By Randall Richards
I started this blog some 18 years ago with the broad stroke of travel advice, mountain guiding and expedition experiences and learnings from other cultures. Now, as I travel in Vietnam, I’m more interested in the people, plus the interesting discussions or tidbits I’m learning in light of the current state of global affairs. What seemed normal is no longer. What was once 2+2=4 is now an upside-down world in our national and local governments, schools and communities. I heard a saying the other day, “The difference between a conspiracy theory and the truth is six months”, except the time has shortened to 6 days”. that person further explained that those in power no longer need to stand behind their lies for very long. They get what they want out of the situation, then fess up and tell the truth later, (buried on page 12) then move on to the next deception, leaving the public bewildered.
My family and I happened to go to a well-known “Bun Cha” street food restaurant in Hanoi recently, and found a poster of Obama and Anthony Bourdain sitting at one of the tables.
My guess is Bourdain was showing Obama around some of the sweetspots in Vietnam’s capital.
But allow me some conjecture: I remember hearing rumours that Bourdain was “suicided” and had told close friends he wasn’t suicidal, and that “if anything happens to me, I didn’t take my own life”. I’d have to do some digging to dredge up what I had seen. Of course a quick look on search engines only** brought up “OFM” (Old Fashioned Media) headlines the likes of “The Dark Final Texts”, and “Tragic Final Moments”, by the likes of the Huff Post and NYT. Do I trust those sources? Not anymore. In fact, I’ve got my BS meter tuned to “high” lately.
While eating at the restaurant, and contemplating the large poster of the the two sitting facing each other, I couldn’t help but wonder if Obama was telling Bourdain to “Stay in line, or else”. I had read that Bourdain was questioning “the official narrative” of the globalist agenda and was planning on going public with his opinion.
But then again, maybe it was just a quiet dinner in Vietnam’s capital.
** I did happen to see this post on Rumble though, with the headline:
Anthony Bourdain Calls Out Clintons & Weinstein in Posthumously Published Interview
Stay tuned for a few more entries from Vietnam, but not tourist pics.
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