Mindconnection eNL, 2024-02-18

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Fighting Communism

1. Alejandro Mayorkas was impeached by the House. Many people misunderstand what impeachment means or how it works. The lower chamber votes to impeach, then if it's successful the issue goes to the Senate. It's in the Senate where the trial takes place. In the USA today, the Senate is dominated by communists. So a trial of a criminally negligent person who is working the communist agenda will simply go nowhere.
   
2. If your Congressional Representative is a communist (as is mine), you can always "adopt" one who believes in individual worth and the Rule of Law. This is why I "adopted" Marjorie Taylor Greene as my representative in Congress even though I'm in KS and she's in Georgia. I contribute to her campaign so she can stay in office fighting for all of us. In Kansas, the communists have devoted disproportionate resources to keeping Comrade Davids in office. So rather than fight the battle here, I join a winner elsewhere.
   

3. The communists impeached Trump four times. At the end of his first term, we had the lowest unemployment in 50 years, the rate of inflation was decreasing, we were energy-independent, we met our CO2 targets, peace was being brokered in the Middle East, Russia stayed out of Ukraine, and businesses were growing. All of the opposite is true now after 3 years of Biden. And yet, not a single impeachment. Please contact your Congressional Rep and ask about this double standard. What possible excuse can Congress have for this?

The Ongoing Covid Scam: Tidbits

1. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has led the crusade to expose the Covid Scam. She is the only member of the House to hold hearings on it.
   
2. Meanwhile, in the private sector, victims of this scam are winning case after case in court. Most of the suits involve employer abuse of people (get jabbed or get fired). What we really need is to see extradition to Nuremburg of Nutcase Nancy, Upchuck Schumer, Quacktor Fauci, Brainless Biden, and their criminal cohorts from the Centers for Disinformation and Censorship, the Fraudulent Drug Administration, Moderna, Pfizer, Facebook, the New York Slimes, and other bad actors. Most of these people deserve to be swinging from a rope for Crimes Against Humanity. But it is unlikely any of them will ever be brought to justice. We can boycott the Slimes and Facebook and encourage others to do the same. We can ask our Congressional Reps to defund the CDC, which is not merely useless but actively harmful. Not much else we can do, however, in a nation with a caste system and no rule of law.
   
3. Many people are still wearing masks "to protect against Covid". If masks are an effective barrier against Covid, then why did we have lockdowns, why did we wait for a "vaccine", why where there "vaccine" mandates, etc.? Why not just have everyone mask up for a week and stop the virus from replicating? I think we need to try to "red pill" these people. One way is to say, "I see you are wearing a mask, which must mean you have absolutely no faith in the Covid vaccines. Thanks for making such a strong statement, I wish I had the courage to speak out that way."
   
4. https://twitter.com/DrDMartinWorld/status/1756515222531997856. Dr. Martin lays out the crime story in a clear, accessible way. Very fact-based, evidence is included.

Other News

1. https://twitter.com/i/status/1755645567747654102  You can't make this up!
   
2. https://twitter.com/FOXNIIGHTGALAXY/status/1758531433059242457 Senate Communists are pushing a new Workplace Protection bill for violent crazies; it would bar churches from having armed security so that people are just sitting ducks for the first psycho to come along. On the one hand, it's nice they are so concerned for the safety of violent criminals. On the other hand, nobody is forcing violent criminals to choose churches as their workplace. The could, for example, choose the offices of communist senators. But wait, those offices have -- drum roll please -- armed security.

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These features were added with the latest release:

• Has dictionary lockout and ExamRead feature, so it doubles as an exam pen.
• Left-hand user mode.
• Scan left to right mode.
• Fast shutdown.
• Selectable voices for playback of scanned text.
• Selectable UI language: English (default) or Spanish.

Other features and benefits:

• Allows students or adults with reading difficulties to gain independence and reading fluency without stigma.
• Reading tutor functions include spelling, syllabication (how the word is "built"), and one word displayed in big font.
• Syllables break for each word.
• Direct lookup of phrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions (for example, get ahead, get along, keep on, keep off, look forward to).
• Uses colors for the different fields, to improve the understanding of the dictionary definition.
  
• You scan, it reads to you.
• Scans lines of text or individual words from almost any surface, not just paper. It can read the text on a computer, tablet, or phone.
• Hear individual words or even multiple lines of text read aloud in natural voice.
  
• Completely self-contained, no computer or Wi-Fi required.
• Comes ready to use, no setup process (but customization can easily be done).
• Full 1.9 inch color touch screen, and simple physical buttons for screenless scan and read.
  
• Multiple built-in dictionaries to search definitions including the New Oxford American Dictionary (over twice the size of what the cPen uses) with Oxford Thesaurus of English (Americanized), Oxford American Children’s Dictionary with Oxford American Children’s Thesaurus, and English to Spanish dictionary.
• Built-in speaker automatically mutes when earbuds are used, automatically unmutes when they aren't.
• Meets FCC, ROHS, and CE standards.
• Package includes ReaderPen, USB charging cable, Quick Start Guide, and earphones.

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• Get enough sleep. Sleep is when the brain goes into "flush out the toxins" mode. To get enough sleep, do things like go to bed at the same time every night, keep your bedroom dark at night, and have a clean and comfortable bed.
• Eat no toxins. This requires more than casual attention. Readers of this eNL already know not to consume "the other white powder" and ya'll know I eat a lot of different plants. So you are probably thinking you can hit the "no toxins" goal by simply eating organic fruits and veggies. One problem with this is fruits are often coated with a nasty toxin called "Apeel" and the FDA allows it to be called "organic". Ask your grocery store about Apeel. If they use it, don't buy their fruit.
• Exercise rigorously and religiously. A casual walk once or twice a week doesn't cut it. For at least four days out of your seven, do something that pushes your heart to its limits. I train six days a week and climb on the seventh, and I am a senior citizen. And I haven't missed a workout since my late teens. It's a matter of deciding to make it a priority.
  
• Protect it from injury. If you ride a bike, wear a helmet. Avoid activities that subject your brain to being sloshed around inside your skull; these include boxing, American football, and most other contact sports. Anything where you reach a sudden stop is also a danger, for example I do bouldering and try to climb down the wall or roll with the fall instead of just jump down and stop.
• Protect it from chemicals. If you use paints or solvents, follow the label directions for PPE and ventilation. For your home, vinegar and baking soda can handle most of your cleaning needs.
• Protect it from recreational drugs. Sure, pot is legal in many states now (including mine). But it's psychoactive and now we are seeing hard evidence that its long-term use is brain damaging.
  
• Protect it from experimental medications. In the USA, vaccines (unlike other drugs) are not required to be tested for safety or efficacy. So they aren't. This makes them, by definition, experimental. I'm done taking experimental medications.
• Protect it from disease. Ensure your diet consists of foods that are nutrient-dense and (generally) calorie-sparse (some good food, such as nuts, are nutrient-dense and calorie-dense). Eat things as unprocessed as is practical, completely eliminating highly processed foods. Poor food choices are why people succumb to disease.
• Manage stress. You can't escape the frustrations that come with life. But you can escape bathing your brain in stress chemicals by developing a way of coping with stressors that doesn't involve blowing your top or stewing in anger.
• Forgive. Let go of slights, whether real or perceived. Grudges eat at the person who holds them, in no small part due to the chemical toxicity they create for the brain. And forgive yourself, we all make mistakes.

The root cause is the astoundingly brazen looting of our Treasury by the socialists. They have spent trillions we do not have on things we do not need. Doing that required generating trillions of dollars of debt, which the Federal Reserve "bought" by creating trillions of dollars out of thin air. In the two years preceding August of 2023, the money supply grew by 83% while the output of goods and services dropped sharply during that same period. The result was 100% inflation, which is really hard to hide.

There are only two ways to reduce inflation:

1. Reduce the amount of money created by normal commerce, by increasing the interest rate. Only the Federal Reserve can do this, and such an action creates other problems.
2. Increase the output of goods and services. This can be facilitated by reducing anti-business regulations, but the Brainless administration has gone on an anti-business crusade.

This means we are stuck with inflation for the foreseeable future. And since inflation is an input to prices, we can expect a general increase in prices as well. The socialists will not respond to public pressure to stop raiding our Treasury, for the same reasons they ignored the Will of The People and installed Brainless as POTUS. Solving the root cause isn't within our means, unless this November there is some semblance of election integrity and we boot enough of these bandits out of office.

What can we do in the meantime? Here are some tips:

• Buy quality goods, even if they cost more. This is counter-intuitive to many people, but the fact is cheaply made goods cost more because you replace them and/or they are expensive to maintain. I bought a 2003 Camry mostly because I didn't want repair bills. And aside from maintenance and tire replacement, I've spent probably less than $1,000 on repairs in all this time. I have quality wood furniture that still looks great after 40 years, nobody can ever say that about the particle board crap they buy from Ikea.
  
• Take care of what you have. As an example, take the time to wipe your dishwasher tub and seals clean. Use a gel that doesn't clog, check the filter often, and periodically run a cycle with a cup of vinegar to clean it out. Also learn how to do minor repairs such as replacing the fill valve and drain valve. Dishwashers are very expensive to replace, but I replace mine less than half as often as is typical. For your car, use synthetic oil and change both it and the filter at 5,000 miles. Don't buy a cheap filter, I recommend the K&N brand because it has low backpressure but high filtration (thus it costs more than, say, a Fram).
  
• Look for money leaks. I used to work at an office where I was about a decade older than the mean age. The younger folks drove crappy cars and lived in apartments, I had nice (but not ostentatious) cars and lived in an affordable but comfortable home. One big difference between us is I prepared my meals at home and brought them to work while they went out for lunch every day. So if you figure a $12 difference for each of the 260 work days typically worked that amounts to $3120 a year. But that's in after tax dollars! If they will simply waste $3120 per year on lunches, what else do they waste?
  
• Don't get sick. The inability to pay medical bills is the primary reason people file for bankruptcy and also the primary reason they lose their homes. It's also a reason they cheat on their taxes, thereby bringing down on their heads an organization staffed mostly by mentally ill people who wield nearly absolute power. Getting sick is a choice, and you make that choice every time you eat. Yes, there are exceptions despite food choices but these are extremely rare. It costs a lot to live the disease lifestyle. You are much better off paying more for unprocessed foods than paying for prescriptions. Even with expensive "health" insurance, people can't pay these bills. So why shell out $1,000+ a month if you end up stone broke anyhow? That's over $12,000 per year you save and you can use part of that to bolster your immune system via healthy food choices. I have not been sick since 1971, despite being born with an immune deficiency and being sick "constantly" until at about age seven I started taking "you are what you eat" very seriously.
  
• Don't call for scams. Scammers can take you for thousands of dollars, wiping out all the savings you got from packing your lunch plus a whole lot more. Use your favorite search engine (e.g., Bing, Duck Duck Go) and search for "common scams". Then do some attentive reading.

Telescamming operations are fairly cheap to operate. Their "sales" people nearly always work on straight commission, which is another way of saying almost none of them ever get paid. People have bills to pay, and when their unemployment pay runs out and their savings about run out, they will take any kind of job. And because they are financially desperate, they really want to close that sale to get the commission. The operators of the telescamming operations are the ones getting paid, the grunts you hang up on rarely see a dime for their efforts. Telescamming is, in that sense, like the illegal drug trade. The mules don't make squat, but the few at the top make a ton of money.

Here are some ways they make that money (besides not paying the grunts):

• Verify your name, phone number, and city as part of a list verification process. Then they sell that list and because you are on it and "verified" you will get a lot more calls. Defense: Don't confirm or deny anything. Just hang up.
• Offer you an uncollateralized loan at terms that sound very attractive. All you have to do is send the last six months' bank statements. A classic phishing operation, you have now given these slimey folks very sensitive information. Defense: Ask for the loan terms in APR and state you will not pay more than 1% over Prime. They can't offer that, this ends the phishing trip.
• Pitch something in regard to Medicare. It's a scam. Defense: If you're not old enough to be eligible, tell the caller they are 10 years too early. If you are old enough to be eligible, tell the caller "You must have me confused with my dad (or mom, as the case may be), who recently passed away. Please do not call again."
  
• Claim to be working with the Social Security Administration to get you your maximum benefits. No, they are just looking for someone they can rob. Defense: Hang up.
• Offer affordable "health" insurance and want to send a sales person to meet you in your home. Defense: Just say no. Medical insurance is, for most people, a complete rip-off. What you pay as an uninsured person is usually less than the deductible of an insured person.
• They want to make an offer for your home. In reality, they want to case the joint while also milking you for sensitive information they can sell. Defense: Firmly state your home is not for sale and hang up.
  
• Pitch a get rich quick "investment" scheme, such rare coins, oil leasing, diamond mining, movie production, rare stamps, start-up company, etc. Defense: Firmly state that you don't do these kinds of investments and ask them not to call you again. Then hang up.

Elderly people are particularly targeted by these scammers. The scammers get lists of people who qualify for Social Security (over 62), lists of people whose zip code has a lot of elderly people, and lists of people who are elderly by dint of paying a rogue IRS employee for the information. They cause many elderly people to lose their life savings.

If you are over 62, you might want to take a cue from my dad. He figured out a way to get these people to stop calling. He used to tell me about it and we'd have a good laugh together. He would say, in a very somber tone, "Look. I'm an old man dying from cancer. Do you really have to call me with this kind of nonsense?" Then he would cough and hack into the phone, pause a second, say, "My oncologist is calling", then hang up. He said that after a couple of weeks, these kinds of calls just stopped.

After the calls ceased, he said he enjoyed the "win" but missed screwing with these people's minds. I told him all he has to do is fill out a sweepstakes form, and the obnoxious calling will be back.

6. Health tip/Fitness tips

Statistics when this photo was taken, 10 days before my 63rd birthday: Height: 6'0" Wingspan: 6'1" Weight: 152.6 lbs, which is more than the 148.8lbs from the 2022 shoot. I am also leaner for this one (notice the striations in my left pec). Bodyfat: Unknown, but well below what the Tanita scale says is 5% Waist: 29 Chest: 48 Arms: 15 Quads: 20.25 Max bench press: Unknown, but I do 4 sets of 10 reps with 150 lbs to warm up on chest day Max squat: Unknown, but I do 4 sets of 8 reps of front squats with 90lbs to start Leg Day Cholesterol: In normal range, on low side Testosterone: Above the upper limit of the normal range Last illness: 1971 Last workout missed: Spring of 1977 Training days per week: 6 Type of training: Split routine, heavy on supersets Meals per day: 7 on training days, 6 on rest day Number of eggs eaten per day: Between 7 and 10 Percent of diet that is processed food: 0 Amount of meat, wheat, corn, or soy eaten annually: 0 Number of clot shots received: 0. ********* See all of my climbing videos here: https://tinyurl.com/ClimbingSigChannel. Some cool climbing  videos: https://youtu.be/s4G0ssyJ3hc https://youtube.com/shorts/5919UDqCXDc https://youtube.com/shorts/jYvKJ9mKyyE My hardest climb ever, a 5.11d on lead: https://youtu.be/UT5h0heUUBc . I made a dumb mistake initially, letting the rope wrap over my shoulder. Watch what happens. The scale: Beginner: 5.6. 5.7. 5.8, 5.9 Intermediate: 5.10a, b, c, d 5.11a, b, c, d Advanced: 5.12a, b, c, d 5.13a, b, c, d. Almost nobody climbs at this level at any of the 5 local climbing gyms.

• The best workouts are short and intense.
• A good diet contains far more flavors and satisfaction than the typical American diet.