PROGRESS IN BELLE PLAINE VETERANS' MONUMENT LAWSUIT

In late November, depositions began as part of TST’s equal protection andbreach-of-contract claims that were asserted against Belle Plaine, Minnesota,when they rescinded their promise to allow the display of
our Satanic statuealongside a Christian statue on public grounds. The
case began in 2019 whenthe Belle Plaine Veterans Club donated a
statue with Christan imagery to bedisplayed in Belle Plaine Memorial
Park.

This consequently opened a “public forum,” which permits the display ofmonuments from other faiths in accordance with the First Amendment.

Because TST has many members in the military, we thought it would
beappropriate to participate. After months of construction and a
great deal ofexpense, we created a reverent statue that honors those
in Belle Plaine whohave served in the armed forces. The monument was
completed and plans werebeing made to transport the monument from
Salem, Massachusetts, to BellePlaine, Minnesota, when the city
abruptly rescinded its invitation. The cityrefused to reimburse TST
for the costs incurred, so TST sued Belle Plaine forreligious
discrimination and for breaking their agreement to allow the
displayof our statue.

The US District Court of Minnesota has allowed our case to proceed
butrequires that we elaborate on our equal protection claim. Our
position is thatif TST had been a Christian group, the permit would
have never been rescinded,therefore constituting a violation of equal protection. The Court acceptedthat the invitation revocation could
constitute a breach-of-contract claim asTST would not have incurred
the costs for the statue if the promise to displayit in the memorial
park was not made.

The depositions will continue into the new year, and a teleconference
hearingin front of a judge in Belle Plaine on Thursday of this week
will furtherexplore these claims.

We are incredibly pleased with the progress of our case in light of
otherunjust rulings that have plagued related complaints in other
cities. The Courthas thoughtfully considered our claims, fairly
granted us the opportunity tomore extensively argue areas that
required further elaboration, and issueddecisions that are based on
established legal precedence. These depositionsserve as a positive
step towards receiving reimbursement for our statue and,more broadly,
towards restoring the public’s trust that the justice system canmake
legal decisions bereft of judicial bias.

Grey Faction publishes internal discussion board posts within the ISSTDrevealing unchecked conspiracism, harmful pseudoscience, and
internal conflictover struggle to retain continuing education credits

Mental health professionals harm their clients and patients when they promotepseudoscience and conspiracy theories on the causes of mental
illness. Suchthings have no place in the therapeutic context and must
not be tolerated atacademic conferences.

Today, Grey Faction begins releasing posts from within the
International Society for the Study of Trauma and
Dissociation(ISSTD)’s Organized and Extreme Abuse (OEA) Special
Interest Group, formerlythe Ritual Abuse, Mind Control, and Organized
Abuse (RAMCOA) Special InterestGroup. In addition to laying bare
unrestricted and unchecked musings aboutSatanic ritual abuse and
ongoing military mind control experimentation intheir clients, these
posts also reveal a rift between the group and ISSTDleadership.

The ISSTD and its members are the main purveyors of Satanic Panic hysteriawithin the mental health field today. Despite their
professional façade,bizarre conspiracy theories run rampant among
their members and in theirconference presentations, as outlined in
our letter to the AmericanPsychologicalAssociation

The ISSTD Board of Directors wrote a letter to membership in early
October2020, informing them that the Special Interest Group formerly
known as RAMCOAhad been renamed. One reason for the name change,
according to the letter,is “stricter rules for the provision of
Continuing Education (CE) andContinuing Medical Education (CME)
credits,” a certain number of which arerequired for mental health professionals to renew their license. In fact, theISSTD was informed
that their CE sponsor, CE Learning Systems, would no longerapprove presentations on “mind control.” However, the letter states that
theISSTD is looking to bypass their current CE sponsor by becoming a CEaccredited provider themselves, giving them free reign to decide whichpresentations qualify for CE credit.

“As you can see from the posts we’re publishing today, members of the
OEA Special Interest Group are outraged by the Board’sunilateral
decision to change the group’s name. They see this as a betrayalfrom
ISSTD leadership, and surmise that Grey Faction’s efforts are to
blamefor both the renaming and the stricter CE rules. We happily acceptresponsibility for helping uphold CE standards,” says Grey
Faction DirectorEvan Anderson.

“It is my firm belief that the ISSTD -- as purveyors of destructive conspiracytheories and pseudoscience shielded by the accreditation of professionallicensure -- are a clear and present threat to mental
health consumers andsociety at large,” says Lucien Greaves, The
Satanic Temple’s spokesperson andcofounder. “These documents show conclusively that the ISSTD intends to donothing to bring reason, or
the best interests of mental health consumers,into consideration, and
instead they are working to evade scrutiny merely bychanging
terminology. With this, I hope we can persuade the
AmericanPsychological Association (APA) to deny them any future CE accreditation.”

One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all
creatures inaccordance with reason.

The concept of empathy was not extensively considered until David Hume'spronouncement that minds mirror one another. This was in the
18th century, andthe word is surprisingly recent as it does not
officially enter the Englishlanguage until 1909. Empathy is engaging
in understanding and sharinganother's feelings and is distinct from
sympathy, which involves caring aboutothers' feelings. Often one
cares about others without sharing or evenunderstanding how they
feel.

Certain philosophical circles assert that empathy can exist without
sympathy –that one can share another's emotional state without
caring. Within thismindset, understanding the desires and motivations
of others can be used tomanipulate and oppress. While scenarios can
be conceived that demonstrate thiskind of outcome, bad-faith would be
required to allow for that possibilitywithin the context of our
tenet. Our usage requires that sympathy is a causalconsequence of
empathy, thereby precluding cynical exploitation.

I'm vegan

But when she offered me

The goat's blood

I got turned on

I don't drink

But as she prepared

The rum soaked fruit cake

It made me hot

I'm trying to watch my weight

But when she made me eat

The entire fruit cake

With the goat's blood

I came

12/2/2020

John S. Hall is a poet/spoken word artist, musician (if ukulele
counts), andsinger-songwriter. He has released numerous recordings,
including nine albumswith various incarnations of his band King
Missile.

He is the author of a collection of poetry (Jesus Was Way Cool) and a
self-help parody (Daily Negations), both on Soft Skull Press, and
over 100unpublished children’s stories.

https://www.instagram.com/thesatanicchef/

Ingredients

• Lump crab meat: 8 ounces

• 1/2 a bulb of fennel

• 1/2 a Spanish onion

• About 3 cloves of garlic confit

• Around 1-2 tablespoons of garlic oil

• 1 tablespoon of chili crisp

• 1 whole Bibb lettuce, picked

• About 3 tablespoons of mayonnaise

• Roughly 1 tablespoon of harissa

• 1 lemon

• 2 scallions

• Worcestershire sauce

• Olive oil

• A dash of salt

• Hot pepper (Urfa chilies or red Aleppo pepper)

Instructions

Peel and dice half an onion. Remove the stems from the fennel, cut it
in half,and dice that as well.

To make the garlic confit, simmer some garlic cloves in olive oil on
the stoveover low heat for 10 minutes. Let the cloves cool in the oil
while putting alid on the mix when it is done. You will have mashable
cloves. Take aboutthree cloves and smash them with the back of your
knife.

Next, add some garlic cloves to a shallow saucepan. Once hot enough,
add theonions and fennel to the pan, and let them simmer. Add some
olive oil to thepan to lightly coat the veggies. Do not color or
caramelize the vegetables.This step serves to simply poach them in
oil.

Next, add the mashed garlic confit to the mixture on low heat. Let thevegetables become soft and translucent. Mix in the crab and add
some lemonzest to the pan. Juice the lemon in a separate bowl, and
add half the juice tothe mix in the pot. Slowly simmer this for about
five minutes and turn off theheat. Sprinkle in some salt, pepper
flakes, and let it rest.

Add mayonnaise, harissa, remaining lemon juice, and chopped red bell
pepper toa separate bowl. Mix in the sauce completely and put it in a
small ramekin onthe side. Let this sauce mix in the fridge for about
an hour.

Once cooled, pull your mix out and toss it with scallions. Add garlic
oil andlemon juice to taste.

Add some leafy greens to the bottom of a salad bowl, and top it with
the crabmixture. If you have any chili crisp, a condiment usually
found in Asiansupermarkets, place it over the top. Garnish with more
scallions if desired.

For further instructions, please visit TSTTV and watch my series, The SatanicChef.

Adam Ostrofsky 2020

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