They made me sign a waiver before the wings arrived.
A paper. To eat. As though courage came with a release form.
The cheerful waiter set the plate down like a man delivering a verdict. "These are the Infernos. Most people tap out. There's milk if you need it."
I looked at the milk. The milk looked back. We understood each other. Neither of us would be needed tonight.
"I will not be requiring the milk," I said.
The first bite arrived like a small sunrise behind the eyes.
(My tongue filed a formal complaint. My eyes opened a second one. I overruled them both.)
A man does not ask the fire to be gentler. He only becomes harder to burn.
I did not reach for water. I did not wave a hand before my mouth. I sat, straight-backed, and ate the Infernos one by one, the way a man receives ten thousand letters of bad news without changing his face.
Beside me, a college boy attempting the same challenge was weeping openly into a napkin. So, between bites, I turned to him and said, calmly, that the fire is not the enemy — the wish for it to stop is the enemy. He stared. Then he picked up another wing.
When the waiter returned, expecting wreckage, he found an empty plate and a samurai sitting in perfect, sweating peace.
"...sir. You want the wall? You're on the wall now. People take a photo."
I rose. I bowed to the plate. I bowed to the kitchen, where unseen hands had forged so worthy a trial.
"Thank you for the fire," I told them.
Then I turned to the room and said, with smoke still somewhere in my soul:
"Comfort teaches a man nothing. Bless the meal that fights back."
The college boy lifted his last wing like a torch. The cook came out to shake my hand. The whole table behind me began, softly, to applaud the strange calm man who had thanked them for the burning.
I walked out into the cool evening, mouth aflame, heart entirely at peace.
A small fire, faced well, is just another way to know you are alive.
@FiresOfTruth I guess. Greer has a huge following, and there are huge groups on X and everywhere else full of people proclaiming how absolutely benevolent Aiens are. And Obviously.
The "...1 man... league..." seems a bit off.
Yep. About the type of coverage I would expect.
It's a shame that when members of the media show up to genuinely cover the UFO topic, they're met with this kind of behavior. I'm referring to a whole laundry list of issues that I won't list all here, but if you're interested, I do recommend reading this article. It does an excellent job of showing how people are treated when they make a good faith effort to cover the UFO topic.
@matthabusby, no offense intended here, but I wasn't originally planning to read your article. Nothing against you personally, but the "celebrity alien hunter" you followed around poisons this conversation on multiple levels.
That said, when I saw he had written an entire book complaining about you, I skipped that, as I figured your work was probably then worth reading. Turns out that assumption was correct.
Well done. Though I do hope you spend time outside that arena when covering this topic. It's far more interesting to engage with facts and evidence rather than to spend time dealing with celebrity alien hunters slinging mushrooms.
https://t.co/oFlYGi3W2z
If you can change the world, and humanity's understanding of its place in the cosmos... then do it.
Too many people now seem to enjoy the idea that they know all the cosmic secrets while keeping you in the dark. They're either lying, or they're part of the problem.
I want to know the truth!
Why are members of Congress promoting the baseless rumor that the US gov has crashed alien craft, bodies of dead aliens, and knowledge of "sentient plasma" alien races?
Go ahead, release the files & give witnesses immunity. Shine some sunlight!
@theblackvault Literally NOTHING has ever been said by David Grusch regarding UFOs and Aliens has already been said and well documented For DECADES by Ufology.
No editorial, then this clownshow.
Its so obvious its absolutely stupid.
@theblackvault Literally NOTHING has ever been said by David Grusch regarding UFOs and Aliens has already been said and well documented For DECADES by Ufology.
No editorial, then this clownshow.
Its so obvious its absolutely stupid.
Yesterday, David Grusch mentioned a formerly classified 1971 Australian secret assessment by the nuclear branch chief of the Australian government discussing the U.S. coverup of UFOs.
This is a thread of that document that has been available on The Black Vault for a decade+.
"The American people deserve more than vague denials and selective releases": UAP whistleblower David Grusch speaks about the importance of disclosure, saying he wants to help Congress and the president restore lawful accountability and to be transparent with Americans.
He also stresses the need for whistleblower protections after learning he was being investigated after testifying before Congress in 2023.
More: https://t.co/nY25rXzhTm
If I stood on the steps of the Capitol with @EricBurlison@RepTimBurchett@RepLuna
What I’d say is:
America’s frontline defense weapons programs in directed energy, space domain, hypersonics, nuclear weapons, missile defense, naval platforms, energy, strike & ISR aircraft, energetics, propulsion, materials and sensing & affecting
Do not benefit from Legacy Program R&D.
I have an extensive circle across the defense industrial base, including fellows, national labs, DOE, FFRDCs, DoW, including high level leaders — both public and private.
None of us who are cleared at the HIGHEST LEVELS and develop America’s frontline defenses
None of us have ever seen it.
None of us are allowed to see it.
We cannot use it.
We cannot protect the warfighter with it.
We cannot protect Americans with it.
It is being kept from us.
It is being kept from America.
The Legacy Program makes Americans less safe.
The Legacy Program threatens American national security.
The Legacy Program is broken.
@LuAngeles Everyone already knows. Its obvious. Its like you are trying to convince Hulk Hogan fans to not be Hulk Hogan fans.
Its not going to work.... and omg, so many words, gross.
Regular adults can smell this shit through the interwebs.
David Grusch, I am sincerely rooting for you today, good sir. Hope we have a lot to talk about afterward, so I have a good reason to go on camera or hop into a space. #ufox#ufotwitter
@TheUfoJoe He is asking regular questions that people who are not Vested in Ufology grift want asked, and ask naturally, and Ufology gifts and screens and gatekeeps but does not answer.
Circus.