Thank you, James. The videos of these nurses threatening to harm conservatives in their care is chilling. They haven't mentioned animosity towards men yet, but that will likely come soon.
Let me kick off with the Dr. Joe Unplugged ‘Episode description: After 45 years of failure, new US dietary guidelines focus on real food. Not surprisingly, the usual suspects are not pleased.’ Back to the food future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvy4vAeJUnE
For some months I’ve been putting together my Family Tree and discovered a few things (please note that Family Trees have skeletons and sometimes dates are not exactly correct, however, on my first findings…). I discovered that my father was one of twelve children. Between 1901 and 1926 my grandmother gave birth to 12 children: my grandmother lived until she was 70 and my grandfather until he was 84.
Not all the children reached adulthood. However, 7 of those children survived two world wars, 1 female lived until she was 100 years of age, 2 females lived until 93, 2 males and 1 female lived into their 70’s.
Is this due to eating a simple diet, living a simple life or simply karma! We are told, often, how bad everything was back then. I believe that it was not easy and yet I was faced with these particular statistics and I doubt that any doctor can realistically explain, scientifically, why this was so!
However, we have some people pushing how much worse things are now in 2026 when compared to yesteryear (without them giving actual instances or dates), how repressed everyone is and on it goes. Some people keep acting like ‘pedantic Hogs’ and continue with their ‘pretentious twiddling’ of everything they read.*
When in fact, we are better off despite the reality of what Dr Joe says about eating to much processed food.
Now to the Gender ‘stuff’:
Who is promoting the Gender ‘stuff’?
What do they look like?
What sort of jobs do they have?
What clothes do they wear?
Where do they eat and what do they eat?
Where do they party?
Are they people that wear ‘normal’ clothes and sneer at the man that wears a dress? (a real life example I’ve experienced).
I’d like to entertain you for a moment on the idea that one can self-determine ones own Gender rather than accept the one you were designated at birth (apparently incorrectly!).
If I understand that Self Determination is the way to go, then that means that there are approximately 8.2 billion different Genders on this planet!
We are all individuals are we not?
That means that I have my very own Gender and that also means that I am a Minority!
We are all Minorities!
If I am a minority then that means that the likely hood of being discriminated against is very, very high!! I am mis gendered in countless ways during any 24 hours!
Which means, one has to beg why an Ideology is being pushed for ‘certain groups’ by certain groups (and I’m being very broad here) and they are the true minority, rather than every individuality being considered; for anything possible on this planet!
So I’m back to ‘who is pushing this and why’.
Health is a very big issue in many countries and apparently we all have the Right to ‘good health services’. Yet, in my own simple way, I cannot ignore that Cigarette packets have warnings on them. How dangerous cigarettes are to one’s health and YET no government is banning the sale of cigarettes outright, legal or illegal supplies; and, yet, they can impose their authority in many other areas!
The one thing that I keep arriving at is: the biggest problem is that Governments, The State all over the world are the biggest problem and that means, there is too much government.
When I say this, I immediately think of how certain Governments, good or bad, are supporting things outside of a citizen being allowed to live their life (as long as they are not injuring anyone else) and this is normally by using Tax Payers money to bring about ‘what they think should be happening’.
I had a conversation with a German friend about how ‘cultural activities’ are now very much planned by The State. It is almost as if it is designed to ‘entertain the masses’! But, it comes about by using Tax Payers money and someone who is an ‘expert’ deciding what should be happening.
I thought Culture was from humans and what they decide is going to happen? A ritual from the past is still being promoted by some people when it is no longer relevant in todays world. But who decides this? In our times now, it is from a government department or some lobbyist or a group who believe they know best!
Ayn Rand said it beautifully, if I remember correctly: how many wars would there be if private citizens had to pay for that war rather than all citizens being forced to Fund the war through enforced taxes!
These are my musings on a Monday morning from Europe.
*I saw these words in a comment by someone here on a Substack.
Great stuff yet again Jim! The Cappelen study is new to me! Can't wait to have a look. Lots of other good stuff too... You keep me busy!
Thank you, James. The videos of these nurses threatening to harm conservatives in their care is chilling. They haven't mentioned animosity towards men yet, but that will likely come soon.
the world has truly gone mad...
Let me kick off with the Dr. Joe Unplugged ‘Episode description: After 45 years of failure, new US dietary guidelines focus on real food. Not surprisingly, the usual suspects are not pleased.’ Back to the food future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvy4vAeJUnE
For some months I’ve been putting together my Family Tree and discovered a few things (please note that Family Trees have skeletons and sometimes dates are not exactly correct, however, on my first findings…). I discovered that my father was one of twelve children. Between 1901 and 1926 my grandmother gave birth to 12 children: my grandmother lived until she was 70 and my grandfather until he was 84.
Not all the children reached adulthood. However, 7 of those children survived two world wars, 1 female lived until she was 100 years of age, 2 females lived until 93, 2 males and 1 female lived into their 70’s.
Is this due to eating a simple diet, living a simple life or simply karma! We are told, often, how bad everything was back then. I believe that it was not easy and yet I was faced with these particular statistics and I doubt that any doctor can realistically explain, scientifically, why this was so!
However, we have some people pushing how much worse things are now in 2026 when compared to yesteryear (without them giving actual instances or dates), how repressed everyone is and on it goes. Some people keep acting like ‘pedantic Hogs’ and continue with their ‘pretentious twiddling’ of everything they read.*
When in fact, we are better off despite the reality of what Dr Joe says about eating to much processed food.
Now to the Gender ‘stuff’:
Who is promoting the Gender ‘stuff’?
What do they look like?
What sort of jobs do they have?
What clothes do they wear?
Where do they eat and what do they eat?
Where do they party?
Are they people that wear ‘normal’ clothes and sneer at the man that wears a dress? (a real life example I’ve experienced).
I’d like to entertain you for a moment on the idea that one can self-determine ones own Gender rather than accept the one you were designated at birth (apparently incorrectly!).
I just checked the Worldometer webste and there are approximately 8.2 billion people on the planet (https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/).
If I understand that Self Determination is the way to go, then that means that there are approximately 8.2 billion different Genders on this planet!
We are all individuals are we not?
That means that I have my very own Gender and that also means that I am a Minority!
We are all Minorities!
If I am a minority then that means that the likely hood of being discriminated against is very, very high!! I am mis gendered in countless ways during any 24 hours!
Which means, one has to beg why an Ideology is being pushed for ‘certain groups’ by certain groups (and I’m being very broad here) and they are the true minority, rather than every individuality being considered; for anything possible on this planet!
So I’m back to ‘who is pushing this and why’.
Health is a very big issue in many countries and apparently we all have the Right to ‘good health services’. Yet, in my own simple way, I cannot ignore that Cigarette packets have warnings on them. How dangerous cigarettes are to one’s health and YET no government is banning the sale of cigarettes outright, legal or illegal supplies; and, yet, they can impose their authority in many other areas!
The one thing that I keep arriving at is: the biggest problem is that Governments, The State all over the world are the biggest problem and that means, there is too much government.
When I say this, I immediately think of how certain Governments, good or bad, are supporting things outside of a citizen being allowed to live their life (as long as they are not injuring anyone else) and this is normally by using Tax Payers money to bring about ‘what they think should be happening’.
I had a conversation with a German friend about how ‘cultural activities’ are now very much planned by The State. It is almost as if it is designed to ‘entertain the masses’! But, it comes about by using Tax Payers money and someone who is an ‘expert’ deciding what should be happening.
I thought Culture was from humans and what they decide is going to happen? A ritual from the past is still being promoted by some people when it is no longer relevant in todays world. But who decides this? In our times now, it is from a government department or some lobbyist or a group who believe they know best!
Ayn Rand said it beautifully, if I remember correctly: how many wars would there be if private citizens had to pay for that war rather than all citizens being forced to Fund the war through enforced taxes!
These are my musings on a Monday morning from Europe.
*I saw these words in a comment by someone here on a Substack.