by me, Kerry Burgess, 12/27/2025 08:25 AM
You think they did that on purpose?
Earlier this morning, wanted to sleep more, could not
Churning, insistent in my mind was the phrase
Was not "we just want to help"
Insistent, it was "those who helped"
Specific context was of the streaming-video series Plur1bus, includes here previous references I developed since I began following it
Turns out an extremely trivial detail among the behemoth content of my journals
Sat down at my desk, re-discovered that detail in my journals, wondered why it would show up in my original-work
If you care about the fiction of a rare, good episode of Star Trek then view it first before reading this note by me
"The Inner Light" [ Star Trek: The Next Generation ]
Original Airdate: 1 Jun, 1992
(from internet transcript)
Captain's log, stardate 45944.1. Following a magnetic wave survey of the Parvenium Sector, we've detected an object which we cannot immediately identify.
Kerry Burgess, Twitter archive file, Wednesday April 10, 2019 13:35:56
In that most consistent scenario I imagine, I am in there one day and I suddenly notice synchronized movement by every single person in there, except me. I stand in one place, I see people, doesn't matter what they are doing, but they are all doing the same thing
Kerry Burgess, Twitter archive file, Wednesday April 10, 2019 13:37:07
Maybe they are just all standing there doing a pirouette. What's important is they are perfectly synchronized in their movements. I look around corners, at people who cannot visually see the other people, and yet their movements are all perfectly synchronized.
The New York Times
REPORT ON SPYING RELEASED BY C.I.A.
By NICHOLAS M. HORROCK JULY 9, 1975
WASHINGTON, July 8—The Central Intelligence Agency made a major build-up of its domestic intelligence operation during the Administration of President Nixon, according to documents released by the C.I.A. for the first time tonight.
In an unexpected disclosure, the C.I.A. made public a report that its director, William E. Colby, made to President Ford last Dec. 24. This report is a portion of an internal analysis of the agency's involvement in illegal domestic intelligence operations and other wrongdoing compiled at the request of Mr. Colby's predecessor, James R. Schlesinger, in May, 1973. Mr. Schlesinger is now the Secretary of Defense.
Symington Briefed
According to these newly released documents, two Congressional figures, Senator Stuart Symington, Democrat of Mis souri, and Representative Lucien N. Nedzi, Democrat of Michigan, were briefed on the details more than two years ago.
This new material contained several disclosures:
According to a memorandum dated June 1, 1972, the major increase in the staff and facilities of the Special Operations Group came after Mr. Nixon had taken office on Jan. 20, 1969. The unit was the core of a domestic C.I.A. intelligence operation that has come under criticism for violating the agency's legal charter, which forbids the C.I.A. to engage in spying within the United States.
From 4/10/2019 ( ) To 11/7/2025 ( Friday ) is 2403 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 6/1/1972 ( ) is 2403 days
From 3/22/1946 ( first successful launch by the United States Army of a rocket out of the atmosphere ) To 3/27/2006 ( ) is 21920 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 11/7/2025 ( ) is 21920 days
From 6/1/1992 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Star Trek: The Next Generation"::"The Inner Light" ) To 11/7/2025 ( ) is 12212 days
12212 = 6106 + 6106
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 7/22/1982 ( ) is 6106 days
From 5/15/1984 ( scheduled from 05/21/1983 - as me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, I began active service for an enlistment period of six years as a US Navy enlisted seafarer ) To 11/7/2025 ( ) is 15151 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 4/27/2007 ( ) is 15151 days
From 5/15/1984 ( Ronald Reagan, 40th President of USA federal government 1981-1989: Proclamation 5194 - Missing Children Day, 1984 ) To 11/7/2025 ( ) is 15151 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 4/27/2007 ( ) is 15151 days
From 6/8/1993 ( commencement, Princeton University Class of 1993 ) To 11/7/2025 ( Friday ) is 11840 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 4/3/1998 ( premiere USA film "Lost in Space" ) is 11840 days
From 11/4/1986 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, my official enlisted US Navy documents includes: Date Completed - US Navy Fire Control Technician Class "A", Service School Command, Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, - leading to permanent assignment until 1990 to CF-division, Missile Plot - guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex (UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance), USS Wainwright CG-28, US Navy, while enlisted paygrade E-5, designated Fire Controlman Petty Officer Second Class (FC2) ) To 11/7/2025 ( Friday ) is 14248 days
14248 = 7124 + 7124
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 5/5/1985 ( premiere USA TV movie "Lace II" ) is 7124 days
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30759782/
IMDb
Pluribus
S1.E1
We Is Us
Episode aired Nov 7, 2025
An astronomer's discovery turns the planet upside-down; curmudgeonly novelist Carol Sturka is terrified by this strange new world.
https://hvom.blogspot.com/2025/03/today-is-03012025.html
From: Kerry Burgess
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 6:43 PM
To: Kerry Burgess
Subject: Re: those who helped
Kerry Burgess wrote:
http://www.komotv.com/stories/42616.htm
Bystanders tackled a man who swiped a toddler from a stroller Sunday in downtown Portland, authorities said.
[This reminds me of a time when I was at a Dairy Queen near my apartment in Kent. A woman left an infant lying in its carrier on the floor next to me. I was thinking this woman must really trust me to do something like that. It was weird.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Meritorious_Unit_Award
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
From Wikipedia
The Joint Meritorious Unit Award (JMUA) is a military award that was established on June 4, 1981 by Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and was implemented by Department of Defense Directive 1348.27 dated July 22, 1982. The Joint Meritorious Unit Award was made retroactive to January 23, 1979.
History
The Joint Meritorious Unit Award is the only ribbon award granted by the Department of Defense
by me, Kerry Burgess, posted by me: July 15, 2017 11:11 pm
The Leftovers - The Book of Nora - television series episode Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired Sunday 10:00 PM Jun 04, 2017 on HBO (Comcast On Demand 15 July 2017)
Answers are elusive in the series finale.
Nora Durst: I knew there was a chance it would kill me, but I made my peace with that. And I said goodbye to my brother and I climbed right in.
Kevin Garvey: And then you changed your mind.
Nora Durst: No. I didn't change my mind. I went through. I was in the parking lot, naked curled up like a baby. It was the same parking lot I'd just been in, except there were no trucks no people, no nothing. It was cold, so I started to walk. I walked by empty houses abandoned buildings. And I found a store, so I went in and there were clothes there-- clothes hanging on racks-- so I got dressed and I got back to walking. I walked long enough to convince myself that I was the only thing alive in that place. And then night came, and I saw lights, so I went to them. It was a house, and there was a man and a women there. They were kind and they told me the man told me that seven years earlier, he was in a supermarket and every single person disappeared except for him. And the women told me that she lost her husband, her three daughters, and all eight of her grandchildren. And that's when I understood. Over here, we lost some of them. But over there, they lost all of us.
"The Inner Light" [ Star Trek: The Next Generation ]
Original Airdate: 1 Jun, 1992
(the strange object is on the viewscreen)
PICARD: Magnify. Mister Data?
DATA: It appears to be a probe of some kind, but there is no Starfleet record of this shape or design.
RIKER: Is it scanning us?
WORF: No sir, but it has assumed a relative position and it is holding course with us.
DATA: The probe is composed of paricium and talgonite, a ceramic alloy.
LAFORGE: Not a very sophisticated technology.
WORF: Sir, I am detecting a low-level nucleonic beam coming from the probe.
RIKER: Shields up. Stand by phasers.
DATA: The beam is scanning the shield's perimeter. The probe is emitting an unusual particle stream.
WORF: Sir, the beam is penetrating our shields.
PICARD: Increase power to
(Picard twitches, staggers, and is caught by Riker who lowers him to the floor)
RIKER: Captain? Captain, I've got you. It's all
[Living room]
(suddenly Riker's face is replaced by a woman's)
ELINE: Well. finally. How are you feeling? Kamin, can you answer me?
PICARD: What is this place?
ELINE: You're still feverish.
PICARD: Computer, freeze programme. Computer, end programme.
ELINE: Kamin.
PICARD: Picard to Enterprise.
ELINE: Kamin, please don't get up yet. You're still not well.
PICARD: I asked you, what is this place?
ELINE: This is your home, of course.
PICARD: Am I a prisoner here?
ELINE: Please, dear, you've had a high fever for three days. You mustn't push yourself too quickly. Kamin? You really shouldn't go outside.
[Courtyard]
(bright sunshine and a feeling of a hot, slightly arid environment)
ELINE: Kamin, please come back inside.
(But Picard marches off to explore)
[Town square]
(from the cool shade of a colonnade, Picard watches a tree-planting ceremony)
BATAI: Thank you. This sapling is planted as an affirmation of life in defiance of the drought and with expectations of long life. Whatever comes, we will keep it alive as a symbol of our survival. Kamin! You're back on your feet! How do you feel, my friend?
PICARD: Are you in charge here?
BATAI: In charge?
PICARD: I want to be returned to my ship immediately.
BATAI: What ship is that?
"The Inner Light" [ Star Trek: The Next Generation ]
Original Airdate: 1 Jun, 1992
[Town square]
ADMINISTRATOR: Kamin, what do you hope to accomplish? Spreading rumours that the planet is doomed. There could be chaos.
PICARD: The facts are here. At least show them to someone who will recognise what they mean.
ADMINISTRATOR: I won't be a party to your making trouble.
PICARD: If you won't take them, I most certainly will.
ADMINISTRATOR: Your observations, your findings, our scientists reached those same conclusions two years ago. Well, what did you expect us to do? Make it public? Can you imagine the effect?
PICARD: But surely the technology must exist to save something of this world? Perhaps some people could be evacuated.
ADMINISTRATOR: Evacuated where? Our technology is limited. We're just beginning to launch small missiles.
PICARD: A collection of genetic samples, then. Something, anything. You simply cannot let this civilisation die.
ADMINISTRATOR: Enough! There is a plan in work. I cannot tell you more than that.
(a very old man and a young boy are crawling on the floor)
PICARD: Gotcha! Now I gotcha.
MERIBOR: Some children are certainly making a lot of noise in here.
PICARD: You shouldn't be outside so long. It's damaging, you know that.
MERIBOR: I'm wearing plenty of your skin protector.
PICARD: How about you, young man? Do you wear your skin protector outdoors? You do? Good boy.
BATAI JR: (now with his father's hairline) Happy day, everybody. It's time to go see the launching.
PICARD: What launching? What's he talking about?
MERIBOR: They're sending up a missile, Father. We're going to watch it.
PICARD: I'm not going anywhere to watch anything.
BATAI JR: Come on, Kamie. Hurry up now. Let's go see the launching.
(Batai puts a hat on his nephew and they leave)
PICARD: It breaks my heart to look at him.
MERIBOR: Who?
PICARD: My grandson. It breaks my heart. He deserves a rich, full life, and he's not going to get one.
MERIBOR: Please come, Father.
PICARD: Why didn't I hear anything about a launching?
[Town square]
(everyone is in broad rimmed sunhats and loose clothing)
PICARD: Did everyone know about this except me? I'll be all right sitting here. You go off with the others. Hold onto my grandson, and watch the damned thing go up for all the good it'll do. What is it they're launching?
MERIBOR: You know about it, Father. You've already seen it.
PICARD: Seen it? What are you talking about? I haven't seen any missile.
BATAI: Yes, you have, old friend. Don't you remember?
PICARD: Batai?
(Batai as the healthy middle-aged man we first met)
BATAI: You saw it just before you came here. We hoped our probe would encounter someone in the future. Someone who could be a teacher. Someone who could tell the others about us.
PICARD: Oh, it's me, isn't it? I'm the someone. I'm the one it finds. That's what this launching is. A probe that finds me in the future.
ELINE: Yes, my love.
PICARD: Eline.
ELINE: The rest of us have been gone for a thousand years. If you remember what we were, and how we lived, then we'll have found life again.
PICARD: Eline.
(a rocket soars into the cloudless blue sky)
ELINE: Now we live in you. Tell them of us, my darling.
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 09:35 AM Pacific-timezone USA Saturday 12/27/2025
