[RaceBannon]

I explained that we were there to oppose the peace-NAZIS down at 41st street.

He looked at me and said, "Wait until Monday, there will be a switch in attitudes, there will be a "pole shift"..people will change their minds about that"

I didn't know what to think, he said it as if it was privelidged information of some sort that he was revealing to me, as if he knew there was some sort of incident going to happen on Monday, October 29.

I went to the cops there and told them what he said, and they dismissed it as a crank.

He did not look like some loser, not really, he was clean, adequately dressed, just a normal person.

5'10, Green German Army-type jacket, Jeans, about 45 to 50 years old, greying hair, almost shoulder length, last seen heading north on Broadway towards Times Square.

[RaceBannon]

October 29 Q: Why was this day in 1929 called Black Tuesday? A: It was the start of the Great Depression, a financial crisis that affected the whole world for about ten years. Stock market prices on the New York Stock Exchange dropped incredibly on this day, and continued to fall for a few years. As a result, many banks closed, businesses failed, companies had to cut production, and millions of people lost their jobs. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal," and America's entry into World War II in 1941, borught the Depression to a close.

[Fred Mertz]

You're not paranoid. They're just out to get you. Don't worry about it.

[Snow Bunny]

Race this is not a world anymore to let anything go unnoticed.When you or any of us go anywhere we should be aware at all times.

You did right and if it still has you thinking about it I would report it to the FBI. It won't hurt anything and if it is nothing what is lost. Nothing.
If something happens then you know you did all you could to help.

I am proud of you.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Maybe he thinks it has something to do with Black Tuesday? If not, it's the 3rd anniversary of John Glenn going into space.

October 29 in History

The Making of Vieät Nam

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Talk Around Town

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Monday, October 30, 2000

 

October 29 in History

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1656	Birth of British astronomer Edmund Halley (died 1742). He applied Newton’s laws of motion to a particular comet of 1682, and in 1705 he correctly predicted its return in 1758.
1740	Birth of James Boswell, QScottish diarist and biographer noted for his two-volume chronicle of the life of Samuel Johnson.
1762	The Austrians are defeated by the Prussians under Prince Henry at the battle of Freiburg. It was the only Prussian victory without Frederick II in command.
1787	Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni o sia Il Dissoluto Punito (Don Juan or the Rake Punished) has its first performance in Prague at the National Theatre.
1814	The first steam-powered warship, the USS Fulton, is launched at New York. It was designed by Robert Fulton.
1863	International Committee of the Red Cross is founded in Geneva.
1888	The Constantinople Convention on Free Navigation of the Suez Canal is signed.
1891	Fanny Brice, US comedienne and actress is born as Fanny Borach. She had a huge following for her burlesque appearances in the Ziegfeld follies. She also appeared in films, notably The Great Ziegfeld.
1917	Birth of Nam Cao real name Traàn Höõu Trí (died 1951), one of Vieät Nam’s most acclaimed writers of realistic prose. As a writer and journalist he took an active part in Vieät Nam’s resistance war against the French. He is best known for Chí Pheøo, Ñoâi Maét (Eyes) and Soáng Moøn (Subsistence).
1923	Turkey becomes a republic under its first president, nationalist leader Kemal Ataturk.
1926	Birth of Jon Vickers, Canadian operatic tenor; he was one of the great heroic tenors and was best known for his interpretations of Wagner and Verdi and for his role in Beethoven’s opera Fidelio.
1929	Prices collapse at the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street. The day became known as "Black Tuesday" and led to the Great Depression of the 1930’s.
1933	Traffic lights first appear in Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, with the meaning of the red light: stop, green light: go and yellow: be careful.
1940	Death of Vietnamese scholar Phan Boäi Chaâu (born 1867). He was leader of the Caàn Vöông movement against the French occupation when he was 19. He founded the Duy Taân (Renovation) Society in 1904, organised the sending of Vietnamese students to Japan in the Ñoâng Du (Voyage to the East) movement to seek support for the Vietnamese revolution. He founded the Vieät Nam Quoác Daân (Vieät Nam Nationalist) Party. He was also a poet, historian and playwright, with works including Haûi Ngoaïi Huyeát Thö (Letter from Abroad Written with Blood), Vieät Nam Vong Quoác Söû (History of the Loss of Vieät Nam) and Nguïc Trung Thö (Letter from Prison).
1942	Germans massacre 16,000 Jews in Pinsk, Russia.
1964	The United Republic of Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba changes its name to Tanzania.
1996	An auction of 8,000 Austrian Jewish artworks plundered by Adolf Hitler’s Nazis in World War Two takes place at the Vienna Museum for Applied Arts. Proceeds went to Austrian Jewish and non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
1997	The UN Security Council votes to impose air and travel sanctions against Angola’s UNITA movement and close its offices abroad as punishment for flouting peace accords.
1998	In South Africa the Truth Commission report is handed over to President Nelson Mandela; it held former president P.W. Botha, Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie, Mangosuthu Buthelezi and the ruling African National Congress all accountable for human rights violations.
1998	Veteran astronaut John Glenn, 77, blasts off aboard the space shuttle Discovery, 36 years after his first mission.
1999	The European Commission’s top scientists give British beef a clean bill of health, an unanimously reject evidence which France said supported an import ban over fears of mad cow disease. — VNS/REUTERS/AP

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[bluefish]

You could have at least asked him if there were any particular cities we should avoid!

[RickyJ]

He looked at me and said, "Wait until Monday, there will be a switch in attitudes, there will be a "pole shift"..people will change their minds about that"

If 9-11 hasn't woken them up I don't think anything that happens on Monday will either. As far as I'm concerned the peace freaks ARE the enemy and should be treated as such.

[Flipyaforreal]

About the timing of anything he may have been talking about, he said "Monday", not "Halloween" or "by next weekend", so I would think that by Monday or Monday is what we're looking at, would you agree from the way he said it? You should be proud to be paying attention to your surroundings and by posting this thread, it informs us all. I am wary of not paying some attention to these kinds of comments. If anything, to be on our toes and alert, right? Thanks for the post.

[gueroloco]

Was he in possession of a gerbil and some PVC pipe?

[Enlightiator]

Race - your a great guy, I suggest you just write this guy up as a nut and be done with it. The suggestions to call or send a message to the FBI tipline are silly - does anyone think they are gonna send anyone to find this guy among several million in NYC just to ask him what he meant when he talked to you??? They will take you away in a tinfoil hat if you do this, lol.....

Please, people, get a grip, its not all about you. The terrorist do not want you, and you are not going to save the world. Get over it, join reality....

[Lazamataz]

First impression, from what you are saying, is he was yankin' your chain.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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[Jolly Rodgers]

I haven't read clear to the bottom of the thread yet, so someone else probably already mentioned this...

But, is it possible that he was an undercover officer and his ambiguous comment could be hinting that the "peace" movement may soon find a considerable number of their leadership in jail?

[UncleWes]

10/29/1956 Egypt Invasion of the Sinai Israeli, French, and British forces invaded the Sinai and seized control of the Suez Canal following its nationalization by Egypt.

[mrustow]

I went to the cops there and told them what he said, and they dismissed it as a crank.

This is the NYPD we're talking about, right? They have certain unwritten rules: white guy is reported as having bothered females or minorities, take action. Anybody is reported as having pulled a gun, take immediate, aggressive action. Anyone is reported as having collapsed, take action. New rule: any reports of Sweet'n'Low-type powder, take immediate, aggressive action. All other cases: employ evasive action.

[dstog]

As a cop of 25 years, one of the most important things I had learned was NOT to rationlize about an event that you see or hear.

Trust your initial instincts. It's too easy to talk yourself out of something by rationalizing, as there are always alternative reasons why something isn't as you saw it, or believe it to have been.

Report it to the local cops and the FBI. Don't depend on either to inform the other. We pay these people to protect us, so who cares if they get ticked about your report or don't get ticked. Report it.

I always loved it when someone stepped up to the plate and reported something. It was like we were a team trying to do something.

Believe me if we're ever going to be as safe as possible, we all need to step up and report suspicious incidents and events.

[zeaal]

Pole Shift? This is an ART BELL topic. There was some guy on recently suggesting a POLE SHIFT as in the world, earth, big globe, home. Might cause huge earth changes.

[pops88]

I don't think you are paranoid or over reacting. Always trust your gut. Even if the FBI does nothing with your report, or nothing happens, you did the right thing.

[Sir Gawain]

ping

[2sheep]

Pssssst! Over here. Remember that Halloween comment?