Archive for August, 2020
Hungry New Yorkers Form Quarter-Mile Line for Free Food in Queens
August 26th, 2020Via: New York Post: The line stretched a quarter-mile before the sun was barely up Saturday, snaking around corners like bread lines in the 1930s. But the hungry in Queens are today’s New Yorkers, left jobless by the coronavirus. Until the pandemic struck the city, La Jornada food pantry used to hand out groceries to […]
UK Government Scientist Admits Lockdown Was a “Monumental Mistake on a Global Scale”
August 26th, 2020Via: Summit News: A scientific advisor to the UK government says the coronavirus lockdown was a “panic measure” and a “monumental mistake on a global scale.” Infectious diseases expert and University of Edinburgh professor Mark Woolhouse acknowledged that the decision to lockdown in March was a “crude measure” that was enacted because “we couldn’t think […]
The Fatal Attraction of Techno-Fascism
August 26th, 2020Via: Off Guardian: Corporate media focuses on those stories they are paid to propagate, i.e., those which support the financial and ideological agendas of their owners, who themselves are all, without exception, central parts of the larger global ruling oligarchy. A key part of the propagandist’s handbook is to simply leave unexplored stories that they […]
Kenosha: Two Shot Dead, One Injured
August 26th, 2020Via: USA Today: Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, said early Wednesday that two people had been shot and killed and a third injured as protests over police brutality and the shooting of Jacob Blake continue to rock the country. For three nights, violent protests have torn through Kenosha after a police officer shot Blake from behind […]
Only Sociopaths Reject the New Normal
August 26th, 2020Via: Corbett Report:
Ford Starts Construction on New Factory for Electric F-150 Pickup Truck
August 25th, 2020Via: Electrek: Ford has started construction on a new factory to build the upcoming electric F-150 pickup truck next to its current pickup factory in Dearborn, Michigan. You could argue that no one has a bigger stake in electric pickup trucks. Electrification has disrupted every segment it has touched, and with Ford being the leader […]
Navy F/A-18 Squadron Commander’s Take On AI Repeatedly Beating Real Pilot In Dogfight
August 24th, 2020Via: Warzone: Everyone has an opinion when it comes to the stunning results of DARPA’s AlphaDogfight trials, now hear what the skipper of a fighter squadron thinks.
Letting the Rich Pay for Science That Interests Them Is a Bad Idea—Even If They Aren’t Convicted Sex Offenders
August 24th, 2020This article mentions Jeffrey Epstein, but (absurdly and hilariously) doesn’t mention Epstein associate and elephant in the room, Bill Gates. Fascinating. See: Who Is Bill Gates Via: Scientific American: It is not just that an awful person was able to buy a halo of respectability. The Epstein affair brings to light a much larger problem: […]
Wisconsin Deploys National Guard After Riots
August 24th, 2020Via: Reuters: Wisconsin’s governor on Monday deployed his state’s National Guard to Kenosha following a night of sometimes-violent unrest that came after police in the lakeside city shot a Black man multiple times in the back.
“Linguistic Experts Are Now Investigating Why Teens Interpret a Correctly-Punctuated Text as a Signal of Irritation”
August 24th, 2020Via: Daily Mail: Full stops intimidate young people when used in social media communication as they are interpreted as a sign of anger, according to linguistic experts. Teenagers and those in their early twenties, classified as Generation Z, have grown up with smartphones which they use to send short messages without full stops. And a […]
