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Without Parental Consent

The Slippery Slope: Why Parents Are Scared The Slippery Slope: Why Parents Are Scared Parents are reacting to a clear shift away from the long-standing rule that irreversible medical interventions on a minor’s healthy, sexed body require parental consent. For generations the default has been straightforward: parents decide on medical treatments that permanently alter a child’s body, especially when those treatments act on healthy reproductive and endocrine systems. That presumption existed to protect children from their own immature judgment and from clinicians who might over-treat. Maine’s 2023 law, and the broader pattern of school and clinical practice around it, deliberately moved that line. That is why families are frightened. What Maine Actually Did Maine’s statute ( 22 M.R.S. §1508 , enacted as LD 535 ) lets 16- and 17-year-olds obtain cross-sex hormones without parental consent if a clinician diagnoses gender dysphoria, decides the teen is expe...
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Two Different 13 Bloodlines

The Two Lists of Thirteen Families: Origins, Histories, and Sources for Further Reading This post compiles the two rosters of “thirteen families” that appear in contemporary online discussions of concentrated power. One originates in the mid-1990s writings of Fritz Springmeier. The other reframes older Roman and Italian noble houses associated with the papacy. The material below presents the lists as they are published, the documented histories of the families named, and reliable starting points for further reading. All links point to primary historical references, encyclopedic entries, or archival copies of the source texts themselves. The List Associated with Fritz Springmeier Between 1991 and 1995 Fritz Springmeier produced a series of newsletters and manuscripts later assembled as Bloodlines of the Illuminati . In that work the core thirteen bloodlines are given as Astor, Bundy, Collins, DuPont, Freeman, Kennedy, Li, Onassis, Rockefeller, Rothschild, Russell, Van Duyn, and ...
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Texas Turned Blue But Republicans Didn't Disappear

Texas Turned Blue. Republicans Didn't Disappear. The headlines are celebrating a blue Texas, and the statewide results are undeniably historic. But there's something missing from that conversation: How much political power did Republicans actually lose? Winning statewide offices is not the same as replacing the political establishment. Republicans still hold substantial representation in the Texas Legislature, retain significant influence in the Texas Senate, and will send 24 members to the U.S. House of Representatives. Many Republican officeholders who helped shape Texas politics are still in positions to influence what happens next. And those positions matter. A governor can sign or veto legislation, but lawmakers write the bills. Legislative majorities determine what gets brought to the floor. Senators influence committee assignments, legislation and chamber rules. Representatives continue voting on budgets, t...
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The War On Drug Users

The War on Drugs Is a War on Users The War on Drugs Is a War on Users Education beats eradication. The data has been saying so for years. Note: Commentary drawing on public statistics and studies. Not advice. Laws and numbers change; check primary sources. We’ve spent over a trillion dollars and fifty-plus years trying to eradicate drugs. What we mostly did was arrest the people using them. Roughly 80–87% of U.S. drug arrests are for simple possession, not dealing. That’s not a war on supply. That’s a war on users. And it hasn’t worked. What the numbers actually show Interdiction and eradication keep failing the basic test: drugs stay available, often getting stronger and cheaper over time. The “Iron Law of Prohibition” is real—crack down on one form and the market shifts to something more potent and easier to smuggle. Fentanyl is the latest version of that story. Overdose deaths climbed for decades under the current approach. Recent drops (welcome as they a...
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But What About Free Speech?

When Questioning the Narrative Became an Offense: The COVID Years, Social Media Censorship, and the Fight for Free Speech There was a time when I could post something on Facebook about vitamin C, vitamin D, or zinc and find myself facing restrictions or warnings. Think about that for a moment. I wasn't necessarily claiming these supplements cured COVID-19. I was discussing their established roles in human nutrition and immune function. These were legitimate subjects for public discussion. Yet during the pandemic, even conversations about general immune health could become entangled in social-media misinformation policies. And it wasn't just vitamins. I remember trying to discuss reported vaccine side effects. Some reports were anecdotal. Some were emerging observations that deserved further investigation. I wasn't suggesting that every report was proven or that every adverse event was caused by vaccination. I wanted to be able to discuss them. Apparently, even a...
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Oh Lord Carry Me Through

Inspired by a tune in my head. (Co-written with ChatGPT) Oh Lord, Carry Me Through Verse 1 I've walked some roads I can't explain, I've smiled through the sunshine, cried through the rain. When I don't know what to do, Oh Lord, I'm counting on You. Chorus Oh Lord, carry me through, Carry me through, carry me through. When my strength is gone and my skies aren't blue, Oh Lord, carry me through. Verse 2 When the road gets long and the night gets cold, When I'm tired in my heart and weary in my soul, I don't need to know what tomorrow will do, Oh Lord, just carry me through. Chorus — let the voice rise Oh Lord, carry me through, Carry me through, carry me through. When I can't walk another mile or two, Oh Lord, carry me through. Bridge — almost spoken, over piano ...
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Daily Technical Scan: 4 High-Quality Stocks Nearing Key Reversal Levels

Daily Technical Scan: 4 High-Quality Stocks Nearing Key Reversal Levels Daily Technical Scan: 4 High-Quality Stocks Nearing Key Reversal Levels When screening for high-probability swing trades, finding the sweet spot between long-term trend strength and short-term value is critical. Today’s quantitative market scan filtered 150 candidate stocks through a strict quality-reversal model, yielding just 4 qualified setups . These setups target stocks established in long-term uptrends that have pulled back into high-confluence moving average support zones without deteriorating into oversold breakdowns. Today’s Top Setup Summary Here is today’s watchlist ranked by quality score, proximity to support, and active hourly reversal triggers: Symbol Quality Score Current Price Support (50D) Distance RSI (14) ...
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Artistic Path Forward

Studios and Marketplaces Supporting Disabled Artists with Supplies, Space, and Sales What if disabled artists had access to a studio stocked with supplies, a professional place to work, and a clear way for their art to be sold—with the money flowing transparently so artists earn a fair share while the program sustains itself? That model already exists. Across the United States, nonprofits run progressive art studios and galleries that provide materials, workspace, mentorship or facilitation, exhibition opportunities, and sales platforms. Many operate on commission splits (commonly 50/50 up to 70–80% to the artist), with the organization’s portion funding supplies, space, and staff. Sales help cover costs, though most still rely on some donations or grants because studio operations are expensive. Here are several organizations doing exactly this kind of work: Creative Growth Art Center — Oakland, California One of the oldest and largest centers of its kind. It offers a large p...
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The Safety Net That Isn't

The Safety Net That Isn't: The Trap of Disability and the Myth of Earned Suffering There is a comfortable myth that society tells itself about disability benefits: that they form a soft landing, a compassionate floor meant to catch people when life falls apart. If you haven't lived through it, it sounds simple. You get sick or injured, you prove it, you get help, and you live with basic security. What they don't tell you is that fighting for that recognition takes years—sometimes a decade—of existing on the absolute edge of survival. To convince a bureaucratic machine that you deserve help, you are forced to spend every single day defining yourself by your absolute worst moments, your pain, and your limitations. You have to prove you are broken enough to qualify. And then, if you finally win that fight, you discover the second half of the trap: the system doesn't want you to build from there. It isn't a safety net; it’s an all-or-nothing cage. The moment you ...
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No Benefit

The modern disability benefit system is built on a fundamental paradox: it exists to offer a financial lifeline to individuals facing long-term physical or mental impairments, yet its underlying mechanics actively penalize recipients who attempt recovery, financial independence, or incremental employment. Often referred to by economists and advocates as the disability trap , this structure turns what should be a safety net into a tightrope. 1. The Work Cliff vs. The Gradual Step To qualify for standard disability benefits—such as Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)—applicants must usually prove an absolute inability to engage in "Substantial Gainful Activity" (SGA). When a recipient attempts to re-enter the workforce part-time or test their functional capacity, they face strict income caps. Exceeding these limits, even briefly after trial work periods, doesn't just trim the benefit check—it can trigger an abrupt, complete termination o...
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Bound by the dollar

Money • Power • Freedom The Beast System: You Must Earn Its Money, Even as It Destroys Its Value What if the cage isn't made of bars, but of currency? Imagine a world where you are required to participate in a system you never consented to build. You must earn its money to survive. You must use its money to pay your taxes. You must exchange your time, your labor, and ultimately pieces of your life for digital numbers whose purchasing power can be diluted by decisions made far beyond your reach. And if you refuse? The system doesn't care. You still owe. Welcome to the beast system. The Currency of Compliance The dollar is more than money. It is the language through which much of the modern world negotiates its economic survival. You work for it. You pay taxes with it. You buy food, shelter, medicine, and fuel with it. Even when you want nothing to do with the machinery behind it, you're still expected to feed the machine. You can question th...
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All But $75

All But $75 What happens when a lifetime of work ends in a nursing home — and almost all your money goes toward care? Imagine working for decades. Paying bills. Raising a family. Paying taxes. Trying to do the right things and build some measure of security for old age. Then imagine reaching a point in life when you can no longer safely live on your own. You need nursing-home care. Your savings may be gone or nearly gone, and you qualify for Medicaid to help pay for the cost. You may be receiving Social Security every month. But once the applicable medical and care expenses are accounted for, most of that income may go toward the cost of your care. In Texas, a nursing-facility resident receiving Medicaid who is subject to the standard personal-needs allowance may be left with just $75 a month for personal spending. THE PERSONAL-NEEDS ALLOWANCE $75 per month. $900 per year. That money may need to cover the little things that h...
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