…okay, you know the saying “hiding in plain sight” to describe throwing people off guard by doing wrong right in front of their eyes so that they suspend disbelief…?

You might recall this video I posted in this blog:

https://sunlightonthewater.wordpress.com/2016/11/09/who-are-the-terrorists-again/

Ryan Red Hawk, with the bandana over his face, was putting on a pretty good show, acting…yes, acting…like he was part of the movement of Oceti Sakowin water protectors.

Something had not seemed right about the video…there was something that just seemed un-real about the guy with the assault rifle.  But I thought Red Hawk was the real deal.  I thought he was a guy that I had met in camp who was dedicated — so much so that he was staying in the media tent 24/7 trying to get the word out that we were not violent and that the media was in cohoots with Big Oil by lying about us.

But when I looked at the video again recently, I realized that I had confused the loyal guy with Red Hawk.  It jogged my memory that the loyal guy was from Tennessee.  Red Hawk states in the video that he is from Georgia.  Claiming to have sold his house there.  Yeah, right.  If he is from Georgia, and IF he sold his house…it was likely to buy a bigger house with all the $$$ the billionaire was paying him to sabotage the water protectors.

Which brings me to a vision I had this morning.  I used to ignore my visions but two things happened to make me start to take them as serious connections from God or God’s Helpers and to pay attention to them.

One of the things that happened was Robert Lamm (Chicago the band) describing Terry Kath coming to him in his dreams.  Terry Kath has also visited me in my dreams.  Reading about Robert Lamm’s admission gave me courage to believe what was happening was real.  **more about this below…

The second thing that happened to me was the Potawatomi Indians in Indiana who told me to honor my dreams and visions.  It was stunning because I had not spoken to them about the dreams or visions and I did not know them personally.

So…this morning, I had a strong vision about Ryan Red Hawk speaking with a military man in fatigues.  There were two men on either side of the military man.  I could not see their faces, but they struck me as dark ones that perhaps worked for Blackwater…or whatever name they are using nowadays.  This showed me that for certain Red Hawk was working for Big Oil.  I really don’t want to think that the military is also working for Big Oil…but from what I saw with the police wearing riot gear for peaceful, prayerful protestors…nothing would surprise me.  I can’t say what significance it is to see the vision and Red Hawk talking with the military guy, plus the others dressed in black…I can only tell you what I saw.

I also had a sense a couple of weeks ago that members of Oceti Sakowin had finally realized the true nature of Ryan Red Hawk as a provocateur or spy for Big Oil.

You might recall when I wrote about someone who bragged about his best friend being Special Ops and how he was formerly *cough* a dirt mover for Big Oil….that person was Ryan Red Hawk.  My radar was going off about him immediately, but he apparently was putting on a pretty good snow job with the others in camp and they only recently discovered his working for the dark side, which makes me sad that he got away with it for so long and that good people who wanted to help were pushed away.

***So…Terry Kath came to me in a dream the first time in 2008.  The day after Barack Obama was elected.  He was surrounded by golden light and was beaming.  The vision so shocked me that it took me awhile to realize what it was and why Terry was happy.  Needless to say, he didn’t appear to me after Donald Trump’s *cough* election. Nor would he if Hillary Clinton were elected, either.  It doesn’t matter which of them were in office…they are all part of whatever is going on in this country.

Gabriel Ayala entertained us at camp one fine evening, and he deserves recognition for donating his talent and CDs for those of us in camp.  I cannot praise his talent enough —this CD is the ultimate romantic music...which is doubly so when viewing the Black Hills as the melody plays…

So, yeah, we got socked with a hefty snowstorm the past few days…that in Indiana would have shut the state down.

In the Dakotas? Pfft.  Piece of cake.

I mean, the wind is blowing 30 mph, there are snow drifts four feet high, you no sooner shovel a sidewalk clean, and an hour later, there are drifts up to your thighs.

They plow the roads and they drift shut.

The wind and snow are blowing so hard that it’s white-out conditions…

So, I shovel my car out from an wall of snow surrounding it, and head out…I have to get to the grocery, because there is nothing in the frig, and I’m trying to get shopping done before it gets any worse…

And the other folks here are talking about the weather and they’re saying stuff like “Oh, it’s not that bad out” and “I’m getting read to head out to blah-blah (a town nearby that is accessible through mountain roads) and it’s no problem.”

I’m thinking either I’m a wimp or these people are crazy.

I think I’m a wimp. 🙂

It actually did my heart good to hear they don’t see this as a big deal.  They actually seem to love the snow and the challenge.

Let me tell you how they approach this weather:  they don’t bring out measily ole’ snow plows…nope.

They bring out those graders you see grading new roads with.  Not one grader, but two — one right after another.  Big old machines that mean business, let me tell ya…

And then the snowmobiles come out.  I have to admit a little envy at the fun they’re having playing in the snow.

It’s been a loooong time since I’ve seen people enjoying life and embracing adversity.  They play hard and work hard, too.

…Since I have become more aware of what the true history of the treatment of Native Americans, I approach Thanksgiving with mixed feelings…

I want to give Thanks, but I also have to acknowledge that the Natives are thinking “Oh, hell, no…”

I give thanks for every glass of water.  Every meal that I have to eat.  I give thanks for another day when the sun comes up in the morning.  I have become closer to God in the simple practice of giving thanks.

…well now that all the buffalo are gone ( but coming back, yay!), food must be brought in to camp…

…and the sheriff dept is now doing the most wretched:  denying them food and water by fining anyone who brings supplies to them.  #$%&!

satan at work here, or as the Native folk would say, coyote is behind the war.

I wonder how this guy sleeps at night…

…so the news here has been all over the map with reports on Standing Rock–

The report a few days ago was this:  The Army Corps of Engineers has given Oceti Sackowin until Dec. 15th to vacate….

…and I thought Dec. 15? Why Dec. 15th…?  My first thought was after I saw the video below was that they were afraid of this.

We are veterans of the United States Armed Forces, including the U.S. Army, United States Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard and we are calling for our fellow veterans to assemble as a peaceful, unarmed militia at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation on Dec 4-7 and defend the water protectors from assault and intimidation at the hands of the militarized police force and DAPL security.
2K EVENT CAPACITY ACHIEVED: Event capacity based on accommodations, travel logistics and supplies; given the time we have to coordinate, resources available and the shipping and weather conditions in the region has been set at 2,000 rostered participants. We currently have over 2,100 Veterans on the roster. Our goal now is to prioritize this list to Veterans and Civilian personnel involved with operations, planning & onsite execution. We will be collecting names for future missions on a new roster ( https://goo.gl/forms/37SEWGvbeMLpcrvY2), next mission could be as early as the 2nd week of December. More to come

The funds we raise on this page will go towards providing food, transportation and supplies for the brave patriots that come and stand with us.  

We’ll be standing alongside peaceful water protectors, who’ve endured violent attacks from the private security funded by DAPL and more brutality and arrests at the hands of militarized police and DAPL security. We have full support of the Sioux tribe elders and will be cooperating with them every step of the way.

I first read this a few days back…and I had mixed feelings about it.  For one thing, anything CNN covers leaves me with a cynical feeling of what is their game?  They sure the hell haven’t been covering Standing Rock with any legitimate journalism.  They haven’t been stating that there was no riot, that the water protectors have been peacefully protesting with prayer and chanting Mni Wiconi!  (Water is Life!  in Lakota)

So I am very, very skeptical that there aren’t strings attached. Anything Big Media covers  is done for some reason that isn’t readily apparent.

My fear is that this is just to placate people so that they will let their guards down  and think things are being taken care of — so they can go back to their lives.  If you haven’t noticed…this is exactly the game plan over and over again for co-opting people’s organizations so that they lose their energy– I have just seen it over and over again and many good organizations have lost their power that way.  Or they were infiltrated by those who talk the talk, but don’t have the cojones to see things through nor do they share the views.

I know Veterans for Peace were there when I was in Oceti Sakowin…so I know there are kindred spirits who want the same thing the Native Americans want…but the problem is when they *take over* and want to do things their way instead of letting the Native folk lead the way.

On the other hand, support is needed and welcomed.  I just hope that it is given without expecting anything in return — no bravado, no puffing up the ego, no expectations that they are owed *anything* for standing up against a militarized force that has brutalized people ON THE LAND THAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM IN AN 1851 TREATY.

Now, for the video:

**Edited to add:  I meant to state that Dec. 15th is a date that the Native folk, especially the Standing Rock Sioux, Lakota, Nakota, Dakota will remember:  it was the date that Sitting Bull was murdered in 1890.  Wounded Knee happened just two weeks later:  December 29, 1890.

Then the radio reports stated that the North Dakota governor was declaring an emergency and they were going to immediately remove the campers in Oceti Sakowin…because…this is hard not to laugh at when you see the above video…the governor was worried about them with the approaching snow storm….*snort*  bwahaahahahahahahaha

Yet again today, the reports stated that they are going to remove them Dec. 5th.

A good piece here on the circle of life and how important clean water is to our health and wellbeing…and that of the fish, the birds, the four-leggeds, and the creepy-crawley things…

Oil and other nasty things in our water impact not only us but *everything* around us.

So…I’ve been watching the overwhelming forest fires across the country over the last few years.  It was amazing at how many there were…

I just couldn’t shake the thought that perhaps they were purposely set.  But why?

I was leaving Rapid City a couple of weeks back…and the sky had this eerie orange cloud over it.  I mean, the sun looked as orange as it would if it were at sunset.  It scared me so I hightailed it out of the area.

And got yet another migraine the day after.  I did my coffee enema and had to do two more before the headache started to back off a bit.  I have come to learn that the more toxic I am, the less able I am to go the entire 15 minute waiting period.

This showed me how toxic I was.

Was it the chemical they were spraying on the trees?

Why did it remind me of something…?

And then remembering how planes looked spraying Agent Orange popped into my head….only this picture is of planes spraying chemical fire retardants on forest fires.

And then I thought about the trees here and pretty much everywhere — there is something strange happening because there is a perfectly healthy tree with the middle part (taller part) deforested….in other words, the needles have fallen off.  It’s bare.

In Indiana, many trees are showing stress with needles turning orange and falling off.

If you look at the bottom of the page, it states:

As a point of interest, since the fertilizer concentration in long-term fire retardant is higher than that sold at garden stores, it may cause leaf burn

Bingo.

A story here on a judgment against the Forest Service spraying.

This blog site speaks about glyphosate, or as we know it — RoundUp, that lovely product from Monsanto.  Monsanto also manufactured Agent Orange.

And it should be noted that the VA has a page up on the continuing lingering damage of these herbicides…that seem to continue to harm those that work around the planes that sprayed the chemicals.

Based on the HMD report, VA has decided to acknowledge exposure to Agent Orange for personnel whose military service involved regular contact with the contaminated C-123 aircraft. This includes individuals who performed service in the Air Force or Air Force Reserve who regularly operated, maintained, or served onboard C-123 aircraft known to have been used to spray herbicides during the Vietnam era.

This was noted to have been a problem up to 1986!  The planes were toxic eleven years (and probably more) after Vietnam ended.

After the fire in Rapid, there was another fire in Spearfish, a community 30 or so miles away.

Then I saw the fire set at Oceti Sakowin camp.  It was quite deliberately set….and although the police were constantly patrolling the area, they suddenly stopped patrolling during the time that the fire was set and burned…for hours.  Thankfully, Nature intervened and put out the fire.

But one has to wonder at the fires and who is setting them.  And why.  Why are they using such toxic chemicals that were purposefully used in Vietnam to deforest the place?