TRUMP ARREST

— Let’s get this one out-of-the-way right off.

Supposed to happen in a coupla daze. Of course, it’s bullshit. But, you know what else was bullshit? Going after Bill Clinton for having the temerity to get blown in the Oval Office by a consenting adult.

https://twitter.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1637168605308526592

Did Republicans conduct that witch hunt—culminating in Clinton’s impeachment and disbarment—because he blew a load on a blue dress?

Yes, of course they did. And they trump-ed up religious and patriotic moral outrage to do it.

Is that what they charged him with doing?

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This is because the cultural divides are so radically different.

Russia is of Western civilization, so there is a baseline of mutual understanding heavily influenced by our monotheistic religions, often taken and believed literally.

https://twitter.com/319139933/status/1636862448845086720

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China is Asian culture, influenced heavily by Buddhism and Taoism, and while both are different from each other, taken together they are as different from Western monotheism as night and day.

I ASKED CHATGPT A TOUGH ONE AND GOT A 20-SECOND ESSAY BACK 🧵

— Ever heard of Biological Leninism, a soco-political theory originated by @spandrell3 in three essays?

I asked #ChatGPT for a review/critique of those three essays. I can't get used to the rapidity of its reviewing. About 5 years ago, I became acquainted with a new hypothesis or idea the originator named Biological Leninism, or Bioleninism for short. I found it very compelling and over the last years have observed goings on in politics, geopolitics, and institutions and have seen for myself

QUICK THREAD ON "ANTISEMITISM"

(I've got Jews in the family...it's not about "that")

Was DM chatting with a friend (a black man, if you must know) about Ye.

Says he: "I haven't delved much into Ye other than to note that he was going to be in serious trouble after criticizing certain elements of the Jewish community.

Understanding the Jamie Lee Curtis Oscar Aftermath in Clown-World-Speak 🧵

— I guarantee a deep understanding that is widely applicable to all clown-world phenomena I have understood precisely what's going on here for quite some time.

... Since sometime in 2018, so 5 years ago or nearly so, and my oh my has it made a difference.

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I was asked if Yui—my long-term GF less than half my age—masks only when required.

Yes, of course, mostly. Thais, especially females, are very averse to bucking any social/cultural trends or norms (that's usually good, so I don't complain). 2/

So, she’ll put one on in circumstances where lots of other people have them on, even if they don’t have to.

She doesn't give me grief over resisting, even when I'd often not wear one either when required or requested (like in a big-box store).

Mini 🧵

Payment for tuition is coming due in a few days for the 2 daughters of my Thai girlfriend, Chili and Wasabi, aged 13 and 12.

While they have a village school only 500 meters from home, the instruction is suboptimal, so we placed them in a quasi-private school nearby. But that tuition bill!

On the other hand, that dutiful mother; what's first and foremost...the essence of femininity, woman, and above all...mother.

My responsibilities are clear, rounding out the other essential: masculinity, manliness, responsibility, and duty.

Read on...

ABOUT FREE THE ANIMAL | RICHARD NIKOLEY 🧵

— Eat the Elephant

I started writing Free The Animal in late 2003 as just a little thing to try. Almost 20 years later, turns out I’ve written over 5,000 posts. I blog what I wish... …from lifestyle to philosophy, politics, social antagonism, adventure travel, expat living, location and time independent—while you sleep— income, and food.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING 🧵

— It doesn’t matter to them how long it took; what matters is what I do now and going forward

I risk getting a big fat Duh! from any parents out there, but I’m saying it anyway… I’ve stumbled into the best and most exciting time of my life, in a life already brimming with excitement and adventure since the first day I set foot in a new home in Japan, 1984.

STUPID DIET STUDY OF THE DAY 🧵

This morning, a longtime and well known friend in the dietsphere sent me a new study (has positive views about the results). Because of the brutality of my reply (to a friend), I've chosen to withhold his identity. "Higher dietary protein intake is associated with sarcopenia in older British twins"

academic.oup.com/ageing/article…

SELF-EMPLOYMENT 🧵

One thing I noted after moving to Thailand over 3 years ago and thought about it for a while is that an enormous number of people are self-employed. Out in rural areas, it's damn near everyone, and many are "jacks-of-all-trades." Thinking more about it, makes sense.

It's a complete fabrication and illusion that the West are "free countries."

The "Land of the Free" is the biggest laughing-stock joke of all in this regard.

Fucking pathetic.

93.4% of employed Americans work for the man.

"I'm FREE!!!"

Then, Trump happened, I saw his imperfect but nonetheless sound value to American Society, and before long I was engaged to the hilt. Since then; for years. Over all tops, drunken on it all. […]

My base and essential point is: what has all this wanking about done for me? Fuck All is the answer. Not a damn thing. Utterly squandered thousands of hours over years of needless agitation. I fell for CRISIS!!!

freetheanimal.com/2021/09/perman…

THREAD

I’M ALL IN ON TWITTER AND HERE’S WHY

—Should I be embarrassed over making a big deal about deleting all social media accounts?

In The Definitive Case For Deleting Social Media, I argued that good reasons for getting off it were: 1. It’s an irrational-fear spreading platform

2. It’s makes people mental and obsessive

3. Steals the times of your life

You’re tending to someone else’s garden, not your own
To the second point, above, I wrote:

Nikoley’s Sunday Scribbles

— Anything, not everything, but lots in-between | March 12, 2023

All settled in; January 6th bullshit you can’t ignore; Naomi Wolf Wowzers; Revisiting the JFK assassination and CIA involvement; A 48-hr deal

freetheanimal.com/2023/03/nikole… All settled in

It’s been quite the standard first week in any new place one finds themselves. Adverse issues reported, routines sorted, screaming internet ported; neighborhood scoped out, walking courses laid out.

Groceries shopped.

Knickknacks and furnishings got.

DAVE ASPREY STORY (HUMOR)

Got an email from an expat buddy of mine just now, subject Dave Asprey.

"Ever heard of this guy in your food/diet travels? Reading a book of his about doing things smarter not harder." Longtime old friend of mine.

I’ve been on his podcast twice, met up in San Jose a couple times for dinner. We were both speakers once at a 21 Convention in Austin.

I poke fun of him because he cracks me up.

daveaspreypodcast.com/?s=nikoley&id=…

APOLOGIES (a micro 🧵)

Never liked them, never engaged in them, certainly never wallowed in them.

"Don't apologize" is my mantra, especially in any political or public context. Personal apologies over personal matters are fine; if that's your thing. The vast majority of apologies are insincere ploys amounting to 'sorry' (over being caught); or worse, base manipulation to further continued screwing over of whomever was screwed over initially.

Mini 🧵

Payment for tuition is coming due in a few days for the 2 daughters of my Thai girlfriend, Chili and Wasabi, aged 13 and 12.

While they have a village school only 500 meters from home, the instruction is suboptimal, so we placed them in a quasi-private school nearby. But that tuition bill!

On the other hand, that dutiful mother; what's first and foremost...the essence of femininity, woman, and above all...mother.

My responsibilities are clear, rounding out the other essential: masculinity, manliness, responsibility, and duty.

Read on...