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KombuchaKid's avatar

the truth is a powerful thing, and, at times, it takes tremendous courage to let go of comfortable illusions in order to see things as they truly are. my gratitude and respect to all who are willing to take the courageous path. keep going!

KombuchaKid's avatar

the more committed i am to the truth, the more obvious and uncomfortable the “pretty lies” become and the more separated from those who choose to believe them i find myself. it is a bit disorienting and lonely, but i find it impossible to choose any other way

Tami Bone's avatar

This is the world I've been experiencing since 2020. It's absolutely disorienting at times, although I've learned to act as if I exist within two realities.

SteelJ's avatar

There are others like you. Unfortunately it's capped at a very small percentage of humans, and destined to never become a critical mass.

Kateinhi's avatar

Certainly proved by history.

Denise Trafford's avatar

There are just some conversations you have to avoid with friends .

Phil Davis's avatar

Absolutely, I don't think anyone could have stated it better than John did in this post.

Mr Trump, the real Mr Trump, is showing his true self. Naming the death shot (COVID vaccine) after a military operation (Operation Warp Speed) is telling and absolutely frightening. For me, it was the first chink in Trump's persona. And he has gone downhill since.

Dizdub's avatar

We suffer enormously in life from our expectation that people—and especially politicians—be steadfast, faithful, and virtuous in their conduct. A better way to live is accept that people are self-serving, hungry for gain, and avoidant of principled conduct that comes at a personal cost or impediment to the gain they seek. This isn’t cynicism—it’s absolute realism.

In other words: sin.

Alex MacArthur's avatar

Trump is between a rock and a hard place . 'We the people' , particularly retirees are dependant on passive investments to maintain their customary lifestyles . The big three ( Blackrock et al can trigger a stock market ( and likely bond market ) collapse , and Trump knows it . He is walking a knife edge . His actions toward individuals indicates to me that he is doing the best he can to bring back a manufacturing base to America ...to benefit the working class .

Jim Reagen's avatar

I’m sorry but Trump has given us more war, glyphosate, continued mRNA and more military spending instead of searching for ways to make a peaceful world. He has betrayed us.

A...'s avatar

He was never on your side.

John's avatar

No 80 year old with a brain would accept such a position so essentially he put himself between the rock and a hard place.

He should have known that he'd be walking a knife edge and that whether he falls or doesn't, he'd be in a no-win situation.

Besides that, there is no messiah, never was, and never will be, and he should have known that as well.

I'll be saving my tears for something that counts.

Patte Kelly's avatar

I am with you, SteelJ. Depressing ! ! !

Summit Male Medical's avatar

Spot on John. Problem is people don't want to wake up. Constantly push people to watch The Real Matrix Show on Rumble that uncovers the truth about how we've been lied to, about everything, and how the powers that be don't work to help us, but are working against us in everyway. And when I talk to people about it, they say they don't want to know. It's to depressing. People don't want to confront the truth. It's asinine.

Jim Reagen's avatar

People don’t understand the reality of massive propaganda and the corruption that comes with centralized power.

John's avatar

And they don't want to know, either.

Emanuel Pastreich's avatar

Well the truth is that the US has been basically a military dictatorship since January, 2001. That has not changed and we would do best to recognize it for what it is. Fauci is a run of the mill crook. I would call him a butcher. Sure the butcher kills lots of chickens. But if you think it is the butcher making the calls, and you forget about KFC, you are way off the mark. When people start demanding that the assets of the private equity firms behind that COVID reign of terror, that massive psychological operation, be seized, then I will say we are making progress. Until then, I will not be going out on any limbs.

SteelJ's avatar

Agree. You don't need to worry about going out on any limbs and falling.

John's avatar

Speaking of military dictatorships, check out Lincoln's and FDR's admins. And remember that FDR supported Stalin and the CIA has fostered and supported astonishingly violent military dictatorships the world over for quite some time.

Party of 1's avatar

Hear, hear, John. Again. I am continuously struck by the naivete of my fellow "citizens." Realism is not negativity. It is the willingness and the courage to look honestly at the evidence right under our noses.

Jason's avatar

Things will only change when men stop begging for justice and just start taking it.

The founding fathers laid out the perfect blueprint for how to deal with the scenario we have been living through. It gives us moral and to a certain degree legal permission.

It’s called the second amendment

Men have to stop bragging about their second amendment rights and start acting upon its principles because anything last means watching our grandchildren, suffer, horrifically for our cowardice.

((They)) will NEVER allow us to vote our way out of these problems.

John's avatar

"Things will only change when men stop begging for justice and just start taking it."

That's exactly how the ruling elite take power and that includes the "founding fathers" who imposed the constitution on the rest of us.

The "founding fathers" who opposed the constitution were the good guys but they lost and the losses continue to this day.

rtko's avatar

Unfortunately any rebellion today would be small and only lead to further restriction of our privacy and rights.

Jason's avatar

It can not be small if it’s going to work.

rtko's avatar

Today I’ve seen the most encouraging effort in defeating this evil: Look at Sasha Latypova’s (Due Diligence and Art) post: NEWS RELEASE: Vires Law Group & Rachel Rodriquez for Governor Sent Letters Demanding Investigation of the Covid Criminal Enterprise https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/news-release-vires-law-group-and?r=62k4n&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

John's avatar

And it won't work without big money behind it. Never has.

Moral.: Beware of saviors, especially those with big money.

Zon's avatar

I'm afraid that won't happen. Those who got the jabs, a whole lot of them, now turned into zombies. Their brains hardly function anymore. Suicide rates are going up because the are not helped with their jab injuries. It's turning into Hell.. So many people, loved ones, are getting so frustrated, so angry.. I wouldn't be surprised when doctors and politicians who did this, will be lynched.. One day. And you can't blame the victims.. It's beyond cruel what's happening.. 💔

Renate's avatar

I got 3 Pfizers and had enough brain left to see my mistake and the gov crimes in connection with Covid.

No lynchings will happen, either. Fauci has body guards.

Best case scenario, states will prosecute, and may succeed in some cases.

The philanthropist Gates is disgraced, Fauci publicly humiliated and the lame, complicit media will slowly publish opinion pieces about ‘how could that have happened?’ ‘Who could have known the jabs were poison?’

An alternative medical complex around Doctors who resisted the gov pressure, is establishing itself. Drs. McCullough, Kory, and Marik are fighting turbo cancers in patients damaged by the shots.

We have to support them with publicity!

Maybe future representatives will be elected on their willingness to stand up to the medical industrial complex.

In the meantime, use cash as much as possible (my mantra!) before they replace it with programmable debit cards.

Zon's avatar

Every person reacts different to those jabs and those jabs came from different batches also. Some died after one jab, others have no problems with 3 or 4. I (psychologist and anthropologist, research journalist) sense a whole lot of zombies, hardly responding really. Their loved ones, some jabbed others not, witness that the Jabbing doctors are not helping the damaged ones. It's beyond cruel. We must wait and see but theyre not hiding their Depopulation goals anymore.. Billions will die because of Proxy wars, more jabs, Famine, side effects, poison coming out of the air etc etc.. Killer no 1 are the BigPharmafia and their salesmen, the "Doctors". Politicians are puppets, earning a lot of money too.. Best stay out of it and take care of yourself and family/community. We're heading for crazy times thanks to these Eugenists Psychopaths..

Renate's avatar

You are correct. Unfortunately! I wish we were the conspiracy nuts the other side claims we are!

Ruth Parry's avatar

Many Canadian doctors also resisted the government pressure - Dr. Trozi, Dr. Nagase, Dr. Makis, Dr. Shoemaker, Dr. Hoffe and many others. They gave up their livelihoods to fight for the health of the citizens.

Zon's avatar

Yes we had 6 openly refusing giving the Jab doctors in Ireland. They all suffered badly, being prosecuted etc. It's cruel but at least we know who we can trust and ask for help! Licenced or not anymore, they're our heroes! ❤️

Debra Nolasco's avatar

Speaking of Canadian doctors, & of Dr. Mark Trozzi in particular, Dr. Tess Lawrie of the World Council for Health, sent out this substack on Dr. Trozzi's behalf on August 1st..https://drtesslawrie.substack.com/p/dr-mark-trozzi-needs-our-support?r=9er3b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Kari Willis's avatar

Yes--well said! Speaking for myself. It's very hard to know the truth and see the corruption in full color and not become cynical. And just as hard to remain open and humble to being wrong ourselves sometimes about things as more information surfaces over time. Really enjoying your posts of late John..like it a lot!

Marie's avatar

Those who were behind the 9/11 event have never been publicly identified. Until the real perpetrators are named and prosecuted, the criminality of the controllers will continue. It wasn't the Muslims and it wasn't Osama. It is very discouraging that the MSM and most politicians keep repeating all the lies. President Trump knew the day it happened what was really going on.

Zon's avatar

Realising the US Govt killed their own people, thousands and still keeps it hidden.. It's beyond belief. I lost all trust in Govt's, in Doctors who jabbed others, in the Lawsystem, the Foodsystem.. Very very few are Good people but will they have the courage to keep fighting? I pray they do..

Mark Leone's avatar

Don't you think that part of the "world as it is" is the fact that for an already embattled president to overturn a presidential pardon, as specious as we all know it to be, is not an easy political calculation? I personally don't know what the chances of success would be, but it seems obvious that it's not a slam dunk, or even a high-probability gambit. Concluding from Blanche's failure to tilt at that windmill that Trump is on Facuci's side seems to me a leap in logic not well supported by evidence.

I share your wish that Trump would disavow project Warp Speed, but it's entirely in character for him to double down rather than admit that he made a colossal blunder. I'm not saying that's a salutary position, but it's not the same as him being on the side of the mRNA cabal. I seriously doubt he would have made the HHS nominations he did if that was his position, particularly Kennedy and Batacharya. Granted, it's disappointing how big Pharma has managed to contain and even co-opt the MAHA agenda, but I think the evidence is far more supportive of a read that it was a sincere attempt at reform than that it was a controlled opposition gambit to support and extend the cabal's reach. For one thing, there was some significant opposition from powerful senators that was instrumental in hamstringing Kennedy, and Trump took out one of those senators with a successful primary effort.

Janet Neustedter's avatar

I 100 percent agree. I find myself getting more and more disillusioned and wondering where the path is headed for this nation with all of the above (that you mentioned in your post). Trump the savior or Trump... not?

Ruth Parry's avatar

This is a spiritual war and the sooner people realize this the sooner they will understand the need to begin their climb up the ladder of ethics and love of their fellow citizens.

SteelJ's avatar

Quit worrying about our nation. It's not worth it. Not that our nation is unique that way. My first wake-up call was when I started reading, in defense of immigration, that we need the immigrants because they'll do the jobs native-born Americans won't. My God, if we think we're too good to do our own work, that makes us disgusting. More recently, it's repeated that Americans will finally demand an end to our murderous action in Iran when they feel the pain at the pump. Yes, that's how shallow and pathetic our citizens are, for the most part.

Jesse Hopkins's avatar

Americans don't think they are too good to do their own work, as you put it, they just believe a narrative that is advanced to promote immigration for the low wage labor it provides. That narrative has been around for decades, trying to convince Americans they can't do the same work their grandfathers did, not because they're "too good", but because they're weak. The low wages that have thus been enabled continue to keep Americans away from those jobs.

Nancy Parsons's avatar

Thank you so very much for this post, John! Yes, when one is speaking truthfully about realities no one wants to be true, the word "cynic" is used to plaster over the truth. Human beings are not my favorite species right now.

Suzy Cue's avatar

Yup. Now I’m described as a cynic. I think what I am is a realist. It seems that facing reality is now considered a negative trait.

Nancy Parsons's avatar

I ❤️❤️❤️ you!! One thing I've concluded is that propaganda works on a lot of people. This includes some of my best friends and beloved family. Reality isn't a fun place, apparently.

Suzy Cue's avatar

I have the same experience. Most people I know know got tricked into the jabs; a few didn’t. Like you, I’ve learned a lot in the past several years about how susceptible people are to propaganda.

In memory of my brother, who got jabbed then died of turbo cancer the following year. In other words, he was murdered.

❤️

Nancy Parsons's avatar

My stepson got religiously jabbed and acquired pulmonary embolism (long white clots). My ex-husband (stepson's father) got the jab and developed a 6x3 inch brain tumor in 3 years. He died from it. My grandson's mother vaccinated with the jab while he was in utero and then he was vaccinated some few months after birth, has speech delays. He is coming out of it and is clearly strong and intelligent, but it's been a haul. So, yeah, this is all so wrong I have no words to describe it. Back in the day, 1970s, I was called a commie pinko. Now I'm called a right-wing extremist. My views haven't changed, but the attacks have.

Rosa's avatar

I agree with you, John. There were so many moments during the covid years that really did not quite make sense, at least to me they didn't. But, it is very clear now how Trump was, and still is, a party to the deception. I wonder if CHD's latest book, now on pre-order, will make any difference in the outcome of how Fauci is handled? "The Vaccine Mafia" written by Pfizer’s Former Chief Toxicologist. "... Pfizer's Former Chief Toxicologist Proves How Toxic Substances

Were Unlawfully Sold to Us as a Solution for COVID-19. ..." https://www.amazon.com/Vaccine-Mafia-Toxicologist-Substances-Unlawfully/dp/1648212727/

Ollie's avatar

The beatings will continue as long as you keep giving us your money.

-signed,

the Govt.

Ranch's avatar

I would politely argue that "the People" have very little to do with what happens in the halls of power, especially now. In the not too distant past, the ruling elite would at least pay lip service to the masses, perhaps throw us a bone every now and then, but now, they don't even try.