for use... Instead I got screens so technical that I could not even begin to deal with what I saw...

About that time, I decided that purchasing a new computer with Windows 11 might be the only way to go...Actually, I have no alternative. As far as I am aware, the one computer repair company I had used was out of business and I didn't know who else to call...

In any event I now have a new, Windows 11, hp computer which I'm struggling to use... I was able to find my blog, thankfully, and at least most of my sites I use routinely... Main thing after letting readers know it would be irregular times for right now, I've been trying to find out status of Norton... Some things had carried over, although I have no idea how...but the main program was not showing on my program list. So yesterday was spent working to get that up and running... I was told later, that access to my computer was lost at one point, somebody else came on and expected me to start over... I refused...but then went to a search engine site, opened it and got a download and installed...

Only to find that when the Startup run was made this morning, I started getting a list of corrupted files! Identified as a ZIP file, archived, some of which had the word game...

So, If my understanding is right, there is a archived group of corrupted files on my NEW computer...which is sitting somewhere hidden...BECAUSE THE SCAN WAS COMPLETED AND THE COMPUTER PROCEEDED TO OPEN!!!!!

If I were to hypothesize, I might think that when windows moved to the next generation, they left a lot of crap files that had been identified as corrupted and didn't bother to delete them, but just hid them into a corner and built a wall around them...so new owners are paying for space occupied by corrupted unusable files that are taking up space for absolutely no reason... Just another reason not to trust big corporations...

So this morning when I got stuck trying to enter YouTube or pay, I attempted to find a part of the conversation with Norton technical staff I had yesterday, which referred me to several other sites...The following is what I got when I opened what I assumed would be a copy of the dialogue... Yes, I have kept copies of chat rooms many times...but apparently not with Norton...

In any event, Norton had suggested several things, two of which I actually understood and recognized... I was supposed to go to Google and do this or that...or go to Microsoft and do this or that...

So not it seems that security is to be so controlled that each of the users (you and me) must untangle the messes created by each company who, because of "security" purposes, no longer is willing to coordinate with other companies to ensure that conflicts do not arise...

Duh...

What we have now is a security system on top of a security system, on top of a security system, which is controlled by AI advisors who immediately repeat your entire chat message before they even attempt to try to solve your problem, and after that, they may or may not decided that they can solve, or think they can solve, what I need--which did happen once--before technical staff was pulled in...

On Amazon yesterday, I attempted to get access to my total library, the individual there give me a list of instructions, while I was also typing another question, but she left the chat I was told by the program... I left the window open for about an hour and she never came back...

So, now, we have a series of AI robots who are not trained, but we also have untrained customer service or technical staff who often show they don't care about their customers...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_customer_is_always_right

In 1909, our country was built on the philosophy of placing the customer first--that they are always right...in effect saying that if the customer wasn't satisfied, then the company would make appropriate changes to adjust to that individual's needs...

In 2026, the only people who actually follow this is the "individual" who because of training and basic moral standards, works hard to ensure the individual who is asking for service from their corporation/agency is satisfied... Norton was at least trying...

Now in 2026, everybody either sends a review process form which is never seen again or, worse, could care less about meeting the needs of those who need assistance...

Indeed in my experience, the worst group of corporate agencies is those who use computers as a basis for extortion!

I'm going to give just one example, but could continue through many businesses with whom I've had to interact during the last decade...

In the 1960s, AOL was the first, new social site that even had movies made about them... Remember "You Got Mail!"

I joined at that time and have been using AOL since then. Frankly, I have found their email system to be the best and most useful for handling a small business such as book reviewing (both when I was getting paid and after) I've been reviewing books for about 25 years now and aol has most of that information...

Or did, I haven't checked to see what I lost, if anything, as of now...

The big problem is that, I remembered after Yahoo sent me a popup the day my computer died...

That Yahoo purchased AOL

And since that time, my email has increased approximately 300%

On day 1, they put up a notice that if you wanted to eliminate ads, pay us...

I've kept track of some of these each time I get these fake mail notices...

You see, you can hover the "from" address and see who is sending the email. Most are so clearly fake! The length of that location could run up to 100 letters

I considered this extortion immediately and still do...

I am perhaps the only person who still uses aol from the 60s...

Perhaps they wish to penalize the fact that I've never paid for mail...

But then, I've never paid for GMail, or Windows email or just about any social site that exists these days...

Yet, I'm guessing that some of the popups came from my choosing Norton

You see, I've been getting emails from aol from the time I lost Windows 10 support trying to get me to purchase their software--a software I've never heard of...

And seriously, would YOU buy security software from a company that forces fake mail coming to you daily that has to be routinely deleted, which then returns the next day and the next... No company does that type of mailing! It's fake or scam emails of one sort or another...

Some even show no "from" but have my name Glenda in that column...

They are the ones telling me that My account is running out and will be closed to a company I have no interaction with or some variation of a need for emergency action... How cruel can a company be to allow that type of "mail" to be used for purposes of getting paid for NOT sending it?

In any event... When I ordered Norton, downloaded it, I immediately got the Yahoo request to sign something...I didn't...and immediately popups arrived!

I could be blaming somebody wronging...if so, I will apologize if proven my assumption is wrong...

But in the meantime, this is just one example of how big corporations are looking to our government gathering millions/billions of our dollars and spending them on private plates, drunken Secretaries, a use of violence like never before done against our own citizens, our neighboring countries and even faking wars against other authoritarian countries...

While relatives or friends of a man in charge with complete immunity

is robbing the government blind...

And large corporations are following his lead... Nothing is provided as in the past, or a former law--they are being deleted or changed or people are being fired while planes are having more accidents than ever before with no willingness to recognize that the lost staff HAS to be the reason for many of those events...

When Norton, for their own security, forces me, in order to use their product, to be so locked that I have no easy way to say that I'm willing to use YouTube and risk that "their" security is sufficient for me, then we have, as customers or users, to actually use these SOCIAL SITES they claim is for OUR benefit...

IT IS JUST NOT TRUE...

AND WE KNOW IT...

AND IT IS GETTING WORSE...

AS LONG AS THE RICH WANT TO GET RICHER

AND ALSO WANT TO DENY SOMETHING THAT THEY ONCE GAVE TO CITIZENS...OR EVEN ACROSS THE WORLD ACCESS... 

WHILE FORCING THOSE HACKED BECAUSE OF HAVE TO DEAL WITH CONSEQUENCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL...because there is no legal activity now dealing with cyber crime...

WHAT A MESS

WHAT A TIME TO BE LIVING IN A WORLD FULL OF RICH LIARS

WHO CAN'T EVEN TELL A LIE AND HAVE US BELIEVE IT

BECAUSE REALITY OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS SO VISIBLE...

EXTORTION

the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats.

ONE FINAL THOUGHT

WHEN THE COST OF SECURITY FOR USERS IS MORE that needed  BECAUSE NOBODY DOES THE JOB OF LEGAL PREVENTION OF HACKING AND MORE, OUR GOVERNMENT IS FAILING US AT EVERY LEVEL

DURING ALL THIS CRAP I LEARNED THAT MY NAME IS ONE THE "DARK WEB"

PROBABLY THAT SOCIAL SECURITY INFO THAT WAS GIVEN BY A DOGE EMPLOYEE TO AN OUTSIDE AGEN CY...

OR BECAUSE I'M OPPOSE TO WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR DEMOCRACY AND ITS LOSS

JUST LIKE ALL THE CRIMINAL ACTIONS NOW BEING ALLOWED BY ONE POLITICAL PARTY, WHILE CALLING THE REST OF US "DEMONS" IS JUST PLAIN WRONG AND EMBARRASSING TO OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY OF FREEDOM...

IF SOMETHING DOESN'T HAPPEN TO STOP THE CORRUPTION BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, WE MIGHT AS WELL PLAN  ON LOSING EVERY SINGLE PART OF LIFE AS WE KNOW IT...

COMPANIES ACT AS IF THEY ARE DOING US A FAVOR BY PROVIDING GOODS AND SERVICES. TO A SMALL EXTENT THAT IS TRUE, BUT, LET ME ASK YOU, DO YOU EVER GO INTO A GROCERY STORY AND SEE THE ROWS AND ROWS OF JUST CEREALS AND WONDER WHY THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS, WHICH THEN ARE DESTROYED WHEN NOT SOLD?

IT'S BECAUSE, PERHAPS, YOU HAVE BECOME SPOILED TO WHATEVER LEVEL OF RICHNESS YOU HAVE ACHIEVED.

I REMEMBER BUYING ON SALE IN A PAST, PARTS OF A CHICKEN THAT WERE NOT USUALLY SOLD, AND WE ATE THEM AND MADE HOMEMADE NOODLES AND SOUPS WITH THEM...DELICIOUS!

HAVE YOU BECOME SPOILED AND WILLING TO PUT UP WITH THIS CRAP? WHILE CHILDREN ARE STARVING?

WHO IN HELL WANTS TO SEE A GOLD BALLROOM THAT WILL BE BIGGER THAN THE WHITE HOUSE OF THE PRESIDENT WHICH HAS EXISTED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS?

Of course I could go on, but the majority of you know what I am talking about...

Please look to what you can see happening and decide to work against those who care nothing about the majority of we who live in the United States...

Because I guarantee that this president is not going to change from what he has been all his life...a man whose father taught him how to grab federal funds and then building a facility in which he would not rent to certain non-white people... If you don't believe me, you haven't done your research... Start with the 3 books by his niece and nephew after their inheritance money for their father was denied...

Don't be a fool.

If you are scared and concerned and frustrated like I am

Start thinking for yourself and REACT TO REALITY!

A legal system was required because we didn't follow a request to Love out Neighbors

Now Those people who love only riches is stealing from Citizens and getting away with it...

None of us are safe when all corporations are bowing to a president OR are just greedy because they care only for themselves...

No matter what reason, it's OUR MONEY

And something better happen very soon...

Please plan to vote and fight for freedom

Gabby

Ongoing Contributor, Manny Moreno, Poet and Elder, Yaqui Tribe - Writes about Today's World... And More...

 

THE DEFINING

They who try to define me

Want to confine me

But I know

Where I come from

Who I am

I was born

A Moreno

Recorded on paper

A hyphenated American

Racially profiled from the gate

My future mapped out 

By colonized design

To exist under their control

For all of my life

My mind

My spirit

My soul

The European systems

Values

Religious

Distorted History

Their indoctrinations

Precepts

Laws

Entertainment

Oaths

Their Everything

Everything belonging to them

Leaves me naked

To society and the world

My identity determined by

Their definition

Of who I am

How I'm to be regarded as

Nothing more than a shell

Of my ancestral heritage

Of no consequence

No value

Dehumanized

To play the role they

Have created for me

To be

To be accepted

Total assimilation

An imposter to myself

A ball of confusion

A mongrel at best

Rage

My response to all

They have destroyed

And continue to destroy

Is to keep learning

Itom Yoem noki, our ancient language

Our history and culture

To keep our traditions alive

To honor our ancestors

Itepo emouttiak bwe'ituk te Yoeme/Yaqui

I am proud to be Yaqui

I owe no explanations

I have no need to justify

I don't have to ask for permission

I am just responding to what has

Been forced upon me

For centuries

And like my ancestors before me

I live with their inheritance

The fire of resistance

A ceremony

A song

A prayer

Truth

Cannot be extinguished

Cannot be denied

Paas into waata / Peace and love.

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Lioj em chaniavu, ketchem allea.

It's a pretty sunny morning. Got to get going to take care of business.

Later on stopping for a while at the water and drop some tobacco.

How are you all doing on this new day?

Some people have good medicine.

Some people have bad medicine.

Some people have no medicine.

Some people just like to talk like they know something.

Today is a good day to give thanks for this breath of life for ourselves, and for others.

And for this sick world, to heal.

May this day be a grateful one. A happy one.

Nin jiaksi jiba euwate.

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A smile a Day

This elderly woman

Lived on the corner of

South Jupiter and Comet Street

in a nice big mobile home

She kept sparkling clean outside

No weeds or litter on the grounds

Frail and pale

She was

Hair white as snow

Gently

Slowly

Step by Step

Hunched over

She kept on

Going

I remember when

I first waved at her

in passing how

She never waved back

As she was glancing

I tool it personal for a long tme

But I kept on

Waving anyway

Whenever I passed by.

One day

She finally smiled

At me and waved

It made my day brighter

And from then on

She always did

Just Wondering

How would life be

All around for everyone

If time were devoted

To examining ourselves

To see where our humanity

Is stacked up against

Decency

Respect

Patience

Love

Forgiveness

Charity

I fall short

On things I never noticed about me

But I try to change

The unhealthy

Unspiritual things

Within me

Day by day

Growth is like a blade

Of sweet grass I planted

Years ago

And continue to water

Change is a slog

Doesn't happen overnight

Hurts and scares

Fears the unknown

I challenged myself

It was worth the sacrifice

I have more

Respect for myself

For life

More careful

How I walk

Daily in the World

A common man

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Folks, I agree with one of the men who spoke that our Native tribes are the least of who should be considered an immigrant! Yet, Trump who is indeed an immigrant by his heritage, as are all of us, cares only that they are NOT White!  This type of discrimination has got to stop...or else all the rich white supremacist men will be the only ones living in the United States! May God Be with ALL His Children...

Gabby

What's Happening at Book Readers Heaven! Come on, let's hear your thoughts!

 

Hi Everybody! 

Right now, I'm in almost as much of a mess as the US government!

I'll be writing more about it, but I wanted to alert you that my posts may be irregular in the next week or so. 

But I'll be back!

Ooops, no mushy stuff today...

Without even verifying, I can tell you that 3 women voted against the Voting Rights Court decision made by the Republican Controlled Supreme Court... Bought and paid for... by those with lots of money who want all rights which have been fought for over hundreds of years to be removed so that white male supremacists can once again rule... Only this time, all people will become slaves to the MAN...

Yikes, did I just say that?!

Actually I'm pretty happy today... You know why?

Because I received much help from two DEI individuals I met with yesterday regarding the newly discovered AFib heart condition I now have... Within the last month, I went into the emergency room and learned that I now had a heart condition. Yes, Up until now, my heart was going along fine... Sure I had to check out my brain and have a tumor removed... and a hip replaced...lost a few toes... lost some major vision abilities... but I was moving along each day... Now the most important part of my body had decided to cause a little flurry of panic...

But you know, having people caring for you during those times is so very important. You may recall I even wrote about it... talking about singing in the Walmart's Women's Rest Room! Geesh! How does these things keep happening in my life! LOL

You may recall that my singing partner was a Black Woman... Yesterday both of my professionals were non-white... Personally, I cannot imagine a world--a United States without my Black friends--my neighbors from across the world, who I've never met before, but, on the occasion I needed somebody, they were there to guide and support me... Sure, there were some who I had problems with--tragically, they were white.  What has gone wrong in the United States?!

Besides MAGA? Because surely those with lots of money, and which is now being openly demonstrated, there are white men who are willing to do anything for money and power!

A Quick Note. Biden's son's job was NOT a conflict of interest. He was hired individually, whether or not he was paid more than he should? How can that be proven, and remember, he was not indicted for that...

But, now, we have a major conflict of interest which moves into the billions!!! for the Trump family men!

We hear a lot of discussion related to why the war in Iran was even started... NOW we know!!!! 

Of course we have already seen the moves of the president to put money into planes, gold, new ballrooms... Yeah, but nothing related to actually helping support THE UNITED STATES CITIZENS!

You know, while congress, the supreme court and practically the entire government administrators have been making money through one way or another, to the detriment of the United States!

Jen worked in the Government at one time. She was able to meet people who are involved with its inner workings... BUT, other than this report, NOBODY ELSE IS TALKING ABOUT WHY THE WAR IS CONTINUING!

WHY IT WAS STARTED...WHY THEY WANT TRILLIONS MORE TO BUY DRONES AND EQUIPMENT...WELL...NOW WE KNOW!!!

THE TRUMP FAMILY IS BRINGING IN SUFFICIENT MONEY TO MAKE THAT FAMILY THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD...BY STARTING WARS ALL OVER THE WORLD, KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE AND LYING TO THE WORLD ABOUT IT!

I never watch any speeches by our president. But I was thrilled to see the King of England speak to our full congress...

Because of the response!

It was quite clear that our congress may indeed know what is going on, because the King made specific points, such as Ukraine, that caused full applause... Is there hope of more republicans who have been refusing to go against our criminal president actually, after listening to a real leader of people, have gained some semblance of the common sense that once was routine for the majority of our Congress? Perhaps, then, they would not permit the leader of the House to tell everybody to go home and stay and so no response can be made to the needs of the United States, rather than to one man?

But let's get back to the action by the Supreme Court, with just one of my own immediate thoughts... Will the loss of voting rights for women be next? For surely this government has proven, especially during the Epstein investigation, that there is little regard for women other than as sexual bodies to breed... That, I hope you realize, is NOT sarcasm, but, rather, looking back at just how long women's rights took. Remember that Black men were given the vote before women. Perhaps that's why conservatives made such a big deal about the supposed Right to Life rule while, once born, not caring how those children actually were forced to live in poverty, abuse, and more... Think about it... Right now, consider who you are... Are you a woman or a non-white individual? Has the rules such as DEI affected you? Has the removal of funding for Medicaid, public education, and so much more, affected you? Then when you do say yes... Realize that MAGA ACTUALLY MEANS MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN FOR WHITE MEN AS IT ONCE WAS WHEN THEY HAD ALL THE RIGHTS NOW SUPPOSEDLY AVAILABLE TO ALL..

ONLY REASON TO LOOK BACKWARD IS TO MEET PERSONAL NEEDS AND DESIRES OF THOSE WHO LIKED PRIVILEGE FOR THEMSELVES AND NOBODY ELSE. How Selfish!

I think of myself as being like most US citizens who spent the majority of our lives dealing with our own lives' turmoil and expecting the government to move along as it should without our involvement.

How greatly I regret my mistake!

Nor can I understand just how for 250 years that nobody has saw that, as it is now, that at some point, some rebel group within our own government could conceivably have tied up every branch of the government, totally being permitted to bypass supposed safeguards and actually getting away with it! It boggles my tired mind daily as to how we could ever have reached the point in which we find ourselves...

When I first started working in the technical field of facilities, I soon learned that I needed to plan ahead to ensure that mistakes are immediately identified, admitted, and worked on to ensure the issue was eliminated before it actually became a problem or, worse, reality. When I started supervising, the first thing I taught was to not be afraid to come to me when a mistake occurs so that we could work together to ensure solution before it actually meant that two groups showed up for a meeting both in one room...

So, I fume, wondering... How in the world of efficiency have we reached this crisis situation where for the first time ever, our president is being aggressively acting in foreign countries, is ignoring our citizens needs, and with no concern for accountability is skimming millions from OUR TAX DOLLARS on a daily basis!? And, unless a majority of our citizens agrees with me and ensures we vote, no matter what scam Trump has devised to prevent us actually having our votes placed and counted, the Democracy which was guaranteed to us through the Constitution, will be lost through a verification by a corrupt Supreme Court!

I am calmly ANGRY. While I worked to succeed and live in my professional career, there was then, and is now worse, men who seem to be able to do anything they want whether or not the power has been given to them. Can we accept this for our future, knowing just how easily one party with lots of outside money support has corrupted our federal government and is daily doing more destruction to dismantle and take it just like kings did way back even before Christ? (B.C.)

Gabby

Just found this post on FB - told ya'~

Reading The Revelation Relic by Rob Jones - Both a Timely and Critical Exploration of Fiction's Role in Any Culture...

 

Having another shooting in the US last night was just another way to point out that there is something wrong in our country and it's affecting the entire world... Indeed, there have been many more books written at this time, it seems to me, than ever before that is spotlighting the events now occurring in our Culture...

No, I'm not talking about the choice to create what I call a "treasure hunt" book that centers on the Bible. There have been and will continue to be, I am sure, many books written with that book as a central focus. What I'm talking about is "how" and "why" if was written. You see, for me, the use of another book as a basis for creating a new book requires some basic considerations. For instance, in the copyright for the book, it refers to "historical fact" as being a basis for some of the material... Yet, for many of us living in today's United States, we have become abundantly aware that (1) there is at present a determined plan to eradicate historical fact--or change it! (2) there is at present those in politics who are working to deny what we actually see to be true with our own eyes, yet it is denied to the point that legal actions are reflective of that inaccurate set of lies and (3) the insertion of religion within the political arena has become so extreme that any book written at this point is subject to question... or at least to garner closer attention.

But that is not why I decided to explore this book in an essay fashion. I think it is the very first time that I have rejected the use of some characters created for this adventure. My only rational thought was that the author refers to the book as an adventure, thought it would be interesting to younger readers, and decided to include a set of individuals who are actually supposed to be "the good guys..."

From an "adventure" standpoint; i.e., they handle the action and interaction with villain groups well. The problem is that these are individuals who are part of a new government oversight group (I surmised) called HARPA--‘The Heritage, Artifacts, and Relics Protection Agency. Sounds like it would require a group of talented professionals in various fields. What the reader got, however, was an almost constant barrage of dialogue of what you would expect from a group of high school students throwing jabs at each other, and more... For me, it was so inappropriate that it was disruptive to being able to sink into the depth this book required readers in order to follow it. Specifically, this book is heavy with ancient history of "secret" this or that group, together with present-day groups following the trail of the "treasure" for the power that it could or would provide the new owners.

Especially since it centered on the Book of Revelations from the Bible and it's supposed message. In this case, the writer of the Book, John, for some reason, decided to hide the last book he wrote, as given to him directly from God. (I don't know about you, but if God had dictated a book to me to share, I'd have shared that last chapter no matter what it said...)

You know folks, I started this post with a wonderful and enthusiastic praise song by a group who obviously are excited about God! The song they are singing is from Revelations 19. It seems to me that this is the main crux of where the divide really is for people at this point in the United States and perhaps across the world. The corruption of the meaning of words, especially from religious books. 

In fiction, if a mean of a word is corrupted, such as for the fantasy genre, it is up to the writer, AND the reader to decide whether they want to read an entirely new, possibly, vocabulary from another world. Personally, I find it tedious for an entire book, although I learned many different languages from Star Trek when it first was written... LOL

But that was pre-2015, especially, when a master manipulator entered the national political world and began to lie. So much so, that what was true then became false, and what was false was true as long as one individual decided it was, or he used his "power" to change it. He fought about fake news consistently, except for those news stations who chose to play his game and support his lies. And where are we now? Mass shootings at every level of America's culture...

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‘The stories in the Bible are just that – stories. Scary stories designed to keep gullible people like you in line.’--Russian Treasurer Hunter

Neverov was former KGB and he’s been relic-smuggling for thirty years! We have to presume he already knows about Gallo.’

Whoever was involved in these things was always well-armed.

‘Wait for just a second,’ Quinn said. ‘Isn’t the real question why we’re trying to unearth something that might trigger the Apocalypse?’

 It’s considered a matter of vital national security. We have been chosen because we don’t officially exist and any mission we undertake can be totally denied. If we get caught, we get disavowed.’ 

‘We’re not just chasing relic smugglers any more, Hunter,’ Jodie said. ‘If this has something to do with the Revelation and the Apocalypse, then sure, that scares me.’ ‘Revelation and Apocalypse are the same thing,’ Lewis said, mouth full of ham and cheese.

Lewis laughed. ‘Right, so that’s what you think is in store for us? The holy spirit of an enraged god bursting out of an ark and melting us all down?’ 

‘This can’t be about revenge, Colonel,’ Amy said. ‘That’s not the goal of this team. HARPA is here to secure the Revelation relic, Revelation 23 and the Tabula Dei and bring Kandarian to justice.’

I included this particular video because it is easy to follow and does not make an effort to go deeply into the Book of Revelation. But, especially, because he says what it is not... For instance, all the individual pieces that he mentions that can be found in the Bible, none of those issues are included. Except about the Apocalypse. Instead a "lost" last chapter is created which includes symbolic statues of different living things such as an eagle... To me, this is a routine expectation in fiction so I enjoyed reading the background provided for each along with its supposed message... Still there was the continual assumption that doom and gloom follows...

And, of course, that depends upon what choices you as a reader have made as a part of present culture...

Take for instance, if you support war and violence against others, such as is happening right now with the attack on Iran by the President...

You may find that you support war, indiscriminate murder, such as on the streets of Minnesota, or by governmental officials at various levels against citizens... There will always be differences of opinions. And, opinions might change for an issue, such as Abortion, based upon each different circumstance... 

What each of us have accepted merges into one culture, normally. A democracy also allows groups or states to have different rules and regulations; however, as a nation, such as with the Covid Pandemic, normally a nation-wide action would and should have been declared to prevent as many deaths as possible. However, when power overrides the good of the common man, a major division ultimately will occur and must be dealt with.

Actually, if I had not been disrupted by the type of dialogue, I'd have recommended this book as a good "treasure hunt" novel...

Wrapping his arms around Amy’s waist, Hunter said, ‘Can we stay for just one song?’ She rolled her eyes. ‘Go down!’ ‘All I wanted was a dance!’ he said. ‘To the next balcony, Max!’ But he was already leaning over the wrought-iron balustrade and scanning for the next way down to the sidewalk.

Those who think using jokes or sexual innuendo during a business, or, particularly, a tense time, for many will be going too far... Sorry to say, all of these jibes, even if playful,  toward one another was just a reminder of what we are seeing on the news daily... Like J.D. Vance suggesting that The Pope should consider what he is saying as opposed to our so-called president!

So I hope you all understand just how easily this book, mixing death and destruction with references of the Bible, may instinctively result in a need for a writer, in my personal opinion, to better consider the setting of a book in relation to the culture at any given time. Many have pulled out, for instance, the book 1984 to consider in light of today's chaos. There is much that was projected in that fictional novel that appears to reflect today's world, only in this century not the last. Sooner or later, I'll take the time to read this one and perhaps do a similar essay...

Books have a very important role in every culture. They play either a positive or negative role, not necessarily because of how the book was written at the time it was, but because of whether or not, it reflects what we are experiencing in daily life...now...

For instance, for a time, especially in Florida, th governor was pushing for banning books, changing what was being taught, and more...Now it has spread upward and but been pushed behind the scenes due to bigger crises such as tariffs, food and gas prices, loss of medical assistance...and insertion of war into our lives for no acceptable reason, especially from a minority! But this does not mean that a governor such as DeSantis, who was recently in the news, is still trying to negatively impact the cultural lives many have lived for most of their lives.

Feedback on this type of indepth analysis of books in relation to today's cultural issues are always welcome...

Gabby