"NASA’s return to space after the Columbia disaster was “ugly” and fraught with internal arguments and mistrust, says Charles Camarda – a NASA astronaut who flew on the mission."
Monday, February 01, 2021
History for February 1
History for February 1 - On-This-Day.com
Boris Yeltsin 1931 - Russian president 1991-1999
- 1793 - France declared war on Britain and Holland.
- 1862 - "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," by Julia Ward Howe was first published in the "Atlantic Monthly."
- 1884 - The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.
- 1900 - Eastman Kodak Co. introduced the $1 Brownie box camera.
- 1919 - The first Miss America was crowned in New York City.
- 1968 - During the Vietnam War, South Vietnamese National Police Chief Brig. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan executed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head. The scene was captured in a news photograph.
- 2003 - NASA's space shuttle Columbia exploded while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. All seven astronauts on board were killed.
Sunday, January 31, 2021
FNC's Carlson: 'This Is the Most Sweeping and Audacious Assault on Civil Liberties in American History'
FNC's Carlson: 'This Is the Most Sweeping and Audacious Assault on Civil Liberties in American History':
Friday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson warned about the tactics employed by Democrats and their allies to suppress dissent and so-called divisive rhetoric of their political opponents.
Carlson said such treatment with the intention of accumulating power could ultimately result in more radicalism.
REPORT: Black Lives Matter Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize | The Daily Caller
REPORT: Black Lives Matter Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize | The Daily Caller:
However, the Insurance Information Institute reported on Property Claim Services (PCS), a company that tracked insurance claims during the Black Lives Matter riots that took place from May 26-June 8, 2020, caused the most costly damage of any civil disorders in U.S. history. According to PCS, the riots amassed an enormous amount of damage that caused between $1-2 billion in insurance claims from property owners. Despite claims of few “incidents,” the facts show that several of these protests, namely the ones that took place in Minneapolis, MN, and Kenosha, WI, resulted in massive damages and financial losses.
Electric Cars Aren’t Nearly as Green as People Think
Electric Cars Aren’t Nearly as Green as People Think"...Although electric cars are a step in the right direction, their production and charging still contribute to CO2 levels, in some cases even more than gas cars.
...Carbon dioxide emissions don’t just come out of a tailpipe.
- Next time you see an electric car or a charging station, keep in mind the emissions involved in producing the battery and the electricity used to keep it running.
...Carbon dioxide emissions don’t just come out of a tailpipe.
Electric cars emit CO2 both in their production and during their charging.
First, the production of the electric batteries requires lithium, cobalt, and manganese. Manufactures end up expending a large amount of energy on mining and processing these raw materials.
...Next time you see an electric car or a charging station, keep in mind the emissions involved in producing the battery and the electricity used to keep it running.
...At the end of the day, the direct comparison between electric cars and gas cars is irrelevant.
...At the end of the day, the direct comparison between electric cars and gas cars is irrelevant.
What really matters is the overall amount of carbon emissions involved in the production, charging, and driving of a car throughout its lifetime...Read all.
Gotta see this, these people control BILLIONS$$. And they are nuts!-----Gina McCarthy Talks About the Intersectionality of Climate Change
"This is from the official White House YouTube account.
These people are out of their minds."
Biden promised no new taxes for families making under $400K, but his Commerce nominee just said something else entirely - TheBlaze
Biden promised no new taxes for families making under $400K, but his Commerce nominee just said something else entirely - TheBlaze:
President Joe Biden promised that families making under $400,000 a year would face no new taxes under his plans, but his nominee to head the Commerce Department must have not gotten that particular memo.
This is from the Firefox folks!---We need more than deplatforming - The Mozilla Blog
We need more than deplatforming - The Mozilla Blog
"There is no question that social media played a role in the siege and take-over of the US Capitol on January 6.
...But as reprehensible as the actions of Donald Trump are, the rampant use of the internet to foment violence and hate, and reinforce white supremacy is about more than any one personality.
Donald Trump is certainly not the first politician to exploit the architecture of the internet in this way, and he won’t be the last.
"There is no question that social media played a role in the siege and take-over of the US Capitol on January 6.
...But as reprehensible as the actions of Donald Trump are, the rampant use of the internet to foment violence and hate, and reinforce white supremacy is about more than any one personality.
We need solutions that don’t start after untold damage has been done.
Changing these dangerous dynamics requires more than just the temporary silencing or permanent removal of bad actors from social media platforms.
Additional precise and specific actions must also be taken:
Changing these dangerous dynamics requires more than just the temporary silencing or permanent removal of bad actors from social media platforms.
Additional precise and specific actions must also be taken:
- Reveal who is paying for advertisements, how much they are paying and who is being targeted.
- Commit to meaningful transparency of platform algorithms so we know how and what content is being amplified, to whom, and the associated impact.
- Turn on by default the tools to amplify factual voices over disinformation.
- Work with independent researchers to facilitate in-depth studies of the platforms’ impact on people and our societies, and what we can do to improve things.
The answer is not to do away with the internet, but to build a better one that can withstand and gird against these types of challenges.
This is how we can begin to do that...Read all.
Propagandists gotta propagand.-----THIS IS CNN
THIS IS CNN
THIS IS CNN: ‘Here’s a good place to start!’
CNN asks why there’s such a deep political divide and gets handed all the mirrors.
CNN’s Parkland “town hall” was a key mile marker on the way to our current polarization.
As was this: Who Is John Sullivan, Who Was the Woman With Him and Their Appearance on CNN After the Capitol Hill Riot?--Posted by
Democrat Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill for Nationwide Mail-in Voting
Democrat Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill for Nationwide Mail-in Voting:
Two Democrat lawmakers introduced a bill on Thursday, dubbed the “Vote at Home Act,” to expand “Oregon-style” mail-in voting nationwide, contending that the move is necessary to “make real progress” in the country.
The bill, introduced by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), is designed to “fight voter suppression” as detailed by Wyden’s press release. The measure would “massively expand vote-at-home ballot access, provide voters with pre-paid ballot envelopes and enact automatic voter registration.”
Boot-licking media nerds can't even see this is total JUNK SCIENCE. Publicly funded fraud!-----University of Michigan research shows Whitmer's tough coronavirus measures saved lives | News Hits
University of Michigan research shows Whitmer's tough coronavirus measures saved lives | News Hits
"On Wednesday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivered her third State of the State address, touting her administration's success in "flattening the curve" of coronavirus cases in Michigan.
That included a "Pause to Save Lives" issued on Nov. 15, a painful blow to industries ordered to close, including bars and restaurants.
But was the pause successful in saving lives?
But was the pause successful in saving lives?
According to preliminary research from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, yes.
"Our modeling suggests that the state’s social distancing measures, although challenging for Michiganders, prevented illness and deaths, providing some relief to our already stretched health care system," said associate professor Marisa Eisenberg....
The researchers also compared Michigan's results to other Midwestern states, finding that states with higher average "government response index" fared better at containing virus...Read all.
"Our modeling suggests that the state’s social distancing measures, although challenging for Michiganders, prevented illness and deaths, providing some relief to our already stretched health care system," said associate professor Marisa Eisenberg....
The researchers also compared Michigan's results to other Midwestern states, finding that states with higher average "government response index" fared better at containing virus...Read all.
We've already accepted near total "speech control". The republic is dead. Long live the "Ministry of Truth"!
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We've already accepted near total "speech control". The republic is dead. Long live the "Ministry of Truth"!
"The CO2 Coalition tweeted out the following chart comparing temperature to CO2.
They (Twitter) took it down saying it violated their ad policy.
I guess that they "follow the science" unless it doesn't toe the company line."
The CO2 Coalition tweeted out the following chart comparing temperature to CO2. They took it down saying it violated their ad policy. I guess that they "follo…
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Google deletes 100,000 negative reviews of Robinhood on app store - TheBlaze
Google deletes 100,000 negative reviews of Robinhood on app store - TheBlaze:
On Thursday, after the stock trading app Robinhood froze trades of GameStop and other "volatile" stocks, outraged customers flooded app stores to give furious one-star reviews proclaiming their displeasure. In response, Google intervened to delete the negative reviews on the Google Play Store and protect the Robinhood app's reputation. Google confirmed that it acted to delete the negative reviews to The Verge, claiming that the dissatisfied Robinhood customers leaving negative reviews violated Google's policies by intentionally trying to drive down the app's rating.
McGill Students Tried to 'Cancel' Me Over PJ Media Articles
McGill Students Tried to 'Cancel' Me Over PJ Media Articles
"An open letter published by the McGill Student Society cited my publications in PJ Media and demanded that McGill University cancel me.
More specifically, the society demanded that my status as Emeritus Professor of Anthropology be revoked.
This letter was signed by the
- McGill Student society,
- anthropology undergraduate and graduate societies,
- four student Middle Eastern and Islamic groups, and
- a black student group.
The open letter targeted a more general policy, that of academic freedom.
The view expressed in the open letter is that academic freedom should not allow opinions that the signatories disagree with or facts that they might find uncongenial.
The signatories believe that they should be the arbiters of what may be thought, said, and written.
This is an ambitious role for students to claim, rather akin to a ministry of truth in a closed, Soviet, or Maoist dictatorship...Read all.
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