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Back to Magic Lanterns
Returning to the crucially important theme of science as entertainment. Before science became a tool for war and torture in 1946, science was often mixed with magic and entertainment. The Magic Lantern was the intersection of the two. This time I’m not trying for historical authenticity; I’m mixing periods and making up things that could…
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Powerful analogy
Compact Mag details the rise of greenlash in this week’s EU parliament election. Germany has taken the craziest green path in the last 10 years, shutting down its clean nuclear plants and also banning Russian gas, resulting in more coal power. Coal is genuinely dirty, but coal automatically becomes pure as angel hair when Gaia…
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ISM means Not
In general but not always, an ISM negates the work of the man whose name precedes the ISM. DarwinISM misinterprets what Charles Darwin really said and worked for. MarxISM directly and precisely negates what Karl Marx actually said. FreudISM corrupts and simplifies Sigmund Freud’s work. The same rule applies, with more exceptions, to foundations and…
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Just trying to figure out…
Spent about 30 seconds reading the fiery Twitter responses to Nate Silver’s extremely mild and hesitant heresy. Nate is a longtime loyal Democrat, a solid Hillary supporter. He tries to be data-driven, but all of his data is shaped toward the need for the Party to win. Today he said that the Party would have…
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Typo
Typo in headline: This chart shows why people are so down on the economy — even with the stock market at record highs Correcting the typo: This chart shows why people are so down on the economy — because the stock market is at record highs The stock crime is the RECIPROCAL of the economy.…
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Not bono
Reading the endless fentanyl overdoses and the hardened public reaction, I stopped to wonder what the monsters are trying to accomplish. Follow the money? Cui bono? It’s hard to see how anyone is getting rich from this nightmare. Unlike the “virus” drugs, these drugs are not coming directly from Big Pharma. They’re supposedly coming from…
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Nice visual proof
Elon’s cultists sing the praises of the Ultimate Engineer Who Made A Missile Land Where He Wanted. This is pure nonsense. The Krauts were doing it in 1944, and our guided missiles were doing it routinely in the ’50s. Here’s a nice visual proof in a Vintage.es article. In 1959 the Post Office got involved…
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Watching the football
VW has pulled back from the EV craze and decided to continue developing gas engines. They’ve moved most of their future development budget back into real car engines. The EV craze was partly motivated by Elon’s cult power and partly by Share Value imperatives. Elon’s prank follows the model of GM’s pranks from the ’50s…
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Three counterexamples
Constants and Variables: Booker T vs the Meritocrats. Before the “rights” crowd started playing their vicious game in the 1700s, caste and locality worked together to keep cultures strong and give most men and women a position that fitted their abilities and tendencies. The meritocrats busted up both caste and locality with the fraudulent claims…
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Missed the best headline
Microsoft is trying to backpedal on a new dystopian “feature” named Recall, planned for its Surface laptop. The laptop would store a complete history of everything you do, “enhanced” by AI, which means that it’s really stored on MS servers. White hat types have shown that the “feature” would be a dream for hackers. Microsoft…
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Perfect exemplar
Craig Wright continues to provide the perfect exemplar of the Professional Criminal. The pro lives to cheat. He will do dishonest things every second of every day. He will always choose the dishonest way to do every task, even if it’s harder and more costly and more damaging to his own case. Contrary to popular…
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Alien empathy
The life of an executive is purely alien to me. Managing is not in my genes or family history or training, so I’ve carefully avoided getting into such jobs. The few times I had to do a little bit of managing, I failed and hated it. Here’s a rare candid insight into how it feels,…
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BRAVO for Mexico!
I stopped following AMLO after he joined the ballgag brigade. For many years I was admiring his GENUINE POPULISM. Looks like Mexico has regained its sanity now. WHO is trying to restart the temporarily ceasefired holocaust using “bird flu” this time. A Mexican who was dying went ahead and died, and WHO instantly claimed the…
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Started later there
Worth reading! A detailed history from a former British government official in charge of science grants. Briefly: Until 1997, Britain made grants the right way, providing an annual ‘block grant’ to each lab or university to use however they wanted. In 1997 the Major admin adopted the US system of single grants awarded competitively for…
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Getting hardass
SpokaneNews has gone beyond lively to SERIOUSLY HARDASS. = = = = = START SPOKANENEWS: Imagine if the Fire Department and Medical Responders stated that they will no longer respond to Drug Overdose calls. This isn’t far fetched. Did you know that if caller reports a person passed out in a vehicle they don’t respond…
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