Celia - the last time I saw my older brother was 8/15/22. We had maybe one perfunctory email about a year after that but nothing since then.
He came to my home unannounced to return the book I had sent him - Bobby’s book, A Letter to Liberals.
He told me that Bobby was a charlatan and an opportunist. He told me I was uneducated and in a cult.
Can I just tell you how hard it is not to send him an email asking him what he thinks about Congress confirming a charlatan and an opportunist as the secretary of the United States’ Health and Human Services?????
Do you think he believes the medias hype about RFK, or has he done actual verification...applied critical thinking? There is a butt load of science supporting the idea that pretty much all vaccines have undisclosed dangers..
Rick - I wish I knew the answer to that. We never got far enough in the conversation. It ended rather quickly with a, “kiss me goodbye because this is the last time you will ever see me”.
I understand Laura’s heartfelt plea all too well. I remember when thank God Donald Trump went to Paris and signed us out of the dreadful Paris accord. My mom and sisters always do group chat. My father recently passed away, but he would be completely with them were moaning about removing us from the Paris accord with a misnomer that is and of course they were whining and crying and self pitting and of course my response was thank God we’re finally out of that boondoggle and thank God for Donald Trump. Well, you can’t believe The litany of howls and shrieks from Hell‘s pit that I’ve received I debated I’ve constructed a very cogent factual response in regards to all the claims they made regarding Donald Trump, which were false or partially true which in my mind means false because it’s impossible to be partially pregnant just it is impossible to be partially true, but I have sat on that I’m debating whether I should send it. The only reason I would send it is because it would make me feel better knowing I spouse the truth and reporting for our personal veracity, but it’s not gonna make a difference for the rest of my family so if I think if I delude myself into thinking, I’m gonna help them at least question their rationale which in my mind is irrational, I’d be fooling myself so I might send it, which will make me feel better, knowing the truth is out there, butas in the X-Files, the truth is there if you seek it out and choose to see it otherwise I would be wasting my time. I’m still torn between that but my my empathy sympathy to you Laura wish you the best prayers in peace.
My mother is a Kennedy Democrat who refused to read Bobby's book, The Real Anthony Fauci, even though my mother-in-law sent her a copy, because she said, "He's a known antivaxxer." She thinks Fauci is the greatest man who ever lived. I went to visit her at Thanksgiving, after years of no communication, and she called me a conspiracy theorist. The pain is coming for her and it will be unavoidable. I'm praying for her.
The fact that she refused to read the book says a lot in of itself. Those who truly want to know, will read literature from both sides to compare and reasonably deduce the truths.
My father - a retired attorney- read the copy I gave him as "proof" he is open-minded. His conclusion? "That RFK makes alot of accusations he doesn't prove and is selling anti-science conspiracy theories to the gullible!" Dad - I said - did you even look at all the citations? Have you ventured onto any of those websites to read any documents for yourself? "I don't waste my time on such nonsense!" This, from the grandfather to a boy injured by his first MMR at age 10. He witnessed for himself the Before and After in my son's life, which was forever altered by the sudden revocation of our religious exemption here in New York and my mistake to submit to the injection required to keep my son in school with his friends rather than yank him near the end of 4th grade... So many people won't see because their whole life's foundation is built on being the smartest ones in the room. Humility has become shameful weakness in our culture where it's better to feign knowing than to do the work of knowing... Maybe we'll see our system correct itself, maybe we won't.
my husband shook with anger-saying how if he is ever injured from a vaccine he is proud he took it to do the right thing....not realizing that shedding, our intimacy, he is placing my life in danger as well....this has been an earth shattering, faith shaking ride the last 5 years+....on my knees praying for those who have cursed me, called me names, ridiculed me and belittled me, quit speaking to me....as I said to Celia up above---to turn the other cheek-is the hardest thing we humans have to do with each other. Ill be praying for your father as well--for the scales to be dropped from his eyes as well as my family....to speak truth in the day and age is the bravest thing we can all do
I'm so sorry that this has come between you and your husband. I respect that you can pray for this who curse you. I'm trying- and most days, failing- to pray for all those who have suggested (in the grip of what feels like mania) that my son's injury was either "the price we pay for public health " or that we've invented our story as a cover for him "always being a little weird." You inspire me to do better.
Im not sure I am inspiring at all.....I need this substack more and more every day....reading from all of you makes me a better person.....quite frankly I feel like I am on the bottom of an ocean breathing through a straw--and at least reading everyone here--I feel like I am not alone....so much went so wrong so quick....it is a lot to process and some days its all I can do just to bite me tongue and not say things Ill regret....at 53 I am just now learning to counter some things with either laughter or truth...Ill pray for you and all of us here....I read somewhere that less than 6% maybe-will never wake up---I think my husband would break in two if he had to acknowledge how evil things have become--he has rose colored glasses and thats his ethical code--the world is not a bad place....to accept that people are fallen I dont know if he can do that. I will pray for your son too---to see our children hurting is one of the cruelest pains....much love sent to you and prayers for us all here and for our country...we have lost our way and we need help....Your statement her is spot on FYI "Humility has become shameful weakness in our culture where it's better to feign knowing than to do the work of knowing" and describes my family.
So sorry for you, Laura. You're doing important work, as is Celia. It's a terrible place to be losing friends and family to the psy-op of covidian theater and now TDS. I think most of us red-pilled people have had loses, symbolic in life or real in death. It suxs. Have to let it go. Hold true to Self🙏
He is now almost 77 (11 years my senior). Retired at 50 from working for the welfare department where he was a social worker then director of community relations.
The he was the director of a planetarium because of his love for astronomy.
He follows Buddhism but was raised a Christian. Has a high IQ. Can’t remember the number despite him reminding me often of how high it is. 😂
He knows exactly what is going on with wireless tissue engineering and transhumanism I am so sorry he treats you so horribly. I have a sibling who treats me like shite and I am her favorite target for anything that goes wrong in her life.
Really I need some help. A friend was just writing on Facebook, ranting about RFK and sharing a NYT article. She ended by saying to delete her as a friend if you support him which I do and have. Have to say I am a bit upset. The harshness of the last few years is affecting me. I am a somewhat introverted person and would never say something like that to her. What should I be thinking about her and situations like this? Any input would be appreciated. I am finding this way of being treated quite stressful.
Worlds are falling apart. The left is hurting. They believe what the MSM tells them, no questions asked. Rather than question whether they're wrong, or have been misled, they get angry and double down. That's what you're seeing. I believe we're with the Zeitgeist. The weight of the Universe is behind us, and that makes us an unstoppable force of nature. It is still 2 hours before dawn though. The sun has yet to rise. When it does,everyone will have the opportunity to see the new world. They can either embrace it, or become part of history.
Absolutely bonkers how there are no questions asked by the left; they are being led into a darkness now that is really getting close, it seems, to a bottomless pit. I received some texts from a friend (whom I truly love and respect)(the latter is starting to switch to past tense), going after Elon and his "access" to US Citizen/taxpayer data. Because I'm a retired, longtime Fed dealing directly with PII of Americans, he thought I would be totally onboard with the MSM. This person prides themselves on being analytical and informed. And I was kind of shocked, therefore, that at this point of disclosure, the leftists are really becoming full-on calcified now. I explained to my friend a few things historically about private data, the feds, and 3rd pty access. Then mentioned that I read what Elon has to say, directly, on X, and how truly transparent DOGE review has been, is, and will continue to be, surely. I tried to provide comfort by saying that X has got a 50/50 balance of political leanings, trying to subtlely steer him to the primary sources idea... one that is completely lost to the left. That is one enduring commonality with all of my leftist contacts: refusal to go outside the MSM box for a different view, or to fact-check. They are really losing their sh*t right now. And it's getting more and more difficult to find common ground.
My next door neighbour is a liberal American, married to a Brit. In mid-Oct last year we had a conversation about the US election, and she told me with 100% certainty that Kamala was going to be the first female president of the USA. I politely suggested that perhaps she should broaden her news sources, as what I was seeing on X and Substack was exactly the opposite. A TDS explosion followed, and we parted on bad terms. The day after the election, I got the "looks could kill" stare. Her husband told me she was inconsolable, and unable to go back to the US because "the whole damn country was full of misogynist racists".
My experience over the last four years is that talking to these folk is a waste of breath. They have to come to the conclusion on their own that they've been living a lie, but what prompts that moment of self-discovery I don't know. I mean, it's one thing for an 18-year old to wake up to the fact that 5 years of their life have been a lie, quite another for a 70-year old to do the same.
It's feels (yes feels) as though it's an age-old question of how to reach a mind that is inside a closed system. The closed system having been created by that mind, and reinforced with free will. Your experience is commonplace now in this country. A simple suggestion of expanding one's news sources, even going to primary source, is not received well. It's truly insane. Always insane. I have found that the avenues to reach a captured mind, which becomes calcified, would most likely come from cracks, even minute fissures. These cracks would be present because the captured mind holder had respect for the other. That respect is the crack. "This person whom I respect voted for DJT, " becomes, "Why?". That helped free me, respect for the other. Captured MSM/leftest/Dem devotees I have found have either: 1. no respect for the other, 2. or, they split themselves, compartmentalize, setting aside entirely the insane and illogical position they hold to while around the other. I am getting to the point though where this Cult deserves less and less patience and tolerance from me. In practical terms, that means using effort to just not be around these cultists, and if required to be, just not give a damn and let whatever I feel like saying be said. They all say what they wish to, without filter, and I'm tired of being all filtered up. Yes it's useless really to speak up if the goal is to have honest dialogue and maybe reach another in some way. But the cost of "taking it" in silence and tolerance is a personal price for me that is now too high, too much.
I know Bobby. He works out at my gym. We bonded in 2015 over our mutual understanding that vaccines were causing harm. I’ve read all his books. Please do yourself a favor and read “American Values.” He is the smartest person in every room he walks into.
I went back to look at some of his older videos, several cases he had worked on - helping the "little guy" without any compensation. An astonishing and generous man...and so informed and bold. I almost can't believe we got so lucky! He played it cool during the confirmation hearings, but I'm hoping he will bring the wrecking ball...!
Trump's medical team is abysmal, but Bobby will hopefully smack them into reality!
Lisa, I deleted FB one day in 2020 because of an attack by a friend over me not wearing a mask. It felt so good just letting it all go. I’m also very introverted and sensitive and I have learned to not engage. I’m not likely to change anyone’s mind by what I say. The division is so wide and it’s not my job to try to convince anyone I’m right and they’re wrong. We are all entitled to our beliefs. I spend more time in Nature these days than on social media. It’s not healthy (in my opinion!) I feel like we’re in Covid 2.0 now and even here on Substack there’s an unhealthy frenzy of information and opinions. I’m going for a walk in the woods now. Good luck to you! 🌲🌲🌲💚
"What should I be thinking about her and situations like this?" You shouldn't be thinking about it at all. It is robbing you of peace and tranquility. Honor her wishes and unfriend her on FB without any discussion (or do nothing since she is acting like a child seeking attention). I'm no longer on FB because it was robbing me of time and tranquility. But when I was posting in 2021 about the vaccine, a FB friend (and real friend that I socialize with quite a bit) commented that I was sharing "misinformation" and then eventually unfriended me. We're still friends who never discuss this of course. I was angry and, Lord forgive me, had some very unkind thoughts at times.
This past week this friend's husband was diagnosed with cancer. I feel nothing but sadness and sympathy for her and her husband. They don't deserve what's happening to them :(
I can send you links to numerous studies showing various harms, but I've found that once someone gets an idea firmly planted in their head they Can't change their mind... Maybe just tell her you love her and miss her and please lets not fight over this...
My sister-in-law is doing the same thing on FB. I lurk, don't post ever but am saddened, appalled and worried. Her kick--is it a new liberal thing?--is to call all of us anti-Christians.
A good friend of mine used to announce that he was putting me on probation for a while. It was his way of saying I'd angered him (or whatever) and he wasn't going to be around. It actually cracked me up (and it was supposed to) even though he meant what he said and he wouldn't be around. I sometimes think about this and consider implementing this tactic.
Never mind that she and her family and friends will likely benefit from RFK's reforms. No doubt she - like a friend of mine - was ranting over Trump's picks, oblivious to the recklessness of the "Biden administration", who had many of us wondering whether we would reach 20 January because of their criminally insane and escalatory Ukraine policy.
That seems to be my issue too. If I say nothing to keep the peace, I don’t feel quite right about it. If I get in a discussion, it seems to escalate and become very stressful. Most of my friends I go way back with do not hold the same views as me these days. It feels like a loss.
Celia, I kid you not, the last 2 days all I wanted to respond with was "POUND SAND" to every negative response in your comments, all the ungrateful, joy-killing, useless non-contributors to anything hopeful. Thank you for confirming my obvious frustration. So to all you dolts out there, POUND SAND since that is what your foundation is built on.
It's time for some serious comeuppance. God be with us. Celia, I think some good, healthy raging is in order. You've been in the trenches with all of it for so long.
I so resonate with your feelings...the enemies are coming out of the woodwork. My latest response is to ignore...no time for spanking anyone anymore...
They obviously didn't make it to the party...and it is epic - they are missing so much...but they will never be happy unless they are clutching and crushing pearls...I prefer to wear them...
Bobby played it cool during the confirmations - great move - but I am hopeful he will bring the wrecking ball...! Such an amazing, generous and smart man...we got very lucky!
Is the past 40 years there has been zero accountability in the US Government. I can think of many many scandals, including some that got people killed in Bengazi because of Hillary Clinton.....Zero Accountability! We know big food and big pharma are flat out poisoning the population, RFK will most definitely find evidence of this but he will say nothing!.......Keep on wishing for Accountability!
Sometimes when we get hit with an insomnia streak it means God wants to spend more time with us. Reading some Psalms in such a situation can be very comforting.
Yes, when so many "honorable" people behave as if they were Orcs created by Sauron for his service, it is difficult to remind ourselves that we all share a creator, even if those creations act in direct opposition to their creator.
But, while we might pity those who have refused joy and peace, and hope for their redemption, it is not wrong to celebrate the defeat of evil.
I'm grateful to have seen/heard The Who play in London in the 70s, and grateful to live very near Brighton now where much of Quadrophenia was filmed, as I did 1983-85 when I was a binge-drinking alcoholic, on my way up the 'corporate ladder'. I have my health again now. The peace in my breath, and from the winter sea-swimming when few dare to discover the capabilities of our brains and bodies. Thank you Celia and all. I ran out of words long ago. Love. Gratitude. Peace.
We will know soon enough who's who in the zoo and who is going to betray who as well, stay tuned and keep your wits about you, Saludos. Your book is great, thanks for putting it out there. Grüß Gott.
Celia - the last time I saw my older brother was 8/15/22. We had maybe one perfunctory email about a year after that but nothing since then.
He came to my home unannounced to return the book I had sent him - Bobby’s book, A Letter to Liberals.
He told me that Bobby was a charlatan and an opportunist. He told me I was uneducated and in a cult.
Can I just tell you how hard it is not to send him an email asking him what he thinks about Congress confirming a charlatan and an opportunist as the secretary of the United States’ Health and Human Services?????
Leaving it be sends an even louder message, I think.
Do you think he believes the medias hype about RFK, or has he done actual verification...applied critical thinking? There is a butt load of science supporting the idea that pretty much all vaccines have undisclosed dangers..
Rick - I wish I knew the answer to that. We never got far enough in the conversation. It ended rather quickly with a, “kiss me goodbye because this is the last time you will ever see me”.
Most certainly Benj 🥰
I understand Laura’s heartfelt plea all too well. I remember when thank God Donald Trump went to Paris and signed us out of the dreadful Paris accord. My mom and sisters always do group chat. My father recently passed away, but he would be completely with them were moaning about removing us from the Paris accord with a misnomer that is and of course they were whining and crying and self pitting and of course my response was thank God we’re finally out of that boondoggle and thank God for Donald Trump. Well, you can’t believe The litany of howls and shrieks from Hell‘s pit that I’ve received I debated I’ve constructed a very cogent factual response in regards to all the claims they made regarding Donald Trump, which were false or partially true which in my mind means false because it’s impossible to be partially pregnant just it is impossible to be partially true, but I have sat on that I’m debating whether I should send it. The only reason I would send it is because it would make me feel better knowing I spouse the truth and reporting for our personal veracity, but it’s not gonna make a difference for the rest of my family so if I think if I delude myself into thinking, I’m gonna help them at least question their rationale which in my mind is irrational, I’d be fooling myself so I might send it, which will make me feel better, knowing the truth is out there, butas in the X-Files, the truth is there if you seek it out and choose to see it otherwise I would be wasting my time. I’m still torn between that but my my empathy sympathy to you Laura wish you the best prayers in peace.
My mother is a Kennedy Democrat who refused to read Bobby's book, The Real Anthony Fauci, even though my mother-in-law sent her a copy, because she said, "He's a known antivaxxer." She thinks Fauci is the greatest man who ever lived. I went to visit her at Thanksgiving, after years of no communication, and she called me a conspiracy theorist. The pain is coming for her and it will be unavoidable. I'm praying for her.
The fact that she refused to read the book says a lot in of itself. Those who truly want to know, will read literature from both sides to compare and reasonably deduce the truths.
My father - a retired attorney- read the copy I gave him as "proof" he is open-minded. His conclusion? "That RFK makes alot of accusations he doesn't prove and is selling anti-science conspiracy theories to the gullible!" Dad - I said - did you even look at all the citations? Have you ventured onto any of those websites to read any documents for yourself? "I don't waste my time on such nonsense!" This, from the grandfather to a boy injured by his first MMR at age 10. He witnessed for himself the Before and After in my son's life, which was forever altered by the sudden revocation of our religious exemption here in New York and my mistake to submit to the injection required to keep my son in school with his friends rather than yank him near the end of 4th grade... So many people won't see because their whole life's foundation is built on being the smartest ones in the room. Humility has become shameful weakness in our culture where it's better to feign knowing than to do the work of knowing... Maybe we'll see our system correct itself, maybe we won't.
my husband shook with anger-saying how if he is ever injured from a vaccine he is proud he took it to do the right thing....not realizing that shedding, our intimacy, he is placing my life in danger as well....this has been an earth shattering, faith shaking ride the last 5 years+....on my knees praying for those who have cursed me, called me names, ridiculed me and belittled me, quit speaking to me....as I said to Celia up above---to turn the other cheek-is the hardest thing we humans have to do with each other. Ill be praying for your father as well--for the scales to be dropped from his eyes as well as my family....to speak truth in the day and age is the bravest thing we can all do
I'm so sorry that this has come between you and your husband. I respect that you can pray for this who curse you. I'm trying- and most days, failing- to pray for all those who have suggested (in the grip of what feels like mania) that my son's injury was either "the price we pay for public health " or that we've invented our story as a cover for him "always being a little weird." You inspire me to do better.
Im not sure I am inspiring at all.....I need this substack more and more every day....reading from all of you makes me a better person.....quite frankly I feel like I am on the bottom of an ocean breathing through a straw--and at least reading everyone here--I feel like I am not alone....so much went so wrong so quick....it is a lot to process and some days its all I can do just to bite me tongue and not say things Ill regret....at 53 I am just now learning to counter some things with either laughter or truth...Ill pray for you and all of us here....I read somewhere that less than 6% maybe-will never wake up---I think my husband would break in two if he had to acknowledge how evil things have become--he has rose colored glasses and thats his ethical code--the world is not a bad place....to accept that people are fallen I dont know if he can do that. I will pray for your son too---to see our children hurting is one of the cruelest pains....much love sent to you and prayers for us all here and for our country...we have lost our way and we need help....Your statement her is spot on FYI "Humility has become shameful weakness in our culture where it's better to feign knowing than to do the work of knowing" and describes my family.
Ann-Marie - so many heartbreaking stories such as yours.
That’s all you can do. 🙏🙏🙏
So sorry for you, Laura. You're doing important work, as is Celia. It's a terrible place to be losing friends and family to the psy-op of covidian theater and now TDS. I think most of us red-pilled people have had loses, symbolic in life or real in death. It suxs. Have to let it go. Hold true to Self🙏
You might send a handwritten letter saying you love him despite your different views of how history is playing out...
John - I have told him that in subsequent BD cards. His last one to me was like it was from a stranger. Not even signed with a “love”.
God Bless You, Laura.
;-/
I'm guessing he's not surprised, actually.
I've long ago stopped being impressed by Congress. Nothing but traitors who do not work for the people.
We have a fraudulent government that's facilitating America's slide into Agenda 2030.
Anyone appointed will be on board with that.
Agenda 2030 is done (in 2020 or prior). It is Agenda 2063 we are trying to slow down or bring to a halt.
This may seem like an odd question, what type of work is your brother involved with?
BKBlair - not odd at all.
He is now almost 77 (11 years my senior). Retired at 50 from working for the welfare department where he was a social worker then director of community relations.
The he was the director of a planetarium because of his love for astronomy.
He follows Buddhism but was raised a Christian. Has a high IQ. Can’t remember the number despite him reminding me often of how high it is. 😂
He knows exactly what is going on with wireless tissue engineering and transhumanism I am so sorry he treats you so horribly. I have a sibling who treats me like shite and I am her favorite target for anything that goes wrong in her life.
BKBlair - I am sorry for you as well. 😔
Really I need some help. A friend was just writing on Facebook, ranting about RFK and sharing a NYT article. She ended by saying to delete her as a friend if you support him which I do and have. Have to say I am a bit upset. The harshness of the last few years is affecting me. I am a somewhat introverted person and would never say something like that to her. What should I be thinking about her and situations like this? Any input would be appreciated. I am finding this way of being treated quite stressful.
Worlds are falling apart. The left is hurting. They believe what the MSM tells them, no questions asked. Rather than question whether they're wrong, or have been misled, they get angry and double down. That's what you're seeing. I believe we're with the Zeitgeist. The weight of the Universe is behind us, and that makes us an unstoppable force of nature. It is still 2 hours before dawn though. The sun has yet to rise. When it does,everyone will have the opportunity to see the new world. They can either embrace it, or become part of history.
Absolutely bonkers how there are no questions asked by the left; they are being led into a darkness now that is really getting close, it seems, to a bottomless pit. I received some texts from a friend (whom I truly love and respect)(the latter is starting to switch to past tense), going after Elon and his "access" to US Citizen/taxpayer data. Because I'm a retired, longtime Fed dealing directly with PII of Americans, he thought I would be totally onboard with the MSM. This person prides themselves on being analytical and informed. And I was kind of shocked, therefore, that at this point of disclosure, the leftists are really becoming full-on calcified now. I explained to my friend a few things historically about private data, the feds, and 3rd pty access. Then mentioned that I read what Elon has to say, directly, on X, and how truly transparent DOGE review has been, is, and will continue to be, surely. I tried to provide comfort by saying that X has got a 50/50 balance of political leanings, trying to subtlely steer him to the primary sources idea... one that is completely lost to the left. That is one enduring commonality with all of my leftist contacts: refusal to go outside the MSM box for a different view, or to fact-check. They are really losing their sh*t right now. And it's getting more and more difficult to find common ground.
My next door neighbour is a liberal American, married to a Brit. In mid-Oct last year we had a conversation about the US election, and she told me with 100% certainty that Kamala was going to be the first female president of the USA. I politely suggested that perhaps she should broaden her news sources, as what I was seeing on X and Substack was exactly the opposite. A TDS explosion followed, and we parted on bad terms. The day after the election, I got the "looks could kill" stare. Her husband told me she was inconsolable, and unable to go back to the US because "the whole damn country was full of misogynist racists".
My experience over the last four years is that talking to these folk is a waste of breath. They have to come to the conclusion on their own that they've been living a lie, but what prompts that moment of self-discovery I don't know. I mean, it's one thing for an 18-year old to wake up to the fact that 5 years of their life have been a lie, quite another for a 70-year old to do the same.
You can lead a mare to water, but you cannot make her think.
It is not just a few years that has been a lie, it is our entire lifespan. The victors are the ones who write history.
It's feels (yes feels) as though it's an age-old question of how to reach a mind that is inside a closed system. The closed system having been created by that mind, and reinforced with free will. Your experience is commonplace now in this country. A simple suggestion of expanding one's news sources, even going to primary source, is not received well. It's truly insane. Always insane. I have found that the avenues to reach a captured mind, which becomes calcified, would most likely come from cracks, even minute fissures. These cracks would be present because the captured mind holder had respect for the other. That respect is the crack. "This person whom I respect voted for DJT, " becomes, "Why?". That helped free me, respect for the other. Captured MSM/leftest/Dem devotees I have found have either: 1. no respect for the other, 2. or, they split themselves, compartmentalize, setting aside entirely the insane and illogical position they hold to while around the other. I am getting to the point though where this Cult deserves less and less patience and tolerance from me. In practical terms, that means using effort to just not be around these cultists, and if required to be, just not give a damn and let whatever I feel like saying be said. They all say what they wish to, without filter, and I'm tired of being all filtered up. Yes it's useless really to speak up if the goal is to have honest dialogue and maybe reach another in some way. But the cost of "taking it" in silence and tolerance is a personal price for me that is now too high, too much.
I know Bobby. He works out at my gym. We bonded in 2015 over our mutual understanding that vaccines were causing harm. I’ve read all his books. Please do yourself a favor and read “American Values.” He is the smartest person in every room he walks into.
I went back to look at some of his older videos, several cases he had worked on - helping the "little guy" without any compensation. An astonishing and generous man...and so informed and bold. I almost can't believe we got so lucky! He played it cool during the confirmation hearings, but I'm hoping he will bring the wrecking ball...!
Trump's medical team is abysmal, but Bobby will hopefully smack them into reality!
I'm so thrilled that he is in!
Lisa, I deleted FB one day in 2020 because of an attack by a friend over me not wearing a mask. It felt so good just letting it all go. I’m also very introverted and sensitive and I have learned to not engage. I’m not likely to change anyone’s mind by what I say. The division is so wide and it’s not my job to try to convince anyone I’m right and they’re wrong. We are all entitled to our beliefs. I spend more time in Nature these days than on social media. It’s not healthy (in my opinion!) I feel like we’re in Covid 2.0 now and even here on Substack there’s an unhealthy frenzy of information and opinions. I’m going for a walk in the woods now. Good luck to you! 🌲🌲🌲💚
Occasionally suggest to them “you have a right to be wrong”.
😂
"What should I be thinking about her and situations like this?" You shouldn't be thinking about it at all. It is robbing you of peace and tranquility. Honor her wishes and unfriend her on FB without any discussion (or do nothing since she is acting like a child seeking attention). I'm no longer on FB because it was robbing me of time and tranquility. But when I was posting in 2021 about the vaccine, a FB friend (and real friend that I socialize with quite a bit) commented that I was sharing "misinformation" and then eventually unfriended me. We're still friends who never discuss this of course. I was angry and, Lord forgive me, had some very unkind thoughts at times.
This past week this friend's husband was diagnosed with cancer. I feel nothing but sadness and sympathy for her and her husband. They don't deserve what's happening to them :(
I can send you links to numerous studies showing various harms, but I've found that once someone gets an idea firmly planted in their head they Can't change their mind... Maybe just tell her you love her and miss her and please lets not fight over this...
My sister-in-law is doing the same thing on FB. I lurk, don't post ever but am saddened, appalled and worried. Her kick--is it a new liberal thing?--is to call all of us anti-Christians.
A good friend of mine used to announce that he was putting me on probation for a while. It was his way of saying I'd angered him (or whatever) and he wasn't going to be around. It actually cracked me up (and it was supposed to) even though he meant what he said and he wouldn't be around. I sometimes think about this and consider implementing this tactic.
Never mind that she and her family and friends will likely benefit from RFK's reforms. No doubt she - like a friend of mine - was ranting over Trump's picks, oblivious to the recklessness of the "Biden administration", who had many of us wondering whether we would reach 20 January because of their criminally insane and escalatory Ukraine policy.
Start by saying I know how you feel. I’ve felt the same about someone you once disliked but kept an open mind and changed your mind.
At this point people are very triggered
But why dislike someone who is like RFK
Who wants to help babies kids people get healthier
It’s like people raging at Musk
He is simply conducting an audit of government fraud waste abuse and he’s the Nazi !?
Also considering 7/10 of us are vaxxed
Not good for critical thinking
I just found out DOGE was created by Obama. LOL! It's true -- look it up.
Yes, it's really interesting ! It seems like they're "repurposing" a back-door feature that the libs put in place.
Thanks a lot.
Welcome I’m still trying to recover old friends from our different views on politics and vaxxines
I’m the weak link lol
Good luck friends are worth keeping
I’ve bitten my tongue to keep the peace
But that doesn’t help me
Some people can not talk it out calmly
That seems to be my issue too. If I say nothing to keep the peace, I don’t feel quite right about it. If I get in a discussion, it seems to escalate and become very stressful. Most of my friends I go way back with do not hold the same views as me these days. It feels like a loss.
Is it me for a moment?
The stars are falling
The heat is rising
The past is calling
Is it me for a moment?
The stars are falling
The heat is rising
The past is calling
- Pete Townsend
Wonderful Valentine's gift to hear that song again. Appreciate it more after all these years.
I'm right with you on both observations ~
Quadrophenia was one of those soundtrack albums of my life to-date in 1973.
Fascinating to still be alive now, and hearing it with these ears.
Celia, I kid you not, the last 2 days all I wanted to respond with was "POUND SAND" to every negative response in your comments, all the ungrateful, joy-killing, useless non-contributors to anything hopeful. Thank you for confirming my obvious frustration. So to all you dolts out there, POUND SAND since that is what your foundation is built on.
🏜️An adroit response!
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It's time for some serious comeuppance. God be with us. Celia, I think some good, healthy raging is in order. You've been in the trenches with all of it for so long.
Yes she has.
Quadrophenia was the soundtrack of my high school days in the 70s. “You declared you would be three inches taller” “You only became what we made you…”
I so resonate with your feelings...the enemies are coming out of the woodwork. My latest response is to ignore...no time for spanking anyone anymore...
They obviously didn't make it to the party...and it is epic - they are missing so much...but they will never be happy unless they are clutching and crushing pearls...I prefer to wear them...
Bobby played it cool during the confirmations - great move - but I am hopeful he will bring the wrecking ball...! Such an amazing, generous and smart man...we got very lucky!
Considering what the WHO has done and wants to do, isn't it just a tad ironic that this tune is performed by The Who?
I try not to entertain the association. In any way. Ever.
Is the past 40 years there has been zero accountability in the US Government. I can think of many many scandals, including some that got people killed in Bengazi because of Hillary Clinton.....Zero Accountability! We know big food and big pharma are flat out poisoning the population, RFK will most definitely find evidence of this but he will say nothing!.......Keep on wishing for Accountability!
I think he'll say Plenty...Trump hired him to MAHA, not to bend over to the evil behind our food and drugs..at least that's what I hope :)
Sometimes when we get hit with an insomnia streak it means God wants to spend more time with us. Reading some Psalms in such a situation can be very comforting.
Yes, when so many "honorable" people behave as if they were Orcs created by Sauron for his service, it is difficult to remind ourselves that we all share a creator, even if those creations act in direct opposition to their creator.
But, while we might pity those who have refused joy and peace, and hope for their redemption, it is not wrong to celebrate the defeat of evil.
Love the Orcs comment. There are just so many parallels. I am sad that “once an Orc, always an Orc.”
I'm grateful to have seen/heard The Who play in London in the 70s, and grateful to live very near Brighton now where much of Quadrophenia was filmed, as I did 1983-85 when I was a binge-drinking alcoholic, on my way up the 'corporate ladder'. I have my health again now. The peace in my breath, and from the winter sea-swimming when few dare to discover the capabilities of our brains and bodies. Thank you Celia and all. I ran out of words long ago. Love. Gratitude. Peace.
A thought worth considering is that both “sides” are made up of mind-bombed patsies.
We will know soon enough who's who in the zoo and who is going to betray who as well, stay tuned and keep your wits about you, Saludos. Your book is great, thanks for putting it out there. Grüß Gott.
Celia. You are a wonderful, beautiful beast. I “won” the “Quadrophenia” album from a radio station contest. It changed my life.
My theme song during Covid was, Won’t Back Down🎶🎼🎵🎸🎤