Saturday, April 13, 2019
Amazon Workers Record and Share What You Say Around Alexa, Reports Say | The Daily Caller
Amazon Workers Record and Share What You Say Around Alexa, Reports Say | The Daily Caller:
Amazon employees are listening and recording conversations spoken after waking Alexa in the homes of thousands of people worldwide, reports say.
Amazon’s Alexa needs more human assistance than the public may be aware of. Full-time Amazon workers spend their days “parsing as many as 1,000 audio clips per shift,” reports from Bloomburg reveal. These clips may merely be innocent phrases intended to help Alexa cope with slang and understand human speech patterns, but they also catch snippets of personal life through Alexa, such as clips workers discussed wherein they heard a woman singing off-key in the shower and a child crying for help.
Amazon’s Alexa needs more human assistance than the public may be aware of. Full-time Amazon workers spend their days “parsing as many as 1,000 audio clips per shift,” reports from Bloomburg reveal. These clips may merely be innocent phrases intended to help Alexa cope with slang and understand human speech patterns, but they also catch snippets of personal life through Alexa, such as clips workers discussed wherein they heard a woman singing off-key in the shower and a child crying for help.
College Wouldn’t Cost So Much If Students and Faculty Worked Harder - WSJ
College Wouldn’t Cost So Much If Students and Faculty Worked Harder - WSJ:
"I assign far less reading, demand less writing, and give higher grades than I did two generations ago.
One reason college is so costly and so little real learning occurs is that collegiate resources are vastly underused.
Students don’t study much, professors teach little, few people read most of the obscure papers the professors write, and even the buildings are empty most of the time.
...Surveys of student work habits find that the average amount of time spent in class and otherwise studying is about 27 hours a week.
The typical student takes classes only 32 weeks a year, so he spends fewer than 900 hours annually on academics—less time than a typical eighth-grader...
It wasn’t always this way.
...Learning takes time, so the diminution of effort surely means students are learning less..."
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"I assign far less reading, demand less writing, and give higher grades than I did two generations ago.One reason college is so costly and so little real learning occurs is that collegiate resources are vastly underused.
Students don’t study much, professors teach little, few people read most of the obscure papers the professors write, and even the buildings are empty most of the time.
...Surveys of student work habits find that the average amount of time spent in class and otherwise studying is about 27 hours a week.
The typical student takes classes only 32 weeks a year, so he spends fewer than 900 hours annually on academics—less time than a typical eighth-grader...
It wasn’t always this way.
...Learning takes time, so the diminution of effort surely means students are learning less..."
Read all.
Progressivism is a skinwalker---Michael Smith--Fans of Best of the Web Today
"One important aspect we should clearly understand is that progressivism is a skinwalker.
Navajo legend tells us that skinwalkers were medicine men who achieved the heights of power such that they could transform into animal forms to do evil.
Progressive skinwalkers are racists, sexists and bigots who transform themselves into innocent, pure doves in order to call others racists, sexists and bigots.
Skinwalkers are vulnerable to one thing - the truth.
Those who do track a skinwalker and learn of their true identity must pronounce the name of the evil one in full.
Once this happens, the skinwalker will get sick or die for the wrongs they have inflicted against others."
Ridiculous Pacifiers Are Getting Popular On Instagram
Ridiculous Pacifiers Are Getting Popular On Instagram:
- "Parents all over Instagram are going crazy sharing all kinds of funny pacifiers shoved in their kid’s mouth. Since they are only few dollars on Amazon, it’s a cheap way to get easy laughs."
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234 House Democrats, Two Republicans Co-Sponsor Bill Forcing Schools To Let Male Athletes Compete On Girls’ Sports Teams | The Daily Caller
234 House Democrats, Two Republicans Co-Sponsor Bill Forcing Schools To Let Male Athletes Compete On Girls’ Sports Teams | The Daily Caller:
Every House Democrat but one has co-sponsored a bill requiring schools to allow male athletes who identify as transgender girls to compete on female sports teams.
Democrats’ Equality Act would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make “sexual orientation and gender identity” protected characteristics under federal anti-discrimination law. Among other things, the bill would force public schools to expand female athletic teams to include biological males who identify as transgender girls.
Democrats’ Equality Act would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make “sexual orientation and gender identity” protected characteristics under federal anti-discrimination law. Among other things, the bill would force public schools to expand female athletic teams to include biological males who identify as transgender girls.
She don't quite git the irony-----Clarice Feldman - Quit laughing: Hillary Clinton responds to...
Clarice Feldman - Quit laughing: Hillary Clinton responds to...
"Quit laughing:
Hillary Clinton responds to Julian Assange's arrest: 'He has to answer for what he has done'"
"Quit laughing:
Hillary Clinton responds to Julian Assange's arrest: 'He has to answer for what he has done'"
History for April 13
History for April 13 - On-This-Day.com
Thomas Jefferson 1743 - 3rd U.S. President, Frank W. Woolworth 1852 - Merchant, created the five and ten cent store, head of F.W. Woolworth & Co., Alfred Butts 1899 - Architect, game inventor (Scrabble)
Paul Sorvino 1939 - Actor ("Law and Order", "Dick Tracy"), Tony Dow 1945 - Actor ("Leave it to Beaver"), Rick Schroder 1970 - Actor ("Silver Spoons", "NYPD Blue")
1981 - Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke received a Pulitzer Prize for her feature about an 8-year-old heroin addict named "Jimmy." Cooke relinquished the prize two days later after admitting she had fabricated the story.
1997 - Tiger Woods became the youngest person to win the Masters Tournament at the age of 21. He also set a record when he finished at 18 under par.
Friday, April 12, 2019
New York Post Fires Back At Omar’s Trivialization Of 9/11: ‘Here’s Your Something’ | The Daily Caller
New York Post Fires Back At Omar’s Trivialization Of 9/11: ‘Here’s Your Something’ | The Daily Caller:The New York Post’s front cover Thursday gave a blunt response to Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s characterization of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as “some people” who “did something.”
The headline in large white font reads, “Here’s Your Something,” coupled with an image of the World Trade Center being hit by a plane in the background.
Complicated read but this REALLY STINKS! And the media still covers it up!-----Review The Dates: Mueller Special Counsel Shaped Prosecution of Obama Lawyer Greg Craig… | The Last Refuge
Review The Dates: Mueller Special Counsel Shaped Prosecution of Obama Lawyer Greg Craig… | The Last Refuge
"There is considerable interest surrounding a federal indictment (full pdf below) of President Obama legal counsel Greg Craig today for lying to federal investigators about his lobbying efforts for Ukraine.
However, some of the details within the indictment are being conveniently glossed over. First the DOJ announcement:
Now, take a look at the dates:
"There is considerable interest surrounding a federal indictment (full pdf below) of President Obama legal counsel Greg Craig today for lying to federal investigators about his lobbying efforts for Ukraine.
However, some of the details within the indictment are being conveniently glossed over. First the DOJ announcement:
WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury today returned an indictment charging Gregory B. Craig... for willfully falsifying and concealing material facts from the FARA Unit, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001(a)(1), and for making false and misleading statements to the FARA Unit, in violation Title 22, United States Code, Section 618(a)(2). (more)
OK, so he lied to federal investigators, right?
But what’s missing from the DOJ release, that can only been caught if you actually read the indictment, is that his lies were to Robert Mueller and the special counsel.Now, take a look at the dates:
Mr. Craig was caught lying on October 19th, 2017.
Why wasn’t Greg Craig charged by the special counsel at the same time Mueller, Rosenstein and Weissmann were prosecuting Manafort or Flynn?
What we see here is a transparent political effort to enhance the Section 1001(a)(1) charge against Flynn (Team Trump), by hiding the Section 1001(a)(1) against Craig (Team Obama).
How long did Mueller, Rosenstein and Weissmann sit on the Craig evidence before turning it over to the DC prosecutors?
...Unsealed today, April 11, 2019.
Why?
Politics.
That’s why..."
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Why wasn’t Greg Craig charged by the special counsel at the same time Mueller, Rosenstein and Weissmann were prosecuting Manafort or Flynn?
Why the delay?
Even more interesting…. why hand it off?
The Section 1001(a)(1) charge is the same exact charge applied to Michael Flynn a month later.
Why did Mueller, Rosenstein and Weissmann chose to avoid Greg Craig, pass off his case, then turn around and charge Michael Flynn with the exact same violation?What we see here is a transparent political effort to enhance the Section 1001(a)(1) charge against Flynn (Team Trump), by hiding the Section 1001(a)(1) against Craig (Team Obama).
How long did Mueller, Rosenstein and Weissmann sit on the Craig evidence before turning it over to the DC prosecutors?
...Unsealed today, April 11, 2019.
Why?
Politics.
That’s why..."
Read all!
Mexican-American Trump Supporter Attacked for Wearing MAGA Hat
Mexican-American Trump Supporter Attacked for Wearing MAGA Hat
"A Hispanic Trump supporter was attacked and called a racist at a post office in Chula Vista, Calif., by a fellow customer who was triggered by her “Make America Great Again” hat.
"A Hispanic Trump supporter was attacked and called a racist at a post office in Chula Vista, Calif., by a fellow customer who was triggered by her “Make America Great Again” hat.
Paloma Zuniga said she was dropping off some packages at the USPS office on Saturday when "this mad woman cursed at me and told me I should be ashamed for wearing that hat" as she walked by.
Zuniga, who is a dual U.S. and Mexican citizen, told PJ Media by email that she then turned on her cellphone and started recording because "we go through this abuse often and I wanted others to see how violent they are while we just mind our own business."
Zuniga said many Hispanics support the president because they believe in the American Dream.
The Trumpophobe, a woman with short-cropped hair and black shorts, reacted very aggressively.
"Don't touch me and don't record me!" she spat. Turning toward the postal worker at the counter, she demanded, "Can you tell her not to record me? That's against the law." She then lunged toward Zuniga and appeared to swipe at her cellphone.
"Don't touch me! Don't touch me," Zuniga cried during the assault.
"I have a right not to be recorded!" the woman exclaimed.
"I have a right not to be harassed! You have no reason to harass me just because of my hat!" cried Zuniga.
The belligerent woman demanded that the clerk call his supervisor.
"It doesn't matter! You have no reason to harass me just because I'm wearing a Trump hat!" Zuniga repeated. "What is wrong with you?!"
"I didn't harass her," the woman told the clerk.
"Yes, you did!" Zuniga exclaimed.
"I saw it," the clerk said..."
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The police were called to the scene and Zuniga filed an incident report. She told PJ Media that she has not yet heard back from the San Diego Police Department.
...Paloma, who has nearly 75,000 Facebook followers, frequently posts memes, videos, and other pro-Trump content to her Facebook page. She also sells MAGA hats like the one she was wearing at the post office on her Facebook page. She has been photographed with conservative luminaries such as Donald Trump Jr., Joy Villa, Judge Jeanine Pirro, and Diamond and Silk.
Report: Google Manually Manipulates Search Results to Exclude Conservative Sites | Breitbart
Report: Google Manually Manipulates Search Results to Exclude Conservative Sites | Breitbart:
Google manually manipulates search results in an effort to exclude conservative websites, such as the American Spectator, the Conservative Tribune, and the Gateway Pundit, according to documents leaked to the Daily Caller.
The documents leaked to the Daily Caller, which were reportedly approved by Google executives who report directly to CEO Sundar Pichai, detail two Google policies, known as the “misrepresentation policy” and the “good neighbor policy,” which determine what websites end up in the “XPA news blacklist.”
Google manually manipulates search results in an effort to exclude conservative websites, such as the American Spectator, the Conservative Tribune, and the Gateway Pundit, according to documents leaked to the Daily Caller.
The documents leaked to the Daily Caller, which were reportedly approved by Google executives who report directly to CEO Sundar Pichai, detail two Google policies, known as the “misrepresentation policy” and the “good neighbor policy,” which determine what websites end up in the “XPA news blacklist.”
Never trust government to protect your money-----Feds charge CEOs, doctors in telemarketing scam that targeted Medicare recipients, costing taxpayers nearly $1 billion - ABC News
- Two dozen people charged in one of the largest health care scams ever.
...Using television and radio ads, as well as cold calls, the companies promised a "free or low-cost" brace for a patient's back, shoulder, wrist or knee.
Once the scammer obtained a person's insurance information, the companies would bill Medicare...
...The scheme did not go unnoticed by consumers.
In the first three months of the year alone, a government hotline received nearly 1,800 complaints..."
In the first three months of the year alone, a government hotline received nearly 1,800 complaints..."
Janet Shagam - President Trump met with Americans that live near...
Janet Shagam - President Trump met with Americans that live near..."President Trump met with Americans that live near the border - 'Donald Trump Deeply Moved by Border Crisis Stories from Texas Landowners' - https://www.breitbart.com/…/donald-trump-deeply-moved-by-b…/
Democrats met with celebrities - 'Chrissy Teigen tells top Democratic Party women they should tell Trump 'f**k you' more as she wows lawmakers alongside husband John Legend at legislative retreat' - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/…/Chrissy-Teigen-tells-women-De…
Rush Limbaugh: Barr's 'spying' probe 'monumental' - WND
Rush Limbaugh: Barr's 'spying' probe 'monumental' - WND:
“Monumental.” That’s how radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh is describing Attorney General William Barr’s statement that he believes the Obama administration was “spying” on the 2016 Trump campaign.
“I honestly don’t think that what has happened today has sunk in yet,” Limbaugh said Wednesday on his national broadcast. “For over two years the entire reason for the existence of CNN and the New York Times and all the rest of these media people was to propel, to amplify, to solidify the idea that Trump colluded with Russia and is therefore an illegitimate president and maybe a traitor, for two years. And they did it with certitude.
“I honestly don’t think that what has happened today has sunk in yet,” Limbaugh said Wednesday on his national broadcast. “For over two years the entire reason for the existence of CNN and the New York Times and all the rest of these media people was to propel, to amplify, to solidify the idea that Trump colluded with Russia and is therefore an illegitimate president and maybe a traitor, for two years. And they did it with certitude.
MIT Says We're Overlooking a Near-Term Solution To Diesel Trucking Emissions - Slashdot
MIT Says We're Overlooking a Near-Term Solution To Diesel Trucking Emissions - Slashdot"...trucking in the U.S. is still driven by diesel-fueled, compression-ignition (CI), internal combustion engines," reports Ars Technica.
According to a new paper from MIT researchers, "the best way forward is not to wait for all-electric or hydrogen-powered semis, but to build a plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) truck with an internal combustion engine/generator that can burn either gasoline or renewable ethanol or methanol." From the report:
Such a setup preserves the range and affordability that's expected of diesel long-haul trucks while significantly reducing the emissions associated with diesel. To boot, it's a near-term solution; no waiting for battery weight to fall or hydrogen refueling stations to be installed.... (The paper notes that this isn't theoretical. A 90-percent reduction in tailpipe NOx from diesel has already been achieved in light-duty gas vehicles and in the heavy-duty Cummins Westport 9 liter natural gas engine.) A flex-fuel gasoline-alcohol engine could also help freight companies achieve "both the lowest air pollution and lowest greenhouse gas emissions when the internal combustion engine operates,"...Read all!
Assange explained-----Clarice Feldman - Who better to unravel a mystery than this guy...
Clarice Feldman - Who better to unravel a mystery than this guy...
"Who better to unravel a mystery than this guy who can do Rubics Cube blindfolded?
Level 1: Assange may have committed crimes, but if he only published leaks, he's no different than the MSM. His leaks were more numerous, but appear unfiltered, true and reveal an important picture that the public deserves and needs to know, and that was being deliberately hidden from them by many corrupt institutions. So his crime is that of a whistle blower with no other avenues available to achieve justice.
Level 2: The MSM publishes leaks frequently but these are highly filtered and very often untrue. Assange is not the propagandists that the MSM are.
Level 3: If Assange solicited or participated in the generation of leaks, rather than just publishing leaks made by others, that's a bit more serious. However, can we really say that the MSM is cleared of that? Don't they goad leakers? Protect them? Pay them? Give them other quid pro quos?
Level 4B: The deep state obviously obstructed Justice for Hillary in too many ways to list here.
Level 5: Obama and the deep state spied on an opposing campaign and tried to influence the 2016 election.
Level 6: The deep state attempted a coup, harrassed people, threw them into solitary and generally acted like any police state. They highly influenced the midterms. Clearly there were crimes here that rise to the level of treason. Watergate x 100."
"Who better to unravel a mystery than this guy who can do Rubics Cube blindfolded?
Jeffrey Varasano
"Who is behind this move on Assange?
Deep Staters, Trump loyalists or non-partisan law enforcement?
Seems pretty likely it's Deep Staters.
Let me divide this into 6 levels that I see:Level 1: Assange may have committed crimes, but if he only published leaks, he's no different than the MSM. His leaks were more numerous, but appear unfiltered, true and reveal an important picture that the public deserves and needs to know, and that was being deliberately hidden from them by many corrupt institutions. So his crime is that of a whistle blower with no other avenues available to achieve justice.
Level 2: The MSM publishes leaks frequently but these are highly filtered and very often untrue. Assange is not the propagandists that the MSM are.
Level 3: If Assange solicited or participated in the generation of leaks, rather than just publishing leaks made by others, that's a bit more serious. However, can we really say that the MSM is cleared of that? Don't they goad leakers? Protect them? Pay them? Give them other quid pro quos?
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Even up thru Level 3, the public interest may lie more in openness than in protecting state secrets. The eternal question of governance, especially self-governance, is "who watches the watchers? Who polices the police?" The constitution provides almost 20 checks and balances of power, most of which have been radically eroded, as the state works 24/7 to bypass any checks, while the people go to their day jobs. We can see how difficult the truth is to disseminate, even after it's exposed, and how difficult it is to even slow, much less reverse, the continuous centralization of power. Therefore, allowing the state to punish a whistleblower is giving the state more power than is prudent. In who's interest was the whistleblower acting? His own? The people? A foreign power? Hard to see how tipping the scale further towards the state is a good thing. Especially when major, major, major crimes from within the state go unpunished and in fact are rewarded. In theory, the state protects us from foreign interests therefore we the people should be on the side of the state. Hard to see how that's true. The deep state seems like a much bigger threat to liberty right now than any particular foreign power. It's not really close, in fact.
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Level 4A: Hillary pretty much published her server for the Chinese and Russians to steal for the sole purpose of making sure that you and I didn't see her massive bribery and treason. Deleting 30000 emails under supeona adds obstruction of Justice to the charge.Level 4B: The deep state obviously obstructed Justice for Hillary in too many ways to list here.
Level 5: Obama and the deep state spied on an opposing campaign and tried to influence the 2016 election.
Level 6: The deep state attempted a coup, harrassed people, threw them into solitary and generally acted like any police state. They highly influenced the midterms. Clearly there were crimes here that rise to the level of treason. Watergate x 100."
234 House Democrats, Two Republicans Co-Sponsor Bill Forcing Schools To Let Male Athletes Compete On Girls’ Sports Teams | The Daily Caller
234 House Democrats, Two Republicans Co-Sponsor Bill Forcing Schools To Let Male Athletes Compete On Girls’ Sports Teams | The Daily Caller:
"BILL FORCING SCHOOLS TO LET MALE ATHLETES COMPETE ON GIRLS’ SPORTS TEAMS
Every House Democrat but one has co-sponsored a bill requiring schools to allow male athletes who identify as transgender girls to compete on female sports teams.
Democrats’ Equality Act would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make “sexual orientation and gender identity” protected characteristics under federal anti-discrimination law.
Among other things, the bill would force public schools to expand female athletic teams to include biological males who identify as transgender girls..."
Read all!
"BILL FORCING SCHOOLS TO LET MALE ATHLETES COMPETE ON GIRLS’ SPORTS TEAMS
Every House Democrat but one has co-sponsored a bill requiring schools to allow male athletes who identify as transgender girls to compete on female sports teams.
Among other things, the bill would force public schools to expand female athletic teams to include biological males who identify as transgender girls..."
Read all!
Barr: ‘I Think Spying Did Occur’ Against Trump Campaign | The Daily Caller
Barr: ‘I Think Spying Did Occur’ Against Trump Campaign | The Daily Caller:
Attorney General William Barr dropped a bombshell Wednesday, telling a group of senators that he believes spying against the Trump campaign did take place in 2016.
“I think spying on a political campaign is a big deal,” Barr said during an exchange with Democratic New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Attorney General William Barr dropped a bombshell Wednesday, telling a group of senators that he believes spying against the Trump campaign did take place in 2016.
“I think spying on a political campaign is a big deal,” Barr said during an exchange with Democratic New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Candace Owens clip becomes most watched C-SPAN Twitter video from a House hearing
Candace Owens clip becomes most watched C-SPAN Twitter video from a House hearing:
"A clip of a confrontation between conservative activist Candace Owens and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) has become the most-viewed C-SPAN Twitter video from a House hearing ever, according to C-SPAN.
"In less than 24 hours, this video is the most watched C-SPAN Twitter video from a House hearing (4.47 million views)," Jeremy Art, C-SPAN's social media senior specialist, said on Twitter.
"A clip of a confrontation between conservative activist Candace Owens and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) has become the most-viewed C-SPAN Twitter video from a House hearing ever, according to C-SPAN.
"In less than 24 hours, this video is the most watched C-SPAN Twitter video from a House hearing (4.47 million views)," Jeremy Art, C-SPAN's social media senior specialist, said on Twitter.
Candace Owens: "I think it's pretty apparent that Mr. Lieu believes that black people are stupid and will not pursue the full clip…That was unbelievably dishonest…I'm deeply offended by the insinuation of revealing that clip without the question that was asked of me."
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