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1. Good News: Where the Intel is Good
Fighting Communism
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Here's a 5 minute video that covers a real-life case history of the
"utopia" delusion that the "Democrats" (DINOS who
are actually communists) have:
https://www.prageru.com/video/why-i-left-utopia
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Sometimes, communists self-destruct. CK, for example, is attempting to
run against Trump for POTUS. As she cackles her way through this, she
decided that the only people who can work for her campaign are those who
are fully up to date on their unsafe, ineffective experimental gene
therapy jabs. In other words, if you're not stupid then don't apply.
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And here is CK demonstrating her mastery of demographics, such as what
the population of the USA is:
https://x.com/KimDotcom/status/1827971009930207611. Eerily
reminiscent of Barry Soetoro's "57 states" gaffe, something for which we
must forgive him for since he's an illegal alien and can't be expected
to know all that much about the USA. CK, on the other hand, was born and
"educated" here.
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CK is proposing "backbreaking" tax hikes, during a time in which
most people cannot afford the basic necessities (and thus are going ever
deeper into debt). It's as if the communists are signaling they don't
care about the upcoming election because they will simply steal it. But
if we have an honest election, CK cannot possibly win.
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Georgia, a key battleground state that was stolen in the 2020 attempt at
an election, has passed another election integrity measure. As reported
by Raheem Kassam in The National Pulse, "The Georgia State Election
Board voted three to two to adopt a new rule requiring the total number
of votes cast to be reconciled with the total number of voters recorded
for an election. If discrepancies in the count are discovered, the issue
must be investigated, and a resolution must be found before the vote can
be certified." It's worth noting that over the years, Raheem has
predicted this or that and been right every time. Amazing guy.
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The House investigation committee that looked into certain aspects of
the Biden crime family just released a 291 page report that, according
to The Red State Insider, "... lays out evidence of the Biden family’s
foreign payments and the family patriarch’s role in meeting or speaking
with partners." According to my Representative in Congress, "From 2014
until now, the Biden Crime Family received over $27,000,000 from foreign
individuals and groups as part of a conspiracy to get rich from Joe
Biden’s positions in government." That's 27 million!
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Footlocker is moving its headquarters from The People's Republic of New
York to the free state of Florida. There's a lot of that going around.
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A great video on coming over from the dark side:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1829291690277966165
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Devin Nunes says the elections were rigged, justice is next:
https://rumble.com/v5d3gi1-devin-nunes-we-are-in-the-investigation-phase-justice-comes-next-elections-.html
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In the People's Republic of Illinois, a criminal safety law was ruled
unconstitutional by U.S. District Judge Iain D. Johnston. The Illinois
legislature really needs to reconsider its belief that violent criminals
are some kind of endangered species that should be protected from their
potential victims. The voters of Illinois need to stop putting up with
this lunacy and vote the communists out.
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The C*O*V*I*D* Scam
The communists are ramping up for another fake-demic. The new
"vaccines" are out. And they are being hawked and hyped as if they are,
by some stretch of a wild imagination, safe or effective (they are
neither). I was in a grocery store recently when an announcement came
over the PA about this latest round of population reduction shots. When
the sociopath was done making the announcement, I shouted, "And they are
deadly!"
- The "deadly" claim is backed by real-world data, while "safe"
has no data and neither does "effective". Here's a recent video on
the topic:
https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1828912865107231096
- Here's a great video that contrasts the propaganda with the
reality:
https://x.com/dchomecoming/status/1828926999739654389
- CK stated multiple times that C*O*V*I*D* killed 220 million
Americans. Many of the videos have been censored off major platforms
such as YouTube, but you can find them on Rumble, Twitter / X, and
others. In fact, hardly anybody without a comorbity died from
C*O*V*I*D*. Among those who did die from it, nearly all were denied
the normal treatments for a flu virus infection; in short, they were
murdered to jack the numbers up.
- The C*O*V*I*D* test kit swabs using the PCR test were
manufactured in the same Chinese facilities that the C*O*V*I*D*
virus was released from. Connect the dots on THAT one!
- On 18 JUN, the AG of KS filed this civil suit against Pfizer,
and it's still underway:
https://x.com/stkirsch/status/1830481680509149291 . Here's the
official news release:
https://ag.ks.gov/media-center/news-releases/2024/06/18/kansas-ag-sues-pfizer-for-misleading-kansans-on-covid-vaccine
- 4-minute interview with RFK, Jr. on his book about the criminal
psychopath Anthony Fauci:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1830028501027864653 . 2,200
footnotes, all of which were made public for fact-checking.
- For those who believe the jab is "safe and effective," share
this video:
https://www.heikosepp.com. This elite athlete had zero risk for
getting sick from any virus, so should not have been forced or
conned into getting this jab. It has left him permanently disabled
and in constant pain.
The C*O*V*I*D* Crime Continues!
As reported in the Epoch Times, "The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) has authorized a new COVID-19 vaccine from Novavax,
giving Americans an alternative to shots from Moderna and Pfizer.
Novavax’s protein-based vaccine will be available soon after regulators
granted emergency authorization to the Maryland-based company for the
product. FDA officials said that animal testing data supported the
decision."
One big problem with this is there's no emergency. Brainless declared
the fake emergency "over" on 11 April 2023--more than a year ago. Even
the World Harm Organization (WHO) declared the fake "emergency" over, on
30 January, 2020--over four years ago! There never was an emergency to
begin with, and the "vaccines" never were vaccines so could not have
legally gotten emergency authorization even if there were an emergency.
So here is the Fools and Dopes Administration giving emergency
authorization to another non-vaccine!
What does it take to get the FDA to:
- Take our health seriously, assuming they are not clearly intent
on destroying it (a dubious assumption, considering FDA's track
record)?
- Follow our laws?
- Apply some common sense?
Masking is Worse than Useless
Masks don't stop *C*O*V*I*D* but "We also found clear evidence
that values of certain contents/emissions are alarmingly high in all
scrutinized mask types (N95, surgical, textile)...." [A new study
published in the Journal Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety this
week], see
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651323013623
News for the Confused
- News for the Gender Confused. Sex change surgery realities, 5-part series:
https://aflds.org/videos/post/the-gold-report-medical-mutilation-part-1-of-5-the-reality-of-gender-affirming-care-with-dr-melanie-crites-bachert
- News for the Race Confused. I saw this quote from Malcom X in
a recent newsletter from John Leake:
"The liberal element of Whites are those who have perfected the art
of selling themselves to the Negro as a friend of the Negro, getting the
sympathy of the Negro, getting the allegiance of the Negro, getting the
mind of the Negro, and then the Negro sides with the White liberal and
the White liberal uses the Negro against the White conservative so that
anything that the Negro does is never for his own good, never for his
own advancement, never for his own progress, he’s only a pawn in the
hands of the White liberal. The worst enemy the Negro has is this White
man who runs around here drooling at the mouth professing to love
Negroes and calling himself a liberal and it is following these White
liberals that has perpetuated the problems that Negroes in America have.
If the Negro wasn’t taken, trapped, tricked, deceived by the White
liberal then Negroes would get together and solve our own problems."
- News for the CK Confused. Fentanyl is the primary cause
of death for Americans aged 18 to 45, and it's been flooding across
our open southern border. Cackling Kamala's one official job as VP
is "Border Czar". And this is someone that people might vote for as
President? Get the word out about this, and ask Trump haters to get
past the left-wing newsfeed propaganda and have some concern for
this real news. Vote for CK, you vote for death. Vote for Trump, you
vote for life. It's really very simple.
- News for the Babyfood Confused. The World Hoax
Organization (WHO), which (perhaps jokingly?) calls itself the World
Health Organization for some mysterious reason, recently reported
that half of the baby food on the market is unhealthy. In other
words, these disinformation superspreaders are claiming that half of
the baby foods on the market are healthy. This is a bald-faced lie.
Simply check for this one ingredient: corn syrup. That's in at least
90% of the formulations commonly sold in supermarkets. Also toxic
are wheat, corn, and soy--all of which contain glyphosate. Here's an
analysis of a very popular brand (Gerber):
https://www.ingredientinspector.org/home/gerber-baby-foods-ingredients.
Solution: Invest in a food processor, some freezer bags, and a food
bag sealer (affordable models are now sold on Amazon). Make your own
"baby food" but keep in mind that it is not just ground up adult
food. Babies need extra calories, so include more fat and fruit. You
can quickly make many batches on a weekend or a weekday evening.
This may seem like extra time to invest, but think of all the time
you won't be spending taking your kid to the doctor's office or
hospital.
- News for the Credit Confused. The People's Republic of
Commie-fornia recently passed a bill prohibiting medical debt from
appearing on credit reports. This is typical libtard anti-reality at
work. It is a fact that medical debt may severely impair a
borrower's ability to repay the loan. This means lenders will have
to allow for an increase in defaults by charging higher rates or
simply denying credit to the otherwise credit-worthy. People like
myself, who do not live the disease lifestyle and thus do not get
sick, have no medical debts. But now Commie-fornia inmates (aka
"citizens") in my age cohort will simply be assumed to have medical
debt and age discrimination against them will be one tool lenders
use to protect themselves.
Other News
- An uplifting short created by Elon Musk:
https://youtube.com/shorts/LIiiT4MGtpA?si=ysWBoBP7KGpYmonA
- A good video by Bobby D about our economy:
https://x.com/robertdunlap947/status/1825992455935631407 Note:
We are not in a recession, we are in a depression. Much worse.
- I don't watch the lamestream news, read lamestream newspapers,
etc. But usually, the people who do are all abuzz about the
lamestream topics. Something they are not buzzing about is the
attempted assassination of President Trump. The most unusual thing
about this attempt, compared to others in our history, is perhaps
the sheer number of shots taken. There were not two or three
bullets, but eight. In fact, in all other attempts (successful or
not), there was only one bullet. Often from a handgun, but sometimes
from a rifle. And in this case, there was extensive "collateral
damage. And yet, silence. These same "news" sources went on for days
when Trump made a mean tweet during his first term. But eight
bullets fired at him, and that's somehow no big deal.
- Great interview with RFK:
https://vigilantfox.news/p/the-rfk-jr-interview-they-dont-want
- The SCOTUS is keeping its block on Brainless' debt transfer
plan, whereby Brainless would force people to assume the debts of
perfect strangers. Brainless and his fellow communists call this
scam "Student Loan Forgiveness" as if a debt owed for services
rendered can simply be taken off the books instead of paid by
somebody. Common decency says the debt should be paid by the one who
incurs it, not by someone who derives zero benefit from the services
that were performed and who had no say in the original contract for
services.
- Ford Motor Company joined the ranks of companies scaling back or
ending their Discrimination, Exclusion, and Ignorance (DEI)
policies. The theory behind these idiotic policies is that if you
force everyone to accept a particular narrative instead of think,
punish people for the "crime" of refusing to be racist, and exclude
merit as a consideration for hiring or promotion, somehow you will
get better results than if you reward people for their
contributions.
- A hilarious "Hitler Rants" parody of the moron Cackling Kamala:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWSRgPpYKrg
- The median homebuyer's down payment is now $180,000 in the top
ten USA markets. Not coincidentally, the communists
("Democrats") have been in charge for 12 of the past 16 years.
- Socialists International has formally endorsed CK. This should
come as no surprise, she's about as Marxist as they come.
- CK is now promoting tax breaks for small businesses as part of
her campaign message. What she doesn't realize is that 98% of small
business owners have an IQ above the moron level. The inflation tax
hikes passed by her communist party, along with all the other
economy-destroying actions they have inflicted upon us, have made
survival tenuous for the vast majority of small businesses. Since
the coup, the small business failure rate has been extraordinarily
high. So we are going to get some dinky tax break in exchange for
another four years of harshly anti-business behavior? She's just
insulted small business owners, who are almost totally backing
President Trump and a return to economic sanity. Now we have even
more motivation to help ensure election integrity and the
debrainwashing of those opposed to Trump or even merely on the
fence.
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equipment for RVs, conversion vans, boats, solar power installations, and
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- American Hard Bag aftermarket sound system parts for Harley Davidson
motorcycles
- CAT tools
- Cold Steel knives
- Connex radios
- Dosy meters
- Flexilla hose connectors
- Funko collectibles
- Galaxy 10 meter and 11 meter (CB) radios
- Hogue pistol grips
- iRV products for RVs
- Liberty Monitors security cameras
- Metra saddlebag lids
- Mike Holt Electrical Exam Preparation products
- Minigadgets hidden camera CO detectors and receptacles
- Nagy's aftermarket sound system parts for Harley Davidson motorcycles
- Paraben Consumer data recovery sticks, porn detection sticks, and
similar diagnostic/ IT tools
- Plantronics headsets
- RealSAM Pocket, which is a voice operated Galaxy smart phone for the
blind
- Rigid Tools work lights and related
- ROK straps
- Rostra universal cruise control kits
- Sig Sauer pellet guns
- SmartPens4U Rocket Pen Reading Tutor Scanning Pen | Case | Case Bundle
- Texas Ranger radios (Chuck Norris not included, sorry)
- Uniden radar detection systems (hard-wired)
- Victron DC power modules and related
- Wera Tools
- WeWalk Smart Cane "Cane with a Brain" for the blind
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3. Brainpower tip
4. Finance tip
We
are constantly subjected to BS about things we "need" to spend money on. For
example, pet vaccinations. Vaccines for humans are not required to be tested
for efficacy or safety. Consequently, vaccines are not tested for those things.
Rather than prove their products are safe and effective and thus create demand
for them, the drug companies rely on gas lighting, lying, fear, propaganda, and
government mandates to con or force people into getting them.
For humans, the locus of lying is the Center for Disinformation and
Censorship (CDC), an agency we must call harmful instead of merely useless. For
our pets, it's our vets. Usually.
My elderly feline companion is having some problems right now, and to address
those we are proceeding from the science instead of from the narrative. I am so
glad her vet is not Anthony Fauci, because that con artist is about as far from
science-based as it is possible to get. Millions of Americans have died as as
direct consequence of the lies and stupidity that have come from Tony's mouth.
Well, enough about that psychopath, let's move on to the actual topic.
With science, you test for things and only then discuss medications. A
science-based vet, for example, doesn't make your pet sick by administering a
bunch of vaccines. Sadly, in my ignorance and misplaced trust, I allowed that to
be done to my kitty and I saw what it did to her so now she gets no vaccines
except the legally mandated rabies one.
If you want your pet to be healthy, don't spend $300 on useless or harmful
shots. Get a thorough check-up and baseline data via a blood work panel. And
then ensure your pet has the following:
- A diet devoid of wheat, corn, and soy. I could go into why, but you have
only so much time to read this. Note that Hill's Science Diet is not
scientific and they do put these pet poisons into their foods. Blue
Wilderness does not. Don't go cheap on food, and don't rely totally on
kibble (which is processed food, by the way). Also feed your pet appropriate
whole foods that you prepare yourself, at least some of the time.
- Plenty of exercise. This includes play, walking with you, etc. But you
should also pay attention to whether your pet needs structured physical
training to avoid (or correct) atrophy.
- Respect. Disrespecting your animal will cause emotional stress that is
unhealthy and could be expensive. Learn about your particular pet's
emotional needs, space needs, etc. Cats are especially sensitive to things
that dogs take in stride, so educate yourself and don't make mistakes here.
- A clean, hygienic home. Always worth the time and money.
- Grooming by you. Whatever you can do, but make a solid effort. Your pet
may also wish to groom you, it's a bonding thing. Whatever you can't do to
ensure adequate grooming, have it done.
- Mental stimulation. Boredom is unhealthy, interact with your pet and
also provide toys and an interesting environment.
- Affection. Cats and dogs love to be praised, same as people do. They
also need physical affection. Even a few minutes in the morning can set a
very positive tone for the day.
That list does not contain a single big ask. Yet, the typical pet parent
fails at most of these while also shelling out money for vaccines that "might"
be effective against diseases the pet has almost no chance of getting.
A holistic approach to your animal's health adds to your personal joy, while
saving you money. Taking the approach that letting a stranger inject your pet
with medications that are of unknown safety or efficacy will make up for
everything you don't step up to take responsibility for is normal but not good.
Strive to be abnormal in this area, and you will save money while making both
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5. Security tip
This is from Citi,
www.citi.com, and it's about how to avoid
being scammed:
- Legitimate people won't rush you. If someone is rushing you: Stop.
Hang up. Call a trusted friend or family member.
- Internet search results don't always lead to legitimate business
websites. To make sure you're logging into the correct website, check
your statements or bills and type in the website. When in doubt: Stop
what you're doing. Call the company.
- Providing personal identifiers to anyone can jeopardize your
identity. If someone asks for your one-time password, PIN, online
credentials or SSN: Stop. Hang up. Call your bank.*
- Citi won't ask you to send money to anyone (think ZelleŽ, wires,
etc.). If someone claiming to be from Citi asks you to send money: Stop.
Hang up. Call Citi.
- Banks, governments and utilities will never ask for payment through
non-conventional methods. If you're asked to do something unusual (like
buying gift cards, precious metals or digital currencies), leave your
money where it's stored: Stop. Hang up. Call your bank and the
authorities.
- Gut feelings are there for a reason. If you feel like something
isn't right, it probably isn't. Stop. Hang up. Call a trusted friend or
family member.
- Stay vigilant to protect your accounts Bookmark our site, citi.com/fraudprevention,
and visit often for the latest updates on common scams and how to spot
them. If you think you may have been targeted for a scam, report it to
the FTC at
https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/
I would also add:
- Never trust the CDC or the FDA for health advice or any "news"
related to disease. Both of these organizations have totally destroyed
their credibility.
- Never trust someone who claims to be a doctor but who cannot do
second grade math. Anthony Fauci, for example.
- If your small business, church, professional association chapter,
amateur club, etc., gets a copyright fee demand from PicRights, simply
remove the image and do not respond. Don't respond when Higbee (their
attorney) sends you a letter, either. They troll the Internet and send
out intimidating letters. They make enough from the small % who simply
pay that they aren't going to sue you (they have to go to federal court,
they can't collect the outrageous "legal fees" such as $1200 for a
paralegal to send you a form letter, etc.).
- Don't believe whatever diet advice is going around. It's all
nonsense. Eat whole foods instead of highly processed ones, get a
variety, and eliminate known toxins such as seed oils, wheat, corn, and
soy--and you'll be fine. And no, it is not possible to become obese on
such a diet. Nor do you need to limit fruit. I often have half a dozen
pieces of fruit in a single day, and I keep below 5% body fat most of
the year.
- Don't supply financial statements to "working capital" or "loan
consolidation" firms that are hawking loans at 5% interest. They mean 5%
per month, not 5% per year. That is, they mean 60% and nobody can afford
to borrow at that sky-high rate.
- Don't vote "Democrat" without checking the candidate's actual voting
record, legislation sponsorship record, and position on the Second
Amendment. Usually, the candidate is disqualified on ALL of these, not
just one. It did not used to be this way, for example JFK was a Life
Member of the NRA.
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6. Health tip/Fitness tips

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Statistics
when this photo was taken, 10 days before my 63rd birthday:
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Height: 6'0"
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Wingspan: 6'1"
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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).
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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: 20.25
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Max bench press: Unknown, but I do 4 sets of 10 reps with 150 lbs
to warm up on chest day
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Max squat: Unknown, but I do 4 sets of 8 reps of front
squats with 90lbs to start Leg Day
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Cholesterol: In normal range, on low side
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Testosterone: Above the upper limit of the normal range
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Last illness: 1971
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Last workout missed: Spring of 1977
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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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Number of eggs eaten per day: Between 7 and 10
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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 clot shots received: 0.
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See
all of my climbing videos here:
https://tinyurl.com/ClimbingSigChannel. Some cool climbing videos:
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.
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See what health lessons you can learn from what I am about to tell you.
I'm not the only old person in my family. My cat recently turned 15. Like
cats her age tend to do, she got a urinary tract infection. This spread to
her kidneys, and she got very sick. One of the consequences is she
experienced severe atrophy in her rear legs. Humans who are "healthy"
normally experience observable leg atrophy, starting in their 50s--the tight
hamstrings, for example, are tight because those muscles are weak and
shrinking. In her case, it was due to illness and I really didn't spot it as
quickly as I should have.
She's had a full blood work-up twice and a urinalysis twice. Unlike
Anthony Fauci, her vet is a real doctor. And unlike Fauci, he proceeds based
on actual data instead of on stupid guesses. The first battery of tests
confirmed what he suspected and she was administered a time-release
antibiotic. Other steps were also taken, laying the groundwork for building
back those lost muscles.
She's now almost a month past her antibiotic injection, which nixed her
infection. She's on a special diet (by prescription), plus a potassium
prescription. Her second blood panel showed excellent progress. But the
muscle loss doesn't reverse right away and rising levels of potassium do not
equate to having adequate potassium. She had gotten so weak, she would fall
and then drag her rear legs. She looked distressed and despondent at these
times, like "What is happening to me?" I kept encouraging her and comforting
her, telling her we would beat this. Together.
With her infection gone, I began physical therapy with her. For example,
holding most of her weight so she could walk a few feet of distance.
Stroking her to make her put her butt up in the air and other techniques
were effective in strengthening her quads and hamstrings. When hamstrings
are weak, they shorten and in elderly humans it's often painful--same for a
cat. I showed her how to stretch those, and she's doing her stretches (not
as much as I would like, but she's doing them).
Now when she's downstairs and I am upstairs, she will call out to me from
the bottom of the steps. She waits for me to walk down to where she is, then
she starts going up. When she first started doing this, she would really
struggle but she was showing me what she could do. I would encourage her and
cheer her on--when she arrived at the top, I would praise her and then offer
her something to eat. Now she walks in a straight line for a decent
distance, for example across the living room or down the hallway. She keeps
going longer distances. And she's doing these little workouts many times per
day, without being prompted. Recently, she jumped onto my bed under her own
power and that's a sign of real progress.
Big takeaway
A big takeaway for my readers is the "normal" physical decline that comes
with age is both preventable and reversible (to a baseline that actually is
normal and far above what is "normal"). Yes, age does take its toll. But for
most people, it takes that toll far faster and far deeper than it actually
should.
No stopping
I'm a lot like a Trane air conditioner ("nothing stops a Trane"). I had a
hernia repair in early June, and gradually worked my way back up to an
extreme athlete lifestyle by mid-August. I'm half a pound heavier than in
the picture above, but I am more ripped and vascular than at that photoshoot. How can this be? Part of it is I hugely increased the metabolic
stress aspect of my training. I use the "don't stop" concept in my training.
Twice this August, I went into the RoKC Underground bouldering gym
(it's in a cave deep under the earth, this area was once covered by ocean
and the limestone is very deep) and climbed every V1, 2, and 3 plus some 4s
without resting. And on the 6th of September, I stepped that up by climbing
every V1, V2, V3, and V4 plus a couple or V5s. For a V6 climber (where I am, presently),
each of these is a very
strenuous workout. And it's nearly 100% metabolic stress. In case you are
wondering, I had zero arm pump because I did these in nearly perfect form.
The second and third time each took me just under 20 minutes, after which I was sweaty and
feeling like I had just sprinted for 20 minutes. Which isn't far from the
truth.
This is something that a person half my age would find intimidating, if
not impossible, to do. But I can do it because I am consistent with my
training and I focus not on how much weight I can lift but on how accurately
I train to achieve the three triggers of the adaptive response: cellular
damage, time under tension, and metabolic stress. Compared to the other two,
metabolic stress gives you the biggest bang for the buck. That is, the least
amount of time and least amount of damage to joints, tendons, and ligaments
if your form is correct.
I push as hard as I can. My heart isn't going to give out. What "gives
out" is the fuel and oxygen can be delivered only so fast. That's the
limiter. There are ways to artificially boost the delivery, but I don't see
any of them as safe. Use the body's built-in RPM limiter, and you don't spin
your main bearings (leading to catastrophic engine failure). I have two
different Leg Day workouts and three different upper body workouts
(chest/tri, back/bi, shoulders), all of which make use of supersets and
minimal resting to jack up the metabolic stress as high as I can stand it.
Note that lifting in this manner means you don't need nearly the weight
and joint stress for a given muscle group to "lift heavy things". Doing 4
sets of 35lb dumbbell squats to just past parallel interlaced with 4 sets of
deep squats after already having done other supersetted leg exercises is a
lot kinder on your back than doing 250lb back squats. And yet, it's just as
effective. In fact, for most lifters it is far more effective because you
have more control with lighter weight and can more easily avoid poor form
and other kinds of cheating that defeat the main purpose of the back squats.
What to do
If you've been on a wimpy training program or none at all, or if you
sustained injury or illness, do not take your current fitness status as your
permanent peak. My cat is coming off a serious condition by dedicating
herself to training several times a day. She's gone from staggering and
falling to walking a straight line. And she's doing a fair job with those
steps. Yes, she has me to cheer her on and "spot" her when she needs it. But
whether she succeeds is really up to her. She's decided she's a winner, and
she's going to succeed.
The normal progression for an American man is to deteriorate away, so
that by age 50 he has a flat butt, scrawny legs, and an unstable gait. It's
not obvious to the regular person, but it is reality. By age 65, he has
trouble getting in and out of a chair (or a car). He gets less and less
mobile, until at age 75 he is dead. I'm 11 years away from age 75, and when
I tell my climbing friends I'll be lead climbing well into my 80s they have
no doubt that's what I will be doing. Because I'm not stopping. |
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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
The United States is not a democracy. This fact becomes
abundantly clear when you read the very first sentence of Article 1. Therefore,
politicians who refer to the USA as "our democracy" should be ignored until they
at least care enough to know the basics of American civics. |
8. Thought for the Day
It is amazing that the communist party of the USA calls
itself "Democrat" while excluding RFK, Jr., censoring him, and engaging in an
all-out war against him. It is also amazing that this party's only message is
one of hatred, exclusion, censorship, destruction, stupidity, ignorance, and
violence--and yet there are people who support it.
Please forward this eNL to others.
Authorship
The purpose of this publication is to inform and empower its readers (and save you money!).
The views expressed in this e-newsletter are generally not shared by socialists or
other brainwashed individuals. That's because those fools live in an alternate reality
and have not bothered to learn the basics of how life works. They cannot do
basic math, cannot apply logic, and cannot be bothered to learn the basic facts
relevant to any topic that they are passionate about.
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).
Personal note from Mark: I value each and every one of you, and I hope that shows in the diligent effort I put into writing this e-newsletter.
It is an act of service, almost no money is generated for me through this
effort. Thank you for being a faithful reader.
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