Game Of Soldiers

 I halted at the foot at the five page paragraph and thought, "I'm going to have to gather my resources to tackle this". That was a week or two back and I'm still gathering them. Since I laid Gravity's Rainbow aside I've read a couple of Ian Rankins and have laid in a stock of early Simenons. Something in me is craving murder mystery. 

When I was young I was tough-minded about reading books through to the end. That was because

(a) I didn't trust my own taste

(b) I was reading not so much for pleasure but also to educate myself

(c) I had all the time in the world.

Today these conditions no longer apply- or apply with diminished force.

Another thing is I caught Pynchon out. There he was oppressing us with the enormousness of his enormous brain and I found he was under the impression that "evensong", "compline" and "vespers" were synonyms for the same evening service. Also he'd gone and placed a ruined abbey on the cliffs outside Brighton when any fule kno that the only ruined abbey on a cliff is in Yorkshire. "So," I thought, "I'm suffering myself to be schooled by someone who knows less than I do. Sod this for a game of soldiers..."

Question And Answer

 

Q: Do ETs exist? A: Absolutely Q: Have they been visiting us? A: Yes, the evidence is overwhelming. Q: Are they friendly. A: Most of them. Q: What can they teach us? A: In general nothing we haven't already been told by The Buddha, Sri Krishna, Jesus and other enlightened dudes. More specifically that we need to get rid of our nukes and clean up the environment.  Q: Are governments and corporations hiding the evidence? A: Yes, though there are cracks in the wall. Q: Is the US government in possession of ET technology. A: It seems increasingly likely. Q: Does the US have a Space Force that has been going places NASA can only dream of? A: Up until quite recently I'd have dismissed this as science fiction, but hints have been dropped and now I'm merely agnostic...