Timely read for me. I just finished reading a woman’s Facebook page… she has 11,000 plus followers . Her post arguing why Trumps crimes should result in his EXECUTION has 3,000 plus shares. That is some serious brainwashing.
Watching this bullshit play out is getting scary. The extreme nature of the response to the targeting of a former President by the corrupt intelligence branch of our government (because it HAS become a powerful, untouchable entity in its own right) tells me that the whole thing is going to keep gathering steam until something awful happens. What our response to that will be is anyone's guess. I suppose Trump's problems will recede in our minds when we receive our audit notices from the militarized IRS.
I actually thought that this might be an ideal time for there to be peaceful protests in front of Garland’s home....but no matter how peaceful our intentions, the left will marshall their foot soldiers to infiltrate and the media will depict us “ equal Justice” seekers as violent extremists , etc etc... Garland’s indignant tone was really outrageous.
Call me a cynic, but I get the sense that this is exactly what 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 want people to think and feel. Blatant injustice against a symbolic figure. Calls for civil war in response. Leading anyone with initiative into a very deliberate trap. They even dug up the corpse of Salman Rushdie to throw in for good measure, because, you know, because there's a "anti-semite" around every corner. It's all so very in your face. Some people explain it as overwhelming corruption. While the corruption is obvious, the public is constantly led around by the nose and fed the narrative. The reality star ex-president (who voters did indeed choose in 2 elections) has shown his willingness to collaborate and act the part. The trick is to convince people that what they're doing is 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 idea. Trump even said the FBI raid was a hoax. I know how were 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 to read that, but reading between the lines is usually much more enlightening.
This is absolutely true. In late 2020 I attempted to withdraw 3K in a Cashier's Check to pay for a car repair and wanted the cash discount.
After waiting in a 45 minute line (Covid ya know) the teller wasn't going to give me MY MONEY.
I was furious. I have had the account at BofA since 1987 and I have well over 3K, platinum account, checking, savings, CC with zero balance. I had my CA DL, Debit card--the whole kit and caboodle.
There was something that the bank had done and mine was not current on some profile and so she was going to deny me. She said I had to come back another day and meet with someone and do something to my profile.
I said NO, and demanded to see a supervisor. They reluctantly gave me the check but I did have to come back later and do something so my profile was updated. Allegedly, this won't happen again but I can't say I have tried.
She probably wanted to put the purebloods in camps, too.
Same as my covidian brother, claim they love freedom, love mankind, but in reality they just want to kill anyone who doesn't agree with them. Kill. So much for humanity.
This is what I fear. They will turn it against the purebloods soon...and wait until they find out what the jabs have done to them...heart issues...clotting issues....cancer....and a form of CJD...
They’ll really resent & be infuriated by the fact that we unvax’d weren’t duped when they KNEW they were so much smarter (remember when we were knuckle dragging, inbred selfish rubes that wanted to kill everyone?). We won’t be hearing “you were right” much, if at all.
That's some serious, hideous 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓. The silver lining to all of this is that this crime has revealed the true character of this country's inhabitants. “Circumstances do not make the man; they merely reveal him to himself.” - Epictetus As I like to add on to this quote, "...to himself...and everyone else."
I told my husband back in Mar 2020, people will go along with this because it makes them part of a club -- and "everyone" wants to be part of a club...
Yes. I know many like that, some were formerly republicans. But sitting every night 7 days a week for 4.5 years hearing over and over how bad DJT was (his coverage in the MSM was 99% negative), brainwashed a huge amount of people...smart people...conservative people...it was an amazing realization when i figured it out. Needless to say, I turned off the tv years ago...
They don't call it "programming" for nothing, as another Substacker said.
i love that suddenly people think their opinions can be laws- didn't maxine waters suggest rioting in the streets if they didn't get the verdict they wanted in the derek chavin case? they're unhappy with the latest supreme court decisions so they want to "pack the court." i read the other day in my local neighborhood website where someone said "it should be illegal for landlords to raise rent as long as the tenant lives there." so glad this idiot doesn't make the laws!
the doctor on TWIV now says "pregnant people" as opposed to "pregnant women." come on, he's been a doctor for at least 30 years! it's not like he graduated yesterday in the new woke medical affirmative action, pass/fail system of promoting mediocrity in the name of social justice. why is he going along with a falsehood that goes against everything he's known to be true until yesterday? brainwashing? fear of going against the crowd?
I was at the gym yesterday with my daddy. We were riding the bike (he is 98 and we only bike for 25 min max) There are three old guys at the gym (oh yeah, this is a retirement neighborhood, fancy, expensive and no govt subsidies thank you. It costs a small fortune to live there but I daddy has the $$$$ bc I laugh, I only had one pair of jeans)
These old guys are funny and fun to talk with, but then one of them brought up Trump and the raid and him going to jail. I did not say a word but I thought, as ^^ Martha said, it is kind of sad and sick brainwashing to even think about such despicable things about a person. Brainwashed indeed. I did not say anything, Daddy is hard of hearing so he did not even hear the discussion but I know those three turds knew that I thought their discussion was immature, junior high school-ish bullying that is acceptable now. Only if it is a conservative.
We said good bye as we were leaving. I have not been back to the gym but if I see them on Monday, I wonder if they will ask me if I was "offended" or "angry"
No, I was not offended. or angry
I was shocked at their brainwashed behavior. These guys were probably in their 70's and watch BS for tv. Everyone gets Comcast at Ashby Ponds. Stupid TV
Agree. One guy is the loud outspoken leader, and the other two just listen most of the time. It just so happens they go at 2:00 the same time daddy and I go.
Bleh. I was astounded by their utter foolishness. They were having a serious discussion and I was speechless. I do not argue with idiots of any sort.
I am sure daddy and I will see them on Monday but ..... perhaps we should start going to the older gym on the other side of the community (very big very fancy) I know there are conservatives there. I have met like minded thoughtful people
And if Trump had done anything illegal ever, it would have been exposed long ago. It is nuts, and baseless. Groupthink x 10000. I don’t hate Biden or any other person that I disagree with. I have no real emotions about Biden in spite of my belief that he was not the winner in the election and he is ruining the country as fast as possible. But I don’t hate him.
All of these psychological plays and even mass hypnosis (forming) of crowds have been well thought through and planned by those "in charge of the world". They employ the very best mass psychologists and propagandists in the world to drive behavior. "Behavioral Science" has been applied en masse to commercial sales for most of a century. It is the morality of those "in charge" and their almost unmatched financial and political power through out history because of the current power of the technology that frighten me. I also never anticipated that the internet would become such a powerful weapon in the hands of these monsters. I should have. It was obvious in retrospect.
To experience my own 25 year old daughter who showed the reality of the panic, when she, impoverished by student loans, walked out wearing a scarf over her face and pulling her meager possessions in a rolling suitcase in April of 2020 because I had the audacity to host a small dinner during a "global pandemic". I was acting "against the rules" and she was furious. Her face was contorted in anger (and shame) and she said nothing despite me trying to appeal to her. She did not speak to me for more than 2 years after that. She even took one of the jabs DESPITE being a strict vegan. However, SOMETHING changed. She seems to have had a true change of heart. We finally met for lunch at a nice vietnamese place by the water 3 weeks ago. I was VERY careful not to bring up anything contentious about Covid or my Ex. HOWEVER, she brought up both topics and asked me what I had heard about the suppression of treatments (especially natural ones that I practice, such a zinc/quercetin, vitamin D at 4000 iu/day in oil, etc.) for Covid and the persecution of the doctors practicing those TRULY safe and effective treatments. So there IS HOPE! I had determined to live my life and to oppose the Cabal of "Masters of the Universe" who are waging an unprecedented war on us (Propaganda, biowar, and financial war) with anything and everything I can think of. If I did not KNOW that God was in ultimate charge and His Word would prevail I would have already despaired. Thank God that He is God and the Cabal (and I) are not.
So Satan has truly shown himself for anyone with eyes, but God is moving in a subtler way as He usually does to provide us with an opportunity to show Faith (and to learn it). The persecutions will continue and worsen and the War against us will continue and intensify. However, keep faith, pray for your families, friends and even your enemies (there is hope for even the worst monsters- E.g Fauci), but LIVE YOUR LIFE.
I have never been healthier and I help anyone who is open to understand how food can bring you health. Like the Covid Scam, there is a HUGE amount of misinformation out there. The Cholesterol scare frightened half the world for 60 years that cholesterol caused heart disease and the scare and the total rejection of even good fats, killed millions before their time. Total lies. The "autophagy diet" (Mercola) is wonderful! Replacing surplus protein, especially dairy (and of course the terrible "trans fats") with good fats such as avocado, cold water wild fish (Sardines, anchovy, mackerel, herring, salmon) and tree nuts (almonds, cashew, macadamia, hazelnuts, and pumpkin seeds) and flax/chia (lots of fiber) is a huge help. The other 2 actions that are necessary are: intermittent fasting (I am on my 16th hour right now) of at least 14 hours per day (e.g dont eat from 6pm until 8 or 9am at least), and sweating at least 3 times a week (preferably with exercise). Also, start each meal with fruit, and water, about 10 minutes before each meal (wait for the burp on an empty stomach) as this assists the digestion greatly and therefore GREATLY reduces the accumulation of toxins in the blood. Finally, get your nutritional levels checked! Vitamin D deficiency is a REAL epidemic especially in Canada where I live where for at least 8 months of the year because there is not enough UV (295-298 nm wavelength) radiation reaching the ground to generate vitamin D in the skin. The RDA of 1000 iu (25 MICROgrams!!!) is totally inadequate especially in those conditions. About 70% of Canadians (80+% of Canadians with dark skin) are deficient or seriously deficient in vitamin D by March of every year. I start taking 5000 iu of Vitamin D in cod liver oil starting in September of every year and I get my vitamin D checked every year! It is a HUGE problem and the NUMBER 1 reason why people died from Covid. Even really old people with adequate vitamin D usually recovered from Covid.
Also 25 mg of zinc (glycinate, gluconate, citrate, ascorbate or malate forms) every day with kelp for iodine and copper are also excellent. Quercetin is a "zinc ionophore" which transports zinc inside the cell to destroy viruses - not as good as Ivermectin but still excellent and EASILY available.
Finally, GET OUTSIDE EVERY DAY (even in the rain). LIVE YOUR LIFE AND THANK-GOD FOR EVERY DAY!
May you and your family be Blessed during these dark times and may you all see the Hope from God that He offers us freely,
Wonderful post Ian. I too, live in the Vancouver area and basically have been using the same protecals and diet you describe. Glad to hear your daughter is questioning the covid narrative.
My brother was the same and since the jabs came out he refused to see me unless I got the shots. I haven't and won't. The irony is yesterday, while visiting my sister for the last five days, he agreed to go out for dinner with vaccinated family and me!
Unfortunately we didn't go out for that dinner with them because earlier in the day, my brother visited an old friend he hadn't seen in years and when he got back to my sister's house he received a call from his friend saying he had just tested positive for Covid!
Now my sister and her husband and brother are worried they will come down with covid.
My husband and I did go out for dinner and had a wonderful meal.
Yes, not one word from Fraudci or Bilks about taking vitamin D, losing weight, or getting some exercise. And I'm amazed at the number of people who think that, just because the CDC now says no need to quarantine or differentiate between the vaxxed or those who had COVID, it's suddenly okay. Too many people really do need an authority telling them what to think or do.
I agree that people seem to love being told what to do. So many people seem to let "the numbers" dictate what they do. The numbers of course referring to Covid cases. I still hear people saying that the numbers are better now, so they decided to take a trip. I never once looked at the numbers in my area- the numbers are totally meaningless!
Why would they push remedies that don’t benefit them financially?? Why would people do the hard work of changing there unhealthy lifestyle?? when they can go see there drug dealer, I mean doctor twice a year and get the pills they need to “keep them alive”. We’ve become a nation of aging fat lazy asses and young healthy imbeciles. The olds are set in there ways, the young’s have been raised in a bubble. The other 5% are on this forum wondering what the fuck is happening.
Its odd isn’t it that it took your daughter so long to come back to you, even though she only took one shot, you’d think she would have come back sooner. But, I’m so happy she finally did. You are so blessed. Many of us have lost friends and family over this modern Beatlemania, as you know.
I agree with everything you wrote and have learned a lot from Mercola this last year. But I hadn’t heard about the water and fruit before a meal, thanks!
Thank-you for your kind words. I have 5 daughters and only Sierra (now) and my 2nd daughter Shannon speak to me. The divorce hurt my relationship with the others, but my Son (31 years old) never understood why a divorce would get in the way - even more so now that he is a father of 3 himself. We have a great relationship now.
The soluble fiber of fruit (plus the water) stimulates the liver and the pancreas to prepare for a real meal by secreting bile from the gall bladder and enzymes (powerful chemicals to digest food) from both the liver and the pancreas. Bile, even though it tastes bad, is a hugely efficient "surfactant", i.e. like soap, it helps to bridge the chemical difference between oil and water and allows oil soluble vitamins, like vitamin D and E, to be absorbed. In addition, bile is also a strong salt which strongly stimulates the intestinal walls to contract (peristaltic contractions) which push the food through the 27 feet of the intestine. So bile (and those digestive enzymes) are truly miracles of chemistry that can and do cause food to be digested in the optimal time frame of about 12 hours. if you include a tablespoon of ground flax with lots of water, the huge amount of fiber in flax (32%) ALSO greatly contributes to pushing the food through the intestine and removing the deposits of rotten food that cause diverticulitis (pockets of dead food) that allow the growth of yeast. Also, the fiber in flax (and chia) serves as excellent food for your friendly bacteria. I haven't had an upset stomach (except once from a too ripe pork chop) in 30 years. I feel like I am 30 and I am much stronger than at any time in my life. The principle barrier to health is not age but rather what we eat and how we eat.
Also, get your nutritional levels in your blood checked to know what you are deficient in. Everyone should have that done at least every year. I knew the "pandemic" was a scam when the "Public Health authorities" never ONCE mentioned hte importance of vitamin D levels. ALL respiratory infections are GREATLY improved by proper levels of vitamin D. I read an excellent paper in April of 2020 about the first 300 or so patients with Covid at the Wuhan central hospital. 96 of them died, and ALL of them had low or very low levels of Vitamin D in their blood. Another 100 or so were released within 2 weeks and all but one of those had the highest level of vitamin D in their blood. The correlation coeefficient between health and death with vitamin D was incredibly high. Almost as high as ANY health correlation could ever be. That SHOULD have been an overwhelming reason to scream about everyone improving their vitamin D levels to optimum but they NEVER did. A sure sign that they don't care about public health but only money and power. Frightening and predictable given the other actions of those "public health officials'. If you want to read a truly eye opening story, read about Dr. Andrew Wakefield and his journey to undercover the truth about the correlation between autism and childhood vaccines. They eviscerated his career but he never gave up. He is a real hero because the truth is now clear. One of the early CDC scientists who had been ordered to hide the truth data correlating autism rates with the timing of the first childhood vaccine had kept his data. After 14 years of witnessing Dr. Wakefield's destruction and witnessing the serious injury to literally millions of children, that scientist relented and approached Dr. Wakefield and gave him the data which was then exposed in the movie "Vaxxed". A triumph for the truth.
The message is clear that the CDC is owned by Big Pharma which themselves are owned by the Cabal of Globalists. We are in big trouble and I hope that we who are aware can band together and support each other in opposition to the war being waged upon us.
Thank you Ian, for sharing about your daughter. I can’t imagine how painful that must have been to not have contact with your daughter for that long.
I have two brothers that my sister and I are estranged from because they are under the hypnosis. You give me hope that just maybe they will wake up. I did recently see the one who lives close to me. I asked him what he thought my sister’s and my motivation was for sending him information. He replied, because you care about me. (Yes brother!). But he has since avoided me. Is he waking up slowly or is it just cognitive dissonance. Only God knows. My sister and I can only pray and have faith. God bless you.
If you wish, I will pray for your brothers and sister. What are their first names? My brother Michael screamed at me for 20 minutes with abundant swear words when I told him about my worry about the "jab". I had explained that I didn't need it becasue I had already contracted Covid and was now immune. It didn't slow him down. It has been a full year and despite my pleas he does not speak to me. Covid was designed not just to crush the individual's immune system and circulatory and endocrine system, but ALSO to destroy the bonds of family and community. It is wholly evil.
A serious plan of the Evil One.
Take heart. In God's time you will be reunited with your family. Pray for them in the meantime.
My sister is Leslie. Thank God that we are kindred spirits (also fraternal twins). Our brothers are Lee and Lynn. They too are fraternal twins (they used to adore their little sisters- we are 11 years younger). At least the nastiness was via emails - not in person. But nonetheless, a permanent record 😢. I’m sorry about your brother Michael. Heartbreaking that he said such things to you. I will pray for him as well.
Yes. The evils one’s plan. Tragically it is working. But I truly believe we will prevail. God is in charge.
God bless you for your encouraging words and your prayers.
I’m copying all this. Sorry about your daughter! My son won’t speak to us for 5 years because his wife is nuts. I have 5 other friendly kids but it still hurts.
Gustave Le Bon captured this phenomenon brilliantly:
“The sentiments and ideas of all the persons in the gathering take one and the same direction, and their conscious personality vanishes. A collective mind is formed, doubtless transitory, but presenting very clearly defined characteristics.”
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“In a crowd every sentiment and act is contagious, and contagious to such a degree that an individual readily sacrifices his personal interest to the collective interest.”
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“… an individual immersed for some length of time in a crowd in action soon finds himself—either in consequence of the magnetic influence given out by the crowd, or from some other cause of which we are ignorant—in a special state, which much resembles the state of fascination in which the hypnotised individual finds himself in the hands of the hypnotiser. The activity of the brain being paralysed in the case of the hypnotised subject, the latter becomes the slave of all the unconscious activities of his spinal cord, which the hypnotiser directs at will. The conscious personality has entirely vanished; will and discernment are lost. All feelings and thoughts are bent in the direction determined by the hypnotiser.
“Such also is approximately the state of the individual forming part of a psychological crowd. He is no longer conscious of his acts. In his case, as in the case of the hypnotised subject, at the same time that certain faculties are destroyed, others may be brought to a high degree of exaltation. Under the influence of a suggestion, he will undertake the accomplishment of certain acts with irresistible impetuosity.”
You explain right here why crowds somewhat scare me. In a crowd, you can no longer think for yourself. That might also be why I stopped to go to church altogether now too. In the silence of home, one can think again. Turn off all music, noise, certainly TV if you have one, and listen to the silence. The older I get, the less noise I can have. And in these last 2 years, I have lost all patience to talk to people who live in lalaland. I let them be. And walk in the woods with the animals. Peace.
My mom used to say this all the time. She said you need to have quiet. At the time I was a teen and didn’t understand but I certainly do now. I treasure my peace.
I used to think it was so strange when my parents would ride in the car with no music. They had 4 kids - I'm sure there was enough noise as it was and they probably had a lot to think about. But I was an adult before I considered that!
I watch Tucker Carlson's show regularly. I'm struck by the fact the No. 1-rated primetime news show has no commercials from well-known companies. So the big companies are boycotting the most popular news show on TV. Why are they boycotting this particular show? Interesting. I also notice all of the commercials for charities helping veterans of our wars with Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of these commercials depict veterans with amputated limbs. When I see these commercials what I think is, "Don't trust the experts." And the masses - the crowd - were all cheering for these wars. Do they also see these commercials and re-think their trust in said experts and authorities?
I too attended Hard Days Night with my big stupid sister. She became a psycho instantly and didn't let up until it was over. I don't think I heard one song. Think about that. I remember I had a friend from 3rd grade in tow. My crazed sister was responsible for both of us. Think about that too. He and I tried screaming "shut up!" periodically to no avail. Talk about farting in a Cyclone. I really did want to hear the songs as I was not "in love" with Paul or Ringo. Corona mania is the same way. No matter how much you yell shut up, you'll never get those two years back.
In fact, that is precisely why the Beatles stopped playing live concerts in 1966 or 67: the screaming crowds were so loud that they couldn’t even hear themselves.
Hated the Beatles. Hated their hair. Hated their songs. Could never figure out why the girls screamed.
I think I finally started liking some of their music after I had become a teenager.
However, I did love The Rolling Stones. It doesn't mean I would have screamed then. I still love The Rolling Stones. I did scream when I finally got to see them in concert. 🤗
The Beatles wrote dozens (if not hundreds) of beautiful songs. How can you not like "Yesterday", "Michelle", "Blackbird", "She's Leaving Home", or "Penny Lane", to name only five? "Abby Road" was their last album -- how many other groups end their time together with an album as good as that? Their music will endure.
Read what I wrote again. I said that I started liking some of their music by the time I was a teenager. Probably because I got used to hearing the stuff.
Out of those 5 songs you mention I know, for sure, only 3. One of my most hated songs, in life, is, "Hey, Jude." Still not a huge fan of the Beatles.
Like McCartney music. Liked George Harrison's music. Ringo's was ok. That leaves my most hated, John Lennon.
I will not be guilted into liking a band, by a narcissist bully. I've dealt with people like you my entire life.
You said you "hated them", then said "I THINK I finally started liking some of their music after I had become a teenager." All I did was ask how you couldn't like their music and named five beautiful songs as examples, only three of which you are familiar with. And that makes me a "narcissist bully" who's "guilting you" into something?
I don't know where you live, but they are STILL touring, so you still have a chance to see them again. I believe they are currently touring in Europe. I saw them last year in the U.S. They really are still amazing performers!
(warning: more of a rant....brought into view by coronamania...) A crowd of individuals brought to fear by morning-noon-night media is effective. Pfizer's advertising picked up the tab. The same people saying men can give birth were saying you MUST get the shot. For me, they're same level genius. Sadly, many MDs now in that camp too...most of them a flock of geese in formation....pathetic. Now you know the doctors you thought were brainiacs and trusted, now, not so much. Really makes you think about any contraindications on pharma products you might be recommended....is that all they are?..purveyors of the latest pharm products???
There's always been pop culture mania. There was Elvis mania before the Beatles and Madonna mania after that. It's an interesting parallel to compare Beatlemania with coronamania, but I don't think the phenomenon of group think or mass formation psychosis is limited to the young girls who went crazy over the Beatles.
I agree! I also think social media plays a huge part in this- especially with the younger people. I'm not sure if this Coronamania could have gotten as much steam in the 50's or 60's.
Another great read, Mark! That bittersweet tongue-in-cheek ending made me think of my summer camp counselor who (needlessly) died in Nam.
Screaming girls? I had an unexpected afternoon off years ago and decided to watch the local first screening of “The Blair Witch Project.” Little did I know the theatre would be packed with teenage girls all screaming in unison, not out of any delirious cultish devotion but true terror. I nearly jumped out of my seat a few times - not because of the flick but the shrieks. 1999 sure seems like a long ways off now.
If I were an MD.....by advice might sound like...Tell your brainwashed friends/patients...look, I can guarantee 100% freedom from vaccine injury, I can also guarantee 100% survival from the china virus, or no, let's make that 98.5% to be totally legit, the one thing I need you to do to experience my guarantee, is do not get the f'n shot, ever. And...if you want to cover the 1.5% risk I'm asking you to assume, follow the Dr. Z, Dr. McCullough, or Am. Frontline Doctor protocol if you experience x symptoms. Now go and enjoy your healthy life!! YOUR WELCOME.
Timely read for me. I just finished reading a woman’s Facebook page… she has 11,000 plus followers . Her post arguing why Trumps crimes should result in his EXECUTION has 3,000 plus shares. That is some serious brainwashing.
Watching this bullshit play out is getting scary. The extreme nature of the response to the targeting of a former President by the corrupt intelligence branch of our government (because it HAS become a powerful, untouchable entity in its own right) tells me that the whole thing is going to keep gathering steam until something awful happens. What our response to that will be is anyone's guess. I suppose Trump's problems will recede in our minds when we receive our audit notices from the militarized IRS.
I actually thought that this might be an ideal time for there to be peaceful protests in front of Garland’s home....but no matter how peaceful our intentions, the left will marshall their foot soldiers to infiltrate and the media will depict us “ equal Justice” seekers as violent extremists , etc etc... Garland’s indignant tone was really outrageous.
indignant indeed
what a prick
Call me a cynic, but I get the sense that this is exactly what 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 want people to think and feel. Blatant injustice against a symbolic figure. Calls for civil war in response. Leading anyone with initiative into a very deliberate trap. They even dug up the corpse of Salman Rushdie to throw in for good measure, because, you know, because there's a "anti-semite" around every corner. It's all so very in your face. Some people explain it as overwhelming corruption. While the corruption is obvious, the public is constantly led around by the nose and fed the narrative. The reality star ex-president (who voters did indeed choose in 2 elections) has shown his willingness to collaborate and act the part. The trick is to convince people that what they're doing is 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 idea. Trump even said the FBI raid was a hoax. I know how were 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 to read that, but reading between the lines is usually much more enlightening.
Shelter your assets and cash in a trust--the IRS can't get to it.
I’m moving to a credit union
Nope. You cannot shelter in a Trust from the IRS.
I am considering taking out my accounts and just having it hidden at home. I'm not making any $ on my investments lately.
good luck with that seeing as there are limits to the amount you can withdraw. as if it's not our own money 😠
This is absolutely true. In late 2020 I attempted to withdraw 3K in a Cashier's Check to pay for a car repair and wanted the cash discount.
After waiting in a 45 minute line (Covid ya know) the teller wasn't going to give me MY MONEY.
I was furious. I have had the account at BofA since 1987 and I have well over 3K, platinum account, checking, savings, CC with zero balance. I had my CA DL, Debit card--the whole kit and caboodle.
There was something that the bank had done and mine was not current on some profile and so she was going to deny me. She said I had to come back another day and meet with someone and do something to my profile.
I said NO, and demanded to see a supervisor. They reluctantly gave me the check but I did have to come back later and do something so my profile was updated. Allegedly, this won't happen again but I can't say I have tried.
I saw then what control they do have over you.
Or they show up, ready to shoot
She probably wanted to put the purebloods in camps, too.
Same as my covidian brother, claim they love freedom, love mankind, but in reality they just want to kill anyone who doesn't agree with them. Kill. So much for humanity.
This is what I fear. They will turn it against the purebloods soon...and wait until they find out what the jabs have done to them...heart issues...clotting issues....cancer....and a form of CJD...
They’ll really resent & be infuriated by the fact that we unvax’d weren’t duped when they KNEW they were so much smarter (remember when we were knuckle dragging, inbred selfish rubes that wanted to kill everyone?). We won’t be hearing “you were right” much, if at all.
You nailed it
I seem to be in a Nietzschean mood today (it helps that he was a genius):
"How moral and sublime people become every time they have a good chance of using these qualities to inflict pain!" Geneaology of Morals
That's some serious, hideous 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓. The silver lining to all of this is that this crime has revealed the true character of this country's inhabitants. “Circumstances do not make the man; they merely reveal him to himself.” - Epictetus As I like to add on to this quote, "...to himself...and everyone else."
I told my husband back in Mar 2020, people will go along with this because it makes them part of a club -- and "everyone" wants to be part of a club...
Not me! I pretty much operate solo or with one-two others most of the time.
Yes. I know many like that, some were formerly republicans. But sitting every night 7 days a week for 4.5 years hearing over and over how bad DJT was (his coverage in the MSM was 99% negative), brainwashed a huge amount of people...smart people...conservative people...it was an amazing realization when i figured it out. Needless to say, I turned off the tv years ago...
They don't call it "programming" for nothing, as another Substacker said.
Most Covidian cultists hate and want Trump dead.
i love that suddenly people think their opinions can be laws- didn't maxine waters suggest rioting in the streets if they didn't get the verdict they wanted in the derek chavin case? they're unhappy with the latest supreme court decisions so they want to "pack the court." i read the other day in my local neighborhood website where someone said "it should be illegal for landlords to raise rent as long as the tenant lives there." so glad this idiot doesn't make the laws!
the doctor on TWIV now says "pregnant people" as opposed to "pregnant women." come on, he's been a doctor for at least 30 years! it's not like he graduated yesterday in the new woke medical affirmative action, pass/fail system of promoting mediocrity in the name of social justice. why is he going along with a falsehood that goes against everything he's known to be true until yesterday? brainwashing? fear of going against the crowd?
it's insanity!
yes. Sad
I was at the gym yesterday with my daddy. We were riding the bike (he is 98 and we only bike for 25 min max) There are three old guys at the gym (oh yeah, this is a retirement neighborhood, fancy, expensive and no govt subsidies thank you. It costs a small fortune to live there but I daddy has the $$$$ bc I laugh, I only had one pair of jeans)
These old guys are funny and fun to talk with, but then one of them brought up Trump and the raid and him going to jail. I did not say a word but I thought, as ^^ Martha said, it is kind of sad and sick brainwashing to even think about such despicable things about a person. Brainwashed indeed. I did not say anything, Daddy is hard of hearing so he did not even hear the discussion but I know those three turds knew that I thought their discussion was immature, junior high school-ish bullying that is acceptable now. Only if it is a conservative.
We said good bye as we were leaving. I have not been back to the gym but if I see them on Monday, I wonder if they will ask me if I was "offended" or "angry"
No, I was not offended. or angry
I was shocked at their brainwashed behavior. These guys were probably in their 70's and watch BS for tv. Everyone gets Comcast at Ashby Ponds. Stupid TV
Older people in our retirement community who do this astounds me. I know who to talk to at the gym. Those kind I avoid like the (sorry) plague!
Agree. One guy is the loud outspoken leader, and the other two just listen most of the time. It just so happens they go at 2:00 the same time daddy and I go.
Bleh. I was astounded by their utter foolishness. They were having a serious discussion and I was speechless. I do not argue with idiots of any sort.
I am sure daddy and I will see them on Monday but ..... perhaps we should start going to the older gym on the other side of the community (very big very fancy) I know there are conservatives there. I have met like minded thoughtful people
And if Trump had done anything illegal ever, it would have been exposed long ago. It is nuts, and baseless. Groupthink x 10000. I don’t hate Biden or any other person that I disagree with. I have no real emotions about Biden in spite of my belief that he was not the winner in the election and he is ruining the country as fast as possible. But I don’t hate him.
you need to learn to hate. Love is meaningless without hate.
They mean to kill you and your loved ones
You have a point!
Palus delenda est
I only hate what Biden has done to our country.
But talk about executing a pedo who grooms kids or who wants to "transition" 5-year-olds, and FB will ban you.
Yes, we are living in an anti-reason era.
"When a hundred stand together, all of them lose their minds and acquire different ones." Nietzsche
All of these psychological plays and even mass hypnosis (forming) of crowds have been well thought through and planned by those "in charge of the world". They employ the very best mass psychologists and propagandists in the world to drive behavior. "Behavioral Science" has been applied en masse to commercial sales for most of a century. It is the morality of those "in charge" and their almost unmatched financial and political power through out history because of the current power of the technology that frighten me. I also never anticipated that the internet would become such a powerful weapon in the hands of these monsters. I should have. It was obvious in retrospect.
To experience my own 25 year old daughter who showed the reality of the panic, when she, impoverished by student loans, walked out wearing a scarf over her face and pulling her meager possessions in a rolling suitcase in April of 2020 because I had the audacity to host a small dinner during a "global pandemic". I was acting "against the rules" and she was furious. Her face was contorted in anger (and shame) and she said nothing despite me trying to appeal to her. She did not speak to me for more than 2 years after that. She even took one of the jabs DESPITE being a strict vegan. However, SOMETHING changed. She seems to have had a true change of heart. We finally met for lunch at a nice vietnamese place by the water 3 weeks ago. I was VERY careful not to bring up anything contentious about Covid or my Ex. HOWEVER, she brought up both topics and asked me what I had heard about the suppression of treatments (especially natural ones that I practice, such a zinc/quercetin, vitamin D at 4000 iu/day in oil, etc.) for Covid and the persecution of the doctors practicing those TRULY safe and effective treatments. So there IS HOPE! I had determined to live my life and to oppose the Cabal of "Masters of the Universe" who are waging an unprecedented war on us (Propaganda, biowar, and financial war) with anything and everything I can think of. If I did not KNOW that God was in ultimate charge and His Word would prevail I would have already despaired. Thank God that He is God and the Cabal (and I) are not.
So Satan has truly shown himself for anyone with eyes, but God is moving in a subtler way as He usually does to provide us with an opportunity to show Faith (and to learn it). The persecutions will continue and worsen and the War against us will continue and intensify. However, keep faith, pray for your families, friends and even your enemies (there is hope for even the worst monsters- E.g Fauci), but LIVE YOUR LIFE.
I have never been healthier and I help anyone who is open to understand how food can bring you health. Like the Covid Scam, there is a HUGE amount of misinformation out there. The Cholesterol scare frightened half the world for 60 years that cholesterol caused heart disease and the scare and the total rejection of even good fats, killed millions before their time. Total lies. The "autophagy diet" (Mercola) is wonderful! Replacing surplus protein, especially dairy (and of course the terrible "trans fats") with good fats such as avocado, cold water wild fish (Sardines, anchovy, mackerel, herring, salmon) and tree nuts (almonds, cashew, macadamia, hazelnuts, and pumpkin seeds) and flax/chia (lots of fiber) is a huge help. The other 2 actions that are necessary are: intermittent fasting (I am on my 16th hour right now) of at least 14 hours per day (e.g dont eat from 6pm until 8 or 9am at least), and sweating at least 3 times a week (preferably with exercise). Also, start each meal with fruit, and water, about 10 minutes before each meal (wait for the burp on an empty stomach) as this assists the digestion greatly and therefore GREATLY reduces the accumulation of toxins in the blood. Finally, get your nutritional levels checked! Vitamin D deficiency is a REAL epidemic especially in Canada where I live where for at least 8 months of the year because there is not enough UV (295-298 nm wavelength) radiation reaching the ground to generate vitamin D in the skin. The RDA of 1000 iu (25 MICROgrams!!!) is totally inadequate especially in those conditions. About 70% of Canadians (80+% of Canadians with dark skin) are deficient or seriously deficient in vitamin D by March of every year. I start taking 5000 iu of Vitamin D in cod liver oil starting in September of every year and I get my vitamin D checked every year! It is a HUGE problem and the NUMBER 1 reason why people died from Covid. Even really old people with adequate vitamin D usually recovered from Covid.
Also 25 mg of zinc (glycinate, gluconate, citrate, ascorbate or malate forms) every day with kelp for iodine and copper are also excellent. Quercetin is a "zinc ionophore" which transports zinc inside the cell to destroy viruses - not as good as Ivermectin but still excellent and EASILY available.
Finally, GET OUTSIDE EVERY DAY (even in the rain). LIVE YOUR LIFE AND THANK-GOD FOR EVERY DAY!
May you and your family be Blessed during these dark times and may you all see the Hope from God that He offers us freely,
Ian in vancouver
Wonderful post Ian. I too, live in the Vancouver area and basically have been using the same protecals and diet you describe. Glad to hear your daughter is questioning the covid narrative.
My brother was the same and since the jabs came out he refused to see me unless I got the shots. I haven't and won't. The irony is yesterday, while visiting my sister for the last five days, he agreed to go out for dinner with vaccinated family and me!
Unfortunately we didn't go out for that dinner with them because earlier in the day, my brother visited an old friend he hadn't seen in years and when he got back to my sister's house he received a call from his friend saying he had just tested positive for Covid!
Now my sister and her husband and brother are worried they will come down with covid.
My husband and I did go out for dinner and had a wonderful meal.
Yes, not one word from Fraudci or Bilks about taking vitamin D, losing weight, or getting some exercise. And I'm amazed at the number of people who think that, just because the CDC now says no need to quarantine or differentiate between the vaxxed or those who had COVID, it's suddenly okay. Too many people really do need an authority telling them what to think or do.
I agree that people seem to love being told what to do. So many people seem to let "the numbers" dictate what they do. The numbers of course referring to Covid cases. I still hear people saying that the numbers are better now, so they decided to take a trip. I never once looked at the numbers in my area- the numbers are totally meaningless!
Why would they push remedies that don’t benefit them financially?? Why would people do the hard work of changing there unhealthy lifestyle?? when they can go see there drug dealer, I mean doctor twice a year and get the pills they need to “keep them alive”. We’ve become a nation of aging fat lazy asses and young healthy imbeciles. The olds are set in there ways, the young’s have been raised in a bubble. The other 5% are on this forum wondering what the fuck is happening.
Its odd isn’t it that it took your daughter so long to come back to you, even though she only took one shot, you’d think she would have come back sooner. But, I’m so happy she finally did. You are so blessed. Many of us have lost friends and family over this modern Beatlemania, as you know.
I agree with everything you wrote and have learned a lot from Mercola this last year. But I hadn’t heard about the water and fruit before a meal, thanks!
Hello Karen,
Thank-you for your kind words. I have 5 daughters and only Sierra (now) and my 2nd daughter Shannon speak to me. The divorce hurt my relationship with the others, but my Son (31 years old) never understood why a divorce would get in the way - even more so now that he is a father of 3 himself. We have a great relationship now.
The soluble fiber of fruit (plus the water) stimulates the liver and the pancreas to prepare for a real meal by secreting bile from the gall bladder and enzymes (powerful chemicals to digest food) from both the liver and the pancreas. Bile, even though it tastes bad, is a hugely efficient "surfactant", i.e. like soap, it helps to bridge the chemical difference between oil and water and allows oil soluble vitamins, like vitamin D and E, to be absorbed. In addition, bile is also a strong salt which strongly stimulates the intestinal walls to contract (peristaltic contractions) which push the food through the 27 feet of the intestine. So bile (and those digestive enzymes) are truly miracles of chemistry that can and do cause food to be digested in the optimal time frame of about 12 hours. if you include a tablespoon of ground flax with lots of water, the huge amount of fiber in flax (32%) ALSO greatly contributes to pushing the food through the intestine and removing the deposits of rotten food that cause diverticulitis (pockets of dead food) that allow the growth of yeast. Also, the fiber in flax (and chia) serves as excellent food for your friendly bacteria. I haven't had an upset stomach (except once from a too ripe pork chop) in 30 years. I feel like I am 30 and I am much stronger than at any time in my life. The principle barrier to health is not age but rather what we eat and how we eat.
Also, get your nutritional levels in your blood checked to know what you are deficient in. Everyone should have that done at least every year. I knew the "pandemic" was a scam when the "Public Health authorities" never ONCE mentioned hte importance of vitamin D levels. ALL respiratory infections are GREATLY improved by proper levels of vitamin D. I read an excellent paper in April of 2020 about the first 300 or so patients with Covid at the Wuhan central hospital. 96 of them died, and ALL of them had low or very low levels of Vitamin D in their blood. Another 100 or so were released within 2 weeks and all but one of those had the highest level of vitamin D in their blood. The correlation coeefficient between health and death with vitamin D was incredibly high. Almost as high as ANY health correlation could ever be. That SHOULD have been an overwhelming reason to scream about everyone improving their vitamin D levels to optimum but they NEVER did. A sure sign that they don't care about public health but only money and power. Frightening and predictable given the other actions of those "public health officials'. If you want to read a truly eye opening story, read about Dr. Andrew Wakefield and his journey to undercover the truth about the correlation between autism and childhood vaccines. They eviscerated his career but he never gave up. He is a real hero because the truth is now clear. One of the early CDC scientists who had been ordered to hide the truth data correlating autism rates with the timing of the first childhood vaccine had kept his data. After 14 years of witnessing Dr. Wakefield's destruction and witnessing the serious injury to literally millions of children, that scientist relented and approached Dr. Wakefield and gave him the data which was then exposed in the movie "Vaxxed". A triumph for the truth.
The message is clear that the CDC is owned by Big Pharma which themselves are owned by the Cabal of Globalists. We are in big trouble and I hope that we who are aware can band together and support each other in opposition to the war being waged upon us.
Thank-you again for your thoughtful response.
Ian in Vancouver
That was a very interesting and informative post. I will look into the Autophagy diet more.
Thank you Ian, for sharing about your daughter. I can’t imagine how painful that must have been to not have contact with your daughter for that long.
I have two brothers that my sister and I are estranged from because they are under the hypnosis. You give me hope that just maybe they will wake up. I did recently see the one who lives close to me. I asked him what he thought my sister’s and my motivation was for sending him information. He replied, because you care about me. (Yes brother!). But he has since avoided me. Is he waking up slowly or is it just cognitive dissonance. Only God knows. My sister and I can only pray and have faith. God bless you.
Laura,
If you wish, I will pray for your brothers and sister. What are their first names? My brother Michael screamed at me for 20 minutes with abundant swear words when I told him about my worry about the "jab". I had explained that I didn't need it becasue I had already contracted Covid and was now immune. It didn't slow him down. It has been a full year and despite my pleas he does not speak to me. Covid was designed not just to crush the individual's immune system and circulatory and endocrine system, but ALSO to destroy the bonds of family and community. It is wholly evil.
A serious plan of the Evil One.
Take heart. In God's time you will be reunited with your family. Pray for them in the meantime.
Yours in Christ,
Ian in Vancouver
My sister is Leslie. Thank God that we are kindred spirits (also fraternal twins). Our brothers are Lee and Lynn. They too are fraternal twins (they used to adore their little sisters- we are 11 years younger). At least the nastiness was via emails - not in person. But nonetheless, a permanent record 😢. I’m sorry about your brother Michael. Heartbreaking that he said such things to you. I will pray for him as well.
Yes. The evils one’s plan. Tragically it is working. But I truly believe we will prevail. God is in charge.
God bless you for your encouraging words and your prayers.
Yours also in Christ,
Laura in Ohio
I agree with that enquiry, and tried to use it on my mother.
Why would I try and get her to do (or not do) things that will cause her harm?
She replied that she doesn't think I am lying to her, she just thinks I am wrong.
The tv says something different, and the newspaper confirms.
I tried suggesting that the owner of the tv station is the owner of the newspaper and the owner of big pharma, but she's not having it.
"I'll just do what I am told" she said.
Can you believe that. So if they tell her to jump of a bridge, she will do that too.
I’m copying all this. Sorry about your daughter! My son won’t speak to us for 5 years because his wife is nuts. I have 5 other friendly kids but it still hurts.
Gustave Le Bon captured this phenomenon brilliantly:
“The sentiments and ideas of all the persons in the gathering take one and the same direction, and their conscious personality vanishes. A collective mind is formed, doubtless transitory, but presenting very clearly defined characteristics.”
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“In a crowd every sentiment and act is contagious, and contagious to such a degree that an individual readily sacrifices his personal interest to the collective interest.”
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“… an individual immersed for some length of time in a crowd in action soon finds himself—either in consequence of the magnetic influence given out by the crowd, or from some other cause of which we are ignorant—in a special state, which much resembles the state of fascination in which the hypnotised individual finds himself in the hands of the hypnotiser. The activity of the brain being paralysed in the case of the hypnotised subject, the latter becomes the slave of all the unconscious activities of his spinal cord, which the hypnotiser directs at will. The conscious personality has entirely vanished; will and discernment are lost. All feelings and thoughts are bent in the direction determined by the hypnotiser.
“Such also is approximately the state of the individual forming part of a psychological crowd. He is no longer conscious of his acts. In his case, as in the case of the hypnotised subject, at the same time that certain faculties are destroyed, others may be brought to a high degree of exaltation. Under the influence of a suggestion, he will undertake the accomplishment of certain acts with irresistible impetuosity.”
BAM!!!
Wow, very true. Thank you for sharing these gems!
You explain right here why crowds somewhat scare me. In a crowd, you can no longer think for yourself. That might also be why I stopped to go to church altogether now too. In the silence of home, one can think again. Turn off all music, noise, certainly TV if you have one, and listen to the silence. The older I get, the less noise I can have. And in these last 2 years, I have lost all patience to talk to people who live in lalaland. I let them be. And walk in the woods with the animals. Peace.
My mom used to say this all the time. She said you need to have quiet. At the time I was a teen and didn’t understand but I certainly do now. I treasure my peace.
I used to think it was so strange when my parents would ride in the car with no music. They had 4 kids - I'm sure there was enough noise as it was and they probably had a lot to think about. But I was an adult before I considered that!
4 kids in our family, too. I’m sure they needed some peace!
Maybe this is why so many politicians love Saul Alinsky's book, Rules for Radicals.
So many disgusting and dreadful ideas to destroy humanity
"If war began, we would flatten the Communists in two weeks. We had superior weapons. And our experts were so smart, and in control."
This should have been a spoiler alert that leaders can be easily wrong...
I watch Tucker Carlson's show regularly. I'm struck by the fact the No. 1-rated primetime news show has no commercials from well-known companies. So the big companies are boycotting the most popular news show on TV. Why are they boycotting this particular show? Interesting. I also notice all of the commercials for charities helping veterans of our wars with Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of these commercials depict veterans with amputated limbs. When I see these commercials what I think is, "Don't trust the experts." And the masses - the crowd - were all cheering for these wars. Do they also see these commercials and re-think their trust in said experts and authorities?
because advertisers are being told to boycott Fox.
No amount of money would change their mind. They have no choice but to follow the thug rules
Obama's Army
I too attended Hard Days Night with my big stupid sister. She became a psycho instantly and didn't let up until it was over. I don't think I heard one song. Think about that. I remember I had a friend from 3rd grade in tow. My crazed sister was responsible for both of us. Think about that too. He and I tried screaming "shut up!" periodically to no avail. Talk about farting in a Cyclone. I really did want to hear the songs as I was not "in love" with Paul or Ringo. Corona mania is the same way. No matter how much you yell shut up, you'll never get those two years back.
In fact, that is precisely why the Beatles stopped playing live concerts in 1966 or 67: the screaming crowds were so loud that they couldn’t even hear themselves.
Gee, Mark, you're old. 😉😊😋
Hated the Beatles. Hated their hair. Hated their songs. Could never figure out why the girls screamed.
I think I finally started liking some of their music after I had become a teenager.
However, I did love The Rolling Stones. It doesn't mean I would have screamed then. I still love The Rolling Stones. I did scream when I finally got to see them in concert. 🤗
I'm not a Beatles fan, either. I'm glad, as The Clash sang, "Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust."
Yes, I've seen many days and nights. But I'm fully functional. I have a physical job and can still play multiple sports pretty hard.
Was born in 1962. Due to an accident of my raising, I didn’t really hear *any* pop music until my high school years, so I missed Beatlemania.
In 1980 I was on a weekend trip to a pledge brother’s* home, when he intro’d me to The White Album. I was totally transfixed.
*He’s now the Chief Justice of my state Supreme Court.
I was just kidding you about your age, Mark. You write a mean substack, that's all that matters.
I knew you were. I just wanted to let you know that, F the virus, I'm not going anywhere.
And it matters to me that I can stlll school the youngstas. But then I gotta take a nap.
I gotta take a nap after I watch TV, man! 😉😊😋
The Beatles wrote dozens (if not hundreds) of beautiful songs. How can you not like "Yesterday", "Michelle", "Blackbird", "She's Leaving Home", or "Penny Lane", to name only five? "Abby Road" was their last album -- how many other groups end their time together with an album as good as that? Their music will endure.
Read what I wrote again. I said that I started liking some of their music by the time I was a teenager. Probably because I got used to hearing the stuff.
Out of those 5 songs you mention I know, for sure, only 3. One of my most hated songs, in life, is, "Hey, Jude." Still not a huge fan of the Beatles.
Like McCartney music. Liked George Harrison's music. Ringo's was ok. That leaves my most hated, John Lennon.
I will not be guilted into liking a band, by a narcissist bully. I've dealt with people like you my entire life.
Can't think of a Stones song I didn't like.
You said you "hated them", then said "I THINK I finally started liking some of their music after I had become a teenager." All I did was ask how you couldn't like their music and named five beautiful songs as examples, only three of which you are familiar with. And that makes me a "narcissist bully" who's "guilting you" into something?
What a snowflake.
Gaslighting.
Ignorance and immaturity.
Dude calm down, that was bullshit calling him a narcissist bully you fuck
Speaking of one.....
Bandit- Another Stones fan here! I have loved them since I was a kid, still do, and still go to their concerts. They are still going after 60 years!
💪 The Stones rock! (🤣😂🤣 See what I did there? I kill me! 🤣😂🤣)
I wish I could have seen them more than once, but once is soooo much better than never. 🤗
I don't know where you live, but they are STILL touring, so you still have a chance to see them again. I believe they are currently touring in Europe. I saw them last year in the U.S. They really are still amazing performers!
$$$. I love Mick!
(warning: more of a rant....brought into view by coronamania...) A crowd of individuals brought to fear by morning-noon-night media is effective. Pfizer's advertising picked up the tab. The same people saying men can give birth were saying you MUST get the shot. For me, they're same level genius. Sadly, many MDs now in that camp too...most of them a flock of geese in formation....pathetic. Now you know the doctors you thought were brainiacs and trusted, now, not so much. Really makes you think about any contraindications on pharma products you might be recommended....is that all they are?..purveyors of the latest pharm products???
not me, I was inoculated by going into medicine in 1984 (yes really)
I knew from then on that doctors were in general much less wise than laymen.
Beatlemania parallels to Coronamania - good analogy. Groupthink might be the number one factor in civilization’s rapid decline.
There's always been pop culture mania. There was Elvis mania before the Beatles and Madonna mania after that. It's an interesting parallel to compare Beatlemania with coronamania, but I don't think the phenomenon of group think or mass formation psychosis is limited to the young girls who went crazy over the Beatles.
Reading this raises the question if pop culture plays a part in driving the madness of crowds.
I agree! I also think social media plays a huge part in this- especially with the younger people. I'm not sure if this Coronamania could have gotten as much steam in the 50's or 60's.
While adults strongly warn their kids—or at least used to—against following the crowd, both kids and adults are very vulnerable to peer pressure.
Apparently, everybody failed DARE back in 5th grade.
Great story and I agree fully that's why I was one of the odd ballz that never followed the crowd. Questions everything!
Another great article Mark! Well done. Plus Brownstone too!
https://brownstone.org/articles/coronamania-foreshadowed-in-beatlemania/
Palus delenda est
The swamp must be destroyed? Is that a translation into Latin of "Drain the swamp"?
Another great read, Mark! That bittersweet tongue-in-cheek ending made me think of my summer camp counselor who (needlessly) died in Nam.
Screaming girls? I had an unexpected afternoon off years ago and decided to watch the local first screening of “The Blair Witch Project.” Little did I know the theatre would be packed with teenage girls all screaming in unison, not out of any delirious cultish devotion but true terror. I nearly jumped out of my seat a few times - not because of the flick but the shrieks. 1999 sure seems like a long ways off now.
If I were an MD.....by advice might sound like...Tell your brainwashed friends/patients...look, I can guarantee 100% freedom from vaccine injury, I can also guarantee 100% survival from the china virus, or no, let's make that 98.5% to be totally legit, the one thing I need you to do to experience my guarantee, is do not get the f'n shot, ever. And...if you want to cover the 1.5% risk I'm asking you to assume, follow the Dr. Z, Dr. McCullough, or Am. Frontline Doctor protocol if you experience x symptoms. Now go and enjoy your healthy life!! YOUR WELCOME.