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MEME: Anarchism
Saturday, August 30, 2025
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PEACE: Cynicism is the only sensible response to the Nobel Peace Prize
Saturday, August 30, 2025https://jeffjacoby.com/28785/trump-and-the-not-so-noble-nobel
Trump and the not-so-noble Nobel
by Jeff Jacoby — August 19, 2025
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Which is why it’s futile to get worked up over the Trump boomlet. If Oslo decides to indulge his lobbying and flatter his vanity, it will not mean he deserves the accolade any more than Obama deserved his prize in 2009 or Arafat his in 1994. It will mean only that the Nobel committee has once again done what it so often does: confused politics with principle. Trump’s critics will rage, his admirers will gloat, and history will judge the man by what he actually does, not by what the Norwegians proclaim. In the end, cynicism is the only sensible response to the Nobel Peace Prize.
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At the risk of “pile-ing on”, I agree that BHO44, and whole host of others, don’t deserve what has become a “political powder puff”.
AI sourced a snarky quote about the French Revolution:
Ah, the French Revolution—proof that sometimes it takes a century or two to realize that chopping off heads doesn’t always lead to a better government. But hey, at least they had a great time with the guillotine!”
Wish it could have given the source.
Why don’t we see the “clay feet” of these supposedly great “peaceful” characters?
Maybe we just don’t give enough time for history to weigh in on their “achievements” or lack of them.
Maybe like saints, we need a devil’s advocate to mount an adversarial position.
I think most politicians and bureaucrats would be found “lacking”.
The last fellow I thought deserved recognition was Schindler as portrayed in the movie. They are few and far between.
Sigh!
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HEALTH: So why is RFKjr excoriated for his being an “anti-vaxer”? Anyone remember thalidomide!
Friday, August 29, 2025BREAKING: CDC Child Death Records Indicate Severe Transgenerational Harm of Mass mRNA Vaccination
- A new analysis of CDC data by The Ethical Skeptic shows children born following mass mRNA vaccination of mothers are dying at a 77% excess rate.
by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH — Aug 21, 2025
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A new analysis by The Ethical Skeptic of CDC/NCHS death certificate data using Deviation from Trend (DFT) analysis reveals a disturbing development: a sharp, sustained rise in infant and child mortality among those who neither had COVID-19 nor received the vaccine, but whose parents were previously exposed to mRNA injections.
The evidence points to two risks—teratogenic effects during pregnancy and transgenerational epigenetic effects passed through germline biology. Together, they raise historic concerns about the long-term impact of synthetic mRNA technology.
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Anyone remember thalidomide? I do.
The adverse effects of a “morning sickness” drug given to expectant mothers was found to cause birth defects in their children.
https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(11)62157-5/fulltext
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In the United States, the drug was never approved for marketing, thus averting a major tragedy. Thalidomide initially was denied Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval by Dr Frances Kelsey, who reviewed the new drug application and had concerns about the lack of safety data.7 Dr Kelsey was instrumental in preventing the drug from being marketed in the United States. Once the teratogenic properties of the drug were known, the application for FDA approval was withdrawn. Dr Kelsey subsequently received the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service from President John F. Kennedy.
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So why is Rfkjr being excoriated for his being an “anti-vaxer”? Isn’t he pointing out that the mRNA “vaccines” have not been adequately tested?
I don’t understand how one bureaucrat is lauded for holding up a drug and another is criticized for basically doing the same thing?
Argh!
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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: FEMA Now Requires Disaster Victims to Have an Email Address
Thursday, August 28, 2025FEMA Now Requires Disaster Victims to Have an Email Address
Molly Taft — Aug 20, 2025 7:00 AM
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Workers at FEMA worry that demanding disaster survivors access services using email could shut out people without internet connectivity from receiving government aid.
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Argh!
Of all the ivory tower elitest ideas, this one takes the bobbly prize!
Guess that rules out the Amish. Oh yeah, they are the ones that come and provide aid quickly and don’t require an email id.
DJT4747 should hear this bone headed idea!
Guess next they should have the latest iPhone too. Argh!
I guess in lieu of an email they could use Citizen#<insert ssn>@usa.gov?????
Argh!
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APPLE: Only one message destination fail to send???
Wednesday, August 27, 2025One problem that has just started happening today. I am trying to forward an imessage to 7726 spam and it’s not being sent. I’ve done extensive stuff singout and in; restarted. yada yada. And it is ONLY this one destination that is failing.
#102678619378
Never mind I can’t spend anymore time on it.
# – # – # – # – #
Apple chat support is slow to respond. Apple support options don’t let you focus on iMessage problems.
Argh!
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LIBERTY: Road to hell is paved with good intentions
Wednesday, August 27, 2025https://www.theadvocates.org/a-license-for-that/
A License for That?
- Will online safety cost us our digital liberties?
Jake Scott
Published in Personal Liberty – 5 mins – Aug 11
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The impacts of a two-year-old law are finally being felt in Britain—and, as the United States looks to pass its own Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), it should watch the unfolding situation with fear.
The Online Safety Act (2023) was passed by the previous Conservative government under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. But the legislative process began in February 2022, under Sunak’s predecessor-but-two, Boris Johnson. Implementation was delayed for an extensive period of time, largely due to controversy and logistics surrounding the law. The Office for Communications (Ofcom) laid out a roadmap for enforcement in October 2024, a full year after the law was passed.
As is usually the case, a law steeped in respectable aims—protecting children from harmful content—has rapidly revealed itself as a nefarious tool of control.
Nobody wants children to view pornographic content. That is hardly a controversial position. Yet so often the tools of authoritarianism are sold under the guise of protection. The echoes of Benjamin Franklin’s warning against sacrificing a little liberty for a little temporary safety ring louder in the Internet era; what was once the digital Wild West has become sanitized, watched, and regulated. And lurking behind the existence of the law itself is the question of who is actually responsible for the content that children view online—the government, the platforms, or—as seems to have been forgotten—their parents?
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Almost the exact same week as the law implementation, the UK saw widespread protests and near-riots in towns such as Epping and Diss, and even in cities like Leeds. These demonstrations, largely led by mothers and local residents over the sexual assault and harassment of young girls by asylum seekers and refugees in nearby hotels, quickly spread, and are still bubbling away in small towns.
Not that you would know this. The Online Safety Act has enabled censorship of footage of such protests on major platforms like X, on the basis that the footage could incite harm or encourage violence. This is not without precedent—the Arab Spring was considered to be the first “digital revolution” due to the role social media played in the spread of the revolution across the MENA region.
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Here we have it. Start from a “good intention” and suddenly we are at “Unintended Consequences”!
Nothing like a “one size fits all” “solution” that just happens to be useful for the Gooferment desire to censor the “news”. Argh!
Of course that’s just a convenient “coincidence”. Yeah, right!
“I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!” Captain Renault in Casablanca
What we see in the UK must not be allowed to “infect” “our” (as if they respond to use as opposed to their donors) politicians and bureaucrats with “good intentions”.
I don’t have solutions but I can see problems when the Gooferment strays outside of its limits.
Maybe “children seeing porn” is a problem for parents to solve?
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SECURITY: Does Uber know who’s really driving?
Tuesday, August 26, 2025https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2025/08/11/why-ride-hailing-is-not-as-safe-as-you-think/
Why Ride-Hailing Is Not as Safe as You Think
By badger – August 11, 2025
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Even with driver photos and license details, identity fraud is possible. Some drivers rent accounts or share them illegally. That raises big safety questions. Safety becomes an illusion when systems are not properly enforced. You might not know who is actually behind the wheel. This illusion affects both riders and drivers alike. When safety is marketed more than it is practiced, everyone loses in the end.
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I know that Uber has updated their app with a code you give the driver and you get a photo of the driver. I thought that would be enough.
BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), the “renting” and “sharing” of accounts shows a monkey wrench into their system.
Maybe they should require you to take a picture of the driver that then Uber can use AI to confirm who’s really driving?
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RECOMMENDED: I am moving from LASTPASS to BITWARDEN
Monday, August 25, 20255 password managers you should use instead of LastPass
- Tired of security scares? Ditch LastPass and switch to a password manager you can actually trust.
By Karandeep Singh — August 17, 2025
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Bitwarden is my default recommendation to anyone looking for a reliable password manager. It has everything you’d expect from an app built to handle your most sensitive data. Its free tier is one of the most generous out there, it’s available across platforms, and it even offers self-hosting if you’re feeling adventurous. The premium individual plan costs just $10 a year — an easy recommendation for the extras it brings.
Even if you stick with Bitwarden’s own servers for storage, you know your data is safe because it’s open source and independently audited. Plus, migrating your data from LastPass is a breeze using the included tools. The interface might not be as slick as its pricier alternatives, but it’s perfectly functional, and its safety upsides far outweigh any minor aesthetic caveats.
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I agree.
What more needs to be said?
One “feature” that’s a negative is that if you rerun an import, then you’ll gt duplicates. With no easy way to delete except one at a time.
Argh!
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TINFOILHAT: Was the FBI Behind the Oklahoma Bombing?
Sunday, August 24, 2025https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/was_the_fbi_behind_the_oklahoma_bombing.html
Was the FBI Behind the Oklahoma Bombing?
By Janet Levy — August 19, 2025
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It has always been hard to believe that the truck-bombing of the A.P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, which killed 168 people, including 19 children at a daycare center, was planned by just one or two perpetrators acting alone. However, the official story states that the mastermind was Gulf War veteran Timothy McVeigh, and that the two others sentenced with him only helped him in various ways.
Right from the start, warning signs indicated that the investigation was being misled. The FBI developed a story claiming that a group called the Patriots Movement, which included anti-government extremists and white supremacists, was responsible for the attack. However, the agency also appeared to be trying hard to hide something. Consider these facts:
Twenty-four eyewitnesses saw a man with McVeigh just before the bombing. The FBI referred to him as John Doe 2 but later dismissed the idea that such a person existed. None of the witnesses who saw John Doe 2 were called to testify.
At least eight people connected to the investigation — including a brave police officer who was a first responder — died under mysterious circumstances, five of them reportedly by suicide.
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Too many “suicides” and the FBI’s track record for “entrapment” seems to make this credible. The ATF’s entire office “out of office” on that morning also is a giant red flag. Considering that all the facts were never given a proper hearing and that there is some connection to HRC and White Water investigation. Seems to me that there is enough smoke to suspect a fire.
Argh!
Checking the Conspiracy Theorist “thermometer” (i.e., Conspiracy Theory Taxonomy and Ruler Type and Veracity) says:
It’s Governmental and should be considered “More likely than not”.
Argh!
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MEME: Yoda on “Mystery serum”
Saturday, August 23, 2025
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