Aldous Huxley shares his visions and fears for this brave new world.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Ocasio-Cortez lashes out at Joe Biden for declaring that Israel has a right to protect itself from rocket attacks - TheBlaze
Ocasio-Cortez lashes out at Joe Biden for declaring that Israel has a right to protect itself from rocket attacks - TheBlaze:
President Joe Biden issued a statement declaring that Israel had a right to defend itself from rocket attacks and many on the left immediately recoiled in horror, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). Israel has been bombarded by dozens of rocket missile attacks for several days while violence from supporters of the Palestinian cause has erupted against Jews in several Israeli cities.
On Wednesday, Biden defended Israel after speaking via telephone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
We always knew they were nuts!-----March Study Points to Pervasive Mental Illness Among White American Liberals - Big League Politics
March Study Points to Pervasive Mental Illness Among White American Liberals - Big League Politics
"Survey data from a March Pew poll indicates that white liberals disproportionately suffer from mental illness.
Nearly half of self-identifying white liberals between the ages of 18 and 29 reported telling a doctor or a healthcare provider that they have a mental health condition.
Only 20.9% of white conservatives in the same category reported as such...Read all.
Another reason to hate America?-----Why Speaking English May Spread More Coronavirus Than Some Other Languages
Why Speaking English May Spread More Coronavirus Than Some Other Languages
"New research suggests that English speakers put more droplets into the air when they talk, which may make them more likely to spread COVID-19.
Since the novel coronavirus is spread by droplets, how spitty a language is might contribute to different rates of the disease.
Since the novel coronavirus is spread by droplets, how spitty a language is might contribute to different rates of the disease.
It all comes down to something called aspirated consonants, the sounds we make that spray more droplets of saliva into the air...Read all.
ACCORDING TO FACEBOOK’S CENSORS
Instapundit-ACCORDING TO FACEBOOK’S CENSORS:
This Article Is “Partly False.”
After Facebook’s “fact-checkers” blacklisted my previous City Journal article on the harms of forcing children to wear masks, we appealed the ruling.
It was a futile but revealing exercise.
Facebook refused to remove its “Partly False” label on the article, but at least we got an inside look at the tactics that social media companies and progressive groups use to distort science and public policy.
They exploit Facebook’s News Feed algorithm to reduce the visibility of conservatives at the Wall Street Journal, libertarians like John Stossel, and others who challenge progressive orthodoxy.
These “fact-checkers” are actually fact-blockers.--Posted by
Parents fed up with SJW politics campaign to oust Loudoun County school board members - TheBlaze
Parents fed up with SJW politics campaign to oust Loudoun County school board members - TheBlaze:
Parents of children who attend Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia have launched a new ad campaign to fight the teaching of critical race theory in their schools and oust the school board.
America’s Welfare State Is on Borrowed Time
America’s Welfare State Is on Borrowed Time
Today it is considered conventional.
- Biden has fully embraced the mad goal of giving 98% of the population lavish benefits at no cost.
"Has anyone noticed that the president has proposed increasing federal spending by nearly $1 trillion a year, while promising that 98% of Americans will pay nothing for it?
The very idea would have seemed mad to every previous generation of Americans.
...Much of the spending is designed to exploit the pandemic crisis by transforming emergency income support into permanent middle-class entitlements for toddler care, higher education, medical services and much else.
...But set aside these problems and take the Biden plans as advertised, as a tremendous expansion of government paid for by a select few taxpayers plus lots of new borrowing.
This is the apotheosis of a political transformation that began insensibly in the 1970s and has triumphed with barely a quiver of recognition, much less debate.
It may be called the borrowed-benefits syndrome...Read all.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez AOC defy science CDC mask guidance - TheBlaze
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez AOC defy science CDC mask guidance - TheBlaze:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the latest left-wing figure to not believe the science and defy the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last Thursday, the CDC announced that life could return to normal, where face masks are not necessary, for fully vaccinated Americans outdoors and in most indoor situations. However, Ocasio-Cortez won't be taking the advice from CDC health officials.
History for May 18
History for May 18 - On-This-Day.com
Pope John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyla) 1920
- 1642 - Montreal, Canada, was founded.
- 1652 - In Rhode Island, a law was passed that made slavery illegal in North America. It was the first law of its kind.
- 1896 - The U.S. Supreme court upheld the "separate but equal" policy in the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision. The ruling was overturned 58 years later with Brown vs. Board of Education.
- 1980 - Mt. Saint Helens erupted in Washington state. 57 people were killed and 3 billion in damage was done.
- 1983 - The U.S. Senate revised immigration laws and gave millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program.
- 1994 - Israel's three decades of occupation in the Gaza Strip ended as Israeli troops completed their withdrawal and Palestinian authorities took over.
- 1998 - The U.S. federal government and 20 states filed a sweeping antitrust case against Microsoft Corp., saying the computer software company had a "choke hold" on competitors which denied consumer choices by controlling 90% of the software market.
Monday, May 17, 2021
Biden administration diverts $2 billion covid funds to house migrant children - TheBlaze
Biden administration diverts $2 billion covid funds to house migrant children - TheBlaze:
The Biden administration pulled over $2 billion that was meant for COVID-19 health resources such as coronavirus testing and emergency medical supplies, and diverted the American taxpayer money to the current border crisis. President Joe Biden's Department of Health and Human Services sunk the funds into housing for the over 47,000 unaccompanied minors who have flooded across the U.S. southern border this year.
President Biden gets blasted for new 'rule' on COVID-19 vaccinations and masks: 'Kindly, screw off' - TheBlaze
President Biden gets blasted for new 'rule' on COVID-19 vaccinations and masks: 'Kindly, screw off' - TheBlaze:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finally eased indoor face mask requirements on Thursday. The new CDC guidance allows vaccinated Americans to not have to wear masks outdoor and in most indoor settings. Following the announcement, President Joe Biden issued his own new "rule" about face masks and coronavirus vaccinations, which caused a stir on social media, and many lambasted the order as "authoritarian."
Using cancel-culture as THE weapon to shout down ANY dissent!-----Today’s blacklisted American: Football coach fired for criticizing Democrat
Today’s blacklisted American: Football coach fired for criticizing Democrat"They’re coming for you next:
An offensive line coach at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga (UTC), Chris Malone, was fired just two days after he posted a tweet strongly criticizing failed Democrat candidate for governor Stacy Abrams and her part in what the coach perceived as election fraud in Georgia.
He is now suing the school and the individuals involved in his firing.
- Malone’s tweet: Congratulations to the state GA and Fat Albert @staceyabrams because you have truly shown America the true works of cheating in an election, again!!! Enjoy the buffet Big Girl!! You earned it!!! Hope the money is good, still not governor!
- The school’s immediate reaction: “Last night, a totally inappropriate social media post by a member of our football staff was brought to my attention. The entire post was appalling. The sentiments in that post do not represent the values of our football program, our Athletics department or our University,” AD Mark Wharton said at the time. “With that said, effective immediately, that individual is no longer a part of the program.”...Read all!
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Government oversight ends at the cash under the table----- Tech audit of Colonial Pipeline found 'glaring' problems | Design and Development Today
Tech audit of Colonial Pipeline found 'glaring' problems | Design and Development Today
- Consultants suggested that "an eighth-grader could have hacked into that system."
BOSTON (AP) — An outside audit three years ago of the major East Coast pipeline company hit by a cyberattack found “atrocious” information management practices and “a patchwork of poorly connected and secured systems,” its author told The Associated Press.
“We found glaring deficiencies and big problems,” said Robert F. Smallwood, whose consulting firm delivered an 89-page report in January 2018 after a six-month audit. “I mean an eighth-grader could have hacked into that system.”
How far the company, Colonial Pipeline, went to address the vulnerabilities isn't clear...Read all.
Cuomo declares New York is not ready to follow the science and implement the new CDC mask guidelines - TheBlaze
Cuomo declares New York is not ready to follow the science and implement the new CDC mask guidelines - TheBlaze:
Americans celebrated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new mask guidelines announcement Thursday that said vaccinated people can return to life without masks.
Except New Yorkers.
Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared shortly after the CDC unveiled its new mask policies that the Empire State would not be following the experts' guidance on face masks — at least not yet.
Incredible!-----Canada Wants To Control What You Say - Vlog 131
"Canada Wants To Control What You Say.
That's right, the Canadian government is trying to slip though a bill called C10.
This bill will give the government the power to regulate, control, or even cancel the content on the internet.
Everything from Facebook posts to youtube videos.
Say what we agree with or else the government may kill you channel."
Why We Can't Have Unity
Why We Can't Have Unity
Collective Identity is why we can't have Unity.
- Trump didn't divide the country. Let's get that out of the way first. There's several things that have divided us but the people who get elected are only the symptoms.
Don't believe me?
1) Dealing with groups is tempting because it's a force multiplier, and we've had "group politics" forever, but it's reached a tipping point. Everyone is considered primarily their group identity.
2) A failure to buy into this group identity ideology has been framed as racism. So we're told to believe that people with ideological differences or who question dividing everyone into group identities are not just people with different opinions, they are evil. Even arguing against the focus on group identity will get you called a racist.
3) Group identity defines nearly everything. Racism, right and wrong are no longer defined by actions or attitudes, at least by a critical percentage of the population. Right, wrong, and racism are now defined by group membership or affiliation.
- Punching isn't wrong, for example, depending on who you punch.
- Violent protest isn't wrong, for example, depending on what you protest.
- Racism isn't wrong, for example, depending on who you are racist against.
- And our LAWS also seem increasingly to depend on who you are and your group membership or affiliation...Read all!
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