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    Making Baseball Great Again – a Call for Bold Action to Save the Game 

    During this time of forced hiatus from business as usual for professional sports, it is a good time to step back and reflect upon the future of Professional sports.

    American Professional sports, especially baseball, are in trouble! Attending a professional sports game has become unaffordable for the average person, and that is a damn shame. Fewer children are learning how to play in school as schools cut back on sports and fitness programs because of costs, liability issues and changing preferences among the public. Sports teams are losing their connections to their local communities.

    When I was a young lad, American sports comprised football, basketball and baseball.  Everything else was just a minor sport!

    Unfortunately, baseball is now in fifth place – it is football, basketball, hockey, soccer and baseball.  And if things continue as they are going, baseball could soon  becoming a minor sport, falling behind tennis, golf, bowling, track and field, or even after cricket, which is the fast growing sport in the US.

    Yes, the state of American professional sports is deplorable. But I have a ten-point plan to make American sports great again, particularly baseball. These apply also to Football and Basketball, but my focus here is on Baseball.

    My proposal consists of the following basic principles

    Making the game affordable!!!

    Expanding number of professional teams

    Real World Series 

    Adopting local schools and colleges

    Requiring professional athletes to have a degree, and helping them find jobs after retirement

    Bringing in More International Players

    Changing the incentive structure so winning means more money per player, loosing means less  money per player

    Setting up a North American Sports Commission 

    Allowing Corporations to Own Teams

    Expanding broadcasting of games so that one could watch  baseball 24/7 anywhere in the world for free or for a small monthly fee

    Make the games gendered neutral

    Getting rid of racist legacies 

    Enhancing security including health checks

    Making the game affordable!!!

    We start by making the games affordable for the average person. I direct my ire against the NFL but my comments apply equally to all the major sports. If one wanted to attend a professional game, one would have to spend hundreds of dollars to get tickets, go to the stadium and spend a minor fortune for food and drinks. Preposterous and unacceptable.

    Professional sports should cap the price of most tickets at 50 dollars per ticket. They should sell tickets at a price that people could afford to attend a game. Perhaps setting the average ticket at 25 dollars? And on game days, sell remaining tickets for 5 dollars. Filling up the stadium for every game. That would generate excitement and generate loyalty among the fan base. Better for everyone than the current system where the average price of tickets are about 100 dollars a ticket if they can get one at all.  And 15 minutes before game start give away free tickets!  The goal should be to fill the stadium with fans who did not pay a fortune for the tickets and that the average price is very reasonable.  One reason that soccer is so popular is that it the cheapest professional sport to attend in person.

    Expanding number of professional teams

    I think there are too few professional teams. There is a market for baseball that is not being met. At a minimum there should be a professional sports team in every major metropolitan area, and in some areas more than one team could compete, i,e, NYC, LA, Chicago, SF Bay Area.

    First a dramatic expansion of baseball so that there are major league team teams in every state in the US, every province in Canada, and Mexico, and in the DR, PI,  Cuba, and Venezuela and Nicaragua. That would mean expanding the number of teams to 120 teams from the 35 teams that exist today.

    This would not be as difficult to accomplish as you might first think. First you would convert minor league teams into major league teams. You would make sure that there is a major league team in each state in the U.S., each Canadian province, each Mexican State and in the baseball playing countries of the Caribbean, and in Asia and Europe as well, making it a real world sport.

    There are some obvious places that could and should have a team. Anchorage, Honolulu, Sacramento, San Jose, Portland, Reno, Nevada? Salt Lake City?  Boise, Phoenix, Tuscan? Tacoma, Vancouver, Edmonton, Quebec city,. There could be up to 60 teams competing across the country. I would also add teams in Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean.

    Each team would play mostly in its region, 

    North American league

    Northwest League

    Southwest League

    South East League

    Northeast League

    Central League

    And Caribbean/Mexican League

    Asia League

    European League

    Middle eastern league

    African league

    Latin America League

    This would make it more affordable for teams to travel, as they would mostly play against teams in their region. I would adjust the leagues a bit to ensure that they are all about the same number of teams.

    And there would be intense regional rivals for example in the Bay area there would be regular games between SF,  San Jose and Oakland.

    At the end of the season, the North American champion would be crowned and that champion would advance to the world  series, which will be held in the spring just before the beginning of the new season.

    Real World Series 

    I would change the way the world series is done. Each country that has pro baseball (there are over 32) would choose their national champions through the team that won the national championship, and then the champions would compete in a world series of baseball held in the early Spring. For example, if the SF Giants won the North American series they would represent North America in the world series and represent the US in the Olympics.  The location of the world series would vary among the 32 countries that have professional baseball leagues, but the US should host the first series, and perhaps offer to always host the finals, to ensure the world still associates the US as the home country of baseball, and ensure that the US media and public fully engage with the world series.

    The games would be world cup style until the last set of games, which will be the traditional best of seven game format.

    Adopting local schools and colleges

    To develop the next generation of players and fans, I would have the professional teams adopt local school districts and colleges and fully fund all sports programs, not just baseball, thus alleviating the burden on the school district or college’s budget.. They would do this in cooperation with the other professional teams in the region, splitting the costs between the professional teams. The school districts and local colleges would have a fully funded sports program. Professional athletes would volunteer to serve as coaches during the off season. The student athletes would be given passes so that they could attend professional games for free. This one action would guarantee that children grown up playing sports and generate excitement for the game among the next generation. And it would not cost the professional team a lot of money and generate a tremendous amount of good will.  Finally playing baseball for an MBL sponsored university would give the student athlete preference in going to play for that team. 

    Requiring professional athletes to have a degree, and helping them

    Find jobs after retirement

    All the professional sports federations would jointly agree that they would only hire professional athletes who have finished their college playing days with a degree. They could compete in the professional league for one year on a provisional contract but must have their degree in hand before they begin their second year. I would make the standard contract five years so that players really become part of their communities.

    Finally, after a professional athlete ‘s career is over, the professional teams would make every effort to help the professional athlete stay involve with the game by assisting them in getting full time employment as coaches across the country.

    Bring in international players

    With the proliferation of overseas teams, I would also bring in the best foreign players and letting US athletes play overseas, and encourage US players to play overseas during their time with the US based team perhaps allowing them to play one season overseas while keeping their contract with the US based team?

    Changing the incentive structure so winning means more money per player, loosing means lots lets money per player

    It seems that sometimes professional athletes are phoning it in so to speak. So, I would change the compensation so that winning teams get most of the proceeds from a game, with the loosing team getting their costs covered. This minor change would make the games so much more exciting as athletes would have a real incentive to compete.

    Setting up a North American Sports Commission 

    I would set up a North American Sports Commission to oversee professional sports across North America – comprising head of NFL, MLB, NBA, MLSS, Hockey, Tennis, Golf, Bowling, Track and Field and Olympics. The commission would comprise player representatives, and owner representatives, and high school and college sports representatives.

    I would set up Public private partnership to set policy for professional sports in North America including Caribbean, annual conference after the week after the world super bowl followed by the drafting for professional sports teams (all at the same time) just before the beginning of Baseball, soccer etc.

    Thus, the MLB would become one of the NASF  commissioners, etc. The head of the North American professional sports commissions would be  called the North American Professional Sports commissioner. His or her job would be to coordinate all aspects of the game along with his/her counterparts in the other sports leagues and the Olympics, Pro Golfing, Pro Tennis, Pro Bowling and track and field.

    Each city would have its own sports commission comprising the heads of the local professional sports teams, and the university athletes’ directors. The sports federation would also have players serve on the commission.

    Allowing Corporations to own teams 

    In Asia, most sports teams are owned by corporations. I don’t see why we can’t do that in the U.S.   Unlike in Asia though the corporation would still have to name the team after the location instead of the corporation,  unlike in Asia where the corporation’s name is associated with the team and not the location  For example, you could have Microsoft owning the Mariners but the name of the team would be the Seattle Mariners not the Microsoft mariners, but the corporate owner could name the stadium after the corporate name.

    Expanding broadcasting of games so that one could watch  baseball 24/7 anywhere in the world for free or for a small monthly fee

    I would expand the MLB website, which would show every game worldwide streaming free.  The paid site would include access to past games, statistical analysis and commentary etc and links to the baseball sites around the world and also broadcast college baseball games.

    Make the games gendered neutral

    It is time to allow girls to play baseball.  They can compete with the boys and should be allowed to play on the teams.  Perhaps we could have about 40 percent female players to start? Allowing woman players would also help grown the fan base as woman would get interested in watching the games.

    Getting rid of racist legacies 

    I would change the names of baseball teams to get rid of racist names like the Indians and the Braves, and college level names as well.

    Note (Update) the Redskins just announced that they are finally getting rid of the racist redskin name.  MLB needs to get rid of the Indian, and Braves names and other racist names,  and come up with more inclusive names, especially for expansion teams.

    I sent the following to the Redskins owners today congratulating them on the long over-due move and suggesting the new names for their consideration, and these same names could be considered for MLB teams and college teams as well, and perhaps a non-English name as well.

    Dear  Mr. Synder

    Congratulations on finally doing the right thing and changing the racist name of your team. as a part native American- Cherokee) and a long suffering fan of the Redskins, i thought that it was long over due. Perhaps  the laws of Karma will kick in and reward you with a winning season and perhaps a super bowl bid.  In any event here are my suggestions for new names follows, perhaps you might want to consider a bilingual name as well:

    the Presidents 
    the governors
    Senators (revival of an old name)
    Belt way Bandits
    the politicians
    the swamp monsters
    Contractors 
    Bureaucrats
    the pundits
    the barons
    the lords
    the gladiators
    the judges
    the lawyers
    Coyotes
    the pumas
    mountain lions
    cougars
    Wolves
    los lobos (wolves)
    Los canines (dogs)
    Dogs
    Wild Cats
    los gatos (cats)
    Sharks
    Devils
    Monsters
    Goblins
    Govbots
    Piranha
    Code talkers
    Red tails
    Yellow jackets
    Hawks
    sharks
    orcas
    killer whales
    Vultures
    Hornets
    Tornados

    Enhancing security including health checks 

    MLB parks should institute enhanced security checks including temperature checks, and anyone who fails the test should be denied entry.  This should continue even after the covid crisis is over and during the cold and flu season – October to February, everyone, including players, should be required to wear a mask while at the game park.

    Make Baseball Great Again 

    The MLB teams should get together with the players associations and adopt opt these principles and if they do and relaunch the 2021 season according to these principles there is a strong chance that baseball will continue to be as popular as Football and Basketball and not become a minor sport.

    If the MLB continues the way they are going in ten years MLB will be a minor sport in the United States trailing after Cricket. As a life long SF Giants fan I hope that will never happen.  The ball is your court, so play ball and make Baseball Great again.

    NBA

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    Prior submission

    American Professional sports are in trouble! Attending a professional sports game has become unaffordable for the average person and that is a damn shame. Fewer children are learning how to play in school as schools cut back on sports and fitness programs due to costs, liability issues and changing preferences among the public. Sports teams are losing their connections to their local communities.

    Yes, the state of American professional sports is deplorable. But I have a solution.

    Making the game affordable!!!

    We start by making the games affordable for the average person. My ire is directed against the NFL but my comments apply equally to all the major sports. Right now, if one wanted to attend a professional game one would have to spend hundreds of dollars to get tickets, go to the stadium and spend a small fortune for food and drinks. Totally preposterous in my opinion.

    I call upon the NFL to end the practice of only selling high price season tickets to a select few. They should sell tickets at a price that people could afford to attend a game. Perhaps setting the average ticket at 10 dollars? And on game days, sell remaining tickets for 5 dollars. Thereby filling up the stadium for every game. That would generate excitement and generate loyalty among the fan base. Better for everyone than the current system where the average price of tickets are about 100 dollars a ticket if one can be obtained at all.

    Expanding number of professional teams

    I think that there are too few professional teams. There is a market for football that is not being met. At a minimum there should be a professional sports team in every major metropolitan area, and in some areas more than one team could compete.

    There are some obvious places that could and should have a team. Sacramento, California? Portland, Oregon? Reno, Nevada? Salt Lake City? There could be up to 60 teams competing across the country. I would also add teams in Mexico and merge with the Canadian football league as well.

    The season should be extended as well so that there are 25 to 30 season games prior to the play offs.

    Expanding Overseas

    I would expand the NFL franchise worldwide setting up a real league in Europe, Latin America and Asia. Why not? This would apply to baseball, basketball, hockey as well as Football.

    Real Super Bowl

    I would make the super bowl a real super bowl. I would take the best teams of each of the regional leagues and have them compete with the top two teams playing in the Super Bowl. There is no reason why this could not become the biggest game of the year across the world.

    World Cup Baseball

    I would change the way the world series is done. Each country that has pro baseball (there are over 32) would choose their national champions and then the champions would compete in a world cup of baseball held in the early Spring. For example, if the SF Giants won the North American series they would represent North America in the world cup of baseball, and represent the US in the Olympics as well.

    World Cup for Basketball

    I would change the way the way that Basketball selects their champions. Each country that has pro baseball (there are over 32) would choose their national champions and then the champions would compete in a world cup of basketball held in the summer. For example, if the SF Giants won the North American series they would represent North America in the world cup of baseball, and represent the US in the Olympics as well.

    World Cup for Hockey

    For hockey I would expand the number of teams playing professionally, and expand overseas as well. The top teams would compete for a world cup of hockey to be played in early Summer.

    Changing the World Cup for Soccer to a once a Year format

    I would change how teams are selected to play in the world cup. Each soccer playing nation would select their national champion who would then compete in an annual world cup. For example, DC United might win the North American series then compete in the World cup to represent North America, and they would also compete in the Olympics.

    Adopting local schools and colleges

    To develop the next generation of players and fans, I would have the professional teams adopt local school districts and colleges and fully fund sports programs. They would do this in cooperation with the other professional teams in the region. The school districts would have a fully funded sports program. Professional athletes would volunteer to serve as coaches during the off season. The student athletes would be given passes so that they could attend professional games for free. This one action would guarantee that children grown up having the opportunity to play sports and generate excitement for the game among the next generation. And it would not cost the professional team a lot of money, and generate a tremendous amount of good will.
    Requiring professional athletes to have a degree, and helping them
    Find jobs after retirement

    All the professional sports federations would jointly agree that they would only hire professional athletes who have finished their college playing days with a degree. They could compete in the professional league for one year on a provisional contract but must have their degree in hand before they begin their second year. I would make the standard contract five years so that players really become part of their communities.

    With the proliferation of overseas teams, I would also bring in the best foreign players as well as letting US athletes play overseas as well.

    Finally, after a professional athlete ‘s career is over, the professional teams would make every effort to help the professional athlete stay involve with the game by assisting them in getting full time employment as coaches across the country.

    Changing the incentive structure so winning means more money per player, loosing means lots lets money per player

    Right now, it seems that sometimes professional athletes are phoning it in so to speak. So, I would change the compensation so that winning teams get most of the proceeds from a game, with the loosing team getting their costs covered. This little change would make the games so much more exciting as athletes would have a real incentive to compete

    Setting up a North American Sports Commission to oversee professional sports across North America – Consisting of head of NFL, MLB, NBA, MLSS, Hockey, Tennis, Golf, Bowling, Track and Field and Olympics

    I would set up Public private partnership to set policy for professional sports in North America including Caribbean, annual conference after the week after the world super bowl followed by the drafting for professional sports teams (all at the same time) just before the beginning of Baseball, soccer etc.

    Thus, the NFL would become the NFL commissioner, etc. The head of the North American professional sports commissions would be the NFL commissioner. His or her job would be to coordinate all aspects of the game along with his/her counterparts in the other sports leagues and the Olympics, Pro Golfing, Pro Tennis, Pro Bowling and track and field.

    Each city would have its own sports commission consisting of the heads of the local professional sports teams, and the university athletes’ directors. The sports federation would also have players serve on the commission as well.

    With these modest proposals enacted, American professional sports can regain their rightful role in America life.

    Jake Cosmos Aller

    My thoughts on the dismal state of Baseball and what can be done to bring it back. I sent this letter off to MLB but they never responded. Their lost.

    Letter to MLB

    Commissioner
    Baseball is in crisis. Its long term viability as America’s pastime is in serious question as fewer people especially younger viewers are baseball fans. The solution is for MLB to take bold steps to restore Baseball as America’s pastime if not the world’s pastime.
    Here’s my proposal to turn MLB around. It requires bold action, and considerable investment of time and resources to grow the sport.
    There are four basic elements to my proposal.
    First a dramatic expansion of baseball so that there are major league team teams in every state in the US, every province in Canada, and Mexico, and in the DR, PI, and Venezuela and Nicaragua. That would mean expanding the number of teams to 120 teams from the 35 teams that exist today.
    This would not be as difficult to accomplish as you might first think. First you would convert minor league teams into major league teams. You would make sure that there is a major league team in each state in the U.S., each Canadian province, each Mexican State and in the baseball playing countries of the Caribbean, and in Asia and Europe as well, making it a real world sport.
    Each team would play mostly in its region which will be as follows:
    Northwest League
    Southwest League
    South East League
    Northeast League
    Central League
    And Caribbean/Mexican League
    Asia League
    European League
    This would make it more affordable for teams to travel as they would mostly be playing against teams in their region.
    The leagues would be adjusted a bit to ensure that they are all about the same number of teams.
    And there would be intense regional rivals for example in the Bay area there would be regular games between SF and Oakland.
    There would also be expansion to ensure that all major markets have a team. For example, in California we would add a team in Sacramento and San Jose. And we would add a team in Las Vegas, and Portland.
    At the end of the season the North American champion would be crowned and that champion would advance to the world cup every four years. Otherwise they would just be the national champion. See below for the world cup discussion.
    Second, each team would adopt a local school district and local college.
    To grow baseball’s future fan, base each team would adopt a local school district and local college fully funding baseball programs in the local school and college including scholarships for talented students to go to college.
    This would also involve players and team officials serving as coaches and advisors in the local schools helping them develop and expand their baseball programs.
    MLB would also recruit for their teams from the local colleges that they sponsor. And MLB would also only accept as players athletes who have finished their college programs with a degree setting an example to the other major sport franchises that MLB values education and wants to ensure that their athletes finish their education before beginning their professional sporting career.
    I think that the NFL, and NBA should follow suit. It is disgusting that major league sports take student athletes before they graduate and then after a few years spit them out without them having had a chance to earn their degrees.
    So, MBA should step up to the plate and say,
    If you want to play in the majors, you must finish your degree before your first game, or within one year or we will cut you from playing. That would help the student athletes, and well be the right thing to do.
    Third, each team would guarantee that a certain percentage of their tickets would be affordable.
    Attending a major sports event costs too much money. To grow the fan, base each team would sell half price tickets on game day and one hour before the game sell the remaining tickets for five dollars thus making baseball affordable to everyone. And they would treat the families of their school programs and college programs to free baseball games. And they would also each week sponsor free tickets for those in need – people living in shelters, people living with chronic illnesses etc.
    Fourth a world cup format would replace the world series.
    All countries that play baseball would be invited to participate in the world cup of baseball. At the end of the season in October the national teams from at least 64 countries would play in the world cup which will be held every fourth year. The US will host the first world cup, and then sponsorship will rotate around all the participating countries so all 64 countries will eventually get to host a world cup of baseball.
    Setting up a North American Sports Commission to oversee professional sports across North America – Consisting of head of NFL, MLB, NBA, MLSS, Hockey, Tennis, Golf, Bowling, Track and Field and Olympics

    I would set up Public private partnership to set policy for professional sports in North America including Caribbean, annual conference after the week after the world super bowl followed by the drafting for professional sports teams (all at the same time) just before the beginning of Baseball, soccer etc.

    Thus, the NFL would become the NFL commissioner, etc. The head of the North American professional sports commissions would be the NFL commissioner. His or her job would be to coordinate all aspects of the game along with his/her counterparts in the other sports leagues and the Olympics, Pro Golfing, Pro Tennis, Pro Bowling and track and field.

    Each city would have its own sports commission consisting of the heads of the local professional sports teams, and the university athletes’ directors. The sports federation would also have players serve on the commission as well.

    With this modest proposal enacted, American professional sports can regain their rightful role in America life.

    If the MLB were to take these steps they would dramatically turn the sport around.
    Thank you for taking the time to read my proposal and I look forward to hearing back from you staff and I hope that you can implement some of my ideas and I hope that MLB will continue to expand and prosper.
    Thank you
    Jake Aller
    Life time SF Giant and Oakland A’s fan

    Letter to NFL
    I write the following letter to the NFL commissioner
    NFL Commissioner:
    Now that the NFL has approved the Raiders move to Las Vegas, it is time to consider an ambitious NFL expansion program.
    The NFL is facing a crisis in a few years. More and more schools and colleges are dropping football programs due to costs, liability issues and the perceived danger of the sport.

    Attending a football game is a prohibitive expense for most people. And most people think that the NFL owners are out of touch billionaires who don’t care about the community, and don’t care about the welfare of the players.

    Because of these issues the fan base has begun to shrink and will continue to shrink. People have options in their sports entertainment and fewer are opting to spend it watching football.

    The NFL must combat these issues and the best way to do is through an expansion program, coupled with plans to make games more affordable and community outreach programs including fully funding football programs at local schools and colleges.

    If the NFL caries out these reforms, the game will continue to prosper. If the NFL does not, then football will decline and become a minor sport.

    Regarding the expansion program, the NFL should rename itself the North American Football League and merge with the Canadian Football league and then set up teams in Mexico and the Caribbean. Domestically the NFL should ensure that almost every state has at least one NFL team, and many states will have multiple teams. Perhaps 75 in total.

    At a minimum, I would make sure that SF/Oakland has a team again, Sacramento has a team, Portland Oregon, and has a team as well as all the other major cities that do not have teams currently. The Dakotas should have only one team, and perhaps Rhode Island could share a team with Delaware. NYC perhaps could have five teams, Chicago an additional team.

    Mexico could have five to ten teams, Canada could have five to ten teams, and there should be teams in the DR, PR, Virgin Islands, and Guam.

    Then the NFL should set up an European league, (with UK teams) and an Asian-Pacific league with teams from India, China to Japan.

    The schedule should be expanded to start in July and end in January. Game days should be Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday to allow for expanded travel.

    The North American League should be sub-divided into five zones NE, NW, SW, SE, and Mexico, Caribbean.

    Teams would compete within their zones until the play offs with a few inter league games per season.

    Along with this I would suggest that the NFL set up a World Cup for Football and replace the Super bowl with an American Bowl followed by World Cup championship perhaps every four years. The way the new super bowl would work is that each country that plays American football would send their championship teams to the Super bowl. There are about 10 to 20 countries that play American style football. the idea would be a round robin with the champions of each nation competing with the two finalists going one on one.

    For the first super bowl the North American champions would host it, then afterwards the North American team would have to compete for the bowl slot. The major difference between the super bowl and the world cup would be that there would not be national teams competing rather each country would send their top winning team which wins their national championship forward.

    I would also suggest that the NFL create a formal partnership with local Universities and local school districts. The NFL teams could adopt local high schools and colleges where they would provide support, training, tickets and scholarships to students to play football at college. the support for the local schools would be covering the cost of having local football teams at each high school in the districts that are nearest the host affiliate.

    The cost of having football programs at high school and colleges is prohibitive for many districts and smaller colleges which inhibit the growth and development of the game. You have to grow fans by growing players and support at the local level. It is time that the NFL show some real leadership to develop the game that we all love.

    The top graduating students from those local colleges would be invited to compete each year to join the local NFL affiliate. And I would require that all college athletics competing to join a NFL team must graduate before being able to play. Having a graduation rule would send a very positive signal that the NFL really supports the idea of the student athletic program and would guarantee that those players who only play one or two seasons at least have their college degree behind them.

    Doing this community outreach on a major scale will help tremendously expand the base for football and grow new generations of fans. The cost would be modest but the payoff would be tremendous.

    The final part of the outreach program should be making attending a game affordable again. To be frank attending a game is a huge expense for most people. I would reserve 25 percent of tickets for same day sales at a deep discount with tickets being given out for free just before the game. And I would ensue that 10 percent of the tickets cost 10 dollars each. I would also sponsor free tickets for various groups including nursing homes, veteran groups and community groups at each game.

    This will fill the stadiums, increase revenue and increase the excitement of the game making attending a game affordable again.

    A final point, the NFL should partner with the local cities, and other sports teams to build and maintain a world class multi-use stadium. There is no reason why the stadium could not be shared by the other sports teams, colleges and school districts. And be made available for special events. The city should own and manage the facility but a board of directors with representatives from the various other teams, universities and high schools should be on the board of directors. The stadium should also feature mostly local brands. The cost of building the stadium should be jointly shared but the NFL should pay the lion’s share of the cost as a good will gesture.
    Setting up a North American Sports Commission to oversee professional sports across North America – Consisting of head of NFL, MLB, NBA, MLSS, Hockey, Tennis, Golf, Bowling, Track and Field and Olympics

    I would set up Public private partnership to set policy for professional sports in North America including Caribbean, annual conference after the week after the world super bowl followed by the drafting for professional sports teams (all at the same time) just before the beginning of Baseball, soccer etc.

    Thus, the NFL would become the NFL commissioner, etc. The head of the North American professional sports commissions would be the NFL commissioner. His or her job would be to coordinate all aspects of the game along with his/her counterparts in the other sports leagues and the Olympics, Pro Golfing, Pro Tennis, Pro Bowling and track and field.

    Each city would have its own sports commission consisting of the heads of the local professional sports teams, and the university athletes’ directors. The sports federation would also have players serve on the commission as well.

    With these modest proposals enacted, American professional sports can regain their rightful role in America life.

    I believe that if the NFL adopts such a comprehensive far reaching expansion program the sport would become the world dominating sport it should be.
    I welcome your comments.

    Letter to the NBA
    Dear Commissioner,
    Basketball is in crisis. Its long term viability as America’s pastime is in serious question as fewer people especially younger viewers are basketball fans. The solution is for NBA to take bold steps to restore basketball as America’s pastime if not the world’s pastime.
    Here’s my proposal to turn NBA around. It requires bold action, and considerable investment of time and resources to grow the sport.
    There are five basic elements to my proposal.
    First a dramatic expansion of basketball so that there are major league team teams in every state in the US, every province in Canada, and Mexico, and in the DR, PI, and Venezuela and Nicaragua. That would mean expanding the number of teams to 120 teams from the 35 teams that exist today.
    This would not be as difficult to accomplish as you might first think. First you would convert minor league teams into major league teams. You would make sure that there is a major league team in each state in the U.S., each Canadian province, each Mexican State and in the basketball playing countries of the Caribbean, and in Asia and Europe as well, making it a real world sport.
    Each team would play mostly in its region which will be as follows:
    Northwest League
    Southwest League
    South East League
    Northeast League
    Central League
    And Caribbean/Mexican League
    Asia League
    European League
    This would make it more affordable for teams to travel as they would mostly be playing against teams in their region.
    The leagues would be adjusted a bit to ensure that they are all about the same number of teams.
    And there would be intense regional rivals for example in the Bay area there would be regular games between SF and Oakland.
    There would also be expansion to ensure that all major markets have a team. For example, in California we would add a team in San Jose. And we would add a team in Las Vegas, and elsewhere. The goal would be that every state would have at least one professional basketball team to root for. Wouldn’t that be wonderful?
    At the end of the season the North American champion would be crowned and that champion would advance to the world cup every four years. Otherwise they would just be the national champion. See below for the world cup discussion.
    Second, each team would adopt a local school district and local college.
    To grow basketball’s future fan base, each team would adopt a local school district and local college fully funding basketball programs in the local school and college including scholarships for talented students to go to college.
    This would also involve players and team officials serving as coaches and advisors in the local schools helping them develop and expand their basketball programs.
    The NBA would also recruit for their teams from the local colleges that they sponsor. And the NBA, and other professional sports leagues, would also only accept as players athletes who have finished their college programs with a degree setting an example to the other major sport franchises that NBA values education and wants to ensure that their athletes finish their education before beginning their professional sporting career.
    I think that the NFL, MLB, MLSS, Hockey, Tennis and Golfing should follow suit. It is disgusting that major league sports take student athletes before they graduate and then after a few years spit them out without them having had a chance to earn their degrees.
    So, the NBA should step up to the plate and say,
    If you want to play in the majors, you must finish your degree before your first game, or within one year or we will cut you from playing. That would help the student athletes, and is the right thing to do.
    Third, each team would guarantee that a certain percentage of their tickets would be affordable.
    Attending a major sports event costs too much money. To grow the fan base, each team would sell half price tickets on game day and one hour before the game sell the remaining tickets for five dollars thus making basketball affordable to everyone. And they would treat the families of their school programs and college programs to free basketball games. And they would also each week sponsor free tickets for those in need – people living in shelters, people living with chronic illnesses etc.
    Fourth, a world cup format would replace the NBA Championship Game.
    All countries that play basketball would be invited to participate in the world cup of basketball. At the end of the season in October the national teams from at least 64 countries would play in the world cup which will be held every fourth year. The US will host the first world cup, and then sponsorship will rotate around all the participating countries so all 64 countries will eventually get to host a world cup of basketball.
    Setting up a North American Sports Commission to oversee professional sports across North America – Consisting of head of NFL, MLB, NBA, MLSS, Hockey, Tennis, Golf, Bowling, Track and Field and Olympics

    I would set up Public private partnership to set policy for professional sports in North America including Caribbean, annual conference after the week after the world super bowl followed by the drafting for professional sports teams (all at the same time) just before the beginning of Baseball, soccer etc.

    Thus, the NFL would become the NFL commissioner, etc. The head of the North American professional sports commissions would be the NFL commissioner. His or her job would be to coordinate all aspects of the game along with his/her counterparts in the other sports leagues and the Olympics, Pro Golfing, Pro Tennis, Pro Bowling and track and field.

    Each city would have its own sports commission consisting of the heads of the local professional sports teams, and the university athletes’ directors. The sports federation would also have players serve on the commission as well.

    With these modest proposals enacted, American professional sports can regain their rightful role in America life.

    If the NBA were to take these steps they would dramatically turn the sport around.
    Thank you for taking the time to read my proposal and I look forward to hearing back from you staff and I hope that you can implement some of my ideas and I hope that NBA will continue to expand and prosper.
    Thank you

    Jake Aller
    Life time Golden State Warriors fans

  • The Truth Shall Set You Free

    The Truth Shall Set You Free

    The Truth Shall Set You Free, But True Knowledge Kills

    Short Story

    By Jake Cosmos Aller

    Ever since that fateful night when I was indoctrinated into the “True Knowledge,” I have looked at the world in a different light. It all went down so fast. After learning the secret history of the last five thousand years, I saw everything in a different, more sinister and dark light. The list of people who have been brought into the conspiracy reads like a list of the most prominent political and business leaders of world history. Trump was on the list as well as Pence and most of the Senate, and most members of the media. It seemed like everyone who matters was not whom they seemed to be but were part of this evil cabal.

    Was Lydon LaRouche RIght?

    I work for the government, just one of the army of govbots who float in and out of the Metro system every morning commuting to their jobs with the government and back home to their suburban townhouses. The day my world came crashing down on me began as I picked up a brochure from the “Lyndon LaRouche Group” at the Foggy Bottom Metro in downtown D.C. I commented to my colleagues on the way home that I enjoyed reading it, although I did not believe most of his conspiracy theories he had a point, a lot of good points. We laughed it off as a big joke.

    A few days later I was getting on the train, when a middle age nondescript white man, with brownish hair, about 6 feet tall, dressed like any other middle age white suburban federal employee in a conservative suit and tie – probably on his way home to his suburban home in Virginia, bumped into me. He apologized and slipped me the following note. I saw the note when I got home and connected it with the strange incident at the subway.

    The note read, “Lyndon used to work for us. He knows most of the truth. We left him alone because we are able to ensure that no one takes his writings seriously. My job is to prevent knowledge of the truth; the so-called “true knowledge” gets out. Anyone who appears to be taking his stuff seriously has to be followed and either brought into the game or neutralized. Be very careful. Our agents are watching you like a hawk and have your internet connections under constant surveillance. Your phone and house are tapped. We have enough already to get you into serious trouble with your bosses as we know you are an internal dissenter. And we know that you like pornography and we know about several of your affairs and we have copies of e-mails you sent to various women with shall we say suggestive comments that could be misconstrued. We have even faked a few photos and videotapes of you engaging in some of your fantasies. By the way, you are a good writer!

    Next time we contact you, make sure you come to the meeting spot. I will meet you and explain further. Momentous events are about to happen and you can either be on the inside on the winning team or on the outside or probably end up dying like most of your fellow human beings. It will be your choice, my friend. We believe that you could be an asset, – you can write and speak persuasively, you have lots of loyal friends and most importantly you are probably intelligent enough to know that being on the winning ticket is usually the right choice to make for you and your family. Remember tell no one about this – not even your wife. Do not try to contact us through the La Roche Group – they have been compromised. We will be in touch.”

    Agent Spartacus X

    I said that this could not be happening must be some sort of vicious joke. In any event, I am intrigued enough to get out the Lyndon pamphlet from the trash and read it.

    Lyndon posits a grand conspiracy of British and American big bankers working together since the 15th century to continue to secretly dominate the world. The roots of the conspiracy date back to the Knight Templars of the middle ages which morphed into the Freemasons, then the fabled Illuminati. Most recently, they have been associated with the Council on Foreign Relations, The Bohemian Club, and The Project for a New American Century. They are often now often called the Vulcans or the Neocons. But the Neocons are just a small American inner circle of a much broader interrelated international conspiracy.

    They had almost succeeded in their plans when the Great Depression came along and laid waste to their plans. Lyndon argues that the Great Depression was engineered by them – others disagree. But all of the paranoid writers I read agreed that in response to the Great Depression, they took advantage of the chaos and engineered the rise of Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo and were working to bring Britain and the U.S. into the fold.

    Their goal – a Pan Germanic-Anglo dominated world fascist system to fight against the evils of Communism and Socialism. The Birchers and others thought that Communism was also part of their master plot, others disagree. They thought that the U.S. would fall into place and eventually Hitler would unite the Germanic and Anglo worlds into a grand empire that would control the world forever. They would run the Empire through charismatic fools like Hitler. They would have continual wars which are good for business and they would have periodic depressions to ensure that they can continually buy up their competitors. Franklin Roosevelt disrupted their plans, as did Truman, Kennedy, Carter, Clinton and Obama. Nixon, Ford and Bush 1, Cheney, was part of the Conspiracy as was Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton was not. Reagan and Bush 11 were merely useful puppets. Obama had fought against them but was constrained by the entire deep state which is filled with members of the cabal. Donald Trump and Pence were merely their latest puppets, although Pence was part of the inner circle, Trump was not trusted to be “disciplined” enough to be let in on the truth.

    One day I see Agent Spartacus on the subway. I go up to him and ask him how is doing, acting as if he is a fellow employee that I have not seen in a while.

    He responds, “Just fine.”

    He then whispers, “Check your phone for a message in 10 minutes.”

    He jumps on the Orange train and I wait for the Blue train. At King Street station, my phone beeps with a message.

    “Meet me Friday night at “Coyote Ugly” at 6 pm. Be on time. We will have a drink there and then find someplace we can talk quietly. Be prepared to spend a couple of hours. Your wife will be out of town on business. Remember we are watching you and monitoring you. Spartacus.”

    I was freaked out after reading the message. My wife had not mentioned any business trip. I go home and she tells me she has to go out of town on Friday for a weeklong trip to Ft Hood on TDY. My wife was in the military, I was used to her constant TDY’s on short notice, and I knew that sometimes she could not tell me what she was really up to as her clearances outranked mine by an order of magnitude. But how Spartacus knew bothered me. Was my wife part of the conspiracy? I knew that I had to meet him. What he was hinting was monstrous. And the possibility that my wife was involved even more horrible. I knew if I told her my suspicions, she would laugh it off and tell me to lay off the Science Fiction novels for a while. The possibility that she could be working with them also entered my mind and stayed there like a stubborn weed that would not die.

    And if she were part of this conspiracy would she tell me or them? I thought that I could not go to the authorities because it seemed clear that many of the senior officers were part of this dark conspiracy and no one would believe me. I would be dismissed as a nut case, possibly hauled to a psychiatric hospital or just made to disappear, at the very least, my security clearance would be yanked, and I would be unemployed if not unemployable. And since they have also strongly warned me to be quiet I knew the risks would be pretty high so, despite my burning desire to talk things over with my wife, I kept quiet.

    The Honey Pot Is Laid Out

    Friday night I go to Coyote Ugly. I sit down. Spartacus is not there. A beautiful Korean woman wearing skintight blue jeans, showing off her great ass, a tank top with long black hair running down her back and lovely almond-shaped eyes, and a cute face sits down unasked and tells me that Spartacus sent his regards but could not make it. She would go to dinner with me instead. I am suspicious that some sort of honey trap was being set up against me. I looked around for cameras and surveillance but realized that they would probably be hidden. I resolve to keep my wits about me, not drink and not give into temptation, although when she went off to the restroom her luscious ass tempted me.

    The old blues standard by Junior Wells, “Everyone Getting Some But Me” starts playing on the jukebox. I listen to my favorite line, “A girl in skin-tight pants walk on by, with an ass so fine my eyeballs hurt” and I said to myself. “Damn. They are good. They even know that I am an ass man, love the blues and this song in particular, and I love Asian women. Damn.”

    I pay my bill and we enter a nearby sushi place. She seems to be a regular. We order some sushi and soju to drink. A message pops up

    “Jake. Could not make it. Miss Lee works for me. She will give you a letter. Read it and leave or stay and have fun with her. She will do anything and everything you ever wanted from a woman sexually. She has been instructed to seduce you as a honeypot approach.

    Not my idea, but my superiors. I would rather play you straight up with the facts. But if you do go with her know that it will be recorded and used against you if you step out of line. But on the other hand, she is good and we know what you like as we have read your sex fantasies. You are a good writer, my friend. So if you do it, enjoy. We will meet next week after you read the letter and survive this first test. Spartacus”

    I ask Miss Lee in Korean

    이씨에게 무슨 일이 있는지 아십니까?
    issiege museun il-i issneunji asibnikka?
    Do you know what is going?”

    She laughs and said

    나는
    나에게 편지를주고 나에게 좋은 시간을 보여달라고 들었다. 그녀는 또한 그녀가 내가 좋아하는 것을 들었고 그녀가 원하는 방식으로 그녀를 원한다고 말했습니다. 나는 당신의 Assman 이야기를 좋아했습니다.”
    naneun na-ege pyeonjileuljugo na-ege joh-eun sigan-eul boyeodallago deul-eossda. geunyeoneun ttohan geunyeoga naega joh-ahaneun geos-eul deul-eossgo geunyeoga wonhaneun bangsig-eulo geunyeoleul wonhandago malhaessseubnida. naneun dangsin-ui Assman iyagileul joh-ahaessseubnida.” “

    I was was told to give me a letter, and then to show me a good time. She also said that she was told what I liked and wanted me to have her any way I wanted her, “Including my ass as I know you are an Assman. I loved your Assman stories”.

    I thanked her and asked her for the letter. I take the letter and decide to read it on the train home. I decided to not go forward with the rest of the planned events as I thought showing a little independence might be a good insurance policy.

    I apologize to Miss Lee.

    She asked me
    왜 나를 원하지 않니? 그게 내 감정을 상하게한다는 걸 알아
    wae naleul wonhaji anhni? geuge nae gamjeong-eul sanghagehandaneun geol al-av
    Why don’t I want her. ?

    I told her that
    나는 그녀와 죄책감을 느끼고 집에 가야했다.
    naneun geunyeowa joechaeggam-eul neukkigo jib-e gayahaessda.
    I feel guilty about being with you.”

    걱정하지 마십시오. 모두 준비되었습니다. 내가 어리석은 인간에 대해 화를 내기 전에 지금 나를 집으로 데려가십시오. 전형적인 인간은 그들이 정말로 원하는 것을 알지 못하고 죄책감을 느낍니다. 마치 신이 당신에게 섹스를 주듯이
    geogjeonghaji masibsio. modu junbidoeeossseubnida. naega eoliseog-eun ingan-e daehae hwaleul naegi jeon-e jigeum naleul jib-eulo delyeogasibsio. jeonhyeongjeog-in ingan-eun geudeul-i jeongmallo wonhaneun geos-eul alji moshago joechaeggam-eul neukkibnida. machi sin-i dangsin-ege segseuleul judeus-i
    Don’t worry about it. It has all been arranged. Now take me home now before I get angry at you for being so foolish a human man. Typical humans Don’t know what they really want and then feel guilty about it. as if God gives a fuck you who you fuck.

    I ended up kissing her and taking her phone number and e-mail address.

    She told me

    “내가 아무도 거절 한 적이없고, 적어도 인간은 아무도 없기 때문에 나를 유혹하는 데 성공할 것입니다 ..
    “naega amudo geojeol han jeog-ieobsgo, jeog-eodo ingan-eun amudo eobsgi ttaemun-e naleul yuhoghaneun de seong-gonghal geos-ibnida ..”알겠습니다. 아무도 내 매력에 저항하지 않았습니다. letter 편지를 읽고 결정하십시오.”
    “algessseubnida. amudo nae maelyeog-e jeohanghaji anh-assseubnida. letter pyeonjileul ilg-go gyeoljeonghasibsio.”
    “I know that I will succeed in seducing me as no one has ever turned her down before.
    “You’ll see. No one has ever resisted my charms. Read the letter and then decide.”

    I leave the restaurant and read the letter on the yellow line subway home:

    “By now you should be aware of our power and reach. Your wife is not yet a member of the inner circle but we will approach her if you decide to join. We think she would be also an excellent choice. But each approach is different as you can well imagine. By now, you either have decided to have a good time with Miss Lee or have decided to decline in a mistaken impression that showing a little independence would be a good move. Either way would result in the same thing – either you will have some great sex which we will film or we will take pictures of you and Miss Lee and morph them into a nice ” deep fake ”  porn movie which we will send to your wife, your boss and your security folks one week from today unless you agree to the following:

    “Meet me Sunday night at the sushi place. Bring flowers for Miss Lee. If you turn her down, she will be miffed, as she does not take rejection lightly. She is determined to seduce you, you know. You were the first to turn her down. Took a lot of guts to do that. Oh well. When we meet, I will then tell you the whole story.

    You can then go with Miss Lee or not. Your choice but remember the video is already being produced so you
    might as well enjoy her while you can. We have lots of work to do soon so I have to bring you in sooner than we usually do. Consider Miss Lee as a reward for joining. First of many as the members of the inner circle can have anything they want and will after D-day. Join us in being masters of the universe. D day is coming soon.”

    Spartacus

    I get off the subway, take a taxi home. I call my wife and resist the impulse to tell her everything and wonder if she has already been approached. And what would be the approach they would use on her?
    Sunday evening I meet Miss Lee at the restaurant. I give her flowers and we have dinner. She is flirting up a storm and I find my resistance melting. I figure that was part of the plan and have decided to go with the flow. I think, “why not fool around? After all the video has already been made? Right? ”

    Spartacus shows up and the mood turns serious. Miss Lee is now totally professional and serious. Spartacus looks tired. He takes me into the back room and begins his tale of woe. I listen and don’t want to believe any of it. It was so monstrous and evil but I knew he was telling the truth. And boy the truth did not set me free let me tell ya.

    Spartacus Drops the True Knowledge Bomb

    Spartacus starts off,

    “Lyndon was one of our human operatives. He was a rising star, but had an attack of guilt and left us. We debated whether to kill him or not. I suggested that we let him go, discredit him but use him as bait. Anyone who reads his stuff can be identified and those who show signs that they believe it and might be persuaded to join us we could recruit. The others can be eliminated. So we persecuted Lyndon, made him look like a paranoid idiot and we kept feeding him disinformation which he would disseminate.

    What he writes about is only part of the truth and is the most visible, most documented part of the story and mostly true with some disinformation in it. For example, Lyndon misunderstood Hitler’s rise to power. Hitler was a stooge, a “useful fool” in Lenin’s phrase and Lenin and Stalin were part of our inner circle as was Mussolini and Tojo. Roosevelt was our enemy as has been most of the Democratic leadership. That’s why we are hard at work to destroy the Democratic Party and install a right-wing republican one party state under our control but with “useful fools” like Trump as figureheads. Donald was not one of us, but we control him because the Neocon cabal is all part of our inner circle. Most are human, but some are fellow Sirians. Cheney, Pence, Mattias and Wolfowitz are Sirian as well, most of the rest of the Neocons are humans. Putin and Xi are Sirians as are the entire North Korean leadership. Stalin and Hitler were Sirians. Trump is just another one of the useful fools that we Sirians have been manipulating for decades. His son through is a Sirian who we recruited to join his family to keep under control as we knew that he could be useful to us some day. The Clintons are humans as is Gore. and most of the democrats are human, the republicans are mostly half breeds or like Trump useful idiots.

    The aim of our plot? Total domination of the world, then a planned destruction of the world-wide civilization through nuclear, and biological warfare where 90 percent of humanity will be destroyed. We will clean up the pieces and establish a worldwide dictatorship. Then the invasion begins and humanity is enslaved forever to the power of the master race, the Sirians.

    Most of the people who work with us do not know that they are working for the Sirians. But it does not matter. If you are with us, you will be rewarded with power, wealth, and access to Sirian medical technological wonders, allowing you to live to 5,000 years or more like us Sirians. If you oppose us, you will be thrown out into the world to be destroyed along with most of the rest of your dismal race.
    I am a Syrian. We came to your planet ten thousand years ago. We set up a colony, which you know as Atlantis. It was destroyed in a nuclear war between two factions of our race – the progressives who wanted to establish their version of democracy and what you might consider fascists or realists, as we like to think of ourselves. When you see the real me you will see that the progressive and fascist groups are actually different races of Sirians. We are red in color and much more muscular and frankly more intelligent and realistic. They are green in color and smaller and filled with useless compassion. They still exist and occasionally cause us trouble. We are always watching to make sure that they do not try to approach our human agents and corrupt them with pernicious “liberal or progressive” ideas – to use the current phrases – nonsense.

    But I digress. The Fascists won the war but Atlantis was destroyed. Most of the Sirian race on earth was killed in the war. Those of us Fascists left formed a tight little group and decided that we would bid our time, build out forces, take over the planet, and when the earth had achieved sufficient levels of technology contact our home world, and await instructions.

    The progressives formed their own group and disappeared spending their time trying to enlighten humankind. What a load of crap. They just were misunderstood and killed for their troubles. Jesus, Buddha, Mohamed, Confucius, Sai Baba – all Sirian democratic losers every one of them.

    Some of the progressive Sirians disappeared into the wilderness and their descendants gradually intermarried with the natives and their descendants became the Cherokee and other civilized tribes. None of the Cherokees knew that they were actually descended from aliens from Sirius and native people. Although the Cherokee and Hopi have legends that their ancestors came from the Stars. Thus in a way you are part Sirian as we know your mother is half Cherokee. We actually tested your DNA and yes, you have traces of Sirian DNA in you. Which is one of the reasons we decided to recruit you after all you part of our race about 10 percent. but that is enough for us., although your Sirian racial background is green which could be a problem if you decide to oppose us.

    The question of what to do about humans became the key issue dividing the Sirian race – then and now. Our red group thought that you earth people were hopelessly backward, superstitious and barely capable of intelligence. We felt that we should kill most of you off, then enslave the rest. That is still our plan. Besides, on our home world, we rose to power by killing off a rival species that were humanoid looking. Ever since then Sirians have had it in for humanoids and primate species. All part of the master plan for total domination of the galaxy.

    Well, as you can imagine, it was very difficult hiding amongst your people for all of these thousands of years. Most of us are now what you would consider early middle age.

    Until very recently, we were limited by your technology as our spaceships and most of our technology had all been destroyed in Atlantis. Only 100 of our race survived, most of the Fascist side. We lost track of the progressives who have gone deep underground. We have managed to reproduce and now there are about 10,000 of us scattered around the world, most in senior levels of government and business. And we estimate that there are several thousand Progressives mostly working in religious or academic institutions.

    Among other difficulties, we are hidden within human bodies that are artificially created skins. Our real appearance is not human at all. We look like birds or reptiles in our real selves. Few humans have ever seen us as we really look. We have the ability to manipulate thoughts and thus few are able to see us as we really look, even when we are out of the suits.

    We wear the suits whenever we are around humans as maintaining thought control is very tiresome. HP Lovecraft saw us and he went mad and wrote his “Cthulu” stories about us. Others have seen us on our retreats in the woods and we have been called many names through the years, ‘” werewolves, vampires, ghouls, ghosts, demons, goblins, trolls, Satan, the devil, witches – you name it we’ve been called it. Bad for our self-esteem don’t ya think. “The damn progressives get better press and are often seen as “angels”.

    We have tried intermarriage with your race and have found for the most part it does not work too well as our two DNA structures are incompatible. But, nonetheless, there have been successful offspring of such interspecies sex. Thus, there are thousands of part-Sirian people as some of our people intermarried with your species. Interspecies sex is highly discouraged at least among the realist faction; although sex with part sirians is the norm, and we have been influenced by the fact that you humans are a very randy species, much more that is the norm among civilized species. The progressive faction has largely assimilated into your race.

    Those stories of alien abductions etc. are true for the most part as are stories of UFO’s. We have been able to rebuild spaceships but they are not interplanetary, as we do not have technological resources to do so since most of our technology had been destroyed and those technicians who knew how to maintain the ships and build them all died in the war anyway. Besides our Sirian, leaders back home do not trust us. They want us to stay here and do their bidding whether than return home. they want us to take over and add Earth to the Sirian Empire.

    Our leaders will then be allowed to return home after being here for thousands of years. The Sirian race being very long lived is also very conservative, not much has really changed back home since we left. We were outcasts then as most Sirians who leave the mother planet and not trusted back home any more. So for us we end up exiled from home with little contact with the mother planet. Interstellar travel is possible – it is expensive and slow -takes about a year to go back home.

    We communicate with each other in Sirian through secure communications and now through the internet. The NSA and other government snoops keep picking up strange language chatter on the internet but since we control the spooks, they never follow up.

    We finally managed to established contact with the Mother Planet. Our instructions are to set off Armageddon and destroy the planet. The invasion begins after the nuclear war is over and most people have been killed and your technological infrastructure destroyed. We will then take over , rebuild our own technology and enslave humanity.

    Those humans who helped us will be given top jobs in the Sirian administration and eventually given full citizenship rights for them and their families. Most people will be killed or enslaved. Think what happened to the Indians? That was a Sirian plot from the beginning. We wanted to kill off all the Indians but particularly wanted to destroy the so-called civilized tribes, as we knew that the Progressive faction had intermarried with the Indians.

    Most of human history has been the result of Sirian plots. The problem we have is that you humans are so hard to predict, rule, control etc. And our biggest problem is with intellectuals. Once they know the full story either they go mad, or they try to warn their fellow humans, or they kill themselves. The 10 percent who survive after hearing the true story usually join our movement. And on course the damn progressives are always watching us, trying to warn humankind of the impending danger. But as you know few will ever believe the truth. So your choice today:

    Join us, or resist us and die. We are launching WW111 very soon. Once the war has been launched, nuclear winter will ensure and most of the earth will enter an ice age. We will then invade and take over the habitable areas and use slave labor to mine for minerals etc under the ice. Sirians like cold icy planets as that is like our home planet. Your planet is too hot for our liking anyway.”

    I stopped him and ask lots of follow-up questions. Finally, I tell them the only way they could prove they were telling the truth was to reveal themselves as they really were.

    Spartacus Reveals His True Self

    Spartacus said,

    “Very well. Agent Lee is only part human. She is one of the few successful hybrids. She looks human but a blood test would reveal alien DNA. I am pure Syrian and have l long opposed the inter-species experiments
    being anti-natural and degrading to the Sirian race. I really don’t give a rat’s ass about you humans. Follow me and you will see. But you do take a risk that you will freak out and become a madman.”

    We walk into the back room. Agent Spartacus removes his skintight clothing.

    Underneath it laid a hideous, repulsive ugly reptile like biped creature minus a tail. Dark red with black strips on both sides. His face looked like a bird’s face with sharp beaks,
    beady red eyes, and a mouth full of sharp teeth. The top of his head had horns on it. He laughs, and said,

    “See why most humans believe in a real devil?”

    I could see why most people would freak out at the sight. He was just hideous to look at. Must be something inbred in humans to instantly fear and loathe their real appearance. I am having a hard time coping and want to throw up.

    Agent Lee had also stripped revealing an even more alluringly beautiful woman that I had imagined. I was tempted but knowing that she was half-alien and in league with these evil creatures turned my stomach.

    I tell agent Spartacus and Agent Lee that I had to think about it and went home. I wrote this all down and sent it off to my best friends and of course my wife. I hope that this does not result in a death sentence for me, but so be it. I have to do the right thing. I have resolved to search out and join the resistance led by the progressive Syrians. I hope there is still time to derail “Armageddon” but I fear that time is running out.

    Jake Lee

    for further reading,

    wiki on Lyndon La Rouche
    anicent sirian alien visitors
    wiki on alien shape shifters
    The Cthulu Masonic Conspiracy
    The Cthulu Masonic Conspiracy

  • The Cthulhu Masonic Conspiracy

    The Cthulhu Masonic Conspiracy

    “The Cthulhu Masonic Conspiracy”

    By

    Jake Cosmos Aller

    Comment:  I am a big fan of Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos.  This is my latest attempt at writing a Cthulhu story.  It is based on a dream.  I revised it today March 9 2020 and submitted to Flame Tree Publishing Cthulhu contest. End comment

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    “The Cthulhu Masonic Conspiracy”

    To those who are reading this manuscript, I would forgive you for thinking that this is nothing more than the ravings of a lunatic, or as the result of a drug trip gone horribly wrong.  But, rest assured, every word is true.  I wish that it were otherwise, and I wish that I were simply an unhinged lunatic foaming at the mouth and howling at the moon thinking he was a werewolf.

    It would be so easy to dismiss this horrid tale of grand, evil, ancient conspiracies, but unfortunately it is a true story.  A man once wrote in a novel about the Knights Templar that you always know you are dealing with a lunatic if within the first few minutes of meeting him he begins talking about the Knights Templar.  I will spare you the Knights Templar although they do play a role in the story.  I will also spare you a tale of the fabled illuminati, or the Jewish-communist plot, or the Trans-Atlantic Council, or the evils of the Council on Foreign Relations, and the myriad of other conspiracies dating back centuries.  But, you may have noticed, I did not mention the grand dandy of all secret societies, the Masons.  Perhaps you have now guessed that I have some mad insane fixation on the Masons.

    Perhaps you have the same misconception of the Masons that I did when I joined them 25 years ago.  I thought at the time that the Masons were an adult fraternity of rich, educated upper class males that helped each other out in their careers, and enjoyed play acting ancient mysteries.  Sort of an international Skulls and Bones so to speak.   In fact, many Masons I learned started out as Skulls and Bones members.  The Skulls and Bones were in fact a Masonic recruitment club at Yale and similar clubs, not as infamous, wer

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    e found at many colleges around the U.S. and even around the world.  Those members who showed leadership potential after college were usually recruited to join the Masons.

    I graduated from Yale convinced that I would make it big time.  I had a famous father, had lots of money, had good grades,  Harvard had accepted me for a MBA paid for by my new employer JP Morgan, and I had connections through my father who was a family member of the Morgan family and I had a famous name, Sam Adams named after my great great grandfather.   I was mostly WASP although had some Jewish ancestry as well.  I had graduated a few years after President Bush so I did not have those connections but I knew a lot of people through my father and his connections.  And I had the right pedigree, and looked the part – upper class white bread man who looked like he could be a movie star, tall, handsome, physically fit, with intense blue eyes and dark hair.  I was good looking, funny, arrogant and ambitious, a great tennis and golf player played on both my prep school teams and at Yale as well, and a champion debater as well.    And I was a bonesman through and through.  And I had many rich lady friends as well who adored me and were always willing to help out when I called them. When the Masons came a knocking, I seized the opportunity and eagerly join them.

     

    My first night was a typical introduction.  My buddy, Paul Simon , who worked with me in Wall Street at JP Morgan had one night recruited me over drinks into joining the Masons.

    Paul was a tall athletic man from a proper family as well, but was a Harvard man. We had hit off when we met at the JP Morgan executive leadership program we attended before going to our respective MBA programs.  During our MBA programs we would all intern at Headquarters and then upon graduation become JP Morgan management trainees.

    One night while drinking and snorting coke in the back rooms of a private club (a Masonic recruitment center I later found out) he asked me,

    “Say Sam what do you know about the Masons?”

    “Not much.  Just a club for rich white guys who like to play ancient mystery stories and help each other out.”

    “Well it is much more than that but you can find out as I can sponsor you. If you want”

    “Sure why not”

    And that decision sealed my fate.

    At first I thought it would be a lark, and a way to meet a lot of influential people that could help me when I decided to get into the political game.  I met him in front of the Wall Street Masonic Lodge.  He would pledge me and I would meet the members.  If they voted me in, I would be given a rank of 1 and given reading material to study.  One year later I would be given the opportunity to advance if I passed the test.  There were 10 ranks, and only the 7th rank and above knew the real secrets.  Most members never rose above the first five ranks as being a Mason was not just fun and games.  There was a serious purpose – promoting the fraternity and the members within being perhaps the most important for most members.  Masons had a code of honor – they would not lie, cheat or tolerate those that did.  And they would honor other Masons and give their life on behalf of the orders of senior members.  Paul concluded his little speech on the steps of the lodge by saying,

    “Sam, you know, this is not just a game.  There is serious business happening in the Masonic world, and the Masonic world goes back to the time of the Bible.  You’ll soon learn the history, and if you get as far as the 8th degree you will learn the true history of the Masons and their role in guarding and guiding the world. You may be asked to play a big role in the future.  I hope you will be up for it.”

    I responded, “Of course, Paul.  I’ve done some reading on the Masons and am glad to be invited to join in.”

    I entered the room and met the Membership committee.  They were all titans of Wall Street and the government too.  All men in their late 50’s or 60’s and all at the peak of their professional game.

    The Initiation Pledge

    They introduced me , then I took pledge.

    “I, Sam Adams V111, descendant of President Sam Adams, do hereby swear that I will be a faithful member of the Masonic lodge, follow the instructions of my senior officials, never upon penalty of death reveal to a non-mason what transpired in the temple, never lie or tolerate lies among the Masonic faithful, and always recruit new members to the masonic brotherhood. I swear this on the bible and before God and the masonic brotherhood assembled. “

    I have just signed my own death warrant with what I am about to reveal as I am going to reveal the secret history of the world that the Masons so jealousy guard. If you are reading this after my body is found, be forewarned I told you it was coming.  I learned latter that the Masons did take this pledge deadly seriously.

    I also agreed to never lie, or cheat another Mason, although I would be free to lie to or a cheat a non-Mason if ordered to do so in furtherance of Masonic goals.  Leader Smith, a  tall strange looking elderly white man who did not blink,  congratulated me.

    “Sam Adams V111, welcome to the brotherhood.  I pledge to you that we will promote your carrer, help you in everything you do provided you attended Masonic Temple meetings at least once a month and study and promote your self up the Masonic ranks.  You are member Sam 9975 and will be referred to that name only as we don’t use our real names for operational security reasons.  Your home lodge will always be Wall Street Lodge number 1 the oldest Masonic lodge in North America. You may attend any masonic lodge anywhere in the world when you travel and you can stay for free at Masonic funded secret hotels worldwide – one of the perks of membership.  I have an eye on you and you will do just fine as long as you follow the rules and remain faithful to the masonic brotherhood.”

    Later I asked Paul 7959 what the number meant and was told that it had some numerological component to it and the senior astrologist came up with.  I was surprised,

    ” Senior Astrologist?”

    Paul 7959 responded, “Sam 9975, there are many things in the world you don’t know, the astrologists are the ones who study the ancient mysteries and histories and try to extract some guidance for us.  It would be best if you did not reveal your ignorance anymore.”  I was a bit peeved but kept my mouth shut.

    And yes,  Paul 7959  taught me the secret handshake that would whether someone was a Mason and what degree he was.  The Masons were very rigid in their hierarchy.   After the initial meeting, I was taken to the dining room for the lower ranks.   I met about 25 men there that night.  Everything were like me, fresh from college or graduate school and new to their careers in Wall Street or the Government.

    All eager to get ahead and full of good cheer and delighted to be there.  We ate prime rib, drank some fine 30 year old scotch, smoked some fine cigars, and played poker until 12 midnight.  At midnight, the more senior leaders came in and led us in chanting some of the ancient writings of the Masons which made no sense – they were in Latin, Hebrew, Greek and some totally obscure ancient language.  I went home, happy that I had been accepted and determined to rise through the ranks.

    Over the next decade I attended the monthly meetings, got to know the members well, became good friends with many of them, and received invaluable career advice.  I was constantly reminded of one of the Simpsons parodies of the Masons, “the Stone Cutters. That episode incidentally was much beloved by the Masonic fraternity and Home Simpson and crew were granted honorable membership by the Hollywood Masons, much to the amusement of the Wall Street Masons, who were a more serious crew.

    In any event, the song from that episode had quickly become an unofficial Masonic drinking song and we sang it at every meeting while drinking our fine wine and whisky.  I still get Goosebumps when I sing the song, and realize the secret meaning behind this very subversive song, which of course was written by a Mason and inserted into the Simpsons episode as part of the Masonic conspiracy to lay the ground for the total enslavement of mankind, but I get ahead of my story.

    Homer Simpson Stone Cutter Song

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    “Who controls the British crown?

    Who keeps the metric system down?

    We do!  We do!

    Karl: Who leaves Atlantis off the maps?

    Lenny: Who keeps the Martians under wraps?

    Alien: We do!  We do!

     

    All: Who holds back the electric car?

    Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?

    We do!  We do!

    Skinner: Who robs cavefish of their sight?

    Homer: Who rigs every Oscar night?

    All: We do!  We do!”

    And each Masonic lodge added their own verses to this song which had become our unofficial motto.

    After many years participating in the Masons on my 20th anniversary or in Masonic speak my 20th Masonic birthday,  they held a secret ceremony where they promoted me to the 7th rank and I became aware of  some of the inner secrets, but as a 7th rank, I only knew the very outer story, much of which is well known, although distorted.

    To know and understand the horrid events that are about to unfold you must know the real history, which only 9th rank holders know and understand.  I finally realized this a year ago when the Masonic Order welcomed me to the 9th level and revealed most of the rest of the secret history and that led to the dilemma that has haunted me to this day.  Do I remain loyal to the alien Masons, who have been my friends, and have helped in so many ways over the years or do I remain loyal to humans and betray their monstrous conspiracy?

     

    I am writing this because when I joined the 9th rank, Leader Wilson who had not aged a bit since I knew him 20 years ago told me,

    “Sam 9975 you are here because big events are in the works and you will play a crucial role in carrying out our final stages of the masonic world wide revolution. But you will have to pledge loyalty to the Master Plan which we will explain to you later tonight. Do you swear undying loyalty to the Masonic brotherhood? Upon pain of instant death?     ”

    “Of course”

    The Secret History of the World

    Let me backtrack and tell you the true history, and then you’ll see my horrid dilemma.  I wonder what you would do in my shoes, dear reader?

    For millions of years an epic battle raged across the galaxy between the followers of Cthulhu and the followers of Ashura Mazda.  Both would best be described as god like creatures.  The whole universe is in effect a cosmic battle between the forces of good, the light side of the force and the forces of evil, or darkness, the dark side of the force, the two sides of the force existed in an constant state of flux, the Taoists  knew this as the battle between Yin and Yang.   Cthulhu was simply a manifestation of the evil forces of the universe and was worshiped as the Dark Lord.  He was a hideous monster about 10 feet tall, looks like a giant octopus with eight legs, and intense red eyes.  He is an ancient God, one of the founders of the universe.  His supporters were found across the universe.  Those who followed him gained tremendous power as they were vicious, corrupt, and evil and knew how to harness the dark forces of the universe – many of them became immortal as they would eat the bodies of their defeated enemies gaining their life force or soul and extending their life.

     

    Ashura Mazda was the god of light and wisdom.  He had no corporeal form but manifested himself as a beam of light and filled his followers with love and happiness.  He and his followers were always at a disadvantage because well frankly most sentient creatures, like most human beings, are neither good nor bad, and are easily swayed by greed and fear, the dark side of the force.  Cthulhu and his followers have an easier time of it than Ashura and his followers as the darkness corrupts and once corrupted one is lost to the light forever.  There is no turning back from the dark side.

    This battle went on for countless centuries.  Most people were unaware of it as few people could understand or perceive the world as it really is.  Only a select few were chosen as their followers and champions.  Worlds chose sides and the battle was on.    Cthulhu and his followers were defeated.  Cthulhu and his top aides were banished to a world at the end of the Galaxy that was lost and unknown as it had not yet developed civilization.   Cthulhu and his top followers who were all of the same evil race of giant octopus like creatures were buried deep in an fortress deep under ground lost in an inter-dimensional zone. Escape was thought impossible.

    Cthulhu’s followers were scattered far and wide and all knowledge of Cthulhu was banned.  The galaxy went on its way, with several galactic empires rising and falling.  Earth was still undiscovered.

    Ten thousand years ago followers of Cthulhu, mostly from the planet Sirius, came to earth convinced that Cthulhu was buried in a prison deep under the earth.  However, their ships failed to work and they were unable to contact their headquarters and realized they were stranded on Earth in a back water of the Galaxy.   They decided they had no choice but to found a civilization on earth and bid their time until they could contact their home world.  The civilization they founded was called Atlantis.

     

    For four thousand years they lived on Atlantis, forming a powerful kingdom.  They had enslaved the local population they found in Europe and found that the Sirian race and humans, both being humanoid, could intermarry.    Over time, few true blood Sirians remained.  The Sirian leadership realized that they were in danger of dying out as a race, unless they formed a secret society to keep their mission and history alive.  Thus, the Masons were formed.  Their goal was to build themselves up, take over the world, enslave mankind, then free Cthulhu and establish his headquarters openly on the Planet Earth, which will be also the center of galactic terrorism, with the long-range goal of finally banishing Ashura once and for ever and establishing the reign of Cthulhu forever.

    The followers of Ashura tracked the Sirians down and attacked Atlantis in a surprise nuclear attack and sank Atlantis.  Few survived the resulting flood caused by a sudden melting of the arctic ice and a short lived global warming and fire.    The followers of Ashura ended up in ancient Persia and Greece where they were gods.  They did they best to impart knowledge but the locals were unable to truly comprehend them.  Thus, the ancient religion of Zoroastrianism was founded.

    The Sirians infiltrated the ancient Roman republic and began to edge the Romans on, encouraging them in their imperial ambitions seeing the rise of the Roman Empire as their best bet to reestablish themselves.   The Masonic Lodges remained their secret service and secret lodges.  Throughout the ancient world, the Sirians based in Rome did battle with the Persians and the followers of Ashura.

    This battle was never won by either side.  And few humans ever knew the real history behind this ancient battle.  Few knew that buried deep under the North American continent the evil dark lord slumbered in his cosmic prison.

    The followers of Ashura were also losing their culture and history and few of the ancient ones were alive, and most had intermarried.  They were also a humanoid race from a star system in the center of the galaxy.  Only a few true-blue bloods remained.  Jesus, was the son of one of the last surviving lines.  Jesus knew the truth and tried to tell the world but to no avail.   Buddha also was a descendent of the Ashura followers, and knew the truth and he too failed to communicate the truth to the world.

    To bring the story up to the present day, the Masons were behind many of the events of the past thousand years including the founding of America, the development of the British and Spanish Empires, WW1 and WW11 (Hitler they hoped would bring about the world government that they so needed so they could then take over once Cthulhu was released.). the rise of the Communist Soviet Union, 9-11, Islamic terrorism, various pandemics including the Spanish Flue. SAARS, MERS and Corona pandemic.

    The Ashura followers, never organized quite as well, managed to block and defeat many of the Masonic plots over the years.

    This is what I learned when I became a 7th rank Mason.  I was appalled and disgusted by it, and did not believe it at all.  Paul, and other 7th and 8th ranked Masons told me it was true and soon I will meet with the Sirian overlords.

    One day I get an urgent message to be at the lodge at 8 pm that night for a secret meeting.  I arrive and am ushered into the inner sanctum, which I had never been invited to before.  I was told I was being inducted that night into 9th rank as events were spinning out of control and I was needed to join the war council.

    The Vice President entered the room.   The Vice President was a tall elderly white man who had intense blue eyes that never blinked.  There were rumors that he and the President were mobbed up and had a violent shady past.

    Fellow masons.  Most of you know me but for those newly promoted to the 9th rank, I am Smith0595.  “Plan Armageddon”is a go. As some of you know, we are going to launch a nuclear attack on Iran and Syria led by the U.S. and Israel.  The pretext is that the Iranians are about to develop nuclear weapons and President Wilson – Wilson6595 has authorized the secret attack.  We have been planning it for weeks but have been able to manipulate the media to prevent any leaks through our superior mental powers. The markets and world economy will take a hit but once order is restored the markets will bounce back.  But if you know in advance, one could make a killing shorting certain stock and buying other stocks. Sam9975 would oversee the secret financial manipulation.  The money raised would be enormous and would be sent to a secret bank account, where the money would be used for off the record purchases of military equipment and to raise an unofficial secret army that would occupy Iran and Syria.

    A day before D day you and your family members will be moved into a secret location a few days before the start of the war where we would wait out the end of the war.  It was feared the world may erupt into nuclear war and that millions if not billions would die.  The Masons and their allies would be safe in our underground bunkers that would be set up all over the world.  10 million people were going to be saved, in all.  After the dust settled, we would impose worldwide martial law and establish the US as the sole governing body.  At that point, Cthulhu would be released from his prison and would rule the Earth under his own name.

    Smith 0595 turned to me and asked me point bank would I join them in their victory?

    Of course, I could not say no.

    Good here is the list of stocks you are authorized to buy and sell.  You have no credit limit and JP Morgan senior staff are aware of and approve all transactions will be done secretly along with some of your fellow masons.  You will meet tonight to discuss which stocks will be sold or bought by who and when and start execution tomorrow.  The military attack will be a carefully guarded secret.  All trades must be executed within  week.  D day commences once the final trade is completed and you are all in our secret headquarters.  Each of you have your mission. Cthulu will be pleased and reward each of with the gift of immortality.”

    That night I went home and recounted the story and realized the Vice President and most of the senior leadership of the US were both Masons and were also not humans.  The Vice President was one of the few pure blood Sirians left.  How could I tell he was not human?  His eyes. Humans blink, Sirians do not blink.  And Sirians saw the world differently than humans, they had infra-red capability and saw in the dark, and it was rumored that they had latent telepathic powers as well.  In any event they looked like humans except for the eyes not blinking and the strangeness in their eyes.

    Most of his henchmen were either part Sirians or were like me, humans that had been co-opted and seduced to serve their evil master plans.

    That is, it in a nutshell.  The war is about to be launched, and I am about to go underground to wait out the end of the world in our masonic secret lair underneath the Wall Street Lodge.  I am sending this out via the internet in the vain hope that someone somewhere can stop this madness from occurring.   As for me, if someone traces this back to me, I am a dead man.  I fear that I am already dead.  Good luck and Good night.”

     

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  • the Cosmic Bench in Lithia Park Published in Two Drops of Ink

    One November afternoon, about 5 pm, Sam Adams, an white man in his late
    60s was doing his usual daily walk in Lithia Park in Ashland, Oregon. Sam had retired to
    Oregon after serving in the U.S. government as a diplomat for many years. He had grown up in
    Berkeley but had visited Ashland over the years. He and his wife, Linda, were big fans of the
    Shakespeare festival. Linda was worried that Sam was showing signs of Alzheimer’s but Sam
    was not worried. He told Linda every day he would always remember how to find his way back
    to her.

    They had been married for 45 years. They met on a bus in South Korea when Sam was
    teaching there for the US Army before joining the State Department. Linda Lee was Korea. It
    was love at first sight and they got married two months after meeting.

    Since retirement they were inseparable but Sam often went for his walks alone. He would walk deep into Lithia Park following the Lithia creek upriver until he came upon his favorite bench and sat there a while. The bench was a simple wooden bench, surrounded by Japanese Maple trees which were in full color display that afternoon. It was a pleasant spot and Sam had been going there every day for almost two years.

    Soon, as usual, he was lost in thought, dreaming of his past life, thinking of his past loves, thinking dark thoughts preparing mentally for the coming end times of his life. Sam had a premonition that death was stalking him and that his time was near. He never told his wife that because he did not want to worry her. But he had insisted that they had gotten their estate plan completed, and he felt ready to go any day now.

    Sam had plenty to think about – he and Linda had had an eventful life. He had lived in over ten countries around the world and traveled to 50 states. After retiring he had become a blogger and worked on that off and on. But lately, he felt that time was slipping away from him. As he sat on the bench, meditating on his past life, something strange occurred. The bench woke up and spoke to Sam.

    “Sam, how are you doing? Old friend of mine. I am delighted that I can speak with you.”

    Sam looked around and could not find out where the voice was coming from but realized that the chair had spoken to him. Sam laughed and said,

    “well chair if you can speak tell me what you know.”

    The chair spoke of Sam’s life and of the life of others in the community that Sam knew. The chair said he knew everything that occurred in the lives of the people that sat on his bench. And the trees knew too as did the cosmic cat and even the squirrels knew. But people, well they just did not know how to listen to nature and to the world around them. In a way, it was too bad because the bench had so much wisdom to implant.

    Sam and the bench began talking. Soon a black cat appeared. He said that he was a cosmic cat as most cats are. Cats he explained are special creatures – not originally from this planet and descended from great warriors that crashed landed on earth millions of years ago. Cats were so often dismissed by humans as alien freaks or as annoying pests. But cats were really man’s best friend. And all cats had a sixth sense about death. They knew when it was time to go. The cat said the Grimm reaper was coming to Sam’s place that night and that Sam would be gone the next day.

    Sam said,

    “Cosmic cat do you know what will happen to me? Will I go to heaven or Hell? Is there a heaven or a hell?”

    “Sam, that is beyond my pay grade as they say. I do know that life continues after death but heaven and hell I don’t know much about. It is different for us cats. We come back to life as cats again and again can’t seem to escape our karmic fate. Humans well the move on to the next level of existence and we never see them again. Oh, here is the Grimm Reaper himself.”

    The Grimm Reaper walks up to Sam and introduces himself. The Grimm Reaper was a handsome man dressed in all black clothes, with a black hat and tie on. He said that he is just part of an army of Grimm Reapers and was breaking protocol to talk with Sam. He was so impressed that Sam had developed the ability to talk to animals, trees and the cosmic bench that he had a deal to make.

    Sam intrigued said,

    “What’s the deal?”

    I will give you one more month to live but you let me into your life like in the movie, Joe Black. Always wanted to try that. At the end of your life, God may grant me my wish to be a mortal for a few years. Here’s how it is going to play out. I will introduce myself as your long lost son from an affair long ago. You will welcome me into your life and Linda will eventually accept me as your son as well.

    Every day we will come back here and continue our conversation. At the end of the month, you will go on to the other world and I will stay behind as your son and stay with your wife to comfort her until it is her time to go and then you will be reunited. For you are special true soul mates and will be together forever. Do we have a deal?”

    Sam said “sure.”

    The bench smiled, the cat was happy, the squirrel came down from the tree after getting assurances that the Cat would not eat him that day and congratulated him as well. The Maple tree finally spoke and blessed the deal as well.
    As night deepened, he turned slowly towards home, accompanied by the Grimm Reaper who decided to call himself Joe Black, and the cosmic cat.

    He said goodnight to the cosmic bench in the park, acknowledging that he would be back
    same time, same station, day after day until Joe released him from this mortal world.

    The end

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