Alabama bans cutting; unmasking planes didn’t cause havoc; CDC investigating 70% of all cruise ships; experts stupidly bring back polio epidemics; 99% of covid deaths in Canada are jabbed; lots more.
CDC Investigation?.....yet another egregious misnomer enters the fray.
And let's not forget the main objective here is to give ALL the power to the WHO, CDC, etc...
If having a U.S. "president" 🤥 - along with a host of associated maladjusted cronies and sycophants - are willing....nay, enthralled with handing over our American freedoms and sovereign ideologies to a coven of unelected, self important, ego driven, (Did I say UNELECTED?) delusional, FOREIGN power mongers doesn't give you pause then you are most certainly lost at sea.....a ship without a rudder. Goodnight, Irene. Enjoy your Industrial Strength Medical Gulag. This attempt to circumvent the Constitution and squash our very way of life should send EVERYONE claiming the designation of U.S. citizen into a rage. (All under the guise of YOUR/OUR safety and well being......BULL!)
This is simply NOT going to fly in the deep red states. (It's beyond comprehension that ANY state would allow such an atrocity). Is this the move that decidedly separates us? I hope so. Power back to the states. DeSantis & Co, don't sing it....bring it. The CDC, The WHO, The WEC, pharmaceutical companies... the whole freaking lot of low life racketeers should be anointed as "The Ministry of Half Baked Suggestions." Zero power. Zero authority....... "Yes, thank you, we'll take that under advisement, but we're going to shop around for ideas that are a little less....uh, how can we put this as not to offend...........psychotic. Besides, your Angie's List rating is in the crapper. Don't call us, we'll call you."
Expect a MAJOR push on our 2nd Amendment rights....the only thing keeping us from a swift and total defeat.
At the risk of getting very pedantic, Eric, one of our problems stems from the number of inhabitants in this country claiming mere citizenship vs. living out being 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣.
Yes, a very clear distinction. I also realize from studying history that empires generally have about a 250 year run. We're right on schedule. The differences that we face are far from innocuous. They are so deep and so severe that a great divide is inevitable
Yes, indeed. Unless the vast majority in this country suddenly become American again -- or for the first time -- via some blinding flash in the middle of the night, I am unable to envision unity with the likes of CA or NY or MA or IL, et.al.
Adherence to the founding principles of life, liberty, and property has been purposely erased in both the teachings and in the minds of people in this country. After seeing the conduct of the majority over the last two years, I can only assume that when it really counts, those in this majority are my enemy. Dislike saying that, but it is they who have proven it. I am merely reacting to the reality of it.
I agree with Julie. I believe it will take a move of God upon His body, the people who are called by His name, and I'm seeing and hearing evidence that it is happening.
In my thinking we have many who claim American citizenship but how many are Heritage Americans? those who are wedded to this country and it’s heritage.
Its heritage, yes, but specifically its philosophical heritage. That philosophical heritage that results from a combination of religious thinking (primarily Christian) and Enlightenment thinking. What other countries' inhabitants bring that with them when they arrive here? Some -- and they're very specific, limited.
I'm confused about the distinction about Heritage Americans and not familiar with the term. To me, sounds like the Mayflower descendants or DAR, and the implication that born here takes precedent to those who are first generation arrivals. Or, is it a term regarding one's Constitutional philosophy and how they manifest that in daily life?
In my experience, some of the most ardent supporters of the Constitution are those who experienced or whose family experienced life in places that they did not have opportunities and hope of fulfilling dreams.
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Forgot to add that so many have not had civics or teachings of the Constitution nor extracurriculars as scouting or church youth groups to foster respect for this nation.
Since I've met the type of first generation Americans you're referring to, I'd have to classify them as Heritage Americans. You're correct that they are some of the most ardent supporters of our Constitution because they have lived the alternative.
I had the opportunity to visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island a couple of years ago and identifying as a bipedal Canadian mammal with a large forebrain (yes, I know, I already used that line in another reply), I was surprised by how moved I was by some of the old photos and recordings. People were literally kissing the ground and weeping, overcome with thankfulness to have escaped tyranny back in wherever they came from. Now it's like half the US has gone completely insane and is willingly and frantically tossing away 250 years of freedom in the name of "equity". Yes, things haven't been perfect but nowhere else in the world have people had the same opportunities they have had in the USA.
Yes. I’m met many awesome first generation Americans. And sadly, have talked to several who sent their children, grandchildren to college here and watched them being left radicalized. They do seem more able to cut their offspring that have become brainwashed off from support.
Any child of mine who wanted to be a leftist would have to do it on their own dime.
Katcando, that's "Fortified City's" terminology. I accepted it, but added a qualifier to it -- "philosophical" -- for clarity and to specify that that's what I mean about being "American". Do all people the world over yearn to be free? I am unsure, but I think not. For those that do, do they have the intellectual and religious philosophical foundation to support the reasons that humans have a right to be free simply as a result of their humanity? I think not. I think we have seen many come into the country without this foundation 𝘢𝘯𝘥 worse, we have seen it bred out of those whose families have been here for many generations.
You made me think about all of the Chinese people who were fairly acceptable to the ways of the CCP until millions of them were locked and quarantined in their homes in early March 2022 and are still there. They had just enough freedom to be obedient before but many of them do not feel the same today.
I agree with everything you said except the pledge of allegiance. It was written by a socialist to foster obedience to the state in children and that's precisely what it does. In my children, I'll be fostering an obedience to God. No king but Christ.
Thank you for that perspective. I have not ever thought of it as obedience but see that is a synonym. I think of it as an expression of loyalty. Thank you
How would we test for the loyalty to the foundations of American liberty? To the principles of life, liberty, property with severely limited government? What parts of the world have the cultural, linguistic, and historic framework that would make coming here and truly living as an American possible?
Force military service or public service in exchange for citizenship. Just a thought but military or public service will connect you to the core values of the country. Might be too over the top. I can be hard sometimes.
Military service or "public service" at taxpayers' expense? :) This is no guarantee of connection to the foundations of American philosophy, how that philosophy brought us the Declaration of Dependence, how that brought about the Constitution or what that Constitution says about how little the federal government is actually allowed to do -- and why. We see the abject violation of the Constitution -- and disconnection from American political philosophy with the ongoing abuse and misuse of the military in foreign interventions all over the world.
As I have asserted here and elsewhere, even those born and raised here have demonstrated utter disloyalty to liberty, have thrown away their freedom for "safety", and/or look to government for their welfare -- in so many ways, not just financial. All of this is fundamentally opposed to American political philosophy -- and we're all now paying the price in spades.
I think the principles of life, liberty, property with severely limited government is a concept that is grasped and dreamed about irregardless of the underlying cultural, linguistic, and historical framework.
Reagan called us the “Shining City on a Hill”. We are the dream.
I think universally people want to live a prosperous life, raise a family and be left alone to make their own decisions. For some reason they risk life and limb, or at least leave all they know to be among us.
Not counting those flooding our southern border with ‘God only knows what’ intentions, I know many of these newcomers are willing to fight for the dream.
You make me feel ashamed. I have honestly forgotten how to be charitable to those crossing our borders illegally. I don't trust our government, so I have stopped trusting the reasons for those coming into our country illegally. I know that there are many coming for the "dream of liberty" but how to really "vet" those from terrorists--especially now, when no one is being vetted.
Whoa, full stop! I thought my comment about those whose intentions we cannot know included all those illegally entering our country. I have no soft spot for illegals and as far as I know I’ve never conversed with illegals. I don’t give a damn about their dreams!
Well said. We all have to find our way to stand up and call them out. For many or most it probably needs to be local, like Jeff and Florida have done. If the Federal Goverment aspect seems too daunting to know how to get involved, we must look to our local community or state, but we can't stand by and do nothing. I like the example of Texas (I believe) that voted to replace the whole city council (or school board)? Including 3 incumbants.
A+ for spelling out the obvious with snidely whiplash sarcasm… I’m mystified why the C&C army other than a few of us and Margaret Anna Alice are moot or is it mute on the catastrophic global threat of the WHO PANDEMIC TREATY perpetrated on all sovereign nations, with their unelected vote on May 22! As stated, with abject accuracy: “handing over our American freedoms and sovereign ideologies to a “coven” of unelected, self important, ego driven, (Did I say UNELECTED?) delusional, FOREIGN power mongers doesn't give you pause (????HELLO????) then you are most certainly lost at sea.....” Do you include Jeff, our immensely appreciated constitutional lawyer author of morning news? His silence on this treaty ushered in by the Trojan Horse “COVID19” et al., is alarmingly curious….
I don’t think loosing our national and States sovereignty can be classified as “idiotic”… the premise is yes, but the threat under this regime is not. The WHO is immune from “every form of legal process” under a document agreed to by the United States through the United Nations called the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies.[vi] The document continues, “The property and assets of the specialized agencies, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from search, requisition, confiscation, expropriation and any other form of interference, whether by executive, administrative, judicial or legislative action.” This means there is zero transparency or accountability. Furthermore, the American Constitution will not protect Americans when it comes to the actions of the World Health Organization.
HA! The WHO = The Medical Gulag. "MG's" certainly not MD's. They are politicians, not doctors, using Health as a guise for gaining global control. The international member nations of the WHO will vote on whether or not to allow that power grab at the end of May - and it appears the vote will be totally in favor. Note that the legacy media is ignoring it, so unless people seek out alternative information sources, they have no idea it is happening.
You nailed it. It’s disturbing how little attention Biden’s move to hand control to WHO of health decisions for our country during a pandemic. An organization highly influenced by China…gee, what could go wrong?
My thinking is that one of the critical ingredients that has gone missing, likely the most important, is an allegience to and understanding of God our Creator. We have lost our moral compass that comes fron knowing Him. I think it was George Washington that said, Our Constitution is wholy inadequate anything but a moral and religious people.
There's a 6 month window after the vote takes place later this month in which the countries can change their vote. Massive political action/public awareness might be able to unwind a vote of acceptance in any given country.
This guy is now Vice President of Operations and General Counsel of FNIH. It's been in the works about 10 years.
Kevin A. Klock
Date Written: 2013
Abstract
As a recent decision of the World Health Assembly makes clear, many in the global health movement advocate mobilizing the World Health Organization's (WHO) treaty-making powers to address the world's great health challenges. The hard lawmaking power granted to the WHO in the 1940s was unprecedented, but is antiquated now given contemporary international relations and global health concerns. This Note argues that the WHO can better facilitate the development of global health ‘law’ by promulgating soft law instruments containing specific, concrete provisions. These mechanisms are different from treaties because the instruments are soft, but distinguished from ‘mere declarations' because their contents are hard. Practitioners in other fields have deployed such instruments effectively when (1) sovereignty costs are intractable and yet normative experimentation is needed, (2) agreements are meant to coordinate rather than constrain, perhaps through a centralizing international institution, (3) non-state actor participation is essential, and (4) agreements will require constant updating to keep current with substantive developments in the subject matter. Finally, durable soft law provisions may harden into binding customary international law, thus achieving the status so desired by hard law enthusiasts. Consequently, this form of soft law instrument provides a useful and modem means to craft agreements that, while not binding legally, may have relatively more power to affect conduct and help achieve global health's social justice ends.
“Vaccine-Derived Polio Is On The Rise. A New Vaccine Aims To Stop The Spread.”
Wow. They don’t usually encapsulate their Problem-Reaction-Solution formula in a single headline like that!
For an intriguing counter-narrative regarding the causes of polio during the previous epidemics, I highly recommend Forrest Maready’s fascinating “The Moth in the Iron Lung,” which should be paired with the required “Dissolving Illusions.”
Also, Catherine Diodati`s Ìmmunization: History, Ethics, Law and Health` is an amazing book if you are identifying as a Canadian, bipedal mammal with a large brain.
The oral polio vax was the ORIGINAL one, developed first and used in the US. It actually did give some people including children polio and there were deaths from it.
It undermined public trust until the injection version was developed
They also found that even the injectable version had side effects in certain groups like older men and the recommendations were narrowed to exclude certain people.
The public health vax community has a long history of these types of problems, where something was rolled out and found to have some serious adverse unforseen problems. BUt the differece is that back until like 1980 -1990 the public health community seemed to be much more circumspect , conservative, respectful, conservative of the people and worked much harder to communicate and earn trust.
1824: Metal workers had suffered for centuries from a paralysis similar to polio caused by the lead and arsenic in the metals they were working with. English scientist John Cooke observed: 'The fumes from these metals, or the receptance of them in solution into the stomach, often causes paralysis.'
1890: Lead arsenate pesticide started to be sprayed in the US up to 12 times every summer to kill codling moth on apple crops.
1892: Polio outbreaks began to occur in Vermont, an apple growing region. In his report the Government Inspector Dr. Charles Caverly noted that parents reported that some children fell ill after eating fruit. He stated that 'infantile paralysis usually occurred in families with more than one child, and as no efforts were made at isolation it was very certain it was non-contagious' (with only one child in the family having been struck).
1907: Calcium arsenate comes into use primarily on cotton crops.
1908: In a Massachusetts town with three cotton mills and apple orchards, 69 children suddenly fell ill with infantile paralysis.
1909: The UK bans apple imports from the States because of heavy lead arsenate residues.
1921: Franklin D. Roosevelt develops polio after swimming in Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. Toxicity of water may have been due to pollution run-off.
1943: DDT is introduced, a neurotoxic pesticide. Over the next several years it comes into widespread use in American households. For example, wall paper impregnated with DDT was placed in children's bedrooms.
1943: A polio epidemic in the UK town of Broadstairs, Kent is linked to a local dairy where cows were washed down with DDT.
1944: Albert Sabin reports that a major cause of sickness and death of American troops based in the Philippines was poliomyelitis. US military camps there were sprayed daily with DDT to kill mosquitoes. Neighbouring Philippine settlements were not affected.
1944: NIH reports that DDT damages the same anterior horn cells that are damaged in infantile paralysis.
1946: Gebhaedt shows polio seasonality correlates with fruit harvest.
1949: Endocrinologist Dr Morton Biskind, a practitioner and medical researcher, found that DDT causes 'lesions in the spinal cord similar to human polio.'
1950: US Public Health Industrial Hygiene Medical Director, J.G. Townsend, notes the similarity between parathion poisoning and polio and believes that some polio might be caused by eating fruits or vegetables with parathion residues.
1951: Dr. Biskind treats his polio patients as poisoning victims, removing toxins from food and environment, especially DDT contaminated milk and butter. Dr. Biskind writes: 'Although young animals are more susceptible to the effects of DDT than adults, so far as the available literature is concerned, it does not appear that the effects of such concentrations on infants and children have even been considered.'
1949-1951: Other doctors report they are having success treating polio with anti toxins used to treat poisoning, dimercaprol and ascorbic acid. Example: Dr. F. R. Klenner reported: 'In the poliomyelitis epidemic in North Carolina in 1948 60 cases of this disease came under our care... The treatment was massive doses of vitamin C every two to four hours. Children up to four years received vitamin C injection intramuscularly... All patients were clinically well after 72 hours.'
1950: Dr. Biskind presents evidence to the US Congress that pesticides were the major cause of polio epidemics. He is joined by Dr. Ralph Scobey who reported he found clear evidence of poisoning when analyzing chemical traces in the blood of polio victims.
Comment: This was a no no. The viral causation theory was not something to be questioned. The careers of prominent virologists and health authorities were threatened. Biskind and Scobey's ideas were subjected to ridicule.
1953: Clothes are moth-proofed by washing them in EQ-53, a formula containing DDT.
1953: Dr. Biskind writes: 'It was known by 1945 that DDT was stored in the body fat of mammals and appears in their milk... yet far from admitting a causal relationship between DDT and polio that is so obvious, which in any other field of biology would be instantly accepted, virtually the entire apparatus of communication, lay and scientific alike, has been devoted to denying, concealing, suppressing, distorting and attempts to convert into its opposite this overwhelming evidence. Libel, slander, and economic boycott have not been overlooked in this campaign.'
1954: Legislation recognizing the dangers of persistent pesticides is enacted, and a phase out of DDT in the US accelerates along with a shift of sales of DDT to third world countries.
(Note that DDT is phased out at the same time as widespread polio vaccinations begin. Saying that, polio cases sky rocket only in communities that accept the polio vaccine, as the polio vaccine is laced with heavy metals and other toxins, so the paralysis narrative starts all over again. As the polio vaccines cause huge spikes in polio, the misinformed public demand more polio vaccine and the cycle spirals skyward exponentially)
1956: the American Medical Association mandated that all licensed medical doctors could no longer classify polio as polio. All polio diagnosis would be rejected in favor of Guillian-Barre Syndrome, AFP (acute flaccid paralysis), Bell's Palsy, Cerebral Palsy, ALS, (Lou-Gehrig's Disease), MS, MD etc etc. This sleight of hand was fabricated with the sole intent of giving the public the impression that the polio vaccine was successful at decreasing polio or eradicating polio. The public bought this hook, line and sinker and to this very day, many pro vaccine arguments are ignited by the manufactured lie regarding the polio vaccine eradicating polio.
1962: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring is published.
1968: DDT registration cancelled for the US.
2008: Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) is still a raging in many parts of the world where pesticide use is high, and DDT is still used. AFP. MS, MD, Bell's Palsy, cerebral palsy, ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), Guillian-Barre are all catch basket diagnosis, all similar in symptoms, tied to heavy metal poisoning and high toxic load.
2008: WHO states on its website: 'There is no cure for polio. Its effects are irreversible.'
Conclusion: Modern belief that polio is caused by a virus is an ongoing tragedy for the children of the world. Public funds are wasted on useless and dangerous vaccines when the children could be treated with antitoxins. A call into failing vaccine mythology is warranted, as is a complete investigation of the real agenda being executed against humanity involving science, chemicals, vaccines, the medical field in general, and the government.
this was something i found in 2008, i had it bookmarked but had a feeling even back then it might vanish and it did, also i dont have that computer to even look up to see if its memory holed anywhere. i suspect the book mentioned in the comments above mine by Margaret Anne Alice might cover a lot of it
I never understood the allure of cruising. We did go to Alaska, no better way to see glacier bay, the whales and the beautiful coastal cities. You pay an arm and a leg for the cruise, then once you are on board, every 5 minutes they are looking for a way to get you to part with your $. Take a photo - buy this! On board merch sales, just add to your ship tab. Soda, cocktails, coffee drinks, Just add to your tab. Excursions, extra. We have friends and family who loved cruises, were trying to talk us into going with them. We talked about it, but then covid, Meh, pass. Don't think I will ever cruise again. Would rather support businesses who gave the middle finger to the jab pushers.
Found my spirit animal in Donna. I’d rather be beaten than to go on a floating brig.
That goes double for Disney World, triple for watching pro basketball.
(Another lawyer once invited me to attend a Thunder game at his luxury skybox. I told him “OK but it’ll cost you $300 per hour plus expenses. $600 if you expect me to watch the stupid game.”)
Yes, it seems to be one of those love/hate things. I have friends who used to go every year before covid. When we went, we had teenagers. The day before you leave and you go to settle up your bill...it's like holy crap, we spent how much!!? I'm a budget person, I like to look for deals, there are none on cruises.
You are very wrong about that. I think the "settle-up" on my last cruise was $25.00. Sometimes it's $0.00 - not unusual for me. We are not big spenders. But if you don't like it, you simply don't like it. There's nothing wrong with that!
Yeah, all my drinks are free. I get first-boarding and first-off privileges, and discounts. But, we didn't at the beginning. We "rose" through the ranks.
We've had a good time on cruises, although I agree with you - my husband loves it, so I am happy when I can get him off the ranch! That said, I overheard a couple of friends talking about a recent cruise one of them and her husband were on.
"What did you do?" Oh, snorkeling and swimming with sharks. Mostly we just drank. "What did you drink?" We like wine, but we had a lot of mixed drinks, too.
Sounds like fun to me! I think they'll be checking into one of those treatment centers soon. Maybe meet each cruise with alcohol, "Do you have a problem?" literature as they dock?
For some the appeal seems to be the chance to unplug from their jobs completely. They usually have the type of bosses who expect employees to answer the phone even on vacation which is much harder to do on a cruise. I have a couple of friends like that. Personally, I love the open ocean but would rather sail with a small handful of friends.
Not cruise people here - we considered it for an anniversary a few years ago but opted for a new hot tub instead! I don't regret it at all. The main thing everyone raves about after a cruise is how great the food is...hmmm.
Sounds fine to me. You don't seem like the kind of "cruiser" that has a good time on a cruise; probably because you don't really understand the concept, and that's OK. (Yes we long-time , established cruisers can be very uppity at times). My first cruise was in 1962, so I do have some background. :-)
Totally agree with Donna. Rather than saying her lack of enjoyment is due to ignorance ("don't understand the concept") perhaps people just have different tastes?
Yes, apologies to Donna - that was unnecessarily rude - but her description of a cruise is something I would NEVER recognize. Since she's only been on one, I believe, my real point was that perhaps there is a LOT more to discover that she just didn't "get" the first time. However, if she doesn't want to, there's no real reason to try. There are things I have tried only once and would never do again that perhaps Donna does all the time and enjoys.
No biggie, I was not offended. Everyone's idea of an 'ideal vacation' is different. Hubby and I go to an annual (except in 2020) 3 day rock festival - a lot of our friends think we are nuts but we love it.
Oh we had a great time in Alaska, but traveling with my spouse and 2 teenagers where you just put everything on a tab and settle up at the end...serious sticker shock. All that little stuff adds up. I am a planner and inveterate bargain hunter, we are usually on a budget. One time, it was fine, big extended family cruise, chalked it up to 'oh well it was worth it as we all had a great time'. But not something we would normally do. But I get it, different strokes...
I knew about the extra costs, but loved Alaska so much. Didn't do many excursions, but loved watching the water, mountains, and critters from our balcony. Also, enjoyed just walking around the ship and seeing everything. One excursion that was well worth the money for me, because I got to hold 3 week old dog sled puppies. Puppies on vacation! What a treat! (My dogs are my life.) 😊🤗
Well we 'knew' about them, but did not do a very good job of tracking, and it was the last trip with our kids before they flew the nest and before my father in law's health started failing, so we kind of threw caution to the wind. But yes we got to hold the puppies too, took the train into Yukon. That stuff was totally worth it. So beautiful there. The foo foo coffee drinks and sodas the kids guzzled and the beers, and premium dinners, not so much.
I'm not that much into food and drink. My co-workers kept teasing me about how much weight I would gain on the trip. They were disappointed that I lost 5 lbs and couldn't understand how I did it. Honestly, I didn't think the food was all that. --- I'm glad you got to hold puppies also. Puppies are the bomb!
They're going to keep throwing things to see what will stick so they can try and make everybody get a job of some kind of poison. I remember when the shots first came out the good doctor's were saying watch in about nine months you'll start seeing a lot of sick children now look at the liver issues with hepatitis now they're trying to push polio it's never ending. We have to keep up the good fight against this evil
Does anyone else remember when India had a drastic increase in polio cases after the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation donated enough polio vaccine to vaccinate all the children who had never had it?
Jeff, have you seen 2000mules? Is it enough evidence to arrest people, can this evidence be used in a court of law?
I watched it Saturday evening. There is plenty of evidence to start arresting the mules and the NGO personnel who paid them to break the law. We the people must demand it , or of course it will be proverbially swept under the rug . EVERYONE needs to watch this documentary video and share share share!
A friend of mine dropped her brother off at the airport Saturday afternoon. She said it was so crowded at the airport there was only one lane of traffic getting by. The rest were jammed with other people dropping off travelers. Other acquaintances that have travelled in the past couple of weeks are saying planes are full. It seems a lot of people are happy to get back to some sense of normalcy. ...or sanity.
A Voice for Choice Advocacy looks like a good organization. Another group, PERK, is incredibly well organized, are great communicators, and are very active:
Found myself scratching my head yet again with news last night of NZ's boosted leader Jacinda Arden explaining how she tested positive, without symptoms, and will be staying at home for some "happy family time" this week. Testing positive without symptoms = "I'm feeling fine" without a test. This is a sickness, just not what they pretend it is.
and I'm sure her home is a wonderful, privileged place. But how about others testing positive who lose out on their pay, or have to stay out of school for an extended period of time.
"Those who’ve been immunized with live virus can shed it in their stool… If it mutates and regains virulence, someone who isn’t vaccinated can become sick with vaccine-derived polio after contact with the contaminated wastewater.” Wait, I thought shedding was tin-foil hat conspiracy misinformation that got you cancelled?! So hard to keep up these days.....
CDC Investigation?.....yet another egregious misnomer enters the fray.
And let's not forget the main objective here is to give ALL the power to the WHO, CDC, etc...
If having a U.S. "president" 🤥 - along with a host of associated maladjusted cronies and sycophants - are willing....nay, enthralled with handing over our American freedoms and sovereign ideologies to a coven of unelected, self important, ego driven, (Did I say UNELECTED?) delusional, FOREIGN power mongers doesn't give you pause then you are most certainly lost at sea.....a ship without a rudder. Goodnight, Irene. Enjoy your Industrial Strength Medical Gulag. This attempt to circumvent the Constitution and squash our very way of life should send EVERYONE claiming the designation of U.S. citizen into a rage. (All under the guise of YOUR/OUR safety and well being......BULL!)
This is simply NOT going to fly in the deep red states. (It's beyond comprehension that ANY state would allow such an atrocity). Is this the move that decidedly separates us? I hope so. Power back to the states. DeSantis & Co, don't sing it....bring it. The CDC, The WHO, The WEC, pharmaceutical companies... the whole freaking lot of low life racketeers should be anointed as "The Ministry of Half Baked Suggestions." Zero power. Zero authority....... "Yes, thank you, we'll take that under advisement, but we're going to shop around for ideas that are a little less....uh, how can we put this as not to offend...........psychotic. Besides, your Angie's List rating is in the crapper. Don't call us, we'll call you."
Expect a MAJOR push on our 2nd Amendment rights....the only thing keeping us from a swift and total defeat.
At the risk of getting very pedantic, Eric, one of our problems stems from the number of inhabitants in this country claiming mere citizenship vs. living out being 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣.
Yes, a very clear distinction. I also realize from studying history that empires generally have about a 250 year run. We're right on schedule. The differences that we face are far from innocuous. They are so deep and so severe that a great divide is inevitable
Yes, indeed. Unless the vast majority in this country suddenly become American again -- or for the first time -- via some blinding flash in the middle of the night, I am unable to envision unity with the likes of CA or NY or MA or IL, et.al.
Adherence to the founding principles of life, liberty, and property has been purposely erased in both the teachings and in the minds of people in this country. After seeing the conduct of the majority over the last two years, I can only assume that when it really counts, those in this majority are my enemy. Dislike saying that, but it is they who have proven it. I am merely reacting to the reality of it.
😭 but probably more true than not... I'm 🙏🙏 for God to intervene very, VERY soon!
I agree with Julie. I believe it will take a move of God upon His body, the people who are called by His name, and I'm seeing and hearing evidence that it is happening.
Have you read The Fourth Turning?
I've heard a bit about it. What's your take on the 4th turning we are living through.
In my thinking we have many who claim American citizenship but how many are Heritage Americans? those who are wedded to this country and it’s heritage.
Its heritage, yes, but specifically its philosophical heritage. That philosophical heritage that results from a combination of religious thinking (primarily Christian) and Enlightenment thinking. What other countries' inhabitants bring that with them when they arrive here? Some -- and they're very specific, limited.
Known as "The Idea of America"
I'm confused about the distinction about Heritage Americans and not familiar with the term. To me, sounds like the Mayflower descendants or DAR, and the implication that born here takes precedent to those who are first generation arrivals. Or, is it a term regarding one's Constitutional philosophy and how they manifest that in daily life?
In my experience, some of the most ardent supporters of the Constitution are those who experienced or whose family experienced life in places that they did not have opportunities and hope of fulfilling dreams.
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Forgot to add that so many have not had civics or teachings of the Constitution nor extracurriculars as scouting or church youth groups to foster respect for this nation.
Bring back pledge of allegiance, for starters.
Since I've met the type of first generation Americans you're referring to, I'd have to classify them as Heritage Americans. You're correct that they are some of the most ardent supporters of our Constitution because they have lived the alternative.
I had the opportunity to visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island a couple of years ago and identifying as a bipedal Canadian mammal with a large forebrain (yes, I know, I already used that line in another reply), I was surprised by how moved I was by some of the old photos and recordings. People were literally kissing the ground and weeping, overcome with thankfulness to have escaped tyranny back in wherever they came from. Now it's like half the US has gone completely insane and is willingly and frantically tossing away 250 years of freedom in the name of "equity". Yes, things haven't been perfect but nowhere else in the world have people had the same opportunities they have had in the USA.
"A hard rain's gonna fall."
-Bob Dylan
Yes. I’m met many awesome first generation Americans. And sadly, have talked to several who sent their children, grandchildren to college here and watched them being left radicalized. They do seem more able to cut their offspring that have become brainwashed off from support.
Any child of mine who wanted to be a leftist would have to do it on their own dime.
Katcando, that's "Fortified City's" terminology. I accepted it, but added a qualifier to it -- "philosophical" -- for clarity and to specify that that's what I mean about being "American". Do all people the world over yearn to be free? I am unsure, but I think not. For those that do, do they have the intellectual and religious philosophical foundation to support the reasons that humans have a right to be free simply as a result of their humanity? I think not. I think we have seen many come into the country without this foundation 𝘢𝘯𝘥 worse, we have seen it bred out of those whose families have been here for many generations.
You made me think about all of the Chinese people who were fairly acceptable to the ways of the CCP until millions of them were locked and quarantined in their homes in early March 2022 and are still there. They had just enough freedom to be obedient before but many of them do not feel the same today.
I agree with everything you said except the pledge of allegiance. It was written by a socialist to foster obedience to the state in children and that's precisely what it does. In my children, I'll be fostering an obedience to God. No king but Christ.
Thank you for that perspective. I have not ever thought of it as obedience but see that is a synonym. I think of it as an expression of loyalty. Thank you
Then the pathway to citizenship needs to be tightened up. When I went thru the process in 2004, the "exam" was quite laughable.
How would we test for the loyalty to the foundations of American liberty? To the principles of life, liberty, property with severely limited government? What parts of the world have the cultural, linguistic, and historic framework that would make coming here and truly living as an American possible?
Speak English well for a start...
Force them to watch a bloopers video?? The best of Andy Griffith?? Beat the crap out of each other at Walmart on Black Friday??
😂🤣😂For the record, this American has never showed up at a Walmart for Black Friday!
Ditto. I do use curbside pickup this is much easier than fighting the lines inside and trying to check yourself out.
Force military service or public service in exchange for citizenship. Just a thought but military or public service will connect you to the core values of the country. Might be too over the top. I can be hard sometimes.
Military service or "public service" at taxpayers' expense? :) This is no guarantee of connection to the foundations of American philosophy, how that philosophy brought us the Declaration of Dependence, how that brought about the Constitution or what that Constitution says about how little the federal government is actually allowed to do -- and why. We see the abject violation of the Constitution -- and disconnection from American political philosophy with the ongoing abuse and misuse of the military in foreign interventions all over the world.
As I have asserted here and elsewhere, even those born and raised here have demonstrated utter disloyalty to liberty, have thrown away their freedom for "safety", and/or look to government for their welfare -- in so many ways, not just financial. All of this is fundamentally opposed to American political philosophy -- and we're all now paying the price in spades.
I think the principles of life, liberty, property with severely limited government is a concept that is grasped and dreamed about irregardless of the underlying cultural, linguistic, and historical framework.
Reagan called us the “Shining City on a Hill”. We are the dream.
I think universally people want to live a prosperous life, raise a family and be left alone to make their own decisions. For some reason they risk life and limb, or at least leave all they know to be among us.
Not counting those flooding our southern border with ‘God only knows what’ intentions, I know many of these newcomers are willing to fight for the dream.
You make me feel ashamed. I have honestly forgotten how to be charitable to those crossing our borders illegally. I don't trust our government, so I have stopped trusting the reasons for those coming into our country illegally. I know that there are many coming for the "dream of liberty" but how to really "vet" those from terrorists--especially now, when no one is being vetted.
Whoa, full stop! I thought my comment about those whose intentions we cannot know included all those illegally entering our country. I have no soft spot for illegals and as far as I know I’ve never conversed with illegals. I don’t give a damn about their dreams!
I really have to wonder how many are coming here for all the "free stuff", not through any particular desire to be part of the American dream.
If your assertion is correct, then what explains the last two years, Willing Spirit?
Please, See my reply to Julie above. Obviously I was unclear
BTW, people from South America also identify as being Americans.
You’re sounding a lot like another Jeff Childers!!! Good job!
Oh heck no. I could never presume to fill those big shoes. Just adding my 2 cents to the commentary. But thanks
2 cents? I saw what you did there....
“Don’t sing it, bring it!” And ‘The Ministry of Half Baked Suggestions’. That’s some good stuff, Eric!
Yeah, lost at sea on a sewage-smelling, covid-infested cruise ship!
Yum.
Well said. We all have to find our way to stand up and call them out. For many or most it probably needs to be local, like Jeff and Florida have done. If the Federal Goverment aspect seems too daunting to know how to get involved, we must look to our local community or state, but we can't stand by and do nothing. I like the example of Texas (I believe) that voted to replace the whole city council (or school board)? Including 3 incumbants.
A+ for spelling out the obvious with snidely whiplash sarcasm… I’m mystified why the C&C army other than a few of us and Margaret Anna Alice are moot or is it mute on the catastrophic global threat of the WHO PANDEMIC TREATY perpetrated on all sovereign nations, with their unelected vote on May 22! As stated, with abject accuracy: “handing over our American freedoms and sovereign ideologies to a “coven” of unelected, self important, ego driven, (Did I say UNELECTED?) delusional, FOREIGN power mongers doesn't give you pause (????HELLO????) then you are most certainly lost at sea.....” Do you include Jeff, our immensely appreciated constitutional lawyer author of morning news? His silence on this treaty ushered in by the Trojan Horse “COVID19” et al., is alarmingly curious….
Jeff is fully aware. He has a smorgasbord of idiotic things to choose from. I'm sure he'll tackle it accordingly.
I don’t think loosing our national and States sovereignty can be classified as “idiotic”… the premise is yes, but the threat under this regime is not. The WHO is immune from “every form of legal process” under a document agreed to by the United States through the United Nations called the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies.[vi] The document continues, “The property and assets of the specialized agencies, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from search, requisition, confiscation, expropriation and any other form of interference, whether by executive, administrative, judicial or legislative action.” This means there is zero transparency or accountability. Furthermore, the American Constitution will not protect Americans when it comes to the actions of the World Health Organization.
"Idiotic" in the sense that we have to contend with it.
HA! The WHO = The Medical Gulag. "MG's" certainly not MD's. They are politicians, not doctors, using Health as a guise for gaining global control. The international member nations of the WHO will vote on whether or not to allow that power grab at the end of May - and it appears the vote will be totally in favor. Note that the legacy media is ignoring it, so unless people seek out alternative information sources, they have no idea it is happening.
You nailed it. It’s disturbing how little attention Biden’s move to hand control to WHO of health decisions for our country during a pandemic. An organization highly influenced by China…gee, what could go wrong?
It is disturbing, nauseating, horrifying AND ILLEGAL! The WHO has more quacks than Canada has geese.
My thinking is that one of the critical ingredients that has gone missing, likely the most important, is an allegience to and understanding of God our Creator. We have lost our moral compass that comes fron knowing Him. I think it was George Washington that said, Our Constitution is wholy inadequate anything but a moral and religious people.
100% agree.
States can’t stop the US government from selling suspending the constitution and being subjects of the WHO.
Holding currently elected accountable and getting them out before the vote for WHO rule is needed.
There's a 6 month window after the vote takes place later this month in which the countries can change their vote. Massive political action/public awareness might be able to unwind a vote of acceptance in any given country.
I hope that is true and we act on it. That gives us some time to generate awareness and momentum to change it.
No, they can't stop it but they can tell them to go pound sand.
IF this is a Treaty, isn't Congress required to pass it? https://fnih.org/what-we-do/programs/consultations-new-international-pandemic-agreement
Mercola spoke to this:
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2022/05/10/the-who-pandemic-treaty.aspx?ui=79da1686bd854ae980fa47e4676c2dd8f5b94e9579f868ae4f2a19bf8545fb9b&sd=20200504&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1HL&cid=20220510&mid=DM1168119&rid=1486486030
This guy is now Vice President of Operations and General Counsel of FNIH. It's been in the works about 10 years.
Kevin A. Klock
Date Written: 2013
Abstract
As a recent decision of the World Health Assembly makes clear, many in the global health movement advocate mobilizing the World Health Organization's (WHO) treaty-making powers to address the world's great health challenges. The hard lawmaking power granted to the WHO in the 1940s was unprecedented, but is antiquated now given contemporary international relations and global health concerns. This Note argues that the WHO can better facilitate the development of global health ‘law’ by promulgating soft law instruments containing specific, concrete provisions. These mechanisms are different from treaties because the instruments are soft, but distinguished from ‘mere declarations' because their contents are hard. Practitioners in other fields have deployed such instruments effectively when (1) sovereignty costs are intractable and yet normative experimentation is needed, (2) agreements are meant to coordinate rather than constrain, perhaps through a centralizing international institution, (3) non-state actor participation is essential, and (4) agreements will require constant updating to keep current with substantive developments in the subject matter. Finally, durable soft law provisions may harden into binding customary international law, thus achieving the status so desired by hard law enthusiasts. Consequently, this form of soft law instrument provides a useful and modem means to craft agreements that, while not binding legally, may have relatively more power to affect conduct and help achieve global health's social justice ends.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3931956
I feel like a duck swimming in a pond teeming with hungry reptiles
Half Baked is too generous...lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NfPdu1sl4A&list=RD1NfPdu1sl4A&start_radio=1
“Vaccine-Derived Polio Is On The Rise. A New Vaccine Aims To Stop The Spread.”
Wow. They don’t usually encapsulate their Problem-Reaction-Solution formula in a single headline like that!
For an intriguing counter-narrative regarding the causes of polio during the previous epidemics, I highly recommend Forrest Maready’s fascinating “The Moth in the Iron Lung,” which should be paired with the required “Dissolving Illusions.”
Also, Catherine Diodati`s Ìmmunization: History, Ethics, Law and Health` is an amazing book if you are identifying as a Canadian, bipedal mammal with a large brain.
this book has an incredible discussion of the swine flu fiasco in the 1970s
https://www.amazon.com/Scientific-Public-Policy-Studies-Philosophy/dp/0887388523
and this book reviews the history of vaxes in the world from the beginning and the conflict between private autonomy and public health
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520247493/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The oral polio vax was the ORIGINAL one, developed first and used in the US. It actually did give some people including children polio and there were deaths from it.
It undermined public trust until the injection version was developed
They also found that even the injectable version had side effects in certain groups like older men and the recommendations were narrowed to exclude certain people.
The public health vax community has a long history of these types of problems, where something was rolled out and found to have some serious adverse unforseen problems. BUt the differece is that back until like 1980 -1990 the public health community seemed to be much more circumspect , conservative, respectful, conservative of the people and worked much harder to communicate and earn trust.
Sounds fascinating, MiFly, and thanks for the recs!
the history of polio:
1824: Metal workers had suffered for centuries from a paralysis similar to polio caused by the lead and arsenic in the metals they were working with. English scientist John Cooke observed: 'The fumes from these metals, or the receptance of them in solution into the stomach, often causes paralysis.'
1890: Lead arsenate pesticide started to be sprayed in the US up to 12 times every summer to kill codling moth on apple crops.
1892: Polio outbreaks began to occur in Vermont, an apple growing region. In his report the Government Inspector Dr. Charles Caverly noted that parents reported that some children fell ill after eating fruit. He stated that 'infantile paralysis usually occurred in families with more than one child, and as no efforts were made at isolation it was very certain it was non-contagious' (with only one child in the family having been struck).
1907: Calcium arsenate comes into use primarily on cotton crops.
1908: In a Massachusetts town with three cotton mills and apple orchards, 69 children suddenly fell ill with infantile paralysis.
1909: The UK bans apple imports from the States because of heavy lead arsenate residues.
1921: Franklin D. Roosevelt develops polio after swimming in Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. Toxicity of water may have been due to pollution run-off.
1943: DDT is introduced, a neurotoxic pesticide. Over the next several years it comes into widespread use in American households. For example, wall paper impregnated with DDT was placed in children's bedrooms.
1943: A polio epidemic in the UK town of Broadstairs, Kent is linked to a local dairy where cows were washed down with DDT.
1944: Albert Sabin reports that a major cause of sickness and death of American troops based in the Philippines was poliomyelitis. US military camps there were sprayed daily with DDT to kill mosquitoes. Neighbouring Philippine settlements were not affected.
1944: NIH reports that DDT damages the same anterior horn cells that are damaged in infantile paralysis.
1946: Gebhaedt shows polio seasonality correlates with fruit harvest.
1949: Endocrinologist Dr Morton Biskind, a practitioner and medical researcher, found that DDT causes 'lesions in the spinal cord similar to human polio.'
1950: US Public Health Industrial Hygiene Medical Director, J.G. Townsend, notes the similarity between parathion poisoning and polio and believes that some polio might be caused by eating fruits or vegetables with parathion residues.
1951: Dr. Biskind treats his polio patients as poisoning victims, removing toxins from food and environment, especially DDT contaminated milk and butter. Dr. Biskind writes: 'Although young animals are more susceptible to the effects of DDT than adults, so far as the available literature is concerned, it does not appear that the effects of such concentrations on infants and children have even been considered.'
1949-1951: Other doctors report they are having success treating polio with anti toxins used to treat poisoning, dimercaprol and ascorbic acid. Example: Dr. F. R. Klenner reported: 'In the poliomyelitis epidemic in North Carolina in 1948 60 cases of this disease came under our care... The treatment was massive doses of vitamin C every two to four hours. Children up to four years received vitamin C injection intramuscularly... All patients were clinically well after 72 hours.'
1950: Dr. Biskind presents evidence to the US Congress that pesticides were the major cause of polio epidemics. He is joined by Dr. Ralph Scobey who reported he found clear evidence of poisoning when analyzing chemical traces in the blood of polio victims.
Comment: This was a no no. The viral causation theory was not something to be questioned. The careers of prominent virologists and health authorities were threatened. Biskind and Scobey's ideas were subjected to ridicule.
1953: Clothes are moth-proofed by washing them in EQ-53, a formula containing DDT.
1953: Dr. Biskind writes: 'It was known by 1945 that DDT was stored in the body fat of mammals and appears in their milk... yet far from admitting a causal relationship between DDT and polio that is so obvious, which in any other field of biology would be instantly accepted, virtually the entire apparatus of communication, lay and scientific alike, has been devoted to denying, concealing, suppressing, distorting and attempts to convert into its opposite this overwhelming evidence. Libel, slander, and economic boycott have not been overlooked in this campaign.'
1954: Legislation recognizing the dangers of persistent pesticides is enacted, and a phase out of DDT in the US accelerates along with a shift of sales of DDT to third world countries.
(Note that DDT is phased out at the same time as widespread polio vaccinations begin. Saying that, polio cases sky rocket only in communities that accept the polio vaccine, as the polio vaccine is laced with heavy metals and other toxins, so the paralysis narrative starts all over again. As the polio vaccines cause huge spikes in polio, the misinformed public demand more polio vaccine and the cycle spirals skyward exponentially)
1956: the American Medical Association mandated that all licensed medical doctors could no longer classify polio as polio. All polio diagnosis would be rejected in favor of Guillian-Barre Syndrome, AFP (acute flaccid paralysis), Bell's Palsy, Cerebral Palsy, ALS, (Lou-Gehrig's Disease), MS, MD etc etc. This sleight of hand was fabricated with the sole intent of giving the public the impression that the polio vaccine was successful at decreasing polio or eradicating polio. The public bought this hook, line and sinker and to this very day, many pro vaccine arguments are ignited by the manufactured lie regarding the polio vaccine eradicating polio.
1962: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring is published.
1968: DDT registration cancelled for the US.
2008: Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) is still a raging in many parts of the world where pesticide use is high, and DDT is still used. AFP. MS, MD, Bell's Palsy, cerebral palsy, ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), Guillian-Barre are all catch basket diagnosis, all similar in symptoms, tied to heavy metal poisoning and high toxic load.
2008: WHO states on its website: 'There is no cure for polio. Its effects are irreversible.'
Conclusion: Modern belief that polio is caused by a virus is an ongoing tragedy for the children of the world. Public funds are wasted on useless and dangerous vaccines when the children could be treated with antitoxins. A call into failing vaccine mythology is warranted, as is a complete investigation of the real agenda being executed against humanity involving science, chemicals, vaccines, the medical field in general, and the government.
Thanks for laying this all out. History sure does rhyme.
History repeats itself over & over and the main motivation is not health , but the love of money .
Had no idea. Thank you for sharing this valuable information.
Thank you for sharing. I'd heard information before similar to this, but it was good to be reminded and some of this was new to me. Mind blowing!
Trust the Experts! $cience!
Whoa. That's a testimony. :(
This is very interesting do you have source that could be quoted?
this was something i found in 2008, i had it bookmarked but had a feeling even back then it might vanish and it did, also i dont have that computer to even look up to see if its memory holed anywhere. i suspect the book mentioned in the comments above mine by Margaret Anne Alice might cover a lot of it
I never understood the allure of cruising. We did go to Alaska, no better way to see glacier bay, the whales and the beautiful coastal cities. You pay an arm and a leg for the cruise, then once you are on board, every 5 minutes they are looking for a way to get you to part with your $. Take a photo - buy this! On board merch sales, just add to your ship tab. Soda, cocktails, coffee drinks, Just add to your tab. Excursions, extra. We have friends and family who loved cruises, were trying to talk us into going with them. We talked about it, but then covid, Meh, pass. Don't think I will ever cruise again. Would rather support businesses who gave the middle finger to the jab pushers.
Found my spirit animal in Donna. I’d rather be beaten than to go on a floating brig.
That goes double for Disney World, triple for watching pro basketball.
(Another lawyer once invited me to attend a Thunder game at his luxury skybox. I told him “OK but it’ll cost you $300 per hour plus expenses. $600 if you expect me to watch the stupid game.”)
Give me wilderness hiking, or lying on a beach in Thailand - HELL, mowing my lawn - over cruising.
Our last Alaska cruise was a 7-day canoe trip down the Yukon River. Recommended.
Now THERE is a cruise I’d be interested in.
https://arcticwild.com/
Disagree! Loved, LOVED cruising! Just say “no thx!”
Yes, it seems to be one of those love/hate things. I have friends who used to go every year before covid. When we went, we had teenagers. The day before you leave and you go to settle up your bill...it's like holy crap, we spent how much!!? I'm a budget person, I like to look for deals, there are none on cruises.
My husband was in the Navy. He said THAT cruise was enough, thank you. 😂😂
Hahahah! Mine was too, but he loves the cruising. Or he loves making me happy. One or the other :-)
If he's making you happy, he's a good man. 😉
Actually, I hear happiness is an inside job.
like Socrates: "Ì drank what????"
You are very wrong about that. I think the "settle-up" on my last cruise was $25.00. Sometimes it's $0.00 - not unusual for me. We are not big spenders. But if you don't like it, you simply don't like it. There's nothing wrong with that!
I know frequent cruisers often get perks and onboard credits too. I have friends who get a bunch of freebies for being regulars, so sure it varies.
Yeah, all my drinks are free. I get first-boarding and first-off privileges, and discounts. But, we didn't at the beginning. We "rose" through the ranks.
We've had a good time on cruises, although I agree with you - my husband loves it, so I am happy when I can get him off the ranch! That said, I overheard a couple of friends talking about a recent cruise one of them and her husband were on.
"What did you do?" Oh, snorkeling and swimming with sharks. Mostly we just drank. "What did you drink?" We like wine, but we had a lot of mixed drinks, too.
Sounds like fun to me! I think they'll be checking into one of those treatment centers soon. Maybe meet each cruise with alcohol, "Do you have a problem?" literature as they dock?
😳
For some the appeal seems to be the chance to unplug from their jobs completely. They usually have the type of bosses who expect employees to answer the phone even on vacation which is much harder to do on a cruise. I have a couple of friends like that. Personally, I love the open ocean but would rather sail with a small handful of friends.
Not cruise people here - we considered it for an anniversary a few years ago but opted for a new hot tub instead! I don't regret it at all. The main thing everyone raves about after a cruise is how great the food is...hmmm.
Sounds fine to me. You don't seem like the kind of "cruiser" that has a good time on a cruise; probably because you don't really understand the concept, and that's OK. (Yes we long-time , established cruisers can be very uppity at times). My first cruise was in 1962, so I do have some background. :-)
Totally agree with Donna. Rather than saying her lack of enjoyment is due to ignorance ("don't understand the concept") perhaps people just have different tastes?
Yes, apologies to Donna - that was unnecessarily rude - but her description of a cruise is something I would NEVER recognize. Since she's only been on one, I believe, my real point was that perhaps there is a LOT more to discover that she just didn't "get" the first time. However, if she doesn't want to, there's no real reason to try. There are things I have tried only once and would never do again that perhaps Donna does all the time and enjoys.
So, Donna, I apologize to you for that.
No biggie, I was not offended. Everyone's idea of an 'ideal vacation' is different. Hubby and I go to an annual (except in 2020) 3 day rock festival - a lot of our friends think we are nuts but we love it.
Well, I'm 72 and I went to my first rock concert EVER in October of last year! (Thanks for being nice about my comment).
Oh we had a great time in Alaska, but traveling with my spouse and 2 teenagers where you just put everything on a tab and settle up at the end...serious sticker shock. All that little stuff adds up. I am a planner and inveterate bargain hunter, we are usually on a budget. One time, it was fine, big extended family cruise, chalked it up to 'oh well it was worth it as we all had a great time'. But not something we would normally do. But I get it, different strokes...
I knew about the extra costs, but loved Alaska so much. Didn't do many excursions, but loved watching the water, mountains, and critters from our balcony. Also, enjoyed just walking around the ship and seeing everything. One excursion that was well worth the money for me, because I got to hold 3 week old dog sled puppies. Puppies on vacation! What a treat! (My dogs are my life.) 😊🤗
Well we 'knew' about them, but did not do a very good job of tracking, and it was the last trip with our kids before they flew the nest and before my father in law's health started failing, so we kind of threw caution to the wind. But yes we got to hold the puppies too, took the train into Yukon. That stuff was totally worth it. So beautiful there. The foo foo coffee drinks and sodas the kids guzzled and the beers, and premium dinners, not so much.
I'm not that much into food and drink. My co-workers kept teasing me about how much weight I would gain on the trip. They were disappointed that I lost 5 lbs and couldn't understand how I did it. Honestly, I didn't think the food was all that. --- I'm glad you got to hold puppies also. Puppies are the bomb!
They're going to keep throwing things to see what will stick so they can try and make everybody get a job of some kind of poison. I remember when the shots first came out the good doctor's were saying watch in about nine months you'll start seeing a lot of sick children now look at the liver issues with hepatitis now they're trying to push polio it's never ending. We have to keep up the good fight against this evil
So many people seeking out life at the end of a needle. Truly tragic.
And those who weren't seeking it (in fact, desperately trying to stay alive!) have ended up dead from various ailments. Horrid. 😠
Amen, Barbara!
Does anyone else remember when India had a drastic increase in polio cases after the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation donated enough polio vaccine to vaccinate all the children who had never had it?
Jeff, have you seen 2000mules? Is it enough evidence to arrest people, can this evidence be used in a court of law?
I watched it Saturday evening. There is plenty of evidence to start arresting the mules and the NGO personnel who paid them to break the law. We the people must demand it , or of course it will be proverbially swept under the rug . EVERYONE needs to watch this documentary video and share share share!
Go to 2000mules.com to purchase video or stream.
A friend of mine dropped her brother off at the airport Saturday afternoon. She said it was so crowded at the airport there was only one lane of traffic getting by. The rest were jammed with other people dropping off travelers. Other acquaintances that have travelled in the past couple of weeks are saying planes are full. It seems a lot of people are happy to get back to some sense of normalcy. ...or sanity.
Traveled a week ago and it was awesome. Crowded airports, only about 10% masked and friendly airline workers. Felt so wonderful!
Thank you for your updates.
I thought the Defeat the Mandates protest would have surely stopped all the proposed CA bills, but that is not the case. Please help California by forwarding to all those that live there: https://leemuller.substack.com/p/please-forward-to-all-californians
We are the UNITED States of America, not the Divided States of America!
A Voice for Choice Advocacy looks like a good organization. Another group, PERK, is incredibly well organized, are great communicators, and are very active:
https://www.perk-group.com/
Found myself scratching my head yet again with news last night of NZ's boosted leader Jacinda Arden explaining how she tested positive, without symptoms, and will be staying at home for some "happy family time" this week. Testing positive without symptoms = "I'm feeling fine" without a test. This is a sickness, just not what they pretend it is.
and I'm sure her home is a wonderful, privileged place. But how about others testing positive who lose out on their pay, or have to stay out of school for an extended period of time.
"Those who’ve been immunized with live virus can shed it in their stool… If it mutates and regains virulence, someone who isn’t vaccinated can become sick with vaccine-derived polio after contact with the contaminated wastewater.” Wait, I thought shedding was tin-foil hat conspiracy misinformation that got you cancelled?! So hard to keep up these days.....
Toxic polio poop. Wow.