A Parabolic View

 

In orbital mechanics, the terms hyperbolic and parabolic have specific meanings related to their mathematical definitions. In a hyperbolic orbit, the orbit is energetic enough to escape the orbiting "system" with room to spare. In a parabolic orbit, the object orbiting is traveling exactly at the speed needed to escape the system. It takes just a little bit of deceleration  to "close" the orbit so that it can return top its origin - or,  acceleration to speed up the trip to where you're going. In the handy little diagram above, e or eccentricity of the orbit is what defines it's open or closed nature, and the nature of the shape of the orbit as well. E=1 is the parabolic case. E=0.5 is a closed orbit. E=0 is a circular orbit.

The reason I am going over this is because I am using it as a metaphor for what I am feeling, and as a guide for what I write. I do not want to declare the sky is falling, all of our freedoms are being abridged, that free speech is in literal danger and is being taken away from us as we speak - but I find it hard to not say those things without hyperbolicity. 

I changed the meaning of hyperbolicity, but the metaphor is apt. Consider a conspiracy theory flight of fancy (lizard people living at the core of a hollow Earth taking over the minds of children via SnapChat, for example) - that orbit has an e value so much greater than one, that it doesn't matter in any analysis. It's straighter than the blue line in the diagram as it passes point F. In the metaphoric translation, the mind considers this initially and discards it immediately (for most people) for reasons too numerous to mention here. 

However, the narrative "A small cabal acted with the assistance of foreign parties and interests to help tip the US election towards Joe Biden, and then acted in a manner consistent with having stolen an election in a 3rd world nation. They then started effectively removing the freedom of speech and association with the help of their friends in business", I don't that statement is hyperbolic. I also don't think it's a closed orbit either - it's "spicy" as I would say. However - I think that the initial implausibility points here aren't all that implausible. Others do. 

I will say this - this actually makes me a little worried. I just downloaded all of my facebook data because there are some photos in there that I don't want to lose. The news of Amazon pulling the servers out from underneath Parler, while not surprising has done nothing to help this feeling. A cabal has decided that the president should no longer be allowed to speak to the American people, and the media has willingly obliged. 

If the president's authority is being usurped, it's a cabal. 

The propaganda is mind-numbing. One of my local CBS affiliates (WRGB Albany, NY) thrice-daily broadcasts adhere to the following template: 

• Intro - COVID case count, worldwide deaths, Cuomo love and latest eeevil Trump hate teaser
• Headline - either COVID or Trump hate
• Local: Murders and kidnappings. "A handful of shootings in the capitol region today". 
• 2nd Big story - either Cuomo love or Trump hate
• Local interest - "In the new normal, here's how we want you to behave..." human interest story 
• Tease the next 30 mins segment, same as above. 

The propaganda is poorly written too. There's spelling errors in the Chiron's, and when they shift from their "reporter voices" into storytelling mode, it's so obvious. A lot of people still watch this stuff. 

Thanks to our holy governor's COVID vaccine policies a significant portion of our state's allotment were wasted - literally thrown in the trash because they couldn't find a "eligible person" to give it to in time. New York's eligibility guidelines involved getting access out to the "medically underserved" - basically, unless the recipient was on the approved population list, you'd be jailed or fined for vaccinating someone with the dose you were about to throw in the garbage. This is par for the course for NY State's at competency level at running a state. And they think we should give them the power for the governors office to detain people who are a "threat to the public health" without due process - seriously! 

Everything that people have been warning about for so many years seems to be coming to pass. It appears that at the moment, the cabal has acted, and the opening salvos in Civil War II are actually under way. At this point, I think its all in information space, but here's what I'm seeing that makes me think this: 

• I haven't heard from the president (live) in days 
• In my mind, there's some doubt as to who actually is running the government 
• The media, acting in conjunction with those who will benefit from his removal, have declared that Trump is silenced. 
• The media is taking extreme and onerous steps to keep him silenced.  

These are not the actions of people who think they are on the right side of history.

It looks like a bunch of folks who were plotting to steal an election got caught - and they're desperate.