Dear Reader,
Basically, I’m making a lot of moves right now. As I mentioned last week, my new substack blog has launched. Go have a look. It takes no prisoners.
Soon, I’ll be posting audios there, as well as articles.
About
a year ago, it occurred to me that I was keeping the lid on a lot of
issues that were making my blood boil. I was putting them aside because
of the COVID insanity.
I’ve written over 450 articles on that boggling scam and the death march it’s enabled.
And
then it occurred to me that, despite the fact I’ve posted articles here
at NoMoreFakeNews almost every day for 21 years---that’s right---I’ve
ignored subjects that interested and excited and motivated and outraged
me.
So why not go all out?
As a friend once told me (dozens of times): A WRITER WRITES.
So
that’s what I’m doing now---on three blogs all at once. NoMoreFakeNews,
OutsideTheRealityMachine, and Jon Rappoport on substack.
But even that isn’t enough. There is flesh and blood experience that fits very well with audio. Spoken narrative.
Things I think of in the middle of the night that spin themselves out into stories. Which need a storyteller.
For
example: my research on HIV in the 1980s and 90s. There were so many
characters and situations and intrigues. I published my book, AIDS INC.
in 1988, but I could have written another book about my experiences
while writing AIDS INC. The journalists and scientists and politicians
of all different types I met and spoke with. The good, the bad, the
ugly. How I stumbled into my method of research---which has paid off to
this day.
There
are a dozen other books I could write (but storytelling is better)
about MANY medical-political scandals I’ve uncovered over the past 30
years. I’ve already published the details of the scandals. I’m talking
about the people, the heroes, the crazies, the criminals I met along the
way.
Because that’s part of work and LIFE. It opens up new dimensions. It rarely gets to breathe out in the open. But it should.
I’ve
written a great deal about art and imagination. But inside that are the
many artists I’ve known. Who they were, what they were doing, and why.
And
then there is the boundless future ahead. I’ve written about that,
too. But there is more to say---including experiences I’ve had that gave
me clues and insights and presumptions and a view of time that opened
closed doors.
I
have interests that many people don’t share. For instance, sports and
television. They’re both absurd farces. But they’re also something
else. In my life, I’ve known far more athletes than artists. I was once
an athlete myself. I know what makes these people tick. I admire
athletes I’ve known. They were ALIVE.
All
in all, ALIVE is good. Knowing it, sensing it along whatever roads it
travels makes us better. It keeps us from closing down, from narrowing
our focus to the point where we think we know all there is to know.
I’ve
been rebelling and at war since I was 17. I’m 83 now. Rebellion has
served me well. Bypassing and refusing possibilities of lucrative
careers have served me well. Rebellion has enabled me to CREATE on my
own terms.
Which, quite possibly, was my objective all along.
So that’s what I continue to do.
I like beginnings.
This is one.
As always, many thanks for your continuing support and interest.
--Jon
Update: You’ll see my first podcast pop up on my substack page
tomorrow. It’s my personal story behind the story, about a few of the
key figures in the HIV wars of the 1980s and 90s---especially Peter
Duesberg, the biologist who took on the entire medical research colossus
single-handedly. I knew Peter. He reminded me of one of my childhood
heroes, Jack London’s Martin Eden.
The
podcast is also about sharp turns in life---key moments when I found
gold in unexpected places…from unexpected people…outsiders I never knew
existed.
~~~
(The link to this article posted on my blog is here.)
(Follow me on Substack, Twitter, and Gab at @jonrappoport)
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