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Yesterdays General Chat: https://greatawakening.win/c/GreatAwakening/p/1ARwLEoX44
Spencer Pratt has been complaining about Newsom, bass and the fires. Spencer is now running for mayor to create the change needed. Not just talk, action. https://x.com/spencerpratt/status/2009143254684717067
Speaker Mike Johnson invited Trump to give the state of the union on Feb 24th. https://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2812
Jonson is a swamp rat. https://x.com/MAGAStormX/status/2008677736231944332
Why aren't they trying to pass this 'super flu' off as a covid variant?
They're not in power anymore?
48 mg of Ivermectin shut mine down overnight.
Did you take 48mg in one dose..?
Thomas Massie on X - 'According to Grok, Paul Singer, globalist Republican mega-donor who’s already spent $1M to defeat me in the next election, stands to make billions of dollars on his distressed CITGO investment now that this administration has taken over Venezuela'.
From AI:
“In the novel American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, there is a scene at the restaurant Espace where Patrick Bateman delivers a lengthy, seemingly altruistic speech, but it is deeply satirical and hollow.
While he is at Espace with several colleagues (including Timothy Bryce and Luis Carruthers), Bateman is asked for his thoughts on pressing world issues. He responds with a monologue that mimics the political rhetoric and social concerns of the time, listing off various global and social causes as if they were items on a checklist. The key points of his "altruistic" speech include: Social Justice: He calls for ending apartheid, slowing the nuclear arms race, and stopping world hunger.
Civil and Human Rights: He mentions the need to oppose racial discrimination, provide shelter for the homeless, and promote equal rights for women while simultaneously protecting "the right to life" yet maintaining "freedom of choice".
Moral Values: He advocates for a return to traditional values and curbing graphic sex and violence in media.
Consumerism: He concludes by stating that society must promote "less materialism in young people".
Context and Satire
This scene is a cornerstone of the book's satire. Bateman does not actually care about these issues; he is performing a "mask of sanity" by regurgitating high-minded clichés that he thinks make him sound sophisticated and socially relevant. The irony is heightened because his companions listen with superficial admiration or feigned emotion, even though they are equally shallow and self-absorbed.
This scene was also faithfully adapted into the 2000 film version of American Psycho, where Bateman (Christian Bale) delivers the same speech shortly after arriving at Espace, much to the performative delight of his friends.”
Also:
“Shortly before or during these dinner scenes, his colleague Craig McDermott makes derogatory remarks about a rival, Paul Owen, calling him a "lucky Jew bastard" and mocking Jewish traditions (e.g., spinning a menorah). Bateman corrects him, noting you spin a dreidel, and tells him to "just cool it with the anti-Semitic remarks".”
So these scenes of virtue signaling were in the 1991 book and the 2000 movie. That’s quite early linking of performative political correctness with cluster B personality disorders such as NPD or psychopathy.
Great summary… the book is more unhinged than the movie actually. Not for the faint of heart.
Here’s a study published in 2023, 32 years after the book:
Higher pathological narcissism is associated with greater involvement in feminist activism
Ellis demonstrated this link profoundly
I hope it's OK to post this u/bubble_bursts since the last post of this is (Q)uite old.
Thanks fren for picking up the slack. I stickied it, now excuse me while I go and shake my server awake!
YW pede! :)
BB's post is automatic i think. i think this might get removed.
Its all good.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=sY-_gZ7w5gs
Hey hey it’s AI Asian Guy talking about the Yen Carry Trade and it’s correlation between GameStop and Silver.
u/queue-anon u/pbman2 u/propertyOfUniverse
It’s like this crap is all related or something.
Does he actually mention gamestop? I will watch later, thanks for the tag!
I'm at work,I can't watch it now,but they are related,to all the shorts IMAO.
Has anyone else noticed over the past few years, an ebb and flow to this whole plot? Some weeks the bad guys rally and other weeks the good guys rally. It WAS a back and forth and the mood and the energy so many experienced was dictated solely by who was “winning” at any particular moment.
This shit is overwhelmingly going in only one direction now. Seems like the train’s brakes have really failed this time.
One direction in whose favor? MAGA's or the NWO's?
Just spotted a protester sign on CBS Evening News in Minneapolis.
“Jutice for Renee”.
These people are stupid.
CREATION SCIENCE UPDATE A Molecular Snowmobile BY FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2025
https://www.icr.org/article/molecular-snowmobile
People following—or actively involved in—creation science are no doubt aware of the incredible molecular motor called the flagellum,1,2 an ultra-tiny, whip-like appendage on bacteria that enables them to move in an aqueous environment. Recently, research involving bacteria that use sugar-fueled currents and molecular gearboxes has addressed a fascinating dual-function motor that is not associated with the flagellum.3
See it in action: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JjUfNkRprGE (Nature didn't make this.)
This molecular motor (a rotary machine) is found in a type of bacteria called flavobacteria and is “fueled by the energy of the stored proton motive force and transmitted through the torque of membrane-anchored stator units.”4 This amazing machine is called the type 9 secretion system (T9SS), and it aids in protein secretion and gliding movement.
As one scientist said, “The T9SS contains a motor that drives secretion. This is one of the only three known biological rotary motors driven by a proton motive force (pmf).”5 This pmf (or chemiosmosis) is the result of an electrochemical gradient produced by the movement of protons (H+) across a semipermeable membrane. It is this gradient that produces the energy for pmf that in turn operates the rotary motors. Clearly, there’s nothing simple about harnessing proton motive force at the molecular scale.
Scientists at Arizona State University likened this movement of the T9SS to—of all things—a snowmobile:
Normally, the T9SS helps these bacteria glide across surfaces. It does this by moving an adhesive-coated belt around the cell body, pulling the bacterium forward like a microscopic snowmobile. The researchers discovered that a conveyor-belt protein called GldJ acts like a gear-shifter, controlling the direction of this rotary motor.3
Nothing is left to chance when one constructs, say, a rotary motor, let alone a conveyor-belt, snowmobile, gear-shifter, or gearbox! These are complex items put together by highly intelligent engineers after much detailed research. And none of these parallel microscopic features are a result of random accidents, natural processes, or time.6 Indeed, Psalm 111:2 states, “The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.”
One should keep this verse in mind when reading the following paragraph by evolutionist Abhishek Shrivastava of Arizona State University as he discusses “an extraordinary dual-role nanogear system” inside tiny bacteria.
“We are very excited to have discovered an extraordinary dual-role nanogear system that integrates a feedback mechanism, revealing a controllable biological snowmobile and showing how bacteria precisely tune motility and secretion in dynamic environments,” Shrivastava says. “Building on this breakthrough, we now aim to determine high-resolution structures of this remarkable molecular conveyor to visualize, at atomic precision, how its moving parts interlock, transmit force and respond to mechanical feedback. Unraveling this intricate design will not only deepen our understanding of microbial evolution but also inspire the development of next-generation bioengineered nanomachines and therapeutic technologies.”3
Truly, the works of the Lord are great. Creationists read this incredible description and say it has nothing to do with so-called microbial evolution; rather, it gives us a more reverential appreciation for God’s astonishing workmanship.7
References
Thomas, B. and D. Thomas. 2023. Bacterial Flagella: Molecular Motors Show Masterful Design. Acts & Facts. 52 (7): 16–17. Thomas, B. Bacterial Proteins Use Quantum Mechanics. Creation Science Update. Posted on ICR.org April 8, 2021. Bacteria Use Sugar-Fueled Currents and Molecular Gearboxes to Move without Flagella. Arizona State University. Posted on phys.org November 8, 2025. Trivedi, A. et al. 2025. A Molecular Conveyor Belt-Associated Protein Controls the Rotational Direction of the Bacterial Type 9 Secretion System. ASM Journals. 16 (7). Trivedi, A. et al. 2022. Design Principles of the Rotary Type 9 Secretion System. Frontiers of Microbiology. 13. Guliuzza, R. 2010. Natural Selection Is Not ‘Nature’s Design Process.’ Acts & Facts. 39 (4): 10–11. Romans 1:20.
Has anyone tried this brand of Ivermectin... Jeffers Ivermectin Gel Dewormer for Horses - Apple Flavored, Broad Spectrum Dewormer Paste? It's on Amazon but looks like it's made in the US, and the amazon store looks like it's by the brand.
u/OldDumGuy shared this brand to me on a post I did about how expensive the Durvet Ivermectin was getting at Tractor Supply, but he has yet to try it. Was just looking to see if anyone had tried it and if it was good to use. I do also get the pill form from the online pharmacy but like to have the paste also.
https://greatawakening.win/p/1ARdaZpU1f/has-anyone-seen-how-high-the-pri/c/
I want to learn Morse Code this year....any pedes out there fluent in it and have a good recommendation on where and how to begin? The local library had nothing on the subject....surprise, surprise.
I don’t know it but immediately thought of this:
https://www.arrl.org/learning-morse-code
Nice site, thanks.
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Meme ideas:
Be on the lookout for... assault vehicles.
ICE was just shooting the shit...
Did you bring a car to a gun fight?
But I just put up my "Learing Center" flags up...
Don't run over me bro
Don't (tire) tread on me!
Lady says to her partner, "Hold my beer"...
Cool. more of this. Please post more, too.
I think it's crazy people aren't talking more about how yesterday's shooting was just a replication of Ashli Babbitt. More theater to throw the masses into a frenzy but this time the libs are the ones they'll mess with.
Lies...
Everything is a lie...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f5ofZONuyM
Anyone have links to videos of democrats specifically telling their activists to disobey ICE? I think I saw a video on Real America's Voice of a politician telling activist to get shot. Thanks!
There are plenty of videos of lefties celebrating Kirk's death. Send those.