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The Conservative Hippie

@JayFratt

Walk with integrity down a positive path. Seek nuance in a world programmed with A vs B. Citizen Volunteer. Outside of confinement. Don’t be afraid.

Washington, USA Katılım Aralık 2015
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The Conservative Hippie@JayFratt·
Not sure there is anything more powerful in nature that connects one to the significance of humanity on Earth than a volcanic eruption. I was honored to be there May 18th 1980.
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I discovered the news immediately while watching Sunday morning cartoons. Woke my parents up. We lived a quarter way up the highest hill in Kalama. We drove to the top. From a freshly cut logging road we could see the eruption with an unobstructed view. The most remarkable hidden aspect of the eruption was the sound. You could feel it in your chest. When viewed with binoculars, the velocity of the ash exiting the mountain was incredible. The mud flow destroyed river communities like the Toutle River as it made its way down to the Columbia River. The flow from the eruption dumped so much sediment in the Columbia, it made the shipping channel unnavigable. To this day driving on I5 over the Toutle River bridge you can still see the results of the eruption sediment flow. The Army Corps of Engineers got to work dredging the sediment from the Columbia River to open the shipping channel. But what to do with the sediment being sucked from the river? The Port of Kalama has plenty of property along I5 at the Kalama River Road exit. My dad was the steward of receiving tons and tons and tons of river sediment onto the wetlands of the port property (controversial). The sediment was used to create an industrial foundation. A new grain elevator was built (Peavey at the time), and a new steel mill (BHP at the time). It continues to be a foundation for industrial growth to this day. Driving on I5 you can still see the sediment dumped onto islands on the Columbia River. And you can still see the sediment used as an industrial foundation at the Exit to Longview on I5 (after decades a building was finally built recently). The incredible devastation and human cost from the Mt St Helens eruption was actually turned into the foundation for jobs and industrial growth in SW Washington.

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For your records @marymau777 You know now about the durability of compartmentalization, oppositional teams serving the same end, and the dangers of anonymity in authority. What does it all cover?
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The Conservative Hippie@JayFratt·
This letter has always messed with me because I have come across mil/civ “cadre” groups in my investigations. The term “cadre” was unique to this arraingment, but no official proof was discovered. Then I saw this document using the term in an official manner. It gave veracity to the group’s claims. It’s been two years since I let go of this investigative plank. Interesting evidence just brought it back. Signature Reduction Cadre System Mil/Civ Attachments Domestic Operations
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Mary Mau@marymau777·
@AdmetosL @USAlove369 It happens by a human being making the choice of love 💗 @jayfratt I knew I saw that At The Door video somewhere important! ❤️‍🔥🔮🦅🇺🇸🪞🦬💖
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Spirit of Admetos@AdmetosL·
Trump Convicted. Timeline Shift. Rubicon Crossed. God wins. 💥⏰ 711. Best to Focus on Manifesting one's best essential goodness to the world.
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@WittySailor This will be my last engagement on your feed. Thank you for sharing. I think a novel of the sea for the c with nuggets to help them see would be an excellent adventure for you. Absolutely with side tales of stow-aways.
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Working on holiday weekends is why volunteers get paid the big bucks and all the accolades of leadership.
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Beyza
Beyza@hicasamadim·
bunu çözersen, sen bir dahisin. çözebilir misin?
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Interesting. I still question the diagram scenario of wheels and waves. It’s an individualized struggle. Perhaps linear and smooth for some. But I do grasp the need for analogy for the sake of discussion. My push back is in the vein of the old cliche, "Those who can, do; those who can't, teach"
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Anarchist@Crimson80191164·
@PragmatistLeon @JayFratt It's most certainly an inside out process. It cannot be forced in any meaningful way. It must be natural, but yet the individual really doesn't control the wheel. It comes in waves, and there is nothing you can do to avert the process. Jung has given guidance, but that's it.
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Pragmatist@PragmatistLeon·
Save your Inner Child to save yourself, and perhaps, to finally break the cycles that have quietly followed you for years. Carl Jung believed that the Inner Child is not merely a collection of old memories, nostalgia, or childhood wounds. 👉🏻 It is a living part of the psyche, something still present within you, quietly shaping your emotions, relationships, creativity, fears, and the way you move through life as an adult. Many of the struggles we carry, anxiety, addictions, self-sabotage, emotional numbness, or painful relationship patterns, can sometimes be understood as the silent cry of an inner child that was never fully seen, protected, or understood. For Jung, the Inner Child represented potential, authenticity, innocence, and wholeness, the most genuine part of yourself, the part that still longs to feel safe, alive, curious, and loved without conditions. Healing does not come from abandoning that child or forcing yourself to “grow out of it.” It comes from reconnecting with that part of yourself gently and honestly, listening to its needs, validating its emotions, and allowing it to become part of who you are, instead of something hidden away in the dark. Don’t leave her or him abandoned and alone in the dark... go rescue them. Video: youtu.be/kqaTRCsBepY
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Anarchist@Crimson80191164·
@JayFratt @PragmatistLeon Principle and faith become just another program if they're not forged in that overwhelming fear. The prescription fails because the person is still trying to control the cure. I don't believe a rule book is adequate, it's an individual experience. My journey is my own.
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Anarchist@Crimson80191164·
@JayFratt @PragmatistLeon Idk if it can be taught. It must be felt. A kind of sickness that overcomes, and a moment of fear that overwhelms and forces the inward journey. More than just an epiphany, not a lightbulb flickering on, but a calling, a distant voice ringing in your ear.
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@PragmatistLeon @Crimson80191164 When I see myself in the mirror I see that person, who I’ve always been. I have aged, but my spirit is still precocious. I am the living embodiment of so many things tortured souls can only write about, as if holding a mirror to one’s self can be taught.
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Meidas_Charise Lee@charise_lee·
This is hilarious
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Mary Mau@marymau777·
@JayFratt That’s an amazing story. 20 years ago I was a little fat kid opening for Public Enemy at BB Kings. I would say how old I was but it’s getting cliche.
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20 years ago today we were staying at the Ronald McDonald house while our newborn was in the NICU going in to surgery. Such a blessing.
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Dale Whitaker
Dale Whitaker@dalewhitakerwa·
Yesterday, while out putting up campaign signs with Spokane County Treasurer Mike Volz, a man rode by on his bike yelling obscenities. He then got off his bike, continued screaming at us, and head-butted me. Before that, he'd already assaulted Mike. Two strangers, working late, on their way to another job, stopped and stepped in to help before anyone was seriously hurt. Officers arrived and detained the suspect. When we were asked if we wanted to press charges, I replied that I want the guy to get help. Clearly he is not in a right state of mind, drunk and high. The Officer told us that pressing charges was the only realistic path toward any intervention for this individual, and that if we didn't press charges, "their hands were tied and the would just release him." We pressed charges. This kind of thing continues to happen to Spokane residents every single day. It didn't appear overnight. It's the result of years of policies that chose ideology over accountability, and families, volunteers, and small business owners are the ones absorbing the cost. We have to stop electing "leaders" who pass policies that perpetuate these types of behaviors. This is not compassion. It is cruelty. Spokane residents should not fear for their safety when going about their everyday lives or participating in their civic duty. Thank you to the two concerned citizens that stopped to help, and a special thank you to the @SpokaneSheriff for their diligent response and handling of the situation. The Officers responding conducted themselves professionally and treated everyone involved with the dignity and respect our community deserves.
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Daniel Frailey@DanFromChicago·
@seezyou The highest form of intelligence is humility and accountability because it's the one that brings correction and improvement to all the others. Lots of people recognize patterns that just aren't there without self-awareness.
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The primary officer involved, Philip “Mitch” Brailsford of the Mesa Police Department, faced criminal charges and initial termination but was acquitted and later received a pension.11 Criminal Proceedings •Brailsford was charged with second-degree murder (and the lesser included offense of reckless manslaughter) after the January 18, 2016, shooting. •He was tried in late 2017. A jury acquitted him on all charges after about six weeks of trial.11 •The case relied heavily on bodycam footage showing Shaver (unarmed, intoxicated, and complying poorly with confusing commands) crawling toward officers while reaching toward his waistband. Brailsford said he feared Shaver was drawing a weapon.6 No other officers were criminally charged for the shooting itself (though Sergeant Charles Langley, who gave many of the commands, retired shortly afterward).0 Employment and Discipline •Brailsford was fired by Mesa PD in March 2016 for policy violations. •After acquittal, he was briefly rehired (for ~42 days in 2018) in a technical “budget position” specifically so he could apply for and receive an accidental disability retirement pension (tax-free, reportedly around $2,500–$31,000+ per year depending on sources, due to PTSD from the incident).12 •He effectively retired with benefits rather than facing lasting professional consequences.0 Civil Outcomes •Shaver’s parents settled a lawsuit against the City of Mesa for $1.5 million. •Shaver’s widow (Laney Sweet) and children settled for $8 million in 2022 (one of the larger payouts in Arizona for such a case). These were paid by the city/insurers, not Brailsford personally.35 In summary, Brailsford faced real accountability efforts (firing + murder trial) but avoided conviction, kept pension eligibility through a workaround, and the financial repercussions fell on taxpayers via city settlements. youtu.be/VBUUx0jUKxc?si…
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