George Floyd's Death, Protests and Riots across the US
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SOTTREADER
The Living Force
What do people think of this?
Pearce
Jedi Master
Not to diminish any hardship or terror that anyone may be experiencing, or will experience, but this is comedy GOLD! They are eating their own and cannot even realize it
wmu9
Jedi Master
And the worthless city run by worthless clepocrats will end. The age of the graft and corruption democratic party machine may come to an end. But beware of the zombies it might unleash to your cozy little town.
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Pearce
Jedi Master
Upon more reflection, I've decided that BLM is, from what I've gathered it is not:
Also, is anyone else getting the vibe that everything we've been experiencing since the beginning of March has had a diametric or mirror kind of flavor to it?
I can understand the presence of such headlines during a time like now where we are battling over information and truth, however, all of the things I listed were paraphrased headlines from sources like the CDC, or any of the mainstream outlets whom we can deduce to be playing for the STS side.
So when looking at it from that way it just seems suspicious to me the way it's being churned out in such oscillation.
Edit: if anyone wants to take that list and hyperlink it to examples, I'd love that. I'm sure I'll get around to it but I'm feeling kind of drained at the moment
while I've been able to laugh and stay light-hearted at a lot of things, today just feels heavy
- Black lives matter
- But not all black lives matter
- White lives especially don't matter
- No police
- Unless BLM is the police
- All statues are racist and bad, especially those of men or women whom in their time helped in a major way to defeat slavery and/or segregation
- Elk statues are the most racist and vile
- Statues of men who actually were slave traders and advocated for a world dominated by a strict and unforgiving hierarchy can remain because BLM isn't sure who they are anyway and are having a difficult time identifying the credentials
- Looting, shooting, and otherwise disorderly conduct are effective, especially when employed against already marginalized people of your own ethnic group
- You don't get to define what BLM stands for, BLM does, only they aren't quite sure themselves and if you ask different people you'll get different answers
Also, is anyone else getting the vibe that everything we've been experiencing since the beginning of March has had a diametric or mirror kind of flavor to it?
- Wear masks
- Don't wear masks
- Stay indoors
- Sunshine kills the virus
- The virus exists on every surface
- The virus can't survive on most surfaces
- We can contain it if we all vaccinate
- We can't contain it so we should all vaccinate
I can understand the presence of such headlines during a time like now where we are battling over information and truth, however, all of the things I listed were paraphrased headlines from sources like the CDC, or any of the mainstream outlets whom we can deduce to be playing for the STS side.
So when looking at it from that way it just seems suspicious to me the way it's being churned out in such oscillation.
Edit: if anyone wants to take that list and hyperlink it to examples, I'd love that. I'm sure I'll get around to it but I'm feeling kind of drained at the moment
while I've been able to laugh and stay light-hearted at a lot of things, today just feels heavy
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Nucifera
Dagobah Resident
There's lots of cognitive dissonance going on. A good share of it likely is intentional. Some may be the natural result of fractured minds that are trying to control the narrative. This is as good a time as any to work on critical thinking.
Pearce
Jedi Master
Hegelian Dialectic - Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis or Problem, Reaction, Solution
Antithesis can be defined as "a figure of speech involving a seeming contradiction of ideas, words, clauses, or sentences within a balanced grammatical structure. Parallelism of expression serves to emphasize opposition of ideas". An antithesis must always contain two ideas within one statement.
The 4 Stages of Hypnosis
Stage 1 – Absorb Attention
In order to absorb attention, you simply want to capture the attention and focus of your client.
This involved speaking and engaging with your client in a manner that draws them in to you, using your tonality, your physiology, and your prestige, to ensure that the client is willing to follow your instructions. Once this is achieved, you move on to stage 2.
Stage 2 – Bypass the Critical Faculty
The Critical Faculty is the part of the mind that disbelieves and uses logic and reasoning. If you’ve even watched a movie and been looking for where certain things aren’t possible – that’s you using your Critical Faculty.
All Hypnosis is Self Hypnosis so you want to help your client reduce their resistance to hypnotic trance by suspending their disbelief. This allows the client to respond to you on an unconscious level.
Once the Critical Faculty has been bypassed, the unconscious mind is more receptive to hypnotic suggestions and metaphors. In the event that a client feels threatened throughout a session, or become concerned about their welfare, the client’s Critical Faculty instantly switches back on, breaking the hypnotic trance.
Stage 3 – Activate an Unconscious Response
Activating unconscious responses is the best sign that a Hypnotherapist has successfully led the client into a hypnotic state.
An example of an unconscious response is a physiological response of that is not consciously created. There type of responses are created at the unconscious level, and happen even without the client being consciously aware of them.
Good example of these types of unconscious responses are: The client’s saliva glands being active in response to imaging themselves sucking on a lemon, or a visible shudder when the client imagines the sound of nails dragged down a chalk board.
These physical manifestations are the product of the unconscious mind responding to the thoughts and visualisations that you help the client create.
Stage 4 – Leading the Unconscious To Desired Outcome
Once a client is in a hypnotic state and the hypnotherapist has helped the client successfully achieved all three previous stages, Hypnotic Suggestions & Metaphors can be used.
Hypnotic Suggestions are typically used in the form of commands, and can be used to create immediate effect or post-hypnotic effect.
Metaphors are stories carefully constructed and delivered to help the unconscious mind become more resourceful, to create a more desirable outcome.
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I think we can all say Step 1 was achieved because the world's focus and attention has all been on Corona. Easy enough.
It would seem the antithetical statements about the best way to prevent catching the virus, such as wear a mask but don't wear a mask, as well as what we're witnessing in the BLM movement, serve to achieve Step 2 which is bypassing the critical faculties and suspension of disbelief.
Step 3, now that the race card has been played, may end up being the snapback between whites and blacks, if it doesn't end up also involving conservatives and liberals, which then brings us to Step 4 which I guess we have an idea about but the details are still to be determined.
All in all, between the chilling ritual kneeling and kabbalistic black screen/square/cube social media takeover and the constant barrage of propaganda, we're not in Kansas anymore! I just don't understand why - I mean my hackles have been up ever since mid-March when I was furloughed from my job and I could sense something "off" about things, like something new and unwelcome, something uninvited, was in the air. How do people not sense this?
I know, right, the programming. I just want to scream.
Antithesis can be defined as "a figure of speech involving a seeming contradiction of ideas, words, clauses, or sentences within a balanced grammatical structure. Parallelism of expression serves to emphasize opposition of ideas". An antithesis must always contain two ideas within one statement.
Learn the 4 Stage Hypnosis Protocol
The 4 Stage Hypnosis Protocol begins with Stage 1, to Absorb Attention. Absorbing attention is simply to capture the focus of your subject.hypnosistrainingacademy.com
The 4 Stages of Hypnosis
Stage 1 – Absorb Attention
In order to absorb attention, you simply want to capture the attention and focus of your client.
This involved speaking and engaging with your client in a manner that draws them in to you, using your tonality, your physiology, and your prestige, to ensure that the client is willing to follow your instructions. Once this is achieved, you move on to stage 2.
Stage 2 – Bypass the Critical Faculty
The Critical Faculty is the part of the mind that disbelieves and uses logic and reasoning. If you’ve even watched a movie and been looking for where certain things aren’t possible – that’s you using your Critical Faculty.
All Hypnosis is Self Hypnosis so you want to help your client reduce their resistance to hypnotic trance by suspending their disbelief. This allows the client to respond to you on an unconscious level.
Once the Critical Faculty has been bypassed, the unconscious mind is more receptive to hypnotic suggestions and metaphors. In the event that a client feels threatened throughout a session, or become concerned about their welfare, the client’s Critical Faculty instantly switches back on, breaking the hypnotic trance.
Stage 3 – Activate an Unconscious Response
Activating unconscious responses is the best sign that a Hypnotherapist has successfully led the client into a hypnotic state.
An example of an unconscious response is a physiological response of that is not consciously created. There type of responses are created at the unconscious level, and happen even without the client being consciously aware of them.
Good example of these types of unconscious responses are: The client’s saliva glands being active in response to imaging themselves sucking on a lemon, or a visible shudder when the client imagines the sound of nails dragged down a chalk board.
These physical manifestations are the product of the unconscious mind responding to the thoughts and visualisations that you help the client create.
Stage 4 – Leading the Unconscious To Desired Outcome
Once a client is in a hypnotic state and the hypnotherapist has helped the client successfully achieved all three previous stages, Hypnotic Suggestions & Metaphors can be used.
Hypnotic Suggestions are typically used in the form of commands, and can be used to create immediate effect or post-hypnotic effect.
Metaphors are stories carefully constructed and delivered to help the unconscious mind become more resourceful, to create a more desirable outcome.
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I think we can all say Step 1 was achieved because the world's focus and attention has all been on Corona. Easy enough.
It would seem the antithetical statements about the best way to prevent catching the virus, such as wear a mask but don't wear a mask, as well as what we're witnessing in the BLM movement, serve to achieve Step 2 which is bypassing the critical faculties and suspension of disbelief.
Step 3, now that the race card has been played, may end up being the snapback between whites and blacks, if it doesn't end up also involving conservatives and liberals, which then brings us to Step 4 which I guess we have an idea about but the details are still to be determined.
All in all, between the chilling ritual kneeling and kabbalistic black screen/square/cube social media takeover and the constant barrage of propaganda, we're not in Kansas anymore! I just don't understand why - I mean my hackles have been up ever since mid-March when I was furloughed from my job and I could sense something "off" about things, like something new and unwelcome, something uninvited, was in the air. How do people not sense this?
I know, right, the programming. I just want to scream.
Metrist
The Living Force
Why - if the covid -19 is such a big deal - is BLM rallys and protests being encouraged? And, police are being demonized, and protesters are calling for their defunding?
I understand the 'it's hyped up flu' as a reason to ignore the safety measures, but they allow the BLM to spread protests, while making wearing masks madatory at public places for all others.
So, they want us to use precaution, while they are left to assemble protests and go city to city, spreading the illness to their compatriots and sympathizers and the police are given the excuse to not enter their areas and let the violence take its course.
And the fact that they move people around to protest in places where they don't live?
They probably just want to get rid of them and give them a excuse to protest elsewhere and say: 'Heres a bus ticket, and lodging money, go there and protest'. And hope they get arrested, and not come back.
And if it makes more sick, and if more get killed, at least the citizens were warned to stay at home and take precautions. So, it is a strategic division where the protesters are given the means to hang themselves, and the prudent citizens are impacted less by their compliance.
But they could be just moving protesters into employment in cities where their type of skills are needed, but they can't just offer them these jobs - they have to arrange the circumstances ... so they hold protests, move people there, arrest them, and put them to work give them housing, ect. Sometimes inner city people are too hardened by the gang life, they are too good for any job proposal, but if you create the circumstances, they will accept what you offer in a set circumstance. So, this weird behavior on the governments behalf, could be to domesticate the wild inner city youth, and incorporate them into society. It's crazy, I know.
I understand the 'it's hyped up flu' as a reason to ignore the safety measures, but they allow the BLM to spread protests, while making wearing masks madatory at public places for all others.
So, they want us to use precaution, while they are left to assemble protests and go city to city, spreading the illness to their compatriots and sympathizers and the police are given the excuse to not enter their areas and let the violence take its course.
And the fact that they move people around to protest in places where they don't live?
They probably just want to get rid of them and give them a excuse to protest elsewhere and say: 'Heres a bus ticket, and lodging money, go there and protest'. And hope they get arrested, and not come back.
And if it makes more sick, and if more get killed, at least the citizens were warned to stay at home and take precautions. So, it is a strategic division where the protesters are given the means to hang themselves, and the prudent citizens are impacted less by their compliance.
But they could be just moving protesters into employment in cities where their type of skills are needed, but they can't just offer them these jobs - they have to arrange the circumstances ... so they hold protests, move people there, arrest them, and put them to work give them housing, ect. Sometimes inner city people are too hardened by the gang life, they are too good for any job proposal, but if you create the circumstances, they will accept what you offer in a set circumstance. So, this weird behavior on the governments behalf, could be to domesticate the wild inner city youth, and incorporate them into society. It's crazy, I know.
Heather
Dagobah Resident
I realized after posting the above that I should have investigated what it actually means to be a moderate just now in politics -- or, in this instance (concerning Conor Lamb), what it means to be a moderate Democrat. I sort of dropped the "moderate" idea in favor of looking at the degree to which Lamb supports initiatives that benefit middle-to-low income Americans, which has little to do with being "moderate."More on Parnell...
I've never had much faith in the military, largely because I've never had much faith in U.S. foreign policy. But here we find ourselves: looking to Republican military men like Parnell to stem the tide of authoritarianism on our soil.
These are indeed interesting times.
Parnell points out that "the Democratic party is no longer the party of the American middle class, or the American working class, no longer the party of unions... The Democratic party now, on every level, every candidate on stage embraces wholesale socialism. And Conor Lamb [Parnell's incumbent Democratic opponent in his upcoming race for Congress] is a part of that whether he likes it or not." Parnell also pointed out that although Lamb claims to be a moderate, he has always voted with Nancy Pelosi. That may be so (I'd need more information on that), however, according to Wikipedia, he voted against her as Speaker of the House.
Also from Wikipedia:
"In May 2020, President Trump endorsed Lamb's 2020 election opponent while falsely claiming that Lamb had voted for Pelosi as Speaker."
"On December 18, 2019, Lamb voted for both articles of impeachment against President Trump."
[end: Wiki quote]
Lamb seems to be quite a rival given he's ex-military, and his record as a prosecutor is not without merit.
Conor Lamb - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
According to Wiki, in 2017, in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, Lamb unseated Republican State Representative, Rick Saccone, whom Trump vigorously supported. Rick Saccone, by the way, has an "interesting" background:
"He served as a United States Air Force officer, working in the Office of Special Investigation, counter intelligence. After resigning from the Air Force, Saccone was a civilian employee of the U.S. Army during the Iraq War, working in Iraq from 2004-05. While in Iraq, Saccone worked as an interrogation consultant at Abu Ghraib prison."
[end: Wiki quote]
So, as usual, politics is a messy business.
As to Lamb's claim to be a moderate (if that's even possible on the left now, as Parnell points out), while he supports the continuation of Obamacare (an increasingly expensive operation put in place for the sole benefit of insurance providers), he did oppose "the Republican 2017 tax reform bill, which Lamb described as a 'giveaway' to large corporations and a 'betrayal' of middle-class Americans." [Wiki]
Actually, If you take a look at Trump's famous tax reduction bill [highlighted above], you'll see that the benefits that middle-to-lower income Americans initially see in the bill evaporate by 2027:
"The Tax Policy Center (TPC) estimated that the bottom 80% of taxpayers (income under $149,400) would receive 35% of the benefit in 2018, 34% in 2025 and none of the benefit in 2027, with some groups incurring costs. TPC also estimated 72% of taxpayers would be adversely impacted in 2019 and beyond, if the tax cuts are paid for by spending cuts separate from the legislation, as most spending cuts would impact lower- to middle-income taxpayers and outweigh the benefits from the tax cuts."
All of which is to point out that, as usual with politics, nothing is as it seems. And while, as Parnell points out, "the Democratic party is no longer the party of the American middle class, or the American working class, no longer the party of unions..." may be true, voting Republican doesn't square things on that count either. It's simply that the agenda of the radical left is so extremely, seditiously corrupt that voting Republican is looking like the only way to stem the tide of complete authoritarianism. However, as per above, there is a price tag for middle-to-lower income Americans in making that choice, even if Trump's base is loath to admit that. For their loyalty, he should be petitioned accordingly.
(Perhaps Tucker Carlson should be put on the case. He seems to have Trump's ear.)
While, generally speaking, a moderate in politics is what you might imagine it to be: rather middle of the road, not extremist or radical in one's views. However, in more specifically political parlance, Lamb's claiming to be a moderate Democrat means he's somewhat conservative in his views, or at least some of the time.
Why all this is important, and why Lamb's victory was important -- and his being challenged by Republican, Sean Parnell is important -- is that Lamb won in a district that Trump had won by a wide margin in the 2016 presidential election. So, Lamb's taking the district from a seated Republican was a big deal, contributing to the Democrats taking the House in 2018. In order for the Republicans to win back the House they need to flip at least 17 seats come November.
In some of Lamb's comments made during that winning campaign of his, he gave the impression -- certainly to Trump -- that, as a moderate, he was favorable to Trump's presidency. Trump even went so far as to say that he "ran on a campaign that said very nice things about me." Even if this is somewhat of an exaggeration, Lamb did make some comments that might have led Trump to draw this conclusion. As per PolitiFact:
"During the campaign, Lamb did express support for Trump’s plan to apply stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. He also told The Atlantic, 'We need the office of the presidency to succeed if we’re gonna make any progress on these issues', when asked what he thought of Trump."
[end: quote]
So, Lamb very wisely didn't ruffle the feathers of Trump supporters in the district, focusing instead on local issues, most especially the heroine addiction problem (something his background as a prosecutor dealing with this issue gave him special license to discuss). This approach, too, is considered by some to be the role of a moderate in politics: to be less ideological, more focused on the problems/potential solutions at hand.
However, as Parnell is now pointing out in his present campaign to unseat Lamb, Lamb voted 90% of the time with Nancy Pelosi, who is a far cry from a moderate at this point.
Here's an apt quote from Breitbart, June 10th:
"Friday, Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) weighed in on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) not condemning protesters tearing down statues in the wake of George Floyd’s death while in Minneapolis police custody."
"Barrasso said Pelosi 'has now surrendered to the mob'. He warned Pelosi’s refusal to speak out on tearing down monuments 'shows how radical and out of touch the Democrat Party has become'."
“'Nancy Pelosi has now surrendered to the mob, and it just shows you how radical and out of touch and dangerous the Democrat Party has become under this coalition that the Democrats have put together with the socialists and the Marxists and … the anarchists', Barrasso declared. 'This is a city, Baltimore, where Nancy Pelosi’s father was the mayor, and he likely contributed money and time to the putting up of that statue to Christopher Columbus. Now, she’s fine with tearing it down. But, John, it’s not just about the statue. It’s about the whole effort to cancel a culture of this whole movement to the far, far dangerous left for our country — people that want to cancel and defund the police, want to go after the churches, want to go after free speech. All of those things are being attacked, and she’s willing to stand by and let it happen'.”
[end: Breitbart quote]
Oh, Parnell is also criticizing Lamb for not speaking out against the radical left. So, it looks like this will be the rallying cry of many Republicans this fall -- or will it be?... since so many Republicans are kowtowing to the Democrats, when instead they should be taking a stand.
As for the issue of "moderates," I've been wondering for a while now where all the moderate Democrats are in all this. Are any of them speaking out? It's an important point to consider since if Trump fails to win, and the House remains in Democratic hands, and/or the Senate is lost to the Democrats, the voice and political power of the moderate Democrats will be all the more significant. Actually, it just occurred to me that if the Democrats were to have such a decisive victory, with radicalism seemingly driving it, this could result in push-back within their ranks, especially without Trump there to push back against. Of course, the question would then be: how much push-back? Enough to make any kind of a difference? Might some of these moderates even make new alliances with Republicans? What might some of these moderates being saying right now in the privacy of their own homes?
Anyway, this is the first time I've even thought these thoughts... so, I'm just putting these questions out there.
Related to this, I just found an article on a group of Democratic moderates in Washington known as The Blue Dog Coalition. The article is interesting background material on how Washington operates, and how these small groups can sometimes make a decisive difference when it comes to passing legislation:
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Ketone Cop
Jedi Master
Upon more reflection, I've decided that BLM is, from what I've gathered it is not:
Did I miss anything???
- Black lives matter
- But not all black lives matter
- White lives especially don't matter
- No police
- Unless BLM is the police
- All statues are racist and bad, especially those of men or women whom in their time helped in a major way to defeat slavery and/or segregation
- Elk statues are the most racist and vile
- Statues of men who actually were slave traders and advocated for a world dominated by a strict and unforgiving hierarchy can remain because BLM isn't sure who they are anyway and are having a difficult time identifying the credentials
- Looting, shooting, and otherwise disorderly conduct are effective, especially when employed against already marginalized people of your own ethnic group
- You don't get to define what BLM stands for, BLM does, only they aren't quite sure themselves and if you ask different people you'll get different answers
Also, is anyone else getting the vibe that everything we've been experiencing since the beginning of March has had a diametric or mirror kind of flavor to it?
And if you look at my first list on BLM it's the same back and forth, polar opposites on everything. These are all examples of headlines I'm sure we've all seen, and it just makes me feel like I've read somewhere about hypnotizing or programming, one of the ways to do it is to rapidly introduce the brain to ideas that basically cancel each other out in meaning or whatever. Like it confuses you to a point of breaking where you can become more suggestible or something.
- Wear masks
- Don't wear masks
- Stay indoors
- Sunshine kills the virus
- The virus exists on every surface
- The virus can't survive on most surfaces
- We can contain it if we all vaccinate
- We can't contain it so we should all vaccinate
I can understand the presence of such headlines during a time like now where we are battling over information and truth, however, all of the things I listed were paraphrased headlines from sources like the CDC, or any of the mainstream outlets whom we can deduce to be playing for the STS side.
So when looking at it from that way it just seems suspicious to me the way it's being churned out in such oscillation.
Edit: if anyone wants to take that list and hyperlink it to examples, I'd love that. I'm sure I'll get around to it but I'm feeling kind of drained at the moment
Awesome post. I think you have a great sense of clarity about what is going on, and thank you for sharing.
"Also, is anyone else getting the vibe that everything we've been experiencing since the beginning of March has had a diametric or mirror kind of flavor to it?"
YES.
Every single thing that could ever possibly have a positive or negative connotation has been targeted, whether it's race or class or sex or politics etc. Basically, any issue that people have lined up for or against at any time in history is being brought out to further "division consciousness" at this time, forcing people to "pick a side" and stand by it.
The thing about this is, many of these issues are ones where we HAVE to make a choice. We live in duality after all. We are being forced to choose: light or dark, truth or lies, love or hate - and no matter what our choices are, there will be others who are diametrically opposed to them who will ATTACK US for not being on "their side". And I believe that this is intentional.
My own personal take on how to navigate all of this is to always choose to align with what is objectively true in that moment - that which will align with truth and being, and your continued "I AM" presence. For example, continue to resist wearing masks where possible, because they are detrimental to overall health. Continue to avoid GMO foods. Stay away from Round-Up. Etc.
BUT:
Do not become identified with any of those objective truths.
Live by what makes sense and keeps you healthy and sane. But do NOT judge those who believe differently. Instead, be THANKFUL that you (and Pearce, I don't mean "you" specifically, but everyone) have considered both sides of whatever issue you are experiencing, and that your studies have led you to TRUTH and to live your life in compliance with it.
But if you decide to get out there and promote your own knowledge and beliefs as "The Truth", even if you truly believe them to be so, and SO strongly that you feel a NEED to make these "truths" evident to all? Even if you are RIGHT, and even proving so using every single metric that one could use to do so?
Then you have bought into the division consciousness, and you will continue to stir up strife and division for as long as you need to be right.
Remember always that what is "objectively true" also changes over time. For example: how much of our current problems (in America) are due to most of our nation continuing to believe that the USA is the greatest democracy ever, devoted to bringing freedom to the entire world? This may have been objectively true for most Americans 70 years ago, but is it now?? Nope, but most here still believe it, and that is why so many horrors continue to occur in our name today.
In short: continue to do that which is right and true, but don't advertise it. Remember the C's latest warning re: "Strategic Enclosure to the max". Live your truth, and share it with those who are open, but don't try to push it. Have compassion for those who do not share your convictions, or even attack them, because they may simply be programmed to do so. LET IT GO.
And here's where I want to share another one of my recent dreams.
(Yeah I saw that eye-roll: "Ketone Cop and his dreams!! Let's just go get some ice cream!")
A couple of years ago I had this dream, and I shared it in the comments section of my friend's blog here:
Timothy Glenn ~ Autumn 2018: The Dominoes Begin to Fall
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It was under the username, "Anthony":
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"...I had a lucid dream about a month ago that seemed prophetic: I dreamed that I was caught outside in a city I didn’t recognize and the outer bands of a hurricane were moving in. I wandered about looking for shelter, and though I didn’t see another soul I could find shelter from the wind and rain easily. And I saw that most people had prepared their houses to handle the coming storm. But I still didn’t feel safe, and kept looking for better shelter, because of the LIGHTNING.
I then looked at the storm coming in and saw that the center of it was a giant ball of luminescent, living light, and I knew no one would escape it. NOONE. But, it was *necessary*. Then I woke up."
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What is coming can not be avoided, I believe. Every single one of us will eventually face "the lightning".
But the way to get through it all, is to remain GROUNDED, I believe.
Stay neutral for as long as possible through these times, and do NOT pick a side, even if you KNOW you are "right". Instead, stay neutral and thank GOD for your current perspective, and pray that others around you will eventually choose your path of knowledge. And then, let go.
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From their point of view, the unifying and guiding principle is to let the psychopaths run amok. Otherwise, there's no sense in breaking the law for one group and strictly adhering to the law for another group. It's just letting the murderers and child rapists free.
SOTTREADER
The Living Force
I think this is a good story on what the west offers compared to other parts of the world.
I think sports more than anything shows the value of equality of opportunity, more so than any other arena, only because in sports, it's easier to see and judge talent and these athletes live in the public sphere.
In academia or business etc, as these environments are usually private, talent etc aren't so visible publicly and so there's a higher potential for cries of discrimination in the form of limited opportunities.
In any case, I've come across a story that to me just shows what the west offers compared to others which is overlooked by SJWs etc.
So there's this kid, Canadians might know him, he's a football player called Alphonso Davies. He was born in a refugee camp in Ghana to Liberian parents. He spent the first 5 years of his life in this refugee camp before his parents went to Canada. His parents openly admit they went to Canada in search of a better opportunity for their family's future.
Anyways, they land in a new place and they get to work settling in. Alphonso starts to play football and this is where he finds himself, he makes friends and most importantly, he picks up a mentor. This Canadian coach takes it upon himself to help him e.g. drive him to and from practise, give his parents advise etc. He essentially becomes a mentor, a friend, a coach and to some extent a family member to this young fledgling talent. He's now his manager btw!
It becomes apparent quite quickly that Alphonso has talent, which coupled with his good attitude, respect for elders, being a good listener and knowing where he came from and the value of opportunities he now has, he doubled down on his efforts.
A professional Canadian club comes calling and picks him up at around 14 but he has to move to Vancouver which means he'd have to leave home. His parents initially refuse but Alphonso and his mentor convince them otherwise and off he goes to join the junior team of this club. 1 year later he debuts for the senior team and goes to establish himself as a key player. At 17 he gains Canadian citizenship and is added to the national team on that very same day.
Then his big break comes, last year his parents are approached and told that a big European club wants to sign their son.
Bayern Munich all the way from Germany come pick him up for a record transfer fee in Canada, splashing 10 million on a now 18 year old Alphonso.
This guy rocks up to Munich, fresh faced and surrounded by truly world class players. In Munich, they tell him they want him to train to play a different position than what he's used to... They want him to play left back as opposed to left wing. Guy has a good attitude (his strongest quality next to his talent) and adapts... Mind you in that position for Munich, they already have the best left back in the world (David Alaba) and also they bought a French world cup winning left back for 80 million euros no less! (Lucas Hernandez) So really, it wasn't realistic to expect him to become a regular member of the first team squad (he's only 18 after all!).
Anyways, he impresses in training and gets a few cameo appearances where he continues to impress. Soon Lucas Hernandez gets injured and Bayern are put in a position where they have to experiment with the backline. They push Alaba to centre back and trust Alphonso with left back.
That was it, end of story - this guy has now gone to become a key member of the squad and is expected to become the best in his position in the world if he continues the way he has thus far - btw, he's now only 19!!!
I mean cmon, where else in the world would such a story happen other than the west?
Here is a little documentary on his story:
Here is a highlight reel
And the guy obviously being young and from growing in Canada is a bit of a goofball (good attitude though), has confidence to burn and likes to entertain via social media in his spare time... I like this one, 18 year old, just signed for Munich doing a blog on one of his days out and about...
Obviously this is an extraordinary story, an exception rather than the rule but I think such stories wouldn't happen if racism was as they say it is.
I think sports more than anything shows the value of equality of opportunity, more so than any other arena, only because in sports, it's easier to see and judge talent and these athletes live in the public sphere.
In academia or business etc, as these environments are usually private, talent etc aren't so visible publicly and so there's a higher potential for cries of discrimination in the form of limited opportunities.
In any case, I've come across a story that to me just shows what the west offers compared to others which is overlooked by SJWs etc.
So there's this kid, Canadians might know him, he's a football player called Alphonso Davies. He was born in a refugee camp in Ghana to Liberian parents. He spent the first 5 years of his life in this refugee camp before his parents went to Canada. His parents openly admit they went to Canada in search of a better opportunity for their family's future.
Anyways, they land in a new place and they get to work settling in. Alphonso starts to play football and this is where he finds himself, he makes friends and most importantly, he picks up a mentor. This Canadian coach takes it upon himself to help him e.g. drive him to and from practise, give his parents advise etc. He essentially becomes a mentor, a friend, a coach and to some extent a family member to this young fledgling talent. He's now his manager btw!
It becomes apparent quite quickly that Alphonso has talent, which coupled with his good attitude, respect for elders, being a good listener and knowing where he came from and the value of opportunities he now has, he doubled down on his efforts.
A professional Canadian club comes calling and picks him up at around 14 but he has to move to Vancouver which means he'd have to leave home. His parents initially refuse but Alphonso and his mentor convince them otherwise and off he goes to join the junior team of this club. 1 year later he debuts for the senior team and goes to establish himself as a key player. At 17 he gains Canadian citizenship and is added to the national team on that very same day.
Then his big break comes, last year his parents are approached and told that a big European club wants to sign their son.
Bayern Munich all the way from Germany come pick him up for a record transfer fee in Canada, splashing 10 million on a now 18 year old Alphonso.
This guy rocks up to Munich, fresh faced and surrounded by truly world class players. In Munich, they tell him they want him to train to play a different position than what he's used to... They want him to play left back as opposed to left wing. Guy has a good attitude (his strongest quality next to his talent) and adapts... Mind you in that position for Munich, they already have the best left back in the world (David Alaba) and also they bought a French world cup winning left back for 80 million euros no less! (Lucas Hernandez) So really, it wasn't realistic to expect him to become a regular member of the first team squad (he's only 18 after all!).
Anyways, he impresses in training and gets a few cameo appearances where he continues to impress. Soon Lucas Hernandez gets injured and Bayern are put in a position where they have to experiment with the backline. They push Alaba to centre back and trust Alphonso with left back.
That was it, end of story - this guy has now gone to become a key member of the squad and is expected to become the best in his position in the world if he continues the way he has thus far - btw, he's now only 19!!!
I mean cmon, where else in the world would such a story happen other than the west?
Here is a little documentary on his story:
Here is a highlight reel
And the guy obviously being young and from growing in Canada is a bit of a goofball (good attitude though), has confidence to burn and likes to entertain via social media in his spare time... I like this one, 18 year old, just signed for Munich doing a blog on one of his days out and about...
Obviously this is an extraordinary story, an exception rather than the rule but I think such stories wouldn't happen if racism was as they say it is.
Remember this couple who defended themselves against the mob. The police now confiscated their firearms, more power the mob! They want war but they don't want us to have the means to fight back.
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