The process that I went through after 9/11 and the wars in Afghanistan/Iraq (Republicans), and the process I've gone through with this Covid masks/lockdowns/vaccine mandates drama (Democrats) are nearly identical. First, concern and patriotism. Second, questioning. Then I go down the path of total skepticism. It's all such a load of BS.
This is not about political parties. It's all about power and money. Neither of these global-scale lies would happen without cooperation between the Republicans and Democrats. It's the Elites taking care of each other.
Republican want to drag this vaccine mandate BS out until the midterms. In the meantime, people will be losing their jobs and healthcare in the middle of a “deadly pandemic.”
Craig, I have been a vocal libertarian most of my adult life. I still am. I mentioned on a different thread that the only time I have ever voted for a major party candidate was 2008 and 2012 when Ron Paul was on the ballot in the Republican primaries. I will still support libertarian candidates financially, but in 2022 I don't see any way around voting for major party candidates that oppose this blatant authoritarianism. Believe me, I will be holding my nose while I do it. Maybe that makes me a sellout and I will own that.
In the next fight, no one can afford to throw a vote down the crapper. The libertarian party is a nice idea but will suction votes away from the better party of the two dinosaurs we now have.
I’ve never voted in my life. I’m not democrat and not republican. I’ve read this sentiment in quite a few comments on this substack. I believe you are correct. The time has come.
So true. It is the Elites covering for each other, just keep in mind that both Democrats and Republicans in office voted for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, including both of our past and current Democrat Presidents. Love the "united front" from all of them on display on 9/11: It's a great big cluster. Covid-control is a whole new level. At least we aren't Australia - yet.
In 2016, I would have voted for Warren if they had run her rather than Hillary. I'm glad Trump got in. It's opened my eyes about her. I thought she had some integrity, but nope.
Say what you want about Donald Trump, but he did save us from a disastrous Hillary Presidency along with pulling the curtain back and exposing the media and politicians for the frauds that they are.
I never followed politics before Trump. Now I can’t get enough of it. Citizens are now more engaged now in what is happening, which is a good thing.
Donald Trump, in my opinion, was the first President to actually hold the US to a higher standard and attempt to bring it back to it's further strength and power. That's exactly why the left was so 'afraid' of him. Fear is what it was. He was so close to achieving many positive goals for this Country. Build a wall, Biden stops it, Pipeline for less oil dependency, Biden stops it and so on and so on...
Actually, I never did think Romney had any integrity, but I've always tended to vote for more Democrats than Republicans. He struck me as a spoiled rich kid, just bigger. And then there was his wife writing off all her horse expenses as MS therapy. You try that and see what happens to you.
Except, Joementia lied and said he was against mandates. Until he was for them. It makes you wonder how much of this is to obfuscate for the Afghanistan debacle.
Absolutely. This isn't partisan. In this situation, no one is safe. Eventually they come for everyone. Censorship works both ways and no one should be censored. What is so frustrating here is what is happening to classical liberals at the hands of tyrannical progressives. Nobody is safe.
Same thing with forced medical treatment.If we allow this door to be opened there will be no end in site. You or your family member could be forced to take a medication for the greater good of society!
Part of me actually thinks that this is the end game. I think this is their answer to the homeless crisis and drug problem.
I was a Democrat who voted for Clinton twice, to my eternal shame and sorrow. The Democrat party is so far from what it used to be it's below the horizon. I'm Republican now but none too impressed by what I'm seeing here either. Deficit of character in this country
Thank you for your sacrifices. Thank you for your concern. Thank you for your courage. Thank you for your integrity. Thank you for your honesty. Thank you for your perseverance. Thank you for your love of humanity.
“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”
Only one way this madness ends ... everyone stands up and reminds the lunatics that they are supposed to fear us, not the other way around. Elizabeth Warren is an embarrassment to the people who fought to birth and to build this nation.
glad this has woken you from your slumber. Tbh, at the top, federal level, 'republican' leaders are huge traitors and are on the same team as their dem 'enemies', but at least at lower levels 'republicans' are actually much more tolerant and supportive of liberty and freedom. Mind you, some of it is from a bible standpoint, so it can take some adjustment to fully grasp thing like the fact that abortion is a eugenic movement aimed at dark people. Fundamentally right now too many Christians and Jews have replaced trust in G-d and biblical tenets with a blind adherence to the lies and superstitions of the cdc. Everyone with a solid grounding in biblical values could see through these lies very quickly.
It was Judeo Christian values that made this country. You don't have to be either to see that throwing those values in the dumpster leads where we are now.
embarrassed? that is fine if they farted. Censoring and killing peoples occupation, taking huge money from nasty interest bent on shutting down the US (ie Pharma, Big Tech)-- you should be outraged.
20 years ago I was so proud to be an American, today I feel like a hunted animal. What is happening? Please make it make sense!
100,000 people packing stadiums on the weekends, Southern border wide open, unvaccinated people from other countries flooding our cities, politicians wearing masks outside when the cameras are rolling. The rich and powerful attending events unmasked with no social distancing.
The reality on the ground indicates there is no deadly pandemic.
in general, you're not allowed to tell the cdc loyalists that the average age of death is 80 and it has 99.7% survival rate. There is no deadly pandemic and never was, which is why all of these nazified karens have no problem going to costco, target, etc. They love to hate others now that the government has told them it is ok to do so, even as they run errands that NO ONE would actually run if there was a deadly pandemic going on.
i'm a mom and a wife m, and I've proudly run errands at costco and sam's since March 2020 without a mask and without fear. I've tried to display courage in the hope that it's contagious. Does that make me a Jaren?
Exactly-- with "Karens" its all about power. They felt they didn't have any or limited (probably true) and now well they can create their own and make it big-- hence the moral hall monitor phenomenon. First saw it after the corprotization of security, --think airline security line ups.
I live in Canada. As of yesterday I can’t eat at a restaurant, even on the patio. I bought multiple copies of your Vaccine book to place in the book exchange boxes throughout my neighborhood. Thank you for being a courageous voice. 🙏
Congratulations! Not just for being a bestseller but for upsetting Elizabeth Warren. I hope this really upsets her because obviously Afghanistan doesn't even make her reach for a beer.
I hope you’re right…here in Canada we are less than a week from an election and Trudeau is doubling down hard on ‘us vs them’ rhetoric regarding v’d and unv’d and proposing serious mandates against the unv’d…and the one party that is absolutely against mandates and passports is rising in the polls but ignored in media or treated like alt right…and supporters are basically called deplorables by media. It’s very fraught here!
I voted last night-- wow have they made it difficult. I agree with your comments. My strategy is to create a wrench in the system, cause disruption which means for me voting Conservative (Carolyn Bennetts riding) It will take the new party at least a year or more to get its act together to start to govern-- especially now with digital everything. They also have a Christian religious wing that will NOT put up with mandatory vaccine etc.-- and they provide LOTS of money. So given they have a better chance than the PPC-- I voted for them. Disruption, ungovernable (ie asking questions and standing up-- Cdn. version) is the best we can do right now.
The NDP who I typically support have joined forces with Trudeau. I know this. That is why he is even more than usual campaigning from the left. I have had 3 visits by the NDP asking why I am not giving money or supporting and I tell them the same thing every time-- human rights are not being respected (bloody ironic for them!!) our Charter of Rights and Freedoms violated and the leader Jagmeet Singh sees no problem with overriding them to mandate an experimental medical procedure. Yes a Sikh! The religion we fought hard for their rights to carry the Kirpan and wear a turban everywhere. How soon they forget, especially if it to protect our basic rights --mobility, speech etc.
I used to live in that riding - that would be great to get Cons in there! I agree PPC has ways to go and zero chance esp in my riding which is liberal but looking like ndp will get in, but this time I voted my conscience as I know it won’t make significant difference where I live. First time for me too! If you told me a year and a half ago I’d be voting this way I would have thought you (or I) were crazy!
Yes in a way, the Ontario Provincial Police and the Toronto Police refused to pull over drivers to ask them where they are going during one of our many lockdowns earlier this year. Its not their job. Many have joined law suits to protest mandatory vaccination.
Some individual police are supportive but it’s hard to say beyond that. According to polls most Canadians are in favour of mandates and passports but the reality could be very different and no one reports on what truth might be. Election will tell us.
Disagree Sarah. There are many who are supportive (cops in my family.). Polls had Trudeau winning a majority last time and Hilary becoming president. No one really listens to them anymore. I used to be an Economist and did polling and forecasting. The models can be manipulated easily. Eg. Imperial College predicted tens of millions of death from COVID in 2020. Ferguson's model has been roundly ridiculed (google it) since.
Given what I saw last night while voting and what Elections Canada has already said this week, I am not sure if the Election will tell us and if it will be legit. Telling us it will take 5 days after the election before we get results sounds suspect. Mail in ballots and advance polling (what I did last night) has always happened, why the delay now? More people? well they should have anticipated that given COVID.
By November things get pretty cold and rainy (likewise April); and December-March here in Montreal can be dark and frozen (particularly if you are additionally limited wrt to venues you may escape to.)
I was so incensed about Elizabeth Warren that, after a year of following Alex, I felt compelled to make my first purchase. I'm glad many others felt the same way.
I went straight to Amazon last night as soon as I saw the message about Pocahontas. LOVE IT!! Keep it up Alex. I have told everyone I know that YOU are the only voice I’ve trusted in this whole mess. Thank you, we need you.
I’m about to do the ultimate sign of rebellion in today’s world - I bought a flagpole and a MASSIVE US flag. I plan to microagress the %*€! outta these %^*%’s 😂
I first realized Alex Berenson was a truth teller when I bought and read his book "Tell Your Children". Then watched as the potheads on Twitter trashed him and tried to shut him up by yelling "reefer madness" over and over and over again. Alex, you never backed down in that lunatic echo chamber. You're a rare thing, a brave man. You set a great example.
Tell Your Chikdren is essential reading. I've known a lot of people who live semi-dysfunctional lives as a result of marijuana addiction. I have never thought it was as benign as the conventional wisdom now suggests.
And now I know people taking medical marijuana who were once able to hold a conversation and now are unreachable. I know of several well to do moms who went to a dispensary in Colorado while chaperoning a high school field trip. Three of them ended up in the ER, one got to spend the night. Marijuana has been bred into a potent neurotoxin. And the tobacco industry is positioning to get behind its distribution once it's legalized everywhere.
About seven years ago my family did back-to-back ski trips: the first in Austria (where my husband is from), the second in Colorado. The difference between the coherence, friendliness and intelligence between the Austrian staff and the staff in Colorado was so depressing. The impact of marijuana was apparent amongst 70-80 percent of people working in ski shops, restaurants etc.
That's so utterly depressing. And good to know. The bottling plant in my city has trouble finding drivers who can pass a urine test clear of THC. Royal Farms has started accepting applicants for jobs who "pee hot" for THC. Then combine marijuana say, Xanax and you can get some paradoxically aggressive behavior on the roads. Marijuana blunts intellect.. As if the US needed anymore of that.
Same here - I read it a year after seeing a Netflix "documentary" on how 'innocent' pot is. That documentary made me feel I had been foolish to think so badly of pot all those years. Then I saw a neighbor's high school son's life nearly ruined by it. Wondered, Hmmm? What's the truth? Found Alex's book and was brought back to reality - fully sourced (I loved that I found the old news articles in Mexican newspapers he cited.) I have followed Alex Berenson ever since. And keeping a list of other honest investigative reporters too.
I always smelt a rat with the pot lobby because, as a college student in the 70s I noted the dumbest people I knew were the daily users. I got into a debate about whether Jello exhibits cleavage (crystal cleavage..I was at a materials science college) with a girl who was a heavy user. "Sure it has cleavage" she said.."Just look, it's square there in the bowl". That was my first object lesson. Then what followed were years of observation of what people's lives amounted to after years of THC. This could turn into a worse national tragedy than opioids. Terminal stupidity.
Lifelong Democrat. Contributed to Warren. They are losing many of us. Frightening behavior.
The process that I went through after 9/11 and the wars in Afghanistan/Iraq (Republicans), and the process I've gone through with this Covid masks/lockdowns/vaccine mandates drama (Democrats) are nearly identical. First, concern and patriotism. Second, questioning. Then I go down the path of total skepticism. It's all such a load of BS.
This is not about political parties. It's all about power and money. Neither of these global-scale lies would happen without cooperation between the Republicans and Democrats. It's the Elites taking care of each other.
Skepticism is now my reaction to any messaging coming from the federal government.
And loathing.
Republican want to drag this vaccine mandate BS out until the midterms. In the meantime, people will be losing their jobs and healthcare in the middle of a “deadly pandemic.”
When you’ve seen the corrupt duopoly parties for what they are, and you are ready to consider an alternative:
www.lp.org
Craig, I have been a vocal libertarian most of my adult life. I still am. I mentioned on a different thread that the only time I have ever voted for a major party candidate was 2008 and 2012 when Ron Paul was on the ballot in the Republican primaries. I will still support libertarian candidates financially, but in 2022 I don't see any way around voting for major party candidates that oppose this blatant authoritarianism. Believe me, I will be holding my nose while I do it. Maybe that makes me a sellout and I will own that.
So totally wish Rand Paul would run for President next time around. I think his chances would actually improve this time around.
If Rand somehow got the GOP nomination, I would totally vote for him for president.
I wouldn’t say it makes you a sellout, not at all. Ron Paul himself worked mostly within the GOP.
However, if you are interested in the Ron Paul Revolution 2.0, this is where it is happening:
lpmisescaucus.com
Thank you for the link
In the next fight, no one can afford to throw a vote down the crapper. The libertarian party is a nice idea but will suction votes away from the better party of the two dinosaurs we now have.
I’ve never voted in my life. I’m not democrat and not republican. I’ve read this sentiment in quite a few comments on this substack. I believe you are correct. The time has come.
Unfortunately, verrrry true
So true. It is the Elites covering for each other, just keep in mind that both Democrats and Republicans in office voted for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, including both of our past and current Democrat Presidents. Love the "united front" from all of them on display on 9/11: It's a great big cluster. Covid-control is a whole new level. At least we aren't Australia - yet.
Glad you are here. We are all on the same side fighting the same enemies.
In 2016, I would have voted for Warren if they had run her rather than Hillary. I'm glad Trump got in. It's opened my eyes about her. I thought she had some integrity, but nope.
Say what you want about Donald Trump, but he did save us from a disastrous Hillary Presidency along with pulling the curtain back and exposing the media and politicians for the frauds that they are.
I never followed politics before Trump. Now I can’t get enough of it. Citizens are now more engaged now in what is happening, which is a good thing.
Donald Trump, in my opinion, was the first President to actually hold the US to a higher standard and attempt to bring it back to it's further strength and power. That's exactly why the left was so 'afraid' of him. Fear is what it was. He was so close to achieving many positive goals for this Country. Build a wall, Biden stops it, Pipeline for less oil dependency, Biden stops it and so on and so on...
Add Romney to that list.
Actually, I never did think Romney had any integrity, but I've always tended to vote for more Democrats than Republicans. He struck me as a spoiled rich kid, just bigger. And then there was his wife writing off all her horse expenses as MS therapy. You try that and see what happens to you.
Same here. I will never vote for anyone in favor of censorship, mandates or any such ideas. Never.
Except, Joementia lied and said he was against mandates. Until he was for them. It makes you wonder how much of this is to obfuscate for the Afghanistan debacle.
I appreciate your open mind.
Absolutely. This isn't partisan. In this situation, no one is safe. Eventually they come for everyone. Censorship works both ways and no one should be censored. What is so frustrating here is what is happening to classical liberals at the hands of tyrannical progressives. Nobody is safe.
Same thing with forced medical treatment.If we allow this door to be opened there will be no end in site. You or your family member could be forced to take a medication for the greater good of society!
Part of me actually thinks that this is the end game. I think this is their answer to the homeless crisis and drug problem.
They shot up a bunch of homeless in my city with the JJ goop. No way to know how many were hurt or killed by it.
Yes make everyone effectively homeless or unsure of housing and on drugs but only the kind they make a killing (pun intended) on
Well put!
I was a Democrat who voted for Clinton twice, to my eternal shame and sorrow. The Democrat party is so far from what it used to be it's below the horizon. I'm Republican now but none too impressed by what I'm seeing here either. Deficit of character in this country
I'm sure there are probably a million things we disagree on but I'm glad you're here.
Thank you.
Thank you for being open minded enough to change and to admit it. That’s increasingly rare!
Thank you for your sacrifices. Thank you for your concern. Thank you for your courage. Thank you for your integrity. Thank you for your honesty. Thank you for your perseverance. Thank you for your love of humanity.
“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”
Thank you, Alex! You are my friend! 🙏
Amen
Love this.
Exactly what I wanted to say! So well expressed. Thank you.
Amen from me as well !
Only one way this madness ends ... everyone stands up and reminds the lunatics that they are supposed to fear us, not the other way around. Elizabeth Warren is an embarrassment to the people who fought to birth and to build this nation.
Lifelong democrat here - I voted for Bernie. I don't know if I will ever vote for a Democrat again!
glad this has woken you from your slumber. Tbh, at the top, federal level, 'republican' leaders are huge traitors and are on the same team as their dem 'enemies', but at least at lower levels 'republicans' are actually much more tolerant and supportive of liberty and freedom. Mind you, some of it is from a bible standpoint, so it can take some adjustment to fully grasp thing like the fact that abortion is a eugenic movement aimed at dark people. Fundamentally right now too many Christians and Jews have replaced trust in G-d and biblical tenets with a blind adherence to the lies and superstitions of the cdc. Everyone with a solid grounding in biblical values could see through these lies very quickly.
Well eith all due respect im not Christian
It was Judeo Christian values that made this country. You don't have to be either to see that throwing those values in the dumpster leads where we are now.
any religion or lack thereof is fine--as long as it is not a blind adherence to the lies of political leaders.
Same here! I'm so embarrassed by the Dems right now. Complete lack of ability to handle a crisis calmly and proportionately.
embarrassed? that is fine if they farted. Censoring and killing peoples occupation, taking huge money from nasty interest bent on shutting down the US (ie Pharma, Big Tech)-- you should be outraged.
If outrage could be harnessed I could light up NYC for a month.
Tru 'dat
Welcome! It is so encouraging to see you here.
Welcome to the fight for humanity.
BTW Bernie took 1.1 Mill in 2020 from Pharma of funding (look at the Big Tent--progressive website). Not sure I would vote for him either.
20 years ago I was so proud to be an American, today I feel like a hunted animal. What is happening? Please make it make sense!
100,000 people packing stadiums on the weekends, Southern border wide open, unvaccinated people from other countries flooding our cities, politicians wearing masks outside when the cameras are rolling. The rich and powerful attending events unmasked with no social distancing.
The reality on the ground indicates there is no deadly pandemic.
in general, you're not allowed to tell the cdc loyalists that the average age of death is 80 and it has 99.7% survival rate. There is no deadly pandemic and never was, which is why all of these nazified karens have no problem going to costco, target, etc. They love to hate others now that the government has told them it is ok to do so, even as they run errands that NO ONE would actually run if there was a deadly pandemic going on.
Here in Ohio, the average age of death from Covid is 80 and the average life expectancy is 78. Covid-infected citizens are outliving their peers......
Love it 😍
i'm a mom and a wife m, and I've proudly run errands at costco and sam's since March 2020 without a mask and without fear. I've tried to display courage in the hope that it's contagious. Does that make me a Jaren?
Exactly-- with "Karens" its all about power. They felt they didn't have any or limited (probably true) and now well they can create their own and make it big-- hence the moral hall monitor phenomenon. First saw it after the corprotization of security, --think airline security line ups.
Ever was thus! 🥰
I live in Canada. As of yesterday I can’t eat at a restaurant, even on the patio. I bought multiple copies of your Vaccine book to place in the book exchange boxes throughout my neighborhood. Thank you for being a courageous voice. 🙏
What a GREAT idea!! I might do the same in central Ohio!!
Great idea!!!!
Fellow BC resident. Good idea re book libraries!
BC?
Yes
Congratulations! Not just for being a bestseller but for upsetting Elizabeth Warren. I hope this really upsets her because obviously Afghanistan doesn't even make her reach for a beer.
I can hear her now in Gollum's voice " filthy thieves."
100%
I hope you’re right…here in Canada we are less than a week from an election and Trudeau is doubling down hard on ‘us vs them’ rhetoric regarding v’d and unv’d and proposing serious mandates against the unv’d…and the one party that is absolutely against mandates and passports is rising in the polls but ignored in media or treated like alt right…and supporters are basically called deplorables by media. It’s very fraught here!
I voted last night-- wow have they made it difficult. I agree with your comments. My strategy is to create a wrench in the system, cause disruption which means for me voting Conservative (Carolyn Bennetts riding) It will take the new party at least a year or more to get its act together to start to govern-- especially now with digital everything. They also have a Christian religious wing that will NOT put up with mandatory vaccine etc.-- and they provide LOTS of money. So given they have a better chance than the PPC-- I voted for them. Disruption, ungovernable (ie asking questions and standing up-- Cdn. version) is the best we can do right now.
The NDP who I typically support have joined forces with Trudeau. I know this. That is why he is even more than usual campaigning from the left. I have had 3 visits by the NDP asking why I am not giving money or supporting and I tell them the same thing every time-- human rights are not being respected (bloody ironic for them!!) our Charter of Rights and Freedoms violated and the leader Jagmeet Singh sees no problem with overriding them to mandate an experimental medical procedure. Yes a Sikh! The religion we fought hard for their rights to carry the Kirpan and wear a turban everywhere. How soon they forget, especially if it to protect our basic rights --mobility, speech etc.
I used to live in that riding - that would be great to get Cons in there! I agree PPC has ways to go and zero chance esp in my riding which is liberal but looking like ndp will get in, but this time I voted my conscience as I know it won’t make significant difference where I live. First time for me too! If you told me a year and a half ago I’d be voting this way I would have thought you (or I) were crazy!
Exactly 😊
I hear police are coming out supporting you there. Is this true? The side with the most guns wins. Each nation is setting up for a civil war.
Yes in a way, the Ontario Provincial Police and the Toronto Police refused to pull over drivers to ask them where they are going during one of our many lockdowns earlier this year. Its not their job. Many have joined law suits to protest mandatory vaccination.
Some individual police are supportive but it’s hard to say beyond that. According to polls most Canadians are in favour of mandates and passports but the reality could be very different and no one reports on what truth might be. Election will tell us.
Disagree Sarah. There are many who are supportive (cops in my family.). Polls had Trudeau winning a majority last time and Hilary becoming president. No one really listens to them anymore. I used to be an Economist and did polling and forecasting. The models can be manipulated easily. Eg. Imperial College predicted tens of millions of death from COVID in 2020. Ferguson's model has been roundly ridiculed (google it) since.
Given what I saw last night while voting and what Elections Canada has already said this week, I am not sure if the Election will tell us and if it will be legit. Telling us it will take 5 days after the election before we get results sounds suspect. Mail in ballots and advance polling (what I did last night) has always happened, why the delay now? More people? well they should have anticipated that given COVID.
Carol, I’m glad to hear that about your family!!
No coincidence there
Finally, Canada is about 2 months away from 6 months of miserable weather (a problem they don't have, e.g., in Australia).
Not surprised to find many fellow Canucks especially aggrieved here...
What? Are you serious. Do you say that about NYC? -- Fall in Ontario is spectacular. good temps, sun, gorgeous produce -- what the ?
??
By November things get pretty cold and rainy (likewise April); and December-March here in Montreal can be dark and frozen (particularly if you are additionally limited wrt to venues you may escape to.)
Right in Montreal-- good god we get upset here for more than the weather 🙄
I was so incensed about Elizabeth Warren that, after a year of following Alex, I felt compelled to make my first purchase. I'm glad many others felt the same way.
I bought it a second time! The hard copy this time, like he recommended. Thank you for Everything you are doing Alex!
Me as well!!!
I went straight to Amazon last night as soon as I saw the message about Pocahontas. LOVE IT!! Keep it up Alex. I have told everyone I know that YOU are the only voice I’ve trusted in this whole mess. Thank you, we need you.
Ditto!
Alex’s next book - Unreported Truths about Joe Biden.
You can vote your way into totalitarianism…
But you have to shoot your way out of it…
We can’t enslave future generations to illiberalism…
I live in Chicago. I can’t fly a flag or have a bumper sticker or even voice my opinion in public. But I can do this.
I’m about to do the ultimate sign of rebellion in today’s world - I bought a flagpole and a MASSIVE US flag. I plan to microagress the %*€! outta these %^*%’s 😂
I’ve been flying a whiskey rebellion flag
Total empathy here. I live in Seattle, multiply that by 10.
Thank God for you, Alex Berenson. We need you. We have no voice.
You keep sharpening the tip with the truth, and the spear will grow longer and stronger.
Yes!
I first realized Alex Berenson was a truth teller when I bought and read his book "Tell Your Children". Then watched as the potheads on Twitter trashed him and tried to shut him up by yelling "reefer madness" over and over and over again. Alex, you never backed down in that lunatic echo chamber. You're a rare thing, a brave man. You set a great example.
Tell Your Chikdren is essential reading. I've known a lot of people who live semi-dysfunctional lives as a result of marijuana addiction. I have never thought it was as benign as the conventional wisdom now suggests.
And now I know people taking medical marijuana who were once able to hold a conversation and now are unreachable. I know of several well to do moms who went to a dispensary in Colorado while chaperoning a high school field trip. Three of them ended up in the ER, one got to spend the night. Marijuana has been bred into a potent neurotoxin. And the tobacco industry is positioning to get behind its distribution once it's legalized everywhere.
About seven years ago my family did back-to-back ski trips: the first in Austria (where my husband is from), the second in Colorado. The difference between the coherence, friendliness and intelligence between the Austrian staff and the staff in Colorado was so depressing. The impact of marijuana was apparent amongst 70-80 percent of people working in ski shops, restaurants etc.
That's so utterly depressing. And good to know. The bottling plant in my city has trouble finding drivers who can pass a urine test clear of THC. Royal Farms has started accepting applicants for jobs who "pee hot" for THC. Then combine marijuana say, Xanax and you can get some paradoxically aggressive behavior on the roads. Marijuana blunts intellect.. As if the US needed anymore of that.
Same here - I read it a year after seeing a Netflix "documentary" on how 'innocent' pot is. That documentary made me feel I had been foolish to think so badly of pot all those years. Then I saw a neighbor's high school son's life nearly ruined by it. Wondered, Hmmm? What's the truth? Found Alex's book and was brought back to reality - fully sourced (I loved that I found the old news articles in Mexican newspapers he cited.) I have followed Alex Berenson ever since. And keeping a list of other honest investigative reporters too.
I always smelt a rat with the pot lobby because, as a college student in the 70s I noted the dumbest people I knew were the daily users. I got into a debate about whether Jello exhibits cleavage (crystal cleavage..I was at a materials science college) with a girl who was a heavy user. "Sure it has cleavage" she said.."Just look, it's square there in the bowl". That was my first object lesson. Then what followed were years of observation of what people's lives amounted to after years of THC. This could turn into a worse national tragedy than opioids. Terminal stupidity.