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Wordle 234 5/6
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FIVE spot. I was worried today
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https://www.persuasion.community/p/opting-out-of-whiteness
Opting Out of Whiteness
For decades, immigrants fought to be considered white. Now that trend is reversing.
Shay Khatiri
Writes The Russia-Iran File
Feb 4
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I had always objected to race-based affirmative action on the principle that it was illiberal and anti-meritocratic. Job hunting during the pandemic changed my objection. Suddenly, despite my principled opposition, a practical part of me wished that there was affirmative action for Middle Easterners. I did the least I could do, returning to my full name, “Khashayar,” instead of Shay, in job applications as a signal to recruiters or hiring managers that I’m not that white.
My experience is an illustration of centuries of migration and assimilation in America. Immigrants who came to America always wanted to be counted as white to receive the benefits of whiteness. Now that the tides are turning, immigrants—and their descendants—want a divorce from whiteness.
Benjamin Franklin infamously wrote that America should prioritize white immigrants. On this principle, he favored restricting the immigration of “swarthy” Germans. But Germans came here, nevertheless, and they eventually became white. The same is true of the Irish, the Italians, the Jews, and the Greeks. Just like my Middle Eastern forefathers, each of these groups tried to “become” white, and they eventually did.
That racial categories are so pliable shows how inane the entire concept of race is. My great aunt, with her blonde hair, blue eyes, and fair complexion, was born in northern Iran, but my “white” friend from Indiana with his olive skin would pass as white before her. The racial categories that we have become so attached to break down with even the slightest rational pushback, and yet we refuse to let them go.
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Again again, “race” becomes such a obviously flawed perception and paradigm.
I just don’t know how to get the human “race” to move on to a better understanding of what makes humans different and what doesn’t.
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Eighteen people were rescued from Lake Erie on Sunday after they became stranded on an ice floe that broke away from land.
— Read on nypost.com/2022/02/06/us-coast-guard-rescues-18-people-from-ice-floe-on-lake-erie/
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Who pays?
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Wordle 233 6/6
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https://nypost.com/2022/02/04/3-fishermen-rescued-thanks-to-sharp-eyed-911-caller/
Three fishermen rescued off coast of Massachusetts thanks to sharp-eyed woman who called 911
By Associated Press
February 4, 2022 10:04am
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SCITUATE, Mass. — Three fishermen who clung to debris in the frigid waters off the coast of Massachusetts for nearly an hour after their boat sank survived thanks to a sharp-eyed woman on shore who was the only person to call 911.
The 55-foot (16.75-meter) Bing Bing went down so fast about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from shore on Tuesday afternoon that the crew didn’t have time to don survival suits or even make a distress call.
“The whole boat flipped over; I was thrown in the water,” crew member Joe Roderick told WCVB-TV from his hospital bed, where he was recovering from hypothermia and from swallowing saltwater and diesel fuel. The other two crew members also required hospitalization.
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Kudos to this lady, who saw something and said something. To save three souls is inspiring. The Talmud teaches, “He who saves a single life, saves the world entire.” Not exactly sure what that means, but I know there are three men who would agree.
From my fat old white guy injineer’s perspective, should not boats, especially commercial ones, have an automatic alert system? Sort of like an airliner’s black box or transponder. If the boat goes down, it should be calling for help with a location — no human intervention required.
In any event, these fellows were lucky she was “on duty” watching over them like an unseen Guardian Angel.
And, speaking up like this, about a life saving event, is certainly not being a “Karen” and the MYOB rule is not applicable in this situation. I am waiting for my turn to “save a life” or, even deliver a baby. (Have to not waste that USAF air survival training. Laugh!)
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https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/episodes/Episode-246-Political-Puritans-e811ma
The Brion McClanahan Show
By The Brion McClanahan Show
The Brion McClanahan Show discusses history, politics, and society with the slogan, “Think Locally, Act Locally.”
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A Yankee is a peculiar type of American that was born and bred in New England in the 17th century but that eventually found his way into virtually every part of the United States, and like a horde of locusts, he plunders and consumes everything he deems unholy.
The Yankee is always concerned that someone, somewhere is doing something he doesn’t like and it is his goal to ensure that stops.
This originated in Puritan theology and has been secularized in the modern age. That is why I have termed the new left the “political puritans.”
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Yup, it certainly seems that no one can MYOB.
FMPOV, I don’t want my face rubbed in whatever you’re doing. If I don’t feel that whatever you’re doing will impact my life, I really don’t care. And most of all I don’t want to pay for whatever you’re doing. Hence why I really don’t like politicians and bureaucrats.
I guess I’m not a “Yankee” or a “Karen”.
Live and let live. MYOB. AND, most of all, blessed are the Peacemakers.
Sigh!
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https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4034897/posts
You can add your COVID vaccination certificate to the Apple Wallet… but should you?
TNW ^ | 2/2 | Callum Booth
Posted on 2/2/2022, 5:01:47 PM by nickcarraway
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Spoiler: Yeah, why not?
The modern world hurts my brain. Let’s take the news that Apple enables users to store their COVID vaccination certificates in the Wallet and Health apps as an example.
When I first heard about it, I was pumped. Flashing my QR code to enter a restaurant or grab a coffee would be far simpler if it sat in my Apple Wallet. Friends, the time I’d save!
But, of course, the world had something to say about that.
We talked to 4 successful entrepreneurs This is what they wish they knew before getting started
While putting my digital certificate of vaccination in an easy-to-access place is cool… is it safe? And because I can do it, does that mean I should?
Something that seemed simple on the surface is actually a minefield. I wanted some clarity on this issue.
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COVID vaccine certificates in the Apple Wallet app: not a huge concern To put it bluntly: there are no obvious dangers of moving your vaccine certificate to the Apple Wallet. This does come with a large caveat though, as this is only true if you tightly control what apps can access your data.
In this way, vaccination certificates differ from digital IDs. The majority of the former are digital by nature, while the most common forms of identification (driver’s licenses and passports) are paper-based. Digitizing them opens a huge and wriggling can of worms — while the vaccine pass system could actually benefit from being incorporated into the Apple Wallet.
So, there you have it! A little bit of respite before the modern world messes with our heads again.
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It’s just too easy for the Gooferment make this the digital version of “show me your papers”!
It’s a BIG “NO” for me.
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-border-gets-worse-and-worse
The border gets worse and worse
by Byron York, Chief Political Correspondent | January 31, 2022 10:25 AM
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THE BORDER GETS WORSE AND WORSE. These days, the Biden White House talks a lot about the border. At press briefings, there are many questions about the border. But it’s the Russia-Ukraine border. Meanwhile, the situation on the U.S.-Mexico border is deteriorating daily.
Two new developments. One, we are learning more about the administration’s covert effort to relocate thousands of illegal border-crossers — single, adult males, not families — into the nation’s interior. We’ll talk about that today. And tomorrow, the second development — new information about the changing makeup of the thousands of people crossing the border illegally each month.
First, the relocation effort. Last week, Fox News broadcast body camera footage from security officers at New York’s Westchester County Airport, about 30 miles outside Manhattan. It was the middle of the night. An unmarked passenger jet had just landed, and a steady stream of single, adult men came down the plane’s steps. They were accompanied by federal contractors.
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The public knows very little about this process. How many illegal immigrants have been relocated? Where have they been sent? How many have been charged or convicted of crimes? How many have complied with the requirement to check in with immigration authorities? What nongovernmental organizations are assisting them? How much is the federal government paying for this? Is there a limit on how many will be relocated? And more.
The bottom line: Yes, the news is filled with reports on Ukraine, or COVID, or the latest twists and turns of the Biden agenda on Capitol Hill. But what’s happening on the border — the U.S.-Mexico border — is important news, and you need to know more about it.
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What can we do to get the Biden administration to follow the law?
They are just trying to upset the voting balance of the country and penalize the “red states” for their political votes by loading them with social costs (i.e., crime, welfare, homeless).
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THREE spot.
Hard to do better unless you’re very lucky.
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https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2022/02/27/nick-corbishley-vaccine-passport.aspx
What You Need to Know About Vax Passports, Digital IDs, CBDCs
Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola — February 27, 2022
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“The passports essentially function as a gateway to allow government to herd us into a totally new reality where our actions, our movements, our thoughts, our behavior are tracked and surveilled,” Corbishley says.
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There is no reason to permit Gooferment, any level of Gooferment, to treat us like their cattle.
When will “We, The Sheeple” object? When they are loading up the trains!
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Supreme Court to hear race-based affirmative action cases in 2022
DATED: JANUARY 30, 2022 BY SHARYL ATTKISSON
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Untouchable Subjects. Fearless, Nonpartisan Reporting.
Supreme Court to hear race-based affirmative action cases in 2022
Supreme Court has announced that it will reconsider race-based affirmative action in college admissions, a decision that could eliminate a practice that in recent years has primarily benefitted black and Hispanic applicants. The high court will specifically listen to challenges to policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC) that use […]
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You just can’t continue to use “race” and not be complicit in “racism”.
End Gooferment Skrules and everyone will be competitive!
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Jesse Watters reveals how five Democrat families used ‘power and influence’ to enrich themselves
by Kari Donovan
January 28, 2022
OPINION: This article contains commentary which may reflect the author’s opinion
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It is finally all coming together how left-wing families, who resemble the Five Families in the famous movie, The Godfather, have transformed American politics and exploited their access to power while they caused a major disaster for the rest of Americans.
“These five families are the Bidens, Kerrys, Pelosis, Schumers and”perhaps the single greatest abuser of our country’s trust – the Clintons,” Fox News host Jessie Watters said on his program, on Thursday.
Watters gave a significant smackdown to these five family’s on his show one by one- exposing their outrageous deeds against the American people. Evidence is being uncovered that a leftist mob has pushed numerous public policies, thwarting the success of regular Americans while getting themselves, their family members, and their friends filthy rich.
Fox News reported on the comingling of influence by ‘mobsters in politics’:
Jesse Watters explained how the five crime families of “The Godfather” movie represent “the five families of the Democrat Party” in Thursday’s opening monologue of “Jesse Watters Primetime.”
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Are we seeing a new “Mafia” that using the Gooferment to feather their nests?
How do we “clean” House, Senate, White House, and all the bureaucrats?
I don’t know but for sure it needs to be done.
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This drone flies using da Vinci’s 530-year-old helicopter design – CNET https://www.cnet.com/news/this-drone-flies-using-da-vincis-530-year-old-helicopter-design/#ftag=CAD590a51e
Billionaire Mark Cuban Opens Online Pharmacy To Provide Affordable Generic Drugs
By Good News Network – Jan 26, 2022
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Mark Cuban has officially launched his newest venture—the online pharmacy Cost Plus Drugs.
GNN previously reported on Cuban’s support for Texas radiologist Dr. Alex Oshymansky, who started a public benefit company to provide cheap pharmaceutical drugs.
The launch comes just weeks after the company’s pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) operation was established; both are efforts in the pursuit to help shield consumers from inflated drug prices.
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I’m trying it out.
YMMV
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Charlotte man pleads guilty to stealing $273,000 in goods while working for Amazon – WSOC TV
January 28, 2022 at 1:45 pm ESTBy WSOCTV.com News Staff
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CHARLOTTE — A former manager at an Amazon warehouse in Charlotte stole more than $273,000 in merchandise during a 15 month span, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Western District of North Carolina. On Friday, he pleaded guilty to his crime.
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So the IT system doesn’t know employee’s home addresses?
Seems like an obvious check ‘n’ balance.
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https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-maher-sonia-sotomayor-coronavirous-aoc-kyrie-irving
POLITICS ON LATE NIGHT
Published January 22
Bill Maher torches Sotomayor for botching COVID facts: ‘That’s really ignorant for a Supreme Court justice’
The HBO star also calls out AOC for going to Florida and wonders why Kyrie Irving can’t play home games
By Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News
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“Real Time” host Bill Maher returned from his holiday break Friday and took aim at liberals for their responses to and handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Along the way, the HBO host commented on U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, NBA player Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Maher kicked off the show’s panel discussion by listing all the COVID restrictions the United Kingdom is lifting from mask mandates to vaccine passports, saying “They’re getting back to normal, we should follow this.”
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Unfortunately, it appears that Joe Biden is using sex & race as a critical criteria for deciding who to nominate for the Breyer’s replacement.
And, worse, when selections are made for “appearance”, then we wind up with a Justice like Sonia Sotomayor. Virtually illiterate about the facts around Covid.
Hopefully the Senate will do it’s job and maybe administer an IQ test.
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