This is Bretigne Shaffer's Typepad Profile.
Join Typepad and start following Bretigne Shaffer's activity
Bretigne Shaffer
Former journalist, author of "Annabel Pickering & the Sky Pirates" and "Urban Yogini", wife to my amazing husband & mom to my incredible kids.
Interests: This is also the personal blog of bretigne shaffer, and i will include announcements about projects i am working on or have completed, interesting things i see or do, and/or "stuff i've made" to read about my films and books, and occasional musings on nothing in particular. if you're not interested in the personal stuff - and why should you be? - just click on the "punditry" or "stuff I've made" category to see only that stuff.
Recent Activity
WTMWD #86: Do Goldbacks solve sound money's biggest problem?
Goldbacks are shiny! But what else makes them special? I ask founder Jeremy Cordon. We talk about the practicalities of Goldbacks, how they are made, how to use them, and how to know they are what they say they are.... Continue reading
Posted Feb 11, 2023 at On the Banks
Comment
3
WTMWD #85: What is a "Directed Evolution Experiment"? And Are we Living in One? - with Kevin McKernan
I speak with Kevin McKernan about the recent Project Veritas video in which a Pfizer employee claims that the company is contemplating directed evolution experiments with the SARS-Cov-2 virus. Kevin walks us through the reasoning behind his view that we... Continue reading
Posted Feb 2, 2023 at On the Banks
Comment
0
Get Your Free Copy of "Urban Yogini: The Christmas Episode"!
Posted Dec 17, 2022 at On the Banks
Comment
0
WTMWD #84: When the Criminal Gangs Fight Amongst Themselves, with Tom Luongo
We all know it's "one big club, and we're not in it..." but we also know it's not quite that simple. What happens when things start to go not so well for the "club", and the members start fighting with... Continue reading
Posted Oct 14, 2022 at On the Banks
Comment
0
A Note About Our Services and PayPal's New Policy
Posted Oct 8, 2022 at Freogan Fellowship
Comment
0
WTMWD #83: How the West Brought War to Ukraine - with Benjamin Abelow
Posted Oct 6, 2022 at On the Banks
Comment
0
Thanks! I'll check it out!
Commented Oct 6, 2022 on A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Human Spirit - Butler Shaffer at On the Banks
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Human Spirit - Butler Shaffer
I think this is my favorite of all of my dad's talks. I was there when he gave it, nearly 20 years ago, at a time when the post-9/11 authoritarianism was still fresh, still even felt like maybe it could be temporary. Surely people wouldn't just come to accept this as their "new normal", rig...
We Are More Free to Create than We Realize
Posted Oct 2, 2022 at On the Banks
Comment
0
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Human Spirit - Butler Shaffer
I think this is my favorite of all of my dad's talks. I was there when he gave it, nearly 20 years ago, at a time when the post-9/11 authoritarianism was still fresh, still even felt like maybe it could... Continue reading
Posted Sep 19, 2022 at On the Banks
Comment
2
WTMWD #82: The Get Moving Challenge - How to Unplug and Start Taking Action, with Susan May
There is a sense of urgency to the medical freedom movement these days. With everything that has happened over the past two and a half years, it often feels like our work is cut out for us - and we... Continue reading
Posted Sep 8, 2022 at On the Banks
Comment
0
James Joyce Pop-Up Classes Coming Soon!
Posted Sep 7, 2022 at Freogan Fellowship
Comment
0
Fall Classes Coming Soon!
Posted Aug 23, 2022 at Freogan Fellowship
Comment
0
Thank you!
Commented Jul 31, 2022 on When the Good Guys Get it Wrong at On the Banks
When the Good Guys Get it Wrong
Image: Public Domain From my article on LewRockwell.com today: Toby Rogers has been one of the heroes of the medical-freedom movement since before most Americans knew there was a need for a medical-freedom movement. (His cost-benefit analysis of the Covid-19 vaccines is just one example...
Yes, Dr. Smith is very knowledgable on these issues.
His interview with Jeff Deist is here: https://mises.org/library/free-market-medical-revolution
And some more of his writing can be found here: https://mises.org/profile/g-keith-smith-md
Commented Jul 31, 2022 on When the Good Guys Get it Wrong at On the Banks
When the Good Guys Get it Wrong
Image: Public Domain From my article on LewRockwell.com today: Toby Rogers has been one of the heroes of the medical-freedom movement since before most Americans knew there was a need for a medical-freedom movement. (His cost-benefit analysis of the Covid-19 vaccines is just one example...
WTMWD #81: Deep Work for Anarchists - with Starr O'Hara
I talk with writer Starr O'Hara about her journey to anarchism, her latest book "How to Survive Dystopia (With Your Humanity Intact)", and the work we can each to do to "conquer ourselves" so that we can move forward. We... Continue reading
Posted Jul 30, 2022 at On the Banks
Comment
0
Most of my Blogging is on my Substack Now
Posted Jul 30, 2022 at On the Banks
Comment
0
When the Good Guys Get it Wrong
Posted Jul 30, 2022 at On the Banks
Comment
4
Thank you! It was a fun episode and I appreciate his having me (an "outsider") on the show. I don't think I am wrong on immigration though, and yes I do know that there are plenty out there who will attack me because of my race. (Although, ironically, most of those who do seem to be white themselves!) But that's not enough reason for me to sink to their level.
Also, as I mentioned on the show, the problems that Europe is having with "immigration" are not really so much about immigration as they are about subsidizing certain groups of immigrants, paying them not to work, in many cases prohibiting them from working, and in some cases refusing to take action against crimes they commit. That's not any kind of "immigration" I'm familiar with. It's more akin to a planned assault on the fabric of civilization in those countries.
Anyway, thanks for watching the episode, and thanks for your feedback!
Commented Jul 23, 2022 on A Young Girl Learns the Value of Questioning Authority at On the Banks
A Young Girl Learns the Value of Questioning Authority
Back in March, Kirkus Reviews had a profile of me, in which I discuss my writing, my life, and especially Annabel. You can check it out here. From the profile: In Annabel Pickering and the Sky Pirates: The Fantastical Contraption, 13-year-old Annabel, a latter-day Pippi Longstocking, get...
Join Us Saturday for our Next Open House!
Posted Jun 25, 2022 at Freogan Fellowship
Comment
0
WTMWD #80: My Mutual-Aid Vision for the Future, and Fighting Back Against Medical Tyranny - with Susan May
I was interviewed by Susan May, the founder of “RiseUP with Susan May” and the RiseUP community, and creator of the Facebook group “Gather and Get Moving with Susan May”, a "...safe place for medical freedom advocates to connect and... Continue reading
Posted Jun 17, 2022 at On the Banks
Comment
0
I'm Starting A Private Substack Publication - For Those Who Are Serious About Building Solutions
Posted May 28, 2022 at On the Banks
Comment
0
Join the Open House for Free Minds, this Saturday!
Posted May 26, 2022 at On the Banks
Comment
0
WTMWD #79: Can Liberty Dollar Save the World?
I speak with Wayne and Kathy Hicks of Liberty Dollar Financial Association, about Liberty Dollar's history, and its rebirth as a Private Membership Association. If you're looking for solutions to state-controlled money and financial systems, and if you're not entirely... Continue reading
Posted Apr 20, 2022 at On the Banks
Comment
0
It's Easter Again and Always
Posted Apr 17, 2022 at On the Banks
Comment
2
Please Join Us For Our Online Spring Open House - Saturday, April 2
Posted Mar 22, 2022 at Freogan Fellowship
Comment
0
More...
Subscribe to Bretigne Shaffer’s Recent Activity
0 Favorites
Blogs and Sites