Mindconnection eNL, 2024-11-24

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Fighting Communism

1. The communist foundation of The People's Republic of California is cracking. Not only did more of the remaining prisoners of this regime vote Republican than in any of the past few elections, they also defeated a rent control scheme that was on the ballot. On reason this is so remarkable is the commies previously flooded CA with illegal immigrants in a way that created massive disenfranchisement of the citizens (and thus making them prisoners, not citizens, with zero political power). Once the new administration deports the illegals, it is very likely this state will turn red. The commies find this prospect horrifying. Which explains a lot.
    
2. Other states headed out of communism include New Jersey and Minnesota. The latter due to mass deportation of its mass population of illegal immigrants, the former due to a combination of communism fatigue, moral disgust, and disillusionment with the political establishment.
    
3. President-elect Trump has a plan for fixing the censorship problem that has vexed us during the era of communist rule. Watch this video: https://x.com/i/status/1854939353929105818
    
4. Did you notice that, despite the all-out war on Trump over these past four years and the all-out butt-kissing of Kamala by lamestream media along with the incessant messaging that "We must stop Trump to save our democracy" the number of Kamala votes in 2024 was a couple million less than the number of Biden votes in 2020? Even though our population grew from 331 million to 341 million in the intervening four years?
   
   Where did all those Democrat voters go? Could it be they were the same Democrat voters created out of thin air after the polls closed in 2020? Gee, let me think on that....
   
   There are STILL people who insist the 2020 coup was not a coup, but instead was a fair election. And they walk among us. Maybe we should pay them to remove the brainwashing machines from their homes, or at least get them on a program for ending their addiction to CNN, ABC, CBS, and other disinformatoin sources
    
5. From the numbers, we can see that election integrity reforms, which Nutcase Nancy panned as "voter suppression laws" really did save OUR democracy. But it came at the cost of THEIR democracy.
   
   In OUR democracy, our republic has a democratic process by which voters elect leaders to office. In THEIR democracy, our republic is subjected to the appointment of morons, imbeciles, and the morally bankrupt to positions of authority over us.
    
6. Communist control of Chicago is cracking. The People's Republic of Illinois is on the way to freedom. People have had enough! Watch this video: https://twitter.com/i/status/1857508343172272199
    
7. Elon Musk correctly said, as did many others, that the 2024 election could very well be the last election ever. If the communists managed to install Kamala and win either the House or Senate, that would be the end of it. No more First Amendment, they were already jailing people for the "crime" of rejecting the narrative. No more elections, they would keep importing millions of illegals while promising those illegals vast gifts (free luxury apartments, and so on, as they have been getting) and freedom from deportation--thus making them "Democrat" voters. They would pack the Court, abolish the Electoral College, and jail the competition. We know this, because they were already well underway to doing all of these things.
   
   But because people were ultra-vigilant about fraud, there was no Covid scam, people turned out in record numbers to vote Trump including (for the first time) a huge percentage of Amish, Libertarians, union workers, blacks, Hispanics, and "I never vote" types, it was too big to rig.
   
   Now we will end censorship and put other protections in place like never before. America will never be taken over again via coup. If people are insane and stupid enough to actually want another economic depression, food shortages, and the other ills that communist rule brought us under Brainless Biden, they have the option to vote for that. But it will not be forced on us. We get to decide.

The Stupid Kamala Scam

I am gobsmacked that anyone actually voted for this moron. The degree of "low information" in such a case is astounding.

But I am even more gobsmacked that those who did fail to, at this point, understand what a very wrong choice they made. I say that because her campaign ended with a billion dollars of debt! And this is the person the left wanted to be running our country? And they regret she did not win? Sure, there was plenty of other evidence she was absolutely not a good pick for POTUS, but this one is all you need for that fact to be abundantly clear.

• Another great video from Rita in Australia: https://youtu.be/BPaBR3GNVe4
   
• A recent survey showed that nearly 54% of Harris supporters now want to relocate. Good riddance.
   
• Gross mismanagement such as paying celebrities a million dollars each for an appearance, left the Crazy Kamala campaign a staggering $20 million in debt. This is despite raising about 3X as much as the Trump campaign did (and that campaign ended with a surplus). As with any communist system, it is the people who bear the burden. They campaigned like they governed, spending other people's money and getting practically nothing for it.
   
• Remember when The Cackler made it a requirement that campaign staffers had to be fully "vaxxed" and "boosted"? The reason is only an incredibly stupid person would be fully "vaxxed" and "boosted" . Combine this with the fact that only a mentally ill person would work on her campaign in the first place (in this case, suffering from advanced Trump Derangement Syndrome), and you have only stupid, mentally ill people to exploit. Easy victims. They are being stiffed (not paid for whatever incompetence they performed), same as the stupid and mentally ill who slaved in Tracy Abrams' grossly mismanaged campaign were stiffed. When will libtards ever learn? Are they capable of learning?

The Barrack Obama Scam

Barry Soetoro and Michael Robinson present themselves as Barrack Obama and Michelle Obama, respectively. In Barrack's case, it is true that shortly after birth he was named Barrack Hussein Obama. It is also true that he was adopted by Lolo Soetoro and has not bothered to have his name legally changed from Soetoro back to Obama. It is also true that he was not born in the USA. He is, in fact, an illegal alien residing in this country. And it's very easy to prove that.

Short recap. Anyone who believes he's not an illegal alien is suffering from "low information syndrome" perhaps along with a lack of critical thinking skills. His fake hospital certificate submitted in lieu of a birth certificate is conclusive evidence in its own right. But so is the fact there is zero evidence his mother was in Hawaii when he was born. She was a minor, not an adult, so had no ability to buy a plane ticket, rent a car, or enter into a lease. An adult would have had to accompany her, yet there's no record her husband (the most likely adult) was in the USA within weeks either way of Barry's birth date. No hospital in Hawaii has any record she was a patient there at the time, there's no record of a plane ticket in her name or that of her husband, there's no record that either of them had arranged for lodging (what, did they stay on the streets?), there is just no "fingerprints at the scene" in any way. His grandmother says he was born in Kenya, his parents' divorce papers sat that, and there's a mention of it in one of the books ghost-authored for him. Yet we are supposed to take his word for it all of that is wrong. Yeah, the emperor has very nice clothes....

The new administration promises to deport millions of illegal aliens. Deporting one of the most notorious of them, the aforementioned Barry Soetoro, would be challenging to say the least. But I think it is the right thing to do. Easy for me to say, nobody has made two assassination attempts on me recently. So I won't judge if Trump or his administration leaves this particularly privileged illegal alien alone. Maybe a compromise would be the proof is put out to the public and Trump pardons Barry. Trump also pardons Michael for lying to Congress, lying to the American people, etc., with his fraudulent portrayal as the First "Lady". I personally don't care about this, what harm is actually done other than insulting our intelligence?

One problem with putting out the proof to the public is we don't really have a way to do that. The communists control the legacy lie-based media. That leaves X, Rumble, direct mailing, and word of mouth. But perhaps an agreement can be reached with the communists in such a way as they decide to publish the truth themselves. Then again, is it worth it so late in the game? Barry already had eight very destructive years in the White House. Then again, the communists have no compunction about engaging in fake lawsuits against an ex-President, so why not bring a real lawsuit against an ex-President?

Alternatively, we the people can step up our efforts to spread the word of this deceit and the fact that Barry is an illegal alien. We are not the conspiracy theorists we are accused of being (aka, "birthers"). It is the communists who are loony, delusional, and dishonest. I think it would be good for us to push the facts out there until "everyone knows" the truth about the Barrack Obama Scam.

The Michelle Obama Scam

The communists spent years trying to normalize transgender, and were not able to pull that off in time for the 2024 election. This is why Big Mike, aka, "Michelle" Obama was not on the ticket. He would have been a far better pick than Klueless Kamala. Mike is very popular, and his husband Barry is so popular that the two of them are now multi-millionaires despite having hardly a dime between them when Barry first ran for POTUS. Both of them have their records sealed, no surprise there.

Had Big Mike run, the "mean Republicans" would have surely outed him and tricked the legacy media into doing the same. I don't think most Americans would especially care, and I would hope most Americans have figured out, that Big Mike is a man. The problem people would have is the fact that they were lied to. Maybe the LBGTQRSTUVWXYZ crowd would be outraged at Big Mike for acting as if being trans is a bad and shameful thing, and thus turn on him. We don't know what the reaction would be, and neither do the commies. So they took the safe route and left Big Mike off the ticket. But Klueless Kamala wasn't very safe either, Americans don't want an extremely low IQ person as POTUS. We'd much rather have a female impersonator. So the commies made the wrong choice.

The C*O*V*I*D* Scam

• This half hour video from Germany is stunning: https://youtu.be/-j7qjedth3A
   
• A jury awarded $12.6 million to Lisa Domsky, whom Blue Cross / Blue Shield of Michigan fired for her refusal to undergo the experimental gene therapy. They not only ignored the available data about the toxic jab, they also ignored her religious exemption. She got $10 million in punitive damages, $1 million in "noneconomic damages", $1.375 in "front pay damages", and $315,000 in back pay damages. We will be seeing many more wins like this as more cases are adjudicated. Let this serve as a warning to employers who engage in such illegal behavior in the future. Blue Cross / Blue Shield should have followed the science instead of Fauci. What needs to happen next is for Blue Cross / Blue Shield to sue Fauci under the "detrimental reliance" principle. I hope they take not only his assets, but also his pension.

Fighting Communist Propagandists

• The Communist News Network (CNN) is in big trouble. Its seditious and libelous campaign against Trump has left a stench in the nostrils even of people who were foolish enough to watch CNN in the first place. Add to that their cheerleading for low IQ Kamala, who reverse-emulated George Washington with "I cannot tell the truth" conduct, and their already low credibility has hit the dirt. Along with their ratings, as most of their audience has decided to simply tune them out. Now they are laying off employees, which is good for those employees because those employees will be ejected from the echo chamber and perhaps their brains will start to work properly.
   
• One of the things the communist propagandists do is blast their Republican targets as "racist", anti-immigrant, and white supremacist if they are "America First". They did this to JD Vance, despite the fact his wife Usha is a first-generation American whose parents immigrated here from India and one of their three kids is named Vivek. CNN and other propagandists simply assume their audience is too stupid and lazy to find out things like this. People get tired of being subjected to the BS that conveys that assumption, thus the audiences for the communist propaganda channels are quickly withering down to only people who are incredibly stupid and terribly lazy. Those folks are not enough to sustain advertising, thus these channels are going broke. Hung by their own petard!
   
• Another thing they do is spew lies, misinformation, and disinformation. Here is CNN's Chris Wallace trying to rudely shout down President Trump, then getting fact-checked: https://twitter.com/i/status/1857483990279794800 . Then instead of apologizing or admitting error, he goes into another lie--about what he just said!
   
• CNN is not alone in being unable to attract an audience and thus ad dollars. All of the legacy media are facing a huge drop in audience and in ad revenue. My question is, "What kind of company would advertise on one of these communist party propaganda disinformation outlets?" Maybe the answer to taking down each of these, one by one, is to find out who is their biggest sponsor and boycott that company. Do a "Bud Light" on them, and we may well end the single biggest threat to our republic (the legacy media).
   
• CNN is not even the first domino to fall. Comcast is selling off MSNBC and Oxygen Networks
   
• A CNN commentator interviewed a Catholic priest and asked, in long form, a question. The communist started his questions with a litany of false characterizations about Trump, then went on to say most people have a neighbor, family member, or coworker who voted for Trump. Then he asked, "How do you deal with these people?" My answer is, "Bend over, grab your ears, and pull firmly." If that doesn't work, consult a surgeon about getting an anal cranio extraction procedure performed (it's not covered by Obamacare, but a genitalia removal operation is).
   
• Now CNN talking heads are claiming their audience is declining because politicians tell them lies. As if somehow CNN's lies are not the reason. A big problem with CNN's lies is most are so poorly done and so obvious that the stench of dishonesty is overpowering. And now they are even lying about that. Same for their fellow communist propaganda outlets, which are all exhibiting classic manipulator behavior. The demise of CNN and its fellow communist propaganda outlets is long overdue. The sooner it happens, the better off humanity will be.
   
• Sylvester Stallone gave a view contradictory to the communist propaganda. Here is his take on Trump: https://twitter.com/i/status/1857406178038612147 . Eat THAT, you CNN morons!

Fighting for Health in America

• RFK, Jr on his new role in the Trump administration: https://twitter.com/i/status/1852000119270314356 (2:26). This was released prior to the flaming defeat of Comrade Kamala.
• Florida led the way on banning mandates for the experimental gene therapy and other such insanity such as mandatory masking and the various forms of child abuse done with C*O*V*I*D as an excuse. It led the way because Governor Ron DeSantis had Dr. Joe Ladapo as the state's Surgeon General. And now Dr. Ladapo is on the short list for US Attorney General. Imagine having a Surgeon General who is honest, ethical, and intelligent! What a change!
• The stupid practice of creating mass sleep deprivation twice a year via an unnecessary, zero benefit clock change was inflicted on us again 20 day prior to this publication date. Because it reduces immunity, it's a big factor in the annual flu. The solution from our government and medical industry is not the obvious one (stop this stupid practice). Their solution is to con or coerce people into getting an equally benefit-less vaccine that has never been tested for safety or efficacy. We need to advocate for legislation to end both practices, but maybe we should start with the sleep deprivation one. Write to RFK, Jr. today.
• RFK, Jr, has been nominated to be the head of Health and Human Services. The dude currently serving as the assistant head of HHS is obese and is so medically ignorant he cannot tell the difference between boys and girls. The idiot currently serving as the head of HHS, Xavier Becerra, got EVERYTHING wrong about C*O*V*I*D and has been a shill for Big Pharma and Big Agra. This will be a welcome change!

New Path Forward

The communists and their legacy media lost much of their power, with this last election. Not just at the federal level, but at state and local levels as well. That says a lot about the American people, who saw through the BS and delivered victory even with a badly rigged election.

Instead of a broken, amoral retard acting as the puppet of Bill Gates or whatever psycho has been operating Biden/Harris all this time, we have OUR president and he loves this country. Donald John Trump overcame enormous obstacles, they literally tried to bury him. Twice. And that's not including the multiple impeachments, fake show trials, fake convictions, raid on his home, lawfare attacks on his children, censorship via legacy media, and constant spewing of libelous assaults on his character. Among other things, such as government-sanctioned physical assaults on his supporters, legal assaults on his supporters, and "cancel you" assaults on his supporters.

But then, very powerful supporters emerged.

As Danica Patrick pointed out, we elected not one but SIX presidents. Trump is not doing this alone, he's got five other outstanding individuals helping him lead:

1. JD Vance
2. Bobby Kennedy
3. Tulsi Gabbard
4. Vivek Ramaswamy
5. And Elon Musk!

At least half of these people easily qualify for Mensa. All of them came willingly to stand beside Trump. Which, in our current environment of censorship and suppression, means they took huge risks in doing so.

We have not only this dream team, we have Ron Desantis as "America's governor" and Marjorie Taylor Greene as "America's Congresswoman" defying the narrative and working for America. They, too, have come under tremendous pressure. Trump's campaign did not embrace MTG, if you noticed. But she got 64.4% of her district's vote while her communist opponent got 35.6% (1% still not counted as of the time I wrote this). MTG is my representative in Congress, because I live in the Third Congressional District of Kansas and a communist Nancy Pelosi clone somehow manages to hold the office. Since that clone does not represent my district in Washington, I reached out to MTG and chose her as my representative. If Trump's plan to fix censorship works quickly enough, my district should be able to free itself of its communist misrepresentative. In fact, this kind of change will happen across the nation and that means at least 30 more House seats changing from communist control to control by the Democrat/Republican Party (I use the term "Democrat" to mean "democrat" not communist, noting that the few remaining Democrats in the "Democrat" party have fled to either Independent or Republican)

During his first term, Trump pretty much went alone against the machine. Worse, people in his administration were actively undermining him. He learned many lessons from that, the chief of which appears to be, "Build a dream team." He spent his second term not being in office, but instead watching a buffoon carry out the "Make America A Destitute Pariah" polices of Bill Gates or whoever pulls the puppet strings. And he took notes. Now, having won a third rigged election, he'll spend his third term in office not only fixing what's gone so wrong but sharing his power and investing in others to carry the mission forward.

George Washington and Abraham Lincoln had their detractors, also. Lincoln, especially, was widely reviled. It is a fairly safe bet that Trump 2.0 will accomplish so much good for this country and the world that those who write history (aside from libtarded academics) will place him alongside Washington and Lincoln. Biden will, of course, be recorded as the worst POTUS ever, alongside Wilson (who gave us both World Wars) and Roosevelt (who gave us the Great Depression). Nutcase Nancy and Dick Cheney should also be recorded as failed de facto Presidents, because each of them de facto wielded the power of that office with disastrous results.

Trump has already declared an end to censorship, and he's made other announcements about ending other forms of corruption. He's not going after his enemies (individuals) as the communists predicted, he's taking down the whole machine. Just call him Neo.

Other News

• Mitch McConnell is the reason the communists took control of the Senate two years ago. He will not be the Senate Majority Leader this time (John Thune is the new leader). I don't know if I can take credit for that, but I wrote a very good letter about this to each of my Senators two years ago and was clear that Mitch Must Go. These are great guys, I know they took my message to heart. However this came about, finally the Republicans "get it" and won't be making the same stupid mistake that repeatedly put Chuck Schumer in power.
   
• The Vegetable In Chief met with President Trump to promise a peaceful transition. The problem is the VIC has already spewed the seeds of anti-Trump violence for four years and he can't just shut that off.
   
• Can anyone actually be this stupid? Or is he just pretending? Check this out: https://twitter.com/i/status/1855646120812392619
   
• The communists ("Democrats") asserted that what Trump meant by "I will end the Ukraine War on Day One" is he'd unleash nukes on Russia. Any reasonably intelligent person would interpret Trump's plan for the end of war to consist of ending the foolishness of bringing Ukraine in NATO. This is just common sense, which is why the communists made that assertion. They have no sense, which is why there's war in Ukraine to begin with. Isn't it odd that Russia is now defending against American communism? It's about as odd as the fact that a Russian court has ruled that Google owes some fantastical amount of money for engaging in censorship of Russian citizens. With Trump back in office, censorship of US citizens will also end.
   
• Why does NATO still exist? With the fall of the USSR on Christmas Day in 1991, its purpose ended. It's a threat to the former Soviet Pact countries, especially Russia. It's actually reducing our national security, and that of Europe.
   
• The Gateway Pundit reported that as of early November, Brainless has spent just over 40% of his days in office on vacation. The other 60% of the time, he wasn't exactly "there" either. Imagine if you showed up to work only 60% of the time. And when you did show up, everything you touched turned to sh**. How long would you expect to last in that job? Considering all the turning to sh** that Brainless did, he did this country and the entire world a big favor with his extreme absenteeism.
   
• Here's the demented old fart on a November visit to the beach: https://twitter.com/i/status/1855707692071059872
   
• Imprimus: Constitutional conservativism (adapted from a talk delivered in Christ Chapel at Hillsdale College on October 23, 2024, as part of the Drummond Lectures in Christ Chapel series: https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/populist-conservatism-and-constitutional-order
   
• Laken Riley's illegal immigrant killer was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Meanwhile, the communists who created that situation have not even been indicted.

• 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
• Optoma projectors
• 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 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

Here's one example of how a single infection can be awful. A friend has a television constantly on and it's in her kitchen. She spends a lot of time in that kitchen, and her dining room is adjacent to it with no wall between so the television content is spewing forth into where company is often seated. I don't like to use the euphemism "television," I prefer "brainwashing machine." Thanks to being fed BS for so many of her waking hours, she is now "vaccine" injured. Not only that, she has such a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that she starts visibly shaking at the mere mention of his name.

If we look at the recent election, it is astounding that Kamala got more than a few dozen votes. The stupidity virus is the only reason she did, as she was the dumbest, meanest, and most failure-ridden, evasive, and hateful candidate for POTUS in American history. There are good reasons she came in dead last in the 2020 primary and why the communists didn't put her through a primary this time. No person with control of their faculties would vote for her. But millions did, and it's because they were brainwashed into doing so. She still did not win, but unfortunately many other communists returned to the House and to the Senate. Which is bad for the entire world.

It's not just elections where this comes into play. A person's character is affected by it. The core message of Marxism is we are all too inept and stupid to be responsible, so we should not take personal responsibility for anything. Let the government do that for you. Here's an example, albeit on a small and local scale. The area where I live has a lot of trees. This is a blessing, except in the fall. This year, due to the extended drought, the leaves fell early. Something I noticed in the days following the election is none of the people who had the communism signs in their yards have raked up their leaves. They have been letting half of their leaves blow into other people's yards and half sit there to suffocate the grass (no carbon worries for these people, what hypocrites) and generate mold for the rest of us to breathe. The accumulation in each of these lawns correlates precisely with the pro-communism election signs, which should not be surprising. The communists believe in externalizing their costs onto everyone else.

Good news and bad news

The good news is the majority of Americans are not infected with the stupidity virus. We tune out the lamestream media. When the Communist News Network puts out some lie, we aren't there to hear it. We don't watch The View, don't read the New York Times, and in general protect ourselves from sources of fake news and propaganda. We also have been able to defeat censorship in multiple ways. A major boost is Elon Musk bought Twitter, not for financial gain (he didn't think it was worth the money) but for freedom gain. That was a game-changer. We have Rumble, Substack, etc. And, of course, there is this very newsletter--despite a small subscriber list, it has helped spread actual information.

The bad news is the "zombie class" is still wallowing in their echo chambers of fake news and propaganda. Not only are they not raking up their leaves, not only are they voting for sociopaths, but they are spending their consumer dollars supporting the very corporations that are killing us and destroying our civil liberties. We can't just "live and let live", for the same reason you don't abide people peeing and pooping in a public swimming pool.

The cure is the red pill

It is obvious that the lamestream media must be destroyed. One way to deliver severe blows to those sociopathic organizations is to chip away at their victim base (subscriber, reader, or viewer base). By red pilling victims currently under their influence, you erode the lamestream media's influence and help damage them financially.

Here are some tips for "red pilling" the victims:

• When visiting, ask them to turn their TV off. With any luck, they will forget to turn it right back on as soon as you leave.
• Show them short videos that have real information instead of fake news.
• Directly challenge their assertions with something like, "That doesn't sound right to me. I would like to learn more. Can you please explain it a bit?" Or, "Give me an example."
• If they cite some lamestream outlet to support their viewpoint, respond with, "Please cite a credible source." I used this tactic when masktards were citing the New York Times and the CDC. It was rocked them back on their heels!
   
• Express your approval of something non-woke or non-communist. Then quickly change the subject, so as to register the point but not start an argument.
• Learn some statistics, and trot those out when expressing your disapproval of some aspect of the narrative. One that I like to use is "For the two years ending in August 203, the money supply increased by 83%. Remember how stores were out of this or that during that time? The basket of goods and services sharply contracted during this time, so the inflation rate was over 100%. In two years! The legacy media lied to us and said it was 8% or 9%." This is not "arguing with facts and logic." It's the dropping of a truth bomb.
• Ensure you don't let the red pilling dominate your interactions with the afflicted, that will simply cause them to tune you out. Slip it into conversation quickly and naturally, but keep the focus generally on things that make the other person feel good. This also will have the association affect; you had a conversation where the other person felt good and yet Trump's name came up so emotionally they associate Trump with feeling good. For that one instant. Instants can accrue.
   
• Know when to stop an interaction. If you are losing control of the conversation, change the subject. What you don't want is to trigger the "defense mechanisms" of the stupidity virus to kick in. That just makes things worse.
• Be sure you avoid using words like stupidity! Yes, it's a bit dishonest to do that, since you are dealing with abject stupidity. But certain trigger words will wake up the virus and further depress the person's intellect.

Remember, this person has been brain-enfeebled. So do not assume you can persuade him with facts and logic. A rational appeal will come across as a threat. We know this for a lot of reasons, including the standard response from the infected is that they are "offended." The key is to try to remove them from the damaging inputs, while offering them something good instead. It's very important also to not use the communist methods of bullying

The best approach is similar to what you would use to free a sugar addict. You don't berate them for their addiction, and you don't try to persuade them with facts and logic. Instead, you offer satisfying, nutritional, non-toxic alternatives.

I've known Jim for a long time, and he's been an entrepreneur for a long time. He's given some quick insight here, but do keep in mind that successfully running a business is much more difficult than most people believe. I have an MBA and am math-centric about it. You have to know your numbers. You have to know your costs and manage your cash flow.

One type of business many people will start is an eBay or Amazon business. They see the low barriers to entry and assume they can easily succeed. There's nothing easy about it, which is why the vast majority of people who go down this path end up buried in debt.

There is no easy path to riches, and nobody is going to do the work for you while you sit back and collect the profits.

I don't say these things to scare you off, but to help you to understand that starting a business is a lot like having a child. It takes continual nurturing for it to be healthy and strong. A classic mistake most new entrepreneurs make is they get mired down working in the business instead of managing the business. So before you start a business, learn what it takes to manage the business. Here are some questions to explore ahead of time:

• How will you actually make money?
• How will you keep your books? Do you even know how to do this? If not, at least take a video course on QuickBooks or a similar product. I don't mean watch one video, I mean pay for a course. It's worth the investment.
• How crowded is the space you are entering? For example, being an Amazon seller means you compete against an army. Are you up to that?
• What will you be doing that adds value? Your earnings will depend largely on how much value you add.
• What is your distinctive competence or set of competencies? How do they fit the business idea you have?
   
• How will you fund the start-up? All business have start-up costs. For example, the "easy" Amazon or eBay business means buying at least $25K of inventory at the start if you want it to have a fighting chance.
• Where will you work? From home, or will you lease a space?
• Will your business be a sole proprietorship (bad idea), single-owner LLC, multiple owner LLC, or Subchapter S? Single-owner LLC is a good choice if you will have only one owner, it's simple and for tax purposes only it is a pass-through entity so you don't have to pay yourself a salary. Subchapter S is not a pass-through entity because it must pay you a salary but this makes it more complicated to manage cash flow. Look carefully into these things before even starting.
• Are you competent in negotiating with suppliers and contractors? If not, don't start a business.
   
• Can you work with the mindset that your business must be customer-centric, even if that means taking the occasional loss or some verbal abuse?
• Are you expecting to have 5 weeks paid vacation, 14 holidays, sick leave, and a 40 hour week? If so, apply for a federal job instead of starting your own business.
• Do you have the discipline to set a quitting time for each day, regardless of how much work there is to do? If not, don't start a business because your mental and physical health will decline.
• Do you define your business narrowly, or do you have an open scope? A small business can pivot or evolve from one niche to another, but it cannot try to embrace a scope it is too small to handle. Decide what it is you do and stick to that to make it work. If conditions change, then adapt. But don't attempt to take advantage of every opportunity that comes along.

I'll be the first to admit I am not normal. I like it that way. I also like it when someone asks why, instead of simply judging me. I can turn that into a teaching moment.

Such a moment arrived while I was taking a friend on a short cross-town trip. We were sitting at a traffic light, and she said she's noticed I never check my cell phone while at the lights. "It seems like a good time, you're just sitting there. Why not use it to see who has texted you?" Then she went on to ask, "And wWhy do you do this thing with your eyes?" I'll explain what that is, in a moment.

I told her the fact I am just sitting there at a light is exactly why I don't look at my phone. A car is a decent weapon if it's rolling. You don't get carjacked unless you are stopped. I need just as much situational awareness while stopped as I do while moving.

The "thing with your eyes" is scanning. I look left (my blind side), with a turn of my head. Then I simply move my field of vision clockwise until I have looked far right. In between, I check the driver's side mirror, the rearview mirror, and the passenger side mirror. I don't look through the rear window, because doing so is just not practical from that position. This is also something I do as a passenger, except I don't use the mirrors because they aren't adjusted for me.

The risk of being car jacked is low (about 0.12 per thousand), but Michael Jordan's father was killed by a car jacker. And the rate is increasing, due to the economic depression created by the communists since the coup. In Minneapolis, which stupidly defunded its police (and Kamala "low IQ" Harris applauded that), car jackings tripled from 2019 to 2023. And there are police shortages everywhere.

I do the scanning whether in the car, walking, or seated in a public place (e.g., park bench, restaurant). I am not going to be caught by surprise, it's the other guy who will get a surprise. Situational awareness (knowing what is going on in your surroundings) is a key element in personal security. How many threats can you identify when you walk into a convenience store to pay for gasoline, get a tea, or use the bathroom?

Another element is being prepared. In my own case, I have the skill, speed, and power to ensure my safety against almost any attacker under almost any conditions. I say "almost" because anything can happen. Even so, I like to have weapons available. In my car, I have several weapons readily accessible from the driver's seat.

But I don't carry a pistol or other weapon on my person. I scan for weapons when I enter a place and I scan for weapons while in an open space. For example, while far from home I walked into a shop that had jars of honey on a shelf near the checkout counter. Perfect, the typical robber is going to rob there in front of the counter not way in the back of the store. If I'm there, said robber will get his gun hand (or knife hand) broken when I slam that jar of honey into said hand, right before turning his lights out by slamming it into his head. That offender won't be a repeat offender any time soon, how sweet it is (pun intended).

If I enter a fairly crowded place, I deliberately look for two things right away: The fire exits and the fire extinguishers. Aside from the obvious use for a fire extinguisher, the traditional metal ones have a satisfying heft and can easily be used to neutralize an attacker.

However, studies show that you almost (there's that word again) don't need the "be prepared" part. Muggers, hijackers, etc., are looking for easy targets. Can you blame them? If you are alert and your posture communicates confidence, you are far less likely to be a target in the first place. Which is a really good reason to scan while seated in your car at a light.

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.

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