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Aliens
Via NewSuperstitionist: Adult starfish are not bilateral because they don’t have a body. A starfish is just a “head walking about the seafloor on its lips”. The larva is bilateral and looks like other simple invertebrates, a worm with head and tail. When it morphs into an adult, it stops expressing the genes for body…
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Doozy debunk
We always learned that doozy came from Duesenberg, which was an especially impressive car. Halfway recalled reading a debunk of the origin. The Duesenberg brothers started out as engineers at Maytag, which made gas-powered washers before it switched to electric. They departed and created their own car in 1920. It would have taken a few…
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Political warranties
Random stupid thought, impossible and unenforceable. Politicians would be more reliable if they had warranties. Donations would pay for specific promises. Breaking the promise would require refunds of the donations for this promise. If you donated to Tulsi to oppose Biden, or donated to Trump to oppose Wall Street, you should get your money back.…
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Constants and Variables on Sammy
The last day of action in Sammy’s trial brought out a set of facts that haven’t been discussed before. Why did Sammy choose to operate in the Bahamas? Because he bribed the Bahamian government. Constant: We can be sure Sammy also tried to bribe US and NY regulators. He always cheats and bribes. That’s his…
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Speaker Filter
After several weeks of meaningless games, the meaningless “office” of “Speaker” of the meaningless “House” was finally filled. They found the perfect squish, a soft-looking jellyfish with many juicy blackmail vulnerabilities, and he or she has been obligingly squishing since he or she was “elected”. He or she looks like Newt’s lesbian sister. This week…
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Kimchicillin?
One of my perpetual themes is that research sponsored by real business to solve real problems is ALWAYS better than research done by universities to satisfy government lunacy. The best real research is in agriculture. Today I learned, as they say on Reddit, that Korea has a World Institute of Kimchi. = = = =…
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Sounds like Henry Wallace
Kucinich is the only top-level politician who refuses to converge to Deepstate. He got swayed by RFK and joined as campaign manager. When RFK showed his true Deepstate colors, Kucinich immediately got the hell out. That’s the mark of maturity. Know when to hold em, fold em, walk away. RFK then replaced Kucinich with a…
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Not just any cult
A German Redditor was puzzled and bemused by a provision in his teaching job application. The application specifically banned adherents of Scientology. Most Redditors predictably screeched ALL RELIGIONS ARE EVIL! Other Germans correctly explained that Scientology is unique. Hubbard always recruited top-level elites, and used extortion and blackmail and technology to weaponize the elites as…
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Interesting case
I tuned into this clip because it’s mainly about the Sammy case. The latter part is also interesting. A t-shirt vendor tried to get a trademark on the shirt slogan ‘Trump Too Small’. The trademark office denied it because a trademark using the name of a living person must have the specific consent of the…
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Would be nice but can’t happen
A new “study” finds an obvious fact of life but misuses it dangerously. = = = = = START QUOTE: With polarization and misinformation on the rise, new research explores a solution using interactive data visualization to inform and engage readers. Getting readers of a news story interested in numbers can be a challenge. But…
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No snappy conclusions
Tiffany gives a short report on Sammy’s actual testimony. After many years of conquering everyone he wants to conquer, many years of confidently promising the world and delivering shit, he ends up mumbling a hundred versions of “I don’t remember”. I can’t think of any snappy conclusions based on Professional Criminal personality traits. This is…
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Spirits of the place
Nicely connected to Kingsnorth’s Holy Wells. A Halloween-themed article on organizational ghosts by a prof of Business at BYU. = = = = = START QUOTE: Bednar himself regularly experienced “ghostly encounters” with an organizational ghost when he interned at Walmart headquarters in 2005. He noticed that the buildings he worked in had pictures and…
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Total victory for UAW
They’ve beaten Ford, Chrysler and GM, with similarly massive improvements in wages and pensions and “tiers”. The analog method succeeds. Breaking the enemy’s unity succeeds. SAG needs to learn.
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Six digits?
Noticing some high 5-digit street addresses, started wondering if there are any six-digit addresses. This blogger explored the question thoroughly. There are three fairly systematic six-digit setups. 1. Florida was first, with the numbering along US 1 to Key West. The street numbers start at Key West and run over a hundred miles northward, so…
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