I am not able to watch last Sunday's Q&A with Michael Mann. When I click on the link in Ruth's email from today, I get a message that says "Video Unavailable, This video has been removed by the uploader". Has anyone else been able to access the video?
Was anyone else unable to attend the last Lucid Zoom meeting because Zoom wouldn't load? I really enjoy those Zoom meetings and the chance to ask the Prof and her guests questions. I just wish we could get more young people involved. That will be my goal for 2025!
The appointments of unqualified to lead the key departments is clear attempts to tear those down. All power ascends to dear leader.
This seems well constructucted and planned. This is outside of trump’s skill set. Yes, he’s the frontman; but the plan likely os for the oligarchs. Corruption is plain, with number 1 beneficiary - Musk; but the circle is much wider.
The scene from hell to come is the fear, not only of mass shootings at demonstrations like Tiananmen Sq, it's the Stalin or Mao, or Pinochet knock on the door at night, the disappearances, the torture, the rape, the cold blooded murder or the remote drone murder at the push of a button, in the underground army of the lawless fundamentalist fanatics whose bestial mind and blind obedience has possessed their souls in some kind of sick S & M chamber with naked teenagers cavorting. And now as we contend with Q twisted minds into an alternate dimension...the thought police trolls and hackers and bots are mathematically attacking our boundaries. This is the pit these devious minds have dug. A black hole into the heart of America. Will they get to put the stake in for good? I don't think so, but prepare for the worst, believe in the best is what my grandmother's motto was.
All the gop cowards in washington cannot even stand up to this nobody, and do not even have right to represent the people, ALL the people in their districts. They need to be called out relentlessly for the spineless people they are for selling this country out..they should be recalled. Why those who chose not to certify in 2020 are still allowed to be there is beyond me.. they are insurrectionists.
I also recommend supporting alternative media outlets like Free Speech TV and the Pacifica network of radio stations. You might have to get satellite dish to pull in FSTV but that's one way to receive Amy Goodman's Democracy Now, Thom Hartmann's shows plus David Pakman, Randy Rhodes, and groups you never hear of in mainstream media like the Bioneers. Alternative media may preserve democratic values longer than MSM because it's less visible.
Purification through violence—this is a great background theme here, which points to the religious dimension involved, fueling the passion, determination and commitment we can see. Yet the great irony is that it is to fill an empty, hollow narcissist, an angry, bottomless pit of a human being disconnected from soul, whose solace is in cruelty and domination over others. We Americans are being offered a very deep and valuable lesson in Abnormal Psychology here, if only we can learn it and act in time.
Trump's proposed appointments are only an extension of Jan. 6th. It is obvious the goal is to tear down the government leaving only him, or whoever replaces him when his mental deterioration is complete.
I find it interesting that the GOP has to destroy before it can create. They have no interest in real creating. All I've seen is a will to destroy our country. The one thing they might be trying to create is a white nationalist country, but IMO if they get that, they won't have a clue how to run it.
Given their approach, they can’t possibly succeed in creating “the good aspects” at least some of them imagine might come about. Why? Their beliefs, plans and tools are all wrong for the job. But what they will succeed in creating is a huge mess and failure all around. The departure from reality they are buying into and wishing to implement, unlike Elon’s rockets and cars which do work technically but are in metaphorical and other ways also flights of fantasy, fuels and appeals to the empty narcissist’s need for a whacking big story, a gigantic cover story to justify and fuel him, a big con. It is a ride that seems attractive to lots, but its actual destination is “the end of the line”—i.e., ruination and hell.
I have recently become personally aware of the vast and powerful resentment of White men of all ages about what they perceive as their "replacement" by women and minorities including LGBT folks. While I knew it was there, I had no idea how huge it was, to the point of believing that this is why Kamala lost, rather than anything to do with prices at the grocery store. It plays right in to DJT's world view. Because Minority majority won't actually occur until 2030-2035, I'm afraid it's going to be a long haul. And yes, given this, I fully expect January 6 to become a national holiday.
I agree completely with this observation Jane. White, male supremacists are massively threatened and grabbed on to Trump's grandiose coattails in the hopes of preserving white, male dominance and look how quickly they are slamming women and "brown people."
instead of learning from history (to choose an alternative course), it tragically feels like we are in the midst of an impending train wreck, the momentum cannot be stopped
The ongoing failure of “legacy” (where does that definition come from?) media to offer factual reporting has made our lives more susceptible to fear.
I stopped a while ago to use the president elect’s name, I’m using TCF, the CONVICTED FELON because that defines him far more and may cause a reader to consider the ramifications of him in charge of OUR government.
The abysmal ignorance of the voters as to what exactly TCF plans to do is part of why we’re here now.
I keep telling myself to have hope, to not fear, to stay pledged to the US Constitution (I made my official pledge back in 2023) BUT I have moments of grave doubts about the integrity and sturdiness of our Judicial systems. And it always seems that politicians tend to cave in at the tiniest whiff of personal danger. We now need the integrity and courage of the many resistance groups of women and men from all the Nazi occupied countries 1940-45!
Thank you for your continued Lucid writing. Your columns and talks are a much appreciated source of fact based information.
God is dead. And Satan walks the Earth wrapped in an American flag, wearing a MAGA hat and orange face paint.
I am not able to watch last Sunday's Q&A with Michael Mann. When I click on the link in Ruth's email from today, I get a message that says "Video Unavailable, This video has been removed by the uploader". Has anyone else been able to access the video?
I didn’t receive a link to register for this weeks Lucid. I hope I can receive the recording. Thank you for everything.
I received it. Did you look in your junk/spam folder?
Was anyone else unable to attend the last Lucid Zoom meeting because Zoom wouldn't load? I really enjoy those Zoom meetings and the chance to ask the Prof and her guests questions. I just wish we could get more young people involved. That will be my goal for 2025!
The appointments of unqualified to lead the key departments is clear attempts to tear those down. All power ascends to dear leader.
This seems well constructucted and planned. This is outside of trump’s skill set. Yes, he’s the frontman; but the plan likely os for the oligarchs. Corruption is plain, with number 1 beneficiary - Musk; but the circle is much wider.
Read Timothy Snyder's post titled "Decapitation Strike".
Joy - Project 2025+ which I believe has the goal of creating White Gilead.
The scene from hell to come is the fear, not only of mass shootings at demonstrations like Tiananmen Sq, it's the Stalin or Mao, or Pinochet knock on the door at night, the disappearances, the torture, the rape, the cold blooded murder or the remote drone murder at the push of a button, in the underground army of the lawless fundamentalist fanatics whose bestial mind and blind obedience has possessed their souls in some kind of sick S & M chamber with naked teenagers cavorting. And now as we contend with Q twisted minds into an alternate dimension...the thought police trolls and hackers and bots are mathematically attacking our boundaries. This is the pit these devious minds have dug. A black hole into the heart of America. Will they get to put the stake in for good? I don't think so, but prepare for the worst, believe in the best is what my grandmother's motto was.
All the gop cowards in washington cannot even stand up to this nobody, and do not even have right to represent the people, ALL the people in their districts. They need to be called out relentlessly for the spineless people they are for selling this country out..they should be recalled. Why those who chose not to certify in 2020 are still allowed to be there is beyond me.. they are insurrectionists.
I also recommend supporting alternative media outlets like Free Speech TV and the Pacifica network of radio stations. You might have to get satellite dish to pull in FSTV but that's one way to receive Amy Goodman's Democracy Now, Thom Hartmann's shows plus David Pakman, Randy Rhodes, and groups you never hear of in mainstream media like the Bioneers. Alternative media may preserve democratic values longer than MSM because it's less visible.
Purification through violence—this is a great background theme here, which points to the religious dimension involved, fueling the passion, determination and commitment we can see. Yet the great irony is that it is to fill an empty, hollow narcissist, an angry, bottomless pit of a human being disconnected from soul, whose solace is in cruelty and domination over others. We Americans are being offered a very deep and valuable lesson in Abnormal Psychology here, if only we can learn it and act in time.
Trump's proposed appointments are only an extension of Jan. 6th. It is obvious the goal is to tear down the government leaving only him, or whoever replaces him when his mental deterioration is complete.
I find it interesting that the GOP has to destroy before it can create. They have no interest in real creating. All I've seen is a will to destroy our country. The one thing they might be trying to create is a white nationalist country, but IMO if they get that, they won't have a clue how to run it.
Given their approach, they can’t possibly succeed in creating “the good aspects” at least some of them imagine might come about. Why? Their beliefs, plans and tools are all wrong for the job. But what they will succeed in creating is a huge mess and failure all around. The departure from reality they are buying into and wishing to implement, unlike Elon’s rockets and cars which do work technically but are in metaphorical and other ways also flights of fantasy, fuels and appeals to the empty narcissist’s need for a whacking big story, a gigantic cover story to justify and fuel him, a big con. It is a ride that seems attractive to lots, but its actual destination is “the end of the line”—i.e., ruination and hell.
Very well said, Cecelia. Thank you.
Watching the trailer, I thought I could not possibly watch the full video until Ruth said not to look away. I'll take another gulp...and view it soon.
We have a tough fight ahead of us. We need to have each other's backs. I think that our professional military will step up.
So far no American institutions or even our fellow citizens, have stepped up to protect us from this nightmare. Not counting on being rescued.
I have recently become personally aware of the vast and powerful resentment of White men of all ages about what they perceive as their "replacement" by women and minorities including LGBT folks. While I knew it was there, I had no idea how huge it was, to the point of believing that this is why Kamala lost, rather than anything to do with prices at the grocery store. It plays right in to DJT's world view. Because Minority majority won't actually occur until 2030-2035, I'm afraid it's going to be a long haul. And yes, given this, I fully expect January 6 to become a national holiday.
I agree completely with this observation Jane. White, male supremacists are massively threatened and grabbed on to Trump's grandiose coattails in the hopes of preserving white, male dominance and look how quickly they are slamming women and "brown people."
Yes, it's fascist social Darwinism, which has at its root, bigotry.
instead of learning from history (to choose an alternative course), it tragically feels like we are in the midst of an impending train wreck, the momentum cannot be stopped
Fascism is built on momentum that takes years to establish. It will take years of pro-democracy marches to slow it down and then reverse it.
The ongoing failure of “legacy” (where does that definition come from?) media to offer factual reporting has made our lives more susceptible to fear.
I stopped a while ago to use the president elect’s name, I’m using TCF, the CONVICTED FELON because that defines him far more and may cause a reader to consider the ramifications of him in charge of OUR government.
The abysmal ignorance of the voters as to what exactly TCF plans to do is part of why we’re here now.
I keep telling myself to have hope, to not fear, to stay pledged to the US Constitution (I made my official pledge back in 2023) BUT I have moments of grave doubts about the integrity and sturdiness of our Judicial systems. And it always seems that politicians tend to cave in at the tiniest whiff of personal danger. We now need the integrity and courage of the many resistance groups of women and men from all the Nazi occupied countries 1940-45!
Thank you for your continued Lucid writing. Your columns and talks are a much appreciated source of fact based information.
I like your name for the president elect, but I would personally refuse to capitalize it - that is too respectful, IMO.
I agree!
Excellent recommendation. Much more suitable tcf. Thanks
You are welcome!