Another lesson for us from Trump. One of the reasons America works is our justice system. Quite perfect that his (possibly) getting indicted serves as a wake up call. Even people who despise him have to be steadfastly against this.
This also explains what went on in me and got me here.
At first, when I heard someone doubt something, for example that there were no weapons of mass destruction, I thought, "No, they would never lie to us!" Then when I heard it again from a source I found more credible, the .0000001% doubt made it's home in my mind and was easily proven true as I discovered more information.
Add other things that seemed fishy at the time and subsequently found to be big fat smelly rotten fish and those tiny percentages added up. Suddenly the systemic rot became clear.
Agreed. The Oblivious Ones in my world are all doing well financially, with cars, a nice house or two or a boat, and a fat retirement. The way I see it, they are aware on varying levels of what's been happening, but it hasn't affected them directly -- or enough-- so they go on with their comfy lives. Crash their 401K's, deny them access to their bank accounts --- see those eyes flip wide open in anger!
Tucker has flung the door wide open with his huge bull horn and it may end up that citizen journalists (Badlands?) report way deeper. A la in congress with Matt et al this week. In case you missed it, Redacted interviewed Tucker.
So if, according to that last link in your excellent post, McCarthy does release all the footage, then citizen journalists will dive in and give the public the meat of it all. That's what this time is about: we are our own media.
Tucker having already exposed it in headlines and through the mouth of Schumer turned the lie on its head, or for die hard normies at least seeded doubt,. Then after a waiting period for that to soak in We the People are given the evidence and some amongst us distill out down for the public (and testify before Congress a la Matt etc. this week) will certainly be more impactful than evil Fox News cinching the story.
Yes, horses are all about self-preservation. Tuis the fight or flight. And they sure dont want to fight. With humans they end up going into themselves when faced with people who don't understand their needs. "Desensitizing" became common in "natural horsemanship" and is commonly practised today. Essentially it requires the horse to internalize what worries them. Don't react! Which means the horse becomes numb. It also means that inevitably it's just too much. As Warwick Schiller says one to many rabbits and they go into full self preservation mode. Which humans interpret as being bad, and they get punished. The way I look at it is we bring horses into our human world. It's our responsibility to listen to them to help them proper in it. Which means as your friend says, give them other ways to deal with pressure -- pressure is how they see the world. I follow Josh Nichol who teaches how to help a horse learn to move linto pressure. Their knee jerk reaction to run being turned to look to their human. Relational Horsemanship. Your friend seems to have found this way too.
I'm imagining our Founders. You know it was the same for them. Many spouses and family members and friends thinking they were nuts or telling them to just go on with life, put your head down. It was the British Empire after all! Every day I thank them for staying the course. Against all odds.
Thinking is hard work. The less you do of it, the harder it is, the less you do... mental laziness. The other side of the coin is -- at least in my experience -- teaching one's brain to think means it doesn't want to stop!
An interesting aside: I teach my horses to think through a situation, rather than simply react to the pressures of life by freezing or fleeing. It's fascinating to see them learn to break that automatic response. Their bodies actually soften. Which is my goal. We're both safer.
In Gainesville Virginia 30 years ago there was a man who had (and lived in the middle of) a substantial used car and who-knows-what yard/dump that had been there forever. On a stream. When confronted with questions about pollution he did exactly this; dipped a cup in the stream and drank it, "proving" the water was fine.
I live in Georgia. That rally (protest... don't know what it was or how it happened) after the election was at a horse show facility right down the road from me. Somehow it popped up live on my phone while I was cleaning my barn. I nearly fell to my knees in tears. I hadn't quite found the brotherhood (oh no! I can't say that I'm female) and sanity of GAW at that point. To me, they were fearless truth seekers, which at that point were few and far between. There's no doubt they opened a lot of eyes.
Well here we go... I was wondering what Kemp thought he had to gain by going to the WEF. Apparently he's after economic development for our State, sneaking a few words in edgewise. On deaf ears. No Kemp, you were used a pawn. By Schwab's expected replacement no less. Davos WEF Congratulates Brian Kemp on Failing to Secure Georgia Electionst
This subject got me riled up, so I dug a little to find out how close we are to having mRNA in our food supply.
Here's the National Cattlemen's Association statement: NCA Statement
Texas Ag replying to the rumors/news: Texas Ag Statement
Regardless we know they are coming. One example under study right now: Cattle Novel mRNA Vaccine
As for our pork supply, it appears Sequivity is in use, I don't understand the terminology well enough to be sure it's mRNA, though Dr. McCullough wrote that it is. Here's a vet saying he's used it since 2019 at least: PCV3 in the Swine Herd: What Can Be Done Today?
And more are on the way: Pork Novel Platform
The perspective of a cattle farmer of the type we would buy from. Lots of good info about husbandry on an organic farm: Alderspring
I couldn't find anything on milk so far.
I seem to have lost my appetite.