World Views

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... venue.html

"painting gets underway of huge Black Lives Matter mural on Fifth Avenue"

A great majority of the nation does not disagree that black lives are important -
disagreement is what this slogan infers about other lives relative to black lives ...
and what it infers is quite different, depending on the inferee (with "inferee"
not yet a Scrabble word!).

Considering how ugly this mural is as art, street graffiti artists
should next compete on the same wall space to create loftier expressions.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... venue.html

street graffiti artists should next compete on the same wall space to create loftier expressions

Note: This mural is painted on the street (not wall) for the obvious "benefit"
of those who work or reside in (or own) the adjoining Tower.

Go for it, Tower! Charge admission (include refreshments) to view mural
from several rooms above the street! With social distancing, many rooms
could be reserved for this new entertainment and/or education venue.
And let graffiti artists display proposals for loftier expressions.


Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... e-car.html

"Dukes of Hazzard co-stars John Schneider and Tom Wopat have addressed the long-time controversy over show's iconic General Lee car
"The stars defended use of the flag, considered a symbol of racism in the US, by the hit action/comedy show about cousins Bo and Luke"

"I have never had an African American come up to me and have any problem with it whatsoever"
"The whole politically correct generation has gotten way out of hand."

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/business ... index.html

"Chick-fil-A, the chicken fast-food chain boasting bovines as its mascot, has postponed its upcoming Cow Appreciation Day,
an annual event in which customers dress up in cow attire to get free food."

"Chick-fil-A started celebrating Cow Appreciation Day in 2005."

The best I could find for least controversial coronavirus news ...
and never knew about Cow Appreciation Day, despite many CfAs nearby
(proof of good isolation from fast food for years).

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/11-cele ... 00068.html

"GLAAD defines pansexuality as 'being attracted to all gender identities, or attracted to people regardless of gender.'
This differs from bisexuality, which is defined as 'being attracted to more than one gender'."

"Attracted to people who are attractive in a sexual way" may be the specific definition ...
considering all people who are living (all ages, all weights, all health conditions, etc.).

Being panned by a pansexual may be a good thing (they differentiate less),
but not as good as being panned by an asexual (they couldn't care less).

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/0 ... rge-floyd/

"the bottomline is clear – Floyd’s respiratory crisis was caused by the Fentanyl he had ingested before the police showed up"

Of course, pinning a man in respiratory distress to the ground is not medically helpful.
The public will not remember details of this arrest (kept out of media stories) - just the unsettling photo.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ban ... 02551.html

New identification for the two Lady A's: At Law

Best Guess: The original Lady A had rights to the name
... since the second Lady A is a recent name change.
("Lady B" might work, but has several meanings)

Apparent Summary:
- first there was Lady A ...
- then there was another Lady A (aka "Lady B") ...
- now there are two Lady C's (Cat Fight).

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/washingt ... -team-name

"Washington Redskins announced Monday they will change their team name and logo after about 87 years of using it,
in the wake of corporate and public pressure to ditch the moniker over racial connotations."

Their red color (skin) is also a significant part of the alleged "racial connotations".
However, to maintain a familiar red, an embarrassment red color might work:
https://www.color-hex.com/color-palette/17633 (#5e013e is close)

"Hues, tints, tones, shades" are best used to describe how the color should change
... if we knew what those terms mean.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.studyfinds.org/information- ... forgetful/

"While technology has made people’s lives more convenient and accessible, it has also overloaded them with never-ending to-do lists to manage and keep track of. Technology and continuous multitasking impacts our brains, it clogs them and affects people’s short-term memory."

Married men have it worse: Their own To-Do Lists and their never finished Honey-Do Lists.

She (or gender-equivalent): "Doing something would help finish the list!"
He (or gender-equivalent): "It reminds me that I'm wanted for more than pleasure."
She (or gender-equivalent): "I promise to tell you when that happens."

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/roc ... veillance/

"Is anyone surprised at this? I certainly am not, the only surprising thing is that this model
has not yet been adopted nationwide. Give it time, it will be."

... or maybe not! Consider ...

This means that if someone (or camera) identifies you as having been present (wherever for whatever),
you must be tested for the coronavirus. If the test is "positive", then you would be forced to have treatment
and/or be quarantined. The greater problem is for those random contacts (restaurant waiter, store cashier,
transportation passenger, etc.) that caused you to be swept into the dragnet.

Surprise! Some countries already perform this contact tracing.

Rod

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Re: https://www.yahoo.com/video/u-challenge ... 03936.html

"The U.S. is now officially rejecting China’s claims of sovereignty in most of the South China Sea."

"Drawing a line in the sand" (and causing serious confrontation soon)?
Alternative media suggests that such events are distractions to other problems,
like COVID-19 and overwhelming world debt (problems of both China and U.S.)

Rod

[Amigoo]

New conjecture ...

Reducing the world's obesity should minimize the effect of climate change.

Consider the resources needed to produce the food that leads to such weight gain
(and subsequent maintenance). There is no functional reason for the human body
to have such excess weight! Besides, excess weight is now known to associate
with more disease and less ability to fight infection.

Tip: "Obese" is a medical term - not criticism.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... imals.html

"The kookaburra is a funny bird anyway, just looking at them normally
they can be very odd, with crazy hairstyles and expressions."

Once you see the goat face, this is always both bird and goat (Goat Bird).

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/art ... y-happened (Sept. 1991-93)

"We imported four species of beneficial cockroaches to recycle organic matter. Unfortunately, that great evolutionary survivor -
the household cockroach - snuck in and exploded in crop-threatening numbers, as did another stowaway species, ants."

The next Biosphere might need a good recipe book for insects.

Considering all that's provided by the planet, a macro-biosphere, it's unrealistic to expect
a micro-biosphere to contain most things in the macro. For example, human protein needs
could be met by a vegetarian food source (or with dairy, fish, and fowl).

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/the ... -and-rice/

"Apparently the big reason why there is a shortage is because people are consuming far more beverages at home than usual,
and this has created a huge demand for canned drinks."

Makes sense! that people would continue to consume their habitual food and drink,
previously purchased at restaurants and entertainment venues. Then there are "preppers"
who buy even more to store at home in case of another lockdown.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/jenk ... 407986.php

"It’s time to put the grand old tradition on the shelf and unveil it only at the most appropriate times."

Actually makes sense! An old tradition having well served its purpose, but now made controversial
by protest (protest well captured by the media and replayed for days!).

Why not play the National Anthem at the beginning of a church service ...
where kneeling is more common: one knee symbolizes "country" and two knees "God"
... where difference in one's focus is important. However, lack of national media
may discourage any differentiation.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-goya ... SKCN24G0L6

"social media pressure continues for boycotting the largest Hispanic-owned U.S. food company"

Probably a misstep by the CEO but counter-productive protest (IMO) when quality foods are being boycotted,
foods once perceived as "Mexican" but now "International". Goya's loyal customers seem to have less concern
about the CEO's political opinion, judging by the unexpected increase in sales.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/north- ... in-slavery

"The reparations will not provide direct cash payments, as some have suggested, but will provide investments
in housing, health care and career growth in Black neighborhoods."

Probably how most of the nation will prefer to address the problem.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/media/san-franc ... e-disaster

"Thousands of homeless people have been housed in several of San Francisco’s empty hotels
in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus."

"It's solving exactly nothing and as a matter of fact, it's making all the problems worse," said Sandberg,
who described the scene inside the hotels as 'about as bad as you can imagine, only exponentially worse'."

Best guess: An assumption was made that a large group of SF's homeless would behave
just like any group of unrelated people staying in a hotel. However, most groups of homeless
need to be "triaged" to determine how best to accomodate them.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://miami.cbslocal.com/2020/07/15/s ... l-airport/

"Attack On Spirit Airlines’ Employees At Broward Airport" (SE Florida)

Typical venting (like toppling statues), but directed at those not at all responsible for such delays.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/3 ... ne-mystery

"Hundreds of pages of documents provide consistent detailed descriptions of the drones
and conclude the military wasn't behind the operation."

Descriptions and photo of "space potato" suggest human-crafted drones - not evidence of space aliens (IMO).
quasi-military? or subcontracted for eventual military/government use?

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/kfc- ... california

"KFC testing Beyond Fried Chicken in California for limited time"

Is it not time to kick the faux cow, faux pig, faux chicken
and eat real non-meat food "Faux" the new 'F' word!

If real food has been consumed (for centuries) to nourish bodies,
what does faux food suggest for future societal health

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5077 ... it-by-name

"Defense Department is reportedly considering a plan that would ban the Confederate flag
in agency buildings and facilities without directly naming it."

The underlying theme of current controversies about symbols (statues, flags, logos, etc.)
is that symbols have a lifespan that has to be re-evaluated occasionally. There needs be more
society-friendly ways of transitioning to more agreeable symbols without confrontation.

Still like that old symbol? Enjoy it privately (maybe in a museum).

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main ... key=228691

"WON'T require Americans to wear masks because he 'wants people to have a certain freedom' "

Highlights the problem with pandemic: Either society unites to defeat the pandemic
or all suffer the consequences ... regardless of political perspective!

Best guess: There will always be a sufficient number of survivors
to guide that society to better decisions in the future.

Rod

[Amigoo]

"Racism - belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to physical appearance
and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another." - Wikipedia

Intriguing dilemma, this modern (and popular) concept of racism,
making ANY reference to a racial group, by definition, "racism".

The problem with this definition, since behavioral traits exist
and often correlate with physical appearance, are the concepts of
"superiority" and "inferiority".

Intriguing dilemma, that it's no longer possible
to refer even to any superiority a race may possess.

By definition, everybody is the same! (no races)
So what's with "Chinese, Russian, Mexican ..."

Rod

[Amigoo]

By definition, everybody is the same! (no races)
So what's with "Chinese, Russian, Mexican ..."

Obviously, refers to people who live in those countries!
But they could all move to a different country, apparently,
and we would not notice that they moved!

Rod