Debt Rattle June 19 2025

 

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  • #190361
    WES
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    Israel/Iran Fireworks:

    It kind of looks like both sides don’t want to give us free access to view their backyard fireworks displays!

    So Iran has launched 15 waves of promises to the promised land!
    The Holy Land must be more holy than ever before!

    #190371
    Dr D Rich
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    Causes of lunacy:
    1. ICU stays
    2. Toxic exposure
    3. Drugs n Alcohol
    4. Cult indoctrination, acculturation
    5 Abuse by a Psychopath or Narcissist
    6. The Double Bind see 1, 4, 5 above (no escape from the torment and no relief if the target plays along) Bateson’s Theory
    7. Incarceration
    8. Isolation especially combined with sensory deprivation (look it up stupid)
    9. Variable schedules of reward and punishment (see 1, 4, 5, 7, 8)
    10. Religions
    11. Military indoctrination
    12. Torture
    13. War
    14. Injustice
    15. Absent Justice
    16. Gaslighting
    17. Failure to correct
    18. Existential threat before the age of 7
    19. Inverted communication
    20. Questioning by false premise
    21. Indifference to suffering
    22. Gangstalkiing
    23. Bullying, Scapegoating, Witchhunts
    24. Learned helplessness
    25. Ego down
    26. Victim blaming
    27. Victim shaming
    28. Public humiliation

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/

    Title: President Trump Gives Himself Two Weeks to Decide Whether to Strike Iran

      Press Secretary Leavitt then announced President Trump will make the decision to conduct U.S. military strikes within two weeks. “Based on the fact that there is a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place in the near future, I will make my decision of whether or not to go within the next two weeks,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said

    One sane comment:

      ‘I wonder if this whole “close to a nuclear bomb” thing is just gaslighting by the deep state to draw us into a war. This seems like a repeat of the “WMD” saddam hussein had but didn’t. I would still stay completely out of it. If Israel wants to go hunting underground in the mountains to eliminate their “alleged” nuclear bomb capability then let them, not us”.
    #190374
    aspnaz
    Participant

    https://t.me/Anlystintel/25447

    Same old, same old.

    #190414
    phoenixvoice
    Participant

    The state of US healthcare

    A few years ago I had bursitis in my hip. I sought medical attention to find the source of the pain. I spent several hours with medical people and was essentially told to rest it some — but not too much, and take ibuprofen for the pain. It occasionally came back, so I did my own research and discovered that the docs had neglected to inform me that physical therapy was an option. I obtained a referral to PT at my last primary care visit, but hadn’t gotten around to following up on it—I wasn’t then in pain. My health insurance accidentally lapsed for a month—it would be retroactively reinstated—last fall, and, wouldn’t you know it, THAT was when the hip bursitis reared its head again. This bout was persistent. I turned to YouTube. I found physical therapists sharing exercises to ease bursitis, and yoga instructors who had applied these principles to their routines. Within 3 days of starting these routines the pain lessened, within 5 days I had some days pain-free, and after a couple of weeks I was pain free. Now, as long as I keep up on the exercises I have no pain, and if I get lax I start the exercises back up and the pain subsides. All free. It didn’t require any annoying office visits.

    I have realized that I have a persistent pain in my right heel. It comes and goes, but always hurts when I press on it. Stretching was not improving it. I decided that I needed to address the pain and resolve it. I could go to my primary care doctor, then get referred to a specialist, then get referred to PT…that should take at least 2 or more months. Plus all of the time to schedule the appointments, sitting in a waiting room, dealing with professionals. Ugh. I have more interesting things to do with my time.

    Off to the internet. There must be a diagram that will explain what is causing this very localized pain. I found it: “Insertional Achilles tendinopathy.” It not only fits the location, it fits the description of how it behaves, what exacerbates the pain, etc. Off to YouTube for PT advice and exercises. Found.

    So much more efficient than the official medical route.

    And I have medical insurance.

    #190416
    phoenixvoice
    Participant

    Dr D Rich
    “ Variable schedules of reward and punishment”

    That is very interesting. I had never really thought of that as a cause of lunacy. The Behaviorists tell us that such practices are very effective at shaping behavior — but at what cost?

    My challenging son’s autism diagnosis was recently adjusted from “level 1” to “level 2.” I already believed that “level 2” was a more apt diagnosis because of the level of support that he currently requires, and has required, since his toddler years. It was a relief, as now he and I should be able to access the supports that he requires to get him functioning on as high a level as he is capable. I tried many, many parenting styles with him over the years. The style that works best has strong elements of game theory — I structure rewards around behaviors that I am seeking to reinforce, and I am VERY consistent, always making sure that he understands the program, what will earn him his reward, what will cause him to receive no reward or a partial reward, etc. I can’t work on too many behaviors at once with him — I don’t know if that is because he can’t handle it or, (more likely,) that I can’t keep track of too many elements all at once. If this consistency is not maintained, his anxiety may get the best of him and he loses control and has meltdowns.

    My marriage could be viewed as “ Variable schedules of reward and punishment”…I suppose that was a big part of what was so maddening about the situation — with my ex, I never knew if I was coming or going. His mood would turn on a dime, and then I had to deal with it.

    #190473
    Dr D Rich
    Participant

    @ohoenixvoice

    Training works in both directions and that effect should not be discounted…reverse Stockholm syndrome.
    Unremitting stress, few can handle it and in others the apparent “adaptation” is just a descent into ugly behavior, a projection after the introjection of antisocial behavior never remedied

    A mother of an autist adult male ruined my life and career after her “idiot savant” adult son assaulted me. She was far more skilled at rallying The State to his n her defense by fraudulently Reversing Victim and Offendee and enlisting the White Knight reflex in judges n attorneys. Me, I think she scared the living daylights out of everyone because she and her mother (present) for the assault saw their Gravy train about to disappear. Gravy you ask. The assailant makes cardboard cutout Artwork that supposedly sells for up to $10,000. Grandma posts videos about her, er ah, his “cutout kidz” projects.

    Mother’s weakness is she claimed no assault took place except two witnesses stated otherwise. 8 yrs 2 mos later, one of those witnesses is dead and the other “can’t” be found, disappeared. Their witness statements were withheld from The State Investigator and my attorneys. You see, her boy already assaulted 3 hospital employees before me.
    Prove it!
    Yeah, the burden falls on the victim of the assault
    The State takes up mother’s cause.
    You could attest to the likelihood of what mother’s factor drives the Kidz glove treatment of her in this case: 1. Mother of autistic son 2. Jew

    My family has a couple autistic members. My mother “cared” for autistic son of my father’s colleague which meant the “babysitting” fell to ny sisters and exclusively me since Todd, well he’s a guy. That’s about the limit I’ve seen for any sympathy delivered to assaultive autists or their mothers.

    I made the mistake of going near that “adult kid” out of a sense of duty and justice that every other doctor and nurse ignored or abandoned. And mother blamed me for what all the other doctors and nurses refused to do….go near her son and get beaten.
    Neither party, Mom and Employer, can afford to keep me the Antithesis around AND neither party will ever move off their position.
    Such is the conditioning of variable schedule of reward and punishment where the group projects their self-disgust onto the scapegoat

    Now prove it

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