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Brian's avatar

Sasha, just want to say thanks so much for your writing and commentary! Long time follower of your film writing and reviewing and have been on a somewhat similar path since 2015 or so. Greatly appreciate your candor and wisdom. Thankful for your words every week, and my best to you and your family!

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Darla Spina's avatar

Sasha I love your writing. You always write exactly what my brain is thinking and you do it so well!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Jon's avatar

Sasha, please consider stopping by at my restaurant on your way back. I'm in Iowa City and serve legendary calzones.

I love that you take these road trips because it further exposes you to a part of the country that you just discovered in the last five years.

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Mindi's avatar

Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels♥️🙏🏻

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old_tube guy's avatar

May your road trip be straight and you mind roam free. The way Family gets bigger is such a wonderful thing.

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Jeff Schreiber's avatar

Sasha - One thing I’ve learned over the last 10 years (last 4 especially) is the more I think I know about something, the less I am able to fully grasp it. We live in a world where lies and deception run rampant. Everything we believe needs to be viewed from every possible angle. And most of all, follow the money knowing full well most people will lie, cheat, forge and sometimes even kill if the price is right. And it’s never been easier to control a false narrative by using the three B’s (bribery, blackmail and brainwashing).

While my journey as a truth seeker began 60 years ago this Tuesday with the JFK assassination, it took off 10 years ago when someone presented me with some quite compelling evidence that 9/11 also left a growing trail of questions that were avoided but must be asked. If anyone still believes that these attacks were all devised and run by a ragtag band of would be terrorists living in a cave in Central Asia who were able to penetrate the strongest defense system the world has ever know, I have a bridge nearby Ground Zero to sell them cheap.

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BradK (Afuera!)'s avatar

I've said before how I used to laugh at those loony 9/11 "truthers" and their silly conspiracy theories about hidden gold bars, etc. I've stopped laughing.

Thinking back, one of the things which sticks with me is that no more than 2 days after the attacks, the NYT (back then it still had some shred of credibility) dedicated an entre section to the 9/11 hijackers. They covered everything from where they were born, lived, entered the USA. which flight schools they enrolled in (to learn to fly commercial jets but not to land them), surveillance photos of the in the airports that morning, etc. This was a newspaper, FFS. Yet we are expected to believe that even the FBI possessed none of this knowledge just two days earlier?

The line between conspiracy theory and reasonable question gets blurrier by the day.

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Jeff Schreiber's avatar

Yes indeed that line is turning to dust almost as fast as the Twin Towers did on that fateful morning. I live in NJ close enough by where I could see that dust from the top of the hill my house is on. I still remember the day in 2011 when I met some people on a sidewalk handing out flyers exposing the ultimate false flag attack. They recommended I watch a YT video showing Building 7 fall while a second screen superimposed played a typical building demolition. They were almost identical. Oh my God I thought. The rabbit hole opening was wide and there’s no turning back. The controllers of the narrative know that and they are starting to worry about how they are going to keep their secret schemes hidden.

But one thing I can say for sure about the plandemic I call Stupid 19 - it sure as hell has led to a massive awakening of people. Before 2020 trying to tell them about all the deception of 9/11, Chemtrails, vaccines etc usually led to shrugged shoulders and rolling eyes. It felt lonely at times just like when I saw everyone masking up and giving a funny look when I refused to. But the revelations have led countless startled people to conjure if they’ve been lying about all of this, what else are they not saying or lying about?

Welcome to the Twilight Zone 🎆

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David Poe's avatar

If you don’t think the powerful will conspire with each other for their mutual benefit you’re an idiot. But not everything is a conspiracy.

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Jeff Schreiber's avatar

Luckily so. I think what people like David Icke, Max Igan, G Edward Griffin and so many others have done is lead the way towards learning what is a conspiracy and what is not. But you need be willing to look at the questions and dig deep for the answers. But when you find them you strike gold.

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Libertarian's avatar

Happy Thanksgiving to Sasha and readers:

May the road rise to meet you,

May the wind be always at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face,

The rains fall soft upon your fields.

And until we meet again,

May God hold you in the palm of his hand.

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Seva's avatar

Happy Thanksgiving. Hopefully it won’t be our last one. No denying we’re in very hot water that’s boiling hotter all the time. Don’t miss the article I posted below here, “The Dawn of 3D Printed Robotic Hands.” Quite fascinating. My Christmas Eve wish this year at Midnight will be for AI to save our sinking ship.

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Libertarian's avatar

Thanks Seva. You’re the best read person I know and I appreciate that you share so much of it and your knowledge.

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Seva's avatar

I pretty much live internally and from first thing in the morning till last thing at night I’m online reading and watching videos. My social life consists of talking to my cats who often just walk away but that’s okay. They’re still nice company. I do often come across good information though which I then want to share with others. I feel that helps and strengthens our side in this ever worsening civil war. Scary times we’re living in. The best of times. The worst of times. That’s our situation in a nutshell.

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Dave B's avatar

I think the reasons are as follows, left-leaning schools, social media, and the lack of God in their family and upbringing….

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BradK (Afuera!)'s avatar

I think we are far past the soft-pedaling of "left-leaning" and have crossed over into full neo-Marxist.

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Dave B's avatar

Having grown up in Michigan in the 50’s and 60’s your article touches home with me...I loved it ! Hope you have safe trip and a wonderful Thanksgiving !

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Jon's avatar

I grew up in Oak Park, Mi during the late 50s/early 60s.

How we raised 30-40 years of antisemites is incomprehensible to me. My daughters made it through without the indoctrination, as did their cousins. Where did all of these Jew haters come from?

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BradK (Afuera!)'s avatar

America has been transformed radically in the past 15 years, beginning with the ascension of the false Messiah. Who would have believed 15 years ago that we would witness massive, coordinated pro-terrorism marches across the country, let alone in response to the barbarism of 10/7?

Next year's election truly will be the last chance we have of turning this ship around. Unfortunately, the current strategy and tactics of the GOP, with their self-destructive obsession over abortion and drag queens, is set to deliver the donkeys and the Marxists another clean sweep. At that point we need to start considering which country we might want to emigrate to as the America we once loved and grew up in will be but a memory.

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Jon's avatar

The 'Chicago' model of polices, that Axelrod, Jarrett, Michelle o, and others grew up in was transfered to our Federal Government. Any means to an End, through corruption and lies became our new reality.

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BradK (Afuera!)'s avatar

All hail the Uniparty.

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Marla's avatar

Abortion is the narrative to hide the election fraud.

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TOM SIEBERT's avatar

1- The Palestinians are a Semitic people, so anyone using that term is promoting misinformation.

2- Ben Shapiro does not put America first, Candace Owens does. Shapiro said as much in that recently resurfaced interview where he said he could do more to support Israel by being an American journalist in America than by living in Israel.

3- It is highly unlikely that Israel was caught flat footed at the Hamas attack, and even more unlikely that they did nothing for six hours while it took place, particularly considering the High Holidays and anniversary of the 6 Day War. What happened was far more likely a LIHOP (Let It Happen On Purpose) in order to create a rationale to eliminate the Palestinians.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving but it would be good for America and the world and the so-called "Truth Movement" if you set the standard for "Truth seekers" by not using the inherently un-truthful term "anti-Semitic," which is a misnomer when you really mean "Jew hatred."

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Seva's avatar

Kim Iversen and others say Netanyahu has never wanted a two state solution. That’s also what this Jewish professor of economics in London says. Why was Israel’s border with Gaza so defenseless on Oct 7 when Hamas launched their deadly attack? Because the troops that were supposed to be guarding the border were redeployed to the West Bank to help Israeli settlers steal land from the Palestinians. Are the Palestinians and their supporters aware of this. They sure are. Some very good comments on this article, too.

“How could the catastrophe on 7 October, which claimed the lives of at least 1,400 Israelis and has left 220 as hostages of Hamas, have happened? How could Israel lose control, over the course of a few hours, of an entire swath of its sovereign territory, including twenty-two kibbutzim and other villages? Beyond the obvious intelligence failure, one reason is that a good portion of the troops in the enlarged division that was meant to be guarding the Gaza border had been redeployed to keep order and protect an ever-expanding archipelago of tiny, often unauthorized West Bank settlements and roads leading to them. The sole purpose of these outposts was to establish a de facto Jewish presence in the West Bank and hence restrict the actions available to future Israeli governments. Objections and warnings by the defence establishment that the military and security services were overstretched, that the army no longer had the requisite forces or the time to train soldiers properly, were dismissed as the defeatism of an old and tired secular elite, by a growing chorus of hyper-patriotic, right-wing zealots, people often with little or no practical military experience.”

“A Generation of Misguided Policy in Israel.”

For more than a generation, defense policy and much else has been increasingly determined by the dictates of Israel’s religious settler lobby and its Messianic visions.

Quillette. Nov 5, 2023

https://quillette.com/2023/11/05/a-generation-of-misguided-policy-in-israel/

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TOM SIEBERT's avatar

Occum's Razor strongly suggests LIHOP.

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Seva's avatar

A good Quillette article which says Israelis on the border were warned by friends in Gaza that an attack was coming. They contacted the IDF about this and were told not to worry about it. This though is something to consider for those who say the Palestinians are terrorists and need to be destroyed.

“Israelis in the border Kibbutzim received messages from acquaintances in Gaza that an attack was imminent and asked the IDF for advice. The IDF responded with reassuring messages and told them not to cancel any planned events (including the music festival mentioned above). The IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevy and the head of Shin Bet both warned Hamas against any action, apparently on the basis of existing intelligence. Furthermore, it now transpires that the Israeli leadership received unambiguous—though not specific—warnings from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the US regarding preparations by Hamas to launch a massive attack.”

The Gazan Gordian Knot.

Quillette. Oct 13, 2023

https://quillette.com/2023/10/13/the-gazan-gordian-knot/

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Polly wick's avatar

Just a little teary watching the 50’s family.

Thanks Sasha. Happy Thanksgiving you and your daughter and the family you’ll be welcomed into next week.

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Daniel's avatar

Have a great Thanksgiving! We have a tradition of making icy/slushy whiskey sours to promptly begin at 2pm. Haha “My doctor advised me I have to drink ten of these an hour” Arthur.

Here is another holiday that is being taken from us. It’s another white oppressor tradition rooted in that horrible discovery of the New World. Just another step in dismantling the country as we know and replacing with a Tik Tok government.

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Matt L.'s avatar

Daniel, great tradition. Try to slap an orange slice and a maraschino cherry atop those heavenly highballs… at least the 1st one! Have a great Turkey Day

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Ammiel Alcalay's avatar

All good, very useful news & links. But this? "I give Israel the benefit of the doubt that they are fighting a just war for their very survival and that there are going to be casualties of that war. What happened to them on October 7th requires that response." There's no point in getting "political" here, but please, for the sake of posterity, please see if you might be able to think about this harder in human terms—casualties? Places of shelter, schools that Israeli forces have made people flee to? Water, fuel, medicine, electricity? What is the end point? Isn't this actually a model of what the world will look like if the Great Reset gets its wishes, if there is an abrupt curtailment of fossil fuels? Control of food sources? We will return to feudalism, etc.? You will own nothing? Please keep in mind that there is a relationship between Netanyahu selling Israel to Pfizer & the draconian COVID policies there (open access to all genetic / medical records by Big Pharma etc.), & what is happening now. Wishing you a good ride, sincerely & seriously, & a very Happy Thanksgiving...

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GabeReal's avatar

Yes, very good insights. I feel like Sasha is missing the forest for the trees on this issue.

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Libertarian's avatar

Yes but it’s Thanksgiving week and we’re going to focus on being thankful.

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Ammiel Alcalay's avatar

Thank you!

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Seva's avatar

“Please keep in mind that there is a relationship between Netanyahu selling Israel to Pfizer & the draconian COVID policies there (open access to all genetic / medical records by Big Pharma etc.)”

Bret Weinstein also has a very low opinion of Israel’s government, “Our leaders are not necessarily on our side.” He also fears the Israel/Hamas war could easily lead us to WW3 and the abyss for humanity. I totally agree.

“Bret Weinstein: Cosmopolitan West is driving us towards an ‘unquestionable’ existential crisis.” (10 min)

GBNews. Oct 21, 2023

https://youtu.be/R3jTmO-Q9xE?si=lrlrTFIcJRYW-KUF

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Ammiel Alcalay's avatar

Indeed, good to know—I wasn't aware of this from Brett Weinstein. Many thanks for the link!

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Libertarian's avatar

Well said, Ammiel

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Ammiel Alcalay's avatar

Thank you!

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Chana's avatar

Happy Thanksgiving, Sasha!

May this be the very best year ever!

Thanks to you for your excellent work. I am grateful for the time and care you take here on your substack.

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Richard's avatar

There was a Little Golden Book about Thanksgiving that depicted all the men at the First Thanksgiving sitting at the dinner table with slung long guns or bows. I swear I have never done that although the way things are going, I might in the future.

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Michael's avatar

You are 100% correct on Israel. Why are they not crying about the poor Russian soldiers getting killed by Ukrainians? But Elon went too far in attacking the leftist Jews who went all in on Social Justice and now find their comrades attacking them. It seems Antisemitic to me

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TOM SIEBERT's avatar

The Palestinians are a Semitic people.

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Sandra Pinches's avatar

My understanding is that anyone who speaks a Semitic language can be so categorized, which includes Arabic.

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Seva's avatar

“It seems Antisemitic to me”

It seems to me that you hate Elon for insulting your Woke faith by calling it “a mind virus” and “a threat to civilization.” It seems to me that you people are wildly and grotesquely insane. It seems to me that America has already ceased to exist as a country internally which is why it’s so rapidly unraveling externally. It seems to me that when you die God will give you a thumbs down and send you straight to Hell where you will join Satan in eternity. That’s how it all seems to me.

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