POLITICAL: Ask Harris — “Why did you lie to the American people about Biden’s deteriorating mental health?”

Saturday, September 21, 2024

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/09/wayne-root-president-trump-called-me-right-after/

WAYNE ROOT: President Trump Called Me Right After Debate. I told Him ABC Clearly Gave Kamala Harris All the Questions in Advance.

by Assistant Editor Sep. 11, 2024 12:40 pm

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Clearly only 2 things happened before last night’s presidential debate…

Either Kamala’s best friends who run ABC gave her all the questions in advance of the debate…

Or Team Kamala gave the questions they wanted asked to ABC.

I told President Trump the exact same thing last night, right after the debate. What happened last night wasn’t normal. More importantly, Kamala’s debate performance wasn’t possible- not without a lot of help from her friends. 

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I told him he won- because no matter how negative the questions, no matter how vicious and biased the moderators, no matter how hateful Kamala was…in the end, all that matters, all that will resonate…are the four issues most middle class Americans care about…

And you won on those four issues all night long: the economy, inflation, crime and the open border disaster.

That’s it. That’s all that matters. And you won on those four issues. Most Americans are with you. All the rest is B.S. and will be forgotten.

*** and ***

*Who is really running the country?

*Why did you lie to the American people about Biden’s deteriorating mental health?

*Inflation is killing American families. It was close to -0- when you took over. What did you do wrong?

*Why do you support giving citizenship to every illegal alien and free healthcare to all of them, while taking away private healthcare from American citizens?

*Do you feel responsible for all the women and children murdered by illegal aliens you and Biden welcomed into our country?

*Do you see Venezuelan prison gangs taking over entire blocks of U.S. cities?

*Why do you support letting transgender illegal aliens into our country, and asking US taxpayers to pay for their sex change operations?

*Why are you and Biden against free speech? Why do you order censorship of conservatives and critics?

*You say you support women’s rights, so why do you want boys to play women’s sports, and take away scholarships from girls?

*You say Trump incited an insurrection, but didn’t you do exactly that by egging on BLM rioters, and trying to raise money to bail out BLM criminals, rioters, looters and torchers?

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Well, the “sorority connection” and Donna Brazile’s involvement certain make me question the “fairness”?

I won’t forget the topic (questions) that weren’t asked.

The National Debt, the unfunded liabilities, the continuing deficit spending, and the resulting inflation.

Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: Why does the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee have a “death tax”

Friday, September 20, 2024

https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/contact/share-your-opinion

TO: Bonnie Watson Coleman

I’m probating a small estate under 15k for my now deceased cousin … …

… … and you can’t believe what a giant hassle it is.

Why does NJ have a “death tax” in the first place?

Why don’t we have a threshold (i.e., 25k$, 100k$, 1M$) like the Federal or other States do?

My vote in the next election will be based on this. Yes, I can be a single issue voter. And, yes, l am a fat old white guy retired injineer who’s a poor old senior citizen on a fixed income who ALWAYS votes. And, I share my “recommendations” with any of my family and friends I connect with.

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Let’s see what I get in response and how quickly?

Any bets?

I’d say the over under on “no response by” Election Day is 50/50!

We will see.

And, I am really POed about the estate hoops.

Argh!

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ENCOURAGING: 4-year-old Girl Uses Alexa to summon help

Friday, September 20, 2024

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/quick-thinking-4-year-old-girl-uses-alexa-to-call-for-help-as-mom-suffers-epileptic-seizure/

Quick-thinking 4-year-old Girl Uses Alexa to Call for Help as Mom Suffers Epileptic Seizure
By Andy Corbley – Sep 5, 2024 

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When Lyla Leathem saw her mom collapse into an epileptic seizure, she remained calm and knew just what to do.

She knew she was supposed to call her great-grandmother—but her mom Leah’s phone was locked. The four-year-old ran upstairs and asked Amazon Alexa to make the call instead.

Mother Leah Bigg had fallen unwell at her home in Somerset on August 25th. Family members had previously shown Lyla how to use Alexa for phone calls as her mom often suffers from seizures at night which can be life-threatening. But they had no idea the youngster had listened—until she was called into action.

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Sharp that a four year old could take action; most wouldn’t have the capability of finding an alternative.

One can question the living arrangements that made this necessary, but that doesn’t detract from a resourceful child’s action in a crisis.

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IOS: IOS81 is a big “meh” to me

Thursday, September 19, 2024

<< from my Luddite friend >>
Sep 18, 2024, 6:11 PM (14 hours ago)

Wow, not sure if this is noise or a serious concern. I personally would not want anything to do with AI for starters.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/apple-users-already-fed-ios-142908993.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=ma

# – # – # – # – # 

Thanks, I’ll check it out! 

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Checked out the article.  

Disagree with “cheating Android” dirty old men.  Android  has locking apps for a while.  Since I give Daniel my phone sometimes, I locked my bank, Amazon, Home Depot, Lowes, and Spirit Halloween apps.  He know to put stuff in the cart but not how to “buy now” ••• … yet.

I don’t see anything in iPhotos that is “terrible”, but neither Android or iPhone allow tags on photos.  That’s annoying and cumbersome.  Sigh!  

Nothing else to report on in this “news”.  No misspellings to give away that it’s AI written.

As far as AI is concerned, I don’t find any compelling use case for it.  So I give it a big “meh”.

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DISCOURAGING: Pink and blue pigeons; as if balloons weren’t bad enough for the wildlife

Thursday, September 19, 2024

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d71p2xqkgo?utm_placement=newsletter

Blue pigeon mystifies town’s residents
4 days ago   <<  2024-09Sep-06 >>
Charlotte Andrews
BBC News

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Several sightings of a blue pigeon wandering around a town’s streets have baffled residents.

The bird has been photographed by a number of people in Maidenhead, Berkshire.

Some locals insisted the bird’s unique plumage looked natural.

But wildlife experts suggested it could have been dyed for a gender-reveal party – a tradition where expectant couples learn the sex of their baby using pink or blue items.

*** and ***

Rebecca Machin, from the RSPCA’s wildlife team, warned dye could cause birds health problems, impair their ability to fly and make them more vulnerable to predators.

“Dye and paints can be toxic to birds and other animals, and they would be likely to try to clean any such substance from their coat or feathers which could result in them swallowing it,” she said.

She also said she feared social media trends could be fuelling the behaviour.

“We suspect this pigeon’s feathers have been painted – something we seem to be hearing about more and more, including – anecdotally – at events like gender reveal parties,” she said.

*** end quote ***

Oh come on people, leave the wildlife alone.  

Balloons are bad enough for power lines, birds, and fish.  Now you have to maim some poor birds.

How about you stick to exploding blue or pink powder packs?  At least, you can only hurt yourself.

Argh!

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

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RANT: Social Security Insurance is just a racist inter-generational Ponzi scheme that has zero chance of “success”

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Just saw you 8/11 reply to my “no tax on sosec” comment

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It’s a solid plan if they increase the current security tax on high earners, otherwise it’s an untenable solution. Seems to be some support to raise SS tax on earners above the $165k threshold and again at $250 which would keep SS solvent for a few more decades

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Raising taxes on “high earners” is just giving the Gooferment more money to waste.  

Recognizing that Social Security “Insurance” is just a racist inter-generational Ponzi scheme that has zero chance of “success” like any Ponzi scheme.  

Note that FDR chose the word “insurance” very carefully because at that time “insurance” was highly regarded as “safe”.  He knew full well that this was a fraud because there was nothing “saved” to pay benefits.  It should have been obvious to the rubes when the first (white) woman “retired” after making one tax payment into “social security insurance”.

I recently read an analysis of one case where the fellow paid in X$ (I can’t find the gripe) and received back about ½X$. That’s nominal dollars with no adjustment for inflation. He ran a simulation if the original X was invested in 50/50 Tbills and S&P500.  That portfolio would be valued at about 6X at his retirement.  He compared his Z$ monthly benefit with the 4Z$ monthly annuity he should have had.

I have also read many times that Social Security has a negative ROI of between 12 and 40+%.  

It’s a national disaster.  And, BTW it’s has about 70T$ in unfunded liabilities.  No amount of tinkering will save it.

Argh!

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Wish I could find all the things I have read about Social Security.

One time, on a bored commute into NYC for work, I computed that I’d have to live to 132 in order to “steal” back what was “stolen” from me in SSI payroll taxes.  And that was on a “nominal basis” with no adjustment for inflation.

Argh!

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ENGINEERING: China has another enginering feat to its credit

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-13828953/giant-escalators-China-mountains.html

Pictured: The giant escalators that China installed to save tourists the effort of hiking up mountains

  •     China has built a 1,100ft escalator that takes visitors up Tianyu Mountain
  •     It comes after a 2,260ft escalator was installed at scenic Enshi Canyon

By Jessica Hamilton
Published: 08:37 EDT, 9 September 2024 | Updated: 08:52 EDT, 9 September 2024

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The rise and rise of mountainside escalators continues in China.

We previously reported on a 688-metre-long (2,260ft) escalator being installed at scenic Enshi Canyon, Hubei province.

Now China has built a 1,100ft (350-metre) escalator costing $2.2 million/£1.6million that takes visitors up Tianyu Mountain in Zhejiang Province – and it even sprays mist on them to keep them cool.

*** end quote ***

What has the USA built lately?  Planes that are defective, cars that burst into flames, roads that are barely drivable.

Where are our pyramids?

IMHO it starts with Gooferment debt, Gooferment Skrules, and a lack of visionary engineering talent.

It’s a national disgrace that the only thing that seems to grow is the Military Industrial Complex’s big budget weapons and Big Pharma’s killer “vaccines”!

Argh!

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SURVIVAL:Hawaii man trapped in 15ft remote forest ravine gets very very lucky

Monday, September 16, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13827337/hawaii-man-trapped-forest-ravine-bridge-collapse-reveal-survive.html

Hawaii man trapped in 15ft remote forest ravine after bridge collapsed reveals ingenious way he survived
By James Cirrone For Dailymail.Com
Published: 16:53 EDT, 8 September 2024 | Updated: 16:53 EDT, 8 September 2024

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A 41-year-old father-of-two had to be put on a ventilator after he miraculously survived being stuck in a 15 foot deep ravine for multiple nights without food.

Ian Goodsell, who lives on the big island of Hawaii, was crossing an old bridge near a forest off Kamaili Road when it collapsed underneath him, KITV reported.

‘He fell into a ravine about 15 feet deep and was in there for three nights,’ said Garrett Goodsell, Ian’s brother. 

*** and ***

‘If you’re gonna go hiking, and this wasn’t necessarily a hiking trail, and even more so if you’re gonna go out there, make sure you stick to the trails, as much as possible,’ Volpe said. ‘Don’t hike alone, make sure you let people know where you’re going and kind of when you expect to be back.’

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Seems obvious advice.

Where was his EDC, a daypack, and a phone? And, without his anti-seizure meds in his pocket!

It’s not “ingenious” to use a shirt to catch water.  

He was just lucky.

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POLITICAL: Where have we heard “a massive tax on unrealized gains” before?

Sunday, September 15, 2024

https://townhall.com/columnists/meagan-dean/2024/09/06/kamala-harris-vows-death-tax-increase-n2644395

Kamala Harris Vows Death Tax Increase
Meagan Dean | Sep 06, 2024

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Vice President Kamala Harris is on record in support of a Death Tax hike, including plans to impose a second Death Tax by taking away stepped-up basis when parents die.

Harris’ plans to increase the Death Tax are yet another example of the candidate’s willingness to punish hardworking Americans for their success, this time punitively hitting families experiencing the death of a loved one. 

Under current law, the cost basis of assets passing directly to heirs receives a “step-up” to its fair market value. Without stepped-up basis, family-owned businesses would be stranded with a massive tax on unrealized gains after the passing of the owner. 

Harris has not been shy in taking ownership of Biden-Harris FY 2025 budget, noting in a March post on X that the budget plan was jointly put forward by her and President Joe Biden. 

*** end quote ***

I guess that small family farms and small family businesses are her target!

I can’t imagine that any of the D’s have any knowledge of economics.  Certainly demonstrate a lack of understanding of the basics.

What do they think that people will have to do when the owner dies to pay these “thefts”!

The Death Tax is one of the spectacularly unfair taxes.  Paid taxes all your life and the Gooferment politicians and bureaucrats take another bite when you die.

Argh!

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HEROIC: Rikers guard saves 1-year-old child choking on Dorito

Saturday, September 14, 2024

https://nypost.com/2024/09/14/us-news/rikers-guard-saves-baby-choking-on-dorito-in-jails-visiting-room/

Rikers guard saves 1-year-old child choking on Dorito in jail’s visiting room: ‘The baby was turning blue’
By Tina Moore and Zoe Hussain 
Published Sep. 14, 2024, 8:33 a.m. ET

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A baby’s visit to Rikers Island took a frightening turn last week when the child started choking on a chip — prompting the city’s Boldest to leap into action to save him.

The 1-year-old began turning blue after swallowing a Dorito around 7:40 p.m. Sunday in one of the jail’s visitation areas, where his mom, Savanah Webb, had just finished seeing an inmate.

One correction officer noticed little Demyri Webb struggling.

*** and ***

So he pushed his pinky down into the child’s throat even farther — until he felt the chip move.

“The baby started to wheeze, which told me air was moving in and out,” he said.

Then Demyri spit up, and Barbosa knew the child was in the clear.

*** end quote ***

Great situational awareness.

Heroic, even though his life was not in jeopardy, who would want live with the memory of a child dying in your arms.

I guess he could have opened and airway with a pocket knife. Guess that was then next step after the pinkie try.

Not sure that I would have done it better.  And, what about the other people standing around watching.  Surprised no one videoed it.

Well done Santos Barbosa, well done.

“… … and this is a weaker argument that is stronger than it appears. Chinese Obligation. The Chinese have a saying that saving a life incurs a two way debt. The one saved owes their life to their savior; doing less would be ungrateful. The one saving owes the saved their continued help lest the save be in vain; doing less would be wasteful of the original act.” — brainy character “Brian” in CHURCH 10●19●62 Volume 1 Page 223

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Guillt by association hits regime opponents hard — Unproven of course

Saturday, September 14, 2024

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/09/tayler-hansen-banned-youtube-days-after-he-is/

Tayler Hansen Loses YouTube Account Days After He Is Mentioned in a DOJ Indictment as the Victim of an Alleged Crime
by Jim Hoft Sep. 7, 2024 7:30 am

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On Wednesday, the Biden-Harris Regime announced it was launching a “whole government action” to purge so-called ‘Russian propaganda’ and ‘disinformation’ ahead of the 2024 election.

Biden accused Russia of a sustained effort to influence the upcoming election, according to CNN and NBC News.

Then, on Wednesday afternoon, the Department of Justice announced that employees from Russia Today’s media outlet had invested in a $10 million scheme to create and distribute content to U.S. audiences with hidden Russian government messaging.

Crooked AG Merrick Garland announced, “The Justice Department will not tolerate attempts by an authoritarian regime to exploit our country’s free exchange of ideas in order to covertly further its own propaganda efforts, and our investigation into this matter remains ongoing.”

*** and ***

According to the Biden DOJ, the RT employees set up Tenet Media, a media startup company linked to conservative heavyweights Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, Dave Rubin, Lauren Southern, and Tayler Hanson.

These leading conservative talkers quickly condemned the allegations by Joe Biden’s lawless DOJ.

But the damage was done, and the DOJ tied these prominent conservatives to their latest “Russian scandal.”

It didn’t take long before these conservatives, despite being innocent, were targeted by the social media elites.

On Friday, YouTube banned Tayler Hansen’s account. Tayler had hundreds of videos of his undercover work over the years. Now it is gone. They don’t even warn you so you can save your videos!

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Sure, and it just so happens that this is right in front of the election.  

How about holding announcements until you’ve won in court?

Just because Merrick Garland says something, it must be true.

Argh!

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RANT: Where was the predicted “heavy fog” this morning?

Friday, September 13, 2024

Where was the predicted “heavy fog” this morning? I am always amazed that “they” can’t predict weather 12 hours ahead, but “climate change, global warming, global cooling” will wipe humanity out in five, ten, twenty, fifty years! Argh!

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ENCOURAGING: I thought only Batman fought crime sinsle handedly?

Friday, September 13, 2024

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/after-police-didnt-take-it-seriously-he-exposed-an-international-bike-theft-ring-on-his-own/

After Police Didn’t Take it Seriously He Exposed an International Bike Theft Ring on His Own
By Andy Corbley – Aug 30, 202

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As one might imagine, the police in counties like Sonoma, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz didn’t listen to him. “We’re not Interpol” they would say.

*** and ***

Hance had been clued into the Colorado bike smuggling ring with a Modus Operandi extremely similar to that of the one he believed was behind the thefts all over California, but was even more bold—bike thieves at one point smashed through the front of a bike shop with a van, loaded up the van with a dozen bikes, and drove off.

As to the California smugglers, Hance believes the man at the end of the trail is operating out of Jalisco, and Hance’s sleuthing turned up perhaps the chief fence on this side of the border. Victoriano Romero—who was then subsequently raided by police and found to be in possession of bikes similar to ones reported stolen on Bike Index, along with $200,000 cash in a strongbox in his San Jose auto shop.

The arrest of Romero hasn’t disrupted the network, and Hance still sees that the Jalisco seller routinely offers high-end bikes for sale on his social media pages: accessible only because Hance uses a VPN to funnel his connection through Mexico.

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Maybe the politicians and bureaucrats of Sonoma, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz should put Brian Hance in as their Police Commissioner?  

I can’t imagine a bigger slap in the face than a private individual cracking international crime rings.

Argh!

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DISCOURAGING: Crime is going up; the stats are being manipulated

Thursday, September 12, 2024

https://townhall.com/columnists/johnrlottjr/2024/09/11/abcs-david-muir-lied-about-crime-falling-under-biden-harris-n2644601

ABC’s David Muir Lied About Crime Falling Under Biden-Harris
John R. Lott, Jr.  | Sep 11, 2024

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DAVID MUIR: “President Trump, as you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this country, …” 

In fact, Trump was correct about the increase in crime under Biden. While violent crime fell by 17 percent under Trump, Biden has seen it rise by 43 percent.

Muir doesn’t understand what the FBI is measuring. The FBI counts the number of crimes reported to police. Trump was right that less than half of police departments are now giving that data to the FBI, but, more importantly, Trump was discussing what was happening to total crime, not just the number of crimes reported to police.

There are two measures of crime: One, the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), counts the number of crimes reported to police yearly.

The other, the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Crime Victimization Survey, asks about 240,000 people each year whether they have been victims of crime, in an attempt to measure both reported and unreported crimes.

We know that crime victims report only about 40 percent of violent crimes and 30 percent of property crimes to police.

*** end quote ***

Like the Covid “vaccine” injury stats, the Gooferment has put their collective “thumb” on the scale.  

Sigh!

Like economic data on inflation, they redefine the yardstick.

Argh!

All to make themselves look good.

Makes you not want to believe anything that they say.

Why report “unemployment nubers”?  Just report Social Security Tax Receipts.  Because they want to fudge the numbers.

Argh!

We know they don’t enforce the “felon in possession of a firearm”!  Why not?

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Why is this a problem that is NOT quickly permitted?

Thursday, September 12, 2024

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/elon-musks-starlink-to-provide-free-emergency-phone-coverage-in-wilderness-areas/

Elon Musk’s Starlink Offers Free Emergency Phone Coverage in Wilderness Areas Worldwide
By Andy Corbley – Sep 2, 2024 

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The satellite internet service Starlink is seeking approval to facilitate 911 calls from wilderness areas to help improve search and rescue efforts and reduce deaths.

Elon Musk’s satellite constellation has served a variety of publicized uses, like giving Ukrainians the ability to communicate during wartime. The most recent is a partnership between Starlink and T-Mobile seeking FCC regulatory approval for a direct-to-cellular service that would allow those deep in the mountains and forests to reach emergency services.

“SpaceX Starlink will provide emergency services access for mobile phones for people in distress for free,” Musk wrote on his social media platform X, formerly Twitter.

“This applies worldwide, subject to approval by country governments. Can’t have a situation where someone dies because they forgot, or were unable to pay for it.”

Direct-to-cellular functions would have a greater scope than just emergencies. Speaking about their application to the FCC, the chairwoman of the regulatory agency referred to it as the beginning of the “Single-network future” which she described as one in which the user “won’t need to think about what network, where, and what services are available; connections will just work everywhere, all the time.”

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Excuse me, but in stead of the the FCC chairwoman “speaking”, why hasn’t this been “approved” without further “Barbara streisand”?

Sorry, but I don’t understand.

Musk made an offer.  The response should be: “Go ahead with all due haste”!

Argh!

Argh!

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ConspiracyTheories: Are her earings Bluetooth headphones?

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13837961/conspiracy-trump-kamala-harris-debate-audience.html

Conspiracy rages among Trump supporters following presidential debate as viewers question Kamala Harris’s earrings
By Natasha Anderson
Published: 08:02 EDT, 11 September 2024 | Updated: 10:41 EDT, 11 September 2024 

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Conspiracy theorists claim they have ‘busted’ Kamala Harris for using a secret earpiece during last night’s presidential debate.

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I’d have to rate it as a “5. Possible”.   

I have no doubt that she received the questions ahead of time.  Not that it can be proven.  But baring putting the candidates in a soundproof Faraday cage booth and picking questions from a spun barrel, I wouldn’t believe that they weren’t leaked.  Where’s the audit firms’, like Price Waterhouse, opinions on the fairness of the debate.  They do it for the Oscars and some quiz shows; so why not here.

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Mayor lies and security research proves it; guess it is about surpressing free speech

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researcher-sued-for-sharing-data-stolen-by-ransomware-with-media/

Researcher sued for sharing data stolen by ransomware with media
By Bill Toulas  — August 30, 2024 10:44 AM

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The complaint notes that Goodwolf’s sharing of law enforcement data and the alleged plans to create a website for people to see if their data was exposed interferes with police investigations.

The City seeks a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, and permanent injunction against Goodwolf to prevent further dissemination of stolen data. Additionally, the City is seeking damages exceeding $25,000.

A reported by NBC4, a Franklin County judge issued the temporary restraining order yesterday, barring Goodwolf from accessing, downloading, and disseminating the City’s stolen data. The order also requires the defendant to preserve all data that was downloaded to date.

In a press conference about the lawsuit, shown below, City Attorney Zach Klein says that the lawsuit is not about suppressing free speech, as Goodwolf can still talk about the leak, but is aimed at preventing him from downloading and disseminating the stolen information.

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Of course, it IS about suppressing free speech.  Especially when a politician is proved to be a liar!  Argh!

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IOS: My phone thinks it is the First; not the Tenth?

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

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INTERESTING: Be careful if you buy pineapple in the evening. you may get “bumped”

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

https://news.sky.com/story/spanish-supermarket-shoppers-using-pineapples-to-search-for-love-in-surprising-new-craze-13209178?utm_placement=newsletter

Spanish supermarket shoppers using pineapples to search for love in surprising new craze

  • As part of the TikTok craze, singletons have been drawn to branches of the chain Mercadona where it is claimed they can find romance if they visit between 7pm and 8pm and put a pineapple upside down in their trolley.

Tuesday 3 September 2024 19:44, UK

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A social media craze in Spain where people are encouraged to seek out prospective partners in supermarkets with the help of pineapples has led to some chaotic scenes.

In the city of Bilbao, northern Spain, police were reportedly called by workers after a flash mob of hopeful singles packed a Mercadona store and “overwhelmed” it.

The crowd quickly dispersed when officers arrived, and no one was arrested in the incident.

Singletons have been drawn to branches of the supermarket chain, where it is claimed they can find romance if they visit between 7pm and 8pm and put a pineapple upside down in their trolley.

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According to surinenglish.com, Lidl has sent a message to all its customers in Spain entitled: “La hora del amor” (the hour of love).

It went on to say, “In this mass mailing, the company invites their customers who are looking for love to come between 6pm and 7pm with a watermelon in your trolley” as a sign that they are looking for a partner.

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I guess this is better that meeting strangers in a bar.  But not as safe as meeting someone in church.

In my day, all the grandmothers would arrange dates for their eligible grandchildren.  Often with a chaperone.  Not as bad as that scene from the Godfather,  Laugh!

Not a bad idea to sell pineapples and watermelons.

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RANT: EVs make no sense

Monday, September 9, 2024

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/09/the_cold_hard_kamala_repelling_truth_about_electric_vehicles.html

americanthinker.com
The Cold, Hard, Kamala-Repelling Truth about Electric Vehicles
By Warren Beatty

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Bottom line: over the entire life cycle of an E.V., from raw materials to final disposal, driving an E.V. or plug-in E.V. produces more pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions than a comparable hybrid E.V. We truly live in a Bizarro World, where Kamala’s ideology overrides reality.

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Over and above the practicality of EVs (i.e., limited range, recharge time, battery fires, accident damage), the “costs” of mining cobalt, and other “rare earth” minerals, in terms of the “dirt” and the human working conditions is inhumane.  Anyone else seen the pictures of children mining cobalt to subsist?  As a fat old white guy retired injineer, I’m not adverse to “progress”.  I am adverse to stupidity and responding to a politically induced “global warming global cooling climate change” “the sky is falling” “let’s give the Gooferment more money to solve a problem” panic.  (If the seas are “rising”, then why are all the rich people buying waterfront property?  Are they stupid? Or do they just know the truth?). In any event, why isn’t the Gooferment allowing diesel and tiny foreign cars and truck into the country?  We know that the politicians and bureaucrats are being bribed by all the Big Industries.  If we can just have a free market, the the Gooferment could shrink to just being a referee.  Argh!  

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Sure, “banning” stuff by “law” works out so well

Sunday, September 8, 2024

https://apnews.com/article/california-ai-election-deepfakes-safety-regulations-eb6bbc80e346744dbb250f931ebca9f3?ICID=ref_fark#

California lawmakers approve legislation to ban deepfakes, protect workers and regulate AI
By TRÂN NGUYỄN
Updated 3:06 AM EDT, September 1, 2024

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Lawmakers approved legislation to ban deepfakes related to elections and require large social media platforms to remove the deceptive material 120 days before Election Day and 60 days thereafter. Campaigns also would be required to publicly disclose if they’re running ads with materials altered by AI.

A pair of proposals would make it illegal to use AI tools to create images and videos of child sexual abuse. Current law does not allow district attorneys to go after people who possess or distribute AI-generated child sexual abuse images if they cannot prove the materials are depicting a real person.

Tech companies and social media platforms would be required to provide AI detection tools to users under another proposal.

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Yeah, passing “laws” makes everything better.  How is it working for drugs?  

I think the word “LAW” should be restricted to real laws.  Like the Law of Gravity, Law of Unintended Consequences, or Law of Gravity.

What Gooferments passes are diktats.  Bureaucrats make “regulations”.  

Useless for all those who just don’t follow the rules.

Argh!

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HEALTH: Fears of a cancer cover-up in state — Conspiracy Theoriey or Real Risk

Saturday, September 7, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13720725/urge-agricultural-research-stop-cancer-crisis.html

Fears of a cancer cover-up in state suffering mystery spike in tumors

  • DO YOU HAVE A HEALTH-RELATED STORY? WE’D LOVE TO HEAR IT. GET IN TOUCH: HEALTH@DAILYMAIL.COM 

By Maiya Focht In Iowa For Dailymail.Com
Published: 07:48 EDT, 2 September 2024 | Updated: 08:31 EDT, 2 September 2024

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A mystery surge in cancer in Iowa has been blamed on alcohol – but locals fear another major factor is being ignored or suppressed.

DailyMail.com visited Iowa and spoke to doctors and locals who had cancer themselves or knew of dozens who had, but one common thread stood out – none of them were heavy drinkers. 

And while a report published in early 2024 highlighted alcohol as a major health concern, locals are trying to raise awareness about another contributor: agricultural chemicals – of which Iowa uses more than any other state.

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Neil Hamilton, a lawyer and the former Director of the Drake Agricultural Law Center, told DailyMail.com: ‘There seems to be a surprising lack of curiosity [from] the agricultural companies and agriculturalists and farm groups. 

‘And, you know, maybe that’s predictable, because they maybe are concerned about what might be found if we started scratching a little bit deeper.’

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He regularly reported on high levels of nitrates in the various waterways across the state – including those citizens swam and fished in. A blog he ran through the University of Iowa that shared this pollution data and his opinions about water policy gained a large audience in the state.

In May 2023, two members of Iowa’s state legislature allegedly approached university officials about stopping Mr Jones’ blog, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. 

Mr Jones told The Chronicle the message from them was: ‘You guys can’t be over here asking for money for these various programs and at the same time allow this blog to continue.’ 

He added, ‘Now, is that a threat? Is that a threat to defund something? I think it’s definitely something you better take seriously.’ 

Shortly after, his blog was shut down, he retired and $500,000 in funding was stripped from his program. 

Mr Jones wrote: ‘I’ve written these essays, especially over the last two years, knowing that I was basically a dog chasing cars. Once in a while, even a three-legged dog like me can get too close to the rear wheels, and well, that happened.’ 

One of the lawmakers named in the Chronicle, Senator Dan Zumbach, who is also a farmer, said ‘no threat to funding was ever made because of the content of a blog,’ and those claims are ‘reckless and potentially defamatory.’

Senator Tom Shipley, also named, told the Chronicle a conversation had occurred about Mr Jones’ blog, but declined further comment. 

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Sure sounds like that “three-legged dog” got close to “The Truth”.

What First Amendment?  Those two Iowa state legislators should be investigated and prosecuted.

The blog was “conversed about”!  That sure sounds fishy.

On my taxonomy, I’d rate this as “Class 5 Possible” in the “Governmental Conspiracy Theory” and “Health Conspiracy Theory” categories.

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GUNS: NSSF in partnership with ATF launched Operation Secure Store

Friday, September 6, 2024

https://bearingarms.com/lawrence-keane/2024/08/30/smash-and-grab-gun-thefts-threaten-communities-small-businesses-nssf-has-real-solutions-n1226107

Smash-and-Grab Gun Thefts Threaten Communities, Small Businesses. NSSF Has Real Solutions.
By Lawrence G. Keane | 4:01 PM | August 30, 2024

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NSSF in partnership with ATF launched Operation Secure Store®. It’s just one part of NSSF’s Real Solutions. Safer Communities® initiatives to provide answers to the problems the firearm industry faces. Operation Secure Store (OSS) proactively educates federal firearms licensees (FFLs) in identifying and quantifying vulnerabilities and risks associated with the business of firearms commerce and industry-related operations as a whole. NSSF offers firearm retailers a free Risk and Security Self-Assessment Tool to begin to understand how firearm retailers can layer security to help stop these crimes.

Operation Secure Store started when ATF noticed a concerning trend and approached NSSF to help stem the problem. That led to OSS. ATF now responds to every burglary to work with the FFL and local law enforcement to ascertain the number of firearms stolen and put the information into the stolen gun database. This is not a compliance inspection. The ATF treats the FFL as what they are – a victim of a violent crime. ATF will also alert firearm retailers in the area to be on guard because these gangs will often victimize other local area gun shops, and even at times hit the same firearm retailer a second time.

For any firearm retailer, regardless if they are an NSSF member, a security consultant team is available to help with this. NSSF set up a hotline for any firearm retailer to get more information – 1-800-FLLNSSF. That’s not just for security questions, but also federal regulatory compliance questions, lead and noise Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) noise compliance questions and access to NSSF suicide prevention resources. 

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Politicians Punish Firearm Retailers

These Real Solutions are imperative because gun control politicians see these crimes as opportunities to punish firearm retailers with state-level laws that make it increasingly difficult and costly for small business owners. They want to treat the victim of the crime – the dealer – as the criminal and blame them for the crime committed by gangs. Washington state passed a law earlier this year that requires gun shop owners to have bars, grates and security screens on all windows and commercial-grade metal doors at each point of entry. The law mandates firearms be stored overnight in a fireproof safe. The state also requires security alarms systems monitored by a remote base that’s capable of notifying law enforcement and retain those recordings for seven years. Those systems must include motion and sound detectors. Those system also require monitoring of customers. 

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Jason Rantz, a talk-show host for KTTH, called these requirements an effort “to put gun shops out of business with insurmountable, frivolous costs under the lie that it’s about public safety.” 

He’s not wrong. And it’s happening. Stan’s Merry Mart in Wenatchee, Wash., announced they would no longer sell firearms after 11 years in the business because of the new burdensome requirements. 

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Politicians and bureaucrats don’t want to solve the gun problem.  They just want to restrict law abiding people from exercising their natural right to keep and bear arms.  Crime would shrink drastically if the victims MIGHT be armed.  

“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

“I particularly like unlimited concealed carry. If the criminal regards the general public as sheep to be shorn, then let’s sprinkle in a few “sheepdogs” with big teeth in the flock. Guess which gay to bash? Buzz, wrong, you picked a Pink Pistol and you’re dead! Guess which woman to bash? Buzz, wrong, you picked a Paxton Quigly and you’re dead! Guess which brown person to bash? Buzz, wrong, you picked a Massad Ayoob and you’re dead!” — GUNS: Let’s sprinkle in a few “sheepdogs” with big teeth in the flock

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GOVERNACIDE: The FBI flubs another opportunity to stop a school shooting

Thursday, September 5, 2024

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/fbi-investigated-alleged-apalachee-hs-shooter-colt-gray-14-in-2023-over-school-shooting-threats/ar-AA1q11B9

FBI investigated alleged Apalachee HS shooter Colt Gray, 14, in 2023 over school shooting threats

Story by Christopher Scarglato

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Colt Gray, the teen suspected of gunning down four people at Georgia high school, has been on the FBI’s radar since last year — when he was interviewed in connection to online school shooting threats, the bureau revealed.

In May 2023, the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center received several anonymous tips about the threats to commit a school shooting — with the harrowing remarks including photos of guns, according to a Wednesday night statement from the bureau’s Atlanta division.

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Sorry, but what was anyone thinking?  The FBI should have spark a local investigation.  Surely, any judge in the right mine would have authorize a search of the residence for evidence of a threat.

Argh!

The parents should be in trouble for “failure to secure” the guns.

If I had a troubled child, then I’d have pulled the firing pins and kept them in my pocket.

Instead of “bang bang”, there would have been “click click”. 

Argh!

Once again the Gooferment fails to protect “We, The Sheeple”.

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RANT: Why is Surprise City Attorney being paid 266,000?

Thursday, September 5, 2024

https://nypost.com/2024/08/30/us-news/bananas-republic-arizona-mom-arrested-for-violating-law-against-criticizing-city-officials-at-public-meetings/

Arizona mom arrested for criticizing officials at public meeting sues for rights violation

By Natalie O’Neill 

Published Aug. 30, 2024, 5:02 p.m. ET

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Eat your heart out, North Korea.

An Arizona mom was arrested for violating a bizarre authoritarian-style city law that forbids anyone from criticizing city officials at public meetings — outraging a free speech group that now plans to sue, officials told The Post.

Rebekah Massie, 32, was speaking out against a proposed $12,000 raise for Surprise City Attorney Robert Wingo — who reportedly already earns $266,000 annually — at a city council meeting on Aug. 20, when she was cut off by Mayor Skip Hall.

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It wasn’t immediately clear how Massie could be arrested for trespassing at a meeting that was open to the public.

Surprise Police Chief Benny Pina and Mayor Skip Hall didn’t return calls from The Post Friday.

Sgt. Richard Hernandez, a public information officer for the city, told The Post a person may be charged with trespassing if they are asked by a “police officer or the owner of a property” to leave and refuse.

He said the police chief had not asked Massie to leave the meeting — but declined to elaborate on how the law applies to the incident, considering Mayor Hall doesn’t own Surprise City Hall, where the meeting took place.

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Governor of Arizona Katie Hobbs. $95,000.

Attorney General of Arizona Kris Mayes. $90,000.

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes. $70,000.

So why is Surprise City Attorney being paid 266,000?  That’s more than the top THREE state officials. 

And, no now seems to understand that the First Amendment applies to the States under the current Supreme Court concept of “incorporation”!

I’ve often thought that Gooferment salaries were out of line and this just proves it.

If I was an Arizona citizen, then I’d insist that no one can be paid MORE than the Governor.  Just like no one should be paid more than the President of the United States. 

Argh!

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