JFK to RFK & Then Some
Ukraine, AI, Christ & Psychedelics
“Is it real or is it Memorex?” was a popular advertising slogan from the early 80s – for cassette recording tapes that Millennials and Gen Z may not recognize or identify with, but Baby Boomers and Gen X likely remember.
These days, the updated question might be, “Are we living in a real world, or is this the Matrix?” A simulation of reality created for us by God, aliens, or our future human selves.
As our day to day society gets more ridiculous and broken, sometimes it’s hard to maintain the faith that this too shall pass, and that each of us has agency in creating a better future.
Nevertheless, in the midst of the slow motion collapse of our Republic and the broader global financial and geopolitical order, we must find ways to void and salvage the BlackPilled.
For those unaware of the pill hierarchy, it was conceived in the Matrix movie and has produced several colored offspring.
Morpheus describes the choice in the film to Neo (Keanu Reeves) as follows:
“You take the blue pill…the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill…you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.”
Metaphorically, each pill represents something, with the red pill as the path of finding out the truth behind the lies, providing the opportunity to forever change your knowledge and perception of reality.
Taking the blue pill instead, on the other hand, is to choose a life of ignorance, refusing to shatter the illusion you’re living in.
In today’s culture, those red pilled individuals have awakened and see through the constant programming and propaganda from politicians, the media and academia. It’s a deterministic choice to open one’s eyes and see we are living on a prison planet in a dream world sculpted by the powers that be.
Those taking the blue pill, would continue to live in this comfortable simulation where our government has our best interests at heart and the media tells the truth. It’s a blissful ignorance approach but ultimately, it’s a prison.
Plato's Cave and the mystery schools that preceded it have served as a powerful metaphor for contemporary society, in which those who take the 'Red Pill' are considered enlightened. Those with this knowledge of reality - no matter how difficult or uncomfortable - stand in stark opposition to bluepilled individuals; essentially people seen as unenlightened, naive or easily deceived. Additionally there is also an associated notion of White Pills representing optimism and positivity whilst Black Pills represent extreme pessimism and depression-or more generally morose outlooks on life. The Black Pilled believe nothing matters and there is nothing you can do that will change anything,
The geopolitical/society/technological prism we call “life” (or the Matrix) is going to be massively disrupted over the next few years by AI and hopefully by the truth being revealed.
It’s incumbent upon us to avoid the nihilistic Black Pill approach that has paralyzed so many of the youth and caused a massive spike in suicides, depression, anxiety and PTSD.
There are three core underlying existential movements that seem to be working in our favor pushing back against the encroaching darkness.
The first is TRUTH - The resurgence of free speech on Twitter and Tik Tok to some degree is the most important. Truth is the foundation for life.
The search for truth is a primary principle of the timeless wisdom of the world’s sacred traditions. All express some form of the familiar, “Seek and ye shall find.” It is also one of the most important of all human rights. But what we shall find in our search is the remarkable realization that we are led to a boundless consciousness that unites us with all beings, and with all of Creation. This is what will unite us as one human family.
As Jim Phillips wrote:
“I contend, there has never been a time in the history of humanity when the truth needs to be more front and center than now. This doesn’t mean the truth has not been important in the past, only that now, given all we see and experience in the world, the truth is more important than ever.
I believe there have never been more people open and receptive to new ideas, and ways of thinking and living, than now. And yet, never have more people been further from the truth.
Have you ever considered that what you hold and believe to be true might not be? Add to that, your life decisions are all made against the backdrop of what you hold as true. This brings me back to the questions posed above, “how far from the truth might you be?”
I believe our purpose for being on this planet in human form is “the progressive realization of the truth.” Every choice we make, every action we take, and every subsequent consequence (experience) offers the opportunity to realize more and more of the truth if we are open to it. Well, in all honesty, even if we are not open to it, the opportunity for this realization still exists.
Why is the truth important? It helps us answer the most basic of questions we ask ourselves at some point in life. Who am I? Why am I here? How can I best serve?
The truth is important because it brings clarity which invites better choices resulting in better outcomes or experiences. However, clarity is often clouded by thoughts and beliefs that are untrue and disempowering. They are like a dense morning fog that obscures the truth of what is right in front of us. It is not until the morning sun shines brightly that the fog lifts and all that is before us is revealed.
The truth allows for the expansion of our greater understanding. As we understand what has been misunderstood, we more clearly see our best next steps and opportunities. The truth leads to honesty, our innate ability to be truthful with ourselves and others about who we are and what we are capable of creating and experiencing. Honesty leads to trust. Trust in ourselves, trust in one another, and trust in the process of life’s unfolding.”
It’s no surprise that Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life.”
Without truth, life is a pure power game of might makes right and evil is allowed to flourish.
Truth is also intimately linked to the two primary spiritual antidotes witnessing a resurgence in Western Culture.
The Great Spiritual Resurgence: The Divine Intersection of Jesus/God and Psychedelics
In recent years, we have witnessed a remarkable resurgence in spirituality. This wave has taken various forms, but two of its most notable expressions are the revitalized interest in the teachings of God/Jesus, and the growing exploration of psychedelic substances as a means to achieve spiritual awakening. While at first glance these two paths may seem disparate, there is an underlying connection that speaks to the fundamental human quest for meaning, belonging, and transcendence.
The God/Jesus Connection
The contemporary resurgence of spirituality around God and Jesus is characterized by an openness to the divine that transcends traditional religious boundaries. A growing number of people are seeking a direct, personal experience of the divine, rather than relying solely on the doctrines of organized religion. The teachings of Jesus, with their emphasis on love, compassion, and inner transformation, resonate with those who seek a more intimate relationship with the divine.
This renewed interest in Jesus and God is also accompanied by a reevaluation of ancient spiritual practices, such as meditation and contemplative prayer, which are known to facilitate deep, transformative experiences. These practices help individuals cultivate inner peace, self-awareness, and a sense of connectedness with the divine, further fostering spiritual growth and understanding.
The Psychedelic Connection
The rising interest in psychedelics thankfully comes as we struggle as a society with endemic depression, PTSD and addiction, but also as a means of spiritual awakening that reflects the human desire for transcendence and direct experience of the divine. Psychedelic substances, such as psilocybin, DMT, and ayahuasca, have been used for centuries by various cultures for their ability to facilitate profound mystical experiences, including feelings of unity, love, and connection to the divine.
Modern scientific research supports the idea that these substances and others can produce transformative spiritual experiences, with studies showing that they can lead to significant improvements in mental health, well-being, and even long-lasting changes in personality traits related to openness and spiritual growth.
The Overlapping Pathways
While the paths of God/Jesus and psychedelics may seem distinct, there are several key areas where they overlap and intertwine:
The Pursuit of Transcendence: Both paths emphasize the importance of transcending the ego and connecting with a higher power or consciousness. This pursuit of transcendence can lead to profound personal transformation and a deeper understanding of our place in the universe.
The Role of Love and Compassion: The teachings of Jesus are rooted in love, compassion, and empathy, values that are also frequently reported during psychedelic experiences. Both paths encourage individuals to cultivate these qualities, fostering greater connection and understanding between people and the world around them.
The Importance of Inner Work: Both the God/Jesus path and the psychedelic path stress the importance of personal growth, self-discovery, and introspection. Through meditation, prayer, or the use of psychedelics, individuals are encouraged to explore their inner worlds, confront their shadows, and ultimately integrate these experiences into their daily lives.
The Emphasis on Direct Experience: Both paths prioritize direct, personal encounters with the divine or transcendent, rather than relying solely on dogma or tradition. This emphasis on experiential spirituality allows individuals to form their own unique relationships with the divine and fosters a more inclusive, open-minded spiritual community.
The current resurgence of faith and spirituality around God/Jesus and psychedelics represents a collective yearning for meaning, connection, and transcendence. Despite their apparent differences, these paths share many similarities and ultimately aim to guide individuals towards greater self-awareness, love, and understanding. As we continue to navigate the complexities of modern life, it is crucial that we remain open to the insights and wisdom offered by these diverse spiritual traditions, recognizing the deep interconnectedness that unites us all on this shared journey.
Remember to put on your spiritual armor every morning, as you will need it in your fight against the daily propaganda and negativity that is perpetuated by modern society.
Or as some mememakers like to say, “Reject modernity. Not because it is modern, but because it is evil.”
To intentionally cultivate positivity & purpose, here are some verses to start your morning off right.
This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. - PSALM 118:24
"For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." (Jeremiah 29:11)
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31)
Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. (Psalm 34:8)
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. (Psalm 73:26)
And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. (Romans 8:28)
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)
Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. (Ephesians 3:17-19)
If God is for us, who can ever be against us? (Romans 8:31)
AI - We’re Still Not Remotely Prepared
I’ve written extensively about the rise of AI over the past 6 months, and its impact cannot be underestimated. It will disrupt every aspect of our life and business in a manner similar to the Industrial Revolution, but all in the next 7 years compared to an 80 year cycle for the IR.
One aspect I’ve harped on with my private coaching group is that big technological and demographic factors will put a lid on public market indices for the foreseeable future.
Demographically, as the Boomers go from the biggest investor class to the biggest net asset redeemers over the next decade, you will see net selling that will be difficult to overcome domestically.
Equally important, AI and AI agents as we’ve seen in Auto GPT and other software will give enterprising individuals the leverage to create wholesale companies from scratch in record time and reproduce the results that S&P 500 companies have spent billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of employees to create. Whether it is Square, Stripe or any of the SAAS companies out there, a supremely intelligent, speedy and autonomous software (and its agents) can re-create or clone most of the software companies and products out there and do it in a way with vastly lower overhead. After all, if you don’t need all those human customer service and sales agents, margins will be much higher thus allowing the AI enhanced company to charge much lower prices for its products.
Tech is inherently a ‘winner take all’ platform as we’ve seen with Facebook in social media, Google with search, Apple with phones or MSFT in the PC/office software realm. It is likely these companies (along with Open AI, the creator of Chat GPT) will reap the majority of the windfall of AI revenues as they will produce and offer the tools for non-technical people to embrace and utilize this technology. That should add to their bottom lines in most places, but will allow entrepreneurs of all ages and locations to radically disrupt many other existing businesses, including many of the legacy businesses of these firms.
Google search and advertising makes up about 80% of its revenues, or approximately $225 Billion per year. An AI crawler from OpenAi or one of the other rising AI models will inherently threaten that monopoly, especially if Google continues to censor and suppress information that doesn’t align with it’s leftist political leanings.
Software, healthcare and education are 3 of the lowest hanging fruits ripe for disruption, while energy, industrials and other ‘old world’ sectors should better weather the storm as they still require tons of CapEx and manpower to run.
Here’s a good podcast discussing the impact I’ve mentioned. Highly recommend.
Transgender Bright Lines
It wasn't until Elon Musk revolutionized Twitter that individuals were finally able to express their thoughts on radical gender ideology without fear of being labeled as transphobic or bigoted. The advent of Twitter 2.0 has created a platform for open discourse, highlighting the concerns of those who are apprehensive about the implications of promoting such ideologies to children.
Accepting the notion that a man can become a woman, or vice versa, is akin to accepting the fallacy that 2+2 equals 5. This departure from objective truth paves the way for moral relativism, which can foster and perpetuate malevolent beliefs and actions. Furthermore, such relativism can be exploited by governments to undermine citizens' inalienable human and civil rights, ultimately consolidating authoritarian power. Recent events surrounding Covid-19 serve as a prime example of this phenomenon.
Radical gender ideology has no place in children's lives. It has morphed into a social contagion, leaving a trail of adverse effects on the young and impressionable. Many of these youths suffer from emotional or mental illness (as well as their parents), and if left alone or treated would end up gay or outgrowing their childhood leanings. Dr. Paul R. McHugh, the former Chief of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins notes that studies show between 70% and 80% of children who express transgender feelings “spontaneously lose those feelings” over time.
Young adults and children are prohibited from drinking, buying a gun, driving, getting a tattoo and numerous other items; yet we are supposed to believe that they have the mental and emotional maturity to make dangerous, life altering choices often under coercion from biased adults? Despite scientific evidence highlighting the potential harm, society is expected to embrace this confusion as beneficial for children.
The medical transitioning of children, whether chemical or surgical, is morally reprehensible. The term "gender-affirming care" disguises the brutal reality of castration and sterilization, which can leave children with lifelong physical and emotional scars.
Parental rights have been usurped in the name of transgenderism, an injustice in and of itself. Parents bear the responsibility of caring for their children, both emotionally and financially, for at least 18 years. Yet, the government can strip them of their rights to make critical decisions regarding their child's well-being. This occurs despite the fact that many individuals who undergo transitions later express regret and suffer long-term health consequences.
As a father of a girl, I am deeply troubled by the notion that men can identify as women and subsequently deprive women of opportunities in various spheres of life.
Transgender activism has demonstrated a concerning trend toward condoning, or even supporting, violence. This issue demands attention, but it remains largely unacknowledged in public discourse.
The transgender movement raises numerous concerns that conflict with common sense, as well as the protection of children, women's rights, and parental rights. The long-standing censorship and suppression of these discussions suggest that radical gender theory cannot withstand scrutiny.
While expressing these concerns, it is important to clarify that I harbor no animosity toward transgender individuals, nor do I believe that they are collectively responsible for the actions of a few. Adults have the right to choose their own paths in life, so long as their choices do not infringe upon the rights of others. As a society, we hold a collective moral responsibility to protect our children and ensure their well-being.
We’ve reached the point where the suppression and censorship around discussing these abuses has fallen. The ensuing blowback as more people realize the level of child mutilation and grooming that has been going on right under their noses will not be pretty to behold.
It’s important for those members of the gay and lesbian community to speak up and join the conversation. The best thing they can do is draw a clear line between the LGB and the rest of the alphabet letters that have been tacked on in recent years. Otherwise, they risk pushback on the rights they’ve fought for and earned due to the abuses of a select few.
Speed Dating in The Age of Deception
Too Good to Miss
If you haven’t seen it, Jose Vargas questioning the editors of several ‘top’ papers including the NY Times, Washington Post and LA Times is too good to miss.
Here’s a clip:
The Road from JFK to RFK Jr.
For those who aren’t old enough or haven’t watched it lately, may I suggest you rewatch Oliver Stone’s JFK. Released in 1991, it was IMHO one of the most important movies ever produced. Everything we are witnessing now from the Deep State takeover, to forced sterilization and depopulation, to the implementation of a totalitarian surveillance state began with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
It’s only fitting that 60 years after the murder of the President, his brother’s son has been passed the mantle to fight the corruption of the Deep State and Kleptocrats in Big Tech, Big Pharma and government that are ruining our globe.
While JFK’s murder by his own government was shocking and devastating, the most evil and seditious act in modern history was the orchestration and response to the Covid pandemic.
RFK Jr. was a staunch opponent of the Covid hysteria and is a throwback to what the Democratic Party used to be, a semi-principled party founded on the tenets of classical liberalism as opposed to the alien and monstrous force of evil and destruction it has become in modern times.
Therefore, he is one of the most important persons alive. With his star-studded political name and party roots, RFK Jr. is the perfect candidate to shine the light on the deep state corruption and iatricide the Democratic party has been enabling and promoting for years.
I’ll reiterate what I wrote last week.
To put it simply, I am almost a one issue voter, and that issue is Covid accountability. As I’ve written about repeatedly, public health ‘experts’ at the behest of the Deep State to unseat a sitting President (who unwittingly played along showcasing his own ignorance) created a public health epidemic that essentially destroyed the world.
The virus formed from Gain of Function research sponsored and promoted by Anthony Fauci and the response to the ‘pandemic’ by Fauci and other public health & political kleptocrats destroyed millions of jobs, small businesses and trust in government. It’s a monstrous debt well be repaying personally and as a society for years to come.
The corruption was so evil and so pronounced, that forced and coercive mandatory vaccination of an unproven, untested fraudulent experimental gene therapy on children (6 months old - R U F’ing kidding me) and adults alike for a 99.99% IFR virus barely merited any skepticism whatsoever from one half of the population.
Effective early interventions were banned so that Big Pharma could roll out via EUA an ineffective and deadly vaccine that in less than a year became the greatest moneymaker for them in history while simultaneously injuring millions of people in this country and around the globe.
And not a single person has been held accountable. Not one.
So when I say I’m a single issue voter, it’s not because I don’t care about economic policy, or reckless foreign policy which is putting us at risk of a nuclear holocaust, or violent crime running amuck in our cities….it’s because unless and until those responsible are held accountable for the Covid Scam, there’s no chance in changing the rest.
And that’s where RFK Jr. comes in. Kennedy has been calling attention to statistical manipulation and safety concerns in the world of vaccines longer than most have been alive. His book, “The Real Anthony Fauci” along with Alex Berenson’s “Pandemia” were probably the two most important books written about the Pandemic.
My dream ticket would be RFK Jr as VP for DeSantis, Vivek or even Trump if he is the nominee. The politics of such make it highly unlikely, but one can dream. Both RFK, Trump, Vivek and DeSantis are outsiders to some degree, and it’s time for something radically new and different to fix the rot and corruption.
Midwestern Doctor sums up additional reasons why RFK is a welcome addition to the race in the article below:
While I vehemently disagree with much of RFK Jr.’s climate change approach, he is an ardent environmentalist as well. The two are not mutually inclusive. Rational people like myself can be in favor of being a proper steward of the environment and demanding clean air, clean water and clean food, while at the same time rejecting the propagandistic religious zealotry that has produced numerous mistruths including the granddaddy of them all - that if we just give more money and control to the government, we can stop or alter ‘man made climate change’, a metric that has no scientific basis or grounding in reality.
Here is a section of RFK Jr’s announcement speech that condemns the obvious link between Chronic Disease and Big Pharma. It’s worth a watch.
https://twitter.com/JoshRainerGold/status/1651343604919435264?s=20
Interestingly enough, ABC News had the gall to illegally censor him on his first public appearance. By law, a network cannot censor a Presidential Candidate and yet what RFK Jr was saying was apparently SOOOO DANGEROUS, that ABC HAD TO take the unprecedented step of censoring his broadcast. The old adage bears repeating: If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
To have a candidate speaking honestly about the Covid Vaccine fraud and many other issues is a welcome relief.
RFK Jr. may not be Gandalf coming back at the “turn of the tide”, but if he does nothing else but shine a big bright disinfecting light on the Covid Scamdemic, the collapse of the Democratic party and classical liberalism, and the endemic corruption in fraudulent primaries and elections, he will have served his country honorably.
Never Again is Now
Have you noticed that the people who insist the most forcefully that we must simply move on and not examine what happened… Are invariably the people who were most Gestapo during the pandemic?
It is almost as though they know they participated in a crime against humanity, and do not want it examined.
On the bright side, the government’s unconstitutional and immoral forced compliance with masks and jabs succeeded in creating a generation of children and parents very skeptical of government and vaccines. Good job.
Time permitting, here is a moving video from Holocaust survivor Vera Sharav speaking about the moral significance of the Nuremberg Code — the most authoritative, internationally recognized document in the history of medical ethics.
Ukraine Propaganda and Misinformation
Despite a media wide boycott against opposing viewpoints and minimization of the actual history in the region, the Biden Administration’s quest to fight a proxy war with Russia and risk World War 3, it’s clear that most Americans and Europeans are growing tired of our ridiculously expensive war in Ukraine.
The sloppy media and leftist argument (financed by the US intelligence community) on social media has been, “Putin is Hitler, and if we don’t stop him here he’ll roll right into Detroit.”
The reality is, we orchestrated a CIA backed coup on Putin’s front doorstep, armed bad actors and Nazis who had no issue with slaughtering ethnic Russians, and then expanded NATO right onto the Russian border. If Mexico become a vassal state of China and China put troops and missiles right on our Southern Border, you can bet we’d have a problem with it.
What a time we live in when a libertarian comic has more common sense and knowledge of history than our “best and brightest” in Washington.
Here’s Kanekoa the Great with a summary of the real history behind Ukraine and the provocative and unnecessary NATO Expansion:
Comic Dave Smith shocks Joe Rogan in the video below
with a powerful rant about NATO expansion, the 2014 Ukraine coup, and how American policies led to the War in Ukraine, bringing us closer to a potential nuclear World War III:
"It's not like it's just Ron Paul, Noam Chomsky, and Pat Buchanan like the outsiders who were against NATO expansion. But the list of people within the government, within the natural security apparatus, who completely opposed NATO expansion is very impressive and long."
•Robert McNamara (Sec. of Defense)
•Robert Gates (Sec. of Defense)
•William Perry (Sec. of Defense)
•George Kennan (American diplomat)
•William Burns (CIA Director)
"They all opposed NATO expansion in the strongest possible language and all explicitly because this will provoke a conflict with Russia. There's this great interview that George Kennan gave with Thomas Friedman from the New York Times in the 90s when they were doing the first round of NATO expansion, and he is furious... What are you guys doing? We won the Cold War. Now, you are picking a fight with Russia?
These aren't the Soviets. These aren't the communists. These are the heroes who overthrew them. Why are we picking a fight with them? He's said, and this is a crazy prediction, really ominous. The people who are expanding NATO will keep expanding it and expanding it, and then there will be a Russian reaction, and then when theirs the Russian reaction, they are going to say, see, that's proof that we have to keep on expanding it."
•CIA Director William Burns warned in a 2008 memo to Condoleezza Rice that NATO expansion to Ukraine crosses Moscow’s “redlines” and could "split the country in two, leading to violence or even, some claim, civil war, which would force Russia to decide whether to intervene.”
"The same dumb neocons that had this policy to remake the Middle East are the same ones that had this policy to expand NATO to Russia's border. And man, was this just the dumbest, most reckless policy ever. That's now put us in a position where we are closer to a risk of World War III and nuclear war than we have ever been in my life, and for what? To make sure the Donbas region is ruled by Kyiv rather than Moscow? Is that really worth it?"
In 1997, 50 prominent US foreign policy experts, including Senators Bill Bradley, Gary Hart, Sam Nunn, and Sec. of Defense Robert McNamara, wrote to President Clinton warning that NATO expansion would be "a policy error of historic proportions." https://armscontrol.org/act/1997-06/arms-control-today/opposition-nato-expansion
CIA Director William Burns warned in a 2008 memo to Condoleezza Rice that NATO expansion to Ukraine crosses Moscow’s “redlines” and could "split the country in two, leading to violence or even, some claim, civil war, which would force Russia to decide whether to intervene.” https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/02/27/us-nato-expansion-ukraine-russia-intervene/
Noam Chomsky explains how US involvement in Ukraine and the expansion of NATO to Russia's border created the War in Ukraine [this was 8 years ago and called perfectly]:
"The idea that Ukraine would join a Western military alliance would be quite unacceptable to any Russian leader. Gorbachev agreed to allow Germany to join NATO with a quid pro quo that NATO would not expand one inch to the east. NATO instantly moved to East Germany. Then Clinton came along and expanded NATO right to the borders of Russia."
REPORTER: You can understand why Ukraine's president would see joining NATO as protecting his country?
"No, it's not. Crimea was taken away after the overthrow of the government, right? He's not protecting Ukraine; he's threatening Ukraine with a major war. This is a strategic threat to Russia which any Russian leader would have to react to."
Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of NATO, says NATO has been providing "training and equipment" to Ukraine's military since "the war started in 2014." How many Americans know that NATO has been arming Ukraine since the war started in 2014?
In 2016, Victoria Nuland told Congress that US advisors serve in 12 Ukrainian ministries, US-trained police operate in 18 Ukrainian cities, the US Treasury helped close 60 Ukrainian banks, and the US spent $266 million on training Ukrainian soldiers.
And finally, here's Tom Friedman's interview with George Kennan in 1998:
''I think it is the beginning of a new cold war,'' said Mr. Kennan from his Princeton home. ''I think the Russians will gradually react quite adversely and it will affect their policies. I think it is a tragic mistake. There was no reason for this whatsoever. No one was threatening anybody else. This expansion would make the Founding Fathers of this country turn over in their graves. We have signed up to protect a whole series of countries, even though we have neither the resources nor the intention to do so in any serious way. [NATO expansion] was simply a light-hearted action by a Senate that has no real interest in foreign affairs.''
''What bothers me is how superficial and ill informed the whole Senate debate was,'' added Mr. Kennan, who was present at the creation of NATO and whose anonymous 1947 article in the journal Foreign Affairs, signed ''X,'' defined America's cold-war containment policy for 40 years. ''I was particularly bothered by the references to Russia as a country dying to attack Western Europe. Don't people understand? Our differences in the cold war were with the Soviet Communist regime. And now we are turning our backs on the very people who mounted the greatest bloodless revolution in history to remove that Soviet regime.
''And Russia's democracy is as far advanced, if not farther, as any of these countries we've just signed up to defend from Russia,'' said Mr. Kennan, who joined the State Department in 1926 and was U.S. Ambassador to Moscow in 1952. ''It shows so little understanding of Russian history and Soviet history. Of course there is going to be a bad reaction from Russia, and then [the NATO expanders] will say that we always told you that is how the Russians are -- but this is just wrong.''
One only wonders what future historians will say. If we are lucky they will say that NATO expansion to Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic simply didn't matter, because the vacuum it was supposed to fill had already been filled, only the Clinton team couldn't see it. They will say that the forces of globalization integrating Europe, coupled with the new arms control agreements, proved to be so powerful that Russia, despite NATO expansion, moved ahead with democratization and Westernization, and was gradually drawn into a loosely unified Europe. If we are unlucky they will say, as Mr. Kennan predicts, that NATO expansion set up a situation in which NATO now has to either expand all the way to Russia's border, triggering a new cold war, or stop expanding after these three new countries and create a new dividing line through Europe.
But there is one thing future historians will surely remark upon, and that is the utter poverty of imagination that characterized U.S. foreign policy in the late 1990's. They will note that one of the seminal events of this century took place between 1989 and 1992 -- the collapse of the Soviet Empire, which had the capability, imperial intentions and ideology to truly threaten the entire free world. Thanks to Western resolve and the courage of Russian democrats, that Soviet Empire collapsed without a shot, spawning a democratic Russia, setting free the former Soviet republics and leading to unprecedented arms control agreements with the U.S.
And what was America's response? It was to expand the NATO cold-war alliance against Russia and bring it closer to Russia's borders.
Yes, tell your children, and your children's children, that you lived in the age of Bill Clinton and William Cohen, the age of Madeleine Albright and Sandy Berger, the age of Trent Lott and Joe Lieberman, and you too were present at the creation of the post-cold-war order, when these foreign policy Titans put their heads together and produced . . . a mouse.
We are in the age of midgets. The only good news is that we got here in one piece because there was another age -- one of great statesmen who had both imagination and courage.
As he said goodbye to me on the phone, Mr. Kennan added just one more thing: ''This has been my life, and it pains me to see it so screwed up in the end.''
https://nytimes.com/1998/05/02/opinion/foreign-affairs-now-a-word-from-x.html
In the end, this is just a sampling of foreign policy opinions on the subject. John Mearshemier and many other ‘A-List’ historians and international affairs advisors were all perfectly aware that this was a bright, red line we should not have crossed…and yet did so anyway.
How to Raise Your T
Looking through the right lens makes everything easier to understand. Is all the destruction and incompetence related or are we just in a moment of time when lack of education, morality and civic responsibility is dooming our country (globe) to a slow motion collapse? It’s hard to say.
But as I wrote about last week, if you view it through the lens that the destruction is intentional, that we are witnessing a 50 year plan that has been kicked into overdrive since the election of Bill & Hillary Clinton and that the goal of the elitist overlords is a New World Order, a Great Reset or whatever euphemism the powers that be want to use for the totalitarian control of the broader population and the enrichment and concentration of power into a tiny minority of jackals…then things begin to become a lot more clear and obvious.
The Covid Scamdemic was the perfect example, but there are numerous ones in our day to day lives. For instance, fertility rates and public health are both dropping dangerously in the last few decades.
It seems clear that there is a concerted effort (or just rank incompetence and enrichment of corporate multinationals) to harm public health. RFK Jr. and many others would attribute it to the unprecedented spiking of vaccines in the last 30 years that has led to gargantuan levels of autism, and childhood diseases. The vaccine schedule now demands dozens of shots for kids before the age of 8, far outpacing Europe and any other country. Since the schedule was amended with these new and unnecessary shots (that have curiously NEVER been tested in conjunction with each other) we’ve seen childhood and other diseases skyrocket.
Growing up, no one ever heard of someone who was autistic, allergic to nuts, or suffered asthma or other afflictions in the numbers we see now.
And it’s not just children. We have an epidemic of obesity and other metabolic diseases that most other countries don’t suffer from. The epidemic of seed oils and chemical pesticides like glyphosate means that the food we eat is low grade poison, even if we ignore the food pyramid and try to eat a healthy, high protein, low carb diet.
Last July, I had the good fortune of spending 10 days at a friend’s villa in Mexico who had a private chef cooking regular meals. I eliminated most of the late night and in-between meal snacking that I did at home but the 3 squares a day that were cooked were not much different from the animal protein, vegetable and complex carbs that I eat at home.
And yet, somehow I dropped 14lbs in 10 days. I was literally shocked when I got on the scale at the end of the trip.
This nutritional dissonance has been witnessed first hand by many Europeans or expats that move to the US and discover that their former diet is now met with a larger waistline and lower energy.
Is it the food? The environment? What is causing this collapse in health and testosterone? For men, a low T, poison diet is key to making the population more controllable and subdued. Based on the below chart, the reptiles in charge seem to be succeeding.
So watch your diet, do your best to eat organic, clean local foods that are not processed and exist naturally in the world and do your best to cultivate higher levels of T through exercise, diet and proper sleep.
Here’s some good advice on how to do that naturally.
Things I’m Watching and Reading…
Good video about why the US wants to ban Tik-Tok (hint: not bc of Chinese spying)
Fascinating video of the Ugandan President describing the difference between US and China.
This Is What the Right-Wing Takeover of a Progressive College Looks Like. It’s written as a condemnation by the NY Times but should be read as a roadmap for dismantling other public loony leftist institutions.
Go see Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant. Jake Gyllenhaal’s monologue to a Colonel about “a debt” is worth the price of admission on it’s own.
Twitter Octagon
Memetic Warfare
Parting Words
I think we’re probably within spitting distance of the S&P highs for the year here. There’s just too many headwinds to contend with and the risk/reward is tilted towards the downside. It’s not May quite yet, but I’d be a seller right here.
Here’s an incredibly poignant moment in the firm JFK. It’s Jim Garrison’s closing argument. For those interested, here is the actual closing argument Garrison made. It’s not far from Oliver Stone and Kevin Costner’s version.
That’s it for this week folks. Please share it with a friend if you enjoyed and keep up the good fight!