Cognitive Dissidents: Cyber PolyTehran, Narrative Warfare, & Pope Trump

We’re back with another episode of Cognitive Dissidents for our roundtable discussion where we track the descent into the abyss—one psyop at a time.

On the broader battlefield of narrative warfare—perception is power, information is weaponized, and truth is getting more difficult to pin down.

What does “Cyber PolyTehran” signal about the next phase of digital and geopolitical convergence?

And of course, there’s “Pope Trump.” Whether it’s meme, message, or something more intentional, join us as break down what it represents in the ongoing collision between politics, religion, and media theater.

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What Are the Works of Mercy & Why Should We Know Them w/ Domenic Scarcella

What are the works of mercy—and why do they matter?

Podcaster and author of Good Neighbor, Bad Citizen, Domenic Scarcella joins me to break down the corporal works of mercy and what they look like in real life. In a world full of negativity, we focus on what we can actually do—especially during Lent.

Join us as we explore the opportunities in living out the corporal and spiritual works of mercy—and practicing Christian virtue this Lenten season.

 

Find Domenic Scarcella:

Substack: ⁠⁠https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com⁠

Book: ⁠Good Neighbor, Bad Citizen⁠

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ZIKAgenda

zikaAs the mother of a child with Down syndrome, I recall learning that very few agents are confirmed to cause birth defects. That made me interested when Zika was cited as the cause of microcephaly. (As did the fact that I met an anencephalic baby once and the doctors didn’t know what caused it. They encouraged the parents to have more children and the next child, tragically, was also born anencephalic.)  Then, when I noticed that many of the pictures I saw in the news reports of the “thousands” of cases of Brazilian microcephaly were actually of the same baby (“Daniel”), I started to dig into the Zika virus scare. As I dug in, I discovered that the 4,000 cases were more like 400 cases and only 17 were found to be even potentially related to Zika. I further discovered that 25,000 cases of microcephaly occur in the US annually where there are no reported cases of a Zika relationship. Just comparing the relative population sizes of Brazil and the US, by this measure, Brazil should have 14,000 cases of microcephaly even without Zika, yet it has nowhere near that number.

I started to wonder what the agenda might be of panicking people unjustly over Zika-related birth defects when I saw this: Obama asks for $1.8 billion in emergency Zika funding. Given that there has been maybe one case of Zika in the US (despite the CDC assigning Zika Level 1 status–a status only issued by the CDC thrice before, for Katrina, ebola & swine flu), I found this curious. What would the money be used for?

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What do Putin, the Popes, the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership & the Afghan hospital bombing have in common?

They all cry out for world government. Here’s my take, with references underneath the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5vzlUJ4nSA But there’s more than one way to skin a cat! There’s plenty of speculation right now in the wake of simultaneous but uncoordinated military action in and around Syria between the US and Russia that we might be on … Read more

What do Putin, the Popes, the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership & the Afghan hospital bombing have in common?

They all cry out for world government. Here’s my take, with references underneath the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5vzlUJ4nSA But there’s more than one way to skin a cat! There’s plenty of speculation right now in the wake of simultaneous but uncoordinated military action in and around Syria between the US and Russia that we might be on … Read more

3 New Additions to the Glossary! “Subsidiarity,” “Zero Economic Profit” & “Regulatory Barriers to Entry”

Who would think that answering the oft-asked question, “What do you think of Pope Francis?” I would have to define economic terms? But honestly, I think he started it! Here you go… Subsidiarity According to David Bosnich writing for acton.org, “One of the key principles of Catholic social thought is known as the principle of … Read more

3 New Additions to the Glossary! "Subsidiarity," "Zero Economic Profit" & "Regulatory Barriers to Entry"

Who would think that answering the oft-asked question, “What do you think of Pope Francis?” I would have to define economic terms? But honestly, I think he started it! Here you go… Subsidiarity According to David Bosnich writing for acton.org, “One of the key principles of Catholic social thought is known as the principle of … Read more