GOVEROTRAGEOUS: How to get Results – Futility Closet

Saturday, October 24, 2020

Within an hour the state announced it would do the work, and today a one-lane bridge connects Vulcan to the outside world. “Our government was afraid the Russians would build the bridge,” Robinette said. “They were embarrassed into it, and nothing will convince me otherwise.”

Source: Results – Futility Closet

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That’s one way to get Gooferment to act — embarass them!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: USA Today Refused To Publish Hunter Biden Scandal Op-Ed, So Here It Is

Friday, October 23, 2020

Tyler Durden Thu, 10/22/2020 – 11:28 Authored by Glenn Harlan Reynolds, SO USA TODAY DIDN’T WANT TO RUN MY HUNTER BIDEN COLUMN THIS WEEK. My regular editor is on vacation, and I guess everyone else was afraid to touch it. So I’m sending them another column next week, and just publishing this one here.

Source: USA Today Refused To Publish Hunter Biden Scandal Op-Ed, So Here It Is

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The heads Facebook and of Twitter, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey, are now facing Senate subpoenas, the RNC has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, arguing that Twitter’s action in blacking out a damaging story constituted an illegal in-kind donation to the Biden Campaign, and most significantly, everyone is talking about the story now, with many understandably assuming that if the story were false, it would have been debunked rather than blacked out.

CNN’s Jake Tapper tweeted: ”Congrats to Twitter on its Streisand Effect award!!!” Big Tech shot itself in the foot, and it didn’t stop the signal.

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Clearly, the Gooferment MUST break up “Big Tech” to make it conform to American values of “fair play”.

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ECONOMICS: Biden’s plan to overhaul 401(k) tax breaks could force some companies to cut retirement benefits

Thursday, October 22, 2020

“When you mess up that bargain, you’re disincentivizing those small business owners from having that plan anymore,” he said. “Not only is it unfair to those small business owners, it’s going to reduce the likelihood that they’re going to offer those benefits to their employees. And that’s particularly acute in a challenging time like now.”

Source: Biden’s plan to overhaul 401(k) tax breaks could force some companies to cut retirement benefits

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Let’s go on record that “tax policy” — by EITHER party — is fraught with Unintended Consequences!

Having killed “pensions” except for Gooferment bureaucrats; now they are killing 401Ks!

Argh!

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POLITICAL: In New Biden Ad, Michigan Millionaire Claims Trump Is Killing His Nightclub

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

But it’s even more dishonest than I thought. With Biden, it usually is. Collin Anderson, Washington Free Beacon:

The struggling Michigan bar owner at the center of a Joe Biden campaign ad is actually a wealthy tech investor whose startup was seeded by a large family inheritance.

The ad, which the Biden campaign released Thursday, identifies Michigan entrepreneur Joe Malcoun as co-owner of the Blind Pig, a bar and live music venue in Ann Arbor, Mich…According to a 2018 interview with local NBC affiliate Click on Detroit, Malcoun became a well-known “angel investor” in local tech startups after receiving a large inheritance from his wife’s late grandfather roughly a decade ago. He described the inheritance as “almost like winning the lottery…

”Malcoun has also repeatedly praised Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer’s (D.) coronavirus response, saying she “is doing it right” in an April tweet.

Source: In New Biden Ad, Michigan Millionaire Claims Trump Is Killing His Nightclub

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What a duplicitous ad!

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INNOVATION: The Tunnel of Eupalinos – Futility Closet

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

When the Greek engineer Eupalinos contrived a tunnel in the 6th century B.C. to carry water through Mount Kastro to Samos, he started digging simultaneously from the north and south, hoping that the two tunnels would meet in the heart of the mountain. He arranged this through some timely doglegs: When the two teams could hear one another (meaning they were about 12 meters apart), each deviated from its course in both the horizontal (left) and vertical (right) planes:

Source: The Tunnel of Eupalinos – Futility Closet

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I’d heard about this decades ago in injineering skrule.  But didn’t realize the enormity of the undertaking.

Guess that’s why I never “grokked” the importance of civil engineering.

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POLITICAL: CNBC: Under Biden Plan, Top Tax Rate 62% | Newsmax.com

Monday, October 19, 2020

Under the tax plan from Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, people earning more than $400,000 a year could pay combined federal and state income taxes at rate of more than 62%. CNBC reported.

Source: CNBC: Under Biden Plan, Top Tax Rate 62% | Newsmax.com

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Anyone care to hazard a guess what this is going to do to the economy?

What incentive do “the rich” have to take risks and invest if the Gooferment is the majority stake holder in any gains and (probably imho) no stake in the losses.

I’d expect that investment capital to be redirected to real estate and hard assets for use after the collapse and inflation. 

Argh!

(And by the way, when the “tax increase” doesn’t yield sufficient “revenue”, I bet that 400k$ “ceiling” starts to drop. Just like the Gooferment ALWAYS does!)

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HEALTH: The Food Industry’s “model of systemic dishonesty” | NutritionFacts.org

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Ideally how much trans fat should we eat a day?

Zero, and the same goes for saturated fat and cholesterol.

Source: The Food Industry’s “model of systemic dishonesty” | NutritionFacts.org

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Guess it’s YET ANOTHER thing one should do.

“NO! … Try not! … Do or do not… there is no try.” (To do it justice, you must say the word try with all the revulsion and disgust you can put on it. Like you were talking about a rapist, a child murderer, or a politician!) — Yoda (Fictional character from George Lucas’s “Star Wars” movie)

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TECHNOLOGY: Google cleaning out the app’s inventory — RIP Trusted Contact

Saturday, October 17, 2020

Over three years ago, we launched the Trusted Contacts app as a way to help people stay up to date with their loved ones’ whereabouts. Since then, we’ve built this functionality directly into Google Maps with Location Sharing – making it even easier to share your live location with trusted friends and family.

As a result, the Trusted Contacts app will be removed from the App Store and Play Store today, and will stop being supported after December 1, 2020. If the app is installed on your device, you can continue to use it until then.

If you have created trusted contacts, you can download them from the trusted contacts page until December 1, 2020. After that date, the Trusted Contact app will no longer work and your trusted contacts will be unable to see the live location you are sharing with them from the app.

To learn more about Location Sharing in Google Maps, check out our help center.

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Too bad if you were using it.

You really are NOT in control of your tools.

Makes everything that Google “gives” you for “free” suspect that it won’t be there tomorrow.

Argh!

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POLITICAL: Why Are Chicago Prosecutors Undercharging Accused Violent Criminals?

Friday, October 16, 2020

The website CWB Chicago recently reported on the case of 33-year old Marshal Delvalle, a four time felon who was recently arrested in connection with a string of reported robberies in the city earlier this month.

Yet, even though one of the incidents was allegedly captured on video, they did not charge Marshal Delvalle with attempted murder, aggravated assault, discharging a firearm, or even being a felon in possession of a firearm. But they did charge him with robbery.

Delvalle, 33, is accused of robbing four people in two incidents that police this month said was part of a pattern that involved nine similar cases in the area.

At 8:55 a.m. on Friday, October 2, an offender wielded a baseball bat as he tried to rob a 49-year-old man outside the victim’s home on the 7000 block of North Rockwell. When the men began struggling, the victim’s wife appeared, and Delvalle got out of a nearby tan Mercury Marquis with a gun, Assistant State’s Attorney Jocelyn Schieve said.

Delvalle allegedly pointed the gun at the woman and demanded her purse. He then shot at the husband as the man ran from the scene and fired on a witness who stepped out to see what was going on, Schieve said. The witness was shot in the foot.

Source: Why Are Chicago Prosecutors Undercharging Accused Violent Criminals?

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And, any wonder why crime is out of control in Chicago!

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 TECHNOLOGY: The latest on Google Hangouts and the upgrade to Google Chat

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Over the past few years, we’ve invested in building helpful and secure products you can use to communicate and stay connected with the people in your life. This month, we unveiled Google Workspace , which includes everything you need—Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Chat, Meet and more—to get anything done, now in one place.

Source: The latest on Google Hangouts and the upgrade to Google Chat

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Anyone else confused?

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TINFOILHAT: The Fake Coronavirus ???

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

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NOTE: Readers have sent me electron microscope images of what are claimed to be “isolated COVID virus.” An image here, an image there—this is NOT the way science is done, as I will explain fully in this article. I have also been sent a CDC document that claims the COVID virus has been isolated.

I have also been sent a CDC document that claims the COVID virus has been isolated. However, that document is dated two months earlier than the CDC document that admits they do not have the virus. So it means nothing.

Last week, I wrote and published two articles (here and here) exposing the root of the poisonous tree: the CDC admits it does not have an isolated COVID virus.

Therefore, SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic virus, has never been proved to exist.

This shattering fact reveals the whole pandemic is a fraud. The virus, the test, the case numbers—all fraud. And the lockdowns were unnecessary and criminal.

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Source: The Fake Coronavirus and the Missing Study: The Secret in Plain Sight

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Sorry, but could this all be some type of giant “mistake” or worse.

Remember: “You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” — Rahm Emanuel

Did the D’s — politicians, bureaucrats, the Deep State, the Big Media, Big Tech, and a mob of liberals — use this that for its own purposes like “Orange Man Bad”!

Argh!

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VETERANS: Lawrence Brooks, the country’s oldest-known World War II veteran … …

Monday, October 12, 2020

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/acts_of_kindness/article_1577e026-05bb-11eb-a7d8-03d066f206a6.html

Oldest World War II veteran gets new roof in New Orleans, thanks to phone call, volunteers
BY KATY RECKDAHL | CONTRIBUTING WRITER
PUBLISHED OCT 3, 2020 AT 3:57 PM | UPDATED OCT 3, 2020 AT 8:56 PM

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When Lawrence Brooks, the country’s oldest-known World War II veteran, turned 111 in September, he received more than 10,000 cards, a salute from a squadron of aircraft and a happy birthday call from Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards.

His daughter, Vanessa Brooks, 60, heard her father’s end of the conversation, as the governor thanked him for his Army service and chatted with him about his big birthday. As the call concluded, it seems, the governor told Mr. Brooks to reach out if he needed anything.

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I don’t know if the Governor did anything or there was publicity that made it happen.

And, I’m very pleased with what happened!

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POLITICAL: Latest revelations show Team Obama invented RussiaGate scandal

Sunday, October 11, 2020

The US intel community found it was authentic Russian analysis, though it couldn’t judge the veracity of the claim. And President Barack Obama was briefed on it, per his CIA director, John Brennan. In notes also released last week, Brennan describes telling Obama about the “alleged approval by Hillary Clinton on July 28 of a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisers to villify [sic] Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by Russian security services.”

Source: Latest revelations show Team Obama invented RussiaGate scandal

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So everyone is going to get off scottfree.

And Biden, as part of Team Obama, gets a pass too!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: EVERY overpriced, monopolistic government “service” can be … …

Sunday, October 11, 2020

https://ncc-1776.org/tle2020/tle1087-20201004-04.html

Voting is Immoral
by stormy MON stormy@stormy.org
Special to L. Neil Smith’s The Libertarian Enterprise

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EVERY overpriced, monopolistic government “service” can be competitively privatized. Education, social services, arbitration and space travel, for example. BLM grazing lands should be sold to pay government debt. We’ve had free market health care for hundreds of years… for livestock and pets. Video streaming and Kindle are private libraries. Railroads are private roads, cars electronically billed.

Governments don’t collect taxes to provide services, they attempt “services” to gouge taxes: a protection racket. Instead, YOU can decide how to allocate your resources = consumer financial voting. In a democracy, if 51% want vanilla, all get vanilla. With freedom, you can have chocolate, strawberry or dozens of choices.

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I certainly would like to start paring Gooferment at all levels down.

Not that that will happen until the Gooferment go broke!

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ECONOMICS: Low value routine work is the easiest target for robots

Saturday, October 10, 2020

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/say-goodbye-millions-jobs-events-unfold

Say Goodbye To Millions Of Jobs As Events Unfold
by Tyler Durden
Sun, 10/04/2020 – 13:30
Authored by Bruce Wilds via Advancing Time blog

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Many jobs will not be coming back after the covid-19 crisis ends. We can say goodbye to millions of jobs as events unfold and markets evolve. Millions of small businesses being decimated by Fed policies that favor huge companies coupled with a surge in automation bodes poorly for those looking for work. Over the last three decades, robots have become far more common in factories. In many manufacturing facilities, robots do most of the work. A typical factory may contain hundreds of robots working on fully automated production lines, as it rolls by on a conveyor, a product can be welded, glued, painted, and finally assembled at a sequence of robot stations.

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Unfortunately, the current and next generation are not prepared to move up the “value chain”.

That doesn’t necessarily mean more college degrees will save you.

The world will always value “poor plumbers”, good doctors and car mechanics, and entrepreneurial people who satisfy the needs of their fellow human beings.

The essential skill to have is to recognize that “the rules” are always changing and one has to be ready to ride the “wave”.

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INTERESTING: “Unwritten Rules”! What are they?

Friday, October 9, 2020

https://reason.com/2020/10/04/unassailable-ideas-how-unwritten-rules-and-social-media-shape-discourse-in-american-higher-education/

FREE SPEECH

“Unassailable Ideas: How Unwritten Rules and Social Media Shape Discourse in American Higher Education”
Profs. Ilana Redstone and John Villasenor are guest-blogging this week about their new book.
EUGENE VOLOKH |THE VOLOKH CONSPIRACY | 10.4.2020 12:40 PM

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Redstone and Villasenor further identify and explain how three well-intentioned unwritten rules regarding identity define the current campus climate. They present myriad case studies illustrating the resulting impact on education, knowledge creation-and, increasingly the world beyond campus. They also provide a set of recommendations to build a new campus climate that would be more tolerant toward diverse perspectives and open inquiry.

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“multiculturalism, discrimination, and identity”

Isn’t “multiculturalism” merely a Gooferment fiction?  When I grew up I was “watched” by a variety of “family” members (i.e., neighbors) who were Irish, Italian, Jewish, Puerto Rican, and Black.  By Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Atheists, and Pagans.  By old and young.  And it just seemed normal.  Neighbors looking out for neighbors. “I know who you are and I know your Mother” were a frequent refrain. 

Isn’t discrimination an important skill?  One must discriminate between good and evil people.  Between things that are toxic and not.  Of course, we learned that “you can’t judge a book by its cover” applied to everyone and everything.

Isn’t “identity” another tool that Gooferment, politicians, and bureaucrats use to divide humanity into factions that they can pit against one another.  Life is NOT a zero sum game.  Don’t argue about dividing a fixed pie when together we can make the pie bigger.

Can’t wait to read this book and see if we align.

Argh!

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POLITICAL: Get Ready for Chaos – The Daily Reckoning

Thursday, October 8, 2020

And if Biden does win, it’s entirely possible he won’t be president for more than a few months. His cognitive decline, probably the result of Alzheimer’s Disease or some other form of dementia, is already apparent to observers. I realize he performed well during his debate with Trump, but Alzheimer’s does not progress in a straight line.

The type of cognitive decline Biden is suffering is not a continuous downhill slide. It’s what’s called a “step function.” That means the mental ability drops suddenly, then stabilizes or plateaus for a while, then drops again. It never improves, but it can appear stable for a time until the next sudden drop comes.

It will be relatively simple to remove Biden from office under the 25th Amendment and install Kamala Harris as Acting President. This could be followed by a formal resignation by Biden, at which point Harris would become President.This was hinted at on September 12 when Kamala Harris made reference to a coming “Harris Administration,” and again on September 15 when Joe Biden referred to the “Harris-Biden administration” at a campaign event.

These are not mere slips of the tongue, but rather a preview of the fact that a vote for Biden is really a vote for President Harris. Kamala Harris does not have the cognitive challenges of Joe Biden, but she is a malleable blank slate who will be easily handled by the radicals whom she supports.

Source: Get Ready for Chaos – The Daily Reckoning

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I hope “We, The Sheeple” are paying attention.

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GUNS: The “incorporation doctrine” is the camel’s nose

Thursday, October 8, 2020

https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2020/10/04/federal-courts-fail-again-in-washington-gun-case/

Federal Courts Fail Again in Washington Gun Case
By: Mike Maharrey|Published on: Oct 4, 2020|Categories: 2nd Amendment, Court Cases, Incorporation Doctrine

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The judge’s opinion notwithstanding, the federal government has no constitutional authority to place any restrictions on firearms. The Constitution does not delegate any firearm regulating authority to the feds, and the Second Amendment slams the door on any regulation on firearms within the scope of other constitutionally delegated powers such as regulation of commerce. “Shall not infringe” does not come with an asterisk. No terms and conditions apply. The Second Amendment absolutely prohibits any federal infringement on the right to keep and bear arms.

But this should have never been a federal case to begin with. It should have been decided in state court under the Washington state constitution. Section 24 of the state constitution restricts state regulation of firearms.

“SECTION 24 RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself, or the state, shall not be impaired, but nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing individuals or corporations to organize, maintain or employ an armed body of men.”

So why did it end up in federal court? Because of the bastardization of the 14th Amendment known as the “incorporation doctrine.”

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Everything becomes a Federal case.

Both the Section 24 of the state constitution and the Second Amendment should have protected the citizens’ right to “keep and bear arms”.

But it’s unfashionable today to have an armed citizenry.

“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand? . . .” — Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: New York Governor Cuomo Announces Jewish Redlining Policy (Updated) – Reason.com

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

New York Governor Cuomo Announces Jewish Redlining Policy (Updated)
Rather than imposing restrictions on high-density zip codes, New York will draw red lines (literally) around “clusters” in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods.
JOSH BLACKMAN |THE VOLOKH CONSPIRACY | 10.6.2020 11:24 PM

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During the New Deal, the Roosevelt administration rated communities based on whether they were desirable for lending. The government color-coded the maps to give banks a helpful guide. More desirable areas were outlined in green. Declining areas were outlined in yellow. And risk neighborhoods were outlined in red. Unsurprisingly, the “redlined” neighborhoods tended to be poor, black communities. And, in turn, banks denied loans to these redlined communities. To this day, the legacy of redlining is still felt, especially in urban areas.

Did anyone in Governor Cuomo’s office reflect on this history? Today, the New York Governor announced a new policy to contain COVID-19. His administration will color-code neighborhoods based on the COVID-19 infection rate. Yellow neighborhoods will have light restrictions. Orange neighborhoods will have heavy restrictions. And red neighborhoods will have stringent restrictions. All schools will be closed in red and orange neighborhoods. In red zones, houses of worship will have strict 10 person caps, regardless of capacity.

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Source: New York Governor Cuomo Announces Jewish Redlining Policy (Updated) – Reason.com

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Stunning that Cuomo and team could be so insensitive!

Not only that BUT what about the First Amendment issue?

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HEALTH: Being “plant based” is hard!

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/flashback-friday-whats-the-natural-human-diet

Flashback Friday: What’s the “Natural” Human Diet?
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM October 2nd, 2020
What can our nutrient requirements, metabolism, and physiology tell us about what we should be eating?

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If there’s one takeaway from our studies of ancestral diets, perhaps it’s that diets based largely on plant foods promote health and longevity.

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Wish it was easier to be “plant based”.  After SEVEN DECADES of eating the “Standard American Diet”, it’s hard to change habits.

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JUSTWRONG: No one should be making threats

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

https://www.ac2news.com/2020/10/censorship-concerns-senate-panel-moves-to-compel-facebook-twitter-google-ceos-to-testify/

Censorship Concerns: Senate panel moves to compel Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs to testify
Posted on October 4, 2020 by Editor

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The former CEO of Twitter just said that ‘capitalists’ will be “shot in the revolution’. Hmm. This particular billionaire is not a capitalist?

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I think this is a “threat”.  In today’s climate, it’s yelling “fire” in a crowded theater.

“Revolutionaries” may be surprised at the return “fire”.

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LIBERTY: Seems like someone needs to “fact check” the memes

Monday, October 5, 2020

https://tomwoods.com/ep-1739-the-meme-policeman-on-how-to-smash-low-iq-propaganda/

https://memepoliceman.com/

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This site is dedicated to combating false and misleading memes that are being circulated around social media.  What exactly is a meme?  In this context, it’s a picture, short post or video that gets circulated on social media. Many outlets use these visuals as a way to present and further their ideological interests.  However, often times memes are outright false or misleading, yet are shared to thousands or even millions of viewers.  While most people understand they don’t carry the weight of respected news outlets or scholarly journals, they have a way of influencing opinions on subjects, as many people get their news and ideas from their Facebook feeds, and memes have a way of sounding authoritative.

The Meme Policeman takes on these tools of propaganda, and holds them accountable to the truth.  Feel free to browse memes by category using the navigation links on top, or go to the main page and view them chronologically.

If you’ve noticed a meme that seems questionable or outright false, please send it in! The best way is to become a Patron and access the private Facebook page which I monitor along with other fans. Or send a message via Facebook to the Meme Policeman, or via the contact form below.  It will be investigated, and, if necessary, “arrested”.  Together, we can help the truth out and shame the distributors of propaganda into thinking twice about their next meme.

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Most “fact checking” is  worthless because of bias.

This site seems to be “fair”.

Certainly worth following.

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POLITICAL: Is WI in play for the Presidential election?

Sunday, October 4, 2020

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trays-of-mail-including-absentee-ballots-found-in-a-ditch-in-wisconsin

Trays of mail, including absentee ballots, found in a ditch in Wisconsin
by Carly Ortiz-Lytle, Social Media Producer | | September 23, 2020 04:37 PM

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Wisconsin is a crucial battleground state in the 2020 race. A poll conducted by Ipsos that was released on Monday showed President Trump 5 points behind former Vice President Joe Biden. The credibility interval of the poll was plus or minus 3.5 points and surveyed 609 likely Wisconsin voters.

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If a typically “blue state” is that close, then perhaps Big Media is wrong about the 2020 election.  (Again?)

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INNOVATION: Two ways to address a specific location

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Google quietly created a locator.
 
https://maps.google.com/pluscodes/

In my test, it gave me “FHG3+2Q”.

I like what3words for its simplicity.

In my test, it gave me “plus.rents.copy”.

https://map.what3words.com/plus.rents.cope

As an alternative to What3Words, I don’t think so. 

We will have to see what the market place selects. 

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RANT: WalMart plus an “amazon”!

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

WalMart promised next day delivery if I ordered in the next 15 minutes but pulled an “amazon” and delayed the delivery. If they didn’t have next day delivery, I wouldn’t have bought it. I needed something that next day; not “delayed”!

Argh!

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INNOVATION: The USA “education” needs a business process revolution

Monday, September 21, 2020

https://nypost.com/2020/09/19/colleges-are-getting-outsmarted-by-a-new-method-of-teaching/

US colleges are getting outsmarted by a whole new method of teaching
By Paulina Karpis
September 19, 2020 

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Here’s how it might work: Take the best classes from the best professors, record them, and compile them into a central digital library. Rather than completing structured programs, students could access the content they’re seeking at any time, in any order.

These vast libraries of “massive open online courses” (MOOCs) — run by companies like Coursera and edX — already feature content from Harvard, MIT, you name it. But they’re nowhere near as effective as they could be — drop-off rates reach 95 percent — because they’re passive.

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In a world where employers like Google and Apple are dropping degree requirements, and only 11 percent of business leaders believe that college graduates have the skills they need to succeed, alternative education makes sense.

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Almost makes me want to “unretire” and coach college student like a “SoulCycle instructors, not only because they’re edutainers with can-do attitudes”.

Hmmm, now I need a good domain name. Maybe “mentor.it” or “mentor.u”?

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