Shannon Pretzel

We’re all-in on the Alaskan life: homeschooling, boating, fishing, berry picking, hunting, camping, gardening, & improving our homestead. Love each other & God.

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

Ok - this is just funny!

[Tim Wildsmith @timwildsmith]

Bible humor is the best humor.

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

Looking for something great to watch with the kids on the 4th?

Revolutionary America; an inspiring new movie (narrated by Tom Selleck).

It's streaming free on YouTube!

It brings the Revolution, Declaration, and Founding to life in a way that shows why America is exceptional.

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

@OldHollowTree Also great weather for strengthening flowers... just sayin'.

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

Homeschool: allow kids creativity, teach self-discipline & how to navigate the world.

The system doesn’t want you educated, but domesticated.

The system "takes the most creative years of your life & teaches to wait for instruction. That's not education. It's containment."

[Dustin @r0ck3t23]

Elon Musk just put a price tag on obedience. It costs $200,000.

Musk: “You don’t need college to learn stuff. Everything is available basically for free. You can learn anything you want for free.”

Every lecture. Every textbook. Every framework ever written. Free on any screen in any country right now. The entire knowledge monopoly collapsed in a decade. Nobody updated the price tag.

Musk: “Colleges are basically for fun and to prove you can do your chores. But they’re not for learning.”

Strip the ivy and the branding. What’s underneath is a four-year obedience trial. Can this person follow instructions on a schedule without asking why.

Musk: “There is a value that colleges have, which is seeing whether somebody can work hard at something, including a bunch of annoying homework assignments, and still do their homework assignments.”

That is the entire six-figure value proposition. Not what you know. Not what you can build. Whether you can be managed. The establishment doesn’t need you educated. It needs you domesticated.

Musk: “If you’re trying to do something exceptional, you must have evidence of exceptional ability. I don’t consider going to college evidence of exceptional ability.”

The system doesn’t produce exceptional. It produces manageable. It takes the most creative years of your life and teaches you to wait for instructions. That is not education. That is containment.

Musk: “Gates is a pretty smart guy, he dropped out. Jobs is pretty smart, he dropped out. Larry Ellison, smart guy, he dropped out.”

They didn’t leave because they couldn’t keep up. They left because the ceiling was underground.

8 billion people now carry the same library in their pocket. The one these institutions charged a lifetime of debt to access.

The only product the university still sells is the belief that you need one.

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

@FocusFamily In today's world, the runaway use of porn has affected many aspects of married life for both the husband and the wife.

My husband's book has a whole chapter on the importance of loving your wife and saving yourself for her:
https://t.co/bbQEAoRRpm
https://t.co/1WPGZ3tr20

[Jason Pretzel @alaskanwellness]

To become free and stay free from pornography,
Nurture your relationship with your wife.
Listen to her with curiosity.
Be open--sharing your heart with generosity.

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

@LibertyCappy Paying an escalating tax on your home:

Not just when you buy it, but every year as if you are renting.

Not based on the purchase price, but for how much the entity taxing you SAYS it is worth.

Over and over and over until they can take it away from you.

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

@MensHumor AirBnB owners charging as much or more than local hotels-plus a housekeeping fee as much as the stay-AND require people to wash dishes, put linens in the wash… Quit it.

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

People who live in a town with a 4-way stop SHOULD LEARN HOW TO USE IT!!!

[Men's Humor @MensHumor]

Louder for the hotels in the back.

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

An athlete won’t judge an overweight person trying to jog

A rich man won’t judge someone for starting a business

An artist won’t judge someone for attempting a Bob Ross

Only do-nothings going nowhere will.

Support fellow humans trying to improve themselves.

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

Yeah, pretty much.

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

@muheediva01 Scooby Doo!

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

@5Solas I laughed way too hard at this…

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

@MmisterNobody Carnivore.

Fastest weight loss and keeping it off well over a year and a half at this point.

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

@mrmikeMTL Over and over and over again. How many millions ya got?

I can read, though, right?

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

Heading home from Anchorage - can’t wait to get out of the big city!

[Jason Pretzel @alaskanwellness]

@DearS_o_n Many men really struggle to give up porn. If this is you, click the link to the book. The Kindle version is low cost. https://t.co/HdaWHWmzy6

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

@mattvanswol @9mmsmg Is there any way to go nuclear in earthquake and volcano country? I’d love cleaner, cheaper power, but logistics seem insurmountable in AK.

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

@MaryBowdenMD @US_FDA Because the FDA is for $$ from pharma rather than the health of Americans.

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

"We made this decision to reclaim our independence, to protect American sovereignty, and to free our public health policy from a system that no longer serves the American people."

MAHA!!!

[Jim Ferguson @JimFergusonUK]

https://t.co/5nxeOsTi5s

💥 "AMERICA WILL NEVER BE RULED BY THEM AGAIN." THE U.S. HAS NOW LEFT THE WHO.

History has just been made.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the United States has formally completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization.

His message was unmistakable:

"We made this decision to reclaim our independence, to protect American sovereignty, and to free our public health policy from a system that no longer serves the American people."

Kennedy accused the WHO of losing its way, citing bureaucracy, conflicts of interest and what he described as failures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

He confirmed:

🇺🇸 U.S. funding to the WHO has ended.

🇺🇸 U.S. government personnel have left the organisation.

🇺🇸 American health policy will be directed by U.S. institutions rather than the WHO.

He closed with a message aimed at those affected by the pandemic and its response:

"America will continue to lead... with science, with integrity, with transparency and with accountability."

Whether you support or oppose this decision, there is no denying its significance.

This marks one of the biggest shifts in U.S. global health policy in decades.

Watch the full statement and decide for yourself.

[Shannon Pretzel @AlaskanScribe]

The lazy historical trivia taught in schools doesn’t prevent history from repeating because names, dates, clothing, etc are not truly relevant.

What’s relevant & matters are ideas: philosophy, values, perspectives. Substance of which US textbooks are nearly devoid.

Homeschool!