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I never realized that Calvin is the reason we have digital cameras. I thought it was simply because they’re Idiot Proof.
Tech any 5 year old could use, because we’re a society of 5 years olds.
I wonder what this society does to people’s souls? Do they look like one of Calvin’s photographs?
I want to thank everyone online. like TAE, for fighting the good fight. At least we get to go into this with our eyes wide open. None of us know what happens next because it’s all beyond the Pale. Anyone have a time machine so we can travel back to the end of the Hittite Empire and see what others experienced?
Will it be a complete economic and social collapse? I don’t know. I do know that if you let Jason run the summer camp then every day is Friday the 13th.
Still on 1939 films. Bemused that Gone With The Wind is thought of as the typical Hollywood movie. Up to that time, nearly all Hollywood pictures were under 90 minutes long. GWTW is over 3 hours long! That’s typical?
GWTW is more reflective of the grand spectacle movies just over a decade away. The start of the 1950s, when television was claiming its pound of flesh and the foundation of the studio system was beginning to decay. Their decades of success was based on 75 minute features and they were getting beaten by 30 minute tv shows. They respond with 3 hours long movies! Or any other new idea dropped into the Suggestion Box – wide screen colour films, 3D pictures! Holy Complexity Trap! Like a bug tipped on its back, with its legs flailing away. They couldn’t just stick to what they’d done best and weather the storm?
Keeping things simple could have worked if they hadn’t blacklisted half of Hollywood’s writers. Plus they cancel the careers of dozens of actors/actresses. Even run Charles Chaplin out of the country, just in case he was thinking of making another movie. Who needs Chaplin when you can resurrect C.B.DeMille. No one ever need be bored on an Easter Sunday night again!
To make sure what they were doing was right they give best picture awards to The Greatest Show On Earth over Singin’ In The Rain! Sheesh! Really think the tv public is going to buy that kind of PR?
I know this is all a bit thin. Nevertheless, we know what happened to the studio system. Then there’s the gruesome sight of 21st century Hollywood.
I’m thinking 1939 movies this morning. The Wizard of Oz crossed my mind(short trip, isn’t much to cross).
Thus I pondered being forced to live in a society run by tin men(no heart) and wizards(con men). Plus having to live with scarecrows(no brians) and lions(no courage).
Now if we all put on our ruby slippers and click our heels three times then we can return to normal.
Something positive: Scotland becomes the world’s #1 exporting nation. Means lots of bald sheep. Useless eaters must make sacrifices for the good of the government.
What’s the point of posting photos of empty grocery shelves? 20% of the population know – or suspect – we are in a slow moving economic collapse. The other 80% don’t want to know. So why try to change the minds of people who wallow in their ignorance? They don’t deserve your help. Why try to help people who have shown by their past behavior that they will not change their minds no matter what? I ask once again: what’s the point of posting photos of empty shelves?
Based on the replies coming from Finland, it appears it’s fake news! Yes the other side lies all the time. We do have truth on our side. That doesn’t mean our people will tell the truth all the time. Human being lie and manipulate. it’d be neat to belong to a club – 20% of the population! – in which everyone is a noble soul who never lies or exaggerates. Fact is(including those at this site) 99.9% of these people are total strangers.
I work in a grocery store. Except for that toilet paper nonsense 2 years ago, we have not had empty shelves. Yes there’s products we can’t get at times. Whiskas cat food was unavailable for 6 months last year. My favourite porridge has been unavailable for a couple of months now. Those are empty spots, not empty shelves.
I’m not saying this isn’t happening elsewhere. I have no first hand knowledge that it’s happening. I must go by that or what trusted friends tell me. I’m not sure how many of those I have left. if I did the math I suspect over 80% of my friends got vaxxed. A number of them still choose to wear masks. Trust is breaking down fast. That doesn’t mean I’m going to blindly accept what total strangers say, even when what they say fits my future expectation. Makes more sense to believe my own government(which can make me an offer I can’t refuse) than some guy supposedly in a store in Finland.
Yet the toilet paper thing is revealing. It displays how quickly store shelves can empty. I assume 20% of us are aware of this. The other 80% will find out the hard way.
The scary thing about Canada – the media anyway – is the National Post is suppose to be the right wing newspaper. What a Trojan Horse!
Restricting civil liberties is normal during a pandemic? Yes we have a 2 year history of doing so. If the media can find proof that native Canadians protected themselves from the Black Death with lockdowns and masks then I stand corrected.
I agree the damage to the medical system is horrendous. They’ve been trying to dismantle the Canadian system for a quarter century. Did they finally stumble upon a winning strategy?
I’d say the most serious damage is the social destruction. We couldn’t just have an economic collapse? Too boring? We must throw in social disintegration!
At my age I shouldn’t complain. I’ve been granted the honour of a front row seat to watch a civilisation collapse. I’m old but was a bit late and missed the Hittite Empire going down. This is an interesting way to wrap up the final quarter of ones life. Too bad I’m boring by nature.
Just wondering: if they are determined to lose the currency through inflation, then how do they retain power? All their power is based on buying loyalty and paying for others to provide coercion(police/justice system). Do they also suffer from normalcy bias or are they really that stupid – born on 3rd base and think they hit a triple(G.Celente).
I’m still in shock from yesterday and reading about all the cops standing around outside the school listening to gunfire and doing nothing. Who do they think they are, the Marquis de Grouchy refusing to go to the cannon fire at Waterloo?
I do not wish to oversimplify but it seems there’s two rules: 1) cops avoid criminals with guns 2) they bully citizens without guns. What do they do during any Antifa/BLM riot? Hide. But an unarmed peaceful protest – send in the horses to trample those truckers!
Must I reach the conclusion that all citizens need guns to protect themselves from the police?
The only NATO boots on the ground will be if the $40 billion goes to buying Imelda Marcos’ shoe collection.
So it’s not the AG’s job to prosecute acts of treason. Why does that remind me of Eisenhower?
You know, the last great president because he made a speech when leaving office warning about the MIC. What was he doing the 8 years in charge, when the MIC started getting out of control? Letting John Foster Dulles run riot over Latin America.
I’ll concede Eisenhower was smarter than JFK. He waited until he was done – and no threat to the MIC – to talk. Silly Kennedy decides to act while he was president. Oops!
I guess it al fits. After all, Eisenhower was a Republican. A party with a history of being useless. Now we have the unhinged Democrats and the still useless Republicans. Let’s fix America with an election!
Is it just me or is anyone else wondering: “what Russian blockade?”
I thought the ships were remaining in Odessa because 1) Ukraine won’t let them leave or 2) rogue Ukrainian mines are floating in the Black Sea.
At least we can see the next narrative twist: “Russian blockade responsible for starving the developing world!”
Though it’s not part of today’s Debt Rattle, I see the list of people in Davos has been posted at ZH.
Two years of their attack on our free societies and not one of these very public figures has been targeted in retribution. We haven’t even thrown a shoe at anyone! Millions of people in the West and not a single Charlotte Corday to be found.
What we need are mobs to invade every capital city and turn them into a St.Bartholomew’s Day massacre for politicians, government bureaucrats & journalists. What we get is average citizens fighting back one post at a time. Yes the internet has worked perfectly to divert all rebellious energy to harmless activity. Which is why they don’t shut it down.
Sorry for the violent sentiments. Seriously, when one side will resort any form of violence to win – even releasing bioweapons – and the other side won’t fight back then it’s easy to see who wins. Actually they are so delusional they don’t win either. But we all lose.
Time is already run out on the West. I guess that after what we did to Libya we deserve to also live in a failed state. Poetic justice?
Thanks for the Guy Mettan interview. I appreciate anyone making the effort to get into the history of things. I might not always agree with the conclusions but that’s ok.
The one thing that got my hamster hustling upstairs was his reference to early Christianity, comparing it to those fighting for free speech online. I am sorry but, theologically speaking, pagan Rome was a very free society. People where allowed to believe in whatever they wanted to. it was the 4th century Christians who shut that down the moment they came to power. The early Christians remind me more of the Woke, Cancel Culture crowd of today.
Taking that a small step further: where did all these Christians live? In the cities. The Pagans – especially the ones who took a century or two to be persuaded to convert – lived in the countryside(Fly Over Country?). There goes history trying to repeat again.
I’m not sure the Christians created so much internal conflict that they brought down the empire. Too much time passes between their rise to power and the fall of Rome. Nevertheless they did survive that fall then built something which expanded and endured for over a thousand years. I’m not sure it was a case of “build back better” however it was a pretty neat accomplishment.
Is this the blueprint for the next thousand years? It’s hard to believe the Woke or the people controlling them can create anything besides destruction. They’re all urbanites busy breaking the supply chain, while living in cities which can’t feed themselves! Not very bright.
The Thousand Year Reich lasted 12 years – the life of a dog, as Gunter Grass pointed out. So we’re in for an entertaining dozen years! I’m not sure the ratings will hold up to last that long. Cancel Culture ultimately cancels itself.
That’s a very interesting point I’d not considered. I thought it was all a big fund raiser for MIC. Money to prop up EU banks wouldn’t surprise me. Throw another 40 billion into the incinerator. Someone is bound to get high from the smell of burning cash.
Yes, I admit it. I’ve always been a big Pat Buchanan fan. Guilty as charged. He was the best reason for watching The McLaughlin Group. Little did I know at the time but the insanity of Eleanor Clift was just tip of the iceberg stuff. Rather low key compared to today’s Left.
I suspect some here would be uncomfortable with Buchanan’s Christianity and conservatism. I do think the modern left has vindicated most of the positions Buchanan held – like outsourcing manufacturing jobs and unlimited immigration.
I watched The Holocaust in 1979 as well. I guess the 1970s generation in Germany had their 5 minutes of rage then moved on. Today they either support Covid restrictions and vaxx passports or they quietly give in to authority and go along with it all.
1933 all over again.
@ oxymoron
I was offended when I read Orlov comparing PCR to Brandon. Like there aren’t many of us on our side, can we not have respect for each other? Let’s insult an ally who is trying to be a friend to Russia. Must we wonder why the Russians have so few friends in the West?
I’ve noted how arrogant the Saker and Orlov are. I suspect they’d be impossible to have for friends. No less impossible than a Beethoven, Wagner or Brahms. Still have to appreciate the genius. The information and intelligent analysis Saker & Orlov display make it worth overlooking personality traits we might be uncomfortable with.
PCR’s views have always been appreciated as well. Orlov is right and PCR wrong on Ukraine. There’s still no need to be insulting. Excuse me while I take the knot out of my knickers.
Looking through the comment section on that Paxlovid article was depressing. The basic thinking being that people with good sense get vaxxed. Still shocks my senses that this is the majority view in our society. Time to go find a cave to live in.
At least Biden has a medical reason for being out of his mind. What’s the excuse for the rest of the population? Based on mask wearing in Ontario, that’s 80% of citizens. Have the spike proteins crossed the brain barrier already?
Loved the crayon comment Dr.D. In this giant kindergarten class I never realized that the value of mask wearing is that they can’t stick crayons up their nose.
To focus on the bright side of things: back from my latest shopping expedition. Cats won’t go hungry for the next year. Still seeing little inflation and no shortages here. I credit that to everyone else being in denial and not stocking up. Gives me a clear field to hoard away.
The end of last year 4L milk went up 90 cents in every store. That’s a 20% increase! Did no one notice? Can they not see that if it happens to milk then…Normalcy bias can be a good thing for those aware that life is full of changes.
Is that Bob Geldof? I haven’t seen him in so long. So it’s 2 Dubliners and two fellows not blessed to be Irish.
Is it just my imagination or are we witnessing a repeat of the Third Punic War?
By the end of the second war Carthage’s military power had been completely destroyed. Being great traders and businessmen, they rebuilt economically. This threatened Rome, thus Carthage was destroyed completely in the third war.
Checking timelines: 23 years between the 1st & 2nd Punic Wars. 52 years between the 2nd & 3rd wars.
Germany defeated in WW1. 21 years later WW2, which leads to the dismemberment and demilitarization of Germany. Then we get a nice 77 year run of peace, in which we see the West German economic miracle, reunification, then Germany using the EU and its economic power to take control of continental Europe.
Now it’s time for the Anglo-Americans to cancel the German Threat for good.
A land without a people for a people without land. Is this war Zelensky’s depopulation strategy? Wouldn’t that be the ultimate irony. Russia kills all the Nazis, then the Israelis move to a new homeland. Flip this house?
However the Israelis can’t be so stupid to not see how unreliable their American protector has become. Russia will be in charge of peace in the Middle East. Israel must learn to live, not fight, with their neighbours.
Or pack up and move to Ukraine.
Kassandra,
For me, there is a big difference between dying a natural death and death by a man made experimental drug. Given all the info we had in advance(death rate in mRNA animal trials) I’d describe any harm by “vaccine” to also be self inflicted.
Granted covid is likely a bioweapon and man made. However we had no control over it. We still have control over what gets injected into our body. Furthermore, covid has a death rate of well below 1%. For any healthy person it is not life threatening. I do not consider it a threat to me and I have a significant heart condition.
I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know. I’m just surprised you would ask if it’s better to be unvaxxed. We do not know what the spike proteins will do long term. After 3 months everyone is on their own(plus the trials were so flawed I wouldn’t even say 3 months can be known). Will any vaxxed person still be alive 10 years from now? We don’t know. I doubt any will be alive and healthy. Will any young person live to see 50?
All that risk for a drug no one ever needed to put in their body. Exactly what is the benefit of being vaxxed? There is none, except pleasing authority. That’s hardly a benefit when you must surrender your self respect.
I don’t think the issue is about dying as we all will do that. The issue now is about living with dignity. I look around me and see 80% still choosing to wear masks. I’ll remain in the 20% no matter how small the percentage gets.
“They are fooling no one honest and informed”. Nice to know why I’m not fooled. Thanks for the compliment. Too bad at least 80% of the people in my society are dishonest and uninformed.
I wish I could believe in Magic Money trees. Unfortunately 10 cent chocolate bars made too strong an impression on me as a kid.
Anyone have details on the mass tennis withdrawal? I just watched the NCAA tournament. 64 teams and there was not a single medical incident.
Isn’t it inconvenient how the human body is so unique one can’t just run with a theory and be right all the time?
I’m more confused than usual today. Question blitz coming!
What’s the deal with the laptop?
Is Biden a front man and the government being run by Obama & associates?
Is the Clinton faction making it’s final bid to regain power?It seems clear the vultures are circling and the senile President’s days are numbered. But they won’t replace him with that scarecrow VP or the other scarecrow leading the House. Can anyone live with President Hillary overseeing 4th of July celebrations?
If not Clinton, then who do they replace Biden with?
I fully support all the doctors and scientists who go against the official narrative. Nevertheless, I was hearing numbers like 10% of the vaxxed will be dead by the end of this winter. Now everyone over 30 will have AIDS a year from now?
It’s an information war. If the bad guys get to frighten people with endless sensationalism, then the good guys can’t be blamed too much for the same thing They do risk their credibility though(and they don’t have the Fauci safety net of a media always protecting his credibility).
It’s important to understand such dire predictions are meant to get people’s attention. You know, people whose attention is being drown in media propaganda. Also people who don’t want to know anything! Seems like a losing battle. Yet if one parent doesn’t vax their kid because of a Dr.Tenpenny announcement then that is a life saved.
Of course it is a losing battle. 80% vax rate in most western countries. 80% who blindly put an experimental drug into their body – which had a testing death rate of 95%! It’s hard to have any sympathy for self destructive people.
Tucker Carlson neglected to mention that the only anti-American terror group is the USA’s own Deep State. They have all the nukes and bioweapons they need already.
Wondering about Covid-23 on the cooker, simmering away, as I write this.
Bright side? Yes there’s always a bright side. If they finally get around to outright murder of citizens then people will finally take their masks off!…maybe.
Yuck! I know what that feels like. I’m sure the comment section will cover for you until you’ve recovered. Get well soon!
RE: red buttons and meglomaniacs:
Hitler was in his bunker and trapped. He missed the last boat to Argentina. The lunatics in Washington all have private jets fueled and ready to fly to their bunkers in New Zealand. I doubt they’ll be in a suicidal mood.
Monday was the first post mask mandate day for the province of Ontario. I spent the day at work – in a grocery store – and can report that 90% of customers continued wearing their mask. Just when I thought nothing more could surprise me.
Yes I know the argument continues to be: “they’re frightened.” After two years?
It was put best here: we are the Empire of Children. You can frighten 2 year olds once and they’ll remain scared long after the initial event. Plus it may take an enormous amount of coaxing to help them get over that fear. Who’s around to coax when everyone is embracing the same fear? Some will be traumatized for life. Now imagine grown adults with the mentality of 2 year olds. Actually I don’t need to imagine anything. When I return to work today I’ll have a front row seat for this three ring circus.
I used to hear lots about Dying With Dignity. Looking at all the elderly people and their masks, it seems no one cares about Living With Dignity. I won’t mention turning retirement homes into permanent maximum security prisons. I wonder how many people rescued their parents from these homes. Or how many pretended they had no choice but to have them serve out their sentence.
Have we turned into a society of retards or is it simply the rapid death of an entire culture?
@Clueless Honky
Predicting a nuclear war is like betting a man about to be hanged that the rope won’t break. Just had to get that Thought Exercise out of my brain.
Iran attacks an Israeli centre and follows that up with a cyber attack, yet there’s no hysteria from the western media and no response from Israel? What’s going on here? I must conclude that even the neocons have decided that the US military can’t even take on Iran in a fight.
Then why are they pushing for a shooting war with Russia? Doesn’t make much sense. As the predicted chemical false flag attack makes no sense. What would the goal of that be? To whip up more anti-Russian hysteria? They can do that just by making up more lies. And the purpose of more hysteria? It can’t be to start a shooting war because the Pentagon can’t go there.
All I can come up with is that a false flag attack would be to take the propaganda to a new level. Forget hating Russians. Instead it will be: Russians have forfeited the right to life. Which sets up for the only way the neocons can see for winning a war with Russia: a first strike nuclear attack.
Maybe everything is personal – like it used to be in the good old days of the feudal system when individuals owned entire countries. However if I’m MBS and the people responsible for my protection were led by a senile old fool, I’d want a new body guard.
Over here, no one would know they have covid without a test. Is the Chinese outbreak another testing pandemic? Are the Chinese faking a covid revival in order to shut down supplies to the West in order to bring our economies down? Given recent behavior, I have to think most sane people in the rest of the world would want the West’s influence destroyed before it’s too late.
I’d say that Dr. D is – as usual – correct. The banks told Canada’s child emperor to cool it. Thus our 21st century Napoleon took the crown off his head and handed it back to the Pope.
I had a good laugh when hearing that China had condemned Trudeau’s anti democratic actions. Why would the CCP care? Then I remembered that the Chinese have been off shoring money in Canadian banks for close to two decades. If a threatened bank freeze can get me buying US dollars, what’s the effect on all that Chinese money? I’m sure TD survived my bank trot. Can all the Canadian banks survive a Chinese bank run?
Doing the math: Lehman Bros. x 5 chartered banks = ?
All we need now is a friendly push from Russia and western leadership credibility goes POOF!
Listening to Ottawa’s acting chief police, why do I get the feeling it’s September 1973 and Pinochet is about to send his death squads after his political opponents?
