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Training with Exacerbated Type-II Diabetes

“Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity. From discord find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” ~Albert Einstein

The journey of my diabetic related issues span over a decade now, starting with the mysterious circumstances of hyperglycemia back in 2012. Despite my suspicions, it wasn't until 2014 that I received an official diagnosis, accompanied by a slew of bizarre complications. From aggressive cataract in both eyes to cellulitis, torn back muscles, skin boils, and even a bout with Covid-19, 4 years ago this July. My health has been a rollercoaster ride through hell and back to purgatory. But the strangest part? None of the standard treatments seem to have worked for me. Metformin left me sick, regular insulin caused sugar crashes, and even the so-called experts were stumped. My medical journey feels like a never-ending puzzle with pieces that just won't fit, NASA-Chimp-Style. Shove that triangle into a space for a square Monkey. Come on little buddy, it’ll fit, just keep pluggin’ away at it. It's not just my physical health that's suffering. My mental and emotional well-being have taken a beating too. Anxiety, blindness, depression, and the silent agony of PTSD weigh heavy on my shoulders, dragging me further into the darkness of the singularity, where no information can return intact. Despite this constant war for my life, I soldier on, steering my ship through the stormy seas of uncertainty. With each passing day, I cling to the hope that someday, somehow, I'll find a glimmer of stability amidst the chaos. Or NOT… But for now, I'll keep bracing the sails and laughing in the face of the storm, knowing that behind those dark clouds, the sun still shines, patiently waiting until it doesn’t.

My digestive issues really take precedence right now. They call it ‘Gastroparesis.’ The slowing down of digestion, emptying of the stomach contents into the small intestine. Symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, bloating, cramping, muscle fatigue and feeling full quickly after eating. It can be caused by damage to the vagus nerve, which controls the muscles of the stomach, by sustained high blood sugar or hyperglycemia. This nerve damage leads to delayed gastric emptying, exacerbating blood sugar control issues by causing unpredictable spikes and dips in glucose levels.

Needless to say I am in a near constant state of being uncomfortable or in pain.

Diabetes is described as a catabolic condition, leading to undernutrition and hyperglycemia, resulting in reduced protein synthesis, muscle mass, strength, and basal metabolic rate. While insulin is necessary for individuals with type 1 or extreme type 2 diabetes, such as myself, it merely compensates for a deficiency… Putting a Band-Aid on a gunshot wound.  This is all important because I don’t have typical symptoms. I have all of the above, plus more that I am not going to get into here. This doesn’t just affect all of the stuff above but also my mood, energy levels, mobility, sleep, mental focus and all around decent quality of life.

Attempted Exercise Through This Has Been Very Difficult…

I often feel nauseated while trying to lift in the gym now. I have to train at a gym because of the Air Condition. I cannot train at my home gym as much due to the heat in there. It’s May now. By 11 AM it’s over 100 degrees in there. Sure I got fans just pushing hot air all around. So I go to a gym to get some lifting in. I can no longer handle the heat and humidity of southwest Florida in a physical way. Especially in summer. At the air conditioned gym I will be fine for a few sets and then all the sudden I get super light-headed, vision starts to go. My blood sugars start to drop, fast. I have almost blacked out in the gym a few times, not even working very hard by what I deem is hard work by my own standard. This was getting worse by the week. Finally after a horrible few days with digestion, I was sick in bed for 2 days and spent another 2 days just feeling super weak and dehydrated. I didn’t eat much so I didn’t need much insulin. I lost 6 pounds in 3 days. I decided that changes need to be made. I went ahead and began to jot down what I do in the gym and how it relates to diabetics. I looked into what actually happens to the muscle fibers, the metabolism. With training, the workout is only a 4th of what you need to be doing.

Diet, Rest, Exercise and Repeat…

Repeat is the one most either forget or straight-up ignore. If you do not make a thing, anything habitual, one will never be elite at it. You wanna be fit? Make the process habit-forming so that it is part of you. This also works in other areas of life. I also epically fail at self-identifying this at times and it isn’t something someone else, any one person or even group, can force upon me with the expectation that will solve the learning curve. I need to see it for myself in my own way. That is what life is really all about.

Self-Identifying on Your Own Reflection in the River Bed…

I don’t grow, muscle mass-wise. I also do not shred weight easily. I cannot handle the heat well. My blood sugar plummets in an environment like an uninsulated garage-gym in southwest Florida summer. Sugars are always all over the place but when at rest my body is semi-stable. It’s these shocks of the body that throw me off to wear I will have issues. My flexibility and dexterity is really bad. I used to be flexible but over the course of a couple of years I started having all sorts of issues. Along with neuropathy there are other aliments related to flexibility and dexterity.

Glycation of joints refers to a process where sugar molecules in the bloodstream bind to proteins within the joints, forming harmful compounds known as advanced glycation end-products (AGEs). This process can contribute to inflammation, stiffness, and damage to joint tissues over time, leading to conditions such as osteoarthritis. Glycation of joints can really affect joint flexibility, dexterity and there is research to back this up. The worse your control of your blood sugars are the more potential for joint mobility issues increase dramatically. For full range of motion for fill contractile force of all the muscle fibers throughout and exercise is going to be compromised moving forward… For athletes managing type 2 diabetes, incorporating strength training alongside aerobic exercises is crucial for controlling blood sugar levels. Strength training engages the body's glycolytic system. Promotes weight loss, reduces visceral fat, and increases insulin sensitivity. Benefits heart health, bone density, and muscle mass. Helps control hypertension. Can improve complications from neuropathy and vision loss. Strength training plays a role in glycemic control and quality of life for type 2 diabetics, especially when combined with cardiovascular exercises. You may notice your blood glucose rise for up to an hour with intense activity, such as weight lifting—but don’t worry. It’s due to the initial stress of pushing your body hard, and it’s more than offset by the improvements in insulin sensitivity and other benefits derived from anaerobic exercise…

The stress of managing diabetes, compounded by fluctuations in blood glucose levels during training, can hinder progress.

Making Modifications:

First things first… The workout… Switched from 4 times a week at the gym to 3. More stretching and other non-weight training on rest days. Consuming a protein shake of at least 30g, 30-minutes before a workout regardless if I ate before I trained or not. No more super sets. As much as I love super sets and drop sets I just cannot do them as a sustained form of training. I have to train smarter, not harder. One of the things about diabetics, they do not heal fast. This also includes muscle fiber breakdown and rebuild. Just making each set count, ample rest between sets, capped the workout when the number of sets is reached. Not much is working right now. I am lucky to look decent and still have some decent physical strength. I go through spurts where I can train hard and other days/weeks where my body just won’t let me. My diet isn’t terrible for someone in my condition but not exactly on point for someone trying to make gains in the gym with my server limitations. Simply trying to be Rocky Balboa and just keep getting up when you get knocked down doesn’t really work in real life when your body is literally broken. This isn’t a mental block. This is a body block that hinders the mind once the body begins to fail.

So Much Fun…

Below is my old gym workout and below that is the new routine. Tighten up the diet. Exercise smarter not harder. Rocky isn’t real-life. Rest, deeply and repeat the process. This isn’t really radical what I am doing here but for me, personally, it sort of is. This isn’t what I am used to. I am used to doing things at a high level. This is the first time I have looked at my fitness with my issues in mind rather than something I can outright beat in a fist fight.

“The enormous mental resilience, without which no Chess player can exist, was so much taken up by Chess that he could never free his mind of this game.” ~Albert Einstein

Old Workout:

My old routine consisted of a four day split:

Monday – Chest/Lats/Back:

– 2 sets of chest flies or chest machine (stretch).

– Flat bench, start with 155 on the bar for 8 reps going up 20 lbs each set and dropping the rep range by 2 reps every increase till I hit a one max rep.

– 2 sets of flat dumbbell chest press 8-10 reps.

– 3 sets of incline bench press of 10-12 reps.

– 3 sets of front lateral pull down, super set with wide grip body building type pull ups. 12-15 reps on the pull down and as many as I can do for pullups with good form.

– 2-3 sets of another back/lat exercise of my choice, 12-15 reps.

Tuesday – Legs:

I can only use a special squat bar due to my shoulder flexibility.

– Squats, 3 sets, 8-12 reps with the bar (warm-up)

– Squats, 3 sets, 8 reps, 135 on the bar.

– Squats, 1 set, 4 reps, 185 on the bar.

– Leg extensions, 3 sets, 10-15.

– Hack squats, 2 sets, 8-10 reps.

Wednesday - Rest Day:

Thursday - Arms:

I usually do 6 sets for biceps and 6 sets for triceps. 6 sets equal 6 super sets which is actually 2 exercises per set. I will do assorted exercises for each biceps and triceps.

– Biceps – 6 sets, 12-15 reps, super set, w/ another bicep exercise, 12-15 reps.

– Triceps – 6 sets, 12-15 reps, super set, w/ another bicep exercise, 12-15 reps.

Friday - Shoulders:

Limited due to flexibility issues.

– 2 sets, 10-15 reps, front deltoids.

– 2 sets, 10-15 reps, side deltoids.

– 2 sets, 10-15 reps, rear deltoids.

– 2-3 sets, 10-15 reps, shoulder presses of some kind.

Light-Cardio:

– Each workout day has a 2.5 mile walk, usually 4-6x/wk.

New Workout:

My new routine consists of a 3 day split (Monday/Wednesday/Friday):

Monday - Chest, Back, Legs, Shoulders:

– Warm-up, 5-10 minutes of dynamic stretching and mobility exercises.

– Chest – dumbbell flies – 2 sets of chest flies or chest machine (stretch).

– Flat bench press - 3 sets, 8-10 reps.

– Dumbbell press - 3 sets, 10-12 reps.

– Back – Lat pulldowns, 3 sets, 8-10 reps.

– Assisted pull-ups, 3 sets, 10-12 reps.

– Legs – Squats w/ special bar, leg press or hack squat machine, 3 sets of 8-10 reps.

– Leg extensions - 3 sets, 10-12 reps.

– Shoulders – 2 sets, 10-12 reps, front deltoids.

– 2 sets, 10-12 reps, side deltoids.

– 2 sets, 10-12 reps, rear deltoids.

– 2-3 sets, 8-10 reps, shoulder presses of some kind.

– Cool down – 5-10 minutes of light cardio or stretching.

Tuesday - Rest Day:

Wednesday - Chest, Back, Legs, Shoulders:

– Warm-up, 5-10 minutes of dynamic stretching and mobility exercises.

– Chest – Dumbbell flies – 2 sets of chest flies or chest machine (stretch).

– Incline bench press - 3 sets, 8-10 reps.

– Incline dumbbell press - 3 sets, 10-12 reps.

– Back – Lat pulldowns, 3 sets, 8-10 reps.

– Assisted pull-ups, 3 sets, 10-12 reps.

– Legs – Squats w/ special bar, leg press or hack squat machine, 3 sets of 8-10 reps.

– Leg extensions - 3 sets, 10-12 reps.

– Shoulders – 2 sets, 10-12 reps, front deltoids.

– 2 sets, 10-12 reps, side deltoids.

– 2 sets, 10-12 reps, rear deltoids.

– 2-3 sets, 8-10 reps, shoulder presses of some kind.

– Cool down – 5-10 minutes of light cardio or stretching.

Thursday - Rest Day:

Friday – Arms/Core:

– Warm-up, 5-10 minutes of dynamic stretching and light cardio.

– Biceps – 4 exercises, 2 sets, 10-12 reps each exercise.

– Triceps – 4 exercises, 2 sets, 10-12 reps each exercise.

– Core – Planks, 3 sets, 30-60 seconds.

– Russian twists, 3 sets, 15-20 reps.

– Cool down – 5-10 minutes of light stretching.

Saturday/Sunday - Rest Day(s) or Light Cardio:

– Each workout day has a 2.5 mile walk, usually 4-6x/wk.

Training with Exacerbated Type-II Diabetes by David-Angelo Mineo 5/14/2024 2,194 Words

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Compromises to Freedom: IV

“Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?” ~Patrick Bateman in Bret Easton Ellis’s, American Psycho (1991).

“There is an idea of peace, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real peace, only an entity, something illusory, and though we can hide our cold gaze and we can shake our heads and feel love, hate and maybe we can even sense our lives may actually be comparable: we simply are not there. We are not listening. We do not care. We have all the characteristics of human beings—flesh, blood, skin, hair—but our tendencies to depersonalize our feelings about a thing, a person or groups of people, is so intense, had gone so deep, that our normal ability to feel compassion and empathy has been eradicated, the victim of a slow, purposeful erasure of humanity, life, love and then death. We are simply imitating reality, a rough resemblance of human beings, but not human beings. Monsters, with only a dim corner of our minds, bodies and souls functioning like a normal person.” ~Me, inspired by American Psycho.

Israel vs Palestine - My opinion has been well documented. I have posted two previous blogs specific to this subject and another four in the “Compromises to Freedom” series that started with my blog “…Perhaps…” and “Compromises to Freedom: One.” “…Perhaps…” is a comparison to how Hitler and the Nazis gained, consolidated and executed power to how woke-progressivism is nearly the same thing, conceptually. This was during the BLM/Georg Floyd riots. “Compromises to Freedom: Two” is about the frustration with the lack of constructive logical debate that uses common sense and critical thinking surrounding nonsensical issues like the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, what the extreme-woke-left perception of minority issues displayed as majority issues and those issues be labeled as normal and/or everyday ‘FACTS,’ with no debate whatsoever on the validity of that logic. "Compromises to Freedom: Three" digs into the pressing concerns surrounding the restricting of free expression on platforms such as Twitter. It has logic and insight on instances of censorship and draws striking parallels to historical events like Nazi propaganda and authoritarian regimes bent on misery for its citizens. I consistently emphasize the significant importance of raising a diverse range of perspectives and simplifying meaningful debate so we can solve problems. How can one be calm, use their mind to solve a problem, any problem, when they are heavily emotionally-compromised? I have researched heavily on the disdain both groups have for one another. If you want a full recap on this history lesson you are going to have to read those blogs. I am only going to paraphrase here. I am more focused on how some think of Hamas as some real government, that is considered by most of the world as a terrorist group, invading a sovereign country, killing its innocent citizens, kidnapping the ones they didn’t kill, murdering of young children and the raping of Israeli women; and have those acts celebrated as some sort of important claim to independence for Palestinians. Most agree this is and was a horrible act committed, but now we have a faction that feels the Palestinians of Hamas are just for executing these actions in this fashion. The blogs on the history and my feelings up to that point can be found below.

—See— —Eradicatio— Latin for Eradication https://mineofilms.me/121-2/ —See— —War of Bantha Poodoo— https://mineofilms.me/127-2/

—Historical Topics That Are Relevant, See— • 1000 BC – Roman Empire rebranding the territory ‘Palestine’ as an insult. • 1923 – Britain. When we finally get to “modern-day.” • 1948 – "al-Nakba" – Creation of the state of Israel. • 1967 – 6-Day War. • 1987-1993 – The First Intifada. • 2000-2005 – The Second Intifada. • 2018 – The relocation of the US embassy to Jerusalem. • 2023 – 10/7/2023, the first invasion of Israeli territory since 1948.

There has not been much change in the conflict abroad. Israel continues to flatten the Gaza Strip while planning another incursion to finish off the hierarchy of Hamas, but sentiment over here in the United States has turned downright hostile as Hamas-support framed as ‘Free-Palestine-support’ becomes even more desperate as Israeli forces move toward their goal of the utter dismantling of Hamas. Colleges around the country have seen an influx of violent and anti-Semitic protests aimed at Jewish students and Jewish people altogether. The college protests started semi-peaceful; as students were protesting the war's death toll of innocent casualties of war and are calling for universities to separate themselves from any companies that are advancing Israel's military efforts in Gaza. The protest movement was sparked at New York's Columbia University on April 17th 2024 when students pitched tents in the middle of campus and began rallying in support of Palestinians in Gaza. The protests turned from semi-peaceful to downright violent and anti-Semitic when crisis-actors and ‘professional protesters/rioters’ began showing up and leading the charge. College campus encampments across the country have become synonymous to riots as anger grows ever more idiotic over their demands. Pro-Palestinian activists want their colleges to 'divest,' or deprive Jews. Divestment, for many of the protesters, means cutting those endowments' ties to Israeli companies or ones that do business with Israel. Many also want their universities to end academic relationships with Israeli institutions. Protests have spread across more than 60 university campuses in the United States, resulting in more than 2,000 arrests in two weeks. The “Compromises to Freedom” series always talks about how fiction and/or history can always either happen or happen again if we are not careful with how slowly we are giving up our freedoms to make compromises for others, sometimes, even lessor minds. No one is the same over here in America. We are not a communist country where everyone has nothing and it is that nothing that is the only thing they have in common while the governing state has everything. The “Compromises to Freedom” series was meant to be short warnings, touching on politics but not being solely about politics, but like I have been seeing over the years, overlapping conceptual understanding was inevitable. These blogs get longer and longer when they are supposed to be really short. I write these more/less to remember my feelings and how I remember things. I never want to forget how I feel about my reality around me because if we ever do we will never really believe reality is even real. If you remember something happening but it actually didn’t happen that way, did it happen at all as we remember it?

History Lesson:

…Perhaps…6/2020

“You have a large pool of people. 10%, perhaps, of them are there for the right reasons. The other 90%, perhaps, are just there to be a terrorist for their own purposes. With the umbrella of that will create change…” ~Me, 6/1/2020

Just imagine if the law worked how it works in Judge Dread. A cop has the legal right to arrest you, sentence you and execute you right there on the spot with no lawyer to defend you… Or you can try your luck in an American society was that of the show "The Man in High Castle," where the US loses World War II due to conservatives slowing down atomic bomb research. Where the Nazis develop the bomb first and destroy Washington DC. The United States is divided between a Nazi-run East and Middle and Japan occupies the West Coast. We all would be singing a different tune living under this Nazi States of America. In the show, Blacks and Jews are murdered off in Nazi America in the same fashion as they are in Poland. Gathered up, robbed, worked till they die or off to the gas chamber they go. In the West Coast Jews are murdered and Blacks are treated as if it were the year 1900. In the show this is law and society accepts it.

Point: We need change but be careful in which how we go about that change…

Compromises to Freedom: One6/2020

There are lots of reasons to be concerned about the state of society and the potential dangers of unchecked extremism. The United States is teetering on the brink of Germany 1933 territory. This could all happen, all over again, here in the US.  What people are willing to accept these days without really having a conversation about it? People want change so much, but they must be careful for which how they go about that change. Gain power, consolidate power and then dictate power... That is very plausible right now. It’s been already happening slowly. The seeds planted around 2020. It takes a few year to grow. Took a decade in Germany too. We’re making more and more Compromises to Freedom, Freedom Thinking, Experiencing Freedom… The more divided we are, the weaker we are, the more desperate we become, the more we need gov’t to tell us what is safe and what is bad. Take millions of people, ruled by a few. Let the few decide everything for the millions of people. Let’s take the millions of people, herd them all together, put them in squares/rectangles, and stack them on top of one another, call’em ‘cities.’ It’s all messed up…

Compromises to Freedom: Two11/2021

1.45 years later more parallels to the rise of Nazi Germany but from the progressive mob saying they are for freedom, but really taking it away. I am extremely disappointed in the lack of unity during crises and those who resort to rhetoric (smart talk with made up facts) rather than engaging in constructive logical problem solving. The importance of relying on verifiable facts (real-stuff) rather than imaginative narratives shaped by media biases that grossly distorts logic and the facts as they are. There’s a divergence of society, both extreme left and right factions lack rational common sense, logic and resort to BS rhetoric disguised as semantics. Always question the narratives presented by media and their political agendas. The law is black and white till it’s not…

Compromises to Freedom: Three11/2022

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” ~Albert Einstein. Don’t Matters, Generation Asshole or Generation Zero. These are just labels that describe their behavior… All the triggering hateful shit these people use as their counter-argument, literally equals, ZERO. Hence, Generation Zero… The politics of both sides lack the ability to take a piece of poop, dress it up, remove the smell and then present that as food for human consumption. Either side will NEVER be able to convince me that the POOP they serve is anything other than POOP… LOL, Literally; AKA POOP Logic… Cancel Culture this, WOKE that, Good, Bad, Right, Wrong, For, Against, Moral, Immoral, Gay, Straight, Black, White, Asian, Privileged, Livin’ on the Streets, Islamophobe, anti-Semitic, FK You Already Karen…

If we change what happened before to seem lesser by rewriting history or downplaying its significance, we will absolutely repeat it and its looking that way.” ~Me, on rewriting history…

Challenging Societal Norms:

I often question societal norms and growth. 1999 seems so long ago now and it actually is. A quarter of a century now. “The Matrix” (1999) still holds up pretty good dealing with the ultimate lie we see every day, we call reality. We saw all sorts of media at the end of the century dealing with future politics, technology, social issues. All of it. “In a highly systematic Society just merely considering going against the grain will label one a traitor to said Society. One becomes ostracized; a cross-bearer with those who used to be their friends, throwing stones at them, keeping up with the religious similes. People born into religious organizations have their lives centered on these doctrines of faith and all their friends, family, and acquaintances are part of this religious-based binary information system. The person who manages to escape will be deemed a heretic. It's easier to label a non-believer a heretic than it is to explain to others why they are the heretic. It's the same thing with politics; one cannot question the actions of their political leaders. It doesn't matter if one is a firm believer in what their party claims to stand for. If one does, one will immediately be labeled as being part of the opposite party and here in lies perhaps the most lamentable fact. If one tries to free someone else from an erroneous ideology they may turn against them to defend the system. They will smear their image, belittle them, insult them, and break all ties with them. They will pretend like they never knew them. Some may even try to physically harm them, and those closest to them. They will go after their Social Circle(s) and Strong-arm them into stopping them from having any relations with those people. No matter what, they have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged and many of them are so hopelessly dependent on the system, but they will fight to protect it if they are not one of the believers, they are against them by default. No other option exists in this binary information system. We see this kind of human mistreatment all the time on social media. You, me, those who fight against any system of Oppression. We all run the risk of getting cancelled for our beliefs.” ~Paraphrased by YouTube Channel ‘Matrix Explained’ – https://www.youtube.com/@MatrixExplained

The misguided journey to acquire freedom leads some weak-minded people to realize that their lifelong beliefs are wrong. What was thought to be worth fighting for is part of a larger and evil system of control. Binary in 3D turns into 3 points of logic, not 2. Think about this for a moment. The people that make up this Woke-Mob-Rules-Mentality don't care if their struggle is real or not they simply want to live in the comforts of their BS-False-Narrative-Simulation-Bubble. Just as the Analyst said in “Matrix Resurrections” (2021): “you don't give a about facts, it's all about fiction. The only world that matters is the one in here (points at our heads/brains/minds) and you people believe the craziest shit.” Reflecting on recent events, the 2020 Presidential campaign President Biden made statements particularly regarding what has been dubbed the "fine people hoax." The deliberate misinterpretation, misquoted and/or misreported of former President Trump's remarks, falsely portraying him as sympathizing with white supremacists. The President's more recent remarks condemning anti-Semitism and Islamophobia highlight a similar trend. However, there's a fundamental flaw of logic to this. Islamophobia doesn’t currently exist as a forefront belief in the United States. Keyword, “currently…” It's evident that Jewish individuals have consistently faced discrimination and abuse, yet the President's inability to unequivocally denounce anti-Semitism for what it is -is concerning. Instead of addressing it head-on, it's often been contextualized within broader issues like the Free Palestine movement. Is there Islamophobia in the United Stated of America? Sure, but not nearly at the same levels as it was after 9/11/2001 and even by that standard isn’t nearly as dominant as it has been. It should be. Americans should still feel unsafe and harbor ill-will towards extreme-Islamic factions. They simply cannot be trusted. Not all but a large majority of those that follow this faith want anyone and everyone dead if they do not also believe in their religion. Any religion that mentions violence and hate as part of its faith is a false faith. That simple. If a group of Americans stepped into a time machine from 2002 to 2024 and saw even “some” Americans supporting Palestinians in 2024 they would have believed they literally entered “the Twilight Zone.”

Turning to recent terror attacks at colleges around the country, cough, I mean ‘peaceful protests.’ You know… The ones that have been on the news that involve violence and anti-Semitic sentiments, striking how little attention that receives that this is not a peaceful protest. In the Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 6, episode 11, "Chain of Command," Captain Picard says "There are four lights" to his torturer, Gul Madred. The Cardassian interrogator then asks Picard to say there are five lights, which would indicate that Picard is accepting the reality of the torture. This is based on a concept from Orwell's 1984, where another torture says that they can make someone believe 2 + 2 = 5. That is what the woke do. Try to take illogical-nonsense and spin that as normal, everyday, facts… While counter-protesters appear composed and put-together, those involved in the protests, many of them young women, often seem disheveled and lost. Hair a mess, all have a bewildered look on their face when you can see their face because they are hiding behind masks and isn’t because they are afraid to get sick. They do not want to be identified. They seem energetic but deeply unwell. Like; they have a lot of energy, but they look physically sick and weak. They almost all wear eye glasses, have no muscle tone. Have more fat jiggling around than most people. Like Arnold Schwarzenegger says, "It's simple, if it jiggles, it's FAT." You can apply that to one's inflated sense of influencer-self-belief in themselves and their faith that by the definition of faith only needs belief to make it even real... 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆 I believe it is because they are physically and spiritually infected by a lack of serious self-love and love in general in their lives, because they are operating from a punishing of illogic for an ideology, any ideology. This reflects a trend in our society, where Leftist-Woke-Ideologies seem to drive young women towards a sense of purpose rooted solely in being outraged all of the time, about nothing, yet, everything, all at once. Their activism often lacks logical coherence and serves only to undermine their own futures and well-being. I mean, who is going to hire these people even at 7-Eleven? If I were a hiring manager and a resume came across my desk and this person has an arrest on their record for this protest. They would not be getting a phone call back, even to say we went with someone else. They would get met with silence, just like a member of Generation-Zero earned. They did the work. Why does hard work always get labeled with a positive outcome just because work to get there was hard? Tell that to person with lung cancer that smoked for 30+years… Do they deserve to die like this? No, of course not… However, they “earned” it… They did the hard work to get there.

Digging deeper, it becomes evident that these protests are often led by instigators rather than genuine activists caring about the misfortune of others. There is suspicions of external funding and manipulation, yet the media remains silent on these matters and more interested in trying to convict Trump of a crime that doesn’t even exist to the majority of people who actually study the law. They focus on trivial, minor issues, neglecting the larger picture of performance-outrage and its consequences. This movement, labeled as a peaceful protest, is perhaps one of the worst in American history. It will go down in the books as the worst, senseless and ineffective protest in US history. What makes it so cringe-worthy is not just the physical debris left behind, as these people are usually screaming about the environment but the underlying zombie-ideology driving it. When an ideology promotes violence and intolerance in the form of the execution of gay, non-virgin women, we can say it is bad, wrong, evil, brutal, and causes suffering. We aren't seeing people being executed, yet. The ideology behind these protests is unmistakable. It breeds a conviction of hate and blinds individuals to logic, reason, and empathy. It sows the seeds of hatred and division. Singing; “Sowing the seeds, of love, seeds of love, sowing the seeds…” ~Tears for Fears

The equation of anti-Semitism with Islamophobia only serves to muddy the waters further. Their actions stem from a deep-seated hatred and confusion, reflecting the worst aspects of human nature. The protesters appear energetic yet profoundly unwell, a manifestation of both physical and spiritual decay. This decay is not limited to physical appearance but extends to the soul, their very being. Their essence… It's not about Islam or any specific religion, but rather an ideology that perverts them all. All of them are bad for human societal evolution. At its core, it's a quest for power masked as righteous indignation. Those involved in these protests are not driven by a desire to create or build but by a destructive impulse to destroy what we built here. Their ugliness reflects not just physical attributes but the darkness within humanity which has not changed since the first war ever was waged, human vs human. It’s in our divine nature to hate and kill and it not be for a real reason other than we can. The protesters are the pussification of evil. Evil intentions with NO real Power to make their evil happen, but damn, they are trying. The Nazi ideals are well and alive in 2024 within Islam and the Woke-Progressive-Ideologies. These individuals are infected by a lack of self-love, a destructive ideology, and any real love whatsoever that masquerades as righteousness. They seek to destroy rather than build, driven by a sense of perpetual misery and outrage. These protesters need booze and sex… Booze and sex fixes everything and if it doesn’t, have another beer and fuck another person till it does. That is the American way. You don’t like it, vote it out or get the FK out… The protesters and people like them; their reality is a nightmare from which they cannot awaken, and their actions only serve to perpetuate this cycle of hate, despair, and violence. More than half are not students, they are organized sure, but sloppily at that. They had to bring in outsiders to fill in the bodies. They couldn’t even get the student bodies at each college behind the cause at a high level. Some sure, but not the majority, “minority.” Remember what minority actually means. Not many, not most, not all, but some. I minor amount of the whole, which is the majority.

Protests against the Israeli-Palestinian conflict puts unwanted pressure on President Joe Biden. It is now coming out that these protests and protesters have received financial support from influential liberal figures in America, such as Bill Gates and George Soros. This money might not have been intended to go to these groups, but monies did go to these groups. Where else would they get all professionally made/printed up signs filled with hateful anti-Semitic messages and brand new, mostly the same manufacturer-tents? While Gates claims their donations are no longer active, other notable donors include Susan Pritzker and David Rockefeller. There's a push in Congress to legally define antisemitism to hold individuals legally accountable for their anti-Semitic statements. Bernie Sanders compares the situation to Vietnam, warning against abandoning support for Israel and the rest of the right media is jumping all over this. This is sticking and Bernie is right for a change, this will be a crushing blow to the Democrats chance to keep the Presidency. Last time I checked that pull out of Vietnam didn’t look so great and it still doesn’t 51 years later.

"Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed. There is no vaccine against stupidity. Stupidity is a personal achievement which transcends national boundaries. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. Fear or stupidity has always been the basis of most human actions. I see only with deep regret that God punishes so many of His children for their numerous stupidities, for which only He Himself can be held responsible; in my opinion, only His nonexistence could excuse Him." ~A series of quotes about stupidity from Albert Einstein...

Compromises to Freedom: IV by David-Angelo Mineo 5/6/2024 3,966 Words

Other Blogs in the Compromises to Freedom series:

…Perhaps… https://mineofilms.me/perhaps/

Compromises to Freedom: One https://mineofilms.me/compfreeone/

Compromises to Freedom: Two https://mineofilms.me/79-2/

Compromises to Freedom: Three https://mineofilms.me/102-2

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Political Discourse on Perspective

“Great Minds Talk About Ideas. Average Minds Talk About Events. Small Minds Talk About People…” ~Eleanor Roosevelt

The Extreme-Progressive-Woke-Left collectively talk a lot about other people and/or groups of other people, usually pertaining to Donald Trump, whom I am not a direct supporter of. I am probably going Independent if I vote at all. Just so it is known. I have just as many issues with the right than I do the left.

Your everyday average-middle-class American are thinking more, they are talking up more, they are curious, they ask questions and then ask more questions. They are humble, they will and often do listen to multiple angles of a conversation. They try to make the illogical, logical. They try to make all the things that do not make sense, make sense. Your average-middle-class person is attracted to these things. Go to New York City, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. What do you see besides the obvious? Lots and lots of bitterness. I see a lot of, ‘alleged,’ smart people who do not have the sense to use that, ‘alleged,’ intelligence and who do not have it mentally, emotionally, and intellectually together. What I see is a lot of people who say they are smart by default based on where they went to school. When I say school, I mean college. None of these people would ever attempt to say they are smart and not be from a fancy college. I see these same people, bitter, living in interconnected boxed right angles, stacked onto one another, like how one would organize the useless things they own and then sit back and be proud of that. Working dead-end jobs, being jealous of others that live free, outside in the sunlight, eating fresh non-processed food. We see the people in the Mainstream-Progressive-Woke-Left-Establishment trying to appear to be intellectuals, but what they are really doing, in doing so, making stupid decisions or saying illogical things, like not being able to properly define what a woman is or that "kill the Jews," is not harassment on college campuses. They won’t condemn “Death to America” chants in public. What we are seeing now isn’t just illogical, it is just really dumb. Extreme-Progressive-Woke-Left collectively attempts to make minority issues displayed as majority issues and those issues be labeled as normal and/or everyday ‘FACTS...’” They keep telling us everything is great and the country has never been better.

We all look outside for ourselves, check our bank accounts, go to the grocery store and that is not the reality that is being projected onto us by them.

The disconnect of the Extreme-Progressive-Woke-Left with your average everyday citizen that identifies as left and/or right is becoming a real problem. It has been a real problem since this movement has attempted to make what are obviously bad ideas appear good and use very poorly executed reverse psychology to tell us we are all wrong, bad, evil and stupid for questioning anything this point of view labels as normal, news and/or facts... As previously stated; I am not even a Trump-guy and can see through all this bullshit. Basically, anyone that doesn't agree with their 'class' is an ‘anti-intellectualist.’ First it needs to be stated that in order to be an intellectual, one has to be, you know, 'intellectual.' Simply going on TV and pulling a Vice President-Second in Command-Dumb-Dumb-of the Year-Kamala Harris-Word-Salad of nonsensical rhetoric does not make what anyone has to say right by default. That is why more people are looking / scoffing at the left. Not because they are left or democrat by default but rather they have had power and look what they did with it. They undid Trump's work out of spite, regardless of right/wrong for the country. It was literally like 15-yr-old high school TikTok drama and then they turn around and tell us, it is all our fault too. That to me is crazy. It would be ok if the left was; “hey, we FK'd up, we'll do better if we win.” No. They say we're better now with Biden than we were with Trump and here is the proof. What proof? The reality is we are not better. They keep on telling us bad is good and we need to accept it. We try to vote, talk, say things that make sense and they turn around and use more language that logically makes no sense.

"Anti-intellectualism…" What in the hell are they talking about?

After “The Matrix Reloaded” (2003) came out. I first thought that both the red and blue pills did the exact same thing. If you take the blue pill or the red pill that one would still wake up in a pod fighting the good fight. That is what I thought back then. I used to joke that if it were me I would give Morpheus the finger, take both pills and jump out the window yelling “wild card,” like Charlie from “Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” Nowadays; I see Red/Blue, in both political terms and philosophical terms, that each ‘choice’ may have a different road, but all roads lead to the same destination. The Red/Blue pill itself is like seeing reality in 2D, flat, a straight line, no depth, while those that control the flow of both pills/colors, see reality in 3D and/or 4D depending on what level of control we have here. 2D beings will never be able to understand and/or perceive 3D, let alone 4D. Even how we perceive 4D, from the 3D perspective is very tough to see/interact with/understand. You take red, you go right. You take blue, you go left. Both roads are curved, but they seem straight to us. Eventually, because they are curved both roads lead to the same destination. The majority of humanity follows the curve, thinking they are going in a straight line away from the opposing color never conceiving that they are playing right into the system's hands.

• Control Dissidence – is when a person believes that they are free, but they do not know that they are more oppressed than those who are still stuck in “The Matrix.” Both pills are a lie. The choice was always an illusion. “Choice is an illusion created between those with power and those without. You see there is only one constant. One universal. It is the only real truth.” ~Merovingian, “The Matrix Reloaded” (2003).

A logical fallacy is a flaw or error in reasoning that undermines the validity of an argument. It involves deceptive or incorrect reasoning that may lead to an unsound conclusion. Logical fallacies can be categorized into various types, and they often manifest in the form of faulty patterns of thinking, misleading evidence, or irrelevant reasoning. These flaws can occur in coherent or probabilistic reasoning and may be intentional or unintentional.

Common Types of Logical Fallacies Include:

• Ad Hominem – Instead of dealing with someone's argument, you attack the person who's making the argument.

• Straw Man – Making someone else's argument look weaker than it really is, so it's easier to criticize. (Over simplification).

• False Cause – Thinking one thing caused another just because they happened together, without enough proof.

• Circular Reasoning – Using the conclusion of your argument as one of the reasons your argument is true, but it doesn't actually prove anything. (Most popular and currently in play most days of the 2020s).

• Appeal to Authority – Believing something is true just because an important person or source said so, without looking at the actual argument. (Very common in the political landscape).

• False Dichotomy – Making it seem like there are only two options when there could be more. (Most binary information systems, like the two-party system).

• Hasty Generalization – Jumping to a conclusion based on too little or biased evidence.

• Appeal to Ignorance – Saying something is true just because it hasn't been proven false, or vice versa.

• Red Herring – Bringing up something irrelevant to distract from the main point.

• Honorable Mentions – Pseudo – Pseudo-logic – Pseudo-intellect – Pseudoscience. Pseudo literally means ‘made-up.’ Let’s not forget, ‘anti-intellectualism.’

Recognizing and avoiding logical fallacies is essential for constructing sound and persuasive arguments, as they can undermine the credibility and effectiveness of reasoning. Critical thinking skills, common sense and logic practitioning are crucial for identifying and addressing logical fallacies in both everyday discourse and more formal debates.

Presentism – uncritical adherence to present-day attitudes, especially the tendency to interpret past events in terms of modern values and concepts.

Presentism is a WOKE and/or Progressive attribute of belief. WOKE is both a Subculture and Internet Subculture that attempts to make minority issues displayed as majority issues and those issues be labeled as normal and/or everyday ‘FACTS...’ Keyword semantic concepts, 'minority...' Minority means, minor, not many, not all, not most, but “some.” Minority can never be mistaken for majority, which is most, much more than minority. These concepts are not one in the same. Presentism refers to a common tendency to judge historical events, people, or ideas by today's standards and values. Instead of understanding the context of a particular time period, presentism applies current beliefs and attitudes to past situations. For example, it's like saying someone from the past was wrong because they didn't act according to today's morals, even though the norms and values back then were much different than present day society. This approach overlooks the complexities of history and fails to appreciate the unique circumstances of each era. Presentism can distort our understanding of the past and prevent us from learning valuable lessons from history. In simpler terms, it's like trying to fit square pegs into round holes—forcing current ideas onto past events without considering the differences in time and context. So, being aware of presentism helps us approach history with a more open mind and understand it in its proper context.

Rhetoric as Semantics:

Rhetoric is the art of being a master bullshiter…

In semantics the meanings in the words would require logical, real, facts and not pseudo-facts where ‘pseudo’ literally means ‘made-up.’ The one part of this that I have always challenged is this all comes down to what a real, true, fact is and what isn't. Facts are obtained by the scientific method, not faith or a/the belief of it (whatever 'it' is). Belief in something doesn't necessarily always mean it is both real and/or true. Belief is just that, a belief, a thought that something ‘could be’ real/true. One believes this, whatever this is, to be true. A fact is taking that belief and proving it is actually real and/or true in the real world… I look deep into most of the things that are being spewed as semantics, but really are just rhetoric, where semantics is the study of real and true meanings of words and phrases and are based on credible facts. Where rhetoric only has to appear it is based on credible facts, but doesn’t actually have to include anything real, true or fact, merely that it only sounds plausible.

For some very odd reason our society has allowed far too much nonsensical thinking to become part of our everyday mental processes. Our attention spans are so limited now. We can blame the internet and/or social media, but the internet was not always like that. People used to spend hours behind their computer screens. I still do, very much so. Things used to be long format. Things used to take time. Now anything over a few sentences on social media via a smartphone or a video up on YouTube is longer than 8-minutes people skip it and move onto something else that is over-simplified.

It is us. We did this. We are doing this. We are allowing this.

It is a real shame that people who are not very intelligent, in general, should become people who lead us. It really does boggle my mind sometimes that some, ok, most, of the people who lead us are of less intelligence than a majority of the very many that make up our everyday average-middle-class American. In a world where presentism reigns supreme, the past becomes a battleground for contemporary ideologies that don’t even make logical sense. History is and is always both complex and written by those that won the wars. To judge it through the narrow lens of today's hypersensitivity of narcissistic-sociopathy that is now our ‘new normal’ misses its richness entirely. As we attempt logical discourse, let's strive for fuller depth of context, recognizing that the past is not a mirror of the present, but a window into how we used to be and where we should go from here. So, let's approach history with humility and curiosity, embracing its diversity and learning from its lessons and/or mistakes. The 80’s were better than the 90s. The 90s were better than the 2000s. It’s always been that way. All of the above, all at once, never ending.

It is more important to remember how it actually happened or those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. And that is exactly where we are heading. Rome fell over a time span of 150 years. I dare us to do better…

Political Discourse on Perspective by David-Angelo Mineo 4/19/2024 2,182 Words

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Review of: “Stake Land”

Stake Land (2010) Writers: Nick Damici, Jim Mickle Directed by: Jim Mickle Stars: Connor Paolo, Nick Damici, Kelly McGillis, Michael Cerveris, Danielle Harris IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 Stars Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 62% Runtime: 1 hour, 36 minutes

Spoilers Ahead, You Have Been Warned...

Jim Mickle’s film "Stake Land," has a different feel, a different vibe than your typical end-of-the-world zombie-vampire apocalypse-type film. Take “The Walking Dead,” the more popular post-apocalyptic standard and “The Road,” the somber tale of a surviving father and his young son in a post-apocalyptic future and 2010’s “Stake Land” is somewhere in the middle with a post-apocalyptic world where zombie-vampires rule. The performances, particularly by Connor Paolo as Martin and Nick Damici as Mister, are commendable, grounding the human elements of the plot with believable characterizations. “Stake Land” offers a fresh take on the vampire genre, blending elements of horror, drama, and worldbuilding to create a decent movie here. I saw this over the weekend of April 7th, 2024 and was left uncertain as to why I had not heard of this back when it came out. I really liked this. It grabs you from the beginning. “Stake Land” stands as a hidden gem in horror, offering an intimate and beautifully crafted story of human survival, not just from zombie-vampires, but other groups of surviving humans. Some that use these creatures as weapons for their own dominance. The movie doesn't shy away from violence or difficult themes, presenting a stark portrayal and more realistic take on a collapsed society. Despite its limited theatrical run, “Stake Land” made some noise and earned praise from its audience. It’s original and does not feel forced. It was originally envisioned as a web series before it evolved into a feature film. Mickle's background in horror, demonstrated in previous works like "Mulberry Street," shines through here as well.

The story follows Martin (Connor Paolo) and Mister (Nick Damici) as they navigate through a world ravaged by zombie-vampires, encountering both allies and adversaries along the way. The addition of characters like the pregnant Belle (Danielle Harris) adds depth to the story, characters and struggle of the complexities of human survival in the face of horror by the undead and the living.

The notion of humanity is challenged relentlessly as characters confront the dual threats of zombie-vampires and ruthless human survivors. The film portrays a world where the line between humanity and monstrosity blurs, forcing individuals to deal with their moral compasses in the face of loss and death. Whether it's the visceral terror of encountering the bloodthirsty undead or the sobering realization of betrayal by fellow humans. The characters are constantly reminded of their fragile existence. Yet, amid the chaos and despair, moments of compassion, love, humanity and resilience shine through, underscoring the enduring spirit of being human. Despite the horrors surrounding them, the characters cling to their humanity as a beacon of hope, like Kelly McGillis’s character of Sister Agatha (a Nun) navigating through the darkness with courage and determination. “Stake Land” serves as a poignant reminder of the essence of being human—adapting, surviving, and finding solace in the bonds forged amidst adversity.

What sets “Stake Land” apart is its ability to deliver a compelling story on a small budget of $650,000, utilizing practical effects and smart storytelling to create a fully realized world where you care what happens to the main characters. The film's pace keeps viewers engaged. One would think having this much human-relationship-building in the film that it would be over two hours. This movie moves along pretty quick, but doesn’t feel forced or too long for its 96-minute runtime. The pacing feels very natural, while its atmospheric score by Jeff Grace adds to the overall experience. The special effects and make-up are on point. When it is necessary this movie provides plenty of action, gore and it gets dark with the reality it portrays. It is not shy about its approach to the violence which I was appreciated for. These movies tend to try to scare people rather than just freaking people out with the gravity of reality dealing with circumstances that come with a story like this. While it may not have achieved blockbuster status, “Stake Land” remains a fine gem of indie horror films that do not get enough credit. As Danielle Harris herself attests, it's a film that deserves more recognition and discussion within the genre. So, if you're looking for a hidden gem to add to your horror collection, look no further than “Stake Land.”

“I've seen things you wouldn't believe. Things a boy shouldn't see. I was like any other kid; I didn't believe in the boogeyman. Then the world woke up to a nightmare.” ~ Martin (Connor Paolo).

Review of: “Stake Land” (2010) by David-Angelo Mineo 4/7/2024 788 Words

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Political Nightmares, 1/5/2024

So President Biden just gave a speech today (1/5/2024). His first on his bid for his second presidency. It was probably one of the better speeches, as far as quality of the words that were chosen, he has done in recent memory. I certainly cannot remember if/when he actually had a speech worth talking about. At least on my end of it. Like every great villain or liar they mix some truth in with their BS. Here is no exception. While I do happen to agree on ‘some’ of his takes about Trump, I certainly do not believe that by default. That by not voting for Trump is a vote for Biden. No, I think not. Sure, most will live by that mentality of the two-sided-coin. This is just another example of that ��binary by default’ mentality. That if I am not LEFT then I must be RIGHT by default. Those statements are inherently NOT TRUE. However, by the rules of binary, that is exactly what that means, but when applying that to the real world, it doesn’t work, it never did, but we are to play pretend that it did work; and that we should all consume, obey, procreate based on those assumptions. We have other opinions, but they tend to be ignored due to the rules of the binary mechanisms. While that isn’t necessarily 100% accurate most will follow that logic. It is all they know. Do not expect to get someone that can only think in points understand what a line is when you connect those points. Evolving from one dimension to two dimensions. They will never get it. One will always have to slow it down too much or spend too much time, while dummying it down for them, for them to grasp the concept. The more we push devices in their faces with abbreviated concepts and context to those concepts, the stupider our civilization will become.

While I agree that Trump isn’t the best candidate; we have no one really stepping up either. Sure there are a few names in the hat, but they spend so much of their efforts trashing everything, everyone, in their own party, bickering over favor, over being that person that walks the walk on the hot coals in the pit over just talking about it. One of the things that tends to rile me up about the LEFT is how they tend to frame their words. They say it is Trump/MAGA but what I believe they are really talking about is themselves. During Biden’s speech/trashing of Trump he listed several topics claiming it is the RIGHT/MAGA-sided people that are the cause of this and they are dangerous for freedom. While the reality is this is what the LEFT has been doing for nearing a decade now.

The LEFT keep telling us January 6th was this big attack on American Freedom, but when we see all the video footage we see nothing but non-hostile groups of people walking around that are guilty of trespassing and perhaps disturbing the peace, at best. Yet, somehow, people are getting lengthy punishments for what is largely a non-violent, over-exaggerated trespassing violation. Was there some violence going on? Of course there was, there is always going to be a few people in a group that has their own agenda. The sheer lack of common sense, logic and problem-solving skills demonstrated by the LEFT and their media sources just shows, only in part, why following the LEFT ideology isn’t the best of long-term plans.

Granted the RIGHT isn’t much better. They tend to try to play the same games as the LEFT but the LEFT are much much better at it than the RIGHT. The RIGHT always comes off as Idiotic-Jesus-Karens, hiding behind the Bible and Christianity over trusting in science, common sense, logic and problem-solving skills. If we left the RIGHT to their vices the constitution would be no more and replaced by the Bible. No one wants a theocracy, that is why we do not live in one. As much as I will show respect for those like Ben Shaprio, for his witty and intellectual prowess, the man always comes prepared to debate, but tends to look silly when he tries to combat actual logic with the Sky Daddy logic. It would be difficult and frustrating trying to have philosophical conversations about logic with someone that puts faith above all other knowledge. I have always felt from the beginning between Biden and Trump that both are terrible choices for this country right now. Both talk from a place where they understand nothing from the common person, which makes up most of the people in this country. I certainly do not trust Biden, but that apple of trust does not get handed over to Trump because of that. However, that is how the system currently operates.

Anyone else see/feel like this is NOT the way to move forward in our society?

While Biden gave a great speech, most of what he had to say is about a narrative both sides keep pushing and the bulk of America doesn’t believe is real. Most do not even know what the FK Biden is even talking about; because said narrative doesn’t actually FK’n exist to begin with. Where exactly, and how exactly can we label January 6th an insurrection? When we think of what an insurrection is and they flip over to what actually happened it is very hard for me to see what the LEFT is saying about that day. I am not saying the RIGHT here is right, as in correct. There should have been resources in place so a hoard of people couldn’t push passed security without shots being fired upon the crowd in defense. I am not saying who/what right/wrong here. Only that this country tries to play the moral high-ground in the public eye, but behind closed doors they act like a bunch of kid-touchers that do not wanna get caught touching kids. Granted I am not saying ‘kid-touchers’ literally. Merely that I am using that as an example of doing a terrible terrible wrong to the people of this country and either hide it or place the blame on someone else, like Trump. Trump can undo all the Biden madness and I suppose based on that, that is a good thing, but Trump being the best person for the job? Yeah, I think not. Most of the things Biden was pointing the finger at in his speech that Trump has done (allegedly), is really what Biden’s been doing for three years now. They just removed Biden’s name and inserted Trump’s name. Where most of the people that watch a little or a lot cannot even keep up with the he said/she said BS. Most people cannot even tell the difference anymore it is so goddamn convoluted. At the time of this writing I am probably not going to vote. There isn’t anyone I want to vote for, (again). I come to this conclusion pretty much every time I feel pressured by social media to cast my vote and have a voice, but the voice in which I speak breaks the abnormal normal of what today’s normal is supposed to be; if we continue to listen to these talking heads on the dailydaily. We haven’t even gotten into the Hunter Biden stuff yet that may or may not get the President into trouble about the legalities of his ability to be President moving forward. We are seeing more of Biden’s appointed people being called into courts and in front of committees trying to find out why the border is overrun. Why Hunter Biden is on, or was on, the payroll for foreign nuclear power programs that directly have inappropriate connections to the President. Biden makes statements about violence in our political establishments. Well, what about our colleges full of Presidents in those environments that allow Jews and American-Jews to be harassed and threatened by violence in our colleges? Navigating the current political landscape, (Whoa)ke Cult-Lure, gender-mad and two old idiots running for President feels like choosing between two imperfect options. President Biden's recent speech, while well-delivered, appears to perpetuate narratives that many find disconnected from reality. The binary mentality in politics oversimplifies complex issues, overshadowing nuanced opinions that don't fit neatly into LEFT or RIGHT categories. I question the effectiveness of the modern-day political system and expresses skepticism about casting a vote in its current state.

"Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude. One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them. I am I, and I wish I weren't. I like being myself. Myself and nasty. I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly...reality, however utopian, is something from which people feel the need of taking pretty frequent holidays... Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. A love of nature keeps no factories busy. But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness, I want sin. It is natural to believe in God when you're alone-- quite alone, in the night, thinking about death. If one's different, one's bound to be lonely." ― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

tantibus politicis, 1/5/2024 (Latin for political nightmares, 1/5/2024) By David-Angelo Mineo 1/5/2024 1,597 Words

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The LIST

For months we’ve all been seeing a lot of social media posts and news reports about Jeffrey Epstein; including claims around the release of a list of his clients and/or co-conspirators. However, the reality is there is NO SUCH LIST. It is accurate that there's a release of previously sealed court records, and names to those records, but the majority of the names mentioned aren't accused of any wrongdoing or they've already been named publicly. The people on the list are to be questioned, sure, but this isn’t a list of guilty perpetrators. That is what ‘some’ news sources, social media and tinfoil hat people want to believe, but them wanting it real doesn’t make it real, because they want it to be real so bad. That isn’t how manifestation works. The documents are part of a lawsuit filed against Epstein's former girlfriend Elaine Maxwell by one of Epstein's victims Virginia Giuffre. She is one of the dozens of women who sued Epstein saying he had abused them after her lawsuit was settled in 2017. The Miami Herald requested court papers that were initially filed under seal. Some of those documents were released over the following years, but this next batch remained sealed because of privacy concerns regarding Epstein's victims and others who weren't complicit in his crimes. The judge also said a handful of names should remain blacked out because they would identify people who were sexually abused and that information isn’t exactly for public consumption… People still have the right to keep their names safe from the public. Just because this is a huge news story does not mean these people still do not have privacy rights. They do…

Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide while in prison awaiting trial. There are lots of conspiracy theories related to his death, as in, he was killed, did not commit suicide. The video of his last moments was mysteriously turned off or the footage is missing as he was on suicide watch. There is a list of VIP people, politicians, celebrity types and other billionaires and millionaires, where Jeffrey Epstein would fly these people to a remote vacation island where children were being sex trafficked for portions of these groups of people.

The Above Information Was All Background Information.

What I want to do is write a logical explanation as to why the media and the general public are looking at the names on this list as if they willing participated in these sex acts against children, other crimes and/or at the very least, knew this was going on, but did not report it. My argument is just because a name shows up on this list does not necessarily mean a person or a group committed any crimes at all. It is just as possible these people were isolated from any of these illegal crimes just as much as they could have been a part of all this. As of right now there is no real evidence to suggest that if a person's name was on this list that they are guilty of crimes by default, even with no direct evidence of any crime being committed. The only pro-evidence is just Jeffrey Epstein and his assistant and a person or persons’ name being on this list and them knowing and having some loose business dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. Both sides of the media and YouTube conspiracy theorists are labeling ALL people on this list as villainous, guilty of sex crimes against children and all around, bad people.

The inclusion of names on a list doesn't automatically imply guilt, and it's crucial to distinguish between allegations, suspicions, and proven criminal behavior. Some may be skeptical of the legal system or other institutions, leading them to question the credibility of investigations in general. This lack of trust can contribute to the belief that everyone associated with Epstein must be involved in some related wrongdoing associated with Epstein’s criminal activity. It's crucial to differentiate between suspicions, allegations, and proven facts. Simply being associated with Epstein does not make someone, or even anyone, guilty of criminal activities. It is essential to rely on thorough investigations, legal proceedings, and concrete evidence before making judgments about an individual's involvement in illegal activities. People should be cautious about spreading unverified data as fact, and the legal system should be allowed to determine guilt or innocence based on proper procedures and evidence. Not what FOX News or Social Media says is real, true, fact. Where most of the information being presented on the news and on social media, alike, is false, wrong or a straight-up lie.

Being on the ‘Epstein-List,’ to me is almost like being shamed by high school administrators when you get into trouble for smoking in the bathroom or some other petty issues at High School and they blame you just because you hang out with a “specific” bad person, that you are associated with. I'd always roll my eyes when this was said to me and even now I think it is a stupid way to think. That sure, some of the time guilty by association is true, but not all the time or even most of the time. If I was on the list, that just makes me a child rapist because I flew on a plane with a guy that was into that. I know nothing about it, but am on the plane ride and when I get to the island I am chillin' at the beach or a bar the whole time I am there, witnessing no sexual acts with children, but still feel like people are weird in general. I fly back with the group not knowing much of anything. I know some people did some FK-shit, but one or many can say that about any group of people that have money and go to an island. Rich people are always doing things they shouldn’t be doing or if they were not rich and average like most of us wouldn’t even have the time to think about all the nonsense they can cause because they are too tired working sixty hours a week, working two jobs, taking care of multiple kids that are not even theirs.

The concept of "guilty by association" is a logical fallacy, and making assumptions about individuals based solely on their loose connections with criminals is not a sound or fair way to judge anyone. Regardless of who they hang out with, who they may work with and even go on private jets to remote islands with. However, there are psychological and societal reasons why this tendency exists. Humans often rely on mental cheat coded (shortcuts,) known as ‘heuristics,’ to quickly make judgments. In the case of guilt by association, people may use this cheat code that if someone is connected to a known criminal, they must share some level of responsibility or guilt. Our current society tends to fear and distrust those associated with individuals involved in criminal activities. Well, most of the time… This fear can lead to a broad assumption that anyone connected to a known criminal is likely to be involved in illicit behavior as well. People may simplify complex situations by categorizing individuals as either "good" or "bad" based on their associations. This oversimplification helps individuals make sense of a complex world, but can lead to unfair judgments. Now apply this to Child Sex Trafficking and watch a person’s career go down the tubes. Isn’t that what defamation is? The media does more than play its part in all this. The media plays a significant role in shaping public perceptions. If media coverage highlights the connections between an individual and a criminal, it can influence public opinion and contribute to the belief in guilt by association. This is even more toxic when the social media perspective is added to it; where most of the judgements on social media are often rash and have little truth to them at the beginning. People tend to seek information that confirms their pre-existing beliefs. If someone already believes that individuals associated with a criminal are guilty, they may selectively focus on information that supports this belief while ignoring contradictory evidence. This is just a fancy way of saying: “Go on Google and everything you see there is true by default. Do not bother to even ask of the validity of the content. Just believe it is all based on facts because Google said so.” The lack of critical thinking in some cases, people may not engage in critical thinking or question the validity of assumptions. This lack of critical analysis can contribute to the acceptance of guilt by association without considering the individual circumstances.

While it's natural to be concerned about connections to criminals that use children in such a disgusting way; fairness and justice demand a more nuanced and evidence-based approach. Legal systems are designed to establish guilt or innocence through due process, relying on evidence and the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise. However, let's not be dense about that, but because my name is on a list I am now looked at by the media and the public for, whatever this list is supposed to imply, my guilt on.

If I know I am innocent and the media starts saying shit. I am suing them and I am going to win too. I just think the YouTube conspiracy people have nothing better to do than latch onto something, anything really that could make sense to them. Remember, the Earth is NOT FLAT and you’re idiot if you actually believe that. They do it every few months. I have a friend who is big into this stuff and I keep telling him he sounds like a quack and he gets pissed at me. I then tell him it isn’t the idea that makes him look whacky, but how he does it. His posts/rants look exactly like that of an Alex Jones or other wild conspiracy theorists. That if he wants people to take him seriously then he has to treat the content seriously. Not this fly by night, really bad memes, screenshots, doctored other postings. Shady articles from websites that have little validity to them to begin with. It is just like the rhetoric/semantics line I keep saying. Rhetoric doesn’t have to be based on real facts. It just needs to appear that way and the same goes for taking conspiracies and making them appear real. One has to make it understandable. Not just some rantings of a delusional mind. One or many cannot expect people to believe up is actually down if you cannot clearly show, speak about and articulate why up is actually down and we all have it wrong. If one or many cannot do that, that it simply will not be taken seriously, regardless if it is real or not.

So, yeah, every time I hear about this “LIST” or the names on the list. I just laugh and am like, you have nothing unless you have something other than a name showing up on a list of passengers. If a plane has 100 people on it, are we to assume all 100 people are bad, evil, rich, kid touchers? That is crazy… I am sure some of them ARE, sure… But ALL? And guilty by Default? Again, crazy… Yet the RIGHT-sided people hold onto this like Churchill would hold up signed documents by Hitler, that he wasn’t going to attack these places and within a few days/weeks Hitler would just continue his massive attacks. Breaking all the promises he signed previously. That hoping, is just the same type of hoping. It’s baseless… Based on very little and almost all on assumptions without any real evidence other than a few names showing up on a list and/or other, possibly, doctored up materials. It just doesn’t work for me at all for those very reasons. They are chasing ghosts. The RIGHT keeps chasing fantasies like if they can just get some of these things to stick, they will win. No… The RIGHT will never win. They just won’t lose. That doesn’t mean they won anything. The RIGHT turn on each other faster than Schmigel killing his best friend for the Ring of Power from the “Lord of the Rings.” The LEFT doesn’t lead. The LEFT leads their own interests and those interests do not coincide with us, the people. It used to, here/there but not anymore. This is another example of that ‘binary by default’ mentality. That if I am not LEFT then I must be RIGHT by default. If I am not RIGHT then I am LEFT by default. Both of those statements are inherently NOT TRUE. However, by the rules of binary, that is exactly what that means, but when we apply that to the real world, it doesn’t work, it never did, but we are to play pretend that it did, and that we should all consume, obey, procreate based on those assumptions. We have opinions, but they tend to be ignored due to the rules of the binary mechanisms.

In the labyrinth of cognition, where reason intertwines with folly, human minds dance on the edges of wisdom and ignorance. Veiled in the mist of impulsivity, we weave tales of brilliance and blunders. Our thoughts, like fireflies in the vast night of understanding, flicker erratically. In pursuit of clarity, we stumble through the maze, often lost in the corridors of haste and bias. Within the kaleidoscope of intellect, brilliance and folly coexist, revealing the paradox of our nature. Amidst the symphony of ideas, the melody of brilliance is occasionally drowned by the dissonance of our own limitations, and thus, in transient folly, we are dumb. "'FK this,’ he said to no one in particular. ‘Don't tell me I clawed my way up from VR addiction just to learn that aliens blew up the Earth because of an old Michael Jackson song and Star Trek. I won't believe this shit! I won't believe it!'" ― Charles Pellegrino, George Zebrowski, The Killing Star

Elenchus (Latin for: The List) by David-Angelo Mineo 1/5/2024 2,342 Words

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End of the Beginning

“Is this the end of the beginning? Or the beginning of the end? Losing control or are you winning? Is your life real or just pretend?” "End of the Beginning"

Going through my writings for the past year when I kept coming across instances where things just do not make sense to me. Not the words I write or topics I talk about, but rather ‘some’ of the takes of these topics by the random minorities of INTERNET TROLLS, Internet Subcultures, and others. The problem in general with Internet Subcultures are Internet Subcultures. However, I have already written about that and those extremely short and not very well thought out opinions of said topics of mine.

This year was marked by life after Hurricane Ian, with damage to the house, only now being repaired. Due to inflation, rising insurance premiums and cost of living going up while monies coming in are either static or going slowly in reverse we had to make serious concessions as to what we wanted for our home. The house is forever changed. We won’t get the pool cage replaced. The insurance pay out was half of what it will cost for a new one and the insurance for it could buy a brand new pool cage every three years. We went over a year without one, adapted our lives and maintenance around that and it has worked out to a point where we had the time to think about what we actually wanted and how much we had to pay with for it. Now that we have a real concept of what we want we are slowly getting that done.

I started the year’s Blogging on my fitness history and journey over the years. I am still at it. I have learned to train smarter, around my current limitations and I feel I look good for what I have had to go through with my ability to still train at a high level. This past year I wrote about the Buffalo Bills more than I have in the past over a one year span. I am probably not done. With how Buffalo is these days, there is usually something worth discussing every few weeks, let alone months. I wrote a lot about redefining Woke-Culture as ‘(Whoa)ke Cult-Lure.’ I wrote about that subject enough to be a target of trolling then doxing by a very persistent but small group of 40+Don’t-Matter-Progressives on a stupid platform that no one really uses called SpaceHey. SpaceGhey, is what most that know the platform call it.

“Reanimation of the sequence Rewind the future to the past. To find the source of the solution; The system has to be recast.” ~BLACK SABBATH

I did more movie reviews this year than I have done in recent years. I think I will continue this trend in 2024. When I do a review I tend to write about movies that I knew nothing about going into it and being very surprised at how good it was. I will also write about movies I saw that I thought were going to be good from the trailer and/or the plot write-up and the movie being so terrible that I had to write about all the things I hated about it. In great detail, of course. I do not always review films that everyone else has seen or is popular. I go by what I want to watch, not what the mass media and YouTube reviewers say I should watch.

Movies I wrote about this year:

• Infinity Pool (2023) • You People (2023) • Knock at the Cabin (2023) • Nefarious (2023) • Choke (2008) • Oppenheimer (2023)

Movies I briefly talked about this year:

• The Elephant Man (1980) • The Thing (1982) • Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) • Altered States (1980) • Tightrope (1984) • Communion (1989) • The Fourth Kind (2009) • The Entity (1982) • Prince of Darkness (1987) • Galaxy of Terror (1981)

Along with my thoughts on politics and political ideologies I also dove more into religion/faith using Christianity as the main example. The only reason Christianity gets mentioned the most when I talk about religion is because it tends to be the most popular or most obvious. Most of everyone has heard of the rumored, “son-of-God,” Jesus Christ. We have all heard the stories and all that. It is the easiest one to prove wrong as well, but we’ll save that for 2024 and beyond. I spent just as much time writing about Social Media, Music and technical blogs with aspects of using smart devices and using older accounts with those devices. It is sort of pain in the butt when something newer comes out and it isn’t exactly compatible with your main accounts because your main accounts are now two decades old. I have newer accounts sure, but none of them are as used as my main INTERNET accounts that have most of everything signed into them. Sometimes the process is overly complicated and I will take detailed notes as to how I came up with the solutions. I will write out the notes in the form of a blog to tell the tale or just a backup for myself if I ever have to deal with the problem again. I prepared another medical update that handles the past/present of my medical conditions in a better, more thorough, breakdown. I had to take a break from everything during the months of June and July due to being sick. A combination of getting the flu and medications having adverse effects on my body for my diabetes. We still have yet to get a real handle on controlling my blood sugars. Granted we have made some strides in the right direction but my sugars continue to be higher, even with the medications they give me. At the beginning of June is when I started receiving harassment from that contingent of hypersensitive 40+Don’t-Matter-Progressives on the SpaceGhey. After I handled that, went on vacation, came back, got sick again, did I begin writing again. I was sent an open survey by my county’s Democratic Party and they made the mistake of allowing the survey takers a textbox for every question to give people a chance to say what they want to say. I will tell you; I wish ALL multiple choice tests or surveys did this. I have always had a problem with the multiple choice approach. It lacks contextual-value. Not all questions are written with context in mind and they should. Anyway; I sent them a very detailed survey back with why I would never register to vote or vote for a Democratic Party representative in any form of Government. This sparked a little bit of a debate, as most assume if one isn’t a Democrat then by default they must be a Right-Wing-Trump Supporter, which isn’t true either. I do not support either one of them as my main way to express how I feel about politics.

Both are poor choices for social societal evolution.

I took mid-October and the first part of November writing about the Israeli/Palestinian War. I wrote about 8,791 words on the subject. I studied the history. I looked at opinions on both sides and I fact-checked most of the things that are being spewed as semantics but really are just rhetoric, where semantics is the study of real and true meanings of words and phrases and are based on credible facts. Where rhetoric only has to appear it is based on credible facts, but doesn’t actually have to include anything real, true or fact, merely that it only sounds plausible. I take the same approach when talking about ALL forms of religion. That is why religion is such a tough sell and extremely easy to dismiss when looking really hard at the science, logic and common sense on the subject. If one is Pro-Palestinian they will be very triggered by what I got to say, but if one is Pro-Israeli they will be just as disappointed in my resolve or opinion on the matter.

I finally got around to defining what “Two-Step Flow Theory for Idiots” is…

One of the last big things I talked about this year are the Ten Things That Terrified Me in Film/TV. Things I remember that freaked me out in a Movie. I am 45 now and a lot of these were seen when I was a kid. So 80s baby all the way. I really harp on “conceptual horror” over just visuals. “Conceptual Horror” would be imagining you as a child, in bed, feeling this sense that you are being watched. You cannot see anything, but you look in the darkest corners of your room to see BLACK and feeling there is something there that wants you to be terrified of its presence upon you. You get the distinct feeling this thing, this entity, wants to do bad things to you or at the very least make you do bad things to others or yourself. That to me, this uncertainty, this distinct feeling of “a harmful force upon you,” is terrifying and really the only thing that truly haunts me. That unknown feeling of dread by something you cannot quantify, but is in your space that is supposed to be yours and safe.

2023 was a year where I looked into AI more than I ever have. Both with using ChatGPT, and writing prompts or, “cheat codes,” for ChatGPT. I wrote a few blogs about AI and I will continue to do that. I also listened to the audiobook versions of the “Remembrance of Earth's Past” or known as (The Three-Body Trilogy) by Liu Cixin. Three-Body is a mind-bending existentially terrifying sci-fi journey that explores humanity's encounter with an alien civilization. From the deep of cosmic concepts to intricate political and philosophical threads, Three-Body is an exploration of the unknown, challenging our understanding of the Universe, reality, perspective, perception, existence itself. Very few science fiction novels actually change how I think. This series absolutely did that with its concepts of first contact, the dark forest theory, game theory, nihilism, time, relativity, relativistic time, reality possibly being an infinitely long loop, love, death, infinity, multiple-dimensional realities, macro and micro quantum reality, religion not being real and existentialism. I will do a bigger BLOG-breakdown of the series with heavy spoilers at some point in the future.

For 2024, I currently have fourteen Blogs scheduled as of right now. This doesn’t mean I will be writing only fourteen Blogs but that those are the ones I have multiple pages of notes on the subject for and want to tackle. I wrote 30 Blogs in 2023. Where only half of them were planned in advance. I do plan to continue to work on Fiction this year. I am hoping to complete something this year for sure. There has been and will be many changes to my life and how my family carries on its wayward son… I tend to say this every year that the year before was the worse year of my life. The same can go for 2023 as well but I think of it in different terms now.

On 12/22/2023, after I had just came back from one of my deep thinking sessions on my walks around the wooded area in my neighborhood, my father passed away. Dad would have been 70 on the first day of 2024. As a family, we elected not to post this on the typical social media posts on subjects like this. Being Friday evening and all, with Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and my Nephew’s Birthday a day after that we did not want to ruin anyone’s holiday. We didn’t want our friends and family to have to stop their lives for our misfortunes. The truth is my father has been extremely ill since 2004, even before that. I started noticing my Father’s health change in and around 1995-1996. During that time, and years to come, my father did very little to help himself with his health. The Doctor would instruct him to do A, B, C and my father would take that and create his own sense of D, E, F of it. Health declined every few years. Every few years the cycle would repeat itself. Every time he’d go to the ER or stay in ICU, he’d come back, a little bit less of himself and more zombie-like. 2021 my father finally hit a wall that he couldn’t just walk through and his strength and awareness around him would dwindle. The last thing to go is a person’s sense of self. Towards the end he would stop communicating like a normal person. He would talk to us sporadically but be less and less coherent and more and more incoherent. Finally, my father’s body could no longer hold out and he passed peacefully in his sleep. One minute he was resting then next he was just a vacant vessel for a human soul.

I am not exactly sure how to word all this to sound as it should. As I have said, largely my father hasn’t been around in the way we know him and all you may remember him for a very very long time. It is hard to really understand how I feel and think at this moment. I do not feel that sense of sudden loss that most tend to go through. Actually ALL my brothers feel like this about this specific situation. When I think about this now, on the last day of 2023 and the day before his birthday, is I revert to when I was a kid and we lived in Tampa, Sarasota and right when we moved to North Port, from when that all started in 1984-1991. That is really how I think of my dad now. I cannot really think about him as my father, near and after 1997. 1997-2001, I was just graduating High School, trying to figure out adulating, finishing school, working dead end jobs, then going to college and not having a single clue as to what I was supposed to do. My brothers were all in High School doing their thing. My mother was dealing with my father, who started his descent into what we ALL had to go through for the last 20 years. Guidance for me was non-existent and with friends that are no longer here in my life anymore. I picked film in college because I loved movies. I wanted to work behind a camera from the time I left High School to now. I picked that because of the love but also because it would get me away from here and having to deal with all this stuff my dad was going through and watching my friends’ transition into their current lives, both for the best and not the best of circumstances.

I never actually got out of here and my degree is/was a complete waste of time, energy, money, resources and false-hope. Granted I love what I know but wish I could at least make a living doing it over just writing about it. Now with my own mortality showing these same signs; I am the same age now that my father was in and around when he began his issues. I think about how much quality time I have to work on projects like this. Both time and the roadblocks that were there, that are no longer there, but other roadblocks still exist. I feel like 2024 will be an end of a new beginning and the beginning actually begins, now…

Reflections of the self and redemptive nature of living life and then eventually time catches up. The ultimate fate of us ALL is death, the light, the love, the life, the emptiness and despair of it ALL. "It's a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done before. A far better resting place I go to, than I have ever known." ~1859 novel by Charles Dickens, “A Tale of Two Cities” reused in the final moments of the 1982 film: “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.” The very first record/tape/music I ever purchased was Black Sabbath’s Paranoid per the recommendation of my father. I was 11…

Rest In Peace Dad… 1/1/1954-12/22/2023

“Release your mind. Fast forward to the secrets of your code. Your life's on overload. Delete or save…” "End of the Beginning" ~BLACK SABBATH Writer(s): John Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Terrence Butler

Finis Principia (Latin for; End of the Beginning) by David-Angelo Mineo 12/30/2023 2,737 Words