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Go Brandon!
1. Good News: Where the Intel is Good
- Samsung is building a factory in Tyler, TX. It's a $17 billion advanced
chip-manufacturing plant that is expected to create 2,000 direct high-tech
jobs. This is an example of a larger pattern. Wealth creators are migrating
from the socialist states to the free states or choosing to locate in a free
state to begin with.
- Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has stepped down. Perhaps this platform will
stop its assault on people who are not socialists or America-haters. Dorsey
wasn't ousted, and he'll remain on the Board of Directors until his term
ends in another year or so. He's still the CEO of Square, but Square did not
engage in Cancel Culture or abet the coup as Twitter did. It is possible
that Dorsey, seeing the massive number of account closings in response to
Twitter's unethical and immoral behavior, believes a change of CEO will save
the company. Let's hope it doesn't.
- What about graphene oxide in the jab? Here's an expert analysis:
https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2021/11/murder-just-hours-after-publishing-the-secret-of-the-vax-the-dr-is-dead-video-3762507.html
- The People's Republic of Minnesota is so far gone that many patriots
have considered it a lost cause. But even there, anti-socialist sentiment is
on the rise and getting legs under it. Recently, Comrade Brainless made a
stop there and was greeted with the anger any sane person would expect in
response to his Destroy America campaign. Not only did protestors hold up Go
Brandon signs, many protestors held up signs showing support for the man who
actually won the 2020 election if you remove the fraud. Read the whole story
here:
https://www.blabber.buzz/blab/pop/1032786-watch-biden-greeted-with-let-s-go-brandon-signs-in-minnesota
- If the momentum carries the PRM across the finish line to free state
status, it will be GAME OVER for the socialists. That would be the best news
since they began their war on this country in 1912. It is just a shame that
it's taken over 100 years for them to finally self-destruct. The cost in
blood and treasure has been immense. Their posterboy Wilson gave us both
World Wars and the IRS; he was never tried for his crimes against humanity.
- Federal judges across the country are ruling that the population control
measure known as "the vax" aka "the jab" cannot be mandated. If people want
to play Russian roulette and possibly "win" by taking themselves out (and
thereby removing one carbon-spewing person from the population), that is
their personal decision. It's good to know that while the executive branch
considers human beings a pestilence, the judicial branch is repeatedly
reaffirming our value as living beings.
- After two court orders, a federal agency suspended its Russian roulette
mandate. Read the full story here:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services-suspends-vaccine-mandate-enforcement_4135950.html
- They got 42,000 adverse reactions and still call it "safe". This is what
happens when socialists and other psychopaths are given positions of
influence or power. Read more here:
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/over-42000-adverse-reaction-reports-revealed-first-batch-pfizer-vax-docs
- Why are we even talking about Covid or forcing a "vaccine" on people?
Covid is not a public health threat, and that fact has been firmly
established from the data. A statistically insignificant percentage of
people who are otherwise healthy ever die from it. The real public health
threat are people like Fauci with his idiotic and deadly recommendations.
And people like Joe Biden; watch how many people freeze to death this winter
when the anti-fossil fuel madness prevents them from properly heating their
homes. You can bet the White House will be kept warm; socialists believe
that sacrifices are "for the other guy" not for them.
- The House passed the Build Back Bankrupt Act, which is very bad news. A
silver lining there is they did not include the provision to expand the
surveillance power of the Institute of Reprobates and Sociopaths as
originally intended.
- It's long been a tradition that you can buy a flag that's been flown
over the White House. It should not be long before you can buy child's hair
that has been sniffed by the President.
- We're at nearly $30 trillion of federal debt, and the Destroy America
movement continues to steamroll over the economy with more debt. To stop the
socialists from realizing their dream of converting the USA into a hellhole
like Venezuela, we must do three things:
1. Ensure each of the swing states passes election integrity laws that have
some teeth, and continue this process in the other states.
2. Destroy the lamestream media. Don't just cancel subscriptions or tune
them out. Use shaming to let other people know it is NOT OK to respew the
propaganda and encourage them to end all contact with the lamestream media
for their own mental health.
3. Defeat the socialists wherever possible, rather than waiting to oust them
at "election" time. Express disapproval often. For example, Nancy Pelosi has a
mouthpiece who is posing as my Congressional Representative. I sent this
socialist agent this
message through her official site: "Go Brandon".
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2. Product Highlight
The Onyx Boox Kon-Tiki 2 eReader
is a device for reading electronic books with the E Ink Carta Plus screen of the
latest generation. This has a higher definition and contrast, built-in MOON
light 2 system with color temperature control, and the SNOW Field function.
Thanks to a high-performance 8-core processor and 3 GB of RAM, the eReader
has a high operating speed. A Wi-Fi module and a built-in browser allow the user
to surf on the Internet. The software of this eReader allows you to configure
almost any text parameters you want.
Thanks to an embodied G-sensor, you can quickly change the display
orientation when rotating the eReader. The Android operating system allows you
to install third-party programs for reading. The device is made in a new compact
ergonomic case and comes with a designer cover case.
The MOON Light 2 technology enables you to use the device in the dark or
under poor lighting conditions. When this function is in use, you are treated to
a soft luminescence of the screen; this makes it comfortable for you to read in
dark rooms. It also has a color temperature control and, thanks to the use of
Flicker-Free technology, the front-light system is perfectly smooth.
E Ink Carta Plus 7.8" Touch display has a lighter base and higher contrast
than other screens of this class. It allows you to read in bright sunlight and
it has a high rate of screen refresh. Absence of a shimmering light and the
principle of image formation with E Ink method makes reading comfortable for
eyes. Capacitive sensors, supporting a Multi-touch function, provide easy
control with just your fingers.
Thanks to a built-in Bluetooth module of the 4.1 standard, you can connect an
external keyboard or other external devices.
Buy yours now. |
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3. Brainpower tip
4. Finance tip
Many products that exist for convenience carry a hefty mark-up. Depending upon
your circumstances, you may wish to pay it. But you can often save money without
sacrificing much, or any convenience. Some examples:
- Prewashed greens that come in a tub. These are very convenient. But you
can wash your own greens in under a minute, let them dry a bit in a
colander, and put them in a container of your own. You typically save 50%.
- Beans that come in a one pound plastic bag. Just the right amount! But
you can use a small Postal scale to divvy up a 4lb bag into individual
closable, reuseable bags. You typically save 60%.
- Any kind of aerosol cleaning product. Use vinegar and a rag or baking
soda. You typically save 90% and skip the part about breathing in
carcinogens.
- Evaporated organic milk. Amazon cornered the market on this product.
It's now over $3 per can. And it's made with homogenized milk. You can buy a
half-gallon of Amish-produced, non-homogenized milk for the same $3 (or
thereabouts), and make the equivalent of several cans of this plus have a
quart left over for drinking.
- Paper towels. You can eliminate these altogether without losing any real
functionality. Washable cloth rags that you make from old shirts and old
linens work even better, don't contain carcinogens (making paper requires
using carcinogens), don't add to the waste stream, and do a better job.
Look around your home and identify convenience products that simply burn your
money. Replacing even a few of these can make a big difference in your financial
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5. Security tip
Beware of "always on" video. During the first year of the plandemic, people
adapted to the idiotic shutdowns by going virtual with pointless meetings.
Generally, meetings are the bane of any business. They usually waste time by
serving no purpose in the first place and by dragging on far too long in the
second. Zoom became yet another way to tank productivity. But the even
darker side is that having a camera always at the ready means you create a
backdoor for eviscerating your 4th Amendment rights. That laptop or
smartphone sends video to the cloud, where any government agency can access
the video and ban the cloud host from informing you of that. It's not just
the video in front of the camera, it's all the sound coming in from whatever
the mic can pick up. Whatever you say can be used against you later.
Countermeasures:
- Use the little sliding covers that you can attach to phones and
laptops. This has zero effect on the audio spying aspect.
- Turn these devices off when you don't need to be using them. With
the phone, this isn't practical for many people but at least turn it off
at night when you should be sleeping.
- Turn the phone face down when not in use.
- Do not carry a phone with you from room to room. Leave it in a
dedicated spot. If you miss a call, so what? It's probably a
telemarketer anyhow.
- If you are going to have a private conversation, gather all phones
and put them in a drawer that's in a different room and close the door
to that room. A sock drawer works great for this, but you can also stick
them under the sink in a bathroom. Or in the shower stall if you have a
sliding door or curtain to help muffle sound.
Adding to this problem is the new trend of using video security devices.
An outdoor camera is a minor security risk, as it records who is coming and
going to your door. But that is also a security feature. My vote is to go
with it. By contrast, indoor cameras send audio and video to the cloud just
as the phones and laptops do. Having select areas covered by a hidden camera
may be a good idea. For example, if you are not a nose-picker then having a
camera watching your home office is a good idea. You might want to make or
buy a cover for that camera, taking it off when you leave the room and
putting it back on when you enter. A monitor for the baby's room is also a
good idea. Just make sure you think through the security vulnerability and
privacy violation issues you create with each camera you place inside your
home. You are, with each one, providing some zealous idiot at an
unaccountable government agency a chance to turn your innocent words and
actions into a legal nightmare for you. And then there are the hackers on
top of that.
An acquaintance who is a hoarder is "thinking" about indoor cameras for a
security system upgrade. I put thinking in quotes because for him this would
be a very stupid action. His house is an extreme case of clutter, something
a social worker or bank loan officer or insurance underwriter would go
ballistic over. The condition of his home is not visible to the outside
world, but if he make it that way he could easily be facing foreclosure and
a stint at the local mental health facility. He's basically a good guy, he's
just got a mental illness that is, on the whole, harming only himself. So he
has a right to live in a sty instead of a home, regardless of how disgusting
others may view the conditions. He's hoarding stuff, not living beings. The
ASPCA isn't going to rescue 71 dogs from his house or anything like that.
Other fairly innocent behavior can get you into serious trouble. Perhaps
you have a rifle and a shotgun mounted over your fireplace mantle. That's a
libtard hot button, which when pushed, initiated the ultra-crazy mode. Maybe
you have earned professional awards and have an award statue or certificate
prominently displayed. That's either "white privilege" or "Uncle Tom" and
you'll be a target. Anything that shows "binary gender thinking" would also
be considered a "micro-aggression". Displaying the American flag? You're
oppressive. Until we have election integrity, restore civil liberties, and
get the crazies out of positions of influence and power, advertising that
you engage in normal behavior is tantamount to painting a target on your
back. What's inside your home needs to stay private.
But what if something happens? Like a fire or a burglary? And I don't
have video protection? There's the issue, right there. Video protection is
an oxymoron. Video can document an intrusion, and if used selectively and
thoughtfully on vulnerable spots in your home it can help bring justice. But
the only real protections for your home are things like keeping it clear of
clutter (fuel load), locking your doors, and keeping at least one firearm
available. Alarms and such don't stop an intrusion, but an armed resident
does. When seconds count, the cops are minutes away. Sacrificing your
security and privacy is not a solution.
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6. Health tip/Fitness tips
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The photos tell you something important about my credibility. Statistics
on 60th birthday, when these photos were taken:
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Height: 6'0"
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Wingspan: 6'1"
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Weight: 148lbs
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Bodyfat: Unknown, but well below what the Tanita scale says
is 5%.
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Waist: 29
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Chest: 48
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Arms: 15
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Quads: 20
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Max bench press: Unknown, but I do three sets of 12 reps with 150 lbs
to warm up on chest day
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Training days per week: 6
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Type of training: Split routine, heavy on supersets
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Meals per day: 7 on training days, 6 on rest day
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Percent of diet that is processed food: 0
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Amount of meat, wheat, corn, or soy eaten annually: 0
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Number of eggs eaten per day: Between 8 and 10
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Cholesterol: In normal range, on low side
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Last illness: 1971
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Last workout missed: Spring of 1977
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You may have heard the term "gym muscles". We all know some guy who spends a
lot of time in the gym. He looks buff, with a big chest and big arms. But
when you ask him to help you move some furniture or haul a couple of dozen
bags of soil and mulch around back, he doesn't seem so strong. Let's call
him Gary. Then there's your cousin Paul, who never lifts weights in the gym.
Paul does not look buff, but somehow he seems to dominate whatever space
he's standing in. And he's really strong! Why the difference?
Paul's job involves a fair amount of "natural lifting". And of fairly
heavy stuff coming up from the ground. You can see this dynamic in "farm
boys", ironworkers, some types of machine operators, carpenters, pipe
fitters, masons, and other occupations. You generally don't see it in, say,
accountants (but you wouldn't want to mess with The Accountant played by Ben
Affleck).
Gary has four training sessions per week and in three of them he focuses
on the muscles he can see:
- Monday: Leg presses.
- Tuesday: Seated biceps curls, seated preacher curls, hammer curls.
- Thursday: Bench press and overhead press.
- Saturday: Whole body circuit, one set per machine.
Notice, there's nothing in his posterior chain that he's working. And
none of his training involves taxing the stabilizer muscles or lifting while
working to maintain balance. The whole body circuit is suboptimal from the
get-go, because there is never enough intensity to trigger the adaptive
response. There's no focus, by definition. So while this form of training
would appear to "catch all the muscles" it doesn't "catch" any of them.
Real power
For real power, you need that posterior chain plus what connects it
through the core. Deep squats, for example, target the glutes while
strengthening the pelvic floor and putting dozens of muscles into play. You
not only develop muscle, you also develop coordination between the muscle
groups that are needed to perform certain motions in a useful way. The leg
press never addresses the coordination issue, and it actually exacerbates
muscle imbalance between the posterior (mostly hamstrings) and anterior
(mostly quadriceps).
Most of us don't have a "natural lifting" job. And of those who do, the
job doesn't produce the symmetry or volumization that makes for a great
physique. This means you need a systematic program that:
- Works all the muscle groups, whether you see them in the mirror or
not.
- Forces the body to maintain balance. This is why, generally
speaking, you want to do standing exercises instead of sitting ones.
- Works your muscles through the full range of motion.
Modified approach
So let's say Gary was so humiliated by his inability to help you move
that couch that he revised his program. Here's a major evolution in the
right direction. Compare to the original:
- Monday. Front squats, hamstring curls, leg curls, adductor flyes,
reverse leg raises, abductor flyes, Romanian deadlifts, calf presses,
glute squeezes
- Tuesday: Chinups, midrange curls, lateral pulldown with wide grip,
bentover rows, lateral pulldown with narrow grip, hammer curls, pullups,
decline seated biceps curls at full extension.
- Thursday: Dumbbell press, French curls, inclined dumbbell press,
reverse arm extensions
- Saturday: Rear delt pullbacks using lat bar, standing lateral
raises, standing overhead press, lying rear delt raise, front dumbbell
raise, seated lateral raises, bentover rows with arms forward to hit
delts.
Do you see how much more posterior work he is doing? Except for the
adductor/abductor exercises, every one of the leg exercises now works the
posterior chain or some part of it. Front squats are vastly superior to leg
presses for symmetrical development of the legs, assuming you go down far
enough (get the full range of motion). If you look at someone who does leg
presses instead of squats and compare that person's physique to the physique
of someone who does squats instead of leg presses, what you will notice
immediately is the difference in butts. This is why some women refer to the
front squat as "the bootymaker."
After a few months in this program, Gary will look very different. And
the next time you ask him to move a couch it won't be any problem for him.
Gary will also be at much less, if any, risk of a torn rotator cuff or
dislocated shoulder because his rear deltoids will be strong enough to
stabilize the shoulder. While it's true you don't see your posterior
muscles in the mirror, it is also true that a well-developed back (mid,
upper, lower) will get plenty of notice from others. And it will make you
physically powerful.
An additional aspect Along with "gym muscles" come other bad things
from poorly thought-out training. Examples:
- One gym rat won't eat bananas
because they "make you fat". A banana has 100 calories. Deal with it.
- Another guy won't eat root vegetables "because of the starchy carbs".
I guess 8-time Mr. Olympia Lee Haney could have been 9-time Mr. Olympia
Lee Haney if only he'd known this! Lee is a big proponent of sweet
potatoes. And Dr. Rick Cohen is big on beets (Cohen works with Olympic
teams and other world-class athletes).
- A chiropractor has a client with severe muscle imbalance that is
causing pain and other problems, because he does heavy leg presses and
nothing for his hamstrings. He won't do squats "because they could hurt
my knees".
- A trainer in Florida had a client who would not eat fruit "because
it makes you fat". She noted that a medium sized apple has 60 calories
and it takes 3600 calories to produce a pound of fat. Is there really
somebody out there eating 60 apples per day?
- In Florida, a fat-phobic woman won't eat avocados or eggs, and won't
use olive oil or coconut oil. She believes doing so will simply add to
her "weight loss" struggles. Yet every competitive body builder and
every world-class athlete consumes these healthy fats. They are
essential for many things, including not developing nerve diseases!
Don't automatically buy into "sensible" sounding ideas. Look at the real
information and make a smart choice. |
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At
www.supplecity.com, you'll find plenty of informative, authoritative
articles on maintaining a lean, strong physique. It has nothing to
do with long workouts or impossible to maintain diets. In fact:- The best workouts are short and intense.
- A good diet contains far more flavors and satisfaction
than the typical American diet.
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7. Factoid
Have you wondered why there has been so much noise about "trans rights" over the
past couple of years? It turns out that many of the socialist party leaders want
to put Michael Robinson Soetoro on the ticket for the 2024 POTUS election.
Michael, who calls himself "Michelle Obama", would be our first transexual (or
at least transvestite) President. He's already been our first male First "Lady".
So it would go like this:
- 2008. First illegal alien "elected" President.
- 2016. First mentally retarded person
"elected" President. He's also our first openly pedophiliac
"elected" POTUS.
- 2024. First transvestite/transsexual "elected" President.
There is a big problem with this plan. Following the absurd and
mathematically impossible "win" by Brainless Biden in 2016, followed by massive
forensic evidence of massive fraud, followed by a disastrous "Presidency" marked
by abject failures of Brainless Biden and Cackling Kamala, 75 million
disenfranchised voters along with disillusioned/disgusted/dismayed Democrat
voters are adamant about election integrity. The socialists have alienated
parents as a demographic, a very bad move on their part. Look for the socialists
to go down in flames in 2024. If they want to run "Big Mike" for the transsexual
vote, well bless their stupid little hearts. |
8. Thought for the Day
Precise language is good, more people should attempt to use
it. What is not good is pretending that semantic deception is precise language.
An example of this is "I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming
you." For more examples, simply review statements made by any of the leading
"Democrats" (socialists). And they call us sane people deplorable! |
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Authorship
The views expressed in this e-newsletter are generally not shared by socialists or
other brainwashed individuals. That's because they live in an alternate reality
and have not bothered to learn the basics of how life works.
Except where noted, this e-newsletter is entirely the work of Mark Lamendola. Anything presented as fact can be independently verified.
Where sources are not given, they are readily available to anyone who makes the effort.
Mark provides information from either research or his own areas of established expertise. Sometimes, what appears to be a personal opinion is the only possibility when applying sound logic--reason it out before judging! (That said, some personal opinions do appear on occasion).
The purpose of this publication is to inform and empower its readers (and save you money!).
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