If you have only four books in your “Covid Nonsense” library this has got to be one of them. Dr. Mark McDonald’s new tome on the disintegration of the American psyche due to the epidemic of fear addiction that has hit this country (and many others) is not only a superb exposé on the cause of what we have been drop-jawed observing, but also presents steps toward personal and national healing—a
I read this book last week. An excellent book that I recommend to anyone who has an interest in the BS fed to us by the government and the medical community.
I know I will love this. Thanks for the recommendation. It arrives tomorrow. Being a direct, blunt forthright truth teller myself, I really enjoy writers who speak with my voice. That’s why I love your articles. And CJ Hopkins, Gary D. Barnett, Allen Stevo, John Pepin, etc.
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I will certainly add this book to my list. In the meantime, I wonder what anybody else thinks about the following situation:
After moving to Southern California, I noticed that the lack of inclement weather also meant the lack of chances to "bond" with neighbors. In other words when an August storm smacked into Michigan, people were forced to go into their basements, maybe even board up windows, repair roofs....but whatever it was, this gave everybody something to *talk* about the next day. It provided a reason to borrow things from neighbors, request help from neighbors, like shoveling snow next door after a winter storm, etc... None of this really seems to happen in San Diego, unless there is a wildfire (knocking on wood).
Anyway, when I was child and a snowstorm hit Michigan, I remember a very strong sense of "bonding" with neighbors. And in this excitement to bond and provide meaningful help, if there was one person who didn't help or even worse, said the storm wasn't worth talking about and no big deal, that person was *despised* in a deep way. It's like some atavistic human pack instinct.
The reason I bring all this up (and probably could have said it much more succinctly) is I wonder how much Covid felt like a "storm" for people, and something over which people could bond...and this is why we had so many campy nurses-dancing videos and omg the Late Show with Colbert and the ridiculous dancing syringes, etc... It's like it was a 16-month snow day (if you were fortunate enough to not lose your business or career). And everyone could BOND, unless you were the outcast who called BS, in which case you were *despised*.
CJ Hopkins said it perfectly (paraphrasing): We need to be the asshole who answers a cellphone call during a Macbeth production, and breaks the illusion that we are in C11th Scotland.
So, yes, there is certainly the addiction to fear. But I also wonder if people are so lonely that they're desperate to find excuses to come together and fight a common foe.
Thanks for the review, I didn't know the book had come out, will definitely purchase it, and hand it out to the "half way sheep."
Love casts out fear; but conversely fear casts out love. And not only love. Fear also casts out intelligence, casts out goodness, casts out all thought of beauty and truth.
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
Frightened as we are, so were the Germans of the Jews, who were likened to vermin, carrying disease. See where it led. They closed ranks to help them deal with the fear and marched in lockstep to their own and Europe's destruction.
I read this book last week. An excellent book that I recommend to anyone who has an interest in the BS fed to us by the government and the medical community.
What are the other three books on the shrew's "Covid Nonsense" shelf?
I know I will love this. Thanks for the recommendation. It arrives tomorrow. Being a direct, blunt forthright truth teller myself, I really enjoy writers who speak with my voice. That’s why I love your articles. And CJ Hopkins, Gary D. Barnett, Allen Stevo, John Pepin, etc.
Sounds like a good one. I will check it.
I will certainly add this book to my list. In the meantime, I wonder what anybody else thinks about the following situation:
After moving to Southern California, I noticed that the lack of inclement weather also meant the lack of chances to "bond" with neighbors. In other words when an August storm smacked into Michigan, people were forced to go into their basements, maybe even board up windows, repair roofs....but whatever it was, this gave everybody something to *talk* about the next day. It provided a reason to borrow things from neighbors, request help from neighbors, like shoveling snow next door after a winter storm, etc... None of this really seems to happen in San Diego, unless there is a wildfire (knocking on wood).
Anyway, when I was child and a snowstorm hit Michigan, I remember a very strong sense of "bonding" with neighbors. And in this excitement to bond and provide meaningful help, if there was one person who didn't help or even worse, said the storm wasn't worth talking about and no big deal, that person was *despised* in a deep way. It's like some atavistic human pack instinct.
The reason I bring all this up (and probably could have said it much more succinctly) is I wonder how much Covid felt like a "storm" for people, and something over which people could bond...and this is why we had so many campy nurses-dancing videos and omg the Late Show with Colbert and the ridiculous dancing syringes, etc... It's like it was a 16-month snow day (if you were fortunate enough to not lose your business or career). And everyone could BOND, unless you were the outcast who called BS, in which case you were *despised*.
CJ Hopkins said it perfectly (paraphrasing): We need to be the asshole who answers a cellphone call during a Macbeth production, and breaks the illusion that we are in C11th Scotland.
So, yes, there is certainly the addiction to fear. But I also wonder if people are so lonely that they're desperate to find excuses to come together and fight a common foe.
Sounds like a great read - thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the review, I didn't know the book had come out, will definitely purchase it, and hand it out to the "half way sheep."
Love casts out fear; but conversely fear casts out love. And not only love. Fear also casts out intelligence, casts out goodness, casts out all thought of beauty and truth.
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
Frightened as we are, so were the Germans of the Jews, who were likened to vermin, carrying disease. See where it led. They closed ranks to help them deal with the fear and marched in lockstep to their own and Europe's destruction.