On February 27, 1919, the first public performance of Gustav Holst’s “The Planets [1].” It became the inspiration for dozens of movie soundtracks, a famous English hymn, and even modern music flash mobs [2].
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And on February 27, 1933, Nazi Germany’s parliament building, the Reichstag, was destroyed by fire, possibly set as a false flag attack by the Nazis. The fire occurred 28 days after Hitler was sworn in. They blamed and executed Dutch communist Marinus van der Lubbe. [3] Since then, the term “Reichstag Fire” has become synonymous with False Flag Attack.
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Today, we present a guest piece by our friend Brandon Smith of Alt-Market.us [4].
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We need some more entries for Round 123 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [5]. More than $981,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 123 ends on March 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail [6] us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging. In 2023, we polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics [7]. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic.