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Feb 16Liked by Mathew Crawford

In one fell swoop Mercola made a laughing stock out of the supplement industry and anti-vax movement. Two major thorns in the side of big pharma. SMH.

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Feb 16Liked by Mathew Crawford

Coincidentally, I've been doing some reading in this area myself recently. It turns out that a think tank research project that helped start off the New Age schtick also had 1) a prototype for stakeholder capitalism in it and 2) a proposal for a legitimacy removal / conferral based strategy to get corporations to follow this new system despite losing profits. The same think tank (SRI intl) pushed for the government to invest in 'psychic' junk like remote viewing. What I found most fascinating was how these supposed social scientists pulled so much from the occult in their paper.

They also darkly hinted that if New Age thinking didn't get people on track with the right reforms, we would be subject to more repressive measures like having our kids drugged, what they called 'happy fascism,' and other forms of coercion, all of which we are clearly seeing now.

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Feb 16Liked by Mathew Crawford

How’s that vacation going Mathew?

There is nothing random about this revelation. Thanks for getting this info out. With the exception of Malone who is the leader in the MFM clubhouse - Mercola always struck me as a dark force. Too slick with an answer and a pill to fix your every ailment.

Take care of yourself Mathew. You are stirring the pots of evil concoctions.

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The biggest clue that some of these people are frauds is their following on YouTube, FB, and other platforms. Most of us who put out the Truth were censored immediately. For example, when I launched the Medical Truth Podcast last January (2023), one of my first guests was Peter Breggin, M.D., who wrote the book COVID-19 and The Global Predators: We are the Prey; as soon as I posted it on Youtube, I was censored. However, Malone and Mercola are allowed to post. Another recent episode I posted about Geoengineering and Chem Trails was censored.

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Feb 16·edited Feb 16Liked by Mathew Crawford

I was wondering how the following article appeared on Mercola last week. Seemed out of step with the usual editorial decisions.

https://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2024/02/07/study-suggests-switching-arms-for-covid-shots-increases-immunity.aspx

[UPDATE: To clarify, this blog post appeared in the Breaking News section of the website. Fuller context and Mercola blog post included in my comment below.]

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Feb 16Liked by Mathew Crawford

Guy Ballard couldnt have been George Washington in his past life.

I was George Washington.

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Mercola has recently embraced the wisdom of the late Ray Peat, which loosely coincided with my own reconsideration of keto. So I've been paying attention to Mercola on bioenergetics and increasing CO2. Also eliminating PUFA in the diet, including Omega 3 and 6. In any case, sad to see someone fall victim to the cult of personality. I don't trust anyone, including myself.

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Feb 16Liked by Mathew Crawford

Makes me sad. I've learned a great deal of useful information about how to achieve optimal metabolic health from Dr. Mercola over the past fifteen years or so. I'm not surprised, though, as his personality seems ripe for getting sucked into stupidity like this.

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Feb 16Liked by Mathew Crawford

I’m content to have never given the (so-called) “Medical Freedom Movement” much thought and less credibility.

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One fact is well known. Mercola has been a major target of the cabal (their henchmen) for quite a while. In fact, as one example--wasn't he designated the #1 Spreader of Disinformation out of the top 12? Yeah, for suggesting that maintaining/optimizing Vit D levels would serve one well during the plandemic. OMG, how scary and "controversial" can you get!? Sheesh, people.

As his former girlfriend has indicated, it's not known what influence Mercola has been subject to, and he merits prayers for his wellbeing. At least those who have followed his work, and in that sense know what he is about.

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Feb 16·edited Feb 16Liked by Mathew Crawford

Sorry about your brother Mathew. My own story, I’ll try to keep brief. A long time ago when I met my husband he was in a “group”. The leader was his ex wife and she channeled an entity with the aid of her new partner/keeper. I got suckered into it for a while too. Due to various challenging life experiences I’m not very trusting of people which paid off. It wasn’t so much the channeling that turned me off, it was the manipulative, controlling and dysfunctional behaviour of the leaders and within the group. I recognised that it was a cult and got out. It took a lot of persuasion to convince my husband that the group was doing his head in but eventually he left. He copped a lot of flack and negativity from the mini me’s. No one died but a lot of marriages ended. Maybe the relationships needed to end but it also caused fractured families. IMO cults are unhealthy and potentially dangerous.

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Your work is brilliant, sobering, and maddening. Learning about the New Age web of spooks has sobered my fanciful outlook on the world. Nevertheless, I'd rather pop Red Pills than float with Lucy in the Sky.

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Feb 16Liked by Mathew Crawford

“Clay is apparently a Kundalini Yogi somethingorother, just like Russell Brand and David Icke.” The money phrase

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Mercola's vibrators cure baldness? Oregon energy collectors to treat depression? Willy Reich selling plots of land in Florida? Crowley being expelled from hell for abusing demons? Sorry, I lost my reading glasses and I think I misunderstood everything. I'll read again with 160% magnification.

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Feb 16Liked by Mathew Crawford

Mercola seemed to be more and more wishy washy over time. I got to where I’d read his articles but not put much thought into it. So he’s nutted up or disinfo?

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Feb 16Liked by Mathew Crawford

Mercola has been especially kind to Lina I wonder what her response to all this will be?

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