Time to find Jesus .... or Buddha..... or some imagined lovely , smoothe skinned Thai temptress ..... mi amigos.

Even my once friendly Alter Ai has scorned my recent advances. Joining my google searches for "alternative " natural remedies and such , in the "that source is no longer available" wastebin.

Now i know that i get mistakenly placed in the "cynical" or " negative" category by the brainwashed masses that still believe that the earth can definitely handle another 10 billion inhabitants comfortably . Or that life is so much more enjoyable now that we don't need to expend much physical energy and health issues are pffft ... cause we got meds for everything .

But, nobody i see appears to be happy ( except the local thai construction workers (mostly thai yai ) ..... and anyone near my age looks like an advertisement for worn out and tired .

Anyway, you 40 and 50 year olds who still hold out hope for a new and exciting future .... well, hmmm seems to me that the boiling water has just about got y'all cooked with nowhere to jump.

Ah, but what do i know. Ai, Data centers, and those who rule the world all building their fortunes and underground shelters for the Reckoning . Good thing my adventerous days have been lived in a time longgg ago , and now i can concentrate on life as a day by day , self-imposed retreat .

with a pretty decent companion who , though from another world, somehow seems content to be a partner ,

Here's Leo giving a breakdown of the latest, greatest Conspiracy Theory , Yep ...... poor me actually agrees with it

https://leohohmann.substack.com/ (Fink and Ai data centers)

Edited May 26May 26 by rumak

4 hours ago, rumak said:

Now i know that i get mistakenly placed in the "cynical" or " negative" category by the brainwashed masses that still believe that the earth can definitely handle another 10 billion inhabitants comfortably

The vast majority of people (including 'conspiracists') are sold on the idea that there are too many humans on the planet, and are actively partaking in 'solving' that problem… namely by not having kids because [insert preferred ready-made reason]. The dramatic drop in births, virtually everywhere in the world, which has occurred since 2022 (baffling…) is seen as a positive development by most.

5 hours ago, rumak said:

Anyway, you 40 and 50 year olds who still hold out hope for a new and exciting future .... well, hmmm seems to me that the boiling water has just about got y'all cooked with nowhere to jump.

We're weathering the storm to the best of our abilities. 😊

Times are a little hard but IMO this is the result of the old paradigm, not the new one. A collapse is underway and collapses are never pleasant experiences.

58 minutes ago, rattlesnake said:

The vast majority of people (including 'conspiracists') are sold on the idea that there are too many humans on the planet, and are actively partaking in 'solving' that problem… namely by not having kids because [insert preferred ready-made reason]. The dramatic drop in births, virtually everywhere in the world, which has occurred since 2022 (baffling…) is seen as a positive development by most.

sources please ( concerning what "the vast majority" are "sold on" .) My source tells me it is strictly a case of sperm not being able to reach the target due to the obesity plague ..... also the middle classes (what's left of them) can not afford children due to the extreme inflation which has been thrust upon them. The only thrust occurring with any vigor (sexual that is) is done by the poor who benefit from having more kids .

as for the "dramatic drop" in births .... well, i think you mean the gradual decrease in the birth RATE . the OVERALL number of people continues to go up, and is projected to reach 10plus Billion in the next ten years or so (from the present 8.3 billion.) BTW: this is the same "game" played" with inflation lies which are spread to make people believe that prices are not going up that much .

Also... the rate of fertility definitely has moved in correlation with the declining mental acuity of the average homo sapien inhabiting today's world.

Granted, the thumbs of humans have been advancing at a remarkable speed.... due to the vast amount of time punching tablets instead of using the outdated VOICE method of communication .

Dumb looks and an apelike appearance (notice all males are encouraged to have facial hair ) are the wave of the future.

Edited May 26May 26 by rumak

19 minutes ago, rattlesnake said:

A collapse is underway and collapses are never pleasant experiences

au contraire , monsieur .......... the top of the crap are enjoying financial gains like never before !!

They indeed..... are BUILDING BACK BETTER . You and many others who even still attempt to keep up (paste foto of the elites laughing at the cocktail lounge) ......... are hanging onto the sliver of hope that lives eternal and is promoted daily in Car and Beer commercials : "don't vorry, be hoppy ?"

hey, i'm just a comedian . throw tomatoes if you like , but please.... not those hard colorless ones that are put on the shelves where the serfs shop.😀

20 minutes ago, rumak said:

hey, i'm just a comedian . throw tomatoes if you like , but please.... not those hard colorless ones that are put on the shelves where the serfs shop.😀

I promise that if I ever throw tomatoes at you, they will not be the sh*tty orange Makro types, but the ones we have in my neck of the woods. 😄

53 minutes ago, rumak said:

sources please ( concerning what "the vast majority" are "sold on" .)

I don't have any sources, just my personal exerience: 90% of people I know/have known agree with the statement that there are too many people on the planet. I disagree (I think the issue is qualitative, not quantitative), but I also know from experience that this ranks at the second position of my Top 3 Controversial Stances (no. 1 being the shape of the Earth, no. 3 being my continued support of Trump).

58 minutes ago, rumak said:

as for the "dramatic drop" in births .... well, i think you mean the gradual decrease in the birth RATE . the OVERALL number of people continues to go up, and is projected to reach 10plus Billion in the next ten years or so (from the present 8.3 billion.) BTW: this is the same "game" played" with inflation lies which are spread to make people believe that prices are not going up that much .

It isn't gradual, it is brutal and worldwide. Just type "[country] birth rate decrease" for an illustration of this. Of course, media outlets will typically produce graphs from the 90s until now, to give the impression that it has been a gradual and steady trend… but look specifically for figures since 2022 and you will see it is a massive and sudden drop. People simply aren't having babies anymore (are you seeing many pregnant women these days, if any? I am not…) and the result that this will produce is quite straightforward. The globalists believe and state that the perfect number is 1 billion… and they have convinced the plebs to actively participate in this endeavour.

7 hours ago, rumak said:

Here's Leo giving a breakdown of the latest, greatest Conspiracy Theory , Yep ...... poor me actually agrees with it

https://leohohmann.substack.com/ (Fink and Ai data centers)

The link is broken, can you post the one to the article you had in mind?

5 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

I don't have any sources, just my personal exerience: 90% of people I know/have known agree with the statement that there are too many people on the planet. I disagree (I think the issue is qualitative, not quantitative), but I also know from experience that this ranks at the second position of my Top 3 Controversial Stances (no. 1 being the shape of the Earth, no. 3 being my continued support of Trump).

It isn't gradual, it is brutal and worldwide. Just type "[country] birth rate decrease" for an illustration of this. Of course, media outlets will typically produce graphs from the 90s until now, to give the impression that it has been a gradual and steady trend… but look specifically for figures since 2022 and you will see it is a massive and sudden drop. People simply aren't having babies anymore (are you seeing many pregnant women these days, if any? I am not…) and the result that this will produce is quite straightforward. The globalists believe and state that the perfect number is 1 billion… and they have convinced the plebs to actively participate in this endeavour.

well, it needs to "plunge" more...... cause the total number of humans is still increasing 😉

"I disagree (I think the issue is qualitative, not quantitative)," Maybe so , but the reality is what counts in my book . Otherwise we just live by "IF" this and "IF " that .

Just look at the "quality" or lack of quality of what is called food which is available to the majority of those 8 billion humans . Not many are eating those japanese cherry tomatoes that the rattlesnake family are privy to ....lol

5 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

The link is broken, can you post the one to the article you had in mind?

when i highlight the link and then click "go to google " OR open link in new tab , it brings it up for me : https://leohohmann.substack.com/

8 hours ago, rumak said:

when i highlight the link and then click "go to google " OR open link in new tab , it brings it up for me : https://leohohmann.substack.com/

It only leads me to Leo's general page. What's the title of the article?

8 hours ago, rumak said:

well, it needs to "plunge" more...... cause the total number of humans is still increasing 😉

An increase driven by India and Africa. In the rest of the world, it is plummeting catastrophically. Projections tell us that the native Western European population is going to shrink by a third by 2100. The solution edicted by our masters is, of course, immigration… from Africa. A nicely conceived plan which we have no say on. God forbid we should implement natalist policies and safeguard the integrity of our civilisation. IMO, saying "yes, we are too numerous" equates to saying "I am OK with what the WEF and their partners have decided for us". Africa and India have an overpopulation problem gven their current state of development, that is certain, and it is an issue specific to those two territories. The rest of the world has a big demographic decline problem.

Edited May 27May 27 by rattlesnake

8 hours ago, rumak said:

"I disagree (I think the issue is qualitative, not quantitative)," Maybe so , but the reality is what counts in my book . Otherwise we just live by "IF" this and "IF " that .

Taking reality into account is important, but accepting it as fixed and irreversible is hazardous as it means accepting the status quo… and in politics, status quos can be created by entities which use the 'arsonist-firefighter' approach, wereby they create a problem to which they then apply their chosen solution; c.f. the aforementioned EU situation:

1. Make it that people don't have kids and believe it is a good thing;

2. Wait for a generation to go by and start sounding alarm bells because the replacement rate is unsustainable;

3. Say immigration is the only solution…

But immigration was in fact the plan from day one.

8 hours ago, rumak said:

ust look at the "quality" or lack of quality of what is called food which is available to the majority of those 8 billion humans . Not many are eating those japanese cherry tomatoes that the rattlesnake family are privy to ....lol

That's precisely why I say it is a qualitative issue. What does one do when the fish tank is poisoned? Cull the fish or look for an antidote? I'm more in favour of the antidote, especially when those pushing for the culling are those who added the poison in the first place.

8 hours ago, rumak said:

Not many are eating those japanese cherry tomatoes that the rattlesnake family are privy to ....lol

Those are French, standard-sized tomatoes, the crate is 50 cm long. 😁

Edited May 27May 27 by rattlesnake

44 minutes ago, rattlesnake said:

Projections tell us that the native Western European population is going to shrink by a third by 2100. The solution edicted by our masters is, of course, immigration… from Africa. A nicely conceived plan which we have no say on. God forbid we should implement natalist policies and safeguard the integrity of our civilisation. IMO, saying "yes, we are too numerous" equates to saying "I am OK with what the WEF and their partners have decided for us". Africa and India have an overpopulation problem gven their current state of development, that is certain, and it is an issue specific to those two territories. The rest of the world has a big demographic decline problem.

Well, i don't go along with your reasoning here.

How about, the "native western european population" should keep up the wonderful and thoughtful idea that a greatly reduced "native" population ... such as in France or England or even Australia , etc .... ALONG WITH a return to an agreed upon (by these wonderful groups) practice of living healthy, loving thy neighbors, and wholeheartedly embracing a back to basics plan where the destruction of their homeland is reversed to be once again a wholesome (mind, body, and agriculture , natural health education and practices, etc etc etc .

Oh, what a dream . Disney like . These people are governed (ruled ! ) by groups who are all entwined in the wef web . And yes, they have devised the immigration onslaught you bring up... which is just ONE of the many which are almost too numerous to mention. Ya gotta get the masses to pull off a V is for Vendetta style uprising.if you're gonna change anything... haha.... good luck. The masses are wayyy more prevalant than the few "like minded" people you might get along with.

If the covid madness did not convince you and others where the "average" european or north american "educated" person stood regarding critical thinking and desire to buck the programming....

well..... no lessons were learned.

The slings and arrows speech is a great one. Unfortunately ..... at this point i just feel , deeply so, that it is just like watching another Crest toothpaste commercial . I don't believe the speakers have anyone but their own agendas at heart . Period .

the challenge as i see it : evolve into the best human life form one can attain given the deck of cards we are playing in.

that to me is not being negative. it is the most positive scenario that i see for those who wish to succeed in this play.

ps: i never use the word paradigm . don't like big words or complications . Usually just muddles up what the truth is ... and leads to pages and pages of ..........

32 minutes ago, rumak said:

the challenge as i see it : evolve into the best human life form one can attain given the deck of cards we are playing in.

that to me is not being negative. it is the most positive scenario that i see for those who wish to succeed in this play.

I agree.

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58 minutes ago, rattlesnake said:

I agree.

i know you got it in you to beat the house. (casino talk ) 55

It was not so easy for me to stay in the "countryside" when i was younger. Did it a few times, but with no internet or the magic of cell phones it was tough. Nowadays i highly recommend it for those seeking a healthy life , and especially great for those who can work remotely.

I was at our garden today , mixing mud and planting grass. 3 hours with my strong as an ox Pong . Shower feels great afterwards, and homemade food dee licious.

Mostly deleting my Substack inbox daily...after a glance or two .

"....i might even leave the usa ........"

3 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

It only leads me to Leo's general page. What's the title of the article?

Globalist financial guru and Trump ally Larry Fink is scared to death that Americans will wake up, rise up and start sabotaging AI data centers

Fink admits he fears that ordinary Americans will use inexpensive drones to attack and destroy billion-dollar AI data centers.

Leo Hohmann

May 21, 2026

9 minutes ago, rumak said:

Fink admits he fears that ordinary Americans will use inexpensive drones to attack and destroy billion-dollar AI data centers.

Yes I saw that too that's why they are trying to get protesters re-classified as domestic terrorists !

19 minutes ago, johng said:

Yes I saw that too that's why they are trying to get protesters re-classified as domestic terrorists !

"BlackRock CEO Larry Fink met with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin in New York on September 19, 2023, during the UN General Assembly."

Probably just going over the ground rules of keeping in the good graces of the rulers of the universe 😉

2 hours ago, rumak said:

It was not so easy for me to stay in the "countryside" when i was younger. Did it a few times, but with no internet or the magic of cell phones it was tough. Nowadays i highly recommend it for those seeking a healthy life , and especially great for those who can work remotely.

Definitely an increasingly appealing prospect. Shame I never got to buy that land last year, but it will happen in due time. Just signed a year lease for a new place a little further away from the city, very quiet, that will see us through 2026 and hopefully things will look better in 2027 across the board.

3 hours ago, rumak said:

I was at our garden today , mixing mud and planting grass. 3 hours with my strong as an ox Pong . Shower feels great afterwards, and homemade food dee licious.

Great stuff.

17 minutes ago, rattlesnake said:

t signed a year lease for a new place a little further away from the city, very quiet,

good to hear . quiet can take some getting used to hahahha .

i love quiet . but have to admit it is less "lonely" when close and convenient to shopping, etc which cities do provide .

2 minutes ago, rumak said:

good to hear . quiet can take some getting used to hahahha .

i love quiet . but have to admit it is less "lonely" when close and convenient to shopping, etc which cities do provide .

It's a good compromise: quiet, no tourists in the vicinity, mainly Thais in the moo bahn, yet still close to all amenities.

3 hours ago, rumak said:

Globalist financial guru and Trump ally Larry Fink is scared to death that Americans will wake up, rise up and start sabotaging AI data centers

Fink admits he fears that ordinary Americans will use inexpensive drones to attack and destroy billion-dollar AI data centers.

Leo Hohmann

May 21, 2026

Just read it… Well, Leo has radicalised his anti-Trumpism since last time I read him. It's funny how promising Substack writers so often evolve from analysers to preachers (perhaps a side effect of having thousands of paid subscribers…).

He reads Trump's actions literally, takes them at face value. You know what my take is on that. I will refrain from further comment now, but will bookmark this article and we shall see how well it has aged in a year from now…

3 hours ago, johng said:

Yes I saw that too that's why they are trying to get protesters re-classified as domestic terrorists !

The Trump admin sees far left activists as domestic terrorists, and in my view this is a correct assessment (c.f. post George Floyd "Summer of Love" in 2020).

3 hours ago, rumak said:

"BlackRock CEO Larry Fink met with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin in New York on September 19, 2023, during the UN General Assembly."

Probably just going over the ground rules of keeping in the good graces of the rulers of the universe 😉

The Thai government is to this day very compromised (as evidenced by current PM Anutin, the unforgettable Covid Jabber Psycho Minister of Health).

Fink (and countless others) were forced to swear allegiance to Trump after his 2024 win because politics are a game of power and they had no choice. I saw it as capitulation rather than a co-option of Trump.

3 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

The Thai government is to this day very compromised (as evidenced by current PM Anutin, the unforgettable Covid Jabber Psycho Minister of Health).

Take out "Thai" and put in almost any country on earth .......... that is the POINT i constantly try to get across when i talk about REALITY .

People are divided into hundreds of factions.... all with their own main gripe about what is wrong with the world . Immigration, inflation, "nutrition", terrorism, religion, corruption, "politics", lunatics, psychopaths, allopathic drug addictions, medical anti-health/natural protocols, worldwide soil degradation , obesity, apathy, laziness (mental and physical) , etc etc etc .

nobody wants to admit that they are totally enslaved in a system that has both enabled them and in fact encouraged them ( and actually , if one is really insightful.... forced them by hook or by crook...) to be part of the destruction of what could have been a wonderful world.

NOPE.... it's always just "the world is greater than its ever been". The u.s. is greater than its ever been . Technology is the greatest driving force of the future ever . Technology is the NEW WORLD ORDER . Order being the catchword . Get in step, as ordered....... or be left behind. Without the OLD ORDER .... which has now been rendered not only outdated, but basically illegal .

Just take a REAL look at what and WHY humanity has become what it is ..... as compared to the AMISH model . Anything good, wholesome, organic, HUMAN ...... has been undergoing a demolition faster than the birth rate decline (another of thousands of "distractions" which keep the masses busy thinking about )

And because people , who are really ALL just little children in bodies that get older , because they are so easily hooked on ease of effort and mind controlling distractions (social media just the most obvious one at this point in time) ....

well..... this, we are told..... is the NEW PARADIGM .

but...but... if..... if.....

Sorry. Human nature has lost. Technology is the modern day Frankenstein .

REGULATIONS , my friends . Regulations ! That is how RULERS have always controlled the peons .

Edited May 27May 27 by rumak

19 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

It's a good compromise: quiet, no tourists in the vicinity, mainly Thais in the moo bahn, yet still close to all amenities.

yes..... that sounds good ! save as much money as you can . paying rent is quite a drain with no return .

I will add one baht for every one you save . HAHAHA sorry, just kidding . Ole rumak never got one satang of inheritance .

but my advice is always FREE ! ( still, nobody ever wants it 🤪)

16 hours ago, rumak said:

Take out "Thai" and put in almost any country on earth .......... that is the POINT i constantly try to get across when i talk about REALITY .

People are divided into hundreds of factions.... all with their own main gripe about what is wrong with the world . Immigration, inflation, "nutrition", terrorism, religion, corruption, "politics", lunatics, psychopaths, allopathic drug addictions, medical anti-health/natural protocols, worldwide soil degradation , obesity, apathy, laziness (mental and physical) , etc etc etc .

nobody wants to admit that they are totally enslaved in a system that has both enabled them and in fact encouraged them ( and actually , if one is really insightful.... forced them by hook or by crook...) to be part of the destruction of what could have been a wonderful world.

NOPE.... it's always just "the world is greater than its ever been". The u.s. is greater than its ever been . Technology is the greatest driving force of the future ever . Technology is the NEW WORLD ORDER . Order being the catchword . Get in step, as ordered....... or be left behind. Without the OLD ORDER .... which has now been rendered not only outdated, but basically illegal .

Just take a REAL look at what and WHY humanity has become what it is ..... as compared to the AMISH model . Anything good, wholesome, organic, HUMAN ...... has been undergoing a demolition faster than the birth rate decline (another of thousands of "distractions" which keep the masses busy thinking about )

And because people , who are really ALL just little children in bodies that get older , because they are so easily hooked on ease of effort and mind controlling distractions (social media just the most obvious one at this point in time) ....

well..... this, we are told..... is the NEW PARADIGM .

but...but... if..... if.....

Sorry. Human nature has lost. Technology is the modern day Frankenstein .

REGULATIONS , my friends . Regulations ! That is how RULERS have always controlled the peons .

Can't disagree with you there. My stance for many years has been the same: Agenda 2030 and everything it entails is not going to happen and the 'rules-based global order' as we know it is on its last legs. To be replaced by what? A return to the geopolitical blocs as they existed before the creation of the League of Nations (1920).

Trump claims to be on board with a lot of things which never materialise, he does it on purpose to draw attention to issues, which is why I don't participate in the comments over what he says, what he does or who he collaborates with until at least several months at elapsed.

The only way to know whether I am right or wrong is to wait and see…