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May 15, 2023Liked by el gato malo

You ok, gato? All the capital letters in this post are freaking me out.

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May 15, 2023·edited May 15, 2023Author

lol. i was just telling jeffrey this was going to freak people out.

browstone requires it as part of their style guide and as posting there makes it more likely this will actually land on the desks of the congressfolk, i decided to make the unaccustomed reach for the shift key.

i very much like jeffrey tucker, brownstone, and what they are doing over there and will likely seek to be more of a part of it going forward and as they had to go through and manually edit the last 2 they posted, i thought, as i was actually asking them to post this one, that i should pitch in and help this time.

whether or not i shall make a habit of it remains to be seen.

for now, let's call it an experiment and a politeness.

graphic for you.

https://substack.com/profile/32715357-el-gato-malo/note/c-16018064?utm_source=notes-share-action

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What freaks me out is a cat with opposable thumbs.

FrankenFeline

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You'd think that cat would text its people more often, with thumbs, you know.

But, no. They only employ them for evil purposes, I fear.

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Toonces, the texting cat?

“See, I told you the cat could text!”

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They _can_ text. Just not us.

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Maybe its an experiment in trying to "bring people together"?

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Now, why would a cat want to have several people in the same place.

This can't be good.

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Opportunity to play ‘Everybody Pet The Kitty’?

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Not kitties who have Fluent Pet!

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I've had polydactyl cats whose extra digit took two different forms. One was the big thumb like in the picture. That guy was an awesome hunter.

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I have a polydactyl now. She can climb ladders with ease, although I’m not sure how well she can type.

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Maine Coon?

The neighbor used to have one.

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Nope. I had a mama cat with six big toes that was a tortoiseshell. One of her kittens, an orange tabby, had the big thumb version.

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This could spell the end of homo sapiens.

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His name is Stanley, and yes, it apparently is time for our collective species to “get our affairs in order”.

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*furiously loads up cart in Fancy Feast aisle*

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I think “homo sapiens” may have already ended itself… as of roughly 3 years ago.

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99% of all species that have existed are extinct.

We've beat the odds but a long shot.

*plays fiddle, basks in that mostly peaceful warm cityscape glow*

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Obviously an adverse effect of the vaccine! Yes, I know people who wanted to get their pets vaxxed....

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And let's not forget K9 Mask®.

"And, it is only recommended for your dog to wear this mask for short durations and with constant visual monitoring to protect the dog from possible suffocation or overheating."

https://www.k9mask.com/pages/dogs-and-coronavirus

We need a stronger phrase than "batshit crazy" to describe this lot.

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No way! People are gonzo.

I thought they preemptively banned all other treatments because it was so safe and effective?....oh wait...

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Either Zucky or The Gates of Hell invested a snot load of money into having wild animals jabbed - zoo animals too!

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And record number of zoo animal deaths…

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I hadn’t caught that yet. It figures. Yeadon said at Trafalgar Square the materials in the injection could only cause harm or death. I though it was so important I transcribed the speech because the audio wasn’t great.

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With retractable claws...

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EGM -- As I was the "victim" that volunteered to fix your lack of caps because I thought the article needed broader circulation, I am delighted you decided to do this. Having said that, I actually learned something taking a line-by-line read of your work that I would not have gotten from the usual fast read. So all-in-all good for everyone. But still thrilled you are now capping your own! And thanks for broadening your distribution. It is important.

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as you can see, it's causing some consternation...

lol.

in all seriousness, have enjoyed working with you guys and what you are building.

this is going to be a time of great change in media and a lot of trust and mindshare is up for grabs.

this is how we win.

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Exactly. Although "capitalizing a cat's article" is a new entry on my list of "things to do to papers" after I thought I had seen it all during my many stints on editorial boards -- so an unanticipated bonus! Your pieces are remarkable and deserve all of the increased exposure they can get. And winning will be so sweet. :)

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Giving new meaning to the term, “busting caps”.

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@erik- HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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That somehow feels like a publishing house telling Dr. Seuss to hire an artist or something? Reading the ‘No caps, cat typed Stackitudes’ has been painful but over time, I must admit, it hurts so good!

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Ha! All the caps! I wondered why it took so long to read.

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Let us not “experiment” with Brownstone and Jeffrey Tucker!

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I appreciate your capitalization. It elevates your work.

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May 15, 2023·edited May 15, 2023

It did throw me off my game

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Dude stay with the capitalization, language is beautiful and deserves a good bit of deference to tradition.

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Unpopular opinion: I like the caps. I've forwarded a couple of your articles to friends & family in the past and, not understanding the gato situation, they quipped it was hard to take the articles seriously.

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@Teresa- that's only because they didn't want to 'hear' what he had to say

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Can't argue with you there!

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You keep good company, EG, or should I say Brownstone keeps good company. Either way, both you and Jeffrey Tucker are fine cats of a feather (ha ha) and I'm glad to know of your association.

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May 15, 2023·edited May 15, 2023

Sheryl Atkinson interviewed Tucker for an article he wrote* about how dumb the BigFedGov-mandated anti-vapor lids are basically useless for both pouring gas and trapping the vapors.

Easy-to-use, to boot!

Video interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgqNjCOADao

*The referenced article:

https://fee.org/articles/the-epic-failure-of-the-government-gas-can/

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I do not see the article up at Brownstone. Can you post a link?

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will be up in about 10 mins

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Excellent. I will need at least that long to prepare myself for a Bad Cat essay on some "official site" all chock-full of capitalization.

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I think maybe he got Gatito Bueno to man the Shift key so he could get it approved by Brownstone.

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Cross post to Brownstone. Wider audience.

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OMG I had the EXACT same response.

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Ah, so THAT'S why this post was so easy to read!!! 😃

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Yeah me too! 🤣🤣🤣

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🤣🤣🤣 brilliant!

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I will never have one iota of trust or faith in public health authorities, or, to be quite honest, in any authorities ever again. There is no coming back from this. I will automatically assume that they are lying to me on any subject. The "experts" are self-interested liars, frauds and cowards, and nothing anyone can ever say or do will restore my trust. I have seen through them all. Sorry, but it's over.

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proof was a recent visit to a doctor. Why did I even go? they refused to help with the problem at hand and wanted to prescribe 3 or probably even 4 drugs I did not need (I accepted one and for God's sake it almost killed me)

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That the Dr's Offices were the very last establishments to finally give up on Masks Required, Dammit! is perplexing.

Now, with every piece of medical advice they dispense, I have to remind myself of that for context.

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yes this office was masking partially still too. And on the sign in sheet it said Pronouns. If I had been better I would have left there and then. If they can not distinguish between a man and a woman, they should not be doctor

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Yes, we need to start having fun with this pronoun crap. Write in something ridiculous like " butt crack "! Make them say it, then we'll see how far they go with it!

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Yes! Next time I run into that nonsense I'll write the dictionary definition of "pronoun", and then ask how my knowledge of basic grammar is relevant.

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Yes Grandma Bear, ridicule works!🤣😂

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I personally go with God/ Emperor. 🤣🤣🤣

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what a great idea. That will teach them!

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Lol

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May 15, 2023·edited May 16, 2023

I agree with your point. I would be inclined to ask if they can figure out figuring mine based on appearance; guess go ahead guess. My pronouns are “Angry B*!*h” or “Hot Potato” depending on the day.

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"Mine are “Angry B*!*h” or “Hot Potato” "

Soooo... a Redhead?

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You didn’t. Mostly dark brown with undertones of red. I’m an Aries though.

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</in jest>

Just in case I must pre-unoffend

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This reminds me of a George Carlin routine years ago. “Teach kids to talk wrong!”

It was hilarious then, a bit confusing now.

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haha ! If I had been better I would have had answers ready. But then again I would not have gone to the doctor LOL

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LOL no!

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I'm retired, but a friend still teaching at the HS said many students want to be called "they"....and many get angry if you use the "wrong" pronoun.

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Almost makes me want to go back to teaching, reading that.

My standard form of address to students during the first semester was invariably:

"You there! [last name/surname]"

Perhaps your friend should insist they all wear a number on an armband, so he/she can simply say "Answer the question, 665422-1!"?

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I forget where it was but somewhere there was a teacher that decided to just use last names to get around the entire pronoun nonsense. Still got reprimanded and I think fired.

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@AJ- and some teachers have been fired for not doing so

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If you’re talking directly to a person, that individual would be “you” regardless of what pronoun they choose to use that day. If you’re talking about them to another person while anyone, odd pronouns or not, is standing there, you calling them he/she/it/they/loon/whatever it’s just plain rude.

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I heard something just yesterday about masks:

"Virtue is veiled, Vice is masked."

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Nice!

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You could always try earthclinic (dot) com. I've seen a doctor twice in 15 years, both to do with children's tendons (for my husband's sake).

We've been to the A&E once for a x-ray of a broken wrist but dealt with that too- I used a herb compress (comfrey) and it healed in half the time- three weeks and she was using it again.

To 'doctor' something means to 'falsify' something... :)

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BOOM!!💥💥💥!!!! It’s all about the spelling isn’t it?

By the by, venomous bites, Vitamin C, IV is best, oral will do. Repeat every 3-4 hours. Wash gently, careful of possible dislodged fang, with Castile soap and lots of water. Spill off is poison. Capture the first urine after the bite, use topically and give orally. In the event a lot of time has passed from envenomation to first aid, inflammation could prove fatal. If tended immediately, there is no reason for swelling or infection - none, whatsoever. At least that’s been my experience. When I think of all of the animals lost over the years and the current anguish when a pet owner can’t afford $5,000.00 for antivenin, I realize it is all a lie. Every last bit of their sickness program! Disgusting!

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thanks for the tip, I saved the link. I use a lot of herbal and homeopathic remedies, been to doc 4 times in 15 years and the last 2 times he was wrong. Now went to another because the old one retired and with very poor result!

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I have also experienced a loss of trust.

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And you will be, most likely, more correct than not.

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Me too.

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I think that is the point. It's a global shift, the olde world is dead.

Anyone still holding on to the sinking, stinking ship of Piscean authoritah is going dowwwwwn.

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That's why we have the parable of The boy who cried wolf

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agree

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My exact feelings.

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"The covid vaccine will make the vaccinated a dead end for the virus.”

This claim unfortunately turned out to be true for many of them. Depends on your interpretation of "dead end."

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Indeed. Vaccidental Coinciditis

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On a separate note, why does Brownstone require Sentence casing? do they not speak felinese?

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jeffrey is a stickler for classical style in all things.

i can attest that he does, in fact, speak fluent feline but i suspect some of his readers may not.

i shall endeavor to educate them

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I'm going to view this as a trojan horse so you can teach the readers felinese and how to be ungovernable...;)

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May 15, 2023·edited May 15, 2023

"Now what happens?"

"Well, now, uh, Pi, Gardner, and that Andy Guy wait until midnightfall and then leap out, taking the Brownstoners by surprise!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_J0za7n7U0

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Changing the world, one key stroke at a time!

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Oxford comma? Now that would be old school. As in “Warriner’s Grammar makes 4th graders cry” level.

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"Let's eat Grandpa!"

"Let's eat, Grandpa!"

Comma Lives Matter

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Eats leaves and shoots.

Eats, leaves, and shoots.

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@Just- I, selfishly, prefer the first.

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Jeffrey is fantastic, refreshingly truthful and articulate.

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While you're at it, remind them that the correct spelling is "pawcity or udder absence..."

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Employing coercion of capitalization is a violation of the NAP.

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Pretty hard to transmit a virus when you're six feet under.

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What about Walensky warning of a ‘Pandemic of the Unvaccinated’? Where is the data for the Winter of Death for pure bloods? She is nothing more than a shyster and a compromised puppet for those who control the levers of society.

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You already know the answer to these questions. And you know what that means: there will be zero accountability.

ZERO. Zip. Zilch.

There will be The Empty Set of Accountability.

It involved DoD and its research arms, plus Pfizer moving up into the Big Time of government contracting grifts - the Mil-Industrial Complex - with the really big boys, like Raytheon, Northrup-Grumman, Boeing, GD, etc.

Now the BioDefense-Pharma Mafia-FedGov knows it can make up "the science" and a big enough chunk of the NPC Rubes will go full East German Stasi on their neighbors in about a half-hour.

That's what the future holds.

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Yep, they're stating outloud that Americans need to spy on other Americans -- even if the targets are doing something completely legal.

https://simulationcommander.substack.com/p/proud-boys-verdict-both-expected

“You’ve seen him post on some radical sites with violent tendencies.”

What the hell does this even MEAN? I’ve watched multiple murders on Twitter video — is Twitter a radical site with violent tendencies? Why does what OTHER people post on a social media site make the slightest difference with regards to our “abusive” subject? (Note there’s no actual evidence of Pete being abusive, just the declaration — my guess is because “Anti-gov/authority” wasn’t “bad” enough.)

DHS is simply planting the idea that “radicalization” can happen to anybody — and therefore everybody must be under constant surveillance by their neighbors. This is the obvious and predicted — by Ron Paul and others — consequence of the USA PATRIOT Act and other freedom-smashing edicts.

DHS basically wants to turn the citizenry into Stasi informants — tattling on their neighbors for the slightest “violation.” (Which just happens to cover dissent — weird!)

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Well... unless you spy on Them, how are you ever to know if They aren't doing something illegal?

The same logic that bans everyone from using/doing something because someone abuse/misused it once.

In DDR, more than 450 000 germans were informants and being one gave you privileges (and got you spied on more than non-informers too).

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Has Public Health ever been more than a medical industrial complex and industrial food grift? I don’t think so. Even under the best of circumstances, what value does the field hold? It is founded on the principle of convincing the public to do something they wouldn’t otherwise do. Public Health is propaganda. It is going to be employed by the government and corporations to spread propaganda.

The change with Covid is that we foolishly gave Public Health power over our lives. In the past, we just ignored them and their propaganda. We need to go back to ignoring them. The best way to do that is to abolish the CDC and strip power and funding from the FDA and NIH.

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May 15, 2023·edited May 15, 2023

No one will be held accountable. We don't do that anymore. We haven't done that in a generation or two now. {Which might explain our current situation...but I digress.)

At best these villains will become victims of an incompetent bureaucracy, thieving/lying big pharma, and their own good intentions as they tried to save humanity.

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Yes, the advantage of Information Control is that accountability can be eliminated by simply revising history.

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Changing the definitions of words does the same trick. When people don't have the words to understand the past, their history has been obliterated.

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Great!

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Indeed, it's already started.

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Bygones, my South Side!

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This is exceptionally well-written, as always, thus ensuring that its intended audience will never read it.

My super top secret day job requires me to interact with The Borg on a regular basis. I am consistently ASTOUNDED by the ability of the government and its mega-corporate extensions to string together vast sums of words with absolutely ZERO actual content or meaning.

Recently, I encountered an example so egregious that I could not let it rest. It came in the form of the opening sentence of an email purportedly explaining the reasons for a meaningless and expensive change in corporate data exchange. There was literally no explanation in the sentence, however; it was word garbage. In general, I do not like to make waves with these Borg minions; this one was just too extreme, so I wanted to see how they justified it.

The response was more of the same. Garbage in ... Garbage out. Rinse, later, repeat until the shampoo is gone and your hair's fallen out -- "But, but, but ... The directions never told me I should stop!"

At some point, one must assume that one's hair is clean enough without the metaphor, and simply choose to get out of the shower.

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I spent many years serving the Borg as an outside consultant at the highest levels of the medical industrial complex. They always seemed more stupid than evil, but there was the occasional narcissistic sociopath who would rise to prominence and order the stooges to act. The stooges were too bovine to ask questions or resist, and it was pointless to discuss anything with them because even they didn't understand what they were doing or why. Biden and Harris seem more like moronic stooges than evil masterminds. The real villains are the agency heads like Fauci or Walensky who were sufficiently smart and malignant to collude with the drug industry in a lethal conspiracy against the public. The agency heads will now cash in on their crimes without consequence or even notice because the Democrats and their media are complicit in the crimes.

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I absolutely believe that.

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You do know that the modified are now identified as Homo Borg Genesis, right?

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Holds true for all government’s and ngo’s etc communication. Verbose nothingness

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I thought that was the vice president’s job.

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Trust is like virginity. Once lost, it is never to be regained.

The question must be why did we value trust over rational thought to begin with?

Or why do some value virginity over integrity and soulmates??

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I always valued rational thought over trust. If there is one thing I have learned in this life (I am 67 years old) it is DO NOT TRUST ANY HUMAN. EVER. Until you have thoroughly evaluated them. Most are EVIL.

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Lucy, Im glad that you value rational thought over trust. It is a hard-learned life lesson, isn't it? I love this topic it interests me.. Especially the concept of evil.

I am not saying that evil does not exist; but many times when I look into it, what we think is "evil" is actually just self preservation and self interest. If someone does not have our own best interests at heart, or is actively hurting us, more often than not I find they are looking out for their own self interest.

Not so with animals, though... Funny you mention not trusting "...any human" When a cat kills a bird, a dog bites an intruder/non-pack-member, or a momma-bear kills a journalist for getting too close to her cubs; do we consider that "evil"? Not at all. Entirely predictable behavior from an animal. Animals always act out of self interest and instinct. Animals are quite upfront about it and let you know immediately what they think of you. They do not spend a second "explaining" their behavior. They expect you to know how "to read the room"...Now that is something you can trust.

Humans...not so much. We developed language and irrational thought. Lets not forget humans are also animals, and always act out self interest and self preservation too. But we spend a great deal of time rationalizing and explaining our actions, mostly to ourselves; but to others as well.

Getting back to trust, I trusted our government and our institutions up until Covid response. I applied rational thinking to their behavior and concluded they are not to be trusted on any level. I will never trust them again. I no longer value trust. I value rational thought and consequences.

Anyway, congrats on making it to 67 and many more birthdays to follow I hope. I'm not far behind you :)

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@Lucy- most are not evil. Uneducated, perhaps. If most in your world are evil, you need new friends and family.

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Pfizer published in late 2020 that the vax neither stopped transmission nor protected from getting covid. Why did the populus ever believe otherwise?

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Why did people forget that vaccines are supposedly useful BEFORE you encounter the virus? Natural immunity was a dirty word for much too long.

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No. Natural immunity from covid had proven effective.

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Exactly. We had COVID in March 2020, and hard won natural immunity. Which we paid to test in December of 2020 merely to confirm what we already knew, which is that the vaccine wouldn’t provide added benefit after the fact. I cannot tell you how many incredibly smart people went out of their way to tell me how I had misremembered high school biology and that I needed to step up and protect Pfizer’s bottom line. Uhem, other people. Protect other people. Because their vaccine apparently wasn’t protecting them. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Well now. I am a non responder to any vax but I do ivig which has antibodies from 20000 donors. I wear an n95 everywhere. I protect myself.

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@leighsy- I have a friend whose son is some kind of dr at the CDC. They went ONLY by his advice. I have SO MANY TIMES wanted to say "You were lied to because your KID was lied to" but I didn't. People are going to believe what they want to believe. My brother has a Masters in Nursing and still called me an irresponsible killer because I refused to get the shots. Husband got them for international travel and ended up wth serious health problems he's fighting to this day.

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Stand strong

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I have and it's caused a huge rift

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Because we are kept in a holding pattern of survival with material wealth as the carrot.

There is no time to locate- much less study- REALITY unless something very drastic happens, like Neo in the Matrix who unplugs himself. Like people who wake up and see the lies. Some people here on Substack have started to see through the veils of illusion.

Others cling to The Illusion like barnacles stuck to the side of a sinking ship.

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I recently had a (rather heated) discussion with my brother about how I had lost all trust in public health authorities over how they pushed the "vaccine" on us -- lying to us about how it would stop infection and transmission.

He said that they didn't know at that time if it would stop infection and transmission and were just trying to get everyone vaccinated to stop the virus. So they weren't lying, they just didn't know.

So then I asked him if he thinks it's OK for the authorities to tell you something is a fact if they don't know if it is or not. He said yes, in the case of a pandemic because the downside is limited (he doesn't know the facts about adverse events).

His blind trust remains intact.

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Suppression of preventative treatment squashes your bro.

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I'm not sure. He has this deep-seated need to do what "the narrative" says. He lives in the DC area and it's not acceptable to question the narrative there.

I guess he'd rather put his health at risk by taking an unproven mRNA therapy than question the authorities and risk social shaming as a result.

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He is Demoralised. He is a conformist, and won't want to stand against the grain. Morphed into Bovine Citizen / Sheep. Sorry for the loss. Learn and grow.

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"they didn't know at that time if it would stop infection and transmission and were just trying to get everyone vaccinated to stop the virus"

WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!!

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Hand out grenades?

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I had several responses queued up, most that would draw undue attention from the authorities. So I'll just go with:

"Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IOMNUayJjI

It's time to go Antioch on their bunnies.

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@Cynicon- my brother has a Masters in Nursing and feels the same way. I can't trust anyone in the medical field anymore although my dermatologist has always been against this lockdown/mask up crap and my husband's cardiologist, now needed because of 'vaccine' injury, was against it, too.

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Event 201 figured out how to take the public willingly to Room 101 with only 1 or 2 out of a 100 having the intestinal fortitude to resist the "love" of Big Brother.

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Is that what happened to you? u couldn't resist?

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Mr. Peter I couldn't resist making sport of laughing at the "animals" at the "zoo" until it became unhealthy

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Where's egm? He's giving me a "case of the Mondays".

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But do you believe that? I think the ‘vaccinated’ numbers, like everything else, are a lie.

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I don't "believe" anything.

What i know, is they were wrong about everything and we were right about everything. And we revealed their lies with the truth.

So yes, I not only think they lied, but they deliberately deployed every tool in the behavioral dynamics control toolbox, to see how much they could control the population.

They validated their "proof of concept" wholesale.

The people passed the test with flying colors.

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You’re correct in that a lot of people are less critical thinkers than I would have imagined. However, I still have hope at times that there are far more of us than anyone wants to admit.

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There's a difference between a dissident and a critical thinker.

Most critical thinkers, during covid, decided their choice was to make no choice. That's still a choice.

The worst type of choice; because you are allowing someone else to make your choice their priority.

A dissident is a critical thinker that asserts their will by acting on their choice, in the face of immense pressure and cost. Knowing there will be no recognition from those who sat on their hands.

If you want to prove that to yourself go see if you can find someone, in that category, who really cares and wants to understand your experience during covid. They don't like talking about it, because it's an indictment of them.

The dissident had the additional burden of carrying the weight they forfeited to those who would lord their power over them.

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So true.

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Considering the $32,000,000,000,000 and growing national debt, I would suggest “public health” be put into the non-essential scrap heap along with the Dept of Education and the myriad other bureaucratic money pits that make up too much of our federal govt.

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May 15, 2023·edited May 15, 2023

*backs up garbage trawler to JohnS's scrap heap to collect all The Alphabet Agencies*

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Wait when did cats figure out how to use capitalization? That's it, humans are doomed, the caps key was our last advantage.

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"no one expects the cattish inquisition!"

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*Torquegato has entered the chat*

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It will all come down to "this was a completely novel disease and we were learning as we went along". And most people will buy it and parrot it.

**If they were learning as they went along, why weren't they open to learning about effective early treatments and prevention, which were discovered very early in the pandemic?

**Why did they BLOCK the use of these safe early treatments?

**Why did they PROMOTE an experiment over a known, readily available treatment?

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One good question after another, Janna:)

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What we are witnessing is the end of an almost fifteen year debt binge at 0% interest rates, which was capped off by the pandemic stimulus consumption orgy. Attended by the belief that we successfully borrowed our way out of the 2008 debt crisis.

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Plus a few extra $ in the mix.

https://brrr.money/

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