Christmas presents wrapped with care? Check. Steaming cup of hot chocolate? Check. Relaxing Christmas background music? Check. Now, what am I forgetting. Oh, that’s right: the Solutions Watch end-of-year update! Well, here it is, and right on time. Kick back and enjoy this tour through another year of solutions, creativity and activism.
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The Bystander Effect – #SolutionsWatch
I watched the video on the bystander effect and applied it today. I was walking out of a store when someone ran in, grabbed a gallon of water saying his truck was on fire and he would be back in to pay. The staff said ok and we all went out behind him. Everyone stood by the door watching him try to put it out. It was a small fire in the headlight. I threw my stuff in the car and hustled over to see if I could help. Everyone who had been standing by the door followed me over. He had used up all the water and there was still a small flame. One of the staff went in to get more. The owner of the truck pulled the headlight out enough that I could stick my face in there and blew out the fire. I never thought I would say that I blew out a car fire; but thanks to you I did that today. It was a beautiful practical application of what you taught us in that video. Thank you so much for all of your wonderful work
Jan 14 – Car Freedom – #SolutionsWatch
Porsche panic in Russia as pricey status symbols forget how to car
EU ban on combustion engine cars off table, EPP’s Weber says
Jan 21 – Building International Bridges – #SolutionsWatch
Do We Really Need “Government”? – Etienne de la Boetie² (The People’s Reset 2025)
Jan 28 – Low-tech / No-tech – #SolutionsWatch
THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO HELPED GET REPORTAGE IN THEIR LOCAL LIBRARY:
Feb 4 – How to REALLY Resist Digital ID – #SolutionsWatch
Feb 10 – Raising Generation Next – #SolutionsWatch
Feb 17 – Levelling Up Your Language – #SolutionsWatch
Feb 26 – How to Get Eggs for Free!!! – #SolutionsWatch
(I posted This Podcast About Choosing Chickens May Just Change Your Life!, a flashback of the 2021 episode referenced in this episode)
Mar 5 – James Corbett and Friends Deliver The White Pill! – #SolutionsWatch
Mar 12 – Creating Parallel Societies – #SolutionsWatch
Mar 18 – How to Search the Young Global Leaders Club – #SolutionsWatch
Apr 3 – Enhancing Fertility Naturally – #SolutionsWatch
From Gavin:
The more I learn, the more I see how important regenerative gardening, creating food forests and spending time in nature is for our health. Since writing the article on reproductive health in the spring I have learned a lot more about how important being in natural settings (and in particular in forests) is for optimizing human reproductive health. Medicinal airborne molecules emitted by trees (especially old growth trees) impact the human immune system and reproductive health. The potential for the longevity and health of our human family is interconnected with these ancient forests.
Our destiny is woven together with the fate of the Forests by the Creator in many ways. We can either use our human gifts to strengthen and add beauty to that tapestry, or we can be guided by greed and begin to unravel the fabric that Creator put here to support us all in unlocking our true potential and being able to start families (each choice will have profound implications). Turns out those Tree Huggers may have been onto something! I updated my article with pertinent information and studies.
I hope this inspires you all to get out in nature more to breathe in all the medicine forests provide and protect those ancient forests that are left in your local region. If you want to hear James Evan Pilato and I explore the health benefits of specific foods and recipes that often contain reproductive health-enhancing ingredients, check out the Mounsey Minute (which airs on the second Wednesday of each month at mediamonarchy.com. Also, there is a sale going for my book which comes with seeds for growing several reproductive health-enhancing foods/herbs. Wishing everyone a peaceful, joyful and fertile holiday season!
Apr 8 – Calling Things By Their Right Name – #SolutionsWatch
Apr 30 – Epstein Justice: What You Need to Know – #SolutionsWatch
May 5 – Why Aren’t You Using XMPP? – #SolutionsWatch
May 19 – The Smartening Up of Music – #SolutionsWatch
From Vinnie:
Hi James.
I’m happy to provide you with an update regarding “The Smartening Up Of Music” podcast.
In that video, among other things, we discussed that music has the ability to rewire a person’s brain in a positive way. For example, merely listening to Classical music produces a temporary improvement in a person’s spatial and temporal reasoning.
But actively performing music—especially improvised music—has been shown to increase a person’s IQ level up to three points after a time. This is a literal smartening up by way of music studies.
We also spoke of how the patterns of music appear to be embedded within the human psyche by default. If this is the case, music plays a big role in the evolvement of human intelligence.
Since our podcast I was pretty much flooded with emails. Some of those people have become steady students of mine. Others wanted to discuss certain aspects of music and theory with me. One student in particular made a huge commitment. Starting from scratch, he wanted guitar, piano, composition and music theory lessons. Basically, he wants it all!
In that video, I mentioned the importance of Blues and my own theory of Blues. It should be understood that I was speaking more so about Chicago style Blues, which integrated elements of Jazz–just as Jazz, as a whole, integrated Blues. How Blues is expressed in Jazz is seriously sophisticated. That is what I built my Blues Theory upon.
I was pleasantly surprised to see how many people showed interest in learning the deeper aspects of music. Perhaps when you release that video on YouTube in the future, I’ll be seeing quite a few more folks showing similar interest. One thing we can all use these days is better quality music and I hope to be a factor in helping to bring that about.
Best,
Vinnie
May 28 – You Are The Power – #SolutionsWatch
Jun 9 – Opting Out of Technocracy – #SolutionsWatch
Jul 2 – The 9/11 Timeline – #SolutionsWatch
Jul 16 – The Met Office is Scared of Ray Sanders! – #SolutionsWatch
Vallance’s Vanishing Act: Official Response to Stationgate
Jul 30 – How to Leave the Cage – #SolutionsWatch
Aug 6 – How to Set Up An Email Alias – #SolutionsWatch
Sep 24 – Escaping the Madhouse – #SolutionsWatch
Oct 1 – The Lost Art of “Yes, And . . .” – #SolutionsWatch
Oct 20 – Self-Publishing – #SolutionsWatch
Oct 30 – The Thorium Solution – #SolutionsWatch
China Successfully Operates World’s First Thorium Molten Salt Reactor
Book Talk with Tim Lacy! – Subscriber Exclusive #133
Nov 5 – The Only REAL Solution to Digital ID – #SolutionsWatch
Nov 18 – Spoil the Vote! – #SolutionsWatch
Mo writes the #SolutionsWatch comment of the year!
Nov 26 – Decoding Your Teen – #SolutionsWatch
Dec 2 – A MUST-SEE Video – #SolutionsWatch
followed up with Interview 1991 – The Origins of the Philosophy of Liberty with Ken Schoolland
So, here’s some fun, new information in the self-publishing sphere. Amazon now requires government ID for you to access Kindle Direct Publishing. The US Patent and Trademark office now requires authenticators or biometric data to access the above-top-secret level of patent and trademark paperwork.
Does anyone actually buy ebooks off of Amazon anymore?
Unless they have changed it in the new kindle you can out books on your reader via usb cable….Calibre is a free program to manage your ebooks (it can also convert one format to another)
Anna’s archive is a shadow library where people folks who don’t care about copyright can grab copies of all kinds of books. The internet archive and project Gutenberg have more free books then anyone can read im a lifetime….and librivox has real people reading many of them aloud.
People who connect their kindles to the internet are basically letting an outside force look over their shoulder and see what they are reading in their own homes. Anyone with a kindle or similar is very foolish unless they keep it in airplane mode at all times
QUICK SOLUTIONS
As to solutions…work on things one can have some real affect on realistically, not just keyboard commando talk, memes, and Rambo fantasy.
Be local activists. Attend meetings making decisions on your lives…fluoride, cell towers, vaccinations, anything on land and water use, PTA, School Boards, City and County council meetings, and especially anything under the “sustainability” flag on Agenda 21 and 2030.
Make your presence felt through articulate, truthful dialog. No need for isolating one’s self with over-emotional shouting behavior.
Make and effort to join with others in small groups and work on ideas for your particular environment and conditions…urban, suburban, rural, etc.
We need to be like the white blood cells of our bodies. They go and fight infection at the site to the benefit of the whole body.
Carry 1/4 page “flyers” with links and info on them to hand out to those you meet who are open to expanding their knowledge.
Again, everyone can’t do everything but everyone CAN do SOMETHING.
SOLUTIONS (essay)
https://old.bitchute.com/video/TsqcMC9tPGg2/
May we all be around for the Spring snow melt in good health and freer then we are today.
True that this has been one crappy year for sure for so many. Many of my songs are about resistance and exposure to the lies and nefarious agendas and perpetrators. But tonight I want to offer a song I just put up at my site, of thanks for those who can count on their partners and those seeking one.
I’VE GOT EVERYTHING IN YOU
https://old.bitchute.com/video/5KVBCqVe4knP/
Merry Christmas to you James and thanks for another interesting year!
Perhaps a library that ‘Reportage’ would be great in would be the LIbrary of Congress?
After all Michael C Rupert’s 2004 book made it there!
Thank you James for all you put out, always interesting, very often educational, and your solutions that most often put a smile on my dial.
Have a lovely Christmas, you and your family. May the New Year bring us all wonderful wonders.
Its time to reject government
Thanks for this James.
You make a big difference in many people’s lives on Planet Earth.
Your work in shining a light on the lesser known efforts of those striving to make this world a better place are like a beam of spring sunlight helping dormant acorns to awaken and enrich their community as a might oak.
May you receive the blessings of new found inspiration, deep remembering, unforeseen serene mysteries to explore and prosperity in the New Year.
Master of Disaster, or Mistress of Distress?
James,
While understandably protecting your decision to feature Lainie Liberti as an expert guest, you deflected the critical comments unfairly. Totally focusing on a passing comment about her clothing style, while it was less than one hundredth of the concern expressed, got me to respond.
I was, however, impressed with your ability to listen to her loopy monotonous monologues. That surpassed my personal abilities. But I did manage to stay married through thick and thin, and we raised three strong, independent children (now 44, 46, and 51). I also managed to look up Lainie’s and her son’s online posts and TED talk, which did not inspire trust or confidence. ‘Do as I say, not as I do’…
PS I await to see the show featuring you with one shoulder bared, a metal stud piercing your face, after you had a divorce when your child is eight.
Attacking someone for their clothing or appearance is an ad hominem attack.
It doesn’t matter if someone is dressed like a bdsm-leather-daddy, holding a whip and wearing a clown mask, if they’re speaking some nonsense, you address the nonsense, and ignore everything else.
Once you mention the clown mask, you’ve lost your argument.
Bird
If someone comes to talk to you dressed in BDSM outfit and wearing a clown mask tjeir kinda TELLING you they’re not sane.
The moment you show up in a clown mask it’s pretty clear your not a serious person.
I knew a guy who shaved his head and then was surprised that black people thought he was a racist….he got upset when I pointed out he was presenting himself as a fking skinhead via his clothing. I tend to dress like a homeless dude, but if I’m going where I want people to take me seriously i change clothes.
The inner person gets written in the outer as time passes….look at the odd looking antifa mugshots for many examples
Hankey
“…Totally focusing on a passing comment about her clothing style, while it was less than one hundredth of the concern expressed, got me to respond.….”
Clothing is a statement of who you’re presenting as….as are tattoos and piercings or other body mods. Every person I have met with a lot of tattoos or a weird piercing has been weird, flakey , or crazy in some way.
The idea that you shouldn’t judge people based on what tjeir telling you about themselves is very odd and counter survival IMO
Duck, etal.,
I too, think it is a sign of mental weakness and moral confusion when someone pierces themselves for decoration. But it’s not 100% black and white, as far as tattoos. Almost every person of a younger generation wants to show how edgy and different they are, by being like everyone else, and desecrating their body. But not EVERYone is weird and flaky. Still, it’s noteworthy when someone is setting themselves up as a psychological guru.
It seems your comment should be directed at Bird, not me. He is the one who is very strict about not taking account of anything to do with style and presentation when criticizing their act. He says that it is an ad hominem attack, as if I committed a sin against logic. I, along with most of the other comments didn’t originally even bother with the style points. There were other more serious red flags. An ad hominem is one of the formal logical fallacies.
Allow me to bloviate on the logical fallacies. Employing a logical fallacy is a sketchy debate tactic, yet it neither proves you right nor wrong. It is bad practice if the fallacy is the centerpiece of your argument. An Ad Hominem can be true, yet irrelevant to the subject at hand. Pointing out character flaws or hypocritical history may, at times be relevant, so in that case, it is not a clear fallacy. Even James, himself, may use these things in a valid way. See Rockefeller, Bill Gates, Tony Fauci, Lord Milner, etc., etc. So logical fallacies, such as ad hominems, are very poor central arguments, but not clearly false or totally irrelevant.
hankey
I think we’re mostly agreeing.
Yes, the younger Gen do have a lot more weird body mods going on…. while also being the most mentally ill generation to walk the earth.
Its not a fallacy to judge the person.
Duck,
I agree that judging a person who is putting herself forth as an expert and a healer of sorts, is definitely warranted.
Yes, but I have learned to judge each individual independently, despite statistical tends. For me the most striking example was my upbringing going to predominantly Negro schools, from kindergarten until college. (I graduated high shool in ’66) (That’s what the politically correct term was then, despite the latest revisionist linguistics). To survive and thrive, I learned that all of them weren’t criminal or stupid, despite my being subject to that difficult side by a majority. I still shun from judging people by group characteristics. It does more harm than good. In fact even the overreaction of white guilt is a paradoxical example of reverberation of earlier prejudices, in a new moral environment. When we lose objectivity we become easy prey for manipulators, whether they be true believers or cynical opportunists. It is interesting how the prejudiced people simply replaced loathing of others with loathing of their own race. I have occasion to communicate with Germans, and even visited about 8 years ago. This white guilt, leading intelligent people into insane attitudes and actions is fascinating, yet alarming.
I found Lainie to be a very poor expert, but not because she shared some things with other people. Her personal story and presentation, and internet presence made me beyond skeptical.
BTW I just found out ad hominem is an INformal logical fallacy, not formal.
I didn’t realize most of the most common ones were considered informal.
Rabbit hole after rabbit hole…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies
When I memorize this, then you can call me a full on nerd.
https://youtu.be/CMCnpwo1gsI?t=1080
This psychiatrist agrees with you…
and me.
That is a good policy. As these quirks can mainly be irrelevant, and it provides a distraction from bigger issues, such as Zelensky’s world class grifting. Did James deflect us disingenuously, when he cherry picked his response to our comments? I very rarely question James’ judgement, but as he said, this is for all the marbles, in the long term. I can only hope that he looks at this episode with calmness and humility, and realize, that I am offering him some avuncular guidance.
Although I found her VERY flaky, I did not indulge in calling her dangerous, toxic, or a grifter, as some other commenters did. Nor did I demand, “Credentials, Please”! But after looking at her online presence, I thought those labels were not unwarranted, (except the last one, as the commenter wanted official certification).
My recent post is not a serious refutation of her ‘expertise.’ I just wanted to share a chuckle, visualizing James with those upgrades. But, you still may want to steer clear of her, unless you need some trendy gender re-assignment advice.
@Hanky
WTH??
Why are you being a cranky shit? You are just a Texas musician and James has thousands of people around the world appreciating all he does.
Knock it off bro. You are talking nonsense. Get your own international web site and go to it hey?
A PSYCHIC EPIDEMIC (song)
https://old.bitchute.com/video/1hqeShieZ2jY/
No shit!
Is that an ad hominem?
False dichotomy?
Appeal to Authority?
I wanted to do something helpful. I messed up. Probably not realistic, but the only possible positive would be if James ultimately sees my point. Which is this. When we become ideologues, we are vulnerable to being seduced by buzzwords that we favor. I think that is why James overlooked her red flags, and gave it a shot. All she had to do was label herself an anarchist, and all objectivity evaporated. James is definitely great in my book. He is my favorite thing on the internet. But he is also the age of my sons, and I thought my insight might help him. I hope this is not a total backfire. I regret broaching this in a pubic forum. I guess I was triggered when he mischaracterized our comments in this clip. I will be more mindful of restraining my critiques in public, and try to be aware of when I am triggered.
Hanky,
Ah baloney! That makes me lay eggs.
Don’t you dare stop. The culture needs a critiquing. Critics challenge the dogma and give air to alternative views. An essential part of democracy of ideas . There will be time to change ones view in the future . An unpopular opinion will come out of the mouth like a bad Quahog shell fish. An adverse reaction to something not fully formed but no less rotten to the taste. A criticism is like that. It allows time to dissect the propaganda from facts ; leveling ones thoughts . I’ve lived long enough to know animals can be smarter than people. To dismiss them as not relevant to any equation shows a lack of critical inquiry of clear-cutting mentality. Critique is an essential part of forming thought. It prevents the over powering thought of “could it be” for the ultimate forming of the power of ” should it be”
A lot of things now persist that prove this in almost every category of human learning.
Examples: Zionist. Israel. Statism. Military Defence , Higher learning, Religions, Greed and hording. Environmental poisoning. Not to mention the mental cognitive diminishing. Fluoride, Genetics, and Technocracy.
All of which are primavera facto haunted by Criticism. First line of defence. Criticism even in the ranks seems acceptable, reasonable and counters the blind spots created inadvertently by ass kissing prototheria.
Use one barrel at a time next time.
GBW,
Thank you for reading my posts carefully. Ass-kissing is not my natural posture, but I wanted my main purpose in questioning James’ judgement, on this one, to not be neutralized by my lack of tact. He is a human being, and has natural emotions. If, in fact, my points have validity, it is even more likely that a cloud of emotion will block them. After all, he was already committed to promoting her segment, and really hearing me may put him in a bind. Especially in a public forum. I will continue with my analyses and critiques, however I will consider airing some of them only in a more private setting. As for reaching other commenters, I have no other contact info, so you will probably see more of my ‘offensive’ insights in the replies. But I must also consider, is it worth replying, in the big picture.
As far as trying to assuage EJ. Doyle, that is possibly a fool’s errand. That must be why you replied to me. Your point also makes sense. Was I too obsequious? (His short message consisted almost entirely of logical fallacies. But I did want to soften any offense that James may have taken. My main message is, beware of ideology and buzzwords; even the most sophisticated of us have egos that are vulnerable to them.
Hanky,
Being triggered was an honest assessment of the situation. If we were in a world where life was a game of Jeopardy, I’d say Mammalians for a thousand Alex. What is Prototheria . You mix that with a little William of Wykeham founder of Winchester and New College Oxford circa 1300 . He , as you must know is credited with the saying,” Manners maketh man”.
What has that got to do with you, EJ , me or the man in the moon? Well, if you should ask James I’m sure he can tell you, but James never reads these comments so as the author of this I’ll tell you.
We all lay eggs from time to time. You know those responses that are malformed, knee jerk responses. The oh boy! I really laid an egg on that one kind posting. Maybe , even the producer of a show , an idea that sounded good at the time but fizzled out quietly…shortly after being laid.
It’s not a chicken type duck egg, a cowardly response lacking facts, convoluted historical spins ad hominem cliche’s , and propaganda but a bold , heart-felt response of a warm blooded egg laying …platypus. Or , as I said a rotten Quahog you know you can’t swallow.
But what about Ol’ Bill of Wykeham you ask?.
The response to an egg is what matters. Believe me I have laid some eggs and this may be one of them. Manners, and you responded to the situation quit respectfully.
Manners maketh man” is a proverb meaning a person’s character is defined by their behavior, conduct, and courtesy, not birth or wealth,
( and I might add academic degree masturbat…er…ng..ah masquerading as intelligent. )
So … Critique away, speak up, so we know we are alive and not soulless, heartless Machiavellian devils.
Culture needs it now more than ever.
Soulless devils? Is that an ad hominem?😁
Maybe more tribal. When I express cold hard logic, I am accused of being an evil atheistic scientismist. That is actually incorrect, but ad hominems are something we have to get used to, but recognize when they are irrelevant, or worse yet, false.
Thank you for giving me a wide berth on my opinions. I doubt that I need much encouragement, as I have a very deeply ingrained habit of being outspoken, to a fault.
Hanky,
See your fault and raise you one …
This is open source news. Who can’t we criticize here? Do we have to , as EJ suggested create our own international web news to ask some questions , to interview the producer, editor or creator? Sure he’s been interviewed but did he get softballs thrown his way? Did he jerk the earphones and mic and storm out of the studio as the flames of inquiry got to hot, too personal? How real is it, this whole thing. What do we know ? There’s plenty a platypuses around to complain and try to stop the flow of knowledge cause it’s uncomfortable. Is that getting the job done or just kicking the can down the road. Gathering more about us, the way we think, what we think and what we have learned and believe, more than what we know about the world around us. Cause here we get a taste and it nurses us into believing we are the center of the world. We can’t hold back, we give more than we receive. You’d have to be a fool not to see the danger in that. So Q4C – will you have a dialogue with your paying subscribers?
GBW
You think that I was justified in calling out James on a Red Herring.
EJ says no.
I am in the middle, as I was emotionally triggered when I posted, which usually leads to regrets, and fruitless internet flame wars.
The larger issue, that I squeezed into my comments, was meant for all of us, not just James, although something he said provided the trigger. I point out the dangers of being an ideologue; Beware loving on, as well as hating on, certain buzzwords. The focus on James needs no further amplification. He is actually already better at being objective than most of us.
You make some good points, but I would temper it with the idea that we need to make internet comment sections less combative and more humane and educational. Count to ten, be fair and self-aware. There is a tone that is kind and respectful, and vice versa. The former is more productive, as we try to minimize the divide and conquer onslaught that we are experiencing. This corrosive agenda is so easy to push as the outrageous news gets our blood boiling, and then we post, often spewing our anger not only at the perps, but at bystanders and even allies, as well.
“will you have a dialogue with your paying subscribers”?
This seems like it could turn in to a logistical nightmare. I wouldn’t hold my breath, or fault James for avoiding that quagmire. I think his time is better spent producing exceptional content. Also, what are the chances that he would convince any internet questioners?
Hanky
I got to read you carefully, all those words are surprising to me and not only have I never seen them, used them or read them before now. I formulated a response using them but tossed the egg before laying. Those words are Kenji words, take two paragraphs to grasp them.
Justified, now there’s a word…how can I answer that without being judgemental. My fall back is manners. Not going there but believe me you are on the wrong track and it could be you are in the right direction… From the least to the most is my assessment of Ms.Liberty, where this all began.
There is no accounting for taste. Taste in ice cream or woman.. somehow that became the story for some.. Teens are unique creatures and my horses I cared for , which I described so carefully in the comments section of Her interview, had similar and nutty ideas as did my own two girls. I was never out of sight with them even though I was out of their Mother’s life. I was a confidant and mentor, a father, but not a friend. Had they been abandoned, who would have stepped in? Ms. Liberty steps up , better than the state. Wish her well , but every once in a while I would like to verify… outcomes.
E J, he has his point of view. Like you are just a Texas musician. Like that’s all you are like Ms.Liberty is just her piercings and tattoos… Shocking you know . How ever, judgment may be over ridden by taste. There is no accounting for taste . But Momma tried…. There’s a lesson somewhere in this but kept chiaroscuro for manners sake.
@Hanky
>>As far as trying to assuage EJ. Doyle, that is possibly a *fool’s errand.
Now THAT is an ad hominem effort.
*A foolish undertaking, especially one that is purposeless, fruitless, nonsensical, or certain to fail.
Argue for you limitations and they are yours.
>>That must be why you replied to me. Your point also makes sense.>>
Another fallacy. Asserting that everyone agrees (bandwagon)
>>His short message consisted almost entirely of logical fallacies.>>
– Short message because I don’t come here to seek validation or group therapy like a lot here do.
– Not sure what the “logical” fallacy is/was here??
– You mean… Why are you being a cranky shit? You were, are.
– You are just a Texas musician and James has thousands of people around the world appreciating all he does. You are, he is.
– Knock it off bro. You are talking nonsense. Get your own international web site and go to it hey?
Good advice.
You come to a website and crank on about the owner as if you have locked in some irrefutable factual insight and he is wrong. Your blah blah is like so many out here in comment box land, old men pushing opinions not observations.
It is the end of really shitty year for so many and yet you chose to think your opinion is so damn important you must insult James. Must have narcissistic fever.
You are right, my comment, invoking your name, was an ad Hominem (a classical logical fallacy). I was making excuses for my vacillation. (You’re response featured several, more sharp ones aimed at me. Flat out anger and name calling.
I apologize for insulting James. As I said, if I thought it was important, I should have addressed him in a non-public forum. I even said that I would be more careful with this in the future. If you can forgive me, then I will forgive you.
EJ
I am referring to the classical logical fallacies, aka formal fallacies. They neither prove nor disprove the truth, but they are notoriously illogical and poor centerpieces for an argument. They used to teach this in general education, but they stopped many decades ago. It goes way back 2500 yrs. to the Greeks, apparently when they were figuring out geometry, as well. I learned of it around 2007, when we were confronted with so many of these, when we dared question 9/11. Sadly, many people on “my side’ in our politically polarized world are now using he same weak and/or terrible arguments that we recently fought.
I am caught waffling between my original objection to James’ deflection of our criticisms, and my desire to cause more good than harm. He made it seem that our criticisms of his guest choice were silly because her style of clothing and piercings were what we cared about. In fact, there was very little mention of that. Most of our criticisms had to with her fundamental approach and expression of it. My analysis of the situation has not changed. It is this, that we all, even James, must understand when our own biases can lead to over-acceptance of buzzwords. Enough of this tempest in a teapot; everyone is free to absorb or discount my ideas.
Oops! I forgot to supply links that explain the fallacies. What I was accusing James of is a Red Herring argument. There are worse sins, but his trademark, and what I especially value him for, is impeccable logic.
https://www.lindsey.edu/academics/img/writing-center-pdfs/introduction-fallacies.pdf
Its true because its in the Bible. Basic unproven premise (in the context of a given argument) Everything in the Bible is always true.
I just found out that there are informal fallacies, and other sub-categories. Most commonly used fallacies are actually classed as informal. So I have incorrectly used the term formal logical fallacy. No, I am not so nerdy that I am overly concerned with classification categories, but for clarity’s sake, for those so inclined, here are the links.
I didn’t realize that it goes SO deep into nerd land…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies
@Hanky
Thank you.
Just too many here taking up sooo much space with long comments either ego talk or just showing off to be daddy’s favorite and I reacted like the teacher I used to be.
Being a keeper/watcher of so much “truth” about our real history and current condition is a challenging task. The volume of truth that has come out over the past few years about so many things is simply breath taking.
Simply put…If you knew then, what you know now, then what you’d know is what you knew and what you’d know is now. You know? 🙂
I don’t know…but
What did you teach? What age were the students?
@Hanky
Mixed multihandicapped, autistic, deaf, low IQ, etc. in Walnut Creek, CA early 70’s.
Physically from about 8 to teens. Also drove a Short Bus.
First time I drove it it snowed in the Bay Area 🙂
I’ve taught metaphysics, drum circles, massage therapy, etc. all part of my “wiring,” or nature to help others…non-tribal medicine man, psychiatric social work specialist, ER orderly, Army Medic, etc.
And of course I use my skill and knowledge these days to “teach” through my music and essays.
Happy New Year.
AIN’T IT FUN BEING ALIVE (song)
https://old.bitchute.com/video/hiWFUYcpz8oC/
EJ
I too, briefly shuttled emotionally disturbed children in a short bus, in 1974. The job was an upgrade and a Godsend for my little family. Our first child was born at home around 6 AM, and the call came at 8:30. It was for the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, now the stomping grounds for Paul Offit, the notorious vaccinologist. I got fired for doing my job too well. But that is a saga for another time.
I taught Harmonica for the Dallas Community College system in ’77.
Around 20 years ago, I tried teaching music at the public high school one summer. It was all black kids, that were officially the worst, and on the list for expulsion. That was a nightmare of sorts. We weren’t allowed to touch the troublemakers. I pulled off a successful show with them at the end of the term, but I couldn’t have done it without the help of an aide that they eventually provided me. He was a menacing former prison guard that instilled fear in the ‘students’ despite the rules.
These days I am trying to teach myself to be a more benign human being.
EJ Doyle
Are you laying eggs here? How do you know James is insulted?
I would think anarchist volentaryists wouldn’t stifle debate or criticism… You nor I can speak of James’ unfinished work . Calling him an ideologue is accurate . Can the ideas he promotes become, incorporated or replace this Republic? , We have to wait for time ,I propose we are in the springtime of this transformation. We are not at the end of anything. Hopefully as a body of work, James’ collection of these opinions he stimulates will help the future organizers to reach their own errors with dignity.
You can’t insult the volentaryists higher ground but you can criticize it. And it needs that criticism. As do all mans creations.
I can offer up right now these two things to consider, to contemplate . They are worth reading. They are exquisite forms of propaganda.
First , JFKs Astoria speech from 1961. Beautifully written. It poignantly shows what has been lost since that time. James now fills that void. Time will tell if it’s of rebellious nature or a gathering of dissidents information . Relax, it’s springtime ; we’ll know around the fall time. { no pun intended }
The President and the Press: Address before the American Newspaper Publishers Association, April 27, 1961 | JFK Library https://share.google/JhxrLgjJIgkr6WAi1
Secondly , Botticelli’s springtime. That’s where we are now. A whole crop of pregnant ideas are about to be dropped into humanities lap. Dropped or forced? So buckle up , summer is coming. Fortunately we will have moved on by then and not have to be confronted by this new crop. They will not want our opinion but demand our obedience. No matter who rises to dominate.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Botticelli-primavera.jpg
Luck in the new year EJ. Keep plugging away Elder Doyle. You got time to set new records.
With most everything over-intellectualized and formulated, and most everyone believing they have the “way” the “answer” the “truth” but all still walk the same path back to the barn, to bleat and moo and not realize their captivity, SOMETHING is VERY wrong with this world.
Most of my 90+ videos address this and about 115 Thousand have listened to them so far. That is my gift to you and everyone else.
As I say:
Everyone can’t do EVERYTHING but everyone CAN do SOMETHING.
WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID (song)
https://old.bitchute.com/video/lMHyu4q52X3Y/
E J Doyle
Thanks for your gifts EJ. You put a lot of effort and expense into those gifts. They will be appreciated.
I was surprised about James’s (Media Monarchy) AI music take on the 2025 Year in Review. As a hard working DIY musician who is constantly working with other hard working, working class musicians. I was taken aback by James’s take that, “AI music is awesome”. There are thousands, probably hundreds of thousands (if not more) of independent artists creating and performing amazing music in small towns and big cities across America and the world. We are constantly struggling to get people to care about supporting ” local” music. People just do not want to spend money at their local concert venues and support local artists who are just as talented as larger scale artists. The big music industry is all about marketability and they just regurgitate the same old crap, over and over. I’ve never thought of using AI as a way to flip the bird to the big music industry giants. That’s because I have been flipping them the bird ever since I was a young teenager playing live music and participating in my local music scene. I have over 1000 units of physical music media that was created and released by independent artists from across the globe. Using and creating art with AI is a big fuck you to me and every other artist that has dedicated our lives to our craft. We are already continually disrespected and this is just the icing on the cake. Send me some lyrics, I can write you a song. Ahh but you would have to pay me and who the hell wants to pay a musician. Bad take, great show. Cheers – Matt
I actually stopped watching at that point and never went back to finish the episode. A first for me in all the time I’ve been following them. I’m so against the anti-human aspect of “AI art” that I don’t even want to entertain it. I’m rooting for humanity, not the singularity ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
One might have thought James Corbett, being a musician himself would have protested JEP’s AI music rant, but it was not meant to be.
But he did finish off on a positive note by saying he is still on ‘Team Humanity’ and is waiting for the real revolution when people will say “Screw all this technological garbage, we do not need your computers… we’re going to go and make real music with instruments in the real world and it’s going to have nothing to do with your music industry.”
Possibly realizing he had put his foot in his mouth by going gaga about AI music, JEP did finish off by showing his appreciation for the resurgence of country music. 🤔
I *think* JEP was being a bit tongue in cheek. His point was really also around the big bad music industry spending and making millions out of us and the AI music was a big FU to the industry regurgitating the same old nonsense over and over as you rightly say.
I am 100% on your side. Even back in about 2018 a friend of mine was talking about AI music and how that would be really amazing and exactly what we want to hear etc. I didn’t want to hear it then and even less so now. More so than anything else, music is frequency – not just Hz (that too) but the frequency of the musicians etc. I was at an amazing festival in the UK last year and the music was just incredible. Hearing it live in the open air in the “field” of everyone there was just not the same as listening to a recording. My theory is also that digitalised music just doesn’t carry the full frequency range since it’s not a continuum. Keep at it, I’m hoping that eventually people will become sick (quite literally) of all this rubbish music and revert to real music once again. Long live the arts.
I think I viewed them all
Happy Holidays!
Great year end wrap-up for “Solutions Watch”
Blessings to you and your family JC. I imagine they deserve a huge thank you for being both your support and motivation. I’m never let down by your laser sharp focus and comprehensiveness. You’re a gift, & thanks to your team for the consistent high calibre production. Look out for an email from me in the new year. I reckon we’re gonna need to talk #solutionsindeed 🤠😎🤠.
Transcript for this show and more. Updated monthly.
https://mega.nz/folder/K91GkZ7Z#wGmMEBdRZzo4VOQnZkWxPQ
Without a very long string and a couple of tin cans – that made me laugh out loud! We literally did that when we were kids. I wonder if the young ones of today have the privilege too? Or is it social media communication only?
What were the solutions in 1933 – 1941 for the NAZI take over of Poland ?
Appeasement. If Americans appeasement of the attack on Venezuela is achieved and allowed , we are a dead country. Get ready for the SS and and the secret police to come to every county in the U.S. sooner than later. Non of this is legal.
I haven’t looked into the how to avoid digital ID episode/s yet. However I have a question around biometrics. I went to Japan in September. Didn’t research it and upon entry was asked to provide biometrics. I wasn’t prepared for this, it’s not a country I have ever visited and of course I don’t speak Japanese and couldn’t guess at what it would be like to argue with a Japanese “authority” (from the little I know compliance is part of the culture), so I did provide it, but didn’t feel happy about it.
I asked a friend in the US and she said in the US it is possible to request to “opt out” at the border – apparently they don’t like it if you say you “don’t want to”, but they allow “opting out”. It’s been a while since I’ve been to the US so I’m not sure if this only applies to US citizens.
However, it is now quite literally written into EU law (yes, the law makers must be psychos) to provide biometrics data upon entry and exit (EES) to the EU. It’s not fully operational at all borders yet, but is supposed to be by April 2026.
There doesn’t seem to be any kind of legal way around this (if there is, I haven’t been able to find anything in my searches online). It currently doesn’t seem to be operational across the board, so when I entered one EU country recently, I was not asked to provide anything, although apparently on exit people I travelled with were asked (but were able to refuse relatively since it’s not April yet, or perhaps the more helpful culture of the country). I then travelled to another country in the EU and upon exit was asked to provide biometrics. I asked if there was an option not to provide them. After a long conversation and speaking with “the boss” (a very very young man accompanied by an older one) I was told that I could pay a fine for being in the country “illegally”. I had to think on my feet and finally opted for this. It was €500 at a time when finances are not looking good, but it felt like the best option in the moment.
What other options exist? Does this mean that we’re never to travel again? Surely this will eventually be operating in all countries? Isn’t not travelling exactly what they want? In the UK they talked about implementing 15 minute cities where you will have everything you “need” within 15 minutes of your home and therefore not need to travel anywhere (how convenient).
Would love to hear if there are better solutions.
As always, thanks James, for putting all of this information out there, hugely appreciated!
Maduro is kidnapped and brought to a trail in NY for having a firearm (and some more points).
The main part of the army in the city was shut down with money. Anti-air was shut off. Similar to how Syria was bought off.
It feels as if it will become a big mess.
Will we get a slavery and/or drugs market soon?
In similar sense, can Trump now be “arrested” for actual Piracy?
The international “law” is now in shambles.
Not that anyone cares here, but it also keeps countries from directly destroying each other.