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Jim Prues's avatar

Manipulation is the story of our old culture. It's all we know except for the few of us who see through the veil. Narrative flip flopping is not new, but the speed of the reversals leaves one a bit agog. The great deep truth that we are All Here Together in this Timeless Now we call Life will stop the manipulation. Not sure much else will.

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Riff McClavin's avatar

Again, Caitlin, you excel at pointing out the banana peel we're encouraged to step on, noticing only in retrospect how much it clashes with the carpet.

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Apetivist's avatar

You are one of my favorite thinkers!

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anti-republocrat's avatar

The official narrative is chosen by Mockingbird pundits, and it's well know that Mockingbirds can mimic practically any other bird.

As to the lab leak vs natural origin conflict, here's another possibility worth thinking about briefly. What if Fauci's funding for gain of function research at Wuhan is itself a deception? What if the virus really was developed at Ft. Detrich and the idea that it was developed at Wuhan is a fall-back narrative to protect ongoing GOF research, just in case somebody could prove it was lab made instead of natural? There are all sorts of other speculations you can make if you dive deeper into the rabbit hole.

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Stephen Simac's avatar

mockingbirds are fierce protectors of their turf. Same with the media mockingbirds, but at least the birds provide a variety of tunes.

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The Gala Report's avatar

"Cross examination is the engine of truth."

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Apetivist's avatar

Love that quote.

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The Gala Report's avatar

Me too. In fact, that's what I did for 11 years at trial.

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Apetivist's avatar

Impressive!

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The Gala Report's avatar

Here's something I recently wrote: "POLICE CRIME" The police are government agents. Police brutality and murder is government brutality and murder. Although minorities are disproportionally targeted, police brutality and murder is not exclusively an expression of racism. In sheer numbers (as opposed to ethnic percentages), many whites are also maimed, killed, and/or falsely imprisoned by police officers. The police will arrest and brutalize a white hedge fund manager if he’s unrecognized and in the wrong place at the wrong time. You don’t hear of these cases because they’re settled out of court with large financial awards to the victims with the stipulation that the victims can’t discuss their cases with media. Police violence and murder is also prevalent in large cities where the mayors, police chiefs, and the majority of officers are black. We're witnessing “state power”; US domestic policy is now a mirror of its foreign policy. The police have been militarized and serve as the de facto domestic arm of the military. While the military has been killing millions abroad for decades with impunity, the police are now doing domestically to American citizens with impunity. In short, we live in a police state, and we have for decades. “If you want to know the future I can tell you now; it’s a boot on your neck.” —George Orwell. In George Floyd’s case it was a knee on his neck.

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Apetivist's avatar

So true!

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J Wied's avatar

Caitlin, Thanks for this powerful and sobering piece. Its important that people who have found their way through the looking glass take the time to share the view. Even if it awakens only one person - its worth it. All we can do is stay firmly committed to discerning the truth.

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Donna Yazbek's avatar

I read an interesting article in April 2020, written by the son of a 40 year PhD in micro biology and virology. The pair also wrote a peer reviewed paper, based on that article, which was published in August 2020.

Fascinating info...and not a little frightening.

The first link is to the article I read in April last year, and the second link is to an article I received just today... which also includes a link to the published paper. Just fyi, in case you're interested in diving down this particular rabbit hole. (PS, the writer has a brief but sensitive criminal past, and it's likely only a matter of time before its leveraged against them both.)

https://harvardtothebighouse.com/2020/03/23/no-monkey-ever-reheated-a-frozen-burrito-what-the-expanse-tells-us-about-the-covid-19-pandemic/

https://harvard2thebighouse.substack.com/p/the-darpa-taped-letters

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The Gala Report's avatar

"Whoever lies first wins."

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Sean Traven's avatar

Very good first part. I do sometimes wish that you wrote more that included such specific analysis without an almost ritualistic condemnation of vast political trends and phenomena that you believe must be overturned. The ranting is understandable but dulls the impact of your specific piece.

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