It’s hard to believe the image below was originally shared on these pages and discussed almost a decade ago. There was just something about the shift in messaging from the totalitarian left that sounded an internal alarm amid those who were focused on the open dismissal of liberty and freedom that resounded from the drumbeat of the Obama era:
“Fundamental change” was a looming catch phrase many just seemed to ignore. And here we are… divided by a network of seemingly intoxicating systems; many purposefully driven by the modern dynamic of social media, steering a tribal outcome we are only now just beginning to fathom. Ultimately what the collective weight of progressiveness is putting upon us is isolation. There are so many historic references to this strategic sentiment it is disconcerting to review with hindsight.
I am not a sage, but we saw this coming…. we just didn’t know the entry vector that would be used to accomplish the final stages of diminished freedom and individual liberty. As we look at the current COVID-19 mandates and dictates one cannot easily dismiss the weaponized use of a virus to attain division under the guise of “social distancing.”
When we initially asked the question: “where would you choose to live“, we had no idea a virus would be purposeful to enhance the objectives of social engineering, isolation and ultimately, painfully, oppression. Oblivious to the grand design, we allowed a seemingly disparate network of big tech companies to control communication. The COVID aspect now generates in the physical world exactly the same distance created in the digital world.
In/around July it was obvious in my travels we were on the precipice of a disconnect from human interaction that would numb our psyche to what ultimately matters, fellowship.
Not only are various governmental agencies forcing the separation of people from their community networks, we are also seeing faith-based organizations, churches, buying into the fear. Even in areas where churches are not forcibly shut down, many are seeing a structural shift where some faith leaders are willingly ostracizing their community under the guise of various COVID alarms. This is not good…. not good at all.
Fellowship is the essential ingredient to a purposeful life. How and why we interact with each-other is how and why we recharge our core humanity. To see faith leaders willing to separate from the function of fellowship is alarming. However, as individuals we must not allow this foreboding sense to become the normal expectation.
Throughout history large armies have been defeated through the process of division. It is not a leap to see the same strategic objectives being deployed against social assemblies including congregations. It is puzzling how leadership cannot see the danger in social and spiritual distance when the bond of fellowship is needed more than ever.
Each of us has a different connection to our community. Each of us has a different level of internal strength… such is the nature of living. However, the distance between people is manifestly not a good outcome when combined with the lack of food for the soul.
The influence of social media is already troublesome, physically distancing from human engagement only worsens the impact. There is no digital replacement for the true fellowship of humanity on a personal level.
Ultimately it is the currency of human connection that is the true value in our lives.
We have each felt how our positive influence upon the lives of others nourishes our own sense of purpose and fulfillment… Do not lose that. Do not think you can compensate for that through other arbitrary measures; you cannot.
With local, state and now federal leaders moving beyond the workplace distance; and beyond the community distance; and beyond the church distance; and now entering your home to tell you the importance of separating yourself from your family during a time of year when that very assembly is the core of your support network… you must evaluate these arbitrary decrees very deliberately.
Evaluate very closely what you are willing to give up. Perhaps we are in this position today because we didn’t sit still enough and contemplate the real priorities in our lives.
Our liberty is inherent.
Our freedom is inherent.
The removal of both requires consent.
I choose not to disconnect.
I choose purpose.
I choose my own humanity.
Love to all,
~ Sundance
[…] I asked a gentleman for the location to a convenience store to purchase some mints to chew throughout the day. I was directed to a specific store.
When I made my purchase, the mask on the other side of the counter was as sad as many that day, but I felt compelled to ask how she was doing. The typical “been better” was the return. However, as I started to walk away… I turned back: “what’s wrong”?
For the next few minutes I listened as I met a mom of four kids who was 15 days from a COVID-based eviction. There was really no-one to blame; and worse, for her no-where to turn. She was looking for housing grants to avoid the most painful decision in her short 30-year-life.
You see, there was a reason why I went into that store that afternoon, at least that’s what I told her; and there was a reason why she was there. In part with your support, and after putting all other tasks in the appropriately unimportant place they deserved, WE (yes, you and me) together found a solution and provided the resources she needed. Starfish dude strikes again… this time with His help and your help.
It would have been very easy to walk out and accept that simple: “been better”. Heck, I think of all the times I have done that before…. but not this time. This time something nagged about it…. and so I turned around and found tears, fellowship – and mints.
The next day another stroll, a little lost, and a veteran on the street… I can’t tell you his story because that’s for another day… but it is just as important and just as profound. As I walked away from him many minutes later he yelled at me: “HEY DUDE”. I turned my unmasked smile back in his direction only to have him say: “we need more people like you in charge”… Thumbs up, and I continued my travels.
Which is really the point of writing all this. Our nation needs more people like you, right now. Don’t wait… engage life, get optimistic however you need to do it. Then let that part of you shine right now… This is how we fight. Hold up that flag; give the starter smile… rally to the standard you create and spread fellowship again.
God knows we need it.
The aspect of fellowship discussed by SD involving the ability to physically congregate and share closeness is a profound statement.
Being a student military History and Leadership there is a book by General SLA Marshall, titled “Men Against Fire” on my bookshelf that I still read over and over. The author was commissioned, by the US Army, after WW II to perform a study involving small unit leadership and to assess the effective of US Small Units at Infantry Squad and Combat Vehicle Crew Level. He devotes allot of ink and analysis on the impact of “proximity” vs small groups of soldiers under fire. Units and crews that held together under the worst of conditions were those that could actually see, touch and directly talk to their comrades.
We are seeing the use of China Virus as the means to drive wedges and break cohesion by those who want to RULE (not govern) us and by cowardly leaders who have little physical support to encourage as well as embolden then to resist.
“Units and crews that held together under the worst of conditions were those that could actually see, touch and directly talk to their comrades. ”
Now we know what the lockdown is for.
“God helps those who help themselves.” That implies a continual effort to change the globalist narrative and deflate their power to brainwash and control behavior.
It may be pretty much impossible to flaunt outward, public defiance of the increasingly draconian Covid measures but the Maga movement needs to remain energized and reinvent itself. Especially if there is a Biden takeover.
In some ways it means living a double life. Like most underground movements, acting in conformity in public but working behind the scenes to bring about ‘fundamental change.’
The Democrats were in full resist/sabotage mode every second of the Trump term. They need to be treated the same way. It will be much harder without the MSM, social media and the swamp establishment on the frontlines of the counter resistance. But that means being smarter and finding alternative ways to undermine their power.
The movement has to extend beyond the person of Donald Trump at some point. The Tea Party history should also be remembered and the same mistakes must be avoided.
“It may be pretty much impossible to flaunt outward, public defiance of the increasingly draconian Covid”
I disagree and just did this week
Had a surgery. Refused to wear a mask. No one cared or tried to force it on the patient.
Say no, say it loud, and make them act.
The hospital I work for, which actually includes numerous medical centers and tens of thousands of employees, will absolutely not allow you- patient, family member or employee,- in a doctor’s office, the hospital, lab, radiology, you name it unless you have a mask on, and, it has to be the mask they say is the right type of mask. No exceptions. It’s like trying to sneak into Ft. Knox. : (
Boy I discovered that in recent months because I had eye surgery. I’ve discovered the medical community to be among the most militant about the masks. My son drove me to the hospital and he was initially allowed to come in with me. Of course, masks required, temperature check. Once they established his identity and connection to me, he was relegated to the parking lot and they sent him a text when I was ready. Geez!
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC is like Fort Knox to get in as well. In addition to temperature check and mask, you also have to sign in with security and tell them the doctor you are seeing.
At my regular doctor’s office I was fussed at because I took my mask off in the waiting room. There wasn’t another person there. I put it on but under my nose and again I was fussed at by the staff. Just me and the TV!
h.t., the demorats ARE in full resist/sabatoge mode…….
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/11/gary-d-barnett/is-this-virus-the-weapon-being-used-to-usher-in-a-communistic-takeover-of-the-united-states/
“…Most everything being told to the American citizens are nothing more than lies, deceit, and propaganda. There is no pandemic, but there is a plot to take over the entire country, destroying any and all normal aspects of life. The destruction of the human spirit and psyche is happening before our eyes, and many of the things planned by the controlling class will cause the annihilation of this economic system and the loss of freedom. The agenda to gain control over the people is moving forward at lightening speed, and this looks to be the final push toward achieving a communistic style society with the controlling interests dominating the very minds of its subjects.
In my opinion, the most important part of this nefarious conspiracy will rely on mass vaccination. The coming Covid vaccine has most likely been available and has been stockpiled for a very long time. It is not meant to prevent or cure any so-called virus or disease, but will be used to take over the minds and bodies of men. All the technology to do this is in place, and the incentive for the worst among us to enslave the population is evident. This is not even being done in secret, as the plans of the chosen masters have been openly discussed and announced for any that choose to listen. Injecting everyone with this new vaccine is in the works, and has been for a long period of time, and is most definitely a fascist partnership between the U.S. government, the world’s ‘health’ organizations, Bill Gates and his criminal foundation, and the pharmaceutical industry….”
This is quite an assertion, and it would be nice if some proof or evidence of this were cited –
“The coming Covid vaccine has most likely been available and has been stockpiled for a very long time. It is not meant to prevent or cure any so-called virus or disease, but will be used to take over the minds and bodies of men. All the technology to do this is in place, and the incentive for the worst among us to enslave the population is evident.”
There is quite a bit of information out there on this topic. This interview with Catherine Austin Fitts on Greg Hunter’s WatchdogUSA may be a good place to start getting some eye-opening information about issues surrounding the vaccine. Start it at 10:56 and watch until 20:00. (Although it’s worth it to watch to the end, as she also talks about smartphones and something called “transhumanism”. There are other sources on the nanotechnology and gene-altering aspects if you look. Not hard to find. If you’re not familiar with Catherine Austin Fitts, she was the Ass’t Sec’y of HUD under GHW Bush, later a partner at a big investment bank (I think Dillon Reade but don’t quote me) and now runs her own company. She is a big proponent of working from the grass roots ground level up, as Sundance has recently talked about.
https://youtu.be/1Pb5-qkMdFM
Just say’n… 😉
You, yes, you
be the first in line.
The rest of Us will watch;
as the Truth is revealed.
NIH COVID-19 Lecture: Nucleic Acid Delivery Systems for RNA Therapy and Gene Editing
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Dan Anderson will describe his work on the combinatorial development of nanoparticulate, intracellular delivery systems for RNA therapy and gene editing. Libraries of degradable polymers and lipid-like materials have been synthesized, formulated, and screened for their ability to deliver macromolecular payloads inside of cells. These nanoformulations facilitate in vivo delivery, enabling gene suppression with small-interfering RNA, gene expression with messenger RNA, or permanent genetic editing using the CRISPR/Cas9 system.
https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=37814
You are not the LEAST bit suspicious that the covid vaccine was developed in record time…nearly half or less of the time normally required to develop high efficacy vaccines?
It almost seems as if they…had a head start…? ?
Sundance- I have found more fellowship, joy, hope and solace here at the Tree House than at any other group I belong to save perhaps my own family and the rooms of AA. Certainly there is no church that I know of that even comes close to what we have here- the last refuge of a rag tag group of irredeemable Deplorables.
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To your point about isolation- through God’s miracle, I have been sober and drug free for over 20 years. I know too well the dangers of isolation and how deadly it can be. Now more than ever we need groups and organizations that support the sick and suffering addicts and alcoholics who are also victims of the Lockdowns.
Sad to tell you but the Churches, especially the rotten Catholics, are collaborating with the Government and not allowing our 12 Step groups to meet. I am in contact with many groups all over NY and it’s the same story- the churches will not let us use their rooms to meet. I have been fighting with my own parish priest and even wrote to Cardinal Dolan, but these God fearing good Catholics don’t have the human decency to let us go back to our meetings we need so much.
We have lost many people in the past 9 months and their deaths are a direct result of the loss of our fellowship and meetings thanks to the disgusting priests and pastors who are the biggest hypocrites going.
I feel blessed to have the Fellowship of the Tree House during these trying times thanks once again to Divine Intervention.
I can never thank you and the Treepers enough for helping us through these perilous times. Like our President Trump, you are a mighty warrior and a leader. Please know that we will always be there for you as well.
#MAGA4EVER
The bishops are selling out the people. They have been co-opted. Our bishop in San Diego was put in place by the pedophile McCarrick’s influence over the pope.
That is so sad. We have some truly satanic forces against us. And the Chi coms are issuing ultimatums.
–Stand strong. I believe we can get our country back.
–Can you meet in someone’s house like the rest of the country does for Bible study? A bonus would be if you could do so with some deplorables for the double advantage of communication, networking, resistance to the overlords.
Halo Sandy- we do have some private meetings but they are poorly attended for many reasons including the desire for anonymity.
Seneca, just wondering and you don’t have to answer. You wouldn’t by chance be R.H. the hiker/backpacker that showed a young lady how to correctly pack her backpack and proofread a college essay on the Seneca tribe in the Finger Lakes area?
aisheschayal- sounds like a beautiful story but that was not me.
Thanks for answering Seneca, yes, a great wonderful guy with a lot of similarities to you. Keep up the good posts!! : )
Seneca – that’s a tragic story. I’ve been sober over 30 years because of AA. I quit going to meetings a while ago – I am a “recovered alcoholic” – but I’ve been wondering what’s happening to folks who can’t make it to meetings. More collateral damage for the powers that be.
Indeed Seneca, you and I share much of the same sentiment with our current captured status. But for the grace of God I will celebrate 31 years in a month and reap the rewards He bestows upon me. The tyrants may be able to restrict my ability to physically be present but not my spiritual fellowship. Yep, our Bishop across Hudson’s river shows his cowardice and distain for his flock with his silence. Our meeting places are also shut and we have resorted to Zoom (reluctantly so) so as to share what was so freely given to me (I ‘am Responsible ….). At 75 there is not much I can do physically that will require strength and stamina but will support all those who can. CTH has and will be a place of refuge for over 10 years and will continue as we move toward 2.0. I’ve fought my war and to this day still pay a steep price for what we were told was a “police action”. Never trusted another “D” since and never will. Between Cuomo and Murphy (if we survive) may we never forget what they have so willingly pupariated upon their electorate. God Help US!
Winch Man – thanks for your comment, very astute.
We are reluctantly using the Zoom meetings but they are a poor substitute for getting together in person.
Just say’n… 😉
Reflect upon the Positives.
Internet meetings allow seeing;
better than phones – only hearing.
Allows participants to:
Save fuel expense;
save ware and tear;
save travel time;
be safe at home;
be warm at home;
be dry at home;
interact at home;
where ever and what ever
home may be, to each; and
especially, to laugh at antics
of the other group members.
Sundance wrote:
Which is really the point of writing all this. Our nation needs more people like you, right now. Don’t wait… engage life, get optimistic however you need to do it. Then let that part of you shine right now… This is how we fight. Hold up that flag; give the starter smile… rally to the standard you create and spread fellowship again.
God knows we need it.
Impeach- just got off of a great zoom meeting. It was just what I needed as we approach the holidays.
You are right- accentuate the positive. Thanks.
Seneca, by way of accentuating the positive, if things were otherwise, you wouldn’t be here writing the things you write here, and I think the tone in the Tree would not be the same without your perspectives. They’ve inspired and comforted me more than once, and I doubt I’m the only one.
We’re living in a real upside-down world when AA meetings are forbidden, while liquor stores are officially deemed essential and remain open.
Ma McGriz- thanks so much for your kind words. You and the other Treepers are the reason that this place feels so much like home to me. It is indeed The Last Refuge.
First, Last and Only, blessed in the Spirit, and always ready.
Me too! Thanks Sundance! My fifth year here and we keep coming her for the fellowship. But the stories above are so touching! Great miracle do happen! mostly when unexpected.
Me too! 42 yrs ODAT. No church meetings in DE just Zoom. Churches and AAers afraid. We will get through this with the help of HP.
Thank you Sundance.
God bless you Seneca and I hope your meetings can start again soon. Forced isolation is not good for our well being. I think that all of these Trump rallies, caravans and boat parades not only show our love and support for our great President, but also allows us to be a part of something bigger, fellowship with freedom lovers willing to assemble and fight for it. We were part of the million people in DC last weekend and the fellowship, joy and hope was palpable.
At Mass today, our priest told us that Delaware’s new restrictions will only allow 100 people to worship in Church. We are going to the Bishop this week and demanding to keep the Churches open and allow our priests to shepherd their flocks. Fellowship and worship is essential and we, as laity, are now ready to fight for this right and our need for God’s spiritual nourishment.
Following is a wonderful video about President Trump’s remarks on Poland’s cry before the fall of Communism in their country: “WE WANT GOD!”
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1297531229546455046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1297531229546455046%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpolandin.com%2F49534828%2Fwe-want-god-trump-recalls-his-visit-to-poland
Love it! 35 year long friend of Bill’s here!
BTW, the night before the lockdown began in March, I told the group I was with I would open up my backyard to meeting. I have a good sized patio and fire ring so once a week we meet, have coffee, cookies, and a warm toasty fire.
Anywhere between 9-12 people attend. Most are fairly new which is PRECISELY why I do it. I knew there would be casualties from the lack of face to face contact and that has been the case.
I fear relapse far more than a stupid bug.
Keep the faith, help where you can, I believe God will be generous with his grace thru these difficult times
Just say’n… 😉
“open up my backyard to meeting”
Good on ya, Jim Comey is a weasel_Doug!
Many more need to do so, too.
Cheers Seneca,
It’s little wonder I so enjoy your posts.
It’s been 29 years “ one day at a time” for me “off the booze”
I was the liaison for our group, and our church was forced by our leftist government to adhere to unenforceable and unworkable protocols.
The result being no meetings since early March.
Many have taken to the “Zoom meetings” although helpful, they lack the personal and human touch. ( plus ones anonymity is compromised)
My own path is to put more effort into Steps 11 and 12.
Almost as important as not taking the first drink, is daily contact here at the CTH with countless like minded folks.
Thank you all.
God bless PDJT
I just got off the phone with my older brother who turned 70 today. He is a recovering addict who spent many years in prison. He was getting ready to go to a meeting. The first post I saw after we hung up was yours, Seneca.
My brother is a miracle. He goes to meetings pretty much every day and counsels other addicts in his job. He also just got through a rather mild case of the Covid. Ohio is not as locked down as NY, even though we have an insane governor. I don’t think the Catholic church is where his meetings are, but most are in some kind of church.
I know how important these meetings are to the people who attend. It is literally a matter of life and death. My brother is pretty long in recovery, although he had a relapse a few years ago. He is not my only sibling who has been saved by God and AA. My little sister has been clean for 30 years. But many are just early in the process and they desperately need to be at those meetings! I will pray for them and you. And congratulations on your 20 years of sobriety.
coaster mom- thanks very much for a beautiful post. I too am a miracle and it was only through God’s grace that I am alive today. When I hit my lowest bottom after decades of alcohol and drug abuse, I was given a few months to live at best. I had lost everything: my family, my marriage, jobs and friends.
If I didn’t have the safety net of my dear family, I would have ended up living in a cardboard box under a bridge somewhere. At the end my days were spent on the couch with a bottle of vodka and my dogs. I ended up in the hospital ER and woke up a day when I had my moment of clarity. I was afraid- all I could say was “God help me.” And so the miracle began. And it is indeed a miracle, a life beyond my wildest dreams as they say.
Which is why I love Sundance so much- he always tells us to live our best lives. There is no better advice.
I’ve always been a loner but this is getting really quite distressing. Maybe it’s because I just want to be left alone but these One Government Stringpullers won’t let us live our lives. Even if you’re in the middle of a field in Mongolia they’ll put masks on your goats and make sure your yurt is LGBT-friendly. I just want a few good friends and a good woman (some of the time).
Cheers
Got the Chinese Communist Wuhan Flu – got released a month ago and ditched my mask.
I can’t give the virus to anyone and I can’t get it as I had it
About 30% to 40% of the people at supermarket were maskless.
I ‘m tired of this crap.
Glad you recovered.
It’s one thing to choose to be alone, it’s another to be forced to be alone. Solitary confinement isn’t considered severe punishment for no reason and to have it forced on us by our government for NO LEGITIMATE REASON is so far beyond unacceptable it’s not in the same cosmos.
Actually, a field in Mongolia isn’t without its charm these days compared to where I am in the failed state of Kalifornia.
Well great for you. Maybe you should have Tat-too on your forehead? I don’t understand the math? If the kill rate is a fraction of one percent, then with 250,000 deaths, we must have well over 250 million that have had the virus. We are practically at total herd immunity. No?
Bud: I’m assuming you are saying this mostly in jest. But, in case not: a) the correct math would be 25 million (not 250M) using a 1% mortality figure, so that would only represent around 7% of the U.S. population, and b) we clearly don’t know how many deaths were truly due to COVID with all the fraudulent coding of cause-of-death. Thus, the actual number of Americans who have really had COVID (based on an assumed mortality rate of 1%) is a fraction of that 7% number… maybe only 1-2%.
And, anecdotally, I am the person responsible for monitoring COVID “cases” for our company of around 600 employees who are located in several locations around the U.S. Since mid-March when we started requiring employees to report, we have experienced only two individuals who tested positive -and- displayed any symptoms (both had a fever and sore throat, and one experienced a loss of smell). Both employees recovered without incident within a week. Based on this, admittedly small, sample size, and with an age range of around 25-65, the rate of symptomatic cases for our employee base appears to be substantially less than 1% over an 8-month period. So, unlikely that there is any significant level of herd immunity.
SE Iowa today. I was denied service at a local chain convenience store. They told me I had to wear a mask and pointed to sign on the door. They offered to provide me a mask. I declined, told them I would go elsewhere. They got angry.
This type of response has now happened to me twice. Can someone explain why they get so mad when you don’t follow their demands? I don’t show any anger when it happens, I just shrug my shoulders and tell them I can spend my $$ somewhere else and leave. I just find their anger inexplicable.
People who are afraid want others to be as afraid as they are. Your not wearing a mask suggests to them they are deluded or fools, when they have rationalized that they are not.
“Why do you want to make people sick!”
Their usual charge.
Dont I have to be sick first? If I am, I stay home.
I had two encounters the past two days. One was also at a convenience store. As I was entering, some woman said ‘mam you have to wear a mask” and I said, “no I don’t.” Once inside looking a scratch offs and one of the clerks said the same thing and I responded the same way. Took my money for sure.
Today at Jimmy John’s, I’m the only customer in the store and I got into an argument with the two young men there when they told me they could not serve me unless I wore a mask. I told them about the Danish study just published and they argued the masks work — why they hadn’t gotten sick and I retorted, I don’t wear one and I haven’t gotten sick either. They offered me curbside and I declined. I finally asked them if they were going to serve me or not and they did. They told me our city had just instituted a fine if they don’t deny service to a maskless person. I explained how laws are made and this wasn’t a law and if they didn’t get wise they would not be living in a free country for long.
Needless to say, I won’t be returning to either place.
Envy is the most dangerous emotion. They envy your quiet courage, hence the anger. And I’d guess the anger is projection. They are actually angry at themselves for not standing up, not showing principles, as you have done.
You are just supposed to tale the abuse and hand over your money anyway…and when you don’t..well you are not acting in the prescribed manner
See these discussions of delusional psychosis:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/10/delusional_psychosis_drives_americans_to_enforce_fearbased_covid_restrictions.html
… and this one (especially the “symptoms list”), half way down:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delusional_disorder
Such behavior is text-book, right out of the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” (DSM) and previously was diagnosed as aberrational until mainstreamed using COVID.
That list goes a long way to describing the Dems – they all suffer from delusional psychosis!
I believe that people with Narcissistic personality disorder have more or less taken over the democrat party. This is very dangerous since their compulsive need to control people is leading to this authoritarian takeover, and they will not stop.
Well I will share what happened to me just two hours ago.
I live in York county S.C. We are red and got redder in this past election.
I have never once wore a mask, and judging from all reports this state and area is one of the most normal and least impacted by covid tyranny in the country as far as I can tell.
I have been going to all restaurants and chain stores since June with never once a problem of any kind, by employees or other shoppers. That streak broke today as I was harassed by a nut ball in my local Harris teeter. I did not like it, but handled it the way I recommend all free American should.
He made an ass of himself and embarrassed his wife. I completely ignored him , completely, as if he didn’t even exist and none of it was even happening. It worked IMO. The store didn’t respond to him at all and I finished my shopping normally, no rush. HT has always and was today normal and polite to me in all interactions.
Anyway: this 50-55isj ( I’m 38) overweight man was the nut bag.
He passed me in one aisle and I heard him “whisper” “ you should be wearing the mask”. I didn’t even look or react to him, I just kept my normal shopping going. Ten mins later about two aisles over he came in the aisle again. This one was populated pretty heavily. I heard him about behind me, “YOU SHOULD BE WEARING A MASK.” He was angry as hell, like a rabid dog.
Again I ignored totally as if no one said anything or he wasn’t even there. I grabbed my choice of pretzels and moved a bit down to the chips. Then he screamed ,”WHAT , ARE YOU STUPID?” And then as I moved my cart at normal speed down to the next area I needed, he yelled “ I GUESS YOU ARE!” Again as angry as if I had just killed his dog or something.
Finally 20 mins later I was getting my wife shampoo is the toiletries aisle and I was alone. I hear a woman say “I don’t want to be around you, stop!” Then I hear the same man scream “ well I don’t want to be around HIM!”. I finally took a quick glance over and see this lunatic pointing at me to his apparent wife. She grabbed him hard and pushed him to turn around and literally pushed him out of the aisle. It was clear he was making his wife uncomfortable acting like a crazy person and stalking me through the store.
Anyway. I took my time, got what I needed and finished my trip as normal. Perfectly friendly young man at checkout. No further problems.
That said I did not like the experience of meeting such an angry, unhinged idiot. And i thank God the rest of the shoppers didn’t all turn on me or something. It was nice everyone minded their own business, but would have been nicer for some others to tell this guy to leave me alone and to stop acting like an ass. I would have done that. Oh well, I guess that’s too much to ask for in this horrible corrupt nation of irrational hatred we have become. Today sucked. I have little hope for any return to normal. This was just one lunatic but it was discouraging none the less.
You played it well but yeah, it woulda been nice for some vocal backup.
Good shopping. The nut clearly wanted confrontation and/or others to join in shaming you for not wearing a mask. He escalated when he didn’t get the desired response. No feeding the trolls!
I admire your restraint however at some point we have to stand up for ourselves, at least that’s how I’m wired… my peacemaking wife would do the same as you did just ignore him or if she became frightened she would cave in and put a mask on or just leave the store. I’m glad I wasn’t there cause I would have told him to shut his fat ass up and mind his own damn business and i would have said if you are afraid keep yourself at home .I am not a violent person but I am willing to stand my ground so if he escalated I would have been happy to oblige
Oh do not be mistaken , if this loser had done anything even slightly physical I would have easily defended myself. Name calling and yelling like a child is best ignored , however. As I said, it only makes him look the ass. Getting in a yelling fight does you no good and will just escalate to something that will likely distract your day further or get you kicked out as now you are part of a public disturbance.
I was in BJs a couple of weeks ago. As I was walking down an isle some guy probably in his late 60’s early 70’s asked me where is my mask. I ignored him and as I got closer to him he asked me again so I then asked him What are you my boss? That stunned him then he said very angrily…I just don’t want to die. I replied with neither do I that is why I have a mask exemption! That totally shut him up. But I kind of felt sorry for him that the media has people so scared to death. I said a prayer for him.
Ready, I had a similar experience last month in a local grocery store.
I shared the story here before, but here is a brief synopsis.
A masked man popped off at me as he approached me from the rear.
At approx 0705,I was alone not within 50 ft of anyone but him and talking on the phone with a friend that had called.
I thought the slug was joking, or that I knew him and he was taking the piss.
He was a stranger and started raging at me..he was about my age, but a good fifty pounds of flab heavier.
He went on about how I would make him sick, well I thought hmmm. Serenity, and I am to be a doormat. I went vicious, told him looking his obesity made me sick, and continued to rip into him.
The fat bass turd was shocked, I gave him the look and he slithered off.
I am proud of my action, yes. Should I have turned the other cheek? Naw, he would have slapped that one too.
These bullies need pushed back, or they will keep pushing.
Cheers all.
Ready and able, I live in Boone, NC, and if I had gone into our Harris Teeter without a mask, I would be the victim of verbal and possibly physical assault…by many. The liberals here are outrageous! I love the this beautiful and mountainous area; however, I sometimes believe I made a mistake moving from red SC. It makes me physically ill to see such ignorance and arrogance. That said; I walk through stores very happy and speak to others in a most upbeat manner.
I will add that when they start reminding shoppers over the intercom about social distancing and “We are all in this together,” I take great joy in saying aloud, “Oh, shut the hell up!”
The Real Pandemic: Mass Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy
https://www.aier.org/article/the-real-pandemic-mass-munchausens-syndrome-by-proxy/
A couple of weeks ago I was at a convenience store and nobody was wearing a mask. In fact they all looked at me funny because of my face covering so i took it off.
“Truth begets Hatred” Terence, (170–160 BC)
While the Trump presidency was supposed to be a non-violent wake up call for the Uniparty, I’m afraid the next wake up call may be violent….the anti-American element is backing us all into the same corner…..it’s republic if u can hold onto it….
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/11/vasko-kohlmayer/michael-moore-admits-the-left-will-attempt-a-coup/
“….Even if they accomplish only seventy percent of their agenda, the Left’s hold on power will become for all practical purposes unshakeable. Thus, what they are trying to effect is nothing short of a coup, which would guarantee one Party a permanent grasp on government.
The election we just had was not yet the full coup. It was only its first stage….”
My only quibble is that we are beyond the first stage.
One of my favorite movies is Fritz Lang’s 1927 “Metropolis”-I feel we’re closer to that than most people know-
”I am sorry to say this, but this is the historical truth.”
https://metallicman.com/laoban4site/what-the-progressive-liberals-have-in-store-for-conservatives/
(not for the feint of heart)
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/11/gary-d-barnett/dr-igor-shepherds-talk-about-the-horrors-of-a-covid-vaccine/
“…He fully understands that the plan of depopulation and mandatory vaccinations will be at our doorstep very soon, and is shocked that the American people are so passive concerning this enemy takeover. He believes that this fake pandemic is the means by which a communist global government will be ushered into existence; one that cannot be voted out….”
this should be required reading. all 6 parts. if this doesn’t sober you up to the hell on earth nightmare we are facing then nothing will. i will reiterate TZ’s warning: not for the faint of heart.
This is very long, but pretty persuasive. Everybody should read it.
I don’t know if someone is playing with the site, but after part 1, I had to use the wayback machine to get the later parts.
Well… that was sobering.
Glad I took the time.
Thank you, TZ, for the reality check!
If this proves to be Trump’s final period in office, maybe he can clear the decks and boldly stand up. His family will have had the 19 flu and survived. He has to prosecute this grave matter or go down as a political victim of it. C19 is our moment of consequence, and I pray he fires a Sidewinder into its belly. Barr has done zilch. Donald is the only executive in place to speak the truth.
Right now, these are the two most comprehensive videos available by a Constitutional law expert about standing up & enforcing your rights as American citizens during this time of governmental overreach due to COVID-19.
There is no doubt that the marxists do not want fellowship. They want dogmatic allegiance to the state. That is why they are pushing so hard to shun, shame and punish people for celebrating Thanksgiving. It is real and it is other people (co-workers, bosses etc.) that the state uses to help them pressure, threaten you to tow the line. Beware of anyone who will not accept that you have the right to decide. I doubt they have your best interest in mind, rather than what the state tells them.
Hmm, lots of stories out there today about “biblical” court filings (from S. Powell) and how “satanism and pedophilia” are all going to be revealed by attorney L. Wood. Let’s urge them to stay focused.
If lawyers start getting confused about being an instrument of God through working the levers of the human legal system, they could get sloppy and lose sight of the goal.
I have a completely different take on Ms. Powell’s use of the word “biblical”. No way did I understand it to mean she’s taking her mind off the election fiasco. She is laser-focused while putting a monumental case together in warp speed. We’ll soon find out why she used that term. I was encouraged by it.
It amazes me the number of people on here that feel qualified to give Sydney Powell and Lin Wood advice, really? The problem isn’t them its people who are reading the stories you are.
Is that why the Trump Team disavowed her today?
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/11/22/breaking-trump-campaign-announces-sidney-powell-is-not-a-member-of-the-legal-team/
IMHO that article is taking a lot of information, quotes, and tweets out of context.
Deliberately.
Caveat emptor.
Just say’n… 😉
Congrats, you’re
today’s Ketchup
award winner.
The Christmas spirit is in the air.. a bit early. We put up our Christmas lights
outside last weekend because the weather here in CT was unusually warm for
Nov. so I figure why not do it now instead of in the cold. Normally don;t do it
till AFTER Thanksgiving, neighbors walk by say putting out Christmas decor
already. Said why not with the nice weather.. This weekend neighbors on both
side put theirs out on another nice unusually warm day..
Home is decorated for Christmas. Enjoying the season..they won;t ruin
my favorite holiday. Toy drives in the local store.. a reason to go to the store.
I decorated my home for Christmas last week and have had friends over. Will continue gathering with friends in public and at home in “peaceful non compliance” as I have been doing through most of the covid shut downs.
I did the same albeit I’m in the south so no real cold weather likely. Good for you Jesus is the reason for the season which is a great thing to celebrate, so why wait. Merry Christmas!
Our liberty is inherent.
Our freedom is inherent.
The removal of both requires consent. That is, unless they decide to take it by brute force, which seems to be what they are bent on doing. We are a country without law & order right now. This is going to get ugly, and if Trump hands over the reins of power, real ugly.
PRESIDENT Trump will not “hand over” anything.
Retired Magistrate here: We attend a small country church down the road from us. Our church was closed for about 4 weeks and then we decided that GOD does not want us to live in fear so we opened up and have been open ever since. If you want to wear a mask fine; if not that is OK also. Most of our congregation is over 65 and have underlying health issues and don’t wear masks. Once a month we have socials downstairs and have a potluck. Our pastor plays the piano and we all sing loudly. It is wonderful.
Every year we have a Christmas Open House; this year is no different. Did not invite as many people because some people are still freaked out over Covid-19. Mainly invited members of our church and some neighbors.
Several nights ago we met at a congregation member’s house to pray for the country and that President Trump be re elected. We also prayed for his legal team and that the truth would come out for all to see.
Please continue and live your best life. The left will try and steal it from you but only you can give your best life away: DON’T!
lovely post…thank you..
Lucky you, the only thing in common with us is that our local country church is down the road from us too.
“We also prayed for his legal team and that the truth would come out for all to see.”
1 Timothy 2:1-5 KJV
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; [2] For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
[3] For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; [4] Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. [5] For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Ephesians 5:13 KJV
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
Wish I could “LOVE” this comment! So nice to read okay to wear mask or don’t. Way it should be – not forcing anyone.
My church was only closed for two weeks and not a single member of the congregation has gotten sick. Almost no one wears a mask. Lots of hugs as well.
Government is now the zookeepers dictating how many of us can be in a cage at any given time. Some of the animals have work release, others not.
Curfews have been initialed to increase cage time.
I felt it was a great signal to see that president Trump did not join the gloom and doom pandemic meetings at the G20. And, I love reading the wonderful reassurance from Sundance that we are not alone! I think that the ludicrous “social distancing” mandates are manifestly designed to ruin our spirit, and they will ultimately fail. I am encouraged that, despite the social media censorship, and the left wing media bias, and the insidious Covid mandates, and the election fraud, TRUMP WON ANYWAY. This tells me that the silent majority is very much alive and thinking, and the best is yet to come, no matter how strong the opposition seems at the moment.
info: that’s FAKE NEWS … PDJT did indeed attend and spoke at the G20 Pandemic portion.
see this PDJT retweet of Larry Kudlow’s statement.
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1330600542159167488?s=20
Nineteen-Eighty-Four
Complete (1:47:30)
December 1954 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
Peter Cushing, André Morell, Yvonne Mitchell, Donald Pleasence
Scary as hell!
California and other states are big on stopping fellowship right now. Funny thing is the left and right of politics isn’t complying with this Thanksgiving attempt. I like that part ?
Tell me about it! I have been separated from my wife and two year old son for 10 months now! I have cold anger now. Displaced in a foreign with no friends. Now they are talking about a 5th wave and it never ends! Who are these evil people and why can’t we oppose them? I watched a German doctor doing a live podcast exposing the CCP Virus hoax with scientific data only to get arrested at gun point. Yes we are on the precipice of facing a harsh choice! Our liberties or tyranny! The latter is unacceptable!
‘No man is an island’ John Donne
The attempt by the cabal is to remove our nature. If we keep God, family, country first and we’ll overcome. However, if we lose our faith, families are fighting over politics, and our supposed fellow Americans are tearing down statues of Christ & Washington the foundations of the USA. This is being achieved by destroying our commonality as Americans. This to me is our biggest challenge as a people. We must re instill love of our Great land, USA!
The biggest perpetrator of this insidious plan, the MSM. This is something through this whole election mess, the press needs to be destroyed as willing culprits of the destruction of the USA.
“Just the facts ma’am.” News for 30 minutes a day. Get rid of FOX, CNN, MSNBC, all 24/7 news as it’s bad for the soul and there are people that do it all day and their minds are mush, without the ability for critical thinking. They just vomit the latest narrative. Not healthy. Turn if off!
God Bless America!
Stan:
I listen to Rush, and then I Iisten to the news (Fox!) on AM radio.
Two different worlds. All the ideas Rush mocks are front and centre on the Fox broadcast.
I agree with you: isolation and quarantine are preferable to this mental pollution.
No matter how strong you think you are, morally, you have to isolate yourself from the garbage.
Stop, stop watching Fox! They’re over, so over.
Like a totalitarian, communist country, refuge will be ever more hard to find. The Russians had Voice of America. Where do we go?
Shared on all my social media. Oh and I chose the “outside” with the Treehouse Deplorables!! Wolverines!!!!!!
There are glimpses of hope and sanity in the world—Portugal:
https://off-guardian.org/2020/11/20/portuguese-court-rules-pcr-tests-unreliable-quarantines-unlawful/
“In Portugal the dogma of the Faith will always be preserved etc.”
https://catholictruthblog.com/2014/06/08/in-portugal-the-dogma-of-the-faith-will-always-be-preserved-if/
Part of the 3rd secret of Fatima still not revealed in its entirety.
(The bit about the attempt on J2P2’s life was fake, to make faithful Catholics shut up. The current occupant of the papacy hates traditional Catholics.)
I think he hates humanity. Period. I agree the 3rd secret not being revealed either. I think we are now living the secret!
As Benjamin Franklin succinctly put it: We must all hang together, or most assuredly, we will all hang together.
I think his last word was “separately,” but your point is well taken.
May I commend to Treepers local fellowships of true believers in Christ for the human connection and interaction SD is writing about? Such “groupings” have afforded great comfort but even more important today, real POWER, to those who will be humble enough to see this need and fill it the best way possible—with other believers. If you take an honest survey of our world today, you will find the most energy and hope, even amidst incredible persecution and suffering, in such groups of believers.
Note I quite purposely did not use terms like “religion” and “church” as, while churches may certainly be places of such fellowship, a very great many are not, reflecting the apostasy of our age. Furthermore, “religion” is not what I am talking about as in my lexicon, that is the encrustations and too often the obstacle to pure Christianity of the Gospel created by humans as their “golden calf.”
odd on November 22, 2020 at 4:08 pm
Everyone should watch the movie High Noon! PT is Gary Cooper
Does anyone understand this bombshell headline? On the awesome Drudge alternative “the liberty daily,” they have a headline “Kraken is a CIA Hacking Program.”
It is linked to this article from Pamela Geller about a Wikileaks dump claiming Kraken is some kind of CIA hacking program.
https://gellerreport.com/2020/11/kraken-is-a-cia-hacking-program.html/
What is this?
Obviously, it is Insane Left misinformation. OUR Kraken is overwhelming public exposure of the lie that Biden won the election (more generally, it means an overwhelming force unleashed against an enemy, for total destruction of that enemy), their Kraken is obviously not. Geller should be ashamed of herself for putting out this disinformation, which only muddies the meaning of “Kraken” in our present national circumstance.
https://github.com/phreaklets/kraken Harry..beware you may be a bearer of false information. Take a look at the capabilities of Kraken and its other toolset modules and ask yourself..is this what is needed to sniff IP traffic to detect fraud.
Still trying to verify the source of this, or find secondary information on it; but, “if true”, it confirms this is not nation vs nation but definitely interventionist globalism vs individual freedoms, rights and liberties. Not just the US, Hong Kong, Taiwan, but also even in the heart of the same beast from the past, it seems, is Germany.
Am just surprised at the swiftness of their push this time, imaging in the mind’s eye the recent video clip of Chuck Schumer giddy over the transformation he plans to oversee through the Senate should their guy actually succeed in this coup. Perhaps the swift move by Germany, and the growing noise by the Left here in the U.S. is that they sense President Trump WILL win this round and so out of desperation these globalists are pushing up their timeline?
Since the Impeachment, where we almost lost POTUS, the solution had always been in the streets. It still is.
The Left substitutes a Nietzschean faith in the power of the collective for a faith in God.
The weirdos who call themselves anarchists believe, after tearing it all down, something magical will follow.
The oligarchs who perpetrated our hoax election believe their electronic money in the bank will protect them from the mob. Good luck eating those 1s and 0s, Mark Zuckerberg.
Hide behind walls, rich Democrats. Are you sure your bodyguards will man those walls?
I doubt it.
Taking it to the streets is more of a leftist response, the orgy of the collective, where they externalize their inner world so that all are forced to share their torment.
People see this presented all the time, so think that’s “what you do”.
A healthy response would be to direct energy specifically on what is causing the actual problem and nothing else. Making a diffuse spectacle for TV (further enriching the media) still depends on others to solve the problem, which in this case we know they won’t.
… And the problem is media amplification of a much smaller group able to tap into and leverage financial assets obtained from the Fed “printing” trillions of dollars, coupled with decay in certain three-letter agencies that have been granted special access and powers.
Trillions of dollars have been made up out of thin air for the selective distribution, powering an agenda to overwhelm the rest.
Thank you again Sir Sundance…I like to think that where there is THOUGHT, there is HOPE. You and yours here at the Treehouse provide us with just such a place…a comfortable and engaging place of THOUGHT and HOPE!
Sundance posted this video on the same day as the original post of the image. I clicked back a couple of threads and it was a sweet surprise.
Herman was a great guy, he’s missed.
He is missed.
It’s sad to see people like Herman pass and scumbags walking around healthy…I can imagine what he is saying about this election in Heaven!
Yes, “Covid concerns” is a convenient phrase, meaning whatever you need it to.
IMHO, use of it is an indication of diminished intellectual honesty.
What Trump and/or his team has done here is brilliant, because unless he is restored to his rightful place as President, the US as we know it is done. While that is bad for us, it is so much worse for the perpetrators, since they have lost the consent of the governed and their entire base of power that is predicated on a Constitutional republic and the rule of law, fairness and decency. The unfortunate aspect they seem not to have taken into consideration is that lies depend on the truth for their very existence. Eliminate the truth, and the lies go with it.
So much doubt has been cast upon the election and its outcome, the powers that be are now faced with quite a dilemma: continue the fraud and the entire system, from the Constitution on out becomes invalid, most especially the legal system. Or restore Trump and perhaps the US has a little while longer to effect a total restoration to the rule of law.
The US lives or dies with what happens to Trump right now, and I’m sure even some of the most vile members of the deep state will wake up to that, if they haven’t already. They lose any power they’ve got when the US goes. Think about it:
1) Every US government official who deals with foreign governments now becomes a figure of contempt each time they try to strong arm officials of that foreign government on the basis of “democracy”. Don’t get me wrong, the foreign officials might be fearful, but they’ll know the representatives of the US no longer represent peace, prosperity or freedom. They will never be trusted. The US will be seen as an oppressor, not a “trusted ally”. Because there will be no trust, there will be no true agreements.
2) The dollar dies, and so do the people and companies who depended upon it.
3) Voting will be through forever and the very idea will become a joke, if it is machines that determine the outcome. There goes another basis on which the US rests.
4) No one will believe the media or the press anymore, left or right. (To a large extent, Trump has already accomplished this)
5) Judges in their black robes become a mockery, whether they are decent people or not, because the rule of law in the US no longer exists. Who will need lawyers, then?
I don’t think the global cabal has really thought this through. They never do. In the end, they start trying to screw each other and in the process, destroy themselves.
They’ve thought it through. What you have outlined is exactly what marxists wanted to achieve. The don’t care about legitimacy they care about power. The intelligence agencies, FIB, Antifa etc. is all the legitimacy they need.
I understand where you’re coming from, but think about it. The FIB, the intelligence agencies have nothing if they don’t have the US. They start dealing each other out the minute it looks feasible. That’s when it gets ugly. There goes the condo in Fairfax, the comfortable retirement courtesy of the taxpayers. And a host of other goodies.
Antifa may be a different story. But where are they if they are no longer needed and the oligarch money dries up?
This is why Sundance emphasizes fellowship. There is no fellowship among the FIB, the intelligence agencies, Antifa, etc.
You see what Barr is doing now? Executions. Apparently that’s the only thing he’s comfortable ordering.
I agree with you.
–They’re trying to push for a fiction that will not fly, which is divided government, sham arguments, back deals to sell us off to China and the likes.
–Sorry, we see through it.
–The media lords only brainwash 16% fully right now, under half the country through everything else like Hollyweird and education.
–With everything and everyone aligned against Trump, he still won a minimum of 80 million votes in a landslide. And it’s more than half the country when non voters are included.
–That tells you we are already beyond their reach.
–So we’re not going along with a fictional government selling us off in back rooms.
–You only ruled by Consent of the Governed, traitors, and only Trump has that.
“You only ruled by Consent of the Governed, traitors, and only Trump has that.”
Well said. And I think this is dawning on some of the traitors right about now. When you think about it, it was really a half-assed attempt, this whole Covid domination ploy. Don’t get me wrong, many have suffered, as Sundance has pointed out. Part of the fellowship can be reaching out to those who were harmed and offering what aid and comfort we can.
I’ve no doubt Trump will win this, especially since it is my theory that some members of the cabal no doubt realize how badly they have messed up and are probably hoping Trump pulls it off. This was going to be the third term of Obama. In fact he’s already been making the rounds, but it’s not going well.
Cheers Margot,
My Great Grandmother in Scotland who I visited regularly until her death. Lost two husbands in the war.
Her son was interned in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
My grandfather ( who raised us) swept for mines in the North Sea after he and the rest of the crew had come in off of the fishing grounds.
These bass turds have no idea of the DNA that is in many of us.
They appear to be snivelling cowards, I have met many ( especially these media types)
“ Stay the course”
God bless PDJT
The fam and I have been rural for a while. We’re selling our house in the CA Sierra Nevada mountains and are moving to a rural “red” county in WA and getting on some usable property. I have been researching this move for about 5 years and what I’ve come to realize is there is no perfect state only good counties and good communities. Unless you have f*** you money you have to use the “Matrix” but you don’t have to be in it. Eventually the “Matrix” will collapse under its own sins and when it crumbles you don’t want to be anywhere near it. If you can, get rural, grow food and and live your best life seeking God and loving your family friends. We are commanded to do this.
As far as all these mandates it’s easy. Make your own decision on what you’re willing to put up with and simply say no to the stuff that you’re not. Wallowing in sadness is exactly what Satan wants you to do. The choice is yours.
“Be in the World not of the World”
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.”
Welcome, ‘neighbor.’ I did likewise some years ago, and our stories are much the same. I came from the central coast, where things had become unlivable in my home community, and this was like coming home to America. The olympic peninsula was a breath of fresh air.
But now our community is under assault by a newly formed (while almost completely out of public view) state/medical/tribal alliance aimed at overwhelming our small rural community with a huge drug addiction inpatient/outpatient medical campus, to serve clients from anywhere across the country. They’ve planned to build it in the middle of town, claiming exemption from zoning and land use laws by virtue of tribal sovereignty, and word of it is already drawing homeless addicts to the area. This is done by publicizing it in the right places, despite the fact they’re tied up in litigation and meeting serious and sustained opposition from the community, which has a strong chance of success.
That situation combined with the covid scam have left us feeling like we’re once again confronting the same beast we left California to get away from, but the good news is now we’re doing it from a place where life could go on if the matrix crumbled.
We’re definitely better off up here, and I’m grateful God allowed it.
I’m sorry you had to leave our home state, too, but I’m likewise glad you’re here.
https://gellerreport.com/2020/11/kraken-is-a-cia-hacking-program.html/
I need someone to explain what that bombshell means.
Packet sniffing at the hub. https://github.com/phreaklets/kraken
“With local, state and now federal leaders moving beyond the workplace distance; and beyond the community distance; and beyond the church distance; and now entering your home to tell you the importance of separating yourself from your family during a time of year when that very assembly is the core of your support network… you must evaluate these arbitrary decrees very deliberately.“
That includes what the non-negotiables they will have for resumption of whatever level of fellowship their decree. Even the whole voting “insecurity“ issue that the current situation may be named can be rolled into the new requirements:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/04/10/dr-anthony-fauci-national-immunity-id-cards-may-be-needed/comment-page-2/#comments
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/504499-introducing-the-great-reset-world-leaders-radical-plan-to
https://id2020.org/alliance
“ Dr. Seth Berkley CEO, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Accenture has joined the ID2020 Alliance with partners like Microsoft to create an open, human-centric approach to identity. The alliance draws on advances in biometrics and innovative technologies and brings together expertise from business, government and non-government agencies.”
“Peggy Johnson Executive VP, Business Development, Microsoft Corporation
Digital identity has the capacity to enable access to vital, life-saving services in many different development and humanitarian contexts, including by accelerating access to basic health care systems. I am excited to join ID2020’s Executive Board, and guide the organization and partners in harnessing innovative technologies and multi-sectoral collaboration to benefit the world’s most vulnerable populations.“
See if this warms the cockles of your heart:
https://id2020.org/digital-identity
‘The Need for Good Digital ID is Universal‘
“We refer to the core requirements of that digital ID as the four P’s:
“Private — Only you control your own identity, what data is shared and with whom
“Portable — Accessible anywhere you happen to be through multiple methods
“Persistent — Lives with you from life to death
“Personal — Unique to you and you only”
“ID2020 Unpacking the Challenges”
“01 1.1 billion people worldwide live without a digital ID
Identity is vital for political, economic and social opportunity. But systems of identification are archaic, insecure, lack adequate privacy protection, and for over a billion people, inaccessible.
“02 Identity data is outside of individual control
Today, most personal data is stored in silos. The more siloed and numerous your data becomes the less control you have over it.
“03 Protections for privacy are insufficient
With tracking, targeting, and surveillance techniques becoming more sophisticated, you need better privacy protections for your data.
Identity is neither portable nor persistent
Data travels swiftly across time and space, often without your control.
‘Good digital ID is too important not to get right
See if this warms the cockles of your heart:
https://id2020.org/digital-identity
‘The Need for Good Digital ID is Universal‘
“We refer to the core requirements of that digital ID as the four P’s:
“Private — Only you control your own identity, what data is shared and with whom
“Portable — Accessible anywhere you happen to be through multiple methods
“Persistent — Lives with you from life to death
“Personal — Unique to you and you only”
“ID2020 Unpacking the Challenges”
“01 1.1 billion people worldwide live without a digital ID
Identity is vital for political, economic and social opportunity. But systems of identification are archaic, insecure, lack adequate privacy protection, and for over a billion people, inaccessible.
“02 Identity data is outside of individual control
Today, most personal data is stored in silos. The more siloed and numerous your data becomes the less control you have over it.
“03 Protections for privacy are insufficient
With tracking, targeting, and surveillance techniques becoming more sophisticated, you need better privacy protections for your data.
Identity is neither portable nor persistent
Data travels swiftly across time and space, often without your control.
‘Good digital ID is too important not to get right
I have tried to make what I call “ARK” a part of my life. Buy someone’s lunch. See an older person checking prices and coins? Just tell the waiter ‘add their bill to mine- Tell them lunch is on the house.’ Homeless folk ?? Especially with kids— buy them a meal. Do unto Others.
To whom much is given, Much is Required.
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Learned Helplessness-
https://stream.org/like-cruel-scientists-who-torture-dogs-the-democrats-want-to-teach-us-learned-helplessness/
Psych Ops 101 on the American people.
RLD and Gerry, great posts. These are two subjects that I think about almost all the time. I used to enjoy shows about nature. The beauty and splendor of the great outdoors are infinite. Now besides a lecture on global warming, most nature shows tend to revolve around worship of apex predators, and the mercilessness and cruelty that sometimes happens. Nature is savage, but I don’t want to watch that kind of thing for entertainment. It teaches callousness, and indifference to suffering. The same liberal pukes that will sue to give a dolphin in an aquarium the same rights as a human being, will laugh and high five watching a dolphin be torn to shreds alive by killer whales. If you don’t believe me go on YouTube.
There are a lot of homeless in South Florida, and I come in contact with them on occasion. I’ve taken to carrying a pack of cigarettes in my car, as I have found a cigarette and a light seems to make their day. To lots of people, that is one of life’s little pleasures, and it’s an inexpensive way to brighten somebody’s day.
I have not been to church since the Wuhan virus hit and everything was closed. I live in Texas and churches opened for a short time only to be shut down again. I miss the fellowship of church and small groups but at least I have my wife and my one of my sons and his family live nearby. I refuse to go to church and worship God in a mask mandated by the state. I’m elderly with existing medical conditions. When masks are no longer required at church I will start attending once again. Getting the weekly message online is just not the same.”Fellowship is the essential ingredient to a purposeful life. How and why we interact with each-other is how and why we recharge our core humanity. To see faith leaders willing to separate from the function of fellowship is alarming. However, as individuals we must not allow this foreboding sense to become the normal expectation.” – Sundance! Amen! I can’t fellowship in a mask even if I wear my hearing aids. It’s just too much so I’ll wait for better days ahead. That day can’t come soon enough! We’ve survived the flu every year and this is not much different than a bad flu. Advent for 2020 starts on Sunday, November 29th and it will the first time since becoming a Christian I will not be in church! I will celebrate the anticipation and coming of Jesus Christ, the Messiah at home this horrible year 2020. Come Lord Jesus! Amen!
My problem is I am caring for my health compromised 90 year old dad. I would love to buck the system but fear of passing it on to him prevents it. That is probably what holds back a lot of us, fear.
mot2grls, You are doing right by your dad; he is high risk, even the common cold could be a problem. Quarantining and masking up the healthy who are not in direct contact with compromised people is where the problem lies. God Bless You.
You can buck the system in other ways. Be careful with yourself and dad. And remember simple steroids are really solving the COVID problem now if you do get it AND we have a vaccine in the offing.
–You can support rebels, like buy a month or two of one of these super low budget gym memberships for a young family member. That keeps a gym afloat, you buck the system, the kid gets healthy, you’re out less than the price of a pizza you should probably skip anyway. Win-win
Oh …it’s coming. Unfortunately Fakebook is where many gather. So skip that. We are already finding ways to commune outside the purposeful stepping on us. The Trumps creating a media empire is such an obvious move it’s inevitable. But your idea is great too.
–We already have a Drudge replacement, Liberty Daily, a twitter alternative, Gab, and other news sites and whatnot.
There’s far more of us than them, and that’s what they fear.
“We’ve been herded to this point and I don’t know how to change it.”
Try hanging flyers on your neighbours’ doorknobs for a meeting in a local place.
Organizing meetings by Internet allows “big brother” a window into what you are up to.
There is a neighborhood website set up for news, garage sales,etc.,but I forgot the name of it. It was available here in WNY and elsewhere, IIRC.
It did not have any live chat features, etc.
Well, if it’s NextDoor, it’s leftist garbage, don’t bother.
That site is teeming with Karens eager to report neighbors for any infraction, especially “crona” ones.
Amen!! Next Door is Facebook’s dirty little sister. I don’t do Facebook, but a friend told me about Next Door and how people connected to find lost dogs, garage sales, neighborhood gatherings. For a short time, I thought it to be good. Then I saw where people were attacked by keyboard jackals for stating something that wasn’t progressive and radical. Discussions started becoming political and extremely nasty. I quickly exited Next Door and have never looked back.
Me too!! Nasty small minded neighbors.
First it was a couple of weeks to “flatten the curve” and now it’s Trudeau saying that COVID is an opportunity to do The Great Reset – Agenda 2030.
They don’t want COVID to ever end – obviously. These people are monsters.
The authorities are losing the consent of citizens. Something’s going to break.
AWESOME photo Sundance! A post-apocalyptic plea to go with it!
They ARE the children and following Jesus is the way.
Do Not Consent…. EVER.
If more people stood, less people would sit.
Rise against. God Bless.
Preach. I will never give in, ever. I was not born a slave in a vote-less Chinese client state and I won’t be dying as one either.
Message to everyone:
–Help others stand for freedom too. Rescue everyone you can from the matrix.