Intelligent discontent, or rigid orthodoxy?

“We have managed to transfer religious belief into gullibility for whatever masquerades as science.” (Nassim Taleb, The Black Swan)

Via the Internet and a blog, now called the Montana Post (formerly called Intelligent Discontent), I got to know a man named Don (who goes by the nickname Pogie.) Don frequently assailed critics by quizzing them on their use of sources. If something came from the New York Times, OK. If not, if from something less ‘reputable,’ Don would smugly dismiss both the person and the opinion. 

Don’s blog posts repeat one theme only, that Democrats are splendid public servants and Republicans scoundrels. It is unnerving to see this as a “thoughtful” outlook on our landscape. I have traveled only sparingly to his site in these past few years, and only bring it up now to make this point: Don doesn’t think for himself. He relies on authority figures and sources.

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2019 begins!

It is time now to release the prisoners. If you were banned here recently, and your name is not Skink, you are welcomed back. I know on your end it feels like an injustice. It is. I had a private email exchange with B Muller, and told her that I was not comfortable banning her, so I just asked her to deal with the injustice, as we adults often must do, and she would soon be back in business. I saved her quarantined comments, and will release them now. What harm?

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2018 Dead Forest Manual for de-hu-mans


Saturn Devouring His Son, Francisco Goya, 1819-1823

U.S. Presidents issue Executive Orders.  The following 2018 EO is a doozy, which, if carried out by affected agencies, will bring more bulldozers and more clearcuts (“active management”) into untrammeled national forests than former Pres. Ronald Reagan could ever have dreamed of.  Just another chapter in man’s never- ending quest to turn forests into deserts. The narrative, of course, sounds nothing like the actions planned.  However evil, we must “work together.”

An excerpt: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to protect people, communities, and watersheds, and to promote healthy and resilient forests, rangelands, and other Federal lands by actively managing them through partnerships with States, tribes, communities, non-profit organizations, and the private sector.     

For decades, dense trees and undergrowth have amassed in these lands, fueling catastrophic wildfires. These conditions, along with insect infestation, invasive species, disease, and drought, have weakened our forests, rangelands, and other Federal lands, and have placed communities and homes at risk of damage from catastrophic wildfires.

Active management of vegetation is needed to treat these dangerous conditions on Federal lands but is often delayed due to challenges associated with regulatory analysis and current consultation requirements. In addition, land designations and policies can reduce emergency responder access to Federal land and restrict management practices that can promote wildfire-resistant landscapes. With the same vigor and commitment that characterizes our efforts to fight wildfires, we must actively manage our forests, rangelands, and other Federal lands to improve conditions and reduce wildfire risk.”  – DONALD J. TRUMP, THE WHITE HOUSE, December 21, 2018

The full EO text can be found here:  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/eo-promoting-active-management-americas-forests-rangelands-federal-lands-improve-conditions-reduce-wildfire-risk/

I will not go into the details of this planned escalation in the federal government’s war against forests, and national forests in particular.  Suffice it to say, privatization and deregulation – fundamental elements of neo-liberal economic fantasies – are alive and kicking in the Trump Whitehouse.  You can think of it as “austerity” for forests.

Only a psychopathic, fictional mind could be behind the design of such folly.  Now, I’m not singling out Pres. Trump, actor-in-chief.  This science-fiction portrayal of Nature is but one example of how our vast, man-made, legal matrix of artificial reality is designed for maximum extraction and extortion of wealth from the dumbed-down, physically-weakened masses.  Trump is just the successor to a long line of forest rapers and scrapers extending back to the Cedars of Lebanon, which built King Solomon’s temple in Jerusalem.  Solomon reigned from 970 to 931 BCE, according to some historians.  So, let’s just round it off to around 3,000 years ago – a long time to be whacking down forests by one exalted leader or another.

Like all “fearless leaders,” empathy and good sense is not a prerequisite. What’s needed is a perfect actor to carry out orders from upper-level management – orders ALWAYS handed down by the ruling elite.  Exploit and enslave. Repeat. You’d think this would at some point get terminally old for the enslaved masses.

Obviously, we are not acting as Nature intended, in perfect harmony with our God-created surroundings.  Instead, we are determined to be Nature’s #1 enemy.  What is our destiny if it is to not to protect and revere all of existence, which we are a part of?  Man’s world today is a hollow shell, a corporate structure represented as an ever-increasing “Ponzi-scheme” of bets against our health and well being as part of Nature.  Our house of cards is an illusion that can only fail.  Fear not, for the very old (probably tracing back to King Solomon) bloodlines always have their hand on the “reset button.”  The destruction of this version of the dystopian nightmare is certain.  Planned obsolescence IS THE PLAN.

Forests are just a part of the grand, master (mining) plan.  But when forests are gone, so goes the water that sustains life.  No water, no life.  So, as I see it, the “Twin Towers” spectacle was a warning shot across the bow.  It’s ALL coming down, liquidated for one last gasp to save this latest variant of Empire, based on the “green-back” with the words “IN GOD WE TRUST” centered perfectly on each piece of paper we’ve been conditioned to love and worship, instead of the land and water stolen from us by these immoral, corporate imbeciles.  We must make way for the new empire, or not.

One last quote from Clint’s book, Strawman, before we flip the page from 2018 to 2019.

“For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they        that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For TO BE CARNALLY          MINDED IS DEATH; BUT TO BE SPIRITUALLY MINDED IS LIFE AND PEACE. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: FOR IT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE LAW OF GOD, NEITHER INDEED CAN. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.”  – Romans 8: 5-8, KJB,  http://www.strawmanstory.info/, p. 1097

 Happy New Year, all you POM readers and commenters.  The Chinese fire drill is over, won’t somebody turn off that hand-held gadget, gather your wits, take the wheel and drive?

Peace and Quiet.

A new old post

Dear readers,

Immediately below is one of the finest posts ever put together for this blog, actually a book that Tyrone McCloskey had written and then allowed us to publish. I am not going to publish anything of my own for a while, and while glancing over JFKTV this morning thought, man, this is good writing.

If you’ve never read it before, read it now. If you have read it before, follow me in reading it again. It is long … and gripping.

And Merry Christmas to all who support, write, comment, sneer at, criticize and critique POM. We need you all. Well, maybe not the sneering.

JFKTV

JFKTV
The Kennedy
Assassination as
Television Programming

Compiled and Edited for Committee Referral by
Tyrone McCloskey

“Orthodoxy means not thinking- not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.”
― George Orwell, 1984

Read This First

This book can be read as a spoof of JFK research or as nonfiction, your choice. Because none of the radical content of this book is provable beyond a reasonable doubt, there is no reason to insist that what is offered is fact. There are some facts included, but the premise and conclusion herein may seem more like satire than reasoned speculation. I won’t hold a gun to your head and insist you believe anything in this volume.

That said, the fact that a half-century of research has not produced a definite answer to the JFK assassination, nor has it brought anyone to justice, it is long overdue to question whether or not the assassination took place at all. And it’s reasonable to ask that question in a country that still insists it operates under the rule of law.

With that in mind, divest yourself of all assumptions about how the world works and try to keep your critical faculties engaged at the expense of your emotions. Within this fascist construct we now find ourselves, it is obvious that the faith we have had in “official” history has been misplaced. If history is, in fact, written by the victors, and there have been an endless stream of victors, what has passed for history is very likely a series of revisions building upon previous revisions until all facts are completely buried and beyond recall. But this is the method of conquerors from time immemorial: Separate the conquered from their past and they become a nameless herd to corral. Continue reading “JFKTV” →

Bees die, we die

Honeybee populations have been dying off at an alarming rate for over a decade now. As researchers look for answers, it is becoming more likely that whatever “effective strategy” emerges to save bees, may in turn save man (man and woman) from extinction too. 

Over 30% of the national bee population has disappeared and nearly a third of all bee colonies in the U.S. have perished in less than a decade.  At the current annual rate of decline, the estimated financial loss is somewhere North of 30 billion dollars a year. I have seen no figures yet for the 2018 Farm Bill, but in 2014 the USDA responded with a paltry $3 million “investment” in farmer aid, which won’t scratch the surface of the breadth and seriousness of this largely man-caused pandemic. Continue reading “Bees die, we die” →

Discussion threads

I have instituted a number of bans on commenters. Please take time to read this, especially if you are one of the ones affected.

In the commenting policy you will note that bans are not permanent. I will lift all bans on January 1, 2019, with the following caveat: There are no longer “comment threads.” Instead, we will have “discussion threads.” The rules are simple: Be firm, fervent, thoughtful and polite.

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Toxic

Since WWII, exposure to man‐made chemical substances have reached every nook and cranny on earth.  The European Chemicals Agency has recorded around 150,000 chemical substances in its database.  Most chemicals intended for commercial uses require little or no regulation before entering the market. Pharmaceuticals undergo what appears to be “rigorous” research and regulatory control, however, we know all too well how often the cover story distorts reality. Only when these multi-billion-dollar drugs chemical mixtures begin to exhibit their deadly “side-effects” out on the street do regulatory agencies scurry about for a quick fix.  There’s rarely a ban or recall.

Few chemicals are thoroughly tested for toxicity.  It is estimated that less than 20% of the many chemicals on the market receive a proper assessment of risks to public health and the environment. Chemicals are one of the three primary known causes of cancer – along with radiation and viruses. Continue reading “Toxic” →

A multi-faced universe

See post script below. And fir the recird, Faye and B Muller are two differnet people. I have seen proof, and anyway should not have said that. It’s the Internet. No one is who they claim to be. 

I have received confirmation from Maarten, Tyrone and Steve that they wish to continue to appear on the masthead here, and I am grateful for that as I respect them all. None of them write in such volume as I do, but that’s not a problem, as quality is key, not quantity. I like to keep fresh material coming. Annette is merely going to be removed from the sidebar as she has only one article and no others in the works. She is welcome here and retains all privileges, and she knows this. Kevin has opted out but knows he is welcome here. He is an interesting man, even predictably unpredictable.

Sometime, not today, I have to get into the programming behind the blog to make changes, so Gaia, Kevin and Annette will linger for a while. It’s a time-consuming thing to make the changes, and I don’t like that kind of stuff.

I felt I should not answer Gaia’s screed below, an unpleasant attack complete with scarecrows and false homage to the others here as a means of attacking me. I won’t. But last night I had an interesting, possibly false, insight. Gaia worked for a while over at Fakeologist but had a falling out and left in a huff. I don’t know if he was booted or left of his own accord, as he did here. What intrigued me most was that his reason for leaving had to do with a run-in with a German woman, Faye.

I had my own run-in with Faye, a long interview that was constantly interrupted by static interference, so much so that it was garbled and useless. I complained about that and was told I needed a better quality microphone, my fault, AB said. Uncertain but unconvinced, I let it go, and in fact even tentatively agreed to another interview, but backed away when Faye insinuated elsewhere that my meeting a certain character named Miles Mathis was a lie.  It may be that the man I met was an actor, but I bristled that she would impugn my character like that. We all have egos, even me it seems.

This is the Internet and crap like that goes on everywhere. Egos are monstrous, narcissism all about. I normally try to keep my own in check. So it wasn’t any great force of ME ME ME that made me decide to avoid Faye. It was just a rational decision. She’s got an agenda, and I want no part of it. I don’t know what the agenda is, but it is somehow affected by Miles Mathis. She either works for “him” as controlled opposition, or is a bit obsessed. In either case, enough of Faye.

Gaia went off on me and did his great storm out supposedly over a host of sins on my part, his own ego unhinged. The thing that struck me last night, however, was that it was triggered by a German woman, B.Müller. My face and palm sought each other out, and I had a good laugh. B.Müller = Faye.

I contacted B.Müller after the Gaia eruption, and as part of the communication asked her if she used other names in other venues. She wrote back that she is used to being attacked, but did not answer the question. That was odd. I have received considerable background pressure to evict her, as her manners upset people. One commenter even suggested that B Muller = MM. Another, Ryan T., suggested to her that her Germanic English is inconsistent, and that she wears a mask.

As my face met my palm, I realized that she was miffed that I refused a second interview, and so came at me from a new direction. She has never been straightforward.

That’s my take, subject as always to a dose of reality. This is just a blog. I am just a guy who likes to write and argue. Sometimes I get it right, sometimes not. I work hard to keep my opinions in the self-correcting mode, and will happily admit error here if that needs to be done. They will have to contact me privately, however, as they are now banned. (Feel the power!) The problem with Faye = B Muller is that Gaia would most likely be in on the scam, which would make Gaia a plant, sent here to disrupt. He would not be the first.

Here is an interesting few paragraphs from Gaia’s someone’s blog, Questioning Our Reality, brought to my attention by SVolpetti. It is titled Why Did Gaia Become Pagan … . It’s not proof, or even good evidence of anything. It is just an odd thing to write (see post script below):

I recently was asked on Discord why Gaia decided to become a Pagan? It’s a good question in this scene. Gaia of course admits his grandfather is a Freemason. That’s fine but he won’t admit he’s a Freemason. He does this on purpose if you ask him. He will volunteer his grandfather as the Mason but deny him or his father were Masons. He will tell you his dad worked with the World Wildlife Fund, a globalist organization that takes money to protect wildlife.

Gaia admits to performing magic so it wouldn’t rain on his wedding day in Colombia but won’t tell you he’s in the craft. Of course this leads straight to Gaia’s role as controlled opposition. Through his connections in Freemasonry he is able to become a controlled opposition Geologist. He writes at Piece of Mindful, a website known for promoting crazy ideas like Dallas Goldbug/Ed Chiarini material about celebrities playing politicians.

On top of being a Geologist, Gaia admits to working on creating Wikipedia Pages on Wikipedia. This is another spook job he has where he gets to write for Wikipedia. So whether he’s controlled opposition writing for piece of mindful, writing for wikipedia or being a Geologist, this Gaia character has some shady dealings. A Geologist alone is a red flag as they are known for fabricating history of the earth, especially dinosaurs. This guy will not waver on saying dinosaurs are real on top of promoting Evolution as real on HoaxBusterscall.com out of all places.

I want to know can I get Gaia out of Freemasonry and away from paganism? I don’t know if its possible. It seems like Gaia is addicted to magic and being a Freemason. Also it’s providing his pay for most of these gigs he’s got going on here on the internet. Geology is his biggest problem as he is part of being a wizard playing tricks on the public about dinosaurs existing which is fucked up.

This was written on December 9, well in advance of his run-in with Faye/Muller. He has no problem taking a shot at me even as he played nicey here. So while I don’t know what it all means, he is two-faced. For that reason alone, Gaia is gone by my wishes in addition to his own. So too is his work, which I didn’t care for anyway. So is B.Müller. I await their reincarnation, maybe next as two Jewish Ukrainians.

It’s the internet. I wish people would limit themselves to two faces. I never know when commenters appear out of the blue who they really are. I don’t know if their attitude is merely playful, drunk, or malicious. Most often, I don’t care. But this encounter I take personally. Fare thee well, Gaia, B.Müller and your many, many faces. None of them are to my liking.

PS: Gaia at one time wanted to take the blog down the Holocaust road, the kiss of death. I never edited a word,  but suggested to him that he should let readers draw their own inferences, but otherwise avoid making direct statements. I think it odd now that he did not know that the Holocaust is a third rail, and am wondering if that was deliberate. 

PS: The words quoted above, pardon my confusion, were written about Gaia, and not by him. The blog Questioning our Reality is apparently anomalous, and whoever writes it was taking a shot at Gaia. Gaia’s blog is Gaia’s Sphere.

The rule of sevens

Many years ago I read a book, at 881 pages a tome, called The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power (1990), by Daniel Yergin, a high-powered author. I was very impressed by the book, which is why I have it sitting in front of me right now.

When I read The Prize, I was not aware that tracts like that are heavily censored – that is, it is the official history of the oil industry, not the real one, which is secret.  Another book I still have on hand, Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quigley, is similar in that we are told it is an uncensored history of Europe and the U.S. It was heavily censored, but allowed to go on sale behind the illusion that powerful people objected to it. That way, people are more inclined to believe in it.

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