b88 (3.23-6.2020): you'd better bank on barter

you’d better bank on barter ^[1]  
by iva nina debtedness
 
you’d better bank on barter
as money goes extinct
as green pieces of paper are not worth their printed ink
as suitcases of money will not buy you starbucks drink
you’d better bank on barter
 
(this is worse than you think)
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·        the ‘conservatives’ are spending false $$$ wildly, knowing that (in the end) the working-man will end up footing the bill (can you say “debt”?) while the u.sa.’s super-wealthy laugh their way to the swill.
 
·        when super-inflation and nationwide fiscal depression hit the fake, global economy with a crushing blow, you can present a truckload-full of green(back) pieces of paper that will not be able to purchase a dozen eggs.
 
·        you’d better learn how to barter, and you’d better consider what you’ve got to trade.
 
·        no banker will be able to help you -- as the banks shut down due to government-issued phony money.
 

no one will be able to care about you –

when they busy caring about their own, next meal.

 

let’s get serious: imagine your life, with:

no banks

no money

no electicity

no communication

no food

 

you’ll be happy to beg for scraps from the government, 

or from anyone who might deem that you have something of value to trade.

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[1] martino, j. (3.23-6.2020). you’d better bank on barter. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.23-5.2020): $moke mirror$ finance

$moke & mirror$ finance ^[1]       
by p. olitic$
 
$moke & mirror$ finance (it’s a game that foxe$ play)
open-up fal$e resource$ so bank$ can loan-away
there’s no way to reinforce tril-trillion dollar debt
it’s all $moke & mirror$ (and we ain’t seen nothin’ yet)
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·        the so-called ‘conservatives’ (per usual) spend false $$$ wildly, knowing that (in the end) the working-man will end up footing the bill (can you say “debt”?) …while the u.sa.’s politicians & billionaires laugh their way to the swill.
·        their “trickle-down” economics has never worked, and it (probably) was never intended to.
·        after all, why would you give money/education to those who might someday fire you?
·        it’$ all $moke & mirror$ fine-ance. 
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[1] martino, j. (3.23-5.2020). $moke & mirror$ finance. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.23-4.2020): in ways (we live as kings)

(in ways) we live as kings ^[1]       
by i. m. lucky
 
it’s hard to wrap you’re head around the beauty that life brings
but, in this mellow-drama,
(in ways) we live as kings
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what do most u.s.a.-ians experience now, even amid crisis, that kings and queens had no access to… even a few short (centuries) ago?
 
·        a variety of music, at our fingertips, whenever we choose.
·        instant communication with humans from all over planet earth.
·        information (as opposed to superstitions).
·        being able to enjoy the experience of flying (moving without the feet toughing the ground) in things called auto-mobiles.
·        …and on, and on, and on…
 
in many, many, many ways, we live as better than kings.
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[1] martino, j. (3.23-4.2020). in ways, we live as kings. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us.
[2] inspired by a thing called a phone conversation with dustin r., a good buddy who lives hundreds of miles away!!  while we shared mutual anxieties about the crisis, we confirmed the importance of social connection and living with passion and (maybe most of all), gratitude. 

b88 (3.23-3.2020): nothing you can do

nothing you can do ^[1]    
by stay ingput
 
you’re locked-down (in shelter) while the fox is in the coop
you’re in quarantine (and there is nothing you can do)
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what can one do, when there is nothing you can do?
 
1.      take control of what you can control: bodymind.
   a.      this would be a good time to meditate.
   b.      i suggest 10% happier.  https://www.tenpercent.com/
                     i.     meditation benefits can occur in seconds, in fact…
                    ii.     …the essence of meditation is the practice of shifting the mind (back to center) – because you’ve practiced and become aware of (1) mind-wandering can be stress-full, (2) mind-wandering can be counter-productive, and (3) noticing the wandering can be used as the vector back to center.
                   iii.     center (of course) usually involves some type of breath or body awareness, which can be the precursor to a conscious shift in thought-patterns.
                   iv.     a shift to gratitude can all-ways result in a shift from i-ll-ness to we-ll-ness.
2.      watch it, like it’s a horror movie. 
   a.      detach from the horror-i-ble scenes that make you ill.
   b.      see #1, above.
3.      vote hard – even if you believe that your vote means nothing.
   a.      take action.
   b.      take control over what you can control.
   c.       re-lease the urge to control that which is out of your control.
4.      practice concerned-detachment.
   a.      pay enough attention (to external events) to poise yourself to take actions when you can, while
   b.      taking the time to tap into gratitude, for being able to go the move-i-es.
 
the distress arises from the feeling that there is nothing that we can do…
 
soooooo…
 
what we can control is all intrinsic:
·        our breath,
·        our consumption (eating, drinking, and watching/listening),
·        our individual body movements (e.g. exercise/stretching), and
·        our thoughts.
 
-the beginning.  
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[1] martino, j. (3.23-3.2020). nothing you can do. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us.

b88 (3.23-2.2020): sheltering in place

sheltering in place ^[1]     
by stay ingput
 
sheltering in place
sounds like good advice
while the politicians make a killing (market price)
 
the new trend for lawmakers (cap-i-tal-is-tic greed)
while they argue over what makes cents for those in need
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the senators (in the video, below) just spit in the face of those who they represent...
…unless (of course) they actually represent a privileged few, which (of course) we already knew.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2wLiUhkmTk
 
our leaders will probably defend our inside-trading senators, and say that “they did nothing wrong…” but dude, if you did what they did, you’d end up in jail.
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[1] martino, j. (3.23-2.2020). sheltering in place. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.23-1.2020): grateful for this dance

grateful for this dance ^[1]             
by glenda r. attitude
 
grateful for this dance
grateful for this ride
grateful for the chance to learn and teach a little (guide)
grateful for the campuses (collegial romance)
grateful for the moments
grateful for this dance
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said goodbye to the campus, yesterday.
 
·        last monday, they said "consider putting your courses online until april 9."
·        on wednesday, they said "only online instruction, beginning on march 23.”
·        on friday, the message was "all three campuses will shut down to faculty/staff/students and the public on march 23.”
 
saying goodbye to the campus was poignant.
 
hoping that there will be another (similar) dance in the future, and more-so,  grateful for being able to dance at all.
 
 
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[1] martino, j. (3.23-1.2020). grateful for this dance. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.22-6.2020): sloooooow apocolypse

slooooow apocalypse ^[1]              
by s. lowly
 
i long for younger days (when loosened lips just might sink ships)
‘cuz now i’m in the middle of a slooooow apocalypse
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so… how will you know that you’re in the middle of a slooooooooooow apocalypse?
 
1.      there will be systems in place that mandate:
   a.      annual injections of government approved drugs/substances.
   b.      hazardous medical procedures, like mammograms and colonoscopies.
                                                     i.     the masses will actually be convinced that the procedures are beneficial.
                                                   ii.     humans will gladly accept (and pay for) the subsequent procedures, drugs, and treatment plans.

2.      activities will be monitored, and artificial intelligence will have access to:
   a.      where you go, and what you spend your money on.
   b.      when you communicate, and with whom.
   c.       what you consume (buy, eat, like), etc.
   d.      how and when you sleep! ((cut to a santa claus tune: “he sees you when you’re sleeping…”))
   e.      who your friends are.
   f.       which team you are on, politically.
   g.      your sexual preferences and turn-ons.
   h.      your present location and behavior.
   i.        etc.

note: you might even give the information freely (social media 'likes', self-monitoring devices, electronic purchases, etc.).

3.      the systems will be set up to influence what you buy, what you do, what you say, and how you play.

4.       if/when you attempt to go off-grid, well, those who are off-grid will be suspect!

5.      you’ll really know it when you don’t even know it.  you’ll be happily living your life, completely unaware that you are completely controlled by those who have all of the money and all of the power.
   a.      …and you (and yours) won’t even care.
   b.      in fact, you will beg for (and expect) govern-mental control.
 

if you happen to be good at reading between the lines,

you already know that the apocalypse has already happened (most missed it),

you know that we are in it,

and that it is a slooooooooooo apocalypse.

 

wIe.are.already.part.of.the.machine.

 
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[1] martino, j. (3.22-6.2020). slow apocalypse. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.22-5.2020): when v = v

when v = v ^[1]   
by vacci nation

alternative title: when virus is vaccine

when virus is vaccine
when antibodies thrive
when tiny bit (exposure) is what keeps the host alive
when “strong immune response” does not mean “being squeaky clean”
when antibodies thrive (survive!)
when virus is vaccine
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·       in regard to covid-19, i would much rather be on the ‘exposed/recovered’ list than the uninfected list, and you already know precisely why:
   o   the exposed/recovered will have built up an immune system defense against the specific invader.
   o   the uninfected will have to wait…

...until their trusted political and pharmaceutic systems declare which drug/substance that the uninfected will be injected with (in 12-18 months or so), which means…
·       over a year of self-isolation (as you wait), and…
   o   …no guarantee that it will work for you, once it is mandated that you get the injection.
 
oh, and one more thing: the masses will be more than happy to comply with annual, government regulated injections.
 

(ooops!  we already are!)

 
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[1] martino, j. (3.22-5.2020). when virus is vaccine. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us.

b88 (3.22-4.2020): what is an anti-Christ?

 

b88 (3.22-3a.2020): you can slow your ass down

you can slow your ass down ^[1]            
by walker j. biker
 
racing-up on my behind in your big chevrolet
you wonder why you’re ill, but have no clue about today
you rush to load the pick-up with your toilet-paper things
you miss out on the beauty of what slowing-down might bring
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·       try the app 10% better.  it might change your life experience.
 
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[1] martino, j. (3.22-3a.2020). you can slow your ass down. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.22-3.2020): the best of victor s.

the best of viktor s. ^[1]    
by viktor shauberger (excerpt from letter below thoem)
 
power, money, power
subsequent control
rendering the common-man without a common goal
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·        viktor shauberger, a brilliant natural-scientist-inventor who died (interestingly enough) just around early november, 1958… is quoted numerous times in “living energies” by callum coats.
 
my favorite piece can be found in a letter to “mr. r” on the lower-right corner of page 13.  below are pieces of the piece:
 
·        “…they can all kiss the place where my spinal column terminates.”

·        “all power politics will collapse once the truth emerges…”

·        “i intend to return to the forest once more, there to die in peace.”

·        “the whole of science and all of its hangers-on are nothing but a band of thieves, who are suspended like marionettes and must dance to whatever tune their well-camouflaged slave-masters deem necessary.”
 

Whoa.

: )

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[1] martino, j. (3.22-3.2020). the best of victor s. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.22-2.2020): the best that we can do

the best that we can do ^[1]          
by al l. living & t. hings
 
molecules, emotion
complex dna
genetic codes and instincts: hell, we were just born this way
 
and then our body-mind computer interacts with things
and we play-out a pre-recorded movie that life brings
 
and even though it looks like choice (in every me and you)
in every living thing (doing)
the best that we can do
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·        yes. even the evil politician and the dirty lobbyist,
·        yes. even the thief, as he pulls the murder-trigger,
·        yes. the cheetah, ravaging the infant zebra,
·        yes. the liar, the infidel, the enemy, the criminal,
·        yes. the invasive plant, and the hummingbird, and the termite,
·        yes. the every-single atom of every-single thing that wakes-up into life, seeks survival/thrival, and does whatever it does (in every-living-moment) to feel better.
 
…but…
 
while ‘choice’ may well be an illusion, and while every, living thing is doing the best that it can do in every moment, that doesn’t mean that we have to allow it.  we can counter-move.  we can fight the spread of cancer.
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[1] martino, j. (3.22-2.2020). the best that we can do. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.22-1.2020): lawmaker nappy-nap

lawmaker nappy-nap ^[1]          
by poli ticians
 
just when you really needed us
we (senate) walked away
we needed some time off while your whole life (in disarray)
 
our families: free health care (‘cuz we wrote it into law)
it won’t be us who struggle (just the middle-class and poor)
 
we’ll talk (throw you a bone) we know you know we’re full of crap
or maybe we’ll just take (one more?)
lawmaker nappy-nap
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·       some guy named ----- …has single-handedly set evolution backwards.

·       you can see it in him: the old, dried-up, pompous-ass white guy who cares about you as much as he cares about the mosquito on his back 40.

·       but still, the f.n.w. faithful worship at his dried-up feet.
 
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[1] martino, j. (3.22-1.2020). lawmaker nappy-nap. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us.

b88 (3.21-4.2020): oooooh!!!! ahhhhh!!!

“ooooo!! ahhhhhh!!!” ^[1]             
by rog u. e. thinkers

as bombs bursting in air

while others run and hide
rogue thinkers understand that every-body has to die
rogue thinkers have a front-row-seat (although it seems bizarre)
as bombs bursting in air
rogue thinkers think 

“ooooo!! ahhhhhh!!!”

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·        rogue, critical thinkers see beyond the veil.

·        rogue, critical thinkers ask “why?” …but some are smart enough to avoid crossing the power$ that be.
·        many rogue, critical thinkers have long seen the results of attempting to swim against the stream of the religivirus.
·        rogue, critical thinkers communicate with each other, fully understanding that the masses will continue... going to mass.

instead of attempting to stop the bombs from bursting in air, 

some of us have decided to simply watch the light-and-noise-show, 

in amazement.

(“oooooo!! ahhhhhh!!!")

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[1] martino, j. (3.21-4.2020). “ooooo!! ahhhhh!!!. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b88 (3.20-1.2020): so far, it's a party

so far (it’s a party) ^[1]  
by spike d. curve
 
so far, it’s just a party
no work, no church, no school
no nothing (in-between “the break” and breaking marshal rule)
 
no way to figure out just what will happen next: immune
so far (it’s just a party)
no one to trust: stay tuned
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·       as a single-guy, teacher-guy, beer-drinking guy, this has (so far) been a paid vacation.
   o   …but things can get topsy-turvy in a hurry.

·       no one is going to want to major in what i teach.

·       i (and my siblings-siblings) are one notification away from zero-income and government dependence… in a republican government, of all things.

·       if/when depression sets in… we need to be grateful for the fact that (at least), it was a party!

·       humanity, we had a good run.

😊
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[1] martino, j. (3.20-1.2020). so far, it’s a party. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us.