Are we witnessing the rise of the Fourth Reich, or the resurrection of the Second Reich?

Quote:One step over the bloodline



UPDATE 12DEC22: German authorities claim to have identified as many as 23,000 members of the Reichsbürgerbewegung (Reich Citizen Movement).

UPDATE 13DEC22: Joseph Farrell has posted a new article on topic examining additional aspects of the alleged German coup d’etat.

UPDATE 14DEC22: Zelensky has ordered the assets of seven Russian Orthodox clergy seized, citing threats to “sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Ukraine.” Perhaps this will stops Pope Francis’ weeping?

Back in our September post entitled, “What the WEF?,” I examined a growing set of symbol manipulations across Europe that seemed to indicate that the royal families were planning a come-back. I thought I might be straining the facts a bit, until I got feedback from Joseph Farrell, who said he and a friend had been noticing and discussing the same observations for some time.

Like any good science experiment, when two independent researchers - or one great researcher and a two-bit hack in Jakarta - get similar results, that’s a pretty good indication that there might be a fire behind all that smoke.

What set me off was a video of Charles III (House of Saxe-Coberg-Gotha) speaking at a World Economic Form (WEF) event, crowned by a gold fleur-de-lis on a royal blue background. See my earlier post for a frame grab and discussion of the symbol.

What reached out and grabbed me by the throat with this topic was the recent arrest of Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz and associates for an alleged attempted coup d’etat in Germany. As of this writing, 64 people have been arrested and a hunting lodge is being tossed as the alleged central meeting point and arms distribution center.

For years, I’ve been focused on a possible rise of the Fourth Reich, but apparently I should have been looking for the resurrection of the Second Reich. Dr. Farrell mused that the past two or three centuries have been the royals letting us play around with democracy, but maybe they’ve decided it’s time to reassert their rule after we’ve made a complete mess of things.

Along that line of thinking, suppose all the manipulated elections in the US and EU were specifically to place the biggest dolts and dullards in office and leave folks primed for a King of the World-type retrorevolution, to coin a term? One certainly can’t argue with the “dolts and dullards” aspect, and election manipulation is becoming more evident by the minute.

Dr. Farrell has two articles on topic that are apropos: The Teutonic Knights Sue to Recover Their Castles, and Things (or Rather People) That Make You Go “Hmmm”. He has also noticed interesting symbols surrounding Vladimir Putin that recall the House of Romanov.

It is at this point we should remember Alexander Fraser Tyler’s warning:

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.

Tyler made this observation in the early 19th century, and he went on to say that democracies cannot last more than 200 years. It seems we have arrived at that point, and certainly the royals have anticipated its arrival.

Among the many data points that indicate a resurgence of royals across Europe, the Hohenzollerns have been quite active in recent years. Georg Friedrich Prince of Prussia, the great-great grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II, attenpted to reclaim the famous Reinfelds Castle in 2019.

In addition, the Hohenzollern family has been raising public funds (not theirs) to renovate the family crypt and the Berlin Castle (Staatschloss - photo at top). There are also ongoing attempts to call back the family fortune from various museums. The art and treasures will likely adorn the walls of the Humboldt Forum, a cultural arts and sciences group occupying the Berlin Staatschloss - or is that a privy council?

In fact, the Hohenzollerns could exert ancestral claims over a large part of Germany, Sweden, Romania, the Slavic States, and even Russia.

And speaking of Russia…

As far back as 2011, the Romanov family was being honored by the Russian Federation. In 2017, Prince Dmitri was paid tribute upon his death by Vladimir Putin.

The remains of the Tsar, Tsarina and three of four daughters were found in 1979, but were not exhumed until 1991 and reinterred at St. Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg (Crimea), in a large public ceremony attended by then-president Boris Yeltsin, but disputed by the Russian Orthodox Church. The Church questioned the DNA test results used to positively identify the bones.

Though accounts are confusing, it seems the Romanovs were exhumed again in 2015, and more tests were run to confirm their identities. In 2018, on the 100th anniversary of their murders, their identities were officially acknowledged and the remains were re-interred at Novopassky Monastery at the Kremlin in Moscow, the ancestral family crypt. It was reported in 2020 that up to 37 forensic tests had been performed to confirm the identities of the royal family.

To my mind, this 21-year odyssey of digging up and reburying the Tsar’s body in order to confirm his identity beyond reasonable doubt, and the final burial at the traditional family crypt in Moscow, is a prelude to re-establishing the royals, with the blessing of the Orthodox Church, and setting up the means by which the closest living relative could be established and proven in order to confirm rightful claim to the throne.


[Coat of Arms of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]

All royals claim authority by divine right. Without the support and blessing of a religious authority, royals are little more than self-aggrandizing breed stock. The Hohenzollerns are backed by the Calvinists, and the Romanovs by the Orthodox Church. The Saxe-Coberg-Gothas are the titular heads of the Anglican church, backed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. For centuries, European royals did not rule without the blessing and backing of the Vatican. Certainly, every US president makes a pilgrimage to the Vatican early in his rein. In Thailand and Japan, the royals are seen as living deities, something the Kim family of North Korea are themselves keen to claim. The kings of Saudi Arbaia and Malaysia are the de facto heads of Islam in their respective countries. Which brings us to Asia…

If we want to confirm a global attempt to resurrect the royal Houses, then we must look to Asia, as well. Buried in dark web fora discussions of recent events in Mongolia and China are wistful speculations on the return of royalty to those nations. This part of the story will be taken up in another post, as the research is considerably more difficult.

So where does this leave us?

Much of this argument is based on the use of symbols. Many people disregard symbols as insignificant, unimportant and perhaps antiquated, yet every letter on this page is a symbol that stands for a sound. Humans use symbols to communicate, and are the means by which we express and link ideas, concepts and meaning to the physical world.

Graphic symbols are entire books in a single image. They transcend culture and language, as with the international standard symbols we find across the planet. They instruct, inform and warn us every moment of every day. Orthodox icons are graphic novels in a single frame. The cathedrals of Europe are often referred to as novels in stone. Certainly, Dan Brown has made a fortune with symbology. Anyone arguing that symbols are unimportant has an uphill battle.

The swastika, an ancient Buddhist symbol for good fortune, named after the Thai greeting, “Sawahsdee-krap,” is loaded with meaning and its use - such as by the Azov Battalion in the Ukraine - can communicate vast amounts of language in a single, simple image. The manipulation of symbols is the manipulation of mind. (Note a Thai woman would say “sawahsdee-ka, which is more likely the source of the Anglo-Teutonic form)

The 1701 flag of the British East India Company (above) might look familiar to many folks. The 13 horizontal red and white stripes, with the blue field at the top left corner filled with the crosses of St. Michael and St. George might tell us something about claimed ownership, affiliations and associations. It might also lead us to look at the flags of the world’s nations and notice which ones have horizontal red and white stripes, and perhaps speculate on obscure meanings. Since British corporations operate with the permission of the monarch, certain flags might indicate claims of ownership and control. The British throne and the Vatican are the two largest land owners in the world, after all.

If we see the Romanov double-headed eagle on official Russian patches, is that just a random choice of some graphic artist? If Charles III delivers speeches crowned by the fleur-de-lis, is that just a cool image to use from the library, or was it thoroughly vetted to convey the appropriate message? When we see the griffin, the eagle, or the phoenix emblems, are we subconsciously receiving messages, or are they just interesting elements in an otherwise meaningless image? Suppose I combine the phoenix with the red and white horizontal stripes, as in Indonesia? Is that telling a story?

[Thai Garuda]

With the increased use of royal symbols, the decay of democracy, and the rumblings of a return to bloodlines, are we seeing a move towards regional if not a global monarchy? Could the perceived gangland wars - by me and others - be the royal houses re-establishing territories, and even settling who gets to run the planet? Are we seeing the rise of the Fourth Reich, or return of the Second Reich? Did monarchy come to an end in the 20th century, or did they just let us run free until we made a (ahem) royal mess of things?

Assuming the rise of the royals explains many things - the all-out attack on the middle class, the moral and ethical decay of secular democracies, and the global desire for beneficent if not benign leadership.

It also explains the incessant expansion of Socialism. Socialism, after all, is defined by State ownership of everything, and once in place, is easily transferred to a royal bloodline - especially one with established roots and “rightful” claims. Ownership of everything by a single individual defines monarchy.

It would explain the push for absolute dependence on the State, from cradle to grave, much like the feudal peasants of yore. After all, if all property and sovereignty are vested in the monarch, doesn’t that mean we will “own nothing and be happy”? Isn’t that essentially the defining characteristic of a “subject” to the crown?

It would also seem to explain why so many Teutonic and Prussian surnames keep popping up in busy-body organizations, like WEF, Davos and Bilderburger. Can you say “Bill Gaetz”?

It’s also possible that the Rise of the Royals is a front for a much deeper and more devious operation, one capable of manipulating even the manipulators. This would imply a much older and more powerful sect that even the royals dare not cross.


[Coat of arms of the Vatican City]

One additional thought: could the Russia-Ukraine war in fact be a clash between the Western Vatican and the Eastern Orthodoxy? Of all the horrors that have come and gone since Pope Francis I ascended to the See, the one that moved him to tears in a recent PR campaign was the imminent demise of the Ukraine. Isn’t he an avowed Socialist? Isn’t he a Jesuit, the warrior class of the Vatican? Don’t the Vatican and the Kremlin have ancient vested interests in reclaiming the Ukraine?

And what of Patriarch Kirill’s visit to Antarctica? Visiting penguins? Or reasserting territorial claims?

All things to ponder as we continue researching this intriguing, if not disturbing topic.

Bonus for those who made it this far: the difference between a heraldic eagle and phoenix - the eagle’s wings are typically extended out or down and the head is smooth, while the phoenix’ wings are curved upward like flames, typically has hands or claws mid-wing, and a crest on the head.

Post Scriptum - Dr. Farrell replied that folks might want to keep on eye on the remains of Kaiser Wilhelm II, currently interred at Huis Doorn in Ultrecht, Netherlands, under the watch of the Dutch royals. Since the family crypt has been renovated in Berlin, it would make quite a spectacle to see the procession cross-country.

Royals, Reich or Wrong

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No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being
watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own...

...Slowly and surely, they drew their plans against us.

17th November 2022.

Quote:Trial of food delivery robots begins in Cambridge

'A second trial of food delivery robots has begun in a county after a council gave it the go-ahead.
Starship Technologies will run the scheme in Cambridge on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council,
despite some green access campaigners objecting.


Please Note: Not a scene from 'The Terminator'.

The company began robot deliveries in the village of Cambourne in May.
County councillor Alex Beckett said the robots will help people "who struggle to leave their houses to
go shopping"...'

Quote:Cambridge delivery robots form orderly queue at traffic lights

'A photo of delivery robots patiently queuing at a pedestrian crossing has prompted dozens of comments
from people on Facebook. The Starship Technologies robots were introduced in Cambridge this month.


Please Note: Not a scene from 'Silent Running'.

Cyclist Naomi Davies spotted the queue of seven in Coleridge Road on Tuesday and said they waited
through three changes of lights before one crossed. Starship said robots were not "shy" about asking
for help, but in a very "English" way, were "happy to queue".

Ms Davies had stopped on the corner of Coleridge Road and Davy Road at about 19:30 GMT and watched
the robots as they sat at the crossing. "I thought the first one was going to go when the lights changed but
it just started manoeuvring and shuffled about a bit and then stopped," she said.

"At one point a dog came by and one robot sort of lurched around the dog and then seemed to get stuck."..'

Quote:Cambridge delivery robot grateful for snow rescue

'A delivery robot that got stuck in the snow has thanked the man who put it back on the right track.
Graham Smith came across the robot struggling to mount an icy kerb in Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, on Monday.


Please Note: Not a scene from 'The Empire Strikes Back'.

Posting a photo on Facebook, he said he was concerned about the plight of the "poor little mite", which said
"thank you" after he helped it up the kerb. Starship Technologies, which run the robots, said they were designed
to run at temperatures as low as -20C (-4F).

Heavy snow fell across the city on Sunday night and by Monday it was blanketed in white.
A photo taken late on Sunday shows several of them happily trundling along a snowy pavement in Cambridge.
However, the Cherry Hinton bot hit a bit of bother on its journey the following day.

Mr Smith, who was out walking in Chequers Close, spotted it having trouble and took a photograph.
On his Facebook post he wrote: "Saw this poor little mite trying to negotiate a high, slippery kerb in Chequers Close
earlier today, wheels spinning like crazy, we gave it a push onto the path, it very politely thanked us and carried
on its way.

"Should it have been let out on its own in these weather conditions? It didn't even have a scarf."
He said the robot "looked a little lost" as it came across the road and then became stuck on the snow and ice trying
to mount the kerb. "I lifted its back end up to help it on, and it shunted backwards and forwards a bit, and then said
'thank you very much' before heading away."

A Starship Technologies spokesman said: "Our little helpers are busy delivering in the run up to Christmas, and a
light dusting of snow won't stop them. "They're designed to deliver in a range of different weather conditions, an
although temperatures in the UK have fallen these past few days, the robot's batteries are designed to operate at
-20C."...'

Quote:Milton Keynes delivery robot takes plunge into canal

'A delivery robot had to be rescued when it veered into a canal. The machine, one of many which deliver
take-aways and groceries in Milton Keynes, went into water near New Bradwell on 28 July.


Please Note: Not a scene from 'We Dive At Dawn'.

Bex Morgan said she had been walking her dog when the "robot just drove straight into the canal".
Starship Technologies, which developed and runs the robots, said anyone who spots one of its machines
"swimming" should get in touch.

The robots are a regular sight in Milton Keynes and use 10 cameras, ultrasound, radar and GPS to travel
along pavements and cross streets to make their deliveries. Ms Morgan posted on Facebook how she
witnessed the robot lose its way and plunge into the canal.
She said Starship Technologies had "gone to fish it out"...'

Wintery theme pics - personal and/or whatever you come across on the Interwebs.

The Great Outdoors - Ice hotels in Finland


Lillehammer, Norway


Silent Night - Notre Dame, Petit Champlain, Old Quebec, Canada:


Touch of Tranquility, Zion National Park








Angelic Dance, Fairbanks, Alaska



A friend's secluded cabin



North Bovey, Devon, England

I guess the first question I would have is why such a cover up or why invent a story that is a total fantasy; either way this topic is presented in a way that is most compelling IMO ?

Interesting set of circumstances. Sort of a three step head-scratcher. 

Step 1: Positive CPI data was released yesterday at 08:30. At 08:29 there was a major spike in trading activity. Normally, if positive data was released, the spike would occur sometime "after" the announcement. Not before. Unless someone is leaking information ahead of time. Major verboten. Of course the White House claims there is nothing to see here. 


Step 2: The Fed released the news they would be raising rates by 50 points (never mind the new CPI data) around 14:00 yesterday. Bad news.  

Step 3: Shortly after that, the market takes a dive. This is to be expected with such news. 


It would be interesting if members of Congress' (and other high ranking administration members) portfolios were available to the public. Might we see some amazing financial prognostication reflected in the intervening few hours of yesterday? 

You pay these Goobers peanuts (by DC standards) and they leave office millionaires in a couple of years. An amazing coincidence it happens to all of them the same way.

Huh, this is interesting. So in 2011 a Stanford virologist named Nathan Wolfe aka the 'Indiana Jones' of virus hunters writes a book called...




Of the ~16 friends Wolfe thanks for adding time/unique skills to this book we find:

- Jeffrey Epstein
- Boris Nikolic
- Linda Stone



The final part of the book moves on from the grim picture initially painted to explore “pandemic prevention”. Wolfe suggests that technological advances in specialties such as molecular biology and geographical information systems will enable scientists to pre-empt pandemics. He highlights progress that has been made by civil society and the public sector to mitigate risks of pandemics. He also describes the unique efforts by Global Viral Forecasting, an organisation Wolfe himself started, whose activities include monitoring human hunters and their kills for pathogens.

Nathan is also a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.

Equally interesting is Wolfe's work for DARPA and EcoHealth. As in Peter Daszak's EcoHealth, the NGO that was plastered all over the news and accused of possibly funneling NIH and NIAID money into gain of function coronavirus research in Wuhan.

Quote:Dr. Wolfe spent over eight years conducting biomedical research in both sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. He is also the founder of Metabiota, which offers both governmental and corporate services for biological threat evaluation and management. He serves on the editorial board of EcoHealth and Scientific American and is a member of DARPA's Defense Science Research Council. His laboratory was among the first to discover and describe the Simian foamy virus.

Wolfe has been awarded more than $40 million in funding from a diverse array of sources including the U.S. Department of Defense, Google.org, the National Institutes of Health, the Skoll Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Geographic Society.
Wiki

Quote:Obviously, there is a tremendous interest in viruses that are deleterious. One of the things I would point out, first of all, is that there is so much diversity of viruses: most of them are probably neutral, many of them are ecologically important, some of them are actually mutualistic with their hosts. Having said that, there is a huge fascination with negative viruses, and negative microorganisms, that can spread like the 1918 influenza and HIV—SARS had the potential to do this. These are all agents, which have the potential to relatively quickly have a devastating impact on human populations.
...
Now I would like to spin a slightly different scenario. Let's say we had been studying more comprehensively this interface between humans and animals and trying proactively to predict these pandemic. We would have known about a neglected virus that existed in Central Africa. We would have known that it was transmitted through many, many different routes in Africa, most commonly through heterosexual forms of transmission.

For SARS, which really at the end of the day affected only about 1,500 - 2,000 individuals, the estimates are billions of dollars of economic impact from even that, which was an aborted pandemic. It was a very short and aborted pandemic. Really what my work is about is trying to aim at this objective of achieving the final plague.

If you want to think about my work, one way to think of me is as a curator of microbial collections. I have these massive repositories. I have sites all around the world that are aimed at collecting interesting microorganisms, and then I enter into collaborations with different groups. Instead of coming to look at my beetle collections, I send them specimens that I think they are likely to find of interest, and they study them for novel agents. Really it's sort of a microbial museum. As a consequence, I have a very low footprint in the USA. I have an office not much bigger than your suite. It's not huge. Even though my enterprise is very costly to sustain, it is very easy for me to move around.

Christmas is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. Ha! More like one of the most stressful times of the year! I rank it right up there with time to calculate our yearly income taxes.

I've already stood in a mile long line at the post office and had to inform three adult kids and one of the grandkids that their Christmas gifts will be late as gifts ordered last month have not even shipped out to me yet and there's still re-shipping to them to look forward to. 

We have "informed mail delivery" service where the USPS sends us pics of each piece of mail supposed to be delivered each day, three times last week our mail disappeared afterwards and never arrived and reporting does nothing. 

Holiday choices include being "guilted" for not making trips to visit family for the holidays or making trips of thousands of miles that we can't afford to feel tired and taken for granted while we are there and wishing we had stayed home. 

Cooking another big holiday meal after having just done so a few weeks ago for Thanksgiving just isn't happening this year. Neither is a bunch of unnecessary baking. I'm tired, achy, stressed and instant potatoes with packaged gravy is the name of the game. Honestly those people that eat at Chinese restaurants for Christmas are looking more and more like the wise ones to me.

Had loads of fun with our Christmas tree. My shipment never arrived, the substitute was the wrong color (green rather than white) and part of the lights didn't work. Made the best out of the situation. Stripped all the lights from the pre-lit tree and put new ones, decorated with ornaments I made myself and even put together my own tree topper and it turned out beautiful- but it was stressful just the same and a lot of extra work.

Shopping for each other? We took the guesswork out of that. We just asked each other what we wanted, I ordered all of it and we will just hand them to each other in the packaging they came in- no muss, no fuss. This has been the best part of the Yule season as it was the easiest. 

Christmas used to be so much fun. I thought as we got older it would become easier and less stressful. Honestly I think I have reached the point where I'd just as soon hibernate until after the New Year,

The most wonderful time of the year?
Bah Humbug!!!  

What could go wrong on a beautiful Christmas day?

For one, Rudolph's got the runs. 

How am I supposed to deliver billions of packages overnight, when my lead reindeer leaves a 'trace' wherever he goes?!?

A very, very visible trace.

Seriously?

But it doesn't stop there. Nope. No, no, no, no, no.

Mrs Claus is in her 'time of the month' as well...fantastic timing. And I'm supposed to be joyful and laughingly yell "Ho Ho Ho"  all through the night?!?

HA! Sure !!

The elves went on strike, they can't handle that kind of heat when both those calamities happen to fall on the same day..and night.

I'm still missing millions of toys, for kids AND for adults. Not good. Not good at all.

What could go wrong on a beautiful Christmas day?

I've gained weight. Again. I thought chimneys were getting tighter. And smaller. It's not the chimneys. Not. One. Damn. Bit.

Fell flat on my face, nose bleeding now. Wish my suit was all red but noooooooooooooooooo, some cretin wanted some white fluffy fur in there. That tailor is now on my bad list. The badder baddest list. The 'there's no coming back from that one' list..

What could go wrong on a beautiful Christmas day?

I've become lactose intolerant. Millions and millions of glasses of milk coming my way. Ironic, isn't it?

What could go wrong on a beautiful Christmas day?

I can't handle the cold like I used to. My nuts want to crawl back inside as soon as I walk out the door. Not funny. 

What could go wrong on a beautiful Christmas day?

I feel old. Used and abused. I need coke. No, no. As in Coca Cola. There's a story behind that. But they took me out of the ads and now have cute little white polar bears drinking it. When is enough, enough?

Saint Nick, Saint Nicholas, Father Klaus, Santa Clause, whatever. I had it.

What could go right on a beautiful Christmas day?

Screw this!

I"M GOING ROGUE !!!!





MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!

S.

Quote:Well Being: Healthy Communities

Robert W Malone MD, MS



I am back on Twitter. I didn’t grovel, ask or fill out a form - they just re-instated me. Thank you Elon Musk for shining a light into a dark closet. This is all good, and (amazingly) we went from 492,000 followers on Monday to around 720,000 followers today.

It is wonderful to connect with old friends on Twitter, and it is crazy to see people jumping on to follow me. Yes, it still can be a toxic swamp and some people seem to revel in their inner ugly because they can. Yes, there is an attention getting syndrome where some act out, bully, and tease for attention. Yes, the troll swarms are awful and lead to bizarre consensus driven opinions - for which there has been no like in history.

But other people on Twitter and different social media venues, the vast majority, are there to learn, to find community, get news and connect to people. Don’t forget so many other venues, such as GETTR, GAB, Truth Social - are all important to me still. Particularly, GETTR - where I have lots of friends and colleagues. And of course, here - as long as we have Substack- is my home base, where this community of subscribers who comment, share and really speak to each other - resides.

The one thing that we have learned from social media and the internet is that nothing is forever. That things can change overnight and we have to be ready to move rapidly when the censors, the shadow-banning, or the sale and shut-downs happen. We have to keep many channels and lines of communication open. That means having multiple email addresses, search engines and browsers available. It is a crazy world we all find ourselves in.

Which is why we must also remember to keep ourselves in the physical world. The world of the physical - whatever passion makes you happy is so important to stay grounded. Being a “doer,” even if you are in the “laptop class”, is critical to maintaining balance. Being in the physical world allows me to remember that I am just one person in the fight that literally millions of people are now involved in. That is - medical freedom, decentralization, personal sovereignty, right to privacy - basically fighting against the new world order. But in the end, I am just one person. A person who puts their socks on the same as you. Who does chores, feeds the dogs, and talks to strangers, friends and family in the physical. This connection is the reality of our world - we (I) must not forget that.

This brings me to today’s actual topic for the Substack.

Hope and Reconciliation

Those that know me well, know that although I am rare to anger, and generally I am very tolerant of people, I can take offense. This is particularly true when someone or an organization attacks me again and again. When I do, it is hard to me to be the better person and take the high road.

I have no interest in fighting with people or organizations. It literally is not in my nature. Yes, I have a lot of passion but I don’t like to fight. I certainly have no interest in hurting the medical freedom movement.

Some of you may remember the two (opposing) Substack articles that guest writers wrote regarding the constitutional convention topic. After the first Substack came out against a constitutional convention, one of the pro-constitutional convention organizations (it doesn’t matter who and I don’t hold it against them) released what they thought was my personal email to their volunteers with directions to write to me to convince me that a constitutional convention was good and that they should have an opportunity to also write a Substack also. Jill got flooded with hundreds of emails. Some of these emails were extremely hostile, even threatening. Frankly, it really upset me, because when Jill is threatened or is unhappy, I am unhappy. However, I took the high road and allowed a pro-constitutional convention article to be published with a different guest author. Then you, my readers, hashed it out in the comments. I just stayed out of it. I don’t know if we solved anything, but I do think that both sides were presented, people were allowed to make their own decisions and at some level, I do believe that both pro and anti constitutional convention points of view were allowed to peek under the hood of the other side and maybe find just a little bit of common ground. Because these two sides have a lot more in common than not. It is possible to find common ground, even with those on the “other side” - whatever that side may be. So long as we stay focused on the topic and do not resort to defamation and ad hominem attacks. Sometimes it happens all at once, and sometimes it takes baby steps to get there. I personally, am willing to speak with anyone who wishes to speak to me about their grievances and to try to find a way to move forward.

For me personally, I internalize the anger, the hurt - and try to do what is best, to make thing right. To talk. To find common ground.

This is a long, winding way to write that as Christmas, the holidays and 2023 are close, many of us are confronted by having to be around people who we may have grievances with. Sometimes this takes the form of petty jealousy, competition or just alpha to alpha chest beating gone sour. Sometimes it is about politics or more recently, COVID-19 policies and mandates. But maybe it is time to find a way to reconcile differences and find common ground.

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Our time on this earth, in this form - is very short. We have to allow ourselves and others the ability to forgive. To allow for that opening. We don’t want to tear each other apart over and over again, we have to keep trying to forgive and to reach those who may be angry with us or we with them.

If we are hurting ourselves, our loved ones, our family or even our workers by holding on to grudges and grievances, maybe it is time to put them aside. Maybe it is time to talk to each other, rather than fighting or fighting by proxy. I know that over time - even recently, I have privately reached out to people, and have held out that olive branch.

I believe that love and community is the key to our individual and collective happiness. Having healthy relations is critical to our wellbeing. So, love your fellow man and woman and let’s make 2023 a year where we find common ground and build a better future for ourselves and our children.