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The fear has been dissolved by the realization that there is nothing of value left to be taken from us.

Which is to say, those of us who are truly conscious are fearless. And that should scare the shit out of those we loathe.

But it doesn't.

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“There is nothing as pitiable as a man in the depths of an ether binge”

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I just finished the best book on the assassination (coup) that took place by the CIA: "JFK and the Unspeakable". The "Unspeakable" are those in the CIA and ultrawealthy that have stolen this nation and sold it off to forces like the Zioinists.

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Why the Zionists? I don't get it.

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Review the video of the obsequious US Congress jumping up to give Netanyahu 58 standing ovations (the longest a full minute) during his 'State of MY Union' speech. Then look at how much money they have lapped up from AIPAC, JStreet and other Zionist lobbies. The government has been bought and fallen.

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Thomas Massie said every Republican politician has an AIPAC babysitter looking over everything they do. None of them want to risk losing AIPAC money. I'm sure the same is true of the Dems. It's disgusting.

Isn't taking money from and doing the bidding of a foreign power the definition of treason?

Almost all of our politicians are for sale. Why do we tolerate this?

When a US independent journalist is wrongfully arrested and mistreated in Israel, the US Embassy does NOTHING to help him and appears to side with his Israeli captors:

https://youtu.be/85RywXIOOHc?si=k6QR8dtkcvkFGkW8

Have we lost our country?

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Heads Up Anti - war leftist. The Intercept - Akela Lacy Oct 24, 2024 -How Does AIPAC Shape Washington ? We Tracked Evert Dollar.

This expose' does the Intercept proud. A great reveal of just how deep "Our Great ally" has rooted itself in our government. If you haven't read this you must do. so.

Citizens United Must be Overturned.

Think about this! If you want to know just how bad our own government is screwing us just look at the amount of cash those who bow to the AIPAC lobby's vote to give to Israel $$$$$$ every time Israel bellies up the to feeding trough called the U.S. Congress.

Our own government gives money to Israel. and the AIPAC "Carpet Baggers" brings it back to congress in those bags to hand it out.

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What congressperson is not on Israel's payroll?

Is Thomas Massie the only one?

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I'm not sure at all that the congressman isn't on Israels payroll. Although according to the Intercepts report on Israels United Democracy Project the DMFI Pac did spend $167,00 against Massie R- Ky who ran unopposed. and won with 76% of the vote. Why! Massie also voted not to support the boycott of Israel.

Deception after deception after deception.

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JFK and the Unspeakable is a Cadillac among assassination books. However I think the Middle East situation is more complex than just being lumped in with the deep state conspirators.

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This phrase pretty much describes the feeling of all who lived through those four awful days. Back then my eight year old self was more frightened than at any time I can remember. It was like living in a nightmare that just would not go away. I find that many like myself who were kids back then felt the same.

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Hunter Thompson also coined a phrase in the same book (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) which applies to today's right wing brown shirts (in red hats): "Bad Craziness."

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With respect, while sharing your concerns, I do believe that "Bad Craziness" applies to extremists on both sides. Including so- called "Anti Fascists" who sport black hoods, destroy property, and who threaten and do grievous bodily harm on people and even commit murder. In the words of the Bard- " A plague on both their houses."

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This is the spirit! Rave on C.D.

I figure we got them right where we want them! The one major advantage the less the 'have not's' have the less they have to lose. Time for dirty pool and judo in the trenches!

The perception of the super wealthy elites is distorted. Greed distorts their reality. Their wealth buys them this distortion of the human experience. The greater the progression of their wealth, the greater the. distortion of their reality becomes.

Therefore the time has come for the weird to turn Pro!

We know this. Chris Stinson, my recently departed son and HST smile down upon you. RESIST!

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I’m currently re-reading “Fear and Loathing: On The Campaign Trail ‘72”, a collection of HST’s articles while covering the 1972 Democratic primaries for Rolling Stone. He captures the prevailing mood of distrust in government and points to where he believes it began: “The sh*ttrain began on November 22nd, 1963, in Dallas - when some twisted little geek blew the President’s head off...and then a year later, LBJ was re-elected as the “Peace Candidate.” Johnson did a lot of rotten things in those five bloody years, but when the history books are written he will emerge in his proper role as the man who caused an entire generation of Americans to lose all respect for the Presidency, the White House, the Army, and in fact the whole structure of “government.””

HST’s reporting on George Wallace’s campaign sounds eerily predictive of Donald Trump: unlike the other candidates, Wallace “doesn’t do plant gates and coffee klatches. Wallace is a performer, not a mingler. He campaigns like a rock star, working always on the theory that one really big crowd is better than forty small ones.” Wallace won several Democratic primaries before a May 15 assassination attempt left him permanently paralyzed from the waist down and effectively ended his campaign.

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This is from Matt Crumpton’s recent interview of Professor John M. Newman on YouTube:

CRUMPTON: “Have you had any folks argue against you on the “Popov’s Mole” story of Oswald’s being a witting false defector, I mean do you have people trying to give you push back? What’s their counter point?”

NEWMAN: “Not on that part, but on Solie.”

CRUMPTON: “Okay.”

NEWMAN: “So my good friend, Jeff Morley, was the only guy who said ‘No, I don’t believe that*, but I haven’t read the book.’” (Laughs.) “See, Jeff always did stuff. He would take a position that would help him . . . um . . . you know, people who would want to talk to him and film him and all that kind of stuff –- I didn’t care about that –- he did, so he would say –- he would take a position knowing that it’s not true.”

*[i.e., that Bruce Leonard Solie was a KGB mole in the CIA and that he sent, or duped James Angleton into sending, Lee Harvey Oswald to Moscow in 1959 as an ostensible “dangle” in a planned-to-fail hunt for “Popov’s Mole” (Solie) in the wrong part of the CIA].

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Peter my internet provider is Hughes.net, I live in the middle of Illinois and get it through a satellite connection. I just now tried to get to the comment of Jeffs pod cast last evening\

I'm getting an error message, you might check and see if things are okay at the SS>

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