GOVEROTRAGEOUS: AT&T “cancels” NY State internet service

Friday, January 17, 2025

https://www.androidauthority.com/atnt-exits-new-york-home-internet-aba-3517417/

AT&T shuts down its home internet service in New York to avoid new broadband law
New York’s affordable broadband act comes into effect this week.
By Rashid Agrawal
13 hours ago << EDITOR ADDED DATE 2025-01-17>>

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TL;DR

  •     AT&T has announced it will end its home internet service in New York, effective January 15.
  •     The decision comes in response to the state’s Affordable Broadband Act.
  •     The law requires internet providers to offer low-income households broadband plans priced at $15 and $20.

AT&T has announced that it will cease offering its 5G home internet service in New York State. This drastic decision, first reported by CNET, comes in direct response to the state’s landmark Affordable Broadband Act (ABA), which mandates that internet service providers offer low-income households significantly cheaper internet plans. (h/t: Ars Technica)

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Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerk strikes a blow for cheap internet for “the poor”.

One problem: AT&T picked up their tech and moved out.  Big middle finger to the Comunists who think their diktats have power.  Nah, nah, de nah.  

Did the politicians and bureaucrats expect this?

More and more businesses are pushing back.  I cite PornHub’s departure from certain southern States.

Finally, Ma Bell grew a set.  Where were they when Judge Green and DOJ were breaking up the finest phone system in the world?  The casualties were Bell Labs, a million employees, and untold numbers of investors who lost their collective shirts.

Argh!

Time to squeeze Gooferment back in a very very small box.

It really only has a few limited Constitution duties  —  protect against external aggression, foreign relations, and keep the States from interfering in interstate commerce.

States have more lattitude, but no guarantee that they won’t do stupid <synonym for excrement> like this.

What’s next the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerk “diktat” that AT&T phones can’t handle calls in NY?

Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: “We”, the middle and working-class families, need to keep the politicians and bureaucrats focused on our priorities

Friday, January 17, 2025

https://nj1015.com/california-fire-disaster-wake-up-call-new-jersey-is-next-without-action/?lh_aid=84349&lh_cid=01rk6ndmqt&di=668253fd18d5308e2c5357c98b931ee1

California fire disaster wake-up call: New Jersey is next without action
Bill Spadea
Published: January 10, 2025

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The bottom line is that we need to keep the environmental wackos in check so that we are managing our forests, keeping our reservoirs filled and stopping overdevelopment, which has a negative impact on water pressure and infrastructure potentially making it much harder for firefighters to do their jobs.

The state needs to encourage and empower local fire departments to recruit young people into the departments and eliminate harmful mandates that keep recruiting down.

All firefighters, both volunteer and career, should receive free cancer screening and Chapter 78 pension reform should be struck down until overall insurance costs are brought down.

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Politicians in Trenton want to pit public workers against the private sector as if it’s us vs. them. What they have completely wrong is the “us” in the equation are all middle and working-class families, whether you’re working the public or private sector. The “them” in the equation are the back-room Trenton insiders who have been profiting on our backs for far too long. It is the real us vs. them and it’s time we hold them accountable and take back Trenton government for us.

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I think that Bill Spadea is absolutely correct about the “us vs. them”.  Too long we have allowed politicians and bureaucrats to pit us against each other.

In this particular case, the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee can learn from the California fires without having to experience them personally.  Same as floods, let’s take “lessons learned” and transform them into positive actions.

We have fires here in New Jersey every year.  (Remember the Garden State Parkway being closed by smoke recently.)  Where is the plan to mitigate and control.

We have floods here in New Jersey every year.  (Remember the town named Bound Brook. It’s for a reason.)  Where is the plan for that.

We have an “insurance cancellation” problem here in New Jersey every year.  (Remember the various harror stories about being cancelled for a stained roof or dilapidated shed?). Where is our plan for eminent domaining properties that are repeatedly flooded?  Or no coverage to rebuild in disaster zones. And, certainly not rebuilding mansions at the shore repeatedly covered by flood insurance. How about state wide “insurance pools” run like credit unions?

Let’s not let the politicians and bureaucrats lull us back to sleep with vague promises only to be reawakened by disasters.

Argh!

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HEALTHCARE: Hospitals are deadly; never forget it

Thursday, January 16, 2025

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2024/12/13/hospitalization.aspx?ui=f9839516412491bb1e06c9e47058c6fb81b9b9b6acedf03e65e93dfdb263c1b9&sd=20210317&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1ReadMore&cid=20241213&foDate=false&mid=DM1672472&rid=183055644

What Makes Hospitals So Deadly and How Can We Fix It?
Analysis by A Midwestern Doctor

December 13, 2024

  • Throughout COVID-19, abysmal hospital care and the suppression of effective off-patent therapies killed approximately a million Americans. Much of this originated from Obamacare pressuring hospitals to aggressively treat patients so they could quickly leave the hospital and reduce health care costs
  • More frail patients respond poorly to aggressive protocols, resulting in them frequently being pushed into palliative care or hospice. Sadly doctors are no longer trained to gradually bring their patients back to health, and hence view many of those deaths as inevitable
  • During COVID-19, hospitals enforced rigid protocols centered around remdesivir and ventilators while denying alternative treatments, even in cases where patients were likely to die — in one striking example, patients who received court-ordered ivermectin had a 95% survival rate compared to just 5% for those denied it
  • Current medical training emphasizes following standardized protocols rather than practicing individualized medicine, with younger doctors being trained to execute procedures rather than critically examine cases and adjust treatment plans for each patient
  • In this article, we will review some of the forgotten medical therapies that dramatically improve hospital outcomes and highlight some of the key strategies patients and lawmakers can use to reduce hospital deaths

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During COVID-19, we witnessed something previously unimaginable. A national emergency hospitalized thousands of Americans, where they were cut off from their loved ones and inevitably died. It soon became clear that the hospital protocols did not work, but regardless of how futile conventional care was, patients in our hospitals could not get the alternative therapies they needed.

This led to a sobering realization throughout America — what many of us believed about our hospitals was utterly incorrect. Rather than help patients, hospitals effectively functioned like assembly lines that ran disastrous protocols (e.g., remdesivir), denied patients access to their loved ones and refused to use alternative therapies even when it was known the patients were otherwise expected to die.

This was best illustrated by a travel nurse who was assigned to the New York hospital with the highest death tolls in the nation and realized something very wrong was happening throughout the hospital so she covertly recorded it:

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It’s hard to imagine that a system that is based on “first do no harm” can deliver such an abominable result.

A plague on all their houses,

Clearly, the system needs to dismantled  and reassembled.

And, some trials and tribunals to assess blame and punishment.

Surely, McDonalds needs fry cooks.

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ENCOURAGING: Getty Museum team had their game plan payoff

Thursday, January 16, 2025

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14268629/Getty-museum-fire-prevention-karen-bass.html

Simple steps taken to prevent Getty Museum burning down. Why didn’t Karen Bass do the same?
By BRITTANY CHAIN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 18:44 EST, 9 January 2025 | Updated: 19:10 EST, 9 January 2025

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While most of the Pacific Palisades has been reduced to ash and rubble after it was caught in the path of the devastating California wildfires, the iconic Getty Museum is still standing after implementing a simple routine. 

The museum’s successful efforts to keep the fire at bay begs the question: why didn’t Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass use similar tactics to protect homes and land? 

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Sounds like the Getty Museum leadership had their game plan and worked it.

All the politicians and bureaucrats are scrambling to blame someone else.  Just once, I’d like someone stand up and say: “I made a mistake but we will not make that one again.”  Maybe they won’t get praised for the mistake, but they can serve as an object lesson.

The Getty Museum team demonstrated that if you do the job, excuses are not needed.

Impressive. Easy to succumb to complacency until it’s too late. Wonder if any lessons are being learned anywhere else?

Old maxim is: “You don’t have to pay for EVERY lesson yourself.  You are allowed to learn from the mistakes of others.”

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POLICY: It seems that Gooferment is consistently bad across the ages

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/like-lahaina-la-was-warned-in-2018?publication_id=1119676&post_id=154433547&isFreemail=true&r=3snn7d&triedRedirect=true

Like Lahaina, LA Was Warned in 2018

Little investment made in fire prevention since the Woolsey Fire of 2018.

John Leake

Jan 08, 2025

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A letter from Pliny the Younger to the Emperor Trajan in the early 2nd century touched on this perennial issue:

    While I was making a progress in a different part of the province, a most extensive fire broke out at Nicomedia [now Izmit, Turkey] which not only consumed several private houses, but also two public buildings; the town-house and the temple of Isis, though they stood on contrary sides of the street. The occasion of its spreading thus far was partly owing to the violence of the wind, and partly to the indolence of the people, who, manifestly, stood idle and motionless spectators of this terrible calamity. The truth is the city was not furnished with either engines, buckets, or any single instrument suitable for extinguishing fires; which I have now however given directions to have prepared. 

Just as Lahaina was warned in 2018, Los Angeles was warned by the Woolsey Fire—which ignited on November 8, 2018, burned 96,949 acres, and destroyed 1,643 structures—of the sort of catastrophes that are likely to occur when conditions are dry and windy. As was the case in Lahaina, it appears that what passes for leadership in Los Angeles made little to no investment to prevent the same kind of disaster from happening again.

To preserve civilization from natural disasters, it is necessary to make considerable investment in infrastructure and human resources, even if such investments do not yield a significant profit for any particular business interest.

It is also necessary to invest in good leadership. The Roman Emperor Trajan was an extremely capable soldier and administrator, and Pliny the Younger was a gifted lawyer, writer, and magistrate. 

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I remember one snowstorm in NYC when I was young that the entire Brough of Queens was snow bound for weeks.  And, that swung the entire mayoral election as Queens’ residents almost entirely voted as a bloc against the incumbent.

I guess things haven’t changed since the early 2nd century.  Gooferments suck at infraructure.  And, its care and maintainence too.

Wonder how “We, The Sheeple” fix this attention failure?

Guess before we vote for a politician, we better look for a track record of attention to such details.

Or, we’ll be disappointed with results again.

Maybe there should be a “system” of promotion  —  you can’t be a county executive unless you have been a mayor.  Or you can’t be a governor unless you’ve been a good mayor.  Only governor should be Presidents.  Only a Representative should be a Senator.

Might be worth trying!

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RANT: And now we all know why  Pfizer wanted the data hidden for 75 years!

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

https://kirschsubstack.com/p/pfizers-secret-documents-reveal-that?publication_id=548354&post_id=154381843&isFreemail=true&r=onvra&triedRedirect=true

Pfizer’s secret documents reveal that their COVID vaccine actually made you 8.7% more likely to get COVID

  • Buried in the documents that Pfizer wanted hidden from public view for 75 years there was a table that revealed that their vaccine actually had negative efficacy.

Steve Kirsch

Jan 08, 2025

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Pfizer tested all participants in their Phase 3 trial for N-antibodies. The results were kept hidden from the public. It was only through court order that we finally know what the results were.

Do you think they would have kept this data secret from the public if it showed good news? Heck no!

The table showed that Pfizer only had around 50% protection if you just take the table at face value. But if you interpret the table correctly, it shows Pfizer had negative efficacy.

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And now we all know why  Pfizer wanted the data hidden for 75 years!

It ain’t because it showed why we needed their “vaccine”.

I’d like some heads on pikes!  From Pfizer, the Gooferment bureaucrats, and the politicians. Pfizer has immunity from damage suits by Federal diktat.  But DJT47 can make that go away FOREVER.

My biggest concern is what I call the “thalidomide effect” where side effects aren’t known for generations later.  Argh!

I think it’s time for public trials.  And, Pfizer should be give a corporate “death sentence”.   Like Enron, their stock value should go to zero.  If nothing else, 100% corporate tax on all past profits from this pseudo-vaccine.  

Argh!

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PHILOSOPHY: “Find joy” where ever you are and when ever you can

Monday, January 13, 2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/understand-other-people/202011/birthday-musings-life-is-learning

Beverly D. Flaxington
Understand Other People
Education
Birthday Musings: Life Is Learning
Seven practical insights.
Posted November 6, 2020 

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6. Find joy. 

It’s so easy to get down and out about what you don’t have. Things have changed dramatically in the world and in each of our lives these last few months. Dealing with isolation, sickness, loss of a job, or worry about how to pay the rent seems to permeate everywhere. These are real issues and they need attention and support, but even in the midst of the darkest days, there is joy to be found.

Are you breathing? Does your physical body work reasonably well to get done what you need to? Do you have even one reliable friend? Are you able to walk outside and feel the breeze, smell the air, and watch a bird fly? Joy is the emotion that comes quickly and often fleetingly, but in the midst of turmoil, it’s worth trying to glimpse it as often as you can.

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Well, I’m not sure about any of the other 6 but I guess “Find joy” where ever you are and when ever you can is a good one. 

In retrospect, it’s all too easy to see all of our “mistakes”.  But like they say “hindsight is 20/20”.  

“That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen”  — Frédéric Bastiat

We can’t see what might have been.

“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness, that is life.” – Jean-Luc Picard

“… checked the Eternal Possibilities Machine, which generates all the possibilities for use in creating the alternative worlds. In all those probability lines …” CHURCH 10●19●62 (Vol 1) 978-0-557-08387-9 page 45

Laugh!

One can only remember that at the time, you made a decision  — consciously or unconsciously  —  it was the “best choice” you could see at the time.

So there are no “mistakes”; only choices that worked out badly then as judged now.

Sigh!

So the philosophy going forward is “carpe diem” and don’t look back except for heuristics (“rules of thumb”) that can be useful in the future.  For example, don’t kiss metal poles in the winter.  Laugh!

Argh!

Ahh time is the thief that steals our life.

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NEWJERSEY: We have to get tought on career criminals

Sunday, January 12, 2025

https://mybeachradio.com/ixp/385/p/2-serial-burglars-caught-robbing-new-jersey-homes-police-say/

2 serial burglars caught robbing New Jersey homes, police say
Rick Rickman
Published: January 7, 2025

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PERTH AMBOY — Police say they’ve connected a pair of New Jersey men to home break-ins across North and Central Jersey.

Mohammad Abdeljawad, 41, of North Bergen, and Elias Abreu, 38, of Jersey City, face burglary charges, the Paramus police said on Saturday.

Court records showed the recent charges were connected to Bergen, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, and Middlesex Counties.

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In 2012, Abreu was charged with burglary and was ultimately sentenced on a third-degree theft charge, according to state records.

Then in April 2020, he was arrested along with five other people — police accused the group of conspiring to steal packages from a Hoboken building and sell them.*** end quote ***

And what are their immigration statuses?

Why are they not in prison?

If they are “citizens”, were they born here?  If so, shame on us.  If not, their “citizenship” should be revoked and deported.  If they come back, emprison them then deport them. 

We have to get tought on career criminals!

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GUNS: When trouble happens, 911 is a long time away

Saturday, January 11, 2025

https://www.quora.com/

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AR Dawari’s

Nov 7

At bedtime, the 81-year-old woman said to her 83-year-old husband:

“Listen… I just looked out the window, and I think the garage light is on. Would you get up and turn it off?”

With great difficulty, the old man got out of bed, opened the door, and went outside. He saw five or six burglars tampering with the garage door. He immediately called the police station.

“Look… take down my address. It’s just my wife and me here, and five or six thieves are attacking my garage. Please send a police team quickly…”

The dispatcher replied, “We’ve noted your address. Don’t worry. No team is available right now. I’ll send someone as soon as I can get a team.”

Frustrated, the old man watched the burglars struggling with the garage locks. Two minutes later, he called the police station again:

“Listen… there’s no need to send anyone now. I’ve shot all five of them.”

The police station erupted in chaos. Within five minutes, a police team arrived in the street with a helicopter, paramedics, three doctors, and two ambulances. Soon, they had the criminals under control. Later, the team leader casually walked up to the old man and asked:

“You said you shot them, didn’t you?”

“And didn’t you say no team was available?”

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I’m not sure if this is true, but it is funny,  Remember you are the “First Responder”.

YMMV

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Just how many federal and state informants or agents were in the January 6th “Insurrection”

Friday, January 10, 2025

https://sharylattkisson.substack.com/p/draft?publication_id=2579146&post_id=154178798&isFreemail=true&r=3snn7d&triedRedirect=true

Now that you know federal informants were in the US Capitol on Jan. 6, watch the videos

  • 4 years later, videos capture odd behavior and scenarios

Sharyl Attkisson  —   Jan 05, 2025

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Of course, we can assume we have only a slice of the whole truth, if recent history is our guide. The FBI has not been honest and forthcoming about many of its scandals and failures. To name but a few examples: FBI Director Christopher Wray has given false testimony to Congress about surveillance abuses. The FBI conspired with Democrats and the Hillary Clinton campaign to try to frame Donald Trump for Russia collusion. This included falsifying a document used to get a wiretap against a Trump campaign volunteer— a wiretap that gave the FBI access to Trump’s communications. The IG referred former FBI Director James Comey for criminal prosecution for his mishandling of information regarding President Trump, some of it classified, in his efforts to undermine Trump. (Unsurprisingly, the DOJ took a pass on the prosecution referral.) And the agency used armed SWAT teams to raid homes of cooperative, nonviolent January 6 suspects.

So it’s hard to take at face value anything the FBI may have admitted to in terms of numbers of agents or sources on site, and their supposed role.

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I’m sure the low information “We, The Sheeple” have no idea that the “insurrection” was a Gooferment instigated false flag.

I’d hope that every agent and informant are put in front of a Grand Jury and asked some hard questions.  As always, convict the bottom of the conspiracy and they will roll on up.  The top tier should go to jail or worse.

Fines and pensions lost seems needed to go along with real jail terms.  No country club prisons for those convicted.

Argh!

Have to send a message to future politicians and bureaucrats about what happens when you betray the nation’s trust.

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