World Views

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Re: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/tom-brad ... ts-apology

"Tom Brady 'disgraced and disrespected' Lombardi Trophy, daughter of designer wants an apology"

But the comments well-support Brady's fun with trophy! ...
Besides, tossing a trophy is benign compared to Aztec celebrations:

Re: http://www.aztec-history.com/aztec-ball-game.html

"It is said that the ball represented the head of a sacrificed victim. In Tenochtitlan, the ball court was at the foot of the blood stained stairs of the temple, and the ball game itself would often be a scene of sacrifice. It is believed that the losing coach, or even the whole team, might be sacrificed. Some historians have disputed this - it was an honour to be sacrificed (the winning team may have lost their lives)."

Rod

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Re: https://cpcnative.com/the-incredible-st ... ocal-wolf/

A Mr. Rogers "Won't you be my neighbor?" charming story.

Rod

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Re: https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/the ... oin-psyop/

"Fast forward to 2021 and Bitcoin 'devolved' from an independent payment system to a 'store of value'."

"Bitcoin is now just a giant house of cards, completely manipulated just like everything else Wall Street touches."

Actually, not a problem if you like to play the game ...
(and can afford any losses ... or can "time the market" ...)
unless brokerage houses and banks are playin' the game.

Rod

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Re: https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/snow-i ... index.html

"About half of the US population is under winter weather advisories today as freezing temperatures grip the country coast to coast.
Almost 3 million customers were without power in the US as of early this morning, with the majority of outages reported in Texas."

At least, when isolated indoors because of extreme winter weather,
we can contemplate other weather problems ... like global warming.

However, "air pollution" seems better focus than "global warming":
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech ... icals.html

Rod

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

"How 'woke' teachers nationwide have cancelled Shakespeare ...
because his work has 'white supremacy, misogyny, racism, homophobia and classism' "

Who knew that the past, stepping stone to the future, could be erased so easily?
Apparently, mRNA vaccines could now be crafted to disable those memory neurons.

Rod

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Re: https://www.foxnews.com/world/universit ... l-language

"University handbook encourages staff to adopt gender-neutral language"

"Staff at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia, have been encouraged to ditch the terms 'mother' and 'father' with the hope of being more gender-inclusive. ANU's Gender-Inclusive Handbook has requested fathers to be referred to as the 'non-birthing parent' and the term 'mother' replaced with 'gestational parent,' when discussing childbirth."

Naming parental roles can be an interesting way to be gender inclusive ...
when considering family income, child-rearing (very young and older), etc.
This hints that no new terms will be succinct like 'mother' and 'father'.

The father-like person, trained to assist with birthing, is a "non-birthing parent"
And the married, childless parents are then what? "Non-parent persons" ...
and neither 'mother' nor 'father', neither 'female' nor 'male' ?

Rod

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

"US and other wealthy countries 'should move to 100% synthetic beef' to prevent climate change"

Culinary aficionados will comprehend the mystique of "faux meat"
when they finally associate "synthetic" with that which is not food
... like that which you sleep on, or wear, or walk on.

And unlike proverbial duck ("If it quacks like a duck ..."),
if exits a laboratory in a box, it's probably synthetic duck ...
but synthetic beef and chicken already waddle up front.

Rod

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Re: https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/tex ... la-to-900/

"The electricity shortage in Texas amid the cold snap has sent spot electricity prices soaring so much
that the surge in power prices equals a cost of $900 for charging a Tesla."

However, a randy reindeer for Tesla Tundra Towing would cost less ...
and aggressive reindeer get the job done! (if paid with Muskelon bitcoin)

Rod

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Re: https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/business ... index.html

"Chicken has been identified as an opportunity for growth across the industry,
with chicken almost twice the size of beef globally and growing at a faster rate"

Where's the chicken (hiding under the breading and cheese)

Of course a tasty treat!, but far from a healthy meal ...
where lean meat chicken and veggies could dominate.

Make the case that such meals improve an immune system
and even the resistance will clamor for these buns ...
such is the allure of this feisty food photo!

Rod

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Re: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spac ... SKBN2AH19E

"NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance, the most advanced robotic astrobiology lab ever flown to another world, neared the end of its seven-month, 293-million-mile (470-million-km) journey on Wednesday, hours away from a daredevil landing attempt on the Red Planet."

Amazing story, hinting that Mars Commuter Service will soon be available ... from several countries!

Children: "Let's skip Disneyland this year and go to the Red Planet!"
Father: "China is not the only country that has explored Mars!"

See also: https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/5/22266 ... s-missions

Rod

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Re: https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/business ... index.html

"Kroger will close two stores in Seattle over the city's $4-an-hour hazard pay requirement for grocery workers"

"City Council didn't consider that grocery stores — even in a pandemic — operate on razor-thin profit margins in a very competitive landscape; operating costs have increased during the pandemic and there were 'consistent financial losses' at the two (QFC) stores. With the additional hazard pay requirement, 'it becomes impossible to operate a financially sustainable business.' "

Simple math: No stores - No jobs - Less local food. Maybe remaining stores compensate the losses ...
and for closures due to increased minimum wage - these stores will probably pass on the costs to customers:
"Two-for-one sale today!" (two dollars for one apple)

Rod

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

"1983 CIA report claiming people could travel through time using technique dubbed the 'Gateway Experience' "

" 'a training system designed to bring enhanced strength, focus and coherence to the amplitude and frequency of brainwave output between left and right hemispheres so as to alter consciousness, moving it outside the physical sphere so as to ultimately escape even the restrictions of time and space'. Practical uses of the technique, according to the CIA report, include manifesting goals, converting energy to heal one's body, and even traveling across space and time to access new information."

"In 1975, Monroe's company, Monroe Industries, registered patents for an audio technique called 'Hemi-Sync', short for hemispheric synchronization. Monroe claimed that the technique could create an altered state of consciousness by using sound waves to synchronize brainwave output in the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Those sound waves, manufactured by the Monroe Institute, are still available today on Amazon starting at $969."

The $969 cost is justified by the round-trip distance traveled (one-way travel is not legal). And it might be possible to sell the "new information", but purchasers may want proof. A chaperone is required since your body does not leave while your mind travels to wherever.
If this works, get the free cure for Covid-19, but expect serious resistance from the pharmaceutical companies!

Rod

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Re: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... 796871002/

"Tennessee bill would grant fathers veto power over abortion, with no exception for rape or incest"

The bill probably needs careful wording to avoid ...
- a rapist is exercising his power over the abortion.
- father is liable if the woman dies during childbirth.
- father may not be the father of the child.

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/ ... ppier.html

"Why dying can bring you back to life (make you a much happier person)"

However, those who die and go on to the next plateau of life
might be happiest of all, upon awakening from the long transit.

Rod

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Re: https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/the ... ed-states/
"Temporary Collapse Of Texas Is Foreshadowing Total Collapse Of The U.S."

Good perspective on Texas' 5 days of "when Hell freezes over" (Texas can be "as hot as Hell"),
but the infrastructure logically did not anticipate such extreme cold weather for so many days!
Incidentally, nuclear war or major earthquakes or tsunamis are also events that few anticipate
yet severely test similar community preparation.

And who - worldwide - anticipated the coronavirus?
Researchers and their funding sources?

Rod

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Re: https://www.the-sun.com/news/2362406/ru ... tal-ruble/
"Russia could become first country to make entire currency DIGITAL"

Not mentioned is that every country may use its own crypto
and not the popular cryptos of Pyramid Investing, Inc. In fact,
some analysts conjecture that Pyramid cryptos were allowed
to flourish to fully develop and test the concept.

IRS-type collection agencies are familiar with ALL cryptos.

Rod

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Re: https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/health/w ... index.html
"new slang teens use to insult boys who are 'too nice' to girls"

"Urban Dictionary's top definition of a simp is 'someone who does way too much for a person they like.' "

Maybe there's an app for how much like is enough, depending on level of like.
But with this teeny logic, like seems like 'not like' in the eyes of the like 'elderly'.

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -home.html
"Cristian, the 11-year-old boy who froze to death in his family's trailer"

"Cristian Pavon's mother found him unresponsive Tuesday after his home in Conroe lost power at the weekend
... had been excited to see snow for the first time ... left playing in the snow just 24 hours before he died."

Not excusing the senator's escape for the weekend, but the video shows the boy
playing outside without hat or gloves ... and the temperature was below freezing!

I spent 10 minutes outside - in the sunshine - without hat or gloves, using a broom
to push the snow off my car; went back inside when my hands began freezing!
(Conroe is south of Dallas and just north of Houston)

Re: https://nypost.com/2021/02/20/family-of ... -for-100m/
This photo shows boy wearing nylon wind breaker - not typical for freezing weather
... unless covering warmer garments, including head beanie.

Best guess: This lawsuit will be settled out of court.

Rod

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

"Super-COVID prompts fears of a Spring surge: UK variant cases have QUADRUPLED
in Florida in 30 days and are doubling across the country every 10"

"But the emergence of variants threatens to tigger yet another surge."

(from the internet) ...

"Tigger - Boisterous and exuberant, Tigger is wonderful and one-of-a-kind.
He eagerly shares his enthusiasm with others — whether they want him to or not."

At least a tigger surge won't be so depressing!

Rod

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Re: https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/investin ... index.html

"The total number of bitcoins trading are now collectively worth more than $1 trillion. That's because the price of a bitcoin hit a number of new all-time highs Friday. One bitcoin currently costs around $55,000 -- and there are about 18.6 million bitcoins in circulation according to Coinbase. (The total number of bitcoin eventually available is capped at 21 million.)"

Interesting bit-tip about the bitcoin cap since a bitcoin (currently one of many investment "pyramids") represents a unique calculated digital value. The cap also suggests that available bitcoins will need to be continually subdivided (add another digit after the decimal point) in order to provide the medium of exchange needed by the world in its increasing billions of financial transactions

Of course, this also highlights that every transaction in the bitcoin realm will forever retain its unique identifier (as archived in HUGE databases around the world); unfathomable volumes of financial information collection for this new millennium!

EZ way to conceptualize this bitcoin phenomenon: Imagine that every purchase/sale you ever made was a bitcoin transaction. The database archives will retain evidence of all those transactions ... even after your departure from terra firma, apparently. Most likely, later researchers will be able to document your lifetime transaction history - maybe with a movie!

This leads to a super EZ way to conceptualize "bitcoin": It's just a unique numeric value that identifies every financial transaction in a database! ... and necessarily associates with the human sponsor of the transaction (albeit this info is claimed to be "anonymous"). And like license plates, identifiers with '666' (or other symbolic sequences) might reveal a new historical genre.

Rod

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Re: https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/tech/ ... than-cash/

"Musk says Bitcoin is now BETTER than real cash"

"Before you consider looking into Dogecoin, you should note that cryptocurrencies are highly volatile. This means your cash could go up
as well as down, so you need to be prepared for the risks involved. Investing is also never a guaranteed way to make money."

Apparently, writing (and Tweeting) about bitcoin "investing" is a more certain way to make money.

Rod

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Re: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/ ... -take-them

"A nutrient in pill form is not processed in the body the same way as it is when ingested from a food source. Furthermore, people believe that the proof that calcium supplements fortify bones is more robust than it really is ... the research is inconclusive. But there is a growing body of evidence that suggests no health benefit, or even worse, that calcium supplements may be harmful."

"The body can’t process more than 500 milligrams of calcium at a time. If you take a supplement with more than that,
your body has to do something with the excess."

Keep each dose under 500mg but prefer calcium (and other nutrients) from food sources - not supplements.
Does this research hint that supplements are just more "faux beef" compared to nutritious food?

Rod

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Re: https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/somet ... -outhouse/

"An Alaska woman had the scare of a lifetime when using an outhouse in the backcountry and she was attacked by a bear"
'I got out there and sat down on the toilet and immediately something bit my butt right as I sat down' "

"(Wildlife Management Biologist Carl) Koch suspects Shannon’s wound was caused by the bear
swatting at her with a paw rather than being bitten."

The swat seems more likely since no hibernating bear wants to be mooned in its dark bedroom!
And from the bear's viewpoint, that moon was not all shiny hiney.

Rod

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Re: https://www.rt.com/usa/516114-coca-cola-race-training/

"The heading for the course indicates that it will cover 'understanding what it means to be white,' and 'challenging what it means to be racist.' Students are told that 'to be less white is to: be less oppressive; be less arrogant; be less certain; be less defensive; be less ignorant; be more humble; listen; believe; break with apathy;' and 'break with white solidarity.' "

Interestingly, employees who are already "less ..."
may now be less certain about this race-focused CC job.

Rod

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Re: https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local ... it-worked/

"Young Florida women dressed as grannies to get coronavirus vaccine -- and it may have worked"
"the pair was busted when they tried to get their second shot on Wednesday"

Their granny train arrived too soon for their second dose (first dose needs weeks to get started)
... but it's symbolic that the young will compete to get these dual EUA* jabs.

* "Emergency Use Authorization makes the vaccine available for public health emergencies ...
means that the vaccine is available outside of a research study but is not yet approved (by FDA)."

Rod