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Trying to break Parkinson
FinRegRag describes a part of government with a real scientific attitude. = = = = = START QUOTE: This past Tuesday, the Brookings Institution hosted Fed Vice Chair of Supervision, Michael Barr, who spoke about progress on the US Basel III Endgame revisions, given that the last version faced much resistance within the Fed and…
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Best answer
Enid Buzz asked one of those standard questions: Q: What’s a word most people pronounce incorrectly? After the usual suspects, mostly dialectal instead of wrong, one commenter hit it. A: Incorrectly. = = = = = Reminds me of Q: What rhymes with orange? A: No it doesn’t.
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Glenn and 9/11
Greenwald has a lengthy piece on the propaganda surrounding 9/11, which hasn’t gone away. The two neocon parties are still maintaining that Islamoterrorists “hate us for our freedoms”. In 2001 I was a rabid neocon and went along with most of the Islam-hating idiocy, but this statement kept bothering me. Gradually I switched sides. One…
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The real problem
Listening to some of the reactions to the debate, one thing stands out. Immigration was a main topic, and it was Trump’s original big point in 2016. The politicians and the commentators all ignored the real problem. Crime is NOT the main problem. Immigrants and internal migrants always include some criminals, along with some ambitious…
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Real reporting
Greenwald is probably the closest thing to objective in today’s media. He’s clearly on Trump’s side now but can’t stop being fair-minded. His piece on last night’s debate started with a wandering tour of the venue by his reporter Michael Tracy, who did some REAL journalism. He showed us what was happening among the media…
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I shouldn’t complain.
In this clip, Greenwald’s reporter Michael Tracy discusses Putin’s cautious support for Harris over Trump. Russians are REALISTS, and Putin has realistic reasons for disliking Trump. Trump added far more sanctions against Russia, while Biden hasn’t added more. Trump is perfectly unreliable, breaking every promise. Despite this, our idiotic campaign against Russia for aiding Trump…
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Blurs the line
I ordered stamps from the post office online, and sort of accidentally** turned on the USPS Informer, a daily email telling you what’s incoming today. It’s surprisingly detailed, with pictures and text descriptions of each envelope. Today it showed 4 pieces of spam from the Trump cult and one utility bill, pretty much the usual…
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Political dream
Significant dream this morning. This summer I’ve been constantly short on sleep, so dreams were missing. As usual after a gap the dream was discharging complex details of architecture and people. I was assigned by my usual Alpha+ superiors to go into a downtown store and buy Kildare Shoe Polish. The Alpha+ people were helping…
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Better prescription
Ramesh Thakur at Brownstone correctly diagnoses the current Machiavellian monstrosity in US/UK/EU. His proposed solution is wrong. = = = = = START DIAGNOSIS: A perfect storm of crises has been building. It comes from still bubbling rage with governments for their single-minded obsession with Covid and the lasting damage caused by lockdowns, masks, and…
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Good news on nukes
Shepstone lists some HIGHLY encouraging developments on the nuke front. 1. A reactor in Michigan is being reactivated. 2. The Biden admin is subsidizing new and reactivated nukes. Trump didn’t. 3. Nearly all of the 94 operating reactors have extended their official licenses for 60 more years. 4. Two new reactors on an existing site…
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Makes sense
I’ve never used a cellphone so I don’t know anything about the experience. It’s not quite the same as regular web. Biles at MindMatters is discussing the increasing bans on cellphones in schools. He points to an aspect of iPhone-based life, especially for youngsters, that I didn’t realize: = = = = = START QUOTE:…
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More weather bureau poetry
Latest poem from the Weather Bureau, echoing MANY local sentiments. Soft comes the night, hoping the weeping willow smiles. Do you call this a cruel summer? Fill in the blank space. In another fortnight, heat will be a memory. I want lavender haze of such evenings; but I shake it off. As I’m the anti-hero,…
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This is a philosophy????
A brand new REVOLUTIONARY radical way of parenting tries to let kids get out of the house and try things for themselves. This is known as the “Let Grow Philosophy”. It gradually pulls anxious kids out of their anxious shells. Just 30 years ago, calling normal life a “philosophy” would have been unimaginable. I’ve always…
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Funniest joke I’ve seen in ages
Since I’ve been immersed in old car sales training films, here’s a car salesman joke from Reddit. Customer: Cargo space? Salesman: Car no do that. Car no fly.
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