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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE EXPECT A CATASTROPHE

Dr. Joel Wade September 22, 2026

I write sometimes in these columns about thinking biases that can affect our decision making.

Today I want to talk about a way of thinking that can undermine our resilience during hardship, as well as our ability to flourish and succeed.

Catastrophes happen in life.

Natural disasters, tragic accidents, terrible illnesses, heart-rending betrayals, economic calamities, war, famine… Human history has been filled with these, and most of us have been at least touched by something catastrophic.

But a catastrophe is not usually the most likely scenario – if they were common, we wouldn’t think of them as catastrophes; they’d just be the kind of normal troubles we expect in life.

There can be disappointments, hardships, struggles, and losses that hurt badly, requiring us to step up to challenges we would rather not have to step up to. These are not uncommon.

But a true catastrophe is rarely likely.

When we expect catastrophe as a likely scenario, that expectation creates its own troubles, and they can run deep.

THE LIB DEMS’ TRANS MADNESS IS A SYMPTOM OF THE LEFT’S COWARDICE

Tom Harris September 22, 2026

In the UK:

“Only the Conservatives and Reform can be relied upon to uphold women’s rights.”

There is a danger that we draw the wrong conclusions from the Liberal Democrats’ decision to champion trans demands over women’s rights on the very first full day of their conference.

On the face of it, it feels like an own goal, made even worse by a clear misunderstanding on the part of delegates about the guidelines issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in the wake of the ruling by the Supreme Court on how the Equality Act should be interpreted.

Those gathering in Brighton have stated that the EHRC code is “discriminatory and unworkable” and should be overwritten with more “inclusive” rules. But the EHRC is bound by law to issue guidance entirely in line with the Equality Act.

It would be absurd – not to mention illegal – for the EHRC to issue guidance that didn’t reflect their lordships’ ruling on what the Equality Act meant by “women.”

This detail seems to have escaped the trans activists among the Lib Dem delegates, who are also calling for the actual law to be changed but haven’t made their minds up as to what change is needed.

Ultimately, their aim, as is the aim of trans rights activists across the political spectrum, is to deny women the right to exclude from their spaces – changing rooms, toilets and even prisons – men who identify as women. Such men, after all, are women if they say so.

This motion will dominate today’s debate at the conference, and it is understandable that thoughtful observers predict difficult times ahead for a party that places the demands of trans-identified men above the hard-fought-for sex-based rights of women.

But they miss a key factor in all of this.

THE LESHAN GIANT BUDDHA

Dr. Jack Wheeler September 22, 2026

Carved out of a cliff face of red sandstone on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau over 1,200 years ago by Buddhist monks, the 233 ft-high Leshan Giant Buddha is the largest and tallest stone Buddha statue in the world.

I took this picture from a boat on the river that runs past it. As you can see by Buddhist pilgrims working their way down the stone steps on the side and in front carrying umbrellas, it’s raining. Rain is so frequent here that a sophisticated drainage system was incorporated into the statue when it was built. It is still in working order. Behind the Buddha’s head, between his two ears, and scattered throughout his body, there are several hidden gutters and channels carrying out the rainwater that have kept the inner areas dry and prevented the Buddha from eroding since the 8^th century.

Knowing this adds to the wonder of beholding this extraordinary achievement. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #268 photo ©Jack Wheeler)

ON YOM KIPPUR

Dr. Jack Wheeler September 21, 2026

[On this particular Monday, in lieu of an Archive, I have to get something off my chest. Please bear with me.]

In 2026, the holiest day of the year for Jews, is today, September 21^st(until sundown. It is called Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, where one reflects on whatever moral wrongs they have done, commits to never do them again, confesses them to God, and does whatever possible to repair those wrongs done to others.

I am not Jewish, so hope I have expressed correctly this succinct description, as this day is far, far more deeply meaningful to Jewish people than the few words above. Yet this day is for me an opportunity to express a grievance I have that I must explain.

Plainly, I am completely, totally, and utterly sick and tired of this epidemic of Anti-Semitism that has taken over the Democrat Party, that is ubiquitous on social media, college campuses, and news stories of yet another “Free Palestine” protest that often turns violent. If I make even a seemingly pro-Israel comment on X, some bozo will ask “Are you Jewish?” as a smirking condemnation. Another Dumbtard will go on a rant about “Christ-killers.” Yet another will express his hatred for “Zionists” as the cause of all the evil in the world.

So let’s be clear. “Anti-Semitism,” “Christ-killers,” or “Zionist” are all euphemisms for Nazism.

THE FORTRESS OF LUXEMBOURG

Dr. Jack Wheeler September 21, 2026

Originally built upon Roman fortifications on a rocky promontory in the 900s by the Counts of Luxembourg, the Luxembourg Fortress gained strategic importance located between the French Kingdom and the Hapsburg Empire. By the 1600s it became so impregnable it was called the “Gibraltar of the North.”

It was fought over by so many armies that finally, in establishing the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg’s full independence and neutrality in 1867, Luxembourgers agreed to tear it down.

What you see here is what is left, and is now a World Heritage Site. The Chemin de la Corniche – the promenade along the top of the ramparts overlooking Alzette River and the Old City – is renowned as “Europe’s most beautiful balcony.”

Wedged between France, Belgium, and Germany, small 1,000 square-mile Luxembourg is a haven of peaceful beauty. Come here to stand on these ramparts to experience it yourself. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #233 photo ©Jack Wheeler)

HALF-FULL REPORT 09/18/26

Dr. Jack Wheeler September 18, 2026

Michael Desronvil – America’s Hero

This morning’s (9/18) NY Post: Holdout Juror In Lindsay Clancy Mistrial, Michael P. Desronvil, Speaks Out For First Time After Intense Backlash.

“Michael P. Desronvil, 48, clapped back at accusations from fellow jurors that he refused to budge on his belief Clancy was guilty of murdering her three kids despite expressing doubts:

‘I didn’t have any doubts. As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence present,” Desronvil said. “Based on all the physical evidence, key witnesses, and what the prosecution presents, I thought it was enough proof that she [Clancy] knew exactly what she was doing and planned’.”

His lawyer Edward Palzik’s announcement(entire announcement in the link):

“I can now confirm that I am representing the courageous and heroic lone holdout juror from the Lindsay Clancy Trial. He is an American Hero and Champion of Justice. Please pray for him and help us protect him. This American Hero and Champion of Justice loves the United States of America as the greatest country in the world; cherishes our sacred Constitution as the pinnacle of human liberty; and supports our amazing leader, President Donald J. Trump, as a fellow defender of common-sense, liberty, and sanity.”

This one Black man whose parents are from Haiti and who is a devout Christian and devoted father, stood up to 9 shrieking harridans saying it was morally okay for a woman to murder her three children in cold premeditated blood – you wonder how many of them murdered their own children with abortions themselves – then abandoned by 2 2 cowardly males. He stood alone – for which he has been viciously smeared, doxed, and hated by the woketard social media plus legacy media led by the New York Times. You can’t hate Feminazis, woketards, and the NY Times enough.

The lesson is immediate: Every vote for Democrats this November 3^rd is a vote for the morality of child murder; every vote for Republicans is a vote for the courage of Michael Desronvil.

Or, as TTPer Mike Ryan puts it in the Forum:

“11 white liberals hating on a black man for not freeing a white woman for murdering children is the greatest liberal own of all time. After all, the central, core belief of Progressivism, the belief that keeps the entire house of cards standing, is that a progressive is not responsible for personal choices or actions. It’s Morning in America again.”

AINOS AND THE WASTE STREAM MEDIA

Dr. Jack Wheeler September 14, 2026

[This Monday’s Archive was in TTP on February 9, 2018. It carries a vital message all patriots must absorb today. If I were to retitle this, it would be “RINOS and AINOS.” Read on to find out why – and why Gary Cooper in High Noon is part of that message.]

TTP, February 9, 2018

At the White House press conference yesterday (2/06),Press Secretary Sarah Sanders nailed the key issue to the wall:

“Democrats are going to have to make a decision at some point really soon, do they hate this president more than they love this country.”

In other words, are Democrats going to choose to be Americans, or will they remain what they are now: Americans In Name Only or AINOs.

It’s the same exact issue facing the Democrat Propaganda Machine, ridiculously known as the “Mainstream” Media. There is nothing “mainstream” about this ilk who have abandoned the slightest pretense of honest journalism.

They no longer compose the “MSM” – they are now the WSM – the Waste Stream Media. What they produce is a sewer of filth, lies, and Hate America narratives.

Conservatives have contempt for RINO politicians, Republicans In Name Only, and for good reason. The basis for conservative contempt of RINOs is their cowardice – the spineless refusal of the GOP Establishment Elite to stand up for their professed principles.

There are a few of them so suffused with hatred for President Trump that they have become AINOs as well – such as Jeff Flake – but only a few.

Not so with the Dems and WSM. To call them simple cowards is too generous, for their hatred of America has become so visceral that to call it treasonous is no joke.

Let’s be very clear on this: You don’t get more treasonous than effecting the permanent destruction of American electoral democracy.

OBAMA AND THE ‘AI APOCALYPSE’ ALARM – JUST IN TIME FOR THE MIDTERMS

Miranda Devine September 15, 2026

The “AI Apocalypse” scare campaign looks suspiciously like the climate hoax.

How convenient that it’s come to a head right as the midterm election season kicks off this week.

The campaign launch was when Jacob Coxon, a low-level 27-year-old AI researcher, trumpeted his resignation from AI company Anthropic in a Wall Street Journal exclusive last week followed by a viral X thread warning AI will “kill us all.”

“The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade . . . They are gambling with our lives,” he claimed.

His boss, the Democrat-aligned Anthropic founder and CEO Dario Amodei, amplified Coxon’s apocalyptic message with a 3,800-word essay on Saturday, followed by a giddy interview CBS aired Sunday in which he essentially called for a one-world government to regulate AI.

He wants “the right combination of governments” to provide “some kind of joint governance [to] control the technology.

“I’m uncomfortable government didn’t build this technology.”

MARK CARNEY’S ANTI-AMERICAN CRUSADE

Victor Davis Hanson September 17, 2026

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney now believes he is more than just the Western foil to Donald Trump and his MAGA movement — he is the global one.

Accordingly, he seems determined to demonstrate to the world how to stand up to Donald Trump, to force Trump to lose the midterms, and to hurt the U.S. economy to such a degree that Trump will never again bully other nations.

How he believes he has such awesome power is altogether unclear.

So, at the eleventh hour, Carney stormed out of an apparently completed tariff deal with the United States that would have privileged Canada over almost all of America’s other trading partners.

Canada, we recall, has enjoyed a $50 billion goods trade surplus with the United States for years in a supposedly free and equitable North American trade zone.

Carney claimed that American proposals stripped away Canadian sovereignty and quashed Canadian culture, particularly French-Canadian culture. Yet he has not released the documents detailing the bilateral offers he rejected.

Nor has he allowed his representatives to explain to the media why Canada blew up the negotiations at the last minute. Carney’s ever-changing excuses, explanations, and invectives about what happened are incoherent and contradictory.

THE CARTELS HAVE GONE HIGH-TECH – WE’RE STILL UNDERESTIMATING THEM

W.T. Hale September 16, 2026

[There has been much talk in recent days of slowing U.S. artificial intelligence research. China immediately announced that it would have no part of the “fearmongering” and would not slow down at all. But they are far from the only active enemy employing AI against us. — Rod Martin]

In 1999, two psychologists conducted a study in which test subjects counted how many times a basketball was passed among individuals wearing white shirts. The passing was not tricky to see. The action was not particularly fast. On its surface, it was a simple task.

Yet half of the participants missed the gorilla.

Midway through the video, a student in a full gorilla costume walked into the center of the court, turned to face the camera, thumped its chest, and strolled off-screen.

The viewers’ eyes swept over the primate. Still, their brains, entirely consumed by the mental arithmetic of pass-counting, filtered out the visual data.

They missed the obvious because they were preprogrammed to a particular task.

A decade later, researchers ran a similar experiment with board-certified radiologists. These were not novices, but bona fide experts, examining chest CT scans.

These doctors were asked to look for suspicious lung lesions, called nodules, often indicative of cancer. Special software tracked their eye movements so researchers would know exactly where they were looking.

But then, just as in 1999, there was a gorilla.

Embedded in the lung tissue of the final scan was a graphic of a gorilla, 48 times the size of the average cancerous nodule. Of the 24 radiologists in the study, 20, or 83 percent if you are so inclined, failed to see it, despite the eye-tracking software proving they had stared right at it for half a second.

How could they have missed a gorilla in a chest CT scan? When they stared directly at it?

This cognitive glitch, inattentional blindness, is not merely an academic curiosity. It is the ultimate cloak for asymmetric warfare.

VILLAGES JOIN REVOLT OVER MIGRANT CAMPS

Charles Hymas September 16, 2026

A village fightback against migrant camps is set to spread across the country.

Piddington in Oxfordshire will on Tuesday hold a symbolic referendum on leaving the UK in protest against plans to move up to 1,250 male asylum seekers into a former army barracks close to the village of 350 people.

The parish has been approached by hundreds of other villages and towns nationwide for advice on replicating the campaign, which has won the backing of the Conservatives and Reform.

As well as the vote, Piddington’s villagers have drawn up plans to install a network of wireless CCTV cameras, an emergency alert system and security patrol teams over fears of being outnumbered by a ratio of nearly four to one.

Speaking to The Telegraph on the eve of the vote, which is expected to pass unanimously, women who live in the village said they planned to take up self-defence classes because of fears about the influx of migrants.

Tim McNally, the chairman of Piddington parish council, said that hundreds of other areas wanted to follow his blueprint to fight back against migrant camps.

He said: “We have been working in the background with other areas who feel the same as us, who feel they have not been represented and been run over roughshod. What has happened to our politics to allow this to happen?

“When I first published the blueprint, I had over 500 inquiries from across the UK, from parish and town councillors. The aim of our referendum is for them to go and do it themselves.”

Nigel Farage’s party has pledged to support any other areas that want to hold votes.

DEFENDING YOURSELF AGAINST VIRUS INFECTIONS – Part 1

Durk Pearson & Sandy Shaw September 17, 2026

[TTP: Written in 2009 for Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), this essay contains test details that may be more than you want to know. I’ve bracketed those sections for your reading pleasure. Geek out as you like.]

Serious threats to human populations from newly developed and, indeed, old but still dangerous infectious viruses continue to appear unpredictably and can kill large numbers of people. In the United States alone, ordinary influenza kills about 36,000 people a year.

Government public health authorities (CDC, FEMA, FDA, Homeland Security, etc.) are attempting to prevent and control viral outbreaks and approve antiviral therapies, but you should recognize that while these government agencies employ scientists, they are led by political appointees. Furthermore, public health agencies are focused on protecting the health of the herd, not the individual.

We decided to evaluate the peer-reviewed scientific literature indexed by the National Library of Medicine on natural products for those who have useful antiviral effects at safe dosages.

The evidence led us to a protective combination that consists of the flavonoid quercetin, green tea extract, resveratrol, N-acetylcysteine, vitamin D, and vitamin C. These ingredients have been reported to have significant anti-viral effects in cell culture and animal studies, and in a few human clinical trials.

A STRATEGY FOR QUIETING PAINFUL MEMORIES

Dr. Joel Wade September 15, 2026

About a hundred years ago, Russian psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik was sitting in a café in Vienna waiting for her coffee refill.

It never came.

She noticed that her waiter had an excellent memory for all of his customers’ orders, but somehow had forgotten her coffee.

Bluma set herself to the task of investigating this phenomenon further.

What she found in her subsequent studies was this: People tend to remember the details of things exceptionally well when those things are unfinished.

She had already paid her waiter, so he had forgotten about her because he was finished with her as a customer.

What is unfinished haunts us. It stays with us, nagging us to bring it to completion. There is something immensely useful to understand here.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY – DIVING IN A GALAPAGOS FISH BALL

Dr. Jack Wheeler September 18, 2026

Galapagos Islands – November 2015. In the waters here, enormous schools of striped mullet swim together in one huge swirling ball by the tens of thousands.

One of the more astounding experiences a scuba diver can have is to swim far below one of these rotating living balls, then slowly rise straight up into it. The fish do not scatter, but merely create an empty column or vertical tunnel for you – so you float inside the ball with countless thousands of calm unperturbed fish circling around you and your dive buddy (who took this picture of me).

I’ve had the good fortune to go diving all over the world for the past sixty -plus years, and this experience is surely one of the most memorable of all. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #140 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET TOO CLOSE TO A 6,000 POUND ELEPHANT SEAL

Dr. Jack Wheeler September 17, 2026

The Antarctic island of South Georgia is one of the most extraordinary places on earth. Square miles of king penguin rookeries, thousands of fur seals, hundreds of gigantic elephant seals amidst a backdrop of massive glaciers and snow-capped mountains.

All of the animals here have no fear of you whatever and ignore your presence – except if you make the mistake of getting too close to a bull elephant seal for his comfort. It’s a mistake I made as you can see. Luckily, with several tons of blubber to carry, this fellow can’t move as fast as me, so I hightailed it quickly. That satisfied him, and all was soon back to placidly normal again. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #62 photo ©Jack Wheeler)

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