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jeber · 4 days ago
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This 4th of July will not be a day for celebrations but for protests, organized and loud. Get media coverage.
This 250th year of our nation will either be the last as a democracy or the first as a nation rededicated to equality, justice, and the rule of law.
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jeber · 6 days ago
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The Perils of Technology
The cell phone wasn’t developed to spy on its users. But eventually nefarious characters, once they understood the capabilities of cell phones, noticed what a good spying and tracking device it was.
It’s the same with the WWW and Internet. Good intentions at the start, now corrupted into near uselessness.
I’m beginning to distrust every new technology. Especially those who watch and listen constantly. Amazon Echo, Google Hub, and soon a similar offering from Apple.
Am I becoming a luddite? Maybe.
I was there near the beginning. I started using computers in 1976. I’ve been a nerd for 50 years. I was sold on the potential for good at the start. I have more electronic gadgets that one man should own. But these days I find myself warning people about the dangers of the Internet and home devices far more often than introducing them to the benefits they can bring.
Everything requires a caveat. Sure, the Echo is a useful device but you have to be aware of what it can do and learn how to disable or at least control its most invasive features. The same with phones, smart watches, computers in general.
What was a wonderful and delightful experience in the 80s and 90s has become dangerous and threatening.
Yet we will plunge on. We can’t help ourselves. We’ve become enchanted, even addicted, to the effects technology has had on our lives. Something as simple as an e-reader is a revolution in reading. We can now track our health on a watch and upload that information to our doctor. At the same time, often without our knowledge or consent, others are collecting data from our devices in order to sell us a particular product, to show us advertising, know where we are, or glean other information they have no right to.
This currently isn’t a fixable problem. Goverments are too uneducated and slow to stay ahead of the detrimental aspects of technology. We’re too spoiled to give up our convenient gadgets.
There may be a solution someday. But I don’t see one today.
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jeber · 7 days ago
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Single, liberal veterans can be denied care
“Language requiring healthcare professionals to care for veterans regardless of their politics and marital status has been explicitly eliminated…Doctors and other medical staff can also be barred from working at VA hospitals based on their marital status, political party affiliation or union activity…
As a single, liberal veteran who receives all my medical care at a VA hospital, this deeply concerns me.
Trump has already called liberals enemies of the state. He is destroying non-partanship the same way he’s destroying democracy, by Exectutive Order, not laws passed by Congress. Congress has been compromised as has the Supreme Court. Only the Executive branch has any power, and it’s being abused by the worst Commander in Chief we’ve ever had.
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/va-doctors-refuse-treat-patients](The Guardian)
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jeber · 13 days ago
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Military birthdays
Army - June 14 Navy - October 13 Marine Corps - November 10 Coast Guard - August 4 Air Force - September 18 Space Force - December 20
If Trump does not hold a national parade on every one of these days then he cannot deny that the farce planned for June 14th has nothing to do with the Army. It’s all about him.
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jeber · 14 days ago
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Resistance is not futile
Trump is not the 47th president of the United States. He is the 1st dictator of America, a country composed of 50 fiefdoms under his direct control.
Every American who makes less than $100,000 a year has more in common with immigrants than with oligarchs.
With all the important problems facing the country right now, the dictator is only concerned with putting down dissent and harassing anyone who disagrees with him. His ego is destroying the country.
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jeber · 17 days ago
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The State of the Union
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jeber · 22 days ago
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It’s definitely Spring.
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jeber · 29 days ago
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I used to have a broad range of interests. My bookshelves contain volumes on an array of topics. But lately all I can focus on is politics. The threat of fascism has forced me to devote all my time and mental energy to bringing down this regime.
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jeber · 29 days ago
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Trump knows nothing about history, economics, foreign relations, and just about everything else except the con. It might behoove him to consider the fate of another recent despot, the late Muammar al-Gaddafi.
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jeber · 29 days ago
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Simple Economics
We don’t manufacture a sufficient number of unique products that can’t be obtained elsewhere to be threatening other countries. They can just ignore us, go around us, and forge alliances that don’t include the United States.
Trump is screwing our economy into the ground.
What’s he going to do when we need rare earth metals or other things needed to make our computers and cars, and the world tells us to go fuck ourselves?
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jeber · 1 month ago
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I’m not a pessimist, I’m a realist and a pragmatist. If we don’t honestly assess the danger, we can’t prevent it. If we don’t identify the enemy, we don’t know who to fight. If we don’t study their tactics, we won’t know how to defeat them. We can’t pretend this is normal or acceptable.
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jeber · 1 month ago
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More people than ever before will die; In traffic accidents due to unsafe roads and vehicles, In airplane crashes, From untested drugs, From unsafe food, From domestic abuse, From attacks on minorities.
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jeber · 1 month ago
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Coming soon: Why did that plane crash? Dunno. Why did that building collapse? Dunno. Is this safe to eat? Dunno. Doc, what’s wrong with me? Dunno. Fire all the experts and inspectors, replace them with superstitious charlatans, and this is what’s going to happen. The fools on the hill.
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jeber · 1 month ago
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If we’re going to fight terrorism, and we must to survive, we need to understand than terrorists can be any color, any nationality, any religion or a follower of no religion.
There is no external identifier to detect a terrorist. Their terrorism is only evident in their speech and actions.
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jeber · 1 month ago
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Science: https://half-witted.com/2025/05/23/science.html
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jeber · 1 month ago
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Science
When people tell you they doubt science, they think science is an institution like religion. It’s not. It’s a method for determining physical reality. So if someone opposes, or even doubts, what science has uncovered, they are also questioning the scientific method.
Observe Hypothesize Predict Test Predictions. This step is the reason why a hypothesis or theory has to be falsifiable. Reproduce
The scientific method is a process. Those 5 steps must be taken in order to assert something as reality. It’s not infallible. Subsequent observations may lead to new hypothesis. Every field of science is always discovering, always learning, never declaring anything as absolute. It forms the basis of critical thinking.
I will always prefer uncertainty and the continuing quest for more knowledge, more information. I cannot accept any dogma that promotes absolute statements. Nothing should be exempt from critical inquiry.
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jeber · 1 month ago
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Isolophilia: https://half-witted.com/2025/05/23/isolophilia.html
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