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To: Woody_Nickels who wrote (441975)12/30/2024 5:04:02 PM
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And at Machu Picchu. Pre-Inca civilization was wild!

Now where's the keys to my DeLorean? I forgot to ask them what frequency they used on those rocks.

- This is part of the weirding way that we will teach you.

- Some thoughts have a certain sound that being the equivalent to a form.

- Through sound and motion, you will be able to paralyze nerves, shatter bones, set fires, suffocate an enemy, or burst his organs.

- We will kill until no Harkonnen breathes Arrakeen air.

(all) Muad'Dib!

(Chanting)



Hiram Bingham at Machu Picchu
Hiram Bingham at Machu Picchu, Peru, 1912.

Early government corruption fighter:
Bingham entered politics and was elected lieutenant governor of Connecticut (1922–24). After winning the governorship in 1924, he almost immediately resigned to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. He was reelected to a full term in 1926, after which he devoted himself to business interests. In 1951 he was appointed to the Civil Service Loyalty Review Board by President Harry S. Truman and helped investigate controversial cases of suspected subversion in the State Department.

Were they selling visas?