Bombshell Report Recommends Extending the Great Wall of Bricklyn
December 9, 2024
by Mark Tiler Richmond, Bricklyn Eagle Politics & Law Correspondent
For easier reading and reference, this article is divided into four parts:
- Part 1 – Background on the Great Wall of Bricklyn / Origins of Wall / Shangri-La
- Part 2 – Extending The Great Wall of Bricklyn / Dome Feasibility / Open/Close Capability
- Part 3 – “Shared Dreaming” / Collective Dream Power
- Part 4 – Alternative Ways to Respond to Threat of Mass Deportation / Re-association with Denmark / Watchful Waiting / Bricklyn as “Symbolic Target”
- Letters to the Editor
The Bricklyn Eagle has just obtained a draft copy of the “Report on the Potential Threats to the Realm of Bricklyn From the United States Government.”
The Bricklyn Eagle has sought comment from all of the key individuals involved in preparing this draft Report. None were willing to speak with us pending public release of the Report, expected by the end of the week.
The Report was prepared jointly, at the request of the Federal Council, by the Office of the Federal Chancellor and the Office of the Chief Prognosticator. The highly anticipated report focuses on how Bricklyn can best respond to these potential threats, and includes what is likely to be a controversial recommendation.
Part 1 – Background on The Great Wall of Bricklyn
Central to the report is the stunning recommendation that Bricklyn examine the cost and mechanics of extending the Great Wall of Bricklyn so that it could enclose the entire Realm of Bricklyn — a staggering undertaking.
As Bricklyn Eagle readers may know, The Great Wall of Bricklyn currently serves to hide / protect about 65 percent of the of the Tripartite Realm. All of Bricklyn Junction is currently hidden from human eyes by The Great Wall, along with about 75 percent of South Bricklyn, and some 50 percent of the City of Bricklyn.
Details about The Great Wall of Bricklyn have previously been reported on in The Bricklyn Eagle. ➤ See: The “Great Wall” of Bricklyn (June 17, 2021 & updated Dec. 15, 2024) and On Dealing with Temporal & Spatial Dislocation in Bricklyn (Feb. 27, 2023).
The following information was provided us by email from Bricklyn’s Chief Historian, Winifred Tiler Jackson:
“The Great Wall was constructed, according to plastic residue dating, in the first half of the fifth century B.C.E. by some ancient people, perhaps castaways in the “New World,” but with remarkable skills that we are only now beginning to understand.
“Hidden in a corner of present day Vermont, The Great Wall ‘s presence kept Bricklyn unseen by humans — undoubtedly a protective blessing. These ancient peoples, for reasons not yet known to historians, disappeared from the area by the second century B.C.E.
“It was not until the late 17th century that a shipload of LEGO people voyaged to colonial America in search of the remarkable wall that they had heard about from long-time legends.📍
📍”At least a dozen of these Bricklynites served with distinction as spies with Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys. The Bricklynites’ extremely small size — and their courage — proved to be invaluable assets to the American cause.
“Remarkably, within two years of arriving they had found The Great Wall, and began building the settlement they called Bricklyn, largely within the protective confines of the Wall. This was, of course, three centuries before the great emigration of LEGO peoples from Denmark in the 1970s and ’80s📍, including a wave of migrants who sought a new home in the cities of Bricklyn, South Bricklyn, and Bricklyn, Junction, Vermont.”
📍This migration was triggered by disputes between the Danish government and several LEGO sects, including the Bricklynites. Its ramifications still remain felt to this day.
“In talking about The Great Wall of Bricklyn, historians must tread carefully between truth and legend. The Great Wall is an actual structure — even though it cannot be seen by human eyes. Does that make it some sort of hallucination of Bricklynites? I’ll leave that to psychologists and scientists to determine.
“But I’m also drawn to stories of the hidden Himalayan village of Shangri-La. Was it a real place? Tibetans think so.
“The Outland resource Wikipedia points out that: ‘Ancient Tibetan scriptures mention the existence of seven such places as Nghe-Beyul Khembalung. Khembalung is one of several Utopia beyuls (hidden lands similar to Shangri-La) which Tibetan Buddhists believe that Padmasambhava established in the 9th century CE as idyllic, sacred places of refuge for Buddhists during times of strife.’
“As Chief Historian for Bricklyn, I have no doubt of the protective value of The Great Wall, as for Outlanders it remains invisible, and does not appear to exist.”
Part 2 – Extending The Great Wall of Bricklyn
The recommendation contained in today’s Draft Report to the Federal Council would involve a major extension of the Great Wall, as well as the possible addition of an accompanying dome to enclose all land within the Tripartite Realm.
Research has not yet determined if a dome would be necessary, or even feasible. But we have learned that the nearby Outland city Winooski, Vermont, once sought a federal grant to build a dome over the city. See The Winooski Dome: How this mill town was almost sealed in a bubble (by Jenny Koppang (Vermont Digger, April 24, 2022).
➤ From Koppang’s article: “Mark Tigan, Winooski’s director of community development and planning at the time was a key figure in this proposal. ‘(The Dome Proposal) really put Winooski on the map. We weren’t afraid to think outside of the box and use our imaginations,’ he said … [HUD] assigned three people from the Tennessee Valley Authority to come up to Winooski and do a feasibility study. One was an economist, one was an engineer and one was a sociologist, … In the report, the economist confirmed that the dome would indeed be financially feasible if home heating fuel hit $1 per gallon. The engineer said it was feasible to cover the whole city in a dome, but recommended restricting it to a smaller area such as the downtown. The sociologist was not as enthusiastic as the economist and engineer … “
As humans cannot see into, or visit, areas of the Realm of Bricklyn on the “far side” of the Great Wall, this feature of the Wall would prevent scenarios such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel entering into any portions of Bricklyn, or even visually surveilling the Realm.
📍 As many readers are aware, The Bricklyn Eagle has been authorized to print photos, and interview Bricklynites, who live behind The Great Wall. But, again, Outlanders cannot see or visit those portions of the Realm of Bricklyn hidden from human sight by The Great Wall, including such places as the two high schools; the airport; the Realm’s hospital; and most residential areas.
Excerpts from the draft Report on Potential Threats to the Realm of Bricklyn from the Unite States Government, prepared by the Office of the Federal Chancellor & the Office of the Chief Prognosticator.
“Preliminary discussions with Bricklyn Chief Engineer Steve Goodbrick and his staff; along with analysis by the Office of the Chief Prognosticator David Bricks, indicate that the technology and ‘mind power’ exists to extend the Great Wall and its accompanying dome.
“The new sections of The Great Wall might resemble, in some ways, the retractable domes / roofs found in some American sports stadiums.
“This open/close capability would enable protection against imminent threats (when closed), while otherwise (when open) maintaining links between large portions of the Realm and our Outland Vermont neighbors.”
Part 3 – “Shared Dreaming”
The draft Report continues with a lengthy section on what is termed “shared” or “group” dreaming. Several excerpts from this part of the Report are set out below.
“Our research into Outland sources included an intriguing article by Rabbi Howard Avruhm Addison, titled ‘Good It Is, Good May It Be: Dream Sharing as a Group Spiritual Journey.’ In it Rabbi Addison points to examples of shared dreaming. He notes by way of example:
‘The Achuar people, who live in Ecuador’s Rainforest, share dreams as a way of shaping their waking lives. The people gather in small groups hours before sunrise to share both sweet tea (Wayús) and their dreams. This custom (Wayusa) reflects the conviction that people dream both for themselves and for the entire community By the 1980s, Achuar elders began dreaming of peril to their lands and culture due to the incursion of the oil, lumber and rubber industries. Motivated by these foreboding visions and their ancient prophecy of “The Eagle and the Condor,” the Achuar have formed alliances with formerly hostile neighboring tribes and with individuals from the industrialized world.’
“Rabbi Addison adds: ‘I have become ever more convinced that we dream both for ourselves and for others, for the dreamer personally as well as for the collective.’
“Research and simulations conducted by the Office of the Chief Prognosticator have also indicated the strong likelihood that collective dream power was the mechanism used by ancient Bricklynites to construct a protective wall around their village that could not be seen by human eyes. …
“The Chief Prognosticator believes there is an approximately 50 percent probability that large-scale shared dreaming — involving a total of at least 350 dreamers — could act to bring into existence new portions of The Great Wall enclosing all of the Realm. …
“Needless to say, if the Federal Council were to preliminarily endorse this approach, testing of the ‘dream power’ needed for effective shared dreaming would need to be conducted.
“It should also be made plain that training 350 Bricklynites in the skill of active, shared dreaming would be a challenging undertaking. However, staff of the Office of the Chief Prognosticator are already skilled in shared group dreaming techniques (albeit at a much smaller scale) and have advised that they could ramp up the training of such a large number of Bricklynites within three months’ time. …
“When needed, the dream sharing Bricklynites will have to be positioned in outdoor settings (conducive to such shared dreaming) in linked groups of six to ten people. All 350 Bricklynites would then simultaneously dream of extending The Great Wall to encircle all of Bricklyn.
“The result, according to projections from the Office of the Chief Prognosticator, should be the instantaneous translation of the shared dream vision of the new Wall sections into reality.
Part 4 – Alternative Ways to Respond to the Threat of Mass Deportations
The draft Report includes the following comments about alternative ways by which Bricklyn could respond to potential mass deportation threats:
“The alternative we have focused on so far may well be beyond the capacity of Bricklyn at this time. As a result, our Offices have also done preliminary investigation of two other alternatives. The first would involve the association of Bricklyn with its historic homeland of Denmark, remaining in its current Vermont location, but as a Danish enclave. Some Bricklynites have already come out in support of this option.
“The principal roadblock is both the amount of time it would take to negotiate such an agreement, and the anger some Danes still feel about Bricklyn after the controversial departure of over 20,000 Lego Bricklynites from Denmark back in 1981. …
“In addition, the incoming U.S. President has previously indicated an interest in acquiring Greenland, which is a part of the Danish Realm. Would this interest also extend to Bricklyn if it were to become an overseas part of the Kingdom of Denmark? 📍
📍Update: Dec. 24, 2024. From the NY Times “Trump’s Wish to Control Greenland and Panama Canal: Not a Joke This Time,” by David E. Sanger and Lisa Friedman: “[Trump] appears to covet Greenland both for its strategic location at a time when the melting of Arctic ice is opening new commercial and naval competition and for its reserves of rare earth minerals needed for advanced technology. … Not surprisingly, the government of Greenland immediately rejected Mr. Trump’s demands, as it did in 2019, when he first floated the idea. … Arctic experts did not dismiss Mr. Trump’s Greenland bid as a joke. ‘Not that many people are laughing about it now,’ said Marc Jacobsen, an associate professor at the Royal Danish Defense College in Denmark who focuses on Arctic security.
As the draft Report continues: “The second, and more realistic, alternative for the Realm of Bricklyn is to do nothing at this time, but engage in ‘watchful waiting.’
“This alternative would be based on a belief that Bricklyn is unlikely to be a priority target for the new U.S. administration in dealing with deporting illegal immigrants.
“Indeed, LEGO people, such as Bricklynites, being so tiny in size compared to humans, would not seem to pose much of a threat to the United States. What’s more, Bricklynites only have a very limited ability to visit the United States in traveling to Vermont’s Outerlands. …
“The Office of the Chief Prognosticator has examined this alternative through hundreds of computer simulations, and finds the risk of mass deportations of Bricklynites at some time over the next two years to stand at about 45 percent, a number that several on the Chief Prognosticator’s staff found surprisingly high.
“The reason for this relatively high risk is primarily due to the fact that deporting LEGO people would not require much U.S. military force, as Bricklyn’s population and size are quite small.
“Also of significance is the likelihood that Bricklyn deportees would likely be sent back to Denmark — the original home of most Bricklyn families. It is our assessment that the U.S. government would portray this as a humane and desirable outcome, justifying deportation. …
“Finally, we are aware of reports that the incoming President does not appreciate the ‘values’ LEGO represent. As the LEGO group notes: ‘We strive to play our part in helping build a sustainable future and make a positive impact on society and the planet, which children will inherit.’
“These LEGO values, which are also honored in Bricklyn, could make Bricklynites a tempting ‘symbolic target’ for the new U.S. administration.“
From the Editor of The Bricklyn Eagle: we will continue our coverage of the Federal Council’s reaction to the Report, and seek reactions as soon as the final version of the Report is released.
We welcome Letters to the Editor. Please email to: bricklynvt@gmail.com
To the Editor: I’ve got to start reading The Bricklyn Eagle more. I didn’t know the Great Wall went so far back in time. In fact, I had no idea ancient LEGO peoples’ lived in this area so long ago. Wonder if they were friends of any Native tribes, though our ancestors probably kept out of sight! You should have our Bricklyn historian write more often for your paper, she’s got lots of good information.
I guess I should add, I don’t want to move or be deported from here. Bricklyn is my home. Our Federal Council should whatever is needed so we can stay here peacefully. — Jossie B. Meyers, South Bricklyn, VT.
Reply from the Editor: Dear Jossie Meyers. Thank you for your suggestion to have Bricklyn’s Chief Historian, Winifred Tiler Jackson contribute more of her knowledge to our readers. You might be interested in learning that Gloria Vanderbrick, our People in the News correspondent, will be interviewing historian Jackson in early 2025. She was one of nine past Brickardy champions we’re talking with to give our readers a better feel for life in Bricklyn.
To the Editor: Must say I am so impressed with the Bricklynites foresight in understanding that our Chief Grifter-Elect, aka The President-Elect, is bound and determined to preserve the white, Christian, Anglo-Saxon dreamland that he and others desire. I am particularly taken by the work of the Chief Prognosticator, who is peacefully preparing Bricklyn for the next four years, if that’s even possible.
I find that since realizing that the Orange One was likely to be our next President, I’ve been indulging in shows about Vikings and reading books with heroic deeds of the past (Beowulf) and the magic of King Arthur’s realm (Lev Grossman’s The Bright Sword.) Reality, at this point, is a bit too much to counter. Can we hire the Chief Prognosticator to build a wall around Vermont? We can let in Red State refugees if the Prognosticator can make them invisible when we open the gates. — Pat D., Vermont
To the Editor: In this moment seemingly full of peril, we need to put aside our fears. As is written in Deuteronomy 20:1 “When you go out to war against your enemies, and you see … a people more numerous than you, you shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord, your God is with you.”
In a d’var Torah on this, Rabbi Yael Splansky writes that “God can contain our fears, absorb the shock of them, until we feel ourselves strong enough to carry on.” — Rabbi Rachel B. Weinstein, Temple Beth-Shalom, Bricklyn Jct., VT.
To the Editor: What kind of crazy talk is our Chief Prognosticator putting out. I guess he has no concerns about the costs of quadrupling the length of our Great Wall. Doesn’t anyone in our Realm’s leadership care about what ordinary folks here are paying in taxes? We don’t need to build more Wall. We can defend ourselves if need be, like our Colonial predecessors. Why isn’t there a recommendation in that federal report that we form a militia since we don’t have any army or navy? Now that might actually be helpful! — Steve B. Goetz, Bricklyn Jct., VT.
