Joe Biden Greets Saudi Crown Prince with Awkward Fist Bump

Friday, July 15, 2022

President Joe Biden greeted Mohammed bin Salman with an awkward fist bump as he arrived at the Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
— Read on www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/15/joe-biden-greets-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-awkward-fist-bump/

Hmmm kash ho gee who?

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TINFOILHAT: A third explanation of Covid seems “possible”

Friday, July 15, 2022

https://www.unz.com/runz/a-thousand-times-greater-than-the-chernobyl-nuclear-disaster/

A Thousand Times Greater Than the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
Ron Unz • July 11, 2022

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Prof. Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University ranks as a pillar of the mainstream establishment and served as chairman of the influential Covid commission established by the Lancet, a leading medical journal. In May, he broke his silence and co-authored an article in the prestigious Proceedings of the American Academy of Sciences making the case that the virus was clearly artificial and calling for an independent investigation into its possible American origin.

*** and ***

The absolutely unmentionable subtext of the current discussion is the obvious possibility that the Covid virus was created in an American lab and then deliberately deployed against China and Iran just as the Iranian government had claimed at the time, eventually leaking back and devastating America and the rest of the West.

*** end quote ***

One can never discount the perfidy of the Gooferment.  Any Gooferment!

One might guess that China released it in China and Iran to “attack” the USA.  That is a “false flag”.

You can NEVER assume that anything is the truth.

So perhaps this will never move from the state of “possible”.

Sigh!

Trust no one; verify everything.

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: How to resist tyranny? The Paperclip!

Thursday, July 14, 2022

https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/09/the-paperclip-was-used-as-a-symbol-of-resistance-during-world-war-ii/

The Paperclip Was Used As a Symbol of Resistance During World War II
September 9, 2013 Emily Upton

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  • The Norwegians found other ways to resist the Nazis, too. 12,000 of the teachers who were told to teach Nazism went on strike. 1000 of them were deported and sent to prison camps immediately, but after six months the remaining educators hadn’t relented, and the Nazis gave it up as a lost cause—having teachers out of the classroom was more detrimental to the war effort than having them in classrooms, but not teaching Nazi party ideals.
  • Similarly, the churches that were told to teach “obedience to the leader and the state” found themselves in desperate need of people to lead church services. Every bishop in Norway resigned, along with 90% of the clergy. The humiliated German soldiers were forced to rescind the doctrine—another win for Norway.
  • Meanwhile, the general public of Norway were waging a silent war of their own. In addition to donning paperclips, they made life difficult for the German soldiers in various subtle ways. Many of them refused to speak German, even though it was a widely known language at the time, and would point the soldiers in the wrong direction when telling them how to get from point A to point B. They refused to sit beside German soldiers when they rode on public transportation—an act of defiance that enraged the Germans so much that they made it illegal to stand on the bus if there were seats open.
  • An illegal press was established in order to keep everyone informed after the Nazis attempted to cut Norway off from the BBC. When the German military began to conscript young men into the army, thousands fled to neighbouring Sweden to escape service. The Germans promptly withheld ration cards from those who didn’t sign up—at which point the resistance stole some 150,000 ration cards, and the military was forced to stop their efforts on that front.
  • As for the Norwegian Jews, although 700 were shipped to Auschwitz, the remainder—1000 or more—were smuggled into Sweden by the resistance, which was no small accomplishment.
  • Germany occupied Norway until the end of the war. Around 40,000 Norwegians were imprisoned during the interim, and over 10,000 lost their lives. Another 40,000 or so had escaped to Sweden and slowly began returning home when the Germans began to leave.

*** end quote ***

I would hope that “We, The Sheeple” would be as brave and corageous in resisting the tyranny of the Federal Gooferment

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RANT: The draft is slavery and the draft age should be the drinking age; end the draft

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Pleases crown drink ale age conscription

I think that if we are to have a draft law standing by, then the draft age should be the age for everything.

As a little L libertarian, I wonder if people will realize the contradiction of the draft and slavery?

Argh!

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Victory! Another Court Protects the Right to Record Police

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

When people fear that the police are about to break the law, they pull out their phones and hit “record.” Doing so promotes police accountability and public discussion of important issues. So, it is great news that yet another federal appellate court has ruled that people have a First Amendment right to record on-duty police.

Source: Victory! Another Court Protects the Right to Record Police

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Police need to be held accountable when needed!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Agree — let’s cut off any and all tax dollars from this dumpster fire of a news outlet (i.e., NPR)

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

https://www.facebook.com/phil.magness/posts/pfbid02GgNJtrUQ41cN6jNfcCWvkbD7LnkETsfAyqYWeaKauJ2mpGuN4e6ReuhCZvrYpDAAl

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Phil Magness writes sensibly on his Facebook page:

I was never a fan of Abenomics for reasons that are probably not hard to deduce. That said, it’s useful to contrast NPR’s depiction of Shinzo Abe’s legacy in their assassination coverage (“divisive,” “ultranationalist”) with NPR’s generally reverential obituary for Fidel Castro, which buried any hint that he was a mass-murdering Marxist autocrat to the bottom of the article and even cast it as a “debated” part of his legacy.

It’s long past time to cut off any and all tax dollars from this dumpster fire of a news outlet.

*** end quote ***

And while we are at it, PBS and all government media operations and support!

Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: Leftist “soft on crime” policies come home to roost

Monday, July 11, 2022

https://lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com/2022/07/toms-river-police-recount-violence-shocking-disrespect-from-teens-during-holiday-incidents/

Ortley Beach & North Beaches
Toms River Police Recount Violence, Shocking Disrespect From Teens During Holiday Incidents
by Daniel Nee July 8, 2022

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Toms River police released details of two incidents over the recent Independence Day holiday period that recounted a violent mob scene playing out in Ortley Beach, with hundreds of teenagers – many intoxicated – openly taunting police officers and, at times, resorting to violence.

Over the past year, state policies on police interactions with juveniles have come under the microscope, with concerns raised over directives which bar officers from speaking with, arresting or notifying parents about illegal activities in certain circumstances. Under social justice legislation adopted over the past two years, officers could be charged with civil rights offenses if they violate the policies. The recent incidents in Ortley Beach strongly indicate that teens have caught on, challenging officers and ultimately throwing rocks at them.

Most teens in the area for the holiday weekend were “frequenting local businesses and engaging in lawful activities,” said police spokeswoman Jillian Messina, but two incidents – recounted below by police in a statement issued Friday – generated a significant police response.

*** end quote ***

This is the complete breakdown of society.

All caused by that “trophy for everyone” mentality and “juveniles aren’t responsible for their actions”!

Time to lower the boom on the miscreants.

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Technology: Publishers seek a new form of monopoly; time to revisit IP and Copyrights

Sunday, July 10, 2022

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/internet-archive-seeks-summary-judgment-federal-lawsuit-filed-publishing-companies

Internet Archive’s Controlled Digital Lending Program Is Lawful Fair Use That Preserves Traditional Library Lending in the Digital World
Press Release
July 8, 2022

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SAN FRANCISCO—The Internet Archive has asked a federal judge to rule in its favor and end a radical lawsuit, filed by four major publishing companies, that aims to criminalize library lending.

The Internet Archive, headquartered in San Francisco, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit library which preserves and provides access to cultural artifacts of all kinds in electronic form. The motion for summary judgment, filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Durie Tangri LLP, explains that the Archive’s Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) program is a lawful fair use that preserves traditional library lending in the digital world.

The brief explains how the Internet Archive is advancing the purposes of copyright law by furthering public access to knowledge and facilitating the creation of new creative and scholarly works. The Internet Archive’s digital lending hasn’t cost the publishers one penny in revenues; in fact, concrete evidence shows that the Archive’s digital lending does not and will not harm the market for books.

“Should we stop libraries from owning and lending books? No,” said Brewster Kahle, the Internet Archive’s founder and digital librarian. “We need libraries to be independent and strong, now more than ever, in a time of misinformation and challenges to democracy. That’s why we are defending the rights of libraries to serve our patrons where they are, online.”

*** end quote ***

When do we put a stop to BIG X (Pharma, Auto, Government, Medicine, etc.), in this case Big Publishing, from trying to monopolize everything?

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RENT: Did Joe profit from the save of One Million Barrels from U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to CCP-Owned Oil Company Linked to Hunter Biden

Saturday, July 9, 2022

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/07/report-joe-biden-sold-nearly-one-million-barrels-from-u-s-strategic-petroleum-reserve-to-ccp-owned-oil-company-linked-to-hunter-biden-firm/

Report: Joe Biden Sold Nearly One Million Barrels from U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to CCP-Owned Oil Company Linked to Hunter Biden Firm
Jordan Dixon-Hamilton 7 Jul 2022 3:25

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President Joe Biden’s administration sold 950,000 barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to a Chinese state-owned gas company that has financial ties to a private equity firm cofounded by Hunter Biden, according to a Washington Free Beacon report.

In April, Biden’s Department of Energy announced the nearly one million barrel sale to Unipec, which is the trading arm of Sinopec. Sinopec is wholly owned and operated by the Chinese Communist Party.

Unipec reportedly purchases oil across the globe and then apparently sells it through its Sinopec Marketing subsidiary.

*** end quote ***

If true, I guess we’ll never hear about this?

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INTERESTING: Can humans hibernate?

Friday, July 8, 2022

https://www.cnet.com/science/biology/features/chasing-ghosts-unlocking-the-mysteries-of-human-hibernation/#ftag=CAD590a51e

Chasing Ghosts: Unlocking the Mysteries of Human Hibernation

A multiyear search attempts to explain one of the most extreme, and baffling, cases of human survival.

Jackson Ryan
July 5 2022 at 5:00 a.m. PT

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Mount Rokkō towers over the Japanese city of Kobe, a landscape of rolling hills complete with hiking trails and an unparalleled view of Osaka Bay. Every year, the 3,000-foot-high peak becomes awash with the red, yellow and orange leaves of fall, making it a popular destination for barbecues and youthful revelry.

In October 2006, Rokkō provided the perfect place for Mitsutaka Uchikoshi, a 35-year-old civil servant, to go picnicking with a group of friends. After a day spent sharing food and stories near the peak, Uchikoshi’s friends decided to take the cable car back to Rokkō’s base and head home. Uchikoshi chose to hike down one of the mountain paths alone.

Then he disappeared.

On his way down, Uchikoshi lost his footing, causing him to slip, knock his head and break his pelvis. Unable to move or call for help, he lay wounded on the side of the mountain. At night the autumn cold, dropping as low as 50 degrees Fahrenheit, crept into his bones. He passed out.

After 24 days, he was found by a passing climber and transferred to Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital. He was extremely hypothermic and cold to the touch. Many of his organs were failing. According to news reports at the time, Uchikoshi’s doctors reasoned he had fallen into a state “similar to hibernation,” just like a groundhog might.

*** and ***

Uchikoshi’s hibernation had become a holy grail, but it seemed like he’d become a ghost. Chasing that ghost first led me to zombies.

*** end quote ***

Fascinating article about what might be possible.

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RANT: Wonder why the victim is in jail?

Thursday, July 7, 2022

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10988015/Shocking-moment-Manhattan-bodega-worker-stabs-customer-death-man-confronted-him.html

Manhattan bodega worker, 51, knifes gangster, 37, to death after he jumped counter and attacked him over cost of bag of chips: Locals demand he’s released from Rikers Island where he is held on $250,000 bond

  • Surveillance footage caught the moment a New York City bodega worker allegedly stabbed a customer to death after the man pushed him
  • Jose Alba, 51, was seen sitting behind a counter at the Blue Moon Convenient Store when 37-year-old Austin Simon confronted him
  • Simon then pushed the man into a shelf before yelling at another customer trying to purchase something from the store
  • He then pulls Alba out of the chair, at which point Alba allegedly pulls out a large knife, which he plunges into Simon’s neck and chest at least five times
  • Simon was later pronounced dead at a local hospital

By Melissa Koenig For Dailymail.Com
Published: 17:19 EDT, 6 July 2022 | Updated: 20:21 EDT, 6 July 2022

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Surveillance footage caught the shocking moment a New York City bodega worker allegedly stabbed a customer to death after the man confronted him about the price of some snacks.

Video shows the employee – 51-year-old Jose Alba – sitting behind a counter at the Hamilton Heights grocery store, tending to custom

*** end quote ***

I don’t understand!  But it is New York after all.

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NEWJERSEY: Phil Murphy is creating anti-gun databases

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/05/nj-democrat-gov-phil-murphy-signs-gun-safety-package-3-0-requiring-database-of-all-ammo-sold-in-state/

NJ Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy Signs ‘Gun Safety Package 3.0,’ Requiring Database of All Ammo Sold in State
AWR Hawkins 5 Jul 2022

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed “Gun Safety Package 3.0” Tuesday, creating a database of all ammo sold in the state and putting six other new gun controls in place.

NJ.com notes that the legislation also bans .50 caliber rifles, requires “micro-stamping technology” on certain new firearms, and “[makes] it easier to sue gun manufacturers and dealers over gun crimes in the state.”

Murphy referred to the seven new gun laws as “commonsense” and “smart.”

He tweeted a video of himself signing the gun control legislation:

*** end quote ***

Why does he need this database?

Will it list all the federal purchases.

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GUNS: Let’s sprinkle some “sheep dogs” (i.e., armed citizens) and make the “game” “interesting”

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-sucker-punches-woman-89-in-face-on-manhattan-street/ar-AAZ4IXj?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=fed02892078b4380886670383c19b4de

Man sucker-punches woman, 89, in face on Manhattan street
1010 Wins Newsroom – Yesterday 8:46 AM

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An 89-year-old woman was sucker-punched in the face by a man as she walked on an Upper Manhattan street this week, police said. The NYPD released images Friday of the suspect in Monday’s assault in Washington Heights. Police said the victim was walking with her family on W. 161st Street, near Broadway, around 4:30 p.m. when the man came up and slugged her in the face. The victim suffered an injury to her right eye and cheek. She refused medical attention, according to police. The assailant was last seen fleeing eastbound on W. 161st Street. Police believe he’s between 20…

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I’d really like to see old folks be able to return fire.  

I don’t know what her family consisted of but I bet there was another woman in it.  I’d like to see her “even the sides”.

As a little L libertarian, I want peace.  But everyone should have the right and ability to defend themselves.

“God made men and women; Sam colt made them equal.” — Unknown

https://reinkefaceslife.com/2006/11/02/guns-lets-sprinkle-in-a-few-sheepdogs-with-big-teeth-in-the-flock/
GUNS: Let’s sprinkle in a few “sheepdogs” with big teeth in the flock
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006 at 20:26

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“I particularly like unlimited concealed carry. If the criminal regards the general public as sheep to be shorn, then let’s sprinkle in a few “sheepdogs” with big teeth in the flock.

Guess which gay to bash? Buzz, wrong, you picked a Pink Pistol and you’re dead!

Guess which woman to bash? Buzz, wrong, you picked a Paxton Quigly and you’re dead!

Guess which brown person to bash? Buzz, wrong, you picked a Massad Ayoob and you’re dead!”

*** end quote ***

We’ve tried “gun control” laws and they don’t seem to work.  Let’s try something else.

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LIBERTY: True Meaning of Freedom on Independence Day and are we slowly losing it?

Monday, July 4, 2022

https://medium.com/texas-veterans-blog/celebrate-the-true-meaning-of-freedom-on-independence-day-afafb02fea59

Texas VLB
Jul 1, 2015
Celebrate the True Meaning of Freedom on Independence Day

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For some, freedom means the right to vote, for others it represents the opportunity for an education. Two months ago the VLB Voices of Veterans Oral History Program launched a video project called “What Freedom Means” as a way to honor our Veterans and military members on this upcoming Independence Day. We asked Texas Veterans, military members and their supporters to share their thoughts and feelings about freedom and why it’s meaningful to them.

*** and ***

All of these ideas about the liberty we enjoy remind us that we owe a lot to our Veterans and military members without whom none of these freedoms would exist. They are proud to wear their uniforms and serve this great nation, and in turn, we are proud to honor and serve them.

On this Fourth of July, as you reflect upon the anniversary of our independence, we ask that you express your gratitude to a Veteran or military member for the great sacrifices they have made for our country.

We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday!

*** end quote ***

I wonder how many people even think about how many have died or worse to “give” us out “freedom”?  

I’m sure all the politicians and bureaucrats will out in force to lead parades.  But have been selling us into bondage.

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Shut down the U.S. Department of Education

Sunday, July 3, 2022

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/06/we_should_immediately_end_nationalized_funding_of_student_tuition.html

americanthinker.com
We Should Immediately End Nationalized Funding of Student Tuition
By Jerome Corsi

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On March 30, 2010, Obama signed the Health Care and Education Act charging the U.S. Department of Education to make 100 percent of all government-funded college loans, effective on July 1 of that year. In 2010, student loan debt totaled $760 billion. In 2022, the total outstanding student loan debt will more than double to a record $1.7 trillion. In 2017, a study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York concluded that “more federal aid to students enables colleges to raise tuition more.” Raising U.S. higher education tuition costs to a level middle-class families cannot afford is not a problem as long as the government makes the taxpayer pay the price.

*** end quote ***

It’s Unconstitutional for starters.

The Gooferment is immoral, ineffective, and inefficient. As well as untrustworthy.

We once criticized Communist countries for their indoctrination camps; failing to recognize that the Gooferment Skrules here are the same thing.

#endtheDoEd

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Why you can blame crazy gas prices on Joe Biden

Saturday, July 2, 2022

This July 4th, as you fill up your car or truck, you might be tempted to blame President Joe Biden for high gasoline prices.
— Read on nypost.com/2022/07/02/why-you-can-blame-crazy-gas-prices-on-joe-biden/

No doubt who screwing the poor and middle class and it is not Big Oil. It’s the politicians and bureaucrats pushing the left’s-agenda.

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RANT: AMAZON web site does “bait and switch”!

Saturday, July 2, 2022

Order some test strips which the website promised one day delivery.  

FIne.

Went to check out and the ETA switched to SIX day delivery.

Why did Amazon waste my time?

Argh!

And, of course, no one cares.

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RANT: Walgreens “delivery” didn’t!

Saturday, July 2, 2022

Walgreens <donotreply@rxorder.walgreens.com>
Thu, Jun 30, 3:59 PM

There’s an issue with your prescription, insurance or payment information that needs your attention in the next 3 business days so that we can continue to process and ship your order.

For further questions, please contact your Walgreens.com pharmacy at (877) 250-5823.*
Thank you,
Your Walgreens Pharmacist

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Placed an order for delivery. Went thru no problem.

Two days later an email that there is a problem. No phone call!  No real alternatives.

Call and after bouncing around, I got some one who explained they do NOT fill that type of prescription. 

Argh!

Bottom line they really screwed me.

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RANT: @FedEx & @Walmart let me down

Saturday, July 2, 2022

@FedEx
@FedEx
Ordered some rush test strips; Walmar promised 7/1. Fedex took the delivered and promised 7/1. Guess what? No delivery. They both failed! And as usual no one cares

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INTERESTING: Another question to ask about a future residence

Saturday, July 2, 2022

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/06/couple-bought-home-in-seattle-then-learned-comcast-internet-would-cost-27000/#p3

Comcast-less in Seattle —
Jon Brodkin – 6/29/2022, 7:30 AM
Couple bought home in Seattle, then learned Comcast Internet would cost $27,000

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When Zachary Cohn and his wife bought a house in the Northgate neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, they didn’t expect any trouble getting home Internet service. It was only after closing on the house in July 2019 that they learned the bad news. “All six neighbors I share a property line with are wired for Comcast, but our house never was,” Cohn told Ars.

Comcast’s predecessor company had wired up the neighborhood with cable decades earlier and the ISP provides high-speed broadband to the abutting properties. But the cable TV and Internet service provider never extended a line to the house purchased by Cohn and his wife, Lauryl Zenobi.

Cohn spent many months trying to get answers from Comcast on how he and Zenobi could get Internet service. Eventually, he contacted his City Councillor’s office, which was able to get a real response from Comcast.

Comcast ultimately said it would require installing 181 feet of underground cable to connect the house and that the couple would have to pay Comcast over $27,000 to make that happen. Cohn and Zenobi did not pay the $27,000, and they’ve been relying on a 4G hotspot ever since.

*** and ***

Not our first Comcast horror story

*** end quote ***

Maybe the Comcast web site should not have said “available”?

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GMA Calls Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘First Black’ SCOTUS Justice

Friday, July 1, 2022

GMA Calls Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘First Black’ SCOTUS Justice

GMA Calls Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘First Black’ SCOTUS Justice

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Clearly either they are following an agenda or they are stupidly careless!

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POLITICAL: Could President Kamala be any worse?

Thursday, June 30, 2022

https://nypost.com/2022/06/28/if-you-think-joe-biden-is-bad-just-imagine-president-kamala/

If you think Joe Biden’s bad, just imagine President Kamala …
By Piers Morgan
June 28, 2022

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Picture the scene:

It’s July 4, 2023, and President Kamala Harris is about to address the American people about Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Poland.

She’s been leader of the free world for six months since Joe Biden, implementing the 25th Amendment, abruptly resigned on the grounds of physical and mental incapacity after the Democrats suffered the worst midterm election mauling in history, losing 120 House seats and eight Senate seats.

This beat President Grover Cleveland’s long-held ignominious 1892 record of “biggest midterm wipe-out ever” and meant the Republicans seized back full control of Congress with paralyzing, agenda-wrecking majorities.

(It was reported that Biden fell into a spontaneous catatonic state after seeing the sheer size of his failure to persuade Americans he was doing a good job, though it took White House aides several days to realize he wasn’t acting normally.)

President Harris’ tenure in office has bordered on the miraculous, in that she has managed to be even worse than her predecessor — something political experts didn’t think was possible.

In fact, her presidency has been a catalog of calamities, dominated by woke-ravaged lunacy.

Her first decision was to make freshperson Congressperson Megan Rapinoe her vice president, saying how delighted she was to appoint the first gay woman to such high office — only for Rapinoe to wreck the historic moment by issuing a furious statement saying she now identified as a non-binary bisexual womb-carrier, so had never been so offended and was quitting before she even started.

*** end quote ***

Well, since we know Slo Joe isn’t running things, who’s running the show now?

Maybe Kamala might be slightly better?

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VOCABULARY: What is a “right”?

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/french-president-macron-abortion-is-fundamental-right-women-2022-06-24/

r/worldnews

French President Macron: abortion is a fundamental right for women

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As a fat old white guy injineer, I struggle when people use words that make no sense. When they add adjectives, they don’t seem to help my understanding.

A “right” is a meme that humans have agreed that everyone “has” by virtue of their humanity with respect to other humans.

You can chat with a lion, bear, or tiger, about your “rights”.  “Rights” have to be backed up with or enforced by force.  In polite society, “rights” are mutually agreed after a long violent process of “adjudication”.  

Now we can discuss “positive” and “negative” rights.  If you have a “negative” right, it’s somethings others agree not to interfere with (i.e., “free speech”).  If you have a positive “right”, then who has an obligation to provide it?  

Hence, little L libertarians don’t believe there are any “positive” rights.

Now let us parse Macron’s statement: “fundamental right”.

Clearly, he is stating a case for a “positive” right.  Who pays?  Who is FORCED to provide this service?

I don’t understand what “fundamental” adds to the equation.

And, we have to understand that “abortion” is killing a living human being. Seriously, does anyone believe that life doesn’t NOT begin at conception. 

Finally, how about that human life that is being killed?  When do that young human get their “rights”?  If you have to draw lines, the ones that have been suggested are: conception, first heartbeat, end of the first trimester, when “born”.  From my pov as a fat old white guy injineer, it when that child can defend his “rights” — for sure!

Sigh!

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ECONOMICS: If my leased car’s value is understated, ain’t I paying from more “leave value” than I am getting?

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Ford eliminates end-of-lease purchase option for EVs

https://www.autoblog.com/2022/06/24/ford-ends-purchase-option-on-leased-vehicles/

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The “game” may be having a “rules” change because used cars are more valuable than the lease’s return price.​

So that means you the leaser (i.e., sucker) paid more for the value of the lease than calculated and you can’t recapture that at the end of the lease by selling the “pig” privately.

Seems like something akin to theft by fraud.

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GUNS: Interesting facts about Israeli AR15 carry — Seems reasonable

Monday, June 27, 2022

thttps://www.quora.com/I-carry-a-concealed-weapon-Suppose-Im-at-a-store-or-a-restaurant-inside-or-out-and-see-someone-coming-with-an-AR-How-do-I-know-when-or-if-to-shoot-Should-I-wait-till-he-starts-pointing-it-or-what

 

Israeli Girl

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In Israel soldiers are required to keep their issue weapons on them at all time, so there you’ll see young ~20 y/o women walking around with slung full auto rifles, sometimes in civilian clothes. They’re not doing this to make some kind of political point, and they’re usually friendly, so please don’t shoot them!

-Israeli carry rules prohibit magazine in gun when not in use, so her magazine is held in place with a special carrier that fits in the magazine well, keeps the mag accessible for quick use and also keeps dirt/junk out of the otherwise empty magwell.

*** end quote ***

Seems like an idea we should borrow.

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TINFOILHAT: RIP Caleb Swanigan; did the Covid Fax kill him?

Sunday, June 26, 2022

https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/caleb-swanigan-how-can-a-25-year

Caleb Swanigan: How can a 25-year-old die from natural causes?

  • The term means someone didn’t kill him and it wasn’t an accident. It is common since the jabs rolled out for young people to die unexpectedly like this. It is only happening to the vaccinated…

Steve Kirsch

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https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2022/06/21/purdue-portland-gentle-giant-caleb-biggie-swanigan-dies-too-young-25/7688219001/

Doyel: Purdue’s Caleb ‘Biggie’ Swanigan escaped brutal childhood, but story ends at age 25
Gregg Doyel
Indianapolis Star

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People are crying for Caleb “Biggie” Swanigan in West Lafayette today. People are crying at Purdue. People are crying on the south side of Indianapolis, which is where I live. A man is crying in the living room here. I’m alone.

We are emotional because Biggie was wonderful and because this isn’t the natural order of life. We don’t bury our children. No, Biggie wasn’t my child, or yours. But he was ours, you know? And he was so young. Too young, just 25, when news of his death was announced Tuesday morning.

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What does “natural causes” mean?  It seems an oddly more frequent occurrence that young healthy men just drop dead. Is this part of a large uncontrolled experiment on “We, The Sheeple”?

I’ll just adjust my tin foil hat and wait for the truth to emerge in six months.  That seems to be the lifecycle from “Conspiracy Theory” to “Generally Accepted Fact”.

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