The alternate economy

Dan Bongino is advocating that people seek alternatives in the market place. Not only as a consumer, but as a producer. Seems like a good strategy, so I have tried to follow that path as much as possible.

But there aren't always any alternatives, or very good ones. Therefore, whenever feasible, I will do that. For example, if there are any social media alternatives, I'll try them. The most recent one I became aware of is Gttr. It appears to be like Twitter. Therefore, I will use it like Twitter.

As for this blog, it is on Blogger, which is owned by Google. I once tried another website for a blog, but it wasn't worth the expense for me. Besides, it required the use of Wordpress, which is no better than the rest of big tech. Wordpress tried to cancel CTH, as you may recall.

This business about cancel culture is way, way, way out of control. It is necessary to fight fire with fire, and start cancelling the cancellers. That's the idea of the alternate economy if I understand it correctly.

Fighting back this way doesn't seem to be sufficient though. Just doing this much doesn't seem to have taken too much wind out their sails. If enough people did do that, it may cause them to reflect upon their sins. Hope so, anyway.

The truth will set you free

Such a statement like that might get a few snickers or eyerolls. Yes, I'm aware that this may sound naive for more than a few folks out there.

Therefore, I will try to make it sound less like a child, and more like something that even jaded individuals may take heed of.

Number one: the truth is thoroughly grounded in what motivates a person. Therefore, if you don't know WHY you are doing something, then you don't know the truth. The truth is necessary for anyone to be able to function as a rational and effective human being. Without it, a person is lost. Without it, a society is headed over the cliff.

Number two: There are no exceptions. You mean you cannot tell little "white" lies? No, and the reason is that lying gets easier the more that it is practiced. White lies turned into bigger lies. Bigger lies turn into really troublesome lies. The Big Lie that the Nazis talked about are the kind of things that led to Nazi-like atrocities. Don't think so? Then read history. You might want to reconsider your indifference toward lying. It isn't cute or cool. It has grave consequences.

In the Gospel of John, the word "truth" is intertwined heavily with the word "light". This may not be any accident, but purposeful. For the truth is like the light that can guide your steps. Without the light, you will stumble in the dark. The truth is the same way.

Also in the Gospel of John, Jesus Christ said that the truth will set you free. There ensued an argument about the subject that resulted in those present wanting to stone him to death. But that didn't happen. The point is made many times in the book that evil hates the light. It also hates the truth. So much so that there are proverbs about truth telling.

One Mexican proverb says that only children and fools tell the truth. One Arabian proverb says that anyone telling the truth must have one foot in the stirrup. If these proverbs don't match up with what is in the Gospel, then I'm an astronaut. For it implies that those who are evil are not friendly with the truth, and will not like for it to be told. Are the evil ones the ones we should listen to?

The way of the world says that people lie. But they'd better stop doing that, because if they don't, there will be "hell to pay". You can take that one to the bank.

The truth is what makes everything that's good possible. Without it, there can be nothing any good at all. If that doesn't grab you, then prepare accordingly, because there isn't much time to reverse course. We are in a particularly deceitful age.

Too generous

AOC does not understand?

The link above is from victory girls blog. It is the refutation of AOC, but it says that she doesn't understand what she's doing. In my opinion, she does understand. She just doesn't have any respect for the truth. In other words, she's lying.

She may claim to be a socialist, but she's probably a communist. When it comes to the truth of a matter, the communists could care less. They are more concerned with getting their sorry butts into power. Once in power, they do not go away unless forced into it.

Nobody should be too generous and give them the benefit of the doubt. They lie if they can. Therefore, the children on the border were not in cages. She didn't get threatened by the mob on January 6th. And this business about Cuba is just another one of her lies.

The article is appreciated nonetheless, as not everybody knows that what AOC says is false. That is why liars lie. Unless you refute every one of their lies, their lies become understood as truth. That's a problem.

Buenos dias, damas y cabelleros

There are a few short blurbs to post about which will on take a little time:

First there is the following link:

Handwriting analysis confirms laptop really did belong to Hunter Biden.

Comment: It appears that this should completely debunk the notion that it was a Russian disinformation plot. It should also place the Biden's in an embarassing position, if that is possible for them.

Moving on from that, I did a bit of research into the January 6th investigation. According to the one source I found, 13 confessions have been obtained. This is out of over 500 arrests, if memory serves. That's a lot of trials that will have to be held, if they are going to charge all 500. Evidently, they don't have anything against holding a lot of people without any formal charges.

No comment will be made at this time regarding the thirteen, other than it wasn't for "insurrection".

Current events aside, I continue work on my off-grid project. It is rather slow progress. When I left off last time, I was attempting to get tomato plant seeds to germinate. Many did, but the one that most successful was lost. Since then another one has taken its place. It is growing rather slowly, but it is still alive as far as I can tell.

You have to learn to crawl before you can walk, and to walk before you can run. I have another batch of seeds that I attempting to germinate. Also, I am attempting to water the plants with a type of wicking system. I used that technique to clean dirty water before, so it should work to gently water the seedlings. Or so I am hoping.

Finally, I am tracking this situation regarding the "FBI Surveillance Van". After a long session with this yesterday, I am of the opinion that it may be a hacking job. With respect to the FBI, anybody can represent themselves to be anybody. Why use the FBI name if it is a hacker?

Trouble is, I don't know who or what this is. I suspect that somebody may be attempting to gather information from my devices, or is trying to make me worry about it. It may be a prank, but it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. There's not much to see here.

But it does appear that somebody may be up to something. Since I started watching this closely, the behavior seems to be modifying. That's kind of a tell to me. It isn't really random, so it is probably guided by a person somewhere.

That's all for now.

If this was an insurrection, then where are the conspirators?

It would seem that if the evidence is overwhelming that an insurrection truly took place on January 6th, that the investigative agency in charge would have indentified the plotters and charged them by now.

If they exist, then who are they? Where are they? What charges have been filed against them? When will the trial begin?

All you hear is about an insurrection, but the details seem to be missing. All you hear is that the greatest threat to the nation are these people, but who exactly are they talking about, and what have they done?

It seems to me that they have charged a crime before they have identified one. This is the opposite of what should occur. There should be a crime first, then the investigation, and the proof of the crime presented to the public in an open court. What I hear is quite different from this.

It has been called a "panty raid" by some, and if a panty raid can get you "double secret" probation, then what do we have, an Animal House?

Maybe we should ask Dean Wormer how all that went.

No respect deserved

 

Somebody on the GOP finally did something intelligent and sponsored a bill to support the protesters in Cuba. But what I read on the web is that no Democrats will support it.

If you cannot support these protesters then you really are a communist.

These days, that's not an insult to call them commies. For our side, why do we argue with these lying commies? Why do we take any of their ridiculous arguments seriously? If you won't support freedom for Cuba, then who the hell are you????

So when this piece of shit in the White House says whatever, then he should be treated the absolute contempt he so richly deserves. The same goes for the rest of that piece of shit party known as Democrats. If the GOP cannot oppose that, then they are no better.

Update:

A clarification: The communists don't consider being called out as such to be an insult. It is telling that not only do the Democrats not condemn communists, they don't feel insulted if you call them commies.

But they are smart enough to know that you cannot be seen as a communist yet. I expect them to start denying it if it becomes enough of a problem.

A KGB operation

The plot to foment Revolution in Mexico

Comment: Here's a final post with respect to the book "KGB".

The link points to a KGB operation told about in the book. History revisionism , per Wikipedia, has appeared to dispute that history. Whatever the ultimate truth of the matter, certain facts remain as inconvenient truth about communist sympathizers today---

The truth is that Mexico came within a hair of severing diplomatic relations with the USSR over a plot to turn Mexico into another Vietnam. Mexico expelled those who it considered responsible, and if the USSR responded by doing the same, the final step would have been to sever relations entirely. Mexico only had a handful of diplomats in Moscow at the time. Soviet retaliation for Mexico's actions would likely have result in the recall of the remaining Mexican diplomats, and that would have been tantamount to severing diplomatic relations.

Why would Mexico take such an action if it weren't true? As for the USSR itself, there were no regrets, as one of its leaders at the time said that they would continue to do the same kinds of things in the future. The time? This was in the late sixties. This was during a time in the USA of great civil disturbances-- and a War in Vietnam.

What is the point of this "ancient history"? If you are going to understand the present, it may help to understand the past. The communists know this full well, and it might explain the toppling of statues and rewriting of history itself. Instead of Mexico, they are targeting the Good 'ol USA. Our history is being rewritten. Our news is being slanted. Our elections are being stolen. That is a lot easier if our people are ignorant. That's the whole point.