they tell me i'm out of touch, or not normal, for distrusting and disliking government, but here's a good example of why i feel as i do;

 a new interesting way of thinking about the burning issues you see if you bother to watch the crap sold as 'news', presented by caitlin;

Doing daily commentary on world power dynamics feels a lot like staring up at the sky watching clouds. Sometimes you see a three-legged pony up there, sometimes a gargoyle, sometimes a laughing baby, but really you’re only ever watching tiny water droplets being moved around by atmospheric winds. They can take on any number of different shapes, but no matter how long you lay there staring up at them you’re really only ever seeing one dynamic play out with different appearances from moment to moment.

The daily news is very much the same, except most consumers of news media aren’t aware that they’re watching clouds. They really do think they’re looking at a three-legged pony, a gargoyle, a laughing baby.

“Ooh, there’s a doggy!” they squeal and clap their hands. “Ooh! Ooh now it’s a kitty cat!”

They don’t see the real underlying dynamics, they just see the forms those dynamics are taking from moment to moment. They don’t see the water droplets being moved around by the breeze, they just see the shapes.

Just as clouds are always water droplets in the air no matter what shapes they take, news stories are only ever one dynamic playing out with different appearances.

There is only ever one news story on any given day, and it is always the same news story: wealthy and powerful people seek more wealth and power, and narratives are spun to advance these agendas.

That’s it. That’s all you’re ever seeing when you read the news. There are sports scores and the occasional celebrity death mixed in for entertainment, but when it comes to major political and governmental events you’re only ever seeing the effects of wealthy and powerful people working to obtain more wealth and power and narratives being spun to promote these agendas...........read more.......

 as intro i'll remind you that i've not had a president since the cia killed jfk;

 video about the real reasons behind the lockdowns in just under eight minutes;

https://www.captainsjournal.com/2021/03/01/the-reason-behind-the-lockdowns/

 a simple question to which i'd like a simple answer;

mr snowden asks the question: did you agree to this, and then you get to decide or should; 

A new video montage of recent interviews with former NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden exposes how the global COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns - which have been particularly severe and far-reaching in Western countries like the UK, Canada, and in a number of major US cities - coupled with the already immense power of Silicon Valley and its allies in the national security state, has served to keep individuals and entire populations 'gated off' from one another. "This is just the beginning," Snowden warns of these unprecedented times. "All of these things today have consequences which we are not informed about."

"I would say this is sort of unusual... we're all spread all over the world in different rooms, everybody's locked up... but for me this is how I've always lived." He narrates that so much of our life is "intermediated by the screens." Increasingly our lives are "intermediated by these screens. We spend less time outside and more and more time staring into glass or through glass to connect with that larger world - something beyond ourselves."

Ultimately he poses the following questions as a warning in the video entitled, "Edward Snowden 2021: The Most VICIOUS HONEST 10 Minutes of your LIFE!"... "Increasingly it feels something distinct from us, something apart from us - something that we are witnessing rather than participating in. Ask yourself: Is this your will? Is this what you want? Did you agree to this? Is this consistent with the vision of the future you want to see?.........read and watch more.......

 here is a clear example of protect and serve as it actually is practiced and it has nothing to do with the tv version;

Lincoln County, NC — On Feb. 28, 2018, Jerry Baxter, a disabled Vietnam veteran was attacked by a gang in his own front yard. This gang held him down, cuffed him, choked him out, and beat him nearly to death. At the end of the beating, however, it was Baxter who ended up in jail, not the members of the gang. According to a lawsuit filed by Baxter this week, the reason for this egregious injustice is due to the fact the “gang was wearing badges and uniforms.”

On the day in question, Baxter had committed no crime and had harmed no one. The disabled veteran was at the grocery store when he received a call from his wife — state troopers were at his home looking for his son.

According to police, Baxter’s son Travis was accused of fleeing the scene of an accident. They claimed Travis had been drinking and fled the scene so he could sober up before officers found him.

Travis did not live at the address, but when asked by the troopers, identified in the lawsuit as Randall Lee Neal, Brian Matthew Black, Joshua Lee Craig and Chuck Lee, Baxter told them Travis is likely down the road at another house they own because Jerry dropped him off there about 90 minutes before.

The incident should’ve ended right then. However, according to the lawsuit, the troopers refused to leave and accused Baxter of lying to them.

“You’re a liar,” Neal responded, according to the complaint...........read more.......