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It's Been a Good Life
(The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov #1-3 (condensed))
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Isaac Asimov,
Janet Asimov (Editor)
4.17 · Rating details · 416 ratings · 48 reviews
New one-volume autobiography spans Asimov's life for the first time!
As one of the most gifted and prolific writers of the twentieth century, Isaac Asimov became legendary for his inexhaustible creativity, wide-ranging intellectual curiosity, and talent for explaining complex subjects in clear, concise prose. While regaling his readers with an incredible opus of almost five hundred entertaining and illuminating science fiction and nonfiction books, he also found time to write a three-volume autobiography. Now these volumes have been condensed into one by Asimov's wife, Janet, who also shares excerpts from letters he wrote to her. Together these writings provide an intimate portrait of a creative genius whose love of learning and playing with ideas is evident on every page.
Reading this autobiography is like sitting down with Isaac Asimov and experiencing his witty, engaging, and brilliant personality firsthand. We are treated to many marvelous stories about his upbringing in Depression-era Brooklyn, his early fascination with the new science fiction pulp magazines, the thrill of his first published story, the creation of his well-known story "Nightfall," the genesis of the Foundation series, and the evolution of his creative life as a writer.
He also reveals his inner thoughts about and experiences with various luminaries in science and science fiction. Above all, Asimov's autobiography conveys unbounded enthusiasm for his craft, the infectious joy of learning and creating, complete intellectual honesty, his strong humanist convictions, and his infinite fund of good humor and optimism even at the end of his life - all told in the lively clear writing style that was his trademark.
Although Janet Jeppson Asimov concludes this work with a shocking revelation about her husband's death, the volume is clearly intended as a celebration - as the title suggests - of a wonderful, creative life. As a poignant coda to this work, Janet has appended one short story that was Isaac's favorite, and his 400th essay on this thoughts about science. (less)

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Hardcover, 309 pages
Published March 1st 2002 by Prometheus Books
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It's Been a Good Life
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Jun 07, 2011Stefan rated it it was amazing
Recommends it for: Anybody who enjoys memoirs or the writings of Isaac Asimov
Shelves: biographies-memoirs, history
"Its Been A Good Life" would rank among one of the best memoirs I've ever read. The variety and fullness of Asimov's intellectual life as described in his own words was reason enough for reading this thoughtful auto-biography. The large number of charming reminiscences (about friends, conferences, world events and a life spent writing constantly and unceasingly) and a diverse range of revealing excerpts from Asmov's multitude of speeches, letters, books and articles (often accompanied by interesting commentary Asimov's wife, Janice) made this book even more worth reading. My ultimate impression though was Asmov's intimate, candid and wittily cheerful tone. The incredibly inspiring optimism that was at the core of Asimov's personality (and clearly evident in his writing) was (as he put it) based on s life-long love of learning, books, stimulating conversations and a constant curiosity about the world. Having read this abbreviated auto-biography, I look forward to reading all three complete volumes of of Isaac Asimov' memoirs at some point in the future. (less)
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Apr 17, 2021Craig rated it liked it
This is a nice mix of biography and auto-biography of Asimov edited with commentary by his wife after his death. Asimov was one of the first superstars of the science fiction field, and his many, many non-fiction works probably did a lot to educate people about science and history and practically everything else in a clear and entertaining manner. He wrote or co-edited almost 500 books in his lifetime, and his story is fascinating, as are his accounts and impressions of other notable people who were his contemporaries. There's not a lot of original material here; much is pulled from his two-volume 1978 autobiography In Memory Yet Green and In Joy Still Felt, but I'd recommend this to people who are leery to tackle a project of that length but who would like to learn more about the man. (less)
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Sep 26, 2018Jerry rated it liked it
With Mr. Asimov long gone, it was enjoyable to read his life story from his own perspective. His thoughts on various topics were enlightening, even if I didn't agree with his opinions. It was also surprising to see my hometown, which hardly ever gets mentioned in any sort of national or international media, get referenced briefly.

However, this was also very fragmented and choppy, with quite a bit of wasted space. So, this was a mixed bag. (less)
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Jun 30, 2015Lorraine rated it it was amazing
Recommends it for: anyone who writes
I've just finished a delightful visit with an amazing man who loved writing and communicating for all the right reasons. The book has been edited by his widow, condensed from Asimov's 3-volume autobiography. Loved his science fiction stories when I was a teenager, wasn't aware he was actually a scientist who made his living writing non-fiction as well as science fiction. He seemed proud of his "child prodigy" status, and reluctant to give up the belief that he was better than the average bear. (less)
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Dec 20, 2014Sudar Muthu rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
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Pretty much all the books of Asimov that I have read so far are addictive page-turners and this one is no exception. I read this one in about 4 days, but could have finished it in just 2 days, if I was not busy with other things ;)

Not really an Autobiography

This book is technically not an Autobiography, but a one-volume condensation of his three autobiographies with annotations by his wife. In addition to it, this book also has the following


“The Last Question” – Asimov’s favorite short story
His 400th essay on science, with lot of anecdotes (by his wife)
A shocking afterword by his wife (more on it later in the review)


A Rationalist

Apart from the reason that he is a prolific writer, the other reason why I like Isaac Asimov is because he is a rationalist. He starts off the book with following quote in a typical Asimov fashion. Funny, but Honest.



I am not impressed by ancestry, since if I could trace my origins to Judas Maccabeus or to King David, that would not add one inch to my stature, either physically, mentally, or ethically.


He believed in reason and was not interested in labeling or identifying himself with a group, religion or a country.



I refuse to consider myself to be anything more sharply defined than “human being”


When talking about religion, he says:



Have I told you that I prefer “rationalism” to “atheism”? The word “atheist,” meaning “no God,” is negative and defeatist. It says what you don’t believe and puts you in an eternal position of defense. “Rationalism” on the other hand states what you DO believe; that is, that which can be understood in the light of reason. The question of God and other mystical objects-of-faith are outside reason and therefore play no part in rationalism and you don’t have to waste your time in either attacking or defending that which you rule out of your philosophy altogether.


A prolific writer
Asimov was one of the prolific writers of all times and has written or edited more than 500 books.

He talks about how he got into writing science fiction and the background behind writing most of his science fiction short stories and novels. It’s really existing to read about the background and what went through the author’s mind when writing a particular short story or novel that you enjoyed a lot. It was this feeling that I really liked about this book.

In addition to being a prolific writer he was also a life-long learner and believed in continuous learning.

To learn is to broaden, to experience more, to snatch new aspects of life for yourself. To refuse to learn or to be relieved at not having to learn is to commit a form of suicide; in the long run, a more meaningful type of suicide than the mere ending of physical life.

He also talks about how he enjoyed writing about what he learned in such a way that other people can understand and learn from it. Apart from his science fiction works he has written lot of textbooks and guides to a wide range of topics from bible to Shakespeare to different fields of science like Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Maths etc.

Unfortunately most of these books are out of print today :(

His Death

Towards the end of the book he talks (often jokes) about his illness and how it is taking a troll on him and affecting his ability to write. One of the last books that he wrote at this time when he was ill was “Forward the Foundation”, where he talks about the last few days of his famous character Hari Seldon. When I read “Forward the Foundation” last year (unaware about it being the one of last books of Asimov), I sensed a slightly feeling of sadness in the way he described the last few days of Hari Seldon, but now I realized that he was in fact writing from his own experience and I was overcome with grief :(

Finally he finished the book with the following quote.



My turn will come too, eventually, but I have had a good life and I have accomplished all I wanted to, and more than I had a right to expect I would. So I am ready. But not too ready … I shall hope.


At the beginning of this review, I mentioned that there was a “shocking afterword” by his wife. It was shocking because in the afterword his wife, Janet reveals that the myocardial and renal complications that he had towards the end of his life were the result of an infection by HIV, which he had contracted from a blood transfusion received during his bypass operation a decade ago. They convinced Asimov not to go public with the news because of the anti-AIDS prejudice that was prevalent at that time. Instead, his wife and daughter waited for ten years and when most of the doctors who attended Asimov have passed away they made it public.

Even though this book ends with a shocking revelation about his illness, this volume is clearly intended as a celebration – as the title suggests – of a wonderful, creative life and above all a wonderful human being. Issac Asimov – You will always be missed.

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Jan 19, 2017Owlseyes marked it as to-read
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I, PRODUCTIVE
Isaac Asimov wrote almost 500 books in his lifetime—these are the six ways he did it
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Jun 16, 2013Troy rated it it was amazing
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In my first reading of this autobiography of the Grand Master of Science Fiction himself, there are revealed brilliant advice and insights on writing, on life and its impending end from the author and his surviving family. I recommend it highly.
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Jul 08, 2015Ted Wolf rated it really liked it
Recommend for people who have read at least his Robot series and Foundation series. The more familiar you are with his work the more enjoyable the autobiography will be.

This Autobiography is written in Asimov's familiar style and you can learn about his development as a writer. Among other things you can learn about how Second Foundation was inspired, his return to science fiction later in life and what led to Forward Foundation Toward the end it is full of his thoughts of death as he was not particularly healthy, but he remained humorous throughout.

This was one of my favorite passages in the book dealing with mortality:

"There may be some morbid satisfaction in being a last survivor, but is it so much better than death to be the last leaf on the tree, to find yourself alone in a strange and hostile world where no one remembers you as a boy, and where no one can share with you the memory of that long-gone world that glowed all about you when you were young?"

The final chapter by his second wife, Janet, details the end of his life.

The appendixes contain Asimov's thoughts on science taken from various letters 'Essay 400' and the short story 'The Last Question', which was one of Asimov's favorites.

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Nov 09, 2017Liedzeit rated it liked it
Shelves: auto-biography
His wife compiled this out of his autobiographical writings and a couple of letters. Quite nicely actually but the book could have used some more editing. There are people mentioned that were never introduced, for example, and a reader not too familiar with Asimov could possibly become confused. In an epilogue, she reveals the sad and yes, shocking news that The Good Doctor actually died of AIDS that he caught in ’83 when he had his bypass surgery. There is also a piece that Janet Asimov has the nerve to call Essay 400 (which he wanted to write but never did) and his wonderful ‘Last Question’. Since I love Asimov and especially his talking about himself I read this with delight but the truth is that his ‘I. Asimov - A Memoir’ is surely better, although I could never forgive his publisher the stupid title. (Asimov wanted to call part three of his autobiography ‘The Scenes of Life’). But this title is even worse. Well. The bibliography at the end lists among his books ‘I, Robert’ (sic!). Very funny. (7/10)
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Dec 17, 2013Lee Pfahler rated it really liked it
Recommends it for: Any Asimov or science fiction fan
Shelves: science-fiction, autobiography
This autobiography is actually a collection of excerpts from Asimov's three previous autobiographies one of which I have read, "I, Asimov". It was interesting reading this right after having read a biography of Asimov which did not pull many punches regarding his personality and his sexual improprieties none of which is mentioned in this autobiography.

Asimov was definitely an interesting character and unfortunately he died a bit young (72)and probably could have produced several more novels had he lived longer. I have only read two of his novels The Gods Themselves and Nemesis; the former and did not like and the latter I thought was great. I also tried to read The End of Eternity but I could not get through it. Which means I have not read his Foundation and Robot series which he is best known for so now I think I will finally tackle at least the Foundation series but first read his Galactic series first to see what his first novel is like. (less)
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Jan 29, 2021SSShafiq marked it as to-read
Shelves: biography-memoirs
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I've been wanting to read the separate volumes of the biography for year but most are too expensive and not available from the library. This volume is at the library to I am going to check it out from the library I think ...
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Apr 23, 2011Jennifer rated it really liked it
Shelves: non-fiction, memoir-autobiography, owned
It should be said right up front that this is sort of a strange book. This is not his autobiography as Asimov wrote it. During his life Asimov published three volumes of autobiography. After he died, his (second) wife edited these volumes, supplementing with letters she and Asimov exchanged, and also added an afterword. There is often very little and sometimes no transition between excerpts from his original volumes, which can be jarring. In places, it feels as if you're always coming in during the middle of a story. I do not know how much was cut out, or why, but given the strength of Asimov's writing on nearly every subject, I cannot imagine that the missing material was dry or uninteresting. Perhaps Janet (his wife) felt there was just too much of it.

That issue aside, Good Life is a fascinating and enjoyable read. I had enjoyed all of Asimov's work that I had read before -- The Foundation Trilogy and some of his robot stories, but I had absolutely no idea how tiny a portion of his writings this made up! He wrote hundreds of books -- both fiction and nonfiction, as well as edited probably dozens of anthologies and his own SF journal. While he was a scientist, he was a far better writer and educator than researcher, so it wasn't long before he managed to get out of his research duties altogether in order to devote himself to his true calling -- that of amassing, processing, and conveying information. He could become an expert on virtually any topic, write a book on it, then move on to the next interesting idea. As much as he is known for his SF, his fiction writing seemed often to be something that was squeezed in when time allowed rather than the focus of his life.

He's just plain brilliant and funny, and that comes across very well in this book. I was away from home for a few days while I read this, and I kept a list on the back of my bookmark of all the anecdotes and their page numbers that I had to read to Andrew when I got home.

Also included was his favorite short story (that he wrote), which was indeed wonderful (and which I cannot read aloud without at least verging on tears.) And in the afterword -- Janet reveals for the first time that what Asimov finally died of was AIDS (contracted via blood transfusion during an operation.) They kept it quiet for fear of prejudice, and because another public figure had recently revealed they had AIDS -- so they didn't feel the revelation would add anything to the cause or the public good.

I must just go back to say it was a particular joy to read Asimov speak of "the problem" of women in science fiction -- particularly why he had so few female characters in his early writing, but then as he was married and began to know other women professionally, his work included more and stronger women. I also really enjoyed when he briefly wrote about the other popular SF writers in that age of SF when Asimov, Heinlein, Dick, etc. were churning out novels. I would so love to read a history of that period -- those men and their relations, how their writing was affected by the Cold War and the dawn of nukes, etc. I wonder if such a book exists?

Anyway, even for the choppiness of some of the material, the uneven way different periods and subjects were treated, etc., on the whole, this book was pretty delightful. I was left convicted that I need to increase the size of my Asimov library -- and look for that book on the early greats of science fiction! (less)
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Jul 08, 2017Michael Scott rated it it was amazing
Shelves: science, bio, memoir, sci-fi
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+++ The story of Isaac Asimov, in the (selected) words of the man himself.
++/- The book reveals an Asimov in control of his life and environment, knowing his strengths and weaknesses, and vain but beyond the smart little tricks of youth. If in your mind Asimov is the glorious writer who made you love sci-fi with his clever little puzzles, this picture of him may not be what you wanted.
++/- Much about the origins and evolution of the Foundation and the Robots series. Not what you wanted, probably, in that it's more a calculated risk instead of an author overflowing with desire, but the story nevertheless.
++ Much about his passion for writing science, and in general non-fiction books, about which I knew so little.
--- The tone is dry and the story does not really flow. Perhaps the editor could have done more here? (less)
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Aug 19, 2015B rated it really liked it
Shelves: westend, own
I was really uncertain whether I should read this or the full trilogy from which this is abridged. (See https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...).

I'm not sure I made the right choice. This is good enough and in a few places fragmentary enough that I wonder if I should not have stayed at the knees of the master for hundreds of pages. I guess I'll never know.

Many of these stories are charming and amusing. There are a few nuggets on the creation of canonical science fiction stories, novels, and people. All in all, it's a pretty good time. The epilogue presented some facts that were a complete surprise to me. (Is it spoilers if it's non-fiction?)

Asimov was an amazing person and, as an amazing storyteller, he makes you believe it. (less)
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Jul 10, 2013Michael Cummings rated it liked it · review of another edition
A curious entry in the autobiographical material of Asimov's life. If you have no other resources, or your only other resource is the slim "I, Asimov", then you may find more enjoyment in this book. Personally, I found it to be a somewhat disjointed collection of excerpts from the longer autobiography that he wrote (I've read "In Memory Yet Green" and "In Joy Still Felt", which covered 1920-1978). Unfortunately, this is about the best you're going to find these days, especially if you're looking for a digital book. Ye olde paper books are rare and out of print as near as I can tell, so this is the best of what you can find, but don't think you've found the best. (less)
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Jun 20, 2017Vincent Noel rated it really liked it
Very entertaining and (for me) instructive. I had no idea Asimov has written so many books on so many subjects. Lots of anecdotes and réflexions.

What I find puzzling is how abstract are his description of relationships with close friends and family. There is no description at all of something funny his kids did for instance, or the impact their birth had on him. It's only work, work, work. He mentions a bit how his daughter reacted to that thing he did and that thing he said, but apart from that, you don't know how the people close to him dealt with such a productive person. It's like they exist only as an audience to him. You learn in passing that he had another child. (less)
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Mar 05, 2016Jay Gabler rated it liked it
This book serves its purpose as a compact selection from Asimov's sprawling memoirs, with very little new material. I found the editing heavy-handed, with many parenthetical insertions. It does speak to the Asimovs' close relationship, which is nice but hardly revelatory. For those seeking a one-volume Asimov memoir, I'd instead recommend I. Asimov, which covers Asimov's entire life and feels more coherent. (less)
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Jul 29, 2014Anita rated it it was amazing
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This is an autobiography put together by Asimov's wife using his own words from other writings and letters. It gives good insight into Asimov's thinking and personality with highlights of his life and major writings. The book includes his favorite short story in the Appendix along with a complete bibliography according to subject and indexed. Originally I got the book from the library, but decided to buy the ebook version for reference. You'll want to read this if you are an Asimov fan. (less)
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Jun 19, 2015Karen Tompert rated it really liked it
I refuse to consider myself to be anything more sharply defined than “human being,” and I feel that aside from overpopulation the most intractable problem we face in trying to avoid the destruction of civilization and humanity is the diabolical habit of people dividing themselves into tiny groups, with each group extolling itself and denouncing its neighbors.

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Jan 22, 2017Scott Dunham rated it it was amazing
I love Isaac. His sf, his mysteries especially. Try the Black Widowers books... I am now reading an article on "how he did it," that is how he was so prolific. Here 'tis, if you're interested.

https://qz.com/886038/isaac-asimov-wr...

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Mar 25, 2017Deborah Jade rated it it was amazing
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A funny and inspiring read about Isaac Asimov's life. I was surprised by the number of non-fiction books he has written and impressed by his passion for self-education and then passing knowledge on to others.
It was interested to read about his journey through life and his approach to writing. Since reading this, I definitely want to read more of his books.
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jtet rfs

jtet rfs

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This interview was, of course, conducted back in a time when people still spoke in complete, coherent sentences.

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Doug Down Under

Doug Down Under

1 year ago

And listened to an answer rather than talking over.

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Simone Streeter

Simone Streeter

1 year ago

I was just thinking how articulate Huxley was in this. It was beautiful.

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Fusion

Fusion

1 year ago

You guys are nuts. That was the most inarticulate speech I've ever heard

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HeartsFear

HeartsFear

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 @Fusion  calling the speech of the guy who wrote brave new world "inarticulate" without some kind of evidence is simply malicious and ignorant and shows your true character, only a laymen would do that.

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Fusion

Fusion

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 @HeartsFear  did you even listen to this thing? The evidence is up there, after you hit the play button.

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HeartsFear

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 @Fusion  give me a timestamp with evidence or all your comments become false.

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HeartsFear

HeartsFear

1 year ago

 @Fusion  btw i would bet my fortune that you couldnt, write or speak like this "inarticulate" person.

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Fusion

Fusion

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 @HeartsFear  how much of a "fortune" are you willing to bet?

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Jim Carter

Jim Carter

1 year ago

And didn't say, "like," and "you know what I'm sayin" constantly.

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HeartsFear

HeartsFear

1 year ago

 @Fusion  all of it.

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Gammid32

Gammid32

1 year ago

 @Fusion  your lack of understanding of the English language is terribly evident from your statement....

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Kevin Kaatz

Kevin Kaatz

1 year ago

And trusting of Gov't, failing to research for themselves, pulling on masks and hoping said mask was going to "hold down the fort". I dont wear masks, as i know that this "killer virus" is HEARSAY and other than Gates/Fauci (and the propaganda box -the TV) making claim to said virus......none of u have any tangible evidence that u could take in to court  and prove there's a virus. U IDIOTS! Kim Kardashian ain't gonna do it for u, neither are the 2 who're set to profit from vaccine sales (Gates/Fauci)

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Jim Carter

Jim Carter

1 year ago

 @Kevin Kaatz  I REFUSE THE MASK TOO!!   JUST SAY NO!!!  MY BODY, MY CHOICE, YOU LIBERALS CAN CHEW ON THAT FOR A WHILE.

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Jim Carter

Jim Carter

1 year ago

 @Fusion  Just because you didn't understand it, doesn't mean it is not articulate.

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Jim Carter

Jim Carter

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 @HeartsFear  or a liberal.

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Esteban Perez

Esteban Perez

1 year ago

 @HeartsFear  it's an obvious troll don't waste your time on it. Hee the old internet proverb "don't feed the troll"

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Hortênsia Fracalanza

1 year ago

I thank YouTube algorithm for spotting me as someone who would be happy to listen to this magnificent interview!

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Scarlet Witch

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Beautiful, isn't it?

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corujariousa

corujariousa

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Yes, the ability to have civilized and coherent dialog is greatly missed. We have to find our way back.

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Wait what?!

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Lol.  This is true!

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Sylvia Ross

Sylvia Ross

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jtet rfs  Yes, it was very refreshing. I was born in 1959, so I didn't appreciate it back then, but boy do I miss it now.

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Ben Zielke

Ben Zielke

1 year ago

yo sa wha? Dat been dun befo. Li too an too be fo. Din du nuthin,,,

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Spartan.F Albion

Spartan.F Albion

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 @Doug Down Under  _Interrupting

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MeanGeneSanDiego

MeanGeneSanDiego

1 year ago

 @Fusion  🤡

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the Psycho Superman

the Psycho Superman

1 year ago

You get blatantly mocked and cast from society for that kind of behavior now.

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Carmen Peters

Carmen Peters

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beast shawnee

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Daniel M

Daniel M

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Julie Frazier here, there is some bonafide for you https://youtu.be/bs3HK3pxVAY

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Irate Pirate

1 year ago

This president can't even do that. And I recently heard that it's rude to text a "period" at the end of a sentence

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Kevin Golden

Kevin Golden

1 year ago

Except Joe biden

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rob smith

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Thankfully the youth of today is more idealistic, smarter after staring at phones, and is having success solving the problems of the world.......

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Kevin Golden

Kevin Golden

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 @rob smith  what planet are you from moron? Today's youth are imbeciles. The son of a b** is can't even count $0.05 change kids today are idiots they're ignorant they have no reasonable Outlook on their future they don't even know what the f*** they're doing tomorrow the kids are idiots it's because of the lack of teaching that the institutions have teacher don't give a s*** parents don't care parents don't watch their kids do what they do they don't stay in their kids lives parents today are useless that the parents are useless what do you think the kids are going to be? Mr. Rob Smith you need to open your eyes and pull your head out of your ass

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Andrew Vardanega

1 year ago (edited)

 @HeartsFear  very few can .but I can but I'm.far deeper detail with a the true spiritual teachings.I'm reawoken spiritually not religiously.I'll tell u nd any one who reads this the whole truth.I've all READY put it on other comment sections but not In full depth.I'll write it in my own words in.10 hours.no body can explain things like I can .all I can say for now is ..what is happening has always been happening thru our universal consciousness ,in.which we r all eternal consciousness or souls .we r not the physical body .our souls r the drivers and the engine .life changes but never stops,so.we constantly experience everything that others do..but in our own time or when the alignment of realisation of one's true self is reignited .we forget but some of us  remember and I remember .my experiences r massive  from spiritual experiences,which Include paranormal experiences, dreaming of future events, visitations from loved one's, out of Body experiences,  communicating with the souls in the universe consciousness.near death experiences ,without my heart stopping or losing consciousness.I.have been.thru a dozen things that would of physically crossed over a average or above average person .I should be physical dead like 13 times but I survived the he'll .I survived cos I have a greater purpose ,unique skills others don't have , I can explain anything even the most deep complicated things into words , thru different points of view.I've had nd still get huge  glimpses into the universe consciousness .I tapped into it but I'm just the MESSENGER .everything pre planned or pre destined thru yin yang balance ..positive nd negative.we need both in order for life to exist in.a constant ever changing way.I've not even scratched the surface .this is only 5%'ill.finish the other 95% off Tommorow if u and otters r willing to listen with a open mind nd a skeptical mind set . My life has been good but half has been hell.the answer to y things r worse than ever before is a simple explanation but also required a very deep explanation which ,I don't have time for.it's because the majority r still brainwashed or under subconscious hypnosis , but the ROOT CAUSE Is everyone .we all constantly put the balance out in our own lives which affects others directly and indirectly.this imbalance of negative +and _  and positive plus and minus needs to be maintained ,or the balance goes out .we transmit info thru consciousness and receive it  like a phone or two way radio .we r souls put into a physical form to.have a physical experience.over time civilization or society forget they r souls of eternal consciousness and that we r one with the universal  consciousness.we as souls have no.identity .the majority in.each Generation r brainwashed systemically and inheritently because we r programmed to have a core belief structure ,which determines how the rest of our life in the body plays out.the core belief is something we get forced onto us from birth.the core belief is (we r programmed or brainwashed at Birth by parents and society ,who r also systemically brainwashed.The core  false belief or ideal is we r programmed to believe we r a physical body with no soul  which dies forever .this creates fear in everything nd limits people with only a one sided approach to life.the majority plus, 90% of each Generation believe this thru their entire adult lives here .some of us reawaken .what's Happenin is slavery oppression.once they program people to think they r only a physically body that dies forever,then they control ur soul .our soul is our true mind that work's equally with the mind brain ego which is part of the physical body.so the 90% think they r the brain mind ego and not the soul .they destroyed ancient civilisations or native people who knew the  spiritual was ,their true and only real self.our soul will leave after physical body dies ,then the ,90% will.discover they live on.nd r greeted by people they knew or loved one's .the truth is we own our soul consciousness as individuals which is the personality ,sense humour ,and out emotions .we r equally made :up of negative positive energy like a Battery .every thing in the eternal  universe is made of equal Positive and negative .we r The stage not the actor Like many PEOPLE say .so we r neither good or bad ,worthy or unworthy ,caring or selfish ,right or wrong , guilty or innocent .etc etc we r connected to the eternal consciousness which is our true source or mind of everything .but we r individual souls here to experience the infinite of everything .we go from one physical real(planet ) to another and move in .the infinite of spiritual realms .each planet has a spiritual dimension,which r all different .we r one with every thing .there is no punishment like these man made laws .the mind brain ego is selfish .prideful , uncaring, cynical,Irassional limited and easy to control.but once people work this out then they will.be very pissed off and Unite and fight back immediately .some is not enough ,we need the majority to reawaken before this gets out of controll too far.the 90%r brainwashed and think death is the end so they think it's too precious ,so they rush around and act like individuals instead of uniting and helping one another .this is the ego mind at work ..it's self defeating ,negative and fears the unknown .our soul however is fearless cos it is always apart or attached to the universal greater consciousness .this means we know EVERYTHING.people must b reminded of this .those in.power long Ago were determined to destroy cultures who were still in.touch the greater universal consciousness.,as this is the true and only path, which completely Goes against and undermines the false sense of reality the brain mind ego creates. I've barely  scratched the surface .I'll share more when my alignment with the universal consciousness allows me to.must understand it's all predestined or pre planned .so if we align ourselves with each other then we can get the Balance back.here's a secret to knowing If u have reawoken with ur greater consciousness.(u can't lie or hide or run from it)once I reawaken it..there is no turning back .we r.consciousness so we r all equal in.the universe even non intelligent matter like earth and rocks ,fire ,water ,air ,wind etc its all PEFECT .everything has negative positive so life is constantly  balancing nd unbalancing.when one element goes out..another element somewhere is corrected or balanced yin yang .the 90% think with the Physical brain ego which puts the balance out severely and it's hard to rebalance .they should not b living and thinking and Making decisions with the ego mind brain .the soul must b in change .the mind ego is only for physical survival .but our soul is in charge of our  consciousness .if our soul is in.charge ,,then we can.connect with the ego mind maniac which is always negative nd connect with the physical body in perfection in order to hav and create the best physicak life possible .this is not hapenng for 90%'which is y there is so much hate, violence ,chaos,pollution.,mkiling,illness ,disease nd this divides people .that is the true way .our soul needs nothing , Desires nothing but the ego mind is the opposite .so.if the soul is not in charge then that means the ego mind is fully in charge which is self destructive nd Negative.we need the soul in charge to.balance the ego.when the ego is in charge ..people r bitter negative ,destructive ,nd get violent nd get worse worse then  it turns their loving soul, into a hateful evil I identity .then one day.,these evil souls leave the body and stay evil,and cause problems in.the infinite of the universe .the balance is out cos ,there r a lot of evil souls in the spirit who know this, so they Take advantage of the 90% who use only their ego minds.evil.Souls r attracted to them.The ego.mind is run by  reverse psychology so it's easy to.manipulate or hijack  .I'll continue this Tommorow.pardon my spelling as I.have big fingers and a small screen haha,.bye all😇😇❤❤ Love to.u all.

Zero Fox

Zero Fox

1 year ago

 @Julie Frazier  I was thinking similar thought's, The journalist's "look" and "so" irritate the listeners so much and it's not as if it hasn't been discussed in great detail over and again yet they still do it, why? Who says these things in normal conversation before being picked up on it by someone causing them enough embarrassment not to do it again!😁

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silky johnston

silky johnston

1 year ago

Now if you can speak eloquently people tell you to stop because it's "to much"

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MysteriousOklahoma

MysteriousOklahoma

1 year ago

Even that has been stripped and broken from your memory

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Jugby Wellington

Jugby Wellington

1 year ago

 @Jim Carter  And end every sentence with "right?".

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Jim Carter

Jim Carter

1 year ago

 @Esteban Perez  Or the Biblical version is "Don't caste pearls before swine."

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Jim Carter

Jim Carter

1 year ago

Most of the people mocking and shaming everyone now are people I wouldn't want to hang out with anyway.

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Sal Bronson

Sal Bronson

1 year ago

A time where opinion/idea was actually articulated in a studious and informed manner

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Jugby Wellington

Jugby Wellington

1 year ago

 @Sal Bronson  Indeed. If one goes back further to the 18 century, people seem to have been quite unabashed about expressing their opinions. We need a bit more of that in our public life. One Laurence Fox isn't enough!

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velvetpaws999

velvetpaws999

1 year ago

This is exactly what I told my husband yesterday, after watching the half of this interview. Is that very funny, or maybe rather very sad. It is in any case true.

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Spacific Nocean

Spacific Nocean

1 year ago

What's that?

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Spacific Nocean

Spacific Nocean

1 year ago

Sentences? Complete? Coherent? These words don't hold creed here

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karen morris

karen morris

1 year ago

Better education

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detromaniac

detromaniac

1 year ago

Thanks Twitter. I mean, it does have Twit right in the name.

If any of you can recall what the internet was like before mobile phones became a standard internet access method; the people who can not will not understand just how low this over-saturation of the market has brought the culture. Idiots are only truly dangerous in large numbers.

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Moj u kin

Moj u kin

1 year ago

Yeah initial bruv😄

Moj u kin

Moj u kin

1 year ago

 @Hortênsia Fracalanza  was thinking the samething.

jesse cooke

jesse cooke

1 year ago

Definitely easier to predict unrest than to predict peace. 

Although, one could argue the most peaceful times are directly after the most unrestful times. 

Once we see the piles of fly ridden bodies, and need bulldozers to make mass graves, we may come together once again.

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Cynthia May

Cynthia May

1 year ago

wut bro?

Cynthia May

Cynthia May

1 year ago (edited)

Isn't it funny and sad how we have all these 24 hour news channels and we get MUCH less information. Just regurgitated 1 hour cycles reporting 5 minutes of news and 40 minutes of talking about 2 or three things ad nauseum. Back then they had just several channels total...

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Brad Schmitt

Brad Schmitt

1 year ago

 @Julie Frazier   So...I have noticed that too.

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MaGuffintop

MaGuffintop

1 year ago

Not a single ‘like’.

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Aidyb

Aidyb

1 year ago

 @rob smith  where the fuck do you live!!

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Barry Pennock

Barry Pennock

1 year ago

Those days are gone, my friend!

paladro

paladro

1 year ago

 @HeartsFear  writing a book and speaking in public are not the same thing, you could write a masterpiece and stammer when trying to explain it to an audience.  i'm not suggesting he stammered, but editing a creative work isn't the same as on the fly banter, unless you are spewing rehearsed lines, then it's more performative.   how many people tell a well worn tale well with ease, while others blow it one sentence in.   

as for your comment about laymen, might i remind you most men are laymen and i could easily mimic that contempt by leveling the accusation of pretension against academics in general, but that wouldn't improve the conversation )

paladro

paladro

1 year ago

 @Fusion  some people think their own intelligence is raised by praising others, i wouldn't put much faith in the youtube comment intelligentsia... huxley was a product of privilege, so its easy to wax philosophical from that position.

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Rick McCargar

Rick McCargar

1 year ago (edited)

Huxley warned of the message being foisted upon us by an overwhelming and controlling group.  The MSM almost entirely supports the unelected permanent establishment and attacks those who reject their globalist mindset on a daily and even hourly basis.

He warned that they will work to control us with drugs, as the left works to tame all by pushing recreational drugs while prescribing all sorts of mind-numbing drugs to solve all your emotional problems.

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Barry Pennock

Barry Pennock

1 year ago

 @Rick McCargar  He predicted Trump.

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Rick McCargar

Rick McCargar

1 year ago (edited)

 @Barry Pennock  Clueless.  The party that wants to tax and regulate all aspects of life is the one that wants to control you.

The only thing Democrats (the left) and the permanent establishment do not want to control are recreational drugs and abortions.

You're the party of the permanent, unelected globalist establishment, and you think you're some sort of rebellious free-thinker.

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Barry Pennock

Barry Pennock

1 year ago

 @Rick McCargar  Boring!

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Barry Pennock

Barry Pennock

1 year ago

 @Rick McCargar  LOL you think you're some sort of rebellious free-thinker. LOL

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Barry Pennock

Barry Pennock

1 year ago

 @Rick McCargar  Why are the right so interested in controlling women''s bodies? And what is wrong with a joint now and then? I don't smoke anything or take anything but why when they say nothing about alcohol -in fact many on the right would like to ban that too -they just don't have the balls.

Rick McCargar

Rick McCargar

1 year ago

 @Barry Pennock  Not wanting babies to be slaughtered by their mother and doctor has nothing to do with controlling women's bodies.  

I get it, you don't think 50 million dead babies is enough dead babies.

You support the abhorrent, immoral practice of slaughtering the unborn, so you have no position to argue any ethical or moral position.

I've explained it to you but cannot also understand it for you.

You're dismissed.

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Barry Pennock

Barry Pennock

1 year ago

 @Rick McCargar  Babies? Really? You use the word baby because it's an emotional word but a foetus is not a baby. You right-wingers don't give a shit about kids when they are born though, do you? You lock them up in cages if it suits you or let them starve. You are a crackpot, YOU are dismissed.

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flower2008

flower2008

1 year ago

We still have one left, Jordan peterson... Where is the cloning machine??!!

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Andrew Gardener

Andrew Gardener

1 year ago

I agree that people are allowing language to sink to the limits of the masses rather than raising the understandings of the masses by teaching them to communicate . Cogency is lost to simplistics .

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Andrew Gardener

Andrew Gardener

1 year ago

 @Julie Frazier  That he is well spoken only suggests that he is well educated in language skills . Not that he is a bonafide intllectual . I agree that he is but not for the reason you have given .

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Andrew Gardener

Andrew Gardener

1 year ago

 @Fusion  . You forgot to punctuate .

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Andrew Gardener

Andrew Gardener

1 year ago

 @Fusion  The evidence of your being a time wasting troll is evident . Good day .

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Andrew Gardener

Andrew Gardener

1 year ago

 @Kevin Kaatz  You are an alarmist science denier . You must rry much harder to impress people than to admit that failing in a public setting .

Andrew Gardener

Andrew Gardener

1 year ago

 @Jim Carter  You are not much more than merely inconsiderate of your duty to humanity .

Andrew Gardener

Andrew Gardener

1 year ago

 @Kevin Golden  My children are brighter than you .

Fusion

Fusion

1 year ago

 @Andrew Gardener  wow! 7 comments in a row? Amazing... This is what psychos do.

Kevin Golden

Kevin Golden

1 year ago (edited)

 @Andrew Gardener  if they are, which I highly doubt, they sure as hell didn't get it from your ignorant  ass.get back under your rock.patasite.

Vanacutt

Vanacutt

1 year ago

This is the type of thing that inspires me to have a certain degree in linguistics.

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Robert Telarket

Robert Telarket

1 year ago (edited)

jtet rfs: Abbreviated truncated Twitter language and emojis!

Kieran O

Kieran O

1 year ago

Well he is an Eton / Oxford graduate with a first in English language.. it's not surprising really.

I'm confident the other 99% of the population doesn't speak this eloquently, not even in the 1930s.

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Michelle Tittle

Michelle Tittle

1 year ago

1958 was a time when people still believed in America. Received a decent public school education that taught critical thinking skills, wood shop, home economics etc. Had to be a wonderful time to grow up in. It was the JFK was murdered cause the government wanted in the poppy trade. Used our young vets to experiment LSD on. Then treated them like trash after the war. The biggest social downfall of our country in my lifetime. Now they dont hide the fact they want total control of all people. Communism is the new lifestyle for the generation growing up today. The lying of history started subtly but now they don’t even care if we know they’re creating a NWO and plan to decrease the population worldwide. They control the weather which can kill millions for them without effort. It’s a shame more people can’t/won’t open the eyes and see history repeating itself. God help us all.

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Whitney Blandford

Whitney Blandford

1 year ago

like what are you like talking about?

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kate johnson

kate johnson

1 year ago

 @Kevin Golden 

Your right.. Its frightening to think what the next decades are going to bring... My dad says he's glad he had his youth when he did

There s some many things to blame for it and we all have to take some responsibility..... And the fact that both parents (if your lucky to have both) have had to work full time.. To make ends meet... And teachers parents.. Aunties even.. Lost the right to chastise children. The list goes on and on

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Michelle Tittle

Michelle Tittle

1 year ago

 @Whitney Blandford  are you trying to be  funny or is this an actual question?🤷‍♀️

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Cake A

Cake A

1 year ago

Rite! Not just sound bites...

Mike E V

Mike E V

1 year ago

News was news. The media informed the viewers. They didn't make blatant attempts to influence or misguide them.

Seth C

Seth C

1 year ago

Trump forever

Polly Motley

Polly Motley

1 year ago

 @paladro  Easy to wax philosophical perhaps, but not necessarily to do it so well.  Huxley could have used his privilege to either live a uselessly comfortable life, or play at being profound, but he chose to make the world a better and safer place by encouraging people to think for themselves.  We're privileged to be able to read and listen to him.

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relybigguns bigguns

relybigguns bigguns

1 year ago

I wonder how long before this kind of content will be banned

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SeaLisa

SeaLisa

1 year ago

Every other word wasn't 'like, I mean, ya know, amazing, you guys'

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English Rose

English Rose

1 year ago

And didn't speak in TEXT SPEAK.

English Rose

English Rose

1 year ago

 @Ben Zielke  Lol

Raymond Frye

Raymond Frye

1 year ago (edited)

I agree that interviews could be conducted intelligibly in 1958.

     Today, we have debating candidates speaking in partial phrases like two, Mongoloid-types suffering from aphasia.

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Raymond Frye

Raymond Frye

1 year ago (edited)

 @E-beggar-In-Bangkok 2018  ...And now folks...it's the AOC Comedy Hour with that great Congressional "orator and wit" :AOC!...the Economist!

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Helen Wingrave

Helen Wingrave

1 year ago

Yes how lovely and clear

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Random Dude

Random Dude

1 year ago

Cardi b talking about her holes and ph balance is what they force into our faces now

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geoffrey n HILL

geoffrey n HILL

1 year ago

And Mike Wallace sounds like a police interrogator!

Jim Gordon

Jim Gordon

11 months ago

And said what they thought without fear of retribution.  The technologically centered oligarchy of which he spoke is overwhelming our poor constitutional protections.  One of the great intellectuals of the 20th century.  Ironically died on the same day as JFK, two blows at once.

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Jim Gordon

Jim Gordon

11 months ago

 @Barry Pennock  Well said!  Anyone who thinks an infant six months in the womb is not a baby is not thinking clearly

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Debbie Windsor

Debbie Windsor

11 months ago

Beautiful to hear the English Language spoken so clearly.

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Richard S. Chang

Richard S. Chang

11 months ago

Well, also, he's British.

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Steve Mendelson

Steve Mendelson

11 months ago

 @Jim Carter  I don´t care if you die, but I do care if you spread the virus and end up killing a lot of other people.  I know several doctors who have taken care of Covid sufferers and it is a horrible disease and horrible death.  Just because Trump and a few pinheads down play the disease, it is killing more and more every day.

Razvan Florentin Popescu

Razvan Florentin Popescu

11 months ago

and think of the conspiracy (potential) that would drive our conceptual competence into the ground ) 

consider it, how it would look like and what purpose it would have.. and what other actors would align with it

Thomas Best

Thomas Best

11 months ago

velvetpaws999 f

fitveganathlete IntegratedAthleticSystems

fitveganathlete IntegratedAthleticSystems

11 months ago

 @Kevin Kaatz  You "know that this 'killer virus' is HEARSAY..." You do? How so? What evidence do you have? How do you prove a negative with a negative? While you are technically correct, I don't have any PERSONAL evidence, I am more than confident that I could go into a lab, use an electron microscope, and look at some of the viruses. You merely repeat an ignorant conspiracy type of empty opinion. People like you, are why this country has become weaker, compared to our competition. Stupidity and ignorance MASKED by flags, bibles and other assorted scraps of nonsense, do nothing to help this country be competitive; NOTHING.

fitveganathlete IntegratedAthleticSystems

fitveganathlete IntegratedAthleticSystems

11 months ago

 @Jim Carter  at least you understand the issue trying to prove a negative with a negative, of course this could be an accident.

fitveganathlete IntegratedAthleticSystems

fitveganathlete IntegratedAthleticSystems

11 months ago

 @Jim Carter  yeah don't wear the mask, it's just a bunch of scumbag Americans that get exposed to the virus. F those Americans! Correct? Oh wait! Maybe you are part of some double top secret Chinese conspiracy, to bring down the formerly mighty USA, or maybe it is just your cognitive defects.

fitveganathlete IntegratedAthleticSystems

fitveganathlete IntegratedAthleticSystems

11 months ago

 @Kevin Golden  While there is much to condemn, you are using too many declarative absolute statements. Even in this country, there are youths that are not imbeciles. Liberals damaged education by being more concerned about "how bad little Johnny would feel," if he were held back -- flunked, instead of demanding competence before proceeding. "Conservatives" saw a chance to eliminate teaching much of anything, and took that chance. Now on STEM  tests, the USA is generally far behind the rest of the G-30. I want to point out that @rob smith comes across as sarcastic, more than literal.

fitveganathlete IntegratedAthleticSystems

fitveganathlete IntegratedAthleticSystems

11 months ago

 @Andrew Vardanega  I won't go into religion, since I see that as an abomination, but you do bring up a great point about programming. It starts at birth, or perhaps the womb. Everyone is assigned a name, they accept and adopt, as "who they are." In the USA, additional programming is done to assign a "what" to  the who you are. You are programmed to accept "race," as a valid organization scheme, and then assigned one of the fictional "races," then programmed to be some sort of religious practitioner (in a lot of cases).

fitveganathlete IntegratedAthleticSystems

fitveganathlete IntegratedAthleticSystems

11 months ago

 @paladro  Still, Huxley had an education, which based on this dialogue, is quite evident.

Thomas L Davis Geologist

Thomas L Davis Geologist

11 months ago

True, and even at universities.

sweetdrreemz

sweetdrreemz

11 months ago

lol

cosmicwink

cosmicwink

9 months ago

Hard to believe that slow, deep, nuanced conversations like this were once normally broadcast on tv

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Adam n

Adam n

3 months ago

Why I don’t watch tv anymore. News channels don’t have the patience to broadcast interviews like this one unless there’s a commercial break every 3 minutes and the conversation is scripted.

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ASK JDOG

ASK JDOG

3 months ago

Now these conversations are on 'alt media', podcasts, and the so called Intellectual Dark Web (shadow banned channels).

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AK Rossmann

AK Rossmann

3 months ago

 @Adam n  try reading! 🧚‍♀️

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Moto Marty

Moto Marty

3 months ago

I recently re-read A Brave New World after thirty years. What I found shocking was how prescient was his post-release commentary about the course of humanity. Nearly everything that he foresaw happening in society is.

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O T

O T

3 months ago (edited)

It's mere hypocrisy, in the 1970's they would have men like Pasolini and offer them stage. Quite impressively smart people, but it's still under the controlled umbrella of TV production. The interviewer is a Nazi, literally. Let's not forget that segregation and all the known means of violence to keep a racist regime alive and used for the purposes intended. The US has one of the least democratic systems that the earth has ever seen, and this is to date.  Violence, exclusion, and segregation were a very powerful tool that to date haven't been eradicated, and 2020 proves it more than ever.

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PAUL WEAVER

PAUL WEAVER

3 months ago (edited)

Read John Brunner's "The sheep look up" & "1984" too! It's startling to what's happening with this vybrid/ pandemic and our world now! ...and when you see the date's these book's were written!!! Wishing all my fellow/ fellowette fellowlander's well and ☮️ with what's upon us! 👍-♎⚖️. Mr. P.W. Colorado USA/ 8-13-2021

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Fred Khumalo

Fred Khumalo

3 months ago

Well observed. Now we must be satisfied with truncated sound bites. No nuance, no profundity

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Erin

Erin

3 months ago

Actual TRUTH, unheard now!

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Giovanni Piergrossi

Giovanni Piergrossi

3 months ago

It was a time before people were dumbed down to have 5 second attention spans and tv became used for propaganda and marketing

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Lenny Cook

Lenny Cook

3 months ago

We armed the stupid with the Internet and now where they would once wave and holla maniacally, we'd shut them away in the back room and apologise for their waffling outbursts. Now we yield to them and give them the mic from a beginning of sympathy and new found empathy. The realisation that we can't put the genie back and somehow these crazed voices dictate the direction of society. Madness literally

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michael haiden

michael haiden

3 months ago

Remember iq bowl

AR-Sith F.Austin

AR-Sith F.Austin

3 months ago

Like Jordan Peterson. Imagine that? Logical, Intelligent, philosophy spoken with sense. Of course, Huxley was one of the minds who shaped 100 years with the elites. Fifty years before this interview it began and is still playing out 50 plus years later.

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i o

i o

3 months ago

That's right.  Mike Wallace, Walter Cronkite, all those guys were true JOURNALISTS.  Back in those days, if you screamed and acted like a 2  year old, they went to commercial and when they came back, you were gone!

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BINARYGOD

BINARYGOD

3 months ago

they happen now, you're the problem, not the content you don't seek out - however, perhaps you are only stuck in a google hole or something similar.

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Irma Herrera

Irma Herrera

3 months ago

 @O T  Democrats are the founders of American slavery, they are the Confederates…

Now they want to drug the world with a vaccine…

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Charlotte Parr

Charlotte Parr

3 months ago

 @Lenny Cook  I agree. True wisdom requires empathy to be tempered with logic. I, myself, have realized my own mistake in valuing the former over the latter. 

In the comment section of any news clip on the situation in Afghanistan, it's like a bunch of primates beating their chests and flinging sh*t, apparently uninterested in having a discussion motivated by understanding, learning, or debate.

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Dennis Kastner

Dennis Kastner

3 months ago

I’m 29, and seeing videos such as this makes me wish I lived years earlier. You can’t have conversations like this with anyone my age really these days.

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Dennis Kastner

Dennis Kastner

3 months ago

 @AK Rossmann  amen! I love reading ❤️

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cosmicwink

cosmicwink

3 months ago

 @Dennis Kastner  I'm right there with you. 23 and intellectually isolated. I think it has always been this way to some degree, but it seems like now, more than ever, you really have to seek out the right people.

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Dennis Kastner

Dennis Kastner

3 months ago

 @cosmicwink  facts. Plus I work 7 days a week so I never have time to get out. I don’t use social media besides Twitter for about 30 minutes a day. So needless to say i don’t have much of a social life these days lol

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You are what you’re looking for

You are what you’re looking for

3 months ago

 @O T  all of history proves we never learn anything from history

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小川桂子

小川桂子

2 months ago

 @Dennis Kastner  I was impressed by your comments☺️ You work seven days a week and still retain some mental energy left to  listen to this type of video and think‼️I do hope you will acheive a lot in your life🕊️

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Doc Rock

Doc Rock

2 months ago

 @Dennis Kastner  Well if you liked that video, Aldous Huxley wrote another book and maybe you should check it out, and I`m surprised nobody has even mentioned it  its called   The doors of Perception

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Dennis Kastner

Dennis Kastner

2 months ago

 @Doc Rock  will do, thank you very much buddy!!!

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Tammy Seguin

Tammy Seguin

2 months ago

 @Moto Marty  Even who's doing it. That's the scam, medicine, ect.

Isabel Parker

Isabel Parker

2 months ago

Maybe had something to do with them smoking

Ameena46664

Ameena46664

2 months ago

Moto Marty a

Jim Tussing

Jim Tussing

2 months ago

Yes. TV has abandoned reason. Now you have to get long, lingering, nuanced and intelligent conversations from podcasts.

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Eric Christian

Eric Christian

2 months ago

Don't say that again or you're a racist!

Daniel Ratush

Daniel Ratush

2 months ago

In Russia until recently there were still talk shows like that, late at night. Now, as much as I'm aware of, they're almost obsolete. Intelligentsia moved to YouTube and here it is actually flourishing.

Ag21

Ag21

2 months ago

Jesus Christ (the son of God the Father) is the way, truth, and the life and the only way to heaven and to the Father!!!!

Believe in the gospel with your heart to be saved!  The gospel is, Jesus Christ (second member of the Godhead), who is the fullness of the Godhead in bodily form, came to earth, shed His blood on the cross for all our sin debt, died, was buried, and God The Father raised Him from the dead on the third day!!!!!!

By grace through faith alone we are saved in this gospel!!

(1 Corinthians 15:1-4)

https://youtu.be/u3w68KGBF6o

Sean Hauer

Sean Hauer

2 months ago

While smoking cigs!

boris stevens

boris stevens

2 months ago (edited)

Back then, people were smarter than they are now. Keeping that in mind, I am filled with fear for what the future holds for humanity. People are so easily persuaded and lured into believing propaganda that it has become a normality in today’s society. People in general question anything anymore.

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Sean Hauer

Sean Hauer

2 months ago

 @boris stevens  lose the fear and pick up your faith! Christ can strengthen you in all things. Put on the full Armor of God! It's gonna be fun!

boris stevens

boris stevens

2 months ago

 @Sean Hauer  it hasn’t got anything to do with faith. Nobody can “put on the armor of god” and it would be foolish to believe you can, if there is such a thing. Only a malevolent group of people can achieve the things we see today. We see Mass control by the state in the west, in a China 2.0. Kind of way. If this continues, the future will be a hellish place for sure and my faith will not be able to stop that.

Sean Hauer

Sean Hauer

2 months ago

 @boris stevens  that's the spirit!

Sean Hauer

Sean Hauer

2 months ago

 @AR-Sith F.Austin  jordan Peterson says take your big pharmacy nwo vax!!! He isn't cool bro

Gail Appel

Gail Appel

1 month ago

They were once the cornerstone of  our educational curriculum.

Jason Kenney

Jason Kenney

1 month ago

Levin on Sunday night on fox brings back a bit of this

Frank BBNormal

Frank BBNormal

1 month ago

It would be amazing if it would have stayed normal

Richard Phillips

Richard Phillips

1 month ago

Not to mention it was free and paid for by advertisers. Now you pay to watch commercials lmao. It’s a joke.

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Frank BBNormal

Frank BBNormal

1 month ago

 @Dennis Kastner  37 and wishing the same. I was born in 1984 and it looks like I'm gonna die in "1984". Rather would I prefferred to be born in 1946 and died in 2016. Well... In many ways I could say I died in 2016.

NoneYa Business

NoneYa Business

1 month ago

 @Sean Hauer  why do you put so much faith in a canon that wasn’t even agreed upon until 5th century? Do you consider The Muratorian Canon full canon what about the the books that early Christian’s believed in that the early church rejected? Are you catholic, do you believe the pope is the vicar of Christ on earth, do you acknowledge he sits upon the throne of  Saint Peter? Do you even know that if Constantine had been defeated at the Milvian Bridge by Maxentius on October  28th 312, Christianity like many of the other cults of that era would have fallen into obscurity like that of the cult of Invictus? You think too little and seldom read, you are told what to believe because you have a simple uninterested mind that needs fairy tales to understand morality. And unfortunately the morality that you believe in is wicked, homophobic, destructive, close minded, historically laughable, scientifically and culturally stifling, as well as a means to normalize intellectual laziness at best and at worst outright hostility to the freeing of minds through science and reason.

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Sean Hauer

Sean Hauer

1 month ago

 @NoneYa Business  its in my genetics..

NoneYa Business

NoneYa Business

1 month ago

 @Sean Hauer    That’s not how genetics work. Your ignorance and blind devotion to a text that doesn’t come close to matching the historical record is troubling on so many levels.  You do know that the men who compiled the canon still believed that the Earth was at the center of all existence? Your denial of actuality in an age of unlimited access to knowledge is a terrible reflection of humanity as well as our darker more dangerous and selfish impulses. Your unquestioning loyalty to the frightening ideas built by various churches throughout the last 2 thousand years has created a delusional society which uses poorly written fairytales to teach morality. Taken together, it has exposed you for not only a simpleton but a zealot. Your type are what will cause this precious world of ours to be shattered into a million pieces that ignite and burn to ash before being washed away by rising seas brimming with humanities filth and the carcasses of our mighty oceans sea life all dead and bloating stinking of horror.

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Flailfist Jr

Flailfist Jr

1 month ago

 @O T  "The interviewer is a Nazi" ? ? ?

Angelina Stevcic

Angelina Stevcic

1 month ago

Exactly what I’m thinking.

Sparky McPlump the polydactyl puss of Piety Street

Sparky McPlump the polydactyl puss of Piety Street

1 month ago

To think Mike’s son Chris had to interview DJT..oh how far we have fallen 😕

Anomie Telos

Anomie Telos

1 month ago

It's almost like it's a brave new world

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Shawn Mason

Shawn Mason

4 weeks ago

It does still happen today when the interviewer agrees with what the interviewee is saying.

Shahab Mohamed

Shahab Mohamed

3 weeks ago

Intelligence and Critical thinking became the enemy soon after. 

And they won that war.

We will not allow Communism in the West. They won't win this war, intelligence and critical thinking is back and spreading faster than Covid propaganda.

Digital Wilderness

Digital Wilderness

3 weeks ago

While smoking a tasty cig

@_gerald

@_gerald

3 weeks ago

They do, and they now transcend space-time

Yuriy Bezmenov

Yuriy Bezmenov

9 days ago

The things he said have certainly come to pass.

Tim Bim Jim

Tim Bim Jim

10 months ago

Remarkable that we must listen to an interview from 1958 to understand what's happening in 2021.

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Syko Rose

Syko Rose

10 months ago (edited)

What is truly remarkable is that all that you are beginning to see now (thank the creator for blessing you with true vision) has bin happening since before Aldous Huxley. Only now it is that more people are beginning to wake up to this truth, the reason for this awakening is the failure on the elites behalf to stick with the story they initially tried to sell and to dupe the world with something we know to be false. They made it alot easier to see through the charade because of this mistake. Which in turn has people doing their own research and having their own "professional" opinion on a subject without being told what there opinion should be. This is creating a huge duality amongst the world right now with people just waking up to this truth and not being able to manage there feelings on this monumental subject of control and then to be able to engage with those not able to see the truth in a more positive way by understanding that sleeping individuals position of thought since we have all been in their shoes thinking what they thought was right at some point in time.

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Tim Bim Jim

Tim Bim Jim

10 months ago

 @Syko Rose  Good point.

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mystyclpork

mystyclpork

10 months ago

Shaaadup dude

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Tim Bim Jim

Tim Bim Jim

10 months ago

 @mystyclpork  GFY

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al forlini masonry ++

al forlini masonry ++

10 months ago

Truth .

We see little action today as yesterday to stop it.

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The Holistic Esthetician

The Holistic Esthetician

10 months ago

 @Syko Rose  beautifully written.

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Syko Rose

Syko Rose

10 months ago

 @al forlini masonry ++  this is because we are living our lives and putting our thoughts on a screen. We need to interact with each other in the real world and take ACTION.

Kind of funny this social distancing is it not? Now, more than ever, we need to band together in the real world and not just agree with each others thoughts on a screen. It takes REAL ACTION of the body to go into the world and make the difference we so strongly claim over social media. Social media is a good place to get the word out but what does that word mean if we just sit back and wait?

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DAVE From OZ

DAVE From OZ

10 months ago

SAD  ISN’T  IT ⁉️ 😒

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al forlini masonry ++

al forlini masonry ++

10 months ago

 @Syko Rose  The social distance policy has done little to stop thought or thoughts.

The more effective weapon has become the TV ,and this TV is the pied piper.

If you mean by action to try and stop this wave of inhumanity ,then you are unaware of or not seeing its power.

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Syko Rose

Syko Rose

10 months ago

 @al forlini masonry ++  it has not stopped thought, it only made thought worse. What social distancing has done was deter us from gathering and giving us conciquences if we try to gather. This is preventing a greater change to the political system. We don't need a political system. We need a system that helps guide our youth to self governance and independence without the need of others like government handouts. We don't need this. We need to get together as communities of people and teach each other how to live side by side and push for a greater future so that our children and grand children won't have to deal with the same issues we have today. Life will always have problems, let's try to make those problems as easy as possible so that we can truly be free with governments leaders telling us what is best for us. We know what is best for us for God has given us that ability to discern what is right and wrong since birth. We need each other more than ever. Social distancing is preventing this out fear. Now we are split into two different worlds and they are colliding instead becoming one. We are all indiviudal rain drops falling and becoming an ocean. We need to be the ocean and not the droplet of water.

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al forlini masonry ++

al forlini masonry ++

10 months ago

 @Syko Rose  The Social Distancing is the obedience to the TV drumming of thought .

Fear is the result of the programming by the messages.

We are now terrorized by the State.

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atlastanatlas

atlastanatlas

10 months ago

 @Syko Rose  the shocking thing is that nuance has become specificity, we can read details - eg twitter and IG - into the suggestion he made about being advertised to beneath the rational/conscious level. Its when you realize not only that you understand, but that we're decades if not centuries into this, that it becomes so troubling

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Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

10 months ago

Yeah , whatever .....

Do You know where I can get some Soma ??

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al forlini masonry ++

al forlini masonry ++

10 months ago

 @Arnie Tapp  You're already on it.

Keep TV on.

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Syko Rose

Syko Rose

10 months ago

 @Arnie Tapp  mushrooms, when done in high dosages can bring you to the light of God if you seek it, same as other hallucinogens such as lsd.  I believe soma was a "hallucinogen" which is said to bring people to God and to receive vision of how the world works and to help guide one towards their correct path in life and to play their role in the community. The gods were humans who realized their full potential and let them selfs be guided by the light, some were guided by darkness. Which is why we have so many different gods through history. Each person who found God was given a specific task. The word of God comes from within and only you can here it. All the Gods of man live with the same understanding of God and play their role.

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Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

10 months ago

 @al forlini masonry ++  I'm on a computer .....  You've heard about them ?

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Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

10 months ago

 @Syko Rose  Well , You've obviously never read Huxley's "Brave New World" or You would know "Soma" is NOT a hallucinogen ..... It mellows You like an opiate ..... Can You dig it ?

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Syko Rose

Syko Rose

10 months ago

 @Arnie Tapp  I have, it seems you don't understand what soma is. Apparently no one does. Soma is a word in ancient Greek which means "body". The soma you refer to is a name brand of a drug in the book "brave new world" which is a "HALLUCINOGEN". You are still not fully awake. "Soma" in the veda scriptures is described as a sort of sacred drink of which is hypothesized to be the drink of the gods. No one really knows what it is as it is only described in the vedas as "a drink" which is praised, and said to give visions of divinity. You are still on the opposing side with ignorance and mis-information. We will break free of this pattern and begin to see the truth.

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Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

10 months ago

 @Syko Rose  Soma was like an opiate ..... I am only talking about Huxley's book ..... It took away anxiety which hallucinogens do not do ......

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Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

10 months ago

 @Syko Rose  I've done LSD , peyote and psylocybin ..... One bad acid trip cured Me of that past time ..... Never took My anxiety away but Everyone is different .....

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Syko Rose

Syko Rose

10 months ago

 @Arnie Tapp  we all have our own journey and yet every journey is the same. I had anxiety the was preventing me from sleeping for days and had thoughts that were like dreams in the sense that my thoughts made no sense, I was able to get rid of it about a month later by going to work and accepting it. That was my journey through anxiety, very short lived. It does come up once in a while but not to the extent to where I had it the first time and to where it is manageable now. Good luck to you brother.

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Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

10 months ago

 @Syko Rose  Ditto .....

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Steve Padgett

Steve Padgett

10 months ago

Huxley spoke about the value of decentralization if it could be accomplished.  The invention of Bitcoin in 2009 has produced on the Internet a decentralized currency which has been gaining followers.  I believe bitcoin and other decentralized financial instruments based on bitcoin will become a force against the centralized currency of government and will provide an opportunity to have freedom for those who can break away from the powerful persuasions of the US propaganda machine.  Peter Thiel, a leader in libertarian thought, just spent $100M to build a crypto mining farm.  Personally all my assets are in bitcoin and personal property.

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Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

10 months ago

 @Steve Padgett  Well done .....

al forlini masonry ++

al forlini masonry ++

10 months ago

 @Arnie Tapp  :-)

Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

10 months ago

 @al forlini masonry ++  Is that really Your business ?

al forlini masonry ++

al forlini masonry ++

10 months ago

 @Arnie Tapp  Business? What ?

Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

10 months ago (edited)

 @al forlini masonry ++  

Dude , literally , Your UserName ??

Albert Forlini     General Contracting

al forlini masonry ++

al forlini masonry ++

10 months ago

 @Arnie Tapp  y.

Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

10 months ago

 @al forlini masonry ++  z

al forlini masonry ++

al forlini masonry ++

9 months ago

 @james percy  Yeah, Richard Everhard is so smart, thank you.

Robertelliott Lang

Robertelliott Lang

9 months ago

or it other words it didn't happen then and its not happening now,its just our ongoing paranoia!!!

Tim Bim Jim

Tim Bim Jim

9 months ago

 @Robertelliott Lang  Let's hope so. Maybe if you write four exclamation marks and stamp your feet it won't.

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Robertelliott Lang

Robertelliott Lang

9 months ago

 @Tim Bim Jim  I doubt I even have to do that!...................

Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

9 months ago

 @Robertelliott Lang  Touche .....

Kill Them with kindness .....

Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

9 months ago

 @Robertelliott Lang  What got Me most in the book .....

They were engineering humans that wanted to be slaves .....

It was like the pleasure centers in Their brains were wired to feel intense satisfaction while They were cleaning Your toilet ..... That is a scary thought .....

Maybe robots will do it instead in Our future  .....

Still , it's a scary thought .....

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paradigm shifter

paradigm shifter

9 months ago

We can overcome

DjangoThunders

DjangoThunders

9 months ago

Is this crazy or what?

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mhtbfecsq1

mhtbfecsq1

9 months ago

we dont have to listen to an interview from 1958 to understand, the informations out there now too and quite clear to see in front of us if we choose to not ignore it, its just that everyone is hypnotized and controlled to the point that they willfully ignore it and continue on in a daze, not understanding the seriousness of what is going on in their little bubble while they play with their gadgets and seek validation and attention in social media, just as the tech companies planned.

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Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

9 months ago

 @mhtbfecsq1  "everyone is hypnotized"

Said a hypnotized individual .....

mhtbfecsq1

mhtbfecsq1

9 months ago (edited)

​ @Arnie Tapp You're trying to make yourself look smarter than everyone else while trying to make it seem as if you are being modest, and you are using the classic tactic of revrse projecting back on to someone something they have observed. No progressive discussion can happen with people like you because you think you are the one to cut everyone down to size. And  Im aware of what theyre up to and im against it,  so i dont think that really qualifies as being hypnotized does it? Also im not someone who uses social media in the conventional way, I dont use real names and never share any personal things bcs ive always felt from day one that it was  sinister, although i know they gather everything about us anyway through sly creepy spying that should be punishable by law.

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Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

9 months ago

 @mhtbfecsq1  My point was You are hypnotized also ..... I agreed with You ..... Why are You angry ??

mhtbfecsq1

mhtbfecsq1

9 months ago

 @Arnie Tapp  good then, we can agree that you and i are hypnotized, no need for further discussion :D

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Beyond Alpha

Beyond Alpha

9 months ago

Early life

Wallace, whose family's surname was originally Wallik,[4] was born on May 9, 1918, in Brookline, Massachusetts[4] to Russian Jewish immigrant parents.[4][5] He identified as a Jew and claimed it was his ethnicity (instead of religion)

Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

9 months ago

 @mhtbfecsq1  Why can't hypnotized people discuss things ? ..... Who makes up these rules ?

Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

9 months ago

 @Beyond Alpha  Do You understand why a person would consider "Jew" to be an ethnicity rather than a religion ? Is the word "Jew" short for Jewish or short for Judean ? All religions start out as a small group of people , if They are all from the same region then things can get confused ....

mhtbfecsq1

mhtbfecsq1

9 months ago (edited)

 @Arnie Tapp  ​ because we'll wake up and forget it all? ​ Idk, might have something to do with you being more like a troll than a person who likes to discuss things , who knows.

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Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

9 months ago

 @mhtbfecsq1  I've been discussing things with people all along this thread ..... See My comment above Yours which was written to Beyond Alpha before You accused Me of trolling ..... After rereading Your first comment , I would say it is You that posts like a troll .....

mhtbfecsq1

mhtbfecsq1

9 months ago

 @Arnie Tapp  lol chill dude it feels like youre searching for an argument rather than a discussion.

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Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

9 months ago

 @mhtbfecsq1  Everything You accuse Me of , You've already done ..... Quit trolling , not amusing .....

mhtbfecsq1

mhtbfecsq1

9 months ago (edited)

​ @Arnie Tapp  its obvious youre having a laugh but.... I doubt you can explain how i am trolling, just like you cant explain how you justify your statement saying that im hypnotized. You can't just say that anyone who uses any online platform is hypnotized, there are switched on people who use social media and watch videos in youtube (btw i was using youtube a long time before google bought it). The point I made was about those who are willfully ignorant, kinda like yourself by the looks of it.

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Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

9 months ago

 @mhtbfecsq1  You said that ....

piorun

piorun

9 months ago

It's been told over and over for many years.  One just has to listen and observe.  They believe they are gentlemen so they tell you.  They told you so.  Rules of engagement.

mhtbfecsq1

mhtbfecsq1

9 months ago (edited)

 @Arnie Tapp   what are you arguing about exactly?! You're the person demonstrating all the signs of a hypnotized individual by playing devils advocate with no purpose other than to make yourself feel clever and above everyone (or to troll) which only aids tech companies game plan of divide and rule. Hmmm maybe you work for them :O

Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

9 months ago

 @mhtbfecsq1  "its just that everyone is hypnotized"

You're not even a good troll .....

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mhtbfecsq1

mhtbfecsq1

9 months ago

​ @Arnie Tapp What makes a good troll im guessing is something youve thought about a lot by the looks of it. Youve made no coherent points to respond to so im gonna have to say thx for the chat

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Arnie Tapp

Arnie Tapp

9 months ago

 @mhtbfecsq1  Ditto

Julie Pablo

Julie Pablo

9 months ago (edited)

You are right. The book was written in 1932. 89 years ago. Prescient and horrifying.

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harold chernofsky

harold chernofsky

9 months ago

you shudder @mystyclpork 

adrian elliott

adrian elliott

9 months ago

amen Tim