INTERESTING: The giraffe is doing something to get 17 out of 20 experiments

Sunday, April 7, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13263997/ants-conscious-dolphins-currency-food-animal-intelligence.html

Did you know ANTS are self-aware? Or that giraffes can do mental math? New book documents the little-known brilliance of animal intelligence that may surprise you

  •     The book explores how animals engage in complex mental math and language
  •     Even insects, like ants and bees, prove to be more perceptive than expected
  •     ‘The Animal Mind’ by nature writer and photographer Marianne Taylor is out now

By Matthew Phelan Senior Science Reporter For Dailymail.Com
Published: 07:37 EDT, 3 April 2024 | Updated: 07:37 EDT, 3 April 2024 

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Giraffes can do math in their heads

Technically speaking, it’s a miracle of evolution that a giraffe can get its blood pumping 14 to 19 feet up to its brain to do much high-quality thinking at all. 

But to the surprise of researchers at the Barcelona Zoo, the tall, hooved creatures are actually capable of doing complex mental math, engaging in statistical inference to assess probabilities and make predictions.

The study, conducted with four of the zoo’s giraffe’s by animal behaviorists as Barcelona University, two male and two female giraffes were shown two clear boxes filled with vegetable sticks. 

Each had a mix of carrot and courgette sticks (zucchini), with carrots being the preferred option. But soon, the researchers started putting up barriers to the boxes, hiding visual cues and eliminating scent information.

In a stunning game of intellect, the giraffes managed to select which container was more likely to produce their preferred carrot sticks in 17 out of 20 experiments.

This was based on the relative frequencies of food in the containers, and not on other information such as their sense of smell, the researchers said.

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I would assume that we, as humans, could learn a lot more if we were a little more humble in our position as the apex predator.

Aside from being beautiful, seems like giraffes have some “intelligence”.  I wonder if they will ever exceed or replace us?

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INTERESTING: The giraffe is doing something to get 17 out of 20 experiments

Sunday, April 7, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13263997/ants-conscious-dolphins-currency-food-animal-intelligence.html

Did you know ANTS are self-aware? Or that giraffes can do mental math? New book documents the little-known brilliance of animal intelligence that may surprise you

  •     The book explores how animals engage in complex mental math and language
  •     Even insects, like ants and bees, prove to be more perceptive than expected
  •     ‘The Animal Mind’ by nature writer and photographer Marianne Taylor is out now

By Matthew Phelan Senior Science Reporter For Dailymail.Com
Published: 07:37 EDT, 3 April 2024 | Updated: 07:37 EDT, 3 April 2024 

*** begin quote ***

Giraffes can do math in their heads

Technically speaking, it’s a miracle of evolution that a giraffe can get its blood pumping 14 to 19 feet up to its brain to do much high-quality thinking at all. 

But to the surprise of researchers at the Barcelona Zoo, the tall, hooved creatures are actually capable of doing complex mental math, engaging in statistical inference to assess probabilities and make predictions.

The study, conducted with four of the zoo’s giraffe’s by animal behaviorists as Barcelona University, two male and two female giraffes were shown two clear boxes filled with vegetable sticks. 

Each had a mix of carrot and courgette sticks (zucchini), with carrots being the preferred option. But soon, the researchers started putting up barriers to the boxes, hiding visual cues and eliminating scent information.

In a stunning game of intellect, the giraffes managed to select which container was more likely to produce their preferred carrot sticks in 17 out of 20 experiments.

This was based on the relative frequencies of food in the containers, and not on other information such as their sense of smell, the researchers said.

*** end quote ***

I would assume that we, as humans, could learn a lot more if we were a little more humble in our position as the apex predator.

Aside from being beautiful, seems like giraffes have some “intelligence”.  I wonder if they will ever exceed or replace us?

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INTERESTING: The giraffe is doing something to get 17 out of 20 experiments

Sunday, April 7, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13263997/ants-conscious-dolphins-currency-food-animal-intelligence.html

Did you know ANTS are self-aware? Or that giraffes can do mental math? New book documents the little-known brilliance of animal intelligence that may surprise you

  •     The book explores how animals engage in complex mental math and language
  •     Even insects, like ants and bees, prove to be more perceptive than expected
  •     ‘The Animal Mind’ by nature writer and photographer Marianne Taylor is out now

By Matthew Phelan Senior Science Reporter For Dailymail.Com
Published: 07:37 EDT, 3 April 2024 | Updated: 07:37 EDT, 3 April 2024 

*** begin quote ***

Giraffes can do math in their heads

Technically speaking, it’s a miracle of evolution that a giraffe can get its blood pumping 14 to 19 feet up to its brain to do much high-quality thinking at all. 

But to the surprise of researchers at the Barcelona Zoo, the tall, hooved creatures are actually capable of doing complex mental math, engaging in statistical inference to assess probabilities and make predictions.

The study, conducted with four of the zoo’s giraffe’s by animal behaviorists as Barcelona University, two male and two female giraffes were shown two clear boxes filled with vegetable sticks. 

Each had a mix of carrot and courgette sticks (zucchini), with carrots being the preferred option. But soon, the researchers started putting up barriers to the boxes, hiding visual cues and eliminating scent information.

In a stunning game of intellect, the giraffes managed to select which container was more likely to produce their preferred carrot sticks in 17 out of 20 experiments.

This was based on the relative frequencies of food in the containers, and not on other information such as their sense of smell, the researchers said.

*** end quote ***

I would assume that we, as humans, could learn a lot more if we were a little more humble in our position as the apex predator.

Aside from being beautiful, seems like giraffes have some “intelligence”.  I wonder if they will ever exceed or replace us?

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INTERESTING: Don’t “save” on a cruise line tours

Saturday, April 6, 2024

https://www.aol.com/news/eight-passengers-stranded-african-island-133209907.html?ICID=ref_fark

Eight passengers stranded on African island after Norwegian cruise ship left without them
NBC Universal
Marlene Lenthang and Arnav Jain
Updated April 2, 2024 at 2:28 PM

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A dream cruise vacation has turned into a nightmare for eight passengers left stranded on the African island of São Tomé and Príncipe after their ship left without them because they were late to return from a private tour.

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There is a reason why you pay the Cruise Line their “vig” for an official Cruise Line sponsored “local tour”.  If an  “official tour” is late, then the boat waits for you.  Otherwise, you’re on your own.  Not worth saving a few bucks!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Doesn’t the State of Florida have scyba teams?

Friday, April 5, 2024

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/04/01/florida-volunteer-team-uses-sonar-to-solve-cold-case-mysteries/

Florida Volunteer Team Uses Sonar to Solve Cold Case Mysteries

Lucas Nolan  — 1 Apr 2024

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John Martin and Mike Sullivan, two half-brothers from Florida, have made a name for themselves using sonar technology to locate submerged vehicles and help solve cold case mysteries throughout the Sunshine State.

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Why is it up to private citizens to do this?

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INSPIRATIONAL: ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith states the American ideal

Thursday, April 4, 2024

https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2024/03/28/everybody-doesnt-deserve-same-espns-stephen-a-smith-promotes-equality-of-opportunity-over-outcome/

‘Everybody Doesn’t Deserve the Same’: ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith Promotes ‘Equality of Opportunity’ over Outcome

Paul Bois  —  28 Mar 2024

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ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith recently promoted the idea of “equality of opportunity” over the more egalitarian “Equality of Outcome” that left-leaning theorists extoll.

Smith made his somewhat surprising position on the subject known during an interview on the PBD Podcast hosted by Patrick Bet-David, in which he said that “people who produce more ultimately end up more successful than those who don’t.”

“One of the things that I have a problem with when I look at things that are transpiring in this country, you can’t in the same breath talk about capitalism, talk about how it’s equal opportunity that we want, but everybody doesn’t deserve the same, it’s about your level of production,” he said.

“Some people are high-end earners, some people are high-level producers and stuff. And you know, they’re getting treated, they might earn more than somebody that just don’t have that skill set. That’s the world we’re living in,” he added.

*** end quote ***

I was pleased that someone repeats Doctor King’s wish about “content of character” rather than color.

The NBA is a classic example of the best rise to the top.  Is the system perfect?  No.  But it does demonstrate what is possible when we have “equal opportunity”.

Now if we could just have equality in the law, then we ca get back to doing productive work.

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RANT: Cadbury (going woke?) Renaming ‘Easter Eggs’

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/03/cadbury-tells-stores-renaming-easter-eggs-as-gesture-eggs-to-remove-the-display-stores-comply/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cadbury-tells-stores-renaming-easter-eggs-as-gesture-eggs-to-remove-the-display-stores-comply

 Cadbury Tells Stores Renaming ‘Easter Eggs’ as ‘Gesture Eggs’ To Remove The Displays, Stores Comply

  • There is nothing to be gained by marketing to a vanishingly small segment of the population, and apparently Cadbury got the message.

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers Friday, March 29, 2024 at 09:00am

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I have bones to pick with Cadbury, not the least of which being that American ‘Cadbury’ is pretty much just Hershey and thus crap chocolate. I was also not happy when Cadbury decided that their Easter Egg was too large, so they shrunk it, and now it’s awful. And, weirdly, was sold for the same price as the former perfectly balanced treat.

But call an Easter egg a “Gesture Egg,” and I am done. Ten kinds of done.

*** end quote ***

So sad but I guess to be expected!

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INNOVATION: Reporting potholes using what3wprods

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wsvWj6OPQg

Report your local ***hole with what3words
what3words  —  Mar 27, 2024

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Potholes are such a menace, we think they should be considered a rude word! They cause damage to cars, agony for drivers and a lot of frustration for communities and local councils. They can’t be fixed if they can’t be found, so many councils and highways authorities are asking people to use a what3words address when they report a pothole.

Next time you spot a pothole, find the what3words address and share it online, helping your council or highways authority to find and fix potholes easily.

*** end quote ***

Hopefully we can get this working in the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee.

I’ll try and report back results of lack there of.

Sigh!

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Put in ///forgot.golf.scan on the NJDOT webform. 2024-Mar-28 1240 

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NEWJERSEY: NJ Potholes are the biggest and the “best” — we’re Number 1

Monday, April 1, 2024

Sadly too tru in the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee!

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INTERESTING: Was there a Planet V and what does that imply?

Sunday, March 31, 2024

https://radiofarside.substack.com/p/how-deep-is-your-woo

How Deep Is Your Woo?

Cuz we’re living in a world of fools

Radio Far Side

Mar 25, 2024

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In the 1500s, Tycho Brahe produced one of the greatest libraries of astronomical observations ever. Based on his work, Johannes Kepler formulated his Three Laws of Planetary Motion, in 1609 and 1619. He found that all orbits are ellipses, that bodies accelerate as they move toward the Sun and decelerate as they move away, The third law stated that the square of a body’s period was proportional to the cube of its semi-major axis (average distance from the Sun). Kepler also found a harmonious relationship between the orbits of the planets, such that we discovered new planets from the orbital positions given by Kepler. From these laws, Newton derived his laws of Universal Gravitation.

*** and ***

Besides the asteroid belt, there are Centaurs, TNOs, Damocloids, and Trojans which may be part of the Planet V debris cloud. Some of them have ephemera that clearly resonate with the asteroid belt, and a couple of them may be lost moons of Planet V, as well.

So do we have any evidence that any of this scenario is even approaching reality?

Why, yes, we do.

“The successful predictions include: (1) satellites of asteroids; (2) satellites of comets; (3) salt water in meteorites; (4) ‘roll marks’ leading to boulders on asteroids; (5) the time and peak rate of the 1999 Leonid meteor storm; (6) explosion signatures for asteroids; (7) the strongly spiked energy parameter for new comets; (8) the distribution of black material on slowly rotating airless bodies; (9) splitting velocities of comets; (10) the asteroid-like nature of Deep Impact target Comet Tempel 1; and (11) the presence of high-formation-temperature minerals in the Stardust comet dust sample return.”

The two most stunning confirmations have been the presence of asteroid moonlets and that comets appear to be the same as asteroids. 

*** end quote ***

While this may TL;DR for most readers, I found this to be most persuasive.

Could an advanced alien civilization have existed on Planet V?

Far beyond my abilities, but certainly seem an interesting possibility.

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DISCOURAGING: Do you think incumbent politicians will willingly give up all this power?

Saturday, March 30, 2024

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-and-taxation-government-on-a-bitcoin-standard-?mc_cid=e0840e7a31

Bitcoin and Taxation: Government On A Bitcoin Standard

  • Some thoughts on the difficulty of governments enforcing taxation in a world where Bitcoin is widely used in commerce.    

Robert Hall  —   Mar 25, 2024

REFERS TO

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/10/incumbent-politicians-enjoy-record-reelection-in-aging-congress/

Incumbent politicians enjoy record reelection in an aging Congress
By Miro Hall-Jones  —  October 12, 2023 3:11 pm

AND OPINES on

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In America, incumbents get reelected north of 90 percent. Did you know in the House of Representatives, the reelection of incumbents has never dipped below 85 percent? So you only have 15 percent of being voted out in the next election. Who doesn’t like those odds? This is why nothing changes. We get the same people in office year after year because they know how to play the game and grease the right palms, all thanks to the fiat money printer.

If you want to see all the BS the federal government spends on their deprecating fiat dollar, check out the Citizens Against Government Waste website. This will give you a good idea of the crap that is being funded in your name.

So, knowing this, do you think they will willingly give up all this power, prestige, and influence? I don’t think so.

*** end quote ***

I agree.

So how do we rid ourselves of these “priestly drones”?

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FUN: Skydiving beavers — another Gooferment idea that was not half bad

Friday, March 29, 2024

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/70282/watch-beavers-parachute-planes-footage-1948?ICID=ref_

Watch Beavers Parachute From Planes in Footage From 1948
Skydiving beavers. What could possibly go wrong?
By Rebecca OConnell | Mar 25, 2024, 3:27 PM EDT

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With the help of test beaver Geronimo, Heter created a special wooden box that opened on impact. In total, 76 beavers were dropped in Chamberlain Basin, with all but one surviving. They went on to live fruitful, busy lives in their remote new home. 

The story of the furry skydivers may sound too silly to be true, but there is video evidence. Fish and Game historian Sharon Clark found the forgotten footage, and thanks to the magic of the internet, we can all enjoy it today.

*** end quote ***

Well for one beaver, it didn’t work out so well.

Pretty funny to me.  Wonder what the beavers thought of it?

Do beavers think?

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ConspiracyTheories: Accident or terrorism — the Gooferment is quick to decide, but is that the truth?

Thursday, March 28, 2024

https://palexander.substack.com/p/lara-logan-on-baltimore-bridge-being?r=onvra

Lara Logan on Baltimore Bridge being hit by ship ad collapsing; para this was no accident, ‘ Intel Sources Claim Baltimore Bridge Collapse On “Second busiest strategic roadway for hazardous materials”

  • Was “absolutely brilliant strategic attack”; on US critical infrastructure – most likely cyber – & our intel agencies know it. Attack perfectly targeted. “They have figured out how to bring us down.”

Dr. Paul Alexander  — Mar 27, 2024

*** begin quote ***

too soon to rule out terrorism…Logan is on to something here…

*** and ***

The footage shows the cargo ship never got in the approach lane in the channel. You have to be in the channel before you get into that turn. Location was precise/deliberate: chose a bend in the river where you have to slow down and commit yourself – once you are committed in that area there is not enough room to maneuver.

*** and ***

They chose a full moon so they would have maximum tidal shift – rise and fall. Brisk flow in that river on a normal day & have had a lot of rain recently so water was already moving along at a good pace.

Hit it with enough kinetic energy to knock the load-bearing pylon out from under the highway – which fatally weakens the span and then 50 percent of the bridge fell into the water.

*** end quote ***

I’m not convinced yet that it was NOT an accident!  

But she does bring up some interesting “factoids”.

I am skeptical about how quickly the Gooferment responded to rule out “terrorism” or a “cyber attack”.  How could anyone have enough time or data to make such a judgement.

“Move along, people. Nothing to see here. Go home, you looky-loos.” Officer Barbrady’s Catch Phrase South Park

At the very least, the Gooferment has not done a very good risk assessment on the nation’s infrastructure if one “bridge / boat” collision can have such an impact.  Where are the risk mitigation efforts planned if this should happen.

Once again, like so many times before, the Gooferment is asleep at the switch/

Have to see what comes out in the next 20 years.

Checking the Conspiracy Theorist “thermometer”  — it’s “category 5  — possible” pending further evidence.

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RANT: Of course. there never is and evidence of voter fraud?

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/03/ohio_volunteers_uncover_massive_irregularities_in_voter_database.html

americanthinker.com
Ohio Volunteers Uncover Massive Irregularities in Voter Database
By Jack Gleason

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The day after certification in 2022, the Ohio statewide voter roll database showed:

  •     58,209 resided in an apartment or in a mobile home lot but had no unit number as required on their voter registration application to ensure proper delivery of mail, including mail-in ballot material.
  •     4,143 were older than the oldest person in the U.S. at the time or were too young to legally register.
  •     6,348 had a date of birth that was different in 2022 than it was in 2020.
  •     253,486 voters supposedly registered on January 1st, 84,221 voters registered on another Federal holiday and 201,693 voters registered on Sunday — all times when Ohio boards of elections and state offices are closed.
  •     120,094 had registration dates in the 2022 state voter file that were earlier than their registration date in the 2020 file. 59,025 people were listed as registering to vote before they were born.
  •     243,583 had state identification numbers that had changed since 2020, even though federal laws require each voter be issued “a unique state identifier.” 34,233 had 2 to 5 registration records with different state identification numbers, making it possible for them to vote more than once.

*** end quote ***

Seems there is ALWAYS evidence of voter fraud.  What is everyone looking at?  They say “justice is blind”; maybe that is what is meant.

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RANT: DJT is the victim of a vindictive witch hunt

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13219965/trump-bond-james-new-york-fraud-josh-hammer.html

Nothing’s better for Republican unity than Democratic lunacy! Biden and the Left are salivating at the chance of bankrupting Trump, but JOSH HAMMER reveals why the $454M ruling against Donald will end up costing THEM dearly

By Josh Hammer For Dailymail.Com
Published: 08:48 EDT, 21 March 2024 | Updated: 10:08 EDT, 21 March 2024 

*** begin quote ***

In New York, there’s no bail for murderous thugs who roam the streets of the Big Apple.

Yet a Republican presidential candidate, leading in the polls against Uncle Joe, gets no such mercy.

Folks in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and other crime-ravaged NYC neighborhoods would love to see that reversed.

No one can earnestly look at what’s been done to Trump and see anything other than a vindictive witch hunt – and America is watching.

Who wants to live in a country where you’re targeted by the all-powerful state simply for holding the ‘wrong’ opinions?

Never-Trumpers and supporters of Nikki Haley have a choice this November: It’s either Trump or these vicious leftists, who’ll stop at nothing to injure their political opponents.

It won’t be a hard choice.

Josh Hammer is the syndicated host of ‘The Josh Hammer Show’ and senior editor-at-large at Newsweek 

*** end quote ***

Anyone, who has any sense of fair play, should be outraged at this perversion of “justice”.

Sorry from the get go this is nothing more than a modern day lynching.

Shome on “We, The Sheeple” in the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerk for letting this happen.

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DISCOURAGING: Crime is down? No, no one gets prosecuted

Monday, March 25, 2024

# – # – # – # – # 

Obviously!

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LAWFARE: Disclaimmer on box impacts your rights?

Sunday, March 24, 2024

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/consumer/lg-refrigerators-failures-update/3465620/

Fridge failures: LG says angry owners can’t sue, company points to cardboard box
NBC Bay Area ^ | Feb. 28, 2024 | Chris Chmura, Stephanie Lucero, Alyssa Goard and Camille Lopez Rodriguez
Posted on 3/18/2024, 9:32:09 AM by Leaning Right

*** begin quote ***

Frank Rodriguez in San Francisco says he has been dealing with a difficult LG fridge since 2021. “This one cost me $2,000 and it’s been a nightmare,” he said.

He says it’s not freezing well. Techs have repeatedly tried to fix it, but haven’t. Frank says he’s asked for a replacement or a refund. But that hasn’t happened.

*snip*

LG says it put an arbitration notice on the box. It’s now asking a federal judge to require individual fridge owners to move their case to arbitration — in private. But owners we interviewed say they never saw the box because delivery people unboxed their fridge.

*** end quote ***

I guess “We, The Sheeple” will just have to give LG the “Bud Light” treatment.  Tell everyone you know NOT to buy the LG brand.  If this goes national, I bet they will back off quickly.  Tell Home Depot, Lowes, and all the appliance dealers and I bet the message gets through to the top.

Argh!

#boycottLG #budlighttreatment

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INTERNET: State of Texas forgets that the internet is designed to route around blocks

Saturday, March 23, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13201039/pornhub-texas-ban-law.html

Pornhub pulls out of Texas: World’s largest adult content website restricts access in Lone Star State over Gov. Greg Abbott’s age verification law

  • Last week, an appeals court in Texas upheld the law with the battle likely now to rage on. The appeals court did strike down a law requiring users to red a health and safety warning before logging on 

By Paul Farrell For Dailymail.Com
Published: 06:53 EDT, 15 March 2024 | Updated: 07:06 EDT, 15 March 2024

*** begin quote ***

The world’s largest adult content website, Pornhub, has blocked users from accessing it and its sister sites in Texas over a dispute regarding an age verification law that the Lone Star State passed in 2023. 

*** end quote ***

Now don’t get me wrong, I think PORNHUB is despicable and disgusting.

That being said firmly upfront.  Texas politicians and bureaucrats have ventured far beyond the protections of the First Amendment.  (We can argue about the “incorporation doctrine” making it apply to the States.  But that is the current interpretation.)

It’s also just stupid because the simple use of a VPN can bypass any “location check”.

If you really wanted to do age verification, make the law that “adult material” must be protected by a credit card verification of age, that is technically feasible.

But politicians and bureaucrats are so dumb!

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DISCOURAGING: ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ replaced by “Army values”?

Friday, March 22, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13196933/West-Point-duty-honor-country-slogan-dropped-woke-army.html

West Point military academy drops ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ motto from its mission statement – as furious veterans’ slam ‘progressive ideology’ for eroding tradition

  •     The phrase, which was added in 1998, will be replaced with the words ‘Army Values,’ according to Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland
  •     The lieutenant general claimed the new mission statement ‘binds the Academy to the Army’ while ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ is foundational to Academy culture
  •     West Point’s mission statement has changed nine times in the past

By Noa Halff For Dailymail.Com
Published: 10:13 EDT, 14 March 2024 | Updated: 11:11 EDT, 14 March 2024

# – # – # – # – # 

In the 1962 speech at West Point, Gen. Douglas MacArthur said, ‘The long gray line has never failed us. Were you to do so, a million ghosts in olive drab, in brown khaki, in blue and gray, would rise from their white crosses, thundering those magic words: Duty, Honor, Country.’

WTH does that mean?

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HEALTH: Social Media Posts Are Sometimes Dangerous to your health and

Thursday, March 21, 2024

https://viralimmunologist.substack.com/p/caulfield-your-overly-brief-social

Caulfield: Your Overly Brief Social Media Posts Are Sometimes Dangerous
Dr. Byram W. Bridle
Mar 7, 2024

*** begin quote ***

Wow, I have responded to some public requests to address questions about social media posts made by Canadian ‘misinformation’ ‘expert’ Timothy Caulfield, and now I find myself flooded with more requests. And I can’t help but respond to yet another one because the amount of potential harm to the public is too great.

*** and ***

These many nuances place the overtly short and simple comments in the X post into a much more appropriate context, don’t they?

The most important message to all readers: do not take the study that was indirectly referred to in Caulfield’s post, nor the post itself as evidence of safety or effectiveness of COVID-19 shots.

*** end quote ***

This expert really puts Timothy Caulfield in his place as a  “misinformation expert” in a long precision point but point critique.

When I read the reporting on the 217 vaxer, I dismissed it as a “mentally ill” individual.  

And, when the media tried to use it as an exemplar of anything but mental illness, I thought “agenda driven reporting”.

But, when I read point by point critique Dr. Byram W. Bridle, I was impressed that there was a fellow who no only knew his stuff but could write it in a way that even a fat old white guy retired injineer could understand it.

In short, as Michael Malice says: ““… factual but not truthful.” — Michael Malice @michaelmalice.

There a lot of factoids pitched in the tweet and follow up stories, but the truth is in the critique.

In short, don’t get your medical facts from Social Media.

Unless you too are “mentally ill” with a death wish.

Argh!

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INTERESTING: NLRB has begun to end the amateur model of college sports

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

FROM 1440 https://join1440.com/

Dartmouth Athletes Unionize

The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted to unionize yesterday, the latest step in challenging the long-standing amateur model of college sports. The 13-2 vote means the players will be allowed to negotiate on issues like compensation and working conditions, including practice hours. Dartmouth has until March 12 to file an objection to the union.

Last month, the National Labor Relations Board ruled the players are employees of the university after the varsity players submitted a petition in September to the NLRB requesting to unionize. Dartmouth filed motions last week to ask the NLRB office to reconsider its ruling.

The union vote comes amid a broader effort to cut back restrictions on compensation for student-athletes. The NCAA has historically barred college athletes from receiving compensation beyond scholarships (athletic scholarships are banned in the Ivy League) and some related costs of education. The NCAA proposed in December a new subdivision that would allow some schools to enter into name, image, and likeness deals directly with their students.

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Well, it’s about time to end the farce of “amateur student athletes”.  Everyone in this charade is make a lot of money except the athletes.  It’s slavery.

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ConspiracyTheories: Do “noses of planes fly through buildings”?

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

https://palexander.substack.com/p/trump-how-could-a-plane-a-767747?publication_id=579356&post_id=142466861&isFreemail=false&r=onvra&triedRedirect=true

Trump: “how could a plane (a 767/747) possibility go through the steel”…

Dr. Paul Alexander

Mar 11, 2024

https://sagehana.substack.com/p/oh-my-goodness-theres-another-one

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Stay focused on the one thing.

The live newscast chopper footage of Plane #2 purportedly hitting Tower #2.

Can you do it?

Can you focus on that one thing?

I’m gonna break this down a bit more in the next post. Standing on the shoulders of giants, sure…and adding a few more insights.

::raises hand slowly:: is the shibboleth here.

Off the top of my head.

You are a photojournalist in a chopper documenting a historic “accident.”

Flying around the Twin Towers.

Trained and professional news gathering photojournalists do not zoom in to avoid an approaching plane flying directly at the Twin Towers.

This plane would have been visible incoming on the horizon.

Sure. Maybe it was Dolts Botching Shit.

Made it all the way to the big leagues in the Big Apple. Market #1. NYC.

Whooops.

Trained and professional Gleaming Talking Heads do not mistakenly say that noses of planes fly through buildings as we will hear Peter Jennings saying in the next video.

When I ran some of this last year, I asked if the anchor head voiceovers themselves may have been faked.

When I ran the Day Tapes, I asked if anyone could debunk them.

I want to know what is real. Exactly what happened.

And how it got done.

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I’m still not sure I believe anything any one says about this tragic event?

There are so many discrepancies.

For me the one that causes me the most consternation is the undamaged passport of one of the terrorits?

That and WTC7’s convenient collapse with all the evidence of Pentagon missing money.

Just all doesn’t add up to me.

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On my Conspiracy Theories scale  — 

 — * Governmental

 — 3. More likely than not

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MONEY: Penny candy, Nickel cigars, Dime store comics, and Quarter a gallon gas

Monday, March 18, 2024

DNF

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Penny candy, Nickel cigars, Dime store comics, and Quarter a gallon gas.

I remember.  Do you?

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FUN: If I knew then what I know now, what different world it would be.

Sunday, March 17, 2024

https://punchdrink.com/articles/third-shift-bars-detroit-michigan/?utm_placement=newsletter

Detroit’s Best Third Shift Bars Are a Vital, Dying Breed | PUNCH

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Reminds me of the River Road Tavern in Piscataway off Centennial Avenue to have a few quick ones before I had to jump on 287 and race for injinnering skrule up in the Bronx.

Laugh!  I miss those easy old days.  And the overtime paychecks!

Sigh!  

Sadly so many wasted hours and brain cells.  If I knew then what I know now, what different world it would be.

Coincidences seem to govern our destinies?  

“Regrets I’ve have few but too few to mention.”  — Frank Sinatra singing My Way

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ENCOURAGING: Denis Villeneuve makes an end-of-life wish happen

Saturday, March 16, 2024

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/dune-2-man-dying-wish-1.7132622?utm_placement=newsletter

Montreal
Dune: Part Two premiered at Quebec palliative care home to fulfil man’s dying wish

  • Man died before watching ending of movie on filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s laptop

CBC News · Posted: Mar 03, 2024 3:17 PM EST | Last Updated: March 4

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The work of Quebec filmmaker Denis Villeneuve was shown in a room at a palliative care centre to fulfil the end-of-life wish of a long-time film fan in a special world premiere, well ahead of the official launch.

A man from Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Que., had an almost impossible final wish when he knew he was at the end of his life. The movie buff said he would like to see the film Dune: Part Two, which was set to be released on March 1, before he died.

He expressed this wish to Josée Gagnon, whose job is to accompany people at the end of life through her company L’Avant.

Sébastien Pilote, a director from the Saguenay region, put Gagnon in touch with Villeneuve, the renowned filmmaker, after she put a call-out on Facebook with the man’s last wish. 

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Noblesse oblige

Nice to see Hollywood doing something positive. 

It’s a mitzvah.  (Nine out of ten Jews will tell you that mitzvah means doing a good deed.)  “A mitzvah is not just a good deed” — Rabbi Zushe Greenberg

In this case, satisfying a being fan’s wish, connects us all with the beauty of the act.  A connection with the Devine, the Universe, or whatever you call God.

So maybe there are some redeeming qualities in Hollywood.

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NEWJERSEY: Don’t we “license” teachers?

Friday, March 15, 2024

https://patch.com/new-jersey/southbrunswick/s/iv74r/teachers-with-sex-abuse-history-still-get-hired-in-nj-report-says

Teachers With Sex Abuse History Still Get Hired In NJ, Report Says

  • Teachers with a substantiated history of sexual misconduct are still able to find work in other schools, according to a new state report.

Nicole Rosenthal
Posted Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 11:38 am ET

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NEW JERSEY – A 2018 law created to stop teachers with sexual misconduct and child abuse histories from being hired by other school districts is “rife with weaknesses and deficiencies,” a new state investigation found, and still allows problem educators to hide their past misconduct from their employer schools.

The report, published Tuesday by the State Commission of Investigation, found that problem educators have too much leeway in deciding what information about their past to report to a prospective employer and school officials can misinterpret rules or simply cover up allegations and findings of sexual misconduct after an educator leaves their district. There also isn’t a state agency tasked with ensuring schools and educators are in compliance, nor is there a standardized process for reporting and verifying information about educators with histories of abuse.

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New Jersey’s so-called “Pass The Trash” law was signed in April 2018 and mandates school officials notify other school districts about teachers with documented sexual misconduct and other abuse cases. Under the law, schools are required to determine if a candidate was under any past investigations for sexual misconduct or child abuse; schools where the incidents took place must also respond truthfully to districts seeking to employ the same teacher. 

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“For years, teachers and school employees in New Jersey who engaged in sexually inappropriate conduct with a student were able to move to other school districts by quietly entering into confidential settlements with their employers that kept their past misdeeds secret.” the report adds. “Numerous reforms are necessary to make the law more effective and less prone to abuse.”

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It would seem that the local BoE’s politicians and bureaucrats are failing to have the police investigate ALL complaints.  If warranted, criminal charges should be filed and the teacher’s license suspended.  If convicted, revoked … … permanently.  

We see how ineffective drivers’ license revocation is in stopping serial DUI offenders, but, with teachers’ license, it’d be easy to keep them out of classrooms.

Argh!

Thanks to the Patch and Nicole Rosenthal for bringing this to the attention of NJ Taxpayers.  I’ll be asking my various “representatives” for an explanation.  It can be my deciding issue when it comes time to vote.  

I also plan to ask them what they have done to pressure the Federal Gooferment politicians and bureaucrats to end the Gaza humanitarian disaster.  Can’t push enough buttons.  Maybe the Election Day pain will get the message across?

Sigh!

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