In my few years on this platform, I’ve never received such an outpouring of hate for a post.. and on one hand, I get it – I spoke a bit harshly, flippantly and inartfully, and a cathartic post I thought might get just a handful of likes and largely be ignored was passed through networks of tens of thousands of folks who have no idea of who I am or where I’m coming from.
I also said some jarring things.. that I’m sure even upset a handful of genuine and well-meaning people.
but.. along with the outpouring of hatred, it’s also near 10k ‘likes’, indicating that I’m far from alone, here.. even if most who agree would rather stay silent, for the moment.
I wanted to just say a few words about this divide, because I think it’s an exceptionally significant and era-defining one:
Many of you have absolutely no idea how disconnected many young men feel – especially White males – when it comes to the general trajectory of their nation(s), over recent decades. It no longer feels familiar, comfortable, or like home.
As some of my recently posted images show, we’re being essentially locked out of the corporate world, with Bloomberg bragging about how 95% of new hires are non-White.. we’re now (by far – and it’s not even close) the most aggressively discriminated against group with regard to Ivy league admissions. Hollywood and corporate media has long been completely dominated by a hostile group, so there aren’t options there.. trying to get a job in tech – esp in a place like SF, as a non ‘woke’ White male – is the steepest of uphill battles.. one could go on listing examples here for quite awhile.
A great many now openly laugh at and mock these hopeless and disaffected, as the income of White Americans plummets (now far below the Indian and Chinese migrants our corporations import – and no longer even in the same ballpark as Jewish-Americans), depression and suicide and drug addiction rates skyrocket, and we’re increasingly locked out of this new world being created by the Finks, Soros’, Rothschilds, and their political/financial class allies and puppets.
In a very real sense, it’s killing many of us.. and a large subset on the other side actually seems thrilled by this.
Moreover, historical cycles seem to be repeating.. a leading reason Rome fell is because she essentially opened her floodgates, granted citizenship to all, and eventually lost her unique spirit. In attempting to represent absolutely everything and everyone, she ended up representing no one, and a nihilistic apathy inevitably came to dominate. Late stage Rome became a mere corporate/economic construct – empty, void of substance, seeking power only to enrich the grasping/ambitious parasites and vultures feeding off of her once great corpse.
Not only are our own borders wide open, in the U.S., but we’re now openly discussing the prospect of allowing the tens of millions of illegals to enlist.. a shift that would’ve been unbelievable, even just a decade ago. Every day this nation feels less and less recognizable, and less like home, to so many of us.
Anyone who thinks our founding fathers – or those courageous (if misled) men who stormed Normandy – would look at this trajectory and applaud it, is either ignorant or foolish.
In the absence of substantive unifying factors, we’re told we should rally around vague ideas, and concepts – for example, many still claim our armed forces fight for ‘our freedoms’.. even as members of our political class literally fly to Israel, to sign bills restricting the speech of their own citizens, and as nearly half the nation loses all faith in the legitimacy of our elections, while our gov’t increasingly openly speaks of us as the enemy.
Many of us feel our political class (and our nation as a whole) has essentially been captured, and we intuit only hatred and malevolence emanating from the top, from men like Mayorkas, or our puppet President.. and virtually nothing about this new world resonates with us, or inspires or energizes – as we watch our streets get ever dirtier and less safe, IQ and life expectancy falling, our quality of life and general standards of behavior drop to ever new lows, those who dare say a word about it tend to be met with a conditioned response of ‘incel’, or accusations of being a hateful racist/misogynist.. or, just told we’re generally terrible people.
You can mock, deride, cheer on this wholesale replacement and aggressive disempowerment – but don’t expect us to join you in the cheering this brutally disheartening downward spiral and civilizational collapse.. and I’d suggest you mock (or completely ignore) these voices at your own peril.
The anger is real, and much of it is justified.. and if we’re not able to have honest and difficult conversations soon, I strongly suspect we’re all headed to a very dark place.
“The whole process of replacing a declining system with a more complex mining-based enterprise is now supposed to take place with a fragile banking system, dysfunctional democracies, broken supply chains, critical mineral shortages and hostile geopolitics.”~Andrew Nikiforuk
…The type of ‘green’ agenda being pushed is a multi-trillion market opportunity for lining the pockets of rich investors and subsidy-sucking green infrastructure firms and also part of a strategy required to secure compliance required for the ‘new normal’.
It is, furthermore, a type of green that plans to cover much of the countryside with wind farms and solar panels with most farmers no longer farming. A recipe for food insecurity.
Those investing in the ‘green’ agenda care first and foremost about profit. The supremely influential BlackRock invests in the current food system that is responsible for polluted waterways, degraded soils, the displacement of smallholder farmers, a spiralling public health crisis, malnutrition and much more.
It also invests in healthcare — an industry that thrives on the illnesses and conditions created by eating the substandard food that the current system produces. Did Larry Fink, the top man at BlackRock, suddenly develop a conscience and become an environmentalist who cares about the planet and ordinary people? Of course not.
Providing transgendered children “puberty blockers” is currently one of the most controversial areas in medicine (e.g., liberal colleagues of mine have publicly protested Republican state governments banning the practice).
What I find remarkable about this entire debate is how little knowledge exists about the safety of these drugs. For instance, when I’ve asked my liberal colleagues if they are aware of the dangers of these drugs, they genuinely share that they were not aware they had any clinically significant side effects.
Given that the hormonal blockers are amongst the most dangerous drugs on the market, I feel it is important to review all the people who have been harmed by them, and the scandalous 40 year saga that has allowed them to be unjustifiably used for a wide range of medical conditions.
Dhāraṇā ― In dhāraṇā, the mind learns to focus on a single object of thought. The object of focus is called a pratyaya. In dhāraṇā, the yogi learns to prevent other thoughts from intruding on focusing awareness on the pratyaya.
Dhyāna ― Over time and with practice, the yogin learns to sustain awareness of only the pratyaya, thereby dhāraṇā transforms into dhyāna. In dhyāna, the yogin comes to realize the triplicity of perceiver (the yogin), perceived (the pratyaya) and the act of perceiving. The new element added to the practice of dhyāna, that distinguish it from dhāraṇā is the yogi learns to minimize the perceiver element of this triplicity. In this fashion, dhyāna is the gradual minimization of the perceiver, or the fusion of the observer with the observed (the pratyaya).
Samādhi ― When the yogin can: (1) sustain focus on the pratyaya for an extended period of time, and (2) minimize their self-consciousness during the practice, then dhyāna transforms into samādhi. In this fashion, then, the yogin becomes fused with the pratyaya. Patanjali compares this to placing a transparent jewel on a coloured surface: the jewel takes on the colour of the surface. Similarly, in samādhi, the consciousness of the yogin fuses with the object of thought, the pratyaya. The pratyaya is like the coloured surface, and the yogin’s consciousness is like the transparent jewel.
Samadhi states can be variously understood and also are fundamental to successful Buddhist practice. We can learn a lot from the many ways these meditative states have been understood in the past and how they are understood today. I would like to emphasize that samadhi and jhana meditative states are eminently achievable and practical. In a deep sense they should be seen as ordinary, something everyone can do. They are fundamental to Buddhist practice and can be thought of as the culmination of the Noble Eightfold Path, the last element of which is Right Samadhi. Samadhi is both a deep internalization of non-sensory experience and a reformation of how we think and perceive. Samadhi both leads to and is a profound transformation of all mental, emotional, and physical tendencies. Basking often in samadhi or jhana states inclines the mind toward enlightenment. Samadhi is a core experiential aspect of Buddhist philosophy, without which Buddhist thought does not make much sense. ABN
A quadruple murder in Oklahoma shows how the Chinese underworld has come to dominate the booming illicit trade, fortifying its rise as a global powerhouse with alleged ties to China’s authoritarian regime.
It seemed an unlikely spot for a showdown between Chinese gangsters: a marijuana farm on the prairie in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma.
On a Sunday evening in late November 2022, a blue Toyota Corolla sped down a dirt-and-gravel road in the twilight, passing hay meadows and columns of giant wind turbines spinning on the horizon. The Corolla braked and turned, headlights sweeping across prairie grass, and entered the driveway of a 10-acre compound filled with circular huts and row after row of greenhouses. Past a ranch house, the sedan stopped outside a large detached garage.
The driver, Chen Wu, burst out of the car with a 9 mm pistol in his hand. Balding and muscular, he had worked at the farm and invested in the illegal marijuana operation.
Charging into the garage, Wu confronted the five men and one woman working inside. Like him, they were immigrants from China. Piles of marijuana leaves cluttered the brightly lit room, covering a table and stuffed into plastic bins and cardboard boxes.
Wu aimed his gun at He Qiang Chen, a 56-year-old ex-convict known at the farm as “the Boss.” Chen had a temper; he was awaiting trial in the beating and shooting of a man two years earlier at a Chinese community center in Oklahoma City.
Before Chen could make a move, Wu shot him in the right knee. The boss fell to the floor, writhing in pain.
Wu held the others at gunpoint. He said Chen owed him $300,000 and told his hostages they had half an hour to get him the money.
If they didn’t, he said, he would kill them all.
Both the shooter and his victim were from Fujian, a coastal province known for mafias, immigration and corruption. They had come to America and joined a wave of new players rushing into the nation’s billion-dollar marijuana boom: Chinese mobsters who roam from state to state, harvesting drugs and cash and overwhelming law enforcement with their resources and elusiveness.
…Chinese organized crime “has taken over marijuana in Oklahoma and the United States,” said Donnie Anderson, the director of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, in an interview.
UPDATE: This is a good article in and of itself and also because it shows how easily a well-organized criminal enterprise supported by a powerful nation-state can evade American law enforcement and operate without being detected inside USA. Sad to say, USA is riddled with criminal gangs of this type, some going back centuries, engaged in many other enterprises besides drugs and human trafficking. It pains me that so few realize that our nation has already been entirely infiltrated by gangs backed by nation-states who have penetrated and now control the highest levels of power in America. We can see this phenomenon at the state level in Arizona, New Mexico and Southern California and at the national level in Washington, DC where politicians eagerly do the bidding of foreign governments and even kowtow to their leaders when they visit Congress. ABN
…as skepticism about Jesus was gaining ground in the nineteenth century, new evidence emerged in support of the historical Jesus. In the 1880s, a Russian explorer, Nicolas Notovitch made an extensive journey through central Asia, and on his return to Europe went public with sensational claims that rocked the Christian world. Notovitch said he had visited a Buddhist monastery in northern Kashmir where he was shown ancient manuscripts about Jesus who was known as “Issa”. Incidentally, this just happens to be the name for Jesus in the Koran. Assuming Notovitch was telling the truth, this new evidence strongly supported the historical underpinnings of Christianity. But was he on the level?
Notovitch was born in Crimea in 1858, the son of Jewish parents. However, in his younger years he converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church after an extensive study of religion. On returning from Asia, he attempted to interest Vatican officials in a preliminary draft for a book he had written about his trip that included a translation of the alleged Buddhist manuscripts. However, in Rome, a cardinal whom Notovitch describes as “very close to the Holy Father” was less than enthusiastic, and replied: “What good would it do to print this? Nobody will attach to it any great importance and you will create a number of enemies.” The cardinal offered to reimburse him for his time and trouble; but Notovitch refused. In Paris, he also discussed a book project with Cardinal Rotelli who also tried to dissuade him.
Although I was not surprised to learn about this resistance from the Roman Church, I was disappointed nonetheless. One might have hoped for a more open-minded attitude given that the four gospels have absolutely nothing to say about the so called “lost years,” the roughly 17-year period in the life of Jesus between the ages of thirteen and thirty when his public ministry began in Palestine. Over many centuries, the lost years have remained a historical void and a question mark. Surely the issue qualifies as a mystery, and one deserving of a serious investigation.
Details the story that Jesus survived his crucifixion and went to Kashmir where he lived out the rest of his long life. The linked article is panned by many readers in the comments, but I found it interesting and appreciate the author’s work. ABN
As the public learned more about provisions in the bill, and particularly since the outbreak of hostilities in Gaza, the legislative plan grew less popular. Polls dropped to 38-27% in favor by December, and they’re at 35-31% againstnow.
As discussed on the new America This Week, passage of the TikTok ban represents a perfect storm of unpleasant political developments, putting congress back fully in line with the national security establishment on speech. After years of public championing of the First Amendment, congressional Republicans have suddenly and dramatically been brought back into the fold. Meanwhile Democrats, who stand to lose a lot from the bill politically — it’s opposed by 73% of TikTok users, precisely the young voters whose defections since October put Joe Biden’s campaign into a tailspin — are spinning passage of the legislation to its base by suggesting it’s not really happening.
Four days after German chemist Dr. Andreas Noack released his final video on graphene hydroxide, he was seized by a sudden unexplained attack that caused paralysis, weakness, profound disorientation (like he was drunk), and collapse with loss of breathing. His pregnant wife described the event in two videos. In the first video, her description led early listeners to assume that Dr. Noack was physically attacked, but that was not the case. In the second video, Dr. Noack’s partner further explained that she suspected he was struck by some kind of directed energy weapon (and reported at one point that the electricity went out just before he was incapacitated.)
This would not be the first time that Dr. Noack was attacked prior to his sudden and unexpected death, as he was assaulted by police the year before in Nov. 2020. During live filming, Dr. Noack suddenly interrupted his discussion, and pounding and yelling could be heard from the next room. Even without translation, the video is extraordinarily chilling. Police, yelling in German, barge into Dr. Noack’s studio, wearing face masks and bulletproof vests, all in black and carrying weapons. They wrestle the doctor to the floor, and eventually, one of the police, himself panting with anxiety, disables the camera as raised voices continue off-camera. I had to locate this video in archives as it had been erased from internet links.
We are being controlled, steered, managed, stifled, misdirected, propagandized, lied to, frightened, restrained, repressed, and generally bamboozled at every turn.
Politically, virtually everything we see throughout the West entails rapidly increasing totalitarianism, total state-control of the human mind. What is not yet widely recognized among those who can see what is happening is totalitarianism is often violent at precise individual levels. It is very plausible that Noack was murdered with a directed energy weapon. His violent death was meant to send a signal to others.
At less conspicuous levels, totalitarian violence is employed not to kill individuals but to to weaken or destroy them, thereby also weakening their communities. Typically, violence of this nature is done clandestinely against promising children and young adults to disable them before they can cause the totalitarians any trouble. Poison, psychosurgery, sensory damage, psychological isolation and more are the tactics used. By weaking or disabling the young, they weaken their entire community.
Israel has used this tactic for decades against Palestinians. Shooting children in the eyes or ears with rubber bullets or the knees with real ones can disable individuals for life. Random arrests and torture, psychological or otherwise, can be as harmful as psychosurgery or accompany it. ABN
I entered & remained in the first jhana: rapture & pleasure born from seclusion, accompanied by directed thought & evaluation. Could that be the path to Awakening?’ Then following on that memory came the realization: ‘That is the path to Awakening.’ I thought: ‘So why am I afraid of that pleasure that has nothing to do with sensuality, nothing to do with unskillful mental qualities?’ I thought: ‘I am no longer afraid of that pleasure that has nothing to do with sensuality, nothing to do with unskillful mental qualities
Too many people only understand bits of Buddhist philosophy and misunderstand the joyful, blissful experiential basis of Buddhist practice. Right samadhi (or jhana) is a ‘pleasure that has nothing to do with sensuality, nothing to do with unskillful mental qualities.’ Samadhi states are normal, achievable states. All human beings have the capacity to experience samadhi states. Right Samadhi is the eighth element of the Noble Eightfold Path. Buddhism is a profound philosophy and also a profound experience, a joyful experience. ABN
Anyone acting in good faith understands that murdering 30,000 innocent people has nothing to do with eliminating Hamas. Operation Iron Glaive appears for what it is: a cover to realize the old dream pursued by Jewish fascists from Jabotinsky to Netanyahu: to expel the Arab population from Palestine. From then on, this mass crime, committed for the first time live on television, turned the world’s political chessboard upside down. Feeling threatened, the Jewish supremacists themselves threatened the United States. Anxious to remain masters of the “free world”, the United States is preparing to topple the Jewish supremacists.
The Scottish Government confirmed today that the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act will take effect on April 1, bringing with it some of the most draconian curbs on freedom of speech and expression in any free democracy on earth. It has taken 40 years longer than Orwell predicted… but we have finally arrived in the totalitarian nightmare that he feared.
If somebody breaks into your garden shed and steals your bike, for example, or if your car is vandalized, then no action will be taken unless there is a witness or other evidence such as CCTV footage. However, if you were to say that you wouldn’t want an adult transgender female with male genitalia to share a changing room at the swimming pool with your daughter, then you may risk prosecution.
The Hate Crime Act was pushed through the Scottish Parliament by the current First Minister Humza Yousaf during his stint as Justice Secretary, although much like almost everything else he has ever been involved with (barring his deeply held convictions over Israel and Gaza) it wasn’t actually his idea.
Indeed, it was the brainchild of his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon, who hoped to leave as a “legacy” the Gender Recognition Reform Act that would allow people in Scotland to legally change their gender after just three months and without any medical grounds for doing so.
The basis of these laws is totalitarian mind-control and nothing more or less. Laws like this ‘work’ by frightening people into silence and self-censorship; their absurdity is a feature not a bug as irrational controls produce stronger internal submission than rational ones. The underlying psychological mechanism of this species of legalistic mind-control is to seize control of a community’s psycholinguistic constellation of words and thought. Once major words and concepts have been commandeered, only the most thoughtful and intelligent will understand what is happening, and only if they pay attention. The other 50-90% of the population can be expected to blithely ride this ever-changing lexical conveyor belt straight to totalitarian hell. ABN
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