TECHNOLOGY: The shopping and delivery trend

Thursday, March 18, 2021

https://www.cnet.com/news/streaming-shopping-and-delivery-why-covid-may-have-changed-our-habits-forever/#ftag=CAD590a51e

Streaming, shopping and delivery: Why COVID may have changed our habits forever
The pandemic made subscription services like grocery delivery and streaming part of daily life. We examine what’s changed and what it means for the future.
Shelby Brown  
March 17, 2021 4:00 a.m. PT

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“I’ll likely go out to stores I enjoy browsing in, but I doubt I’ll go back regular grocery shopping. It’s just too convenient,” she said. “At the end of the day, I’ll pay a little more to have it delivered so I can spend some extra time with my daughter at home than spend 2 hours at the grocery store, shopping.”

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Out of a sample size of two young women grocery shoppers, I know one who is NOT going back to the old way of schlepping to the grocery store.

The other is a tactile strap of consciousness lady who wants to see and feel stuff.

But I do think the author has identified a trend.

In my case, I’m lazy and, as a child, my sainted Mother used to drag me to go shopping many Saturdays.  Hence, I HATE it.  So for as much as like the power of Big Tech, I’m a keyboard warrior when it comes to shopping.

No going back for me unless I’m dragged into it.

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FUN: Never take your eyes off little kids!

Thursday, March 18, 2021

https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=sIDJU_1615886463&utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

Chinese girl gets stuck in claw machine after climbing inside to claim prizes

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A girl got stuck in a claw machine in northern China after she climbed inside to get her hands of the prizes inside.

The CCTV video, captured in the city of Hohhot in Inner Mongolia on March 14, shows a girl in a black dress climbing into a claw machine through the pickup hole.

After she grabbed a doll, she was trying to climb back out but could not manage it.

Her friend informed their parents and the workers at the arcade game centre were called to the site to open the claw machine door to free the girl.

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Never take your eyes off little kids!

They are amazing.

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NEWJERSEY: New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy should be out!

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

https://www.theblaze.com/news/nj-governor-nursing-home-policy-warnings

‘Patients will die’: NJ governor was warned in March about nursing home policy’s deadly consequences
NEWS Newly obtained audio shows there was pushback from the start
PHIL SHIVER
March 15, 2021 

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It’s not only New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo who is justifiably in hot water for implementing a deadly policy that forced nursing home facilities to accept coronavirus-positive patients who had been discharged from the hospital, against admonitions from long-term care directors. Now, Cuomo’s tri-state counterpart, New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, is facing mounting scrutiny for implementing a similar policy and ignoring warnings, as well.

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Where is the impeachment effort here in the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee?

Where are the wrongful death suits?

Where is the upload and outrage from the families of the victims?

Argh!

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POLITICAL: D’s more upset about sexual harassment than the nursing home deaths?

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3942450/posts

dems are bothered more by sexual harassment of a few women than they are the killing of 1000’s of elderly
Flopping Aces ^ | 03-15-21 | DrJohn
Posted on 3/15/2021, 4:25:13 PM by Starman417

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Andrew Cuomo completely mismanaged the COVID crisis. His ineptitude caused the deaths of thousands of elderly. He ordered nursing homes to accept COVID positive patients and sounded very crass

“Older people, vulnerable people, are going to die from this virus,” Cuomo added. “That is going to happen despite whatever you do, with all our progress as a society, we can’t keep everyone alive. Older people are more vulnerable.  That is a fact that is not going to change.”

Worse, he lied about it.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top aide confessed privately this week that the administration suppressed the true COVID toll in the homes. She also offered an apology — not to the thousands of New York families who needlessly lost loved ones thanks to her boss’s mismanagement but to Democratic lawmakers put in a difficult “political position with the Republicans” by the coverup.

Then he became dismissive about the elderly deaths

“New York State, we’re only about 28%, only, but we’re below the national average in number of deaths in nursing homes — but who cares?” he asked. “Thirty-three, twenty-eight, died in a hospital, died in a nursing home, they died.”

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Personally, I am surprised that the coverup of the NY nursing home deaths hasn’t drawn its own criticism.

Isn’t the saying “It’s not the crime, but the coverup”?

AND, I’m also absolutely flabbergasted that there has NOT been and avalanche of wrongful death suits against all involved.  Guess the ambulance chasers are afraid of reprisals from the politicians and bureaucrats!

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INTERESTING: Funny how some things leak; and some things don’t

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

FROM TWITTER

Sharyl Attkisson 
@SharylAttkisson
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Mar 15
 
There seemed to be no dispute over the claim that Epstein videotaped, for blackmail purposes, his famous clients. More than a year and a half after his death, where are the tapes?

Funny how some things leak; and some things don’t.

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I’m still waiting for an in-depth investigation of the whole débâcle!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: $790,000 in Crop Insurance Fraud

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3942467/posts

Fresno County Woman Arrested for over $790,000 in Crop Insurance Fraud
justice.gov ^ | March 10, 2021 | U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of California
Posted on 3/15/2021, 4:50:54 PM by ransomnote

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FRESNO, Calif. — On March 10, 2021, Jatinderieet “Jyoti” Sihota, 34, of Selma, was arrested on a federal indictment charging her with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and mail fraud for the submission of over $790,000 in fraudulent crop insurance claims, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. The indictment was unsealed today following her arrest.

According to court records, from at least November 2013 through September 2016, Sihota controlled her family’s farms in Fresno and Tulare Counties that produced table grapes, plums, and other crops. The crops were sold through fruit brokers in California’s Central Valley to supermarket chains and other third-party buyers.

Throughout this period, Sihota and others caused her family’s farms to obtain federally backed crop insurance policies through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency’s Federal Crop Insurance Program. They then submitted fraudulent insurance claims for crop losses due to excessive heat, rain, and other reasons that did not actually occur.

Sihota and others, including individuals at the produce brokers through which the crops were sold, altered records to misrepresent the varieties, quantities, and other information regarding the crops that were sold and submitted the records to the insurance program to support the fraudulent claims. These misrepresentations established sufficient crop losses to obtain insurance payments. When the insurance loss adjusters contacted Sihota and others to confirm the accuracy of the representations, they confirmed that the representations were accurate and complete, but in actuality, they were not.

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Why is the Gooferment involved in “crop insurance”?

At the very least, there should be a insurance company in front of the Gooferment!

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TECHNOLOGY: Speaking of old technology … … Laugh!

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/village-wales-tv-broadband-internet-connection-aberhosan-powys-b530527.html?utm_source=reddit.com

OLD TV DISRUPTED ENTIRE VILLAGE’S INTERNET CONNECTION FOR 18 MONTHS
The television disrupted internet connections for the village when it was turned on every morning
Adam Smith@adamndsmith Tuesday 22 September 2020 14:41

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TIL that for 18 months, a village in Wales was mystified as to why their broadband internet crashed at 7am every morning, until engineers “picked up a large burst of electrical interference” springing from one dude turning on his very old TV.

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And they didn’t even buy him a new TV?

I’d have “traded” it with them or begun to turn it off and on several times a day.

But, then I am just grumpy old fart.

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GUN: “Open Carry” just makes the armed citizen a priority target

Monday, March 15, 2021

https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2021/03/14/attorney-claims-open-carry-unconstitutional-n42108

Say What? Attorney Claims Open Carry Is Unconstitutional
By Cam Edwards | Mar 14, 2021 12:30 PM ET

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“For those of us in fire self-defense training circles, all you’re doing by open carrying is identifying to the potential attacker who he needs to take out first.”

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The politicians and bureaucrats have no common sense when it comes to guns.

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Forensic experts question probe into Tiger Woods’ crash

Monday, March 15, 2021

Accident reconstruction experts said the links legend’s inability to remember driving at all was reason enough to bring in a drug recognition expert, or DRE. Tiger Woods’ vehicle on its side after the accident. AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File “I would have thought that you would have him evaluated by a DRE to see whether or not there are some physical clues beyond the operation that would point to impairment,” said Charles Schack, a former New Hampshire state trooper who is now president of Crash Experts, which analyzes accidents.

Forensic experts question probe into Tiger Woods’ crash

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Another example of two sets of “justice standards”.

Thee and me!

One for the elite; one for the peons.

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LIBERTARIAN: NVIC should not be deplatformed

Monday, March 15, 2021

https://sharylattkisson.com/2021/03/censored-national-vaccine-information-center/

CENSORED: National Vaccine Information Center
DATED: MARCH 8, 2021 BY SHARYL ATTKISSON

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In October 2020, NVIC sponsored the pay-for-view Fifth International Public Conference on Vaccination: Protecting Health and Autonomy in the 21st Century held online with more than 50 speakers presenting information on vaccine science, policy, law and civil liberties, and now conference presentations are available for free viewing. Following the conference, NVIC was targeted by political operatives and global non-governmental organizations and corporations that are working with governments to silence criticism of vaccine safety and one-size-fits-all mandatory vaccination policies and laws.

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As a payoff to Big Pharma, the Federal Gooferment prevents them from being sued when a “vaccine injury” occurs.

I’d like to see that protection revokes and the truth set free.

I’m not an anti-vaxer extremist.  But I don’t believe the politicians and bureaucrats when they say “it’s ok, Nothing to see here.”.

“Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Whose gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago’s death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don’t want the truth because deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you are entitled to.” Colonel Jessep in A Few Good Men played by Jack Nicholson

I think we are all ENTITLED to the truth on vaccines.

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HEALTH: I’m not anti-vax, but these reports are concerning

Sunday, March 14, 2021

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3942047/posts

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-9359529/Undisputed-middleweight-champion-Marvelous-Marvin-Hagler-passes-away-unexpectedly-aged-66.html

Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies ‘unexpectedly’ at age 66 after friend said he was ‘in ICU fighting the effects of the vaccine
Daily Mail  
Posted on 3/14/2021, 12:07:29 AM 

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Boxing was in mourning on Saturday night after the shock death of one its all-time greats, Marvin Hagler, at just 66, after he reportedly suffered side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine. Born in Newark, New Jersey – dominated the sport’s middleweight scene, which he was champion of between 1980 and 1987. He was also named as the Fighter of the Decade for the 1980s by Boxing Illustrated magazine and won the Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year award twice.

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First, I am not an anti-vax-er.  I have just taken the first of two shingles vaxes, plain to get my pneumonia vax updated next month, and have had all the childhood vaxes. BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), I NEVER get the flu vax, and in general I’m very aware that vaxes are a tradeoff of risk versus reward.  

For example, the polio vax is a no brainer.  I have personally seen first hand the devestation that polio can cause. (RIP cousin William!)  So the “tradeoff” is very lopsided.

For example, the flu vax is questionable.  It’s usually at best 30% effective and often usless if the drug companies don’t anticipate the right strain. So to me, the “tradeoff” is also very lopsided in the opposite direction.

Now every decision with regard to vaxes is very personal.  There’s no “right” or “wrong”. 

That being said, now every bit of information on the vaxes is POLITICAL!

The dikw (i.e., data, information, knowledge, wisdom) about them is based by the “narrative” or political pov of the source.  And that should NOT be permitted.

The data should be reported straightforwardly and as accurately as possible. Facts are not up to discussion.  “Today, the CDC reports X fatalities.” Should not require a long investigation of the causes.  The whole “died with covid” versus “died from covid” or even worse “died from what we guess is covid” or even worse “died from what we think might be covid” is completely unacceptable.

Let’s get some real journalists like Sharyl Attkisson https://sharylattkisson.com to give us the straight scoop.

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INSPIRATIONAL: That poor skunk! Is us like us humans today?

Sunday, March 14, 2021

https://ritholtz.com/2021/03/transcript-william-j-bernstein/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheBigPicture+%28The+Big+Picture%29

Transcript: William J. Bernstein
March 7, 2021 12:00pm by Barry Ritholtz
The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Bill Bernstein on the Delusions Of Crowds, is below.

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BERNSTEIN: So we have this evolutionary drive, that let me we lead this to over interpret things and the analogy I think that is best is that you know if you’re a skunk millions of years of evolution have told you that when you meet a large predator, you turn 180 degrees, lift your tail and spray.

And that’s you know, very, very functional and very useful in a state of nature. But in a semi urban environment where the biggest threat to your existence is a hunk of steel weighing two tons moving at 60 miles an hour, that is not a functional response and unfortunately that’s the world we live in today.

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Somehow I feel that “We, The Sheeple” are like that poor skunk being unable to adapt to the politicians and bureaucrats taking control of life.

Argh!

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POLITICAL: A “political hit job” on a potential Democratic 2024 Presidential candidate?

Sunday, March 14, 2021

https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/alan-dershowitz-andrew-cuomo-allegation-probe/2021/03/13/id/1013682/

Alan Dershowitz to Newsmax TV: Cuomo ‘Should Stick to His Guns’
By Eric Mack    |   Saturday, 13 March 2021 01:04 PM

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is justified in rejecting calls for him to resign over alleged sexual harassment or misconduct, because there is no guilt by accusation in American, says legal expert Alan Dershowitz on Newsmax TV.

“First of all, the most serious allegation, the only one that alleges possible criminal conduct – groping, which in a legal concept is just a made up word – but that’s by an anonymous source,” Dershowitz decried on “Saturday Report.”

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When I first read about Cuomo’s troubles, I called it as I saw it — a “political hit job” on a potential Democratic 2024 Presidential candidate.

CUI BONO:  Kamala Harris, Susan Rice from Team Obama comes to mind.

Of course, he should resign on the basis of “anonymous” reports.

He’s entitled to the presumption of innocence.

I was never a fan of his politics, or some of his “if it saves one life” logic, but this feels like “politics”.

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INSPIRATIONAL: African grey parrots are “charitable”?

Saturday, March 13, 2021

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/parrots-share-currency-help-their-pals-purchase-food-180973917/

Researchers taught African grey parrots to buy food using tokens. They were then paired up, one parrot given ten tokens and the other none. Without any incentive for sharing, parrots with tokens started to give some to their broke partners so that everyone could eat.

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Wow!

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HEALTH: Sorry, a virus that is 0.1 microns ain’t going to be stopped by a cloth mask

Saturday, March 13, 2021

https://www.theblaze.com/amp/horowitz-how-osha-magically-evolved-from-years-of-its-own-research-stating-masks-are-not-valid-protection-2651034990?__twitter_impression=true

How OSHA magically ‘evolved’ from years of its own research stating masks are not valid protection
The Blaze ^ | Mar 12, 2021 | Daniel Horowi tz
Posted on 3/12/2021, 1:17:14 PM by Repent and Believe

“Asbestos particles are on average 5 microns, which are much larger than SARS-CoV-2, yet nobody in my field – industrial hygiene – would recommend that we could protect workers from asbestos exposure using a mask,” said Stephen Petty, a certified industrial hygienist and hazardous exposure expert, on my podcast last week. “In fact, I would argue that you’d lose your credentials for saying such a thing.”

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This fat old white guy injineer recognized this fact personally on a cold day in front of glass door.

Ever seen a picture of a researcher in a virus lab?

So, masks are the pandemic’s version of “security theater” at the airports.

I think the politicians and bureaucrats should be laughed at because they assume “We, The Sheeple” are that stupid!

Or are they?

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TECHNOLOGY: The FBI Should Stop Attacking Encryption

Saturday, March 13, 2021

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/fbi-should-stop-attacking-encryption-and-tell-congress-about-all-encrypted-phones

The FBI Should Stop Attacking Encryption and Tell Congress About All the Encrypted Phones It’s Already Hacking Into
BY JOE MUL

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The first step is to start keeping track of what’s happening. Congress should require that federal law enforcement agencies create detailed audit logs and screen recordings of digital searches. And we agree with Upturn that agencies nationwide should collect and publish aggregated information about how many phones were searched, and whether those searches involved warrants (with published warrant numbers), or so-called consent searches. Agencies should also disclose what tools were used for data extraction and analysis.

Congress should also consider placing sharp limits on when consent searches can take place at all. In our January blog post, we suggest that such searches be banned entirely in high-coercion settings like traffic stops, and suggest some specific limits that should be set in less-coercive settings.

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As a little L libertarian, my first step would be “no warrant; no search”.  PERIOD!

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Amazon’s monopoly is squeezing your public library, too – The Washington Post

Friday, March 12, 2021

Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won’t let you. Its monopoly is stopping public libraries from lending e-books and audiobooks from Mindy Kaling, Dean Koontz, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Trevor Noah, Andy Weir, Michael Pollan and a whole lot more Listen to article 10 min (Andrea Chronopoulos for The Washington Post) By Geoffrey A. Fowler Technology columnist March 10, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. EST

Amazon’s monopoly is squeezing your public library, too – The Washington Post\

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Sounds like this might draw some anti-trust action!

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An important mistake in President Biden’s speech | Sharyl Attkisson

Friday, March 12, 2021

President Biden made an important and potentially dangerous mistake in his first national address Thursday night.

An important mistake in President Biden’s speech | Sharyl Attkisson

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Seems like a big oversight by the Ministry of Truth.

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NEWJERSEY: State Gooferment goes rogue

Friday, March 12, 2021

https://bearingarms.com/ba-contributor/2021/03/10/nj-man-arrested-unlawful-possession-breaks-no-laws-n41980

NJ Man Arrested for Unlawful Gun Possession, Breaks No Laws
By Bearing Arms Contributor | Mar 10, 2021 9:00 PM ET

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With last year’s U.S. Supreme Court mooting the NYSRPC v. City of New York case and rejecting to hear a dozen other 2A cases — many of which dealt with the right to carry firearms outside the home — the legal issue of possession of firearms outside the home remains a battle. But if states like New Jersey wish to lean on the narrow provisions pronounced in Heller and McDonald, then they should not be allowed to arrest honest citizens for having arms within their residences as specifically protected under Heller and McDonald.

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I’m not surprised.  It’s the bluest of blue states where the elite hates liberty.

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NOTRECOMMENDED: Google Pay

Friday, March 12, 2021

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/the-new-google-pay-repeats-all-the-same-mistakes-of-google-allo/

PLEASE STOP —
The new Google Pay repeats all the same mistakes of Google Allo
For P2P users, the new app has fewer features, is less convenient, and has more fees.
RON AMADEO – 3/7/2021, 9:30 AM
 

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For long-term Google users, the new Google Pay is yet another annoying transition they’ll have to explain to friends and family. This is an occurrence that’s getting more frequent and more annoying in recent years, thanks to similar Google shutdowns of Google Play Music, Cloud Print, Inbox, Works with Nest, the ongoing Hangouts situation, and many others. That’s to say nothing of the crazy history of this payment service, which used to be Google Wallet, then Android Pay, then Google Pay, and now it’s a totally different Google Pay. Just like we’ve been through a million times now, some people won’t think this is a big deal because their use case is supported on the new product, while for other people, the new Google Pay will be a much bigger deal, because their use cases will be ripped-out from under them and no longer supported.

The worst part of it all is that, like the move from Google Music to YouTube Music, there is no reward at the end of this transition. Google is blowing stuff up and making users switch apps and set things up again only because of internal politics and infrastructure concerns. There aren’t any great new features to sell people on—it’s just Google’s constantly shifting priorities reaching into your life to remind you, “This is what being a Google user is like now. You’d better keep up!” It gets exhausting.

There is one new feature in the new Google Pay. I swear I’m not making this up: new Google Pay is yet another Google messaging app! Once you add someone via their phone number, the three options are “Pay,” “Request,” and “Message.” The “Message” option will bring up a full messaging app with the usual back and forth replies, push notifications, and emoji support. You can even start a group chat!

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Luckily, I never got into Google Pay. And, I dropped Google Fi for Altice’s unlimited mobile offering.

YMMV

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PRODUCTIVITY: Low tech sometimes is better

Thursday, March 11, 2021

https://central.myfax.com/help?mobile=n

I learned a long time ago when being a “patient advocate” that MOST times the best way to communicate with the “medicine men” aka modern day doctors was to use the fax machine.  Now I “know” that HIPPA prevents them from using plain old email; some have portals that they can communicate through, but nothing is as easy as a fax machine.  And, for some reason, perhaps because it’s not used a lot by patients, it seems to get special attention.  For example, when I call to get a prescription refill and jump through all the hoops, sometimes I get my refill.  I never get a call back to say that it’s been sent in; some docs actually tell you via recorded message that they ain’t calling you back. Argh!  (It’s like the unmonitored email boxes that email important info but you’re not important enough to take your reply. Argh!)

My fax is $10 per month and works flawlessly.  I get nothing from them other Han good service YMMV.

So just today, I had another opportunity to show myself the value of this low tech solution.  I had to go to the radiology lab again, never mind why my first visit was screwed up, and, on the prior visit they gave me their SEVEN page form to fill out at home.  Being a high tech guy, I scanned it in and did it “online”.  But, I forgot to print out the results. So today, when I arrived at the lab, I asked for their fax number, bridged my computer to my cell phone, and got my fax to send the complete form into the lab.  Problem solved.

So I recommend keeping this particular “arrow” in your quiver!

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INSPIRATIONAL: Think of “Big Pizza” hanging up the phones … …

Thursday, March 11, 2021

https://ritholtz.com/2021/03/the-landscape

The Landscape
March 7, 2021 10:00am by Bob Lefsetz

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COMPLAINTS

Go nowhere today. They’re forgotten. And oftentimes there’s not even anyone to complain to, try tweeting Apple, it cannot be done! Your goal is to improve your own little life. You need to seek out your own answers. Google is your friend. When you don’t know something, immediately go to Google, don’t ask the purveyor, you just look dumb, they put in the effort, why can’t you? Same deal with tech help. Figure it out yourself, once again Google is your friend. This is a huge sea change between the past and the present and future, between the young and the old. If you need to call someone to fix your problem, forget it, you’re already history. If you’re complaining your product didn’t last, you’re forgetting that if it was available at all, in the past it was ten times the price and it doesn’t pay to repair it.

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I think this bit of realization is earth-shaking.

When I reflect on my efforts this week, I recognize this wisdom in my interactions:

  • Trying to get a vax appointment for an 81 year old with health problems is a giant waste of time.  And, the frustration of hearing that a healthy 21 year old girl got one with ease just sends me into a spiral.
  • Attempting to get my mortgage paid automagically from my bank into my credit union led to an inane email response from my credit union which was just a cut ’n’ paste from their help screen.
  • My ongoing fight about some doors with transparent “opaque” doors continues with a letter from my credit card company asking for more details. Argh!
  • My car tire has a slow leak that the dealer has “fixed” at least twice.  This morning the tire is nearly flat. I can’t just put air in it; it’s nitrogen.
  • Recently I showed up for an MRI, only to find out I need to prep for it.  No one eve mentioned that fact, but I did get two tests and two emails about Covid safety. Argh!
  • I got a bill for a recent ER visit.  What little that was itemized was for labs.  You know the ones that I asked for copies before I left the ER, was promised, but never received. When I called about the bill, I was referred to another number.  Voice mail!
  • Don’t ask about my gal pal’s ongoing frustration with Optimum.

In short, this snippet is insightful.

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NEWJERSEY: Unlike Florida, we have a “King”!

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

https://patch.com/new-jersey/southbrunswick/s/hgq4i/nj-bars-restaurants-others-to-expand-to-50-percent-amid-covid?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert

NJ Bars, Restaurants, Others To Expand To 50 Percent Amid COVID

Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to announce he’s loosening coronavirus restrictions following the release of new CDC guidance, sources say.
Alexis Tarrazi, Patch Staff
Posted Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 12:18 pm ET|Updated Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 12:22 pm ET

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Murphy took the steps after he said on Tuesday that New Jersey will follow “to some degree” new guidance released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that addresses one of the fastest-growing groups the Garden State: the fully vaccinated. Read more: NJ To Follow New CDC Vaccine Guidance ‘To Some Degree:’ Murphy

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The arrogance of “King Murphy” is stunning.

Some one please point him to Florida!

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GUNS: Montana Colleges Scramble To Adjust To Constitutional Carry – Bearing Arms

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

And it requires the Montana University System to drop its restrictions on campus carry by June 1.

Montana Colleges Scramble To Adjust To Constitutional Carry – Bearing Arms

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Constitutional carry is long overdue back in the USA.

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Piers Morgan QUITS GMB over claims Meghan Markle lied as Ofcom launches probe | Daily Mail Online

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Piers Morgan quits GMB: Cancel culture claims morning TV star in week he scored record ratings after social media campaign whips up 41,000 complaints to Ofcom because he said he didn’t believe a word Meghan said  Piers Morgan faced a social media campaign over comments he made about Harry and Meghan’s interview  He faced a huge online backlash after he said he ‘didn’t believe a word’ of the Duke and Duchess’ Oprah talk  Twitter users responded by sharing links to Ofcom and gave instructions on how to complain to TV regulator  Ofcom today announced it was launching an investigation following the raft of complaints from Twitter users  MailOnline editor at large, who has helped show to record ratings, had blazing row with Alex Beresford today They were discussing the Sussexes’ interview with Oprah, where the couple accused Royal Family of racism  It comes after the show had a world exclusive interview with Meghan’s father Thomas Markle earlier today  The GMB host returned to the set after the ad break, acknowledging the issue had ‘raised a lot of emotions’  ITV today released statement saying it was parting company with host but said it would not comment further By JAMES ROBINSON and HENRY MARTIN and JACK ELSOM FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 13:35 EST, 9 March 2021 | UPDATED: 21:16 EST, 9 March 2021

Piers Morgan QUITS GMB over claims Meghan Markle lied as Ofcom launches probe | Daily Mail Online

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I’ve never been his biggest fan. But, maybe begrudgingly in the past, I’ve found things to agree with him on.

I’ll defend his right to say what he believes. To say that he was heartless or wrong about suicidal feelings is merely a cover to punish him for his opinions. No one in their right mind mind would use a suicidal individual to get any necessary help.

I agree with him that if Meghan expressed those feeling to some on in the family or on staff and was told about “image”, then that’s the real problem. Not Morgan’s opinion of Meghan’s truthfulness.

I agree with Michael Malice’s observation that the Firm is more upset about the racism charge than having a pedophile in the Firm!

So, while England doesn’t have a First Amendment to protect Piers from the FIrm’s wrath, he should be welcomed to the USA to ply his craft here. I’m sure that he’ll find our politicians and bureaucrats as great targets for his pen. If he’s looking for liars, then we have more than enough for him to wrote about.

As far as the Sussexes, I care not that they have hurt feelings. I do care that they distract us from our important problems.

Congrats to Oprah for demonstrating why the British Royal Family is a too expensive luxury for the British Taxpayer and the World.

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POLITICAL: Trump’s Last-Minute Pardons Highlight the Problem of Staggering Medicare & Medicaid Fraud | Cato @ Liberty

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

https://www.cato.org/blog/trumps-last-minute-pardons-problem-medicare-medicaid-fraud

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President Trump granted full pardons to Todd Farha, Thaddeus Bereday, William Kale, Paul Behrens, and Peter Clay, former executives of a healthcare maintenance organization….In 2008, Messrs. Farha, Bereday, Kale, Behrens, and Clay were criminally prosecuted for a state regulatory matter involving the reporting of expenditures to a state health agency. The expenditures reported were based on actual monies spent, and the reporting methodology was reviewed and endorsed by those with expertise in the state regulatory scheme. Notably, there was no evidence that any of the individuals were motivated by greed…

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Inexcusable!

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