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WHY IS THE LEFT HAVING NIGHTMARES EVERY NIGHT?

Mindlessness and moral idiocy are not characteristically human attributes; they are symptoms of herd-poisoning” - Aldous Huxley
Has there ever been a situation throughout all of American history where the Democrat party is so terrified of one man and his supporters that they set out to destroy him unrelentingly from the moment he won an election, throughout his four-year term in office and after he has Left office?

No. Never.  But the Left is so frightened of Donald Trump that they mean to literally erase evidence of his existence.  Here are seven examples.

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WELCOME TO FASCIST AMERICA

dark-winter Two weeks into the [FPX] administration and already the prospects of restoring the American spirit, the economy, and the old Constitution look bleak.

In a flurry of executive orders, the new faux-president—superannuated figurehead though he is—has sought immediately to overturn the legacy of the Trump administration on such matters as border security, immigration, and energy self-sufficiency.

And that’s just for starters.

“Make America Great Again” has become “Make America Grovel Again.” Which is, of course, exactly the way the punitive, “progressive” left wants it as it goes about refashioning the country along the lines of its own fascist antecedents.

It seems that the end of the American Experiment now looms—to be replaced by what, remains to be seen, although history offers us a frightening clue.

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WHY ARE PROGRESSIVES REGRESSIVE?

ultimate-progressiveOne common theme in the abject madness and tragedies of the past 12 months is that “progressive” ideology now permeates almost all of our major institutions—even as the majority of Americans resist the leftist agenda.

Its domination resembles the manner in which the pre-Renaissance church had absorbed the economic, cultural, social, artistic, and political life of Europe, or perhaps how Islamic doctrine was the foundation for all public and private life under the Ottoman Sultanate—or even how all Russian institutions of the 1930s exuded tenets of Soviet Marxism.

To be a Silicon Valley executive, a prominent Wall Street player, the head of a prestigious publishing house, a university president, a network or PBS anchor, a major Hollywood actress, a retired general or admiral on a corporate board, or a NBA superstar requires either progressive fides or careful suppression of all political affinities.  Why?

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THE INSIDER’S GAME

wall-st-betsAs the apex predators of capitalism, hedge funds are accustomed to raking in billions by driving companies into the ground and feasting on the carcasses.

So there was widespread satisfaction last week when members of an online discussion group called WallStreetBets started beating the Wall Street bully boys at their own game. “The only way to beat a rigged game,” one WallStreetBets leader said, “is to rig it even harder.”

All this outsider army needed to win was the continued ability to communicate with each other online, and their collective ability to keep piling into the “Buy” side of the trade. Within hours, they would be hobbled on the first front and crippled on the second.  Welcome to the Insider’s Game – but reality is, the insiders are terrified by the outsiders.

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SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE

keystone-firedThose who deal in feelings rather than facts often justify their calls for censorship and repression by arguing that those who do not “feel” in the same way they do, must be bad people and hence have no rights.

Take the term “social justice.” The word “justice” has had a rather specific meaning for several hundred years. Adding the word “social” as a modifier negates the word “justice,” since social justice is totally subjective where every person can have their own definition.

Last week, [FPX] cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline which was to primarily carry Canadian crude oil to U.S. refineries. Certain “environmentalists” argued for the cancellation on the basis of “saving the environment” and “social justice.”  There was no justice in it at all.

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OAMU – A FIELD MANUAL ON ORGANIZING A MASS UPRISING III

harassing-at-a-cafeChapter Three: Meetings

An activist group is not likely to be successful unless a sufficient number of members are able to work together to plan, discuss problems, and make decisions about solutions. These activities are difficult and it’s easy to go wrong.

SNCC had a way of conducting meetings that they valued very highly, championed for the local activists, and guarded zealously against change. It came to be called “participatory democracy,” although they did not use the term themselves.

Here are the main principles of SNCC’s participatory democracy.

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SKYE’S LINKS 02/04/21

It’s worth watching Tucker’s Monday (2/01) monologue entire as he discusses FPX’s attack on America’s basic institutions.

“Think of the Trump era as a prison riot. In any maximum security prison, the prisoners know they can’t escape, but they can definitely raise a little hell now and then, which they tend to do when they get really tired of being abused and neglected by the prison guards.” The Nov 3 Great Election Theft and subsequent FPX Dictatorship is to remind us who is actually running things.

That's All Folks!

But in the real world there is always another show:

Only You Can Beat Big Tech Censorship

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FLASHBACK FRIDAY – THE POTALA

the-potalaLhasa, Tibet, 1986. Built in the mid-1600s, the Potala in Lhasa, Tibet was the home of the Dalai Lama as the incarnation of Avalokiteśvara, the Buddhist deity of compassion, until the Communist Chinese colonized Tibet in 1959.

The Potala is one of the world’s great architectural wonders, thirteen stories high with molten copper poured into the foundation to stabilize it from earthquakes, 1,000 rooms, 10,000 shrines, 200,000 statues.  I’ve been here several times since 1986, and it’s always such a powerful experience.  Yet to Tibetans, this is a “dead” building as the Dalai Lama is gone.  It is my hope that someday, the Dalai Lama will live here in a Free Tibet once again. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #114 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)

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BALLOONS OVER BURMA

burma-balloonsFrom the 900s to the 1200s, the Pagan Empire built over 10,000 Buddhist temples. 2,200 remain on the plains of Pagan today, one of the world’s most wondrous sights – especially if you see them from above in a hot air balloon. It is truly astounding how much there is to explore and experience in Burma. We’ll be there once more for it all next February. I hope you will be one of your fellow TTPers to join us. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #33 photo ©Jack Wheeler)

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THE HIDDEN NORTH FACE OF KANCHENJUNGA

north-face-of-kanchenjungaThis is one of the truly great mountain sights on earth yet never seen – except for professional mountaineers and those on our Himalaya Helicopter Expeditions. Kanchenjunga at 28,169 feet (8,586 meters) is the world’s 3rd highest mountain (after Everest and K2), with a drop from summit (the peak on the left in front of the cloud) to the glacier at it base of 12,000 feet straight down.

You can be awed by such a picture, but to actually physically be here, to witness this magnificence personally so that it is forever a part of your life, is to feel a depth of awe that has to be experienced to be understood. Kanchenjunga is part of the Himalayas, now on the border of Nepal and Sikkim, once an independent kingdom now absorbed into India. We fly right up the North Face, and into the Amphitheatre of the Southwest Face as well.

We hope to be here again in early November if Nepal opens up by then; we’ll be here for sure next April. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #31 photo ©Jack Wheeler)

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THE ARK OF BUKHARA

ark-of-bukharaThe ”Ark” was the palace-fortress of Bukhara rulers since 500 BC. The ancient Silk Road oasis has a history of 5,000 years. Today Bukhara is in Uzbekistan, one the Five Stans of Central Asia. Each of the five – Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrghizstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan – are uniquely enchanting. Together they comprise one of the most culturally, historically, and scenically spectacular, yet mysterious and unknown, regions on our Earth. Let me know if you’d like to experience all five with me this coming May 2021. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #36 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)

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FAKE WOKE

Rapper Tom McDonald’s Fake Woke was released last Friday (1/29), and the very next day it shot to #1 on the All-Genre US iTunes Song Sales Chart.

fake-woke As of today (2/05), it has over 4 million views – this is influencing young people in the many millions.  Most TTPers are not into rap, true, but this is a cultural phenomenon worth watching – especially when you read the lyrics below.  There is definitely hope for Young America.

for the lyrics...

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HALF-FULL REPORT 01/29/21

boiling-a-frogIs it true that if you put a frog in a pot of cool water and very slooowly heat up the water, he won’t notice until he’s boiled to death?   Turns out, it may well be.

No matter the disagreement, there is universal acknowledgement that if water a frog is in gets too hot too quickly, he wastes no time jumping out of it muy rápido. Which is why the frog-boiling metaphor is so useful as that’s just what us humans do too.

For that’s just what FPX’s Fubar Fascism has done in first few days of his impostor occupancy of the White House.  He tried to boil us American frogs waaaay too fast – including lots and lots of seriously ticked-off Dem union workers.

That’s the message of hope in this week’s HFR – and what to do about it.

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KEEPING YOUR SANITY II

Last Monday (1/18) was the first Keeping Your Sanity.  Welcome to the second.  You’ve been seeing that airline in-flight safety announcement for years now, with the warning to put on your own oxygen mask first before helping your child or anyone else with theirs.

We all know why – because if you don’t have oxygen you’ll go unconscious and can’t help anyone; in fact, you’ll hurt them, especially your children, as now they’ll go unconscious too.

This has become so much of a metaphor now there are several self-help books on Amazon with the same title: Put Your Own Oxygen Mask On First.

You have to be fit and prepared, mentally, physically, and spiritually for such a date with destiny.  Last week was a mental preparation, that of living in gratitude for the blessings of your existence.  This week we’re going to get physical.

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NO MORE BULL MOOSES

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1912 cartoon lampooning TR going left

On Saturday (1/23), WaPo joined in spreading the rumor that POTUS was going to start a third political party:

“In recent weeks, Trump has entertained the idea of creating a third party, called the Patriot Party, and instructed his aides to prepare election challenges to lawmakers who crossed him in the final weeks in office.”

This is the most catastrophically bad idea in over 100 years.  Here’s why.

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