March 02, 2025

Early to Bed and Early to Rise

Timothy Birdnow

New research suggests "night owl" habits lead to much higer incidents of mental health issues than do their early rising cousins.

People who regularly stay up well past midnight are 40% more likely to suffer from emotional and stress-related disorders than are others, according to a New Study by Stanford Medicine published in the journal Psychiatric Research. The study tracked the sleep habits of 73,888 people and found a clear correlation between the times the late nighters went to bed and other issues (like depression).

The study focused on older adults. They were given monitors to see how much activity was involved so as control for that.

These problems could be reduced or eliminated if night owls would impose earlier bedtimes on themselves, the researchers found.

I know from personal experience that I feel much better and am happier if I maintain a cons istent bedtime before Midnight. I try to go to bed at the same time every day too,so as to avoid insomnia. I used to suffer from terrible insomnia, and when I worked the graveyard shift (for three years) I hardly ever slept. But returning to a normal schedule completely cured me of insomnia and it's rare when I get it now,provided I follow the rules about bedtime and whatnot.

Benjamin Franklin admonished "early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise" and it appears that, by and large, he was right.

Humanity's whole existence was dominated by the day/night cycle, and that even predates the human condition. We are day creatures by evolution. Our primary sense is sight, and it doesn't function well in the dark (unlike some creatures like cats). We are thus day hunters and gatherers and are evolved for operating in daylight. The invention of artificial light (starting with fires) made it possible for us to stay awake after dark,but there never was a really good light source until the nineteenth century when gas lighting was invented, followed by electric. Candles and whale oil lamps and olive oil lamps just don't put out that much light. May as well just go to bed when the sun goes down. And if you do burn the lamps you risk burning up all your precious oil for them!

Electricity changed all that. Now we get power from miles, hundreds of miles, away and it's easy; just flip a switch and you have light! That made staying up late atrractive, but in the end we weren't built to be owls or bats. We have a natural rhythm.

Which is disrupted by late nights. Corisol prroduction is interrupted, as is melatonin production. The end result is the night owl gets less REM sleep and as a result feels more tired and tends to become depressed and lethargic. Not all,of course, and there are people who do amazing things at three a.m. (look at Donald Trump) but for the lion's share of us it does not serve us.

Truckers, for example, often bing-drive, going well into the night. They are 22% more likely to suffer from depresion and anxiety and other stress-related problems than the general public. All shift workers have higher rates of mental health issues than does the daytime public (33% as a whole). Does anyone wonder why Dracula was such a jerk?

so a good nights sleep makes for a happy life, and to get one an earlier bedtime really helps.

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March 01, 2025

Altgov

Timothy Birdnow

The Empire Strikes Back - via Algov.

read about it here.

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Eastern European Game of Thrones

Timothy Birdnow

Here is a terrific piece on globalists and the Ukrainian war. I highly recommend it.

The author argues WWIII is still a possibility as the Europeans are trying to "Trump proof" their Ukrainian war and force the U.S.'s hand by putting troops on the ground and thus compelling America to send in "peacekeepers" - and thus escalate, pushing Putin to counter.

The author rightly sees the goals of this war in the WEst - to illustrate the "dangers" of rogue nation states and empower international governing bodies and illustrate the futility of individual national action. While he doesn't specifically address the matter, I believe it is to bleed one of the few power blocks outside of the internationalists control until it bends it's knee to the plutocracy in the West. He does discuss the way Russia is fighting a war of attrition and how it's strangling Ukraine, but what he fails to mention is that is precisely the war the West is fighting against Putin and Russia.

I think he knows this but it's not the thrust of his essay, and in the interests of time he has to hold back on it.

Boots on the ground would change everything.

He points out, rightly, that the go-ahead to use long range ballistic missiles to strike deep into Russia by the outgoing Biden Administration was an attempt at escalation to bind Trump's hands and force the war to continue, in fact to move into a new phase.

I've said it before and I'll say it again; Putin will be killed if he is removed from office, and he will be removed from office if he loses. He can't afford to lose. He will do anything to prevent that, up to and including the use of nuclear weapons.

And I ask; what will we do if he uses tactical nukes? Will we fry them with our entire arsenal? Theirs is bigger and newer than ours and would do more damage.

This has been a dangerous game we've been playing for some time now.

As the author points out, Zelensky's arrogance does not come out of thin air; he was clearly punped up from some source. Who? The Europeans? The Neocons and Democrats? Somebody has been telling Zelensky they have his back with Trump.

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Her Word's not her Bondi

Timothy Birdnow

Here is the scoop about the release of the Epstein files phase I by a journalist at The Blaze. She, and a host of other conservative journalists, is not happy.

Pam Bondi seriously overpromised. She also played this in a way that embarassed the conservatives who participated.

Either Bondi has the goods as she claimed and is not releasing them or she is being stonewalled by the FBI. Either way she should tell us exactly what is going on here.

If she has the goods and can't release it yet that is fine; there are many reasons not to do so, because releasing the information can compromise ongoing investigations. But she needs to come clean on that.

Right now Bondi looks like another Deep Stater who managed to worm her way into a key position. She needs to come clean or get out.

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No Smoking - Even at Home!

Timothy Birdnow

And they are the ones always worried about freedom and democracy...

California Liberals Just Banned Smoking in Private Homes

And yet smoking pot is legal in California, and has been so since 2016. What they Left does is just batcrap crazy.

I suspect they will lose if this goes to the Supreme Court but it will be a long, grueling process. The Fourth Amendment is applicable here in no uncertain terms.

IF they are going to make smoking illegal in the state - and banning it in private homes is essentially backdooring a total ban - then why don't they have the courage to actually SAY they are banning all tobacco products from the state? Because they would lose in court and they know it. So instead they will use "health" as a tool to create a defacto ban.

This ban is only applicable to apartments and condos, places with shared walls. And while it also bans smoking cannibus the very fact that they are trying to ban smoking any kind of legal product (and they included vaping, which produces no smoke) shows just what tyrants the California Nazis really are.

You won't be able to smoke outside either.

This ban is being put in place by a local community and not statewide, but if it succeeds you know the state will adopt it.

Liberals are quick to abrogate the rights of people if they think something is a good idea, yet they claim to be the ones who support freedom. Ri-ight!

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Trump Kicks Zelensky Out of White House

Timothy Birdnow

Volodymyr Zelensky wants security assurances from the U.S. to ink a deal on Ukrainian minerals. He was willing to infuriate Trump and almost scotch the deal to get them (and if the U.S. becomes dependent on Ukrainian rare earth elements that offers a much stronger assurance than some piece of paper).

Zelensky stated:

"When we say no NATO, what security guarantees can we have? I’m not pushing. We’re not pressuring. We’re just asking.”

Zelenskyy added that Europeans have already committed to providing security to Ukraine with boots on the ground. He also noted that the United States might consider offering support, potentially as a backstop "just to guarantee that they are with Europeans.”

So he's claiming essentially the U.S. is unnecessary in this process - he's already got a guarantee from Europe. Why does he need a guarantee from the U.S.? Because he knows the Europeans promises aren't worth the paper they are printed on, and when push comes to shove they will simply not honor their agreement. It's easy to offer assurances if someone else is going to do all the heavy lifting. Zelensky knows this which is why he's so hot to get the U.S. commmitted.

Frankly, there is no reason why the U.S. should be involved. If this war showed anything it's that Russia's ground forces are inept and should a coalition of European powers take military action they probably would kick the Russians into senselessness. No American help is needed, it seems to me. Russia couldn't even take out corrupt little Ukraine after all.

And as for nukes, Britain and France both have their own stockpiles so why should we backstop them?

Zelensky and company were accused of being disrespectful and ungrateful. Trump kicked them out. They were supposed to get a free lunch in the White House and Trump gave that instead to White House staff!

Well, he's right in doing so. Zelensky acts as if we owe him the money rather than he is asking for our help. And he wants everything on his own terms. Oh,by the way, he is indeed a dictator.

Zelensky is qualitatively no different than the Deep State which thinks they are owed a good living off the taxpayer dime. Zelensky, like the bureaucrats being canned by DOGE, is angry that he's not just being handed the money without question.

Well, those days are over and the world better get used to the idea that the U.S. isn't some giant ATM, some money tree to be shaken.

Zelensky told Brett Baier he did nothing wrong and need not apologize to anyone.

It was clear Zelensky was grandstanding for the cameras. He said things that normally are for private conversations between himself and Trump/Vance. He was hoping to gin up a groundswell of popular support for his "heroic" leadership among the American Ruling Class. If that meant insulting America's people and leaders in the process oh well!

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Biden Aid Made Big Bucks Off Illegals

Timothy Birdnow

We all knew there were big bucks passing around the Democrats.

DOGE Finds Top Biden Aid Received Millions for Shady Contract for "Migrant Housing"

"A Texas nonprofit tied to Biden’s transition team members received a government contract for an overflow facility in Pecos.

Family Endeavors, which had employed the transition team member since 2021, saw its "cash and portfolio of investments grow from $8.3M in 2020 to $520.4M in 2023”—with the federal government as its sole source of funds, DOGE reported.

Family Endeavors’ managers have been receiving $18 million per month to operate the facility since 2024.

However, the facility, which was meant to house unaccompanied migrant children, remained empty.

Despite having no residents, the money continued to flow.

"With national licensed facility occupancy now below 20%, HHS was able to terminate this contract, saving taxpayers over $215M annually,” states the post on X, which also tags Washington, D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin."

As DOGE tweeted on X:

A former ICE employee and Biden transition team member joined Family Endeavors in early 2021 and helped secure a sole-source HHS contract for overflow housing from licensed care facilities.

As a result, Family Endeavors’ cash and portfolio of investments grew from $8.3M in 2020… pic.twitter.com/KacroxqRcl
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) February 26, 2025

So the mass invasion was getting Democrats rich at taxpayer expense (and no doubt funding the election of many of them). I believe this sort of thing has gone on for decades and nobody ever called it out. It's what has made the Democrats politically viable; they are always over-funded by stealing taxpayer dollars. Without it the Democrats would be a solidly minority party and may well wind up collapsing as a result.

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Trannies Gone Wild

Timothy Birdnow

Tranny insurrection.

Yes, girls really do go wild in Iowa.


Twenty five hundred protesters showed up in Des Moines to protest a bil to make sex binary (as it always has been). It seems unlikely that these are grass-roots Iowans, I might add, but probably rather are a rent-a-mob from outstate. I wonder how many are even transsexuals? Probably vagrants given liquor to show up.

One protester in the gallery as the state legislature voted had this pearl of wisdom:

'"Hope you’re proud of yourself,” while another shouted, "Fascist scumbags, eat sh*t!” before being removed by security."

That latter is no doubt a practice many of these folks enjoy as a part of their weekend sexual trysts.

The sad fact is reality is that thing which, when you stop believing in it, won't go away. (Phillip K. Dick) Trannies may believe what they please but it in no way impacts the reality, which is there are men and there are women and if you were born with a Y chromosome and a schnickle you ain't the latter. These folks are simply mentally ill.

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Girlcott by DEI Fans

Timothy Birdnow

Leftists wage a boycott to protest the Elimination of DEI, vowing to not shop on one day at Amazon and other online venues.

According to the article:

"A flyer promoting the boycott urges participants to pre-shop and "only grab essentials” on Friday.

"Disrupting the economy for even one day sends a powerful message,” the flyer states.

"If they don’t listen, we make the next blackout longer. Our numbers are powerful. This is how we make history!”'

Preshopping impacts these corporations how? YOUR STILL BUYING THE SAME AMOUNT OF STUFF just not on one particular day.

If they were serious they would simply do without but liberals are spoiled brats and always have been, unable to make real sacrifices (that's for the hoi poloi, the schlubs of Middle America). So they will skip one day of shopping and think this somehow will impact these companies.

Sadly, some junior executives probably will be frightened by it. Liberal executives, the kind who pushed to put this nonsense in place in the first place.

They continue:

"For generations, our families worked, sacrificed, and fought to build a better future, yet here we stand, still waiting,” the group posted in a video on Instagram.

"We the people will not wait any longer. We stand in solidarity to honor the past and carve a new path for the future.

???? They are overturning prior generations and the work that went into building America. THEY are the despoilers.

And in fact they built such a better future that they no longer have anything to complain about, which is why they have had to invent "microaggressions" and other fictitious sins to protest against. Basically they are spoiled malcontents, children who want to do great things but have no challenges they can see to fight against. So they have invented their own, and will rage against normalcy and fair treatment for all as some sort of racism.

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Vote Fraud in P.A.

Timothy Birdnow

THREE top Pennsylvania Democrat election officials are being charged with election fraud.

No vote fraud in America my big white posterior!

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