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Category Archives: Knowledge
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News for Today (1/5/17)
Bogus News Story Of The Day
Dirty Money. Ever heard of door knobs? Hand shakes? Money is the not the primary victor of disease and nobody sane claims it is. But people who want to bring us into the brave new world will grasp at any straws.
In The News
In Turkey, U.S. Hand Is Seen in Nearly Every Crisis
Angry protests erupt across Mexico after 20% hike in gasoline prices
Nascent anti-Trump coalition already fracturing?
Why Did Germany Fail to Stop Terrorist?
Not In The News But Should Be
College Football’s Top Teams Are Built on Crippling Debt
Entertainment of the Day
Not the best production values, but a reasonable reconstruction of the 1986 Miami FBI Shoot Out. Note how different it is from a normal movie shoot out.
News for Today (1/4/17)
Bogus News Story Of The Day
A lot of people would argue that the below clip is great journalism and not a bogus news story. It certainly speaks the truth so it does have that going for it. But the truth that it speaks is all things we already know, such as the Iraqi army is not the most competent or that journalists are the stupidest class of people on the planet. That truth was not worth the production of a video that contained this much shear stupidity. I was groaning before it had hardly got started and my blood pressure only went up as it went along.
Spare a thought for the soldiers though.They might not be the best in the world, but they are the only unit in the Iraqi army that will fight and so rumor has it they have been made combat ineffective by the amount of casualties they have taken in the fight against ISIS. Supposedly, this is one of the reasons the advance has stalled since this video was taken.
In The News
Liberal churches are dying. But conservative churches are thriving. Take the labels with a large pinch of salt. But it is true that when people talk about the massive drop off in church attendance, they are really talking about the old (and now liberal) mainline churches. To be sure, the “growth” of conservative churches is not enough to off set this and so America is becoming a country that by and large does not go to church. But you have to remember that this article is appearing in the Washington Post. So for that readership, it is a revelation that there is no benefit for a church to be “liberal.”
Doggie in the Gay Bar: A Christmas “Tail”
A massive volcano is rumbling…right under one of Italy’s biggest cities: Report
U.S. Quietly Drops Bombshell: Wall Street Banks Have $2 Trillion European Exposure
Not In The News But Should Be
Our Unfortunate Annual Tradition: A Look At What Should Have Entered The Public Domain, But Didn’t. Stuff like this should get more press. Current copyright law is a mistake from just about any political perspective (Conservative, Liberal, whatever). The only ones behind it are the entertainment industry.
Entertainment of the Day
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News for Today (1/3/17)
Bogus News Story Of The Day
About that bogus claim that North Carolina is no longer a democracy . . .
In The News
How big can a tsunami really get?
Schumer: I wish we hadn’t triggered ‘nuclear option’
Chicago Gun Violence So High It Is Skewing National Murder Figures
Not In The News But Should Be
The Failure of Public Schooling in One Chart
Entertainment of the Day
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News for Today (1/2/17)
Bogus News Story Of The Day
Respect the paella: Rob Schneider’s culinary debacle was just the latest insult to this great Spanish dish. Just a reminder that these people are insane.
In The News
Ukraine Hates Its New Donated American Drones. The problems are being blamed on the fact that they are old and outdated. But drones are only useful against a technological competent foe if they don’t have to phone home. We have forgotten what it is like to fight people who are not goat herders.
How Did the Houthis Manage to Lob a Ballistic Missile at Mecca? I personally think that while the missiles were not supplied by Iran (being in country before the current conflict), they had to be the ones supplying the engineering to modify them to fly further. I don’t think that is something the Houthis could have manged on their own.
Unexpected Risks Found In Editing Genes To Prevent Inherited Disorders
Archbishop who smuggled arms for Palestinian jihad killers dies in the Vatican
Mysterious Marijuana-Related Illness Popping Up In Emergency Rooms
The Golden Era of Hedge Funds Draws to a Close With Clients in Revolt. Left unstated is why the pensions funds were going to Hedge Funds in the first place. In this era of low returns, hedge funds were their last best hope to keep them solvent.
Not In The News But Should Be
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Entertainment of the Day
News for Today (1/1/17)
Bogus News Story Of The Day
Russia Hysteria Infects WashPost Again: False Story About Hacking U.S. Electric Grid
In The News
Eight Facts on the “Russian Hacks”
Consumer Reports Stands By Its Verdict, Won’t Recommend Apple’s MacBook Pro
As Chicago backs off policing, its murder rate skyrockets ever higher
The Battle for Jalawla Never Ends
Not In The News But Should Be
Cornell student assaulted for being Republican speaks out: Attack ‘pushed me further to the right’. Article is not all that interesting really. In the sense that it don’t tell you anything you don’t already know. But by the same token, it is never reported and a lot of people would think you are making it up.
Entertainment of the Day
News for Today (12/31/16)
Bogus News Story Of The Day
Did Justice Scalia Believe in Dinosaurs? An Investigation. Again, a take down of a bogus news story because the real thing is to tedious.
In The News
Something About This Russia Story Stinks
New study shows cognitive decline may be influenced by interaction of genetics and… worms
What to watch for in 2017. Not what would be on my list, but raises some issues most people are not even thinking about.
Danger Close: Fancy Bear Tracking of Ukrainian Field Artillery Units
Not In The News But Should Be
EPA To Alaskans In Sub-Zero Temps: Stop Burning Wood To Keep Warm
Entertainment of the Day
Nothing for today.
Friday Links
Long day today so did little reading. But here is a selection of what I did read.
Like a boss! Iowahawk expertly dismantles media’s ‘election hacking’ B.S. Iowahawk’s series of tweets was better without the cometary, but this is the only easy way to link to most of it.
The Guardian’s Summary of Julian Assange’s Interview Went Viral and Was Completely False
UK, Australia rebuke Kerry: Quit blaming lack of progress entirely on settlements
California Democrats legalize child prostitution. A somewhat misleading headline. They did not legalize the paying for child prostitution, only thing they legalized was children offering themselves up.
Doctor Discovers Mysterious Chicken Virus That May Cause Obesity
News for Today (12/29/16)
Bogus News Story Of The Day
Open Society Needs Defending. Entire essays could be written about the failures of logic in this short article. But it is interesting nonetheless because it is written by George Soros.
In The News
Amazon Is Considering Drone-Friendly Floating Warehouses. I think somebody at Amazon reads to much science fiction.
White House On Defense After Being Exposed as Architect of Anti-Israel U.N. Action
Mining 24 Hours a Day with Robots
Not In The News But Should Be
Detention and Prosecution of Tibetans under China’s “Stability Maintenance” Campaign . One of my big tests for critics of Israel is “would you advocate that China face same boycotts and whatnot that you are advocating for Israel?” I have had people tell me that China’s occupation of Tibet was not as bad as Israel’s occupation of majority of Palestinian areas. Their grounds for thinking this was that “Tibet was not in the news as much.”
Entertainment of the Day