Topic: Santa Cruz

A researcher at the Portland conference revealed a link between coal-fire power plants and the military's chemical supply. Landman explains that the nanoparticulate soot (fly ash) collected by power plant filters contains aluminum, barium, and strontium. This "slurry" is allegedly transported via train directly to Air Force bases to be used in spraying operations, creating a tangible paper trail for activists to follow.

David Blume is opening an educational and manufacturing facility in Watsonville, California, featuring five acres of greenhouses for energy crops. The site, Bloom Distillation, will offer workshops on producing fuel from various waste products like coffee berry pulp and bananas. When asked about his safety, Blume suggests that his published work provides a level of protection against industry retaliation.

In 2000, Adam Gorightly was contacted by Robert Newport, a founding member of the Discordian Society who had rescued Greg Hill's personal archives from being discarded. Newport provided Gorightly with boxes of materials, including the long-lost first edition of the Principia Discordia and documents related to the Garrison investigation. This archive serves as the primary source for Gorightly's books, including the upcoming Caught in the Crossfire.

Adam Gorightly recounts meeting Robert Anton Wilson in Santa Cruz, describing him as a generous man who remained active despite suffering from post-polio syndrome. Wilson was a prominent advocate for medical marijuana in California and a deep student of Aleister Crowley and James Joyce. The discussion touches on Wilson's collaboration with Timothy Leary on the "Eighth Circuit Model" of human consciousness.

Gamble details a successful 2007 activist campaign in Santa Cruz, California, against government-mandated aerial chemical spraying intended to combat the light brown apple moth. By organizing into sector-based teams, the community followed the money to Homeland Security and the USDA. The effort eventually forced Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to declare a moratorium after discovering the spray contained toxic mutagens and endocrine disruptors.

Researcher Douglas Hawes joins the show to discuss his work on occult secret societies and his primary source, Jeff Turner. Turner is described as a Santa Cruz resident living on disability who claims to track cult priestesses and KGB agents. Hawes details their meeting in 1987 at a messianic Jewish congregation and the beginning of their long-term association.

Douglas Hawes details Jeff Turner's claims that Hollywood actress Tuesday Weld belongs to an ancient Druidic bloodline. Turner further alleged that a rival cult priestess named Christie was involved in espionage in Silicon Valley. Hawes mentions a private article titled "Christie Bitch Queen of Terror" and claims that local law enforcement confirmed some of Turner's assertions regarding an internal investigation.