2022-10-08

etc

• Summit area of Mauna Loa volcano closed because of increased seismic activity

Horseshit

• I was charged $39,000 for 15-minute Uber ride after drunken night

  • HN comments

• Americans Are Losing Their Work Ethic

celebrity gossip

• McAfee on Assange

• Brandon Sanderson Built an Underground Lair in Suburban Utah

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• New Policy Lets PayPal Pull $2,500 from Users’ Account for ‘Misinformation'

  • PayPal Updates User Policy to Include Possible $2,500 Fine For Speech It Doesn’t Like.

  • The $2500 fine (read it and weep)

• Why Conservatism Failed

Musk

• Musk Blames Hatred of Rich People for His Daughters Estrangement

• Musk Blames Everyone but Himself for the Twitter Deal Hold Ups

• Elon Musk Interview ‘Aren’t You Entertained?’

• The Quest to Find Twitter’s Elusive Bot Team

• Elon Musk suggests making Taiwan a ‘special administrative zone’ similar to HK

  • HN comments

• What Elon Musk will likely do with Twitter if he buys it

• SpaceX aborts launch of two communication satellites into orbit

• Elon Musk about Taiwan conflict

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• AP Fabricates "Completely False Story" To Smear DeSantis, Then Deletes

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Early signs a new U.S. Covid surge could be on its way

• Higher viewership of Fox News associated with lower vaccination rates

• Covid Vaccine messenger RNA found in breast milk

• Florida State Surgeon recommends against mRNA vaccines for males aged 18-39

• CDC will end daily COVID-19 reports.

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• Sharon Osbourne wants refund after donating $900K to ‘scam’ Black Lives Matter

• Vanderbilt hospital pauses gender-affirming surgery on minors after pushback from state leaders.

• Turbo-Wokism Broke America

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• False calls for active shooters are rising. Behind them is a strange pattern

  • HN comments

• Not even 4-H is immune to the infection.

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• The Chicago Sun-Times is dropping its paywall

TechSuck

• Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage

  • HN comments

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Rivian recalling nearly all of its vehicles

• Used Car Prices Record First Annual Drop In Two Years; Luxury Car Prices Take Beating

• Shipping down 75% ahead of Christmas shopping

• Impossible Foods to eliminate 6% of staff in second round of layoffs this year

• Computer Saturation and the Productivity Slowdown

  • HN comments

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• The most terrifying case of all is about to be heard by the US supreme court

• Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for US Signals Intelligence Activities

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Sheriff Tells People “You Gotta Protect Yourself” as Illinois’ New Zero Cash Bail Law Goes Into Effect January 1.

• Judge: Facebook intentionally violated WA campaign finance law 822 times

• Those stalwart chaps at the Bureau have warned that those darned Rooskis are coming to steal your vote again.

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• China and USA Are Officially at Economic War – Technology Restriction Overview

World

• German rail operator says train disruption caused by sabotage

  • HN comments

• Haiti black market gasoline at $40 a gallon

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Ukraine officially recognized the Northern Territories as part of Japan

• Crimean bridge: Explosion is 'the beginning', says Zelensky adviser

  • HN comments

  • Russia says truck explosion destroys part of Crimea bridge

  • Crimean bridge fire: Blaze erupts on only bridge linking peninsula to Russia

  • Kerch bridge linking Crimea to Russia hit by explosion

• US Media's Intellectual No-Fly-Zone on US Culpability in Nord Stream Attack

• It’s only a ‘conspiracy theory’ when it accuses the US Government

• Sensing Online: What if Putin nukes Ukraine?

• Putin’s war is illegal – Russians fleeing the draft may have the right to asylum

Health / Medicine

• Florida tokers inadvertently smoked rat poison; 52 sickened, 4 dead

• CDC: Record Number Of Children Hospitalized With Weakened Immune Systems | ZeroHedge

• The death dilemma: Are hospitals overtreating patients nearing the end?

• Review: Should ethanol be scheduled as a drug of high risk to public health?

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• UK defies climate warnings with new oil and gas licences

• Limitless green energy would change the world

• Kill Spotted Lanternfly