SAFETY: Keep a portable carbon monoxide detector in your cars

Sunday, March 22, 2026

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15643759/aubrie-morgan-carbon-monoxide-death-michigan.html

Woman, 18, killed in terrifying freak accident while sitting in her running car – and no-one could work out what happened to her, until they hoisted vehicle into the air
By NATASHA ANDERSON, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
Published: 15:50 EDT, 13 March 2026 | Updated: 18:48 EDT, 13 March 2026

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It wasn’t until police hoisted her 2010 sedan up onto a lift that they noticed the small crack on her engine’s manifold.

The crack allowed exhaust gases to leak inside Aubrie’s vehicle, which investigators say led to her death by the so-called silent killer of carbon monoxide poisoning.

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Aubrie’s heartbroken parents are now urging other drivers, especially those with older cars, to keep a portable carbon monoxide detector in their vehicle.

They also plan to start a nonprofit organization in Aubrie’s name that will focus on raising awareness about the Carbon Monoxide exposure in cars, Today reported.

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I have heard the advice to ensure that a car’s exhaust pipe is clear in blizzards.  This is the first I’ve heard of a crack in the exhaust pipe of an old car causing a fatality.

I have a small monitor for when we travel because hotels have several exposure risks.  It was cheap, $40 and good for a decade. 

Seems like cheap insurance?

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: OOOPS, facial recognition got it wrong

Saturday, March 21, 2026

https://boingboing.net/2026/03/12/grandmother-jailed-108-days-after-facial-recognition-got-it-wrong.html

Grandmother jailed 108 days after facial recognition got it wrong
Ellsworth Toohey 4:44 pm Thu Mar 12, 2026

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Fargo police had identified her as a bank fraud suspect using AI facial recognition software. The software was wrong.

Lipps spent nearly four months in a Tennessee jail without bail — classified as a fugitive, she had no hearing, no interview, nothing. North Dakota officers didn’t retrieve her until October 30, 108 days after the arrest.

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Sorry, but which politicians and bureaucrats are going to jail for 108 days?

In another great example of “justice” (habeas corpus for me but not for thee), this lady lost everything due to a “software error”.  Even a modest amount of investigation would have prevented this.

Hope she gets a good lawyer and can penetrate “qualified immunity”!

Argh!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS:The first to go should be the politicians and bureaucrats and their relatives

Friday, March 20, 2026

https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/as-iran-war-escalates-congress-passes-automatic-involuntary-draft-registration/

As Iran War Escalates, Congress Passes Automatic Involuntary Draft Registration
By Daniel McAdams
March 11, 2026

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As often happens, the NDAA bill contains some of the worst language of all legislation. This year is no different, with language slipped into the bill that automatically and involuntarily registers young men for the military draft. With the war in Iran escalating and talks of troops needed.

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Where is the spirit of Charlie Rangel when you need it?

Former U.S. Representative Charlie Rangel (D-NY), a Korean War veteran, repeatedly introduced legislation between 2003 and 2015 to reinstate a military draft, known as the Universal National Service Act. He argued that mandatory service for all, including women, would ensure shared sacrifice and force Congress to be more cautious about entering conflicts.

All us crazy little L libertarians would chime in to pass it.  Not because we wanted a “draft” but we wanted all the politicians and bureaucrats on record.  None of this non-sense about an “all volunteer army” when the body bags start coming home and its a disproportionately composed of poor and minority men.  When all the rich and powerful kids seek out convenient slots in the National Guard or Reserves.  As a Viet Nam era draftee, I didn’t have any such political pull.  So “register and take” everyone —  men, women, rich, poor, white, black, brown, or green.

So, I am fundamentally opposed to “the Draft” —  didn’t Lincoln free the slaves? —  as an infringement on our basic human rights.

So if the Congress wants to have a draft, then the first to go should be the politicians and bureaucrats and their relatives!

“No matter who you vote for, you get John McCain” – @ThomasEWoods.

“Any infringement of them is equally a crime, whether committed by one man, calling himself a robber, or by millions, calling themselves a government.” — Lysander Spoone The Unconstitutionality of Slavery

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NOTRECOMMENDED: Presidio Digital Vault aka AARP Digital Vault

Thursday, March 19, 2026

2026-03Mar-12

NOTRECOMMENDED: Prisidio Digiital Vault aka AARP Digital Vault

It all started when I was at ‘McD’s and started an upload to the Digital Vault.

NG!

No VPN. 

Sigh! Argh!

Then I started to investigate what exactly was securing my documents.  I was expecting that my User Id / Password combination was being used at a key.

WRONG!

When I dug into it deeper I referred to ₿itcoin; “Not your keys, not your coins” is a popular cryptocurrency mantra meaning that if you do not hold the private keys (or seed phrase) to your wallet, you do not truly own or control your digital assets.

It turns out, I assume, that Presidio has only one set of keys.

Hence, when it gets hacked, all my data is at risk.

Note I said “WHEN” because I can’t imagine more of a motherlode of data.  They suggest putting everything in “your vault”.   When I hears images of credit cards, that’s when I went FULL STOP.

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Hello Ferdinand,

I hope you’re doing well!

One of our support reps asked that I review a support case he has open with you. I wanted to personally address your concerns about VPN access and encryption.

On the VPN question: I totally understand why blocking VPNs seems counterintuitive from a security standpoint. While VPNs are great for legitimate, personal privacy, they’re also heavily used by attackers to hide their tracks and mask where attacks are coming from. It’s unfortunately become one of the most common ways bad actors try to access accounts. So yes, it’s a trade-off – we’re blocking VPNs to protect against credential stuffing and other attacks that exploit that anonymity. Unfortunately for those of us that use personal VPNs, we’re out of luck.

Regarding your encryption concerns: While I cannot disclose the specific technical details of our encryption implementation for security reasons, I can assure you that:

  1. Your data is encrypted both in transit and at rest using industry-standard encryption protocols
  2. We follow security best practices designed to protect against the exact scenario you’re concerned about – ensuring that a breach doesn’t result in compromising customer data
  3. Our security architecture is built with multiple layers of protection

That said, we recognize that different customers have different security requirements and risk tolerances. If our current security model doesn’t align with what you feel comfortable with – we completely understand.

I will definitely share your thoughts and concerns with our security team. Feedback like this is important – it helps us understand what matters most to our users and where we might need to evolve our security model.

Please let me know if you have any other questions or feedback and I will address them to the best of my abilities. I’ll ask our support rep to close your support case as you are welcome to reach out to me directly should you have any other concerns to share.

Thanks Ferdinand – have a great day!

 

 

Mark Wilkins
Director Support Services, Prisidio

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MY CANCELLATION FOLLOWED

YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary!)

I don’t understand why all the TECH BLOGS are not “jumping” all over this?

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PEACE: The old policy of avoiding “entangling alliances” is a better — foreign policy!

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5a7LX5MA6MR2nBy7cNMHmY?si=j4iZJvfuSzymwAGhffae6w&nd=1&dlsi=d14082ab8d034d52

Is Paleoconservatism Isolationist?
The Brion McClanahan Show
Think Locally, Act Locally

<< EDITOR ADDED DATE 2026-03-11>>

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I would never describe a paleoconservative foreign policy as “isolationist.” That is a pejorative used by its detractors. Non-interventionist would be the proper term. This is the traditional American conservative position dating to the Washington administration. It is not pacifist or ideologically anti-war–paleocons are not Quakers–nor does it seek to cut off diplomacy or trade with the rest of the world. The old policy of avoiding “entangling alliances” is a better interpretation than “isolation.” 

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And, maybe if our Gooferment had a better handle on diplomacy, then 175 “little girls” (IDK how “little” they were, but school aged) would still be alive.  And 7 Americans and an unknown number of Iranains.)

“No matter who you vote for, you get John McCain” – @ThomasEWoods.

Congress has unconstitutionally delegated the power to “make war” to our now “elected king”.

“The current state of American government is that members of Congress just want to be influencers because writing good laws and doing actual oversight requires to much work, presidents just want to play war because domestic policy is too hard and not as fun, and judges get to write laws and play president because it’s easier than getting elected.” — Sean Davis of The Federalist

Argh!

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JOY: Saint Padraig’s, Padriac’s, or Patrick’s Day

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

St. Patrick's Day Symbols - Shamrock Meaning, Why We Wear ...

Traditional symbols of St. Patrick’s Day include the shamrock (representing the Holy Trinity), the color green (for Ireland’s “Emerald Isle” and Irish pride), leprechauns with pots of gold, the harp (a national emblem), and the Celtic Cross, blending Celtic and Christian imagery. Other popular symbols are rainbows, Irish music, and even dyeing beer green, reflecting Irish culture and mythology.

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Personally, Saint Padriac’s Day is the end point of my Seasonally Affected Disorder beciase a cascade of “bad events” seems to fall between Thanksgiving and March 17th.  Most of the deaths in my sphere occur during this window.  Almost like a self-fulling (self-licking ice cream cone) prophecy.

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NEWJERSEY: The wealthiest residents and businesses to chip in — not voluntarily!

Monday, March 16, 2026

https://patch.com/new-jersey/southbrunswick/s/k3z6t/sherrill-looks-to-end-crisis-5-takeaways-from-nj-budget-address?user_email=6977bb79afc18d89968a6a0494d4b398a8e9e97df94217a36edb8fcfd93b518e&user_email_md5=cff302c94eb4f6351922680bba576fdd&lctg=512c02461e240a9c3f318080

Sherrill Looks To End Crisis: 5 Takeaways From NJ Budget Address

  • What might get cut – and how much? Are any new taxes on the table? Here’s the latest update from Gov. Mikie Sherrill.

Eric Kiefer, Patch Staff
Posted Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 2:54 pm ET
Updated Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 8:49 pm ET

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MORE MONEY

Sherill has insisted that her administration is not planning to raise taxes on New Jerseyans. Her administration recently released a policy blueprint that cites a plan to boost revenues without new taxes.

The governor repeated that message again Tuesday, saying that her budget proposal “does not raise taxes on individual New Jerseyans.”

Instead, the state will be looking to its wealthiest residents and businesses to chip in.

Sherrill said her budget proposal will pare back corporate tax breaks in the state, capping the deduction that our highest-earning companies can take for net operating losses.

“After COVID, more started claiming this deduction, to write off losses seen in those years,” she said. “It’s time to move on. We won’t keep shortchanging the future. Limiting this loophole saves taxpayers almost $500 million dollars.”

At the same time, some companies have been using a deduction that was introduced 15 years ago to help small businesses weather the Great Recession, she said: the Alternative Business Calculation.

“The whole point was to level the playing field for entrepreneurs,” Sherrill said. “But bigger companies started using it, too. So our budget limits that deduction to the actual small businesses it was meant for, capping eligibility at business income of a million dollars a year.”

“The car repair shop and the diner down the block are the ones who should benefit,” Sherrill said. “This fix will save another $120 million dollars a year – without taxing families a dollar more.”

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[<synonym for excrement from a male cow>!

First, “chip in” should be voluntary.  There ain’t nothing voluntarily. 

Second, any increase in State spending is a tax on everybody in the State.

Third, corporations are just a legal fiction.  Only REAL PEOPLE pay taxes.  So in everything you buy, their costs are in that product.  Buy a bar of soap and an uncalculable sliver of the cost is taxes —  Fed tax, State tax, gas tax to get it to you, real estate tax for the store you bought it from —  you can’t figure it out, but it’s there!

 … … … … and the politicians and bureaucrats like it that way.  

Why do people know about sales taxes?  Because it is broken out and printed on every receipt!

Argh!

Let’s break out the effect of EVERY tax so “We, The Sheeple” can see how badly they are being robbed!

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2026-03Mar-12

https://nj1015.com/sherrill-budget-impact-businesses/?alef=&lh_aid=84349&lh_cid=vypudpl6xz&di=0bab583a05e28e6772cd8a0bf9b4db7f

Corporations don’t pay taxes.  They are a FICTION! Argh!

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SAFETY: Put what3words on your fridge

Sunday, March 15, 2026

Is what3words on your fridge?

BBC Radio Nottingham recently shared a clever way to help kids tell 999 call handlers where to find your home in an emergency: stick your what3words address to your fridge.

By turning what3words into a household staple, you’re giving your family a useful tool that can make all the difference when every second counts.

# – # – # – # – #

If you have a landline, then I’d put it on the phone as well.

Seems like an easy “2do”.

In addition to their name, address, and phone number, their what3words address should be easy to get them to remember.  Like their safety word.  Maybe that could be their safety word?

With all the stick on clothing labels, you could add that too.

Good idea?

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INTERESTING: Targeted Dream Incubation (TDI) may make something happen

Saturday, March 14, 2026

https://thewalrus.ca/dream-engineering/

Science
Meet the Researchers Who Can Engineer Your Dreams
The tech is called “targeted dream incubation”—and it changes everything we know about sleep
by Karen van Kampen Updated 1:25, Mar. 2, 2026 | Published 6:30, Feb. 28, 2026

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What’s new, and what I set out to investigate, is Targeted Dream Incubation (TDI), which uses external stimuli to connect with a dreamer and encourage them to focus on a particular topic or theme. Adam Haar and researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University developed this contemporary incubation method using sound and touch to reach a dreamer as they traversed through sleep onset, moving from waking to sleep. These first few minutes of sleep are characterized by hypnagogia: dreamy thoughts and images that are often related to recent waking experiences. As a montage of images, thoughts, and sensations flooded a person’s mind, a voice recording prompted them to focus on a chosen topic.

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I’ve always been interested in “lucid dreaming” and what dreams could possibly mean.

Is it “nothing” or just the brain doing the biological equivalent of a computer’s garnage processing?

IDK!

I guess because I have “night terrors” as well as “very vivid dreams”,  I always have thought that is why my parents were functional alcoholics.   They had “night terrors” so bad that they were often afraid to go to sleep.  Hence the alcohol which seems to disrupt it.

Not wanting to be an alcholoic, I have trained myself to not take these too seriously.  The more I laughed at them and shared them, the less the impact they would have. 

A frequent one was being lost in a hotel where the room numbers were not sequential or there me four digit room number in between three digit ones. For example, 135 would be next to 1351 and 1352 then 136.  And on and on.

Strange?

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: There are a lot of unsolved murders … …

Friday, March 13, 2026

https://www.boredpanda.com/suspicious-true-crime-cold-cases-msn-2/

Published Mar 07, 2026
22 Baffling Unsolved True Crime Cases That Are Not For The Faint-Hearted
Edvinas Jovaišas
BoredPanda staff

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Nowadays, many people seem to be fans of true crime TV series or podcasts. I would be lying if I said I didn’t watch true crime series myself. But for some, it can be difficult to understand why someone would want to spend their time immersing themselves in upsetting or even terrifying stories.

Well, we got curious as to why they would do something like that, too. So we got in touch with Dr. Kevin Bennett, a full teaching professor of psychology at Penn State University, Beaver Campus, and creator of the Kevin Bennett Is Snarling podcast, who shared that people’s interest in true crime and dark or troubling stories can be attributed to a combination of psychological, evolutionary, and social factors.

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Everyone always focuses on the “crime rate”.  I think we should focus on the “unsolved crimes”.

If we form a Gooferment to protect us from foreign and domestc enemies, then it hasn’t done a very good job.

The LEOs should be focused on “solving” crimes and judges should be focused on very long incarcerations.  

Where possible for electing sherrifs or judges, this should be the only criteria.

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