ECONOMICS: A great example of “mal-investment”!

Saturday, February 28, 2026

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-15587165/inside-eerie-abandoned-hotel-spain-millions-demolish.html

Inside the eerie abandoned hotel in Spain that will now take millions to demolish – and the scary story behind it
By JOWENA RILEY, TRAVEL WRITER
Published: 20:15 EST, 24 February 2026 | Updated: 20:15 EST, 24 February 2026

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A beachfront hotel in Spain that has been lying in ruin for over 50 years has been earmarked for demolition – a project that is expected to cost taxpayers €2.3 million (£2 million).

Hotel Añaza – known locally as the ‘Ghost Hotel’ – has stood as an urban eyesore for over five decades on the coast of Acorán, just south of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

The 22-storey Y-shaped structure, first constructed in 1973, is one of the most notorious abandoned landmarks in the Canary Islands – not just for its haunting appearance, but for the dark history of five lives lost within its walls.

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I have no idea of the total cost of the loss.  Aside from the demolition and construction, all the costs should include the hopes and dreams of the local population.   The investors take a hair cut; no sympathy there.  But where are the insurers and performance bonds?  Of course, the Gooferment politicians and bureaucrats pay no price.  If anything they claim “successful” regualtion for getting rid of an eyesore and hazard.

Wonder how this will become DJT’s fault?

Argh!

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SECURITY: The old style secondary security authorization questions are dumb

Friday, February 27, 2026

I’ve often heard people struggle with the old style secondary security authorization questions.  You know: “What’s your favoite color”, or pets name, or school street.

I, long ago, decided that it was a “stupid control”.  So, in my passwrd manager, I’d record the questions and give absurd answers.  So, “what’s your favorite color”, became red158, pet’s name, red247, and street, red532.

Solved that problem.  

I still object to 2FA that rely on an SMS message and prefer Google Authenticator.  

But what do I know.

And, I don’t care for PASSKEYS either.  Not good for sites where I may have multiple ids or different Users.

Argh!

I also don’t like using my email for a User id.

Argh!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Individual responsibility with profit motives can more correctly ensure that capital infrastructure gets maintained

Thursday, February 26, 2026

https://51st.news/potomac-spill-dc-trump-emergency-disaster/

After the massive sewage spill into the Potomac, a shitload of questions remain

  • Meanwhile, Trump has waded into the debate, and Bowser asked to declare it a presidential emergency disaster.

Martin Austermuhle
February 19 2026 12:43 PM

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It was a month ago that a massive pipe running from the Virginia suburbs to the Blue Plains Advanced Water Treatment Plant in D.C. ruptured, resulting in a massive discharge of raw sewage into the Potomac River.

The spill itself has been largely contained, but the political shitstorm has just started. Questions are flying about what D.C. Water knew about the condition of the aging sewage pipe, what the agency and local jurisdictions could have done to better notify the public, how long the repairs will take, and what the ultimate impact on the river might be.

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As usual, the Gooferment is immoral, ineffective, and inefficient. As well as untrustworthy.

Aging infrastructure and conflicting jurisdictions makes for great political headlines but does nothing, less than nothing, to get to the root of the problem.

Bottom line: Privitization at least demonstrates that individual responsibility with profit motives can more correctly ensure that capital infrastructure gets maintained.

Hopefully, “We, The Sheeple” will recognize the villians in this drama.

One can complain about HOAs but for the most part they seem to —  for the most part —  can manage their infrastructure.  Imagine it is the “solution” to Gooferment boondoggles?

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Time to shutdown the FBI

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Report: The FBI Bent Its Own Rules To Spy on 1,100 ‘Sensitive’ Targets
Opening investigations requires evidence, so the feds created “assessments.”
J.D. Tuccille | 2.16.2026 7:00 AM

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The FBI has frequently been caught spying on Americans. It’s obvious the feds are dedicated to continued domestic snooping, even if that requires working around restrictions on their activities.

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What else needs to be said?

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INTERESTING: About preventing an American totalitarianism?

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

https://www.malone.news/p/book-review-22-cells-in-nuremberg?publication_id=583200&post_id=188831026&isFreemail=true&r=3snn7d&triedRedirect=true

Book Review: 22 Cells In Nuremberg A Psychiatrist Examines the Nazi Criminals
Dr. Douglas M. Kelly’s psychological analysis that drives Sony Pictures’ Groundbreaking Docudrama
Dr. Robert W. Malone
Feb 23, 2026

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His four prescriptions for preventing an American totalitarianism are: universal and unrestricted voting rights; maximal voter participation; refusal to vote for politicians who exploit racial and religious divisions; and fundamental educational reform aimed at producing citizens capable of critical thought rather than emotional susceptibility. He acknowledges that these are simple to describe and extraordinarily difficult to achieve. His final note is not optimistic so much as it is unsentimental: the choice belongs to citizens, individually, and the alternative to making it wisely is visible in the rubble of Europe.

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I am going to watch that Nuremberg Netflix movie and it may induce me to read the book.

Not that I have any way of influencing the future.  Maybe this post will encourage others.

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ConspiracyTheories: “Operation Sea-Spray” tested germ warfare on San Fran?

Monday, February 23, 2026

FROM TWITTER / X

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In 1950, the United States government launched a secret biological attack on its own citizens—and for 20 years, they didn’t tell a soul.

It was a crisp September morning in San Francisco when a US Navy ship began spraying a massive, invisible cloud of bacteria into the fog just outside the Golden Gate Bridge.

This wasn’t a foreign enemy; it was the US military. Over the course of six days, they released Serratia marcescens and Bacillus globigii—two pathogens chosen specifically because they were thought to be “harmless.” The goal was to track how a biological weapon would spread through a major American city.

The experiment was a terrifying success. The bacteria swept through the city’s microclimates, infiltrating every neighborhood, school, and hospital.

By the end of the week, nearly all of San Francisco’s 800,000 residents had inhaled millions of bacterial spores. The military monitored the spread using 43 sampling stations, proving that a single release could effectively infect an entire metropolitan area.

But there was a problem with the “harmless” theory. Within days of the spraying, a local hospital saw an unprecedented outbreak of rare urinary tract infections.

Eleven people were hospitalized with serious complications. One man, Edward Nevin, a retired pipefitter recovering from surgery, died three weeks later after the bacteria reached his heart.

The military kept the data classified, and the public remained completely unaware that they had been used as lab rats in a simulated doomsday scenario.

It wasn’t until 1976, during a Senate subcommittee hearing, that the truth of “Operation Sea-Spray” finally emerged, forever shattering the illusion of domestic safety during the Cold War.

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I never heard of this one BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), I’m not surprised. Are you?

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SECURITY: “Wo sind Ihre Papiere?” – Make the universal identifier to NOTHING!

Sunday, February 22, 2026

https://www.ecoticias.com/en/all-u-s-social-security-numbers-may-need-to-be-changed-following-a-massive-breach-that-is-already-being-investigated-as-a-national-threat/27158/?utm_source=tldrinfosec

By ECONEWS
Published On: February 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM

All US Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat (4 minute read)

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A whistleblower alleges a federal tech team improperly cloned the master Social Security database into a poorly governed cloud, potentially exposing rich identity data on 300+ million Americans and enabling long‑term fraud. Lawmakers have demanded criminal investigations. Officials insist that core systems remain secure.

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Might be a blessing in disguise.  Time to change from SSN as the universal identifier to NOTHING!

Anything that uses SSN should be eliminated.  

We don’t need a Gooferment controlled registry.  Maybe I’ve watched too many Nazis in movies demanding “Wo sind Ihre Papiere?”  “Where is your papers?” There doesn’t seem to be a over whelming Gooferment “need” for such!

Maybe this is a perfect opportunity to end social security number, Social Security Insurance itself, and ALL the Gooferment welfare programs that hang off of it.

Time to cut the Gordian Knot!

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HEALTHCARE: an explicit decision-making metric—the Smallest Worthwhile Difference (SWD)

Saturday, February 21, 2026

https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/what-is-the-smallest-worthwhile-difference?publication_id=1119676&post_id=188707056&isFreemail=true&r=3snn7d&triedRedirect=true

What is the Smallest Worthwhile Difference in Cardiovascular Risk?
Novel measure tested for public acceptance of statin therapy
Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
Feb 21, 2026

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The investigators applied an explicit decision-making metric—the Smallest Worthwhile Difference (SWD)—defined as the minimum absolute risk reduction in ASCVD events that individuals consider sufficient to justify long-term statin use.

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I’m on a statin and have been for awhile.  Both my GP and cardio doc recommended it, back before the COVID craziness and I, along with a lot of people, lost confidence in Big Pharma and Big Medicine.  Of course, no one should ever have any trust in Gooferment politicians and bureaucrats.  During the interim after I started static, I’ve seen a lot of chatter about statins, side effects, and risks.  Makes me less confident in the therapy.  

BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), I’ve gotten this far with their advice so I’ll stick with it.  Concerned but befuddled.

YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary!)

As Sharyl says: “Do Your Own Research. Make Up Your Own Mind. Think For Yourself.” — Sharyl Attkisson

If you’re wrong, at least you make your own decision with “informed consent”.

I trust my car to an “expert”; in the absence of evidence to the contrary, I guess I’ll trust my doctors.  For Now!

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HEALTH: Left-Handedness Into a Bad Thing?

Saturday, February 21, 2026

https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/hidden-bias-left-handedness-bad-thing

The Hidden Bias in Language That Turned Left-Handedness Into a Bad Thing: While the days of forcing left-handed children to use their right hands are mostly over, the bias against lefties continues in most languages around the world. The word “sinister” literally means “left.” From Latin roots to modern idioms, language has been quietly slandering lefties for centuries. (Mental Floss)

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I was lefty before Katholick Skrule beat me out of it.

Wonder how that impacted me?

Too long ago to know much and all the folks in my family have long passed.

Time to invoke my “one year rule” —  Less than a year ago, admit mistakes may have been made; more than a year ago, it’s history, immutable, forget about it.

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VOCABULARY: Copium, Hopium, Mopium, and Pepe the Frog

Friday, February 20, 2026

https://www.malone.news/p/friday-funnies-promises-promises?publication_id=583200&post_id=187789750&isFreemail=true&r=3snn7d&triedRedirect=true

Friday Funnies: Promises, Promises…
And other true stories
Dr. Robert W. Malone
Feb 13, 2026

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Copium, Hopium, Mopium, and Pepe the Frog … … 

… … gives me three new words to add to my vocabulary.

  • Copium ==> to deal with a state of denial
  • Hopium ==> to have false hope
  • Mopium ==> to complain about mundane issues

Useage: 

  • I use copium to handle all the Epstein fodder.
  • I take hopium that all the villains in the Epstein matter get justice.
  • I use mopium to complain about all the politicians and bureaucrats obfuscating about Epstein.

Three good new words.

Credit where credit is due.

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