G. E. D. Report #41 - 2020 Vision

In this episode I am talking about 3 things that we have figured out at school. The seniors in particular have learned that people are governed by their emotions, not reason and evidence. That bothers many, and it bothers me too. We also have discussed in detail the importance of the Asch Conformity Experiments. People will follow the crowd around 40% of the time, even when it is obvious that the crowd is wrong. Imagine when there is any grey area? That's how you get The Madness of Crowds: Real Estate Bubble, Tulipmania, and the dot com bubble to name a few.

Lastly I talk about the mantra that Bill Belichick uses for leading the Patriots: "Do Your Job". As soon as you focus on what you're supposed to do, or what you need to do in order to live a life of abundance, then you'll be more successful. Stop worrying about everyone else. Stop focusing on other people or things and getting critical. Do your job, and do it well.

Orlov's 2020 Predictions

Dmitri Orlov has been right a lot.  I was reading the links to him at Zerohedge as far back as 2009.  There are also videos of him out there speaking: interviews, panel discussions and debates.  One of the great things about the internet is you can see the author talk, which allows you get get some insight toward his credibility.  Orlov has a lot of credibility.

New year prediction are usually worse than useless.  Orlov, who seems to gravitate toward the doom and gloom approach, nonetheless says it like it is, and it's worth paying attention to some key statements, because they're right:

"Meanwhile, a shrinking physical economy obscured by runaway debt remains on a collision course with reality; once the collision takes place, the result will be similar to what happened during the financial collapse of 2007-8, except that the desperate financial manipulations that were then used to arrest it will no longer work at all and the physical economy, which is already languishing, will grind to a halt."

The tools used in 08: QE, Interest Rate Manipulation, a full court press propaganda campaign for banks, bailouts.... there's no way they'll work this time.  Peter Schiff says the same thing.

"With regard to politics, the US has already stopped functioning. The ruling elite has split up into two warring camps which are now treating each other with the same viciousness, malice and disdain they have previously reserved for foreigners. This development is inevitable: faced with their own full-spectrum failure, the elites have been forced to search for a scapegoat—anybody but their own beloved selves—and have found… each other, of course!"

As the Elites are scapegoating everyone they can.  I noticed it early when suddenly, 'white privilege' and 'invisible backpacks of privilege' became regular sayings around 10 years ago on college campuses.  It makes sense.  Go to any Democratic Party city, and look around.  You can't blame any of those people for Detroit, Flint, Chiraq, poop infested San Francisco....  so you have to blame phantoms.

Orlov sees it clearly.  So should you.  

The Internet Never Forgets

"Unless the government does something right now, it's going to be catastrophic!"  This article from 2004 deals with my favorite topic, 'climate change' and it uses all the same techniques we see today.  As a matter of fact, if I changed the date from 2004 to 2020 I don't think you'd be able to tell, other than the names used.

In case you think I'm being cynical, or unfair, here is my favorite quote of the article, for obvious reasons: 

This is a case of paint by numbers when it comes to 'climate change' and 'global warming'.  Instead of Trump, they use G.W. Bush.  All of the usual logical fallacies are used, as are the same scare tactics that are used now by Greta and the usual cast of scammers and True Believers.  We're going on 35 years now of "unless the government does something right now we're all gonna die!".

At some point you simply ignore and mock these people, in the same way we clown on the people who saw the end of the world happening in 1872.  If you wish to lend these people credibility, you can.  I'll be preparing for the week ahead, as it will be below freezing the whole time.

For Thee, Not For Me

Ricky Gervais is getting a lot of press and a lot of pushback for his roasting of the Hollywood Elite.  I speak often in class and on this site about watching the reaction, as it usually gives you more information than the action itself.

This event is no different.

The rank hypocrisy was exposed fully after the show.  We had Jennifer Aniston giving us a message from Russell Crowe about how the fires in Australia were definitely caused by Climate Change.  Oddly, there was no mention of the people who have been arrested for arson (CNN source here).

But even if they're right, that human activity has caused rising temperatures, and this in turn has caused the fires in Australia, shouldn't there be some shame among the people who lecture us?  The same people who sermonize you about your behavior, guilt, and complicity see no need to put a brake on theirs.

Here's the lecture:

Here is what I'm talking about when I tell you that these are people to ignore, and when possible, mock:

Notice the throwaway line about existing in "their own universe".  That bit of rhetoric is put there to get you to dismiss the absurdity of it all.  The flowers were flown by jet from Ecuador and Italy to the Golden Globes.  Think about that for a minute the next time you give credibility to any of these people.   The NY Times, clueless as ever, couldn't help itself: "

“The last thing anyone needed was for the smirking master of ceremonies to reprimand [the audience] for having hope, or taunt the room for trying to use their influence to change things for the better.  Gervais, should have been brave enough to drop the tired agitator shtick and, for once, read the room.”

That is exactly what Gervais did.  Go forth and do likewise.  Ignore their message, mock them, and view anyone who follows their lead as, at best, ill informed.

The Las Vegas Raiders

Well it's official.  The Raiders are no longer the Oakland Raiders.  They've dropped 'Oakland' from all media material and are simply listed as "Raiders".

I grew up with the outlaw imagery of the Oakland Raiders, and I remember well when they moved to Los Angeles.  I hated the move and it made the franchise seem as if it were made out of plastic.  Al Davis looked more eager to give the finger to the NFL than keep the zeitgeist of the team and the energy of the franchise's fan base energized.

He eventually moved the team back to Oakland.  It was as if the Dodgers moved back to Brooklyn.  Davis, who went to Erasmus Hall HS in Brooklyn, realized that nothing could replace the Oakland outlaw history and reputation.

Now that is all over.  The Raiders are moving into an incredible stadium in Las Vegas:

"To help with that, the Raiders signed a partnership with Cox Business to bring the fastest optical internet on the market to the venue.

The $2 billion Allegiant Stadium will feature 1,700 Wi-Fi access points backed by redundant 40-gigabit optical internet connections, which Cox Business Vice President Derrick Hill said will have the bandwidth for every mobile device in the 65,000-seat stadium. There will be more than 227 miles of fiber. There will also be 2,200 Samsung screens and signs, powered by Cisco Vision. With the technology, Cox will provide a variety of fan interaction elements, such as virtual meet and greets."

I think Davis would be happy with the move to Las Vegas. He never had much love for the NFL bureaucracy, and the sinful background of Las Vegas and the in-your-face connection to gambling, legal and illegal, is a good way to continually skirt the edge of respectability.  It's not a bad move.

The Sea Change Continues

All you have to do is fight back.  Bullies will go after you forever unless you push back, and push back hard.

Remember this picture?

I do. It created a firestorm and Twitter went crazy, as did public figures, calling Nick Sandmann all sorts of vile names, the most common being 'racist'.  Because the Corporate Media's disgusting Narrative of Divide and Conquer, they released the dogs on this Catholic High School student.

Then he fought back.

CNN just settled with Sandmann.

It continues today:

Sandmann and his people are not going gently into that goodnight. Good for them.  The current iteration of 'progressive' tech and media companies are finally getting pushback.

I saw information on this story on SocialGalactic, a social media platform that isn't tolerant of SJW progressive stupidity.

Things are changing.  This is good.

Afghanistan War – The Crime of the Century

Ron Paul will be seen as a voice in the wilderness when the AI archeologists are sifting through the rubble of our age.  Dr. Paul gives you more truth in this short column than you'll get in the Washington Post or NY Times.  The Afghanistan Papers are out, and the entire operation is completely fraudulent:

"What we learned in what is rightly being called the “Pentagon Papers” of our time, is that hundreds of US Administration officials – including three US Presidents – knowingly lied to the American people about the Afghanistan war for years. This wasn’t just a matter of omitting some unflattering facts. This was about bald-faced lying about a war they knew was a disaster from almost day one."

Remember, Paul is the candidate that the Corporate Media ignored and smeared in his runs for president in 2008 and 2012.  Because he was actually anti-war, he was vilified and shunned.  When you think about this it's easy to see not only what our Overlords really care about, but also how disgusting they are.  A day doesn't go by when I'm not repulsed by what our media has become.

You would expect that people would be up in arms about this. Not so.  The rabble are easy to direct and control.  Back in those days I had a very active Facebook account (since deleted).  My FB contacts were calling him a 'racist', 'conspiracy theorist', and whatever else they were told to think.  Maybe the real problem is that the American Herd is so addled by HFCS and soy that they can't think anymore.

Paul's article his here.  I recommend it.  This 18 year long Afghanistan is one of the worst chapters in American History.  Even after the Afghanistan Papers came out, the media's headline was what it always is these days: "Orange Man Bad!"