GUNS: Use the DMV for other permits?

Friday, October 6, 2023

https://bearingarms.com/ranjit-singh/2023/09/28/five-simple-policy-suggestions-for-lawmakers-in-second-amendment-friendly-states-n75437

Five simple policy suggestions for lawmakers in Second Amendment friendly states
By Ranjit Singh | 5:31 PM on September 28, 2023

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2) Integrate carry permit applications and issuance at the DMV

(Full disclosure: I am repeating an idea I heard from Attorney Mark Smith at the Four Boxes Diner YouTube channel.) Local DMV offices are well-positioned to process carry permit applications. They have cameras, computers, desks, paper forms, pens, etc., and employees who know how to process driver’s license applications. Processing carry permit applications is well within DMV employees’ abilities. States with pro-Second Amendment majorities should add carry permit applications to the portfolio of services offered by their DMV offices, and advertise the new service loudly and proudly.

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I think this is a great idea.  Let’s turn the “DMV” into a people-centric resource for deal with the Gooferment!

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INSPIRATIONAL: ₿itcoin podcast slips in a good episode about make bettwe, possibly, Libertarian children

Thursday, October 5, 2023

Kids Don’t Need School with Jonathan Prescott 
Stephan Livera
September 20, 2023

https://overcast.fm/ OBZnLSjGc

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Podcast
Stephan Livera Podcast
http://www.stephanlivera.com

Join Stephan as he interviews the sharpest economic and technical minds in Bitcoin & Austrian Economics to help you understand how money is changing and evolving. This is one of the leading podcasts in the space, and listening to this show is one of the fastest ways to learn and get up to speed on Bitcoin. 

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This “snuck” in on my favorite ₿itcoin podcast.  I’m sympathetic to home schooling.  Even if I have to children to torture my craziness with. 

This is that “home school” podcast that I thought had some great ideas to try with an ADHD child my fiancé has custody of.  Not to “home school” but to steal some of the strategies and tactics that might help us deal with him. 

It may offer some great ideas.

I was particularly struck by how Gooferment Skrules make the children unable to make even simple decisions by themselves.  I am well aware of the “Prussian School Model” with bells and yak in the box.  It was designed to replace the Family with the State and make cannon fodder for the Army, willing morons for the factories, and useful idiots to vote for and be led by the elite.

FWIW YMMV

I found it inspiration for liberty.

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INSPIRATIONAL: Will the local Gooferment have the stones to have it torn down?

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2023/sep/27/london-apartment-block-that-deviates-from-plans-must-be-torn-down-says-council?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

London apartment block that deviates from plans must be torn down, says council

  • ‘Blight on the landscape’ in Greenwich lacks promised gardens, children’s play areas and accessibility for wheelchair users

Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent
Wed 27 Sep 2023 04.19 EDT
First published on Wed 27 Sep 2023 02.00 EDT

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Buildings rarely look as good as the airbrushed architects’ visualisations produced to persuade planners to grant permission. Extra sharp highlights, implausibly blue skies and deeper colours are all part of the dark arts of the computer-generated rendering.

But the gulf between what was proposed for an apartment complex rising 23 storeys above the Thames in south-east London and what was actually built has finally proved too much.

After counting 26 major deviations from the original planning permission that it granted, the Royal Borough of Greenwich has taken the extraordinary move – “unprecedented”, it said – of ordering the developers of the Mast Quay II development to pull it down. It means tenants in 204 flats now face the prospect of finding somewhere else to live.

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Well clearly the correct politicians and bureaucrats didn’t have their pockets lined right!

Now will the politicians and bureaucrats have the courage to have it torn down?

Seems like a waste, but if they don’t, it sends the wrong message.  I can imagine the lawsuits and pity parties that will ensue.

Perhaps if the “profit” and then a little extra is removed from all involved, a more economic result MIGHT be achieved.  But only if all involved are equally screwed.

Seems a waste of prefectly good building to send a message to the “marketplace”.

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BITCOIN: What will ₿ be worth in 2140?

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Annual inflation over this period was 3.94%. 1971 – 2023 https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=1&year=1971 

₿itcoin’s fixed limit will insure it’s value against any fiat currency. The maximum supply of 21 million bitcoins will be reached around the year 2140. What will it be worth then? 10k$, 100k$, 1M$?

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GUNS: Don’t threaten people

Monday, October 2, 2023

One of Colie’s defense attorneys Adam Pouilliard said that his client felt menaced by the 6 foot 4 inches tall Cook during the confrontation, which was designed to provoke a reaction and to draw viewers to his YouTube channel.

Moment YouTube prankster Tanner Cook’s stunt goes badly wrong when shopper he is targeting pulls out a gun and shoots him in the chest | Daily Mail Online

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12583491/Moment-YouTube-prankster-Tanner-Cooks-stunt-goes-badly-wrong-shopper-targeting-pulls-gun-shoots-chest.html

Seems justifiable to me. Big guy was inside the “knife zone” (i.e., 9 foot circle) and was behaving irrationally. IMHO. I might have done the same thing!

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HEALTH: Mushroom “vitamin” linked to several diseases

Monday, October 2, 2023
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/porcini-mushroom-high-in-valuable-ergothioneine-vitamin/?utm_campaign=newsletters
 
​Porcini Mushrooms Rank Among Highest in the World for Rare ‘Essential Vitamin’
By Andy Corbley – Sep 22, 2023 
 
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Porcini have been harvested for probably thousands of years, but it’s only recently that they’ve been identified as having the second-highest content of a powerful nutrient among all mushrooms examined for it.
 
The nutrient is called ergothioneine, styled ‘ERG’ for short, and may very well be the 15th vitamin that science has only just discovered we need. If a vitamin is classified as a compound that organisms need for survival, and which they cannot synthesize themselves, but which isn’t a mineral, a fatty acid, or an amino acid, then ergothioneine is a vitamin. It cannot be created in our own bodies, and we even adapted an endogenous transporter molecule specifically for ergothioneine.
 
Vitamins in large part must be obtained from the diet, and humans’ only whole food source of ergothioneine is mushrooms as near as makes no difference. Some bacteria and yeast can also synthesize ergothioneine naturally, and in consuming them humans consume ergothioneine. However the scientific particulars of that, including the bioavailability of yeast-born ERG, the levels obtainable through consumption, and the potential side effects, are practically non-existent.
 
A broad review of ergothioneine published in 2020 reports that its deficiency in humans has been found in cases of acute respiratory distress syndrome, CVD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pre-eclampsia, overhydrated hereditary stomatocytosis, “and is significantly lowered in others such as certain leukemias”.
 
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Gotta eat some mushrooms.  Never saw the two described in any store.  Have you?  I’m looking for the “fountain of youth” and this seems to be protective of brain cells. Interesting?
 
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GOLD: And you thought only baggage handlers were this brazen?

Sunday, October 1, 2023
 
FBI sued after allegedly losing hundreds of thousands in rare coins during raid | Fox News
Jeni Pearsons says FBI may have stolen $2,000 from her safe deposit box: ‘They took it or lost it’
By Teny Sahakian Fox News
Published September 24, 2023 9:00am EDT 
 
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Mellein, a 79-year-old retired civil servant, kept cash and 110 gold coins worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in his box to safeguard his financial security. He invested in the precious metals with the proceeds after he and his wife sold their Malibu home in 2002. 
 
Pearsons and her husband Michael Storc similarly rented a security deposit box in 2017 as a financial safeguard, storing around $20,000 in silver and $2,000 in cash. 
 
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Those 110 gold coins represent a tidy sum.  No idea if they were Bullion or Numismatic.  Either way not simething to sneeze at.
 
Why is “civil forfeiture” even allowed?  
 
It’s really just another form of Gooferment theft!
 
Better off digging a hole in your backyard!
 
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INSPIRATIONAL: Even “casual caring’ can be enough to help in a terrible situtation

Saturday, September 30, 2023

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/she-was-about-to-end-it-all-until-a-stranger-shed-never-meet-again-told-her-dont-jump/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=21-09-2023

She Was About to End it All, Until a Stranger She’d Never Meet Told Her ‘Don’t Jump’
By Andy Corbley – Sep 18, 2023 

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“I was sobbing and crying and working up the courage to just go through with it, because I knew at that moment that it was going to make everyone’s lives better.”

At that moment, a driver, whose face Belmont didn’t see, and whose hand she would never shake, passed over the bridge and hollered out of the window.

“Don’t jump,” they said.

It immediately clicked a lightbulb on in her head; that if a stranger could care enough to speak up, then suicide was not the answer.

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Help is available call or text 988.

I’d have preferred if the driver stopped and talked her “down”.  But, maybe that would have had a worse effect?

I always thought that suicide for a young healthy persons was just FEAR (i.e., False Evidence Appearing Real).  And, the Bible tells us, as one Christian Brother to my class, that “leaving the game early is against the rules.  That’s why football has the ‘Hail Mary Pass.  There’s always hope.  Or in the case of the opponents of Notre Dame, the next game!”.  Maybe a little sacrilegious, but in a funny memorable way.  We all have to just put one foot in from to the other, day by day, until we reach the finish line.

I wrote in my Magnus Opus: “My love, were it in my power, I would sadly grant thee this boon. But, we have to continue to follow His Plan for us. Let’s go forth and speak no more of this. Who ever is last will be last. It will be His choice; not ours. We’re but humble custodians of His temple on earth. It’s not our place to trump His plan. Whatever that plan be, know that I will be with you to my last breath.” — character “John” in CHURCH 10●19●62 Volume 2 Page 399

And, I really believe that to be true.

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TECHNOLOGY: SafeStop allows members of the public to video chat with police

Friday, September 29, 2023

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/weho-drivers-able-to-video-chat-with-deputies-during-traffic-stops/

Local News
WeHo drivers able to video chat with deputies during traffic stops
by: Cameron Kiszla 
Posted: Sep 21, 2023 / 07:29 AM PDT 
Updated: Sep 21, 2023 / 07:32 AM PDT 

  • With traffic stops carrying potential life-and-death stakes, a pilot program using SafeStop intends to lower the temperature, allowing drivers and officers to communicate virtually before meeting face-to-face.

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A new smartphone app may do for law enforcement interactions what telemedicine has done for doctors.

The app, SafeStop, allows members of the public to video chat with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies before the in-person traffic stop, which the app developers said will “de-escalate traffic stops and transform police-motorist interactions.”

Traffic stops in particular have become a point of contention in the ongoing cultural discussion around the role of police in American society.

Multiple deadly encounters between police and civilians began as simple traffic stops, including the high-profile killing of Philando Castile by Minnesota police.

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I like the concept.

Perhaps if the app was always on, then it might be more useful and wiser friendly.

I’m thinking like Star Trek “open up a hailing frequency”.

I’m not sure I would want to be fumbling with my phone on a dark night when the police want to speak to me.  I was always taught to shut the car off, turn on the inside light, roll down the window, keep my hands at 10-2 on the steering window, and shut up.  

Still seems like the best advice.

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VOCABULARY: Samizdat – translates as: “We publish ourselves”

Thursday, September 28, 2023

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/09/21/american_pandemic_samizdat_149787.html

American Pandemic ‘Samizdat’
COMMENTARY
By Jay Bhattacharya
September 21, 2023

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    Censorship existed even before literature, say the Russians. And, we may add, censorship being older, literature has to be craftier. Hence, the new and remarkably viable underground press in the Soviet Union called samizdat.

    Samizdat – translates as: “We publish ourselves” – that is, not the state, but we, the people.

    Unlike the underground of Czarist times, today’s samizdat has no printing presses (with rare exceptions): The K.G.B., the secret police, is too efficient. It is the typewriter, each page produced with four to eight carbon copies, that does the job. By the thousands and tens of thousands of frail, smudged onionskin sheets, samizdat spreads across the land a mass of protests and petitions, secret court minutes, Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s banned novels, George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” and “1984,” Nicholas Berdyayev’s philosophical essays, all sorts of sharp political discourses and angry poetry.

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Had the experience in typing school

— My sainted Mother’s idea to keep the “idle hands” from being the Devil’s workshop one summer when I was to young to get a real job and too old to be left alone without getting into trouble. It included: business accounting, shorthand, composition, and letter writing.  Argh!  And you wonder why I hate schools?)  — were we had timed typing tests with only three pages of onion skin and carbon paper.  If we corrected a mistake, the carbon copy made it obvious.  I still remember minus five points for a mistake on the original and minus one for a correction.  When I complained, my Mom sat down at an old manual we had at home a pounded out the test page at an amazing WPM without a single mistake.  Then she turned to me and asked: “Now want to complain about shorthand?”  I knew to shut my mouth because she had her secretarial school medals in her “hope chest” when she was best of class in various disciplines.  Guess the genes failed because I never was as good as her in those skills. Sigh! Sadly  — 

Have to admire the dedication to the produce the manuscripts.  Like the Irish monks duplicating texts by hand during the Dark Ages. 

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INSPIRATIONAL: Making lenonaid from lemons

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

https://nypost.com/2023/09/21/my-90-minute-american-airlines-flight-turned-into-9-hour-hell/

 My 90-minute American Airlines flight turned into a 9-hour hell — but a miracle happened

By Jane Herz 

Published Sep. 21, 2023, 9:27 a.m. ET

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American Airlines flight 5085 was scheduled to depart at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 18. But when Conley looked at his phone and saw that the time was 6:30 p.m. — about a half hour after the plane was originally supposed to land at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) — he knew something was awry.

That’s when the pilot told passengers that the plane was diverted to a small airport in Wichita Falls, Texas, due to a severe impending storm, as DFW was not allowing landings or takeoffs.

Rather than disembarking upon landing at 6:45 p.m. at Wichita Falls Regional Airport, Conley and his fellow passengers got stuck on the tarmac for over two hours because airport employees weren’t allowed outside due to the lightning.

But what should have been the flight from hell was really something that turned into a beautiful, human experience, Conley, 38, said.

*** and ***

The man Conley was sitting next to, Joshua Chandler, even put on a pretend duck tour for the young kids, as he had been on one earlier that day, blowing the yellow duck whistle around his neck.

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What a great inspirational story.  We hear all about the “Karens” and “Kens”, drunken idiots, or some “un housebroken” slobs on planes.  But we rarely hear of the times that humans all come together under duress and make the best of some unfortunate coincidences.

I’d like to think that I could be like them  — charitable, kind, and considerate of my neighbors.

And, BTW, where does one go for a “duck tour” and why. Laugh!

Of course, I’ll never ever fly into, out of, or through DFW.  One thunderstorm ride there back in the 70’s was enough for me. (And that’s where IBM lost its PC team when Esteridge’s place went down. All the corporate travel departments created the “only a few employees on any one flight” rule as few weeks later. So sad.)

Great story of humanity’s possibilities.

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ADHOC: Stoping shoplifting

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12561125/cvs-pharmacy-shutting-stores-2024.html

should change to a Horn & Hardart (google it) format ! Insert card and dispense product. Like a Japanese vending machine!

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POLITICAL: Political theater designed to distract “We, The Sheeple”

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/09/20/how-garland-answered-and-didnt-answer-questions-on-hunter-biden-the-capitol-riot-targeting-catholics/?utm_source=TDS_Email

7 Takeaways From Garland’s Testimony to House Judiciary Committee
Fred Lucas / @FredLucasWH / September 20, 2023 

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Attorney General Merrick Garland declined to answer questions on a wide range of matters Wednesday in sworn testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. 

Garland testified that he couldn’t remember whether he talked to FBI personnel about the investigation of first son Hunter Biden and didn’t know how many confidential informants entered the Capitol during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

The attorney general, appointed by President Joe Biden, also hesitated to answer whether Catholics are “violent extremists,” as an infamous FBI memo said.

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Stonewalling waste of time. Argh!  I’m a defund the FBI fanboy.  As well as a whole host of the TLAs (Three Letter Agencies)!

Argh!

I guess he never kept notes or prepared for his testimony.

What a waste of space.

Sorry, but I find politicians and bureaucrats singularly useless drones.  Parasites sucking off “We, The Sheeple”

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INTERESTING: Dogs can id identical twins by scent

Monday, September 25, 2023

https://theconversation.com/your-unique-body-odor-could-identify-who-you-are-and-provide-insights-into-your-health-all-from-the-touch-of-a-hand-210231

Your unique body odor could identify who you are and provide insights into your health – all from the touch of a hand

Published: September 20, 2023 8.26am EDT

Authors

  •     Chantrell Frazier Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Food Science, Framingham State University
  •     Kenneth G. Furton     Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University
  •     Vidia A. Gokool     Postdoctoral Researcher, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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Researchers have been studying the discriminating potential of human scent for over three decades. A 1988 experiment demonstrated that a dog could distinguish identical twins living apart and exposed to different environmental conditions by their scent alone. This is a feat that could not be accomplished using DNA evidence, as identical twins share the same genetic code.

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Wow. 

Now all we have to do is have a scent capturing device for crime scenes and we don’t need DNA if it’s not available.

Fascinating stuff, imho.

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U.S. Army Hospital in Germany Is Treating Americans Hurt Fighting in Ukraine – DNyuz

Sunday, September 24, 2023

The Biden administration vowed at the start of the war that it would not put American troops on the ground in Ukraine, and it warned Americans not to get involved. Now it finds itself treating those it told to stay away.
— Read on dnyuz.com/2023/09/23/u-s-army-hospital-in-germany-is-treating-americans-hurt-fighting-in-ukraine/

What a shit show way for the USA to get into WW3

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VETERANS: More than 3,400 people were killed at Midway

Sunday, September 24, 2023

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wwii-shipwrecks-battle-of-midway-japanese-imperial-navy-akagi-kaga-uss-yorktown/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Unprecedented images of WWII shipwrecks from Battle of Midway reveal clues about aircraft carriers’ “final moments”

By Stephen Smith

September 18, 2023 / 11:31 AM / CBS News 

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Each dive ended with protocol ceremonies to honor all who lost their lives in the battle.

More than 3,400 people were killed at Midway, and the vast majority of casualties were Japanese service members, according to the National WWII Museum. About 362 U.S. troops were among the dead. Japan lost four aircraft carriers, one cruiser, and hundreds of aircraft, while the U.S. lost one carrier, one destroyer and 144 aircraft during the battle.

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“On this occasion, we meet on those same Pacific waters in which Japan and the U.S. once met in battle, but this time as allies and fellow researchers,” said Embassy of Japan Minister Kosei Nomura. “We are reminded that today’s peace and tomorrow’s discoveries are built on the sacrifices of war, and so in my view, it is meaningful that Japan and the U.S. are now deepening their cooperation at Midway, utilizing such cutting-edge technology.”

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And, let’s learn a lesson about war.  Young men die!  Unnecessarily!

Best way to honor vets is to not make more of them. 

Anyone listening in the “District of Corruption”?

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INTERESTING: A new brain cell: demonstrates (again) about how little we know

Saturday, September 23, 2023

https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/new-type-brain-cell-astrocyte/

Scientists discover a new type of brain cell

  • There are hints that it could lead to new treatments for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and other brain disorders.
  • An image of a neuron with a blue light coming out of it.
  • Most of the cells in the brain are either neurons or glial cells. The former send messages, while the latter protect the former. Astrocytes are a type of glial cell found near synapses. Researchers believe they have discovered a new type of astrocyte that actively participates in neurotransmission, making them a sort of hybrid between neurons and glial cells. 

Kristin Houser

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A new brain cell: Researchers at the Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering and the University of Lausanne believe they’ve definitively proven that some astrocytes do actively participate in neurotransmission, making them a sort of hybrid of neurons and glial cells.

According to the researchers, this third type of brain cell, which they call a “glutamatergic astrocyte,” could offer a way to treat Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other disorders of the nervous system.

“Its discovery opens up immense research prospects,” said study co-director Andrea Volterra.

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Once again demonstrating how little we really know about anything.

Hope this research leads to new treatments for brain disorders before I need them.

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RANT: Has anyone ever talked to a child?

Friday, September 22, 2023

https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/09/pediatrician-discharges-mothers-kids-after-she-objects-to-gender-ideology/

Pediatrician Discharges Mother’s Kids After She Objects to Gender Ideology

  • “We will not abandon our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion!”

Posted by Mike LaChance Monday, September 18, 2023 at 08:00am 2 Comments

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    My now-former pediatrician installed on the wall of every exam room a “Safe Zone” rainbow triangle sticker with the words “sexual orientation,” “gender expression,” and “gender identity.” Meticulously placed in front of the exam table and at a child’s eye level, it was the first thing my daughter noticed on the otherwise blank walls. She asked me to read the words and tell her what they meant. She was five years old and just learning to read.

    I told the doctor this was inappropriate sexual content on the wall and there will be no talk of this sticker with my daughter, but when my daughter asked about the sticker again, the doctor told her, “it’s about being inclusive.” This confused my daughter even more.

    After a tense disagreement (in another room) about the politics of the sticker, my doctor agreed that it was reasonable to place younger children in exam rooms without the sticker. But she never placed my children in another room or returned my follow-up calls. Instead, a doctor called me and “invited” me to leave the medical practice. It is illegal to discharge a patient without thirty days’ notice in Rhode Island.

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I like to quote Bill Maher, with whom I sometimes agree and sometimes disagree, when he said: “When I was a kid, I wanted to be a pirate. Thank God, nobody took me seriously and scheduled me for eye removal and pegleg surgery.” — Bill Maher

Having had the opportunity to be around a young boy, I can attest that he can’t tell the difference between real life and fiction.  He, often talks to his imaginary friends and tells me stories that I KNOW can’t possibly be true.  He has a hard time with time, days of the week, writing the number FIVE.  

And, these cult zealots want to explain sex to that age group.  Might as well try and explain Quantum Physics. 

Just leave the child run out of the debate and in the usually capable hands of their living family,

This type of nonsense, jest makes me boild and rant.  

Sorry but this doctor is in the wrong profession.  He should try preaching.   Probably won’t pay as well though.

Argh!

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GUNS: Protect schools with real resources

Thursday, September 21, 2023

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/09/time_to_get_serious_about_protecting_our_schools.html

Time to Get Serious about Protecting Our Schools
By David Huntwork

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Many years ago, Israel faced waves of terror attacks against soft targets. The Israelis responded by seriously hardening their schools and other more vulnerable locations. Much of that added security was in the form of well armed and well trained personnel specifically designated to deter and defeat the type of threats we are now seeing directed at U.S. schools. What we do not see now is anyone successfully targeting or attacking Israeli schools. There are good reasons for that, and we should not be afraid to learn from the hard lessons of others.

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I remember that when the Israelis hardened their schools, they were reported to be using grandparents as “extra security”.  I remember thinking at the time about how smart that was.  Grandparents would willingly sacrifice themselves for their grandchildren.  And, no one would be more vigilant about “school security” than they would be.

As this article suggest, let’s not put an added burden on police but have a real force who’s mission was singularly focused.

Bring sanity back to society.

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RANT: Close to “getting out of control”!

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

FROM FARK:

Intercepted Russian comms show we were a lot, LOT closer to, “This business will get out of control” than the Brits originally admitted 

# – # – # – # – # 

Quoting a movie: “This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.” — The Hunt for Red October (1990) by Admiral Josh Painter played by Fred Dalton Thompson

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https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/russian-pilot-shoot-down-raf-aircraft-2022-missile-bbc-mod-b1106925.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

NewsUK

Rogue Russian pilot ‘tried to shoot down RAF aircraft in 2022’

  • A SU-27 fighter fired the missiles at the RAF aircraft / AFP via Getty Images

By Matt Watts

1 day ago (NOTE:  2023-09Sep-14)

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 Russian pilot tried to shoot down an RAF surveillance plane after believing he had permission to fire, it has been claimed.

The pilot fired two missiles, the first of which missed rather than malfunctioned as claimed at the time, the BBC has reported.

Russia had said the incident last September when missiles were fired at the RAF aircraft – with a crew of up to 30 – was caused by a “technical malfunction”.

The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) publicly accepted the Russian explanation.

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How many times are “we” going to tempt fate aka nuclear war with foolhardy actions?

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POLITICAL: Just say “no” to Federal Funds!

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/09/why_state_schools_should_refuse_federal_money.html

Why State Schools Should Refuse Federal Money
By Sheri Few

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The key to eliminating federal intervention in government schools is to eliminate federal funding.

The time is right for states to wean themselves off the federal dole. Serious conversations are taking place throughout the country about the legitimate and effective role of the federal government in education. But who has a viable plan to dismantle the behemoth?

The “Blueprint to Establish State Control of Education by Eliminating all Federal Education Dollars,” written by United States Parents Involved in Education (USPIE) outlines the necessary steps to restore state sovereignty for education policy and practice — and it’s achievable.

The Blueprint explains detailed steps to help governors and state legislators develop and execute a concrete plan, and even provides clear evidence as to how educational outcomes can improve.

States can eliminate federal funding in four steps:

1. Analyze education funds by source: federal, state, and local.

2. Conduct a Cost of Compliance Study for federal funds.

3. Identify state programs to replace USED programs.

4. Shift education revenue responsibilities entirely back to the state.

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One approach to generate required revenue could be to establish a state tax called “offset to federal funds” calculated to collect the amount needed. Since most of the federal tax is collected from income taxes, a replacement tax using the same model might be most easily understood by the public.

To keep from sending the federal government the money they previously took and gave back, taxpayers would need a mechanism to deduct this offset from their individual federal taxes. Since the state and local tax deductions were eliminated in the last major tax bill, a special arrangement would have to be made. However, there is benefit to the federal government in this arrangement as the savings from program improvements would be shared with them, since only the replacement funding is deducted.

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Like the mouse that doesn’t understand “free cheese”, so to “We, The Sheeple” need to just say “no” to “Federal funds”.

First off, there are NO “Federal funds”  — EVERYTHING comes from the Taxpayer in one way or another.

(The idea of sending money to the Federal Gooferment and getting pennies on the dollars back tied to conditions NEVER made any sense to me.  Eliminate all the layers and cost associated with it.)

Second, the results of Gooferment Skrules is absurd.

Argh!

Stop it.

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POLITICAL: The President is, or should be, the nightwatchment of resources for “We, The Sheeple”

Monday, September 18, 2023

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/09/energy_prices_in_america_are_going_to_get_much_worse_than_weve_ever_imagined.html

Energy prices in America are going to get much worse than we’ve ever imagined
September 10, 2023  — Unattributed 

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Joe Biden has seized control of an American asset and is withholding it from the American people to their detriment. He is doing so in service to an ideology that is belied by actual science, and that is fundamentally anti-humanist.

But of course, this isn’t Biden, who is a puppet. This is the Democrat party. If Biden or another Democrat gains the White House in 2024, expect more of the same until we have reverted to a medieval lifestyle that is, in Hobbes’s immortal words, “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” The dividing line between then and now is fossil fuel. Yank it out from under us, and it’s all over.

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They are not “his” assets to use to reinsure his political future.

Argh!

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VETERANS: Not sure how many vets would sign up again?

Sunday, September 17, 2023

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2023/09/11/how-the-hell-do-you-think-us-veterans-feel-right-now/

How the Hell Do You Think Us Veterans Feel Right Now?
Guest Post by Kurt Schlichter

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Was I a sucker? I sure don’t want to feel like a sap, but the thought that I may be one arises when I watch this endless parade of patriots – including our last conscious president – being prosecuted for their political beliefs and treated differently under a two-tier justice system as the garbage institutions attempt to quash free speech, and as the alleged president, a desiccated, corrupt, old pervert, generally drives our country into the ground. I defended this?

I did 27 years in our military. I proudly swore to defend our Constitution. Now, I only washed trucks – I wasn’t a war hero like Pete Buttigieg or Da Nang Dick Blumenthal, and I certainly wasn’t killed in Iraq, Afghanistan, and also (I think) Maui like Joe Biden’s non-coke-addled son was, but I showed up. I dressed like a tree, marched around, went where they sent me, and did my job. Don’t get me wrong – it was not all bad. It was fun some of the time, and I got to do a lot of interesting things other people didn’t get to. I got a little money – very little – and I’ve always been intensely grateful for the chance to be an American soldier. And I took it seriously. That oath I took? It never expires. And now I just need to know if I was a sucker for believing all that Constitution and freedom stuff when I raised my right hand.

I know a lot of fellow vets who are asking the same question.

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So, we return to the original question. Was I a sucker for doing what I did? Did I fall for the okey-doke? Was I the mark? Were all of us veterans fooled?

Absolutely not, because the America I chose to defend, and that millions and millions of veterans chose to defend, was worthy of our service and our sacrifice. The unworthy among us have temporarily taken over. The unworthy have gutted our institutions and, as Twitter legend Iowahawk memorably put it, worn those institutions as a skinsuit demanding respect.

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Look at how Vets are treated in comparison to “illegal invaders”.

Look at the VA health system.

Look at “equal justice under the law” when vets get shafted.

All of us vets were betrayed.

Leave no man behind was our code; only to be betrayed by politicians and bureaucrats at their first opportunity.

I, for one, think it’s time to fix this once and for all.

Argh!

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LIBERTY: Would-be law student fights an uphill battle without significant legal help

Saturday, September 16, 2023

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/appeals-court-reinstates-wrongly-imprisoned-students-suit-against-college

Appeals court reinstates wrongly imprisoned student’s lawsuit against college for hiding evidence

  • Would-be law student, acquitted by second jury in 29 minutes, represents himself in civil case. Trial judge repeatedly botched statute of limitations, 3rd Circuit finds.

By Greg Piper
Updated: September 9, 2023 – 11:20pm

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A student who spent 16 months in prison before a second jury exonerated him of sexual assault will get another chance to hold his public university accountable for withholding evidence during his first criminal trial, then refusing to give him a conduct hearing to clear his educational record.

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated most of a trial judge’s ruling that dismissed Darold Palmore’s lawsuit against Clarion University – since renamed Pennsylvania Western University, or PennWest Clarion, after a merger – and officials including the campus police officer who withheld security footage.

The three-judge panel unanimously remanded Palmore’s malicious prosecution, Brady due process, 14th Amendment due process, Title IX, negligence, and breach of contract claims for further proceedings.

The ruling is all the more remarkable because Palmore, a D.C. native who had planned to go to law school after his expected graduation four years ago, has represented himself throughout the two-year civil case against Clarion, albeit with guidance from sympathetic lawyers.

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How is this “fair”?

Where is the pro-bono legal help?  Isn’t that one reason that lawyers have a “bar association”?

Argh!

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RANT: A Constitutional Amendment to end the gerontocracy

Friday, September 15, 2023

https://jeffjacoby.com/27202/the-schoolboy-and-the-gadsden-flag

The schoolboy and the Gadsden flag
by Jeff Jacoby
Arguable
September 5, 2023

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Washington is more of a gerontocracy than ever — no president has ever been older and the median age of the current Senate is 65.3 years, a record high. Though some House freshmen are in their 40s or younger, the median age in that chamber, too, is the highest it’s ever been. McConnell’s brain-freeze episodes, Biden’s moments of obvious confusion, and the tragic evidence of Feinstein’s cognitive decline keep raising questions about the age and health of America’s political leaders. Actually, they keep raising just one question: What do we do about geriatric officeholders who refuse to relax their grip on power?

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The Dead Old White Guys didn’t anticipate that a gerontocracy would occur.

Let’s pick an age  — say full social security age  — for politicians to retire.

If they are in an office when they have that fateful birthday, then they are deemed to have died in office and whatever process is in place for a death is used to replace them.

If they refuse to go, then someone can just shoot them under Marque and Reprisal power.

Argh!

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HEROIC: Heroes act and don’t over-think

Thursday, September 14, 2023

https://scoop.upworthy.com/italian-banker-becomes-real-life-hero-by-catching-3-year-old-girl-who-fell-from-5th-floor-balcony?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Man heroically saves 3-year-old toddler by catching her after she falls from 5th-floor balcony

  • The man’s quick thinking and courage saved the life of the toddler and he is being highly praised for his heroic act.

By Shruti Menon
September 7, 2023

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An Italian banker wore the cape of a real-life hero after he saved the life of a three-year-old girl falling from the fifth floor of a building in central Turin. The incident happened on Saturday, August 26, when 37-year-old Mattia Aguzzi was on his way to a bakery with his girlfriend in the morning. “I heard a man scream when he saw the little girl leaning out on the ledge. The little girl kept leaning more and more and climbed over the ledge, she held on only with two arms and her legs were in the air,” Aguzzi narrated the incident to Sky24. He added: “I started yelling at her to stay still and to go back inside but she didn’t hear. When I saw her fall I stepped in the way, closed my eyes and hoped that everything was going to be for the best, I blocked her by cushioning the blow and we both fell to the ground…Initially I didn’t feel any sign of life, then the baby started crying and I breathed a sigh of relief.”

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Great catch!

Don’t underestimate how much risk he himself was taking.

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