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Notes From Clown World: February 24, 2025.

Seen at the NAACP's Image Awards, Kamala Harris showed up looking like a villain in a James Bond movie. Dressed top to bottom in an intimidating black suit that would make Ernst Blofeld jealous, Harris accepted a meaningless award for accomplishing nothing, similar to how Barack Obama received a Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing more than being elected president back in 2008. When you're a Democrat you don't actually have to accomplish anything to be celebrated. You just have to show up. 

In her speech Harris didn't speak of hope and change but rather warned of "the flames on our horizons, the rising waters in our cities, the shadows gathering over our democracy". I doubt her next gig will be working as a motivational speaker.

Propagandist Joy Reid no longer has a show on MSNBC. Her future at the declining network is uncertain, but at least for now the nation won't be torn apart by Reid's endless anger and baseless accusations that everyone she disagrees with is racist. Reid's skewed interpretations of world events apparently weren't resonating with most viewers anymore. The radical left immediately went to social media and complained that it's racist to fire a racist, as long as the racist is black and preferably female. 

Proving once again that free speech to the left is like kryptonite to Superman, Christine Burns posted on Mastodon that the European Union should shut down X (Twitter), alleging that Elon Musk's social media platform is actively interfering in elections. She provides no proof. In case you've never heard of her, Burns has spent most of her life pushing the LGBT agenda with an emphasis on normalizing all things transgender. Burns was awarded an MBE in 2005 in recognition of her work representing transgender people. MBE is an abbreviation for "Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire". It seems fitting that a nation that jails people for Facebook posts would give an award to a woman who wants to shut down free speech.

Here's Peter Gleick posting on Mastodon, suggesting that the Democratic Party commit treason by appointing "Shadow Cabinet Secretaries" who basically work against the real Cabinet Secretaries to subvert the work of the Trump Administration. If a Republican had suggested such a thing during Biden's time in office, I'm pretty sure the Democrats would have raised the alarm and likely held Congressional hearings on how Republicans are attacking our "democracy". Gleick's post proves once again that Democrats are perfectly okay with breaking the law as long as it advances their agenda. 

And here's Aram Sinnreich claiming to understand the "psychology of MAGA". Sinnreich says that Trump supporters are "scared of everything" and that they're "jealous of your joy". His post shows how out of touch the radical left is with the rest of America. Although I'm not a Republican (I'm unaffiliated), I talk to a lot of Republicans and other conservatives, and I can say without a doubt that they aren't scared of anything. They may disapprove of behaviors that conflict with their moral beliefs, but the disapproval isn't based on fear. And they aren't "jealous of your joy" because I'm not sure anyone on the left has any joy to be jealous of. The left is comprised of the most angry, depressed, and miserable people I've ever seen. Where is their joy? Where is their generosity? (giving away other people's money doesn't count). And where is their optimism? They are the league of doom and gloom. I'm not jealous, and I don't know anyone who is. If anything, I feel pity.

Finally in Clown World, we have this post from billionaire Mark Cuban congratulating millionaire Bernie Sanders for his "mission to fight oligarchy". Remind me, Mark, what is your net worth, and how many homes does Bernie own? And why aren't you mentioning the oversized influence that oligarch George Soros has had on the Democratic Party and Democratic Party elected officials? Once again, the hypocrisy of the left is in full display. And if the photo above is any indication, the party's faithful fans are swallowing the bullshit with happy enthusiasm. Are they naive, brainwashed, or just plain stupid?

We Live In A Mad Society.

"We live in a mad society, where the most insane are chosen to lead, and the people who call out the madness are ridiculed and silenced." -- Timo Malum

Bluesky Proves The Land Of The Left Is The Land Of The Lost.

It didn't take long. Another social media site run by the radical left has kicked me out. Not long after having my Mastodon accounts deleted without cause, Bluesky has now done the same. To be honest, I'm surprised I lasted as long as I did, but not because I broke any rules. To the contrary, I was polite and civil and did my best to link to sources whenever I posted anything related to health and science issues. But I did post news articles and podcasts that I hoped would open some minds and maybe create a dialog. For my efforts I was called a Nazi and a MAGA cultist, and my sources were all dismissed as being not good enough for the pseudo-intellectuals who read my posts. But I wasn't very active on Bluesky at all, preferring to keep a low profile and gently nudging rather than shoving in an attempt to not be cancelled. How did it work out? Here's the email I received from the "Bluesky Moderation Team":

Bluesky's moderators claim I posted content that promoted "hateful content" or was "disruptive to others". This claim is a lie. I was careful to be respectful of others. I'm not a bully and never have been, but I will stand up for myself if attacked and I will correct misinformation when I see it. But apparently in the land of the left, replying with factual data is perceived as being disruptive. The left has become so obsessed with conformity and obedience that instead of resembling the free-love hippies of the 1960's they're now more like the hive-mind Borg creatures of Star Trek. Independent thought isn't allowed. Be assimilated or be destroyed.

They don't believe in shared truth. They use words as weapons. They rely on you implicitly assuming that they have good intentions and are aiming at shared truth. It's a deception. For Marxists, dialogue is not a way of attaining truth. It is a forum for manipulation.

Although I had low expectations, I did go through the motions of filing an appeal to my account's deletion. Two days later and no one at Bluesky has bothered to reply. And honestly, the only reply I expect to get is "appeal rejected", which is the reply I got from Mastodon and also a year earlier from Elon Musk's Twitter/X.

This is the world we now live in: a world where mentally weak anonymous authoritarians function as social media moderators and censor anything that upsets their frail emotions or is seen as a threat to their demonic Marxist agenda. It isn't possible to have a real conversation with these people. Dissenting opinions are dismissed without thought. Their minds are closed. Their science is settled. Nothing changes until new propaganda is sent to them like a software upgrade.

I gave it my best shot. I tried on three separate social media sites. And now I question if it's possible to co-exist with people who are so mentally shut down, intolerant, and (strangely) arrogant.

Bluesky has proven to me that the land of the left is the land of the lost. But I won't stop talking. I have a voice. It's too bad the people who need to hear it the most will hear nothing but echoes of propaganda and hate coming from the soulless entities that control them.

They Live. They Lie.

MSNBC: telling you what to think since 1996. Shameless propaganda for the indoctrinated and gullible left, brought to you by the Democratic Party and the entrenched deep state.

Do Wealthy Donors Influence How The Associated Press Reports The News?

The Associated Press is one of the largest news agencies in the world, writing stories that are republished or recited by hundreds of newspapers, magazines, and television news programs. Much of the news coverage you read or watch every day was created by the AP. You may not even realize the story you're reading or watching came from the AP unless you happen to notice the letters "AP" at the top of the column, or you notice that TV news hosts on different stations are saying exactly the same thing on the same day. Since news outlets can't afford to keep large staffs of reporters on their payrolls anymore, they rely on the Associated Press to take up the slack. That shouldn't be a problem if the reporting is accurate and impartial. 

Their website states "We were founded as an independent news cooperative, whose members are U.S. newspapers and broadcasters, steadfast in our mission to inform the world. To this day, AP remains independent, beholden only to the facts."

Does the AP meet that standard? Are they really independent and impartial? Do they accurately report the facts?

I took a look at the AP's website and saw news stories that definitely appeared to be pushing the political elite's agendas. There's an entire page filled with dozens of reports on climate change, but no stories from any of the thousands of scientists who dispute the official narrative that climate change is caused by human activity. If you get your news from the Associated Press, you probably have no idea that there isn't a consensus among scientists on climate change. No alternative viewpoints seem to be allowed. On their health page, there are several articles suggesting you get flu and COVID vaccines, but there's no mention of the potential risks of doing so. I saw no stories about vaccine injuries. There are no stories questioning the pseudoscience of virology. But there IS a story that defends ultraprocessed foods. And the AP's site has an entire section devoted to questionable "fact checking" on subjects including election fraud, Haitians eating pets, and FEMA's hurricane response in North Carolina. Granted, many of their articles seem to be well researched and impartial, but that's to be expected on a site that is essentially controlled opposition: sprinkle some truth onto a pile of propaganda and the public will believe it all.

So I don't buy their claim of being "beholden only to the facts". But who are they beholden to? Perhaps to their many financial supporters:

Let's take a look at some of them. The list is in alphabetical order with one glaring exception: the Gates Foundation is at the top of the list. In late 2023, the Gates Foundation gave the AP $1,829,815. It's probably safe to assume that Bill Gates has a lot of influence at the Associated Press. Gates is notorious for pushing vaccines, the COVID psyop, fake meat, digital ID's, the climate change agenda, and censorship. While the AP may say it is independent, the senior editors are almost certain to keep Gates' interests in mind when deciding which topics to cover and how they're reported. Even if there isn't an official policy to please Gates, it would be career suicide to piss him off. 

Who else funds the Associated Press? For the sake of brevity, I'll only mention the funding sources that have a clear focus on an agenda that could influence the AP's work. Some, such as the Carnegie Corporation of New York, award hundreds of grants every year for a wide range of projects and most of them look reasonably harmless. Others have a much narrower range and thus are more likely to exert influence on the media for favorable coverage of those projects.

For example, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation awards a significant number of grants to environmental issues, particularly climate change and renewable energy.

The Climate and Land Use Alliance "advances land use policies and finance that help countries achieve ambitious climate targets".

The Hearthland Foundation is focused on equity and justice, which are buzzwords of the radical left.

The Hollyhock Foundation has climate change as one of its priorities.

The KR Foundation's primary goal is "to address the root causes of climate change and environmental degradation". They fund projects that promote the elimination of fossil fuels, cars, and the consumption of meat.

The Nathan Cummings Foundation websites states "We believe the dual crises named in our mission (inequality and climate change) cannot be addressed without first addressing their root causes and oppressive manifestations. That’s why we are focused on the long-term and interconnected goal of advancing racial, economic, and environmental justice (REEJ)".

The Outrider Foundation "supports multimedia storytelling about nuclear threats and climate change". Its advisory board includes the infamous Michael E. Mann.

The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation pushes artificial intelligence and other digital technologies to solve "the world’s most pressing challenges, from the COVID-19 pandemic to climate change to health inequities".

Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation refers to Pivotal Ventures, a company founded by Melinda Gates that advances left-leaning ideologies, with diversity being their main focus.

Quadrivium has five main focus areas: democracy, technology & society, scientific understanding, climate change, and ocean health. How connected are they to the Associated Press? Their website brags, "We helped to stand up a climate desk at the Associated Press (AP). AP’s member cooperative business model helps the largest and smallest news organizations reach populations across a wide range of geographies and cultural and economic backgrounds with climate change stories that matter in their communities. Importantly, these stories improve public understanding of the existential threats we face as well as the many solutions available and underway." Quadrivium also helped set up an organization called 'SciLine', which among other things provides vaccine propaganda to news reporters. SciLine fails to mention any adverse reactions (such as death) from vaccines, choosing instead to repeat the standard "safe and effective" talking points of the medical industrial complex.

With the Associated Press accepting so much money from foundations with clear-cut agendas, especially climate change, its difficult to accept that the AP is impartial in its reporting. Reporters and editors are bound to self-censor even if there isn't a written policy to do so. News and research that runs counter to what the foundations pay for likely never sees the light of day.

Public ignorance is the inevitable result.

Look For The Truth Beneath The Layers Of Deception.

The deceptive art of directing public attention to one thing by focusing on an illusion.

Yet another AGENDA goes unnoticed. It is a deliberate strategy used to influence, manipulate and control public perception and behavior.

These operations create narratives that shape our understanding of reality, often obscuring the truth for other hidden agendas.

Truth becomes a victim of this war of perception, leaving the masses in a state of confusion and manipulation.

It is part of a “classic technique”, it is a reminder to question everything and look for the truth beneath the layers of deception.

In times of universal deception, the best weapon is to arm yourself with knowledge, question the narratives and dress your conscience with pride.

Stay alert, stay informed and never stop asking!

[content contributor: Revellati Online]