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UPDATE: The stalking of my wife and daughter continues (read the article here). There’s a full criminal investigation into Vic Berger, as his behavior increased in severity and he poses a threat to himself and the children he stalks.

Read the original article below.

Stalkers are dangerous, and when you give them attention, they win. Yet I’m in a difficult position because a couple of my stalkers have friends in the media. Their media friends amplify the harassment by RT’ing them and encouraging the attacks.

One of the stalkers admitted he incited threats in an email, answering, “Hahaha Okay,” when I told him about the harassment he had incited for almost two years.

 

About 20 months ago a creepy person sent his followers to harass me. Usually that’s just Internet b.s.

I blocked him.

He then told his followers to message me about my decision to block him. Under Twitter’s rules, this is inciting harassment, but whatever. We know how that goes. I deserve it. That’s fine.

Then his followers sent death and rape threats about my child.

I reported the facts: The stalker told his followers to message me, and explained the types of messages his fans and followers sent.

He of course went to the media screaming about how I harassed him.

He said he would sue me. I told him to sue me for defamation, because then I’d get discovery into every creepy DM he sent, every email he sent, and every message he sent. I would get him under oath to discuss his sock puppet accounts.

He never sued, because he’d have lost badly. He began DM’ing my wife, as I had blocked him.

Yes, he DM’ed my wife. That’s how creepy this guy is. He DM’ed the wife of someone he had sent his followers to harass.

After my wife asked for an apology for what his followers had done, the stalker threatened to sue my wife. For what? He didn’t say, because stalkers don’t act based on rationality.

For the past 18 months this person has sent threatens and incited threats against me. He has taken it to an entirely new level.

I was doing a Periscope, my daughter entered the room. I ended the stream as she wanted me to read to her.

During the stream she said, “Minnie,” because I read “My First Look and Find: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” to her before bed. We snuggle down on a bean bag and read together.

This stalker spliced out the audio from the video stream, deceptively enhanced it, and added fake subtitles.

Again, I don’t like giving stalkers any attention, because that’s how they win.

The Stalker’s History Goes Back Almost Two Years.

This hoax is spread by people who have sent their followers to harass my family for almost two years. Their followers have threatened to kill my daughter. One sent a DM, captioning a photo of me with my daughter, “Cum.” The picture of us together said, “BAD BABY.”

(I cropped out my daughter’s image.)

This hoax isn’t a harmless prank, it’s a campaign of harassment involving the kind of people who send pictures like what you see, above.

They also called in death threats to a venue that was going to host a mindset seminar.

They threatened to attend a private happy hour my wife was co-hosting.

When I was in Philadelphia, someone who I had blocked told his followers to message me for a private event my wife and I were hosting.

He then threatened to crash it, and given his history of unstable behavior, we wondered if he would shoot up the venue.

The stalker admitted he has harassed my family.

One stalker would continue to email me despite my issuing him a no-contact demand. In his latest email, he conceded to every allegation I made.

When I wrote, “Your followers continue to send death threats to my wife and threaten my child,” he replied, “Hahaha Okay, Weird Mike.”

 

These hoaxers have friends in the media who amplify their harassment scheme.

I’d think we could all agree that you shouldn’t say, “Cum” when talking about newborn babies. Don’t threaten wives. If you’re blocked, don’t tell your followers to ask about private events.

To the left-wing media, what has happened is acceptable.

Many people in the mainstream media think the death threats are funny. If the rules are that it’s OK to threaten my daughter’s life, then God help everyone, as that’s not a world any of us should live in.

Others will ask me why I haven’t sued. I want them in prison and am working with law enforcement.

One of their close friends tried murdering a Jewish man outside of an event I hosted. Their friend David Campbell faces 3-10 years in state prison.

 

999 out of 1,000 times, ignore stalkers.

When you give them attention, they win.

But I’ve tried ignoring them, and rather than leave, they are targeting children.

 

UPDATE: Domestic terrorist David Campbell was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his attack. Read the full report here.

—Original story below—

A 56-year old Jewish man was carried away in a stretcher after a 30 year old white male pounced on him. David Campbell, who faces 3 to 15 years in prison, sucker punched the man as he was leaving an event. He then tried strangling him to death. When police intervened, Campbell put a police officer in a head lock.

Here is the aftermath of the attack via the NY Daily News, which reported on it.

 

Here is the statement issued by NYPD after the attack.

On Saturday, January 20, 2018 at approximate 2230 hours, police received a pick up job of a 30 year-old male punching and choking a 56 year-old male at the corner of 50 Street and 11 Avenue within the confines of the 18th Precinct (MTN). Officers intervened and arrested the perpetrator. EMD responded and transported the victim to Bellevue Hospital and is currently in stable condition. Charges are pending.

The man who was attacked wasn’t politically active, and certainly wasn’t “alt-right,” although even endorsing an attack like that on bad people is going to take the country in a bad direction.

He heard there was an event from a friend, and showed up. When police warned him against walking towards black-clad ANTIFA members, he shrugged it off. “They are just protesters, there’s nothing to worry about,” he told an officer on the scene.

Coming from another generation, he hadn’t learned the difference between the Woman’s March (peaceful) and ANTIFA, and one might also lay blame for his attack on the media, which refuses to accurately report on the hundreds of violent attacks committed by masked men.

The attack happened because people doxed the venue, and directly incited and encouraged violence.

I kept the location secret. Only people who purchased a ticket were sent the venue address, and the address wasn’t sent out until 5 p.m.

The email read:

Please DO NOT share this address with anyone, even a friend, and do not post it on social media.

No one who doxed the venue can claim they didn’t know about ANTIFA’s violent past, and none can claim the event was public.

Some have said they didn’t “dox” the venue because it was public. That’s a lie. The ticket said on it: “Please DO NOT share this address with anyone, even a friend, and do not post it on social media.” The event was private.

Someone bought a ticket in order to get the address. They then forwarded the address out, and the dox was amplified on social media.

ANTIFA showed up to commit violence, and they almost murdered a man.

All of this happened in the open.

Claude Taylor, for example, told ANTIFA to attack me. His account remains verified, and no action was taken, and his threatening Tweet (Archive) is still up.

 

Claude Taylor can try playing games with his “kiss” line, but his followers got the message. One of them was overt.

“If you’re in NYC with nothing to do tonight, here’s a chance to punch a nazi. Dress to impress, but wear something that you can get bloody nose mess out of.” (Archive.)

Again, the man who was attacked was Jewish. Not that it should matter, no one should be sucker punched and nearly choked to death for simply walking home. But that detail goes to show how blind ANTIFA’s rage is.

ANTIFA organized a violent mob on Twitter, and were explicit in their aims.

They wanted to make “racists afraid,” and yet tried killing a Jewish man. ANTIFA uses violence for sport, and have no actual values or principles.

The man who was attacked had relatives killed by Nazis.

The ANTIFA thug who tried killing a Jewish man after a mob was organized on Twitter faces 3 to 15 years in prison.

30-year old David Campbell faces multiple felony charges, including attempted aggravated gang assault, which carries a considerable prison sentence. (Public court records are here.)

The New York Post captured a picture of Campbell during his arrest.

 

ANTIFA threatened children.

While “protesting” outside of the event, several unidentified members of ANTIFA said they wanted to murder my child. My child wasn’t at the event, and whatever one thinks of me, that seems to be over the line.

 

ANTIA threatened a journalist.

Although we often hear about a war on the free press by Trump and his supporters, actual violence is from one direction. Jon Levine, who was reporting on the aftermath of the violent assault, was threatened by ANTIFA.

This entire Night of Violence was organized on Twitter.

My question is this: Why doesn’t the media report on ANTIFA violence?

Shouldn’t accounts that organized an actual violent attack be banned? Where is the media scrutiny? Where are the media calls for these accounts to be banned?

ANTIFA directly incited violence. They doxed a venue. They told people to commit violence. They threatened children. They threatened a journalist. One of them is facing a lengthy prison sentence for the attack.

This isn’t a hard case where one needs to connect dots or find loose associations between people and groups.

• ANTIFA bought a ticket,
• Doxed the venue on social media,
• Told people to commit violence,
• Showed up to the event,
• Attacked a 56 year old man.

This is a clear case of social media being used to organize violence. Yet if you turn on CNN or MSNBC or follow verified journalist’s accounts on Twitter, you won’t see any mention of this.

Online harassment happens, and sometimes it turns violent. In this case, there were no dog whistles, they used loud and blood bull horns.

 

A bottle fell from the counter, and I automatically reached down to grab it. That was the first result I noticed since starting BASIS.

Three years ago I started taking an relatively expensive supplement called BASIS by Elysium health. BASIS contains nicotinamide riboside and pterostilbene, and I’ve noticed some subtle improvements over the years, making it well worth the cost.

Anti-aging research starts from the proposition that aging should be treated like any other medical or scientific problem. Researchers look at processes that break down as time moves on. NAD+ levels decline with aging. Nicotinamide riboside boosts levels of NAD+ in your body. Because NAD+ levels decline with age, and the thinking goes, boosting NAD+ levels will mitigate some aspects of aging.

Some studies on NAD+ are promising:

• Long-Term Administration of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide Mitigates Age-Associated Physiological Decline in Mice
• NAD⁺ repletion improves mitochondrial and stem cell function and enhances life span in mice.
• NAD+ in aging, metabolism, and neurodegeneration.
• Nicotinamide riboside rejuvenates stem cells, allowing better regeneration processes in aged mice.

What I’ve noticed using BASIS.

When you read most reviews of BASIS, you’ll see the reviewer talk about grey hairs. I went grey in my late 20s, and there aren’t any changes on that front, but my reflexes improved.

My reflexes improved noticeably, which is why I ordered a multi-year subscription to BASIS. Your reflexes / reaction time peaks at 24 years of age. Punching power stays with you the longest, reflexes leave quickly.

It’s hard to explain how my reflexes have improved other to say when I drop something, I’m able to watch it move as if my vision has a high speed camera lens, and am more capable of grabbing the item before it hits the ground. I’m also able to focus more intensely on small details like the branches of trees or leaves of grass.

My blood pressure is also in the super healthy range, despite my life being high stress. Although I can’t attribute my healthy blood pressure to BASIS, others have said it helps with their blood pressure.

These changes are subtle, and because BASIS is pricey, it’s not considered a magic pill. Unless you’re already exercising regularly, you may not notice any changes. (You may still receive some benefits.)

Additional reading on BASIS:

LongeCity has a 1,800+ post discussion on nicotinamide riboside.

Elysium Health (which sells BASIS, so buyer beware) shares some information here.

Do I recommend BASIS?

I don’t have any relationship with BASIS, and if you buy their stuff, I won’t make any money.

But it’s a product I’ve used for years, and believe in.

Is it an immediate game-changer like GABA or N-A-C? No.

Will you notice a “buzz” like when you take a pre-workout? No.

Will it potentially help improve reflexes, and maybe even help heal the brain of someone who has been hit in the head a few times? Yes.

BASIS works for me, and a lot of people buy the pills separately on Amazon or Whole Foods or GNC. BASIS contains 250 mg of nicotinamide riboside an 50 mg of pterostilbene. Reputable companies like Jarrow sell those, and it’s much less expensive to buy them ala carte.

Because it’s an expensive product, I’d put BASIS a few items down the to-do list. Lift weights, eat or drink greens, do Wim Hof Breathing, take cold showers / baths…and then consider an exotic product like BASIS.

The most powerful supplement I’ve used is Gorilla Mind.

You can learn more about Gorilla Mind here.

Plop.

I didn’t even hear the sound of her falling into the pool, but I saw her start to sink.

I was three feet away, watching her use a plastic shovel to draw out water to fill up her bucket.

It was chill, nothing to worry about, and then she lost her balance.

One second is all it takes.

No “survival instinct” kicked in. There wasn’t a frantic struggle to rise up.

She kept sinking.

I was there by her side and able to grab her immediately.

She shook it off within a few seconds, and I jumped in with her to swim to avoid a negative association with the water.

And to teach her we don’t live in fear.

But it was a startling moment even though I was one second away from her.

Because not everyone is this fortunate.

It only takes 30 seconds for a child to drown in 1 inch of water.

Am I giving my kid too much screen time feeding her the right foods being attentive enough without being too attentive and potty training them soon enough without being overbearing and vaccination schedules and play time and what will happen when she grows up and is sugar bad should my baby be Paleo?

Like a good parent I went to all of the check-ups.

Not once did our doctor, who is the best in the world, go over the dangers of drowning.

And this doctor is incredible, caring, and surely he would if he thought about it.

When we think about “health,” we worry about feeding the right food and whether a cough is a cold or something more.

Isn’t lifestyle of a child part of health?

“Drowning is responsible for more deaths among children 1-4 than any other cause except congenital anomalies (birth defects).”

Why isn’t every parent told about the dangers of drowning?

“Kids in a pool are the worst calls you can ever receive.”

A police officer once told me that the worst calls he’s ever had to answer dealt with childhood drowning.

There’s the death of the child, he explained, and the guilt.

“The guilt never goes away,” he told me.

The guilt never goes away.

Rich or poor, it can happen to you:

As Morgan was chatting and enjoying a tea, she recalled Emeline walking between where the mom was sitting and the guest bedroom, where the other kids were playing — “which was all of 15 feet,” she noted.

“And, all of the sudden, it was just too quiet for me,” Morgan said. “We were mid-conversation, and I just stood up, and I turned, and I walked right to where the boys were, and I said, ‘Where’s Emmy?’ And before Nate could respond, I turned around the door that leads to the backyard — that was closed — had this tiny sliver of light coming through the side.” She recalled, fighting back tears, “And my heart sank, and I opened the door, and she was floating in the pool. And I ran, and I jumped in.”

People are going to call her a bad parent, because how else do you accept that this could happen to you?

People will try to use this article against me, even though I was by my daughter’s side and alert the entire time.

“This can’t happen to me, it must have somehow been the parents fault.”

What drowning (doesn’t) look like.

Maybe your child had a sudden intellectual growth spurt and can pick locks.

Maybe there’s a tear in the fence.

Danger hides in maybes.

A check list.

Lock the doors, and then push / pull on the door to ensure it’s locked.

If there’s a fence around the pool, take a manual inspection. Are there any tears or weak points?

Start swimming lessons early. We go twice a week as we live in a coastal area. Plus it’s good bonding time. You can’t have a smartphone on in the pool!

Focus on the big risks.

As parents we are told to agonize over every decision, yet studies have shown that unless you are truly an awful parent, you don’t have much control over your children. They are going to become who they are.

Don’t get me wrong. Read to them and all of that. (I read to mine before bed every night.)

But this agonizing over whether 30 minutes is too much time in the iPad, or whether they watch too many cartoons, is doing to drive people bonkers. (Watching cartoons is all I want to do as a kid. Then I got older and started reading.)

The major risks in life start to swirl around with the Perfect Parenting Model.

Some risks matter than others.

Should your kid watch an iPad for 30 minutes or 1 hour starts to seem as significant as stuff that will really hurt them.

• Are the doors locked? Did you double-check?
• Is there a pool nearby?
• Is the pool fully enclosed?
• Does your child know how to swim?

Drowning is the number one cause of death for children under 4.

Say it again, Drowning is the leading cause of death for children under 4.

The parenting mindset means you should focus on what has huge upside, and what has huge downside, and prioritize them accordingly.

Yes, as a parent, “Everything matters,” but some things matter than others.

Always remember and never forget, “Drowning is the number one cause of death for children under 4.”

Stay safe out there, and check out these resources:

• Protect the Ones You Love: Child Injuries are Preventable,
• Unintentional Drowning: Get the Facts,
• How to tell is someone is drowning.

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• Exclusive invitation to a Hoaxed book party. This will be available only to pre-order purchases.
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What is Hoaxed about?

Hoaxed has the full interviews of several high profile guests and experts.

Along with my original insights and explanation of the problem of fake news.

There will even be some behind the scenes photographs from the making of Hoaxed.

Hoaxed is a collector’s edition that will interview film viewers, and it’s an insightful collection of insights into modern media.

Now you might be asking which Hoaxed interviews are in the book, and that’s reasonable.

But I can’t tell you this, because we are keeping the cast of Hoaxed secret.

I can tell you that Scott Adams gives a lengthy and insightful interview about persuasion and fake news.

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