Congratulations on your first Substack anniversary, The Good Citizen! 🥂
I appreciate that you apply your satirical wit and sharp observational skills to a variety of topics, and I found your Ukraine posts especially illuminating (I shared “Ukraine in the Membrane” with many a bewildered soul).
Here’s to another pasture-raised, grass-fed, mRNA-free year of bleating! 🐑
MAA, mother of dragons, queen of the north, south, and latitudes. I haven't seen you in months. Writer of letters to bomb and disrupt, to discharge and displace the weenies burning too dim, voted in by morons so grim. You gave me Lew Rockwell's submission details and now I'm still here. Damn you! And THANK YOU!
Haha, aww, thank you for that chivarlic verse—and I’m grateful you are still here! I do smile every time I see one of your articles in Lew’s roundup :-)
Congratulations GC on a great year! I love the diversity of topics and the genuineness of your writing. With all the madness of the last couple of years I can honestly say you're a beacon of hope and your humor has brought many smiles to my face. Thanks for all you do!
Keep giving us your wit, knowledge, expertise, and valued opinions on the many topics you choose to share with us. Congratulations 🍾🎈🎉 on an anniversary and I’m happy to follow along.
I was very sleepy and opened up the email notice of your post and bolted up. Is this a farewell? I am so happy it's not! I have learned so much and value your points of view on all topics. I especially like when you interject your personal life with your commentary because it informs your perspective. No writing can be dispassionate from your own experience, so not sharing that would leave your readers hallow. I have been wondering how your astute and insightful commentary on such deep and often dark issues affects you day-to-day. It is heartening to hear you taking your advice to do 15 minutes a day of joy (and if it is really joyful it becomes longer). Music is salve. Learning to play and playing an instrument is therapy.
You make so many wonderful observations. I really would, eventually, want to go public and sincerely connect with readers on a personal level. For now this is the limit. The future could swing either way. Vamos a ver.
Thanks for your comment and for sticking around for year Zoo.
Oh, I totally understand why you are anonymous (or, rather, officially not public). I would think it's liberating in many ways. Is your novel being published under this pseudonym?
PS - Your brother went the way of Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. It's a shame.
Hell yes, you do you, that's what we're here for. Thanks for consistently saving our sanity and in advance for the satire, can't wait. I've just had a shit night ending even worse by having one of my precious homemade ciders explode in my face and all over the walls of my room. After a good cleanup, I'm going to take exactly 15 minutes to drink the remainder of this fucker and smile like an idiot the whole time. Cheers!
If it's any consolation I opened a bottle of Bohemia beer and it sprayed all over this airbnb kitchen and I just spent twenty minutes trying to clean and respond to comments at the same time.
Don't drink the remainder. Have another. Then another. But open them outside.
Congrats on this milestone, GC! You're making this clown world shit storm far more bearable, thank you. If you're ever in Sydney, give us a bleat. We like sheep here.
"... but I could see from the metrics that all things horror and vaccine played well with readers."
Quantitatively this is true by definition (ie, because your analytics dashboard say so). However, a nice example of what engaged me most was the "Cuidado Con El Perro" piece (well, that wasn't its title, but the its catchy memorable lyric).
But why that one? Well, besides being beautifully written, it wove in an important purpose. The same purpose that other of your pieces imparted: A challenge, a sense of personal accountability, a what if Americans collectively responded to this or that.
If you go back to that piece and see my comment, I think I mentioned that your keeping us accountable was important, and indeed it is. Never stray too far from that. Admonishing is okay, in fact needed. 😊
I shared that particular piece many times, and it received compliments everytime (... "beautiful" is the word that came back most).
Like you, I've been warning and educating people about what's coming for years; but it's difficult to reach those who don't look for patterns and/or who don't read history and old history and/or are too young or naive and/or are thoroughly indoctrinated (eg, teachers, government workers, etc).
It's a lonely business, just like writing for the masses is a lonely business. Comment feedback is helpful, yes, at times unearthing brilliant insight held by others. How many times have I said "that's a great way to put it" or "I never thought of it that way".
Still, when one reaches the final comment, it never quite reaches the level of *human* engagement that one desires when publishing a piece.
Indeed, a less outward experience and more an inward, quiet affair. On this score, our friend Brian Shilhavy offers help:
All of this is to offer,... don't heed the analytics too much. There is much gone unsaid that desperately needs telling now, and people who thirst for it will appear.
I appreciate you. Im grateful for your insights. I still dont think it was a plandemic in the sense that i dont accept that this was a planned genocide. I hope you are wrong.
Im still in the Hanlons razor mode: why assume malign intent when it can be explained by stupidity (or incompetence or ideology)
But i am keeping my options open.
The past three years has felt like living in an insane asylum. Its the closest i hope i ever get to living in a totalitarian dictatorship. I have been deeply disappointed in my fellow americans and my colleagues (im a doc) . But there are alot of ppl out here who see through the miasmic diesel smoke propaganda. Thanks for what you do
Ive practiced clinical medicine in a surgical subspecialty for 23 years in northern Nj . I know dozens of docs in my community well and interact with a network of hundreds of healthcare ppl. Ive tried very hard to consider that any of these ppl were involved in any intentional effort to kill ppl and I cant find any evidence. Believe me i am not in denial. I m 55 yrs old, from a jewish family. I grew up surrounded by veterans of ww2 and korea and had holocaust survivors in my immediate circle. I went to a jewish school program. When we were teens we studied the jewish genocide and the teacher who was a rabbi at one point asked us what we would do if the united states ever turned into a dictatorship and “they came for us again”. We all vowed we would fight. My uncle and father har firearms. They would half jokingly say that when … when they came for us again we would be ready this time. So we will see… i am ready and I will fight
Having lived in Europe for a decade and a half I've been to Auschwitz I, II, Birkenau, Treblinka, Ravensbruk. I've traversed the cobbled streets of Kazimierz, chasing girls and ghosts. I'm not here to lecture you on the plight of iatrogenocide victims.
It's not something that will be documented like the holocaust. It's not going to be the first chapter of history books. But it happened. In 2020 through 2022, it happened. Doctors killed patients with "treatments" they may or may not have known would kill them. That might not include your Dr. friends, but it happened. Their official statistics show a mass slaughter.
We need to acknowledge that just as we do all historical crimes against humanity.
The The virology research at wuhan might have been undertaken ostensibly for altruistic reasons. Tony Fauci might very well have believed in his heart that this research was important to advanced the science. And he and his arrogance circumvented the legal process in the United States and outsourced this work to somewhere where it could fly under the radar. And then there was either an accidental or intentional release.
And because it seems that some of this research fell under the auspices of the department of defense, the entire event was treated as if we were in World War II.
The federal reserve system of the United States has destroyed the value of the dollar. This was not their planned intention. The ostensible goal of setting up the federal reserve system was to stabilize the economy. Many critics of the proposal at the time in 1914 explained how it would not achieve its goals and only monopolize in cartelize the banking industry and lead to disaster. The critics were entirely right
But there was not necessarily malicious intent behind the formation of the federal reserve system
A program like federally subsidized student loans and grants has caused tuition prices to skyrocket and lead to the politicization of the entire educational establishment, which has brought us such toxic garbage as the DEI agendaz. Critics of the formation of the Department of Education and taxpayer subsidized education predicted that this would happen. But many of the proponents were motivated by their own sense of altruism. Crusading politicians wanted to make education more affordable and be rewarded with votes and power.
As cliché as it is to say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions
I’m not denying that there are malicious actors out there. I am completely open minded
But as a doc with a front row seat to the covid disaster i can say that the staff at two of the hospitals i went to did not actively intend to murder ppl.
Did they exhibit cowardice, fall victim to groupthink? Yes. Were some of them swayed by tribal political loyalties? Yes.
But as far As I can discern, they were no death panels
Congrats on year won. You were my first and remain my only paid sub. I'm still here because you respect our time and intelligence. Covid (part one?) has played out. How many more graphs, charts, memes, and shocking exclusives can we have? It was discrete test. You either passed or failed and are living with the consequences. If you learned anything, you learned that it's time to build some skills and do meaningful, human things while there's time.
Frankly, I like that you write about multiple subjects, even tho it was covid shenanigans that brought me here. You are living a curious life, but bold in your exploration. Were my life circumstances different (certain responsibilities I have that disallow me going anywhere, at least for the moment), I would love to explore in the same fashion.
This is and has been my favorite substack for some time now.
In the early 80's we'd often of a spring/summer evening take the 3 youngsters to Harvard Square for ice cream and to watch the jugglers and street performers. Tracy Chapman, an acoustic waif, alone with an open guitar case and a voice that cut through the buzz of people and traffic.
Well done Year Won. And please, fret not about the illusory 100k satelittes; tis but another murky, Musky, NASA CGI psyop. They've been laying cable in oceans' depths for over 100 years. A few drones, military planes, and balloons come closest to the science fictional imagination of Arthur C. Clarke. New ubiquitous cell towers which mushroomed exponentially during the dark night of lockdown are a real and present danger
Strum on, TGC. Always good to hear your bleating cutting through the buzzing.
Congratulations on your first Substack anniversary, The Good Citizen! 🥂
I appreciate that you apply your satirical wit and sharp observational skills to a variety of topics, and I found your Ukraine posts especially illuminating (I shared “Ukraine in the Membrane” with many a bewildered soul).
Here’s to another pasture-raised, grass-fed, mRNA-free year of bleating! 🐑
MAA, mother of dragons, queen of the north, south, and latitudes. I haven't seen you in months. Writer of letters to bomb and disrupt, to discharge and displace the weenies burning too dim, voted in by morons so grim. You gave me Lew Rockwell's submission details and now I'm still here. Damn you! And THANK YOU!
Haha, aww, thank you for that chivarlic verse—and I’m grateful you are still here! I do smile every time I see one of your articles in Lew’s roundup :-)
You’re both great and I enjoy reading your stuff immensely!
Grateful to have you as a reader, Boflys!
Congratulations GC on a great year! I love the diversity of topics and the genuineness of your writing. With all the madness of the last couple of years I can honestly say you're a beacon of hope and your humor has brought many smiles to my face. Thanks for all you do!
Thanks WC! I appreciate your support!
Year won of a kind, comrade good citizen. Cheers to a based year zoo!
Thanks dear comrade.
Keep giving us your wit, knowledge, expertise, and valued opinions on the many topics you choose to share with us. Congratulations 🍾🎈🎉 on an anniversary and I’m happy to follow along.
Thanks Ruth! I'm happy you're happy to follow along.
I was very sleepy and opened up the email notice of your post and bolted up. Is this a farewell? I am so happy it's not! I have learned so much and value your points of view on all topics. I especially like when you interject your personal life with your commentary because it informs your perspective. No writing can be dispassionate from your own experience, so not sharing that would leave your readers hallow. I have been wondering how your astute and insightful commentary on such deep and often dark issues affects you day-to-day. It is heartening to hear you taking your advice to do 15 minutes a day of joy (and if it is really joyful it becomes longer). Music is salve. Learning to play and playing an instrument is therapy.
You make so many wonderful observations. I really would, eventually, want to go public and sincerely connect with readers on a personal level. For now this is the limit. The future could swing either way. Vamos a ver.
Thanks for your comment and for sticking around for year Zoo.
Oh, I totally understand why you are anonymous (or, rather, officially not public). I would think it's liberating in many ways. Is your novel being published under this pseudonym?
PS - Your brother went the way of Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. It's a shame.
Hell yes, you do you, that's what we're here for. Thanks for consistently saving our sanity and in advance for the satire, can't wait. I've just had a shit night ending even worse by having one of my precious homemade ciders explode in my face and all over the walls of my room. After a good cleanup, I'm going to take exactly 15 minutes to drink the remainder of this fucker and smile like an idiot the whole time. Cheers!
If it's any consolation I opened a bottle of Bohemia beer and it sprayed all over this airbnb kitchen and I just spent twenty minutes trying to clean and respond to comments at the same time.
Don't drink the remainder. Have another. Then another. But open them outside.
Nope. Yes! Nope. Yes!
Hahaha, I'm a third of the way through a second, opened gingerly under a towel, and am still smiling like an idiot. Yep!
Idiots don't smile. They wince.
Open another!
Congrats on this milestone, GC! You're making this clown world shit storm far more bearable, thank you. If you're ever in Sydney, give us a bleat. We like sheep here.
"... but I could see from the metrics that all things horror and vaccine played well with readers."
Quantitatively this is true by definition (ie, because your analytics dashboard say so). However, a nice example of what engaged me most was the "Cuidado Con El Perro" piece (well, that wasn't its title, but the its catchy memorable lyric).
But why that one? Well, besides being beautifully written, it wove in an important purpose. The same purpose that other of your pieces imparted: A challenge, a sense of personal accountability, a what if Americans collectively responded to this or that.
If you go back to that piece and see my comment, I think I mentioned that your keeping us accountable was important, and indeed it is. Never stray too far from that. Admonishing is okay, in fact needed. 😊
I'll have to go back and read that piece. It's nice to know you're here for more than just the globopsycho horror show.
Indeed, I am.
I shared that particular piece many times, and it received compliments everytime (... "beautiful" is the word that came back most).
Like you, I've been warning and educating people about what's coming for years; but it's difficult to reach those who don't look for patterns and/or who don't read history and old history and/or are too young or naive and/or are thoroughly indoctrinated (eg, teachers, government workers, etc).
It's a lonely business, just like writing for the masses is a lonely business. Comment feedback is helpful, yes, at times unearthing brilliant insight held by others. How many times have I said "that's a great way to put it" or "I never thought of it that way".
Still, when one reaches the final comment, it never quite reaches the level of *human* engagement that one desires when publishing a piece.
Indeed, a less outward experience and more an inward, quiet affair. On this score, our friend Brian Shilhavy offers help:
https://healthimpactnews.com/2023/the-god-of-all-comfort
All of this is to offer,... don't heed the analytics too much. There is much gone unsaid that desperately needs telling now, and people who thirst for it will appear.
Until my next banal comment, peace brother.
I appreciate you. Im grateful for your insights. I still dont think it was a plandemic in the sense that i dont accept that this was a planned genocide. I hope you are wrong.
Im still in the Hanlons razor mode: why assume malign intent when it can be explained by stupidity (or incompetence or ideology)
But i am keeping my options open.
The past three years has felt like living in an insane asylum. Its the closest i hope i ever get to living in a totalitarian dictatorship. I have been deeply disappointed in my fellow americans and my colleagues (im a doc) . But there are alot of ppl out here who see through the miasmic diesel smoke propaganda. Thanks for what you do
You were the first one to offer any support and I'll never forget that. Especially since it was Bitcoin.
I know we're on different skates, but we're still in the same arena moving to the same music. And I'll say it to you again: I too hope I'm wrong.
Ive practiced clinical medicine in a surgical subspecialty for 23 years in northern Nj . I know dozens of docs in my community well and interact with a network of hundreds of healthcare ppl. Ive tried very hard to consider that any of these ppl were involved in any intentional effort to kill ppl and I cant find any evidence. Believe me i am not in denial. I m 55 yrs old, from a jewish family. I grew up surrounded by veterans of ww2 and korea and had holocaust survivors in my immediate circle. I went to a jewish school program. When we were teens we studied the jewish genocide and the teacher who was a rabbi at one point asked us what we would do if the united states ever turned into a dictatorship and “they came for us again”. We all vowed we would fight. My uncle and father har firearms. They would half jokingly say that when … when they came for us again we would be ready this time. So we will see… i am ready and I will fight
That's quite a confession doc.
Having lived in Europe for a decade and a half I've been to Auschwitz I, II, Birkenau, Treblinka, Ravensbruk. I've traversed the cobbled streets of Kazimierz, chasing girls and ghosts. I'm not here to lecture you on the plight of iatrogenocide victims.
It's not something that will be documented like the holocaust. It's not going to be the first chapter of history books. But it happened. In 2020 through 2022, it happened. Doctors killed patients with "treatments" they may or may not have known would kill them. That might not include your Dr. friends, but it happened. Their official statistics show a mass slaughter.
We need to acknowledge that just as we do all historical crimes against humanity.
"I too hope I'm wrong"
You're not. Its obvious.
No its not obvious at all
The The virology research at wuhan might have been undertaken ostensibly for altruistic reasons. Tony Fauci might very well have believed in his heart that this research was important to advanced the science. And he and his arrogance circumvented the legal process in the United States and outsourced this work to somewhere where it could fly under the radar. And then there was either an accidental or intentional release.
And because it seems that some of this research fell under the auspices of the department of defense, the entire event was treated as if we were in World War II.
The federal reserve system of the United States has destroyed the value of the dollar. This was not their planned intention. The ostensible goal of setting up the federal reserve system was to stabilize the economy. Many critics of the proposal at the time in 1914 explained how it would not achieve its goals and only monopolize in cartelize the banking industry and lead to disaster. The critics were entirely right
But there was not necessarily malicious intent behind the formation of the federal reserve system
A program like federally subsidized student loans and grants has caused tuition prices to skyrocket and lead to the politicization of the entire educational establishment, which has brought us such toxic garbage as the DEI agendaz. Critics of the formation of the Department of Education and taxpayer subsidized education predicted that this would happen. But many of the proponents were motivated by their own sense of altruism. Crusading politicians wanted to make education more affordable and be rewarded with votes and power.
As cliché as it is to say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions
I’m not denying that there are malicious actors out there. I am completely open minded
But as a doc with a front row seat to the covid disaster i can say that the staff at two of the hospitals i went to did not actively intend to murder ppl.
Did they exhibit cowardice, fall victim to groupthink? Yes. Were some of them swayed by tribal political loyalties? Yes.
But as far As I can discern, they were no death panels
That's some powerful koolaid you've been drinking. Chock full of strawmen to chill it.
Hip hip hooray Good Citizen!
Congratulations, Good Citizen.
And many happy returns of this day.
Thanks Kathleen.
Oh and if you want some more inspiration for new material definitely read this: “give speech a chance”
By harley price
One of the few substacks that I consistently read. I enjoy the range of topics and humor during these crazy times. Bleat on, Good Citizen.
Congrats on year won. You were my first and remain my only paid sub. I'm still here because you respect our time and intelligence. Covid (part one?) has played out. How many more graphs, charts, memes, and shocking exclusives can we have? It was discrete test. You either passed or failed and are living with the consequences. If you learned anything, you learned that it's time to build some skills and do meaningful, human things while there's time.
Frankly, I like that you write about multiple subjects, even tho it was covid shenanigans that brought me here. You are living a curious life, but bold in your exploration. Were my life circumstances different (certain responsibilities I have that disallow me going anywhere, at least for the moment), I would love to explore in the same fashion.
This is and has been my favorite substack for some time now.
In the early 80's we'd often of a spring/summer evening take the 3 youngsters to Harvard Square for ice cream and to watch the jugglers and street performers. Tracy Chapman, an acoustic waif, alone with an open guitar case and a voice that cut through the buzz of people and traffic.
Well done Year Won. And please, fret not about the illusory 100k satelittes; tis but another murky, Musky, NASA CGI psyop. They've been laying cable in oceans' depths for over 100 years. A few drones, military planes, and balloons come closest to the science fictional imagination of Arthur C. Clarke. New ubiquitous cell towers which mushroomed exponentially during the dark night of lockdown are a real and present danger
Strum on, TGC. Always good to hear your bleating cutting through the buzzing.