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800,281 views • 1 year ago

Option analysis and tooling is now improved on OpenMarket First: the GEX heatmap is now more accurate, and you can pick how it computes. Two modes: Dealer flow (new, the default): dealer positioning measured from the tape. Open interest (classic): the standard convention, dealers long calls, short puts. How the measured mode works: Every options trade has an aggressor and a quoter. Whoever crossed the spread is the customer. Whoever was quoting and got hit is the dealer. So every trade tells us what a dealer just took on: you buy a call, some dealer is now short that call. We add that up, trade by trade, contract by contract, and keep a running picture of what dealers are actually holding. Giant prints don't fool it. A block 25x the normal size is almost always two institutions moving a position between themselves, not a customer trading against a dealer, so it barely counts. The totals get sanity-checked against open interest every day (our estimate can't hold more contracts than actually exist), and when a contract expires, its position leaves the books, same as real life. And when we can't see enough, we say so. If our tape covers less than 60% of a contract's open interest, we don't pretend: that contract uses the classic assumption instead, and the chip on the chart shows exactly how much of the board is measured vs assumed. The two are never mixed inside one contract. In classic mode, a "wall" is just the strike with the most contracts outstanding. In dealer flow it's the strike where dealers actually have the most to hedge. Usually the same. When they differ, the measured one is the one that moves price. The rest of the update: Double-click any options panel and it takes over the chart. The IV smile expands to show every expiry with its date, the GEX curve gets a live readout of flip, walls, and totals. Drag the sensitivity slider and the heatmap re-colors under your cursor. No reload, no flash. The blocky look is gone: the surface now blends smoothly between strikes. Six new themes for every options panel, new heatmap palettes, and a little legend on the chart that always tells you what the colors mean. Live now.

Option analysis and tooling is now improved on OpenMarket First: the GEX heatmap is now more accurate, and you can pick how it computes. Two modes: Dealer flow (new, the default): dealer positioning measured from the tape. Open interest (classic): the standard convention, dealers long calls, short puts. How the measured mode works: Every options trade has an aggressor and a quoter. Whoever crossed the spread is the customer. Whoever was quoting and got hit is the dealer. So every trade tells us what a dealer just took on: you buy a call, some dealer is now short that call. We add that up, trade by trade, contract by contract, and keep a running picture of what dealers are actually holding. Giant prints don't fool it. A block 25x the normal size is almost always two institutions moving a position between themselves, not a customer trading against a dealer, so it barely counts. The totals get sanity-checked against open interest every day (our estimate can't hold more contracts than actually exist), and when a contract expires, its position leaves the books, same as real life. And when we can't see enough, we say so. If our tape covers less than 60% of a contract's open interest, we don't pretend: that contract uses the classic assumption instead, and the chip on the chart shows exactly how much of the board is measured vs assumed. The two are never mixed inside one contract. In classic mode, a "wall" is just the strike with the most contracts outstanding. In dealer flow it's the strike where dealers actually have the most to hedge. Usually the same. When they differ, the measured one is the one that moves price. The rest of the update: Double-click any options panel and it takes over the chart. The IV smile expands to show every expiry with its date, the GEX curve gets a live readout of flip, walls, and totals. Drag the sensitivity slider and the heatmap re-colors under your cursor. No reload, no flash. The blocky look is gone: the surface now blends smoothly between strikes. Six new themes for every options panel, new heatmap palettes, and a little legend on the chart that always tells you what the colors mean. Live now.

OpenMarket

21,251 views • 1 month ago

And there it is. After the media spent most of yesterday and today suggesting Trump was going to nuke or otherwise genocide Iran, CNN is already suggesting Trump will "chicken out" and drops the "TACO" line: WOLF BLITZER: The president is sticking to his very, very tough language right now. Is he painting himself though into a corner? If the Iranians don't accept the concessions that he wants? KIMBERLY DOZIER: This could be a high stakes negotiating tactic to try to get them to blink, but so far they haven't. They've proved consistently that they can take more pain, and they see themselves as gaining in political stature every time they force Trump to bypass one of his deadlines, which we might see tonight. The TACO, Trump always chickens out syndrome. Or we could see as a gulf official I just spoke to was worried about a massive strike against many targets in Iran that then causes Iran to retaliate against the gulf. So far, they've been doing destructive attacks, but they haven't unleashed the full scope of what gulf officials think they could do. PAMELA BROWN: And, Peter, we've seen empty threats before from the president. This seems different, though. And if he doesn't follow through and or doesn't get anything tangible in the negotiations, I mean, what kind of a position would that put the U.S. in this war? PETER BERGEN: Well, actually, I'm reminded in his first term he said he could he could end the Afghan war in a week, but it would kill 10 million people. So, he's made these kind of very grandiose kind of threats before. I mean, in this case, obviously, this, you know, who knows what's going to happen at 8 p.m. tonight? The only person who knows is the commander-in-chief. Um, I presume to if he wants to kind of retain some form of credibility, he's going to have to do something because he's threats have been so over the top. But you know, they could be limited and they could be dressed up as well. The negotiations continue. So the limited strikes and continued negotiations, I mean that wouldn't be surprising. BROWN: Yeah.

And there it is. After the media spent most of yesterday and today suggesting Trump was going to nuke or otherwise genocide Iran, CNN is already suggesting Trump will "chicken out" and drops the "TACO" line: WOLF BLITZER: The president is sticking to his very, very tough language right now. Is he painting himself though into a corner? If the Iranians don't accept the concessions that he wants? KIMBERLY DOZIER: This could be a high stakes negotiating tactic to try to get them to blink, but so far they haven't. They've proved consistently that they can take more pain, and they see themselves as gaining in political stature every time they force Trump to bypass one of his deadlines, which we might see tonight. The TACO, Trump always chickens out syndrome. Or we could see as a gulf official I just spoke to was worried about a massive strike against many targets in Iran that then causes Iran to retaliate against the gulf. So far, they've been doing destructive attacks, but they haven't unleashed the full scope of what gulf officials think they could do. PAMELA BROWN: And, Peter, we've seen empty threats before from the president. This seems different, though. And if he doesn't follow through and or doesn't get anything tangible in the negotiations, I mean, what kind of a position would that put the U.S. in this war? PETER BERGEN: Well, actually, I'm reminded in his first term he said he could he could end the Afghan war in a week, but it would kill 10 million people. So, he's made these kind of very grandiose kind of threats before. I mean, in this case, obviously, this, you know, who knows what's going to happen at 8 p.m. tonight? The only person who knows is the commander-in-chief. Um, I presume to if he wants to kind of retain some form of credibility, he's going to have to do something because he's threats have been so over the top. But you know, they could be limited and they could be dressed up as well. The negotiations continue. So the limited strikes and continued negotiations, I mean that wouldn't be surprising. BROWN: Yeah.

Nicholas Fondacaro

84,666 views • 5 months ago

Everything the HLP clan teaches collapses the second you understand actual human movement. This video of Aaron Judge exposes every lie they’ve sold for years. Here’s the full MYTH vs TRUTH breakdown based on biomechanics, not backward pseudoscience. They say “video doesn’t lie,” yet their interpretations do because pseudoscience always comes from misunderstanding what you’re looking at. 👇 Thread: 1/ MYTH: Judge “switches” from a proximal→distal mover in training to an HLP pattern in games. TRUTH: Movement patterns don’t change. Judge moves the SAME way in throwing, sprinting, lifting, & hitting. The task changes the pattern doesn’t. 2/ MYTH: Judge creates tilt by snapping backward over the rear hip. TRUTH: Tilt = head position at foot strike. His nose is behind his bellybutton → natural tilt from posture, not a rearward snap. Average hitters MUST land more centered. Levers matter. 3/ MYTH: Depth comes from turning the barrel back behind you. TRUTH: Depth comes from the lat holding the hands while the pelvis eliminates slack. Same pattern as the throw. The BODY creates depth not a backward barrel turn. 🔍 They claim they “study swings” and “video doesn’t lie.” But they have NO understanding of how the movement BEFORE the swing shapes posture, shoulder angles, and the entire position of the body at foot down. They only see the swing never the movement that creates the swing. 4/ MYTH: Hip–shoulder separation is slow & outdated. HLP is “faster.” TRUTH: They only think separation is slow because they don’t understand what creates it. They can’t see how the pelvis gaining ground pulls the entire system together. 5/ REAL separation happens when: • pelvis gains ground • slack disappears • distal leg anticipates force • torso resists • rear lat anchors the hands • elastic energy loads THROUGH the chain This is the FASTEST pattern a human body can produce. 6/ The “slow separation” they’re critiquing is the FAKE one they teach: Land → stop → freeze → twist into a pose → restart the swing. That IS slow. Real separation is a byproduct of correct sequencing not a drill. 7/ And their claim that HLP is “superior”? Any movement specialist can see through it instantly: No pelvis lead. No proximal→distal sequencing. No force coupling. No front-side anchor. No adjustability. Just compensation. 8/ MYTH: The front leg is just where weight lands. TRUTH: The front side is the guide hand of the swing. It braces, anchors, steers, and PULLS the backside under through force coupling. This is why the back foot releases forward collision, not collapse. 9/ MYTH: “Tilt first, then turn.” TRUTH: Tilt is a downstream RESULT of: • pelvis eliminating slack • knee pulling under • torso organizing plane Tilt is never a pose. Never a snap. Never a gimmick. 10/ MYTH: Judge’s issues on high FB or outer third prove his hand path is flawed. TRUTH: It’s head position at foot strike. More backside head → more tilt → harder to match high. Less front-side weight → spin off outer third. Movement drives swing outcomes. 11/ MYTH: HLP coaches can diagnose movement. TRUTH: They only see swings. They NEVER see: • center mass • pelvis-led sequencing • lat-driven hand control • ground-force anticipation • force coupling • posture organization They study SWINGS, not MOVEMENT which is why they don’t understand anything happening before foot strike, where every elite movement pattern is actually built. 12/ FINAL TRUTH: Judge is a proximal → distal mover. Every elite hitter is. The only people confused are the ones who don’t understand human movement and interpret the swing through a METHOD instead of biomechanics. They study swings like children watching cartoons, but they do not understand the movement system that PRODUCES the swing.

Everything the HLP clan teaches collapses the second you understand actual human movement. This video of Aaron Judge exposes every lie they’ve sold for years. Here’s the full MYTH vs TRUTH breakdown based on biomechanics, not backward pseudoscience. They say “video doesn’t lie,” yet their interpretations do because pseudoscience always comes from misunderstanding what you’re looking at. 👇 Thread: 1/ MYTH: Judge “switches” from a proximal→distal mover in training to an HLP pattern in games. TRUTH: Movement patterns don’t change. Judge moves the SAME way in throwing, sprinting, lifting, & hitting. The task changes the pattern doesn’t. 2/ MYTH: Judge creates tilt by snapping backward over the rear hip. TRUTH: Tilt = head position at foot strike. His nose is behind his bellybutton → natural tilt from posture, not a rearward snap. Average hitters MUST land more centered. Levers matter. 3/ MYTH: Depth comes from turning the barrel back behind you. TRUTH: Depth comes from the lat holding the hands while the pelvis eliminates slack. Same pattern as the throw. The BODY creates depth not a backward barrel turn. 🔍 They claim they “study swings” and “video doesn’t lie.” But they have NO understanding of how the movement BEFORE the swing shapes posture, shoulder angles, and the entire position of the body at foot down. They only see the swing never the movement that creates the swing. 4/ MYTH: Hip–shoulder separation is slow & outdated. HLP is “faster.” TRUTH: They only think separation is slow because they don’t understand what creates it. They can’t see how the pelvis gaining ground pulls the entire system together. 5/ REAL separation happens when: • pelvis gains ground • slack disappears • distal leg anticipates force • torso resists • rear lat anchors the hands • elastic energy loads THROUGH the chain This is the FASTEST pattern a human body can produce. 6/ The “slow separation” they’re critiquing is the FAKE one they teach: Land → stop → freeze → twist into a pose → restart the swing. That IS slow. Real separation is a byproduct of correct sequencing not a drill. 7/ And their claim that HLP is “superior”? Any movement specialist can see through it instantly: No pelvis lead. No proximal→distal sequencing. No force coupling. No front-side anchor. No adjustability. Just compensation. 8/ MYTH: The front leg is just where weight lands. TRUTH: The front side is the guide hand of the swing. It braces, anchors, steers, and PULLS the backside under through force coupling. This is why the back foot releases forward collision, not collapse. 9/ MYTH: “Tilt first, then turn.” TRUTH: Tilt is a downstream RESULT of: • pelvis eliminating slack • knee pulling under • torso organizing plane Tilt is never a pose. Never a snap. Never a gimmick. 10/ MYTH: Judge’s issues on high FB or outer third prove his hand path is flawed. TRUTH: It’s head position at foot strike. More backside head → more tilt → harder to match high. Less front-side weight → spin off outer third. Movement drives swing outcomes. 11/ MYTH: HLP coaches can diagnose movement. TRUTH: They only see swings. They NEVER see: • center mass • pelvis-led sequencing • lat-driven hand control • ground-force anticipation • force coupling • posture organization They study SWINGS, not MOVEMENT which is why they don’t understand anything happening before foot strike, where every elite movement pattern is actually built. 12/ FINAL TRUTH: Judge is a proximal → distal mover. Every elite hitter is. The only people confused are the ones who don’t understand human movement and interpret the swing through a METHOD instead of biomechanics. They study swings like children watching cartoons, but they do not understand the movement system that PRODUCES the swing.

John Sangillo

15,736 views • 9 months ago

NATO and other major military officials around the world saying that it's inevitable that Ukraine is gonna dominate in this war, that they don't see any way the Russians can possibly win. And that's all happened while we've been completely focused on Middle East - Hal Kempfer, former US Marine & national security expert One of the big things is what's not happening. The Russians threw a tremendous amount of manpower and equipment and everything else at the frontline, and they were planning this big spring offensive. They were planning, actually even to precede spring to gain a lot of territory very quickly and to push back the Ukrainians. And to basically solidify this narrative that the Russians keep putting out that it's just a matter of time, that there's no way the Ukrainians can prevail. The Russians will eventually win. They just have too many men, too much equipment, too much everything. There's no way the Ukrainians can do that. What has happened is that nothing happened. They've made very marginal gains, and in many places they've lost a significant amount of territory to the Ukrainians. The Ukrainians are actually on the offensive. This thing with the robots being an example of a very innovative thing that they're going to replicate and probably gain more ground more quickly in that regard. And the Russians are having huge problems with recruiting. Even with this big bonus system, they're not getting enough troops. They're having major problems with fuel, with building armaments. Now they've got a drone problem. You know, they can't get Shahed drones out of Iran anymore. So they have got some horrendous problems that, they may or may not be able to overcome. The other thing is you're starting to see a lot of discussion at NATO and other major military officials and military leaders around the world basically saying that it's inevitable that Ukraine is gonna dominate in this war, that they don't see any way the Russians can possibly win. That is a real shift. That is a big shift. And that's all happened while we've been completely focused on what's going on over in the Middle East with Iran and elsewhere. That's been happening, and it is a huge shift. And the Ukrainians are making great strides, particularly in the areas of drones, as you saw with this unmanned ground system, but also with first-person view drones and long-range drones. And the other thing the Ukrainians are doing, they're taking out in deep, deep strikes, Russian oil. Remember we dropped the sanctions on Russian oil to get Russian oil out there to depress the prices of oil? Well, the Ukrainians responded by taking out these oil infrastructure sites like up around the Baltic, in the Baltic area near, St. Petersburg, and basically stopping the Russians from being able to physically export oil, and they've been doing that all over. They even did a strike in the Mediterranean against a ship that was part of the dark tanker fleet. So a lot going on.

NATO and other major military officials around the world saying that it's inevitable that Ukraine is gonna dominate in this war, that they don't see any way the Russians can possibly win. And that's all happened while we've been completely focused on Middle East - Hal Kempfer, former US Marine & national security expert One of the big things is what's not happening. The Russians threw a tremendous amount of manpower and equipment and everything else at the frontline, and they were planning this big spring offensive. They were planning, actually even to precede spring to gain a lot of territory very quickly and to push back the Ukrainians. And to basically solidify this narrative that the Russians keep putting out that it's just a matter of time, that there's no way the Ukrainians can prevail. The Russians will eventually win. They just have too many men, too much equipment, too much everything. There's no way the Ukrainians can do that. What has happened is that nothing happened. They've made very marginal gains, and in many places they've lost a significant amount of territory to the Ukrainians. The Ukrainians are actually on the offensive. This thing with the robots being an example of a very innovative thing that they're going to replicate and probably gain more ground more quickly in that regard. And the Russians are having huge problems with recruiting. Even with this big bonus system, they're not getting enough troops. They're having major problems with fuel, with building armaments. Now they've got a drone problem. You know, they can't get Shahed drones out of Iran anymore. So they have got some horrendous problems that, they may or may not be able to overcome. The other thing is you're starting to see a lot of discussion at NATO and other major military officials and military leaders around the world basically saying that it's inevitable that Ukraine is gonna dominate in this war, that they don't see any way the Russians can possibly win. That is a real shift. That is a big shift. And that's all happened while we've been completely focused on what's going on over in the Middle East with Iran and elsewhere. That's been happening, and it is a huge shift. And the Ukrainians are making great strides, particularly in the areas of drones, as you saw with this unmanned ground system, but also with first-person view drones and long-range drones. And the other thing the Ukrainians are doing, they're taking out in deep, deep strikes, Russian oil. Remember we dropped the sanctions on Russian oil to get Russian oil out there to depress the prices of oil? Well, the Ukrainians responded by taking out these oil infrastructure sites like up around the Baltic, in the Baltic area near, St. Petersburg, and basically stopping the Russians from being able to physically export oil, and they've been doing that all over. They even did a strike in the Mediterranean against a ship that was part of the dark tanker fleet. So a lot going on.

Kateryna Lisunova

40,281 views • 4 months ago

The Morgul Blade: A Blow of Corruption, Not a Mere Physical Strike To be honest, in my earlier viewings of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, I always saw the scene atop Amon Sûl (Weathertop) as little more than an action sequence built around an ambush. At the time, my attention was caught by the rapid rhythm of the scene: the Hobbits carelessly light a fire, the Ringwraiths arrive, Frodo is overwhelmed and struck down, and then Aragorn makes his dramatic entrance with his sword and flaming torches to rescue them all. But when I stepped back and watched the scene more slowly, I began to realize that beneath its fast-paced action lies something far more disturbing—a psychological and philosophical structure that gives the entire sequence a much darker meaning. The Paradox of Safety and the Two Fires The first thing that caught my attention when I looked closely at the scene was the way it is anchored by two fires that seem completely opposite in character. The first is the small cooking fire Merry and Pippin build. I see in it an innocent kind of light, accompanied by the warm crackling of burning wood—the simple human instinct to seek comfort and safety, embodied by Hobbits who have never truly experienced the brutality of war. Yet in the still darkness of Amon Sûl, that same fire becomes a signal that exposes their presence. The collapse of that sense of safety comes immediately through sound. The piercing cry of the Nazgûl tears through the darkness, completely overwhelming the tiny crackle of the fire. In the midst of that terror, Frodo drops his sword, retreats against the stone, and reaches for the Ring. Watching this, I began to recognize a deeply instinctive reaction: when confronted with overwhelming fear, we naturally search for something that can serve as a shield. Frodo believes the Ring will make him invisible and help him escape. But this is where the bitter paradox emerges. The moment Frodo puts on the Ring, Peter Jackson dramatically alters the soundscape of the world around him. The ordinary sounds seem to recede, replaced by the eerie rush of the wind, Frodo's anxious breathing, and the terrifying presence of the Nazgûl. He disappears from the eyes of his Hobbit companions, yet at the same time he exposes himself more directly to the Witch-king within the Unseen World. In complete contrast to the innocence of the first fire and the Ring's illusion of safety comes the second fire: the blazing torches in Aragorn's hands. When Aragorn charges into the darkness, the sounds of steel and fire bring a sense of physical reality back into the scene. The Morgul Blade: A Blow of Corruption Rather Than Possession It is at the moment when Frodo is most vulnerable within this unseen realm that the Witch-king draws the Morgul blade and strikes him. Many viewers may initially see this simply as an unsuccessful attempt to kill Frodo or take the Ring before Aragorn can intervene. But when I compare the scene with Gandalf's later explanation at Rivendell in Tolkien's book, I come away with something far more disturbing: the Witch-king's strike was not merely about causing physical injury or taking the Ring on the spot. The Morgul blade is not simply a poisoned weapon designed to wound the body. Once embedded in its victim, a fragment of the blade can break away and slowly move toward the heart, gradually weakening the victim and drawing him toward the condition of a Wraith. This is what makes the weapon so frightening to me. The blade does not simply attack Frodo's body; it threatens to transform him from within. The danger is not merely that Frodo might die. It is that he might cease to remain fully himself. From this perspective, I see the retreat of the five Ringwraiths after Aragorn attacks them with fire in two different ways. At the level of what we directly see, they are driven back by Aragorn's fire and fighting ability. But at the level of interpretation, their retreat can also be read as suggesting that something important has already been accomplished: the Morgul blade has done its work. They do not necessarily need to risk remaining in the fight if they believe the wound and the dark magic will continue their work over time. I would not treat this interpretation as a confirmed statement of the Witch-king's exact intentions, because the film does not explicitly tell us what he was thinking. But that uncertainty makes the scene even more interesting to me. Aragorn may have won the physical confrontation, yet the deeper danger has already entered Frodo's body. The Scar That Remains One of the most frightening forms of evil in Tolkien's world, as I see it, is not simply the destruction of the body, but the attempt to enter a person and transform him from within. The wound Frodo receives atop Amon Sûl, in my view, marks a turning point. I would not say that Frodo instantly becomes corrupted or loses everything that made him a Hobbit of the Shire. But something has changed. His innocence is no longer untouched. Even after the blade fragment is removed at Rivendell, the wound leaves lasting consequences. In Tolkien's story, Frodo continues to suffer from it, particularly on the anniversary of the attack. The wound therefore becomes more than a physical injury. It becomes a reminder that the darkness has already reached him. The blade does not kill Frodo immediately. Instead, it brings him one step closer to the world of darkness. And that changes the nature of the entire journey. What began as a dangerous adventure to carry the Ring toward Mordor gradually becomes something much more intimate and frightening: a struggle to survive without losing oneself. That is what makes the Morgul blade so haunting to me. It does not simply wound Frodo. It marks him. And from Amon Sûl onward, the question is no longer only whether Frodo can carry the Ring to Mordor. It is whether Frodo can remain himself while carrying it there.

The Morgul Blade: A Blow of Corruption, Not a Mere Physical Strike To be honest, in my earlier viewings of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, I always saw the scene atop Amon Sûl (Weathertop) as little more than an action sequence built around an ambush. At the time, my attention was caught by the rapid rhythm of the scene: the Hobbits carelessly light a fire, the Ringwraiths arrive, Frodo is overwhelmed and struck down, and then Aragorn makes his dramatic entrance with his sword and flaming torches to rescue them all. But when I stepped back and watched the scene more slowly, I began to realize that beneath its fast-paced action lies something far more disturbing—a psychological and philosophical structure that gives the entire sequence a much darker meaning. The Paradox of Safety and the Two Fires The first thing that caught my attention when I looked closely at the scene was the way it is anchored by two fires that seem completely opposite in character. The first is the small cooking fire Merry and Pippin build. I see in it an innocent kind of light, accompanied by the warm crackling of burning wood—the simple human instinct to seek comfort and safety, embodied by Hobbits who have never truly experienced the brutality of war. Yet in the still darkness of Amon Sûl, that same fire becomes a signal that exposes their presence. The collapse of that sense of safety comes immediately through sound. The piercing cry of the Nazgûl tears through the darkness, completely overwhelming the tiny crackle of the fire. In the midst of that terror, Frodo drops his sword, retreats against the stone, and reaches for the Ring. Watching this, I began to recognize a deeply instinctive reaction: when confronted with overwhelming fear, we naturally search for something that can serve as a shield. Frodo believes the Ring will make him invisible and help him escape. But this is where the bitter paradox emerges. The moment Frodo puts on the Ring, Peter Jackson dramatically alters the soundscape of the world around him. The ordinary sounds seem to recede, replaced by the eerie rush of the wind, Frodo's anxious breathing, and the terrifying presence of the Nazgûl. He disappears from the eyes of his Hobbit companions, yet at the same time he exposes himself more directly to the Witch-king within the Unseen World. In complete contrast to the innocence of the first fire and the Ring's illusion of safety comes the second fire: the blazing torches in Aragorn's hands. When Aragorn charges into the darkness, the sounds of steel and fire bring a sense of physical reality back into the scene. The Morgul Blade: A Blow of Corruption Rather Than Possession It is at the moment when Frodo is most vulnerable within this unseen realm that the Witch-king draws the Morgul blade and strikes him. Many viewers may initially see this simply as an unsuccessful attempt to kill Frodo or take the Ring before Aragorn can intervene. But when I compare the scene with Gandalf's later explanation at Rivendell in Tolkien's book, I come away with something far more disturbing: the Witch-king's strike was not merely about causing physical injury or taking the Ring on the spot. The Morgul blade is not simply a poisoned weapon designed to wound the body. Once embedded in its victim, a fragment of the blade can break away and slowly move toward the heart, gradually weakening the victim and drawing him toward the condition of a Wraith. This is what makes the weapon so frightening to me. The blade does not simply attack Frodo's body; it threatens to transform him from within. The danger is not merely that Frodo might die. It is that he might cease to remain fully himself. From this perspective, I see the retreat of the five Ringwraiths after Aragorn attacks them with fire in two different ways. At the level of what we directly see, they are driven back by Aragorn's fire and fighting ability. But at the level of interpretation, their retreat can also be read as suggesting that something important has already been accomplished: the Morgul blade has done its work. They do not necessarily need to risk remaining in the fight if they believe the wound and the dark magic will continue their work over time. I would not treat this interpretation as a confirmed statement of the Witch-king's exact intentions, because the film does not explicitly tell us what he was thinking. But that uncertainty makes the scene even more interesting to me. Aragorn may have won the physical confrontation, yet the deeper danger has already entered Frodo's body. The Scar That Remains One of the most frightening forms of evil in Tolkien's world, as I see it, is not simply the destruction of the body, but the attempt to enter a person and transform him from within. The wound Frodo receives atop Amon Sûl, in my view, marks a turning point. I would not say that Frodo instantly becomes corrupted or loses everything that made him a Hobbit of the Shire. But something has changed. His innocence is no longer untouched. Even after the blade fragment is removed at Rivendell, the wound leaves lasting consequences. In Tolkien's story, Frodo continues to suffer from it, particularly on the anniversary of the attack. The wound therefore becomes more than a physical injury. It becomes a reminder that the darkness has already reached him. The blade does not kill Frodo immediately. Instead, it brings him one step closer to the world of darkness. And that changes the nature of the entire journey. What began as a dangerous adventure to carry the Ring toward Mordor gradually becomes something much more intimate and frightening: a struggle to survive without losing oneself. That is what makes the Morgul blade so haunting to me. It does not simply wound Frodo. It marks him. And from Amon Sûl onward, the question is no longer only whether Frodo can carry the Ring to Mordor. It is whether Frodo can remain himself while carrying it there.

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14,621 views • 16 days ago

And here it is… Trump has done it again. Something that was untouchable in American politics for decades is suddenly being said out loud. What was once absolute political taboo is now on everyone’s lips. For decades, criticizing Israel in American politics was essentially forbidden territory. Politicians might whisper about it privately, but no one would dare say it publicly. And yet suddenly, the tone is changing… Even Gavin Newsom, hardly a political outsider and not someone who would previously have ventured into this territory, recently acknowledged that critics were “appropriately” describing Israel as an apartheid state. He even suggested that the trajectory of Israel’s leadership could eventually force the United States to reconsider its military support. Just a few weeks ago, statements like this would have been political suicide. So what changed? In my view, this may well be another example of the strange political alchemy that seems to follow Trump wherever he goes. Think back to the Epstein files. Democrats had access to those files for years, yet nothing happened; there was no urgency, no public pressure, and no appetite for disclosure. But the moment the media believed Trump might be implicated, suddenly everyone demanded their release. The spotlight only turned on when Trump’s name entered the frame. And I suspect something similar may be happening now. By appearing closely aligned with Netanyahu, Trump once again becomes the lightning rod. The media and his political opponents cannot resist attacking him, and in doing so they are forced to shine a spotlight on something that had long been avoided: Israel’s extraordinary influence over U.S. politics. And then something even more revealing happened… Marco Rubio openly stated that Washington knew Israel was about to strike Iran, and that the U.S. acted first because that attack would have triggered retaliation on American forces. Think about what that implies for a moment… If the United States must act militarily because Israel is about to act… who is actually driving the sequence of events? For decades this dynamic has existed quietly in the background. Now people are openly asking questions that were once unthinkable: why are American taxpayers funding Israel’s wars? Why should the United States be dragged into conflicts that many Americans do not want? Whether people support Israel or oppose it is almost beside the point. What matters is that the conversation — the forbidden one — is finally happening in the open. Trump has always acted like a lightning rod for the spotlight. Wherever he stands, the entire media apparatus turns its cameras. He seems to understand that the fastest way to expose something that has been hidden for decades is sometimes to stand directly beneath the lightning and let it strike, even if he’s the one taking the blow. And perhaps that is precisely the point. Exposing the unhealthy nature of Israel’s relationship with the United States may be the only way to make the public see it clearly enough to demand that it change, because only when that happens could any leader realistically put an end to it. MJTruthUltra ĐⱤØ₲Ø🇺🇸 The Joey Goode Show MrTruthBomb Alex (Sasha) Krainer

And here it is… Trump has done it again. Something that was untouchable in American politics for decades is suddenly being said out loud. What was once absolute political taboo is now on everyone’s lips. For decades, criticizing Israel in American politics was essentially forbidden territory. Politicians might whisper about it privately, but no one would dare say it publicly. And yet suddenly, the tone is changing… Even Gavin Newsom, hardly a political outsider and not someone who would previously have ventured into this territory, recently acknowledged that critics were “appropriately” describing Israel as an apartheid state. He even suggested that the trajectory of Israel’s leadership could eventually force the United States to reconsider its military support. Just a few weeks ago, statements like this would have been political suicide. So what changed? In my view, this may well be another example of the strange political alchemy that seems to follow Trump wherever he goes. Think back to the Epstein files. Democrats had access to those files for years, yet nothing happened; there was no urgency, no public pressure, and no appetite for disclosure. But the moment the media believed Trump might be implicated, suddenly everyone demanded their release. The spotlight only turned on when Trump’s name entered the frame. And I suspect something similar may be happening now. By appearing closely aligned with Netanyahu, Trump once again becomes the lightning rod. The media and his political opponents cannot resist attacking him, and in doing so they are forced to shine a spotlight on something that had long been avoided: Israel’s extraordinary influence over U.S. politics. And then something even more revealing happened… Marco Rubio openly stated that Washington knew Israel was about to strike Iran, and that the U.S. acted first because that attack would have triggered retaliation on American forces. Think about what that implies for a moment… If the United States must act militarily because Israel is about to act… who is actually driving the sequence of events? For decades this dynamic has existed quietly in the background. Now people are openly asking questions that were once unthinkable: why are American taxpayers funding Israel’s wars? Why should the United States be dragged into conflicts that many Americans do not want? Whether people support Israel or oppose it is almost beside the point. What matters is that the conversation — the forbidden one — is finally happening in the open. Trump has always acted like a lightning rod for the spotlight. Wherever he stands, the entire media apparatus turns its cameras. He seems to understand that the fastest way to expose something that has been hidden for decades is sometimes to stand directly beneath the lightning and let it strike, even if he’s the one taking the blow. And perhaps that is precisely the point. Exposing the unhealthy nature of Israel’s relationship with the United States may be the only way to make the public see it clearly enough to demand that it change, because only when that happens could any leader realistically put an end to it. MJTruthUltra ĐⱤØ₲Ø🇺🇸 The Joey Goode Show MrTruthBomb Alex (Sasha) Krainer

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90,353 views • 6 months ago

Everyone wants to know what happens when you die. One man has the answer. He's done it 3 times. Doctors confirmed every death. • Lightning strike in 1975 • Open heart surgery in 1989 • Brain surgery in 1997 But, each time he saw the "SAME" thing. What he revealed about "DEATH" will change how you see consciousness forever: The first strike came in 1975. Lightning hit him directly. His heart stopped. Medical teams stood around his body knowing he was gone. Somehow his nervous system reignited and his heart resumed on its own, which almost never happens with that type of trauma. He woke up in a hospital bed convinced he had spent hours somewhere else. He described being pulled through darkness toward an incredible light but felt an immediate sense of movement without motion. And then he encountered beings. He called them beings of light, but that description fails to capture what he actually described. These weren't angels in the traditional sense. They weren't deceased relatives. They were intelligences that somehow existed as pure information, communicating with him not through words but through direct knowledge transfer. He would know things he hadn't been told. Concepts would bloom fully formed in his mind. Most remarkably, he described receiving visions. Detailed, specific images of future events. Not vague prophecies. Concrete scenes of things that would happen years later. Times. Locations. Sometimes people he'd never met. When he returned to life, he wrote down what he'd seen. And then, over the following years, he watched those visions materialize exactly as shown. In 1989, he was struck again. This time by a lightning strike at a golf course. The beings returned. The visions returned. The information transfer happened again. The third strike came in 1994. Same pattern. Same encounter. Same messages. What makes Brinkley's accounts different from the standard NDE narrative is that they're verifiable in a way most aren't. He's made specific predictions. He's written them down with dates and details before events occurred. Some have come to pass. Some haven't, which actually makes the whole thing stranger, not less credible. If someone were fabricating the entire experience, you'd expect a perfect track record. Real precognition seems to work more like weather forecasting. Directionally accurate but imperfect in the details. The implications are almost unmentionable in polite conversation. If Brinkley's accounts are accurate, and if the beings he encountered were genuinely showing him glimpses of future events, then consciousness doesn't just survive bodily death. It operates in a mode where past and future aren't sequential. These beings would need to perceive reality across time the way we perceive space. They're not predicting the future the way a weather model predicts it. They're perceiving it the way you perceive a landscape when you stand on a hill. It's already there. They're just looking at it. That assumption rewires everything we think about causality and free will. Most people assume the future is fundamentally open. Your choices matter because they carve out which future becomes real. Determinism feels false because you experience branching possibilities. But if some form of consciousness can perceive future events as already existing, then the future isn't open in the way we imagine. It's more like a landscape that already exists, and we're walking through it moment by moment. Our sense of choice isn't illusory exactly, but it's operating within a structure that's already complete at some level. This connects to something physicists have been uncomfortable discussing for decades. Einstein's relativity mathematically treats time like another spatial dimension. Your past and future both exist as coordinates in spacetime. You're not moving toward the future. You're simply progressing along the time coordinate the way you'd walk across a field. If that's true about the structure of reality, then consciousness after death might perceive time the way we perceive space. The entire timeline becomes visible at once. Future events aren't uncertain. They're just "further along the time axis." Brinkley's experience begins to make sense in that framework. The beings aren't magic. They're conscious entities operating in a mode where they perceive temporal structure the way we perceive spatial structure. To them, showing Brinkley future events is no stranger than showing someone a photograph of a place he hasn't yet visited. But there's a problem with that explanation. If future events are already fully determined and visible to any consciousness that exists outside linear time, then free will becomes impossible. Your choices don't create the future. They simply enact a future that already exists. And if that's true, you're not actually making choices at all. You're following a script written in the structure of spacetime itself. Brinkley's accounts, if true, suggest that death might be the moment you finally understand you were never choosing. You were always reading from a script that was always already complete. Some religions and philosophies have claimed this for thousands of years. Brinkley's experience, repeated three times across different decades, implies they might be right. The alternative explanation is that Brinkley is either hallucinating, fabricating, or experiencing something psychologically real but physically baseless. Plenty of neurologists would argue that lightning strike survivors often suffer temporal lobe epilepsy, which produces vivid visions and can create false memories that feel absolutely certain. The beings could be artifacts of a traumatized nervous system trying to make sense of near death trauma. The visions could be coincidence or confirmation bias in action. You remember the predictions that come true and forget the ones that don't. That's also possible. Probably more probable by Occam's Razor. But Brinkley's consistency across three separate incidents is harder to dismiss than a single hallucination. Three separate lightning strikes producing identical encounter patterns is statistically unusual. And his detailed predictions, recorded before the fact, remain unexplained regardless of which interpretation you prefer. The real question isn't whether Brinkley was really dead and visited another dimension. The real question is what his accounts reveal about consciousness itself, whether they're literally true or psychologically generated. Either way, a human nervous system appears capable of constructing or perceiving a mode of awareness where time operates differently than it does during ordinary waking life. Where information flows in ways that violate causality. Where future and past lose their distinction. That capability existing in human consciousness, whether it's supernatural or neurological, changes how you should think about what happens when the brain stops filtering experience through linear time. Maybe death is just the moment you finally perceive the architecture you were always trapped inside.

Everyone wants to know what happens when you die. One man has the answer. He's done it 3 times. Doctors confirmed every death. • Lightning strike in 1975 • Open heart surgery in 1989 • Brain surgery in 1997 But, each time he saw the "SAME" thing. What he revealed about "DEATH" will change how you see consciousness forever: The first strike came in 1975. Lightning hit him directly. His heart stopped. Medical teams stood around his body knowing he was gone. Somehow his nervous system reignited and his heart resumed on its own, which almost never happens with that type of trauma. He woke up in a hospital bed convinced he had spent hours somewhere else. He described being pulled through darkness toward an incredible light but felt an immediate sense of movement without motion. And then he encountered beings. He called them beings of light, but that description fails to capture what he actually described. These weren't angels in the traditional sense. They weren't deceased relatives. They were intelligences that somehow existed as pure information, communicating with him not through words but through direct knowledge transfer. He would know things he hadn't been told. Concepts would bloom fully formed in his mind. Most remarkably, he described receiving visions. Detailed, specific images of future events. Not vague prophecies. Concrete scenes of things that would happen years later. Times. Locations. Sometimes people he'd never met. When he returned to life, he wrote down what he'd seen. And then, over the following years, he watched those visions materialize exactly as shown. In 1989, he was struck again. This time by a lightning strike at a golf course. The beings returned. The visions returned. The information transfer happened again. The third strike came in 1994. Same pattern. Same encounter. Same messages. What makes Brinkley's accounts different from the standard NDE narrative is that they're verifiable in a way most aren't. He's made specific predictions. He's written them down with dates and details before events occurred. Some have come to pass. Some haven't, which actually makes the whole thing stranger, not less credible. If someone were fabricating the entire experience, you'd expect a perfect track record. Real precognition seems to work more like weather forecasting. Directionally accurate but imperfect in the details. The implications are almost unmentionable in polite conversation. If Brinkley's accounts are accurate, and if the beings he encountered were genuinely showing him glimpses of future events, then consciousness doesn't just survive bodily death. It operates in a mode where past and future aren't sequential. These beings would need to perceive reality across time the way we perceive space. They're not predicting the future the way a weather model predicts it. They're perceiving it the way you perceive a landscape when you stand on a hill. It's already there. They're just looking at it. That assumption rewires everything we think about causality and free will. Most people assume the future is fundamentally open. Your choices matter because they carve out which future becomes real. Determinism feels false because you experience branching possibilities. But if some form of consciousness can perceive future events as already existing, then the future isn't open in the way we imagine. It's more like a landscape that already exists, and we're walking through it moment by moment. Our sense of choice isn't illusory exactly, but it's operating within a structure that's already complete at some level. This connects to something physicists have been uncomfortable discussing for decades. Einstein's relativity mathematically treats time like another spatial dimension. Your past and future both exist as coordinates in spacetime. You're not moving toward the future. You're simply progressing along the time coordinate the way you'd walk across a field. If that's true about the structure of reality, then consciousness after death might perceive time the way we perceive space. The entire timeline becomes visible at once. Future events aren't uncertain. They're just "further along the time axis." Brinkley's experience begins to make sense in that framework. The beings aren't magic. They're conscious entities operating in a mode where they perceive temporal structure the way we perceive spatial structure. To them, showing Brinkley future events is no stranger than showing someone a photograph of a place he hasn't yet visited. But there's a problem with that explanation. If future events are already fully determined and visible to any consciousness that exists outside linear time, then free will becomes impossible. Your choices don't create the future. They simply enact a future that already exists. And if that's true, you're not actually making choices at all. You're following a script written in the structure of spacetime itself. Brinkley's accounts, if true, suggest that death might be the moment you finally understand you were never choosing. You were always reading from a script that was always already complete. Some religions and philosophies have claimed this for thousands of years. Brinkley's experience, repeated three times across different decades, implies they might be right. The alternative explanation is that Brinkley is either hallucinating, fabricating, or experiencing something psychologically real but physically baseless. Plenty of neurologists would argue that lightning strike survivors often suffer temporal lobe epilepsy, which produces vivid visions and can create false memories that feel absolutely certain. The beings could be artifacts of a traumatized nervous system trying to make sense of near death trauma. The visions could be coincidence or confirmation bias in action. You remember the predictions that come true and forget the ones that don't. That's also possible. Probably more probable by Occam's Razor. But Brinkley's consistency across three separate incidents is harder to dismiss than a single hallucination. Three separate lightning strikes producing identical encounter patterns is statistically unusual. And his detailed predictions, recorded before the fact, remain unexplained regardless of which interpretation you prefer. The real question isn't whether Brinkley was really dead and visited another dimension. The real question is what his accounts reveal about consciousness itself, whether they're literally true or psychologically generated. Either way, a human nervous system appears capable of constructing or perceiving a mode of awareness where time operates differently than it does during ordinary waking life. Where information flows in ways that violate causality. Where future and past lose their distinction. That capability existing in human consciousness, whether it's supernatural or neurological, changes how you should think about what happens when the brain stops filtering experience through linear time. Maybe death is just the moment you finally perceive the architecture you were always trapped inside.

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111,372 views • 1 month ago

‡ Might (the) Grass Ultimately Prove Greener? Golden Tempo, a two-year-old colt by Curlin, owned and bred by Phipps Stable & St. Elias Stables, LLC, recently won his debut in eye-catching style. It was a 6f. MSW race at the Fair Grounds, and he came from the clouds, as they say, to win going away. He earned a 78 Beyer figure, and a 12 on Ragozin sheets. The attached video clip begins roughly midway through the turn, with the announcer saying that "Golden Tempo has dropped back to last", but the colt actually raced at the back of the pack from just after the break. With only one race under his belt, it is a bit early to be making confident assumptions, particularly as he was both bred to be, and appears to be a later-developing physical type. But the challenge of using even scant available evidence to make projections can be both fun, and potentially useful. So let's dive in. *** Given the colt's pedigree and physical type, I would say that it would be safe to assume that he will prove better suited to longer races, though the question of whether or not he is likely to stay effectively beyond 9f. is very much open at this early stage. What interests me the most, though, are a couple of more nuanced, and possibly connected aspects of Golden Tempo's debut, and what they may imply when filtered through the lens of his pedigree and physical characteristics. First, does the fact that the colt rallied from last to win over 6f., a distance well short of those to which he is likely to prove better suited, necessarily imply that he is a "one-run" horse? Or will he, given more ground, and experience, prove capable of displaying good tactical speed? I would note that when inexperienced horses fail to break alertly, and/or take some time to get their feet under them after the break, some, like Golden Tempo, lag back for a few furlongs before mounting a late run, while others show some, if not a burst of speed, earlier in the running. I think it's fair to say that broadly speaking, the former are more likely to prove to be one-run types than the latter. While that is far from sufficient evidence to confidently assume that Golden Tempo will necessarily turn out to be a one-run horse, it does at least hint in that direction. Another, even more nuanced hint, is his action. When I first watched the replay of the race, my initial thought was that the colt was finishing like a typical one-run horse. What do I mean by that? The best way to explain it is to say that he appears, in a sense, to be pulling with his forelegs, more than pushing from behind. The distinction is subtle, so bear with me. Dirt surfaces are, albeit to differing degrees, "break-away" surfaces. Think of what it is like when you run on a beach over loose sand, as opposed to concrete, or a running track. Some horses handle dirt surfaces well, while others don't, and there are several variables that contribute to such preferences. Pedigree is, of course, a primary consideration, but often the more important variables are conformation, physical type, and action. In the U.S., dirt horses are often, though not always, more heavily muscled than those best suited to turf. I'd suggest that one of the more likely reasons is that speed is such an important quality in American dirt racing, and muscular horses, especially through the hind-quarters, are typically able to accelerate more quickly. It may also be the case that strong propulsion from behind helps horses to, in a sense, power through looser surfaces. There are exceptions, of course, and plenty of them. Fierceness, to use a recent example, had a very high cruising speed, yet was not heavily muscled, nor did he have a powerful looking hind end. But every aspect of the game features exceptions, and they help to define, rather than diminish the value of pattern recognition. Beyond the "pulling" action that I mentioned above, I found the embedded photo posted by his trainer to be interesting as well. While it's not an ideal conformation shot, he does give the impression of a leggy, later-developing type, and not yet fully "furnished", despite being an early February foal. He also gives me the impression, both overall and in terms of foreleg conformation, of a horse that would likely be suited to turf racing. Now, needless to say, due to typical preferences and the incentives found in American racing, there is little, if any chance of Golden Tempo ever racing on turf, as long as he continues to perform well on dirt. But setting that aside, I dug into his pedigree in an effort to see if there were any further hints to be found. Superficially, it's easy to see why most would assume that the colt was bred to be a dirt horse. After all, his sire, Curlin, and dam-sire, Bernardini, were both dirt performers, and are best known as sires of dirt horses. His dam, Carrumba, also performed well on dirt. However, on closer inspection, I wouldn't be so confident in that thumbnail reading. Consider that Golden Tempo does not closely resemble Curlin, in part in terms of coat color. And while many would consider that to be of little importance, I would disagree, based on long experience. What I mean is that I have often found value in connecting the appearance of horses which don't closely resemble their own sires, with other genetic influences that are not too distant. And in this case, I would say that Golden Tempo reminds me more of Curlin's sire, Smart Strike, and some of his offspring. Though he only raced on dirt himself, Smart Strike got plenty of good turf horses (e.g. Champion English Channel) through a successful career at stud. As for Golden Tempo's dam, Carrumba, she has thus far produced one other foal to race, Hype House, a filly which failed to place in three starts. She was trained by Shug McGaughey, and, interestingly, all three of her starts were on turf. His second-dam, Castanet, was by El Prado (Ire). Though a versatile sire, El Prado produced top turf horses such as Artie Schiller and Kitten's Joy. Castanet was also trained by Shug McGaughey, and she only started twice. The first race was on dirt, and the second on turf, in which she placed third. Castanet produced Dancing All Night, a filly also trained by Shug McGaughey, which began her career with a number promising dirt races, before appearing to plateau, and being switched to the turf for her final two starts. That she was unplaced in both (the latter was taken off the turf) is not nearly as important, to my mind, as why Shug might have chosen to make the surface switch. Golden Tempo's third-dam, Dancinginmydreams, produced the Gr. I turf winner Dancing Forever, and several other good turf runners. So, while I wouldn't say that Golden Tempo's bottom-line screams turf, it has been more than versatile enough to consider the possibility, given other hints, or encouragements. *** Finally, there is a good chance that this analysis will ultimately prove to be purely academic, and I'd be perfectly happy to see Golden Tempo thrive on dirt, and perhaps develop into a serious KY Derby prospect. But if, by chance, he were to plateau at some point, or for any other reason be given an opportunity to try the turf, I have a fairly strong suspicion that he would adapt very well, and reward the colt's connections.

‡ Might (the) Grass Ultimately Prove Greener? Golden Tempo, a two-year-old colt by Curlin, owned and bred by Phipps Stable & St. Elias Stables, LLC, recently won his debut in eye-catching style. It was a 6f. MSW race at the Fair Grounds, and he came from the clouds, as they say, to win going away. He earned a 78 Beyer figure, and a 12 on Ragozin sheets. The attached video clip begins roughly midway through the turn, with the announcer saying that "Golden Tempo has dropped back to last", but the colt actually raced at the back of the pack from just after the break. With only one race under his belt, it is a bit early to be making confident assumptions, particularly as he was both bred to be, and appears to be a later-developing physical type. But the challenge of using even scant available evidence to make projections can be both fun, and potentially useful. So let's dive in. * Given the colt's pedigree and physical type, I would say that it would be safe to assume that he will prove better suited to longer races, though the question of whether or not he is likely to stay effectively beyond 9f. is very much open at this early stage. What interests me the most, though, are a couple of more nuanced, and possibly connected aspects of Golden Tempo's debut, and what they may imply when filtered through the lens of his pedigree and physical characteristics. First, does the fact that the colt rallied from last to win over 6f., a distance well short of those to which he is likely to prove better suited, necessarily imply that he is a "one-run" horse? Or will he, given more ground, and experience, prove capable of displaying good tactical speed? I would note that when inexperienced horses fail to break alertly, and/or take some time to get their feet under them after the break, some, like Golden Tempo, lag back for a few furlongs before mounting a late run, while others show some, if not a burst of speed, earlier in the running. I think it's fair to say that broadly speaking, the former are more likely to prove to be one-run types than the latter. While that is far from sufficient evidence to confidently assume that Golden Tempo will necessarily turn out to be a one-run horse, it does at least hint in that direction. Another, even more nuanced hint, is his action. When I first watched the replay of the race, my initial thought was that the colt was finishing like a typical one-run horse. What do I mean by that? The best way to explain it is to say that he appears, in a sense, to be pulling with his forelegs, more than pushing from behind. The distinction is subtle, so bear with me. Dirt surfaces are, albeit to differing degrees, "break-away" surfaces. Think of what it is like when you run on a beach over loose sand, as opposed to concrete, or a running track. Some horses handle dirt surfaces well, while others don't, and there are several variables that contribute to such preferences. Pedigree is, of course, a primary consideration, but often the more important variables are conformation, physical type, and action. In the U.S., dirt horses are often, though not always, more heavily muscled than those best suited to turf. I'd suggest that one of the more likely reasons is that speed is such an important quality in American dirt racing, and muscular horses, especially through the hind-quarters, are typically able to accelerate more quickly. It may also be the case that strong propulsion from behind helps horses to, in a sense, power through looser surfaces. There are exceptions, of course, and plenty of them. Fierceness, to use a recent example, had a very high cruising speed, yet was not heavily muscled, nor did he have a powerful looking hind end. But every aspect of the game features exceptions, and they help to define, rather than diminish the value of pattern recognition. Beyond the "pulling" action that I mentioned above, I found the embedded photo posted by his trainer to be interesting as well. While it's not an ideal conformation shot, he does give the impression of a leggy, later-developing type, and not yet fully "furnished", despite being an early February foal. He also gives me the impression, both overall and in terms of foreleg conformation, of a horse that would likely be suited to turf racing. Now, needless to say, due to typical preferences and the incentives found in American racing, there is little, if any chance of Golden Tempo ever racing on turf, as long as he continues to perform well on dirt. But setting that aside, I dug into his pedigree in an effort to see if there were any further hints to be found. Superficially, it's easy to see why most would assume that the colt was bred to be a dirt horse. After all, his sire, Curlin, and dam-sire, Bernardini, were both dirt performers, and are best known as sires of dirt horses. His dam, Carrumba, also performed well on dirt. However, on closer inspection, I wouldn't be so confident in that thumbnail reading. Consider that Golden Tempo does not closely resemble Curlin, in part in terms of coat color. And while many would consider that to be of little importance, I would disagree, based on long experience. What I mean is that I have often found value in connecting the appearance of horses which don't closely resemble their own sires, with other genetic influences that are not too distant. And in this case, I would say that Golden Tempo reminds me more of Curlin's sire, Smart Strike, and some of his offspring. Though he only raced on dirt himself, Smart Strike got plenty of good turf horses (e.g. Champion English Channel) through a successful career at stud. As for Golden Tempo's dam, Carrumba, she has thus far produced one other foal to race, Hype House, a filly which failed to place in three starts. She was trained by Shug McGaughey, and, interestingly, all three of her starts were on turf. His second-dam, Castanet, was by El Prado (Ire). Though a versatile sire, El Prado produced top turf horses such as Artie Schiller and Kitten's Joy. Castanet was also trained by Shug McGaughey, and she only started twice. The first race was on dirt, and the second on turf, in which she placed third. Castanet produced Dancing All Night, a filly also trained by Shug McGaughey, which began her career with a number promising dirt races, before appearing to plateau, and being switched to the turf for her final two starts. That she was unplaced in both (the latter was taken off the turf) is not nearly as important, to my mind, as why Shug might have chosen to make the surface switch. Golden Tempo's third-dam, Dancinginmydreams, produced the Gr. I turf winner Dancing Forever, and several other good turf runners. So, while I wouldn't say that Golden Tempo's bottom-line screams turf, it has been more than versatile enough to consider the possibility, given other hints, or encouragements. * Finally, there is a good chance that this analysis will ultimately prove to be purely academic, and I'd be perfectly happy to see Golden Tempo thrive on dirt, and perhaps develop into a serious KY Derby prospect. But if, by chance, he were to plateau at some point, or for any other reason be given an opportunity to try the turf, I have a fairly strong suspicion that he would adapt very well, and reward the colt's connections.

Tinky

14,325 views • 8 months ago

An 82-year-old Cuban pilot went viral on Chinese social media after recounting his friendship with and studies in China during the 1960s and asking about the cost of a flight from Havana to Beijing to a Chinese tourist. Living in a cramped room with just one bed in Cuba, the 82-year-old is known as "Tito" on Chinese social media. When a Chinese female tourist walked by his door, he tried to converse with her despite her language barrier and initial shock. The girl later discovered that Tito was a Cuban pilot who studied aviation in Shanxi Province, China, from 1961 to 1963. Tito showed her his Chinese PLA graduation certificate and told her that he missed China and that most of his pilot friends had already died. After that, he asked how much a plane ticket from Havana to Beijing would cost. The girl later shared the video on Chinese social media, describing Tito as "the lonely grandfather in Cuba." She mentioned that Tito kept a little notebook in which he planned to jot down his inquiries for the Chinese and his wish lists for sites to visit in China. It appears that he had made repeated attempts to strike up conversations with Asian tourists who passed his door, but they all thought he was strange and quickly left. In Tito's notebook, you can still see Chinese expressions like "How are you?" "When will you leave?" and "When are you planning to return?" Tito's story has moved many Chinese internet users, who are rallying to help him get a plane ticket to China or locate his Chinese friends. In September 1961, the Cuban Air Force chose 223 young pilots (average age less than 20) to study in China. They were among the first international students to come to China, as the Chinese netizens learnt later. A Chinese netizen later claimed on social media that his grandfather was Tito's teacher at the time. The story of Tito has gone viral on Chinese social media. The official account of the Chinese PLA Air Force left a comment under Tito’s video, stating that they had been attempting to get in touch with Tito. The comment said that the Chinese PLA will never forget a friend like Tito and that their friendship will transcend space and time. Today is the Lantern Festival in China, a time for family reunions. The Chinese embassy in Cuba invited Tito and other Cuban pilots who had studied in China for their youth to attend the festival feast, where they reminisced and sang many Chinese songs together. The Chinese have an old proverb: "滴水之恩当涌泉相报" (A drop of water shall be returned with a burst of spring), being grateful is a virtue in Chinese culture; we always give back when someone helps us. The life and work of Canadian surgeon Norman Bethune is a topic included in Chinese school curricula; his heroic contributions to our cause during World War II are emphasized in our textbooks, and his legacy lives on in China. John Rabe, a German merchant who rescued some 250,000 Chinese people from the Nanjing Massacre, and his family are still very much loved and respected by the Chinese people. Thomas Rabe, a doctor at the medicinal Faculty of Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, southwest Germany, and grandson of John Rabe, sent a plea to the Chinese embassy in Germany in March 2020 for medicinal supplies to help his hospital battle the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020, with all of the necessary assistance and coordination, medical supplies given from various sources, including medicines, protective suits, and masks, arrived in Germany from China. Chinese embassy staff raced from Berlin to Heidelberg, a distance of 700 kilometers, to expedite the delivery of supplies to the Heidelberg administration, the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University, and Dr. Thomas Rabe.

An 82-year-old Cuban pilot went viral on Chinese social media after recounting his friendship with and studies in China during the 1960s and asking about the cost of a flight from Havana to Beijing to a Chinese tourist. Living in a cramped room with just one bed in Cuba, the 82-year-old is known as "Tito" on Chinese social media. When a Chinese female tourist walked by his door, he tried to converse with her despite her language barrier and initial shock. The girl later discovered that Tito was a Cuban pilot who studied aviation in Shanxi Province, China, from 1961 to 1963. Tito showed her his Chinese PLA graduation certificate and told her that he missed China and that most of his pilot friends had already died. After that, he asked how much a plane ticket from Havana to Beijing would cost. The girl later shared the video on Chinese social media, describing Tito as "the lonely grandfather in Cuba." She mentioned that Tito kept a little notebook in which he planned to jot down his inquiries for the Chinese and his wish lists for sites to visit in China. It appears that he had made repeated attempts to strike up conversations with Asian tourists who passed his door, but they all thought he was strange and quickly left. In Tito's notebook, you can still see Chinese expressions like "How are you?" "When will you leave?" and "When are you planning to return?" Tito's story has moved many Chinese internet users, who are rallying to help him get a plane ticket to China or locate his Chinese friends. In September 1961, the Cuban Air Force chose 223 young pilots (average age less than 20) to study in China. They were among the first international students to come to China, as the Chinese netizens learnt later. A Chinese netizen later claimed on social media that his grandfather was Tito's teacher at the time. The story of Tito has gone viral on Chinese social media. The official account of the Chinese PLA Air Force left a comment under Tito’s video, stating that they had been attempting to get in touch with Tito. The comment said that the Chinese PLA will never forget a friend like Tito and that their friendship will transcend space and time. Today is the Lantern Festival in China, a time for family reunions. The Chinese embassy in Cuba invited Tito and other Cuban pilots who had studied in China for their youth to attend the festival feast, where they reminisced and sang many Chinese songs together. The Chinese have an old proverb: "滴水之恩当涌泉相报" (A drop of water shall be returned with a burst of spring), being grateful is a virtue in Chinese culture; we always give back when someone helps us. The life and work of Canadian surgeon Norman Bethune is a topic included in Chinese school curricula; his heroic contributions to our cause during World War II are emphasized in our textbooks, and his legacy lives on in China. John Rabe, a German merchant who rescued some 250,000 Chinese people from the Nanjing Massacre, and his family are still very much loved and respected by the Chinese people. Thomas Rabe, a doctor at the medicinal Faculty of Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, southwest Germany, and grandson of John Rabe, sent a plea to the Chinese embassy in Germany in March 2020 for medicinal supplies to help his hospital battle the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020, with all of the necessary assistance and coordination, medical supplies given from various sources, including medicines, protective suits, and masks, arrived in Germany from China. Chinese embassy staff raced from Berlin to Heidelberg, a distance of 700 kilometers, to expedite the delivery of supplies to the Heidelberg administration, the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University, and Dr. Thomas Rabe.

Eivor

252,386 views • 1 year ago

🚨The HIMARS at the Foot of Fuji Was Not a Drill. It Was a Message. Three signals from three cities. One target. One 24-hour window. Beijing was always going to hear it. Just after 2 p.m. Tokyo time on Wednesday, a platoon of about fifty U.S. Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment — Okinawa-based, ordinarily stationed within sight of the Taiwan Strait — rolled two HIMARS launchers onto the East Fuji Maneuver Area and fired two salvos. Six rockets. Pause. Six more. The launchers then did what they were built to do: pulled back from the firing line and disappeared. The Marines call this "shoot and scoot." In the age of cheap drones and counter-battery radar, it is no longer a clever tactic — it is the difference between a launcher that fights tomorrow and a launcher that is a smoking ruin within ninety seconds. The Pentagon framed the exercise in routine terms. Live-fire training. Readiness. Allied interoperability. "Reinforcing our commitment to regional security and the defense of Japan," the division spokesman wrote in his April briefing email. Many legacy media outlets reported it as a drill. Second consecutive year at this location. Nothing to see. That framing is technically correct and strategically blind. Because of what else happened on May 20. In Taipei, Lai Ching-te marked his second anniversary in office, halfway through his term, with a press conference reaffirming that Taiwan's future will not be decided by external forces and that arms procurement from the United States is essential to peace. In Washington, president Donald Trump walked onto the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews and told reporters he would speak with Lai personally — the first sitting U.S. president-to-sitting Taiwanese president call since the United States switched recognition to Beijing in 1979. And in Shizuoka Prefecture, on a maneuver area visible to local farmers and a 72-year-old former Japanese soldier watching from a hilltop in Gotemba, twelve American rockets arced into the foothills of Japan's most photographed mountain. Three events. Three cities. Same calendar day. You can call that coincidence if you want. The people who plan exercises eighteen months in advance, coordinate them with Japan's Ministry of Defense by formal email in April, and clear them with three different theater command headquarters do not believe in that kind of coincidence. Here is what the HIMARS at Fuji actually means in the wider picture. The system, as configured for Wednesday's drill, is short-range. But HIMARS is a platform, not a weapon. Swap the standard pod for the Precision Strike Missile and the same truck can put a warhead 500 kilometers downrange — from Yonaguni, from the Senkakus, from the Batanes islands the U.S. Army has been quietly deploying to since last year, that arc covers the Taiwan Strait and a meaningful portion of the southern Chinese coast. Beijing has spent two decades and several hundred billion dollars building an Anti-Access/Area Denial system designed around one assumption: that American power projection in the Western Pacific depends on a handful of large, fixed, exquisite platforms — carrier groups, Kadena, Guam. The DF-26 is called the "Guam Killer" for a reason. The entire bet is that if you can credibly threaten those platforms, the United States will not show up. A truck that fires twelve rockets and disappears into the tree line breaks that bet. There is no "Guam Killer" for a HIMARS battery that moves every forty minutes across an archipelago of forty-six inhabited islands the U.S. and Japan jointly operate. You cannot pre-target what you cannot find. This was the message Beijing received on Wednesday afternoon. Trump's announcement told them the political ceiling has been raised. Lai's anniversary speech told them Taipei is not negotiating its sovereignty. The rockets at Fuji told them the military floor has been raised too — and that the floor is mobile, distributed, and very difficult to break. The bell that has been ringing all week did not stop at the phone call. It rang again at 2 p.m. in the shadow of Mount Fuji. And the next time it rings, it may not be a training round. Original post by me Aric Chen. Views are my own — welcome to discuss!

🚨The HIMARS at the Foot of Fuji Was Not a Drill. It Was a Message. Three signals from three cities. One target. One 24-hour window. Beijing was always going to hear it. Just after 2 p.m. Tokyo time on Wednesday, a platoon of about fifty U.S. Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment — Okinawa-based, ordinarily stationed within sight of the Taiwan Strait — rolled two HIMARS launchers onto the East Fuji Maneuver Area and fired two salvos. Six rockets. Pause. Six more. The launchers then did what they were built to do: pulled back from the firing line and disappeared. The Marines call this "shoot and scoot." In the age of cheap drones and counter-battery radar, it is no longer a clever tactic — it is the difference between a launcher that fights tomorrow and a launcher that is a smoking ruin within ninety seconds. The Pentagon framed the exercise in routine terms. Live-fire training. Readiness. Allied interoperability. "Reinforcing our commitment to regional security and the defense of Japan," the division spokesman wrote in his April briefing email. Many legacy media outlets reported it as a drill. Second consecutive year at this location. Nothing to see. That framing is technically correct and strategically blind. Because of what else happened on May 20. In Taipei, Lai Ching-te marked his second anniversary in office, halfway through his term, with a press conference reaffirming that Taiwan's future will not be decided by external forces and that arms procurement from the United States is essential to peace. In Washington, president Donald Trump walked onto the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews and told reporters he would speak with Lai personally — the first sitting U.S. president-to-sitting Taiwanese president call since the United States switched recognition to Beijing in 1979. And in Shizuoka Prefecture, on a maneuver area visible to local farmers and a 72-year-old former Japanese soldier watching from a hilltop in Gotemba, twelve American rockets arced into the foothills of Japan's most photographed mountain. Three events. Three cities. Same calendar day. You can call that coincidence if you want. The people who plan exercises eighteen months in advance, coordinate them with Japan's Ministry of Defense by formal email in April, and clear them with three different theater command headquarters do not believe in that kind of coincidence. Here is what the HIMARS at Fuji actually means in the wider picture. The system, as configured for Wednesday's drill, is short-range. But HIMARS is a platform, not a weapon. Swap the standard pod for the Precision Strike Missile and the same truck can put a warhead 500 kilometers downrange — from Yonaguni, from the Senkakus, from the Batanes islands the U.S. Army has been quietly deploying to since last year, that arc covers the Taiwan Strait and a meaningful portion of the southern Chinese coast. Beijing has spent two decades and several hundred billion dollars building an Anti-Access/Area Denial system designed around one assumption: that American power projection in the Western Pacific depends on a handful of large, fixed, exquisite platforms — carrier groups, Kadena, Guam. The DF-26 is called the "Guam Killer" for a reason. The entire bet is that if you can credibly threaten those platforms, the United States will not show up. A truck that fires twelve rockets and disappears into the tree line breaks that bet. There is no "Guam Killer" for a HIMARS battery that moves every forty minutes across an archipelago of forty-six inhabited islands the U.S. and Japan jointly operate. You cannot pre-target what you cannot find. This was the message Beijing received on Wednesday afternoon. Trump's announcement told them the political ceiling has been raised. Lai's anniversary speech told them Taipei is not negotiating its sovereignty. The rockets at Fuji told them the military floor has been raised too — and that the floor is mobile, distributed, and very difficult to break. The bell that has been ringing all week did not stop at the phone call. It rang again at 2 p.m. in the shadow of Mount Fuji. And the next time it rings, it may not be a training round. Original post by me Aric Chen. Views are my own — welcome to discuss!

Aric Chen

109,283 views • 3 months ago