Showing posts with label Mind Control. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mind Control. Show all posts

Monday, November 23, 2020

FEAST UPON THEIR FEAR. LET THEIR HATRED FOR YOU EMPOWER YOU.

 


Got any other videos showcasing MAGA morons suffering from mental breakdowns as their illusions shatter all around their heads? Send them my way and I'll try to post them for everyone to see!

Saturday, November 24, 2012

AN ESOTERIC OVERVIEW OF "DIE YOUNG" BY KE$HA


First things first. I've said it before and I'll say it again: If Jay-ZMadonna, Niki Minaj and Ke$ha are part of the Illuminati, then we have nothing to fucking fear from the Illuminati.

However, that said, I know that many people who are interested in parapolitics, the occult and conspiracy topics are intrigued by the role played by esoteric symbols, themes and archetypes in popular culture. Also, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't intrigued by the topic as well. Therefore, I've decided to begin devoting some of this blog space to exploring how these potent ancient communication technologies are being used in everything from film and television to music (and music videos), highbrow literature and comic books, advertising, architecture... every aspect of our mass culture.

For my first foray into this field, I will be breaking down the currently somewhat controversial music video for the song Die Young by popular hip-hop crossover artist and party-girl singer/songwriter extraordinaire, Ke$ha.

Continue reading at USELESS EATER BLOG...

Monday, July 9, 2012

I, PET GOAT II


This gorgeous animated short by a group of Montreal artists calling themselves Heliofant has inspired a ton of ridiculous, piss-poor analysis by the usual Xian, Illuminati-phobic suspects all over the Interwebs. This incredible piece of work (and I mean that on every level of the word) merits every second of the seven minutes of your undivided attention that it demands. You may watch it here, of course, but I recommend you download it from the source, at the creators' website.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

ON THIS DAY IN PARAPOLITICS, MAY 17


On this day in 1642, French explorer Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve founds the city of MontrĂ©al. Today, Montreal is the second most populous city in Canada after Toronto, and the fifteenth largest in North America. It contains the largest metropolitan French-speaking population outside of France and remains a vibrant cultural hub.

On this day in 1792, the New York Stock Exchange is formed when the "Buttonwood Agreement" is signed by 24 stockbrokers outside of 68 Wall Street in New York, under a buttonwood tree.

On this day in 1804, the historic duo of Lewis & Clark begin exploring the land acquired from Napoleon by Thomas Jefferson, in a sweetheart deal known as the Louisiana Purchase

On this day in 1902, Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, a fascinating ancient mechanical analog computer designed to calculate the positions of the planets and certain stars. The construction has been dated to the early 1st century BCE, and - according to establishment-approved historical record - technological artifacts of similar complexity did not reappear until the 14th century, when similar astronomical clocks were built in Europe.

On this day in 1933Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling, the Nazi party of Norway. Hence the origins of "quisling" as an insult-word denoting an enthusiastic collaboration with evil.

On this day in 1974, police in Los Angeles, California, raid the headquarters of the self-styled left-wing urban militant "revolutionary vanguard" terrorist group, the Symbionese Liberation Army, killing six members, including leader (and most likely CIA mind-control test subjectDonald "Cinque" DeFreeze and Camilla Hall, who was shot in the head while trying to give herself up to police. The raid remains one of the most vicious firefights in LAPD history... and that's saying something. 

On this day in 1978Charlie Chaplin's coffin is discovered ten miles from the Swiss cemetary where the infamous director had recently been buried. An officer at the scene drops dead of a heart-attack when, upon opening the coffin to verify that Chaplin's remains were still present, a giant boxing glove shoots out and pops him a good one right in the chops. I'm kidding of course. Moving right along... 

On this day in 2004, Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.

Monday, May 7, 2012

PARAPOLITICAL CALENDAR FOR MAY 7



On this day in 1794, French Revolutionary Robespierre proposes that the new state religion of the French First Republic be the Illuminati-inspired "Cult of the Supreme Being". It fails to catch on.

On this day in the year 1824, composer Ludwig von Beethoven's magnificent 9th (and final) Symphony - one of the only world-historic pieces of music - is performed for first time in front of an audience. The vocal section uses Freidrich Schiller's poem Ode To Joy, which is jam-packed with esoteric allusions that are ripe for exploitation as an expression of the beauties and charms of collectivism, which makes its eventual use as the "national anthem" of the European Union both amusing and somewhat troubling. Stanley Kubrick proved that he understood the essential duality of this piece of music - as well as the double-edged nature of genius in general - by highlighting it in an incredibly ironic way in his satirical sf masterpiece Clockwork Orange

On this day in 1896, one of the first and most prolific and inventive serial killers of all time is put to death for only a handful of the crimes he committed over a lifetime of almost unbelievable wickedness. His name was Herman Webster Mudgett, alias Doctor Henry Howard Holmes, and he built his own private "Murder Castle" in Chicago during the 1893 World Columbian Exposition - itself an event rife with parapolitical and paracultural over-and-undertones.

On this day in 1952, the concept of the integrated circuit, also known as the "monolithic integrated circuit" and the "microchip" - the basis for all modern computing technology - is first presented to the public by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer. Culturally, economically and historically, it's a game-changer on pretty much every imaginable level.

On this day in 1999, the British Antarctic Survey reports that the sky fell by no less than five miles over the preceding forty year period, as the upper limit of the ionosphere - beyond which lies the vacuum of space - collapsed from 190 to 185 miles altitude. Researchers at the time pointed to this startling phenomenon as "an important environmental warning sign," but yer old pal Jerky hasn't heard any more about it since the report was released. What gives?!

On this day in 2004, in one of the most heinous of many heinous landmarks that we collectively had to endure in the 'naughties, the sadistic and brutal beheading of American businessman Nick Berg is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet for all the world to see. I present to you an editorial that I wrote on the subject of the Berg conspiracy theories, reprinted now at my Useless Eater blog for archival purposes. Also reprinted is one of my best editorials (if I do say so myself), titled The Paradox of Polar Bears. It also touches on Berg's murder, but for much different reasons. I'd suggest you "enjoy", but somehow that just doesn't seem right in this case.

Sunday, April 29, 2012

THE NET - A CONCORDANCE

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A CONCORDANCE 
or a series of notes and thoughts on 

THE NET, THE UNABOMBER, LSD AND THE INTERNET
a documentary by Lutz Dammbeck (2003) 
The following notes were taken by myself during two separate viewings of the film. The text presented includes all of the subtitles from the film (indicated by quotation marks), as well as a number of observations, side references and potential avenues for further inquiry that came to mind as I watched. The reasons for my engaging in this admittedly somewhat pedantic exercise are twofold. Firstly, I do it because I believe this film to be an important and insufficiently propagated document in the field of parapolitics, and anything I can do to help get it seen by more people - and, in particular, the RIGHT people - I see as worth doing. Secondly, I wanted to create an easy-to-use text and image based "concordance" that both documents and compliments the original film. I leave it for you readers to decide whether or not I have succeeded on that count. - YOPJ - 26/04/2012
PRELUDE 

"In 1930, Viennese mathematician Kurt Godel shakes the foundations of mathematics with his incompleteness theorems. He demonstrates that in every formal logical system there are problems that are not solvable or conclusively determinable. The truth is superior to provability."

Mathematician Kurt Godel

THE NET 

Continue Reading this Concordance at the Useless Eater Blog...

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

THE NET - THE UNABOMBER, LSD AND THE INTERNET

In 2003, German filmmaker Lutz Dammbeck released an independently produced documentary film entitled Das Netz, the English title being The Net: The Unabomber, LSD and The Internet. Since its debut, it has slowly been acquiring a reputation as a must-watch production among serious students of conspiracy, secret histories and parapolitics in general. 

In my opinion, this is a film that deserves much more attention that it has been given, and it needs to be seen by a lot more people, for a long list of reasons that will become obvious once you've watched it, which you can either do here, using the embedded video provided below, or on Youtube.com, where the subtitles will probably be a lot easier to read.

Unfortunately, the film's official website is a German language only. Unless you're one of those lucky Fritzes and Friedas who speak it, that's too bad, because the site seems to have a pretty active forum section.

I am bringing this film to your attention now because I have nearly completed a lengthy "study guide" for it, which I intend to post here sometime during the next 24 hours. In it, I flesh out some of the concepts Dammbeck touches on only briefly, tease out some potential implications and offer my own, alternate explanations to some of the information presented in the film. I also offer suggestions for further avenues of research to compliment and broaden your understanding of the rich bounty of information presented in this remarkable film.

And so, in closing, I urge you to watch this film, and keep watching this space for my upcoming study guide!

Cheers!
YOPJ

Sunday, July 31, 2011

WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KILL A COP?

Don't act all offended, just open your mind and read this articlebecause - all things considered - it asks a difficult question that I have a sinking feeling more and more of us are going to be forced to contemplate in the very near future.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

FRENCH WOMAN CLAIMS SHE WAS BRAINWASHED BY OPUS DEI

AFP is reporting that a French woman is suing the conservative Roman Catholic secret society/cult known as Opus Dei, claiming they brainwashed her after she enrolled in an Opus Dei-connected hospitality industry school at the age of 14, then used and abused her for 13 years - forcing her to serve as a virtual slave to the organization, reclaiming her wages, etc - until her parents rescued her from their clutches. French authorities appear to have taken her claims seriously, and the defense arguments seem pretty damn flimsy. This could be one to watch, folks.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

DAILY DIRT FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2011


-----ENEMIES OF THE REPUBLIC 
DOSSIER #001: BILL O'REILLY-----


In yer old pal Jerky's opinion, Bill O'Reilly is one of the most inscrutable, mysterious players on the contemporary politico-socio-cultural stage. 

On the one hand, he's clearly a ridiculous ass-clown. He's a thuggish, pompous, preening caricature of a human being; a living illustration of conservatism's warped ideal of manliness. A know-nothing know-it-all, his clumsy lies -- which he mostly spits out off the cuff for fear of having his encyclopaedic ignorance exposed -- crumble under a bare minimum of scrutiny. He's a living paradox; a sexual predator who masquerades as an upstanding moralist, and an arrogant, slander-spewing bully whose own ego is of such crystalline fragility that any criticism directed towards him -- no matter how mild or undeniable -- is grounds for launching all out war.

In these wars, O'Reilly uses every weapon at his disposal. His prime-time perch on FOX News, his nationally syndicated, three-hour daily radio broadcast, his many books and his various newspaper columns have all served as ordnance in his personal battles against a host of blood enemies, including the dastardly likes of Al Franken, Keith Olbermann, the nation of France, people who say "Season's Greetings" instead of "Merry Christmas", and the very concept of Truth, itself.

And yet, despite all the times he's been exposed as a liar and a hypocrite, despite every failed frivolous lawsuit, despite every dark threat of physical retribution, despite every time he's come off as an unhinged psychopath on the edge of total mental collapse... there he is, day after day, night after night, occupying acre upon acre of prime real estate on our TV screens, radio airwaves and bookstore shelves.

The question begged is: WHY?! What possible purpose could it serve to have such a contemptible, shameless buffoon as one of the conservative movement's preeminent media personalities? Nobody with a shred of common sense or a modicum of human dignity takes Bill O'Reilly seriously. They can't, because he won't let them. O'Reilly swallows up all of conservatism's alleged character strengths and vomits them back up as perverse parodies of what they once were. Resoluteness becomes pig-headed obstinacy. Loyalty becomes blind obedience. Stoicism becomes shrill victimhood. Individualism becomes meddlesome pecksniffery. It's almost like FOX News is using O'Reilly as the human equivalent of one of those signs you see at the entrance to carnival rides: "You must be THIS STUPID to believe this shit."

Maybe that's it. Maybe by being so intolerably awful, O'Reilly and his ilk are helping to winnow the truth-hungry wheat from the unquestioning, herd-like chaff. Studies have shown that FOX News watchers know less about current events than people who don't follow the news at all. This apparent contradiction makes sense only if the purpose of FOX News isn't to inform, but to indoctrinate. And as the house organ of The Powers That Be, that's exactly what they're doing. They're leading by example, providing ready-made role-models for the day -- and if TPTB have their way, that day is coming soon -- when all those mindless, nihilistic couch-potatoes are called upon to serve as the citizen spies, conformity enforcers and concentration camp guards of tomorrow.

So you'd better get used to Bill O'Reilly's smug, blotchy face, because unless some drastic changes take place, it's the face of your future.



    -----JOKES OF THE DAY!-----

    - Today's first joke comes to us from our old pal Badshaash...

    Old Mrs Johnson is having her final portrait done by a renowned artist.
    Her instructions to him were; "Paint me wearing huge Diamond Earrings, a Fabulous Pearl Necklace, a Gigantic Ruby Pendant, a Colossal 20 Carat Tennis bracelet and a 20 Carat Emerald ring."
    The artist was surprised and asked "Why?"
    Mrs Johnson replied," My health is failing, I know my Husband's been screwing his young Secretary for a while now and will surely marry her once I'm dead and gone. I want the bitch to go insane looking for this Jewelry."

    - Today's second joke was sent in by Ozborn...

    Four guys and a woman are stuck in an elevator. While they are stuck, they strike up a conversation.
    The first guy says, "I'm a Y.U.P.P.I.E. , you know... "Young, Urban, Professional, Peaceful, Intelligent, Ecologist."
    The second guy says, "I'm a D.I.N.K.Y., you know... Double Income, No Kids Yet."
    The third guy says, "I'm a R.U.B., you know... Rich, Urban, Biker."
    The fourth guy says, I am a D.I.L.D.O., you know... Double Income, Little Dog Owner."
    They turn to the woman and ask her. "What are you?"
    She replies: "I'm a WIFE, you know... Wash, Iron, Fuck, Etc."

    - Today's worst joke was submitted by our old pal Bald and Bearded Down Under, who ought to be ashamed of himself...

    A man goes to a Doctor complaining of painful urination and a discharge from his penis. The Doctor looks concerned, frightened even and takes a sample to the path lab to be analysed. I sorry to say he says on his return that you have a bad case of GASH.
    My God says the man what the hell is that?
    Well; says the Doc, it is a virulent combination of Gonhorrea, AIDS,Syphilis and Herpes.
    Jesus!! says the man, what's the treatment?
    We lock you in an isolation ward and feed you on a diet of crackers thin pizza and after dinner mints says the Doc.
    Christ!! says the man, does that cure it?
    We don't know says the Doc, but it's all we can fit under the door.

    -----THEY SAID IT!-----

    "You’re a journalist, and we all know journalists make bad politicians. Politicians know how to stick to a message. That’s how they are successful. Journalists think they always have to tell the truth."

    - This blog entry by Canadian libertarian/conservative politician Garth Turner gives us a little glimpse of the incredibly ugly face behind the pharmaceutically serene facade put forth by Canadian Prime Minister Screamin' Stephen Harper, whom Canadians seem to have forgotten is one of the most spiteful, vindictive, petty, thuggish, bullying and downright hate-filled politicians ever to reach the summit of Canada's political landscape. If this asshole ever gets a majority, it's pretty much Game Over for Canadian democracy as we have known it.

    -----ON THIS DAY!-----


    On April 14 in the year 966, pagan ruler Mieszko I of the Polans tribe converts to Christianity after marrying princess Dobrawa of Bohemia, a Christian. This event is considered to be the founding of the Polish state.

    On this day in 1816, a slave named Bussa leads a Spartacist rebellion in Barbados and is killed for his efforts. Bussa is now commemorated as the first national hero of Barbados.

    On this day in 1846, the Donner Party loads up its wagons in Springfield, Illinois, and begins the long trek west, for California. In Colorado, they get caught in a box canyon during a freak early winter storm. Cannibalism ensues.

    On this day in 1865, at roughly 10 PM, President Abraham Lincoln is shot once in the back of the head by popular stage actor, ardent secessionist and Confederate Secret Service agent John Wilkes Booth. Booth was part of a conspiracy of Confederate sympathizers who plotted the simultaneous assassinations of President Lincoln, Secretary of State William Seward and Vice President Andrew Johnson. Booth was the sole co-conspirator to succeed in carrying out his part in the plot. Although Seward was brutally slashed by Lewis Powell, he survived. George Atzerodt, VP Johnson's would-be assassin, lost his nerve and didn't even try. After shooting Lincoln, Booth beat a hasty retreat, but authorities caught up with him just before dawn on April 26. After a brief stand-off, the barn in which Booth was hiding was set on fire, then he was shot in the neck by Sergeant Boston Corbett, contrary to explicit orders that Booth be taken alive. Rumors persist to this day that the man Corbett shot was not Booth. Some believe Lincoln's assassin lived to a ripe old age under an assumed identity in Mexico. By mid-summer of 1865, 8 of Booth's co-conspirators were found guilty of taking part in the assassination plot, and 4 were hanged by the neck until dead.

    On this day in 1909, Armenians living under Ottoman rule in Cilicia experience a small foretaste of what history holds in store for them when Islamic counter-revolutionary forces go on a rampage, massacring between 15 and 30 thousand Armenians for the crime of supporting the region's secular, progressive Young Turk revolutionary movement. Before half a decade would pass, violence against the Christian minority Armenians would become so deadly and ferocious that historians would have to coin a new word to describe it: Genocide.

    On this day in 1912, at 11:40 PM, the RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic. The ship sinks the following morning, killing 1,517.

    On this day in 1986, President Ronald Reagan orders major bombing raids against Moammar Gadafi's Libya in response to a West Berlin disco bombing that killed two American servicemen. 60 Libyans are killed in the raids, including one of Gadafi's adopted infant sons.

    On this day in 1988, roughly a decade after being tricked into an incredibly costly and morale-sapping invasion and occupation of Afghanistan by Carter administration National Security Advisor Zbigniew "Alphabits" Brzezinski, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan during a United Nations ceremony held in Geneva, Switzerland.

    On this day in 2002, two days after a CIA-backed businessman's coup is overturned by an outraged citizenry, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez makes a triumphant and bloodless return to office.

    On this day in 2003, the Human Genome Project announces that it has completed sequencing 99% of the human genome to an accuracy of 99.99%. Let the custom-built New World Order Genocide Pandemics begin!

    -----ASK JERKY!-----

    Hi Jerky, Just read through Daily Dirt today and I have an "ask Jerky" for you. Obviously, without advertising you can't last for long. The last Daily Dirt was sponsored by Porn sites (so it seemed) and others, that don't seem to be here now. Have you become a "wowser" and not asked them "onboard", or is it "harder" to get their sponsorship now? Maybe you should try the "initiators" method and spam it, for both sponsors and receivers. Will the Dirt become a "delivered to your inbox mag" or stay as a log on if you remember item? Signed: Maurie (probably your only Aussie mate)

    "Thanks" for the "Ask Jerky" question, "Maurice"! Actually, you're "correct". The Daily Dirt WAS "sponsored" by "porn" sites in the past. But you see, the thing is, "this" is "not" the "Daily Dirt". It's the "Daily Dirt DIASPORA!" That's kind of a "big difference". Why? Well, because "this" website is totally "independent" of the "previous" one. And although I "loved" writing the "original" site, I'm writing this site purely for love... Know what I mean? So "making money" is absolutely a secondary "concern" for me at this point. As for the Dirt becoming a "delivered to your mailbox" thing, that depends on any number of "factors", including "cost", "effectiveness" and "reader interest". We'll just have to "wait" and "see"! In the meantime, "Cheers!" from yer old "pal" Jerky!

    Sunday, April 3, 2011

    UPDATE! ANOTHER GIBBERISH-SPEWING REPORTER ON LIVE TV

    UPDATE to our previous report on the possibility that some shadowy group might be covertly messing with TV presenters by scrambling their brains with microwaves or whatever in the middle of live reports! This time, the Broadcast Babbling Breakdown victim is one Sarah Carlson, a CBS News personality in Madison, Wisconsin. Notice the similarities to what happened to Global Canada's Mark McAllister and another CBS reporter, Serene Branson...


    Okay, that's just creepy. I mean, what the eff was that she said about "exorcism"? Is she trying to say the Devil made her lose it? Her fellow announcer seemed pretty freaked at the end, there, too. I know I sure would have been.

    Anyhoo, if you spot any more incidents like this, please let me know, and I'll try to post them here! This could be the mind control equivalent to ChemTrails - which are on the verge of being proven fact after years of being called bullshit, just like Giant Squids and MK-Ultra! So let's keep on top of this crazy phenomenon and see what we can see!

    Saturday, April 2, 2011

    ATTACK OF THE GIBBERISH-SPEWING MEDIA TITS!


    Who - or what - is targeting the world's on-air TV personalities? Is this some emerging syndrome? Something we might call Broadcast Babbling Breakdown? Or is something more sinister afoot? Like, for instance, are we perhaps witnessing the results of some shadowy, behind-the-scenes Dark Agents being naughty by testing out their mind control technologies on live TV?

    In recent weeks, a strange phenomenon has been spreading across our television screens. In a variety of different, seemingly unconnected markets, veteran media presenters have gone on the air and dissolved into puddles of bizarre, nonsensical and occasionally disturbing babbling.

    The first victim was Serene Branson, a CBS presenter reporting live from the Grammy Awards show. Her descent into gibberish has all the hallmarks of involuntary glossolalia - otherwise known as "Speaking in Tongues." Watch the video of her melt-down and ask yourself if it seems like she's being "slain by the Spirit" to you...



    Quite odd, isn't it? According to CBS, Serene has had a history of medical problems that could spark blackouts and seizures, and as far as her doctor is concerned, the above nonsense was simply the result of nothing more exotic than a "migraine with aura". Actually, that sounds pretty exotic to me - and kind of New Age-y, to boot - but I'm no doctor, so what do I know?

    The next case that captured the world's attention happened at the Canadian independent Global News channel. Here we see respected political reporter Mark McAllister seemingly running down a list of words he spotted floating in his morning bowl of Alphabits...



    Okay, so, after watching this a few times, I can almost see how some might argue that this particular case involves McAllister making one minor mistake while reading the teleprompter, followed by another small mistake, and then another, and another, until the whole damn thing snowballs, cascading into an absolutely catastrophic loss of composure. We all get scrambled brains on occasion, and it is not beyond the realm of possibility that this is what happened here. 

    However, when you stop and compare the behavior exhibited by McAllister and Branson with the popular descriptions of how microwave mind control technology is alleged to function - by invasively forcing unwanted images, words and concepts into your consciousness, crowding out your rational thoughts and replacing them with static and garbage - it gives one pause.

    Which brings us to another week, in another country, and another on-air breakdown. What are we to make of this video, featuring a German weather-woman who starts laughing, and then seems totally incapable of pulling herself together? Watch...


    What the hell was so funny, lady? Have you seen that guy naked before and there's something you're dying to tell us about him? I mean, we've all had laughing jags, but come on! Once again, this behavior seems exaggerated beyond all sense of proportion, perhaps even... enhanced?

    What's this? Hold on a minute, ladies and gentlemen... I'm being handed a breaking story... oh, wow. 

    This just in, folks: They got Judge Judy! Sadly, this is one case that didn't happen on live TV, so we don't have any video of the incident... not yet, anyway. Which is probably just as well, because the sound of that screeching harridan's voice is often all it takes to send yer old pal Jerky into spastic fits of uncontrolled hysteria, himself.

    Summing up, is it too early to be alarmed by this? Or are those whom we deride as paranoid conspiracy nuts actually on to something when they bring up the possibility of mind control technologies being involved? After all, the Nazi/US government program known as MK-Ultra was eventually proven to be 100 percent fact, after decades of being mocked as the worst kind of goofiness. So, what'll it be? Should we consider making tinfoil hats the next big fashion trend? Or are those of us who find something odd about this new phenomenon just malingering fatuous blizzard in the toothy septuagenarian ishkabibble snow-cone Beelzebub C'thulhu R'lyeh F'taghn?

    You be the judge, dear reader... you be the judge.

    WHY YOU SHOULD STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT!

    Damnit! I wanted to write a story about the rash of on-air gibberish melt-downs that have taken place over the last couple months, and now I see that frickin' asshat Drudge has linked to a story about it. I could have beat these bastards to the punch and had a scoop! Maybe Drudge even would have linked to Useless Eater! Or even just linked to a story that linked to UEB. Ah, I guess there's no point getting upset over spilled scoop... I'll have more on this story later, regardless.