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The Bulletin: November 14-20, 2024
The Bulletin: November 14-20, 2024 What We Refuse to Believe | how to save the world “That’s Bait…” Chumming the Media Waters Doesn’t Work Like it Used To – Gold Goats ‘n Guns US Deficit Explodes: Blowout October Deficit Means 2nd Worst Start To US Fiscal Year On Record | ZeroHedge When The Show Is […]
Bank of America Accused of Political Debanking
Bank of America Accused of Political Debanking Bank of America is under fire from Republican AGs, accused of debanking based on political and religious beliefs. Bank of America is facing serious accusations of involvement in discrimination based on politics, religion, and ideology (i.e., speech expressing this), with the targets of “debanking” allegedly being some Christian […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CIII–We All Believe What We Believe…Evidence Be Damned.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CIII Teotihuacan, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. We All Believe What We Believe…Evidence Be Damned. The following contemplation is my comment on the latest Honest Sorcerer post that explores personality ‘types’ and how these contribute to why we tend to hold such different views of our world. Very interesting discussion and does help […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCV–We All Believe What We Want To Believe
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCV January 31, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. We All Believe What We Want To Believe The following Contemplation is my comment in response to a thought-provoking post I read by Dave Pollard at his site How to Save the World. Great read, thanks for sharing. A […]
How We Fail: Framing the Problem to be Fixable with an Existing Solution
How We Fail: Framing the Problem to be Fixable with an Existing Solution We say we want solutions, but we actually want a specific subset of solutions: those that already meet with our approval. The possibility that none of these pre-approved solutions will actually resolve the problem is rejected because we are wedded to the […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXX–Democracy: It’s Not What You Think It Is
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXX October 6, 2022 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico (1986). Photo by author. Democracy: It’s Not What You Think It Is Today’s contemplation stems from a recent article about Canadian politics that has prompted me to reflect further on sociopolitics and belief systems[1], but not so much about the actual content of […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LIV–Cognition and Belief Systems: Part Five — Justification Hypothesis
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LIV June 18, 2022 (original posting date) Rome, Italy (1984). Photo by author. Cognition and Belief Systems: Part Five — Justification Hypothesis This contemplation is the fifth part of a look at several psychological mechanisms at play in our thinking about ecological overshoot and the accompanying societal ‘collapse’ that will eventually result. In Part One, […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXVII–Ecological Overshoot, Hydrocarbon Energy, and Biophysical Reality
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXVII July 24, 2021 Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Ecological Overshoot, Hydrocarbon Energy, and Biophysical Reality Discussing ‘renewable’ energy and its shortcomings with those who hold on to the belief that they offer us a ‘solution’ to the predicaments humanity faces is always ‘challenging’. Today’s contemplation is based on a recent dialogue […]
We Underappreciate How Different We Are
We Underappreciate How Different We Are Photo by Joshua Fuller on Unsplash After I started working for my current employer, I met a colleague with whom I simply could not work with. We disagreed on almost everything — not on a factual level, but rather on how we approach working with problems and identify solutions. I felt like […]
In War for Control of Humanity, Thoughts and Emotions Are the Battlefield: Dr. Robert Malone
Dr. Robert Malone, author of “Lies My Gov’t Told Me,” in Washington on Dec. 19, 2022. (Jack Wang/The Epoch Times) In War for Control of Humanity, Thoughts and Emotions Are the Battlefield: Dr. Robert Malone Social media platforms are being weaponized, he said Inventor of mRNA vaccines Dr. Robert Malone, having worked with the U.S. Department […]
The Techno-Fix Won’t Save Us
The Techno-Fix Won’t Save Us Editor’s Note: Unquestioned beliefs are the real authorities of any culture, and one of the central authorities in the dominant, globalizing culture is that technological progress is an unmitigated good. We call this “the lie of the techno-fix.” The lie of the techno-fix is extremely convincing, with good reason. The […]
Coming Up For Air
COMING UP FOR AIR “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.” – Originally attributed to Thomas Jefferson, but the actual author is now in question. “That’s another (fine) mess you’ve gotten me into.” – Laurel & Hardy catchphrase. Even though I’ve written […]
The Fantasy of Electrification
The Fantasy of Electrification Recently, I have come across literally hundreds of people defending EVs, their batteries, and electricity generation of all flavors. Of course, this is all fine and dandy, as I am used to the typical arguments in favor of technology of all stripes and often simply post my article about Problems, Predicaments, and […]
Police To Target Americans For Their Ideological Beliefs And Behaviors
Police To Target Americans For Their Ideological Beliefs And Behaviors Much has been written about President Joe Biden’s new Domestic Terror law, but nothing I have seen until now shows just how horrifying it is. To say that the White House uses the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) like political puppets to push their own agenda […]
