Thank you Navyo, and it's something like what Robert said in comments. This is supposed to be a very posh building in New York, a landmark hotel called "Empire Hotel." The sign is not properly lit, and the letters are missing. And because it has the word "empire" in it, this makes the entire thing even more ironic and sad in many ways.
I just wanted to say how much I appreciated your post that I just read at Dr. Mercola's site called: "How Do Tyrants Make People Act Against Their Own Interests?" It was very well thought out and articulated. Thank you Tessa. I'm glad to see your work reaching Mercola's audience.
Sawing a table in half!! That is such a hilarious image of Russian absurdity. Love Bulgakov—“The Master and Margarita” is a romp. I didn’t know there was a movie of “Heart of a Dog”—not that I have time to watch movies these days ;-)
Have you read “Oblomov”? One of my favorite Russian novels (out of many favorites :-)
Thank You for your post and for your ability to connect and show up in your words. Having lived in russia during that pivotal time of 90/91 it is a pionent to hear your thoughts on watching the west fall. I am reminded that no matter what clothes our civilisation wears, the wolves still freak out and eat each other. I am simply thankful that my guiding light is working with magical interfaces rather than just the scientific. I broke up with myself in the west and wrote about it here - https://mavenworks.substack.com/p/exit-of-the-occupier-manifold
Over a year ago I created a folder in my bookmarks called Controlled Demolition for all the things happening all over the world that make no sense and/or are crumbling, falling apart for reasons obscure. It’s filling up rapidly. There is a reason, and it’s all very deliberate. The effects upon humanity can be very obvious or more subtle, likely taking years before we see what such madness and chaos can do to our psyches.
As difficult as it is to watch, we must remain steadfast and grounded in hope, and fight back with whatever we can do as individuals. Death by a thousand paper cuts can go both ways. And good IS more powerful than evil.
Thank you for your actions as a beacon of truth. Keep up the good fight.
So perhaps a vision of the future of places like NYC is current day East St. Louis.
I supported Trump in 2016 and 2020. I'm aware of his shortcomings; he's far from perfect. He did do good things during his 4 years. He started no new wars. Some ME peace deals were brokered. He tried to leave Afghanistan. I still believe Hillary would have made poor decisions and gotten us into more war - based on her track record.
The most disappointing thing for me about Trump was the people he surrounded himself with. He made many poor decisions in that respect and was constantly being stabbed in the back. Part of this is just the D.C. swamp, something that he ran on and was correct about.
There are plenty of people who worship Trump, GEOTUS. Probably twice as many think he is literally Satan. I imagine a good number of those people really enjoyed him on The Apprentice. You seem to have a real talent for putting current events into a good perspective and seeing through the BS, I'm not that good. Saying that, I think Trump's legacy for those who can be objective will be the POTUS who ripped the bandage off the wound. He could have done a lot more if he didn't have some severe personality defects. As usual, we are mostly choosing between a giant douche and a turd sandwich.
Personally, I didn't care about either candidate and couldn't support either since both of them impressed me as selfish, cruel people. Now, I think that the hoopla made over Trump was ridiculous. To my senses, he is a regular corrupt New Yorker elite boy, a twin of Cuomo actually. Not a Hitler, not a satan that they made of him, just a regular corrupt human being who only cares about himself. I think the only authentic thing about him is that he is insecure and doesn't like poor people. But not any more "racist" than the current president. The "hitler" campaign was obviously to distract us all from what matters. Prior to 2020, I didn't understand why he was allowed to win but once 2020 showed up, it made sense. We will never know if he played his role consciously or unintentionally, or depending on the day... but certainly, the media made a devil out of him and boiled the brains of half of the country. And possibly, he willingly participated. After all, the warp speed happened on his watch. In any case, no politician on this planet deserves that long of a comment. They can all go to the moon and leave us alone!
"...we are mostly choosing between a giant douche and a turd sandwich."
Break free anytime, Curtis. Anybody interested in politics and takes it seriously is a willing participant in a mad circus built by predators and populated by fools. Both of which enjoy eating turd sandwiches and showering under giant douches.
Everyone should be interested in politics, that seems to me to be a civic duty. I’m interested in suggestions on how to break free. I feel a civic duty to be informed and participate in the process. I am going to vote for someone.
"I’m interested in suggestions on how to break free."
How to break free-- This is actually a very heavy question, Curtis. Should you decide to look into the answer your life will never be the same. Your path is your own and none of my business. I can, however, say this:
One divergent path lies in the feeling you had that prompted your own words: "giant douches" (people who create and force-feed impressionable children destructive, anti-human concepts like "civic duty") and "turd sandwiches" (actual "civic duty").
I am here to destroy. Not to attack the gigantic tree itself, but to gnaw away at the roots. Everything that pains us within this toxic social realm we call "modern civilization" comes from poisonous concepts infecting our minds, all of them arising from fear and self-loathing.
Only fire and passion in the heart has power to break the chains of crippling conformity and set free ones' mind. Tessa has this.
Bulgakov was one of my favorite writers when I was a teenager. He certainly is a giant. And no, I have no heard of this play!! Just looked it up now, thank you for telling me!
Don't understand the photo... can you explain?
Thank you Navyo, and it's something like what Robert said in comments. This is supposed to be a very posh building in New York, a landmark hotel called "Empire Hotel." The sign is not properly lit, and the letters are missing. And because it has the word "empire" in it, this makes the entire thing even more ironic and sad in many ways.
OK! Now I get it. Thanks Tessa.
The sign hasn't been maintained, so the lights are out on a few letters.
The decay of end stage capitalism... Plenty of money for the wealthy and wars, but nothing for actual productive endeavors.
https://medium.com/swlh/what-is-acid-communism-e5c65ecf6188
A good representation of where we’re headed if we don’t change from the USSA back to the USA
I just wanted to say how much I appreciated your post that I just read at Dr. Mercola's site called: "How Do Tyrants Make People Act Against Their Own Interests?" It was very well thought out and articulated. Thank you Tessa. I'm glad to see your work reaching Mercola's audience.
Thank you Gary!!! xo
Sawing a table in half!! That is such a hilarious image of Russian absurdity. Love Bulgakov—“The Master and Margarita” is a romp. I didn’t know there was a movie of “Heart of a Dog”—not that I have time to watch movies these days ;-)
Have you read “Oblomov”? One of my favorite Russian novels (out of many favorites :-)
Thank You for your post and for your ability to connect and show up in your words. Having lived in russia during that pivotal time of 90/91 it is a pionent to hear your thoughts on watching the west fall. I am reminded that no matter what clothes our civilisation wears, the wolves still freak out and eat each other. I am simply thankful that my guiding light is working with magical interfaces rather than just the scientific. I broke up with myself in the west and wrote about it here - https://mavenworks.substack.com/p/exit-of-the-occupier-manifold
Thank you for your kind words, and for sharing your heartfelt article!! It is beautifully written.
Burn an oakwood table as an offering and for heat ... makes sense ... knot much else wood[would]
🤣
It will remain a mystery.
Over a year ago I created a folder in my bookmarks called Controlled Demolition for all the things happening all over the world that make no sense and/or are crumbling, falling apart for reasons obscure. It’s filling up rapidly. There is a reason, and it’s all very deliberate. The effects upon humanity can be very obvious or more subtle, likely taking years before we see what such madness and chaos can do to our psyches.
As difficult as it is to watch, we must remain steadfast and grounded in hope, and fight back with whatever we can do as individuals. Death by a thousand paper cuts can go both ways. And good IS more powerful than evil.
Thank you for your actions as a beacon of truth. Keep up the good fight.
Here is about the color revolution in Kazakhstan from Pepe Escobar:
http://thesaker.is/steppe-on-fire-kazakhstans-color-revolution/
If you can't win at the polls, call your opponent an "insurrectionist" and disqualify him/her:
Destroying A Democracy To Save it: Democrats Call For The Disqualification Of Dozens Of Republican Members
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/destroying-democracy-save-it-democrats-call-disqualification-dozens-republican-members
It's important for the "Dems" side to honor the day January 6th. It was their made-for-TV-movie.
Babylon Bee sort of has the story here:
https://babylonbee.com/news/fbi-to-host-first-annual-jan-6-reunion
So perhaps a vision of the future of places like NYC is current day East St. Louis.
I supported Trump in 2016 and 2020. I'm aware of his shortcomings; he's far from perfect. He did do good things during his 4 years. He started no new wars. Some ME peace deals were brokered. He tried to leave Afghanistan. I still believe Hillary would have made poor decisions and gotten us into more war - based on her track record.
The most disappointing thing for me about Trump was the people he surrounded himself with. He made many poor decisions in that respect and was constantly being stabbed in the back. Part of this is just the D.C. swamp, something that he ran on and was correct about.
There are plenty of people who worship Trump, GEOTUS. Probably twice as many think he is literally Satan. I imagine a good number of those people really enjoyed him on The Apprentice. You seem to have a real talent for putting current events into a good perspective and seeing through the BS, I'm not that good. Saying that, I think Trump's legacy for those who can be objective will be the POTUS who ripped the bandage off the wound. He could have done a lot more if he didn't have some severe personality defects. As usual, we are mostly choosing between a giant douche and a turd sandwich.
Personally, I didn't care about either candidate and couldn't support either since both of them impressed me as selfish, cruel people. Now, I think that the hoopla made over Trump was ridiculous. To my senses, he is a regular corrupt New Yorker elite boy, a twin of Cuomo actually. Not a Hitler, not a satan that they made of him, just a regular corrupt human being who only cares about himself. I think the only authentic thing about him is that he is insecure and doesn't like poor people. But not any more "racist" than the current president. The "hitler" campaign was obviously to distract us all from what matters. Prior to 2020, I didn't understand why he was allowed to win but once 2020 showed up, it made sense. We will never know if he played his role consciously or unintentionally, or depending on the day... but certainly, the media made a devil out of him and boiled the brains of half of the country. And possibly, he willingly participated. After all, the warp speed happened on his watch. In any case, no politician on this planet deserves that long of a comment. They can all go to the moon and leave us alone!
"...we are mostly choosing between a giant douche and a turd sandwich."
Break free anytime, Curtis. Anybody interested in politics and takes it seriously is a willing participant in a mad circus built by predators and populated by fools. Both of which enjoy eating turd sandwiches and showering under giant douches.
Everyone should be interested in politics, that seems to me to be a civic duty. I’m interested in suggestions on how to break free. I feel a civic duty to be informed and participate in the process. I am going to vote for someone.
"I’m interested in suggestions on how to break free."
How to break free-- This is actually a very heavy question, Curtis. Should you decide to look into the answer your life will never be the same. Your path is your own and none of my business. I can, however, say this:
One divergent path lies in the feeling you had that prompted your own words: "giant douches" (people who create and force-feed impressionable children destructive, anti-human concepts like "civic duty") and "turd sandwiches" (actual "civic duty").
I am here to destroy. Not to attack the gigantic tree itself, but to gnaw away at the roots. Everything that pains us within this toxic social realm we call "modern civilization" comes from poisonous concepts infecting our minds, all of them arising from fear and self-loathing.
Only fire and passion in the heart has power to break the chains of crippling conformity and set free ones' mind. Tessa has this.
Sorry, the “giant douche” and “turd sandwich” is a South Park reference. Thanks for the reply!
Bulgakov was one of my favorite writers when I was a teenager. He certainly is a giant. And no, I have no heard of this play!! Just looked it up now, thank you for telling me!