butterfly revolution

https://medium.com/thought-thinkers/the-butterfly-revolution-america-is-being-stolen-ddeae909b270

It is hard to write these things let alone believe them.  Stay tuned for future posts that follow this thought thread.

scathing, but true

"""America’s rapid descent into an impoverished nation has had a catastrophic consequence which is completely unseen. Americans don’t trust one another. They live in a society without social bonds. Sometimes, this rears its head in obvious ways...."

https://eand.co/why-america-imploded-d52db893acc6

Opinion on Trump Virus Response

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/opinion/trump-coronavirus.html

More opinion from Krugman

good take on this

What Russia Understands about Trump

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/08/02/what-russia-understands-about-trump/

Global growth down

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/imf-world-economic-outlook-slowest-global-growth-since-crisis-130017182.html

The IMF advises that growth will be down on many advanced nations. Their outlook for the US is better than expected by the Fed, but is still below Drumpf's promise of 4%. Too bad he will never learn that their are different leadership needs depending on the position. You cant bludgeon your way through everything.

I no one is listening

So I know there are not any followers of this blog oh, but I had a few thoughts but I wanted to throw out and see what the world thought about them.

As events continue to unfold in the Middle East in the surrounding area, I'm left wondering what the people in power hope to accomplish with all of this.

More and more it seems that Russia and Turkey are using all of these conflicts as a means to expand their Empires.

echo chambers

The Toxic Potential of YouTube’s Feedback Loop

https://www.wired.com/story/the-toxic-potential-of-youtubes-feedback-loop

how AI lets you stay in your bubble.

echo chambers

The Toxic Potential of YouTube’s Feedback Loop

https://www.wired.com/story/the-toxic-potential-of-youtubes-feedback-loop

Wired Opinion

How to Protect Our Kids' Data and Privacy

https://www.wired.com/story/protect-kids-data

Wikileaks is Trump's Sounding Board

http://www.terrorismwatch.org/2017/01/wikileaks-wants-to-create-database-of.html

So now Wikileaks is complaining about the dishonest media? Sounds a lot like they are just echoing Trump now, like he echoes Assange. Maybe they should not have posted that stupid tweet in the first place. Their Database idea seems to be a lot like the type of privacy invasion and overreach that they complain about so much. Let me guess, Wikileaks doing it is OK, because they are not a government.

Just saying.........

War on Cops

The Power Of Perceptions Vs. What The Numbers Say

http://www.npr.org/2016/12/29/507249260/how-the-perceived-war-on-cops-plays-into-politics-and-policing

Berlin truck attack: Polish driver 'shot hours before'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38442447

Yes, more video surveillance is what we need. /sarcasm

Reddi-whip crisis

So first, it is awful to hear that someone died at the beginning of this.

Really, a reddi-whip crisis? My local news just ran a story about the shortage of reddi-whip in the area. Really?

Is it really that hard to make it?

Remote hacking now legal

Government given rights to go remotely hack people. People told to trust government. Privacy loses big.

Judges Have More Power In Granting Warrants To Hack Digital Devices

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/01/503929928/judges-have-more-power-in-granting-warrants-to-hack-digital-devices

Yet more stupidity

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/07/22/1550852/-Donald-Trump-said-he-would-close-the-Internet?detail=email&link_id=1&can_id=9405c1f994ff3d7bb8f92c676f25afc4&source=email-donald-trump-said-he-would-close-the-internet&email_referrer=donald-trump-said-he-would-close-the-internet&email_subject=donald-trump-said-he-would-close-the-internet

While i do not agree with the analyst opinion of this portion of a Trump speach, it does highlight how little he knows about the internet. "Close the internet"....? Good Luck.

Opinion on RNC cyber platform

http://fedscoop.com/gops-new-cybersecurity-plan-dangerous

No way jose

LeBron James Is the Best Passer in the NBA
http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2016/06/lebron_james_is_the_best_passer_in_the_nba.html

My election prediction. (for now...)

Why Donald Trump Is Flailing

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/06/why_donald_trump_is_flailing.html

So, I think we are going to see more of these tantrums from trump, especially as the pressures of the race increase. I think these will grow to epic proportions that even the most devout republican will finally give up. The email thing, or any number of former things, will turn a good portion of people against her. If so, do Ted Cruz and/or Berne Sanders try to convince Americans to write in their names? If so, does anyone get a majority? If so, does Paul Ryan become the next president?

Drones for search and rescue

Drones build rope bridge that humans can cross.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34327364

Pretty cool. Eventually you could use an IR   beam to mark the points at which you need to anchor the bridge. The drone could fly above, below, and alongside the mark to get geospatial location. (Just a thought)

Trump degrades journalists

Trump lambasts media for questioning veteran donations - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-36422611