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Do Unto Others

Wipe the haze off your political lens… clear away the condensation on that cold mirror… can you now see yourself in their eyes? Try walking a kilometer in their shoes.

What would we do, if millions of Americans became refugees overnight. Too far fetched to see that HERE? Well… it seems REAL WARS can now be started based on LIES, so why not consider an alternative scenario. One that takes place right now, along side this overheated geopolitical situation…

What’s the PLAN if Yellowstone goes off.

What happens when MILLIONS of Americans are forced to leave their LIVES behind because their land is now TOXIC. Unable to drive because machines break down due to ASH. Unable to be rescued because of the SAME. Carrying with them only what fits in a BACKPACK… forced to leave in order to avoid the oncoming volcanic winter.

Overnight, Mexico has a refugee crisis at their Northern Border. Millions of Americans… millions of Canadians… all pushing SOUTH, to find safety and a chance to secure a new HOME.

Let us pray they show us COMPASSION in our hour of greatest need… and forgive us for the level of compassion we’ve shown them in recent years.

And let us say that they DO open their arms and welcome their neighbors from the north… RIGHT NOW, Mexico is not part of NATO. They could face potential pressure to BLOCK the flow of refugees, up to and including a military response. It could be seen as giving aid and comfort to a geopolitical adversary, or it could be seen by some as a ‘False Flag’. A covert-op…

Those aren’t refugees, they’re Special Forces. Undercover military officers, hiding amongst the women and children.

How much economic PAIN could Russia inflict on Mexico? If that’s not enough, how much economic pain could Russia’s FRIENDS inflict on Mexico? How long could they withstand an economic battle with our geopolitical foes before they’re forced to SHUT DOWN their border to us… leaving us trapped in a hellish landscape of fallout and despair. ALONE.

They’re not a member of NATO, just an ally. Mexico can CHOOSE to do as it wants; especially in a situation like that… when the economic outlook of the United States of America would look pretty stark.

Contractually speaking, what obligations do they have… besides taking care of their own citizens? What obligations would the European Union have to give Mexico support? What of NATO… ‘Mexico is not a member of the organization. There’s nothing we can do.

Well… I guess we’re just shit outta luck.

Eagle Scout
A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. -The Scout Law

Being an Eagle Scout, preparedness is in my blood. I can’t help but run scenarios in my head, considering what actions I would take… in situations like those, faced by families fleeing violence in Ukraine.

If there is something that I can do NOW… to prepare… and possibly make the difference. Help save someone else’s LIFE… then why wouldn’t I ACT?

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/28/i-havent-told-my-granny-ukraines-student-molotov-cocktail-makers

What country is that? What country does that SOUND like. Where is that again… because that sounds awesome.

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https://www.foxnews.com/auto/nascar-richard-childress-donate-1-million-rounds-ammo-ukraine

That sounds like someone I want on MY TEAM. Who wouldn’t want to do everything they could…

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https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2022/03/07/white-house-dod-lower-expectations-of-polish-warplanes-for-ukraine/

And so now… here we are. CHAINED. The living, side-by-side with the dead. Walking around in a world that no longer EXISTS. Strictly adhering to RULES written by dead men.

Their rules have produced the situation we find ourselves IN. And now we dust off the SAME old playbooks, in order to prevent more of the SAME… expecting different results. But is that really the case? What outcome do they HOPE for… because right now that’s all we’re sending them.

That and a boatload of CASH

Once upon a time there was this guy named Osama. He didn’t like what the Russians were doing in Afghanistan about as much as us. So, we thought it was a good idea to FUND a bunch of his buddies, seeing as how they were already there on the ground. So we set up a way for them to access BILLIONS of dollars.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_CIA_assistance_to_Osama_bin_Laden

But not directly, of course. What happens if things go SOUTH like it did with the Bay of Pigs? What if it’s seen as an escalatory step?

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Plausible Deniability. We didn’t FUND those groups and organizations, we found a responsible, third-party to take care of distributing those funds for us

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You know… Pakistan.

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https://www.history.com/news/bin-laden-compound-abbottabad-belongings

There is no rhyme or reason to any of this. We’ve seen this SHOW before… it’s been in syndication since the 1960’s. It’s the same tired plotlines and the same exaggerated outcomes, but now it’s all IN REAL LIFE. The SHOW never ends…

It’s just too damn PROFITABLE.

New season. New cast. Same shit. Different DAY. Thankfully… we don’t have to keep buying it. We can make a CHOICE. We can make a CHANGE. And we should act NOW… before it’s too late.

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https://www.voanews.com/a/is-russia-using-its-syria-playbook-for-invasion-of-ukraine-/6469061.html

How many times must we make the same mistakes before we get it RIGHT? We can’t solve all our problems by just throwing a bunch of MONEY at it… it will still be there. Watching. WAITING. Until the funding runs DRY. During the next Administration. When the next set of aged Senators retire. When the institutional memory of their actions fades, and the ignorance of YOUTH blossoms… like Cherry Trees in the spring.

No one wants a Nuclear War.

Not us.

Not them.

The only death and destruction those bombs now bring is that of INACTION. Born out of FEAR.

Our fear… of an act, that will never come.

It has been Mutually Assured.

That’s the gift we’ve been given. Secured through decades of diplomatic service on BOTH SIDES of the Iron Curtain. It’s the ONE THING we all agree upon…

LIFE should survive.

Let us start there… and HONOR the work that has already been done.

-JC

Us and Them

Forgive me if what I say is seen as offensive… but I say these things only because I take offense to their INACTION.

What good does the North Atlantic Treaty Organization do us if it’s unable to prevent the death and displacement of 40 million people?

What value does the United Nations provide us if they stand SILENT as it happens?

(@3:10 in the video) “None of the U.N. agencies seem to be able to call out the aggressor by name.” 

Who would want to be part of the European Union, if they are so weak as to allow ONE MAN to invade another sovereign nation?

What State wouldn’t call for an end to this Union, if 40 million Ukrainian Civilians were left to fight a Nuclear Superpower ALONE… as our B-52 Bombers sit rotting on the tarmac.

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The threat of World War III isn’t upon us… that threat has already PASSED. It’s already here. ONE MAN has declared it so, as he disregarded 80 years of progress toward peace and security.

The shots have already been fired. We are IN that fight as of this moment. Whether we choose to engage, whether we choose to ignore… that fight has arrived, and it will be seen throughout history as our CHOICE.

The decisions we made. The actions we took. The lines we allowed to be crossed… the RESULTS of our decisions. Etched in stone. Memorialized annually, at cemeteries throughout the WORLD.

Where World Leaders will trot out, inconvenienced by the RAIN and SNOW, and give impassioned speeches… shedding tears as an aged soldier stands and salutes…

“If ONLY they had acted! If ONLY they had known!”

—Some Future President

… of some future organization or republic. Looking BACK through tear-stained eyes. Proudly speaking of their future. Proclaiming NEVER AGAIN… as it has been done, so many times before…

And those failed unions and organizations will be dissolved… PROUDLY, as they allowed the carnage to occur. Indicted and convicted, in the hearts and minds of every future historian, as the ultimate cause… of a WAR that was allowed to happen.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations

Hitler’s actions didn’t start WWII. Tanks and planes may have invaded those first few countries, but it was allowed to happen… with the stroke of a PEN.

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It was all allowed to happen. Inside Hallowed Halls. Behind ancient WOODEN DESKS. They SAT… and millions died.

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The League of Nations did great work… until they did not.

NATO saved countless lives… until they did not.

The United Nations helped keep the peace… until they did not.

The United States of America was the Home of the BRAVE…

… until it was not.

If ONLY they had known! If ONLY they had ACTED… but sadly, they could not.

They FEARED what might come from their actions, instead of doing what was RIGHT. Instead of doing what was necessary… to prevent what would come, if they did not ACT.

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“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

And for what would it happen, when it could have been so easily avoided…

The words written, on the automobile license plates of the Great State of New Hampshire come to mind… ‘Live FREE or Die’.

Now, why don’t we back down off this LEDGE… before someone really gets hurt.

-JC

#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦

Дон’т Феед тхе ТРОЛЛС.

Ан оде то тхе Беан Цоунтерс, тхе Пенцил Пусхерс, тхе И.Т. анд Ресоурцес персоннел… тхе онес щхо аре реаллй ин цонтро.

Тхе Дееп Стате, иф йоу лике.

Тхе пеопле щхо ацтуаллй хаве то ФИЛЕ тхат реяуест анд маке суре ит’с ДЕЛИВЕРЕД щхере ит’с суппосед то.

ЛОГИСТИЦС. Схиппинг Цлеркс. Ессентиал Щоркерс, хаилед ас ХЕРОЕС ыуст сих монтхс аго. Тхе пеопле щхо невер гет тхе ЦРЕДИТ щхен ит хаппенс лике цлоцкщорк, БУТ… тхей до гет тхе ХАММЕР щхен сометхинг схадй гоес дощ.

Тхей маке суре тхингс го офф щитхоут а хитцх… 30 минуетс ор ЛЕСС. Еверй тиме. Гуарантее…

… унтил ит доесньт.

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ХЕАДЛИНЕ: “СпацеХ то лосе ас манй ас 40 Старлинк сателлитес дуе то спаце сторм”

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/09/spacex-losing-starlink-satellites-due-to-geomagnetic-space-storm.html

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ХЕАДЛИНЕ: “Тхе Тиме НАСА Лост а Марс Орбитер Бецаусе оф а Метриц Сйстем Михуп”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qkvzb5/the-time-nasa-lost-a-mars-orbiter-because-of-a-metric-system-mixup

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ХЕАДЛИНЕ: “У.С. троопс гуардинг нуцлеар миссилес тоок ЛСД, Аир Форце рецордс схощ”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-air-force-airment-lsd-cocaine-warren-air-force-base-wyoming-nuclear-missile-sites-records-show/

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“Тхе инфамоус 2007 инцидент ин щхицх сих нуцлеар щеапонс щере ункнощинглй флощн он а Б-52 оут оф Минот Аир Форце Басе, Нортх Дакота, то Барксдале Аир Форце Басе, Лоуисиана, щас оне оф тхе Аир Форце’с биггест блацк ейес, анд лед то тхе унпрецедентед, симултанеоус фиринг оф тхе тхен-сецретарй анд цхиеф оф стаф.”


ХЕАДЛИНЕ: “Ёу цан цалл 2007 нуке мишандлинг ан ембаррассмент, бут дон’т цалл ит тхе ‘Минот инцидент’”

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/06/25/you-can-call-2007-nuke-mishandling-an-embarrassment-but-dont-call-it-the-minot-incident/ 

Еверы греат организатион ембрацес греат леадершип, анд еверы греат леадер кновс ВХЫ тхеы аре абле то суццеед…

‘Оур Генерал Манагер ис оур Доорман, анд оур Доорман ис оур Генерал Манагер’

Тхере ис но пиеце ор парт оф а велл-фунцтионинг ТЕАМ тхат цан бе игноред, анд еверёне ундерстандс тхе импортанце оф еверёне елсе’с ёб. Витхоут тхеир теам, но леадер воулд евер бе абле то суццеед. Лике а хигх-перформанце мачине, еач парт ис витал ин итс фунцтион… анд тхеы муст алл бе маинтаинед витх дедицатион.

“тхере маы Невер Евер бе анотхер ман ас поверфул ас Станислав Петров”

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“Тхеы цоулд матч тхе мове анд пут Америцан форцес он Дефцон 3 — кновн то мовиегоерс ас тхат момент вхен тхе Аир Форце роллс оут бомберс, анд нуцлеар силос анд субмаринес аре пут он хигх алерт. Ор тхе пресидент цоулд ларгелы игноре ит, сендинг оут аидес то портраы Мр. Путин ас онце агаин мануфацтуринг а менаце, тхреатенинг Армагеддон фор а вар хе стартед витхоут провоцатион.”

ХЕАДЛИНЕ: “Путин Децларес а Нуцлеар Алерт, анд Биден Сеекс Де-есцалатион”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/27/us/politics/putin-nuclear-alert-biden-deescalation.html

Вхен а мачине исн’т проперлы маинтаинед, ит вилл бе проне то фаилуре. Иф тхере’с нот еноугх греасе аддед то тхе пропер парт, ор евен тоо муч греасе ин тхе вронг спот… тхе ентире ассемблы цоулд судденлы флы апарт. Ор, ит цоулд юст симплы гринд то а ХАЛТ.

Басиц маинтенанце. Цуррент упдатес. Модернизед СОП. Еверы оне оф тхем, маркед офф он а чецклист… ригхт довн то тхе десигнатед лоцатион, ассигнед то тхат парт ас ит вас плацед он тхе варехоусе шелф, юст афтер ит вас унлоадед офф тхе ДЕЛИВЕРЫ ТРУЦК.

Вхен ёу пуш тхат БУТТОН… вхен ёу маке тхат ЦАЛЛ… хов до ёу кнов ит вилл ВОРК? Ит доесн’т юст хаппен… ит такес ВОРК.

Ит цан таке ЫЕАРС то буилд а суццессфул теам, анд ит цан алл фалл апарт ин а сецонд… иф ве лосе ТРУСТ. Бецаусе тхат’с вхат ве’ре талкинг абоут хере. А Сацред Хонор… а Фундаментал Труст. Борн алонгсиде Пандора’с Бох вас ан имплицит анд ехплицит облигатион, тхе фаилуре оф вхич цоулд леад то тхе довнфалл оф оур цивилизатион.

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“И кнов нот витх вхат веапонс Ворлд Вар ИИИ вилл бе фоугхт, бут Ворлд Вар ИВ вилл бе фоугхт витх стицкс анд стонес.” — Алберт Еинстеин

Вхат до ве хаве онце тхат труст хас беен ЛОСТ? Вхере до ве станд иф ве но лонгер станд УНИТЕД ин фуртхеранце оф тхат ЦОРЕ ПЛЕДГЕ… то протецт Хуманиты фром тхе деструцтион, борн оф оур сциентифиц ачиевементс?

Фриендс. Фамилы. Фратерниты… тхесе валуес кнов НО БОРДЕР. Тхеы кнов НО ФЛАГ. Анд тхеы аре стилл аливе ин тхе хеарт оф еверёне вхо хас а ХЕАРТ тхат’с стилл беатинг.

ОНЕ фаулты цоннецтион, ОНЕ лоосе сцрев… ОНЕ брокен вингнут шоулдн’т бе алловед то бринг абоут оур ултимате демисе.

Нот нов. Нот евер.

Тхе валуес фор вхич ве станд аре онлы ас РЕАЛ ас ве маке тхем…

анд томорров ис а НЕВ ДАЫ.

-JC

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Don’t Feed the TROLLS.

An ode to the Bean Counters, the Pencil Pushers, the I.T. and Resources personnel… the ones who are really in control.

The Deep State, if you like.

The people who actually have to FILE that request and make sure it’s DELIVERED where it’s supposed to go.

LOGISTICS. Shipping Clerks. Essential Workers, hailed as HEROES just six months ago. The people who never get the CREDIT when it happens like clockwork, BUT… they do get the HAMMER when something shady goes down.

They make sure things go off without a hitch… 30 minuets or LESS. Every time. Guaranteed…

… until it doesn’t.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/09/spacex-losing-starlink-satellites-due-to-geomagnetic-space-storm.html

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https://www.vice.com/en/article/qkvzb5/the-time-nasa-lost-a-mars-orbiter-because-of-a-metric-system-mixup

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-air-force-airment-lsd-cocaine-warren-air-force-base-wyoming-nuclear-missile-sites-records-show/

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https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/06/25/you-can-call-2007-nuke-mishandling-an-embarrassment-but-dont-call-it-the-minot-incident/

Every great organization embraces great leadership, and every great leader knows WHY they are able to succeed…

‘Our General Manager is our Doorman, and our Doorman is our General Manager’

There is no piece or part of a well-functioning TEAM that can be ignored, and everyone understands the importance of everyone else’s job. Without their team, no leader would ever be able to succeed. Like a high-performance machine, each part is vital in its function… and they must all be maintained with dedication.

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Screenshot from “there may Never Ever be another man as powerful as Stanislav Petrov” by EmpLemon 

https://youtu.be/eRhHokffvBU?si=ZBcCEILnEZT-wI-c

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When a machine isn’t properly maintained, it will be prone to failure. If there’s not enough grease added to the proper part, or even too much grease in the wrong spot… the entire assembly could suddenly fly apart. Or, it could just simply grind to a HALT.

Basic maintenance. Current updates. Modernized SOP. Every one of them, marked off on a checklist… right down to the designated location, assigned to that part as it was placed on the warehouse shelf, just after it was unloaded off the DELIVERY TRUCK.

When you push that BUTTON… when you make that CALL… how do you know it will WORK? It doesn’t just happen… it takes WORK.

It can take YEARS to build a successful team, and it can all fall apart in a second… if we lose TRUST. Because that’s what we’re talking about here. A Sacred Honor… a Fundamental Trust. Born alongside Pandora’s Box was an implicit and explicit obligation, the failure of which could lead to the downfall of our civilization.

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What do we have once that trust has been LOST? Where do we stand if we no longer stand UNITED in furtherance of that CORE PLEDGE… to protect Humanity from the destruction, born of our scientific achievements?

Friends. Family. Fraternity… these values know NO BORDER. They know NO FLAG. And they are still alive in the heart of everyone who has a HEART that’s still beating.

ONE faulty connection, ONE loose screw… ONE broken wingnut shouldn’t be allowed to bring about our ultimate demise.

Not now. Not ever.

The values for which we stand are only as REAL as we make them…

and tomorrow is a NEW DAY.

-JC

The Home of the Brave

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https://twitter.com/defenceu/status/1496193282103250954?s=21

Be it in pursuit of an enemy in retreat… this far and no farther.
Be it in the advance of forces in defense… this far and no farther.

The Enemies of Democracy come dressed in the same attire, seen countless times before. They come bearing badges of honor… to enforce THEIR RULE, upon those deemed worthy of merely being ruled over.

The Defenders of Democracy are myriad and opalescent. Carrying with them their CHILDREN… clothed only in the scars of WAR. They stand to defend. They MARCH out of necessity. They fight to defend their home.

A task deemed worthy of no less, than the loss of their OWN LIFE.

These are the values of a FREE PEOPLE.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakim/2022/02/26/in-photos-ukrainian-volunteers-take-up-arms-as-russian-attacks-wreak-havoc-on-kyiv/?sh=10f18f6b6014

So too, are the values of The People of The United States.

Because we know— if it can happen to ONE of us, then it can happen to us ALL. It’s only a matter of TIME. If we turn a blind eye now, toward the suffering and injustice; so too, for us… it will be the same. In our time of need, in our hour of oppression… our fate will have already been sealed, long before the first shots are fired.

As we cry out for HELP, the question will be asked… ‘What did you do to help keep their Democracy intact?

Will it be said that the United States of America, stood on the sidelines and did nothing… or will it be remembered as a time in which we chose to ACT.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_…

When they had the CHOICE they did not ACT. Now is the time of their regret. Because they did not know… and how could they? Their STORY had not yet been written.

Today, we reap the bounty of their misfortunes. We HONOR the memory of their sacrifices by ensuring it will never happen again.

There is no regret greater than that born of INACTION.

… words so wise, may they be etched in STONE for all time.

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The Liberty Memorial, Kansas City, MO. 

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The Great Frieze of the Liberty Memorial, sculptor Edmond Amateis 

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The winged sphinx, Memory, faces east, hiding its face from the horrors of the European battlefields. Its partner, Future (pictured), faces west, hiding its eyes from a future yet unseen. 

Every Nation on every Continent who desires a rich and prosperous future, should stand opposed to these actions… as they endanger the future of us ALL.

-JC