GOVEROTRAGEOUS: You peasants may have opinions, but they matter not to your betters

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/07/11/boston-is-getting-more-speed-humps-a-lot-more/?ICID=ref_fark

Boston is getting more speed humps. A LOT more.

The humps themselves are about three inches high and about 12 to 14 feet long. Cars can smoothly travel over them at 20 miles per hour or slower. 

By Molly Farrar  — July 11, 2024

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A speed hump could be coming to a street in your neighborhood soon, as the city unrolls a years-long effort to promote traffic safety.

The City of Boston will install more than 2,000 of the humps, as part of “Safety Surge,” which began in October. The City plans to have installed more than 400 humps by the end of July.

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More humps are planned for Mission Hill and Allston-Brighton. According to the city’s website, there will be no opportunity for resident feedback, but residents will be notified before a speed hump is built on their street.

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I wonder if the elite are getting speed bumps like it or not?

Somehow I suspect not.

And, I guess all the potholes have already been filled?

Yet, another example of Gooferment arrogance.

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ConspiracyTheories: Grassy knoll 2.0 — my questions about what’s reported

Monday, July 15, 2024

https://palexander.substack.com/p/grassy-knoll-20-was-this-grassy-knoll?publication_id=579356&post_id=146598300&isFreemail=false&r=onvra&triedRedirect=true

Grassy knoll 2.0? Was this Grassy knoll 2.0 but bungled for Trump? 2nd shooter? Was the bungle deliberate? Grassy knoll involved JFK Kennedy being killed & did the assassin FAIL here with Trump? Yet was he killed by Secret Service (SS) to tell no tales? Was there a SECOND shooter? Did the SECOND shooter’s bullet hit Trump? Is this patsy ‘KILLED’ shooter a fake MISDIRECTION? How will we know?

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I have my own set of questions.

  1. How was a rooftop clear for a shooter to take up a position?
  2. Why wasn’t the shooter stopped by the cop that spotted him?
  3. Did the good guy sniper delay taking the shot that killed the “bad guy”?
  4. The “bad guy” was reputed to be a “bad shot”; so how did he get off nine rounds and kill one bystander?
  5. Why was DJT so exposed on the dais  — no bulletproof glass in front of him?

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GUNS: Magazine limits are nothing less than murder

Monday, July 15, 2024

https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2024/07/11/home-invasion-illustrates-why-gun-control-is-stupid-n1225559

Home Invasion Illustrates Why Gun Control Is Stupid
By Tom Knighton | 2:29 PM | July 11, 2024

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They took the money and pistol-whipped the victim and are currently at-large.

Now, either this gentleman didn’t have a firearm or couldn’t get to it in time, so it didn’t turn into a defensive gun use. However, let’s say, for the sake of argument, that he did.

Do you think one shot would have ended the threat? There were four of them. According to this report, all four were armed. 

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In out forefathers’ days, “home invasion” was unheard of.  Crime came with a chance of death.  

“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.” — Robert A. Heinlein

So too, a “home invasion” should have a high probability of “return fire”.

There’s is no excuse for the Gooferment promising “protection” and enforcing disarming victims.

“No law ever written has stopped any robber, rapist or killer, like cold blue steel in the hands of their last intended victim.” —W. Emerson Wright

“Victim disarmament is the view that it is somehow better to see a woman raped in an alley and strangled with her own pantyhose, than see her with a gun in her hand.” — T.D. Melrose

“God made men and women; Sam Colt made them equal.” — Unknown

Too many criminals; need every citizen to be armed.

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INSPIRATIONAL: Tom Wodds gives his product away for free

Sunday, July 14, 2024

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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https://www.WoodsHistory.com

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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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ECONOMICS: Dunkin shrinkflation

Saturday, July 13, 2024

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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VOCABULARY: “GasLighting” — technique designed to persuade you that you did not see nor hear what you saw and heard

Friday, July 12, 2024

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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MONEY: USA “sanctions” spur tech solution to SWIFT

Thursday, July 11, 2024

FROM TLDR Crypto 2024-07-05

https://cryptoslate.com/russia-contemplating-permanently-legalizing-stablecoins-for-cross-border-payments/

Russian government considering legalizing stablecoins for cross-border payments (2 minute read)

  • Russia is considering regulating the entire transaction chain, from transferring these assets into the country to accumulating and utilizing them for cross-border payments.

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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RANT: Biden needs to fire some people

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

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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SECURITY: A lesson in what phishing looks like

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

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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https://nypost.com/2024/07/07/us-news/scammers-get-away-with-billions-from-elderly-americans-every-year/

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RANT: Russian missile barrage hit a children’s hospital? Could it have been a false flag?

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

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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https://sonar21.com/ukraine-bombs-its-own-childrens-hospital-and-british-journal-says-palestinian-death-toll-is-astronomical/

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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