There's so many really interesting things going on in the world right now. To even know or care who Andrew Tate is falls pretty far down on my list of relevant news stories. I feel the same way about Paris Hilton. Not sure why she's famous. Sorry, not trying to take away your thunder.
Like a bunch of things that Trump says, it really sounds stupid when he says "we had the best economy ever" during his first term. Geez, back in 1969, the dude on the Brady Bunch supported a wife and 6 kids on a single salary. I think he was an architect, not some kind of BlackRock executive. They had a pretty nice pad with a live in housekeeper. Gas was 36 cents per gallon at that time! Airline travel worked way better back then, even without having to stare at a tiny screen all day long.
Yes, Andrew Tate is largely irrelevant in the big picture, Tax. Mike Brady was an architect, and they've always made good money. But I knew plenty of kids whose dads worked at Sears or Montgomery Ward, as non-management retail employees. They owned homes, had big families, and their wives were homemakers. Thanks!
A rumor that I've latched onto from many years ago is that Paris Hilton and her contemporary Kim Kardashian, despite coming from ostensibly wealthy families, were "sacrificed" as underage call girls made available to the "Hollywood executive" class. They both became famous with "leaked" pornography that was in fact carefully produced. Perhaps neither one got a truly bad deal out of the arrangement, as Paris has earned tens of millions selling her brand (closer to a billion for Kardashian). That brand being dignified whoredom, stylish sluttery, bimbo girlboss.
So if you're asking why they're famous, it's by design. I'd like to know more about the people behind them who take care to be 'not famous.'
Good point, Phall. Undoubtedly, most of the attractive female celebrities (and male- for example, apparently Justin Bieber) became famous after serving some kind of sexual apprenticeship to someone powerful. Thanks.
I got married in 1966. Those were the years. Weeks worth of groceries for two cost me $15 or a bit more sometimes. Gas was 29.9 cents a gallon. Our first apartment was $65 A month. My husbands 1966 Chevy Impala cost $2100.00 and payments were $29.00 a month. And no, women didn't have to work. Most of us didn't have housekeepers, as we took care of our home and kids. It was a sweet time.
Sadly by the 1970's things were a changing. It was gradual and not as obvious as it is today. But I will always say the 50's and 60's were always the best.
Watch some of the old comedy shows of the 50's and 60's. It gives you an idea of what it was like, they maybe fiction but you can get the idea!
My small town USA 1963-1967: No homeless or beggars. There were "bums"/tramps, but they were small in number, and they lived in the city in flophouses paying fifty cents a night. One rental house in the neighborhood. Renters were considered "fly-by-nights". One apartment building for newlyweds who would be buying a home in a couple of years. All the moms stayed home listening to Arthur Godfrey on the radio while they fixed lunch. If they had to go to "the city" for any reason, they put on their "monkey suits" (dress, nylons, high heels jewelry and perfume). Only the one "rich" family in the neighborhood had a color tv and had been to Disneyland ...but they drove in a pick-up with a camper ... because middle-class folks pretty much didn't fly. Church (no matter what denomination) was the center of social life..not public school. The horrific future the elites had planned, as revealed in the Dr. Day tapes, said public schools would be the community center, and everything would come through the schools. Folks stayed home a lot. Adults would socialize in each other's homes. Snacking was rare. This obsession with food we have now, and the grazing all day long ...did not exist. My grandparents idea of a treat was a single lemon or horehound drop. We had low expectations, but pretty much our basic needs were met. The idea that at some future date only the rich could buy a home was unthinkable. Yes, there were eccentrics who were outside the norm...but my memory is that they were pretty much free to live their lives without hassle.
Tragically, my parochial school tried to emulate the public schools and, especially at High School, the "culture" was toxic. Fortunately, I was always a loner and looked down upon. It was the best thing God ever did to me. I always enjoyed being alone and working on projects alone. but I did have a few good friends growing up before they succumbed to the toxic culture. One of the most pathetic sights is someone you know being completely phony so he can be esteemed by the "in" group.
And as I noted above, those who made considerably less than Mike Brady would have in that era, led solid middle-class lives on just the husband's salary. Thanks, KK.
Tate's Air Force father was "CIA adjacent". You don't have to look that deep into many of the celebrities, musicians, entertainers, influencers, etc. to find similar connections. Bezos is a perfect example, whose Grandfather worked for military research group DARPA (created the internet). That's an inside scoop if there ever was one.
Many of these people are successful/famous because they are connected to powerful people in government and business. For the US media world, this goes all the way back to the 40's with advent of TV and radio, and continues to this day.
Another example, there were many platforms like 'facebook' before facebook. But the CIA got involved (lifelog) and next thing you know Zuck is the golden child of the dot.com era, a product of the Harvard/Fedgov pipeline.
I am working on a substack article about the government's involvement in manipulating the media (currently on the back burner) focusing/expanding on Wonderland Air Force base being at the epicenter of the LA hippie movement.
As they say, it's not what you know, but who you know.
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It's all couched under government 'propaganda', which I wrote about recently:
You're certainly correct, Shadow. Very few celebrities come from obscurity. There is very little upward mobility under this rigged economy, except for all the Blacks making millions playing sports. I went over the family backgrounds of numerous notable people, past and present, for my book "Survival of the Richest." The publisher opted not to include that chapter in the published version, so I published it on my old blog, and have republished it on Substack, on my other account, djeffries.substack.com, where I regularly post old articles. You can easily search under "bonus chapter" and find it there. Thanks.
Find me one protest song about the Viet Nam war that came out of LA. The best you get is a song about a riot on Sunset blvd cause the businesses got tired of all the kids hanging out all night but not really buying anything- stop, hey, what's that sound...
It helps to cross connect researchers and investigators to help me connect those dots.
Whitney Webb, who is not related to George Webb AFAIK, is also a master at connecting those dots.
Donald, your brutal doses of reality are wonderful!
Unfortunately, most people don't want to hear or buy the brutal truth, which is why that audience is smaller than it should be. Lies are so much easier to sell!
Donald, how and why did we become such a consumer society, obsessed with obtaining "things"?
Think of all the closets jammed with unworn clothes and shoes, bought on a whim and never worn.
Garages are full of the "latest" tools and gadgets that were "sold" to us by flashy advertisements and convincing salesmen enthusiastically telling us just how much time and money we would save. Now, these tools and gadgets hang from our pegboard walls, rusting and cobwebbed.
Where have all the craftsmen and the sculptors gone? Those dedicated to the tedious, careful, and slow work of crafting something beautiful that would last a lifetime, possibly for generations?
Even our food became "fast'! Who would have thought that it would become acceptable to eat most of our meals behind the wheel of a car while driving one-handed through traffic wolfing down some insipid "Happy Meal" with the other? What have we traded for cheap baubles and instant gratification? It seems the answer to that question is: anxious, harried, discontented, and meaningless lives.
Brilliant points, Eric. It certainly wasn't like that when I was a kid. My parents had virtually no "toys," and certainly not any clothes they never wore. I don't think they had a single credit card. The availability of credit is key here. It causes the consumer to forget that he can only purchase the latest and greatest by using money he doesn't have. And that's because the vast majority of jobs don't pay enough to meet the ever increasing costs of living, let alone shiny baubles and trinkets. Thanks!
Hey, Donald. You're right. My parents were also very frugal when I was growing up.
No credit cards, but we never felt like we were lacking anything. I do believe that easy credit is one of the primary reasons for the mass consumerism we see today. I got caught in the credit card debt trap for a few years. and it was a miserable time for my family until I was able to extract myself from it after several years of hard work. You are also right that with the increased cost of living and low wages, it is tough for the majority of Americans to make ends meet. I feel for young people today. Thanks for your response.
Exactly well said! I want to add that the author who wrote Less Than Zero and American Psycho did a great job illustrating how we ended up in this situation as a people.
Hi, Gio Fio. I was reminded of the great Apostle Paul's word to his young understudy, Timothy. He wrote: "Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But, if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. Those who want to get rich fall into a temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many griefs."
In his autobiography Brett Easton Ellis talked about how we objectified people and how the Reagan administration sped up this process of materialistic obsession. He even said that there will be no political solution to these problems that both the left and the right are bullshit. Very much like our man Donald Jeffries!
"If you’re reading this, then you’re interested at least to some degree in what I have to say."
I loved your appearances on Richard Syrett's shows and other podcasts, so when I found you on Substack I was elated!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us here. You are appreciated. If I could say it with $ I would. You're at the top of my paid sub list when I hit the jackpot 🤣
This is one of many Substacks that I would gladly pay for IF they had another better payment system. Only having direct CC payments as their only payment option is a major turn off for me, especially since their only payment option for writers is Stripe.
Providing only one payment option for writers is a choke point that is unacceptable.
A terrific piece which so resonates with me being a 71 year old woman who grew up in a morale and traditional working class Italian neighborhood in Buffalo. My friends and I, now scattered all over the US due to offshoring, bemoan the loss of that strong family oriented community. Life revolved around our recently closed parish, St. Lawrence. Our avenues were dotted with solely family owned businesses, taverns and restaurants. We didn't need anyone, all was provided for locally--family, friendship, community, food, schooling, local produce trucks and goods. It was glorious, "the last fine time". No one had to sell themselves--we were taught that was immoral, evil. No commodification of everything. But then an invisible state sponsored giant sucking machine invaded like Walmarts and McDonald's. All the local businesses, millions gone, avenues with store fronts all empty today. All industries offshored. I too entered accidentally the corporate world but couldn't close either or do sales, what one company I worked for called "the killer instinct" to succeed in sales. My 12 year Catholic school education and parents values, unbeknownst to me, was embedded in my soul forever. From a temp (I'm a proud scrapper) to managing Wang Minicomputers first networked Bank of America's international networks as the financial manager, I resigned from every job due to ethical conflicts. Companies and government positions always publish ethics but every position I had from Buffalo to San Francisco always had these invisible forces inverting those ethics. I got weary fighting those forces but kept my soul of course poorer for it but now rich in peace and contentment. Today how could I work for every entity demanding those covid poisons? I couldn't. 50 years later we all now so much more about these nefarious forces. All institutions are corrupted but it was always so. Everywhere I worked I always posted this quotation, "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince"
We're lived through the first time in history life was computerized by machines. The commodification of everything-air, water, people, pornography, what we breath--the war on everything. It's amazing we all survived. The truth is I realized I cannot participate in this immorality and inversion of all that is virtuous and beautiful. The word of the 21st century should be inversion. Suddenly the words inversion, demonic, demonic possession are appearing in discourse. Their's a major spiritual battle and war in the heavens. I'm lucky to be retired back in a traditional town outside Buffalo where life is still like the 50s and 60s. No matter the rust belt left after the war on local businesses, I'd rather be here than in San Francisco and living in Marin. Marin County is visually beautiful but again, "what's essential is invisble to the eye, only with the heart can one see ...". The Bay area has no heart, it a capital of inversion. So I must close and simply say keep your heart. You can't take the material with you. Thank you for your outstanding work reflecting beautifully and succinctly this historic and incredible journey of our lives. 💛🙏
I can identify with you every step of the way. My father came from a rural Catholic town in Pennsylvania called Twin Rocks, where every homestead had a milk cow and chickens and a substantial garden. The townsfolk went into town to the "dry goods" store once a month for flour, sugar, corn starch, salt, nails, and maybe a tool or two. (All hand tools. I still have a handcrank that can drill and do something similar to a "sawzall") But all the sons moved to the Big City to get a high-paying factory job, then break through the Glass Ceiling so they could live in a Cookie Cutter Cheesebox in Suburbia where nobody cared if the windows opened because when they were not reading the local edition of Pravda, they were watching the Idiot Box. When I was employed at the Steakhouse, I too had to fight the corporate jungle. One day I booted the corporate vice president right out of my kitchen. (Due to my experience and ability, I had a lot of power, but I did not abuse it, and was loved by the entire crew. And I learned a heck of a lot about life at that Steakhouse.) I wanted to be a Public School High School Math teacher, but the atmosphere in the education racket was utterly toxic. During my teacher training semester, I showed the class how the whole population of the United States at that time- 1984- could be comfortably settled in the median strips of the Interstate Highways, and the country was not overpopulated as the liberals were saying. I was instantly blacklisted. That was the end of that.
Thank you for sharing that Sandy. It's good to know there are some small towns in the US that still have a semblance of what we have lost. Sadly, on the West Coast, even rural areas have now become polluted with the evil of mainstream society. Unfortunately, the beauty spots in the West, draw the outsiders, and they just can't be happy to try and fit in. They have to come in and destroy old, firmly rooted communities.
I used to hate being asked "So what do you do?" I sometimes responded with "Do you mean for money, or do you want to know who I am." It was impossible to explain that I was a well read philosopher housewife because it didn't come with a paycheck. I would also sometimes claim to be a writer. I would say "You know everything that has been attributed to Anonymous? I wrote those."
There's a writer of some renown in the libertarian world -- I'll leave him unnamed -- of an academic background and once regarded, I suppose, as providing some of the intellectual heft of the movement. Now he's strictly a salesman. He hits his mailing list up two or three times a day, beginning each email with some sort of observation and then transitioning into the sales pitch for one of his own information products or someone else's with which he has an affiliate relationship. He claims to be raking the money in hand over fist.
It seems a bit unseemly, but he does have five kids to feed. Where he really kind of jumped the shark, though, was in rationalizing this activity (mainly to himself) as just good, healthy capitalism, the bounty of which thoughtful intellectuals should have equal access to, and as a worthy use of his talents. As part of this rationalization, he quoted Murray Rothbard (I believe it was) saying that in any sales transaction both parties are mutually benefitted. This has got to be the most superficial analysis I have ever come across. Both parties may think at first that they have benefitted, but probably often as not the purchaser soon comes to have buyer's remorse, usually because the product was oversold. Which this guy does regularly.
So, you know, Don -- rich man, heaven, camel and eye of a needle and all that. Keep dogging after the truth and I imagine there's some sort of reward in the here or hereafter.
Great points, Gordon. The worship of the marketplace, and the belief that our form of crony capitalism is competitive "free enterprise," has always kept me from becoming a libertarian. Although I obviously agree with them on some things. Thanks!
Yep, I know exactly who you're talking about, Gordon. I suspect that he never writes any articles that aren't sales pitches, but I'm not willing to pay to find out.
"Now time grows short. History will not allow the people of Shem additional centuries, or even decades, to come to their senses and realize what is going on. Just as they have been victims of massacres and genocides for centuries, the people of Shem now face the determination of the Canaanites to exterminate them utterly and finally. a goal they hope to achieve by the end of the millenium." The Curse of Canaan.... Eustace Mullins 1987
I loved Eustace Mullins, Bard. I first learned about the renegade poet Ezra Pound through his biography on him. Mullins was basically Pound's protege. Thanks.
Nice reference I haven't heard anyone bring up Eustace Mullins in a long time. Didn't he write a book about the corruption of pharmaceuticals? Mullins was way ahead of his time
OK it's one thing for "influencers" to agree with your points, but quite another to have the US get you out of Romanian custody, fly you back on a private jet, and then immediately start your comeback tour. And as you pointed out, attaching yourself to a self-admitted abuser and user of vulnerable women and lonely guys is not exactly a good thing to be endorsing. So why and why now? Well it appears the Tate bros are really big with a lot of young men and boys. They are the new pied pipers of being a real man. These young men of course have very little real world experience so don't understand how truly horrible they are. Sort of reminds me how "Sir" Jimmy Savile got tons and tons of cover, while doing horrid things. It is the furtherance of tearing down society (critical theory) that started in earnest in the 60's. The Beatles were a big part of it-sorry to disillusion fans, but they too played the Pied Pipers. Our Generation- Whoopee!
Not disappointed at all. I tried so hard to learn all about the Beatles' music and like it, but somehow never got beyond just fondness from familiarity. My favorite record being Yellow Submarine, an odd pick from their canon if ever there was one.
To your description of the Beatles as pied pipers, that is exactly how I've come to understand them and their role as change agents. Simply on the level of symbolism in the music, images and record cover designs, they appear to have been vehicles for bringing in Aleister Crowley's Age of Horus. Crowley appears on the cover of the Sgt. Pepper album, and the Fab Four (three, or even fabber after the death and replacement of Paul?) are dressed in the most colorful outfits, "pied" meaning patches of different colors.
I take this to point directly to their roles as pied pipers of culture.
Note: the Beatles actually appear twice on the cover, once as themselves and once as wax figures
I had Mike on my podcast a few years back, Tall. He also contributed his thoughts on the "Paul is Dead" controversy in a book I co-wrote but seldom mention: "From Strawberry Field to Abbey Road." Thanks.
100%, Tall Tim. His channel and interviews are the foundation for my learning about this topic.
You're probably quite familiar with Dave McGowan's work on the Laurel Canyon scene, which describes how similar programs were (and surely still are) run in the American music scene, specifically among the progeny of military and intelligence agents, officers and operatives.
"The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves."
Great points, Tall. And while staging his "comeback tour," the government of Florida lashes out at him in hostility. Certainly looks like scripted theater. Thanks!
Capitalism rewards sociopaths, but the real laurels go to the psychopaths who populate CEO stratas and, of course, Government leadership positions. Amerika, Inc., is the perfect example of a mafia run for-profit failing state...
I care to differ on Candace being a fan of Tate. One only has to listen to her hour long shows to know that she doesn't care for Tate's views but she insists that even he is entitled to a fair trial and fair treatment. Even I don't have enough hours in the day to listen to such long shows without watching them at 2x speed. ; )
She recently did a show on Tate and she pointed out that as soon as Tate called out the genocide in Gaza, they started going after him and his brother. DeSantis has sold his soul to the Zionists and always does their bidding. There was ZERO legal justification for Tate's treatment in Florida. Seizing their phones and initiating an investigation. Sorry, but that is utter BS! We are entitled to our privacy. They were going on rumors and the insistance of the zionist donor class to do something to shut Tate up!
Israel is our enemy and we must stop supporting them or allowing them to harm us.
King David Hotel, USS Liberty, Spying, Rachel Corrie, Genocide, and Dancing MOSSAD agents on 911 who just happened to be there to record the event are just a few of the reasons they need to be named as America's number ONE enemy! I firmly believe that they have dragged us into a multitude of wars and economic disasters. End the Federal Reserve and the income tax and we will see the end of Israel as a problem for the United States.
I appreciate you sharing that, Landon. And as I noted, Tate says all the right things, until he sometimes lowers his guard and displays a desire to "control" women, if need be by force. And you're right- there is no justification for arch Zionist DeSantis and others in Florida to treat him like an escaped prisoner. I can't see where he has committed any crimes. The allegations against him are very troubling, but I don't know that there is any credible evidence. Romania apparently didn't think so, and let him go (according to Tate). His comments about beating women are despicable, but are just comments. As you all must know by now, as a civil libertarian, I believe in protecting all speech. Thanks.
Then why be flown to Florida? They couldn't be that dumb. And btw "not caring for their views" is rather weak when you see their videos of them abusing women and tricking poor dudes to give them money in the hope of marrying one of his sex slaves. The world is condemning Israel and they are losing whatever support they have fast. The world doesn't need people like the Tates to lead the charge. In my mind, they tarnish it.
You encapsulated my point very succinctly here, Tall. Tate says a lot of admirable, politically incorrect things. But he appears to be a grifter, who at best brags about mistreating women, even if it's unclear how he actually treats them in real life. He isn't the kind of spokesman I would want. Thanks.
Maybe so, but DeSantis just showed how owned he is by Israel!
My main point is that they are entitled to the same treatment regardless of their views.
I think Tate is a grifter, but he is being treated differently because of his views on the genocide in Gaza.
No, the world doesn't need Israel. It is a fake country with fake genocidal people who should go back to their home countries! Tate is a just another distraction from the fact that our country is being ruled by a bunch of genocidal maniacs in Israel. Think about it!
Great, sprawling piece. Three subsequent thoughts & observations it inspired:
1- Tate’s dad Nathan was military, probably military intelligence, and known as one of the best black chess masters in the game's history, noted for his remarkably aggressive style of play. This was years before his son transcended his father’s fringe fame. Mom was British servant to wealthy UK diplomats in D.C. Tate was born at Walter Reed military hospital just outside the Capital. I’d bet a bitcoin he’s a Spook. I also think in a world of CS Lewis’s “chestless men,” Tate’s a necessary evil, at least for now.
2- In Andre Agassi’s excellent autobiography OPEN, he writes about how his notorious “Image is Everything” catch-phrase was a phrase he didn’t want to use in the camera commercial for Canon, but after an all-day shoot, they finally wore him down and he recited the line once. It became the tag line for the campaign — he had no idea, didn't want it — and he was saddled with it for the rest of his career, portraying him as a shallow, image-obsessed celebrity wannabe instead of an elite tennis player like McEnroe or Borg.
In that same way, while movie stars, music stars & celebutantes are doing photo shoots, a photographer will ask them to do a bazillion poses, gesticulations and other visual gimmicks. That includes all the satanic hand symbols (which are actually ambivalent in their power, it’s just the dark occultists are still channeling it while telling the muggles there’s nothing to it, move on). Also, as more and more people become aware of these symbolic meanings, some of us do it in mockery or as “I know what you’re up to” signifiers ( I do!). I do agree a lot of them know what they're doing in diabolical earnest, but some are merely playing along and others are just saps.
3- While I believe Cathy O’Brien believes what she says, we should keep in mind she was very young and drugged, and perhaps was dealing with people wearing masks of some kind. But she might be telling the truth. Dick Cheney (and many others) are unfathomable levels of natural and supernatural evil.
The late great Dave McGowan’s investigation into Dick Cheney’s shooting-in-the-face of his pal Harry Whittington very much surmised the pair were hunting people and maybe children when the near-fatal mishap took place. His three-part “Cheney’s Got A Gun” from 2006 is a must-read: https://centerforaninformedamerica.com/?s=Whittington
What a typically astute and informative reply, Tom. Yes, certainly some of the celebrities especially could just follow orders, or just flash those signs because they've seen others do it and think it's cool. Yes, Cheney's "accidental" shooting of his friend was certainly suspicious. And then he basically blamed the guy for getting his face in the way of his ammo. As you know, I regularly sing the praises of the late, great Dave McGowan. Thanks!
There was a great birthday card that was selling the year of the Cheney shooting. On the outside was a drawing of Cheney pointing a rifle at the card recipient. When you opened the card it said: Hope your birthday is a blast! The person I sent it to, loved that card. I should have bought one to save.
Beautifully said! In an age of me-too-narcissism-promoting social media, we all end up trying to "sell" something to others in order to get their money, approval, attention, "likes" and clicks. Guilty as charged for the latter. Everyone is now offered a loudspeaker/public address system, so to speak. No need to be a media professional to publicly have your say. So, everyone's opinions are broadcast to the world.
Is it any better for us? This democratization of expression?
Yet, citizen journalism has also helped expose falsehoods and psyops and cynical manipulation by media. (CNN is especially guilty of the last, dating back to to the Iraq War, with their comical "live coverage" with that guy whose name now escapes me. Those segments now look just like an episode from "Laugh-In".)
Of course, one cannot discount the astroturfing going on that pretends to be "grassroots" support for a cause or opinion.
There is so much info out there, with deliberate rubbish mixed in with the gems of truth. Key is how to distinguish the latter from the former!
Your so close when you said "Democratization of Expression". I think its more like the commoditization of individuality. I don't apply this to the genuine citizen journalist and writers like Donald Jeffries or Anomaly (Dream rare Podcast) Dr. Jane Ruby, David Knight etc. But in terms of the masses constantly posting unimportant emotional bullshit on a 24/7 basis it certainly is a form of profiting off of the human spirit through data collection and surveillance!
Oh! I most certainly do not include the likes of Don Jeffries et al. with the "ordinary masses". Don and company have mostly been in the business of media for a long while now, are professionals, and have larger, well-earned audiences, and sometimes, platforms.
And you are SO right to mention the data harvesting from all these online activity we do. That's how they were able to manipulate so many during "COVID" and the elections, etc.!!
How you ask Donald? C’mon DJ, you know exactly how…
He sold his soul to the Cabal, the Deep Stink, the Juse….
He and his brother probably got caught diddling each other and were forced into stardom, to be paid millions for fooling the low testosterone males to think like men, to act and feel like men, and ignore the fact that they aren’t ever going to be men.
Stardom is for people who can’t stop loving the Devils naughty little whispers, and won’t stop or get caught, it’s all a matter of luck to those types. The types that worship money and material things have always been, it’s just that everyone thinks they can achieve it now, 95% of Americans are this way, it is the American way Don…
Stop questioning it and start calling it out, sorry baby, you already are aren’t you!
Tate, like cam whores, investment advisors and travel writers, is selling a dream. Follow him and you can have that luxury car, dream babe and mansion. Life will be good and you'll be an alpha male.
However, the reason that Tate is being persecuted is not because he is a snake oil selling degenerate, it is because he is honest about feminism and the Jews.
An idea shouldn't be held responsible for the people who believe it
There's so many really interesting things going on in the world right now. To even know or care who Andrew Tate is falls pretty far down on my list of relevant news stories. I feel the same way about Paris Hilton. Not sure why she's famous. Sorry, not trying to take away your thunder.
Like a bunch of things that Trump says, it really sounds stupid when he says "we had the best economy ever" during his first term. Geez, back in 1969, the dude on the Brady Bunch supported a wife and 6 kids on a single salary. I think he was an architect, not some kind of BlackRock executive. They had a pretty nice pad with a live in housekeeper. Gas was 36 cents per gallon at that time! Airline travel worked way better back then, even without having to stare at a tiny screen all day long.
Yes, Andrew Tate is largely irrelevant in the big picture, Tax. Mike Brady was an architect, and they've always made good money. But I knew plenty of kids whose dads worked at Sears or Montgomery Ward, as non-management retail employees. They owned homes, had big families, and their wives were homemakers. Thanks!
A rumor that I've latched onto from many years ago is that Paris Hilton and her contemporary Kim Kardashian, despite coming from ostensibly wealthy families, were "sacrificed" as underage call girls made available to the "Hollywood executive" class. They both became famous with "leaked" pornography that was in fact carefully produced. Perhaps neither one got a truly bad deal out of the arrangement, as Paris has earned tens of millions selling her brand (closer to a billion for Kardashian). That brand being dignified whoredom, stylish sluttery, bimbo girlboss.
So if you're asking why they're famous, it's by design. I'd like to know more about the people behind them who take care to be 'not famous.'
Good point, Phall. Undoubtedly, most of the attractive female celebrities (and male- for example, apparently Justin Bieber) became famous after serving some kind of sexual apprenticeship to someone powerful. Thanks.
Gentle reminder... Brady Bunch was fiction, even in 1969.
I got married in 1966. Those were the years. Weeks worth of groceries for two cost me $15 or a bit more sometimes. Gas was 29.9 cents a gallon. Our first apartment was $65 A month. My husbands 1966 Chevy Impala cost $2100.00 and payments were $29.00 a month. And no, women didn't have to work. Most of us didn't have housekeepers, as we took care of our home and kids. It was a sweet time.
Sadly by the 1970's things were a changing. It was gradual and not as obvious as it is today. But I will always say the 50's and 60's were always the best.
Watch some of the old comedy shows of the 50's and 60's. It gives you an idea of what it was like, they maybe fiction but you can get the idea!
Those were the days, Sher! Thanks!
My small town USA 1963-1967: No homeless or beggars. There were "bums"/tramps, but they were small in number, and they lived in the city in flophouses paying fifty cents a night. One rental house in the neighborhood. Renters were considered "fly-by-nights". One apartment building for newlyweds who would be buying a home in a couple of years. All the moms stayed home listening to Arthur Godfrey on the radio while they fixed lunch. If they had to go to "the city" for any reason, they put on their "monkey suits" (dress, nylons, high heels jewelry and perfume). Only the one "rich" family in the neighborhood had a color tv and had been to Disneyland ...but they drove in a pick-up with a camper ... because middle-class folks pretty much didn't fly. Church (no matter what denomination) was the center of social life..not public school. The horrific future the elites had planned, as revealed in the Dr. Day tapes, said public schools would be the community center, and everything would come through the schools. Folks stayed home a lot. Adults would socialize in each other's homes. Snacking was rare. This obsession with food we have now, and the grazing all day long ...did not exist. My grandparents idea of a treat was a single lemon or horehound drop. We had low expectations, but pretty much our basic needs were met. The idea that at some future date only the rich could buy a home was unthinkable. Yes, there were eccentrics who were outside the norm...but my memory is that they were pretty much free to live their lives without hassle.
Tragically, my parochial school tried to emulate the public schools and, especially at High School, the "culture" was toxic. Fortunately, I was always a loner and looked down upon. It was the best thing God ever did to me. I always enjoyed being alone and working on projects alone. but I did have a few good friends growing up before they succumbed to the toxic culture. One of the most pathetic sights is someone you know being completely phony so he can be esteemed by the "in" group.
Next you're going to tell me that my romance with I dream of Jeannie was all in my head.
But what’s not fiction is that the lifestyle they lived was not unusual at the time. Peter Schiff and others have spoken at length about this.
And as I noted above, those who made considerably less than Mike Brady would have in that era, led solid middle-class lives on just the husband's salary. Thanks, KK.
Lol yes good point!
Tate's Air Force father was "CIA adjacent". You don't have to look that deep into many of the celebrities, musicians, entertainers, influencers, etc. to find similar connections. Bezos is a perfect example, whose Grandfather worked for military research group DARPA (created the internet). That's an inside scoop if there ever was one.
Many of these people are successful/famous because they are connected to powerful people in government and business. For the US media world, this goes all the way back to the 40's with advent of TV and radio, and continues to this day.
Another example, there were many platforms like 'facebook' before facebook. But the CIA got involved (lifelog) and next thing you know Zuck is the golden child of the dot.com era, a product of the Harvard/Fedgov pipeline.
I am working on a substack article about the government's involvement in manipulating the media (currently on the back burner) focusing/expanding on Wonderland Air Force base being at the epicenter of the LA hippie movement.
As they say, it's not what you know, but who you know.
/begin-sales-pitch
It's all couched under government 'propaganda', which I wrote about recently:
https://shadowpuppets.substack.com/p/the-weaponization-of-disinformation-32812b91009c
ON SALE now for the unbelievably low price of FREE! While supplies last!
/end-sales-pitch
You're certainly correct, Shadow. Very few celebrities come from obscurity. There is very little upward mobility under this rigged economy, except for all the Blacks making millions playing sports. I went over the family backgrounds of numerous notable people, past and present, for my book "Survival of the Richest." The publisher opted not to include that chapter in the published version, so I published it on my old blog, and have republished it on Substack, on my other account, djeffries.substack.com, where I regularly post old articles. You can easily search under "bonus chapter" and find it there. Thanks.
Find me one protest song about the Viet Nam war that came out of LA. The best you get is a song about a riot on Sunset blvd cause the businesses got tired of all the kids hanging out all night but not really buying anything- stop, hey, what's that sound...
As you probably know, Dave McGowan talked about that in "Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon," Tall. Thanks.
George Webb has investigated much of that Laurel Canyon hippie movement stuff, so you might want to compare notes with him?
https://georgewebb.substack.com/p/helter-sheltered-netflix-misses-missile
It helps to cross connect researchers and investigators to help me connect those dots.
Whitney Webb, who is not related to George Webb AFAIK, is also a master at connecting those dots.
Donald, your brutal doses of reality are wonderful!
Unfortunately, most people don't want to hear or buy the brutal truth, which is why that audience is smaller than it should be. Lies are so much easier to sell!
I appreciate hearing that, 86. Thanks!
The obvious one you probably know about is Operation Mockingbird David Knight use to bring that up slot on his show
Yes indeed, and Operation Paperclip and Gladio were and are even more harmful.
Mark Devlin’s “Musical Truth” series of books is outstanding.
Donald, how and why did we become such a consumer society, obsessed with obtaining "things"?
Think of all the closets jammed with unworn clothes and shoes, bought on a whim and never worn.
Garages are full of the "latest" tools and gadgets that were "sold" to us by flashy advertisements and convincing salesmen enthusiastically telling us just how much time and money we would save. Now, these tools and gadgets hang from our pegboard walls, rusting and cobwebbed.
Where have all the craftsmen and the sculptors gone? Those dedicated to the tedious, careful, and slow work of crafting something beautiful that would last a lifetime, possibly for generations?
Even our food became "fast'! Who would have thought that it would become acceptable to eat most of our meals behind the wheel of a car while driving one-handed through traffic wolfing down some insipid "Happy Meal" with the other? What have we traded for cheap baubles and instant gratification? It seems the answer to that question is: anxious, harried, discontented, and meaningless lives.
Brilliant points, Eric. It certainly wasn't like that when I was a kid. My parents had virtually no "toys," and certainly not any clothes they never wore. I don't think they had a single credit card. The availability of credit is key here. It causes the consumer to forget that he can only purchase the latest and greatest by using money he doesn't have. And that's because the vast majority of jobs don't pay enough to meet the ever increasing costs of living, let alone shiny baubles and trinkets. Thanks!
Hey, Donald. You're right. My parents were also very frugal when I was growing up.
No credit cards, but we never felt like we were lacking anything. I do believe that easy credit is one of the primary reasons for the mass consumerism we see today. I got caught in the credit card debt trap for a few years. and it was a miserable time for my family until I was able to extract myself from it after several years of hard work. You are also right that with the increased cost of living and low wages, it is tough for the majority of Americans to make ends meet. I feel for young people today. Thanks for your response.
Exactly well said! I want to add that the author who wrote Less Than Zero and American Psycho did a great job illustrating how we ended up in this situation as a people.
Hi, Gio Fio. I was reminded of the great Apostle Paul's word to his young understudy, Timothy. He wrote: "Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But, if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. Those who want to get rich fall into a temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many griefs."
Somehow, this inconvenient bible verse must have escaped all those properity gospel preachers/followers.......
So true!...
I'll have to check out those books you recommended. Thanks!
I love that biblical reference thanks for that!!
In his autobiography Brett Easton Ellis talked about how we objectified people and how the Reagan administration sped up this process of materialistic obsession. He even said that there will be no political solution to these problems that both the left and the right are bullshit. Very much like our man Donald Jeffries!
Remember, he who dies with the most toys wins, Gio. Thanks!
"If you’re reading this, then you’re interested at least to some degree in what I have to say."
I loved your appearances on Richard Syrett's shows and other podcasts, so when I found you on Substack I was elated!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us here. You are appreciated. If I could say it with $ I would. You're at the top of my paid sub list when I hit the jackpot 🤣
🥰Much love from Canada🥰
I really appreciate the kind words, Toxic. I'll be back on Coast to Coast with Richard sometime in April, to talk JFK, Jr. Thanks!
Ooooh! Can't wait!
This is one of many Substacks that I would gladly pay for IF they had another better payment system. Only having direct CC payments as their only payment option is a major turn off for me, especially since their only payment option for writers is Stripe.
Providing only one payment option for writers is a choke point that is unacceptable.
We can send him a cheque (or check, in the US) via snail mail, which is what I will do if and when the time comes. 📭💌
Or even a straight up email money transfer
A terrific piece which so resonates with me being a 71 year old woman who grew up in a morale and traditional working class Italian neighborhood in Buffalo. My friends and I, now scattered all over the US due to offshoring, bemoan the loss of that strong family oriented community. Life revolved around our recently closed parish, St. Lawrence. Our avenues were dotted with solely family owned businesses, taverns and restaurants. We didn't need anyone, all was provided for locally--family, friendship, community, food, schooling, local produce trucks and goods. It was glorious, "the last fine time". No one had to sell themselves--we were taught that was immoral, evil. No commodification of everything. But then an invisible state sponsored giant sucking machine invaded like Walmarts and McDonald's. All the local businesses, millions gone, avenues with store fronts all empty today. All industries offshored. I too entered accidentally the corporate world but couldn't close either or do sales, what one company I worked for called "the killer instinct" to succeed in sales. My 12 year Catholic school education and parents values, unbeknownst to me, was embedded in my soul forever. From a temp (I'm a proud scrapper) to managing Wang Minicomputers first networked Bank of America's international networks as the financial manager, I resigned from every job due to ethical conflicts. Companies and government positions always publish ethics but every position I had from Buffalo to San Francisco always had these invisible forces inverting those ethics. I got weary fighting those forces but kept my soul of course poorer for it but now rich in peace and contentment. Today how could I work for every entity demanding those covid poisons? I couldn't. 50 years later we all now so much more about these nefarious forces. All institutions are corrupted but it was always so. Everywhere I worked I always posted this quotation, "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince"
We're lived through the first time in history life was computerized by machines. The commodification of everything-air, water, people, pornography, what we breath--the war on everything. It's amazing we all survived. The truth is I realized I cannot participate in this immorality and inversion of all that is virtuous and beautiful. The word of the 21st century should be inversion. Suddenly the words inversion, demonic, demonic possession are appearing in discourse. Their's a major spiritual battle and war in the heavens. I'm lucky to be retired back in a traditional town outside Buffalo where life is still like the 50s and 60s. No matter the rust belt left after the war on local businesses, I'd rather be here than in San Francisco and living in Marin. Marin County is visually beautiful but again, "what's essential is invisble to the eye, only with the heart can one see ...". The Bay area has no heart, it a capital of inversion. So I must close and simply say keep your heart. You can't take the material with you. Thank you for your outstanding work reflecting beautifully and succinctly this historic and incredible journey of our lives. 💛🙏
Sandy, that was a poignant and beautifully written comment. And I thank you very much for the kind words!
I can identify with you every step of the way. My father came from a rural Catholic town in Pennsylvania called Twin Rocks, where every homestead had a milk cow and chickens and a substantial garden. The townsfolk went into town to the "dry goods" store once a month for flour, sugar, corn starch, salt, nails, and maybe a tool or two. (All hand tools. I still have a handcrank that can drill and do something similar to a "sawzall") But all the sons moved to the Big City to get a high-paying factory job, then break through the Glass Ceiling so they could live in a Cookie Cutter Cheesebox in Suburbia where nobody cared if the windows opened because when they were not reading the local edition of Pravda, they were watching the Idiot Box. When I was employed at the Steakhouse, I too had to fight the corporate jungle. One day I booted the corporate vice president right out of my kitchen. (Due to my experience and ability, I had a lot of power, but I did not abuse it, and was loved by the entire crew. And I learned a heck of a lot about life at that Steakhouse.) I wanted to be a Public School High School Math teacher, but the atmosphere in the education racket was utterly toxic. During my teacher training semester, I showed the class how the whole population of the United States at that time- 1984- could be comfortably settled in the median strips of the Interstate Highways, and the country was not overpopulated as the liberals were saying. I was instantly blacklisted. That was the end of that.
Thank you for sharing that Sandy. It's good to know there are some small towns in the US that still have a semblance of what we have lost. Sadly, on the West Coast, even rural areas have now become polluted with the evil of mainstream society. Unfortunately, the beauty spots in the West, draw the outsiders, and they just can't be happy to try and fit in. They have to come in and destroy old, firmly rooted communities.
I used to hate being asked "So what do you do?" I sometimes responded with "Do you mean for money, or do you want to know who I am." It was impossible to explain that I was a well read philosopher housewife because it didn't come with a paycheck. I would also sometimes claim to be a writer. I would say "You know everything that has been attributed to Anonymous? I wrote those."
That's a perfect response in those situations, Gwaihir. Thanks!
There's a writer of some renown in the libertarian world -- I'll leave him unnamed -- of an academic background and once regarded, I suppose, as providing some of the intellectual heft of the movement. Now he's strictly a salesman. He hits his mailing list up two or three times a day, beginning each email with some sort of observation and then transitioning into the sales pitch for one of his own information products or someone else's with which he has an affiliate relationship. He claims to be raking the money in hand over fist.
It seems a bit unseemly, but he does have five kids to feed. Where he really kind of jumped the shark, though, was in rationalizing this activity (mainly to himself) as just good, healthy capitalism, the bounty of which thoughtful intellectuals should have equal access to, and as a worthy use of his talents. As part of this rationalization, he quoted Murray Rothbard (I believe it was) saying that in any sales transaction both parties are mutually benefitted. This has got to be the most superficial analysis I have ever come across. Both parties may think at first that they have benefitted, but probably often as not the purchaser soon comes to have buyer's remorse, usually because the product was oversold. Which this guy does regularly.
So, you know, Don -- rich man, heaven, camel and eye of a needle and all that. Keep dogging after the truth and I imagine there's some sort of reward in the here or hereafter.
Most likely the hereafter but I'm with ya lol
Great points, Gordon. The worship of the marketplace, and the belief that our form of crony capitalism is competitive "free enterprise," has always kept me from becoming a libertarian. Although I obviously agree with them on some things. Thanks!
Yep, I know exactly who you're talking about, Gordon. I suspect that he never writes any articles that aren't sales pitches, but I'm not willing to pay to find out.
Selling ones soul takes a spiritual fall.
"Now time grows short. History will not allow the people of Shem additional centuries, or even decades, to come to their senses and realize what is going on. Just as they have been victims of massacres and genocides for centuries, the people of Shem now face the determination of the Canaanites to exterminate them utterly and finally. a goal they hope to achieve by the end of the millenium." The Curse of Canaan.... Eustace Mullins 1987
I loved Eustace Mullins, Bard. I first learned about the renegade poet Ezra Pound through his biography on him. Mullins was basically Pound's protege. Thanks.
Nice reference I haven't heard anyone bring up Eustace Mullins in a long time. Didn't he write a book about the corruption of pharmaceuticals? Mullins was way ahead of his time
Yes, and also the first real expose on the Federal Reserve, which Ezra Pound inspired and urged him to write, Gio. Thanks.
OK it's one thing for "influencers" to agree with your points, but quite another to have the US get you out of Romanian custody, fly you back on a private jet, and then immediately start your comeback tour. And as you pointed out, attaching yourself to a self-admitted abuser and user of vulnerable women and lonely guys is not exactly a good thing to be endorsing. So why and why now? Well it appears the Tate bros are really big with a lot of young men and boys. They are the new pied pipers of being a real man. These young men of course have very little real world experience so don't understand how truly horrible they are. Sort of reminds me how "Sir" Jimmy Savile got tons and tons of cover, while doing horrid things. It is the furtherance of tearing down society (critical theory) that started in earnest in the 60's. The Beatles were a big part of it-sorry to disillusion fans, but they too played the Pied Pipers. Our Generation- Whoopee!
Not disappointed at all. I tried so hard to learn all about the Beatles' music and like it, but somehow never got beyond just fondness from familiarity. My favorite record being Yellow Submarine, an odd pick from their canon if ever there was one.
To your description of the Beatles as pied pipers, that is exactly how I've come to understand them and their role as change agents. Simply on the level of symbolism in the music, images and record cover designs, they appear to have been vehicles for bringing in Aleister Crowley's Age of Horus. Crowley appears on the cover of the Sgt. Pepper album, and the Fab Four (three, or even fabber after the death and replacement of Paul?) are dressed in the most colorful outfits, "pied" meaning patches of different colors.
I take this to point directly to their roles as pied pipers of culture.
Note: the Beatles actually appear twice on the cover, once as themselves and once as wax figures
Check out all the work of Mike Williams over the years. He is the best and by far the most comprehensive: https://rumble.com/c/SageofQuay
I had Mike on my podcast a few years back, Tall. He also contributed his thoughts on the "Paul is Dead" controversy in a book I co-wrote but seldom mention: "From Strawberry Field to Abbey Road." Thanks.
100%, Tall Tim. His channel and interviews are the foundation for my learning about this topic.
You're probably quite familiar with Dave McGowan's work on the Laurel Canyon scene, which describes how similar programs were (and surely still are) run in the American music scene, specifically among the progeny of military and intelligence agents, officers and operatives.
"The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves."
-V.I. Lenin
That quote from Lenin is something to always remember, Portraits. Thanks.
Damn this is a really cool comment. Love this!
Great comment, PIF!! 🎯
This too, TT 🎯
Great points, Tall. And while staging his "comeback tour," the government of Florida lashes out at him in hostility. Certainly looks like scripted theater. Thanks!
Capitalism rewards sociopaths, but the real laurels go to the psychopaths who populate CEO stratas and, of course, Government leadership positions. Amerika, Inc., is the perfect example of a mafia run for-profit failing state...
Exactly! That's what American Psycho was trying to tell us!! Not just the movie the book!
I care to differ on Candace being a fan of Tate. One only has to listen to her hour long shows to know that she doesn't care for Tate's views but she insists that even he is entitled to a fair trial and fair treatment. Even I don't have enough hours in the day to listen to such long shows without watching them at 2x speed. ; )
She recently did a show on Tate and she pointed out that as soon as Tate called out the genocide in Gaza, they started going after him and his brother. DeSantis has sold his soul to the Zionists and always does their bidding. There was ZERO legal justification for Tate's treatment in Florida. Seizing their phones and initiating an investigation. Sorry, but that is utter BS! We are entitled to our privacy. They were going on rumors and the insistance of the zionist donor class to do something to shut Tate up!
Israel is our enemy and we must stop supporting them or allowing them to harm us.
King David Hotel, USS Liberty, Spying, Rachel Corrie, Genocide, and Dancing MOSSAD agents on 911 who just happened to be there to record the event are just a few of the reasons they need to be named as America's number ONE enemy! I firmly believe that they have dragged us into a multitude of wars and economic disasters. End the Federal Reserve and the income tax and we will see the end of Israel as a problem for the United States.
I appreciate you sharing that, Landon. And as I noted, Tate says all the right things, until he sometimes lowers his guard and displays a desire to "control" women, if need be by force. And you're right- there is no justification for arch Zionist DeSantis and others in Florida to treat him like an escaped prisoner. I can't see where he has committed any crimes. The allegations against him are very troubling, but I don't know that there is any credible evidence. Romania apparently didn't think so, and let him go (according to Tate). His comments about beating women are despicable, but are just comments. As you all must know by now, as a civil libertarian, I believe in protecting all speech. Thanks.
Then why be flown to Florida? They couldn't be that dumb. And btw "not caring for their views" is rather weak when you see their videos of them abusing women and tricking poor dudes to give them money in the hope of marrying one of his sex slaves. The world is condemning Israel and they are losing whatever support they have fast. The world doesn't need people like the Tates to lead the charge. In my mind, they tarnish it.
You encapsulated my point very succinctly here, Tall. Tate says a lot of admirable, politically incorrect things. But he appears to be a grifter, who at best brags about mistreating women, even if it's unclear how he actually treats them in real life. He isn't the kind of spokesman I would want. Thanks.
Maybe so, but DeSantis just showed how owned he is by Israel!
My main point is that they are entitled to the same treatment regardless of their views.
I think Tate is a grifter, but he is being treated differently because of his views on the genocide in Gaza.
No, the world doesn't need Israel. It is a fake country with fake genocidal people who should go back to their home countries! Tate is a just another distraction from the fact that our country is being ruled by a bunch of genocidal maniacs in Israel. Think about it!
Excellent article again.
Thanks, Norman!
Great, sprawling piece. Three subsequent thoughts & observations it inspired:
1- Tate’s dad Nathan was military, probably military intelligence, and known as one of the best black chess masters in the game's history, noted for his remarkably aggressive style of play. This was years before his son transcended his father’s fringe fame. Mom was British servant to wealthy UK diplomats in D.C. Tate was born at Walter Reed military hospital just outside the Capital. I’d bet a bitcoin he’s a Spook. I also think in a world of CS Lewis’s “chestless men,” Tate’s a necessary evil, at least for now.
2- In Andre Agassi’s excellent autobiography OPEN, he writes about how his notorious “Image is Everything” catch-phrase was a phrase he didn’t want to use in the camera commercial for Canon, but after an all-day shoot, they finally wore him down and he recited the line once. It became the tag line for the campaign — he had no idea, didn't want it — and he was saddled with it for the rest of his career, portraying him as a shallow, image-obsessed celebrity wannabe instead of an elite tennis player like McEnroe or Borg.
In that same way, while movie stars, music stars & celebutantes are doing photo shoots, a photographer will ask them to do a bazillion poses, gesticulations and other visual gimmicks. That includes all the satanic hand symbols (which are actually ambivalent in their power, it’s just the dark occultists are still channeling it while telling the muggles there’s nothing to it, move on). Also, as more and more people become aware of these symbolic meanings, some of us do it in mockery or as “I know what you’re up to” signifiers ( I do!). I do agree a lot of them know what they're doing in diabolical earnest, but some are merely playing along and others are just saps.
3- While I believe Cathy O’Brien believes what she says, we should keep in mind she was very young and drugged, and perhaps was dealing with people wearing masks of some kind. But she might be telling the truth. Dick Cheney (and many others) are unfathomable levels of natural and supernatural evil.
The late great Dave McGowan’s investigation into Dick Cheney’s shooting-in-the-face of his pal Harry Whittington very much surmised the pair were hunting people and maybe children when the near-fatal mishap took place. His three-part “Cheney’s Got A Gun” from 2006 is a must-read: https://centerforaninformedamerica.com/?s=Whittington
What a typically astute and informative reply, Tom. Yes, certainly some of the celebrities especially could just follow orders, or just flash those signs because they've seen others do it and think it's cool. Yes, Cheney's "accidental" shooting of his friend was certainly suspicious. And then he basically blamed the guy for getting his face in the way of his ammo. As you know, I regularly sing the praises of the late, great Dave McGowan. Thanks!
There was a great birthday card that was selling the year of the Cheney shooting. On the outside was a drawing of Cheney pointing a rifle at the card recipient. When you opened the card it said: Hope your birthday is a blast! The person I sent it to, loved that card. I should have bought one to save.
Beautifully said! In an age of me-too-narcissism-promoting social media, we all end up trying to "sell" something to others in order to get their money, approval, attention, "likes" and clicks. Guilty as charged for the latter. Everyone is now offered a loudspeaker/public address system, so to speak. No need to be a media professional to publicly have your say. So, everyone's opinions are broadcast to the world.
Is it any better for us? This democratization of expression?
Yet, citizen journalism has also helped expose falsehoods and psyops and cynical manipulation by media. (CNN is especially guilty of the last, dating back to to the Iraq War, with their comical "live coverage" with that guy whose name now escapes me. Those segments now look just like an episode from "Laugh-In".)
Of course, one cannot discount the astroturfing going on that pretends to be "grassroots" support for a cause or opinion.
There is so much info out there, with deliberate rubbish mixed in with the gems of truth. Key is how to distinguish the latter from the former!
Beautifully put, Teresa. I seek those "likes" as much as anyone. Thanks!
Your so close when you said "Democratization of Expression". I think its more like the commoditization of individuality. I don't apply this to the genuine citizen journalist and writers like Donald Jeffries or Anomaly (Dream rare Podcast) Dr. Jane Ruby, David Knight etc. But in terms of the masses constantly posting unimportant emotional bullshit on a 24/7 basis it certainly is a form of profiting off of the human spirit through data collection and surveillance!
I'm honored to be included in that company, Gio. Thanks.
Oh! I most certainly do not include the likes of Don Jeffries et al. with the "ordinary masses". Don and company have mostly been in the business of media for a long while now, are professionals, and have larger, well-earned audiences, and sometimes, platforms.
And you are SO right to mention the data harvesting from all these online activity we do. That's how they were able to manipulate so many during "COVID" and the elections, etc.!!
I certainly have been ranting about the state of things for a very long time, Teresa, even before the internet gave me some kind of platform. Thanks!
How you ask Donald? C’mon DJ, you know exactly how…
He sold his soul to the Cabal, the Deep Stink, the Juse….
He and his brother probably got caught diddling each other and were forced into stardom, to be paid millions for fooling the low testosterone males to think like men, to act and feel like men, and ignore the fact that they aren’t ever going to be men.
Stardom is for people who can’t stop loving the Devils naughty little whispers, and won’t stop or get caught, it’s all a matter of luck to those types. The types that worship money and material things have always been, it’s just that everyone thinks they can achieve it now, 95% of Americans are this way, it is the American way Don…
Stop questioning it and start calling it out, sorry baby, you already are aren’t you!
Keep it up and thanks for the reads
I try my best, Eve. Great points. Thanks!
Tate, like cam whores, investment advisors and travel writers, is selling a dream. Follow him and you can have that luxury car, dream babe and mansion. Life will be good and you'll be an alpha male.
However, the reason that Tate is being persecuted is not because he is a snake oil selling degenerate, it is because he is honest about feminism and the Jews.
An idea shouldn't be held responsible for the people who believe it
I certainly agree with you, Al. Thanks.