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Critical Thinking, Skepticism, & Ignorance: Easing Mandates a Ruse? & The Hundred Flowers Campaign
**https://unscriptedtalk.substack.com/p/breaking-back-in?s=w
Storm on the Horizon**
I want to discuss the storm that’s brewing. The hanging chads. The other shoe to drop. There are countless reasons why we’re in the state we’re in, it's true. And while I would love to spend all night discussing in great depth all the individuals and institutions to blame, we don’t have time for that. Yes, mainstream media is cancer. Fact-checkers are ferocious liars.
And yet as it stands our greatest danger may very well be that our youth, even the smartest among them, have all but lost the ability to exercise a healthy skepticism and to truly put their critical thinking skills to work. On top of that, they have no sense of recent history. I’m talking about the history we can verify. History that they don’t bother teaching in public schools any longer, and perhaps not even in the University, because it is so relevant to the moment we are in as we speak.
When I think of the perilous position, we’re in two things come to mind immediately. Why these two things, I have no idea. First is the terrible Tsunami that took place in 2004. When the water receded, when the ocean all but vanished, despite the gut instinct of many observers that something was not only terribly wrong but that something far worse was about to take place, most of them lured to watch the wildly strange phenomena stood, frozen and mesmerized in what would become a kill zone within moments.
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Tonight, we dance: Arrivals, Departures, and the loss of Reinvention
At first, I typed error instead of an era and that almost seemed apropos.
“Time is on your side, yes, it is.” I love The Rolling Stones but fuck time. It’s never been on my side. It’s not my enemy. We learn to coexist. But it’s not on my side.
Crack the knuckles, let’s start the stream of consciousness, and let it be what it’ll be. If there are minors just FYI my thoughts are probably not family-friendly at times. After all, we’re talking about the last 16 years of my life from 22 until now so needless to say, stuff happened!
I hate the sound of his voice.
I hate the sound of the neighborhood.
I hate the fact that I hate these things because I don't like to hate at all let alone without good reason but sometimes you just can't help yourself and I think when that happens so long as you're not out of control you should allow yourself some wiggle room. Full disclosure, unrelenting honesty.
It was hot on July 20th, 2005. I drove a Kia and the air conditioning was broken. So was the drivers’ side window. Earlier that year I was living in Connecticut. The car was a base model with roll-up windows, some old-school shit. Anyways one morning when it was about 16 degrees, I tried to roll down the window to smoke a cigarette while I went for coffee. I was too impatient to let the car warm up and thaw so I pulled too hard and broke the window crank thingy. And of course, me being me I neglected to fix it and so when it came time to drive to my new home in Texas 5 months later I had to hold the window up as I drove through the Shenandoah Valley at 10 pm amidst severe thunderstorms and I had to endure the unbearable heat when I arrived in the South.
And I caught more than just a whiff as I rolled through Houston TX at 2 pm the next day, exhausted from driving all night, ashtray overflowing with cigarettes, and the passenger side floor riddled with cans of Red Bull.
I was too tired after holding it for 280 miles down I-81 in the worst thunderstorms I had ever seen. So, the thick soupy air ripe with the scent of oil bombarded me, unabated, until I cleared the city. Which, for the record, took an astonishing hour despite the light traffic.
I felt like I was in hell. But I would soon see that it was just Houston, and like Jersey City, Trenton, or Newark, once you clear their boundaries you realize the earth isn’t completely dead, there are still trees and grass and shit like that. But it can be tough when you’re in the eye of the storm.
I am being 100% truthful here, hand of God one of my first sights, as I barreled through downtown Houston, was an SUV that was passing me carrying a family of exceedingly overweight people who were ALL screwing cheeseburgers into their pudgy faces. Their sweaty, jiggly, fat faces. No hyperbole. I couldn’t believe the vehicle carried them, or that it could pass me given the tonnage. And I imagined they were getting about 3 miles to the gallon. Which was ok back then, but today?
I panicked. In my drug-addled, fatigued state I freaked out. At the moment I equated Houston and the hellscape it was with all of Texas…
And then there was the drive along 290 between Houston and Austin where I felt like I was in heaven. As the sun dropped lower in the sky it was orange and cast a gentle glow on the high Prairie. It was hot, but the breeze was cooling off and I hadn’t ever seen so much open space.
Never had I ever seen so much of the sky! Not even standing on the top of Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire.
I came through Austin as the sun was finally setting and I remember thinking, I remember this with perfect clarity, that I thought to myself this is good, I made the right decision.
I was only 22 years old. And I was embarking on the opportunity to reinvent myself. We only get so many opportunities to do that.
It just struck me as I’m flowing here that the ability to reinvent yourself, the process of reinventing yourself is a breath away from being a historical footnote. A point of nostalgia for a time reserved for those of us who understand it, and then gone forever in every context. With digital records of everything you say and do and have done I imagine it's incredibly difficult to reinvent yourself the way one could as I did in the year 2000 when I went off to college as a freshman or even in 2005 as I arrived in Austin on an evening where it was 111 degrees.
Soon not only will there be public, permeant records of everything you’ve said, done, purchased, or places you’ve gone but they’ll predict where you intend to go, what you intend to do, say, buy.
All that makes the fact that each time I've tried to reinvent myself I've come up short. I don't want to say that I failed because when I really examine my decisions and their outcomes to be fair to myself it's clear I did not fail. I also didn't succeed.
Last night I went out with a couple of friends who should know me by now. One of their friends came along as well, which was a good buffer. We went to see a comedy podcast at the Vulcan Gas Company and we somehow ended up at El Diablos on 6th St after the show talking about purgatory and how Burger King was sort of like purgatory.
I agree that Burger King is a lot like purgatory, but it got me to thinking that is where I exist, between success and failure. That’s my purgatory. I blame only myself for being here. I’m the one who set up shop while talking about things in the future that I’ve always known would never materialize.
The evening served as a reminder.
A reminder that warm, fuzzy memories be damned I have to leave and I have to leave as quickly and as swiftly as possible. Concurrently it was also a painful reminder of why I came here all those years ago. With her Texas twang, she and Gabe debated whether I’d like Texas that February in Connecticut. More specifically whether I’d like Austin. “Okay okay shut up, Sean don’t listen to him,” she waved him off and took Altoids out of her purse, and threw the tin at Gabe. “This is fer yer raging halitosis. Now shut up and let me school Sean on why he needs to go to Austin, not Texas necessarily. So, you could go to Austin and walk into any bar and see a homeless guy, a dude in a $3000 suit, and a hippie all sitting next to each other talking.”
Seemed like the perfect escape to me and it was. In 2005 when I arrived in Austin, that’s what I discovered. Not the three dudes per se but the vibe.
After discussing purgatory, I couldn't take the jabs from my buddy anymore even though that’s how we communicate. I was growing weary of the way he communicates with me. I’ve been tapped out for a long time, to be honest. So, I went downstairs to an empty patio with a fountain, and I realized that I had been here before. I had been here during my first week in Austin when this was an entirely different place.
During those early years, I had tons of chances for relationships and chose instant gratification over commitment because of what? Because I was afraid? Because I was abused when I was a child? When I really think about it, I realize what a bunch of horseshit that is. I failed at committing to a relationship because of my inability to deal with my insecurities and that's nobody's fault but my own.
Austin in 2005 was my final chance to genuinely reinvent myself and I didn’t fail, but like I said I didn’t succeed, either. And that’s just fine. It has to be fine.
My dad said to me once when I first moved to Austin that the people who go down in history, even on a micro-level in their communities or in their families as being truly great are usually alone all their lives because they dedicate themselves to that ONE thing and that ONE thing only. It brings both joy and suffering and they are loyal to it because at some point it stops being something separate from them and it becomes something that's simply a part of them.
More than being inextricably linked, it becomes part of their DNA, their raison d'etre. This was me when it came to working with youth. It was a surprising discovery that I would be so effective with troubled teenagers. I loved the charge of residential treatment. The thrill of creating a community and solving problems.
There was always a bond to be made and I always found myself making them.
And most importantly, and awkwardly, there was always something to learn about yourself.
And altruism aside, if I'm being perfectly honest it was always nice to be the one most needed, and I was needed the most.
As a result of my small successes with the youth at work in those early days, I made many enemies without even realizing it. I was told it was because of the ease with which I formed bonds while maintaining adherence to the rules. My peers tried to sabotage me and get me fired and it was only through the good graces of my boss Gina that I prevailed and went on to have quite the career in the field for another 15 years, despite the many attempts to defame me.
Gina would not only remain a friend and a mentor but become my Texas mother and we’re close to this day. Gina was right like my father was right. But because Gina saw my work firsthand, she was more precise in her warnings.
Be careful.
Be aware.
Remember there’s more.
I don’t think we ignore great advice intentionally. But we all ignore great advice. That doesn’t mean we stop giving it or receiving it though.
First, it was a great career in a great city. I had a great home. I was in great shape.
Then it became a passion. One which I dedicated every hour to. I took them running every morning.
Not too long after that, it became part of me. There was no separation.
And at some point, in the last 16 years, it became my raison d'etre.
So, my father was right, and he was prescient on the matter. I'm certain that the conversation I'm referencing happened in 2006 when my father first came out to Austin to visit me. By that point, I was working and poised to be promoted at the Austin Children Shelter under the mentorship of Gina.
And I was very much enamored with my new home in Austin TX. I have no doubt that he said what he said because the topic of whether I was in a relationship came up and the inevitable answer was that I take care of my needs but no, since Kholaina I had not let myself fall in love with anybody. I hardly let myself love anybody. And I most certainly didn't allow myself to trust anyone. My father patted me on the back. He told me that when it came to the relationship part my approach was kind of sad to hear but as far as the trust part I was on the right track.
My father has been right about so many things in my life when I wanted him to be wrong. Most of all, even more than the fact that he was right about what was going to happen in our country and to humanity, it upsets me that he was right about the fact that placing your trust in someone almost always ends in disappointment and betrayal. There are very few exceptions to this rule. Maybe the betrayal is small and something you can get past if it's with your partner or spouse or whatever. I suppose the rules might be a little bit different when you've been married to the love of your life for 40 years. But as a general law of the jungle, he's spot on.
And every time I experimented over the last 16 years with trusting someone in Austin, I got burned beyond anything I planned for. I got burned by the very people that claimed to be the most tolerant, open-minded, and trustworthy and what's worse is that they convinced me they were. There’s one exception and I drop to my knees at least once a day and thank Lord God Yahweh that this person exists. They know who they are.
I suppose one of my takeaways from my time in Austin will be this simple affirmation that you can trust essentially nobody. You’ll know if you find the aberration and they’ll know too.
As far as the rest let’s be clear that recognizing that rule of the wild doesn't mean you can't work with people and form alliances and even friendships. Anyone who tries to say otherwise is misconstruing my point because it makes them uncomfortable that what I'm saying is a reality. That or they just don't understand what trust with a capital T really is. My buddy last night is a prime example. He’ll castigate me for not trying with people, and much more but it’s his refusal to acknowledge I have a point that is most troubling.
Trust is the invisible bond. Without it, we’re gone.
The first time I tried to park downtown I got a ticket. It was my second day in Austin and my little Kia Rio Cinco, a car they don't even make anymore because it sucked so much, was packed to the brim with my few belongings. It was a hatchback. The ticket was for $10. I remember that because I only had $100 to my name. And in order to get the boot removed from my car, I had to go to 10th St and pay with a crisp $100 bill and all I could think was now my savings was in the double digits. I was going to have to start smoking old golds instead of Marlboros. I was gonna have to smoke schwag instead of kind bud. Shit was gonna get real.
After making payment and parking where I was allowed to park, I remember walking around downtown looking for the office building where I was supposed to have an interview for AmeriCorps. I looked up and saw the frost bank tower.
I asked a passerby if they could help me with directions and a man stopped, put down his briefcase, and looked at my piece of paper. By his facial expression, I could tell I was nowhere near my destination.
“I'm sorry to tell you this my friend but you're nowhere near your destination,” he said. This followed by “it's actually not that bad you're about 2 miles off you're looking for South Congress but you're downtown it's just Congress. Just get in your car and drive over the bridge and the destination will be on your left look for Freebirds tacos.”
People aren't friendly that way in Austin any longer. I know it's upsetting for people to hear and that buddy of mine would argue me on that point, but it happens to be irrefutably true. A burgeoning smart city complete with all the surveillance one could imagine Austin went from being a bastion of freedom and cheap living for those with dreams and aspirations to a techno dictatorship well positioned to be a flashy prison with apps. Nothing even close to what it was.
Those early days before the multiple sclerosis reared its ugly head and for years, I wouldn't even know that's what it was. I would run every day. From 2007 to 2010 when I lived on Central Park, what we call Zilker park here, I would ride my freestyle bike, a gorgeous diamondback, 2 1/2 miles to work at 5:00 o'clock in the morning. Upon arrival, I would take a group of boys and girls running 5 miles, and then I would work my shift and ride my bike home. When I think about it now, I don't even know how I did it but some evenings I even went for an additional bike ride on the trail and did a loop starting at Barton springs pool all the way to Riverside and around at the park which was about 3 1/2 miles.
So I chalked my declining health up to just getting a bit older in my late 20s. Working hard and not getting enough sleep. Anxiety and those terrible memories that were so dogged and persistent and tough to put back in the box. I figured those things combined were manifesting physiologically but unfortunately, it turned out to be lesions on my brain. Multiple sclerosis.
The doctors assure me that there is no connection between my multiple sclerosis and my incredibly severe vaccination injury from childhood but of course, there's a connection. Everything is connected. The injury itself, the placement in facilities to help remedy the fallout from that injury where I was brutalized, at the subsequent events of my adolescence, my college experience, all these things and every event within the bigger events are connected and my move to Austin was a naive attempt to escape. The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in July of 2010 was one of my first wake-up calls.
I'm glad I didn't listen to the first wake-up call because the following ten years would be the best 10 years of my life in many ways. They were my most important years when it came to my work with youth and because, as I said earlier, the work became something much more than work, it became my raison d'etre, those 10 years were my best because of that ONE thing, as my father discussed. Because during those 10 years that ONE thing drove my purpose for being and I was able to see why I mattered in real-time.
I was able to convey to those youth why they mattered in a way that they could understand. But even more important than that in a way that made them realize I was being honest and not just telling them what they wanted to hear. That what was important to them important was by default important to me. That our relationships had nothing to do with power or the exertion of power upon them rather it was a partnership and even though they were under my wing, subject to boundaries and rules, they were still free human beings and could make any decision they wanted even if it was reckless and destructive. Naturally, I was always clear I did not want them to make reckless and destructive choices. My tact was to allow a discussion to occur where we could game out scenarios and empower them to see the cost/benefit analysis.
I truly hope that I was effective in helping them remember how free they are, recognize both the responsibility and the gravity of what it means to be free to make decisions and accept the results, and how to make informed decisions. I never said so explicitly but I'm sure the implication was clear that I was never encouraging them to be like me but to be much better and learn from adults when they’re sharing what works and what doesn’t.
I should have done a lot of things differently. I think everybody can say that about something in their life. I would surely love to meet anyone who claims, with complete honesty, that there wouldn't be one thing they would do differently. Not one decision they would change. Not one sentence they wish they could take back.
So tonight, we dance, my thoughts and me. But it's not the same. The night before I got in my little hatchback on July 19th, 2005, I was staying with a coworker. Her name was Jennifer and she worked at The Grove School where I worked. I rented an apartment downstairs for my final month in Texas, and I was a couple of years older than Jennifer. I helped her with her resume and as a way of thanking me, her parents invited me to dinner.
I'll never forget after dinner it was just the two of us and I was sitting at the dining room table and Jennifer was sitting on a stool at the center island holding a glass of wine. She swirled it and said “I know you're worried that some people say that you just picking up and moving to Austin is reckless, but I think... It'll be such a thrill.”
My original plans were to have that thrill and move on to experience different places. I never imagined I would fall in love with Austin and stay all these years. But I did. At some point, it became about complacency and my health and a host of other reasonable excuses. But as we dance, me and my thoughts, I find my heart is a bit heavy because I think of Jennifer holding her glass of wine and telling me what a thrill it was going to be. She was talking about the thrill of reinventing myself and we both knew it.
There will be no reinventing myself this time around because we live in a world that is less and less human. There's only the mission, and it hasn't really changed when I think about it.
Protect the young. Only now it'll be different because there won't be so many of the beautiful things woven into that mission that is purely human. Those things are disappearing. But as I weave my way through this labyrinth of insanity and try to play my role in defending our posterity, I know I will bump into old school humanity, and I plan to enjoy every moment of it while the big boys watch and document.
I'll be back in Texas but it's goodbye to Austin.
Thank you, Almighty God.
Thank you for bringing me to Austin at just the right time to catch the sunset. Thank you for everything you gave me.
Thank you for 16 beautiful autumns and 16 beautiful springs.
Thank you for the modern marvel known as air conditioning to make it through the insanely hot summers.
Thank you for the Hill Country.
Thank you for McKinney falls, Mount Bonnell, the Palo Duro Canyons, Twin Falls, the greenbelt, and every tree, trail, stream, lake, and open stretch of earth.
Thank you for the majestic live oaks. Thank you for the high Prairie that is the open country of Central Texas.
Thank you for the blessings woven into the fabric of my existence and thank you for helping me see when I lost sight of my vision.
Thank you.
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Unscripted & Unapologetic: Saturday, March 5, 2022 Week in Review
Show Notes
For all four people who may have listened to or watched the podcast on Thursday I incorrectly cited Isaiah Thomas as one of the basketball players in the NBA who refused to comply with mandates. The correct name for the athlete is Bradley Beal, who has complied. Beal stated it was for his family. Link is below.
https://sports.yahoo.com/washington-wizards-star-bradley-beal-credits-family-not-mandate-for-finally-getting-covid19-coronavirus-vaccine-040227457.html
Jonathan Isaac remains steadfast and is an individual with character and courage. He has taken a great deal of criticism for his upcoming book as well. Link to article from Hoop Hype below:
https://hoopshype.com/2022/01/12/jonathan-isaac-writes-book-with-conservative-pundit-ben-shapiro/
What about the news behind the news? That would be the information many people believed to be the stuff of conspiracies and fake news when in fact it's the actual narrative that is being hidden by the official narrative.
What does the conflict between Russia and Ukraine mean for the rest of the world? After World War Two the United Nations was established with the aim of consolidating power from world governments into one unitary body with the ostensible goal of preventing World War and maintaining peace. It's important to remember that the first attempt at a global governance organization was after World War One and it was called the League of Nations. The League of Nations failed and after World War Two the United Nations was established and has encroached on the sovereignty of individual nations incrementally.
As we stand on the cusp of what they are telling us could be a global conflict, and it is true that the conflict will have global ramifications, what's solutions do all our so-called leaders have in mind to prevent this from ever happening again? Further consolidation of governance? Do all roads lead back to The United Nations, the World Economic Forum, and the sustainable development goals set forth to be achieved by 2030?
We briefly look at these issues today and discuss the competing narratives surrounding the pandemic and the primacy of the United States dollar as officials ramp up discussions on digital currencies, including Jerome Powell here in the United States.
Below are links used for today's show and on the sub stack main page you can find the following uploaded documents:
1. 5.3.6 CUMULATIVE ANALYSIS OF POST-AUTHORIZATION ADVERSE EVENT REPORTS OF PF-07302048 (BNT162B2) RECEIVED THROUGH 28-FEB-2021
2. Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development
https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-currency-reserves-arent-really-money-the-world-is-in-for-a-shock-11646311306
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_MoDXvkJtY
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/596116-the-weaponization-of-finance-may-threaten-the-future-of-the-dollar-standard
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2022/03/book-review-dollar-primacy-joyce
(digital currencies)
https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda
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Ignorance is forgivable, Willful Ignorance will end us
You’re a conspiracy theorist
Conspiracy theorist!! I often wonder if the people who throw that particular slug at us critical thinkers know how stupid they sound. I don’t use that word lightly when it comes to my fellow humans either: stupid. I think it’s usually unwarranted and almost always damaging to the process of creating an open dialogue. But there comes a point for some when it must be said. What was interesting at first was the discovery that it is almost always the most intelligent individuals who qualify to be designated as Stupid.
Most people are ignorant only due to a lack of information. Sure, they may get defensive and nasty but they’re protecting themselves and with respect, patience, and the proper approach they’re reachable. These people are not the problem, they’re victims like the rest of us.
Then there are the people who are willfully ignorant. These are the worst type of people and they’re arguably the most dangerous. They know the evidence is abundant. They know the counter-narrative is true and they know beyond any doubt that most of us seek the truth and when we speak up, we have the evidence to support our perspective. They know all of this and yet they utterly refuse to even acknowledge the possibility we could be correct about things like The Great Reset, the pandemic, the lies mainstream media tells, and so forth.
As I said earlier, at first, I found it interesting that these willfully ignorant people were so intelligent, so capable of critical thinking. Then I realized it was not interesting at all. In fact, it’s not even surprising.
It’s the elitist version of self-preservation (which is purely pitiful because it indicates how inept they are at understanding the physical world, IQ be damned). They’re smart enough to know the stakes and they’re shrewd enough to understand that once they look at the evidence, once they really examine it, there would be no going back. Beyond that, they would be forced to face reality which would be scary, no doubt, but even worse would be the catch-22 they would be in. If they read the evidence and engage in rational discussion about an alternative perspective, also known as the Truth, they would be faced with tough choices: embrace exploration and be excommunicated from their cohorts OR turn away which by default might give us the impression that they’re not nearly as intelligent as advertised and they certainly couldn’t ever utter the words, “I follow the science,” again. Add to that the likelihood that they might one day soon be exposed as being pseudo-intellectuals and then it becomes clear, the tight space they’re in and I for one almost feel empathy for them. Then I snap out of it and relegate them to Stupidom.
Stupidom is a Kingdom for smart people who ignore their intellect to preserve their oversized egos and its population was growing at a frightening rate until recently. It appears their numbers are shrinking and while my evidence is strictly anecdotal-meaning I have none-let’s hope I am correct because if this isn’t the case our fate is sealed. Case closed.
Ditch peer pressure, you’re an adult for shit’s sake
Peer pressure is real and the pressure from the masses is tough to withstand. You don’t have to tell me; I suffer through it daily along with millions of others. I do not speak from a place of ignorance. I am by no means perfect. I am by no means different than the average person. My aim isn’t to chide people who are frightened to step out of the shadows and face the beast and in doing so risk losing everything. I am not alone when I say we want those people, and we were all in that position at one time. The more people that take that first step, the safer we as a collective become from the predations of the beast and its proxies.
Having said that it would behoove us to keep in mind that being an adult and being a grownup is not the same thing. It’s a misconception that is easy to adopt and just as easy to dispel. An adult is just a human that is of a certain age/has attained the proper developmental milestones. A grownup is also an adult. But the grownup adult reaps the benefit of the prolonged developmental journey of a human. A grownup understands the physical world, boundaries, human nature, and acts on instinct coupled with the information they’ve synthesized through the process of critical thinking and analysis.
An adult grownup does not enjoy being made fun of in the workplace, in the grocery store, in their neighborhood, at their PTA meetings, or in their family circles yet they recognize prudence dictates they push through the madness of the masses and work to make genuinely informed decisions. A grownup adult doesn’t put on a mask because they’re told. A grownup adult doesn’t listen to a man standing at a podium and extols his words as gospel just because he’s wearing a nice suit and has MD after his name.
Just because you’re an adult does not mean you’re a grownup. And just because you’re smart, doesn’t mean you’re wise.
Ditch the need for approval and use your head. We’re not sounding the alarm because it’s fun. None of us who actually read, and research love the fact that as it turns out the entire construct, we believed in is a lie. It sucks. DEAL WITH IT.
Deal with that shit on your own time and stop embarrassing yourself by parroting phrases and slogans and narratives from your masters. It used to be infuriating but now, even though it still presents a danger to us surviving this, you willfully ignorant people are just pitiful. I feel embarrassed FOR you, which is an ugly feeling. History will not look kindly on you so I would cut the bullshit, pull your head out from inside your asshole (it’ll hurt I know but quick like a Band-Aid!), and plant your feet in the land of objective reality instead of continuing to join the human trash on The View or Morning Joe while they make fun of us directly and YOU on the side. Believe me, when those cameras go off it’s you ridiculous cheerleaders and clapping seals that they really hate, not people like me.
Remember, ignorance is forgivable, but willful Ignorance could end us. All of us.
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Reconcilable Differences: I should hate you, but I don’t
Unscripted thoughts on a dream, writer’s block, a friend who held the key, and where we’re going.
Script here: https://unscriptedtalk.substack.com/p/reconcilable-differences-i-should?r=184zjx&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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Unscripted & Unapologetic: Don't Be Fooled
Show notes Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Today we discussed my coming off of YouTube grounding and we touched on several issues regarding blockchain technology, the impact of prominent figures resisting the mainstream narrative, and how we need more of this and citizen journalism. I highlighted the work of Allison McDowell and Naomi wolf. Below are some links regarding today's show:
1.
Alison McDowell Full Clip
2. https://wrenchinthegears.com/2021/12/26/its-time-to-talk-social-impact-investing-in-brazil-glenn-greenwald/
3. https://web.csg.org/covid19/
4. https://sites.google.com/site/waterwatchalliance/agenda21
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Unscripted & Unapologetic 02/24/2022
Unscripted & Unapologetic February 24, 2022. We discuss the Trucker Convoy to DC, the World Economic Forum and its influence, its end goals, and each Tuesday we'll delve into their plans such as impact investing, smart cities, digital currencies, social credit and more. See below my post
Change Doesn’t Happen at The Ballot Box: And It Hasn’t For Some Time
Does Voting Matter
In an unusually civil exchange on Twitter several days ago regarding the situation in Ottawa, a citizen in the area voiced support for Justin Trudeau’s response to the protesters. That is his invoking of the Emergencie’s Act and articulating the extraordinary power he is already using against the protesters along with all those who supported them, even tangentially.
The Canadian Tweeter made the case that these protests were not peaceful because they disrupted supply chains and brought the city to a standstill. My counter argument was that the conditions she described, while inconvenient, is a small price for a society to pay in order send a message to their government and remind them that the citizens are in charge, and the so-called leaders are in fact servants who’s only power comes from the people. Her reply was that the protests were not really concerned with freedom, and it would be more appropriate to take any grievances to the ballot box. Now, don’t get me wrong. It’s a nice thought, and the Tweeter was thoroughly civil and appropriate, which was refreshing. The proposed solution, however, is naïve.
The Electoral Reality
As an American I am not well versed in Canadian politics. But I’m not so sure it matters. It seems clear that we’re living in a world where supranational entities govern in the background and sovereignty is ceremonial at best. In fact, these entities, such as the World Economic Forum, which is undoubtedly the most powerful, aren’t even operating in the background now that I think about it. They make no effort to hide how much power they have over supposedly sovereign nations. If people can read and take the time to visit their websites and connect the dots, it becomes clear quickly.
But put all that aside. Is Canada somehow immune to corruption? Are they not bogged down with the same nonsense and drama surrounding politics and politicians as the rest of us because they’re Canada? Where does the trust come from? Again, let’s pretend that there are no powerful non-governmental groups running the show behind the scenes and each country is truly sovereign and not subject to the United Nations or international banks and are allowed to pursue auto-determination as a sovereign State ought to. How is Canada, or any nation that has a democratic system where citizens ‘vote’ above corruption? If I combed through Canada’s leaders from the last 50 years would I find honest politicians, and instances where a dishonest politician was voted out and the system worked? I doubt it.
Again, I’m not familiar with Canadian politics the way I am with American politics but the Federal Government here in the United States is defunct in every way. Congress is ceremonial. That doesn’t mean there aren’t some good members of the House and the Senate. But they have no power whatever. Legislation is almost never written by our ‘elected’ Senators and ‘Representatives’ but rather by special interest groups who, one way or another, almost always seem to trace back to the United Nations and/or the World Economic Forum. The only hope, if there is hope, is at the local level.
The truckers in Canada did what they did because they recognized, at least on some level, what I am trying to articulate here, which is that the Federal authorities are not there for the people. This past weekend in Canada Justin Trudeau unleashed jackboot-like thugs in Ottawa. Now the New York Times has reported that the freeze on bank accounts has ended, but I find that hard to believe when the Parliament voted 185-151 to extend the emergency powers (aka Martial Law) indefinitely.
The notion that we can solve this at the Federal level, or even the provincial (Canada) or State (US) level is nice to think about, especially because it’s supposed to be that way. The problem is if you have eyes to see and ears to hear you know we cannot vote our way out of this. You don’t even need to do hours of research.
Will voting and representative government ever work again?
We can have a restoration of that system but the road to the restoration of genuine rule of law is long. It entails sacrifice, pain, and it will require total commitment. We will need to disband the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, and here in America a Constitutional Convention may need to take place, although that comes with a great deal of risk. Regardless, the entire Federal Government and all its unnecessary bureaucratic institutions need to be completely dismantled and the People need to take back OUR house. All of that is just the beginning too. It’s a tall order, without a doubt.
We cannot go around this problem, we must go through it. And that is tough for people to hear because we all just want to live our lives. I get it. I feel the same way. But as David Icke once said, to paraphrase, “the truth is still the truth regardless of how much you wish it wasn’t the truth.” Incidentally I used to think David Icke was insane. That is until everything he said would happen did and is. From 1991 until present day, he has been so precise it’s just plain foolish not to listen to him.
In Conclusion
In conclusion, voting is a steam valve the establishment gives us to release the pressure. The illusion of choice. It wasn’t always that way. It was never perfect, but in the early days of the United States the system worked. I know for many leftists that statement probably made you clench from ass to elbow but it’s true. Now it’s a show. But it doesn’t have to be.
The convoy here in the United States is still set, I believe, to roll towards DC next week and our brave and accountable leaders are naturally behaving rationally. They’re embracing the opportunity to dialogue with their bosses, because technically WE ARE! Obviously, I am being facetious. They’ve called in the National Guard.
Should our brethren here in the United States demonstrate the same level of courage we saw from the Canadians it will be interesting to see how our government reacts. After all, as Rand Paul made clear, we have all the same laws, and the government can even shut down the Internet if they wanted to.
Time will tell. The jury is still out how all this will shake out. But one thing is certain and it’s this: we cannot solve this at the ballot box. That’s deeply troubling, but it’s the stark reality and its time people accept that.
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Welcome to my Locals Page
Please see my page here! Join me on my journey and support my work as I start out.
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Canada On Lock: Human's Shocking Inability To Remember History
Even recent history. It appears the pattern never changes. Alarming signs begin to emerge, society fractures usually due to the efforts of the regime in power, people with the ability to think critically and ask questions recognize this and begin to speak up, and then they are castigated, shamed, punished, and sidelined even though they are 100% correct about the danger they're all facing. This is the situation in Canada right now and it is the burgeoning situation here in the United States. It's the situation in Australia and has been for some time as well as New Zealand and to an extent Israel. But outside of Australia, nothing has been as extraordinary as the measures taken in Canada.
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Unscripted and Unapologetic 022222 The Great Reset
Unscripted & Unapologetic Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Show Notes
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2. https://www.foodsovereignty.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/EN_Edited_draft-letter-UN-food-systems-summit_070220.pdf
3. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/how-united-nations-quietly-being-turned-public-private-partnership/?source=in-article-related-story
4. https://www.un.org/en/content/digital-cooperation-roadmap/assets/pdf/Roadmap_for_Digital_Cooperation_EN.pdf
5. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GRI_EverybodysBusiness_Report_2010.pdf
6. https://greatreset.com/
7. https://www.purposedisruptors.org/
8. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/conspiracy-theories-aside-there-something-fishy-about-great-reset/
9. https://www.weforum.org/press/2019/06/world-economic-forum-and-un-sign-strategic-partnership-framework/
10. https://www.un.org/en/content/digital-cooperation-roadmap/
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Supporters of Tyranny: Your leaders hate you too
Before I jump in to comment on the situation in Canada and how it impacts us, I think it’s prudent to address those in favor of mandates, and tyranny in general. If you support the measures laid out in Canada’s Emergency Act, which is Martial Law, and you support coercion and mandates here in the United States or anywhere, you’re going to wish you hadn’t in the very near future.
It may seem impossible, implausible, and downright ridiculous but believe me, this regime disdains and hates you far more than those actively dissenting. In fact, they likely have more respect for the heart and determination demonstrated by the resisters, even as they crush them, smear them, and isolate them than they do for those who might as well be doormats. If you believe the Officialdom is praising your heroism and compliance, you’re a dolt. The regime is steamrolling you because you’re either gullible, a useful idiot, or you’re too frightened to stand up for yourself and they know it. So, just like the bully at school who takes your lunch money without concern of pushback, the regime knows it can use and abuse you and you’ll thank them. Do not be fooled, they think you’re pathetic.
When the time comes, they know they can compel you to do anything they want because you’ve already shown them as much, and believe me, you’ll be met with an edict you feel you cannot comply with. Of course, it will be different because it's yours, and who knows what it will be, everyone is different, but you’ll have nowhere to turn for help, so it won’t matter. When that day comes, and it will sooner rather than later, regardless of how “well behaved,” you’ve been your objections will be worth less than worthless, and your only option will be to bend over. Stop being a puppet and stop enabling abusers. And if you think this is funny, I feel for you because you won’t be laughing for long. Keeping your head down and following orders spells the end for you. You’re on the other side of wrong and the time is now to rectify that.
So, I drew that out longer than I intended to but that’s ok because discussing the situation in Canada is sickening but it's not complicated. Canada has been referred to as a free country for all 40 years I’ve been alive. Some of the most relevant sections of Canada’s Constitution can be found here The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Emergencies Act operates completely outside the scope of the law. The preamble speaks volumes if you understand it:
See the full post at the link below
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Unscripted & Unapologetic 02 15 22 Retracing my journey, voices of the past in the present
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Show Notes
Unscripted & Unapologetic: Retracing my journey, voices of the past in the present.
Hello everyone,
First sorry for the zoom format! I am working on fixing it but wanted to post this today. The audio version is available on spotify, apple, substack and stitcher if the set up bothers you. This is a conversation with a teacher I had in the 1st grade shortly after my vaccination injury in the 1980s. We discuss the time period, the interventions, and the road to trying to recover as well as some bigger picture topics.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:14:00 Linda’s first impressions of my challenges regarding my injury and behaviors. How Linda came to teaching
00:17:15 Vision therapy & Behavioral Optometrist Dr. Padula
00:19:32 Streff Syndrome.
00:20:50 Example of my behavior & vision therapy’s impact on my awareness
00:26:00 Medications and other interventions
00:27:35 System’s response: meds, recommended institutionalization
00:32:35 “Experts,” at the time told my parents I would not function as normal adult
00:33:00 Impulse Control, shock behavior, and discussion of learning with my injury
00:35:45 Treating person as person not illnesss. Teachers didn’t know how to deal with me
00:42:20 School system paid for services after refusing to educate me
00:43:03 Psychiatrist testified at the hearing for compensation from vaccine injury, trying to help convey it was a brain injury
00:55:22 How we lost the case
00:59:00 Schedule of vaccinations for children, after 1986 law exempting liability the number of required vaccinations went up
01:02:00 Covid-19 is not a compensated vaccine in vaccine court.
01:03:00 It is a gene therapy.
01:04:12 Daniel Horowitz was the first journalist to say this about this effort.
01:06:00 The disregard for people with vaccine injuries, especially since the pandemic began.
01:10:41 Some discussion on the history of attempts to make it compulsory
01:11:30 Distrust of Healthcare and Education systems. Alison McDowell speaks to the education institution as well.
01:14:00 Doctors now not seeing unvaccinated patients in some cases, such as my childhood pediatricians in North Haven, CT Pediatrics Plus.
01:16:00 CDC Patents
01:21:00 Ingredients
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Unscripted and Unapologetic Ottawa, The Big Picture and End Game 021022
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Unscripted and Unapologetic Podcast Notes
What’s up everyone?! Welcome back to another episode of Unscripted and Unapologetic. As always if you dig it or think you know someone who might please subscribe and share widely. You can subscribe at substack in the link provided in the show notes Unscripted Podcast, News, Stories, and Newsletter. The podcast can also be found on the following platforms: Spotify, Stitcher, and Apple.
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https://unscripted1981.substack.com/p/unscripted-and-unapologetic-podcast?r=184zjx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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Unscripted & Unapologetic: Ottawa, the week In review Feb 13, 2022
On this Sunday episode of the podcast, I discuss the most important issue of the past week as far as the "resistance," goes. We'll listen to an excerpt of Justin Trudeau's speech where he threatened force and discuss what that might look like, and what is required for the movement to be effective. We discuss fear and how useful it is to the establishment, and then a quick look at Tuesday's episode.
https://substack.com/profile/74135805-isaiah-nah
https://youtu.be/zCL5NWNUENs
https://rumble.com/c/c-1014821
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The metaverse: What it is and what it means for the future of the natural world
For today's episode of Unscripted and Unapologetic, I speak with independent researcher Alison McDowell about The metaverse: What it is and what it means for the future of the natural world.
February 5, 2022
Discussion with Alison McDowell on the Metaverse and the big picture.
1. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1v8n_VJ0fk4TVxi9txMgEAZrfGhW_EBRuMobvskr2FWw/edit?usp=sharing from Alison’s discussion with Jason Bosch https://youtu.be/J_2sBImR9-A “Opportunity Youth: An in-depth follow-up to questioning the Greater Reset III.”
2. Steven T Newcomb “Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Discovery.”
3. https://www.media.mit.edu/research/?filter=everything&tag=politics
4. Every Student Succeeds Act: https://www.ed.gov/essa?src=rn & https://www.everystudentsucceedsact.org/
5. Melanie Swan, founder of Founder of the Institute for Blockchain Studies http://book.itep.ru/depository/blockchain/blockchain-by-melanie-swan.pdf & https://www.blockchainstudies.org/index.html
6. Smart Toilets Data Collection https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/04/smart-toilet-monitors-for-signs-of-disease.html
7. Disruptive Technology https://www.christenseninstitute.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAuvOPBhDXARIsAKzLQ8GJHO0GGQiqH4yutrNboSq0t75-9LiuGPf7JH4xsdNSCnuscFV-fegaAnnDEALw_wcB
8. Blockchain Founders Fund https://blockchainff.com/
9. Shaun Conway of ixo, system of credits, South Africa, https://www.ixo.world/collaborate
10. Enigma Protocols https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/enigma/overview/
11. Patrick Wood https://muckrack.com/patrick-wood-7 author of Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation
12. West Virginia Gov offers prizes for compliance last Spring https://governor.wv.gov/News/press-releases/2021/Pages/COVID-19-UPDATE-Gov.-Justice-West-Virginia-offering-100-savings-bond-to-residents-age-16-to-35-who-get-vaccinated.aspx
13. Alison’s latest presentation, a wealth of information which can be found at this link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1v8n_VJ0fk4TVxi9txMgEAZrfGhW_EBRuMobvskr2FWw/edit#slide=id.p
Timestamps for YouTube:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:00 Welcome Alison, basic agenda for discussion
00:07:41 Joe Rogan Clip with Ben Shapiro on Metaverse Fair Use
00:10:00 Joe’s Point
00:10:48 Alison’s thoughts on linking Facebook to the Meta and renaming it,
00:11:30 Difference between virtual reality and mixed reality.
00:12:00 tech growing smaller such as headsets as small as contact lenses
00:12:31 How would mixed reality look to the average person.
00:14:15 Smart toilets, sensors, data collection
00:15:50 Learning Economy Foundation,
00:20:17 NFTs, choice, and augmented reality.
00:23:03 Social Capital
00:27:00 Tokens minted, splinterland, Blockchain Founders Fund, Health Hero,
00:32:00 Interoperability and Digital ID.
00:34:40 Air sensors to detect virus in air?
00:36:05 Jailbreaking the Code of Life. Melanie Swan, nano machines,
00:44:58 E-Government and AI assistants/digital twins. “Radical Democracy.”
00:58:00 Some of the key players carrying the agenda out.
01:04:00 Cognitive Dissonance. The future of computing, AI,
01:08:00 Dispossessed people, social impact markets, ESSA, Pay for Success,
01:13:00 Japan’s Moonshot 2050 for the goal of living without physical body.
01:18:57 Digital labor, dual-use, is crypto really a silent revolution.
01:26:50 Self-Sovereignty contracts with Blockchain technology
01:28:17 Augmented reality, The Enigma Protocols from MIT negates those concepts. Compliance data, IoT sensors to control movements, self-policing
01:22:26 Mormon Transhumanism conference in Utah. Libertarian context.
01:45:00 Judith Rodin, pay for success, circular economy is the circuit. Pay as you go. Patrick Wood on Technocracy
01:53:13 Social Nudges, how to draw people into system through incentives and punishment. Example is WV Gov with vaccine prizes https://governor.wv.gov/News/press-releases/2021/Pages/COVID-19-UPDATE-Gov.-Justice-West-Virginia-offering-100-savings-bond-to-residents-age-16-to-35-who-get-vaccinated.aspx
02:03:00 Freedom or reciprocity?
02:06:51 How would Alison introduce the reality of the Metaverse to a classroom of high school students?
02:24:16 The testing regime
02:29:40 Two-Tier Society, we’re all waiting on the Heroes, the Leaders, to lead us but are the leaders of the resistance really leaders? Steve Kirsch promoting SSRIs and a regimen of “early treatment.” What’s to gain? Are his intentions altruistic?
02:39:00 Operation Collective Strength, then financial war games, happened in December so what comes next?
02:41:28 Wrap up: IoT, IoB, Meta, Spatial Web, Digital Twinning
02:46:25 What progress does Alison foresee this year for the establishment? We can beat this challenge.
02:53:47 The system wants violence. Inspired by India farmer Protests\
03:00:00 Positive, resolved, we cannot fracture under the pressure of whatever they throw our way.
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The Vaccine Confidence Project
A very quick look at the vaccine confidence project that I came across on YouTube. I look at the funders and partners primarily to give you an idea of who's behind this seemingly benign organization. In this short little video, we hardly scratched the surface the aim was to highlight the unbelievably obvious conflicts of interest
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Unvaccinated: Survival, Finding a job, etc
it's an uphill battle and even though these employers are extremely interested in me once they find out that I have not got in the jab that's the end of the process. It's important to note here that I've applied for over 100 jobs and out of those 100 jobs a significant number of them sought me out, I did not seek them out. Makes one wonder what's next? They're talking about fines, higher insurance rates, and more.
One way or another I will navigate this because I am not submitting. Not
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Join the Journey: Reckless and necessary in 2022
Join me on the journey…
Taking the leap without a plan and leaving Austin in 30 days or less in search of material to write great stories, meet and talk to good people, and hopefully find wisdom from those who know the most yet get overlooked by our modern elites.
So subscribe and join me as I go try and find real people grinding through day to day just like me and you. Departure is February 20th at the latest and there will be plenty of updates as departure approaches!
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My Dignity, The Future, Shoes and AOCs white dress
Despite these heavy times I maintain my dignity and I take a moment to discuss some of the exciting things we can look forward to in the future. And I would be remiss if I didn’t discuss the one and the only honorable AOC and her bravery. Wearing that white dress was such a powerful statement. It was an inspiration to Dozens of misguided people around the globe.
Oh my, she’s so accessible to the people.
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Response to Biden’s plan and mandates
A brief response to the outrageous press conference our dictator just had. We saw this coming, and his posture and his edicts are authoritarian and we cannot let them stand. Biden opened his speech by lying about the current health crisis as far as who is getting sick and the specifics. He did not simply distort the truth, he blatantly lied. Following that Biden became aggressive in his posture and put down his mandate on private employers with more than 100 employees. Which is completely illegal. He also directly threatened the governors in the nation with the use of power against them which he does not possess as the chief executive.
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What's to come, Biden’s mandates
I made this video before Biden made his speech on how I thought it would go
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The Post Genocide World 21st Century Vision
There is a vision for what will come after the global leadership eradicates the majority of the human population over the coming two to five years. Their vision includes a technocratic dictatorship. Please see the work of researcher Alison McDowell for a clear view on the world these academics are planning right in front of us and without our knowledge or our consent.
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Genocide permission granted!
Genocide! It took a little work but the people have given the officialdom permission to proceed.
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Genocide- Permission Granted!
It seems abundantly clear at this point that we are giving global leadership permission to carry on with their genocidal mission. Any hope that humans have evolved even a little bit is quickly dwindling as we allow Australia and Israel to devolve into genocidal, fascistic societies that are examples of what will soon arrive on our shores, in our states, in our cities and towns.
If we do nothing, it's only a matter of weeks folks.
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