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What if reality actually happens?
What if your magical thinking is flawed?
What if your meddling actually dampens
And all that you’ve promised is nothing but fraud?All the good people will cheer at your downfall.
Sensible folks will breathe sighs of relief.
History will cough you out just like a hairball
And you’ll disappear like a composted leaf.Communications have increased;
Our little worlds and lives have ceased.
We know so much of everywhere
It’s hard to live without a care.Connected thus, we think too much
Of things that we can never touch.
It makes us all inadequate.
It makes us less compassionate.I would say that this is one of Picasso’s best faces. It’s what everyone wishes their “resting face” would be. Three lines make it- the arc of the eye, the bottom of the nose, the curlicue of the mouth.
You can draw it! (The coolest thing about Picasso is that any age can copy it good enough to please.)
This guy drew like pop music- copy his lines and you can hum his pictures.
Try it. Put a thin piece of paper over the image and thickly trace the line that defines the eye, then the bottom of the nose, then the curlicue of the lips. Trace the line of the profile.
Here’s the fun part: draw these lines on your own- voila! you can draw a profile, too!Willem- I scanned the article. Depressed fruit flies?
Did they tell the lab mice they were cage-free eggs and that made them sad?Good grief.
“Barnestormer”s comment from over at the conservative treehouse:
“There is no EPA mandate requiring 15% ethanol-blended gas.
I believe that misapprehension may well be the result of the blending…of two news stories:
1. The period during which E85 (15% ethanol gas) may be sold has been extended through the summer. (Its sale had previously been restricted during the hottest months over pollution concerns.)
2. On Fri., June 3, the EPA did issue a mandate around the number “15,”–but it was in billions of gallons, not the % of ethanol that must be blended into gas.
Under the RFS, EPA sets certain annual total amounts of biofuels that must be added to gas; it does not mandate the blend ratio.
Borrowing from an old law professor’s phrase: the author’s inductive leap from gallons to per cent was a bit too long.”
Hope he’s right. The small engine bit is particularly important to those of us with lawnmowers and outboards.
Wishes for the internet:
I wish all articles were dated, with the year included.
I wish all graphs would have X and Y axes meet at ZERO and those axes would be clearly labelled.Joke from over at ZH: I used to drink brake fluid, but I stopped.
“You’re putting a big target on them…” Absolutely. And I’ve haven’t seen the word “overreach ” used so aptly in a long time.
From over at Rintrah, his take on transgenderism, with a mean-spirited commenter expressing what that backlash may look like.Oh, and I think free will resides in the word “no”. You don’t have if you can’t say it. “No vaccine for me!” or “I think I won’t have a second helping.” or “Try it and you’ll find out how much I mean NO.” etc.
Free will is an act of faith.
On the other hand, I believe we live backwards in time, that is, we act and then we use our fine brains to rationalize and explain why we “chose” to do what we did.
We’re always a jot of time behind reality.
So I would say that the free will part becomes the choice of knowing and admitting what you did or denying and reinterpreting what you did.Dr D Rich- I used to follow firedoglake back in the mid-naughties. I was sure it was where I first read moon of Alabama. I changed as the DFL was cannibalized by the DNC. To use a quote from those days: That was Clinton’s fault!”
I’ve mentioned before that Hillary’s russiarussiarussia slur -which had the ability to get www3 going- was one of the most evil things I’ve ever seen.
I think she’d like that. (shudder)
Phoenix- of all the changes that have happened these last two-plus decades, the “smart phone” is the most pernicious. It’s the “national ID” that everyone hated. It’s heroin on-call. It’s a false friend and a fake brain. And they’re going to be near-impossible to eradicate. A jammer would be a handy thing- I don’t even like going to parties anymore, ’cause I’ll end up in a photo or bored stiff by a scroller.
The day I’m told I have to carry one (or a smartwatch or get chipped), will be the day I go underground, one way or the other.As American dollars come “home” (becoming more and more worthless) why is the fake stock market going down?
From comments in the Last Refuge’s jaw-dropping article, people seem frustrated that the military doesn’t step up to the plate. I was not a follower of “Q” (though I did follow Bernard Grover’s following of “Q”), but here is a post I stumbled on a while back that I found interesting. Dr. D has made allusions to some of the same ideas.
Hope, taken with a grain of salt.I can’t recall the name of the outspoken French minister (?) who said people won’t willingly die, so they’ll have to be “helped”. Didn’t he also say that the western nations must be taken down first?
That requires treacherous leadership; it just so happens that’s what the actual leadership is doing.PRIVACY, FREE WILL, AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB
The greatest right is privacy.
It is the one most jealously guarded by the privileged: they have it- you don’t. This is why tyrants snoop, and why the snoops must be controlled by the tyrants. It was inevitable that the State and business would merge, as business collects data (aka: your private information).
Privacy is the right you gave up when you annexed a smart phone to your arm. It’s the one violated by “data collection”.
It is the one most viciously attacked by the plandemic; it’s the one digital currency most threatens.Without privacy you can’t relax. If you can’t relax, you will be paranoid, anxious, depressed.
The Web filled a need to associate but- unlike old-fashioned human connection which implied loyalty and discretion- Web association is not private (unless you are privileged- this is why loyalty is so strong among the privileged).The only solution I can see to the current situation- which is a dire as humanity has ever faced- is to detach that phone. At this juncture, you have the free will to do so- but it is fast slipping away.
Carry it only when you need it. Turn it off until you use it. Be wary around those who won’t detach from it. Be brave, and get rid of it altogether.I lamented when I was required to have a credit card to do certain things. I saw what was coming. I still don’t own a smart phone, and my flip phone is now dead. The smartphone still gives carrots, which deplorables don’t deserve, so the embedded chip is coming soon. They will carry the sticks.
The coming civil wars will be the Connected vs the Unconnected.
Funny- it’s always been that way. It’s only the tech that has changed.Okay- sorry this line of thought became a bit scrambled. This is when I would normally try to condense it into a ditty. I’ll work on it.
The extra legs are the legs of the larger horse- which is not well-drawn, as mentioned. Her horse is frothing- fix the damned bit, lady!
In a couple of days I will be able to say I “have” monkeypox, too! It will actually be poison ivy (from mushrooming), and I kinda like a small bit of it at the end of the season- out of nostalgia, I think.
Great song, PV- well done.
It’ll be awhile before I get rid of all the FB cookies- they’re like a tissue I forgot in my pocket before I put my jeans in the washing machine.When I lived in Indiana, the local town had a cannon, which they used during the July 4th celebrations to add authenticity to the 1812 Overture. (I suppose they won’t this year? Tchaikovsky didn’t have the foresight to be not-russian.) A lot of little children bawled at the ear-busting booms.
When we bought our house in Illinois, we planted a lilac bush in the past owner’s dog’s favorite spot to pee. It grew from one foot to ten feet in three years.
I don’t mean to be gross here, but we each produce a goodly amount of nitrogen fertilizer every day. All you need is a bucket.A beacon in a beacon;
The iris in the eye-
To focus every mindful mind:
Most everything’s a lie.I see Iceland has been drifting. They probably enjoy the warmer weather.
You get offered food and/or a beverage at my house, even if you’re the repairman. (We’re Scandihuns/Germanavians).“…the MIC and Big Pharma are competing for control and the spoils”
But it’s WokeWorld, so they both win and get first prize!The painting: He looks like Johnny Depp.
DBSmith’s comment from yesterday late was very good. If you want to groom snitching children, we’re right on track. “Unwanted” is a rotten feeling- it leads to severe resentment.That graph about doctors/admin probably works well with teachers/admin, as well.
My brother was put on prozac when he was dying of pancreatic cancer. When it kicked in, he asked us to babysit his gun, as he feared he might kill himself.
I believe serotonin imparts resolve- removing that vacillation, stalling, and lethargy that accompanies depression. It makes it easier to act on a decision, no matter how bad that decision might be.How did the elo-im conquer the morlocks?
The sun burnt the sleep from their eyes.
How will the white hats prevail over warlocks?
By shining the light on the lies.How do you get yourself out of the box?
By seeing outside of the walls.
“Endure and prevail” is the strange paradox-
Endure ’til the faux empire falls.“Trial”, not “trail”… anyways.
Why doesn’t the Scitech article ask if the “vaccine” spike also causes amyloidosis?So if I got this right, Pfizer basically says it committed fraud but it’s okay because they were legally allowed [Nay! urged, begged] to do so?
My rhyme above came out of so many dem and rep callers on cspan this morning who think ww3 would fine, as long as “democracy” is preserved (in Ukraine, in Taiwan…) Perhaps they hear the rumors that there may be hidden downsides to the “safe and effective vaccine” they all took? Their outlook on the future is suicidally delusional. Hey! Who doesn’t have World War on their bucket list?
But that’s okay because strategic ambiguity is all the rage. As Deagel said- it wouldn’t look like suicide…
I need to mention one caller this morning who said that war with China will look like an empty Walgreens, Home Depot, Amazon… Some people get it.
I was going to make the comment that a school shooter will knock the Sussmann trail off the pages, but that little kid who actually feels Mozart in his fingers found a means of expression in a world of masks that blows me away. Good find, RIM!
Without pedals!When you’ve realized you’ve killed yourself,
There’s nothing left to lose-
So you’re really pissed at everyone you see.
You figure- what’s the difference? As you raise a glass of booze
With a toast: Here’s to the start of World War Three!A dead creature seems to weigh so much more than a live one, and Rembrandt captures it here: Jesus was DEAD. You can feel it with your eyes.
You do not have to “choose” between Lira and Ritter.
Back when I fished, I sometimes caught the same fish twice. In an opportunity to play god, I threw it back again.
It’s not just humans who take the bait again.T-Sum- well done.
Sadly, all those solid gold toilet seats are at the bottom of a body of water somewhere, following a tragic boating accident.
I think the judicial -as opposed to legislative- approach of Roe regarding it as a privacy issue was correct. Overturning Roe will open up a can of worms as good people attempt to fight the medical intrusions of the State into our lives over “vaccines” and other medical issues. WHO?
Legislation that encodes a right to medical privacy- with no mention of abortion necessary- is the only way to go.
It’s not about abortion. It’s about control. When The State requires men to obligate themselves to the now genetically proven to be their child’s 21 years of financial support- which follows from the current trends- opinions will likely change.Everyday I check the earth via the IRIS earthquake page. Sometimes there are little earthquakes (iris shows only 4+) in impossible places, and I wonder if someone hasn’t just tested a nuke. Occasionally, the posted quake is removed- like in Oz a while back in aum shinrikyo’s territory.
I think of what the insanely corrupt US.gov has to hide in Ukraine, and I have no doubts that they would use nukes if it would cover their imperial asses.
I also think more groups have nukes than are acknowledged. I even think a few billionaires have them.Totally off topic, but for your viewing pleasure (video from a comment at zh):
The Tonga undersea volcano. Remember that?
(less than a minute)“…most voters oppose the government’s decisions to increase defence spending and send arms to Ukraine.”
I’m guessing this is true most everywhere. Politicians say they can’t vote for the platform they campaigned on if it doesn’t align with their party.
What are they threatened with? Brass knuckles? Dead pets?My mate offers this fun idea:
the democrats, upon seeing Trump heading for victory in 2024, will admit he did actually win in 2020, and can’t be elected again.
It made me chuckle.So how about this:
Musk creates a nostalgic “safe twitter classic” where the same old same olds can romp all they like. At the same time he creates twitter, where free speech tumbles like waterfalls.
Miffers and snowflakes can ignore the latter. Or they may want to wander onto twitter where they may be (gasp) disagreed with.I posted this on the slog, as well. It was sort of off topic there, as it is now.
Lira was telling us his take on what was happening in Ukraine. Now he’s selling doom and gloom and hopelessness. Cut him some slack. He’ living it more than most.
Here’s 2000 Mules on bitchute.
The painting: I think she looks despondent. I think the man she’s with is buying her the drinks.
I like Lira, but I there is a bit of -I don’t know what- about him. He has the effect of making his western listener despondent. It’s not that what he says isn’t true, but it is disheartening.
Let me say that I also am beginning to think that the 2016 was the most accurate election in decades. That is, the nominee who was preferred, won.The unwanted child that learns why to survive,
Despite the whole family- outside of the hive-
Sees things the beloved ones cannot perceive-
Knows what to reject, and learns what to believe.So a child that escapes the abortionist’s knife
And survives all the misery that comes from that life
May- maybe- just maybe- grow wise and do well:
Well enough to build lifeboats to save some from hell.I’m not just sun-smacked, I’m a bit sweet on some wine. It was the first beautiful day in ages.
Maybe it’s others who urge us to do it.
Maybe it’s culture, or maybe it’s hype.
Whatever we do, it’s because we intuit
We must taste the fruit when it looks to be ripe.John Day- Teehee! I don’t just look over fences, I climb them.
I only got part way through the video, as well- far enough for her to sing the naughty word. 🙂Nothing against the guy, but I read it as “Clown Prince Mohammed bin Salman”.
For another view of the Czar of Lies, and how she got her wish, go over to rense. The top video features Jankowicz singing a pretty song about becoming rich, famous, and powerful.If you look at it through a Davos lens, abortion is about focussing on “unwanted people”. (About 7+ billion of them, apparently.)
Abortion after quickening has always been a sordid affair.
There is no such thing as abortion after dilation.
If the state can prohibit abortion, it can mandate abortion. Abortions will happen, regardless of law. It then becomes a question of how vindictive the state wants to be- should it find out it has happened. That’s why it was a privacy issue, and why Covid turning medical privacy on its head was the worst cultural shift to come out of the plandemic.
It isn’t so much about galvanizing “the base” over abortion, but giving cover to millions of fake votes coming up in the midterms. Just like “I hate Trump” was supposed to have been enough to get 80 million to vote for the intensely creepy Biden.
