Balance is Learning all sides; from the Top Down and Bottom uP.
We are here to learn how to release the harm from research and helping people live a better life in a good way.
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Expert Consultant in Psychedelic Services, Business Owner, Trainer, Licensed Facilitator
We have an #ethical obligation to avoid #harm and that includes #hype, which can be very harmful indeed. I've had concerns about the constant reference to #MDMA as a psychedelic because it is not. Now I am even more concerned about the #exploitation and emotional #abuse of my fellow #veterans by MAPS and those associated with their #research over the years after reading this #shocking but important #investigative#report. Please read it. This needs to stop along with making celebrities out of these #offenders.
Veterans are feeling used, abused, and ignored - https://lnkd.in/grsvvhFZ
Editorial cartoonists Ted Rall (from the political Left) and Scott Stantis (from the political Right) discuss the week's biggest stories without the boring yell fests but with force and passion.
The first segment of this week’s offering covers some major developments in the 2024 presidential campaign. The US Supreme Court followed Ted’s lead, choosing democracy over the Constitution, ruling 9-0 to invalidate the 14th Amendment cases attempting to remove Trump from the ballot. Super Tuesday saw broad sweeps by Biden and Trump, Nikki Haley’s withdrawal and progressive discontent over Biden’s support of Israel’s war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Scott and Ted preview the State of the Union Address and detail what Biden would have to do there—it involves violating the laws of physics—to drive a stake through concerns about his mental acuity. Oh, and it’s definitely Biden versus Trump this fall.
The second segment takes a hard turn into Illinois’ move toward legalizing doctor-assisted suicide. Scott expresses concerns about whether God would approve and whether there might be a potential for abuse. Ted gets personal about a friend and colleague who recently decided to end her life after suffering from depression.
Finally, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has ordered state police and the National Guard to New York City’s beleaguered subway system to restore law and order…and search your bags.
The DMZ America Podcast is recorded weekly by political cartoonists Ted Rall and Scott Stantis.
Twitter/X: @scottstantis and @tedrall
The truth won't set you free, but it will definitely help you to know that we care about the Guttersnipe journalism, that is allowed to be sent on LinkedIn as a matter of fact.
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War is hell.
I wish the mainstream media would tell us stories like Battle and Beers: War Stories. This alternative reporting is another reason I believe citizen journalism is becoming the most trusted source of information.
It’s hard for me to reconcile our never-ending wars with coverage like this video. I know it’s a tough watch, but thank God somebody is getting us these stories.
The creator is a former U.S. Marine. I have found his storytelling gripping and raw, and I wonder if every American consumed his content, would they continue to support the West’s funding of so much war? Would seeing people die on video or reading their gut-wrenching stories change a thing? Maybe, maybe not.
However, I feel it’s a question worth pondering and a discussion worth having. We won’t have these conversations without accurate and transparent reporting of life on the front lines.
#CreatorEconomy#WarCorrespondent
What's the point of all of this attrition warfare in 2024?
Disclaimer - Raw images from the frontline of Ukraine and Russia fighting each other. Shows both sides, fear, how they are both exhausted and the never ending barrage of missiles, gunfire, and now the extensive use of drones for surveillance and aerial attacks on troops. Both sides are using similar weaponry against each other and both seem tired and weary.
Human beings dying on both sides, family crushed with heartache after losing a son or daughter and for what? There's lose all around, not gain. When will this end? Or will it? When will Russia, Ukraine and their supporters on both sides realize that nothing positive will come from this extended destruction of humanity and our natural world. Beyond the humans this video shows how the Earth is being destroyed, animal habitats, waterways, the air and more.
War is horrible and the leadership responsible sit on their thrones drinking coffee, directing traffic, directing body bags, directing missile purchases, looking at their map of where to hit next. The people who die in war are rarely the people who are planning and orchestrating it. It's the young sons and daughters, the husbands and wives, and the poor villagers who have no other choice b/c this war is happening in their backyard.
Watch this video if you can and tell me if you think this is worth it.
Theresa Carpenter, APRᐩMJustin Smith, APR(M)Carl Benjamin Redding Jr., APR, MBA
I tell stories of change agents | Active duty USN commander | S.O.S. podcast host 🎙️| former NATO communicator
War is hell.
I wish the mainstream media would tell us stories like Battle and Beers: War Stories. This alternative reporting is another reason I believe citizen journalism is becoming the most trusted source of information.
It’s hard for me to reconcile our never-ending wars with coverage like this video. I know it’s a tough watch, but thank God somebody is getting us these stories.
The creator is a former U.S. Marine. I have found his storytelling gripping and raw, and I wonder if every American consumed his content, would they continue to support the West’s funding of so much war? Would seeing people die on video or reading their gut-wrenching stories change a thing? Maybe, maybe not.
However, I feel it’s a question worth pondering and a discussion worth having. We won’t have these conversations without accurate and transparent reporting of life on the front lines.
#CreatorEconomy#WarCorrespondent
In a nutshell, the article from Vox - https://lnkd.in/eqqFrKrk - highlights the underdog success story of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), a lesser-known U.S. intelligence agency that somehow managed to predict key events in Vietnam, Iraq, and Ukraine correctly while other intelligence bodies fumbled.
Picture this: while the more famous CIA and Pentagon were busy making bold, and often wrong, predictions, the INR was like the quiet kid in the corner who actually knew what was going on. During the Vietnam War, they accurately forecasted the challenges and the eventual futility of U.S. military strategies. Fast forward to Iraq, the INR was skeptical about the infamous weapons of mass destruction that never existed. In Ukraine, they anticipated the conflict dynamics that are unfolding today.
Despite being the smallest of the intelligence agencies, the INR’s track record reads like a list of “I told you so” moments. They had the knack for seeing through the fog of war and politics, focusing on data and ground realities rather than political narratives. While the big players in the intelligence community were getting invited to all the fancy parties and making headlines (for all the wrong reasons), the INR was quietly compiling reports that would later prove to be spot-on.
So, the next time someone brings up intelligence failures, remember the INR—the intelligence agency equivalent of that underappreciated side character in a movie who ends up saving the day while everyone else is busy messing things up.
