"On a related note: Saudi Arabia snubbed President Biden’s request to release more oil, which would tame prices at the pump. The Saudis would rather keep their deal with Russia and let American gas prices stay high. "
Since President Biden could take action today to increase US oil production - it would seem that he too is content with keeping American gas prices high.
"The focus on gay issues comes in part as a reaction to the spike in young girls gender-transitioning at school, which teachers seem to encourage and then hide from parents. But there is a vast space between a) asking that teachers inform parents of major social and, ultimately, medical changes a minor child is beginning at school and b) banning teachers from assigning a book with a gay character."
While I am not in favor of complete extremes in banning books with a gay character, there is clear exploitation of the political domain of gender identity confusion going on with the cabal of unionized teachers. Gender identity (aka sexuality) confusion is one of the primary challenges for teens to overcome. We don't need political bots posing as teachers to exploit this for their political benefit and harm to the children.
"As for surveillance: if reporters and politicians are still lying about the basics of what’s going on in schools politically, it shouldn’t surprise anyone when parents think of dark ways to find out. So now we have a proposed bill in Florida that would have teachers kept on camera and microphone throughout the day so parents can monitor them."
We get to watch the video feeds of our pets being cared for... why not our children?
So Josh Rogan has said multiple times that the CCP blackmailed the US govt by insisting that they put the lab leak theory to bed, otherwise…no masks. My question is, how hard did they really have to twist America’s hand here given that Dr. Fauci is so heavily invested in these Chinese research labs and according to Josh, wants to greatly expand on them? Out of all the things I’ve heard on this podcast, Fauci’s goal of expanding his lab research in China, where there is no transparency frightens me the most. I’m all for scientific research, but if we’ve learned ANYTHING from this pandemic, it’s that we have to be extraordinarily cautious and safe with any kind of biological research. Even if you don’t believe that covid came from a lab, it still should serve as a cautionary tale.
It's more shocking that someone jailed on attempted murder can get bail but someone charged with protesting, constitutionally protected but charged with a misdemeanor, is still in jail over a year later.
You mention "hardcore content bans that seem like something out of the 1950s", which is linked to a web page. That page, however, is entirely disingenuous and one-sided. It reports all of the reactions and presents them as unreasonable without one mention of the activist extremes to which these attempts at censorship are reactions to. I don't trust anyone who only paints the other actors as bad without discussion of the events which provoked the reactions. That is simply a lack of intellectual honesty.
Anyone who reads "Common Sense" is familiar with many of the extremes that such attempts are reacting to. And those extremes are not isolated events. Anyone who has any life experience understands that many rules issued by authority figures are in response to a few bad actors who make policies and rules necessary and spoil the broth for everyone.
“The owner of Stella Luna Gelato Café says she regrets making her $250 donation to the truck convoy, saying she thought it was a ‘peaceful, grassroots movement,’” an editor writes somberly. I saw an interview she did on Prime Time with Jesse Waters (FOX) and she did not regret donating the money. Instead she clarified that she donated it with her personal savings to pay for their gas to keep their trucks heated. In turn she's been the recipient of others' donations to pay for the lost wages when they were forced to close for safety. I, for one, am happy she didn't show regret her donation (at least in this interview).
“ The horror of our forever wars is obvious, and I’ve marched against them all. But over the past few months we have gotten a taste of what a sweeping American withdrawal from the world really looks like.”
So, Nellie…that paragraph leaves me wondering: do you now wish you hadn’t marched against those wars? It has become perfectly clear that there is no reasoning with unreasonable people. Only a continued presence where they are seems to have any chance at controlling the situations. And that means staying on the equivalent of a war, or at least, occupation footing. Or living with the consequences of leaving places like Afghanistan without adult supervision. Those consequences are plainly not good.
Would it be better if someone else did the occupying—assuming they did it competently? Sure. Would it be even better if everyone was reasonable? Certainly. Would there be anything for Bari and you to write if they were? No. Keep writing. But I’d sure like to know the answer to the question I posed above. And as long as I’m asking, do you think we’re doing better or worse now both domestically and overseas than we were doing, say, two years ago?
That's not fair, Nellie. We might at any given moment in time regret--or not--actions that we've taken or things that we've said. And we might change our minds about the wisdom or desirability of those actions or words, which is what regret implies. But it appears that you're asking for 20/20 hindsight before you take a stand here. So would everyone else.
But we both know that that's not how the world works: you only get one chance to live any given moment; to say or not say something you're thinking; to take or not take an action. I've done things I really wish I hadn't done, things I've said that I wish I could unsay. I've gambled on some things that came out extraordinarily well and I've also experienced the diametric opposite. In the former I was the genius, in the latter not so much. But I was always up front and admitted making mistakes. And I admitted when I was just plain lucky, which was usually. And I'm very much ~never~ a genius.
Repentance is acceptable, even encouraged--think Yom Kippur. Just sayin'....
I love what you guys are building. As a long-time libertarian-ish, not the crazy utopian kind but mild meet in the middle libertarianism, I have always been politically homeless er unhoused. Sad as it is, the continued collapse of western civilization has seen my community of politically u n h o u s e d grow dramatically, and I love the company. All those who still hold what was once called liberal values on the left and the right have come to camp with me. Common Sense is just as advertised. Great work, Nellie and Bari. Please keep it up.
The Canadian government hack (and it was the government) of GiveSendGo and the media dissemination of the donor list and the bank account closures along with the trucker's insurance policy cancellation were a coordinated kill shot at the disobedient ones in full view of all those toying with the idea of peaceful protest. Message sent. Message received. The same thing will probably happen here at this and other Substack's sooner rather than later. How good is the security at Substack? How safe is our information? Will the Substack lawyers crawl away at the first phony accusation of insurrection or disinformation or disobedience? Probably. Lawyers as a group abandoned the J6, B and E suspects en masse. The lawyers will take your money then slink away and point to the small print on the way out. Every major and many minor companies along with every department of government and every government have been hacked. Every system is vulnerable. Every system can be hacked. Yet the security people still consider themselves geniuses and will convince you that they have an airtight system for your security. They don't. They simply have an invoice for you. The weakest link is the user followed closely by lazy admins, something the security folks have very little control over. In other words, keep your head down and don't make waves. Substack makes waves. For the record I would like to state that I love Joe B, Nancy, Chuck, AOC and the rest of the team or squad or whatever they are called. Have you signed your loyalty oath yet? I'm not surprised that the party of slavery, of insurrection, of the confederacy, of both iterations of the KKK, of Jim Crow and segregation, of hundreds of failing cities and school systems is the party that wants to shut down free speech, "reform" the constitution and pack the court, institute perpetual medical mandates, incite racial strife, erase the concept of womanhood, indoctrinate our children, defund our police and so on. I'm shocked at how many people still support and vote for them and make excuses for them. Why hasn't the whole dang-ed party been cancelled? Why hasn't someone looked at the Democrat party's high school yearbook. I suggest the class of 1861 to get a good feel for what they stand for.
I am aware this is much bigger than Ukraine. I am also aware that elections have consequences and that we have yet to see how disastrous they will be. Best of luck with your position.
Nellie what does this mean ? "But over the past few months we have gotten a taste of what a sweeping American withdrawal from the world really looks like".....your conclusion is that we should be "Team America" (f'Yah) defending the world from evil. How's that going? Let NATO defend itself .....we don't have the will or the know how to "Police" anywhere. Other than Granada (LOL) we have failed in every military intervention. We spend fortunes but only make things worse....that's a fact neo liberals elites can't seem to learn.
I can’t post the pic, but here is the quoted text:
Quintez Brown
BLM Activist,
Attempted to assassinate a candidate for mayor of Louisville,
Released two days later on $100K bail,
Had his bail crowdfunded,
Portrayed by media as a troubled social justice activist
Kyle Rittenhouse
Blue collar teenager,
Guarded local businesses in community from violent riots(while police didn’t),
Defended himself from a pedophile and domestic abuser who attacked him,
Released from jail two months later on $2M bail and put on trial in front of the world,
Had bail fund removed by GoFundMe and media doxxed the people who donated,
Portrayed by media as white supremacist mass murderer(including private citizen Joe Biden)
Most of us out here in reality do not care about immutable characteristics, but there just might be a preference for wrong here. The People see this and take note.
As someone involved in education let me say this. Workshops and purchased curriculum should be transparent. Teachers day to day lesson plans they created should not. As for cameras and microphones, no again. We have enough of a surveillance state and rather than more cameras simply email your teacher and ask them what's be covering before film everyone (including your children 24 hours a day.) Don't trust them, check your kids and compare. If needed go up the chain of command.
"On a related note: Saudi Arabia snubbed President Biden’s request to release more oil, which would tame prices at the pump. The Saudis would rather keep their deal with Russia and let American gas prices stay high. "
Since President Biden could take action today to increase US oil production - it would seem that he too is content with keeping American gas prices high.
"The focus on gay issues comes in part as a reaction to the spike in young girls gender-transitioning at school, which teachers seem to encourage and then hide from parents. But there is a vast space between a) asking that teachers inform parents of major social and, ultimately, medical changes a minor child is beginning at school and b) banning teachers from assigning a book with a gay character."
While I am not in favor of complete extremes in banning books with a gay character, there is clear exploitation of the political domain of gender identity confusion going on with the cabal of unionized teachers. Gender identity (aka sexuality) confusion is one of the primary challenges for teens to overcome. We don't need political bots posing as teachers to exploit this for their political benefit and harm to the children.
"As for surveillance: if reporters and politicians are still lying about the basics of what’s going on in schools politically, it shouldn’t surprise anyone when parents think of dark ways to find out. So now we have a proposed bill in Florida that would have teachers kept on camera and microphone throughout the day so parents can monitor them."
We get to watch the video feeds of our pets being cared for... why not our children?
So Josh Rogan has said multiple times that the CCP blackmailed the US govt by insisting that they put the lab leak theory to bed, otherwise…no masks. My question is, how hard did they really have to twist America’s hand here given that Dr. Fauci is so heavily invested in these Chinese research labs and according to Josh, wants to greatly expand on them? Out of all the things I’ve heard on this podcast, Fauci’s goal of expanding his lab research in China, where there is no transparency frightens me the most. I’m all for scientific research, but if we’ve learned ANYTHING from this pandemic, it’s that we have to be extraordinarily cautious and safe with any kind of biological research. Even if you don’t believe that covid came from a lab, it still should serve as a cautionary tale.
It's more shocking that someone jailed on attempted murder can get bail but someone charged with protesting, constitutionally protected but charged with a misdemeanor, is still in jail over a year later.
You mention "hardcore content bans that seem like something out of the 1950s", which is linked to a web page. That page, however, is entirely disingenuous and one-sided. It reports all of the reactions and presents them as unreasonable without one mention of the activist extremes to which these attempts at censorship are reactions to. I don't trust anyone who only paints the other actors as bad without discussion of the events which provoked the reactions. That is simply a lack of intellectual honesty.
Anyone who reads "Common Sense" is familiar with many of the extremes that such attempts are reacting to. And those extremes are not isolated events. Anyone who has any life experience understands that many rules issued by authority figures are in response to a few bad actors who make policies and rules necessary and spoil the broth for everyone.
Does anyone else have any better ideas on how to stop pornographic books like Garden Boy and Gender Queer from being snuck into grade school libraries (https://asrainvestigates.substack.com/p/fairfax-county-puts-the-x-rated-in), or the active, targeted, and deceptive recruiting of children into LGBT identities by activist teachers (https://www.theepochtimes.com/parent-says-daughter-was-coached-on-lgbtq-identity-at-california-school_4156865.html) without "censorship"?
Can someone please tell me that people WILL come to their senses? Tell me this isn’t the end. Tell me there’s hope and why…
You left your car keys in the cup holder?!? That’s the dumbest thing in the whole recap of dumb things!
I agree!
“The owner of Stella Luna Gelato Café says she regrets making her $250 donation to the truck convoy, saying she thought it was a ‘peaceful, grassroots movement,’” an editor writes somberly. I saw an interview she did on Prime Time with Jesse Waters (FOX) and she did not regret donating the money. Instead she clarified that she donated it with her personal savings to pay for their gas to keep their trucks heated. In turn she's been the recipient of others' donations to pay for the lost wages when they were forced to close for safety. I, for one, am happy she didn't show regret her donation (at least in this interview).
“ The horror of our forever wars is obvious, and I’ve marched against them all. But over the past few months we have gotten a taste of what a sweeping American withdrawal from the world really looks like.”
So, Nellie…that paragraph leaves me wondering: do you now wish you hadn’t marched against those wars? It has become perfectly clear that there is no reasoning with unreasonable people. Only a continued presence where they are seems to have any chance at controlling the situations. And that means staying on the equivalent of a war, or at least, occupation footing. Or living with the consequences of leaving places like Afghanistan without adult supervision. Those consequences are plainly not good.
Would it be better if someone else did the occupying—assuming they did it competently? Sure. Would it be even better if everyone was reasonable? Certainly. Would there be anything for Bari and you to write if they were? No. Keep writing. But I’d sure like to know the answer to the question I posed above. And as long as I’m asking, do you think we’re doing better or worse now both domestically and overseas than we were doing, say, two years ago?
To the question of regret: I don't know yet.
That's not fair, Nellie. We might at any given moment in time regret--or not--actions that we've taken or things that we've said. And we might change our minds about the wisdom or desirability of those actions or words, which is what regret implies. But it appears that you're asking for 20/20 hindsight before you take a stand here. So would everyone else.
But we both know that that's not how the world works: you only get one chance to live any given moment; to say or not say something you're thinking; to take or not take an action. I've done things I really wish I hadn't done, things I've said that I wish I could unsay. I've gambled on some things that came out extraordinarily well and I've also experienced the diametric opposite. In the former I was the genius, in the latter not so much. But I was always up front and admitted making mistakes. And I admitted when I was just plain lucky, which was usually. And I'm very much ~never~ a genius.
Repentance is acceptable, even encouraged--think Yom Kippur. Just sayin'....
I love what you guys are building. As a long-time libertarian-ish, not the crazy utopian kind but mild meet in the middle libertarianism, I have always been politically homeless er unhoused. Sad as it is, the continued collapse of western civilization has seen my community of politically u n h o u s e d grow dramatically, and I love the company. All those who still hold what was once called liberal values on the left and the right have come to camp with me. Common Sense is just as advertised. Great work, Nellie and Bari. Please keep it up.
Down with Big Brother
And down with the Ministry of Trudeau
The Canadian government hack (and it was the government) of GiveSendGo and the media dissemination of the donor list and the bank account closures along with the trucker's insurance policy cancellation were a coordinated kill shot at the disobedient ones in full view of all those toying with the idea of peaceful protest. Message sent. Message received. The same thing will probably happen here at this and other Substack's sooner rather than later. How good is the security at Substack? How safe is our information? Will the Substack lawyers crawl away at the first phony accusation of insurrection or disinformation or disobedience? Probably. Lawyers as a group abandoned the J6, B and E suspects en masse. The lawyers will take your money then slink away and point to the small print on the way out. Every major and many minor companies along with every department of government and every government have been hacked. Every system is vulnerable. Every system can be hacked. Yet the security people still consider themselves geniuses and will convince you that they have an airtight system for your security. They don't. They simply have an invoice for you. The weakest link is the user followed closely by lazy admins, something the security folks have very little control over. In other words, keep your head down and don't make waves. Substack makes waves. For the record I would like to state that I love Joe B, Nancy, Chuck, AOC and the rest of the team or squad or whatever they are called. Have you signed your loyalty oath yet? I'm not surprised that the party of slavery, of insurrection, of the confederacy, of both iterations of the KKK, of Jim Crow and segregation, of hundreds of failing cities and school systems is the party that wants to shut down free speech, "reform" the constitution and pack the court, institute perpetual medical mandates, incite racial strife, erase the concept of womanhood, indoctrinate our children, defund our police and so on. I'm shocked at how many people still support and vote for them and make excuses for them. Why hasn't the whole dang-ed party been cancelled? Why hasn't someone looked at the Democrat party's high school yearbook. I suggest the class of 1861 to get a good feel for what they stand for.
I am aware this is much bigger than Ukraine. I am also aware that elections have consequences and that we have yet to see how disastrous they will be. Best of luck with your position.
Nellie what does this mean ? "But over the past few months we have gotten a taste of what a sweeping American withdrawal from the world really looks like".....your conclusion is that we should be "Team America" (f'Yah) defending the world from evil. How's that going? Let NATO defend itself .....we don't have the will or the know how to "Police" anywhere. Other than Granada (LOL) we have failed in every military intervention. We spend fortunes but only make things worse....that's a fact neo liberals elites can't seem to learn.
TGIF is my priority substack. It’s smart, witty, quick, and entertaining. Thanks ladies!
❤️
I can’t post the pic, but here is the quoted text:
Quintez Brown
BLM Activist,
Attempted to assassinate a candidate for mayor of Louisville,
Released two days later on $100K bail,
Had his bail crowdfunded,
Portrayed by media as a troubled social justice activist
Kyle Rittenhouse
Blue collar teenager,
Guarded local businesses in community from violent riots(while police didn’t),
Defended himself from a pedophile and domestic abuser who attacked him,
Released from jail two months later on $2M bail and put on trial in front of the world,
Had bail fund removed by GoFundMe and media doxxed the people who donated,
Portrayed by media as white supremacist mass murderer(including private citizen Joe Biden)
Most of us out here in reality do not care about immutable characteristics, but there just might be a preference for wrong here. The People see this and take note.
As someone involved in education let me say this. Workshops and purchased curriculum should be transparent. Teachers day to day lesson plans they created should not. As for cameras and microphones, no again. We have enough of a surveillance state and rather than more cameras simply email your teacher and ask them what's be covering before film everyone (including your children 24 hours a day.) Don't trust them, check your kids and compare. If needed go up the chain of command.