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Read or Condemn Yourself to Death by Ignorance

For those courageous souls brave enough to look and see what is,

who are unwilling to blindly accept

the lies and rules of tyrannical authority.

The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie.

One word of truth outweighs a world of lies.


Observation And Integrity

Wednesday 28th July 2021


G’day,

Hope this finds you fit and well.

Here is a sampling of what recently crossed my digital desk.

I hope you get something from it!

Protect Children

You MUST Act Now to Protect Your Privacy!

Fermi’s other paradox

Things Happened Very Slowly

Not Bugs-Bird Food

No matter how bad your day was...

If Your Bovine Excrement Detector Has Not Sounded The Alarm Before Now...

21st Century Illiterate

One Angry Eagle

Keep Dr Seuss

Never Trust Your Tongue

Telling Lies

False Flag Defined

The Purpose Of Life

Hundredth Monkey

The anti-religious movement cops a long overdue reality adjustment.

Post Jab Trauma

Cheers!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Protect Children
 
 
 
 

The Victorian Mental Health Act is under review and it currently allows for children to be electroshocked, restrained, secluded and forcibly drugged without the need for any parental consent. This law removes parental and patient rights and it is proposed that when drafted, the bill will not released to the public for input and is instead sent straight to Parliament for voting on.

he Victorian Mental Health Act is under review and it currently allows for children to be electroshocked, restrained, secluded and forcibly drugged without the need for any parental consent. This law removes parental and patient rights and it is proposed that when drafted, the bill will not released to the public for input and is instead sent straight to Parliament for voting on.

Electroshock (ECT) is the application of hundreds of volts of electricity to the head to induce a grand mal seizure, (convulsion). It can cause brain damage, memory loss and even death.

So torturous is ECT that one Australian woman forced to undergo electroshock, close to 100 times against her will, said she has had security guards wheel her down to the treatment room holding her down so she didn’t escape. “I felt like I was being wheeled down to the gas chamber really,” she said. She would even eat from stashed food to avoid the general anaesthetic and when staff found her food, she resorted to eating grass to avoid the electroshock.

16 years ago, the World Health Organisation stated, “There are no indications for the use of ECT on minors, and hence this should be prohibited through legislation.”

Despite this clear directive, the current Victorian Mental Health Act still allows children under 18 to be able to consent to electroshock if deemed to have the “capacity to give informed consent.”

Children under 18 are not allowed to drink, drive unsupervised or vote, but they can choose such drastic treatment. And worse still, parental approval is not needed at any stage, including when the case goes before the Mental Health Tribunal for final approval. Electroshock can also be given to involuntarily detained children, again without any parental consent.

Instead of banning restraint, it is proposed to phase it out within 10 years. Former Austin Hospital Director of Mental Health Dr. Richard Newton, said he would estimate one death each year in Victoria in circumstances involving restraint, forced sedation and seclusion. There were a staggering 170 episodes of bodily restraint (mechanical and physical) on children aged 0-12 in 2019/20.

CCHR has written the enclosed Fact Sheet on the key problem area and there is further information on our website: cchr victoria.org.au

Submissions (feedback) close on 1 August 2021. Please as a matter of urgency, help protect our children by sending a submission to mhwa@health.vic.gov.au In your submission you need to say that you are commenting on “Treatment, care and support.” Please demand the draft law is made available for public comment in your submission.

Please also let your colleagues and others know so they too can take action. Thank you for all you are doing to protect our children.

Kind Regards
Kim Cullen

Citizens Committee on Human Rights Victoria

 
 
 
 
You MUST Act Now to Protect Your Privacy!
 
 
 
 

For many years, the AVN has been trying to get a study done comparing the health of the fully vaccinated, the fully unvaccinated and the partially vaccinated using the information on the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) which is now called the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR). Since 2016, this register has tracked all vaccinations given to everyone in Australia.

In our research, we have just discovered that there are plans to use this data to inform State Governments of who is and is not vaccinated for the purposes of bringing in a vaccine passport within the next 2 months.

What we were not aware of is the fact that we can opt-out of allowing the government to share our data with any third party including sharing it with the States (it is currently held by the Federal Government) or whomever will win the tender to operate the passport system.

Time is short since the federal government has already said they have everything ready to go for the vaccine passports and are only waiting on the States to complete their end.

Please visit this website:
https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/organisations/health-professionals/forms/im017 and fill in the form IM017. It cannot be submitted online but must be printed out and mailed - we recommend you do this by express post and also if you don’t mind spending a few dollars extra, paying for the proof of delivery so you have the signature of who has received it should they claim they never got it.

Please share this as widely as possible since it is urgent that we opt out now while we still can.

Thanks,
The AVN Team

 
 
 
 
Fermi’s other paradox
 
Enrico Fermi
 
 
 

(This does not match data I have from other (very reliable) sources but is nevertheless an interesting read.)

In the summer of 1950, four nuclear physicists were walking to lunch from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Their names were Emil Konopinski, Herbert York, Edward Teller, and Enrico Fermi.

One of them was not human.

 
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Things Happened Very Slowly
 
Things Happened Very Slowly
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Not Bugs-Bird Food
 
Not Bugs-Bird Food
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
No matter how bad your day was...
 
Not As Bad As This
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
If Your Bovine Excrement Detector Has Not Sounded The Alarm Before Now...
 
Duplicity Lesson
 
 
 

...then you really need to do the course I did 32 years ago in how to spot illogics!

 
 
 
 
21st Century Illiterate
 
21st Century Illiterate
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
One Angry Eagle
 
One Angry Eagle
 
 
 

I hope he walks long enough to walk off that chip on his shoulder! Only then will it be therapeutic!

 
 
 
 
Keep Dr Seuss
 
Keep Dr Seuss
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Never Trust Your Tongue
 
Never Trust Your Tongue
 
 
 

SO much value in this!

 
 
 
 
Telling Lies
 
Telling Lies
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
False Flag Defined
 
False Flag Defined
 
 
 

A friend wrote: As we near the release of Az results, watch out for possible false flags events and help others to be prepared and understand just in case there is.

As we near the release of Az results, watch out for possible false flags events and help others to be prepared and understand just in case there is.

A false flag operation is an act committed with the intent of disguising the actual source of responsibility and pinning blame on another party.

It was used to describe a ruse in naval warfare whereby a vessel flew the flag of a neutral or enemy country in order to hide its true identity. The tactic was originally used by pirates and privateers to deceive other ships into allowing them to move closer before attacking them. It later was deemed an acceptable practice during naval warfare according to international maritime laws, provided the attacking vessel displayed its true flag once an attack had begun.

 
 
 
 
The Purpose Of Life
 
The Purpose Of Life
 
 
 

This perfectly matches my experiences. In my helping people discover their basic purpose in life I have never yet found a person whose basic purpose was not a form of helping others.

 
 
 
 
Hundredth Monkey
 
Hundredth Monkey
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
The anti-religious movement cops a long overdue reality adjustment.
 
The Katz Family
 
 
 

Doniel Katz writes:

There’s something I need to get off my chest.

I’m an Ultra-Orthodox, Chassidic, Hareidi Jew. I live in Jerusalem, in an area that is exclusively Ultra-Orthodox Hareidi for street after street, suburb after suburb, for miles and miles. In all of these neighborhoods where the roads are blocked off and no cars drive on Shabbos, each black-hat-wearing family has many many children and literally no TV’s. I personally only ever wear black and white clothes, my wife only dresses in Chassidic levels of tznius (modesty), and my boys and girls all attend mainstream Hareidi Chassidic schools where the main language is Yiddish. My kids don’t and never will have smartphones, nor have they ever been on the internet at all. Period. They don’t know what social media is and they’ve never seen a movie — not even Disney animation.

Having lived exclusively immersed in this culture for the last 21 years, I think I’m sufficiently qualified and well-researched enough to state that the consistent depiction of Hareidim and Torah Judaism by mainstream media, from Netflix to the daily news, is somewhere between delusion, slander and the literal equivalent of racism. If you consider yourself less closed-minded than how you imagine we Hareidim to be, then permit me to share a few personal details about my family, and other families in our neighborhood, to see how well your mental narrative matches up to reality:

- Besides learning Torah each day, most of the men in our neighborhood work full or part-time.

- Many women in our area work. Some even manage their own business or company. These are not special or “liberated” women — it’s so normal here it’s not even a discussion point.

- My wife is a full-time mother by choice, who despite attending an Ivy League College, finds it a profound and meaningful thing to dedicate her life to. If she didn’t, she’d go get a job. Mind you, she also attends Torah classes each week, works out with both a female fitness coach (who’s gay) and a frum Pilates instructor, writes and edits articles for a couple global websites and magazines, and personally mentors a number of women. None of this is seen as unusual.

- Kids in our community go to Torah schools where they learn (surprise!) Torah. They are fluent in three languages from a young age and the boys even read and understand a fourth (Aramaic). All the kids learn grammar, math and science. Weekly after-school activities have included music (violin, drums, piano), Tae Kwon Do, swimming, art, woodworking and robotics. The girls’ school teaches tools of emotional intelligence. The principal of the boys’ school doesn’t hesitate to refer to kids to OT if needed. I practice meditation with my children multiple times each week. None of our kids think the world is literally 6,000 years old. They devour books about science and think it’s cool. They know dinosaurs existed and don’t find that existentially threatening. They have a telescope with which they love to watch the stars.

- The women in my family (like the men) only dress modestly according to Hareidi standards. The girls don’t find this burdensome or oppressive. Period. They aren’t taught that beauty is bad. They’re certainly not taught to hate their bodies, God forbid. Each morning when they get dressed, they are as happily into their own fashion and looking pretty as any secular girl is. They just have a different sense of fashion than secular culture dictates. (Unfortunately for me, it’s no cheaper.)

- The local Hareidi rabbis we receive guidance from are deep, warm, sensitive, supportive and emotionally intelligent. If they weren’t, we wouldn’t go to them.

- My boys assume they will grow up to learn Torah, as much as they want to, and then when they’re ready, get a good job or learn a profession to support whatever lifestyle they choose. My girls assume they’ll be wives and mothers (which they can’t wait for) but they’re also warmly encouraged to train in whatever other profession they desire. (My 9-year-old daughter, chatting with her friend in the living room, just commented, “I want to be a mother and a teacher and an artist.“ Her friend replied, “I’m going to be a ballet teacher.“) All options are on the table, and their future seems bright.

- We love living in modern Israel, feel proud and blessed to be here, and frequently count and celebrate its blessings. Everyone in my area votes. Sometimes not even for Hareidi parties. I pay taxes. (And they’re expensive!)

- As a Hareidi person, I’m glad we have Hareidi representation in the government — though I don’t always love or approve of how the Hareidi politicians act, or what they choose to represent. For the record, I’m equally dubious about secular politicians, as well.

- While I don’t spend much time in Tel Aviv, I do have a few close Hareidi entrepreneur friends who have founded high-tech start-ups there, and are — Boruch Hashem! — doing very well.

- We don’t hate all non-religious people. Our kids don’t throw stones at passing cars on Shabbos. I doubt they even know anyone who would do that or think that it’s ok. We frequently talk about the Torah value of caring for and being compassionate towards everyone. As a family, we proactively try to find ways to judge others favorably (even those people who throw stones at passing cars on Shabbos.)

- We invite all manner of religious and secular Jews to join our Shabbos meals each week and the kids are open, happy, and confident to welcome everyone. (No, we’re not Chabad.) One of the many reasons for having such guests at our table is to teach the kids this lesson.

- While we would technically be classified as right-wing and we don’t at all buy the modern “Palestinian” narrative, we certainly don’t hate all Arabs, nor do we have any desire to expel them all from the land. We warmly welcome anyone seeking to dwell here with us in peace and we are pained and saddened to see the suffering and loss of lives of all innocent Arab families and children — as would any decent human being.

- Of the few local families I know whose kids no longer identify as religious, none at all chose to disown their kids. The very thought, in such lovingly family-dedicated communities, is hard to imagine. I’m not saying it doesn’t happen, I’m just saying it’s not as common as it’s made out. Rather, these families have tirelessly, profoundly, compassionately committed to maintaining any connection with their children, and to emphasize that, no matter what, family is the most important thing. Because it is.

- We aren’t just living our life blindly, dogmatically following empty religious rules; rather, we are frequently engaged with, exploring and discussing Torah’s richness, depth and meaning. Our kids honestly love learning Torah, praying and doing mitzvos. They’re visibly excited about Shabbos and festivals. This lifestyle is in no way oppressive or burdensome for them. If you suggested to them it was, they’d laugh and think you were crazy.

- We Hareidim are normal people: we laugh, we cry, we buy too much Ikea furniture, and we struggle with all of life’s daily ups and downs, just like the rest of you. Some of our communities are more healthy and balanced, some are less so; some of our people are warmer, nicer and more open, some are more closed, dogmatic and judgmental; some of our leaders are noble and upstanding, and some are quite frankly idiots…JUST LIKE ANY SECULAR NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE WORLD TOO. But having grown up living a secular lifestyle myself, and today being Hareidi-by-choice, I can testify that in these communities there is generally a greater and more tangible sense of well-being, warmth, tranquility, connection and meaning. We love and feel blessed to be living this life and wouldn’t want any other.

If this description of Hareidi life is hard to swallow, be careful not to push back with the often-used defenses like: “Well, you’re just an exception to the rule...“, “You’re just American Hareidim“, “You’re baalei teshuvah“, “Well, I know a bunch of Haredim that aren’t like that at all“....because the truth is, while there might be many Hareidim who aren’t like what I described above, it’s still an accurate description of literally hundreds of thousands of Hareidim in Israel and the US — a decent portion of all Hareidim in the world. Which is my very point — how come you never see this significant Hareidi demographic represented in the media, television series, or the news? How come we mostly see the darkest and most problematic cliches instead?

And finally, if all the facts I’ve listed above about our communities are hard for you to accept as true, then perhaps the image you have in your head about Hareidim is less based on facts and reality and more based on stereotypes, fear, hate, and discrimination — like any other form of prejudice in the world.

Care to prove me wrong? Well, you’re welcome to come argue it out with me and my family at our Shabbos table on Friday night. It would be a joy and honor to have you.

 
 
 
 
Post Jab Trauma
 
QueenCityDom
 
 
 

Every vax is a tragedy. Their deaths we mourn, their illnesses and disabilities we grieve over and sympathise and after both we resolve to make our voices heard more broadly!

 
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Until next time,
dream big dreams,
plan out how to achieve them,
be continually executing your plans,
enlist people to your causes,
travel and/or read widely, preferably both,
all the while observing what you observe
rather than thinking what you are told to think,
think well of your fellow man,
take time to help your fellow man,
he sorely needs it and it will help you too,
eat food that is good for your body,
exercise your body,
take time to destress,
and do the important things
that make a difference -
they are rarely the urgent ones!

Tom

 
 

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