A mishmash of informed snark, piquant opinions, refined nastiness, occasional schmaltz, & tawdry graphics, served up continuously since 2006 by COSMIC CONNIE, aka CONNIE L. SCHMIDT. Covering New-Age/New-Wage culture & crapitalism, pop spirituality & religion, pop psychology, self(ish)-help, alt-health hucksterism, conspiranoia, business babble, media silliness, Scamworld, politix, & related (or occasionally unrelated) matters of consequence.
Last night I did something I hadn't done in a
very long time: I removed a published post from this blog. Nobody
told or asked me to remove the post. Nor did anyone threaten
legal action or worse. Moreover, the post had only been up about
four hours, and in that time, according to Blogger's helpful
stats-tracking, only one person had read it, indicating to me
that Whirled Musings is as wildly popular as ever. I just can't
keep up with the demand.
But after talking about it with my husband, I had some serious
second thoughts, given how unhinged and litigious the subject
appears to be (not to mention how apparently well-backed
financially he is). From all indications he is a serial scammer,
but has positioned himself as an American hero, which has earned
him a significant following of people who are all too willing to
throw their hard-earned money into his various political and
social "causes." He's a genius at raising money. What
happens to the money after he raises it is a matter that I'll leave
to the big investigative journos for now.
I'm not giving myself short shrift or being falsely modest, but
merely honest, when I state that like much of the content on this
Whirled, my deleted post wasn't breaking any new ground. I was
only reporting and linking to other credible sources about this
man and his many schemes. But I simply don't have the resources
to deal with any serious blow-back at this point.
What really sticks in my gut about this matter is
the fact that this guy has become such an advocate/activist for
"free speech," even starting a crowdfunding page,
supposedly to protect free speech, though apparently the real
purpose is to pursue legal action against platforms (e.g.
Facebook) that he feels have "censored" him. He has
already raised tens of thousands of dollars for this cause. But,
like so many other folks I've observed, it appears that he
believes "free speech" only applies to him and his
allies. He has threatened and harassed and even doxxed some of
his critics and detractors, and has then turned around and sued them
(and crowd-funded his legal costs). His litigiousness, as
well as his double standards about free speech -- not to mention
his right wingnutty political and social opinions and his love of
(actual) fake news -- remind me very much of a nutcake I've previously dealt with. But this guy has a much greater following than that
nutcake.
So I'll leave it to others to do the heavy lifting on this one:
those who either have the backing of a strong legal team or who
are lawyers themselves. Meanwhile, I'll go on being an advocate
of free speech, even if it's speech I don't like.
PS ~ Free speech doesn't mean consequence-free speech,
as whiny, blubbery conspiracy peddler Alex Jones learned again
when the courts handed a victory to plaintiffs in a
defamation suit against him. The
plaintiffs in question are families of the Sandy Hook shooting
victims, who alleged that they faced frightening threats and
harassment as a result of Jones' continual public claims that the
shooting was a hoax, The court ruled that Jones' fake-news org
Infowars must turn over internal documents to these families.
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So it's 2019, at least by the Gregorian
calendar, and the Whirled wags on. In July, this blog turns 13,
which means that it will be old enough to have its own Blog
Mitzvah. You're all invited, and you can $end present$ now to
avoid the rush; there's a Donation button up on the left side of
the screen (at least on the Web version, with its ancient Blogger
template). And now to business.
As I've noted several times previously over the past few years,
Whirled Musings did not start out to be a political blog, and
technically it still isn't one, except when it has to be, and,
increasingly and much to my dismay, it has had to be. Ever since
the Orange Oaf of Office first announced his candidacy for the
presidency, it has become steadily more obvious that politix and this blog's normal beat are a match made in
purgatory.
Politix in the era of Trump has indeed been cozying up with some
strange bedfellows, not the least of which are the religious right, whose power-hungry theocratic
leaders have for the most part embraced Trump, not giving a flying fig leaf that the latter wouldn't
know a Bible from a copy of Mein Kampf. And although
traditional religion, including hypoChristianity, wasn't
originally part of my beat, that's another line that has been
blurred, as noted in the post I linked to at the beginning of
this paragraph.
In large part because of said blurring
of lines [between politics and my blog's original
subject matter] another line has been fuzzed as well: the
one between my normal beat (New-Wage/McSpirituality etc.) and
That Old-Time Religion. I've been asked on more than one
occasion why I don't spend more time going after religion,
i.e., more traditional faiths. The short answer is that this
isn't a "religious" blog either, except when it has
to be. But. When you have fundie hypoChristians and evangescammers getting
together to pray for Trump to "protect" him from
various sources of evil ...
well, there you have it: it sort of has to be.
Apart from the Scamworld connection, there are
other ways in which politix, or more specifically Trumpworld,
melds with some of the more traditional areas of interest on this
Whirled, most notably the McSpirituality sector. Take Ivanka Trump and the TM (Transcendental Meditation)
scampire... please. There are some TM
fanatics who actually look on Ivanka's daddy as an enlightened
being who is a harbinger of positive changes for the world.
Turns out that TM-ers aren't the only traditional Whirled snargets with an affinity for
the Mad King. Today my pal Chris Locke of the fabulous but
dormant Mystic Bourgeoisie blog, writing on Facebook under his nom
de Facebook Kat Herding, pointed out a loony blog titled, "The
Final Wakeup Call: What the world doesn't know." It's written by a Dutch conspiracy-porn
author named Peter B. Meyer, who is
much like many other conspiracy nuts roaming the planet today,
except his narratives are peopled with various aliens and inter-dimensional beings... classic Whirled blog fodder, in other
words. (One of this blog's favorite subjects, imprisoned serial
scammer and Trump fan Kevin Trudeau, is also a long-time fan of aliens.)
In his inaugural post for the New Year,
Meyer claims that Trump is an integral part of a greater movement
that is literally going to save the human race.
Fortunately, thanks to President Trump,
the Patriots and the Q-movement, the world is undergoing a
massive transition. Everything the Cabal has put in place is
now being destroyed, step by step.
Anyway, playing a starring role in this yuuuge development are
various aliens, both evil and enlightened, near as I can tell
from Meyer's rambling screed. Scrolling down a bit, under a bold
sub-head, "2019 -- the year of Transition," Meyer waxes
poetic about the dawning of a new era. It's kind of like the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, but with fascists and conspiracy loons instead of naked hippies.
The world is on the threshold of
permanent peace. This is a super large
caliber achievement by President Trump and his Team. He
brings the American troops back home and the aircraft
carriers into their home ports.
Will this extraordinary news make bold headlines in the
regular media? Count on NOT. The Deep State still controls
the MSM and they are desperate to avoid to publish this
information because the war machine and the central banks
that are also involved in the financing of their gruesome
activities. Not anymore now.
It is over and out for the cabal. Therefore – HAPPY AND
HEALTHY NEW YEAR FOR ALL. Soon, we will continue as free
people to develop ourselves as our Creator
always has intended for us. No wars, no hunger, no poverty,
no more misery. We are going to enjoy life to the fullest.
This information is also meant for the sleepers who still
refuse to to know anything about. Please contribute in this
endeavour by sharing this message with everyone you know,
informing the awake or asleep.
And there you have it, all of you sleepers. I've done my duty by
sharing Meyer's message. Now I'm off to take a power nap while my
husband whips up a batch of potato kugel (with schmaltz!) for
supper. Being a sleeper isn't a bad thing at all, especially if
you have cats and dogs to snooze with.
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