Sadness and the Winter Olympics 2022

The Winter Olympics are over this coming Sunday. Sadly, I haven't watched much of them. Politics have gotten in the way! I am sure that's how many feel; however, I don't think our low viewership has been fair to the athletes who work so hard at their sport. They are just tryng to do their best, and can't help what's going on in the United States and the world at this moment in time. I personally know I have not been supportive. Moreover, a friend's son is out there giving his best, I am sure. He is a 28 time world champion. That's pretty amazing! I will try to record him at 2:15 AM tonight, but what's going on currently is very troubling for me. My parents took me out of Cuba at a young age, and I am very thankful, but sadly what I am seeing in Canada which could come down to the United States seems as if their sacrifice was worthless. To say that I am angry is an understatement.

Hearing while not listening?

The reality is that most people, although they are being told Estevan was eaten, prefer to believe that he was bitten....

Reference:

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Are your political views truth based?

Now we know the whole Russia Collusion thing was a hoax! A huge lie! My question to many is do your political views require lies in order to survive? If the answer is yes, I would ponder and consider the gravitas of those political views.

Violence vs Peace, and Vice-versa

I am against violence, or inciting it; however, sometimes it becomes the only alternative in order to overcome. We can't make decisions for others, but I know that from history and observation, many times force has been the only deciding factor instead of peaceful protesting. I can give many examples, but will stick to one more current one.

On July 11th, 2021 in Cuba, many Cubans took to the streets protesting the horrible conditions the government has forced them to live under for decades. This wasn't the first time they protested; however, this time it was well organized and it took place in many cities throughout the island. The protesters continued to protest for the next several days, but eventually all dwindled down since the communist regime began taking repressive action against the protesters up a notch. Long story short, currently there are more than 800 political prisoners which resulted from those protests last year, and the regime is still in power. I have even heard there are young minors being held captive. There are many questions which arise with relevance.

How can a government of a small few rule and oppress many people so easily? What happened, when one looks back, is that those Cubans missed an opportunity by not taking it up a step further using violence against the evil ruling dictatorship. Imagine if the Cubans would have gone to Raul Castro's, or Díaz-Canel's house and took them captive, perhaps killing them and dragging their corpses through the streets for all to see similar to what Libyans did to Gaddafi during the so called Arab Spring. I am pretty sure those political prisoners wouldn't be there now. Moreover, the global support they had at the time would have also increased, and another government would be on the island replacing the current after more than 60 years of repression. Unfortunately, the oppressive conditions remain in Cuba. Lesson learned! Let's move forward to the present.

Canadian truckers have been peacefully protesting oppressive conditions from their government for many days now. Often peace is the best approach. If we would have asked Martin Luther King Jr. or Ghandi, they would have agreed. However, when a government doesn't listen and isn't receptive to the demands of the people, the rules of the game probably have to change proportionally, or steps must be taken to another level.

The Canadian government has declared a state of emergency announcing that they will arrest and imprison protesters for a year. Also they could be fined up to $100,000. They will also suspend their licenses. This is a good example of a government abusing power. Basically, the Canadian truckers are in a similar threshold as the protesters in Cuba were last year. I will watch and observe, but depending on whether the truckers take it to the next level, we will have once again learned another lesson. The future often belongs to those willing to sacrifice their corpses, but ultimately not backing down to oppressive regimes. Oppressive regimes who use the excuse of trying to save and help citizens, when ultimately they are just trying to impoverish them to have more and more control over them. I will stop here and let you ponder on what I just said.

Questioning and noticing red flags

When I read something that says, "according to a discredited conspiracy theory," I immediately have questions. For example, who, says who, and who decided are three simple ones. Moreover, depending on the answers, more questions may arise.

See below.

Deep state in the United States

The deep state in the United States is—according to a discredited conspiracy theory—a clandestine network of actors in the federal government, high-level finance and high-level industry that operates as a hidden government that exercises power alongside or within the legitimate, elected US government.

-Wikipedia

 

 

Reference:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_state_in_the_United_States

When the real coup happens

Of course, if we ever have a real coup, the mainstream media guys will be some of the first to know immediately because they will be following different instructions. They know how it will be, but they can keep telling lies until  they no longer can, I suppose. Entertainment!

Happy 2022!

 Happy New Year and blessings to all!

Merry Christmas and Holiday Blessings to All!

Merry Christmas and Holiday Blessings to All!

Winter Solstice and DST

Today is the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. Most people supposedly know the Winter Solstice marks the shortest day of the year with relevance to daylight hours. Most people supposedly know; however, six weeks ago when we returned to Standard Time (normal time), many of those people who supposedly know where complaining that it was dark because DST ended. The assumption they made is wrong. It was dark because we were already advancing towards today, Winter Solstice. A day on planet Earth lasts 24 hours regardless of DST or Standard Time (normal time). During winter daylight is less than in the summer. Who doesn't know this fact? DST must be confusing many, and I wouldn't doubt the daily hour of unhealthy sleep deprivation is to blame. What a waste of time! Abolish DST!

Some

Some were fooled and taken for a ride. Some weren't. Some went along with it for popularity reasons. Typical personality types. Nothing new under the moon; however, actions have become more bold, and honesty has withered.

On another note: Gee wiz, we never paid attention to all the foregoing millions of coronavirus variants until now...lol. Wonder why?

What would be the reaction?

Supposedly, millions and millions of viruses descend on our planet daily. I sometimes wonder how we would react if we suddenly had a pandemic with a virus having 50% lethality instead of less than 2% (like Covid-19). Think about it! Don't think about it too much, however! If a big enough asteroid hit the planet as we travel through space, the lethality would most likely be 100% instantly. On the bright side, we wouldn't have to put up with mainstream media politicizing the asteroid, since.... Never mind, I am sure you get it. Well, I hope you do. Have a pleasant day everyone.