https://opened.co/blog/john-taylor-gatto

Source: https://opened.co/blog/john-taylor-gatto
Published: 2026-05-30
Author: Horse
Post Date: 2026-05-30 12:08:20 by Horse
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 "Schooling is a form of adoption," Gatto later wrote. "You give your kid away at his most plastic years to a group of strangers."

After 30 years in New York City public schools and multiple teaching awards, Gatto walked away at the peak of his career. Why would a celebrated educator abandon the classroom? Because he had observed patterns in the educational system that had little to do with academics and everything to do with diminishing children's natural curiosity and potential.

 Before Gatto ever stood in front of a classroom, he had lived more lives than most teachers could imagine. A Columbia University graduate, he spent years outside academia entirely - driving a cab through New York City streets, writing advertising copy for Madison Avenue agencies, designing jewelry, and even crafting speeches for political figures including Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew.

This wasn't aimless wandering. Each job taught him something about how the "real world" actually worked - the world that schools supposedly prepared children for. He watched how successful people operated, noticed what skills actually mattered, and saw firsthand that credentials often mattered less than curiosity and adaptability.

When Gatto finally entered teaching, he brought these lessons with him. He was anything but conventional: Gatto sent students on independent research projects at public libraries, arranged for shy 13-year-olds to interview legislators at the state capitol, and connected "at-risk" students with real apprenticeships and authentic experiences.

These unorthodox methods earned him recognition as New York City Teacher of the Year three times, and eventually New York State Teacher of the Year in 1991. But the longer he taught, the more Gatto noticed a troubling disconnect between what schools claimed to do and what they actually accomplished.

 

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 Billionaire Peter Thiel Has Left the USA for Argentina

 New York Times: “The billionaire’s new roots in Argentina are said to be partly motivated by concerns about the future of the United States and shared beliefs with Argentina’s right-wing leader.”

Uh Oh.

Apparently, Mr. Thiel knows something about OUR country's future that you and I don't know - yet.

 (Peter Thiel is on the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Society. He is connected to Palantir and to J D Vance.

He chose to move to a hard core ZIonist nation.))

https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/component/content/article/billionaire-peter-thiel-has-left-the-usa-for-argentina?catid=17

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The United States took away $1 billion worth of cryptocurrency from Iran, - U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessant

 "They just took their wallets and got their hands on them. Some of them may be entering their details right now (to access their wallets) and realizing that they have nothing left," said Bessent.

 (And you thought cryptocurrencies were safe.)

https://news-pravda.com/ukraine/2026/05/30/2338440.html

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Elon Musk's Rasputin: How Nikita Bier is turning X into a low IQ, Zionist cesspool

 As product manager at X, Nikita Bier has been tasked by the world's most richest man to completly overhaul the social media platform. ​

Bier's main innovation? Whereas content was previously promoted on the basis user likes and reposts, X's new algorithim has totally been outsourced to the Grok AI system.

Geopolitics Prime decided to ask Grok how it promotes content on X. The results expose a system that, under the guise of "engagement," buries political analysis, especially content critical of Israel and global elites. ​

 (No freedom is possible untilwe defeat the 5 million assassina on the payroll of the NWO.)

https://news-pravda.com/world/2026/05/29/2338115.html

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President Putin promises to raze to the ground those who encroach on Kaliningrad

 Russian President Vladimir Putin reacted harshly to Lithuanian authorities' statements about a possible strike on Russian facilities in the Kaliningrad region.

At a press conference following the EAEU summit in Astana, the head of state stated that Russia has all the means to raze to the ground anyone who attempts to attack Kaliningrad in any way.

 https://news-pravda.com/world/2026/05/29/2338069.html

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US missiles blown up in Iran, Ukraine and Israel will never be replaced.($2.6 million costs and takes 47 months to replace. SM3 takes 5 years. Patriots cost $3 million.

See chart at 2:53. We need China's permission to buy the materials to make these missiles.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGexuO2sqsQ

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Central banks are signaling a breakdown in economic resilience

 The real story here is not “recession fears.”

The real story is that institutions, markets, and even consumers are starting to quietly admit something much darker:

The modern economy increasingly survives through financial insulation, debt tolerance, asset inflation, and delayed recognition of losses rather than broad based prosperity.

That is the connective tissue running through all your sources.

 


  

Officials are essentially saying markets may be treating systemic risks like temporary inconveniences instead of structural pressures.

 And notice the timing.

The warning arrives while:

• Middle East instability threatens energy markets

• sovereign debt burdens keep rising

• AI capital concentration accelerates

• private credit stress is emerging

• insurance markets are destabilizing in climate exposed regions

• household resilience increasingly depends on access to debt

 https://citizenwatchreport.com/ecb-warns-markets-are-sleepwalking-into-disaster/

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Social Media Users LIGHT UP James Talarico After Hearing the Woke Four-Word Term He Uses to Describe Women

 What does Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico call women?

 "neighbors with a uterus"

 https://x.com/i/status/2060069284617875689

 

 

4UM IS FUCKED.  NOT POSTING X VIDEOS.

 

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/tomorrow-social-media-users-light-up-james-talarico/

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Watch How a Hijab-Wearing AOC Is Treated by a Muslim Male Audience as She Tries Pandering to Them During Eid Celebration in New York City

  

 While AOC was preaching "solidarity" in her hijab, the male-only crowd ignored her and spoke over her:

 https://x.com/i/status/2060217580619440284

  

 4UM IS FUCKED.  NOT POSTING X VIDEOS.

 THE MALE CROWD LIKED MAMDANI

 https://x.com/i/status/2059824813825532076

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/watch-how-hijab-wearing-aoc-is-treated-muslim/

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Seattle’s New Socialist Mayor Flatly Refuses to Investigate Fraud at Somali Daycare Centers (VIDEO)

 https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/seattles-new-socialist-mayor-flatly-refuses-investigate-fraud/

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New Spencer Pratt  Ad Coughs Up the Truth

 (I gather these Spencer Pratt ads are from a Black man on X.  @dsonoiki

Though nobody knows who created anything on the Internet. Great Bucks in

his future writing political ads.)

 

 



 I had to go to Rumble to find this ad as 4UM is fucked today.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/spencer-pratts-newest-viral-campaign-ad-will-make/

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China Gave Iran The Exact Missile That Downed A US F-15 And Radar That Spots Stealth Jets

  US officials confirm Chinese shoulder launcher hit the fighter over Iran.

Long-range early warning radar now tracks everything stealth was built to dodge.

Iranian parliament head openly promises special treatment only for Russia and China in the strait.

 This is full weapons handover and blockade setup against America and Israel.

 https://citizenwatchreport.com/china-gave-iran-the-exact-missile-that-downed-a-us-f-15-and-radar-that-spots-stealth-jets/#more-222674


 

 

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#1: Horse    To: Horse (#0)

 

 

Japan is the largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasury bonds with $1.24 trillion, followed by the United Kingdom at $897.3 billion and China at $693.3 billion, according to February 2026 data.  The next largest holders are Belgium ($454.7 billion), Canada ($446.3 billion), Luxembourg ($445.7 billion), the Cayman Islands ($443 billion), France ($395.1 billion), Ireland ($350.6 billion), and Taiwan ($313.5 billion).

Collectively, the top ten nations held approximately $5.48 trillion in U.S. Treasury securities as of early 2026, with Japan alone accounting for nearly 23% of the total foreign holdings.

 

 

 

Horse posted on 2026-05-30 12:14:03   Reply   Private Reply


#2: Horse    To: Horse (#1)

So when they dump those rapidly depreciating assets, the US Dollar dies and wages are cut 60%.

Horse posted on 2026-05-30 12:15:56   Reply   Private Reply


#3: Pinguinite    To: Horse (#0)

>>The United States took away $1 billion worth of cryptocurrency from Iran, - U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessant

The crypto that was taken was centralized crypto, USDT.  It was not bitcoin or ethereum which are free market, decentralized crypto.  Decentralized crypto cannot be taken on a whim. Centralized crypto can.  Iran should have been aware of that but apparently they were not.  Certainly they are now.  The effect will be that any further tolls charged will not be charged in USDT, a classic example of dedollarization resulting from currency use restrictions.

What the Treasury did was go to the private company Tether Limited, which controls USDT, presented a bunch of addresses that they said were connected to Iran, and asked them nicely to take the funds.  And Tether Limited complied.  

With Bitcoin and Ethereum, there is not private company for the Treasury to visit to make such a request, as those coins are free market / decentralized.

Pinguinite posted on 2026-05-30 12:53:26   Reply   Private Reply