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John, how do you manage to come up with a rich tapestry of news and thoughtful comment on a daily basis? How big is your staff?

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Billions-and-billions of neurons and glial cells.

:-D

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Thank you for lending them to us so frequently.

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They have kind of a high-idle, anyway. Thank you for your kind comments. I am seeking to be of service in these days of impending paradigm-shift. I may have the same feeling that Meryl does, but I'm just John.

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Apr 2Liked by John Day MD

Ideology as Mystification !

"In the Market System, the possibility of taking big losses

is a necessary correction to the pursuit of profit."

Translation:

"When gambling, the possibility of taking big losses has to

be factored in in the pursuit of winning."

Aptly it has been described as A Casino Economy - but

by calling it 'Market Capitalism' we dont see it for what it is -

a mystification...

('The Free Market' is another deceptive ideological construction.)

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I'm reading The Rich and the Super-Rich (slowly), published in 1968. Nothing has changed; everything that is going on today was already occurring then, and what's happening today was highly predictable.

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Apr 3Liked by John Day MD

The only way change like this can be accomplished is if it can be inescapably cemented into enough people’s brains that what they are headed for is a far worse destination than it would be if they changed course. Everything boils down to economics. People being led astray need to be convinced the carrot is poisoned and the stick is not their friend. Owning nothing will not make you happy like the salesmen advertise.

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Paradigm-Shifts happen at critical times. I witnessed the 1968 paradigm-shift against the Vietnam War, which was also more than that, and involved the student-revolt in France, which changed the government.

I think 2024 seems like 1968.

Paradigm Shift is not a passive change. Paradigm shifts involve a lot of people being pervasively and unrelentingly uncomfortable enough to undergo massive cognitive-dissonance about what they believe, when they much prefer not to reconsider it.

People such as yourself and myself must engage other people to help them in this difficult process. We must engage them as friends and allies, not adversaries. :-)

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Apr 3·edited Apr 3Liked by John Day MD

I’m always amused at the naïveté of people who like myself grew up during the Vietnam war and actually think those protests were the reason the war ended.

The entire purpose of the war was for the CIA to create a parallel economy through drug trafficking. It was going swimmingly for years.

Like every president Nixon knew it. But when they went out of their way to destroy him he got revenge by initiating the end of the war thus pulling the plug on their piggy bank via creating such a political shit storm Ford had no choice but to sign the treaty.

A treaty which by the way led to the slaughter of many Vietnamese looked upon as American sympathizers.

The only good the public backlash on Vietnam served was to justify Nixon’s political revenge. Had they not attacked him the war would’ve continued for years.

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It is hard to say what all of the motivations of Richard Nixon were. He was a complex, highly intelligent and politically experienced man, possibly the best-prepared to be POTUS of anybody since FDR.

Nixon did much admire John Kennedy, I have read, which seems plausible. He knew who killed him and how, which was a threat to the MIC, to be sure. He confronted Hoover about this immediately upon assuming the Office, and avoided the CIA as thoroughly as he could. Much later in life he reflected that he and LBJ "both wanted the presidency, but that he (Nixon) was not willing to kill for it".

Whatever the occult machinations were, the paradigm shift, which crystallized during the (first) Tet Offensive of 1968, had a life of its own, and seemed to have taken the MIC somewhat by surprise.

At any rate, I give Richard Nixon ("Tricky Dick") more benefit of the doubt than many people do.

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Apr 2Liked by John Day MD

Exceptional Mr. John Day. Thanks for not selling out. Yer in.

Best,

ORION

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Looks like alot of garlic/onions. Am i rite? Any tips for filling out our spring garden? I put in 6 different kinds of tomato, 3 kinds of peppers, and some eggplant. Have space for about 6 more

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Supersweet corn? Provider bush beans? Yellow squash? Zucchini. Black eyed peas?

It is pretty late to plant garlic and onions. The foreground of that row is garlic. We will have a very good crop this year. I am trying out "potato onions" back behind that. They seem to be doing well, but I don't know how big they will be when I dig them up.

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We have some established garlic now, squash & zucchini sounds like the ticket. Btw: 4 years ago I would’ve been 100% opposed to your stance in Gaza. Not now. I see it for what it is. Genocide.

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Apr 3Liked by John Day MD

"late to plant garlic and onions"

Depending on your geographical location John. Here in N.S. spring planting of garlic has yet to happen, I plant my garlic in the late fall. Onions I won't plant til late May at the earliest but usually not until early June. Another fine collection of articles as well John. Passive non compliance! Keep the faith.

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In central Texas one plants fall garlic for late spring harvest, and (short-day) onion starts in November/December/January for late spring harvest. Kemper Williams is in central Texas, so I replied with that knowledge.

Thanks you for the compliment. These are times of critical change and I seek to provide useful information.

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