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Sep 1Liked by Madhava Setty

yep, that's my story, too, both of them, and well spoken. One consolation is that voters are increasingly identifying as Independent. Living in Santa Cruz, CA, it's simply outside the bounds of decency to ask, as I did recently of one fanatic, what's so bad about Trump, specifically? All I got was the usual blather, no substance. It's purely tribal, and of course the result of about 8 years of full court press demonization. I'll just say I find it incredibly hopeful that Trump respects Bobby's opinions so much. There is literally no hope on the Democrat side at present. Bernie is toothless, AOC is Nancy Pelosi Jr. And I'll just conclude by saying that my respect and admiration for Nicole Shanahan is growing by leaps and bounds. As she says, this is a movement, and it doesn't end In November, one way or another. I'm onboard.

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Bernie is a grifter & dumb. AOC is an actress & dumb. Trump was a lifelong democrat loved by celebrities & politicians alike. He could/should put out an online photo album of all the cool people hanging out with him the past 40 years. Ask these NPC’s what’s changed? They won’t know & resent you for attempting to make them think.

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BASED. Nicole is definitely a force to be reckoned with.

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Sep 1Liked by Madhava Setty

All the problems we've had after 9/11 are directly caused by the media and American public ignoring the truth about 9/11, just as they did about the JFK, RFK & MLK assassinations. And now are ignoring the Trump assassination attempt. Things will keep getting worse until the public just digs their collective heels into the ground and says "enough is enough, this ends now".

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Well actually ... there was no assassination attempt... it was fake.

https://fasteddynz.substack.com/p/absolute-proof-that-trump-was-not

https://fasteddynz.substack.com/p/lets-take-a-look-at-donald-trumps

What I am wondering ... is why none of the SS doctors are addressing this ... I have posted this info on multiple SSs authored by doctors... (including this one - multiple times)

And all I get is crickets...

Makes me wonder if these doctors are nothing more than embedded agents... like Malone... and Kirsch... and Sasha... etc.... I would not be surprised

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What a ridiculous and absurd claim. I don't see any "blown off part of his ear". That is just hype. His ear was hit and did bleed. Notice all your crackpot buddies said "look he has blood on his face so he must have been hit on his ear and his face with the same bullet, impossible". Turns out pretty simple-minded, when they pulled Trump to the ground he was on his side and blood ran out from his ear onto his face. It's called GRAVITY, Einstein.

So maybe the bullet grazed the inside top of his ear so no visible scar. The pictures are all low quality so you can tell much from them. And you can avoid scars with various means. I just had surgery and had a long scar which has half disappeared. I was supposed to use a cream, rub in several times a day to prevent a scar but I didn't bother. So no reason to expect a scar. Once again, simple explanations, you just need to learn to think rationally. I know its hard, and your brain might hurt for awhile but believe me its worth it. Try it and see.

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No, nobody believes that. It's a crazy idea. Ridiculous.

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Most people believe we have been to the moon - we have not https://fasteddynz.substack.com/p/the-most-important-documentary-ever

Let's face it ... most people believe whatever cnnbbc tells them to believe... because most people are STUPID MORONS.

If cnnbbc showed them a square and insisted it was a circle... it would be a circle. Did I mention that this is because most people are STUPID MORONS? How many billion of them swallowed Safe and Effective... and shot poison into their bodies?

I showed the clip of the shooting to the head of investment banking for a very large US bank... that was after he said to me ... something if off about that shooting but surely you are not questioning if he was actually shot... are you also suggesting the people killed in the crowd were not shot?

I reminded him that the US government killed 3000 when they took down the towers (he agrees that was a govt job)....

Then I showed him that clip... he had to watch it 3 or 4x ... until it finally pierced his thick skull... and he came around ... and then he asked the right question ... why in the f789 would they do that?

There is hope for him... he may not get lumped into the 'nobody' category... https://fasteddynz.substack.com/p/humans-barnyard-animals-and-circus/

Dr Setty - perhaps you could help us .... those photos were taken two weeks after the shooting ... the serious injury was completely healed ... and without scarring.

Come on bro... give us your two cents.

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Not so fast, Eddie.

It isn't that "most people are STUPID MORONS." Every last person in my family, for instance, has a college degree and lives well -- so they can't be literal morons as you charge.

However, they blissfully swallow 9/11, vaccines, the wars, the need for a surveillance state -- the whole 9 yards of NWO. Not because they can't think but because they are incapable of objectively challenging the foundations of their belief systems.

And let's not forget how frightening the truth of 9/11 is to these people. It means abandoning ALL faith in their leaders and their institutions.

One can hardly blame them. Except that they are unwittingly consigning us to slavery.

P.S. No blood on the right hand after he touches his ear, no blood on the shirt after he gets up -- I'm praying there'll be some definitive rebuttal to the obvious conclusion you reach because, like the rest of my family, I don't want to believe a presidential candidate would be involved in that sick ploy that killed two other people.

Until such time, however, I'm going to keep posting the no-blood truth in hopes of attracting such a rebuttal.

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No we did go to the moon, don't be ridiculous. China is planning on putting men on the moon in 2029, so its happened and its happening. And as for crackpots and their "The VAN ALLEN BELTS!!! THE VAN ALLEN BELTS!!! RADIATION!!! " crapola, the SpaceX private Polaris Dawn mission which is supposed to launch this week, is going right through the vaunted Van Allen belts. And then they're going to have spacewalks. But that's fake too.

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hahahaha.... do you think if I loaned you some IQ points you might come around?

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Yeah, try telling any of the many guys doing solid analysis of the Trump assassination, like Dr. Chris Martenson, going right into the weeds with millisecond analysis of the sound recordings. And 3D modeling. You write them and tell them they're stupid and you'll lend them some IQ points. You're a legend in your own mind. But not one other person thinks that way.

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Sep 1Liked by Madhava Setty

Very good. I can align with all said. I think there are probably a lot of us who are politically marooned.

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The benefit of independent critical thinking.

Not much left, thus not many of you out there.

More though are waking up and seeing the light.

Keep the faith, more are on the way.

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Sep 2Liked by Madhava Setty

Madhava THANK YOU for sharing this post (and many others). I live in Australia, but like Sandra Jay (and yourself I suspect) I feel myself to be a "political orphan".

Regards

Anthony

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Sep 1Liked by Madhava Setty

Bertrand Russell's succinct observation comes to mind: "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts."

and Georg Simmel's:

The processes of problem solving on the basis of articulated conflicts keeps societies together, not a consensus.

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Beautifully stated. Both.

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Great article, Madhava. Feels good knowing you, and all the other independents.

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Sep 1Liked by Madhava Setty

I come from the land of lies and deception... good name for the fifties. As a kid I knew where it was at: you did what you were told, you put up and shut up or you were dead meat. Nobody was around to save you. Easiest to avoid the whole scene and discussion... being a kid is fun.

However, as I begin to see the forest for the trees, my friendships have fallen away, and I'm simply not lovin' reality as much as my old daydream. Medicare Disadvantage programs have ONLY injured me!

What happened to my Naturopathic doctor? Sudden quiet demise? I do strongly suspect they (the Government) want me gone. I'm not malleable enough, or young enough to use anymore.

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Yep. I'm a "useless eater" too but NOT involved in any schemes or systems.

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What is a useless eater?

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Your friend's essay is awesome--thank you for reposting it! It's a banger

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I enjoyed this article. I identify with a fair bit of your journey, Madhava. I am deepening into stepping back and looking without deciding. My curiosity opens up and questions come instead of judgements. I believe I am observing some kind of 'large scale transitioning'.

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Might need to SOGOTP soon Sandra.

The world is depending on your vote.

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Add this comment in from Mike Adams/Health Ranger from https://brighteon.social/@HealthRanger:

Sept 1:

Health Ranger @HealthRanger

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We are now watching one of the most hilarious political pivots in history, where Democrats, reacting to the exploding #MAHA movement (Make America Healthy Again) with RFK + Trump, are now openly siding with processed foods, junk foods, pesticides, GMOs, toxic food ingredients and of course Big Pharma's deadly vaccines. To be a Democrat in 2024, you have to now embrace and even endorse mass-production toxic food factories, the mass vaccination of pregnant women, the mass murder of unborn babies, the mass poisoning of our youth with toxic food ingredients, all while claiming to want to "save the planet" with "green" policies. It's beyond hilarious. The Democrats stand for nothing but DEATH. They are the DEATH PARTY, pretending to be the party of "joy." Exactly like the Third Reich. Years ago, I marched in the streets of Austin as part of the "March Against Monsanto." It will filled with bleeding heart liberals who believed in clean food and organics. Today, those very same people believe in toxic processed foods, toxic vaccine jabs and toxic agriculture. The real CLEAN FOODS movement is now RFK+Trump."

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I deeply relate to this post, Madhava, thank you so much! Over my 40 voting years, I too have voted Dem cycle after cycle.

How can we fathom what is true North “out there” when what’s presented takes on the appearance of a bizarre and frightening hall of mirrors?

Mammals rely on predictability and safety for basic needs, even our cells require safety signals to heal and move through what Robert Naviaux, MD, PhD (a world's leading researcher on metabolic and mitochondrial function) has coined the Cell Danger Response or CDR.

At a micro-level, as articulated by the CDR, emotionally and physically injured cells sever communication with other cells, and they can become suspended in an incomplete repair cycle when safety signals, essential to repair and re-engagement with other cells - are unable to reach the injured cells. The medical community calls this chronic illness.

I believe we are witnessing a deep, unrecognized dysregulation of our individual and collective nervous system(s). We are stuck in collective fight/flight trauma response, essentially mired in a collective, macro-CDR.

What I love about RFK is his ability to demonstrate self-regulation (emotional safety in the face of threat) namely the ability to stay calm, curious and attentive (his executive brain function stays on line) in the most demanding situations.

Kennedy’s ability to reach across intellectual and emotional divides, to find good will and common ground, demonstrates what all great leaders of social movements have done.

For me the question becomes: what will it take for us to mirror RFK’s demonstration of cultivating safety within, and in turn conveying that safety, (not division, threat or attack) to those around us? First and foremost we must recognize our own dysregulation, and start there, as he has done. This is each of our own hero's journey, is it not?

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Bobby hits on this idea tangentially when he was asked whether he is scared for his life taking on powerful interests. He unhesitatingly answered, "there are things worse than dying".

He's getting to the biggest fear many of us have: death. An honest look at crossing over actually leads to some surprising ideas. I think you would like reading one of the first articles I published here called "Coming To". In it I challenge the idea that death represents an absolute end to our existence. I further suggest that there is an insidious push to keep these ideas out of our consideration. After all, a fearless population is much harder to control.

https://madhavasetty.substack.com/p/coming-to

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Sep 2Liked by Madhava Setty

Love your analysis! I have voted both sides of the uniparty and I now choose to vote for the party that will least inflict pain and suffering on this country that I love. My 65 years have given me discernment to know that you can’t judge a book by its cover, the trashed media has painted a cover that can no longer be trusted. I watch less than an hour of TV per week, except during college football season. Thanks for your stack, I needed that.

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Medicare for all, brought to us by the same people who mandated the jab? You don't care what it costs? No worries there, as they won't care either, as it's not their earnings they are spending. When they can squander yours, there are no limits.

No. Except for a justice system enforcing property rights on an equal basis under law, we need to get government totally out of our lives. Medical care, the environment, education and a basic safety net are all too important to be left in the hands of government. A free people will do a much better job of taking care of such necessities.

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I'm open to all effective methods. But the American medical system is a disaster, most expensive in the World by far and away with one of the worst outcomes. Private health insurance is a scam because the best way by far to be successful at that is to insure lots of young healthy people while dumping old or sick people and hire tens of thousands of lawyers, minimum medical personnel.

A universal public health care plan has so far been the most successful, supplemented by specialty private funded health care. And it works far, far better for industry since it allows them to be more competitive in international markets. Apparently Taiwan has a very effective public-private health care system, I've read. That's how to govern, look for the best in the World, look at what works best, throw ideologies in the garbage where they belong.

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In Canada: thousands have died due to the legalization of a FREE MAID.

Woo HOO eh?

Not talking about the newly arrived Ukrainian gal who doesn't understand instructions ("No English", Me: "Why not??", does a pretty crap job, and charges elderly pensioners (92) with meagre means, who are still (somehow) living independantly $35.00 per hour.

I'm talking about Medical Assistance In Dying...

It's a thing.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/paralympian-trying-to-get-wheelchair-ramp-says-veterans-affairs-employee-offered-her-assisted-dying-1.6179325

And that's only one example, which made legacy Turdeau government subsized media "headlines". For about a minute.

Most examples are buried. (Without fanfare or Presstitutes. RIP)

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I'm grateful for MAID. Nobody with a terminal illness, suffering in pain, with no hope of improvement, should be subjected to putting a bullet in their own head to end their life.

That said, I'm very aware that it's a slippery slope, and that this opens the door to abuses. But that's on US to rein in. Just because some will resort to its nefarious purposes doesn't mean we should throw the baby out with the bath water.

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So many new ideas I feel I am opening myself to. The main one is 'transition' from this to that.

I do see your point about the justice system. And, I like the thought that any taxes paid could be directed by the payor. The payor could decide how much they have to share, instead of mandated taxing.

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Well, if every single person here wouldn’t vote at all ever u till changes were made we could get somewhere that will never happen though so they vote for who they think is the lesser of two evils that align with the things they value 🤷🏽‍♀️ and me? I’m just along for the ride to see where we go next.

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Excellently written, echoes so much of how I feel as well. Thank you for sharing.

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I think the reason Trump gets so much pushback from today’s left is that he represents opposition to the uniparty. Whether or not he actually “drained the swamp” during his first term, he won on those intentions. With his inclusion of RFKjr, he has doubled down on this platform. The true members of the uniparty’s right wing are the Never Trumpers and the RINOs.

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