Saturday, December 7, 2024
https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/weston-road-house-fire-no-injuries-19949303.php?ICID=ref_fark
Fire that destroyed CT home on Thanksgiving apparently caused by someone frying turkey, officials say
By Peter Yankowski, Brianna Gurciullo, Hana Ikramuddin, Staff Writers
Updated Nov 29, 2024 4:51 p.m.
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WESTON — A fire that erupted at a large home on Weston Road on Thanksgiving Day started in the garage after someone tried to fry a turkey, officials said Friday.
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I wonder if their insurance might deny their claim since they don’t insure against “stupidity”. The pictures are spectacular.
I’ve seen many videos of these type fails on YouTube. Some were even deliberate demonstrations by Fire Departments to educate “We, The Sheeple” about the dangers.
Certainly doing it in a garage is only one tiny step smarter than doing it in the kitchen.
The explosive power of this type of “cooking” is really stunning. What’s next firing it out of a cannon? It just seems like a stupid way to singe your eyebrows off.
Well, I guess it is a way to earn a painful Darwin Award.
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Saturday, December 7, 2024
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
December 7, 2024
Flag at Half-Staff
# – # – # – # – #
As if anyone remembers … …
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Ribbons to Honor the Fallen
If you are unable to fly your flag at half-staff, the accepted solution is to tie a long black ribbon to the top of the flagpole allowing it to drape over the American flag.
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Friday, December 6, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/missing-korean-war-vet-with-dementia-found-more-than-200-miles-from-home/?lctg=6080ba40747925275a09dcd3
Missing Korean War vet with dementia found more than 200 miles from home after wife spots 91-year-old on TV
By David Propper
Published Dec. 4, 2024, 11:53 p.m. ET
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A missing 91-year-old Korean War vet with dementia was found more than 200 miles away from his Wyoming home — when his worried wife spotted him on an evening newscast two days after he wandered off.
Avril Black’s concern was mounting after her spouse Michael Black vanished after he left their Afton home on Nov. 25, leading her to report him missing the next morning, according to a local report.
While authorities reportedly gathered he had hitchhiked his way to Ovid, Idaho, and then traveled down to Garden City, Utah, he was in the wind from there.
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I’m glad this hero was not found dead somewhere. As a society, we need better systems to find individuals who “wander away”.
Air Tags? Angel Sense devices? Medical Alert bracelets? Even Tattoos?
I would believe that local police should be the first point of contact. Amber alerts for the local area could be issued. Shelters, churches, and vet organizations could be involved.
(When I get a NIXIE alert, I pay attention to it. Never “found” anyone, but I look when out and about.)
Hopefully, we’ll get better at caring for members of the human race, who through no fault of their own, need help.
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Friday, December 6, 2024
https://mailchi.mp/tomwoods/20243-9250479?e=39307912ab
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For instance, I know a guy who worked at a record store (remember those?) who used to feel oddly guilty about his job, because he couldn’t shake the idea that the store was somehow taking advantage of consumers.
Then he read Murray Rothbard’s discussion of “demonstrated preference” — which means that both parties to a voluntary transaction are made better off (ex ante), or the transaction would not have occurred.
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This insight is one reason for a completely voluntary society. If everyone is free, then no one can be “exploited”.
Dona Nobis Pacem
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Thursday, December 5, 2024
FROM 1440 https://join1440.com/
<< EDITOR ADDED DATE 2024-12-05>>
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UnitedHealthcare CEO Killed
Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, the insurance division of UnitedHealth Group, was shot and killed yesterday in what police called a targeted attack in Manhattan.
The company was holding its annual investor day at the Hilton Hotel. A search for the suspect is underway. The 50-year-old Thompson was arriving around 6:45 am ET when the suspect, wearing a ski mask and a dark hooded sweatshirt, fired three shots at his back and leg using a handgun before escaping on an e-bike. Police say the suspect was lying in wait for several minutes before the killing. Authorities have not publicly identified a motive as of this writing, but they say Thompson had recently faced several threats.
UnitedHealthcare is the largest private health insurance provider in the US, serving roughly 50 million customers. Thompson had worked at the company for more than 20 years, becoming CEO of UnitedHealthcare in April 2021.
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To early to classify yet.
- Disgruntled insurance CustomerHe was going to testify in exchange for immunity on insider trading
- He was going to inform about the political pressure to pay for Covid shots
- He was going to spill the beans on the Covid financial scams
- He had some evidence on HRC
- Jealous lover or spurned wifeSome connection to organized crime
While it’s still early, stay tuned to your favorite Conspiracy Theorist reporter for news as it breaks.
p.s., don’t just dismiss Conspiracy Theories because they have a habit of becoming true
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Thursday, December 5, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/11/28/world-news/missing-hiker-sam-benastick-found-alive-after-50-days-in-canadian-wilderness/
Missing hiker found alive after 50 days in Canadian wilderness where temperatures dropped below 0: ‘Unbelievable’
By Alex Oliveira
Published Nov. 28, 2024, 7:57 p.m. ET
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A young hiker lost in the volatile Canadian wilderness for more than a month was found alive Tuesday after weeks of desperate searching, according to reports.
Sam Benastick, 20, was found hobbling down a service road in British Columbia’s Redfern-Keily Provincial Park, where he had been reported missing after failing to return home from a 10-day hiking trip on October 17, according to CBC News.
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Is that a record of some type?
No details of what he did right and wrong. Clearly, he was either very lucky or had some great skills.
I’d like to know what he was carrying and doing while “lost”. And, of course, who pays for the search and rescue?
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Wednesday, December 4, 2024
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3246790/pardon-fifth-amendment-trouble-hunter-biden/
Pardon means Fifth Amendment trouble for Hunter Biden
By Kaelan Deese
December 2, 2024 12:37 pm
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In the hours since the pardon, Republicans, along with legal experts, have elevated the significance of what the younger Biden’s pardon means for their long-standing investigations, contending that it opens up the playing field for lawmakers to question him on nearly everything he has now been pardoned from over the past 11 years.
Under the Fifth Amendment, people can refuse to answer questions if their responses might incriminate them in criminal cases. However, with all criminal liability now erased by the pardon, Hunter Biden could face contempt charges if he refuses to testify before congressional panels.
“Well, this now makes it much easier for a GOP Senate/House to call Hunter as a witness about his and his dad’s connections to Ukraine, etc. because the pardon prevents Hunter from asserting the Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself,” Mark Smith, a constitutional attorney and host of the Four Boxes Diner legal analysis show, wrote on X.
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If I was at all connected to Hunter Biden, then I’d be worried.
See he has a BIG Get Out Of Jail Free card. Unless you have one, you’re screwed. He’ll have to testify against you.
(Don’t know what happens if he refuses?)
So, like when the authorities go after any organized crime, they flip the bottom run to testify against the next rung up. Until they reach the top.
I’ve often thought that in the cases of election fraud, get the underlings, arrest them, and threaten them with prison and watch how fast they will turn states evidence against their boss. Or bosses.
It should be very entertaining to see whose hands are “dirty”.
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Wednesday, December 4, 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/25/san-francisco-navy-lab-human-radiation?mc_cid=7283492361&mc_eid=0da2484634
Frisco Navy Lab’smHuman Radiation Experiments
San Francisco Public Press & The Guardian
- Revealed: how a San Francisco navy lab became a hub for human radiation experiments
- Operations at a cold war lab exposed at least 1,073 people to radiation. Risks to the nearby communities persist
Chris Roberts, San Francisco Public Press
Mon 25 Nov 2024 14.00 EST
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Between 1946 and 1963, this article reports, lab scientists knowingly exposed at least 1,073 servicemen, dockworkers, lab employees and others to potentially harmful radiation through war games, decontamination tests and medical studies at the U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory at San Francisco’s Hunters Point naval shipyard. A review by the San Francisco Public Press of thousands of pages of government and academic records as well as interviews with affected servicemen reveal:
… [T]he lab conducted at least 24 experiments that exposed humans to radiation, far more than past official reviews acknowledged. Safety reports also note dozens of accidents in which staff received doses in excess of federal health limits in effect at the time. Researchers at the lab tracked the exposure of workers trying to clean ships irradiated by an atomic bomb test. Soldiers were ordered to crawl through fields of radioactive sand and soil. In clinical studies, radioactive substances were applied to forearms and hands, injected or administered by mouth. Top US civilian and military officials pre-approved all of this in writing, documents show. The records indicate that researchers gained limited knowledge from this program, and that not everyone involved had their exposure monitored. There is also no sign the lab studied the long-term health effects on people used in the experiments or in surrounding communities, either during the lab’s heyday or after it closed in 1969.
This article reports that the Navy’s San Francisco lab was “a major cold war research facility with a unique focus on ‘radiological defense,’ techniques developed to help the public survive and armed forces fight back in case of an atomic attack. It was one node in a nationwide network that encompassed universities, hospitals and national labs that had permission to handle dangerous radioactive material.”
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No study of the “long-term health effects on people used in the experiments or in surrounding communities, either during the lab’s heyday or after it closed in 1969.”
Well, let’s go back and studied it NOW!
This is “Yet Another Example” of how the Gooferment politicians and bureaucrats treat Veterans and the general population. Like lab rats. Not even given any human dignity. Let alone “informed consent”.
It’s not too late to rectify this grave error.
Maybe if the guilty get punishment, the it could deter future bad behavior?
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Tuesday, December 3, 2024
https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/what-makes-hospitals-so-deadly-and
What Makes Hospitals So Deadly and How Can We Fix It?
November’s Open Thread
A Midwestern Doctor
Nov 24, 2024
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In this month’s open thread, I’ll share my thoughts on a question many have asked me since Trump and RFK Jr. won the election and an actual window has been created to change healthcare policies in America—what could be done to increase the survival rates in our hospitals and how can you protect a loved one that’s hospitalized?
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Overall, the remarkable illustration of this corruption was the fact that families eventually began suing hospitals to allow the use of ivermectin for a relative who was expected to die even after being subjected to Fauci’s hospital COVID protocols. Remarkably, because there was so much money on the line, the hospitals chose to fight these lawsuits in court rather than just give ivermectin to the patients. In turn, of the 80 lawsuits filed by lawyer Ralph Lorigo, in 40 the judge sided with the family, and in 40 with the hospital, and of those, in the 40 where patients received ivermectin, 38 survived, whereas of the 40 who did not, 2 survived—in essence making suing a hospital arguably the most effective medical intervention in history. Yet, rather than take this data into consideration, the profit-focused hospitals banded together to develop an effective apparatus to dismiss further lawsuits.
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Sadly, while this is quite depressing, it’s simply illustrative of a few more toxic trends that have taken over medicine.
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So maybe “doctors” have to wear sponsors’ logos on their white coats like race car drivers. Ditto for politicians and bureaucrats!
Personally when my sainted wife was in the hospital, I “babysat” like a mother hen documenting everything. And I mean EVERY THING. Like who came in and what if anything was, or was not done. Meds were logged and when I found a mistake I raised holy hell.
One time, I even called the local fire department when she was put in an overcrowd ward with fellow who was on oxygen and smoking. (It was fun when the firetrucks showed up and the Fire Marshall was literally yelling at everyone in “management”. He shut the ER down for 12 hours while they brought everything up to code.)
I’m not a fan of “medical care” and especially when there is an obvious financial conflict of interest.
If you have a loved one sent to the hospital, then I urge you to monitor their care 24 by 7 by 365,
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Monday, December 2, 2024
https://sonar21.com/why-is-the-cia-hiding-the-jfk-files-for-62-years/
Why has the CIA been Hiding the JFK Files for 62 Years?
24 November 2024 by Larry C. Johnson
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Now that all of the principals who were alive when John Fitzgerald Kennedy was murdered in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 are dead, there are only two reasons — neither mutually exclusive — to explain why the complete files have not been released — 1) The CIA is implicated in the assassination and/or 2) A country with influence in the United States is implicated.
While many have speculated that the CIA is hiding evidence that Cuba was involved, the CIA has no reason, in my judgment, to withhold evidence of Cuba’s guilt. I have shied away from pursuing the various JFK assassination theories, but I recently came across a video by Ryan Dawson that suggests a credible reason for keeping the files from the public — Israel is implicated.
What!!!??? That was my first reaction.
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This does not prove that Israel or some of its agents helped kill Kennedy, but there is circumstantial evidence warranting further investigation. This would not be the first time that Israel attacked the United States. Just ask the survivors of the USS Liberty. However, this provides one reasonable explanation for why the CIA wants to keep the files locked away.
Keeping the files secret no longer makes sense. President Trump is now on the record, vowing to release the files. Let’s see if he keeps his promise.
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Let the chips fall where they may. Perhaps the USA’s relationship to Israel needs some “sunshine” on it?
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Sunday, December 1, 2024
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14120385/wolf-pack-gray-spotted-california-Lassen-Volcanic-National-Park.html
Major warning for hikers as apex predator thought to be extinct for a century is spotted in California park
By ALEX HAMMER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 11:55 EST, 24 November 2024 | Updated: 12:51 EST, 24 November 2024
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n the past 100 years, there have been fewer than 30 documented attacks by wild wolves on humans in not only the US, but North America as a whole – with only two dying after contracting rabies from bites suffered in Alaska in the 1940s, according to reports.
Still, carrying a canister of bear spray is advised, officials said – as the animal can become aggressive towards parties it views as competition to its food source.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, meanwhile, has yet to release more information on the sighting.
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While I’m happy that the wolves are back and I wonder what changes they will bring with them. Yellowstone experienced a lot less moose damage by the rivers and streams when the wolves came back there.
But if, by some twist of fate, I went hiking in the woods, then bear spray be damned. Too many two legged and four legged hazards for my taste. I’d want at least 45 caliber sidearm for my personal protection. If the varmints don’t like loud noises, I’d fire a warning shot. If possible. Otherwise, center of mass, baby. And keep firing until the threat is no more. Reload if need be.
No excuse for being unprepared.
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Saturday, November 30, 2024
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/11/25/illegal_migrants_less_likely_to_commit_crime_guess_again_1074276.html?mc_cid=7283492361&mc_eid=0da2484634
Illegal Migrants Less Likely to Commit Crime? Guess Again.
By John R. Lott Jr., RealClearInvestigations
November 25, 2024
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In June, Victor Martinez-Hernandez was charged with the murder of Rachel Morin, a mother of five in Maryland. Police in Oklahoma tracked the accused repeat offender down with a sample of his DNA recovered from a Los Angeles home invasion in which a nine-year-old girl and her mother were assaulted. Police say he came to the U.S. illegally to escape prosecution for at least one other murder in his native El Salvador in December 2022.
“That should never have been allowed to happen,” said Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler, referring to the numerous missed red flags the case presented. His office apprehended Hernandez in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axsgzg3RyF0
RNC & ”Migrant Crime”: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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John Oliver discusses the wave of people claiming there’s a wave of “migrant crime,” where the term came from, and what we can do next.
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# – # – # – # – #
When I listened to John Oliver’s show, I was admonished that there was no such thing as “migrant crime” and the term came from the evil Republicans.
Well here is one specific example that counters that argument.
Any even the liberal media has reported a lot of “migrant crime”!
Surly, this deserves an “update” when he comes back from his end-of-season break?
I hope that all the bad guys can be deported and we can get back to some peace in our country,
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Saturday, November 30, 2024
https://boundingintocomics.com/tv-shows/tv-show-news/starship-troopers-star-casper-van-dien-says-franchise-should-be-revived-as-tv-series-why-wouldnt-you-make-this/
‘Starship Troopers’ Star Casper Van Dien Says Franchise Should Be Revived As TV Series: “Why Wouldn’t You Make This?”
Jorge Arenas | Nov 21, 2024
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Amidst the ongoing trend of Hollywood remaking and rebooting fan-favorite franchises, the star of the first Starship Troopers film, Casper Van Dien, thinks now is as good a time as any to send the troops of the United Citizen Federation on a new TV-specific deployment.
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Working against this idea is the fact that thanks to director Paul Verhoeven’s decision to turn Robert Heinlen’s military novel into a biting satire of such concepts as propaganda and societal control, the film has a divided reputation among audiences, with some believing it to be a straight-forward war tale, some unsure of what to make of the subversion, and fans of the source material dismayed by the sheer amount of liberties taken with the original story.
Adding to this lack of a consensus is the fact that Verhoeven was unfamiliar with the property he was attempting to subvert, with the actor telling Empire in 2012 that he never finished reading Heinlen’s book because he found it “boring and depressing”.
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Argh!
This is the book that I read as a teenager that turned me into a little L libertarian. The VietNam war was happening and, even then, I thought the politicians and bureaucrats were full of “Barbara Streisand”.
There are so many of Heinlein’s moralisms in it that I don’t understand HOW anyone could consider it “boring”.
In light of VietNam, the line “men aren’t potatoes” certainly drove home the POW / MIA issue for me. When I learned that we left men behind in WW2 and Korea, I became incensed.
The topic cam up in USAF survival school and you could see it was a “sore spot” for all involved.
I have a literal slew of Heinlein quotes just from Starship Troopers alone,
- “Because revolution—armed uprising—requires not only dissatisfaction but aggressiveness. A revolutionist has to be willing to fight and die—or he’s just a parlor pink. If you separate out the aggressive ones and make them the sheep dogs, the sheep will never give you trouble.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
- “There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
- “When you come right to it, it’s a lot easier to die than it is to use your head.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
- “I told you that ‘juvenile delinquent’ is a contradiction in terms. ‘Delinquent’ means ‘failing in duty.’ But duty is an adult virtue—indeed a juvenile becomes an adult when, and only when, he acquires a knowledge of duty and embraces it as dearer than the self-love he was born with. There never was, there cannot be a ‘juvenile delinquent.’ But for every juvenile criminal there are always one or more adult delinquents—people of mature years who either do not know their duty, or who, knowing it, fail.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
- Remember Heinlein’s Starship Troopers’ universe? One does not merely have the right to be a citizen and vote by virtue of what Heinlein called the mere accident of birth; rather, one has to earn this right through Federal Service that tested one’s ability and willingness to sacrifice for the greater good of the polity. Bet not a lot of vets would vote for all the undeclared wars the USA has been in since WW2?
- “Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
- “A soldier accepts personal responsibility for the safety of the body politic of which he is a member, defending it, if need be, with his life. The civilian does not.” — Lt. Col. Jean V. Dubois (Ret.) and student, p. 26 Starship Troopers (1959) by Robert A. Heinlein
- “Cast me into a dungeon;, burn me at the state, crown me king of kings, I can ‘pursue happiness’ as long as my brain lives — but neither gods nor saints, wise men nor subtle drugs, can insure that I will catch it.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
- “Peace” is a condition in which no civilian pays any attention to military casualties which do not achieve page-one, lead-story prominence—unless that civilian is a close relative of one of the casualties.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
- “What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly . . . it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. —Thomas Paine” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
- “The best things in life are beyond money; their price is agony and sweat and devotion” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
How could anyone of these be “boring”?
I find them thought provoking and of incalculable worth as a guiding principles.
I especially thing that vet only voting is an absolute must. Right along with the Taxpayers should have their own “house” in Congress.
Argh!
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Friday, November 29, 2024
https://wokespy.com/scottish-government-tells-high-court-men-can-too-get-pregnant/
Scottish Government Tells High Court Men Can Too Get Pregnant
By Josh Slocum / November 27, 2024
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Oh, Scotland. You were once a kingdom celebrated in legend and song for your marauding men and bonnie lasses scrapping it out on the border with England as you fought to maintain your culture. Your border reivers were the forerunners of the outlaws and cowboys in the American West. You gave the world James I (of England), who gave the world the most revered translation of the Bible.
Now, you’re in court making asses out of yourselves. And for what? “Pregnant men” and “male lesbians.”
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Are all politicians and bureaucrats just that stupid?
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Friday, November 29, 2024
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/harlem-nycha-vacuum-powered-trash-system/?ICID=ref_fark
Watch CBS News
Local News
NYCHA shows off new state-of-the-art vacuum-powered trash system in Harlem
newyork
By Jessi Mitchell
November 19, 2024 / 10:35 PM EST / CBS New York
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NEW YORK — A new state-of-the-art trash system in NYCHA’s Polo Grounds Towers in Harlem promises to tackle energy, rodent and recycling issues.
It is the first public housing building in the country to use the pneumatic technology.
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Currently, staff spend eight hours a day moving garbage between buildings by foot. Now those crews will be better used, contributing to NYCHA’s partnership with Compost Power on the property, raking and repurposing fallen leaves, grinding them up into ground cover, as residents drop off food scraps for the community garden.
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Sad that there is nothing in this for the Taxpayer.
And why is it a Federal issue?
(Remember: The Taxpayer funds extracted by the Federal Gooferment are decreased by handling costs for each level those fund pass thru. Into “Federal”, there goes 50%. Into NYC, there goes 50%. Into NYCHA, there goes another 50%. So, ½ times ½ time ½ equals a “friction effect” of losing 87.5%. Quibble about the exact percentage but you get the point. Pay for it as close to the service as possible!)
Also, why don’t private owners of rental properties do something similar? Maybe it’s not cost-effective? Or, maybe, the owners and / or renters would prefer a different amenity in stead?
Bottom line: The Taxpayers get to pay for something that most people could care less about. Except for the Socialists with their “religion” of Leftist issues. Argh!
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Thursday, November 28, 2024
Nine Things About Vaccines That You Should Know But That No One Else Will Tell You
https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/nine-things-about-vaccines-that-you
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The American Government was warned of this danger back in 1956 but the doctor who made the discovery was ignored and her laboratory was closed down. Surprise, surprise. It was five years after this discovery before drug companies started screening out the virus.
And even then Britain had millions of doses of the infected polio vaccine in stock. There is no evidence that the Government withdrew the vaccine and so it was almost certainly just used until it had all gone. No one can be sure about this because in Britain the official records which would have identified those who had received the contaminated vaccine were all destroyed by the Department of Health in 1987.
Oddly enough the destruction of those documents means that no one who develops cancer as a result of a vaccine they were given (and which was recommended to their parents by the Government) can take legal action against the Government.
Gosh.
The world is so full of surprises. My only remaining question is a simple one: How do these bastards sleep at night?
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“Well, I’m not a <insert profession that requires a lot of study>, I have never played one on TV, and I didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but here are some simple thoughts.”
Seems there is a lot of calling RFKjr an anti-vaxer. I’ve heard him say that “no one should be force to vax” and that “there needs to be safety studies since there are none now”. That doesn’t seem to be an “anti-vaxer” to me. It sounds perfectly reasonable.
And, given the track record of Big Pharma and Big Medicine, it seems this is prudent policy advice. Like that comic (Dave Smith recently) said “doing your own research” is not as crazy as it sounds.
Maybe I’ve listened to too much George Carlin, Ron Paul, Malcolm X, Tom Woods, Michael Malice, and other podcasters “critical of the regime”, but it seems that “all is not well”.
I may be a tin foil hat Conspiracy Theorist that jumps to disbelief too quickly, but a lot of those Conspiracy Theories seem to be true or at least very “plausible”.
Do “do your own research” and make your own decisions. Just don’t take the “default” without making a conscious decision.
Remember we have to live with the consequences of our own decisions.
FWIW
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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/online-security/new-scam-says-your-apple-id-is-suspended-watch-out-for-this-attack?lrh=20fd2805ce1d1131c95034f150bb97a3971479cbf1c94537a55e6a39cfe362aa
New scam says your Apple ID is suspended — watch out for this attack
News
By Amber Bouman
last updated 16 hours ago
- Don’t let hackers get their hands on your Apple ID with these tips
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Another day, another attempt to steal your log in credentials – this time courtesy of a phishing email that claims to be from Apple Support. Don’t be fooled however, this isn’t from Cupertino. It’s actually an attempt to get you to click on a link so hackers can steal your login credentials and other sensitive information.
This email, like many other phishing attempts, uses look-a-like formatting and other details to make you think it’s coming from a legitimate source. This latest threat says that your Apple ID has been suspended due to unusual activity or missing or invalid information. The email looks remarkably similar to actual emails from Apple Support and contains a blue button that says “Go to Apple ID.”
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It is really amazing that this <synonym for excrement> still works.
Browsers should not automatically make emails clickable.
Argh!
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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
https://palexander.substack.com/p/nato-is-saying-it-is-planning-targeted?publication_id=579356&post_id=152196936&isFreemail=false&r=onvra&triedRedirect=true
NATO is saying it is planning targeted precision strikes on Russian territory; Britian and France saying they want to deploy troops; are these people insane? crazy? did they not hear Putin say if they hit Russian soil with western missiles etc. that this can activate a nuclear war? Who is doing this driving us to WW III? Who are the deranged crazy lunatics doing this?
Dr. Paul Alexander
Nov 27, 2024
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Withdraw the USA from NATO NOW!!!
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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/armstrongeconomics101/economics/the-recession-into-2028-trump-does-not-understand/
The Recession into 2028 Trump Does Not Understand
Posted Nov 17, 2024 by Martin Armstrong
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As I said, Trump’s plan to eliminate and replace the income tax with tariffs will fail. I understand those who proposed the idea, citing that the nation was funded by tariffs before the income tax, and a return to that funding system may look good in bullet points, but the economy is far more complex, and the socialistic goals will not be able to simply be cut without resistance.
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I think the biggest risk is, like with the proposal for a national sales tax, is that we wind up with both tariffs and the income tax.
I am struck by the realization that some people have had that only “We, The Sheeple” pay taxes. Corporate taxes are passed through to the consumer — “We, The Sheeple”. ALL taxes eventually are our burden.
So why not swap the IRS for tariffs?
Yeah, it may cause some disruption but it has to be a net positive to eliminate all the bureaucrats and administrivia surrounding the income tax. Everyone will be better off when the annual ritual is terminated. Yeah, I am sure that H&R Block will scream bloody murder. But imagine getting your paycheck without deductions?
I like it.
And I still haven’t heard a good argument why not.
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Tuesday, November 26, 2024
FROM 1440
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World War II Veteran Recovered
The remains of a missing World War II veteran have been recovered and identified at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The expedition—213 feet below the surface—is the US government’s deepest underwater recovery operation to date.
On March 11, 1944, a B-24 bomber known as “Heaven Can Wait” was shot down over Papua New Guinea. The aircraft—carrying 11 US service members—was en route to bomb Japanese anti-aircraft weapons on the island’s northeast coast. Early last year, Navy divers recovered the dog tags and remains of 2nd Lt. Thomas V. Kelly Jr.—a 21-year-old aviator from California. The remains of two other veterans—radio operator Eugene J. Darrigan, 26, and navigator 2nd Lt. Donald W. Sheppick, 26—were identified earlier this year.
The mission came about after Kelly’s family members conducted an extensive research project from 2013 to 2017, gathering historical documents and eyewitness accounts to narrow the wreckage search.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/wwii-airman-remains-positively-identified-153302737.html
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It’s important that every effort be made to find and bring out vets home.
One thing that is drilled into our military is “Never leave a comrade behind”. I learned it when I was in training and I hope it’s still taught.
I watch for these stories as a fulfillment of that ethic. Unfortunately, the politicians and bureaucrats, some who are “perfumed princes” in the Pentagon, fail in this duty.
In the movies, it was best expressed by “We Were Soldiers” Hero, Hal Moore.
“I can’t promise you that I will bring you all home alive. But this I swear, before you and before Almighty God, that when we go into battle, I will be the first to set foot on the field, and I will be the last to step off, and I will leave no one behind. Dead or alive, we will all come home together. So help me, God.” — Mel Gibson playing Lt. Col. Hal Moore in “We Were Soldiers”.
I know the Conspiracy Theories that we left living POWs in WWII, Korea, and Viet Nam. I hope that they are not true. And, I hope we are busting heads to confirm or deny.
The way we, the USA, treat our veterans is a national disgrace.
Shame on us.
“Some had families waiting. For others, their only family would be the men they bled beside. There were no bands, no flags, no Honor Guards to welcome them home. They went to war because their country ordered them to. But in the end, they fought not for their country or their flag, they fought for each other.” — Barry Pepper as Joe Galloway in “We Were Soldiers”
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Monday, November 25, 2024
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/11/d_o_g_e_is_a_wonderful_concept_and_here_are_some_ideas_to_get_it_started.html
D.O.G.E. Is A Wonderful Concept, And Here Are Some Ideas To Get It Started
By Gregory McCants
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With Donald Trump’s election win now a few days behind us and the GOP all but confirmed to have swept both houses of congress as well it would appear that at least for two years we should have a truly unique and remarkable opportunity to make meaningful change in a variety of areas. Of highest priorities would be the economy and border security, both of which were clearly the major issues the American people looked to when deciding their next government.
Within that discussion of economic improvements, Trump has now tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to head an informal operation to be known as the Department Of Governmental Efficiency (with the excellent acronym of D.O.G.E.)
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FEMA probably just wrote its own obituary with the revelation that a FEMA official in Florida told workers to “avoid houses with Trump signs” in the wake of Hurricane Milton, leading to loud calls for defunding the agency. The truth is that emergency disaster relief should not be handled by yet another agency with large layers of bureaucracy.
Instead, states should be able to request emergency disaster relief funds directly from Congress, with the appropriations then used to purchase necessary resources and materials, ideally from private vendors who can compete for the contracts. This would lead to increased efficiency and better prices for the taxpayer. This would also allow the government to engage in strict accounting to ensure federal funds go where they are supposed to go.
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The DOE is on Donald Trump’s list of agencies that should be removed, and it’s been on Republican lists back to the Rick Perry days. The Department of Education (“DOE”) has long been a target of many who feel the government’s meddling in education, and its one-size-fits-all approach is ultimately detrimental. To quote Reason, “Take, for example, federal grants to state education departments. Federal aid incentivizes schools to shift their priorities to meet federal grant requirements rather than local educational needs.”
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The FBI, originally created as an “emergency agency” in response to organized crime during the Prohibition era, has become a bloated, redundant, and ultimately useless organization that essentially serves as the outdated grandfather of other agencies conducting operations on the ground, such as the U.S. Marshalls or the Drug Enforcement Agency. One of my personal favorite YouTube commentators did an excellent video on the topic.
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As always, the Gooferment “Swamp” is a “target rich environment”.
But I hope that DOGE doesn’t get confused and jump from target to target.
Best focus on these three and drive to completion.
Don’t just trim around the edges; axe them.
If, for example, the FBI’s labs are “valuable”, then transfer them to some “technical organization” like NIST,
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Sunday, November 24, 2024
https://www.boredpanda.com/home-assignment-recruiter-disabled-access/
Work & Money
Nov 14, 2024
Recruitment Scam Doesn’t Go As Planned After Guy Protects His Files
Jonas Grinevičius and Mindaugas Balčiauskas
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Job interviews are stressful enough as they are. Not only is your entire professional life being judged, but you also have to make sure to leave a positive impression, all the while you go through the many (many, many!) application stages. It’s exhausting.
And even though rejection is hardly ever a nice thing, there are better and worse ways to go about it. The least you can do is tell applicants that they didn’t pass, instead of ghosting them after multiple rounds of interviews. Redditor u/thegr8_alexander recently went viral on the Recruiter Hell subreddit after sharing how they pushed back at a company they were applying to after getting “radio silence.†All it took was disabling access to their take-home assignment.
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The good thing that I did was not to share the hard-file, rather an access controlled version of the document that also disabled people from printing/downloading it.
And guess what? The recruiter called next day on the pretext of having another round of discussion because they want to go ahead with me. S/he let it slip in the conversation that evaluators are having difficulty in accessing my document and if I can share it as a file rather than sharing a link ;)
Well well, the moment I have been looking for. I told her about the malpractices that a lot of recruiters do and that’s why, in principle, I do not share any hard-files. I assured her that I’ll myself walk-through the panel on everything once again, when we connected. S/he wasn’t satisfied, but disconnected the call.
Got a ping that evening to talk something in person. We connected. S/he mentioned that I have landed him/her in a soup by disabling the access. S/he was expected to collate all the projects and share internally and there were only 3 presentations which they had shortlisted. Me not allowing access to my files will put the HR in trouble. S/he also mentioned that hiring is always professional but I’m taking it to a personal level by putting him.her in soup.
I gently replied, “Hiring is not personal. I would have accepted a rejection. But by giving me false hopes when you never intended to hire was personal. It wasn’t me who started it!”
There was a silence of a few seconds. I then proceeded to cut the call.
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I don’t think that ever happened to me. Been a long time since I ever did any job search. But I like this person’s approach. Trust no one. I’ve been “ghosted” more times than I could count. Even went so far as to keep a “Dead To Me List” (DTML) of recruiters and companies. Had occasions to use it and folks were flabbergasted that (1) I would not submit “blind” (i.e., not able to id the company); (2) refused to even take calls from some recruiters or talk about certain companies; and (3) share my DTML with anyone who asked.
I kept good records and even was able to “explain” why I didn’t want to talk to them or consider a company. That was fun! I didn’t care if Sam or Samantha was no longer there. Like I’d believe anything a salesperson would say without proof.
Argh! Just tapping this out has raised my BP and my ire.
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Friday, November 22, 2024
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/dollar-bill-wont-be-accepted/8835/
This dollar bill won’t be accepted as of November: This will happen if you try to pay with it
by Sarah I.
11/20/2024
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Dollar bills have consistently gone through updates to increase security. As of October this year, new parameters were introduced stipulating what cash will be accepted at major retailors, banks, and ATMS. As we head into the final month of November and families begin preparing for the upcoming festive season, you may need to ensure that your cash is up to scratch with new standards set by the U.S. government.
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As we enter into the final few weeks of 2024, certain dollar bills will no longer be accepted. These new regulations are tightening stricter measures with regards to damaged bills. Walmart, Target, and Dollar Tree have already begun implementing these new measures. The following damage to cash will not be accepted or exchanged at major retailers, banks, and ATMS:
- Mutilated banks notes with tears or missing corners
- Bills which have become significantly distorted or damaged where it become difficult to determine their authenticity. This could be from through water damage or from being burnt as an example.
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If you find yourself with a mutilated bill which will not be accepted or exchanged, you will need to contact the Bureau of Engraving and Printing directly. From there, you will need to file a mutilated currency claim. “The BEP will evaluate the note. They have special tools to examine the authenticity and assess the full value of the note. After they do that, they can issue a check back to the consumer,” a Fed currency representative explains.
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Well, what happens to those bills with political messages stamped on them or written along the edge?
Will those be declared “mutilated”?
That’ll be “yet another way” “they” take away or First Amendment rights.
What happened to only gold and silver would be money?
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