Category: General Interest

Submitted By: andynorris21@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

John Hopkins study:
sites.krieger.jhu.edu/iae/files/2022/01/A-Literature-Review-and-Meta-Analysis-of-the-Effects-of-Lockdowns-on-COVID-19-Mortality.pdf
“An analysis of each of these three groups support the conclusion that lockdowns have had little to no effect on COVID-19 mortality. More specifically, stringency index studies find that lockdowns in Europe and the United States only reduced COVID-19 mortality by 0.2% on average. SIPOs were also ineffective, only reducing COVID-19 mortality by 2.9% on average. Specific NPI studies also find no broad-based evidence of noticeable effects on COVID-19 mortality.”
Myocarditis from ‘vax’? 1 in 35????? (But Trump and Big Tech colluded and Americans can’t sue fo vax injury!)

I remember telling an associate five or so years ago that Bill Gates (via a shell company and the NIH)) was genetically-modifying mosquitos to deliver vaccines.
I also remember that associate telling me, and others about me, that I was totally nuts and off my rocker, some kind of Q-Anon nut job. (QAnon is a Democrat-run intel operation btw, designed yes, to fool Repubs, but mostly designed to fool Democrats. Doh!).
I didn’t back down though, when my associate called me nuts. Do you know why? Because five years ago I, and a shit-ton of scientists and bankers and lawyers and journalists knew Bill Gates was developing genetically-modified mosquitoes to deliver vaccines:

So, um, get your Neem or whatever…
More dangerous than Bill’s genetically-modified flying syringes are all those folks STILL wearing masks!
Masks don’t stop microscopic viruses!
What masks and lockdowns do do however…
Masks deprive the wearer of oxygen, which you need A LOT OF when you are sick. You know those yoga or whatever bumper stickers? Yeah, those: BREATHE!
Masks are bad for children of all ages.
Masks make small children unable to read facial expressions, and many started talking later than the pre-Covid1984 average.
Masks create a false sense of medical security.
Masks create a culture of fear.
Masks let the Billionaire Instigators win.
Lockdowns (most notable school closures) are so insanely destructive for everyone it is mind-boggling how many advocated and still advocate for them. 20-million EXTRA DEAD in Africa and other Third World Countries (more of that ‘progressive equity’?) due to anti-science Western and Eastern lockdowns and the resulting supply chain (food/medicine) issues? And our children here in the First World? Suicide, drug addiction, total apathy, shit for a future. It’s a wonder the Covid Generation (kids) haven’t all slit their wrists already. They were totally abandoned by science and reason; Big Tech and the everyday sheep that did Big Tech’s bidding, ruined the future for millions of children, in many cases straight up took their lives from them. The Billionaire Instigators (Big Tech/Big Pharma/Big Banks in this case) advocate for lockdowns because they make a shi*t-ton of money when everyone just stays home, afraid, (500 new tech/medical/banker billionaires emerged during Covid1984), and they also do it for control, which will last beyond Covid1984 (git your everything-app ready!); the sheep do the Instigator Billionaires’ bidding mostly out of stupidity and fear.
Despite all of the evidence to the contrary, MSNBC (sponsored by…Pfizer??) thinks you should start wearing masks AGAIN! Cuz of the summer covid uptick…which comes before the winter covid uptick…which is in-between the spring and autumn covid upticks…
“You question me, you question science!” – some evil elf in a dystopic Disney film…
www.mrctv.org/videos/msnbc-masks-time-bring-them-out-again

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Fulton Farms tomorrow Friday August 4th at the Manzanita Farmer’s Market! At Underhill Plaza. Come check out the fabulous Manzanita Farmers Market Friday August 4th from 4-7pm! Check out all the vendors and see what they have, and support them in their wonderful offerings! While you’re at the Market, swing by Fulton farms and savor their beautiful Regina peaches…freestone! Ruby Bright yellow nectarines… flavor! Polar Gem white nectarines… sweet! Santa Rosa plum… juicy! Hiromi plum… complex! Triple Crown blackberry… huge! Look forward to seeing you at the market!

Submitted By: andynorris21@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

Harvard calls Obama a war criminal?? Say wut??

The neocons running the supposed ‘democrat’ Biden administration have sent, so far, with more blood money to come, 110 billion tax-dollars worth of weapons to the World War Three effort, including war-criminal-making cluster bombs and cancer-causing depleted uranium munitions.

Everyone knows Biden isn’t doing a damn thing but trying to navigate stairs, sniff girls, and find his way offstage. Everyone also knows fake liberal neocon Barak Obama and his crew are running the most-irresponsible and dangerous administration in American history.

So, let’s remember who this Obama really is:

Obama prosecuted more government whistle-blowers than any president in US history, he and another fake liberal, Hillary Clinton, overthrew the governments of Honduras and Libya, causing immense suffering, Obama also worked with his then vp, Joe Biden, and Joe’s son, Hunter Biden, and, along with the CIA, successfully overthrew the democratically-elected government of Ukraine.

Biden is now a war criminal for sending cluster bombs to Ukraine, joining other war criminals such as Kissinger, Nixon, Dubya, and now according to Harvard…Barak Obama!

Ten years later even Harvard admits their star woke liberal is a war criminal:

harvardpolitics.com/obama-war-criminal/

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwMvS4S_rbw

It’s time for so-called liberals to stop pretending this war-monger administration is good. It’s also time to stop pretending Joe Biden is in charge of anything at all.
Andy Morris

Submitted By: ben.killen.rosenberg@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Drop everything you’re doing this weekend and head up to Astoria for the AVA studio tours! Artist Ben Rosenberg from Manzanita will be showing his pop up gallery, and giving tours of the printmaking studios he teaches at Clatsop Community College 1799 Lexington Ave, Art department. Self guided free tours of many artists showing all over Astoria! Info here:
astoriavisualarts.org/astoria-open-studios-tour
And remember you can always combine this trip to Costco!
Cheers,
Ben

Submitted By: nehalembayexperience@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Numbers and musical notes are pure and true.
What you do with them is up to you.

Submitted By: ben.killen.rosenberg@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Fulton Farms tomorrow Friday July 28th at the Farmer’s Market
Come check out the fabulous Manzanita Farmers Market Friday July 28th from 4-7pm! Check out all the vendors and see what they have, and support them in their wonderful offerings!
While you’re at the Market, swing by Fulton farms and savor their delicious Country Sweet peaches, Honey Blaze yellow nectarine, White Donut peaches, Balaton sour cherries (last chance), Attika dark sweet cherries, HUGE Draper blueberries, Triple Crown blackberries! Look forward to seeing you at the market!

Submitted By: andynorris21@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

RFK, Jr. schools pro-war Sean Hannity, (link below).

Woke Democrats now march in BLM rallies with Mitt Romney! They vote for the same candidates as Dick Cheney! They argue the same side as Sean Hannity!

How far down the rabbit hole can it go???

Well, let’s see.

Every child in the nation (save anti-woke Florida and South Dakota) was just forced to wear an anti-science, traumatizing, anti-oxygen, mask all day at school for a year, for no scientific reason whatsoever. (even in ‘science’ class!) This was a dictate from adults at the ‘highest’ levels of Big Gov’s halls of coordinated-corruption. The fear and stupidity and the lack of basic understanding of science and health from ADULTS at the state and county level was/continues to be astounding. This child abuse was done by adults, not ‘covid’.

I will never forget going to Neahkahnie H.S. to pick up my daughter and seeing dozens and dozens of children outside, masked, standing six-feet apart, not talking, looking sad, and staring at their phones. It’s very easy for me to remind myself of what the hysterical Covidians did to the children. It’s very easy for me to see why they now support war with Russia.

And it is shameful and looking to be unforgivable as there is no repentance in sight, and I’m waiting and waiting for Nuremberg 2.0 and for everyone who supported doing this to our children to serve time in jail for child abuse.

That’s my view, 100%. If you supported masking children at school, you should serve time in jail for child abuse. (Hate mail can be sent to the email address attached).

If you support war with Russia you should go to jail for murder. Yeah, I believe that, too.

If you injected your child with brand-new experimental mRNA-technology from the Silicon Valley Big Tech bros., again for no scientific reason whatsoever, because the ‘vax’ was NEVER meant to do a damn thing about ‘covid’, and the crooks themselves, AT THE VERY BEGINNING, said the brand new ‘vax’ or whatever it was they made that you fearfully and dutifully injected into your child’s veins, even they said it would do NOTHING to stop the spread of ‘covid’. But most parents got scared and out of control and shot that junk into their child’s veins anyway. I see that as child abuse by any definition. You’re supposed to protect your child from tyrants, not do their bidding.

Yeah, so after watching our children be institutionally abused for a year, a war-on-children spearheaded by the woke, and still, today, watching the suicides and drug addiction from that year of hell we gave our children, it comes as absolutely no surprise whatsoever to see traditional anti-war democrats turn into vicious war mongers, a war they’ve only just started; I could always feel the hate at the end of that rainbow of authoritarian narcissism.

Every non-woke person knows those rainbow signs claiming “Everyone is Welcome” are total B.S.

Got room for homophobic Russians at your woke table? Or would you prefer them dead? Biden and The American War Machine think you prefer them dead. Bombs away!!!!!

RFK, Jr., anti-war. A small, sliver of hope for humanity:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlMTiENqgOw

Submitted By: brad.hart@evcnb.org – Click to email about this post

Lee Hiltenbrand gives an overview of the drill conducted at the Nehalem City Park. The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) lead the efforts with the support of the CERT team and many other volunteers. Special thanks to Nanoos for all the great work they do.

Click the below to see the video on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHJMYoQU9Qo

For more information on the EVCNB or to inquire about volunteer opportunities, please visit our website www.evcnb.org

Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Dahlias are Red,
Hydrangeas are Blue,
Swing by the Deli,
And Friends will fix a bouquet for you.

Friends of North County Recreation District will be in downtown Manzanita selling flowers on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Taking Sunday and Wednesday off until we find more flower arrangers. Want to try your hand? It’s easy and will only take an hour out of your week. You don’t have to live here, just show up and we’ll put you to play/work with flowers. Arrangers start at 8 AM and we would like to have the flowers to the Deli by 9 AM. Bring your family and we’ll put all of you to work. All you have to do is arrange the flowers. The other arrangers are smart, funny, happy to help with your arrangements, and now and then we may answer some of life’s toughest questions-like what’s for dinner? To sign up to arrange please contact Gail at gailmyoung@mac.com or call Patty-503-368-6081 and leave a message.

So, have you got those days memorized-when we will have fresh flowers at the Deli? Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. And since you brought it up again there is something special going on Tuesday. Remember Tuesday is the day Chung and Judy, and all their fabulous employees have a discount day. Friends of NCRD have decided to join them with discounts at our flower table. You will see two prices on the flowers-you pay the lower price. And by the way, do you know Friends of NCRD takes Venmo at their table-exciting! Cash or check can be paid inside the store.

Helping with this project will bring you a lot of joy, knowing Friends Mission is to promote and support NCRD by raising funds for scholarships, programs, and projects at NCRD. Friends support youth, aquatic, and fitness center programs. Friends is a 501 © (3) organization. Donations can be made to Friends of NCRD, PO Box 511, Nehalem, Oregon 97131. We appreciate everyone’s help. Oh, and we need more clean vases if you have some. Just leave them in the boxes under the table at the Deli in Manzanita. Thanks!

See you in downtown Manzanita at the Deli on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday!

Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Dahlias are Red,
Hydrangeas are Blue,
Swing by the Deli,
And Friends will fix a bouquet for you.

Friends of North County Recreation District will be in downtown Manzanita selling flowers on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Taking Sunday and Wednesday off until we find more flower arrangers. Want to try your hand? It’s easy and will only take an hour out of your week. You don’t have to live here, just show up and we’ll put you to play/work with flowers. Arrangers start at 8 AM and we would like to have the flowers to the Deli by 9 AM. Bring your family and we’ll put all of you to work. All you have to do is arrange the flowers. The other arrangers are smart, funny, happy to help with your arrangements, and now and then we may answer some of life’s toughest questions-like what’s for dinner? To sign up to arrange flowers please contact Gail at gailmyoung@mac.com or call Patty-503-368-6081 and leave a message.

So, have you got those days memorized-when we will have fresh flowers at the Deli? Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. And since you brought it up again there is something special going on Tuesday. Remember Tuesday is the day Chung and Judy, and all their fabulous employees have a discount day. Friends of NCRD have decided to join them with discounts at our flower table. You will see two prices on the flowers-you pay the lower price. And by the way, do you know Friends of NCRD takes Venmo at their table-exciting! Cash or check can be paid inside the store.

Helping with this project will bring you a lot of joy, knowing Friends Mission is to promote and support NCRD by raising funds for scholarships, programs, and projects at NCRD. Friends support youth, aquatic, and fitness center programs. Friends is a 501 © (3) organization. Donations can be made to Friends of NCRD, PO Box 511, Nehalem, Oregon 97131. We appreciate everyone’s help.

See you in downtown Manzanita at the Deli on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday!

Submitted By: andynorris21@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

The cluster bombs have finally arrived in Ukraine!

All this cluster bomb stuff is making me nostalgic! Remember Vietnam?

What a deal that war was! We killed 4 million of ’em for a mere $5 billion dollars! Killing Ruskies is been a lot more expensive! 110 billion dollars to kill only 150,000 of them?? What gives? Biden’s idea of emulating Vietnam’s cluster bombs is an excellent idea; a much better value!

And I can’t wait for Hollywood’s Ukraine War movies to come out! Maybe one will win and Academy Award, like Hurt Locker or Apocalypse Now!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_HNP3qO03c

NATO and Democrats starting another war? More nostalgia!

Here is Bill Clinton bombing Yugoslavia back to the Stone Age! Good times!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMvQS-vIjGE

And now the ‘most diverse cabinet in U.S. history’ is murdering people with cluster bombs all over Ukraine! As an American, bombing the hell out of another country feels kinda familiar, it’s how things should be, you know what I mean? I wish Monday Night Football was on already!

And just look at these little clusters of love and equanimity! I can feel the inclusiveness now, just tearing through my skin!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKM7_D97g3c

Now back to this movie idea! We’ll call it “Identity Politics Now”, and we’re gonna win some awards I tell ya!

The plot:

The most diverse cabinet in U.S. History joins forces with NATO to pick on Russia and back them into a corner until Russia invades Ukraine. This precipitates World War Woke, and Ukraine is utterly destroyed while Team Diversity murders the f**k out of every Russian they can find!

And check out the cast of characters!

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin: He is the first black man to significantly help funnel trillions of dollars into the Pentagon, into the bank accounts of the most vile and disgusting Americans: the arms dealers and war makers! Throughout the film, Lloyd dodges questions about CIA-involvement overthrowing governments in Africa and enslaving black children to work in deadly mines in order to help companies acquire the precious metals needed for America’s fleet of rechargeable, woke, electric cars.

Karine Jeanne-Pierre: She is the first black AND the first lesbian to be White House Spokeswoman! Karinne joins a long list of absolutely disgusting humans. White House Spokespeople look you in the eyes and lie while they steal from you, put you in danger, or in this case, murder Russians and Ukrainians with cluster bombs. You know the bombs are bad, this historic woman will look you right in the eye and tell you the cluster bombs are good for children, and Biden just has to send these over to Ukraine because the American War Machine is right, and you are wrong. So we’ve had a long list of white male total dirt bags, lying sociopaths, selling us war and murder, in that job of White House Spokesperson; now we have a black lesbian one. Progress!!!

This just in! More equality and gender equanimity enlisted for the war effort!

Headline only, don’t bother to read the advertisement:

www.politico.com/news/2023/07/21/biden-franchetti-navy-joint-chiefs-00107699

Admiral Lisa Franchetti: A nasty white woman doing the work of mass-murder and the bombing of foreign countries, killing children, etc., a job historically done by nasty white men. More progress! (Unless cluster bombs from female Admirals don’t hurt as much?)

Pete Butitgeg: Pete is the first gay man to serve as Secretary of Transportation. He took many months off for paternity leave as the adoption process was quite draining. He also went to work one day pretending to ride his bike. Pete is great at lying, and for the movie, we will have the former military man continuously defend the 110 billion dollars spent murdering Russians in Ukraine, as he struggles to find money for bridges and roads. He knows, but will never say, that the money we have already spent on World War Woke could have seen $200,000,000 of infrastructure repairs in EACH congressional district in the U.S. There are 400+districts. Bridges not bombs maybe??

Admiral Rachel Levine: Rachel is the first transgendered Assistant Secretary of Health. Rachel will be hounded by a reporter digging for the truth. The reporter will be seeking Rachel’s opinion on the most diverse administration in U.S. history’s sending Depleted Uranium shells to Ukraine. These shells caused (and continue to cause) birth deformities all over Iraq and Libya.

media.isnet.org/kmi/kolom/DU/index.html

The reporter will ask Rachel her medical opinion: will these depleted uranium munitions be good for the people of Ukraine or will they see cancers and birth deformities like are being seen all over Iraq and Libya?

And then we will show what Putin did to this stockpile of depleted uranium shells. (We will use this ‘found’ footage and save money on the special effects budget.) Putin sure as hell didn’t want these cancer bombs to detonate in Russia:

https://twitter.com/SpriterTeam/status/1657485723291844608

Those photos above, of the Iraqi deformities, that’s now the future for Ukraine. Those cancer-causing weapons came from American taxpayers and were sent their by the most diverse administration is American history.

For the movie, we will just photoshop those same photos of deformed children, but change the children from Iraqi to Ukrainian. That should save a few more bucks.

IDENTITY POLITICS NOW!
Coming soon to theater near you!

Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

07/20/2023

How are you doing with saying wonderful things to people 3 times a day? Try getting it done in the morning and it could change your entire day. Back with information on Friends of North County Recreation District Flower Sales. Friends will be at the Deli in downtown Manzanita with fresh flower bouquets both Friday and Saturday mornings. Flowers are really beginning to come on now!

We do need more arrangers to keep the project going. Please contact Gail at 503-830-3759 or gailmyoung@mac.com if you might be interested in helping with the flower arrangements. On the days we sell we go to Flower Central and start arranging at 8 AM. This is so we can have the flowers to their downtown location at 9 AM. If you have extra flowers at your home, we can use those too!

Helping with this project brings a lot of joy, knowing Friends Mission is to promote and support NCRD by raising funds for scholarships, programs, and projects at NCRD. Friends support youth, aquatic, and fitness center programs. Friends is a 501 (c) (3) organization. Donations can be made to Friends of NCRD, PO Box 511, Nehalem, Oregon 97131. We appreciate everyone’s help. And don’t forget your neighbor’s birthday!

Submitted By: dixiegainer@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

I have lived here a long time, and I am remembering a neighbor and friend that passed away some while ago and that I still miss. She was a Republican, a staunch conservative, and definitely pro-life. I was a liberal, considered myself progressive, and pro-choice. We had lots of discussions, and lots of disagreements. But at an impasse my friend would say – “well, …we agree to disagree.” And then we would go on and enjoy each others company.

We never used words given to us to use today by the media ……which repeats these words and phrases over and over again. We never called each other a conspiracy theorist, we never accused the other of mis-information and disinformation – at that time the media was not engaged in trying to divide us or control our minds by repeating phrases over and over again so that when a person gets slightly annoyed or agitated – they open their mouths and those phrases pop out. “ Anti-vaxxer” “thats’s disinformation”, “ misinformation-“ or “your a conspiracy theorists”, or a “right wing extremest.” I was called a right wing extremest by a close family friend just a few days ago – and it made us both pause and think. She was surprised at herself! Of all things to call me that definitely is not it! I am basically the same person that I was in the past – but a lot smarter than I used to be. I don’t see how anyone could think of me as “right wing” “or extreme”
But this person didn’t think at all – the words just popped right out of her mouth, put there by the media. So think before you speak – just agree to disagree and keep your friends and family close by – we need each other.
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So – keep talking to your friends, keep talking to your family even if they are “nuts” (We used to say that!) Are you nuts? You must be crazy! So just say – well, we agree to disagree, and keep enjoying the company of others.

Just disagree better!

What made me think about this was an e-mail I just received from the Braver Angels who
are launching “Rise for America,” a structured campaign to enable us all to bring America and Americans together in constructive dialogue to help depolarize our nation.
We do need to disagree better………..

Submitted By: andynorris21@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

The propaganda is ramping up, get ready:

“(Bloomberg) — China represents an increasing threat to the US power grid, lawmakers were told Tuesday during a hearing in which they were warned a cyberattack from the nation could plunge military and other sensitive sites into darkness.”

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A grid collapse is much more likely than a tidal wave. It would be smart to have a local committee of volunteers addressing this threat.

It could be China. It could be Russia. It will most likely be the WEF (Big Tech/Intel) crowd who will blame China or Russia.

Our present overlord, mega-mass-murderer Henry Kissinger’s number one protege, who ‘predicted’ ‘covid’, Austrian Nazi Klaus Schwab warned us: “A comprehensive cyber attack will make zee covid crisis look like a valk in zee park.”

After ‘zee comprehensive cyber attack’ comes the implementation of CBDCs as they bring the grid back up.

Maybe I’m wrong. But I was right about two HUGE things recently, having told friends 1. If Trump gets elected they (billionaire instigators) will be releasing a virus. 2. If Biden gets elected his admin will start WW3 with Russia.

Tidal wave? Seriously? With all this happening? A tidal wave????

We have some blue lines in the road where the tidal wave is gonna stop. Yup, we got some blue lines in the road.

How about nukes? How about no internet? How about no electricity for 30 days from grid collapse? These threats are gifts from the neocons who now run the Democratic Party. It can be hard to tell with all that equity and inclusiveness in the way, but Dems are run by war pigs now.

The Democrat elite have started world war three, and the every day democrats are still pretending that isn’t the case, that Biden didn’t start a war with Russia (hell, some still refuse to believe that we are at war with Russia!), and we’re worried about a tidal wave???

Then comes the CBDC ‘everything app’ as they bring the grid back up. Those looooong days when the grid is down will make a tidal wave look, as Klaus said about ‘covid’, ‘will make zee covid crisis look like a valk in zee park.’

Also more likely than a tidal wave: Putin getting sick of Biden and NATO and us war-pig Americans, and, finally , after years of the woke Pentagon screwing us over while screwing with Russia, he decides to nuke us. Again, where is the citizens committee taking on this huge threat the woke Dems have blessed us with?

Worried about a tidal wave???

Public officials and volunteers should forget all about the ‘the tidal wave’ for the next few years, or at least until Biden leaves office. Thanks to this admin, the worst in U.S. history, the most dangerous in U.S. history, we have two HUGE threats that would make a tidal wave look like a valk in zee park.

Then again, EMPs can be targeted at fault lines to cause earthquakes, and then…tidal waves.

Maybe we should be worried about a tidal wave after all? Get above that blue line folks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdbhS-ozdWE

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMx1-yaRLyQ

and from 30 years ago! Remember what technology was like 30 years ago? What does HAARP do now I wonder? A helluva lot more than it did 30 years ago, that’s what:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33KVU-oc03g

and yes, from the conspiracists at CBS news, from 9 years ago, YES ‘THEY’ CAN CONTROL THE WEATHER. And they have been doing so for decades. As in, they have the ability to do so, and they have done so, and they will continue to do so.

No, not all weather silly! Just some of it, some of the time.

Is it for good or for bad? Who knows, but please know what so many of these power-hungry God-playing creeps are up to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm1_TfTgUag

Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Start your week off with Flowers from Friends of North County Recreation District! Know anybody with a birthday on Monday-now is the time to get them that gift of flowers. Friends try to get to the Manzanita Grocery & Deli by 9 am, but we’ve been known to be a few minutes late. It’s those creative spirits who work on the bouquets-they won’t release them until they meet the bar. Oh, I forgot to tell you Friends will also be selling on Wednesday (whose birthday is it on Wednesday)? Then we will be there again on Friday and Saturday mornings. We thank everyone for buying Friends flowers. Your purchase helps us to fulfill Friends Mission: Promoting and supporting NCRD by raising funds for scholarships, programs, and projects. In the last four quarters Friends has awarded scholarships to Aquatics, Fitness, and Youth Programs at NCRD to the tune of $15,481. For more information about Friends of NCRD, either to help with arrangements or ordering bouquets, please contact Gail at 503-830-3759. Locally you can call Patty and leave a message 503-368-6081. Friends is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Submitted By: tevisdiii@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

For your reading pleasure, the latest by James Howard Kunstler, the world pie served up hot with a whipped word topping.

www.sott.net/article/482376-A-fun-day

Submitted By: andynorris21@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

Glen is gay. He lives in Brazil with his husband and their rescue dogs. Glen is one of the most respected journos in the world. He is who Ed Snowden went to when he sought an effective and fearless individual to carry his message to us, We The People. It doesn’t matter to me what Glen’s sexuality is, but that fact can be tantamount to some, so I mention Glen’s sexuality, that some might listen to his words who otherwise might not.

rumble.com/v2zftva-system-update-113.html

and:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird

So, um, get the hell away from Big Tech maybe? Kill your phone? Use a flip-phone?

Or let the carefully-manicured information that comes into your brain from your phone, from the CIA (big tech), run your perception of reality?

Also of note is the involvement of the CIA/DARPA/WHO/Pentagon in the development of the experimental mRNA-technology that so many fearfully and obediently injected into their veins, a technology that will be affecting their immune responses for the rest of their lives. Unless you got a placebo (saline, there were millions of empty shots mixed into the experimental mRNA shots) or died of myocarditis or stroke from the shot, then you no longer have anything to worry about.

Yeah, “covid” is a military operation. Nobody got sick eating a bat at the Wuhan wet market (gross! wet market! dirty Chinese! TALK ABOUT RACIST!!!!!!!) right down the street from the Wuhan Institute for Coronavirus Research. Anthony Fauci and Bill Gates went 300 feet into a cave in remote China and brought the virus back up and into to a city of 15 million people, where they proceeded, on behalf of the BigTech/CIA-Pentagon crowd, to weaponize that virus in order to make it MORE infectious to humans. That is called “Gain of Function.”.

The vaccine was similarly developed by the CIA/BigTech/Military. And I bet there is NOT ONE person who reads this that can tell me what was in the syringe that they mainlined into their bodies. Not one.

And that is no accident.

this again:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird

Submitted By: ben.killen.rosenberg@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Posting on behalf of Kim Rosenberg loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

Part Two: Toddler Nation
“In a time of universal deceit—telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” unknown

We’re living in a time when facts and truth don’t feel as solid as they once did. Depending on your beliefs, you can find all kinds of information in the media to back up your point of view. That’s an interesting term—point of view—we fiction writers talk about POV all the time. It refers to the character telling the story. Their circumstances, what they’ve experienced, what they believe and know, all go together to create their unique perspective.

That’s how it works in real life, right? We’re born and raised in circumstances we don’t choose, and we experience our lives through the choices we make and the chances we take. All that and more, shapes who we are and what matters to us. The media we consume feeds our perspective by giving us more information and greater understanding. Unless it doesn’t. You know the saying—garbage in, garbage out? Some media sources intentionally gaslight the public creating chaos with lies, targeting people in marginalized communities by inciting fear and dividing people into tribes.

Consider, too, that all politicians and political parties use the media to spread their version of a narrative and the information is not always factual. Sometimes you need waders to get through all the BS.

So, what’s a kid to do? How can you tell if you’re being gaslit by a media source? And how can you evaluate a news source to begin with? Most of us know this stuff but just in case…

Before sharing information, know that it’s true. Don’t be spreading gossip on the beach or on-line. Check out what you hear first. Read. Research and know the facts for yourself.
Know who controls the news sources you use and where their money’s coming from. Always follow the money and who stands to benefit and who stands to lose from the way a story is spun.

Check the source of the story including its URL. Crosscheck the story with a reputable news source to see if they have a similar story out there. Does the story use sensational language and words like ‘always’ and ‘never’? These words tend not to be in legitimate news stories. If a story quotes a source, look it up. Is the source an actual authority with training in the field? If a source quotes a study, look it up. You can verify published scientific studies on the google site www.scholar.google.com If a story has no author, that’s a problem.

Protect yourself from media manipulation by being skeptical about what you see there. Do your homework. I pretty much stay off social media and don’t ever use it as a source of news.

In the public world of media and politics, gaslighting has consequences that harm us all. When the truth is skewed by a media source, a politician or an elected official, two realities are created and people turn against each other causing deep rifts that seem impossible to overcome. A gaslighting elected official uses distraction and misinformation to put the blame on their opponents, on staff, on anybody but them. They are always the victim and never accept responsibility for their actions.

The persistent pattern of behavior is the same on the public stage as it is in personal relationships–other people don’t matter, the rules and laws don’t apply to them, and everybody else is to blame for everything, always.

They want to look like they’re the authority on all things when they aren’t. They expect everyone including staff to do what they say regardless of whether it’s legal or ethical. When that doesn’t happen, they retaliate sometimes by using the legal system.

The information they present is questionable and one-sided. They use half-truths and outright lies to further their own agenda. They don’t listen to recognized experts in the field and they have a party line that doesn’t change.

They turn people against each other by using a little bit of truth and a whole lot of gossip creating division and splitting communities. They use fear to get people to align with them and turn those people against a target, which could be a marginalized group, or an opponent, or staff who they perceive to be a threat.

They don’t cooperate or compromise with colleagues. They have no colleagues because they don’t collaborate with other people.

They act solely to benefit themselves and those who support them. They aren’t interested in anybody on the “other side”. They reinforce an Us vs Them mentality.

They never take responsibility when they’ve messed up. They blame their opponents (everybody not on their side is an opponent), the citizens who don’t support them, the staff who work for them—anyone and everyone else is to blame and they’re always the victim.

They’re obsessed with how things look. They act one way in public to create a positive perception among their supporters but another way in private with people they perceive as a threat or on the “other side”.

Money matters most, not people.

They don’t see themselves as public servants but as CEOs.

What they say and what they do are two different things. They talk a good game, but because they don’t cooperate, compromise, collaborate or treat others with respect, they get little done while in office except to create chaos and divide the community.

They tend to use both racist and misogynistic language. They demean and belittle people they see as less than them.

If you call them out on their behavior, they retaliate.

In personal relationships the best way to deal with a gaslighter is to maintain firm boundaries and plenty of distance. You deny the gaslighter oxygen. You just don’t respond. Ever.

But what about when it’s an elected official or politician using gaslighting tactics against your community or country? What should you do then?

Call them out on their abuse of power. They want you to be quiet. Don’t be. Know that their supporters ‘The Flying Monkeys’ will try to cut you down and freeze you out but say the truth anyway.

Like my man Mahatma Gandhi wrote, “Even if you’re a minority of one, the truth is the truth.”

My sources for these posts:

Covert T. 2019. Gaslighting: The Narcissists Favorite Tool of Manipulation.

Sarkis S. 2018. Gaslighting: Recognize Manipulative and Emotionally Abusive People.

Jackson R. and Saira Rao. 2022. White Women.

Luskin B. The Media Psychology of Gaslighting and Social Change, psychologytoday.com, posted 12-2-22

Steenbergen R. 2018. The Gaslighting Effect: A Revealing Look at Psychological Manipulation and Narcissistic Abuse.

Sweet, P. The Sociology of Gaslighting. 2019 Vol. 84 (5) p 857-875 American Sociological Review

Kim Rosenberg loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

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Dear Friends and Neighbors,
Friends of North County Recreation District will be selling flowers this week outside the Manzanita Grocery & Deli in downtown Manzanita. We will set up by 9 AM. All flowers are freshly picked on Friday, Saturday, and Monday mornings. Yes, we’ve added a day as more flowers are coming into bloom. Our prices start at $5 and go up from there. Need a special bouquet? Call Gail at 503-830-3759 and she will make sure to have it delivered in our local area at no charge. We do request 24-hour notice please. Friends of NCRD’s Mission is to promote and support NCRD by raising funds for scholarships, programs, and projects. Friends is a 501(c)(3) organization with all the money we raise going to scholarships, programs, and projects. We hope to see you this coming Friday, Saturday, and Monday mornings picking up your fresh flower bouquets. Surprise the neighbor and get them some flowers! You know what happens when you compliment 3 people every day? Try it and find out! Thanks for supporting Friends of NCRD.

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As always, please don’t hesitate to contact me with comments, questions, or concerns at 503-986-1432 or Rep.CyrusJavadi@oregonlegislature.gov.
Talk soon, 

Representative Cyrus Javadi
House District 32

2023 Legislative Session Recap
Local Wins
Part of representing you at the Capitol is advocating for the taxes that we pay to the state actually come back to benefit us. As part of the budget bills that ultimately passed, several line items will benefit our North Coast communities.
• $225,000 for Bay City’s Earthquake Isolation Valves for Water Reservoirs.
• $1,267,000 for Tillamook County Shilo Levee Rehabilitation project
• $570,000 for Clatsop Community Action’s Food Bank Warehouse Renovations and Equipment Upgrades
Policy Wins
While the bad legislation gets the majority of the headlines, I was able to help pass some good bipartisan peices of legislation this session.
• SB 406 – Establishes a housing pilot project in Tillamook County to encourage more affordable housing developments.
• HB 3201 – Allows state and local governments to better leverage Federal money in investments into rural broadband expansion.
• HB 2645 – Gives law enforcement more tools to protect communities from fentanyl.
• HB 3584 – Requires schools to notify parents electronically in the case of a security threat at their child’s school.
• HJR 16 – Refers measure to voters to ask if Oregonians want the Legislature to have the power to impeach statewide elected officials.
• HB 3204 – Increases access to virtual charter schools.
• HB 2725 – Lowers prescription drug costs by limiting the power of pharmacy benefit managers.

ODOT Data Breach
Several weeks ago, a massive data breach occured at the Oregon DMV that included unauthorized access to up to 90% of Oregonian’s data, including driver’s license information. ODOT confirmed that some DMV data had been copied and taken while transferring data through a software vendor. The broad-based attack impacted over 2,000 organizations worldwide.
Individuals with active credentials through the DMV (driver’s license, permit, ID card, etc.) SHOULD ASSUME information related to that credential is part of the breach. To protect yourself, regularly monitor your credit and consider freezing your credit. Here is the contact information for the three major credit monitoring agencies:
• Equifax: equifax.com/personal/credit-report-services or 1-800-685-1111
• Experian: experian.com/help or 1-888-397-23742
• TransUnion: transunion.com/credit-help or 1-888-909-8872
Find more information here.

Other Notable New Laws
2024: Impeachment on the Ballot
In the final days of the Legislative session, on unanimous votes in both the House and Senate, House Joint Resolution 16 passed, which will ask voters in 2024 if they want the legislature to have the power to impeach a sitting statewide elected official. No matter your party, impeachment is an important accountability measure. Oregon is the only state in the nation without an impeachment process.
Pumping Gas: You Can Now Do It Yourself! 
Tillamook and Clatsop Counties has some experience with pumping our own gas. For several years now, state law allowed local stations to be open for self-serve between 6pm and 6am. 
But soon, even during the day you’ll be able to pump your own gas. HB 2426 passed this session, allowing Oregonians to pump their own gas. In Columbia County, gas stations may open up to 50% of their pumps to self serve, while the rest will be full-sersvice. But in Tillamook and Clatsop Counties, they may have self-serve at all hours.

Tax Relief for Farmers: HB 2073 and SB 498
Another set of bills that passed in the last hours of the 2023 session were two bills to help family farms.
HB 2073 will put certain agricultural processors on the same playing field as others for purposes of paying the corporate activities tax (CAT).
SB 498 increases the estate tax credit for generational farms, ranches, fisheries, and forests. The estate tax is an unfair double tax imposed after someone’s death. Over 96 percent of our state’s farms and ranches are family owned and operated. Oregon’s tax law should not punish an industry that feeds Oregon and provides essential jobs. Nor should our estate tax policy be in direct conflict with the desire to preserve and protect our family-owned farms and ranches. While I believe the estate tax is a cruel and unfair tax on everyone, this is what we could get passed this session.
Increase Access to Justice for Sex Abuse Survivors
I proudly supported HB 3632 to increase the statute of limitations for first-degree sex crimes from 12 years to 20 years after the crime. Minors will also benefit from this extended timeline by allowing them to come forward before they are 30.

Capitol Phone: 503-986-1432
Capitol Address: 900 Court St. NE, H-373, Salem, Oregon 97301
Email: Rep.CyrusJavadi@oregonlegislature.gov
Website: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/javadi