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Solid stuff! Thank you for the excellent resource.

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You're welcome.

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I think this is an "exclusive" so I want to promote this article wherever I can ...

Sailors on aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt had Covid before first “confirmed” case in America. Also, the IFR for outbreaks on 3 naval vessels is 4X lower than influenza.

https://billricejr.substack.com/p/exclusive-first-confirmed-cases-in?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

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Hi Bill, it's strange for your notice from Substack was directed to my Spam box. But I caught it anyhow. As for the 1st U.S. case, did any of those crew members go to the Wuhan Military Games that were held prior to the C19 outbreak (or may have come into contact with an American attendee)? That could explain an origin of the infection.

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Thank you for this info - important read

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Interesting ... as always ...

The heart attack of LeBron's son made me ponder .... things that scare the hell out of me in our New Normal ...

https://billricejr.substack.com/p/trends-that-scare-the-heck-out-of?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

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How is it that allowed ourselves to be goaded and seduced into this now totalizing cybernetic panopticon over the last mere few of decades? I think the answer is that we weren't vigilant enough or skeptical enough. It has transmogrified into a globe-spanning weapon of totalitarian control and domination; a Leviathan. We fell for the ruse. "Information Highway", my fucking ass! "Democratization (another selling point) my fucking ass!

Anyhow, may I recommend a film you may not have heard about that concisely puts matters in to perspective?

"Stare Into the Lights My Pretties" was released in 2017, just a year before Zuboff's epic book "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" and is well worth an attentive and focused viewing. (We must triage the firehose these days, no?)

Here are some introductory notes and a link to the film:

https://stareintothelightsmypretties.jore.cc/

We live in a world of screens. The average adult spends the majority of their waking hours in front of some sort of screen or device. We’re enthralled, we’re addicted to these machines. How did we get here? Who benefits? What are the cumulative impacts on people, society and the environment? What may come next if this culture is left unchecked, to its end trajectory, and is that what we want?

Stare Into The Lights My Pretties investigates these questions with an urge to return to the real physical world, to form a critical view of technological escalation driven by rapacious and pervasive corporate interest. Covering themes of addiction, privacy, surveillance, information manipulation, behaviour modification and social control, the film lays the foundations as to why we may feel like we’re sleeprunning into some dystopian nightmare with the machines at the helm. Because we are, if we don’t seriously avert our eyes to stop this culture from destroying what is left of the real world.

This independent film was made with no budget (adding to its authenticity) with no affiliations, is not-for-profit, and is released to the world for free for the purposes of critical discourse, education, and for cultivating radical social and political change. It is the culmination of nearly a decade’s worth of work in research, creation and production, with the aim of catalysing a much-needed critical response to the unquestioned technoculture.

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I left FB 2012, too much jail time and never looked back. Never been on Twitter and never will. Never trusted Musk and less so now. YT and SS that's it, not even a TV for around 8 yrs. They can keep it all.

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Good moves!

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Neo,

Thanks for the resource. I watched the first 45 minutes or so, then went outside for some fresh air and play with my son (question of getting away from the screens like they indirectly mention!).

What I watched thus far was quite "general" but some good points stuck out.

They mentioned the overall decrease in the level of empathy people have. This is definitely a trend that I've noticed over the last 2 decades. Moreover, there are already studies (I believe, but don't quote me on it) that the C19 shots also decrease peoples' level of empathy. This wouldn't be surprising, for these shots attack multiple vectors, including cognitive functions.

I hope to watch the rest of the 2017 film.

There was a quote by Eric Schmidt in it (CIA/Google/Alphabet fame, who is a staunch globalist spook puppet) where he said:

"The power of individual targeting, the technology will be so good it will be very hard for people to watch or consume something that has not in some sense been tailored for them."

This says a lot. I would encourage you to look at the work of Robert Epstein (no relation to the spook), for he is an expert in behavioral research.

In my Conspiracy post , I wrote about him and his work (just do a search of his name on the page: https://fournier.substack.com/p/why-society-needs-conspiracy-theories). You will see a big image titled 'GOOGLE's Triple Threat, To Democracy, our Children, and our Minds (51-page PDF: https://aibrt.org/downloads/EPSTEIN_2022-GOOGLE'S_TRIPLE_THREAT-AIBRT_ver.pdf). Read it if you have time. If you don't, then watch his [amazing] interview with Jan Jekelek from the Epoch Times: Robert Epstein: Inside Big Tech’s Manipulation Machine and How to Stop It, https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/dr-robert-epstein-inside-big-techs-manipulation-machine-and-how-to-stop-it-4388332

This will be an eye-opener. Incredible stuff in terms of mind shaping & control!

He just came out with an article 2 days ago which I didn't have time to get to yet (more effin screen time, arrrrrgggh!!!!):

- 'The Perfect Crime': Tech Companies Are Manipulating Our Elections and Indoctrinating Our Children — How We Can Stop Them, by Robert Epstein, July 23, 2023

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/19821/tech-companies-manipulating-elections

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/perfect-crime-tech-companies-are-manipulating-our-elections-and-indoctrinating-our

Another note of worthiness about Schmidt is that he has frequently attended Bilderberg along with the other spook Peter Thiel (Musk's PayPal buddy).

Thiel is also a long-time Bilderberger and he has been trying to infiltrate the Bitcoin community. I called him out on it before on Twitter, sorry, I mean "X". LOL

These effin parasites are not as covert as they should be and it is not hard to see which puppet masters they serve and which pit they will descend to when their adrenochrome levels expire.

I think Jason Bermas has done some work on these which I need to check.

Even some of the common masses are starting to see their shenanigans.

Peace.

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Thanks for another excellent essay and also a lot of inspiration to create some nasty memes on X_issue!

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Thank you immensely for verifying with first hand experience, and secondary data, what I have been intuitively suspecting about Elon all along . . . .

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Jul 24, 2023·edited Jul 24, 2023Liked by Dan Fournier

Elon Musk's plans for X are as opaque as they were when it was Twitter. Your arguments, however, strongly suggest that those plans differ from what his stated, primary goal was when he purchased Twitter. It always seemed an incredible stretch to think that anyone would pay $44 Billion dollars just so others would have access to a platform for free speech.

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One of his first stated goal was to cut censorship, yet within only a few months he was censoring us Stubstackers. Don't trust the guy (fool me once, shame on you...)

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Good advice, me I never trusted the creep from the start. I don’t use any of those social media’s, zero trust. And to go further with Musk, think of neurolink and the bioweapon jabs, do you honestly think he didn’t have his hand in this? Musk is scum, nothing more than a useless skinbag.

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Yeah, I didn't even think of mentioning his Neuralink sick stuff.

But I had written about it in my previous post - The Covid-19 – Holocaust Comparison, Part 3 on Eugenics (URL: https://fournier.substack.com/p/the-covid-19-holocaust-comparison-f1b). Have a look at that and the embedded video titled 'The future is now: Elon Musk says Neuralink is ready for human testing' (URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n99ZAGGUcU). As the author of the video mentions, concerns about the use, or misuse, of this technology include:

- the potential for hacking;

- invasion of privacy (to one’s inner thoughts, inner sanctum);

- the potential for government and corporations to use this technology to monitor or control people’s thoughts.

Pretty creepy stuff indeed.

It all just seems like one big play game to him, to hell with any consequences.

Just go look at what name he gave his latest child.

I really wonder who the heck this guy worships, but very much doubt it is our Lord and Savior.

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Could not agree more!

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My pleasure Teresa.

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