Summer ended with some cold spray...

 Alas, all things must come to an end.  Seasons change and memories persist but time always marches on.

Once again, the last boat off the lake. What a wonderful summer this was!

I keep telling myself to get the boat out sooner, but then there is that nice weekend when you think - just one more lap around the lake.  As it happened the winds were around 20 mph and actually at my back, coming out of the NW.  I think the lake was telling me it's time to get ready for winter!  At the launch the waves were hitting the transom high enough to let just a little spray blow forward onto my back.  Another year has passed.

Somebody gets a little nutty when the UPS truck arrives even when we're in a VRBO across the country!

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Official first snow of 2024-2025

 Yep, it's official!

15 October 2024

LOL, a little early this year and just a mere dusting.  

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Wetiko

 Who knew?  This is another counter view that explains a lot!

“Wetiko disease is an expression of the convincing illusion of the separate self gone wild. Bewitched by the intrinsic projective tendencies of their own mind, full-blown wetikos are unconsciously doing the very thing they are reacting to while simultaneously accusing other people of doing it.

Projecting the shadow onto others, they will accuse others of projecting the shadow onto them. To use an extreme, but prototypical example, it is like someone screaming that you’re killing them as they kill you.

If their insanity is reflected back to them, they think it is the mirror that is insane. Suffering from a form of psychic blindness that believes itself to be sightedness, full-blown wetikos project out their own unconscious blindness and imagine that others, instead of themselves, are the ones who are not seeing..."

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How do you define evil?

 An unusual topic for this blog but one that actually fits many movements we see in these times.  Sociopathic behavior?  No empathy, how about Psychopathic behavior?  The dark triad  - a blend of Machiavellism thrown in with a knack for good acting? LOL, lots of examples of people that are very real and are indeed "out there" for you to bump into and be exploited by.  Think critically.

Here Malone tries to explain. Very well I might add.  Just add in the reality of other factors like depleting global energy reserves and too many consumers afoot and here then is another take on this very popular and ubiquitous influence mechanism.  Noam Chomsky wrote "Manufacturing Consent" many years ago, it's the same idea only augmented with advanced media and lazy if not deceitful scholarship.  Integrity in scholarship used to matter, now it only does if someone dares to disagree.  Then Katy bar the door. 

The concept of 5th generation warfare (state of the art propaganda with all of the social media and concerted censorship available to a state or person these days) as a means of manufacturing public and individual opinions can be seen in the expression of our popular media every day.  Its examples are often  related to a whole host of machinations we now see and hear about every day. This kabuki theater is active in how events are carefully scripted to present a desired result.  The omission or editing of truth and the abject promotion of lies without care or consequence fits the definition of evil in my opinion. We often lack words for it which was Malone's quandary but I think he gets to the point.  The only way to win as Malone puts it, is not to play this game.   Think for yourself, question everything, unplug from the matrix!

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B connects the dots in a rational way and adds some nuanced prospectives...

Collapse Might Come Sooner Than Expected

Another opinion piece based on reality.  A treat and a short read.

So much of what we are seeing and experiencing in these twilight moments of the oil age can be understood once you grasp the significance of our time. 

I recommend a visit to the Substack page for more very well written and thoughtful articles on societies greatest challenge.  We have known for a long time that we have a limited amount of time to move past our oil and gas endowment and into a sustaining energy culture. I am in complete agreement with B and in my own view that rural, self sustaining localized cultures like we had in the 1800's are where we are headed if we are lucky.  We will be firmly ensconced there by 2050 - 2070 in my humble opinion.  Just a couple of generations from now.  That is an amazing thought.  The world's operators who currently wield influence have a plethora of ideas to cope with this situation, none of which in my opinion, values human freedom, expression or individuality.  It is true that when energy scarcity exists the middle class goes away, it simply cannot be supported. So pay attention to the legislators and the influencers as they prattle on with "solutions" to their failed economic order based on growth in a world of finite resources.  Interesting times ahead. Think critically.  

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Another very good description of our current state of affairs...

Energy is everything - economics is not.  Every war and every lesser conflict has always been about energetic resources.  For a very long time many have warned about the massive challenge.  If you follow my posts this is old news to you.

Here is a great assessment.  2030 is the break over year.  Energy is the issue.  

The Energy Collapse | Louis Arnoux

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So very easy to manipulate

Every now and then I find a simple example that tells a story.  Here is one of those, sadly it extends into many areas of the human condition.  Think for yourselves, think critically, never accept agenda driven discourse for facts - even if you hear them over and over again. That's how controlling people or entities imprint their message in your mind.  Sadly, the unsuspecting and trusting are easily programmed, sometimes for a lifetime.  

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