Thursday, 30 January 2025

1. Dr Caldwell Esselstyn: Reversal of Cardio Vascular Disease (CVD) with...

HEALTHIEST DIET IN THE WORLD? Rare Dr. Esselstyn Interview

❤️ Reversing heart disease | Plant based Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn


OILS & ANIMAL PROTEIN INJURE ENDOTHELIAL CELLS HE SAYS. WHAT ARE THESE? 

 

Endothelial cells are a type of cell that form a thin lining on the inside of blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, and the heart, acting as a barrier between the bloodstream and surrounding tissues, regulating the exchange of substances between them; essentially, they are the primary cells that make up the inner layer of blood vessels, controlling blood flow and maintaining vascular health.  

·                            Function:

They regulate the movement of nutrients, fluids, and waste products between the blood and tissues, manage blood pressure by producing substances like nitric oxide, and play a role in inflammation and immune response. 

·                            Location:

They form a single layer of cells lining the inside of all blood vessels, including arteries, veins, and capillaries. 

·                            Importance in health:

Proper endothelial function is crucial for maintaining cardiovascular health, as dysfunction can contribute to conditions like atherosclerosis and hypertension. 

 To Pete:     Wow, the more I study the more I believe. Pete, to you it isn't important to change your diet as you're healthy & hopefully stay that way. But I'm facing death. I have to know these facts & follow them. And I am not aware of ever following a bad diet - I was WAY WAY above most Americans, & yet I came to this condition......most people don't know what is going on inside their bodies. Autopsies he explains, show that even young people in America are HEADED for heart disease. People from 17 to 30 were starting to have heart disease - autopsies show.  You get the strokes, heart attacks, way after - decades after the injuries & wrong eating. It also affects diabetes & dementia - it can all be prevented by the whole food plant based diet he says. 

Pete refers to a study on olive oil that says it’s good for these cells. I answer:

 Who did the study / report on olive oil?  Be sure that you know who did it as if it's the olive oil INDUSTRY then it might be BOGUS -     He explains that many studies are done by the industries that BENEFIT from the sale of certain items

            I saw the study, did not see who ordered it. And sometimes it's sneaky, they {the industry} hide under different names

 From William:

          Hi Rasa 

My wife just boils the vegetables. I sprinkle herbs on vegetables and soups and put spices on things like porridge. 

 

If your use to eating foods with strong flavors then it can be hard to eat food that are not like this. But herbs and spices can help. Traditional Mexican food is good for you but because its mostly beans which tastes bland. So they use hot spices to give it flavor. They do the same in India.  I personally don't like hot spices so I don't use them. The only hot spice I use is ginger.  

To me eating a healthy diet is more important than having bad health and taking loads of medicine. But I know some people don't think like this and have become addicted to junk food. 

 The food industry has many sneaky tricks. Back it the 1980s scientists found that eating eggs will give you high cholesterol and the sale of eggs went down. So the egg industry hit back, they employed corrupt scientists to do studies that said the opposite to this and got the public totally confused, so many people now believe that eggs don't cause cholesterol or that high cholesterol wasn't a problem.  This happened to my wife's brother, the doctor told him his cholesterol was high, but he read on the internet that you need not worry about cholesterol and didn't do anything about it. Then while fishing he had a heart attack and died.      william

           Hi friends,

                William I used to hate hot spice, but when I learned that is is REAL GOOD for you, I learned to like it.  Dr. Richard Schultze, herbalist, swears by cayenne pepper, the hotter the better. He said it can STOP a heart attack OR ALLEVIATE IT! I now drink hot sauce out of a bottle, 1 or 2 TBsp daily - have several bottles so I don't run out.  I also learned from him to eat Hawthorn berries which I take every day in capsule form & also have them in pod form to make later, tea I guess.  Hawthorn berries rebuild heart tissue.

    Pete like I said, you have nothing to worry abut if your heart is good so do what makes you happy.

    As for me, this is my third day & I know I will get used to this. It's like the celibacy or the lack of it. The doors open or close in my MIND. Once that's done, I don't desire the thing that is forbidden, & I desire the thing that is permitted. It's my virtue of OBEDIENCE which is one of my 2 strongest virtues. My other one is ZEAL for the Kingdom of God.

    After a decent study on the two items: NITRIC OXIDE & ENDOTHELIAL CELLS I am convinced he is right. He is NOT abut trying to make money or con anyone, like that Dr. Goo Goo {not his real name} who's endlessly annoying me with his ads about what's good or not good - all controversial, most the opposite or different from what Dr. Essel says. Someting about lepkins or lektins - which no one ever heard of so we listen to him & think he knows something we don't. It gets mysterious as he says we have to know our METABOLIC TYPE & it seems he wants to bamboozle us into thinking he knows things we don't & we have to go to him & pay money to find out what he knows. He to me is a con man trying to make money. He does not give details until you spend money - a sure sign this is a businessman rather than a humanitarian.

 

    But Dr. Essel is a true HUMANITARIAN. He explains CLEARLY again & again in FREE presentations. He says the basics in each video - some he gives new info.  So he has a book - big deal - books don't sell. His wife & daughter have a site where they give recipees, the daughter's husband also helps. They do all this for the sake of helping people, not gaining 'filthy lucre'. The daughter also has a recipee book - again - they don't charge for the free videos on You tube.

 

       And he is SO PATIENT. He doesn't get MAD at the people who disagree, challenge him & argue or dissent. He just keeps explaining. Whereas Dr. Schultze gets ANGRY & peope love it when he LASHES OUT at those who argue & argue re good health, who want to keep their bad habits & doing what they enjoy even if it's killing them. Dr. Schultze is also a vegan.

    I learned something. Dr. Essel said that not all vegans are good - he's helped some of them - he said they eat 'glazed donuts.' That's the 'demon' he's named a few times, where Dr. Schultze's pet demon is 'pepperoni pizza - people stuff themselves with that & when he presents an herbal tea they balk, fearing they might drink too much, lol. Today they call this diet 'plant based diet' instead of vegan.

    Here is our PROBLEM. We are stubborn. Even when we know what is right or wrong, we want to do what we want to do, like smoking, drugs, being uncaring or mean to someone - even 'the least of these.' We are selfish & egotistical. These are human traits. We don't want to humble ourselves & obey, even when someone tells us something we think might be true, we resist it because we don't want to do it.

    Dr. Essel explained how he gets people to comply.  By RESPECTING THEM. He said the other docs complain when people hear them in a 10-15 min. office visit. But he gives them a 6 hour seminar. He calls each person in it himself personally & answers questions. He gives them bookets which explain everyting, he follows up with them. And his rate is about 87% compliance - the other guys it's real low as they just BARK at you or state what you 'should do' slam, bam, thank you ma'am & you're supposed to do it. They don't put in the TIME.

    All I can say is I believe him & I'm going to try to reverse this disease & live as long as God wants me to.     Rasa

   

         


❤️ Reversing heart disease | Plant based Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn


DIET DIARY - DR ESSELSTYN      DIET  1 30 25 

 From Rasa:

 Tonight I was desperate trying to figure what to eat for dinner that follows his regimen. Wow.

    I was going first to make soup but every soup I've made has chicken stock. It's all frozen. I will use that for the animals.

    I could not find any canned soup that is pure veggie, all had some even small hints of meat, he would not agree with that.  I will have to find cream of mushroom, cream of broccoli, cream of this & that to add to the leaves & veggies I make soup with.

    I have lots of pancake mix but this usually requires eggs although maybe one can use it without eggs? But pancakes are fried in oil - which is not allowed - I did buy a non stick pan I've not used yet because I'm not sure if the nonstick coating is bad - I wonder if pancakes would not stick?

    For a moment I thought: I can't do this. He's eliminated almost all that one eats. My next thought was pull yourself together, you can do it. It's not impossible.

    I remembered all the GREENS I have frozen which I have ignored - dandelion leaves, fronds, plantain, all the herbal greens I collected this summer. I got one package & boiled it. It was dandelion fronds, impossible to chew up but I figured the boiled water would have the nutrients. Then I placed RAMEN NOODLES into the water after I removed the dandy fronds, including his SPICES which are really good. So this made a soup & noodles. It was NOT bitter like dandys can be. The meal was DECENT, not terrific but I was OK with it. And had some walnuts & pecans on the side.

    William give me some idea what you eat, especially for dinner. Does your wife also do this? What percent of the diet do you follow - 90%? I want to be faithful because I believe in it & I want to heal my heart disease. I don't want to be a coward &  cheat except for the tiniest bit. My inner voice said I could eat FISH once a week. I will pray on it more. My freezer has lots of fish I was going to give to the animals.

    Tomorrow if weather permits I shall go to the grocery store & get all types of leaves, especially kale if they have it & bok choi if they have it, berries, more fruits, honeydew melon etc. And I will look for those non animal soups. 

    He is a FANATIC for the greens, greens, greens. He wants us to much on them 6 times a day with some balsamic vinegar. I did munch yesterday & today with apple cider vinegar, it's good. But am almost out of fresh leaves

    I am also drinking my HOT SAUCE & sauce made of horseradish, ketchup & garlic & I' drinking my 'pague tonic' which I have done for 20 years or more which is ginger, garlic, red clover, in apple cider vinegar.

    That's my report for now. I'm excited about this as I BELIEVE in the healing.     Rasa

 

Hi Rasa

 

Fish is the healthiest meat you can eat. So I think eating it once a week shouldn't be a big problem. I use a lot of herbs and spices in my food which add flavor and are good for you. 

 

My diet is for breakfast, rolled oats, with soya milk, spices, blueberries and grapes. 

 

Mid-day meal I just have cooked vegetables. Potatoes. Kale, carrots, mushroom, beetroot. red cabbage. But I don't have this all the time. I sometimes have other things, like sweet potatoes, spinach, sprouts, peas, runner beans and sweet corn. I also have salad in the summer. My wife and I have lentil and vegetable soup once a week. I like apple crumble and my wife makes it with oats, banana and dates. 

 My evening meal can be anything. Like bake beans, Tomato soup, I also have tofu on toast with herbs. Brown rice with sweet corn. I sometimes have Natto which I get at a local Asian shop. 

 

My wife doesn't follow my diet she still eats meat and lots of fish. I have problems trying to get her to eat greens. She will eat sprouts but not kale or spinach. And she does like fried food which she has now and then. 

 

Hi Rasa

 

I just remembered a few things I missed out on my diet. I also have ground flax-seeds on my porridge in the morning. I also eat broccoli in my mid-day meal and sometimes I have oats with pineapple rings in my evening meal. 

You mentioned eggs. They are many vegan egg substitutes, I believe you can use banana for this. 



It depends how strict you want to be. It depends on your health, if your reasonably healthy then you don't have to be too strict, But if you have had a heart attack or stroke then it pays to be as strict as you can. 



My wife recently went to have a check up at the doctors and she was told she was pre-diabetic. That worried her, but I knew a lot about diabetes because by father was diabetic. So I told her to cut down on foods with sugar in them and also fat. She moaned about this but after a month or so she felt a lot better with less aches and pains and that encouraged her said she will try to stick to it. 


Rasa continues:

 

 Thanks for the description William. It'll help me a lot. One has to be inventive to stick to this.

 

        You said depends how bad one's condition is, how strict they have to be. Mine is bad. I have multiple blockages in my arteries leading tothe heart. And since I'm od, the 'plaque,' 'calcium' & whatever the stuff is that clogs the arteries is od, stubborn & hard & not easy to dissolve - whereas he showed examples of a 44 year old man who had a real bad artery & it was perfectly corrected with the diet, the artery reversed to health but the test was done 2.5 years later to show it. He said when you're younger & the condition is beginning it's easier to cure. Mine therefore might be harder.

        If only I had remained a vegetarian this might not have become so serious. But then again, I'm not sure. As I did eat eggs then, can't recall if I ate fish. It was in 2009 that I quit due to a bad boyfriend, who took me to a place called 'Kennedy Fried Chicken ' & they had the most delicious breaded fish & chicken. At first, I bught only fish, then I deteriorated to chicken & went downhill after that. This guy was a sleazebucket & these types are sent by Satan from Hell to destroy your life.  I wrote a chapter on him - you read it Pete, & said how bad he sounded. And in retrospect, I'd forgetten it was he that infuenced me off being a veggie. It was incredibly hard to turn veggie but I did it - & he ruined it. It's true that BAD PEOPLE make you do BAD THINGS. Influence is strong - peer pressure.

    I don't know if I'll eat fish once a week or not. I'm a very obedient person. If I BELIEVE in something, I obey fanatically. When I took the vow of celibacy I obeyed 31 years. When God told me to quit & have fun I obeyed - I think I overdid it, misunderstanding God that I had to have 'fun' constantly by having as much sex as possible. That's pretty funny in retrospect.

    Right now I'm not going to say I'm in panic mode but desperation mode WHAT DO I EAT? And doing a new venture ALONE is more difficult than with a partner or group.

    Almost all the food in my house is non vegan. I will have to bit by bit feed it to the animals. Much of it is frozen or in cans.  But this project is giving me HOPE & turning my mind off my condition - this condition is DEADLY & if I believed I coud not reverse it, I woud e depressed 

    One cardio nurse began to describe what they would do They SAW YOUR CHEST OPEN! They remove your heart to work on it & put you on a fake heart for the time being!  I asked her about a guy who had open heart, he said he had to learn to breath again! {Arnold} - She said yes, it's true for some people. And I said I'd be a Siamse twin to the medica profession from then on & she said yes.

    There is NO WAY I would ever do this.

 

    And they talk abut statin drugs - no way either And the doc said putting a stent in was too dangerous - he could have done it during this procedure Monday - but he did not. I asked him why & he said it was too dangerous, I had too many blockages. I don't fully understand that as they coud have done a stent on ONE blockage? But I conclude God didn't want me to have ANY of this - God wanted me to reverse the condition with DIET - the natural way. So here I am, thanks to William. 

 

    I have also noticed how STUBBORN most of us are Even when you tell a person HOW to be healthy - what to eat - they make up excuses why they can't or they won't. All silly stuff to hide their cowardice And then, some pretend they are doing the right thing but they SNEAK IN the wrong - they are devious, they LIE. The only reason I did NOT go on this diet before is because I was following my diet Guru, Richard Schultze. His approach is slighty different - although I must say, it is also vegan. So I was following him part way But Schultze does NOT expain anything re NITRIC OXIDE like this man does His obsession is HERBS. And like most fanatics he is a one-way thinker - he is AGAINST VITAMINS!

 

        It's the science behind NITRIC OXIDE that's convinced me of this diet. 

 

        Pete, you've made it obvious you don't believe in this. Just wondering - what kind of diet do you follow? What is your weight? How tall are you? Are you thin, medium or overweight? 

        For me, I must become a FACTORY of NITRIC OXIDE, lol, & that will cure me. So I will do it.    Rasa

 


Wednesday, 29 January 2025

Charlie Crowfoot & the Coati Mundi (1971) The Wonderful World of Disney

Nutritional Strategy Beyond CAD


    Tonight I was desperate trying to figure what to eat for dinner that follows his regimen. Wow.
    I was going first to make soup but every soup I've made has chicken stock. It's all frozen. I will use that for the animals.
    I could not find any canned soup that is pure veggie, all had some even small hints of meat, he would not agree with that.  I will have to find cream of mushroom, cream of broccoli, cream of this & that to add to the leaves & veggies I make soup with.
    I have lots of pancake mix but this usually requires eggs although maybe one can use it without eggs? But pancakes are fried in oil - which is not allowed - I did buy a non stick pan I've not used yet because I'm not sure if the nonstick coating is bad - I wonder if pancakes would not stick?
    For a moment I thought: I can't do this. He's eliminated almost all that one eats. My next thought was pull yourself together, you can do it. It's not impossible.
    I remembered all the GREENS I have frozen which I have ignored - dandelion leaves, fronds, plantain, all the herbal greens I collected this summer. I got one package & boiled it. It was dandelion fronds, impossible to chew up but I figured the boiled water would have the nutrients. Then I placed RAMEN NOODLES into the water after I removed the dandy fronds, including his SPICES which are really good. So this made a soup & noodles. It was NOT bitter like dandys can be. The meal was DECENT, not terrific but I was OK with it. And had some walnuts & pecans on the side.
    William give me some idea what you eat, especially for dinner. Does your wife also do this? What percent of the diet do you follow - 90%? I want to be faithful because I believe in it & I want to heal my heart disease. I don't want to be a coward &  cheat except for the tiniest bit. My inner voice said I could eat FISH once a week. I will pray on it more. My freezer has lots of fish I was going to give to the animals.
    Tomorrow if weather permits I shall go to the grocery store & get all types of leaves, especially kale if they have it & bok choi if they have it, berries, more fruits, honeydew melon etc. And I will look for those non animal soups. 
    He is a FANATIC for the greens, greens, greens. He wants us to much on them 6 times a day with some balsamic vinegar. I did munch yesterday & today with apple cider vinegar, it's good. But am almost out of fresh leaves
    I am also drinking my HOT SAUCE & sauce made of horseradish, ketchup & garlic & I' drinking my 'pague tonic' which I have done for 20 years or more which is ginger, garlic, red clover, in apple cider vinegar.
    That's my report for now. I'm excited about this as I BELIEVE in the healing.     Rasa


Nutritional Strategy for Coronary Artery Disease


Here he strongly is AGAINST the Mediterranean diet & he gives evidence why - from tests of people on it - & he is definitely AGAINST any oil including olive & coconut oil.  He's even against flaxseed oil, but not against flaxseeds or flaxseed meal thank God!
    One thing I CANNOT comply with is he is against CAFFEINE. Without it I could not function.
    So many new things coming up. He's not BIG on nuts. I guess in small amounts. I might not be able to comply with this 100% or I will turn into a skeleton. Have not heard him speak of dried fruits. But he is definitely against TOO MUCH sugar, even Maple Syrup & Honey.  Extreme to be sure.  His wife & daughter use a lot of maple syrup on their videos.
    Have not heard him speak of jellies, jams, preserves or peanut butter.  This is so restricted truly a person would become a skeleton if they do it 100%.  White bread is OUT.  Whole grain bread is OK.  He does look like skin & bones in his suit.  When he's standing up. He's very tall though & his daughter is tall & both wife & daughter are thin.

Nutritional Strategy Beyond CAD

Mother Nature Knows Exactly What She Is Doing (Updated Re-Post)

By Ajax the Great (Pete Jackson)

(Originally posted on the "Vive La Difference!" blog)

In a previous article, I had noted that we have little if anything to fear from an aging and eventually shrinking population in the future, while the very real ecological problems of overpopulation and ecological overshoot greatly dwarf any social and economic problems of the former.  But I did not get fully into the mechanics of exactly WHY birth rates are falling and have been falling for quite a while now.

I would of course be remiss not to note that the plandemic and especially the jabs (I for one refuse to inaccurately call these novel and experimental gene therapy drugs by their preferred V-word) played a role, but the trend of falling birthrates began LONG before anyone ever even heard of the "novel coronavirus".  In fact, it goes back decades.

It's almost like Gaia is trying to tell us something.  So read on, and let's answer the "clue phone" ringing louder than ever....

There also physical factors dampening fertility such as endocrine disruptors and other pollutants, which clearly play a role, along with widespread use of both licit and illicit drugs as well, but most of the drop in birthrates is due to more people of both genders choosing (consciously or unconsciously) to have either fewer kids or no kids at all.

The obvious reason?  Women are generally no longer forced and coerced as they once were to be serial breeding slaves, at least not in the rich-world countries.  So unsurprisingly, they are now having fewer kids, and starting later in life than before.  No wonder the reactionaries want so desperately to revoke Women's hard-won reproductive rights.  In fact, Women all over the world are increasingly FED UP with patriarchy, especially in traditional societies that have recently modernized.  To cite an extreme example, the country with the world's lowest total fertility rate (TFR), South Korea, there is currently even a Lysistrata-like movement called the "4B movement" (a combination of reproductive strike, dating strike, marriage strike, and sex strike against men by primarily the younger generation of Women) that is apparently rapidly catching on over there.  And it seems to be spreading to the USA as well, especially following the 2024 election.

And in parallel with that, a more subtle reason also emerges:  as men now have more "skin in the game" legally in regards to the children that they sire, compared with just a few generations ago, men also are finding that having too many kids and/or too soon is more burden than benefit for them as well.  Furthermore, at least in the rich-world countries, children are generally no longer a source of cheap labor anymore.  So it really doesn't make economic sense anymore for men to have lots of kids like in the past either.

Meanwhile, under late-stage capitalism and late-stage patriarchy, the cost of raising children continues to skyrocket along with the extreme inequality and (often planned and artificial) scarcity of resources (especially housing) thanks to the oligarchy and their sycophantic lackeys in government.  That impacts both genders, of course.  Increased life expectancy, urbanization, technology, and an accelerating pace of life also contribute to reduced birthrates well.

It is also an opportunity cost for Women as well, in that now that Women are now allowed to have (gasp!) education, careers, and stuff like that, and thus attempting the high birthrates of the past would clearly interfere with and put a damper on that.  Time and energy are finite resources, after all.  Reactionaries of course, at least when they aren't too craven to say the quiet part out loud, would cynically argue that Women thus have "too many choices" now, and that forcibly taking opportunities away from Women (!) would be the only way to restore the high birthrates of the past.  Technically, they are not entirely incorrect. That, and/or restoring the very high poverty and death rates (both infant/child and maternal) of the distant past, would indeed be the only way to restore such high birthrates.  But I don't think any sane person really wants to do either, nor would it be even remotely ethical.

Nor are the high birthrates of the past really a good idea in an overpopulated world in ecological overshoot, obviously.  "Replacement rate," which ultimately results in a long-term stable population number that is neither growing nor shrinking, is a total fertility rate (TFR) of roughly 2.1 children born per Woman.  For example, a TFR of, say, 1.5-1.8 or so (where most of the world currently seems to be converging towards, even in many non-rich countries) for a few generations would lead to a gentle and gradual population decline of roughly 10% to 25% per generation once positive momentum ends and then negative momentum sets in.  (A TFR of 1.0, around where most of East Asia seems to be converging, would result in an even sooner and faster population drop of about 50% per generation, and so on.)  Then, as the world becomes less crowded, and thus the cost of living drops, Women will likely decide to have somewhat more kids and the TFR will eventually settle around replacement rate once again.

Indeed, put too many rats in the same cage, and they simply stop breeding. Same with humans, apparently. And a gilded cage is still a cage.

All of this dovetails nicely with the Gaia hypothesis per James Lovelock.  That is, Mother Nature knows exactly what she is doing when a grossly overpopulated species wreaks havoc on the Earth as we continually transgress planetary boundaries like there is no tomorrow.  In the case of modern humans, we have artificially (and temporarily!) pushed back many of the natural limits that once held our population in check, so now we are, not coincidentally, losing at least some of the previous desire and/or ability to procreate until we ultimately get back into balance with Nature, God willing.  So it is unsurprising that all of the overt pronatalism in the world, even literally paying Women to have kids, is NOT really working to raise birthrates more than at the very margins.  Even the very generous and progressive Nordic countries are still significantly below replacement rate, albeit still higher than most of their neighbors to the south (except for France, who is also almost as generous as the Nordics).

That's not to say that a generous progressive and pro-humanity agenda (such as Universal Basic Income, Medicare For All, generous paid family leave, flexible work-life balance, shorter workweek, free or subsidized childcare, improved education, better support for parents and children in general, and stuff like that) would be useless, far from it.  I believe that it is simply the right thing to do for it's own sake regardless.  It's called ethics, and respecting the inherent dignity of the human person.  Humanism, in other words.  But, short of literally paying Mothers a total of at least $360,000 per child* (the approximate average cost of raising ONE child from birth until age 18, excluding higher education) in 2025 dollars, if one is somehow counting on such things merely to stop the population from aging or shrinking, they are most likely barking up the wrong tree.  The most it could do in that regard is slow down the rate of population aging and decline, so as not to hit too large a "pothole" on the road to sustainability. 

(*NOTE:  If your jaw just dropped reading that figure, think of it like this:  Mothering is literally the most important job in the world, yet it is one that literally pays NEGATIVE "wages".  The updated 2025 sum of $360,000 is really just breaking even, basically.  Now you see why practically all pronatalist initiatives, monetary or otherwise, don't really move the needle.)

Regardless, we must leave room for Nature, lest Nature ultimately not leave room for us.  We ignore that basic maxim at our own peril, not to mention that of the entire planet.

And certainly, we must never, ever, force, coerce, or deceive anyone to have kids against their will, period.  That is a very backward, outmoded, illiberal, and all-around toxic thing to do to anyone, and does NOT respect the dignity of the human person.  Doing so treats humanity solely as a means to an end, not an end in itself.  That should go without saying, of course, but when carrots fail, there will be the temptation to use sticks, as some countries are already doing today.

In a nutshell, an aging and shrinking population is inevitable, baked into the cake for several generations now, and the only thing we can really do is adapt to it.  How we will "ride the slide" is ultimately the "make or break" point for our species during the current Anthropocene epoch.  And the Earth will ultimately thank us if we get it right (and we absolutely cannot afford to get it wrong, as that is not an option).

Let the planetary healing begin!

P.S.  I realized that I had glossed over and neglected to mention the factor of NARCISSISM.  Some would argue that a supposed increase in "cultural narcissism" is at least partially responsible for people choosing to have fewer kids or none at all.  If that is true, then that is actually a GOOD thing on balance.  Narcissists truly make some of the very worst parents as a rule (second only to psychopaths and sociopaths), and narcissists of course tend to beget more narcissists, via nature, nurture, or both.  And a culture causing fewer narcissists to procreate as much will cause them to ultimately go largely extinct within a few generations, which would be to everyone's ultimate benefit overall.  In any case, attempting economic degrowth without population degrowth is ultimately an exercise in futility.  Once again, Mother Nature knows exactly what she is doing. 

(Mic drop)

The Misogyny-Misandry Death Spiral

By Ajax the Great (Pete Jackson)

(Originally posted on the "Vive La Difference!" blog)

With all that has been going on in the world lately, one common thread seems to be noticeable these days.  Scratch the surface of so many problems, and you will often find some flavor of misogyny lurking under the surface.

First, some definitions:

Misogyny:  hatred and/or hostility towards Women and girls

Misandry:  hatred and/or hostility towards men and boys

Misanthropy:  hatred and/or hostility towards humanity in general, regardless of gender

After the 2024 election in the USA, the 4B Movement (of Women to essentially boycott men) began trending stateside online, though it was already several years old by then in the Republic of Korea (South Korea), its birthplace.  Dig a little deeper into exactly why it originated there, of all countries, and you will see that they actually have a pretty massive and systemic misogyny problem over there.  It's often very subtle of course, and the fellas there always seem so nice and friendly to outside observers from the rest of the world, but beware:  a "kinder, gentler patriarchy" is still a patriarchy.  They are basically a traditional society that has rapidly (and unevenly) modernized, and still has a LOT of old patriarchal baggage to unpack.  And just beneath the surface, it is apparently downright horrifying for so many of the Women of South Korea, so much that so many want nothing to do with men at all if they can help it.  And it really shows most starkly of all in their all-time record low birthrates (lowest in the world currently, with a TFR of as low as 0.80-0.90 children per Woman, less than half the replacement of 2.1) which no amount of pronatalism seems to be able to raise.  

Even their utterly dystopian and Stalinist totalitarian neighbor to the north (the DPRK, or North Korea) somehow manages significantly higher rates of procreation than South Korea these days, so that really says something indeed!

Now zoom out to the world as a whole, particularly on the internet and social media.  Misogyny seems to be reactionary, refractory, and recrudescent in recent years all over the world, with the USA being the most recent ground zero for this ugly trend.  And in very recent years, especially online, you will also notice at least in some circles an equal and opposite reaction (i.e. misandry) per Newton's laws of physics, even though it is not systemic like misogyny is.  But it does appear to unwittingly give ammunition to the latter all the same, unfortunately.  And social media only amplifies both hostilities further, and it ultimately spills over into the offline world as well.  Zoom out even further and look at it on a longer time scale as well, and you will clearly see a vicious cycle and downward spiral occur as follows:

Misogyny begets misandry begets misogyny begets misandry begets misogyny begets misandry begets misogyny begets misandry begets misogyny begets misandry begets misogyny, and so on.

It's enough to turn practically anyone into a full-blown, all-around misanthrope!  At least then, you don't actually have to decide which gender you dislike the most.

This phenomenon is what I call the "Misogyny-Misandry Death Spiral", or MMDS for short.  And the MMDS is a negative-sum (lose-lose) game for all. It leads to nothing but tribalism, polarization, balkanization, and toxicity all around. As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, "Hate cannot drive out hate.  Only love can do that".

Divide et impera.  Divide and rule.  Rinse and repeat.  While the oligarchs laugh at the "little people" all the way to the bank.

The results of the 2024 election in the USA are in fact both a cause and a consequence of this vicious death spiral, which threatens to destroy the country, and ultimately the world if left unchecked.

Of course, men could very easily end this spiral right now along with the broader gender war if they truly wanted to, by "accepting the unacceptable" and surrendering to Women.  But unfortunately, there is nowhere near a critical mass willing to do so at this time yet.

Sunday, 26 January 2025

Soprano Rosa PONSELLE: La vergine degli angeli (1928)

OPERA PLANET Anna Netrebko Rolando Villazón "O Soave Fanciulla" La Bohèm...

Orchestra Filarmonică din Viena - Marșul Radetzky Op. 228 de Johann Strauss

Luciano Pavarotti : Una furtiva lacrima

André Rieu - The Beautiful Blue Danube

Let No Man Write My Epitaph | FREE MOVIE (Shelley Winters, Burl Ives)


MEANINGFUL MOVIE: The negative effects of POVERTY.  Underprivileged Mom tries to raise her son alone - their only friends are also poor - One a lawyer who became an alcoholic, another man has no legs, a singer hooked on dope, a prostitute etc. But the ONE THING the Mom does that will eventually get the boy OUT of the ghetto is she pays for his piano lessons & he becomes a great CLASSICAL PIANIST which will eventually save him from this. Watch how lover Ricardo Montalban gets Shelley Winter's hooked on heroin - so sad. It's dramatic, true to ife - believe me, being in show business all my life I saw all this. Also experienced abuse & exploitation, also poverty but in time, God gave me wealth. I've lived on both sides of the track & poverty is USUALLY NOT the fault of the poor! I identify with the Mom who had to work as a 'B girl' raising a child alone - I worked as a Stripper raising my child alone. No family help - in fact, they TRIED TO TAKE MY CHILD AWAY FROM ME!     {My Mom & her allies} & I lived from week to week, no cushion, like this poor Mom - UNTIL in middle age, I started my own business,

Hvorostovsky & Kaufmann - Alvaro & Don Carlo's duet

Maria Callas sings Verdi: Don Carlo: "Tu che le vanità" (Covent Garden, ...

Giuseppe Verdi, La traviata - Sempre libera degg’io (Nadine Sierra)

Jessye Norman - "Amazing Grace" (Sidney Poitier Tribute) | 1995 Kennedy ...

André Rieu & 150 dancers - Lara's Theme & Light Cavalry

Elīna Garanča – Saint-Saëns: 'Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix' from Samson e...

The Three Tenors in Concert 1994: Brindisi ("Libiamo ne' lieti calici") ...


COMPETITION brings out the BEST in many {not all} cases! Certainly in men vs men & women vs women - Sometimes even women vs men! You can see how these guys are inspired by competing.

Saturday, 25 January 2025

Dream Portends Wealth

 

A Kiss from Elon 1-25-25

                    Mysterious dream portends wealth.



          I’m in a room facing two men. One is on the left front, he’s very important, like a chief of a movie studio in the old days. When I do get closer to him he seems like Elon Musk.

          This man is reclining there surrounded by the equivalent of several blankets on top of beds, all rumpled up around him, like maybe he’s on the floor & they are furry & maybe grey/blue.

          The other man is to my right front, & he’s covered the same way with these rumpled blankets, they seem all gray. I vaguely see he’s younger, taller than Elon & maybe wearing a 3 piece suit with a tie that is bright with red, maybe some splashes of white on it – this is vague, not certain.

          Elon is also dressed like a business man, some kind of serious suit, dark.

          Now I’m also on the floor also engulfed in that type of furry blanket, which stretches out all around me in a drab maybe grayish color.

          The man to the left was giving a long monologue on something vital, then the man on the right speaks. There are others around but I only notice them, but I sense other men have spoken or will. The issue broached is important to everyone.

          I am earnestly, & humbly addressing now the man on the left. I say to him,

          “I notice that it is only you & the other man speaking, giving your opinions but it’s all men. May I speak about this?
















          The man then approaches me & he’s stocky like how I imagine Elon Musk to be, & he embraces me & I am mighty surprised, but the feeling is like we love each other! He gently puts his tongue in my mouth & moves it back & forth & I do the same to him & this goes on for a while. I am surprised & delighted.

          Mother God, what could this mean?

          MEANING:

          *{MG: It has to be about wealth, since this man is known as the richest man in the world.

          And the ending is that wealth comes to you - great wealth, as he is the symbol. But let’s take it higher It is GOD in the form of a man, God is coming to you with great wealth.  

          This sounds like your work empowering women has met with approval. It could be about the latest book, or books having to do with your life story.

          The men are businessmen – it’s about the business world.

          Therefore, what is important to them? Business They are discussing business & it seems that you object to the fact that’s it’s only men being represented, & you ask if you can express yourself.

          Let’s say you’re not talking to a man, but to God. You are objecting to the Patriarchy, & God approves of you, & gives you the ABILITY for freedom of speech, which is often through MONEY – As the poorest of the poor have no way to express or represent themselves, but the richest of the rich are free to do so in many ways.

          For some reason, God APPROVES you & EMPOWERS you, here shown with the kiss, which shows God’s Love or Anointing.  The TONGUE is a strong symbol as it represents freedom to speak or express oneself.

          What are the dull rumpled furry blankets around all three of you?

          Blankets represent being covered, protected, kept warm. Like clothes, they protect our naked bodies. Here all three of you have a generous size of blankets, way more than on one bed, it’s like what would cover three beds. Don’t clearly see what is around you, but the sharpest sight is the one surrounding Elon. And so, these blankets must mean the wealth that surrounds & protects one – security as in ‘security blanket’.

          The man on the left is loaded, & God will enrich you greatly through him. Maybe he’ll finance your movie. The man on the right – his tie speaks of suffering & good intentions – red & white - God might give him the money to put the whole thing together {through this other guy Elon, who is also from God.}. Him being younger could literally mean a younger man. He stands up in the dream so he might be imploring help

The feeling I get from Elon is he approves – there’s no struggle or effort, he just approves & it’s done.

You speaking up asking for freedom to speak could be with yur book/s}*.














 

Friday, 24 January 2025

Thursday, 23 January 2025

Women Are Indeed Higher Beings (Updated Re-Post)

By Ajax the Great (Pete Jackson)

(Originally posted on the Vive La Difference! blog)

NOTE:  This article was originally posted in 2017, and updated accordingly since then.

A 2017 scientific study on gender difference confirms what we in the Matriarchy movement have already known, and thinkers like Ashley Montagu have discussed over half a century ago:  Women are indeed the better half of humanity.  And Women's and men's brains really are apparently wired differently, to one degree or another.

This study, consisting of behavioral experiments conducted by neuroscientists (Alexander Soutschek, et al.) at the University of Zurich, find that not only are Women more likely to be generous and men more likely to be selfish, but that there is a neurological explanation for such differences.  To wit, Women's brains tend to reward prosocial (unselfish) behavior where as men's brains tend to reward selfish behavior.  The brain's reward center (the striatum, which releases a hit of dopamine as the reward) was found to differentially activated in that regard in these experiments.  And when dopamine was blocked, the opposite tendencies were increased by both genders.  Thus, at a neurological level, Women are essentially rewarded for kindness, while men are rewarded for being selfish.  

Gee, who woulda thunk it?  In other news, water is wet, the sun rises in the east, and a bear does its business in the woods.

Of course, the perennial "nature versus nurture" question inevitably comes into play here, and the researchers predictably conclude that their findings are more likely due to nurture than nature.  But I believe that it is, at the very least, a bit of both, if not more nature than nurture, as any explanation for the findings that relies entirely on nurture seems to merely coast toward such a conclusion.  Women seem to be naturally more prosocial and community-minded on average than men, even if culture can magnify (or reduce) such differences as well.

Thus, this study should lend support to the idea that Women are likely much better leaders than men, and that their feminine paradigm of leadership would be superior as well.  And any economy run by Women is likely to eventually tend more or less toward a "gift economy" rather than an "exchange economy like we have now under patriarchy.  (Though I would argue now that a pure gift economy" would be very difficult if not impossible to do at scale, and thus I advocate a "hybrid economy" of both gifts and exchanges.)  Remember, the literal meaning of the word "community" is "free sharing of gifts" in the original Latin.  So what are we waiting for?

Let the planetary healing begin!

And to all the men reading this:  DO NOT take this study as license to be selfish jerks!  Women's kindness and generosity is NOT a weakness, and it is NOT unlimited, so stop treating it like it is unless you really want to see their dark side (yes, it does exist, and I strongly advise against activating it, ever).  Remember, when Women are happy, the world is happy.  And when they are not, watch out, fellas!