Aversive Challenges

19 mental strategies to get through aversive challenges.

https://osociety.org/2019/12/19/study-identifies-the-most-effective-mental-strategies-people-use-to-get-through-aversive-challenges/

Kurt Vonnegut

http://inthesetimes.com/article/44/kurt_vonnegut_vs_the

9/11

https://youtu.be/yuC_4mGTs98

2019 Movies

Best movies seen during 2019

American Honey (2016)
A Silent Voice (2016, anime)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Good Time (2017)
Thunder Road (2018)
Eighth Grade
Leave No Trace
Shadow (2018)
Columbus (2017)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Diabolique (1955)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
The Biggest Little Farm (documentary)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
You Were Never Really Here (human trafficking)
Personal Shopper (2016)

Television
Chernobyl (2019, HBO)
Watership Down (2018)
Victoria (PBS, Crystal Palace this season)

Alienation

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/12/09/the-cost-of-sanity-in-this-society-is-a-certain-level-of-alienation/

Afghanistan Forever

Just another scam to enrich military contractors and Afghan leaders via our tax dollars.

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/12/some-truth-about-the-war-on-afghanistan.html

Biden to pull out 2500 enlisted troops, leave 18000 contractors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIapQt75GyE

Anti-Authoritarians

https://osociety.org/2019/11/25/why-anti-authoritarians-are-diagnosed-as-mentally-ill/

US Sponsored Coup in Bolivia

The US supports a right wing coup once again. If a government focuses on doing things for it's citizens the US will try to overthrow that government.
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/11/11/msm-adamantly-avoids-the-word-coup-in-bolivia-reporting/

https://www.globalresearch.ca/heres-why-the-us-wants-to-break-bolivia-to-bits-with-hybrid-war/5542595

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/11/lessons-to-learn-from-the-coup-in-bolivia.html

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/11/14/no-no-you-guys-this-us-backed-coup-is-perfectly-legitimate/

https://youtu.be/37Dvt2EqXF4

Tulsi Gabbard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y8ayIpjPvY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w1zf3YyXRI

MSM Coverage on Protests

Only those which fit into the Borg's narrative receive coverage (Hong Kong).

https://fair.org/home/the-revolution-isnt-being-televised/

Vanishing Insects

All animal populations being impacted as a result.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/our-vanishing-world-insects/5693487

The Earth Pledge

Out of love for the Earth and all of its creatures, and my respect for their needs, from this day onwards I pledge that:

I will listen deeply to children(see explanation above)
I will not travel by plane
I will not travel by car
I will not eat meat and fish
I will only eat organically/biodynamically grown food
I will minimize the amount of fresh water I use, including by minimizing my ownership and use of electronic devices
I will not buy rainforest timber
I will not buy or use single-use plastic, such as bags, bottles, containers, cups and straws
I will not use banks, superannuation (pension) funds or insurance companies that provide any service to corporations involved in fossil fuels, nuclear power and/or weapons
I will not accept employment from, or invest in, any organization that supports or participates in the exploitation of fellow human beings or profits from killing and/or destruction of the biosphere
I will not get news from the corporate media (mainstream newspapers, television, radio, Google, Facebook, Twitter…)
I will make the effort to learn a skill, such as food gardening or sewing, that makes me more self-reliant
I will gently encourage my family and friends to consider signing this pledge.

5G Dangers?

https://www.globalresearch.ca/lowest-5g-bidder-planet-earth-populations-wildlife-optional/5692815

US War Crimes in Syria Continued

https://thegrayzone.com/2019/10/23/us-troops-staying-syria-oil/

Boeing

What happens when bean counters wrest control away from engineers and unions.

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/10/737-max-produces-more-bad-news-for-boeing.html

MSM paid by CIA ?

Video asserting someone must be paying MSM to distribute propaganda.
So called experts who should/do know better spreading lies. Why would they lie?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_iJsy-bJ-k

Nobel Prizes

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/all-nobel-prizes-in-physics/

Police Harassment

The majority of police do not use deescalation techniques or have an understanding of the basic rights of individuals. Football + ptsd + CTE + military + brotherhood often leads to fascism.

https://therealnews.com/stories/police-chased-cyclist-not-having-reflector-death

Whistleblowers

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/09/27/msm-defends-cias-whistleblower-ignores-actual-whistleblowers/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSG800M8n9c

Schools in Finland

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/sep/27/top-class-finland-schools-envy-world-ofsted-education

Greta at United Nations

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/23/greta-thunberg-speech-un-2019-address

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/23/763452863/transcript-greta-thunbergs-speech-at-the-u-n-climate-action-summit

Ukraine and Biden

https://consortiumnews.com/2019/09/21/if-the-facts-come-out-it-could-spell-the-end-for-joe-biden/

https://consortiumnews.com/2016/11/02/phony-corruption-excuse-for-ukraine-coup/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBB56IJ39PY

https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/the-odor-of-desperation-2/

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/09/the-democrats-impeachment-attempt-against-trump-is-a-huge-mistake.html

https://consortiumnews.com/2019/09/26/the-untold-story-of-the-trump-ukraine-scandal-the-routine-corruption-of-us-foreign-policy/

https://thegrayzone.com/2019/10/13/dcs-atlantic-council-raked-in-funding-from-hunter-bidens-corruption-stained-employer-while-courting-his-vp-father/#more-15230

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1BsWtp1d6w

Jimmy Dore John Kiriakou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSG800M8n9c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLcMcdbb4Ho

Birds disappearing

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/silent-skies-billions-of-north-american-birds-have-vanished/

War Heros?

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/09/18/stop-telling-veterans-that-they-are-heroes/

Social Media Censorship

Cuban media outlets censored by twitter.
Seems only those critical or targets of the military industrial complex or deep state get censored by Twitter, Facebook, and Google.

http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2019/09/11/declaracion-de-la-upec-twitter-censura-masivamente-a-periodistas-y-medios-en-cuba/#.XXn5OJMzbq2

Enamel

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/aug/30/scientists-grow-tooth-enamel

Dangers of 5G

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/the-dangers-of-5g-to-childrens-health/

Sanders and WaPo

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/08/14/msm-smears-sanders-for-saying-msm-smears-sanders/

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/08/15/manufacturing-normality/

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/08/16/former-msnbc-reporter-spills-details-on-pro-establishment-bias-in-media/

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/bernie-sanders-washington-post-media-complaint-872349/

https://off-guardian.org/2019/08/16/inside-the-submissive-void/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/27/bernie-sanders-media-democracy

https://therealnews.com/stories/corporate-media-bias-against-sanders-is-structural-not-a-conspiracy

https://fair.org/home/climate-minimizers-dont-deny-climate-change-but-find-endless-reasons-to-reject-sanders-plan-to-stop-it/

https://www.mintpressnews.com/bernieblackout-media-bernie-sanders-bias/262661/

Joe Rogan Experience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O-iLk1G_ng

The Hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6cY-CghyKY

Hong Kong Protests

Western meddling in China appears similar to methods utilized in Ukraine.

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/08/violent-protests-in-hong-kong-reach-their-last-stage.html

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/08/which-hong-kong-protest-size-estimate-is-right.html

https://thegrayzone.com/2019/08/17/hong-kong-protest-washington-nativism-violence/

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/08/27/how-to-make-sense-of-foreign-protests-conflicts-and-uprisings/

Clinton Associates who died mysteriously

https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/74251/complete-list-of-clinton-associates-who-allegedly-died-mysteriously-or-committed-suicide-before.html

Harold Pinter

https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/pinter-lecture-e.pdf

Anthropocene

https://osociety.org/2019/03/02/why-the-anthropocene-is-not-climate-change/

https://osociety.org/2019/07/25/the-great-reckoning/

Rugged Individualism and Climate Change

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/07/21/rugged-individualism-cannot-save-us-only-enlightened-collectivism-can/

Ukraine

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/07/ukraine-voters-defeat-second-color-revolution.html

The Lies the Grownups Told Us

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/07/12/the-lies-the-grownups-told-us/

NPR more dangerous than Fox News

https://lobelog.com/when-npr-is-more-dangerous-than-fox-news/

https://taibbi.substack.com/p/npr-trashes-free-speech-a-brief-response

Epstein

Whitney Webb's new book:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q28wkPhMQrY

Trump getting sued along with Epstein for rape of 13 year old girl in New York.
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000158-26b6-dda3-afd8-b6fe46f40000

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/all-we-know-about-the-new-case-against-jeffrey-epstein.html

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-08/shtf-lets-revisit-jeffrey-epsteins-little-black-book


https://www.mintpressnews.com/shocking-origins-jeffrey-epstein-blackmail-roy-cohn/260621/

https://www.mintpressnews.com/government-blackmail-jeffrey-epstein-trumps-mentor-dark-secrets-reagan-era/260760/

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/jeffrey-epstein-high-society-contacts.html

https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/01/the-meaning-of-epstein/

https://thegrayzone.com/2024/01/17/epstein-suicide-coverup/

https://twitter.com/iluminatibot/status/1756350780767137991

Hate in America

Propublica story on secret Facebook group where government employees spew hate.
https://www.propublica.org/article/secret-border-patrol-facebook-group-agents-joke-about-migrant-deaths-post-sexist-memes

Couple other excellent documentaries on Frontline. Hate encouraged by Trump.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/documenting-hate-charlottesville/
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/documenting-hate-new-american-nazis/

Joe Biden

https://joebiden.info/

Creepy Joe

https://youtu.be/_H5NJZMDumY

Tulsi Gabbard

First Democratic debate was last night.

Like her stance on US military adventurism very much. Only concern is how well she will be able to hold onto her values when the deep state and MIC puts great pressure on her. May make a fine Secretary of Defense and then maybe later President.

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/06/media-and-public-disagree-on-tulsi-gabbards-debate-performance.html

https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1144130437264154624

https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/first-2020-democratic-debate-night-1/

Rape Culture

Excellent documentary on rape culture in the US.

https://rollredrollfilm.com/

Bernie Sanders Democratic Socialism Speech

https://opensociet.org/2019/06/16/bernie-sanders-speech-on-democratic-socialism-to-defeat-oligarchy-and-authoritarianism/

Propaganda

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/06/13/propaganda-is-the-root-of-all-our-problems/

https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/how-to-wake-up-f49cfa6266af

Seth Rich

https://consortiumnews.com/2019/06/12/why-didnt-mueller-investigate-seth-rich/

Hardened Arteries Solved?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/11/mystery-arteries-harden-cracked-scientists-calcium-deposits

Tian An Men Square

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/06/tiananmen-square-do-the-media-say-what-really-happened.html

https://www.unz.com/runz/american-pravda-our-coronavirus-catastrophe-as-biowarfare-blowback/

https://chinamatters.blogspot.com/2019/06/what-i-witnessed-in-1989-in-beijing.html

Homicide Rates Drop in California Bay Area

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2019/jun/03/gun-violence-bay-area-drop-30-percent-why-investigation

Jimmy Dore

https://consortiumnews.com/2019/06/03/jimmy-dore-gets-the-last-laugh-on-russia-gate/

Serious political comedy in similar vein as Lee Camp, John Oliver, and Jon Stewart.

https://www.youtube.com/user/TYTComedy/search?query=bernie+sanders

Iran
https://youtu.be/MYhvOgN707k

Iran: False Flag Operations?

A few ships were damaged supposedly by mines and Iran was blamed. US?

https://www.mintpressnews.com/bolton-alleges-iran-maritime-sabotage-evidence-points-elsewhere/258856/

North Korea Executions?

Fake media releases of executions in North Korea. Propaganda machine at work.
Finally found site for which majority of viewpoints seem to be most aligned with.

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/05/death-and-resurrection-in-north-korea.html

Tom Tomorrow

Best Comics writer? Maybe Tom Toles also.

https://www.dailykos.com/blog/Tom%20Tomorrow/

The US Government is Like a Bad Dad

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/05/23/america-is-like-a-bad-dad/

https://www.globalresearch.ca/how-survive-journey-ahead-graduation-message-terrifying-age/5677980

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/06/04/donald-trump-is-the-most-honest-us-president-of-all-time/

Cosmetics and Toxins

US regulation pales in comparison with the EU.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/22/chemicals-in-cosmetics-us-restricted-eu

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/23/are-chemicals-in-beauty-products-making-us-ill

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/23/fragrance-perfume-personal-cleaning-products-health-issues

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/28/organic-food-what-to-buy-produce-meat-dairy

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2019/may/29/chemical-checkout-what-might-be-hiding-in-your-groceries

SAT Adversity Score

Score bump based on a student's background. Fair?

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-16/american-except-ionalism-secret-adversity-score-bias-college-admissions-nationwide

The Enemies of Your Enemy are Not Your Friends

Articles on Trump and his accusers. Neither worth a damn.

https://opensociet.org/2019/05/09/these-people-are-not-your-friends/

Greater threat, US or Russia?

Percentage change between 2013 and 2018 is very dramatic.
https://viableopposition.blogspot.com/2019/03/which-is-greater-threat-russia-or.html
Not sure this can be turned around without dramatic changes in US foreign policy.

United Bases of America

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/map-shows-places-world-where-us-military-operates-180970997/

Sri Lanka Bombing

https://www.mintpressnews.com/sri-lanka-how-saudi-backed-terror-isis-targeted-chinas-allies/258170/

Sex Trafficking

Had seen this movie some months ago. Disturbing but very good.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5742374/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_7

Article which movie has strong causation to.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/essence-evil-sex-children-become-big-business-america/5675394

Ukraine Maiden Protests

MSM failing all of us as per usual.

https://consortiumnews.com/2019/04/22/the-buried-maidan-massacre-and-its-misrepresentation-by-the-west/

https://www.globalresearch.ca/rise-ukraines-neo-nazi-mps-since-2014-pro-democracy-revolution/5675691

https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-natos-ongoing-support-neo-nazis-ukraine/5674577?utm_campaign=magnet&utm_source=article_page&utm_medium=related_articles

Facebook Censorship
https://off-guardian.org/2019/06/04/facebook-censoring-offgs-links/

Jimmy Carter on the US continuously at war

Jimmy Carter on the US at war. Have only been 5 years in US history when not at war. Four of these being during Jimmy Carter's tenure.

https://opensociet.org/2019/04/20/jimmy-carter-us-most-warlike-nation-in-history-of-the-world/

http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2021/02/presidents-day-carters-prescient.html

Hacking Blog

Good hacking blog with information on supposed Russian hack of 2016 election.

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/01/election-hack-faq/

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/

Snowden Archives

Previous insiders view on what happened at the Intercept regarding Edward Snowden documents. Why were they never made available to the public?

https://medium.com/@barrettbrown/why-the-intercept-really-closed-the-snowden-archive-e99f46bbfbbc

NATO + US Imperialism

What needs to happen to NATO and US imperialism.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/nato-exit-dismantle-nato-close-down-800-us-military-bases-prosecute-the-war-criminals/5670610

US and Prison Populations

How many people in US jails
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2xaunPX4AEZNn2.jpg:large

Incarceration rates globally. US is number one.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D20DHNsWoAY4hoe.jpg

76% of US prisoners have not been convicted of a crime
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2weu9JX4AAAWT7.jpg

Ukraine

Ukrainian defector on shooting down of MH17 airline.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/reasons-believe-vasily-prozorov-testimony-ukraine-role-downing-mh-17/256642/

https://disobedientmedia.com/2019/04/the-evidence-in-the-mh17-case-doesnt-point-to-russia-or-ukraine/

https://vimeo.com/111625523

https://williambowles.info/the-file-on-flight-mh17-july-2014-2019/

Facebook censorship
https://off-guardian.org/2019/06/04/facebook-censoring-offgs-links/

Universities to Avoid/Pursue

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/18/upshot/some-colleges-have-more-students-from-the-top-1-percent-than-the-bottom-60.html

https://opensociet.org/2019/03/14/the-perfectly-legal-but-immoral-ways-rich-kids-get-into-top-colleges/

Washington Hypocrites on Muslim killings

Good article on the hypocrites in Washington towards genocide of Muslims.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/christchurch-crocodile-tears-the-thoughts-and-prayers-from-war-mongers-and-islamophobes-ring-hollow/256321/

Whistleblowers

Someone who probably saved the life a child now in solitary confinement.

https://consortiumnews.com/2019/03/18/another-whistleblower-in-solitary-confinement/

Venezuela

The US government attempts a coup in Venezuela and the MSM supports via propaganda.

https://theintercept.com/2019/03/10/nyts-expose-on-the-lies-about-burning-humanitarian-trucks-in-venezuela-shows-how-us-govt-and-media-spread-fake-news/

https://www.mintpressnews.com/venezuela-govt-presents-evidence-of-alleged-terrorism-plots-by-foreign-paramilitaries/256551/

https://consortiumnews.com/2019/05/09/turnkey-tyranny-on-the-streets-of-washington/

https://www.mintpressnews.com/secret-service-blocks-food-from-reaching-activists-inside-venezuelan-embassy/258244/

https://www.mintpressnews.com/mintpress-grazyone-journalists-endure-us-govt-blackout-and-siege-at-venezuelan-embassy-in-dc/258347/

https://fair.org/home/zero-percent-of-elite-commentators-oppose-regime-change-in-venezuela/

How Mainstream Media kowtow to the Elite

https://www.mintpressnews.com/this-1995-noam-chomsky-quote-prophetically-defined-todays-news-media/255664/

“I’m sure you believe everything you’re saying. But what I’m saying is that if you believe something different, you wouldn’t be sitting where you’re sitting.”‘

Bernie Sanders for President in 2020

Nice contrast between Bernice Sanders and Jimmy Carter, and more.

https://opensociet.org/2019/02/20/can-bernie-sanders-win-dr-jekyll-mr-hyde-answers-this-question-for-us/

Where Sanders actually resides on the left-right political spectrum. Slightly left of center.
https://opensociet.org/2019/02/24/bernie-sanders-two-pronged-attack-on-american-exceptionalism-socialism-lost-its-meaning-in-american-politics/
https://opensociet.org/2019/03/18/bernie-sanders-policies-are-mainstream-normal-and-popular-no-matter-how-often-hes-called-a-socialist/

Pesticides and Organic Food

Switching to organic foods will reduce pesticide traces in blood.
Another concern is glycophosphates (Round-up) can increase cancer risk by 40%.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/15/what-the-pesticides-in-our-urine-tell-us-about-organic-food

https://globalnews.ca/news/4150466/the-dirty-dozen-and-clean-15-2018s-list-of-fruits-and-vegetables-with-the-most-pesticides/

Petrodollar

https://www.mintpressnews.com/petrodollar-warfare-the-common-thread-linking-venezuela-and-iran/255123/

Real Public Radio

https://kpfa.org/

https://www.koop.org/

AIPAC

https://theintercept.com/2019/02/11/ilhan-omar-israel-lobby-documentary/

https://theintercept.com/2019/02/12/there-is-a-taboo-against-criticizing-aipac-and-ilhan-omar-just-destroyed-it/

https://theintercept.com/2018/11/22/israel-boycott-canary-mission-blacklist/

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/ilhan-omar-under-attack-telling-truth-about-israel-lobby

https://electronicintifada.net/content/watch-film-israel-lobby-didnt-want-you-see/25876

European Films

List of 25 notable European films. Check comments for more.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/10/european-film-must-see-25-movies

2020 Presidential Election

Expect at least 20 democrats to run for President this go round. Trump will lose to whoever the nominee is so many will join the race (majority for selfish reasons).

Excellent article which draws analogies to Cory Booker and Kamala Harris bids.
https://consortiumnews.com/2019/01/30/malcolm-x-warned-about-these-bourgeois-hustlers/

Another on MSMs (NBC in this case) attempt to out Tulsi Gabbard as a Russian operative.
https://theintercept.com/2019/02/03/nbc-news-to-claim-russia-supports-tulsi-gabbard-relies-on-firm-just-caught-fabricating-russia-data-for-the-democratic-party/

How Grand Jury's work

https://abovethelaw.com/2016/02/criminally-yours-indicting-a-ham-sandwich/

Anti MSM

Better news sites:
Has weekday 1 hr show.
https://www.democracynow.org/
https://theintercept.com/
https://www.propublica.org/
https://fair.org/
https://www.mintpressnews.com/
https://consortiumnews.com/
https://www.moonofalabama.org/
https://www.globalresearch.ca/
https://opensociet.org/
https://disobedientmedia.com/
https://www.zerohedge.com/
https://shadowproof.com/
Russia Today got dropped from Comcast in California, think in much of country also. Another differing opinion silenced.
https://www.rt.com/
Lot of websites above can no longer make money from advertising on social media (fb, google, twitter) since do not prescribe to party lines.
So-so
Good array of stories but often prints propaganda pieces.
https://www.theguardian.com/us
The anti guardian
https://off-guardian.org/

Rating the websites:
https://swprs.org/media-navigator/

2018 Election Fraud?

2018 Election results in Broward County.
Also an under vote in Senate election due to ballot design.
Unsure if corruption or incompetence.

https://disobedientmedia.com/2018/12/canova-contests-the-results-of-congressional-race-against-wasserman-schultz-calls-for-revote/

Also election fraud in North Carolina by GOP operatives:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/bladen-county-election-fraud-and-north-carolina-voter-id/577393/