Sticking His Neck Out (again)

He’s probably not all the way down the rabbit hole, but I have to admire ol’ Slowhand for putting himself in the crosshairs about the shots (and his own adverse effect), and now his support of the vilified Mr. Kennedy.

I find it notably self-corroborating as to being, at least energetically, if not informationally, on the right track, that all truth seeking roads seem to converge, and not even all that gradually, that partisanship falls immediately away, and, also, that courtesy and civility between and among most, or maybe all, of the people sincerely following these converging paths is usually present, and rancor absent. 

Not unlike the difference between a dog instinctively wagging its tail or growling at someone, that’s my real barometer now, and I never ignore it.

DEC. ’23 UPDATE: Mr Kennedy’s head scratching support for Israel under apparently any circumstances has since (I originally posted this) cast a cloud over his public office venture and his character, alas, particularly considering his family’s past (which is possibly the explanation for it, as well), but Clapton’s gesture is not diminished by that.

Eric Clapton helps raise $1 million for RFK Jr. campaign

Eric Clapton helped raise $1 million for Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign at a private fundraiser on Monday night, Kennedy’s campaign announced Tuesday. Clapton and his band performed at an event, which raised a total of $2.2 million, including $1 million for Kennedy’s campaign and $1.2 million for a political action committee…

Some Food Freedom Gains (sort of)

Big Year for Raw Milk in State Houses

Graphic: Real Milk Legal Map Click here to view the updated Raw Milk Legal Map, color index, and state-by-state status Over the past decade or so, a growing number of states have passed laws to either legalize the sale of raw milk and raw milk products or increase access to raw dairy; no year has been as productive as 2023.

Freedom, and ultimately this is about freedom of association, will never be attained by voting, or the proxy voting of already or always about to be captured representatives that we plead our cases to, make our preferences known to, beg for different, better treatment from, but the more local and more diffuse these occurrences, the better.

Teeth & Gums Home Remedies

No root canal, no problem: how I’ve treated a very painful, problem tooth for 13 years without getting a root canal; and the healthiest drink everyone needs to know how to make – The COVID Blog®

by Brian A. Wilkins Editor-in-Chief October 27, 2022 SOMEWHERE IN THE BOONDOCKS – It almost happened this time. I was about an hour away from

I have had, myself, definite success tamping down, and heading off at the pass, semi-regular and ever potential infections that want to develop around a loose rear molar I have, by using a few drops of Oreganol (concentrated oregano oil) along with a half-dropper full of something called Gum Guardian, an herbal mouth rinse. Good combo, and Oreganol is pretty impressive. Like the garlic effect description in the linked article, it burns and seems to kill everything, and I have learned that I need to pull the fluid mixture around in my mouth very aggressively to get the concoction below/above the gum line, where the infection is.

When already ‘horse has left the barn’ infected, I also have done sea or himalayan salt water rinses (I hear sea is better for this), and c. silver (separately). The salt clearly helps, not sure about the silver, but the oreganol seems most potent of all. I just rinse my mouth aggressively most days now, and so far, have kept the tooth in my mouth, and most new infections at bay.

Am going to try the garlic remedy in this article, and the tea to see about its systemic effect.

A Side Bet Win

https://fee.org/articles/sweden-once-mocked-for-its-covid-strategy-now-has-one-of-the-lowest-covid-mortality-rates-in-europe/

Like someone at a craps table betting the come line mid-game after the shooter has already established his pass line ‘point’, the Swedish narrative since the covid social experiment phenomenon began is a side-bet, a game within a game. In this case, it’s a come line bet won for those that esteem the liberty of individuals and fear and reject the collective will. It won’t affect the main game, and no matter how good the news, or how relevant the tale or information, it will be deemed fact-checked, debunked and mis-information by the majority, who will never take on board and factor in what happened in Sweden this whole time. Still, though, a minor win.

That said, Scandinavia, the Nordic countries, in general, are highly socialized & collectivized, the men long ago emasculated, so this is not a libertarian story. I’m not sure why Sweden swam upstream on this, while Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland did not, but it did buck the orthodoxy about covid from the very start, and while freedom as a basic, overriding principle may not have been its lighthouse, reason did seem to prevail about this issue.

Know Thine Enemy

Intelligent assessment is always good news, and as the gentleman rightly points out in the linked article, if any progress is ever to be made about that which perpetually and catastrophically ails and plagues human society, it will first be necessary to call a spade a spade.

Aldous Huxley’s Programme | Dissident Voice

There have been for some time, especially from libertarian quarters, accusations that the COVID-19 crisis has led to a state that has been called by some “medical martial law”. I believe the more accurate term and point of departure is “medical social engineering and management”. Martial law sounds more dramatic and seems simpler to understand.

Some Chicagoland 5G Pushback

I’ve heard nothing but major (non-Luddite) warnings about the health and privacy (ending) consequences of 5G, yet, it continues its encroachment almost completely unabated, in spite of many public and scholarly protests. I no longer think that most people have any particular regard for their personal freedom, but it would appear that occasionally a risk not hyped by corporate news causes some people to withdraw consent, at least for a moment.

On a personal note, I grew up walking distance from Oak Brook, so glad to see the village on this side of the issue.

https://www.activistpost.com/2020/08/oak-brook-il-council-unanimously-approves-motion-to-pass-resolutions-restoring-local-control-over-5g-deployment.html