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This post made my day! Your acerbic wit is spot on. If I could please use a few of your insightful comments to throw at those worshippers of the credentialed experts I meet at social gatherings or woo woo leaning bars.

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Jul 1, 2022·edited Jul 1, 2022Author

1. people underestimate the therapeutic value of cats.

2;. all gatosnark™ is open source and copy left.

spread it in good health.

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Need el gato malo t-shirts!

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yeah. I would get one in a nanosecond

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Same

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And that awesome coffee cup, too! Where the fuck is the gato (tm) merch table?

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Jul 1, 2022·edited Jul 1, 2022

The gato agora! Yes! gato subjects need this!

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Yes!

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Take mah moneh!

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I want a "Chairman Meo" one!

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I'll agree this was a great post. And as a (now-retired) former "expert" while working as a fund manager, if anything being an expert should give one MORE not less humility. Because the real experts know exactly how little they really know about any truly complex field. In my experience, the more humble folks were always better-informed than the chest-thumping-I'm-an-expert types.

Cheers!

Kim G

Roma Sur, Mexico City

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Excellent article Mark. Inserted it into my copy of Rene Dubos' book from 1959 "The Mirage of Health."

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Especially of late.

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I often share El Gato Malo's articles on Twitter. Feel like he should be on there one way or another.

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He was. Read his marquee post about being 'de-catformed.'

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Yes, that's where I originally found him. Was sad when he was de-catformed.

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No kidding. Best laughs all week. Love love LOVE when asshats get gatodunked.

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Or, when gatodunkees get their asshats handed to them...

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Report back...

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In his defense, Dr Jerome Adams has been starving his brain of oxygen for almost two years with masks, so he went from dummy to super dummy.

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Just imagine how these people must be seething. Not just medical experts; the entire highly credentialed managerial class, the economists, the foreign policy pundits, the climate scientists, the gender theorists ... all of them get pwned in this fashion every time they open their traps on social media. It's a relentless assault on egos that depend entirely on their social status.

This is the real reason for the censorship. They can't take the heat, they can't hold their own, and "shut up" is the only explanation they have.

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the devolution of public discourse to we the people will represent one of the most profound shifts in power in human history.

memes will topple governments.

collaboration will far outshine coercion.

the world is starting to heal.

it's going to be glorious.

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As .you recently said, the pendulum is beginning to swing back. And the more it has been propped up, higher than it should ever have gone, the faster and harder it will swing. Glorious, indeed. Thanks for everything you do.

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From your lips, to God's ears!

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I highly recommend Thomas Sowell's The Vision of the Anointed. It lays out the idiocy of "experts" (the Anointed) knowing what's best.

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It’s going to be hellish and violent long before it’s glorious. These scumbags will not surrender power without a fight.

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I hope and pray that you are wrong. I do agree with you that they do not want to surrender easily, but once they sense that the tide of support has swung away from them, they may become more interested in preserving their own hides than anything else. These are not, in general, strong people. They hide behind their credentials and cloaks of invincibility, but when TSHTF they will very likely scurry like rats deserting a sinking ship. "Pay no attention to that little man behind the curtain..."

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They’re also hiding behind the FBI, NSA, CIA, and a ton of state and local government. And all of them will be used against their enemies.

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Good point, but Gorbachev had the Red Army, and he handed the keys to the castle to Boris Yeltsin without a fight. They can light the fire, but they cannot control the wind. Outcomes in situations like this are almost impossible to predict -- other than that, as with the fall of the Soviet Union, significant change is coming. Exactly what, how and when, we will have to wait and see.

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Apropos of nothing: I think that "Weird Al" Yankovik missed a golden parody opportunity of the mid-80s Billy Joel hit "We Didn't Start the Fire." Al's would've been "Don't Light Your Farts on Fire," of course. 😛 All is not lost, however. The less well known Bob Rivers took Aerosmith's "Love in an Elevator" and mutated it into "Fart on an Elevator."

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Can't come fast enough. Here in CT, the politicians barred (it's now on appeal) religious exemptions right before the vax was rolled out. Now there are rumors that the shots will be included in shot schedule for kids to attend school... :(

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CT is one of the best homeschool states believe it or not!

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Massachusetts is, surprisingly, a great homeschool state as well. I haven't looked at CT law, but was puzzled to find better homeschool laws in MA than TN, for example.

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I was under the impression MA was one of the more strict states!

https://hslda.org/legal/

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I know, I belong to HSLDA, but feel they've got their assessment wrong here. Because, for example, in TN, if your child doesn't do well enough on standardized tests (which the state requires they take in certain years) they can be forced back into the public schools (some kids have disabilities or don't perform well on tests). But in MA, you can simply send in a progress report (one of three options) rather than standardized testing. And they don't have in the law that you could be forced to put your child back in public school due to low scores even if you do choose the standardized testing option. So the homeschooling laws here seem really reasonable. We want to move, so we've thought a lot about where to move that will have equally good homeschooling laws.

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They’ve spent their lives at cocktail parties on university campuses or in the halls of government, surrounded by like minds, all sniffing each other’s farts and pronouncing the odor floral. They’ve never been questioned and aren’t about to put up with it from the likes of the Great Unwashed.

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I'm not that optimistic; I feel (and I feel us to be) mere Brobdingnagians shooting our pin-prick arrows. Do they sting? - Probably, a bit. Has any climate scientist had his research funds not renewed? Sure, Event 201 in Oct 2019 was all about shutting down counter-narratives (and almost nothing about healing people). That effort was probably far less successful than they hoped but here we are - "experts are baffled" about SADS and the clot shots are rolling out for six month olds. Maybe there's a tipping point out there; but right now, I don't see it approaching.

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These kinds of things are like earthquakes. The ground is perfectly stable until the balance of forces finally tips it into shifting.

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I really hope these guys move onto the climate science scam after this. I have to admit I fell for it before covid. Got a background in biology so I could see the bullshit with covid. Saw that they are recycling all the same tactics - models as truth, no dissenting opinion, smearing of any criticism as "deniers", only one possible soultion, denial that it will revert back to the norm by itself.

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That battle has been going on for decades: https://wattsupwiththat.com/

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You forget a prime motivator or two: "Suck as much funding as you can"; perhaps add "Garner as much political power as you can until people catch onto the grift."

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Agree absolutely!

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In so many words, many of those are truly highly qualified experts but they are essentially paid or otherwise pressured to lie, to spout the actual or perceived party line, regardless of whether it clashes with their area of expertise. They've cast aside their professional knowledge and lowered themselves to the level of paid shill for claims that they probably know to be false.

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This is why they're so desperate to control speech -- the narrative is leaking like a sieve.

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Or to make a simile more apropos to our feline themed host: The narrative is unraveling like a kitten playing with a ball of yarn.

Rather than post an image, here's a link to a image search where you can easily get your fill and then some, of this syrupy cute meme!

https://www.google.com/search?q=kitten+yarn+ball

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Slowly at first, then all at once.

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Jerome Adams comes across like an arrogant jerk.

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sounds like the majority of doctors ive met then

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Yes, way too many, that's for sure

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Very likely because he IS an arrogant jerk.

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Yet another underwhelming Trump personnel move. Adams doesn't know how to cut his losses.

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Underwhelming is the perfect descriptor.

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This is worth a like just for that pic of the adorable baby kitten on the back of a stuffed unicorn.

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I know I agree. suitable for framing even

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That kitten is adorable!

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"social media is a fabulous thing:

many-splendored and devilishly double-edged. it’s a source of influence and reach, but also a great equalizer because others may speak too and it has killed the “one too many one-way broadcast model.”

Tho one may argue that Substack isn't necessarily "social media" in the traditional sense, I know I speak for many here when I say if it hadn't been for Substack we wouldn't be able to proudly exclaim that as it pertains to all things "covid" and "vaccines" we know more about these subjects than many "Doctors" and PhDs. We've been exposed to facts, charts, studies and hypotheses from all sides of these issues and can hold our own against others who have ignored it all. Just like the lady that went up against this deluded monster, we're all not necessarily more intelligent, but we are humble and have been willing to learn and become informed. It's not our arrogance that puts us in a superior position, it's our love for, and desire to seek out the truth in liberty and accept that truth for what it us, even if it doesn't line up with what we wanted to believe. Bravo on another excellent post Mr Gato.

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substack works best in conjunction with things like twitter.

it would be fun to get loose again.

i enjoy this as a publishing medium, but there is nothing like direct engagement with those speaking that which you would refute.

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Jul 2, 2022·edited Jul 2, 2022

Gato, for me it's a nightmare trying to read threads on Twitter. The order in which posts appear seems to run backwards, such that I have to make my way DOWN the page to figure out what's going on and where things started. And then there is all that endless scrolling to even try to get to the beginning of the discussion (bottom of the page).

Recently, I've noticed a new twist in Twitter user-hostility. I tried to read the Twitter thread by Kelley K that you linked to, and after a few mouse-wheel rolls the scrolling stopped with a request to log in that I could not make disappear. So, that Twitter link was entirely useless for me.

I *MUCH, MUCH, MUCH* prefer the organization and orderliness of Substack. Trying to read Twitter (when that's even possible) gives me a headache every time.

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So far, I have discovered that I can click the 'Login' button on that dialog, and then when it gives me a choice to login through Google, FB or whatever, I click on the 'X' in the corner of that little screen, and it leaves me alone for a while. Who knows how much longer this will work (unless Musk changes things)?

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True. Perhaps in part it's a generational thing. I've tried Twitter a few times and it was just too disjointed, too stream of consciousness, for me. Facebook was quite better, perhaps because the message size could be longer. I tried some of the more literate blog sites (e.g. Medium, Reddit) but grew disillusioned due to censorship. I read several sites here at Substack and elsewhere. Often the best content is contributed by individual readers, like here.

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The emperor has no clothes, yet many court eunuchs will continue to obey.

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Sheep's testicles are a delicacy in some cuisines. I'd say a Mass Roasting of the juicy bits, and a thorough discarding of the rest, becomes a more urgent imperative every day

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Rocky Mountain Oysters are good, especially with hot sauce. ....and those aren't from sheep... or another country.

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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Masterful takedown of one of the biggest putzes in this whole sad affair.

I almost feel sorry for poor Jerome. Almost.

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Putz! Perfect.

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Yiddish insults are the best!

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He’s an embarrassment 🤡.

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Like the new gonzo isn't?

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But But But...experts. And you’re just a Mom! So....Experts!

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Moms: 1,000,000

Experts: still 0

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Anybody who thinks there's such a thing as the "combined intelligence" of a group has never done a group project before.

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🙌

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Social media “has killed the “one to many one-way broadcast model.”” Why authorities are so desperate to get control of it.

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I love, love, love the Pinocchio comment! 💕💞❤️ First space elevator... 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

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OMG! Love this quote: " “your liberty must cede way to my superstitious anxiety” is nether a sound basis for science or for a free society. it’s performative neurocracy as pretext for technocratic authoritarian imposition. " BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!

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I paused in reading to savour that line as well.

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I had to stop to share ot to my social media...

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My disdain for Jerome Adams pales in comparison to that expressed in this post. Well done, gato! Adams is insufferable. (Combination of affirmative action and Peter Principle - perfect!)

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Here's the entry level bureaucrats key to climbing the corporate lader:

My boss's incompetence is an inspiration that one day someone as incompetent as me could be boss.

That's all they have to know...well and being a slimy sycophant..

Sounds like fun!...not

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Jul 1, 2022·edited Jul 1, 2022

Amen! --- I have an additional theory. The incompetent boss only promotes other incompetent people, so they won't look so incompetent. Usually, slightly less competent than they are, so if (🙄 - you KNOW they will) they get promoted up the chain, the next in line won't do quite as good a job as they did and they will be praised for years hence for being so wonderful.

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The long game here is not encouraging... except of course that eventually the whole tower of corrupt cards inevitably must tumble down. By the look of things, that day is coming near.

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Wild Bill, you don't know how much I pray you are correct that the day is near.

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Prayer is powerful. Keep it up. It takes power away from Satan and gives it to God.

It is something that we can do, each and every day, without drawing unwanted attention from Satan's handmaids.

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Amen!

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One of the fundamental rules of the incompocracy! (I believe it's in section 4, clause 23)

"Never, never, under any circumstances hire anyone smarter than yourself". Clause 24 reads, in part, "When true technical competence is an absolute necessity, as in to forestall a departmental merger, or fix a total network failure - engage a contractor." The problem gets fixed, and there are no threatening competent personnel left lurking about. It's right there in the manual.

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Jul 3, 2022·edited Jul 4, 2022

😂🤣😂🤣 And pity the smarter person if they're accidentally hired, as they'll be harrassed to death. --- The contractor part is dead on! There was a guy at work that could fix anything on any program. (He was not part of IT.) They hired contractors for his department, they made more than the FTEs. He continued to work there for 2 more years having all these promises thrown his way, so he wouldn't quit. Of course, not one promise was fulfilled. He quit. Went to work for the contracting company and came back to work making 2 or 3 times the amount he did as a FTE. Corporate heard about it and made the contract company bring in a different person in his place. Best part, the replacement person couldn't do what he was able to do, because he didn't know the software. Screwed us all.

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Truer words never spoken. Much of my working career was on various contracts to Feds. With variations, I saw many cases of what you describe.

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I think this actually is in the famous book "The Peter Principle".

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There's actually an official term for what I'm assuming you mean by your "incompocracy." It is "kakistocracy."

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Same can be said about school principals. They're more concerned about becoming superintendents than with the kids.

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Very true, and they weren't good teachers before their promotion either.

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It's THIS exact scenario that very smart people (bright future, hard working, etc) trying to break into certain fields encounter and outside observers don't understand why said person either can't get hired or can't progress. Then they get blamed (lazy, not trying hard enough, unpolished bootstraps, etc) because there are too many self-aware Peters on the way in and on the way up.

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Before you know it, a troglodyte is in the oval office...taking a nap

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