Sunday, April 28, 2019
81% of Americans say people are too easily offended these days - Washington Times
81% of Americans say people are too easily offended these days - Washington Times"Culture may seem to be dominated by trigger warning and hypersensitivity.
A sizable new poll, however, finds that 81% of Americans agree that “people are too easily offended these days,” an opinion that also spans political beliefs.
The poll found that 94% of Republicans, 82% of independents and 70% of Democrats agree with this idea.
The finding comes from a Morning Consult poll of more than 13,000 U.S. adults.
The public also reveals a certain weariness with both the culture wars and the social dynamics at work these days.
Only about a third of Americans would describe themselves as “politically correct.”...
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PHOTOS: Pope's border wall around Vatican - The American MirrorThe American Mirror
PHOTOS: Pope's border wall around Vatican - The American MirrorThe American Mirror
"While Pope Francis is in the United States effectively advocating for a borderless America, many people are amused by the irony of the giant wall surrounding his own Vatican City.
"While Pope Francis is in the United States effectively advocating for a borderless America, many people are amused by the irony of the giant wall surrounding his own Vatican City.
@realDonaldTrump - you should build a wall like that of Vatican City where the Pope lives!!#TrumpWall #Trump2016
Take the lead, Holy Father: Tear down that wall!
...The wall in these photos is something more impressive than anything even Donald Trump could build."
Amidst Unprecedented Border Crisis, The United Nations Is Trying To Undermine U.S. Asylum Law | Daily Wire
Amidst Unprecedented Border Crisis, The United Nations Is Trying To Undermine U.S. Asylum Law | Daily Wire:According to the Immigration Reform Law Institute, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is actively assisting large "caravans" of Central American migrants. The Institute reports:
'They're Basically Lying' - Mental Health Apps Caught Secretly Sharing Data - Slashdot
'They're Basically Lying' - Mental Health Apps Caught Secretly Sharing Data - Slashdot"Free apps marketed to people with depression or who want to quit smoking are hemorrhaging user data to third parties like Facebook and Google -- but often don't admit it in their privacy policies, a new study reports..." writes The Verge.
"You don't have to be a user of Facebook's or Google's services for them to have enough breadcrumbs to ID you," warns Slashdot schwit1. From the article:By intercepting the data transmissions, they discovered that 92 percent of the 36 apps shared the data with at least one third party -- mostly Facebook- and Google-run services...
..A few apps even shared what The Verge calls "very sensitive information" like self reports about substance use and user names."
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Backreaction: Yes, scientific theories have to be falsifiable. Why do we even have to talk about this?
Backreaction: Yes, scientific theories have to be falsifiable. Why do we even have to talk about this?
Thursday, April 25, 2019
An hypothesis that is not falsifiable through observation is optional.
You may believe in it or not.
Such hypotheses belong into the realm of religion.
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Yes, scientific theories have to be falsifiable. Why do we even have to talk about this?
The task of scientists is to find useful descriptions for our observations.
By useful I mean that the descriptions are either predictive or explain data already collected.
An explanation is anything that is simpler than just storing the data itself.
You may believe in it or not.
Such hypotheses belong into the realm of religion.
That much is clear, and I doubt any scientist would disagree with that..."
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Border town mayor and his wife arrested by Texas Rangers for organized illegal voting scheme - TheBlaze
The mayor of a border town in Texas was arrested Thursday and charged with allegedly orchestrating an illegal voting scheme in his own election in 2017.
The religion of peace-----Pregnant wife of Sri Lankan suicide bomber detonates bomb as police raid home | National Post
"As police entered the residence, the woman killed herself, the child she was carrying, three other young children and three police officers.
With Sri Lanka already reeling from a series of coordinated bombings, the horror continued Sunday afternoon as police raided the home of Inshaf Ahmed Ibrahim and Ilham Ibrahim, two of the suspected leaders of the plot that killed 359 people.
As police entered the residence, the wife of one of the brothers, Fatima Ibrahim, detonated yet another bomb, killing herself, the child she was pregnant with, three other young children and three Sri Lankan police officers..."
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Wow!-----YouTuber captures semitrailer speeding by cars before deadly CO crash | WREG.com
YouTuber captures semitrailer speeding by cars before deadly CO crash | WREG.com
"LAKEWOOD, Colo. -- Video appears to show a semitrailer speeding down the shoulder of eastbound Interstate 70 in Colorado before a massive crash and fire Thursday afternoon.
The crash occurred near the Denver West exit in Lakewood.
"LAKEWOOD, Colo. -- Video appears to show a semitrailer speeding down the shoulder of eastbound Interstate 70 in Colorado before a massive crash and fire Thursday afternoon.
The crash occurred near the Denver West exit in Lakewood.
...The Lakewood Police Department said the crash began when a semitrailer traveling at a high rate of speed on the eastbound side of the highway collided with other vehicles, starting a chain reaction and fire.
An estimated 12 passenger vehicles and three semitrailers were involved in the crash.
(Four killed)
The video, from Burger Planet on YouTube, appears to show the speeding semi passing stopped vehicles.
The camera is then turned to show a large smoke plume rising from where I-70 goes under Denver West Colorado Mills Parkway."
The accident was still under investigation Thursday evening."
(Four killed)
The video, from Burger Planet on YouTube, appears to show the speeding semi passing stopped vehicles.
The camera is then turned to show a large smoke plume rising from where I-70 goes under Denver West Colorado Mills Parkway."
The accident was still under investigation Thursday evening."
Bidness as usual for democrat "leaders"-----Catherine Pugh missing as FBI, IRS raid Baltimore office, home - Washington Times
Catherine Pugh missing as FBI, IRS raid Baltimore office, home - Washington Times"The days keep getting worse for (DEMOCRAT) Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh.
On Thursday, federal agents raided her homes and offices, Maryland’s governor called for her resignation “for the good of the city” and speculation swirled about her whereabouts, as she presumably is still recovering from a bout of pneumonia.
The escalating drama played out in Baltimore amid a backdrop of political isolation for the embattled first-term mayor, whose sales of her self-published “Healthy Holly” books to a medical system she oversaw and to firms seeking contracts in the city are being investigated by federal and state authorities.
Fellow Democrats have referred to her business venture, which brought her hundreds of thousands of dollars, as “self-dealing” and the ongoing scandal “an embarrassment.”...
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Trump Says He Will Declassify FBI’s Russia Probe Documents, ‘And Much More’ | The Daily Caller
President Donald Trump committed Thursday to declassifying a slew of records related to the Russia probe “and much more.”
Trump said in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity that he was “glad” he waited to declassify the documents until after the end of the special counsel’s investigation.
How to stop Google from storing your location history
How to stop Google from storing your location history
POINTS
I recently performed Google’s “Privacy Checkup” to learn a bit more about what it knows about me, and was pretty surprised at the level of detail it had on my exact locations..."
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- Google keeps a log of everywhere you go if you use Google apps and services on your phone.
- It has a creepy level of detail that might surprise you.
- Google makes it easy to find this information and limit how it can track you, though. Here’s how to do that.
I recently performed Google’s “Privacy Checkup” to learn a bit more about what it knows about me, and was pretty surprised at the level of detail it had on my exact locations..."
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How to stop Google from tracking your location history...
History for April 28
History for April 28 - On-This-Day.com
James Monroe 1758 - 5th U.S. President, nickname: The Last Cocked Hat, Odette Sansom Hallowes 1912 - Special operations during World War I, (Nelle) Harper Lee 1926 - Author ("To Kill A Mockingbird")
Saddam Hussein 1937 - Iraqi leader, Ann-Margret (Olsson) 1941 - Singer, actress ("Viva Las Vegas", "Grumpy Old Men"), Jay Leno 1950 - Comedian, television talk show host ("The Tonight Show")
Mary McDonnell 1953 - Actress
1914 - W.H. Carrier patented the design of his air conditioner.
1932 - The yellow fever vaccine for humans was announced.
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Mueller Investigation Was Driven by Pious Hypocrisy | Works and Days
Mueller Investigation Was Driven by Pious Hypocrisy | Works and Days:
Special counsel Robert Mueller's two-year, $30 million, 448-page report did not find collusion between Donald Trump and Russia.
Despite compiling private allegations of loud and obnoxious Trump behavior, Mueller also concluded that there was not any actionable case of obstruction of justice by the president. It would have been hard in any case to find that Trump obstructed Mueller's investigation of an alleged crime.
One, there was never a crime of collusion. Mueller early on in his endeavors must have realized that truth, but he pressed ahead anyway. It is almost impossible to prove obstruction of nothing.
Two,
Despite compiling private allegations of loud and obnoxious Trump behavior, Mueller also concluded that there was not any actionable case of obstruction of justice by the president. It would have been hard in any case to find that Trump obstructed Mueller's investigation of an alleged crime.
One, there was never a crime of collusion. Mueller early on in his endeavors must have realized that truth, but he pressed ahead anyway. It is almost impossible to prove obstruction of nothing.
Two,
When Did Rome Really Fall? | Intellectual Takeout
When Did Rome Really Fall? | Intellectual Takeout
"...The belief that America is in decline has led to many comparisons between our time and the fall of Rome.
A current bestseller—The Benedict Option—makes the case that Christians today must recover and preserve Western tradition much like their predecessors did in the early centuries of the Middle Ages.
The date most commonly referenced for the fall of the Roman Empire is September 4, 476 A.D., when the barbarian Odoacer sacked Rome and abolished the office of Emperor.
This date was first assigned by the English historian Edward Gibbon in his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776), and the societal conditions in Rome leading up to that date are the reference point for most apocalyptic comparisons between then and now.
But what many of you may not know is that there is considerable disagreement about when “Rome” actually fell, and even if it fell at all!
If you ask many Eastern Orthodox Christians, they will claim that the Roman Empire lasted until the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
Their reasoning?
In 330 A.D. the Emperor Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium, which he dedicated as the “new Rome” and renamed “Constantinople.”...
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"...The belief that America is in decline has led to many comparisons between our time and the fall of Rome.
The date most commonly referenced for the fall of the Roman Empire is September 4, 476 A.D., when the barbarian Odoacer sacked Rome and abolished the office of Emperor.
This date was first assigned by the English historian Edward Gibbon in his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776), and the societal conditions in Rome leading up to that date are the reference point for most apocalyptic comparisons between then and now.
But what many of you may not know is that there is considerable disagreement about when “Rome” actually fell, and even if it fell at all!
If you ask many Eastern Orthodox Christians, they will claim that the Roman Empire lasted until the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
Their reasoning?
In 330 A.D. the Emperor Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium, which he dedicated as the “new Rome” and renamed “Constantinople.”...
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5 Creepy Science Terms That Explain Your Addiction to Junk Food | Intellectual Takeout
5 Creepy Science Terms That Explain Your Addiction to Junk Food | Intellectual Takeout"Five years ago, the New York Times published an engaging exposé by Michael Moss titled “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food.”
...In case you didn’t have a chance to read it, here’s a summary of five industry-standard terms mentioned in the article that food scientists take into account when creating a food designed to be addictive.
1) “Bliss Point”
“Bliss point” is perhaps the most influential concept in junk food science.
It was coined by Dr. Howard Moskowitz (who is also known as “Dr. Bliss”) to refer to the “Goldilocks” amount of an ingredient—not too much, not too little, “just right”—that will optimize a consumer’s enjoyment of a product.
The Times article first introduced the concept of “bliss point” when recounting Moskowitz’s involvement with honing the recipe of Prego spaghetti sauces: ..."
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Sean Hannity: Imagine if the Clintons are guilty of all the crimes they have accused Trump of committing | Fox News
Sean Hannity: Imagine if the Clintons are guilty of all the crimes they have accused Trump of committing | Fox News:
The Democratic Party is officially a dumpster fire of far-left radicalism, spinning in a thousand different directions, clamoring for impeachment fantasies, subpoena stunts and, of course, far-left socialism, the likes of which would destroy this country. President Trump is standing strong against this never-ending harassment and has vowed to fight every single step of the way -- the right thing to do. . Still, Operation "Crossfire Hurricane" -- the investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia -- has now officially morphed into "Crossfire Boomerang" for the Clintons, the Democrats and all "Deep State" actors that abused power. The spotlight now shines brighter on her bought -and-paid for Russian lies, along with major new developments surrounding the notorious email server, involving Barack Obama, Anthony Weiner and more.
The Democratic Party is officially a dumpster fire of far-left radicalism, spinning in a thousand different directions, clamoring for impeachment fantasies, subpoena stunts and, of course, far-left socialism, the likes of which would destroy this country. President Trump is standing strong against this never-ending harassment and has vowed to fight every single step of the way -- the right thing to do. . Still, Operation "Crossfire Hurricane" -- the investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia -- has now officially morphed into "Crossfire Boomerang" for the Clintons, the Democrats and all "Deep State" actors that abused power. The spotlight now shines brighter on her bought -and-paid for Russian lies, along with major new developments surrounding the notorious email server, involving Barack Obama, Anthony Weiner and more.Editor of Architectural Review: Islamic Minaret Should Replace Notre Dame Spire - Geller Report
Editor of Architectural Review: Islamic Minaret Should Replace Notre Dame Spire - Geller Report- As an apology to Algerian Muslims.
By Paul Watson, Summit News, April 25, 2018
Writing in Domus, Tom Wilkinson, history editor of the Architectural Review, argues that the rebuild is an opportunity to communicate a message of political correctness.
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My Modest Proposal for the spire of Notre Dame: replace it with a minaret domusweb.it/en/opinion/201…
Important!-----Joe Biden launched his campaign by lying about Donald Trump
Joe Biden launched his campaign by lying about Donald Trump:
- Sure, Donald Trump said there were 'fine people on both sides' but in the next breath he condemned 'neo-Nazis and White nationalists.' Don't leave that out.
On Thursday, former Vice President Joe Biden announced his run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. He came out of the gate hard, citing the tragic August 2017 clash at Emancipation Park in Charlottesville between right- and left-wing demonstrators that left three dead and 38 injured. “That’s when we heard the words from the president of the United States that stunned the world and shocked the conscience of this nation,” Biden intoned, that there were “some very fine people on both sides.” Biden said that Trump “assigned a moral equivalence between those spreading hate and those with the courage to stand against it,” and that in this moment Biden concluded “we are in a battle for the soul of the nation.”
Donald Trump pushed back just as hard, saying he “answered perfectly” to questions about the Charlottesville incident. This is certain to set off yet another round of hyperbolic virtue-signaling as commentators rush to condemn the president for what one historian called providing “cover for racist violence."
Taken out of context, the “fine people” quote does look troubling, but Trump’s critics never tell the whole truth. The statement came from an August 15, 2017 press availability, in which the president was engaged in a spirited discussion with journalists over the broader implications of the Charlottesville street clash. Check the transcript.
Here's a more complete quote:
"You had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. ... I saw the same pictures as you did. You had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down of, to them, a very, very important statue and the renaming of a park from Robert E. Lee to another name. ... So you know what, it's fine. You're changing history. You're changing culture. And you had people — and I'm not talking about the neo-Nazis and the White nationalists, because they should be condemned totally — but you had many people in that group other than neo-Nazis and White nationalists. Okay? And the press has treated them absolutely unfairly. Now, in the other group also, you had some fine people. But you also had troublemakers, and you see them come with the black outfits and with the helmets and with the baseball bats. You had a lot of bad people in the other group."
Trump's condemnation of Neo-Nazis and White nationalists sparks widespread amnesia on the left.
His perspective condemning bad actors on "both sides" fits within a long American intellectual tradition of denouncing the radicalism of the right and left.
But to liberal critics, the issue was miscast as simply black and white, and it quickly became a tool to denounce the president and stoke racial divisions in this country. Democratic National Committee Deputy Chair Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota charged that President Trump had “greenlit” Charlottesville-style protests by the extreme right, and that the violent left-wing protestors more accurately reflected American values than the president..."
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