Substack has helped me live my daily life in varied ways but among the important things is the human contact that offers me the ability to check up on my own sanity and the knowledge that there are people to love and people who do indeed love their fellow man. I am most grateful for all of you.
My personal experience is that people believe the adverse events aren't caused by the vaccines, that they would have happened regardless. People seem desperate to wear their blinkers and go on with the illusion that everything is OK.
I think most of them are so afraid that we might be right, they don't want to open their eyes for the possibility they all have been poisoned. Still, there are several protocols to get the crap out, I saw a clinic in Alabama yesterday on Sharyl Attkisson, and several other brave doctors have spread their own recepes of how to get rid of the spike. Haven' t had jabs nor virus, but still taking some just in case.
Blue and other colluding areas like Utah got predominantly relatively benign lots of shots. (They still shed, and sudden and turbocancer deaths aren't entirely unknown.)
I'm sorry for your loss; es tut mir leid. I didn't say zero. My ministrix (formerly known as the wife of home teacher) died of turbocancer (cutaneous), and an uncle in law died unexpectedly of a stroke. Shedding effects suggest even the majority of Utah jabs aren't entirely benign, though somehow the shedding seems to cease after about 6 months. Nevertheless, they couldn't be too nasty, lest they lose the support of "the Prophet" Russell M. Nelson, his followers, the Mitt Romney/Russiagate normies, and of course the woke faction.
Supposedly there were 3 classes of jabs; benign, possibly placebo, 30%, kill jabs 6%, ordinary, only occasionally killing, 2/3. What distinguished them would be interesting. (Disclosure/leak and bench analysis only; please no trials on living subjects!) Only analyses available to me were whether the jabbed sickened or died, and whether their shedding affected me and others I know. I suspect the manufacturers and DOD (The jabs weren't ordinary pharmaceutical products.) knew what was what, and directed their distribution.
living in a mayority black place, not too bad here in S GA. I don't think they got the jabs, unless they were forced to work (school, hospital). I also know quite a few white people who did not go for it.
Agitated denial. I see it in my own parents who are in their mid 70’s. Still brainwashed even though I have tried to break through. I firmly believe they have heard at least whispers of this toxic jab in other ways, perhaps at church or neighbors. I feel that in their SOUL they feel the darkest but knowing or exploring the truth would change their paradigm in the last remaining days of their lives. The truth agitates the soul and some just cannot accept that truth no matter the warnings. Agitated Denial.
My experience of the past 3-1/2 years has had its bleak moments, but overall I have enjoyed my life and learned a lot from many different people, in person and online. There are dozens (if not several hundred) internet sites that do their best to share the truth - I have been reading two of them most every day since November, 2001, and many others in the time since.
Many books have been published over the years that tell the truth about government lies and more. The news media (with some exceptions) have been lying to us all of our lives, and to our parents and grandparents. The problem with government and media lies is that they are mixed with the truth in such a fine weave that it is very difficult to ascertain which is which.
In the rural area where I live, the local hospitals have just reinstated mask mandates. The local news media follows the government line about everything, as do the county health department and other local government agencies. But, I have many friends who do not buy into the nonsense. As I have told people for the past 3 years, if enough of us stand up and say "NO!," the Power Elite cannot get away with their crimes.
Thank you, Bill, and to all the Substack writers and all the others who work hard to keep us informed and help us say "NO!" to the Power Elite.
I recently learned that there was a prestigious chemist and 9/11 researcher in my faraway city of Perth, Western Australia who published a paper on thermite residue in the WTC dust. I was excited and ready to contact him...until I realised he died in 2016. I was crushed. In honour of Frank Legge's legacy, here is his paper:
Thank you for the links. I will try to read the paper sometime soon. Several other scientists have looked into thermite over the years, and it seems the most likely explanation for the destruction of the three buildings.
A question to ask oneself is "Do I have the courage to say 'no' even when I must stand alone?" Am I willing to suffer consequences, perhaps bad ones? At various times I've done so, and even went to jail for my defiance. Sounds dramatic, but I only spent four hours there and it was for a misdemeanor. But other people pay far higher prices. Worthwhile? Your choice.
have you ever seen those montages of talking heads across the country all saying the same thing? I quit watching msm a long time back as well. I used to play a game with my communist woke sister. This is back many years when I had a TV and watched cnn and the like. I would watch an msnbc segment on some issue of the day and go over to my sister's house knowing that she saw the same segment. I would bring up the issue of the day and my sister would repeat whatever the talking head said as if it were her own thoughts and ideas. She presented it so. It was uncanny. I did that several times just to see if it was a one off. It wasn't and it worked every time. Younger then, I was amused then at the game, now I am disgusted and revulsed at the depth and strength of the mind control and brainwashing that is everywhere in advertising, movies and TV shows. Every show has a homosexual sort of thing.
I noticed about five years ago, that almost all the TV commercials started having mixed-race couples in them. I'm not going to touch that one and have no problem with mixed-race couples. However, my thought was that there was no way that just about every advertising company all at once decided to cast mixed-race couples in their commercials. Someone sent a memo on this for some reason ... and everyone followed the memo. I just thought that was an example of coordinated, subliminal, ideologic messaging. My guess would be one or two big ad agencies produce most of the TV commercials and their owners must have sent out this casting memo/mandate.
Disney hasn't hid its casting decisions. Their director of content said that 40 percent of all characters must be minorities of some sort - racial minorities or sexual identification minorities. You can watch their movies and TV episdoes and see that they followed through on this.
Everything is politics or sending some kind of progressive message.
Exactly. At about the same time, every character in a commercial or tv show or movie who has serious faults, poor morals, is stupid, a criminal, addicted to drugs/alcohol, etc. seems to be a white person. Conversely, every nonwhite character is some sort of brilliant genius with no real faults or weaknesses, perfect moral character, etc. Just one example was the tv show ‘this is us’. In reality, of course, there are good and bad people of any race/ethnicity. It’s as if someone said, don’t you dare show that people of color aren’t perfect’. The result of this, is that folks who happened to have been born Caucasian are continually insulted, making folks more divided. Yes, yes, I’m aware that in the past, nonwhite people were sometimes depicted in a poor stereotypical manner. But those days are long gone. I’ve watched tv shows and movies from the 1980’s, 70s, 60s, 50s, and even 40s showing people of color in a positive light,
In my opinion, and one that should not be at all controversial, is this aspect: TV and other media tend to portray matters (e.g. racial composition or stereotypes) a certain way. How this is done will vary with time and social values. But one thing that will be consistent is that what's depicted is, most likely, completely at odds with reality. Today's drama portraying competent, flawless black males or superhero women are as ludicrous as to imagine that 1950s sitcoms like "I Love Lucy" or "Leave It to Beaver" reflected the norms of their era.
Uhura on Star Trek played by Nichele Nichols is often credited as the first black woman given a prominent role in a major TV show. I love star trek. My regret is when Hallmark started introducing gay couples (caused Candice Buree to leave).
My wife refuses to watch any Hallmark movies with gay couples. I don't think she is alone. Those movies go for cheap.
There are no new tv shows or movies, it seems, without having gay characters in them. I don’t care if someone is gay. Never have. But they make it look as if half the world population is gay.
You use the word communist quite loosely. Do a little homework. Read “What Is To Be Done” or “The State and Revolution” by Lenin, or “The Paris Commune” by Karl Marx. They were deep thinking revolutionaries. I don’t see that kind of leadership anywhere. Certainly your sister isn’t a communist. She’s a woke reactionary disguising as a progressive.
communist countries have murdered more people and caused more misery and starvation than any other political system in the 20th and 21st centuries. By far.
I traveled in E. Germany and Bulgaria in the 60’s. There was nothing communist or socialist about either country. Just top down totalitarian fascist states, calling themselves communist. A poor joke, if it wasn’t so sad.
You need to learn the difference between revisionism and communism. And socialism and communism, for that matter. At least as defined by Marx and Lenin. There has never been a true communist country, as defined by Marx and Lenin. The countries you are referring to were revisionist, countries in which a revolution take place, led by a revolutionary communist party, with the intention of building a freer society based on working class leadership. The USSR would be the best example. Unfortunately, the revolutionary party and its cadre became dominated by revisionists, people claiming to be communists but actually are reactionary. Stalin was a good example. He wasn’t a communist. He was a revisionist. Most true revolutionaries were purged from the party and killed. Nothing is simple. It remains to be seen, tomy mind at least, if humans are even capable of achieving a true socialist society, let alone communist.
don't give up! remember the story of David and Goliath. the bricks are falling already, some stories seep into the press. The German press has reported on the fraud, and the Italians are asking questions too. Some doctors openly blame the jabs. Sharyl Attkisson and several others are working hard, to help this mess come into the open. We can do it. Truth always wins ! Novax won ! with the moderna pamphlet behind him LOLOL
Bill, congrats on the first year and this is a solid piece to show your milestone.
I think the four sentences at the start summarise the situation very well:
1) "every important organization in the world is now captured or corrupt." ALMOST TOTALLY AGREE!
It's arguable, but I still see Substack as an "important organisation," for the news and truths provided here (by me, yourself, and many others) are critical and imperative. We have become the real 4th estate, replacing the whore CIA/CFT propaganda media.
So, how long before these parasites get their tentacles (if they haven't already) on SUBSTACK? It is located in the CIA/InQTel-infested Silicon Valley hotbed, after all.
Are we being digitally kettled?
2) "Leadership matters and the world’s leadership couldn’t be more reprehensible." TOTALLY AGREE!
Particularly in the U.S., U.K, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the E.U, India, Russia, and China.
3) "Sadly, I’ve come to believe the vast majority of the world’s citizens don’t understand what this portends for their own futures or the future of our planet." SADLY AGREE!
What will it take to tip the scale?
4) "The world’s “leaders” aren’t going to save anyone because they all serve in corrupt or captured organizations." TOTALLY AGREE!
Satan and all his masonic minions have only one place to go when it's all said and done: BACK TO HELL where they belong.
More to come on my thoughts on Substack. It's great, but I'm not convinced it's sustainable or is the "magic cure" or solution. In the future, I'm going to share some personal numbers and some subscription numbers I've collected from other well-known Substack authors.
I get all these emails from Substack giving newsletter writers tips on how to grow our subscribers, etc. Some of these tips are very good. They often feature Substack "success stories." I've noted that none of the "success stories" they interview or profile are Covid skeptics. That's strange to me as it's the Covid skeptics who have by far the most subscribers, reader comments, "likes," etc. I get the impression the Substack founders aren't exactly comfortable with who their site's "all stars" are. But they also don't want to interfere with these writers, who are growing their audience and making the company money.
Thanks. Did the subscription go through? Have you subscribed to any other Substack sites before? I don't think your subscription has shown up in my email yet. I get an email notice when I get a new paid subscriber. That's always a happy email to get. This article has gotten me several ko-fi donations, which are greatly appreciated.
no I didn't. What I am planning to do is use a prepaid. I already have two. I suppose it doesn't matter. the bastards already have everything. I suppose that everyone has the same problem. There are so many e mails to sell something I can't keep up with them. I get unsolicited e mails, unsubscribe and they always seem to come back. Right now I pay off the credit card every month but I am not often sure there isn't fraud in the credit card statement every month. They use different names that aren't linked to what you bought. Also sometimes if you order something they try to charge you monthly in some cases that wasn't exactly clear at the initial ordering. I go through e mails delete and unsubscribe and am losing, I'm about ready to throw everything in the trash heap. One good thing, people I come into contact with in my little rural west area, mostly tradesmen, are pretty aware. cbdc, injections etc so that's hopeful. I am seeing a sort of acceptance/dejection, the lizards are doing this and there is nothing we can do about it.
$ isn't always the driver; don't forget the mafia is also involved in all this corruption. Their standard tactic has been to threaten a business owner with killing that business owner and/or their family. When your kids are threatened, all bets are off. I'm dead sure this is also a tactic, threaten to kill you or your loved ones. Then there's always blackmail and also spreading vicious lies about a person that may not be true, they do that one as well and I know this for a fact because of what D O J did to my very innocent and honest dad. This was back in 1981, over 40 yrs ago. From my research over the last 25 yrs, I"ve learned that many good, decent people have been forced into the deep state's trap by simply having their spouse and/or children's lives threatened; this is a standard and very old mafia tactic.
Most definitely YES, very much so and there are others as well, lots of them that Epstein/Maxwell was involved in plus many more others which they weren't involved in; although they were probably involved in most. It's a HUGE enterprise and has been going on for a very long time.
I've never done a deep dive. But if one does nothing more than read Epstein's Wikipedia entry, which no doubt is highly sanitized, it seems to me almost inconceivable that this man was anything other than an operative groomed from an early age. Whom he worked for is, of course, a much more nebulous question. But the most common "conspiracy theory" is that he worked for Mossad, the Americans, perhaps both, and that his line of work was "Kompromat." The true story will probably never come out. But some facts are indisputable, like his FL conviction or his very odd promotions, whether as a school instructor without credentials or his later financial businesses.
Diversify where you put your writing so that no single site has control over the distribution of your body of work. I believe the key to successfully wresting our lives from the powers that be is to never get too comfortable with your choices. Whether it be where you post/publish or where you get your information. Have or make options for yourself.
Good advice. A great feature of Substack is that all the authors' articles are archived and thus can be accessed at any time by researchers or new readers. However, this feature could be eliminated over night ... and probably will be if things keep heading in the direction they're now heading.
I'm a "content creator" here, but not one of any consequence*. In defense of Substack, it looks like the ability to archive one's work and list of subscribers is a noble feature. It gives the author the power keep his creations and his subscriber list stored offline anywhere he wishes. Note that to do so requires the author to exercise the initiative. But clearly, it's a built-in failsafe in case Substack "sells out" and/or the author's account is mysterious cancelled for "reasons."
*I have no paid subscribers. I don't even offer the option, lest I'd insult someone's intelligence 😏
I just read that the great and invaluable Dr. Meryl Nass just reached 1,000 paid subscribers. It took her 19 months to reach that number. She has 27,000 total subscribers ... so 1-in-27 people are supporting her work with a paid subsciption. My ratio is 1-in-28.4 paid. But 1,000 paid is the magic number. You can support your family (if your wife has a job) at that level.
I'm happy for Meryl Nass, who is single-handedly trying to defeat this nefarious WHO "treaty." However, when I read that statistic I became a little depressed. As far as I'm concerned, Meryl Nass is one of the most important people on the planet. She should have 50,000 paid subscribers and 250,000 total subscribers.
And at my pacing from my first year, I'm still years away from getting to 1,000 paid subscribers. So I wonder about Substack being the solution that is going to create an army of truth-seeking journalists who counter all the lies of the AP, Reuters and the NY Times.
Substack needs an army of writers like ... you. Is that going to happen? I don't know. Probably not.
If we all give up, that leaves the same sorry, corrupt journalists with pretty much a monopoly on "journalism."
The "gatekeepers of the news" - those who control and write all the narratives- don't want any competition.
It's definitely not sustainable and I have been thinking of quitting. I just published a massive trove of FOIs detailing Australia's covid response from beginning to end, and I am so banned on social media and only have 27 subscribers that I cannot continue to do this anymore. https://vicparkpetition.substack.com/p/2020-2022-australias-covid-response
Musk is a most curious actor. I don't mean that he's necessarily putting on an act, although that is certainly a popular topic of speculation. What motivates him? If he's actually some kind of agent, then he's a damned odd one. Consider his latest actions: threatening to sue the ADL. Now granted, most Americans wouldn't know the ADL from their ass or a hole in the ground. But to openly challenge the power that organizations such as ADL represent is extremely bold and, quite likely, yet another nail in his coffin. Is Musk a real-life version of Francisco D'Anconia or one of the other capitalist heroes of Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged," willingly saboutaging his empire for a higher ideal, or is he merely part of some convoluted Deep State plot? If the latter, the best conjecture I can come up with right now would have him pretending to be a white knight, who will be swatted down by the powers that be for daring to challenge the mainstream media and lately the ADL. Such a “downfall” shall serve as a warning to others, a Kanye West writ large.
Ask yourself, if it was anyone but Musk who was so citicising the ADL so harshly whether they would be attacked? Of course.
However, he is not, which should tell you something. This and hundreds more examples pretty much prove that this is a protected agent of the CIA Moloch tribe.
I like your articles alot even though you are on the other side of the pond to me and I don't always get the references!
I feel you need to add a quote to the above - "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers"
Because that's what we all are.
Because you are right and the only hope is in the minority who can see (for whatever reason) what is happening and are not content.
I do worry that Substack will end up being consumed though - I don't know who owns it or why it is still a beacon of free speech but they do say that everything has it's price don't they?
(Should you ever pop over to this side of the pond, I would be delighted to buy you a pint!)
I'd love to one day take you up on that kind pint offer. According to Substack metrics, people in more than 60 nations have read my articles. This is amazing.
Bill, thanks for the cogent and important essay. It's one of your better pieces.
Unfortunately, I believe that most readers (and authors) on Substack are living in a bit of a perception bubble, one that benefits those in charge. I doubt that the audience on Substack is anything near ten percent of the population, and, even if so, we lack cohesion and a more unified vision and action towards that end. We are a controlled minority, a pressure relief valve in some sense.
Even people like Peter McCullough and Robert Malone are really not well known people in the country, or worldwide. I've asked very well-educated people who live in my very liberal college town northwest of Denver and very few recognize their names, let alone could say anything about who these guys are, good or bad.
Even thought there are good number of authors here on Substack, there isn't much reach. Many topics are repeated ad nauseam, diluting important topics and messages. Even worse, there seems to be a pervasive YouTube-inspired "we can make good money writing on Substack" mentality among many, such that self-interest tends to trump the common good. Even the more "well-known" among Substack authors seem to lack a basic understanding of how to grow their reach, market ideas, and connect with the larger population.
People need to come together to become more effective. Instead of the disparate conferences and meetings that many of the "thought leaders" on Substack attend, more focused effort is needed to apply some sort of wider-reaching strategy. Too many people working towards the same or similar goals, alone rather than in large enough groups to be truly effective on the large scale, many of whom seeking self-gain and self-promotion rather than a concerted effort towards the common good.
We need better organization, strategies, and tactics to have any kind of chance in tipping the prevailing apple cart of those in power...
Dave, you make some of the same points I want to develop in future articles - which are going to focus more on Substack. Substack's founders say they have 35 million users/subscribers. I wonder how many of these readers are skeptics of the Covid narratives? I also wonder if the founders of Substack think like we do. I'm not sure they do, even though people like Steve Kirsch, Malone, Alex Berenson, etc. put the site on the map.
I can report that I only netted about $6,500 in my first year on Substack and that was working full-time trying to develop this site. So, you can see, that's not going to pay my bills.
On the plus side, Substack is moving the needle and influencing the national conversation. The reason only 16 percent of Americans are getting boosters is because the vaccines were so discredited - largely because of the work of Substack authors. More politicians are questioning the shots and the lockdowns, masks, etc ... for the same reason.
Substack writers have led the charge against the Censorship Industrial Complex and lots of other faux narratives are now being questioned. So I'm still glad we have Substack. If it didn't exist, I'd be more pessimistic about the future.
The best answer to terrible journalism is good and important journalism. Thanks to Substack, some of this journalism is getting through to more people ... but, as you note, not enough people. Many people still don't know what Substack is.
I think if more people did discover Substack, the Powers that Be would definitely pull the plug on this platform. The Powers that Be tolerated Tucker Carlson for a couple of years ... and then they said ... enough of him and that. He's reaching too many people and changing the way too many people think.
You can send me an email at: wjricejunior@gmail.com. This is a topic I've been thinking a lot about recently. I can email you my "work-around" business idea for independent writers.
Your comments ring true. And they are important to authors looking to earn money writing here. I don't have any good answers to "How do we increase our influence?" which is a difficult task: to convince others, to advertise. Here's what I'd hope is an optimistic view: Platforms like Substack may not make an author wealthy, nor have a big readership pad or unpaid. Indeed that’s the nature of the market. Out of a huge field of competitors, there will be a few superstars that get most of the readership and the earnings. It’s just like the pop music business: not every girl can be a Taylor Swift. The vast majority of singers will never do much more than sing with a few bar bands, if that. What Substack does offer is that minority opinions, niche writers, get heard. For example, some topics are very specialized and they will never have more than a niche audience. In academic publishing, for example, it's been said that for some topics, a book that sells in the low thousands is a best seller. The same principle applies here.
My perception is many readers on substack are 65 plus and retired with time on their hands.
At that age I suspect many will not be out marching on the white house with protest signs.
I am guilty myself. I want to allocate some time to joining protests but work keeps me busy.
So far I have only sent money which helps but bodies at protests work better.I hope to find some time this year as work slows down and I can find a few local protests to join.
Love your posts as always Bill . A question that comes to mind for me ,is why substack hasn't been infiltrated with those in power ? I know most, at least here in Canada, have no idea what it even means which, in some ways, is a good thing, but somehow those botty guys and the DOD can't be happy about people freely expressing their thoughts. and they know how to easily hack .
Great questions that I've thought a fair amount about as well. I think the bottom line is that Substack isn't changing any narratives and, perhaps, the powers that be, think it's fine to just let people like us vent in our own little universe ... given that our venting and all this great original journalism isn't going to get anyone arrested or stop the dying.
Also, I think they know many of the best Substack writers are going to have to hang it up because they aren't making enough money. So Substack has probably peaked, at least as far as the number of gung-ho writers and journalists is concerned. Some will survive, but many will give up.
I've actually come up with what I think might be a better solution than Substack - for independent writers and readers. It's a billion-dollar idea than nobody will probably fund so I might as well just present it at my own Substack site and see if someone takes the idea and runs with it.
You feel as if you are spitting nails Bill with what is going on and has been . Could be just me , but people seem like the walking dead around here - all preoccupied on their phones .- and no 360 looking around . Parents going crazy with fear that they will be masking kids again but I I'm not getting the sense that they will remotely push back because they follow the school boards . I've been pretty vocal with some of the younger mothers here suggesting they need to get together as a group and challenge the school boards - deer in headlights look, and ,I think most people on our street view me a the old demented garden gnome wearing the same paint filled clothes everyday . Are you running into the same school insanity with your boy ?
On a good note -gotta love it when the most vilified people ended up in tennis game : The Antivaxer and The Russian ; maybe the screen writers could actually write this one because old "chatty boy" wouldn't cover that narrative.
Yes, I am very familiar with that "deer in headlights" look when I make one of my counter proposals or offer an alternative explanation.
If people realized all the key organizations are corrupt/captured, that's probably one of those truths they couldn't handle.
What I don't get is people who have a loved one who has suffered a likely/definite vaccine injury or death and still won't question the shots. In fact, they are as adamant as ever in their support. It's like all those quotes we read when we had an epidemic of vaccinated people coming down with Covid. Every statement said these people were grateful for their vaccines. Without them, they surely would have died.
This is mass psychosis like the world has never seen before. If we had real science, it would be fascinating dynamic to study.
I think a lot of people do question the shots, but only after they've been seriously injured and gotten the gaslighting themselves. That's when they go online and start looking... and they find, oh, say, react19.org or something like that and, to their shock, they discover thousands of people who have their very same symptoms and similar stories of gaslighting.
Today I was working on transcribing the short tesimony of a woman who, previously very active and healthy, had taken 2 jabs and ended up with her life ruined by a series of strokes. She was speaking out about her personal tragedy-- but her video was taken down, and I only found it a year later on an obscure rumble site. But here's what I mean to say: I feel bad for her (who wouldn't) and I sincerely respect and commend her courage in speaking out, but it's difficult for me not to conclude that, had she not been injured, she, like most of the jabbed I know, would have been fine with the whole cooties show, mandates, no religious exemptions, everything. So, it seems that, judging from this testimony as well as many others I have transcribed, for maybe not everyone, but for a good number of people, what it takes for them to wake up is, alas, a serious injury.
It's tough to wake up, if you're here reading this, you probably know this, and keenly. What you see, once you've woken up, is that this covid show is all so insanely, heartbreakingly, and cruelly, stupid. And then it seems (at least it does in my world) like everyone, jabbed and boosted, wants to act like everything is just fine! It's like, someone broke into the house from the roof, and you can hear him rummaging around in the closet upstairs, but everyone says, nah, shut up, let's watch TV.
On a more positive note, if Missouri v Biden goes down the way I think it will, and soon, this should unleash a flood of information-- for example, about post-jab deaths and injuries. If anyone missed it, Brownstone Institute recently published a good overview of the developments in Missouri v. Biden
Do you think it was a cherry picking of statements that we saw? I do believe some are getting kind of curious but certainly no cigar . Maybe it'll take us who have a different opinion to keep at it as best we can . Imagine getting this stuff into your kids and then finding out it was not about health . Surely people have to be seeing others who aren't very well overall - at least in my age demographic it seems they are normalizing all the issues they are having and saying it would have happened anyway .
Are you familiar with Dennis Rancourt? He suggested this new book Canary In a Covid World; How Propaganda and Censorship Changed Our (My) World. A collection of essays that look like it would be an interesting read .
I'm waiting for the PTB to do more against their enemies (us) too. I figure one day I'll turn on my PC and all the honest sites, including all substacks, just won't be there. They control the infrastructure so they can do that whenever they think it's time. I'm always disappointed to see valuable content providers post links to YouTube or Facebook. Those platforms need to be 100% boycotted, so they are 100% propaganda. Then more people will look elsewhere. Continuing to use our enemies' outlets increases visibility in the short run, but it plays into their hands.
Trying to get people to give up their Facebook accounts will be like trying to get people to give up the worst opiate addictions . I agree with you , probably because I'm not on facebook nor do I have a cell phone - so right away in a fringe minority ...again.
And X. My account is still suspended, despite appeal, because I insisted ivermectin have legitimate human uses such as for onchocerciasis and scabies. Twitter considers that "advocating suicide". Alex Jones thinks Elon Musk have Asperger's syndrome, while Q-anon says he's been "replaced". I suspect he's an AI.
Legitimate YouTube videos aren't monetized, and are no more than 15 minutes.
You are right !!! How sad is that fact about our country now ; I need a class in how to censor myself without censoring myself - I'll explode at this rate like those pintos .
I am quite sure the powers to be know where many of us are and could start knocking on doors and round up the substack dissenters in the same way the nazis and communists did.
I am not saying this to frighten but rather to consider. Even the nazis gave lots of warning and people quietly left warsaw when they saw what was happening. As Princess Leia said in Star Wars "The tighter you squeeze your fist the more systems will slip through your fingers".
The day I turn on my computer and I can't get on alternate news sites any longer I am out here and headed for my bug out location to observe from afar.
Wish I had one - a bug out place . However Fred , at my age ,I am here and I'll have to deal with whatever the fall out will be . I find is all so very sad as I'm sure you do as well.
I think like you ,and every time I say what I think /write , it's one more nail in my coffin so to speak.
You may be certain that various government agencies monitor Substack, at least the more popular or influential blogs. And, based upon many recurring posters, there are partisan agents here, although separating the "true believer" from the paid agent can be difficult. Although when some routinely posts numerous links to obscure sites promoting favorable views of the war in Ukraine, it's pretty easy to jump to conclusions 😎
On a more ominous note, it’s likely they harvest email or other identifying information when possible to keep on file. Unless one knows how to cover one’s tracks, it’s quite within the realm of possibility the government has good logs on nearly everyone’s browsing and posting habits
Thanks, Bill! One of your best articles! I’ve been following you since the start of all this crap, and you have been spot on on your reporting! You have spoken the truth regardless of the consequences! God Bless you! Keep telling the truth and, hopefully, more people will wake up! I just hope and pray it’s not too late for my grandchildrens’ sake. This is an evil and massive machine we’re fighting against, but my GOD is greater and mightier so I know good will prevail over evil…just pray it’s sooner rather than later! The gutless leaders following the herd, going along to get along and just looking to remain in good standing with “the club” will have a lot to answer for IMO along with a lot of others. Keep up the good work, Bill - it’s so important!
Thanks for those kind words, Donna. The support means a lot to me. I'm a big movie buff. I keep thinking of a line from Victor Laszlo in "Casablana." Rick asks Victor why he's leading the underground. Victor replies if we stop fighting our enemies ... our enemies will definitely win.
That's kind of my thought too. I'm not sure if I'm making a difference or not, but I know these evil people want everyone to stop fighting them ... so I'm dang sure not going to do what they want. They WILL win if enough people give up and quit fighting.
You are definitely not a quitter, and I believe you are making a bigger difference than you even realize! I am grateful for your dedication and determination! Keep on keeping on!
Thanks. I actually like our town's mayor, but if I ran I'd have to tell the truth about the world (and future) as I see it ... and that would ensure I get maybe 50 votes in the entire town.
But "thinking and acting local" is probably the best strategy to produce positive change.
My daughter, who is in 6th grade, is going to run for SGA secretary. She thought about running for president. I told her if she ran she should make "turn on the water fountains" her central campaign pledge.
... Actually, I think the school recently did turn the water fountains back on. However, many students are now afraid of the water fountain water. ... so they still bring their water bottles to school every morning.
Excellent work Bill. Just this morning I was talking with a friend of mine about this topic, i.e. the corruption of every great institution. In my opinion the evil elites now in power are approaching the Nazis, but these bad guys perhaps are even worse as they affirm to do what they do for the "common good"; actually evil under the guise of good; and a lot of people are unable to understand what is happening and the tremendous dangers all of us are in. Such thoughts, and many others, in my recent book "Pensieri Pandemici - in vista di un Neoumanesimo venturo" (in italian) that is "Pandemic Thoughts - in view of a forthcoming Neohumanism" a personal effort to bring a little light in the dark. Thank you Bill.
I'd love to read your book, but I don't know Italian!
Most of my observations aren't that brilliant, but some of them don't get enough attention. This idea that 99 percent of big organizations are captured or corrupt is probably accepted by almost all Substack readers. I don't think anyone can name a big organization that is NOT corrupt or "captured." What we don't think about enough is what this means going forward.
If i'm right that these people are becoming more brazen ... what's that mean for our futures? Nothing good.
You are on to something. Everyone ought back up all significant content on EXTERNAL media (i.e. Not just the cloud either as that, too, is vulnerable to the KILL switchers of the internet)
NOTE: archive.org AKA Wayback is systematically being purged of critical info and very likely with the Aid of AI bots. The rate at which this is happening has accelerated in the past couple of years.
It is too depressing about the archive. We have lost our minds and will soon lose our history...as a native American saying goes..a peopled without a history are like wind over the buffalo grass.
History is written by the conquerors for the conquered.
I have become fond of Grand Theft World on Rokfin. They are non-ideological and non-partisan. They have so much impeccably documented suppressed history, voluminous bibliographies. Nothing is what it seems and all of history as we have been taught is completely suspect. Also Grand Theft World and Tragedy and Hope has extensive and amazing interviews with John Taylor Gato on the deep history of our educational system which sheds a blinding light on how/why we we were educated to not think critically, dull the mind and follow orders. Goes back to some Prussian model of education that was widely adopted in the US. The Carnegies and Rockefellers completely controlled the education system with particular emphasis on History curricula and Medical Schools.
I had the great fortune to have had John Taylor Gatto as a teacher in junior high in NYC and the dubious honor of being singled out by him as not wanting to be 'a cog in the' wheel/machine due to my practice of attending school only on the days I had classes I liked (like social studies, science and English...!). I was an incorrigible truant.
An offline digital archive has its uses. The thumb drive, or similar, is the 21st century equivalent of samizdat literature. Even a common eReader can store more books than you could read in the rest of your life. Of course, entire libraries won't exist on even a big flash drive, but for specialized topics, the best writings available easily could. Sure, right now it’s convenient to be able to post online or download a file, enabling communication almost as easily with others down the block or halfway around the world. But the downside of that is that it’s easily monitored, censored or shut down by the powers that be. On the other hand, passing a tiny device from one hand to another is far less convenient, but it has the saving grace of being hard for the authorities to stop.
It looks a whole lot closer to communists to me. Not that the 1933-1945 Germans didn't have some bad points. But somehow communists are never mentioned. Just like the gulags, red terror one and two, holodomor and Katyn forest are never mentioned.
There are certain other historical accounts from that period that, to tell the wrong version of, can get you heavy fines or even prison time in many nations. Think about the implications of that for just a moment: I'm not claiming the ideas are true. They may even very well be false or disparaging to certain groups. But if such speech is severely punished in what we used to think of Western "free" nations, what does that say about society's values?
yes, criticism of a certain group or groups can get you jailed in some countries, fired and your reputation ruined. It makes one wonder whether that certain group or groups version is correct if it can't stand scrutiny. And if the certain group never answers or responds to factual statements except to scream shut up and then insults you.
If we do not rise above ideology we are doomed. Are you aware that leading American companies funded both the Nazis and Bolsheviks and Mao. Three experiments, two ideologies.. all resulting in the goal of the eugenicists.
I refer you to the fantastic work Grand Theft World for chapter and verse.
Grazie per l'interesse. Il libro è già disponibile online. Casa editrice Europa edizioni. Le stesse librerie se non lo hanno al momento possono ordinarlo.
Nella cosiddetta UE la situazione non è molto migliore. Appena approvato il cosiddetto DSA (digital services act), in pratica una censura digitale su internet. Occorre mandare a casa (se non in luoghi più freschi) Troudeau e Ursula. Cari saluti.
A mighty tall hill we climb. It is not so much that people are ignorant about what is going on and it is only a matter of supplying more information, it is that when you point out what is going on they refuse to believe it or think you are lying. In their mind, you are the problem. And herein lies a dilemma: you can teach people the basics, but you cannot teach them how to think or how to improve their judgement. I believe in both cases they are inherent qualities.
I just mentioned this to a friend of mine- how many people were having heart problems, etc due to the shots/boosters and she said "well, we can't do anything about it now..." sigh
I'm going to write a story that mentions all the people who subscribe to multiple Substack sites. I'm one of them. The Substack numbers are interesting and probably more important than many people think.
The problem is, we are likely largely INTJs and INFJs, with a smattering of other iNtuitives and few if any Sensory types.
But then, INTJs, when called upon, are those who change the world. "Called upon" can come from external or internal ("if I don't do this, who will?) sources.
Substack has helped me live my daily life in varied ways but among the important things is the human contact that offers me the ability to check up on my own sanity and the knowledge that there are people to love and people who do indeed love their fellow man. I am most grateful for all of you.
My personal experience is that people believe the adverse events aren't caused by the vaccines, that they would have happened regardless. People seem desperate to wear their blinkers and go on with the illusion that everything is OK.
I think most of them are so afraid that we might be right, they don't want to open their eyes for the possibility they all have been poisoned. Still, there are several protocols to get the crap out, I saw a clinic in Alabama yesterday on Sharyl Attkisson, and several other brave doctors have spread their own recepes of how to get rid of the spike. Haven' t had jabs nor virus, but still taking some just in case.
Blue and other colluding areas like Utah got predominantly relatively benign lots of shots. (They still shed, and sudden and turbocancer deaths aren't entirely unknown.)
My brother got his two shots in Utah. He was very healthy. Died 1/31/2023 of turbo cancer.
I'm sorry for your loss; es tut mir leid. I didn't say zero. My ministrix (formerly known as the wife of home teacher) died of turbocancer (cutaneous), and an uncle in law died unexpectedly of a stroke. Shedding effects suggest even the majority of Utah jabs aren't entirely benign, though somehow the shedding seems to cease after about 6 months. Nevertheless, they couldn't be too nasty, lest they lose the support of "the Prophet" Russell M. Nelson, his followers, the Mitt Romney/Russiagate normies, and of course the woke faction.
I know, you said predominant and not all. I just wanted to show that some at least were not benign.
Supposedly there were 3 classes of jabs; benign, possibly placebo, 30%, kill jabs 6%, ordinary, only occasionally killing, 2/3. What distinguished them would be interesting. (Disclosure/leak and bench analysis only; please no trials on living subjects!) Only analyses available to me were whether the jabbed sickened or died, and whether their shedding affected me and others I know. I suspect the manufacturers and DOD (The jabs weren't ordinary pharmaceutical products.) knew what was what, and directed their distribution.
I am sorry for your loss. I lost my older brother 18 months ago to blood clots after his "booster".
living in a mayority black place, not too bad here in S GA. I don't think they got the jabs, unless they were forced to work (school, hospital). I also know quite a few white people who did not go for it.
Agitated denial. I see it in my own parents who are in their mid 70’s. Still brainwashed even though I have tried to break through. I firmly believe they have heard at least whispers of this toxic jab in other ways, perhaps at church or neighbors. I feel that in their SOUL they feel the darkest but knowing or exploring the truth would change their paradigm in the last remaining days of their lives. The truth agitates the soul and some just cannot accept that truth no matter the warnings. Agitated Denial.
"... but knowing or exploring the truth would change their paradigm in the last remaining days of their lives."
My mother will reach the ripe old age of 91 next month.
She is nowhere near "the last remaining days" of her life.
Your parents probably have 15 to 20 more years of "agitated denial" ahead of them.
You have that many to continue beating your head against their walls.
Good luck, from someone who's been suffering a pounding headache since 2005. 😉
My experience of the past 3-1/2 years has had its bleak moments, but overall I have enjoyed my life and learned a lot from many different people, in person and online. There are dozens (if not several hundred) internet sites that do their best to share the truth - I have been reading two of them most every day since November, 2001, and many others in the time since.
Many books have been published over the years that tell the truth about government lies and more. The news media (with some exceptions) have been lying to us all of our lives, and to our parents and grandparents. The problem with government and media lies is that they are mixed with the truth in such a fine weave that it is very difficult to ascertain which is which.
In the rural area where I live, the local hospitals have just reinstated mask mandates. The local news media follows the government line about everything, as do the county health department and other local government agencies. But, I have many friends who do not buy into the nonsense. As I have told people for the past 3 years, if enough of us stand up and say "NO!," the Power Elite cannot get away with their crimes.
Thank you, Bill, and to all the Substack writers and all the others who work hard to keep us informed and help us say "NO!" to the Power Elite.
I recently learned that there was a prestigious chemist and 9/11 researcher in my faraway city of Perth, Western Australia who published a paper on thermite residue in the WTC dust. I was excited and ready to contact him...until I realised he died in 2016. I was crushed. In honour of Frank Legge's legacy, here is his paper:
https://benthamopen.com/ABSTRACT/TOCPJ-2-7
https://benthamopen.com/contents/pdf/TOCPJ/TOCPJ-2-7.pdf
I do not think The Science(TM) would publish something like this today.
Thank you for the links. I will try to read the paper sometime soon. Several other scientists have looked into thermite over the years, and it seems the most likely explanation for the destruction of the three buildings.
Bill Hull - yes! Everyone needs to just say no. To shots, masks, social distancing, all of it. Only way to stop it.
A question to ask oneself is "Do I have the courage to say 'no' even when I must stand alone?" Am I willing to suffer consequences, perhaps bad ones? At various times I've done so, and even went to jail for my defiance. Sounds dramatic, but I only spent four hours there and it was for a misdemeanor. But other people pay far higher prices. Worthwhile? Your choice.
Well written deep post!
While I am old, I read a lot.
My go-to is Substack authors, and a few other sites that I follow (TAE, in particular).
I've said before that I stopped watching CNN, MSNBC some 4 years ago...
But I've lost track, and that could well be 5 or 6 years now.
And I'll never go back...
have you ever seen those montages of talking heads across the country all saying the same thing? I quit watching msm a long time back as well. I used to play a game with my communist woke sister. This is back many years when I had a TV and watched cnn and the like. I would watch an msnbc segment on some issue of the day and go over to my sister's house knowing that she saw the same segment. I would bring up the issue of the day and my sister would repeat whatever the talking head said as if it were her own thoughts and ideas. She presented it so. It was uncanny. I did that several times just to see if it was a one off. It wasn't and it worked every time. Younger then, I was amused then at the game, now I am disgusted and revulsed at the depth and strength of the mind control and brainwashing that is everywhere in advertising, movies and TV shows. Every show has a homosexual sort of thing.
I noticed about five years ago, that almost all the TV commercials started having mixed-race couples in them. I'm not going to touch that one and have no problem with mixed-race couples. However, my thought was that there was no way that just about every advertising company all at once decided to cast mixed-race couples in their commercials. Someone sent a memo on this for some reason ... and everyone followed the memo. I just thought that was an example of coordinated, subliminal, ideologic messaging. My guess would be one or two big ad agencies produce most of the TV commercials and their owners must have sent out this casting memo/mandate.
Disney hasn't hid its casting decisions. Their director of content said that 40 percent of all characters must be minorities of some sort - racial minorities or sexual identification minorities. You can watch their movies and TV episdoes and see that they followed through on this.
Everything is politics or sending some kind of progressive message.
I agree with both you, and wilson.
I have seen the MSM montages with 16 talking heads repeating the same headline, word for word.
Whatever happened to originality?
I noticed the mixed race thing... I have no problem with that, but why did that seemingly become the standard?
I could but won't go on...
Bill it's all run by the CIA since the Smith-Mundt act.
Exactly. At about the same time, every character in a commercial or tv show or movie who has serious faults, poor morals, is stupid, a criminal, addicted to drugs/alcohol, etc. seems to be a white person. Conversely, every nonwhite character is some sort of brilliant genius with no real faults or weaknesses, perfect moral character, etc. Just one example was the tv show ‘this is us’. In reality, of course, there are good and bad people of any race/ethnicity. It’s as if someone said, don’t you dare show that people of color aren’t perfect’. The result of this, is that folks who happened to have been born Caucasian are continually insulted, making folks more divided. Yes, yes, I’m aware that in the past, nonwhite people were sometimes depicted in a poor stereotypical manner. But those days are long gone. I’ve watched tv shows and movies from the 1980’s, 70s, 60s, 50s, and even 40s showing people of color in a positive light,
In my opinion, and one that should not be at all controversial, is this aspect: TV and other media tend to portray matters (e.g. racial composition or stereotypes) a certain way. How this is done will vary with time and social values. But one thing that will be consistent is that what's depicted is, most likely, completely at odds with reality. Today's drama portraying competent, flawless black males or superhero women are as ludicrous as to imagine that 1950s sitcoms like "I Love Lucy" or "Leave It to Beaver" reflected the norms of their era.
exactly. It's disgusting and I'm done with their woke garbage.
Uhura on Star Trek played by Nichele Nichols is often credited as the first black woman given a prominent role in a major TV show. I love star trek. My regret is when Hallmark started introducing gay couples (caused Candice Buree to leave).
My wife refuses to watch any Hallmark movies with gay couples. I don't think she is alone. Those movies go for cheap.
There are no new tv shows or movies, it seems, without having gay characters in them. I don’t care if someone is gay. Never have. But they make it look as if half the world population is gay.
Every agency in every country got the same memo.
I too stopped watching and listening to msm 3 or 4 years ago to get away from the covid barrage.
You use the word communist quite loosely. Do a little homework. Read “What Is To Be Done” or “The State and Revolution” by Lenin, or “The Paris Commune” by Karl Marx. They were deep thinking revolutionaries. I don’t see that kind of leadership anywhere. Certainly your sister isn’t a communist. She’s a woke reactionary disguising as a progressive.
communist countries have murdered more people and caused more misery and starvation than any other political system in the 20th and 21st centuries. By far.
I traveled in E. Germany and Bulgaria in the 60’s. There was nothing communist or socialist about either country. Just top down totalitarian fascist states, calling themselves communist. A poor joke, if it wasn’t so sad.
You need to learn the difference between revisionism and communism. And socialism and communism, for that matter. At least as defined by Marx and Lenin. There has never been a true communist country, as defined by Marx and Lenin. The countries you are referring to were revisionist, countries in which a revolution take place, led by a revolutionary communist party, with the intention of building a freer society based on working class leadership. The USSR would be the best example. Unfortunately, the revolutionary party and its cadre became dominated by revisionists, people claiming to be communists but actually are reactionary. Stalin was a good example. He wasn’t a communist. He was a revisionist. Most true revolutionaries were purged from the party and killed. Nothing is simple. It remains to be seen, tomy mind at least, if humans are even capable of achieving a true socialist society, let alone communist.
don't give up! remember the story of David and Goliath. the bricks are falling already, some stories seep into the press. The German press has reported on the fraud, and the Italians are asking questions too. Some doctors openly blame the jabs. Sharyl Attkisson and several others are working hard, to help this mess come into the open. We can do it. Truth always wins ! Novax won ! with the moderna pamphlet behind him LOLOL
Bill, congrats on the first year and this is a solid piece to show your milestone.
I think the four sentences at the start summarise the situation very well:
1) "every important organization in the world is now captured or corrupt." ALMOST TOTALLY AGREE!
It's arguable, but I still see Substack as an "important organisation," for the news and truths provided here (by me, yourself, and many others) are critical and imperative. We have become the real 4th estate, replacing the whore CIA/CFT propaganda media.
We know that X (formerly known as Twitter) is perhaps EVEN MORE capture than before CIA's Musk took over (see https://fournier.substack.com/p/elon-musks-x-empire-building-a-trojan).
So, how long before these parasites get their tentacles (if they haven't already) on SUBSTACK? It is located in the CIA/InQTel-infested Silicon Valley hotbed, after all.
Are we being digitally kettled?
2) "Leadership matters and the world’s leadership couldn’t be more reprehensible." TOTALLY AGREE!
Particularly in the U.S., U.K, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the E.U, India, Russia, and China.
3) "Sadly, I’ve come to believe the vast majority of the world’s citizens don’t understand what this portends for their own futures or the future of our planet." SADLY AGREE!
What will it take to tip the scale?
4) "The world’s “leaders” aren’t going to save anyone because they all serve in corrupt or captured organizations." TOTALLY AGREE!
Satan and all his masonic minions have only one place to go when it's all said and done: BACK TO HELL where they belong.
May God help us all!
More to come on my thoughts on Substack. It's great, but I'm not convinced it's sustainable or is the "magic cure" or solution. In the future, I'm going to share some personal numbers and some subscription numbers I've collected from other well-known Substack authors.
substack will be corrupted and co-opted at some point. Money is always the driver. Easy enough to buy off people.
I get all these emails from Substack giving newsletter writers tips on how to grow our subscribers, etc. Some of these tips are very good. They often feature Substack "success stories." I've noted that none of the "success stories" they interview or profile are Covid skeptics. That's strange to me as it's the Covid skeptics who have by far the most subscribers, reader comments, "likes," etc. I get the impression the Substack founders aren't exactly comfortable with who their site's "all stars" are. But they also don't want to interfere with these writers, who are growing their audience and making the company money.
I tried to subscribe to your substack and found that substack somehow has my credit card. All I had to do was click. Frankly that creeped me out.
Thanks. Did the subscription go through? Have you subscribed to any other Substack sites before? I don't think your subscription has shown up in my email yet. I get an email notice when I get a new paid subscriber. That's always a happy email to get. This article has gotten me several ko-fi donations, which are greatly appreciated.
I went ahead and subscribed with the creepy we've already got your card thing. In a fit of righteous resignation. Made me laugh to myself anyway.
no I didn't. What I am planning to do is use a prepaid. I already have two. I suppose it doesn't matter. the bastards already have everything. I suppose that everyone has the same problem. There are so many e mails to sell something I can't keep up with them. I get unsolicited e mails, unsubscribe and they always seem to come back. Right now I pay off the credit card every month but I am not often sure there isn't fraud in the credit card statement every month. They use different names that aren't linked to what you bought. Also sometimes if you order something they try to charge you monthly in some cases that wasn't exactly clear at the initial ordering. I go through e mails delete and unsubscribe and am losing, I'm about ready to throw everything in the trash heap. One good thing, people I come into contact with in my little rural west area, mostly tradesmen, are pretty aware. cbdc, injections etc so that's hopeful. I am seeing a sort of acceptance/dejection, the lizards are doing this and there is nothing we can do about it.
$ isn't always the driver; don't forget the mafia is also involved in all this corruption. Their standard tactic has been to threaten a business owner with killing that business owner and/or their family. When your kids are threatened, all bets are off. I'm dead sure this is also a tactic, threaten to kill you or your loved ones. Then there's always blackmail and also spreading vicious lies about a person that may not be true, they do that one as well and I know this for a fact because of what D O J did to my very innocent and honest dad. This was back in 1981, over 40 yrs ago. From my research over the last 25 yrs, I"ve learned that many good, decent people have been forced into the deep state's trap by simply having their spouse and/or children's lives threatened; this is a standard and very old mafia tactic.
You are exactly right and I thank you for bringing this up.
Thank you!
I have been wondering if Epstein Island was a blackmailing operation as well.
Most definitely YES, very much so and there are others as well, lots of them that Epstein/Maxwell was involved in plus many more others which they weren't involved in; although they were probably involved in most. It's a HUGE enterprise and has been going on for a very long time.
I've never done a deep dive. But if one does nothing more than read Epstein's Wikipedia entry, which no doubt is highly sanitized, it seems to me almost inconceivable that this man was anything other than an operative groomed from an early age. Whom he worked for is, of course, a much more nebulous question. But the most common "conspiracy theory" is that he worked for Mossad, the Americans, perhaps both, and that his line of work was "Kompromat." The true story will probably never come out. But some facts are indisputable, like his FL conviction or his very odd promotions, whether as a school instructor without credentials or his later financial businesses.
Diversify where you put your writing so that no single site has control over the distribution of your body of work. I believe the key to successfully wresting our lives from the powers that be is to never get too comfortable with your choices. Whether it be where you post/publish or where you get your information. Have or make options for yourself.
Good advice. A great feature of Substack is that all the authors' articles are archived and thus can be accessed at any time by researchers or new readers. However, this feature could be eliminated over night ... and probably will be if things keep heading in the direction they're now heading.
If you are not in control of your own archives, you are not in control. : )
I'm a "content creator" here, but not one of any consequence*. In defense of Substack, it looks like the ability to archive one's work and list of subscribers is a noble feature. It gives the author the power keep his creations and his subscriber list stored offline anywhere he wishes. Note that to do so requires the author to exercise the initiative. But clearly, it's a built-in failsafe in case Substack "sells out" and/or the author's account is mysterious cancelled for "reasons."
*I have no paid subscribers. I don't even offer the option, lest I'd insult someone's intelligence 😏
Unlike me with 1.2k or so, some have very impressive numbers. It's a slow grind!
I just read that the great and invaluable Dr. Meryl Nass just reached 1,000 paid subscribers. It took her 19 months to reach that number. She has 27,000 total subscribers ... so 1-in-27 people are supporting her work with a paid subsciption. My ratio is 1-in-28.4 paid. But 1,000 paid is the magic number. You can support your family (if your wife has a job) at that level.
I'm happy for Meryl Nass, who is single-handedly trying to defeat this nefarious WHO "treaty." However, when I read that statistic I became a little depressed. As far as I'm concerned, Meryl Nass is one of the most important people on the planet. She should have 50,000 paid subscribers and 250,000 total subscribers.
And at my pacing from my first year, I'm still years away from getting to 1,000 paid subscribers. So I wonder about Substack being the solution that is going to create an army of truth-seeking journalists who counter all the lies of the AP, Reuters and the NY Times.
Substack needs an army of writers like ... you. Is that going to happen? I don't know. Probably not.
If we all give up, that leaves the same sorry, corrupt journalists with pretty much a monopoly on "journalism."
The "gatekeepers of the news" - those who control and write all the narratives- don't want any competition.
I know I post a lot of substack links to Facebook, and I TELL people to go sign up for Substack.
I am not sure how many have actually done it...but I think I am going to nag some more.
It's definitely not sustainable and I have been thinking of quitting. I just published a massive trove of FOIs detailing Australia's covid response from beginning to end, and I am so banned on social media and only have 27 subscribers that I cannot continue to do this anymore. https://vicparkpetition.substack.com/p/2020-2022-australias-covid-response
Musk is a most curious actor. I don't mean that he's necessarily putting on an act, although that is certainly a popular topic of speculation. What motivates him? If he's actually some kind of agent, then he's a damned odd one. Consider his latest actions: threatening to sue the ADL. Now granted, most Americans wouldn't know the ADL from their ass or a hole in the ground. But to openly challenge the power that organizations such as ADL represent is extremely bold and, quite likely, yet another nail in his coffin. Is Musk a real-life version of Francisco D'Anconia or one of the other capitalist heroes of Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged," willingly saboutaging his empire for a higher ideal, or is he merely part of some convoluted Deep State plot? If the latter, the best conjecture I can come up with right now would have him pretending to be a white knight, who will be swatted down by the powers that be for daring to challenge the mainstream media and lately the ADL. Such a “downfall” shall serve as a warning to others, a Kanye West writ large.
I, too, think of Atlas Shrugged when I think of Musk.
Ask yourself, if it was anyone but Musk who was so citicising the ADL so harshly whether they would be attacked? Of course.
However, he is not, which should tell you something. This and hundreds more examples pretty much prove that this is a protected agent of the CIA Moloch tribe.
Also, as for his aloofness, just look into his family and childhood background, especially his technocrat grandfather, Joshua Haldeman (see the linked sources from my addendum at https://fournier.substack.com/i/135406806/addendum-july-key-related-resources-on-elon-musk-and-x)
And also have a look at: http://mileswmathis.com/musk.pdf
Though it's a bit old, it provides a lot of valuable insights about his earlier days.
And my original article shows his broader plan for "X", see Elon Musk’s X Empire-building, a Trojan Horse to Rule us All, https://fournier.substack.com/p/elon-musks-x-empire-building-a-trojan
Thanks for weighing in.
Best,
Well said!
I like your articles alot even though you are on the other side of the pond to me and I don't always get the references!
I feel you need to add a quote to the above - "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers"
Because that's what we all are.
Because you are right and the only hope is in the minority who can see (for whatever reason) what is happening and are not content.
I do worry that Substack will end up being consumed though - I don't know who owns it or why it is still a beacon of free speech but they do say that everything has it's price don't they?
(Should you ever pop over to this side of the pond, I would be delighted to buy you a pint!)
I'd love to one day take you up on that kind pint offer. According to Substack metrics, people in more than 60 nations have read my articles. This is amazing.
Me too. I am afraid Substack will be blackmailed or co-opted
So we are the Order of the Phoenix? Said it before, the next two to three years are going to be very interesting. This is year one.
Bill, thanks for the cogent and important essay. It's one of your better pieces.
Unfortunately, I believe that most readers (and authors) on Substack are living in a bit of a perception bubble, one that benefits those in charge. I doubt that the audience on Substack is anything near ten percent of the population, and, even if so, we lack cohesion and a more unified vision and action towards that end. We are a controlled minority, a pressure relief valve in some sense.
Even people like Peter McCullough and Robert Malone are really not well known people in the country, or worldwide. I've asked very well-educated people who live in my very liberal college town northwest of Denver and very few recognize their names, let alone could say anything about who these guys are, good or bad.
Even thought there are good number of authors here on Substack, there isn't much reach. Many topics are repeated ad nauseam, diluting important topics and messages. Even worse, there seems to be a pervasive YouTube-inspired "we can make good money writing on Substack" mentality among many, such that self-interest tends to trump the common good. Even the more "well-known" among Substack authors seem to lack a basic understanding of how to grow their reach, market ideas, and connect with the larger population.
People need to come together to become more effective. Instead of the disparate conferences and meetings that many of the "thought leaders" on Substack attend, more focused effort is needed to apply some sort of wider-reaching strategy. Too many people working towards the same or similar goals, alone rather than in large enough groups to be truly effective on the large scale, many of whom seeking self-gain and self-promotion rather than a concerted effort towards the common good.
We need better organization, strategies, and tactics to have any kind of chance in tipping the prevailing apple cart of those in power...
Dave, you make some of the same points I want to develop in future articles - which are going to focus more on Substack. Substack's founders say they have 35 million users/subscribers. I wonder how many of these readers are skeptics of the Covid narratives? I also wonder if the founders of Substack think like we do. I'm not sure they do, even though people like Steve Kirsch, Malone, Alex Berenson, etc. put the site on the map.
I can report that I only netted about $6,500 in my first year on Substack and that was working full-time trying to develop this site. So, you can see, that's not going to pay my bills.
On the plus side, Substack is moving the needle and influencing the national conversation. The reason only 16 percent of Americans are getting boosters is because the vaccines were so discredited - largely because of the work of Substack authors. More politicians are questioning the shots and the lockdowns, masks, etc ... for the same reason.
Substack writers have led the charge against the Censorship Industrial Complex and lots of other faux narratives are now being questioned. So I'm still glad we have Substack. If it didn't exist, I'd be more pessimistic about the future.
The best answer to terrible journalism is good and important journalism. Thanks to Substack, some of this journalism is getting through to more people ... but, as you note, not enough people. Many people still don't know what Substack is.
I think if more people did discover Substack, the Powers that Be would definitely pull the plug on this platform. The Powers that Be tolerated Tucker Carlson for a couple of years ... and then they said ... enough of him and that. He's reaching too many people and changing the way too many people think.
Bill, I'd love to discuss this more with you offline. Do you have the ability to DM or e-mail me directly?
You can send me an email at: wjricejunior@gmail.com. This is a topic I've been thinking a lot about recently. I can email you my "work-around" business idea for independent writers.
Your comments ring true. And they are important to authors looking to earn money writing here. I don't have any good answers to "How do we increase our influence?" which is a difficult task: to convince others, to advertise. Here's what I'd hope is an optimistic view: Platforms like Substack may not make an author wealthy, nor have a big readership pad or unpaid. Indeed that’s the nature of the market. Out of a huge field of competitors, there will be a few superstars that get most of the readership and the earnings. It’s just like the pop music business: not every girl can be a Taylor Swift. The vast majority of singers will never do much more than sing with a few bar bands, if that. What Substack does offer is that minority opinions, niche writers, get heard. For example, some topics are very specialized and they will never have more than a niche audience. In academic publishing, for example, it's been said that for some topics, a book that sells in the low thousands is a best seller. The same principle applies here.
Great thread. I'm going to soon be writing more on these points!
Keep throwing out ideas, please. With all of us, sooner or later
we will figure out how to get us together as a force.
My perception is many readers on substack are 65 plus and retired with time on their hands.
At that age I suspect many will not be out marching on the white house with protest signs.
I am guilty myself. I want to allocate some time to joining protests but work keeps me busy.
So far I have only sent money which helps but bodies at protests work better.I hope to find some time this year as work slows down and I can find a few local protests to join.
Love your posts as always Bill . A question that comes to mind for me ,is why substack hasn't been infiltrated with those in power ? I know most, at least here in Canada, have no idea what it even means which, in some ways, is a good thing, but somehow those botty guys and the DOD can't be happy about people freely expressing their thoughts. and they know how to easily hack .
Great questions that I've thought a fair amount about as well. I think the bottom line is that Substack isn't changing any narratives and, perhaps, the powers that be, think it's fine to just let people like us vent in our own little universe ... given that our venting and all this great original journalism isn't going to get anyone arrested or stop the dying.
Also, I think they know many of the best Substack writers are going to have to hang it up because they aren't making enough money. So Substack has probably peaked, at least as far as the number of gung-ho writers and journalists is concerned. Some will survive, but many will give up.
I've actually come up with what I think might be a better solution than Substack - for independent writers and readers. It's a billion-dollar idea than nobody will probably fund so I might as well just present it at my own Substack site and see if someone takes the idea and runs with it.
You feel as if you are spitting nails Bill with what is going on and has been . Could be just me , but people seem like the walking dead around here - all preoccupied on their phones .- and no 360 looking around . Parents going crazy with fear that they will be masking kids again but I I'm not getting the sense that they will remotely push back because they follow the school boards . I've been pretty vocal with some of the younger mothers here suggesting they need to get together as a group and challenge the school boards - deer in headlights look, and ,I think most people on our street view me a the old demented garden gnome wearing the same paint filled clothes everyday . Are you running into the same school insanity with your boy ?
On a good note -gotta love it when the most vilified people ended up in tennis game : The Antivaxer and The Russian ; maybe the screen writers could actually write this one because old "chatty boy" wouldn't cover that narrative.
Yes, I am very familiar with that "deer in headlights" look when I make one of my counter proposals or offer an alternative explanation.
If people realized all the key organizations are corrupt/captured, that's probably one of those truths they couldn't handle.
What I don't get is people who have a loved one who has suffered a likely/definite vaccine injury or death and still won't question the shots. In fact, they are as adamant as ever in their support. It's like all those quotes we read when we had an epidemic of vaccinated people coming down with Covid. Every statement said these people were grateful for their vaccines. Without them, they surely would have died.
This is mass psychosis like the world has never seen before. If we had real science, it would be fascinating dynamic to study.
I think a lot of people do question the shots, but only after they've been seriously injured and gotten the gaslighting themselves. That's when they go online and start looking... and they find, oh, say, react19.org or something like that and, to their shock, they discover thousands of people who have their very same symptoms and similar stories of gaslighting.
Today I was working on transcribing the short tesimony of a woman who, previously very active and healthy, had taken 2 jabs and ended up with her life ruined by a series of strokes. She was speaking out about her personal tragedy-- but her video was taken down, and I only found it a year later on an obscure rumble site. But here's what I mean to say: I feel bad for her (who wouldn't) and I sincerely respect and commend her courage in speaking out, but it's difficult for me not to conclude that, had she not been injured, she, like most of the jabbed I know, would have been fine with the whole cooties show, mandates, no religious exemptions, everything. So, it seems that, judging from this testimony as well as many others I have transcribed, for maybe not everyone, but for a good number of people, what it takes for them to wake up is, alas, a serious injury.
It's tough to wake up, if you're here reading this, you probably know this, and keenly. What you see, once you've woken up, is that this covid show is all so insanely, heartbreakingly, and cruelly, stupid. And then it seems (at least it does in my world) like everyone, jabbed and boosted, wants to act like everything is just fine! It's like, someone broke into the house from the roof, and you can hear him rummaging around in the closet upstairs, but everyone says, nah, shut up, let's watch TV.
On a more positive note, if Missouri v Biden goes down the way I think it will, and soon, this should unleash a flood of information-- for example, about post-jab deaths and injuries. If anyone missed it, Brownstone Institute recently published a good overview of the developments in Missouri v. Biden
https://brownstone.org/articles/a-tremendous-victory-for-free-speech/
Do you think it was a cherry picking of statements that we saw? I do believe some are getting kind of curious but certainly no cigar . Maybe it'll take us who have a different opinion to keep at it as best we can . Imagine getting this stuff into your kids and then finding out it was not about health . Surely people have to be seeing others who aren't very well overall - at least in my age demographic it seems they are normalizing all the issues they are having and saying it would have happened anyway .
Are you familiar with Dennis Rancourt? He suggested this new book Canary In a Covid World; How Propaganda and Censorship Changed Our (My) World. A collection of essays that look like it would be an interesting read .
I'm waiting for the PTB to do more against their enemies (us) too. I figure one day I'll turn on my PC and all the honest sites, including all substacks, just won't be there. They control the infrastructure so they can do that whenever they think it's time. I'm always disappointed to see valuable content providers post links to YouTube or Facebook. Those platforms need to be 100% boycotted, so they are 100% propaganda. Then more people will look elsewhere. Continuing to use our enemies' outlets increases visibility in the short run, but it plays into their hands.
Trying to get people to give up their Facebook accounts will be like trying to get people to give up the worst opiate addictions . I agree with you , probably because I'm not on facebook nor do I have a cell phone - so right away in a fringe minority ...again.
And X. My account is still suspended, despite appeal, because I insisted ivermectin have legitimate human uses such as for onchocerciasis and scabies. Twitter considers that "advocating suicide". Alex Jones thinks Elon Musk have Asperger's syndrome, while Q-anon says he's been "replaced". I suspect he's an AI.
Legitimate YouTube videos aren't monetized, and are no more than 15 minutes.
Dear God, don't give them ideas.
And in Canada, don't speak of Substack...they will censor it.
You are right !!! How sad is that fact about our country now ; I need a class in how to censor myself without censoring myself - I'll explode at this rate like those pintos .
I am quite sure the powers to be know where many of us are and could start knocking on doors and round up the substack dissenters in the same way the nazis and communists did.
I am not saying this to frighten but rather to consider. Even the nazis gave lots of warning and people quietly left warsaw when they saw what was happening. As Princess Leia said in Star Wars "The tighter you squeeze your fist the more systems will slip through your fingers".
The day I turn on my computer and I can't get on alternate news sites any longer I am out here and headed for my bug out location to observe from afar.
Wish I had one - a bug out place . However Fred , at my age ,I am here and I'll have to deal with whatever the fall out will be . I find is all so very sad as I'm sure you do as well.
I think like you ,and every time I say what I think /write , it's one more nail in my coffin so to speak.
You may be certain that various government agencies monitor Substack, at least the more popular or influential blogs. And, based upon many recurring posters, there are partisan agents here, although separating the "true believer" from the paid agent can be difficult. Although when some routinely posts numerous links to obscure sites promoting favorable views of the war in Ukraine, it's pretty easy to jump to conclusions 😎
On a more ominous note, it’s likely they harvest email or other identifying information when possible to keep on file. Unless one knows how to cover one’s tracks, it’s quite within the realm of possibility the government has good logs on nearly everyone’s browsing and posting habits
Agree with what you are saying here . The government is in everyone's home and bedrooms in so many "convenient ways" for the good of us all.
Thanks, Bill! One of your best articles! I’ve been following you since the start of all this crap, and you have been spot on on your reporting! You have spoken the truth regardless of the consequences! God Bless you! Keep telling the truth and, hopefully, more people will wake up! I just hope and pray it’s not too late for my grandchildrens’ sake. This is an evil and massive machine we’re fighting against, but my GOD is greater and mightier so I know good will prevail over evil…just pray it’s sooner rather than later! The gutless leaders following the herd, going along to get along and just looking to remain in good standing with “the club” will have a lot to answer for IMO along with a lot of others. Keep up the good work, Bill - it’s so important!
Thanks for those kind words, Donna. The support means a lot to me. I'm a big movie buff. I keep thinking of a line from Victor Laszlo in "Casablana." Rick asks Victor why he's leading the underground. Victor replies if we stop fighting our enemies ... our enemies will definitely win.
That's kind of my thought too. I'm not sure if I'm making a difference or not, but I know these evil people want everyone to stop fighting them ... so I'm dang sure not going to do what they want. They WILL win if enough people give up and quit fighting.
And even Rick joined Victor's fight in the end!
You are definitely not a quitter, and I believe you are making a bigger difference than you even realize! I am grateful for your dedication and determination! Keep on keeping on!
I still think you should run for Mayor.
Thanks. I actually like our town's mayor, but if I ran I'd have to tell the truth about the world (and future) as I see it ... and that would ensure I get maybe 50 votes in the entire town.
But "thinking and acting local" is probably the best strategy to produce positive change.
Oh, Bill - I genuinely laughed at this comment.
"Small town AL man spreads disinformation - receives 50 votes amidst climate lockdown."
Byline: School fountains still off, now for climate(TM).
My daughter, who is in 6th grade, is going to run for SGA secretary. She thought about running for president. I told her if she ran she should make "turn on the water fountains" her central campaign pledge.
... Actually, I think the school recently did turn the water fountains back on. However, many students are now afraid of the water fountain water. ... so they still bring their water bottles to school every morning.
Why are they afraid? Does the water contain atrazine?
Oh I get it...they're kids and are confused as to why the water was off in the first place.
Ostensible reason: 'covid.'
Real reason: make the kids afraid.
What the hell have we done to the children this is really devastating.
Excellent work Bill. Just this morning I was talking with a friend of mine about this topic, i.e. the corruption of every great institution. In my opinion the evil elites now in power are approaching the Nazis, but these bad guys perhaps are even worse as they affirm to do what they do for the "common good"; actually evil under the guise of good; and a lot of people are unable to understand what is happening and the tremendous dangers all of us are in. Such thoughts, and many others, in my recent book "Pensieri Pandemici - in vista di un Neoumanesimo venturo" (in italian) that is "Pandemic Thoughts - in view of a forthcoming Neohumanism" a personal effort to bring a little light in the dark. Thank you Bill.
I'd love to read your book, but I don't know Italian!
Most of my observations aren't that brilliant, but some of them don't get enough attention. This idea that 99 percent of big organizations are captured or corrupt is probably accepted by almost all Substack readers. I don't think anyone can name a big organization that is NOT corrupt or "captured." What we don't think about enough is what this means going forward.
If i'm right that these people are becoming more brazen ... what's that mean for our futures? Nothing good.
I want all Substack writers to PRINT OUT and keep
HARD COPIES of their writings.
Maybe we could put a collection together of our favorite Substack authors and
they can pick what they think is their best essay....
And try and publish it on the QT, like Samizdat...along with instructions to get
to Substack and just tell people you only pay if you want to???
And start leaving it in libraries, in the little free libraries, in stores, or other places...
Free - take one.
You are on to something. Everyone ought back up all significant content on EXTERNAL media (i.e. Not just the cloud either as that, too, is vulnerable to the KILL switchers of the internet)
NOTE: archive.org AKA Wayback is systematically being purged of critical info and very likely with the Aid of AI bots. The rate at which this is happening has accelerated in the past couple of years.
It is too depressing about the archive. We have lost our minds and will soon lose our history...as a native American saying goes..a peopled without a history are like wind over the buffalo grass.
Which is why they are doing this
History is written by the conquerors for the conquered.
I have become fond of Grand Theft World on Rokfin. They are non-ideological and non-partisan. They have so much impeccably documented suppressed history, voluminous bibliographies. Nothing is what it seems and all of history as we have been taught is completely suspect. Also Grand Theft World and Tragedy and Hope has extensive and amazing interviews with John Taylor Gato on the deep history of our educational system which sheds a blinding light on how/why we we were educated to not think critically, dull the mind and follow orders. Goes back to some Prussian model of education that was widely adopted in the US. The Carnegies and Rockefellers completely controlled the education system with particular emphasis on History curricula and Medical Schools.
I had the great fortune to have had John Taylor Gatto as a teacher in junior high in NYC and the dubious honor of being singled out by him as not wanting to be 'a cog in the' wheel/machine due to my practice of attending school only on the days I had classes I liked (like social studies, science and English...!). I was an incorrigible truant.
An offline digital archive has its uses. The thumb drive, or similar, is the 21st century equivalent of samizdat literature. Even a common eReader can store more books than you could read in the rest of your life. Of course, entire libraries won't exist on even a big flash drive, but for specialized topics, the best writings available easily could. Sure, right now it’s convenient to be able to post online or download a file, enabling communication almost as easily with others down the block or halfway around the world. But the downside of that is that it’s easily monitored, censored or shut down by the powers that be. On the other hand, passing a tiny device from one hand to another is far less convenient, but it has the saving grace of being hard for the authorities to stop.
If my book had to be translated I'll tell you. Do continue on your right road, truth maybe is nearer than we may think now.
It looks a whole lot closer to communists to me. Not that the 1933-1945 Germans didn't have some bad points. But somehow communists are never mentioned. Just like the gulags, red terror one and two, holodomor and Katyn forest are never mentioned.
There are certain other historical accounts from that period that, to tell the wrong version of, can get you heavy fines or even prison time in many nations. Think about the implications of that for just a moment: I'm not claiming the ideas are true. They may even very well be false or disparaging to certain groups. But if such speech is severely punished in what we used to think of Western "free" nations, what does that say about society's values?
yes, criticism of a certain group or groups can get you jailed in some countries, fired and your reputation ruined. It makes one wonder whether that certain group or groups version is correct if it can't stand scrutiny. And if the certain group never answers or responds to factual statements except to scream shut up and then insults you.
Certainly we may add communists to the black list. I agree.
If we do not rise above ideology we are doomed. Are you aware that leading American companies funded both the Nazis and Bolsheviks and Mao. Three experiments, two ideologies.. all resulting in the goal of the eugenicists.
I refer you to the fantastic work Grand Theft World for chapter and verse.
Ciao Silvio,
Vivo in Canada ma sono nata in Italia. La maggior parte dei miei parenti vivono nel nord di Italia.
Vorrei indirizzarli al tuo libro.
Per favore forniscimi un link al tuo libro quando sarà disponibile.
Mi sono appena iscritta al tuo Substack. Quello è il mio indirizzo email.
Grazie.
"La gente come noi non molla mai."
Grazie per l'interesse. Il libro è già disponibile online. Casa editrice Europa edizioni. Le stesse librerie se non lo hanno al momento possono ordinarlo.
Grazie Silvio. 👍
Qui in Canada: siamo in MERDA!
https://x.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1701698470057263536
Nella cosiddetta UE la situazione non è molto migliore. Appena approvato il cosiddetto DSA (digital services act), in pratica una censura digitale su internet. Occorre mandare a casa (se non in luoghi più freschi) Troudeau e Ursula. Cari saluti.
"Occorre mandare a casa (se non in luoghi più freschi) Troudeau e Ursula."
Non conosco Ursula ma pensavo che Giorgia avesse le palle...
https://youtube.com/shorts/A8ID97M4iXg
😢
Saluti a te Silvio.
A mighty tall hill we climb. It is not so much that people are ignorant about what is going on and it is only a matter of supplying more information, it is that when you point out what is going on they refuse to believe it or think you are lying. In their mind, you are the problem. And herein lies a dilemma: you can teach people the basics, but you cannot teach them how to think or how to improve their judgement. I believe in both cases they are inherent qualities.
If someone could figure out what was going on - or how to get people to change their thinking - that person might have changed the world.
I have failed to figure out why your replies go to spam, so it is unlikely that I in any respect will be the savior of the world.
I just mentioned this to a friend of mine- how many people were having heart problems, etc due to the shots/boosters and she said "well, we can't do anything about it now..." sigh
For another Rice-like more-pessimistic take on where things stand, see my "A Long Road to Reckoning." https://pomocon.substack.com/p/a-long-road-to-reckoning
Substack has all but decimated my "free" time, for which I thank you and the 100+ others I subscribe to. It's helped keep me safe and sane.
I'm going to write a story that mentions all the people who subscribe to multiple Substack sites. I'm one of them. The Substack numbers are interesting and probably more important than many people think.
The problem is, we are likely largely INTJs and INFJs, with a smattering of other iNtuitives and few if any Sensory types.
But then, INTJs, when called upon, are those who change the world. "Called upon" can come from external or internal ("if I don't do this, who will?) sources.