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What if the Palpatine we saw in Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker was not the “real” Palpatine at all?  What if he was some kind of replica without an iota of Palpatine/Sidious’s spirit whatsoever?

There is precedent for such a notion.

In Timothy Zahn’s two-part “Hand of Thrawn” novel duology from the late Nineties, the galaxy hears whispers about the return of Grand Admiral Thrawn.  Thrawn in the still-venerable expanded universe, you may recall, was killed toward the end of The Last Command.  The galaxy thought he was dead.  But he prophesied that he would return in ten years’ time if he ever was thought to have died.

Long story short, it turns out that at Thrawn’s hidden fortress (see what I did there?) in the Unknown Regions, the grand admiral had prepared a clone of himself.  It had been in stasis all that time.  Just waiting ...

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As of tonight it has been 120 hours since the series finale of Stranger Things dropped on Netflix.  And in that time the Internets have been going full-blown wacky with theories and speculations.  It’s the kind of debate and discussion that I can’t remember seeing in a very long time, at least not since the Lost finale almost sixteen years ago.

I have now watched “The Upside Down” twice all the way through and numerous bits and pieces of it since it went live on streaming.  And I thought it was the most beautiful thing that I’ve seen on the television medium in quite awhile.  But if you’ve seen it also, you’re well aware that it left a few things dangling.  Not “critical” information, but we are certainly teased a bit about what becomes of these characters who we’ve followed for almost a full decade.  The Duffer Brothers, the creators ...

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The largest ejection of charged particles from the Sun since 2005 is currently speeding toward Earth at 5 million miles per hour. It’s due to hit us sometime tomorrow.

In recent months I have made it known that for the past number of years, I have been observing a correlation between this kind of solar activity and an increase in significant seismic activity. You can read about them here and here and here and most recently from October here. So in keeping with that, I am going to strongly suggest that this latest storm of energy which the Sun is throwing at us could possibly trigger severe earthquake activity.

Just something to maybe bear in mind these next few days and weeks…...

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Less than 24 hours following my most recent post regarding a theory I’ve been developing about seismic activity, Turkey was hit with a 7.2 earthquake.

In keeping with this blogger’s goal of observation and collecting data, I will now state that if there is indeed validity to the theory, that there will be a significant possibility of severe seismic/geological activity within the next three to four weeks of this writing, with a chance of occurring much sooner. That seems to be the window of “opportunity” (for lack of a better word)....

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On September 26th I wrote about a theory that I have been developing for some time now and in regard to that, there was a strong possibility of a moderate to severe earthquake happening in the near future. Well it’s been almost a month since then and I thought it would be wise to revisit that prognostication…

There has been an increase in geological activity since I posted that, particularly around the Pacific Rim (the so-called “Ring of Fire”). In addition there have been numerous earthquakes in excess of 4.0 Richter throughout the American Southwest following the “forecast” (or whatever one wishes to call it) and now increasing volcanic activity in Iceland and a very interesting rise in earthquakes around El Hierro in the Canary Islands.

So what does this mean for my theory?

I suppose it could be some validation, but something like this still needs long-term data before ...

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This afternoon, September 26th 2011, I am stating that there is a strong possibility of a moderate to severe earthquake occurring during the next few weeks.

Don’t know where. The theory I’ve been developing ain’t that refined yet.

However, I will note that during this past year I have made such “predictions” (though I’d rather find a better word for it) among friends, and every time there has been some significant seismic activity: from the Tokyo quake to the recent one that rattled us here on the East Coast.

We’ll see what happens in the next month or so. And if something occurs geologically, I’ll elaborate at greater length on this theory (which does seems to have some merit to it…)...

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Yah, maybe. Like a few days ago when I posted the “Dark Entity is trying to escape God’s judgment” notion.

Here it is this time: “Adam and Eve” are going to turn out to be Sawyer and Juliet.

Go back and watch this past week’s episode “What Kate Does” again. Trust me it is not a “filler” episode like too many are saying it is. After going through it for a third time I can’t help but think that there are some huge chunks of Lost mythos – that we have been hungering for – that were laid bare at last.

Here’s a hint to help you along: you also need to go back to “Not In Portland”, which was the first Juliet-centric episode. ‘Cuz the two episodes kinda, sorta go hand in hand.

If y’all are seeing the same thing that I am, feel free to post a ...

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This may or may not bear out as anything accurate to where Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse are taking Lost, now in its final season. But there’s a zillion other theories out there, might as well add my own to the madcap mix!

It hit me like a mallet between the eyes late last night, during the 22 hours that the electricity was out from this winter storm. The first big clue was the title of the Season 6 premiere episode: “LA X”.

Perhaps a play on LAX, the abbreviation for Los Angeles International Airport where Oceanic Flight 815 was heading toward from Sydney, Australia. Of course, Oceanic 815 crashed on the Island and set into motion the events of Lost…

…but as we saw in “LA X”, following whatever it was that Juliet did at the Swan site in 1977, an alternate reality was created: one where ...

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In 1939, a young French student named Bernard d’Espagnat began considering that behind the empirical world of mass and energy, there might be something even more fundamental to our universe than we can measure. Reality, d’Espagnat came to argue, is only the sum of what we have observed… and may be a thin veneer over what is truly at work in the cosmos.

Seventy years, twenty books and many journal articles later on what he refers to as “veiled reality”, Bernard d’Espagnat has been awarded the Templeton Prize: a yearly reward of $1.4 million to that “honors a living person who has made an exceptional contribution affirming life’s spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works.”

If you’ve an interest in things like physics, quantum mechanics and relativity, the above-linked article is extremely intriguing. I am certainly feeling compelled to go hunt for some of d’Espagnat’s work, after ...

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Here is my current proposal for a quantum mechanics definition of God:

In reference to a system encompassing the totality of the physical universe, God is that outside observer which has the unique properties of comprehending the position and momentum of every particle and all energy within the system without violating the observer effect and simultaneously across all points throughout the spacetime of that system.

I think that such a definition easily allows for the occurrence of un-scientific phenomenon as “miracles”, since if God is comprehending all quantum behavior throughout every point and moment of the universe’s existence, that this means He can pretty much do whatever He wants to with the universe. He can manipulate the quantum state of anything, including altering mass and energy so that water turns into wine. What’s more, such a definition might not violate the laws of physics at all. It seems to fit ...

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