World’s first two-ton electric cargo aircraft cuts 10-hour trip to under 1 hour
This Chinese heavy-lift drone is a game changer for offshore missions.
Updated: Aug 04, 2025 08:42 AM EST
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China has completed what it calls the world’s first offshore oil-platform cargo mission by a two-ton electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
The unmanned V2000CG CarryAll took off from the coastal city of Shenzhen on Sunday, carried fresh fruit and emergency medical supplies across open water for 58 minutes, and touched down 150 kilometers (about 93 miles) away on a China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) platform.
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From ten-hour boat runs to one-hour drone hops
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Taken together, the advances point to a logistics sector on the verge of rapid change. Long-haul trucking and maritime shuttles remain indispensable for bulk freight, but heavy-lift eVTOLs offer a new middle ground. They are faster than ships, cheaper and cleaner than helicopters, and can reach small landing pads or parking-lot “vertiports” that fixed-wing aircraft cannot.
The Shenzhen-to-rig mission is expected to become regular sorties carrying maintenance parts, food, and medical kits. At the same time, the sale of the first fully certified V2000CG CarryAll signals the beginning of commercial deployment for large-scale eVTOL operations in real-world logistics environments.
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I’ve often thought that the Gooferment, private industry, or some tech mogul could spark innovation here in the USA by offering something like “Nobel Prizes” for a SPIRO (Specific, Performance or results, Involvement or support, Realistic, Observable) achievement.
I’m not sure that the dollar amount would be as motivating as the prestige of winning it.
Someone should give DJT4547 a list of what would be EPIC HEROIC accomplishments. Like the various awards that are given out, for BEST of something.
“Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.”” — RFK
“Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country” — John F. Kennedy inaugural address
NJ: Gun rights for me, but not for thee! Written by Grant Clarkson Published: 02 August 2025
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Under this bill (A 5958) elected officials and their chiefs of staff would be allowed to carry handguns without a permit, possess rifles and shotguns without a Firearms Purchaser ID, and transport these firearms without fear of persecution, all of which are illegal for me as a law-abiding New Jersey resident!
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As a gun-owning pro-life pro-choice little L libertarian, I don’t want you to create a “two tier” society where politicians have “rights” that “We, The Sheeple” don’t have. This is yet another step towards creating the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee.
Canada Plans to Euthanize 15 Million People in the Next 20 Years International | Bobby Schindler | Jul 21, 2025 | 9:44AM | Ottawa, Canada
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In a recent video, Kelsi Sheren, a Canadian combat veteran, host of The Kelsi Sheren Perspective, and an outspoken opponent of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) policies, shared how Canada’s government-controlled healthcare system plans to euthanize an estimated 15 million Canadians between 2027 and 2047, a staggering figure justified under the pretext of cost savings.
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What often goes unnoticed, however, is that existing U.S. healthcare policies are already enabling the quiet killing of vulnerable Americans – not through legalized suicide, but through hospital protocols and policies that deny care, withdraw treatment, or subtly hasten death.
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As gun-owning pro-life pro-choice little L libertarian, I am not surprised that a “culture of death” has overwhelmed the morality of “We, The Sheeple”. Abortion has desensitized us to mass murder. The worst serial killer, school shooter, or crazy killer nurse can not come near the body count of today’s politicians and bureaucrats. Recently, Secretary RFK jr has comet against organ donations from living donors that will kill the “donor”. To me, that’s just murder.
Unless “We, The Sheeple” react strongly and punish the “enablers” of these horrific killings, it’s only going to get worse. Already, people are revoking the organ donor choice on their driver’s license (another insult to liberty). And is anyone surprised?
The Catholic Church has completely lost its “moral authority” by pedophilia, financial mismanagement, liberal “theology”, “climate change”, illegal immigration, and a vast number of “political issues”.
Shame is, “We, The Sheeple” could use a beacon of “moral authority” today!
Today, friend-of-the-site Chris D. passed along with the latest in fucking around and finding out. Hunter Asher Watkins was fatally gored by a South African buffalo he had been hunting.
Local residents call the buffalo species found in the area, Cape buffalo, the “Black Death” because to their reputation for causing approximately 200 deaths annually and for claiming more game hunters’ lives than lions, rhinos or crocodiles.
Perhaps folks should consider just leaving the buffalo alone.
What a great idea. Only kill what you can eat or “create” (impossible).
And while we are at it, let’s remind the Yellowstone tourists, and others, to leave the “fluffy cows” alone too. They are bigger, faster, and more irratible than the worst “Karen” you know.
Stop nominating yourself for a “Darwin award”. You’re ineligible unless your over 18 and still reproducing.
Just got out of the shower and while I was in there, I thought what if I fell.
Normally, I always have my iwatch on but not in the shower. Often, I’m not alone at home but today I am alone and no one is expected back until 6 or 7pm.
So, if you don’t mind, when I’m showering and alone in the house, I’ll text a “safety buddy” that I’m going in and coming out.
Seems like a rare occurrence, but but then I think of my summertime neighbor whose first husband died alone going into their basement when he slipped and fell.
Or, OTOH, I just won’t shower if alone in the house.
Today marks 80 years since the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The attack—the first military use of a nuclear bomb—precipitated the end of the US war with Japan and killed an estimated 140,000 people over several months (see photos).
On Aug. 6, 1945, US Col. Paul Tibbets flew a B-29 bomber from the island of Tinian to Hiroshima carrying a 9,700-pound uranium bomb nicknamed “Little Boy.” At about 8:15 am, the bomb detonated roughly 1,900 feet over the city center, sending surface temperatures above 7,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Then-President Harry Truman had agreed to bomb Hiroshima, which had a civilian population of 300,000 and about 43,000 soldiers, to convince Japan to surrender. See Tibbets’ reflections here (w/video). See survivors’ reflections here.
The US followed the Hiroshima bombing with an atomic bomb targeting Nagasaki three days later. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, 1945. Learn more about the Manhattan Project via 1440 Topics here.
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I remember the Christian Brothers discussing in class about the “Just War” doctrine and the use of Atomic Bombs. Of course, I brought the topic home. Strangely, my war time uncles, both vets and essential civilian workers, were quiet or muted about how necessary it was, but my aunts were totally fine with it. Freshly, “educated” by the “Just War” doctrine, I asked “what about the children?”. That ended the topic discussion. I think forever. Or, at least forever, in my presence.
I ask the same question now for Gaza. As I did for Kuwait, Afghanistan, the Holocaust, Cambodia, … … essentially any time I hear about “fighting”. Makes me sad to think of the children in all the war zones. As well as living in poverty around the USA and the world.
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower
I wonder how many Einsteins, Pasteurs, Bannings, Mozarts, and DaVincis have died never getting to make their contributions to humanity.
Dropbox says it’s time to find a new password manager as it prepares to shut down service
Time to say goodbye to Dropbox Passwords.
By Ryan McNeal 21 hours ago << EDITOR ADDED DATE 2025-07-31>>
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Dropbox Passwords users will no longer be able to add new passwords on August 28, 2025.
The mobile app is scheduled to stop working on September 11, 2025.
The password manager will be fully discontinued on October 28, 2025.
Dropbox Passwords users will soon have to find a new password manager to store their passwords, usernames, and other sensitive data. The company will be shutting down the service in the next couple of months.
Dropbox has announced that it is preparing to sunset its password manager. According to a help center document, the decision was made so that the company can “focus on enhancing other features in our core product.” The full service is scheduled to be discontinued on October 28, 2025, but the shutdown will be carried out in phases.
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“Sunsetting”? Argh! Call it what it is “shrinkflation”.
Why they ever pursued it is beyond me.
And, they don’t suggest BITWARDEN which is basically free.
Acquisition sends thousands of Whistle pet trackers to IoT graveyard
Whistle pet monitors will stop working on August 31.
Scharon Harding – Jul 29, 2025 1:38 PM |
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Whistle pet trackers are headed to the Internet of Things (IoT) graveyard. After releasing its first product in 2013, the Seattle-based Whistle has just been acquired by a competitor that has decided to brick all of Whistle’s smart GPS and activity monitors.
Tractive, an Austrian company that has also been selling Internet-connected GPS trackers for pets since 2013, on Monday announced its acquisition of Whistle from Mars Petcare, as spotted by The Verge. Mars Petcare is the pet food subsidiary of Mars Inc (which also makes candies like M&M’s), and it acquired Whistle in 2016 for $117 million.
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Where is the “consumer protection”? I won’t be buying M&M’s anytime soon. This is a complete betrayal of loyal customers.
Wonder if we will see any litigation as a result?
Anyone wonder what the Gooferment at any level is stepping up to enforce Customer’s interests?
If not, why are they there?
Argh!
Google Graveyard, AT&T Ashcan, Amazon depreciation, … … or <synonym for the act of procreation> you! … … shrinkflation.
As they say on Wall Street, there is always a “counter party risk”. Or in layman’s terms: “Life time guarantee — but whose lifetime?”
A baby boy has been born in the U.S. from an embryo frozen for over three decades, setting a new record for the longest-stored embryo to result in a successful live birth.
Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, a baby boy born on July 26, 2025, to parents Lindsey (35) and Tim Pierce (34) in Ohio, is being called the world’s “oldest baby.”
According to the MIT Technology Review, the embryo that he was born from was created via in vitro fertilization (IVF) in 1994 and cryopreserved for 30 years.
The parents adopted the embryo from US-based Linda Archerd (now aged 62).
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This will stimulate a lot of “legal” questions:
How old is the child?
Is there child support issues?
Are there health implications or developmental concerns?
I was thinking the other night, when the local TV and Comcast weren’t “speaking” to each other, why can’t I just use an app on my phone to debug the problem?
Everything was on the same LAN. We had the TV remote and the Cable remote.
But wasn’t that completely unnecessary?
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Also I’ve been a sports bars where the patrons were forced to watch whatever was on at the time, when voting to change the channel could have easily been accommodated by a common app.
And, how about putting on the closed caption feature for those of us who need it. Rather than forcing us to buy an expensive hearing aid.
Firsthand Witness: They Shoot Into Crowds Of Unarmed Starving Civilians, Highlights Premiered 1 day ago•13 mins
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Tucker and Tony Aguilar discuss the horrific animal-like treatment of civilians in Gaza at the hands of Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Ok here’s a post that will probably offend about ½ the country, get me kicked off Social Media sites again, and get a lot of <synonym for excrement> from family, friends, and strangers.
BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), here goes!
I am moved to almost tears — and I’ve only cried real tears a few times in my life — I’m not a “crier” or a “Karen” about most everything. I try an emulate The Buddha, WWJD, and be the pessimistic optimistic (i.e. plan for the worst and be pleasantly surprised when it turns out better than expected) I think I am. On most things, I figure “small stuff” “this too will pass” and “it could be a lot worse”. I sit at my keyboard nearing the end of my adventure and “Face Life”. Just like this blog’s title “Reinke Faces Life”.
This <synonym for excrement> in Gaza has got to stop. Killing starving humans and inflicting savage trauma and death on little children has really gotten to my heart and soul.
While there is little I can do about it directly, other that sit and rant, I don’t intend to sit and let it go on without speaking up. Pastor Martin Niemöller spoke up when there was big price to pay.
Now I am a gun-owning pro-life pro-choice little L libertarian and think that the “system” is the problem. But this has gone on too far and for too long.
The President DJT4547 can stop this with a stroke of a pen but seems to be unable to muster up the moral fortitude to say to Israel: “Stop! The USA is not giving you another dime until it stops.” (He could do the same with Ukraine but that’s a topic for another day!)
I have never been a fan of the US foreign policy for as long as I can remember. The Christian Brothers, all vets from WWII and Korea, made me anti-war. I remember the pro-Israel propaganda back when I first recognized it in the movie “Cast A Giant Shadow”. Bit I also remember the USS Liberty being attacked by Israel and the US Gooferment didn’t say “boo”!①
Yes, I remember the atrocity of October 7th. It was horrific. But, when you have humans in box and are torturing men, women, and children, don’t be surprised when the “worm turns … … into a snake” and bites you. When you back men into a corner, they will attack with savagery and mercilessness that will stun you.
“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand? . . .” — Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Seems like Palestinians are a lot like the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
So starting today, I am going to annoy all the politicians and bureaucrats to stop funding Israel.
Back in 2021, Microsoft announced Windows 11 SE as a lightweight platform to rival Google’s ChromeOS, but now, the company is pulling the plug on the offshoot.
The current state of digital identity is a mess. Your personal information is scattered across hundreds of locations: social media companies, IoT companies, government agencies, websites you have accounts on, and data brokers you’ve never heard of. These entities collect, store, and trade your data, often without your knowledge or consent. It’s both redundant and inconsistent. You have hundreds, maybe thousands, of fragmented digital profiles that often contain contradictory or logically impossible information. Each serves its own purpose, yet there is no central override and control to serve you—as the identity owner.
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The economics of Web 2.0 pushed us toward centralized platforms and surveillance capitalism, but there has always been a better way. Solid brings different pieces together into a cohesive whole that enables the identity-first architecture we should have had all along. The protocol doesn’t just solve technical problems; it corrects the fundamental misalignment of incentives that has made the modern web increasingly hostile to both users and developers.
As we look to a future of increased digitization across all sectors of society, the need for this architectural shift becomes even more apparent. Individuals should be able to maintain and present their own verified digital identity and history, rather than being at the mercy of siloed institutional databases. The Solid protocol makes this future technically possible.
This essay was written with Davi Ottenheimer, and originally appeared on The Inrupt Blog①
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Good luck wresting control of “digital identity” from the all-powerful omniscient Gooferment. Never mind the technology giants like Google, Facebook, and Apple. And, of course, the completely subservient “We, The Sheeple” who don’t know how they are getting <synonym for the past tense of the procreation act.>!
It’s a shame no one asked about the impact of clear cutting the “island” at Paulus Blvd and Route 18. Today, the Public Works men show up and devastated the “island” of brush, trees, and anything green. So much for ecology and green spaces. Expect to see birds and deer displaced; maybe even more “accidents”. Spoke to the crew chief and hey said they had “orders from the mayor”. Argh!
Supposedly, a fatal accident occurred there which was blamed on limited visibility. We never heard or read about it. An internet search did not revel any accident.
Now let’s chat about the impact on my house.
The traffic noise for 18, which was significantly muffled by the green space, is louder than ever.
Drivers coming up the ramp to “make the light” or “get ahead of the 18 traffic” don’t even have to pretend to stop at the stop sign. Talk about an accident waiting to happen.
The value of my property has be hurt but I can’t quantify the amount.
Now what happens next:
Will the city put up a big ugly sound barrier?
Raise the berm to cut down on the noise?
Replant some hedges or trees?
If a neighbor did something like this, the various city agencies would ask for public comment. But the city does it with aout any “impact statements”.
Will Boytim’s son drowned several years ago, and his experience with the medical establishment was harrowing yet revealing and instructive — they knew nothing about the kind of treatment that would eventually save him (outside the hospital), and “organ donation” ghouls kept implying that they should just let the boy go — think of all the lives they could save!
Listening to this podcast episode was mind blowing.
Especially listen to the Czech doctor, who went along with the treatment plan, to humor the parents and figuring it couldn’t do any harm. He rewrote “the book” (i.e., the standard plan for drowning victims) based on what he saw with his own eyes.
Points that I took away:
Never EVER leave your child alone in a hospital;
You MUST be prepared to be a VOCAL “patient advocate”;
Have an organized way to keep a record of EVERYTHING that impacts you or your patient;
Be familiar with, and keep your own, SOAP <<Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan>> notes (a highly structured format for documenting the progress of a patient during treatment)
Have pre-set up an effective communications tool to keep my family and friends informed about conditions with the minimum of effort. (I recommend Caring Bridge. It’s free and puts readers in control of how they receive information. I have one for myself with two co-contributors for when I’m not able to update either.)
With the Patient, it is important to stay optimistic and positive. To a certain extent, I agree that the Universe does supply what you focus on; so NEVER let patient see anything but your “happy face”.
With everyone else, it is important to stay realistic and objective. Facts only; not opinions since you as PA are not an “expert”.
But with the Medical People (i.e., doctors; specialists; nurses; bureaucrats), you ARE the “expert” in your patient (i.e. complete history with lots of data).
As her PiA (I call it being the “patient advocate”; been called PIA), I keep all the notes, do the RXes, nd generally fuss over her like a mother hen.
Clearly in my mind, the medical establishment is NOT your benevolent friend with your or your patient s best interest at heart.
I should write up my experiences with my sainted wife’s medical struggles as I tried to be her patient advocate.
Maybe it might help all future patient advocates get ready for their mission!
OK, a quick question, how many of you are aware that the BBB includes a provision for a $ 1,700 tax credit for a donation to a non public school scholarship program? If I owe uncle $ 15,000 next year I’d much rather give him $ 13,300 and spread the other $ 1,700 among the Catholic Schools I and my kids attended. Thanks to the “Jewish Weekly Standard” for the info!
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A more important question to this little L libertarian is “Why?”
Why have this “loophole” when the USA has the current 137T+ national debt and the guesstimated 200T+ in unfunded liabilities that our posterity will have to deal with.
Why is the Gooferment “picking” winners and losers with the manipulation of the tax code — best to figure out how to end Gooferment Skrules and put parents in charge. (They had them; they feed them; they should school them.).
Why don’t we stick to the Dead Old White Guys’ vision of a very limited Federal Gooferment? Why do we continue to accept the “bad behavior” of politicians and bureaucrats at all levels of society?
It seemed that, when nominated, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was noted for her gender and skin color more than her intellectual prowess. Yet the Constitution registers no consideration of these attributes as necessary to fairly and impartially adjudicate the nation’s laws. Deviating from longstanding precedent, Jackson has a strong ideological bent toward activism. Ironically, her intersectionality includes womanhood and a feminist inclination, but she famously could not define what a woman is.
Several aspects of the modern American judicial system have steadily veered away from its traditional role of simply enforcing laws passed by Congress or issued by the executive in favor of insinuating deeply held political views into a system designed to be apolitical. It is no wonder that public confidence in the courts has declined. Rarely have SCOTUS decisions been as politically predictable as on the current Court, where the left-leaning allegiances of Justices Jackson, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan routinely place them in a dissenting face-off against the other six justices.
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Seems like “We, The Sheeple” need a “codification” of SCOTUS.
I’d suggest:
(even though no one has ever or will ever ask how “King Ferd” [me] how I’d have set it up. I’m sure the Dead Old White Guys would not believe how their SCOTUS has evolved.)
There should be a minimum age of 30 and a maximum age of 70;
The selection should be limited to sitting Federal Appeals Court and State Supreme Court judges;
End lifetime appointments to SCOTUS and each judge should be appointed for 36 years;
Terms should expire at the first anniversary of each Presidential election;
So, that each President will get to appoint at least one judge to SCOTUS;
Should a judge die in office, the sitting President should name a replacement for the balance of the deceased judge’s term;
SCOTUS should establish “ethics rules” for itself identical to any impose on lower Federal Court judges.
I’d like to see that done and run for a few decades, then evaluate how it turns out.
Sort of like planting a shade tree that you’ll never sit under.
Download your photos before AT&T shuts down its cloud storage service permanently
Come October, AT&T’s Photo Storage service will stop backing up your files. Here’s how to grab them before they’re gone.
Written by Lance Whitney, Contributor July 22, 2025 at 8:33 a.m. PT Reviewed by Elyse Betters Picaro
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Starting Oct. 20, 2025, AT&T Photo Storage will stop backing up your files. At that time, the app will be removed from Apple’s App Store and Google Play. The service itself, however, will still remain available until Feb. 1, 2026, at which point your stored photos will vanish as well.
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Of course, the monthly nut I pat to AT&T will OF COURSE be reduced proportional to the cost of this service.
Yeah, right.
It’s just a technological form of our old friend, SHRINKFLATION!
Back in the day when I worked for Old Ma Bell, no one would dare harm the Customer. It was part of the credo, ethic, or morals of the employees.
Then Judge Green broke up the “monopoly” and the USA went from a stellar phone service to a mixed jumble of offerings. Bell Labs and Wester Electric were fatal casualties of the distruction.
Were phone calls “cheaper”? The phones certainly weren’t a durable and the politicians and bureaucrats ruled “rates” at all levels of Gooferment.
Unfortunately, unlike the leadership of IBM who told the Gooferment to go <synonym for the act of procreation> themselves, Ma Bell just rolled over and played dead.
Roll the clock forward and we have expensive phones and service (such as it is) and the AT&T ASHcan!
Barbie debuts first doll with type 1 diabetes, boosting visibility and inclusion BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM This article was originally published on July 18, 2025
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Mattel introduced its first-ever Barbie doll with type 1 diabetes in an effort to improve representation and produce dolls that truly mirror real life. Created in partnership with Breakthrough T1D, a nonprofit focused on type 1 diabetes research and advocacy, the new Barbie aims to normalize life with the condition and inspire empathy, understanding, and pride.
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Argh! This makes me think of Evy and her brother Jack. Both Type 1’s. Is this “Barbie” going to have a shortened lifespan, infertility, ill-health, vision problems, and blood sugar swings that make life a wild painful ride?
It seems like it trivializes the problems they had all so that Mattel can make a few bucks. I am not against making a few bucks. And maybe it can make children feel differently about themselves.
BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), I suspect that Mattel’s motives are not all altruistic. If they said their profits were going to fund a research prize for a cure, then I’d be positively impressed. Otherwise, Argh! I suspect that any “donations” will come off their taxes and will go fund (what I call) “Red Cross style” bureaucrats① (i.e., high paid “leadership”) and a never ending (what I call) “March of Dimes” charity organizations② (i.e., an organization which when it cures its disease — like polio — rebrands to a “disease” that can never be cured, ever. Hence the organization attains “immortality” of lucrative high-paying jobs).
② “March of Dimes” rebrands to fight “birth defects”
What began in 1938 with President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s personal struggle with polio led to the creation of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, better known as March of Dimes.
In 1958, the organization expanded its purpose to “broader medical causes” but retreated in 1965 to a narrower, birth-defects focus. In 1979, the group changed its name to March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, but the phrase “birth defects” was removed in 2006.
Homeless San Diegans Are Bicycling Toward Independence
After cycling 100 miles with the group, participants in a unique weekly ride receive a bike of their own.
By: Michaela Haas July 11, 2025
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On a sunlit Thursday morning in downtown San Diego, the sidewalk in front of Father Joe’s Villages buzzes with an excited energy. Nearly two-dozen people, dressed in everything from street clothes to aerodynamic Lycra, gather around a lineup of bicycles and tricycles. Among them are experienced riders from local clubs like Major Taylor and first-timers tentatively gripping handlebars. Towering above most, clad in a neon yellow cycling jersey, is Deacon John Roberts — chaplain, cyclist and the force behind a growing movement that is, quite literally, helping people out of homelessness one mile at a time.
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Back at the Villages, Roberts oversees not only the cycling program but the center’s broader spiritual and wellness efforts. With about 50 volunteers, he coordinates meditation groups, music and arts therapy, and spiritual counseling. The bicycle rides are an extension of this work — a chance to connect the physical act of movement with emotional healing and community care.
“We’re not just talking about getting people from point A to point B,” he says. “We’re talking about recovery, dignity, transformation.”
He also offers free maintenance days and partners with several local organizations for support, including the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition, Rick Beasley’s 4Wheel BikeShop, the nonprofit Padyak racing team and ReBike San Diego, a nonprofit that collects, repairs and donates bikes.
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I love non-Gooferment solutions. It never ceases to amaze me what motivated individuals can come up with to solve problems.
If Gooferment politicians and bureaucrats want to REALLY solve problems, they should seek to replicate solutions that private citizens implemented.
Separation of Church and State should be absolute.
Shouldn’t the correct civil form of marriage be two person LLC?
(A church service could be inaddition to a legal proceeding?)
Then we don’t need marriage licenses with all the attending bureaucrats, divorce courts with all the attending politicians and bureaucrats pontificating on marital issues (i.e., race; same sex; different sex).
Child custody issues could be mediated with certain norms (i.e., 50/50 unless one is unfit).
Finances would be just like when a partnership dissolves.
Homes held by the LLC could be sold or “bought out”.
No need for messy expensive public divorces.
No need for “common law marriages” or just shacking up.
CIA Contradicts Obama Officials’ Sworn Denials About Russiagate Report By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations July 08, 2025
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The materials include a secret 200-page congressional audit revealing how the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) on Russia was allegedly rigged to frame Trump, emails linking the CIA’s ICA drafting to the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation, and Special Counsel John Durham’s investigative notes and depositions.
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Why are Gooferment politicians and bureaucrats allowed to have “secrets” from “We, The Sheeple”
Shouldn’t everything “classified” have an automatic expiration date?
Why are the JFK records, the RFK records, the MLK records, etc. etc. STILL “secrets”?
I’d envision an “official” blockchain where EVERYTHING is deposited (i.e., emails; drafts; memos; recordings; executive orders) that “block chain” had a publish date. Then, when the date arrives, the key is published in the Congressional Record automagically. Maybe the Congressional Record should be a “block chain” as well. Along with every bill put in the Congressional “hopper”, and every revision to it.
In short, “We, The Sheeple” are ENTITLED to the “truth” and full timely disclosure.
“Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Whose gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago’s death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don’t want the truth because deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you are entitled to.” Colonel Jessep in A Few Good Men played by Jack Nicholson
Conspiracy Theory Comes True After California Wildfires | Daily Pulse The news you weren’t supposed to see. The Vigilant Fox Jul 16, 2025
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STORY #2 – California just proved the “conspiracy theorists” right. Lawmakers passed a bill to cease fire-ravaged Palisades land and turn it into taxpayer-funded low-income housing.
This isn’t theory anymore—it’s reality, and it follows a disturbing national trend. For years, people claimed that disasters like the Maui fires were being used to clear land for Smart Cities. Now it’s happening in plain sight.
Across America, neighborhoods destroyed by fires and floods are being “reimagined” as dense, government-controlled housing zones. California’s SB 549 lets cities buy burned lots for mere pennies, rebuild using your tax dollars, and cram in numerous low-income units. Officials call it “resilient,” but it’s really about controlling where and how you live.
And it’s not just Democrats. The Global Covenant of Mayors unites cities from both parties under a Smart City agenda built on surveillance, permanent renting, and the end of single-family homes.
Is this really about safety and sustainability—or is it about control? Watch Maria Zeee’s shocking report to see just how deep this agenda goes.
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Probably AI written. Note the use of “cease” in place of “seize”.
FJohn Reinke
Consultant at Technology Legacies LLC
Advisor, Computer Governance Committee at Manhattan College
Editor / Publisher at Jasper Jottings
Greater New York City Area
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