C&C is still here but hurricane news is still rolling in; helpful inmates and dog-saver stories; perils of self-medication; hallucinatory weather news; a satisfying end to trans lawfare story; more.
Sunnydaze, thank you for the update. So glad to hear that there in only minor damage and that your business and employees are safe! Praise God from Whom ALL blessings flow!
Great to hear, Ryan. Glad to read that you pulled through and that the storm wasn't quite what the schadenfreude-laden MSM predicted. Watching video of the tornadoes that the hurricane spawned gave me flashbacks (we didn't see ours, we only heard the sound like a freight train bearing down on our house and our house was gone in seconds).
Watching the people of Florida pulling together led by Governor DeSantis reminds me of how great my community was and is. In the end, we have to look out for each other. That's all we have.
Glad you're safe. My son & G'girl are east of the 41 & south of Proctor. They evacced to Ocala family after putting all their valuables as high as they could. Waiting word.
I heard from Winter Haven, Sarasota and Fort Myers. Family and friends are fine. The one in Sarasota has water and limbs in yard. Has lights. Over in the East coast family are fine. Our daughter is as in Vero Beach and she saw a lot! But she is fine and was glad to get home.
One of Jeff's posts led me to follow this person https://x.com/In2ThinAir Being landlocked my whole life my hurricane knowledge is minimal but have seen a lot of the posts and don't know enough to understand if this is credible. No doubt there are bad actors but mile wide an inch deep on meteorology. This is a good site also but not much came up when I put in nexrad. https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/
I slogged through two hour video from these guys.. long on vague and repetitive imaging, short on real content and certainly avoids describing anything resembling a plausible scientific mechanism.
One sequence showed a cartoon of a hurricane being steered.. but gave no substance as to HOW, nor any calculations of the enormous amount of directed energy necessary to do this.
Lots of time in alumimium particles, but again no clue as to the specific mechanism involving these.
I have a sring and exensive background in hard science and was very ubderewhelmed by the two hours spent. SO MUCH oimportant data and plausible mechanisms missing..... poor inage quality throughout, very hard to endure.
Maybe they are on to some things.. take the science geeks and connect them with some media guys and maybe they could put something more useful together. A shaky and grainy clip of an ancient biplane again a white wall of something was used to tell some story, but I never did get their point. Fine details of HOW they took air samples on a check flight, but never gave the proof of teir "results". Ho hum....... maybe someone else can do better.
Well there is plenty of hard evidence that the gov and the military have been trying, as well as a company trying to dim the sun. https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/24/1066041/a-startup-says-its-begun-releasing-particles-into-the-atmosphere-in-an-effort-to-tweak-the-climate/ I think the question is how much success are they really having and despite all the years of working on it, do they know how to measure what was their effort and what was going to happen anyway. There is a local amateur meteorologist I follow and he posts a lot on the sun's activity in the last year and it's impact on both weather and earthquakes. He shares journal articles and such, not hype-y videos.
I have little doubt that making and managing weather is POSSIBLE. But I stronly suspet it is still in the kids playing in the sandbox stages.
Hurricanes and such are simply a form of matter and energy, and as Einstain demonstrated, they ARE interchangeable per his eqution.
But so far I do not think anyone has the capability of deciding to form ahurricane THERE and guide it along a path to HERE with any real ability to conrol strength, direction, duration, etc, nor its breaking up stages. Nor do I think anyone has the means to apply a given amount of energy in a predetermined direcion and be able to predict where it will go and how hard it will blow for how long. The claims I've seen that some "entity' wound Helene up to record power levels then made it go where they decided it should go do not ring true. At least not yet.
It would seem that SOMEWHERE along the line some active worker in this supposed endeavour would be busting his britches to say something somewhere to someone even if it took an operator to get an inside guy half snockered to loosen his lips. . But so far, the Great Stone Face of Silence reigns. Eventually all government programmes have someone squeak.
Donna, here is a short clip, which is preceded by a commercial, from CBS news. California Company attempts to reverse global warming. https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/s2VdR5aBxeMgR6QFlDD3TKt294_PCuFL/ We can't let concern for [adverse] impacts be an excuse for inaction. These are the faces of hubris and arrogance.
“Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,”
The only offensive weapon we have - our sword - The Word of the Lord.
Ephesians 6: 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. 14 Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Is there not a Psalm for almost every occasion? It's almost like Someone knew what He was doing when He inspired authors to get this all down on paper :)
I'm all for herbal remedies but as soon as someone starts talking about a plant 'putting you in touch with the universe and God', I get a little suspicious. Demons take advantage of open doors. Just sayin'.
Joe Rogan dropped an interview with Michael Shellenberger yesterday. I like MS so I listened and they talked for a long time about psychedelics. Rogan thinks they should be legalized because they’ve helped so many people overcome trauma, particularly military personnel. Michael pushed back, a lot, about the pitfalls. I’m not down with legalizing anything more than booze personally, but it was an interesting discussion.
Making it illegal clearly did work. Rates of alcoholism, alcohol-related trauma (e.g. drunk driving), and other societal ills dropped dramatically during Prohibition. It was a stunning success in demonstrating alcohol's highly destructive impact, and how society improves when its access is limited.
That limitation wasn't perfect however, which is what you point to as not working. Yes there was organized crime trafficking of alcohol but it was still far less available than before Prohibition. When a policy leads to dramatic improvements in society, but isn't perfectly implemented, that doesn't mean it failed.
You have been fed a false narrative your entire life about Prohibition that doesn't withstand the slightest scrutiny. Prohibition may have been unpopular, but it didn't fail. It was repealed because government wanted the tax revenue they didn't get from bootlegging, and lobbying from business interests.
How about this? People are allowed to do anything they want so long as they do not egress on another person. I don't want, or need, the government, or anyone else, telling me what I an and cannot do. If I can take heroin, not steal to get it and not hurt anyone , what's the harm? We aren't junkies lying in the street, needing one of the now countless overdose packs that are placed all over the country, even this little island we are in Maine,. I don't, not won't, but we do love our beer and wine. Pay for it ourselves, feed and shelter ourselves , and hurt no one.
The crimes should be the crimes, not what caused them. Eff that. Hate crimes?? It's a crime stupid. Why do you need to double criminalize something? It's all a gimmick.
Yeah, and isn't it funny how these arguments in favor of various prohibitions sound sooooo familiar? "It's for the common good!" (cf Convid jabs) or "We CAN stop school shootings" (neverminding school shootings a miniscule percentage of gun deaths every year; i.e. the 'solution' does NOT address the common good, just the most sensational ill).
What do we do about all the people driving around drunk killing others? I mean, it's illegal to kill someone while driving drunk, but that sure doesn't stop it. What would stop it is if alcohol weren't so readily available - everywhere. It would be interesting to see if there are less drunk driver-related deaths in dry counties in the US.
That's interesting. I had never heard that prohibition was successful. It does seem that today alcohol is being pushed even within the church. I've heard stories of church leadership pushing alcohol on minors! The argument is that the Bible doesn't speak against it so we are free to do it but there is no discussion of potential addition to alcohol. The attitude is we are free to partake so why not. There are even Bible studies in bars to make it more attractive to the world. My husband has a saying, "What you win them with is what you win them to." His other saying is that people are asking the wrong questions; they want to see how close they can get to sin without crossing the line rather than asking how much can I be like Christ in my thoughts, attitudes and actions.
And that is why legalization of other substances is popular with the government...taxes. Although this hasn't worked out well in CO from what I've read. Most people are still going with the blackmarket because it's cheaper than the government regulated version. Plus, the money that must be spend on social ills far outweighs the benefit of making money through taxation. It hurts my heart to think of all the children who grow up in homes where substance abuse is a normal part of life.
A holistic approach has been quite successful in many cases of mental illness. Just changing one's diet to fresh and healthy foods and getting off sugar, processed foods and foods one test allergic to has turned many people around dramatically.
Many people fail to realize how dangerous alcohol is. The Salvation Army was founded on the basis of outreach to drunks. Prohibition didn't go well. People were so desperate for alcohol that in NY they were distilling furniture. Many died by their own intoxicating brews which turned out to be poisonous.
Prohibition didn't go well for a very small percentage of society addicted to alcohol. For the overwhelming majority it went just fine, in fact their lives improved.
When someone is addicted to a drug the answer is not to make it readily available so they don't do stupid things to get it.
Another good podcast from a distinctly Catholic perspective is called The Exorcist Files. I know the name is a bit cliche, but super interesting dramatization of real-life stories and a thoughtful exploration of demonic activity. It also discusses Church teaching and talks to people of other faith traditions too.
Booze is legal for a reason and it does far more damage to people than weed. Young people smoking tons of weed is a serious problem. Alcoholism kills millions. Legality is important mostly in terms of incarceration and taxation.
There is a monetary incentive to industrialized marijuana. And the THC in the new plants is so high that it is causing schizophrenia. Not to mention that people I have seen that use, typically have low motivation to work. It does affect the brain. No substance will fix anyone's problems and typically creates more problems. It's scary to think how many people drive while under the influence of various substances. It's a miracle that there are not more fatalities on the road.
My son has Tourette Syndrome with really severe tics throughout school years. He was influenced in college into using medicinal marijuana to control the anxiety it caused and lessen his tics. And guess what? Four years later he was diagnosed with full blown schizophrenia. He went from being a hard worker, overcoming disability obstacles, and earning a B.S. to having no ability to work at all, no motivation or desire, and a complete change in his mental makeup. Now he is controlled by delusional thinking and occasional hallucinations. After being off marijuana for a full year, and off ALL pharma for two years, and on a ketogenic diet, he is calmer than he’s ever been before - with very little tics - but he still struggles with motivation because depression over what he lost settled in deeply.
I. Hate. Drugs. All drugs. He wasn’t a heavy drug user at all, but it ruined his life completely. Even medicinal marijuana is unsafe.
You might be interested in the series A Midwestern Doctor is doing on DMSO. It has some extraordinary healing benefits, many in the neurological space, but a whole assortment of benefits. I had used it on my horse back in the day (she fully recovered from a bowed tendon) and knew it was powerful for neuromuscular injuries, but AMD is covering things like strokes, headaches, nerve damage, etc. The series is in several parts, so check it out.
Another LIE the enemy has brainwashed people with. It’s not addictive, it’s safe, it’s an herb, it’s medicine blah blah blah. Nope. And I have personal reasons I can say that. People in Florida are trying to legalize it now. Oregon did it - disaster. Colorado did it - disaster. Every single place has been a disaster. So now Florida. 😔 Nope. I will NEVER in my life EVER vote to legalize that crap or any other drug. I liked Juju’s last statement. And yours.
No no no! I had that 3 years ago and now I have very strange, loud booming tinnitus. Please be careful. I think it can induce structural changes of a longterm nature. I wish I had never consented to it. But you are so right that God can redeem lost time.
The neighborhood where I live has a homeless diagnosed schizophrenic whose family left him once his mother died. Evidently she was the only one that could handle him according to the family that has posted on social media. We are told he wasn’t always this way and many remember him as a talented student. I’m so sorry about your son’s situation and wish our healthcare agencies might provide a similar tactic of healthy eating over drugs!
I was a major pothead in high school (class of ‘84). The pot we got then was about 1/50th the strength people get now. I always ask, “What if beer were 50 times stronger today???”
Great point! That’s exactly the problem today. Our alcohol is the same strength. Pot isn’t. Plus a lot of it is laced with Fentanyl, and in CA the police told me that 100% of all samples they had gotten from the streets had fentanyl in it. Even the medicinal dispensaries aren’t as careful with who they get their stock from. They are supposed to be, but I saw something very different when we had to use them.
1970. I moved into a commune of student hippies. There was a lot of “house weed” and most were heavy users. By the end of the semester all but me had dropped out or flunked out. And I was making D’s and not caring. Amotivational Syndrome is a real thing. The only reason I didn’t crash and burn totally was that it had started to make me paranoid while using it. I really loathe the stuff and all the hype from its promoters. BTW, Alex Berenson’s wife was an ER shrink who made a compelling case for opposing it. He based his book on a lot of her observations of acute psychosis and schizophrenia among teenage users.
When I used to ride a motorcycle all the time I became adept at identifying the behavior of an automobile based on how it was moving, which would tell me certain things, most notably, if they were using their phone or not, I quickly put them in my rearview mirror
Yep that’s what we were told by every doctor we have dealt with the past three years. Marijuana induced schizophrenia is everywhere, no matter what kind of user, mild or heavy use. They think it’s because many people today have more neurological issues from food and pharma, causing ADHD and ASD conditions. The extreme strength of the THC in all strains today is impacting something already stressed and out of whack. We didn’t have quite as many disabled kids when I was growing up and the few we had didn’t do recreational drugs at all. It’s a different story today. It doesn’t always mean it was caused by “extreme refer madness”.
Alex Berenson (the anti-Covid Scamdemic journalist) has written extensively on the link between weed and schizophrenia. It is an emerging area of medical concern, and not at all propaganda.
So true! The MJ Industry is the main problem; unlimited funds, sneaky tactics.
I read a piece written by a guy who said he would encourage every one of his business competitors to use MJ. That way he’d beat them bc he’d keep his incentive to work hard & they wouldn’t. Voila!
It was entitled something quite clever but I’ve forgotten. Bet I have it saved…. somewhere.
Look at Kamala harris and how she oppressed the Black community in Oakland over weed, and other drugs. as well as throwing single moms in prison for truant children with health issues.
South Dakota has a ballot measure this November to legalize recreational cannabis. There is so much $ behind this drive that their ads populate national news sites and use an image of Trump to promote it (I'm sure Trump does not promote it).
I was an election judge when it went on the ballot in MO in 2022. Steady stream all day of young people showing up to vote. The judges at the check-in table will often ask a young person when they check in if they are voting for the first time, and if they say yes, call out 'first time voter' and everyone claps. They were calling out ALL DAY LONG! Way more frequently than previous and more recent elections, hands down. My suspicion was that the pot amendment was the motivation, and that they voted D for the most part. R's lost some close races in purple areas and I blame the pot voters. It was a horrible amendment, 26 pages added to our constitution thanks to our overly lax initiative petition process, where big out of state money pays signature gatherers to put more crap in our constitution and low information voters vote for it as they never read the full text.
SD has 8 initiated ballot measures this Nov, all except one designed to destroy the existing culture, and those 7 are funded and managed by out-of-state money.
Ironic that the very thing that is supposed to empower and engage individuals politically - ballot initiation -i s being used to completely disenfranchise us.
In our case, the legislature is a bunch of cowards, Initiative petition reform comes up every year but never passes, in part as the D's & local media scream bloody murder about the R's trying to 'end democracy'. Not sure what is democratic about out of state $ paying signature gatherers who mislead the people who sign the petitions without reading them! We have an awful abortion amendment that is not just about abortion. It includes usurping parents rights on abortions and transgender surgeries, and would allow abortions up to birth. And 2 gambling amendments that claim 'money for education'. It's exhausting as the abortion fight is taking away volunteers and money for local candidates many with close races in purple and blue areas. Trying to do both but only so much blood from this turnip and hours in the day to volunteer.
South Dakota would do well to take the restraints off the farming of industrial hemp. It is the single most useful plant that can be applied to so many things. Fiber for dozens of applications, seed oil for a multitude of purposes. There are good reasons that it has been suppressed, and it aint because of gettin high.
So use something from plants which absorb toxins very well? I don’t understand.
I have read the MJ plants were planted at Chernobyl to purge soil of radioactive substances. Don’t remember if they had a plan for disposal of the tainted plants.
I can tell you from experience that Arizona took a hard left after the marijuana vote. The college kids came out in force for their weed and look where we are now. Teetering on the brink of Californication ( some say already gone). I now see desert-baked young homeless kids at every intersection with their sad cardboard signs. It did not use to be this bad, and they are getting younger and younger, it seems.
I could be wrong but I thought Trump supported very heavy regulated medicinal use. But that was it. What I love about him is he never drank or used drugs his whole life, and saw the dangers of both early on. He remained pure in spite of his wealth and contacts. Love that
First of all I don’t trust ANYTHING to be reported properly by CNN and their headline doesn’t exactly represent things he actually said. I also don’t trust any of their quotes to be accurate. These guys are editing things daily to spin a narrative.
When I’ve listened to Trump discuss it during interviews, it did not sound to me like full blown recreational support. A person’s small, individualized amounts are different than a dealer or large disbursements or selling to kids. He also is much more interested in the medicinal uses. I don’t agree with him on his stance because it ruined things in our own family, so I’m completely against legalizing any of it except for cancer patients, etc when provided by a doctor. But I also don’t think Trump is a “throw open the gates to all as much as they want and let it be everywhere” kinda person.
I just picked one link but there are many others. I get a conservative FL report online and it published an article when Trump said he would vote FOR recreational mj amendment in FL coming up, whereas DeSantis opposes it. I was sorry to see Trump say that because now many voters will go for it. And that will be a big problem if it passes.
Sorry to say that Trump does promote it: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/15/donald-trump-marijuana-legalization-00179205. The high THC level in plants now is damaging to the brain, and users show lower motivation, lowered IQ, and poor performance in school and work. It's just one more way to dumb down the population and make people more compliant. Medical Marijuana has its uses, but recreational is the last thing we need now.
I commented on this above. You guys are quoting leftists articles and they are not representing him honestly. I disagree with him on any legalization, but I know he isn’t for willy nilly, wide open legalization of all amounts anywhere and out in the open.
Even “medical” carries risks; fertility & procreation. It messes with DNA & doesn’t stop with the user. Passes to future generations (if procreation is even successful).
there is ZERO POINT in jailing marijuana users. its a useless double standard. I am NOT a fan of weed and think a lot of education needs to go along with legalization. but more lives are ruined w Alcohol than w weed. or psilocybin, despite Jeff's funny story.
I am absolutely against jail time for marijuana users, but I am opposed to recreational use being legalized. I have done plenty of research on marijuana, and it does harm the health and mind of a regular user. Plus my husband is a counselor and has had plenty of clients whose lives have been ruined from it. Same with alcohol and other drugs. Life is hard; I get it that people want an escape, but to alter one's own mind in the long run is hurting oneself, one's family, and one's society.
I think that both THC and opioids have their place in a well educated Doctors tool kit. Prior to use the prescribing either for more then 3-5 days for acute injury, testing should be conducted to assess genetic compatibility. These are strong substances that should be reserved for serious medical events and even CS Lewis commented on the benefit of modern analgesics on physical suffering. As someone who has needed to use opioids for a serious medical issue, they were benifical in the short to mid term WHILE I holistically learned other pain management practices that enabled me to wean off the medication. Yes the standard of care needs to change but the ability to control physical suffering is a good thing. I do not support recreational use of cannabis in any capacity.
I can see your point of view. However, here in Florida it’s supposed to be legal only for medical use, but there are many medical marijuana stores everywhere. Doesn’t make sense that there are so many stores if it’s not being abused.
Yes Michael has been reporting on the ground and helping those he could who are suffering under the open drug markets in California. He has seen the suffering caused by unrestrained drug use and has no f’s to give about legalizing any of it. He’s a good guy.
All substances should be legal. But as a culture we lack ritual and purpose, making them incredibly dangerous rather than helpful.
Culture is the issue here, not the substance, I’d argue.
So while ideally they should all be legal, they shouldn’t. Alcohol included.
So there really isn’t a legal solution so we should be focusing rather on our culture. This starts with our kids and ending the stranglehold of the Department of Education, and that’s just for starters. That’s my drug argument. And the DOE. When that’s done, it’s onto the next culture fix. It won’t be overnight.
And then I moved to a place (Seattle) where ZERO drug laws were enforced, and drug deals OPENLY occurred on the steps of the King County Courthouse.
The nearly 100,000 people living in filth under bridges, in tents next to expressways, and daily encounters with psychotics cured me of my libertarian naivete.
I was horrified to find that Oklahoma had made the mistake of legalizing marijuana when we returned. It ruins every place it occurs.
In theory, I agree, but in the real world, people have sought escape from the beginning of time. Of course making anything illegal just lines the pockets of criminal enterprises, but if it's legal gov will tax the sh*t out of it, and that is just lining the pockets of a different criminal enterprise.
They should be free to manage the consequences of their own decisions about what they put into their bodies without ruining the world for people who don't do the same and without forcibly extracting the wealth of competent people to pay for and support and enable the ones who choose to become incompetent.
I agree, but fear the argument is one that has also been used against those of us who didn't take the covid vx. We were fortunate there didn't end up being physical consequences for most of us.
Big difference between not putting a foreign substance with unknown effects in one's body and putting a foreign substance with known negative effects in one's body.
Because what they put into their bodies can negatively impact the lives of others. Like we really need more stoned people driving around. Drunks are dangerous enough.
I don’t disagree with that. But the solution is to enforce the laws not control what people do with their own bodies in their own homes on their own time. They do need to be punished if they commit actual crimes . Driving while stoned is illegal.
when we get past our prejudices many will see that Psychedelics, particularly the natural ones, have so much to offer us. I refer you to Gabor Mate's books esp IN THE REALM OF HUNGRY GHOSTS for the relationship of Trauma to Addiction and to his many youtube videos to learn more about effects on DEPRESSION. ANYTHING is better than these HORRIFIC PSYCH MEDS which are included in almost every mass shooter's medicine cabinet. along with a hefty push from cia /fbi I wager.
As an experienced psychonaut, I can say that if you're expecting demons, they will come.
A little story: in the early 90's my beloved maternal grandparents moved to my town and were within a mile of my house. This was as close as they'd ever lived to me - for many years they lived in places that were more than 120 miles away, so I only had occasional visits with them.
In their new home, I was doing a lot of handyman things for them. My grandfather was in the early-mid stages of Alzheimer's and was having the occasional hallucination. He often spoke of Mayan Pyramids and clowns, and my mom and aunt would tell him he was just seeing things.
One day when I was doing some work in their bedroom, I looked out their window and I saw Grandpa's Mayan Pyramids..
They were the steep shingled rooftops of houses across the creek from his place. They were brown and flat on top and had sloped sides just like the pyramids in the Yucatan jungles. Knowing that my grandparents had taken a trip around the world the year before I was born and visited that place, it gave me some insight about Grandpa's disease. He was seeing something that jogged a deep memory from an earlier period, and his neurological condition removed the temporal separation for him. He made an association between what he was seeing and the thing he remembered, and the association became the thing.
At the time I was still avidly dabbling in psychedelics, and understood this association thing very well. At the peak of a "trip", verbal processing often becomes difficult - one is awash in unfiltered, pure experience of one's surroundings - it's why the proper setting is crucial. There are still tenuous connections to memories of previous experiences, but the distinction between 'now' and 'then' may not exist. It's as if one is experiencing everything at once.
So I came to understand that Grandpa was permanently tripping, and sought to keep him in friendly, gentle, supportive environments as he progressed down his road. I know he was frustrated and sometimes angry that he could no longer "come down" from his trip.
Now my own father is following a similar path. My experience with Grandpa is helping me to understand what he's going through and to be there for him in a supportive role whenever I can.
What a beautiful story and dedication to preserving dignity for these men in your life Doug. Thanks for sharing. I've never understood or heard about this piece of Alzheimers.
Just taking the time to listen, understand and connect is truly beautiful, instead of dismissing, rolling your eyes and saying, Grandpa is seeing things again!” 💕
How absolutely fascinating! I am beyond grateful to you for sharing your insight into one of the most excruciating difficulties we face as a species. Have you thought about speaking with medical professionals in your area and/or making YouTube/Rumble videos?
That never occurred to me, Stacey. I'm not sure medical professionals would take my insights seriously, since I have no background in medicine myself. I was just offering this anecdote here as an alternative way of looking at Alzheimer's.
This one sure does. I work with dementia patients frequently and I believe your experience will help me understand them more clearly. I can’t be the only nurse who would think so. They can’t relate what they’re experiencing (but they can often tell when they’re being written off), so your knowledge is invaluable. The best textbooks can’t take the place of experience. If you’re so inclined to give a talk, you probably have a local association of neuroscience nurses. They can help you prepare a presentation and maybe give you a bit of dinner for your contribution. 😊
I wouldn't know how to put together an entire talk on this experience from 25 years ago, but I'd be happy to discuss it further with you if you really think there's something there.
Agree agree agree!!! Have you heard of Haunted Cosmos podcast - a Christian perspective on supernatural events and oddities. They have an episode about this exact topic.
Oh my goodness, my son LOVES those guys! They do such a great job. But now they've gotten him thinking that Bigfoot might be a type of fairy! 😭 I told him, "They better try again and leave my fairies out of it!" Hahaha He's so excited because I guess they're going to do a book.
My 17 yr old and I listen to that podcast, too! My husband and 13 yr old think we're nuts. Haha But my eldest and I make those conmecting glances and snicker a lot. It's so fun.
Wholly smokes! 🤯 I just watched the trailer for that and my heart is racing. Not sure I can watch it, though M. Night Shamalan can do great work. I'm a big fan of Hitchcock but not actual horror. Does it tend to be more Hitchcock or actual bloody stuff?
Watched it on a plane last week… not graphic scary, more psychologically freaky. I will admit my tolerance for scary has increased since listening to Haunted Cosmos, knowing that prayer and reliance on God is protective.
Oh my Carrie - you got me hooked on “Haunted Cosmos!” I think I’ve listened to them all now, and ordered from the show sponsors! I love supporting other brother and sisters!
I’m having a cup of mushroom coffee as we speak. 😂 Not the psychedelic kind…these reportedly give you energy, immune support, and stress relief. They’re very popular now, and sometimes I’ve noticed a slight energy boost, but they don’t taste good enough to make me a daily consumer.
I can drink it at 6 pm and find it useful. I change it up with 4/5 grounded cloves, which is another great sleeping pill but it’s a tough taste to acquire! Lots of health benefits though. Agreed, this IS a great group! 😊
RYZE brand is a combination of: cordyceps,reishi,lion’s mane,shiitake, turkey tail, and king trumpet. I’ve not seen a real noticeable difference, but that may be because I don’t drink it often enough; it doesn’t taste good to me. I think I’ll give cacao a try again.
I’m not convinced that Ryze brand does anything. There are definitely some better ones on the market, that certainly taste better, with better quality ingredients.
Any time a person claims “ do this one thing and it will cure everything/everybody” or “ evbas autoimmune issues because parasites ( insert something else)” I tend to completely tune them out. I’m having to learn to take the grains of truth and tune out the hype. It happened with the essential oils movement. Yes there are LOTS of healing to be had from them, but they aren’t the only cure you’ll ever need. Human bodies are beautifully complex and due to our unique nature different things work for different people.
"Human bodies are beautifully complex " something vaccines, volcanologists, doctors, public health officials, Surgeon Generals, Medical schools totally ignore. Laura, I can tell from your comments you've been around the block a few times.
Well we know that the Weather Channel lives and breathes drama; that’s their lifeblood. Haven’t we all seen their reporters standing out in a storm braced against the wind like they might momentarily blow over, and someone nonchalantly walks past behind them? 😂
Back in the mid 90's when the storms started hitting NC on a regular basis, the little guy, Jim Cantore, leaning into the "wind" at the beach, and the saw grass was barely moving behind him. That is when I knew it was all a sham/act with the drama Weather Channel and the onset of their manmade "climate change" hysteria.
Like Communist News Network back in the early 90's when they used to report the "news" on Headline News, then they shifted to being complete propaganda arms for the globalists. Same for the "Weather" Channel and the climate change hoax.
I'm watching Newsmax and DeSantis live update. He just said the worst case scenario of 15ft of storm surge didn't happen and he mentioned Helene and Taylor County, FL which did have about 20 ft of storm surge. Dummy Newsmax ran the update on the bottom of page in real time- DeSantis storm surge of 20 ft. These people are retarded.
I think that is why we call Newsmax, "Fox News light", because ever since they got rid of Grant Stinchfield, the folks on the weekend shows to include Benny Johnson, Spicer & Co (Lindsay Keith), Emerald Robinson, Heather Childers among others, they turned into a version of Faux News (my name for Fox News after their complicacy in the 2020 election steal -- Bret Bair and MacCallum going right along with it). I still like Gutfeld and will watch clips on YouTube of him, like when they just had President Trump on.
Even Epoch Times has slipped the past year or so... drawing on "news" contribution from AP, Reuters and the other anti-freedom regime media "sources". So we have C & C, The Gateway Pundit, and some Brietbart News to get reliable info...
This guy was describing a RARE midwest looking tornado in central Florida with the words "It is spinning and when something spins things will go in a circle." They are kamala-ing the weather!!
They got it wrong where it was coming ashore. I think that’s why he was in the parking garage! 😂 He did his best BS job to make storm surge under a building that was designed to give the storm a place to surge an interesting spin. 😂 We just rolled our eyes. Seriously. He’s in the parking garage acting like this matters. Wow. 😂
Thank God this turbo charged Hurricane accelerated quickly through Florida. Fingers crossed that property damage and loss of life will be much lower than expected.
I have visited Jack and his cake shop many times. He's a charming gentleman that has to deal with these sexually confused, vitriolic assholes. Jack is a strong man.
They are deliberately harassing him with these lawsuits. The hatred for Christianity is palpable in these people and in those who bankroll them to do these things.
They are demon-possessed. 10 years ago you wouldn't have heard that come out of me, but now it's a different world. They are bold and out in plain view.
I’d really like to multiply him. I love it when “they” see that the more they bash Trump, the more they try to knock him down, the quicker he gets back up and raises $$$$, every.songle.time.
Excellent suggestion ❤️ We need to show our support to this courageous, yet humble man. Too many people today don’t stand up for what is morally right.
I just "multiplied" with a "+$2" donation and was heartened to see that the site says it's at 175% of its goal. God bless the man and the team defending his rights, this has been a very drawn-out battle. We lift him up in prayer to stand firm in the power of Christ and Ephesians 6 spiritual armor. Never surrender!
Speaking of incredibly courageous people standing up against the Left’s legal juggernaut, the person behind the 303Creative Supreme Court case is a wonderful, devout, and holy woman named Lorie Smith. The Veterans group and Knights of Columbus council here in Ave Maria, Florida hired Ms. Smith and her company, 303Creative, last fall. She created spectacular advertisements for our annual Veteran’s Day celebrations, and we’ve hired her again this year.
I highly recommend Lorie Smith and 303Creative. She’s located in Denver.
What if we purchase his cakes and have them donated to a local (for him) shelter, church or soup kitchen? Then he feels our support, he doesn't have to ship them and others are blessed.
With the dog and the governor--Jesus was preaching; parents pushed their little ones up close to him, his disciples rebuked the parents; Jesus said "let those little ones come to me...." Jesus had better things to do than pay attention to kiddies--or so they thought, but he didn't. Governor DiSantis has good precedent.
Absolutely right Diana! Everyone loves a good dog story, but we got no time for worthless politicians. (I wanted to call her something else, but I’m trying to maintain my dignity 😂)
I am slowly resuming my Substack work and wanted to call everyone’s attention to the urgent October 15 deadline for submitting comments opposing REAL ID (digital ID). I just published this post providing more details about a new proposed rule, which they’re trying to sneak past us during this chaotic election season. I’ve included tools for helping you craft your own comment:
For those of you who missed it, please also see my piece honoring the memory of Dr. Jackie Stone, a heroic frontline doctor in Zimbabwe who was subjected to nearly four years of lawfare (hauled into court 27 times) on frivolous charges for the crimes of saving lives and defending medical ethics. Jackie took her life a week ago after losing her job and being deprived of her ability to practice medicine:
This includes Jackie’s final interview, a poignant statement by the filmmaker Lisa Henry, and elucidation on her motives from Sean Flanagan.
I’ve dedicated my poem “When Tyranny Is in Vogue” to Jackie and hope it will help prevent others from succumbing to a similar fate. This poem succinctly outlines the methods by which philanthropaths, tyrants, corporations, and governments smear, silence, and eviscerate truth-tellers.
The more people who understand these Disinformation Playbook tactics, the less effect they will have. This is how we win the war against the cruelites (https://apocaloptimistmanifesto.com).
I am listening to the livestream of Jackie's service right now, and the speeches have been beautiful, thought-provoking, funny, and heart-wrenching, especially her children's 😭💔🥀
Thank you ever so much for posting these links. As each day dawns I try to think of all of those suffering through the loss of loved ones, remembering to thank God for their presence that will remain in our hearts forever. May the good good Lord hold you ever closely as you navigate such loss. May you feel His presence ever more susinctly with the passing of each day.
Surely He has borne our grief and carried our sorrows.
You never know how much you have until you need it most.
For me, I have no other option than to press on. I know that’s what Michael would want, and I have an even greater sense of urgency and purpose than before, given the fleetingness of life and all I am driven to do both for my own mission and preserving Michael’s creative legacy. The philanthropaths, tyrants, and cruelites would like nothing more than for me to lie down in self-pity, so all the more reason to keep going until my last breath.
If you mean the video of Jackie's service, I just checked, and the livestream is available for replay. I queued it up to the beginning of the speeches:
I echo the collective sentiment that it's good to see you back. By the way, I am still strongly recommending Rik Mayall's One By One to everyone who will listen. The movie remains very relevant. I still fondly recall our discussion of Rik Mayall and this movie.
Thanks for the reminder. Now that I think back, it was your clip and our discussion that led to my watching the movie. I've been a fan of Rik dating back to The Young Ones and I was shocked that I wasn't aware of the movie.
We prayed, ya-know. As we heard the ongoing news re Milton hurricane predictions (especially the "we are going to have to create a Cat6 for hurricanes for what Milton will bring"), I noticed from social media comments, that my own reaction of helplessness-turning-to-PRAY was a big recurring theme. Only God could intervene. The tornadoes were a terrible adjunct but the hurricane itself scaling down to a 3 at landfall was a huge relief. God bless all you Floridians. We still pray for you all, and, Helene victors/survivors. And Thank You God.
"The effective prayer of a righteous person avails much". We prayed for Florida and God answered. If we want God's blessing to return to our country we need to do two things.
Happy to know the Childers family got through Milton safely! Hope all of our C&Cers in Florida are okay too! 🙏
Love that Trump offered his hotel rooms to the linemen!! ❤️ He truly always steps up and helps in any way he can!
I read about that abandoned dog too and thought what kind of horrible person would do that?? 😞😡 Disgusting 😡
I’m not even a man and the mushroom story had me cringing! 😳 Just crazy!
I agree that Todd is not as safe in France as he seems to think he is. He is deluded and naive if he doesn’t see that the same is happening there although perhaps with a bit if a delay and a slightly different path.
Thank you for sharing the great news about the baker lawsuit, that is very encouraging! 🙂
Believe it or not, Ambien, the sleep "aid" prescription, which is supposed to be prescribed on a short term basis but is typically given as a lifetime RX, causes people to do things in a somewhat catatonic state. They are especially prone to getting out of bed, going to the kitchen, and returning to bed with the food which they consume. They had no memory of what they have done but find the crumbs in the bed the next morning. I'm not joking. I cannot imagine taking "medication" that would result in black out gaps in my memory. 😳
I have actually heard stories about that happening so I definitely believe it! Yes, very scary to take anything that might cause these types of memory blackouts 😳😕
Melatonin is so much better and it's natural. I've been told that you start with the lowest dose and add to it if it still doesn't work. There is an upper limit which is 10mg I believe. Always check with your doctor before adding any medications as there may be work against other medications or be otherwise contraindicated and I'm by no means a medical professional.
"Dismembered member", "wee bits", and permanent shrinkage, oh my. Go ask Alice, she will warn you. Thankfully I have only taken the mushroom supplements with the proven benefits.
And NATO will disintegrate if Ukraine loses? And how is that a bad thing?
Praise the lord! Reporting from Sarasota. It's bad...but not quite devastation.
Our house was spared with only minor damage.
Thank you everyone for the well-wishes and prayers!
Great news Ryan!
We had no damage and never lost power!! Thank you Jesus! And thank all of your for your prayers. This could’ve/should’ve been a lot worse than it was.
We are heading to go check out our son’s house and my husband’s buildings. I’ll let you know what we find with an update.
Update: Son’s house has minor roof and siding damage. No cell service. No power. But all in all -good!
Husband’s work is good. No damage. No power. No service. All employees good!
Thank You Jesus!!
Hallelujah!
Great news Sunny, thank you Jesus!
Praise the Lord!! Great news Ryan!
So good to hear!!! GOD is good!
Praise you God!!!❤️❤️❤️😢😇 Prayed for you too Sunnydaze. Inckuding your husbands business!
Wonderful news, Sunnydaze. 🙏🏻
West coast time + early appointments delay my reply to you guys: HOORAY‼️‼️‼️
So very relieved to see your messages.
So very grateful to the Creator of the Universe for responding to our prayers.
God is great.
You were the one most on my mind last night. Great news.
Excellent to hear.
Praise the Lord🙏
Sunnydaze, thank you for the update. So glad to hear that there in only minor damage and that your business and employees are safe! Praise God from Whom ALL blessings flow!
Mrs. "the Knife"
So glad you're okay. Never doubted it. Okay, maybe a wee bit.
^^Love!!!
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Our Lord is most benevolent!!
Great to hear, Ryan. Glad to read that you pulled through and that the storm wasn't quite what the schadenfreude-laden MSM predicted. Watching video of the tornadoes that the hurricane spawned gave me flashbacks (we didn't see ours, we only heard the sound like a freight train bearing down on our house and our house was gone in seconds).
Watching the people of Florida pulling together led by Governor DeSantis reminds me of how great my community was and is. In the end, we have to look out for each other. That's all we have.
ID RATHER have more scare stories and a grateful morning than another HORROR FILLED debacle like NC anyday of the week.
I assume that’s from this storm or a past storm. I’m still in shock. Your house is really GONE?
This happened a couple of years ago. Our house was destroyed in band of tornadoes that hit several southern states.
Yikes, John. Glad you're still with us.
I'll take the occasional earthquake. I've survived two big ones so far.
John, your house was gone in seconds or the tornado was gone in seconds?
Good catch. Both, actually. (I'll edit my comment to clarify the point).
I can’t imagine. So thankful you’re here to tell the story. ❤️
Me too.
How do you get over the memory of that? Hope you’ve rebuilt and/or relocated?
❤️ Yes. Wondering
Beautifully and unassailably said, JCM.
Glad you're safe. My son & G'girl are east of the 41 & south of Proctor. They evacced to Ocala family after putting all their valuables as high as they could. Waiting word.
Oh Lord😢
So good to hear that news!
So glad to hear this Ryan! Thanks for the update!
Thankful to hear you and yours are well RG. Our friends near Fort Meyers also fared well. Feeling very thankful.
Great news! Yes we are praising God for answered prayers in decreasing the impact of Milton. Happy to hear that your family fared well!
Amen Freebird!
This is great news, Ryan. I woke up praying for you and Sunnydaze this morning.
I checked in with a comment to Ryan.
Thank you so much!
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I heard from Winter Haven, Sarasota and Fort Myers. Family and friends are fine. The one in Sarasota has water and limbs in yard. Has lights. Over in the East coast family are fine. Our daughter is as in Vero Beach and she saw a lot! But she is fine and was glad to get home.
Oops! Daughter was in Vero Beach last night!
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So glad you and your family are safe and your home is standing with only minor issues!
So glad to hear it!
Great to hear Ryan, thank God!
Hey, do you or anyone reading this have the URLs for how NEXRAD is being used to steer hurricanes?
One of Jeff's posts led me to follow this person https://x.com/In2ThinAir Being landlocked my whole life my hurricane knowledge is minimal but have seen a lot of the posts and don't know enough to understand if this is credible. No doubt there are bad actors but mile wide an inch deep on meteorology. This is a good site also but not much came up when I put in nexrad. https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/
I slogged through two hour video from these guys.. long on vague and repetitive imaging, short on real content and certainly avoids describing anything resembling a plausible scientific mechanism.
One sequence showed a cartoon of a hurricane being steered.. but gave no substance as to HOW, nor any calculations of the enormous amount of directed energy necessary to do this.
Lots of time in alumimium particles, but again no clue as to the specific mechanism involving these.
I have a sring and exensive background in hard science and was very ubderewhelmed by the two hours spent. SO MUCH oimportant data and plausible mechanisms missing..... poor inage quality throughout, very hard to endure.
Maybe they are on to some things.. take the science geeks and connect them with some media guys and maybe they could put something more useful together. A shaky and grainy clip of an ancient biplane again a white wall of something was used to tell some story, but I never did get their point. Fine details of HOW they took air samples on a check flight, but never gave the proof of teir "results". Ho hum....... maybe someone else can do better.
Well there is plenty of hard evidence that the gov and the military have been trying, as well as a company trying to dim the sun. https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/24/1066041/a-startup-says-its-begun-releasing-particles-into-the-atmosphere-in-an-effort-to-tweak-the-climate/ I think the question is how much success are they really having and despite all the years of working on it, do they know how to measure what was their effort and what was going to happen anyway. There is a local amateur meteorologist I follow and he posts a lot on the sun's activity in the last year and it's impact on both weather and earthquakes. He shares journal articles and such, not hype-y videos.
I have little doubt that making and managing weather is POSSIBLE. But I stronly suspet it is still in the kids playing in the sandbox stages.
Hurricanes and such are simply a form of matter and energy, and as Einstain demonstrated, they ARE interchangeable per his eqution.
But so far I do not think anyone has the capability of deciding to form ahurricane THERE and guide it along a path to HERE with any real ability to conrol strength, direction, duration, etc, nor its breaking up stages. Nor do I think anyone has the means to apply a given amount of energy in a predetermined direcion and be able to predict where it will go and how hard it will blow for how long. The claims I've seen that some "entity' wound Helene up to record power levels then made it go where they decided it should go do not ring true. At least not yet.
It would seem that SOMEWHERE along the line some active worker in this supposed endeavour would be busting his britches to say something somewhere to someone even if it took an operator to get an inside guy half snockered to loosen his lips. . But so far, the Great Stone Face of Silence reigns. Eventually all government programmes have someone squeak.
well and the problem is, if they squeak, will anyone listen?
Donna, here is a short clip, which is preceded by a commercial, from CBS news. California Company attempts to reverse global warming. https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/s2VdR5aBxeMgR6QFlDD3TKt294_PCuFL/ We can't let concern for [adverse] impacts be an excuse for inaction. These are the faces of hubris and arrogance.
Interesting I can’t open it. I use Brave browser but more and more finding out they are not good either. I will find a way to watch it though.
Yes, they came up on my radar from a newsletter I get about a year ago. The article is behind a paywall but I found others.
Scares the heck out of me that they are playing with what they don't fully understand,
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/24/1066041/a-startup-says-its-begun-releasing-particles-into-the-atmosphere-in-an-effort-to-tweak-the-climate/
https://archive.ph/7aCnE
That doesn't sound promising...
Thanks Donna.
Great to hear!
Praise the Lord Ryan!
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Bless The Lord oh my Soul!!!!!
“Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,”
Psalms 103:1-4 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/psa.103.1-4.NKJV
I love this Ps too! I have worked to memorize these four verse! Hiding God's Word in our hearts is a vital survival skill.
The only offensive weapon we have - our sword - The Word of the Lord.
Ephesians 6: 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. 14 Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
I’ve read this many times…Truth in one’s soul.
Amen, Amen & AMEN!!
Amen Brenda. Stand on the promises of God.
Yes, it’s a survival skill indeed!!!
Is there not a Psalm for almost every occasion? It's almost like Someone knew what He was doing when He inspired authors to get this all down on paper :)
One of the best Psalms! Thank you for this timely and beautiful reminder…Bless the Lord, O my soul…indeed, I am singing His praises this morning.
I'm all for herbal remedies but as soon as someone starts talking about a plant 'putting you in touch with the universe and God', I get a little suspicious. Demons take advantage of open doors. Just sayin'.
Joe Rogan dropped an interview with Michael Shellenberger yesterday. I like MS so I listened and they talked for a long time about psychedelics. Rogan thinks they should be legalized because they’ve helped so many people overcome trauma, particularly military personnel. Michael pushed back, a lot, about the pitfalls. I’m not down with legalizing anything more than booze personally, but it was an interesting discussion.
Booze, right. No pitfalls in the most intoxicating, addictive substance in history.
I’m not a fan, but it’s not going anywhere legally. I don’t want to add anything else, though.
Booze is legal. Making it illegal didn’t work. But why legalize other destructive addictive substances just because booze is legal.
Making it illegal clearly did work. Rates of alcoholism, alcohol-related trauma (e.g. drunk driving), and other societal ills dropped dramatically during Prohibition. It was a stunning success in demonstrating alcohol's highly destructive impact, and how society improves when its access is limited.
That limitation wasn't perfect however, which is what you point to as not working. Yes there was organized crime trafficking of alcohol but it was still far less available than before Prohibition. When a policy leads to dramatic improvements in society, but isn't perfectly implemented, that doesn't mean it failed.
You have been fed a false narrative your entire life about Prohibition that doesn't withstand the slightest scrutiny. Prohibition may have been unpopular, but it didn't fail. It was repealed because government wanted the tax revenue they didn't get from bootlegging, and lobbying from business interests.
How about this? People are allowed to do anything they want so long as they do not egress on another person. I don't want, or need, the government, or anyone else, telling me what I an and cannot do. If I can take heroin, not steal to get it and not hurt anyone , what's the harm? We aren't junkies lying in the street, needing one of the now countless overdose packs that are placed all over the country, even this little island we are in Maine,. I don't, not won't, but we do love our beer and wine. Pay for it ourselves, feed and shelter ourselves , and hurt no one.
The crimes should be the crimes, not what caused them. Eff that. Hate crimes?? It's a crime stupid. Why do you need to double criminalize something? It's all a gimmick.
No nanny state. Period. No "except for this".
Yeah, and isn't it funny how these arguments in favor of various prohibitions sound sooooo familiar? "It's for the common good!" (cf Convid jabs) or "We CAN stop school shootings" (neverminding school shootings a miniscule percentage of gun deaths every year; i.e. the 'solution' does NOT address the common good, just the most sensational ill).
I agree 100%, there should be no such thing as
a victimless crime.
The same should be true for medical treatments.
If somebody wants to try chew peyote and have their Chakras realigned
to cure their migraines, they should be allowed to try it.
What do we do about all the people driving around drunk killing others? I mean, it's illegal to kill someone while driving drunk, but that sure doesn't stop it. What would stop it is if alcohol weren't so readily available - everywhere. It would be interesting to see if there are less drunk driver-related deaths in dry counties in the US.
That's interesting. I had never heard that prohibition was successful. It does seem that today alcohol is being pushed even within the church. I've heard stories of church leadership pushing alcohol on minors! The argument is that the Bible doesn't speak against it so we are free to do it but there is no discussion of potential addition to alcohol. The attitude is we are free to partake so why not. There are even Bible studies in bars to make it more attractive to the world. My husband has a saying, "What you win them with is what you win them to." His other saying is that people are asking the wrong questions; they want to see how close they can get to sin without crossing the line rather than asking how much can I be like Christ in my thoughts, attitudes and actions.
And that is why legalization of other substances is popular with the government...taxes. Although this hasn't worked out well in CO from what I've read. Most people are still going with the blackmarket because it's cheaper than the government regulated version. Plus, the money that must be spend on social ills far outweighs the benefit of making money through taxation. It hurts my heart to think of all the children who grow up in homes where substance abuse is a normal part of life.
And red state Alabama went for “medical” marijuana (yeah right; every state that legalized it recreationally started w/ the medical angle).
Now our super-majority Alabama legislature is pulling another one. Legalize gambling to regulate it & end illegal gambling.
Btw, we have laws outlawing gambling; how about enforcing those laws???
Oh wait! The Gambling industry (like the MJ Industry is passing out “incentives” to “public servants” who will make more than their salaries.
“Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a man.” -JC
because when used by educated people, not nuts, it can be very helpful. and what we have IS NOT WORKING.
with anti depressants the "cure" iS ALWAYS WORSE THAN THE DISEASE> ask around, read up.
I am a therapist and have dealt with many who are DESPERATE to get off psych meds. we need alternatives.
A holistic approach has been quite successful in many cases of mental illness. Just changing one's diet to fresh and healthy foods and getting off sugar, processed foods and foods one test allergic to has turned many people around dramatically.
Many people fail to realize how dangerous alcohol is. The Salvation Army was founded on the basis of outreach to drunks. Prohibition didn't go well. People were so desperate for alcohol that in NY they were distilling furniture. Many died by their own intoxicating brews which turned out to be poisonous.
I’ve heard there is a global organization, devoted entirely to helping people stop using alcohol
Yeah I've heard that too, they all seem to be friends of a guy named Bill W. Consider him a friend myself, going on thirty five years now.
clean and sober 30 yrs, I did my trauma work, now drink wine when I feel like it. not recommending for everyone.
I DO RECOMMEND the 12 steps for EVERYONE. substance issues or not.
That sounds familiar. A pity I waited so long to become acquainted… so far so good
Prohibition didn't go well for a very small percentage of society addicted to alcohol. For the overwhelming majority it went just fine, in fact their lives improved.
When someone is addicted to a drug the answer is not to make it readily available so they don't do stupid things to get it.
The federal government literally poisoned alcohol during Prohibition killing thousands of people.
When they come for my red wine, that's when we're gonna fight!
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Another good podcast from a distinctly Catholic perspective is called The Exorcist Files. I know the name is a bit cliche, but super interesting dramatization of real-life stories and a thoughtful exploration of demonic activity. It also discusses Church teaching and talks to people of other faith traditions too.
Tucker did a show with an Exorcist Priest a few years back on Fox Nation. It was a fascinating discussion.
Who runs the podcast?
Here's a link to the "about" page on their website:
https://www.exorcistfiles.tv/about
Booze is legal for a reason and it does far more damage to people than weed. Young people smoking tons of weed is a serious problem. Alcoholism kills millions. Legality is important mostly in terms of incarceration and taxation.
There is a monetary incentive to industrialized marijuana. And the THC in the new plants is so high that it is causing schizophrenia. Not to mention that people I have seen that use, typically have low motivation to work. It does affect the brain. No substance will fix anyone's problems and typically creates more problems. It's scary to think how many people drive while under the influence of various substances. It's a miracle that there are not more fatalities on the road.
My son has Tourette Syndrome with really severe tics throughout school years. He was influenced in college into using medicinal marijuana to control the anxiety it caused and lessen his tics. And guess what? Four years later he was diagnosed with full blown schizophrenia. He went from being a hard worker, overcoming disability obstacles, and earning a B.S. to having no ability to work at all, no motivation or desire, and a complete change in his mental makeup. Now he is controlled by delusional thinking and occasional hallucinations. After being off marijuana for a full year, and off ALL pharma for two years, and on a ketogenic diet, he is calmer than he’s ever been before - with very little tics - but he still struggles with motivation because depression over what he lost settled in deeply.
I. Hate. Drugs. All drugs. He wasn’t a heavy drug user at all, but it ruined his life completely. Even medicinal marijuana is unsafe.
You might be interested in the series A Midwestern Doctor is doing on DMSO. It has some extraordinary healing benefits, many in the neurological space, but a whole assortment of benefits. I had used it on my horse back in the day (she fully recovered from a bowed tendon) and knew it was powerful for neuromuscular injuries, but AMD is covering things like strokes, headaches, nerve damage, etc. The series is in several parts, so check it out.
Love AMD! Thanks! I will
I agree that medicinal marijuana is unsafe. The high is quite addictive and has power to take control over your motivation.
Another LIE the enemy has brainwashed people with. It’s not addictive, it’s safe, it’s an herb, it’s medicine blah blah blah. Nope. And I have personal reasons I can say that. People in Florida are trying to legalize it now. Oregon did it - disaster. Colorado did it - disaster. Every single place has been a disaster. So now Florida. 😔 Nope. I will NEVER in my life EVER vote to legalize that crap or any other drug. I liked Juju’s last statement. And yours.
Please don’t think that his life is ruined. There is no way you can predict the future now that he is clean.
Talk to somebody about transcranial magnetic stimulation. That may be one answer for him.
I do recommend always remembering that God can redeem time lost
No no no! I had that 3 years ago and now I have very strange, loud booming tinnitus. Please be careful. I think it can induce structural changes of a longterm nature. I wish I had never consented to it. But you are so right that God can redeem lost time.
exactly. the potential for people to come back in sobriety is a story many need to hear, but you will only hear in AA.
I recommend everyone go and hear what is possible. Blessings.
Your last paragraph is powerful. And I agree!
The neighborhood where I live has a homeless diagnosed schizophrenic whose family left him once his mother died. Evidently she was the only one that could handle him according to the family that has posted on social media. We are told he wasn’t always this way and many remember him as a talented student. I’m so sorry about your son’s situation and wish our healthcare agencies might provide a similar tactic of healthy eating over drugs!
JuJu, I am sorry for what happened to you and your son. He was a guinea pig, like so many of us.
I was a major pothead in high school (class of ‘84). The pot we got then was about 1/50th the strength people get now. I always ask, “What if beer were 50 times stronger today???”
Great point! That’s exactly the problem today. Our alcohol is the same strength. Pot isn’t. Plus a lot of it is laced with Fentanyl, and in CA the police told me that 100% of all samples they had gotten from the streets had fentanyl in it. Even the medicinal dispensaries aren’t as careful with who they get their stock from. They are supposed to be, but I saw something very different when we had to use them.
1970. I moved into a commune of student hippies. There was a lot of “house weed” and most were heavy users. By the end of the semester all but me had dropped out or flunked out. And I was making D’s and not caring. Amotivational Syndrome is a real thing. The only reason I didn’t crash and burn totally was that it had started to make me paranoid while using it. I really loathe the stuff and all the hype from its promoters. BTW, Alex Berenson’s wife was an ER shrink who made a compelling case for opposing it. He based his book on a lot of her observations of acute psychosis and schizophrenia among teenage users.
I know several people who had this happen during their usage of this “herb”. Oh palease! 🙄
I cringe every time I see someone using a smartphone while driving.
So dangerous...
When I used to ride a motorcycle all the time I became adept at identifying the behavior of an automobile based on how it was moving, which would tell me certain things, most notably, if they were using their phone or not, I quickly put them in my rearview mirror
IT certainly does affect the brain. Causing schizophrenia not so much. Sorry but that is on the level of Reefer MAdness.
They recently legalized marijuana in my state (Missouri). My doc said the ER's are seeing a huge influx of marijuana-induced psychosis this year.
Yep that’s what we were told by every doctor we have dealt with the past three years. Marijuana induced schizophrenia is everywhere, no matter what kind of user, mild or heavy use. They think it’s because many people today have more neurological issues from food and pharma, causing ADHD and ASD conditions. The extreme strength of the THC in all strains today is impacting something already stressed and out of whack. We didn’t have quite as many disabled kids when I was growing up and the few we had didn’t do recreational drugs at all. It’s a different story today. It doesn’t always mean it was caused by “extreme refer madness”.
Alex Berenson (the anti-Covid Scamdemic journalist) has written extensively on the link between weed and schizophrenia. It is an emerging area of medical concern, and not at all propaganda.
Weed stinks.
Might watch a very informative video on the subject at PragerU
https://www.prageru.com/video/whats-wrong-with-marijuana
So true! The MJ Industry is the main problem; unlimited funds, sneaky tactics.
I read a piece written by a guy who said he would encourage every one of his business competitors to use MJ. That way he’d beat them bc he’d keep his incentive to work hard & they wouldn’t. Voila!
It was entitled something quite clever but I’ve forgotten. Bet I have it saved…. somewhere.
Look at Kamala harris and how she oppressed the Black community in Oakland over weed, and other drugs. as well as throwing single moms in prison for truant children with health issues.
Watched an excellent PragerU video on the problems with marijuana.
https://www.prageru.com/video/whats-wrong-with-marijuana
That was a good video.
Smells like wet skunks.
South Dakota has a ballot measure this November to legalize recreational cannabis. There is so much $ behind this drive that their ads populate national news sites and use an image of Trump to promote it (I'm sure Trump does not promote it).
I was an election judge when it went on the ballot in MO in 2022. Steady stream all day of young people showing up to vote. The judges at the check-in table will often ask a young person when they check in if they are voting for the first time, and if they say yes, call out 'first time voter' and everyone claps. They were calling out ALL DAY LONG! Way more frequently than previous and more recent elections, hands down. My suspicion was that the pot amendment was the motivation, and that they voted D for the most part. R's lost some close races in purple areas and I blame the pot voters. It was a horrible amendment, 26 pages added to our constitution thanks to our overly lax initiative petition process, where big out of state money pays signature gatherers to put more crap in our constitution and low information voters vote for it as they never read the full text.
SD has 8 initiated ballot measures this Nov, all except one designed to destroy the existing culture, and those 7 are funded and managed by out-of-state money.
Ironic that the very thing that is supposed to empower and engage individuals politically - ballot initiation -i s being used to completely disenfranchise us.
In our case, the legislature is a bunch of cowards, Initiative petition reform comes up every year but never passes, in part as the D's & local media scream bloody murder about the R's trying to 'end democracy'. Not sure what is democratic about out of state $ paying signature gatherers who mislead the people who sign the petitions without reading them! We have an awful abortion amendment that is not just about abortion. It includes usurping parents rights on abortions and transgender surgeries, and would allow abortions up to birth. And 2 gambling amendments that claim 'money for education'. It's exhausting as the abortion fight is taking away volunteers and money for local candidates many with close races in purple and blue areas. Trying to do both but only so much blood from this turnip and hours in the day to volunteer.
Missouri extended the welcome mat to drug cartels and other nasties.
I sure hope it goes down in flames.
Or up in smoke 😊
South Dakota would do well to take the restraints off the farming of industrial hemp. It is the single most useful plant that can be applied to so many things. Fiber for dozens of applications, seed oil for a multitude of purposes. There are good reasons that it has been suppressed, and it aint because of gettin high.
Absolutely.
People are shocked to hear that hemp is AMAZING and pulling toxins out of the soil.
We are looking to buy land - if soil tests show high toxin levels, we have our plan.
So use something from plants which absorb toxins very well? I don’t understand.
I have read the MJ plants were planted at Chernobyl to purge soil of radioactive substances. Don’t remember if they had a plan for disposal of the tainted plants.
It can shrink tumors too which would upend the chemo/radiation market.
There are all manner of uses for cannabinoids!
What I object to is the younger generations using their bodies as abusement parks and then waking up years later with dain bramage.
it also helps with SEIZURES.
It’s a risk-benefit matter.
Using even “medical” MJ has consequences. It affects fertility & alters DNA for generations. Not good.
I just can’t hack the smell. It’s so gross. I tried a tea once and it smelled EXACTLY like pot smoking smells.
hemp saves forests~!!
When people start wanting about paper and Forrest, I just look at them sideways and basically say what you just typed
I can tell you from experience that Arizona took a hard left after the marijuana vote. The college kids came out in force for their weed and look where we are now. Teetering on the brink of Californication ( some say already gone). I now see desert-baked young homeless kids at every intersection with their sad cardboard signs. It did not use to be this bad, and they are getting younger and younger, it seems.
I could be wrong but I thought Trump supported very heavy regulated medicinal use. But that was it. What I love about him is he never drank or used drugs his whole life, and saw the dangers of both early on. He remained pure in spite of his wealth and contacts. Love that
The homeopathic materia medica is an interesting read on cannabis's mental symptoms.
Wrong. Trump is coming out in support of legalizing recreational marijuana. https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/09/politics/trump-marijuana-florida/index.html
First of all I don’t trust ANYTHING to be reported properly by CNN and their headline doesn’t exactly represent things he actually said. I also don’t trust any of their quotes to be accurate. These guys are editing things daily to spin a narrative.
When I’ve listened to Trump discuss it during interviews, it did not sound to me like full blown recreational support. A person’s small, individualized amounts are different than a dealer or large disbursements or selling to kids. He also is much more interested in the medicinal uses. I don’t agree with him on his stance because it ruined things in our own family, so I’m completely against legalizing any of it except for cancer patients, etc when provided by a doctor. But I also don’t think Trump is a “throw open the gates to all as much as they want and let it be everywhere” kinda person.
I just picked one link but there are many others. I get a conservative FL report online and it published an article when Trump said he would vote FOR recreational mj amendment in FL coming up, whereas DeSantis opposes it. I was sorry to see Trump say that because now many voters will go for it. And that will be a big problem if it passes.
We need more drunks and stoners in America! Make it legal today!!! BTW that’s sarcasm.
Easier to manage them when they come to the government for food and housing.
Sorry to say that Trump does promote it: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/15/donald-trump-marijuana-legalization-00179205. The high THC level in plants now is damaging to the brain, and users show lower motivation, lowered IQ, and poor performance in school and work. It's just one more way to dumb down the population and make people more compliant. Medical Marijuana has its uses, but recreational is the last thing we need now.
I commented on this above. You guys are quoting leftists articles and they are not representing him honestly. I disagree with him on any legalization, but I know he isn’t for willy nilly, wide open legalization of all amounts anywhere and out in the open.
Even “medical” carries risks; fertility & procreation. It messes with DNA & doesn’t stop with the user. Passes to future generations (if procreation is even successful).
Source?
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41585-024-00868-w
file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/68/08/66584103-9377-427A-A696-05D3BE6B96CD/2022%20Reece%20Genotoxicity.pdf
there is ZERO POINT in jailing marijuana users. its a useless double standard. I am NOT a fan of weed and think a lot of education needs to go along with legalization. but more lives are ruined w Alcohol than w weed. or psilocybin, despite Jeff's funny story.
I am absolutely against jail time for marijuana users, but I am opposed to recreational use being legalized. I have done plenty of research on marijuana, and it does harm the health and mind of a regular user. Plus my husband is a counselor and has had plenty of clients whose lives have been ruined from it. Same with alcohol and other drugs. Life is hard; I get it that people want an escape, but to alter one's own mind in the long run is hurting oneself, one's family, and one's society.
I think that both THC and opioids have their place in a well educated Doctors tool kit. Prior to use the prescribing either for more then 3-5 days for acute injury, testing should be conducted to assess genetic compatibility. These are strong substances that should be reserved for serious medical events and even CS Lewis commented on the benefit of modern analgesics on physical suffering. As someone who has needed to use opioids for a serious medical issue, they were benifical in the short to mid term WHILE I holistically learned other pain management practices that enabled me to wean off the medication. Yes the standard of care needs to change but the ability to control physical suffering is a good thing. I do not support recreational use of cannabis in any capacity.
I can see your point of view. However, here in Florida it’s supposed to be legal only for medical use, but there are many medical marijuana stores everywhere. Doesn’t make sense that there are so many stores if it’s not being abused.
Laura, very intelligent knowledgeable comment. We need more Lauras!
Yes Michael has been reporting on the ground and helping those he could who are suffering under the open drug markets in California. He has seen the suffering caused by unrestrained drug use and has no f’s to give about legalizing any of it. He’s a good guy.
This is sort of an irrelevant question.
All substances should be legal. But as a culture we lack ritual and purpose, making them incredibly dangerous rather than helpful.
Culture is the issue here, not the substance, I’d argue.
So while ideally they should all be legal, they shouldn’t. Alcohol included.
So there really isn’t a legal solution so we should be focusing rather on our culture. This starts with our kids and ending the stranglehold of the Department of Education, and that’s just for starters. That’s my drug argument. And the DOE. When that’s done, it’s onto the next culture fix. It won’t be overnight.
Just my 2 cents.
"All substances should be legal."
Exactly what I believed.
And then I moved to a place (Seattle) where ZERO drug laws were enforced, and drug deals OPENLY occurred on the steps of the King County Courthouse.
The nearly 100,000 people living in filth under bridges, in tents next to expressways, and daily encounters with psychotics cured me of my libertarian naivete.
I was horrified to find that Oklahoma had made the mistake of legalizing marijuana when we returned. It ruins every place it occurs.
Portland just recently criminalized drug use!
They are backtracking!!! They legalized it all and then the stupidity of it all set in and they went -woah! Maybe this isn’t a good idea 🙄 🤦🏼♀️
It's a process called "Learning." What would be "stupid" would be having experience but failing to learn from it.
In theory, I agree, but in the real world, people have sought escape from the beginning of time. Of course making anything illegal just lines the pockets of criminal enterprises, but if it's legal gov will tax the sh*t out of it, and that is just lining the pockets of a different criminal enterprise.
Exactly.
So are you claiming that government knows best? Why shouldn’t people be free to decide what they put into their bodies?
They should be free to manage the consequences of their own decisions about what they put into their bodies without ruining the world for people who don't do the same and without forcibly extracting the wealth of competent people to pay for and support and enable the ones who choose to become incompetent.
This is my point as well, thank you.
Yup, same goes for the obese.
👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻💯
I agree, but fear the argument is one that has also been used against those of us who didn't take the covid vx. We were fortunate there didn't end up being physical consequences for most of us.
Big difference between not putting a foreign substance with unknown effects in one's body and putting a foreign substance with known negative effects in one's body.
Well stated. Screenshot this one!
TT,
Because what they put into their bodies can negatively impact the lives of others. Like we really need more stoned people driving around. Drunks are dangerous enough.
I don’t disagree with that. But the solution is to enforce the laws not control what people do with their own bodies in their own homes on their own time. They do need to be punished if they commit actual crimes . Driving while stoned is illegal.
I would also say that having to reattach a member negatively affects others because that makes healthcare prices go up.
I’m not advocating anything.
You advocated not legalizing anything more than booze.
Once we figure out how to keep the drunks off the road, I might think about legalizing pot. Might.
when we get past our prejudices many will see that Psychedelics, particularly the natural ones, have so much to offer us. I refer you to Gabor Mate's books esp IN THE REALM OF HUNGRY GHOSTS for the relationship of Trauma to Addiction and to his many youtube videos to learn more about effects on DEPRESSION. ANYTHING is better than these HORRIFIC PSYCH MEDS which are included in almost every mass shooter's medicine cabinet. along with a hefty push from cia /fbi I wager.
Quick somebody needs to tell Rogan! LOL
Ever wonder why alcohol is referred to as Spirits? Not good ones.
As an experienced psychonaut, I can say that if you're expecting demons, they will come.
A little story: in the early 90's my beloved maternal grandparents moved to my town and were within a mile of my house. This was as close as they'd ever lived to me - for many years they lived in places that were more than 120 miles away, so I only had occasional visits with them.
In their new home, I was doing a lot of handyman things for them. My grandfather was in the early-mid stages of Alzheimer's and was having the occasional hallucination. He often spoke of Mayan Pyramids and clowns, and my mom and aunt would tell him he was just seeing things.
One day when I was doing some work in their bedroom, I looked out their window and I saw Grandpa's Mayan Pyramids..
They were the steep shingled rooftops of houses across the creek from his place. They were brown and flat on top and had sloped sides just like the pyramids in the Yucatan jungles. Knowing that my grandparents had taken a trip around the world the year before I was born and visited that place, it gave me some insight about Grandpa's disease. He was seeing something that jogged a deep memory from an earlier period, and his neurological condition removed the temporal separation for him. He made an association between what he was seeing and the thing he remembered, and the association became the thing.
At the time I was still avidly dabbling in psychedelics, and understood this association thing very well. At the peak of a "trip", verbal processing often becomes difficult - one is awash in unfiltered, pure experience of one's surroundings - it's why the proper setting is crucial. There are still tenuous connections to memories of previous experiences, but the distinction between 'now' and 'then' may not exist. It's as if one is experiencing everything at once.
So I came to understand that Grandpa was permanently tripping, and sought to keep him in friendly, gentle, supportive environments as he progressed down his road. I know he was frustrated and sometimes angry that he could no longer "come down" from his trip.
Now my own father is following a similar path. My experience with Grandpa is helping me to understand what he's going through and to be there for him in a supportive role whenever I can.
What a beautiful story and dedication to preserving dignity for these men in your life Doug. Thanks for sharing. I've never understood or heard about this piece of Alzheimers.
Just taking the time to listen, understand and connect is truly beautiful, instead of dismissing, rolling your eyes and saying, Grandpa is seeing things again!” 💕
Just to be clear, I never saw the clowns...
Who knows? Maybe the clowns he was seeing, are the same clowns we are seeing everywhere today … just sayin. 😉
This was a long time ago.. Maybe he was seeing Hillary on the TV..
How absolutely fascinating! I am beyond grateful to you for sharing your insight into one of the most excruciating difficulties we face as a species. Have you thought about speaking with medical professionals in your area and/or making YouTube/Rumble videos?
That never occurred to me, Stacey. I'm not sure medical professionals would take my insights seriously, since I have no background in medicine myself. I was just offering this anecdote here as an alternative way of looking at Alzheimer's.
But thank you for the suggestions!
This one sure does. I work with dementia patients frequently and I believe your experience will help me understand them more clearly. I can’t be the only nurse who would think so. They can’t relate what they’re experiencing (but they can often tell when they’re being written off), so your knowledge is invaluable. The best textbooks can’t take the place of experience. If you’re so inclined to give a talk, you probably have a local association of neuroscience nurses. They can help you prepare a presentation and maybe give you a bit of dinner for your contribution. 😊
I wouldn't know how to put together an entire talk on this experience from 25 years ago, but I'd be happy to discuss it further with you if you really think there's something there.
What a kind, thoughtful way to describe such a debilitating illness. Thank you.
Agree agree agree!!! Have you heard of Haunted Cosmos podcast - a Christian perspective on supernatural events and oddities. They have an episode about this exact topic.
Oh my goodness, my son LOVES those guys! They do such a great job. But now they've gotten him thinking that Bigfoot might be a type of fairy! 😭 I told him, "They better try again and leave my fairies out of it!" Hahaha He's so excited because I guess they're going to do a book.
My 17 yr old and I listen to that podcast, too! My husband and 13 yr old think we're nuts. Haha But my eldest and I make those conmecting glances and snicker a lot. It's so fun.
It is fun! I'm not even into podcasts but they have the magic touch. They get my brain going! And I love that they use the Bible to reason things out.
Oh… Bigfoot definitely is a demon fairy😉
Jenn… you should watch the movie “The Watchers”… I wonder what Ben and Brian would say about that.
Wholly smokes! 🤯 I just watched the trailer for that and my heart is racing. Not sure I can watch it, though M. Night Shamalan can do great work. I'm a big fan of Hitchcock but not actual horror. Does it tend to be more Hitchcock or actual bloody stuff?
Watched it on a plane last week… not graphic scary, more psychologically freaky. I will admit my tolerance for scary has increased since listening to Haunted Cosmos, knowing that prayer and reliance on God is protective.
This exact topic meaning mushrooms? I just went to their site - how do you find the episode?
Hi KL… the episode is from January 16, called “Psychedelics, Serpent Gods, & Machine Elves”. Just checked on my podcast app.
Oh my Carrie - you got me hooked on “Haunted Cosmos!” I think I’ve listened to them all now, and ordered from the show sponsors! I love supporting other brother and sisters!
Anyone that has not seen the documentary 'Fantastic Fungi'
absolutely have to watch it.
https://youtu.be/bxABOiay6oA?si=VEDCypWh3RwQhKtA
I’m having a cup of mushroom coffee as we speak. 😂 Not the psychedelic kind…these reportedly give you energy, immune support, and stress relief. They’re very popular now, and sometimes I’ve noticed a slight energy boost, but they don’t taste good enough to make me a daily consumer.
Which mushroom is that? I have one with cinnamon and cacao, I sleep like a baby!
I take it anti-cancer properties, I’m weary of The Vaccinated shedding on me 😬 Mine is cordyceps. 😊
Do you drink it at night?? Always looking for ways to improve my sleep! I learn so much from this group…so blessed by you all 🙏💗.
I can drink it at 6 pm and find it useful. I change it up with 4/5 grounded cloves, which is another great sleeping pill but it’s a tough taste to acquire! Lots of health benefits though. Agreed, this IS a great group! 😊
RYZE brand is a combination of: cordyceps,reishi,lion’s mane,shiitake, turkey tail, and king trumpet. I’ve not seen a real noticeable difference, but that may be because I don’t drink it often enough; it doesn’t taste good to me. I think I’ll give cacao a try again.
Thank you! 🙏❤️🍄
I drink mine daily...blitzed in bulletproof coffee. It's also good if you cold bree it overnight. Different brands taste better than others....
Please tell me your favorite brand! The one i currently have is RYZE, and it’s not horrible, but surely not great either.
I’m not convinced that Ryze brand does anything. There are definitely some better ones on the market, that certainly taste better, with better quality ingredients.
I drink brewed cacao regularly, it has similar properties. And it tastes delicious.
Can you tell me more about this? It sounds yummy nice not heard of it before.
Have tried that 'shoot coffee too!
Any time a person claims “ do this one thing and it will cure everything/everybody” or “ evbas autoimmune issues because parasites ( insert something else)” I tend to completely tune them out. I’m having to learn to take the grains of truth and tune out the hype. It happened with the essential oils movement. Yes there are LOTS of healing to be had from them, but they aren’t the only cure you’ll ever need. Human bodies are beautifully complex and due to our unique nature different things work for different people.
"Human bodies are beautifully complex " something vaccines, volcanologists, doctors, public health officials, Surgeon Generals, Medical schools totally ignore. Laura, I can tell from your comments you've been around the block a few times.
👍Incredibly complex and unique as each DNA fingerprint. There is no one size fits all. Either ingestibles or clothing 😆😉
Yes, demons are eagerly looking for open doors.
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Exactly right. Just like yoga and contemplative prayer - "clear your mind."
I am thrilled that you and yours have managed m, weathered the storm. Thank you for touching base
I was also happy to see that Milton didn’t stall out over FL somewhere. That’s caused us huge flooding problems in Houston before.
Yes - we lost our house when Harvey did that.
I am so sorry. It’s trite to say but it comes from my heart.
Many of our friends flooded. We got very lucky, water only made it to an inch below our front porch. In cypress we got 49” of rain from that one. 😮
yesssss
Answered prayer, literally 🙏🙏❤️❤️
All reporters last night seemed VERY disappointed when it hit Siesta Key as only a category 3. It was appalling.
Well we know that the Weather Channel lives and breathes drama; that’s their lifeblood. Haven’t we all seen their reporters standing out in a storm braced against the wind like they might momentarily blow over, and someone nonchalantly walks past behind them? 😂
Back in the mid 90's when the storms started hitting NC on a regular basis, the little guy, Jim Cantore, leaning into the "wind" at the beach, and the saw grass was barely moving behind him. That is when I knew it was all a sham/act with the drama Weather Channel and the onset of their manmade "climate change" hysteria.
Like Communist News Network back in the early 90's when they used to report the "news" on Headline News, then they shifted to being complete propaganda arms for the globalists. Same for the "Weather" Channel and the climate change hoax.
I'm watching Newsmax and DeSantis live update. He just said the worst case scenario of 15ft of storm surge didn't happen and he mentioned Helene and Taylor County, FL which did have about 20 ft of storm surge. Dummy Newsmax ran the update on the bottom of page in real time- DeSantis storm surge of 20 ft. These people are retarded.
I think that is why we call Newsmax, "Fox News light", because ever since they got rid of Grant Stinchfield, the folks on the weekend shows to include Benny Johnson, Spicer & Co (Lindsay Keith), Emerald Robinson, Heather Childers among others, they turned into a version of Faux News (my name for Fox News after their complicacy in the 2020 election steal -- Bret Bair and MacCallum going right along with it). I still like Gutfeld and will watch clips on YouTube of him, like when they just had President Trump on.
Even Epoch Times has slipped the past year or so... drawing on "news" contribution from AP, Reuters and the other anti-freedom regime media "sources". So we have C & C, The Gateway Pundit, and some Brietbart News to get reliable info...
Jim Cantore is probably having a Yosemite Sam moment in his hotel room as we speak. Sad that he only got his ankles wet last night. LOL
This guy was describing a RARE midwest looking tornado in central Florida with the words "It is spinning and when something spins things will go in a circle." They are kamala-ing the weather!!
Kamala-ing the weather! Spot on!
"a Yosemite Sam moment"... That cracked me up, Becks.
I bet you hadn't thought of Yosemite Sam in a long time! I hadn't either. LOL
He was reporting from a parking garage! He must be getting too old to really face the elements.
They got it wrong where it was coming ashore. I think that’s why he was in the parking garage! 😂 He did his best BS job to make storm surge under a building that was designed to give the storm a place to surge an interesting spin. 😂 We just rolled our eyes. Seriously. He’s in the parking garage acting like this matters. Wow. 😂
Usually, they just stand in front of green screen in the studio
with a fan blowing on them.
Not at all surprising. That's our society, in a nutshell, these days.
Key word - " nut ".
SAFE! And IN HOME!
Thank God this turbo charged Hurricane accelerated quickly through Florida. Fingers crossed that property damage and loss of life will be much lower than expected.
Praise the Lord to you, and yours are well… Prayers for everyone else
I have visited Jack and his cake shop many times. He's a charming gentleman that has to deal with these sexually confused, vitriolic assholes. Jack is a strong man.
Those "vitriolic azzholes" possess very deep pockets, and an overabundance of time to invest in pushing their psychoses upon the rest of us.
They are deliberately harassing him with these lawsuits. The hatred for Christianity is palpable in these people and in those who bankroll them to do these things.
Demonic
Indeed 💯❗️
They are demon-possessed. 10 years ago you wouldn't have heard that come out of me, but now it's a different world. They are bold and out in plain view.
At this time in human history, the hand of Satan and his demons is very visible in everything that’s going on. We do not war against flesh and blood.
I’d really like to multiply him. I love it when “they” see that the more they bash Trump, the more they try to knock him down, the quicker he gets back up and raises $$$$, every.songle.time.
KC,
Excellent suggestion ❤️ We need to show our support to this courageous, yet humble man. Too many people today don’t stand up for what is morally right.
Here is a link right from Jack’s webpage http://masterpiececakes.com/ to donate to his cause:
https://www.continuetogive.com/4821919
I just "multiplied" with a "+$2" donation and was heartened to see that the site says it's at 175% of its goal. God bless the man and the team defending his rights, this has been a very drawn-out battle. We lift him up in prayer to stand firm in the power of Christ and Ephesians 6 spiritual armor. Never surrender!
yesssss Multiply!
Speaking of incredibly courageous people standing up against the Left’s legal juggernaut, the person behind the 303Creative Supreme Court case is a wonderful, devout, and holy woman named Lorie Smith. The Veterans group and Knights of Columbus council here in Ave Maria, Florida hired Ms. Smith and her company, 303Creative, last fall. She created spectacular advertisements for our annual Veteran’s Day celebrations, and we’ve hired her again this year.
I highly recommend Lorie Smith and 303Creative. She’s located in Denver.
I wonder if he ships any of his cakes. What if we all ordered one?
What if we purchase his cakes and have them donated to a local (for him) shelter, church or soup kitchen? Then he feels our support, he doesn't have to ship them and others are blessed.
Happy to hear that he is standing against the demonic onslaughts and won the one Jeff featured today!
Finding that poor dog a new home was a much more productive venture for DeSantis than taking a call from Kamala. Hands down.
Right?? He’s got his priorities straight! 😁
VP Cackles needed a “photo op” from the MSM to look good and was denied?😉🤣
With the dog and the governor--Jesus was preaching; parents pushed their little ones up close to him, his disciples rebuked the parents; Jesus said "let those little ones come to me...." Jesus had better things to do than pay attention to kiddies--or so they thought, but he didn't. Governor DiSantis has good precedent.
Love this comment!
Absolutely right Diana! Everyone loves a good dog story, but we got no time for worthless politicians. (I wanted to call her something else, but I’m trying to maintain my dignity 😂)
LOL
You know America is in trouble when even the French think we’re too nihilistic.
I would say, "takes one to know one."
LOL
I shouldn’t chuckle but I did
Great comment. LOL.
I’m so grateful you and your family are safe, Jeff.
I’ve missed the C&C community while I’ve been grieving, preparing for Michael’s service (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/eulogy-for-the-patron-saint-of-insects), and dealing with the aftermath of losing my beloved (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/ive-lost-half-of-me-pitched-past).
I am slowly resuming my Substack work and wanted to call everyone’s attention to the urgent October 15 deadline for submitting comments opposing REAL ID (digital ID). I just published this post providing more details about a new proposed rule, which they’re trying to sneak past us during this chaotic election season. I’ve included tools for helping you craft your own comment:
• “The Politics of Disobedience: Just Say NO to REAL ID Before October 15, 2024”: https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/the-politics-of-disobedience-just
For those of you who missed it, please also see my piece honoring the memory of Dr. Jackie Stone, a heroic frontline doctor in Zimbabwe who was subjected to nearly four years of lawfare (hauled into court 27 times) on frivolous charges for the crimes of saving lives and defending medical ethics. Jackie took her life a week ago after losing her job and being deprived of her ability to practice medicine:
• “When Tyranny Is in Vogue + Honoring Dr. Jackie Stone (1965–2024) 🕯”: https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/when-tyranny-is-in-vogue-honoring
This includes Jackie’s final interview, a poignant statement by the filmmaker Lisa Henry, and elucidation on her motives from Sean Flanagan.
I’ve dedicated my poem “When Tyranny Is in Vogue” to Jackie and hope it will help prevent others from succumbing to a similar fate. This poem succinctly outlines the methods by which philanthropaths, tyrants, corporations, and governments smear, silence, and eviscerate truth-tellers.
The more people who understand these Disinformation Playbook tactics, the less effect they will have. This is how we win the war against the cruelites (https://apocaloptimistmanifesto.com).
Please share to not only honor the memories of martyrs like Dr. Jackie Stone and Clemens Arvay (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/requiem-for-a-smear-victim-clemens) but to prevent other dissidents from succumbing to a similar fate.
RIP Dr. Jackie Stone, stalwart soldier for truth, guardian of medical ethics, and defender of humanity 🕯🛡🙌
P.S. Her memorial service is being livestreamed right now:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2wpKKussNc
Good to see you back here MAA, sending big hugs and prayers for strength through this especially difficult time 😞🙏❤️
Thank you for sharing Jackie’s story, so tragic and awful. Praying for the family and loved ones. RIP Jackie.
Thank you so much, RunningLogic.
I am listening to the livestream of Jackie's service right now, and the speeches have been beautiful, thought-provoking, funny, and heart-wrenching, especially her children's 😭💔🥀
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I am sorry for your tragic loss of your beloved husband. But glad to see you back, writing and being a part of the Substack community again.
Thank you for your compassion and encouragement, Jenn 🙏
I was praying for you recently Margaret Anna Alice.
That is so thoughtful and kind of you, Robin 🙏🤗
Thank you ever so much for posting these links. As each day dawns I try to think of all of those suffering through the loss of loved ones, remembering to thank God for their presence that will remain in our hearts forever. May the good good Lord hold you ever closely as you navigate such loss. May you feel His presence ever more susinctly with the passing of each day.
Surely He has borne our grief and carried our sorrows.
What a beautiful message, Maggie Think of Me. I do feel enveloped in love and am grateful to have been buoyed up by the kindness of so many 🙏
Lord, I pray for Margaret Anna Alice. That you may soothe her grief. That you are sheltering her in your powerful loving embrace. In Jesus' name.
Bless you and thank you for your prayers, ViaVeritasVita 🙏💓
Amazing, this digital “world” where the Holy Spirit seems to be rushing, like a fierce wind (but not a hurricane)
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I don’t know how you do it. I haven’t your strength.
You never know how much you have until you need it most.
For me, I have no other option than to press on. I know that’s what Michael would want, and I have an even greater sense of urgency and purpose than before, given the fleetingness of life and all I am driven to do both for my own mission and preserving Michael’s creative legacy. The philanthropaths, tyrants, and cruelites would like nothing more than for me to lie down in self-pity, so all the more reason to keep going until my last breath.
I’m so terribly sorry for your loss, Margaret. Thank you for all you do and for calling our attention to these precious lives lost.
Thank you for your moving and empathetic words, Stacy. It is my privilege to do this work thanks to the kindness of people like you 💗
You have been on my mind and in my heart
Thank you so much, Dr Linda 💞
Video sadly has been removed
If you mean the video of Jackie's service, I just checked, and the livestream is available for replay. I queued it up to the beginning of the speeches:
• https://www.youtube.com/live/M2wpKKussNc?si=0Q3v34mcMrjO2ofo&t=746
Amen
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I echo the collective sentiment that it's good to see you back. By the way, I am still strongly recommending Rik Mayall's One By One to everyone who will listen. The movie remains very relevant. I still fondly recall our discussion of Rik Mayall and this movie.
Aww, thank you for reminding me of our exchange and that movie, JCM. The clip I used (https://rumble.com/v1b9gbd--prophetic-reduce-the-population-scene-from-one-by-one-rik-mayalls-last-fil.html) definitely piqued my interest, but I haven’t had a chance to watch the full film yet. I found this version (https://www.bitchute.com/video/yP2xoAvWhjP8), but it looks pretty low-res. Do you have a higher-quality source for viewing it? No rush as I don’t know when I’ll have time and just wanted to save it for later viewing.
Thanks for the reminder. Now that I think back, it was your clip and our discussion that led to my watching the movie. I've been a fan of Rik dating back to The Young Ones and I was shocked that I wasn't aware of the movie.
We rented One By One on Vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/onebyone
That looks like a much better option, thank you 🙏
This classic Rik Mayall cameo on Blackadder II should give you a laugh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKfbSHW9uGA
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Jeff,
You're really setting the bar high, rain or shine. I don't think the USPS could keep up.
Hahaha! Jeff has the usps beat hands down! The only thing I ever get from them is grief, bills and junk mail! Waste of taxpayer dollars I say.
This is TRUE
We prayed, ya-know. As we heard the ongoing news re Milton hurricane predictions (especially the "we are going to have to create a Cat6 for hurricanes for what Milton will bring"), I noticed from social media comments, that my own reaction of helplessness-turning-to-PRAY was a big recurring theme. Only God could intervene. The tornadoes were a terrible adjunct but the hurricane itself scaling down to a 3 at landfall was a huge relief. God bless all you Floridians. We still pray for you all, and, Helene victors/survivors. And Thank You God.
Amen 🙏
Good morning! Glad to hear that you are still there. Thanks. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
"The effective prayer of a righteous person avails much". We prayed for Florida and God answered. If we want God's blessing to return to our country we need to do two things.
Repent and turn from sin.
Bless Israel.
Lots of prayers and I can attest they truly helped!
Agreed! I keep thanking God at every turn. 🙌
Amen Amy.
Happy to know the Childers family got through Milton safely! Hope all of our C&Cers in Florida are okay too! 🙏
Love that Trump offered his hotel rooms to the linemen!! ❤️ He truly always steps up and helps in any way he can!
I read about that abandoned dog too and thought what kind of horrible person would do that?? 😞😡 Disgusting 😡
I’m not even a man and the mushroom story had me cringing! 😳 Just crazy!
I agree that Todd is not as safe in France as he seems to think he is. He is deluded and naive if he doesn’t see that the same is happening there although perhaps with a bit if a delay and a slightly different path.
Thank you for sharing the great news about the baker lawsuit, that is very encouraging! 🙂
Believe it or not, Ambien, the sleep "aid" prescription, which is supposed to be prescribed on a short term basis but is typically given as a lifetime RX, causes people to do things in a somewhat catatonic state. They are especially prone to getting out of bed, going to the kitchen, and returning to bed with the food which they consume. They had no memory of what they have done but find the crumbs in the bed the next morning. I'm not joking. I cannot imagine taking "medication" that would result in black out gaps in my memory. 😳
I have actually heard stories about that happening so I definitely believe it! Yes, very scary to take anything that might cause these types of memory blackouts 😳😕
Tequilla does the same thing!
I always heard it makes your clothes fall off as well 🤔😆
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj2700em-JQ
😂 I started singing that, then I read your comment!
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It’s definitely a night of the living dead medicine
I can attest to this. I had the food blackout experience with it.
I hated that drug (I hate all of them, but the food & driving a car thing is crazy)
My mother is addicted to it too and it has been horrible to watch.
Not to mention taking it deprives the body of restorative sleep.
Melatonin is so much better and it's natural. I've been told that you start with the lowest dose and add to it if it still doesn't work. There is an upper limit which is 10mg I believe. Always check with your doctor before adding any medications as there may be work against other medications or be otherwise contraindicated and I'm by no means a medical professional.
Yes.🙃
It does work for me!
I don’t use drugs anymore.
Very grateful you and so many are now safe Jeff. Thanks for the continuous updates. Blessings, Roman
"Dismembered member", "wee bits", and permanent shrinkage, oh my. Go ask Alice, she will warn you. Thankfully I have only taken the mushroom supplements with the proven benefits.
And NATO will disintegrate if Ukraine loses? And how is that a bad thing?
Glad Milton left town quickly.
Yeah I thought the same about NATO.
First off, yay for the Florida hurricane recovery workers! Praise the Lord for a fast moving storm.
Secondly…. Thank you for the short handed masculine humor for the mornin’!! 🤣🤣🤣
"Short-handed" ... ISWYDT, Mister Cordes!
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