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Laura Kasner's avatar

I voted more government tomfoolery.

But I would prefer a different word to describe what our government did and I feel certain continues to do.

EVIL

Positively Paying It Forward's avatar

Thank the good Lord I never qualified for any GATE program.

I did qualify for Jenna's provided Meme with the description below:

"Who’s LingOL with me right now?"

Cup size always mattered to me......... the size of the cup of beer that is (those of you that thought something else, get your mind out of the gutter...........so mine can float by. LOL

Jenna McCarthy's avatar

LingOL again! :)

Jewell's avatar

LingOL again. I think to myself which cup size?

Jeff Johnson's avatar

Yep, that's the right word for it.

SHug's avatar
Jun 29Edited

Yep. Also referred to as fu*kery.

Meddling Kid's avatar

I was one of the GATE kids too. 1977. They pulled me out starting in 1st grade. IQ test of 145 (not that it matters to anything as to how successful you’ll be). Taken to a small spare room in a hall near the cafeteria stage that I previously didn’t know existed.

I do remember some hearing and memory tests, but I don’t remember drinking any pink liquid.

The first year it was just me. The next year or two they added two other kids who I didn’t think were all that smart.

In 6th grade, they took the 3 of us and shipped us across town to another elementary school where they “centralized” us into a whole classroom of gifted kids from all 6 elementary schools in the district and had 2 teachers for about 20 students. We had access to the first TRS-80 in the district in 1982.

It was the gifted kids that typically were in the “honors” classes back then since my district didn’t have “AP” classes at the time. (Not sure when that nonsense started.) But we were also the ones who were typically in the Olympics of the Mind competitions in High School, later renamed to Odyssey of the Mind because of trademark or something stupid like that.

The only useful thing that came out of that was that my team of three invented the predecessor of the modern drone in 1988. We were challenged to make a device that could hover and pick things up and drop them off on a course, and ours was exactly designed like a modern drone except that it was wired to our remote and had some helium balloons for neutral buoyancy.

Of that team of 3, one kid is now dead of suicide and I think the other is a doctor, while I’m just an average IT worker.

CIA….you failed.

Jenna McCarthy's avatar

LingOL! I was part of a group of four kids who were pulled out of class in the 1970s and sent to the "computer lab." (It was legit a storage closet with one giant computer.) There was no teacher, no instruction, no worksheets, no beverages... just "play with the computer." It was AWESOME hahahaha.

Vee's avatar

The Stranger Things Netflix series is based on these secret government programs. Fact is stranger than fiction.

I love when we can all agree that the government is evil and corrupt regardless of the political party.

KatWarrior's avatar

Vee! I was just thinking about how evil has to be clear and literally explain what’s happening. Damn! Stranger Things is the megaphone and watching it a few years ago-I thought at the time-This shite is and has happened-For sure. 👍

Juju's avatar

Hollywood has always been controlled by the defense department and the CIA. They steered the public where they wanted them to be in their movies and TV. Shockingly they were involved in any movie script that touched military or CIA themes. Isn’t it interesting that “conspiracy theorists” were ALWAYS portrayed as the loser, crazy dude in a cluttered apartment with wild eyes. Sure sometimes they turned out to be the darling that was right, but who would ever want to rub shoulders with that kind of crazy? So you can tune people out in everyday real life. But the truth is the conspiracy theorists in real life were successful, well-adjusted individuals, sometimes in a suit, in a middle to upper class home drinking morning coffee and reading the newspaper while the kids ate their breakfast. The only ones that were like how they portrayed them in Hollywood were the ones whose lives were purposefully destroyed after they tried to blow the whistle.

Laura Kasner's avatar

Think Mel Gibson in the movie from 1997, Conspiracy Theory

SadieJay's avatar

I was just going to write that same line. Great movie.

Ginny Moore's avatar

Wow. And just like that, I’m glad I was an “average” kid in the 80’s and 90’s. Though I did intentionally wear two different colored ballet flats that matched my outfit and by the end of the day, girls were trading shoes so they could wear two different ones also. Yeah, I guess fifth grade rock stars like me didn’t get the pink drink and headphones…😜

Bad ass. 🙌🤬🍑😘

Juju's avatar

Thankfully I was a late bloomer and flew in under the gifted radar. My apparent dunce disposition and utter empty eyes, probably some drool, protected me from selection. Lol Then in high school it all clicked and I was flying past every gifted student in our town. 🤣 whew!

Jenna McCarthy's avatar

#dodgedthatbullet ;)

Juju's avatar

#theonethatgotaway I’m presently sitting in my kitchen trying to sense out the recipe for brisket from anyone living in Texas - I have coords

SHug's avatar

I can tell you my DH watched videos for days before doing his first brisket (expensive meat) on the smoker. It came out awesome. He says the most important steps include trimming the brisket, being patient, seasoning for the bark, being patient, properly wrapping to hold moisture, being patient, letting the meat "rest" critical step allows the muscle fibers to relax and the juices to redistribute throughout the meat, and finally, being patient - with yourself and the process.

Donna in MO's avatar

I need help!! We are in the KC area (sorry TX and Carolina peeps) the BBQ capitol. Have been smoking meat for 30 years and yet cannot get a brisket that is fork tender. Ribs, chicken, pork, salmon, all come out great. But my brisket is always tough. Gotten advice from many who HAVE mastered the art of brisket. Given up, given the price these days. My smoker is wood/charcoal, not electric or those fancy Egg/pellet smokers, and think it's too hard to keep the temp low enough. So I just order brisket when we go out for BBQ.

Jenna McCarthy's avatar

My husband makes THE BEST brisket. He doesn't use recipes and never writes anything down so every time he makes it he goes, "well, it's probably not going to be as good as last time," and somehow it ALWAYS IS. Lemme see what I can get out of him. ;)

SHug's avatar

My DH uses propane/pellet smoker and has an entire cabinet dedicated to his spices, seasonings and salts and has a ginormous roll of that unwaxed peach butcher paper used to wrap meat while it smokes. I don't have the patience for it, but he enjoys the 1 hr prepping and 12-14 hours spent with his smoker and temperature probe. Low & slow is the rule for smoking meats.

I think the best one so far was the elk roast. It was very lean, which would normally end up dry, but smoking it left it incredibly tender and juicy. Didn't even need a knife, it was fork tender.

He also does an absolutely fabulous spatchcock whole chicken or turkey breast in his smoker - my favorite. That's one you ought to look up, leaves the meat fully cooked, tender & juicy without that annoying chewy dryness and usually is cheaper than beef these days. and you can do it roasting in the oven or on the grill - it speeds up the cooking time as well. We stock the freezer with a couple turkey breasts during the after holiday sales for this,

KC & the Sunshine's avatar

A friend works at a restaurant called Old Country Place in Hickory Flat, GA. OCP’s brisket is better than fork tender. It’s room temperature butter tender. It tastes OUT this world, too. If you can him to give you his secret, you could rule the world.

Infanttyron3's avatar

Failure to be patient with the brisket preparation process can result in the hurried brisket harming the consumers thereof, some of whom can get sick, becoming patients in the process.

Juju's avatar

Ugh I don’t have a smoker … maybe I can conjure one up mentally 😂 🙇‍♀️

Infanttyron3's avatar

Since pink liquids are on today's Venn diagram, maybe a little swig of PeptoBismol would be catalytic in the conjuration...could be handy if the brisket turned out just so-so, too.

SHug's avatar

I think there are a couple of utube vids showing how to do them in slow cookers and the oven.

SHug's avatar

You can find them for less than $100, depending on what you want. Home Depot has some good ones - there are charcoal, wood, propane, propane & wood pellet, natural gas.... some that turn out the best bbq I've seen are wood fired and home made smokers.

Tim Pallies's avatar

Love the shoe story!!!

Donna O's avatar

I initially found myself indignant that I hadn’t been chosen, then remembered I usually had as many Cs as As on my report cards with the majority of my grades being Bs. And my eyes are blue, not hazel. No RH blood factor.

This does cause me to question the intelligence of our “intelligence” communities. After reading about the Nazi scientists being brought over after WW2, it would seem they more likely belonged to the evil mentality. Would like for DOGE to go through IRS records to see where all the GATE kids ended up employment wise.

John C's avatar

This stuff is well known. There was even a documentary about it on the TV. I think it was called The Men Who Stare at Goats. On this side of the Atlantic, MI6 always claimed they never had anything to do with it, but a friend of mine knew a guy who was involved with MI6 during WW2, and he persuaded my friend to try his out of body stuff. My friend suffered from serious mental problems as a result, and realised that his only salvation lay in committing his life to the Lord Jesus Christ. He was saved, and had no more mental problems. He even became a vicar.

Jpeach's avatar

DARPA home of government funded Mad Scientists.

Jake B's avatar

Holy cow! How cool to read about the Monroe Institute (MI) here in Jenna's blog. Back in high school -- the 1980s -- I read all 3 of Robert Monroe's books, so was well acquainted then with his Hemi-Sync and MI there in Virginia. His 1st book (Journeys Out Of The Body -- I think I still have it in storage!) was kinda life changing for me; however the sequels were increasingly eccentric. ... I was desperately wanting to do the MI Gateway Program (GP), but couldn't convince my parents, let alone lack of funds. But then I did encounter a distant relative who went through it and she related how intense/emotional it was, including the collection of Focus #'d audio tapes. In retrospect, probably best I didn't do the MI GP as a teenager, as I was already overwhelmed daily with the usual adolescent mess: hormones, social issues, libido, emotional rollercoaster, etc. Not a good foundation to literally leave one's body, have an intense spiritual OOBE, and try to zip around the astral plane like a trained/seasoned mystic.

Juju's avatar

Did anyone notice Jenna was testing us? She used the exact same meme twice. Once near the beginning and once near the end. 🤨 What does it mean if we are among those who noticed it? 🤔😆

Karen Bandy's avatar

Yes, I noticed and am still trying to figure out what’s on the bottom (less than third) of the classroom photo. A dog draped on someone’s lap?

SHug's avatar

If you click on the link it takes you to an Insta page, where yes, a beautiful doggo is draped on a lap

Juju's avatar

I noticed that too! 😆 Maybe it was a different image in the background and the other image is a window that opened up on top of their screen?

Will Falconer, DVM's avatar

I noticed that, too. Nefarious or forgetful? I vote for the latter.

Donna in MO's avatar

I only see the meme once? Maybe she went back and edited?

Juju's avatar
Jun 29Edited

It’s the one that is the X post by PatriotAsAMother where she talks about GATE kids. 3rd meme and 11th. Lol

KC & the Sunshine's avatar

It means our pink drink has probably expired.

Flippin’ Jersey's avatar

I was in an enrichment program! 😳 But it was in the 70s. 😅 Is it weird to be disappointed to not have been brainwashed?! 🤔

LiveDreamRepeat's avatar

I was a GT kid all through school. In TX I always heard it referred to as GT, not GATE. But I will say - I have very few childhood memories! I always just thought it was my brain keeping things under lock & file, but now I'm wondering! I want to say I don't remember anything nefarious, but then I realized - I don't remember much, just brief glimpses of an otherwise happy & loving childhood!

Jenna McCarthy's avatar

My sister has always said her son (now early 30s) has NO childhood memories. When I was researching this I texted her like OMG WAS HE IN GATE? Of course, yes he was...

Emily Terrell's avatar

Same but in CO. I don’t have many childhood memories either, but mine was shitty and traumatic so it’s possible I really did lock those away. Still, it makes me wonder.

clem h fandango's avatar

I was in AZ in what was called "gifted track" in the 70s as well. I have very few childhood memories. I do not remember dreams unless they are extremely sad or violent, though I do remember dreaming in different languages as a child. I learned morse code and sign language. I have RH- blood. I saw huge auras around everyone as a child. Have some psychic abilities (particularly with certain people, as does my mother). The military tried HARD to recruit me as a high school senior. In college, while defending a project to a professor, I remembered a repressed traumatic memory from about 6 years prior. THAT was alarming, realizing I could do that and so well. I have never heard of this GATE thing until reading this. Yikes.

Debby's avatar

My sister says she has few childhood memories, but I don't think that program was in our school. We were in elementary school in the sixties, and it was a tiny school.

Linda E's avatar

I voted unsure because I didn't think tomfoolery was quite accurate. Gov. has no right to use people, esp children, without consent and accountability. Monsters.

I am older than the programs discussed here, but us seniors also have our suspicions about memory gapes and general weirdness.

Heather B's avatar

I'm old enough that when I was in school they just had you skip grades if you were considered above the class average. I skipped one and my sister skipped 2. My son was in GATE in the 90's in California but I don't remember any strange pink liquids or binaural beat headphones and they had their own classes all day, not leaving to go anywhere, so maybe the experiments were more around DC areas. I totally believe that it happened though.

Russell Schierling's avatar

Yes, I skipped second grade in 1972 or 73.

Kitt Lo's avatar

I've never been more glad to be in my 60s.

I can say with confidence that the binaural beat thing is effective. There is a company called Centerpointe that puts out a product called HoloSync. It is exactly what you described up there with the sounds of nature obscuring 2 low, non-harmonic hums that are delivered separately into each ear, which necessitates the need for earbuds or headphones, to isolate the tones. The brain responds by creating a third tone to harmonize them. Your right and left hemispheres are literally growing new neurons. The beauty of it, for me and my monkey mind, was that you could do it while you were asleep. I would wake up at 4AM, put in my earbuds, turn on my binaural beats and by the time I woke up again, I was done. I experienced a drastic reduction in anxiety, an elevation in cognitive skills, particularly the speed with which I was able to understand concepts and articulate them. The first time I ever played the board Risk with three gentlemen, all of whom were experienced players, I won!

My moods were regulated, and I was generally happier and calmer. It was truly life-changing for me. The second level of this program includes recording affirmations in your own voice that they then digitally incorporate into the program. You don't hear the actual words, but supposedly your brain is somehow registering the messages. I began incorporating this into my practice a few months after my dad died, but this time I found myself feeling enhanced in my sadness and a latent anger bubbling up, so I stopped doing it. I've given some thought to trying it again now that I'm through the grief process and estate dissolution. After reading this, I'm a little more hesitant!

Light From Within-Lesley's avatar

Interesting. I, too, paused my progression in the Centerpointe holosync ‘enlightenment’ program. I sensed an agenda that wasn’t only self improvement. If memory serves me, the CEO, ‘originator’ of the company struggled for years. A friend who was in radio knew him. He was a loser/mess/eccentric until something changed. He alludes to Robert Monroe’s holosync, binaural beats, can’t remember if he outright gives the credit🤔

I read Robert Monroe’s books and agree, it got a bit strange, even for me. I was in a cult where we were trained in remote view, bi-location and more. Lyn Buchanan (Stargate) spoke at the cult on invitation. He ran us through the protocol he was trained to use for remote view. It was much easier than the protocol we were trained to use. He told of several of the targets he was viewing during that time.

He became a Christian at the end of the program.

Not saying more because I believe the NDA I signed is still in effect.

David Nelson's avatar

"Today we voluntarily hand Silicon Valley every heartbeat, Google search, grocery purchase, and late-night Amazon impulse buy."

Looking forward to reading a Step-by-Step, someday, for the WEAN OFF of this.

For some reason, this story is reminding me of the joke from 4th grade about "Kamikaze School." An instructor is explaining the basics of the "tactic" to a roomful of hard-found volunteers: essentially, pilot an unarmed bomb into an enemy asset and die for the emperor. "Questions?", he added, at the end. "Yes, you in the back..." The response (and you have to scream it): "You out of you FOKKEEN mine?!!!"

This happened in America, and back in the 1950s. Much has changed, but I'm having fun picturing at least ONE kid, a sweet little girl maybe, in this program demanding an answer to that question from "the handlers."

It strikes me that the current "education system" has been doing the same thing, in broad daylight, with parental compliance, in pushing the trans-and-other shites.

Juju's avatar
Jun 29Edited

It certainly brings credibility to all I’ve read about the weaponization of the 5G signals, and how Covid injected small chips into people that would receive the signal. They even have images AND video from the microscope to study the blood.

SHug's avatar

Here's you one Juju - BREAKING STUDY: COVID "Vaccine" Genetic Material Integrates Into the Human Genome and Creates NON-HUMAN CHIMERIC DNA

Dr. Chris Shoemaker in 2025 Interview: "The chromosomal karyotype of people 'vaccinated' against COVID has been genetically and permanently modified."

https://lionessofjudah.substack.com/p/breaking-study-covid-vaccine-genetic?

David Nelson's avatar

I don't know why they'd feel they needed to inject chips when people have turned EVERYTHING over to them they've EVER asked for, ENTHUSIASTICALLY!

Juju's avatar

To send signals to and control what they think and feel. Even how they behave. They can’t do that just by having our private info. It’s all very interesting to read about. I’ve often thought “this seems to make too much sense” when reading the theories. Plus watching the video of the chips self assembling in the blood was mindblowing.

Jill Amack's avatar

The chips give medical data and predate Apple Watches.

David Nelson's avatar

It's funny you mention that, Jenna, because...

I ran into your moose early Saturday having a cold one at a Wisconsin Dells tavern, and she told me sometimes she just needs a break. She also floated her idea for today's column and I agreed it was a topper, so she phoned it in. (I actually had to help a little--she could use a larger phone--and she should be back in Texas now.) I wish I had a moose.

David Nelson's avatar

HEY! I just got a notice from Amazon that a package I ordered is arriving tomorrow.

But that's not the Big Deal.

I checked the Tracking Details, as one does, and GET THIS, the package ORIGINATED in Pflugerville, then proceeded to Round Rock, and then on to Austin before landing in Illinois.

Every single great unwashed Texican has already recognized IMMEDIATELY, from the get-go, with the mention of Pflugerville, that "the package originated in God's Country, TEXAS" and THAT means that when it arrives, the package will be filled with, more important than mere 'goods,' Real boney-fidey TEXAS AIR!!

I am already planning to open it over the top of and dump it on my jalapeno pepper plant. (I hope you people residin' in Texas breathe deep ever'day.)

Michael Bunte's avatar

When I lived in Austin I learned that the Pflugerville athletic teams were called the Floggers. Pflugerville Phloggers (maybe Floggers). Love that Texas humor.

Steve's avatar

Just waiting on the declassification, so true. Is there where McDonald's got its "pink slime"?? And yes, I was LOLing the cartoon ... thanks for the mammaries ... must obey now :-)

Mark Orlowski's avatar

I was in G&T classes in mid 70's-early 80's, including a charter honors school for HS, told they double tested me for IQ in upper 0.5%, but don't remember any of that.

And yes, my autoimmune symptoms started in my mid 50's, but that is also not so unusual.

oh, my engineering program faculty advisor was from Paperclip, and was VERY PROUD OF IT.

BTW, I can't drink beer anymore due above symptoms, so it's "Boobs and Bourbon" now.

Did I tell you my advisor personally knew Von Braun, 'cuz he constantly told me.