Hey peeps! 

I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday. Besides wishing you all a Merry Christmas I wish I could send everyone a holiday gift. Some in our community have shared tasty family holiday receipes and some have made suggestions to donate to wonderful causes. I of course share my Christmas action-movie binge which is not a gift but an intense distraction while prepping for joyous holiday activities. Hans Grubber falls so many times in the kitchen every Christmas I cannot even begin to count. Yet there's something I'd like give you this holiday season and that's Time. 

As you set goals for 2025 I suggest you take on the goal of eliminating sensationalism from your news diet. Whether your New Year's resolutions are small, large, or great, this goal is relatively tiny.

Identifying sensationalism in the news cycles will help grow Time. Time you can use for more important activities like saying "Hi!" more often to friends and family, or banking more Time to accomplish larger goals. It is a rare thing that can truly compensate you for your Time.

I will not assume that you cannot identify sensationalism. I'm sure all of you can point to recent examples of sensationlism in the media. Though I do have questiions for you:  How do you deal with sensationlism? Do you simply ignore it? Are you a headline reader who immediately identifies sensationalism? What do you consider sensationalism? How do you categorize it? How do you see past sensationalism read between the lines without actually engaging? How do you eliminate subconscious motivations to engage? 

I know. That's a half-dozen questions that will suck your Time to answer. In truth, I don't want you to answer those questions. I don't want you to answer because there's another half-dozen questions I could ask. Yet, think of what you can do with a bit more Time.

In order to bank your Time in 2025, I wish you to consider what media stories are actually worth your Time. You're above-average so I ask you to identify them. Identify and eliminate. Yes. My gift of Time is a piece of advice. You can accept this tiny gift and you can even re-gift it, but alas you cannot return it. Time is something no one can give back. 

PS. If you choose to reply, I'd be interested in seeing what current media stories you consider sensationalism and a waste of Time. Thanks and all the best, M.

BACKMATTER

Chris MacLeod, MSW.  "Ways To Uncover The Unconscious Motivations That Are Holding You Back". *SUCCEEDSOCIALLY.COM*  https://www.succeedsocially.com/findunconsciousmotivations

Doll, Katie. "What Drives Human Behavior? The 5 Motivational Factors". *SHORTFORM*. January 30, 2024. https://www.shortform.com/blog/what-drives-human-behavior/

Robinson, Lawrence and Melinda Smith, M.A. "Social Media and Mental Health: Are You Addicted to Social Media?" *HELPGUIDE.ORG INTERNATIONAL*. October 29, 2024. https://www.helpguide.org/mental-health/wellbeing/social-media-and-mental-health

Traci Sitzmann, Bradford S. Bell. "The dynamic effects of subconscious goal pursuit on resource allocation, task performance, and goal abandonment". *ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND HUMAN DECISION PROCESSES*, Volume 138, 2017, Pages 1-14, ISSN 0749-5978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2016.11.001. ibid. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0749597816307105

Those that follow Ron Gibson's podcasting archive featuring the Alex Jones Show know Mike Rivero. The RBN and former GCN talk radio host is retiring from radio this week. Friday is Mr. Rivero's last day [affectionally on-air I've called him Mr. Rivero for years].

Mike Rivero is known in Hollywood too. After a stint at NASA (Viking and Voyager) Rivero went to work in Visual F/X, most notably STAR TREK: The Motion Picture (1979), STARGATE (1994) with Kurt Russell, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004) with Dennis Quaid, and a classic family favorite CONEHEADS (1993) with Dan Ackroyd and Jane Curtain.

While in Hollywood, Rivero called out the fraud surrounding the death of Clinton attorney Vincent Foster in 1993. His outspoken views on the facts of Foster's death caused career issues for him in SoCal's liberal cesspool. Ever forward, Mr. Rivero endured and created the website WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. 

Then almost two decades ago, GCN's Alex Jones recognized Mike Rivero's CLINTON BODY-COUNT. Soon after, Rivero became a regular Alex Jones Show guest and guest host. Then GCN offered Rivero his own radio show completing GCN's powerful Truther lineup.

Weekly Monday through Friday, this lineup featured Dave von Kleist and Joyce Riley's morning POWER HOUR, the ALEX JONES SHOW mid-morning/midday, and the KATHERINE ALBRECHT SHOW (co-author of SPY CHIPS and founding VP of Startpage.com) midday, followed by Mike Rivero's WHAT REALLY HAPPENED and FREE TALK LIVE with Mark and Ian (Free State Project and early BTC promoters) throughout the afternoons and evenings, capping off nights with Jeff Rense (RENSE.COM). In the wake of 9/11, NWO minions were exposed daily like never before. 

After many years on radio and working when possible in visual effects Mike Rivero produced the 45-minute docu-commentary ALL WARS ARE BANKERS' WARS in 2016. Its current IMDb rating is a surprising 9.2/10. Rivero's well-cited video indictment is frequently reposted across all video platforms and social media sites by dozens of free-minded truthseekers (including now below). 

As far as RBN? No doubt Rivero was their greatest draw. After the passing of owner/host John Stadtmiller in 2021 no other RBN personality had the gravitas or alternative media chops as strong as Rivero. Rivero is loved by his regular listeners, many that often call in daily. His wife, "The Lovely Lady Claire" made frequent radio appearances and in many instances, confronted political issues with greater tenacity than Michael. Many listeners wanted to talk to Lady Claire more so than him! Both are wonderful patriotic Americans. RBN is a publicly-funded media organization headquartered in Round Rock, Texas. How the organization will fare after Mike Rivero's retirement only time will tell. 

Mike Rivero announced his retirement from the Republic Broadcasting Network this week. Today, he stated he'll now focus his time on the What Really Happened website, family, and occasional gigs. His kind radio voice and daily empirical analysis of current events will be greatly missed across independent alternative media. 

See you in cyberspace Mr. Rivero. "Because WWIII is a really bad idea"

Reference links:

Michael and Claire Rivero
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0729489/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

Ron Gibson
https://www.bitchute.com/profile/N8taGOXsvXh6/

Alex Jones
https://www.infowars.com/

Dr. Katherine Albrecht
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2184491/
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/238073/katherine-albrecht/

Dave von Kleist and Joyce Riley
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1671706/?ref_=tt_ov_wr
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1870499/

Free Talk Live with Mark and Ian
https://libertytalk.fm/talk-radio-shows-and-hosts/free-talk-live-ian-freeman-mark-edge/
https://news.bitcoin.com/free-talk-live-co-host-ian-freeman-found-guilty-in-federal-crypto-trial/
https://reason.com/2022/12/30/libertarian-radio-host-ian-freeman-convicted-for-helping-people-buy-bitcoin/

Jeff Rense
https://rense.com/

RBN
https://republicbroadcasting.org/

WRH and the Clintons
https://whatreallyhappened.com/NEW/
https://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/BODIES.html
https://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/EpicOfClintonsMess.html https://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/FOSTER_COVERUP/foster.php