FROM TOM WOODS’ EMAIL
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In this atmosphere, I have decided not to charge for my US history courses anymore but instead to give them away for free.
If you want them, they’re yours. If you suffered from educational malpractice, here’s how to learn what they should have taught you but didn’t:
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What a gift! The gift of dikw (i.e., data, information, knowledge, wisdom) free from Tom’s own pocket.
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Posted by reinkefj
Tropicana OJ came in a new bottle.
I wondered why they would do that.
Eliminated the inner seal, slimmer cap.
Ahh hah. new 315 ml; old 325 ml.
Don’t know if the price changed.
Sneaky <synonym for excrement>!
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2024-07Jul-18
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13647497/woman-calls-tropicana-juice-trick-brand-money.html
Someone else noticed!
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2024-11Nov-18
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/business/tropicana-orange-juice-bottle/index.html?ICID=ref_fark
More Tropicana shrinkflation
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https://sonar21.com/media-gaslighting-on-biden-and-ukraine-plus-belated-spief-2024-video/
Media GAsLighting on Biden and Ukraine; Plus, Belated SPIEF 2024 Video
5 July 2024 by Larry Johnson
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It dawned on me today (okay, I’m a little slow on the uptake) that the legacy media is using the same gaslighting technique in reporting on Joe Biden and the War in Ukraine.
The term “gaslighting” comes from the 1938 play Angel Street, which was later adapted into the film Gaslight, in which a man tries to convince his wife that she is going insane so he can steal from her. When he turns on the lights in the attic to search for her jewelry collection, and the gas lights dim downstairs, he tells her it’s all in her imagination. Gradually she begins to question her own memories and perceptions.
The legacy media’s repeated insistence over the last two years that Ukraine was whooping the tar out of Russia on the battlefield, is the same tactic as the media’s claims that Joe Biden is a certifiable jeopardy candidate who could run circles around Albert Einstein were he still with us. Both messages are designed to bamboozle the public. But it is a failed tactic once visual, certifiable facts are on display and can no longer be dismissed as “conspiracy theories.”
Gaslighting is both a political tactic and technique designed to persuade you that you did not see nor hear what you saw and heard. Tonight’s interview on ABC of Joe Biden by Clinton protege, George Stephanopoulos, is a departure from the gaslighting and represents, instead, Biden’s last chance to persuade top Democrat officials and donors that last Thursday’s debate debacle was an aberration. It was not. Biden failed the test. The Democrats wanted it done on Friday night because it is not a big TV ratings night and any stumbles by Biden would be less damaging than if he did a full public melt-down in Prime Time like last Thursday’s debate.
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Finally have a good definition of what is being done to “We, The Sheeple”!
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FROM TLDR Crypto 2024-07-05
Russian government considering legalizing stablecoins for cross-border payments (2 minute read)
Assad Jafri
Jul. 3, 2024 at 8:48 pm UTC
Updated: Jul. 3, 2024 at 8:48 pm UTC
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Russia is considering legalizing stablecoins for international transactions to improve cross-border payments and mitigate the effects of ongoing sanctions. The Russian Central Bank is looking to regulate the transaction chain from entry to utilization. Its initiative would primarily target facilitating transactions with BRICS countries effectively integrating stablecoins into the national framework for international settlements.
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This is another nail in the coffin of the USA dollar and the SWIFT funds transfer system.
Our politicians and bureaucrats have really screwed the pooch this time.
Now assets will move bypassing and being transparent to the USA.
Good job, Guys. Incentivize the rapid adoption of a competitive technology.
Argh!
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Posted by reinkefj
https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/michael-moore-trump-was-right-about-this-one-thing/
FROM MICHAEL MOORE:
“Trump was right — I know, there’s words I’ve never spoken — Trump was right when he turned to Biden to ask him what his problem was as to why he never fires anybody,” Moore said. “It’s amazing to me how a week later now, anyone on this campaign staff still has a job! How is that possible?!”
I agree with him and DJT on that point.
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0CQCDMY2V/ref=atv_dp_share_r_em_5605dba96bbd4
The Beekeeper
A retired military operative, who now serves as a Beekeeper in a secret organization that protects the world like bees in a hive, is forced into a campaign of revenge when his neighbor’s finances are wiped out after a phishing scam.
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The beginning of this movie should be required watching BEFORE anyone gets a personal computer.
The ‘nice old lady” gets scammed out of everything she has by calling in after a pop up on her computer. Been there getting pop ups, spam emails, and whatever.
Lesson Number 1 is have yourself some “tech support” relative. Or at least, don’t trust anyone online.
The lady has a flash of insight to call her bank but gets talked out it when the nice man on the phone says “he’ll lose his job.”
The rest of the movie is mission impossible type hokum but enjoyable to see the “bad guys” get karma visited upon them.
All in all, the part about scammers is very believable and should serve as a warning to all computer Users.
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Posted by reinkefj
FROM 1440 NEWS
Good headline but text “Russian missile barrage” was bad. Could it have been a false flag? Remember Ukraine shot a missile into Poland and blamed Russia. The timing is too convenient and the Russians have been extremely careful about what they hit and very circumspect about firing back.
I’d say the facts are not yet fully known to assign blame.
IMHO
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Missiles Strike Ukraine
At least 36 civilians were killed and more than 100 wounded across Ukraine after a Russian missile barrage hit multiple targets yesterday, including the country’s largest children’s hospital in the capital of Kyiv. The daytime attack is considered the heaviest single-day bombardment in the last four months of the Russia-Ukraine war, which is now in its 29th month (see updates).
Ukraine’s air defenses shot down 30 of the 38 missiles, with officials saying the weapons consisted of aerial, ballistic, and cruise missiles (see the difference). At least 50 civilian buildings were damaged across central and eastern Ukraine by Russia’s airstrikes. The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting today to address the strikes.
Russia’s latest attack comes as Western leaders will meet in Washington, DC, today to kick off a three-day NATO summit. The agenda includes discussions over Ukraine’s potential membership in the military alliance and a new support package.
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Ukraine Bombs Its Own Children’s Hospital and British Journal Says Palestinian Death Toll is Astronomical
8 July 2024 by Larry Johnson
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This is a ten on both the hypocrisy and propaganda scales. Check it for yourself. Do an internet search on the following — “Ukraine strikes Sevastopol.” Only cursory coverage. No blaring headlines in the NY Times or Financial Times or any other major paper. Ignore it. But this? Intense coverage.
Only one problem with the story — it is BULLSHIT. The children’s hospital was hit by an errant air defense missile fired by Ukraine. Whoops! What is really telling is that there was ZERO news coverage of the other sites hit by Russian missiles in Kiev. You know why? Because they were military targets and there were probably Western casualties. Russia delivered this blow in daylight during working hours in order to inflict maximum casualties on those engaged in producing or repairing weapons.
Ukrainian authorities also lied about the number of Russian missiles shot down. The Ukie Air Force claimed it downed 30 of 38 Russian missiles. Check out the following videos. You can see at least five successful Russian missile strikes in Kiev, including some secondary explosions, which normally are associated with a weapons storage facility. (We’ll see how long YouTube allows the first video to stay online. I will also post on BitChute.)
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“Needless to say I called my doctor and was told to get to the emergency room immediately” — Apple’s cheapest Watch just saved another life
By Stephen Warwick
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Apple’s cheapest wearable has just been credited with saving another life, proving you don’t have to buy the best Apple Watch on the market to benefit from life-saving tech yet again.
User V3N0M0US83 took to the Apple Watch Subreddit this week and revealed “Apple Watch saved my life this past weekend.” “I have an SE 2 and Thursday my watch had gone off saying my heart rate was above 120 bpm,” they explained. The user ignored the alerts “as I didn’t feel any discomfort,” but got two more heart rate alerts while sitting at the kitchen table the following day.
“I opened the heart rate app and my bpm was at 161 while resting.” The user’s girlfriend, a medical assistant in training, gave their heart a listen with a stethoscope “and said my heart was beating out of my chest.” Turns out, they needed life-saving treatment.
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My afib was detected by my apple watch and the cardiologist didn’t believe it. The episode evidently was intermittent. He wired me up with 73 hour monitor. Then next day he called me into the office and started me on a drug regimen.
It was afib.
Even on drugs I get a warning that the “afib is less than 2%”. He says that is ok, but don’t stop the medicine or lose the watch.
So, it doesn’t have to be the best apple watch to get this feature, but it could save your life. Afib causes heart attacks, strokes, and all sorts of other “lesser problems”. It’s a cheap tool. And, I can confirm the efficacy of it.
YMMV but I am a believer.
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Thousands of homeowners are about to get slammed with higher monthly payments
By Samantha Delouya, CNN
Published 4:00 AM EDT, Mon July 1, 2024
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Andrew Marquis, a loan officer in Lexington, Massachusetts, said he has recently seen a dramatic increase in ARM loan applications. Homebuyers increasingly believe that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in the next few years, giving these buyers time to refinance their loans before the clock on the fixed period of their ARM runs out, he said. The Fed doesn’t directly set mortgage rates, but its actions influence them. This year, the Federal Reserve has signaled that it may possibly cut its benchmark interest rate one time.
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I guess no one learned anything from the 2008 Housing bubble.
If you need an adjustable rate mortgage to afford the house, that’s a red flag that you can’t afford it.
If the max increase is more than you can afford, then you are rolling the dice. If the professionals knew what the interest rates would be, they could make a fortune in the options market. Instead they are selling you mortgages.
For the average Joe Six-Pack, 30 year fixed is still the best buy; unless you can afford a 15 year fixed.
Argh!
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