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Jake Compares Coronavirus FRAUD to Election2020 FRAUD.  Same Scam, Same Strategies on both fronts.  So, where does that leave us?

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We are Here To Introduce a New Game
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The Joker

 

This 2020 #Joker
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what is the perfect idea?
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Its 2021 and EVERYTHING is now on the Internet.  Fact and Fiction.  How will you be able to tell the difference in the ‘new’ new-normal..?

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If We Truly Seek to Fully Understand Ourselves & Our Surroundings at the Highest Levels, Ultimately We Must Ask All the Difficult Questions

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CONSCIOUS RAP

  • Conscious rap is a sub-genre of hip-hop that focuses on creating awareness and imparting knowledge
  • Conscious rappers traditionally have decried violence, discrimination, ailments of society, and most have accurately predicted current events
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The Elite Divide The Population With Never Ending Conflict

This Strategy Has Been Used For Generations

Humans are the only species on earth that must settle a debt simply to stay alive. Unlike others, Humans are also continually seeking fantastically inventive ways of destroying itself & habitat.

The Establishment Powers that Be do not want an empowered population

which could assemble as a single cohesive unit & use effective critical thinking in their daily lives in order to actually solve their own problems.  

We can break free from this self-limiting mind-control matrix of lies.

Everything we need, we already have. 

EVERYTHING.

MEANS.

EVERYTHING.

To really understand what that means,

we have to go down the rabbit hole ourselves.

You can’t be TOLD you are In-Love.

Nor can we be TOLD what is True,
we must understand Truth for ourselves.

The Whole Truth About Coronavirus

Are you ready to understand whats really going on?
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Personal Freedoms are Disappearing

 It’s Time For You To Fully Understand Why

Obtaining and Validating Facts Today is Challenging

Thankfully We’ve Paid Close Attention to the Details, For a Very Long Time, since 2002.  It is a Never-ending Process of Filtering out Distractions.  Constantly Digging to Uncover Information in Order to Apply Critical Thinking Where Each Dot Connects. If you’ve gotten this far, please take a moment to recognize the effort that has been taken
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Human Trafficking of Women & Children

The Problem is Systemic & Global

Trafficking is the real problem – 800,000 Children per YEAR go missing 

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Microsoft Successfully Lobbied EU: Datacentre Emissions Hidden Behind Confidentiality Clause

Microsoft and US tech giants successfully lobbied the EU to hide individual datacentre emissions data behind confidentiality clauses that legal experts warn may violate transparency laws.

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We Already Have Everything We Need

Only by having a full and complete awareness of what the body consumes, and the mind focuses upon, can one find ultimate balance and harmony and avoid the traps of corporate greed.

Open the mind to unlimited healing potential, and the possibility that hidden cures exist which could change the understanding of medicine as we know it.
The Human Mind has unlimited potential, with both its Physical and Non-Physical connection to the body, we exhibit the same holographic principles of the very universe around/within us. 
Being aware of profit exploitation in medicine, and taking advantage of this deeper mind body connection can only lead to a longer healthier life.

Womb Wisdom: The Ancient Feminine Power Hidden Within Every Woman

Throughout the vast sweep of human history, the earliest civilizations revered feminine energy as the foundation of all existence. Ancient cultures understood that the capacity to bring forth life represented the most profound power in the natural world. It was only...

The Golden Ratio: How 1.618 Connects Ancient Architecture, Nature, and Human Aesthetics

What Is the Golden Ratio? The golden ratio, approximately 1.61803399, is represented by the Greek letter Phi. It is a mathematical constant that has captivated thinkers across nearly every discipline for millennia. Two quantities are in the golden ratio when their...

Essential Homesteading Projects for Building Self-Sufficiency

The movement toward self-sufficiency has expanded far beyond rural farms and off-grid cabins. Urban dwellers, suburban families, and apartment renters are all discovering practical ways to produce their own food, reduce dependence on fragile supply chains, and build...

The Journey & Map of the Soul

The spirit is the energy of light and within this light there is a unique pattern called the soul. The soul carries within it an electromagnetic holographic images of past experiences or other incarnations, but also within this pattern of energy there is an electronic...

Science-Backed Habits for Staying Positive Under Pressure

Maintaining a positive mental outlook is not about ignoring reality or pretending that problems do not exist. Genuine positivity is a discipline, a set of practices that strengthen psychological resilience and improve the ability to respond effectively to challenges....

Photosynthesis: Plants Performing Quantum Computation

GREEN COMPUTING: Photosynthetic plants appear to employ quantum computing to efficiently capture the energy of the sun. Plants soak up some of the 1017 joules of solar energy that bathe Earth each second, harvesting as much as 95 percent of it from the light they...

WORLD MAP: Population Density Per Square Km

Population density of over 15 people per square kilometer below:   SOURCE:http://www.dwtkns.com/density/

Physicists Say There May Be a Way To Prove That We Live in a Computer Simulation

Back in 2003, Oxford professor Nick Bostrom suggested that we may be living in a computer simulation. In his paper, Bostrom offered very little science to support his hypothesis — though he did calculate the computational requirements needed to pull off such a feat....

Lucid Dreaming Explained: Techniques, Science and How to Control Your Dreams

What Is Lucid Dreaming and Why Does It Matter? Lucid dreaming is the experience of becoming consciously aware that you are inside a dream while it is still happening. Unlike ordinary dreams that fade from memory within moments of waking, a lucid dream places you in a...

Cannabinoid Research Shows Potential for Treating Autism Spectrum Disorders

Research published in the journal Nature Communications in 2012 explored the potential role of cannabinoid compounds in addressing symptoms associated with autism spectrum disorders. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of California, Irvine and the...

Rapture of the Nerds: Will the Singularity Turn us into Gods or End the Human Race?

A gathering of experts on artificial intelligence becomes a search for deeper meaning Hundreds of the world’s brightest minds — engineers from Google and IBM, hedge funds quants, and Defense Department contractors building artificial intelligence — were gathered in...

Medicinal Herbs Guide

Medicinal Herbs are in use for thousand of years and are renowned for their effectiveness in many diseases. These natural herbs are very effective in boosting the immune system, increasing the body resistance to infections, healing the allergies, and raising and...

Study showing that humans have some psychic powers

Study showing that humans have some psychic powers caps Daryl Bem's career Bem By George Lowery It took eight years and nine experiments with more 1,000 participants, but the results offer evidence that humans have some ability to anticipate the future. "Of the...

Welcome to in5d Esoteric, Metaphysical and Spiritual Database

UPDATED DAILY WITH NEW ARTICLES! Welcome to in5d Esoteric, Metaphysical and Spiritual Database where you are never alone! Your spiritual path led you to in5d!  Like an 11:11 synchronicity, this is not a coincidence! in5d is one the internet's largest resources for...

Israel Embraces Medical Cannabis

While Americans petition state senators to legalize medical marijuana, and the Dutch simply go to an Amsterdam café to self-medicate, thousands of Israelis are enrolled in a regulated medical marijuana program. As talk-show veteran Montel Williams recently saw for...

Lady Gaga’s “Judas” and the Age of Horus

Lady Gaga’s “Judas” video is a modern retelling of biblical stories, where Jesus and his disciples are portrayed as a biker gang. But don’t mistake the video for a Bible lesson as it twists and turns important scenes to give them a very different meaning. In fact, it...

Breast Cancer Charities are Hiding the Truth

  It’s time to demand an end to the cover-up of the leading cause of breast cancer – tight bras. It’s been 20 years since our research showing a major link between breast cancer and the wearing of tight bras for long periods of time daily was announced to cancer...

Young Blood Transfusions Reverse Aging in Mice: What Stanford Research Reveals

Stanford Researchers Discover Young Blood Reverses Aging in Mice A groundbreaking experiment conducted at Stanford University revealed that transfusions of young blood can reverse cognitive decline in aging mice. The findings, presented at the Society for Neuroscience...

Modern Science Confirms Yoga’s Many Health Benefits

There is evidence in the archeological record that yoga has been practiced by humans for at least 5,000 years. Whereas this would constitute sufficient evidence for most folks to consider it a practice with real health benefits, as its millions of practitioners widely...

Survival Food: 56 Food & Supplies Must Have Items

Survival Food that makes life easier: These four foods can be stored for over 10 years and can add some flavor to your cooking. If stored properly they can probably last indefinitely. Salt Sugar – Brown or White Honey Alcohol – Whiskey, Vodka, etc… Hard Grains: Stored...

The Curious Case of the Immortal Jellyfish

It’s official: the only thing certain in this world is taxes. That’s because death, for a tiny sea creature, is not inevitable. Turritopsis nutricul, a jellyfish-like  hydrazoan, is the only animal known to be potentially immortal. Once it reaches sexual maturity,...

Vegan Shake- GREEN

1 cup of water 1Teaspoon Raw Organic Spirulina 1Teaspoon Raw Organic Chlorella ¼ cup  chia seeds 3Large Cucumber 3 Stalks Celery Handful of Spinach, Handful of  Kale, 1 Swiss Chard leaf 4 yellow or orange mini sweet bell peppers 1 Green Bell Pepper 3Roma Tomato 4Table...

Humor Heals the Soul

Keeping it Light Makes Sure that our Focus stays on the things that actually do matter like family, friends and Love.

Other Researchers & Activists Risking It All

Everyone has the power to do something.  No matter what understanding a person has about the world, the ability to exhibit change exits in all of us.  Truth is like a tiny candle in a very dark room.  Only the smallest spark is needed to illuminate every distant corner. Never underestimate the power of this same light inside you.

Pat Tillman – Military, Activist

Patrick Daniel "Pat" Tillman was an American football player who left his professional career and enlisted in the United States Army in June 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.  During his stay in Afghanistan, he quickly realized there was deception...

Aaron Swartz – Programmer, Activist

Aaron Swartz was a computer programmer and Internet activist who is often referred to as the third founder of Reddit. “"I don't think I have any particular technical skills. I just got a really large head start."” -Aaron Swartz Early Years Aaron Swartz was born on...

Che Guevara – Freedom Fighter, Humanitarian

Che Guevara  Ernesto "Che" Guevara, commonly known as el Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. Che Guevara  Ernesto "Che" Guevara, commonly known as el Che or simply Che, was an...

Huey P. Newton – Activist, Equal Rights

Huey Percy Newton was an African-American political and urban activist who, along with Bobby Seale, co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966.  Many well educated activists would argue this group was ultimately undermined by FBI tactics and COINTELPRO, to destroy...

Wu Tang Clan – Rap Group

The Wu-Tang Clan is an elite group of ninja revolutionaries and mind control cult, under the leadership of reverend Bob Diggs, that arose in the early 1890s to challenge the authority of the various secret societies ruling the world, including the Illuminati,...

Gary McKinnon – Hacker

Gary McKinnon (born 10 February 1966) is a Scottish systems administrator and hacker who was accused in 2002 of perpetrating the "biggest military computer hack of all time,"[2] although McKinnon himself – who has a diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome – states that he...

Jiddu Krishnamurti – Free Thinker, Author

The Core of the Teachings Written by Krishnamurti in 1980 at the request of his biographer Mary Lutyens. The core of Krishnamurti’s teaching is contained in the statement he made in 1929 when he said, “Truth is a pathless land”. Man cannot come to it through any...

Vinnie Paz – Rapper, Activist

Vincenzo Luvineri (born October 5, 1977), better known as Vinnie Paz (formerly known as Ikon the Verbal Hologram), is an Italian-American rapper and the lyricist behind the Philadelphia underground hip hop group Jedi Mind Tricks. He is also the frontman of the hip hop...

Philip Schneider – Military, Underground Bases, UFOs

Philip Schneider was born April 23, 1947 and died (many assume murdered) in January 1996. Now Philip Schneider claimed to be an ex-government geologist and structural engineer who was involved in building underground military bases around the United States (possessing...

Richard Hoagland – Curator, Consultant, Expert

Expert Consultant, Museum Curator, Investigator, UFOlogist Richard C. Hoagland is a former museum space science Curator; a former NASA Consultant; and, during the historic Apollo Missions to the Moon, was science advisor to Walter Cronkite and CBS News. In the...

Ice-T – Rapper, Entertainer

Tracy Marrow Rapper, Actor, Activist "I'll give up my guns when everybody else does...The right to bare arms is because that's the last form of defense against tyranny...not to hunt, it's to protect yourself from the police."Rapper, Actor, Activist "I'll give up my...

Dave Chappelle – Entertainer, Activist

Dave Chappelle has never joined the dark side of the entertainment industry and refused to play the game, like Katt Williams his career has suffered because of it. Remember when the mainstream media told us he was a crackhead who lost his mind when he ran away to...

Barrett Brown – Journalist, Activist

Barrett Brown is an American journalist, essayist and satirist. He is often referred to as an unofficial spokesperson for the hacktivist collective Anonymous, a label he disputes. He is credited with the creation of Project PM, a research outfit and information...

Jake Davis – Hacker

Jake Davis Topiary, real name Jake Leslie Davis, born October 27, 1992, is a former hacker. He has worked with Anonymous, LulzSec, and similar hacktivist groups.Topiary, real name Jake Leslie Davis, born October 27, 1992, is a former hacker. He has worked with...

Randy Cramer – Secret Space Program, Mars

Randy Cramer-aka-Captain “Kaye”, a former supersoldier I Interviewed back in 2006, code named “Zed” (See:...

Capital Steez – Rapper, Activist

Capital Steez Courtney "Jamal" Everald Dewar JR, better known by his stage name Capital Steez, was an American hip hop recording artist and anarchist from Brooklyn, New York City, New York.Capital Steez Courtney "Jamal" Everald Dewar JR, better known by his stage name...

Laura Poitras – Journalist, Filmmaker

Laura Poitras is an American documentary film director and producer residing in Berlin. Poitras has received numerous awards for her work. Her 2006 documentary, My Country, My Country, was nominated for an Academy Award. Edward Snowden first reached out to Laura with...

KRS One – Rapper, Activist

Lawrence Krisna Parker (born August 20, 1965), better known by his stage names KRS-One, and Teacha, is an American rapper from The Bronx, New York City, New York. KRS-One rose to prominence as part of the group Boogie Down Productions, which he formed with DJ Scott La...

Martin Luther King Jr – Doctor, Pastor, Human Rights, Activist

Doctor, Pastor, Human Rights Activist Born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin Luther King Jr. His grandfather began the family's long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has...

Tila Tequila: How a Reality TV Star Became an Early Social Media Conspiracy Activist

From Reality TV Star to Conspiracy Activist Tila Tequila, born Thien Thanh Thi Nguyen, rose to fame as one of the most-followed personalities on MySpace during the social media platform's peak years. She parlayed that early internet celebrity into a reality television...

Noam Chomsky – Professor, Author, Activist

Avram Noam Chomsky (/ˈnoʊm ˈtʃɒmski/; born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher,[21][22] cognitive scientist,logician,[23][24][25] political commentator and activist. Sometimes described as the "father of modern linguistics",[26][27] Chomsky is also...

Dwight Yoakam – Entertainer, Activist

Dwight David Yoakam Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Director, Activist "Sandy Hook was an anomalous horror...[but] guns aren't for hunting, they're used to protect yourself against tyranny...I don't trust the government...We're worried about tyranny from within.""Sandy...

Jesse Ventura – Military, Entertainer, Investigator

James George Janos Governor, Veteran, Actor, Author, Wrestler, Activist  Jesse Ventura About.com 3/10/10 "I would say the biggest one to me was the killing of John F. Kennedy because of what happened after that. Imagine if you can kill the president and get away with...

Bill Hicks – Entertainer, Activist

William Melvin "Bill" Hicks (December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994) was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist and musician. His material, encompassing a wide range of social issues including religion, politics, and philosophy, was controversial, and...

Dead Prez – Rappers, Activists

When revolutionary rap duo Dead Prez released their classic 2000 opening salvo, Let’s Get Free, the outspoken hip-hop tandem of stic.man and M-1 were lauded and criticized for their two-fisted rebuke of systematic racism in all its forms. Nearly two decades later,...

IRS Procurement of Covert Surveillance Cameras Hidden in Everyday Objects

In June 2013, the Internal Revenue Service posted a federal procurement solicitation for covert surveillance equipment, including cameras hidden inside coffee trays, potted plants, and clock radios. The purchase order appeared on the government contracting website...

The Dulce Papers Updated

by lethceb a member of aliens-ufo.com forum. Thomas Edwin Castello is currently living in exile in a European country that, for obvious reasons cannot be named. He is living under an identity that protects his well-being and allows him to live a ‘normal’ life. I met...

Complete Guide to Anonymous Browsing: Tor, Encryption, and Operational Security

Digital privacy has become one of the most pressing concerns of the modern era. As surveillance capabilities expand across both government and corporate sectors, understanding the tools and techniques for maintaining anonymity online is no longer a niche interest — it...

Cryptoparty Goes Viral: Pen testers, Privacy Geeks Spread Security to the Masses

Security professionals, geeks and hackers around the world are hosting a series of cryptography training sessions for the general public. The 'crytoparty' sessions were born in Australia and kicked off last week in Sydney and Canberra along with two in the US and...

User Guide: Online Anonymity

The act of keeping your identity hidden online by using connection methods and encryption methods, to make yourself untraceable to a person, website, company, school or whatever else you are doing/connecting to. Stay hidden when investigating a website, or scanning it...

How the CIA Became a Shadow Military Force After September 11

The CIA's Transformation from Intelligence Agency to Shadow Military In September 2011, the Washington Post published an investigation by Greg Miller and Julie Tate that documented a fundamental shift in the Central Intelligence Agency's core mission. In the decade...

We Are Legion: The Documentary That Revealed Anonymous

A Documentary That Put Faces on Anonymous "We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists," directed by Brian Knappenberger, premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in January 2012 and offered one of the first in-depth documentary portraits of the hacktivist collective...

DARPA and NSA Recruit Hackers for Cybersecurity: Inside the Pentagon Outreach Campaign

DARPA Turns to Hacker Community for Help Securing Government Networks In a move that revealed both desperation and pragmatism, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency convened a cybersecurity conference and extended invitations to an unlikely audience: hackers....

Court Documents Reveal Government Threatened Yahoo With 250K Daily Fines Over PRISM

Government Threatened Yahoo With Daily Fines Over PRISM Compliance In September 2014, approximately 1,500 pages of previously classified court documents revealed how the United States government coerced Yahoo into participating in the NSA's PRISM surveillance program....

Grey Alien Filmed By KGB

  Originaly uploaded by Ivan0135. THIS VIDEO IS LEAKED FROM THE KGB TOP SECRET ARCHIVE. Date format: YY/MM/DD Time passed: HH:MM:SS From the first contact in 1942, a series of diplomatic visits to discuss matters of mutual concern were planned. Under the treaty...

An (inadvertent) FBI Guide to Keeping Your #Bitcoin Transactions Below the Radar

>>> FBI BITCOIN REPORT - APRIL 2012 <<<< The FBI sees the anonymous Bitcoin payment network as an alarming haven for money laundering and other criminal activity — including as a tool for hackers to rip off fellow Bitcoin users. That’s according...

NSA and CIA Spying in World of Warcraft and Online Games

How Intelligence Agencies Infiltrated Virtual Worlds A joint investigation by The New York Times, The Guardian, and ProPublica — drawing on classified documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden — revealed that American and British intelligence services...

Laura Poitras – Journalist, Filmmaker

Laura Poitras is an American documentary film director and producer residing in Berlin. Poitras has received numerous awards for her work. Her 2006 documentary, My Country, My Country, was nominated for an Academy Award. Edward Snowden first reached out to Laura with...

David Lynch – Entertainer, Activist

Filmmaker, Director, Artist, Musician, Actor "The Things that bother me is the hole in the Pentagon being too small for a plane, the lawn isn't mussed up, and the government is not showing the plane hitting when many cameras photographed it. At the WTC, 3 buildings...

Jesse Ventura – Military, Entertainer, Investigator

James George Janos Governor, Veteran, Actor, Author, Wrestler, Activist  Jesse Ventura About.com 3/10/10 "I would say the biggest one to me was the killing of John F. Kennedy because of what happened after that. Imagine if you can kill the president and get away with...

Conscious Rap – Why it Matters

Conscious rap is a sub-genre of hip-hop that focuses on creating awareness and imparting knowledge. Conscious rappers traditionally have decried violence, discrimination, and other ailments of society. Conscious rap is propelled by the conviction that radical social change comes through knowledge of self and personal discovery.

John Cusack – Entertainer, Activist

  John Cusack Activist, Entertainer, Comedian Antiwar, 911 Truth, etc John Cusack Most recently, Hollywood actor John Cusack is the latest supporter to visit WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in his continued stay at the Ecuadorian Embassy. The American star...

Anonymous: Occupy The Planet

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccazpyz0RyQ

Rob Schneider – Entertainer, Humanitarian

Rob Schneider Robert Michael Schneider Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter, Director, Activist "I'm for parental rights, not for government coercion telling us what we can do and can't do with our kids...It's illegal...You can't make people do procedures that they don't...

Par:AnoIA Explained: The Anonymous Intelligence Agency Built for Whistleblowers

Paranoia can be paralyzing — unless you are a whistleblower searching for a secure, neutral outlet. In that case, a healthy dose of suspicion might be exactly what keeps you safe. What Is Par:AnoIA and Why Does It Matter? Par:AnoIA — short for Potentially Alarming...

VPN vs SSH Tunnel: Security Differences and When to Use Each

Understanding VPN Connections A Virtual Private Network creates a secure, encrypted tunnel between a device and a remote server, routing all of the device’s network traffic through that connection. The technology was originally developed for business use —...

Christopher Doyon – Hacker

Christopher Doyon Chris Doyon (alias "Commander X"), a self-described leader 'within' Anonymous, was arrested in September 2011 for a cyberattack on the website of Santa Cruz County, California. He jumped bail in February 2012 and fled across the border into...

NSA: Security Con guration Recommendations for Apple iOS 5 Devices

>>>>    NSA_Apple_IOS_5_Security_Protocols  <<<<   Purpose. This document provides security-related usage and con guration recommendations for Apple iOS devices such as the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This document does not constitute...

Why Anonymous Was a Protest Movement, Not a National Security Threat

The U.S. Government Framed Anonymous as a National Security Threat Beginning around 2011, U.S. government agencies began classifying Anonymous — the decentralized online protest movement — as a potential threat to national security. General Keith Alexander, who led...