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Random peeve
Stupid irritation after trying yet again to follow the time sequence of a news story on a Facebook local group. About two years ago Facebook eliminated time order. You can still pick ‘most recent’, but this only gives you one or two new messages at the top, then continues in Zuck order after that. This…
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Proof of the old rule
After working on a project for a while I develop an internal dialect with some new words to resonate with the newly developed skills. This fits my basic rule: Language is encryption, not communication. Like birdcalls, language is MEANT to be private within a family or tribe or workplace or lodge or church. Language is…
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Cherokee Terrace (WPA)
EnidBuzz showed a fairly new ‘midcentury modern’ store that wasn’t present in the ’70s when I lived there. The building is now on the national historic register, which seems surprising. I got curious and looked up the other Enid sites. Unsurprisingly the WPA project Cherokee Terrace is on the list. I used to see the…
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All E all the time
Elon owns the conversation. First he owned the conversation in the auto industry, just as GM once did. Every move he made was copied by others, even when it clearly harmed them. The larger companies adopted EVs and lost massive amounts of money, as Elon intended. He also owned the conversation in electronics, as GE…
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Wrong question
Headline: Lawfare Exposed: How Democrats Weaponized Justice Against Trump HOW is not a mystery. Politicians have been playing the lawfare game forever. Opposition research coupled with nuisance lawsuits are a great way to distract the opponent and force him to make stupid moves. Both sides know HOW to play the game. In this specific case…
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No good explanation yet
The Due Dissidence Dudes take a close look at the sudden shift in corporate favor. In 2016 all corporations instantly hated Trump. When Trump encouraged a protest in January 2021, all corporations treated one protest as a universe-ending event, and sternly rejected everything remotely associated with the “right”. Now all corporations are flocking to suck…
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Think Olbermann is new?
Surveys in the ’50s showed Hudson customers were the most loyal of any brand. Hudson’s execs were also loyal and long-serving. Barit started just after the founding and became CEO in 1936, then stayed until the end in 1954. Styling head Frank Spring also stuck around. Here’s a rare picture of him having a bit…
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Different policy, same politicians
Some people are posting videos of arsonists starting fires in LA during the current mess. Not surprising. A couple years ago we had several big fires close to Spokane. Most were started by homeless cooking fires, but two were definitely arson. The arsonists were spotted by many people walking along the road tossing matches into…
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Greenwald shows how it’s done
While everyone else in “journalism” marches insanely to the same tyrannical beat since 1945, rigorously defending the Democrat team and killing all peasants, Greenwald shows how the Fairness Doctrine works. On the latest little “issue” with Zuck and Elon switching to Trump’s side, everyone else, and I mean EVERYONE, diligently pursues the Shared Lie. Zuck…
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Natural Law syntax
Lately I’m developing courseware on brain networks involved in language. At night my bedtime playlist includes old films about banking. The banking films have clarified several things about money that were unclear before**. For example, checks are not money. Checks don’t transfer value, checks transfer credit or trust. The combination of subjects formed a metaphor.…
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Aside from that
Protos features the California wildfires from the standard Gaian perspective. Fueled by high winds and months of drought, Reality: Southern California has centuries of drought broken by occasional rainy seasons. It’s a desert. Every coastal area has high winds sometimes. Protos also covers the tragedy as seen by the “crypto community”. = = = =…
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Gotta be branded
Pew takes a highly detailed look at the religions in Congress, comparing them with the general population. The big conclusion: Congress has more Christians than the country. The details reveal a more subtle distinction. Congress belongs to named religions far more than Americans. In percents, Congress vs America: Overall Protestant 55 to 40. Baptist 14…
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All are error signals
Cults, ideologies, swindles and get-rich schemes are all the same. All are ERROR SIGNALS, warning lights, sharp pains. All are human culture’s way of telling the ruler that LIFE IS SHIT. If a ruler wants to rule comfortably, with popular consent and very little trouble from radical movements, he needs to insure that ORDINARY PEOPLE…
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Good regardless of motive
Facebook has decided to stop using DNC censors, falsely called “fact-checkers”. The check in this phrase is the original etymological meaning as in checkmate. Check means stop the opponent’s move. Zuck is doing it to pacify Trump, but I don’t give a fuck. It’s a good thing. That’s all. The Fairness Doctrine would be better,…
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Same reason as Quora
I enjoy reading Wolf Richter’s blog for the same reason I enjoy Quora: stories of real-life experience. Wolf’s articles have great graphs, but Wolf’s blind spots interfere with the enjoyment. Some of Wolf’s commenters tell experience-based stories about the subject at hand. Today’s article deals with the collapse of Starfuckitis or whatever it’s called, the…
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