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Zuni's avatar

As I have felt all along. I don’t think Trump is anything other than another puppet. Of course I prefer him over the other choice we had but I never trusted him and I still don’t. No matter what Side they are on they are one and the same. So much more believable what Guy Crittenden has written.

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Todd Hayen, PhD, RP's avatar

I voted in November. I decided I wanted to. And I voted for Trump and his people because I felt the other choice was clearly the wrong choice. Next time around, I doubt if I vote at all.

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Brent Calhoon's avatar

I’m still stuck on beautiful vaccines. Not one peep about it. If pressed, we will likely get the Epstein response. All good. Nothing to see here. Move along.

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Todd Hayen, PhD, RP's avatar

If that happens, it will definitely be another nail in the coffin...maybe the final nail.

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Betsey's avatar

I thought that the American people would finally see how corrupt our government has become by given a choice in the last election of both candidates supporting genocide!!! I wrote on my ballot, " I will not vote for genocide"!!! 90,000 Americans refused to even vote. And RFK Jr was a big supporter of Israel, the ones that helped murder his Dad and uncle. Blackmailed by Epstein??????

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Todd Hayen, PhD, RP's avatar

I can clearly see what you mean.

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Betsey's avatar

correction, 90 million Americans did not vote!!!

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Noggin's avatar

I have never thought that Donald Trump, was anything other than one of the boys, along with Obaaama, Bill, George and Joe. However, Trump Derangement Syndrome is a real issue and problem throughout society. Those stricken with this condition, are often unhinged supporters of Hilary Clinton and AOC. Alarming. RFK was always going to advance the agenda of Big Club: he has recently demonstrated his allegiance to the cause.

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The Watchman's avatar

Good read, Todd. Thanks for sharing. Will be linking today @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/

Was this posted on line. Does Guy have a Substack or blog. I am assuming this is probably Guy Crittenden who wrote The Year of Drinking Magic after doing a search on line. But there is also an artist by that name. Would like a link to the original posting as that's how I normally link writers, but for now, I will just use your link today.

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Todd Hayen, PhD, RP's avatar

Guy had a website filled with lots of stuff...www.hipgnosis.co. But I can't get it to function. Yes, he did write the Ayahuasca book. He is not the artist.

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peggy bean's avatar

Please tell us where we can find Guy's writing. Thanks.

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Todd Hayen, PhD, RP's avatar

I'm working on that...I have a word in to him to get some links. You can try www.hipgnosis.co...this used to be a site of his, but it seems to be shut down. Then there is his professional services site, https://thewritingsage.com/, which seems to be working. Not sure if you can find his writing there...

He wrote an article a while back for Off-Guardian that can be found here...

https://off-guardian.org/2021/12/18/covid-and-the-law-of-karma/

And this is a book he won prizes for...

https://www.amazon.ca/Year-Drinking-Magic-Twelve-Ceremonies/dp/1944769986/ref=sr_1_1?

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peggy bean's avatar

Thanks dear Todd!

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peggy bean's avatar

I agree with every word written by Guy, too. I'm really fighting depression. I'm 78 and don't feel that I have much power to change things. People are stupid! Recently, I was playing the celebrity game with a bunch of normies. I put in the names of Netanyahu and Zelensky. No one knew who they were! We don't watch TV, they said. Well, I don't either but you have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to have heard of them!

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RedElva's avatar

I think this story sums up the US regime...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70rllxr0kyo

The USA now supports an Al Qaeda franchise but sanctions the ICC and the UN.

The USA is a rogue state. The Donald has changed nothing. I'd be royally peeved if I was a US taxpayer.

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MRF's avatar

I like the adage: by their fruits ye shall know them. Anyone can go nuts at any time, seems to be a feature, if not a bug, of the primate brain (like AI). If Trump can help advance Mideast peace, peace more generally, and otherwise improve my quality-of-life, I think choosing to skeptically (as in questioning) suspend judgment is warranted by the incessant smearing of Trump by his opponents. The motives of Trump's opponents are arguably more suspect than Trump's.

At least, Trump's opponents should be more truthful. They're discrediting themselves with easily disproven hyperbolic rhetoric designed to wind-up emotional response that impairs reasoning.

I hear that Israel would exit Gaza if Hamas released the hostages. But Hamas holds Gazans and other humans hostage because Hamas prioritizes its objectives above the rights of individuals. I agree with Netanyahu that Hamas must be destroyed because Hamas' values, like its financier Iran's leadership, prevent Mideast peace.

The Abraham Accords are the most hopeful prospect of Mideast peace that I've witnessed in my lifetime. I credit the cooperation of Netanyahu and Trump for their courage to depart from failed past policies that have proven ineffectual.

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Todd Hayen, PhD, RP's avatar

Agree with this 100%: "The motives of Trump's opponents are arguably more suspect than Trump's." Not meaning his opponents who think the way Guy does, but these kooky TDS types...not sure if that is who you meant...

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MRF's avatar

I'm saturated with conservative Judeo-Christian political talk radio, and only manage to cope with with the endless stream of provocation to outrage or alarmism through occasional reminders, e.g., Limbaugh's: politics is show-business for the ugly. I had a reminder of the pro-wrestling paradigm of politics as fake theater, perhaps https://politicsandprowrestling.com/

There's also the paradigm of the media as carnival barkers, profiteering by winding people up emotionally. In the USA, there's scant accountability for defamation since https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Co._v._Sullivan

Trump is hated by the left because he uses their populist tactics, e.g., to their vote-buying at taxpayers' expense, Trump counters with vote-buying with tax relief. Trump has a fake media persona, and a real persona. All I hear about Trump from people who meet with him is that he's a decent guy, e.g., Bill Maher, totally different from the media caricature. Based on my limited investigation, I give Trump the benefit of doubt suggested by others.

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Renee Marie's avatar

Todd, after the last few years (and being fired for non-CONvid compliance/surviving cancer) I’ve given up all political parties. I will never get Truth from any of the liars. TDS is another “psyop label”.

I’m getting out of the matrix as much as possible, physically, mentally, and spiritually😉.

And, I’m an anti-vaxxer, and anti-flu shot.

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Todd Hayen, PhD, RP's avatar

Good for you...

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Renee Marie's avatar

😉

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Renee Marie's avatar

With due respect, you are WAY behind the 🎱.

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MRF's avatar

Agreed. How about some information that helps dispel my ignorance?

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Renee Marie's avatar

Seriously?

No, I don’t spoon feed people. I’m assuming you’re a grown adult with a computer, and/or can read a book, perhaps (remember those?).

I suggest you may want to do all of the above to familiarize yourself with Truth, which requires critical thinking, and unbiased discernment.

Ignorance/stupidity in a choice. Choose wisely…

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MRF's avatar
13hEdited

I'm exploring subjects related to philosophy of mind, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_mind_thesis https://upce.academia.edu/LauraCandiotto has used the term: participatory sense-making, that seems a re-spin of the ancient Socratic practice of trading information.

I'd challenge the assumption that we have meaningful choice. We have, at least, the illusion of choice. But some argue that we're so shaped by our programming that we're more robots than free agents, e.g., see https://www.susanblackmore.uk/reviews/review-of-the-robots-rebellion/ I find Stanovich a demanding read, but I'd be pleased to trade views of his work, e.g.:

http://www.keithstanovich.com/Site/Research_on_Reasoning.html

http://www.keithstanovich.com/Site/Essays_files/Were%20Trump%20Voters%20Irrational%3F.pdf

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Todd Hayen, PhD, RP's avatar

I could only say that to sheep. Anyone who even resembles a shrew to me is pretty much all shrew. We may disagree on certain things, but that strange sheep blindness isn't there.

I think one big reason why I cannot openly dis Trump is because I would rather be aligned with uniformed shrews who don't see the Trump dark side than with crazy TDS sheep who hate Trump (and love the likes of Kamala) for all the wrong reasons...

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Renee Marie's avatar

They are different sides of the SAME coin. All selected for a reason. To divide…it works!

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MRF's avatar

I'm not just ignorant, I'm oblivious, a bad combination. Every time I get slammed by an unpleasant surprise from reality, I compensate by attempting to avoid future mishaps.

The worst I've heard about Trump (that I credit) is that Larry Elder reported that Elder chastised Trump (in person) for asserting that Bush knew that the intelligence reports of WMDs in Iraq were false. Elder reports that while Trump never apologized, neither did Trump repeat the assertion.

The best report google ranked on Trump's conviction status was https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/appellate-issues-in-the-trump-hush-money-case--the-extraordinary-ordinariness-of-justice-merchan-s-adjudication I'll be interested to review what the New York Supremes might report. From what I've heard, I'm expecting an evisceration of the conviction. But Giuliani reported that New York government is notoriously corrupt, and that extends to the judiciary, so who knows?

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MRF's avatar

I'm no Epstein expert, but I hear conservative disappointment and explanatory explanation, e.g., that Epstein was an intelligence asset. If Epstein was used by the spooks, as seems possible, if not likely, I doubt that we'll ever know the truth because those people shape public perception for a living. See:

https://rumble.com/v2xy2su-a.i.-and-the-death-star-of-censorship.-mike-benz-with-sebastian-gorka-on-am.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPPc8OVNngg

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Me 'n a Fenian's avatar

to be honest the link wasn't really intended to focus your attention on epstein. it speaks to a far bigger problem.

peace

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MRF's avatar
1dEdited

Oh, I failed to browse much because I'm overdosed on Epstein on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_Radio_Network, e.g., https://am870theanswer.com/radioshow/the-carl-jackson-show suggested that Epstein might have been murdered by one or more fellow prisoners. As I recall, Jackson saw some incarceration himself, and I've heard that child molesters are often murdered in prison by victims of childhood molestation. Apparently, many prisoners suffered childhood sexual abuse.

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Me 'n a Fenian's avatar

i've only ever been in the holding cell section of prison. i got handed the orange coveralls one time but the universe stepped in and decided otherwise. so i can't confirm your speculation. however, i can 100% testify to knowing that voluntary relationships will be the ultimate sign of human maturity. god speed!

peace

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MRF's avatar

I've approached losing freedom closer than I like. I've heard that surviving prison hinges on supplying something that inmates value. Voluntary relationships seem the most meaningful human enterprise.

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Me 'n a Fenian's avatar

interesting. i certainly recognize the surname from the sun, but haven't encountered this guy's (har har) writing before. i believe he's the guy (again, lol) who wrote about ayahuasca?

anyhoo, i think he correctly identifies many of the 'symptoms' of a mentally deranged world. i do not, however, believe trump is a player in the 'great game'. he is a clownish buffoon sent to distract and further divide a confused and exasperated population. catherine fitts has often said, "if you recognize the name, they're not in charge". though i do think Carney is far closer to the center than most middle managers of this current era. Woodrow Wilson might come to mind but then you read how he was handled by Edward Mandell House. (who liked to be called 'the colonel' yipes) he wrote a very interesting book called, Philip Dru: Administrator. oh boy, way out in the weeds here......

todd, can you provide a link to his stuff? thanks in advance.

peace

ps has anyone watched the mockumentory 'barnum world'?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cp-fo4nv5I .

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Gwaihir's avatar

Does Guy Crittenden have a sub stack? I couldn’t find his articles. He obviously sees the whole picture. Thanks for posting his words.

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Renee Marie's avatar

He’s one of the few who actually gets “it”.

People have been so brainwashed, and mesmerized by “the current thing”, they’re unable to think objectively and critically think.

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FortheLoveofFreedom's avatar

For me, Guy Crittenden makes more sense on the various issues than most. Some likely will call him a 'tin hat wearer' or a 'conspiracy theorist' but I have to admit that much of what he writes here is more believable than not. We live in a world of theatre and actors and a lot of lies. Enough is shown to us to make us believe or to question but the proof is never 100% - all on purpose.

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Todd Hayen, PhD, RP's avatar

When I read Guy, I shudder. As you say, what he says is more believable than not. I have two responses...one...I simply want something to hope for. Two...I still believe in people like RFKJ, Gabbard, and Bhattacharya; maybe they too are part of the dark side. Also (a third?) Trump has done a lot of key things that are clear opposition to the agenda. But these acts may just be distractions and really mean nothing.

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Renee Marie's avatar

How is Operation Warp Speed and genocide “nothing”?

I think most people do not read geopolitics and history. That’s when the dots should be connected.

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Todd Hayen, PhD, RP's avatar

I'm talking about the things that most Trump supporters believe are "good things against the agenda"

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Renee Marie's avatar

Trump supporters have been utterly brainwashed. If any other politician did what Trump does, they’d be up in arms. That’s the psychological power this “cult” has (both sides). Division is power, and people are getting played BIG TIME.

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Natalie O.'s avatar

I agree with every word written by Guy. Perfect round-up of our state of affairs and the theatre played on us for our demise.

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