It's not rocket science how our politicians keep us from seeing the smelt for the trees—it's magic!

Patrick Coffin gives a masterclass in spellcasting. https://youtu.be/lTQ5_GWMb9s

First cruise of 2025! https://www.youtube.com/live/I_ntNDTLW0Y

This not-for-the-faint-of-heart structure is called Tianti (“Sky Ladder” in Chinese).

Located on Mount Qixing in Zhangjiajie Nature Park, it clocks in at 551 feet long (168 metres) and stretches between two cliffs at a height of 5,000 feet.

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JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Donald Trump's pick for Treasury secretary Scott Bessent says "I see no reason for the U.S. to have a CBDC."

"Drawing on the insights of his Uncle Sigmund – a relationship Bernays was always quick to mention – he developed an approach he dubbed “the engineering of consent.” He provided leaders the means to “control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing about it.” To do so, it was necessary to appeal not to the rational part of the mind, but the unconscious."
https://theconversation.com/the-manipulation-of-the-american-mind-edward-bernays-and-the-birth-of-public-relations-44393#:~:text=Drawing%20on%20the,but%20the%20unconscious.

BREAKING: Pete Hegseth Announces he will Reinstate with Back-pay or Restore Full Retirement Benefits to the Thousand Service-members Discharged for Refusing to take the Experimental Covid-Vaccine

“They will be apologized to with full pay and rank.”

https://rumble.com/v69bs2a-pete-hegseth-service-members-who-were-punished-for-not-taking-the-covid-vac.html

"Why would it be desirable to the orchestrators of world events to torch multiple celebrity mansions and raze one of the most glittering and desirable neighbourhoods in the world to the ground?

In answering that question, we need to look back to the very beginning of 2020: January 6th, to be exact, and the 77th annual Golden Globes celebration."
https://substack.com/home/post/p-154760954#:~:text=Why%20would%20it,Golden%20Globes%20celebration.

The Dreaded Virus continues to ravage St. Petersburg. The only way to Flatten the Curve is to prohibit public gatherings that aren't endorsed by the government until the end of 2025, at which point the difficult decision of extending this prudent public health measure until the end of 2026 will need to be made. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. 🤝🤝 [source: tass.ru]

There's some truth to this...

Trump’s ascension should be seen in the light of an oligarchical scramble for power.

Musk, Ellison, and Thiel purchased Trump like a stock while his share price was low with shady behind-the-scenes deals: in return for their financial, social media and other support Trump will assist in the implementation of the extremely nasty and ugly Palantir security state spy system over Americans, where Musk/Ellison/Thiel will financially benefit from it. Trump is trying to distract from this with the Greenland “purchase”, “Gulf of America”, Panama Canal and other nonsense.

Bezos and Zuckerberg, among others, were caught flat-footed by the move by their competitors and they are scrambling to play catch up, although they are both in the back of the bus. This is why Bezos vocally chastised the Washington Post, which he owns, and why Zuckerberg is trying to do a fake and gay “based” rebrand. They don’t want to get punished by their oligarchical competition.

In tech terms, It’s like they’re in the C Round and will only get 8% of the common while Thiel/Musk/Ellison get 80% for leading the angel, A and B rounds.

This is all so lame.

https://substack.com/@neofeudalism/note/c-86392099?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=lp6h7

"In an explosive break with one of his closest allies, Donald Trump used an expletive in April to criticize then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for congratulating Joe Biden on his 2020 election win. In an interview with Axios’ Barak Ravid, Trump added that in his view, Netanyahu “did not want to make peace” in the Middle East.

Ravid conducted the interview, which will be published on Monday, in April for his upcoming book on the Abraham Accords. “I liked Bibi. I still like Bibi. But I also like loyalty,” Trump told Ravid. “The first person to congratulate Biden was Bibi. And not only did he congratulate him, he did it on tape.” Netanyahu waited over 12 hours from the time the election was called and was not the first foreign leader to congratulate Biden.

“I haven’t spoken to him since,” Trump added. “F— him.” Israel’s N12 news broadcaster published audio of Trump’s statement on Thursday night. Trump also told Ravid that “Bibi did not want to make peace,” using Netanyahu’s nickname. “Never did.”"
https://christiansfortruth.com/embittered-trump-reveals-real-reason-election-was-rigged-against-him-netanyahu-never-wanted-peace/#:~:text=In%20an%20explosive,Never%20did.%E2%80%9D

Ceasefire in Gaza

Whether the Gaza war was a genocide, a pyrrhic victory for Hamas, or the most humane invasion and occupation in military history, there aren’t a lot of people who are confident it will last. Simplicius contemplates why Netanyahu suddenly agreed to it after a series of rejections: We can’t have particularly high confidence of it […]

https://voxday.net/2025/01/16/ceasefire-in-gaza/

The Real Victim is John Scalzi

It’s truly remarkable how John Scalzi manages to take one of the most serious sexual assault scandals in the science fiction and fantasy world since the Breendoggle of 1954, and on the basis of his nodding acquaintance with a more successful and more famous colleague, make it all about himself. If you want to know […]

https://voxday.net/2025/01/16/the-real-victim-is-john-scalzi/

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